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ROGER WILSON'S GHOST.
,
• Reuben Wilson stood in the door-
way of his store long qifter the last
customer had denarted. Behind
him were displayed, in the glow of
two kerosene lamps, rows of bottles
too frequently in demand, boxes of
tea, piles of dry goods, and other
innumerable and diversified belong-
ings of a country grocery.
Before' him- was stretched the
beautiful bay, which juts in from
the Sound, and givee to Port :Jef-
ferson its chief glory, and world-
wide celebrity as a boat -building •lo-
cality.
From this place the yacht Wan-
derer went off on her wild •cruise,
and here are to be found the bravest,
la ardieste - and 1 ou gh est men that
Long island can produce.
It was a cold, clear night, late in
the year, and th,e masts of many
vessels stood oat in, bold relief
against the 'steel -gray back -ground,.
looking like phantom ships; while
the plash, plash of the waves, on the
shore sounded distiact and solemn
in the else unbroken silence cf the
nieht. The winter had been an un-
usually mild one; there was no hint
of stio-w in the air, and vessels Were
continually arriving and departing,
and keeping up their intercouree
with the outside world. The lights
that had glimmered here and there
from the nu mberless wind o w $ *en t
out one by one, like stars in the
-
lower firmament, and darkness set-
tled clown upon the sleeping village.
Reuben appeared asif in a dream;
and standing there in the doorway,
his arms rigidly locked on hie
breast', his crisp locks forming •an
ebony crown around his brows, ke
seemed like another Theseus await-
ing his Commission from the gods.
At times his eyes were fixed -upon
the bay, shining clear and unruffled
• in the starlight, end again his gaze
-would' wander to a cottsge nestling
against the opposite hill -side,- where
Janet,Barnaby had livdd and labor-
ed for thee many years. ,
But Reuben is conscious that be
ha e been standing... statue-likce for
about an hour in the frosty air; and
ea) he finishes putting up the shut-
ters, blows out the liahtS, puts afew
wet ashes on the fire, and turns in to
his blink of a bed -room. That bed-
room would have made you smile.,
It wasa receptacle for all the odds
and ends that. are apt to. collect
themselves together in the trauea,c-,
• tions of trade, and were. particelar-i
ly heterogeneous on account of the
mixed character cf the stock that
-usually supplies a country grocery.
There aere old boxes thrown up in
a corner, unsalaole -rat-traps, boat-
hooks, and grapplina-irons in an-
other; while bits itif sail cloth,
tarred ropes, and tarpaulin were
scattered over the floor without ttny
regiad to order or picturesque effect.
Just behind the door. was Reu-
ben' s bed—ea long, ,narrow. Chest,
wilich had done service as a sailor's
kit, and had been consigned to
Reuben in part payment : of a long
standing del,t. It wa.s a very con-
venient affair,. • differing from the
_neual styte of sleeping accommoda-
tions: in that it was taken to pieces
every morning, and pat in shape
again at bedtime. -it, It was but little
trouble to opan tite lid, and take
frontthe capatoiens hold the small
mattress, pill sv, and. bed clothes
ct
that were stmed therein • and on
this hard couch - Reuben Wilson
passed into 8unday through the
Straits of Dreamland,
• He had beenthinking of Roger
• all day, his brother Roger, -whok
• slight request he bad refused, and
•
So made himself mieerable fel: life ,
and as he lapsed into sleep it all
came up before hien and he could
tamest hear Roger's .voice urgina
hine as he had done that distan
but "lever -to -be -forgotten day.
• "Come, Reuben, we must talt
this yacht over to Bridgeport ; it i,
prowised this week.”'
" 1 say _ 1 wou't. It's no fit
weather to go, any way, and to
morrow'll do just as well."
" To -morrow won't do as well fox
me, Beebe», for T. hive leave to g
with Janet to \Vest Meadows ol
Thursday. Tuthill says ' he cal
spare me, and Janet needs a boli
date"
So do I: Tuthill favors yot
and Janet more than hi fair.
swear. I won't go to -it 'y to pleas
any of you." ,
•
'‘ Well, then, I musrgo alone,
suppose." •
It was not a great -undertaking,
to be sure: Bridgeport lying direct
ly opposite ; and Roger could le
turn in the packet, which wot
mtke her semi-weekly trip to Por
jeffersou the next day.
