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The Huron Expositor, 1872-07-19, Page 1JULY 12, 1872. Tamaararasessamaariaasamatravamnama Ctuiftt wAdt LOT FOR SALE IN SWORTIT a house and lot on Gotioricla street. - particulars. apply to M. R. COUNT ER, Seaforth. eenE tisesRal FOR SALE. see eieth Conceasion, Tonetanay.‘ consist,. t nearly 100 being cleared anal te of eultivatiom Mare ia a good yeee. a- frame shed 30x60. There ia ariwa orchard. Will bt ;old on easy. - on the premises to JAMES IIEZ:ZNINtiS. aly 8, 1872-- 240 -at ' ' ----- LLAGE PROPERTY FOR SALE_ reasonable torn, a Farm, being .in the rieeeath Conceriaion of Me- Yseveral eligible building, Iota ther amth. *Apply to j.AME'S BEATTIE, Seaforth. FOR SALE IN TacE1110P. ben being about to leave Nuada, of; naIo his FARM, East halt Lot 19, McKillop, consiating tj 50. cd, the remainder good, laird timber a, eeed cultivation, thn land clean. anet ties aud weeds ; half a Mile from a zoodachool-hortse ; fear /antra from. 1 road passea the door. 1 will sell a or together with the crops, imple- m stock, as. it will but suia the ma- nta -one acres raider crop, which: Apply to jOUN C. McKAY, Seaforth P. O. tRIVE FOR SALE, nndersigued offers for eale farro in the township a Hay, Co. am, containing 1.00 acre a excell- hardwood laud, 50 clearea attar stntape. The farrais. within -f Exeter, mid one ad a quarter fe- London .Road. ia fk, most pros$ rv. Land rolling and aid), sandy, ered The cleared part has been. ire Everal years., Tutuila, laalf down or ?pia- to rohnitr MOWLDS, proprietor, Lot 7, Secouti Con., afar. D. 31ePHAIL, FOR SALE IN HWjcL on reasonable terms. La lg. Fife ession, township or Iiowick.County- itainieg 100 acres, .10 of .which ara• a goot state of coltivatiOu. There- a- good well and young orchard.. ne toile front Lakelet, arta aae trona Rage of Clifford, through whieli thee kny aod Bruce Railway is now runn- a good dwellinghouse, 20x130„ and buildings. For farther patticulaasa _ oprietor, JOHN ARNEIL, Laaelet P.O., Co. Ilaion, Ont. AM Ft:MI SALE. "on teesonable terms, Lot No. 80,„ 12, township of Hibbert, Comity of' ting on.e hundred ares,, eighty of- ared, well fenced, and ina state of' ea and free from foul weeds. The berecrpritteipally with beech, maple busnis all fenced and seeded down.- Od hewed. Iog house, with back kit -- barn 88x60 ; a frame stable 80x40. - a -headings-. There is a,so a goo(1. containing nations kinds of beatiug` good well convenient to the house,„ ding creek running th.rough the farm- ituated within Aisle miles a the via - ;h, and on IN good gravel. road. For data apply to the undersigned pro -- premises, or te Messra_ MICH Al: 1, Ka-4am Proprietor. RN FOR SALE. :F of -the South half of Lot No. 21,- ;ession of the township of Morris,. acres. 85 cleared ; well watered by a o▪ od log house and frame stable - o is only a mile and a half on a goott. rising village of Ainley vine, where a :Wellington, Grey and Brace en ed. this fra For price and terms - atter, prepaid) of C. R. COOPER, :Ieyville Land Ageacy, Dingle P. U. RM FOR SALE. oat.e hondred. acres -of ienebeing' Ent 27, Fifth Concession. of Tucker - S., seveuty acres cleared and in a. :rdtivation; thirty acreWish ; hewn' ie driving houae, stable, abeep-hottsen 'pod spring creek in the front of the in the rear; as good land as any ip; rout and a hall m.iled from Sea -- tom Brucefield._ Termsone-third ;tinder in yearly installments. Apply - ea to ALEX. ).fcCA A., Brocefield P. 0. RM FOR SALE., • 2 Acres for Rale, 20 acres in woods,. and geed buildings. Six miles from front Bayteld. ALFRED STONEHOUSE. FoR eery, IN luxe 1_ F•ouili, part Lot 21, Ninth Concessionn i-, as the "Troyer-- Farm ;" one-ludf ith, on the Gravel Itoacl. ; 70- acres ielling-house and barn; good yoniag the laza' is in a good state of Dula - fenced. For farther particulate - W. G. WILSiON, Zonal, Ont.. PROTOORAPR ROO*. FOZ- SA T.E. A No. 29, Con. 7, townahip of Morris, - 100 acres, 70 of which are cleated' la good cultivation. The wbarle as - here ore en the prmaises a, good a hewed log -house, also, two welLs- eating orchard. This fann is avi.thie nieyville, a thriving village. where a NVuliington. Grey and Brutal, Railway thia fall, also the breadth of a lot hern GraYel Road. Also, for sale,telionee, with the npoer part fitted -- mph Gallery-. There is a good well the premises, also a good garden- ia situated near the brtainess centre. Wroxeter, through which the To -- d Janice Railway will be running: r. The whole will te sold on. easy' -rticalars oda-to b. R. COOPtill, na and General Agent, Dingle P. 0.- M FOR SALE IN GREY. .nicession 15, tovaiship of Grey, con- ety-six aerea aeventy acres eeared.-- 1 rmbRflD lIarprirhey. ' JOHN efaenetbe Grey. OR. SA.LE IN AINI.EYVELtE. at. present oecupied by Sorties Leone. seid cheap for cloth. Buildings alt - out given, immediately. to J LECKIE. May ea, 1872. Tea ITLKI171.141. D AGENCY* :bet having establialied n.Agenci- e of Farm awl Village Lots, which, - (weekly) and sell on Commission.: inninisaion or any paatictilars con- advertiazerl will be made known _ow- l` by letter prepaid, and enclosmga nod, C. R. C PER, Dingae P. O. rOP SALL Lot 24,n..5,CoMonis; eft acres; Ainleyville. and 05 (irerais-) Zes, and AinleyvilIeaMorrisj ' Le cottage eau/ frame stable. le Monis ; 100 acres, 50 cleared; a 2 YA:it(Na off gravel road. Morris; IGO acres, 60 cleared:F.