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The Clinton New Era, 1886-07-02, Page 2lemienewilsalleeeenlisena SELF OR REARS olrou ought to have told me ---h "Nonsense, doctor," Ma Murridge inter. rupted him sharply, "That is not the way la winch I manage my businesg. I get hold of asecret, and I use fetes, my own advert - tag°. I never suspected you were cousin to leard Clensilla till yea gav•e me a reoeipted bilhfor medical attendance with your full namee-Hugh--Hyacinth. Crone.% Never .dreexned �ttin. then. But when I saw . that Christian name-syoa are all Hyacinths, You creeamla-/ began tettlisPeet, and. with ;petition or two• put to, you, and a little examination into the pedigree, and a little latertasithmabOut th0441r 4aleattMPt1Ve . easily arrived at Huh whole truth, and I aed that truth to the .best advantage. Whi didn't you take the risme trouble to protect your rights as 1411 -to aiiitatihrthentr, The doctor niada no reply, "kehori He talks et -honor," Mr. Mao. ridge went on, "Why. what hi there in the world but self-intereetl Nothing . but selt" Sflter�b, which is the sam a thing as self. preservation. That is' the instinot which *ekes men gather together Mid Pass 1We 'and make. pretense of •ehatity and affection end honor, and such rubbish. I've 'g'oierayes eelf to look after; I must make money to keep myself; 'shall get old. and past work, . and I Must make money to.etvaoft myold age. I make.money as I can. No man can say that I bave robbed him." ----The:doetorat-this-point-started,atielttlier�- . might he ono exception to.this general state- ment. Mr. hiurridge, passed for a moment, but as nothing wets said he went on: ve had to:take o'Cljpy• adyantage, and I have taken every advantage, Very well, then, what hire') You wit to say to that?" "Nothing at all," said. the dootor, laughing ruefully, "Nothing in the world, except that there's .one kind Of raen who b.elieve and one kind who suspect'. Well, 'I adage back. to my patients." He rose and took his bat. "1 wonder if thew's ever 'before been a real viscount niakiag Up his own pills for his own patient ei in Camden street, Camden Teem" But.l.donit.think-1-adeed-cheatge the: • do& Mate."' ; • "Wait A moment, doctor; wait, my lord," said Mr. Mueridge; you must netago just yet. : Dear mel Pitt? - Patients? For the 'a:Viscount Cloneilla? You distress.me; your 'headship makes me feel as if had. not done' a nOble, action ineein-in clearing the way hor yourameession. 'Why, if it had not .been for me you would still be plain Dr, Cronanl" "That is true', "Why, dector- thous:inch ways .in - :d, Such a title as you elf and a certain laconic hiurridgeli ean my lord -there are ick a title May be is a fortune in large income : properly, lied. Even a. kni t can do b *thing, a baronet eau 'do more,' t avis - t ut-olt, a vieceunt is a tower of stre gth, e daily in London, where all the monhy is • "AM I to let the title out at so inuch an hour, as if it was ae,dinhsey oti Hampstead "hit down for five minute -Of all Men, mediae' men are tke least pranticaL , •Now then 'put the cese plainly: You are Viseella Clonsola, and you have , no money except your professional income and your wife's two hundred a year. ' You have also your children. Why, to keep up the title decently you mut have two thousand at least. It can't be done at all with. less than two. thousand. Shall I show you how. to make. thattwo thousand?" . • "It seems worth hearing, at any rate." , • The doctor sat dowu again. "The world, my lord, is divided inta two classes -those who cad use their chances and those who,can't." • • '"Very • good." "1 am one of those who know how to use their chances. Now and thou I get such a hail aq a man who will sell hie reversion- er, interest. But L am not 'Ungrateful.