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The Huron Expositor, 1873-05-23, Page 1er g the produeer, th :uid other elaeses are pis cry vitala, and although elate 31UfllL, he is caating abon a of redress or eacape mon of iniquity whieh thi estraction. Tie lamentable eaeaft. -s is, that if they d3 not pay the fee, wife a firseclaas price for het ba he will take offence and they lam her custom. But, aupposmg take offeoce, why should she not ba to go to some aeleeretere and get price if she can. To preeett, do lig thia andgettipg abetter pe‘ butter, is the very parposa tor he God erich oombivatioe&1 1o 'wawa f faU1110S are willing to stibirtit &aures of thie skimp, the they de.. to he trod upon, their manhood tieT»rted and diets_ deeerve oleugea o Ied the free and independeet. heroic merchants fear thn fermate oukI leave their &totes and eegg, ee to trade in others.. Our poor de ge •-dian merchaat pririeId eur es grandfathers say- could they that their imbecile offspring are eo id 01 el courage that they eato withsttuRithe blandialimet ts of nding farmers' wives. Is it any - erethat Canadian rights were bate aa- to satiate American eopidity, is avowedly is the character of a f our people ? The ietellfgent oii f the farming coniumnity etot f the Batter Aaeociation, nor of ther combination which hes for ite xtortion. They are willing tfiet aw of demend and supply ghat.' reg - price; which is the only legitimate Ie. All improvements on that a.re abortions. If Inspectors are a ssity for the inspeetiou of hutter„ let br all ineans be appointed, but let cation be made to the proper _quart the Legislature of Ontario, to e elected representatives- to make -s_ Bat we most earnestly protest st this power being delegated to er eligem A FARMER, - a May 13, 1873. • - Exefer. BRATII SC11001. ANNIVERsAn —The versary of the Exeter IVeeleyan Mist- saibath saw will be Iseld e 2-ttb. a May, next. The scholars ends intend to meet at 1 o'clock at the grove near the church, and &clock they will proceed to the where tea will be served, first to Ilrett and then to the adult after which addresses will be de - 1 her severa.1 talented speakers-. A er of pieces of music win be sung e Sabbath School thildren It int ttIL MBETING.--The Council met A cemmunication fiona Judge Goderich, coeceroing a Court In which to held Division Court and on motion of J. Pickard, dei y W. H. Verity. the Reeve late(' t& wait on the Jralee and ge the nietter. By-law No -2, pro - g fortavern and shop licences ant ng the Inspector's ditty, was read a and -third tune and passed. Mr. Southcett was appeinted pound- er The Asseeeraeat toll was Land and swore ta by the Assessors, e Kilpatrick anai Joseph A chesen, dine tolaw. The aecount of Mesars. arci st. Son, to the amount of $7 50, orparate seal, was ordered to be mesh.- Mr. Popplestone, of Ste- reeeived rather a eevere injury at kard's saw- mill a few daeys ago. nia means his hand came in cout-act e seawhich lacerated it very tearing one firmer entirety from and and almost astroying seine of hem. He is 'tow progressing faVet- ParteNVE NrEETINV. --A temper. meeting will be held in the Wesley- thodist Church, Exeter. on Friday the 16th inst. By the efforts et temperance societice here, the ser - of Professor Samuel and "Little " leave been sectired. In the e places -where the Professor has entertahameeta his efforts have marked with success, and have wou some degree of distinction. It - hoped that the meeting will be tteaded and that macb amid may from the praiseworthy e'-'.fferts put m behalf of the temperance cease, 6c Aericaltu ral, " of London, hate called in only 50 per centof its premium r a three years` risk,. antl is undeniably the of eitettp farm. insunince Canada. - El GOOD akk itt8t to 11=4, nrsost & ce.a. eear MEDICINES of ail descriptions y on hand atZ. HICE:iON & 00.'8 Drag PPRENTICE WANTED. ,TED, a good smart BOt to leant the ' et -making bt*ness, WALTER SCOTT, Seaforth. BOY WANTED. TED, iremediatelY, a BOY fur the Macke g- businees. Apply to- MeINTOSH & MORRISCt.N. IN BUYER WANTED. inureelietely, a GRAIN BUYER for e Seaforth market. Must be a. good judge - To a suitable Man Cougtant employe good wage3 will be given. Apply ta JAS. P, liENDALL & Seaforth OHEE6E ITANDTACTURERS. have commenced the reartufac.tnre k!se Boxes and Setters, parties can be sup - the sluirtest notiee and reasonable tering, naranteed to. give :e.tieftietion. Areaiting Or different sizes. -Addresa - JOHN M. MARTIN, Nevelt:: Were, Seaforth: TENDERS lallA.NTED-- inttersigned will is ive rutiI June 10the T.F.NDERS for the removal of the Sch001 scluml St e' ine to the aid site, Ldistanee Three-quarters ,chool-room 6ituu1lect on Eighth Cowes' Luther it.fetinatioe giveu on apylication itoel-reone ditriter -11.0-hing Itoure or 1° nA,MULL StAn•etary, Witithrop_ILO. LT OF LETTERS GLE.1), far at the St alerth I'ast Office On - 16.73. 1. Miss Leulaa teL. 2f. n, Mee, I:hotla Allan tz ..te.e.• L. 1.1it, .77 ii4att e. Albert Rev: Aselel tharlue itt-fa: „ . 1), a, If. 'W. , A ler:a/0,1e1• t, Samuel • Metseet.1.1, Duneart N:tel.„ P, i ;ham 3,iihs. Mary LE4a,:ieth FI,ar?