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The Huron Expositor, 1884-09-12, Page 66 Long Lived. Individuals. The longevity of the patriarohs may not be attained, but the century post is passed by more pie than ane would .suppose. If m ern scientists may be believed the Biblical characters who were said to have reached a phenomenal age were really much younger than the Soriptural records make it appear. The question rests altogether on the proper translation of certain words, and the - claim set up by many philologists of this day is that the translators of the Bible erred in making the patriarchs so long lived. Thus it is held by scientists who have given the subject a close study that Adam, instead of reaching the age of 930 years, as is *Wedged in the existing version of the Bible, really died at 130 ; that Seth died at 121 and. not at 912, Enos at 114 and not 935, Cain at 119 instead of 910, Mahalaleel at 122 instead of 835, Jared at 147 "u1- stead of 962, Methuselah at 124 instead of 969, and Noah at 159 instead of 950. This theory would make the ancients no older than many men and women who havedied during the last century or two, and of whose age there is not mach if any -question. Thomas Barr wasborn in Shropshire,. England, in 1483 and died in 1685.. He lived in three centuries, and tilled the soil until he was more. than 130 years old. At 120 years of age be in he mar- ried ried a widow, and seemed to per- fect health. He had no habits, r pursued no special course of living tend- ing end-ing to long life. His apparent sound- ness of body and mind made him a great curiosity. The Earl of Arundel, thinking to please his royal master, took Parr to the court room of Charles I. The old man whose life had been passed in the most simple fashion, fell a victim to his appetite at the age of 152. Dr. Harvey made a post mortem examination and found no sign of dis- ease. He lived with his wife thirty- two years, when she died, having made hied the father of two children at that time He is described as having been entirely covered with a thick coating of hair, was tall,well made and hal'idsome, and to the last is, said to have paid great attention to his personal ° appear- ance- But even so it remains a - great mystery how, at the age of 80 and 120, he could have induced young women to. marry him. At the age of 100 he be- came blind. All other faculties he pre- served unimpaired until death.' The nextmostcelebrated and auth entio case of longevity is that of the Countess of Desmond. She was of the family of Fitzgeralds, of• Dramana, in the county of Watford. Sir Walter Raleigh says that in his time she was no less remarkable for her sprightliness than for her age. The House of Des- mond was ruined by an attainder after. the Countess had lived over a century, and in her one hundred and fortieth. year she travelled from. Bristol to Lon- don to solicit relief from court. She •lived some years -after this, and twice cut a full set of teeth. She was nearly one hundred and fifty when she died, as well preserved as many a woman at sixty. In the reign of Names I. a moris dance was danced in Herefordshire by twelve people whose united ages amounted to 1,200 years. Henry Jenkins, of Bolton,Lanoashire, lived to be over one hundred and sixty. Mrs. Annie Saville, a writer of the time gave an account of him. She says : " I questioned him about his age. He replied he was one hundred and sixty two or one hundred and sixty- three. I asked him what public event he could longest remember. He said Flodden Field, when Henry V.111 was King. He said he was then between ten and twelve years of age, and was sent to Northallerton with a horse load of arrows, but a bigger boy was sent to the army with them." The battle of Flodden Field was fought September 9th 1512, and Jenkins was then a boy of twelve. He died December 9, 1760,. so that he must have lived one hun- dred and sixty-nine years, sixteen years longer than old. Parr,- or longer than any other man in the world, as far as