-% Annie and frame barn. West side of Ilowiek-street, WroX-e- 0.aiuing It acres of land; two neve" !tiaes ; stables, &e. 49 and 50, Ainleyville, with goer! :and stable, and log tannery in. good 60 and 61, Ainleyville, township PC .,a12, ?as, 221, A inleyville, (Orel-) *mac and Stable, 1 t acres of Land 'with , - e tc., in 'village of Cranbrook. C. R. coontre, Dingle Fe O.- • smanans.olica. VOLUME I; NO. 33. ') W.14101AE NO. 241. j SEA • FORTH, FRID4 Y, JULY 19, 1872. THE NEWSPAPER AND ITS MISSION. IT MEDICAL. 0 114 WHALale. Physidan, Surgeon 0, ac,, Graduate of Toronto University, ate toroner for the County of Huron, WI -miter, Ontaaio, 285-18e. TN AVID MITCH-13LL, M. D., Graduate of Victo- ria College, Physician, Surgeon, etc.. KINBURN) Oe. -Coroner id the Comity of Huron. Office and reablence, at Thompson & Stanley's. Ten. w. R. SMITH, Phyeician, Surgeon, ,ete. _V Office -Opposite Scott Robertson's Groam, Main street., Seaforth. - 53 • TAMES STEW.A.RT, M. D., C. M., Graduate of EF MeCntI, IThiversity, Montreal, Physician, Sur- geon, etc. Office mid Residence--lirucefield. 11 L. tER000,11. D., C. M,, Physician, Sur- geon, etc. Offiee and Residence, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing Mill. DR. CAMPBELL, Coroner for the County. Office and Relideuce, over Corby's corner store, Main street, Scaforth. Office hours-, from 11 to 4,each tlay, and till day Saturday. 159 rprs tee inhabitants of Seaforth Ind surrounding country. Dr. I. G. BULL having been called through siatmess in lus family, to suspend business kr soate time in this place, has pleasure in an- nouncing to the public, that through b. kind Pro- vidence he has been permitted to return to the -rooms formerly ocertpied by him, over Mr. A. G. McDougall.'s Store, Main street, where he intends permanently to remain, and will be pleased to see • his old patrons and as many new ones as may favor him with a call. All operations performed accord.i ingto the latest approved style, and fees as low as; to be found elsewhere. ()Mae hours from 8 A.. M. to 5 P. M. • 224 3' M. -LELT, Solicitor, Wingham, has been ap- t'. point ea Agent for the Colonial Securities Com- pany of England, he is also Agent for Beyond pi- rate Capitalists of Toronto, who loan Money at very reasonable rates. Interrast payable yearly. Charges ruederate. Neingham, Dec. 15, 1871. • 213 cCAUGTTRY & 110IMESTED, Barristers, At- torneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery, and Insolvency, Notaries Public and Conveyancers. solicitors for tb.e IL C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents for -the Canada Life Assurance Company, N. B.-$30.000 to lend at 8 per cent. Firms, 'Hewes and Lots for thaw 53 10aENSON & MEYER, Barristers and' Attorneys •." itt L3W, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Offices -Sea - forth and. Wroxoter. $23,000 of Private Funds to invest at once, at Eight percent. Interest, payable yearly. 53 - JAS. Ir. BAN -SON. H. W. O. MaYalt. MOTELS. POMMERCIA.L HOTEL, Ainleyville, Ont., WM. ' ANNETT, Proprietar. This Hotel is under entirely new management and has been thorougly renovated. The Bar is impplied with the best Liquors and CigThTS. Good Stabling and attentive HostierS. A Firat-clasa Livery in coimectiqu'. 228 WNOX'S HOTEL, ( Late Sharp's.) The under- -I"- sighed 'begs to thank the public for the liberal patronage awarded to him in times past -in the hotel business. and also to inform them that he has again resumed business in the above stand, where he will be happy to have a call from old friends, and many new ones. 120 THOMAS KNOX. TORINCE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont., -L" 0. J. afeCITTOtili:ON, Proprietor. First-class accoranioda tiou for travellers. The Bar is sup- plied with the very best liquors and cigars. Good stabling attached. The stage leaVes thirouse every clay for Wiugharn. 204-4t I. 1 YE BELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTlf, Ont. Good Horses and Comfortable Vehicles, always on hand. Favorable Arran-ements -made -with Commercial Travellers. AU cirders left at KNOX'S HOTEL, Will be promptly attended to: OFFIck: STABLES- :-Third door North of Knox's Hotel, Main Street. • 221 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor.; 111 f4C.Elf,LANk.01US. rr J. CilfilICITITL, VETERINARY SURGEON (Member of the Ontario Veterinarypollege,) beas to intimate to the inhabitants of 8esforth and surrmuuling country, that he has opened an Office in Seaforth, where he may lie consultedper- sonally or by letter, on the Diseases of Horses, Cat- tle, et. Having received a regular and practical edueation and having been awaxcled the Diploma of the 'N. -deanery College of Ontario, T. J. Churchill has every confidence of giving satisfaction to all who 'nay employ him. RP.FEIIFNCE.S-A. Smith, V. S., Principal Onta- rio Veterinary College; Professor Backland, Dr. Thorburn, Dr. Rowel, and -- Wells, M. D., & V. S. Veterinary _Medicines constantly on hand. All calls promptly attended to. Office--Carmichael's Hotel, Seaforth. 182-2m VETERINARY SURGEON. --1-D. 111cNAUGHT, v V. S., bugs to announce to the inhabitants of Seatorth and surroim.ding country that he -has been awardedthe diplomo of the Ontario Veterin- ary College, and is now prepared to treat diseases of Hor.