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BY Sy. 1C. l!1QEIRIs,
CONTINUED.
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Lard utainea'.euspiciona ware at
engtli aroused, and be sent for me
o peer them into my ear. It was
in a tine autumn day that, in obe-
tience to his summons, I walked up
o Staines Court and was shown iu-
a the library, wbere he now sat
rim morning to night, and where,
a spite of the warm weather, a fire
yes burning. IIe looked very fee -
de and broken, bending forward in
tis chair and holding up a thin,
'rembling hand to the blaze.
Maynard, he said, I want you,like
good fe:low, to speak a word of
earning to your friend Leigh. 1
'onld rather not speak myself, be-
ause, as you know, be has been
aused trouble and disappoiatnient
'y our family already, and I should
0-801.4 to seem unfriendly to him.
o will you just tell him as kindly
you can that it won't do? I see
lone than perhaps you young folks
ippose, and of course you know
bat I allude to. It won't do, my
ear Maynard. I win sorry for it,
it it won't do.
Lord Staines, I answered boldly,
am not going to undertake any
Lob commission. I can quite un-
irstani. your desire to keep the
eltuchawp property in the family,
td if you can get the persons prin-
paily concerned to do as you wish,
dare say it will be in some re -
eats a good thing ; but I don't
.00se to be a party to any scheme
that kind. My point of view is
it the same as yours. What may
come of the Beauehamp •property
nothing to me ; whereas it is a
od deal to me that Jim Leigh
ould have what he wishes for. I
lieve Lady Mildred and he are
shed to each ether, and, that
Ing so, I hope they will stand up
themselves and marry.
I fully expected that this auda-
us harangue would call forth an
plosion of wrath; but my -expecte-
es were not fulfilled. Lord
eines only sighed wearily and maid;
knows I care little enough for
rney or lands now ! My time is
ost up, and I suppose Bracknell
11 be the last of our name. Against
igh I haven't a word to say; only,
I told you before, it won't .do.
ildred must marry Beauchamp.
m under obligations to him which
r't be discharged• in any other
y, and he will be a kind husband
her. We won't argue the point,
ou please.
e will not be a husband of her
nosing, I made so bold as to ob-
ye, despite his prohibition..
ou don't know what you aro
i. Ing abo_yt,•,xeturne&Lthe_old_man,
tfully. The thing must be, and
re's no use in discussing it. If
i don't see your way to speaking
your friend, I must speak to
ldred, that's all.
said nothing about this con ver -
on to those whom it concerned,
whether Lord Staines carried
his intention of remonstrating
h Lady Mildred or not, I cannot
Very likely be did not, for I
y that he shrunk from distress -
her, and heeuay have thought it
dless to take active steps before
uchamp's return from Norway.
1•
o news with regard to that event
bed my ears,'and it was not an -
ate in autumn that I was made
re of its having taken' place, by
entering Beauchamp himself at
ountry house in the north of
land, where I had been invited
pend a few days. It struck me
our meeting was not a source of
toyed satisfaction to hint. There
even a sort of • shamefacedness
is demeanor,. which I could not
first• account for, but which ex -
ed itself at dinner time, when
and Lady Bracknell made
r appearance among several
.r guests who had arrived late in
afternoon, and wben her lady -
exchanged meaning glances
my yonng friend, after afford -
him a conventionally polite
ting. •
be Bracknell menage, which for
e had been threatened with
nption, had been set.agoing-once
(by the kindly intervention of
ds, as I was informed), and
to all appearances being con-
ed on much the same principles
retofot'e. At all events, Brack -
seemed to look with absolute
erence upon the renewal of the
tion
which- h
ch he once professed
elf determined to check. The
few months had worked a very
ptible change in him ; he had
n stouter, his complexion had
e pasty, and his eyelids heavy,
• few gray hails bad' appeared
t his temples. His manners,
I�aI distinctly deteriorated. He
bored, and did not attempt to
Ise the fact ; moreover, he die-
d a contradictious and quarrel -
tendency, which evidently
d some anxiety to our hostess.
for -Lady Bracknell', she was
ant and radiant. Her black
and jet ornaments threw up
azzling whiteness of her skin ;
coked as if she bad not a caro
o world, and if, as J suspect, the
ladies were whispering to each
what a. heartless wretch the
11 was ; I can only say, that in
noble opinion they had a.very
right to do so.
