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Xk_ regret WS neW Verittre.
fa to be a gala day hem
ive preparations are hei
e the celebration & au
SUiuement f ail kinds
, for which handeome petaea
vele, and already be. ball
ese matches have be arum
a
a
etaasa—It is with regret that
to record the serious illness of *
Eaamlea. He has been aft
ob
rheuniatic fever, atid now is
from an attack of typhoid fever.
laturday it a son of air. Et
go, had one of hi a fingers takea
in a crating box.—Revds. Ildeeeret
, of Brussels, and McCrae, fateeee,
k, exchanged pulpits on Sundays
Rosa preached an excellent ternaous
ag for the basis of his discourse tale
Joy of Rtala and Naomi. Rev. late
,lts also delivered an excellent
e in the Methodist Church. jj
Slites say that Mr. Cozens goes ite,
Etreme, the oppoeite of the prapatei
ost ministers, viz.: that of cut
erraous too short.—Mr. 0.11e
re happy to state, iS maw
hie recent illuess.—Our raerobae
may just now gathering hen-frui&,.
tereating event is to take place a
t distance from the village on
rsday, or else report is incorrect
ad of remarking on the weather
friends ask each other "Did you
bid." Nothing preventing, meta
EXPOSITOR Will OORtaiI1 a fUll se..
of the proceedings.
Professor Gregg, of Knox Colleges
tato, is writing a history of Presby.
atom in. Canada. The work wilt
st of two octavo volumes of about
ages each. The first volume ealla
eady for the press by next 00.
FACTS,
IVWFAUL
fferuig GOOD PRINTS —fast
t—at 100 per yard. See them at
McFAUL'S
P CASH DRY GOODS STORE,
E M FAUL
Bring WHITE and GREY COT.
3 at mill prices. Examine for
elves, and see that the prioss are
at
MeFAU VS
aP CASH DRY GOODS STO
E McFAUL
ming STRIPED and C14F,CIallp
CON SIIIRTINGS as low as les
rara. These are splendid. goodt
e money. To be had at
MeFAUES
kP CASH DRY GOODS TORE
E McFAUL
owing a large stock of TABLE
2.iS, TOWELS. NAPKINS, &e.t
ces to snit the times. Splendid,
Ito be had at
McFATTES
CASH DRY GOODS STORE. -
E. McFAUL
[bag a splendid BLACK SILK for
at el per yard!.It speaks. fat
FLOOR examination at
McFAUL'S
CASH DRY GOODS STORNe
McFAUL.
wing some new lines of mmars
St also Silks. etc., for Dolman&
cities, may advertise their nit*
t
but we have them right inialvit
McFAUES
CASH DRY GOODS SIVE&
nteries, Loops, Frogs, Orrgie
Ment8-2 de., fir t1z4
and Mantle Audnig
DEPARTMENT.
US1NESS IS, BOONRNO
ettAT THE—
LACE !SHOW ROOM
Fresh goods arriving. trr
can styles being opened ap. DV*
Parasols and Stuishades at &Os
•A call solicited.
E McFAUL,
CASH DRY COON M
SEAFORTH, ONT.
'SIXTEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 805.
SEAFOR
H, FRIDAY, MAY 11 1883. (WITH SUPPLEMENT.
MoLIEAN BROS., Publishers.
01,50 a Year, in Aci.v-ealaet
A Scotchman's Opinion. of
California.
SAN FRANCISCO, March es, 1
ale. OB,—SIR: When I left Dam-
friesshire I had to promise many of my
forraer friends and °there that I would
wise after twelve months sojourn in
this far off country. Now, having left
so many anxious to her from me, it
would be a very laborious task to write
to all individually. Most of them, I
know, are readers of your paper, and
if you think it proper to publish this
letter, you would confer a great favour
oe many of your readers, and also
earn the profound gratitude of the
writer. I will now approach my seb-
jeot and begin with our learners, some
of whom are ver Y large landholders
and raise large crops, of wheat. SOM8
oldie patches are no large that when they
eontmence to plough around them, it
takes the ploughman five hours to re-
tinal to the place from where be start-
ed. All large farms have wheat
sowing -machines, and do the work to
perfection, but the ploughing is only
for Scotchmen to laugh at. FTOM the
time grain is pat into the ground and
until reaped and sacked, the farmer has
natioli troubke with wild. game, such as
geese, duck& and other grain pests.
The system of harvesting 18 very un-
like ours at home. They have reaping
rnachines °ailed headers, propelled by
horse power, which eta -the grain off
and leave the straw going to waste, as
it seems there is no profit in gatherino
it. While they are heading the thrash!
in machine stands at one corner of
the patch, ready to thrash, winnow, and
sack, all at the same tinae. As we have
no rain for seven or eight months in
the year, including harveat tar, it
gives farmers great facilities for gather-
ing in their crops; but other disadvan-
tages do more than coanterhale,nce the
conveniences of harvest time. They
have to irrigate their lands in many
places, and where the land lies con-
tiguous to irrigating canals, and the
gottnd so eituated has a slope, the
labour is not so great. I have travelled
over splendid land, deep soil, but the
natives told me it was worthless on
account of the lack of water. They
had bored many hundred feet for it,
but without success. After all, I do not
really admire their system of farming.
