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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton New Era, 1887-11-25, Page 2itiDATA $QVIVI4134120, 1617.7 * 'he glop Boys. BY W. r. aiguale.„ VQNTbWD And witen I replied that I accept - the whole respensibility and glo- ied in, it, she fairly loet her teniper thing that was not usual with lee -declaring that that only ebow- 4 what an empty-headed, conceited diet was. You think yourself so dee that you must needs have a toger in everyone's business. hoUld very much like to know ?hens you flatter yourself that you ttita benefittedThis time. Net your .riencl, Jim Leigh, at all events; for, lark my words, 31t Beauchamp will straight off and propose to Mil- ted now. I need not tell you that lie will accept him. For all het emure airs, she knows the vulue of lerge income as well as anybody. for me, you have certainly done ie• an ill turn, if that is any satias etion to you -which I suppose it For the last five or six years I i,ve shown you evet•y possible civili• I have had you to dinner again tel again when you bored -nae to ath and I have introduced you to Jots of good houses which you iow very well that you would iver have entered but for me.- atnrally, therefore, you hate me. ,tby you should hate Bracknell I ' el% know; but you have very ef- 'Aually ruined him. Alfred Beau - amp's marriage means bankruptcy lim-neither more nor less than at. must have been very angry .-use such candor. You aduait then, r Lady Bracknell, I observed, 'at your purpose was to impeove o family prospects by getting Al - id Beau -champ killed out of the admit no such thing, she re- rned, and I defy you to produce te atom of proof that I wanted him , --'fight M. de Vieuzac. I will ad - it that I flirted with him.. If that iocks you, you are welcome to be iocked. It don't shook Bracknell, ho knew quite well what I was Ang and why I did it. That much A 3 vouldn't deny last night, iu spite all his raving and storming. Did be rave and storm 7 I in - aired with interest. Yes, be did. He said such abotni- able things to me that I have very teat doubts as to whether I will Mtinue to live with him. You will wait, I presume, said I, ntil you'see whether there is any [lance of his having anything to live pon. s Why this remark should have ex- speratecl her I cannot tell; possibly °cause it expressed nothing more nun -the si ru ple truth.: - • At - all - ventse she -turned upon me quite tiously. •You think it is safe to suit me, do you 7 she cried. You 111 find yout•self mistaken. T have Very good memory, and I am not kel3reto'' Target what I owe you. he day will come when you will e sorry for having meddled with e. '-That day may come; but it has 'ot Come yet, and I am still unre- entant. Lbelieve. I am one -of the ary few people who caw boast of eying put Lady Bracknell into a tosion. • She and her husband dreve to the alma together, but, as I under, tood, parted there; her ladyship 'akiegs for another country house, which she had been invited,while ,racknell went , up to London. hither I also betook myself on the •'Hewing day; and there, shortly fterward, I received a letter from other, in which I was begged to n down and see br. , I am. feeling uneasy about our ends at Staines Court, she wrote, d should be very glad in have a ttla talk with 3 ou. The young an Beauchamp has arrived. I fear, lt am not sure, that he has come r the purpose of renewing his most nweloome attedtions. • How this bad behaviour of the Ong man Beaucheropyeae "" be.. ecked by My advent upon the ene did net appear; but •of course hastened to obey my mother's sum - ons, and on reaching my journey's d whom should I find waiting for e upon the platform but Jim Leigh. e said he had heard that I was pected by that train, and had ought he would come down and eet me,which vaas highly flattering. I have got the dog cart here, he • ded, so that I can drop you at the •use, if ,you like; but don't you ink a walk would do you good, ter being shut up in that stuffy ilway carriage I The cart can 'ke your traps on for you. It was not exactly pleasant we- er,' for walking, the roads and nes being deep in mud, and a gusty ind having been blowing all day om the northwest, with occasional •(ewers of cold rain which setomed kely to be succeededby snow; but as was evident that Jim had a great al to say to me, I would not balk im of his purpose. The upshot of what he had to say as that he had bon unable to•re- ain from avowing his love to Lady. ildred, and that, to his unutter- le joy, he had discovered that his ve was returned. She had, bow- er,, declared most positively that 0, considered herself bound in bon - .to carry out her