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THE CLINTON NEW ERA.
A SOPOIntrenarlan 001(Ple.
The toner/Mg etalleaff work not written ler publics.
ilen, hut Were eolectod frOM a maw) Of PaP0,,t4, thy 040
given (Neese to them) 111ed away In the esor we of a
laving eeptnilgenarian couple of the old schoel, vice
eraa ecee making the journey of life together for nearly
half a eentury when thee° etanzas were Written, which
aro known to bo authentio,„ Theversea axe eenunended
to the Peilleal of that class of herotieo who larva adapted
(Mien untrue proverb, Het love is eoon oold;" The
liner( entitled (' My Husband," were written by the wife
On hrSeventieth. birthday, and loft ou OM library:
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:MX HUSBAND. •
Who In nipyouth said, f'Deareat, come,
Vorinike your inecieue childhood's borne,
And with Teo o'er the world to ream ?"
My huaband.
Who gentlY led bo in the way,
And caused my heart to ideee the (lay •
'Drat took me f 8,m my Immo away
My lumband. '
who. at airst sounding of Alarm
Would fold round PAO MS loving ann,
To shield me from impending harmf-
My husband,
Who at Met token of distrias,
blxhibited by restlessness, „
Oth eoothes ine byhis landcareis P. '•
• My husbend. '
•
Who, 11 longovatchful nights there be,
When sleep -sweet eleop-won't eometo me,
Will keep awake for company 2-'
My husband "
• Who, wheat, vete ease nerve unstrung,
Next morn move round my oaree among,
If I sheuld fret Would "old hie tongue?" 4
, My husband..
When, if in hasteito Inar.our blioi
One word fs thoughtlees said MINI, "
Who ante forgiveness with a kiss 2-
.• My husband.
•
Who through all changing ecenes of.lifo,
The bright, the dark, the peace, the strife, • '
Would call me naught but "precious wife?"
•„ My husband..
When'on the (macho! suffering laid,
With throbbing vibe and aching head,
Who elision ft watches round my bed ?
My hishand. .
Who, when of kindred dear bereft,
And my sad heart in twain is cleft,
Proves that my dearest) friend lc left ?-
. • MY husband.
When overwhelmed. with grief and fears, ,
And throughAtie,zioem no star appears,
Who cheers my heart amtges my mare -
Who, when I've done with idl below,
And death's dark waters round me flow,
Wonld fain with me o'er derclan go 2-
husleind,
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MY WIVE. •
IN RESFONSE TO NEN STANZAS; ",:IY..1f17SBIND„”
What maiden in the days of yore,
Smote me with most tremendous power, •
Inflicting pangs unknown before ?- • •
' • My wife'.
Who pitied me in my distrese,
, .
And -by -one -simple 1iUla" Yes," •
Changed all my woo to.blessedness ?•••,
,
Who did, with look alniOst divine.
My soul in cord a of love entwine, •
And gave her pricelesa heart for mine ?
• • . My Wife,.
Who to the altar went with inc,
Our hearts aglow with costaeY, ' •
And(ray geed angel ewed to bo?-. •
• . 3r).
Who; spec I to the altar led • ', •
My blusking bride, and vowe Were said), .
Has naught tint blessingeround.me shad?--
• kly .wite.
Who in our, pilgrimage -below, •' `•
Vas cheered with smiles thc,•passngo through, ,
And ever fe ithful proved and true?-
. wife.. •
•
When incased with sorrow, toil, and ogres,
Who an my grief and trouble shares,'
And half at least my burden hears
• • , My wile.
When tempests rage and billows rell; '
And hum in passion() spurn control, , •
Who cairns the tumult of my Seel ?--
••• . :•313' Wife.
When storms are hushed' (oncsicieenre bright;
And shadows dark aro changed to lignt,
Who Mrs with me In sweet delight '
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• ' • My wife,
'Whd.wne in youtli:_tkosAM,ired Of, men
Rue find fin, • -
Is far more beautiful than theri'?
'‘ • .
As down life's rugged steep I go, -
With careful, trembling steps and slow,
Who clings to mtrand helps me through?
Who, When my toilsoine &Ws are' niers • • '
Will meet me on:blest Canaan's. shore, ,
' And sing with me -for evermore '
' ' Wife.
Chased by an Engine.
I Was riding on a night train of the
Pennsylvania Centred from New York
to Washington on a; Ipi9sion asnewspe-
per correspondent. We had passed.
Baltimore, and -within ni hour's ante
Wtildebe at
our plate bfeedtetination.
:11i4jeti1eitor had finished collecting
tbeIftres, and seeingegeevaiegrfte,t by
my side had dropped intaeit as if or a
little rest at the end of a tiresome day's
work. He 'made an entry in his note-
book, closed it, 'placed it in his breast-
• 'pocket, buttoned bis.coat, folded his
arreeeeand then turned to me with a
friendly lrematk, as if now be felt at
leberty' reeliCy aside all official dignity
and be sociable.. I was glad to while
away the thne as the train, was rushing
along in darkness which concealed all
objects of interest withoue, and so I en-
couraged tbe conversation.
