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The Earth Trembled.
DY E. P.P. ROE.
Autber of " f3s Fell in Love with his
Wile," " Opening a Chestnut
Barr," etc.
CONTINUED.
" I think not. My father is not
so Stern as he seems. At least he
iv not stern to rue, and he has let
me spend more money than my
neck's worth. I. fancy he is well
disposed towards Captain Bodine,
for he has given him employment.
I asked ,the old gentleman about it
one day, but he changed the subject.
He wouldn't have employed the
captain, however, unless he was in-
terested in him some way."
" Why wouldn't he I"
" Oh, well, he naturally prefers
to have Northerners about him."
" Will you permit me to be a
little mole frank than I have been?"
" I supposed you 'were going to
bo altogether frank."
" For fear of hurting your feel-,
ing& I have not been. Your father
is not friendly to us, and we recip-
rocate. This makes it harder for
you."Houghton thought in silence for
a few moments, and then said, "You
should make allowance for an old
man, half heart -broken by the death
of his oldest son, drowned in the
bay there."
" I do ; so would others, if he
were not vindictive, if he did not
use his great financial strength
against us."
" I don't think he does, this cer-
tainly not to my, knowledge. He
only seeks to make all he can, like
other business men."
" Mr Houghton, you haven't been
very much in Charleston. Even
your vacations have been spent
mainly elsewhere, I think, and your
mind has been occupied with your
studies. and your athletics. You'
are more familiar with Greek and
Roman history than with ours, and
you cannot understand the feelings
of persons lik e Captain Bodine and
his cousin, old Mrs Bodine, who
passed through the agony of the war,
and nearly lost everything, kindred,
property and what they call liberty.
You cannot understand your own
father, who lost his son. Yeti think
of the present and future." •
-Houghton again sighed deeply as
ho said, "I admit the force of all
you say. I certainly cannot feel as
they do, nor perhaps understand
them." Then he added, "I wouldn't
if I could. Why should I tie the
' mill•stone of the Lr about } st a o1 t my
neck."
"You should not do so; but you
must make allowance for those to
whom that past is more than the
present or future c in be." . '
"Why can't they forgive and for-
get, as far as possible, as you do."
"Because people are differently
constituted. Besides, young man,I
am not old enough to be your grand-
mother. I was very young at the
time' of the war, and have not suf-
• fered as have others." .
"Grandmother, indeed. I should
think that Mr Willoughby would
fall inlove with you every day."
"The great passion has a rather
prominent place in your thoughts
just n'ow, Some day you will. be
like Mr Willoughby, and cotton,
stocks, or their equivalents,will take
a very large share of your thoughts."
"Well, that day hasn't come yet.
Even the wise man said there was
a time for all things. How long
rplst my probation last before I can
come back for more advice ?"
"A week, at least."
"Phew i"
"You must think it all over, as I
said before,ealmly and conscientous-
ly. I have tried to enable you to
see the subject on all its sides, and I
tell you again that you may find just
as much opposition from your father
as Captain Bxdine. He may have
Afferent plans for you. Ella Bodine
has nothing but her own good heart
to give you,supposing you were able
to persuade her to give that much."
"That would enrich me forever."
"Your father 'wouldn't see it in
that light. He may call her that
designing little 'baker."
"I hope he won't, for God's sake.
I never said a hot word to my fa-
ther."
"Never du then. If you lose your
temper all is lost. But we are an-
ticipating.
tinfi Sober, second thoughts
N
may 'lead you to save yourself and
others a world of trouble.''
"Oh ! I've had second thoughts
before. Good-bye. At this hour
one week hence ;" and he shook
hands heartily.
A moment later lie came rushing
hack from the hall, exclaiming,
"There., See, what a blunderbus 1
am ! I forgot to thank you, which'
I do with all my heart."
"Ah," sighed the mature woman,
as her guest fina`iv departed, "1'd
take all his pair s for the possibilities
of hiijoys."
Ella haul not been mistaken in
thinking that she detected a trace
of recklessness in Clancy's manner.
