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The Huron Expositor, 1876-12-01, Page 1, - NasitABER 24, 1€7 THE lioTED THE NOEDT f 77 tt7 77777 77777 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 •7 7. 7 7 77777 .77777 -77777 7 77 77 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 CHEAP CASH STORE. SEAFOR H, ONTARIO. A. G. raDOUGALL & CO. ow is week 100 Children's EW CL TH JACKETS, at 40e.,.. 50c 60c., 70c., and 80e. [00 Misses' Ne Cloth Jacketat I- 70c., Sdc., 90c., and $1. .15 Children's _New Lion Skin Jacketa, BLACK AND -BROWN, Commencing at 75c. Lion Skin Jackets in Blade and Brown, COMMENCING AT $1. AIso 150 LadiesCloth Jackets, REA.e'ESTe VARIETY OF STYLES • and at Lower Prices TUA 1161,7",E fN Teem e also Open To - day 50 Pairs of Scotch ALL WOOL BED BLANKETS, At sq per Pair. a First ofi the sort ever shown in Sea, . forth, and far superior to • -a__ E ENGLISH OR CAIN A MAN, • have ale° E glish, commencing at $2 90 per p r for Al/ Wool. pelted; To -Day 100 PIECES of SC OTCH WINCEY, I Colors, , all ualities and Prices, - - nmencing from 7e. to 25c. per yard.1 re Goods are new anci - selected g by eile of tae firm at the lf EAPES `..(` M A E. K E [ri the weirld. Those wanting Y should Come early and get a pick. We shall be glad to Si them even f you dini't .buy. ier Lot of, ALL WOOL SHAWLS in all the different Styles at aTLY REIATCED Over 300 to Choose From. Puff4-4V e have them to be seen as weli as a advertise. G. MeD0U AIL & Co. w 11. • - 'mollognimmininnanonnosaa WHOLE NO. 468. TENTH YEAR. REAL ESTATE FOR MALE. • MEM FOR SALE.—Apply to JAMES JOHN- -1-7 SON, Kinburn. 46$*2 A RARE 011ANCE.—For Sale Cheap, three very -4-A• desirable building lots, facing oxi 'Victoria Square, Seaforth. For particulars apply to E. HICKS3N & Co. 447 - -FRAME COTTAGE FOR SALE.—Containing 4 rooms and 2 kitchens, eituated near Mr. A. Stewart's brickkesidente in Seaforth; Apply to W. N. WATSON Sealorth, 468 WARMS FOR SALE.—East half Lot 11, Con, 12, McKillop ; also South Weems of .Lote 1 and 2 Con. 10; Morris, adjoining the Village of Blyth. For partieulars apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLME- STED, Barristers, &o., Seaforth. 425 VARM FOR SALE.—North half of Lot 12, Con. 1S, MoKillop, containing 75 acres, 40 cleared, balance well timbered, with good buildings ; for sale cheap and on easy terms of petyment. Apply to MOCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 449 BUILDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE,- -Dr. COLEMAN, having laid out the grounds reeently occupied as a Driving Park into Buid- 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. 364 PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Two lots, with a 2 story frame house and barn, situated on the Market Square, Seaforth. The premises have been 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 SALE OR TO LET—" Bona Vista" farm, containing 471 acres, 32aleared, rest well wood- ed ; on Lake Huron, Inear Dr. Woods'; land rich clay loam; good frame house and barn, good orch- ard of over 100 trees bearing; a well and stream, both of which contained plenty of -water all snm- mer ; terms easy; possession given at NewYear8- 8 acres in fall wheat looking well. WILLIAM PLUNKETT, Teacher, Baylield. 459 ATALIJABLE LOTS FOR SALE NEAR THE T RAILWAY STATION.—Lots 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55, in Jarvis' survey, Seaforth. Theselots from their close vicinity to the railway station are specially adapted for manufacturing purposes. Terms—One-fotarth cash, balance in three equal simnel instalnaents with interest at seven per cant. Title perfect. GARROW &- RADEN - HURST, Solicitors, Goderich. 456 WARM 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 Hallett 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 each place; Terms reasonable, apply to the pro- prietor on the premises of Henry Taylor, or to Constance P. 0. JOSEPH TAYLOR. 468*4 DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale on reasonable terms, the residence and grotuado in Egmondville at uresent occupied by J. S. Porter. There is a comfortable; dwelling house with all necessary out -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 woald be a most desirable property for a market gardener or a retired farmer; Apply to J. S. PORTER. 468 TTOUSE AND FOUR LOTS FOR SALE.—That elegant two- story brick dwelling Uwe 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 handsome homestead, and a rare chance is k offered to intending purchasers'; it will be sold on favorable terms. For fluffier particulars apply to THOMAS STEPHENS, Seaforth. 462 WARM FOR SALE.