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The Huron Expositor, 1879-04-25, Page 1Young Peacock," owned a eher, Colborne ; 2-na Dust," owned by Thos. Co -ch Township; 3rd" Ring by W. Stotts, Goderich. Ste , open to ell horses, award al Pure," owned by 3-.3'. p50i -Durham bulls, aged cla,ss, and diploma,, ".Bea,,eonsfiel by R. Hawley, Goderich. bulls, under one year old, co Charlie," owned by R. Itte Wawanosh ; nd "Marg s owned by C. Girvin, West i. Bull of any othet breed, 1 Young's "Ayrshire tate-The first show lef en seed grain, &c., under the a of tii0 Hibbert, MeKillop, ate 'Agricultural and Live Stook eat en, was held at Dublin, on Area. last, and was a deoteek Annexed is the prize i.ist. --Heavy drrught -1st " OA ILtchlow," 0- Brock; 2d "Lotei 'A. Cohen. Canadian draught, - .;s. Cohen's "Prince of Waleate ohee's " Sir Walter Scott." ' tirpose---1A James Roettet tplane," 2d, W. PAnce's "peat Road or carriage -l8 Seta Itie's “Mazeppa,"2c1C.Brodhagetet tr Chief." Special prize-Thoet " Prince of Wales." Judgee ee tnrharo-with pedigree, 0 . ). Manly, T -E, Hays, J. Comfit 'ars, 1st "Sir John- . Under two years, 1st "Dttite ert," George Rock; 2nd "Sam John Shea. Grade bells -sat Tupper," Thomas. Mutton.; Se 'area," Thomas Ryan. Judges of EieorgeSproat,PhilipLiabet,Petee 41, Robt. Gardiner, 3, R. Rid& , Seed Grain -Fife Wheat -tat ohn Comar. Red ehaff-att V. Graham, 2nd. 3. Evans. varieties of apring wheat--lat. tesefah Kidd, lost nation ; 214 Green, lost nation. Crewe. t prize W. Graham_ Comnias it prize Thomaa Green, 2rfa attison. Barley-lst prize Vilt seen, 2nd prize W. Grahams tt prize W. Graham, 20.d. prize attison. Judges of Grain -.1, W. Rehill and J. Davis. :.-The Sprina''Show under the of the MorrisBrauch Agrietde iett,-- was held in Blyth tet lay_ There was a good at- '..- of sight Seers and a very fait 4 stock. i The following is the :st: Horses -heavy draught - i Mason's "Bank of Englandf t. Wilsoit's "Young King ;" 34 cheers "Dante- Davey." Gee-. etse- 1A, J. T. Bell's "What's - 2nd, Henry Beadle's 'Tice- . the Wes, " 3rd, Jos. Walkerti ei Plow Boy." Road and cart Thos_Corn.ell's-Golden.Daste' ' S Mullen' "Young Defiance.' hero -bre( aged-lst Thom id John 13rigliam ; 3rd NeRas. 1 Undtir 2 years -1st Jame aid JainesBraithwaite. Grade .n Lyon, judges---Horses- [eve, Mc -Zap ; Alex. Innes, James N atson, West Waw ulls-CIiaries Proctor, Morrie- ylor, East Wa-eemosh ; Wm.. ast Wawanosh. ter -D. -The South Riding of ow was.141c1 at Brucefield ye There wat an immense colt - people present. The show of pecially in the heavy draughts, creditable. There Were not Is shown, but the character of els on the grouud was eves ,former years. The following prize EA : Horses -Heavy -5•entries-let P. MoGregor't ihire Chairtpien," 2d Charles - Donalcl Dinnie," 3c1 Thomas i's "Gleneaire." 'Three years tries -1st Sset 3. Broadfootts a Scotsman," • al J.S. Car- ing Wellington,"•3d P. Me- - Honest Sandy." Two years .,-ry--Jolua Stewart's 'Young t." Agricultural -aged -4 t John Rickbeit's "Young tow," 2d MeEwing & Hort LinpIane." Three years aid -John Perdu's "Young Hoa - • General purpose -aged -e 1st G. Montgeartery's "ug -ey " 9-1 James Irwin's Ladle.' Three years okl_ ries-1st James Young's letherhy;” 2nd, P. Ford's 'herby," Carriage stallions- -1A, - J. 3. Fisher's ''Pea - R. Brock's “ Whipoorwill," Dinh am. -two entries -1st, kson; 2nd, Geo. Sproat. .1. January, 1877-4 entries- erson ; 2nd, John Kitchens. at. Calved after January. 1 entries - 1st, William d, James Dickson. Ayr- -(, u e entry -John Cochrane. rses-John McMillan, Hal - White, Rodgerville; jas. ley ; Jantee Hackney, Us-. Els--- Robert Gardiner and aren, Hibbert; Geo. Wea- lth. .T SUCCESS. GDOUGALL & GO qure in Stating- that iery Department is eess. The number of o visited HOW ROOM nine, were Perfectbr krith the clistelaY, and being so moderate inother New Lot a nd Spring Mantle& k_DY should make a. art to see this Lot- E:ST STOCK the Largest, CheaP- kt Assorted Stock la E•mbroiderY Frillings Silk Ties 5, 'OLD TALI: e and Grey Cottons gE SEVENS are the Seaforth. ge Quantities tefore ,the d will enable us to. 'iame Old Prices. TR,S from 2 to 3 Cents r Buying oOTTOlf the Three Seven& ..- TWELFTItr YEAR.. WHOLE NUMBER 594: BROADFO OT & BOX, SEAFORTH, • UNDERTAKERS, &d. FUITERALS ATTENDED -ON T.ilE SHORTE6'T NOTICE. COFFINS AND SHROUDS ALWAYS ON HAND; IfE.A.RSE FOR HIRE. BEAL ESTATE FOR SALE. DROPERTv Art SALE. -For Sale, that con- venient and de irable residence on the corner of High and Me.rke' Streets, lately dem:ailed by pr.Vexcoe..APPI to DR. VERCOE. 488 pLUEVALE.-.N w Dwelling House in, 131u male -1, for sale; story nd a half, 18x2,6, with kitchen attached 14x18; ext a well finished; one quarter ambit well fenced and pump. Price; 8500. Ap- ply to j0SEP1C 13 RGESS, Blnevale. 589 DESIDENCE D PARK LOT FOR SALE._ XV Situated On 11 fall. Street, North, Seaforth, cansisting of 9 are • of land, a aorefortable dwell- inahouse and good barn. Apply to S. F.. JOHN- SON or JOHNSON BROTHERS. 598_3 VOR 8,A.LE.-Fo Sale a first elass Planing Mill, nearly na and in good running order, situated in the fi arishing Town of Seaforth, , V111 be sold chop, . Terms easy. Enquire of , $ECORD, COSSEN & CO., Gotlerich, Ont. _ -1.-Vaer°ReSloAPin't-lie.ite tho Karon, 20 acres are timbered with bee° and maple. The property will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. BENSON, Solicitor, Sealorth, nt. , 517 - subscriber has for sale a 50 °ship of McKillop, County of cleared and the balance well Vali AND TO PROPERTY 13‘04 SAL -I: PRICES TO S 'TIT THE TIMES. -Lot on the ilth concess ozi, McKillop; price $40 p . acre; Building lo i. in different parts of t town of Seaforth; a chasers can make their en terms of payment,. t 8 per cent. interest. • J.t BEATTIE. . • 591 aT.'AP.M FOR SAL. -For Sale, Lot No. 5, 13 field Concessie Godericli Township, co tainhag 85 acres, 50 (1 which are cleared rind in good state of enitiva, 'on. The farm is adjoini the village of Bayfiel I, and will be Sold cheap a on favorable terms. .