-ws aria Cattle and all domestic animals. He has opened an offiee in connection with his thorse- shoeing shop, where he will be found ready te •at- tend to calls. Diseases of the feet specially at- tended to. _Residence, office and shop in the rear of Killoran tt Ryan's new store. All kinds of Vet- erinary Medethes kept constantly on • hand. Charges reasonable. 229 A LEXANDER iltiNTER, Licensed Auctioneer, Cranbrook. Grey P. O. Sales attended on moderate terms. Commissioner ill Queen's Bench, ConveAncer, Lana, Loan and General Agent. - Also, Agent for the following, Companies, vis.: Huron and Iodic Loan Society, London; Farmers' and Mecitaniaa' Sea -lugs aad Loan Company, Toron- to; Royal Tusurance Company of Liverpool and London, Fire alai Life • Ontario Mutual Fire- In- . surname Company awl t -he Agricultural Insurance Cereoany. Any amount of money to loom at low rates of iuterest. Several good Farms for sale, cheap, 224 -Orn: •CR. COOPER, Conveyancer, Commissioner in\ . Qnean's 'Bench, Insurance and General A.g nt, Agent for the Freehold. Permanent Building od • Saviugs Soeiety oI Toronto, whose rates are aslow as any Company doing business in Canada. Appli- CatiOLA for Lo -anti promptly attended to. • OFFICt.-Opposite Ross' Tailor Shop, 186-tf •AINTJEYVILLE. . J0TIN.ItRIGITAX, [Exchange Broke -r, 'and Rail- way 'ritiket Agent, Ileti,jitton's Hotel, opposite G. T. RiLibray -Station, Seatorth, Ont. Through Tickets isateel to all points- in the -Western States, • California mull Red River, tared:ace:I rates, affording the gnatest facilities to Emigraats. All necessary • information giaert respecting Land Agencies, etc. Greanbacka, Bonds. Coupons and uneurrent Money, • Gold ana Silver Coin, bought and sold at bestrates. qi A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND'SALE STABLES. L. Of6ce -At Mrtrrifs Hotel, Seaforth. Good Bersea and fina-elass,ponve2,-anees always onhaad. TI)OMSON,''S LIVERY, CLINTON. • -a- OFFICE, -AT COMTEROIA.r, HOTEL. Good quiet Horaea and First -Mae Vodes always on bora. Conveyaneee furniahed to Cominercial Univelltas oiz reasonable rates. 221 •IOHN THOMSON. • -,.- AA, , . • . BOAR DI NG. COLLADAY luta 'eased the large and C01:11- modious house, on the Salt, Works Grounds, adjoining the Railway Station, and has fitted it up so arboarding-house. Good table and comfortable rooms. Persons wiahing a pleasant boarding - image sh.ould apply, as there are at present a few vacancies. Trangent boardere accommodated at lC�� than hotel rates. . 2211 - Address R• ead by JFaints Somerville, • Diandas; at the Recent Meeting • the Press Association". THE PRINTING OFFICE AS A SCHOOLa: There are ele ents in the atrnosphe of a isrinting offi e which are to be found nowhere else. There the youthful mind ought to be inspired with a just and full appreciation of the necessity of "order in all things "-" a- place for everything, and everything in its .place" -with a thirst for knowledge, for as the types carelessly click into the "stick" from morning till night, a desire to improve the mind gradually but surely becomes the "ml" of life2-while the first and foremost elements Of success, the exercise of prudence, common sense, nald practi- cal observation are so thoroughly engen- dered in the youthful mind as to become part and parcel thereof -every ready to aid in emergencies, and continually streng,thening with time and the matur- . ing of ID anliood. A well -regulated print- ing office is a school which has no super- ior fertile development of independence of character - the encouragement ancl growth of latent talent -and the inspir- ation of justifiable ambition, .And al- though all who may become imbued with a desire to master a calling which has justly been characterized as the " Art preservative of all Arts," may not succeed in "making their mark," still we can with pride point to the brilliant galaxy of talented Press men who have from the dark days of Faust, Guttem- berg and Scheeffer, down to the present time, rendered eminent service to their country - men who have _stood in the breach for the defence of the liberties and rights of the People when stout hearts were required for such service- men who have not quailed before tyrants -men whose thoughts and utterances have given tone and vigor to -nations, strength and purpose to the vaseillating populace -men who have aided material- ly in developing that standard of true nobility which should ever . be the pride and boast of nsa•nhood-men who have fostered and assisted in promoting Liter- ature, Science and the Arts. and the re- sults of whose labors are recognizabie in every sphere of life in the age in which we live. • i THE PROGRESS OF A QUARTER CENTURY. of of re It might be interesting to note in pass- ing some • of the changes and improve- ments which have taken place • in our Art during the past quarter of a century in Ontario. Twenty-five years age, the fast cylinder press which turns out .its six or eight thousand broad sheets per hour in the daily offices • in our cities, was not known. • Then the country join nalist toiled and fretted, working off his small edition of several hundred on his bed and platen hand press, while now his foims go to press on a N1 harfedale, Campbell or Taylor, and his thousands of subseribers are supplied with a rapid- ity and. ease