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THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 193+
hastree
matalasimannanninsissexamilionima
There was no dissentient voice.
'Nor in the town, nor among the caste,
could anyone impugn the act, tIt had
been involuntary and public. Thous-
ands had witnessed it, and they bore
testimony of the holy fervour which
had animated Tara and all who ac-
companied her from the tenpple. All
seemed to have caught a portion of
the divine manifestation and enthusi-
asm.
So every one said that the beautiful
daughter of Vyas Shastree had be-
come a Moorlee or .priestess of the
temple, and that the goddess had her-
self called her from her disgrace of
widowhood to the glory of her own
service. \\'as not this better than
worldly ties, Now she ,was free!'
Did '"Para think so? I't was many
weeks ere the feverish excitement
passed away, during Which the lov-
ing eyes glowed with unnatural lustre
and a fierce fire seemed to possess
her. It was.. to be expected; and she
had skilful and tender attendance.
1Vith perfect rest and ,quiet 'and 'sim-
ple remedies, it would pass away,
they said, and it did so gradually, and
Tara arose weaker, but calm, By-and-
by she lroulil he allowed to make her
sacrificial offerings,but not yet; and
till then her /beloved books. the house-
hold worship, and occupation, were
enough to occupy her,
"Tine enough," said the old Pundit
who frequently visited •her and had
become interested in her, "with a life
of service to be done. i\Vhen' you are,
strong, Sou shall come to nisi but not
tial then."
\Vas Tara satisfied? If the dread
of her shame had been removed, the
void in her heart :hath not as yet been
filled; but the new life had to begin,
and she would do her best, and so she
comforted ,herself,
'Were others satisfied? Yes. As we
have said, most who knew her envied
her Li but some sneered, and already,
shook their heads.
One man bad looked at the dis-
traught girl, as she was placed in the
litter and covered with garlands, who
was satisfied, yet not as •the rest.
More beautiful in the unconsciousness
of her excitement than he had ever
seen her before, -far more so, to his
sight, than she had ever appeared
while ordinarily attending the temple
warship wish her mother, and where
he had watched her for months past,
Moro Trimmul had joined the throng
in order to observe her better. Being
a .Brahmun, he had closed yup to the
edge of the litter bareheaded and un-
noticed, singing the 'hymns as one of
the attendant priests, and had thus
been able to accompany the proces-
sion, gloating upon the girl's loveli-
ness with an unholy desire. As the
litter was taken up he fell out of the
procession, and, watching it depart,
sat down alone on the edge of the
cliff looking over the plain, and h
y
the side of a small stream which, is-
suing from the Pap-nas temple, fell
down the face of the rock in a sheet
of foam. A girl's voice aroused him
from a reverie w'hic'h we dare not fol-
low-.
"So the Pundit is not dancing 'back
to -the town as he came out, with the
new -lfoorlee," she said ironically.
":nor thou, either, Gunga. Dost
thou not welcome a,new priestess "
"I' marvel at it," she continued' with
a sneer; "thou wast looking enough
at hGr. T •dance before' her? When s'he
dances with us before the mother,
then she will he a true' Moorlce-not
else. Now I:,hate 'her; I shall airways
hate her." -,7,11911
"Ah! she will never join ye," the re-
turned; "she is of another sort than
,the rest of ye: Gunga, thou art jeal-
ous of her beaus ' J
Y, girl.'
"By thegreat goddess, she
not remain shall so, ...Moro Trimmul. She—
a widow—to think .of setting
above us! That cat -faced herself
'has chosen to serve the girl!
hemoIf ther
she
most obey •her rules. and be one of us,
Think ye we will lett her come there
unless she is?"
The B'rahvnam shook his theadL
was thinking of her," I
he said
The girl sighed. "I thought so,"
she replied,"and thou wilt love the
no more—no more now: Is it not so?
say it, if it is to be so."
"!Love thee!" returned the man, bit-
terly—"yes, as thou canst be loved—
by gold. Hark ye, 'Gunga, make her
P.5 thou ant; gat her into my power,
and I will give thee a waistbelt of
gold."
"As heavy as hers?" cried the gid,
excitedly,
"Thou shalt weigh the one against
the other and thine shalt turn the
scale -will that content thee?" •.
"Wilt thou?—shall it? Swear it "on
my ncc.k` and feet to give this, and I
will do thy will. Yes, to humble her
pride and her fa'ther's—who drove me
from the temple one day, and I have
hated hint ever since, I shall hate
thee. too, afterwards; yet I will do
cried the girl, excitedly clapping her
hands—"yet 1 will do it.