'Bally neither their remarks
y opinion were matters of
moment to her. .She was a
earted and calculating woman,
�e was capable, no doubt, of
r,g herself after her own &-
and few things can be marc
p't than to indulge in your fa-
,:,
(vorite pastime,. while malting it -sarin. 0d: k Certain exp ioga ,which .1
ee •ye a :deft itspractical-0(i.
.'Th a refer. not to traniri,b
ebe e. •
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for the. *PObe1n1�'i a�tppElatrd�'to'"iap.. reJdeRt. 'Ida Ilgb euppOels:that` Brarck,
Lady $racknell'li einiallerlot.. The
sub'u ltion.of Beauchamp w,afl cMIR.
piste 'H remained by her aide; the:
whole evei4ing tl#renh.; be acaraely
took his .eyes off her for a, MIMI.At ;,
and it may be assumed that he bad
no idea of the sorry spectacle that
be presented to lookers on,
Hilda had a .second string to her
bow, in the shape of a certain Comte
de Vieuzac, a French attache, whom
I had met several times in Wilton
place. De Vieuzac was oue of those
semi -Anglicised Gauls, who get their
clothes made in London, whose talk
is of horses and shooting, and who
discuss sport with a solemnity far
exceeding that of their models. Be-
ing young, by no means bad looking,
and full of that confidence in the ir-
'resistible nature of his charms,whicb
is the very last thing that his coun-
trymen can bring themselves toart
with, he most likely flattered him-
self that he had made a conquest of
Lady Bracknell, and it was easy to
see that ho found Beauchamp a good
deal in the way. That Beauchamp
reciprocated his sentiments with in-
terest was not less •• obvious, and
while one of the men assumed an
aggravatingly supercilious mien,and
the other scowled savagely, Hilda,
arbitress of the contest, sat between
them, displaying her white. teeth,
and gently swaying a black ostrich
feather fan.
Somehow or other the sight of
that smiling, contented, selfish -wo
man, playing off her admirers one
against the other, infuriated me. I
could not get the memory of poor
little Sunning out of my head while
I watched her ; it seemed to me that
of all forms of depravity, the most
odious is tbat which obliterates the
natural, animal instinct of maternal
love. And my soul being stirred
within me by the spectacle of the
power possessed and exercised by
that woman, who if she had had her
deserts would have been picking
oakum in Millbank penitentiary, I
could at last contain myself no long-
er, but, rising from my sequestered
corner, crossed the room with the
intent to do a truly silly thing.
I made straight for the sofa on
which Bracknell was sitting apart%i
with his hands in his pockets, and
asked him whether, h e didn't want
to smoke.
Of course I do, he growled. Why
the dickens don't these people go to
bed ?
We will give them the slip, said
I ; for I was bent upon having a few
words in private with him. Now
is our time, while nobody is looking.
So I got h'm away to the smoking
room, and, as soon as we had lighted
our cigars, plunged head first into
the middle of my subject. Brack-
-mita -said -IT -do g6'tr ta'c d 'yo`fi not
intend Beauchamp to marry your
sister ?
I have mentioned already that
Bracknell's manners had deteriorat-
e'd He frowned nod
heavilyand asked
shed
me what the devil that was -to me.
I will tell you, I answered. You
must admit,' think, that you haven't
behaved very well to Jim Leigh. -
Goodness ! interrupted Bracknell,
aro you going back to that old story
again ? 'Why man, I made him an
apology,wben he reappeared in Lon-
don, last summer ! What more
would you have?, I can asaure you
that I repent from the bottom of my
heart of having deprived hint of
Mass Hilda Turner. .
I don't
doubt it,replied;
IIottl
Y
meant to remind you that you owe
him a good turn. I can't go into
particulars, because we shall have
the other neon in here presently, but
the long anal, the short of it is that
Lady Mildred and he are in love
with each other..
Oh, indeed ! said Bracknell. Well,
really, I don't care.