which is at once Satisfactory and comforting. Then but few offices were famished with anything, save a hand press to supply the limited demand for job work -now there is scarcely an office in the Province which is not pro- vided with its Gorslons or Degeners, on which every description of printing can be executed. -with a facility which is truly marvellous to those whose memory and labors at the case and press • date back to. the period indicated -while the fact is equally worthy of note that the type founders seem to have conspired with each other to •cultivate an- appar- ently never -to -be- satisfied, and possibly extravagant desire, on the • part of the master printer, to excel in his art -to reach the acme of perfection in elegance of style, neatness of execution, and pur- ity of design. To the practical Printer -and I fancy most of those whora I am privileged to address have been "to the manner born," and have worked up from the ranks to their present position -the improve- ments referred to are,blessinge not light- ly appreciated; and when we turn from viewing the " workieg tools " of the master printer, to (dance briefly at the progress which has been made in the management -editorially a•nd otherwise -of the newspapers of (Air country, we cannot fail to recognize the feet that the newspapers of to -clay .are as ar superior in this_ respect to the rie spapers of twenterafive years ago as are 11hefadiitiee we now possess in the way of telegraphs and. railways for the speedy dissemina- tion of intelligence and the circulation of newspapers, to the, special couriers and lumbering stage -coaches • of the • past. And it is satisfactory to know that with the ,progress and rapid improvement of the newspaper press the craving after intelligence and news on the part of the "great unwashed" has not been ex- isted, but that on the contrary the appetite, for vigorous newspapers, both daily and weekly, is continually on the increase. A GLANCE AT THE FUTURE. With regard to the daily press .of our. country I will be clearly Within the bouncle,6f truth wheueI say that for ene terprise, ability, and general appearance,1 the daily journals of the leading cities in the Dominion will compare most favor- able with those of the same class in mach older • and wealthier countries ; and with reference to the local news- papers of Ontario, I -am proud to sav that they too will not only etand the test .of comparison, but in evens particu- lar will be found to outstrip both su abil- ity and enterprise, the 'weekly press of our energetic and, wide-awake brethren south of the great lakes. • In the (level; opment 4 newspaper enterprise, Cana- -dians have an almost inexhauetible field before them, occupying as we do- half the continent of America, 'with a terri- tory 3,528,805 . square miles in extent, peopled with a thrifty and intelligent population already numbering 3,817,213 souls. The fatnre ispregnant with rich promise for our Dominion, and some of us may live to see the day, which I be- lieve is not far distant, when Canadians, wigthprtho proudlyoverarldotidritemtiio8h flag still float- inwill be able to • point with dig ity and pride to Canada as the first po er on the. Western Hemi- sphere.' With our extent of territory, our vast Mime 1 seas, our noble rivers, our rich miner 1 fields, our continuously increasing net ork of railways, _our fer- tile soil, our .ealthy- and invigorating climate, and a opulation which for in- telligence, en ergy, and indomitable pluck and courage, cannot be excelled, Wis have a right to look forward to a glorious future ifor .our yet youthful but vigorousDominion e and with the news- paper men of the country rests, to a very great extent, the tisk- of securing what should ever be he aim al object of the true patriot's 1 fe a na\ine and- a fa -me for the 'land c4f his birth or adoption which will I respected and feared abroad, and everecl and honored at ,hm • BOL IX DOWN. • 'There are, ho ever, some few general points with reg4.rdto the management of country newspo ers to whiCh I May take the liberty of re 'erring. Local papers to ensure success 4nd appreciation, should be intense/niece ; • Nothing likely to in- terestthe pnblicl should be allowed to es- cape the argus ye of the ecliton-And as..we live in w1at is very properly called "a fast age," age in which the intel- lect of the masses has been intensely Sharpened-wh n men cannot be cajoled into reading colt ran articles for the pur- pose of securing mforreation which -could be "boiled dow to 10 -and 20 line parer graphs, -it is ,, desirable • that, editors , should cultivate the happy faculty of ex- pressing their i- eas in as few words as possible. Be sh rt. . Be sharp. Lop off all _unnecessary eireunalocution. If you have a subjeet i hand -take it up: -turn it crver-dissect t at once. "Brevity is the soul of .wit," and the goldeii ruleof literature. . Ne spa,per readers now -a. days don't wan to wear their eyesight out looking for i leas which are lost in a inaze of words. They want toget at the pith without cleL y, and if an editor has no pith. in stodee-he has mistaken hii calling, as he wi I most assuredly in titne discover. NEWSPA ER INPLUENbE. The influence hich a well-eonducted newspaper exere ses in a community is perhaps not fully appreeiated. A. preach - et from the pulpit -addresses say 500 or even 1,000 hearers weekly. , A. iiews- paper editor, wh' se Imirnal .cnjoys a cir- culation of say I, 00, speaks toan audience every week of n t less than form 6,000 to 8,000 people---fo it has been computed that every paper issued is perused by at least six readers • With tiles fact staring us in the face( i is not at all wonderful that the conclus on should be arrived at that newspaper have a •powerful in- fluence.