fath.er's wishes, ould it be in her power to do so, d I gathered that the only thing hich had hitherto kept this luck - ss pair front breaking their hearts at; a comfortable conviction that ter all, this would not be in her 'Wen Even Lord Staines -who, accordance with the intention 1 that lie had expreseed to MO; had remoestratedArinlY.1..4uk kialdlY with claughter-e-had acknowledged that- there no known lilett/54 of marrying a man *Ito won't ask you to marry him, And I realty believe. added, Jim, that if Beauchanap bed distinctly refused to come forward, be wouldn't have had any serious objection to me. In other words, if he oan't get £O,000 a year, he will be gracious- ly please() to put up with a sixth of that sum, I observed. Well, it isn't only a question of income; thete's the debt that I told you about. However, Beauchamp has come forward at last, andmI con- fess to you frankly, Harry, that I am at my wit's end. I don't see my way at all. Has Beauchamp pt•oposed ? I in- quit•ed. Not yet; but he may do it any day. In fact, it is quite certain that he has come here -in order to do it. He wrote to Lady Mildred, offering ! himself fel' a week, which he would hardly have done, unless he want business. From what be has let fall, I suspect he has had a quarrel with Lady Bracknell, and has de- ' cided to cut himself off from her. Old Staines is as pleased as Punch ; he looks upon the thing as settled. Harry, what the deuce am I to de 7 Don't you think, I suggested, that s under ell ch•cumstances, Lady Mil- dred might be youribest adviser? But be shook his head despond- evtly. She has made up her mind, he an.aw_ered ; she has no doubt at all as to what her duty is; she is ready to sacrifice herself for the sake of her family. But ant I to stand quietly looking on while this. sacri- fice is cartied out 7 That is the question. Obviously, I said at length, either the family or Lady 31ildred inust be sacrificed, and, all chings consid- dred, think the family ought to go to the wall. . But she won't consent to that, answered Jitostnefully. Exactly so; and therefore I don't see what course is open to you, ex- cept to stand, and look on. Have you thought of any alternative plan? None, he replied, disconsolately. I was in hopes that you, who are so much sharper than I am, might be able to suggest something. I was gratified by the compli- ment, but conscious of my inability to, show myself worthy of it. Cer- tainly I could have devised several excellent schemes, but in order to work them it would have been es- sential to obtain Lady Mildred's ac- quiescence. What was to be done, so long as the victim obstinately re- fused to raise her head from the bleck.7 However, not to discour- Ewe my unfortunate friend more than was necessary, 1 promised him a -think' iliterit it) a.• ' over very carefully; and, either because drowning men will clutch at straws or because he had really misplaced confidence in my abilities, this as- surance seethed to comfort him a great deal. .At my own gate, where he found his doe cart waiting, he bade me good by. I shall look you up to- morrow afternoon, old chap, said he. By that time, I'll, be bound to say, you'll have hit upon some idea. In which over -sanguine anticipation he drove away. And now it was that my dear mother showed the spirited stuff of which -she is made. Not a 'Word would she listen to of my sober re- presentations ait to the 'danger of in- termeddling with our neighbors af- fairs, and when I was shabby enough to quote her against herself, remind- ing her that these things were or- dered for us, and that all doubt- less for the best, though we, with our limited intelligence, might nut be able to see it, she became quite angty. Another time, said she, I will show you the folly and wickedness of such talk. For the present it is enqugh to say that I will- not have my poor Mildred married to a man whom she detests, in payment of anybody's debts. -1-d-ant-tiritek-slia-deTella Min, answered, but let that pass. How are you going t� prevent her from beiog handed over to him ? Thereupon, to my utter amaze- ment, she coolly Wormed me that she intended to go up to Staines Court and beard the new Agamem- non in his den. As she bad not been outside the limits of our own garden for a matter of twenty years, and as the only conveyance that we possessed is a two -wheeled pony cart, it may be imagined howthis proposi- tion took my breath away. Lord Staines, she went on, with a smile,• is too feeble to leave the house. The mountain will not come to Mohammed, so Mohammed must go to the mountain. I shall write and ask Mm to send a carriage for me, and you must hoist me into it somehow. This proposed