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The Huron Expositor, 1886-11-12, Page 2WS' ts. I. ii 2 sairmaaaseasimsossimessansasse aisemosiminasiserwmairesterimp s--. 'manamismiesionnmernia • THOMAS- TELFORD. . i • THE STORY OF HIS SUCCESSFUL LIFE. I • In 1786, when Tel was nearly 30, a ieee of Unexpected good luek fell to hie let. And yetit,Was -not so much gated luck as due recOgnition of his steel- littg qualities by a wealthy and appre-, liktive person. .4soug before, while he waa still in Eskdale, one Mr. Palteney„, a nanesf.00cial impartance, who had a - 'ate lia4s.e in the Meaknorthern valley, had asked his advice about the repaira of hie own mansion. We may be sure thiat Telford did his work on that occa. 'elan carefully and well ; for naw, when lite PuIteney wished to restate the ruma of Shrewsbury Castle as & dwelling.» hoInse, he. aought out , the young mason who: had attended to his Scotch property, and asked him to superintend the pro - poked alterations in his Shropshire cas- . ties Nor was that all; by Mr: Pal- - teney's influenee„ Telford was shortly afterwards appointed to be county sur- veyor of public works, having under his, eanas all the roads, bridges, jails.- and pu lie buildings in the whole of Sheep-. shi7e-. Thus the Eskdale shepherd -boy ros a last from the rank of a working. ma sans and attained the well earned dig - nit :, of an engineer and a professional ma- ',. Telford had 'taw a fair opporta-' nit 7 of showing the inial stuff of which ' he was made. Those, 1 of - course; were the days when railroads ,had not yet ' • been dreamt of; wheteven roads were few and, bad.; when communications generally were still ialIa: very disorderly . and unorganized condition. It is Telt ford's special glory that he reformed and alteredthis whole 'state of things; he reduced the toads of half Britain to sys- tem and order; he made the finest high- way s and bridges then - eVer'constructed; and by his magnitieent engineering - war aa, especially lith aqueducts, he paxed the way uneonsni-pasly but surely for tile future railwaya; if it had not bee4 for such great underta:kings as Tel - fords Holyhead Road,. which familiaris- ed en's minds with enstly engineering oper -Yens, it is pro•babite that projectors woo d 'tang have stoed aghast at the aia4tiug expense of a :nearly - level iron road running through tall hills and over I Lon- don to Manchester. At first, Telford's bros. I ' rivers the whale Way from. Wark as county surveyor lay mostly .ln very small tiiings indeed—mere repaits • of aidepaths or bridges,' whieh gave him • Raid opportunity to, develop his, full' talents as a burn engineer. But in time, baba :- found faithful in mall things, his empl • yers, the. county magistrates, be- gan togollSilit him more and more on matt .ra • of comparative importance. Firs4 it was a bridge_ to be built across, • the' Seve-rn; thenn-a church to be planned at Shrewsbury, and iteXt, a second chat& --in Caaibroo'kdaie. If le was thus to be make suddenly into an ar'clii- teat, 'Telfard- thought, aliriost without being consul -ted in the matter,: he must certainly' set out to, study architecture. So, witiaeharacteristic' vigor, he went to work to •Vii•Iit. London„•Woecester„ Glou- cester„ Bath and Oxfortla at.- each place takiag care to learn whatever was. to• be lea.rnekl in the practice of his new. art, •• Fortunately, however, for Telford ited for Er gland, it was not architecture in the attiat sense that he was finally to- practine • as a real profession. Another accideint„ as thoughtless' people might call it led him to adopt engineering in the en I as the path' of life he elected to fallow-. In 1793 he was appointed engi- neer 'o- the projected Ellesmere Carta. In the days •before railway -se such a canal i as thi • was. an engineering work of. the i, very ...rat importance. Itwas to cone aect tkie Mersey O the Dees, and the Se -v-: ern, and it passed ' over ground which: rendei ed necessary, some immense• aque- ducts on a setae never before atteMpted by- British engiarers. , Even in our own time, 4very traVeller by the Great West- ern Iie betWteri Chester and Shrews- bury !nust havb, obserVed On his fight two: re guitieenvitanges iss high. arches,, which -tre as noticeable rilow as ever for their foetidness, _their Magnitude, and _ their kxquisite construction: The firat of • these mighty archways is the Pout Cysyll au aqueduct which :carries the• Mesas -re Canal aerees the wide valley of the -4ee, known as the Vale of Liana galena the- second is the Chir•k aque- duct, a Inch takes it over the lesser glen of a mitrida tributary,, the Ceriose. Beth these 4atistifuI works wer'e- desiglie(j and carried out e-atimely by Telford. They 'differ from many other great modern en- giaeeriag achievements in the fact that, insteadi of spoiling the lovely mountain scenery' into whose midst the'y have hee'n thrown. they actually haernonize with it and heightea its haturah beauty. Both works, however, are splendid feats, re- garded merely as efforts of practical skill ; and the larger one is particularly -hie for the pecaliarity that - the for the water