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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1880-9-23, Page 2'MRS. M2WILisIAMS AND TIAE LiGunio G. - — By Moak Twa4. Weil, sir— continued Mr. 1WW11- lian.s, for this was not the beginning of lite talk—the fear of lightning is oue of the most distressing infirmities a tritium' being van be allliated with. It mostly confined, to women ; but ilOW and the', you find it in a little dog,and, eemetimes in a man. It i a partitu- I laxly distressing irlirmite, for the rea- son that it takee the seed oat of a per- son to an x etit which no other fear , and it can't be reasoned with, and neither can it be shamed out of a per- s,,n, woman who could fancy the very devil himself—or 0. invitee—loses her grip and goes ell to piecein front of a flash of liehtniug. Iter fright is sozni.thing pitiful to tion Wetl,as I was tolling you. I woke up, with that, smothered and ruiloeatable try of Mortiwer Mortimer 1' wailing in thy tars ; and as soon 11,, I could berape fu eniti 1 other I reached over its theItt k and said : •Evestio Inie, yeti calling ? Whet Id 11.1(3 Where are yeti ? 'Sleet up it the but Clott. You cught ti to Itslianit d hi lie there and sleep so, taid lauel; an awful storm go -1 iog on,' 'Why, hop' can ono be aelamed when he is asleep ? lt is untetteon•i table: a mem °aril bo ashastiod NN hen Le is asleep, iavamielinea 'Yeu never try, Mortimer you know very well yoti uever 1 caught the emitole of innifieu subs Th au sound t- mot e dead the sharp speeen 04at wits od my lips, and J changed it to— • Sorry, dear—I'm ti illy sot vy, I never meant to act so. Goole hack and—' 'Nfortimer I' `i-loavens 1 what it the matter, my love ?' 'Do yon mean to say you are in bed yet ?' ' Wily of course.: 'Come out of it instantly. I should think yon would take a little en re of yonr life, for my sake and the children's if you will not for your own? cBut my love—' ▪ Don't tent to me, Mortimer. You know there is no place SO dangerous. so a bed in such a thunderstorm as this—all the books say that ; yet there, you would lie, and deliberately throw away your life—for goodness knowe what, unless for the sake of arguing and arguieng, and—' 'Bet, confound. it, Evangeline, I'm in bed. now. [Sentence interrupted by a sudden glare of ligutuing, followed by a terri. fi d little scream from Mrs. M'Wit haute aud a tremeuduus blast of than C.er.] 'There ! You see the result. Oh, Mortimer, bow can you he so prufli. gate as to swear at euch a time am this?' •I didn't swear. And that wasn't a result of it, atiyway. It would have come just the same, if I hadn't Fond a word ; and you know very well, Evan- geliue—at least you ought to kilow— that when the air is charged with elec- tricity—a '0o, yes, no argue it, aud argue it, and moue it I don't see bow you can not go, hen yoe know there it not a lightning rod on the place, awl your poor wife a children are at the mercy of Provideucc. What are you doing ? —lightiug a match at s cia time as this. Are you stark mad ?' 'Hang it 'NOMAD, where's the harm ? The place is as dark as the iusid.o ()feu infidel, and—' e 'Put it out. Vat it outinstantiv Are you determined to sitcrifioe us ail You know tuere is nothing attracts lightniug like a light. Fitz !--crash ! bootn--boloom-boom boom t Oh, just heisait. N.Av you see what you Leve done.' 'No, 1 don't what,I hate done. A. match may sierra ligntning fur all I kuovr, but it do clause 111 go odd* on thot. Aud it didn't attract it worth a gent this time ; for if that shot was letsilled at my menet' it watt Weeded poqr maktortianithitn— about'an average of none out of a pos- sible million 1 should ray. Why, at Doilyntouut suoli inorkmauship as that—. 'Fur tihame,Mortitner. Here we are stauding in the presettee, aud yet irt 50 8 a m•nnent you 11111 timpaple of usiug numb language as that. If you have no desire tu---11ortimer 'Well ?' 'Did you say your prayers to night.' meant, to, but I got tryitig to cipher out how cinch twelve times thirteen is aral—' [Fet 1.