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A YOUNG HERO.
"Ay, ay, sir, they're :art sea-
men enough, no doubt, Wein Dal-
matiens, and reason good,. toe, Keg&
they man half the Austrian navy ;
bet they aiatt got the aeasonin' of an
Xeittislinian, put it kow yer Will l"
ram standing on the upper -deck
of the Austrian Lloyd steamer,
looking my last upon pyramidal
Jaffa, ret it rises npipi terrace after
terrace of stern grey Masonry against
. the lustrous evening sky, with the
foateetipped Ineakers at its feet
itedside me, with his elbow on the
handrail, and his pit e between his,
._ teeth, lemiges the stalwart chief,
engineer, as thorough_ an English-,
man as if he had_ not spent two-
thirds of his lite abroad, ancV de-
lighted to get hold Of a listenet who
(as he phrases it has been about a
bit."
" No ; they ain't got an -English-
man's seasonint" he continues, per-
suing his criticism of the Dalmatian
seamen, • " A -
and what's more, 4
EI
ain't got an
nglishman's it 'mkt
neither, not when it comes toattetil
scrape." _
"Can nO one but an English tan
have any pluck, then" ask I, I ugh -
hag.
"Welt, I won't just go for to say
that, e' course a man as is a man
. Jun have pluck in him all the world
over. I've seen a Frencher tackle
a shark to save his messmate : and
I've seed a Rooshau stand to gun
atter every man- in the battety,
barrin' himself, had been blowed all
to smash. But, if yer come to that,
the pluckiest feller as ever I seed
warn't a Man at all !?
"What was he, then l—a wo-
man?"
"No, tor that neither ; though
mark ye, I don't go for to say *t.s
how women ain't got pluck too ----1;
some on 'em at _Toast: My old
•,
'omen, now,
saved me once front a
lubber of ePortigee as was just a-
goin' to stick a knife into me, when
she -cracked his nat with - a hand-
spike. (You. can hear her spin the
yarn yourself, if you liken to pay as
a -visit when we get to Conttanti-
nople.) But this un as I'm a-talkini.
on was a little lad not much bigger'n
Tom Thumb, (July with a sperrit of
his own _as tel ha' blowed up a man --
o' -war a'most. Would yer like to
hear &tout itt" •
I eagerly assented ; and the nar-
rator, -knocking the ashes out of his
pipe, folds his brawny arms upon
the top of the rail, and Commences
as follows,: ,
" 'Bout threeyears ago, afore I got'
this berth as J'm in now, I was
second -engineer aboard a Liverpool
steamer boned, for New York.
There'd been a lot of extra cargo
aent down at the last minute, and
we'd had no end of a job_stowin' it
away, and that ran us late o' start -
in'; so that, altogether, as you may
think, the. cap'n warn't altogether
in the sweetest temper in the world,
nor- the mate neither; as for the
chief -engineer, he was an easy -gone'
sort o' chap, as nothin' on earth
could put out. But on the rimming
of the third day out from. Liverpool,
hecum down to mein a precious hur-
ry, lookin' as if somethin' had Put.
him out pretty censiderably.
"Tom," says he, " whet; d'ye
think I Blest if we ain't found a
thr 0 that Way o' thinking mysel •
for 1 never yet seed a coinmC
Il
street-Tierab (as they calls „"ten now)
carry it'd( like him. You might
heerd.a pin drop, as ,the mate
ke. , , •- .
' Well, you young whelp," atm
in his grimmest voice, "what'
richt you here"
'
le teete
" It was my stepfather as dem)
' hid the boy in a weak little
[bet as steady as could be.
ther's dead, and mother's mar-
ried again, and my new father says
as bow he won't have no brats about
eittin' tip his wages ; and he stow-
ed tne away when nobody ' warn't
lookin', and guv mesome(nub to:
e , ,
keep niegoin' for a day or two till III
got to. sea. He says I'm to go to
Aunt Jane at, Halifax; and heie's
her address." 1 ,
;
"' And -with that, he slips his hand
into the breast of his shirt, and out
with a scrap o' paper, awful dirty
and crumpled tep, but with the ad-
d ess on it, right enough.