• A.pply to the • propriet JOIGC GOVENLOC . 524 at----s„.-------e-_- te) -at ---'14 eate,„----..eate 41 11 I ----,......--ii ----, t ,....,.... .4..; ......„„.....*\,, N *4' SEAFORTH, RIDAY, APRIL 25, 1879. Barley Growing. To the Farmers of Western 0 ntc rio, and the Huron tract in particulal. : Having bought grain from the most of you for the last twenty-five y ,ars, di- rectly or indirectly, and havin( made that -business 9, specialty, duri ig that time, is my excuse for offering a little ad.vice in regard- to seed barley and I am prompted to this from t e fact that whilst the seed of all oth • kinds of grain has been *changed es4y four or five years, yeti have not anged your seed barley. Tlie same b ey has been sowed all over Western uteri° for the last twenty years, and e com- pletely rim out, and is now sca, by a,ud diseased; and will not, conse uently, produce 'a good sample ; &nisi •terable of it is elso mixed with. two rowed., which will not malt with the ur or six -rowed, and it is, therefore, ost in malting. • It is also badly mix€d with oats. For the last six years yo ir bar- ley has got a bad name amongst nt.eri- can naalsters and brewers, a,u they won't buy it unless at a lowe• price compared With bay barley. -T e bar- ley grown in what is called th Bay Quint° district,- that is, the country around Belleville, Kingston, T entou, Cobourg, a,ncl Pictone produces t te best sample -ef barley grown in A e erica, and always brings from twenty ,o fifty cents per beshel more in the brican market than what yours briugs. Last ection ei•har- y the .51.20 from n you ay, m ield.s 'ft fall most all the farmers in that: le: sold their barley immediately af ere vest, which I think is general he best, time to sell, at from 51 to tit tee per bush'el, while you only got . fifty to sixty-five cents for:yours, needy - sixty cents. They also got froi ten to ay e_ fifteen bushels per acre inore th a did, on an average. . Now, the ng my opinion, to remedy your poor - or, and still poorer quality, is to go , pure, healthy, clean seed, say from th Bay of Quint° district, and some als from 4, • s ; • England . and Scotland. Cle u it to thoroughly, aud sow; nothing bu pure d; four and six -rowed barley, and ave it ° plump aud heavy, then every th h, n_ four years chauge yoUr seed, by ____ or sending for seed thirty or fifty OHOICE FARM I OR SALE -Being Lot Com 7, Hallett, c (Nutty of_Huron; 100 acre 80 cleared, well und rdrained, and in a good sta of cultivation ; bali tings convenient and goo terms easy. For urther I)artieLthtrs app Messrs. McCAUGIIE &HOLMESTED, Setifort or on the premises tc MI. E. COLDNVELL. Co stance P. 0. _ 555 ALUABLE FARNI FOR SALE. -Fol: Sit the east half of Lot -.No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. Tuckersraith, County of Huron., cousiating of sores, 31 miles from the Town of Seaforth, convenient to schoo . The laud is of the ve best quality. For f ther particulars apply JAMES PICKARD, pposite the promise.s, or Egniondville P. 0. 524 le, away. Sow early, andi by s� doh enerally have a plump and rain. See that there is no Pla e --water to stand on the groutc ea,vier the grain is the better. _ ise any two -rowed; it does no he American market. One oe tw red bushels of inverted Euglisl S. g 5e) a net to h to ea • -d the Scotch barley would soon supply all I, Western Ontario with seed; bet j seed e. train the Bay. of Quint° is good e eugh, and can be easily got. Mr. Mc hail, 11LAC1SMIT11 SBIOP FOR S 1711..-Fot Sat -LI in th.oVillage ot jLmestowu,a good bl ' hop, with three qua- ters of an acre of laud a lathed,in whialx ar a number of choice frui trees. There is also a stable. on the premise This property is situ tett in a good locality, an willbo sold on terms o suit pureliaser. Apply o the premises- to J MES LYNN, jamestow P. O. 584 VIRAL FOR SALE. That well-known and. fin st it situated farm, ot 1, Con. 1, Huliett, in th Comity of Huron, c Atm:Ping 100 acres, 90 o which are cleared; t ; ere are two frame clwellin botisesabarn, horse st ble, cow stable, sheep-hous and drivinghouse ; -o orehtird and: abandanne o water. The farm ie s tuated two Miles from th Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For fu particulars apply to McCAUGHEY. & HOLM] . EITED, Seaforth, or t STATON YOUNG propri to; on the premises. - 553-4x ee or ("Mina b :miles yout teavy e for. I The bn't suit hun- • and • of Goderich township, always rai es a heavy, bright, clea a sample of o. 1 barley, and always eells it trona 15 cents e - e to 30 cents per bushel above the aver - f age market price I asked hiral ow it g was -he never_ failed to haye No. bar- ley, and a heave crop? His a ewer • was, "I always clean ray seed. thorbugh- 11 ly, and swim it in strong brine,: and , . e- then skim off the light aud.beYeak gr.' ains, sowing none but strong and healthy, , graies, and as in animals, se in ,Ivege- s tables, the strong .produces strong, and , the weak and -sickly produces the like." - The same is quite true with all kinds of grain. Frequeut changing of seed is ' , , d all importaut-all grain has a tendency , n to degenerate and run out in Capa,da, - and frequent changing of seed. is ' bso- lntely necessary. What would. have i _ been the result of :farming 'lel° taxi° e if we had -net got the Soules wheat? t e Then when it tun out we got the Tread- s- well wheat; then it got too fine al ran g Mit ; then the Scott or Red Wi ter ; a then the Clawson or Seneea. These - _ wheats