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e ttorzfl'f earner,
It Bova Experience with Tar Alarbtca,
Almost all 1.341, at . s Oa: tieriod of
their lives, devote their spare time to
playing marbles, and 1 certainly was not
un11e other boys in this respect. My
foudnees for marbles began'very early,
and. when I Was about seven years old
led me inton curious;'experience, which'
I am about to relate. A great rivalry
for acquiring marbles bad suddenly'
arisen at that time among. boys of the.
town, and to possess -AS many round
beauties as my eldest -,-brother owned,
soon became the dssire of my heart and
the height of my ambition• -
I had .alreadyy htained 1a large .nnIin-
ber, when one day I overheard ray old-
est brother telling one of .the' school-
mates that he had made the •imp'ortan't'
discovery that marblds could beformed
from goal tar, of which there was a
largo quantity on a certain street' in a
distant part of the town,' :Ile did not
condescend to explant the process of.
manufacture, but he showed the marble
he had made,'.—block, round, and glossy:
The.siglht inspired me with ardent• de-
sire to possess an unlimited quantity. •
My brother told me just where the -
coveted treasure was tc - be, found, and, -
in the afternoon, I started off, without
confiding to any one my intention, to
find the spot and ley in a supply of the
raw material, which I,could convert into
marbles when I had leisure, . ..It was `a
A
THE ' CLINTON NEW ERA.
Ocx'0i3Eft 24 1$75.
WOW work Chet aftertaooit than in half
a dozen days' washing.
Creak—creak—creak l But the tar
only became harder and harder, until; 1
Was . incased' in sheet -armor, like the
famous Black Knight, Presently, my
cousin Fenny, an especial friend of mine,
'mitring smelt continual' pumping, and
*eating anxious for the fatally supply
of.watet', came out to gee What was the
matter. Seeing a small figure curled
up under; the spout of the,pump,
'drenched to the skin and blck as
Othello, she stooped down to investigate
the phenomenon. . Oh, whet was` my
despair when she discovered who it was,
and in what; plight 1
.To say the laughed would be to ive
a feeble idea of the peals of laughter;
tlitlt"s"iioceec7eil suet other as she stood
and looked ,at me.:. She would try 'to
control her merriment for a moment,
only to break forth afresh, until she'was
obliged to sit down from sheer exhaus-
tion. Every time she glanced' at my
woe -be -gone countenance, and drenched
condition, she won.ld go into oonvulsious
of Tun. At lest she recovered Piriiugh
to inquire into my ease, and to assure
meshe would do what sh'e could for
me'; but she soon found,• to her despair,..
that what she coins do was not much
to my relief,' The Clothes could not be
got off, and certainly' they could 'never
begot clean. She did amino,- with'"a
strong pair .of shears, to out off the
pocket.ia my breeches, and then, • fear=
ing. my 'mother would be alarmed,. she
bade me go •hems, and she would pro
very hot July afternoon, and I was'in''a mise to secure me against a.' whipping, • •
violent heat; but the' sight of the heaps I hr-cy'she-thought th% last promise
of cosi-tat put all thoughts, of: anyth'tjag would be ,easily Relit,
unpleasant quite out of -my he,d; it• Somewhat'courterted;'I took:up, my
caused me to forget algid. "thutI hadhien', line of mirth towards the. paternal 'roof, ;,
cautioned by toy mother to be extremely
careful. • '
I need hardly remark that-1:was not
very well acquainted With the substance.
was handling, and' my only idea of its
qualities was, that it could he molded
into any shape I pleased,. I was not
aware that it ho all the qualities of
ordinary tar, --melts: With haat, and 'be
comes the toughest, stickiest, most.
unmanageable of substances with whish
a small boy can come into contact.
I--fe1lito_.work-to -collect what T want
e3 to -carry home. -I filled.. the. pockets
:of my pantaloons, 'and of my jacket, and...
lastly, *hen these were stuffed to their'
uttn:oet capacity, I filled the Grown of my
hat so full that it would hardly'go on
my head. The place was at some .d'is-
tance from my home, and I :did not
with to return immediately for more.
With a heart filled: with triumph,. I
started off towards .borne. By this time
',began to realize that the weather was
cool. It Sad been a n
not 1 .alk and
long , a
I was pretty tired, but•I wasalso -in 'a
' graat hurry to begin making marbles;
• so I wanted as fast asI could. After a
little time I began to be sensible of a
disagreeable feeling of 'sickness about.
my waist, and a slight trickling sense-
tion in the region of the knees----
A cloud not bigger than - a • man's
hand flitted across my.. liciriSoe,--,--per--
haps coal -tar might melt?
