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ON THE RIDGE.
Y GIARA Y. GUER;ISEY.
Tv.
Ofeoirse the raysteribus change in
Ezra Lit slafield could not but be the sub-
ject of n rech talk in the little community.
The nore °limitable thought him
crazy ; 1 ut,.as in all matters of work and
business, buying and stinae he showed
. • 1 - w
his usua industry and pod sense, this
theorat as dropped for the far more in-
teresting idea that scene secret crime was
preying on his mind. But what was this
crime? No one had been murdered, no
one had been robbed, no special loss or
calamity had. befallen any one on that
wan October • evening since which Ezra
Litchfield had become the strange, im-
penetrable creature that he was.
More than onetperson, devoured by
• curiosity, ranSacked the Litehlield woods
in vain to find some clue to the mysteryj
and, natural muses fading to account for
the thing. that perplexed them, the good.
• people had. recourse to the supernatural.
He had. been a ghost, which had told
him that he was to die oh a certain day,
andthat was!why he had broken off with
Susy Miller. . He had met the'devil- ' open in
some h . vever, said an angel -who had lay, an
la
nature, nd
charitab e p
to all w on, i.ed. help; but though t
sick and the 11 i or had their wants st
plied fro • E 'a, stores, he't never, if
. could po sibl • elp it, crosSed a neighbo
threshol. 0 all outer interes s,
whether reliv,ms or political, he seem ,d
to be de d • atid in the fiercest strife 1. e-
tween F der4-st aud-Democrat, he ear d.
to take i cithe • side. .
He les a 11$ame1eis life, which .sttll
further 'ncreed the mystery, but did
not cha ge the -sort of doubtful dreaii
which • eoplo were apt to feel in liis
presence., The curse which had fallpn
upon hi had not carried with it the
blight o povIty, for all things prosperitd
with hill. ant, he was able to buy frclin
Adam a id hi fq sisters their share of the.
home fa an.
Mrs. , Jitc4ae1d: went often tb see Susy
and Ad m, ..Who • Were prosperous aal
happy ii eacll other ; but Ezra never en-
tered hi broVier's house, nor did. Slsy
come to her gnothenin-law's until Mrs.
Litehfie d waa taken ill, and lay, as Was
thought on lfer d.eath-bed. •
vas.Ezra 1iting in the kitchen,
f len i his hands. The door
o th .room where his mot
tw .or three kindly neigh
o an fro, speaking to each ot
vo e. •
tly usy carie out of the ick
er e es streaming with te
t tim dly to Ezra and laid. her
his Si oulder. He started at the
did not change his us al
tice. He' gave libera ly
he
1-31-
told_ inm that lie had committed the un- moved
pardonable sin and was eternally lost, in hush
and here lay the secret of his reluctance . prese
to be presentat prayers and meetings-
, room,
This otion was so eminently satasfac- She_wei
tory that itwas generally- adopted_ by hand 6
the superstitious ; but others; think- touch.
ing, like the man in the play, that
where . ou knew nothing it was natural see you
to supp se the worst, leaned to the idea, Ezra
of a tam cler coMmitted in the recesses of mrs. L
the wo ds. • pillows
r Erza walked the world under stood a
co
woman
shut th
and dimmed and obscured even • Ada
hine of his mother's smile. withou
fter all, sad and strange as was A hu
my, there was a sort of c1istinc Hf1
So po
- a cloud that 'grew deeper and darker all
the time, and. shut himout from the
commo friendship of men and the light
of love,
the sun
Yet,
his des
tion in it land I am net surebut the waited in etr
Litchfields troubled and perplexed. as for the pal
er
Ors
ler
5,7
id she, "mother wants to
It an't last much longer."
ose J nd went into the next room.
d was lying back on her
wiqi death in her face. Allam
the 1 ead of the bed..
e la re, Ezra," said. the cl ing
; d. you., Adam; go out and.
kisis d his mother, and Ob yed
a, al
h fdl upon those without. Ausy
facd n Adam's breast, and they
Med aud breathless sd nce
dly knew what, unlesl3 it
e Bible solution- of the jiong
m ur was heard for a few
, and the dying woman's Noice
udly, wildly,- " *Open the claor !
la sit e, open the dOor 1"
fluA it wide, and. hurried in,.