borrowing of the enemy's transport in order to reach the battlefield was a stroke of hu - mot which I appreciated, but I could not, of course, sanction it. It was not, however, until I had assur- ed my mother that she should only leave the house over my prostrate body that the yielded, with a very bad grace, saying: So be it, then; but please to understand, Henry, that I see my duty plainly marked out for me, and that I shall -not be deterred frorn doing it. You must bring this Mr Beauchamp to call upon me. When my mother addressee me as Henry, it means that she is in ne mood to be trifled with. Accord- ingly I walked over to Staines Couri the next morning, asked for I3eauchamp, told him what a plea- iAare it was t� meet him again (a, 1 ment at the; time and forbear mak, pletiattrain which he did not appeari ing any now ; bat 1 Will say for illy to pertleipate), and mentiened that my water; who. 4v04 hard IVA was Most anxietts to make hi a acquain- tance. He -was a polite young man; and though evidently much surpris- ed by this sudden developroent of friendliness on my part, he made no difficulty about returning home with ale. My mother received him in that bright little upstairs sitting room where so much of her life has been spent, and about which there always cliugs a faint, old-fashioned smell of potpourri. She is a very beautiful, refined looking old lady, and it is my belief that she is perfectly aware of the fact. I noticed that she was weaaing a little of the treasured Mechlin lace which belonged to her great grand -mother, and as soon as see opened her lips t perceived that she had put on her very best man- ner, which, like the lace, is only as- sumed upon occasions of importance. She made me place a chair for Beauchamp beside her sofa, and stniled graciously upon him over the top of a large fan, which she swayed gently to and fro whileshe spoke. It is very good of you, sir, she be- gan, to visit a bed -ridden old woman, whose conversation can have few attractions for you. Indeed, I hduld not have ventured to put you to so much inconvenience, had I not had a special motive for doing so. I suppose Beauchamp had never heard anything like this before in all his days. He was quite tunic customed to being called 'sir' and condescended to, and it evidently flustered him. Oh, but you really know, Mrs_ Maynard -upon my word delight- ed, I'm sure ! said he, with all the graceful eloquence of the age.. You are so kind, renamed my ruother, suavely, as to say so, but I must not flatter myself that your resenee here is due to any other cause than to courtesy, which, as I have always, understood, is natural to you. She went on in this strain for some little time, gradually working up to her point, and anything fun- nier in its way than the contrast which she presented to her bewil- dered interlocutor I have seldom witnessed. At length she shut up her fan with a snap, exclaiming more in sorrow than in anger: And can what I hear be true, Mr Beauchamp Can it be that you, a gentleman and a man of honor, are not only forcing yout attentions up- on a lady to whom they are distaste- ful, but that you have actually made her acceptance of your hand the subject of a pecuniary bargain with her father? -11e-assured.lier ...earnestly that it was not true; she had been misin- formed. Nothing would induce him to force his attentions upon any -- body who -who -in short, who did not want them.' And as for a bar- gain, there never really was any bar gain at all -at least not in the way that you mean -there was not, in- deed I'm sure I shall be only too happy to oblige you, Mrs Maynard, if you'll tell me what you wish me to do, and - if you won't be -excuse me -quite so awfully polite about it. Thus adjured, my mother con- sented to unbend and make her meaning plain.' Without mention- ing Jim's name, she -crave it to be understood that Lady7Mildred's af- fections were engaged.; after which, she discreetly insinuated that al- though, under such circumstances, Mr Beauchamp ,must feel that it would be out of the question to take advantage of her filial submissive- ness, yet, in some ways, too abrupt a withdrawal on his 'part was to be deprecated. Lord Staines, said she, is an old man and -in broken health. From what the doctor tells we, I fear that he may not be with us much longer. and we should all wish to spare Mw, if possible, the shock of a sud- den disappointment. .broke in Beauchamp, with a knowing nod. After what you've told me, I wouldn't for the world' marry poor little Mildred. In fact, to tell the truth, I never was very keen about it. And weIl1 manage to humbug the old boy as long as he lives. My mother drew herself up and