and the elegant at the sideare both entirely d of fron. Nowadays., of coarse, inernori trough parapet compos there -ouhl he nothing remarkable in the us 4 of such a material for such a purpose ; but Telford was the first engit neer to pee the value of iron in this re- spect, ahd the Pont Cysylltau aqueduct was one of the earlient works in which „he ttpOied the new material to these unwontod uses. Such a step is :all the more re narkable, because Telford's own- - educath n had lain entirely in what may fairly h - called the " stone age" of Eng- lsla ieng neering ; while hie natUral, pre- dilectiori s as a stonernaeon wight cer- tainly haese made him rayier overlook the valhe of the novel material. But Telford ' was a mau who could. rise superiorl to such little accidents of habit or trai i , ing ; and as a matter of fact there is po other engineer1 to whom the rise of the present "iron' age" in engi- neering I work is more directly and nil - mediately to be attributed than te him- self. I Meanwhile,. the Es•kdale pioneer did not forget his mother. . For years he tiad cool -Amity written- to her, in print hand, so.'that the letters mig-ht be more easily red by her aged eyes: he had sent her-. noney in full pro -portion to: his means ; -and ite had taken ever -3,- possible care to ht hee•• declining years -be at com- fortable :. as his altered aircumstlinees could readily make them. ! And now, in. the midst of this great mid responsible work, he found time to run down to Eskdaleavery different renning down from that which we ourselves can do, ba- the London and North-Western Rail- way) to see his ag-eil mother once more before she died. Mutt a Meeting that must have been, between .the poor old widow of the Eakditie shepherd and her successful sun, the coanty,.stirveyor of Shropshire, and engineer of the great and impaetaut Ellesmere canal I' While Telford was working busily upon his wonderful canal, he had ' many other HE HURON EXPOSIT04. • 4 i .._ schemes to carry out of hardly -less in portance„ in icOnnection with his appoint merit as. county surveyor. His beaatifu iron bridge across the Severn at Build was was another application of his favor . ite metal to the needs of the new world tint was gradually growing up in Indus trial'Eagland ; and, so satisfied was h with the result of his experiment (fom. though not absolutely the- first, it wa one of the first iron bridges ever built that he proposed another magnificen idea, -which' urffortunately was never .carried into.. .exteutibb: Old ' London bridge had begun to Ora trifle shaky; and instead of rebuilding it, Telford wished to span -the whole river by a sie- gle iron arch whose splendid dimensions would have formed. one of the most re -- markable engineering triumphs ever in- vented:. The scheme, for some good reason, doubtless, was not adopted; but -it is impossible to look at -Telford's grand drawitig Of the proposed bridge—a sin- gle bold arch-, curving across the Thames from side to eidea-with the do -me Of St. Paul's rising majestically above -it— without a feeling, of regret that such a noble piece o,f theoretical architecture' was. never realized in actual fact. Tel ford had now come to be regarded as the great practical authority upoo all that concerned Toads or - coininimicatiais.; and he was reaping the due moneirre- ward of his diligence and skin. Enery• day he was ealled upon . to design- new, hoidges and other important structures in all . parts of the kingdom, but more especially in. Scotland and on the Welsh border. Many of the most- .pictureaque beidges- in Britain, Which every tourist has admired, often without 'Mgt -tiring •or thinking of the hand that planned them, were dealgaed• by his,eveative brain. The exquisite Et9lie arch which links. the two-. banks of the lesaer Scotch Dee in its gorge at Tongueland is one of the most picturesque; for Telford was a bit of an - artist at heart, and unlike too many modern railway constructors, he always endeavered to -make his bridges and aqueducts beautify rather than spoil the •scene-ry in whose midst they stood. Especially was he called in to lay out the great systemofroads by which the Scotch Highlands: then'. so lately. re- claimed -from a state of comparative bar-. bariem, were laid open for the great de- _ velopment they have since undergone.. -In the earlier part of the century,- it is -true, a -few , central highways had been run through the very heart of that great •solid block of mountains; but thee were purely military roads, to enable the king's soldiers more easily to march ,against the -revolted' clans, a:i.d they had :hardly more connection withtthe life of the country than the bare military posts, like Fort William and Fort Augustus, "Which guarded their ends, had- to do With. the ordinary life of a commercial town. Meanwhile,. however, the High- lands had , begun gra-dually to settle clown;, and Telford's roads were intend- ed for the far higher and better purpose , of opening out, the interior -of northern Scotland to theIhumanizing influences of trade and 'industry. Fully' to 'describe ._the great, work which the mature