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, DISTRICT M.A.TTERS.
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WItacce & 'nose have thelatge.et and. e
best selected stock of fresh family groceria% in t
"town, and are determined not to be undersold by I
any house in the trade, having bought alarge stock ;
orfaitgar 'before the advance they are in a position
to give their numerous customers• all advantage in
price that othhr houses cannot. Their stock of
new tea, tobadco,s,fruits, soaps, .ftonr and feed, '
hares, bacon, &e., &c., is first class and till be
sold a.t prices to suit the times., Call and efamine
before purchasing elseyrhecre. The highest price
paid for good batter and eggs. 552
NEW FR-MTS.—On hood daily, prime
new potatoes, gnienpeaHeanliflowrfi and garden 1
vegetables a every kind, good and fresh. Also,
strawberries, red eturants, black currants, harvest
' apples, peaches, cherries, and various other varie-
ties at lowest prices. R. LOGAN* CO., Sign of the
Mammoth rump. 5e2
• THE CHEAPEST place' to buy your fruit
jars is at Wrr,sox & YOUNGifi. . Prices for the beat
jout jars, with solid rings, is ler half gallon. $t 75,
and for quart $1.25 per dozen, Cioeke,ry and glasal-.4,
ware cheaper than any ot 1bue in Town, and
the best selection of goodste found in. arty house
in "Western. Canada. 552
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"Bury WITHOUT PACNT.."—Lacad-
ermin. e is not a, paint, but a harmless vegetable
preparation that removes tan, freckles, blotches
and all roughness from the skin,' prepared and sold
only b3rLurosden & Wilson. 551
PtmLic NOTIOE.--WILLIAN .A.amet has
Itemovecl bis Grocery .to Shop No. 8, in Mrs.
'Whitney's Block; next to Lumsden's nate Store,
and will be hippy to sce all his "old friends and
many new ones. , 552 -
PAD/S GREEN for killing Potato Bugs
at the Medical:tall. Ifroxsos &13tEASDELL 552
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PAY Ue,We are•requested to ask all
those wishing to become men -abets of the
Tockersmith 'Branch Agricultural So-
ciety to pay- in their menabership fee at
once to the Treasurer, Mr.Robt. Jamie -
non, Sea:forth, or to any of the Direc-
tors, as returns have to be reede to the
Department.
FIREMEN'S MEETINGS. —A meeting of
the whole Sea,forth. Fire Brigade will
• be held on Monday evening next, to
Enally consider the desirability of.going
to the Woodstock demonstration:1- The
regular meeting of Plicenix Company
twill be held immediately after:the Bri-
gade meeting.
TIVRON Live STOCK .A.SSOCIATION.—A
meeting of the members and others in-
terested in the Huron Live Steck Asso-
ciation will be held at Ross' Hotel in
the town of Clinton, on Monday, July t
15, at 12- o'clock noon, sharp, for the
purpose of considering the advisability
of holding a Stock Sale in the fall.
genialrains. Roots of all kinds have been
sewn in good season, and with favorable
weather, will also do Well. There are
indications of a bountiful fruit crop, es-
pecially of apples, which were so scarce
last year. Altogether we have great.
cense for thankfulness'and encourage
ment from present appearances.
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GOOD HAY.--,OnWedriesday,Mr. Robt.
Anderson, of the town line between Hay
and Stanley showed us a specimen of
grass taken from a field, on his farm,
which cannot be easily beaten this sea-
son. The specimen was a mixture of
clover and tiinotby. The timothy aver-
ages 50 inches, in length, and the ciciVer
33 inches. Ore stalk of timothy meas-
ures 5 _ feet 4 i ches, and the head on
another stark theasnres 9 inches. Mr.
