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TeS a poor head thal cannot
beer a gless of wine,' said the young
man,
Few heads can hear tin busioess
- hours,' was the reply. 81, take a.
friend's advice, froward, and hit the
wine
The last speek-er was past the
meridian of life.- fle bad -a calve
-worn face and deep., thoughtful eves!.
If you studied his countenance When
in:repose, you read in many ef its
litres a reOoral of disappointment and
heartaohe. The other was a hand-%
some young man, with clear, confi-
dent eyes, and a self poised 'till.
You s;tktr that he ha,.1 fttith in *him-
self -a -was hopeful and stronis, atid
meant to will in toe race- of life.
Why do you say in business,
homer; Sle. Ofarkson inquired the
young man, as he held the wine
near his lips,
Because succese in business needs
- a clear head ; and no head is as deer
after a glass of wine is taken as it
was before.'
1N1r. Clarkson said this so gravely
- and impressively that his companion
was stanek by his manner, and felt
that he had spoken from some pain-
,. fa' experience. He stood irreeolete
for a moment and .then set down the
untasteri gle,se of wine.
I Right, my young friend :1 There
eras a tone of satisfaction in Mr.
**Clarks6n1s voice. ,
But,' said Howard. as he moved
back froM a table covere(1 with the
daintiest refreshments and choicest
wine ---a table ,surrounded by beau-
ty and fashion-' 1see many of our
suceessfull iiesiness men he,se and
they are taking wine freely. At a
bridal reception no one can refuge.'
The occasion does not lessen the
danger,' :qr. Clarkson' answered;
'Some men who go from .here this
morning will lie pOorer by nightfall
than- when tlie,y came.'
'In the charm. eS of trade and
speculrition loss tand gani cornes to
some men every day. It is the
natural cou r•seof things.' silid How-
ard.
Bet I mean poorer for the wine
drank here,' replied Mr. Clarkson,
I see Men in this room who have
large businese intereete of their_ own
and others to manage ; interests
that r8quire the coolest judgment
'and the most careful thought. They
will hurry away from\here in a lit-
tle while, and go eiack to -their
offices, their stores,, and i; their count-
ing rooms,. to take up the work in-
termitted for a brief hourhe you -
think they will be as clear headed
as before? As well fitted to grapple
with the issues that dernarid their
highest' ability? Will the e;iner
they have takee be a help or a hind- !
ranee?
'I could tell you a story,' Mr.
Clarkson added, after a pauee, 'se)
full of warning, that its lesson. would
hardly- fail to impress you -deeply.
But this is neither‘the time no the
\Vjflyou make the time and
place 21 asked Howard, whoee in-
,
terest and cur)riSity - were both
awakened.
Yes.'
When and where.'
ehall be home this evening, and
will be pleased to see you. 1 live at
NO. 4a3 - street.'
Thenk
y o a 1 shall- certainly
THE HURON EXPOS:_TOR.
claimed, his face fleshing and paling
by turna. ,
' It is true, my young friend,' was
answered. ' And , I too, was hurt
beyo ad recovery by th1e wi tre .1 drank
in health to the bride. On that oc
(Lesion. It Was: in briSiness hours
and robbed my mini of ' the clear
: sight needed at a 011ie When to.blun-
' der was next to ruin.'
1 am more Isnrjniied than I: can
. express,' was the youug man's re-
mark. ' IN. ty father hurt by wino 7
It seems impossible. . Are- you very
sure about this thii!rg Mr, Clarkson r
,I cannot be inistak.en, The re-
eords of disaster are cut very deep.'
' Will you tall me the whole story?'
' It is still very fresh in in mem-
ory,. It seems an event, of yestsr
_day. 1 had an eugagement to meet
your father aftee the reception.. The
Lake Superior copper mining fever
was then at its height.' YOhr father
was a cool, clear headed man, and
:generally kept aloof' from schemes of
111one y making not, connected with
legitimate trade. , It 80 !happened
that one of your restlese,'saver san-
sanguine men, we." o rue rilways on
the look out •for OM°scheme by
which money can 1)6 made more
rapidly than in competitive mer -
ea utile or man ufat terrine; o p en t Onae,
had made a visit tO 'the Patanagoe,
1 Q601/, and, in company with a
eietentry surveyor, prospected for a
miae. Accerding to his representa:
tion, they had diecovered one of the
rieheet deposits dove in the Whole
Lake Superior regilon, and held the
secret of its location. He had.earne
r en 4 to °tall i Ze a corn pa n y, and had
yet only talked to a few capitaliets,-
Wh 0 had arranged to Meet him at
one o'clock- on the day I referied to,
i a order to get a full developmont of
his plans.