engi- neer constructed in the Highlandnegion, would take up more space -than could be .allotted to -such a subject any where save lin a complete industrial history of roads , and travelling . in modern Britain. • -It must sake to Say that when , Telford too -k the mattet, in hand, the vast block sof country north and- west of the Great • Glen Of Caledonia (which divides the • Highlands inc two between Inverness and Ben .Ne -vis) -_a block comprising . the co -unties of Caithness?. Sutherland, Ross,. Orornarty, and hailed Ieverness=had• literally "nothing within it 'Worthy of being called a road. Wheeled cartd-or Carriages were almost unknown; and ,all burdens were conveyed on pack-hohes, or, worse still, ats the broad backs ,of Highland lasses,. The people lived in small scattered villages, and commUnia cation -s from one to. another were well- ' nigh impossible. *.felferd set to work to dive the country, not a road or, two, but • ij. main system of toads. First, ' he bridged the broad river Tay at Dunkeld, so as to, allow of :a direct route straight inte• the very jaws of -the Highlaucts. Then,- he also bridged over the Beauty at Ira verness„so as, to connect the opposite sides of the Great G -len with one another. - Next, he laid out a Camber oftrunk lines, running through the country on both banks, to the very north of Caith- ness, and the very west of the Islenaf Skye. Whoever to this day travels on the main thoroughfares in the greater' Scottish - islands—in Arran, Islay,,Jura, Mull, or in the wild peninsula of Mor - vet -n, and the Land o:f bone; Or through the rugged regions of Inaeritess-shire Ross -shire, where the: railw0s have not yet pe,netrated-atravels thraughou. , 6n. llelford's roads. ' The.. number of large bi-idges and other great eaginee 'nig Masterpieces on this network of roads is enormous; among the most famous and most beautiful, are the . exquisite single-arcie which spans the Spey just b stde .the lofty rearing rocks of Craigl. E. lachie, and the bridge across the Dee, beneath the purple heather -clad braes. of Ballater. Altogether,- on Telford's Highland roads alone,- there are no fewer than 1,200 bridges. Nor were thesethe only important labors by 'which -Telford ministered to the comfort and well-being of his Scotch fellow -coun- trymen. Scotland's debt to the ESkdale stonemason is indeed deep and lesting. kyhile an land, lid improved her earrimu- 'lieu:tie/1s, by his 'great line of roads, which did on a smaller scale for the Highland " valleys,' what railways have shim -done, for the whole civilized world; he also labored to improve her means of transit at sea by constructing a series of harbors along- that bare and inhospita- ble -eastern coat, "once almost a desert, hut now teeming with great towns arid prosperous industries. It was Telford who formed the harbor of. Wick,' which has since grown from a miserable fishing village in fa large town, the capital of the North Sea herring fisheries. It was lie•Swho enlarged the_petty port of Peter- he,c1 into- the chief station of the flour- islr'ng whaling trade. It was he who secured prosperity for. Fraserburgh :and you Baiff,, and many ,other less important sou eel -hats ; while even Difildee and Aber- twe dean, the- chief.commercial cities of the wil Cast coast, owe to him a large part of inel their present extraordinary wealth. and out industry. When one thinks -how laroc and, a number of human -beings have been of f benefited . by Telford's Scotch harbor . mot works alone-, it • ia impossible . not to hott envy a great engineer his almost unlina not ited power of permanent usefulness : pool to unbent tho.usanits of his fellow -el -ea.' brea tures. .. , . -.. over I' As a canal-iaake , Telford Was hardly the less successful that as a constructor of a b roads and harbors. It is true, his greats, sons est work in this direction was in one Broo - , sense a failure. He was ein'ployed by Government for many years as the engi- - I neer of the Caledonian canal, which l , runs up the Great Glen of Caledonia, connecting the line of lakes whose - basins occupy that deep hollow in. the -• Highland ranges, -amid so avoiding the o difficult and dangerous sea voyage round • the stormy northern nape of Caithness. s Unfortunately, though the _canal as an ) 'engineering work proved to be of the t most successful -oharactero it has never succeeded as a commercial undertaking. , It was built just at Wei' exact moment when steamboats were o the point ,of revolutionizing ocean • t affic ; and so, though in itself a ina.gnifi ent and lordly undertaking, it failed to atisfy the san- guine hopes of its projectors. But ' 'though Telford felt most bitterly. the 1, - unavoidable ill success of this great scheme, he might well have ,comforted I himself by the good results of hie canal - building elsewhere.. ' He a -ent‘ith Sweden to lay out the Gotha Ca al, Which still ' forms 'the- 'main high-ro d of 'commerce between Stockholm and the sea while in England itself some of hi works in this direction—such as the im rovehients on the `Birmingham • Canal, with its. im- niense tunnel—may fairly be