The Huron Expositor, 1878-03-01, Page 7see
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Bresking 'ate Colt and Driving
the Teeen.
; There is perhaps no place so well
adapted to breaking in a young team to
-Work, as on. the farm. There are few
era but what have at least one
atly horse, beside which a colt can be
hitched with (shill guarantee that the
horse understands the colt, and that the
eon will also know that it is yoked be
side its =Laster in strength, and. may as
well move along quietly and behave k-
noll
Neither the horse nor the colt is ac-
nredited with th.e intelligence and. tact
they usually possess. The colt accus-
tomeite being inthe company of horses
in thetharness becomes familiar with
these trappings, and if hitohed with a
horse with whom it is well acquainted,
upon the farm where raised, the process
of training, if in good hands,is a simple
Imo indeed. It is policy to hitch the
Olt with another horse, to give confi-
dence, the wagon moving ahead even
*hen the colt inclines ro stop. If he
'becomes restive and excited, it is well to
teachhin the halting word, making hiiat
stand still till quieted, and it will take
but a very short time to so quiet him,
if the driver hinaself keeps entirely calm
Stnd firm.
- The driver should, from the begin -
an rig, learn the colt to walk up to the bit,
that is, to not allow him habitually to
'tang back, A very easy snagoth bit
should be put into the colt's mouth,
one that he will enjoy pressing agaiust
When he has learned that it is one of the
fixtures never to be di sed with, and.
_ forms part of the connecting links be-
t -Ween him and his master. By this he
soon learns that he is made to halt, or
to turn to the right or left. All spirited
colts SO011 horn to like their work, if
this be not made too heavy. It becomes
when restrained from the liberties of
POlt life; their mode of exercise—always
ateful to a spirited beast—as the mus-
e es and joints, as well as the whole ner-
lions system, becomes uneasy, amount-
ing almost to a sensation of aching,
When too long confined without exercise.
Thus the colt, and afterwards the ma-
ture horse, if treated_ kindly, will take
delight in exercisind a healthy, N-igorous
set of muscles, anein responding to the
athraade of those who use him fairly
and. feed him_ well.
Brit a small_ proportion of men who
harelle horses, ever fully learn to
a -team adroitly. He who drives with a
slack rein, is a botch, of a driver at best.
11e has not learned his lesson correctly,
nor is he competent to teaoh, his horse
how to go, nor his bay to become a
&inter, -
The horse should. be taught to bear
on tile bit. A horse that will not do
this has been only partially taught, and
in entirely unable to show his best style
ot gait. There is propriety in driving 94
team without reins, as some English
farmers do, but only tractable horses
elan team to do duty safely with their
heads loose, and when so learned, if
t eir early training has been good, they
appear to the very beat advantage.
3tioessive Use of Coarse -Feed.
The growth of our young stook is not
dluly encouraged by too free use of coarse
proyender—hay aad straw. The di-
gestive engem( are unduly taxed, not
with the -meant of uourishment thrown
intto the apnea], to convert, but fromun-
due distentien. The digestive organs of
the horse can only act advantageously
upon a given bulk, and if more than this
be taken into the sturnach, a matters
little whether it be m'heat straw—cut
When over ripe, nence containing only
the merest moiety of nutriment—or the
best of timothy hay, because all food
requires to be moistened by the fluicl
which enters iato, and makes up a part
of the digestive process, Henee„to load
the digestive organs with such a balky
mass overtaxes as ranch as to load the
back of ar beast with a peadorous top
bleavy loadnet extra heavy,yet swinging
to and fro.
The relative selling price between
corm hay and oats, when their nutritive
Woe ia taken into &COMA, is not ma-
terial. Hence it is a mistaken policy to
withhold grain from stock, feeding hay
instead, in undue quantities. Whether
fed to cow, horse, or pig, food should be
more or less ceneentratea,—less needful
to be so for the cow thou either of the
others- abut measurably so for each, be-
cause not only ia the prooess of (Egos-
tien retorted by distension, the presence
of a largo amount of dry bulk to bo mois-
tened, but after this passes out of the
stomach, and comes in contact with
the absorbent, an undue tax is put up -
001, these, in au effort to separate the
nutritious particles, prepared and ready
to be taken up to go into the circulation
from the bulky mass of refuse, this ]at -
ter beiug a, great tax upon the system te
handle through the several stages, up
to its expulsion iu the fermi of focces.
So, for the reason given, it will -stand.
the farmer and breeder in hand to give
more attention to the preparation of
!stock food, than is commonly given. If
this be not done, the objects sought in
feeding/axe but indifferently accomplish-
ed. The food supply will disappearnut
your hopes of growth and flesh accunn
elated will not be realized.
1=Fow to Keep tlio Boys at Home.
Amuse your hove if you wish to keep
them at home. `Play whist with them.
n What !'" I hear some one of you say,
a Why, I am a member of De. no -and -
sen church." Well. let him go to the
nage, axei save your boy front going.
Wines I wag a young Man tat college
' there was a detteonn sun there at the.
same time, anti he told ine he learned to
play '1/4 Uld. sledge *' on the hay -mow when
kis father Wag reading . etnementariee.
it is a fact, ;.i.utt not a matter of laugh-
ter. and that same young man died a
druuktuti and u. nimbler. He lived -in
the (ataectient Valley, said 1 couldgive
ytesi his father's name if were so
sed. Bb" ens me mare than a
ozen times if hie father had only play-
s nut ki1, 04 %ante - if he
had. been Inuaan welt inn -Deacon aim --
nay.- said, he. ‘ L .1ti'u1d Lave been a
ntemlar nest as you are.1.
