HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-12-28, Page 2FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 1888. On this sideboard were jrlaoed'
I eplebes.. er massive an.
several of very .
COLONEL QUARITCL Y. C. °lent Plate► pa, Welt Of which was.
• rudely engraved, three fawns er,the
.
arms of the Dq la Molle family, one
A TA LE OF COUNTRY LIFE. piece, indeed, a very ancient t1,itIver,
—_ bearing those of the Boiseey8 . 4
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k nof he
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BY D. BIDER HAOGArD.
a• 'CONTINUED.
"1 think that i we have met be
fore," said Harold, in a sone -what
%triorvous t'ashioe , as. tie etrgtched out
his haat!
"Yes," anievered Ida, taking it,
"I remember, It was iu the lopg
drift, five fears ago, on a windy
afternoon, when my hat blew over
the hedgt,and you went to fetch it."
"You nave a good memory, Miss
Do la alone,'' said he, feeling not a
little pleased that she should have
recollected the trident.
"Evidently not better than your
\ own, ("ulonol Quaritch," was her
ready answer. ' Iiesides,onesees so
\few strangers hire the tone naturally
N. embers them. It is a place
w' a within :appens—time passes
the ay 5I1.
eanwhile the old squire, who
nad been making a prodigious fuss
with his hat and stick, which he
managed to Send clattering down the
flight of store steps, departed to got
ready saying in a kind of rear, as
he went, that lila was to order in
the dinner, as lie would be down in
a minute.
Accordingly she rang the bell,and
told t'ae mail ti( (ring in the soup
in five minutes and to lay another
plate. 'Then; turning to Harold
she began tr, apologize to him.
"I don't know what sort of a
dinner you w:li ;gut, Colonel Quar-
itch,' she sari • "it is no provoking
of my father; he never gives one the
least warnil.g when he is • going to
vslt urev one to 'Airmen"
"Not at all—not at all," he an-
swered, Hurriedly. "It is I who
ought to' i1,u'ogiz•,, coining down on
you like ---like- -'' -
"A wolf t.a the. fold," suggested
Ida.
"Yes, ex t.•tly," lie went on earn-
estly, "and in this coat, too."
':,Well," slie went on laughing,
you will gel very little to eat for
your p.ains,and I know that soldiers
alwa,5 s like good dinners."
"Hove do you know that, Miss
Do la Mollo'1"
"Oh, because of poor James and
his friends whom he used to bring
here. By the way, Colonel Qua-
ritch," she went on, with a sudden
softening of the voice, "you have
been in Egypt, I know, because I
have so often seen your name in the
papers; (lid you ever meet my
brother there I"
"J knew him slightly,"he answer-
ed. "Only very slightly, I did
not know that be was your brother,
or indeed that you had a brother.
j He was a dashing officer."
•
at What be did not say, however,
was that he also knew hire -to have
gen one of the ,ti•,';:test and most
extravagant young men in an ex,
i.....________00 r,raveg.nt regiment, and as such had
ro some extent shunned his society
on the (ew "t•easions when he had
t sen thrown in with hint. Perhaps
•
Ida, with a woman's quickness,
divined from his tone that there
was something behind his remark ;
:it any rate she dill not ask him for
pat ti,pulL I a of their slight acquaint-
ance.
•
"lie was my ' cul brother," she
•
y
continued: "there• never were but
us two, and Of•eburse his loss was a
great blowrto me. My father -can-
not get over it at all, although--"
and she broke off suddenly and rest-
ed her head upon her hand.
At this moment, too, the squire
was heard advancing down the stairs
;shouting to the servants as he came,
"A •thousand Portions, my dear,
a thousand p.irdons," lie' said, as he
entered the room; "but—well, if you
will forgive particulars, I was quite
unable to discover the whereabouts
:.:-...•..,.'"` et,ea' .Nft# tte'i.iI.. •t?.y ^() %
maTo attire. -]a"o-w, Jolonet a nar-
itch, will you take my daughter I--.
Stop, you don't know the way—per-
haps I had better show it to you
v
with file candle.