You must have met with SOIDO
terizatilig experiencesaand tierhaps some
great danger, in the course of your.life?
said I, the coechector's grizzly beart'l
Showing that be might have seen a long
. service.
We wen the only regular teenepee
the read that night, with the exception
of the Greenport express to Beooltlyn,
which was to start et ten o'clock and
meet us at Lekeland Station, in the
middle of the island, switching of there
to allow us tepees.'
4 Well, we were perhaps six or eight
miles on our way. when I stepped Mit
on the back platform of the rear car to
sae it' it wart' growing any lighter. •We
were then going over n part of the road
which was as straight as an arrow fee
it distance of pee or five.miles, A.s
W RS leaking back over t his stretch I saw
behind is, at the distance of three miles
or so*, what:I knew Was the bead -light
of an engine, as it was tho bright for
anything else •,e, for -of- course I did- not
sullies° the govetntlegetehed heen .oPt-
ting up any light-housoe along the road!,
•A Probably not, said L
• Yon may be sure X wufea little sur-
prised,' said the conductor, there
wasn't an extra train Once a Week upon
that reed, and I knew that -there Wes
none going out- from Brooklyn that
nigh, anyhow. I. waited tot a few
nainutes, until.I saw that it was really
an engine coming, and What was more,
Was gaining rapidly on ns, although we
were goieg et our usual rate of sPeed.
When I was satisfied' of this feet 'hur-
ried forward, and said t9 the engineer,
'Jake, there is xt traii,:,t„ ease behind ilS.'
Jake dropped.elriM add his
lower jaW, at...about the same Moment,
and lOokeillo ebe if I Was Joking or-
would glauee In the,400,00' darkeeeer
were ilying behind ue. at every second.
The sound of our wheelsas they struck
the ends of the reila woe a wan:moils
Inure „,1104do the beet that it might,
our engine with ltaheavy.trein:wos zo
match foe the: light 'Weighted one 'be-
hind. That. ,was gaining upon us, and
was not the eighth et a mile eft: The
glare 'kern its iantevn bone brightly
ii oue Tam ; I thought Jelte'e face
looked a littlepale,- and perhaps mine
did, too. Now that'. our purieler
did not, halt at jamaica, we were.. en -
Wilily off our reckonings, And we could
make no guess WS tO the eause of our
chase, nor when it. voidel lend, • The
prospect fieerned that we Might. be drive
enete the endepf. the :road, if we were
not overtake1. and srnesbedebeforeit
-could be reached, '•'•
.• "'That's the Franklin, !Aire,' 'broke
out Sake once more, ••• 'No. other; engine
on the road .could overhaul 08 Its We' are
going now. .Whate can thee fool • of 4-
.eSimpsen.mean, by tithing her at Bitch a
rate He must be•drribk. If the boss
don't break himto morrow • he ..won't
get his deserts.. He will he into Amin
to 'P. -domes, • • • . •
-4 'You are rightejake,"•said.I. "Go.
forward arid see it yen cannot get tip •
little mole), ,headway, Buipty a few of
those pawl:mina cane On the wood, attd
pitchit in,,ancl•eee What eau be (lane)
• While 'Jake was ferwarkonhierer-
.eand -I thought' ,••over e- the . Ed -teatime.
'Here .I waswith d h =deed met we pas-
senger's wader my berie.,albegnorant Ot
the danger -which 1 kbew they :were in.
If we ebould • bo eeertaken'and crushed
en...the...rear, • the disasterwould he a
serious one, and *gold probably-0,1mb'
..the death or injury of at least sethe .of
thnpasseogfirs. . If we were notstraissh-
ed. in this ,Way, there was another and
perleipe.agreatee danger before. tre. •The
trena gf which 1 haye'.spolten,.'whigh.
deft •Greenport Whee4we left Broriklyie.
•was pn .WAY t�. wee ais on. the einne
traek,' ;It Tsbotild switcleoff et:Lakeland
in th e., m id cite of the: :Wend , and ell o
es to pass .an hone :after we started,. or
at eleven o'Olock„ j't was now balfaiast
an, end we were:dose to Lakeland al:-
ye:0y, And:We:1dd Miss there long befell)
the ferrival of the'Greenport ti alu, erbieh
erdiemeily• got there dirale. Thereetile'
weeld-:be that weeshoeld wee teat- t eat •
beyond leikelend.• without.. warning , of
-one approach, and a "collision:in limit.
as well aeethe rear would be Illecoese-
•gnenee. , ,
• 'We reached and fie* through the,
Lekelancl.depet itaily halt an. hoer
elmadot tin* Ofeerieee t be,Green pore
train Was Ad.:there yet,' but, was..4mfe rig
down the:rode .Oue eked was ,e0W a
little :ahead • of before 'metes liven,
- the LgegeTslagd; fe..telogietple.