-
Want you to trath retand I WILi U,dearon
then. 1 thiek real '* \N"ct. right. So I
say to you play whist with >our boys.
play dominota or checkers- in fact atIV
phnsant, healthy game. Read. poesey
with thein. for boye like poetry if not
rt'ad bear stories. Get him to read to von;
awl here Ita me say that this is ono of
the best possiale ways to keep your boys
at home, and one of the most beneficial
in its effect. Teach them to feel that
yo o are dependent upou Minn for com-
pany. So 1 say to yea, make your home
happy in a. way that boys Eke, anti not
in a way that some churches like. Boys
are worth more than church forms,- for
boys are germs of angels, or else they
are seeds out of which devils spring. If
I felt that my boy would eat peanuts in
oh.urch, that he would. go to sleep be-
cause he was not interested, I should
spend one-halfdpf the day under hedges
or by some running spring. I should
preach to that boy in a way that -would
make him forget his peanuts and sleep-
ing in church. The running spring should
remind him of that fountain of living
water which flows from the the throne
of God. If there was a bit of .sea, it
should remind him of that sea oficrys:-
tail before the throne of God. If there
was an empty aeon:Ent should reraind h im
of the temple of clay out of whicb the
spirit has departed. All things should
be a service to God. The fields and the,
skies should: be the church, and ' that
boy should be made a follower of Christ
in that way beeause he is best adapted
to that kind of service.—Rev. lir. B .
:
R. Murray. 1 `I
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The Value of Straw as Fuel.
One of the drawbacks connectediwith
the use of steam is the necessity of
fetching -fuel to maintain it, often ifrom
great distances. The requirement is es-
pecially felt in agricultural work,, and
every effect to introduce enginesthat
can use the ordinary products of alarm
as fuel therefore deserves favorable con-
sideration. At present there are several
machines that can utilize straw, chips,
4. peat, brushwood and similar Materials,
but very little is known of their aetual
performance. Experiments made in
Russia. in 1872 showed that the folldw-
bag weights of different substances were
required to produce an actual effect:
one pound of geed coal, two pounds of
dry peat, 21 pounds of drir wood, 2?" to
2 pounds of cotton stalks, brushwood or
megass (pressed. sugar cane), or 3i ito 31
pounds of wheat or barley straw. lAny
one of these Will evaporate eightpounds
of water itt an ordinary tubular boiler.
In using these poorer fuels it is neces-
sary to make some alterations in; the
proportions of the boiler. The firegrate
and box have to be enlarged., and iore
heating surface allowed in the horse
power. A boiler that was built for coal
can be heated. with straw or any other
of the fuels, but its power will be re-
duced -by the change, though in what
proportion cannot be stated, until more
is known of the working of these fuels.
From the figures above given it is pos-
sible to calculate the amount of. work
that can be -done with the straw or
other refuse -produce of a field. Last
year it 'was found. that two engines
burning straw and ploughing twoinches
deep, used about 67 pounds of straw
per acre ploughed. A. s the crop yielded
about 2,750 pounds 41f straw per sore, it
is plain that four amen can be ploughed
with, the straw out bf one acre. This
agrees with, earlier trials, in which a
12 -horse boiler was found to consume20
pounds of straw per horse power each
hour, and the straw from one 'acre
would. run the engine from 12 to 18
hours.—Exchanye.
Ste -wing Oysters.
_
I add_ as mucb cold water to the oys-
ters and their juice asi think proper ; I
then hold a colander over the pan, and,
with a, fork or spoon ladle out eaci oys-
ter, into the colander, and it,.11ow the
juice to run. bank into the pan, removing -
any bits of shell which I observe adher-
ing to the oysters. When all are trans-
ferred. the liquid. portion .is strained
through a fine sieve, which keeps back
bits of oystler and, shell and anything
undesirable. Persons who have ever
eaten a carelessly prepared oyster soup
will have noticed. how unpleasant it is to
find bits of shelland gritty stuff upon the
plate, to avoid whicb requires Consider-
able skill. To the 1 quid I now add a
little milk, permitting it to come to a
boil. Then 1 skint off all the floating
scum, which is considerable i..to this the
butter and other seasoning are added.
A, few minutes before the soup is needed
for use I pour in the solid meats, being
'careful that the soup is boiling briskly.
This Will stop the boiling for a few nain-
utes. Mien watch, and as soon as it
commences' to reboil I remove from the
lire and pour the soup into a well -
warmed tureen. The result of this
method is that the oysters are larger
than they were when they went into the
soup,—"Mrs. H. II . T,", in America,n,
Caltivator.
Light for Live Stock.
Neither cattle nor horses should. be
installed in a dark stank, as animals
require light in the daytime. A horse
kept for months in a dark stable would
be liable to become blind. Itt regard
to light pig -pens, a recent writer says
that two sows, having litters on the lath
aud 22nd of January respectively, were
kept in two rather dark, but wan/Item-
porary sties, and had to oecupy them
till about the middle of the - month of
April, when., for each sow with litter,
one of the permanent sties wag opened
by selling -the occupants. .At that time
tb.e pigs which had. been kept in the
dark temporary sties, proved. to be less
lively than, and much inferior in weight
and size to, those of any of the litters
raised in the less warm but well -lighted
permanent sties, notwithstanding that
the difference in age was very small,
audnhat food [ma care had been the
same in every respect. One of the lit-
ters born on the 18th of January, which
had. accidentally the best -lighted sty,
th.ougli situated in the north-west, anEt
conmequently the coldest corner of the
frame building, exhibited the mostrapid
growth, and the litter born on the 18 of
January, which had the darkest sty,
had made the itoorest.—Exchange.