Anderson has seven acres of this grass
and he assures uS the sample shown is
a fair specimen of the entire field. The
land, when seeded.down, was rich, and
in very good order, the preceding crop
on it having been' roots. This is an-
other instance Of the many of the profit
of ' havingtland well man -tired and in
good condition. With suph land a lib-
eral yield is almost a certainty,
Toe PROMENADE' CONOERT.—The eon -
cert given by the Town Band,under the
direction Of Pref. Chas. Fetier, in the
New Dominion Skating Rink on Friday
evening last wag, we regret to sayerather
'poorly attended, there not being more
than 50 persons present. Mr. Hayes
delivered a short address the sentiments
•of Which were fully endorsed by band
ad audience alike. The programme
consisted principa,lly of eelectiona-by the
band, interspersed by a number of songs,
&c. „Mr. Forbes sang a number of songs,
both comic and sentimental, with banjo
accontpaniment, in geed style,- which
Fiore well received. Mr. Douglass ac-
qVitted himself credita,bly in the render-
ing of a couple of Scotch Bengt as also'
did Mr. Grant in his •cornet selection,
-with man acconapamment. It is, we
understand? the intention of the bandto.
give another promenade concert in the
course of a few weeks, and for which an
excellent programme is now in . prepot-
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atioe, together -ivith the -assist& ce of
sorap_of the best musical talent of the
town when it is to be hoped their. ef-
forts !will be greeted with a, much larger
audience than was in attendance at the
entertainment of Friday lat. The
hanks of ethe band are due to the
Messrs. Scott for the free use of the or-
gan used at the entertainment, a,nda3.sb,
o the Messrs. Gritty for their services
in supplying refreahmentl, and Mr. L.
Murphy for the use of his commodious
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TEMPERANCE MEETING.7-LA temp
ewe mass reeetiug will be held in t
Town Hall, Seaforth, on Wednesday.
evening next, at 8 o'clock: • Interesting
addresses may be expected from Rea-.
Mr. Graham and other clergynaen of
the teyin. 'A temperance club will e be
- organized at the close of the meeting.
- 4 All are cordially invited to be present.
, THE PUBLIC -ScHoox,—The Seaforth
Public Sehool closed for the midesum-
titer holidays on Tuesday last. •For sev-
thal days previous to closing, promotion
examinations were in progress, and the
sehotars io the severe]. departments ac-
, quitted themselves most • creditably.
Some 250 volumes -Were distributed as
prizes for proficiency in study during
the term, based upon marks taken by
the teachers.' We shall give the names
of, the prize -takers - next week, by which
CIII0 WO :Will have the list complete.
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UN SUNDAY Scnooe Pic-Nic.---TI
nmon Sunday School pic-nic, held o
Monday last, was a very pleasant an
successful affoir. There was a large at-
tendauce of children, and a, goodly num-
, bet of •adults joined in the festivities.
The [aftetnoon was spent in Mr. Jail
Beattie'S grove, Where, notwithstanding
the extreme heat all seemed to enjoy
themselves to the utmost extent,. In the
evening the children eseeinbled in th
agricultural hall, where they _were r
gated With delictotte strawberries au
cakes of every variety imaginable.
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1NtiTALLATON OF Ovirceese—The fo
lowing officers were installed into thei
respective offices in CoureFlower of th
Forest No. 3, I. 0. lit, on Tuesday evert
jug last, by Brother F. A. Meyer, D. D
H. C. R: 13rothere J. He MgDougal
Past Chief Ranger ; Davta 'MN -aught
Chief Ranger, ; John ShoweVipe.elnief
Thos. Redeem -lc Senior Woodtverd a J
Smith, Junior Woodward; :ell-, tither
hardt, Junior Beadle ; Gea. %keen Re
cordnag Secretory ; W. II. Iittifies, _ Iti
naocial Secretaryt .R. N.:Itietti Treas
urer, II. Deogon -wae appointed Chap
lado, aid J. Bowden, Marshal.' The re
mainin , officers, trustees, &O., will b
ap iu d next eveeing.1 _
Dottietos Deet—gDominiou Day pass
ed ON or very quietly in Seaforth. All
the businese places were closed. Stime
of our citizens wen to London to see a
base ball match, a tied number attend-
ed the Irislitown pio-nfc„ eomo went t
Bruseels, some to It:tete-a and scene a
Goderich, while others went off tin pri-
Br-
he rink.