"We all believed every word ou't,
en without the paper ; for his
br
it
C
IC
1
name) but I'll be bound God heard
iteeve'ey word. —Then he ups on
,
letitilattOgain, and puts lite thatethe
bilifietitttn, and says to t,heanate,
quite Ottttly, " I'm readY,7"
• " iAnitihen sir, the mate's 'hard
• et 1 f
grigk 0,ilefbroke up all to once, like
I'veseed the ice in ,t1te, Witte. He
snatched up the b�' in "his arms,
ited kissed him,- and busd, Out .a--
crv in' like a plikl • and', lettti.*
there ware t one of us as didn'tdo
the eetme. -.Pknow I did for one....
" God bless you, my boy!" says
liettiaitithibci.4'clitlilteliatteeltlitig-
great hard hand. " You're a -true
Englishmen, . eery inch of you :
wouldn't tell -a lie•te save'your life 1.•
Well, if So he your father's cast ye
off, I'll be your father from. this day
forth ,tand if I ever forget you', then
may God forget rae !"
. "And he kep' his word, too.
,When we -got to Halifax, he found
out the little un's atuat, and give
her a lump, o' money to make hien
comfortable ; end, now. he goee. to
see tb ,:yoeugeteit every voyage, ea -
if-retitle as tican be ; and to see the
ok, and his voice, and the way he pair on-' kern together --the little
e
si oke,tv as enough to . show that e ap so fond o' hid, and not bearin'
;r
t 'ere rn't a har'poith n' lyin' in him a bit of grudge—it's 'bout as
hWhole skin. But the Mate didn't pretty .a sight as ever I sed. And
0
em to'rswaller the yarn at all ; he now, sir, axin' yer parding, it's time
ly sheugged his shoulders t.vith.a for me to be goin' below, so I'll just
ind of grin, as ,much as to say, wish yer good-night.--Chantbere.
" too old a- bird to be caught etttat--
rith that kind o' chaff ; and , then A Remarkable Dog Fight.
e says to him " Look- here my L.Tncle John's' Defeats add Final Rfivenge.
master ok the king of clogs, and
ping. a sly wink at the crowd,
" Well, what do you say to iettin!
Pem together in the morning 7"
right," said Uncle john.
bound to. be off .borne nighty
airly in the mornin', but if you'll be
ready, directly after latiokfast,
won' mind mind paving you tuat one
tare turn anyllow et"
_The remor soon speed through
.the village of Sparta, that a great
dog fightiwas to come '-off nexeday by
Sunrise, and the whole vicinity was
the ettievivee Our bero ettalaiii-
e.d that his clog was so vit,trus that
he was compelled to keep hint closely
.confined. 131timecl;" said he, " if
I bleeve he knows his own, master
yit." So it was arranged. that his
dog was to remain in the out -house
—an old trite or barn, by the way
—and that the other dog was, to be
unchained anti. turned in with. him
at a given signal. By deylight
everybody was up and ready. for the
fray. The old barn in whieh uncle
John's dog was shut eifas so dark
that only his outlines -e -just enough
to indicate that he was "a sho miff
'doe "—could be detected. Bets ran
high, the odds being ali an favor of
the great victor in so many 'hotly
contested: fights. Ude .John stak-
ed a round hundred against a like
sum Gf the inn -keeper's. Time Was
called, the ferocious bull -dog sniffed
his antagonist through the cracks
of the old barn, growled defiance fot
a moment, and When ue,Chaited and
the window . 'Opened, Int lit in at. a
single bound.