- YOu sold niti-a certainty for a song, and in return I will show you. hew 1--)3 make money out of nothing." ' Goon." ' "To begin with, there are always com- panies, good and bad,. going to be started. The groat diffibulty with them all is' to in- , shire coufidence at the outset.. Fee this -pur- pose the names of noblemen -not men of businessin the qtr.:tare greatly malemand. Nofi-cf6yOU begin to see?" ' •• • "I de. The name of Lord Clonsilla would look well on.a list of directors:" • • •'Moro than that; you yourself wohld look . well. in the cbalLy. There is nothing against • you. • An Irish peer .with'it entail property Who has .been a phYSiCian in practice:. Come, 1 will rutiIi- than ono company; already that would re- joice in appointing you as direcitore as for the qualffication—" • .1 7 " • think,' said the doctor, alhat•ethe red" lamp will have to stand.h• -1 : "Then there is philanthropy. Hundrede • of.soeieties for every kind of !abject, and. all' of them wanting alord.a 'Alt liacenue might. ,be Made oitt ed the May Meetings alooe." . Lord Clonsilla kosei and put maids hat. "Thank you," he said...""There was, an old proverb, 'Noblesse'. oblige,' Which, -I sup- pose is now traoslatidedSell eVerythipe, you can and take the highest -bid.' Thdredlamp will hate to stay whore it is, with the beass plate, and the less we say about the title the better, Good morning, Murrictge." -"The man m a -fool," said -Mr, Merridgce When the doctor was gone; "he vvaset fciol to sign away his interest for a'song, end now he is going to fool away his title. Well—" ,Then hie thought's returned ' to the chocks, 'and his fete darkenedas he'turned back the Papers which covered thein, and saw them ngtchr all s-p-readeditattliefore• hine • • • At five minutes to one exactly there rin ap tlie stairs another vlsitor-for the third dine -That morning the.offiee boy jammed his drawee o ci.e and certhraced the copyitig press, It was harchi'hecauee the horoiutawas at that eery Monica' talciiith her famous leap front London bridge, fellowed by Spring -heel Jack. Her:taught hen it will be romemeor ed, in midair, and gracefully sweet a bore, bolding, her inanimate foten 6u' of he water with MS strong left hand. Dick 'dlurridge did nod this time nettend tn &ha—armee. ea, ()cause te mese the come out and have tome dinner, Dielt." , a „ axing fellow.of. One or two nna twenty, und he had the. unmistakable look • of a saule o., net s lerk. The office bey thoogle ha real name must Lo Springheel , Jackbecause ho bore himself braVely anti joyously and was so comely a young ma; and Leoattse, as all young highwaymen aro, he wniketi rs' if hi) wbuld rather bb drincing tont miLed Pe if he woind rather be singing, :nd he was dount .extreordinarily imptt cleat to all persone hamithority. ' ' • ese, thdhard, on the' other hand, Would • 1,10, make pt all a good highwayman, be• cause he was geheralIY grttOMY. 'Nobody. ' over beard of a grunlpi highwayman, And , as for a pit.ate, he !nay earry-highlfdrits to the length of firing aistole Under the table, but . aseethar, eepeetally as my father stood like -i stueh pig -as if he was ashamed of him - and Noralt lett :heti and ea id, 'You are -be Honorable Daffodil, and I'm the Hon - arable Norah. Larry le the Honarabl and Caliste is the Honorable Celista, niI lbeu Uncle Joe wanted to say so sting, too, but he was up to the hack t y that time in gin and water, and he co nly wag his head like Solomon," "There Must be some money in it," Dick. "People can't sit in the hous lords without any money." We sha'n't be allowed to sit itt the ho of lords. it MIMMS at all, because we're Ir -only Irish, you know. My mother to already (If petitioning the queen to rem the disability, which, she says, is a disgr to, the constitution:" . "tily father told me this =raid& isn't often he 'tells me anything. 1 s Daff"-Dlek grew very red -"Pee forgot something, and must go back to the oOlce set it right. We'll meet at the usual pi in RSV minutes. Look here. Just deli t check for me as you pass the bank, will you? Thanks. It will save me five minute* 'f eke it 14 gold." He thrust an envelope into his frienh's hand, and' ran off without waitinh for an answer. "I say' said the Honorable Daffodil, "why should 1 go to the bank and do Dick's mese sages for him? I'm not his clerk, nor his father's...Clerk,. though.Noratt is, -Well, novel= The bank lay In his way to the Crosby hall, where they proposed to take their din, • ner. He went in, presented the cheek with- out looking at it, received the money `with- out counting dropped ikitt his pocket and went his way to the dining place, where he met Diolt and gave him the money. They hid their dinner, and after dinner Daffodil wont back to he hospital hi Gower street,- e here he received with cheerfulness the con- gratulations of his friends on his accession to the family honors. These congratulations took the form common among medical students, who have, it Must owned,,small • raspeot-fOr -Yet;`" mirOT kindness, they peomoted their comrade, and gave him several steps in the peerage, call. ing the Right Honorable His Royal High- ness Prinee /)affodil, whotthe thought of' this third person, and his tam hardened for Moment, but only for a raoment, because the very possitillity :ifc4reuect a thing cammt be allotted to be 0011.