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EAP CASH STORE.
SEAPORT.H, ONTARTO.
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MaPOUGA LE & Go.
Show this week 100 Children's
NEV CJQT.ff JACKETS;
4100., 50c., 60e., 70c., and 80e.
Misses' New Cloth Jacketat
' 70c-, 80c., 900., and $1.
50 ClOdrenis New Lion Skin Jackets,
Thi BIOK AND BROWN,
Commencing at 750.
5&MiaeeNew Lion Skin Jacketa
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Black and Brown,
COMMENCING AT $1.
Also 150 Ladies' Cloth Jackets,
GREATEST VARIE Y OF STY:LES,
and at Lower Prices
THOr Ar ilsyusx rt.TowL
We aim Open To -clay 50 Pairs of Scotch,
.ALL WOOL
_N:ED BIANrETS,.
The Fir
At $6 per Pair.
of the sort ever shown in Sea.
iortb, and far superior to
rHE ENGLISH OR CANADIAN.
We have also English;
raencing at
$2 9`& per pairTor- A11 W001.
Opened To -Day, 100 PIECES of
SO€TdH WINGEY,_
all 'Colorer all Qualities and Prices,
Commencing from 7c. to 25cper yard.
hese G Oda are all new, and selected,
one of the firm, at the
CHEe P ST --MARKT
in the world. Those wantlng
,
!buy- should come early and get a pick-
Ve- shall be glad to
Oiow thezn even if you don't buy-
. -other Lot of ALL WOOL SHAWLS
in all the different Sty s at
RE 4.T.LY REDUCED PRICFS.
ir
Over 300 to Choose From.
is no Pnff—We have them to be
een well as to advertise.
A. G. MoDOUG4L & Ce.
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ray,
NINTH YEAR.
WHOLE NO. 40S.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
VARM FOR SAL.—Apply to JAMES JOHN-
-1: SON, Kinburn. 168*2
A RARE CHNCE.—For Sale Cheap, three very
•,L-. desirable building lots, facing an Victoria
Square, Seaforth. For particulars apply to E.
RICKS:3N & Co. 447
VRAME COTTAGE FOR SALE. --Containing 4
-I: rooms and 2 kitchens, situated near Mr. A.
stawart'e brickiresidence in Seaforth; Apply to
W. N. WATSON Seaforth. 468
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I TIARA'S FOR SA.LE.—East half Lot 11, Con, 12,
. -12 AlciKillop; lso South 50 acres of Lots 1 and 2
'Con. 10, ISTorris, adjoining the Village of Blyth.
Forparticulars apply to MoCAUGHEY & EIOLME.
SPED, Barristers, &o., Seaforth. , 425
vaRM FOR 'SALE.—North half of Lot 12, Con:
-L. 13, MoRillop, containing 75 acres, 40 cleared,
balance well timbered, with good buildings; for;
gale cheap and on easy terms of payment., Apply
to MaCAUGHEY & HOLUESTED, Seaforth. 449
VARMS FOR SALE IN STANLEY.—Lota 1
-I- and 2, Lake Road Wet, 236 acres, the resi-
dence of Dr. Woods; also Lot 2, Lake Road
East, 136 acres. These farms are well improved,
and will be sold together or in quantities and
terms to snit purchasers. Apply to DR.
WOODS, Bayfield. 465*4
TitUILDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE
J." —Dr. COLEMAN, having laid opt the grounds,
recently occupied as a Driving Park' into Bald-
ing Lots, is prepared to dispose of lots on reason-
able terms to any who may desire them. Parties
desiring to purchase should make immediate ap-
plication. 864
PRGPERTY FOR SALE.—Two lots, with a 2
story frame house and barn, situated on the
Market Square, Seaforth. The premises have
bean used as an egg packing establishment, and
are well adapted for any public business. For
particulars apply to the proprietress, Mrs. MAL -
COM, Seaforth, or to D. GORDON, Goderich,
Ontario. 456
VOR StiT,R, OR TO LET—Bona Vista "farm,
containing 471 acres, 32 cleared, rest well wood-
ed; on Lake Huron, near Dr. Woods'; land rich
clay loam; good frame house and barn, good orch-
ard of over 100 trees bearing; a vrell and' stream,
both of which contained plenty of water all sum-
mer; terms easy; possession given at New Years;
8 acres in fail wheat looking well. WILLIAM
PLUNKETT, Teacher, Bayfield. e , 459
-VAL17ABLE LOTS FOR SALE NEAR THE
V RAILWAY STATION.—Lots 50, 51,.52, 53,
54 and 55, in Jarvis' survey, Seaforth. Theselots
from their close vicinity to the railway staticn
are specially.aclapted for manufacturing purposes.
