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BY
GEORGE B:E.NBY
The night was dark with the gathering
storm ; the veind -sighect mournfully
among the tree; and wailed in every key
of anguish through the rocky defiles arm
along the surface of the deep, roaring
river that Tay soughing at my feet, the
red. glare of the lignining, at short inter-
-vats, set forth in all their sayaae gran-
-.deur the wild, . uncultured - be/Aimee:4
the Scene; the loud thunder rolled:with
many a booming echo through_ the 'tul-
phur-laden air ; all nature groaned in
that hard travail - With _whieh telbue a
fierce Western sterm may be launched
upon the world, and yet I did not trem-
ble, nor iteek the shelter of my rustic
cabin, for 'twas to behold such scenes as
this -to feel the wild, exultaut joy which
now calmed madly through My
vein t that I had fled away from my ink -
bespattered study away on the Atlantic
shore. .
Here, some seeeiaty miles from other
human habttation, 1 had built me a lit-
tle hiit ;.- and, for the last - month, had
lived and. enjoyed the first real freedom
andhappiness it had. ever been my lot to
know. - • -
The fierce elemental war that was rag-
ing around me, had inflated my bosom
with a strange, unreasoning joy,- when
suddenly another sound brok.e upon
my ear. Surely it waS the splash of
oars.
Holding on by the shrtibbery, I bent for-
ward and peered down the black abyss.
But, betwemi the flashes of the lightning,
the darkness .was rendered even more
dense, and I could see nothing. At
length, however, a flash, rci.ore prolonged
and vivid, broke throughthe inky black-
ness of the sky, and clearly revealed to
nie a boat containing two persons -the
one a man of middle age, bearded and
harsh -looking, the other -a girl, young,
beautiful, and seemingly in the deepest
distress. A. moment _ after, the man's
-voice reached me through the tierce mut-
tering of the storm.
"Clara Valmer," he said, "here, sure
rounded by these terrors, you shallewear
that you will marry me, and maintain
eternal silence regarding the past, or here
you shall die! Choose !"
" Death (to one so you'vebas I, is almost
always terrible," ieplied, with mel-
ancholy calmness, the sweetest voice I
had' e.ver heard ; "but unwelcome though
it be, it is a thousand times preferable to
a union with such as you.''
The -water is deep between these
high rocks.," responde€i the man, with
fiendish significance; "and you do not,
surely, forget the heavy weight which. I
have taken the precaution to fasten to
your neck."
With the cord eating into my flesh,
I am not likely to forget your brutality.
Bat God, is more merciful than man,- and
I would go to Hun, therefore he quick
and end. my misery at once."
" Curse you then, goy' '
And in the next natant there was the
amind of a heavy plunge -a soand that
fell upon my sem- like the kneh. of doom,
thea the strange power that hitherto had
held my faculties in its iron grasp, sud-
denly released them, and, uttering a wild
unearthly cry, leaped from the rock .on
which I had been standing, into the black
vortex below!
Down, down. with seeminglyuncheck-
ed swiftness through the seething wat-
ers, till at last I reached the gra,nite bot-
tom.
Mechanically I seized with one hand,
a rude fragment of roam ite weight, I
designed, should held me down till the
mission on which I had come should be
accomplished. With my feet and re-
maining band .1 geoped .about the rocky
bed of the river in quiek, nervous quest
-ot the body, dead or living, of the un-
known beim" for whom [had periled so
My bosom heaved- as though it
would burst ; my eyes seemed about to
start from their sockets; my strength
was rapidly leaving me ; my hold apon
,J.the fragmeut of rock eves becoming less
tenaeious and yet I struggled on till
at last -glorious reward of all my suffer-
ing -my hand came in contact with the
obtect of my seareli !
Instantly releating the stone which I
had hitherto carried, I eagerly clutched
the inanimate body, and strove. to rise
with it through the black waters; but -
my effort was vain till the memory of the
death -insuring weight of which I had
heard the Murderer speak, flashed upon
my mind. Then, drawing my bowie
knife, I quickly found. the cord that
bound the weight toe her person, and
-severieg it, ascended with my precious
burden-] knew not then how precious
-to the foam -covered surface of the
river.
Lams a strong swimmer,and a few
moments befere could have sustained,
with perfect ease, the weight which now,
exhausted as I was, seemed dragging me
dawn M spite of my most detertnined
efforts.
Must I then, after all my maddening
• toil, abandon the hope that till now had
cheered me emend sink with 'her 1 had
'sought to save, to the death that Jay
hungering for us on the river's bed?