••,, ;e. M. S. Shannon. John Stranae, It. A. Steeth„ Re-beis S0.1,:gitt. Vaal Wean. Jae. , noes, Tit- rn, 1:11iet Wit t---1-, Mre. Wrin hataon, a Sarah- Veieten, t;t 11 nith,Messrs.,- \Vat t ere, Jahn Mies Harriet S. DICRSON, P. - .44134/11 YEAR. W1t0.1611-Na. 285. SEAFORTE FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1873. pa/5 i 1!ICLIZAI4i AIROTIIE-110_, Publishers. $1 50 a Year, in advance. eotatt tor FARM FOR SALE. 100 ACRES, being Lot No.10,111 the 5th Con. cesoion, Tackersmith, two mild from Sea- fel* Station, one and one-qnarter miles from Eg- mondville; 84 acres cleared; house frame, Nun e6e56; capital bearing orchard; good well, land sandy loam.; new board fence. in front; a very convenient faun and iu a good: locality. For particulars apply to WM. M. MOORE, Real Estate Agent, bon 140, F., London, Ont. 284-4 P&RM FOE SAL IN IN Melat LOP. 'CM SALE, a good Faxxe., eomposed of North half of lot 15 and the'we'et half of lot 14, Con. 12, bleNfilop,contilining 100 tioree, 50 cleared and waIl fenced, and in good cultivation; balance well timbered with hardwood; a good frame house and new log barn; good bearing orchard r two miles and a half from a good. gravel read; 10 miles from the village of Seatorth; there are two steain. sawmills within 8miIea, convenient to elinre,les, sehools and storesFor particulars apply to the proprietor oti the- premises, or, if by letter, to Welthre°P P. CL 04SATES MeDONALD, VIRGINIA. A NY PARPIE.S. wishing to emigrate to the eLet South can obtain full information fro the tuirta dersigned, who have been appointed age s for the sale of lands in Southern Virginia, the ost fertile portion of the South. Further partionlare - and list? of Lands will be furnished shortly. Ap- ply:or address see ,E. HICKSON & CO., Seafor, FARM POE SALE OR TO RENT. "VCR SAT.Y. OR TO RENT, on reasonable terms, Lot 8, concession 8, Hallett, consisting of 100 acres, 80 of which are cleared and in a state of '-' good cultivation, and well fenced. There is a good frame barn 6040, and suitable tehede, also ' a splendid orchard; well watered; one and a -halt eshom the village of Iiiiiburn, and within half a mile of a good gravel road; there are 80 acres, fall plenved;_ immediate possession will be given, For furtherparticulars apply to the proprietor on the premises or address Constance P. 0. eae .101IN STEP fiW.NS, Proprietor. FARM FOR SALE IN GREY. r GT No. 12 ilia part of Lot No. 11 in the 18th -kJ Concession of Grey, consisting of 78 acres, 50 cleared and in good Cultivation; 24 miles from (=ravel Road. 12 miles from Seaforth. Apply to ANGUS MegILLA.N, on the premises. FARM FOR SALE. A VALUABLY, FARM, 100 acres, First Con- cession, Mc.illop, near Seaforth, on the main gravel 'road to Goderiela ; 85 acres eleered and free from etnmps ; 85 acres plowed, the rest under grass; well watered and_ fenced, with large frame bannstable Underneath; log farm houseboarded out- side, and good orehard ; possession immediately title good and terms easy. For further particulars apply to a72 L1TDWIG MEYER, Seaferth P. 0. STORE TO RENT OR SELL IN SEAFORTH. 'THAT °bland faeorably-known stand, the MAN- GIMS TED. HOUSE, lately occupied by Mr. JOHN LOGAN will be sold, or rented on reasun- able terries. Apply afthe store of . 270._ LOG -AN & JAMIESON. itTEABI SAW MM. AND FARM FOR SALE. 1)tEING Lot 34, Con. 7, McKillett, conta,ining 104 acres, all etea,red, with good barite and stables, • two good orchards. in full bearing; two never -fail : tug springs which •supply the rain. Also, let 35, Con. 9 containing 48 mute of bush. Th.e property -is situated. 6 miles from Seaforth, with a good .gravel road thereto. For further particulars apply on the premieee. If by post,. to aome THOMP- SON, Constance P. 0."., Firtintrn, Out. 200 . FARM FOR SALE. ft.ONTAINING 313 acres, at $25 per acre, situ- ated in Vermillion Coanty, State of Indiana, on the Wabash River, a navigable stream, for 350 miles ; 223 acres of this farm is rich. bottom lank; hi h, 1.11 fairIt' - In will lprodueo 75 bushels of corn per acre; the remainder is up- land, good for all kinds of small grain; 165 acres ef this farm is in a good state of cultivation, the balance good hardwood; e lcirge frame house IA stories, n o 1 house lore stables and corn cribs- two orchards and an abundance of good water. This: faun is eituated three ;miles south of the thriving town of Clinton, Indiana., on the Evans- ville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway, 160 miles south of Chicago, DI., 'and 10 miles north of Terre Haute, Ind., a eity of 20,000 inhabitants ; good. roads; good school; good markets and a good neighborhood. Terrus easy—or- I trade for land in either the -Counties of Huron or Bruce, Ont. Address JOHN E. RYAN, Clinton. Ter- _ million County, Intliar?a,—or C. R. COOPER, Brussels. Out. 275'1'10 BRICK YARD TO RENT. 0 RENT the Brick Yard in the Second. Conces- sion of Tuckersmith, at, Egniondville,the pro- perty of Mr. Thomas Govenloek, MeKillop. This is a large yard, witb. fur large reitIle, end a bank of splendid clay eight fee e thick; a never -failing supply of water; the yard is fur-, nished - with every convenienee and facility for