Huron Record, 1880-12-17, Page 6MX AND GARDEN,
• THE WORK OF THE MONTH, ,
lave Seoex.—as the season advances the
Eve stook require increased attention ;
eget only are they more directly de-
pendent upon our care, but they are subject
to diner:Meets from exposure,which seriotiely
eketerfore with the profit pf keeping then. Of
• aD our domestic auintals the pig is the meet
eensitive to exposure to roe& weather', poul-
try next,in this order; fowls, ducks, •geese
and turkeys, thelast often doing. better when
exposed than if sheltered, Next Jet • fowls,
mem, then, waking oxen and young cattle;
next horses, which are used, unused horses,
and sheep, Of them lest the long -wool breeds
we meet isensitive to cold aortas and • snow,
but °lose -fleeced breeds will stand almost any
amount of cold if they have enough te eat,
&tett to go under, and taunter frora driving
donne of rein and now. '
Roams.- If well fed, usually feel bright
and lively in winter, and young horses are,
for tide very reason, more easily trained than
when the weather mad runnina et pasture
makes them dull. Whenever horses are used
so as to warm them up at all, blanket thent
as goon as they stani still, ff only for two
or Wee minutes, those two or three minutes
are roraistimes enough CS give a chill, which
may end in pneumonia,
or other serious
troubles. Gemming saveefeed, and also Pro-
motes health in horses,and ,ebould reeler lip
neglected. It will probably payeeveirto groom
boarding horses, and it witl certainly pay, the
owners to stipulate :that their horses Amnia
be groomed daily. „Blankets, Oicept" mere
" dusters " are worse than uselees in stables;
they make the horse. tender, and more likely
to take cold Nation brought iii hot. Litter very
freely if you have the material; straw, leaves,
swamp. hay, ete.
Grrsust tX.STAtraz;—,This article is admir-
able get a fertilizer u'pea clover, AO an
„ dent absorbent. Of aransonia, and purifier of
the air of.stables. It is well to eprinkle it
over the floor of both horse and coworal's., as
soon as they are cleaned out in the memo&
and °vex the bedding at evening.- When thus
used, its effeces are just as good, and prob-
ably better than when epplied alone upon the
lend..
Oteree.—Store• and 'dry. cattle • • will go
through the wintee under diet sheds, and led
-
upon corn -stalk e and swamp hay, but they
will do much better if fed alittle grain and
roots, and well sheltered. • It is not neCessary
tcfgive them the-eare needed by :
Mthon Cows.—These aught to be Well fed,
and cleaned by a eard and brush, daily, if
poissible, otherwise twice. a week. They
should be milked up to within fear weeks of
calving. It is a great temptatiort to dry off
a cow so as to save the Wier .of niliking, and
not alone will hired men do this, but the
farmers themselves; generally do it, and
think that theYstata a .good deal in feed and
labor, while in reality,witli young cows, they
impart a habit of going dry early, which Well
• last them as long as they live. The :batter.
, =doh cows are fed! 'thebetter return they
_ _giseebut feed jedjeurasly. Alittle cern meal•
. added glees thy& an eitlide—tiii-lIfe- bathe:
• Iteitteene dedeelreiteettlayetrelipplags areatthe-
best feed for. giying:eoler, eyeeensete,better
haewinter. e• _ •
Tzenim Cows,-aUpon nbt afetv of the best
• • dairy farnts—and„ yet,perhapfs, it Would he
truthful to ee.y upon a few such farm's, the
milk given by each cow is. weighed . at. each
milking, and ,once in a while, tie • hot tern
• comes around, the amount of liettet she will
teak's. is ascertained, , This, if :continued
through the year, gives rosette which will ens
• able the fanner to .piek out • hie' hese cows.
Though the system seem, accurate, it is
liable to one seriotis falleey ef.eowwhich is
apparently in perfect health Will give in one
• year a mueli larger quantity et ladle and but-
ter than she will in' another, for reaseies that'
ere as yet not:well understood: ,
•• CALvEs which are to be. broaglat up away
• from the coW should reeloved .lrom ttic
• • - dams as soon as dropped.: LTheywilinevar—
hardly ever—attempt to, enek: Oen one en-
• other's ears, and if fed carefully will fatten
equally witiethose On the °Owe. .
' Sribse ate particulerly settees tp geed
. treatment., A good shepherd is always gentle
amen 'his sheep. Ewes Which -are' : to .4mb
ear y oug • e yems ves an 1, ye
better bare •xis their tet •
e approaches.