• Me placed all the checks with the. bank book in his pocket, put on his hat, and went hae- slowly out of the office, He was so much eeth troubled in hie mind that he adtually left the "Id safe unlocked, and all his papers lying on the table, check book and all, This was a thing said Which he had never done before in his lite, ° of The office tioy observed this extraordinary neglect, and thoughtwhat a splendid chance 1130 would have been presented to S,pring-heel ish lack had his tyrant anaster left the safe to Open. ern Mr. hfurridge waa not the kind of perms 403 begin -by crying out that he was caohbed. trot at all. Ile would first be able to.lay hie It hand upon the man who did it. • He there - Y. forewent to the bank manager and requested an interview with the clerk of the pay a tad counter, merely stating that one of his aee checks 'appeared to have fallen into the Ms wrong hands. "Can you tell me," be asked, "who' pro- mpted these checks?' The clerk was paying cheeks over the counter all day long, and it seemed rather a wild question to tisk. But there was one thing in favor of his remembering. The only person who was ever sent to the bank with Mr...Murridge's private checks was his son. . •• "/ canaht remember each one, But I re- member something about them, because, your son usually comes -with these twelve pound checks." "Well -what do you remember?' "Two or three of these checks -I think thiee-.were , presented by an elderly man with white hair, a white mustache and a foreign (meant, which I noticed. 'Oh, and be had lost the forefinger of his right hand. He took the money each time in gold, and Was a long while coating it" . • "An elderly meth 'with white mustache, and ono finger gene. Yon ought to be able to recognize him?" e.d'Ithinkelshoold leneW him. Another of the checks was presented by a young lady. r should certainlyeknow her," said the deal.- ' with more assuritnce. "She was *ell dressed, and very pretty. Oh, I aria sure I should know her." ' • . !editl sthere'anything else you eon; tell "Why, there, was another cheek Presented hell an hour ago." . "That makes the fifth," said Mr. Mir - ridge. "Who iresonterthet?" "A youngman-I think I . should know hirn--withlight hair and a light mustache. He leen) a pot bat and a red. necktie, and had a flower en his buttonhole. He walked into the ba'uk as if the place belonged to Fkst he said he would take it any- how, and then ; he Said he Would take it in "And the. other two -these two?" "They were presentedby your. son, its • mural. Your checks being alweya fee the, lame aniotint, and. always being presented by your son, made me notice a difference." - "Thank you. Obserye that I have Mader alteration, This will, in.future, be my • signature; you see the difference?, Now, if • acheek is preseuMa without the variation, you will please detain the than who presents: it, and give him in custodY and( Send for ma That'it11." • •. . He went back to his oflice. ' Something was learned.:. A man with a , foreign accent and one forefinger gone had preeented three of the cheeks. A girl, good looking and Well dressed, presented ithothor, and a young gen.. - • tlemen 111 nhot hat and'a. red tin presented • another, Not a great deed. to help a detec- • live, but somethings' . son hadatot yet returnethfrom hie din- ner, and the office boy Was still alone. • "Where is the callers' book?" he asked. The boy produced the Wok -Me. mute ridge ran his; finger. :slowly down the list, looking' for some one tosuspeet • There wef no one. ,l3ut the late Mune Of all strode' him. -It was. the name: of,.Mr. Hyacinth. Crone, jr': The only visitors .that morn- ing had been those members of the Crohan ge suddenly remembered • that Hyacinth, jr. :had a way of walking about as if everything belonged t� him, and that • he event a Pot„hed, earl, generallyhad a -11-6Wer in his button hole. Why, in a gen: • erah way, the descriptions agreed, but then • it Was iinpossible. • e . '• CHAPTER IV. "WE0 HAS 'DONE TEMP • Thire were six cheeks lying befose Mr. %midge. All of them were. drawn for the ftitie amount; all oC 'them, in words• and figitres, were written ',exactly alike; save for the date. •Mr. Murridge himself waote knell and wellanarked hand, very nent and clo ti ----each letter perfectly formed -such a hetet is might .he expected 6f one who has been tatught up as an engraver, Yet, for , that, very reason, perhaps, easier to imitate than' a, more common and slovenly Char- lie' er. Ulm gignatures of these checks'were s perfect?