looked severe. You surprise me, Mr Beauchamp, she said. Surely" you do not suppose that I am ad- vising a course of deception! Here I judged it opportune to put in my oar. Nobody, quoth I, from the background, 'could suppose any- thing so unwarrantable. You will not be called upon to use deception, my dear Beauchamp, only a little diplomacy, a little tact. Harry, said my mother, I am quite ashamed of being so trouble- some, but would you mind going down stairs and seeing. whether my knitting is in the library? If it is not there it may perhaps be on one of the chairs in the drawing room. Or possibly it may have become en- tangled in Sarah's skirts, as it some- times does, and been swept down into the kitchen. At any rate, I feel sure that it must be somewhere. If there is one thing for which I am more remarkable than for my humility I suppose it is my obedi- ence. I was absent for exaotly five and- twenty minutes, and when CAM back to say that the knitting was nowhere to be found, I was not at all surprised to find my mother tranquilly occupied with it, nor was there any need to inform me that the two conspirators had arrived at a perfect mutual understanding. Upon the morality of the compact thus entered into I made no corn - mot et that she had the graceto fed, thoroughly ashanied 0 horaolf, at; was shown by the shortnees of her manner during the rot of th.e day, and by the vindictive deteinii- nation with whioh she hisisted upon reading a long serrxton to, me and the servants that evening after prayer, although it was the middle of the week. Cl/ATTER X.VII. If I were asked to mention the man of my acquaintance whom I consider the least fitted, by nature and by habit, to impose upon a child of average acuteness, I should un hesitatingly name Jim Leigh. Yet such is the power of love, and so prone are the beet of us to listen to casuistical arguments, that be em- barked upon the careet of duplicity suggestel to hirn by his friends with a readiness, not to say a zest, of which ho ought certainly to have been incapable. That be and Lady Mildred and Beauchamp were actu- ated by the -best of good motives in behaving as they did I don't ;deny; but, as a more or loss impartial looker on, I felt my sympathies veer- ing round, while I watched them, ti the side of the unsuspecting old man, who was so completely taken in by their maneuvers. Lord Staines, I believe, looked upon his daughter's engagement as being to all intents and purposes an accomplished fact. He saw that she walked or rode every day with her supposed lover; be did not know that as soon as they were out of sight of the house they were joined by Jim, and that Beauchamp then promptly hurried away to smoke a cigar with me, thereby interfering considerably with my daily labors. He seemed to be satisfied that all would now go well ; but in truth the apathy which had fallen upon him after his grandson's death was hardly to be stirred by any event, great or small. One event, for which he, and in- deed all London, must have been fully prepared, took place at this time, and created no little excite- ment in the neighborhood ; for we do not study the 'society' journals much in our parts, nor does the gos- sip of the clubs reach us. I say that the financial collapse of the Brack- nell establishment can have surpris- ed no one who had lived in or near the fashionable world during the foregoing year or so; yet, if her statement was to be believed, it fell with all the cruelty of an unexpect- ed blow upon the person who, one would have thought, should have been best aware of its imminence. Late one evening Hilda, bringing with her a stupendous pile of bag- gage, arrived at Staines Court to cast herself, somewhat dramatically, 'upon -the- protection of -the -head of the hotise. I happened to be dining there and witnessed her entry upon the scene, which was of a nature to melt the hardest heart. In a voice broken by emotion she told her la- mentable tale. She had, so she as- sured us, no longer a home; per- haps even she had no longer a hus- band ; for to Bracknell's wherea- bouts she was unable to obtain any claw. On her return to Wilton place, after paying a round of visits, she had found the minions of the law in possession, and her personal prop.erty seized. They have taken everything -everything ! she cried. Even my Blble and prayer book are in their hands! At this an unfeeling member of her audience laughed; but she treat- ed this interruption with the con- tempt that it deserved, and went on to enlarge upon the pitiable plight in which she found herself. She had nothing left but the clothes she stood up in -,those and ft few others which she had taken with her to