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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-11-23, Page 21 reesnie ^ FRIDAY, NOV 23, 1888, I "And that Sal Rawlins wail Roe- anna's child," the Mystery of a 'Rau Cah i , "And the father?" asked Brian,in a low voice, "Was Mark Frettlby." G " 1r' BY FERGUS W. HUME. bl A "And now what have you too tell, me?" "Nothing!" "Nothing," echoed Calton, sur- prised; "then this is what Rosanna Moore told you when she died?" "Yes!" "Then why have you made such a mystery about it?" "You ask that," said Fitzgerald, looking up in surprise. "If 1 had told it, don't you see what a differ- ence it would have made to Madge'?" "I'm sure I don't," retorted the banister, completely mystified. "I suppose you mean Frettlby's con- nection yfith Rosanna Moore; well, of course, it was not a verf credit- able thing for her to have been Frettlby's mistreks,but still--" "His mislress?" said Fitzgerald, looking up sharply; "then you don't know all." "What do you moan -was she not his mistress?" "No -his wife!" Calton sprang to his feet,and gave a cry of surprise. "His wife!" Fitzgerald nodded. "Why, Mother Guttersnipe did not know this -she thought Ros- anna was his mistress." "He kept his marriage secret," answered Brian, "and as his wife ran away with some one else short - CONTINUED. CHAPTER XXIX. MR CALTON'S CURIOSITY IS SATISFIRD There was not much sleep for Urian that night. He left Madge almost immediately, and went home, but did not go to bed. IIe felt too anxious and ill at ease to sleep, and passed the greater part of the night walking up and down his loom, oc• cutpied with his own sad thoughts. Ile was wondering in his own mind as to what could be the meaning of Roger More'an l's visit to Mark Frettlby. All the evidence that„he had given at the trial was that he had met Whyte,and had been drink- ing with him during the evening. Whyte then went out, and that was the last Moreland had seen of him. Now, the question was, "What did be go to see Mark Frettlby for?” Ile had no acquaintance with him, and yet he called by appointment. It is true he might have been in he millionaire being as an extremely gener- povert well k nus ma , Moreland might have called on him to get money: But then the cry which Frettlby had given after the interview had lasted a short time proved that he had been startled. Madge had gone up stairs and found the door locked,her father refusing her admission. Now, why was he so anxious Moreland 1 ly afterwards, he never revealed it." should not be seen by any one ? 1 "I understand now," said the bar - That he had made some startling rister, slowly. "For if Mark Fret' revelation was certain, and Fitz- ' tlby was lawfully married to Ros- gerald felt sure that it was in con- nection with the hansom cab mur- der case. He wearied himself with conjectures about the matter, and toward daybreak threw himself, dressed as he was, on the bed, and slept heavily till 12 o'clock the next day. When he arose and looked at himself in the glass he was stavtl• ed at the haggard and worn appear- ance of his face. The moment he was awake his mind went hack to Mark Frettlby and the visit of Roger Moreland. "The net is closing around him;". be murmured to himself. "I don't see how he can escape. Oh! Madge! Madge ! if I could only spare you the bitterness of knowing what you must know, sooner or later,and that other unhappy girl -the sins of the fathers will be visited on the child- ren -God -help them." He bad his bath, and, after dtess- ing himself, went into his sitting room, where he had a cup of tea, which refreshedhim considerably. Mrs Sarepspn came crackling merri- ly upstairk with a letter, whits proved to be from Madge, and tear- ing it hastily open, lie read it: "I cannot understand what is the matter with papa,"she wrct3. "Ever since that man Moreland loft last night, be shut himself up in his study, and is writing there hour after hour,I went up this las morn- ing, but he would not let me in. }le did not coine down to breakfast, and I am getting seriously alarmed. Coale down tomorrow and see nae, for I am anxious about his state of health, and I am sure Moreland told hien something which has upset hint, "Writing," said Brian, as he put the letter in his pocket; "what about, I wonder? Perhaps he is thinking of committing suicide! If so, I for one will not stop him. It is a horrible thing to do, but it would be acting for the best lni•kler the circumstance." • In spite of his d.eteriuination to see Calton and tell all, Fitzgerald did not go near hint that day. He felt ill and weary, the want of"sleep, and mental .elliug ot1- fearfully, and