have beeu worth..raillions of . d.ollars to this country, -and have "be of far moi e importance to You than who e should. rule et Ottawa, and to the whole - country. On your cropsdepends your f prosperity, and on your success depende . the prosperity of the whole cortetry. - ' Ha,ve your land well prepared, §ote early, and take care to harvest and Save . it well. - I believe there will be a large amount of barley sown this spring,and. . unless the sam.ple is good and heavy it will be very hard to sell at a 'paying -price, as some of the Western :States are now raising -a very fine sample of - :barley. Yo -u have the best climate And soil in the world for barley, an I by paying attentioneend sowing fall,liethy seed, you cu raise barley that will al- ways sell in the American marketi at _ -prices far above a,uy that, .they limn ' raise; but uuless you do proeluce a class article, the American farmer ay yet beat you; still with his itaore :tenth - ern climate he eau raise corn at ten -.cents a bushel, aud oranges and lemons at two cents a dozen, yet he cannot produce a plump, heavy, Thee flavored. article of barley. as you cant, at Sixty cents per bushel, and it will be ttour own fault tit you do not stipply the Americanewith his barley from Maine to ()Mahe. - W. H. 'Fellers. Craaroia, April 9, 1579. - 1DROPERTY FOR ALE. -For Sale, Lot 14 4' Con 16, Grey; est half of Lot 29, Con. 6 with cheese factory complete ; Lot 11, Con. 6 and south half of L ts 16 and 17, Con. 5, town ship of Morris; Lot af2, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con B, township ofim Howidk, all good proved farms together with several 50 acre farms in Grey an Morris, and houses nd lots and vacant lots i e of Li easel , ices low, terres eamy and title good. Appl to JOHN LECKIE, Bras sets. 574 'FARM FOR SALE. For Sale, that most desir able farm, being et 1, Con. 6, in the town ahip of Hallett,. situat d 1i miles from Kinburn and 6 nilleS from. Sea orth. There are excellen buildings., on the prom ses, in.cluding a first -chis etone house two stor y, 80 by 40 feet. A eprin ereek runs &rough. tb farm; good orchard, goo fences„ and the landii an excellent state of cut tivatioa. . Apply On t e premises to. JA--NIES.Mc MICHAEL, or to MR JAMES .11. BENSON y Sea forth. 562 VALUABLE PAR. FOR SALE. -For Sale th west half of Lot 27, Con. 3, McKillop, con 4tining50 acres, know • as the Daigle estate. ThiS arm is situated wit' • ono mile aud a quarter o cleaferth. The land s of the choicest qiiality There is a handsomer sidence and good outbaild Ings. The familia wel planted with fruit and or- namental trees, is i excellent order, and well fenced. It is aclartirab Tainted for a retired gen- Mamma,- a dairy -ream, ar market gardener. Terms easy. This property ust be sold at once. Apply to A. STRONG, Seafo 589 . FAItilliOR SALE. South half of Lot 26, Con. - 6, Morris, Co-autY of Hattori, containing 100 acres, 85 • acres clearet, balance hardwood; 60 aores clear • of stump and underdrained ; soil clay loam.; 13 acres -all wheat; good' bearing orchard; bank barn 40 -60, nearly now, and other outbandings;- good lea hoesea with new frame addition; 2 wells; weI fenced. The above farm isonly two niks from Brussels, on good gravel roads; scheol hoaae on the lot -4 -For farther ptikz" Menhirs apply on thePiondses, or to 0. R. Coeper, Brussels P. O. ROBE 'T BROADFOOT, Propri- etor, Brussels P. O. 588 IJXLLAGE PROPER' Y FOR. SALE. -Being Dwelling house an( two lots, containing one- half acre each, in the allege of Varna, situated on the corner opposi• post oiliec, which • roatie them, suitable nr building for business PurP 0 se s .The house c ntains 5 -bedrooms, sitting room, dining roam ant kitchen, with woodshed attached, soft water cis ern and every other con- wmieuce to make a con ortable and conunoclious dwelling. 04 the lots there is a. good bearing arc ard of yamous kid', of fruit, and a .quantity of grape vines. There s also a well and pump, ens good stable anal diving shed. Terns Possession givea on the 1st of October. - For fur- ther particulars apply Lo- the proprietor. S. A. MOFFATT, Varna P. 0 .593-4x -pAuxt licKILLO FOR SALE. --For Sale, the North part of ots 8 and 9. Con. 13, Mc- Millop, containing 112 Ceres ; there are about 80 cleared, well fenced, tm( erdrained, and in a high state of cultivation, the balanice is well timbered 0:1b1 hardwood; pod veiling, new bank frame. barn 50x57, with stab): anderueath, and °the!. tua-gs, also f4;00d young orchard SAM Plenty of water. Is 10 iles from Brussels, 5 from Walton, and 18 from la _imam it goo( gravel - s to each place; touvenient to church and Echols ; be sold as whole, or in two parts, or will b • exchanged foi a green farm. Apply to Walton P. 0, or to the proprietor on the premises. WILLIAM DYNES. 593 Thum FOR SALE.- he subscriber offers for sale Lot 22, Con. 12 of the township of Stan- ley, containing one hum red acres, 83 acres clear ed andin a good state of cultivation, and good team, liatative 17 acre 0, good. hardwood bash; ono half of clearing seed ,a down there will be 13 acres of wheat pat, iu t Lis fall 'there is about 3 acres of a thriving orch ird on the premises and a variety of fruit trees al now bearing. The farm te well watered, n ver creek runs through the farm, also t•vo good wells larae bank nharneau 86 by GO fed wi h good stabling under - the barn, aud a log dwelling house. The farm is sitnated within two and a half miles of the village of Bay BAIL r ar ,er particulars apply to 13.11cLEA.N, pr prietor on the premises or to W. Connor, Bayfiet P. 0: 672 rupt stock business. Every village, town and city in the Dominion is delug- ed'with bankrupt stocks thrown on the market, many of them bought back by the insolvent themselves, often at