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The Huron Expositor, 1881-12-16, Page 8Xturon txpositor. DISSICT MATTERS. A Goer) WEEK'S WORK. —Wade Bros., at &afore; lest week sold nine organs and one pitano„ mennfactured by ehe Dominion Organ and *lane Company, of Bowmanville, which is now Iba most popialar instrument of the day 732 flJ OR BUCKWHEAT pan cakes i w is the lesson. Fresh ground Buckwheat indite and, abso first class flour, Mount colt) ted granulated oat meal. Just re- ceived *ear Of Western Corn. Corn meal, shop, pass, °ate, a heat siftings for ohicken feed, also bran and aborts-. Ageut for the celebrated Man batten horseAnd cetle feed, aleo Empire horse end cattlef d Chicago linseed meal, oil °aka and teamed. . 8. 80BERTS0N. P. 8. cash paid for firet-clas butter. 782 NEW B aches of Railway lines seem to meet with the approval of the people of this aocurty. No that Seaforth having about secured the building and running of the Credit Valley itailroad o h t ngh their enterprising tow a it alight be as ell to ask why have the business aim been so 3uccessiu1 intlus undertaking? It is because they are largely interested in building up iheir own interests and helping oehers to do the game, and who,you will ask are those? Nearly all cue merchants who do business for themselves dutch sone ate Mr. C. L. Paned, who has the larger; t best steel of Clocks, Jeweley, (Iold and verware of all kinds to be found west of Tor - *Mo. We *baited the huge and commodious *ore occupied by him on Main Sereet, and we yore surprieed to see the display of artielee in his Nom, , of business. Now that he is about rernov- ileg to the store lately oe,csnpied by the D minion Telegraph Company, we would ask all wishiag anything in hie line to call on hien before going elsewhere and we feel assured they will Twelve ills best satiSfaction both as to the quality of the cods sold sn4 to the workmanship of the articles ufactur by ram. 732 BLACK RCCE POULTRY. — MR. JAMES itoMuLLEN, our popular barber, is the happy tiwner of a beeed of hens which he calls "Black Idocks,"but liehich the poultry judges at the re- nt fair denominated "No Breed." Now two of eta hens of this breed, or no breed, has srutoeeded inpiling ayt25 eggs between. the 1st of No - 'mbar, 188O and the 1st of Noeember, labiate strikes us very favorably for a hen with - :Int a pedigree- Mr. AleduLlen has also a pallet 4g the same breed "chiekae on the Ifith of April last, which has already laid 128 eggs since com- esencing businees, and has not once applied for a lOoliday, or showed any signs of "letting up." kr. McMullen essuree us that no speeial diplomas, 00 bronze medals, no cheap chromes, no nothing ka_ fact, more than the usual salary allowed every in hifeereployment, and that the above per-, lormances are nothdag more than the regular eirder of business with this remarkable breed of Inerls. Now if this is true, and we heve the word McMullen, -who la a geutdemau of un- doubted veracqty, for it, these hens just "Ike Over" im other hens in this conatry, no miter to what class they belong, and if Mr. McMullen Would only advertise them for sale in some Amerioan papers at $10 a pair, everybody would think as Innen of them se he himeelf does, or gaihap s more4—Seaforth sun. There is a gentle - not agreItt distance nom here in this same lasinese of "iraleing hens and conntiog their aNgs" who says : I have two hens to which I aenly feed two bushela of cora a year, whioh is at the iate of 21 nieces a day to each then. Now en Idu average th.g gentleman's hen'e eggs weigh tti qamoes per da , and he only feeds them 2i omens Xle.r day each., caving ounce to sustai L the te ft the -fowl. Mr. MeMuden says ha cone! not Asap Ins hens alive on such a small allowance rat alone maks them produce the above stated iipsiount of eggs. Ile is of the opinion that the dashed those would somewhat resemble males tars, "pretty tongh," if ever they could be eaten ah THE- PURLIG Sonooe.—The ia a statement of the average atten- dance in eaph departinent of the Sea - forth Fub1ii School for the month of November, as. shown by the teachers' monthly re rts: Mr. Mental's room, 18; Mr. Ca eron's, 41, Miss Ander- NEWS, 46; Miss Cowan's, 51 ; Miss tilogarth's, ; Miss Shaw's, 52 ; Miss Mabee's, 81, making a total average at- tendance ati the school for the month of IV. The half yearly examinations will be held. on Wednesday and Thurs- day, the 21st and 22ttd inst. THE Lrvi STOCK ASS0CTATIO11.