known. Margaret Patten was born in Soot - land -in the -reign of Elizabeth, and ob:- taineci a great reputation for Scotch cooking. Jaynes VI liked the dishes of his own country,so a Scotch cook was imported in the person of Mistress Patten. This is the only important event in herhistory and, indeed, all that is known her, her,except her great age, which was that of one hundred and forty-one year Though she had been cook to a king he died in a workhouse. Thomas. La4ghar, an Englishman, lived to be o e hundred and seven years of age, is mother died at one hundred and_ ight, and his father at ninety-seven. He =-was a liquor mer- chant in Lon on, and drank freely np to the age of fi ty years, when he cut that business and turned teetotaller. At the age of e ghty he -had a severe sickness, on re overing from which he got a new hea of hair and new nails on his fingers nd toes. Henry Eva s, a Welshman, thed in England in 17 1 aged 129. Jane Scrims aw was remarkable for having lived d ring the reign of eight sovereigns, an" in one place, London, from Elizabet to Anne. Jane's fathe was in very humble cirt cumstances, a d at his death she was obliged to bec me an inmate : of the almshouse, in hich she remained up- wards of eight years. She never mar ried, and was 27 at her death. Up to the age of 108 er faculties were quite perfect, and he easily and rapidly walked a coup e of miles on a stretch.— New York World:. THE at Ladies, Take a Vacation Any- - way. One of the blest results of a summer vacation and a little trip away from home is. to enable one to see that the world is wide, land that our part of it is only a part of it,; and the advantage gained from this knowledge is that our charity and kindly feeling for our neigh- bor, who differs greatly from us, is in - ceased. We find thatadage the old ad ge is true it does take all kinds of people to make a world: Then with what increas- ed delight the usual routine commences in the home again. If any one doubts in regard to the good effects of a brief rest, and what physicians call a change of air and scene, let her try it. How- ever hard it may seem to unclasp the baby's clinging hands, and to say good- bye to your restless little boys, it will be better for them in the end. From the ceaseless activity and the urgency of a mother's daily life, there must be periods of rest and change, and if no other member of the family can get away tor a week that one should be the mother ? for:in the f well -re: ated li' e of a sensible man there is not Fhe friq ion and the strain uprn the Ives w fob the mother necessarily feeleH. , But the ideal journey ie when father and mo her go together on a few days' o ting, a d if there is any power te makeparents ap- preciate all that their ohil ren are to them it is the power which separates them for a few days." Changes in the Old i'Testanaen . The following are, we believe, a "o the changes that will be fo Revised Old Testament, whi bably be published in the: next year :—The nnioort never existed outside the En, will at last be killed, and the " oa " substituted. The " Book Dasher " will be changed into " Book of the Upright." Salk' school children will be no to led by the questionable et] Israelites in " borrowing' from the Egyptains and ; th g and in' t e ch will r - eprin f " !lish B f atlh ger tri unt- ims of the jewel orgy n run in away with it the revised 'transla io will rightly state that they'asked for gifts not loans. Joseph's mieny-oolore " coat" will become a "-tnnio." The passage in the book of Job, ' Yet inen flesh shall I see God," will read, IYe out of my flesh," &o. ".Jud went Iso will I lay to the line, and- rig teons : e : a to the plummet,"' be ome "1_ wi 1 judgment for u line, a 'd right: t:- make lra gment o g� oneness for a plumb. line." In Ps .• vii thepassage ''Thou- haat made- .