nia.nnfacturing. HOUSE and. STABLE on the yard will be sold ; also, to be. eold the elute, bar- rows, and other implements used heretofore in the yard, and aliout 5,000 feet, of good lumber. Rent of yard e:100 a year. The house and stable will be sold for -$100 cash ; the; Other artieles also be disposed of very low. This is an excellent ehaneet for anyone Wishing to engage in the Briekmaking business, as bri'cirs are now selling at from $6 to $7 50 per 1.000, and wood obtainable at $2 DO a cord. For further partienlars apply to 2654'26 JOHN BOWDEN, EgmonAville 0 APPR:ENTIGE WANTED., WANTED' a good smart BOY to learn the Cabinet-making- businems. _ 283 WALTER SCOTT, Senfortit. • BOY WANTED. ANTEI), immediately, a 130Yfor the Bleat'- , sreithing business. Apply to 278 MeINTOSH & MO,RRISON. — 4 TO CRUSE 1KAMTFACTURE1tS. s I have eniumenceel the menufactnre of' Cheese I3ox.es and. Setters, parties can be sup- plied on the shortest notice and reasonable terms. - Boxes guarenteed to give sittibfaetion. Ass aitiug orders for different sizeS- AAldreSs JOILN M. MARTIN, est Novelty Works, Seaforth. TENDERS WANTED. _ THE undersigned will receive until June 10th, 1878, TENDERS for the reruo;a1 of the Sehool House in Sehool ;Section No. 6, lIcXillop, to the nexv school site, a- distance of three-quarters cif a nide, Sebnol-room Rituatod ox - Eighth Conces- sion. Furthe.r information given On aPPlieati011 at the sehool-room, dtuing teaehingiliours, or to SAMUEL- SCARLET. tiecrebary,. 283 7. Winthrop P. O. — — JAMES CORD -ERY. - PLASTERER, begs to inform the inhabitanth of Seafarth and country aronntl, that he is now prepared bo take any jou tn. Ins line of work. and slopes to gain the patronag,e 212111 custom of , the public. Hoase—conaer of High and John streets, Seaforth. 2t34 • e - FOR SALE CHEAP.., A. 1:411-.Nfe SADDLE, Bridle /laid ,)/artingales. A1 Iidy at the le,vrosrron office, Seaforth. TO COOPERS. F°'RALE„ cheap, a first-class HEADING ' JOINTER, nearly new, and in good working- nnler. For farther particulars apply to J. G. AMENT, Seaforth. 284 0 PERSONALS OF THE PERIOD BY ORPHEUS 0. KERR. Jame used can -Therm to light her fire the faster.' ",We lay her to rest," intoned the pas- tor. Smith blew the. gas out, ere the becl he glided for, Leaving his family quite unprovided for. To learn if charged, Jones breathed into hie fowling-teece. Ills widow's uncle will support his heyil- ing niece. Brown thought he'd flirt with, Simpson's wife a little. The jury stood a dozen for acquittal. Pll shave,", said Ruth, of women's rights tha forerunner. "The razor must -have slipped," observ- ed the coroner. Stiles jumped up to reach a moving rail. car'e platform. , A horae's bereavementshocking is in that form, • " That whisky one can stand," said Tompkins, "try oh, let's." His sleep is sweet beneath the early vio- lets. His shop girls put on topinost floor, did Blaney. After the tire they didn't count so many. Jinks tried to stop, by hand, a some- thiug-or-other in saw. " My daughter's next shan't smoke," re - Marked the mother-indaw. Some New Members and their Oddities. MR. Domie, • Member for North York. Mr. Dodge entered Parliament thoroughly indepen- dent. His sPeeches auring the cam- paign were so general -that neither Party seemed to have a ghost of a chalice of ever salting him. The great feature of his speeches was the extreme loyalty and devotion to British institutions. And. although Boulter gave. it as his (mink) that he sang "God Save the Queen a little too loud, that may be put doa for sheer spleen., When, therefore (hiring the debate ,on the Addrets _Mr Dodge nee, there was considerable curi osity as to what tack he woidd take, bu he did not keep his audience long in sus perm. .The great obfect of Mit Dodge' political worship, It was soon made elain was Mr. Dodge himself. He announce( himself a renegade Yatikee of the pures water. Honorable members might boas ef their loyalty, but what was their loyal ty compared With . his, • t Traasformec into a British subject but a few 1i:tenth before by Act of Parliament, the inten sity of bis loyalty could not in any way .be appreciated by those who had hae the misfortune the misfortune to born British subjects. He denounced hi fatherland, aed abused its institutions •Its public men were all rogues 'and its legislators the concentration of Public iniquity. -England, and England's Queen, and England's institutions. am Enghsli soil, these were Worth talking about, but for President Grant and Yam keedom generally, and the legislature of Illinois he particular--theee were a dis- grace to the development of the nine- teenth century. Heemote his heart 'with the padre of his hand, swelled out his chest, got on to Ins tiptoes, and pro- nounced himself in a screech an English- man to the backbone:, At this announce- ment poor old Mouldes ela,pped his with. ered hands ; but Boulter's voice amid the general applause was heard shout- ing " humbug ! lell us how you are go- ing to vote." Nor did the honorable member keep them long in suspense. he summoned from the epirit world the soul of "Good old Robert Baldwin," and having 'performed -this feat, " whete