No ! Heaven would surely not desert
me now !
et This thought gave fresh impetus to my
flagging enery, and a moment later nit
hand struck against a spur Of the rock.
which formed the river bank. Then
sustaining myself by the rugged inequal-
ities in the face of the cliff, 1 moved. rap-
idly down with the tide, and soon, nay
feet finding bottom,. I gained the head,
.shingly beach.
Mentally thanking heaven fo-r scarcely
expected preservation, I paused a few
seconds to gather breath and :strength,
and then, resuming my load, climbed
the steep hill, through the down=pouring
rain that was now deluginc, the earth, to
my little cabin among the.trees near the
summit.
In the darkness I partially disrobed
the inanimate body of her whom in life
had heard:celled Clara Valmer ; then,
after wrapping her in my warm woolen'
blankets, anelightius a lamp, I procur-
ed my brandy -flask and. poured a little
of its cheents down her throet.
The cord to which the weight had.
been attached, and. which 'lac' beeu fas-
tened in running noose around: her neck,
had apparentlyso tightened when she was
thrownfrorn the boat, that she had been
able to swallow but little water ;. there-
fore the necessity of subjecting her to the
hard treatmert by which alone, in the
circumstances then surrounding me„
water could liaa,e been made to leave the
sten:tech, was fortunately obviated, and
I at once gave all my energy to the
work of restoring circulation about the
heart.
At Iast, after what seemed an. age of
unceasing effort, her heart began to pul-sate. Again •le applied my brandy flask S
to her lips, and, after forcing a few
dropsiof the revivifying liquid down her
throat, repewedefty exertions to restore
animationsto her yet almost death -cold
body.
-;Finally, a faint sigh escaping her lips;
she opened her laage, dark eyes, raised
them for a Moinent, in a dreainy kind of
intelligence to Ln face, and then, with a
smile of ineffable se4etnesi, settled back
into quietslumber;S ading the lamp, I eat down by the
lieule couch.. and_iistenecleAte the -faint,
regu ar breathing of my patient till morn -
ting awned. Then silently withdrew
and set about making such additioe. to
4 otibitkAt. AtiksPresiOticti `-40-4 _rendered
necessary.
The storm had passed, leaving scarce-
ly a trace of itself behind, and I found it
'difficult to realize that the Occurrenc'es
of the preceding night were net unnatu-
ral creations of an over -strained imagin-
ation.
ation. -
. ,
In this frame of mind I at length re-
turned. to my patient, partly to see if she
had yet awakened, and partly to ascer-
tain if she was not a myth. If the lat-
ter had proved to be the case, though I
ehould have regretted it deeply, I hardly
think I would have been much surprised;
but, on entering, all my doubts, fears
end speculations were laid at rest, for
my lovely visitor was not ouly there in
proper person, but was also wide-awake,
and gazing in strange bewilderment
about My modest mansion.
''Pardon me, Miss -Miss Valmer,"
stammered, .blushing like a school boy,.
Levould not intrude, i but you have
been very ill --you must yet be very
weak. Permit me to get some food for
you." .
" Thanks, sir," she replied, smiling
sweetly,.. " I feel that you have been
very kind to me. But how carne I here ?
Memory recalls to me a Beene," and she
shuddered'. visibly ''a last, horrid,
scene, which should have rendered this
impossible." -
` Pardon me," I returned ; " but for
the Present I must positively forbid you
to speak, or even think of the past. Let
it suffice that you are now absolutely
free from all danger, save that which
your late illness may entail."
The beautiful unknown, possessing a
naturally good constitution, rapidly re-
covered her health and strength, and on
the second Morning after her strange ar-
rival at my hermitage, took upon herself
the duty of cooking Our frugal meal.
" Stay, Mr. Carclwin," she said, when,
after breakfast, X was about to take
down my rifle and go, in search of the
means of repleeishmg °lir larder , ''am now strong, end would know what
length cf time I have been here."
'This is Weddesday," I answered.,
resuming ray seat ; 1.` and it was at about
one o'clock OA Monday morning that you
came."
" You rescued, me frone death. Pray
tell me all."
Had there been a possible excuse for
doing' so, I would have avoided recount-
ing to her the events of that horrible
night, but there was not, and so, after
deliberating'for a minute I told. her the
whole story.
" Ah ! how much I owe you, Mr.
•Cardwin I!" she exalaimed, when I had
reached the end, " I can never remove
the deep obligation under which your
noble act has placed me, ','
" You Can oily do so, Miss Valrner, by
striving to forget it," I responded, again
rising to take down ney gun.
"Your extreme delicacy," she eaid,
regarding my movement- ith a faint
snide, " compel§ you to. forego the pause
which mightebe •thotight. a tacit inquiry
retarding the cause that produced the
very peculiar circumstances in which you
found. me."