„
Accordingly he advanced out of
the vestibule, and, turning to the
left, led,yhe way down a long passage
till he reached
the dining -room.
This apartment was, like the vesti-
bule, oak panelled, but the walls
were mostly
decorated ated with
family.
and other portraits, including a very
ourious painting of the castle itself,
as it was before its destruction in
the time of Cromwell. This paint-
ingx(v•l r'r
was e tt . 1 on a riisiasive slab
of oak, and conceived in a most
quaint arid formal style, being re-
lieved in the foreground with stags
at grays and woodeny horses, that
must; according to any rule of pro-
portion, have been about half as
large as the gateway towers. Evi-
dently, also, it was of an older date
than the present house, which is
Jacobean, having probably been
removed to its present position from
the ruins of the old castle. Such as
it was, however, it gave a very good
, idea,of.what the ancient seat of the
Roisseys and De la Mblles bad been
like befot'e the Roundheads lead
made an end of its glory. The
dining -room itself was commodious,
though not large. It was lighted
by three narrow windows which
looked out upon the moat and bore
a considerable air of solid comfort.
Tho table, which was of extraordin-
ary
xtraordin-ary ..solidity and weight, made
of biaok oak,. 'was matched ' by a
sideboard of 'the sine material,.and
a a a enti of the same date, bolt
p
store, this atter. beim
, g proof of our
urgent need.'
t(Thsse west:; as ne;t'ly as I etu1
remember, the very words wf the
letter, 4bich was written in his, own
hand, and show pretty clearly how
hardlyI e was i (sed. -1i is aid'
t . s p e� s
chat when he read it, Sir James, for-
pretence—showing thereby that it getting hisgti evar ce,burat into tears,
dated from the De la Mollie who in end, taking paper, wrote hastily as
time of Henry the Sevel}th had ob follows, Which last he certainly did,
tained the property by marriage for I have seen the letter in the
with the Boissey heiress. Diuseum.
As the dinner, which was a very "'My Liege,—Of the past I will
simple one, went on, the eonveral- not speak. It is past. But since
tion having turned that way, the it hath g:•aciously pleased your waj
old squire had his piece of plate eety to ask mine aid against the re -
brought by the servant -girl to Har- bels who would overthrow your
old Quaritch for him to examine, throne, rest assured that all I have
"It is very curious," he said ; is at your majesty's disposal,till such
"have you much of this, Mr 1)e la time as your enemies are discomfited
Molle I" It hath pleased Providence to so
"No, indeed," he said; "I wish I prosper my fortunes that I have
had. It all vanished in the time of stored away in a safe place, till these
Charles the First." times be past, a very great sum in
"Melted down I suppose," said gold, whereof I will at once place
the colonel thous tnd pieces at the disposal of ten
"No that is the odd part of it. your majesty, so soon as a safe
I don't think it was It was hidden means can he provided of conveying
somewhere—I dol't know where— the same, seeing that I had sooner
or perhaps it was urned into money die than that these great moneys
and the money hidden. But I will should fall into the hands of the re-
tell you the starry, if-• you like, as bele to the furtherance of an evil
soon as we have done dinner." cause.'
Aczordingly, as soon as the ser- "Then the letter went on to say
vant had moved the cloth, and,efter that the writer would at once buckle
the old fashion, placed the wine up- to and raise a troop of horse among
on the naked wood, the, squire be- his tenantry, and that if other satis-
gan his tale, of which the following factory arrangements could not be
is the substance : made for the conveyance of the
"In the time of James . the De moneys, he would bring them 'in
la Melte family was at th height of person to the the king.
