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The Clinton New Era, 1887-11-04, Page 2l II AY,Feeeposeteipsepoennemeeteseesweee---- NOVEMOgft 4,.1881. Willip. 'Moll • 'toys. p S BY ev, al. Nonete. poere NUEA• And so Lord Staines fir reply nose from his bed and forgot all bQuI itl I suggested as Jim came ) e Beat, ,hlo,, not exactly that. He told lQalaahaetp frankly that he didn't iipk there was much prospect of is 'Wing able to discharge his debt, at that -that in short, he wouldn't ) much mind 'owing the money to is Seta -in -laves to his nephew. Do on, see. J could not help laughing at this dazing method of cancelling a lia- lity, which assuredly would never ivo entered into the head of any amen being but Lord Staines. I elk say that I do see, I replied. others don't,as a rule, expect to be ndsowely paid for allowing their iugbters tobe taken off their hands, i• the contraey, it is they who are :pected to -make settlements upon air daughters. Yes, but the husband makes set- lutents, too ; and it appears that <auchamp was to deduct this sum )m the amount that he would oth- wise have settled upon Lady Mil - ed, Most likely the fact of the, atter was that he was overflowing th money,and that he was a good! Lured sort of chap,and that he was ill to hold out a helping hand to finale. Whether he was really xious to help his uncle and marry i cousin at the time, is hard to say; rhaps it was only to pacify the i plan that be said he was. But certainly wasn't in any hurry to Inge his condition. He begged rdStaines not to mention the'sab- t for another year,because he had de arrangements to go offtoNew- tndland and Canada for salmon >ing and •couldn't tell how long he ght be away, so Lady Mildred ver heard a word about it until a weeks ago, although of course, suspected that it wasDeauchamp o, had got her father out of his i oulties, and she couldn't help owing that her people wanted her marry the man. When she met a again in the beginning of the son he paid her a groat deal of ention, and everything seemed to going smoothly until Lady Brack - 1 for reasons best known to her- , took it into her head to put a p to the affair. Yon must have n how easy she has found it to do t Everybodybaseseen it,except rd Staines, who was frightened first,but was quite reassured after ppcknell had promised to make his fa' Ili p Beauchamp. i1,knows about this cur- i•ansaction, thou, I in - Brack s money red. e knows now. His father leght it best to tell him when her 1e lied becoiue evident, and that +»hat makes me afraid he isn't as ry as he ought eight h b g t to be. Because dy Bracknell hasn't drop; cal the n, and when yon come to think of it is clearly t0 Bracknell's inter - that Beauchamp should remail gle. This was undeniable, but what in- osted me more than Bracknell's lbable bad faith was the singular itude assumed by Jim,who seem - to be not only prepared but an- us to give up the girl of his heart Beauchamp. . I ventured to ex - ss a little of the surprise that I t,which whi hadthe unexpected effect making hits very angry. What, anted to know, did I take him '.1 Ani as I made no reply,being able to hit upon one which should' _at the •same time trnth.ful and" eering,he went on to explain that e love (a sentiment of which I s evidently ignorant) inaits nature interested ; that the true lover ires the happiness of the beloved. ect, not his own, and further,that r what had passed between .Lord ines and Beauchamp Lady Mil- 's marriage with the latter. was only conceivable means of avert - disgrace from her family. s to the nature of true love, I ered,I will bow at once to your rior knowledge, although my limited opportunities of judging Id have led me to think other - But with regard to these subt- about the disgrace which atens the house of Henley, I neither follow you Thor agtee you. Beauchamp,it seems,lhae money to Lord Staines, and if say that Lord Staines or his essor is bound in honor to refund money _eventually, and to pay rest upon it in the meantime, I uite with you. But when you rt that honor can only be antis• by Lady Mildred's marrying, nst her will, a man who doesn't t