The cultivation of wheat has been
conthanous for many years past on the
same land, which is now ahnost worth=
lees. It needs rest. But as. there is so
much deceit in this country, they try
to sell it to some green Scotchman, or
other stranger.
1 had an invitation from a sheep
raiser in southern California, which I
accepted, and. received the greatest
kindness- and cdusideration. I had an
opportunity of seeing their methods of
raising sheep, which are surely at fault.
They stook the land too heavily, and
are very careless in their attention to
their flacks. They seem to engage any
kind of men that acme along and call
them sheep -herders. Each man has
under his charge from 3000 to 5000
head, and all have to be put into a fold
every evening. If left onteide, wild
dogs or coyotes would destroy them.
In. lambing seasons they have a little
additional help, but experience great
late for want of proper management.
10041 at several places where, they
were ithearing, which is performed
twioe i, year, prinoipally by Mexicans
at se much per head, and. I can assure
you they have very hard work. They,
have not that easy style which prevails
in Scotland. Each man catches the
sheep he shears, has no seat to sit
upon, stands half &tabled over his work
cutting the wool and hide alternately.
Sooiety in California, and Australia
look upon a sheep -herder as a lo,
worthless insignificant being not worthy
of common respect. (If you have been
ialormed otherwise by shepherds who
have been in one or both countries, it
is false; they feel the degradation of
bet will not adamit it in their letters
home.) la fact, farm hands, and all
kinds of laborers, even mechanics,
come under the ban. Farm hands have
to provide- their ewn blankets and bed,
and do their oven washing in isolated
places, even if there sae hired women -
in the house. This condition applies
to unskilled and skilled labourers. If
near a town it is optional; they can
employ washerwomen. They are not,
allowed the society of the farmer's fame
ily, no matter if the farm is mortgaged
for all that it is worth: How such a
feelieg should exist is beyond my com-
prehension. Many foreigners who
• came to this \country and Australia
seeking employthent, leave their ,native
hotnes with great hopes of succesa, and
encouragement. On reaching their des-
ti3aation they find the first instinct to-
wards them is repulsion, growing out
°Used-fish/less I euppose. But if the
inhabitants ad they can make any-
thing out of them, then they are all in
all with them. Had I come to this
country seeking employment, and after
the recognition of the facts I have stet-
ed,humbled myself to labor where labour
ZS looked -upon as a disgrace, I never
could have yielded to such a condition.
I love to work, but only where lab-
our is respected. I am -told the case
is altogether different in the Eastern
States of America.
Some Scotchnaen have come under
my observation. By Borne accident
they stand behind a counter, perhaps
ia the absencj of rcerit, and now don't
recognise thotte who were their equals
and superiors in their Scottish homes
ot poverty. 'Thee men are genera,lly
of the class who part their hair in the
middle, and right over the soft spot.
There is a great deal of mental weak -
nese CharagteriStiO of many Scotch
Poople. One evening I was at the
YOting Mete's Christian Association, and
while the aecretary was delivering an
address he made mention of a poor
Young &debater' who some years ago
cattle to Areerhea. His mother was a
Poor widow/ whb worked hard to save
enough to bay his passage to America.
CC.
Fier several years he wrote home regu-
larly. By and by he stopped writing
altogether; he was growing riah. His
rr4othe1 being anxio s to hear from him,
h d a hard straggle to save enough to
b ing her to America. In her . home
s au lc °thee she found him, but he
dniedj and rejected her, and the poor
o d ea man died in the alms house.
ow, When 1 have been amongst some
our christiane, I will say something
There are many
ut the attendance
otionless. I really
a nanister when
empty pews. Seine
evices to secure a
✓ of hearers say
on their conscience
11 attract attention
e public eye. They
there people s tastes and curios -
net their oe n mind or sense of
We have Scotch minister
pace with he popular mind.
pe his audit ry in good humor
ng them a g od story occasion -
e has a p etty fair audience
une he spelt s.
e has been f r several years past
gitation a ong the working
r rather th non -working class
in some of them wisdom has
he place of ehemende), led by
hmen nam d Dennis Kearney.
elected a s nd lot adjacent to
City Hall here they do their
. They ar chiefly men who
ire days in he week and drink
iskey darin the balance, with
eption of tw hours on Sunday,
out hard times at
he sand lot. Smith
heir own greatest
ntagonistic te cap -
Capital is timid,
flee from so much
men should always
abatialthe churches
caniinadious ones,
is small and de
h ve compassion fo
s ealtjag, to a lot of
inisters in their
✓ spectttble ' numb
w aloes not lie n
t say,J but what w
aid ke p them ia t
study
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d ty.
k epia
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b tell
a ly.