Does that 'mean, I inquired, that
you won't oppose their marriage ?
It means, answered he, that I
shall: not bother myself about the
matter, one way or the other. Jim
bad better fight it out with the gov-
ernor.
I ought, I suppose, to have been
contented with that. T bad not be-
haved withmiy usual circumspection
in introducing the subject at all,and
I had received an assurance, which,
so far as it went, should have been
entirely satisfactory to mo. But,
being so exasperate] with Hilda,
and being also curious to know bow
far Hilda's absolute lack of principle
was shared by her husband, I meat
needs proceed ter remark :
You once told Lady Bracknell in
my presence that you would not per
mit, her to entice Beauchamp away
from your sister. Yen have chang-
ed your mind as to that it appears.
Bracknell rose slowly from his
chair, advanced to that in which I
was seated, and planed a heavy band
on each of my shouldets, looking
straight into my eyes. Maynard,
said he, you aren't a bad •sort of a
fellow, taking you all round, but
you're just as cheeky now as you
used to be at Eton, and If may as
well tell you at once that I'm not
in.the• humor to put up with cheek.
Do you remember my giving you a
licking once in Keate's lane 1
No, I replied, I do not. 1 re,
member you hitting me, and I re-
member kicking yon on the shins,
and I remember old Jim T4oigh
coming between ua. i
Well, said Bracknell, 1 data say
it was no bad thing for yeti that Jim
Leigh happened to be handy. I
didn't want to thrash you then, and
I don't want to thrash you now, but
if you take it upon yourself to inter-
fere with my private affairs a second essays), I was chained to my desk
time, I'll knock your head off your until the afternoon was far advane-
shoulders ! od, struggling to reconcile certain
This throat, which was embellish- irreconcilable statements to which 1
had committed. elyaoifl end which I.
woo unwilllcg to. retract, #exi g
etJength. made up cay mind- to throw
Hall
could. have knool5e4; ay be*i -cfe one of theae :averhoard 1p><tbe -
my sho4ider16taut it if goers: poeat 1o, oi' harmony, I wound; ;up my teak
that he might have managed to give tend sallied forth to take the sir.
mea black aye ; and really:I cannot The house in which I was staying
afford to he seen going about with ,a. stood in the midst of one of Ow
black eye. Therefore, I resolved to wild, undulating parks whicharo
abstain from further provocation ; more frequent in the northern than
and at this opportune moment our in the southern counties, and which
interview was interrupted by the look like a survival of the England
entrance of our host accompanied by of 300 years ago. It was very beau -
a large detachment of his guests. tiful in its way, under the gray au -
CHAPTER XIV. tumnal sky, with shafts of pale suh-
light falling upon the gnarled oaks
and tbo withered bracken, and upon
patches of gorse and heather here
and there. I had walked some dis
tance across it, and was wondering
whether De Vieuzac's unpleasant
prophecy would5ever be fulfilled_
whetherthe land upon which I was
standing would ever, be parcelled out
among peasant proprietors, and whe-
ther, in that case, the peasant pro-
prietors would not find out that they
had made an uncommonly bad bar-
gain, when the thud of approaching
hoofs interrupted my musings, and
presently Lady Bracknell, riding be-
tteeen two cavaliers,.hove in sight.
They were pleased to draw rein
on recognizing me, and Hilda said
they had had a delightful ride,which
assertion was received with empha-
tic, silence by her companions. In
all_prohability some bickering had
taken place during the course of it ;
for the two men were looking dag-
gers at each other, and it struck me
tbat De Vieuzac was not quite as
cool as he had been earlier in the
day. A short distance ahead of us
was an enclosure, surrounded by a
high fence of posts and rails, like a
large cattle pen. It may have bsen
intended to serve that purpose, or
possibly, at certain seasons of the
year, to confine the red deer,of which
there was a herd in the park.
There, said, De Vieuzac, pointing
to it with his whip, and looking at
Beauchamp, would be a' pretty leap.
You could take it, perhaps; you who
hesitate at nothing.
Ob, do, Mr Beauchamp, exclaim-
ed Hilda enthusiastically.