'Neither your father nor i felt
much interest in the matter. • We
had little faith in mining specula-
tions, having seen more money lost
in them thane gained, by a thousand
per ce4. But we had been so
eerongly 'pressed to ,atte.nd: this meet-
ing that we were constrained to be -
present.
!From the . wedding recePtlen,
flushed with wine -we had each
taken three or-four:glasses, and our
heads 0 were not very strong -we
went to this meeting to 'hear aboet
the marvelously -rich deposit of al-
most virgen copper discovered some-
where on tire range of the great
Minnesottieconglomr -ate belt. Maps
and plans were spread before 1.18 ;
specimens Of copper ore 'exhibited ;
cost of land, and the particulars of
Working Mille; and the money need -
el for development, set forth in elo-
quent detail.
I soon saw that your father, in
whose face there was an unwonted
glow, and in whosei eyes shone an
um -gen -11 brightneee„ wae becoming
much inteeeited, wee; foyer/lost ha: -
making inquiries and getting at facts
.and figures. 0 His erditiary coolness
and reserve were gone. He
had permit ted iiiixtsi1 f to _corn e ern der
the magnetism of the plausible in-
dividual wire evis1;ed draw us into
his scheine of forttine making, and
was completely carried .away by his
representations.
too,-eaw goldea visions, and
\viten year: father said, -Gentlemen, I
mean, to go into fhis 0 thing, 1 was
tire tn st to respond 'go do 1 Our
example was infec ions. 0 We had
had the renutation t being prudent,
d - the fact that
an uudevelor ed
The two men eeparited, youne • faisseeing men ; a
Hoteard wondoering why Mr. -Clark°- j we saws 1110110y in
son, shootd haeve manifested any copperenine had a strcng influence
upon those present, none of whorn
had the teheotost suspicion that our
judgment was obscured and our vis-
iou 'distorted by- yine:
There were ten individuals jr
special cencern fir him., t had
been said about the danger `of con-
fusing the etitid with drink in busi-
ness hourelingered in las thoughts,
and the more le6 pondered 'it the
more its significance grew apon
In the- evening lie, °ailed. upon. Mr.
Clarkson as he had promised.
Glad to see you, my -voung friend.'
wag the* kind greeting* lie received.
'1 knew your father years ago ; and
there are many things in my memory
of him that I recall with pleasure.
.Ae was a true nem, Mr. Howard ;
and the world is better for his hav-
ing lived Mite It eras my thoughts
of him that led me to speak as
did to you this morning. I might
almost say that it was a *voice of
warning from your father through-
.
me.
I cannot but feel a. little sur-
prised at thie,' Ito ward i nc1 frankly'.
liNty father used wine. 0 1 have often
seen him take a glass at his own
table when he had company., • He
set i., hefore his guests, ancl partook
of it on secial occasions. At my
sister's wedding reeeption, which oc-
curred during his life time, wine
was served at the reception as (his
morning,'
A shadow dropped over 0 Mr.
Clarkson's face. After alittle silence
he replied. know all this. And
your father never used wine to ex-
cess -,,..did not care much for it -es -was
only- in accord with a sociftl custom.
And yet, temperate' as he. was you
are poorer to -day by many thoosands
of dollars than. you would have Leen
if he had net taken a few glasses of
wine at gone' sister's wedding re-
ception.'
Yon
cannot mean what you say,
Mr. Clarkson!' the young man ex -
1
ent at the .. rueeting.1 ' .Under your
father's le!id and mile, the prelimie
nary organizatiohe f a joint stock-
colupany -was made, and ;i committee
appomted to procur a charter. The
capital was to be two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, divided into
five thousand shares, at fifty dollars
each ; the:money to lie paid by in-
stallinerits as needed. As showneby
full estimates and the results ac -
comp is red in leading mines, not -
over fifty tlionsand .dollars would
have to be expendell before paying
ed. The stock
par, command-
ing fifty dollars .a share for. ten paid
in.
'Yourfather he4led the subscrip-
tion, putting his narne down for two
thousand shares. Ts faith and ex-.
ample -were potent with me, and I
followed with a thou;eand more. Iu
a, few minutes the [whole subscrip-
tion was full ; and ,we had a corn -
pact organization of ten men, two of
whom'your father. aud 1, held thee
controlling influence ; our propor-
tion of shares being three fifths of
rhe whole number. 0- /It was voted
to pay itt at once' two dollars a
share, or ten thousand :dollars, in
order to make a eaSh payment on
the land; and to getiunds for begin,
ning immediately the wok of.open-
ing the mine: The charter would
come and the company organization
- proceed in due course.
