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!settle 1 I will settle for ten Mutate
eI cents on the dollar, sit." Nothing
c raid inducehim to take his iron gfeep
off an unfortunate !trader. , Over
desk was a, sign, on Which Was peintea
in, large letters, "-'11-3 Compromise.'
He answered alrappeele by Pointing to
the ominous words, with his longebeey
e went un -
Was glade
fingers. .ilis aim came.
Jere—deep. All New York!
A MARI) StEitcHAll
In travelling, I passed ;the - night
with a .merchant. His name on charge
was 'a tower of stretigth. He had mede
his fortueteeand was proud Ot it He
eaid.he could rekre from business if- Iie
weal dihave ft. fortune for Mingo' fto spend,
rie4 settle one en his wife •and. ehilchee,
_Hp_ was Very successful; but vety severe.
Ile evas coaated one of the shrewdest
merchants in the city, But he nad
no tendeiness tow ds debt( re.- In the
day of his proepertty he was celebrate(
fbre demanding the full tale of brick, and
thefull pound of flesh. A few enenthe
after I passed the night with him he be4
cattle bankrupt. Hie wealth fled iii
day. lie had failed to 'settle the fen, -
time !on hiawife and children, and they
were penniless. He was treated harsh-
ly, and was eurmantrily ejected from the
institutions over which he presided.
He complained bitterly .of the ingrati-
tude of menwho almost got down- en
their knees: to ask -favours of hirn when
he was prosperoae; and Who sperned teed
reviled him when he fell. If in the
days of his prospetity he had been kind-
er and less exacting, he -might have
found friends in the clays of his adver-
sity.
TWO SHARPERS.
A. noted sportsman, taking dinner at
one of mfr. dubs, exhibited a diamond
ring of giieat beauty and apparent value
on his finger. A .gentleneen, present
lied a great passion for diainonds. Af-
ter dinner the parties met in the (Ace.
After bantering, the owner :consented
to barter the ring for six hundred dol-
lars. As the .ouyer left . the 'morn!, a
supressed tittering struck his! ear. He
concluded that the former owner had
sold both tne ring. and the perchaser.
He said nothing bub called the next day
upon a jeweller, where he learnetrtbat
on her, secured by real
proposal was accepted,
ding preperations went
house, in an atistocrati
purchased. It wles fitt
style. The youne lady
lilted on ber fine prospe
one, as the time drew n
eiage, the father hinted
preliminary traaisactio
attended to.'"0, yes r. 0,
certainly," the bland p
say. His brether w
papers were not co
the diamond was paste, an
,worth about twenty -live do
• examined some teal diamond
cne doeely resembling the p
-
own. ring. He hired the dia
few days, pledged twelve hu
Jars foreitS use. He went
jeweler had the paste remov
real diamond set. His chi
.. .
ine how he. had 'been imposed upon,
itepetiently ,awaited his
next night.' To their as
they found .iiina. . in high
flourished hie ring, boasted
gsell
s
gain, and sei4 if any btrentlema,ii t:-.re.slent
had a twelve hundreddollar rinto
fot elk hundred dollars, 1e new of a
ei
purchaser. When he was t ld.thatthe
- ring was paste, and that h . had been
cheated, he laughed at their folfy. t• Bets
were freely taken that the ring id not
' eon tails a real diamon d, Tr/ o. men ., bet
" a thousand dollars each. TWo bet five
hundred dollars. Air were taker, iim
p•res were chosen. The regnerbil-'(*filee
ring were Put into their hande. They
went to a fitSt class jeweler;- Nan ap-
plied , all the tests, .. and who said sthe
stone was a' diamond of the first ,Wkter.
„. .. /
arid was worth, withotit the;t-setting,
twelve- hundred dollars. The buyer
put the three thousand -dollars WIsicil he
had won quietly in his pecltee.. :He
esrried the diamond back recelled: his
twelve hundred donate,' and with' his
paste ring on his ' finger wentato,. his
dub. The man who sold the rikeevas
waiving for hime He wantec140/ get
the ring back. He attempted -4ttiurn
the !whole thing into' a jokefreehold
the ring, he said, -for fun. .1./e knew
that it was a real -diamond all the time.