My dear Lady Bracknell, I re•
monstrated, what are you thinking
of? The thing is absolutely impos-
sible.
I am not sure that it was impos-
sible; I am an indifferent judge of
matters of that kind, and I have
read wonderful accounts of the high
jumps accomplished by Australian
horses. But I should certainly be
very sorry either to attempt such a
feat myself, or to sae any friend of
mine attempt it. Hilda did not
seem to have heard me.
Oh, do try !she repeated. I know
yon would get over all right_,
Beauchamp's reply was highly
creditable to his good sense and self
control.--Tmig1t-get over, be said.
Whether I could get out again is
another question. But, anyhow, I
couldn't think of risking it with an-
other man's horse.
DeVioz
Vieuzac smiled
and Beau-
champ turned upon him at once.
What's that you say ? he asked
sharply.
I assure you,auswered the French-
man, with exaggerated politeness,
that I did not utter ono word.
You were thinking something,'
though. '3
Oh, for that, yea. I -was thinking
something,• I admit. I was thinking
that sometimes it is very convenient
to be riding a friend's horse.
The words amounted to a studied
insult
and would unquestionably
uestionab
I
q Y
have been so accepted in De Vieu-
zac's own country. In France
speeches of that kind are permissible,
their consequences being,. of course,
well understood ; but neither in
France nor elsewbere is it customary
to otter such direct provocation in
the presence of a lady, and Beau-
champ went up several degrees in
my esteem,whon be answered quiet-
ly : We'll discuss the question after-
ward, if you like, We may as well
ride on now.
Hildt. suddenly broke into a short
laugh, touched her horse with the
whip and gallloped away. The t'vo
men followed her. I confess that I
hurried back to the house asast as
my legs would carry me. 1dislike
and deprecate quarrels above every-
thing ; still, if quarrels must needs
take placo,l why should I not be
there to see ? After De Vieuzac's
inexcusable conduct, I felt that it
would be a real satisfaction to me to
see him knocked down, and I
thought that if I made great haste,
I might just manage to arrive in
time. As it turned out, I reached
the front door with several minutes
to spare. From. the flight of steps
which led up to it, I could descry
the riders, who, perhaps, badAnade
a detourapproaching at a foot's
pace, and presently I bad the honor
of assisting Lady Bracknell to dis-
mount.
Sho stood for a moment tapping
her foot with her riding whip, and
looking with an odd, satirical ex-
pression as the rivals. Au revoir,
she said, nodding to them ; I am
going to lie down till dinner titne.
Then she male a scarcely percept-
ible sign with her hand to Beau-
champ, who ran up the steps after
her and accompanied her into the
house.
DoVieuzac and I temained where
wo were. 1 suppose wo both know
that Beauchamp would bo out again
directly. And indeed the horses
had hardly been led away to the
stables before ho emerged and made
straight for us.
Tn nit comet -me.
On the following morning I de-
scended to the dining room to find
there Lady Bracknell attended by
her brace of devoted admirers, and I
perceived at once that Hilda had
resumed the game of the previous
evening. It was a game of which,
as I knew, she never wearied. She
had the appearance of being well
satisfied with it now ; which was
more than could be said for either
of the players.
After all, she was remarking, as
I entered, I can't see why we should
give ourselves airs, because we ride
and shoot better than moat other na-
tions. That is something, of course;
but there are so many other ways in
which the French, -for instance, are
our superiors. They a e a great
deal more amusing to talk to, and
they are more artistic, and they
write better novels. Mr Maynard,
aren't French novels much better
than ours? '
I said I must decline to deliver
judgment upon that point; it was a
matter of taste.
Well, but, broke in Beauchamp,
who was looking cross, I never de-
nied it. I' am sure I don't know
whether their novels are better than
ours, and, to tell you the truth, I do
not much care, either. All I said
was that they are not a sporting
people.
There is more variety of sport in
Franoe than in England, said De
Vieuzac boldly. We have, for ex-
ample, the wolf and the wild boar -
And you gallop after 'em in green
and gold coats, with horns twisted
round and round your bodies, inter-
rupted Beauchamp, not over cour-
teously.
