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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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LANCES CORNER,
'It's a lona lane that has no tutu -
remarked Mrs. Andney, hopeful-
ly, as she fliushed berIhetteetadlee
She was eleinking,kaptic;13137 eaought
of the tied r;of batten:,
'And we come to the teens so
suddenly,'Sometimes, when we don't
expect them,' ;responded, qeies
LiSSBarbara letting her sewing fall
idly iiPon he leia* moment,
• • ,
while thoughts, net all of x..ettrirets or
prices, Wantlered •baek ovis'ilhecuri-
ously-winding life -lane that had
brought her to this day.
The room had, e third occupant, a
half-grown boy, standing by an opea
window. He was th;nking of noth-
ing under the canopy,' his mother
would have said, of nothing,ebove
it, surely. One boot, tolerably levee -
sized, heavy, and guiltness of polistl,
was pushed, out the window; pres-
ently its mate followed, and Launce
sat on the windoWeseet. Looking it
him so' framed, one saw that the.
trouble extended higher than the
boats—the lack of _.polish was gen-
eral. An ordinary boy io an ordi-
nary window, that .was all the pic-
ture—a cheap print and e rustic
frame. 'He drummed caeelessly on
the sash above his head, ;whistled a
little, and then, forgetting prudence
began to knock -his depending, ret.
less heels against the Ole of the
house.
That sound caught MS mother's
ear, and she turned round sharply.
Laurence Rodney 1'
Laurence -dropped suddenly from
his perch.to the ground outside.
never did see the beat of you!
You'd ought to be ashamed of your-
self Stuck up thereiag'in, scratch -
in' the paint all off the house, and
knockin' your boots to Pieces, to say
nothire of '
That was all the boy heard, for be
hed herd it all on prey ous occa-
sions, and knew exactly vhat was
coming next, and stoppin to listen
as a matter of respect did iiot occur
to him. So he walked on Jut ofthe
yard into the garden, pioked his way
over the squash -vines, and through
the tall let -Ws of corn that rustled,
nodded and whispered as he passed,
until he rettehed the orchard; and an
old apple tree near the fence. Then
he stretehed himself upen the, soft
grass, drew his straw hat down to
shade his eyes; and lay Still.
"Taint just the wreck,' he com-
mented, -surieying the to s- of his
boots through his half -shit eyes,
'but what's the use ? *1V.i1k the
cows to -night, and it'll hare to be
:done over again to -morrow dnd next
day ; and it's just.so about hoppin'
wood, and all the rest of it. Father,
• he pitches into it as if he xpricted
to get througli sometime but it's
; t same thing Fight over and over,
and what's tho ipt-od of doin'ia thing
now; and ruidoin' it bimeby, and de -
in' it over next time? A feller
might as well be an hour-gla s, With
the sand first rennin' one ay and
then t'othere and it don't M ke any
difference which.'
There, was no orietto clisp te this
proposition. A stray bird in the
branches overhead seemed ie thee to
agree with it, and twitter d out;
'So! so! Thees.so !'
The bird left the tree a d _ flew
swiftly away. Tne boy w -a cited it
until it Was oat of sight, wo de ring
how it Would seem to be so f ee—e
go, go, as fast and as far as it should
please him. Wouldn't he be ip and
• away though. •No more of he olt)
life for bin! He'veoulci. be if over
the ocean, 'having a gay, g orious
time. He. cohld find some work
vety different from this dre ry old
round of doina6and undoing. Dig-
ging gold in Australia; or g.o.wing
rich at the dianaond mines of razil.
= Halloo P. broke in a sitar little
voice --not in the least like on& ef
his slaves announcingetreasur . The
boy turned his head &little, moon-
tentedly, and saw a small rown
face pressed close to the fence, and a
pair of dark eyes steadily sur eying
him.
What yoa cloin' there,. aunce
Rodney r
Nothin',' said Latence, i pad-
•
•
I t,
9
entlye Thinkin'.'