Ah! then and there was hurry-
ing to and flee- and flying fur, and
sputterings of distress, and cheeks
all pale which an hour ago hlushed
with a quart of rum, or somethieg
less. Men, women and children
outside were running round that
crib, tryieg to peep in through the
cracks and crevices. Stich a ttpatter-
ing, sputtering, growling yelling,
gnashing of' teeth and caterwaul-
irtg has never been heard in agparta
7)Itifoteette9orrh,c:tti
from that day to this. The tavern- faaetreitrotek,,amegettuasee
I id, that's all very fine, but it won't A Nashville correspondent cif the,
c o here—some of these men o' mine Louisville Courier-Jouinal is respon-•
re in the secret, and I mean .to have Bible for the followins account of a due
i 'out of 'em. Now, you just point fight, which he is pleased to call thrhe
ut the coenc as stowed you away most remarkable that evertoccurred-
lad fed you, this very minute ; if in Tennessee : There is, at the pros-
ou don't it'll be the worse for ent writing, a Member of the Meuse
' on !" •. , . whose 'father was it'S repowited ill.illiS
1e
, * The boy looked up in his . bright day and way as the far-famed Davy
arless way (it did my heart „ good °Lockett, of pleasant Memory. We
o look -at -him, the btave _little will call Eta "Uncle John." Uncle
, - - .i
hap I' and says, quite quietly : John lived and moved in these parts
' I've told you the truth; I ain't got forty; years ago. Cards and race
o more to say." r, _ • ' horses and dog fights were his chief
-' "The mate says nothin', but looks delight...1i Feat men could beet him
t him for a minute as if he'd see at a game of "old sledge." His
'clean through him, and he faced horses lead lightning in theirrieeels ;
-mend- to the men, lookin' bla6ker while hie dogs (bull dogs and fight•
than ever. "Reeve a -rope to the ing dogs were fashionable -in. those
iyard rthe sings out, loud enough to 'ditysttat. thetr were the genuine ." dog.
raise the dead, "smart, now !" day") carried the 'swift ,arrevve of
"The men all looked at each death in thee bristling fangs. But
other, as enrich tis to say, '" What on it is seldom given to one men to
errth's a -Contin' now 7" But aboard excel in theee pursuits at one- time
ship, o'coprse, when you're told to and in. tall ,tplaces. ,FIowever, in
do a thingyou've got to do it, so respect of caeds, horses and dogs,
the rove was nave in a jiffy.. -Maple John had.never met his match
"Now, my lad,' stys the mete, tihtil the'l'etes took him to Sparta,,
in a•hard, square -kind 0 voice, that then, as- now, a flourishing little vil
made every word seem like tittite a lage in Whtte eounty. Even there
stone into a wall, " you see that !ere he beat everything in sight as far as
rope'? Well, I'll give you ten min- his cards and horse's were concetned,
tiles to - confess" (he took out his but his cl?gs ''ere badly worsted. -
watch .and held it in his hand); the Spartan inn -keeper had the king
" ancl if you don't tell_ tile truth dog of all his; tribe -4 ferocious
afore the- time's up, I'll bang - you " bnll " that.'"-c'ua,wed up ;and spit
like a dog !" out" everything that came along.
.
"The crew all stared at one an- Uncle John pet up fifty dollars in
• other as if they couldn't believe their specie on his own " Tige," -but .if
ears (I didn't believe mine, I can Tige had gone through a Cincinnati
, tell ye), and then a low gtowl went sausage -grinder . he couldlt scarcely
among 'em, like e a wild beast have looked more ragged than he
, awakiu' out of a. nap. - , did whet}, he came out. t As went
"Silence there !" shouts the the first, SO followed the seeond,
mate, in a voice iike the roar of a faster and faster, till it .seemed me.
nor'easter. " Staudt by.: to run for'- merciful - disaster ,had. overtaketa
aid!" and with _his own" hands he'
_Uncle John in the flog Hee line at
put thenoose round the boy's neck._ last. He travellea many weary
Th,e little feller never flinched a bit; miles in search of a dog that could
but there were some , among the whip that tavern -keeper's doge but
sailors (big strling chaps as could ha' ell to -no purpose. Ile was losing
felled an cc) Its shook like leaves in his money fast, and, worse than all,
the wind. As for me, I thought he was losing his temper and his
myself.o' my little .0(1111y -haired lad patience. Faith in the motto, "try,
at home, and how it '.ed be if any try again" had almost deserted hie].