to marry her,you really do get tlebeyond my depth. ho told ycu it wculd be against ill. ydear Jim, am I an absolute 0 did opt reply in the negative • that promptitude which I Id have expected. -no ho said hesitatingly,'after use. But you may be mistaken f course, may I ; only I don't k I arn. You see, I couldn't her point blank whether tshe d the man, could I. Ali I know at she has made up her mind to y him if he asked her,and that s awfully distressed about this 'aloe. I Haven't such a bad ion of Bracknell as you have, belief is, that if matters were lainly before him, he would son a dirty business this is and re- have any more to do with it. I've a great mince to tell him Iend'eavored to remade my friend from taking this unoa11ad •forSep; I represexteltobun, to -the retvie r language a my con urn, d, that he would do far better to mind hie own buaineas,and thea if he insisted upon meddling with what did not concern Nina, that he would only get rapped on the knuckles for his pains; but, as I mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, very few people are wise enough to act on my advice. Jim assured the that he did not in the least mind being rapped over the knuckles, that he intended to do what he was pleased to call "the straight thing,'' without regard to personal consequences, and that, for the rest, he was far too unhappy al- ready to be made either more or loss so by Bracknell's displeasure. So I lot hire go without atteuip• ting to comfort him about Lady Mildred, or telling hint what was my own belief, with regard to her affections. It would not,I imagine, have made him any happier to know that she was in all probability as unhappy as he was, and the pros- pect of this love 'affair reaching a successful issue Wes so very slight that it seemed best to let it die of inanition, as all love affairs will, if only sufficient time be allowed them. CHAPTER X1 I. Not lona'a£ter Jim had left me I walked down to the club to glance through the evening papers, and finding my favorite arm coheir by the window vacant,I seated myself com- fortably in it and took up The St James' Gazette. The political arti- cle did not look very interesting,so I skipped it and wont on to the next, which was printed in smaller type, and was headed `Infants in the Sad- dle.' A. much needed warning to par- ents, will, we may hope, be convey- ed by the sad accident to Lord Bracknell's child, which- we report elsewhere. The wonder is that such accidents are not of moi -e fre- quent occurrence. I read no further but hurriedly turned over the leaves of the,.paper until I came upon this paragraph ;- Accident in Rotten Row. -Lord, •Sunning, the only child of Lord Bracknell, and grandson of earl of Staines, was riding in Rotten row this horning, attended ey a'groom, when his pony suddenly became un- manageable and bolted. The animal galloped for a considerable distance, then swerved and fell, throwing its rider with great violence against the iron railings. Lord Sunning who was rendered insensible by the fall, was at once removed to his fa- ther's residence in Wilton place, where,• we regret to say, he lies in a precarious condition, having, it is feared, sustained incurable injuries. I ordered a hansom and started at once for Wilton place,hoping'against hope that the newspaper report might turn out to he an exaggera- tion. But before the butler who had opened the door for me had spoken a word 1 knew there was no hope. In a few moments I. heard all about it. The great doctors had been and had gone away again, saying that nothing could be done. Sentence of death had been pronounced,and the boy would hardly live until morning. He was conscious now, and had no pain, the butler said. Perhaps your lordship would see him,now, he added in a low voice ; he's beating up wonderful. Il ntered the ha e hall, where s v • e e Bial servants. were standing about, and one of them went to tell Bracknell I was there. At • the foot of the staircase sat a man in groom's dress,. bending for ward, with his elbow on "his -knees, and a look of such blank dispair upon his face that I could not refrain from making