Reuben was not Often in tb
sulks ; and, perhaps, if Roger bac
not mentioned Janet's n am e, titer
-would have been no controvers.,
whatever. But Reuben was jealoue
of his brother, and the temptatiot
was too great for him toresist u.sin(
his influence against their anticipat
ed pleasure.
So Roger -went across the Sean
alone. He was not so good a sailo
his brother Reuben, though ful
•snest and reliable; and, havin
the NVOI1 to do, set abo
a once with unflinchtn
ti.n. :Bit days passed,
nut returtk. The pad t d
to the harborbotto
a)ter the first exeitem
•b his ditappearance
oger Wiison slipp
p ace arnoneitr his corn
hirlwind had seized
the night and early
et
nd
riruinangit-
he did
d baek.
e p ; and
, ,
occasioned
subsided,
ut of his
ns as if a
. ate in
the dat n
euben Wilson watched and wait -
e 1 for the return of his brother—
the brother he Phe.d Muideted ; for
W RS it not equivalent to murder to
a low him to cross th Sound alo
in a toy -boat? . • He might !just as
ell have gone with him as not, and
a ould have done' s�: but for that
is heart that
• Satan's own
;retry chance
very hole 'and -
e of the lest
-t ld de away
inty. '
thing. he
ayes went singing ,their regal m
o• et_ the departed, dancing and
flashing their mocking radiance in
t le face of every mourner, and they
beau& no message of hepe or for-
g'veness to. Reuben 1.'Vilson. Janet
c nue otter" to him.- for consolation,
h it be had none te give her. The
e OA of the girl almestetazed him,
a ld he wondered • that she didn't
die then and thre., kle could weep
o er her grave, -and Plant roses and
f
e ergreens around it, but it was no
r 3lief to his agony to see her ' Mov-
i g about like a half-dead woman.
And she always - wanted to talk
about Roger when she saw him, and
would come down to the shore where
s ie knew she would find him, and
n otion him to sit down beside beit
o i a bit of mast, and then go oaer
1 the scenes in which she and
oger had participated. '
She had the blueet eyes out of
_eaven, had • Janet Barna by, and
the sweetest smile that ever rippled
over mortal cheek; and -when she
rshtted her head on her I hand, and
gazed away and away where thy sky
leaned down- to kis e the sea, one
could Almost fancy that the harbor's
1 outh. was one of the celestial gate -
ays through which_ her spirit
1 assed to hold converse with angelic.
ones.° ,
And she always talked of _Roger
as if she could see him standing
there at the .entrance ;of the bay,
t nd had frequently asked Reuben
i those we loved and lost so strange -
1 never came to tell us they.were
ead. .. i
Reuben would sometimes shut his
ars; so. as not to hear her go on in
t iaterrible way, it half cfazed him,
tad be didn't know what -3 he might
be tem pted to d o.
But Janet had ot ie
Meet, in the death of h
r other, and for a while forgot to
c is tu rb , the ashes u laid et ss was
timing the memory of her lost love.
he went out to service in Captain
'at -hill's family ; and as there were
,
young people in the house, and un
-and Prolic. going on continually, .she
,
scon recovered .her- spirits, and was
as young and gay as any one.
' Reuben, had losfi his taste for
ship -building. There was not ex -
1
d vilieh 'feeling at
• prompted him to d
1, ork. Out to the b
be got, searching in ,
c ill€ r for some vesti
It
o er any thing that N
ith this dread mace •t,
But there- was n
•
a
r sorrowsto
et father and
citement enough about it; and so he
pened a store, and found plenty of
customers'among the sea -faring men
ho frequented the place, or werttl
esidents there• . ,
Five years had passed since Roger
eut out of the bay auo eternity—
• ve lona years !
• Reuan had hevet married, for -he
ould marry no one but Janet, and
'met' declared she wouldn't have
, hint ; andso he waited year after
• rear, hcping to ovevcome her pre-
udices.