"That. you have a MOst unscrupulous
enemy, I am aware," I responded, al-
most vehement:lye "'that .he was fright-
ened hence by myeunearthly shout and
his own superstitious f9ars,: and that
therefore you are now perfectlyosafe from
him, I honestly -believe and that you
are eminently worthy, I feel with all the
strength which only divine -inspiration
could bestow'. - This is all I care to know
until such time as • the wounds which
may be in yOur vast shall have been
healed_ ; then, . if it be -3- - niir will, you
shall find in me an attentive listener.. . •
-Eight -days after stoodlivith her, • gaz-
ing out upon the setting sun from one of
the parlor windows of a 'first-class hotel
in ("thieve). . • -
"To -4y," she was eaying, com.plete
my twenty-first.- year; to -morrow .you
shall learn my history."
" -it please you to give me- your con-
fidenee," I replied, "it will be happi-
ness for me to receive. it; but do not, I
pray, let a mistaken sense of -.gratitude
prompt you to this."
'Tis my pleasure, Mr. Cardwin, that
gou hear my storet" she responded, With
oneof her infinitely sweet. smiles. -
" Then it will -be jneefor me to listen,''
I exclaimed e. and no longer, able to. re-
strain the • passion with which she had
inspired me, 1 seized her hands . ;both
of mine, and poured out, in a torrent of
such eloquence as only the deepest
can .give us the power -to utter, a de-
claration of my fond, devoted, enduring
love.
The blushes that at first _suffused.her
lovely facewere, a moment .after, softly
deepened by the flood, of haippyteers that
covered them, and,. casting herself upon
y bosom, she murmured, in low, tremu-
lous -accents : . •
" Yes, yes, Richard, your love is reH
turned -; but you do not know me yet..
Till tO-HIOITOW we must part.'" '
And quickly disengaging herself from
my embrece, she quitted the apartment,
• leaving me to grope about helplessly in a
deliriuna through which I Could feel noth-
ing but joy, and from which I had not
recovered when I fell asleep some five
hours later.
I did. not again see her till ten o'cloek
mr the following niorning, when she came
to me, saying :
• " Wo -will now go to the office of
• Judge Arlingford. There you shall hear
my story."
• The distance to the office of the entinent
lawyer she had named was but short,
and, finding 'him in, we were soon closet-
ed 'with him in his private consultation
room.
• I will pass over the glad amazement
whieh beamed from every feature of the
'good gentleman's countenance at sight �f
my companion, whom he had known
• from childhood, and whom, for the last
two or three .days he had mourned as
deed -her w-ould-be-assassin having in-
dustriously cirdulated a report that she
• had been accidentally drowned -and at
once proceeded to -record her story as she
herself- told it :
" My father dying when I was ten
years of age, -1, by the terms of his vvill,
became the ward of his cousin, •Calvin
tonleigh, who was given entire control
of Ur anl the estates left me by my par -
eat, until I should have attained my
twenty-first birthday.
"Tilt 80111e eighteen months ago, *my
life passed pleasantly eaough ; then Mr.
Stonleigh began suddenly to pay me the
most marked attentions, and finally o9.
fered me his hand. I rejected it respect-
fully but firmly, and heleftme, in what
afterwards knew was: only well -simu-
lated distress. _
"Again and again he repeattd his pro-
posal, and as often I was pained with the
necessity of refusing him, he invariebly
departing.,freni such intenrieWi in 80'i -t-
ingly, deep melancholy, till about a m'onth
since, _when he flew into a most Violent
passion, and swore that he would conipel
me to marry him, and that till such tithe
as the necessary preparations could be
made, I should remain a close a prisoner
in, my own apartments.
:" At this, I delared it to be my con-
viction that his wish to marry me was
prompted only by a desire to retain con-
trol of the large property left me by my
father. He struck inc senseless to the
floor, and I saw no more of him till some
two weeks since, when I met him on the
banks of the Sioux river.
," Some days Passed, during which 1
was neither allowed to quit- my chamber
-nor communicate in any way with any
of my friends. At lengtli our coachman
cartme stealthily to me and informed me
thot he had just received a letter from a
Man whom I still remember as having
been, previous to my father's death, one
of our most fiithful servitors, and whom
my guardian, soon after obtaining control
of the estate, had discharged.
He lives with his family, near
Sioux City,' said Davis, the coach-
man, and it's just the place for you to
go, Miss 'Clara. If you try to conceal
yourself with any of your fliends here
you are sure to be found -there nobody
will ever think of looking for you.'
" Suspecting nothing wrong, for I
- knew nothing against the man's charac-
ter, I cauk.ht with exidity at his propo-
sition, and that night, aided and ac-
companied by him, fled from the roof
that had sheltered me since childhood.