should. I place him. ?" said he. On the Opposition benches? No, I wouldseat him on the Treasury benches, for there he would find congenial spirits—his true followers. Pope limited rather scarily over his shoulder when this kied of talk begeal, and did not seem to relish the idea at all a -having such a ghostly colleague; while Tupper looked around ,with quite a professional cast in his eye,. and it seemed to me, if the doctor had been put on a de tanatico commission at that moment Mr. Dodge's practical ex- perience of British libeity might have resulted in tostight modifi atiou from a brief incarcex-aubn.'in an as How: ever the honorabletmember still kept hie audience in suspenee, and during the firit half hour nothing could be gathered as to his political leanings, in a Canadian light. But at length he an no fie ced h int - self. Sir John he pronounced the great- est statesman of his age, take the others from where you liked. At the feet Of such a man he it would be his privilege to sit and. leant' ; and he trusted the Op- position wouM have pace -given them to see as he did in this matter ; and 'light enough poured in upon their hearts to dispel the dark clouds of prejudice and envy that overshadowed them at presepte This was enough. Mackenzie threw his spectacles on his desk, and looked round with, that disappointed look so peculiar- ly his own at times ; but he failed to go through with it. He was forced to 'team a good guffa'w Milis, who had evident- ly all, along been' making psychological observations, scratched his head in -are - signed sort of a way, and evidently gave it up. Tupper looked as if he thought him madder than ever. As the man at Ottawa, it must be the latter, I think: r" He cut his throat frora ear to ear." There can be no mistake . about that. The honorable member tor North Yerk may attempt ever so often, and may call in to his aid any quantity of gold and fine linen in the way of studs and cuffs and shirt front. It won't do, Boulter is quite right. He sang "God save the Queen)' not in the quiet tone of a patriot, but with the weirdly shriek of a truent eagle. For myself I would suggest the church to the consideration of the mem- ber for North York. Religious renegades are admired and draw audiences.•-o•Polith cal renegades, on the other hand, are rather eschewed, especially that class of them- -who call:names at their Mother- land. - Amongst the other new members who early distinguished themselves is the honorable member for St. John, MR.. PALMER. He is very unlike Mr. DOdge. The lat- ter as an individual, throws himself about. If be does not know the man, I would take him to be one of those charac- ters whorweuld walk right up to hire and make his acquaintance on the spot and think nothing of it. —Mr. Palmer, on the other band, is the very pieture)of grav- ity. He has large bushy eyebrows, his eyes are hid away back in quite a cavern- ous way, his ears are pretty large, he walks in that peculiar way which, in Scotland is termed 661a,mping,"-- there is no synonym for that _word in any language 1 know—his arms are long and his voice is remarkable. It sounds like a voice seven -eighths croak and the rest ueak. He is retiring to a degree, and. I can quite conceive of Mr. Palmer, sit- ing in the same house with a fellow - member for five years, and at the end of that time not know him, though he were to meet him on the plains of Illi- nois, as Dodge would say. Mr. Palmer seconded the reply to the address. The Opposition were curious to hear this. new champion, for when his name was men timed previous to his maiden speech, the Ministerialists shook their heads sagaci- ously, and he was pronounced, in a. kind of confidential way, the greatest consti- tutional lawyer in the Dominion. He n allay be, I don't know, for I ney9. could " 'make mit a single word he- said yet. eaa Even the reporters, I arn told, regaiel , t 14T him as a bete 110, and there is a teeht- tion in the Russell House which goes on - to relate how he frightened- one of the t servants of the hotel. The servant hear- . mg an unearthly noise emanating froin s his apartment, rashly entered, and to his , amazement beheld the member for St. John sitting, spectaC'es on nose and t with eyes almost startin e from their t sockets, gazing on the Grlobt, and giving _ vent not to any articulate sounds, but to I one long, unbroken howl, like one of s Peter Mitchell's fog 'whistles. The re- - porter had spoken the most egregious nonsense, so the story goes. As I have 1 said, before, he may be a great constita. tional lawyer, but- I -conceive he will e never be a great man in the House of . Commons. In fact, he is already classed with the bores. -It matters not What subject is before he House, the member for. St. John must needs have his say about it. He seems to carry about with e diamondedition of constitution- . 