...peeee_faielyealaficed. -belein4terseeenrcelea.
buehert on etcher side ofelie trac.keseeal'e
:ed -a '''continuaus Well of ,fire 'as they
weraliglit•ed:np by the.flannembich- was
pominvent of Mir smoke -stack, But
dangeroes, as it WAS •: for us tO keel, •pn,
it Was; jiltas dangerous to. sleakeu
sPeedi and so on We went, • •.
.• The Conductor- rolled. hisquid from
one•ebeek to another, reified the ivilldow.
by. his side and expeetorated' into tho.
outerelarknese, and. becamesilent - far
seyeral- moinente. as if :burdened by:the
'recolleetion alike former perils: After
waiting' a reasonable, lengehof einie for
him to•eestime bireteey; I saide 'When
'the Colliaion• occurred, .Was it with, ehe
. train -in teMit or. in • -•the tear, -.or With
both ?' • • • • . • •,,-
thecolliaionl" said the Conductor,
"Well now yea come to the I-idiot:110de
:pit of the dory, ..The collision did not
-take placeall,' . he mid, in nim;Apolo-
getin. tone, •if there ought to hate
been A serums accident after fi0 mach
preparation. While I Was: standing
on theplatfoian, thinking whether.
better' :Ware the • passengers to hold
themselves ready for n shock, lake Genie
from forward dragging aftee him two;
petiolenin eerie, each -of . which
would held n qnartet of: a barrel of oil':
e." Now, theirsaid, jake to :Ole, if
youwifloiFoneside of the :track,' I will
try theeotbee • •
•e I • SAW At. encie what:his- plan'. wail.
We eachbrought ilia mouth of an oil-
•eaneees-enerne te theepollehectestiefaeneel
the rail n80681416 end Core Mencedemme
leg on it the lierotene: Iri loss.than a
infinite a half -mile of iron rails on both
'sides was nicely oiled1 and at elipperif
'as the :tongue of a Hebrew dealer in
teocincbliand elothes.' • _
. "Yen have raised tny expectationseof
a• catastrophe go high Viet you lmva
heert.blitiged to grease tbe teableeso as
to let. theta dowrt again efieily," eaid
for. I felt a little nettled at the unex-
pected turn' the stOty had taken,. "and
was inelined to believe that the conduct-
or 'Wee drawing largely -eon his iinagine-
thin foe the:fads.
Why den'tyou lciaow that all engine
can no more make beledway on a vermeil
teack -than a toin.orten ceclimb a steep
roof. coveeed with reel .said the con-
ducter,.with 4 pitying gifiece at one so
profoundly ignoteint of railroad mattees
es myself.- . I Mapped Jake onethe
back, .and said, 'Old fellow,' your cutte
ness• ban brought lie:Jill oat of a: had
wove.' : ' ••• ' •
"In it few eeconds the lanteen of the
train behind:us wee getting dim in the
•dietandb, elackenedspeed and
baak.eddownto- tee what the 'nutter
Wils with Simplon; aJake said. .There
stood the old Ben Franklin puffing and
ws .onotting and pawing like a mad Ville
'Well, let the fleet -nen attend 'eo
Matters here and come back :aryl see
said- T. •
We herried to the rear, and in a
mot -edit Jake saiv as well- as myself
ehit if there was any joke imi tile matter
we were the Viteleoes �f fano; road or ra.
ther a serione one,' toca,,*fer the:train in
tluseeer had gainedon us a full mile.,
While 1 lead been forward. Th -e red
tinders. were pouring Ott of „the smoke.
stack as is front a: blait:frunace t the
head -light threw n glare Along:the road,
burnishing the iron rails' to leer very
wheels. Otese ite he Was. upon us the
engineer -of the adva:neing train had
net given elm slightest signal to \Valli
its ,of IS approach, 91111 made no 're
sponse to our repeated .whistles .of
dam.' He was violatiag. aU111,1,1.rOod
reles, and if be determieed to seeretly
run: us down be would act just 'as he
was then. doing. Jake -seemed to be
struck d.uneb.--net eo Much because -he
then thouglet-of: danger as at, the coil
impedence of the engineer bebind.
He Wolfed as:a beewciuld.like tee.' throt-
tletlim. ' His tongue after awhile got,
in worging Ziider; and he broke .ont,
1' what does Unit 'crazy fool mean 3' ,
The.- engiiiTter u AO eit1ie 'crazy
or china,' said 'If ia7 ineps on that
'Way.. ten 'minutes longer .he will surely
be :into ‘1164, apd, 1. 'signalled, 'the fire
man to put gn runre steam. What
.business eh°, train has upon the road at
all to -nightie what:puzzles me.'
I.:wonder it it ienle an [engine the
old man cis' sending clown to Jamaica
for eeptiirs rf said Jake.; saw the
Ban ',Franklin *finding . ou. the side
traCk withesteanymip just as we started.
From the way she overhauls es, there.
can't be mach of a -train behied.hee.':
' did not know dmt that Jake might
be right, .for I had seen the Prankliiv
Standing in the depot When we la—
That engine Was joat as fast as our own
and if it was without a train attached,'
as Sake suppoeed, might easily gain
upon •ue, as „ie teeined' to • be doing,.