'What makes you, lay do n for
when you think ?' persisted th new -
bonier.
'Cause—no matter what,
Nixon—you run long.'
I don't want to run
That's what everybody -says
along," and I don't want to.'
settled her little chin more scp
upon the fenee-rail, and held h
sition.
Lance looked at her again
under his hat; at the small b
feet. poking restlessly in the
sand, at the short, faded dres
wore, and the old, limp gin
bonnet pushed back from her
and hanging by its &elem. str
.A stray thought suggested her
erable home over the hill
wretched drunken father.
'Hefty,' he said with a ,su
consciousness that ehange mig
almost as desirable a thing i
life as in his. Hefty, -what w
you do if yoa was a man?
Work for folks, en' do as
°tighter, and be good to my I
149
••
etty
long.
ru n
etty
arely
poo
from
-own
arm
she
ham
ead,
gs.
mis-
and
den
t be
her
uld
I'd •
ttle turnma around.
gitls--that's what I would answer=
ed Hetty,, prompt y. -
.Launce twitched his hat over his
face once more in vexation. What
did she know a eut it anyway?
There was no use in talking* to hen'
An' if I was a10g- boy, .Fd
anrhelp little giel pick berries, ate
show 'ern • where the good places
was,' pursued Het y, under the int-
, , •
pression that she might as well mike
•pea various sub -
about it.
replye
beegootl to folks,
W h at they want
editatively sift-
hrough her toes,
oral about equal -
sent father' and
her views known
jects while 'she w,
Lames made n
Folks ought t
an' not go off enrd
to,' Hetty_, edded,
ing the dry sand
and dividing her nj
ly between her a
Latium
Still the boy did not answer, and
a silence fell. After a few minutes
he _glanced furtively toward the
fence, but the elfish little face was
gone, and with a fe ling of relief he
attempted to take ,up -his. spdcula-
tione in gold and diamonds again.
Someway, he coul net_ tell 'why,
they did not seem quite so attract-
ive as they had al ne a little while
oefore, and when he heard a carriage
rollieg up tbe ro d he iaised his
head to look and listen, An old-
fashioned carriage; t was, not very,
stylish, but comfort ble and roomy.
Launce reeognized the vehicle, and
the gray horse dr wing it, at a
glance.
The doctor,' he said, and as it
drew near the fence, he nestled a lit-
tle further back in he grass, where
he would be less lik ly to be ebserv-
ed. He did not di like the doctor
particularly—he on y did not want
to- talk to him the so he Jay still
while he alighted, fa tarred hia horse,
and walked away to the house.
stopped for?'
He's started
to _bring
from the depo;
uldn't have had
Wish I was at
y to start off
Wonder what
soliloquized the boy.
for town I expect.
some visitors home
most likely, or he w
his hie carriage out.
the depot, all rea
some where.'
He tried to •fano.. how ill would
seem if that were re lly so. What
if he should go 7 rid with the doc-
tor to town, and the be.off? Only
the doctor would as him seefuttny
bothering questions, and wheri be
found out ell about it *wouldn't take
hire 1 Lettuce, gre somrewbat re-
eentful and obstinat in thitiking
about thisinjury that had been done
hint Then a sudde idea' struck
him. He clambered ever the fence,
and carefully surveyei the carriage,
particularly its wtde back seat. A
little further up the r On the op-
posite side,- 'were a lair of eyes as
earnestly surveying him. Hetty
• Nixon had ensconce herself, in a
fence comer, and wa busily weav-
ing some of the long g 'asses plucked
from the meadow bellied her.
Launce waited im atientlyuntil
she bad exhausted hr supply and
turned' to gather more, then he -hasti-
ly sprang into the carr- age, and rais-
ing the curtain crawl d under the
seat, and curled hints if up. there.
He had only been the e a minute or
two, not lung enou h to decide
where he wanted to g or whether
he r real)y meant to • o anywhere,
when he beard the doe or returning
and discovered that lies Barbara
was with him.
