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HOW SANTA 6LAUS'CANI TO
SON'S BAR. •
Br 'BRET itA.RTE.
Conciraded.
It was the mare. Ae was not a
pretty piettire. From -Her *Roman
nOse.- to her rising' haunches, from
her arched spine hidden by the stiff
maeltillcis of a Mexican Saddle, to lice
Caick, straight bony 1e, there was
note line of equine.grace. In her half -
blind but wtolly Vicious white eyes
an her protrudieg under`Hp, in her
monetrouS color, there was nothing
but -ugliness. anti vice. -
"Now, theta"' said- StapleS,
"stand cl'ae of her heeis, be
up with you. Don't miss y
holt of het mane,- and mind
your off stierip-quieke Ready
There wee a leap, a sera
'Struggle, a bound, ,;:a. wild eta
the crowd, a ;Circle of fIpng
two springless leaps that jer
earth, a tepid play • and jii
,spurs, a plunge, and elieh ltb
of Dick soeiewberain the Lu
"All right ?"
"Don't take thlv
e loeti•
-S
unless you'ee hard ;pushed or
Don't held her in down hill
be at the* ford at five. G
Iloopa ! kula! Go'!"
.A splash, a spark struck
ledge in the road,- Ia-clatte
m• '
S '
oin a few saloon§ and galing then Were swept way, atuil uprooted
bo'4e, bu1 t, avoiding these, they trees anti whirlin dyifteweed.
t
- _ -
TH
-
opped before several closed s • ops,
end by persistent tapping an ju-
dici es_outcry roused the.propri tors
ro their beds,.. and made the un-
bar he doors of their magazine and
exp se their wares. Sometim
they were met by curses, but -o .te
er b interest and 8011m conces
•their ..needs' and the interview -wa
inya iably concluded by. a• drink. .1
was three o'clock- before this pea.
ante r ierail given over, and wi
sinal waterproof hag • of India •Itt
ber-e rapped on his shoulders icl
eetuined to the hotel:. But her h
ys, and r was weylaid by Beauty , 1.3e, uty
. e • ;
The Old Man started and woke.
The fire on the hearth was dead,
• the candle in the outer e001.13 fliadter-
ingein its socket, aud smile:body :was
es rat ping at the door. fie opened it,
lait; 'fell back with a cry befoiee'-the-
11 ledfrsiked figure thatteel-
ed .1,0,-ainst the daqrpost.
t•"
Dick V'
Hush 1 Is b
a ‘*No—bet Diol
• `. Dry up, you
some whisk ey qt
e Maa • flew ::iud r
aee fast I Opel nt in charms, affluent i dies'
ye eet persuasive in speech, and 'pat ish
- in. ac ent ! in vain she repea ed the
eielie.,.). invia
reat of sc*rn iily
hoofs, aud -ejected by this - child
thtie
red , .i.sierrk s—a,. rejecn. tioscftened
.ie of I instance by a laugh and his -h
thin in "-Eecelsior," 'hap
d by`all Alpihe climbitioyo
of the
in his
st old
to he
ier
Its,
a voice coin. -And then he sprang
amass.. saddle and dished down the
street and out • into the 1
ad
i back Plain)
•,
time. the bl
-weal and ti
lane behi
t"I.the
roue the
- thea
rocky cat beyond, and D-ck was o
gone. =
1,4 e
Sing,
-0 Muse, the ride
are' Belle]].! -Sing, 0 Ignad
alroas men V -the sacred qt.
e
ir Wa
f adj
but it
reache
of Rjeb. creesin
f chiv- • avoid
est, the a long
doughty deeds, the battery of low in wh
• churls, the fearsomeeide an
some perils ief the Flower
, -
Son's Bar.- eAlack she is
this Muse. She will have
,• of this bucking,beete and swi
ragged rider, and•I Must fai
him, in prose') afoot-. .•
, It was one o'clock -and yet
only , gained Rattlesnake HD
in that time :Jovita had -re
to Aline all her imperfectio
practiced all her vices. rfir
she stumbled. Twice le d she
thrown 1* her Reiman no e in a'
straight line with the reins,
sisting bit and spur, struck ot
lee across country. Twice, le
reared, anel, rearing, fallen
ward; and twice had the agil
- :unharmed, kegained bis seat'
she found her vicious legs
And a, mile beyond them
d grew.-•
ftSirri
dainty,.
none -of
0.gerieg
follow
he had
For
earsed
* and •
ce bad -
nd, fee-
t inad-
d She
-back-
Dick,-
befare
again.