Terms—One-fourth cash, balance in three equal
simnel instalments with interest at seven per
cent. Title perfect. GARROW & BADEN -
HURST, Solicitors, Goderieh. 456
-FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 13, Con. 13,
-L• To nship of Hallett, Containing 100 acres
of good land ; acres cleared and in a good state
of cultivation; balance well timbered;nice
young orchard, good frame barn, log house and
atables, and a never -failing well, with pump, in it,
10 ares of fall wheat sown. Is situated about 12
miles from Seaforth and 10 from Clinton. Apply
0 the proprietor on the premises or to Harloelr
P.O. WM. MURPHY. 461 4*
VARM FOR SALE.—For sale the East half of
Lot number 3 and west half of Lot number
2, on Con. 11 of the township of Huilett contai n-
ing 100 acres of good land 45 acres cleared; a new
frame house; is situated about 10 miles from
Seaforth and 11 miles from' Clinton, and about
half a mile from a good gravel road leading to,
itach place; Terms reaeonable, apply to the pro-
prietor on the premises of Henry. Taylor, or to
Constance P. 0. JOSEPH TAYLOR. 46844
DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALF,,—For
Sale on reasona.ble terms, the residence and
grounds in Egmondville at present occupied by -
J. S. Porter. There is 'a comfortable dwelling
..house with all necessary our -buildings and con-
veniences, also a large driving house 'and stable.
There are four acres of land, Well fenced, and a
good bearing orchard of fruit trees' This would
be a most desirable property for a market gardener
or a retired fancier; Apply to J. S. PORTER. 468
etta,
VIFTY ACRE FARM FOR SALE.—East half
-1" Lot 10, Con -8, Hallett; there are 40 acres
cleared, improved and underdrained, the remain-
ing 10 is well timbered with hardwood; there are
fair buildings on the•piemises; a good orchard of
bearing trees, also a nmnber of young apple trees,
and a good well and pump; is situated about 8
miles from Seaforth and Clinton, and 11 miles
from Kinbarn, on a good gravel rood. For fur-
ther particulars apply to GEORGE MANN, Con-
stance P. 0. 456
TT OUSE AND FOUR LOTS FOR SALE.—That
j-ji- elegant two-story brick dwelling he_ use on the
Huron Road, Seaforth, with four lots adjoining;
there are 8 bedrooms, parlor, thawing room, din-
ing room and kitchen'with soft and hard water
most convenient; there is an excellent garden
attached, also stables and outbuildings; this is
a handtiorhe homestead, and a rare chance is,
offered tb intending purchasers-; it will be sold on '
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favorable terms. For furttheeparticule.ra apply to
THOMA STEP fi KNS, Seaforth. 462
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-VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE .—West half of
` Lot 12, north side of Bayfield Road, Stanley;
containing 974 acres of excellent land, 70 acres
of which are cleared, and the balance is well
timbered with hardwood and cedar. Frame barn,
frame shed and good cedar log house on the place,
also a good epring creek and good well and pump.
The place is situated five miles west of Brumfield
station and four miles from Bayfield. For further
particulars apply to THOS. MILLS, Varna, P. 04
ANDW. REID, Vingham, or SAMUEL REID,
Ifarlock. ' . 466
' FOR. SALE OK TO LET.
von SALE.—E3,000 Debentures of the Town of
Seaforth, bearing interest at 7 per Cent. Pay=
able annually. Address WILLIAM ELLIOTT,
Clerk, Seaforth. 459
TiOUSE TO RENT OR SELL.—.Will be sold -
or rented, a comfortable frame house, with
well and garden attached. This house is adjoin-
ing the EXPosITOR Office. Apply to A. M.
CAMPBELL, Seaforth 1 465'
pROPERTY FOR SALE.—That valuable prop-
erty on Goderich Street occupied by the Goder-
/eh Manufacturing Company as a Machine Shop.
Also dwelling house and lot adjoining. The above
property will b3 sold on easy terms. For particu-
lars apply to GRAY & SCOTT. 439
STOCK. FOR SALE.
O,f) -KEN FOR SALE.—Three or four yokes of
fatted oxen are offered for sale, very handsome
in color, a bright bay, they run from 5 to 6 and 7
' years old; they are in- splendid working order,
and are very choice oxen, splendidly broke, and
have been working all summer. This is a rare
chance, and should not -be lost. Apply Post
Office Box 121, Goderich. 465*4
THOROUGHBRED STOCK FOR SALE. -=The
subecriber offers for sale three pure bred Suf-
folk Sows and two boars, each 6 months old ; also
a number of good young pigs. The animals are
warranted thoroughbred and have taken prizes
Wherever shown. lie has alsci a thoroughbred
Durham bull, one year and a half old, which is
open for sale. Will be sold on easy terms. Ap-
ply to C. ravis, Halfway House, McKillop. 465*4
flitSC'ELLANEOUS.