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when they howl a
t eia rendezvous—
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signs a
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cents."
a4d di
at the
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to one
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s ji
to wers,
a on is
nifrig a
talble8,
h re o
kinds o
foreign
1 an
d ea
arah
y to
d gi
sing
ergy give employMent to thousands.
capitalists
ily made to
. Working
eep in harxiony with capital,
e encouragement to all .enter-
citizebs, whoa by their push and
I will close with 4 few remarks about
O cit'. I climbe4 the other day to
LO top of Te1egrapli Hill, a lofty em -
erica ight on the extreme north end
the city, and its base surrounded by
e oldest part of the town. It is a con-
icuo s object fro most of the bus-
ess s reets, and ne of decided pro -
hien e to those who enter or sail
out the harbour, ut from a commer-
nt of view i an almost useless
in of earth nd stone occupyiug
aluable spa e. From its steep
ts it is in ccessible to teams
ugbear to edestrians. It has
itated to run a cable road up to
e top. It well repays any stranger
make the ascent to study human
ture and the surroundings. Of course
buildings are irregular and void of
ison.I First ahonse is entered by a
ge flight of steps, then you see one
ay down below y bu. There are side -
Ike
ur
dder
ally
ocer
•
with cleats across to encourage
linging "toes' They seem like
reaching heavenward. Occas -
you meet Women going to a
They evidently take a list,
Will have 'cans, pitchers, and
he groceries have the same
on the earth below—" Grocer.
nes, and liquors—and beer 5
The houses are old, unpainted,
apidated. At length I arrived
ummit, whieh is only a bit of
barren ana uninviting. Just
ide of the summit, an enter -
man has erected a pretty beer
t is not unlike some of the cas-
Scotland. It has miniature
stained whedows, and .is oct-
shape, with' a fine piazzs, run-
ound it. I side it there are
fine cheers, and a piano, and
• Sunday g ther all sorts and
people, so 't becomes a sort of
1
bazaar. On y a . low class will
come a ay up here,
p ere, •eer and mu
rake t tem exubera
h re su passes all d
th gra dest place
sulrrou clings that
co ma d the ent
oc an, and all the
m unt ins, and eve
tiife lin of wharves.
bc an waves dashin
N b hillis just b
hill opposite, and
harbor is a map at y
and ferries are in
and m ny a town m
ly visib
ar aro
and th
W 6TO he Unitedi
pr ctis ng. British
I
go tug scream, fe a
dr ys rag along
wckves sparkle gra
wiith t rtuous tare
e. The isle
nd you, and
blue eta -
where light atmoe-
ice affect them skald
t. The view from
scription, and it is
o see the city and
is possible. You
re city; harbour,
skirting hills and
fort, and the en -
You can see the
at the outer light.
hind you, Russian
he great, beautiful
our feet. Shipping
ividually distinct,
les away is partial -
ds of the harbor
the report of guns
ling smoke mark
Wes Soldiers are
vessels come and
boats glide about
he sea walleethe
dly, and the city
s is so far down
that no disturbieg noise is heard. This
• isITele raph Hill t mid-day, and the
1.
most elarming placefor an idle hour.
-Climb nd see!
• By aid bye I went down, after pa-
tr4nizi g the hospits,ble host. I decid-
edit° take a fresh path. The shape of
the hiU is not un-ike a beehive. I
envied hen that bad strayed aatay,
and whie discouraged at the steepness
thereof suddenly took flight and joined
het oo panions. It quite startled the
floole, n arly upset a goat, and delight-
edi some urchins, w o, in their imita-
titee gle , lost their balance and went
ea mg about quite armingly. So at
la t I f und myself down amidst the
world a ain, with its noise and clang-
ing, bus and turm il, and from such
tangled webs as thes a heaven is to be
pe pled saints made, and hearts puri -
fled to mg the songs of the redeemed,
Yours, O.,. JORN REID.
IC
—A
do en 1
for41)5.
variety
liberty
city.
receiv
1
: 0
St. Thomas man purchased a
ly bulbs from a travelling agent
The itinerant stated that the
as a new one and he had only
• dispose of five dozen in each
e official paid over the $5 and
the bulbs. e took the latter
•
home and placed
attended them d
bulbs refused t
became suspicion
bulbs open, only
were compoEied o
been most egregi
them in water,- and
y after ds,y, but the
sprout. Finally he
, and mit one of the
o discover that they
wax. and that he had
usly sold.
0. ada.
The maple sugar 'crop in Qtiebec is
one of the largest ever harveste in that
province.
—Two thonsan1l four hundrcia Irish
emigrants arrive at Torontolast Satur-
day.
—A pin factor is about to be estab-
lished in Galt haring a capacity of 2,-
400,000 pins a day.
—The Canadin Pacific shops, said
to be the largos in the Dominion, are
very 'near comple ion at Hocleelaga,
—The Toronto police, who h e been
in service at .Ottawa, will loave for
home on the 17th inst.
. —The first steamboat from Montreal,
the Montreal, of the Richelieu line, ar-
rived at Quebec en Sunday morning.
—A farm of 20a acres, partly within
the corporatien•of Harriston, sold. a few
days ago for $9,000.
—For pulling part of Robert South -
worth's whiskers out in a quarrel, Felix
Cow of Toronto, paid $3 and costa for
his fun.
—Last Friday morning James Mans-
field, a farmer in the vicinity of Paisley,
was struck by a falling tree and killed
almost instantly.