, He never wore false jetvelst' He could
tell a rear diamondeanywh te by its pe-
c
c 13 inliar light. He would be so mean
as to cheat an old friends He knew
his friend would let him have the ring
again. • But his friend was stubborn—
' said that that the seller thought it was
paste, a.nd intended to: defraud ; him. -
At length; on the payment of eight
hmidred dollars, the ring.,wies restored.
All parties came to the ' conclusion,
when the whole affair -ce!me out, that
when ' diamond tuts- !diamond again
some one less share will be elected. !
the ring
He
and found
te in his
ond for a
. died dole_
to ;another
d, 'and the -
ms
-
•
estate. The
and, the wed -
n. An .,elegant,
locality was
d up in great,
was congi'atu-
ts. .More than
ar for the male
that tht; tittle
s shotild be
yes
liticens would
s absent ; the
plete ; but it
would be all ready befote the marriage.
It was tot till the after
ding that the papers) in
laid before the gratifie
wedding came off .in gr
liege in high life greete
the papers.. A subsequ
showed that the proper
the bride was covered
of ninety-five thousand
date of the sarne clay of
butavas prior to it, and
before the settlement w
mortgage conveyed th
near and sharp relative
groom; On the retur
trip, the party receivin
refused to deliver it up
groom) alleging that ti
eennine and that for
level consideration.
York, will -be electrifi
suit remains to be seen,
0
Mohammeda
(I
Con of the wed -
due form, 'were
father. The
nd style, Mar -
the eye iD
nt examinetion
conveyed to
ith a mortgage
cedars. It; bore
the settlement,
duly 'recorded
s' made. , The
property to a
tof the bride -
from the bridal
the mortgage
to the bride -
e mortgage was
it he had paid a
Whether' New
d wiLh 04%. law -
Rites.
A gentleman who has elately been
traveling ameng the algereeia .writes
as follows :
A MAD MINCE.
To this performance the ladies went,
but they had to go up stairs into one Of
r quadrangular
ouse, among the
ral nationalities
the galleries.of the inn
court of the Moorish
Moerish women. Sev
!were. represented in our crowd. Eat-
peetation was on tip toe to see and
hear. It was a hot night and the room
was close and full of people. Some
two dozen Moots were !present. It is
dark in the room ; on1tw6 .dim can-
dles and 'it charcoal fire, which smoul-
dered in atskillet. The object of the
latter appeared to be to warm up the
drums -which the dei ishes beat, and
which, when the ghee'
they heated over the
tight: Perhaps there
in the skillet to make the dervishes
devilish. While our 1 dies above were
taking coffee, very bla k and sweet, in
nice little china cups, in the gaieties
with their Arab hos esses, we sweat
down ,.stairs, leaning e peetant in the
dark against the white
against the pillars of ti
swallows a scorpion. Whether
they have:taken cut the poison Or
whether the afflatus is So enormously
that poison is intielious ; or
what, God knows We gunmen
Mahmortd ui haste, beckon, our ladiee
from ab.ove in the dark, and.seek relief
and breath in the narrow streets. Upon
this infernal orgy we have nothing to
comment. It is as near making the
human a wild animal as anything can
be.
THE FETE OF Nina'.
i.ppear*nce
onislamene
gititte He
f his 14ar-
-skire.get! loose
lire to make it
ere eonie fumes
It begins when the beans begins to
blacken. Up to that time the negrees
abstain from eating beans. The 'Sacred'
is mixed with the profane in this festi-
val. raey celebrate Belal, a sainted
black female slave who bad been in
Mohammed's family. They pray, and
(Torte- with food. An ox covered with
le 7 .
flowers and gay is sacrificed. They
dance around it seven timesbefore they
give the death blow. As the ox dies,
whether soon -or not, in agoey or not,
so is -the prognastication of good or -evil.
Then begins the negro dancing. Dan
:Bryant might leaam new fantastic
lessons in the art. Then the proithetic
negresses, retiring ender a tent neer the
•- •
sea, are waited epon by the crowd to
learn their futures. The crowd
brings chickens to the prophetress.