You have perhaps derived your
ideas of trench sport -from the pic-
tures in Punch, observed De Vieu-
zac, without losing his temp3r. They
are funny, those pictures, they are
very funny ; but I do not think the
artists have drawn them from life.
I have been in France, returned
the other, doggedly, and I have seen
a lot of chasseurs, as you call them,
shooting cock sparrows on Sunday
afternoons,
De Vieuzac shrugged his shoul-
ders. You will come to it, my good
friend, said he. What would youµ
have? We are a liflIeiri advance
of you ; we made our revolution a
hundred years ago. When your
game laws are abolished, when your
great estates are broken up, when
your countrysquires can nolonger
s q
live ipon their rents ---then you will
see what you will sae. For the rest,
the persons who, as you say, shoot
sparrows on Sundays are not of the
rank who would shoot partridges if
they were Englishmen ; and yott
must not ask of a pian that he should
be a good game shot, when he has
never the o:casion to shoot at game.
At any rate, observed Hilda, ris-
ing and bestowing a gracious .sniffle
upon the speaker, we all know that
Monsieur de Vieuzac can shoot as
well asn
Y
,
a hod . Andisn't i
r
Yt it finis
for you to go out shooting now.
Beauchamp held the door open
for her. We are to have a ride this
afternoon, are we -not ? I heard him
ask eagerly.
Of course we are, she answered.
Didn't you promise to take lne out.
And then, turning to the -other,
Monsieur de Vieuzac, I ani going to
be very selfish, and snake you join
us. You will have to tear yourself
away from the partridges, and be in
time for luncheon.
The Frenchman raised his tae -
brows slightly and bowed, inurrn'ur-
ing something about Lady Brack-
nell's wishes being law. Possibly
he thought that a ride in company
with his rival would not be very
good fun. •
As for Beauchamp, lie did not at-
tempt to conceal his disgust. Per-
haps you will ride with we some
other day. If I'm not wanted I'd
just as soon shoot this afternoon, he
was beginning, but the closing of the
door deprived me of the remainder
ofh s i senten
,
cc as well a
s of
LI11
da s
reply. However, it was pretty cer-
tain that be would do what she or-
dered bim,whether he liked it or not.
After I was left alone, I spent
five minutes of my valuable time in
wondering why Lady
De Vieuzac to spoil poor Beata
champ's aftornoou. Were I a lady
of great personal attractions, I should,
I dare say, enjoy having several ad-
mirers ; but I should certainly pre-
fer to take them one at a time. That
a second -may be found useful as a
means of stimulating the ardor of
the first, I can understand ; but the
object of keeping them together after
that has been accomplished is not so
easy to discover.
I did not go out shooting with
Bracknell and the others that morn•
ing, nor was I able to put in an ap-
pearance at the luncheon (tour. I
had to finish my admirable essay on
Proportional Representation' for
the Eclectic Review, and, getting
my arguments into a knot toward
the last pages (which, I am sorry to
say, is no uncommon experience of
mine, when composing adinlrabic
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Position.
DryKilns fitted up on application.
Charges moderate.
T. Stevenson 1
E
T
-THE-
-H-
LEADING UNDERTAKER,
Ci.1NTON".
Anticeptic Embalming Fluid
kept on hand.
My Futieral 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 IIALL.
THOS, STEVENSON.
Clinton Post Office Time Table
Malls aro due for delivery and clone for despatch
at the Clinton Pott Office as follows: -
OLOH.I 1 DUE
Hamilton, Toronto, Strat-
ford, Seaforth, Grand
Trunk east and interme-
diet° offices 0.30 a.m. 2.50 p.m
Toronto, Stratford, Seo -
forth. T. and 8. east12.30 p.m.. 8 a.m
Goderich, Holmeavllle and
Grand Trunk west 2 p.m. 8 a.m
Goderich, 8.40 p.m. 1,15 p.m
°
Hamilton Toronto 48.45 pad. 10.45 a,m
London, 1,,, H. & 1i. south a.m. p.m. a.m. pm
and intermediate odreea•7.30 3.46 10.45 6.40
Blyth, Wingham•, Kincaa
cline, Lucknow, L ,H.8‘13.
north and intermediate a.m. p m. a.m. p.m
offices ....... .. 9.45 6.10 8.15 4.25
Summerhill, Tuesday and
Friday, 6.90 p.m. 6.30 p.m
British mails, Monday, Wed-
neaday, Thursday 0.30 a.m.