—We nre request to 'state that a meeting elf the Dire tors and others int-ereated in. the }Jaren. Live Stock Assooiation will be heId at Pike's Hotel, in the town of Clinton, on Saturday, Decent - ter 24th,_ at twa o'clock p. m., for the purpone of winding up the bueinese of pra eat Year and making arrange- ments for the future. We are glad to &tarn that atter defraying all expenses sonneoted with the recent sale there *ill still be A email surplus left in the lireasury. Gocet CA*LE. —Mr. David Hill, of Hibbert, detiverecl to Mr. Robert Win- ters• in this !t,own on Wednesday last ihree very fine two year old heifers, for which he reeeived the handsome sum of $46 each.' This is a good price for animals of this age at this Beaton of the year. Mr. Hill thinks that it pays ltetter to sell cattle at that age if they have been well fed, than to keep them they ale a year older. elr. Robt. Charters, of the Mill Road, also deliv- tired to M. Winters six head, for -which he received< $315. These were all two year olds except one cow, which had raised tWo calves this season. They were all for the Montreal market. NEARLY A SERIOUS eACCIDRIIT.,—Mr. John D. Sills„ book keeper at Messrs. Broadfoot & Box's Furniture Faotory had a narrow- escape from a very seri - ns acoident on Saturday evening last. tie was pasing through the second titorey of th factory, and, as it was dark, he di not observe a trap door Which was i front of him and he *make(' into t and fell with full force to the floor be ow, a distance of abont twelvefeet. His hip and back were 'bruised and he was otherwise badly ..ailialten up, b t, fortunately, he reoeived 0o further injunee, and although yet prettystiff and sore is able to be around -again. ANOTHER IMPLEMENT Etrao8aum. — Mr. B. Newe0, who has been employed with the Maawell Manufacturing Com- pany for several years as their agent, .and who is Well known to most of the farraers in the southern. part of this nay, has been engaged_ by the Globe Agriou]:tural Works of London, and ili hereafter act as agent for that nstablisienten . -He has leased the old Firemen's Hailin this town, and after the first of J nuary next he will have a frill steak of agricultural implements in his new premises. Mr. Newell will. tereatter, m ke his headquarters at IN Leese_ ome years ago, while im- provements were being made in Goder- ieh Harbor, some damage' was done to the property of Mr. Saanuel Platt, of that town. Mi. Platt put in a claim for damages. A Couple of weeks ago he Dominion A.rbitrators held a court Goderich and examined a large num- ber of witnesses with the, viewof ascer faining to whet amount the property of Mr. Platt had beendamaged. We now learn that the arbitrators have awarded M. Platt the handsome sum of ,000- We know nothing of the stness of the award, but we do con- atulate our eld friend on his good luck,. e is aii. enterprising oitizen and a genial, whole-souled good fellow, and although he is a Tory of the strongest stripe, we do not know of many who are more deserving of such a windfall. That he may long live to enjoy his for- tune will be the wish of every person who knows him. TOWN COUNCIL. — At the Council meeting on Tnesclay evening last, the Mayor was instructed to co-operate with the Mayor of Galt and other towns for the purpose of endeavoring to induce the Government to amend the law respecting the appoint- ment and salaries of Police Magis- trates. The Constable was instruoted to collect in hill &1I street watering taxes and make returns before next meeting of -Council. The following re- turning officers and polling places were appointed, viz.: East Ward, R. N. Brett's store, S. Stark, Deputy Return- ing Officer; North Ward, Edward Cash, Deputy, at his store; South Ward, Wm. Elliott, at the Town Hall. After passing a number of accounts the Council adjeurned to meet again at the call of the Mayor. ANNP7ERSARY SERTICES.—The anni- versary services in connection with the Presbyterian Church. in this town were held on Sunday last. The Rev. Mango Fraser, of St. Thomas, conduct- ed the services both morning and evening. Mr. Fraser, is an able, elo- quent and exceedingly versatile preach- er, and possesses the faculty of pleasing and edifying his audience. On this oc- casion he fully sustained the good repu- tation he has so worthily earned, as the large congregations whioh assem- bled to listen to him fully testified. Ia the morning the church' was comfort- ably filled, but in the evening it was absolutely packed, there being scarcely a foot of available space even in the aisles left unoccupied. Theremnst have been at least 1,000 people present. On the following Monday evening the an- nual tea meeting was held. The weath- er was anything but favorable. There. was a continuous down pour of ramn. during the day and the roads were in a shooleingly bad condition, while the night . was dark and still very wet. Notwithetanding these serious draw- backs, the meeting was the most suc- cessful in every respect that has been held since the opening of the church. The attendance was so unexpectedly large that it was feared there would not be sufficient provisions to supply all the tables, but thanks to the prover- bial generosity of the ladies of the congregattion there was ample and to spare. Everything passed off pleasantly and all seerned satisfied. At the ap- pointed hour Rev. Mr. McDonald took the chair, and after a few preliminary remarks, made in his usual happy way, introduced the several speakers. Ad- dresses were delivered by the Reyes. Messrs. Scott, of Cromarty; Turnbull, of Goclerioh, and Fraser,of St. Thome& They were all good. In fact we do not reraember of having attended a tea - meeting at which better or more suit- able addresses were made. They were amusing, instructive, entertaining, and not long enough to be wearisome, and there was just about the proper num- ber of speakers. The music also was fully up to the mark. On the whole, we fancy that every one peesent felt well repaid for having ventured out on so stormy and disagreeable an evening. The proceedings were brought to a close a little after ten o'clock by votes of thanks to the Speakers, the Ladies and the Choir, and by the pronouncing of the benediction. The Sabbath col- lection amounted to 695 and the tea nteeting proceeds to $122, making in all about $217 realized by the anniversary services. Lome BRIEFS.