Oh, dear be corn uented, as she
was aseisted to the bac seat. Now,
it's like as anyway shell have some
basket, or bundle or something that
she'll try fo stuff mid r here, and
then ----2
Bat Miss Barbara -p t whatever
• possessions she had q tietly down
beside her, and then the doctor drove
Off. 'What an easy •erriage this
is!' Miss Barbara -;se tied herself
quietly back to enjoy the ride.
'It quite surprises rn '
'Taint so -dreadful asy either,'
thought the conceale • passenger.
He began to he afrai that some
sudden -jolt might relit him out of
his hiding place and urprise her
,s.till more, so .he twis ed about a
little very carefully, Iaid found, a
piece by which to hold on and keep
himself in position, ausying his
brain, meanwhile, in tr ing todis-
cover how he came to be riding
there, and where he was going.
Presently a - fraement o con-versa.tion enlightened' him. 'he doctor
had called for her to stet a day or
two with one of his p. tients, who
was sadly in need of •go d nursing,
and Miss Barbara:was u telly'ready
for any such errands o mercy, as
the doctor gratefully cknowledg-
ed.
, 'It did seem too bad t spoil your
visit at Mra Rodney's, though,' be
said. 'I shouldn't hay' e lamed you
much if youi bedroll awa when you
saw me coming.'
'No danger of my d ing that,'
answered Miss. Barbar with her
low quiet laugh. 'I nev r beard of
anybody, from Jona dow I that ever
gained anything by tryieg to --run
away from duty.'
'Humph!' muttered L unce dis-
contentedly.
'What?' said Miss. 1 aibara,
little stattled..
tDid you speak ? asked tl•I`e doctor,
Each rittribeted aunce's exela
motion to the other, and he resolved
to on his guard. •
What bad pOSSO86 I him to get
ander there, he ondered. It
Seemed. to him that e might have
walked to town half dozen times
Ake they had been dragging along
so slowly. EI e prov d in part, too,
the truth of the so d adage that
'Listeners heat no (mod, of them-
selves,' when t or, happening
, carelessly ad-
rticular talent
, his own way,
.ople. Gentle
osed that she
d in the boy
rough outsicte
dOe
. r
to mention his neat
cled that the 014 pa
he had wa for Ilavin
regardless of other p
Miss Barbara 1!I1t8LP
thought there wts go
after all, if but the
was worn off.
'Worn off! -Giltess i
ed off if I have to st•
here much larger,'
object of criticism rat
himself. ••
He didn't care what they said_
of course he diun't—blutt he couldn't
help thinking about it
grew as uncomforta
ease as his body
'Must be taki Mi
Sit up at John Gm
be goin' to trav •
himself!' he d
. What would
crawl out? But,
that whatever c•
resolved, and tri
with his moth
morning—'It's
turning.
A turn in th
bathe then very
unsteady scarecr
field yielded suc
breeze, and fell
the road, and
doctor's usually
bounding away,
Launce could nor
of theftrouble '• h
• motioft, heard M
smotWered excla
that the Doctor'
theeterrified ani
ing.
'Shall jump?
ered Miss Bariaar
Not till I tell on, b
was the short deeided
neither spoke aga
For peor Latin
jumping, no ch.
thought, and he
:together, and clu
back of the care
tumbled about, h
eee anything, bu
cramped, darkene
/fill speed at which
and momently ex
terrible crash wot
race and his ex
Some sad fancies
through his braiu
gold and gems, bu
from out the old
•30111mon neglected
seemed to him
werth counting aft
been but well and
'Now !' said the
'11 be smash -
y jammed up
nuttered the
her closely to
and his mind
le and ill -at -
Barbara to
t's house, an'
1 on the Noth Pole
eiel.ed in despora-
hey s
!o h
Me of
d to
I 8 r
long
y if he should
wouldn't do
it, he fiercely
ortify himself
mark of the
lane that has
leis rely driving
nexp ctedly. An
w in neigh timing.