one was to go for to hang hum, and He 'went out on _ what. he avotved
at the very -thought &nit I tingled Was his lest hunt, and was nearing
all Over, and my fingers clinched Sparta:on-his return late one after-
theirselves as if they were a -grip- noon e gloomy sind dejected, for he
ping' somebody's throat. I clutched hadn't found the right animal yet,
hold 6' a handspike, and held it be- when, aa. good luck would have it,
hind my backt all ready. . just when he got within a few miles
" itone".whispers the chief-engi- of that inn which had been the
neer to me, " d'ye think he really scene of so many disgiaceful defeats,
means it I"
he met a beckwoodsman driving an
--
'1 don't know," says I through ox -team with a great, vicious looking
my teeth. "but if he does, he shall wolf chained behind the wagon. He
go first, if 1 swings/or it !" Was not long ascertaining that the
"I've been in many an ugly wolf was as Wild and as savage as a
I scrape in my time; but T. never hyena; that he but an hour before
' felt 'ea as bad as I aid then. Every had been caught in a trap, and that
minute seemed as long as a dozen ; his owner could be incluced to part
and the tick o' the inate's watch with him for a valuable considera-
regtlar pricked my ears like a pie. tion. '
The Men werevery*quiet, but there • "I'll give you two &liars and k
was a precious ugly tlook On some o' half in hard money for the critter,"
their faces; and Inoticed that three proposed Uncle John.
or four on 'era kep' -edgin' for'ard to "Not enough yet," said back -
where the mate was Istandint in :a woods. _
way that meant mischief . .A s for "Well," said Uncle John finally,
,me, I'd made Up my mind that if `tifyou'll just help me to strap hini
he did go for to hang the poor little -behind Lity saddle and'll take live Each packet is labelled—JAmEs EPPS &
chap, I'd kill him on the spot, and dollars it's a trade."
stowaway.' (That's the name, you
know, sir, as we gives to Avg as
hides theirselves aboard outward-
bound.vessels, and gets carried out
unbeknown to everybody.)
"Tho dickens you have !" says
L Who is he, and where did yor
find him 7"
" Well, we found him stowed'
away, among the casks' for'ard ; and
ten to one we'd never ha' twigged
him at all, if the skipper's dog
hadn't sniffed him out end begun
barkint Sitch a little mite as he is
too! 1 could almost put him in
my baccy-pouch, poor little beggar!
but he looked to be a good plucked
un for all that." •
" I didn't wait to hear no more,
but up oil deck like a sky -rocket ;
and there I did see a sight, and no
mistake. Every man -Jack 0 the
erew, and what ,few passengers we
had aboard, was all in a ring on the
fo'c'stle, and in the middle stood the
fusanate, lookin' as black as thun-
der. Right in front of tiim, lookin'
a reg'lar mite among all them big
fellers, was a little bit o' a lad not
tea year old—ragged as a seareciow, .
but with ')right curly hair, and a
bonnie little face o' his own, if it
hadn't been so woeful thin and pale.
But, bless yer soul! to see the way
that little chap held his head up,
and looked about him, ycet'd ha'
thought the whole ship ,belonged to
him. The mate was a great; hulkin'
black -bearded feller, with a look that
'ucl ha' frightened a horse, and a
voice 6t to make one jump through
a key -hole; but the - young 'un
warn't a bit afeared— he stood
straight up, and. looked him full in
the face with them bright, clear
eyes o' hisn, for all the world as if
he was Prince Halfred himself.
Folk did say arterwarde (lowering
his voice to a whisper) ." as how he
corned o' better blood nor what he
ought ; and, for my part, l'm ray -
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"forty wolves couldn't keep more
fuss than thern. two dogs." Uncle
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he held four aces in his hand and
the fifth up hieeleeve ; the only cool
man on the ground. But it didn't
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the window, the shutter eves thro en
open, • and what was . left of poor
"Bull " struggled heavily-- to the
sill and fell in a raw him; to the
ground on- the outside. This was
the first and last time he ever turn-
ed back on an enemy; he made one
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Uncle John hastily snatched the
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he bade him achetethat "Whenevei.•
he had any more fightia' dogs to
'please let him know." -
How long the wolf remained in
that crib as monarch of all he sur-
veyed, or how long " Bull's " master
was in finding out the nature of the
'dog that sent his favorite to. his last
account, is At"precisely stated, but
it is said that when he beca.me fully
conscious of the facts as they existed,
his neighbors heard him swearing
for a distance of two miles. Fie
took off kis coat, rolled lup his
sleevesc-mounted a stump and ,gave
utterance to such maledictions as
were never heard: before. His
character as a dog-fighist gone, his
money gone, his dog gene, and Un-
cle John gone (never to return)
stirred the deep foundations of his
inmost bile. - It is stated as a fact
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bles with a delicately flavoured beverage
which may save us many heavy doctors'
bills."—•Civi/ Service Gazette. Made
simply with Boiling ,Water or Milk.
