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TOM TOOTHAOREIS OHOST STORY,
BY liRs. R. B. NierowE.
'What is it about that old house
iu Sherbottrne r said Aunt Nabby to
Sam Lawson, as he sat drooping
aver the coals of a great fire one Oc-
tober eveniug.
Aunt Lois was gone to Roston on
a 'visit, and the smart spice of her
skeptic -lent being absent, we felt More
freedom to start our story -teller on
one of hislegendt. -
Aunt Nabby sat trotting her
ttknitting,needles. on a blue ne.xed
yarn stocking. Grandma mom was
knitting in unison at the other side
ofthe fire. Grandfather sat study-
ing the Boston Courier, The wind
outside. was sighing, in fitful wails,
creaking the pantry doors, occasion-
ally puffing in a vicious gust d'
the broad throat of the chimney'.
was a drizzly, sleety eveninge
the we lilac bushes 'now and t
rattled and splashed against
window as the wind moaned
whispered tbrongh them.
We boys had made preparati
for a comfortable evening. We
enticed Sam to the chimney con
and drawn him a run of cider.
had set, down a row of apples
roast on the hearth, which e
now were giving faint sighs
sputters as their plump sides buest
in the genial heet. The big ak
back log simmered and bubbled, a d
distilled large drops down amid he
ashes, and the great hickory ft) -e-
sti& had just burnt out into said
bright coals-, faintly skimmed o et
with white ashes. The whole at ea of
big chimney was full of, a sleepy
Warmth and brightness—just ciao e-
lated to call forth fancies and visio s.
It only wanted -soraeoody now e
set Sam ofl ; and _Aunt Nab
broached the ever-iateresting subje
of haunted houses.
•
'Wal, now, Miss Badger, .sa
Sam, I be -t over, there, and wel
edround that 'are house consid'ab
_and I talked with Granny H
kern, and Aunt Polly, and they'
putty much come to the conclusio
that they'll have to move out 'on
Ye see these ere noises they kee
'em awake nights, and Aunt Poll,
she gets 'stericky ; and Hanna
Jane, she says, ef they stay in th
house,ellecan't live with ''enn
longer, and what- can thenelone %vo
men do without Hannah Jane
Why, Hannah Jane, she says, thei
two Months past she's seen a worna
regular, walking ap and down th
front hall between twelve' and on
o'clock at night ; and it's jist the tim
age and body of old Ma'am Til lot
son, Parson. -Hokum's motherttha
everybody know'd was a thunderin'
kind o' woman, that kep' eery -
think in a muss while she was alive.
-What the old crittar's up to now
there, ain't no knowing. Some folks
seem to think it's a sign Granny
Hokum's time 's comin' ; but Lardy
massy says she to me, says she
'Why, Sam, I don't know nothin'
what I've done that Ma'am Tillot-
son should be set loose on inc.' Any-
way, they've. all got se nervy; that
Jed Ilak-uni has been hp from Need-
ham, ancl is goia' to cart 'em all over
to live with hien. Jed, he's for
en't up, cause he says it
beings' a bad`name on the properly.
Wal, 1 talked with Jed about it;
and says 1 to Jed, says I : -"Now, ef
you'll take ray advic.e, jist you give
that are old house a- regular over-
haulin' and paint it &Vet- tew coats
o' paint, and that are'll clear 'cm
out if anythiee will.' Ghosts is like
bed bligs—Sey can' t stand ft esh
palat-,' says they alters clear out.
I've seen it tried on,a ship that gat
haunted.",
Why, Sam, do ships get haunt-
ed r
'To be sure they do—hauuted
the wust kind. Why, I cauld tell
ye a story 'd Make your har rise- on
&end, only I'm afraid of frightening
boys when they're jist going to bed.'
Oh, you can't frighten Horace,'
said my grandmother. He will
go and sit out there in the graveYard,
till nine o'clock nights spite of ell I
tell
'Do tell, Sam,' we urged, 4 What
was it about the ship r
Sten lifted his mug of eider, de-
libeiatery turned it round and round
in his hands, eyed it affectionately,
took alone chink and set it down
in front of him on the hearth, and
began.