—The Montreal city council intend
expending the la ge sum of$175,000 for
the improvement of roads and side-
walks.
e ---A young !fun named Wm. Stan -
bombe, a former resident of Nassaga-
d recently while float-
weya, was drown
ing logs at Parry Sound.
—Hundreds dams of wheat along
tbe lake share in iScatth Essex are so
, badly winter -kill d that the farmers are
I ploughing it up.
--t-George Moor , the hop grower of
Waterloo, has purchased a $10,000
farm adjoining the town. It contains
130 acres. i
—On the Loin market last Satur-
day maple sugar vas in plenty, at 16
cents per poun ; maple syrup, $1.25
per gallon.
—Mr. H. Clendenning, of Wellington
Foundry, Montreal, has discharged all
his moulders fo dictating to him how
4,
he should condu t his establishment. 0
—Mr. James IcNeil, a native of
Argyleshire, Scotland, and an old set-
tler of this country, died at Beachville
on Saturday last, having reached the
advanced age of $1. years.
—It is stated, that the - Canadian
Pacific Railway has negotiated for the
sale of another I $10,000,000 worth of
bonds in Amsterdam and New York at
62.
—It is said that the severe weather
has injured the peach trees in the
Niagara district, and that the pros-
pects of a good crop of this fruit are not
favorable.
' —The congregation of Erskine Pres-
byterian church, Hamilton, have pur-
chased a lot at Pearl and Little Market
Streets, and will erect thereon a place of
Worehip costing $10,000.
I —Mrs. Alice Elaira Evans, nee John-
ston, of Toronto, Will apply to Parlia-
ment for a divoree from her husband
on the grounds of adultery, disease and
desertion.
' :----Mr. Joseph 1lickson, of the Grand
Trunk, has been lected a director of
the Consolidated Railway of Vermont,
with which the Grand Trunk is inti-
-mately connected!.
_ —The Oddfell ws of Guelph have
jest opened and edicatea a beautiful
and cotamodious all for their use. The
hedges have now complete set of rooms
handsomely furniphed. ,
—The number f teachers in Ontario
who retired. from he profession during
1882, and wittidrev the half of their
contributions to the superannuation
fund, was 374.
—The British ship Zambesi Was
crushed by the ice and foundered when
on her voyage rona Sunderland to
Quebec. Her crev were picked up by
a passing vessel. ,
—Onderdonk's , Canada Pacific Rail-
way contracts in ritish Columbia are
in fall swing, wi h four thousand Chi-
nese, two thOusan whitee, and a num-
ber of Indians at ork,
—Principal Da son, of McGill Uni-
versity, will shor y leave Canada for a
twelve. months' h iday in Europe. It
is understood tha he intends severing
his connection wi ii 'McGill.
—Major Phip s, of Philadelphia
almshouse notori ty, and for a brief
period a resident f Canada, has been
found guilty of fo gery. The defence,
however, intend oving for a new trial.
1
--One day latel two ladies called to
visit the Boys' II MO, in London, and
before leaving t, t institutien kindly
left a donation of 10 towards' it main-
tenance, with the request tleat it be
considered anonyenous.
—Predictione alre made by railroad
men that very ,00n after leasing are
ra,ngements are m de by the Canada
Pacific and Credit Yalley,tbo latter will
be double -tracked between St. Thomas
and. Toronto.
—Professor Gol win Smith and Mrs.
Smith will leave for England next
'month. It is mad that Prof. Smith
will be one of Canada's representatives
at the Internatio al Fisheries Exhibi-
tion.
—In the thupd storm on Friday
night last the bart of W H. Robinson,
near Gananoque, svas struck by light-
ning and burned. II the contents were
lest, including twc horses and 10' cows.
—Last Friday t Hamilton, Albert
Johnston, a brichlayer, was repairing
the arch of a brick oven when it caved
in, breaking his thigh bone and other-
wise injuring him, Probably fatally.
—Doctor Darnell, the founder and
has skipped across the border, not to
promoter of Duffern College, London,
St. Catharines, where it was stated he
intended to locate. His liabilities, it is
•
11
now ascertained, will foot up between
$6,000 and $7,000. The estate will
probably pay five cents on the dollar.
—A painful accident happenedto Mr.
Wm. Carroll, of West Nissonri, a few
days agomaused by bis stallion stepping
on his leg, breaking one of the belies,
and bruising and dislocating the ankle
joint. 1
—Indifferent fielding, irregular pitch-
ing, uncertain catching, and red- hot
profanity were the leading features of
an alleged game o; base ball, engineered
by a collection of boys near the Cove
bridge, London, last Sunday morning.
—At the Irish immigrant burying
ground, at Point St. Charles, the St.
Patrick's Societe , on Arbot Day, plant-
ed a number of trees in memory of
those buried there durin' the cholera
1
epidemic.
—A Canada Southern ailway live
stock train ran into a constructiontrain
standing at Woodslee station Friday
night. Two cars loaded with hogs were
turned over and about twenty killed.
Otherwise the damage was slight, and
the train delayed but a short time.
--Farms in the neighborhood of St.
George are held at a premium now.