"I swear," said the man, touching
her neck. "Conte and sit here by toe."
She did so, but neither spoke for
some time.
"Thou hast a sister, Moro .Pundit.
and she is beautiful. She ought to
have been married ere this. A. little
more time, and can it be, done?" she
said, breaking the silence.
The' Brahman winced "She was
betrothed once," he said, "but the
titan died."
"Perhaps' She was married," contin-
ued the ,girl, with a'snee-, "and she is
as Tara iBye, or worse. Is it not so?"
"No! : by the great .goddess, no!"
cried the .Pundit, sharply, and with
flashing eyes. "Breathe such' a thing.
and I will have thy life..Beware what
thou sayest, even to toe! A word
more, and I fling thee down the pre-
cipice!
"0, I care not for my life," said
the girl carelessly, "the .Mother takes
care of that, and "I will say not'h'ing,
!est I should lose my pretty gold
zone. But \vhat of thy sister? The
Shastree wants a new wife, we !hear;
:\n.unda'Bye wants ,a son to cheer her
and him, and why should not thy sis-
ter be taken there? If I do not err,
she can have 'h'er,chance. She is of
good age -why not? Could she und-
erstand what to do? Could she he
taught?'
":1h1" said the 'Pundit abstractedly,
"I had thought of it, too, but it seem-
ed ,impossible: I do not know him—
"11?'Why .art thou afraid? .The girl
is 'here—tet me see her and know her,
anti' leave the rest to us."
"Gunga," said ,the ,Brahmin, after'
a pause, ".If thou canst bring this
about—if thou canst get the speech of
this Shastree":
"Let one speak to the girl first,
Radha,' that is her name, is it not
Let me see if she is resolute and as I
hear of her. 11 •she be, s/he shall have
her desire; thou shalt have thine;
and I—ani, yes! I will have :more gold.
Yes," she : cried, . clapping her hands
again, "more gold! I will have gold
anklets, like tTara's. Why s'houl'd she
wear gold anklets and mine be only
silver? Wilt :thou give them? all I
can hope, now she hath taken thy
love from ,mc' —"
"When niy sister is Vyas',S'hastree's
wife Thou mayst have what thou wilt,
Gunga, I swear it' to thee on thy neck
and feet. Art thou content? Yes, th'os
shalt see her now-. Manage the mat-
ter as yc will, women's wits are shar-
per than nine. Now follow me unob-
served," he said, rising.
"Once more, Moro 'Pundit," con-
tinual ,Gunga, "tell' me if the mar-
riage can be performed now? Is
there a fitting conjunction of •planets?
-within a month?
"Yes; till the Now ,Ratreej after
that not for a long,' time,"
"Enough to fo,2 enough to do, in
the time," muttered the gir.]• to herself
Hast 'thou any women with thee—
any relations?"
"Ye.:, her mother's sister—awidow,
no more Our mother is dead, »iy
father dead, and there are only our-
selves left of a large family.
"T'hen' the Shastree will like the
eh -location all the better, and—ye are
rich, they say, Yes, T' will 'bring',
thc 'widuuv and ;Atntda together."
\, e hate etioteg11 In that respect
1' can Satisfy the Shastree fully.'" l
"-'lu] he will ask no :c•ues'tions, His
wife is, shrewd and clever, and will
guide him," she :replied; ',bait he will
be careful about the horoscope o' tliy
sister, for :he is a .great astrologer."
"\lyaunt is wise, as yeti will fund
when you lssct her; and as for the
rest,, Gunga, It is in my hands. 1, too,
atu an astrologer and can cast Rad -
hit's nativity as 1'please."
Tho girl laughed heartily. "Yes, it
will answer," "she said. "Now go by
•th ttpath; ; we Inns not be seen to -
gather. 11 will comae to thee before
noon; we have iso time to 'Pose. •Only
remember thine nasi],, Moro Trims -qui,
and beware bow- : thou trie.st ,to e'v'ade'
or deceive nue. 1 would not hurt three
vitiliingly; and for the salve of— No
natter now, she cotinued, gulping
down what %vas rising in her throat.
"no natter now. It is gone, --I see iso
more of it in thine' eye's."