Ye 'member 1 telled ye how I
went tosea down East when 1 was
a boy long with Torn Toothacre.
Wal, Tom he reeled off a yarn one
night that was 'bout the toughest I
ever lied the puffin' on, and it came
all straight too 'from Toniew'twan't
none o' yer heer-say ; 'twas what he
seen a ith his own/ayes. Now there
wa'n't no nonsencg 'bout Tom—not
a bit on'—and he wa'n't afeard
o' the devil hinise'f, and he ginally
saw through.things about as straight
as things could be seen through. c
This ere happened when Torn was
mate on the Albatross and they was a
!a-rannin" up to the I.:alike for a -fare
c? fish. The Albatross wa3 as hand-
some a eraft as ever ye see; and
Cap'n Sim Witherspoon he was a,
kipper. a rail nice likely man he ni
was. I heard Tom tell this 'eee Bi
one night to the boys on the Bril-
liant when they was all a-settin'
round the 'stote in: the cabin one
foggy night that we was to anchor
in Frenchman's Bay and fall kind o'
layin' off loose.
• Tom, he said, they was having a
&Moue run up to the banks. There
was a spankin' southerly that blew
'ern along like all natur, and they
wits havin' the best kind of a time,
when this ere southerly brought a
pesky fog, down on 'ern, and it grew
thicker than halter puddin'.- "Ye Nee
that are's the pester o' these hire
sautherlys—they's tne biggest fog-.
bleeders there is goin', and ,sp putty
soon you couldn't see half ship's
length afore you.
'Wal, they all was down.to sup.
per except Dan Sawyer at the wheel
wn %viten there cornes,sich a crash as if
heaven and earth'r was a
nd and then a scrapin' and • thump
ien burapin' under the ship and gin 'em
the sich a h'ist that the pot o' beans
nd went rollin' and brought up jam
ag'in the bulk -bead and the fellers
ns was keeled over, merrand pork end
Lad beans kinder permitcus. •
er, ''The devil!' says. Tom Tooth-
. acre, 'we've lun down somebody—
to look :out, up there' !
en 'Dan he shoved. the helm bard
nd Clown and put her up to the wind,
and sung out, tLordy massy, we've
struck her right amidships !'
'Struck what ?' they all yelled,
and tumbled upon deck.
1 "Why, a little schooner, says
Dari; 'didn't see her till we was
right on her; she's gone down taok
and sheet; look, there's part of the
wreck a-fleatin' off—don't ye see r
'Waal, they didn't see, 'cause it
was so thick you'cciuldn't hardly see
youi -hand afore your face, hut they
put about and :cent out al boat and
t kind o' searched aound, but. Lardy
massy, ye might as well -locked for a
d arop of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
Whaever, they was, it was all done.
e gone and over with them for this
life, poor critters! • ,
'.Tom says they felt cohfoundedly
about it, but what could they do?
-Lordy massy, what can any on us
do? There's placed where folks
jest 148 go cause they has to. Things
airet • _ as they. want 'em and
they can't alter 'ern. Sailors ain't so
rough as they look; they'z feelin'_
critters, come to put things right to
'em, and there wasn't one on 'em
who wouldn't a worked all night for
a chance o' saving some o' thein
poor fellows ; but there 'twas, and
'twant ne use trying.
Wal, so they sailed on, and by 'm
by the wind kind :es:chopped round
no'theast. and _then come round east
and sot in forone of them regular.
east blows ,and drizzles- that takes
the starch out o' fellers more'n a
-regular storm. SO they concluded
they might as tvell put into a little
bay there and come to anchor.
tSo they sot an anchor watch
and all turned in.
Wale now conies the particulur
curtis 'part o' Tom's story, and it was
more curtis_'cause Torn waS one that
wouldn't a believed no other man
that had told it. fona was one o'
your Sort of philosophets ; he was
fer lookin' into things, and wan't in
no hurry 'bout believiu', so that this
hot was more 'markable on account
'of its bein' Tam that seen it, than ef
it had heen others.
'Torn says, that night he lied a
a -pesky toothache that sort o' kep
grurnblin' and ..jurnpin' so he couldn't
go to sleep, and he lay in his bunk
a turiiin' this way and thate, till
lorigeatst twelve o'clock. ,
Tom had a 'thwart -ship bunk
where he could see into eveitY bunk
on board, except Bob. Con's, and
Bob was on the anchor watch.
