HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1878-05-09, Page 3Mx r 9, 1876.
T E CLINTONNEIvIRA.
' • Ht7MOROU8,
1Lodfellows---Bricicl,iyers' laborers.
What is one of the hest of.all earthly
pOsses8iQns't Self-110siession. . .
Xon can't plant cats too early, nor is
it possible to get too many iu• U bill, '
The phonograph will .probably be
ailed a "she," bee,titse it reps: s eery
.,,.`,.,.,.•..t tag.
The enstoiuer that has no laugh
hint is the one you want to make pay
lash down.
An editor wrote of "his many• friends
among the Solons of the country. The
printer; set- it up.."st11ouns" •.
Women are not born. politicians; and'
theycan puck a trunk better- than they.
could a conyeotion;'
It is. not necessarily true that .it wo•
man is a thief because she hooks her
sister's dress behind her, beak.
A physician says •that one�of tbe'best
*things to appease hunger is opium:
Ahem ! beefsteak is good enou h for. us.
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It may not:be generally known -that -
•editors get one important item'orsub,
sistenco et a low, price ; they. get bored
for nothing. • '
' Why' will the pretty wometi coyer
their faces with Veils? ., The•son would
be just as olearly,justified inputting on
green spectacles. •
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other
A. Nevada politician was elected on:
the merits of one single spee6U. All he.
said was : "Fellow countrymen, fol,•
low hie to yonder ligtioriealoon.I"
A. advertiser says he has "a cottage
t) let containing eight rooms, and sixty
acres of land." That's' not mutry rooms,
hut.it's considerable land to"hoose and
cover in.
An English paper, in speaking of the
decease' of an ohl . offee•holder in Lon•
don, says: "The' venerable incumbent,'
of sixty-three years'stctliding, then went -
to his rest."
• A •+roan •died in Louisville the `oth
day who professed to have...kissed ' Bob
Buril.s's wife. If he had .:kissed our
wife he would have'died long• ago.
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" l)o•you'know a good way. of erring
hams 1"• asked a man' of „his' neighbor..
' "'Oh, yes,' was ; the 'reply ; ' brit • the
1r
ruble with me s`I heye ..no way ;of.
procuring them "
.4n Irish counsel being:.questioned.
by a judge to know. for whom he was
concbrned, replied :. " I ammconeernedi
my lord, for thePlailntiff 'but.1 am em-
ployed by the defendant." .
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• " What are the bones of the' head ?"
asked the;professor •of anatomy' df a•
�.,,. student" " I've ,go t .'elm all.arrin ,heads
Professor, but I cant think' of their
nanies,jtlst now," was the` reply,'
" You look," said a 'Ger man-in,inded
and imaginative friend to..:a pale;- ling -
:r
nar�l smoker, you look as if you had
got out of your grave to light your cigar,
and couldn't find your way•back again."
Jennie June says a•;iilshionable ben -
net call be .had for a dollar and a li'alf.
Aul,1 so. it can. •' It is the frptn s x to
twenty dollars' worth- of trimming. that
strikes the pocketbook in the sore spot,:
A. wag, upon visiting .a medical -ran.
sena, was shown some dwarfs.und see-:
eimens of mortality, all preserved
cohol. " Well,". said he, ." I • never
thought the dead. could live in -•"s'uc`h
spit itw." •
A worthy minister noted for his' wit',
on being asked what hind of a person'
the wife of Mr. Smith Was, replied.,. ".I,
will give you her grammath al 'cliaiacter.
She is to noun substantive ---seen, felt
and heard." •
A subscriber wrote to a journal• to
melte 'some inquiries about the next
world's fair, whereupon. the wicked edi-
tor replied that he was •tlndtlr the im
pression that the next world : wouldn't
have any fair, .
" There's our -Jeremiah,' said \1r,
Shelton, " he . went off` to make .his liv-
ing by his with," " Well, did • he suc-
ceed'?" inquired a friend, "No," said
the old ,man, with �a sigh,' autl signifi-
cantly tapping his head, '`lie failed for
want of capital." • • • •
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The eccentric genius who deliglita in
statistics says every •men eat'ts on an
;average eight bushels of wheat in •thei.
course of a year. •We could point out
uteri who consume at least twenty -Rive
bushels of corn in'•the same time, but
they don't take the trouble to chew it.