Money Orders issued and Deposits received from
one dollar upwards.
Office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m,
Savings Bank and Money Order Office close
at 6.30 pan.
THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster.
Clinton, Aug. 1887. -
Implement Agency,
E. H. SNELL
Having accepted the agency for the Ayr Manutac
turing 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
he will be pleased to receive orders for the
celebrated
STEEL TWINE BINDER
And the NEW HUn4MER MOWER and DAISY
RAKE, A full line of repairs will also be kept in
stock. Prompt attention will be given to all or-
ders, whether by mall or otherwise. Also
PLOWS, STRAW : CUTTERS
Aad all other Farm Implements kept la stock.
E. H. aN'E :1L, CLtN1I'ON.
J.T. WESTCOTT
EXETER, :-: ONTARIO.
Collect Notes and Accounts in any part
of the world at the Mode reasonable rates
C'ORRES °ONDENCE SOL1C17'ED
J T WESTCOTT,
REAL EBTATI AlIENTS, EMNTIR, ONT.
(nOME:
ZSe:
3"<01
°rno.
f1-
850,000 to Loan at 6 per cent.
4s
Why pay others 7, 8, 9 and 10 per
cent, when you can get money from us
at G per c.
First•class loans 5& per cent. Large
loans
per5en
cent.
TERMS made to suit borrower, re-
garding payment and period of loan.
Apply to
FAR.RAN & TISDALL,
BANKERS, CLINTON.
The Molson Bank.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1865.
CAPITAL, $2,000,000.
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAf,,
THOMAS woRK MAIl, . . President.
J. H. R. AIOLSON Vice -Pres.
F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager
Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafs
issued, Sterling and American ex-
c4tage „bought and sold .at lowest
current rates.
Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits,
Money advanced to farmers on their own notes
with one or more endorses, No mortgage re-
quired as surity.
H. C. BREtIER, Manager,
January 186 7. Clinton
Oakes' Exoelsior ORGAN
After the severest teat at the late
fair in Clinton, it was universally ad-
mitted that FOR PERFECT AND EASY
ACTION, BEAUTY OF FINISH, AND SWEET-
NEss or TONE, the EXCELSIOR waa
away ahead of all others, and destined
to be the popular instrument of tho
day. This, along with the fact that a
special prize was awarded it, certainly
speaks volumes for the instruments,
and parties purchasing should see the
EXCELSIOR before buying elsewhere,
GEO'. F. OAIKES, PROPRIETOR.
Factory three doors west of Mttlloy's
Pump Shop, Rattenbury St., Clinton.
J. BIDDLECOMBE.
' Watch & Clock Maker
JEWELLER, rko.,
OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQCAitE, Clinton,
Whore be keeps a select assortment of
Watches Clocks, Jewellery,
Silverware.
Which wo will sell at reasonable rates.
Repairing of every deeoription promptly
attonted to, and all work warranted,
Clinton, Nov. 1881. J, BIDDLECOMBE,
r° IMPOPIA 14T it
IR4,oa, R0$P0i OLD RUBBERS, IRON:ETV ,�
•
o aU tlw l4Pa • ho,. dw sub, li r .
Isar 'year's tweet', si. ,requw'wd to Pas *r%
tllel4 truolt'alter ,t1411.4900•_, �e My uP Heol
calla without atela0 e; 4avieg rasalitO 49000Laiids, as.d, all litre Air MOS Ha_ ,
ties, and will take ail loth Of $r ek; so Nttrs
well as all eatabl 41er toaa, aid Lsras.
JLARTIN,•l'edier, Gunton, Ju11e:14
BENMILLER NURSER,
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREEt
NOl1WA.Y SPRUCE, SCQTCH
AND ASTRACHAN PINE,
ane LATTER or wntea WE RARE ♦ 5PROr1LTY.