Wal, he lay there tryin' to g� t
sleep, hearin' the men snorin' like
hull -frogs in a swamp, and watchin'
the lantern a swingin' back ° and for-
ward, and the sou'westers and pea
jacketswere kinder throwin' their
long shadders up and down as the
vessel sort o' rolled and pitched, for
there was a heavy swell on, and
thee he'd hear Bob Coffin tramp,
ramp, trampin' overhead, for Bob •
had a peetty heavy foot of his own,
and all sort o' mixed up together
with l'oM's toothache so he couldn't
et to sleep. Finally Tom he -bit off
greetc, chaw o' 4baccy and got it
ivell Sot in his cheek and kind o'
armed over to lie ort't and ease the
lain. Wal, he says, he laid a spell
• tiel d:opped off in a sort o' doze,
hen he -woke in sich -a chill his
t eth chattered, and the pain corae
0 like a knife, and he bounced
a ersthinking the fire had gone out
the stove.
Wal sure enough, he see a Man
a crotichin' over the stove with his
b k to him, a stretchin' out his
h nds to warm 'em ; he had on a
s &wester and a pea -jacket, with a
red tippet round his neck, and his
clothes was drippen.' as if he'd just
me in from a rain.
"What the devil,' says Tom—
d he riz right up and rubbed his
es. 'Bill Bridges,' says he,
hat shine be you up to now?'
r Bill was a master uneasy critter,
allers a gettin' up and welkin'
hts, and', Tom he thought it was
1; but in a minute he looked
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over, and there sure enough
fast asleep in his bunk,- ram
open, snoring like a Jerich
horn. Tom looked ' roun
counted every man in his bu
then says be :T Who the
this :—for there's Bob Ce
deck, and the rest is all here
Wal, Tom wa'n't a man
Put under too easy; he h
thoughts about him allers ; a
fast he thought in every pin
what to do. So he sot consi
minute, sort o' winkin' his
be sure he saw straight, whe
enough there come anothe
backin' down the compenion-
' Walt there's Bob Coffin
how,' says Tont to himself ;
other man he turned
sce his face, andsure aa you
was the face of a dead corp
eyes was sot, and it jtst ca
still acro at the chin, and sot
by the stove, and kind o' sh
and put telt its hands a3 if
gettin' warm. •
Tom said that there was
air round in the cabin, as if •
bergwas comin' near, and h
cold Chills running dowt his
but he jumped out of his bun
took a atep forward. Speak
he; who be you, and what d
want?'
They never spoke nor 1 )oked
up, but kept kind shiverin and
crouching over the state _
Tom, I' 1 see who
you be' anyhow ; and 'be w lked
right up to the last than that -orne
in, and reached out to cz. tch h id of
his coat collar; but his band , jest
went through him like moons rine,
and in a minute he aTh ded way,
and when he turned •ound • the
other one was gone too. Toni tood
there looking- this way and bat,
but there warn't nothin but the
old stove, and the lauter swii in',
and the men all' moth% roun
their bunks. Torn he su g OU
Bob Coffin -e-' Hullo up tl ere
Le;' bat Bob never ans ered,
Tom he went up and und
down on his knees,—h e tee
cleacterin' like a Dag a' eile,
ing to say his prayers, a d all
could think:of was, No 1 lay
and he kep' going that over
over. You see, boys, B b w
drefful wicked swearin' c itter,
hadn't said no prayeis iice he
tow years old, and it li n't c
natural to Tom gi e a
on his collait Old shook hi
yer yawp,' -Said he. hat
howliu' about? What's up
" Oh Lordy massy,' t s ob,
we're sent for—all on u —th•e's
been two on 'em—both on 'em • nt
right by me
Wal, -Tom. he hed iis
thoughts ; but he was bo. nd to
to the bottom of things any%
Er 'twas the devil, well al d goo
he wanted to know it. om
wanted to hey the matter set
one way or t'other ; so he tecit
sort o' stroked down; and ade 1
tell what he saw.