I went away frons that meeting
feeling strangely. - 10n going to my
store, -I remember litting down at
1 -
returns Were obteiu
would then rise to
IMy deek, and resting iny.head be-
tween U13; hands, trying to think-
, just where ( stood and what I had
been doing!: ' I remember saving to
toys& fess. the ex ci tem ell t 117ider w h tell
Iliad beencl a bm ii-e:t Cooled down and
..
terv firttin ka clear cr; i: Have I been
dreinning or acting the fool -7' 1 Wee
doing a. moderately profitable busi-
.
ness, ,that regeirsd careful working.
My capital 'while snffieient to ensure
saccese, was not large,. and: needed
to be Well enrod for rind handled
ludicrously. l could not take tveo
thousand dollarS fecal] it Without dee
ranging reeaceleolatiens, and Unlit -
in some degree, nry.operatione..
And yet:el had put down my name
for a. thouseurl sharee of stock, at a.
per value of fifty dollars ieach, =.end
iniglit be called -ul)on. to pay aseees-
monis to. the full arnetint 1 , I felt
the cold sweat on my forehead. r. 1
. said to myself, ' What came- over
me ?. ' I. must have•lost my -senst;S 7'
Then it flashed int my thonieht
that the Wi.l10 drank i t your eister's
yNeption had -been th evil ,influetiete
yvaich led inc estray the blinding
power that nbscured my judgmeht.
I Was startled at the revelation --
etartled and ashamed.
':But there 'eves ow no going
back-. upon what 1 Intc done, • I had
'entered into on hone) tble contract,
and Could not w itho uu oss ot basiS
ueas standing; refuse te meet . itsye-,
.
gum:merits. Your f alter camelto
seinclate in the aft amoon to talk
over' the -new -mining enterprise. ; .I
saw that his fine entlerfeiasm Wi LIN
ts(r011ie ; and did not fi il to. observe
nothing but a morbid „sense of mer-
cantile hunor kept me from repudi-
ating, the whole . If .1 lead .
done so I would hay° saved myself
end others ,from these' .ertzel losses
and disappointments. -
*" I have tang since divined: the
-cause of both you t folly and mine,' 1
;11-4)-je
'i'Srci.ou•letve :' He spoke with a
nervous thi•ob in his voice,: The
color deepened in h is face. 1 le
looked flt me with smnething like
startled sespicion in his eye's.
• Wine is a meeker,' 1 said.
I Wino What lias wine to do
with a copper atoek company 7' be
ask‘e'dit more to do with this one'
I imagine-, than yort may have sus-
pected. •
Ile looked at Me steadily for a
moment or two. 1 saw bis counte-
nance ,ehange. .As his eyes full
slowly to the. ground a deep sigh.
parted his lips.
Good mornine lie sail, an in-
stant :-Ifterward he strode away. He
had understood me.
Trouble never comes i alone.
1. With sixty thousand dollarS taken
'from your fathee's businese, and
nearly twee ty thousand out of mine,
WO Were both in peril. To reach
port, we must have. a stheioth Rea
, and favoring winds. But We had.
neither. The :cell .a sudden panic
.that in referring to t le copper peo-
.
elect:his. mired rested moee upon the
work that had to be lone than On
the splendid resnl te to be obtained.
He was not sure *thas the sanguine
individual who had le 1 us into this
scheine Was the • coOl, reliable
aimed man we needed -for the man-
agement of Ot21! affairs 11 the mining
region.. His calm, s long, placti-
Zell mind was going over the whole
ground in sobei• eernest ; and it %Naas
1)1 tin that the rosv!hu .s which had
so pleased onr eyes a few hours. be-
fore, were fading fast a voy..
But he was not. oil to look ba .k
after once putting his rands te ay
work. '1-16 was Sensit ve, and prou
and more willing to fee an enen y
and dare a loss ithan to ackerowled 8
a mistake. 0 'Under tleainflaence of
esm, he had
epitaliets and
)lining enter-
?algc-,,d to the
r clm•ter was
ion of olliceirs
er made pees -
The cafe
es and disap,
for the licit
Ins unwonted entire:ter
-drawn a number of -c
mu of business in tp z*t
Ini80,' and. he. ft4f P'
Work ,of its eeccese,.
At an early day, eu
at -ban d„ when an Oka
WaS held, and your feth
ident of • the coMpariy
and work, the aexieti
peiritments he eudured
-year' or two,in his efferts to uninaie
the 'affai1s..4 the compapy broke his
spirits rind' impaired!. his bealti.
money was poured in o the Mine
like water into sand • assessnient
iiei asaessuient was made; until
each shareholder'. had paid la his
thirty. dollars a 2liare. -Tt: 'was im,
poesiblefoe rue to take. thirty them...,
sand do1lareoet of my nosiness
without destroying it, so 1'
for_cod to e11eIndf my et °cit. at 'a loSs
of fifty centeon *the dolear. I carried the balance et a crippling cot.
iJut,our father paid' at each -aSses-
DleSnt„ he had sixty, thousand
dere:ire locked up in cereificates; that
eorrathanded 110 dividerds, and had
eeased to be qeoted ata....t any price .
in the stock market.