"1n Sioux City, Davis, under pretense
that he was unable to ascertain the ex-
act locality of my 'old friend's residence,
kept me waiting for two whele days; but
on the third morning after_ (Air arrival he
carne and told me he had found.,•the
place, that it was twelve.miles above, on
the river, and that he had procured a
pair of saddle horses to carry us to it.
"We immediately set out and had
traveled some fifteen miles up the river,
when no bliman habitation appearing on
the wide expanse before us; the whole
infernal truth flashed at once upon .my
Understanding, and drawing rein, r
charged my .companion with having be-
trayed me.. He acknowledged it, and 1
woeld have fled, but he seized my.bridle
rein; bound 'me to my saddle, and then
leading iny borse pioceeded rapidly On
up the river.
" About two hours before nightfall -we
came to au old, half-rutned block -house,
evidently the former home of soine trap-
per, apd had just dismounted, when Mr.
I
mint, the eonviction has grown stronger
upon that agony I suffered while
thrice reselling
:lime was the chastening
vehieh who is the embOttiment of hap-
pinete deemed necessary to fit me for
the bV
liss ow enjoy.
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" 'You have done well,' returned the
• other calmly', 'and shall. at once have
your reward ;' and drawing a _revolver
he deliberately shot the man dead before
My face. '
"Then, after atteching a heavy stone
to the body, he launched if into the
Sioux. This done, he •led the horses,
weary as they were, down a steep de-
Clivity and into the river, which at this
point running swiftly- . between. „ high,
rocky banks, presented uo spot for the.
poor anneals to effect 'a landing, and
there. .encumbered as they were with
their harness and my baggage, left them
to their certain, fate.
," Do you begin to comprehend how
thoroughly you are in my power?' be
demanded, oil _returning totie point
from whieh, helplessly boun I, 1 had
watched him through all the phases of
his atrocious work.. During the day I
remained in Chicago after your - depar-
ture I took care to let your friends know
that you had eloped with the poor fool
who lies at the bottom of the river yon-
der. - It shall bemycare to me that your
dead horsebe fished from the water
when they _shall have drifted downto
to the settlements ; under my manage-
ment your bodies shall be sought for
• without success. I am the only remain.
ing heir to the vast property. Which, in a
few days more would have been yours.
Ha ! ha ! I think you *ill admit that 1
am an able plotter! •
• "He told mefurthet that. if -I would
swear to marry him be would bring me
back to my %mite, but I told him to do
his worst, as I would nevir marry a mum
derer.
"That night he came to the hovel in-
to which I had been thrown, and lifting
me into his arms, bore me to the river by
way of the declivity -down which he had
led thehorses to their death. 'Front un-
der a jutting lock he. dragged_ forth a
small canoe; then, fastening around my
xeck a weight which it was evident he
had previously prepared, he lifted me into
the eboat and rowed rapidly down the
stream to a most gloomy spot between
overhanging rocks."
• Sirldenly angry voices reached. our
ears: from the. outer office ; then the door
was dashed open, and a man, whom I
instantly recognized as the fiend of that
terrible night on the Sioux, strode into
the room. • . •
.
•-" Clara Valmer he cried; "yon
have escaped me once ; but, water -defy- I
ing witch that yOu are, ymer heatt wl
scarcely Prove impervious to a leaden
bullet! Die !"-
Thoughthe muzzle of his revolver cov-
ered her bosom and his finger was about
to press the/trigger, I cleared the fifteen
feet of space that lay between us in tiine
to receive, his bullet in my shoulder ;
and then, taught by the stinging pain of
my wound that Clara was yet unharmed
anl might yet be saved, Irappled. him
with savage _strength and bore him -
heavily to the ground.
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MEDICAL.
DB. CAMPBELL has removed to the house on
Main -street, near the Station, one door south
of Ross' Hotel, and- oPpOsite McCallum's Hotel,
lately ocaupied by Mr. Frank Meyer, where .he -will
be fotind as Impel.
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V. S., forerly of Cornell
A • University, Ithiica,N. Y., and Graduate of On-
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every Monday isfternoq9. from 2 till 5 o'dlock.
ATETERINANISURGEON.-D. MeNAUGHT,
T V. S., bess to announce to the inhabitants of
.Seatdrth and surrounding country that he has
been awarded the dipfoina of the Ontario 'Veterin-
ary College, and is now prepared to treat diseases
of Horeee and Cattle and all domestie animals. He
has opened an office in conneetion with his horse -
shoeing shop, where he will be found ready to at-
tend to cells. Diseases of the feet specially at-
tended to. Residence, office and shop in the rear
of Killoran & Ryan's new store. ' All kinds of Vet-
erinary Medicines • kept constantly on hand.