'At any rate, we shall See When. We pass
'Titmaion Station whether jake's theory
is correct,' I thoug14,,and .1.11.id to him.
BY this time the fikeman, tiding as
engineer, had given our engine all UM
sternal, she would take, apd we Wese
sle,idrIng along rft a lively rate, tell
you,,sdid the conductor. The gdod
people`along tbe.road who 'were out of
*bile beds tritist have thought that it
railroad Gilpin was -riding another rade
adcording to the new style.. I: was.
angry enough to have sent A bullet at
the orlay engineer-follewing lis, .and -
determined that my 'first bueiciese the
next day should be te"oorriplain to the
eeintendant of, hist foolhardiness,. I
t ought—tfiliciOleibly, being for the
moment his own master and no long-
er under the immediate orders of ,a
conductor, he was indulging in fekind
of re lailroad spree, ' an$1 for ie lark
was driving tee t� the Cop of one speed,,
expecting to end the race and his day's
wale nt the satne time atjarnainA.
''Weil, we tore through Wet sleep-
ing village without stopping long for
refreshments; I can 'assure pie, and
then jake and I looked', to see one
comical filend 'in the veer pull up -fie
the station and take lodgings foe the
night. Bat we were mistaken in our
guess. Not a whistle was giren by our
pursuer as a signal that he intended; to
stop; not a sign of slackenitig Vas
shown; but on the eoutrery be was
gaining upon tis When we were doing -
our very baste Sometimes a curve in
the road would shut hint a monientefrone
our view, but be, would round it, hi
cm instant, and every new turn brought,
him more eiCeely upon us, Jarimeca
had been left far behind, and we were
out on the wide Hampstead, plain. :The
old Constitutioh was on her
Oae train Wag Actually 'sev'ayieg end:
reeking with speed like a yacht, on
the waves. The telegraph po upon
whieli -the light from one witic
Well perhaps the most exciting
time in my experience was the night 1
was charted by an engine --a nighe which
this one reminds me of,' said he, looking
out into the darkneei, • : •
Chased by an engine!' said I, get-
ting interested. How did tbitt hap-
pen ?'
'Well,' said the coliduceer, settling
down in the cushion and bracing his
knees againh the back of the' seat in
front,many years ago I was running
the night express on Long Island from
Brooklyn to Greenport, it distance of
ninety miles, the entire length of the
road.,Tho Long Wand road was then a
once-114)mi eiffaire having only a single
track, :with switches at the different
stations to allow trains to timet and
pass. On the evening to whieb I now
refer I started from Brooklyn at ten
o'clock with the old Constitutien long
since broken up, but then the orah en-
gine of the rocel,'"with a baggage or
froigliker ana three passengee-care.
The night wasjust RS dark as a pocket,
or, if anYthing, perhape a little darker,!
he added, 413 if he bad accurately tested
the internal 'obscurity of that. useful
portion of the dress.
It must levee been very dark; I,
fetid.
the driving wheels buzzing ermine- on
the greased track like all poesesced, but
not pining all inch; Wu seeded the
track and. bore down iipon the old ma-
chine, Juke ems the rat itbian,rd, spat"
ing for it good change at the engineer
Simpson. But no aign of an engineer,
fenien, ar ley other livieg being was
to be found. .. The engine bad only a
tender attached, and although there
was otill a full "lieed`of. stearn on, the
fires were geetinglow. We made short
work in pushing heel; to Likeland.
• We reached thestation, encl got fairly
npon the switch when the Greenport
trate, which we should' meet there, mime
,in, and we steed there waiting as if
nettling bad leavened, and asit We had
not been- fifteee miles but on the read
. •
,to meet itit feweliill4tes before.'
The telegraph oper4tot a VI:444U
handed me a dispatch, which read as
follows ; • • ,
To Gotrinteroli0---`,---;:=The
Feankliti leas brokelobse-end is cornieg
up the road; . Turn switch at L•ikeland
5114 run her off the traCk.
, BARTON, Supt.
.Btooelyn, 10;5 pane. .
eYou see„ ,we did not have much
tiroe for turning -switebes at Lakeland,'
he continued, '60 we did still better,
and saved the old. Ben—which WAS not
responsible after all—from IX sinash-n p.'
Roinniee of a poor )(Mum Girt, ..
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leueresveegflelleireiRellettells„„.
erLINE 27 1878,
4PPSi5O0004. GRATSVIMANDCIourowtou
-oily a theroege eaowledge of the natural
laws whieli govern ebe cpereteons of clieestimi
eta eatrition, and, by s careful application
cq the line propertiee f well -selected cocoa,
Air. Epps ha provide:Lour breakfast tables
with a delicately ilavoredboverage which may
save as many heavy doetors' bills. It is by
the 'j editions use of anch articles of diet that
a constitutien may be gradnally built up un-
til enough to resist every tendeney to
dieettee. Hundreds of pubtle maladiee are
floating around 'es ready to attack wherever
there is it weak. point. We may weeps many
a fatal shaft by keeping ounielves well forti-
fied with pure blood and a properly nourish-
ed 1 rame."-Civi/ Service gazette, -Sold only
in Packets labelled J4t111t8 Flees SA Co.,
0.10cOpAtili0 011itStS, 48, Threadneedlesteeet,
and 170, Piccadilly, London."