He hail been compelled to believe
that Mara was in truth lost to him;
that her will and pride would prove
stronger titan her heart. Indeed,he
went so far as to believe that her
heart, as far as lie was concerned,was
not giving her very much trouble.
"I fear she has become so morbid
and warped by the malign influences
that have surrounded her from in-
fancy," he had thought, "that she
cannot love as I love. My best hope
now is that when Bodine begins to
show his game more clearly,she will
remember my words. It's horrible
to think that she may develop into
a erQmaU Mice x1311101ttir. iTgtil!I'O► W much ooutraat With tip worlkt.
that lit seemed to her that it would
id n fort. to reg
via h ...
be n, .5- . 4ltf.,1# he, �.
Ord, . iw�s 'the batt Of even the,.
ga.. ,
innocent ridicule of which he was
capable. Vet in all her perplexity
and trouble there was a confused
exhilaration and a glad sense of
power.
"To think that I, little Ella Bo-
dine, a baker by trade," she thought
"should have inspired that big fel-
low to talk as he did ! He is apol-
ogy embodied, and seems far more
afraid of me than he was of that
great bully on the street." And she
bent her head to conceal a laugh of
exultation.
Oat e•,veptag I }lave always behoved,
o
they II!l� t3 '0W000, W tna0.7 -.eu ul
ilnprieentd in her boom, bat ROW I
don't,) naw what to *la. I'll 'go
off to the mountains on the ptutenee
of a'fiobibg excursion, and get my
balance again.
The following morning had been
spent in preparations, and the after-
noon, as we have seen,fonnd him at
Mrs Willoughby's. His heart sore
and bitter mood were solaced by
Miss Ainsley's unmistakable wel-
come. He knew he did not care
for her in any deep and lasting
sense, and he much doubted whe-
ther her interest in him was greater
than that which she had bestowed
upon others in the past. But she
diverted his thoughts, flattered the
self-love which Mar a had wounded
so rt1 thles;ly,and,above all,fascioated
him by her peculiar beauty and in-
tellectual brilliancy.
"Why are you going away I" she
asked t•eproachfully,wben they were
seated on the balcony.
"Oh, I've been working hard. I'm
going off to the mountains to fish
and rest."
"I hope you'll catch cold, and
come back again soon."
"What a disinterested friend."
"You are thinking only of your-
self ; why shouldn't I do likewise."
"No, I am thinking of.you:"
"Of course, at this minute. You'd
be apt to think of a lamppost if you
were looking at it."
"Please don't put out the sun-
shine with your brilliancy."
"Ironical, too. What is the mat•
ter to -day?"
"What penetration. Reveal your
intttitioue. Have I 'failed in busi-
ness, or been crossed in love I"
"The latter, I fancy."
"Well, then, how can I better
recover, my peace of mind and ser-
enity than by going abroad. You
know what Izaak Walton says—"
Oh, sparemP please, that an-
cient
cient worthy. You are as cold-
blooded as any fish that you'll catch.
If I find it stupid in Charleston I'll
go North."
"That threat shakes my very soul.
I promise to come back in a week
or ten c'ays."
"Or a month or so," she added,
looking hurt.
"Come, my good friend," he said
'.aughing. "`.We're too good fellows,
as you wished we should be, to pre-
tend to any forlornness over a part-
ing of this kind. You will sleep as
sweetly and dreamlessly as if you
had never seen Owen Clancy, and I
will write you a letter such as a man
would be to a men; telling you of
my adventures. If I don't meet any
I'll bring some about,—get shot by
the moonlighters, save 'a mountain -
maid from drowning in a trout pool,
or fall into the embrace of a black
bear."
"The mountain -maid, you mean."
"Did I. Well your penetration
passes bounds."
"I ou may go, if you will write
the letter. There must be no dime -
novel stories in it, no drawing on
your imagination. It shall be your
task to make interesting just what
you say and do."
"Please add the twelve labors of
Het cities."
"No trifling. I'm in .earnest,
andtput you on your mettle in re.