,An old lady says:—" When I was a.
gal the women with the prettiest faces
were the uses men looked at most on
• the street j but now itis the female who
holds her skirts tip the highest When
she goes access a lnutldy,ltlace who re-
ceives the most attantio f."
He had brought her the very things
she wanted from the supper -table to
her safe retreat on the stairs, and she.
was moved to say, • half laughingly,
" You 'are .a man after my.owu heart,
,rt
Mr. L--�--- "Just what 1 Rim after,'
be answered, quick. LIS a flash, Covering
her with confusion,
The Catskill Recorder is .mean enough
to expose the profession, a thin shame-
ful way : " An editor's wife never goes
through her husband's other trowser-
pockets to strike; a package of love let-
ters. ' ES"itors aro not like the wicked.
unfaithful • men of thaw warli�-editors
rarely Have the other trowsere
The eerouides of tt Poet,,
While Col, Banos; editor of the.
iirgus, 'was sitting in his office one.
day, 'a man whose brow was clothed
.with thn.ndc:t• mitered. Fiercely seiz.•
ng a chair, be. sl:imtned .hie hat on
the table, hurled his umbrella. on the
floor aiid sat down.
'Are you the editnt i' hetiskel
es,
i (n yon 'read writing?'
Of. course,'
Read that, then,' he said, . thrusting
at the Colonel anenvelop.) with' tin
inscription on it:
said the CeloAiel, 'trying to
MO it
That'snot a ]i; It's an S,' said
the man, •
' S I eh, yes ; I see. Well the woixi's
lik.
look'a littlee Salt for ,Diiiner,' or
4 Souls of Sinners," said the Oolong'-"' :.
'Nei sir,' t eplied the man, ' ngthmg
of the kind.' 'That's my natlie=Samuel.
R. Brunner, I knew. you , couldn't
rear'. I called to seeyou about that
poem of ;•mine you printed the other
day;.,_ on the Surcease of Sorrow,"
kI don't ' remember it; . said the
Colonel.: •.
' Of course you doli't, beba use it went
into the paper under the title of
4 SQWSre;aSe to•morrOw,'' .-.•'
'A stupid blunder of the coni )osi,
tor's, ,I suppose.'
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or s, ur pose.
' "' Yes, `sir; and that's what ' I want
tc see ._. wv you' about. The in which
Y
the poem was ` mutilated was simply
scandalous. I Haven't slept a night
srnoe, Tt ,exposed me to derision.,
People think I' am --an •ass... -Let. hie -
show ;you.' .
''Go ahead' said the Colonel.
ofel.
'The first :line when : t
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etre this- ,ts'ey:;•
Lying by a weeping willow .underneath a
gentle slope. ,
That is beautiful, poetic, affecting..
Now :how did .your vile. sheet • present
it to the. public? ,'There it is"!' Look
at that I Made it read this. way :
Lyiug'to a weeping widow to • induce her'. to
quake by a •terrifio explosion, which was
promptly traced.. to the groups of great
flouring mills, in what is known. as; the
Platform, just about St. Anthony's
Falls, where. the entire 4oui•iog district
of the city is concentrated. The explo•
Bien carte from the Great Washburn
4:0t1i 1, froth which a eulnnin Of flame Way.
seen' to shoot up several Hundred feet,
the immense structure like an eggshell':
Secondary ttxplosiens instantly destroy-
ed Thompson & IIoyt atod. IIumbolt.
mills, 1.1 the flames. immediately burst
out, BOOM.) to the Galaxy
mills. Those of Pettil, Robinson . SE
Co.; Cahill,. Ankeny .4 Cq.; L. Daly &
Sons t• Day & Rollie ;• Buell; Newton -t&: -
Co,; Gorton, Hayward t� Cu.;' WW1 -
A. and 1 . mills,.and lesser structures,
down the lnthlc of the river pearly to
the; ' Minneapolis & St, Louis
shops. The destruction from the shock
of the expiosiolx.extenctecl much' farther,
the glass being wrecked for senora'
squares; and buiidin s Aitken through-
out the city. At 8.30 the fire was. rag:
ing within these limits, and the'firemen
were working to subdue the.—ftatnes:•
The i'tttmediate theory of the explosion
is that it took place in gas genei•ated.'in
a: patent middlings purifier process.