an effort to comfort him. It wasn't your fault, you know, James, I said - stupidly enough. The man lifted his heavy eyes for a moment. His Lordship spoke terrible hard to nae, sir. I could well believe it. Mon like Bracknell are apt to be creel and unjust in' their grief, and to attack the first person who chances to cross their path ; but, • to them, in their turn it is injustice to remember words spoken at such times. I was endeavoring to say as much to the unfortunate James, who, however, did not appear to hear me, when Bracknell came down stairs with a slow, steady step. Except that°his usually florid complexion had be- come perfectly colorless, be showed no traces of emotion. Ile waited until he was close beside me, and then said quietly, Sunning bas bro- ken bis back. All of a sudden the groom burnt out crying. I don't know anything more painfnl and_pathetic to witness than the -'unrestrained weeping of those who belong to what we call the lower class: It is all very well to say that they feel leas deeply than we who have been schooled to con- trol ourselves; but sometimes I doubt whether they really do feel less deeply, and whether, after all, wo have much right to consider ourselves superior to them because, as we as- sume, our sorrow outlasts their. For in tr'ath all sorrow is short lived enough. Bracknell glanced at the man, knitting his brows. James he said 1. believe I blamed yeti just now, I was wrong, you welt not to blame. I. beg your pardon, James. Ho spoke In a hard level voice. He had made a mistake and apolo- gized for it; but he was not appar- ently moved, Presently he turned away, taking me by the arm saying, Come up stairs and see the boy. There is -no more suffering now; but he is dying, all the same. Won't Nat through the night, they eay. followed hitu a the stairs and, cr offs the laufing, wQederinta l,t - tie at his coluiuess. Bpt'w th his band en the lock of the door, from Ow other side of w6iolt cauls an audible murmur of voices, he fared about abruptly, his eyes blazing and his white face set,. Damn that woman! beexetaimed. She promised me that the boy should never ride alone again, and she bas killed him rather than have one of her cursed flirtatious inter- aupted. I caught him by the arm to stop, for his voice rang through the silent house; but he guessed what I was afraid of, and broke into an odd, savage laugh. Oh you need not dis- tress yourself, he said, it is all ono to her -she doesn't care! Then he went into Sunttitig'e room. The poor little man was lying flat on his back where they had laid him. His cheeks were as white as marble, and his features were pinched anu sharp, but of a!1 the crowd of faces which I saw at first confusedly as I entered, his was the most cheerful. Lady Bracknell was by the bed pressing her handker- chief to her lips. She looked fright- ened, I thought. Beside her stood Jim, who, I suppose, bad come to the house upon the errand that we know of, and had been admitted. Lady Mildred was there too, and Sunning's old nurse, and Lord Staines, and Mr Turner; but none of them spoke to me, nor did I von- ture to do more than glance at them. Sunning had his dog, a little blue Skye on the bed beside him. He held out his left hand to me, for, his right arra was crushed and power- less, and smiled. We had been friends, more so than I have had any occasion to mention in the course of this narrative, and I think he was glad to see me. He wished me to have the dog ho said, and I was to take him away with me, please, becouse he wouldn't lie still much longer. And he hasn't bad his walk to day. He had a few last words to say to mo, but 'they were only a few, for his strength was evidently ebbing fast, and I could see that bis childish brain• was pre -occupied. His eyes kept wandering from one member of the group to another, but always rest- ed longest upon bis father, whose broad shoulders wereturned toward us, and whose elbow I touched at last, feeling sure that the boy want- ed to speak to him. Bracknell wheeled round hastily and dropped can' his knees beside the bed. Yes my boy,he said,' what is i t'1 Father; whispered