—For sale, north half of Lot -v 11 and east half of Lot 12, Con. 12, Hullett, containing 100 acres, 85 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation and well underdrain- ed, balance iswell timbered; a large frame barn and frarae stable, good log house and other build- ings; good bearing orchard; a never -failing stream running through the farm, also a good well; about 8 acres of fall wheat sown: Is situ- ated about 11 miles from Clinton and 12 miles from Seaforth. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Harlook P. 0. ANGUS CAMPBELL. 469 FOR sAI.E OR_ TO LET. _ VOR S ALE.—$3,000 Debentnree of the Town of Seaforth, bearing interest at '7 per cent. Pay. - able annually. Address WILLIAM ELLIOTT, ' Clerk, Seaforth. 459 SEAFORTHI FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 1876. { ifIcLEAN 11110THERS, Pablishero. 51` 50 a Year, in advance. - WANDERINGS IN COLORADO. PAPER NO. X. After about two months of work such as I have already described, �u party were back again where they sta ted, on their own "range." They had unted the country for 50 miles to the eas a and to the westward nearly as many more, and had gathered and sent baek to the range all the cattle they found bear- ing their brands. The owners of eattle on the lother creeks and ranges, it will be understood, had been , engated in the same manner,and now it is supposed that, as nearly as possible, every one has his cattle where he want them, as close to home as possible. The "general round -up" now breaks up. IThe twenty or More wagons which for w eks have been following each other in procession up and down the country, from one camping -place to another; separate, and each takes its way to its respective headquarters. With them go the herd- ers aria the saddle horses, and now the branding of calves is next in order. The practice in this respect is not always the same. By some owners tend on some ranges the calves are branded wherever found and as soon as found, but on the cattle branding the range to which I refer were all gathered. before an •was clone. After the departure to their homes of the outfitsifrom a distance, o ly two or three remained. These comprised about : a dozen owners who belonged to that particular ,range and who Worked to- gether, mutually assisting each other in the performance of what they would separately be unable to accomplish. Commencing at one corner of the range, they begin again to round -up the cattle. allies were wed to go. rest the a herd to- . In the ur or five d be gath- ny as this ay was de - e number ould gen- oon of the en a big e hundred thered and. un rise the e prairie. different cut out the largely re- eir calves. to be the re separat- ck to the ime, things the brand- ilt and the ght to the calves hay - the calves 'ROUSE TO RENT OR SELL.—Will be sold or rented, a comfortable frame house, with wen and garden attached. This house is adjoin- ing the EXPOSITOR Office. Apply to A. M. CAMPBELL, Seaforth. 465 pROPERTY FOR SALE.—That valuable prop- erty on Goderich Street occupied by the Goder- loll Manufacturing Company as a Machine Shop. Also dwelling house and lot adjoining. The above property will be sold on easy terms. For particu- lars apply to GRAY & SCOTT. 439 STOCK. FOR SERVICE WARMERS, LOOK ul s.RE.—Berkshire, Suffolk and Yorkshire Bears for Service. The under- signed has on his premises, Lot 26, Con. 1, Stan- ley, Three Boars for Service. The Berkshirs boar is named" Tim," and, no will be seen by the pedigree below, is of good stock: He was sired by Satelite the Second, bred by Mr. E. Caswell, of Ingersoll, out of his imported sow, and got by Satelite, iraported by John Currie, of -Vorscloyle, Derehara ; his dam, Bess, was sired bp Lord Liverpool, winner of 3 first prizes at prineipal shows in England, imported by John Snell & Sons, of Edmonton, and sold to Mr. Gentry for $700, his grand dam, Lucy, wits sired by Satelite, imported by J. Currie; his great grand dam, 2nd Queen of the West, was sired by Sampson, im- ported by J. Currie. Terms $1' cash. J. STAN - BURY, Proprietor. 461*5 AUCTION SALES This time only the cows and cut out, and. the rest were all After being separated. from th cows and. calves were put in gether and driven to a corra thickest pert of the cattle, f hundred cows and calves wou ered in one day. When as were gathered, the following Voted to branding. When t was considerably less they erally be branded on the after same day. Let us suppose there has day, and thateupwards of fi cows and calves have been g corralled. Next morning at herd will be driven out on t It comprises perhaps a doze brands. The first thing is to cows bearing the brand most presented, and with them t Supposing the "XY" brand largest, all the "XY" cattle ed or cut out and driven b corral. At . the corral, mean have been got in readiness fo ing. A large fire has been b branding -irons are being bro proper heat. The cows and in bun driVen to the corral go . 