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them to- This was all they were able to make tai
y, and to the sixth innings, and at the end of yet
deetroyed fifth innings the game stood 6 to 2 in eat
ed about, vor of the Live Oaks. In the seventh
ith them, innings, mainly by safe and heavy hat.
nany ac- ting, the Maples increased their score te
id church 10, while their opponents rot" with
Id again, whitewash. In the eighth innings of the
re among Live Oaks, two muffed flys allowed therm
are here- to make two More than the w
in this
e mite,
tied to, and in their last they received an
1, thatif other coat of whitewash, thus ending til,e ,
at their game with.a victory for Wroxeter by a
ether day score of 14 to 10. On the -part of the
o justice, Silver Maples, Barker was up to his old
,eati wieet mark on third base, A. W.' and W. ei
Paulin batted well, and the catching oe
_
[:Rs..
the latter behind. the bat was exceflent.
For the Live Oaks, Roes and Kidd did
some heavy batting, and the fielding et
ley had a the Sille's and Smithson was good. art
itiscated, it. Lamb, of thh Seaforth Stars, umpired
e
leetovr the game, and his, decisions showed riot
5 1
He was only that he had a thorough knowledge
ead dis- of the game, but that he was influenced
by a desire to render strict ancl impartial
hipment iustice to both sides. The attendance of
eastern spectators was good, but the want of a
c teem I a high fence was badly felt, for a numbsse
ears, a of mean-spiritedtpersons, instead of man.
t to de- , fully paying their entrance fees, preferred
. watching thergente from the wroog side
of two ; of the fence. The -following Is the score :
inst., on 1 SILVER MAPLES. 1 LIVE OAKS.
tt, -Base i 0. R. 0, n,
nufac- w` Paulin' p 3 2 ,Kidd, lb.. ...... .. 4 1
Hogg, 2b... .. .... 8 1 Andrew, rf .. 1 1
11 liar- 1 w. H. Paulin e.. 5 1 , A. Sills, lf......11: 8 i
Thomp. 1 T. Brook, as... . .. . 5 1 ;W. Cato, p.. - .. 4 1
After a iratig,11}r.f.::-... ". 1. ilielcgt2e43..:*. ; ' ' ' 18 22
Prefer- i Gibson, lb......... 0 2 tEkailason et.: .• : .5 0
rchasing f Walker If ... • _ . , 8 1 'A. Garda°, a, . , . „ 8 1
A, Brock, of-- - . 2 8 Ga Sine, ee........ 8 1
Total .... - 27 14 Total..... • .. 27 10
ti. Jesse,, INNINGS*
1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9
y-. inTiohre. 1 Lsiitve jo
varltapies... 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 1 3-ii
e
aks.. .. . . 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 0-40
eh et 4, f Umpire, 3. Lamb, of Seltforth; ficorers-Iiick-
" ''''' son, Silver Maples; Carmichael, LiY0 Oakg.
t he is 1 ___e___
d from I Reaping Match.
"ull ex- ,
In Wild
ture let-
itullett
Wed -
the de -
1, about
is unex-
Leoce of
:staying
:evening
refreelt-
evenin g
:al inter -
I On Friday last a large crowd as.
, sembiecl on the farm of Mr. William
i Etty, one mile east of Mitchell, to wit-
ness a reaping . match which teok place -
under the auspices of the Townships of
; Logan, Hibbert and Fullerton A_gricui-
,
' tural Aesociation. Another reaping
i match was held on the same day by the
: ElmatAgricultumal Society near Newry„
i whichhprevented some manufacturers
from atte ling with their machines.
Four firm % were represented, having the
1
fallowing machihms : Thomson & Wit.
Etch 0110 i hams Manufacturing,. Co., Stratford,
tn mak. 1 Johnson wrought ironlitirmeter, corm
teat, it I billed, Johnson, single, Johnsou
felt at ! wrought iron, single. dam Stewart &
member Co., London, Buckeye No. 1, combined.
y separ., N8thsarenlr,all & Foster, Stratford, Giant Har
t -
combined ; and John Watson,
Ayr, Royce, single. After a few pre -
1 liminary fngs the reitehiees start-
ed in a business like manner, and cut one
sa of re- '! acre each in 45 minutes, the whole of the
' morn' 'I work being well done. To test the
:aillelic i draught of the different machines one
-rnaire- team was used for all, and was driven by
I Carlin Mr. Thomas Mutton, of Fullerton. The
,
memous field was uader a crop of oats of good
. her ie - length of straw,which was bent down in
1 in belt some places. The draughts of the com-
ance of blued machines are as folloe-s : Johnson
itd been wrought iron Ilarveater, 287 lba., with
d guide 4 feet lit inches cut ; Buckeye No. 1,
ted was 350 Lbs., with 4 feet 11 inches cut, Giant
11, wh° combined Harvester, 250 lbs., with 4
aY of a feet 8 inches cut. Single Machines-.
e ' ljeeu Johnson, 275 Ibt., With 5 feet 2 inches
a Rtinl` out; Johnson wroueht iron, 260 lbs,,
lal-Y be with 4 feet 11 incheS. cut, Royce, 137
' ciergY lbs., with 4 feet Eit inches "cut. After a
lful of thorough test and- due examination the
during conabined machines stood as follows:
"(twit Buckeye No. 1, lst ; Johnson: wrought
ted by iron Harvester, 2d ; Giant Combined
u etlie'' Harvester, 3rd.' Single - Royce, lat;
'ect tile Johnson, 2d; Johnson wroughtiron Her-
ne cry vester, 3rd. The judges Were Messrs. ,
Lveliest W. Davidson, Fullerton, Ja112eS Hack.
ill one ney, Usborne ; Robert Jones, Logan;
sses 01 E. Stiles, and Robert Tucker, Mitchelluion The Royce machine drew the attention of
livered the crowd by its lightness of draught and
includ- simplicity of construction It was drawn
) pray i around a piece of grain by several young
:tauedi I men, keeping close to the machines
'et du° drawn by horses, doing its work &Oen.