NOTICE.—The Council of the Corporation of
the County of Huron will meet in the Court
Room. in the Town of Goderioh, on Tuesday, 5th,
day of December. PETER ADAMSON, County
Clerk. j 468-2
VICTICUTORS' NOTICE.—All parties having
claims against the estate of the late John
Hargan, in his lifetime, of the township of' Mc -
Sinop, arp requested to hand in the same proper-
ly attested to either of the undersigned Executors
on or before the first day of March, 1877. All
accounts not then in will be barred for. settle-
ment. Ali parties indebted to the estate must
settle the same at once. JOHN BEATTIE and
ANTHONY BOYD, Executors. 466,
The Ohioago Aevival.
A correspondent of a Canadian journ-
al thus Writes of the Moody' and Sankey
Revival, mow going on in Chicago:
To give your readers an illustration
of the wonderful influence which this
man Moody exerts as an instrument in
bringing people to Christ, I quote the
'following from his. discourse on Wednes-
day evening last. I give the extract in
the words of Moody himself,as he preach-
ed on the words. "it is hard to kick
against the pricks," and "The way of
transgressors is hard." Said he, "One
week ago I preached. on thetext, 'Christ
came to heal the broken-hearted.' I told
you just before 1 came clown that I had
received a letter from a broken-hearted
wife. Her husband one night came in,
to her,surprise, and said he w s a de-
faulter and he must.fly, and he ent she
knew got where. ,11-1.e forsook _ her and
her tWo children. It Was a painful let-
ter, and the wail of that poor woman.'
seems to ring in my ears yet. That
night up in that gallery was a man whoa()
heart began to beat, whenI told the story,
thinking it was him I meant, till I came
to the two children. WhenI got through
I found that he had taken ,money which
did not belong to him, intending to re-
place it, but, he failed to dcl so, and. fled.
He said, 'I have a beautiful wife and
three children, but I had t leave them
and come to Chicago, where I have been
hiding. The Governor of the State has
offered a reward. for me.' My friends, a
week ag_o this poor fellow found out the
truth of this text. He was in great
agony. He felt as if he could not carry
the burden, and he said, •Mr. Moody, I
wish you to pr*Y with 'me. Ask God for
mercy for rne,' and down we went on our
knees. I don't know if I ever felt so
bad for a man in my life. ,He asked me
if I thought he should go back. I told
him' to ask the Lord, and we prayed over .
it. That was Sunday everting, and I
asked him to meet •me on the Monday
evening, He told me how hard it was
to go back to that town and give himself
up and disgrace his wife and children.
They would give him ten years. Monday
came, and he met me and said, 'Mr.
Moody, I have prayed over this matter,
and I think that Christ has forgiven me,
but I don't belong to myself ; 1 must go
back and give myself up. 1 axpect to be
sent to the Penitentiary; but I must go.'
He asked me to pray for his wife and
children, and he went off. Ile will be
there now in the hands of justice. My
friends, do not say the way of the trans -
greaser is nbt hard. It is hard to fight
against sin, but it is a thousand titnes
harder to die without hone. Will pm
not just accept Christ? Take Christ as
your hope, your life, your truth. Let
us pray," _ From the above will be seen
not only the wonderful power of -this man
of God, but also his peculiar style of ad-
dress, as well as his abruptness in closing.
We never, in fact, hear .Mr, Moody finish_
his sermons without being reminded of
the advice which the old and experienc-
ed minister gave to his 'young friend
about to enter on the practical work of
preaching—"Always remeMber, my son,
in all your pulpit discourses this maxim,
'When you aredone, quii /1 " We are
very much of the opinion that this advice
might be worthy of a wid4 acceptation.
Many good sermons are 9ritire1y spoiled
and lose their effect by a tedious, finale.
But to the point. . Mr. Moody's enquiry
meetings are usually crowded. In Far-
well Hall every day the two evangelists
take charge of the noon -day prayer naeet-
ing, and the large hall is unable to con-
tain the immense crowds who repair
thither. It holds, when crowded, near-
ly 3,000. All the ministeks nearly of all '
denominations meet there daily.' . The
utmost unanimity prevails amongst them
in this work, and this greatly strength-
ens Mr. Moody iu his labors. Such a
thing has never been known befoye in
Chicago. Truly "we live in wonderful
times." All through the northwest the
revival is spreading, and various evange-
lists, including such names as Morehouse,
Needham, Whittle, &c., are laboring inl
several of -the neighboring towns and
cities with errand and encouraging results.
Moody leaves here (D.N.) on Jan. 1st,
for Boston, where he begins a serices of
meetings. The prayers of God's people
everywhere are asked _for this workibf ,
grace, and they should not fail to exeroise
their privilege in this respect. .