1 • are separated from their mothers and placed in a small pen adjoining. A num- ber of men enter the pen, an the Work comnaences. One man is detailed to at- tend to the rons—to see that they are properly heated, and ,to hand them to the branders ; there will be two to ap- ply fhe branding irons, and one to make the earmarks; the rest of the men act as throwers. The throwete work in pairs. One seizes a calf by the nose with one hancl and. by the opposite ear with the other,—his partner takes the tail. A sudden twist by the man at the head, seconded by a corresponding movement • al is lying the head- neck and oth hands, nd leg with against the animal is then comes stamps the "XY" indelibly on tile side of the ani- mal, or wherever else it is the owner's practice to pat it. He is followed by the marker who cuts the 6ars to the ' `sw allow -fork" or "half-cro ever may be the proper mar is then let go, and the throw other, which is mad.e to wide operation. When there is a large num- ber to be branded, and when four or five pairs of throwers are at work at once, and where all are expert, it makes a live- ly scene, and the calves are turned out pretty fast. To the uninitiated this May seem extremely simple and easy work, but any one who undertakes to "wrestle" with a yearling or even a six months ealf will find it no child's, play, but an undertaking requiring both strength and skill. When all are branded they are allowed to rejoin their paothers, and all _are turned loose. Anoth then cut-out from the gene undergoes the same proces -till all are branded. Whe in one lot of cattle have b another is rounded up, unt range has been gone over. first branding is over, the looks over his tally and ma mate of the probable extent crop of calves. Most of t e no idea of the number of their cattle, ex- cept from their tally. They know they had so many to start .with and that go many were branded each year, and thus, making allowances for losses and „ . 'sale, they estimate the number of their herd. 1It Often happens that a calf is over- looked 'by the herders in th ir rounding. 3 up expeditions, and grows up without any brand or mark. Such an animal is called a "maverick." Legally the "mav- ericks" are the property of I the country where they are found, but in common practice they are the property of any one who finds them. The pra,ctice of "mav- ericking," or appropriating. unbranded cattle, is one much reprobard by cattle men, but atthesame time, it is an un- derstood thing that any on; who can do it oh the sly, without b ing actually ceught, in a pretty smart fellow: An- other very common practice is the alter- ing of brands. A herder, finding an animal a long way from imene, or with a brand he does not know, skilfully OHATTEL lIcIORTGA.GE SATY..—Default hay- ing been made in the payment of a certain chattel mortgage, made by William Mitohell, of the Township of Grey, farmer, bearing date the First day of FebruarY, 1876, the mortgagee therein named, -will offer for sale by Public Auction at POWELL'S HOTEL, SEAFORTH, on SATUR- DAY, the SECOND day of DECEMBER next, the following goods and chattels included in the said chattel mortgage, viz.: 1 Kirby reaper and mower m cobined, new and in good. order; 1 black mare, 1 hay mare, 1 cutter, 1 set bob sleighs, 1 set double harness, and 1 set single harness. Terms Cash. J. P. BRINE, Auctioneer; BENSON & MEYER, Solicitors for Mortgagees. Dated, November the 23rd, 1876. 468-2 MEETINGS TO_BE IIELD 1\TOTICE.—The Council of Hthe Corporation of -4-‘ the County of Huron will meet in the Court Room. in the Town of Goderich, on Tuesday, 6th day of December. PETER ADAMSON, County Clerk. 468-2 NOTICE.,—A meeting of the patrons of the West -L.` End Cheese Factory will be held on Monday, December 4th next, at 2 P. M. at the factory, to hear auditors' report and to settle accounts for milk and hauling in full. By order of the D1REC- TORS. 468 IMISCEL LANE OUS SEND 80 CENTS with name, age, height, color of hair and eyes, and you will receive back a correct copy of your future wife or husband. FRAZER & Co., Whitby P. 0., Out. P. O. Box 185. 469*1 PAY parties indebted to McIntyre & -a' Willis, Boot and Shoe Dealers, Seaforth, either by note or book account, must settle the game at once, otherwise they„wi11 be sued without respeot of persons, Thio is no idle threat, but will be acted upon. ZoloINT7liE WILLIS. 