the country. Not a word of warning, not a single direction or suggestion had been vouchsafed to her. After being neglected for years, she was finally abandoned! And now s Concluded, in a tragic tone, wIra't am I to del I should think, answered Lord Staines, rather peevishly, you had better go and wash your bands and face, and then have some dinner. The advice was more practical than sympathetic,. but such as it was she acted upon it. She may have had some fear that her father - in law would recommend her to go straight to the rectory (which was certainly 'what I should have done in his place), and no doubt she pre-. ferred remaining where she was to seeking that refuge. Staines Court is a large house, but one of its temporary inmates decided without delay that it was not large enough to contain him and Lady Bracknell at the same time. I shall be off the first thing to -mor- row morning, Beaushamp informed me in confidence, after he had beat a precipitate retreat from the draw- ing room, taking me with him. Called away on urgent business, don't you know. That wednan has brass enough for anything, but I'll be hanged if I can trust myself to speak to her. Beauchamp, who, as I have al, ready mentioned, had 1.atterly favor- ed me with a good deal of his com- pany, had, in the course of our con- versations, taken occasion to express his opinion of Lady Bracknell in the most unequivocal terms. There is no iconoclast so ruthless as an ox - devotee; and, indeed, it must be very unpleamant to (Hoover that a woman whom you have been dis- posed to worship has not only made a fool of you, but done her best to rob and murder you into the bargain. TO BE CONTINUED. Whoa AeltPree tack wigayeater (*Aiwa, . Walinehe settee PlUthelteettottrer Ceettales nen ette 04,94140.1AM ehe clog to Coto**, Who ehe hid 014,14en, oh* eve them, Oeetighs geolegotouhl awl other eartIO MANNING & SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, CONVEYANCERS, &C. Commissioners for Ontario and Manitoba. OFFICE Nuicr Dooa TO NEW ERA, CLINTON 11 ONE Y TO LOA.N. MORTGAGES ITA- Bought. Private Funds. 0 RIDOUT, Moe over J Jackson's Store, Clinton. ltfARRIAGE LICENSES. - APPLY TO Ill- the, undersigned at the Library Rooms, JAMES SCOTT, Clinton. IT RS W Hirt -TEA ' 'HER OF DI US 10, Residence at Mrs R. H. Reid's, corner of Huron and Orange Streets. • ----- MONEY TO LEND IN LARGE OR 131 Small sums on good mortgage security, moderate rate of interest. H HALE,Clintou TAR APPLETON-OFFICE- AT RESI- DENCE on On tarto street, Clinton, op- posito English Church. Entrance by side gate. T.j- B. PROUDFOOT, CIVIL ENGINEER, -1-1- Provincial and Down; imuLand Survey- or, Architect anti Draughtsman, PERRIN Buick, Clinton. IFIR REEVE, -OFFICE, RATTENBURY Si, Murray Block, two doors east of Hodgens' entrance. Residence opposite S. Army Barracks, Huron St, Clinton. Moe hours, 8 a m to 6 p 1 AMES HOWSON, LICENSED Alle- le-, riofiEria fur Me 00Huty of Huron. Sales attended any where in the county, at rea- sonable rates. Residence Albert Street Clinton. STANBURY, GRADUATE OF THE Medical Department of Victoria Uni- yet sity, Toronto, formerly of the Hospitals aud Dispensaries, New York, Coroner for the County of Huron, Bayfield, Out. 1..? W. WILLIAMS, 13. A., M. D., GRADU- Jut, ATE of Toronto University; member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Out. OFFICE S& RESIDENCE the house for- merly occupied by Dr Reeve, Albert Street Clinton. TAR WORTHINGTON, - PHYSICIAN, J.., Surgeon, Accoucher, Licentiate of the College of Physicians, and Surgeons of Lower Canada, and Provincial Licentiate aud Coroner for the County of Huron. Of- fice and resulence,-The building formerly occupied by Mr Thwaltes, Huron Street. Clinton, Jan, 10,1811. 1LINTON MEOHANIC'S INSTITUTE, V Library and Reading Rooms, Perrin block. down stairs. About 1,700 volumes In the Library and all the Leading News papers and Periodicals of the day on tlu table. Membership ticket $1 per annum. Open from 2 to is p m., and from 7 to 9 p. in. Applications for membership received by the Librarian in the room. MONEY MONEY I MONEY! We can make a few good loans from private funds at low rates and moderate expense. Terms made to suit borrowers. MANNING & SCOTT, - - Clintzni DENTIST, • • COATS BLOCK. )121rKEEFER...gff CHARGES MODERATE. • CLINTON. UNION SHAVING PARLOR. SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING AND SHAM- POOING done very neat aud to suit every person. " JOHN EADESV ' ' Sinitli•SBIddlt; BIBLES & TESTAMENTS AT COST The Clinton Braneh Biblo Society have for sale at DR WORTHINGTON'S DRUG STORE, Albert Street.,a tine assortment of Bibles and Testaments. 