he looked ten years older than he did before the murder of Whyte. He was having his breakfast at half -past 8,when he beard the sound of .wheels, and imniediately after- ward a ringat the bell. He went e to the window, and saw Calton'a trap was at the door, while the owner was shortly afterward n e shown Y rwar into the room. m , "Well, you are a nice fellow," cried Calton, after greetings were over. "Ii.ere I've been waiting for with l l at all the patience Y1 iso o£ Job, thinking you were still up country." "You mu at have some breakfast with me," said Urian. Calton having been supplied with what lie required, prepared to talk business. "I need hardly tell you bow anxi- ous I am to hear what you have to say," he said, leaning back in his chair, "but I may as well tell you that 1 am satisfied that I know half your secret already." "Indeed!" Fitzgerald lookol as- tonished, " in that case, I need "Yes you need," retorted Calton. "I told you I only know half." "Which half?" "Hum -rather difficult to ans. wer- -however, I'll tell you what 1 know, and you can supply all deli= cioneies.., i ani quite ready -go on -•-stop--" he arose and closed the door carefully. "Well," resuming his seat, "Mother Guttersnipe died the other night." "Is she dead?" "As a door nail," answered Cal- ton calmly. "And a horrible death bed it was -her screams ting in my oars yet -but before she died she sent for me, and said "What?" "That she was the reedier of Hosanna Moore." "Yes!" among the rows; hilt Naomi* had been an, oneeen spectator of all, his thouublesai' actions, and now oame to demand her .lust dies. He felt reintewhat as Faust must have felt when XP,ehiatopheles suggested a vigit. to 'bodes, in repayment for tbpee years of magic youth and magic power. So long ago it seem- ed since he had married Rosanna Moore, that he almost persuaded himself that it had been only a dream -a pleasant dream, with a disagreeable awakening. When she had left him he had tried to forget her, recognizing how unworthy she was of a good man's love. He heard that she had died in a London hos- anna Moore-Madgeis illegitimate.' "Yes, and she now occupies the place which Sal Rawlins -or rather Sal Frettlby-ought to." "Poor girl," said Calton, a little sadly. "But all this does not ex• plain the mystery of Whyte's mut- der." "I will tell you that," said Fitz- gerald, nuickly. "When Rosanna left her husband, she ran away to England with some young fellow, and when he got tired of her she retired to the stage, and became famous as a burlesque actress, under the name of Musette. There she met Whyte, as your friend found out, and again came out here for the purpose of extorting money from Frettlby. When they arrived in Melbourne, Rosanna left \Vhyte, discarding the business and kept herself quiet. She gave her mar- riage certificate to Whyte, •and be had it on him the night he was murdered." "Then Gorby was. right," inter- posed Calton, eagerly. "The man to whom those papers were valuable did murder Whyte!" ' "man you doubt it! And that man 'ryas--" "Not Mark Frettlby?" burst out Calton. "In God's name, not Mark Frettlby?" Brian nodded, "Yes, Mark Fret- tlby?" Y There was a silence for a few min- utes, Calton being too much startled by the revelation to say anything. "When did you discover this?" he asked, after a pause. "A t the time you first caput to see me in prison," said Brian. "I had no suspicion till then; but when you said \Vhyte was murdered for the sake of certain papers -knowing what they were and to whom they were valuable - I immediately guessed that Mark Frettlby had killed Whyte in order -to obtain them and keep his secret." "There can be no doubt of it," said the barrister, with. a sigh., "So this is the reason Frettlby wanted Madge to marry Whyte -her', hand was to be the price of his silence.' Wail iie "ci''fttr-deem-'lei's -"sant eta Whyte threatened him with expo- sure. I remember he left the house in a very excited state on the -night he was murdered. Frettlby must have followed him up to town, got into the cab with him, and after took killinghim with chloroform the marriage certificateto from, secret pocket and escaped." Brian walked tobisfeet and t l Luau rose rapidly up and clown the room. "Now you can understand what a hell my life has been for the last few months, he said, "knowingowln „ that he had committed the crime ; and yeti had to sit with him, eat with him and drink with him, with the knowledge that ho was a mur- derer, and Madge -good God- - Madge, his daughter!" Just then a knock came to the door, and Mrs Sampson entered with a telegram, which she handed to Brian. He tore it open as she