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TEA 11IEE'rING.----A tea meeting for
the benefit of the 'Sabbath sohool'in con-
section with the Methodist church at
Coles appointment, in this township,
will be beld'•on• the evening of Tuesday
next,.fitb of March.. Addresses will be.
delivered by several reverend gentletnen,
n4 'tar l)a'il vrit ale sa stdsstosnr'
the entertainment a. success.
CIATN'Cr." NEW ER
good atter#,•
•Any pperson wituung to engage t'emse1yes.as.
farm inborere may ;nave their names and
Maces of residence et tins Wince,. un partieft.
sometimes *nuke enquiries of, es Uwe know of
such; and those wishing to employ gndhenn do
the same.
TIIOROUGIJBltED eS'4'OUIf SALE,
We hope our country roaWs ; will
hear its mind that text Wednesday, Gth
of March, will be the day ant whieli.the
great thoroughbred ,stook- sale �i'ill takt#
plane in this town, There is every in-
dication„tliat it will be a great success
so- far as the number of animals:entered
for sale. Already we learn that stalls
have•Been ordered fosse large.nnniberof
horses.' Mr. J. W. Loss hes received.
orders • for room for Rine. Ifenttcky
horses, and about twenty stallllons, fro,tn
places in .11ntario. The stalls in the
Rattenbury Rouse stables are nearly all
d'
engaged ; the Commercial: Hotel has re-
ceived a itiunber of orders froth, a dis-
tante, and tilt') othi'r hotels in •town have
•also a inuniber of orders -7—A--T£o thanes
there is every likelihood that the town
will be full of visitors, and private
stables will he most likely sought,for.
Every preparation should, be made to
entertain all that come. The anfival
dinner -of the Hullett B. A.Aociety will
`take- at Tikes Hotel, on that oven-
ing.
Talc clock of a resident here, startled'
its owner the other evening by striking.
304 times.
SPRING goods are already arriving 'in
town. Merchants Shoup bus; light, and
then often as necessary. •
A. FEW nights since a lady 'in town,
alarmed by what she thought wais the
cry of " fire," fainted thereat, -
WE ARE informed that Mr. Cavanagh;
for some time a res'6dent of-fieaforth.-died
in the neighborhood of'Lucan last'•week.
A CERTAIN lady in town, forsaking the
old style of "Yours till death;" now
closes her letters with, " yours till ore
Ination." �;•
IN -OUR, notice of tliopresentttion last
week to Mr. Clourtice we omitted 'the
name of Mr. Liddicatt, .as one of the.
speakers on the occasion. .
PERSONAL.—WO regret .to learn that
Mr. J. P. McDonald, late of this town,
but now of Stratford, is dangerously ill
from inflammation` -of She lungs. • -
DEDICATION. —'Che'new •Meat, o.Hall
in Victoria Block, 'will be dedicated' -on•
Friday, the -8th of Mini ch, when a stars-
ber, of brethren,,, from • a.distance,.are'to
assist in the ceremoiites. • •
DR. HODDER, who' died • at Toronto
last week, .and of whoin'a lengthy obit
nary notice appeared -in the .papers' of
that city, was the father of Mr Hodder,
of the Consolidates; Bank,• here.
AN ODDITY. --A Bulgarian .Monk
was in town yesterday, and attracted
considerable notice en . account Of' his
habiliments, which were of -the gown
and ,nap order, and fantastic' in appear-
•'once.. '
DIvisioN COURT• sat here .on.11fonday•
last and was occupied all day 'with the
various. cases. The attendance, was
large, which does not augur well for the
financial condition of the people. There
• was no case of particular importance.•
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LECTURE.—Rev. Mr. NoNaughton
delivered a lecture in the'C. P. church,'.
on Tuesday evening, -on ." Religions
Music." There was a good attendance.
• --- airdtheylistoned attentively throughout.