Co, Homceopathic Chemists, London."
Aaci they- traded. "If I don't
take my enance
MANUFACTURE OF COCOA.—" We will
.
"Eight minutes I" says the mate, whip that tavern -keeper's now give an account of the process ado
ed by Messrs. James Epps & Co. man
n
great deep voice breekin in upon' dog this time," muttered Uncle
ufactitrers of cliefetic articles, al their
the silence like the toll o' a funeral John to himself, as he drew. toward
works in the Elision Roa,d, London" —
nell "If you've got anything to Sparta, he may take my hat for a canal's Household Guide:
confessmy lad, you'd bst out with corn basket." VERY NATURAL—When a person has
it, for yer time's nearly up," As it was dark when our hero proved an article and found it good, and
I've told you the truth," an- reached the inn, he unstrapped the auswering the -purpose for which it is
swers the boy, very pale, but as firm terrible beast, and pitched him antointended, he will not readily abandon it
as ever. "May I say my prayers, a deserted outhouse, which, fOrtu-
- for one of doubtful' reputation, or con-
cerning -which he knowS nothing. We
plea, e gt . . t nately, stood hard: by, and fastening are lecl to make these remarks owing to
" he mate nodded, • and down him in seenrely, entered• the hotel. the course always pursued by those who .
. .
b
ones the poor little chap on his ' 4 1 think I've found a doeb that can
have used that celebrated and truly val-
C• • • , uable horse medicine known a.s Darley's
knees (with that infernal rope about • chaw your., n up this tune,,, remark-
. ouilition Powders and Arabian Heave
his neck all the time); and puts up ed Uncle John to the maior-dotno, Remedy. All are so well pleased with
his poor little hands ' to pray. I after passing through the usual sal- it that they will not use any other, many
couldn't make out what he said utations.
Fall directions in the paniphlet around each
package, which should be carefully preserved.
Job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 and
124 cents forpootagb,Cnclosed to Northop &Lyman,
Newcastle, Ont., general agents for the Dominion,
ineure a. bottle, containing over 50 pills by
return Mail.
Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co.,. and
R. Lumaden. 197-6
JOHN SEATTER
CHEAUST AHD DRUGGIST,
. T_Tas now on lend a full as-
-L-1- sortment of all the leading
, , medicines of the day, eompris-
ing Dr. Wheeler's Compound
Elixir of Phosphates, Drs.
aa,. Ayer's, Radway's Depew's and
Hag,yard's medicines, Thomas'
Ecleettie Oil. Kennedy'sMedi
. Discovery. Extract of
Buchu, Horse and Cattle Medi -
eines, Supeaior Dye Stuffs, Perfumery Combs and
Brushes, Hair Oils and Pomades, School Beets and
Stationery. -
EXCHANGE OFFICE.
In connection, where all parties going to the
United States can be plied with Aramican cur-
_ reney. Money to lenlitm easy terms. Tickets is-
sued to all parts of Europe and the Western States.
Parties wishing to bring out their friends from
Europe can be supplied with tickets here to send
to them. ,
207 JOHN SEATTER.
TAMES STEWAIIT, M. D., C. M., Graduate of
MeGill, University, Montreal, Physicitra, Sur-
geon, etc. Office mad iteeidence—Brucelield.
have waited several weeks until the
, agent could. have obtain' ed a new supply.
(fact, my head was in sieh a whirl "You really think you've mune. Thes is nothm* g equal to if as a condi-
that I'd hardly ha' knowed my own him at lest, do you?" chuckled the tion medicine, or for any complaint affect -
T_T L. VERCOE, M. D., C. M., Physician, 84.
Li.. goon, ete. Office and Residence, corner di
Market and High fitreets, next to the;Planing Mill.
J. G. BULL, LAS.,
URGEON, Dentist, &e.., Seafortla, Ontario.