—boorn berm= boom, bum - be amble bang smash 11 we are lost beyond all help. Bow could you neglect such a thing at bitch a tiste is this ?' 'But it wasn't such time as thie.' Titere waeust 01011ti in the sky. Hew cud 1. Lutsw there was g„log to be all isasaaweasma_roaiaa this rumpus mid pow -wow about a lit- her aud shut her up in the washstand. tle slip like the'. Aud I don't think ;Do be quick, love ; cats are full u it's just fair fur you, to inae so much electricity. 13 esti know my hair will out of it, anyway, seeing •it bailmentd turn white mill this night's awfu GO seldom ; I haven't missed before !perile.' shoe I brought ou that earthquake four I heard the muffled sobbing again, years ago ! 1 tut fur that I should not have moved 7-11ortitnor ! how yon talk. lelave hand or foot in such a wild outerpriee you forgotten the yellow fever ? lin the dork, 'My dear, .you. are always throwing somoeor, T went at my task—ove ES gEPTEmBiut188 year blinds and look over the high bill f yonder. What you heard was a cannon; what you saw was the flash. You see, 1 the telegraph brought some news at midnight, G-arfield's nominated—and that's what the matter.' 'Yes, Mr, Twaire; as I was saying in the beginning (mid lir. MeWilliams), the rules for preserving people against lightning aro so ticellent and 80 hum- neereb't that the most inoomprebettsible thiug iu the WOlit to me is how aellody over manages to get etruck.' So saying he gathered up his satchel and umbrella, and departed, for the train had leached his town. r up the yellow fever to !me, awl I think 1 chairs, and against all sorts of obstuo. i is perfectly unreaaonablo. You call' , tome, all of them herd ouos, too, and even send a telegraphic message as far ! inoet of them 'illi Sharp edges—and as Memphis without delays, so how is at !mit 1 got ltitty cooped up in the a little devotional slip of thine going to comnode, at au exnonse of over four hundred dollars in broken furuiture carry so fax ? ;ill stand the earthquake because it was in the neighborhood ; owe eloo,o The„ these muffled woial but I'll be hanged if I'm going to be came from the clet. : 8 respousibla for every blatned--: 'It says the Wee, thing is to stand [Fet!—brootn,berroom•bootnl boom! on a chair in the middle of the room, beim.] Mortiinoi• ; and the lege of the ohair 'Oh. dear, dear, dear, dear ! I knew inust bo iusulatecl with non.conduotore it struck bometaiog, Mortimer. We That Is, you must set the legs of the shell never sae the light of another day; chair in glass tumblers. [Pet I boom ! and if it will do you and good to re- —bang !--sinasti Oh, do you hear member when we are gone, that your that Do burly, Mortimer, before dreedful language—Mortimer.' you'll be struck.' 'Well. What now.?' I tnauagod to lino and secure the 'Your voice sounds at if—Mortimer, tumblers, I got the last four--brolie all aro you actually standing in front of the rest. 1. iosulated the chair legs, that open fire.place 9' and called for more inetructions. That it the very crime that 1 am ,erta• in ,„ , ,— ‘eIer, . Hoye, 'tettnreint eines committing.' Gewitters entfereue titan Metelle, wiuz 13-. Binge, Mired, Schlueeei, etc., von sigh und balte sieli anch uiht an Sol when Stelion auf, wo viele Metalle be einader leigen, oder mit auttern Ir pern verbunden sind, Wier an iferden Oefen Eiseugittoru, u, dgl.' What dues that mean, Mortimer ? Does it tneuu that you must keep metals about you or keep them away from you 2' 'Well, I hardly know. It appears to be a little mixed. However, 1 thiek that sentence is mostly in the dative case, with a little genitive and acouea- tive sifted in hare and there, for lack; so I teckou it niesue you must keep some metals about you.' 'Yes, that must be it. It stands to reason that it is. They aro in the na- ture of lightning rods,yon know. Put on your firemanie helmet, Mortimer ; that is mostly metal.' I got it and put it on—a very heavy and clutnsy and uncomfortable thing on a hot night in a close room. Even my night dress seemed to be more clothing thau I strictly needed. 