The speaker was in favor of church
. , music, and sustained his position.by co-
, pious extracts .from . the Bible,, The
lecture was well received:
Fnslave Yourxs.—On. Thursday -last
two Goderich youths promenaded our
streets, the widest:' sidewalks on which.
were apparently much too 'narrow for
them. One of them concluded to lie
down in the street, and. did so. The
day was an excellent. day for this purr-.
pose, being a rainy and -sloppy -ones and
our readers can imagine•his looks when
he got up. -
Marbles—boy—noise,
Coos Burgess,adveitiaei to show here
on Saturday night, failed. to put in an
appearance, for some unknown reason,
RI{v.. W , WADE, of. Clinton, preached
two very impressive sermons at Sebring
villein -the Primitive Methodist. Church,
on Sunday last, to crowded-.congreg
tions.—Witchell Recorder, '
--�4111IN1sTii LA,L.—The Rev. Mr. Ma-
thews preached' his farewell sermon to
his congregation in Toronto, on Stinday
.:last; and; with his ffituily remove to
Clinton this week. He will assume his,
regular pastoral duties' next Sttbbiitlir
OALL. .AGpl•,iFTFD.—Rev, JaH': Oar, ..
michael of, Montreal,. and formerly pas-
tor. of St: Paiul's'.oliurch here, has accept
ed the position of .hector of the Chkirch
si Ia ni ton 1 enderecl a '
of ,� aces on, I t 1 , . v
cant by. the death •of . the late Cation
FTeliclen. •«,
RARIW>LL SurrEia.-A farewell sup;
per is to be given to 'Mr. J. 'K Sher,
wood, by' the, members'of'the Clinton
Cricket Ulubi an th'e li. tttenbu y. ,f asst,
to night, on the occ& 3 Qf of hisleaving
town for his home, ni Kingston,: A
large turnout is .expected..
NoTwrisiaTANDING Vennor's prophecy.
to the contrary, we aie:inclined to think
there' will be an early ;and fine spring..
Thii_:weckstiie„_sveirtber has been, much
ur
like ' sniner, with'the exceptions._:of`'
sharp „,frp'ts its ni lit, on:. Wednesday •
birds -Were heard chirping' in the streets.,
'There hasnot' been °sufficient diad to •
form any quantityof ice .on. the -lake;
and We shall bo surprised if our premis-
ing with referepee to spring' does. not'
. cone tree.
WE ARF glad to learn that Mr. aohn
Campbell has given up the idea of re-
moving to Blyth, and will continue busi-
ness here. .
Cn9wD>,D ' OUT, --A communication
with reference' to the West Riding Ag-
ricultural Society is crowdedout this
week, and will appear next week.
CQNSERVATIVE ME1 TPNG.—A;:meeting
of Conservatives of. the 'South Riding
was held' . at Brueefield, on Thursday
last.. Owing to the.inclenient'weather,:
the Iittendanee; .was not as large. as it
would -Otherwise have been. - ; •We have
not leen. able to learn clef nitely the na-
ture of the business transacted, but be
hee it had reference to `a thorough or•
ganization of the party in the - South,
add: preparations . for the forthcoming
elections.'(' '
•_ Sovui . HURON TI:ACHhits' AssoeI.!-.
mio'.—On. Saturday a meeting 'of the
Huron •Teachers' Associast, iota, was held'
in Clinton • when the division of the'
1 body was con Ilet'ed 'and ..two .associa-.
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tions -for the two ' inspeetorai divisions
were. formed. The. .following. officers
were appointed for•Mi Miller's district:
Pres., J. R. Miller; V, Pies., Mr Gre-'
gory. ,of .Exeter; ':Sec., Treas., W. R.
Millei, Goderich:" A .committee con
sisting of Messrs.' Strang,Halls, Baird,
Gregot`y':nnd J: R. Miller was appoint-
ed to draft ii fors; of constitution :and.
by -lays s'. Next meeting, of the associoas'
tion for this district will be. held at
Goderich on lath, 14th; and "15th 'of
June next. ` Mr D, Malloch, of Clinton,
was appointed President of the other
association and Mr.' Sellers of Seaforth'
Secretary.' •
THE Speppard ]Minstrels, a genuine
colored troupe; visited' ,this place • last
Friday night, and -were :greeted with a
tolerably fair house They professed to
have been originally -thanes, without any
musical education,, which they ,wished
to obtain, and were • laboring to obtain
the means for this purpose. Their tine
ing was entirely of the plantation style,
and vasdone in a very hearty and in-
teresting manner. The leader paid this
tdwn a compliment by staying that the
inhabitants had treated them as' becani'i
respectable people, which was not done
in a neighboring town, and he was stir -
prised to see such a difference in :plseos
so close together: ; apparently as if they
belonged to two different countries.