° A very slight inspection 'of my- two
pockets .satisfied nie that coal -tar, vas..
capable of beooring'liquid,: and,' if ;I
needed further evidence, the sable rivu-
let that began to meander down 'the
° sides of my -face gave'atnpte corrobora-
tion of the fact. ): tried to take-off,my
hat, but it would not cone. , •
I looked down at my trousers with a
feeling f d' 3' O p t t o
splendid assortineift Of iirst-Olats SEWING -MACHINES always on hand, 1114.1EDLU
ACHINE: OT. THE KEE. , COMPUITION
Among Cu.stomors for' lobe will be first to- secure
some of 'lige Cheap Quos now going at
1 �%
r L 1.
�' Q.OASH
JIOUSEI
and every furnishing kept in stook,
ALSO R-LiP1.IRING HOPS.
Sewing Machines of every make repaired. and.new parts kept on band. flaying engaged' •
practioal maohrnist, all work done here It warranted to give good satisfaction, . .
charges Moderate. H. NORSWORTBY
matron street, one door west 10f tLe Commercink Hotel, gitnton,. Ont.
aDd C51.4Y1•+f8 "rawazcsfXrtxi.• *ate .. ,.,....... _ ... ... - ,.. °...........
NOTICE,
NOTICE, NOTICE.
O.S1lVEL■Y:
O Istria-". ininous s O s U
dismal hue were certainly •' growling
larger. I tried to get the tar out of
my pockets, but only •succeeded' iri cover
ing my hands with the black, Unntana.
geable stuff. •
That I should get a whipping' for
spoiling my now suit, if I 'could not
manage to get the tar off, I was quite
certain, and I had had no permission
to go from holne, on the ' whole the
outlook was not cheerful in that direc-
tion. Quite drivels to desperation,, I
seated myself on the ground, . and 'trial
to scrape off tho black spots, which had
now extended to formidable dimensions;
while I could feel'small streams win-
ing drown inside of the collarr bf my
shirt, and causing rather stngelal° sug-
gestions of a rope•siround my nook,'
My labor was all in vain. t got a good
. deal of it off, but there seemed to be an
inexhaustible quantity on I gave it
up in despair, and burst into uncon-
trollable sobs.. The flow of tears thin-
ned the lava -like 'Mid,' and it bow r�e•
sembled ink, which wont' my . face
like a veil ; but iri the extremity of My'
anguish a hope dawned Open: me. I
found that I could wipe off with my
band this thinner solution, and if water
would do it, water was plenty, and I
would vitash it off. A cousin of :nine
lived not far off, and I knew that in the
yard of her house there was a pump.
Inspired by. this idea, T setoff ata run,
and did' not slaellen my pace until ' I
reached the spot. here another • difficul-
ty met me. I could not read' the
the
handle of the pump so as to get the
benefit of the stream front its mouth',
and it was only a complete'shower-bath
•that would restore my respectability. I
set to work to find a rope, and fastened
together quite a complicated piece of
machinery, as I thought, by which I
managed to pump theme -cold stater up-
on my devoted head. The effect was
not as immediate as I had hoped. 73ut,
.I had faith if a little Was goods more
must be better. Orealf creak—creak
—went -the pump handle, which did
but, as I went along, my heart •^began
•to sink again ; visiops of a. rod, with
•which iny•not acro saintly character had
made me sorewhat familiar, loomed up
'before rne.;'but worse than. all, .'the•
thought of my brothers' ridicule made•
my sensitive spirit quail: I 'thought t
would evade all for .that night, however•,
by going quietly up the back attars, go-
ing to bed,' and ' playing sick. Fer,
favored me. ; I reached the bed-
room Without being seen;'and,•justlasI.
Was, . with my hat on, for it could only.
have come ofi.with' wy scalp, I'..got into
bed; and covered• myself:: entirely up
with the bedr:-:lothes It was now dusk,
and. I telt. for a inoment gUito safe..