PP-IY didly. Each machioe -had its portion of
tauci-' patrons. The judges' or was no shi-
re mini ecure, and all endeavored to give their
ii eter- deeisions - impartially. Their decisione
t God- - were received by the assembled crowd
--' ‘ erY L as correct:
ie era- 1
L'
anc.-raI Mn, Rouen : As almost every person
1.5 eVier in our vicinity believes the statements
o tne made by the girl Abby and others, as to
ute'ffite seeing a man in the SWatup near It inhurn,
' and that they think him insalle, it has
CIL wi been auggeated to me to ask all friends of
'" au" humanity, who can do so, to join in a.
1nu tu regular search for him on the let of Sep-
.
'flanY tember, aa local efforts have hitherto been
hYlu- fruitless. The swamp, owing to fallen
'0 left timber and. an undergrowth of young
Paw- trees-, is imarly impenetrable, and nothing
but vast numbers of searehers will emaiL
Those coming from (lint w w:oIs, ar the
west, might, perhaps, better enter the
swamp from that direction ; atal those
coming from the eastward might go in at
heult- Mr. Aftby's. If, as we believe the miss-
:, the ing Jesse Wild to be tee men
a the in, the swamp, we may be able to
find him, and so give help at 11sym-
j pathy to his afflicted family.
the WAR W
beputy Reeve, Hulled,
6 eV-
. --A gang of robbers have for some
diets f time past been operating in the neighbor
-
n to hood of Therndale, Mi1dle:4ex County.
( timetable Fitzeimmons has lately been
nU - working
e up the case, and. trackea several
raetil • euspeeted permit's to a swamp, They
ran off and Pitzeinunons caul(' only cap-
tlItt ture one, named Ward, whom he brought
to bay by ahooting over hie In td The
and prisoner was afterwards diseharged. The
hetet I eonatable again Searched. the Alum) and
hue- I found a set of wagon wheel:, wilich be-
-! for- louged to a wagou stolen some time ago.
t He weat to Wingbam and arrested a
LvelY man. named Moses Spencer on the charge,
and brought hirn under emilmihnent to
r or London gaol.
tlec editor of the Tilton
21-1
Chi/Von was in Erin, I \fell ington
County, lest week, he had, the pleasure
t of meeting with a young n:ent about 85
years of age, who was in a fever of
'11.1 eitement, as his betrothed, eeir d was
teat
tor arrive that night. The editor didnot
rtN` I hear the parbiculara of hh; courtshiPy
. but
iver f believes that it commenced some sixty
tek, t years ago, and that he could never
muster courage enough to pop the (la"'
tion till quite recently, when some of
mka ; their friends, realizing that the Couple,
hied were of age, helped them to conclude
their negotiations. They were married
eird next day after her arrival. When he
lore again met the juvenile bridegroom, a few
; days ago,. he seemed to be the happiest
21113. man in Erin.
Search for Jesso
-score
/
Nisei's. YEAR.
OVOLE NO. 430.
—
KEAL ESTATE FOR *ALE.
Flga' FOR SA.LErt .-Paof Lot 11, 96n. 14,
klaillop, containing &bora 83 ac$s of the
eery bettt. of land. Price $2,000 cash. Apply to
• 1.,A= , Real Estate Agent, Exeter 45401
KAM CHANCE. --Por Sale Ciear, three very
desirable building iota, lapiag Oz. Vietoria
soars, Seaforth. For parti,ulars apply to E.
11ICE.SJN &Co. 447
vasia FOR SALE. -'or Sale, a good Two
flaralredattere Farm,in the Town.ahlp of Hul-
tett,Connty uf Huron' well improved and with
fat baildiuga Pelee, $6,600. Apply to A.
STRONG, Laatl Agent, Seaforth. 447
141ARMS FOR SALE.-Eaat halt Lot 11, Con, 12,
• Meltillop ; :also South DO acres of Lots 1 and 2
Coa.10, Nora's, adjnining the Village of Blyth.
Forps,rticalan apply to McOACOLLEY, & HOLME-
STEP, Barristers, &c., Seaforth. • 425
V011 SALE -South half Lot 1, Coct: 11, Grey,
• containing 60 acres, adjoinine the village of
aruggels ; said lot is suitable tar aa!A lOts ; for
farther particulars apply to W
Proprietor, or to C. R. COOPEa, 13 caaaels. 448e
ii‘AILIT FOR SATtra-North hal! of Lot 12, Con.
13, McKillop, containing 73 acres. 4:.) cleared,
balance well timbered, with geed brai:dings ; for
sale cheap and on eaay terms cpsyrreat. Apply
to 11:cCAUGHEY 6.41014MESTED, heaforth. 449
pax LOTS FOR SALE.--Containiag 5 acres
• eael, adjoining the Town ct Seaforth. The
• most desirable situation for arivate realtlences.
Terms sea -sellable, with immediate. posseasion.
Apply toll. W. C. 'WEYER, Lareidter, Seafurth,
or to L. IILEYER,Harpnrhey. 441
pROPER TY FOP. SALE. -That ;al:table proa •
e--ty on Gorierieh Street ocounied dart &oder-
icla Manufacturing Company as a Machine Shop.
Also dwelling houso and lot adjoining. The above
property will b3 sold on easy tertia. For partir.'
lars apply to GRAY & SCOTT. 489
VARM FOR SILL -South half of Lot No. 81,
Con. 5, East Wawanosh, containing 100 acree,
about 83 acres cleared ; there id on the farm a
good frame barn a-nd stable, a good house and
orchard of good fruit trees, a good well and pump
10111 a good spring on the beak ot the lat. Apply
on the premises or to JAMES 311.72.EAY, West-
field P. O. 458-8
PROPERTY FOR SALE.-TWa lots, with a 2
story frame house and bare, sitaated on the
Market- Square, Seaforth. The proini5ea have
been seed as ea ogg packing estao.islaftetera, and
are wall adapted. for any publie bueinees. For
fiartieniars apply to the proprietreez, Mrs. MAL -
COM, Seaturth, or to D. GC:I.DCN, Goderich,
Ontario. 456
T_TOMESTEAD E011 money re••
quired down -20 scree 61 lanti, 15 acres clear
61,6 in bush, with a good bearlaa c:card; house
of 7 rc,onis, frame barn and log real_la ; in ft very
bealthy and desirable neighborhocti. caly three-
4uartera of a aaile from church...), et:ees • schoc;1, ,
&e. C. R. COMMANDEL, L • 460 '
WANDERINGS IN COLORADO.