'Mortimer, I thiuk your middle ought to be protected. Wou't you buckle on you militia sabre, if you please?' I cotnplied. 'Now. Mortimer, you ought to have some way to protect your feet. Du 'Get away from it, this moment. Yon (1,, seem determined to btiug de- etruction oti tie all Delft ;you know there it no better conductor for lieht- nino, than an open! chimney ? Now where have you got In 2' 'I'm here by my window.' 'Oh, 1 pity sake, have you lost your tnind ? Clear out from there thin mo- ment. The very children in arms know it is fatal to stain] near a window:in a homier storm. Dear, dear, 1 know .11,111 never see the light of another day. 'What ie that rustling ?' 'Pe me.' atVlett are von doing !' •Teyino to find the upper end of my pantaloons,' 'Quiek 1 throw those things away. I lo helirve von wonld deliberately put on tboso clothes at such a time as this; Vpt. yeti know perfectly well that all auto, ries Agree that woollen stuffs at- tract lightnitto. Oh dear, dear, dear, it isti't pefficient that ones life must be in pearl from ratnral causes, but you must dn everything you can possibly think of to moot -lent the danger. 011, lon't sing 1 What can you be thinking or?' 'Now. where'the harin in it 'Mortimer, if I have told you ()roe I have told von a hundred tittlee, that please put on your spurs.' eineIng cause.; vibrutione in the atmos- 'Mortimer it says, 'Das Gewitter Otero which intorrint the flow of the kitten int Rehr gafahrtioll, weil die electric flnid. and --What on earth are Glocke selbst, sowie der durdh des Lenten vertmlasete Litftzug and die Hobe des Thurmerden Blitzanzilien konnetem Mortimer, does that mean that it is dangerous not to riug the church bells during a thunder storm. 'Yes it seems to me that—if that is the past participle of the nominative case singular, and I reckon it is. Yes, I think it means that on account of the height of the church tower and the absence of the Leftzug it would be very. dangerous (sehr Wahrtielt) not to ring the bells in titue of a stortn ; and, moreover, don't you see the very word - 'Never mind that, Mortimer ; don't You waste the precious time iu talk. -Get the large &niter bell, it is right there in the hall. Quick, Mortimer, dear ; we are almost safe. Oli, dear, I do believe we are going to be safe at last.' Our little aummer establishment stands on the Lop of a high lenge of }title, overlooking a valley. Several farm houses are iu our neighborhood —the nearest some three or four hund- red yards away. Wheu I, mounted on the chair, had been clanging that dreadful a matter of seven or eight minutes, our shutters were suddeuly torn opeu from without, and a lailliant bull's-eye lantern thrust in at the window, followed by a hoarse enquiry :— What iu the nation ie the matter here 2 The wiudow was full of men's beads and the heads were full of eyes that stared wildly at my night-dress and my warlike aocoutrements. I dropped tbe bell, skipped down from the chair in confusion, and said : 'There is nettling the matter, friends —only a little discomfort on aceout of the thunderstorm. I was trying to keep off the lightning.' 'Thunderstorm 2 Lightning 2 Why, Mr, McWilliams, have you lost your mind 2 It is a beautiful starlight night; there has berm no storm.' I looked, ont and I was soastoriebed I wild hardly speak for a while, Then I said :— 'I do not enderstand this. We die- linotly saw the glow of the flashes through the curtains and shutters, and heard the thender." Otte after another those people lay down on tile ground to laugh—eid two of them died, Oue of the survivors re- marked . CONSVIOTION CURED.. •An old uhysicitnt4ettited from pradiee, hav- ing had placed in Ids hands by an Est lo- dia missionary the formula of a simple vege- table remedy for the speedy and perineum, cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Cattarh, At thins., and till Throat and Lung Affections, also 8 positive anti radical 01.110 for Nervous De- Itility and ail Nervous Complaints, after hay.F ing tested its wclutleiful curative powers in thousands of