The loss of life is undoubtedly great,.
bet •full details are. lacking. : '.In the
confusion. that• surrounds the scene, the
first rumor made tide dead. frum,70 to,
80, but this is not borne out byenquiry.
The explosion took place at the hotir of
changing .day .fox night l:Rinds,: and
Many of both; were nndotrbtedly in the
building.
The nu -noel of- trend iti''lured' -at •17.
There was many trifling incidents and
narrow escapes. : The loss to property
writ e' ic, esttmated-)- 1,,50•x,000. • One_tiiiliton
:fails neon the . milling: interests. The
less throughout the city by.the -break-
inb' of glass,, etc.; $10,000. Five mills
were deetroyed, Besides adjoining pro-
perty, .
Weeping widow, mina you. ;• • A
w dO I' O tl'under nd li ht
Y• a g ratn8; ,.
This is ' tog uilieh l I•ts • enough to
drive .1''tna t cra'2y";
.`.I'm sorry,' said trig Colonel , ..hal
But look-a';liere at the fourthverse,'
said the poet .'• "'That'sworse-yet,-
'What I said 'WAS :; ••
Cast thy pearls before the swine anti lose them
in tho•dirt.
' I wrote that out clearly and :die-.
tinctly, . in ;plain; round 'hand: Now
ghat ,,does your colpoaitot. do ? Does
hq. catch -the sense of 'that: beautiful.
sentin)ent?, .Does. it .'•sink. into ' lir
soull2 No sit a: He sets it up in this
fashion: Listen:
(art my pills before the sunrise and •lave them
if they. hurt. .
Now 1sn,t that a Told blooded out
rage on a luau's feelings ? I'll leave it
to you if it; isu'ti'' i t
It's hard, that's• ' a . fact; ' said tle`
Colonel,
'And then take the fifth. verse. In
the original tn;tnnscript it: slud,• plain'
as daylight
Telco awaythe jingling money, it is only
glittering' dross!
'A man. with only one eye, and a
cataract over that, could have read.the
words correctly. . Btit.your, pirate np.
stairs •there—do you': know what he
did? fie merle 'it read : -•.
Take' -away the ject'ing monkeys Rin a .sorely-
• glanderod 11099 .
' By 'George; I' feel like braining
him with a fire -shovel, I was never
so
cut' alp in any life.' -
' It was natural _too,' said the
Colonel. •
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' There, for instance, was the sixth
verse: lir wrote :
I am weary of the tossing of 4lte ,ocean as it
heaves.
' It is &lovely line,'too ; but imagine
niy horror, and the. ttnguisli of my
tonally, when I opened your palter end
f'ound:the line transformed into
T am wearing out my trousers till the'ro olden
at tiro• knees,
' :1.'ltat• is a little 'too •ani; li 1 Tltitt
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sa01.11S to ma' litre eatrrving the. thing an
inch or two toe far.�I think I have a
Constitutional right to murder' that
compositor'; don't yowl' •
I think yon. have.' " •
'Let air' read you :atm ,;rnoi e.' verse.
I wrote
T stroll the flying echoes as they ',win'alnoug
• ` the hills,
And 1 feel my Saul awaken to the ecstasy
that thrills, • • .
'Now what do you s'pose . your
miserable outcast turned that into P
Why, into this- -- •
1 smell the frying shoes us they roast along
the .bulls,
And I peel my soul tnist•iken to the eccentric
that whirls: -
' Gibberish, sir ! Awful gibberish
l must slay that malt. Where is lief
' Ise is out, just now,,' said the Colo.
nel. 'Como in to•morrow.'
'I 'hill,' said the pont; ''turd• I will
conic al• t ed.'
Then he put on his teat, . shouldered
his umbrella anti drifted off downstairs.