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TRURstrAv, Friday arid Saturdayla'st
were three of the tnost dispgt•,eeible days -
. -ytve have experienced this reinter "s It
rained nearly all of the first two, as a
consequence, the streets and roads we're -
in a terrible condition, very fewpeople
were able to come to town, and " dull-
ness reigned supreme." The only ijrt-
provernerit of Saturday over the other
days, was that the rain turned to snow,
and getting a little colder, froze up the
streets.
A SUGGESTION. ---It has been the7cits-
tom heretofore to allow eOws to be
" free commoners" in testis, but we
think the time has arrived when a -stop
should be put to this, and a by-1'aw
passed to that effect. The amount of•
nourishment that cattle pick up on the
streets and commons is precious little,
not sufficient to pay for the .injury they
do to gardens, &c. Most of the res;-.
dents take commendable pride inculti-
vating a garden, and the authorities'
should see that every'security should be
guaranteed them; but we know thatlast
year some of thein suffered very much
from the depredations of breechy Cattle,
and the risk they are compelled to run
deters others from snaking any efforts in
gardening. We hope this suggestion
may be acted upon so that the coming
s Cason may be free from this annoyance,
which has alrca ly existed too longs
T01RONTo (1&TTLE 11'IARix.ET.-=••Our at-
tention has been repeatedly called to the
wide difference in the price paid for: beef
cattle lure and the prices quoted its the
Toronto papers, many farmers imagining
that the buyers in this section.wore pay -
14 much below their real. value; : After
some inquirieswe find that dealers in
Toronto often give higher figures to re-
porters than they are actually baying,
for ; interested motives, and -thus misleed
the public, both iii Toronto, where they
sell thein purchases in 11 slaughtered con-
dition, and in Montreal, where they fre-
quently ship them to. We learn that
several farmers in this neighborhood are
about to try the speculation- of shipping
fors themselves, That is certainly the
best Way of finding out what profits
drovers do make, and if there is any-
thing to be made in that way farmers
have certainly as much right to it as
any one. While -'on thin subject we
inightt say that now there is a likelihood
of a large trade in cattle springing_ up
between: this. -country and England; our.
farmers should find out what kind is
wanted, and then raise sueli. At the
present time• tolerably good beef steers,
weighing from 1,000 to 1,800 lbs., will
only bring fr'on't three to three 'dLcd .a lr.c
cents per lb. s Cattle of this description
is not fit for shipment to England, being
too light, and therefcre has to .fold ,a
home market, If good oxen were raise,
that would weigh when four or five years
old front 1,700 to 2,000 lbs., they would
readily bring from '4i to 5i cents per
lb. This makes a vast difference in the
price of an animal, and fathers may as
well as not have that difference, for they.
Can make them that weight by keeping
then; a year or two longer, and feeding
AcCLDEN'.---One day last week, Mr•
A, McDonald, of this place, one of the
section men on the G. W, R., met with.
a pithifirt accident by hawing his ;pintr
rats over by a jigger. A severe bruise
was theresult. , .
SCtt'OOL TRusaam MEETii i:.—Tile re-
gular - monthly
e-gular-monthly meeting of the. School
Board was held • on Monday evening..
