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The Clinton New Era, 1888-07-06, Page 2eve FRIDA.Y, JUI.X 6, 1,8813. -The Earth Trembled, BY E. P. stem. Luther J" Felj in Love with his Wife," " Openiug a Cheatuut Barr," cto. COYTIN LIED it nthonly a brave spirit could wituess what was taking place on every side, or maintaiu fortitude under the overwhelming impression of personal danger -an impression which soon banished the partial -sense of securityIt after reaching ..pr the square. ' re l xtent of the tet- sor inspired by the earthquake can .best be measured by the fact the; although coituans of smoke and fire consuming homes mid threatening to lay the city lir ashes, were rising at several points, they were scarcely i!ceded. The roar of adjacent dames sauld even be heard by the vast •ancout•se, but ears were strained to •ietect that more terrible iota that •teemed tJ Lamle from unknown leptbs beneath tho ocean and the 'antl, and to threaten a fate as aw• 'al and mystelious cs itself. Even -•:any of the white population c ould . otot help sharing in some degree the general, :belief -anion the negroes that the end of a!1 things was at :sand. The nervous strait' sustained 'ay all prepared the way for the wild- est feats and conjectures. As in the stance of' a bloody battle, those were the best off who were the most occupied. Thousands, however, s a and 'waited in sie'iening apprehension, • Fearing some new horror with every ,Iassitig moment. There *as a ..totind of w''ping throughout the .s•i mire, while above this monotone' -cse groatis,c1 ies, hysterieals creams, :aud petitions fur mercy and snatch- es of hymns. The emotional ne• .groes left no moments of silence. The majority ot the white people :aad become comparatively cilia. They talked in low tones, encourag- 'ng and soothing one ittiother: the .ips of even those who seldom look- ed heavenward now of,en moved in .silent prayer; fathers, on whose 'brow rested a heavy ]oad of care, 'tried to cheer their trembling famils :les; and mothers clasped their sob- bing children in their at•tos, with 'the feeling that even death should 'a:et part them. 'Over this array of pallid, haggard 'faces, shone the flames of the still • nnquenched conflagration. CHAPTER XLIII. 41THE TERROR BY NICHT' When Aun Sheba saw that ,111ara Mrs Hunter, and Clancy were among fiend, with a physician in attendance, she Bat down by her daughter, Sissy, and took Vilet in her lap. "I kin'er feel," she said, "dat cf •le yearth is gwine ter swaller us, • i'se like ter go down wid dis chile. Wilet sh•uali ter go up agin, an' tiraps de Lawd ud say, 'You kin •atome too, Aun' Sheba.' " The sound of ler voice to far re- tored Uncle Sheba to his normal ,aondition that he was able to creep ,-an his qands and knees to a position ,juat behind his wife, where he ,crouched as if she were a sort of .general protection. Vilet,roused at her grandmother's "voice, looked around, and then ask- -eel in her plaintive voice, "Wbar's daddy?'. '"He's hep'n prit'n out de fialls, •.tleith chile." "My bref bets' shol, gran,. cny. I can't stay dis side ob de rib- iber much longer. I wants ter see (daddy Tore I go." '".Po' chile an Po Kern,' groaned. Ants' Sheba'. "We doesn't know - wirer he Le,an' l'seTeered he couldn't /lam off puStin' out de flap." From time to time Vilet wailed; "Daddy, daddy, come quick. l'se • gwine fas, an' I wats ter see you .onst mo.' " "Captain Bodine heard the cry,aerl s iaavIng rested shisuseetfee, little came o Aun' Sheba and asked, "Do you know where Kern ia?,' "I dorn, Marse cap'n, but he enought be at dis nighest, fiah." see," said the veteran, halting :away with the feeling that he must . do something to divert his torturing 'thoughts. Watson was soon pointed out to Cairn, where with stern and quiet he was carrying out his orders. 'When told that Vilet was near and (calling for him, the veins came out -en his forehead, and for a moment .he was irresolute. Then be cried, ."No, salr, I.can't go. Fo' de Lawd .