denly to the light
ver t e fence into
n an instant the
staid horse was
wild with fright.
idisce ea the cause
I only felt the swift
Is 'Ba 'barter- half -
Ilion. and knew
effo ts to check
al w re unavaile
ask -ed
the bewild-
t be ready,'
answer,.and
th :re was no
nee fr him, he
press d his lips
g ti htly fo the
age. Jolted and
was unable to
feel no. in his
i corn t the fear -
;they were going,
ectine that some
Id en the mad
istenc , together.
°reed their way
ust hen, not of
t odd and ends
espis d work—
, thin s that 4
buld have been
r ail if they had
telly one.
docto • saddenly,
exerting all his sttength upon the
reins. And Miss arbat a, ready at
the word of commald; sp ang from
her seat and.lande by the roadside
in safety. The 1 ors el ebbed for-
ward, and in an inetiant t le carriage
struck sharply agai. t th:, corner of
an old building. aun e felt the
shock, the sudden. st ,ppin and then
the tilting to one s de of the whole
.vehicle, that made it vc -y difficult
kr him -to retain hi .pos'tion. He
-strove heed to do t ho 'ever,- for
voices assured him hat t‘rolor three
men had gathered a out. Ile heard
them discussing the ccid nt—what
a narrow escape it had been for the
two occupants, and wonrF ring that
the carriage had sue eined no great-
laaed. shaft and
bara's
off. Then' -he
he
a
e citenient,
led a out that!
y n w,I ca,n
do what I can
I &nit know
h the way we
t ."
as driven off
tent, and the
motn red boy
hea ing the
bat h suppos-
leave it there
er injury than a da
one wheel knocked
overheard Miss Ba
little tremulous fr
say:
'Oh ! don't be trou
It is such a little w
walk very well. VI
for her, and, after al
but it's about as mu
do as what we do, th
Then the carriage
to a shop not fir
dizzy, excited, half -
grew nearly wild 4
doctor coolly remark-
ed he should have to
until the next day.
'Well, I guess I ca
up so it'll do for you o go
if you're a mind to it a
-swered the man who
it, and to this the ow
sented.
He walked up and
out of doors and
thought it very. tir
but he neyer drea
another to whose en:a
sor r fix it
on with
bit,' an -
ad• e a,mined
terlin lly COD-
' dow looked
Winclo vs, and
onte waiting
ed th re was
us int 5atience
his own was as nothing, w o was
far naore glad when t iey w re once
more on their way, albeit i was to
hnu another tage of a lind jrurney,
he knew not whither.
At last—and oh! 1 ng th "inter-
val had seemed to Lain ce wh le they
sil-
ence—at last they stop ed.
na oton us sil-
traveled on and on. W1 heat evegnatea
word to break the
was thrown open, a familiar voice
spoke, and the boy comprehended
that tie dreary roundabout trip had
terminated at the duct'Or's home.
He was half-inclned then Co believe
they had made a' circle of the earth.
The horse was led away, the carriage
drawn, to its )ace, and he heard the
, faithful Mike locking the door.
But that did not trouble him muoh.
He crept from i his hiding place,
stood epon the ground, and walked
slowly to and fro for a few reinutes
to restore circulation to his cramped
and stiffened limbs. Then he began
to look about for a way of escape,
and foUnd it in a small sliding win-
dow that opened npon a sloping
meadow lot.
Row fair and eweet the sunlight
seemed when be stood in. the open
'air once more; for the day was not
yet done lung as he had deemed the
hours. He drew a long, free breath,
and planted his feet firmly in the
soft grass.
'Say, what makes ycu ride under
the seats for, 'stead of on top of 'eat?'
queetioned a shrill, little voice; and
there stobd the ubiquitous Iletty,
looking solemnly at him with her
great dark eyes. 1
He took a step forward, then
tnnaed, and riraid in a voice as nearly
-coaxing as it was in his boy -nature
to make it.