Prohibition.
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor.
DEAR SIR,—I would like, with your
consent, to say a few words in the way
of reply through your valuable paper, to
_a petition found in circulation in the
town of Seaforth and vie -May, and pur-
oiling to erninate from the Licensed
ictuallers' Association, and in which
there are some very questionable state-
ments. The design of, the petition is to
influence the County Council against the
Dunkin Bill. Now thispetition cannot
fail to appear. before any person of figures
or reason to be one of the grossest abzurcl-
ities ever found:afloat in the nineteenth
century. Itt should be regarded
by the. , masses as a public insult
to all moral and religious intelligence,
if for nothing more than the way the
finances. are misconstrued in it. The
first objection the petition 'has to the
Dunkin Bill, or prohibition, is the loss
sustained by parties who have invested
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their money n erecting houses for public
accommodation. Itiis plain there is no
foundation whate,c,er to this objection,
for at least this reason, there are a good
many More public houses in the country
at large than is needed for public accom-
modation, and the travelling community
will amply sustain as many hoiiset for
public accommodation as are needed in
any part of the country, without any
assistance from the liquor traffic. I might
refer to a_ few public temperance houses
in support of this fact. _In the village of
Bridgewater, in quite a back country
place in the county of Hastings, is a pub-
lic house with as much capacity as the
travelling public needs, and probably not
less than any house in. Seaforth, nor in
any way inferior to them. In the next
County west, in a small "village 'called
Hiltonis another te'mperanee house, and
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 1876.
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IncLEAN BROTHERS% Publishers.
Ill 30 a Year, in advance.
"inemisnar
that in the strictest. sense of the word.
The proprietor keeps a choice _stock of
groceries in the bar room instead of
liquors. And in the city of Toronto is the
Robinson House, which has no bar -room
at all, and it has been stated publicly by
a party that would not be likely to mis-
represent the truth, that the proprietor
offered over $300 a foot for ground in rear
of the house, so as to enlarge his establish-
ment for the aocommodation of his friends.
There are many more temperance houses
in the country that might be referred to,
but it would be only wasting Words
and time to no purpose; for any thinking
mind -on this subject will readily under-
statid that there is no sense in having
ten or twelve public" houses in a town
with the population of Seaforth, and if
men will spencl their money building
public houses when they are not required
for public accommodation, they have but,
themselves to blame for their losses, and
not the temperance men who are trying
to put a worse than useless article away
from society. It is evident that when
men rush this building of public houses
to an excess that their chief object is to
sell liquo,which is no benefit to the pub-
lic. The next noticeable point adduced
by the petition in favor of the liquor traffic
is as much exaggerated as the first point
was. The statement is this, that the
public houses contribute under the pres-
ent license system not less than $10,000
yearly for local purposes. Let us see'
how much of this $10,000 is really a
benefit to the County,by the use of one
township as an illustration. There
were twelve licenses „granted in
the township of Thurloivv in 1875
at $40 each, making 4480, of which
about $200 went direct lo Government,
leaving for township purposes $280.
There were $40 paid to the license in-
spector, and up to the 1st of January of
the same year, there were paid out to the
paupers of tbe township (who were made
such by the liquor traffic) $400, making
the outlay of $440, which brings the
liquor traffic in debt to the township $160.
So it is plain the more liquor we have the
Worse we are off. if the liquor traffic is
in debt to the County of Huron at the
ratio of $160 to every $480 on the whole
amount of $10,000, which there can be
but very little doubt of, when every un
necessaryexpense incurred by liquor is
taken into consideration, the amount lost
to the County by the traffic would assist
greatly in aiding charitable institutions,,
and in _helping on the cause of Christ.
This same rule will apply to towns and.
cities, saying nothing about the value of
the time spent in drinking the liquor.
The next point claimed in favor of the
traffic by the petition, is that the traffic
does not increase the, administration of
justice, which statement appears in a
day favored with too -much light on this
subject to be received by the masses as
correct, whether indeed'itwas believed
to be correct by those who advanced it,
is a question. it is -freely admit-
ted, as a rule, by all, that about 75 per
cent. of all the crimes committed is
caused by liquor. Any doubts on this
point will be speedily removed by a care-
ful perusal of statistics. Concerning the
taverns being well kept in the County of
Huron, as is stated by the petition, the ,
very reverse is found to be the case, for I
there were nineteen tavern keepers sum -
mo ed before the justices of the peace
for aw-breaking, and were fined accord-
ing to law, and some of these were sent.
to jail for the repetition of the same
offence,—this occurring only a few days
since. I wonder who would say in the
face of these facts that the traffic does
not cost the County a nice little sum in
the administration of Justice. The peti-
tion says that secret intern perance is debas-
ing to society. This being the case, how
much more debasing must be public excess.