".I am jin thy hands, Gunga, and
may he trusted," he replied; "nay,
more, there may be better days for
thee yet, ,girl---"
No -no more. No more like the
aicl ones," she said, S'ha'king cher head
mournfully. ''Only the gold now—
only the gold!"
OHIAIPDE;R V.
"`Yes, surely it is strange that the
two nativities s'ho'uld fit no exactly,"
said Vyas Shastree to himself, some
clays after the events retarded in ,the
last chapter, as, seated by 'himself
upon his ciias, and •;having given ord-
ers not to be disturbed, he appeared
absorbed in a .,table of nativity wihich
lay 'before ,ham; "yes, it is strange in-
deed. The date of. birth. the signs un-
der which she was born, and the few
calculations which 'have been made by
a master hand; all agree, as they
oug'h't to do; and the result, as I have
worked it out, is clear enough. This
gird, born at Wye, an titter stranger
to pie hitherto, and brought here by a
chance pilgrimage, is proposed for
nue; and Aitunda, Tara, and the old
Tosee will have it so. Yes, it is a cur-
ious coincidence indeed; but let me
test these fornntlae again; there may
be error." •
/While ,the S'liastree is busy with
some curiously. abstruse calculations
Upon his own and the ' other 'horo-
scope, he is considering, We must di-
gress a, little, to show by what steps
'Gunga's pians, roughly shadowed out
to \[oro 'Trimmul, as we have re-
corded, were apparently fast approa-
ching a satisfactory completion.
;Negotiations had been satisfactor-
ily opened by Aunn da •with Sultya
Bye, the aunt of Moro 'rrinimul. This
lady had, indeed, .already become a
great favorite with *nuncio and Tara
and she had been guided in her inter-
course with them by the directions of
Gunge. Eventually the giestion of
marriage, or otherwise, having pass-
ed the ladies favorably, rested with
the •Shastree himself.
The caintrivan ces by vols icli the re-
suit had teen brought about w'ere'ati-
parently, too simple to cause suspic-
ion, Yet ,they had been produced by
carefully designed arras -gement, It
was, first ofall necessary to get 'Sok-
va Bye and Anomie acquainted, add
this ncas brought' .about at the ,tem'p'le
on the night of the ceremonies of the
last fall 'stools. The wife` of the chief
priest had the power to render the
performance of The necessary `w•or-
ship convenient to any one, she pleas-
ed. 'She could direct special, attend-
ante by assistant priests on bier
friends, and could reserve seats for
them, on 'which they could see and
hear to the best advantage. So ,as
ISulcya' Bye, w•hose figure and dress
bespoke her rank' and respectability.
was apparently vainly endeavoring to
reach the shrine to make her offer-
ings with other women,-aG anga, see-
ing her hustled and pushed a'b'out, as-
sisted her as 'far as possible; and,
feigning to be unable to do more, ap-
pealed to Anunda, who 'h'ad herself
noticed the old lady's struggles, for
assistance to her.
'Suloya Bye was one with winonm
it was no degradation to be seen as-
sociating. ;Her tarn! !figure,` dressed in
the richest of p'l'ain', si'ltkgarments and
the heavy gold rings she wore round
her arms, wrists and ankles, betoken-
ed wealth, as did her shaved head that
she was a widow; and the stout Mah
ratta serving -men,, who, armed with
sword and ' hu'ckier, attended ' her,
proved that she was of some rank,
certainly of very respectable position.
IGunga had left' her tinder Acunda's
care, and ere the ceremony was con-
cluded the lackies had become excel-
lent friend's. It will be 'remembered
that Amanda herself was from the
western provinces of the: D'eleh'an,
anal the dialect and intonation of the,
lady Sukya sounded ple'as'antly •in her.
cars. Questions -were asked, some mit-
tual acquaintances discovered, and a
visit by Anunda soon followed.
•1'foro Tritnmul, ,his aunt, and sis-
ter, lived or lodged but a short dis-
tance from the Shastree, and it soon'
came to ,pass that the ladies visited'
each other frequently. "Stilcya had a
point' to gam, so had her niece Raclin.
and both worked in concert with 'the.
girl Gunge, to whom w'haitever hap-
pened was related. Her fresh instruc-'
tions from day to day guided the'nv:
perfectly, notonly to gaining the
nuc ill of mother and daughter,
but of establishing a more affection-
ateinterest in their concerns than,
would otherwise have arisen out of a
common acquaint:+raux 1.
bndcyct, proud of her own birth and
connections, found Anunda perfectly
in accord smith herself on that sub-
Iect,-She saw the wealth and comfort
of the /house, she led An'tuada to cit-
tail their domestic cares, and offered
her sympathy, whicl,''w'a's a•ccep,tcd.