Bob he steed to it that he wa a
etandin' right forterd, a le nin' on
the windlass and kind o' h tannin' a
tune, whet% he looked dow and see
a sort o' queer light in the fog, a I
he went and took a look ver -the
bows, when up came a ma I's bed
in a sort of sou' -wester, an. the a
pair of hands, and catch( at tie
belestay, and then, the figger of
a man riz right out o' th wat r
and clim up or, the rnarti eale t 11
he could reach the jib -stay with IS
hands, and then he swung hims If
right up onto thel bowsprit d
stepped aboard and went p tBb
e cabi
as Bill
h wjde
o ram's -
1 and
nk, and
evil is
din- on
to be
ed his
rid the
ch was
derin' a
eyes to
n. sure
r man
way. ,
any -
but no
Torn
me as
down
ivered,
E
w
live it
e ; its
own
(Yet
trey.
jest
t ed
ob
lira
was
cold
n ince
felt
back,
, and
' says
you
to
says
and
Beb
ha
try -
he
ne,'
and
a
and
as
me
rip
old,
ou
right aft and down into t
and he hadn't raore'n got do
be 'turned round, •and th
another cornin' in over the b
and he went by him and do
lo SV, so there was two on 'el
as Tom had seen in the cabi I
- 'Tom he studclied on it a spe
and finally says he,_ 'Bob, et yo
and me keep this ere to o rselv
and -see ef come again Ef
don't well and good, ef it do s, wh
vve'll see about it.' ,
But Tom, he told Calp'n ithei
spoon, and the,cap'n he ag eed t
keep an eye out the next night, bit
there`warn't nothing saidto be res
o' the men.
Wal, the next night th y pu
Bill Bridges on the watch. he fo
/had lifted, and they had a fai wind
and ,was going on -steady. T e me
all turned in and went fast sleep
except Captain Witheispoon To
and Bob Coffin. Wel, sure e 'ough,
twiXt twelve aud, one o'cloc the
same thing came over, only there
war four men. 'stead o' two. They
come in jes' se over the bo"sprit
and they locked neither to ri ht or
left, but sclim down- stairs, as d eot
down, and crouched and sh vered
over the stove, jist like, the others.
Wal, Bill Bridges he came learin'
down like a wild cat, frig tened
half out o' his wits, sreecl in'—
Lord have mercy—we'r all go in' to
the deuil,' and then the all
vanished.
'Now, Capha what's to be one,'
says Tom- Ef these ete fd.lows
is to take passage, we can't &allot -he
in' with the boys ---that's clear.
Wal, so it turned out, for ome
n, afori
re was
wsprit,
wn b
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next 'night there was ;six on ern'
come in, and the story got round
and the 'boys Was all on end. There
vean't no doin' nothin with 'ern.
Ye see, it's tillers jest se) ; not but
what dead fol cs is jest as 'spectable
as they wa afore they's dead.
These might been as #ood fellers
as any abo. rd ---but it's human.
natur' ; the minute a feller's dead,
why you sort o' don't know 'bout
him; and it' S kind o' skeery hevin'
on him round'; and so Awan't no
wouder the boys didn't feel as if they
could go on with the vy'ge, ef these
ere fellers was all to take passage.
-Come t� look21 too, ther. war con-
•
si'dable of a li
eak stove n the vessel,
and the boys t ley all stood to it ef
they went fur her, that they'd all go
to the bottom For ye see, once
the story got agoin'; every one on
'em saw a ne,, thing every night.
One on 'ern aw the bait -mill a-
grindin', witho it no hands to grind
it, and another saw fellers up aloft,
workin in the ails. Wal, the fact
war, they jest iad to put about—
run back to Castine.
Wal, the owners hushed up things
the best they could, and put_ the
votsel on the stocks, and worked
her over and put a new- coat o' 'paint
Ann ; and she went a good vy'tte to
on her, and ci lled hot the Betsey
the banks, and brought home the
biggest fare o' fish that had been for
!
a long timei, and she's made good
vy'ges evea si ice; and . that . jus
proves what I've been a saying,
t
that there's nothin' to drive out
ghosts like fresh paint.'