• "1 can't
on't feel flee to
ve feel if liege
ack T'
"Aoger wasn
tay away five
iack. Do be.
oarry,. . Reuben—I
do so. How would
• sh uld ever eehie
t th
ears
tea
ceter -would m611
ey wife an th
• " I -don't kno
an et, she king
'redulously ; "
"Roger knew y
if hint.; and so i
teuben—I can't, a
vithethat she wet t
-nife-scouring whicl
ad interr pted.
".‘• How queer so
-ol Hog u ized Reub
tome by the shere
lany s widow mai tied before .the
'ear was OR
who Went into fits
f the Ioss of the
sort of man to
and then come
(suable, Janet;
rather :see you
'e Of a stranger."
oet_that," said
head rather in
not: so certain."
tr were jealous
,'sj all useless,
d Won't.," and
back to ithe
lenow it," was N
fi dent
hope
died
Th
did
exour
very
sluna
ed to
hat she sal con-
y to hets lf, and wha kept
live in he heart, when it. had
ut i.a evet one else's.
ough allJ these expe enceS
euben 1V1i1son travel in his
ion thro" gh dreamla d, and
estless and uneasy w re hie
ers in co i seqeence. I seem -
him as if al the grave in the
place were ope s, and their eshiess
occupants had ak n advan tage of
the opportunit o torment him.
They danced nsi ,e the cl est on
whicI he was I in(; • they took_pos-
sessio • of his ropty ; and every
red herring an tenpenny nai , every
cork -crew, git let, and chee. e -knife
—in fact, even the empty • askets
and bits of sail cloth--seetne to be
a.nim te with life; and et me to
whis er in his ear; with naockings
and 4ienaoes u endurable.
so i)owerless to re-
, with the m scles of
h against their puny
ttY as he w o u Id, be
tcceed in Cit pelling
'dad his gr." sp, and
hit. as if t ey en-
ifit
y , I resolve I them -
had e—a tall gigan-
breath exhautted all
room ; and leuben
iedefor brea h, aDd
,chingiy, mat to en -
ace of his rother
Ai dile was
sist them ! 'H
a Titan, to Mat
strength! .Bu
could never s
them; they el
sat gunning at
joyed his disco
And then_ th
selves into orie
tic fora), whose
the air in the
thought he gas
looked up bese
counter the
Roger. •
Be wanted - o slriek, bu ;some-
thing held ,him by the thro t; and
he could only bele in th se eyes
whichheld hi +n by , __cruel:
)ower; andel° king thus ntently .
and longingly, le Was coned us that :
the figaie bec, me more an I more -
distinct, .and 1 hen 1 he was able- to :
articulate—" I eget' !"-e— which he .
did with all th intensity of feeling:.
he coutcl, corn and—it disa weared
altogether, and Reuben waft alone.
The first gleam of Morning sun was
workitag its wa through a Link in
the sbuttees; t e room was in the
same dieorderl ,condition, to which
he had been soona0 acoestou. ed that
any change the •ein would have been
at once unbent like and unwelcome.
He Was glad t be awake—lad to
escape from th berrid net- ork of
dreams into th security an • peace :
afforded by ti e : daylight. • After
the reaction.' fr In the pert rbation
of the night, w en he had I repared
and eaten hie breakfast of salt
mackerel, and leered out h s store,
he began to 1f e1 in better humor
than he had ben in fot son e time.
He whistled and sang; an 1 Wait-
ed cheerfully on . a few -customers
who strolled in during the in rising;
for the schoon r James L. • Bogert
had :come in during the n, ht, or
rather in the early dawn, rid the
clew. were anxious', .to .stretth their
legs, and enjoy a stroll .on sf ore and
in the company of their o14 com-
panions.• At nine o'clock IFeuhen
put rtp the shu ter, for it N il§ Sim -
day, and he ha. I. been invited to dine'
with some frim ds, -where Jafriet was
expected to ep nd the evening. 1 -lei
was sure of Jo_ et now, and 1 e want-
ed dreadfully , to go ro ind by.
,_
Captain Tuthill's and tell b e: what.
he had. seen in the night. It would
convinee her he was lire it
would ; but p rhaps it wou d be as
well to wait at til 'evening, ben he
could see her ' lone,. and -wh -re her
agitation: weal I not- be re narked.