-3f she die an' we all die, I won't lobe my duty." "You're it mac, said Bodine, clapping him on the shoulder, "I will arrange this." He went to Kerns superior of- ficer and briefly told him the cir- cumatancea, then added, "I know these people. Watson deserves con- -sideration. I will take his place. can hold the hose as well as he, and will stand as near the fire as he .sloes if you will order him to go to 'his dying child for a few minutes," "In that case I can comply," said the officer. '•Watson has behaved -splendidly. and he'll come back 1 :soon. 1' The that th'ns Kern knew, the hose was taken from his hand, and the wrs ordered to go and return within ten minutes. He hesitated. ''Obey orders," was the stern com- mand. Then he rushed away. The plaintive cry "Daddy, dad. Ay," guided him, and Vilet WAS in Iii s arms. "Chile, deal) ch.le!" was all he could say as he kissed the thin face again and again. ‘41•10w my win's st res'," said the tittle girl, with a sigh of ineffable content. "Yon:member, daddy . you says -'Yee, a-goio daddy. De angels -is ell to tote tote me to Hebert. I kin ,es' beat dere wines-rustlinb rerun' ate. I was ,jes' waitin',--an' hot'n back -ter see you onst nio. Good-bye Ill oder -granny. Then She feebly wound her little arms about Kern's neck and whisp ered, "Goad•bye, daddy, fey jes' a lil wh le. I'se wait neat de gate fet you suah." It would seem that she put all her remaining strength into thie ef- fort, for her head fell over on his shoulders, he quivered a moment, then all was atill. Kern could not repress one deep groan. He looked for a moment of agony into his child's lace, kissed 'it, then • placing her in Attu' Sheba'e lap, departed as quickly as he came. Sissy was so overcome as to be helpless. "Your time was not up," said the veteran. "Her tine was up Cap'n Bodioe." • Kern managed to reply,his face rig- , id with repressed emotion. 'She die in my arms. God brews you for you'se teelins for a po man.' "Watson, I do feel fer yeti and with you. Our heartssere all beeak. ing to night. Take care of your-. self. You have a wife and children still to live fo .." And Bodine halted back and seated himself be- side his cousiti. Alasfor thousands the words of Bodine were cnly too true. As they contemplated what had hap- pened and what might occur.at aily moment they felt that heavy, crushing pain, unlike all others, which gathers at the heart, over- whelming the spirit and threaten- inn'5the physical dissolution at one ant1 the same time. Yet such is the power of lianian affection and Christian faith, that tbey won many triumphs, even dur- , ing that night of liorruts, In Ella and the dying woman she ',Wowed on lair breast, were examples of both. The girl's heart •was•indeed pitiful and sympathetic, and the poor creature that it was,for in hi broken, gasping words she told hoc • brief, pathetic story, so like that,of may other woman in the South. Once she was a happy girl at home Oki a small plantation, but fsther, brothers and haver had all perished in the war. I{ome and mother had since perished, and she ayes fighting out life's long,weary' battle when this final disaster brought the end. "Yes, kind lady, 1 reckon I am dying: I hope so. I couldn't take care of myself anl longer, and I'd r, ther go to Hint who said, 'Come to :Me.' If you can stay with me a tittle longer, --I don't fear, but it's testy sweet to have hu- man kindness and company down into the dark valley:" Her weeds proved true. She evidently perished from littered in- juries, for she soon ceased 'to gasp, and her bead lay still against the bosom of the sobbing girl. have perished. It is no longer a clogettianlof wore al 1044 0041fOrt." leakall 402" 0414 YtIO DOtline. It ea question 00Ver 4eallig the BBB rise again. -We may 44 Well apeuk out what is in GOT MLA and get rrod4vo.for a