AI'csaf "teeter;
,1 find Eirpinalop.
•A tclegt•anl from Minneapolis of the
2rfd, says •—At 7 o'clock this evening
the city vas shaken ss if by an earth
JV
'l'he''fariners of inaiana says that the
dogs' muSt'be killed' off, or .they will
stop miffing sheep. They have'iost se
lieavily,during:the'past' year that alley'
are diseoiiragt-d. It is estimated .that'
the •Loss• of. sheep by dogs dogs Waite United
States and. Territories. during the year
1877 • 'amounted to over thirty • million`.
of -dollars.
CAN IYA PERMANENT'
Loan a,1avings Company
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• 1I1'AD OFFICE, Alike\IC HALL, TORO'TO.
CAPITAL~ 11,750 000
'TOTAL , ASSETS, $4;000,Q00.
Te FA11 ERS-& LANDOWNERS
'Do you vcwrG to hu.lolo Money"
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7 o buy .more. land for yourself or for your Sons 7 To
third a house or a barn ? To forme, coeur,: underdrain,
or ethtrwise improve your Land ? To pay off e Mort -
ago or btlior,debts? Or for any othsr par re'se 7
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It. you do, the reducedterms of the C,ttADA Ptnxa•.
,lint'/', r,01N•AND-SAVIN09 Qoale&tr, which has Made
mote lOane to•rureate dnriiit_ ibo'lnet fw'enty c,r e y carie
thnnany'ottier; afford 'lncllt,iea and.netvantngoe he,r.•to-
fore Unequalled by unylontpauy In the Dentin'
•Itighest P1'ice paid for Good Mortgages
Foi•furtherintormatioaapply to • •
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r.'HERBERT iIASON, t<I.tsmoari, Toao,7:o,.
ter to A, S. FZSOER, CTriz'uv,
Olinton,•boc,6,1877. • ,
Money to Loan.
T)R AVA E n J UNDS, P EIGHT PER CEN''.
A. Apply 0. RIDOUT.
Clinton Do m,1876.
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j dna any other h ill,mmatory
RR1 U 111 jj j\ 'li.,cnee eurod in a few iatiOrx.
ErIsipele.s, Scrofula, Parti•
ago, skin irritation, nie:ors'from any eanse, and a brio -
dna other ttisca•ios are caused by ad -acid Ierment,
which pro:laces inflammatory action, Brunton's•AU-
sorbentwill positively ofect a ono in a low hours, by.
absorbing toe nota Poison fromn the system Boll by
druggists. Trice, ;tic. Advieoin poticnLr cases free.,
W. It. 13RUN'rONr
London, Ont:
AGENCY f.)Ii.
• ::L �LJ .t�J .r:J ��' .
TSoLA•rM I) SIC,
AND
S,TANI)A.IILI1
ZNSUB:ANCI.{ COMPANIES
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Rieke of all descriptions taken at the lowest rates.
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Clinton ,Pab. `1,18711. •
IlU1tON SEEP STORE,.
A GoDERIOa, ,
The undersigned has oar Band and for sale,
• Inotoven PRA linLows, A 81/i?kbltunt
POTATO ; CENTENNIAL S\OwrLAItn,
EXTRA ItAltblr;'411111oaT'SHIit,- -
Y ,
NEL EA 'Tx I A7 , rtes
.L �'• G ,
« AND 0111Ei1. YAM I••Jr11:8.
ire has also a large quantity of
• Z1. RILOt'T.
All.kinds of Field and Darden Seeds.
NOTIOX.
Offers will be received by Jot LLc,as,
'sq., Chairman of tliefouse of 'Refuge Com -
mato, BRvssirls
_LJN.TIl, THE :10th OF MAY, NEXT,.
Prom parties basing Q. 7A;'or IOC) acres of
nd to sell amiable fora silo for a House of
8 w -..T to=laud.-must-not�bo•nmore• than.+,
two miles distant Item some Station 'on the.