Sunning, you won't have Sheila shot, will you'? I don't want Sheila to beshot. His eyes grew large and piteous and there was aquiver about the corners of his mouth. No doubt he had had some experience of his father's passionate nature and feared. that, in a fit of unreasoning fury, he might take vengeance upon the ir- responsible cause of " his son's death. But Bracknell answered gruffly, No my boy; nobody shatl harm. her. I'll swear that. Sunning gave a little sigh of re- lief, looked curiously at his father for a moment, and than turned bis head toward Lord Staines, who was sitting motionless on the other side of the bed, in what seemed like a 5 ato of nerveless rveless stuP ot'. t Never mind gran, he said,it does not hurt. And then, You're so aw- fully old, too gran; pull conte -soon: Lord Staines made no answer, but Mr Turner rose at:tl ap- proached, wiping the tetra away from his foolish old eyes with a large silk pocket handkerchief. We shall go to you; but you will not come back to us, Sunning, he began. I don't care to repeat the rest of his remarks. lie was a,eleric of the old-fashioned school, who had not I should imagine, occupied him- self much with the subject of eschatology. It was, perhaps, right that he should give utterance to his views, which, I am sure, were at any rate sincere; but those stereo- type phrases about the New Jerusa- lem and white winged angels •and golden harps,enunciated with a cer- tain pomposity, despite the occa- sional quavering of the speaker's jarred somewhat upon my ear's, as I dare say they did upon those of several other persons present. Sun- ning- listened patiently. Thank God, he had not many sins, even of a childish kind, to reproach himself with. He has always been a good boy, as well as a bravo one,and had no need to dread the unknown future be that what it may. After a time, he beckoned to me and put the dog iitto my arms. Good-bye Bluoy, he said. The dog licked his face and he patted 'its rough head, and then for the first time two great tear's welled up into his eyes and brimmed over. I bent over him and kissed him, and then 1 picked up the dog and went away, I hacl no right to in- trude taloa the scene which I could see was close at hand, and besidos,to tell the truth, I couldn't bear it any longer. Many sadder things than a child's death are happening in the the world every hour. One may look back dispassionately upon it and say that it was perhaps well that our poor little Sunning should have been taken from us --that if he had lived, he might not have been happy ; that ho would almost certainly have boon brought up bad. ly ; that he would have succeeded to a diminishing property ; that he would- likely have followed in the steps of his father and grandfa- ,' ►erreti,th,less •means at -kis -disposal' and consequently greater temptation. than 0101 r andso forth; but. the., fact remains that be was the brigbt- eat aad most prernisipg child I have ever known, and that; humanly speaking, bis life was cut short be- cause his mother did not choose to take the troublo of looking after him. CHAPTER XIII. Everybody expected that the loss of his grandson would• be poor Lord Staines' deathblow. Ile himself was of that opinion and at first refused leave his bed, saying that he had now nothing to live for. But per baps, upon further thought, he may have remembered that he had still certain matters to attend to before quitting a troublesome world, or perhaps he way have been too old and worn out to die of grief. At any rate he did not die, nor .did his health appear to suffer, although I believe he was never seen to smile again after Sunning's little coffin was laid in the family vault at Staines Court. Lady Bracknell did not appear at the funeral. It is believed -or at all events it was stated -that she felt unable to face so cruel an ordeal; but the truth, as I afterwards heard on excellent authority, was that she was tifraid to venture within reach' of her husband, who had ordered her away from him immediately af- the boy's death, assuring her that he was not master of himself, and that she would do Well to keep out of his