city not wade with h wish we were all fie ready as you are cousin Sophy," Ella wbie- pered. "Well my dear, I've more pro- perty in that city than in this . wrecked town, and 'where your treasure is there will be your heart aiso.' " Then she added, "You'll be spared, dear child. You and , your knight will see many happy I. years. God bless you both." 1 "Oh, cousin, it is such a comfort, even at this awful time, to see Mw to know ho is near, to think he carne for --for us!" "For you,dear little goose. He'd face earthquakes, volcanoes, tornad- oes, cyclones, and even his father before this well-deserved shaking converted him, for your sake." "Cousin," whispered the girl, "I am so glad. Is it wrong to be glad at such a time?" "Wrong to be glad when God loves you, and a good man loves your .1 teckore not. All the quakes thrkevor shook this crazy old earth are bagatelles compared with such facts." "Oh, cousin, you are such a tom- er of strength and comfort!" a leaning tower," replied the old lady, whose vein of humor ran through all her thoughts, "but J am leaping on what won't fail me. Nestle down by my side,dear child. You aro shivering, and this extra blanket will do us both good. Now be comfortable, and believe me that. nothing in this universe can or will lir,trin you," "Poor Mara!" Ella sighed. "Yes. Ivo been watching and grieving over !ICI'. 1 never saw any face more expressive of suffer - his( than hers. I don't understand her unless unless -well, time -will show, that is, if there is much more time for me." "Oh, cousin, we never could spare you!" "'filet is ‘vliat 1 n60(.1 to think about my husband, but he always went when sailing orders came, and I survived. I feel to -night as if h and the boys were just waiting off shore, if this tossing and pitching earth can be called ;bore, for me to join them." Captain Bodine sat through the shock- without moving' a muscle. His eyes rested wistfully on Mrra. With an indescribable pang he saw that in the supreme moment of gen. eral terror her eyes turned not . to him, but to Clancy, and that she , made a half involuntary movement as if to g� to him. The glance act, combined with what had gone before, were too significant,and Bo- dine buriedhis face in his hands that she might not see his trouble. She knew it all the more surely, yet felt how powerless she was to console hi-m"Ole toy blind, blind folly!" she groaned inwardly. "If I had been true to my heart, 1 might be caring for Owen instead of the woman who left him to die and my father's friend acting. ase a father towards us both. I wanted to be so heroic and self sam4ficing, and I have only sacrificed those I love most." Mrs Hunter was so fully under the influence of anodynes as not to be cognizant of what was taking place, and Bodine, soldier -like, was not long in making his decision. Rising he went aside with Dr De. Dr Devoe was present during the last moments, then gently relieved Ella from her lifeless burden, and supported her to her father, on whose shoulder she shed those nat- ural tears which soon bring relief to' the hearts of the young. George Houghton and Jube carried the body to the place set apart for the dead. Then George returned to his father's side, but looked wistful- ly at Ella with an utimistalsable longing to comfort her. "I don't wonder, fl) y boy," said Mr Houghton, interpreting his thoughts. "Go and speak to her." George approached her timidly and said, "Miss Bodine." She started, raised her head, and began to wipe her eyes. "I -I -Well, I don't know what to say to make you understand how my father and 1 have sympathised with your brave -Well, you were so kind and patient with that poor woman. I wish 1 could do Ilting ar you, and I will," and he hastened away. She called, "I don't need' any- thing, Mr Houghton. Indeed I do not. It would only distress me" -Ilut he was out of hearing. 