‘:1 willuot detail e experieuce
we had in copper: mining. .It wt!ts
centin tied series ,o f disapeointments,
from the time ground was broken.
until the work witsabn idoneel Ore
was found, 'but neve
quantities. What was.
-ket paid us about a mil
a:dollar -expended in
Oer superintendent, w
money were. incesS'ant,-
in the 'nest glowing te
indication' was good..
surely approaching_ one
lodes which. other_ el
struck -in that region, ,
Ment we reached it, our,
• *n
sent to mar -
a pour -Idler
'vomiting it.
rise callS fey
lways wrote
ens. Every
We were
of the grey
rt
eraters had
nd tfie
stock would
go_ up to, and ler beyond par,
the lode was never found. At the
end of year 1.t1cl a half the mine
wireabndoned.
in fivanciel circles ; banks .reduced
their lines of discounts • and rates of
interest went up to ruinous 'fleures.
Trade sympathized and fell off.
Weak houses began to Dotter and go
down, and spronger ones to shoti
signs of trouble. I struggled and
sacrificed, 'and held on wir,17 desper-
ate energy Iwb vainly. My boats
- went tinder. .;
!MOW that your father was
badly crippled; and %alien f thought
O of him, it WIth with a concern made
acute by' My own sense of danger,
One day, in passing a large ;Ierction
house, I saw him rite') .forlh and
stand for a mornentelooking bewild-
ered and agitated. I crossed over to
him and said: Good morning
O .1\1.4.0. I -1 -ward. Nothing wrong,
13
Ruin ! That is all 1' he an-
swered with forced cohnni!ss.
'Oh, !' 1 returned. 'Nob
so bad as that 1'
He drew his atm- in mine, and
we walked away. After. a little
while he spoke, his. voice 1.6ssteady
than before.
s' 'Yes, my friend, ruin -and the
cause you know. too well. Toesa.ve
myself, I forced a sale of -our- pro-
,pertty on:Walnut street, and it has
ilia been strucli.- &mil at al little
over half what I would havi tak-
taken in business hours !'
en for it a month agoAnd ti -at
.
means rhin 1 The sum to4e. re-
ceived will not meet my wants, and
shall -be forced to suspend after all;
O with assets and resources diminish-
ed by the amount lost in that' disas-
trous sale 1'
- And all this,' f could not help "
saying, with bitter ernphasi4 eomes
as a. result of a glass r two of wine
He caught my ar1i with .a end -
den grip. There wa41 a wile!, des-
perate, half angry loo in his face.
-OCT.
eeterienetauserseseses
were added to his - miscellaneousI
stock. Every emit was invested •
and turned. over. Of - course his I
father charged no board, no lodging, '
no rent, and the funds Aecumniati.d
until, he made the proposition to his
parents to take one of tire -windows
of the listle store ; this he diet end
busineee flourished, he went on to the I
street., bopped with. his poor lame
leg on to 'farm waggons and was
quite an extensive easli buyer it a
sinall Way ; LT11101'8 kuew
valued his honesty, relied upon his
word 'Ind adinired his pluck, and so *i
he went on -until a few <bets ego, ,•
he took stock whieh 'with over $500
in_ the Sevings Bank corner of ...Ntain,
be found th it he was worth in
saleable goods $655 waking $1,1:50,
the totel profits of a well invested
dime, first pat to use not yet two
years _ogo.=-Darfutport-Denwerat.
8PEOIAL NOTICES _ •
1'1 It EA le FAST-EITS'S 0 0 C 0 Ass --(74 it AT EF1.- L
AND COM FO ItT IN , By a 'thorough
knowledge of the natural laws welch
govern the operations of digestion and
nutrition, and by a careful application of
the line properties of well -selected cocoa,
Mr. Epps has Provided our breakfast -ta-
bles with a delicately flavored beverage
'which may saec us many doctors' bills."
- (1;ril S'erriee aftretle. Made simply
with boilina Water or milk. Bach packet
is labelled-"JAmEs Errs & 00,, lionice-
°path i,e Chemists, London." Also, mak- ;
ers of Epps' :Milky Cocoa Wocou. and !
Comlinised
Is the mind a ponderable or an
imponderable substance ; an essence,
vapor,: or an . indescribable something
whih connot bcgrasped, felt or y% ithheld?