Charges reasonable: •-229
3. CHURCHILL, Veterinary Surgeon-, (mem-
bei of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs
• tb intimate that he has retained to the practice of
his profession in Seaforth, and may at all times be
consulted on the diseases of Horses, Cattle, &c.
Veterinary medteinee onstantly on hand. All
calls promptly attended to.. • Office, at 3.1artsion
House, Seeforth. • 273
HOTELS.
• P OVAL HOTEL, Seaforth, Ontario. SIMON
Jsks POWELL, Proprietor. ,The subscriber has
thoroughly renovated and newly furnished the
• efbove house, so that it now affords Esood.accommo-
&anon ler the travelling public. Choice liquors
and cigars in Use bar. The table is supplied with
the - delicacies in HMSOD. Oystere in 'season.
Large stabliog and an attentive hostler in con-
nection. • 251-ly
pinixcE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont.,
711-- C. J. McCUTOHEON, Proprietor. First-class
;accommodation_ for travellers. The Ilar is sup-
plied with the -very best liquors and cigars. Good
-• In the struggle that ensued a ser:oncl
• chamber of his revolver was discharged,
and in the same instant there was a wild,
despairing cry, and ray antagonist settled
back a corpse !
The leaden messenger had entered his
lower jaw and passed upward through
his brain, killing him instantly. I was
thought that he had intended the »ullet
for me, but that by some sudden, eve-
ment I had chanced to depress the nthz-
zle of the weapon, a,nd.thus' unconscious-
ly directed the • death -dealing missile
through his own head. .
A few months afterward I led Clara
Valiner to the altar. Two years have
passed. sine then, and with every mo -
11 le VIE RV.
• To married -ladies, it is peculiarly suited. It Will:
in a short time, bring on the monthly period with
regularity. •
These Pills should not be taken- by F6nales
during the first three months of Pre,guaey, as they
are sure to bring on Miscarriage, but ttt any other
time they are safe.
In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affectiona
pains in the back and limbs, fatigue on slight ex
ertion, palpitation of the heart, hysterias, and
-whites,. those pills will area a cure when all other
means have failed; and although a powerfu
remedy, do not contain iron, celomel, authnony, or
anything hurtful to the constitution.
Full directions in the pamphlet around each
package which should be carefully preserved.
Job dosee; New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 and
124 cents for posta ge, en closed to Noethop &Lyman
Newcastle, Ont., general agents for the Dominion,
will -lame a -bottle, containing over 50 pills by
return mail. , eti
Sold in S.eafortla by E. Hickson -& Co., and
R. Lumsaen. • • . 197-9
Thomas' Eclectric Oil, ..
WORTH TEN TIDES ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. DO YOU
KNOW ANYTHING oriT ? NOT, IT IS
T111]1 YOU DM -
There are but few .preparations of medicine
which. have withstood. the inipartial judgment of
the people for an s; great length of thee. One of
these is Tiro:nes' ELECTRIC OIL, purely . prepar-
ation of six of sow of:the best oils that are known,
each one poseeesing Virtues of -its -own. Seientitic
physicians blow that Medicines may be formed of
several ingredients in certain fixed proportions of
greater power, and producing effects which could
never result froni the nee of any one of them, or in
different canabinationss Thus iu the preparation
of this oil a chemical change takes place, forming
a compound which could not by any. possibility be
made from any other combination or proportions
of the same ingredients, or any other ingredients,
• and entirely different from anything ever before
made, one whieh produces the most astonishing re-
sults, and having a wider range of. appliaation
ithanany medicine -ever before discovered. It con -
`tains! no alcohol or other voltatile liquids, conse-
quently loses nothing by evaporation. • Wherever
applied you get the benefit of every drop ; wheitas
with' other preparations nearly all theialcohol is
lost ill that way, and you get only the small quan-
• tity at oils which they may contain.
S. N. THO3IAS, Plumes, N. Y.
And NORTHROP & 'LYMAN, _Newcastle, Ont.,
Sole Agents tor the Dominion.
Nomn.-Electric--Selected and ElectriXed. -
Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co.. and R.
Lumsden.
T A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES.
• Office -At Murray's* Hotel, Seaforth. Good
Horses and_ first-elass COOVeyances always onhand.
_
pELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Ont.
-Ls'. Good Horses and Comfortable Vehiclein always
on hand. Favorable. Arrangements made with
nn
Conercial Travellers.• All orders left at Knox's
Honsa., will be prompt's- attended to.
OFFICE AND Snannns :---Third door North of
Knox's Hotel, Main Street.
221 • THOMAS. BELL, Proprietor.
• J. P. BRINE,
T ICENSED AUCTIONEER for the County of
, -Li, Huron. Sales attended in all parts of the
- Country. All ordere left at THE ExPosinon Office
will be promptly attended to. 198
1 —
tient
LUMBER' LUMBER!