'Oh," she moaned again on ber father's shoulder, "why will he take such risks'!" It was evident that Mr Houghton altered her anxiety for he divined his son's purpose, and looked with troubled face for his return. He soon came back carrying another mattress, pillows and blankets. Sara, compelled to leave the horses, followed with a basket of provisions. Ella was clothed in little besides a light wrapper,and had shivered more than once in the night nit. George tried to induce her and Mrs Bodine to accept the mattress, but they asked as a favor. that it might bo placed under Mrs Hunter. He readily complied, saying lie would get another for therm. At this moment came tbo oniin. ons groan of the severe shock which occurred about half -past two o'clock Wednesday morning. To the ter- rified people it 'was like the growl of some raeeeing Least rushing up- on them, aLd a long mailieg cry blended with the horrible roar as it swept under .and over then), then died away in the north-west. "Oh, 31t' Houghton," sobbed Ella when her Nice cculd bo heard, "please don't go away -please don't go neat a building again." , "George," added hs father, al- most sternly, l'not with my consent will you leave rne spin till we learn more definitely what our fate is to be. If you were in the house When this'shock occurred you might voe, and said, "Miss Wallingford is keeping up from sheer force of will. Nothing but your command can in- duce her to yield and take some rest such as can be obtained here. I do not think yon can interpose too soon. I will watch Mrs Hunt - Mara had indeed reached the limit of endurance; and the physi- cian quicklydetected the fact. He took her by the hand and arm, and said "1 "I am autocrat here. Even kings and generals const bbey their doctor. So I shall ask no permis- sion to place you beside Mra Bo- dine. She and rest can do you more good than I can. Captain Bodine and I will look after Mrs Hunter." Mara gave the veteran a grateful glance and yielded. Then she bur- ied her face in Mrs Bodine's neck, and was silent until she slept from phys'e tl exhaustion. Miss Ainsley, with multitudes of others, yielded to her terror at the passing of the midnight -earthquake. She shrieked and half rose in wild impulse to fly. Then apparently forgetttingi Clancy she piteously begged DrIDevoe to give her some- thing that 'would certainly bring ob. livion for a few hours at least. Ile good.naturedly complied. When the opiate began to take affect she was placed on the mattress beside Mrs Hunter, and a as soon in stupor. Clancy bad so far recovered that he was.able to sit up, and he felt that he should watch beside the girl who he believed had been so devoted to him in his unconsciousrusi. ' Dr Devoe, in excuap fur Miss Ainsley, said, "We can't make too much allowance to night for every one. Many strong men are utterly overcome and nauseated by dual slia ke. No wander w (Awn cannot face them." '.I think Miss Ainsley has borne up wonderfully," Clancy replied. "Oh, yes, as well as the average. It's a question of nerves with the niajority," Clancy sat down and 'coked with picv at the beautiful face and dis• bevelled hair, "Poor girl," he thought, "alio did her beet by me. TOW bort Bearotol,y thought. -be. capable of titch devotion. By el thee* hot o010 am bound ta be ow. Well, eventually I caw giv. ber a truer sgectioa, fey 00.4 ceased to be merely * part of a ambitious liehell#0 U,y IHIO Own acts Mara and I •areleparated, and however deep our grnst may be, i Must be bidden from all."' • Thus he and Captain Bodine sat on either side of the pallet, each immersed in painful thought, obliv betas of the strange things enacted around them. They did not feel then that they could speak. The veteran was perplexed, and his proud spirit also laboured under ' a deep'sense of wreng. It was evi- r • wants ha dirtuab. Totes* 'Atarbin yeQvu"Ygot7.409Yt wor41[44:94Yiubn'a‘alait. 