its prosperity, that is, so far as "And now comes the climax of
money goes. For several genera- the story. The messenger was cap-
tions previous the representatives of tured, and Sir James' incautious
the family had withdrawn them-' letter taken froniis boot, as a re-
solves from any active participation stilt of which he, within ten days'
ip public affairs, and, living here at time, found himself closely besieged
small expense upon their lands, by five hundred Roundheads tinder
which were at that time very large, the command of one Colonel Play -
had amassed a quantity of wealth fair. The castle was but ill-provis-
which, for the age, might fairly be Toned for a siege, and in the end Sir
called enormous. Thus, Sir Step- James was driven by sheer starve -
hen de la Molle, the grandfather of tion to surrender. No sooner hadt
-the Sir James who lived in,the time he obtained an entry, than Colonel
of James I., left to his son, who- was Playfair sent for his prisoner, and
also named Stephen, a sum of no to his astonishment produced to Sjr
less than twenty-three thousand James' face his own letter to the
pounds in gold. This Stephen, was king.
a great miser, and tradition says "'New, Sir James,' he said, 4ethat be trebled the (lure in hie life- have the hive, and I must ask you
time. Anyhow, he died rich as to lead us to the honey. Where be
Croesus, and abominated alike by these great moneys whereof you
his tenants and by the country side, talk herein. Fain would I be fiog-
as might be expected when a gentle- ering these ten thousand pieces of
man of his name and fame degraded gold, the which you have so snugly
himself, as 'this Sir Stephen un- stored away.'
doubtedly did, to the practice: of "Ay,' answered old Sir James,
usurp. 'you have the hive, but the secret of
With the next heir, Sir James, the money you have not, nor shall
however, the old spirit of the•De la- you have . it. The ten thousand
Molles seems to have revived, all pieces of gold is where it is, and
though it is sufficiently clear that with it is much more. Find it if
he was by no means a Spendthrift, you may, colonel, end take it if you
but, on the contrary, a careful man, can.'
though one who maintained his sta- "'I shall find it by to -morrow's
tion, and refused to soil his fingers light, Sir James, or otherwise—
with such base dealings as it had well, or otherwise you die.'
pleased his uncle to do. Going to "'I must die- all men do,colonel;
court, he became, perhaps on•account but if I die the secret dies with me.'
of his wealth, a considerable favor- "'This shall we see," answered
its with James I., to whom he was the colonel, grimly, and ' old Sir
greatly attached, and from whom he James was mar3hed off to a cell,and
bought a baronetcy. Indeed, the there closely confined on ',read and
best proof of his devotion is, that water. But he diel not die the next
he on two occasions lent large sums day, nor the -next, nor for a week,
of money to the king which were indeed. •
never repaid.` On the RCCP•5910I1 of "Every day he was brought up
Chanes I., however, Sir James left before the colonel and que.tionetl
court under circumstances which as to where the treasure was, under
were never quite cleared up. It is the threat of immediate death, not
said that, smarting under some being suffetel meanwhile to coin•
slight which was put upon him, he municate by word or sign with any
made a somewhat brusque demand one, save the officers of the rebels,
for the money which be had lent to and every day he refuse'l,till at' last
James. Thereon the king, with his inquisitor's patience gave out,
sarcastic wit, congratulated him on and he weS told frankly that if he
the fact that the spirit of his uncle, did not communicate the secret he
Sir Stephen' de 1a° Molle, whose would be shot at (lawn the following
name was still a byword in the land, day. .
evidently survived in the family. "Old Sir James laughed, and said
Sir. James turned white with fury, that shoot him they might, bat that
bowed, and without a word left the he consigned his soul to the devil
court, nor did he ever return thither. if he would enrich them with his
"Years passed, and the civil ,war treasures, and then asked that his
was at.ita height. Sia James had Bible might be ,brought io him -that
as yet steadily refused to take any he might read -therein and prepare
l are ." % had '71 .it#sf.*slt;..ilintll. .
given the su tl put upon im r y t e 4 hey gave arm ° the . ifible and
king, 'for like. most of his race, of left hits. Next morning, at the
whom it was said that they never dawn, a file of Roundheads marched
forgave an injury, and never forgot him out into the courtyard of the
kindness, he was a pertinacious castle,
ao c s� a and here
pbe found Colonel
man. .Therefore he would not lift a Playfair and his officers waiting.
finger in the king's cause... But still "'Now, Sir James, for your last
leas would he help the Rottnclheads, word. Will you reveal where the
whom he hated ' with a singular treasure lies, or will you choose to
hatred. So time went, till at last, die?'