considered as the direct precursor of the great. railway efforis'of the succ eding gen ra- . i tion: The niost remarkable o all Telford's designs, however, and t le, one which most immediately paved tl e way for the: railway system. was hi magnificent Holyhead Road. This W nderful high- way he carried through t le very midst of the Welsh' mountains, a a -compara- tively level height for its • ole distance,, in order to form a main ro cl from Lon- don to Ireland. On this road occurs of elford.'s maaterpiece of eneineering, the Menai Suspension bridge, sing: regarded as one of the wonders of .t1 e world, and still one of the Most beautiful suspension bridges in all Europe. HaIrdly less lad- mirable, however, in its own way is the Other suspension bridge which he sere ed at Conway, to &fry his road •acr the mouth- of the ,iestuary, beside t t - SE le Igrey old castle, with 1which• its charming design harmonizes -sd Well. Even now it is impossible to drive or walk along this famous and . pfettireeque highway without being struck a every turn' by. the splendid engineering triumphs:which it displays throughoa its entire length. -The contrast, indeed, beta' en the noble grandeur of Telford' bridges, and the works on the neighb rings railways, is lby no means flattering iia. very respect .to our too exclusively practical modern civilisation4 Telford was now giving an old. man. The Menai bridge was( begun ial,1819 and finished in 1826, when he was ViS years of age ; and though he Still continued to practise • his !profession, and to desigin- many • valuable i bridges, drainage cuts, and other small jobs, that great under- • taking was the last masterpiece of his long . and useful life. His later days were passed in deserved honor and coni- parative opulence ; for though never an aa;aricipus man, and 'always anxio.ua to rate.his services at tneir, lowest worth, he had gathered together a considerable fcrtune ,by the - way, almost without s(cking it. To the last, his happy cheer -I . fi I disposition :•:, enabled _ him •to go on laboring ; at the, numerous schemes by .which he hoped to benefit the, world of workers e arid so rnuch cheerfulne was af work done for the welfar of Innhani- ns surely. well earned by al man: who could himself look back upon so gooda record S4tein.ber, . li-e !came nty-eighth bilried in w of the at national the honor ty. At last, or t the 2n , o 1834, his quiet and nalnabl gently' to a close, in the sev year of his age... Re wa Westminster Abbey', and f men,' Who- sleep in -that gr temple more richly deserve than the Westerkiekeshepheri-boy. For ,Thessitil Telford's life was: riot merely ,one'a wormy suoolss ; it was still more pre-eminently one !Of. noble ends and public. usefulness. Many working men have raised themselves by their own ex- ertions to a position of wealth and dig- nity, far surpassing his o few indeed have conferred so many benefits upon untold part of ,England„ Wale„ or Scotland, thooSands, of their fell w -men. It is impossible, i even now, t travel in any without coming across innumerable me- morials of Telford's- great and usefnl life ; impossi,ble to. read the full record of his labors without finding that npna- berless strecturanwe, ave long admired for thciir , beauty or 'utility, Owe their origin to the honera le, upright, hard, workfing, thoeaugh-going journeyman nson al the. little Eskdale vii lege. son s'Whether we go-' into the drained fens of Lincolnshire; or traverse the broad roads of the rugged Snowdon ,re4ion ; whether we turn to St. Catharihe's Doeas in London, or to the wide:quays of Drindee and those of Aberdeen ; Whether we,sail beneath the Menai suspension bridge at Bans -este, or drive over the I lofty arches that rise sheer from the precipitous river gorge at Cartland, we- --everywhere the lasting traces of that inventive and ingenious brain., And yet, _ what lad could , ever have .started' in the world. under apparently.more hopeless. Circum- stances than widow Jilnet. Telford's penniless . 'orphan shepherd. boy Tani, in the bleakest and Most remote of all the; lonely border valleyS of southern Scot- land'? ' I . • I • i THE END. t Why the Boys T,eave. the Farm. "Why do the boys leave the farm V' wails a writer in an agricultural jour- nal.' Well, dear -brother, there are seyeall teaiona. t One is because the boylls not 65 years old at his birth', Then, is theW aahoe on the 'farm weigh- ing fourtedn ounces, bright as nick le - plate and sharp as a razor, and another hoe weighing somewhat less than . a breaking; -plow, 'with an. edge on it like a hammer and a sapling with the bark On for a handle, the liked man takes one ad the boy gets the the-, and every man in America knows which is the other. . , . ' i id yteu ever stand -with ands a hoe in r hand away down in a corrt row on me airless still, hot summer day,' nty acres of corn blades and tassels ting about you, standing fourteen ies higher than your- head, shutting every last -trace of breatheable lair, 'then hear a- locust down in the edge heatimber st -ike up his long strident, notorious cal to make it ten times er ? And -all this time a cool creek, a mile ,away, loitering in deep, silent s in shady places in -', the • woods., or king into merry:- dancing ripples the pebbles? AMI in big deep holes, fish just lying around, lonesome for o '? ‘Vell, then, , you know -why 1 s e oys leave the farm.