4174 e flakt MAO a trumpets in tile tithe treable.. Yee'tte get ter you trPoollolurtD.olitigdgeonseci,ottlr..:,ree hat) Uncto Sheba was never so 'fir t gone in bia fears bat tb.tit be shrunk fraU1 facing anything worse, so he subsided into low, inarticulate groans, Sissy was PO SO tractable - for her weeping was largely nervous and hysterical. She ball an affec- tionate, emotional nature, but was far from being gifted with her mother's and busband'e strength of mind aun character. "Aun Sheba," said Clancy kind- ly, "your daughter needs sotnething to quiet her nerves woro than any thing else,and I will brivg it to her." He soon returned with medicine front the doctor, and under its in - thence the bereaved mother was re - 1 lieved, and wept softly by her dead chikl.• Clancy drew Ault Sheba a little apart so that others mill nut hear even if any were disposed to listen at this time of intense pre-occirpa- _ Um). 'Yell have been ury friend indeed to -night," lie said. "f• must ask another proof of yourgoo 1 -will. The earthquake has brought. t rouble enough, but I fear that Mara and I have brought greater trouble on ourselves. Probably yo,t have seen enough to exelaitc what I mean." I've seen a heap, Mame Clauty." "Well, you are Mara's old nurse. She loves and trusts you. She is engaged to tlapt Bodine.' "Se ain't mar'ied to 'ins" "She feels herself bound, and has said that if I was a true Southern gentleman 1 would not interfere. This is bad enough,but there's worse still. I thought she was lost to me -- you know about it, reckon." ''Yes, 1 knows now. 1 was a blin' old fool,an' tink it was wtielcin' so hard dat made her po'ly." 'Oh, we've both made such fatal mistakes ' I, like a.fool, when I believed she would never speak to me again, entaegleil also. Nov, Ann' Sheba, %Vida I wish is that you say nothing to any oue of what you have soon and heard. We've got to do what's honorable at every cost toourselves." "Does wot's hon'ble mean dat Misso Mara got ter marry Marse Bodine,an,you dat litnpsey slimpsey on what say you 'serted her ?" .Nothing else seems to bo left for 115.• " 'POO I'S ter 1110,Mal se Clancy,you an' Misse Mara gittin' orfol mixed up in wets hon'ble. I'se ony got what folks call hass.sense, brit it's dead agin ye bofe. Take you now. Filet you got ter tell de gal lies, den lies ter her fader and do mioietor - wet tines yge, and de 1)011 worl'. INIisse Mara ud hab ter lie like de debil, too, an' you bore go on lyin' Knyllow, you'se hab ter act out de lies if you didn't say ,eni. Ud dat be hon'ble wen all de time you'se yearniu' for each odour TO BE CONTINUED. _ . . testaitalitutt other Tardo dent that he had been deceived by Mara, and that all along she had loved the man so neat• to hitn,loved him bettor than her own life. Why had she beea sr cold an 1 harsh towards Clancy himself until the awful events of the night and peri to life had overpowered her 'eserve and relieved her heart? Ilo could think of uo other explanatiou than that afforded the unconcious girl over whom Clancy watched. He had heard of the young man's de votion to Miss Ainsley, and, from what he had seen, believedthat they were affianced. was too just and large in his- judgmeht to Oriels Mara's course towards him was due to pique and wounded pride, and he was not long in arriving at a very fair explanation of her motives and action. Keenly intelligent and ma turn in years he was beyond the period of passionate and inconsider- ate resentment. Moreover his love for the orphan girl was so true, and the memory of her father and mother so dear to him, and that he was able to rise nobly above mere self. "Now I think of it," he mused, "she has never said she lovsd ere, although she permitted me to think she did. Even when I declared ley love she only said, 'Life oilers me nothing better 1111111 to be your wife."fliat no doubt was title 118 she meant it, for she theft thought this man was lost to her. She did not wel.tome my love when she first recognized it, but soon her spirit of self -semi - bee came in, and she reasoned that since she could not be happy in her- self, she would make me happy. From the very first 1 believed that this spirit could lead her to decep- tion for the sake of others, and I have not been sefliciently on my „guard against it. Yet, hoes could I suspect this Clancy,whom she so re- pelled and contemnedt and who was devoting himself to another women? Perbips she partly deceived herself as well as mo. 