The next objection the petition has to the
Dunkin Bill is the cost of submitting it
to the County, and the loss ot time to
individuals. How much more time is
lost carrying on the traffic ? Supposing
that there are only 100 taverns an "the
County, each -tavern keeper keeps one
man idle, and worse than idle, on an
average for the year, which would be 200
men idle; and these men making $400
each, would amount to about $8,000 a
year. How will this compare with the
expense of submitting the Dunkin Act?
ORSERVER.
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Canada.
The. Bishop of Huron is engaged to
consecrate three new churches in his
diocese. -
—A lumber and . shingle yard will
shortly be opened in Mitchell by a Geor-
gian By Company,
—Mrs. Susannah Evani;': the accom-
plished and successful temperance lectur-
er, is again making the tour of Ontario.
—At some Pace in Quebec Province
hay is selling for 5 to $50 per ton,
and potatoes are selling' for $1 25 per
bushel.
—Counterfeit fifty cent pieces have
made their appearance in Ottawa, where
there is supposed to be a gang of coun-
terfeiters.
—The farm of 113 acres, in the
township of Peel, known as Captain
Wood's farm, was sold on Saturday last
for 7,000.
— As a mark of esteem for the late
John Hillyard Caineron, the Montreal
bar have decided Up wear mourning for
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one month.
—The Inspectors of London madea
general raid on the bakers, a few days
ago, and. captured about 150 loaves of
bread, which were 'distributed among
the poor.
—The Credit Valley Railway Com-
pany are making strenuous 'exertions to
get the City Council of Toronto to
submit a $250,000 by-law to the rate-
Parrsh
Te calico ball given by -the London
cricketers last week was Yeiy she-
cessful, there being about two hundred
couples present, a large number in fancy
costumes.
--Last week a meeting of the heirs of
the late Admiral Purvis, who died in In-
dia, was held ai the Daly House, Ingerr
soll. About 50 persons were present
(many of them ladies,) from all parts Of
New York • Chica go, and all parts of
Canada. The sum of $3,000 was grant.
ed to Mr. McKinlay, solicitor, for carry.
ing on the case, the amounts to be for-
warded to him.
—The Toronto Savings Bank has dis-
tributed. $1,350 among the following
charities.: House of Providence, Mag-
dalene Asylum, House of Industry, and
St. Nicholas Boys' Home.
—About one-third the deaths in Mon-
treal last week were -from smallpox. The
Montreal Smallpox Hospital is at pres-
ent so over -crowded that an additional
wing will have,to be constructed.
— The Ontdifio Teacher, Strathroy, has
been purchased by the Home Companion
Publishing Company, of London, and
will in 'future, it is said, be published as
the Home Companion and Teacher.
--Frank Thompson, the colored boy,
who placed obstructions on the railway
at Allanburg Junction, on the 19th of
of October last, has been sentenced to
five years in Penetanguishene Reforma-
tory Prison.
--Mr. D. Maxwell, of Paris, sold all
the machines he exhibited at the Cen-
tennial to a gentleman from Australia.
In addition, he sends a large display.
of implements to the Australian Exhibi-
tion.
-e-The Grand Jury at the Oxford As --
sizes expressed regret thatso many frivol-
ous charges are sent up by the magis-
trates, and which might be properly dis-
posed of by them, without taking up the
time of the Grand Jury.
—A baby was left at the door of a
bachelor in Alvinston, Lambton county,
a few nights ago, by a woman who said
she had been employed by him to nurse
it, but as he failed to pay up, sheresigned
her charge in this manner. The man has
since absconded.
—During two days of last week; the
Messrs. Brown, egg merchants, shipped
-from Woodstock 600 barrels ofeggs to
the New York markets. Each bar-
rel contained seventy dozen, making a
total of over half a million eggs at one
shipment.
— Lord Cecil and Captain Dunlop,
Plymouth brethren, who have been. hold-
ing meetings for the past few weeks in
Whitby, still hold forth, and draw large
audiences, and the Chronicle says their
preaching is_ highly eulogized by their
b earers.
—At Metropolitan,' Perth county, on
the 12th inst., the wife of Mr. David
Fotheringham, of a son, It is said the
happy father immediately sent the fol-
lowing telegram to his friends at a dis-
tance: "Read Isaiah ix chap. 6 verse,
first clause.
--Mr. Wm. Alexander,Inspector of
public schools for the County of Perth,
has been presented With a complimen-
tary address from the teachers, along
with a handsome gold watch, locket and
chain, as a mark of their -respect and
esteem.
—The certificate of James H. Byers, a
teacher in Emily, Victoria county, has
been suspended by the Pablic School In-
spector., for violation of the regulation
which requires teachers to be iu their
respective rooms by a quarter to niae in
the morning.