'lletty, I'll show you where there's
a prime lot of blackberries, to-
nio'Yrmeaw'''said Hetty understandingly,
and he turned homeward. Someway
home looked very pleasant that
evening—outside, where the golden
light fell around it ; inside where.
the tempting supper was preparing.
Lettuce turned for a second look at
it, as he walked an ay down the lane
to drive up the colvs.
He did not tell any one of his
day's experience -Lett did not seem to
him there wee veily much to tell,
and what there. as he infinitely
eo•t
preferred to keep t hirnself—neith-
r did he write don any leng and
tigh sounding resolations j but th.at
evening, in an old memorandum,
book, between a rattibling account of
tow -many eggs his -hens had laid,
nd a terrific picture of an Indian in
eathers and tomahawk,—he wrote
arefully, in a round legible band:
'Turned a corner, June 20.
Attempt to Swim. Across the
British Channel.
1
1
a
On Wednesday last huge placards
posted about Dover announced that
J. B. Johnson, the hero of London
Bridge and champion swimmer of
the world,' would swim from Eng-
land to France on lriday, August
23,. and on Thursdas Mr. Johnson,
accompanied 'by h' • brother' Mr.
Peter Johnson, the hampion diver,
and Mr. J. M. Coll rd, the Secre-
tary of the •Serpen me 5 wimp:ling
Club, arrived - at I) over, and the
match bedame the g neral topic of
coeversatibn. Nau cal men stout-
ly affinne4 the perf mance of such
.
a feat to be uttly impossible,
owing to t1b force of the cerrents in
the Chau el. which would make
the actua1 switnmin'a distance be-
tween forty and fiftly miles. Tra-
dition affirms that some seventy
years ago three men, convicted of a
political offense, to escape punish-
ment swain from Calais to Dover.
One was drowned, the other two
landed on he beach, oue in an utter
state of exhaustion, from which he
died; the third recovered and lived
in the town for several years. It
appears that the ',resent attempt to
cross the ChanneL arose out of a
vvager laid inLeeds of X1,000to £30,
and almost immediately doubled,
that Johnson would not swim across
the Channel. Mr. red Strange,
ns, at once - under -
the manager of the Royal Surrey
Zoological Garde
took the w!hole arrangements, and
at his own' expense secured the
steamer Palmerston, of Dover, to
accompany i! the swimmer with a
select party of friends and the mem-
bers of the Press. 4 large con-
course of people 'haviseg assembled
on the Admiralty Pier to witness
his departuire, Johnson, with his
brother and -Mr. Collard left the
pier in a steamer, fronli the bow of
which they dived into the sea, there
a '
performing variou4s ,aqaatic feats for
more than an hour, at the .conclu-
sion. of Which they were loudly
cheered. JOhnson is twenty-four
years of age)of median) height, and
one of the 1 fiuestbiiit men it is
possible to see. He measures forty -
Eve inches round the hest, and at
r*tot,
will can inflate it to about live more;
his muscula4 powers a e also enor-
mously developed. Tke term of
the bet did allow of his coming
out of the i water, onsequently,
althotigh his 'abilities as a switnnier
might have nabled hirn to accom-
plish the distance, it 'was thought,
and it afterWard proved, impossible
to keep up the circulation of the
blood for so lonab a period. John-
son started about 10:40 ; A. M., as-
cending the paddle -box af the steam-
er, from which he dived i and struck
out to sea with vigotous strokes
accomplishing the first two miles in
thirty minutes. The wind was
•moderate float east -north-east ; a
strong tide was also running, with a
short chopping sea. At 11:20 he
partook of port -wine, and again at
Ili- rehashed. himself. At 1i he
•
approached the steamer and i equest-
ed something tdeat, asking whether
he might come on board. Mr.