* imitated that even thbe Mur - ridge: Ininself Could • only tell, by the dates which Were his .own• and Which were for- . "Six cheeks," he said,.once inore colapar- ing the dates of the checks with his own -diary', "and four of them -these foue-are forg,erios. . Thes'e four." • • .Agairche exatnined them closely. hlrlety were -all, drawn for the sante awount --namely, twelve pounds. It'synS an estab•' 'Eshed rule with -this methodical man, o rule • from which., he never 'departed, always to draw the check; he wanted for Private and domestic use for the mine amount -namely, twelve pounds. This enabled him to know ' by a glance atthe bank book how much he spent on his household; and ' on, salaries, wages, :,personal expenses and :office: Gen- erally he drew this 'twelve pounds once a week. Sonletinles, liciwever,,he wouldhave to draw oftnor- pan .onca it. Week., But a check for twelve pOunds, with big signature, p-a-yelie to benher, would be certainly caelied without suspicion otedoubt •wlien presented across the counter. „ - The forger must, have known that practice • Who did know 1133 He had -before him, begides tho cheeks themselves,. his bank ,book mid pis ehocif book. - • •: • . : "Six chocks,h: he eaid., ..semetine „no. ilia ‘diate'beeo rib -Jr -acted from The book; net taken altogothe.r, which wood •haye anode a • sensible •gap` ' in the hookeet should have *Aided that at once -but ono 'taken here nud . ono taken there, so as to. escape obsereatien: That was crafty. When , mulct 1 have left the'cheek book lying e4muti =earl -who -would-be in the office when I went hub. lep,ving* lying on •the tablei cheeks, •Four have been presented and paid. • There remain -two more," -.• Mr. Mutridge'sdauainess was uot one which requirechthe eontineal paying int�thebjnJ Of money and the drateiug of many c Ile baditis:bahlt book made up once a Month. His son generally celled- for it. :On this oc- casien he had iiimselly whlle. basalt.. the bank that very inorning, three days before* the usual time, looked in and asked- for it, Ther.efOre it was probable that the ether the) cheeks would be loo0h presented before' the cu,stomary day of sending for the benkbeolt. EVidently the ',writer of the checks knew perfectly -well the routine Of his office as *ell as his signitture„ •• ^ , "It' mould -not -be -the gi1l'--said4ft:71,fttr.;-- ridge; "she could nesse imitate titY hand. writing, to hogiu with." Lie lobked at oue of her papers. ,,It was Written ..in a large hand, rather clumsy, f or Norah belonged to the generation which has not been taaght to . • write neatly as well es legibly, rind the day -ofetherfitte-Ifallae haittleharaddite gone by. Nobody who wrOto such a sprawlin 'hand as here 'could imitate even distantly Mr. ' Mui -ridge's neat and clearly' fortned chive& tots, "She May have stolen the 'checks' for some one, though. She may hri,14 a lo Girls will de anything for their lovers. Yet have always..thonght her an:honest girl. 'rho mah who trusts ay ohs is a . , tah:? • Como along, Dick, I liad 1.0-(10 6011211 •fo• busine4) in the eity for de mother, I say, e • t18 about tile Mot 'You've it, IniVen't yot11,.. • i'va heard, Ilow much money is there in i e' ...I don know.• 1 got, fiddle late diet night, and ex,lec ml I row, Intaead o;.` that, 1 you pi,‘ase the meter burst into inari anti cried t 'out, '1', roq• dear son, your fa,hee- turns o • A4 I-• t Visenunt in d Sa hamand you are 0, • , Try:tele thd Ulm my Word, • • .42'Ie analeho Melts alth one. is .tr, fdef," Then hN thought of the office boy, • Ile, too, was themebb of such an imitation. Yet he might have been put tip to the job by tome nee outside. Very likely it was the Loy. .111o.t likely it was the Loy. There wets abe a third j2erson s ho knew the. °Mina of the and hit Own cUstoniS 414 daily Attlee. Mr. Murridge started •"What dide'roon,g Mr. Creme :Corea :aro •• 'fort" he:staked. •„t. ' "I don't know, sit'.. He 'came for Mr. flicherd. They. Went out together at one ' o'clock,” ' " • -a, . Mn