• a little lower than the angels,i'' will riea " Thou haat made him a little to ei than God." InPiedraxxxvii. the a: sage, " Fret not thy self in a 'y wise t do evil," will be changed to 'Fret ,n• thyself ; it tendeth to evil." n Man and His Mise Man that is born of womei potatoes and few in a hill. Fie riseth up to day, and -like a rag weed, and to -moi day after the : undertaker h the ice box. He goes forth in the . moi bling like a lark, and is knoc one round and two seconds. In the midst of life he is i debt, an the tax -collector palrsueth 14m wi(er ever he goes. The banister of life is full era, and he slideth down with able rapidity. He walketh forth in the b ries. is sn'aa fourish �w or shim i ring jai ed out i h • of `spint cons er iglit sun light to absorb ozone, and meeteth th hank teller with a sight draft. for 5357 He cometh home at eventide an his path Il np an nd fallet f its leg e puttet. blizzer some, n umati m bank, Virgins an iealth. n his ibideth'i f intens rneeteth the wheelbarrow in and the wheelbarrow riset smitheth him to the earth, a upon him, and runneth one in his ear. • - In the gentle spring time: on his summer clothes, and striketh hirci far away from filleth him with woe and rh He layeth up riches in the the cashier speoulateth in,m, then goeth to Canada for hie In the autumn he, pntteth o ter trousers, and a wasp that them filleth himself full c n excitement. He sitteth up all night to g t the re turns from -Ohio and in the nd learn eth that the other fellows ha a carrie it. - He buyeth a watch dog, an 4 when cometh home the watch d g treat him and sitteth beneath him' until rs morn. He goeth to the trot, and b tteth money on the brown mare, .a d the ha gelding with a blaze face win eth. He marrieth ; a red Leade heires with a wart on ler nose, and the nix day her paternal ancester goe h . nnde with few assets and greatabilities and cometh home to live wi b. his lbe loved son-in-laws.—Puck. An Old Sea Dog's Sw. theait It was an old pea captain i' a certai Maine village, I who had l ng bene enamored of a pretty maiden yoran enough to be his daughter.. The hat e was, however, engaged to a gall youngfisherman of the place. day the old s a captain was call n upon the mai en's mother who 4 respectable but by no mea s pom 1 widow, and somehow, wit out qt: understanding how it came bout th: honest captain became awar that h: had offered himself in marria e to th widow, and that she had pro 'sed t • " consider." Getting ant of t e ho s more dead than alive he was stump along consoling himself with the i that at least if he married th mot he should live in '-the sa a ho with the daughter, when he joined by a bro her mariner. " Th goes Maria D nlay," rema ked friend. Marie, Dunlay . as tuba name of the ahattaiiiabi yon, woman. " Did e know her can 1.}a married a girl o er to the Cen re, un knowst to- Mari ?" - " Now, by the h spoon," exclaim d our captain!, " if t] hadn't just my( luck 1" Suddenly darted away from his astoni4ed gos and gained the de of Maria. " Mari he exclaimed ea erly, " I always li ye best, but I've somehow got afoul your ma :and offered tomarry h and she's considerin'. I hal 't m hope, but oh, Maria; if she do s say will you have nie; Maria ? OIi , Ma do say you will 1;' Indian W tsherwom Mexico. The modern s�rvant girl of civilization may not be all the, - desired, but thele ought to b. in the thought t at the India, down in Mexic is very suc making life a but den to those ploy help there. An Indian woman agrees originally to do ing for a moderate sum, gene a dollar, but she wants her breakf before she begins. When.wor. has p grassed until the clothes area 1 wet, a strikes and refuses to finish uu,nless eia is given a dress. Then, she resumes an hour or so, when she decla hungry again. Being fed s along till dinner time, but in t timeshe has filled all her poc apples or potatoes, or whate plentiful in the edible line about four o'clock she gets thr job. Then she asks for anot and some flour to take home As she is leaving her last re " Mica wake muck -amuck," anything to eat). Under then. stances it is not surprising t day is put off as long as poasibl ico, and the rarity of clean lin • measure excuse' le, —Experts dee are