eases, has felt it his duty to make it known to bis suffering follows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human sti- fri g1 will send free of charge to all who de - Sire It., this r0Oipe, in German, Prench, or Eng- lish, with full directions for preparing mad ns- ing. Sent by mail by addrasing with stamp, Ba,111illg till:4 papa, W. W. SILSBAlt, 14'd PUWer$ Block, Rochestt 1', N. Y. . • -1 SE. Ur:" No other medicine the world was ever given such a tet of it's e,urative qualities as Bost:lien's 6.F:1:MAN SYRUP. III three years two utillioes four hundred thousand small bottles of thlaniedieine were distributed free 0,1r/tarsi(' , by drogists in this country to those allitted with unsumption, Asthma, Croup, WWII.; Conr:t.ts, Pnenniumnia, and other diseases of the tkroat and lungs, giving the American people undeniable proof that GratmaN SYRUP will Orin thcau. The result has been that drogiristg in every town and village in the Ca- umbot and United Sates are recommending it to their tustouters. Clo to your druggist and ark what they know aburzt it. Sample bottles. 1E1 cents. Begnlar size 5 emits. ThreJ doses ail ease. ,a7 emuNTERVIIITS AND INITATIOHS.— This high reputation pined byHAoraun's PEG- rovax. J3.t.r.RA3r for the Quist: of Coughs, Colds, and all ,dseases 1 the Thrwtt and Lungs has given rise to spurik.us imitatitPs. The genu- ine PECTCSAL BALskm has the. name of C. liagyard blown in the bottle which is (if the large size and sells at. 25 eta. We think it proper to wary the tmemspecting against 13AI.- •UP.IS bearing other mulles, or remedies offered 1 as a sukstitulie. Look carefully to this and take my other than ILtayAnn's PECTORAL 13.ar..- yon opening that door for ?' 'Goodness tr•aoinus, W011eall , is there any harm in that ?' 'Harm ? there is death in it. Any- body that has given the subject any attention knows that to create a drew:lit is to invite the lightring. You haven't, half shut it ; shut it tight -- or we are all destroyed. Oh, it is an awful thing to be shut up with a luni• tie at such a time re this. Mortimer, whet are you doing 2' 'Nothing. Just turning nn the water. This room it mothering lint at.d close. I went to bathe my face and hande.' 'You have certainly parted with the remnant of your mind 1 Where light - nine strikes any other substance once etrkert water fifty times, Do shut it off. Ohn dear, I am sure nothing in the world can save ns. Ii does seem in me that — Mortimer, what was that ?' was a da—'it was a picture. Knnolced down.' 'Then you are close to the wall. I never heard of such imptidentie. Don't von know that there's no better con- ductor for lightning than a wall. Come away from there. And you came near as anything to swearing too. Oh, how can you be so desperately wicked, and votir family in such peril? Mortimer, did von order a feather bed es 1 asked you to 7' 'No. I forgot it.' 'Forgot it 1 It may cost you your life. If you had a feather bed now, and could spread in the middle of the room and lie on it, you would be per- fectly safe. Come in here—come quick, before you have a chance to commit any more &antics! indiscretions.' I tried, but the little eloset would not hold us both with the door shut, nnless we could be content to emother. I petted a while then forced my way out. My wife called out :— 'Mortimer, something must be done for your preservation. Give me that German book that is on the end of the mantle -piece. and a ecndle ; but don't light it ; give me the motel] 1 will light in here. That book has some direction. in it. I got the book—at volt of a vase and some other brittle things; and She mademe shut herself up with the ean- (Ile. I had moments feet ; then rhe culled out : 'Mortimer, what is that P .Nothir4 but N 661.4 'Me Call Oh. treettneti.sa 1 Olito Tit)? you., 4i4u't thick to opeR •1116•Ni, .111mmonsio LEGAL, H. CADDY, BA.REISTER & ATTOIVN-EY At Law/Solicitor, &ht.. Eansonta Block. Exeter. HEDICAL. DR. HUTCHINSON, Member of the College of Physicians arid Surgeon of Ontario. ctrc„ Office next door to I. Callings l‘lain Street Exeter I HYNDMAN.