VICTORIA STEAM SAW MILL
GOYENLOCK & GRAHAM
Hate now got their new Steam Saw Mill, on the
Northern Gravel Road, six miles north of Sea -
forth, running at -full blast, and are prepared to
urnish
• Lumber of All Kinds
• AND
BUILDING MATERIAL
Of every description, embracing a quantity of
_HARDWOOD,
Such as Maple, Reck Elm, • Birch, Basswoad, Oak
and Elm. A. stock of .
FENCING AND DRAIN LUINIBlat
Kept constantly on hand. •
Tersns as easy as can be had elsewhere.
Lumber delivered in Seaforth, if required.'
Lumber of any description can be supplied from
lOrto 28 feet in length.
GOVENLOCK & GRAHAM.
PLOWS! PLOWS!
, •
MUNRO & HOGAN
PLOW -MAKERS,
MUNRO & HOGAN desire to thank the farmers
-1-1"/- 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 that it is their intention
to inaintein the excellent reputation which their
work during the past season achieved, not only
among the farming commtnity of Huron, but as
-well at every show and exhibition where they ex-
hibited. •- ••
We make the following Plows and &tot
• special attention to their manufacture, our ex-
periellen ehowing that they are the kind e best
adapted to agricultural purposes in this section :
IRON PLOW,
.1110N-B.EAM PLOW (wooden handles)
three Styles,
DOUBLE MOULD -BOARD PLOF, -
IRON AND WOOD SOUFFLERS, or
HORSE HOES.
The above Plows we furnish at $20 and upward;
and guarantee thern to give satisfaction -if not,
they can be returned. •&
The Scuffiers we fUrnisleat $9 to $17, according
to quality, and also guarantee satisfaction.
GREY'S PATTERN OF MOULD BOARDS AND
CASTINGS
Altays kept on hand.
• MUNRO & HOGAN,
North Main -street, Seaforth, MaNaught's old
. stand. • 275-13
• TEA ! TEA !! -TEA !!!
TUFTS& HAMBLETON
Having on hand a very large stock of
EXCELLENT TEAS,
And being hard up for money, have determined to
sell Teas at
CREA.TLY RED:L:0ED PRICES
For one month.
s par ies wanting a choice article of Tea, and
wishing to save money, will find. it to their advan-
tage to give them it call. They have also on hand it
very large stock of
GENERAL GROCERIES,
Crockery, Glassware, Wines and Liquors, Flour,
Oatmeal, Cornmeal, Lake Huron. Herring, &e.,
which they will sell very cheap for midi or farm.
produce.
, TUFTS & HAMBLETON,
• Bruseels, Ont.
, AND UNRESERVED
AUcTION SALE
Of 44 acres of land, in valuable Village and nos
lote on the Stretton Survey, in the Incorporates
Village of
BRIJSSELSI
(LATE ,AINLEYVILLE,)
Ifit
In the County of Huron, on the 'Southern Exton.
81011 of the
WELLIWCTON, CREY AND BRUCE
RAILWAY,
ON *EDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1873.
The incorporated village of Bruseels, Otte Ain.
eyville) is beautifully }inflated in the Townships
of Grey and Morrie, on the Maitland River, on the
Northern Gravel' Road, between Seaforth and
Wroxeter, connecting with all the main Toads to
the principti villages and towns in the Comities, sr
Huron, Bruce. anti Perth. There are in the SID ,
age two Grist Mills, two fitiw Mills, Planing and
dry and Machine Sh is, and a large number '
l
Shingle 31ill, Woolen F 's.
tory, Ave Churehei
Founos i
11.
of first-class Hotels and Business Houses.
• The Southern Exteneion of the
WELLINGTON, GREY AND BRUCE RAILWAY
Now apPronehing completion, rims dirsetly through
the village, having the -Station and Grounds len.
mediately adjoining the above property,
Building operations on an extensive scale are
now in progress, and reel estate of all kinds is
rapidly changing hands at largely advanced prices.
BRUSSELS
Is very favorably situated in the midst of the rich-
est and best agricultural section of the Western
Comities, and from the fact of there being, no coin-
. petin,g villages within a radius of ten miles, it 'will
inevitably bscome one of the most thriving and
prosperous manufacttiring and •commercial tovins
in the country.
This property being in •every respect the most
desirable in the intact, it assures a safe and pro-
fitable investments to purchasers.
All of the above valuelle property will be offered
for sale by public auction, at Britesels, on the
grounds, at 11 o'clock A. M., on the 24th day of
june, 1878.
• TERMS OF SALE.