Miirridge gazed thoughtfully at -the bciae • YlatnigrCienian inight Jiave. called, at • the Winked:hie: way. • " • . -4..cto to your inner," he said to the boy, • abruntlYa • . The boy took hie hat and disappeared in treptclatioe, beeause the - history of Spring- . heel Jack was .in . the drawer; Suppose his . master was to open that deaweramddietever it! This was 'exactly what :Mr. Mutridge proceedel to do: He opened the boy's drawer and examined . it carefully. There .was, nothing Mit tit all, exeept a boy'spenny • novel, which he tinned over contemptuously, teldag no heed of the way in which the boy was spending the office time. • What did it ....matter-to-him-whatthe-boy-did-so-leng-arlio' :-,-got-through-his-werkt until-tnidr- dle age that We learn a truth Which is not one of the most innxirtatie Jaws, yet is net without its usesa-namely. that nobody cares hew we -do spend our time, every man being fully Occupied with the. Spending of his own • • •When Mr. Murridge was quite satisfied in is own mind that there was nothingdn the • boy's drawer -he, turned to his son's table. He -did notain th3 tenet suspect hie son, Or •.nonneothini with the lost checks, buriteeas ,liis nature to search everywhere -even In tlao least likely •, places... His profession was to search for 'missing • links. He knew that anywhere he might find a clew. He, there- fore, -opeaed. the dretvera • He turned over the papers, and even eXamilted the blotting; pad, but observed nothing except that the paparewaseta1leedagii4shhe11el4edidt 4.Dv1010 TO ATOT1171410.-Are yea dist at nigbt,andro en o your rest by a tuck child suffering and orYing with pain ot Cutting Teeth ? If so amid at once and get A bottle of d! Mrs, Winslow)) Soothing Syrup" for OJAI& red Teething. Its value is incalculable. It will rahave the poor little sufferer instuediatel epend upon it, mothers; there ue no Mis about it. It cures Dysentery and Diarr regulates the Stomach and Bowele, cures Win' o o, eoftens the Gums, reduces Inflammation and gives tone and energy to the whole syetem " hire. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup," for chile ren teething is pleasant to the taste and *the prescription. of one of theeldest and beet female physicians and nurses in the United States, ane is tor sale by all druggists throughout the world. Price twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for " l‘fitss, Widsrsow's Booms() Staue,h and take no other kind. 20-y-13. RATLWAY 'TIME CARD Trains leave Clinton ae follows'-, .01tAx0 TaiNg 'RAILWAY. Going East. a Going West. 7.20 a.ni. expeesee- —10:0-asnh-- mixed-- L.0h p.m. mixed 2.20p.m. expreiet ' 4.30 p.m. mixed • 9.16p,m. express cian,Vr WESTERN EAII,NtAllf. I Going North. . Going South, 0 56 eau; express $.03 a.m. exprei a 7.00 p.m. express 4.13 pan, express ..„-........--, ........._ 111A.NISTING st SCIPTT e Barristers;• Solteitors, Urbed 14350--srauTa—isse Before baying, get our special wives for Balls, Marbles, Lacrossa Sticks,- ta e Ikea, Express Wsggons,Doll Carrlagss.- citoquET, BASE BALL • CRICKET GO WALT.. mArs THE LARGEST aul.BEST BEAVER BLOCIC IloOKSTGRE, WU. COOPER; CLINTON u ON YE YANCER S c. Uoinmissioners for Ontario and Manitoba. OrelCE ) ) NEW BEA, 01.137Tozr. it1111r V TO LOAN: MORTGAGES BOUGHT, WIG I Pawleys FUNDS. C. R(DOUT, Office over J. Jaoltson'a store, Albert Street NI A Ratio 1410ENSES.--APII,Y Tan undersigned at the Llibrar,y Rooms, Smith's Mock. so • JAMES eCOTT, • • ONEY It) LUND IN LARGE OH SeIALL sume on good mortgage security, inederate ate of interest. H. -HALE, cliritou. H. DOW8LEX, M.B.C. ft ENGLAND l'hysiehin, Surgeon, etc. Office and residence next Molten' Bank, raa,rket equere, Clinton. w•on. 'clAnPtlaeLriboTstOreNe,t-mOirneyE0--ppd.oTsitReEttfielDsEngNiCistlii hurch. Entrance by side gate. "hr B. PROUDFOOT, own -4. ENGINEER, .1.411.0 Prerii, -inland Dominion Land Surveyor, Arehlteet eed Draugbtainan, Pelfauti .13took, Milton. • LY •REEV.M.-oFFi0E ItaTIlElIBURY ST.- Murray Bleak, two doors east of, Hodgenii trance. Reei4onee ,opposite the Temperance Hall, Huron Street; to n. Office hours, 8 nail. t o 6p.m. it8. VEUTT, TEAOR8R OF MUSIC. PUP/LS JL attended at their own residence,if necessary. no- .tohn Robertson's, heron Sired, Clinton. Rico's new method taught if desired. , • • STANSURY, GRADUATE OP THE MEDI Dope rtmen t o f Vieteri a II ai vend ty,Torento, for merly . the Hospitals and Dispensaries, New. York Coronerfor the County ef mon,li dyfield,ont . • ' • •. • TORANIC 11. POWELL,, EARRISTUR, -SOLICITOR, -Notary7Publle;'ete: Ofilm, Snautat's Brace, At - none sreser, CLIN.T0g. Toronto agents,' nun% Mc- Carthy, Oster, Hoskin Jo Creelman. Private funds to . oan rttlowest rates of:interest. R w.. WILLIAMS, 13,, A . 