when he was sore • pressed,. Charles, "'I will not reveal,' answered the
knowinghis great wealth and in- old man: 'Murder me if will.
g y
e
finance, 'brought himself to write a The act is worthy of holy Presbyters.
letter to this Sir James, appealing I have spoken and my mind is fixed.'
to him for support, and especially " 'Bethink you,' said the colonel.
for money, "'I lave thought,' he. answered,
" ' I hear' said the king in his 'and em ready. Slay me and seek.
letter. 'that Sir James de la Molle;, the treasure. But one thing I ask.
who was aforetime well affected to My young son is -not here. ,, In
our person and more especially to Franco hath` he been this three
the late king, our sainted father, years, and nought knows he of
doth stand idle, watching the grow- where I have hid this gold. Send
ing of this bloody struggle, and lift- to him this Bible when I am dead.
leg no hand. Such was not the way Nay, search it from page' to page,
of the. race from which he sprang, There it nought therein save what I
which, unless history doth greatly have writ here upon this last sheet.
lie, hath in the past been each found It iS all I have left to give,'
at the side of their kings striking ".'The book shall be searched,'
for the right. It is said to me also, answered the colonel, 'anti if nought
that Sir James de la Molle doth is found therein it shall be sent.
thus place himself aside, blowing And' now, in the name of God, I
neither hot nor: cold, because of adjure you, Sir James, let not the
some sharp words which he spake love of lucre stand between you and
in heedless jest many a year that's your life. Here I make you one
gone. We know not if this be true, last offer. Discover but to us the
doubting if a man's memory be so ten thousand pounds whereof you
long, but if so it be, then hereby do speak in this writing,' and he held
we craye his pardon, and no more up the letter to the king, 'and you
can we do. And now is our estate shall go free—refuse and you die.'
I
one of grievous peril, and sorely do " 'I refuse,, be answered.
we need the aid of God and man. ' "'Musketeers make ready,' shout -
Therefore, if the ;heart of our sub- ed the colonel, and, the file of men
ject, Sir James d la Molle, be not stepped forward,
rebellious against ua, as we pannot "But at that moment there came
re ;tieing, as'Mr D4 taidily credit to be, we do implore tip ea furious a squall of wind, to
-t' relied hts•,present aid in men and money, gether with dense and cutting rain,
Id Whiolh last it is said he bath large that for a while the execution was
het"s ,Ca,storla; Ohlildron Cry for
sionitimel
delayed. Presently it passed, and
the wild light uf• the November
morning swept out from the sky,
anti revealed,the doomed man kneel-
ing Upon the sodden_ turf, with the
water :running from his white hair
and beard, praying.
a d
a .
"They palled to him to stand up,
but he would not, and continued
praying. Si they shot him on his
trines."
"Well," said Colonel Quaritch,
"at any rate he died Pike a gallant
gentleman."
At that moment there was a
knock at the door, and the servant
came in.
"What is it?" asked the squire.
"George is here, please sir," said
the girl, "and Gaye that he would
like to see you."
"Confound him," growled the old
nent ao; "he is always here about
eotnething or other. I suppose it is
about the Moat Farm. He was
going to see Janter to -day. Will
you excuse me, Quaritch? Ida will
tell you the end of the story if you
earetto hear any more. I will join
you in the drawing room."
CHAPTER 1V.
THE END OF THE TALE.
As soon as her father had gone,
Ida rose and suggested that if Col-
onel Quaritch had done his wine
they should go into the drawing -
room, which they accordingly did.