"Ali, ya's, 11 the'rS'hastree .would only
marry again!" said Anuiid'a to her in
fi emote `ani here should be a
rail d t s
son born they would take him to /Be -
nares and devote him to Siva. They.
had wealth; -'yet wit'hou't 'this it was
a wueighrt and care to 'thein', which i•n
crcase.cl rather than •di'm'inis'hed."
])wring these visits of con'fiden'ce
between the el'd'ers, Tiara and Radlh'a
bild their o'wn pleasant time, too, and
Tara's trustful nature was easily, won'
by the other. iRacTh'a was ignorant, it
was true, but she was 'to all :appear-
a•tice aped -hearted aisd simp]e,,, and
she soon learned to feign. that ne'v'er-
entia] yet intimate associaltion with
the beautiful widow and her another,
which Gttnga counselled, and which
was indeed necessary to the success
of the whole scheme.
For some days An'un•cia made no
communication to 'Su'ky'a Bye on the
subje'ct nc'are•st her heart; btit as She
saw the •intiniaicy o•f tise two girls in-
crease; and that the intercourse iaad
served to turn Tara's thoughts into
new channels, and also that she her-
self, as she gradually gained strength
always found pretext for a. daily visit
to her young friend, the thought gra-
dually pressed the more upon her
mind, that here was a connection
which was most desirable for her hus-
band; and, finally, the question alone
remained, whether Radha's family
would consent.
Tara shad no objection either. In-
deed, from bhe first 'sight o.f Radha's
present extreme beauty, and pronti•se
'of" its development—from her respect-
ful, nay reverential, demeanour to
her mother, and her apparently lav-
ing trustfulness of herself—she, too,
'began to think that a better "selection
cauld not be made, if her father were
w•illiug to take a second wife, than
this girl. ;S'o she grew to wish it.
Therefore, with much exhortation
to privacy, and inthe fullest acsur
an of 'confidence, ,Ancnda !sack ven-
tured to ask 'Sulcya /Bye:after .all re-
serve had been broken down, wheth-
er the alliance m'igh't he hoped for.
She d•weit at length upon Ther hus-
b<and's accomplishment and his
wealth.: He was not o'id; many omen
married far beyond his age, Money
was no object—it •could be paid if
necessary; and she 'herself would be
as a mother, and Tara, a sister, to the
neli' wife. In'short .Anun'de opened lief
whole heart to her new friend,, and in
the olid she foauul the'sympatliy she
had expected. Yes, the more Sukya
'Bye considered the matter, the more,
as she told A'nunda,:was she convinc-
ed it would 'be"an adifiira'ble arrange-
ment. Radha'had once been betrothed
as a there child; the person had died
lately, else they would have :been
married this 'year. Delay /had occurred
because' the intended husband was
poor. He hac] not 'sufficiciat to pay the
expenses 'of the ceremonies. ,Then
Rad'ha's father brad died, then her loa-
ther, when Moro Triuunul was as yet
a youth: IHe had 'made iso provision
for 'his sister. !How could he? ,So she
remained unmarried Another con-
nection must have been sougiht for
this year and Anomie's proposal visas
admira'b'ly timed.
'Now, all this was true enough in
some respects, but not entirely. It
was enough, 'however, for two per-
sons to believe, whose affections were
already enlisted in the progress of
the m'at'ter; :and such inquiries as they
could make from people who dcne'w
:Wye, conllrnied 'what had been told
them by their new acquaintance. Was
•the girl herself -wiiiiii'g? Ap'p•arently
she was. And she received, with abii
:the bashfulness and interest necessary
to the occasion, the proposal made t to
her by Tara an the partofher"aiio-
ther. Anunda had hack her fears; on
this subject, lest the young and beau-
tiful 'girl should refuse to ratify `what
her aunt had proposed;' but beyoand.
natural shyness there seemed asp orb-.
]talon.
One doubt only remained,—were
the -horoscopes of the parties in good
accordance? "Moro 'Trimmed," Sudcya
Bye said, "would never' consent ' to
give:.his sister where theplanets diel
not provide good forbene—in short,
till he was: sa•tislfi
ec] there was no -cer-
emonial objection or direct •hindrance.