So he strolled along the tiPe r road,
instead of goiu r by the be h, and
amused himeel selecting a 1 oeation
for the houeel e Would hill -when
Janet; gave bei consent to be his
wife.. i •
"Reuben a.d like his ol 1 self,"
Paid. John Motgan to his ife, by
whose., fireside, . later . in tie day,
Reuben was cracking his i kes and
drinking -cider. ." I • don' • ,know
when I've eeeti him so ehipi er."
"Not since my time, sai( Maria
Morgan, she who Was MariaBeard-
ley---t" not sine nay time, I reckon;
• for we girls used to call him old per-
. .
cuptee ever so long ago."
" Well, tiut he'ldidu.'t use to be
hedgehoggy at
Roger's Weep]
and him feelin
hint I to judgn
_immense. :There wasn't
strufig.( ' ' cep t a hat . 'b a oes with
wot(ii ; and if ' I
*LegerI' '
. would a
ban wouldn't, I don't see'a
Reuben's Case to blame."
Well, Roger was more
fancy," said Maria, from th
of the milker env where
setting away the clean
"though 1 de A lcilowtha
such a ninny,as Janet Barn
home fif your own is better
body else's house, and a
above ground s etimigh sig
than a lover
sea."
Well, JA
philoso ph ical
."Janet !"
eceieg that. y
in the doorwa
" Tha tte a.
11
11
home wit
good opp
peared so
iltruch mor
0,he had b
patience
cided to ake his ghost story part
of the eve ina's entertainment.
more inclined thereto by
edge that both John and
ored his suit, and might
fluence Janet more than
• her, and that 'Would be a
rtunity. But Janet ap-
bright and quailing, so
gracious in manner than
en of late, that his im-
vercame him, and he de -
He wa
the -know
.Maria fa
possibly i
he Would be able to do unaided.
• They sit - around the: stove, the
n on one side, . the two
e other, sontetimes having
lat, and Occasionally .unit-
tproarious quartette. And'
'lies did ehaseever Janet's
two wom
men on ti
duets of c
ieg in an
how the s
face! alai • how bright her eyes
shone ! - t did one's eyes good just
to look at her. •
"Now we'll have a. ghost story,"
said Joh Morgan, "just by way of
variety: Reuben, you're up head;
.you take he lead.," -
"Well I will," said Reuben,
Pron4tly only too glad of this easy
way of introducing is night adven-
ture.t •
"1 saw a ghost last night."
"Last night 1" exclaimed John;
"that's too new. • Give us one that's
a little further off, or I shall fancy
ha hasn't found his -right resting -
place yet.. ' •
Oh no • we'd rather have a fresh
? ..,
one," eel Maria; "wouldn't we,
Jane?" to -which Janet acceded;
and a th re were two against one,
and the W o m en in the majority,
Reuben egan his ghost story.
" Rog r is surely dead," said Reu-
ben, tts h finished the recital.
" Cert. 11 sure," said. John Mor -
0 a
0,11-
."I net er doubted it," said Maria.
1
"I think Reuhen has made himself
needlessl uultappy."-
Only Janet was silent.
" lf ally body has suffered, that
mantis Reuben Wilson, and I
think it's high time he had his re -
Ward"
Reuben looked over at Janet, but
her eyes were .on her lap, and for
the first time he noticed she wore a
ring on the third finger of her left
hand.
" Who,
"Jane
asked ill•
•
t did it mean?"
t, why don't you speak '?"
ria Morgan, coming back
from her Mental examination .of the
subject. "Don't Reuben's dream
Convince Vou that Roger went into
eternity five years agar
"No, it don't," replied Janet. "1
saw Roger myself last night., or
rather, early this morning," she add-
ed, hesitatingly.
‘" S &AV ; flOget• yourself, Janet 1"
exclaimed Reuben, springing ft am
bus chair, and seizing her furiously
by the eitn—" saw Roger yourself!
and won't believe it, when you de-
clared that it only needed this to
convince you r -
:"sXsaid—let go of my arm, Reu-
ben P ---I Said if Boger was dead, I
should know it; I have Always said
so, and I, say it now." .