This room was much more modern
than eitherthe vestibule or the
dining -room, and bad a generalair
and flavor of nineteenth-century
young lady about it. There were
the little tables, the draperies, and
the photograph frames, and all the
hundred and one knick-knacks and
Adds-and•ends, by means of which a
lady of taste makes a room lovely
in the eyes of brutal man. It was
a very pleasant place to look upon,
this drawing -room at Honharn
Castle, with its irregular recessed,
its somewhat faded colors illuminat-
ed by the soft light of a shades
lamp,and its general air of feminine
dominion. Harold Quaritch was a
man' who had seen much of the
world, but had not seen much of
drawing -room?, or, indeed, of ladies
at large. They had not come in his
way, or if they bad come in his way
he had avoided them. Therefore,
perhaps,was he the more susceptible
to such influences when he came in
contact with them. Or perhaps it
was the presence of Ida's gracious
self which threw a charm about the
place that added to its natural at-
trectiveness, as the china bowls of
lavender and rose leaves added per-
fume to the air. Anyhow,it struck
him that he had never seen a room
which conveyed to his mind such
an idea of gentle test and refine-
ment,W'
('hat a charming room!" he said,
as ho entered it,
"I am glad von think so,-" an-
swered Ida; "because it is my own
territory, and T arrange it."
"Yes," he' said, "it is easy to see
that."
"Wel!, would you like to hear
the end of the story about Sir James
and -his t:easure?"
"Certainly; it i::terests toe very
much."
'•lt pussltt•cly fascinates me,"
said Ida, with emphasis.
"Listen, and •. I will tell you.
After they had ;shot old Sir James
they took the Bible off him, but
whether or no Colonel Playfair ever
sent it to, the son in France is not
known.
"The story is all known histori-
cally, and it is known that, as my
father said, he asked that his Bible
might be sent, but nothing more.
This son, Sir Edward,neve'r lived to
return to England. After his
fathees- rmiirder, theestates were
seized by' the Parliamentary party,
and the old castle, with the excep-
tion of the gate towers, razed to the
ground,partly. for military purposes,
and partly in the • long end deter -
i) e ttitn t iia
iucovei` i11tI Sir-Jan'ies' breasnr ,
which might, it wag `thought, have
been concealed ii some secret cham-
ber in the walls. But it was all of
no use, and Colonel Playfair found
that, in letting his temper get the
better of him and shooting Sir
James, he had done away with the
only chance of finding the money
that he was ever likely to have, for
to all appearance the secret had died
with its owner. 'There was ar
g
eat
noise about it at the time, and the,
colonel was degraded from his rank
in rewa.:d for what he had done.
It was presumed that old Sir James
must have had accomplices in the
hiding of so great a mass, of gold,
and every means, by way of threats
and promises of reward—which at
last grew to half of the total amount
tit at should be disci';t'ered—was
taken to induce these to come for-
ward if they existed, bet without
result. And so the matter went on,
till after a few years the whole
thing died away ,and was forgotten..
"Meanwhile the son, Sir Edward,
who was the second and last baron-
et, led a e'andering life abroad,fear-
ing or not caring to return to Eng-
fand now that. all his property had
been seized. When he was two -and -
twenty years ef' age, however, he•
contracted an imprtr'dent marriage
with his cousin, a lady of the name
of Ida Dofferleigh, a girl ,sof good,
blood and great beauty, hu '+Vntliou
means. Indeed, she Wiis the sister
xY
of George Do(i'erleigb, cab Was a
cousin and compaltion in•• exile of
Sir Edward's, and, as you Will pre'
sently see,my lineal ancestor. Well,
within a year of this inttrriage, poor
Ida,
my namesake, died, -with ,her
baby, of fever, chiefly brought on,
they say, by want and anxiety " of
Pit her'•s 0a9 004011a.
mind, and the shock seilpi to have
turned her husband's ' bra'i,, At
any rate, within three, 90 four
months of her death, be of emitted
suicide. But before be ,d4 so, he
formally exebuted a ratha in lal$orate
will; by which he left 0114 estates
in England, now un ustl `withhtlld
from me contrary tolaw enc tint T;ta1
right by the rebel pretender! Ceopi-
well, together with the treasure hid.
den thereon or eleewhere,by my late
murdered father, Sir James de la
Molle, to John Geoffrey Dofferleigh,
his cousin, and the brother of his
late wife, and his heirs forever, on
condition only of his assuming the
name and arms of the De la Molle
family, the direct line 'of which be-
came extinct with himself. Well,
of course, this will, when it was ex-
ecuted, was to all appearance so
much waste paper, but within three
years from its. execution Charles II.
was Kirg of England.