Bard to that'letter. Unless you do
your best, your friendship is all a
pretence. And remember what you
said about its being a letter to a
man. If you begin in a conven-
tional way, as it' writing to a lady,
I'll burn it without reading."
"Agreed. Good-bye, old fellow—
beg pardon, Miss Ainsley."
She laughed and said,"I like that;
good-bye." And she gave him a
waren, soft hand, jn a rather linger-
ing clasp.
When he was gone she murmured
Softly, "Yes, he has a chance."
CHAPTER XXVI.
ELLA'S CRUMB OF COMFORT,
Ella walked up Meeting Street in
a frame of mind -differing widely
from the complacent mood in which
she sought Mrs Willoughby's resi-
dence. The unexpected had again
happened, and to her it seemed so
strange, so very remarkable, that
she should have met Mr Houghton
once more without the slightest in-
tention, or even expectation, on her
part, that she was p"rplexed and
troubled. What did it mean ?
in matters purely personal, tend
relating closely to our own interests,
iv
we are prone to give almost a sup-
erstitious
g P
erstitious significenee to events
which come about naturally enough.
It was not at all strange that
lioughtoil should have been strong-
ly and agreeably impressed by Ella
> from the first ; ami that, he should
happen to'call at the same time that
she did, would have been regarded
by her as a very ordinary coinci-
dence,hatl not the case been her own.
Since it was her own she was almost
awed by the portentous interview
from which she had just escaped.
The inexperienced girl found her
cherished ideas in respect to young
Honghtni completely at fault. She
had sighed that she could meet him
without constraint or embarrass-
ment, for, as she had assured' her-
self, ''It would be such fun." She
had, supposed that she could laugh
at him and with him indefinitely,—
that he would be a source of infinite
jest and amusement. Ho had ban•
ishe.l these illusions in a few brief
moments. How could she make fun
of a man who had coupled bet' name
with that of his dead mother.? His
every glance, word and tone ex-
pressed sincere respect and admire -
don,. and, she had to admit to her
self, something more. She was so
sincere herself, so unsalli'ed, so lack-
ing in the callousness often resulting
Then she remembered her father,
and her face grew troubled. "I shall
have to tell him," she murmured,
"and then the old scene will be en-
acted again. A plague on that old
shadow of the war ! If I were a
man I'd fight it out and then shake
hands."
Soon after reaching hoble she
heard her father's crutches on the
sidewalk, and ran down to meal
hitt, - In accordance with her cus-
tom, she took away one crutch, and
supported him to a chair in the par-
lor. He kissed her fondly and re-
marked, "You look a little pale, El-
la, dear."
"I feel pale, papa. I've something
to tell you, and you must listen pa-
tiently and sensibly. " I've met Mr
Houghton again."
The veteran's face darkened in-
stantly, but he waited till she ex-
plained further.
"Now see how you begin to look,"
she resumed. "You are judging me
already. You can't be even fair to
your own child."
"It would seem as if you are
judging me, Ella."
"Oh, bother it all !" she exclaim-
ed. "I wish I could be simple and
natural in this affair, for I was so
embarrassed and constrained that I
fear I acted like a fool. Well, I'll
tell you how it happened. 'After
lunch I asked Cousin Sophy if it
was not time for me to make my
party call on Mrs Willoughby, and
she said it was. I found that Mrs
Willoughby was expecting callers.
We chatted a few minutes,and then
others came, Mr Houghton among
them. I no more expected to meet
him there than I expected to meet
you there. After shakinghands
with Mrs 'Willoughby he came to
and in the back parlor, and drew up
his chair, so that I could not escape
him, unless I jumped over him. He
began with•such funny speeches that
I got laughing, as much from ner-
vousness, as anything else, for I'd
been so warned against him, that I
couldn't be myself."
"You .shall not go to Mrs Wil-
loughby,s again," said her father,
decidedly. •
"Now please listen till I'm
through. He soon saw that I did
not want to laugh, and stopped his
nonsense. He wanted to become
acgnainted,friendly, you know ; and
finally I had to tell him that it
couldn't be—that I must be gov-
erned by your wishes."