The only business of importance trail
sacted was the passing of the following
accounts :—E. Holmes & Sets, $7.10;:
Watts alL Co., $1.06'; Harland Pros., 20
cts. ; D. 'Molloy, $2.00, . x", *,
Miss nu RL'IssEAU.-;-This lady, un-
der the auspices of the I. O. (.1. F of
this . town, gaveipen, :entertainment' of
recitations and readings, but, unfortu
linitely,-to W.-rather--•sriaall 'House. _. .Her
prop tuciation i' clear anti: distinct, and
she fully enters into the spirit „of the
pieces which she recites For some
time to couie it wonld,, perhaps, lie wise
toltespend the gixing pf similar entei-
taintnents, as people. etre at,•pi;esent :eco-
nomizing, .beiing COinl)elled:so; to do
der the ciiciunstances of the 'times.
PARIS EXHIBITION.—A s a good many
of per town's -people and others close by
are likely to take advantage of the re-
duced rates .which will be offered to all
going,, to visit the W.orl'cl's Exhibition,
the coming••suininer, we would suggest
that as many as possible'should go and
return at the stone time in 'order to
make the trip us agreeable as possible.
In .order to have an understanding about
the ., shatter, liil who . intend going to
Paris- should'-ineet together is'sooiisas
possible aird.get information :::about-th
fares, the most convenient time :for .the
;;greatest number and other preliminary
matters. 'We 'would suggest all parties
wino intend going to hand their name
to us: and, have the s:zme•puhlished,' an -
as soon espossible have. a meeting.:
. FEBRUARY Y 28, 1$7 5.
SEAF(RTff.
(Froin oar own dorrospondent4
ALMOST A FIRE. -The flex ' rnill here
had -a narrow escape front being burned
one day last week. • A little 'boy being
ordered out of•the ,panes, had set;fire to'
the building, which was fot'ttinately
discovered before ranch. headway. .had
been ntacle.' - -
Astus siIENTs =Cool.. Buigesa, • with
his . comical troupe, set, ., tis all by the
ears, on 'li.nrscl ty evening, .Sorrie of his
auditors have oarcely got their faces
straightened ye , it will be some tithe,
no• doubt, befor we all resume otir na-
tural expi�ession,of conntoiiiinoe, in foot
I. have noticed, that in sonic cases, the
change is an improveveniont.
' The Tandy Brothers held ,us an •li:
trance, as it were, tar ,boats ttvo hours,
on Friday evening. They were assisted
b
.by a colored 'faurily, of this place, by
the name` of Johi a ti'
'The,last entertainment. of the series
was.,: given by the. Jubilee •Singers; alsO
colored people. "- This treat .lasted fon'
three nights, and , gavo unbounded plea-
sure to its patrons. . , So you. see' thin:
notwithstanding the otherwise. dull
fillies,tti i -
a . wave of a;}imt on tow and...
aara,un el'03S(Is our pa u.
A.N Tui'ozat :NI Cas; --At .the --Divi-
sion Court which was held hers on•the
23ri1 inst., 'an lin aottairt case affecting
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1878. SPRING..
1878.
• CL:OTHING•MER SQ 'T,
VICTORIA' BLOCK. CLINTON.
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'WE HAVE: JUST' OPENED UP THE LATEST NOVELTIES' IN: AMB I0.,4N A
FOR THE .SPRING4tl,TRADE, 'COMPRISING THE NE%%EST,GZOODS'TO. BO Help
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IN' THE MARKET.
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landlord aind. tenant carie, a _.. The case
Is as foilows :• --.A: -person-ln. town. ;rent- ---- -
ed a, bons° on the 4th •of July last, `but
y took the' precaution to bring back the
yavexy,.eoning:uhtil.the.10th, from
s which tinge he kept it, anew iipve is
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'furniture in, 'laid .clown anis carpets, &c.'
Oa the 1st of August lie moved his fas
mily in, and stayed over night. He is
fused to nisi rent':. uiitd he stayed over.
night in the house. The landlordcl'tims
rent from the time .the tenant .got the'
BY THE FIRST 'OF THE. . WEEK WE WILL.SHOW„.WITHOUT- EXCEPTION, THE
key and occupied.: the • house With his .:..
fuinttute, The tenant evidently chi. - - FINEST ASSO1tT111EN'T OP HATS.'EV-ER.BROUGHT INTO TOWN.
not: want to ,pay from the time he got :' •
the key, as it Was statedthat if he had
thought so.; he would havecontinted
bringing • back the key every evenuia "-
and taking it :away every., ;morning.