"Thereon John Doffet leigh pro-
duced the necument, and on assum-
ing the name and arms of De la
Molle actually succeeded in obtain-
ing the remai:,a of the castle and a
considerable portion of the landed
property, though the baronetcy be
came extinct. lis son it was who
built this present bowie, and he is
our direct ancestor, for though my
father talks of them as though they
were—it is a little weakness of his
—the old De la Molles, they were
not our•dir'ect male ancestors."
"Well;" said Horold, "and did
Dofferleigh find the treasurer
"No, ah, no; nor anybody else;
the treasure has vanished. He
hunted for it a great deal, and he
did find those pieces of plate which
you saw to -night hidden away some-
where, I don't know where, but
there was nothing else with them."
"Perhaps the whole thing was
nonsense," said. Harold, reflectively.
"No," answered Ida, shaking her
head, "I am sure it was not; I am
sure the treasure is hidden away
somewhere to this day. Listen
Colonel Quaritch—you have not
heard quite all the story yet—I
found something."
"Yon—what?"
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r, Excellent In Tone.
Pronounced by Artists to be the Finest made
in Canada. and equal to the best United Slates
instruments, at (when duty and freight is paid)
2�Per et. less Expense
. Beiere purchasing communicate
with the Manufacturers
OCTAVIUS NEWCOMBE & CO.
107-109 Church Street, Toronto.
BIBLES & TESTAMENTS AT COST
The Clinton Branch Bible Society nave for
sale at DR WORTHINGTON'S DRUG
STORE. Albert Street, a tine assortment of
Bibles and Testaments. •
TESTAMENTS FROM Bets. UPWARDS
BIBLES FROM 25et8 UPWARDR.
COAtE AND SEE. DR WORTHINGTON, De.
pository.
J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST
Holds the exclusive right for the county for
the Hurd prowess 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 guarautot d. Office,
ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, over Rauae's Tailor
Slop, Huron Street,"liutuu.
EXHAUSTED - VITALITY
f11HE SCIENCE of Life
the great Medical
Work of the age on Man-
hood, Nervous and Physi-
cal Debility, Premature
Decline, Errors of Youth
and the untold miseries
consequent thereon, 300
pages 8 vol., 125 prostrip-
tions for all diseases,—
Cloth, full gilt, only 51, by wail, sealed. Il-
lustrated sample free to all young and mid-
dle aged men. Send now, The Gold and
Jewelled Medal awarded to the author by
the National Medical Association, Address
P. O. Box 1895, Boston, Mass., or Dr. W. H.
PARKER, graduate of Harvard Medical Col-
lege, 25 years practice in Boston, who may
be consulted confidentially. Specialty, Dis-
ease of Man. Office, No, 4 Bulfinch St.
The Molsons Bank.
incorporatedbg_Act-of Parliament, 1855.
CAPITAL, - $2,000,000.
REST FUND, - $1,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.
THOMAS WORKMAN,,, ,' . , ,, President.
J. II. it. MOLSON Vice -fres,
F. WOLFERSTAN. THOMAS, Geiscrtl Maua.iger
Notes idiscoit ated,Goll.'ctions nt(tde,DrafIs
issued, Sterling and America), ex-
c4znge bought and sold at.lozoest
current r
Interest at 3 per cent allow - •• eposits,
Moneyadvanced to farmers on their o
with one or more endorsers. No mortg
quired as security.
H. C. BREWER, Mana:;tr,
January 1557, Clinton
KIPPER MILLS
Are taking, be IOWin Griat,knt Ind C) p.
ping wIlioh will be- done at all times, on tee
ahoriest notige. PHOPPINQ 04-eoptge e
bag. Int a ea a trig(, and you i he: Mu-
vlpcod 044 Hilo Ir ape right pace to get'Tour
tiifiistina' clone;• es everyone seta tee sour
pgapufaoturdcl tatotn his own whilst. Farm-
erqq eau. ,}odd Qty getting theik stuff hotpo
with m
th the.