° In tim people become soot- taehed to their ocal journals that they could not be ind iced. to do without them. - They are welcon ed each week into the family circle as is a fast friend, and their contents. read. with avidity and freely commented on. • This being the case, a newspaper edito should understand the responsibility of Jtbe position he occupies; and no sentenc, or paragraph should. in the columns of his uld not with propriety he family circle. -The mac few conductors of after the vulgar and illy -deplorable ; but in learn to respect their ever find a plac journal which c be react aloud in craving, which s newspapers hav sensational is t time they must readers if they d not respect themse. lves --and then they will, perhaiss, leaan too late that to ma e a paper ' interesting, popular, and sue essfuIe it is not neces. sary to make .i a vehicle' for the dis- semination of va earity. I • ABOUT DVE RUBEN G. During the p st few years a very marked improve • ent has been observ- able in the suly mtieings coliminsof our locel n wSp epees - M an y having altogether shut out the qua k ads. which were in- serted at half •rice, and. were at the sametime it disg Ice and. a pestilence to the communitYd • il culated. Publiel one rule in d.ealin shoulei be treated foreign. One p charged -as it is , y ces• should have but 1 with adveetisers. All .whether local or ice alone should be eeidedly unfair to give an outside advert ser an edvantage. over one who is a steady customer and resides in the localitywhere the paper is Pub- lished. Arid fur her, the system of in- 1 _discriminate " p siting -which some journalists hidulge io is it disgrace to the profession. Advertieere should be al- lowed to do their ewn pulfiug " and. be - made to pay for i if they Must have it. The local col tenne ofi a iniwspaper should not be prostitntcc -for the parries° of de- claring week in a id :week out that this or that man sells cry fine Young Hyson, very rich old ch ese, or • very tare old . rum. Some new. paper inch appear to live with the sole ithi m -view that they must neve* cea.se Wring those who ad- vertise .in their pot amns, and in time their puffs becom4 nauseous in the "ex-. treine to their rea lers-.- who, very justly refuse to .he in udneed thereby, and finally lose all res met, for the editor and his newspaper. This evil exists to a very great exten also, .with regard to notices of publi enteetainments, .and other passingeve ts. 1.1ditme should be honest in their ciiticism; • They should be candid and. t uthful in all things.. And no one who a pears in public should receive „ favorable mention unless he or she is justly. en itled to it. A news- paper conducted .cn. these principles can- not fail to be appreciated. and. respected. / by a discerning pablic, and will secure s an influence there sy which., could be at- tainedin no other way. 1 THE NEWSPAPER 4S A LEADER OF PUBLIC 0 INION. lumesmen {11.101,EAN BROTHERS, Publisher et *. WI 50 Year, advance. spire the populace-theyare the true power behind the throne -they are the bulwarks of the rights and liberties of the nation --they are the vanguards of progress -they constitute the levers that move public opinion -and we have been cor- rectly told that "Public opinion is able • to sustain or pull down any law of the cemmonwealtla." How desirable then is it that those who control these great and powerful levers should be possessed of clear minds, steady' hands, honest con- • victiona and brave hearts. Independ- ence of mind is one of the nebleet traits of character which a mall cat possess. It ha a an exalting tendency. It elevates its possessor above the grovelling chicanery and trickery which is too visible in the every day life of most of our public men. It elevates those who come under its in- fiuence. It inspires a man with the feel- ing that his destiny is not to fawn upon and truckle to the scheming and servile sy- cophants who would lick. the very dust and dissimulate and cringe until they became utterly devoid of self-respest in order to win, for the time, Eome degree of public approbation and applause. Indepen- dence of mind. will wear well, andthe editor who is not possessed of this essen- tial to success is in an unenviable condi- tion. It would be well for such to re- raember that " the more you court a a mean man, the statelier he grows," and that "integrity of thought and purpose is the first step to true greatness.' To ensure thorough success in the publica- tion of a local journal, an editor should control his own columns absotutely.- • Ile should have a mind of his own. He May have advisers. but he should be able to discriminate with precision -to dis- sect; questions coming up for considera- tion and dismission with keenness, and to make up his mind positively (when he is sure he is right) and stick to his text to the end -turning neither to the right or to the left on the advice of friends, or because of the hositility or opposition of opponents. Whatever may be the re- sult, he will et all events have the satis- faction of knowing that he acted con- scientiously and honestly -and in nine- ty-nine cases out of every hundred he -wilt secure the approbation of his read. - era and attain the success of his under- taking. While urging the importance of decision of character in upholding what- ever is deemed correct in 'principal, we should not forget that editors should ever be found courteous to their opponents, remembering that • the intolerant !idea that a man can't be honest because he differs from you in politics or anything else, is exploded -and that "A. brave wan knows no malice, but at once Forgets in peace the injuries of war, And gives his clirest foe a friend's embsace." "Tobe without opinions on subjects of *common interest and obligation is the perfection of sneaking," and of all men a newspaper editor should be prompt, decided and vigorous in his utterances. Ile should not be slavish in his adhesion to any party, buthe should be slavish in his adhesion* to principle. He should not be afraid to make his owu friends and.. political allies respect and at the same time fear him because of his independence and honesty. He should have the cour- age to take the lancet of criticism in his hand and, if need be, probe to the quick ,the public conduct' of his most intimate and cherished friend. He should! never cringe to an opponent. And above all, he should respect himself, and endeavor to reflect honor onthe profeseiou of which he is a inerniser.---By pursuing such a course he will undoubtedly make enemies -but show me an editor without enemies, and I.wiJl show you a man de- void of character -devoid of 'stability - devoid of integrity -devoid of every essential requisite in the character of an liouest men, who has been pronounced "the noblest work of God." To sail serenely and peacefully down the streant of life -ever gcnug with the current -ina,y induce pleasurable sensa- tions in the minds of some men. But to buffet against the current occasionally inspiree.a man with a sense of his own strength, and. eunobles his character.- " It is better to wear out than to rust out." -Endeavor, by strict integrity of character, uprightness of conduct, and the exercise of truthfulness and candor in all thiugs-alike itt dealiag with friends and opponents -to merit the re- spect of the community in which you live. for yourselves and. the journals you control. • • Be just andfear not." Be a terror to evil doers, and. a pi aise to them that do well." Be not servile to friends or foes. Hew to the line --let e c ups fall wherc t e.y may." 13e not ostentatious. in the utterance of your sentiments or opinions - remern.bering that "real merit both shuns and deserves applause," and that the shadow of the sun is largest when his beams are low- est; while on the contrary, we are al- ways least when we make ourselves the gieatest. Be firm, vigorous and vigilant in the discharge of your duties -con- tinually keeping in view the important declaration of one of our best authors that " a free press, at full liberty to utter im- portant truths, and to proclaiin duties dangers and reproofs, is desirable and essential beyoud. computation. But a corrupt and licentious press, at liberty to utter falsehood, to flatter, to delude and th corrupt the morals and manners, is e national curse and nuisance, to be feared and a.bborred above all measure." With the conviction that the liberty to know, o utter, to argue freely, according to the dictates of conscience" is one of the iberties which every British subject hould prize above all other blessings, and which be enjoys without fear of mo- estation-go forward in the discharge of your duties manfully, and 'let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, thy God's and truth's" -ever remember- iligotnhat "nfosand shanie from no condition rise: Act well your part—there all thia honor lies." We often hear t e common expression that "a newspap r should be the expon-. ent of public opiniou "-a sentiment hich I pronoun ce to be.utterly fallacious. Newspaper editors should not be content with the enjoyrne t of such a reputation or character for th ir journals. Editors should strike out or themselves a high- er and nobler polii than. is here indicat- ed. Newspapers a Mild mould, lead and direct public op•e on. They are the banners which sho Id be held aloft to ia- Oanada. - The cropis in the vicinity of Wood- stock are suffering severely for the want of ram. -On Tuesday evening of last week, a young man about 22 years of age, named Walsh, a clerk in Mr. Corcoran's store, Stratford, was drowned in. the mill dam in that town while bathing. It seems. that Walsh was unable to Swim • and got beyond his depth. He has only been about a. year in this country, and was a relative of Mr. Corcoran. His body was found and taken from the water about four bolus after the accident oceurred. - An opposition stage between Exeter and London is to be started shortly by Messrs. Andrew Keefe and Hugh Mc- Phee, of Lucam -- On Monday of last week Mr. Brydges and staff visited Stratford ou their way to Buffalo. On going through the workshops, Mr. Brydges was met by the employees, who presented him with an address, thanking him for having con- ceded to them the nine hour privilege, as appeared by a notice just posted. in the shops by Mr. Roberts, the foreman_of the works. - When in Stratford a few days ago, Mr. Brydges, managing director of the Grand Trunk Railway, stated there tress no doubt the International Bridge at Buffalo would be completed and open for traffic by December lst. - No less than 28 stores are in course of erection in Ingersoll. It is thought that the greater part of the burnt is- trict will be rebuilt by October next. Great difficulty is experienced in getting brick. • - From the semi-annual returns of the City Clerk and Registrar of Hamilton; it appears that during the past half year there have been registered 257 births, 155 marriages, arid 127 deaths. - Major Walker, Vice -President of the Board of Directors of the London, Heron and Bruce Railway, writes to a London paper to say that be isnot, and has no intention of being the Govern- ment candidate for Bothwell. -Rev. J. McCollum was presented by the Wesleyans of Sarnia with a gold watch and chain; previous to his depart- ure to Collingwood -A Guelph exchange boasts of a mod- ern patriarch, one of the early pioneers of the Scotch Block, Elora Road, who is mow the father of his twenty-third child. He is still hale, hearty, and active, and able to perform a good day's work. - A. Toronto man droppea a parcel of $100 in bills while carrying it to the bank a few days ago. He discovered his loss in time to see a small boy running off with his package, but though he made instant chase he failed. to overtake the young rogue. -• The crops in the townahip of Downie and neighborhood are looking rernrrkably well. The hay crop• in gen- eral will be light. Butiall crops will be much better than anticipated, and. ap- pearances would indicate an abundant harvest. The potato bug is doing con- siderable damage to the potat�. eve), es- pecially in fields in which potatoes Were grown last year. • - Mr. Jonathan Booth, of Caledonia, Canada., accepted the challenge of Mr. Thomas Ford, and will trot his horse, Caledonian Chief, against Mr. Ford's' Charley Douglas, on the Guelph track, next fall, for from S1,000 to $5,000. -- On Sunday afternoon last a number of boYs were amusing themselves run- ning a hand -ear on the Great Western Railway, and while passing aver one of the bridges, about three miles from Brantford, they placecl in a piece of wood to break the speed, and. in so doing threw the car. off the track, A son of oise of the trackmen fell through the bridge andiswas killed. The report that Mr. Howe is about • to retire from public life is denied. Ile is a candidate for the representation of the Connty of Hants. - The Belleville Intelligeneer has been shown by Rev. J. Sills, of Belleville, a very interesting relic of the war of 1812 -a powder horn which belonged to the celebrated Indian warrior Tecumseh, and was carried by him up to the time of his death in battle, Tbe horn is an ox horn, and is tastefully ornn,men tecl with Mason- ic Symbol% in which order Tecumseh held a high position. -Mr. Josiah Hodgsen, of Carlisle, while climbing a tree near Mr. W. hob son's store, Ailsa Craig, fell a distance of eight feet upon a picket fence, one ef the pickets entering his abdomen to the ex- tent of seven inches. When the picket was pulled out part of the intestines pro- truded from the wound. Drs. Smith -and Henderson were at once called in, but held outi slight hopes of his recovery. Wonderful to relate; however. at last ac- counts the young man was doing well. -The following is said to be the pro- gramme of the movements of Mr. John- ston, M. P., Belfast, from the time he left Kingston until the 31st inst : He will arrive at Belleville, on the evening of Monday, the 15th remaining until Thursday morning, the 18-th, Be will be at Cobourg on the MI, Port Hope 19th and 20th, Peterboro' 22nd, Lindsay 23rd, Toronto 241h to the 28th, Ancestor 29th, St. Catharines 3tith. and Niagara Falls 31st. - The election in the constituency of Cornwall, for a representative in the Local House'tools. place on Saturday last, and resulted in favor of Mr. Suet - singer, the anti-Sandtield caudidate, by a majority of 117. - The Galt Reformer says: From West Dumfries, particularly, and in Wilmot and. Waterloo, we have reports of the ravages of grasshoppers, whieh are destroying everything green in some quartere. Last year the produce of some farms yielded but little return to the farmer on this account, and fears are en- tertained that this year the loss will be even greater. - On Monday of last week, George Taylor, living near Milverton, in the township of Downie, hitched his team (a spirited young span of horses) to a mowing machine, but had only gone a few rods,when on crossing a deep furrow he lost his balance and fell in front of the knife. The horses then started, and ran towards the barn, dragging him some distance -no one could tell how far, as he was alone. The hired man, who VAS on another part of the farm, seeing the horses run away, made haste to stop them, and found his master some dis- tance back mangled and bleeding, with several large cuts on his head and body. His left arm above the elbow was sawn nearly through, being held only by a small piece of flesh. -A couple of oxen were exhibited in Port Hope market a few days ago, which weighed- respectively 1,790 and 1s690 pounds. - A clergyman attended dile of the late religious conventions at Halifax, wbo had never seen a locomotive or rail ear before, though 60 years old. He thinks they are improvements upon -old niethods of travel. -Electors should keep in mind the fact that under the present election law there will be but one day's polling. The candidate whose friends are best prepar- ed to vote early and see that their neigh- bors do likewise, las the best chalice of election. • -In addition to Mf. Blake's speeches, the Globe Printing Company have now in press, on a folio sheet, the votes and proceedings of the House of ()wineries during the past five years, and the speech of Hon. Alexander Mackenzie at Glen- coe. 