way for some time to come. So she took hire at his word and fled down to the country to the house of, I. forget what friend, who undertook to comfort her in her affliction. He remained in London, as I was told, and continued to go to his club every day, to gamble heavily and to drink hard. s I called upon him several tirnos, but Ile was always out; and ono day when I chanced upon him in the street, he told 'no roughly that I need not trouble to look him up again. Kindly meant, I've no dot.bt, he said; butl should bo very much ob- liged to my friends if they wouldn't be so -so --officious. When I want to bo condoled with I'll let them know. After that I could only leave him to himself. Even if he bad been willing to listen to me, I should have been puzzled to discover any plausible form of consolation ; and certainly I should not have hit upon that selected by my mother, who in the overflowing kindness •.of her heart wrote him a long lettal•, in which she reminded him that among other blessings he still possesed a wife. I believe she was afterwards a little ashamed of having taken so bold a step, and would never have let me know of it had she' been able to resist Bracknell's -reply, which was brief and pithy. Dear Mrl Maynard :-I told your son the other day that I didn't wish to be condoled with, and I don't. But I must say that I hardly ex- pected to -be congratulated. Lady Bracknell is not with me just now, or she would, I,.am sure, desire me to thank you for speaking of her as a blessing. It is probably the first time in her life that she has been called by that name, and I should think it would be the last. Sincerely yours. Bracknell. e head at Mymother shook Iter, this. He ought not to speak so of his wife, she said. And when I brought forward certain excuses on Brack- nell's behalf (t would not shock her by mentioning all- those that might have boon mentioned, or would she have believed in them if I had) she only shook her head the more,telling me I had no, realizing sense of the sacredness of marriage. Whether I deserved that. rebuke or not is of small consequence, but I might fairly hive retorted that my dear mother, for her part, was a lit- tle too sublimely indifferent to the worldly side of that contract, and that by her present conduct she was in danger, not only of making two people more unhappy than there was any occasion for, but of getting herself into serious trouble as well. flowerer, I doubt whether anything I could hare said would have pre- vented her from asking Lady Mil- dred to come into tea every other day, and then casually getting Jim ' to meet her. She had made up her mind that this couple ought to mar- ry. It would have been too much to expect that the will of hea- ven should be set aside to please Lord Staines or Mr Beauchamp, the latter of whom, as my mother point- ed out, might, have proposed long ago, if he bad chosen, but he had perferred to go off to Norway and catch salmon. And so, during the summer, our house was made the scene of what, to a commonplace perssn like my- self, wore very much the appearance of clandestine love making. TO BE CONTiNUEII. Daring September last 48,181 lin- igrants ;arrive'd-iR tbe'-ifnited;Stiates " t egging, 89,917 in September, 1886. I�tking•the nine months of the present year end -;ug Sept. 20., 20,t11,000, Ira" migrants, carne to thin country, against 294,586 during the corres- ponding nine menthe of 188G. 'rote oionai anti oth v (Curb MANNING & SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, CONVEYANCERS, &c. Commiesionere for, Ontario and Manitoba. Os, tea NEXT boon To NEw 31a., CI.INTON MONEY TO LOAN. MORTGAGES Bought. Private Funds. 