Strange, seeing that in consequence
of the strong tide, ere., his c:tance of
reaching the French coast was quite
hopeless, thought it advisable he
should do to. When assisted on
deck it was found that his legs, from
the thighs downward, were numbed;
the circulation of the blood seemed
te have threw& stopped—ie fact, the
cold had so thoroughly mastered the
system that he was unable to raise
a basin of beeftteri to his lips.—Lone
den Ti772,681 Aug. 26.
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anything hurtfeil to the constitution.
Full directions in the pamphlet around ea,cla
package, wbieli should be carefully preserved.
Job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 and
12i cents forpostage, enclosed toNorthop &Lyman,
Newcastle, Ont., general agents for the Dominion
will insure a bottle, containing over -50 pills by
return Sold L' n Seaforth by E. Hickson. & Co., and
R. Linusden. •197-6
amonimobrAmmompacemalonpoc.„..;maimo
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
Trains leave the Seaforth station.as
follows :—
GOING WEST.
Express. Mixed. Mail.
1.02 P. M. 3.35 P. M. 8.45 P. M.
• GOING EAST.
Express. Mixed. MAU,
10.50 A. M. 2.20 P. Al.
sam•
. BUSINESS CHANGE.
tomers and the publi7generally that, he has sold
UNDERSIGNED would beg
T InHoEst respectfully to inform his numerous cus-
out bis whole stock of Dry (foods and Groceri.es to
WILLIAM LOGAN and 13;OBERT
who, I believe, will ,give good satiefaction to all
who may patronize them, as they have got the
stock at a very low price and on reasonable
termi. •
With many thanks to all in.y custom-
ers for the liberal patronage I have received since
I first commenced business in Egmondville and
Seaforth, and hoping the same patronege and
more may be extended to the young firm of LOGAN
& JAMIESON,
I nimbi,
Yours, very truly,
. JOHN LOGAN,
EASE AND COMFOItT.
THE BLESSING OF PERFECT SIGHT.
There is nothing so valuable as PERFECT SIGHT,
and Perfect Sight
Can only be obtained by using
PERFECT SPECTACLES,
The difficulty of procuring which is well known.
Messrs. LAZAR.US, Pi/ORRIS 85 CO.
Have, after years of experience and experiment,
and the erection of costly machinery, beeenabled
to produce that grand desideratum,
PERFECT SPECTACLES
Which Dever tire the eye, and last many years
without change. 247
SEPT. 20 1872.
WHO WANTS A GOOD SUBSTANTIAL
WAGON, or a nice STYLISH BUY?
WILLIAIVI GR. ASSiE,
SEAFORTH,
flAS on hand and for sale a number ef handsome
" single and dokibm nueorEs, An well finished
and, manufaetaired of tho velar best materiel. Also,
LUMBER WAGONS, _
Which, for excellence of build, and casein running
cannot be surpassed by any manufacturer in the
Province.
A few DEMOCRAT WAGONS on hand, and
more making.
- •
WILLIAM GRASSIE sells as cheap as any other
establishment in the County.
BLACKSMITH1NC
And General Job Work attended to promptly,
AINLEYVILLE
PLANING MILL,
SASH; WORM BLIND FACTORY
The subscriber having bought out the above
Mill„ also the good- til of the late firm, is now
prepared, to fill all orders in his line of business.
4ash, Doors and Mouldings
ON HAND AND .
MADE TO ORDER
On the shortest notice.
CUSTOM PLANING
Strietly attended to.
HOUSE BLOCKING ALWAYS ON HAND AND
Promptly supplied.
•' JAMES BENNETT.
Aillleyville, May 16, 1672. • 23247
SEAFORTH PLANING MILL,
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY
tilia.E subscriber begs leave to thank his numerous
cnstomers for the liberal patrona,,ne extended to
him since commencing business in Seaforth, and
trusts that he may be favored -with 4 _continuance
df the same. , 1,
Partiee intending to build would do -well to give
Mei a call, as he will continue to keep on hand a
large stock of all kinds of
DRY PINE L1J.M13ER„
SASIIES,
DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
SHIN6-1LES, LATH, ETC.