—St. Thomas' Churoh Sabbath School anniversary will be held on the evening of Friday, Decem- ber 23rd.—The average attendance at the Public School for the month of November was 370, being larger than for any similar period since the open- ing of the High School.—Mr. John If Broadfoot arrived home from Manitoba on Friday last. He did a good stroke of business in the Northwest, and in- tends shipping a lot of furniture there at once, and will increase his faoilities so as to enable him to supply the de- mand.—It is stated that Mr. James Hayes will oppose Mr. Wm. Grieve for the Reeveship of McKillop. They will make a strong contest.—The at- tendance at Mr. Hill's lecture on Friday evening last was shame- fully small. Indeed, it would seem that any entertainment gotten up in the interests of the Mechanics' Insti- tute, no matter what its merits, is deetined to be a failure in point of at- tendance. The lecture, however, was good and was well worthy of a much Jarger audience. The chair was occu- pied by Mr. Thomas Kidd, Vioe- President of the Institute, and at the close of the lecture he disposed of the cartoons by.anation, and, considering the small audience, they sold readily and realized good prices.—Mr. Duncan MoBeath, a for- mer resident of Seaforth, writing from Victoria, British Columbia, under date of November 2tst, says: "The weather here is lovely.; it is just like summer." Contrast this with forty degrees below Zero. Mr. McIteath's many old friends here will be glad to learn that he is prospering in the Pacific Province.—It affords us much. pleasure to notice that Mr. James R. Aitchison, formerly of Tam EXPOSITOR office, has now assumed sole control end proprietorship of the Paisley Advocate. He gets out an in- teresting, newsy local paper, and so long'Ite he continues to do so he will 8'00N:ed.—Dn. Illionday and Tuesday last aver $1600 were paid to the Town Treasurer in taxes. There has already been about $7,000 paid in thus far, leaving about 82.500 still to collect. The discount business has worked well, as therenever was so large an amount paid ie before at this season of the year.—The nomination for school trus- tees takes place on the last Wednesday of December. There will likely be great excitement. The retiring trus- tees are Dr. Coleman and Messrs. Lumuclen and McLean.—Messrs. Wade Brothers, musioal instrument dealers of this town, last week disposed of nine organs and one piano. This looks like business.—Mr. James McGuffie, who has been a- resident of this town for several years, intends going with the crowd to Manitoba.— Mr. Derbyrhire, dentist, has purchased a, business in Mitohell, and will practise his profes- sion in that town hereafter.—A number of school reports and other items of in- terest are left over until next week.— THE HURON "EXPOSI rOR. As will be seen by notioe elsewhere there will be a grand bazaar and draw- ing for prizes in aid of St. James' Catholic Church, in Cardno's Hall, commencing on Tuesday, the 27th inst. and terminating on Friday, the jOth. We understand that there are isferal valnable . prizes and a great array of -fancy and other articles to be disposed of, and we have no doubt 'bat the affair will be eiatirely succiessful.—A man named Castleman, who had been around town for several days cleaning chimneys, was committed to Goderich gaol on Tnesday last to await trial on a charge of stealing. While employed cleaning the chimneys at the Mansion Hotel and at the residence of Mr. John Dorsey, he purloined several artioles. The stolen property was afterwards found in his possession. He had ;a trunk full of articles which it is imp - posed, had been stolen from other places.—We would again remind thor interested of the dancing assembly in Caxdno's Hall this (Friday) evening, whioh is the rst of the winter Haricot No effort has Ibsen spared. to make this one eminently sucoessful, and all who attend will, no doubt, spend a very pleasant evening. Musk will be fur- ' nished by a select bead from Strat- ford, comprising three pieces :. the piano, cornet and violin. --We would like to offer premiums to all those who do not "intend going to Manitoba in the spring." There would not be many to give.—It is an old adage, that when things come to the worst they will mend. We hope this will apply to our roads a the present time. They can not po _sibly be much worse than thq.ar now.—That most useful of all priblica tions, the Canadian Alinanao, islagai to hand for 1882, forcibly reminding on that another year of life is nearly past Mr. C. W. Papst has them in stook. There is now a mail made up at th Seaforth post office for Clinton to g by the 9 p. m. train, and a mailfront there is received here by the morning train.