Al'an thinks, studies, inventst tires the
brain by overwork, Etna loses ids Tea,SOn ;
rests his intellect, becomes . uses
restoratives, and. again thinks. When
we reflect that a power of endurance can
be imparted to the brain, and that weak
minds have been restored- to 'strength 1b5
Fellows' Compompl yiupO1 Itypophes-
ph i t es, .we con not! but eonclude- that the •
subtle power is really ponderable Matter,
from the fpct that the indredients: are
Supplied which render it support and give
eteriene"wasets
1872,
WHO WANTS A GOOD SUBSTANTIAL
WAGON, or'a nice STYLISH BUGGY ?
WILLJANI GRASSIE
bEAFORTII,
AS on hand and. for sale a number of hanasoino
1f,tibi„0.1 linished
manufactured ,I the 'rely best ma leriai. Also,
LITMBER WA (.4 ON 8,
. Whieh, ter exeelleese of build, and ease in naming
O eahnet be surpassed by any itutenfarturer i the
Pros inee.
A -few liEMOCliAT WAGONS on band, slid
item! making.
WILLIAM eillASSIE iss cheap as any other
set ablishment ni the Cr and y.
ELACKSMITHINII
Amt General :lob Wmk attended te premptly.
LEY V l LLE
I )1 .); MILL,
SASH, DOOR piND BLIND FACTORY
O The subscriber hat ing hoeult: out the above
Mill, also the et ed -mill vi the late faro, is now
prepared to till a;1 oiders in his line of business.
Sash., 1)0()Is aird M.oriblings
ON :ITAID AND
MADE TO ORDER
fln t.L.,„
CUSTOM I'L
.1. -1-
titriati) attended to_
HOMO; BLOCKING T.,WAYS ON HAND AND
Promptly supplied.
.1.12.1E
Ainleyville, May 1872.
SI 13ENN2:Eir4..
7
SEAF011Til PLAI'CING MIL)
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY
THE subscriber begs leave to thaut his imintrous
' ' fur tlie) .1 pa ionast. Ntended to
hhn sinee eunimenving busiliemiii st,tforth, and
trusts thet he may be favored wlth a etnainuance
of the same.
Parties intending to build would do well to give
him a call, as he mill e.)11thiae. kzreP on Lana a
large stock of all kiutis t;f
DRY PINE Lff.)-IBEii,
s"..t s if Es,
'BLINDS, AIOULlie.i.CLS,
1)0(S111.,NGLE8, LATI1, ETC.
He feels confident if ghing eatisfattion to those
who may favour him with their patronage, as none
but hest -des:- workmen are emplo$ad.
1,z-Partiettlar a thettion piaid :to Custom Planing.
201 'JOHN 11 BROADFOOT.
it vitality. l'ersons who study hard A NTI--00:\I B !NATION.
-
should pia:et:rye their balance of ower by p
SEAFQRTH NOVELTY WORKS.
usieg the Syrup.
• -
• Thomas' Beleetrio Oil, _
tifizTII TY:14 'MAMA` ITS' WED;HT IN' GOLD: no yor
asaiw N1 1i(; or IT ? NOT, IT 15
There are but."];:i:v: 1'1(31;C l'i;1a112a..tions of medicine
whieh have eitlistood the it:timid:LI judgment, of
the people for ;ter geettt neth of time. One of
these is Tia texas' Ex.ecritre Om. purely a prepar-
atiou of six of some Of tan- best oils that are known
etteh out' poesessing virtaes of its own. , Seitaitific
physicians kuow that medieinesanay be formed of
several ingredients in . certain feted proportions of
greeter power,. and producing effectu which could
never resnit from the nee of auy one of them, or in
differeumb
t caituttions. Thus in the preparation
of this oil a ehemieal cheeses takes pleee, forming
eompound which could not by 'my possibility be
I mule from nny other combine tion or proportions
of the stone ingredients, Iaan) other ingredient:a
and entirely differeet from anythiug ever before
xxiuIe.(nee which moduces the most astoniehingre-
s tilts; and having a- wider range of- applieation
than any intalichre ever before discovered'. It (Mu-
tants no elealail or tithes volatile liquids, eon:e-
go en (Iv oit's Ito Lb 1 Ise les evaporation. Wherever
applied YOU gettim benefit of every thop ; whereas
with other preparations nearly all the aletand is
lost in that war, and you get only the smell Innen-
thy of oils whfe'n they may eontain.
soh, kgent,, ro Si, N. TI.I(i..11AS, Pneetet, N.
3.
And NORTHROP & LIMAtv
N, Neettstle, Out.,
. Domasum.
Ntere.---Electric--Seleeted Eleetrized.
Sold in. Seaforth by E. Rielteim & Co. and R.
Lumsden.