467 by his partner, and the am on his side. As the calf fall man places his knee on th grasps the upper fore leg in the heeler seizes the upper h his hands and braces his feet other. In this manner th securely held. The brander along with his hot- iron, changes the brand, or blotches it over and puts on his own. He allows it to go for a while, but keeps his eye on its movements till the fresh brand is healed up, and then drives it off and sells it for beef, This is many shades worse than mavericking, being actual stealing, but it is very difficult to procure the convic- tion of a man even when known to be guilty of the offence, because he takes good care that thei e shall be no witnesses of the crime. The large owners lose years ago Mr. Prowers made the expen- many cattle this way, in fact, this is one ment of eatablishing a number of cheese of the leakages which cut down what factories on his property and endeavored ought to be the large profits of the busi- to milk the cows of his herd. If. the ness. Some owners resort to these prac- range cattle could be utilized for the- tices professedly in self-defence, and al- production of cheese and butter as well together it is to be feared that the rights as beef, of course, the revenue from them of meum and tem are not very Well would be immensely increased. The understood by men following the cattle experiment, however, in Mr. Prowers' . business. The first round -up and branding being over, the herders take a short rest to re- cruit themselves and. their horses. But in a short time the l again start out and go over almost the same ground as before. By this time many of the cattle gathered in on the first trip will have wandered off again. These have tei be driven in again, as well as any missed before. The latecalves are to be branded, and then, if time enough is left, the range will be hunted 'over a third and a fourth time. About the last of September, the round- ing -up for beef begins. - This time the beef steers and such cows as are fat enough for beef are cut-out and herded together until enough are collected to be sent to market. Sales are usually made to buyers who go through the country in the fail and contract with owners for deliveries at appointed places on the railway, but sometimes the owners make shipments themselves to commission merchants in Kansas city and St. Louis. The steers are generally sold at three and. four years old and the cows when it is considered that their services as breed- ers are about over. The better class of beeVes are shipped to Kansas city or St. Louis, and sometimes to Chicago, where they are immediately slaughtered to supply the ever voracious demands ei the large business centres for beef. The inferior , animals are taken te Eastern Kansas and Missouri as "feeders." There they are fed. corn for several months, until they reach prime condition, when they are placed in the market. The business of feeding cattle is becoming a very important one in the corn -producing States, and the farmers find this a very profitable way of getting rid of their surplus grain. Corn at 25 cents a buahel, which has been about the average price for several years in Kansas and Missouri, will hardly pay the cost of production, but when transformed into beef it doubles and. trebles its wine. -/ Las Animas is the great cattle market for Southern Colorado. It is situated about a hundred miles below Pueblo on the Arkansas river, and being a station on bah the Kansas Paoific and Atchison & Santa Fe railway's, it has good act - vantages sor shipping. To this point are driven for shipment nearly all the beeves raised for over 200 miles to the south and for about 100 to the north and west. During the beef shipping season in the fall on all the roads leading to this town large herds of beef cattle driven by mounted herders will be met every few miles. The railways have established large cattle -yards furnished with every facility for receiving, loading and shipping. There are also large slaughter -houses where cattle are slaugh- tered, and the dressed. carcases then shipped to Eastern cities. In these establishments the hides, horns, hoofs, tallow, offal and everything about the animal which is of any value is made the most of and turned to account. I made a Visit to one, of these slaughter- houses last fall, and was much interested. The rapidity with which animals were slaughtered, and the carcases skinned, dressed and turned into beef seemed. to me really wonderful. ,,Las Animas itself is a village of about a thousand people, one-third of whom seem to be Mexicans. It is built right on the flat prairie a little distance from the river. There are no gardens nor fences nor anything of that kind about it. It looks a little as though the houses had dropped from the clouds, and one is apt to wonder at first what apology it can offer for its existence in such apiece. For part of the year, during the shipping season, it is an exceedingly lively town. Herds of cattle are ceming