—Last week Mr. and Mrs. Hardy,
(Jeannie Watson,) gave one of tbeir en-
joyable entertainments at the Lunatic
Asylum, Toronto. The programme was
varied, and well calculated. to please the
patients who always appreciate an ything
of a comic character.
—On Friday morning last, at about
half -past four, a fire was discovered in
the wagon and blacksmith shop of Mr.
John Dore, of Carronbrook. The build -1
ings were completely. destroyed ; loss,
$2,000; insured in the Waterloo Mutual'
for 0900. The origin of the hre is un,,
knewn.
--It has been definitely ascertained
Shat the body found in the Avon, at
Stratford, an account of which was given
last week, was that of a man named
Henry Derry, Who died in the jail
smite time ago, and was interred in the
Catholic cemetery. How the body got
in the river -is unknown, and it is like-,
ly to remain so.
--Parties making researches in ,the
sausage business in Montreal have found
out that those bearing the name of
"chicken" are for the most part made up
of Calves, and, as is often the case, only
one day old. It is said that there is a
manufactory in the city where a calf en-
ters in at one door and comes out as iso-
lated chicken sausage at another.
held, and the verdict of "visitation of
Providence" returned. He leaves a wife
and a large family of children to mourn
his loss.
'-a-A man named. John R. Middlemiss,
of Montreal, has had the good fortune to
be one of 15 heirs to an estate in Eng.
and that will give each £7,000,000.
The estate -has been accumulating since
early in the 17th century, and the real
and personal property will amount to
£101,000,000. The money is in the
Bank of England, and legal steps have
beentaken by the heirs to establish their
—During the thunder storm that
ushered in November, the barns of
William Plunkett, Otonabee, were struck
by lightning and set on fire. The
stables, sheds, and other out -buildings,
were consumed, together with the grain
crop of this year. The horses, vehicles,
and a.Aricultural implements were saved.
There was an insurance of $1,300 on
the property, which will not cover the
loss.
—An order was received at the Ekfrid
(Middlesex County,) vineyard a short
time ago for grape wood for shipmentto 160 pounds, and had a sp
France. The descriptions most in de- 'antlers, Mr. Carapbell ref
mand are those allied to the Clinton. $11 for the carcase.
The Phylloxera, or root destroyer of lam —James Burton, residin
European vine, does but little injury to line of Arthur and Min
most of the American vines, and our On- sorely afflicted during t
tario grape vines are now in demand„ to 4,Teeks. Mr. Burton had
re -plant the vineyards of Europe, 1, so interesting children. Wi
much weakened by the ravages of this month five of them have
insect. , with inflammatory croup,
—One night recently Mr. Johnston, the remaining two are n
residing on lot 4, con. 7, Hibbert, had a danger. Mr. Burton has
visit from those very unwelcome gentry, • tyrnpathy of tile whole co
the canine sheep killers. His flock was —On Tuesday afternoon
scattered in every direction, some t
Acting Collector McLea
rifled, some torn, some driven into Jh ,Nichols, of Guelph, and
creek and there drowned, and othe left and Adams, and Constabl
dead on the field. At last accounts the
guilty mongrels had not been discovered,
so others may take warning. There be-
ing no dog tax, Mr. Johnston must bear
his loss, and the owners of the -dog or
dogs may go "scot free.
—Mr.J. L. ,Englehart, of London, has
purchased by private bargain the ,exten-
sive works of the Hillsdale Company,
one of the pioneer companies in the
neighborhood of Petrolia, consisting of
old No. 1 well, machinery, wooden and
underground tanks, the latter containing
about 12,000 barrels of crude, tubing,
etc., together with the real estate—some
20' acres, with itenements thereon, for
about $20,000. The transaction is one of
the largest ever engaged in by a private
oil firm.
—A story is told of a London wood
merchant, that when on his way home,
he called at a hotel, leaving his team at
the door. -He played dominoes for some
time, and then left for home. The night
was dark, and he was much annoyed at
the team proving rather refractory. His
astonishment can be better imagined
than described when he found, on his
arrival at the domicile, thati some prac-
tical joker had. taken out one; of his horses
and hitched an old cow in' the wagon.
rhe wood meychant now says he 'believes
his eyesight is failing!
L.
any other member of the family who
may have made the purchases, the goods
of each. pur-
nd ledger, to
ntiff was non -
were charged at the time
chase in. both day_ book
Mrs. . Spencer. The pia
huite
kr
e ---A butcher from the
land has settled in Cent
citizens of that thriving v
grow fat on good. beef. .t
—Three men- from t
Watford were last week s
jail to await their trial fo
passing bogus half -dollar p
—A rumor is current in
-effect that a movement is
some of the members of t
with the object of increasi
al allowance from $600 to
—Dr. Somerville, the I
buyer, recently paid $1,00
bred in London, Out. Th
man has this year purchas
$47,000 worth of horses fo
market.