PAPEP. NO. vit.
The evening we reached the mouth
of Limp s Creek Was distinguished
by an extremely severe wind
storm. There was abundance of
sandi o the banks of the river, and this
was ta en up by the *And and thrown
m eve y direction. Our supper, that
night, was composed of about equal parts
of bre (I and meat and sand, the latter if
anythg, havin* the ascendencY. The
wing s orms which occur in the winter
and rp lag months arejthe most disagree,
ablelfe tun, of this climate. They come
up ver suddenly, from almost any direc-
tion, a d bring with tiliem clouds of fige
dust, hich 611 the air like a fog. They
de not usually last 1 ng, seldom more
than h if a day, but turing their con-
tinuan e it is very tryng for people who
are ob reed to be out doors, not only be-
cause hey are very chilling but on ae-
count f the dust. WTe rigged up a sort
of win !break to she ter us while we
slept, iput fortunately the wind subsided
early ii the night and3 it was not of much
service to us. Itpa occur strange to
some t at we were no provided with a
tent, c4rtan1y a tent would have been
a veryj handy thing n case of storms,
but it s very aeldoth that a round -up
party iis provided with one. The trouble
of putting up a tent nd taking it down
and the weight of h4uling are, perhaps,
the priucipal objecti us.
In tI4 1morning th first proceeding to-
wards the round -up vas the election of a
• After all tie horses had been
in andsaddlpd, and the men had
d, they all g thered together on
ear the car4p. ground. I have
ood many nous ,gatherings of
captain
-brough
mount
a spot
seen a
men a d animals before and a *ood many
collective and deliberative bodies of vari-
ous k ds, but I near saw any half so
strang as this. bout a hundred
horse en rough arall uncouth in appear.-
ance, ounted on hOrsesavhich, although
admire le for the purpose for which they
were u ed, were as outlandish as their
riders. A captain as chosen with very
little c remony. H was selected on ae-
count cif his popularity and his intimate
knowledge of the cattle business,to which
to, had been "raised" in Texas. The
systeml ofh di' ' ttle followed here
has ben borrowe4l from Texas, and
many of the best calttle men have been
bred to the busines in that State. The
duties of the capta are to take charge
of the driving in of the cattle, to desig-
nate the ptaoe for roanding-up and to see
that, as far as poss ble, equa1 Justice 18 •
done t4 the several owners in dividing
the ca tle. The captain having been
chosen and the pl e of rounding -up,
some ten miles up Limp Creek decided
upon, the driving oil the cattle commenc-
ed. Ole riders diVided into squads of
two or three and scattered over the
• untr for eight o ten miles on each
side of the creek, d iving all the cattle
before them that they saw. About
noon t e wagon squ ds began to concen-
trate a the appoin d place of meeting. i
When I1 were in, • e work of "cutting I
out" Igen. The co ected herd or bunch 1
amoun ed to nearl a thousand head.
This was rather a all rouud-upi'-often
as many as two tho sand will bt round-
ed -up n a day,-th nurhber depending
on the extent of co ntry, the quality of
plata' and the am unt of stock on the
range. A large hori of cattle like this,
especially if in toler bly good condition,
is a the sight inde d. The quality of
the a ek would p4rhaps not snit the
✓ in these matters,
ss and an air of free.
Le cattle which makes
ay lack of the fine
When the rouud-up
n, the riders stead
rses on the outside
together.
a num-
brands of
ood enter
the cattle
e, having
nothor set
ATALUADLT: -LOTS FOR SAL LP :1'"El.F. THE
STATION.-Lota 51, 52, 63,
54 and 56. in Jarvia' survey, Seatart'o, Iltaae Iota
front their 1 vieialty to th i reay etaticn
saeIJeclal:v ti,taated for oses.
Terms -Otte -fourth cash, t &lea te n traree equal
aumal instaiments with inter_ at at seven per
ccat. Title peeteet. O-AltEa -17 & LADEN -
111:1:ST, n1icitrs, Godoieh. 466
'IFTY A Cal.a FARM FOR SL.. -L half
Lot lo, C.u. 8, linliett; there are 4) hen s
ii.kprOVed ELIA underdreancd, the rep:it:te-
tra; ilIs well tambered with hardwa 1; there are
fair I rdhliags on the pt emisea ; a goad. orchard of
beariag trees, iso a number of yorta_a apale treoe,
and a good well and primp; Is aka:tate- aboat
milea from Se.afarth and Clinton, aad ij
• from Einbnra, on a good gravel rood. For fur-
ther particulars apply to GEOlitdE LIA.NN, Con-
etante I'. La 456
r.)li sALE.-For Sale; Lc!: No. 29,Con.
"9., Ilib-aerr, containing 100 atres. caa whiela
are cleared, flee of stumps, well , tecatel, ar_d tu
first-class e :anion. A baro ne,sr1,7: new,
ahal and ataule 8Ux30, a drivir_a 28x40,
brick root hula ie and a enlendid brI2k dwelling
aye-eon:id ita ether necessary outhalidinga. A
eocd creliaaa etol well watered. Ti is one of
Cot raaat ..teattatde farms in title- eectiest of corm-
tre.- Tana . Apply to the p roc rietor on the
Oct.:taus, or • to EtonoraP,Ille P. u. GEORGE
BALE • 442
VA= Fuit ALE. -For Sala, LC t 5, Con. 2,
" Hallett, zoo: doing 100 acrea, 30 acres of which -
ate eleurett an d in a good ,tato of acitivation„ tbe
beicete is au. a hardwood basil ; well drained;
btalditga ; Icac armee, hart with gaod stone
fanadatira, t.i taoling underneath. Is distant
IC th, a good gravel roal, 6 milea, end
nf.ur Lia..un ihe aboae Is (Jac cf the beat
ferias La na Co tniv of Huron. For further par.