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n more keehly felt, he was one of a m etch -
d ed team Web.- he had . purchased, to
drive on his large covered carriage. Per-
sons wishing to leave horses - cannot be
too- carefulas to how they tie them. The
practice adopted • in this instance is a
very common one, and is believed by
many experienced horeemen to he the
meet safe, but experience, in this case,
re . at least, proves the- eoutrary. If the
haltershank, befere being tied' to the
d post,. had been phssed through, the riags
ottlee it would have been equally,.
effective in hiding the h-oreetand Would
have prateu•ted his getting down his
head. so aa to change the position of the
haltermoking the pressure come on the
under instead of the upper side of his
neck.
HORSE STRANGLED.—Ou Friday last,
Mr. Arthur Forbes, of _ the Commercial
livery 16st a valuable hoise in rather a
peculiar way. Mr. Girdleston, Inland.
Revenue officer here,drove the horse to,
Bayfield. Haying occasion, to visit the
brewery before entering the village, he
tied the horse to a tree with a rope hal-
ter around his neck. He had. not been
gone over ten -minutes until he returned
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to the -horse, aen, to his constentation,
he found. the annual lying dead. The
halter had been tied. pretty highjup on
the tree, and the horse, in endeavoring
togetht head. down to eat the ass
Mimed he loop around on -his neck,
so that the knot was on the upper side,
thus bringing all the preseure of the.
halter direetly on. the throat, and in his
struggles he strangled himself. Mr.
Forbes had. only owned the horse a few
clays, and what .makes the loss all the
LOCAL BRIEFS.—Tho Orangerrien of
this district will hold their annual cele-
bration in Sealorth ou Friday next.--
Mr. -William Allen ' has removed his
stock of groceries to his temporary
quarters in Mrs. Whitney's new block.-
_ His old stare is being pulled -dome and
tell be replaced by a brick bnilding.—
'he Rev. Mr. Buggin, pastor of the
Canada Methodist_ church', with his
family, left for Mount Forest, his new -W
I station, on ednesday. --His successor,
_ Rev. Mr. Graham, has artived aud•will
preach next Sunday.—Mr.. Etlwd.. Hick -
sou who, has been visiting to Englood
and rauce, intends sailiegttti Mine on
the 15th • inst.--eFriday, Saturday, Sun-
-daylaul INIOaday last, were the warmest
• days we have had for many yea's. The
thermometer several tinies stood. at 90
vote excursions for their
recut,and quite a largeu
ed the S,unday School pie
remainder,we preetnee
licomeand occupied their
to keep cool, which,considering the
stete, of the atmoephere, wee rather e
• difficult task, even under the Inost fa
voralde circumstauces.
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own anteteet inthe shede. The .genial showers of
unbar attenclj.1 , ednesday and , Thursday cooled the
nic, While the • air and refreshe - the ground --.We have
remained at been requested ko ask the towit fathers s
time in trying whether the tot n. lamps arekeit f i• or
niment or use? If for the . latter they`
should be lit ath.ese dark nights. 'On 1
It_Tedneeday as O horse end buggy be-
longing to MeNaaighton's livery was be-
ing
colli
wag(
hous
Mr;
West, tor the sum. of $1,240.—The au- -11
eutalttiowieg match under the auspices t
oF. e in•on Itarmetet and. Afechanics' s
A teeedation \ vi 11 be feeld Binceaeld T
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nior Second—lat -,!faleph Grasely, 2d A.
Dodds, 3d Helen Hisllp, 4th H. Hamil-
ton, 5th A'. Robertson. Junior Second
—1st Fisher Doig, 2 john Doig, 3d
Bella Watlin, 4th A. llifcAllister, 5th A.
Murray.
iTil G een:'
BIG EGG. Mr. • Cliarles Troyer, of
Hills Green., has in Ins store an egg
,layed- by a common hen owned by Mr.;
Thomas Dick, of Hay, which measures
10 inches around one way,' and seven
inches the other.
, Hen.sall.
TICE NEW MILL.—The new flouring
mill here is likely to do &large holiness;
this season. Messrs. McGregor &
-Urquhart, are both praetical, reliable
men, and under their management it is
sure to become a Popular and pros-
perous institution. Their'annoucement
in another Column should be read by
all. 1
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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.—There was a
strawberry festival held. in the Tem-
perance Hall, Kinburn, on the 26th of
June, at which there was a goodly at-
tendance. Rev. J. S. Loughead- was
present and delivered. an excellent ad. -
dress on the subject of, temperatipe.