. A common •congli or cold slum d never be
trifled with, often when neglected it is conyert-
ecl into a seriolts and generally fatal pulmonary
disease, The more prudent, aware of this,,
.11rotatrt1Y llscBryan'a .P.nimonie-Wafers" a cu..
rative onstained ite.reputation for
otter twenty years, they are always etacamous
and'exert a most beneficial influence on all.the
Bronchial and pulmonary organs. Sold by all
• drtiggists and country dealers, ee
' per boie.
Wodiir horseare not- so
rare as many oppose, not such great curiosities
either, there are many to be found in various
parts of the countr , but we doubt if they will
ever prove as value le to their owners ae.the one
exhibited by Barnum ; we imagine their owners
would consider them more valuable' without the
wool, for this rough and woolytate of the hair
indicates that the horse is not in a 'healthy cone
ditien---prebably hule-bound, or sufferingfrom
some dieease which occaSions this Unnatural ap-
pearance; in such easesuse Darley's Condition
Powders and Arabian Heave Remedy. it will
purify the blood, correct the appearance, re-
move all obstructions from the lungtrand hvet,
ihd give to the coat a sleek' and shining appeae-
ance Remetnber the name and see that the
signature of Hurd & Co. is on each package.
Northrop ,f3 Lyman, Newcastle, Ont., propriete
firs for Canada. Sold by all medicine dealers
pineinnati has a:prettyremit-gee-9f a.
'poor young giel. The heroinewtie an in-
-telligent but impretending -Who
Was forced by eircumetancee: to work'
fcie. a living... ' She tiered in a storeat it
salary so meagre, iind.with wor1i-7fie la-
borious, that she -gladly fibeePter.1 a poei-
tide as a wailmegiel hi a parlor board-
ing-houtie. She had preeioualy leSeit°
offered ee. petition as a governess, but
„prefeered the, other. The' onlyeadvan-
tape the boerdingelonee Affolklecl oval'
-the.stoee Wits that 'of fain ily .synipathY.
Among the hoerdert was one' probably
i'itt.pocir as herself. He wee advertising
selicitOr ft,r a eity peper, with a very
odeilr loin Corn e. 13eli eying' hem sr: lyps
poor; but yet -able. to keep the wolf
'from' r door, an altricbment 'sprung
up, which ..deyelopect into. an engage-
ment, The course, of leve-dia not roll
irrnopehljr.. There 'were doubts of faith-
lestnesee end ennt,equent learrelt; Until,
it few days age,,, young ledy learned
she had fallen bete to air estate in
'Germany wortli 8100,09a., he.iirt,
W135 tine to : They: were rninei-•el
right way.
,
b4lti arb$,
11, APPLETON. ••••• OVVICE at DAY time and
•et NICHT liicq - The Boerne over the Store of
0h00ni:10(one Aikenhcad-the Seuere,-Clinten.
Clinton. Doe. 20,1877,
itEBVB,,Pbysielatt, Surgeon, etc., Coroaer for
• Comity of Heron. Residence end 011ieeL-Corner of
*Wert end Mill hlreet (Witt( rt.
August Oth, 1819.
Allillii STJAVART, ¥.'D., 0. AL., GBADTIATH OV
University, Montreal ; Physician, Surgeon and
agouti:cheer, Itesidenee-13Aecseirno,
Twittery 4,$71. es
0 YomiG, 11-13e (Olt4DVA:rl) Olf TORONTO
. thityotaity,) Phyaletan, Surgeon, M&c. to.tidence
id Mr. iming's, three doors gnat oi the 'Amperance
Loncleaboro, One.
Loreleabore, Awe Pt, 18't .
--Joy tun -elm the Children
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COMMAND'S SWnh.T Canoe. OIL equally snit -
able for children and, adults. Ilndoreed by
over poo doctors in clanada The difficulty of
administering, nauseous ineclicines, and the de-
sirability of haying them pleasant to the ttOte,
indueed T. Copland to undertake morales
which resulted in the discovery of.e. Sweet CNS.,
tor Oii; perfectly palatable. of 011380one strength
and medical qualities al the ordinary Castor
, Oil ; and while etpiaily eefe and harmless, yet
noting with more certaiaty, and producing nei-
ther nAuseanor griping. Some children -say it
'runilung /e elvenie re.
