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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-08-23, Page 2es ot MEM, • THE HURON EXPOSITOR. _ 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. BPECIAL NOTICES. ft. "How my eyes ache.!" said_ a lady while ieading Harper's edition of Dickens' Pickwick., Now had that lady been using Lazarus, Morris & Co.'s Perfected Spectacles, she could. have read the same size type from four to six consecutive hours -without the slightest inconvenience. Our townsman, M. Counter. is the only Agent in this town for Lazarus, Morris & Co, 's Perfected Spectacles. 'am> During the year ending February, 1872, six firms in the Dominion alone, viz., Avery, Brown & Co., Halifax; T. B. Barker & Sons -and Hanington Broth- -ers, St. John: Evans, Mercer & Co., and. Lyman, Clare & Co., Montreal, and -Northrop & Lyman, Newcastle, Ont. have pure ased the enormous quantity of forty-l4xLe thousand four hundrecl bottles of ellow's Compoup.d. Syrup of Hypophos hites. BREAKFAST—EPPS.'S COCOA—CIRATEPU AND COMFORTING.—‘‘ BY' a thoroug knowledge of the .natural laws whic govern the operations of digestion an nutrition, and by a careful application o the fine properties of well -selected cocoa Mr. Epps has provided our break -fast -ta- bles with a d.elicately flavored bCverag which may save us many doctors' bills." Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Each packet is labelled—' 'JAMES EPPS & HOTO03- - ers of Epps' Milky Cocoa (Cocoa and. AINLEYVILLE PLANING MILL, SASH DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY The subscriber having bought out the above Mill, also the good -ill of the late firm, is DOW prepared to fill all orders in his line of business. Sash, Doors and -Mouldings ON HAND AND MADE TO ORDER On the shot -test notice. CUSTONI PLANING strictly atenaed to. HOUSE BLOCKING- ALWAYS ON HAND AND Promptly supplied, JAMES BENNETT. Ainleyville, May 16, 1872. 232-47 SEAFORTH PLANING MILL. - SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY IU o, subscriber begs leave to thank his numerous customera for the liberal patronage extended to him since connuenting business in Seaforth, and trusts that he may be favored with a continuance of the Rome. Parties intending to build wonld do well to give him a call, as he will continue to keep on hand a large stock of all kinds of DRY PINE LUMBER, SASIKEN, DOORS, BLINDS, .MOULDINGS, SHINGLES, LATH, -ETC. 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? 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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_