She wrine°s off their head ti aed
throws the body ieto the waves. If
the headless rooster swims and stru ggles
—so : if otherwise—not. That is
clear. Tnen begins more dancing and
chanting, and ,a wild sort of music cdled
Derbeda; It .should be called Dlafileria,
for it is a jelly 1"0 W. :Thus these black
devotees of Mohammed outstep all the
Test of their coreligiements, except the
brutal Dervishes.—To beat them. I
defy all the powers on or under the
earth. Justice however, to the better
class, of white Mohammedans demands
that I should say that they disapprove
of those riumbo jumbo orgies. Especi-
ally have they endeavoured to crush
out those negro extravaganzas.
washed walls or
B court.
THE DAN E.
Now the chief beg ns. He chants
passages of the Koran, -while, standing
around him seraicircul
respond with whinin
with their drums, sit
row, 'before a little st,
lighted •-wax tapers.
d rum chornsaiegins ;
dervish boends up I
box, es'if shot in the
-
up a brother unbinds
MATRIMONIA SHARP
New'York merchants fr
rly, a half dozen
tones. ! Others
ross-legged ie a
id with two long
A monotonous
i en a long haired
ke a jack -in -the -
rear, and, being
his garments and
le
spreads.out his h:iir, and then he jumps
up gently at. first, ke ping time to the
music. His head bows .es his body
sways ,•• then faeter a id faster, till.his
hair flies al'011 (1 NV li d ]y and his
handsare swin:_ing 'man el y. He is
joined by another w io is more staid.
The last looks as if he might t� know
netter. The first .ones, exhausted,
fells awn in epilepsy and is carried
out. No. 2 is joined, by Not 3 )• then
No. 4 appears, and by this tame No. 1
reappears, and the : quadrupeds—for
thee 9re like asbrutal -four-lagged lion-
desci ipt—are all at it. Nir. 1 -hailing
worked himself wild again stops for a
m o m en t. The °there stop.. A iifother
appears from !behind With
A RED HOT BAR OF IRON.
No 1 laps it with his tengue. I see
it smoke. My blood runs icily. He
slaps the incandescent iron with hand
and foot Then the minietering bro-
ther offers him to eat some delicate
steps or pieces of glass. He crunched
them and swallowed them. His diges-
tion is excellent : If it had been candy
and he had been a juvenile, he could
not have relished more 1 Then No. 2,
the intelligent, stops and -has .
A LONG WIRE RUN THROUGH HIS TONGUE
titieetlyeell
their daughters as well as eheir goods.
It is Tate a common thing to put re-
speetelaility, and standing 'against mo-
. ney. One , of -our most unsertipUloiti
politicians became rich, as such men
„ ee sometimes. .He wanted respecta-
bility and_eocial position. Ile pro-
posed to, attain them thr ugh a repu-
table Marriage. .. He pro
hand of ene of the fare
Gotham. 1, His political
high, his future prospe4s daziltng.
!
The lady'father, wi, , mereantile
frankness, offered the , and of his
daughter, on condition that a hundr-
ed thousand dollars were settled up- Nee 4, in an ecstants of fanatic diabol- nada—J. Seater agent Seaforth. 1 in.
sed for the
damsels of
esition: was
Y..OV' WANT A
P.LOUCH
-GET A
"Victor" or Improved "Yocum."
Steel Mouldboard;
From JOHNSON Bito's.
TAKE' NOTICE.
THAT JOHN 11A IDAN, has been
arioi. ited Official Assignee for the County
of sturon. ° . •
Office at SEAFORTR, —J. S. PonrEa's".
Office at GonEnieu,---Directly opposite the
Post Office. f..4.
Goderieh, March 5th, 1868. 13-tf.
MILLINERY!
DRESS, AND
MANTLE IV1AKING.
miss wnwrosm
TxpSHES to announce to the ladies of
V V Seaforth and vicinity, that she is pre-
pared to execute all orders with neatness ancl
despatch, and. in the latest style and fashion
of the season,
• From her experience in the above business,
she hopes, by unremitting, attention to the
wants and tastes of those who May favor her
with a call, to merit a, liberal share of public
patronage.