• slew more turnips and give. them a little
• - neeeliberal sprinkhag of core mealend .bran,
.
Smile Sunni. end atits should be- by them;
elves, and let fetteniitg sheep 'heves • regular
, seeding and be kept uiet, give' them a small
•- yard•and an airy but dark shed, supplied with
. feeding reeks and troughs ; never feed them
in the open yard. • • ,. • .• e • .
Pm.—Nearly double the food will be
euired to keep pigs froni gomg back,- atter.
really cold weather veinefaoneesay, When the
• ground freezes. It is then best t� kill at
once. . Every farmer ought to be able to hill
a'nd out up his owe pigs. • Butchers are often
very rough and brutal.. This is not neces-
sary. Marly.a farmer who kith; his own 'pigs
does so becauee he wants the. job- kindly end
htuttanely done. Fle actually thrusts the
knife as if he loved the victimassFeed peaked
corn, that is, coen which is covered with . as
much boilitig water as it well.take slip in 24
hours. This is better foieeither fattening or.
store pigs than cows° meal, unless the latter
be thoroughly Maid. •
Poulairsa-Hens will lay up to Christmas,
if they have watts quarters.' A nianure 'shed,
• where Mixed manure throwsoff considerable
warmth, and which is 'dosed in, but well von-.
tileted, is ansexeellent place for fowls. They
aro ]rept warm and comfortable, 'their drop.
pings are all saved, going to enrich the meen
• ure, and they keep on -laying, often tai Win-
ter. At noon feed,•ie open weather, soft food,
—that is, Boiled potatoes mixed with .bran
and corn -meal, oe something of the kind; at
night give a good feel of whole grain; :throw.
ing down.enough te tell them off the reeds
for an early breakfest; unlese thereby Yea will
be feeding .an army of rats till night. In
'snowy eta frozen weather, feed three tithe a,
day, and give only what they wet tun after at
.each mad. .
Duess.—Ttain there to spend the nights en
a cadet* or manure heap, uncle; cover. They
'will lay earlier,: and eat less, for they will be
warm.
Getiii need regular heeling. They do
well on potato Mid ape/0 parings, a little corn,
and a nand° to pia up, seatteeed Cheer,
haves and heads which talr,treen the fodder
racks
• Tim Woon Lor.—Work maybe done hero
during-th.ewholo month,. H is the best eat.
eon to out timber for betiding purposes and
for feneieg stuff., 'For firodetcd; the mama is
not of so much haportatee„andyet thetwhich
is out early in the winter is better than that
Out Jater.,
CLEAN enAss LAND.
, The great maeortty of meadows, hi the older,
'
States, Are more or less foul with " plantsout
of plase," yarrow, white-weecl, thistles,Jtainae
wort, dock, and other meclean herbage. Next
after clean tillage., the remedy for these un-
clean weeds is pure grass, seed. Designed
adulterations in 'wags eeed are probably rare,
yet moot of the seed sold in ow large markete
is not entirely chest. Some of it is very foul,
and Infliote great damage upon the farmers
who purchase it, It adds to the cost of every
cropouttivatecl opou ',the 'ground where it is
sown for many eeare afterward. We aro glad
te, notice, in °our .visits !thong tarrners this
presentlemon, that they are takieg the
remedy fee this nuisance intotheir own hands,
aud are fp-owing then even seed, However
ready a man may be to Bend foul
seed to market, he is not likely to
to cheat himself in growing it for
his own use. It is not a very difficult thing
to clean the half acre patch, or less, reserved
for seed, of all foreign plants, so that the far-
mer may know that he has pure timothy, red
top, or clover eeed for his own, use. Ile also
hart the satisfaction of loutwing that the tieed
iS of the previous year's growth, and is very
sure to spring up under favorable conditions.
The complaint of feel seed is very general,
and the isroole of its, use, in past yeare,. are
abundant On the great Majority of fame. It
is a rare exception to find a , farmet who is
thoroughly conscientious in keeping a clean
ferule and in raising Olean seed for market.
Wholesale, dealere have the means. of eetect,
ing foul,sedd, and of keeping them out of the
Market, but there is. 'a halt of eonscietee in
trade, as well as upon that arra, and, mull
hay seed, mixed with the seeds et ,weetle, is
sold • °eery year. • In theepresent stete of the
rneiltet it is altogether 'safest, and. cheapest,
'for 'the farmer to raise his own grass seed,
He leisure then to begin right in stocking hie
geese land. If hewn! take A little time, every
season, to pull every scattering weed. that lie,
may _endin Jie _meadows, before, and after
mowing, he will be sure to have 'absolutely
.elean grass hind, which, is Oa peofitable.ae is
ts beautiful, . • .