FLOUR ettn FEED, -Float and feed kept
ageatently on hand.
D. B, MoLEAN, Kippen Mills.
('ILIN'JOFi MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE,
Library and Reading Rooms, Pow
Hall, down stairs. About 2,000 volanter
in the Library and all the Leading News
papers and Periodicals of the day on the
table. Membership ticket $1 per annum
Open from 2 to 6 p m , and from 7 to 9 P.
m. Applications for membership received
uy the Librarian in the room.
•
BENM[LLER NURSERY
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE:
NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH
AND ASTRACHAN PINE.
THE LATTER Or Willett wa MARE A SPECIALTY.
LARGE STOCK ON HAND
The aboye ornamental trees and 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,' Benmilior.
McKillop Mutual Insurance Ce.
Ir: NEILANS, HARLOCK
GENERAL AGENT.
Isolated town and 'village property, as well
as farm buildings and stock, 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. STEVENSON,
—THE LEADING—
UNDERTAKER
—AND—
EMBALMER.
A FULL LINE OF
GOODS KEPI iv STOCK
The best Embalming Fluid used
Splendid Hearse.
ALBERT ST.,CLINTON,
Clinton Post Office Time Table
Mails are due for delivery and close for ,Icy rh
at the Clinton Post Office as follow.:
! 1,,
Ilamilton, Toronto, Strat-
ford, Seaforth, Grand
Trunk east and interme-
ff
Todiateronto,oSticesratford, Sea -
forth, T. and S. east....
Goderich, Holrnesville and
Grand Trunk west 1 p.m. 8 a.nt
Goderich, 8.45 win. 2.40 p.m
Hamilton, Toronto, ... 4.15 p.m. 10.10 alit
London, L., H. & B. south a.m, p.m, a.m. p,ut
and intermediate offices! 7.35 4.15 10,10 7.00
Blyth, Wingham, Kincard
dine, Lucknow, L,11,&11.
north and intermediate,a,m, p a.m. p
offices s ! 0.23 6.15 8 25 5 115
6,3t1 .t in LAO
1.55 p.m.!' C n.ru
Residence over store.
OPPOSITE TOWN HALL
I,11„ti.., TISDALL
Summerhill, Tuesday and
Friday.
5,30 p.m. 3.10 p.m
British mails, Monday,Wed
nesday, Thursday 6.30 a.m. ••
Money Orders issued and Deposits,rect.ived from
one dollar u1 )vardC.
' Office hours from 8 a,m. to 7 win,
Savings Bank and Money Order Office close
st 6.30 p:'m.
THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster.
Clinton, Aug. 1887.
CLINTON,
Manufacturer and Proprietor fur the best (Saw
MltiDo8 in use.
Agent for the sale and
application of the a'Flattsa PATENT AUTOMArIC
BomaaCLSANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished
and applied on shirt notice.
'Boilers. Engines, and all kinds of
Machinery repaired expeditiously
- and n i
» satisfactory R 1 ReLory rltROnet.
tram imphrments nlnnufactured and repaired,
Steam's >>
'and Water Pipes s turn ishod and pit in
position, Dry Kilnsfitlerl, upon application,
Charges moilerate.
application,
_--
�IUROPoI AND BRUCE
H. R. Elliot, M. D., W. Gunn, M.D., 1,. ll. Loan & Investment Co'y
L.R.C.P., Edinburgh, CP„ Edinburgh, 1..R.
Licevtinto oftbe�lt d, cofC. iat pElofbtlnu'n.ltid_ t ?'iiia ('u,rt/ianl/ ° ix Lnnuir,q .11one,y or.
wiforY, Edinburgh.y, F,tr,, ,''r vrilry rzf I,nur• l Ra tee of
Office at nrucefeld. In(rrr•.L
MN1
L�E Y. rt,V !ib.N D.
wifor Fain, rgih'co on
corner of Ontario and
William Ste., Clinton
At 6 per cent.