— Mr. James Canipb
'recently shot a large buck
,dale. The buck when dr
est of Eng-
alia, and. the
llage will now
e vicinity of
nt to London
coining and
eces.
Quebec to the
eing made by
e Legislature
g the session -
800:
gersoll horse
for a horse
same gentle-
d no less than
the American
11 of Minto
iitar Teviot-
Bed weighed
enclid pair of
sed an ,offer of
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--Some time ago, Mr. Isaac Knechtel,
of the twelfth concession of Ellice, while
threshing, had one of, his eyes injured,
by something flying into it. Lately it
had become so annoying and painful, and
was affecting the other eye so much,
that the other week he made up his
mind to seek a remedy, and accordingly
he went to Toronto, where Mr. R A.
Reeve, lecturer in the Eye and Ear In-
firmary -there, completely removed the
eye. The operation was very nicely per-
formed, and 'Mr. Knechtel does not
feel the slightest uneasiness since return-
_ieg home.
—One evening lately, whilst. a drover
was proceeding eastward/in a buck -board,
about three miles east! of Bloomsburg,
Simcoe, he was fired at from behind by
some unknown person, the ball grazing
the side of the drover's face so closely
that it cut his whiskers, and drew blood
from one of his cheeks. - It appears that
the highwayman jumped on the back of
-the buck -board, which frightened the
horse, causing it to spriOg forward just
as he fired, which made him lose his
balance and fall out behind. This, no
doubt, saved. the drover's life. The horse
continued to run for a considerable dis-
tance. No clue to the would-be murder-
er has been obtained.
—The monument to the memory of
the late Mr. R. MacFarlane, M. P., for
South Perth, which was purchased by a
few friends of the deceased gentleman,
was placed in position in! Avondale
Cemetery the other week. It . is of
Peterhead granite, highly polished, of
chaste and elegant design. The -two
lower bases are of Ohio freestone. The
monument stands 14 feet 6 inches high,
and cost $550. It was imported direct.
from Aberdeen, Scotland, by the con-
tractors, Messrs. Gadsby & Sharman, of
the Stratford marble works, and. bears
the folloping inscription : "Erected by
a few friends' _ in affectionate remem-
brance of .RobertiMcFarlane, M. P., for
South Perth, who died while ilischarging
his Parlianientary duties at. Ottawa,
June 1st, 1872. Aged 37 years." --
-A portion of the farm and timber
land and saw mill property of the Davies'
estate, comprising 1,150 acres in the
township of Elma? was sold at the Court
House, Stratford., on Wednesday of last
week, for $15,000—$2,000 above the
reserve bid fixed by, the Master in
Chancery. The Merchants' Bank was
the purchaser. The sale is considered a
goed one.
4 --Last Sabbath evening, Rev. Mr.'
Bray,, of Zion church,, Montreal, preach-
ed. to an immense audience, denouncing
the English Government for thinking of
gong to war with Russia on behalf of
Tuirkey, when, on the contrary, she
ought to- band with Russia and wipe out
the Turkish Government, and thus lib-
erate Bulgaria, Servia, and other Chris-
tian Provinces in Turkey.
—Mi. Alexander Lyall, night watch-
man at Mr. Penman's knitting mill, at
Paris, was found drowned last Friday
morning. It is supposed he went out at
the back door to see if everything was
right, and while walking Over a small
bridge adjoining the building, missed his
footing and fell into about ten feet of
water and was drowned. He leaves a
wife and large family.
—A very sudden death. occurred in
the township of Culross, on Wednesday
night of last week. Mr. Richard Mc-
Donald, one of the oldest settlers in that
township, hadbeen attending an auction
sale on that day. Towards evening, he
with a number of others started for home,
but the night being very dark and the
roads bad, he concluded to atop over
night at the haute of a neighbor. About
daylight McDonald was called upon to
arise. Making no response to the call,
he was shaken, when,
to the astonish-
ment and 'horror of his bed -fellow, he
was found to be dead. An inquest was
on the town -
o, has been
e past three
family of six
hin the last
been attacked
hree died and
yet out of
the hegartfelt
munity.
of last week'
and Officer
fficers Bruce
Kilppert, of
Berlin, proceeded to the first concession
of Block B, township of
there found on the premis
Stosser all the necessary p
facturing whiskey, and so
of distillation. As it was
Officers Bruce and Adams
charge 11 morning. Sho
11
1
Wilmot, and.
s of William
ant for manu-
e in process -
late at night
were left in
tly after mid- •
night a gang of 13 masked men invaded
the premises, bound the officers, and re-
moved all the Plant of the illicit distil-
lery, and then made off. Active exer-
tions are being made to- seeure the arrest
of the ruffians. -
—A young lady, aged 18 years, named.