Presently my aunt caste into the room.
to. get something for which. she was
looking, and• 1 eoeld'hear her give leve-
ral. inquiring'suiffs, and as she went mit'
X heard her' say : ;;'a,certainly do smell
tar ; 'where can it come from `l': ,An in-
terval.
n- •
al of le
tel v ace follow d and o.then in
1 ,
canto my mother. .' Tar 4 Smell tar
Of Course you do ; its strong enough in
this roofs[. • Bring a light.' '
-It was the .sonic of 'doom 1 •
My mother' soon 'came elose'up to the
bed,' and. be]d the .light so that it fell
foil Open me as she tried -to turn: down:
the bed;olothint . Probably, if it. had
not been for several previous makes - in
which 1 had•been involved, She would
have been ambit frightened ; but as it
was, the sight of hor young blackameor
had much, .the saute' of set upon her as
upon :my, cousin. •XIe exclamations .aitd
shrieks of 1aughter• brought everymem-
ber,of the household successively to- the,
:room, and as one after another came int
.fresh. zest seemed to be given to • the
merriment of whichI-was the'Unfortu-
nate vrcti.nn. ;; :.
But every renewal of'.the fun was an.
.added agony to cite, for I clearly foresaw
that it would be rehearaod' by' Jack and
Tom to all the boys in the neighborhood.
Beside this, I was .iiot:in a condition to
be hilarious. Plastered with tar from
bead to�foot;'streaming with perspire.
' tioil at every pore; my Clothes drenched ;
my hair Matted together, and my etre*;
hat. soaked with water, fastened upon
it, and fallicg limp and wet about my
eyes; I was not rendered more comfort-
able hy: the fact that T could not. move
.without taking pillow and lied -.clothes
with uie, as, in my desperate desire to
oatmeal thyself from view, 1 had become
-enwreplied in the bed -clothing e a
eatery illar in its chrsalis; and II was
p y ,
conscious of a dim fear that if I sat up,
with the pillow stuck feet to the top'of
my hat, the'sight of me might produce
fatal results upon the already exhaust-
ed family. , • . •
At last the'point was reached where
I• thought patienceoeased to be ai irtue,
and,T rebelled. against being:any longer
made a spectacle.
3. declared if they would all ge, away
but mother; I would tell, her alit about
`its The crowd. retired, commissioned
to send u i:. a crock of batter, a tub of
hob water, and a pair or shears. Ma-
ternal lovo is strong,i but 1r doubt if'it
was often. put to a •saveler test'of its
long-suffering than was tjtat of my mo-
titer that night, -
Suffice it to say that, after my clothes
had been cut to ribbons, the sheets torn
up, my head well, nigh shamed, and my
whole person subjected first to an Afri.
can bath of melted btttter,.and afterward
to one of hot soap -suds, I. had my fill
of bathing. for one day, and was shortly
before mrdnight )irresnounced to' he kola -
ably clean.
P. S. ---x never.uiado tips Marbles of
offal-tar.L. St. Nicholas lb,' Tal;/.
Al Georgian has been married thrice,
and has attended the funerals of two
wives in the same pair of 'socks, which;
he bottght in 1832.
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HUGH
G W'ppyy LACE A 00.
LONDESBQRO, 11Maroh 7, 187;
An English .steamer !lately: • made a..
`stop at 'Lord 'Hole .Island, 'in the South
Piioific.
it had just'' 25 inhabitants
men women and• children= -who ver
rarely heard anything of the rest of the McNAIR HAS
world. They were said to live in•happy
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.e_entent, their only eotoplsrint being the THE SILVER CHAFF
want of a schoolmaster.and 'of clothing. -
VICTOR
AND THE CLAWSON,.
:Timothy/ Seed and .l e,
At, We store, Ilamittcn Street,•
K'
y GOOD341Z:i.T0 -
Aug, %1878,
Tjte latter is not serious in that latitude,
knit the schoolmaster in necessity.
That ':Boy.
Dramatis porsonre *—A. young American in
roundabout and loggias, perched upon the
fence devouring a huge piece of Mince pie, and
a maiden of five summers, in pantalettes, look.
fngvorywishfully attliegourtnand on the fence;
Young America -"I say, sfs, does your mar
mako mince pies ? If she does 1'1l licit they
ain't so good as my mar's." ..Little Miss
(timidly)—" I like mince pie awful well.'!
Young America—" Well, now, that's funny t
Just look here (drawinga quarter of a pie out
of his jacket pocket) and it's boas, too. t - Aint
my rear goad ?" (carefully stowing it away in
his pocket). That boy; "is father to the man"
who .Must .have his cigars and any other mas-
culine luxury hiscontemptible. selfishness .
4.1
MALCOMSOili & WATSON,
BARRISTERS, .40„
CLINTON- AND GOP1 tOH..
Gsonoi A. Warrior, S. Msadonsox,
Clintoir, • : w.n.iicrann'ra
Geddrleh.