A. direr in lite ,Clutadv e a Devit-ji8h:
,
IT1 ie. Xiteenatillearele kAaeatealni).4eiff
River, Benet, in reniciviik the
-reefebad-freerather narrow eseept from
lbsinig hie' life on Thiired•;.y ev-On
It appeal ff. that Ur. Senile had fired tiff
a hurge of dye A mite -and displaced.ii
goentity of atones atthe bottom
cd the river, He went dOwnto peepare
for lifring thereto stonesbe, the aideof
chains ineo the puut. . While- engaged
in i•olling over a large etruie he sew
sgtnethieg ',which he eupposed
piece of glean' loolckng he4r,' nievieg
atiou t iti front"Of -.where beeneie working:
In it kW seconds this objeet came in
contact' with the. diver's:. limn about
'which lee quickly celled, puede,holding
him. Smale touched
what was coiled round his 'nem he be -
canto aware Of his- position, and triedto
extricate himself from eba grasp' ef n
"sea -devil," hue found it .a teore.
ditil-
eultt job • than be had anticipated.
Oatehing hold of the part hanging Awn
the arm he walked along the bottom of
the river toward the,end, Of it, when', he
saw:he was firmly held by one of the
feelers of a large,00toPtie, bettf•r known
aniong senors are the " clevikiel0
Souk tried te,pull the fish off frOin it's
, hold. of ft he rocks, but withoet effe-ct for
(tome -time. Ae lest the fish, perhaps
thinking it•hact uot• gat sufficient hold
power On its prey, • loosened itself
, le' honey; ,others call it Syrup' -,they all say theV
lika it One parent says -` My children' drink
it like water ;" another--" We had to hide' the
bottle or they weed have finiehed:itrigh) offf'
Andther-ke-" My little. gieyhas -Wren It twice
without Any, trouble,and does not . know what
it is, thoughbehates the ordinary Castor 011,
arid we never eopld get her to take it without
light ;" S•et' another -" I wish' yem SUCCCSs ot
your S \MAT CASTAR Q11'... 'It is a splendid. thing.
• •-•-sUre tii ta1c9 the placo4n1,1 the eomMon
The extraordinary demand'. fin, this impreve-
Mon t et a stapltt1ic>uscliold nied ichie liasltrouglit
fraudulent imitationinto :the market, hat tbe.
public can gnarcl themselves againet.substitutes
(which unprincipled parties 'are attempting.'to
tell on fhb- reputatien; of this article) seeing
.tbat the name POLAND'S *wen Ca:iron-014
,is et, both wrapper and direction label: , •
•: The undersignedhaving- purchaStal. MessrS.
T, Copland & Cc's }Merest in, the above prepa-
ration, areolow triantifteturing-it fmn the
ginaligelpe. • , •
NOATIlli01) LYMAN, Tbrofiro..
Qlf
I84411A4941r--DTAlopyl,P.a4molli,,,A 4w,
al medicine ea ert. ' -race,..11 een f.
Belladenna Ipmiaersotover.d la...frher !soles.
oe many ditterent..diseaees hae bega...cararta
There nevey has been a time ylani the healing
by outward apPlication as the present;
, undisputed fact that .over half of the entire pe,
• pulation of the glebe resort to the Ilse of ordi-
nary' plasters. • • • • • „ •
• The principal ingredients used in Making
theed Phieters mire 1.4um .01ihantim-or. betterj
known as the It ranloncense of the
her, and Burgundy Pitch ; ivhich, when seienti,
ficallY cempounded,,,...is full of electricity,. and
'when combined with the Putarmedicinal gums,
itt found to•bleone of the greatest healing,medi •
-.-unie ever brought, before the human race. -
• They are .acknOwleged by all whrj, hal e used
them to 'act *quicker than .any other Plasters
they ever before•trietl, end.that 'one of these
'Plasters' will•do more real , service than a •Inni-
tired of • the ordinary 'kind. •All.other Plaeters
are slow of action, And require to 130 worn con-
tinually to effect a cure; but with these -lb is en-
tirely different; the instant one is applied , the
,patient will feel its effect. • , •
They.possess•all the soothing, Warinititi, sup.
per ting.and strengthening'. qualitiesof other,,
:Plasters. Matry who'. have been relieved of
ItHETJletATiteSI, TICDOLORE'UX; and ye,.
rictus other pains in the ItIDNEYS, BREAST
or sum, and believe it is solely done by the
electrical qualities which the Porous. .Plasters
contain, and which is imparted to 'the system,
thus restoring them to a 'healthy .condition.
They aro very eoft'and'pliable,.still very ad,
laesive and a sure cure for WEAK BACXS
'PAIN'S IN THE SIDE AND BREA.S14; arid'
are invaluable to those who iraqe a COLT) of
longstanding, and often prevents CONST.TMP-
TION. Some even tell us .they-baliev.eAlmx,
were entirely cutect.by Shouse of •thetn of a long,
seated Consumption. • "
Prepared .by • CEORGE E,
STAN13DRY, DItADUATIS 010 TII(E MEDICAL
Department of Victoria Ilniversi.y, Tort*, for-
merly tho Iluepitale and Diapenaarles, New 1011,4
Coroner forthe County of Huron, Ilaygienn, (115.
a;uly fifiy lfi74. ,
opv(0/0\1::FL:ela mdc1118,61IBSON, ' PHYSICIANS, 9111ir
• Aceoneheurs, Oftlee, Albiet Street,
•
1/. Dowarzy,M, D. A. 111. GltiSON,
• Clinton, May 10, 1877. • '••
TNit, wonTAilsoToli PHYSICIAl\',"
.1-47 Aeconohour, Licentiate of the College of Physioiana
andIhirgeons of Lower Canada, and Provincial fAcenti-
ate and Croner for the county of, liuron. office and
residencere-Tho building formerly occupie4 by
Thweites, Huron street.