-e-Burdette in. k in. Eagle.- , , ' ' REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. -1°WcIornfoErtaFIRrIli'd-FerTes„oAuL,Eoc..--euFpoierdsabye the undersigned. It contains seven rooms and s miner kitchen, and. hard and soft water, and isl within two minutes walk of Main Street. A to HUGH GRIEVE. • 984xt.f. On di at in TI at0 GOOD FARADFOR SALE.—For sale, -Lot 18,iConcession 6, Hay,containing 100 acres, which about 60 are cleared, fenced and under- ained and partly free from stumps, the W- ee is hardwood bush. There are good build - ss and small orchard and plenty of good water mis is a good farm arid will be sold on reason - le terms. For particulars apply to JOHN RBY; on the premises, or Hensall P. 0. 952 20e, ACRE FARM- POT SALE —A first-class Farm for Sale in the township of Turn - berry, in the Coulity of .Huron, being. Lots No. 54 and -55 in the 1st Concession, containing :SOO ac -es, 150:cleared and in a good state of curb- va ion. s There is first-claas orehtird, a good fr me house and a bank barn SO by 48' feet with Et no stable underit. The farm ie situated one - ha f mile front the gravel road leading from oxeter to Brussels, 5 Miles from Wrosatet and froth Brussels. Terms easy.. For particulars ap tly to J: COWAN, Wroxeter, or to ROBERT M FFAT, Proprietor; on the premises. 901 FARM IN MORRIS - FOR SALE.—A very valu- 1 ablefarm for Sale, being south half of Lot 6, Concession 3, Mortis, containing 100 acres; there are about 80 acres cleared and free front stumps. The soil is a fine clay loam and well fenced and watered.' There is a good bank barn with stables underneath and a good frame house, the buildings are nearly new,*and there is In first - cleats orchard. There is a good -bush with plenty of rail .timber. The fatm is one mile from school, five •miles from Whighatn, and two and a half - fro in 13elgrave statioe. Good gravel roads lead - big from the place. :The Farm will be sold cheap. Apply on the premises or Belgrave P.O., Wt. HANNAH. • - • 957 VCR SALE.—Par sale in the thriving village of Hensell at a great bargain, that valualsle pro ierty situated on the west side of Brooke street, consisting of a geod new Hama dwelling 18X26 -feet, and well finished throughout, with • good well and stable on the premises. Reason for selling is that the undersigned intends leaving the Village about the end of the year. Possession can be given at any time within a weeks notice. Terms of Sale.—Very liberal. For full particu- lars apply to D. MOWBRAY, Mason and Coin - tractor, Hensel' P. 0. 906 rARM IN GREY FOR SALE.—Being- Lot , 14, on the -16th Concession, containing 100 acres, south part of but 15, on the 16th Conces- sion, containing 45 acre; Lot 14 is partly clear- ed,J-he balance well thabered, a never: failing creek crosses the lot, it is well adapted for farm- inger grazing lot, 15Ederes is mostly cleared and under good cultivation, the bah:lee is well tim- bered with black ash. Its well drained Will sell altagethet or in parts tossuit the purchaser. For further particulars, apply to the Proprietor on the premises, or by letter!to Cranbrook 0. 947x4tf • GEORGE AVERY. • • • TURN! IN MORRIS FOR SALE.—For Sale, North -half Lot 22, Concesaion 7, Morrie, containing 100 acres; about 70 --of Which are clear- ed, -and partly cleared fi•oin stinups, well 'fenced and: in a Odd state of cultivation. The wood land contains considerable. 'cedar. There is a good frame house and bank barn with stabling underneath and other necessary outbuildings, a good orchard and alenty of :spring water.' • It • is withia three-quarters of a mile from school, and only three miles from the flourishing village of 13ruseels. This farm will be sold cheap. Apply on the premises or Brussels P. 0. 9200 SIMON: FORSYTHE, Proprietor. GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 1, Condesslon 8, Tuckersmith, containing- 100 acres, about 80 of which are cleared, free from stuniss, underdrained, in a high state of cultiva- tion and well fenced. There is a comfortable log h use and a large bank barn with stabling uncial- math. Also a young orchard and good well. The land -is all dry and of the best quaiit.3,-. It is conveniently situated to Seaforth and Eippcm stations, with good gravel roads leading to eac i place. For further particulars address the Pr, prietor, Eginondville P. O' . or apply at the E smendville mills. JAMES KYLE, Pro - pride 004-tf G° D FARM FOR SALE.—In order to close he affairs of the estate of, the late W. G. flings on, the executors offer the following very Valuab c ' lands for sale. First-Ncirth half of Lot 30 Concession 5, township of Morris Con - Winn, 90 acres. On this lot is erected a good frame tarn with stone foundation, good orchard, Well an d pump. Nearly all cleared,. and is on the gr vel road closely adjoining the village of Brusse s.. This farm is a N'al liable one, is well fenced and in a good state of cultivation. Per prices and terms apply to TLIOS.KELLY,' Brus- sels P. pa liasav ENNINGS, Victoria Square PM., or JAh ES SMITH, Maple Lodge P. 0 Middlesex - Cpunt3. 