—A literary entertainment under the auspices of the Young People'S Union will be held in the Methodist Church on Monday evening next, the 19th inst., when all are invited to be present. . McKirlop. LITERARY SOCIETY Mamma. — The meeting held in No. 4 school house on, Friday evening last was well attended. The Hubject, "Resolved that the Exe- cution of Charles I. was Justifiable," Was warmly and well dieoussed, and. the audience seemed to be much inter- ested and pleased. The decisloia was given in favor of the affirmative. The next meeting will be held,on the, eveu- ing of Friday, December 23rd, and will consist of reaclingstreeitatione and music. The efforts of the societal will be directed to making 1each suco ding entertainment more interesting ad in- structive than its predecesson`'s that they may prove a benefit and a leas- ure to those who come to hear as well as thmie who take part in them. ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last Peter Dickson, son 4f Mr. Charles Dickson, of the 5th conc ssion of MoKillop, met with a severe accident. He was chop- ping a tree which had turned over from, the root, and. was standing on the butt, of it. Just as he got it cut throulgh he, felt it spring, and stuck the axe in the log beside him. He had scarcely done this when he was thrown upwards with II great force, and on coming down fell on his back in a pool of water. The axe, which had also been thrown upvtards, fell on him and the blade struck hint on the face, grazing his nose and cettiug his upper lip clear through and Elevat- ing two of his teeth. It is almost kr miracle that he was not killed. The wound is a very severe and painful one, but under skilful medical care he is gettingadong as well as could be et- pected.• Blyth. LOCAL, BRIEFS.—The fat cattle and poultry show came off last Wednesday, and was a marked success in every re- speot, the poultry especially being an exceptionally fine exhibit.— The tax collector is on the war path.—Why can't we have a Town Hall It would make things much more lively, besides being a decided step for the better.—At a meeting of the School Board on Tues- day evening last, complaints lodged by parents against one of tbe teacherfor suspension of vulgar scholars, were thrown out, and the teachers oono rued therein rightly justified in their a4tion. —An entertainment in connection with the Presbyterian Sabbath School will be held this (Friday) evening in the basement. A good programme has, under the efficient management of Mr. Henderson and Mr. Weatherstone, been arranged, which alone bespeaks its real worth.—The anniversary services of St. Andrews' Presbyterian Church' will be held on the second Sabbath in Jan- uary, when Principal Cavan, of Knox College, Toronto, has been secured to conduot the service; also, on th fol- lowing Monday evening, the annu Rea meeting will develop itself, at hioh the above reverend gentlemau, tog ther with a hoet of others, will delive ad- dresses. Morris. . LOCALITIES. —Mr. T. Forbes, of 1 the 3rd concession, has rented Mr. T. ax - well's farm of 100 acres for a terrii of five years, for $150 a year. 'Mr. Forbes intends removing on the said farm iezt spring.—Mr. J. Little, of the 2nd con- cession, has sold his farm of 25 acrs to Mr. Mathews, an adjoining neig bor, for a sum in the neighborhoo4t of $1,000. Mr. Little purpose's rem ving to Manitoba ' in the spring.—We are glad to see Rev. W. Weatherill who has been ill with interrditting levet for several months, around again and taking his work as usual. Mr. Weath- erill preached at Ebenezer last 0. ENab- bath to a large audience of interested' hearers.—The friends in conn tion with the Primitive Methodist Chu eh, Wingham, purpose holding their an- nual tea meeting on the 26th inst., A number of reverend gentlemen are ex- pected to be present. All are kindly invited. A good time is expected. • Howick. SCHOOL EXAMINATION.—The OXIIM/Da- tion held in School Section No. Howbeit, ou the 9th inst., was a c plete success. The like has n occurred outside the cities. T were about one hundred spectators Sides the pupils. The school house filled, and the way in which the pu aoquitted themselves in their sev classes reflects great credit on t Lae ver ere bet ial: raj. etc 1 teacher, Mr. W. H. Stewart. The crowd that was there showed the in- terest that the parents have in their children's education. The ladies of the section showed their kindness to the teachers by protiding suoh an over- flow of provisions, Which were served at noon to cheer them op for the after- noons programme. They deserved credit. The examiners were Mr. Robt. Harkness, Mr. M. Young, Mr. Asa Moir and Miss Agnes Harkne s, and they Were all well satisfied with the way in which the pupils answered the questions &eked them by the examin- ers. The questions given to the fifth class arithmetic, and the ready answers, showed that Mr. Stewart is a very efficient teacher. After the classes word all over, speeches were made by • theexaminers, and the day closed with a very fine dialogue entitled "Pat's Letter." The trustees of School Sec- tion No. 1 should be congratulated on their good sense in again engaging Mr. W. Er. Stewart for the incoming year, and I think that. by this time next year the schoel will be second to none in the county.