—CORONER FOR the County of Huron. Uflice,nextdoor to Carling'sstore,Exeter l-• W. BiC tOWNING M. D., M. C. e • P. 8, Graduate VictoriaIIniversity• Office and residence. Don: Dion Laborator v, Exeter. 14 C. MOORE. M. D. C. M. 1 ti• Graduate of alcGillUniversity, Montreal Oillee and residence,Exeter,On t. Office t ours— tO 10 a. in and 7 to 10 n. m nR. J. A. ROLLINS, M. C. 2. S. O., Victoria St.Crepdirnton, Ont,tOffice hour! , Do 1U 1/.111.; 2 to5 ITh LUTZ, M. D., a_e • Office at his residence, Exeter. 1--)R. IRVING, GRADUATE CNI- es, VERSITY TrinityCollege 11 emberCol lege Pnvsicians and surgeon' Ont., ciineeKiricton. REMOVED. JOHN BACK having pnrchased the stock of Masers. R. dc E. Spicer. has removed to the store lately oc- cupied by Urns. North of Post Office. An kinds Flour and Feed Alwitps on Hand. FLOWER, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS kreat variety. JOHN BACK, WITHOOT AN EQUAL! 11911TAIPS IMPROVED Fanzine Mill! VATENTED 1879. ----- le: TAR= MACHINES IN on. —;0;— Afantiketured Foley by W. T. DINGLE, Oshawa, Out. Jr, imaivroi, ? 14.744're FIEr11F411 .14.4x0 ter T.,4 01. t,li FLQUR and CART MILL," Bojpg in good working order g PS O'er)" ate() IH • li tion 1114114.111' in griot1dg luta flouring. riuri and mill feed (louvered to parties 1011ring their' uratirs!wfore cue oteloclt t lsalwry, oft U 11 ‘k Co'S, or atiaiir same day TEIZA.1.>.74 Er v7 24. IT 777 C p IE X It; T IN ire P HAY P1J1‘11? W011KS. G. BOLTON MOTOR. h aving added to Illy pinnyiic erzikerr, and pro cured a large quantity AItIt.ClitM. pump logs, am prepared teener ati.'rtiele Superior to anfr tacor in the 00tIllij, aw1 at price's'That defy coAipetition. 11, ells nii6 Cisterns duff01.1 the shortest 0oti. Deluxe pahhasing call it',111.10 Lay Pinup 1--..Shop.,Onc-quallec mile nort Ex f:t ti Loialtin Road. Hay I GREAT CASH SALE. Haiving disposed of tsr store, and Laving to vacate the Sa1:00, I will dis- pose of my whole stock. at and under cost. Saki' to conruenee 'Wednesday, Jane 4th. 111y s‘ocic comprises the fi est goods in the trade, amt this is a rare opportunity to, procure barge ins never 'before offered. Call carIV. Goods booked will ho chtiroed regular prices. AC on tstg uding secountel nim.t 1 settled. in ,Jute, W. D. AlutiLOGLILoN, lits pandas st..Lotiden. ii_EgsALL, PORK PACKING HOUSE wa 40 --- :,,,:,.....:,.:-..-,,,,,-,7,1..-.. ,D.,......— . ---. Having commenced ttsinessfOlt tH:1, Fail andWinterT rade We are prepared to purchase any quantity of Pork, subject to the following regulations We will take off two pounds per hundred if dry, and three pound ;f soft. Shoulder stuck, twenty-five cents. If any of the bung gut is left in, 25 cents extra will be deducted. No pork will be bought at an price ip warm, We want al] Hogs Cutting sright through. breast to head, and Hams opened orate tail. & J. PETTY. NEW STAND. iwould acquaint my custoiners that I hare ro- movel my Flour & Feed Rusiuoss to W. H. TROTT'S OLD STAND, Three Doors south of the Post Office, and has opened out a choloe stock of fresh FLOWER, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS. • Flour and Feed delivered free of charge. JOHN lAcINNES. lit Itanss—To 133 PUBLISHED at JAtill.r, 1991 : LOVELL'S Gazetteer of British North America, CONTAINING the latest and most authentic descriptions of aver 7,500 Citiegt TOWSI(nd Villages hi the Provinces of Ontario, Q1101100, Nova Seoti a New Brunswick, Newfound- land, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, British Coluinbia., d the North West Territories, and other general information, drawn horn °falai sources, as to 100 110,1110e, Moult ty, e 4eutetc., of over 1,800 takes and Rivers. a trAnx,n OF Rotans, allOwing tile proximity of the Railroad Stations, and Sea, hake and River Ports, to the Cities, Towns. VillageS,eto , in the several Provinces. (ads Table will found invaluable); and a neat Colored Map a the Dominion of Canada. Edited l)y P.A. CRosnx, assisted hy it CoreA of Writers. 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