One farm recently sold at $85 an acre,
and Mr. A. Clump offered Mr. j. Gra-
ham $100 per acre for his 150 acre farm,
but he refused it, although he offered to
take $110 for it per acre.
—The Thunder Bay Branch of the
Canada Pacific Railway, Was formally
taken over by General Simerintepdeat
Egan on Friday. Under the Syndicate
the distahce from Winnipeg to Lake
Superior, 435 miles, will be Made in 24
hours.
—Mr. Robert Kerr, spool cotton
manufacturer of Paisley, Scotland, left
Toronto for home Saturday. He left
San Francisco on December last, on a
business trip to Australia„ and returned
a few weeks ago to America.
—Eva Rouleau, an inmate of a house
of ill -fame in Toronto, was on Saturday
sentenced to one year in the Mercer
Reformatory. A relative of the unfor-
tunate girl occupies a prominent judi-
cial position in the province of Que-
bec.
—Mr. John Lumby, of the 12th eon -
cession Lobo, loses heavily by fire.
After the family retired the house was
discovered to be in flames, which had
made such headway that nothing cguld
be saved. The family barely escaped
with their lives.
—Mr. John Tufford, formerly a - far-
mer in Brantford Townehip, west of
Paris, has passed away in his 75th
year, and was buried on Monday. De-
ceased was a supporter of Wm. Lyon
McKenzie during the teoublesome times
of '37.
—His Lordship the Bishop Of Ottawa
laid the cornet stone of the new St.
Jean Baptiste church on Primrose Hill,
Ottawa, on Sunday. Thaw bands and
fully four thousand persons were present.
The edifice is to cost $50,000.
—Dr. Wishart, of London, with Dr.
Groves, of Fergus, and De. Longlaead,
of Petrolia, performed a successful
operation in the latter place the other
dee/3)y the removal of an ()Varian tumor,
weighing over 15 pounds from a young
lady. The'patient is doing well.
—The number of studeats boarding
in McMaster Hall during the present
session, not including thotie who have
come simply for the University ex-
aminations, is 42. Of these 28 are
Baptists, 4 Methodists, 3 Presbyterians,
and 5 Episcopalians.
—The " Marquis of Lorne," a vain -
able draught horse belongitng to Castor
de Saunders, Goodwood, Ontario county,
died last week from the effects of a ball
given- as medicine. $2,000 had been
refused for him a few days before his
death.
—The body of a middle-aged man
was found lying in the ditoh beside the
railway track at AInirkirk, near St.
Thomas, the other day. In his pocket
were found a whisky bottle nearly
empty, and a card with the address, A.
M: Jotter, Plymouth, Michigan.
—A. Victoria, British Columbia, des•
patch announces. that the 'speedy open-
ing of the railway lands for settlement,
the immediate eommencement of the
Island Railway, and the relief of the
Province from the cost of the dry dock
improvements has been promised from
Ottawa.
--A portrait of M. D. Steele, jr., for-
merly a promising young barrister at
Hamilton, appears in the New York
Mirror of this week. Mr. Steele's stage
name is Percy Rede, and under that
nom de theater die is winning great
praise for his careful and clever histri-
ODiC Work.
—Hon. Alex. Mackenzie and wife,
James Mackenzie and , wife, Rev.
Mr. Thompson and wife, (daughter of
Hon. Alex. Mackenzie), and M. C.
Cameron, M. P., of Goderich, sail for
Eugland on the 19th by the Circassian.
Mr. Mackeazie will be away four
ra°12ths*
—Inspector Hodgson says that, judg-
ing from the style tend grammatical
forms used by high schootmasters and
pupile, the study of English does not
receive the attention it merits. The
department taught best r and most in
the High School is mathematics; that
tau—ghtwordmsatand least is English.
yr. A
Burwash, hving ott the
Densmore farm, Cobourg, went into the
barn to put down some hay for the
cattle. When he got down from. the
loft.he found he had not sufficient hay
down, and went back for mere, and on
jumping down the second time he struck
the fork, one prong of which entered the
groin, causing a very seriouts wound. 1
—The instability of some women Is
remarkable. AMiss Sheppard, of To-
ronto, was engaged to a Winnipeg gen-
tleman, and very reluctantly started for
that city last week to carry ont her
engagement. She only went at the
earnest solicitation of her sister. Some
time ago she transferred her affections
from the Winnipeg Inver to a commer-
cial traveller for a Toronto firm. She
telegraphed from Detroit of her journey,
and the Toronto lover asked her to re-
turn, which she did, and they were
married in that city on Saturday.
—Tbe aid famous wheat growing
townships of Dumfries and Blenheim,
ate making a lamentable moan over
the sawthered fall wheat, nearly all of
which will have to be ploughed up. It
is thonght that not more than one acre
out of twenty will amount to any-
thing.
—A very sad acoident happened Fri-
day morning on the third concession of
Elderslie, about four miles from Ches-
ley, by which Mr. James Mansfield lost
his life by a tree falling on him while
chopping in the wpods. He only lived
forty minutes after the accident. He
leaves a wife and three small children.