—A VISITOR. Hay. COITROIL AtERTING. —At the last meeta ing of the Hay Township Commit it: was nloved by Mr. Moritz, secondedby Mr. Heyrock, that the sum of $4.50 be paid the Grand River Mutual Fire surname Company, being amount of assessment on premium note for in- surance on Town Hall—Carried. A number of_acoounts were passed and ordered to be paid, when it was moved by Mr. Rennie, seconded by Mr. Moritz, that the following Deputy. Re- turning Officers be appointed to con- duct the municipal eleations for 1882, ,viz.: Polling sub -division No. 1, James Bonthron • IsTo. 2, Alex. McLaren ,No. 4, Chas. "Wilson, No. 5a.tToha Schnell; No. 6, Reinhard Cook—Carried. The Council adjourned to meet on Friday, December '30th. East Wawanosh. GOOD WORK.—Messrs. Martin and Adair, well known threshers of tiliB township, a few days ago threshed on the farm of Mr. Wm. Webster, five bushels of ()laver seed in the remark- ably short time of thirty minutes. This is the fastest threshing we have heard of yet, and if any other machine in the township can do better we would like to hear of it.—Com Winthrop. TEMPERANCE MEETtNas.—The Win- throp Good Templars will hold the first of a series of open meetings in their hall, on Friday evening, Decem- ber the 23rd, commencing at half Ipast seven o'clock. The public are respect- fully invited to attend. These meet- ings will be conducted in a similar manner to their private meetings, and will give those who are not conversant with the Order an idea of how .they spend their evenings while in session. Varna. LOCALITIES. — The following geatle- meti, formerly of Stanley, have returned - from Manitoba to spend the winter in the genial cliroate of Ontario, viz.: Messrs. Wm. Evitt, Stephen Willis and John Elliott. —Mr. Henry Lyon, for- merly of Varna, but now a resident of Fargo, Dakota, is on a visit to friends in this section, and is looking hale and hearty.—Lovers of sport should not forget the shooting match at W. Cook's Hotel, Varea, on Tuesday, the 20th inst. TEMPERANCE LECTURE.—On Wednes- day evening, the 14th inst., Mrs. Yeo- mans delivered a very excellent tem- perance lecture in the Methodist Epis- copal Church here. Mrs. Yeomans handled her subject in a very masterly manner. The chair was oocueied by Mr. Erraat, of Varna, a man of over 70 years' experience in temperance work. The Meeting was enlivened with music by the Misses Diehl. Varna is gener- ally zroted for its orderly meetings, but this one proved an exceptton to the general rule, on account of a knight of St. Crispin and pal, who were slightly under the influence of John Barley- corn, and who behaved themselves in a very unseemly manner, interrupting the speaker several times; but upon their withdrawal the interruptions ceased, and the esteemed lady con- cluded her lecture with the best of order. After the usual votes of thanks, the meeting dispersed, all well pleased with the evening's entertainment. Belgrave. ORGAN CONTEST. —An organ contest took place in Trinity Church, Belgrave, last Friday evening. four 'dealers being present, thus making the competition very keen. After the committee had received the price and judged of the quality of each instrutnent, they pur- chased from Wade Brothersiof See.forth. Kin.burn. OUR CHRRSE FACTORY. — Our cheese factory here hae done a splendid busi- ness daring the post season, and the op- erations will, we believe, prove profit- able to the shareholders and patrons. A meeting of the idirectors and share- holders will be held at Brownlee's Ho- tel, Kinburn, on Wednesday next at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of ap- pointing new directors, &o., and a meet- ing of the patrons will be held on the , same day at one o'clock p. m., for the ' purpose of winding up the lowliness of the past season and making arrange - Intents for next. Walton. SHOT IN Musxoxa.—About two months ago Mr. David &others, who resides near this place, and his son Robert, a lad about 16 years of age, Went to Muskoka to do some work on their farm there, preparatory to re - Moving the other members of the family. The farm is situated about ten (iilee book from Rosseau. Ou Wed - of last week Mrs. &others re- ived a telegram from her husband, ',ging her the sad intelligence that -heir son Robert had been shot -and villed. How the sad acoident occurred s not yet known, as up to the time of riting no feather particulars have leen received. THE Lrrznaar SOCIRTY.—The Wal- la Literary Society was re organized lt Friday evening, on which oc- casion the first meeting was held, when readings were given by D. Johnston, J. 1;2u1ger and K. McKenzie, and songs a d recitations by G. Morrison. There aa a good turn out, and the best of oder prevailed. Every alternate Fri- day evening is to be devoted to readings recitations and dialogues. It is expect- ed the boys 'will keep good order and go home quietly and respeotably. The subject for debate this evening is: "Resolved that the Sword has done moreo Civilize the World than the Pen." Leader on the affirmative, D. Johnstoe, assisted by G. Morrison, W. '131achford and D. Robinson; the nega- tive will be teal by K. McKenzie, as- sisted by J. Bulger, Archie Hislop and A. Morrison. Brussels. FOR MANITOBA.—Messrs. J. R. and J. E. Smith left for Manitoba on Mon da last CHRISTMAS FAIII.