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Opera Singers. _
3 the thing a modern
ht to ask Jupiter
for, if the god offered to grant any
one request he might prefer, as he
did Hodge in the fable. Fora
. . .
tenor voice of high quality and a
good eat for music confer on their
I
lecky possessor the power to convert
all he touches into gold. :Perhaps
NIT
a splendid soprano is even better.
A prima donna ill be fought for by
rival managers -1 will be implored
to go to all pards of the compass at
once ; ,and, failing this, will spend
her year in London, Paris, St.
Petersburg, Cairo, and New York.
One lady has been receiving L150 a
night in London all this season, and
is to have £200 a night in .New
York. The true, history of a peas-
'
ant girl who becomes a prima don-
na in grand opera would be a very
instructive tale; . rem the day when,
a little child, ic is found Out that
she sings betttr 1than any, other
child, in the village, `.;o the day when
she makes her 1-Ast courtesy before
the footlights. What a story ! -The
village gossips remark the sweetness
of her_ voice—the parents finds a
patron who pays f
discovered by a rn
in, brought out, ri
cess—is fellowed ,
to capital' by tri
.
A tenor voice .
countryman ou
r masters—she is
tnager, speculated
tikes a . grea t suc-
bout from caeitel
le of pensioner.,
mcniding her re. pectable parents,
brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and
cousins to the fiftieth remove,•
every sort of master she ever had—
everybody that can show the least
claim to help empty her purse. And
they all fawn on her, flatter her,
cajole, and deceive her, until she
marries the man she loves ; who
pawns her diamonds, breaks her
heart, and dissipates twice the in-
come of a princess of the bl od at
the gam bli e table. Th ough this
picture as toe often been realized
in the istory of the lyric stage, it
mu't in fairness be said that there
are 'many happy exceptions in the
cases of great puhlic favorites, who,
have found in their husbandS better
managers of their property antheir.
si
affairs of business than any I .ss in.
terested agents possibly could bo-
coma—Once a Week.
o
Lord Elgin as an Orator.
Lord Elgin assiduously cultivated
good relations with the people of
the United States Personally he
was successful in Winningtheir re-
gard. Besides the grace of his! man-
ner, his excellence as a speaker
made.anim pression on them, which
is curiously depicted in a reminis-
cence by the Mayor of Buffalo of the
banquet given at Toronto to a large
party of Buffalantans -and other
guests from the States.'Never,-
aidthe Mayor, shall I forget the
admiration- elicited by Lord Elgin's
beautiful speech on that -occasion.
Upon the American visitors (who,
it must be confessed, do not look
for the highest order, of intellect in
the appointees of the Crown) the ef-
fect wastamusing. A sterling Yan-
kee friend, while the! Governor was
speaki▪ ng, -eat by my side, who oc-
easionally gave vent to his feelings
as the speech progressed, each sen-
tence increasing in beauty and elo-
quence, by such approving exclanaa-
dons as He's a glorious fellow!' he
ought to be on our side of the line!
we would make him mayor of our
city r As some new burst of elo-
quence breaks from the speakers'
lips, my worthy friend exclaims,
',How magnificently he talks! Yes,
by George, we'd make him Governor
—Governor of the State!' As the
noble Earl by some brilliant hit
carries. the assemblage with a full
round of applause, 'AM' cries my
Yankee friend with a hearty slap on
my shoulder, I by Heaven if he
were on our side or the line we'd
make him. President.! Nothing less
than President!--Ccenadian Monthly.
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ture decay,&c.,having tried in vain every advertised
remedy, hns discovered a simple means of self -cure.
which he will send free to his fellow -sufferers. Ad-
dress X. H. Reeves, 78 Nassau -at., New York. '48
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RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
Trains leave the Seaford' station as
follows :--
GOING WEST.
Express. Mixel. Mail.
L02 P. M. 3.35 r. Ir. 8.45 P. M.
GOING EAST.
Express. Mixed. Mail.
10.50 A. M. 2.20r. M. 8.00 A.. M.
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STOVES, TINWARE AND
COAL OIL,
viRS. WHITNEY has just received a large stock
of Cooking,.Parlor and Box Stoves, of the beat
manufacture, which she can sell as cheap as any
in the trade.