withdrew, and,glancing over it,gave a cry of Horror and let it flutter to his feet. (Calton turned rapidly on hearing his cry, and, seeing him fall into a chair with a ghastly white face, snatched up the telegram and read it. When he did so his face grew as pale and startled as Fitzgerald's, and, lifting his hand, he said solotnnly:- "it is the judgment of (god:' ('iHAPTER XXX. Children Cry for all. "After all," Jaye some cynical writer, "the illueiona of youth ate. mostly due to the want .of. el[per- ience." Madge, ignorant' in a great measure of the, world, oheriehed'her pleasant illusions, though many of them had been destroyed by' the trials of the past year, and her fath• er longed to keep her in this frame of mind. "Now go down to dinner, my dear," he said, leading her to the door. "I will follow soon!' "Don't be long," replied his daughter, "or Isbell come up again," and she ran down stairs her heart feeling strangely light. Her father looked after her until pital, and with a passionate sigh for she vanished,then Leavirg a regret - a perished love had dismissed ker ful sigh, _returned to his study, and frotu his thoughts forever. His taking out the scattered papers second marriage had turned out a fastened them together,and indorsed happy one, and he regretted the them, "My Co.ifession." He then death of his wife deeply. After- placed them in an envelope, sealed wards, all Ms love centered in his it, and put it back in the desk. daughter, and he thought he would ; "If all that is in that packet were be able to spend his declining years known," he said aloud, as he left in peace. This, however, was not the room, "what would the world to be, and he was thunderstruck when Whyte arrived from England with the information that his first wife still lived, that the daughter of Mark Frettlby was illegitimate. Sooner than this, Frettlby agreed to anything; but Whyte's demands be- came too exorbitant, and he refused to comply with them. On Whyte's death he again breathed freely,when suddenly a second possessor of his fatal secret started up in the person of Roger Moreland. The day after lie had seen More- land, and knew that his secret was no longer safe, since it was in the say?" That night he,was singularly brilliant at the diner table. Gener- ally a very reticent and grave man, on this night he laughed and talked so gayly that the very servants no• ticed the change. The fact was that he felt a sense of relief at having unburdened his mind, and felt as though by writing out that confes- sion he had laid the specter which bad haunted him for so long. His daughter was delighted at the change in his spirits, but the old Scotch nurse, who had been in the house since Madge was a baby,shook power of a man who might reveal it her head. at any moment in a drunken fit or "He's feyt" she said gravely. "He's no lang for the warld." Of course she was laughed at -people who believe in presentiments gener- ally are -but, nevertheless,she held fir•lnly to her opinion. Mr Frettlby went to bed early confession of everything from the that night, as the excitement of the time be had first met Rosanne, and last few days and the gayety in then -death. He would cut the Gordian knot of ,all his difficulties, and then his secret would be safe - safe; no, it could not be while Moreland lived. When he was dead Moreland would see Madge and embitter her life with the story of her father's sins; yes, he must out of sheer maliciousness, he sat at his desk writing. There seemed to be only one way open to him by which he could es- cape the relentless fate which dog- ged ohged his steps. He would write a which he had lately indulged prov- ed too strong for him. No sooner had he laid his head on his pillow than he dropped off to sleep at once, and forgot in 'placid slumber the troubles and worries of his waking hours. It was only 9 o'clock, and Madge live to protect her, and drag bis by herself in the great drawing.room weary chain of bitter retnembrances began to long for some one to talk through life, always with that ter- to, and, ringing the bell, ordered tilde sword of Damocles hanging Sal to be sent in. The two girls over him. But still he would write had become great friends, and out his confession! and after his Madge, though two years„younger death, whenever it may happen, it than the other, astu•ned the role of might help if' not altogether ex- mentor, and under her guidance Sal culpate, at least to secure some pity ' was rapidly improving. It was a for a mate who had been hardly ; strange irony of fate which brought dealt with by fate. His resolution I together these two children of the , same father, each with such