Ile feels confident of giving satisfaction to those
who may favour him with their patronage, as none
but .first-class workmen are employed.
1‘.- Particular attention paid to Custom Planing.
201 JOHN H. BROADFOOT.
ANTI–COMBINATION.
SEAFORTH -NOVELTY WORKS.
JOHN M, MARTIN
ANTIsHEs to return thanks to hie customers and
V fiiends for their generous patronage sinee as-
suming charge of the above Works, and begs to re-
quest the attention of all who may require any-
thing in his Inc to the following list of prices, at
which he is prepared to furnish work of a quality
that cannot be surpassed in the trade:
HORSE BAK-Rs. . ......$ 5 00
FARM GATES. from......... — 3" 50
WAGON RACKS. - 7 00
WHEEL13ARROliS., 4 75
LAND ROLLERS..$15 and upwards
SURFACE DRESSING, per 1000, , $ 2
FLOORING and beveled BOARDING per 1000,- 4
SCROLL SAWING done by the piece or set.
REPAIRING VA
I am prepared at all times
work of reaping and mowing
fact, every other machine that
Boxes babbited.
HINES.
to repair the wood-
xna.chines, and, in
can be mentioned.
TO WAGON MAKERS.
The undersigned would also beg to inform Wag-
on and Carriage Makers that he keeps constantly
on hand, all. kinds of Bent Stuff -imitable for their
work.
_ •
Carpenters, 33nilders, Farmers, and the public
generally in need of any of the above -articles
would de well to favor me with their patrol:Inge, as
in My new premises, I have facilities for doing this
branch of work which cannot be surpassed.
JOHN M. MARTEN.
Seaforth Novelty Works,
*Goderich Street. 228
INK.
SEATTER,
.EXCHANGE BROKER,
And dealer in Pure
RUCS CHEMICALS AND DYESTUFFS,
PERFUMERY,
FANCYAND TOILET ARTICLES
Agent for Sewing Machines. Money
to lend on easy terms.
.SEATTER,
Seaforth, Nov. 3, 1870. - 59-tf.
SHOPS FOR SALE.
FORS ALE, two shops and forty-four feet front-
age on. lkilain Street, .Seaforth, opposite Car-
michael's Hotel. Apply to
195-tf-
J. pATTER.
The Wonder of the World—Good News
for Ala.
PROF. HE
VERMIN - DESTROYER
Which is known to be far superior to anything yet
discovered for killing Rats, Mice, Insects on Poul-
try, Ants, Bugs, Cockroaches, Bieck Beetles, Fleas
on Dogs, Blight and Insects on Plants, Moths in
Furs, Tick or Scab on Sheep 4r Goats, also on Cat-
tle; &c,
SOLD IN PACKETS,
At 25 cents per packet; or, six packets for $1 25.
The Powder is warranted free from an bad smell
and will keep in any cliinate. It may be spread
anywhere without risk, as it is quite harmless to
Cats and Dogs, as they will not eat it.
Directions for use on eachpaellet.
Manufactory --Gravel Lane, Ileundsditeh, City
of London, England.
The above discovery hal; gained for Professor
Herman a silver prize medal at the Intereolonial
Exhibition of 'Victoria, Australia, of 1866, besides
numerous tettiraonials.
. Agent for Seaforth,
W. ROBERTSON & CO.
• Ainleyviller--N. M. LIVINGSTOIslE.
Walton—T. SMITH. • 240-12
Xodized Cod Liver 0111.
THIS Preparation is a ?elution of Iodide'of Iron
-A- ibi perfectly pure Cod Liver Oil. It may be
nsed in all cases where the simple Oil is ordered,
and will be found greatly superior to it. This
preparation is highly beneficial in Puhnonary Con-
see:option, Scrofulous Complaints, Chronic Skin
Dieases,
seases and for au chronic disorders arising from
defectivedigestion assimilation or nutition. It
is also highly usefl in Chronic Rheumatism and.