LARGE 'STOCK 0]!T' HAND.,.
The aboyo ornamental trees and shrubbery wil
be sold at very low prices, and those waptia,
anything in this connection will aave atone
purchasing here.
•
Orders by Mail will be promptly attend
ed to. Address,
JOHN STEWART. Benmlller. .fit
THE MERCHANTS'
Protective & Colldcting Association
-'OF CANADA
OlNce, Hamilton, Out.
Emotional" 1884.
Is an Association of Wetness and professional
men, having for ice object the
COLLECTION OF DEBTS;
And to prevent rtenot members making bad debts
by furnishing them with lista of parties who is
pay,
Merchants and others having accounts to collect
andwlahing to become members, by remitting
47 to our Managers, Hamilton, Ont., will receive
by return mail, full particulars, eertifeette,
of membership, go.
J.B.IRZILLB & Co., Managers, Hamilton,
Or to JAs.THoltrSON, Agent, Clinton.
CLINTON
FLOUR & FEED STORE
The subscriber having bought out the baa •
tuess of Mr Jas Steep, will continue oho
same in all its branches, and by close
attention to thewanta of his euatomers,and
courteous treatment to all, he hopes to
merit and receive a share of public patron-
age. He will keep in stook
Roller Flour, Graham Flour, Oatmeal,
rolled and granulated, Barleymeal, Cora -
meal, Ooaree and fine, Cranked Wheat,
Rolled Whea,tFarina Wheat, Pot Barley,
Split Peas, Buckwheat Flour,
deo., &o.
ALL everything DS OPuaually kept in HOPPED a $ED ea ,s
store. ram Produce taken in exchange.
Goods delivered anywhere in town. Prices
the very lowest
ROBERT FITZSIMONS.
A. A. Bennett
-THE LEADING-
rogr�i vino
EMBALMER
A`cf Clinton.
The BEST of EGYPTIAN
FLUIDS used in EMBALMING
A large assortment of et erything
in the Unc'lertaking line.
Red Rocker Store, Clinton.
RESIDENCE, ORANGE ST.,
NEAR 'METHODIST CHURCH
Londesboro Roller dills
After being thoroughly overhauled and re -fitted
with NEW MACHINERY of the most approved
kinorder, and withese ll snot -be surpasseds are now in the qualityid ilof
tke work done, by any mill in the country.
Special Attention givren to GRESTiNiG,
CROPPING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE,
Satisfaction guaranteed. Parties wanting aay-
thingwhateve• in this line will find It to their
interest to give us a call.
E. HUBER, Proprietor.
HURON AND BRUCE
Loan & Investment Coy
This Company ie Loaning Money o,
Farm Security at Lowest Rates of
Interest,
MORTGAGES - : - PURCHASET
SAVINGS BANK BRANCH.
3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allow&J
on Deposits,accorcling to amount
• and time left.
OFFi'
CI•Ile
C int
Market
arynareand"Nortk St
HORACE MORTON,
MANAGER,
GOderich, August Mb 148E
Fire Xnauxse oea
Ml kinds of property insured at lowest tariff
rates. First-class companies,
M1 TO ICKETS VIA N. W. T. CO. LINE BOATS
ALSO by alil rraiPEpsore a GRAND TRUNLL LAKE K
and CANADA PACIFIC to any point on that
line, Winnipeg, Brandon, &c. Dakota,llansas,
or any point reached by rail, local or foreign.
Coate and ace me before you buy tickets any-
where.
J. 'fIiO.11['SON, Clinton.
OLIN FON �..
Planing Mill
-AND--
DRY KILN-
•
rims SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST ggCOM,
5ith machinery of the Tritest MIER and furnished imp1troveis new Platin
i tpatterns
is now prepared to attend to all orders in his
line in the must prompt and satisfactory manner
and at reasonable rates. He would also return
thanks to all who patronizedth°old firm before
they wero burned out, and now being in a bet
for position to execut eordsre expeditionaly-
feels confident he san grit/ satisfaction to all.
FACTORY -Near the Grand Trunk
Railway, Clinton.
THOMAS McI ENZiF-