'The affection pro- bably struck root years since when she and Clancy %vele • friends. lie outgrew it ; she has not, as she has learned to -night, if not before. Ile went to her aid because he was friendly in spite of her apparent bit- terness towards him, which perhaps he understood better titan I.. Pos- sibly Mrs Hunter may have broken their relations, for there i no doubt at'out her feelings. Well, time must unravel the 811511. It wool I now seem that be is chested to this girl here, and she to him as far as she can be to any one. What will he think when he learns that site ran shriekiug away and left -him, while Mara, feckless ot life itself, stood by him until the last, I can- not know. If he loves her he will forgive her, for no trial can blame a woman for succumbing to the ter- ror of this night. Possibly at some distant day Mara may still think' that life offers Ler nothing better than to be my wife; but she shall be free, free as air, and know, too, that I know all." Thus Bodine communed with himself after a habit s learned long ago in the presence of danger. Clancy also was confronted by possible results of his action, the fear of which enabled his eppl, re- solute nature to rise above all other fear. Ife la solved to go at once to Aun Sheba and caution.her against speaking of 019. 89BASO, an-Vebach... lli-Mara and himself had taken part. , • Of1AP'rElt X UV. HOPE TURNED INTO DREAD. • Clancy was guided by the voice of Aun Sheba, and the wailing of Sissy, and the groans and unearth- ly sounds to which Uncle was giv- ing utterance. The adjacent fire was so far subdued that only a red glare in the sky above marked the spot. The stars shone in calm mocking serenity on the wide scene of human distress and fear "Alas," lie thought, "what atoms we are, and what an atom is this earth it - all! It would seem that faith is the simplest, yet mightiest effort of the mind at such a time ;" and he paused till Aun' Sheba should be more free to listen to him., Mr Birdsall, with his youngest child in his arms, had 'been exhort- ing those of his people near him,but his- words had been of little effect in quieting Sissy and Uncle Sheba, The latter had concluded that Le would not wait till the coming win- ter before again "'speriencin' 'ligion," and his uncouth appeals to heaven were but the abject expres- son of animal fear. A un' Shel,a had lost her path lice with both him and her daughter, and was expostit. lating vigoronsly. " I 'se naharne on you, Sissy," she said. '• Wot good de ligion you 'fess do yo', I'd like ter know? Ain't Vilet in liehen Ain't you got de hes huaban' bawnl Ain't de oder ehir'n heali ! Now ef you'se. 'ligion any good 'tall, be quiet an' tankful (151 you bettali off dan bnn'ids Ftic, you kin pray all you wants, but ef year specs de Lawd ter listen, you'se got ter pray like ft man an' net like a hoe slat MANNING (St SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, CONVEN'ANIIERS, ate. , Commissioners for Ontario and Manitoba, viCE NEXT DOOR To NEW Esti, CLINTON. MONEY TO LOAN. MORTGAGES 1 Bought. Private F'unds. RIDOUT, °nice over J Jackson's Store, Clinton ATARRIAGE LICENSES. - -APPLY TO 17 -IL the undersigned at the Library Rooms, JAMES SCOTT, Clinton. liTItS WHITT,-TEN'IHER OF MUSIC, ILL Reeldence at Mrs R. IT. Reid's, corner of Huron and Orange Streets. fAuRELIrEl LICENSES ISSUE IA.BY THE .17 :f.i.eNvi(!)gitTilnineitlinec or ch. lig stole. 