"But if his ghost appeared to you
as it did Lome—"
. Before Janet could answer there
Was ft lotid knock at the dooi—an
imperati+e knock,- that startled John
and Mata Morgan, and made Reu-
ben'a knees sttike together. -
Only -finet was calm, and she
opened the door. . If was a tall,
athletic. 4el1ew, wrapped .. in a heavy
gettyish stawl, and his Oyes sh2ded
with. a breadshrimmed1 hat, who
stood on ithe threshold :awaiting an
1
invitati, to enter.
" Ooree in," said :Janet, taking
upon herself theyites of hospitality
the °the, felt incapable of s5ffering
—" gome in, this is a wintry night,
and no tle can refuse you a Seat by
the fire;', and she sat hint a chair
close‘by her OWII.
" Reuhen," she went on as if there
bad been no interruption in 'their
talk, "I 'didn't say I saw a ghost
last night, but I saw Mager Wilson
—and thisle he I" and she hid -het
head upon his shoulder.
!" gasped Reuben, "my -
all It all 2 sante of btotl er ,,, and laying his head upon
'eating so s ddenly, fthe table beside him, he wept out
g as though e'd sent l his joy, ,1 his grief, his disappoint
i
lent - though it's all ,ment. • 1
J . 0 „
a blow Rogeri was the first to speak, and
a hasty brea.k the silence that was becoming
rea.,1,11 tatinfvuell.sy
sorry you blamed
yourself iso much, Reuben. It Was
all My Own fault, and -had I died,
. .
lAUGUST 24, 1871.
years of misery I'd spent on your
account." •-
"Hush, Maria," expostulated the
milder John. •
"Hush? It's no time to hnsh. A
WOIDan may as well .speale her mind ;
and I do say that Reuben Wilson
deserves Janet far mole than does
Roger."
"That may be,": Said Janet, blush-
ing and .smiling ; but I forgave
Roger, and—we were married this
pawning." -
• " ! Whew- I" exclaimed
John Morgan, nearly upsetting the
table in his astonishment.
• Married, indeed r said the
practical ; " then that ends the
businete. Re-I:ben, the milk is spill-
ed, sure, and I am glad of it, for
now maybe you cantsee that there's
somebody dee in Pat Jefferson quite
as good as Janet B#naby—Wilson,
I mean. Come, Wen ; as our ghost
turns out to be real flesh and blood,
we may as well make merry at has
expense, John, take the pitcher
down cellar for more cider, while I
fill up this dish cf dough -nuts. Janet,
I am just as glad as I can be, and
if I don't show it, it's became Ree -
ben takes all the life out of my joy."
" Reuben," said Janet, going ovei'-
to!where he sat, still hist in thought,
" there will always be a warm corn-
er in my _heart for you. -God has.
given Roger batik to us ; is it in yonr
heart to wish him dead ?"
No 1" said Reuben, springing up
and driving, away the deuione that -
had taken possession. of hine----" no,
by the mother that bore ns Dow,
forgive me ; I'm a hi ute. It comes
hard, but I'll get over it." aka,
with his great strong arms aroend
his brother, be pledged himself anew
to love and loyalty. -
• There was so much to tell, and all
were so eager to listen, that it was
almost • morning before any one
thought of saying good -night, or bad
heard the farewell of the midnight
spirit as he Went °vet the bills into
the grave -yard where GUI: yesterdaye
are buried.
Roger took Janet back with him
to California, and in the course of a
year or two Reuben sold out the
stock and fixtmes of his store;and
with his wife—Oh, I forgot t� say
that before the next winter he had
found a wife, in every way better
suited to him than Janet Barnaby
And findieg that fortunes were not
to be made in. Port Jefferson, they:
sailed out of the little harbor, and
made for themselves a new home in
the distant El Dorado.
No ghosts came to I:amble Reuben.