•
.lt went off slo w ly and :its ungers, as
slowly'lelaxed their. hold upOn my
aun,
We parted iivithou t- ait,oth€r
word, and the sulij 6et was -never_ ie-
.
fevSed to again. Your father: went.
tariYoug,h his painful ordeal and •Came
-oLit with a sdiallreintiant of prliperty
after paying his debts..1 1.ost_evet3;-
t1iing,_anct have been a poor in` an'
ever since. He was mode ately
auccesful in new business enter wises.
At his death he left an e*tate vorth
at least a luindred thouSand ollars
less than it would have been if he
had nob tasted wine in business
hours. -T. 1S. rant'''.
How a :Dirae Bedanie a, 11' cruse
and Dollars.
,
On Seeond street, , awes' ugAvn.
west near the tryst ward liVe$ a
boy, lame from birth, with co Igeni-
tal hip. disease. parents I
small groceiy store, and aye: W
dastrious, eeonomical and
working Germans. About t
two months ago this bey
ricleing -) f * • •
I shall never forgot the meeting similar trifling service We.1. r ward-
ed with ,ft dime, InsteAd of the
O eandy store or the toyshop rOeiv-
ing this first money the you
had evei. bad of his own, . a
thought struck him and he b
O two boxes of matches fret
father, and retailed them at a
each -within an hour. He as
, vested and the firsb evening
possessing the ten_ cents capita
him master of 25 cents and
.dpt
hard,
enty-
igster
right
rtglrilsb
clime-
inittf
liis
saw
three
boxes of matches. The next daee,
he invested his quarter in washire,s
blue and . more matches. His
father humored him and g
him priority of customers th-a.
line. Before a week he had quite
a little stock of goods paid for dis-
played under an umbrella, on a table
in front of the store windows., He
now made his purchases dixe0 from
w olesalers and became independent
of his father. A pair full f ice
cold lemonade, a box of Mille soda
and a stock of melons and ripe fruit
-1 for
,„ ,- net s rip or borne
O ofithe directors at which we voted to
etOp work: Your lath ne who prri-
sided at the meeting sit in the chili •
-1 more .liko a statue than a ]i in
man. 3zAt its close f AN illted away
'with Mar. He was no inClined t11)
talk. I SaNir that he was. deeply
mortified and evidently much tror-
bled, He had put sitty thousan
dollars into this bubble aud it ha
brtr-st. The land for Which we pai
twenty thousand, W 0 1.11 d not sell for
enough to meet the claims that still
stood ,against the company. So, all
was gone. As we paused at the
corner of the street where our ways
parted, he said, with much bitter,
mess : 'To think of me being such !
fool! I cannot account for. it, ex
eept on the grounds of temporar
insa,nity., In less than an hour afte
I put bay name down for two thou,
sand shares! of that accursed stock, I
linew that I had committed the
greatest blunder of y life; and
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POOR COPY
O 'rite Clreat 1?epttrai4, .erat:dy,
Jou PEtaolucAL
TTITTI8 itivaluable inediciiie ll:1 the
e ore of ell those pitillftli :Intl all lIgt.r011S
tU tht! 'female enustitution etiblett. It
+tnotleratt s all eXeeSS anil removes all ulistritetiohs,
and %speedy cure inns-
i.n a shOrt timoyhrhig tm the monthly perioa With
regularity.
These should not be taken by Females
during th t; lirst th.ree months of lregnatty*, ILS
are sure to bring on 31laeurriage, but al aary Zther
le e theY tire Hale.
s In till eeses of 'Nervous teia Affeetions,
pallet in the letck natl. limbs, reliant: on slight ex-
ertion, palpitatiou of the 'heart, hysteries, and
whites, these pills will effect s. ease when nu Other
Tfleans have failed:- tied although a pOwerful
rethetiy, ao not zootaia iron, calomel, autnnosty, or
anytlinig hurtful to the constitution.
Full tli*(tjl,,uj)1l the pamphlet Around_ each
paclotes, hick should be e.trefully preserved.
job Aloses, New Task, Sole. Proprietor. 81.00 end
194 cents for postngts euclosed to Northop
N'ewenstle, Ont. genereI ageuts for the Dominion,
insinss hiottle, contitining, over 5() pills by
return inttil,
L- Sold in Settforth by E. Hickatei & Cp., and
107-6
he relied on.
d'o Married ladies, it 'is meet Burly stilted. It will
R. Luinsden,
&you) QuA..tu(s..-A VICTIM OF EAR-
-s itervouadebilitsaprena-
titre decityAe.,having hied in vain every taleertised
rem etlyt leis rliscovered a simple means of 001f -cure.
which he will send free to his fello*-stiffeeers. Ad-
dress 3.4 Reeves, 78 ::Stissausst., New York. '48
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RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
Traiits leave the Seafort• h station as
follows
ExPress.