at the
foot of a long hill, was Rattlesnake
Creek. - Dicke knew that here was
the critical test of his abilityto per-
form his enterprise, se t his teeth
• grimly, put -hie knees well into her
flanks, and changed his def esive.
tactics to brisk; aggressiorea Bullied -
and inScIderied, Jovita begen the de-:.
sceet of the hill. Here the . artful
Richard pretended to- hold her in
• with ostentacious objueation and
well -feigned cries of alarm.- It .,is
unnecessary to add that Jevi a In-
stantly ran away. Nor need 1 state
the time made in the elasceet ; it 'is
• written in the chronicles Of Sinip-
( SOD'S Bak. Enough that in an 'Lb er.
moment, as it Seerued:_ci Dick) she
. was splashing ,on -the, overflowed
banks of Rattlesnake. Creek. - As
Dick expected, , the triementum she
had acquired carried her beyond-- the
point of -balking, and holding her
well -together for a Mighty eape
they dashedinto the middle.a she
swift-flewitig Current. A few
moments of kicking, wading and
swimming; and Diel drew a ong
lare.ath on the opposite bank.
The road from; Rattlesnake 0' Tek
to Red Mountain ••waS toler bly
level. .Either the pleinge in Ra Ie
snake Creek had dar11le-4d her ale -
fill fire, or the art )which led t it.
had shown her the superior wic ed-
ness of her ridet,;forJovita no 1 nee-
er- wasted .her Surplus '•energy in
wanton conceits: i Onceohe bee ed,
but it was front fame of liebit ; 0. ce
she shied, but it was from a ew
freshly- painted meeting -house at he
crossing of the county- road. • ol-
lows, ditches; gravelly clepos ts,
patches of freshly springing gras.es
flew from•beneath her rattling ho fs.
She began. to smell u n pleasant 1 y,
once or twice she coughed sligh ly,
but there was DO abatefitellt_ of 1 er
strength or speed. By two o'click
he had passed Red Mountain a d
begun the descent to the plain. :n
minutes later the driver of the f st
Pioneer coach was overtaken a d
passed by "a man on a Pinto, hos It
--an event sufficiently notable •r
• remark: At half -past two Di k
rose in his stittups with greatsho t.
Stars were glittering thipegfir t ie
rifted clouds, and beyondehire, o t
s of the plain, rose two spires, 'a flit. -
staff and a stragaling line of bla:k
objects. Dick Jingled his spurs a4d
ewung his. riata, Jovita bounded fo --
ward, and in another mdmerit th
iy
- swept into Tuttleville, and drew u
before the wooden piazza of "T e
Hotel of all Nations."
What transpired ' that night at
TatileiiIle is not , strictly a part of
this., record. Briefly I may state,
however, that after Jovita had been
Landed over to a sleepy ostler, whore
she at once kicked /into unpleasant
consciousnese, Dick Sallied out With
the bar -keeper for a tonr of the
Sleeping tome- Lights still glean,a
fetlock
was a -1
ascent.:
Where presently ;the
ck line of houses, th
flag -staff sank- into th
him:Again and were
tance.
storm had cleared awe .
brisk and cold, the o
cent landmarks were distin
was,half peat four befor
the meeting house al di the
- the county row-. TC
h -e rising grade he lead taken
r and -more circuitous d,
*se vaned mud Jovita ik
deep at every bourn
oor preparation for a „tea 3
f five miles more ; but Jovi
gatheringher. legs under her: took.
it with, her usual blind unveils g
fury, and•a,half hoar ,later re • eh u
the long 'level *that led to
-.snake
wonld
He thr
neck -of
ne
ligl
spires
ea, •th
ost in
be
es
ct,
atlie
'leek, Another half he r
bring him to the ree
w the reins lightly eip n t e
the mate, chirruped Co 'he
and begui to sing.
Sudd nly Jovita shied . wi h
bound hat would have mesea ed
less pr cticed rider. Hanain to
herrein was a figure that had eap-
d from:the bank, and at he arn
tima fro :the road before her ros
a.sliado y horse ancrrider. " Pfro
aritionath.
erid a p, with an o
up- yeti) hands," coMmanded) thi
sco
. k felt th
emarc quiver, t ern.
• le, and appaienely sink under] im
e knew Naliat it meant, and 'wa
repasecil. "Stand aside, aside, Jaek .Simpso
know you, you thief. Let me
or • _
e He did not finish the sente ce.