11.
the bed, his face hi lden
the other clasped tig t in
'tigers. With a will Ithat
ering death itself, the iying
rom her pillow.
she cried in a high, clear
on Ezra is-"
ongu refused its office, the death
s hi er throat, and she fell iback
e w rd, whether of conderrma-
tal.„ Unspokeu,
ineld nts' of his mother's
epete the strangeness that hung
ilzra. I itchfield's life. XI any were
es as to what his nother
say. f•Tad he told hjer of
o ,horrible that the hock
• er into the next worl be -
1 tell the dreadful scicret ;
to. her of the diaboli al or
•enger ; or had she 1 beeu.
c ea him from all' suspicin of
Id know even wheth r he
s ecret in that 'last su reme
) t all, inclined to the idea
s 1Ju clea, N,Vhatever it was, was
ng of -a more dark and terrible,
hau ad yet been surmised
lad his wife, however, ipersis-
efuse 1 to believe any ill of their
T•e minister,' Rev. Mr.
as the whole tenor of Ezra
fe, ,both- before andi after
us blight had fallen1 upon
hitn, had. 'be ni not only blameless, but
meritorious, t was impossible to helieve
in any crim perpetrated clurin, two
hours i t -oods, especially as one
ted out a,S tlie sufferer of
could.
they h d iteen at first, and even Ezra
.1 were t
himself felt a sort of melancholy pride myster
in the nlikeneos of their misfortune to A lo
that of any one else. minute
"Use lessens marvel." And in a cried 1
little while the family ceased to wonder For (-40
and. grieve among themselves over Ezra's• Ada
singular ways and unsocial habits, followe 1 byl ,
thoughhewent and came and sat, among Ezra sat la,
them as though he were apart from. the t by one arid,
home where he had once been the centre . h• heiat
and he 1. -
raclually lost the sort of oxPec- . Ivoman rose
• seemed conga
inti apprehension which had at "My son
rked his manner, and ceased, as : - "my'
He
tancy
first m
it were, to watch for the boming of some • The
unknown cause of terror. His mother ; aasp
noticed, however, that •not a -wagon aci t
, drove iip to the house, not a knock was
• heard lit the door, when Ezra was with-,. tion Or acqpi
i
in, without a. change passina over his
face as though the sound might •possibly The
be to im the forernnner ot long -dreaded only d
cala,mi y • he worked as diligently as round
:.eaer, • ut he So contrived matters that -the coujectin
he no onger, if it was possible to avoid had. m ant t
it, sha 'eel his labors- with his brether ; some c hu• e
and. o those occasions when they were had hu •rie I
oblige( to be together, he net, er spoke, fore sh coi1
'unless forced by the necessity of the case . had he spo
• Ad, m, who had. at first been greatly angelic m
provoked and annoyed by ihis brother's about
behavior, grew to take it as a matter of wrong 1
cours'e, and came to regard Ezra as: one Ne 0 e t.,o
clisorded in mind and stricken of God ; had to d h
and this feelinaa pervaded the whole, momen
family and perhaps gave them the •only: that h
f
, conifo t possible under the circumstances. someth
v.• nature
Ma6ers had one on in this . strange Ada
way for two years, when •Adam sought tently -
out Ezra, .where he was hoeing corn, brothe
and, after an attempt at a preface, which . said t
failedl entirely, said abruptly, "Ezra, Litchfi Ws I
there' a girl that I've liked a long time. • this mystari
I've sitoken to her, add she likes me, and.
I mean to be married." . it, I was persisting in a
" When.?" said • Ezra, resting on his his persistence seemed. to
hae. "1,1,There do you meau to live?" • he gates of mercy and
Adam had not heard so. many words e 1 oi
from his brother iu many months, andP , •
uted vi.l. The clergymanirather ••' Ab my brother," said the clergy -
eat
HE HURON EXPOSITOR,
died. Adam went on, and Ithe minister
followed.
"Ezra," said Adam, ben ing over his
brother, " her
Mr. You
'wanted to see hiin
"Yes," said Ezra, spea ng with a
strong, clear v ice and m ruler unlike
-which he had se for y ars, " I did.
send for him. He has' n ver thought
hardly of me, 'nor have yo 1, Adam. I
have seen it 'and b en grateful. .1 will
tell you both my st ry no , and trust
that you will sec justice done to my
memory, for i nocent of anything
-.worse than folly an weakness; but one's
'mind clears toward death, and I see it
all DOW."