Atr.11alomnsoir will be in Clinton every rrlday. '
craves; while his poor sickly wife must do the
work of two women (" girls waste more than THE ALLAN . LINE
they earn," he says), and for the want of a
little money to purchase a few/ bottled of ,Dr. •
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the . sovereign
remedy for female diseases and weaknesses.,
she is literally dying by inches—and all be -
canto) of•that masculine selfishness that would
not divide the ohildislr' luxury with his play-
mate,' and now tacitly refuses his wife the
luxury of 1,iealth, - t
LtVL?5?OO - LONBONDER Y-HGLASGOWi
SHORTEST SEA PA:SS1E.
tfRAl;n , Iintornredlate and Steerage Tick•
ate/ at Lowest haters.
Every . Saturday from Quebec.
hates from Queboo Cnbin $50, $70, and 5180.
sA1tlXATlaly ., 2611t.
• CIRCASSIAN,.....•, .•..,.•..,.,..ivay.End
UNDERTAKEB.II
- x r,AnGC ri'reet or— •
n
Caskets alla'`Iirie�anina' Rotes
1 Collins,f Of !
• ETC., ETC,
Pattiessuplltied with the above nt stroked netIde,and
at the VERY LOWEST IIA'TES.
SE, suppliod.
Remember the Place VICTORIA Street
G1.101tGE 14EIt%
Oltuton, Sept 6,1877,.
STEERAGE TICKETS TO
�.leei pool,' I,oudonderry, Glasgow, Queens.
town,
_elfast, London, ?ristol,Qfrclid
Ior through lt dk to and every inform tion applyy
to
A. STBAIrON, a. T LIt., Agent, Clinton.
Clinton, May 80,1878.
•
br. Wtn. (•-r•ay'eo r peeiflc 11ledicine
THE GREAT
Englieb. Remedy
ie especially re-
nommended as an
unfailing euro for
Nominal Weal.
nose, Spermatort-
hea, Impotency,
• and all diseases
Before Takla-•ee'nntdoh°of ha
' ter '„Lading.
-Abuse, as tosa•of ltremory, IlniverealLae"eitade, Pain in
the Back, Dlmttess 01 Vision, Premature Old Age, and.
many other diseases that lead to Insanity or Coneump*
Lion, and a i'romatnre Grave, all of which as a rule are
first caused bydevrattng from the path of nature and
over•tndnlgeneo, The Spcotld medicine is the reet,t t of
a life study' and many yeersof experiened in treating
those 'special dlaeaseo. Pamphlet free bymail. /he
Specific-Medicinebie sola by all Dr,uggieiea$1by Per Peek.
age,
six money, byaaes for ddressing WM. or will be sent
iel k 0.
tvindeor,but. Sold in Clinton by S.r1„Oombe,and elt
alldruggvatsererywhere. • J
They sall saysltt ey are for without
pout doubt
bt lower lion offered by any house in Olinton,i simply
e I them.. andsavetothe east r , oma the long credit price charged by
• - houses who rich on time.
Sea' our SHIRTS ,AND DRAWERS at •4Q cents, up town price, 00 cents.
See our HEAVY GRAY. TWILLED FLANNEL at 30 gents, np street price, 35 cents.
See our 'HEAVY TWILLED CANTON FLANNEL at 10 cents, sold outside for 12A• cents;..
See our HEAVY ALL WOOL BLAH? ETS at, people say, froiu ten to fifteen per -cent
lower than Other houses.' •
See •ourbltESS GOODS in all the leading Shades, with Buttons, Firinges,'Twist and Seining
• Silks to match in color, at very low prices, '
See our.HEAVY ALL 'WOOL TWEEDS for 00 cents; worth 7G other places, '
In: fact,'see all our goods. it will; amply repay:any peradn who'wishes to'buy ancl..save' long
prices, to look at our Cash ,Prices and, see the. difference.
•
OPENING TODAY One case of Ladies HEAVY LONG MANTLI?S, •froin 51.50
np as•high as you like to go. A.lso,'2 dozen Ladies STYLISH...FUR .DAPS, newest goods in
the market ; ladies should Pee them; Also, HEAVY ULSTER GOODS, for Men and Boy's
- • Omits ; at only 51 per yard,. double Nidal. ' .
•
f tooted say do not-. buy. anywhere Jill you see the prices :tat 'the Cada House. If yoip • have
bid Five Dollars to lay out, spend it at .G.I;LROYISt (:ASHG HOUSE.. . . .
c.