in every day and the streets and Stores are crowded with cattle -men and their herders, who, having for months been isolated on their ranges, take this opportunity of seeing the world, as they term it, and of having a jollification. When I was there, there were three dance -houses in full blast, and an indefinite number of saloons, so the average cow -boy was afforded every facility, if not of "seeing the world," at 1ea4t of getting rid of his wages. miles frontage on the- Arkansas river opposite Las Animas. ' Mr. Prowers was one of the first to endeavor to raise the grade of Texas cattle by the intro- duction of thoroughbred stock, and the country owes much to his enterprise in this direction. For this purpose, several years ago, he visited Canada, and select- ing from the best short -horn herds a large number of bulls brought theta. to Colorado. I understand that a few ," or what - The calf ers seize an - go the same r brand is I herd and ,and so on the calves en branded. the whole .When the cattle man es his esti- 1 the year's wriers have case was not a success. After the beeves have been sent to market, the Cattle man's work is : over for the year. All winter the cattle are allowed; to wander as they please *in search of grass and water or as driven *by storms. The owners and herders lie in their cabins and smoke their pipes in dignified leisure, varying the monotony of this occupation, perhaps, by an occa- Sional ride over the prairie, gun in hand, in search of antelope. For half the year they are constantly in the saddle, for the other half they do nothing or next to nothing. One might suppose that this would be -an extremely easy and pleasant sort of life, but those who fol- low it very seldom think so themselves; on the contrary, they are continually grumbling at the hardnets of their lot, and are not a whit more contented than their brethren who follow the plow and swing the scythe on the eastern farms, and whom they often envy. It might also be supposed that theirs would be a peculiarly healthy lifei but the men them- selves do not consider it so, no doubt the constant out -door life and vigorous exercise has a tendency to expand and strengthen the lungs and to.develop and harden the muscles, but, on the other hand the stomach and digestive organs have constantly to do desperate battle with heavy and hot bread, bacon -grease, strong coffee and poor cooking of every description, so that, as far as health is concerned, it would seem to be about a stand-off between the two influences. The men who follow this life are peculi- arily liable to rheumatic affections, no doubt owing to the constant exposure which they have to undergo. Altogether, their position need not be envied, either from a pecuniary, social or sani- tary point of view. In the foregoing sketches I have en- deavored to present certain phases of life in this western country. it was my original intention that they should ap- pear consecutively, Week after week without a break, but owing to circum- stances over which X had no control, they have been dragging through several months. Doubtless, on this account,, whatever little interest they might other- wise have possessed has been consider- ably lessened, but I trust that they have had at least 80771E readers who have not been absolutely bored by them. I may add that the whole vast territory, from central Kansas on the east to .California and Oregon on the west, and from Texas on the south to nearly the British possessions on the north, does not very greatly differ in any respect,—either in climate soil, resources �r capabilities,— from this territory, only that as you go north there is a little more snow and grass, and as you go south it is the re- verse. A. McL. Besides the cattle trade Las Anirnas has considerable freighting business to the Southern counties and to New Mexi- co, as well as the local trade of the ranchers and stockmen for many miles around. It is also the county seat of Bent county, a county one -hundred miles ,square and, if I am not mistaken, owning more cattle -than any other in Colorado. Of course, there is a newspaper. Our glorious "art preservative" has no scar- city of representatives any -Where in these western territories. How all the papers contrive to make a living in such a thinly settled country is a constant marvel to me. The Las .Animas Leader is a small but neatly printed. sheet which dispenses whatever locel or county news there may be in its widely scatteied constitu- ency. Every village has its great man—some have more than one. The great ma.n of Las Animas is a Mr. ProWers. Like nearly all the notable men of the West; Mr...Prowers ripe from small beginnings. It is not more than twenty years since he "whacked