The clergyman t oh his seat by the
bed. Adam bent f fwa,rd with breath.-
less attention to ea
" That night
the cows, A dean," h
ly and plainly, " 'hunted for them for
some time, and wet t the farther side
• of wh.at is now tit ten -acre lot, where
•the winter wheat s springing for my
• brother to harvest ext suruner. Then,
as you know, it w s thick woods ; and
just ,under the gloat elni. tree which
stands in the cor er of the fence, and
which I would. ver suffer to be cut
down, I suddenly ame upon. three men,
having between th m the dead body of a
• young man, blee ing from two deep
• wounds in the !breast. The robbers
were so' busy in plundering the dead
• that for a mement they di not see me,
and I mighthave soaped, but that -hor-
ror held me to th spot,. mlicertain what
to do.
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" Before T couldi resolve, they had seen
god into their
for a minute
kill me and
a One, how -
that -the double mur-
an double the risk of
me. I was seized and dra
circle, and they c notated.
whether'they sho ld- not
• bury me :with th ir victi
everg represented
der would more t
detection.
" `This fellow,
still warm body. N
unknown. travelle
will care to make
must be well kno
and there would •
which might cans
." His advice ,
forced me to ta
and dreadful that
breaking it -that
them, •nor show a
dered man lay hi
rible vengeance I
pledge. Leve. ef
took the oath rat ier than
hands ; and yet, would t
hadohosen cleat] ! They
help them. in b •rymg th
• aud repla,ced ove
wood they had.
hide all traces of
disappeared.
• • "Who wereti
dared 1 never ki
" I cau say, a
it was not the fe.
made meholdin tongue; 1
, scribe to you the anguish
the donbts, which fell u
• dead seemed. to y to nui
to bring his slay rs to just
bones Christian .liti•ial, an
those who Some vhere do
for his return.
laws of God anr
me to keep my
I would., it see
.silent or - to sp
weigh and balm
• mind, until it a
going over and
• ceasing argume
aide. At first -1
quiries to be m -
but none ever c•
he said , pushing the
ith his f ot, ' is a mere
„ for Ivh m no one here
search • ut the other
n the neighborhood,
e a hue , nd cry raised
o nit trou le.'
prevaile I, and they
e •.an oa h -so solemn
ev,en ncolv I tremble in
1 ,.would never betray
y One where the 'mar -
adding threats of ter -
1 shou d. violate ,rny
life was strong, and I
leath at their
God. that I
forced me to
poor youth,
his grave the brush -
removed, Ithe better to
their labor; then they
e murderers or the naur-
ew.
God is My judge, that
rof their engea.nce that
utI cannot de-
f irresolution,
in me. The
rom his grave
ice, to give his
1 to search out
btless looked
a the o her hand, the
man seemed to call on
ath. • Turnwhich way
ed equal y 'a sin to .be
ak ; and I could only
ce the gillestion. in my
sorbed raj( whole being,
ver it in .ohie long, never -
t which I Could never de-
constanqy expected in -
de for the missing man,
me ; nor, though 1 kept
watch of the ne vspapers, did. T hear of
the loss of any ne to whoM the appear-
ance of the into lered man: could corres-
pond. Again and again did 1 resolve to
speak but 1 never dould 'brine' my lips
at
to frame the w rds - and yet 1 felt that,
while 1 was sil
wilful sin, and
shut upon /110
„ /
"the int'
incline
ject
speak,
'that li
his heart. smote him for .what he was to t e belief that, on somb sub-:
goinc to say, • • vhich'he could not or dared not
"Her father will give her farm," he obr zra was a monomanific, and.
went. on, without naming his bride. " 1 ,11 his lifetime been subject
don't want to be Mean ;.1,n(1 ake anything • -to bon( age t some mere phantom of his
from mother and the girls. If you and own in adina ion Which, if mice na,med,
mother will give me eno igh of what woald e into air. With this idea
would be my. share to start with, so she -Mr. B Vrited Ezra and tried in vain
needn't do .eVerything, -1.-vait for the to win ftb co ifidence.
rest. 1 ain't a bit afraid but what I can Ezra Wolin only return his usnal
get a living.", stereot, -lied
, 0
Ezra raised .his eyes and Ili:totted at his to tell. '
brother, and a sad,sense of the contrast • "Th
between the happy, hoPeful, • sturdy ter, "
young man tuad kis own poor, mazed, Christi
burdened. self, :seemed to come upon service
him, but dimly, as thou& through some see wh
interposing veil, _ . . gregati
"Have yob. anything to say agamat it, will no
Ezra ?" asked Adam. I
"'No, no '!" said Ezra, with that fu- rcohlrlea.'N'y
- 1
' tile effort to rouse himself which always Ezra
seethed o p,ainful. "But Who is the sort of
girl, AdAin ?:' find e
Adam flushed red. cloudy
"Era, I always liked her. When 1 so lon
was a boy; when she. liked you, I never
said a word, but afterWards-well-it's.