1 ant ors. and'in all and , every case he is ever ready with a precedent. He has way ith him which at first ratherim- posed.on the Opposition. In treating a case he would generally begin at the wrong end, and the Opposition used to "hear, hear" him lustily when he seem. ed to be arguing for what they conceived to be the right side of the question- Bift it made them look rather eheepish when, after having exhausted one volume of his diamond edition, he would take up another and prove how fallacious his previous ergumente had been. The Min- istry is rather shorthif legal power, John O'Connor being the , principal hand in that departmeut ; but as Mackenzie can shut up.John in about a sentence and a half 'When he attempts the legal, it was thought that Mr. Palmer would be taken in as a kind of " constitutional bolster." Bat that idea has been given up, I be- lieve. • Pope and Bohitaille would not hear or such a thing, and threatened to resigntg it were pressed. It is rumored that the honorable member for St. John is to go as Chief Justice to Manitoba to assist Judge Mc1Ceaghney, and there seems some need for him there, as two of the members from that strange place told me the other day that they were thoroughly convinced that McKeagliney was sure te, hang somebody- by mistake one of these days, if he were not looked after. • - , But speaking of Manitoba suggests an- other new neember who has made &bine figure in the House during the_sessiOn— I mean mit. meeoreGH-CM, . the member for Marquette. He also claims to be an independent -member, I know not whether lie is or not, but one thing iS certain that he votes in the most eccentric fashion, and nobody seems sure when they may have him next. He made his first oratorical effort ha- the House in a spedch on the Address.. He insulted Dodge by dubbing him " the member for Illinois," and then stageered n She whole Honee by enunciating some 4. very heretical cloctrines about the Cana- 1 dian Pacific: Since then he has spoken frequently, and scents to be somewhat of e a, favorite with both parties. There is a vein of quiet humor renting., thronet his remarks which relieves froti; the tire- someness of the lengthy tirades of sech ' men as Palmer, and the other night he 81 fairly brought clown the House- by an in- • imitable description of an Indian pow- i wow. It was one of the tit -bits of the session. There is one- thing about' this b • gentleman which ought to make him P stand. well with his constituents, and Shat is the irrepressibility with which be r brings forward. Manitoba. It- does nbt L matter much what is before the House, F Cunningham is pretty sure to shove in t Manitoba with a grievance or two. se They have some institution up there p which they cell a "hay privilege," and of rarely is the . notice paper without a w NOTICE. SEALEri WENDERS will be rweived by the Colwell Of thb 'Township of Uslierue until g o'clock P.31. on MONDIY, the 26th of Mak next, for the building of three bridges over the Sauble River, twoetweeu the 4th and 55h Concessions. and one on U.lhantes_ Road. Abutments to be Wilt of sspifi tone. Plans and eccations eau be seen at the residence of the undersigned, lot 28, Co. 5, Township of Usborrie, where the tenders will be epenelL The Couneil do not hind theni- eelves to adeept the lowest or any tender. ift. BISHOP, Reeve. Lrsborne, May 9 laaa, 284-13 rater proceeded the Opposition leered, and the Government people did not seem elated at their acquisition. To me, as lolled over the gallery, if was a melancholy sight. Here was a young man, who with his wealth, had Provi- dence blessed hina with even an ordinary modicum of judgment, might have risen in the political world, deliberately com- mitting suicide. And he did it effectu- ally: As Pope has it—I forget which of the Popes it was; whether the little • ail at Twickenham -or the agricultural question or motion wth Mr. Cunning - ham's narae attached to it, aboot this privilege.— But the most remarkable speech he has Made was the other night when Itymal brought up the old ques- tion of Riel and the Rtd River troubles. It is a nasty kind of question, and neither party seem wishful of meddling with it much. But the. member for Marquette on that occasion went right up to it. He struck out right and left most vigorously. The House, whether surprised at his temerity or puzzled at the novelty of his views, was hushed in a. way I had never semi before, and at the end of half an hour he sat down, having relieved himself of a speech which no other member in the House would have dared to venture on. The honor- able member for Marquette, politically speaking, may rashly tumble over a precipice for want of forethought, but I am inclined to think if he had these 'hay privileges" fiettleci he himself would settle down to be a very valuable member.