OrROOMS over Corby's Store.. Entrance
Second Door North of the Telegraph Office.
Seaforth, Aprl 2, 1869. 69-3m.
fi
johnny.Shrimp's Cmposition..
Ma is my mother. I am her son.
Ma's name is Mrs Shrimp; she is the
wife of Mr. Shrimp, her husband. Pa
is my father, My name is John George
Washington Shrinip. Therefore, Pa's
name is Shrimp too; and so is ma's.
My ma has a ma.. She is my grand-
ma. She is mother-in-law to pa. My
pa says mother-in-law's ought toEbe ve-
toed. like my grand -ma better than
my pa does. She bringsi rile ten-cent-
stampa and bolivars. - She don't - bring
any to pa. , Maybe that's why he don't
like her.
Aunt Jerusha, is my -aunt. When pa
was a little boy she was his little sister.
I like little sisters. Dicky Mobbs has
a little sister. Her maMe is lisfise. 1
take her out`riding on my eled. Aunt
Jerusha'cron't like her. She calls her
"that MobbS k thinaunt Jetei-
she. ought, to be ashamed of herself.
AunksTerusha ie a very pious woman.
She nefser wiints us to talk gond on
Sundry, an d says we aught to have cold
dinners. She hears me say the cate-
chiene-ancl knows it all without the
book. She -says that gusan °Jane is
spoiling that boy. &sail Jane is eita..,
and that boy. is me. She ses the baby
willearly show a change bf , heart. If
a, change of 'heart would make a baby
stop crying, I wish so, too.-
Aunt Jerusha sometimes has a bad
state of health. On -w-tishinee delis she
has the hedache, and. does her head up
with brown -paper and vinegareend 1
have to make toast for her at the kit-
chen fire. I make some for myself,
t io.
Aunt Jernsha says nobody knows
what she has done for that boy. Thet
boy is me. again. -I told pa what she
said. He said it was just so. Nobody
did know. Ma says that 'tent Jeru-
sha means well, and that she's pa's dear
sister. I den't see why that's any
reason she should always scold me when
I cet cabbage with a knife.
JOHN G. WASHINGTON SHRIMP.
•
Those about to marry may be inter-
ested to learning that the devotees of
merried life pontributed the sum of
$36,478 te the Ontario Government
last year for licenses tia perpetrate
matrimony. - In Quebec! the amount
only reached $3,575. In' Nova Scotia
'CANADA WAREHOUSE,"
In Scott's Brick Block„
SEAFORTH,
111HE subscriber has received his first in-
stahnent
and snit of each Cheek, protruding four
inthes ; he snarls ineanWhile like a
eaged,-hyener... Theni No. 3' -who has
been rather quiescent, COM mcnces ;to
snap and bark,like a huegry- deg—eyes
popping out, and face all savage and
inabruted. ii.a9.ke1 !—he howled, he
growled. Finally the ministering
,.
t
brother comesoutith one of the thick
leaves of the prickl pear, a foot long
• -
in, form of an eclipse, an inch thick,
and full of thorns, all the dervishes
drop down on. 41,1; _fours end pee biting
at it end into it, and cruinching it.
THE FROTH' OF THEIR MAD MOUTHS,
hangs to the green prickles and slavers
the green rind. Ugh ! What morel
SPRING GOOD
LADIES & MISSES'
Brown, Black, Colored and White
SUNDOWNS.
GENTLEMEN'S
Straw, Canton, Panama, Felt, All -Wool
and.Merino
HATS!
ta.' GO ,e TO
T. J. SIMONS'
FRUIT OYSTER
13 POT1
For Fresh Oysters, Sardines, Lobsters, Pies,
Cakes, and Sweets of every deacription.
Decided Bargains in Union, All -Wool and
BRUSSELS CARPETS. .1
Also some very choice Gunpowder, and
1311-A-CTC;FTM.A. 8,1
• .1 Sugars, Syrups, Coal Oil, &c.
COVER AND TIMCNTHY SEEDS.