.tteclara a..v t tho prc priotor or the premises
fan f by aeart, to aCiatharn P. U. CHARLES
F( \\LEE. 456
_ VALM F- iR aALE.-For Sale, Lct No.24, Con.
" I, Ste:Lica, containing 97 acres, more or less,
60 of eatica ate °leered, well fenced, and in a
stet,. of ge ealtivation, the baleace is well tim •
beree. 1._.eie la 5 frame barn aol stable, and
geed Lew Larne, honae with stone cellar, kitchen,
wood ,,LheLl t all other convonleacea. A never-
failieg 'rt. a a good beariag 0.:ehard. Is 2
railee frna BligLhlolh Station mad 4 tailed from
Clinton. a. aravel road leading ta each place.
Apar: to :i.e aroprietor at Varna 2,0. THOMAS
484
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11` ARM FOR S ALE . -Fo r Saic, ca reason!) b le
ternie,.Let 4, Con. 2, Stanley, containing 100
Acred, 70 rt watch ate cleared, well fenced, p2
lirat!clase aultivittion 511,1 Irce from stumps, the
balaace timerreal with the best wood; buildings
corafortable: a good yottug orchard of fruit trees;
also wel: veatc teed ; within 1. miles from Kippen
fool -4 lei:es frem Braceileld stations, and 10 tulles
0001 Scalorth, Clinton aud Exeter, with gravel
roads leialtag bo each place. TLit is a choice
farm and chaerving the attentien cf purchasers.
APply on rite premises or to Kipaen P. 0. WM..
J.. 448
VALII SALE. -For Sale Lot No. 8, and
part of Lot No. 4, Concessiaa 12, Tooker.
Kattla, containing 180 acres, 100 cf which are
cle.arad, fenced and in a good state of calti•
rata, n, tha baldne0 well timbered with hardwood;
rt Laud frame barn, driving shed and. sheep home,
• rtha a log burn and stable, and good log house;
i6Ariug orchard of fruit trees. The farm is
atil watt:nal. Is 4 -miles from Hcr.sali station,
and, ce nailed from either Exeter or Seaforth, with
or to Chiselhuret 1'. 0,, to DONALD LOB-
airzittstaluNroa. js leading to each place, and convent-
Lat tu lacLuols and churches. Apm
pty on the nre•
450
item" roe SALE. -For Sale, Lct 7, Cc4n, 1,
, eon taining 98 acres, abut 80'acres
eteared an 1 in a good state of cultivation. There
fa a eurnfoetalde dwelling house, ccal frame barn,
4tfiL1t$ anI all a:her necessary out -buildings; 2
v otl teals anti Ivor 160 fruit trees bearing; this
l• uf the baat farms in this section, 48 acres
f the lot are a ithin the Corporation of the Town
fa! taaJurth ; thie is a ram chance for specnlatots
1r- fa wu rropercy,‘, as there are about 150 good
builling Juts tha the front that waul I sell frota
SD -a to $250 052u, and the rest would be suitable
1r Fah Jets.' Arms made known on application
tc the proprietor on the premises. 1:110119S
AilAgS, Seaforila P.O.
464
01
CLIW OF THA.NRS.To W. N. Watson agent
for the Provineial Inettrazoe :Company at
Seaforth. please to accept nay thanks for the
rremptnesi. and agreeable rammer witlaaihich my
'clairne against the Provincial Insurance CoaupanY
12400r:atstbonaeinuunstototfield0:8 bythewrecAentint
rSeeasttorBthrussele,
- 4564
LEGAL.
(1.A.BRuW & 11A_DENHURST, Barristers, At-
torneys, Solicitors in Chancery, &c. Office in
McLean's new block, corner Market Square and
Hamilton Street, Goderich.
J. T, GILUIOW. 458 0, A. RADEN ST .
taste o
but th
dom a
up for
points
has be
around
of the
Then,
ber of
a parti
the hod and drive
their bra
out all their
and cuts out
hile the firs
. This is c
d. Then th
erent localiti
I
a e,cinnousse
re is 4 wildn
out the prair
what they
of breeding.
n gathered
with their h
erd keeping the cattle
t the word of the capta
hem, represe1nting the
nlar range o neighbor
ut such o
ds. Th
cattle;
those belonging • to
take their turn at
ntinued until all are
cutout cattle from
s are put in herds
n along with the
, until a sufficient
umulated to send to
re they are turned
unded-up when the
locality. The work
t tries the herder's
p and the training
than anything' else.
knees of eight and
o the utmost. The
y dim and difficult
kis case the herder
he earmarks and his
the animal. When
rship occurs, the
d throwu, the hair
the brand, which
y on the skin.
ve before said that
uch pride in their
lariat or rope -to
g the great ambition
a8bea
driven
enters
them,
holdin
satisfi
the
togeth-Or, and driv
party day after da
number has been ac
the home range, wh
loose, to be again r
party reaches that
of cutting -out is w
skill and horsemans
of his horse more
It alBOi tests his qui
general shat neas
beande are otPten ve
to distinguish, -m
has to fall beck on
own rellection of
any dispute as to sio
animal is lariated a
is then plucked o
usually shovi-s plain
I believe that I 11
the herders take
skill in throwing th
be a good roper bei
.of all the younger co boys. I remember a
picture that used to be in the old "Mor-
se's Geography" of ur school -boy days,
in the lesson on S uth America, of a
herdsman of the P topes throwing the
lariat. Possibly th same picture may
be in the geographi a of the present day,
but, even if it is, it will be of very little
service in conveyin an idea of how the
animal is caught wi h the lariat. In the
first place one must understand that the
herder's saddle is a very different affair
from the English • dle commonly used
in the East. It is n enoruaous structure
of deether /and w od, weighing from
s. It if! placed in
rse's back and fastents or ranches, or if
thirty to fifty poun
the middle of the h.
eLi oMwith two gi
only ne of the la r is Jibed it passes
aroun1 the middle f the horse's belly
and i drawn with xtraordinary tight-
ness, o that the sa dle cannot be moved
in th slightest deg e. In front of the
eaddl rises the hor , something of which
the English saddle entirely innocent.