, , KEEPING ACCOUNTS.
The last few days of this mouth . often.
the first week of the next, if halm& a longer
tint° is not needed, are spentby eleeareful
store keepers andshopkeepelii, end basilicas
uien'in e teeing aceouee of steak," The
goods are overhauled and examined, and .an
eceuratcalist made out, of all article, often-
times with the met and Millet( prieei or the
cost and•the.proPee value, compared in ad,
joininecolutnes. • Thee the balance. for, the
Year can be accurately made out. Vatmers
ought to do something of this kind.. It, is,
not difficult., audif they eci not plan to do it
now,: Christmas will passe and. the New Year
will begin before thdy de it, and then•it will
be put over unttl ariother year. It is easy. to
catalogue hinges, cattle, isheepetnd swine, and
other live. stook, aud to set a' fair Priee upon
them. 19 18 not difficult to estimate the amount
of fodder; and the besliels.ot grain end roots.
are already, moat— cases, • acouratolt,'
known. • -Bat a- farmer's wealth Bei in, geed
part it laboaexpended, which will ban- fruit
anOther yen, and in the far eff future, arid no
esthete:1a ef theeeireptiethetadeiredee etatieltd-6
ittebtreattersteee whiele amt. not take it1tp-
.1tecenutteetich..iteins :as -these:,1.' eft • sueree
sowed to wheat end grass; dieseed with•18
loads'of maniac. to tho aeres-say •at.se, cost
for labor, seeditand Manlike, of 0700," e't 100
reds strip' fence at ; the former item
bPing placed in 'the " account Of stock"—the
letter In the ".expeuse aecount " the same
as "I09e1:559m the investment"e, inettrattee,"
" repairs," " paintleg,". etes ••
"• What : the . Use."—Will it Make 16tter
beeves 7 Will it make hotteretheat and corn'?
will it mak e more triillt and butter.? .Perhatie
Mitt tete yet, it., probably Will help to do.
nel these. The farmer will see after the , see
mad year • 3.st, Whether or. .rett he is ad-
ovancing d, .where he may. make Innen.
tant savings ; what branches of his bliss
Mess pey best, whelkt cost tee least Lahore irad
met:07th° best refutes. ;The ateneor a 'feria:
emelt.° cemitieted aeon soandlausinese 'prin-
ciples. the better fee the Liehiee. '
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•
A W CA.BLE:
A Double 14.0 from Cornwall act Nova
' •••• •S otia to _he Laid. •
IsTa•I'cr YOal Dee. 4.A. speeildatiorrespont
dent in Lot eebles aefollews 1 &taloa
you thelrect sometime agolhat njuiriehgd
:been made by cable from. Now York of the•
house of Siemens •Brothers as toethe teems
ou 'which they would, under -false the &testate...
tion of two nal? ocean.:celeless , Thom an.
.gniriee•have .been aeseetred • by mail; 1021,
am now' enabled to inform•you teat .Siemens
Brothers have undertaken to construct and
ley; with thenablo steamship Faraday, Which
belongs- -to them two new, and templet°. At-
lantic cables f the finest geality from- Pete
zance, at the *Worn elect of OPenwall,• te
Whitehead in Noya Scotia, tonehhig at. Sable
18land. These cables will be coeneeted with
the s land eysteni of the , American
Uhloe Telegraph Company. ,. mid they.
AO bet entirely . Controlled .by Araer,
ican •Citizense. The price to be • paid for,
thotwo cables laid' dowit aud completed will
be rather under than tear Z1,500,000 sterling,
andavork will be liegurans them hnesediately.
Tilt) sem for which these • new cables can ' be,
constructed shows -how vast have , beelt
tho improtements ritettly Made' in Cie whole
business of telegraph 'ad cable censtruotion.
The eapital stock of tin) Anglo.Aiterteat Celt
ptiny amounts to 87,000,006, or §35t000,000;
that of the -.French Oontesatiy to Ze,000,000.
or $15,000,000•; and thee of the Direct Cable
Company, we believe, to 42,000,000, or 610,-
000,000. As these three Oompames are run
practically ae oto, and ender one -head, it fol.
loWetbet the 'new Anierioan Cable -Company
will enter the field bf competition egainst its
elder rivals with 'areatly. improved geisha ane
with a capital representrag at the most not
morOthan one-third that • of the 'combined
eompanies, • • a .