—A fight, in which about 150 railway
ns.vvies and some iremigrants were en-
gaged occurred opposite the immigrant
sheds, Toronto, on Monday afternoon.
The plea had been drinking pretty free-
ly during the afternoon, and were wait-
ing for a train to take them west. No
serious' damage was done.
—At the Simme assizes, on Friday, a
verdict of $1,600 was returned against
the Northern Railroad, for injuries re-
ceived by reason of their track at Sunni -
dale being six inches above the road-
way, causing the plaintiff, Mrs. Johns,
to be thrown from the vehicle in whioh
she was riding. She was thrown on
her face and terribly disfigured.
—Sir John Rose, formerly Finance
Minister of Canada, has a daughter
married to Mr. Sloane Stanley, who
succeeds to half the immense fortune of
the late mighty hunter, Mr. Asheton
Smith; Another Daughter is the wife
of Captain Clarke, A. D. C. to the
Prince of Wales; and his son is engaged
to a daughter of Earl Cathcart.
—Ain unfortunate girl name 4 Lillie
Harrington was admitted into the Mer-
cer Reformatory, Toronto, lately, whose
life is a standing argument in favor of
temperance principles. She is well edu-
cated and accomplished in music,
French, etc., being the danghter of a
Liverpool barrister. She is but 22
years old, yet she is almost hopeless-
ly degraded by the love of drink.
—Two sportsmen were fishing in
Mill Creek at Galt the other morning.
They both threw their hooks in, the
one hook striking the water about four
feet from the other. Both seemingly
instantaneously got a bite, . and both
pulled up, when they discovered that
they had but one trout between them,
and that the fish had both hooks in leis
m°—titlli
Aittle boy arrived at Peterboro on
the noon train on Friday, with a state-
ment on a collar which he wore that
be was to be taken to Snowden's hotel.
He had come all the way alone from
Liverpool, and since landing in Canada
he had ridden on the cars under the
charge of the conductors until he arriv-
ed at Peterboro, when he was met at
the hotel mentioned by his brother, who
resides near the town.
—The mayor of Kingston is having
business thruet on his hands with un-
stinted measure. On Friday last he
was served with a writ claiming $2,000
for injories sustained by Mrs. Heaslip
by a fall on a defective sidewalk, and on
-Saturday he was served with a writ in
connection with the Burne case. The
young woman is dyitig,it is alleged,from
the effect of confinement in the cells.
—Wm. C. Howells, American Consul
at Toronto, will send in his resiguation
to the 'United States Goverament next
month. Mr. Howells, who is father of
the celebrated American novelist, is
aged, and wishes to retire into private
life. He will move his family to Vir-
ginia. AtraHowells speaks of his rest.
dence in Toronto, and his official. rela-
tions with her business men, as having
been the most agreeable of his life. t
—Mr, and Mrs. D. O'Neell, of Keg
Lane, near Paris, celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their marriage on Mon-
day April 30th. They received the warm
congratulations of their children and
grand- children and several valuable
presente. The occasion was graced by
the presence of Rev. Father Dowling
and other clergymen. Mr. O'Neal' is
in his 86th year and is still hale and
hearty.
—Mrelfeter Fllman, of Hamilton,
has just secpred. letters patent for a
most novel and useful invention, by
means a which the wooden roller used
for attaahing the tongue to a sleigh is
dispensed with and a small iron rod
takes its! place. - This invention in con-
nection with the iron knee, enables a
workman to make a sleigh of any de-
scription; without a tenon or mortise in
an incredibly short tithe.
--TheGlobe says the demand for
agricultaral laborers at -the immigration
offices in Toronto continnes to increase
daily, and the Department finds it
almost impossible to fill vacant situa-
tions with Ontario faimera. Friday
more than a dozen farmers from all
parts of the Province patiently lingered
round tbe Union Station, in order to be
first on the ground when an immigrant
train should arrive, so that they might
be able to pick ont-a good man.
—The exports of grain from Canada
for 1882, shows a falling off of nearly
2,000,000 bushels compared with the
previous year, and upwards of 4,000,000
bushels compared with 1880. The duty
collected.on grain and flour imported
last year shows a ,decrease of only
$7,000 compared with the previouta
t/ear, while the actual quantity of grain
entered for consumption in the
Dominion, increased by forty thousand
bus—Bev.hels.
Josiah Henson, known far and
Wide as Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Tom,"
died on Saturday at Dresden, Ont., at
the ripe old age of 94 years. He was
one of a type of these earnest workers
who have done so much good amongst
the colored population and. was consid-
ered by many as gifted some elo-
quence. During his visit to England
he was the guest of her Majesty at
Windsor comae. He was a bird worker
amongst the memhers of his church,
and up to the last year of hislife retain-
ed full control of his faculties.
—Nelms than four Canadian artists
have had pictures accepted for this
year's exhibition ab the Salon, Paris.
The fortunate ones aro Miss Richards,
eldest daughter of the ex -Lieutenant -
Governor of British Columbia, now and
for some months back studying at Paris;
Miss_ Francis Jones and sister, daugh-
ters of Hon. A. J. Jones, ex -Minister of
Militia and Defence, Halifax, and Mr.