4 Mal ., ORM:MATE OF a 1,.• T ore)) t 0 university; member of theCollegoolPhy sic/amend Surgoons,ont;-aorrich a .Reinneeez the Imuse/ormerlyeecupled by Dr. Reeve, Albert street Clinten. , .. • _...--.....-......,-.........,...._,. .. TAR. w'ORTLIINGTON,PHYSICIAN, SuENE ON 1-/Aeoeneheur Lieentiateof the collegeofehestelan- an il iurgeons of Lowerpanatip and Provincial Glean, 04 11 and Coronortor t h eConn ;ye f Huron. °Maned residence, -The building ,torM aril o (Muni° d by. lar ThWaites, Huron atrbot . ' . : ililtciii,.Tarr. 10, IS71. ', ' . • - • tabINTOW DIEWANICSt INTL-TIME, LIDII • ,,k.n/.1.11Y antilleadingitoorus, Perrin block. (low a stales. About 1,100 vo nines in the Library ited' all the Leading NOWADispe08- and Periodical s ad the dity,on.the table, Itletnbertatip ticket el ber nu•••itn. Open tromp to 5 p. 111., and froni 7 to 0 D Ilk. Applications foremetneershsp reelect' by the Librnrian in In the rota% • LN19N• SHAVING PARLOR SIIA HX/11 CUTTING• Aezr siTAtit- POOING, done very_ "atad to sett • -every person • -, - .7411W .1•%,414",t1.1.4.1tSO/V., ,Osattla's • , 0 . J.- T.• WILKIE' 9 . ti 1711GEON DENTIST. Ifehrthe exclusive right for the county fortbje Hurd proeess of administering chemically pure Itrogen Monoxide, which is the safest .and best system yet dis. 'povered for the painless extraction of teeth. charges moderate, satisfaction gintranteed, • •0171Cg, EL- • MOTT'S BLOCK, over Ranco's Taller' Shop, Huron Street, Clinton. • . . , • •• AL. I 1:15JUGS' MEDICINE rout LUNGS LO/ER & BLOOD. • • . • . rhata tmed Dr. atnes',Meilleineanti Pills tuyself and in my family for a y.ear r more, and flud both of these e0 -133801u1 that T. would lie' sorry fo- infastheni out of my house, W.• YOUNG, • Editor CornWall Freeholder. Sold by J. Ff. Combo, drugglet • ROBERT DOWNS, CLINTON, ;ManufsetwreranttFr5PM6tor fur '-'40 best Snw InDofr,in use. Agent, for the sale and application of • the igr Fatten PAigfr Auroi. JO Reim •OLEANER.. STEAM FILLINGS furnished ad applied on shart notice, nwilf+rs4 Engines. and 0111 lkIndm of Ma ehissery trepalred e•speditl•flissly and , In. it ettilielthisterY mun.tier• Vann implements manufactiwed and,repaireteam- and Water Pipes furnished and put in position. 1.47 Elias fitted up on application. charges moderate. . • After the severest test at the late fair in Clinton, it was univeraally admittio that FOR, PERFECT AND, EASY ACTION', BEAUTY OF FINISH, AND SWEETNESS OF 1 OISE, the EXCELSIOR was away ahead of all oth- ers, lieddestined to bathe popularinstrU• went of the day. ' This, along with, the fact that A spocidl prize was awarded it, certain ly speaks volumes forthe instruments, and .parties purchasing. shotild ilee the Ewa,. a----litorhefdre"Bitying elsewhere. . • GEO, F. OAK. ES, PanimizTon. Factory three doors west of Mirlites Pump - • Shop, Rattenhury.,St., Clinton. • TAY THE • ." WANTON NEW ERA. •• FOR, PRINTING. The ACRE !JARROW • - MR: .1AS. eARTWRIGHT, ,of Hallett luta been ap . . polbtotingent fur theCounty,of Gum, Mr the above _Harrow,- it will cut anti turn the ground frotn to 1 inches deep, and 10 made or the very best material. It also takes the place otboth gang plow and miller, anti does excellent work, . • A ny person wishing to see. the Harrow work, may by eddreesIng the undersigned, and be .will be pleased' to take it any place and work It On any khid of soil. TIM HARROW is Admitted to be the most labor-. saving farm implement ever manufactured., • JAL CARTWRIGHT, Londesboro. ThoMpson't . Estate Agency . ...OLTIWON, ONT. Tire undersigMd luts opened an agency for the sale•of Rsal Estate, and will he glad to deal with parties jutting nipper. ty to (11800 of. Terms; 4100 per cent on all amounts up to 6:1000, 504 0100 pet. cent on any amount alter the tirst $1000 'Ku charges made for advertiaing4andno_ebarge -whatever-un- less 0430 Or -transfer iseffeuted. I have uew the following propeines for nate • •' • • .Lot 14 Lk o goad east, Colborne; 100 aerer,1199 cleared and under pasture, 20 acres Slashed and ean easily be cleared, balance of Will be sold cheap, 130 acres. good land, 214-Iniles from Dowesinonnt,balotrt. 