"Ah; that was my dear, good,
sensible girl."
"Oh, papa, I don't feel sensible
at all. On the contrary, I have' a
mean, absurb feeling just as if I
had gone to Mrs Willoughby, and
slapped a child just because it was
a Northern child."
He laughed at this remark, for
she unconsciously gave the impres-
sion that she had been more repel-
lant then had actually been true.
He soon checked himself, however,
and said gravely, "Ella, you take
these things too seriously."
"No, papa, it seems to trio that it
is you and cousin and Mara that
take these things too Seriously.
What harm has that young man ever
done any of us ?"
"He could do are an immense
deal of harm if you gave him your
thoughts, and became even friendly.
I should be exceedingly unhappy."
"Oh,.well ! that isn't possible—I
mean,that we should become friend.
ly. I certainly won't permit him
to speak 'to me in the streets, al-
though I spoke to him once in the
street. Oh, I'm going to. tell you
everything now I" and she related
the circumstances of her first meet-
ing with Houghton.
"All this is very painful 'to me,"
her father said, with clouded brow.
"But, as you say, it has comae about
without intention on your !tart. 1
am glad you have told me ever ything
for naw I clan better
guard you ffrom
s
future mischar ces. My relations to
this young man's father aro such
that it would make it ver y disagree
able, indeed,positively unendurable,
if his son should seek your society.
You should also remember that Mr
Houghton would be AS bitterly hos-
tile to any such course on his son's
part as I am. Your pride, apart
from my wishes, should lead you to
repel the slightest advance.-"
"I reckon your wishes will have
the most ihiluence, papa. I have
too strong a sense of justice to pun-
ish the son on account of the Gather."
"You cannot separate them, Ella.
Think of our own relation. "What
touches one touches the other,"
"Well, papa, it's all over,and I've
told you everything. Since I'm not
to go to Mrs Willoughby's any
more, there is little probability that
I shall meet him again except on
the street, If he bows to me, I
shall return the courtesy with quiet
dignity, for as he has acted like•a
gentleman toward me, and, for the
sake of my own self-respect, I must
act like a lady towards him. If he
seeks to talk to me, I shall tell him
it is forbidden, and that will end it,
for he is too honorable to attempt
anything clandestine."
"I am not sure of that."
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of`ta ida e w gilth dg dut.
he i pat that 1li►l or (plan. ..
c ow should .you know what
kindof' a Iran be is t"
"Oh, Heaven has provided us
poor women with intuitions."
"True, to a certain extent, but
the rule is proved by as awful lot
of exceptions."
"Perhaps if they were studied
out, inclinations rather than in-
tuitions were followed."
"Well, my dear, we won't discuss
these vague questions. Your duty
I.: as simple and chair as mine is.
Do as you have promised, and all
will be well. I must now dress for
dinner ;" and kissing her affection-
ately, he went up to his room.
She took his seat, and looked va
cantly out of the window, with a
vague dissatisfaction at heart. Ua-
cognized fully as yet, the great law
of nature, which brings to each a
distinct and 'separate existence, was
beginning to operate. As she had
said to Mara, vital interests were
looming up,new.experiences coming,
of which• she could no more think
his thoughts than he hers.
Her face was a little clouded when
she sat down to dinner, and she ob-
served Mrs Bodine looking at her
keenly. Instinctively she sought
to conceal her deeper feelings, and
to become her mirthful self.
"You have not told me about your
call yet," the old lady remarked.
"Well, I felt that papa should
have the first recital. I met again
that son of that old ahem ---Mr
Houghton, and I have begun to os-
tracize him."
"Ella " said her father, almost
sternly,,
not speak in that way.
Our feelings are strong, sincere and
well-grounded."
"There, papa, I did not mean to
reflect lightly upon them. Indeed,
I was not thinking of them, hut of
Mr Houghton. o
"Oh, Cousin Hugh ! let the child
talk in }ler own natural way. She
wouldn't scratch one -of your crutch-
es let alone hurt you."