Grand,Truuit, �Yellint;toai; Coy and Bruer;,•
or London, Unroll, and ]Truce 7tailways, in
• the t,oun.y of 1'inron,. - .7,
1878,
O nic HOU Se
"�^.�•�.� 900--r---••,---*--•�,
SPRI.NC. 1878
Varties to state in their odors tits ilutnbe •
of lot; •plumber of acres,* rice per acre, .num-
ber of
num-berof acres cleared, and clistaace from i,tation.
--•T'ho-lowest or -an not r Y` offer; , y
accelltetl •
By order,' ''•!`T ri A.DA11,'1801",
Ccai ty;cl erk.
Goderish, April 4,18/8. •
T-VIPO1tTANT TO
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POUX DRYIII.EN, MILL,tt'
Anil other Mwnt.fiteturers,
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Valuable Property
er ty
FOR SALE OR L]tASE,
• Situate along silo of the Grand'.'1'ruuk Ranroatt;
'At OLINTON; in the i ounty of Huron
And formerly known as the wfurith, an Iliiir jlroporty,
.comprising four acres• of land, ou Which are orented. a
• ave -story Brick building 88 x 49, slate roof, with brick
engine room 20 x 43; aiso,large Frame
Storohodeoroa•
paolty4Q,000 bushels; Coo,,or,shops and stave or lumber
ebede, largo pond of soft water, for steam and othe•
PFPoses.
1 ee property is one of the beet situated -foransnu-
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'fQatllrii, purposes i ,the County of Ilaro
liP i y n. •
Terms of payment will be mato liberal. In' orent of
any sofa and reasonably profitable inannfacturing hunt.
noes locating hors, if desired', I wi l financially assist
the enterprise.••
For further pal tioulars apply: to or address
RICHARD IRWIN, I'norafLToR,
• t CLINTON,AONT.
CLINT,011
Fla►tir • and Peed Store.
The subscribers beg to announce that they, Lave. en-
tered foto
n-teriitipto partnersht to carry oethe:busineedof Flour'
Feed, and General Groaerios, in the store
Formerly carried on by D. Erwin, Albert Street,
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Where they will keep constantly on hand a large and
good stook.. of FLOUR, F.Er Dr C1Li�.t I1,\L GROCE.,
HIES, tea., &v.
IWL,S 1'E111t7 °:Miry Al, WA 1`,S OW 11Ad1 D
at lotileit.?prices
:LAND alwnyi+ en hand: '• t .:
- Cash paid for Skins;Tlides, Belts; Furs, to
All
accounts doe to D.. Erwin most be settled at ouco,
otherw ise: tlhey will be placed in Court for collection,
IfPWIN &'SQ..ANWRETT.
Clinton 1 (1, t, 1878.
E'UO arta
James Tewsley,butcher,
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While thanking his friends for the liberal patronage
bestowed on himin the past, takes this means of in-
forming theist, that, be has removed from the Mfarket
Baildidg,
Tote Ahop"occupied by E. Finch,
Albert Street, directly opposite the Market, talota he
will bgpleasoa to meet tlecrrt all and an triany new ones
as may favor him with their custom.
AU kiPlfly of Meat kept inseason, and sold
at reasonable rates,. •
,,TAMES TEWSLEY. '•
Clinton; Feb. 14, 1818.
NOTICE' OF REMOVAL. -
John Dayment, butcher,
Thanks: his many austonters for mist favor's, and 1?,egs
Rea re to notify them that he has removed front thestall
• in the Minket building to
Hunter's Old Stand; Huron Street;
Next door to Canipboll'a Ilarhes9 Shue,
Where be will bo plaited to meet thein all, tiny
othera who may favor flim with their an, and he
• will do hie best to simply tlunerwi(,
?in' (Mfg.? .111a.4'/W al r,•rtaui"11,1, ,•tiles.
;fn1iN 1)',t.itl,r:
Clinton, l'r1, 4, 148.
R2y1OVAl•; 1L r1Z()VAI11
A. Fitzsimons, butcher,
Iiavit'g moved Ir, fa Oa Uarbet liuibliug, to ono,aorfier
• of the . , . . .