Clinton, :Oct, :17,1878::
mporfall d aid— Valllahlo Imi)r,o0111611,,s 11611.1 1.18
AaGOT'T MACPH.E.RSOAT C9" C
Jtl.vvretrUR:eitS OF -
CLIMAX THRESHING :..MACHINES,.
VII3RATOB THRESI TN Ci 1vl A Ck1;TNL:Sr
PliTT's iaireiiOYIID flOiU E POWEit�J, AGitIC ULTiYit:AT: STEAOI iv`NGIALiri,•'
For the coming season we are.introducing'many ;new'and valuable itnprovernents, which wi1L
place our machines muff Ia nnvnucs, otany others manufaotured.in the Dominion. We es
pecially call the attention of•threshers to our CLIMAX SEPARATOR, with the .New. End
Shake Shoe, which,° for smoothness of running, capacity and perfection of'- cleaning, farsur
Passes :anything yet produced. It has been thoroughly tested, has proved .a complete •;'
success, and is fully warranted. •
A D . T.HT F1OLLQWT1 r • T EISTIWCON2AZ
BRVdEFIRC14. M y -10.S
it is with pleasure;I testify to the superiority of lour NEW Exp SifAtE CLtnAX'
SEPARATOR, 1 thoroughly;tested itlastseason, and can Pay that .it runs the s,iaootheef dud
lightest; has the largest capacityjor se ars io and
clsanan d t7 e r of any
and Ota the best work,
machine I have yetpeen. It is quite unnecessary to brace the maolriue. ' All that is required
is to silt it in place, when, it :is ready for work, ,and it will run without jar of noise I would
not have any other tharr.the .NEw Esio Shinn CLIa1 ix:
JOHN AIICENHEAD.
MANY (TIER IM'PBOVEMENTS, such as lowering thefront for Cylinder) end of
machine, adding•:a tightener pulley to:Fanning Mill Belt,• windlassfor raising the Straw
Carriers, improved "Concave,Adjuster,"'oto., have been"made1 which will add largely to the
worth of maghiiie. •
OUI?.' PITT".S: POWERS have been improved' in, various ways, still further adding to
their durability, convenience, and ease of running..
,., ALL MACHINERY 18 RUN AHD CAREFULLY TESTED BEFORE LEAVING THE FACTORY. •
•
•11"rsolicit 'inspectio,i •oJ our ttiachinea li'fore purchasing elsewhere.-
.C,i,.ASOOW : MACPkHERSON : & 00.
0Lu:,T03 esittecurTnAt. Wens,' key, .1878. ,
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0FT'R'A:T`FO'
INCORPORATED 1874, successors to Thomson & Williams, of Mitchell,
Agricultural a Engine Works
DIRECTORS s
ROBERT THOMSON,PRINIDENT; A, It. WILLIAMS, YIcn•PRus, • ALEX: GRANT, .
SEC.-TREAS. ; J, BEDFORD, W. MOWAT, 3. CORCORAN, W. MARSHALL.
MANU'FACTUTtEItS OI!
Johnston harvesters, • Single Reapers',.MowBrs and Combtoad Machiles,
.
Broadcast Seeders, Seed Drills, Horse Powers, Saw1 g.
Machines, Grain Crushers, straw Cutters,Plov7s, Gang Plows,.&c•.
Builders of Steam Engines and'Boilers, al) sixes,
WA'1' R WHEELS AND ALL IkI'Nm:8 Oli' MILL. MACIIINBItY,'•
Contractors'' for Wrist and Sava hilus co»tplete, Also for; Water Werke for ei(ie8 "1011 na and
villages,on the Nally System. std Cheese' Factory hfac]ainery a Specialty.
y J
- • Address, T1103i13O111 &'t}ILII/Ltg9, 1tlantitriiieturing Co., $tratherd, Ont.
Ir'eb. 0, 1816. •,
t�DERILx FOUL DttY
Manufacturing Poinpany,
t7r'V11D3EMCI-31., Co TN' r.. .
Boilers, Engines. and Mill Machinery of Latest Styles.
Middlings
tyles-
Midd:ling; Purifiers., of Improved
ecd
A&RICdry+ LT ' ;AL IIVIPLEIVIENTS,
STOVES of •various kinds. Brass and Iron Castings.
Castings:
AWAITS PliOiiIP2'LY; d 2'TENDIJ
.FOR SALL ORBAP—Secondhand Engines and `Milers of 10, ..20 and 30
Horse Power`; also, i` tave' 1VIachine, Shipgle and 1 Heading Machine, and heading
d'ointer alit Plainer. * -
G•ol itazon, Feb. 1877'. '