TINWARE, of every description,
kept constantly on hand and made th order.
Also, Stove Pipes, Rave Troughlug, etc.
Custom -work promptly attended to, and outside
work -will receive every attention.
COAL OIL.
A large stock of the very best Coal Oil kept con-
stantly on hand, and will be sold wholesale and
retail.
Remeinber the place, CannichaePe Block, Mate
street, Seaforth.
Parties indebted by note or book acoount are re-
quested to settle immediately.
Rags, wool -pickings, old iron, brass, eoppei, etc.,
taken in exchange for goods. 197
NOTICE
JS.HERERY GIVEN that the Municipal Council
of the Township of Morris will, at their next
meeting (19th October next), pass a by-law em-
powering them to sell that part of Alexander and •
Catharine streets which bound lots 112 and 118,
Halliday's survey, Ainleyville, to john Govenlock.
TOWNSHIP CLERK'S OFFICE, WM. CLEG-G,
Morris, Sept. 6 1872. Clerk.
MONEY TO LOAN.
THE subscriber has MONEY to loan to any
-1- amount on good farm property. Interest, SIX
per cent. per annum, when the interest and prin-
ciple are paid yearly, and 8 per cent. per annum
when the interest only is paid. '
A G. McDOUGALL,
227-52 At cheap cash Store, sign of the Bear
MONEY TO LEND.
Ting undersigned has $8,000 and upward, private
hinds, to loan, at 8 per cent. per anyara, 011
Farm property. Charges moderate. Marriage
Licences issued. Apply to
227-52" W. G. WILSON, Zurich.
BOARDING.
11
• modious house, on the Salt Works Grounds,
COLLADAY has leased. the large and cora-
adjoining thc Railway Station, and has fitted it n
as a oar 'ng -house. Good. table and comfortable
rooms. Persons wishing a pleasant boarding-
house should apply, as there are at present a few
vacancies. Transient boarders accommodated at
less than hotel rates. 228
FANCY GOODS & JEWELRY
Bracelets, Earrings and Brooches,
-VIOLINS, CONCERTINAS,
Violin Strings.
WATCH CHAINS;
Gold and Jet.
ALBUMS, ALBUMS,
In great variety,
From 25 cents to $10 each.
R. LUMSDEN,
Corner Drug Store.
WHO WANTS A GOOD SUBSTANTIAL
WAGON, or a Wee STYLISH BUGGY ?
WILLIA1iTRAS8IE
SEAFORTH,
JjAS on hand and for sale a mrinber pi handsome
single and double BUGGIES, all well finished
lind Manufactured of the very best material, Also,
LUMBER WAGONS,
Which, for excellence of build, and ease in running
cannot bo surpassed by any manufacturer in tile
Province.
I few DEMOCRAT WAGONS on hand, .a.14
more making.
WILLIAM GRASSIE sells as cheap as any other
establishment in the CounCY.
BLACKSMITHINC
Ind general :fob Work attended to promptly.
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 now
Prepared to fill all orders in his line of business.
Sash, Doors and Mouldings
ON HAND AND
MADE TO ORDER
On the ehortest notice.
CUSTOM PLANING
Strictly attended to.
HOUSE BLOCKING ALWA.YS ON HAND AND
Promptly supplied.
JAMES BENNETT.
Ainleyville, May 16, 1872. 282-47
SEAFORTH PLANING MILL,
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY
THE subscriber begs leave to thank his numerous
-1- customers for tee liberal patronage extended to
him since commencing business in Seaforth, and
trusts that he may be favored with a continuance
of the same. •
Parties intending to build would do well to give
hint a call, as he will continue to keep on hand a
large stock of allldnds of
DRY PINE LUMBER,
8.A.SIXE 8,
DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
. SHINGLES, LATH, ETC.
He feels confident of giving satisfaction to those
who may favour him with their patronage, as none
but first-class workmen are employed.
i.Partieular attention paid to Custom Planing.
201 JOHN 11. BROADFOOT.
ANTI-001VIBINATION.
SIAFORTH NOVELTY WORKS.