1.--1 Plate 'wok, latest styles, -neatly excented. All
surgical operations performed- with care and
promptitude. Fees as low as canbe obtained else-
where. Office toms from 8 A.M. to 51?. M. Room;
ovei Mr. A. G.McDougall's Store, Main -iib. 270
..4
VETERINARY SURGEON.—D.- MeNAUGHT,
V V, S, begs to announce to the inhabitents of
Seatprth and surrounding .country that he hu
been awarded the diploma of the Ontarid Veterin-
ary College, and is now prepared to treat diseases
oil:Wrote and Cattle and all domestic anireale. He
has opened an office connection with his horse -
shoeing shop, where he will be found ready to at-
tend -to calls. Diseases of the feet specially at-
tended to. Residence, office and shop in die rear
of Killoran & Byanfs new store. All kinds of Vet-
erinary Medicines kept constantly on hand.
Charges reasonable. a - 229
Tri J. CHURCHILL, Veterinary Surgeon, (mem-
• ber of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs
to intimate that he has returned to the practice of
-his profession in Seaforth, and, inay at all times be
consulted on the diseases of Horses, Cattle, &c.
Veterinary medicines constantly on bond. All
calls promptly attended to. Office, tit Mansion
House, Seaforth. 273 _
PLOWS PLOWS!
t(illUNRO & HOGAN
PLOW -MAKERS
INOTELS.
1-4 OYAL HOTEL, Seaforth, Ontario', smolt
JV POWEIAL, Proprietor. The subscriber hes
thereughly renovated and newly furnished the
above house, so that it now affords good accommo-
dation for the traVelling public. Choice liquors
and cigars in the bar. The table is supplied with
the delicacies in season. Oystem in season.
Large stabling and an attentive hostler in 'Con-
nectian. 251-ly
rtoattreneette HOTEL, AinleyviAe, Ont., W/if.
ANNETT, Proprietor. This Hotel is under
entirely new management and has been thorougly
renovated. The Bar is supplied with the best
Liquors and Cigars. Good Stabling and attentive
Hostlers. A First-class Livery in connection. WS
-PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, Clintton, Ont.,
C. J. McCpTCITEON, Propriet-o-r. First-class
accommodation for travellers. The Bar is imp -
plied with the Very best liquors and cigars. Good ,
stabling attached. The stage leaves this House
every day for Winghatce 204-0
mUl1/471R0 & HOGAN desire to thank the farmers
-LI& of the vicinity of Seaforth for the liberal
patronage which has been afforded them since
they began business here. They would also say
that they are prepared and tEtt it is their intention
to naaintain the excellent reputation which their
work during the pas6 season achieved, not only
among the farming, community of Huron, but as
-well at every show and exhibition where they ex-
hibited.
We make the following Plows, and devote
special attention to their enattufacture, our ex-
perience showing* that they are the kinds best
adapted to agricultural purposes in this section :
IRON PLOW,
IRON BEAM PLOW (wooden handles)
three styles,
DOUBLE MOULD -BOARD PLOW,
IRON AND WOOD SCTIFFLERS, or
HORSE HOES.
The above Plows we furnish at $20 and upward;
and guarantee them to give satisfaction—if not,
they can be returned.
The Scufflers wefurnish at $9 to $17, according
to quality, and also guarantee satisfaction.
GREY'S PATTERN OF MOULD BOARDS AND
CASTINGS
Always kept otahand.
MUNRO & HOGAN,
North Main -street, Seaforth, McNaught's old
, stand. 2175-13
TO LET.
A LARGE STABLE. Apply to JAS. MURPHY,
Chegnered Store, Seaforth. 272
LIVERY.
rp A. SHARP'S LIVASY AND SAW STABLES.
a- • Office—At Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good
Horses and first-class Conveyances always on hand.
TlItELL'S LlaasatY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Ont.
Good Horses and Comfortable Vehicles, always
on hand. Favorable Arrangements made with
Cepamercial Travellers. All orders left at KNox's
HoTEL, will be promptly attended to.
OFFICE AND STAPLES :—Third dor North of
Knox's Hotel, Main Street.
-221 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor.
INSURE. YOUR PROPERTY
AND YOUR LIVES.