1°VT2leOrLARGE3B1..8 ogcd mortgageeect 08 r moderate rate of interest. II HALE,Clinton DR APPLETON-OFFICE-AT REST. DEICE on Ontario streetseriertem posit° English' Church.' Entrance by Side 11B. 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UPWAItt.e BIL8 25ets 'Jewtt ins. cpoo8mitEoaryteD. SEE. DR WORTHINGTON, De-. J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST --- i Holds the exclusive right for the county for the Hurd process of administering cally pure Nitrogen Monoxide, which is the safest and best system yet discovered fur the painless extraction of teetb. Charges moderate, satistaetion guaranteed. Office, ELLIOT'L"S BLOCK. over itauce's Taller Shop, Huron Street 'ltu(ou. ROBERT 1)0 WNS, CLINTON, Manufacturer and Proprietor for the best Now Mitt nog in use. Agent fur the sale and application of the larFISRER PATENT AUTOMATIC BOILER CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and applied on shlirt notice Boilers. Engines. and all kinds of Machinery repaired e•pedittously and lit >t satisfactory van aaaa Farm implements manufactured and repaired. Steam and Water Pipes furnished and put in positton. Dry Kilns fitted up oti application. Charges' moderate. Clinton Post Office Time Tate Mails are due for delivery and close for (It:Aral:1i at the Clinton lot Office as faalloaa's: - t boss . , 11 Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Seaford', Drawl Trunk east tind ititerine- dial.° offices t4.;11 a rat. 1„10 Toronto, Stratford, Seto forth. 'I'. and S. •••••; P•ffl. 8 a .111 Codcrieli, llolniesville and, Grand Trunk west ; 1 p.ni. ama Goderlch 841 p.in. 2.10 p.tu Hamilton, Toronto, 4 15 p.m. 10.10 a.in London, 1,10 & 11. south a tn. p.m. 5.01. pan and intermediate otliees; 7.5.1 1.15 10.10 7.80 .Blyth, Wingham, Kincaro dine. Lucknow, L north and intrmediate. a tn. ti in. a.m. p m offices 6.1.5 8.25 5:05 Sinnmerhill, Tuesday and, Friday, British d.nsi,arrils,hu5rsIodnadyay,Wed-! 5.56 14n).1 030 P.m Money Orders issued and Diet?0a 03sltsgieiVed from one dollar upwards, Office hours from 8 a.m, to 7 min, Savings Bank and Money Order Office else t Clintoti, Aug. T181a8;.7:871 A.1"" Pu'l""t".. $50,000 to Lou at 6 per cent. Whyr pay others 7, 8, 9 and 10 per cent, 'when you can get money from us • at 6 per c. First•olaes loans w per cent. Large loans 5 per cent. TERMS mado to suit borrower, re- garding payment and period of loan. Apply to FARItAN cc: 'I'ISDALL,' BANKERS, CLINTON. The Molson Bank, Incorporated -by Act of Parliament, 18351 CAPITAL, - - $2,000,000. HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. THOMAS woRMABI,. . President. J. H. R. MOLSON Vice -Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager Notes diecounted, Collections made,Drafs issued, Sterling and American ex. chi.nge bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits. F M1Rt, Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re. quired ma surity. EL C. BRIO ER, Manager, January 1867. Clinton Graham's Hair Remover /s.painlaBs, instantaneous and the only do- platory in the world which does not injure tbo skin. Price i62 per bottle, E. G. LEM- AITRE, 256 Queen St. West, Toronto, Do- minion Agent, ALESME W A NT E D. Permanent poei- tions guaranteed with NA LA NT and EXP 1.N SES PAID. Any dodo mined man can succeed with us. Peculiar advantages to beginners. Stock comp/etc, to. chiding many fast•ae1IIng specialties. Outfit free. Address at once, (Name this paper) BROWN BROTHERS. Nurserymen, - - • Rochester, N, Y. ap-27,2tn. J. BIDDLECOMBE. Watch &Clock Maker • JEWELLER. &c., OPPOSITE TIIE MARK ET inQi 'A P,E, Chilton. Where ho keeps a ae!e,t assortment of Watches, Cloths, Jewellery, Silverware. Which we wt.! eel at reaaiatiebie vales. Repairing of eV( -re deecription promptly attented to, and all work warranted, .1, IIIDDLECOMBV:. etinton, Nov. 191I. • CL114TOB IdgOILANICIS 1,N4WITEIta. I4brary and Reading Rome, TOwn nap. IIOWII oar* **out 5,000 