—The regular an nual Christmas Poultry Fair is to held on Wednesday, December 21st, 1481. PROPERTY CHANGE.—On Monday las C. R. Cooper, land agent, sold by pri evate sale for J. W. Scott, of Listowel lot No. 30, concession 15, Grey, to Mr Francis De Wolf, of Morris. ALL GOING TO STAND.—The presen _ Council, it is understood, will all ran for re-election for next year, and ar to be opposed by Messrs. P. Thomson W. R. Wilson and John Halliday. - A Hazinsehm PRESENT. —On Monday evening last the members of the E pis \copal Methodist Church 'presented Miss Wynn, daughter of Mr. John Wynn with a very handsome gold watoh and chain as a token of her services as organist of their church. MARRETS.—Fall wheat $1.27 to 31.28, spring wheat $1.27 to $1.30, peas 72c to '150, oats 36o to 37c, barley 70c to 80c, 'pork $7.25 to $7.45, potatoes 511c, hay $14, butter 16c to 18c, ego 18c, hides '$7 td. $7.50, pelts 75c to $1.25. On ao count of bad roads for the past few days there was not much done on the market, to carry on such a, -business, I had to run a pretty big beak account at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Seaforth. -In doing this I got Mr. Nesbitt and some other neighbors to endorse for me, as the bank refused to take my Manitoba, notes 48 security at that time. About the 20th of May last the manager, Mr. Ireland, refused to renew my notes with Nesbitt's name on, and said that he would not take him as security for a dollar, stating as his reason that Mr. Nesbitt had plenty of paper there of his Own without being on any11r me. The result of this was that had to hand over to the bank . Manitoba farmers' notesbacked by other Beautity to replace all Nesbitt's endoreations, and I furthermore say that Nesbitt was not endorser of any other paper or involved in any other t way for me at that time or at any time , since, except one note . in Brussels for , about $190. But, unfortunately for me, I , was endorser for Mr. Nesbitt at that time for over $900; this amount he has since t reduced about $100, which leaves me over $800 to pay for Mr. Nesbitt, and, e to keep Mr. Nesbitt from being dis- tressed and myself from being sued on on his account, I handed over to the bank in June last $650 in farmers' notes, to be osed as collateral security, Nesbitt telling me that he had motley , coming from his father-in-law in Aug- ust to release said notes. These notes are now being collected by the bank to pay Nesbitt's debts In conclu- sion, I beg leave to state that I do not wish to say any- thing disrespectful against Mr. Baugh or any of his congregation, for I think Mr. Baugh is a ve7 fine man, and his oongregation are 1l good neighbors of mine, bnt I do say that before circulat- ing such a report and thereby injuring the business reputation of a man who has jived among them so nattily years, and always at least tried to deal fairly with them, that they should have some- thing better to rely upon than the word of a man like Wm. Nesbitt, for he was, and can be proved, to te one of the most notorious falsifiers in this part of the country. If any mitn should doubt the truth of my statements let him come forward, and I am prepared to give him full and ample proof of the same, and shall be happy to do so at any time. CHARLES Davis, Leadbury. HOTEL PURCHASED .-111r. Joseph ,Fletcher, of Walkerton, has purchased 'McKinney Brothers' lease of the Ameri- can Hotel. The lease has five years to run. Mr. Fletcher took possession on the 14th. He comes well recommended as a good and efficient hotel keeper, and has been twelve years in the busi- 11E1103. OBITUARY. — Maggie Scott, wife of Mr. John T. Waddell, of Kingston, and eldest daughter of Mr. Donald Scott, of Brussels, departed this life on Thurs- day, 8th inst. Several months ago her health began to decline, a gradual emaciation followed, and as time passed on her tenure of life grew feebler. The hopes of her friends rose and fell only to be at last doomed to the bitterest disappointment. When -the writer first saw Mrs: Waddell, a number of years ago, she was the very ,picture of per- fect health and beauty. She was a woman of fine personal appearance, graceful manners and 'natural nobility of mind. Her friendship was of the strongest and truest, unchanging in evil or good report. She had been married a little more than three years,' and had not yet reached her. twenty- second -year, whel the relentless reaper whose name is de th removed her from the midst of loving friends and an affec- tionate kindred, and she now sleepis in the Brussels Cemetery, not many miles from the place that gave her birth. Few have died so sincerely and profoundly lamented by all who knew them best as did the subject of this brief notice.—A. M. D. Sunshine. PROPERTY CHANGES.—Mr. Patrick McCasey, Sr. Sunshine, has purchased the south ten acres of the John McKay farm, Belgrave, being North half of lot No. 1, concession 5, township of Morris,. for the sum of 8370.—Mr. Geo. Kirby, Sunshine, has sold his form of 100 acres, to • Mr. Isaac Rogerson for the sum of $3,500, cash, and Mr. Kirby has purehased the farna of Mr. Lewis McDonald, Walton, for the sum of $3,300, cash. Wit consider that he b,as made a very good deal. NEW ENGINE.