T. I. F. HILLIARD, Barrister,
faiilton,
� E,
I!1F FER,
DENTIST,,
–NORFOLK VILLA, 137 C0(,L14STREET
TORONTO. \
G. H. COOK,
LicenEiato of Dental 'Surgery, Honor Grade
ate of the Toronto School of Dentistry.
Nitrous 'Oxide GAS administered for the
painless extraction otteoth.-
Office over Jackson's Mailing Store, next
to Poet Otllce;plinton.
t: Night bell answered. 1y
1110h E`•3t • f►xONl tY I 'UNN;ii 1'
We e'a make a tewgoo loan ' coin private
fundbaiot rated Ud triode ate Oxpenit6.
Terms made to obit botro+rktte.,
MANNINCO & SCOTT, - Clltttbtr
IJNItdrT SHAVING PARtopii
Vt'i'(1, tttlt8 i1U'T'1.'ING ANl 'glyAI$
Pobtl'lO done very neat and tdu hit
every poraona.
3O1IN AbEa; • . tut $focit
M0it'I•(IAGES - . - l'L-RC11ASE1
SAVINGS 11 NK I3RANC'IT.
$,
4 and 5 per fent. I,Nrrr:•t A/(r,u•rrl
nu J)nposifs, arrnrrling la a in' nilt
and time lt.
OFF IC F;
-corner of Markt t&start.and Nath S
HORACE HORTON,
- MANAORR.
Goderieh, August 5th 1186
0 ra•m's Ilair RemoverIe pain! ks, instantaneous mid the ollly'do•
platoryn rho wbrlci which does not Maw
the skin, Price $2 per bottle. E. G. LEM-
AITRE,'856•Queen St. West, Toronto, Do-
minion Agoht. •
,7. BIDDLECOMBE.
Watch & dock I odor
JEW Ell , &o.,
OPPOSITE TUB MARKET . CARE, Clinton,
Where be keeps a select aeaortyncn t of
Watches Clocks, Jewell(,
w•
t 'iy''liic'G we will boll at rairiaMoic tutu.
Retilltln of vette* deserlttod tirosuptlq'
a. td#W t(yt au ,'Till workwarranted..
.t,RID1�i E,t70MIiRr
41101.rlt►V illffi� rN� .,
'1
B:\NK1' S
=TON. ON'
Advances made to.'farmerson their own i
notes; at low rates of interest.
A general Banking Business transacted
Interest allowed oil deposits.
Sale Notes bought
3. P. TISDALL, Manager.
►
RICHLY Rewarded are those who read
this and then act ; they will find
honorable employment that will not take
them fpm their homes and families.. The
profits a're large and sure for every industri-
ous person, many have made and are now
making several hundreddollars a month, It
is easy for arty person to make $ 9 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...: zeador_cgs do it as well as any
t7n'(t:}Vttiveatmem sconce,€ r sfuil enen F1
which we miff free, Address Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine. •
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zwZ 0 ri "f)�
La.l
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Fire Xneuraxice.
All kinds of property insured at lowest tars
rates First-class companies,
rllt'KFITS ViA N, W. T. CO. LiNE BOATS
I'ro WINNIPEG AND ALL LAKE POINTS,
ALSO by all rail lines over the GRAND TRUNK
said CANADA PACIFIC to any point on that
line, Winnipeg, Brandon, &c., Dakota, Kansas,
or any point reached by rail, 1pcal or foreign,
Conte arid see nie before you buy tickets any•
where,
J. TIIOMI'SON, Clinton.
', C3LIN�7TON
Planing Mill
DR* KILN"
THE SUBSORIEER HAVING JUST COM,
-L
CADS afdllirnishod his new Planing gm
with Ifni ephrery of the latest improved pattern,
is now hripared to attend to all orders In hia
lin(( Tn'e b .nost prompt and satisfactory manner
and at as rnabie rates. He would also return
thanks to 511 iilaTratf'onizedthe old m before
thb ere burned out, and now being Ina bet
ler akin to,,execute Orders expoditiousl
tooaCo Mont he can giv satisfaction to all.
p'AG Y ----Near the Grand Drink
Railway, Cll,lon.
1}iOMAS M1NENZIE