18 IT MTJR,DER; 9 • •
Mysterious Disappearance of Manager
Sillerhurgh,
• Buerer,o, Dee. 2,—There is considerable
eiteitereerit hero over they mysterioue dem»
aearetee of Samuel Seim -burgle inaneger .'of
the Germania theatre, who played SO conspic-
uous a part in the Schinidt-Wahle affair
about a weeklir two iteeel-Idwatt_to. have fetid
the eateries of the company yesterday, Whi011
was ta haye left for Detroit to iti.ght,•arel the
money was deposited in the bank, whore it
still remains. Foul play is suspected, as he
was not in debt anti his leisinese prospeoes
were good;
three wooden shantiee now stend
on the site of the little hatztlet where Jeffer.
eon was horn, near aharlottesville, Va.
.wotdher,". says • Mike, " if Olin
Qatstheritliens rowsin oysther shello."
STRAY 'RECOLItECTIONS.
Writtoa for the aeseeama.
THE PENITENTDOOF COLORADO.
The Puegatoire or Las Animas river rims
in the Sierras Madre, or main range of the
Rooky nmentains le Southern Colorado, a
little eouth of the Spanish Peak. Aftet a
course of about 150 miles it falls into the
Arkansas not • far Awe the Kansas
line. The names Purgatoire andLee Animas
have the same meaning, the fornaer being
French and the other Spanish for Purgatory
—the place of depeeteci apirite. It is said
this name was givea to it, both on amount of
the unearthly whispering of the water ati it
glides along, and of the ghostlike leanings of
the wind, as sweeping down from the snow -clad
mountains it is peat into the narrow,' canons
of the Raton range, or ands vent by the deep
valley ef the Animas. It was at; Trinidad, on
the banka of the Purgatoire, on Good Friday
of last yetir that a friend fetid, "How would
you like to go and me the Penitentes e" I
said I would like to go and we went, •
I had heard of the Penitentes before They
constitute asseeret society or order within the
Catholic °heath, and their peouliariey is that,
in the hope of carting rewards hereafter, or
of mitieating the fires 6! 'purgatory,, they
inflict, upon themselves whippings and other,
tortures: They .are exclusively Mexicans,
and have no little .pelitioal influence, duce
they always vote for their °leaders. Among
those leaders were Jesus Maria Garcia, the
eounty treasurer, and (Meitner° •learele, then
State agitator, both of whom had held office
for many years. They are. know e As coni-
inandantes, or commanders, The Catholic
clergy are hostile te the:Penitent:se, and els-
name° there hitterly, I could • net learn,
however, that the oilicestof the -.church, Were
'ever denied them. .
The Penitentits age very jealous of observe -
acne so my friend and I deemed it pendent 'to
approach them along the river banks tinder
cover of the trees and brushes. Aeoorilingly,•
wa kept as close as we could, and after a Walk
of an hour or so, suddenlyr at a bend in ,the
stream,' &me upon a procession of the
devotees.. They had a sinall • cruciform
adobe building which they used for a lodge
room. It was entirely without windows; and
Was at a distanee of perhaps a .quarter Of a
mile from 'the elver. Close to the fiver bank
was a rude mete and toward 'this from the
lodge room the procession was slowly manila
leg. The column was three wide, the men in
the outside reeks wearing long black robes,
While those ia the middle Wore nothing but
1-awers and were ;raked from then waists up.
1 them there wore about ix dozen, and four
of them carried immense wooden &mug,
under which they reeled end staggered, eo
great Wes the weight.' . " s'
Arrived at the standing erase, the black -
robed men formed in. 4 group at one•sidesand
sot up a etren.ge; wild wailing chant; which
hleadedfantastically With , the .sighs Of the
wind anti the athisperings of the stream. The'
Llagellants laid down the crosses they hail
carried and knolt jn prayer in frorit of that
Which -WO atiiiidthr,-Iiistinitlys' 'their
dra"Wers weredyed with tad at the kuoae, and
theralestavsettateltageenielantetheekttsattei:
with eitetee, . There ine manfkieds of cactus
iii•Colorado. • The meet comenen is a. plant
'about' six feet high; • having "U'gly angular
branches, and these branches' are anted with
spikes about as large: as e common. needle
end as'sharp. When the Penitentes knelt -on
these metes breeches, the needle's would not
only penetritte the flesh, diet many, oI theta-
Nyeiplil shy there. • - •.in"r
•
For a kg tithe they:retrained . blero-. the
Cr*, the devoteeseoinetimee kneeting quietly,
sometime& Moving shoat on. their knees, and
speratimes throwing theinselvei magnate
the ground; All the tithe that infernal chant
was kept up, with 4 weird horror that film
one'ebleocli
•
• Atiase the devetees rose, and the peaces.