— M r. Isaac Rogerson, Sunshine, has purchased a new thirty- five horse power engine for his saw mill and disposed of his old one. When he gets this new engine running, it will make things liiely. Hensall. LOCALITIES.—Trade is quiet here the roads being almost impassable.— The Rev. T. W. Magahy, of Lucan, conduct- ed the services in St. Paul'Church last Sabbath.—Mr. Wm. Wilson, Wil- low Hall, is Visiting friends at Ottawa. —Captain G. McMorran, of Chicago, is here visiting friends.—The Rev. H. E. Hill, of this place, is away at present attending missionary meetings.—Poul- try is now beiug brought to market in large quantities. Chiselhurst. THE VICINITY.—Mr. James , Parish is moving his frame - house into Chisel- hurst.—The roads are in a terrible con- dition,—almost impassable. ---In last week's issue of the Exaosrroa it appear- ed that Mr. Hollis, of Seaforth, would perform at the entertainment on Fri- day, the 16th inst. Since then we learn that Mr. Hollis will not be in atten- dance.—Mr. D. Stewart has returned from a trip through the Prairie Prov- ince. He reports very cold weather, the men on the Pacific Railroad only being able to stand the storm half a day at a time. He rather thinks he will not go back, the adage "Go West, young man; -go West," to the contrary. A False Rumor Set Right. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. DEAR Sea :—By inserting the follow- ing you will greatly oblige the under- signed: About two months ago Mr. Wm. Nesbitt, of McKillop, sold his property on the sly, pocketed the money, and stole away in the eight, leaving three of his neighbors, namely, Jacob Stewart, John Driscoll and my- self, to pay bank and sale notes for him to the amount of seventeen or eighteen hundred dollars. Now this Mr. Nes- bitt was one of the leading members of the Walton Methodist Church, and to gloss over the sins of this most worthy brother some of the members, and I have good authority for saying that the minister had a hand in it too, thought fit to circulate a report to the effect that Mr. Nesbitt, "poor fellow," had to leave the country on account of being so involved by endorsing notes in the Bank, eat., for me. Now, Mr. Editor, what are the facts of the case I will endeavor to state them here: Last year I was engaged in buying and ship- ping horses to Manitoba, and, as is the custom there, 1 sold them mostly on • DECEMBER '16, 1 • • • OAK HALL! SEAFORTH. GREAT CLEARING 'SALE --OF OUR— IMMENSE STOOK —OF— Ready-made Clothing CONSIRTING OF Men's, Youths' and Boys' &t8, Men's' Youths' csnd Boys' Overcoats, Men's, Youth,s' and Bo s' Ulsters, ALSO A LOT OF FUR and CLOTH CAPS at Leas than HALF PRICE. The Stook is large, and we are bound te effect a clearance of these Goods THIS MONTH. Prices will be found Huron Notes. right Messrs. Taylor & Heal, of Wing ham, are making arrangements to open generai store in Belgrave. —Mr George Shipley, of Blyth, ha dispneed of his baking business in tha village tit tin A. Taylor. —Mr: -P. MoCasey has bought ten acres of land from Mr. C. Hamilton *adjoining the village of Belgrave, for the sum of $370. —Navigation was finally closed at Goderich. and the harbor lights were extinguished for this season on Thurs- day of last, week. --We regret to learn that Mrs. John Broadfoot, ',formerly of Morris, but now of Kansas, is very ill, and doubts are entertained of her recovery. —It is expected that the annual Christmas butter and poultry show will be held in Brussels on Wednesday, December 21st. —Mr. Wm. Hall and family, of the township of Grey, left for Portage Is Prairie on Monday last. Mr. Hall took a car load of cattle and horses with him. —Mr. Preston sold his farm '` on the 9th concession of Howick the other day to Mr. Rennie, from Aberdeen- shire, Sootlaud, who will take poases- aion at once, —Mr. Patrick Lynn, late of Morris, iecently purchased the dwelling house in St. George's Crescent, Goderioh, owned by Mr. E.R. Watson, for the sum of $1,860, in cash and property ex- change. 4 — A-Cnristmas show of fat beef, &o.; will be held in the market house, God- erich. on Thursday, 22nd of December. Liberal prizes will be offered, and every endeavor will be made to make the show a success. — Mr. H. H. Smith, merchant tailor, Goderioh.who has been in Winnipeg for some months, and who has opened out a olothing store in that city, has returned to wind up his G-oderich business, and will remove to Winnipeg permanently. —The friends of, R. Hill, son of Mr. John Hill. of Grey, who has been head master of Beamsville Publio School for the past three years, will be pleased to learn that he has been appointed to the position of Principal of Haldimand Model School, Caledonia. —One day laet week,as P. McNeil, of the 14th concession of 'Grey, Was stab- ling his cattle. one of them by same means trampled on his ankle and. sprained it in such a Manner as to lay him up for a few days.