0 RIDOUT, Office ovor J Jackson's Store, Clinton. MARRIAGE LICENSES. - APPLY TO the undersigned at the Library Rooms, JAMES SCOTT, Clinton. MRS WHIT', -TEA ER OF MUSIC, 'HResidence at Mrs R. H. Reid's, corner of Hurou and Orange Streets. MONEY TO LEND IN LARGE OR Small Bums on good mortgage security, moderate rate of interest. H HALE,Cllnton EAR APPLETON-OFFICE- AT RESI- 1� DENOS on Ontario Street, Clinton, op- posite English Church. Entrauoe by side gate. HB. PROUDFOOT, CIVIL ENGINEER. Provincial and DominionLandSurvey- or, Architect and Draugliteman, PERRIN BLOCK, Clinton. f IR REEVE, L St, Murray Block, two doorsNeast Rof Hodns' entrance. oposite 5. Army Barracks, HuronoSt,, Clointon.. Office hours, 8amto6pm. 1 AMES HOWSON. LICENSED AUC- TIONEER for the County of Huron. Sales attended auywhere in the oobuty, at rea- aouable • rates. Residence Albert Street Cliutou. - DR STANBURY, GRADUATE OF THE Medical Department of Victoria Uni- vet sity, Toronto, formerly of the Hospitals and Dispensaries, New York, Coroner for the County of Huron, Bayfield, Out. DW. WILLIAMS, B. A., M. D., GRADU- Ale ATE of Torouto University ; tnOwber of the Uoliego of Physicians and Surgeons, Out. OFFICE & RESIDENCE the house for- merly occupied by ier Reeve, Albert Street Clinton. v" Wbon Eby viae sick, we gave her Castello, when silo was a Child, he cried for Castoria, ?Mon she became Mies, eho clang to Csitoria, nen oho had Children, eho gave them Caaforia The National C'onveution of the American Butter,Cheese and Egg As- sociation, which this year is held in Manchester,Iswa, will cousidcr a pro- position to sell, all eggs by weight. The movement is opposed by the dealers as it would necessitate a creat deal of work that i.3 now avoided. TAR WORTHINGTON, - PHYSICIAN, Surgeon, Aecoucher, Licentiate of the College of Phyeiolans, and Surgeons of Lower Canada,. and Provincial Licentiate and Coroner for the County of Huron. Of- fice and residence, -The building formerly occupied by Dir Tliwaltes, Huron Street. Clinton, Jan. 10, 1871. IILINTON MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE, lVJ Library and Reading Rooms, Perrin block, down stairs. About 1,700 volumes in the Library and all the Leading News papersalMemd bership ticket the per anunnit. Open from 2 to 5 p m., and from 7 to 9 p. in. Applications for membership received by the Librarian in the room. MONEY ! MONEY ! MONEY ! We can make a few good loans from private funds at low rates and moderate expense. Terms made to suit borrowers. MANNING & SCOTT, - - Clinton DENTIST, • . - COATS BLOCK. 0-KEEFER...la CHARGES MODERATE. - CLINTON. UNION SIHAVING PARLOR. SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING AIL SHAM- POOING done very neat and to suit every porsou. JOHN EADES, - - Smith's Block. BIBLES & TESTAMENTS AT COST The Clinton Branch Bible Society have for sale at DR WORTHINGTON'S DRUG STORE, Albert Street„a Hue assortment of Bibles and Testaments. TESTAMENTS FROM Sets. UPWARDS BIBLES Piton 25ctB UPWARDS. COME AND SEE. DR WORTHINGTON, De- pository. J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST Holds the exclusive right for the souuty;for the Hurd process of administering chemi- cally pare Nitrogen Monoxide, which is the safest and best systein yet discovered for the painless extraction of tooth. Charges moderate, satistaetion guaranteed. Ofice, ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, over Rave's . Tallier Shop, Huron Street, Clinton.. NEW ERA BAKERY. The subscriber would iutftnato to the people of Clinton that he has bought out the baking business lately carried on by Mr: Dunlop, anti a ill continue the same at the old stand. Ile has had a long prac- tical experience. and by giving close per- sonal attention to the business in all its branches, hopes to merit and receive a share of phblic patronage. Bread delivered at usual prices. A large stock of Calces.and • Confectionery always on Band. lee Create supliod for parties. J R EVANS. .L'AN1'.. CLINTON. • Clinton Post Office Time Table Mails are due for delivery and dose for despatch at the Clinton Post Office as follows 1 CLIMB 1 MIS Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Seaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme- diate offices 6.80 a.m. 2.50 p.m Toronto, Stratford, Seta forth, T. and S, east12.30 p.m. 8 a.m Goderich, Holmesville and Grand Trunk west 2 p.m. 8 a.m Goderich, 8.40 p.m. 1,16 p.m Hamilton Toronto, 3.45 p.m. 10.45 a,m London, L., H. & B. south a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m Ind intermediate offices 7.30 3.45 10,45 6.40 Blyth, Wingham, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, L ,11.