The first time 1 sa a horn ou a saddle I
,a_.„-a-aaeara
SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, SEPT
Ithought it was to hold on by, and cer-
tainly it does not come amiss for that
purpose. Tha stirrups are great wooden
arrangements, which take in the Whole
foot, and 'are faced sometimes with
tapaderos or fenders with great flaps
which lmost touch the ground. A very
(Aurally affair 's this saddle and heavy on
the horse, 1u very comfortable to ride
and indispn4ab1e for the herder who
would use th lariat. The lariat itself is
a rope of plai ed rawhide, forty feet long
and provided with a noose at the end.
This (s coiled up and tied at the side of
the saddle rliady for use. When the
herder ham oc ion to throw an animal
is
th
for any purpo e, he takes. e lariat off
the sedan' e dr ws thenoase out to a length
of eight or ten feet, then gnidin* his
horse with &nil holding the coil in hia left
hand, he whi is the noose thus extended
over his head with the right, then spur-
ring his horse to a gallop he bears down
en the animal and when at a suitable
distance half rises in the stirrups and
throws tho n se letting out the coil at
the same mo ea. If a skillful thrower
the noose will fall ota the horns or neck
of the unfortu ate cow or steer the first
time, -if so, quick as a flash the herd-
er winds the oil end of the rope which
of course, he till kept in his handaround
the horn of t e saddle and brings his
horse *incident to &standstill. The ani-
mal at the ther end, of the rope is
brought up w th a sudden jerk and falls
to the ground the horse, trained. for the
Work, standing with braced feet. The
hind legs of the fallen animal are then
secured by a secondherder, or the first, if
very skillful may be able to finish the job
alone.
This system of keeping cattle, having
no other svay of distinguishing owner-
ship than the brands and earmarks,
is very loose and a large percentage is
lost by owners every year. The cattle
running mules away from home are often
stolen by diahonst parties or stray
away beyond the reach of the owner.
But as it is 'mpossible or unprofitable
to fence, on s400u.nt of the scarcity of
timber, and a it is the public domain,
at any rate, w 'eh is used for pasturage,
it is difficult o conceive of any other
system that e uld be adopted.
Limp creek, where the round -up began,
is a dry creek such as I have heretofore
described. Tjiie plan of the round -up
was to proceed up the creek at about
fifteen miles a day as far as cattle were
found, then cross over the prairie about
twenty miles to the next creek, the
Apishapa, then down the Apishapa to
the river, thenup the river to the next
creek and so on until the range was
hunted over: It is useless for me to
follow our co rse day by day. I have
described the worle of one day, and in a
cow camp one day is just the same as
another. It is the same monotonous
country day fter (lag, up one dry creek
and down an ther, till the sameness of
of the thin becomes almost painful.
Shortly after e started, it was, I think,
on. the 5th an 6th of May, we had. a
couple of day 's snow storm with rain
interapersed, s it were. Fortunately, we
were camped ear a ranch and by utiliz-
ing both howl and otables we had sleep-
ing shelter. Snow the first week in
May is pretty good for Southern Color-
ado, I doubt if you could match that even
011 011 the 20th of Sept. last
re than a foot of snow in
we have it early andlate.
andieg these little eccen-
mate there are very few
in Canada; t
fall we had m
the valley, -e
Still notwiths
tricities of cli
who have lived here any length of time
but will say,
dislike the co
weather altog
world,
however much they may
ntrylotherwize, that the
ther is the finest in the
' A. Mole
Mr. Samu
a couple of
which are 174
184.
-The Toro
in order more
law, are abou
tectives.
-The ent es of live stock, implements
land machine for the Provincial Exhi-
bition at Ha ton, are all in, and show
a small incre over last year.
-Mr. 3ohz4 Farrell, of Millbank, has
grown, this sason, on 3-5 of an acre of
'ground, 9,070 lbs of flax, which he sold
for 812 per toL Who speaks next?
---Rev.R. ijamilt1on, of Moth.erwell, on
'Wednesday o last week, started on a
'mission tour j to the Muskoka district,
by appointment of the Stratford Presby.
tery,
-Mr. T emu Evans, of Blan-
shard, threshed, lately, 300 bush -
bushels of S ott wheat, being the pro-
duce of 10 acris, yi 'cling 30 bushels to
the acre.
-The cox.gregation of St. Thomas
Presbyterian Churah have fixed the sti-
pend of Rev. Mi. Fraser, of Barrie, to
wiaom a tall has been extend.ed., at $1,200
Canada!,
1 Harris, of Logan, has
heads of oats, on one of
grains, and on the other
to License Commissioners,
effectually to carry out the
to add to their staff of de -
a year, a free ...e, and a month's va-
cation in su er.
-George Suther and, of Oil Springs,
who had be n a" 'rig for some time,
threw from he sto h a few days since
os
a live lizard ver two inches in length.
He has fully ecovereci from the sickness
I caused by th presence of the unwelcome
I visitor.
-The town of Perth has a lawsuit be-
tween the High School Board and. the t
Tow u Council. If the former wins the
town will pay the costs, and if the lat-
ter comes ahead the costs will have
to be paid by the town. That's all the
differ'ence, and a knowledge of it must
be a comfort to Perth.