Patti Peel, of London, Ontario. All are
associates of the Canadian Academy of
Arts, and all native Canadians.
—.it:guest at the„ American House,
Montreal, last SatUrday evening, who
had several thousand dollars worth of
jewellery and money with him, happen-
ed to look under his bed before retiring.
He discovered to his horror, a man
curled up there all ready for operations.
He said his name was James Seymour,
and that he had no place else to go, and
crawled under the bed -for shelter. The
magistrate sent him to gaol to await an
examination into his antecedents.
—The body of a tall, well-dressed
man was fatind a few days ago in the
river at Sombre, and appearances indi-
cate that it had been in the water all
winter. There were also some indica-
tions on the body to show that foul
play had been the cause of his death,
but the ice in the river may havece.used
the bruises referred to. Nothing could
be found to indentify the man, and the
body was therefore buried. The man
was upwards of six feet high, well pro-
portioned and dressed in dark clothing.
—Last summer Mr. John Weldon
built on his farm in Ops, north of Lind-
say, what is admitted to be on of the
finest and most complete barns in tbe
township. Several farmers halve been
to see it as a model, and all admire its
convenient arrangement, and some are
building barns on the same plan. It is
70x36 feet, with 19 feet posts, and a
shed 30x29. The, whole has a, stone
foundation, affording abundant room for
horses. cattle, sheep, pigs iald poultry—
everything in the most comfortable and
convenient shape imaginable. The
whole cost was about $1,000.
—The most disastrous collision that
has occurred on the Canada Southern
railway for months took place at
Woodslee station last Friday evening,
the second section of stock express No.
24,telescoping the rear of the first sec-
tion. A number of oars were demolish-
ed and one of the locomotives smash-
ed. Five cars, of hogs and two of
cattle were overturned, and 40 animals
• kiiled. The fireman of the second sec-
tion, Neil Darrach, was injured in jnmp-
ing from the engine. Twelve hours
were occupied in cleating away the
wreck.
—The work•of extendieg the Cana-
dian Pacific railway wast of Sturgeon
Falls above the Mattawa is being putsh-
ed forward with redoubled • activity
since the spow has disappeared, and it
is estimated thet there are now over
2.000 men employed. on that portion of
the road. An elegant iron structure
spans the Sturgeon river, and the track
at present extends over 30 miles beyond.
It is said that the rapidity wale which
the road is being built has far surpassed
the most sanguine expectations of the
contractors, who expect to have a junc-
tion effected with the Algoma division
of the same railway before September
• next.
—A sensational report is carrent in
Halifax that two Fenian vessels armed
with torpedoes have Bailed from Boston
bound for that city. A warning has
been received,it appears, and the guards
have been strengthened at all the publie
institutions and magazines, and the
sentries warned to exercise greater
vigilance. The rumor has it that the
intention of those on board the suspicie
oils vessels is, to lay a line of torpedoes
.up the harbor to the cite, and blow up
all the vessels in port. Lieut. -Governor
Archibald admit* that a warning has
been received, but refuses to give any
information upon the subject.
—Sixtty-five boys, aged between ten
and twenty years, arrived. at Miss Mc-
Pherson's home in Galt a few days:ago,
direct from England. They were in
charge of one of the managers of the
.home. They travelled in a special car
from Halifax, and were four nights and
three days on the road. When the car
was left on the siding at Berlin to make
connection, the boys eagerly jumped
out and sported theraselveion the com-
mon for a while before thetrain started,
Theyare said to be a healthy lot of
young fellows, and many of them will
no doubt live to thank their benefac-
tors for bringing them to this land of
plenty,away from the crowded thorough-
fares of the British metropolis.
• ---Some time ago the young ladies of
the Hellmuth College, London, decided
to celebrate May day in the good - old
style by erecting a May pole on the
green and dancing around it to their
heart's content: They decided to elect
the prettiest and most congenial young
lady in the college May Queen, and a
vote resulted in the selection of Miss
Charlotte Banwell, of Kingsville. It
was decided, that owing to the cold and
changeable weather • the celebration
should be put off till Thursday, May
24th, the Queen's Birthday, when it
will ta.ke place on the college lawn.
After the dance the Queen will be
crowned with a wreath of flowers by
Bishop Hellmuth.
—In the committee on public ac-
counts at Ottawa 12.st Saturday morn,-
ing, Mr. Ross inquired respecting an
account of J. A. Macdonell, of Toronto,
for looking into the title of the land
purchased for the Hamilton custom
house. He drew attention to the fact that
$603.90 were paid him for this service.
He was allowed 1120 per day during a
stay of nine days in Hamilton and his
expenses. Besides, some of the items
are rather peculiar. For instance, the
sum of $1 is charge for calling to see
Mr. McInnes, who was not in; $2 is
()barged' for a cab, and another dollar
when Mr. McInnes was again not in.
A fee of 1 per cent. on the value of the
property is charged, making a sum of
0350 for passing the title. Many other
items bring up the sum to the total first
stated.