&B. north and intermediate a.m. p m. a.m. p.m ogfoes 0.45 0,10 8.15 4.26 Sutnmerhin, Tuesday and Friday, 5.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m British mails, Monday,Wed- nesday, Thursday 6.30 a.m. Honey Orders issued and Deposits received from one dollar upwards. 0510e hours front 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Savings Bank and Honey Order Office close at 6.30 p.pa. • THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster, Clinton, Aug. 1887. Implement Agency, E. H. SNELL Having acceptei the agency for tate Ayr Manufac turfing Co., (Watson's) will open out an office in the premises lately occupied by Mr Gauley Albert Street, Clinton nearly opposite Fair's Mill, when Ito will be pleased to receive orders for the celebrated STEEL TWINE BiNDER And the NEW HUMMER MOWER and DAISY RAKE, A full line of repairs will also be kept in stock. Prompt attention will be given to all or - dors, whether by mail or otherwise. Also PLOWS, ; STRAW : CUTTERS And all other Farm. Implements kept is stock, 11. IvNFI.,L, otarTON. J.T. WESTCOTT EXETER, :-: ONTARIO. Collect Notes and Accounts in any part of the world at the most reasonable rates � M O .A T Tf `.. 1 P .U'f" W N�: r 4,00,044014.0141:4w340,9,IRo7ti.irTQ. i,' -.To 4I colvAr4, TipQ ¢uq tub icor lett leo.* *went." Mreireguested to Pripet eater %rackate; tuifiche.,US WuD atilt *hit without, prda tire. .I .kolas lomailtailpt tee 000tor's hands, nes eiU Aunt tq meet t • ties, and will take 10 4olt9 of truck ,to eotll Well an *11 eiat4kles for fall 4nd Boras. L , bfenirtN, Vicar, Ofintoe, Trues ta, tiles 13Fant tAJ R NURSERY .FRUIT atm ORNAMENTAL TREE! NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTiiA.CII.AN PINE, TOE LATT8R 01 wni0li WE MAi;E A OPLC(ALT1 LARGE STOCK ON HAND. The above ornamental trees and shrubbery wif be sold at very low prices, and those wantis, anything in this connection will save mono parchasing here. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, 8enmiiler. THE MERCHANTS' Protective & Collecting Association --- OF CANADA Office, Hamilton, out. ESTABLISHED 1884. Is an Association of business and professional men, having for its object the COLLECTION OF DEBTS; And to prevent 'to members making bad debts by furnishing them with lista of parties wko4u not pay. Mereltants.and- others having accounts to tolled andwlehing to become members, by remitting $7 to our Managers, Hamilton, Ont., will receive by return mail, full particulars, certificate of membership, etc. J.B.MILLs & Co., Manalere,Hamilton. Or to JA.S.THOMPSON,•Agent, Clinton. CLINTON FLOUR & FEED STORE Tho subscriber having bought out -the bas • Mess of Mr Jas Steep, will continue She same in all its branches, and by eiooa attention to thewanta of his eustomers,and courteous treatment to all, be hopes to merit and receive a ebare of public patron- age. He will keep in stock Roller Flour, Graham Flour, Oatmeal, rolled and granulated, Barleymeal, Corn- meal, coarse and fine, Cracked Wheat; Rolled Whea,tFarina Wheat,Pot Barley, Split Peas, Buckwheat Flour, &0., &e. ALL KINDS OF CHOPPED FEED and everything usually kept in a oast -eau store. Farm Produce taken in exchange. Goods delivered anywhere in town. Prices the very lowest ROBERT FITZSIMONS. CORRMSPON DENCE SOL 10ITED J T WESTCOTT, REAL ESTATE AIENTS, EXETER, ONT. EnOM Ia.1 Z -W ZXf,'13 ® W Ditt6h ft - $50,000 to Loan at 6 per cent. Why pay others 7, 8, a and 10 per cent, when you can get money front us at O per c. Firat•claea loan's 51 per cent. Large o n laB per5u cent. . TERMS made to suit borrower, re- garding payment and period of. loan. Apply to FARRAN & TISDALL, S. WI■JaltO1 , GENERAL DEALER IN TINWARE, HURON STREET, CLINTON. Repairng of all kinds promptly attended to al reasonable rates, A trial solicited. ROBERT DOWNS; CLINTON, Manufaoteror and Proprietor for the best Saw Mili Dog in awe. Agent for the sale and application of the SWPISIIER PATENT Acme ATM Bon.ER CLRANIR. S'FEASI FITTINGS furnlihed and applied on sh9rt notice. Bollerri. Engines,'and all kinds of Machinery repaired expeditiously and in a xatisfacfory manner. Farot implements manufactured and repaired. Steam and Water Pipes furnished and put in position. Dry Kilns fitted up on application. Charges moderato, T. Stevenson. -THE- LEADING UNDERTAKER i,xrvrirorv. Anticeptic Embalming Fluid kept on hand. My Funeral Director, J. C. Stev- enson, has attended the School of Embalming, in Toronto, to make himself proficient in the art of embalming. 