a nominal figure. The regular trader as long as these setae last cannot take in any money. He fails to meet his paper aud lw goes, and his stock is thrown on the market and in turn helps to bring down others,. until, if something is not done, the whole blessed country will come down. We hold, in this age of Protection, that when a merchaut re- lularly establishes himself in a village, ays taxes, supports schools, builds hurches, and performs the duties of a good citizen, that he should be protect- ed from this perpetual stream of bank- rupt goods. It may be urged that this woeld be restricting trade, and would be depriving the public of the privilege of purchasing.. . We state that it would be e blessing to keep them out. If peo- pleiwbuld save anything by purchasing at lhose sales, we would be the last to say, a word against them,. but they do not" save by purchasing at them. On tit& contrary, goods bring their full. va4ie at these sales, and can be pur- chased equally as well from' the resi- dent merchant. The money- all goes into the pocket of the transient trader, who does not benefit the comMunity a cent, but who steps down and out the moment his rubbish is disposed of. Many who feel insulted if their resident merchant were to ask f orthe anaouut of his long over due account, in order to assist in meeting some pressing pay- ment, can fiud money in abuudauce for these.werthless sales (for the auctioneer won% credit them a cent)., and thus a i great injury is done to the merchant, whci,has perhaps strained himself to ac- commodate these purchasers. After looking the whole matter over, we have concluded that these sales work an im- mense injury to the regular merchauts of a' village, and do no good to the far- mer or others who patronize them. Hence they should be frowned down, if not R.CtUally prohibited. Men CUANT. Tlie Seed Grain Question. MR. EDITOR -Sir: I suggested some time -age that agricultural societies, in- stead of spencliugiso much money in township shows, should use part of their funds in furnishing really good seed grain, and should endeavor to raise the character of all cereals, instead of alloWilag themselves to be imposed,. on by straugers selling worthless seed. of all kinds. My reason. for throwinabout the suggestion, was because I knew that Auritetka or Goose wheat ° was grown - largely round Whitby,I that millers woe d. not buy it who had any regard for keeping up the brands of flour, and that it had to be sold. to dealers on the market at 50c per bueliel, who sold it to seed pedlars at low prices. There has, een no less than eight cars of the stuff sold round. Clinton and. Seaforth. One party sold three cars north of Clin- ton at $1 50 'per bushel, -who used -a certificate purporting to be from the Model -Farm. Another party sold three cars in Tuckersmith and 'Watley, who used] a 'certificate- from . N. Gibbs • CI and Mr. Rehill acknowledges ha,vin sold two more cars of the- self sem wheat at 50 per bushel, or on shares simply by giving it the name of Russian Siberian; hence my reason for pro- nomicing it a fraud.. Farmers will pay . any money fur a new variety that they think is likely to de well, but that is no reason why they and. the country should beirnposed on. Last season Lost Na- tinu done much better than any other kind) o6nsequently it has been in great demtlatcl. To meet that demand Mr. Armitage, Mr. Rehill and myself did oer best to get it from the other side, but neither of _ us succeeded in buying any. I Mr. Rehill, however, being an ex perienced seedsman, to satisfy the de- mand, bought a lot of two year old Fife cleaned the wild oats out of it, and. sold. it as Lot Nation at'51 50 per bushel. Now, I think a seedsman that can play such tricks as these is well qualified to raise a side issue, and 'attempt to make decoy ducks of both yourself and Mr. P. Dolphin. You very wisely used the word " if " baked. out of the flour made of the Russian Siberian ,wheat, but neither of you are justified in giving certificates unless you knotv of your ewn knowledge it is right. Mr, Dolphin used no such precaution, bat testified he ground two bushels of, Russian Si- berian, when there is no such wheat in the ccIuutry, for all he knew it might have been Russian Baltit I certainly thiukI have shown enough Of the seed butiness to convince the public �f the necessity of taking steps to provide suit- able seed. Five years ago spring wheat on the Seaforth market ruled. 10c per bushel higher than Chicago No. 2; for the, last two years it has beee 100 to 15c per bushel lower. If fanners will in- sist in 'growing Russian Siberian or Goose, wheat, the difference- will be much greater another year.' The cause A Wrong That Should. labs * of this change is mainly beeeuse the American agricultural burean at Wash- ngton employ trustworthy men to hunt up suitable seed of all kinds, which are distributed amongst the agricultural . Righted.. MR. EDITOR -Sir: Kindly insert the I following, which I take from the Lon- don Free Press. The merchants. of s Seaforth, like those bt other tottn.s, fully realize the evil, complained of, and though it is easy to predict ruinous en- v sequences to bemires§ men if these t , tion sales are continued, I confess ii is not easy to find a suitable remedy. The y fthi ocieties, and given out to aood farmers. The result is, while Canadian grain has een depreciating for year past in eine:American grain has been steadily inproviug. This is a question that the wholelcountry is deeply interested in. ours, JAMES PRINGLE. merchants o s town, as wellas those of every other town, ought, if possible, to take steps, even by obtaining legisla- tive enactments, to prohibit or regulate this demoralizing uuisance. The arti- cle referred to above says: The noise of the auction bell is' heard in the land, and strikes terror into he heart of the legitimate dealer, who Sees all the ready cash drifting away, for the purchase of a bankrupt stock,' which he :did not anticipate, which pays no taxes, and which demoralizes the leaitnniate trader. In fact, it is a,bout time to take high ground in the matter of this bank- -On Tuesday morning the 15th • , • , • , of Bluevale, met with an accident, which nearly de- privedihimself, as well as his horse, of life. He was on horseback coming in- to Wingliam, and when across the track, at the blacksmith shop below the Y a train camethundering down. At this place the road crosses the track at a very sharp angle, and both run par- allel with each other for some distance. The horse turned quickly round, throw- ing Mr. Diamond on to the fence, and ran back towards the crossing. The IVIcLEAN BROS., Publishers. *L50 a Year, in Advaroe. animal as about to jump in front of the °lige e, when the driver, taking in the situ tion at a glanoe, threw a piece of iron. a the horse, striking it iu the face. . T is caused. it to turn back when th train .shot past, Mr. Dia- mond h d a very narrow escape, as well as the In rse, and it is a, wonder that his neck wa not broken. The crossing where 5 is happened is a very danger- ous one, ud accidents are continually happeni g there. The railway company should a tend to it and have it changed in. Borne ay: • • A erplexing Question. To the ditor of -the Huron Expositor. DEAR. : As you are supposed to know ev rything, I would beg to Ask for informat On on a very important point. What sh uld farmers sow this §pring ? Spring heat has been a miserable failure f r some Years back; peas are destroye by bugs,.while the National Policy h s killed out or will stop all the oatmeal nills, aud to grow oats with these mi Is stauding will be the height of folly, s they won't be worth. 20 cents per bush 1. What should farmers sow? An answ r will oblige yours, A PERPLEXED FARMER. Usinlinia April 17, 1879. LED. NOT a --The best ave can do for our corre- spondent i. to refer him to the Clerk of the Weather or he Ottawa Government for infonaut - Ulan.] Canada. -Ther is every prospect that the Elora ca pet factory will soon be run- ning. -A indsay . merchant recently made in ue day 1,200 different cash sales -H. ay ells for 520 a ton in the Parry Sound Di -trict. Food for- horses and cattle is N. ery scarce. -A Gu lph printer, named Win. Van Buren, w 10 left that town a few years ago, has 1 ttely been elected. :mayor of Lansing, Iichigan. -e-Rev. Father Stafford recevied as an Easter offering, front his congrega- tion at Li dsa,y, the handsome sum of 6300, on raster Sunday morning. e -Rev. A. Glendenning, of Wood- stock, has received a very cordial and. unanimpus call from Grand Bend, in the Presb tery of Huron. -Last 1 riday, n Toronto; a boy ten years old was charged at the Police Court wit i setting fire to some sheds. Iie eginnt utces his era of crime early. -Rosse u, Manitoba, offers as a bonus for the b ilding of a grist mill, 1000 bushels o wheat, and $1000 worth of property. A bonus has also been rais- ed for a u wspaper. -The t wnship of Warwick boasts of a sow whi .h is doing her living best to _keep Yan iee pork out of Canada. The Berkehire aave birth to 17 young pigs one day la:t week. -Mr. J hu Hays,- of _Haysville, Wat- erloo cou Sy, recently lost a valuable team of h rses, while crossing a pond. on -the in ecure ice. Ile was walking in front of them, and fortunately escap- ed -liiinsel • -Mr. G-orge Barnet, Nassagaweya, has had te -ladribs from three ewe e this season._ •ne of the ewes dropped. a lanalith first week ' of March, and a month a ter she dropped the other three. T e four _are really • splendid lambs., -A 'Wee tse has appeared among the cattle of Panmure section, Lanark County, Ontario. It is a swelling in the throe which kills them in a few days. Mr. Jas. Montgomery saved 15 head of attle, belonging to Mr. A. Grant, by ancing the swelling. • . W. -Casey, of Napanee, etary of th.e Grand Lodge of ndent Order of Good Tem- een appointed by the On- ment to enquire into the lasing system in the twenty -Mr. Grand Sec the Indep piers, has tario Govei present lie eastern °entities of this Province. -Peter wyer, the New York mis- sionary w o eloped to Montreal with another m n's wife, attempted to get up religious ne etings in that city, but his real charac er became known and he was forced o leave the city and return to New Yo k. -The 5 retary of the Larabtou Pro- hibitory As *ociation has just received word from 1 ttawa, that the proclama- tion for th Scott Act will appear iri 'next week's Gazette.The general im- pression 0' all hands is that the Act will carry i Lam.bton by a large ma- jority. -The Gore of Downie has a base ball club ith the following officers: A. Robb, P esident ; II. Monteith, Cap- . tain; WM.