— An old Irish lady went into one of
the leading dry goods stores in London
Mae other day, to purchase a small
woollen breakfast shawl, for which the
clerk asked seventy-five cents. The
would be purchaser protested the price
asked. was too high, and reraarked
" Shure they've taken the duty aff tay
and tobacco,and can they have forgotten
to take it aff this, that you do be Bailin'
a bigger price than iver Pi The clerk said
the duty wasn't off, and he was afraid
the present Government would never
take it off ; whereupon the old lady
moaned: Oh, my! Oh, my I will peo-
ple niver learn since to be puttie raeu
intiltParliament teetake away the poor
folks' cantle's in that way. It's too bad,
iutoirely."
—The cattle fair held at Harristota on
Friday, the 27th tilt., presented a fair
idea of the prosperity of the Minto,
flowie,k,• Wallace and Maryborongh-
• farmers. The number of beef cattle
and the quality of the animals,surprised .
the farmers themselves when they Bawl
them brought together. The buyers. .
were in high spirits, and of- course paid
high prices, which t� a certain extent' •
• transferred the jubilant spirits of buyers
into the pockete and hearts of the hard,
working and honest sons of the soil. The
result was that several handred head of
• cattle left their native homes, and a
good many thousand dollars took their -
place to he again inested in a fresh -
lot of beef for the Beglislarnen.
—Rev. J. P. Lewis, of Grace Church,
Toronto, in his sermon last Sunday
evening on the Sphere of woman,"
among other pertinent remarks said:
In the very nature and constitution of
womanhood, from every day experience
it was easily seen that God never in-
tended woman to become a,politicitene It '
was injurious to tbe delicate sensibilitiee
of a woman. Canadian women, he was
proud to say, were as delicate in their
feelings, as pure in their natures, as
high in their aspirations and as strong
in their womanly qualities as any .
women moon the face of the earth. Sad
would be the day when women would
be dragged down from their elevated
• position and demoralized by becoming
public lecturers and politicians.
— Wm. Rice, thirty-three years of age,
a resident of Comber, is missing for the
lett ten or twelve days. A few days
previous to his disappearance he mart-
• gaged his faam for $1,200 for the avowed
purpose of tpurehatsing a hotel near
where he resided,. Three days after
his departure his wife received a letter
from him in which he stated he
lost all his money in gambling, said that
she would never see him again, as he
intended to throw himself in the De-
troit river. Mrs. Rice arrived in De-
troit on Friday in an excited state of
mind, and. with the help of the authorie
'tie s tried to find some trace of her bus-
isand,hut has thus far been unsuccessful.
The opinion prevails in police circles
that Rice did not, throw himself into
the river,
inst., say's : Maggie H. Scott, the young
lady whose remarlealele recovery fram
a long and to all human appearance in.
curable illness was effected by prayer,
last fall, the particulars of which saa
peered in these columns at the time,has
Leen visiting her mscle, Mr, D. Hamil-
ton, of this town, for a short time. She .
is now in excellent health, and is able
to travel without any inconvenience. On
Sunday evening he attended Guthrie
Church, and there related to an inter-
• ested audience the manner in which - -
• her recovery was effected. She 'speaks
fluently, and the solemnity with ewhich
she refers to the wonderful event, gives
• evidence of her full confidence and faith
in the Divine power. She leaves on
Friday to visit her brother, a Preaby-
terian minister at Owen Sound.
—A young man from Ottawserecently
made the acquaintance of a young lady
living in Eastern Ontario. After some
time he won her affections and proposed -
marriage. She consented, but h.er
parents objecting to the match, be per-
suaded her to consent to a private mar-
riage. The ceremony was performed •
and the couple went to reside in Ot-
tawa, the innocent and *unsuspecting
bride in the full belief that the marriage
had been legally. solemnized, and that
she was his lawfully wedded wife. The
pair lived happily together for a short
time, but finally the raan grew tired of
the lady's society and left her, alleging
that the ceremony vghich had been per-
formed was a hops one, the priest for
the occasion being a layman and a friend, -
of his. She appealed frantically to the
betrayer not to desert her, but her en-
treatie met with no response from the
hard-hearted villairewho left her to the
tender mercies of the world, She wisely
resolved to return to her friends and
stated the case. They are now investi-
gating the affair.
—The Whitman family which left
Beigrave for the north-west a few weeks
ago took with them s, Maltese oat:
Since arriving in Brandon ahe had several
kittens which have sold for $5 each.
—One of the early pioneers of the
Comity of Bruce, Donald Bain Mc-
Kenzie, of the let concession a Huron
township near Lochalsh,Ashfield,passed
to his long rest on the 19th ult., after
a. protracted illness of five months.
Mr. McKenzie was a native of Rosshire
Scotland, and carnet° this country in
184T. He was one of the first settlers
in tlae neighborhood of Lochalsh,and by
his energnand industry soon hewed for
himself and family a home from the
primeval foreet. The estimation and
respect in which he was held by his
many friends and acquaintances Wal
shown by the large attendanee at the
funeral. He was in the 79th year °this
age, and though ripe . for the grave, is
much missed by his aged partner, Mrs.
McKenzie, who still survives luta.
— The Harriston Tribune of the rd