JOHN M, MARTIN
Tulsa:Es to return thanks to Iris customers and
" friends for their generous patronage since as-
suming charge of the above Works, and begs to re-
quest the attention of all who may require any-
thing in his line to the following list of irices, at
which he is prepared to furnish work of a quality
that cannot be suipassed in the trade:
HORSE BART'S, ............$ 5 00
rem GATES, from...... . 3 -50
WAGON RA.CKS ... . 7 00
WHEELBARROWS 4 75
LAND ROLLERS ..$15 and upwards.
SURFACE DRESSING, per 1000. $ 2
FLOORING and beveled BOARDING per 1000... 4
SCROLL SAWING- done bysthe piece or set.
ItEPAIRING lfACJIINES.
I am prepared at all times to repair the wood.
work of reaping and mowing machines, and, in
fact, every other machine that can be mentioned.
Beres babbited.
TO WAGON MAKERS.
The rmdersigned -would also beg to inform Wag-
on and Carriage Makers that he keeps constantly
on hand, till kinds of Bent Stuff suitable for their
work.
Carpenters, Builders, 'Farmers, and the public:
generally in need of any of the above articles
would do well to favor me with their patronage, out
in my new premises, I have facilities for doing this
branch of work -which cannot be surpassed.
JOHN M. MARTIN.
Sea forth Novelty Works,
Goderieh Street. 228
F 0 R
THE CHEAPEST
AVD BEST
FURNITURE,
GO TO
JOHN STAUF.FR'S
AINLEYVILLE.
Sign of the Two Bureaus.
JUNE 18, .1872. 287-52'
CABINET-MAXkit WANTED.
ANTED a first-elass Ca.bittet-maker, to work
at piece -work; good wages.
J. STAUFFER, Ainleyvalle.
PUBLIC NOTICE,
•morricE is hereby given that the undersigned
I have this day entered into Partnership as
Millers and Produce Commission Merchants in the
Village of Seaforth, under the name, style and
firm of AS. P. KENDALL 400.
[Signed,] AS. I). KENDALL, iv
MARTIN CHARLES ORTIL
•
'JAS. _ P. KENDALL & CO.
Beg to state to the Farmers, Produce Merchants
and Dealers of the County of Huron that they
have purchased from Messrs. SHEARSON & CO.
the Mills known as the Seaforth Mills, and wilt
hereafter carry On the same.
All Kinds'of Grain Purchased,
As formerly,
And the ifighea CASE PRICE Paid.
FLOUR exehanoed for WHEAT.
Farmers desiring to exchange can rely upon
getting for their Wheat No. 1 Flour.
FLOUR DELIVERED in any part of the Nil -
*le free of charge.
The undersigned, having had the entire working
management of the Mill for the past three years,
patrons may rest assured that they will receive
the same satisfactory treatment and as good work
as formerly.
JAS. P. KEND.AT.T, & CO.
TN REFERENCE to the above, the medereigned
would beg to thank their numerous cnstomers
for the extensive patronage a.coorded to. them for
the past four years, and trust that the same lib-
eral patronage will be extended to the new firm
whom we have pleasure in beinff able to confident-
ly recommend to our old patrons. All debts due
us, in connection with the Mill must be paid to
Jas. P. Kendall & Co., and all debts due by us, in
connectio'h with the sante, will be settled by the
said firm of Jas. P. Kendall & Co.
W. A. SHEARSON &-CO.
Seaforth, Lug. 21, 1872. 241
T. 11:t 18720
-
GAIETIES.
A man up an New tramps
• named his two children Eberieze
Heid Flora. 'i
P
y StidekyansicktThern as Eb and l
W
man was told that hi
wii'e would probably marry again
'All iight,' said for there U
)36 one man to lament my death,
poor young man remark
commate,t,w
heohnerly,easadtvbiecedietehe ugheytshefre:
capitalists is to live within his
periences is to Eye without an in -
Do bats ever fly in the dee;
time -in nu
atarsalkedhisatteora;ker, felst;i:L1,?sa
tt?:
boys replied. 'What kind of bats?'
Milked the astonished teacher. "BrielH
bats...4onesndBro
? yelled:thebo‘yv: were talkitw,
Of a young clergyman whose preach-
ing they had heard that day. lWhat
-do you think of him?' asked Brown.
think,' said Jones, he did much
better two years ago.' •' Why, he
didn't preach then,' said Brown.