bulls" across the plains at a very moderate compensation. Mr. Prowers has now a bank and a large store in Las Animas and is besides a very extensive cattle -owner. He is also owner, if my memory serves me correct - as to the amount, of some twelve ed. money to burn the barn, a warrant was the other clay issued for the arrest of Gray on a charge of incendiarism. —Mr. Wm. McCormack, of Minto, is shipping a car load of beef to Scotland. This is a somewhat new enterprise and , we hope it will prove successful. —An agency of the Consolidated Bank of Canada was opened in New Hamburg a few days ago under the management of Mr. Hamilton, formerly of Toronto. —On Monday of last week, a son of Wm. Burton, of Teeswatei, while engag- ed in logging was struck by appole on the leg so severely that the leg was broken. —On Thursday of last week one of the operatives in Fuller's mill, at Stratford, named Isabel Maffin, had her hand taken into a crusher and fearfully mangled, ne- cessitating the removal of some of the fingers. —On the 20th inst., a man named Webb, while stumping with' a machine near Stayner, the ring bolt gave way and the frame of the machine fell on his head, crushing his skull in and killing him instantly. —A young man named McKinnon, who disturbed a congregation at Lucan, dur- ing service on Sunday evening, was brought before a magistrate on Tues- day, and mulcted in $12.60 for.his unseem- ly conduct. •'—The other day Mr. Charles Allen, proprietor of the shingle factory and grist mill at Comber, in attempting to remove a corn -cob from the crusher, was caught by the fingers between the rollers, and so badly bruised as to necessitate the amputation of the four fingers. —Distance does not aeem to be any hindrance to the enterprising Blue -nose provided he can get what he wants. A company of miners have just bought a little screw tug, which they bring from Collingwood harbor, Ont. for towing in Sydney harbor, 1,500 Miles away. —Rev. W. Mitchell, of Montreal, has reeeived a unanimous call to the pastoral charge of St. Andrew's Church, St. John, New Brunswick, at a stipend of $2,500 and manse. St. Andrew's is one of the oldest and most influential congregations in the Lower Provinces. —A girl thirteen years old and a youth fourteen years old, the children of well known lower town families in Ottawa, eloped a few days ago. They were cap- tured, however, by their patnts before they succeeded. in getting married. They had procured the licensee Canada. Mr. McKellar is the new head teach- er in Teeswater publib school, his salary is $600 per annum. ---Rev. Mr. Heu de Bourck, late. of Stratford, has been called to, and accept- ed, the Congregational charge in Bowman - vine. . —James Anderson and Tobias Spearn, both young men end good mechanics, left Bt.' Mary's last week to seek their fortune in Australia. 4 —The Reformers of Listowell have or- ganized a Reform Association, with Mr. R. Ferguson, of the Banner, as President, and M r. J. R Terbune, barrister, as Secretary. —The St. Thomas School Board has announced its intention of giving a prize of $4 in books to each pupil of the High School who passes the Intermediate Ex- amination. —A travelling missionary of the Mor- mon faith was ejected from a prominent dry goods store in London, a few evenings ago, for preaching his doctrines to the ladies assembled. —The people of Stratford complain bitterly of mad, sloughs and mire holes on their streets, such as necessitate team- stera, driving in the side ditches and even encroaching on side-walles. —Mr. Sargent, an experienced teach- er, a graduate of TrinityCollege, Dublin, and a member of Royal Irish Academy, has been engaged as head teacher of the Mitchell High School, in place of Mr. Haughton, resigned. —Canada is to have a stamped enve- lope'which is now in preparation, and will be ready for use about the beginning of 1877. The design will be the head of Queen Victoria in an oval frame, and it will be of the value of three cents. attacked a large field, and before night -the last furrow was turned. Such men understand the proper rendering of the golden rule "Do unto others," &c. —While out hunting on the lake shore of Knapp's Island, Malden • a gentleman a _ shot and killed a pure eviiite swan. It was found to 'weigh 40 lbs., and measur- ed 7 feet 2 inches from tip to tip of its wings. At the gtirne Mr. Bell fired there were four of these birds together. They are so wild and timid that it ig a difficult matter to approach near enough to shoot them. .