Wilson, and be and Roger are fast
making their way in the world,
uniting their efforts in every praise-
worthy enterprise, and realizing
every day that the ghosts of remorse
and jealousy are the only :skeletons
that have power to make Cs miser-
able.
e women are r
n,1 sauntering
oad, •" Captain
'din'', Brewster,
hen she heard
White Squall,
vent off en the next trip of th
° lary J. 'Heise as "ptain Ed's
wife ; and what a talk was made
t ! But here's that Jenet,, who, be
ause she hasn't seen the grave du
Ind the tombstone set up, feels her
•elf just as much a maeried wonaa
s Captain Beebe's wif , and 111016,
)el fer they d
h in as a bet' 1 the
teither Retiben:s
-elicitations of half
en in Port, chan
MS of Janet Baru
" &get. was:
the botto
et is—" bega
tusban d.
xclaimed ti
u ng w o man
SaT some hat d act ! said J
captain." But gala but whether in respon
atree.ties nor the
he marriageable
ed the resolu-
wife's, remark or his ow
sion it might be difficult
mine.:
tbv. Rehhen thOught he woul
dead 1 hould 'Bee 'Janet alorle ; he wets'
11
d Reiteither's
to my
• corner my ghost would never have come to
he was accuse *1 of murder. But I was
dishes, • picked up and taken to the West
I'd be Indies, being too far gone to tell any
• by. A thing anent myself foe several weeks.
hart any When Ilgot well I saw a chance to
husband .. make something; and 1 hadn't the
t better courage ,c) come back to Port J ef-
of the tersen litheat a cent in my pocket,
. and no Strength in iny back. So I
the less . went to i California, and picked up
•. considerable, and then enade up my
e' Wife, Mintl telsed after Janet. • I know I
tanding might h.i.ve- written; but I am no
.han4 at I talking on paper, and the
hn_Mor- only war . to be - happy was to keep
e to. his • Janet .ot t of my mind."
.conclue - "Yes" said Maria Morgan, giv-
o deter- trig ventl to her growing indignation,
"that's pet the way with you men !
If I wes Janet, I'd send you back
to Halifitx, to pay you, for the fiye
1
wait to
go over
STRAY CALVES.
QTRANED from the premises of the subscriber,
Lot No. 26, 4th Concession, L. R. S., Tucker -
smith; on or about the ath of July, fonr Spring
Calves,—two heifers, one steer mid one
nearly white, one spotted read and white, and- the
other two all red, A liberal reward Alin in given
for such information as will lead to their recovery.
JAMES FORSYTHE.
Tuckersmith, Ally 18, 1871. • 189-4*
FARM FOR SALE-
rJfl subscriber offers • his FARM for sale, being
south half of lot taQ, Eighth Coneession, Town:
ship of Monis, consisting of 100 acres, 70 st tend'
are cleared. There is a good log ham 50.00, a frame
granary, lav24., ani a good log house 34x18. A
spring Creek runs through the farm. For imam-
larq apply to the subscriber on•the premises.
185-9t* WILLIAM BUTTON.
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than Messrs.
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badness of • sight is at once removed. ,
• M. R. COUNTER,
186 Agent, Seaforth.
AUCTION SALE
OF FARM STOCK AND IM
PLEMENTS.
Mr. Fowler's Sale of Farni Stock and Implements
has been PostPoned until further notiee.
FARM FOR SALE.
The subscriber will also sell by private sale that
superior stock farm being lot No. 1 Second Conces-
sion, Hi11Lt. containing 100 acres, 80 of which are
cleared end all under grass. • There is on the prem-
ises a good new frame barn. • The River Maitland
runs throngh the farm. The whole is well fenced.
It it; situated on a good gravel 'road within three
miles of the Village of Seaforth. Fq a stock -rais-
ing and grazing farm, it has not a superior in
Canada.
Terms—One-third of the purthase money lobe
paid down; the balance ou ;time to suit the pur-
chaser, with interest at 6 per cent.
For further partieulars apply to the proprietor,
WILLIAM' FOWLER,
• Seaforth Post Office.
• Tuckersmith, july 6, 1871. 3.157 -td
FARMS FOR SALE.
FOR
Sale Lot No. 22, 13th. Concession
• Township of McKillop, containing
One Hundred Acres, forty-five of which
are cleared. well -fenced, and a nE.-ver fail-
ing stream of water runs through one
corner. No buildings. Also, the unex-
pired term of eight years of the lease of
part of Lots 27 and 28, 12th concession,
with the privilege of purchasing at any
time. Purchase money $1,-275, to extend
over a period. of ten years. This lot is
all wood land. For further particulars
apply to the undersigned.
T1iOM-A.6 STEPHENS,
•• Seaforth.