'TESTAMENTS FROM Sots. UPWARDS Instals FROM SSOLS UPWARDS. COME AND SEE. DR WORTHINGTON, De- pository. J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST -- Holds-the exclusive right for the county for the Hurd process' of administering chemi- cally pure Nitrogen Monoxide'which is the safest and best system yet. discovered for the painless extraction of teeth. Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Office, ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, over Rance's Tailor Shop, Huron Street, Clinton. . NEW ERA BAKERY. The subscriber would hatimate to the people of Clinton that he has bought out the baking business lately carried on by Mr. Dunlop, and R ill continue the same at the old stand. Ho has had a loug prac- tical experience, and by giviirg 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 Cakes and Confectionery always onh d Ice Cream suplied for parties. J R E "ANS. S. WILSON, GENERAL DEALER IN TINWARE. HURON STREET, CLINTON. Repairng• of all kinds promptly attended to al reasonable rates. A trial solicited. R013ERT DOWNS, CLINTON, Manufacturer and Proprietor for the best Saw Mitt Dog in use. Agent for the sale and Filtration of the IlarPISHER PATENT AUTOMATIC BOILER CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and applied on shsrt notice, Boilers. Engines, and all kinds of Machinery repaired expeditiously and in is satisfactory manner. Farm implements manufactured and repaired. Steam and Water Pipes furnished and put 111 position. Dry Kilns fitted up on application . Charges moderate. T. Steven songl - T H E - LEADING UNDERTAKER LAI. 1N rr 0 INT. Anticeptio 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 embalnlibg. MIS M BBB THE PLACE, OPPOSITE THE TOWN HALL. THOS, STEVENSON. dommlona, Clinton Post Office Time Table Mails aro d,ue for delivery and close for despatch at the Clinton Post Office as follows :- - - - cLoist 1 DUE Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Seaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme- diate offices Toronto, Stratford, Sea,- forth, T. and S. east Goderich, Holmosvillo and Grand Trunk west Goderich. Hamilton, Toronto, London, L., H. & B. south and intermediate offices Blyth. Wingharn, Kincar- dine, Luoknow, L ,If.&B. north and intermediate am. p in. a.m. p.m offices ----------------9.45 6.10 8.15 4.25 Summerhluesdy and Friday, 5.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m British mails, Monday,Wed- nesday, Thursday 6.30 a m Money Orders issued and Deposits received from one dollar upwards. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Savings 'Blink and Money Order Office close at 6,30 p.m. THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster. Clinton, Aug. 1887. 6.30 a.m. 2.50 p.m 12.30 p.m. 8 a.in 2 p.m. 8 aan 8.40 p.m. 1.15 p.m 3.45 p.m. 10.45 a,m a.m. p.xn. a.ro. p.m 7.30 3.45 10.45 6.40 Implement- Agency, E. H. -SNELL Having accepted the agency for the Ayr Manufac turing Co., (Watson's) will open out an office itt the premises lately occupied by Mr Gauley.Albert Street, Clinton, nearly opposite Fair's Mill, when ho will be pleased to receive orders fur the celebrated STEEL. TWINE BINDER And the NEW HUMMER MOWER and DAISY RAKE, A full line of repairs will also he kept in stock. Prompt attention will be given to all or- ders, whether by mail or otherwise. Also PLOWS, ; STRAW : CUTTERS And all other Farm Implements kept stock. M. 3-2. 01\73L -Ta CLINTON. J.T. WESTCOTT EXETER, :•; ONTA RIO. Collect Notes and Accounts in any part of the world at the 91108e reasonable rates CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED J T WESTOOTT, REAL gSTATE AGENTS, EXETER, ONT. ,0V ,Sna z31e; zsw: 3<og oinco $50,000 to Loan at 6 per Hill. Why pay others 7, 8, 9 • and 10 per cent, when you can get tunney from us at 6 per c. Firet•class loans 5i per cent. Large loans 5 per cent. TERMS made to suit borrower, re- garding payment and period of loan. Apply to FARRAN & TISDALL, BANKERS, CLINTON. The Molson Bank. Incorporated by Act of 'Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL, •- $2,000,000. es_ HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL, THOMAS WORKMAN, President. J. H. R. lifOLSON Vice -Pres. P. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager Notes discounted, Collections matle,Drafs issued, Sterling and American ex- clitinge bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits. A.RM MOIRA' . Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with ono or more endorsers. No mortgage re- quired as surlty. H. C. BREW -ER, Manager, January 1887. Clinton Nies' Excolsior ORGA After the severest test at the late fair in Clinton, it 'was universally ad- mitted that FOR PERFECT AND EASY ACTION, BEAUTY OF F/NISII, AND SWEET- NESS Or TONE, the EXCELSIOR was 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 Exont.sios before buying elsewhere. C1E0. F. OAKES, PROPRIETOR. Factory three doors west of Mulloy's Pump Shop, Rattenbury St., Clinton. J. BIDDLECOMBE. IT717.7,7.CS.471., Watch & Clock taker JEWELLER, cto., OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQUARE, Clinton, Where he keeps a Select aSsortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Silverware. Which wo will sell at reasonable rates. Repairing 01 every description promptly attentea to, and ail work warranted. J, IIIDDLECOSIBE, Clinton, Nov. 1882. PCIR *AST NOTICE pAgoi BONES, 014P RUBBERS, ;ROT ETO., 4w -To sill this concerns. Those due, subset:the; laat year's 1100004s, aree evil-100Pa to- Preseei WA; truck After Obi netice. to oe, eratet es eSns, without presser. li,whig kiesn Imo* the illootor's bode, need all dues, to meet liablli, 610, and will take este of truck to settle. as well as all eatablea for scui apd bone. Wit MAllTIN, Pedlar. Clinton. ,rusw) 14, xon'. .)( BENMILLER NURSERY FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE! NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE. THE LATTER OF MUCH WE MAKE A SPEO14.LTT. .......-- LARGE STOCK ON HAD.(' ii • The ftbOye ornamental trees and shrpbbery wi be sold at very low prices, and those vvautin, anything in this connection will save moue. purchasing here. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benmiller. THE MERCHANTS' Protective & Collecting Association . -011' CANADA °Rice, Hamilton, Ont. ESTABLISHED 1884. Is an Association of business and professional men, having for its object the COLLECTION OF DEBTS; And to prevent its members making bad debts by furnishing them with lista of parties who do not pay. Merchants and others having accounts to collect andwishing to become members, by remitting 47 to our Managers, Hamilton, Ont., will receive by return mail, full particulars, certificate of membership, &c. J.B.MILLS & Co., Managers, Hamilton. Or to JAS. THOA1PSON, Agent, Clinton CLINTON FLOUR & FEED STORE The subscriber having bought out7the bus • Bless of Mr Jas Steep, will oontinue. the same in all Its branches, and by close attention to thewants of his customemarid courteous treatment to all, he hopes to tuerit and receive a share of public -patron- age. He will keep in stock Roller Flour, Graham Floor, Oatmeal, rolled and granulated, Barleymeal, Corn- meal, coarse and fine, Cracked Wheat, Rolled Whea,tFarina Wheat, Pot Barley, Split Peas, Buckwheat Flour, &o., &o. ALL HINDS OF CHOPPED FEED and everything usually kept in a first-class store. Farm Produee taken in exchange. Goods delivered anywhere in town. Prices the very lowest ROBERT FITZSIMONS. A. A, Bennett' • -THE LEADING - MIL DENT - ANI): - E BALM Of Clinton. The BEST of EGYPTIAN FLUIDS used in EMBALMING A large assortment of evezy thing in the Undertaking line. Red Rocker Store, Clinton. RESIDENCE, -ORANGE ST., NEAR 'METHODIST CFIURCH [officio Rollo? Vills - ' 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 GRISTING, • CHOPPING DONE OW SHORT NOTICE. Satisfaction guaranteed. Parties wanting any- thingwhatever in this line will find it to their interest to give Ui a call. E. HUBER, Proprietor, HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company is Loaning Money or Farm Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. __ MORTGAGES : - PURCHASEI SAVINGS BY -NK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposits,according to amount and time left. OFFICE -Corner of Market Square and North Si HORACE HORTON, MANAGER. Goderich, August Mb 1885 Fire Xneurance. All kinds of property insured at lowest tariff rates. First-class companies, MICIETS VIA N. W. T. CO. LINE BOATS A. TO WINNIPEG AND ALL LAKE POINTS, ALSO by all rail lines over the GRAND TRUNK and CANADA PACIFIC to any point on that line, Winnipeg, Brandon, Sce., Dakota, Kansas, or any point reached by rail, local or foreign. Como and see me before you buy tickets any. '0 where, J. THOMPSON, Clinton. 1...IN-r0 1sT Planing Mill - A N D--- DRIt KILN"' firlIIE SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST COM, mimeo and furnished his new Planing Aill with machinery of the latest improved patterns is now prepared to attend to all orders in his lino in t110 trinflt prompt and satisfactory manner and at reasonable rates. HO WOUld DUO TOtIWR thanks to all who patronizedthe old firm before they were burned out, and now being in a bet ter position to exacta orders expeditiously - feels confident ke tan ill, satisfaction to all. FACTORY -Near ate Grand Trunk Railway, Clinton. THOMAS McsiCEINZell