siOn Wes reformed. Those who dual denied
eriesiseeeeemitedehem, and each of tho ethers
was erated"with. e 89909 beeneli Of cactus four
ee Ave -feet in length, and with these they
gatillegging.theitselvea.sesinging thole first
Over, on,e shoulder and then 'ever the other.
At every blew the blood'snerted out; ancisoon
i °tall 'Mein .to the round in
streams. With horrible slowness the prooes-
tion crawled iterose the level Mimed thd ledge,
that devilish chant kiting and falling, now
wila and legit:like the Wind.motteing threingh.
the elite:Mee, now low aud subdued, 1ik tea
�ll murnituts eg the .greens of the alaretied.
The orosssbeinete stager end.reel ; the angel-.
tante have to be. supported • by then black -
robed attendants. Ono of them falls; • water
iieddehed epoe.hine ; heas helped. tp his feet;
and goes on:again flogging himself as vigor-
easly•aebefore.
• •A•nd now, xis they neilr the -lodge roona,..foer
or Ave woniennome.Out to meet them. They
strew the ground With cactus,•and they intern
kneel uperathisand walk around on it.with
their knees bare. The voices -of the chanters
rise high, and shrill shrieks .initgle with the
unholy antheni. The whole scene has grown
Alia-oat tee .horrible -to be abated ; but at
last, thank God! the lodge mein': is reached;
the row .square shoe (Meng and, into the
gloomy interior the whole procession passes. •
Tine is:ALI-sexy— I was told that Some,
•times men aro actually nailed to the Crosses,
and that death net lefrequently rosults No
iequiry ishver made into, the practices, for
the Pebitentee are, too powerful to be trifled
with: Thom who offend theta alivayO, suffer
;some disaster aud tot seldonatall beimath the
buffet of au tined' assassin.• •
A NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT. •
The abilities of the eat as a °heap domestic
electrical , machine have long been known,
The andante were familiar with the beautiful
experiment of taking a cat este a dark TOM
and rubbing her fer the wrong way; whereby
she gives fortsparks and bad language. Sir
Isatio Newton relates that on one Occasion he
tried this eaperiment with marked emcees.
th took a' largo cat. into the China closet,
sled the door, and rubbee her fur, with a arm,
quick etroke front tail to head. Not only did
the cat give out a sharer of sparks, but she
eonanunicated such a violent shock to•the
philosephof's hotel Dad to Mrs. Nowtonet ere-
&nye jets that the former was badly abraded
aud the latter wore permanently smashed.
In el Ho of the knowledge thus afforded thet
the cat is a reservoir of electrioity, no effort
to utilize her 08 an electrical machine has
hitherto boon sumeasful. Perhaps this is be-
cause no effort of the kind has over been
made, except by eintallboys, whose kuOveledge
of the laws of eleotricityetasbeimvery
One would riaterally menthe that were a
powerful eat to bo nestelated and the syse
tematieally rubbed with the all of machinery
,the veould develop enough electricity to work
a telegraph veleta and thug dispense with the
MO of OOSfly Oh0411041. ITO one, however,
has over tried to carry Qllf WS Plano Alla piAtil
Mr. Maynard made his recent accidental dis-
covery the cat WAS regarded by electricians
with utter oduterapt.
prof, F. Q, Maynard is, as every one
knows, the leading electrician Of Cincinnati,
ad, ndeecl, of the entire West. Hts Smith-
sonian paper on" Green Earth Cements and
the geadruplex System' bas been recognized,
not only in this country, but in Europe, as an
able and exhauettve eisettesion of the subject,
and his celebrated coetroverey with Professor
Harkness on the properties of avuncular gal.
mina_ hael made hie name an electrical
household word.
In the laboratory of theprofessor is, a
powerful galeanie battery of six hundred
nominal horse -power, though capable of work-
ing up to a thousand. Pervading the pro -
teaser s house, and to a large extent the
bloc* in whieli that house is situated, is. hie
private cat, a magnificent coal -black beast of
the back -fence opecies. The other day Prof.