-On Monday of last week, the barn
of Mr. D. B. McDonald, on the townline
between Stratford and Mice, caught
fire. The barn was entirely consumed,
together with its contents, con.sisting of
200 bushels of peas, a quantity of oats
and hay, a lot of carpenter's ,tools, a
valuable bu an.4 a pig.
-The P khill Ocetelte says: "Some-
times we la ar fapmers say "flax will
impoverish the , land," we believe
this to • an , utter fallacy, in
proof of which we now give
the experien e of one of oar leading far-
mers, Mr. K nnedy, of McGillivray, had
MBER 1, 1876.
in 1875 millet and flee sown in the
same field. dm 1876 the same land was
!its
cropped with oats, and the oats whem
the flax was sown the previous year w
by far the best crop."
1 -General, regret is e pressed by all
classes in Ottawa, at 11iss Cameron,
daughter of ;the late Ma calm Cameron,
leaving the ' city. She has heed very
closely iden4fied with m ny public char-
ities.
,-Mr. James Dickson, f the township
of Elma, hall a large fi ld of common
White peas, which yields from fifteen to
twenty-five I pods to e ch stalk, with
an average of seven peas to each pod.
i -The harn of Mr. Iloory Cochran,
near Arkon was struck by lightning on
Thursday of last week nd consumed.
Alt his crops were destro ed, amounting
to about 81,000 worth: No insurance.
-Andrew MeBeath, of Southamptem
log his area on Thursda of last week,
by coming in contact with a circular saw
While in motion. The flesh was fearfully
lacerated and the lonerof the elbow
joint shattered, rendering amputation
I
-A serious file broke out at Arkone,
lately, destr yiug corasidierable property.
;
.Miss S. Irwin, from the effects of the
nervous shook and over exertion at the
re, began bleeding at the lungs, whidh
esulted in death about two o'clock tin
uesday.
-One thousand one Iiunilred Maw*
Oddfellows, and their fr ends, left Toron-
to last Saturday morning to take part in
the excursion to Philadelphia got up by
those bodies. Five hu dred. left by the
eteamer Southern Belle hnd six hundred
py train, and there were five thousand
assembled at the Suspeziion 'Bridge. '
. -gDr." Evans, a person whohas been
'Inatileing some reniarkab e cures reoently
by the "laying on of ;hands," has been
lanceted. in Hamilton for practicing with -
lout a license. He rogueed two medi- ,
oal certificates, one trom a medioal col -
'lege in Columbus, Ohio, and another
from a situilai institutio a in Philadelphia,
'Penn.
1 -A young man, John Schweitzer,
of North Eas hope, wh e driving a reap-
er some days ago, cam' e near losing his 1
!life. The horses took fright and ran
some dista , fracturing his thigh.
away, and hweitzer as dragged along
, Medical aid being called the young tuan
was properly attended to, anci is now re-
covering.
-Mr. D. B. Macdonald, near the ,
Stratford Driving Park lost shis barn by '
fire on Monday afternoon of last week.
It contained about 200 bushels of peae,
a quantity of Ihay and cats, a baggy, &c„
none of which - were saved. The origin
of the fire is' not koowo, but it is supiroa-
ed to have ,originatel from a coal .
dropped fro Ithe pipe af some careless
_Reperson.
v. Dr. and Mr. Cochrane have
Metnined to Brantford after a month's
itour in the States, having visited Balti-
=ore, Washington, be Centennial city,
Ashbury Park,
New York, Long Bran , A
and other plaices, Dr. Cochrane goes up
the Lakes onibusiness connected with the
church before he resumes his pulpit on
the 3rd of September.
--Under the heath g "Wanted Im.-
mediately," the R'khmqnd Guardian calls
for : Police, for the protection of our
property from thieves;I a lock-up for the
incarceration of the rOwdies who infest
our village; a fire engine to put out the
big fire which is sure to occur here; and
a Council that will have spunk enough
to secure to 'is these necessities.
nee Beery.
-Among
tinguished t
amination, is
McLurg, se
shard, who o
cate, grade
Mr. McLur
cated gentle
cates, but a t
tunate as to loose the sight of one of his mg for home the beast was um
-The Mellor famil
bound for the States,
' Prescott, on Friday 1
,
he few teachers who dig-
emselves et the recent ex -
the rut le of Mr. James
cis
tool secti n No. 6, Bien-
tained a first-class certi6-
A, and he gold medal.
is not nly a well-edu-
an, as success indi-
cher of eat industry and
from Montreal,
was arrested at
st by Detectiee
: Doutre fron Montreal and A. S. Ger-
.
i
A
ItIcLEAN BROTHE RA, Pabliediera.
01 30 a Fear, in advance.
have done much towards repairing dame about a mile to shore." It is conjectur-
ages caused by the wet, and the new ed that his embezzlement amounts to,
settlers are much pleased with the &grit. several thousand dollen!. Careful search
cultural prospects generally. The school was made for him on the arrival of the
question is now beginning to be euter- steamer, but no clue could be obtained,
tamed, and it is felt that ere;j long a
movement must be made towards securing
the means of education for the rising
generation. ! .
-A rise, which amounts to fifty per
cent. and promises to be permanent, has
taken place in raw silks. This its due to
the shortness of production in Europe
and China, and it will cause a :decided
advance in the price of manufactured
goods. In the Eastern States the manu-
facturers have already advanced their
prices from ten to twenty per cent.
-Mr. Joseph Maymick, lot 14 con. 3,
Blenheim, has a cropof Hungarian grass,
the like of which is seldom seem! There
are between two and. three Acre s ' in the
field and the crop produced is between
three and four tons per acre. He cut it
with a Hummingbird Mower, made by
Watson of Ayr, which did the work most
excellently.