50 sores ender Motivation, small house. Pries $4.0 as acre. • West half lot 211, 2utt con of East WaWanosh, 110 acres, CP liCreS 0103104, halltnee good bush, 10 wen of fall w1P-itt, uplinm k -eek •ruteting through the forth..hank barn 4000, two acres Of orchard, one tulle from ,AObarn. Price $6,000, $teal er. INM own', balance to it notch:tsar: tot 006,•14 of an once; ou Henn St., stalked on the eabt 'side °Mr. itideurs residence, well fenced. I'rice,.aepe, to• •,,Itat,p.mr.ehaer.. • Splendid building lot -for rale, opposite the Counneirial Hotel, 40 Net from by 60 feet (lees.. .Price reasonable.' North .:Iir.es.paii.olor0Oon.'Co)lipaOy. • ---;AND:- Canad'a Pacific Railway to Winniiiop F.Arti $16:40 . TO: ..oikurH, •FARE $10.40: PortAtthur,fare, $9.40 iknd alt points'in DAKQTA, MANITOBA and • BRITTSH COLIMIDIA. Tickets• by . rail as uSual to•all Pointaeet Loweet Rates. JAS. THOMPSON-i-Ciasrox. A ; ut s Sts, .ehmeeee act rellipcs1mt-g1m sea, snsptirgurntismluoae-rnnctttost.o . an Act owfiegisiatre ot4etarle,,knnmesetthVictoria? Oliar. - for fte beIDTTHEMTTFa05', AN ASSIGNMENTMADE byA;Callander tro, ofthe town of Cinton, ar- rNgemakrsandBakih C • to TICE-;-Th het ae agents in the • .IVIS.e undt are0,ppointed ersigned . eaminder and John Calvin Callender doin AT Abust t NOTICE IS IfERE13Y *GIVEN THUSTIN VWU011i 00 oderich, tor the Company. Any person wishing to.In- Bute i nthis.old anrreliabie Farmers companY, will aped, to either PROS. NEELANS. liar- , gather under the firm natne and style of daCallander 5; Bro., earriage Dickers and General Blackstniths, have, with the consent of a majority of their creditors havin lockor 15,14MLIEt, -2-romP Luton Mon -will-lie-given. A7,-1 • Seltferth. .-thnt'sonal-propertn-whreh Ott,y bff gUizorhitU OW -a - c at o SI. o and upwards,.made an assignment 6/ a I • - under execation, and all, their real estate credits and WO LIALEIt NU.ttbkary. PRTIT 141D ORNAMENTAL TREES, NOR'. WAY SPRUOE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, THE I•ATTER or WHICH we MAKE A SPECIALT LARGE, STOCK ON HAND. The aboye ornanfental trees and shrubbery will besold at very low prices, and those wantling_anl,thiqg in, this connection will sign nwujc_by_ _ - waxen Lun,ere., Orders 111,J:fail will be promptly attended to .4ddrese, JOHN STEWART,: Nown.11 lir H NelsonCo•vg RERLI •• DIA$UFACTURERS - $ I E A NI NOIRE SI BOILERS AND GENERAL MACHINERY: ORDERS -;- PROMPTLY -- 'FILLED $50,000 To LOAN at 6 per Cent. Why pay others 7, 8, 9 and 10 per cent, 'when you can get money from us at Opee c. TERMS.made to suit borrower, regarding . • • payment and period of Lan.: • APply to . FARRAN Er.111.-§DTh-L, 'BANKERS, CLINTON'. TILE MOLSONs—BA—Nli Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855.; C.A.PITAL, - - $2,000,000, HEAD OFFICE, 1VION-TREAL. ' THOMAS WORNIITAM,„ ..„ • .President, J. It R. /JOLSON. . F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS', Seeeral Manager: ' Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts issued, Sterling and American, eveciignge - bought' and sold at lowest current rates. •• Interest at 4 per cent allowed on .riepostts. • ir.A.WidviimIt.S. Money advanced to farniers'on their own notes witty me or more endorsers. No mortgage required as se. d. BREWER- manager, January 166 •Clinton J. BIDDLECOMBE; - Wath and. -Clack° Maker, .JEWELLER, &ea OP Pet TE TINE 114 a; CLINTON . • Where he keeps -a selectadsortment of WATClifS,' CLOCKS,. JEWALERY, ;waft- • . ° -Which sOe will 'sea at reasonable rates. • .. Repairing of every. deseription promptly tended to, end all *irk •warranted. • I. nintamooDIBE. 01001303 18811 • •- iplikp.lEiVIC • 1836 -SEMI -CENTENNIAL -1886.. • . 1Eoit 017--t10E . . • GORE DISTRICT. FIRE Conducted both on Cash aria Blunted Inane. • 116i).