—On Monday evening of last week some person entered the yard of Mr. J. Tom. in Ushorne. and appropriated to themselves a number of artioles which were hanging on the clothes line. The clothes line of Mr. C. Kydd was also visited and a shirt taken therefrom. —At the last meeting of the Wing - ham ToVen °outwit a letter was read from Mr. Mackenzie Bowell, Ottawa, in reference to Port of Entry, stating that the appointment of an out -port at Clin- ton can in no way affect. Wingham. The letter was filed. —Many of our readers will hear with regret of the death of Mrs. John F. Waddell, eldest daughter of Mr. Donald Scott. License Inspector for East Huron. The deceased was a vic- tim of consumption. She died at her father's residenoe in Brussels on Thurs- . da—yeven evening gochange b f olhasatnweet Anotabletaken plane in the arrival and departure of mails from Gorrie post office. Hereafter the eastern hound mail will go on th n 3.39 p. m. train, instead of at 7 a. in., As hereto- fore, and the mails from the east will • - s I t arrive at 1.17 p. m., instead of 3.40 p. m., as formerly. —Mr. W. J. McCutcheon, formerly of Clinton and Wingham, leased. en ho- tel building in Winnipeg some few months ago at an annual rental of $2,500 for five years. Before he fur- nished or opened the building he was offered $10,000 in cash for his lease. He refused the offer, and is now run- ning the hotel at fall blast. —The following Reeves and Deputy Reeves say they do not intend being candidates for their old positions at the forthcoming municipal elections, and at the last meeting of the County Council bid their old comrades an affectionate farewell, viz.: Mr. L. Hardy, Exeter; Messrs Chidley and Shepherd, (lin. credit, and not having sufficient capital ton; Mr. Webeter, Ashfield ; Mr. - OAK HALL CLOTHINC *ESTABLISH- MENT. A. G. McDOUGALL & CO., Main Street, Seaforth. Garit. nBte, 117 westinWghaanl; wanom.shri;BMIarck, .TTayntrot M East Wawatiosh ; Mr. Clegg, Blyth; berry, and Mr. Hayes, McKillop. These, with others who may want to get back but can't, will make a consid- erable change in the personnel of the County Council for 1882. —The Orangemeu of Orange Hill, in the township of Howick, intend holding a soiree in their new hall on Wednes- day evening, December 28th. This body of men have been at considerable expense in building and fitting up their neat little hall, and are deserving of, and will no doubt get a liberal patron- age. at their entertainment. —At the last pay day of the Bluevale Cheese Factory, upwards of $7,000 were paid out. During the past season there were 2,002,642 pounds of milk de- livered at the factory, from which 196,- 2t4 pounds of cheese were made. Mr. Townson, the manager, has been re- engaged for next season at a salary of $700. —At a meeting of Blyth Loyal Orange Lodge No. 963, held on December -5th, the followirg officere were elected, viz.: W. M.. Brother Wm. Laidlaw; D. M., Brother Wm. Ellis, Chap., Brother Geo. Dickson; Secretary, Brother John McMillan; Treasurer, Brother John McGill; D. of C., Brother Wm. Mc- Gill ; Com., Jas. Gibeon, N. Malloy, J. R. Stewart, Robert Howard, P. Taylor. Athe December meeting of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1052, Nile, township of Colborne, the following officers were re-eleoted for next year,. viz.: R. Mc - Dwain., W. M.; W. Morrow, D. M.; J. Pentland, Chaplain; T. J. Polley, Secretary ; B. G. Pentland, Treasurer; D. Johnston, L. P. M.; H. Finnigan, 1st Com. Man.; S. Pentland, 2nd Com. Man.; W. Ryan, 3rd Com. Man.; P. Cantelon, 4th Com. Man.; J. Carter, 5th Com. Man. —Another of the first settlers of Howick has passed away in the person of Mr. Wm. McLaughlin, whose death occurred at his residence on the 2ad concession of Howiek, on the 6th inst., at the Age of 67 years. Mr. McLaugh- lin was highly respected by the whole oommimity, his genial disposition and kindness of heart enabling hina to win and retain the respect and eeteem of the whole neighborhood during nearly a quarter of a century. —At the 'annual meeting of Exeter Loyal Orange Lodge No. 924, held on Friday evening last, the following offi- c.ers were elected for the ensuing year: W. M., Brother John Spackman; W. D. M., Brother John Bell; Secretary, Brother Jan Acheson; Treasurer, Brother H. Lambrook ; Chaplain. Brother John White. Committee— Brother L. Hardy, Brother J. Gill, Brother W. Stewart, Brother E. J. Woawlrai. onnd; of 0., Brother N. J. • H — The Hudson Bay Company have commenced selling lots on Broadway east. Winnipeg. Two lots on the southeast corner of Main street and Broadway were sold at $300 per foot. — While the Rev. Mr. Buell& was making his way to Nelsonville a few days ago he missed the road and took a trail leading to the woods of 6-11, where he put in a very miserable night, as having no matches with him to light a fire, he had to rough it in the cold un- til morning. —Building is still booming in Nel- .,sonville in the most, modern , style. The latest is a portal:de bouse betilt by one of the citizens a few days Ago, and on the followins night some nauglittY boys shouldered it and carried it into a neighboring bluff, concealing it for a time from its owner, causing consider- able trouble and vexation on the partof those interested. • FIFTE 'WHOLE inaMenS ANO AT WM. 'GREAT C SE The Public are This Stock Bej These are all faction; and t figares. The Stock is, in all the Fa suits. A large the newest thei PERSIAN Gloves of al ilea in eudless WM. 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