Maynard was engaged in the grand experk-
meut of dusting hie laboratory, and to heat -
tate the work, had placed hie battery on the
floor in ouch a position that -the extremities
of the twe wire d° were bat a foot or eighteen
inches apart. He had .just perforined with
emcees the delicate scientific expert-
mentotfindiog his missing speetaelee on his
forehead,. when the cat, who had' been
sleeping in a. ()hair, woke up, :stretched
himself, yawned, and juraped on the
tfiqoa Like.all hie race, the cat was a beta
investigator, end to &toner didhe see the
battery in its unaccustomed pittee en the
floor than he approached, it, thinking that it
might pethaps be asnesse pattern t4 rattrap,
.and as such worthy of his attention,fie touched
one of the wires it a listless way with hie nose
at the precise, instant his tail tonthedethe
other Wire.. • 'elicit -pint being thuicompleted,
the battery unlimbered mid -went into action,
and an agonized,howl,from, the cataelioaeithed
in torturebut who was unableete"break the
eirouit startled the nrofesser and . filled him
with astonishment and cempatseion. •
Prof. Maynard. acted with great proteptneas;
graspiag the lever, he shut off the cement,
reversed the machine, and applied the brakes;
The cat, with every personal hatestanding on
end, so that he appeared to be three timed' his
nitinral,eize, sank exhausted on the floor, and
it Was fully ten minutes before he eould
gather 'strength to relieve his mind by a ser -
les of energethethough reereheneible, feline
'remarks. Tee professor naturally attentpted
to alaciate the animal ipr stroking ;
but the instant he touched the electrified fur
he received a .shockee which knocked him
backward into the coal -scuttle. From that
de,y to this--saay six or seven days—the cat
has remaiirace brimful of electrigity.. He
shines at tight with the intensity
oe eight intuit:ad candles, and seems to the
suporficlia observer to &theist wholly of fire
Electricity diets from hitt Wheeever. he.
teaches Metal or any other fionductor'mad he
crackles' in away that fills all the _eats' of his
acquaintance with terror, . He • does not ap-
pear to be:merely a reservoirof the electricity
forcedento him by ]ie battery. ,On 'the con-
trary,
'the ilbdtricltT
.prevee that he constgatly. gmettealessneweimps.
pleek real effeetestthe battery._
was, to eetin pernienent motion the feline
formiatheepreduce this eleetricity,
%he enormous ratite Of this incident is ap-
preciable at a glance. 'Instead' of waiting for
Mr. Edisot to perfeet his electric lamp, why
'should we not 'light:Our houses with electric
eats .The filet cost of k cat anclehe cost of
electrifying it with it galvanic battery would,
be Merely nominal. ...Alter that the Whole ex-
pense of lighting our houses would merely he
the cost Of tho .cateterationss Stationery eats
fastened te lamp Poste .reightliglatour steeets,
and ono good -geed cat suspended from the
ceiling, . would light the largest ball -room.•
The peoblem of the eleetric light is evidently
solved at legit, and Prof: Maynard's name will
go down to posterity linked with tho names
of.Franklin and Illorse.Nett? York
.
11171)8Oisi BY COMPANY,
ItepOrt of the Directors—The Far Trade -7
rrliAlteeljarean:ga4rdSsaltiseeS"faThr tera:1:tad:ocPomfbeinallitgt.tee re:
A meeting of the Iludeon Day Oompany
halt been milled by the Goveruer, witich
the following serahannual report will be sub -
poet that in July the •finer kinof fare
from the Western Departruent, which *ere
ba teoatang ha clt vhaoun obfyiwuuytiy oliPo 13ea rn tie amnat: eproen s;h140
prime obtained at the spring iseles. The iee
xiaairider of the returns from that department
and theme from Canada usually sold in Seps
tember, will be disposed of in Jemmy and,
March together with the bulk of the corns
pany'a collections which axe now being re.
ceived front the other departments. Advioea
have been received of the arrival of the bark
Prince of Wales at the _Moose faetory on the
24912 of Aegust, and the sailing of a vessel
for London on the 10114 of etieptember. That
mesa, and the bark Oman Nymph from York
factory, -which usually arrive Imam in Oct°, .
ber have not yet Marna- As yet the com-: -
mittee we melee to make' a comparison of
thezeturns of outfit 1879 with those of the
previous year. The Indians of the totthern
districts experienced great privatiene during
a portion of the winter of 1879 80, the sever- ,
ity of• whicli prevented many a them hunting
fur -bearing animals and obtaining $00a. The'
returns of the districts referred to will in all
probability be smaller than those of outfit 1878,
buteentil the accounteare received teem the
various departments, and the returns are Yea-
ized, the committee cannot give any estiniate
•oftthe probablenesalt Oftleryearat tradoetied •
they are unable therefoie to recenturend the ••
payment of an interim dividend. The.steara-
ere on Lake Witnipeg and the•Seekatchewan
have been fully employedduring tho past sea. •
Ben in eonveying the goodssand returns of the.