'These documents should be circul- ated all- over the Province by candidates and Reform Associations. • -An employee named Payette, in Chabot's grocery store, Montreal, went into the store cellar last week with fa light to draw coal oil. The cask was set on fire by escaping gas therefrom, and he was instantly enveloped in the blazing fluid. The building was destroyed.. Payette may recover., - We clip the following from the an- nual report of the Directors of the Well- ington, Grey and. Bruce Railway, read at the annual meeting lately held in the city of Hamilton : "A supply of iron sufficient to cover the whole distance from Palmerston to Winghatn, and will be delivered in the Fall of this year. The Directors hope that the line can be opened fm the teethe of this -fine district before the close of the present year, which will be a year in advance of the time required by the agreement with theemunicipalitiess" • - The . grasshopper plague has also extended to the county of Lanark. In some of the rear townships of that come- ty theT are committipg wholesale depre- dations among the gram a,sid hay, crops. An eye witness states that between the fifth and seventh lines of Lanark town- ship he observed countless numbers of these destructive insects in the fields and. 041 the fences along the road. In some instances whole fields, nearly ready for the mower or reaper, had been eaten down as close as a sheep -pasture. --- The office of Mrd elm Otis' tan- nery, in Brantford, was broken into on Friday night last, and the two safes con- tained therein torn open. They sontain- ed only the books of the establishment and about $4 in cash. The burglars are supposed to be some itinerant showmen who were present during the ()ranee demonstration.. The doors of the safes are ruined. • -A new disease of •a most malignant type has lately attacked a number ofcat- 110 in the neighborhood of Stoney Creek, near lianailton and ,in every instance proved fatal. A.bouta dcizen fine cows have died. of it within the past few days, The disease„ which does not appear to be at all uncleestood, scerne to be in the animals' head, and generally causes death in a few hours after the first attack. - A brutal outrage was committed on the peison -of Mrs. A. Bardwell, near Eden Mills, on Friday, by a volunteer, • named Emanuel Kemp, a member of the Guelph Artillery Compiey. The farmers in the vicinity of Eden Mills, are scour- • ing the swamps for Kemp, and if they _ succeed in catching him, they threaten to lynch hini on the nearest tree. -A few days ago, a young Man of 18 years of age, son of Michael MeKurdy, of Lanark, went out with his gun to shoot some turkeys. He bad net gone more than 200 yards from his father's house when a torrent of ram began to fall, ec- compained with thunder and lightning. Placing his gun some four or "five yards aside, apparentlyknowing that the iron attracted lightning, he ran and took shelter under a trce, and while there a thunderbolt struck hen, caueing instan- taneous death. Next day his father and mother found lens, and itt a standing position, his body leaning against a fence, showing that death niust have occurred momentarily after the lightning struck him. -A son of Mr. Thorne, of Mitchell, aged about twelve years, was working a horse rake on Tueeday morning, on the farm of Mr. Squiers, of Logan. He was on the horse when Mi. Squiers unhitched it from the machine, and fastened. up the traces. The horse took fright at pail or something else he carried, and gave a sudden jump, throwing the poor lad from his eeat, and his legs becoming en- taeiriged. led in the traces, he was kicked. to - death before assistance could. be, ren d - - The following is a list of the officers elected at the late meeting of the Mason- ic Grand Lodge held at Hamilton: M. W. Bro. W. Mercer Wilson, of Sinicoe, G, .M. R. W. Bro. Thos. White, Jr., of Montreal, D. G. M. ; YT. Bro. Jas. Beim of Toronto, G. S. W. ; R. W. Bro. Horace Merrill, of Ottawa, G-. d's W.; Rs W. Bro. Henry Goff, of Sinicoe G. Treasurer; W. Bro. T. B. Harris, of - Hamilton, Grand Secretary; Rev. and R. W. Bro. Davies, of Toronto, Grand Chaplain; R. W. Bro. Henry Robertson of Collingwood, D. • D. G. M. Toronto District. - On Monday afternoon a man named Charles Stafford was found drowned in the Grand River, near the bridge of the Southern Railway, about two miles from Cayuga. The body Isms found leaning over the side of a boat with the head and arms in the water, which was only about six inches in depth. Verdict of the jury: Accidental drowning while in a state of intoxication.