One-fourth of :the purchase money to be paid in
cash at the time of sale, with balanee in three
equal annual installments, secured by Mortgage at
7 per cent. peranumn. Title perfect.
Further particulars .,inity be learned and plan
seen on application to JAMES STRETTON, pro-
piietor, 13ruseels,, or to C. R. COOPER; Land
Agent, Brussels, Ont. nesse
REMOVED. 'REMOVED.
M. ROBERTSON)
Cabinet-maker and Undertaker,
HAS REMOVED his ware -rooms to
•JOHNSON'S OLD STAND,
Main -street, Seaforth,
Where he heti on hand a superior stock of Furnis
tore of every description.
• CALL AVD iSRE
Having purchased Mr. Thomas Bell's HEARSE,
I am prePared to attend funerals on the -shortest
notiee, either intown or country.
• Coffins, All Sizes,.
Kept constantly on hand.
SHROUDS! SHROUDS!
• M. ROBERTSON,
• CABINET lfeit KR AND UNDERTAKER,
TohrISOn'S Old Stand,
Main street, Seaforth, has now en hand a good
• assortment of
SPIRJOTTID
Which he can furnish cheaper than they can be
• got elso-where., 205
MILLINERY AND DRESS
• MAKING.
MRS. GRAY
Has received her stock of
,41./LL1.ATBRY,
.To which she begs ,to direct the attentismof the
ladies of Seaforth autl ticinity. For variety -and
prices it will be found satisfactory.
Particular attention paid. to
• lloitESS rttA.K.ING.
•
Apprentices wanted.
Remember the place -Opposite Corby's _Far
-
niers' Store, Main -street, Seaforth. 27942
THOS. LEADBEATER, TREASURER,
In account with the
MUNICIPALITY OF GREY;
FOR THE YEAR 1872.
RECEIPTS.
To balance from last audit. :S8.30 23
Tavern and shop licence
" land improvement fund,. ' 277287169 8811
A. M. Ross, for surplus money_ - .
hosndlin- line inoief: . : . 11 1
eieig3eseivefund...18
uon-resident and back
tliXOS
stces S. S., Nos. 1 and 10 for
money and. interest....... . ... 80487501. 00 50
7
3 1 0
Thi
3. cLoeuenkcied.f..br. . 0tin. 12, from County
, 0. Le----cicie, ground money and. fine.- . 58 0
D. a Rnilei 1 1 aSItleinasinrcti, otherseolleet, or ci )Tr atrxsa.s. : .. .. lit8s470 1006
Id.
A. M. Ross, Legislative school grant,
with County equivalent 948 00
C C
t
t
Total-
DISBURSEMENTS. $14,87748
1,'y cash pail to Schools_ .. ... _ _ _ ... is -4,861 32"
"1110 or adsana
ie esituilli bridgesEll.ies. - ' . ' '680 00
4 C 1,15316
tt
•A. Taxes •
2'2'19 52
it A. oss,• for County
At. R
Chafity, .,
11.C. Bank for RR. coupons
3. 11. Giant, stationerystel-
egraphing, postage, etc...
McLean Brothers, printing
and advertising..
M. Ross, being back.
taxes collected
t
▪ t
cc
312 27
540 00
75 15
49 50
197 25
172 28
• Sundries
Dy balsince ha hands of Treasurers._ 4,587 03
Total • .$14,877 48
Absentee list sent County Treasurer, $42 99.
Audited the Treaeurers.B6ok and t =pared -with
vouchers, this 121h Slay ni April, 1873. The above
is an abstract.
ALEX. 31rNAII1, tAuditors,
285 ALEX. STEWART,
NOTICE TO PEDDLERS.
•
Fan SALE, a first-class Iieddiing waggon,
nearly new; and will be sold cheap.
McINTOSH & MORRISON,
282 teatortle
0 173
4:314IETIZS.
fai the Kitchen.
18:1::taal'hifil'I's:frokinjYmin)po:eutpen it,
One arternoon at three,
As proved to be ail.
rs to
IB Saysl lt ilre1e7f1,i, jaele,a':t8i1nri ligeetoe (inilt;ega jato ag Fee! ericknt
my
uses
solsotha-gottinnait 1 co
• g afmegm!e"
tnees,
When it halters to a frog.
liere my heart began to thump,
And no wonder 1 felt funky;
FOr the frog with one big jump,
• Leap'd hisself into a. monkeys
AllittednobIsoepreerleld,edwwiituhlegrmeYa:3:8urp' rise.
features for to seam,
That that monkey was a man. "
But be -vanished from my sight,
• And I -sunk upon the floor,
Just • eamaseninstisisdu:ttivliethkiateltilnitg, door.