"Forgive me, Ella," hes said, "I
lnisunderstoad you."
"Yes, in the main, papa,but to be
frank, I don't enjoy thisjostracizing
business, and I hope I won't have
any more of it to do."
"There is no reason why you
should. Cousin Sophy,ther'e should
he people enough in Charleston for
Ella to visit without the chance of
meeting Mr Houghton." And the
old lady began to laugh.
"It is no laughing matter," said
Ella, shaking her head, ruefully.
"He was frank and polite and re-
spectful as any young gentleman
would be under similar circum-
stances, and he wanted to become
acquainted, call on me, him virtually
I suppose,all
that, but I had to tell to y
that he was an objectionable perscn."
"I would rather this subject
should not be discussed any further,"
said her father gravely.
"So would I," said Ella. "Fap:a
and I have settled the matter, and
Mr Houghton is to recede below the
horizon."
The old lady thought when -Ella was
alone with her she would get all the
details of the interview, but she was
mistaken. The girl not only grew
more and more adverse to speaking
of Houghton, but she also felt that
what he bad said so frankly and
sincerely to her, was not a proper
theme for gossip, even with kindly
old Mrs Bodine, and that a certain
degree of loyalty was due to him,4as
well as to her father and cousin.
The captain had some writing on
hand' that night, and Ella read aloud
to her cumin till lit was time•to' re
tire. Apparently the evening pass-
ed uneventfully away ; yet few re-
cognized the eventful hours of their
lives. A subtle and mysterious
change was taking place in the girl's
nature, which, in time, she would
recognize. More than once she
murmured, "How can I be hostile
to him I He said he could no more
do me harm, even in his thoughts,
than think evil of his dead mother.
He said he. would be better if I were
his friend,"and be is as good-hearted
this minute as I am. Yet I must
treat him as if he were not fit to be-
spoken to. Well, I reckon it will
hurt me as much as it does him.
There's some comfort in that.
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:ddShe'dld firridveSnteawpthret only
man she loved, or ever could love,
and she had used language which he
could never forget,or be expected to
forgive. The more she thought of
his motive in seeking the interview,
the more perplexed and troubled she
became. As now in calmer mood
she recalled his words and manner,
she could not delude herself with
the belief that he wise prompted: by
jealousy. She remembered the
grim frankness with which he said
virtually, that he had no hope from
her,not even tolerance. She almost
writhed under the fact that he had
again compelled her to believe that,
however mistaken, he was sincere
and straithforward, that he truly
thought that Bodine was lover ra-
ther than friend.
She would not, could not imagine
that this was true,, and yet she
°groaned aloud, "He has destroyed
my chief solace. I was almost happy
with my father's friend. Now,when
with him I shall have a miserable
self-consciousness, and a disptsition
to interpret his words and manner
in a way that will do him hateful
wrong. Oh, what is there for me
to look forward to I What is the
use of livings"
These final words indicated one
of Mara's chief needs. She craved
some motive, some powerful incen-
tive, which could both sustain and
inspire. Mere existence, with its
ordinary pleasures and interests,did
not satisfy her at all. Clancy's for-
mer question in regard to her devo-
tion to the past and to the dead,
"What good will it do I" haunted
her like a spectre. He had again
made the dreary truth more clear,
that there was nothing in the future
to which she could give the strong
altog,iance of her soul. She would
work for nothing, suffer for nothing,
hope for nothing, except her daily
bread. As she said, the friendship
of Bodine was but a solace,great in-
deed, but inadequate to the deep re-
quirements of a nature like hers.
She knew she was leading a dual
life—cold, reserved, sternly self -re-
strained outwardly, yet longing with
passionate desire for the love she
had rejected, and, since that was
impossible, for something else, to
which she could consecras her life,
with the feeling that it was worth
the sacrifice. If she had been.
brought up in the Roman Catholic
religion, she might have been led to
the austere life of a nun. But, in
her morbid condition, she was in-
capable of understanding the whole••
some faith, the large, sweet liberty
of those who remained closely allied
to humanity in the world, yet the
purifying and saving it, by the sym-
pathetic tenderness of Him who had
"compassion on the multitude."