differ - taken, ho put it into force at once and sat all day at his desk filling page after page with the history of kis past life, which was so bitter to Weide his daughter. Sal, horror 'truck, did not lose her presence of mind, but, snatching the papers off the table, she thrust them. into her pocket, and then shrieked aloud for the servants. But they, already attracted by Madge's wild cry, came hurrying in, to find Mark Frettlby, the millionaire, lying dead, and his daughter lying in a dead faint be- side her father's corpse. CHAPTER, XXXI. HUSH MONEY. As soon as Brian received the telegram which announced the death of Mark Frettlby he put on his hat, stepped into Calton's trap,and drove along to the St. Kilda station, in Flinders street,with that gentleman. There Calton dismissed his trap, sending a note to his clerk with the groom, and went down to St. Kilda with Fitzgerald. On arrival they fond the whole house perfectly quiet and orderly, owing to the ex- cellent management of Sal Rawlins. She bad taken the command in everything, and although the ser- vants, knowing her antecedents, were. ,disposed • to resent her doing so, yet such were her administrative powers and strong will that they obeyed her implicity. Mark Frettl- by's body bad been taken up to his bedroom, Madge had been put to bed, and Dr Chinston and Brian sent for. When they arrived they could not help expressing admiration at the capital way in which Sal Rawlins had managed things. TO BE CONTINUED. .4,. •. e► Avoid the harsh, irritating,griping compounds so often sold as purgative medicine, and correct the irregularities of the bowels by the use of Ayer's Cathartic pills. They are invaluable as a family medicine. ent histories -the one reared in luxury and affluence, never having known want; tlie othar dragged up him. Ile started at first languidly,' in the gutter, all unsexed and be - as in the performance of an unpleas-1 smirched by the life she had led. ant but necessary duty. Soon,how- I "The whirligig of time brings in its ever, he became interested in it and , revenges,” and it was the last thing took a peculiar pleasure in putting in the world Mark Frettlby would down every minute circumstance have thought of seeing; Rosanna which made the case strongeragainst Moore's child, whom he fancied himself. He dealt with' it, not as dead, under the sante roof as his a criminal, but as a prosecutor, and daughter Madge. painted his conduct as much bl-,cker than it really had been. Towards the end of the day, after reading over the early sheets,he experienced a revulsion of feeling, seeing how severe he had been on himself, so he wrote a defense upon his conduct, showir'g that fate had been 'too strong for hits. -It was a weak argument to bring forward, • but still he felt it was the only one be could make. It was quite dark when he had finished, and while sitting in the twilight, looking dreamily at the shefpts. scattered all over his desk, are heard a knock at his door and Beard his daughter's vuiee ---irsk-itg-TIlre-waY'C'diAng To dinner. All day long be had closed his door against every one, but now his task' being ended, be collected all the closely written sheets to- gether, placed them in a drawer of his escritoire, which lie locked, and then opened ed the door. "Dear papa," cried Madgea as she entered rapidly, and threw her arms around his s neck1 "what ha t you ou 1 been -doing here all day by yourself?" "Writing," retorted her father, laconizally, as he gently removed her arms. s, "Why, I thought you were ill," she answered, looking at him ap- prehensively. "No dear," lie replied: quietly. "Not ill, but worried." "I knew chat dreadful elan who came last night had told you some- thing to worry you. Who was lie?" "Oh! a friend of Mine," answered Frettlby, with hesitation. "What -Roger Moreland." Her father started. "How do you know. it was Roger Moreland?" "Oh, Brian recognized him as lie went out." Mark Frettlby hesitated for a few moments, and then busied himself with the papers on his desk, as he replied in a low voice: - "You are right --it was Roger Mot eland --he is very hard un, and as he was n friend of poor Whyte's asked me to assist him, which I did." He Bated to hear himself tolling such a deliberate falsehood, but there was no help for it -Madge m,1st never know the truth as long as be could conceal it. ".last like you," said Madoe,kiss- ing him lightly with filial pride. "The best and kindest of men," Ha shivered slightly as he felt 1•eyes wide, put -out feeble hands] as her caress, and thought how she if to keep something hack, and with would recoil from hint did she know a strang,ed ery fell dead on the floor N5MESIS. .