Gout. Price $1.
-Compound It;grup of nypophosphites.
THIS is an agreeable Preparation, containing the
Ilypophosphites of Lime'Soda, Potash and
Iron, with free Hepophosphorous Acid. This
Syrup is a certain remedy for General Debility,
from any cense, Nervous Diseases and Scrofulous
Complaints. It is a13o highly nieful in diseases of
the bones (especially in infants) and Incipient
Consumption. Price $1.
The above Preparations are of standard medical
reputation, and containing no secret ingredients,
may be preeeribed by physieians without hesita-
tion. Prepared by JOHN WILLIAMS,
geFueorransayl.e by—n. Lunisden, SeLafoonrdthon; ,Ontario.J.11.Grant,
Ainleyville; G. A. Powell, Wroxeter, and Druggists
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a gentleman at a. toncert
fop in front of him kep
a teed voice to a lady
'Did you refer to me, si
ingly demanded the fop.
I mean the mueicians
keep up such a noise
iennsntvr :rims aetitint su ,t,h,, awt laIs tchaen
-.193Y-- The paternal and
year's belle, at the Virg
was approached by a yo
quested a few minutes'
in private, and began :
quested oo see you, sir, lt
ly daughter, Our atta
'Young man,' interrupt
briskly, ' I don't know
girl of mine is about. 1
fourth gentleman who h]
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I have given my con.
calms and I give it to
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curiosity, put the nue
e;at:ea r, :ensuesWd n nh What ai an n
proclivities for turning
well known among his -s,
got up and replied—'
Man 4.1,SEB yon to hand
just sap thank ye.
has since earned cons-
toriety for the yeemgete
A ruzi.sy- incident
Detroit barber's the oth
old negro rose from his
one of the barber's el
looking at one of the pi
saw as he suppozed ane
man about to take the
old darkey at oxide at
rteing out of his turn, al
to sit down when he no
age -do the same, If
and the mysterious stra
'cd. This -liras repeated
times, mach to the <IAA
and he finally yelled
, Yriar etturenh'ouwtsofl
hydonalttigYb
a :rest of the -custo.mr.
Irieh 331untie
The following is the
ter writte.a during the
--itir Bovie Itoche, an 1
of Parliament, to his fr
1 ldi:tilii—ydeareiea-eeanSr'
quietin
to inform you of the -dr
And confusion we are it
bloodthirsty,- rebel; mo
are, tank God I kill
' We are in a prettt
get nothing to eat, nor
drink, except whiskey.
we sit down to Iiinnere
ed to keep both 1
'Whilst I write this let
sword in each hand id
the other. 1 con:Anal
beginning that this m
end of it, and, I see 1'
it is not half over yet.
there are such goings DI
thing is at &stand.
‘
jetteIsho
r aftiolidt.thighran
te no
received it Mit morn
-hardly- A. mail arrives'
being robbed. No lan
yesterday the coach w
, . .
from Dublin was robi
town. The bagshaa 11
ly left behind for fear
:
-
and ndby good luck theri
in it but two outsiti
who had wiling for 1
t
tha‘ tLaasgtalingh uotf'sdreabye, Ins o.,
here tinder the Fren
but they had no coh
drums, except bag pie
ately every man it
eluding women and bo
meet -them . We sot
force ninch too little; a
teatrtil9giDe:
near
rflott 1\1:vastl
but to it we went, ittel
half our little. party
,
began to be ell alive,1
the rebels had no oul
cutlasl,es, and pikes ;
plenty of muskets' a
we put them all to tl
a soul f A. them eecapee
that were drowned it
bog ; and ia a very s*
was nothing to be heal
Their uniforms were r
colours, but mostly ,
the action. we went t
sort* of camp they laaJ
them; :all we found w