—The Lounger, in, the Canadian. I11u8tratq. HAMILTON CORRESPONDENCE, 'Weather Rosa& — Dull 1t1arkeb0- 1Iigh Prices of Cordwood and Bay Operations—Newspapers —Railroads — Political — • Organ Grinders. HAMILTON, May 13,_ 1873. The' ambitious city is still alive, not- withstanding- the cold backward spring. A feiv of the fair sex. of the peacock or- der have ventured out with their gay spring plumage, but have been forced to retreatbefore the cold and resume. for the present their winter garb. The Country roads are still in a very bad con- dition, preventingthe peopletoa great extent from bringing wood and produce td the markets,- Saturday last was the only real good market we have had for some time. Hay and wood are up to a fearfdl figure, the former froni $8 tb. $9 per cord; and the latter as high as $30. per ton. • Building has begun and iss rapidly ad- vancing. The Masons' blocks a beautiful structure on James street, !directly op. posite the Royal Hotel, will soon be com- pleted. The Presbyterian Church on Main street and the English Church on Xing street will soon be ready to dedi- cate. The new bell tower in front of the City Hall is advauing finely, and in the course of a few weeks Hamilton wilt -not be disgraced with its miserable old Bell. Tower which was scarcely worthy She name. Our city is likely to be well supplied with newspapers; we: have now three dailies, viz., Ti?nes, Spectator and Stand- ard, the latter of which is a disgrace to the newspaper business; we have now four weeklies, viz., Timm, Spectator, Christian. Advocate .and New Dominion, and Mr. Thos. Lawless, of the Spectator staff, iritends shortly to start a new Tem- perance paper. • The Hamilton & - Lake Erie Railroad is being pushed to completion. Two beautiful new engines were delivered to She Company here and their fine first- class coaches are expeced in a few days. The road will soon be open to the Grand. Trunk junction, and the city of Hamil- ton will soon be in a position to take, ad. vantage of traffic over the Grand Trunk Railroad. Our ,duplicate voting machine placitl at the control of Sir John Macdonald at Ot- tawa, hi receiving some- hard knocks from the Them faticy that Chisholm and Witton would not like to venture their fate in another election here. It is a pity to see men so completely giving up their independence ad so willingly crouching et the feet of such an unscru- pulous master. The Temperance societies were never more prosperous tlia,n at the present. Large accessions are being made weekly and. new lodges are beinir formed in diff- erent parts of of the city. The Sabbath Temperance lectures by ministers of the city mat others have done much good and a great interest is being taken in the subject of Prohibition. Great ieraise is given to Mr. Bodwell and other M. P.s for their efforts in Parliament in reference to this subject. The everlasting organ grinder is once more on the street, and, as we close, the . delicious_m_u_si.c.11)4,..___emg wafted on the morning breete Canada —The westernasection of the Canada Southern Railway was opened for local traffic on the 20th inst. —Work on the Credit Valley Railway is progressing rapidly. A. considerable portion of the road between Toronto And Milton is now graded, and large gangs of inen ere constantly at work. —Mr. James Young, lite Editor of the H«rriston Tribune, was presented hy his Brethren of Harriston Lodge, A. F. & A. M., with a handsome gold watch and chain,, es a token of their esteem on the eveed his departure from the village. Mr. Young, we believe, intends return- ing to Scotland. —A company of : Scotch emigrants, numbering 350 in arrived at Tomato -on Friday afternoon last, and intend sa,king Ontario their adopted home. `hey are said to be fine, steady, healthy ooking people. • -d-The people of St. Catharines have eterrnined to celebrate .tionday next in. teed of Saturday as that of Her Majes- y'dbirth, and a proclamation declaring londay a public holiday has been is• led by the mayor. ---20n Thu rtday last. a sturepeon weigh. ng 11.0 pounds, and measurmg 6. feet 6 iches in length, was Canght in the Sau- le river, near the iron bridge. between arkhill and Widder station. A farmer named Thomas Parker, a esident of the township of Elite, near istowel, was found by his wife, on riday morning of last week, lying On he roadside near his farm, dead. It ems that Parker bad left Listowel the revioua eveniug considerably the worse liquor, -and had a bottle in the wagon ith hihn. It is supposed that he fell out of the wagon, and by the fall re- ceived sach injuries as to cause his death. Upon getting up in the morning, Mts. Parker saw the horses and wagon standing in the barnyard, and on look- ing for her husband,.found him as above stated. —A destructive fire took place in Ot- tawa, on Friday night la.st, destroying 36 buildings and other property, amount- ing in all to the value of $150,000. Sev- eral horees and cows were burned, but no serious accident occurred to elle persons present. --A. man named George McKay Was stra,nglecl at St. Thomas by a piece of beef sticking in his throat, while taking his supper on Saturday, evening. Death resulted in one or two minutes. —The Merchants Bank has purchas- ed an eligible site, and has commeneed the -erection thereon of a very handsome two story brick edifice, for the use of She Mitchell agency. We would like to see the Royal Canadian doing like- wise for its agency in Seaforth. —A religious paper has been the first to add to the three stereotyped headings of social announcements a. fourth. After births, marriages and deaths comes the heading 6•Engaged," and. under it a bold couple had. their names announced.. We are always ready to follow a good. ex- ample. Such. an addition would., no ,doubt, be quite an attraction to any paper, and the announcements under this heading would be anxiously looked forby most people. If our friends will supply the material, we will glad.y fur- nish apace in the Exeosrron for the in- troduction of this latest journalistic at- traction. Who speaks first? M —r. Adam White,. of the te wnshiP of Beverly, recently sold to a Hamilton butcher two oxen and two steers, the united weight of which was 6,700 pounds, and for which'he received the sum of $410. —A match between the smokers and non-smokers of the Toronto Lacrosse Club was rdayed in that city on Satur- day last. Bets.rau high in favor of the non-smokers, but after four very keenly contested games the match was declared a tie. —A servant girl in Montreal recently disappeared from her employer's real - deuce very mysteriously. Her clothes were all left behind in her room, and al- though the most diligent search Was made by the detective force, AO tidillAS of what hid become of her could be gain- ed. When all hope of ever again seeing her alive had almost died out, by some means or other she was discovered as, sisting a number of dock hands to load a vessel, and was dressed_ in male attire. She had been employed similarly ever since her mysterious disappearance. —Messrs. )3ray, Jackson and Rev. Mr. Sinclair have retired from the proprietorship of the Wingham Hereafter Messrs, Leet, Fieher and Stevv- art are to control the destinies of our contemporary. The latter gentleman has been connected with the office as foreman and manager since its establish- ment in Wingham. —In order to give our readers some idea of the extensive lumbering business carried onin some of the north eastern townships of the Province, we may state that it is now a daily occurrence for five full train loads of sawn lumber to pass over the Midland Railway, running be- tween .Lindsay and Port Hope. This is in addition to immense quantities of hewn timber, shingles, lath and railway ties. ---,Mae first Lake Superior boat of the season, the Manitoba, arrived at Goder- hill on Saturday evening last, on her way to Sarnia, wita eighty-five tons of silver - ore and one hundred passengers. She re- ports the north shore of Lake Superior alt elear of ice, but the south shore blocked full. — Beads are more numerous and troublesome in the township of Arthur County of Wellington, this spring than they have been for fifteen years. Sever- al farmers have had sheep and pigs car- ried away and destroyed by -them. They not only Molest those in fields, but enter enclosure.: and carry away their victims, In one instance the bretes tore the door of a pen to splinters., and killed and carried off eight eplendid sheePi — t eem.s that the new law relating to Division Courts forbids the holding of th ese Cou rts ,in any roota connected with a tavern or hotel, and requires the mu- nicipality in which the Court is held to provide the necessary accommodation, In view of this change in the Jew, we presume that several inuuidipalities in this County will have to provide new am cornmodation for the sittings of the Die vision Courts. - 1‘ir,John Sheddon, of Toronto President of the Toronto and Nipissing Itmilway, met with a fea,rfill accident on Friday last, which resulted in almost instant death. Mr. Sheddon was re- turning from Coboconk, where he bad on the day in question a sale ot property. On arriving at a way station he got off the train ou to the platform to bid some friends farewell. The train started sooner than be expected, and not wish- ing to be left behind, he made a rush for the hindmost ear, catching hold of She railing at the front part of the car. While running along the platform preparatory to jumping on, he carne to a break, where steps went down to the track. Losing his footing, he was thrown between the leer and the -tilat- form, and was dragged in this position a considerable distance before the train could be stopped. When rescued his legs and body were found to be badly brokea and crushed, and in a few minutes he breathed his het. He was one of the most wealthy and leading business men of Toronto. —The Countess of Dulferin was safely delivered of a daughter at her residence, at Ottawa, on Saturday last. —A, few days ago a collision took place between two stages on the road between Owen Sound. and Collingwood. One of the vehicles was overturned, and several ef the passengers seriously injured. Two men and one woman had each a leg broken, and one woman received severe nejuries in the back. , The stages be -a longed- to opposition lines and the drivers were trying to pass each othei on the road when the collision took place. —The denaand for all kinds of horses in Montreal ia greater than has been for many years. Working horses are in great demand, and bring unusually high prices, while carriage and well-bred horses can scarcely be obtained at a.hy price. —The vote in the township of Egre- mont, on Friday, on the by -taw for $35,- - 000 to the Wellington, Grey arid Bruce Railway for its extension. from Palmer- ston to Holstein via Mount ..Forest was carried by 267. ea -Mr. Angus MOrriSOTI has introduced a bill into the