Mr. Salter was present with his choir,
and rendered some excellent music.
Receipts of the evening, $24.
Winthrop.
EDUOATIONAD.—The following is a cor-
rect report Of the standing of thepopils
in the Winthrop school for the month of
June: Fouirth Form—lst, W. Calder ;
2d, W. Norman; 3d, Elizabeth Camp-
bell. Senior Third:— 1st. Euphemia
Govenlock ; 2d, Jessie Calder; 3d., Eliza-,
beth Alexander ; 4th, D. McFadzen.
Junior Third -1st, G. McTaggart; -2d,
Jane Cannon ,• 3d, J. Ross; 4th, D.
Campbell and J. Bullard ties. Second
—1st, A. Cut ; 2d, W. Craig; 3d, J.
hilln
Cahill; 4th, Bet ice Payne and Abbie
Powell ties.
BASE alma—A game of base ball was
played here on Dominion Day, between
the Dauntless club of this town, and the
Stars of London, which resulted in an
easy victory for the home club by a
score of 26 to 9. There was a fair at-
tendance of spectators on the ground,
including quite a number of the fair
sex. Play was called at 11 o'clotk, the
Stars going to the bat. Some excellent
playing was done on bah sides, not-
withstanding the excessively hot day.
The Londoners were outplayed both at
the bat and. on the field. The brass
band (composed of young boys Of about
14 years of age) under the leadership of
Mr. Jas. Scott, discoursed at intervals
during the match, several selections,
which were much admired by the spec-
tators. t No small anima tit praise is ,
due to the teacher'for the great proficien-
cy to which he has brought them, and t
thereby making them a credit to the
town.—Cotr. :
MoICi 1 1 op.
• CREDIT MARICS.—The following is a
correct standing of the pupils in 'School
Section No.,9, McKillop, for the Month
of June: Fourth Form—lst, G. Bar-
rows; 2d, It. Roe. Senior Third•Foren
—1st, Euphemia Crozier ; 2d, Jane
Brotherstom 3d, Violet Campbell. Jun-
ior Third Form--4st, C. Cavanagh; 2d,
E. Roe ; 3d, _Mary J: Ingram.. Second
Form—lst, Emma Roe ; 2d, Chrittina
Ross; 3c1 Elizabeth Parr.
—The following shows the standing
of the pupill,in School Section. No. 2,
McKillop, for the month of Jane : Fifth
-Class—let, Adam and Clarissa Hays;
2d, Eliza Dickson; 3d, Mary 3. Hyslop._
Fourth Class—lst, Betsy Dodds and t
Ella Mulholland ; 2d, Ellen T. Hays; .
3d, Flora McClure. Senior Third Class
—1steThos. Grieve; • 2c1, J. Gray; Mt c
3. Hugill. Junior Third. Class—lst, g
Eliza, Hays; 2d, Maggie Walker ; 3d,
Jane Walker. .Second Class—lst, Mag- P
gie Habkirk ; 2d, Mary Sperling ; 3d, t
Wm. McClure. S (allot First Class—lst,
W. ; 2d, A. Brown; 3d, J. Alto: t
chison. junior First Crass—lst, Kate f
Rankin ; 2d, Bella Dickson; 3d, R.
Dorrance.
-12.6 need to sit down and cry for lack
of work. . It is inimitable and invincible.
There is no royal road to learning. I.f
you would gain the summit of the hill,
work, work— Patient and persistent toil
is needed.; sudden flights will never
take us there. ,Allreal excellence is the
result of hard earned ta,bor, and 'hat
labor raore dignified and nohle th.n that
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Of <rnind. - Let us, therefore, wor - with
redoultledNigor and closer Opp :cation
in the acquisition of us ful Imowledge;
so that Grey may beco e widelyknown
for the intellectual and.imoral rth of
her sons anddaughters. In co elusion,
I may again state that I am glad fthat
out relatiodas have been so pleasant' and
agreeable, and may nothing interveneto
mar them. I ',again tender you my
hearty thanks midi best regards towards
you au. . „
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TEICHERS-1 INSTITUTE.—The regular
bi-monthly meeting of the Varna Teach-
. ers' Institute, was held in the school
house at Varna, on. Saturday, jiine ,29.