Then beginnin to abuse me,
2o
pursw
,
I hers p
:Minn
I -
appro
semo-
statut
lin b-
; year 0
3.0t#372(
act as
'that
of Ha
themtt
,
pairi
ried. :
Slie says 8arab, you've been eaby
drinkin? !" each I
I Bar, 4 N 37001 excuse me, mash!.
But Tve merely been a-thinkin
t as sure as I'm a
But cinder,
°That patty what you see
A-gettin' out the Winder,
Have developed from a flea!'
Lam
asffi:,
tbrLertalY9rst;h:Orroatlti yd. isle:esne't xsicuki:rillfdarumeeedr . :11.40
being asked if a daughter, receutly *f., i
death of several residents of this dis- 3, ( .:-
. A . Texas /paper speaks of " the '' ts:tuith'11°;rev:.-gi7
gyaVe
married, was still living with hi ,
in Sinai
own hive
1,41iLvel'e'y " writes from Brussels l'r-ellt
replied : No, sir . When one of , til:0:bia4e:
my gals swarms, she _must hunt' her Gti.
- ,, • 1
•
to say that she don't object to a ,
geed looking gentleman gazing
square in her face, but that it does pena
make her awful mad when she looks • ,....•: ,
back ltousnelemhaim(rseatadriiz backtontooieei;oy) , Zi;31:0 :.
r season, bui-, you, John.-
pie, and wash but once a yeai•,--in
the.summe
"The Esquimaux are a dirty peo- 1.1.:
see s
John. -
:ng
$1.t "hi le) 7'1
Mo
ny, will be a nice boy, and wash
• like lin An:le-dean, wont you r
Nice bov--" No, ma,; . be Ei-
iin_inia4uxT,epxlae:spea,,rusoian. 'has just been
sent to prison for a term of
• three years, for stealing three aceor-
, At first glance the penalty
would *seem excessivi- but thefiris-
oiler 'himself admittv:1 that be had
intended to play on the. instru-
ments, which intention., of4couise,
justifies tue senten,-,e.
Cincinnati man who sus- (2,
pected bis servant girl of using ker-
osene oil to kindle the tire with, .stau
thought he would try her one night, a
so he poured tile oil out and filled, eMe
the can with water. When lie,
• landed in the dining room• next a
morning, there was DO breakfast 1v
and no tire to cook it with—noth w
ing but a stove full of soaked wood,
and the foolishest looking gill. he :t e
• ever Saws
—in Texas the other day a doc-
tor rode fifty -miles to attend a pa- 4
-tient.. After he had cured the,pa-
tient he presented a bill for VO, -tha
and proceeded to complete -his prep- :tnan
orations for the 'journey back to the dee
post, thinking - no more about tbe
- matter. As he was about to nioun't„ $2
the patient's husbaild put in an ap-
Mr.
peen:aloe, with his trust 3.4 rifle in his tha
hand. " Doaor;'-' s -aid he, "1 reek- p
On we'd better Settle this here. mat- 1.)
ter now and, taking him aside, '(1::11.
" Yon wa'nt acfoin" off without a
t
Carl
settlement, was you 2 I don't want
to owe no m;in' .nothin". Here is -a
ten, Which I reckon is about the
squar' thin g. N ow, if you ain't 4
satisfied', jest get yer weepon and I
_come round behind the hill thar,
so's the old WOMR11 won't be riled s_ois
up, and we'll settle it: .1 don't want
no Man to go 'way from my house
dissatisfied, 'specially you, Doc." •
The Emperor Willlan (NI - a Bro-
• ken Engagement.*
upAincuziaosisieststGoihasewanyj,utsotpped
uccii}iiplgivii, 4119
bet made by two officers there.
One of the gentlemen, who
Count and Adjutant, laid down the
proposition th,it a man of lank- and 1
title could, whenever be chose, mar-
ry a rich heiress. He proposed a
bet, indeed, that within eight days
ed
riIed Tie bet WaS
.cicojt:jeoefecisi gt.ctuilieeouavcrsltielsent:t obit,sotei
the high ty desirable qualificzttion
he W1IIOW of fl14fl ho
en
1 4
boime
she w as s
set
(ioeis ti .113 .0,:fj:
An gagernent
bileorA.vevirei zeis soon as the ellgage"
• , iii1 then uiote
o say that, 00. W(0U11t
ment was arrived at the Count
Germany is a solemn affair, anti is
Clalnied
it
thought, of this humorous affair
her father hat 1n been a gambler,
Itd was:ri niPt17elsigil:fillgteletz:mfl'oeli'llethsli:4-IntSla- s, t
were a.large quantity of champagne
and a .broken heart. But the Em-
peror Wilhean beard of the little
-
rotnance
att{ld.i(.31;1before °; like
eoletheit at all. t•heloka7rof
Piolab
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