Christena Demsey, who was stopping for
a short time with Mr. J.. Marshall, 9f
West Zorra, received. a rda igerous, if net
fatal, gurishot injury on T ursda.y morn-
ing of last week. The cir umstances are
as follows : Young Mr. Marshall, who
was handling a gun whic hadenot been
in use for months, and h ving no idea
that it was loaded, con equently was
careless as to how he ha idled it, when
quite unexpectedly it wen off, the whole
charge of shot entering th light side of
Miss Demsey'aface, fract ring the low-
er jaw in a Most frightfu manner, some
two or three shots passin through the
windpipe. There are bat slight hopes of
her recovery.
—On Friday evening, 1 th inst., when
the members of the Meth dist church of
Onondaga village repaired o.their church. -
at the hour for prayer me ting a state of
things presented itself hick startled.
those who beheld it. e 31arge Bible
on the desk of the pulpit found cut
and torn in a wanton ma • ner ; the Ted
cloth upon the inside of the door was
torn to shreds; the enam I was broken
from the keys of the orga the works of
the instrument destroye o, rendering it
useless, and the case cut, cratched, and
ruined the table under t e pulpit - was
defaced, and the pulpit its If gashed by
some sharp instrument in a manner ren-
dering repair difficult.
was scarcely an article
capable of injury that esc
of the vandals, whoever t
Indeed there
n the church
ped the hands
ey were.
—The Orillia Times s'a s : An infant
of Mr. Lessall's, aged. six months, swal-
lowed a needle on the l4ti of July, and
the mother, in great al rm, took the.
child to Dr. Ramsay's offi e. Of course
medical or surgical aid w s useless. On
the 5th inst., the mother again brought
the infant and showed th doc:,-or a hard
lump just below the elbo on the right
arm. After a careful e mination Dr.
Ramsay concluded that ii the firni sub-
stance the needle was mbedded ; on
making a slight incision the end was
visible, and in another o oment it was
extracted, much to the delight of the
parents. That needle wi be at heir-
loom in the family. The young one did
not apparently suffer any inconvenience
from the "tour of the neeole."
There was delivere at Montreal
last Saturday, per steatne from Sorel, a
flour barrel containing t • e body of a
young woman, packed in straw and dire -
infectants. She had lout+ flowing black
hair braided,' and her ight eye was
smashed to a pulp. Th spectacle was
most horrible and repub3 ve. The man
in charge was promptl arrested, and.
said he got the body fr m ani,uieknown
man, .a mile aniaa ha bac of. of. St.
Francois. • His explanati n was very un-
satisfactory, • and he as almost toia
frightened to speak. Th barrel was ad-
dressed to "W. F. Hart, Montreal." At
the inquest held the sa1,1 e night, it was
discovered that the cly had. been
"snatched" from the. St. Francois bury-
ing ground, and was inte ded for a medi-
cal college in Montreal.
—There is now in the 1: ouse of Indus-
try in Elgin County, a w man said to -be
106 years of age. Tn, • oking through
her effects on her arrival at that institu-
tion, the keeper found 14 etter giving her
standing In. the church oi her native par-
ish in Scotland at the " 111e she emigrat-
ed to this country, wh,ch stated that
she was then 54 years o age and that
she was born in 1770. The old lady
walks about the house very briskly, can
ascend the stairs withl ease, and does
not present the appeaTal1Ce of So great
an age. She remembers nothing of
modem events, butis g maims on sub-
jects connected with hei juvenile years.
On being questioned as Ito her age, s -he
replies promptly "106 ears," and that
she is not like women now -a -days, who
try to make themselves younger than
they really are.
, —At the sittings of the Division Court
held in St. Marys, last week, a case was
tried which may be of some interest to
the mercantile community. Mr. Henry
E. Wilson, - merchant, sued. Mrs. Eliza-
beth Spencer, widow, for the reeovery of
an account of $77 for groceries furnished
to her family for the use of herself and
family, a,nd which goods were consumed
in def,...ndant's house. The grounds of
defence were that the defendant did not
purchase the goods; that her son Hugh
was the arty -who purchased them, and
was respolsible for payment. The plain-
tiff produced his books, itt which the
goods were charged. to Mrs. E. Spencer.
The defendant produced the bills or slips
rendered at the time of each purchase,
and the bill of first purchase being made
out in the following manner-: "Mr.
Hugh Spencer; bought of Henry E.
Wilson.' The Judge held that this bill
was the one on which the case rested,
and that the defendant was not, respon-
sible. The plaintiff showed that al-
though the bill at the time of purchase
was made out to Mr. Hugh Spencer , or
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