Immix/Dyed and hien Fort Garry, and in ear;
rying.other suppliesadpassengetrat
factory rates. In view of the increasing .
traffic on the Saskatehofien,- tlle eeiritaittee,
have determined to build another steamer to
assist the Northcote, and fasciae preeide fur-
ther commatication on Lake Winnipeg, by a
supplemental wag to the steamer Colville.
Satisfeetory Progese is 'being made with the •
arrangements for the eeectioa of . new builds
bags and grist milts alluded to in. the report
.
of Jane last. The committee have every reas
son to believe that eeveralsof. the, mills • will ,
lave been finisad in time for tee past year's
harvest, and a Considerable saving in the 00Sfr
and -freight of flour wifl thus be effected. The
new store at Winnipeg Will be anished as •
"
soon ae possible next season. In the adjoin-
ing districts whore. eettlement has made
raphe • progrem • other changes haws
been found necessary, in • orate' that
the general baeiness May be improved and
the positiou aud influence °tate company in ,
the territory maintained. The stem:nor Otter, '
which was reportedas having bow wreaked •
in the Galt of Georgia, has.been-•got off; 'and
arrived •safely iti`Viatorie. Since the end of
'Meech last thecontatittee hoe meeived ad- .
vices of the sales 'Orland which have beet efs .
.feeletteilietee:thit'ititdeir
_210-towndotessesFort-Garrye(abouts40.-eeres) • -
Lor 9110.825 ; .23' town lots at West -Lynne
andother statidns (about ats •os) for, $2,005, ;
13,685 Ores. of -farming 1.1 1 ie Manitoba
fOr 1669,971 ; total, 9187,301. ••91 ,Sittisfad,
tory to notioefhat theee figures shoe eon.
side -Able improvement upon 'those of the pre- •
view year: The payments for the "town lots,
and farming•lands are.extended over five • and
eight years reseectivett, With . interest. gie the , ts.
rate of 7 per cent 00 tate entottlifaiseitiil. The
total:proceeds of land sales effeetectsto the 'end.
of September amouneto'4$8,250, of which the
suni 91 434,016 had boon received, and the ;
balance £54,254 was outstanding at that' date:
No &Torte will be Reared to increase tSe tales:
of farming lands next season.Tho policy of ,
the company, in the opinion of the committee;
should , to- meet • the 'edema:as of .
incoming settlers; -cin the one hand;. •
not • checking sales . by • holding' opt;
for•extreme pride!, and oit tho othersasot seal-
deing the company's:property.Under an act
'elected by, the Dominion Parliament last sess
8100,.4 toll, bridge will -beet-00'3d across the
Aseinibeihe River, whiclawill. him the 'effect ••
of drawing greatee etteeticin to the .companyet
tevieseitesse-Witinieegastend-owettragengethe
gyowth of the city in that ' dieection. :With .•
the prospect of its being, in itself a profitable
Undertaking he company have agree& to take • .
an.iiiheestan the. -Bridge Donipanyto the ex-
tent of 45,000.; the remainder el the capital
,requiredlseing eiibseribed by parties residing , •
at Manitobee Althea. -h. the Govoinor and
committee have aseeit no offiblielainformatiOn...„ -
as to thehrreneemenamade by this Demeitiori
e
.4ovemment with a syndicate. for • the cones
stration Of the . Canadian Pacific *Railway,
they believe .that the preliminary agreemeet.
for the cerapletionof this important work has • •
lieeiesigned, and that before long, theeterms
will be submitted to the.DoniitionPiiiietmett •
for ratification. This railway menet fail to •
have 're beneficial, '.effect it developing - the
settlement of the country, and, in, the °mien
of the Governor and coininittee, the Mason's - •
Bay, 'Oouspaby should as.far as possible co-
operate with the Dominica' Goietninent and
the eyndicate in encouraging emigration, and
in any &hoe measukes that-. may leave. for
their object the development and advanee-
meet Of Cep prosperity . of Manitoba and the
North•Viren Territory. ..Since the lest meet:7-
Mg the Governor of the company hate vieited.