'REMEMBER THE PLACE, OPPOSITE THE TOWN HALL. THOS, STEVENSON. • The Molson Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL, - 32,000,000. HEAD OFFICE, .MON1'REAI,, THO3IAs. WORKSIAM,. ,Prctideat, J. H. R. MOLSON Vice -Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN TH03IAS, General Manager Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafs issued, Sterling and American ex- c'ia ge bought and sold at lowest current rates. interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits. Z4'A R1Y1 E 12I•{ . Money advanced to formers on their own notes with one or more endorsors. No mortgage re- quired as surity. II. C. 1311 Or ER, Manager, January 1857. Clinton Oakes' Fxcelsior ORGAN , After the severest test at the late fair in Clinton, it was universally ad- mitted that Foe PERFECT AND EASY ACTION, BEAUTY OF FINISH, AND SWEET. NESS OF TONE, the EXCELSIOR wan away ahead of all others, and destined to be the popular instrument of the day. This, along with the fact that a special prize was awarded it, certainly speaks volumes for the instruments, and parties purchasing should see the EXCELSIOR before buying elsewhere. GEO.' F. OAKES, PRorOIETon. Factory three doors west of Mulloy's Pump Shop, Ratteubury St., Clinton. J. BIDDLECOMBE. Watch & Clock Maker JEWELLER., &a, OPPOSITE THE MARKET Sgt. ARE, Clinton. Where ho keeps a select assortment of Watches Clocks, Jewellery, Silverware. Which we will sell at reasonable rates. Repairing of every description promptly attained to, and all Wore warranted, tJ, $IDDLECOMBE. Clinton, Nov. 1882. A. A. Bennett -THE LEADING- FOIIEII96 RCTO -: AN n EMBALMER - Of Clinton. TheB F.,ST of EGYPTIAN FLUIDS used in EMBALMING A°large assortment of everything in the Undertaking lint. Red Roder Store, Clinton. RESIDENCE, ORANGE ST., NEAR METHODIST OUTJRCH Londesboro RolIer Milis After being thoroughly overhauled and re -fitted with NEW MACHINERY Of the most approved kinds, these mills are now in splendid running order, and will not be surpassed in the quality of the work done, by any mill in the country. Special Attention given to GRISTINiG, CHOPPING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. Satisfaction guaranteed. Parties wanting any- thingwhatever in this line will find it to their interest to give u3 a Call, 11. IIUBER, Proprietor. HURON 'AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company is Loaning Money or Farm Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. MORTGAGES - - PCIRC IIA SEt SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. J, 4 and a per Cent. Interest Allow., t on Deposits,according to amount and time left. OFFICE -Corner of Market Square and North Si HORACE HORTON`,- Goderich, August 5th 1885 MANeoen. Fire tnsuraxice. All kinds of property insured at lowest tariff rates. First-class companies, rylICKETs VIA N. W. T. CO. LINE BOATS WINNIPEG rlliGoNo ALL LAKE by alailines hRAND TRUNK 1 and CANADA PACIFIC to any point on that line, Winnipeg; Brandon, &c., Dakota, Kansas, or any point reached by rail, local or foreign. Como and see me betoro you buy tickets any - J. '1 [IOMYaSON, Clinton . cJLINPON Planing Mill -AND- DRY KILN- /i MN SUBSCRIBER RAVING JUST co51, si rt xrno and funtisbed his new Plauhtg El,l with mnohinery offer f 'Lho latent Improved patterna Is now prepared to attend to all orders 1n his lino in the most prompt and satisfactory, man nor and at reasonable rates. He would also retutti thanks to all who patronized the old n 0 bet ore they were burned out, and now being in a het ter position to exacta eorders expodltiously• teals confident ho San giv satisfaction to all, FACTORY -Near the t'i'rand Trunk Railway, Clinton. THOMAS WKS NEM •