868. - . TWO, HUNDD REACRE FARM FOR SALE.— ,. • I, r sale, Lot No. 11, on the 14th and 16th -conceits ions of Grey, containing 200 acres, 150 of . . which t i a cleared and in a good state of cultiva- tion. he remainder is good hardwood - hush. There i • a never failieg creek- running through the farm a There is a good frame barn 40 by 60 feet, gdnd leg house awl good bearing orchard. It -is sis. miles from Brussels, and three from Walton with good gravel road leading to each place. There is.a school on the next'Lot. Price $ir11 ,701x0.'n Ilua is an ea-cells:tit stock and grfsin fa d is offered very' cheap. For further 966 particulars apply to the Proprietor on the prem- ises or t -Walton P. 0.—ADAM DOUGLAS. cl 00 ka'As sz let,cont the bale It -is of s acres s ereolari two jog fortable bearine GRAIN AND CRAZING FARM FOR LE.—Being Lot a, Concession 13, Hul- Ming 159 acres,130 of which are cleared, cc being well timbered with hardwood. perior soil, wtll f under drained, and 40 eded to grass. A never -failing spring ns through the back end. There are ouses, frame barn, large shed, and icorn- housing for stock. There is a good- rchard and three wells. It -is q miles from 1313 th, 10 front Seaforth, and a like distance from Brt office. and pn e ,cou n try. P. 0. nets. One mile from school and post - 'hutches convenient. Will be sold- cheap sy terms, as the owner is leaving the Apply -to J. ALLARDYCE; Harlock . 978 -ti. ram FOR SALE. -Being Lot 20, on the 17th con session of Grey, containing one hundred acres, of which about 50 are cleared and well fenced an d in a good state of cultivation, 25 acres of good ard wood bush, tharernainder cedar and ash. Ph re is a spring creek running through the lot. There is a good frarne house with fair out build'nes, good young orchard and two wood wells, col senient to school and churches. Itis eight mil s to Brussels and five to Ethel with good roan s lc:ading to each place. This is an ex- cellent st elc and grain farm and will be sold cheap, l'or further particulars apply to the proprieto on the premises, or to Monceief P. 0., —J 01.1N A RAI C II A E L. 967-4. f. ' ]?ARMOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale his valuable farm in the Township of Gray, cal 'prising Lots (3 and 7, on tine 11th Con- ceeeion of said Township. This farm contains 200 acre-, and is within 1 and 1 miles of the thrivingN 1 nage of Brussels; with a good gravel road leading thereto: About 150 acres are clear- ed,free fro m -stiimps, and in a good state of cub tiSiStion. The balance is finely wooded. This farmn. articularly well fenced, nearly the wholeiof he fences being straight, and haying been erec ed in 1883 6. On the premises there is a eomfo table log dwelling house,and a good sfranie heal , with stone stabling und. rneath, in whieh the e is a well ,with abundant supply of !excellent •ater. There is likewise a new frame iimplamen house, 40x26 feet, well floored above+ and :below arid neatiy sided and painted. There • .:are 2 act s in fall wheat sown upon summe.r- fallOW. It Sill be sold -on very easy ten -ins of pay - menta 'Fa Particulars apply to the proprietor, JAMES DICKSON:, Registria• Huron Co., Code - 'rich; 986it_f. PLE.ND D FARMS FOR SALE.—The under- aignec offers fersale his very valuable pro - pert', --,'Con htitig :Of 150 acres, being Lot No 9 and the w st half of Lot 4, on the 7th Conces- sion of Tuckersmith, in the county of Huron The buildim gs on Lot 2, are, vis; A brick house ,24x34 feet, kitchen 18x20 feet, verandahs and woodshed ttached. Barn 56x54 feet with atone • -tabling u derneath 9. feet high, frame stabling one 18x42 mother 18x30, pig house and all nee- _ fassary buil lirigs, There are 75 acres cleared and in a high s ate of cultivation; the balance is well timbered, There are also on the place a good orchard ani two never failing wells' of water. •The 50 acr farn has on it a good orchard and log house, aood well, 25 acres cleared which is under gras , the balance well timbered. These farina are a ell drained an fenced, and will be sold toget or or :separately. They: are within five Miles o Seaferth, on asgood gravel road,con- vernent to schocilti andlahurches, and will be sold cheap. Ap ly te THOMAS McBR1DE, on Lot 2, or 44. let r to Seaforth -P. 0. • 972-tt The T Monster Stores. MON-TR EAL HOUSE, Oak Hall Clothing and Gent' Furnishing Establishment, Largest Stock in the County to choose from. Messrer Duncan & Duncan Would call attention to their large stock of Dress Goods. We offer good Cloth Dress Goods at 10c per yard, worth 15c. Large quantitieS to select from at 12ic, 15c and 20c per yard.' Silks and Satins—all the newest shades in brown, bronze, Navy and Black—full lines of Trimmings to match the very latest styles. Wed- ding orders a specialt. Our stock is large and complete, so that parties can de- pend on getting the v iry latest styles and lowest -prices. Our Millinery depart- ment is fully stocked