An Agent Outwitted..
Some tune ago a son -of Erin, who had
lost a dear friend by death, resolved. • in
aceordance with a wish of the deceased,
to have the body removed from Ireland
ncotland, where other members of
the family were interred. The corpse
was duly taken down to the steamer
inclosed in a coffin, aua that again in-
cite -ad in a -wooden case. • Pat imme-
diately sought out the booking clerk,
aud asked him' '• what the cost of a
body would be going across ?" The
clerk, from the way the inquiry was put
aesteered, " Three Shillhig8 •" where-
upon Pat asked tickets fea two, which
were giveu and. paid for. ,Tlie eorPse
was taken on board the steamer by the
friends of the deceased, aud cluriter ihe
paesage the steward came anemia aiusi
asked Pat for his ticket, which Was at
once given up. On. the arrival ('af the
:steamer. at , other friends Of the
deceased. were in waiting, to show what
little tokens of affection they could by
assisting to have the corpse carried out
Ou its being lauded tho agent for the
steamer at once saw what the case
contained, and. gonsulted his mani-
fest to see if the feight on it had been
paid on the other side, er was still t
pay. Finding no ntry in his manifest
he stepped. up. tc mourners and tol
them to leave d wu their load lint'
such times as th freight was settled
Pat who had. come across fin charge o
the corpse immediately replied that th
freighthad been paid, and produced the
uncollected ticket in proof of his asseri
tion. This did. not satisfy the acrent,1
who told. Pat that there was a misbtake
somewhere, adding that before the
body could be remove& from the quay;
£1 (a usual sum chargedpr such) would
have to be paid as freight. To this Pat
demurred, whereupon the agent ordered.
his men to remove it into the shed, and
turning to Pat, he told him when he
paid the freight he would get the corpse
away, and not till, then. As ' the men,
were carrying the case with its contentrd
into the shed; Pat addressed the agen
as follows: "Ye dirty mane thief, y
can kape it altogether, but ye will b
moighty soon gladto get aid of it; an
he indignantly turned on his heel to g
away. The agent, on seeing Pat's in
difference on the subject of the inter-
ment, and fearing, an altercation with
the, sanitary authorities, called him,
him back, along with the mourners, who
had preceded him, and. ordered thern to
remove it at once, during which the
question of freight was never once re-
ferred -to.
Stork of a Lad Who Drifted to
Sea in the Schooner Twilight.
The rescue of the lad Adolphus Par-
ker, who was carried to sea on the 23rd
inst. in the schooner Twilight, which
broke her moorings at the inlet at At-
lantic, City and drifted out has already
been reported. A reporter 'secured the
following statement of Parker's Oven.-
turous trip. He said: When she
first parted. her moorings I thought I
would run her ashore, but she struck
the wharf and sheered off into' the stream.
I then threw over a small kedge anchor
which dragged to the first buoy,and then
parted the cable: Noticing she was fast
driven on the bar I hoisted sail to keep
her off.' The surf laCatt put out to help
me, -but turned back. Meanwhile I
tried. to haul her close to the wind,after
clearing the bar in the hope of receiving
assistance which did not coine. I now
found myself fast being driven to sea,
and I didnnot think the schooner would
be able to stand the terrible waves
which struck her. The rigging was
poor, sails torn and the prospect of her
weathering the gale not very promising.
On Wednesday night a heavy eea broke
over the vessel and. rolled me,over the
the wheel. The rigging and. deck were
covered with ice and. it was with diffi-
culty I kept myself from freezing. On
Thursday I suppose I was near the Gulf '
stream. There was about a foot and a
half of watenin the hold, and a heavy
sea rolling. The pumps gave out, and
I was forced to bail her outwith a buck-
et. About 4 o'clock on Thursday af-
ternoon, the wind sprang up fresh from
the southeast. I then headed west,a,nd
about 10 o'clock at night was hailed by,
a bark, which cleared the schooner by
only ten feet. The schooner's lights
went out. I took down the starboard
light, relit it, and. hung the signal light
in the main rigging on the port side.
On Friday morning I sighted land near
Beach Haven, and after beating about
all day, headed up abreast of Absecom
light. The sea was very rough and fail-,
hag to bring the vessel into the inlenaaad
as the water was up to the cabin floor,
beached her on Little Brigantine
shoals, where I was taken off after hav-
ing been without sleep for four days
.
and three nights." Philadelphia
Times.
THUNDERING BARGAINS
IN ALL KINDS OF
HEAVY DRY GOODS,
FOR TILE
NEXT THIRTY DAYS
AT
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of Heavy Dry Goods for the
Next Thirty D /s at John
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of -.Heavy Dry doodg jor the
, Next. Thirty Dais at John
Rogers'.
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of Heavy. .Dry Goods jor the
Next Thirty Days at John
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of geavy D4 Goods for the
Next Thirty Days at John
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of geavy Dry. Goods for the
Next Thirty Days at John
Rogers'.
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of Heavy Dry Goods for the
Next Thirty Days at John
Rogers'.
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of geavy Dry Goods for the
Next Thirty Days at john
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JOHN ROGERS, SEAFORTH.
NEW GROCEitY
AND
PROVISION
Keeping Eggs.
A farmer who has given much atten-
tion to raising eggs for market publishes
the following as his method of preserv-
ing th.em : "My mode of preparation
was to varnish the eggs as soon after
they were laid SS possible, with a thin
copal varnish, taking care that the
whole shell was covered with varnish..