-Rev. Mr.Deummond,of Slaakespeare,
has, to the unfeigned. regret of hes con-
gregation there and at Hamps e.ad, re -
and departed to take up his resi nee in
le
signed his charge of both congre ations,
Newcastle. Previous to his leaving, a
farewell and exceedingly cordial address
was presented to Mr. Drummond from
the united congregations, accoMpanied
by the handsome gift of $150. '
-As John McDonald, a cl'issolute
young man, who resided on the Grand
Trunk Railway near Paris, was returaing
to his whereabouts. There ie a possibil-
ity that he may have been drowned, as
no one saw him swim ashore.
-More frauds by the Mellor family
are continualle- corning to -light. Mayer
Buckley and Chief Conetable Tinkess
examined another of the cases betoneting
to the Mellor Family on Tuesday, and
found 18 gold rings a number of ear-
rings, brooches, and a quantity of melted
gold. They were nicely done up in balls
of yarn.
--The induction of the Rev. David
Mann to the pastoral charge of the
Presbyterian congreeation took place on
the afternoon of Tuesday, August 15th.
The sermon usual on such occasions Was
preached by Rev. Mr. Cameron, of North
Easthope. The minister was addrimsed
by Rev. R. Hall and the congregation by
Rev. Mr. McAlpine, of St Mary's, both
addresses being full of &mud wisdom for
the occasion. In the evening a fiteCial
was held in the church. On Sabbath
Mr. Wenn began his pastoral work,
- preaching to a large and attentive cons
gregation morning and evening. '
-When the steamboat carrying the
Buffalo band and singers frotn Toronto
'home Was about half -way over Lake
Ontario, on the returne, several persons
slaimed to have heard criee for help from
some person in the water, .nd one lady,
peated in the stern of the boat, was poe-
tise she saw a man fall overboard from
home on Friday night, the night express the bow. The majority ruled that this
going east ran over him, cutting him was a mistake, and that those making
literally in pteees, his head being the the assertion had been asleep and. dream -
only part of his body that Was not ing. Subseqtent derelopments, how
mangled It is supposed that while in a ever, led to the conclusion that a young
state of intoxication he had lain down man named Wm. Stone, residing in Buf-
on the track and went to sleep. '
-The triel of Mather, Purtell and
Longeway, for stabbing two Gentans in
the Ellice huckleberry swamp setae few
weeks ago was heard before rPice
Magistrate'O'Loane, at Stratford, recent- •
ly. Longeway was discharged • Mather
was sentenced to eighteen months in the
Central Prison, and Purtell gets off by
paying a fine of $20 and spending three
months breaking stones in jail.
-The Beacon says : For some time
past a number of the leading citizens of
Embro and West Zorra have been devis-
ing plans for obtaining an exteusion of
the Great Western railway in that direc-
tion. Mr. Broughton, the general man. -
false found a watery grave in the lake,
-The congregation of the Central
Presbyterian Churek, Hamilton having
decided to testify their esteem for their
tate pastor, the Rey. John McColl, by
the erection of a soitable monument over
his grave, gave a contract for the same
to the City Marble Work, which has
just been completetl. The monument is
4 polished red granite column, with cap,
die and base complete, measuring 13
feet 6 inches in height, with a suitable
tnscription. The lot in the cemetery
will be enclosed with granite posts and
iron bars, and the Wii016 when complet-
Jed will be a handsome tribute to the
memory of one of cur popular and belov-
ager, regards the project- with favor. led clerge-men, arid a credit to the liber
The line start from Beachville and !..ality and taste of the Congregation over
will, in all probability, be cchatinned which he 50 zealously presided.
through Embro to Stratford -the rail- ; -At the Toronto Lunatic Asylum
way hub of Ontario. A survey ie to be 'since the 1st cf October last there have
made at once, been 254 patients Admitted to this Meti-
tution. During the uteuths of March,
-Owing to the carelessness of some
city offidiale in Montreal, it seents that
in some cases the coffins exhumed, at the
canal basin were left at the wcIdes and
the bones of the poor men who died of
the fever in 1847 carted away. The 311 male and 306 female. The large
wood forming these coffins has been number of admissions this year was
carried away by children and bronght to made possible by the removal. of 136
their homes, left in the yard to dry and patients to the Hamilton Asylum. Dor
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chopped up for fuel to do the household mg the ten mdethe named there were
cooking. It 'is stated that there are also 65 deaths here. This death -rate
several instances of fever. in the city appears to be excessive, but it is explain-
-which are traceable to this cause. ed. by the fact that among the 254patients
-On the 5th inst., John Nixon, of candumnittytegda,nalsliraargned umuanmybenrf wtehreenafrbormongthhet
Blanshard, departed this life after a
lingering illness of five years. Tlhe one. mortal illness from disease, want of pro -
ease that preyed upon his body during could
ldcanroct abnedgitchete tmheemdicainl Stkillhe pWrishi0e11118
that time was asthma, which completely
reduced him to a skeleton. The dee,eas- to which thee- were committed, The
April, May, end June the Lumber ad -
nutted was 145; in April alone of these
there were. 63. The whole number at
present in the Asylum is 617, namely,
gg was 55 cars et age and wee ene of Asylrnm. is uea.rly zip ;pin to its ut-
the first ho settled on the 10th conces- most capacit3.
sion of.Blanshard, having located on his - On Wednesda.ylaet week, Mrs. Wm.
farm before any clearance had been Moorehead of' Fergue, accompanied by
made on it. He leaves a wife wed farn- Mrs. White, a lady visitor from Totonto,
ily, besides numerous friends, to lament and two childrem drove down through
his death. Nichol to call upea some ac.quaintances.
--Mr. Wm. Brydon, son of 'Robert On the way down the horse got scared
Brydoa, Etep, of Guelph Township, and by something that was unob_served by
now of Winnipeg, was recently sh unfor- the occupants of the., buggy, atid on start-
(' lined
eyes, He was working at his vecation, to come back the same way. A different
carpentering, and was driving ia nail,
when it flew up and struck him ;on the
eye. Both eyes were for a time blinded,
owing to the inflammation that eet in,
in one eye s been recovere
other is so much injured that it i
to be expected that the sight wil
gained. buggy in a lump, but they all escaped
-The Directors of the Galt and Guelph .very fortunately, the only damage 811B-
Rairway met last Friday at Guelph.