January 11, 1671. . 162-tf
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MR. JOHM THOMPSON
THA.-..\.TIcS his nunnereVs customers for
iL their liberal pairdnre during the
last fifteen years, and trusts he will re-
ceive its continuance,
He has now on hand a large assort -
lent of Good. Sound
Green Hemlock! •
Which he warrants will rrive satisfaction
aeso
i ENCING AND D RAIND.; a
LU SERI
ALWAYS KEPT ON HAND.
200 00 FEET OF PINE
• CUT FOR
nil -MU AND GEHERAL PURPOSES
Which he offers on liberal tems. • Or-
den will be promptly attended to.
The Ii11 is sitnated on the Townline
of McKillop and. Hallett, 3 and aniks
from the Huron Roat
Seaforth, Nov. 16, 1870. • 84-tf:
• QUEEN
Insurance • Company
OF LIVERPOOL & LONDON.
CAPITAL - $2,000,000 Sterling
CHIEF OFFK-Es—Queen Buildings, Livdr-
pool, • And Gracechurch Street, Loiidoa.
CANADA BRAN CH 0 FF I CII—Exchaalge
Buildings, Montreal.
BoAnn—Wm. Morton, Esq:, Cbairmai:
Henry Thomas, Esq., David Torrau -e,
Esq., andthe Hon. James- Ferrier,
B• L.ft,-.LERAs11osrlsr,osiLs 131aensIst.rs. Rite
Morris & Rose.
MnnicAL AnvisER—William Sutherlan
Esq. M. D. -
SURVEROR—Thomas S. Scott, Esq.
Aunrron—Thomas R. Johnson, Esq.
RESIDENT SEMETARY AN D GRNEIZ. L
AGENT, —A. Mackenzie Forbes, 13 t.
Sacrement Street, iNlontreal.
The undersigned having been appoi •t-
ed. Agent for the above Company, parti s
desiring to insure against less by fire c
do so on the most favourable terms.
Life Policies granted on as advantage-
ous terms as any other respectable Con,
pany. doing business in Canada.
JAMES H. BENSON,
• Age
OFF/CE—BENSON & MEYER'S
• - Law Office,
Seaforti —
Seaforth, Nov. 8, 1870.
• TICKETS FOR EUROPE.
R. JOHN SEATTER has been a
pointed. Agent at Seaforth, for t
• INMAN LINE OF STEAMERS.
Parties contemplating visiting any part
of Europe can be supplied with Tick.t
and. all necessary information by apply- ,
ing to
JOHN SEATTER.
183-tf. Druggiet, e
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es Manitoba Cron
eioner 1ia been
year.
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laden of Quebec h
since the lasit eel's
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spoken of as sonev
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ment as. civil eng.
Pacific Railteael.
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Canada ih i$;
has never. know
season and better
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the institution
dumb ai Raleigl
is a daughter of
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chase; an Sataill
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past life in then
old in knowledge ".
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ignorance and f
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has accepted an in
National Board
United States to
annual meeting in
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invited the Nation
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Januerv - 187'9
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in his'mouth when
manger to steal
them like `a, terri
they are dead,
them out ef the b
— The mote
: less he is apt to•
his heat, an
ly delibetute wha
speak.
--- A fall Of I'lae
Iast mouth near
land. It poured
a quarter of an hOu
and other animals
an adheeive substai.
soot. 3tio expfarr
•
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in Htingary they
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only artiele use
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•
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English lashe lost
the eteamehip An
Newfoundland, in
and very miteh.
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entrails of a fish
Eshertnan, who
Stem the (rimer
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young wonld rem
may be old, and t
that they , have
world would be la
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use. In Easton,
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are,harnesaed by
rubber bands, and
pole, to Wtial.
spike. They obey
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rity.
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Watnaribooll.
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thelents gi.
industry, it is anat
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good many, uncles
• —Boston people
aB to the best "-
, have got i'f3 the It-
' anilktuen.
—Women no
• Then. They are
that's all.
—Ballet girls
i.ita1 that can
!-on one leg.
—Advice to
your ecrn as rime
necessary, butdon'
that's brutal."
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to pay the- postage,
• tt Single or 'double,
sir, (with a courtesy
last week." •
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78oston w_a3 en
..of -his stock in
aaag balked, and
an inch. The tha
merteed belaboring
stieitt when an ol