Clintonid'an. 10,1871:
Isieliantons
As-opeir en even, Luton oa sums,
um,- on good mortgage security, at moderate 'rates of
Intereat,- II, HALE.
Clinton, Auguat ihh, 1809; • • 1. -ti •
..phine street,' ' ••^ '
VE'rfill.. Valuator, and taunt 'agent. QM :-.Yose-
CHARLES E.. MILES', PROVINCIAL LAN D. h:IJR.
Winghenr, Ang, 1877.•
'AnniAot ',tourism; AND OEUTTFICATE$,-
8.1.Tubl.sApprliyriaot.trhe Trawling, or at the residence of the'
_ tatioub.o Won, Huron dcBruee Railway
ifAME8 SCOTT,- •
• Issuer f - '
'Clinton, April '2.70.1, ° — Li""el"
AILWAY HOME, CLINTON', (INT, THE ABOVE ,
Alb house if; Situated coca to the (dation, and is thor-
onghty renovated thioughout, and now afford% good ac-
commodation for the travellieg publie. Largo stabling
end good hostler() in attendance. Choicest lienore in
the bor. Thos. LANE Proprietor. 19
••••-•••••••••-•
Vt
Euvous AND PITS:81CAL DESILIT1'.—A gen. •
I '1 timer), having tried'in vain every advertised
city, has;.discoveree a simple means of serf -ante, Do '
will be happy td ferward the particniara to an?. sufferer, ,
to receipt ot Strillipod Alta Ilireete a envelope. A ddrvss
4,1'. fisn'Itt,t, Bea., 1.iisbUrn lloUfie, London, England,
•
T.' 0. MCINT0811, HAYFIELD,' ISSUER '01,
...Marriage Licenses 'under tbo nee/ Act, Com ruissiOu.
or for taking Affidavits in the leieen's Eani8i, fa Coun, -
ties of linrott. and tree°. • Conveya ucing (lone, seCh
,Least% Gontraists, ;ght, Deede, ail(1180.rtgagetk. "
ftesidence-afposite Pidleelee "
woriiv ,tcer.senn- es linen aterhyek(.. . • •
le7r4 '• • •
•
frUDS )N, Aceeuntrints, Iteel(rneel
. ,
ASON
...PA.' Fire flnd fdfe DtstifanTa lad Ocnetal Counniesion
IkniturStme two811trda- cheaper' than ordinary
costrand first-class Steck and Mutnal Companies repre.. •
sented, Afonef to loam end all kinds of property
.bougnt sohl.. Moderate ohate.t... 15o Sr ,
IlENSALL.. • •
Jens- 111,(soir, • . • Jester( lienso):, '
ebinenisaioner aintia.stiar Of , ' .t7onve'yancei'.
Marriage Licenses, • • • 18 . ,
• 'AI;(01111lifielN
^ BABBIBT,Bfts.:&e..(
'TeiffloittiTPWWItizt54'0'.`e',7,i1‘1;filtile7;aa"41""
-Cain:tat, '• W. Ivaiezutim.s, •
•• . • • • Goderich.'
,
sre.ebeceelson will be irk Clinton every Friday- • '
from the stones and goickly transferi•ed • - •
its feelers firms„ around the diver'sL
legs end body. In tide position Me.
Steele- thonglit, ;tiro -best- thing -foie rex tree EYE -NA ENE.
to do was to get up on doek as Joon as
poeitible, and be quickly 'timid tracks
foe the ladder which reaches from the
deek, of the pent fa the bottom of ihe
elver, 'The diver wins ceeteinlv, eerie
one !oohing *ohject whn m
elie cae. up.
Thia,htlge. uglydoolcing thing appeornd
,to ire entangled all over him,
hiin in firm „embrace. Irowe.see, Mr
Sinale's fenosv-workmen Were 1105 Tong
in freeing hire from tloi ,iinfriencily bug
of hie aulitearine compaidon, The
body portion- of the octopus wes only
about" the size of, it large soup:plate,
with Pyre in its head like those of a
severe eat it.prieseasecl nine armee each
abut four fect. in length, lit the butt as
till* as it man's wrist, tapel big off, at
the end to as fine A, point as •that of a
penknife ; time it cOuld epread over an
areit of nine feet in diameter; All the
aloog the underneath pod of each
feeler Ave suckers eveiey epaerter of en
inch, giving it hnmense power, Ste.
Semi° declares it wits poWerfal 'enough
to keep three men:Under water.