A. Strong, Seaforth.
AGENT FOR
The Seottisb. Provincial Insurance Company --
Fire and. Life. -
The Western Insurance Corqpany, of Toronto—
, Fire and Life.
The Isolated Risk Insurance Coinpany, of
Canada.
Terms as raesonable as offered- by any other
agent doing business for reliable Companies.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Also,. Agent for tke Agricultural Investment
Society, London. This Company offers better in-
ducements to borrowers Attu any others doing
business in this,Preeince. Call and get circulars
giving full particulars before applying elsewhere.
OFFICE—over. Strong & Fairley's Grocery
Store, Main Street, Seaforth. • 252
A NEW HARNESS . SHOP
IN SAFORTH.
BELI?RY & MAY have just opened a HA.IINZSS
STIOP in Counter's old Jewelry Store, right op-
posite the Mansion' Hotel, and aretprepared to
make, and also keep on hand all elasses of Buggy-,
Carriage and Team Harness. All -Harness will be
made in the latest styles. Good material and
good workmanship guaranteed, as we have had
good experience hi the best of work in some of the
largest cities. We will also keep on hand all
styles of Horse Collars, Saddles, Trunks and
Valises,1Thips,Whiplashes, Curry Combs, l3rushes,
and` everything that is generally kept in a first-
class Harness Shop. - All orders -will be promptly
attended to. Good attention given to repairing.
Charges low.
Reinember the shop—Opposite the Mansion
Hotel, Seaferth.
274
BELFRY & MAY.
BAGS FOUND.
VOUND, about the middle of February last, on
the Gravel Road, north of Seaforth, near the
residence of Mr. Robert Govenlock, a bag contain-
ing 16 Grain Bags. The Owner can have the same
by applying at the RonoN Ex.nosrron Office, prov-
ing property and paying for this advertisement.
Seaforth, March 6, 1873. 274
MONEY TO LEND-.
-TH1'4undersigned has $3,000 and upward, private
funds, to loan, at 8 per cent. per annum, on
Farm property. Charges moderate. Marriage
licences issued. Apply to
227-52a W. G.,WILSON, Zurich.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Tait, 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 aunt=
when the interest only is paid. '
A G. MeDOUGALL,
227-52 At cheap cash Store, sign, of the Bear.
ARCHITECTURE.
rp H14; undersigned is prepared to furnish Plans,
Specifications, &c., of Public and Private
Buildings, and also to superintend the erection of -
the
orkfiRmllneea.surCettdand
iu
rpenttvia-s, ert.lasterers' and Masons'
ADAM GRAY,
262
Second Concession, Mepilop.
GAIETIES,
josh Billie-gs says " Yu kant
end contentment laid d9%\ fl on the
'Map 3 it iz an itriaginary place not
settled yet, and those rpaeli it soonest 1
. who throw a:tatty their compass and
go it blind."
—A Cincinnati. belle, upon being
generaii
about wh
carefat tl -
to the si
tO 01.11allie
without va
ZaS.
This is I
Swinburne
ke_ic.;e1;b:.net-netdu
etkioyrk.e,ditor yeeeived i bun
soa
sbe believed*" 'i :ott'en slat
said ; iivg patriot
i ennea en.
asked het tatecytt profession,
. 1 the opptes,
11,91:eettifs:g1111.8:11ja:tgg-11:aefkaleere. notice of his i Teetely to
number
noteieom a subscribe;_i 'i time get r
-nods a few errors in the 'obituary of i
_ death might be corrected, "Sir.iape-Tr !I priests.
- self wieh appeerd in your
of last wensday, I .was born in
-greenly conot ealdwell, and -my
-retirement from bisnes in 1869 was
ot owin to 11helth, but tu a, little
,.
nearly
fragments
and mix
Place then
able I had in ection with a te
connpeeeetco
with col
top cal
ga'reished
ley suer()
horse, atel the tens of my death was
not small -pox pleas make correc-
tions for wich 1 'enclose 50 cents."
—An old lady who died was or
ing orders for her funeral, and f ;
the
amono other things she said she
,wantet'd to be " laid out " in her
black silk gown, and they must nek
take out the back breadth, as they
did when Sally Smith wag. laid out.