This, of course, -would he 'a cheap • way GLINT0N, Feb. 21, 1878.:
of renting 'a hoti'se,.. and ;night . be eon-
'tinned. a whole year. •'His H•onor 're-
served his decision: •
(Froin the Expoettor )..
SlcliNsss.—A good deal of •sickness
is reported in. town. ',Starlet fever and
diphtheria are prevalent/.
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SALES.—" Going, going, gone," has
been the. order ofthe day among a great
many merchants lately. There ,will: be
Blore of it yet:.: . _
STANLEY;.
Tnartsu Nr*, -.Mr. Alex. Thomson, of
'Stanley, has •lately •finished threshing
for::the season, Iaiivinn thresl ed`ll0 days
°—an evidence of last year's 'crops,. ,and
an earnest of better times:.
:YARNS,.
The regular bi-mpnthly., meeting of
the Varna. Teachers'' Institute, will • he
held at Varna, on Saturday, V{at:eh.9th,
•'at ten o'cloek a. m:. The following is
the pr.:ograinnie : Geography for junior
Class—uas.,McAndrew,; Penmanship
Geo. Baird, Jr..Solution of the `quer
tions in the Natural Philosophy -Paper.
'for December, 1877—Geo. Baird, Sr.. -
- KINB J I tN.
Dtta.uoni' .-:-The'. return match .be-.
tween:.the • I3rucefield• arid' 'Einburn
draught clubs took place at Kinburii on
Friday evening, 22nd: Owing to the
inclemency'of the weather some of the
Brucefielu players failed to appear, so
that the contest was continued between
six playersfon• each side, resulting ; ina
victoiv for Brucefield. ♦ut'of .86 games
14 were won by Brumfield, 13 by
burn, and 0 drawn. Mr. Jas. Ferguson
acted as umpire.: -
BLY"TH.
FAILED.—A. writ of attachment has
been issued against Messrs. Anderson
Snowden,. of - this ,place. `
C. P. Cuunclt.—The ;Presbyterian'•s
of this Place intend going into their new
church on Sunday next, when the sacra-
ment of the Lord's Sapper will • be dis-
penced. They have secui ed the services
of Mr. ;Wm. Witherston,: `as their pre-
centor, who is • second to none in the
county, he was` rorinerly of.Galt, and
comes highly recommended,
• NEAULY A 'Fiat. —The shingle and
planing mill of Mr,, Jonathan Carter,
was, discoveredto be enfire, on Thurs.
_day_lnorning, last, by -one of the Work -
then; , it is supposed to: have been on
fire all night, but never got headway.
When seen it liadburned a Bole in the
Second door ; in. ten 'minutes more it
would have been all ill flames.
GODERICII -
(Front the.Signal,) '
FAILED.- A. writ of attachment lung
been issued against Mil. James Vivian;
confectioner. •
Col4TAA.G'r• T.t;T.—The; contratct for the
erection of the;'addition to the I•iigi
School has been let to Messrs. Gordon
di 111cBrien, of ,this puree, their 'price
being $4,200.
trrsrEeToitm-2 VISIT,—J. W, Lang-
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Lang-
tit,-Igeq.„Inspecton,.of.Drisonsisita
the jail on Thursday,' and expressed sa-
tisfaction at its condition. Ito recom-
mended ' further IHsott 'accommodation,
as he found the jail overerowded.
PERsoNAU.: We learn that Dr. Xhoinlr-
son, U. S. Commercial agent at Strut-
ford, formerly of Goderich, having 're-
signed his position, will shortly remove
to New York. Ire will there attend to,
court°' of ;medical lectures for about four
months, in order to brush up for his
prdfession,and will then remove to Mint,
properly all the tune. • Mich.,to practice.