Manitobaand, the neighboring districts. He •
0st:say:ailed himself of the opportunity of &a-
musing with them dad each of:the officers as
he was able to meet, Various questiOns relat- .•
ing , to the loaded property atd the general a
trade of the company. The various suggess
tions resulting from -hie • communicetion with
these gentlemen have Sitiee, occeptee the at-
tention of the ememittee.. . • '
Iroupup.tVnict+E::
• Horses are . not usually:VindictiVe or re-
vengeful, butleave their wronge to be redressed
by the Soeietei for the. Protection eif Ann/lisle.
Oceasionally, however, they take Upon them -
se ves o punislithsettrwhea 111 -beet thenreas-
ia shown bY the tollowingincident; Which:was
witneleed lately in•the all -eats of Parte: A.
carte; driving a heavily -laden Minch -through
o narrow street contrived, through his own
etekwardness; to entangle the aninial's legs
in the shafts of the cart. Instead .Of oedema.
string • to liberate his horse; he Comenenced
striking it brutally on the nose and head, con-
tinued doing So for Edina manatee, netyeiths
standing tbeindgnitAlt '-remonstrances of the
lookers -op. At first, the, poor beast bore
patiently them 'unmerited blows, bet. 'after a
while; nataideaed by the pain it .suffered, it
retaliated by seizing the Man's eight arm be-
tween its teeth, lacerating the attd
breaking tho babe in three different places.
The speetators win; interfered stills junettee
and tried to fond thekeimalto tetgo ite held •
were not teethed by the horse, but it • reso-
lutely refused for some time to relax its grip
upon the carter's arm. and etheneittength the
Man was removed to a little ,cliittatice item
deavored perseveringly to get at him again.
The injuries ereceived were so ,serious as to
necessitate the immediate amputation of the,
lacerated Beth, and the patient •liets at the
hospital in a catboat condition. 'Wanton ili-
um pf: auimals ie, however, so cowardly an
offenee that one ban hardly feel much' sym-
pathy for the sufferer.
• A -BLIND BOY'S .G001) LUCK.
—. •
'Esaudge H. At. Leonard, onersey City,
seyi that'll° has beeneeetainect iri kease in.
volvieg over 01,000,000. In October, 1863,6
men nettled Ant:knit') Giodeelty, a Poliph
who resided oa Third avenue, New York, was
fouled -dead, in his bed. He left Money and
neurities to the amquat of 6880,000: He was
not known to have any relatives, and adver-
timments published in Americen 'eta foreign
newspapers filed to. diseerer . any. Finally,
the eublie administrator depesited the pro-
perty in a treat, company. Recently Jacob
Grentvaidtsedeo a PolighJew, while in Poland
mere sot of •Groclockyls brothel's He told
hint of the latent:rat:kat awaited him in Now
York, And young GI -Woolly, who is blind and
°Illy 20. ewe °Lege, 'gave hint. it power of at-
tornoy to eel for hint. -.feeble° Leonatel.says
that before taking any ,active steps in the
Matter' he shall 'send to PolanA'and have
.young Grodectry borne to this country with
proofs of his birth and relationship to the
dead man 'whose heir he claim telso.
—When the. Whiteness of Philadelphia
dooesteps is taken into account, the revenge
of Efenry Myers, who Moored the steps of
four, enemies' hausee with Oat tar, seems all
the blacker. •
0
is •
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—Oyrirtis is likely this year to become a
favorite winter resort for-Britieh valetudinaris
ans. Those who have lately,trod its shores
are enthusiastic in its praise ; there We
no bounde to its hygienic poisibilitles. A •
private oorepany is doing Sol. it what the
French Government has dime for its Algerine
possession—erecting attractive buildings for
invalids and hostelries for teaVelerathat those
wandering in Beachof eipereased strength
and hiding from the bitternese of a northern
winter may Arid *dasher and a happy reposee„
,—The Hamburg Conisponefent in order to
do away with the idea that the Ozer of all the
Hussies could ham stooped to marry beneath
hen, informs us that " the family of the Prin.
coss•Dolgorould trace their descent from the
111-4311Panrogfe.IDMa,iveihd.aSelLg hu sued a Ohio:sage
paper, millet the copyright law, for publiehing
a sermon of his before -he had tithe to shaver
it. This is poor encouragement for the at.
tempts of the peas to epread the gospel.*
Nab Orleatit :Picayune.
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