OLD. CLINTON HOTEL BUILDING,.
attx•r To S•tcTniii''hitt, , •
Will be Oa t'u°rueet all h's 11 friends and auetontets
there The liberal patret.it a 1,e dei ntvtel in the past
aaaures hits that i» bit new prim Wes be will be equally
welt suiworted. Nn 1hint till bo slatedta)neet the
wlArs ofltiy euatotners,
ORDRES 8c, tIG'fl'I %7
IIounit'C FaTrl,SttIONS.' Clinton, T<li.1.4,1571'
WO 1 ,f1'H KN O WING,
„Wit Eutt *0- GET'. rn01)
CAP CBRIENX
Goot, VA hp- ,0, 4'a1 ftl, tiii,'atrt 75 emits per lb;
et11031 SVii.Slt 11 1081 18 for one dollen.
000D I /SINS, 18 Polutdifor r?ne dollar.
line neroretuest'of
China, eras$ aiid Crockery; very cheap
-•"- f oall•a*rt sec" etnek .before Pnrch8sintt elsewhere. All
11+1A::C[M1r.'r�irf g11'lit7F,e�t kinds of Prodnett taken hi rxnhettre tot geode.
t.
11t1:Sk1 i)1STEiiUS constantly on hand,
.tAMlin`i NicINAIII, : CitlNivelitI/itfti & AreenrIexu.
Godericll Mail 19 1878.
t t f bJthtnn,Yow !%1891.':
Qwiug to the depression, in trade, and the exceeding hard tinier we have:
been unable to find anyonewith honey enough to buy our stock of*Dry Goods.
We have.. therefore,.'beento••the:marketr-und-•bongb•t--r ring o_ ich
• Y t a ., o s �e.,.
lieve to be the
. „ t ck which •we'•
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$. Sz.UGii EvER , oFrEaD GLINToN,
It being b 1ght fo—'cash, we• aro enabled to
offer itto the • public at wholesale
prices for :cash Our old stock 'being pretty.niuoh sold out by uctio
as n, the. people . .
will find everything -new end of the' ver beat quality, Any old stock we have
OH ' Baud, will be Bleared out at W E.OLESALE PRICES AND LESS.
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. As manyof ourPirstainers: are of the -opinion that we have given_44reineee
in Clinton, wd take this opportunity of letting thertt know that we are still doing :
business as usual, and will be glad tosee them all; and supply them with goods
in any line,: as heretofore.
We ]Rave secured -the setvicee of A. FIRST -GLASS MILLINER,..and are
preparod'to execute all .orders in this department, in first-class style. ,Our Show '
Room will be opened in a few.deys, and the ladies will hoe's chance of seeithg
n*New Pattern$.in English, French and American 'Milliner .
•.OLIB, TAILORING DEPARTMENT
Is still under the manaaenaent of MR. whowe feel- canfi.dent, can gtR
e
• satisfaction. to every one, in a good -fitting snit.•
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We' have on hand a asso • splendid . tment of ENGLISH
L r . , FRENCH and'
G N A.DLAI T•WFEDS, at. ...the.-_vet-y..-d'oi+test figures, Also, a SPLENDID
LINE 0]? FRENCII WORSTED COATINGS.
MEN AND 30yS.FELT.7ATS, IN, ALL THE NEWEST AMERIC9Q
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ANDENGLISH STYLES.
Ina word, our stock is complete iii e cry •department, and. will bo sorted`
every week or. so.
We have sold out'out stock' of'13&OTS AND SHOES toaa Boot 'arid Shoe';
1ealer in town with wbomwe have. made arrangement to supply our cu
stotue•Q
atrates:
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the very lowest rates ..` '
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'BUTTER AND; EGGS taken:.nthie same as'
C,A SH
R. A:. E..LAL:44- )1? erSz CO.,
Clinton; April 4th 1378
t hl<ea;p ciasb >' tore .�
NOTICE. NOTICEII NOTICE.
PO,S Il I V L.
A..7-P91P 'i1 r -ISS .A:rr .
SOLD AT
LGV EST
b
CASH PF C1
1)1,0:and tgg8Hil...00:110A8
HUGH WALLACE & CO.
LONDE8130110, Marsch '7y 1878,
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