She had still much to learn in the
hard schosl. of experience.
TO BE CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XXVII.
RECOGNiZED AS LOVER..
I
w I t as inevitable that Mara shocmlkl
pass the penalty of being at variance
with nature and her own heart. The
impulses of youth had been checked
and restrained. Instead of looking
forward like Ella, she was tairning
ever backward, and drawing her
inspirations from the past, and a
dealt hopeless past, as that. It fell
upon her like a shadow. All its in-
centive tended towards negation,
prompting her to frown on changes,
progress and the hopefulness spring-
ing yup ' in many hearts. The old
can hug their gloom in a sort of
complacent misanthropy; the young
cannot. If they are unhappy they
chafe, and feel in their deepest con-
sciousness that something is wrong.
Mara laid the blame chiefly upon
Clancy, believing, that, if he he'd
taken the c)nrse adopted by Captain
Bodine, she could hale been happy
with him in the attic. His words,
at their interview,were not the only
causes of her intense indignation
and passion, Although she was in-
censed to the last degree, that he
should charge Captain Bodine with
such "preposterous" motives and•in-
tentions, she was also aware that
fierce struggles with her own heart,
at the time,,distracted and mimed
used
Iter. She could not maintain the icy
demeanor she, had resolved upon.
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College of I' ii ysI'tamc s, and Surgeons of
Lower Canada, and Provincial Lieentntte
and Coroner for the County of Huron. Of-
fice and residence,—The building formerly
oecapied by MrThwaltes, Huron Street.
Clinton, Jan,10, 1871.
DRi. ELLIOT & GUNN,
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1lP4dnl.h1' wse,a Ahi1d,1>1.riad foe cuter*
Wbsa she *owe abs otuog to Cestode,
Whin shah.dakIldi atsheiii.themO.atcrill
DENTIST, - - COATS BLOCK.
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should at maw send Ebel+ seedy. 'sea
Cu., Portland, a� Me. se4 recelee, lrpp, lay, 49"
formation howl either sexj of alt ages. CIA ear*
trenr $5 to $25 per day apo upward. w.herer.F r
they live. You are started Iaoe, Capital Stat
required. Home hive midi over $50 In p tinier►
day at this work. All succeed.
S. WILSON,
0- K E E F E R. GENERAL DEALER IN TINIVAREI
CHARGES MODERATE. • CLINTON.
UNION SHAVING PARLOR.
HAVING. HAIR CUTTING AND SHAM-
POOING done very neat and to suit
every person.
JOHN FADES, • Smith's Block.
BIBLES & TESTAMENTS AT COST
The Clinton Branch Bible Society have for
sale at DR WORTHINGTON'S DRUG
STORE, Albert Street.,* tine assortment of
Bibles and Testaments.
TESTAMENTS FROM Bets, UPWARDS
BIBLES FROM 25ets UPWARDS.
CONE AND SEE. DR WORTHINGTON, De-
pository.
J. T. WIL$IE, SURGEON, DENTIST
Holds the exclusive right for the county for
the Hurd proefees of admimietering chemi-
cally pure Nitrogen Monoxide, which ie the
safest and beet system yet discovered for
the painless extraction of teeth. Chargee
moderate, satistaotion guaranteed: Moe,
ELLIOTT'S BLOOM, over Ranoe's Tailor
Shop, Huron Street Clinton.
ROBERT DOWNS,
CLINTON,
Manufacturer and Proprietor for the beet Saw
Mut Dog in use. Agent for the sale and
application of the 4Ftsuua PATENT AUTOMATIC
BOILER CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished
and applied on shaft notice.
Hollers. Engines. and all kinds of
Machinery repaired expeditiously
and. In a satisfactory manner.
Farm implements manufactured and repaired.
Steam and Water Pipes furnished and put in
position. Dry Kilns fitted up on application.
Charges moderate.