- Pendergast, Secretary; ore, Treasurer. Last sea - but one match. It is to will do as creditably this Wm. Duns son they los be hoped th sea,son. 1 -Two castles attacked a boy 12 years old, near Sn ith Lake, Lambton county, She other d y. The boy had his dog with him, but the eagles would have been more t an a match for deg and boy only that th father of the boy (Mr. A. Kinnterly) • ante to the rescue. He shot both eagles. One of them measured 7 feet from tie to tip. ••, -The bar and outbuildings belong - to Mr. Kenneth Kerr, Zorra, were to- ed by fire on Saturday bout eight hundred bushels burnt, the greater part of heat, together with some A son of Mr. Kerr's had. y burnt in attempting to ticles. The fire was start- - from his pipe. Loss about isurance. Of attemptecl poisoning of rest was heard at the at Barrie, on Thursday last week. Wm. Salter Manila two well known charged with having on , administered laudanum s Cooper. It is charged ners, who Were drinking illiards With Cooper, ad - e drug in a glass of porter ntion of robbing him of knew to be in his posses - tally cense morning. of grain was whichwas implements. his arm ba save some a ed by a spar $2,000; no i -A case unusual int Police Court morning, of and Joseph rowdies, wer the 15th inst to one Jam Shat the pois and playing ministered t with the int money they sion. It was proved that one of the pis oners purchased the drug at Monkman.' drug store. . Prisoners were committed for trial, bail being refused. -In Montreal, on Friday, a respec table young woman was knocked down and kicked on the street by a former lover, named WDoherty. -A cow ownedgy Mr. T. Hagart, of Barrie, partook of a very un -digestible meal of nails, recently, and died from the effects of the unnatural fodder. Rawd.on, recently, there was a funeral of only one team, the convey- ance carrying the corpse,and the friends in borrowed suits sitting on top of what must be called e coffin.. -Mrs. Fielding, of Ospringe, Welling- ton county, was obliged to pay a fine of $10 and $2 60 costs, for allowiug social dance to take place in her tavern. Mr. Inspector Macdonald laid the in- formation. -About eight families of colored peo- ple left the vicinity of Buxton, Kent county, on the 16th inst., for Nebraska, some intending to remain, others to see the.country, and if satisfied with it may possibly sell their property here and go cenetthere in the fall. 1 -Mr. Wm. McKay, of Petrolia, has walked eight miles every day to and from his work,since the llth of June, 1874, up to the present time, making a grand total of ' distance tramped since 1874 of 12,500 miles, or one-half way round the world. -Two children belonging to Wm. Neal, living between Glencoe and New- bury, were poisoned on Tuesday of last week, by eating wild parsnips, one only living four hours, after suffering great pain. At last accounts the -ether is still alive, but in a critical state. e -Bernard Somers, a market gardener residing on the Don and Danforth road, Toronto, had been suffering so much from earache recently, that it is thought his mind become deranged, for about 5 o'clock, one evening last week, he took down a gun and shot himself in the side fatally. - -A whale seY4uty feet long was cap- tured near Red Islands, Cape Breton, on Friday by Neil McNeil and son. After the monster was safely moored its roars could be heard several miles away. The capture has caused. great excitement in the neighborhood, and many rushed. to the scene. -Mr. James Somerville is about to erect a new woollen factory in Luck - now, which is to be of unusually large dimensions. itTessrs. Bennett rt5 Run - ter intend putting up another building, their fanning mill business beceming so extensive that there is not sufficient room in the old building. -One Robert McCue, formerly of Kincardine, met with his death in Ne- vada city, California, on the lst of April. He was mixed up in some fra- cas on the 295h of March and was stab- bed, from which death resulted on She 1st inst. He has been absent from Kincardine about six or seven years. -They had. a lively time at a foot race in Toronto, on Friday morning The contestants were Chas. Smith, of Guelph, and. Alexander Wright, a To- ronto printer. The stakes amounted to 550. Smith made a number of false starts, and a fight ensued. The spec- tators interfered and separated the men, who then ran the race, Wright winning easily. -A little daughter of Mrs. Deslauri- er, residing at 57 Church street, in the City of Ottawa, died on Wednesday night, from the effects of drinking a quantity of lye en the day previous, which had been left in a c-upboated in one ,of the rooms of the house. The little victim suffered the most excruci- ating agony before death put an end to its -s uEffaerly ring.oWednesday morning of last week, the residence of Judge Wil- kinson, at Napanee, was entered. by thieves and between 53,000 and 54,000 iu silverware was carried. away. The watch dog was drugged during the af- ternoon of the day previous, and was noticed to act very strange. The mat- ter has been kept quiet in the hope of obtaining a clue to the guilty parties. W. Norris, of Ingersoll, co-unsel for the prisoner, Dr. Bowers, has made an application to the Attorney -General for the acceptance of bail for Bowers, as if he remains eauch tenger in jail he will probably have a disease that will cause his death. It is likely that bail will be acceptedeand that Bowers will be liberated in a few days. -Two young farmers near Brecon, Middlesex county, have succumbed to the bad times. Mr. Jermyn, a mer- chant of • Brecon, who loses 5150 by them, pursued them hot foot -to the water's edge, but they were half way A across before he reached the Canada s shore. Some twenty-three creditors ni from Lacan, Ailsa Craig and. Brecon w will haye to eontent themselves with dividing between them an old. fanning mill, two hogs, six pullets and an anti- quated rooster. -A little girl in Renfrew county has just met her death in a most remark- o able manner. The school teacher, an p elderly man, boxed her once on each is ear for some misconduct. The result b was that she sickened and. died in the A course of a couple of days. Medical s examination showed that concussion of the brain. had been caused. by the w blows. The teacher was arrested, but t the intelligent twelve who composed the a jury acquitted him. -Saturday afternoon a man drove a p light by pony with white feet into the a river, at London, just below Kensington bridge, for the purpose of washing the t horse's legs. He had gone in. abaut 20 a feet, when the horse, wagon and man gi were observed to aucldenly