it will b murder to take-anadians int• region. nin n e r s a r 1 e 1 a 1 0 1 , r za msri �a coul b comf domes essfnl i who e wash r a wah ally h' 1 r 1 i 6 of es she; e worr ets wa'th er seeps r ugh er er lun'h ith her. ark ie: haven't circri n at wash in Mex- nisin a i e u- n• simpy the Nile THE MITCHELL 8TAHDARD WIND! PATE ED & MAN I CT 11101 13Y W. The simpl at, strongest an Windmill ye made. For pu ing wood, c o ping grain o machinery, t has no equal. PU PS' ! n u n • I also m taotare Ire Action Fore Pumps, whloh give satisfao ion. A Stock t pumps and h on hand. Give me a trial. If I do i no sale. • All orders addressed to th chell P. O., promptly attende 872-52 11 1 w. mdstlisfaotory pin water, saw- driing piny light u PS, Lif aniDouble are guarMiteed to o ktpb c nstantly of gt`ve sa isfaction un4orsi ed, Mit- 1/1. Mc RRIS. THE AU QUICK !TRAIN Ityr The whole plant is ,lwn4d trolled by practical . wt+t Stockholders only are a entt3. but fine grademovemen s wi and will be sold at pri des Of grades f other Make ments will be ready Those thilnking of . pu ohaii watch wi do well to wat them. - TCHr and con - breakers. Nothing be mad oedinar e mov. ptember. g a fine and see M. R. CO s Agent for Seaforth a]bd s i • in ty. JAMS „BU ;OF TH CITYi REST SS, UR NT, SEAFOR Has - F, Has a coneplete stock o Co; ectionery and all kinds of Fruits and! egetables in season fresh. Ice cr ami nd tem-' perance drinks always r ady. The best brands of Cigars and Tobacco 'Lunch served at any hour. Every tiention paid to customers. A call soli it®d. ' Remember the plat —silr ctly op- posite Market street Se forth JAS. BU GES N. B.—Glass' bread a ' ave 'n hand SEAFORTH WOOL MILLS. Having my new mill no v int first- class running order, I h ve asure in announcin to my castor iers a d friends that with nlarged preziaisee a d im proved m hinery, I am better h n ever prepared tc torn out fire -class ork on the shortest notice, and will 3 Teased to see all my• ;old ens >I omer and as many.,z:ew , nes. A large stoc o! goods on hand to rade with ass anal A. G. VAN GM I'C4D. ROB ='S GRc O Y, EAFOR'H. Parties fishing to rclia Groceries f the Choic4et Br particular) j regaeatedp adPopular, G�cocery, Starke B_oi Street, Seaforth. I have now a fine stojk of Sugars in the market, of al and will give FIFTEEN P e Fresh n,ds, are at the k. Main the best brands, OUNDS FOR PONE OLLAR. FRESH, hIC N E; I have as fine a lot: of Honey as -can be .found in the at 15 cents per pound. CHOICE TIEA$ As usual, cheap and, »:good. Robb's celebrated 'Cured Hans an i 'Meats always on hand. The l.ms are especially fine this season, he, 'ng been cured by an improved pewees. Cured meats wholesale and retail. All kinds of. Family Groceries always on hands. Inspection respectfully in- HUGH4;: RQ King's Specht, l ia, always of hand, xtracted market, vited. N.- B. for Dyspep B. ure cure WROX AND TER COUI MACHIN SH I . IN FULL. BLAS* A AL sorts f repairs of Ajriealte al Lmenta, ngines, Boilers Saw it &c., done wit despatch. We sell Joh' Abell's Horse -ower n Threshers, 8a Mill Rigs, 8tatnona a d Engines, the ' Victor" double iu11e t sell " Clover Machines, &c. We also keep on hand repair.' for 1 and engines Made by John A A large goo of Plow Points, &c., k p t cc}nstant- ly on hand. All sorts of &stings done th d4s can sappiy yo with any articldl in the shortest p ssible notice. Please give s a trial. 856x26 PORT B ' 05. 'r.xeter RY AL URON EXPOS .TOR• SEPTEMBER 12, 1884. PLOW ii 111 Begs to announce to the Public that he ha commenced to opera te the WROX TER ; DOLLEN F CTORY and tha he wi 1 'tie prepar , to give go d , value in FULL C THS, TWEEIjS, UNION TWEEDS, FLANNELS, . .P]JAIDINOS, WINCEYS • and varieties i,i ' STOCKIN r YARNS. OU TO Spinning and i ed to. Parties from passible, have them, aid as h good working o but effi ient warranted. Remember t ALEX. 0 .03 0 Z Ea Z rn3 Z -1. m m llfi 0 -I pais _, pdvvq-o OAR 11 ING, ailing promp y attend. s distance wil , as far as heir Rolls h • me with has put th : ''1 into der and em •le . none orkmen al worll; is e Wroxeter u ills. L. GIBS 'i NI PROPRIETOR co lb •s3.coJ lap tvg- TO HAN!i THIS WEEK - tAT— Y+. SMIT A. CONS; GNMENT VELYiTEEN F CASHMERES, ' AND-- DRES GOO In all the newest shade -� LACES, E �tIt,BRO DERIE IN ! . 