" For," said the old la'tly, deprecat-
ingleriously, " what a figure
-
Sally with cut at the resurrection
without lily back breadth in her
gown:"
Uncle Chew,' a venerable
negro preacher of .Jersey City, cher-
ishes the odd delusion that all wo-
men have seven. devils. " For ,"
says he, as Mary Magdalene was
the only women who ever had th'em
cast out, all the, rest Must, conse-
uently .have them I" Ile thinks
the preaching of the present day is The litti
shocking. tt Why, dey don't say full for
nuffin about hell nowadays, and of iteeet
t
find out ie.' clemselves, by and by, audible
wanhdattsdereldigeibobniegd
looGfoureswistliodeyet,vilieila
will
agnictlideete
epditto
Mana
, nd WOMart heir own Poet
Poetry to Order. waterliliotbe
te
steps
"very 1
shurrah."
Scotiman) hats just been -published
clever jeu d'esprit (says the
at Oxforel entitled "Every Man his
at him
own Poet ; or, the Inspired Sing- 1 gbounitretb
ertt Recipe Rook , Lay a Newgate a
Prieemar. ' There `-ts enoughn'ate of little 11
' '
truth in whet follows to give it sati-
colm
ric poiu t—"Poetry, like free thought. 411
Lo,
was first a work of inspiration, sec- Ile MIS,
ondly of science, and testi.) now of And t
trick. At its hrst stage it was open 'MT) al
to -only here and there a genius ; atWa'S'
its next to ale intelligent wen ; I "
and at its third to 'all' the human do yoil
race. Thus, just as there is no boy be -Saki
now but can throw stones at the to
windows yvhicli Bishop Coleus() has and
broken, so there is scarcely a young wreter,
tatty but eau raise flowers from the
seed stolen out of Mr:Tennyson% what
garden. And surely, whatever, in SAT
this its COIXTS0 of change, tAtetry may Than
have lost in quality, is more than The I
made up for by what it bee gained I
in quantity. For blithe first place I to nt
it is far pleasanter to the tastes of a said
scientific generation, to -understand I hull.
howto make lead poetry than won- little
der at good • and secondly, as the gave
end ofetioetry is pleasare, that we
should make it each for ourselves: is
the very utmost that we can desue.
since it is tt fact in which we all
agree, that no maei's Yeiees pleases
him so much as his own."
Hem is his recipe for making
" Browning " "Take rather a
coarse view of things in general,
In the naidst of this, place a man 1 was
and a, woman, she and bee ankles he
tastefully -arranged on a slice of 1 st°°'
Italy, or the country.nbout Pornie. Seh;1
Cut an opening across the breast ofl was
each, until the soul becomes visible, 1 and
be very careful that none of the 1 feer
body be lost during the operation. boy
Pour into each breast as much an it
will hold of the new, strong \vine of 11
love ; and, for fear they sbould take
too
cold by exposure, cover theui quick -
all
ly up with et quantity of obscure
claisicaLquotations, a few $ familiar
allusious to an enknown peric-d of I
vit
history, and a half d "
estroyed*fresco I 1 i
by an early master, varied &Yeti 114
now and then with a refer-
ence to the fugues or toccataof a
quite forgotten composer. If the
Po b Stili intelhgible, talea Pell
.and ren catefully all the neces-
,
Here for the Pre-Raphaelite mix-
ture : "Take three danaozeles, dress- -.
ed in straight night-gowns. Pull
their hair pies out, and let their /
hair tumble air -about their shoulders. I
A few stets naay be sprinkled into
this with advantage. Place an au-
reole about the head Oft each, and
give each a lilly iti her bend, about
half the size of herself, Bend their
necks all different ways, and set
them in tt, 10w .before a, stone wall
with an apple -tree between each,
and some large flowers at their feet.
Trees and flowers of the right sort I
are very plentiful in church win-
dows. When you have arranged all
these objectrightly, take a east of
them in the softest part of your
/twain, and pour in your word com-
position as above described. This
kind of poem is very mach improv-
ed by 4tlaat is called *a burden;
This consists of a few jingling words
meant -to
poem is
with
much
lion of
teem o
verblage
fiavoringi
TheSt
Ahlrk
The
who, w.
a hen -
don't yo
the state
tie bov,
captt
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