When Boman legions were decimated
the soldiers: were fionettimes put to death
by.bleetling, which was Considered the
most hurnitheeing punishment polsible
rise a soldier.
ie •
An, anfalIali remPily ,,or 11 a ;1-1sea4eg ot ihe
--
• ego(accule or elalnic), granulation elf the
itkeration /hp loehryntal •rilandv,
film, and anenkam.4 or the rision",froio !tna
ecte0.
Tice Aeteneeii• lin-?4.t1,'e; is presented io• the
. public with the a. saraime of ite, efficieney as it
'curate of mott diseases ..Of ,the eye, acute Or'
chrome inflem ni abet, whether itichi0ed by screP, •
fialinis origin or otherwise, weakness nr chtleet
of vieion, ,diliiinished tone of the optic nerve, .
• or a dieeased"etate 'of the tissuei constituting,
Shat organ, Also', for all persone white° voca#
tion -requires an indeesaut fiction •ef The. eye,
the salve will act aen charni in reetoring s. utd-
•
form healthy notion, \there weaktese, part; ant
misery may have Itnig threatened it fatal ter -
initiation. It, is the most simple; male, and ef-"
fectual remedy ever discovered. The Materials
of which it ill made are pure:8)01.feet, and costly,
compounded with elaborate care and exactness,
safe in ite application, being wed externally,
511 1, of eouree, avoiding the pain and danger
Which necessarily attends the introduetion of
tattstie minerals mad eye-tashee. Jereciwontt
;matter) efitieleie teems, of ecedakme origin ,
or reeultimr from whatever cause, yeild to 14
Amartrc.ts Eve-Sa mtg. IT IS USED S 0-
alSSIPTILLY POP, P/LES. Ite toothim of -
feet is immediate, and Weevil anent eure requires'
but a few applications. The proprietors of
"Du, Perrir's AlrEttICA:i BIT -SAINT," while
making rieW And improved nutehinery for mak-
111.8 a mere. Perfect. box for the tte.sArxri, have
cnittiged the TRADE MAng 011 the cover So as to
cotreepond with the Cut on the, Wrappeie„ Cir-
culate, Adtertittousente, etc, We tall attention
to tide, al Tt might otherwise be regarded as
counterfeiting;
PETTIT to nitaticvs,
Proprietors, Fredonia, .
NOItTlt itole Si LYMAN,
,Toronte, Agents' for Oefiedli,.
•
CI 0 NS 0 L QAT E BIA,NK fib...CANA f./,\ -
• l'IT4L, 84,000,001
ti
T 0 N:-A—G
' o.st Teorh-Pair ti7live per cent TilloVved on ElepOsite; .
LOUG'H' Alreent,,
Clinton, April, 1876. , • • 1-y • • •
Clocks, Watches, Jewellery, &e
. F 0 E 'Ft
Deana to rcttirr -
hie sincere thank
to Ida. numeroy
friends and ensto-
mere, for theliber
al share et patron-
age that he/ides°
salved whileearry •
Ing on business in •
olintonoindhopes
hyli strict otten-
Hon to buldnees,
and )(sing every
effort to meet the .
.Wants «this many. -
'donde, to etintire!, ,-
-:--ne•tesretain their '
,patronage. •
Ho would also take this epportunIty of
cn:datinsg:thatitiehsteieahiesonitiptilrlip,att tgtthehteineeswillbe,wllaneteiieumtidiiyle)fs:
eowrani a SON. 'The Atm Will keep eh
VIttalfitl, Olooks, Jewellery, tipeetaeleie •
All kinds at Pipes Repaired and Mounted. •
. Jeep:thing, cleaning, done 01( 181Ort notleey Id 111
worlocentii,o iate00e4 anti ea rensounide terms.
1.101111, STJOIRT, oP THE BtA HEST,
Clinton, Dee, ISM • ' •
AVISEIVLIN BROS.,
B 13 0 X. E R. S
INSURANCE and, GEM Aunts:
Mater tsi bS MORTGAllg AT 8 PER OENT.
HIT(1•AGES 11QUG1t51. '
11,1,,,N0TES 011 11ANI)
n ENT A LEO gil • 0.1tt p1PoSIII10.
loirAt:efitoof Lite and Accident .InNuranie
" °row pt hyirviNitert '
Ail?5/5 VOL wtte CAtlinh DtPtt ASSUI1ANCE f.,O3ft'ANIt.
CAA p I tit I Mad n 04) $ a .7s0.000
'Amount of Ai:entrance 10,412,097
Weekly 11.neeiste ..,...,.,. . 111,000
flares lower thin aiiy other Crirmany In this titnntry,
PA.88E,11oV.11 AOLVT ran
the Cntara and Inman Lino of ateamort. Tim uldest
and meet reliable liner crossing the Athletic. Tidliete,
laintod at lowest rotes, from mut to Clinton, to andiron)
Great pantie.
,OPP,I.CIE on lityleoAr.sr. cLisro.*: '
Ax-tok
. Clinton, April 84,18711.