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T1iIS SEASO2 L "VV 1N1:ENI) MAKEN.I6 A `SPECIALTY OP TEE •ABOVE LINE,
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. A\.D.Al2E SFIOT?i'II\G.?3 SPLENDID. ASSORTMENT:
-and the hew -HELMET HAT, : CAPS a n are
the Nobbiest c+oods for Boys:
BUSINESS CHANGE., -- Mr. Graham
Williamson; has disposed .of his: plough
business and •rentedhis premises to
Messes. Reid and •Mathies, of Paisley,
who intend carrying on the business in
future. • • . •
A Bio LOAD,—i12r..Rolert Ferguson;
of McKillop, dei iveredat the Commercial
Motel, Seaforth, a few.weeks ago,•a load
of hay, which weighed three tons seven
hundred and twenty pounds, This hay
was taken out of the barn and was Im-
pressed. ;'J'his• load• was drawn on a
sleigh from the boundary line between
Grey and 1VIcMillop, by a team belong-
ing to Mr. M. Morrison, of Grey, • unci
was generally admitted to be the largest
load of hay ever delivered in this town.
A NEW DODGE.—Another new dodge
forgulling the farriers, has been prat=
tised pretty extensively within the past
few weeks in this 'section. The modus
operandi employed was as follows: A.
couple of agents- were engaged ih selling
funning mills. .They carried with them
it specimen mill... They took the fans-
er s. order for new mill on tate, .proper
order blanks of the firm they represent•
ed, and. as an inducement to the fanner
to purchase the new machine, they
would buy his oldmill at such price as
he might see fit to place on it, giving
their personal note' for the mill. In this
manner they sold a great many .new
fanning mills, the exorbitant prices at
which they purchased' the old ones' be-
ing the great inducement to the •farmer'
to give his order for the new. The
fanners, however, did not discover tin -
til too late that they had given a Lona
fide order for the new machine, and that
they only held the note or due -bill of
tut irresponsible agent as the price of
their old mill, Of course,. the new. ma-
chines will be forwarded in . due time
and the full price collected for them,
-tvherea's4lretld- milia-wlriclrwcre bought
by the agent and not by the company,
and paid for by his note, will never be
called for. When will farmers learn
that no man r'+ 'ho does an honest and
legitimate business can either sell an
article for less than its value, or pay
more for an article than it is worth '1 If
farmers who Will not learn this 'fast
would Ileal with respectable business
menwhore they know, they would', ae a
rule, be well served, whereas by giving
their orders, to whom they know noth-
ing, they are almost sure to be cheated.
THOS.. JACKSON.
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ilE UNDERSIGNED TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OP INFORMING THE PEO-
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EO--rtE of Clinton and vicinity, that they have eontmeneed:business • • : • .1 ;
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In the stand lately occupied by M�. T. Jackson,
Where they will be able to•supply those' favoring them with their custom, with anything in
their line, which is as follows s
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FRUITS OF ALL KINDS, IN SEASON.
IN
CONFECTIONERY.•ALMOST ENDLESS VARIETY.;
NUTS OF ALL KINDS, such: as Filberts, Brazel, AIm.onds,
Walnuts, •Cocoanuts, do,
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C.A,NI�iEll Gi•ObDS, Peaches, Plums, Pears, Tomatoes, Straw-
berries,
berries, Blackberries, TJobst6lts, Salmon, Sardines, do..
:FINE' 1;
They have an endless variety in 1si:PES, frorn the common Clay to the finest Meerschaunm.
A11 the novelties in CIGAR HOLDERS, CASES, rovcapS, PIPE STEMS, WAX
VESTAS, MATCH BOXES, &c.
OVER TWENTY BRANDS. OF CIGARS from the common three cent ones 't1 the
finest Havana. '
OyST1,R. 'PARLOE#.S IN CONNECTION,' - -
. erP'ary number Can be•aaeo .modatedon the shortest notice, and have their oysters in
any style. We also keep Oysters fer sale by the quart, daft, Or case.
INe 411 Goods from. t%is store are Warralttecl at verresentedy aftd can be re--
l turned if not satasfactory.
PA:TRONA.CI•P Ii,ESPECST»• t1LLY SOLICXTED.
�tA.S�1C� ,..� GUl1T�X�VGAN��A
CLINTON, 'Ian. 10,139