Clinton Post Office Time Table
Mails are due for delivery and close for despatch
at the Clinton Post Office as follow's:—
_ cLOSR ! Due
Hamilton, Toronto, Strat-
ford, Grand
Trunk east and interme-
diate offices
ntarms•diate.offces .,.... .,- .- 6.30 a.m. 2.50 p.m
Toronto, Stratford, Sea -
forth, T. and S. east., ,. 12.30 p.m. 8 a.m
Goderich, Hoimesville and
Grand Trunk west 2 p.ta. 8 a,m
Goderich, " 8,40 p.in. 1.15 p.m
Hamilton, Toronto, 3,45 p.m. 10.45 a,m
London, L., II, & B. south a.m. p.m.
and intermediate offices 7.30 3.45
Blyth, Wingltam; Kincar-
dine, Lucknow, L.,H.&B.
north and intermediate a.m. p m. a.m. p m
offices . 9,45 6,10 8.15 4.25
Summerhill, Tuesday and
Friday, 5.30 pan. 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 Bank and Money Order Office close
at 6.30 p.m.
THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster.
Clinton, Aug. 1887.
a.m. p.m
10.45 6.40
n D W.Gunn,
H. R. Elliot, M. .,c i M.D., i.. R.
L.R.('.P., Edinburgh, C.., Edinburgh, L.R.
L.R.C.S., Edinburgh, Cr S., Edinburgh, Li•
Licentiate of the Mid- contiato of the Mid-
wifery, Edinburgh. wifery,Edin.Otilee,on
Office at nrucofleld, corner of Ontario and
William Ste., Clinton,
CLiNTON MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE,
Library and Reading Rooms, Perrin
Mork, down stairs. About 1,700 volumes,
in the Library anti all the Leading News
papers and Periodicals of the day on the
table. Membership ticket al per annum,
Open from 2 to 5 p W , and from 7 to 9 p.
in. Applications for membership received
ny the Librarian In the room,
MONEY! MONEY! MoNEY!
We can make a fow ood Inane from private
funds at low ratee nd moderate expense.
Terms mate 0 atilt borrowers.
MANNING & SCOt"r, Clinton
(I) CCE
twit
°LIT?,
SON.
$ , 000 to Loan at & per cont.
Why pay others 7, 8, 9 and 10 per
cent, when you can get money from us
at li per c.
First-class loans 5iper cent. Largo
loans 5 per cent,, •
TERMS made to -suit borrower, re-
garding payment and period of .loan.
Apply to
FARRAN & TIS•DALL,
BANKERS, CLINTON.
The Molson Bank.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855.
CAPITAL, ( $2,000,000.
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.
THOMAS WORKMAM,, ,President. '
J. H. R. MOLSON. „Vice -Pres.
F'. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager
Notes discounted,Collections maele,Drafs
issued, Sterling and American ex
ct'tnge bought and soild at lowest
current rates.
Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits,
FARMERS.
Money advanced to farmers on their own notes
with ono or, more endorsers. No mortgage re-
quired as surity.
H, C. BREWER, Manager,
January 1857.- .._._--- Clinton
l;�celsior ORGA\
After the severest test at the late
fair in Clinton, it was universally ad-
mitted that reit PERFECT AND EASY
ACTION, BEAUTY Or FINISH, AND SWEET-
NESS OF 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
EXCELSIOR before buying elsewhere.
GEO. F. OAKES, PROPRIETOR.
Factory three doors west of Mulloy's
Pump Shop, Rattenbury St., Clinton.
J. BIDDLECOMBE.
tzaZh Watch' & Clock Maker
JEWELLER, &c.,
OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQUARE, Clinton.
Where he keeps a select assortment of
Watches Clocks, Jewellery,
Slilverware.
Whloh we will sell at reasonable rates.
HURON STREET. CLINTON.
Repairng of all kinds promptly attended to at
reasonable rates. A trial solicited.
HENM(LLER NURSERY
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREEf
NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH
AND ASTRACHAN PINE,
TUE LATTER OP wmica WE MAKE A srECIALTy.