A large stock of BOOTS & SHOES ex-
peeted in a few‘ days_
siwHighest price isaid for Butter, Eass. &c.
ARCHICALD McDOUGALL.
Seaforth, April, 1869. 53-ly
300 KEGS,
JAMES'
E
NO. I., AND CENUINE.
$2,330. •
Incredible as it, may appear that one coin -
pound should te adapted to the 'freatitient`of
a variety uf diseases; it ifs nevertheless
'true that'Or. -J. Birggsl -AlleSiantoaxhesinsiv-
ed. of incalculable benefit in affording prompt
relief in thousands of cases of painful and
distressing attack. Its :grand mission. is to
sfihclue pain and 'bring glad tidings to the
suffering • . -
The capacity of the Allevantor for doing
good is unequalled, and no family should be
without it, as it may be the means of saving
life in tbose snaden Yisitationik ',disease
that Seqiiire prompt ;messes» topisivent al In 0.11Y Part
fatalterraination. It is conceded ta be the CHARGE.
most valuable medicine of its glass on ac-
count of its adaptiorsto a wider range of die -
eases thanany other preparation, and there -
fare inore convenient as an everyday reniedy.
Sold by druggists and country merchants.
Dr. J. Briggs & Co., 208, Broadway, N. Y:,
and No. 6 King -Street, Wept, Torcn.to, Ca-
LI:s
BEST QUALITY
CALL AND ‘i'EE
His Fresh Stock I !
Opposite MeCANN'S Old Stand,
Saforth, Feb. 12, 1869 63-tt r
More of Those
12 Dollar Suits !
- AT
CILEGHORN'S,
ALSO
A Choice • Selection of Silk -mixed anti
West of England
SEED OIL!
BOILED AND RAW.
TWEEDS'
T
ST0.4.47/SH/IVOL Y LOW PRICES.
—A kw Sewing Machines for Sala
, Os that have been run for a short
time. Just the tiona for Tailors or Dress-
makers. Cafl. and see them working.
Seaforth, March 18. 67-3m
FRANK PAL /RIDGE'S
Old Established.
•
PHOTOGRAPH. GALLERY.
URPENTINE,
BENZINE,
VARNISHES,
GLASS,
PUTTY, kc,
At Johnson Bross.
eaforth, April 9th.
70
REMOVED!
nuraerous customers and. the publia
_,V.1 general.ly will please not targetthat
have Removed from the Old Stand to the,
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE 'STREET,
Into Scott's New- 3 story Brick Block; alter&
to Kidd & M'ISfulkin's store, and. directly ,
south of Hickson's new store, wIn re I has*
built the best Gallery in -the Coimty especi-
ally for my own work, being large and com-
modious, and with the proper actenic light ;
being the only G ',Eery in Seaforth construct-
ed on true photographic principles. The
only light that can reflect the true Features. 1
flatter myself that I can satisfy all who may
call. Remember, I don't want your money
for nothing, I a,m bound to please or no payi..
As many have had pictures n Seaforth, but
were dissatisfied, having tonfounded my
name with another, I would request if yen
avant a good picture, properly made and
durable, that you ask for Frank PaltridgeS
Don't ask for Paltridge's, only, but Frank
Paltridge. I ani thus explieit, because many
think they are going to get a picture mad.
by Frank Paltridge ; but -by a mistake'in
not going to Frank P.'s, get eadly disays
pointed.: -
-ASK FOR, AND GO TO ,FRANII,
- •
In the Brick Block...up one flight -•ef stairs,
-and turn to the right hand.
My specimens at the door are all my awn
make, and are not bought or borrowed fa
decoy the public. .
Come any day, Frank is always • at home
and in Gocd Tempers
Pictures of deceased- carefully copied into
any kind of Picture desired. -
Remember, it is to _erank Paltridge's writ
haw to ao to get a good Photograph. lisar
and richbFurniture, .Scenery, &a, that wiil
make your picture look rich, and wenn
sending, to Iron/. friends. Who doessno
know LFRANK PALTREDGE.?
Seafaith, Jan. 6-th.
FLOUR AND FEED STOREI!