vette/ma inheL4trari and all the Leading Rowe - Fanelli and Pericalleale of the day en the table. Afeinbereblp txelot 01 per aualun• Open from 2 tit p and :row 7 to 9 p. nr. applteationa for otemberobip recetve4 gy the 14brarlan thdtioein. . _ S. WILSON GENERAL DEALER TINWARE, RURON STREET, CLINTON. Itepalrng of all kinds promptly attended to at reasonable rates. A trial solicited. DUNMIRE NURSERY FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE; NOR WKY' SPUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN FINE, VIE LATTER 01 WE MAHE .A VECIALTY. LARGE STOCK ON HAND. Tho aboyo ornamental trees and shrubbery wi bo bold at very low prices, and those wantitt anything in this connection 8111 as mune purchasing here. -Orders 69 Mail will be prontmly attend ed to. Atldrese, JOHN STEWART, Benmlller. THE MERCHANTS' Protective& Collecting Askociatioc - CANADA Office, Maionditon, Ont, ESTABLISRED 1884. Is an Association of business and .prefOsiotia - 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 pa3. tforchari and others having accounts to colica andwishing to become members, by remitting 87 to our Managers, Hamilton, Ont., will receive by return mall, full particulars, certificate of membership, J.B.Mitts & Co., Menagerie Ham Uteri Or to J.ts.Tuomrsox, Agent, Clinton _ . 1111Mannisnmsseummammemeimmimer J C. SEE• \ 80\ -TH E LEADING UNDERTAKER -AND- EMBALMER. FULL LINE 01' COFFINS, MIES, FUNERALS FURNISHED On the shortest notice and at reasonable rates. The best Embalming Fluid used splendid 1Lea i•Se. ALBERT ST., C' LINTON, OPPOSITE ToWN HALL ifilliicskto Roller Mills After being thoroughly overhauled and. re -fitted with NEW' MACHINERY of the most approved kinds, these mills are now in splendid running order, and pill not be surpassed in the quality of the work done, by any mill in the country, Special Attention given to CRIST1N6 CHOPPING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. Satisfaction guaranteed. Parties wanting 1113- thingwhatevor in this lino will find it to their interest to give us a call. HUBER, Proprietor. RICHLY Rewarded are those who read this and then act; they will find honorable employment that will not take them from their homes and families. The profits are large and sure for every industri- ous person, many have made and aro now making several h undred dollars a mouth, it is easy for any person to make 88 per day and upwards, who is willing to work. Either sex,young or old ; capital not needed,we start you. Everything new. No special ability required; you, reader.ean do it as well as any one. Write to us atones for full particular,, which we mail free. Address Stiuson (lc Co„. - Portland, Maine, HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company is Loaning Money or Farm Security at Lowest Rates of Interest: MORTGAGES : - PURCHASE:I SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposits, _according 00 amoupt. and time left. OFFICE -Corner of Market Square and Nertlt S HORACE HORTON, M AMAMI , Godcrich, kuguBt 511) 188e 'ire Zneuranee. All (hid: nf property insured at tones: Logi rates. First.clasS conipantes, MD:HP:TS VIA N. W. T. CO. LINE BOATS 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, Ar., Dakota, Kansis, or any point reached by rail, local or fereicri. Come and see we before you leo, tii het any• uherv. J. TII0311's0N, Clinton. Planing Mill -AND- DRY KILN' 111HE SUBSCRIBER. HAVING JUST A ?tem and furnished his new Planing Mil with machinery of tbo latest irnprdved vette; n el now prepared to attend 0) all onion in llu line in ths .eost prempt and satisfactory manner and at rens instil° rates, Ire would also retu'l, thanks to all elm pat reilizedthe m bee)re they were burned out, and new bee); in a bet- ter reeotlen to execute order, expeditiouli fools confident he can giv satisfac tion to al'. /FACTOR ¥-Ii-var the Oratyl Trunk Railway, Clinton THOM A 9 St di EN Z I E AIL es.