Jovita robe- straight in the air with
a terrible bound, throwing the figure.
from her bit with a single shake of
her vicious head, and charged her
deadly neele,volence !down en the ire...
-pedinientl.before ler. • An path, a
'pistol shote horse and highiVaynian
rolled ever in -the reackand the next
-moment Jovita was a hundred yeecis
awey. But 'the good right arm of
-the rider, shattere0 bya bullet,
dropped helplessly at his Side.
Without slackening his speed, he
shifted the reins to his left hand.
• . •
But a fe v moments- later he was
abliged tO halt and tighten the sad-
dle-girehs that had slipped !in the*
Onset. T 'is in his Crippled con
clilion tooL some time. He had no
fear of p rsuit, but looking up be
'Saw that the eastern stars were al-
ready. paling, and That the distant
peaks had lost their ghostly white-
ness, and Jaw stoodout. blackly
against 'a -lighter sky. Day was up-
on him.' Then completely absorbed
in. single idea,. he forgot the pain
of his wound- and Mounting s.gain,
dashed on toward Rattlesnake Creek,
'But aow Jovita's breath came brok-
en b gasps, pick reeled in his sael-
dle, nd brighter and brighter grew
the s y. -
. Ri e, Richard; run Jovita; ling-
er, 0 day ! •
Fo the last few.rodi there was a
roaring in his ears. Was it -exhaus-
tion from loss of blood, or what?
Ile was daZed--and giddy mile swept
down the hill, and did not recognize
his surroundings. Had he taken
the wrong•-; road/ or Was this Rattle-
snake Creek?
It was. But the beawilng creek
he had swam alew hoers•before had
risen, mare than doubled its volume,
and now ro led a swift and restless
river between him ind Rattle:Snake
Hill. For the first time that tnight
,Richacd'sheart- sank ;within him
The river, the mountain, the quick-
, , ., [
ening_ east ewem before his eyes.
Re shut them to recover hia self-con-
trol. In that brief interval, by
seem fantastic mental process, the
little roma of Simpson's Bar, and
the- figeres of the sleeping eather
and•soh, roseuponhim. He open-
ed his eyes wildly, cast off his coat,
,pistol, boots and saddle, beund his
0
precious pack tightly his shoul-
ders, grasped the bare flanks of Jo -
vita with his bared knees, and with
a shout, dashed into Ithe yellow
water. A cry rose from the oppo-
site bank as the head of a man and
horse struggled for a few moment
ga4tst the hattlin
g current, and
s awake Yet ?"-r-
id fool! Get me
ick 1" The Oid
t u riled • with—au
empty bottle. hick aveuld have
Sworn; but his strength Was not
eg u el tothe . occas ie a. He staggered,
caught at the handle of the door and
motioned. to the 0 d Man.
" That's sutliqf 1.in wy piick yei
for-Tohmv. Tek i& off. 1 oaf t."
Tie Old _lied unsttepped the peek
and laid -it before,, the exhausted.
man
Il
It c
obeli
ness
end insel. (inc ef them was broke
e?i; another, I fear, was irretriev-
ably. reined by water ; and on the
third ah me 1 thelre was • a cruel
L don't look like much, that's
said Dick, ruefully "But
e beet we could doTake
Old Man, and put 'ern iirhis
ug, and tell him—tell him,
now—held me, Old Alan" ;
Id Men caught at his sinking
" him," said Dick. with
k little laugh— "`.L.11 • hisu
p'en it, quick I"
e did so with trembling fingers.
ntaiped only a few poor'toys—
.) end barbaric enough; good -
know but beight with paint
spot.
a fact
it's t
iern,
stock
you
The
• figure
a we.
Sand
A u
unelia
arni 11
'San tit
and f
old.
slowly
peaks
fable 1
ly 011 L
mounte
action,
/antic
.1
A Cal
Claws has Conic."
. nging helplessly at his, side,
i
even so, bed •aggled, ragged,
en 'and -t-insl oin ; with one
. ' ' -
1 •
Claus came. to ,Simpson's Bar
11 fainting on the hret thresh --
The Christmas dawn came,
after:, touchieg the ,remote
ith tlfe rosy wannth of inef-
ve. And it looked so- te.nter-
imoson's J&.1' that the. whole
foat/t/y. L
in, as if caught iu a generous
\
blushed to t e skies.—At-
-
Marvel---A Desert-
ed City.
. Meat ow Lake Cit which was
once ca led gummit City, boasted in
the day- gone by of a popnlation of
3,000 o 4,000 souls. In its day of
vesper ty it had tin stares, good
otels, heatres, saloons in nember,
nd an exehange at which mining
ocks were sold. Mea.dow Lake
ity w. s a second Virginia, City,
id attempted to revive the 'good
d days of Waehoe, the flush times
the Comstock lead. ' In 1865, we
1
ink it was; some persons found
Id-be+ng -rock in I some ledges
ou nd Meadow Lake,eitd these being
sayed and the assays being talked
out, the city of Summit or Meadow
ake was bore. It sp 'ung up, like
nah's gourd, in a nig it, audit has
thered In the excitement whiCh
lowed f the quartz-
ecinien w Lake, fine
uses nd business
omised
wever,
aSere .
`„beca
ne hel
WOU I
le, wb
The ores
and theo
and quick
gold' of there rich ledges. Chemis-
try would find a wao to get the rich-
aess out f the rock. "Old people
saw signs
reams"
he ,Iturn invented in
,dreaen to save this gold; and for a
ime Mea ow Lake City continued
to hold itsownin the hope of the
uccess - of the Burns . Dream. It
the doubters egan to in.
t the gold was not in the
he assayers were wrong
' impold up n. -Mille,
rid even drea s failed to
g there a su cess. Sci-
ence, mechanics and the black art
bad each failed in its -6 113. to turn
the rock into gold. Scthe city
went dowii ,and is nowl deserted.
, I
A' few, days ago a Menai of ours
v'sited ', Mladow Lake City. He
S
ai
91
of
th
g
ar
as
ab
Jo
wi
fol
sp
ho
Ir.
,0
itre
!pie
aui
try
eae
the discovery
s near Mead
ere erected,
to be brisk. The ledges,
failed to yield •up their
s and peo-
. The san-
that chemis-
out of the
had failed,
IS, it is said,
es of stamps
ot save the
by mill proce
e disheaetene
d on in hopes
get the got
re• mechanisni
were eebellio
dinary a pplian
silver would 11
nd young peo
n efforts to ea
process was
le dreanied
e this gold.
ailed, an
timate th
rock, and
dr had bee
chemicals
make mini
ent up on snow shoes and tdok a
1 ok at the -deserted and s ow cover
ti
ed place. The houses w lie!' were
wily cne s
to their
o -story
w th snow
seeond.
--
sen by our
ar h of that
ung in ti
grazed ie th
of he sn,ow.
si s was t
.
jut opposit
Board of Br
there WAS
beds and
there. Our
snolw-shoes
vvhile he sto
le41 with t
zaw awl lin
ry in height Were cover.
roofs •with snow. The
ouses were surrounded
to the height of the
ot living Wing was
friend. He was mon-
snowy desolati n. Signs
e cold wind, and just
• • •
ir swinging t e surface
Prominent rnong the
it of a brok r's effice,.
the old ha 1 of the
kers. The large hotel
et furnished, and the
dding still -eierained
friend standing in his
d into the hotel
d on the snow surface,
_ .
second story, and he I count
n on the deserrd beds. I passet.l.
He wanted to take a rest hi tile
comfortable quarters, but they() was
no fuel or food in sight, and hie had
to go down lower to a- ditch-teilder's
cabin to get fire and appeasb his
hunger. Many of the.houses. ave,
this winter,. been broken down by
the -weight of snow on their: 1 00fS,
but many mere rernain just as they
were when their owners left. The
as cold of this Corporation; to abolish the !
ag: lest new Itegietry Office in the North
eadow Riding of fiuron, as it is, iti the.,
o retire: opinion of this Council, not only :
property deserted is eafc,
, and snow have locked all
the cleprecletion of bu rgi aes. .M
!Lake is a winter residence n
I—Grass Valley nziom.
The Scotch Highlands.
The surrounding la idscape
Ineat and Very pretty; the s
pears to be mediocre ; but tl
age is less regular than in En
A rude nature lends hers&
reluctantly to diseipline ;
face is undulating and eveuld
a'. painter. . Flowers abound,
are delicate and dainty, Mor
I ticularly the wild resee, which
along all Che road -sides.
clear, and murmuring stream
ander through the meadows.
the .slopes the violet heed
spread lilse -a- silken carpet
the scanty firs. -Higher stil
large patches ef evergreen wood
as soon as the mountain is appi
ed , a bro WC Circle of barren inn iri
may be descerned toward the
on. At the eed of an hou
desert begins ; the climate is i
cal to life, even to that of p
A tarn, the'. tint of burned t
lies cold -and sactly between- st
Stephenson, seconded by J. War-
wick, That motion No. 1 of Jan.
19,1872, be rescinded; and that the
Reeve's contract; with 0. Foster for
building Watson's bridge be con-
- fa] rin ed. —Carr ied. Moved by lila
Monteith, seconded by J. Warwick
That the Reeve and Cleric be au-
thorimd and instructed topetition
the Legislative .41.1.3:3M.bly bei1:01
is Try
oili
f tiler°
e re
au.:ye
e par -
Sin ill,
un
1
, al
-ea
en es
rhoti iz-
ni
loa;
ore.
slopes whereaa •a few tufts of fe
and heather grow here ancl the
Half a league higher is secor
tarn, which appeers still more. di
mal in the risieg mist. Aroun
patches of snow' are sprinkled on ti e.
peaks, and these de.scending in- civ
lets, produce morasses. The sma 1
country ponies, with a sure instill°,
mount the bog, fled we arrive at a
elevation whence the eye, as far
ii, can iee.cle embraces nothing b
an amphitheater of desolate, y
green summits ; owing to the de,
truction of timber-, .eve..rything els
has perished ; a scene of ruined ri
thee is far more melancholy a spe
fade than. any human ruins. 01
our return across the lake, a bag
Piper . pleyed cn his instrument,. Th
music is strange and wild, its effect
harnmeizing with • the aspect of th
bubbling streaths, veined with strik-
ing or sombre reflections. The same
simple note, akiad of dance music,
rues through the whole piece in an
incorrect and odd manner, and con-
tinually recurs, but it is always
harsh and rough ; it might be liken-
ed to an orange slitiveled with the
cold and rendered bitter. These are
the Highlands. From Braemar to
Perth we journey through them for
mauy long „miles. It is always a
solitude ; sometimes five er six val-
h3ys-in sucaa-ssion. are wholly bare,
and oaloma.y.. travel for an hour
without seeing a tree ; then for an-
other hour it is rare merely to see
in the distance a wretched twisted
birchen-tr'ee, which is dying, or is
dead. • It would be some compensa-
tion if the rock were naked, and ex-
hibited its mineral structure in all
its fullness and ruggedness. But
these mountains, of no great eleva-
tion are but bosses with flabby out-
lines,•they have fallen to pieces, and
are stone heaps, resenifeling the re-
mains of a quarry. In winter, tor --
rents, of- water uproot the heather,
leaving on the slopes a leprous,
whitened scar, badly tinted by the
too -feeble sun. The summits are
truncated, and want boldness.
Patches of miserable verdure seam
their sides and mark the oozing of
springt; the remainder is covered
by brownish heather, Below, at
'the very bottom, a torrent obstruct-
ed by, stones,, struggles along its
channel, or lingers in stagnant pools.
One eometimss discerns a hovel,
with stunted cow. , The gray, low-
lying ski% completes the impression:
02ficti2lzeu+gubrious monotony.— Howl:
11
tee
er
re
d,
11-
0.
.d
s-
-
Hullett.
TOWNSHIP Consecta.--The Muni-
cipal Opened of the Township of
Hullett niet at Londesborough, pur-
suant to adjournment, on Feb. 26.
All the members present. The min-
utes of former meeting were read
and approved. Moved by J. War-
wick, seconded by R. Stephenson,
Tliat the follovving accounts be paid :
G. Watts $15 50; W. Grieve,
$11 85; Mills, $18 10; W. San-
derson, $3 15, for graevel ; Wil-
liams $11 20 for use of shop for elec-
tions in 1870 and 1871.—Carried.
Moved by A. Monteith, seconded by
R. Snell, That certificates for tavern
licences be granted to JOhn Lashans,
of Londesborough; Thomas Ander-
son, of Manchester, and Kenneth
McLeod, of Kinburn, they having
complied with the Provincial statutes
and township by-laws relative to
tavern licences, and also to George
Brownlee, of Alma, PS soon as be
furnishes this corporation with the
Inspector's certificate.-- Car -lied.
Moved by H. Snell, seconded by J.
Warwick, That the Treasurer'
s ac -
as audited be received and
—Carried. Moved by R.
REPEAT
unneee-eiary but incon venue; t.--
1-Cerried. The Connell then adjourned
to meet at Lohdesborough when
•called by the Clerk.
J. BR/I,ITHWATTE,
-4)G44,
Gocterioh Townebip. *
COUNCIL MEETING.—Tho Council
met on Monday, Feb. 26, by special
hers preseet. Mr. lIenry
corn, Assessor, having ten dere
resignation, on account of ill -be
and such tender being accepted
James Elliott wa,s appointed his
cessor. • The account of J. J.
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liquidre efoala.(ptentl!.111).ph ilfAL,Iiilig 1)!` L ...aporatialt
V, neve) er aind-e,..1:-Lai .g... -t :1)‘. lemel4 .4g every draw
14.
alcohol is lost in tha 1 ,a.a.',-, 1e-.11 you g. -i.
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eifLehappointment of the Reeve. Mem-xl:
orail
1
sue_ RAILWAY !TIME. TABLE;
Bell, Trains' leave the ScaMrth stations!'
ee, follows
In of
0, an
for printing, anioursting to $2
was ordered to be paid. The eu
$16 wasgranted-to Robert Le
indigent. Th `e tavern -inspector is
paid the sum of $6 for his services.
The auditors were paid the shm of
$6 each for their services. -The
Treaeurer was paid ,$10 for extra
services. ' The Anditor'S report was
-
confirmed, when the • Council ad-
journed. T. B. STOKES, Glee
Bamt Coco.A.--GitATE
AND •0.1EFORTLNq.---‘‘ 13x A thoro
knowledge of the natural laws w
govern the operations of digestion and
trition, and by a careful • apPlication
of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has
Aided our breakfast -tables with a c
eately flavored beverage which may s
us many doctors' ,5ervies
Gazette. —Made simply with boiling was
ter or. milk. Each packet is labelled—.
"JAM88 EPPS & omceopathic
Chemists, London.", Co.,Also. makers of
EppS's Milky Cocoa (Cocoa and Con-
densed Milk).
GOING WE.T1'..
Exl.rebs.
2.37 P. AI. 1.40 P. M. 8.4-0 1)1.
t; 0 N G EAS'T.
•Express,. Alixed. Mail.
'fi0 A. M. .1.40 P. 3f.
e.seereeee.eameeeee- -
BUSINESS DIRECTORY. *
k.
itJ
. 7 , _ .atemoi r Royal College Sae. _
and Licent'iate Royal Colltle physicians,
EDI;Brno31; Lioentiate of Midwifery ; (Lately
ug-fi siii;(1)Inth bin4lrgnkt4.4)140Bilinegelti141,r-
\er
hipericoih: ii;o'iptpia----ett-ertat.°ecte'ftofiebt:tull'd-haot'::;3.3E.41."21"L=
61
ThAY1D MITCHELL, Al. D., Giadurate of Vida-
I-L-' Col-ege, Physie nal, Surgeon, etc.,
luxnrnN, Oxy.-Coeone of the County of Hm-on,
ave office and reanlenee, Itt i hompron Lk Stanley's.
SPECIAL 1OTIO4S.
11,71, Satisfaction or no sale, guar
teed by . the Guelph beiving Mach
ompany. , Try the wonderful Osborn
n..9=. • I can safely and consistently
commend Fellows' Compound Syrup Of I
klypophosphitcs in a variety of cases, 3
especially for chest diseases, having suc-
cessfully prescribed it in bronahitis, de-
bility from liver complaint, debility from
fevers, and debility from impoverished
"JAMES ISELMON,
Practising Physician and -Surgeon.'
rea. It is a rare thina that physicia
give any countenance to a medicine. t
manufacture of which is a secret. Abo
the only exception -we know of is iroh
. son's Anodyne Liniment. This, we be-
lieve, all endorse, and many of them use
it in their practice 'with great success. -
eer Persons ; requiring purgative or
pills should be careful what they buy.
Some pills not Wily cause griping pains,
but leave the bowels in a torpid, costive
state. 'Parsons' Purgative Pills will le-
lieve the bowels and cleanse the blood
without injury to the system. - -
an-
ine
street, 8eaforth. Office h.
da3-, and ail day Saturday
re- —
nit. W. 132 S.MITH,' Physician, Surgeon,
Office-Oppesite Sc tt Robertson's Groceiy,
Main street, Seafortk.
53 -
TAMES 87E1'1 -ART, D., C.- M., Graduate of
•
mitreal, Physidan, Sur. '
geOn, etc. Office ad Residonce--Bnicefield..
L.• VERCOE, 31 D., M., Bur-,
gem); etc. Office and Ilesidenee, corner et
Market and High streets. next to the Platting' Mil
DR. ceerese.r.e., Coroner for the Comity. Office
eel Lesidence, over (Jerky's corner store, Ilaia -
ins, from 11 to 4, each.
159
LUC; Al,.
T 241 LEET, Sohoitor, Wiz 1131141, has been
• pointed Agent for the !Colonial Secinities Com-
pany of EngIcoid, he is nisei Agent for sevcial pri-
vate Capitalists of Toronto, who loan Money at
very reasonable rates1lnterest payable yearly.-
Charges moderate. • -
1-Vingham, Dec, 15, 187L 213
asceeeieetwe e ROL STEP, 13arristors, At-
torneys at Law, Soli itors in Chancery aae nd
Insokeency'Notaries Public and Comeyancers.
rtt Solicitors for the 11.-0.13m*, Seaforth. Agentsfer
the Canada Life A.:Lt.-mance
N. B. -$:3O,000 B.-$:30,000 to lend at 8 per mit. Faellis,
Houser.; and Lots for sale. 53
_
pteesay e.- METER, Banisters tala Att01716Y1
at Law, Solieitors m Chancerv and. Insolvency,
Conveyttneers, Nota.ries Public, eL& Offices -Sea.
forth and Wroxeter., $28,000 of Private Funds ter-
hlTfSt at once, at Eight per Mit: Interest, payabla.
yearly. .03 .
.us ir.33ENSOX. W. C. 3,IEYE31.
- CURE YOUR HORSES. -1E-It is to the fri-
terest. of all who own horses to keep them
itt a healthy and sound condition; ex-
perience has proved that Darley's Con-
dition Powders and A.rabian Heave Re-
medy is the most efficacious it has been
used by thousands who vein cheerfully
confirm this statement. For heaves,
coughs, colds. and all diseases -which ef-
fect the wind of horses it has no equal,
nor is it equalled as a condition medicine;
it purities the blood, corrects and ilia --
proves the appetite, and softene the
skin; in fact, so great is the improve-
Merditt the appearance and cenclition of
the animal 8.,5 to have led mauy to doubt
if it could be the same horse. Re-
member the name, and see that the sig-
nature of Hurd 4 Co. is on ea:ch pack-
age. .Northrop & Lyman, Newcastle,
Ont., proprietors for Canada. Sold by
aU naedieine dealers. .
tla... A common cough or cold should
e -ver be trifled with, often when neglect -
d it is ver into. a serio.us and gen-
rally fatal puhnonary disease. - The
nore prudent, aware of ' this, promptly.
se-13ryan's Pulmonic Wafers, a curative
hich has sustained ,its reputation for
over twenty years—they are always ef-
ficacious and exert a most beneficial in-
4iuence on all the bronchia/ and puirn.on-
iry organs. Sold by all dnuggists and
dountry dealers. Price 25 cts. per box.
eneee G_ G G }L..
eorgen s celebrated medicines are now
1
f r sale in most all of the stores of deal- --
. 186 -ti
1Z-IsZOX..'„S HOTEL, (Late S'Larp's,) Tile -under-
J-3'. signed begs to thank the public for the liberal
patrojittge awarded to bin) in times past in the
hotel business and also to inform them that he /vs
again resumed' business in the above stand, whels --
he will be happy to have a call from old friends,
and many new ones.
126 THOMAS RNOX.;
OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont.,
-I- C. J. MeCIJTO111).30N, Proprietor. F2rst-8ast
accommodation for travellers. The Bar is sok- -
plied with the very best liquors and -cigars. Good
stabling attaehed. The stage:leaves this House
eveiT day for Wingiurm, . 204-4 -
Bitrnsa EXC1T NT.GESOfF,L, Eleaprieb,Ont,
47. CALLAWAY, Proprietor,- j. S. •WiLia.018, {late
of American Hotel, Warsa-w, Manager. Phi* -
hotel has reuently been newly funiished, and '
fitted throughout, and is now one of the most tem -
irritable mull commodious in 'the Province. GooLt -
Sample Rooms far Commercial Travellers.
Terms -liberal.
iffil.SCIELLAINEOUS.
JOHN BRIGHAM, Exchange Broker, and Bail-
, GLF: Twa. YItTaiilewkea6y4Stelliti'oir, °Sliegahlt4;11th,'s )-(1)°ntte1'. T°Ihro4sbniaigitte"
Tickets issued to all points in,tlae Western States,
&aroma and Red River. at reduced rates, affording
,the greatest fa.cilities to Emigrants. All necessaq
information given respecting Land Agencies, ete. -
Greenbacks, Bonds, Coupons anduncurrentMonsli
Gold and Silver Coin, bought and sold athestrateSi-
('''• R. COOPER, • CO21VC yan c e r, CommUsioner
`--"' Queen's Bench, Insurance and General Agent.
Agent for the following Fire, Life and Accident In-
surinace Compattielh The Beaver and Toronto 3,1. IL -
teal and the Western Fire Insurance Compalus6
the Reliance Life Assurance, eada the Hartionikei
cident Insurance Company,
MONEY TO LOAN on real estatesecurity.
All orders by mail or otherwise promptly atte7k.
o. Office, opposite Ross' Tailor SlioPp
me -mines. The attention of the
uhlic is called to the fat that over 120.-
0 packages have been sold during the
rst few years in a portion of • the Pro-
vlud
nirceeof Ontario alone, and more is re-
ci, as, the demand is steadily increas-
ing. This of their curative -powers is
s flicient proof. They are warranted to
purify, regulate, and strengthe,n the
whole human system ; not to cure any
tting and everything, but to be benefici-
al in most all •cases and hurtful in none.
They consist.of pills, powders, relievors,
and ointments for the human sYstere.;
a o liniments and powdeis for hones,
cr4ttIe ancl other animals. Sold in. Sea -
forth. by R. Lumsclen,ancl. J. Seatter.
saiM. GEORGEN & SONS, Barrie, whole-
le manufactu 1
rers.
2 6-6m.
The 1,71-reat Female IECTnedy.
TO moints' PERIODICAL MEL
T" s invaluable niedicine is unfailing in the
cure of all those painful and dangerous diseases
to Which the female constitutionns' subject. It
moderates all excess and removes all obstructions,
ami a speedy cure may be relied on.
To manied ladies it is peculiarly suited. It will,
ill it short time, king on the monthly period 'with
rog3iJiirjty.
hese Pills should not be taken by Females
dtu g the first three months of Pregnacy, as they
are ,sure to bring on Miscarriage, but at any other
tireie they are safe.
In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections,
pains in the back and limbs -fatigue on slight ex-
ertion, palpitation of the 'heart, hysterics, *lid
whites, these pills -will effect a cure when all other
means have failed and although it powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or
anything hurtful to the constitution.
Fall. directions ,in the pamphlet around each
pacitage which. ehould be oarefully preserved.
Job Ilioses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 =A
.r.-C1113110ECILL,TETERP.LAICY SIDIG-B04
• (Ifember of the Ontario Veterinary College')
begs to intiniate to the inhabitants of Sealer*
and. surrounding country, that he has opened ast
Office in Scaforth, where he znaY he consulted per-
sonally or by letter, on the Diseases of Horses, Cat-
tle, etc. Having received a regular and practical_
education'and having been awarded the Dap1oxn
of the Vetelinary College of Ontario, T. j. Cburcnu
has every confidence of giving satisfaction to a
who may employ him.
REFERENCES—A. Smith, V. S.,"Principal Onta-
rio Veterinary College; Professor Backland, Di
Thorburn, Dr. Bowel, and Wells, IL IL, it
Veterinary Medicines constantly- on hand.
, All calls promptlY attended to.
elfase-Cannichaers Efotel, Seaforth. 182-2Ia
$10,000. --MONEY TO LEicD. .
THE above innount to Lend, in Rams of• rive
Hundred Dollars and upwards, at rates of in-
terest front 7i to 8 per cent. Intereat payabls
yearly or half yearly.
Morrisbank P. O.
AMOS W. BAY,
• Lot 7, Con. 1, Gy
218-38
THE SEAFORT/I
LUMBER YARD.
MABRE& MAnDON A isD
BEG to inform the public that they have opened
.7 a Lumber Yard in Seaforth, near iihearsods
I1111, on the -ground formerly used as a Lumber
Yaid, by Mr. Thomas Lee.
They will keep constantly on hand it good assert"
raent of AM HINDS OF LOADER, dmssed 8111
undressed. Also, LAYir AND SHINGLES,s,lizt
which the/ are prepared to Bell at the lowest P084:
ble prieea, for
Builders and other- will find it to their advskt-"
glee to -inspect onr stock, and ascertain oar prices
before purehasingelsewhere, as we Are in a positioit '
to offer good inducements 10 05811 ptuvhasers.
188 MABEE & MACDONALD#
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