1'. 0'2 P. •Nr.
Express.
0 0 ING WEST. -
:Wised. Mail.
3i5 P. M. 45A.. i.
(10i1X0 'EAST.
10.50 A. M. 2.20 P. SI. 8. oy
MONEY -TO LOAN.
s,UY
ahseriher has. 'ONEto loan to any
-1- amount on good farm propertY. Interest, SIX
Per cent. per annum, when the intereist and prin-
ciple axe paid yearly, and 8 per cent. per tinsauxu
when the interest only is: pa id.
A G.Art•DoUGALL,
297-112 At eiseap cash Store, sign of the 'loan
MOMEY TO LEND.
THE undersigned has $0,000 and upward, private
lauds, to ioau, at -8 per eent, per tuanuia,
Farm property. Charges mederate. Aittrriage
Licences issued. . Apply to
22,7-52' - W. G. WILSON. Zuricth.
BOARDiNG.
T.T COLLADAY has leased the large . and com-
itiodious house, on the Salt Works Grounds,
adjoining the Itailway Station, and has iittea it up
as a boarding-house. G-ood table and comfort le
TOORIfi. Persons wishing a pleasant boar _
house sb.ould apply, as there are at present a few
vacaueies. Traneient boarders accommodates/Sit FLOUR exChanged for IVIIEAT.
I- - 1 tina prepared at, 0.11 times to repair the wood-
work of reaping mid mewing machines, and in
fact, every 1.stIser finiehine that can be e
mntioned.
Bmao; babbite.
. il.
. JOHN M. MARTIN
MITES to retern thanks to his et:haunters and
friends for. their generons patronage- einee as -
miming charge of the above Works, and begs to re-
qneet the attention Of all who °may reqnire any-
thing in his hoe to the following list et priees, at
lvinch be is prepared to furnish work ,td a quality
that clumot be surpassed insibe untie t
HORSE RANY's -S 5 tal
FARM GATES, from._ 50
• WAGON RACKS , 700
WHEE T.DAR I OW -8 0 4 75
LAND ROLLIalas aud .upwards.
SURFACE DRESSING, per mon S
FLOORING and hsveled BOARDING per 101104
SCROLL wt:th by thekiece.Or set
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O
REPAIRING -MACIHNES.
TO WAGON MAKERS.
O The andSrsigned would. also beg to'inferm Wag-
on aud Carriage :tinkers that he keeps eoilstt1ntiy
on hand, all kinds of 13ent Stuff suitable for their
O Carpenters,. Builders,- Farmers. and the publie-
generally in need of any ef the- above articles
O would do well to fttvor ine with their patronage, as
.1u nav uew proudeess, have facilities for doing this
branch of work -which nna1otbe surpaseed.
JOILN M. /MART
Selforth Novelty'Worke,
Goat:rich Street. '228
0 It
}iE:CHEAST
.AID BEST
URNITURE,
0 TO
JOHN STAUFFER'S
NLEY VILLE .
Siull of the Two Direaus.
1 JUNE 18, 1879.
207-52
CABINET-NT:AKER WANTED.
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A,VANTED a first-class Cabinet-maker, to 'work]
Y 1- at piece -work; good wages.
X. STAUFFER, Akuleyville.
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PUBLIC NOTICE.
'N°hTatvCeEthisisjItitbl:tyelItaftit:retn.d tinilatLo thl'eatalettnetrhisipaneaas
Millers and Prod oce Commission Icreltants in the
Villege of Seafortb, antler the name, style and
firm of JAS. P.N
. NEDALL & (20.
(Signed,] JAS. P. KENDALL,
MARTIN CHARLESWORTH.
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JAS.- P. Kill* DM! & CO.
Beg to statato the Farmers, Produce Merchants
end Dealere of the County of Huron that they
have purchased from .11essrs. SHEARSON & 00.
the Mills known as the Settfortli 'ATMs, and 'will
hereafter carry on the sane.
1111 Kinds of Grain Purchased,
'As formerly,
Awl the Ilightst CASII PRICE Paid_
less than hotel rates, 228
Farmers desiring to exehange can rely upon
getting for their Wheat No. 1.F1our.
LONDON COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
AND
-Telegraphic Institute,
The fo-iemost praetical business school of the Do -
million. Our plan o; actual business transactions
hes not yet been excelled in British America_ Our
graduates are largely sought after -by heftiness men:
Our course is a real business experience; introduc-
-hag tbe student to a miniature world of trade, and.
teaching hbn to overcome the most diffieult trans-
actions. Phonography and Telegraphy most 'care-
fully taught. Students ean comment:0 any week
day in the year. No vacations. The intending
student should enter at once, or -write for
Circular to
JONES & CO.,
251-3 Proprietors, London, Ont.