Hon. Isaac Buchanan, Messrs.) A. A.
Erb, Jacob Hespeler, George Darbey,
W. R. Melvin, Mayor of Guelphi Chas.
Davidson and Dr. Clark were present.
The meeting was called for the :purpose
of receiving the report of the deputation,
to ascertain if they were willing to accept
ten thousand dollars from thq Great
, t
ald, of Her Majesty's Customs, of thet
place. Thee were ab ut $15,000 worth
of jewelry arid valuabl stones secreted
in flower pots, cocoand shells, children's
toys, and bars of s ap, !which were
placed in a bsket and arried about with
theme
-A coupl? belongin to Watford were
married at s trathroy short time ago,
13
whose unite ages foot up to 148 years,
thetgroom b ing 78, nd the bride 70
years. The eremony , as somewhat de-
layed by ther being nein-residents of tile
county of Mhldlesex aid, consequently,
,
to Watford to
is said he made
ecorded between
when he was on
this errand.
-While BlIr. Oliver White and Mr.
W. Cochrane were r wing in a email
boat in the river Thames at Chatham
the groom h
procure a 11
the quickest
Strathroy
to retu
nee. It
trip ever
d Watfor
,
last Friday vening, their beat was run
down by the steamer Steinhoff ; Mr.
Cochrane esca.ped, but Mr. White was
drawn uncle the steamer and drowned.
i
The stearne picked tip Mr. Cochrane.
The body 1 Mr. White has not yet
been found; he was a highly respectable
young man, son of Stephen White, of
Raleigh. r
-During the last th e or four weeks,
says the Argus, a pap has been ^ oiten
for signatures by the embers and ad-
nhhernernchts, sot.f idder a t Preabyte
rian
troducing aryl!, on the question of
trumen music into the
Sabbath sc ool of the church. Nealy
200 have 11. ned Aid gether, about 160
for the organ-, and g'abont 40 against it.
It will thus be seen that fully four-fifths
°itsf tinh°t7odenne tled to vote are in favor, of
-The er ps"Lon St. hne Island are
Wild plum,pecchiaerrieally anthde glannseigh
belaiirredaes.
excellent,
are in abun ee at the West -end. 1ia-
dian corn is also doing exceedlytwelL
The crops in the vicinity of Bruce Mines
are also very promiting indeed, and lal-
though the heavy rain* daring the *sail*
part of the [season had sonaewhat deter-
red the growth in the low lands, yet the
fine warm weather of the past few weeks
route home was taken in corutequence ;
but matters did not appear to have been
.bettered by this C0111450, as a gruel' fire
on the side of the road frightened the
but we are happy to learn that the sight horse very badly. The home bolted to
The one side, and made a plunge or two, the
hardly result being that the two women and
be re- three children were thrown out of the
tained worth menticulng being a black
eye and scratched cheek received by
Mrs. White. The beast of course made
off, but did not e;) more than forty yards
beforoit broke its lee. The buggy was
also somewhat wrecked, and the less al-
together will not be less than $100.
-The Stratford B6ac-on gives the fol-
lowing account of the visit of an ohi. set -
Western Railway Company, for a clear tier to that town : Wednesday was
title
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title to the road. No report was read, gersollis civic holiday, and among those
and it was therefore decided to call a
meeting of the stockholders at an early
date. In conversation with him we gleaned
-A special excursion train ion the that he had cut the first tree on the spot
Port Dover and. Lake Huron rod, con- where Stratford cow stands, while work-
veying :school children from Hawtrey, ing for Mr. A. Cooley, who had the att-
end which was also chartered to take an tract for clearing a eection of the Canada
excursion of the Good Teniplans from Company's road. Mr. Macdonald a,nd
Simcoe to Port Dover, was wreeked ate his brother had at the time taken up
Soverneen's crossing, last Friday, a point 1 land in West Zorra, and. as was the ease
where the Huron road crosses the ,Air line. 1' with most of the Settlers in those days,
The violent rain that visited that sec- had to work for more wealthy landowm
don on Friday morning washed away
the embankment,thus causing the acci-
dent. The engine and baggage ar were
badly wrecked. The engine dr ver was
also seriously injured, but the' paissen- whom they worked for several menthe,
gers, as if by a miracle escaped. The whole track, now FO thickly settled,
-Samuel B. Covill, who has been a wasin a state of Nature, and compare -
clerk at the Sault Ste. Marie canal office Itively few white men had travelled
for the past five years, abeconded hut through this section of country. This
who took advantage of the day to VISA
'Stratford, was Mr. Mayor Mactionald,
ers to pay up their instalments. They
had been working for Col. VanEgmond,
near where Seaforth now stands, andon
their return fetl in with Mr. Cooley, for
Friday, takiog a large amount of funds
with him. It was learned that he took
passage on the propeller Celtic, and par-
ticulars were telegraphed to intercept
him on his arrivaL Covill, who doubt-
less had "cahvassed the stlination," made and tells with great gusto any untnber
arrangements before reaching port, and, of amusing stones of his early experieuce
jumped overboard in the lake shortlyin the "Queen's Bush," He is, we mu -
before reaehins shore, taking a life -pre- derstand, yery popular in Ingersoll -as
server With him. He left the following such a genial, intelligent gentlernan
note written on a linen collar em"Captwould be sure to be -and we trust he
Kile-Desperate men take desperate may bespared yet many years to fill the
chances. I will send. you the pay for honorable offlee to Which his fellow
your life -preserver some time, if it only ; citizens have, not for the first time, elect -
does good service now, and taken me ed
was in 1829 -three or four years before
Stratford was founded by Col. Daly.
Theugh advanced in years -nearly 67 --
Mr. Macdonald retains an inexhaustible
flow of good humor and youthful spirits,