Mr. Thomas Higgins xead a paper on
"Object Teaching,: and illustrated the
subject by a practieallesson on leather.
Mr. George Baird -took a "Fifth Book
Lesson,",in. the diecudsion of which the
teachers present joined. Mr. 'Samuel
Ferrie's subject, "Grammar to Begin-
ners," -was handled in an able manner,
and well received y those present.
The meetingthen adjourned to meet :on
the 14th September next.
Pic-Nio.—The Sunday School at Var-
na, in connection with the Canada
Methodist church, gave an invitation to
the other schools in the circuit of Rev -
J.. Broley, to join in a pic-nic on Do-
minion Day, to be held in the bush of
Mr. Torrance. All kindly responded to
the ca,ll. About 500 partook of _a rich
spread, and all seethed to enjoy the
amusement provicled,viz: swing, croquet,
baseball, &c. Tbeparents were edified
by the speeches delivered •by Revd.
Messrs. Broley, Livingstone, Callender,
Green and Trelevan. Rev. Mr. ,Tre-'
levan appeared ivy much elevated. ovet
a well filled puree given to him by the
Brucefield people as -a mark of respect,
and we all wish him Comfort and hap-
piness in his new appointment at Ful-
lerton. All went off pleasantly until
the -end, when a slight accident occur-
red .which might have been serious, by
thebreaking of a rope swing, throwing
a gentleman and lady to the ground
just a little quicker than they expected.
Neither of the parties receifved more ine
jury than -a, seyere shock to the nervous
system. --Com. ,
• Exeter.
1AC0IDENT.—A number of accidents
occurred on the race course the first
day. A colored jockey got knocked he -
twee u two horses while in the act of
starting them. His head was a little
bruised.—A rider of "Warrior," owned
by S. Grigg, of • London, fell off hie*
horse and was tramped on Ity another,
getting a cut of a serious nature on the
side of his head.—Another accident cc -
mitred to a boy employed by Dr. Hut-
chinson as a jockey of " Galt Reporter,"
which resulted in the breaking of his
shoulder bone. All three are expected
to recover.
.DO -MINION DAy WaS
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celebrated ae usual in excellent style in
this place. Early in the forenoon the
village presented a very lively aitpear-t
once, the trains and other conveyances
having brought a large -number of peo-
ple to witness the sports of the , day.
The Zurich band had been enga,g6d by
the Driving Park Association, and
marched through the streets .about 10
o'clock, and played some -excellent
music. • The Exeter fire company No.
2 also marched the streets in their new
and tasty uniform. The principal fea-
ure of .the day was the races, which
were to start about 1 o'clock,. The ma-
ority Of the crowd assembled on the
ours, and the races commenced in
ood time. The track was in excellent
cmdition, and the people present ex -
reseed themselves highly pleated. -with
he racing. There were two running
nd two trotting races. The races for
he day closed about R. o'clock, in time
or parties wile 'came by the, tAtins to
eturn to their homes. The races the
ollowing day were still better than the.
rst, although the 'crowd was not so
sage: The members of the Associa-
ion gave $1,000 in prizes, a Very fair
um.. The races were in every way a
ecided success '
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TION.—A
here rece
entation
John Mc
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granbrook. 1
RtAMINA.TION, AND PRESENTA- t
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chool examiliation was held 8.,
tly ettien an address and res- a
as mirde to the teacher, Mr.
tosh. The ptesent was a '
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beautiful mily Bible. The followin
is a copy c fthe address :, Dear Teach°
-e-It is Wit feelings of unfeigned joy,w
hail the p esent occasion, is it gives- u
an opport nityeof testifying, at least i
a measure_ otu• gratitude to you and ou
due appre ia, on- of your labors as ou
teacher... Ve are well aware of thedi
ficult and rduous nature of your call
ieg, and it becomes us the more to SOMO
What ligh en your borden and try t
show you hat you t labors are dale ap
preciated le Alb. lease accept this tes
timonial a-: a substantial . token of ou
epteeni an regard tot ard you. as ou
n which e u are held by theratepayer
teacher. ' Ve ha,vegre t pleaeuro in as
uring you of the confidence and esteem
4 this sec ..
iberal sub
Morris.
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