\ f to r all,the true religion of Fate has been preached by George Eliot, when she says that our lives are the outcome of our actions. Every ac- tion, good or bad, which we do has its corresponding reward, and Mark Frettlby found it so, for the sins of his youth were now being pdnished in his old age. No doubt .he had sinned gayly enough in that far off time when life's cup was still brim- ming with wine, and no asp hid Pitcher's Castoria; On receiving - Mange's message Hal cane to the d,awing room, and the two were soon chatting amicably together. The drawing room was almost i11 darkness, only one lamp being lighted. '1'hey had been talking together for some time, when Sal's quick ear caught a footfall on the soft carpet., and, turning rapidly, she saw a tall figure, advancing down the room. Madge saw it too, and stinted up in surprise on recognizing her father. He was clothed in his dressing gown and r,;u•ricd'some papers in his hand. "Why, papa," said Madge, its sni•- "Hush!" whispered Sal, grasping her arms. "He's asleep." And so be was: In accordance with the dictates of the excited brain,the weary body had risen from the bed and wandered about the ' w' r o. The two iris dra in back 1 s lot 1 g g into. the shadow, watched him with. bated breath as he came slowly down the room. In a few moments be was within the circle of light,and moving noiselessly along, lie laid the papers he carried on the table. They were in a large blue envelope, much worn, with writing in red ink on it. Sal recognized it at once as dead one she had seen the c l,ad w - o elan with, and with an instinctive feeling that the.•e was something wrong, tried to draw Madge back as she watched her father's action with an intensity of feeling which held her spellbound. Frettlby open- ed the envelope and took therefrom a yellow, frayed piece of paper, which he spread out on the table. Madge bent forward to see it, but Sal, with sudden terror, `drew her back. "For Cod's sake, no," she cried. But it was too late; Madge had caught sight of the names on the paper - -"Marriage-Hosanna Moore ----Mark Frettlby"- the whole aw- ful truth flashed upon her. These were the papers Rosanna Moore had handed to Whyte. \Vhyte had been murdered by the man to•whorn the papers were of value- • -- "God! My father!" She staggered blindly forw,ird,and -then with one piercing shriek, fell to the grownd. in doing so, she struck agai st her father, who was still standing beside the table. 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BREWER, Manager, January 1887. Clinton Clinton Post Office Time Table CLINTOE MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE. Library and Reading Rooms, Town Hall. down stairs. About 2,000 volumes in the Library and all the Leading News papers and Periodicals of the day on the table. Membership ticket 91 per annum Open from 2 to 6 p m., and from 7 to 9 p. re. applications for membership received oy the Librarian in the room. Mails are due for delivery and close for despatch at the Clinton I'oet Office as fellows: — 1 elms% 1 011: Ilanilton, Tureuto, Strat- ford, Seafortb, Grand! Trunk east and (uterine -1 ' diate offices ... .. , .., . ..1 0.30 a.m. 1.50 p.m Toronto, Stratford, Sea forth, T. and S. oast....! 1,55 p,nl,' 8 a.ot Goderich, Iloinlesvtlle and Grano Trunk Wena 1 p.m.; 8 a.m Goderieh, 8,45 p.m. 2.40 p.m Hamilton, Toronto, 4.15 p.10.110.10 non London, L„ iI. Si.. B. south a.m, p.m, a.m. p.m and intermediate offices 7.75 4.15 10.10 7.00 Myth, Wingham, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, L.,il.&il.1 north and intermediate a n1. p RI. 11..111. 11.111ofHees 1 9.20 6.15 8.255.1)8 Summerhill, 'Tuesday, and' Friday, l 5.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m British mails, Monday, Wed- nesday, 'Thursday 1 0.30 a.111. Money Orders issued and Deposits received from one dollar upwards. 'Office hours,fp,Om.B. ,rn, to 7 p.1li,_-„ :Airings1Sank 'kfft' 10t08'ey Order Office disc at 6.30 p.m. THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster. Clinton, Aug. 1857. - ROBERT' DOWNS, CLINTON, Manufa turor'and Proprietor c ro tier for the best t1Raw 51165 Do in use. Agent for the sale ale an 6 d application of t110 JW•FIBfIF.R PATRNT ArTnnlATle Bo1LRR CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished applied and 1 plied on shirt notice, Rollers, Engines. and alt kinds of Machinery repaired ezpeditlonsly and In ra;iiatisfaetory manner. Farm implements manufactured and repaired. o Steam and Water Pipes furnished and t I put in position. Dry Kilns Hated up on application. Charges moderato'. YOCN(i M.1N, you can't invest money