Vith the late:it English, French and American fashions. The Montreal Ho se is the spot to get,. woollen goods, New Squares, Hoods, Tam O'Shanters, &e. I Two hundred Ladiels' Wool Shawls, new goods, from 90c to $10. Mantle and Mantle Cloth—We mak4n these our special lines, and can give our customers over 100 different pieces of cloth to select from, ats from 50c to $7 per yard. Customers buying cloth can have Mantles cut free of charge. Large stock of readyrnade Jackets and Mantles, Hosiery and Gloves. Five hundred pairs Ladies' and Misses' Hose at half-price, bought direct from manufacturer over three months ago Ibefore advance in prices. .0A_JK HALL CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING HOUSE-, Look out for cold weather, and prepare for winter, by 'ailing at the leading Clothing House in the county. Piles of Readymade 01 thing. Big stock of Winter Overcoats to be sold cheap. Winter Underclothing in great variety, and at prices to suit the :nil ion. Hats, Caps, Shirts, Collars, Ilies, Gloves, and every article required in a t rst-class Furnishing House, can had at Oak Hall. Our stock of imported Twee is in Scotch, English and Irish, was never so large or so well -selected. Panting not to be excelled in the city. AlliWool (Canada tweed) Pants from $2.50 up w rth $3. Our Tailoring capacity is to well known to re- quire further self -conn iendaiton. Perfect fit always guaranteed, and skilled mechanics only employed. Oive us a call. -.1,FO1 ALL AT— NO VEMBE‘,11, 12, 1886. STOVE'S. C. M WHITNEY Is showing a full line of S T 0 -V— E IN COAL OR WOOD. Parlor Cooking and Box Stoves Ease Burners square and round_ Don't fail to see them before purchas- ing, as they lead for style, and are all guaranteed to give satisfaction. See the "Royal Art" Base Burner," "Famous Royal," " Model Cook," ‘‘Mascott," &c. The- cheapest house under the sun for goods in our line. C. M. WHITNEY. On Time as Usual. J. A. Stewart, —OF THE— Dominion House CONSTANCE, Is just on time with a fuil stock of latest styles in Dress Goods, Wool Caps and Wool Hoods, Facinators, Velveteens in black and colored, Plushes, Underclothing, a big stoek of Guernsey Shirts and D awers, Plain and Fancy Top Sh' Cardigan Jackets, Flannels, Tweeds, Cottonades, S' htings, white and factory Cottons, Weaving C -ton and Knitt;ng Cotton, White Shirtseheap a good. , .Szplendid line of Teas just arrived. Pure Sur Sy- ; try it. A lot of those popular Spices for pastty and pickling, prepared by Connor At 1)3 .on. Honey in comb and strained. Another lot of Colored Glassware eheaper than over. Crockery in great variety. China Sets, Stone China Sets. A big drive in Boots and Shoes, away down in price. Examine them be- fore purchasi )1; elsewhere. Hardware lid .everything usually kept jim a general count y tore. Come one and all to the new store ke t by 967 • A STEWART. Watches and Jewelry Your Duncan Duncan, Oak Y Hall, Seaforth.- 01.1 Prices. rHE BARGAIN HOUSE Is filling fast with new Iran Geods. Jost received per steamers State of Georgia and Polynesian, new Daess Goods, New Tweeds and Pantings, New Coatingse New Shawls, New Plushes, New Velveteens, New Linens in. Tablings, Hollands, TOW ellhigs, &a.; New Silks, Satins, Ribbons, &c.; Newi Carpetings and Oil Cloths. Stock now complete Having purchased the bankrupt stock of C. L. Papst & Cd., consisting of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Platedware. I a.m now mi a position to sell- the me ,at MANITFAC-I of READYMADE CLOTHING in all sizes and pries a LESS THAN of Men's, Youths', Boys' and Children's: We guarantee quality and price of all TURERS' PRICES FOR CASH.- ' our goods unmistakeably right. We invite you, reader, to ;call and inspect for This offer stands good for THIRTY DAYS ONLY at yourselfJ trff' No trouble to show goodsi JAMES F,DICKARD, CAMPBELL'S sLock, MAIN STREET, EAFORTH, Axis Cut Pebbles. : The frauds that have been perpetrated on the spectacle wearing publics by most dealers and pedlars giving assumed and fancy names to ordinary glass,, speaks for thelignorance of the public generally in the all important subjeot of the preservation of. the sight. Mere are only two articles from which spectacle lenses cau be maunfactu ed, viz., Pebble and Glass. Call glass by any other name it still remains glass. P bble, on the other hand, is from Nature's own manufactory. It is natural crystal, found generalla in freestone foundation, and is harder than the ruby and emerald and nearly as hard as the diannnd. The pebble is nothing more nor less than a transparent stone, cut b3• the aid of diamond dust and the greatest amount of- power is plaCed immediately over the centre of the grain found in alit pebble. ft will -give- to the spectacle wearer a coolness, freshness • and a pleasant feeling that th ordinary speetaele lenses cannot by anyipossibility impart. All. Spectacles! and Eye Glasses are stamped B. L.A.C. P., and can only be pukehased from M_ CQTITJ 1\T PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, SEAFORTH, ONT. Also on hand a stock of La arns, Morris & Co., Black & Co., and Montreal Optical Company's Spectacles. Connuon Spectacle from 1.0c. per pair up. -C -171 -1- _Lee C.-:+1 0 -IL) ID _III - 4,A; -4;• l'asste.ii 1886_ We have reeeieed ex - Parisian, Polynesian, Siberian, Norwegian and Scan. dina,vian, the bulk of our (..,1c1 Country good's, and they having been bought before the recent rise in woollen goods, are the best value we have over shown. We also show a good range of Canad!ian stuffs in Cotton, Denims, Cottonades, &e. We would ask inspection of our stock of Dress Coods, Silks, N'elvets,. Plashes in all the new shades. Full stock Of Carpets, - urtairis and House Furnishing Goode, I - S E A. EN 0 It Pr 1-1 gT A MI 332, S o 1NT,, F'tpst's Book Store, SEAFORTH. —OF -- ROYAL MAIL STEMMIRS, A. STRONG, Seafarth, Agent. G..LEAT ItEDUCTION IN PASSAGE PATES. Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool an Lon- donderr3•, $50, $63, and $73, according to position en- stateroona. Children under 12 years, half fare; under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, $50. Inter- mediate, $35; Steerage, $13. From Liverpool or LOndonderry to Halifax: Cabin, $63, $78.78 and $04.50; Intermediate, $35; Steerage, $13. Re- turn Tickets from Halifax to Londonderry or Liverpool and back to Halifax: Cabin, $100, $126 and $143; Intermediate, 7O;$Steerage, $26. Money Loaned and Real Estate Bought and Sold as Usual. IN I represent several of the bast Insurance Cosa panics in the world. LTrOffice—Market Street, Seaforth. A. STRONG KEEP COOL TiIIE Subscriber is now prepared to deliver ICE in any quantity. a, KEEP WARM" Any quantity of WOOD, hard or soft, long or short, split or unsplit. Also any quantity of Cedar Posts and Cedar Bloeks for flooring, &e., as cheap as plank, all of which I will sell and de liver at reasonable charges. TELEPHONE NO. 29, R. COMMON. "BELL ORGANS Unapproa.ched for Tone and Quality. CATALOGUES FREE' BELL &Cog, Guelph, 011t NolirMBEll 121 . toff, viT,svC,11,,,neThoyino_Fh. 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" Ther replied the new girl, pro took me a Ong time to clean ' I have done it at last, and tin nasty :insides into the street.' —Teacher—What is a se —The nurOer of runs made match. Teacher—No, no, w , is, how trisseh does a ace numerieallY? What idea 4 - you? That is to say, if I a you- that I tad - a- Score of h would you think ? Pupil marm, I should think you i me." I —Turner the painter, w Wit Onceat ,adinner of literary men, a in' inor •poet, being very facetious, proposed "The painters and glazierl Britain. The toast was d Turner, after returning lila' proposed the health of the Br* stainers. The laugh was I the poet. f —A yonag dramatic antl fered a manager a five -act especially shitable for his the - tragedy is a chef f i' mime, modest youth, " and I angel- Ibrilliant success for it. . The' tragic -that all my aCtors third act." "The.deuce' _cried, the astonished nmna then, do you manage for ae- two last acts 7" "I use t those whom I have killed in t replied the ingenious author. —In the action at Quatr Duke of Wfallingtean was car on the tide of a retreating hod troops ; the French lancers charged on its flank, and chance was in his horse's spee rived, hotly' pursued., at the ditch, within which the 9' randers were lying, and the obeyed, whereupon he leaped across the ditch, ami i pulled up.with a smile on tahne6ier.,bayonets bristled over "Lie down, men 1" and the He called oat to them as be a . - —As the beautiful Duchess • shire, wheni young, was one ping out c;if her carriage, a who was apeidentally standin was about to regale himself vs- eustomed lidatiff of tobacco, glance of hr countenance, anc exdely,ahiredt ' me' Love iand y bples la eyes 1" It is said the Duche delighted with this eomplimen frequently .fteriVards checked - of adulation which was so offered to her charms by sayin 40 ft theerT s tahree iniasIlipstidin.a"" e°1 -"Ii ,—We cut the following essS from an At lerlean paper. - It the eormnon school* of Ne- to have be -4i sent from a Ind Ne - " Dogs is nsefuller :as cats,: afeared of cats. They bite "e folle1.43 boys and co.tches- a hi ear. Hogs rare bite, ' SJl people. People eat hogs bu • Jews, as the, and other anii doesn't elle* the cud isn't c , na Dogs t,n s suin cit, int :ersowgeat t ,* hinit ajltpoih ; for barking of nites. Sleepy auditors, titaonrsin2al lor 'man; they do! man' than growned hogs, or . nesTinDon"liatSvfrISiftt. oIh3aeteriperke'asc,heDdU length of which disgusted ni. gotes.. Gotes smell. The end! Preachandit afEl itihIlilirhtsee ri his i comingionoflto his tshoeok7 in the same iplace, he :took to avoid falling into the forn. His text wits 7. "He that i Upon the poor lendeth unto I. and that which he bath givei tIPielayryinslbociiiimoxt,laidig:si ain. ' The demi, peating his text in a morti 4 manly emphatical. tone, addedenmity, downlborite,iititliariefiya,3;:naiio 41l n1.iiili quaintness and brevity of tin-: Produced a very large contribri , Scotland,`'n6lIvadeVirgi eceased,nSlia- Aer d : ctain iiiinister of the , With great care a series of disee the parable of the ten virgins,: made use of them -rather oft. Some of his brethren thought in On the evening of a corn=