MR. ALFREO BREWER,
RESPECTFULLY intimates to his friends
and the public generally, that he has
appointed as AGENT
MR. F. VEAL,
Groser Main Street, Seaforth, who will
keep on hand. at all times a large stock of
the very bsst -
FAMILY FLOUR,
And all kinclb
FEED, ETC., ETC.
FLOUR DELIVERED
(V the Town FIW1 OF
THE HIGHEST PRICE IN CASH PAID
c
<cc.cd-
roc,-.c.ccc,,,e3C-t.ccac
FOR WHEAT at Roxburgh Mills.
J. SEATTE-F. "
EXCHANGE BItol(E.11 t
And dealer in Pare
DRUGS, CHEMICALS & DYE STUFFS,
The Drug Department is under the spec:est
care of an experienced Chemist,
R. M. PEARSOlf.
January 21st, 1869. SW-te
THOS. BELL.
CABINET & CHAIR MAKER
UNDERTAKER las.
A_ Large Stock,
1,1_, kinds of krufniturekept constantlyea
J hand, consisting of the -beat varieties.
IrsillOsrliff's -Spring Mattrasses, Children's
Carriages. Coffins kept constantly on hands
• Work made on the premises. -
Cr A. Hearse for hire Wareroom
posite Kidd & McMulkins.
• - THOS. BELL,
March 24, 1868.
• OFFICES TO LET. .
P. S—Remember F.
Veal's Checquered
. OUR excellent offices to let in Seat*
F
Store, West side Main Street New Brick Block. Apply at
• ,
MeCAUGHEY & 110LMOTED'a- -
• Seaforth, June 4th 1869. 78-3m. SeaforthJam 27. 1869.
444 4,44-
•
- Liost in=
1 -
We find the fa
teal (M.) .Cottr‘c ::
Al few citiyaigo
am Ashcratt went
lat.;%.Hediscoveredco
ui
mines.
.ons *Tid 50011 CtiSe
tare which led 4-61
He erawled int() it
opened into a. wi
continued folloWin
-tioee not know .ho
into! different " dir
became fatigued at
burnt out, started
The labyriethe
mixed that he. lel
after wandeting hi
a lengtime gave e
his way out, ,41e.,
his *ate. . The 'relij
bunt away and 11,
nes4 most prON
trnOle to .stand '1
thoughts as to itis
resolved to make
eseatte. He eren
the chasm for fi:Sti
siligdatrullyi°(111i7t
cernile
soon discovered
serted shaft. • l'Jo
could eee dayligh
eoon heard person
veiled with alibi
., was so high . the
Daylight 'Seen
At111_13 come out:
sit there 03ti ti* e
41:;;;11-ea:raingey
iD thi°1::dto
the last of earth.
news of,hie being!
Rua 1)....risies catne
'him.
All cha.snis I
were thor6
o'clock at night e
Ib i.s track and f•e):
was discovered,
-eame paetialiy- cr
-anti it was sone
,ed.bis right inint
'The place Vhe
-was over tit' ee
Where he entrre
3/ward in the old
scrapers at W 1'1
The Sell
- At a reeen- in
Academy. of S
made some re
beach lines of 14
on. He zaid.
-.• There is.ino
'Michigan and
higher than the
- ran- over th
;extending
f,ceiileingplan
no 1
aiy
teach lines! s o
ithe3e,-_-1-,-howilug
istia..senstoit;t1.4eat l.
' fr.. oiifi li ti'erael i'Ir e
Lakey/c71.1, iF t- or
"IPiuthl
tilt°-af i °
w
-411. t,ncsc:aricl
esbfe .17 Ishirel
Wi;iile C-0_11,11ry
--of level i13. 4s
time ; e • ese
Must haiTe 4e
st1:1,seresof
aneien4
44
- Joh: mthiec•hetitgi n.
above, thel;w-a
'W!eConsin, 'IS
•
lcomeared I w
The old bee&
etre 150 . feet
.ehansre fro
levelboccin4
-stre no sand b
!pal Ird.ele
resch
;change ef ie
violent e
valley of the
is a creek eb.
. tinwidth.hest
irfieee I
-wofathe
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