disappear; p the horse and. wagon having fallen into one of the uunaerous deep holes in the river at this point. The man, however, soon re -appeared and managed to swim ashore, still retaining the whip in his hand. A fleet of boats were soon got afloat and. cruised around for some - time, but the horse and buggy were in very deep water, those in the boats not being able to see them. Several rigs have been lost there in a similar way. -The Harriston Tribune says : From all appearances Mr. Bent, of Minto, will have sefficient railways -upon his farm to serve all reasona,ble purposes. The Great Western passes straight through it, the Georgian Bay and Wel- lington survey angles through it in a northerly direction, and now the Strat- ford and Port Dover comes along on the other side: He will not be left with a square ten acre field. There will be some badly cut up farms in the vicinity of B.arriston.l' -A meeting of the- -merchants of Harriston. was held at the Royal Hotel, on the evening of the 9th. inst., to con- sider the butter question. It was unanimously agreed -that in order to prevent butter being handled without loss, that more care be taken in buying and instead of giving the same price for all kinds, that it should be purchased according to quality. This will give greater encouragement to good butter - makers, and force much of the inferior quality out of the naarket. -A pig belonging to Mr. R. McLean, at Grass Hill, Ontario county, workei her way into hole in the strawstacle so far, that she could not be got out un- less the stack Was taken away 'OD. pur- pose to •remove her, so Mr. McLean con- sidered it was best to lose the pig than spoil the straw, and she was left to her fate. At the end of seven weeks the straw was used to the end of the hole, and instead. of a decayed carcass to Mr. McLean's astonishment he found his pigship could still grunt, and is now able to" root hog or diei"ne -Nature in oof her freaks has brought to light in the vicinity of South Norwich, Oxford county, a great curios- ity in the shape of an eiethb legged calf. Imagine in the first place a well formed calf, and then put just above the fore leas two extra ones pointing forward in tlie same direetion as the others. Next, behind the forelegs you may imagine the chest of the natural calf reversed, sinking some inches below the former and furnished with another pair of legs directed. posteriorally, and the picture is contpleted. This animal had. two hearts connected by blood vessels and two sets of viscera as far as the doub- ling process went, making altogether a fit subject for Barnurces collections, -A villainous atteni-pt to cause in- jury or death to a whole family was perpetrated in Caledonia on Sunday. It seems that in the village there lives a family named Galligan, who all be- came seriously ill after partaking of water drawn from a cistern on the premises. As the water was ttsnally pure, and. the syraptoins pointed. strong- ly to poison, Medical ad.vice was sent for -the recovery of several of those at- tacked being for a time doubtful: At last accounts they were regarded as out of danger. There seems little doubt that poison a a most virulent charac- ter had been put in the watet, and it is said to be the belief of the family and neighbors that an individual who had a grudge at the Galligan boys is the of- fending party. -On the llth inst. the body of a man well known in East Zorra, was found lying Oil the side of the road opposite lot 29, concession 13. The evening be- fore the old men, who peddles roots and. herbs, &c., was Oil his way from. Tavis- tock, and. halting at Mr. Murray's house asked for a night's lodging. Being in a filtby condition and under the influence ofliquor, Mr. Murra.y refused to harbor him, and saw no more of him. till he found him dead next morning. It is supposed that he tunabled into the rand, and being too intoxicated to get up was suffocate*. An inquest was •lield. on Saturday at Tavistock, and a verdict rendered. in .aceordance with the facts. From papers found on his person it ap- peared that the right name of the dead man was George Meyer. -A young iman named W. 3. J. Franks, well known in London, was ar- rested in that oily on Saturday on a charge of fraud. It appears that the accused and three others purchased a fanning' mil right from - an American and travelled around the country dis- posing of these rights. Onhis rounds in Waterloo connty Franks borrowed a team of horse e from an Elmira, hotel - keeper named Hunt, and. after using them for a few Weeks sold. the animals to a farmer. gor some time no trace of the prisoner could be found, but he was finally dieciavered in London and. arrested. for larceny and fraud. He left on Saturday afternoon for Waterloo, in charge elf a constable_ frora that place. cense& does not deny the charge, but a,ys he intended paying for the ani- als, not being able to, return them ithout considee•able trouble. He also says that Ins three other pers lathe fanning mill business are iii4hstody in Goclerich atvaiting examination on vari- ous charges of fraud. -Vennortlitet forecasts the weather f the coming summer: "A rainy eriod and somewhat warmer weather now approaching, but this will again e followed oia the closing days ef pril or beginning of May by another pell of very backward cold and likely wintry weather. I expect snow -falls ill be recorded in many parts during he fore part of May, which will be cold nd. wet throughout. Many think that wing to the extensive snotv-falls of the ast winter we are likely to have a dry nd hot summer season- I conclude he very opposite will be nearer the m- eal state of things. The summer,. at ny rate up to the middle of July, will I re abundance ef ram, and with a tem- erature .below the average.. August, September and October will be the fairest months, but of this portion of the year and the winter following I shall have further remark to make in a bulletin 1 propoSe publishing about mid- summer. The Summer season in Great Britain this year, I tlaink, will corres- pond with that with us, and will, on the whole, be cool and wet, and not 'hot' as predicted by a Scotch meteor- ologist." -Last Saturday morning, at Peter- boro, Andrew Woodward, while adjust- ing a block in the machine in a shingle mill, his arm came in contact with the„ saw and was completely severed a little below the elbow. -On Wednesday night of last week the Wesleyan parsonage at Cobourg 06- cupied by the Rev. C. Fish, was enter- ed by burglars and the whole house ran- sacked. 