- lats. TOTING. P, Presidept. ,ADAM WARNOCK, Esq., - vice•Prosident R. 8, S•ritatid., Esq., , - Managing Director,' • T E ".C• 0 R E EntOrg upon .. its FIFTIETH „YEAR much stronger and more .prospirous than at any', previous period, having, $918,896 of Assets • and pratieally NO LIABILITY except a Re inserandeReserire of $30,000. There are $20,- 000 deposited .witlrtlici Ontario Government, and ever $90,000 held, iti .Mortgages, Deben • • tures and 'Cash, •immediately available to •• meet .loinies. Mutual-Policyrtiolders in the '"droce" sahe 20 per cent. with.undoubted heourity. • For full particulars apply to ECEAD OFF/OE GALT or to JO/1M RIDOUT, Agent; telititOrt • •• • effects to me, James Thompson, of thrOtoWn of Clinton, . and for the purpose Of paying and satisfYing ratably 1410•TO4RA.PHEE in trust, for the benefit of. all their creditors 4 . • -4 • '. OLINTOST-- ' prottilh,lf he had been "abl'e to ox - amine them from anatetistie.point ofview. • "The boy does -think of SOinething, then," had Mr, Murridgea "10 113 is only of girls. r13 -haps he will wake up now!' Dick was, In tact, whIct awake, and had homy awake for a long time. "Girls' heads! Well, he is young, and believes the -women. Young men very often do." , the shelves retina the robin were piles of old letters, doetune of no more 13SE„to any One, aceottnt hook, and all the litter of thirty rears amenhalation. But to seArch thron di this masstif papers, black with dust, Would take too king. He Stood. beside hisi. sou's table, ttucertiin, troubled in his mind • Eivr-rs , • • -cOATii stook brynttiatintribn. :,..±.••! • •Tadji ,,,MtatotuitnIctutOgonteggalgttutrognbEititotme-wrbts.c.1.0,n4 • CHARGES .11002(itAre,-• eate 11;;! not knowing whore to look or leliorn to Is Nal snspect Here his son found him, when lie • returned front dinner at twe o'clock, studh• ing tha pietures 014 13110 blotting tied, 111,11 'Did," he Said, "Conte intl•py_ room, trio-dOOK"-Thitiriferii:Tho You know - 14 these eneeksi" Ho looked at the chocks, and not at hie sal, as Ito spoke, therefore he did net observe the thange . of color which passed swiftly over the young man's faee followed be -a Volt hardening of the mouth: 2e3muett, Feral Directer & Embalmer ijr1tImir.stoelett--Pitatqlla.* "CA KET8 and COn'INS, SHROUDS, Alta always on hand. II !I hie EGYPTIAN' ESIDALMING 1,1 .111 • IP LUID need ill all eases, Do you know thr,tre checloi" . , ' • . Dick toott them up one by One' and looked Albert next flatland Bros. , .9, at them carefully„taking his time over each. , Itefild'eftee. Oranno Mt.0 the .Then Ito replied slowly, and in a husky 111, „ *dice:• • • aealidlatred.. • 4 .0'••••••0 ei 4g.s. andproportionately and. without prejudice or priority, all 1110 -creditors, their just'debts. And the persons, firms and corporations, having claims against the -said debtors are required to semi in their names, residence' and post mese addresses and partioulars of their elaims duly verified by affidavit,. with.. vouchers (if any) at. taphetli and aneeifying the nature or tire security (If any) held by them, by letter prepaid, to ine on or be- invalluktenth day of July, A. D 1880. And notice Is hereby given thet After the saici.date am proceed to distribute the assetsof the Huld debtors among the outing entitled-thorettirhaving-regar 14 claims.of,whiJh notice shall have been given, and that 1 will not bo liable .for the assets or any part thereof sodistributed to any [whin orpersons, firms nr coy.. Potations, of whose -debt or violin I shall not then hato • "Atilide'itotice dais° heeptwgiven that a meeting of the sold creditors win be Lehi at Inv ollice in said Town, on Friday', 4th 1143 of Juno, at 10 o'clock a.m., to con; shier the-affalr,i f d the Estate generally, persuant to sold Let, • • AS. THOMPSON, Asagnee, MANNINO Sr SCOTT, eelicitors for Asslenee A LL N LINE • 1 1 T 0 r 1,1110 al, 14:4golitlerry, 1: Pattles„golinetellie old noun try -this- sittruner-immilit" take this popular' line. The boats are the moat com- plete 011 the Atlantic, ataluccommodation unsurpassed VA taxi; Vt.l'itV LOW 'tut:AP tt:itivitsuart ttATEs. evrEaliaMkti 11.44sta ta Alr • itoll'eSt Wrote' get all particulars of • Oi P41'1'19'01% OLINTON MIRO eadaghe • DYSPEPSIA OR AnigsnoN, wHER.. .WEST'S.LIVER PIUS WIN thproughiy curb you. The,' do noteripo or purge, but sict. .** and whanovor" food' fro co,noidiared prio,i••• 000l----11rorn, fo provefra ta bo Una G R EA TE ST E -SS I N: G _THE /“31.•E • To. all 'sufferers frOm Etioord,:pred Stourtritqc. '.TY ARE AN' ABSOLUTE. Nib • ,PERFERT GIME um) it,lom oosd. bo rotiovo4 from your ataltory. 3 ine-Ig., a bolt: , 26e. pep bbity 8 boot for $1 ron tits BY ALL DRUGOISt49 ANb DZILERS IN MEDICINES • • iloware orCounitrfeits ftnli Disc 'natation& • fienuine wrapped olds. indllhed with signa- ture rm every box. °Pre t trial packal.r these (eiebrat d Pia; 4er.t t,) city (3, _on.,,teceipt or t 2013.•„4:441441.4., • dKV,4, WEST •••••. afield ata 'Of A* ..ITk.er Ea, a 3;