—Messrs. Miller & Bro., a mercantile firm, failed in Picton some 20 years ago, and at that time some of the employees did not receive their share of the pro- ceeds of the estate. Messrs. Miller went east and prospered, and a few days ago a Member of the firm returned to Picton, hunted up those to whom he was indebt•I ed, and paid them in fail. This action is highly honorable and worthy -of cominen- dation. --The people of Stratford. think there is every probability that the car -shops of the Grand Trunk Railway, at present lo- cated at Brantford, will be removed to Stratford at an early date. The reason given for this is, a more central location, saving in the matter of hauling nVaterial,- &c. —A case was tried in Norwich recent- ly of interest to dairymen. A suit for damages was brought by Mr. H. S. Lossee against one of his patrons for sup- plying his factory with bad milk. The amount of damages claimed was $26.66, for which amount the plaintiff obtained a verdict. —Two beautiful overcoats manufac- tured from the hides of buffalo calves by Mrs. Dr. Schultz; M. P., have been re- ceived at Ottawa. They Were sent as a present to Master Percy Powell, son of Mr. A. Powell, Governor of the County jail in that city. The fur is beautiful and the handiwork most creditable. —The ether day the supposed remains of the old woman Hogan, who has been missing 'since last June, from Comber, were discovered 'by a searching party em- ployed by her son -in the bush lot belong- ing to Mr. Poole, J. P. The body was in such an advanced state of decomposi-, tion as to be entirely unrecognizable. —Quite a large number of white or Arctic owls have been seen around Teeswater during the last few Weeks. Several of them have been shot and. a few captured alive. Mr. Clark, hotel -keeper, has one of these birds which measures about 5 feet from tip to tip of his wings, and is a most beautiful specimen of the genus owl. —An exchange says: A private letter received from Newfoundland speaks of this as an exceptionally good year down there. The catch of fish is fair, and the prices are good, ranging from 29s. per quintal for shore fish and. 22s. for No. 1 Labrador. The copper mining is also spoken of as being likely to prove a source of Wealth in the future. —At Mr. Redford's sale the other day, Mr. John T. Hicks, of Mitchell, bought two thorough bred Durham cattle, one a fine cow, five years old, and weighing 1,600 cwt., and for which he paid $260. The other is a handsome heifer, ten months old, which cost $110. --A few .days ago W. McMulkin' of Ingersoll, was tried before a benchof magistrates on charges of selling liquor and keeping it in his bar without a license. The charges were preferred by John Shaw, Inspector, and J. B. Capron, De- tective. He was mulcted in; the sum of $80 and costs. —In September last a man named Robert Gray, residing in Logan, lost his barn and crop by fire. He was insured in the Perth Mutual for OM. Owing _ to some statements made by a servant man, to the effect that he had been offer - • James Smith, of Galt, recently reeeived from New York, a `prize forerun - fling. The race in which he was victori- ous was run in that city in July last, the distance being 100 yards. There were 42 eompltitoree comprising some of the best amateur runners from all parts of the country.. The race was won by Mr. Smith in three heats, the first one being run in ten seconds. The medal is of pure gold, of very chaste design, and is esti- mated to be worth about $60. —Bueiness firms that have not got their partnerehips registered would be wise to have them attended to at once, as a num- ber of "sharpers" are now travelling thron.gh the Province hunting up all those who have neglected this formality, - and having them fined. A couple of these gentry recently visited. the village of Ailsa Craig,- and served writs on no less than four firms in the villege. As the penalty is $200 in each case, they expect to make in Ailea Craig alone $400, they receiving half the penalty. —Politicians in Quebec Province are taking advantage of Sunday to express their sentiments with regard to election matters. Last Sunday the -election in Jacques Cartier County was the great centre of_attraction. The County was flooded with speakers, who addressed the electors after Mass in the various parish- es. At St. Laurent, Mr. Giroua.rd's stronghold, the rival candidates met. There were about 3,000 persons present front the different points of the constitu- ency. —An old cripple, formerly of Guelph, about seventy years of age,. has been making his place of abode in a hollow log on the farm of Mr. Robert Fisher, Con. llth, of Peel. For the past month he has been depending on the charity of the neighbors for subsistence: When mov- ing about he is obliged to use a staff ill both hands, as he is partially paralyzed, and said to be suffering from agae. On Monday of last week he was found in the hollovki log suffering from the cold. He was removed to a private house, where