Intibsequently found that by painting
the eggs with fresh albumen, beaten upl
with a little - salt, I preserve them
equally well and for as long a period.
After varnishing or painting with albu-
men, I lay the eggs upon rough blot-
ting paper, as I found that -when they,
were allo-wed to rest until dry on a plate
or on the table, the albumen stuck so
fast to the ta,ble or plate este take away
a ohip out of the shell. This is entirely
obviated by the use of blotting paper.
I pack the eggs in boxes _of dry bran."
By this means, the writer adds, eggs are
preserved. so perfectly that after six;
months they have been _mistaken forl•
fresh laid eggs, and. he thinks they can;
be kept good for. a year. DO NOT
A Little Trimming.
I went down town, the other day,
with a comfortable but old-fashioned
hat on my. Lead. It Was one of those
soft gray felts that are alinays' in style if
properly trimmed; but the clia,nges of
fashion disturb .me BO slightly that wheth-
er the feathers and velvet were worn
. back,or fronnor sidewiseSeem ed. a matter
of sicell importance. Not so with naYi
companion, who eurveyed it with a
sparrow-like gaze, and, politely suggest
ed that I should cover as much as pos.
sible with, my Veil. On .our retur
smears were brought into requisition,
and. a little time with needle end
thread—a taking bff here and a putting
on there, making here a bow and there
a IoOp—transformed nay dowdy hat intt
a neat and not tobe criticised head gear
" Ah," said I, as I put it on, "'there is a
great deal done in . a little trim
ming."
STORE.
JUST OPENED
ON THE
PROMPT CASH BY
In that old este blished Grocery
TEM,
Land,
MEDICAL .
r. SCOTT, M.D. &a., Physician, Surgeon and
" • Aocoucheur, Seaforth, Ont. Office and resi-
dence south side of Goderich Street, first deer
east f Presbyterian Chureh. 34P
TT L. VERCOE, M. D., C. M., Phyaloian, Sur-
• goon, etc., Coroner for the County of Huron
OffiT and Residence, on Jarvis street north,
dire tly opposite Seaforth Public School.
W,A. ADAMS, M. D., late of Lakefield, Ont.,
t Physician, Surgeon and Acconchent•
Graduate of the University of Trinity College,
Torro- Member of the Royal College of Phy-
ts and Surgeons, Ont, Kinburn.-Ont. 485
1%,7111. HANOVER, M. D., C. M. Graduate of
T McGill University, Physician Surgeon and
Accoucheur, Seaferth. Ont. (Mice—Rooms in
Meyer's Block lately occupied by Dr. Phelan, and
formerly by tho late Dr. King. Will attend at
Carronbrook on Taesdaya and Fridays. 496
DMeNAUGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Gradn
• ate of Ontario Veterinary College, Seaforth,
Ont. Office and Residence in rear of Killoran &
Ryan's. Calls promptly . attended to, night or
day. A stock of voterina.ry medicines on hand
Charges reasonable. Horses examined as to sound-
ness and certificates given if reqaired. 407
_TAMES W. ELDER, Y. S., Graduate of the
" Ontario Veterinary College. After devoting
two years to practice with Professor Smith, of
Toronto, has settled in Seaforth. Office at his
residence eat of W. M. Chtirch; Calls promptly
attended to by day or night. A large stock of
Veto inary Medicines constantly on hand. Horses
4
exa ined as to soundness and cortificatee given
nor es bought and sold on commission. 424
TT DERBYSHIRE. L. D. S.,
1-2-* Surgeon Dentist, Graduate
of the 'Royal College of Dental
Surgeons of Ontario. Artificial
Dentlls neatly executed. All surgical opei a.
tion4 performed with care and promptitude.
Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Rooms in
Mrs. Whitney's new brick block, Main Street,
Seaforth. I
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LECIAL
CAifERON, HOLT a. CAMERON, Barristexs,
iSolicitors in Chancery, &e., Goderieh, Ont.
M. 0 -Cameron, Q. C., Philip Holt; M. G, Cam-
eron. 1 506
WILLIAM SMALL, Conveyancer and Commie -
!donor in B. R., Wroxeter. Auctioneer and
Appraiser. Accounts and notes collected on
reasonable terms. 366
BL. DOYLE, Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor in
. Chancery, &e., Goderich and Seaforth. Of-
ficio, over Jordan's Drug Store, Goderich, and
Kidd s Store, Seaforth. 354
Ai- LOOMSON & WATSON, Barristers, Attor-
-ILI' net's, Solicitors in Chancery, &a., Clinton,
Ont. Office—First door east of the new Royal
Canadian Bank building. Money to loan on iSYDI
property. i ' .
s. ItALcOlusoN. 404 O. A. WATSON
1
N,11- cCATIGHEY & HOLIYIESTED, Barristers, At.
15-1" terneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and
Ineolvency, Notaries Public and ' Conveyancers
Solicitorsfor tho R. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agentsfor
the Canada fife Assurance Company, ,
N.B.-80,O00 to lend at 8 . per cent. Farms
Houses and Lots for saki. 53
CIARROW, MEYER & ReiDENHURST, Amnia-
ters, Attorneys -at -Law, Solicitors in Chancery,
&e, Private funds to loan at a low rate of inter-
- est, and rn terms to suit borrowers. Offices—
'Goderich and Wingham. Office in Langdale's
bnilding, opposite Scott's Bank.
J . GARRoW. — R. W. 0. MEYER.
W. J. RADENTWRST. 474
11- W. C. Meyer, Solicitor Consolidated Bank
of Canada, Wingham.
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BDSON & MEYER, Barristera and Attorney
a Law, Solicitors in Cha.ncery, and Insolvency,
Cony yancers, Notaries Public, etc. Offices—Sea.
E?
forth and Brussels. $23,000 of Private Funds to
Investat once, at Eight per oent. Interest, payable
year' . . 63
JA. H. BENSON, H. W. 0. MEYER.
The above firm has this day been dissolved by
mutual eonsent. All accounts due the firm to
be paid to Mr. Benson who will pay all lialbil-
ities.'
JAMES H. BENSON.
Noy. 27, 1876. H. W. 0. MEYER.
MISER L LA 111E0178. -
A 4. MeCOLL, Solicitor, &c., Brussels. Office
-4--L• • in Leckie's now brick building. 504-62
MONEY TO LEND—On terms more advan-
"U'L tageous than ever before offered. A. J. Mc -
COL , Solicitor, Brussels. 504..52
DR
SSMAKING.—Dressmaking done in the
atest Styles, and a good fit ensured, at MISS
QUINLAN'S Rooms, orr Ault's Groeery. 533:4
DA. MeLEOD, Licensed Auetioneer. Any
• one requiring his services as Auctioneer will
find him at his residence, Main Street, near Mr.
A. Gray's Planing Mill, Seaforth. 524
T P. BRINE, Licenced Auctioneer for the
" • County of Harm. Sales attended in aU
partS of the County. All orders left at the Ex?
POSITOB Office will be promptly attended to.
CHARLES F. MILES, Provincial Land Sur-
veyor, Win gham. Orders by mail will receive
prompt attention. Branoh Oleo, Clinton.
0. anreas. 485 T. s. GORE.
ThiE SEAFORTH PUMP FACTORY. — N.
Oluff, successor to J. R. -Williams, manufac-
turer of Pampa and Cisterns. All work warranted
to give satisfaction. Factory on North Main St.,
Seaforth. 500
..,DRESS MAKING. -.--MISS MOORE bege to in-
form the ladies of Seaforth and surround -
'Ong country that she is prepared to do all sorts
ntof Dress and Mantle Making in the latest styles
also putting and fitting. Rooms over Hoffman
NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE Bros, store. 1
I ' 532
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A Home -Made Telephone.
Professor Barrett, in a rreceut lecture
on the telephone, gave a receipt for.
nutking a -cheap one. _,Take a wooden
tooth powder box and make a hole about
the size of • a half-crown itt the lid an4
the bott. Take a disc of tinned iron,
such as.n be had from a preserv-
ed meat tin; and place it on the outside
of the bottom of the box, .and fix the
cover on the other' side' of it. Thee
take aamall bar magnet, place on one
end a sniall cotton or • silk reel, and
round. the reel wind. some iron wire,
:leaving the ends loose. Pix one end o
the magnet near, as near as pessibl
, without touching the disc, and then on
part of the telephone is complete.. A..
similar arrangemeat is needed for the
other end. The two are connected. by
the wires and with this Professor Bar-
rett sans he has been able to converse
, at a, distance of about one hundred
yards. -
FAIL TO CALL AND SEE
What a difference it will make in year Grocery
Bill by buying your supplies at the •
1
P.R0.1111-P 77 CASH STORE.
GOODS ALL FRESH.
NO SECOND4IAND GOODS
GOODS ALL WARRANTED.
I have de4ded to adopt the "Prompt Cash,
No Credit " ystem, believing that in so doing I
am meeting ;
A WANT LONG FELT
By many 1106 thinking people in our neighbor-
hood, knowing that a well -pleased patron is a
good adverLser.
I ask; you to enake me a visit, when,
I will undertake to satisfy you
that it .pays to buy at the Prompt
Cash Grocery.
NOTE THE SIGN:
D. D. ROSE,
FAMILY GROCER.
_Torrai LECKIE; General Loan and Real Estate,
" Agent, Grain, Produce and Commission Mer-
chant. Money loaned on real estate in town or
country, at 8 per cent. simple interest. Charges
moderat e. Mortgages bought and sold. Matured
mortgages paid off. Terms to suit borrowers.
Farina and villake property for sale. Office—
Leckie's new brick block, Brussels, Ont. 515
f
DS. CAMPBELL, Provincial Land Surveyor
• •
and. Civil Engineer. Orders by mail,prompt-
ly attended to. .
479 , D. S. CAMPBELL, Mitchell.
TOHE
PUBLIC.—Read what the people say
-
regard to the Great Shoshonees Remedy -
and ills. Levi Jones, Markham, says: "I had
a veijy severe attack -of bronchitis. I was so bad
that I could hardly get my breath. I sought for
a q ick remedy, and seeing the " Shoshonees
Re edy so highly recommended, I procured a
bott e, and am happy to say that by the time' it
was aken I was entirely well, and have remained
so, lthough 1 wae much • exposed, through the
winter in travelling." Rev. F. B. Stratton, Dein-
orescville, writes: "1 have found your re-
med es particularly beneficial for liver complaint,
dye epsia and bronchial affections, and would
adv- e all similarly affected to give them a trial."
roh4 Finlayson, Athol, says: "When travelling
one pf my feet- got sore and broke out. I could
not ¶ure it, and had to return home.. It became
bett r and afterwards Muchworse. I finally par-
ches d a bot•le of the Remedy and a box of Pills,
and efore they were. half gone I commenced to
imp •ove, and before they were finished my foot
was completely cured. It is now 17 months
sine, but have had no further attack." Price
of t e Remedy in pint bottles, $1. Pills, 23 cents
a bo. 522.
E GREAT FEMALE RE:VIEDY.—job Moses
Periodieal Pills—Thi e invaluable medicine is
unftilling hr- tho Care of • all those p:inful and
dangerous diseases to which the female constitu-
tionl is subject. It moderates all excess and re.
moves all ohm -actions, and a speedy cure met, be
reli d on. To mairied ladies, it is penile] ly suited.
It '4 ill, in a short time, bring on tie :a. adhly pe.
z-iodjivith regularite. These pills . ..:a not be
tak n by Females daring the filet three months
of ijrcgraney, as they are sure to bring on Mis-
cart age, bid at any other time they are safe. In
all cases of ,Nervoris and Spinal Affections,
pei, a in the back and limbs, fatignc on slight ex-
erti n, palpitation of the heart, hysterics, and
whi es, these pills will effect a cure when all other
ne here failed;. and, although a powerful
rem dy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony,
or nything hurtful to the constitution. Fall
dire tions in t pamphlet around each package
whi h should b carefully preserved. Job Mesas,
Ne York, Sol Proprietor. $1 00 and 12* cents
for fostage enc osed to Northrop & Lyman, To-
ron o, Ont., g neral agents for the- Dominion,
will insure a ottle containing over 50 pills by
return mail. old in Seaforth by•E. Hickson &
Co., J. S. Robe ts, and R. Lumsden. 197
MONEY! MONEll!!
SELLING OFF OHE4kP.
NOW LS THE TIME TO GET
GOODS CHEAP.
_ C4- _ _A. T_T rit
Is now Selling Out his Stock of Groceries and
Provisions at Reduced Prices.
HE WILL SELL CHEAPER
Than any other Store in Town. No Humbug.
Como One, Come All, and
CET SOME OF THE CHEAP COON,
0
NO TROUBLE TO gHOW GOODS.
THE GOODS ARE ALL FRESH
AND NEW.
You will find him in his New Brick Store, on
Main ,Street, Seaforth.
-527 A. G. AULT.
FURNITURE.
FURNITURE.
M. RUBERTS9N,
CABINETMAKER
AND UNDERTA,KER,
HAS AGAIN OPENED A
;
Retail Fvniture Store
Two Doors North of his Old Stand, epposite
Waddell & Co.'s Dry -Goods Store, where, he is
prepared
TO SELL AS CHEAP AS ANY IN
THE TRADE.
UNDE,RTIkKINGs-
i-
Attended to as Usual.
Large Stock of COFFINS, CASKETS, CAPS,
• SHROUDS, &c., always on hand. ,
531 M. ROBERTSON.
HARRY MITCHELL'S BOOKSTORE,
No. 2, Campbell's Block, Senforth.
TUNE, YANICRE DOODLE.
One, Two, King.
We're now convinced, that he's the man,
Who we so long, have Bought for;
He'll•do what's right and take no fright,
Though victory must be fought for,
ere:neg.-Yankee d000dle, fire away,
Harry's none afraid sir ;
His bills are paid, he's none afraid,,
Of any in the trade sir.
The question is, tween you and:I,
Should Harry have, oar eastern;
Or those who cut, old prices, but
To try in vain, to bust him.—Ostonrs.
Let opponents file away,
Harry'll do a trade air; -
Yankee doodle, was the tune,
At.Lexington was played sir.—Cnonns.
t
Harry keeps a good stook of school, and ac-
count books, violins, concertinas, accordeons,
and lutrmonicans, hand, and machine needles,
thread in linen cotton and silk, crochet cotton,
chineal, flossette, etc. •
He has new goods, for girls and boys,
For middle aged, And old folks;
Step in and see, then you with me,
Will say, he's really no hoax.
• ' .
thionns.—Yankee doodle come and see,
His trade is growing greatly, 1
Music ha stacks, new almanax •
Oh I have you seen him lately. '
Berlin wools, and fingering yarns, all colors
and shades, cardboard, all kinds, ether and gold
paper, mottos, pictures, andframes, in fact every-
thing that is generally kept in a first clese station-
ery and fancy goods store.
Good wall paper, for half a dime,
And other goods as cheap sir;
Oh ;_splints and straws, t'would break my , jaws,
TO try to tell the heap sir. •
CHOBUS.—Yankee doodle fire away,
We with him now will trade sir:
We all feel glad, :instead of sad,
That Harry here, has strayed Sir.
Photos. of the Ex Monk, (F. G. Widdiowei), and
.of Rev. Dr. Ives, (the giant in finances), for sale
at Harry Mitchell's. 1
'1
He has the largest stock in town, •
And be sells very low sir,
He's bound to anake, the biggest cake,
Or else he'll spoil the dough sir.
a
CHORUs.—Yankee doodle fire away, etc., but,
Don't forget the place, No. 2, Campbell's Block.
near the Queen's Hotel, Seaforth.
533 tiaann ertroinate
I
THE CONSOLIDATED, BANK
OF CANADA. I
CAPITAL - - - S4.0001.000.
CITY BANK OF MONTREAL, Theorporated 1838;
and ROYAL CANADIAN BANK,
Incorporated 1864.
SEAFORTH BRANCH.
DOMINION BLOCK, MAIN -ST.,
SEAFORTH.
1
»rafts on New York Payable at any
Bank in the United States. '
1
Bills ot Exchange on London payable
at all Chief Cities of the United Kingdom.
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOql TB.
411 P. HA. Ygl,AcheER
1VIA.ncH 1, 1878.
SEEDS, SEEDS.,
JUST RCEIVING :
CAR LOAD TIMOTHY, CAR LOAD
CORN, AND A GOOD SUPPLY
OF CLOVER, ALL OF THE BEST '
QUALITY, WHICH I WILL SELL
AT VERY LOW FIGURES. -
FULL STOCK OF PEAS, OATSIAND
BARLEY FOR FEEDINC PURPOSES.
I have purchased another large 1ot of that SO
Cent. Ten, that everyone is so much pleas*
with. 1 have a stock of Teas that cannot tail to
give good satisfaction, both in price and. quality.
Also a fall supply of Fresh Family Groceries.
_Piles of .11am, Spiced Roll, Bacon,
Cumberland and Clear liiddles
at .Factory:.. Prices. Also Pork
Cuttings and Sausages at Law
Prices.
Lake Huron Herring and White Fish in Hall.
Barrels.
J. BROWNELL, SEAFORTIT,
,Next Dcor to Consolidated Bank
THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
GET VELEM.
VT I-1 A.111
Why, the 11.fost Stylish, and Substane
gaily Built Rigs in the County. -
PILLMAN & CO.
Have now Facilities for Manufacturing .
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
CUTTERS AND SLEIGHS
The Superior of whibh cannot be got from any
• Whop in the Country.
BEING PRACTICAL MEN,
They thoroughly understand their business and
personally superintend the work in each' depart.
ment of their business, and consequently there
is no shaky material used in their vehicles and
" slop work" is unknown in their establisblent.
A Yew of those .Nobby Portlaridt
and -Comfortable Swell Body Cut-
ters still OM hand, which will be -
sold very cheap.
Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly exe.
cuted.
Remember the Seaforth Carriage Works, East
of the Cominercied Hotel) Seaforth.
•
HUMAN & Co.
GREAT AUCTION SALE
• —OF— -
IMF'ORIIM33
—AND----
THOROUCHBRED STOCK
At the TOWN OF CLINTON, County of
Huron,
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1878,,
Under the auspices of the Huron Live Stook
Association.
rpHIRTY-THItEE Stalliens and 5 Breeding
Mares, embracing 10 Imported Healy
Draughts,12 General Purpose and Agricultural,
and 11 Blood, Carriage and Roadster Stallions.
Ten ThoroughbredBulls, and a splendid choke -
01 Durham Cows and Heifers.
A good choice in Leicester and Cotswold Sheep
and various breeds of Pigs.
This promises to be one of the best sales ever
held in Canada.
Printed Catalogues or hand bills can be bad on
application to the Secretary.
The Grand Trunk and Great Western Railwaya
will issue return tickets at one fare awl a third.
M. Y. McLEAli, Secretary, Seaforth.
WEARION HODGSON, President, Exeter.
SAW LOGS WANTED.
Messrs: COLEMAN & GOUINLOCK
Will pay the Highest Cash Pricefor
SAW LOGS OF ALL KINDS.
Also a qnantity of ELM LOGS suitable for the -
manufacture of Hoops.
Custom Sawing attended to premptlY.,
endue cheap as at any other mill.
Lumber of every description, also Shingles,
Lath and Pickets always on hand, and at the very
owest market prices.
•
5000 CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE.
. COLEMAN & GOUINLOCK,
417 Seaforth
4—
HAIR DRESSING.
MISS STARK
'IVISTITIS to inform the Ladies of Seaforth and
Y Vicinity that she is prepared to make up
SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS, ace.,
In the Latest Fashion from Combings.
. Prices Moderate, and all eiders punctually it -
tended to. A call solicited. Residence—Main,
Street, Seaforth. 527
HAIR DRESSING.
COMBINGS made over into Switches, Carlo!
Braids and Puffs, all in the Latest Styles and
with despatch.
Bair arranged in the Natural war
with. Roots at the t(1.2.
MISS CARROW,
At Mr. William Hunt's, four doors west of the
Market Seaforth. 528-23
.006
AN OLD FRIEND TSV1 BEST
FRIEND.
W. H. OLIVER, SEAFORTH
BEGS to acquaint his many friends and ettat0,-
mers thathe has removed two doors north01
his old stand, MeIntyre'et Block, wbere he has*
stock equal to any in the 'business, and at &Jr
most favorable price. All kinds of Rep:Oils%
done on the shortest notice. A good Stock ef
Trunks, Valises, Whips, Combs, Brushes, andel!
other such articles require& constantly on. hand..
Remetatter }our •old Friend. Sign of the Scotch
-
Collar.
481 W. W. 0L1V.ER, Seaforth.
MARCH 1, 1878.
e
Great Snowstorm's' .
In 16741. snow fell in England for elev.
en days. But this was far surpassed by
the winter of 1683-84, which appears te
have been the Severest ever recorded iu
that country. This was -one of the oc-
c &gene when the Thames was' frozea
over and a fair held thereon. The river
sivas frozen. frora December to Febtuary,
Trees were split in 'the 'forest by the
-violence of the cold, nearly all the birds
perished, and the heavy snows made the
roads itt some parts of the country ale
most impassable, The winutwserheaaiefnalt7t0th8eer-3,1
was 710tahle for its three months' con,
were overtaken on the mountains by al
later a snowstorm on the borcletlands
snowstorm 2.° severe that 7000 of thenn
xible disaster. The Swedish_ army was.
mcda,S:chineaeguoanliciDrNonorthwe2;y7c,a
tinuous frost and. snow. Ten years
perished., and the expeditionh d ob .
abandoned. The Norwegians have the,
credit of the introduction of soldiers.
trained to manoeuvre on the snow, and;
ehod with a, kind of snow -skate; but mi -
der snob circumstances as these they
too would have struggled against thi
warring elements itt Vain. The snow-
storms of that season reached to Brits'
ona in the eolith and west of Eng- -
. -land snow fell for several days in see -
cession early in Januaxy'and, as one of
the sefferers remarks, there was l'a,very
haa:d frost for a- long tyme, besides snow
very often, and all things very deare, so
that a lialfepenny rowle weighed just a,
crown piece, ana two turneps pad for a
pony, and coals sold bar 40s. a, quarter, :
unan.1 th.eis things, notwithstanding
soe d.eare, was Very "bad itt kintle."
Nearly half a century •passed before
there was any snowfall in Enlgland at
all approaching this, but in rebraary,
1762, it snowed for eighteen days with-
out ceasing. The 18th century closed
as it had_ begun, with a succession Of
" hard winters." Looking through tile
records of these times we can well uns
derstand the oft -quoted remark of the
"oldest inlaabitants," that ;since they
were boys the seasons have thanged.
The -winter of 1781 WAS one of the most
severe of the series. Snow fell -firSt on
the 7th, of October, and front. that date
until the 2nd of Apriln1785---177 days—
there were only twelve days on whieh at
did not tither freeze or snot*, or both.
The winter of 1814 was long Teta-ember-
ed in many parts of England as that of
the 44 Great Frost." iovor the Conn -
try the mail 'coaches had -to cease run- .
ning, and in many instances were abau-
doned in the snow, the letters being
sent on by the guards on ;horseback.
And even. this means of Conveyance _
proved unavailing m some loeslities, for
when the snow lay four feet deep in the
streets of the great towns, lit may be •
fairly presumed that it pinned a, much ,
more serious obstacle in: the open ;
country. Another remarkable snow
year was 1820. In this year, as in1814,
the quantity of snow that fell on the ;
moors and fells of the north, and on the -•
great plateau of Dartmoor was enor-
131011S, and several lives were lest. So ;
far as Great Britain is e,Oncerned, no:
snovestonn for the past hundred years
has approached in violence and extent ;
that in December, 1836, After it had
bent'
tsnowine heavily for two days, by
the evening of the 26th the wind in-
creased to a hurricane. The fan of snow .`
that night was fourkto nine feet, and
Ei0Me of the snow -drifts were twenty,
thirty, even fifty feet in depth. "The
mails, businoss and correepondeece
were stopped nearly a week, nuitil the
multitudes employed hid eut, a way 111
the snow. Severai lives were lost in the
snow, whith was equally great all the
island over." Since then. there have
been several winters in which there
have been heavy falls of snow, and.
some ,in which the mail cortehes in var-
ious parts of the conetry had to be dug_i
out of -the drifts, as happened to the
coeitnetefaanous "Quicksilver" mail en re-
lyas 1842. One night's snowfall ;,,„
was suffieient to bury the coach, and it
took seventy men, working all night, to
cut a way throaghthe drift awl allow it ,
to proceed.
The Grand Duke Nicholas.
The Grand Duke Nicholas, brother of
. the Emperor and_ conamanderinechiefof
the Russian armies in Europe, arrived.
in Tzarevitza towards eveniant andtook
up his. quarters in a deserted. cottage.
The only eign of his presence was a ;
snaall flag and an infantry band, which 1.
astounted the few Bulgarians left in the'
village with soine rather noisy eelections
from the repertoire of Maitre Offenbaela
I first saw the Grand Duke engaged itt
cooking liver and bacon over a huge fire I
precisely as our frontiersmen eook Ven -
ism' in slices spitted. on a long hard-
wood stick. As evening approached a
certain amount of ceremony was pre- ;
served. in the yard of the cottage, where
most of the members of the staff' had. '
gathered, but Nicholas paid smalls at-
teutionto it. He strode to ma fro with
long, elastic, winging step, superintend-
ing his own -dinner, although there were
numerous servants in attendatiee. The
veteran_ Cossack general 'Skobeleff.,
father of the youthful general whose
recldess heroism has given laim fame
throughout Europe and America, had
with his own hands slaughtered _and '
in the fashion whieh has been known in
the Beet for the last three thou:sand ,
ydreaerssed a sheep, and it is now roasting
s.
Nicholas has a face which in repose
is proud, imperious, tna fbows wonder-
ful capacity for passion. A lightning -
like temper might at a moment's notice
be betrayed by those keen eyes, ordin-
arily filled With pleasant Quick
in all his motions, he likes quieltness itt
others t.,he rides a horse which, it wears
others out to follow, and was fond of 's
dashing away to some distant village, 4
and then seading for the others to come 1
up with him, while he was on the roan.
to Tiritova. He told. with greatglee how
he left the palace of Cotreeeni,in Buch-
arest, by stealth„ went -down to the
Danube, and had half his plans perfect- ;
ed before any one outside ofhis immed-
iate personal eirele knew of it Ile speaks
English as perfectly as a foreigner ean ;
it was the first langnage that he learned,
and he had a Scotch nurse. IBS 13.re!
is Lways sixripIe in the extreme., and -
while to accept the deference paid him
by the officers who surround. hin scone
second nature to one bred to it, hit will
not receive it from strangers, and even
dislikes to be called by his title, On
the whole, he has the strength of char-
acter anti fine sense of honor, which are
the family traits, with a winsome fas-
cinating manner 9.dded. to there Of
his ability as a reihtary eormaaander the
world has been able to judge. Although
he has been _surrounded by competent
advisers -he is nevertheless entitled to