And''before the proposition was made
to the'Sthhastrce, before, in short, the
men were to discuss iSa proposed' :ar-
rangement, Moro Trinnsul' wished to
see the,'Slias'tree's horoscope in order
that the last point of doubt should
be removed." H'e also would give Isis
sister's to the Slliastree, if the propos-
al were to be persevered in,
Very unsuspectingly,- therefore, clic!
Antioch' take .the scheme of her hus-
band's natiw!ty,rliis
from the casket in which it was ,kept.
and, with many inliunctians as to i,t's
safety, gave i1 to Suitya Bye: It was
not ]oil detained; and she was ,by grati-
fied
Gel hearing that fd�cJoaee, seated
in an, adjoining apartment, consider-
ed it a nios•t 'Happy -oiie. "Might he
copy` a few portion's, they hadbeen.
so admirably calculated," And the
dance made no objection.
'Certainly the plan had been well
laid, and as yet well executed,, No
very sleep, persuasions werenecessary
wvth these: simple uns'as'pcctin,g
People. The idotlier and daughter h'a'd
yielded long ago; and •the result of.
•the eaamination of the :Shasarec's Ju
ninon Pdtr had removed the l•ast ob-
stacle co'ceri'ed• !nut. The
stacle whirl 17 1
matter, as -arranged, should be biro=
ken' to hint that evening on his return
trona the temple. And .the lady'Sulcy'a
suggested that he shou'l'd exannine her
niece's harotsc'o'pe as co'rrobara'tive of
his own.
So Moro Trini'nml Earl that day put
.the finishing touch to his work. 'IIe
had 'been concealed when the lady
,Anunda brought the paper we have
mentioned; he hind rapidly copied the
principal points in the table, and not-
ed all the most remarkable of the bit-
ter indications exhibited; and he
Iene'iv that before' evening the could
prepare a corresponding document re-
garding his sister, which t'ise Shastree
hinnselif ,could nett detect. This was a
'branch of science which 'A4'oro Tri'm-
mul had studied deeply; and it .was
wroth perfect confidence that he fol-
lowed the astrological combinations
relating to the Shastree, and const-
ructed, yelt not with too m'inu'te de-
tail, the table in his sister's name.
Few, H'ind'u parents care" to have
the Junum Putr, or. "birth leiter," of
their daughters worked au't; but after
Moro Trinnnnil ,had cast the table it-
self on an imaginary date of birth,
two years later than the real age of
his sister, and as if it had been done
,carelessly and then abandoned, the
followed up several of the formulae
indicated, leaving the last inconnplete.
He felt assured, therefore, when the
paper was submitted to the !Shastree,
that he would h'imsel'f carry out the
'las't calculation, wh'i'ch had been so
arranged as to lead to the present
time, and to a combination, with. his
A'll had been fin'isheei. The paper on
Which it was written was new, but it
was not paper of that part of the
country; 1t was from kris own district..
An ornamental border was quickly
drawn round it, in red, black, and yel-
low lines; the signatures of the wit-
nesses to his sister's original and true
Junin Ruts were carefully copied; fi-
nally, t'he whole document was held
over wood -smoke til' it was of a pro-
per browna •color, then rubbed ' and
frayed at the edges, and creased here
and there as if it had been often ex-
amined; and, lastly, it was perfumed
with camphor to remove the smell of
wood -smoke and with the odour: of
benzoin and sweet ,pastille, No one,
withal much difficulty, could 'have
detected the forgery; •anti, without
suspicion the Shastree had set h'iniself.
to work out the problem'left 'utiifinish-
ed -the occupation Which we have al-
ready noted
'On leaving their friends after this
early visit,- in which tine,Juauns Putr
'was taken, Aanunda and Tara had de-
termined to 'lose no further t'irne in
breaking the matter; to the Shastree.
lit was a fortune day as they had Been'
told by the old astrologer, t'lie. Shas-
tree's friend whom they •consulted as
they 'went Moline; Whatever they did
was sure to prosper. The Shastree isa's
in good humour with himself, with
'them, and with the world generally,.
and for many' reasons. His greatest
care about Tara had !leen removed:
'S'he had been accepted al a votary of
the goddess, 'and had already recover
ed 'froom her excitement. 'Ile had writ-
ten w'itis others a joint ,petition to the
"S'wa'mi" on the subject, and she had
been duly recognized by her spiritual
prince. ,No fear of reproach now exist -
'ed; and if the Spastree had ` 'at first
winced at the idea of his daughter be-
coming a Mooa'lee, 'a public votary of
the 'tem'ple, the feeling was passing
away. The go 1s 1a-bidsSs shou'ld he•
come' as oltlior girls, who were :devot-
ed to' t•he temple service. :No; she de-
sired to be pure, and should continue
so.
fide long and expensive journey to
,Niassudc, or worse, to Benares, had
been saved, and half a year's rent .had
just come in from his es't'ate. The crop
yeas fine; there were no remissions
needed; prices were high, ,and the rent
had been punctually plaid. The pro-
duce of the gard'en's and farms was
also good this year, and the fees and
dues- from pilgrims were abundant.