'RIN ES, esc. Imple- Work, Steam ortable " Bird- chines at h. We h xade on APPL = S. CHARLE DONALD 79, Queen Street, London,_i;. C WILL be gl d to correspond with A ars, Mere ante and Shipp rs, t 't Autumn and pring business T e give the usua facilities to cu tom r. advances. , land,' pl: Grow - a view to ill also r gniring 86'-39 S These oods ae extra vain:, and are sure to e sure sn cess. We w: tat room, and are offering great bargai • s in all Summer'oods.- J. SbII SEA ORTH. H, Fluid Lightning c' es neuralgia in o Fluid Lightning cu es toothache in Fluid Lightning c es face ache in o Fluid Lightning e ' ea lumbago in. o Fluid Lightning r:lieves rheumati minute. x Fluid Lightning cuid any pain erne ly. Price 25 cents p bottle at Lams son's drug store. 851452m. e minute. e minute. e minute. e minute. m in one e instant- en & Wil - o of Genuine i Bend A Car L• a,ad Sou4 CHILLEQi PLOWS & S LKY PLO BUST REOEIVED AT 0. C. WILLON'S Agriculqual Implement War room, Se;forth, Wiioh will be sold at old prices, notwithstaig the increase of 10 per import duties; the ubsoriber being determined keep those valuable P1 stock, imported On Hundred and Fifty of them a few days before the rise tariff ; oonsegnentl , he is enabled to sell them at former prices until the p stook is exhausted. Call and see those Plows before, buying a common ferior article. Every Plow guaranteed tit give sati,faction or no sale. A full stook of Massey Reapers and Massey Mowers, Toronto Reaper d Toronto :Mowers, • oronto Card Binder and lYI easy. w' Binde s Lo Down ine Sharp's Rakes, all Of whish will be soldeheap and on reasonable terms. of all kinds always ion hand for the above machin B. Don't fail to see my before buying a mltehine. Q. C. W ILLSON, Main Strut, Seafort , s . cent. sin the esent r in- and and n pairs tock 11 NEW MILLING FIRM IN SEAFOR H. a ri ti THE StAFORTH RO]LERILLS, LATE 'THE RELY 111 ILL. r 3 BIIcBRIDE & SMITH, from Srathro Having bought the above mills, and refitted them and best machineryi that could be procured for a throughou GRADOAL REDUCTION - ROLLER And the result attained is, they have one of the best milli Farmers can now get all their GRISTING and CHOPPING and have it home with them the same day, and 5 tisfaction FLOUR; B1=1,A.1T A ID S7 For sale by the ton or in less quantitiesFORC SH. Cas of Wheat. with all the atest MILL, in the Pro ince. done in Se orth, Euatanteed. EORTS for any quantity McBRIDE & SMITH. MR. THOMAS SMITH will personally _ superintend the 3eaforth oiler Mills. R T E -�—� 0- 0 LID E N' 1J 1 Z 4 ruzc>N.- We show this week a fixe ran Cloths, Table Napkins, D'Oyles, T all kinds of Linen Goods. Lxtra in White and Cream IVIus1ins . an suitable for Ladies' and Ch I ldren Embroideries and Insertion's for Mantle and Dress Sills cheap. of Parasols from 30c to $4.00. e of :Ta le { wels, and opd gra ue Satee s, s Dres es. rimxnh ull sto fig. ck SEMI-ANNUAL STO KTPKING. CHEAP SALE FO11 CASH At J. McLoughlin Safor h. Immense bargains in every department all his month CASHME 1' ES, PRINTS, DRESS GOODS, CRETONNES, HOSTFR GLO S, PARIS LS, DUGS, DENIMS,SUIRTIN S TWE. + DS' FELT : ND COTTONADES, 1 STRAWHATS,re aced to prices that' must attract the a�tiention of :very buyer. The balance of Millinery Stock to be cleared out regardless of cost. Groceries fresh and good, and cheaper than ever. Good taken at cash prices daring stocktaking. Butter and ggs J. McL9UGHLIN, WhitneY,�`'s Block, Seaforth NEW FALL GOOD Opened this Wee —,AT THE.— CHEAP CAST: —OF-- STORE, OF STO ,E, OFFMAN BROS.. SPECIAL NOTI: ALL KINDS OF SUMMER GOODS OFFERED RE- GARDLESS E-GA DLESS OF COST. '1 WE. MUST HAVE ROOM. { HOFFMAN BROTHERS THE PIONEER HARDWARE STORE, STONE BLOCK, WING -HAM. HEADQUARTERS FOR Washburn SE Moen TWO-POINT Steel -Barb Fencing Wire, SOIJE AGENTS FOR THE WORT-, MAN tt WARD CEEBRATED BARREL CHURN.. See them before you buy any other,. Bests brands of ENGLISH WHITE LEAD . —AND— Linheed t Oil --Raw and Boiled,. I' Farm and Garden Utensils st, bottc¢xn prices. JAS. A. CLINE & 00 4 TE -A$ AT WHOLESALE PRICES. AT TH: POST OFFICE STORE We have just received a large consign- ment of Teas, which we intend jobbing. off at wholesale prices. If you have not already tried Charlesworth's Tees, do so at once. Five Pounds of Young 11- son for $1. Five Pounds of our Fit` Gent Tea tor $2. Five Pounds of our sixty Cent Tea for $2.50. Fite Pounds of our Severity - five five Cent Tea for 3.0'; Our three pound Tea for $1 is super- ior ta any /�40c�1tea /A111 the market. .1. A. CHARLE 1I■ ORTHi LOST. On he 1st instant, a small boy about theOo. of a Man, barefooted on both bands with long tooth jick boots oil his hind feet and iotas blind In his off ear, fond of stewed hens' teeth and bt'ickwheat presoives. He had an etapt,T on his back containing a bundle of MI holes and a package of wagon tracks. gel woo long blue hair,cut short and curly,and a1 hat, which had recently been half soled,f0ZPc!T` ed}coag with patch. bottom lining, and high miter pants. When last wen he was wheeling sn"' ant of'a blacksmith stop to earn money to Da himself a pair of first class boots at - SAMUEL WHIDDONsS Mammoth Boot aT, Shoe Store, VARNA, ONT., where he keeps constantly on hand and make tff, order llkindsof Boots and shoes. Sewed watke a specalty. A call solicited. 9713 1' Vie 11onle of the borne :f t hplsce,soar of ire birth hs the D `om this area hers it was 8. permaa• e provincesf mbay. To the w: mrd as the l lnngle level', it . . ami, as it does nirnre fregnelatly! mud vac is a hitt c ooetari, or wiia au7ab, at the foo �ta;lns. Itis tb ac Hindoo fes together immense, able, crowds from al loaany as 3,0, beau at times sssem versarie"s. The thr this place lived--- fo ''g ail the fr a bare, sandy plain e,6 herding like] BE55801. They means of sanitary pr fiistivals, the d vot Bacastmes kitehen. he -f stale and n - pilgrims eat like gl ancd intestinal der to 4 The earth is saturat this vast encalnpm` into the Ganges , t also bathe, and them for cooking purposes Here the cholera, has ditaions for its most merit, and here 'iits m have been eXperleoc trate the whole iaiste and all stages of itsel 0f late year, Hu sacred cha,ra.cter, an unpopular. Soiae re vel, transportation o to -the construction diverted the waters this point. Tris, a perstition, rel ere ()lean, and it ha* bee abandoned as the ob To the same extent h' fished. In this way dentally crippled pestilence and ' res Chicago Journal. Freak of a B The Carson Appea says: On Tuesday ] ranch, near Genoa, o noticed a cow, ohargi thicket. An i nnestig the animal was' fish wake and tryini to with her fore feet. The thicket was aagebnsh, and the tlisposed to leave it a the open country. lowered her head impale the snake on instant the snake ser head and rapidly coil horns. The cow steo .Stant and then let o, aionaily kneeling 1 against the gtoclnd unable to rid enemy. She again and tried to bruth th the snake only coiled and refused to be dis The cows- seemed that all her efferts uttering a terrible be gallop. The hands 41 Seeph COUNCIL ATETINC; present. Minutes of read and approved. son's thiede bill was and. amounts put on the lots. Reeve, D Cmalzkonto on3fe est. ;ytna r ton to revise sEarZynotw$11980,anPo ex tenders be received 15th, for the -bona bridge On the Oredi Mud Creek drain ; will give full petition the following oVdere. joule:Led to meat th -October Nrsou. McCann, bridg4t Si bbeitarse,rt 2'; ; mWr: Ell Ilgt, Wm. Cockwell, , iiporytarecsese9a1 vtbAereydp:100:r1 The owner of a bre y commenced 4s , work of digging out seemed as if new ife 1 ri:tiorttmhceigeowni nti 124tdi amae el:t fo3 1: nil.: to the proper dept almost to be restrain When the grouna b !eeepttaxeu ce; tthheitringtleceuinvg., tuseabb. edAhnids hhaor.wdslv,a;: plaited ? He hail p worn-out earthen Jar en eovered the jar