'True,' said Jones, 4 thaeS What I
mean.
—The first bird 1 shot in Amer -
icy,' said an Irish sportsman, was I
a porcupine. 1 treed him under a
haystack, and shot him with a barn
shovelrite first time 1 hit him
missed him, and the second time 1'
bit him in the same place where I °
ed
s_,arhn
yidlhefi
etarmantdamti7:'said
a doc-
t• or to his patient, am truly grati-
fied tosee you yet in life. At my
last visityesterday, you know,
said you had but six hours to Jive
—' Ye; doctor, you did • but aid I
not take the dos:), you 1:4 me.
—There ale some people who
seem so mentally anci
sluggish that one is reininded of the
Irishman's remark, upon watch-
ing the squirmings of a turtle that :1/4
he had decapitated course
he's dead, but the poor cravthur
not sensible of it.'
Wisconsin man has a last
discovered some nse for the peacock.
The ornamental ornithological idiot
will actually eat potato bugs.
Badly Mixed.
at's the matter, Bobr
'Sam, who am 1?'
Why, you are yourSelf,
Herrieon, ain't you
No, farfrom it.'
Why, what's the riatterl'
Well, sir, I'm so mixed up,
don't kno er who I am.'
Don't take it so hard to heart.
T ain't; fni taking' it in iny
handkerchief.'
Well, sir, what 'ia the matter
Why, I am married.'
"Married'? hal hal hal why, sir,
you should be happy,'
'Yes, but I ain't.'
4Why, all married men re sup
posed to -oe happy.'
"Yes, but how many are sot'
(well, sir, as 1 said before, don't
take it so hard--teil ns all about it.'
We:1, Sam, tell you how it
is. You see I married a widder,
and this widder had a daughter.'
f0have been - akina loe-e to this th
diaughhteyre....,s 1 I see how it _ Yim
m
Ith
No I worse than that. You_ see
my father was a widower, and he •
li
married thisl &twiner, so that makes
my father my son itt law, don't-
Weli don't you see how 1 am mixed
np
Well sir, is that all?
(No, 1 only wish it Was. DMA !
you see my stepdaughter is my step ;
!nether, ain't .she Wen. then, her I t'
mother is my grandmother, ain't
She? Well'I am married to her, 11
grandfather,
ain't I
doesn't it?'
1 So that makes me my owr. tu,
Re Xnew Hina Like a Book.
This story comes from Bangor,
Me. :— Near Bangor, in a tittle vil-
lage, there dwelt, many years gone
by, a lay member, who kept week
clays a country store, and ou Suite
days he would preaeh or exhort
around among the neighboring towns
1 where he could find a vacant /Apia 1
vanifdeldieudrtilnlega:iiistahrbs:gehe.the,ceuntry,
taontudecould sell Yankee notion's and
Preach the gospel •eety handy.
Illiev.:1-sash:3nwmany toofioli:beuir) atown:110:
tlheaeyninexitth,iisa,stme in the charge of Ms
.ititpeoFpnienoadpicineegialliimE setlifrn, tie, too
tf.laier yfteraekia:
gavethe
cOouptsilsitiitPedg):°ftadd'briae'il.kblia:phlltd,1aessh, atwvi)ltiieghtsionll'Iyde I
illniJust h.
dbi,e:ltoisIghisniirlrisi. gsearinlatonnt Inwainthnela. 1 patIrc
mit" j_ h , , r, f I) r. . 4. npr
tghtiettile. frii.ocitts :ea rslic:ariq: kiln 0 lie
allIcat wktinl'o'w 'tlAitZ1.1bylltiewlit:nidrlleiidtstfivi:
Many gathereld to hear Sleit:atilir t° 3t:
wnartYti,ct7ethreat ahelitwtrld°rnp7elachbl' I it °,A
j, w ne was - _ /
andsett
and
nex
Iteeata;:a.t.otici et ‘royi
liSe1:81-e't)oxiiiIiitlrf):Ilea; jat low: elmhaoiln)ei dilgi} :4
fore, and said, jowl a/101%h to he i