LARGE STOCK ON HAND.
The aboye ornamental trees arid shrubbery wi
be sold at very low prices, and those wantin
anything in this- connection will save mono
purchasing here.
Orders by Mail will be promptly attend
ed to. Address,
JOHN STEWART, Benmlller.
THE MERCHANTS'
Protective & Collecting Association
— OF CANADA
Of�ee. Hamilton, Ont.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
Is an Association of bugIness and professions
men, having for'its object the
COLLECTION OF DEBTS;
And to prevent its members making bad de
by furnishing them with lists of parties who
not pay.
Merchants and others having accounts to collec
andwlshing to become members, by remitting
$7 to our Managers, Hamilton, Out., will receive
by return mail, full particulars, certificate
of membership, &c.
J.B,MILLS & Co.,Managers,Hamilton
Or to Jes.TBOMPsoN, Agent, Clinton
Repairing of every description p.omptly
shouted to, and all work warranted.
J. litnlsLl•ICOMBE.
OlintoS,ileo, 1162.
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J. C. STEVENSON,
—THE LEADING-
-UNDERTAKER
—AND—
EMBALMER.
A FULL LINE OF
COFFINS, CASKETS, &e.,
FUNERALS ;-; FURNISHED
On the shortest notice and at
reasonable rates. The best
Embalming Fluid used
Splendid Hearse.
A LBERT ST., CLINTON,
OPPOSITE TOWN HALL
s �
Lowiesbor�'
Roller Mills -
After being thoroughly overhauled and re -fitted
with NEV MACHINERY of the most approved
kinds, these mills are now in splendid running'
order, and will not he surpassed in the qualityof
the work done, by any mill in the countr.
Special Attention 'sides to GRUSUNG
CHOPPING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Parties wanting any-
thingwhatever in this line will find it to their
interest to give us acall.
E. lIUBER, Proprietor.
RICHLY Rewarded aro those who• road
this and then act ; they wall find
honorable employment that will not take
them from their homes said families. Tiro
profits are large and sure for every industri-
ous person, -many have made and are now
making several hundred dollars a month. It
is easy for any person to make ? $per day
and upwards, who is•willing to work. Either
sex,young or old ; capital riot needed;we start
you. Everything new. No special ability
required; you, reader.can do it as well as nay
otter—Write to us at once for full particulllra,
which we mail free, Address Stineon & Co.,
Portland, Blaine.
HURON AND BRUCE
Loan & Investment Co'y
This Company is Loaning 3loney or
Farm Security at Lowest Rates of •
Interest.
MORTGAGES PuRCHASEI
SAVINGS BANK BRANCH.
4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed
. on Depoaits,acrording to amount
and time lit.
of C
MICE—CornerMarl:et�quareandNnrthB
HORACE MORTON,
MIANAsxe.
riederirh, A!must 5th 1,;5t
•
Fire Xusuraasce.
All kind + of property inured at l favilS4
rates. First-cla., companit+,
I -PICKETS VIA N, W, T. CO. LiNE BOATS
11 TO WINNIPEG AND ALL LAKE POINTS'
ALSO In- all rail lines river the GRAND TRUNK
and CANADA PACI FIC, to any point on that
Iinc. Winnipeg, Brandon, &e., Dakota, Kansas,
or any point reached by rail, local or foreign.
Conte and see me before on buy tieltet' any-
where.
J. Tl[OJII'SON, Clinton..
(-1
L. N 'i. 11 N
Planing Mill
—AND—
DRY KILN"
111HE SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST II0M,
1METED and furnished his new Planing Md
with machinery of the fittest improved pattenis
is now prepared to attend to all orders in hie
line in the most pratnpt and satisfactorymagner
and at reasonable rates. He would also return
thanks to all who patronlzedtheold an before
they were burned nut, and now being in a bet-
tor position to execute orders oxpeditlonsl7
feels confident he can giv Rano*, cation to all.
FACTORY—Near the brand Trunk
Railway, Clinton.
TIiOMAM MCKENZIE