'There were over a dozen per- sons sleeping in the house, -yet strange So say, no one heard the robbers. It is supposed that chloroform was used, as the whole family felt drowsy and sleepy. the next day, as if they had been drugged. By' the way that -clothing was overhauled and pockets rummaged, it is supposed that the burglars were after money or jewellery, as after bring- ing a lot of things down to the hallthev left them there, only taking away a few articles of the value of about fifty dol- lars. -Between twelve and one o'elockon Friday the barn of Mr. Thomas Bryce, lot No. 29, 1st concession of Hope, just north of Wesleyville, near the townof Port Hope, was set on fire by a small boy aged four or five years, while all' the men belonging to the place were ab- sent. from home, and the building to- gether with one hoc1 a calf, and allthe ..13 mtplements, grain, seed, ckc., was con- sumed. The loss is roughly estiinated. at about 51,100, and the building only was insured for $400. After the build- ing was all ablaze, the boy went over to a neighbor, who lives immediately opposite Mr. Bryce, and told him that he felt cold and. lit the fire in the barn to warm himself. It is supposed that he set a match to a heap of straw. -A few days ago a man named. Kenap, who was in company with one John Bonter at the Carrying Place, at Belleville, showed. some money, which excited Bonter's cupidity, and the lat- ter enticed. Kemp to a lonely place near a creek, where he deraanded Kemps money. Kemp refused, and Bonter beat him severely with a stick., but, re- penting, took his victim to the creek, washed his wounds, and made hita swear that he would not aisolose the name of his assailant, but report that another man committed the assault Kemp was taken home, and is still -con- fined to bed from the effect of his in- juries. Bonter -meanwhiee escaped, Ind was captured, tried. en Friday last st Colborne before jiestiee Cadman, and committed. to Picton jail for Perth Itenas. -The other day, Mr. 3. Molyneaux, of Mitchell, had fifteen. teeth pulled in She space of -about two hours. -Consid- erable grit there,. -Fall wheat, in the vicinity of Monckton, looks well so far, and im- less it is injured by the Spring frost, there is promise of a good -crop. =Some eupposed to have been a wig' eat, got amongst, Joseph Near's flock., at Monckton, last week, killed five lambs, ,and tore another se- verely. -The ice itt the rcii1-pod. at Mit- chell, has gradually dissolved without breaking up, a thing which the oldest settler does not remember ever having occurred before. --Somewhere in the neighborhood of 519,500 -will have to be raised this year in Mitchell for municipal purposes, while the total receipts cannot possibly be more than about $15,500. -As a son of Mr. Alex. Cameron, of the let concession, Blanshard, was drawing a log with a span of horses, he got caught between the log and a stump, the log striking him on the leg and breaking it. ---The deputy postmaster of Mitchell has only been absent -from his ()ace once in thirty-two years, and then. only for one day, while he ran -down to Strat- ford. Although an old man, he was never two hours .sick in his life. -The anxiety for the safety of Mr 3. G. Donald, who disappeared. so sud- denly from St. Mary's some days ago, has been allayed by a letter from him to some of his friends, from which it appears that he is all right and may be expected. back shortly. Walter Thomson left Mitchell on Tuesday of last week, for Chicago and the west. He proposes to remove the machinery of his oatmeal mill, at Seaforth, to the Garden. City or some other central point, as he is unable to do anything in Canada with the tariff as it is at present. -One of the leading business men a Mitchell has bet 520 with another gent- leman that he tvill walk twenty miles a within four hours. The *whole of the money, $40, has been put upand the " walk" is to come off on the driving park as soon as the ground is in order. -About ten days ago, M. George Carruthers, of the first coneession, of Elam, met with an _accident and nar- rowly escaped witb his life. He, with two of his sons, was chopping in the woods, and a small tree which he was cutting down, and in falling lodged 'against another, flying back, struck Iiina and knocked him senseless. He was lifted up by his sons, but remained. un- conscious for several hours. He is since slowly recovering, --On the morning of Wednesday last, Edward. Cox, who has been a settler of Fullerton township since the spring of 1852, departed thin life at the ripe age of 72 years. Dedeased was a man of irreproachable cheratter, a good neigh- bor, and a consistent member of the Church of England. For some months back he enjoyed poor health, but his demise was not looked for so soon. 3Ie was in easy circumstances, his farm, which is eitUatedll. little south of chell, being one of the best fin Fuller- ton. Few men were more respected, and his death is mourned by all who knew laira.