FLOUR DELIVERED in any part of the
lege free of ehargse
The undersigned., having had the entire working
management of the Mill for the past three years,
patrons may rest ales -urea that they will receive
the same satisfactory treatment and as good work
as formerly. -
JAS. P. liENDALL & CO.
JN REFERENCE to the above, the untlersied
would beg to thank their inuaerons customers
for the extensive patronage accorded. 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 pleaeure in being able to confident-
ly recommend to -our old petrone. AR debts due
us, in connection with the MIll ulna be paid to
Jas. P. Kendell,& Co., and all debts due by us, in
einmectiore with the eame, will be settled by the
said firm of Jas. P. Rendell & Co.
W. A. SHEARSO.N & 00.
Seafnrth, Aug. 2'1., 1872, 246
OCT.
rner" Among the
lemma':sirreulev.
a‘tIrrelleilt,stIB*eoe:t'on. Neither e
ri
ale not
ot Tilitel:fteed.d1s
and 7,:111niti*litisss
Afiica do
iow
taileaacylliraothn.aegeten;latibehwd,l
di iAl:coaisiltils:eterispeffoap:e
vi
kind. They have as mans- wi
thee, haVo Mean.; to
many in ,eivilized eon
thoreVainteys:riutw
hutwith
gold, rf)1
thirty; fifty or a 11111111M1
O given for a wife,
iccorxiing
girl is yonng, and Aiertedif-u3.oy
wise. One boLl Zeila opemtO e
large capital once bought up
rung And desirable girls
O niaconirretik:tai.faitlhwe,bYolhzlented gi
O to*
him
<fon
m)ocstere(n'tihtentwt
Vre
distress, and this disastrons
things attracted the anent
their government, Ulla the:
rence of it W1S prevented by
whioii 'V% the leea of
to be only ten cows, ..te
collect more than this by
intly receive fifty if be will,
can force no one to -Day trq
ten. -Boston, Traveller.
-4o
dcikce.
Difil n
-Some persons are her
deuce. It is hereditary, ai
in. the blood of families,
familiar association with
companions, especially of •01
age, is one of the most effect
edies for existittitional dif
white at the same time yo
are oftea renlered mere dil
O coining in daily contaetwit
assuming, awl arrogant
Respect and confidence mi
towards persons beget confi,
those for whom they are
while brow-12eatin,,o m
fro
i
natures nspires self distrin
is another name for difful
resolute and persevering:
overeoire diffidence work
as in almost everything s
ytrihingli
fully, Self -con
, can be cultivated. Th'
hand just what you, ve.
how you wish to at, an
mit yourself to falter. 0Y
surpiised that yonr confid
be overcome so easily an
that you should eve]
perieilked such i feeling.
A Wondertul Peari
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Our famous horticultut
lir. C. 4. Uillerlof Niag,
r
at our ecent exhibition
related to us the hbtory
tree growing on his farm
gil. The tree is IA least
old, and at its base measurt
inches in circumference-,
-or six yeAts aoeo a large Hui
ang some 207 inches thr
broken offin atsterm, else
made in the utak has be
fastened by a s.trong ox
Allier's. predecessor On
some fteen years atv,
he had picked 100 buslie
off the tree, and inee 3
became proprietor, lie has
in one year picked 211
good fruit, and the t,
grown to a gi eat 1100
or ten barrels more' hiv
The tree is still in goo
originally a seedling an
is now grafted, and some',
lett pears grown thereth
hibited lqr.'
There is also another
Use, but some ten years
of the other, and we 11./IJ
O prolific with somewhat
sults. -Guelph 3.fercurg.,
Prosperity After .&
The Chicago Ttibune
-up the i•esults of the yea
ettys
A remarkable featim
O work, whielt is reprost
O issue ofihe Tribnue, is
sality of the increase of
appears in every bran
retail and wholesale..
crease in commerce, inc
number of buildings, ,
O money invested, inerea
tion, increase in wages
receipts and shipments,,
taxes, increase in everyi
some of our neighborin
mey be tempted to bur
O up in order to securo
tages of increltse for -t
O may be *well for ther
that, while Chicago, a
bad to attend to her 1
great dis+ribnting eext
O of the county, f
!very busy restoring
-This has beera i ad
regular business of fhts
tlit; unparalleled volur
tions does not afford
deacements to St Loin
and Cincinnati to h tee
inth:nwreJyO for th
creasing their business,
*eve
:Extraordinary r1/1-1
The Fort William
,of the Clavoio Hera
44 4* ILWat A 1001141 thi
sir' in the empleymen