Dominion Parliament re- quiring that evefar railway company which grants facilities to any express company shall grant equal fecilities to any other express company demanding ehe same. This bill ought to pass. Et would tend to break down the present odious express monopoly, —Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, of Burn- side, Manitoba, had thirty bushels of spring wheatsown on the 3rd of The wheat was sown, of course, on fall plowed land. This is ahead of Ontario,. —Rev. Dr. Punhhonigave his farewell sermon on Sabbath last at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, in Cobourg, before -a large congregation, previous to his return to his native land. Dr. Punshon's first sermon in Ameriea was delivered in Co- bourg five years ago this month, and new his last one has been heard by the same congregation, and -was_ listened to with. the isame wrapt attention and de- light that the first one was. -On the 15th, a mare belonging to Mr. George Allan, lot 14, Con. 3, of London township, foaled a colt, -which at birth measured 11 hands, or 41 inehes in height. The animal is far above the ordinary size, being as high as the taa- jority of yearlings. 11 this colt contin- ues its growth until it is four years old, it will be apt to 6` knock the spots off all the imported horses in the Province. -e--Canada has a publie debt amounting $122,400,179. At the time of Confeder- ation in 1867, the public debt Imounted to 73,046,051, so that it has increased nearly one-third. The assets then in possession of the Government were $18,- 317,410, and it is claimed they he.ve since then increased to $40,213.107, the great- er pert of thedncreaaed debt having been created for their acquisition. The net Canadian debt has therefore increased. about six and a half millions. —An accident befel Mr, James Bowie, well-to-dofarmer of London township, about fortnight since, which- resulted' M his death on Seturday last. He was re- • turning from the funeral of a friend at Exeter, with his wife and hiraseif sitting on the back seat of a wagon. -By some means the fastenings of the seat gave way, as the vehicle jolted oyer a rough portion of the road; and deceased and his wife were precipitated to the ground. Both were hurt, but Mrs. Bowie's in- juries were of a slight character compar- ed with those of her husband. Mr. Bow- ie's spine was seriously affected and it was -with great pata to himself that he suffered a removal to a farm house near by, where - after lingering in great agony until the day above ,named, death came to his relief. The deceased. was 40 years of age. --- Rev. Dr. Punshon was present- ed on 'iliesday evening, in the Metropol- itan Church, Toronto, on behalf of the esleyta Methodists of Canada, on the occasion of his return to England, with - an address and with a beautiful inlaid -casket made of severn different Canadian woods, and containing a certificate of deposit in his favor for something over $4,000. —Mr. T. M. Daly, M. P. for North Perth, last week sold a fine span of car- nage horses to lion. Dr. 'Tupper, for the - sum of $750. The horses are to be de- livered in Ottawa,. This team must be something atm or dee the honorable doctor as more spare change than he knows very well how to employ,' or else he is a poor judge of horse -flesh. —On Tuesday morning last, an told lady, 81 years of age, named. Mrs. Hor- gan, a resident of the township of Elliee, died very suddenly at the Stratford rail- wav station. She was in town seeing some Mends off by the noon tratu, and all at once complained of sickness, and in a few minutes after she was dead. Disease.of the heart le supposed to have been the immediate Cause of death. —It is stated that the hlanitoba dei- etation, while in Ottawa, Sneeeed.ea in inducing the Government to give its ap- proyal to a scheme extending the limits of that Province 'So about ten times its present are 1, reaching Hudson's Bay, Lake Superior and the American fron- tier as far as Ontalio. It would give Manitoba a port at the Hudson's Bay Government Factory, which is open dur- ing three months every :veer. Precious Freight. Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express recently - brought from Portland, Oregon, and transferred to the agent at Kalanam Washington Territory, two babies,! rega- Iarly tagged arouni the neck and way - billed Itecording to the stnet fol niula of express forwarding. One was apparent- ly about three years old, and the other twelve or fifteen months, When turned over to Mr. Pearce; messenger on the railroad train, he promptly took them to Kazan°, where sympathetic and mother- ly attention soon placed the babies in "good order and well conditioned" for forwarding next morning. The mother died a few months ago up the valley, and their father placed them in. care of the " Sisters " at Vancouver till be should settle his affairs and arrange a new location. He is now -employed at Seattle, and 'desiring to get ins babies there, he arranged to have them brought to him by Welts, Fargo & Co.'s Express, as he could not leave his business to go for them. The babies reached their des- tination in gad condition.