he will be made comfortable metil the the Couneil find permanent lodgings for him. --One evening lately a party of ladies and gentlemen, residents of a neighbor- ing town conceived the idea to 'surprise' one of_ the ladies of their circle, and ac- cordingly, with baskets filled with re- freshments, wended their way to her residence. Mrs. K., however, appeared. to be equal to the emergency, and meet- ing the spokesman of the happy party at the door, quietly, said that the household . were not prepared to receive company at such an hour, and then turned the key in the door The tables were turned, and the would-be "surprisers" and sere- naders had to go home discontented enough. —There has been a serious outbreak of ' smallpox at the Gimli settlement of Ice- landers on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Twenty deaths have occurred in ten days, and eighty are under treatment by Dr. Lynch, the physician sent by Lieutenant - Governor Morris, under authority from Ottawa. Of twenty Indians at Sandy Bar, only two survive. A quarantine has been established, and troops have been sent from Winnipeg to enforce it. A proclamation of the -Lieutenant-Gov- ernor warns people from contact with the settlement. The mortality is attri- buted to ill ventilated dwellings, bad. food, and want of medical aid. —A second- vessel which sails from New York by 1st December is being made of Canadian goods for the Sydney N. S. W. Exhibition. Amongst the articles shipped, Brockville sends chem- icals ; Guelph, carriages, carriage goods, and. sewing machines; Toronto, Taylor's safes, Cosgroves ale, 'King & Brown's boots and shoes; Scales' tobaccos; Lon- don, stoves and porter; Hamilton, sew- ing machines and stoves ; Chatham, Wooden -ware; St. Catharbaes,edge tools; Dundee, a reaper; Bowmanville, organs; Ingersoll and other towns also eend speci- mens of their manufacturies. young man named Charles Mc- Donald, belonging to Paisley, and lately married, left there along with three com- panions for Muskoka on a hunting excur- sion about a fortnight ago. On their arrival at the grounds they set up camp and arranged before starting in the Morning that should. they get separated they would assemble ha the rendezvous in the evening. One night, however, McDonald failed to put in an appearance and since then has not been heard of, although every effort to find. him has been made by his companions, and others for the last ten days. The woods have been scoured in every direction, and not even a trace of him has been found. The probability is that some fatal accident has befallen him, otherwise he would have found. his Way to the camp before this—this not being the first time he has hunted in the same woods. - The oceur- rence has produced a very painful -sensa- tion amongst hisiriends and relatives in. Paisley, and will be a sore bereavement to his young wife, whom he left bebind him there. The sad intelligence reached Paisley by letter first, and was confirmed by telegram Sunday night. His com- panions have not yet returned. —On Friday night, 17th inst., Mr. Charles Mosenz, lot 24, Con. 8, Logan, had his barn, seven head of cattle, one two-year-old colt, and all his grain, which he had. threshed, destroyed by fire. The fire broke out about 7:30 in the even- ing. It is thought to be the work of an incendiary. Mr. Mosenz had his face and hands badly burned. Loss about $2,500, insurance $1,000. —James Lang; of Minto township, says there is nothing he raises on his farm which pays him so large a yield for the labor and money invested. as milch cows. This year from the milk of four cows he raised four calves, kept a large family in milk and butter, sold $145 worth of butter, and took $10 in prizes at the county and township shows. —The folloWing anonymoue letter, in which was enclosed a flattened bullet, was recently sent to Mariane Smith, who is in Sandwich jail: "Smith, this is the bullet which killed McKeon, and one just like it awaits you. Do not think to escape, for if you are liberated by the Canadian authorities you will not live a day without the avenger of McKeon's death will be on your track." The jailer hesitated about giving the letter to Smith,- but ,flnally_did so, and ever since the murdeeer has ;been more downcast than ever.' —An act of neighborly kindness, worthy of imitation in other districts was performed towards Mr. Alexander McGregor, of the 9th concession, East Williams, recently. On account of sick- ness in his family Mr. McGregor was un- able to attend to the work on his farm this fall, so that up to Saturday, the 18th inst., he had been able to do no plowing of any account, On that day, _ however, his neighbors—to the number of sixteen men with plows and teams— • ,, ' ; 4 - 44: