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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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AUGUST 23, 1872.
UP A BELFRY
Some men seem born to good -luck,
and riass through life free frora the
greater part of its cares and troubles.
The Accident Insurance Company
fatten upon them; for, as friend
Paneks says, they "pay up' well,
and always possess the wherewithal,
year after year their policy is renew-
ed and they never so much as cut
their fingers or get their toes jam-
med, leave alone anythirig more
serious. As to the Life Assurance
. folk, they -drink Mikity on the
strength of the class in question;
for they assure heavily, and won't
die a bit, but keep on pay—pay—
pay--epremium after premium, like
a set of regular Old Parrs. But I
do not belong to this At 1 class;
and without being troubled with
the slightest soupcon, of superstition,
one almost feels disposed_ to attribute
a life of ill-luok to the fact of hav-
ing been born on a Friday.
I believe the assurance people set
me down as a= -bad bargain, and
would be very glad if I were to let
my policy lapse,for the: agent al-
ways seems to be relieved to find
that I am above ground when the
pay-day arrives. If anybody's chim-
ney catches fire, it is mine, If a
storm Comes, and. a few slates are
stripped frone the different roofs,
other people's fall into the road and
bremle; but mine do not : they cut
somebody's head open,. scale through
the air and smash plate -glass win-
dows, or somehow mr. other get me in
for expense and trouble. Broken
. bones I arcapretty well used to..; and,
as yet, 1 have only lost one eye,
but taking my- life altogether, I
think I am justified in regarding it
as one great accident Other peo-
ple can go out and return home in-
tact but if I tart Anywhere by
rail, it is sure to !be on the day that
an accident is to happen. If I cross
the Channel, a squall is sure to
come on, or the bi-:41er to burst, or
the screw to get foul, or something
dee more sickening than what I
arn already suffering. If I under-
take to drive a horse, the brute
shies, or bites, or kicks, or jibs, or
has a hard mouth, or a tender
Mouth, or no mouth at all ; in shart,
he is everythine but what a respect-
able horse should be, and the
chances are -ten to one that I have
to pay some one to drive him home.
I do not ride, beCause I can't; but
I feel morally convinced that if
had ever Groued a horse, the beast
would have bolted with me, or else
_thrown me off. I've been nearly
chowned, when punt -fishing at Tedd-
ington. been shooting, and,
like our old friend. Winkler been
upon, the point -of filling the game -
hag, a-ith something to spare; and
now, after so mane years of trouble
and difficulty, I begia to grow proud
of my scars, and to prose about eay
accidents.
I don't want to complain - about
my mishaps without reason ; but
, -Thy cannot I go to a concert with-
out catching such a cold that I am
obliged to send for that old M. D.
(ro uch dreaded) h ernbug -- Colo-
cynth ? I =hate the old wretch, for
he always grins at me, know. frig that
I can't do without him, end that I
won't trust anyone eise. An.d alien
he does come he morally thumb-
screws me, as if.1 were not in
sufficient torture, and _tells .me, tny
tonsils are inflamed, or there's irri-
tation of the bronchial tubes, and
hopes I shall not have inflammation
of the lungs, dte., dte, ; and there I
am, living at the rate of thirty pohk-
et-laa.ndkerchiefs a week and doing
my best to produce a -dearth of Ear -
den groats. And- again, why does
it always rain when I pick a day for
atrip anywhere, or keep fine when
I have am umbrella; and vice versa,
stream down like a young Niagara,
when I have not ? Jam not in the
habit of grumbling, but I do like
Cucumbers without cholera, straw-
berries without stomach-ache, hot
rolls without indigestion, and coffee
without heartburn - hut I can't get
th-ern separate._ *hy should the
evil always be the- concomitant of
my good ; and Fate never let me
Sleep without sending that unpleas-
ant devil—the cramp—to take me
by the calf of the leg, stick its teeth
into the muscles, and then and there
shake it, until, yelling with pain, I
jurup out of bed, and go and stand
upon the oil -cloth by my bath—an
object of stoma to my wife ? But
"tivas ever thus from childhood's
hour.' No boy's jacket and button -
over trousers ever fitted so tightly
as mine, end presented such tempt-
ing cuts to a cene-loving pedagogue ;
no boy ever lost so many knives as I
did, or tore the knees of his trousers
so much. If a foray was made into
an apple orchard, itWas poor I that
was caught; and, in later years, I
never went court—that is,.paying
my addresses—but I was sure to be
cut out, making one exception, so -
that altogether my birthright, my
estate, seems to have been the ever-
lasting ills which inan is heir to.
We are rather proud of our
-church at Highton : the steeple
pierces the air at a great elevation;
and, stending as the church does up-
on a considerable eminence, the
spire -Tomas a landmark for a
of many miles. Soaring roun
round, and then in strange tu
pigeon antics dipping toward
earth, the jackdaws circle the
of a calm summer. eve; eve
. anon, as though in allusion to
jetty garb, giving vent to their
grating cry of "tar ;" or, pe
in response to the sober rooks
old limes. Fere and -there
daw- of venerable aspect, a po
headed ancient, sits perched a
corbel, as though viewing. the
flight of his younger relations
the sober eyes of age.; while,
and anon, from out the little
er windows high up the spire,
ried couples pass, and betray to
hoarding boys the teca/e of
nests. They fly to and fro,
ever, in defiance of all such ene
for time has taeght them' that
abode is rarely visited, and go
tion after generation of daws—J
and Jennys—are egged, hatche
fledged ; are married and give
marriage ; and at last become fa
people, without molestation.
starlings, too, 'n all their g
prismatic hues, they take posses
of the holes and crevices in
here and there upon some c ig
square tower below- the spi e,
vantage, . a cock -bird may be
fizzling, sputtering, whistling,
chattering to his mate or bel
one; evidently d aluding himself
the idea that be 'm singing, and gi
ly admired, no doubt, by Mrs
Miss Speckleback as: a perfect 5
Reeves of starlings.
I have watched our old spire u
I kilo* all its visitiors, end ev
crack and time -mark upon its
face. Oft and oft have I listene
the music of its peal cf bells flea
far away upon the gentle breeze
suanner eve, joyous and heart -s
ring ; in autumn time when
melancholy soughing wind has
-fecteCI the tones with its sadden
influences, and the sounds have co
wailing and gabbing into my ro
jarring the iron framed lattice, u
my spirits have sympathized w
the mournful pea ; in winter, w
the crisp an vibrates ae the fest
chimes ring out ring fortharterrily,
telling of home, of the re union of
loving Thearts in the joyous Christ-
mastidea-but whispering, too, of
those passed away.. They 'were old
friends Of mine—the bells—and. I
shared the proud feeling of the town
with respect to our peal.
One day, now many years ago, it
was whispered that a party of crack
ringers .were coming from London
to show the Highton men how to do
it Wonders were to be adhieved ;
there was to be a peal of ' Stedman
Triples ; " a peril of "Double Note
wich- !Court Bob, ; 7 and the gran.d
feat of the day was to be the won-
drous' piece of campanology, styled
'Superlative .Surprise Major " --
whatever that might have been had
it been rung. Upon the strength of
such 'great attractions,' I made up
my mind to be present upon the oc-
casion; and upon the arrival of the
appointed day---att. right gunny morn
in June -1 went to the church to
have a nearer inspection of my old
friends, the bells.
Arrieed at the belfry door, I
fumbled my way u the worn stone
corkscrew stairca e ; occasionally
knocking my he d in the dark",
doubly black in. contrast with the
bright external sun hine ; and mak-
ing sure that I lad reached my
journey's end eac time I neered a
loophole. 1-roweve -, up and up I
went, with the unp easant feeling of
being out of mmdeeth creeping overt
circuit
d and
rabler-
s the
spire
r and
their
harsh
rhaps,
in the
some
wder-
pon a
wild
with
ever:
donne
mar-
egg -
their
how-
mies ;
their
nera-
acks
d and
n in
mil yr
The
lossy
sion
the
and
a of
seen
and
oved
with
-eat-
through another trap-door, and then
-
I stood amongst the bells, swung in
their massy framework, and looking
with their accompanying wheels
like some ancieet. engines of torture.
High above my head I could see the
opening into the steeple; and, look:
ing up, there was ladder after ladder
crossing and recrossing, and, growing
shorter as they neared the top.
A builder aright hive gazed about
him unmoved in such a piece; but
to a, constant dweller upon terra
firma, the sight of frail break -neck
ladders, perched up from 150 to
200 feet a eve the ground, is liable
to produce a shuddeviret sensation,
and to sugg st thoughts of men who
have comm tted suicide by fearful
leaps from hurch towers.
I was loo eing with some curiosity
at the bellseand hed just deciphered
the legend pon one of the bellow-
ing moustere--" Miles Jones mayde
nee, sixteen hundert twenty-three"
—when a w ening cry was sent up
from below-, and then the tenor be-
gan to slowli swing backwards and
forwards in • orribly close proximity
4) the ladd r I had to descend. I
hastily pick d my way across the
framework, tnd was just comnaenc-
ing the desi ent when a deafening
clang casne from the bell, nearly
splitting th drum of nay ear, and
making the tower vibritte to such
an extent th- b I thought the place
must be eo , hag down; and in my
terror almoe making me lose ray
or .hold. Howes, er, I reached the belfry
hes in safety, b it not without regret
-
that I had a tempted to come up in -
eta to these tree herpus realms.
ery
sur-
d to
ting
of a
tir-
the
in.
ing
me
om,
ntil
ith
hen
ive
me, a strange ble
comfortable and
last I nervously s
belfry for the first t
ed its ,general appea
were embellished
and names of byg
great in triple bobs
the powers of the
and varnished, an
niches were painted
posterity how Oiat ii
a peal. of Bob T
changes was rung
fourteen minutes;
other occasion a pea
Triples,' of 5040 ch.
in three hours, twel
again in another cas
Grandsire- Caters,'
wasrung in four la
utes2; while, for the
their descendantS, th
inightyl bell -men wh
above feats were e
the boards. :Upon
waS the formidablen
bag ,allowed ;,' and I
formed that beer was
except at.Chriestmas.
The ringerianot ha
ed, I followed the ru
cending yet higher
and after creeping u
ladder, and emerging
trap-door, like a Surr
m time gone by, I st
tion of the tower .d
grey -beard of the se'
gisss, and listened to th
tack" of the four-fac
mighty pendulum. SWU
measuring off our mo
pawl'. anothe
'ding of the un -
secure ; till at
eppe_cl into the
me,. and inspeet-
-ance. The Walls
ith the initials
ne ringers, men
nd strong upon
enor. Framed
adorning the
legends, telling
the year 1790
iplae,' of 5040
n three hours,
ow, upon an-
-of Grandsire
nges, was rung
e minutes; and
how a peal of
f 6156 changes,
u five min:
glorification of
names of these
performed the
blazioned upon
another tablet
tice, 4Nosciaok-
as ym belly in -
also forbidden
hag yet arriv-
n who was as -
o oil the bOls,
a twenty -f ot
hrough a d rk
theatre gh st
ad in the p r -
voted to he
the and ho r -
heavy teak -
d clock, as its
cr to and fro,
euts as .they
and
11
01
Upon regeining my compoeure,
and getting ed of a little of the
_lime -wash d dust that clung to
my coat, I ound that the ringers
were assearb ed; arid after a few
preliminaries during which I took
my position far Oa of the .way as
possible, rop s were serzed, feet in-
serted in str tps, and then the men
went to work to get the bells up—
swung over ainst the stay, which_
retained thei in a'perpedicular po-
sition, and orevented- them from
making a corn elete revolution. Thi$
being achieve t ete was a peuse
of a few mien tes, daring which the
actors renaovel more of their super-
fluous clothint ; or as they termed
it, stripped or the wuck." The
peal thee com enced, and the belfry
door being fa tened to stay ingress
or egress, .1. be an to awaken to the
knowledge th t I had made myself
a voluntary pr S01/0 during three or
four hours, w i1st the gentlemen be-
fore me were tetting through one of
le peals emblazoned
for unless some one
o stirely would we
ix thousand- changes
a break—anything
the redoubtab
upon the wall
broke down,
have five or
rung without
but a cheerine prbspect for a man of
my fashion. bilowever, they could
not be intenupted. It would have
been 2s bad es- disturbing a Babbage
in an abstrOe calculation; or ask-
ing a momatekl. ife-guardsman to de-
scend and liel a little boy to seek
a lost halfpertn in the gutter; so I
sat and Nvatche the mee_rsted-cover-
ed ropes dartin in and' out of their
Tr bells. 'They were
sounds, however, to
er the tower would crumble down
and bury us; whether orir bodies
would be recovered for chi -lethal
burial; or whether peoPle would
leave us as We were, for" Nye should
be in a cherchyard, and they might
consider that we could eat be better
off than with such a niontimental
pile of stones over us. .A feeling of
relief came 'Imre, for I considered
that they would want to eebuild the
toWer, and Consequently, must re-
move our badiies.
All this time the whitewash and
dust kept descending in a small
cloud ; the prespiration kept oozing
from the ringers, whose faces loom-
ed red and iowerine shrough the
mist; and -891 they kept on with
the regularity' of so many machines.
The tower roCked and quivered, and
the sourids of the bells fled surging
through the summer air, in spirit -
wearying tones, in .ebediptice to the
automaton -like movements of the
men at the ropes.
My patience was at length well-
nigh exhausted, and,whatever might
be the rules aid regulations of the
belfry, I felt that I must go,- and
was making up my mind for a start.
First I thought I would give them
five minutes more in which to leave
off; then I would let them have two
more rounds; And at last, rising to
reach the door1' I was arreeted by a
cry -from the man at the tenor -bell.
The rope had draped him amarly to
the ceiling, allal as he left go, and
dropped upon n the floor, a heavy
crash seemed t' come upon us; and
as the men rIihed towards the ctoor,
there was al fearful snapping and
grinding nom ,, as the giant bell came
crashing and ttiarine through. ceiling
and floor, as them:ill they bad been
so mu -eh matchtvorkte
There was a ehriek of horror, for
e belt seemed, to have fallen on a
am that served as the key to the
ole floor, which sank beneath the
t of the struggling crew who were
deavoring to. squeeze themselves
iota& the narrow 'door. Some
were fortunete enough to achieve
s, but the majority, slid turd1fell
ough the chasm opened by the
1. The place, was filled lm a chok-
dust t oaths; shrieks, and groans
-e ringing areund me ; and in the
1st of five or, six men clinging to
another, and vainly endeavoring
save themselves, I glidecl along
sloping floor into what seemed a
tomlees pit. The joists at one
of the flooring hung into the
er - walls, but the other, and
ken edge, hung some three feet
er; and tearing our hands against
nails and splintered wood where
bell had. fallen, two of Us man -
1 to cling to the edge for a few
elate ; but it was only prolonging,
struggle for a short period
gh, I believe it was the means-
iaring me some after suffering. -
could not have been euspended
e than half a minute, but it is
ssible to describe the multitudi-
feelings of orror which crept
Me during that • brief space.
ve me yawn;d a great gap in
throu h which I could
he outli es of the remain-
lookine s if ready to fall
d crush me, or
frail hold ; while
dark tower lay a
and struggling
ly awaiting my
e their misery.
rough the brain
nd °the vividness
°led With wild-
th
be
wh
fee
en
thi
thi
few
thr
bel
mg
wet
mic
one
to
bot
the
end
tow
bre
low
the
the
agec
mom
• the
thou
of si
ram.
impo
nous
the
over
see t
holes in the et hite-washed ceiling jag b
and listened to
very different
those I heard when standing at a belo
distance. The vibration was quite mese
painful, and seemed prolouged into -wre
one long diecordant, ear -tearing, acme
could feel the
and sway, and ever
a shiver ; as Well it
tons mf naetal re -
aging on their axes,
lowing as though
blows they were
pictere the pan
m and -almost wis
ave borne to sta
lis, Watching t
s they writhed a
at any .moment, a
dash e frorretley
w me in the
of groaning
claps, appareu
nt to Comple
Thoughts crewd ti
at such a ;
of reality seems mi
ness of a dream ; N idle the mind in
drowning note.
olcl tower rock
and anon give
might with eigh
trolling and swi
roaring and be
with fury at the
ceiviegt I coul
derint/ coMpared 6.iyself to.Claude
10-
de -
its busy weikings, is but too sugges-
ve o perils to come.
I felt that I muet fall, aud shud-
monium above n
ed that I could 1
amongst. the b
brazen monsters
Frolle Imaging from the gutter .of
nd Notee Daree's towee, as I tried to
he get a fresh hold; but only to tear'
nd myhend fearfully with a projecting
twisted ancl sent forth their booming
J -noes through th bars, of thHancet
windows, and f r away over the
wide catnpagne.
But I was onl ammegst the mo-
tive powers, an I watched their
serious stolid faces, aS the sweat
formed in big bee, s upoe their brows
and trickled slo vly down until it
descended with' tiny plash upon
the floor.
An hour pa e ed, and the peal
seemed as far as ever 4rom comple-
tion ; the men 1 okod 'hotter, lau
dragged away at the ilopes with
business -like coo ness. Now an
then some one a s ongst them woul
make we start by houting the w -or
"=go : " I presuar as a signal fo
some, change. Th constant playin
of the ropes thr ugh the ceiling
holes, and the vibration Of the tower
had brought dow upon the ringers
a little shower of uet and flue, -with
which their head, were potvdered ;
but it seemed t at every thought
was taken -ap wit. the tesk, and the
very act •of blowidg a nose would
have been an impossibility.
• I was most th roughly tired of
the tremendous v bratioia ; I could
feel that it was elling upon my
nerves; and the s nsatieu of limecarity from the roc ing of the tower
increasing every m ment. A kind
of daymare came leer me, and in a
sort of dream 1 N erat through all
kinds of horrors; ondering wheth-
nail. There was no hold for my
feet,- and every struggle weakened
me. I knee that the fall beneath.
me was not twenty feet, but the
horror of the scene below, and the
unnerver.l.
4state in which I was, com-
pelled e to cling, until with a mist
before My eyes, and the place swim-
ming around me, I fell.
Short as the distance was, and
rapid as my fall, yet sense was quick-
er, and I can remember well the
_ shrinking sensation—the creeping
S
1
t of my flesh—as I passed through
a the air; and then came the shock,
d and I lay half senseleeagainst the
d fallen bell.
d Forttrua.toly for them, my corm
r panions were not quite so nerveless
g as myself, and. I found that I was
- not, like Milton's fierce hero, amid
those diSposed to 'lie for ever fal-
len.' Two or three had escaped
with a severe shaking, and with
those whb had descended the stair-
case, were- busy helping the injtkred
ones out into the sunshine, where I
soon found myself with three more,
lying amidst the green graves close
up to the tower doors. There was
something more to come, however;
for the news had, spread, and 'the
rapidly -increasing throng were de-
bating bow they should move the
bell. Some were for one thing, some
another, but the termination sent
off several men manning into the
town, from whence they quickly re-
•
turned with crowbars and rope
Half an hour of busy toil ensue
which was ended with a -cheer,
the bell was dragged from its pos
• arm ; and then followed an impre
sive silence, 'as something horribl
crushed and disfigured was carrie
out, and laid beside me upon th
glass.
I had borne the pain of a disloc
ated shoulder, os I lay unnotice
with my companions in misfortune
during the intense excitement tha
had lasted while they were extrica
ting the poor fellow from beneat
the. bell; but when my first-glanc
fell upon the shape hard by me
crushed out of every semblance o
hnmanity, my senses reeled, and al
was blank.
The jolting and shaking I received
in being carried borne, as well as
excruciating pain my bearers were
ceasing me, quickly roused me from
my fainting fit. Surgical aid soon
reduced the dislocation, and with the
exception of wearing my torn hand
in a sling, I was soon -very little the
worse for the accident. Four bf the
ringers, htwever, were ruore or less
injured, two of them having broken
arms; but nothine°more serious ene
sued. The poor fellow who was
under the bell must haye been killed
instantaneously, and presented
fearful spectacle. At the inquest it
was proved that the beam to which
the bell had been attached was very
much Worm-eaten, and totally un-
fit to bear the heavy- weight of a ton
a.nd a half.
Since then the bells have been re-
ining, but I never listen. to the boom
of .the old tenor without a kind of
sympathetic thrill; and, if it be win-
ter, a rheumatic pain gnaws the
shoulder that was injured, More
than one grand match of change -ring-
ing has since been held in the same
place, -but I have never been up
the corkscrew stair since; and, howl
ever I may in future be tempted, I
de hot think it likely that I shall
again venture up a Belfry.
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He feels confident a giving satisfaction to those
who raay favour him with their patronage, as no
but first-claso workmen are employed.
Particular attention paid to Custom Planing. -
201 JOHN H. BROADFOOT,
ANTI–COMBINATION.
SEAFORTH NOVELTY WORKS,
JOHN M. MARTIN
Isms to return thanks to his custornerti and
friends for their generous patronage since
sinning charge of the above Works, and begs tore -
quest the attention of all who may require any-
thing in his line to the following list of prices, at
which he is prepared to fmnish v,tork of a quality
that cannot be EinpaSSed the trade:
HORSE RAKES $ 500
FARM G-ATES. from...... 50
WAGON RACKS. 7 00
W'FrRELBARROWS 4 75
LAND ROLLERS..$15 and upward.s.
SURFACE DRESSING, per 1000 .. .$ 2
FLOORING and beveled BOARDINdper 10001 4
SCROLL SAWING done by the piece or set.
REPAIRDIG Ai -AMINES.
I am prepared at all times to repair the wooa-
work of reaping and MOwing machines, and, in
fact, every other =thine that can be merttioned.
Boxes babbited.
TO WAGON MAKERS.
The undersigned would also beg to inform Wag-
on and Carrkge Makers that he keeps constantly
on hand, all kinds of Bent Stuff suitable for their
work.
Carpenters, Builders, Farmers, att-d the public
generally in need. of any of .the above articles
would do well to favor me with their patronage, as
in my new prenakes, I have facilities for doing this
branch of work which cannot be surpassed.
JOHN M. MARTEN.
Seaforth Novelty Works,
Goderieh Street. 228
WHO WANTS A GOOD SUBSTANTIAL
WAGON, or a nice STYLISH BUGGY?
WILLIAM GRASSIE,
SEAPORT,
TTAS on hand and for sale a number of handsome
single and double BUGGIES, all wellfinished
and manufactured of the very best material. Also,
LUMBER WAGONS,
Which, for excellence of bnild, and ease in running
tannet be sarpassed by any manufieturer in the
A Province.
h A few DEMOCRAT WAGONS on hand, and
more making.
f WILLIAM ORISSIE sells as cheap as any other
establishraent in the County.
BLACKSMITHiNO
e And General job Work attended to promptly.
opathic Chem'sts, London." Also, mak
t
Condensed M k).
The a--g--;:clectric Oil,
WORTH TEN TrArts ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. DO YOU
KNOW ANYTHING OP IT? NOT, TT IS
TIHE YOU nip -
There are but few preparations of medicine
which have withstood the impartial judgment of
the people for any great length of time. One of
these is Txoatits' ELECTRIC OIL, purely a prepar-
ation of six of some of the best oils that are known,
each one possessing virtues of its own. Scientific
physicians know that medicines may be formed a
several ingredients in certain fixed proportions of
greater power, and producing effects which, could
never result from the use of any one of them, or in
different combinations. Thus in the preparation
of this oil a cheinkal change takes place, forming
a compound which could Dotty any possibility be
/natio from any other conabination or proportions
of the same ingredients, or any other ingredients,
and entirely different from anything, ever before
made, one which produces the most astonishing re-
sults, and having a wider range of application
than any medicine ever before discovered. It con -
110 alcohol or other volatile liquids, conse-
quently loses nothing by evaporation. Wherever
applied you get the benefit of even* drop ; whereas
-with other preparations nearly all the alcohol is
lost in that -way, and you get only the small quan-
tity of oils which they may contain. -
St N. THOMAS, PHELPS, N. Y.
And NORTHROP & LYMAN, Newcastle, Ont.,
Sok Agents for the Dominion.
NoTE.—Electrict—, Selected and Eleetrized.
Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co. and R.
Lumsden.
• 'The Grein 'Female Remedy.
Jon mosEs' PERIODICAL PILLS.
TILES invaluable medicine is unfailing in the
cnre of all those painful and dangerous diseases
to which the female constitution ts subject. It
moderates all excess and removes all obstructions,
and a speedy cure may be relied on.
To married ladies, it is peculiarly suited. It 'will
in a short time, bring on the monthly period with
regularity.
These Pills should not * taken by Females
during the first three months of Pregnaey, as they
are surd to bring on Miscarriage, but at any other
time they are safe.
In all cases of Nervous and Spinnl Affections,
pains in the back and limbs,fatic*me on slight ex-
ertion, palpitation of the heart, hysterics, and
-whites, these pills twill effect a cure -when all other
II1CRITS have failed; and although a powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or
anything hurtful to the constitution.
Full directions in the pamphlet around each
package, which should be carefully preserved.
Job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 and
121 cents for postage, enclosed toNorthop &Lyman,
Newcastle, Ont., general agents for the Dominion
will insure a bottle, containing over 50 pills by
return mail.
Sold in Seaforth by E. llickson & Co. and
R. Lumsden.
97-6
ammomoom
RAILWAY TIMETABLE
Trains- leave the Seaforth station as
follows :—
GOING WEST.
Exprees. Mixed. Mail.
1.02p. 3.t. 3.15 P. M. 8.45 P. AI.
GOING EAST.
Express. Mixed.
10.50 A. lIff. 2.20 P. AI.
8.00 A. M.
-----
Sir John. 'Rose, formerly of Mon-
treal, and now in London, has been
created a baronet.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE
SOMETHING NICE?
THOMAS BELL,
t Main -street, Seafortb,
Can Show you something worth looking at In the
FURNITURE
line.- He has just received a large quantity of
NEW FURNITURE
Of ei-e17 description, Which, for
.C.TIZAPIVESS,
BRA
and Q UALITY,
Is really worth going to see.
•
Warerooras—Opposite Robertson's Hardware
Store. -
217
F 0 R,
THE CHEAP 14
AND BEST
ST
FURNITURE,
GO T- 0
JOHN STAUFFEit'S
AThLEYVILLE.
Sign of the Two Bureaus.
JUNE 18, 1872.
2374
AUGUST 2:
segnaggemangense_
Not amiss—
•-- A lady
Zaidee some pict
which was a nig
told Zaidee that
sang beautifully
4 We have
this country, as.
land! No,' repl
13r1 4 but we ham
the night. lof
— Why shon
.that there is a
Because he has
—Mount Ves
a, Eery old crater
— A booksell
received an orde
He puzzled his b
out understand
thereof, and rein
planation. The
much astonishm
be iintlerstood.
is as plain as da
x, books,'
mystery,
—What are d
—Wives who arl
their husbands.
A clergyne
merriment the ot
our steamboats,
out a new camp.
the inquiry, W
is there that Kir
son Solomon ever
in the crowd cou
humorous divine
passage: " And
the breadths whic
had made.
me Killing In
of the West is co
Sionx-icidee
Smige,les
thrilling tale be
that of a ra.ttlesn
—A San Fr
addresses an Oak
wallapus, you ji
bogus hamnuxi
Oallander 1'
— A gentlema
speech, inadvext
ward and off the
peals of laughte
tualueky fall he
speaker had a tig
to the level of hi.
— A man. up
'named his two
and Flora; he al
as Eb and Flo
names.
—The best 1
spiration.
- Where wa•
burned to death.?'
a, commanding
knows,' said a lit
tom of the class.
teacher, 'if Joshr
tell.' In the fieS
looking very gravt
— Wild oats
only crop that gro
— A foreign m
marks that the MI
in modern s times
cause it is alway
— A minister
reporting sernarmr
afterward cone?*
thine most be de
well done, and sli
inta the reportte
Do not eondense
Rheumatism
joint affair, and y
party to it
—Railroads
benefactors, inas
every man to kh
and to stop there
—What is th
• kind of an amas
takes life cheerfu
— A ti:entlema
country house, ev
clatter below lone
ed out and saw
holding one of th
a horse, whith
,cnity once round
..ed them what it e
you see, Sir,,saict
to take the shoree
zoki, and we Walll
he has carried a 1
•
Clover ;
An Ohio hog -r,
system of petsturi
the 811111411e1".fl
adVantAge of thi
anent that ali ace;
er will pasture lv
and that it win t
half an acre to fe
time. The cultie
hp counts equal
other half acre.
that hogs pasture
far :better conditi
corm as they a
healthier, and es
states that the la
the .clover astn
Manamemet
IT brooms ere
suds once a week
very tough, will
last much longer,
like new ones. .A
may be cleaned
water out by the e
in it, knock it
.drops, sweep a_