This was a special year for pilgrim-
ages to the shrine, and full moon af-
ter full moon the crowd would' in-
crease.
"What are we to do with it all?" A-
nuitda would ask, as day after day the
bag' cont<ainiag the ''Shest rce's du es
were :brought` fron, the temple 'by the.
attendant clerk, or as icer husband
gave over to her the liberal gifts pre-,
septal' to hint by wea'l'thy visitor; to
•die shrine.
As she asked this question of hint
the S'.has'tree laughed, and told her it
must increase, for the New Ratree,
or nine nists orf: the goddess, then
coming on, were attended by a won-
derful conjunction of planets, :bo,rebod
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ercial theta!; ;Seaforth, ,3rd ,Monday iia.
each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DR. W. C. SPROAT, ',Gradurte al
Faculty of Medicine, University of
West'ern Ontario, London. Member
of College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario. Office in rear o`
Aberhart's drug store, Sczfacd+ft
Phone 90. Hours 1.30-4 p.m., T.34
-9 p.m. Other hours by appointment
Dental
DR. J. A. MLiNN, Successor to
Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of North-
western University, Chicago, 111. C.f-
centia.te Royal College of Dental Sur-
geons, Toronto. Office, over Siup`
hardware, Main St., Seaforth. !-'icon
151.
DR. F. J. B'ECH+ELY, gredaace
Royal College of Dental Surgcona,
Toronto. Office over W. R. Sesitk'e
grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phauess
office 185'W, residence 185J.'
Auctioneer.
GEORGIE ELLIOTT, Liceamed
Auctioneer for the County of Huron.
Arrangements can be made for Sale
Date at The Seaforth News. Cita.'�ee
'moderate and satisfaction guraateed.
WATSON AND REID'S
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY'
(Succssors to James 'Watson)
MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ON•T,
All kinds of Insurance risks elect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Clare
Companies.
THE McKILLOP
Mutual Fire Insurance C iL
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH,
OFFICERS
Geo. R. McCartney, Seaforth - Cee,
James Connolly, Goderic'h - Vice -'Fres:
Merton' A. Reid, Seaforth-Sec.- Treas.
AGENTS:
W. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; Jetta
Murray, R. R. 3, Seaforth; E. R. fc.
Jarm'outh, B'rodhagen; Jahns Watt
B']yth; C. •F. Hewitt, IKincardiiaee
IW'm. Yeo, Holmcsrille.
DIRE'CTORS:
William Knox, Londes'boro; 'George
Leanhardt, Brod'hagen; James Co-'m
nanny, Goderich; Alex. Br'oad'feot, Noe.
3, Seaforth; Robert Ferris, Blytb.;
,George McCartney, No. 3, Seaforth;;
Tads Pepper, B:rucefiel'd; James Sinop
dice, Walton; Thomas Moylan; hlo- 5,
Seaforth.
Parties desirous to effect insara¢ccr
or transact other business, will k'
promptly attended to by applicztieee
to any of the above named officers ad-
dressed to their respective pose,
offices.
ing marvellous events, and wBidle
,could not indeed occur agar pin ritzily -
years ---indeed, not under less than. as
cycle. There would be ,thousadns upon
thousands ofworslhi els there, asxtP!
•the gain would beenormous. What,
ineed, were they to do with if sill_'
"W'e must spend it upon. .poor Brat
issu,ns, dig wells in clesert places, and
give 'marriage portions—all grsttei
works, and pleasing - to the gudisse
what have Bra'hmie n!s to do wftl
wealth?" said the Shastree.
Continued Next Week'
:Douglas' :Egyptian /Liniment is re-
markable its its ,quick teffective action:
Relieves instantly - burns, sprains
toothache anis neuralgia. "iInvaluable
for sore throat, croup and quinsy.
Want and For Sale Ads, '1' week, d&c
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