bet- ter than by getting a thorongli btrslii'ball billy cation, and yon CAN'TVIND a 00171•Rp OIRe• where in Ontario equal to that of the Forest Pity 1311siness College, London, Ont., which I haS a SPRolAJ (nua81) for those who Intoned I t0 remain on the fwiu. Catalopggue free, Address WESI'EIt\EIIr & YORK, London, Ont. HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y BENMILLER NURSERY FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREEI NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, Tab LATTER OF WHICH WE MAKE A SPECIALTY. LARGE STOCK ON LAND The aboye ornamental trees and shrubbery wi be sold at very low prices, and those wantin anything in this connection will save mone purchasing here. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benmiller. • This Company) is Loaning Money or Fart Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. _— MORTGAGES P1j119l,iASEI SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 5 per Gent. interest Allowed on Depo•sits,aceordinry to amount and time left. OFFICE—Cnrllcr of Market8gnareand North S riORACE IHORTON, MANAeaa. Gndorich, Atwine 5th 1886 (h'allaln's hair Remover Is painless, instantaneous and the only de- platory in the world which dons not injure the skin. Price 52 par bottle. E. f,, LEM- AITRE, 256 Queen St. West, Toronto, De - minim) Agent. J. BIDDLECOMBE. Watch & Clock Maker JEWELLER, '&c,, OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQUARE, (Tinton, where he keeps a sel0('t assortment of Watches Clocks, Jewellers'( Silverware. 1Vhi1'h we will sell at reasonable 1 aa,+A. impairing of (' very description promptly attonte,l to, and till work warranted. J. nIUD I.ECOMBE, Clinton, Nov. 1885• Mc)�Clap Meatal Insurance Co. T: NEILANS, HARLOCK GENERAL AGENT. Isolated town and village property, as well as farm buildings and stook, insured. Insur- ances effected against stock that may be killed by lightning, If you want insurance drop a card to the above address. PAINTING. PAINTING. The undersigned desires to intimate to the people of Clinton and vicinity that he has returned to town, and intends to remain here pe manently, and is better' prepared than ever to do anything whatever in the painting or paper hanging line. All orders entrusted to him will receive prompt and careful attention. GEORGE POTTS, Kirk St,, Clinton. J. C. STEVE SON, -THE LEADING - UNDERTAKER -AND- EMBALMER. A FULL*LINE OF GOODS KEPI is STOCK The best -Embalming I''luid used Splendid Hearse. ALBERT wr„('LINTON, Residence Over store. orrof-i rl•; 'J'OH'N 11A1.1, Londesboro Roller Milis After being thoroughly overhauled and re -fitted with NEW MACHINERY of the most approved kinds, these mills aro 1100 ill splendid running order, and will not be surpassed in the quality .1 the work done, by any still in the country. Special Attention given to GRISTINC (MOI'PING DONE ON 5110)(1' NOTICE. Satisfaction guaranteed. Parties wanting 1)3 t)iighat 01 itt this line will find It to their interest to 5i)e ui a call, ' E. 111:11EIt, Proprietor. RICHLY 1)owarded are those wlo read this and then act; they will find honorable employment that will not take then from their homes and families, The profits aro large and sure for every iltdustri• ouR 'semen, many have Made and are now maltingsevenij hundred dollars a month, It -is-etterftnevtor-rre¢s:sAt tie l ntriea as f• rex- itty-- and upwards, who is willing to work. Either .sox,youug or old; capital not neoded,we start you. Everything new. No 'special ability required; you,'roader.can do it as well as any one. Write to us at once for full particulars which we mail free. Address Stinson & Co Portland, Mains. FJ Z1.1.. d. 0 ten Nie 3” < ir �S al ar Fire Insurance. All kinds of property insured at lowest tsr ) rates. First-class companies, filICKETS ViA N. W. T. CO. LiNE BOATS 1 TO WINNIPEG AND ALL LAKE. POINTS, ALSO by all rail lines over the GRAND TRUbY.i( and CANADA PACIFIC to any point on faint lino, Winnipeg, Brandon, Ace, Dakota, Kauai', or any point reached by rail, local or foreign. Come sad See me before yen buy t lekels any- where. J. THOMPSON, Cliuton. Planing Mill .—ANn— DRY KILN" x)51116 SUBSCRIi3ER HAVING JUST COM, mum and furnished his MOW Planing Dhl with machinery of the latest improved pattern• is new prepared to attend to all orders in his lino In the .vont prompt and satisfactory manner and at real maple notes. He would also return thanks to all who patrnnlredthe old ,n before they were burned out, and now being in a bet ter position to execute orders expeditious' twits confident ho San {;iv satisfaction to all. FACTORY-2t'rar the Brand Trunl. Railway, Clinton. 1 ltltylAt M.' 1 NZI5.