Su+ Miller.'
t .
tzra grew very pale, droppeal his hoe,
aaid tamed to go away. -
dam held him back.
, Look here, 'brother," he said, kindly
enongh, "you know she couldn't have
married you as things are. You've had
your chance, I've taken. mine."
"Yes, yes, it's all right," said Ezra,
in a dreary, passionless way, " I hope
yot may be happy.' But thete'were
1
tea -s in his eyes.
dam's heart melted with him. -,
• Ezra, I wish you vaitad trust me
aini tell me the truth. I've never be-
lieked any harm of you. Won't you
sp ak ?" ,
'nt Ezra, though he raised his eyes
for a moment to Adam's face with a look
ha, f wistful, half reproachful, made no
an -Aver, but to say as usual, " There is.
nothing to tell," And he resumed his
w rk. . ' •
Adam stodd beside hina• for a minute
,or two but he never raised his head, and
hi' broth-er left him alone.
Adam and. Susy were married. ; but
ra WaS not at the wedding, and his
sence was the les remarked as he went
no gatherings in the neighborhood,
her social or religious.
Soon after, Rachel married and . went
the Genesee country, taking -with her
r younger sister, Hitty, who at six -
en married. a young clergyman at Gen-
ee., and Ezra was left alone with his
4'
And
furthe.
abrupt
ister t
The
isolate
• from h
'ter, 8
cameho
dvingl
I Ezra1
i had en
in m
1 old r
! the k
odnootriii:
•
to
te
xvother. Ite failed. in no duty; he had
n ver, since the blow first fell, changed
i • the unscrupulous exaatuess with
hich he had been wont to do all that
h s hand. found to do; but he grew more
a d more silent and reserved. .•
Ho was generoua and open.bancled by
I 9.
" There is nothing
m brother," said the minis•;,
lily s mild yeti, a membeti 'of the
ill Ch ireh, stay away fuontaall her
.. ,
T C nne to us next Sabbath, and
tiler -ri. the worship of the tio11.
p, th voice of prayer an praise
. can e this burden of yiours to
lil e Christian's at the s,epula
,
ooke at the good. man as if a
luml gratitude were trying to
ress on through the thick and
arkt ess in which his spul had
wa dered ; but - he only said,
'Mpo.. la ."
, :-
seems; almost as if he feared -• that
ear aty might prevail, iie went
y fro n the room, leaving , he mita.
find iis way home alone.1
vn„ -
years went °nand., as th‘y . went,
Ezr Litchfield more and more
s ki d. Some of the olid neiglie
1
•
•
bors died, •thers Moved away; a new
genera 'on sprang tap, stagei-coaches,
miracl 's of progress, flew along, the
Ridge Wo ds disasapeared an dt orchards
flouris eni ; and Ezra, Litchfield had
id. his farm was mho of the
country.
prospe ed a
finest i'l the
Wit 1 Adt
well. He t
troubl and
onsly , ssist
late y
them,"
ceivi yes('
801(101
1,
an cc
stracq as le was, woulki sho
diumb1 leas ire, as thougk co
the • sf math e ' of kindliness . e
hiding hiins-lf from its rays.
' Th ear.. went on and mad
fiftyi4 old r man than was the Bev,
Mr. - at seventy-T.1:yd. To the 1t-
1 doing his work. in tte church;
ie inght a sunamons from Ezra
'ha, said the Messenger, was
e while Mr. B-- was at
and was admitte by Adam,
ring of his broth1 es illness;
the house for the first time
rs-; An old lady, a friend of
chfield's, sat by the fire in
and she rose and. ppened the
next room, wheile Ezra lay
bed on which his Mother had
in matters had. not gone se
Susy had secu
loss. They had been genet,-
thuir brothei; but of
%vs h not only would 'tot go to
ut s lowed such a dislite. to re,
Ad, in's visits that --WA brothers
met -unless by chance I; in such
me tings Ezra, silentand abr
• a sort of
seei°'aiol!
•n -
-Ezra at
id,
litt
loor,
he
ered
ye,
•. Li
hen
o
&M.
man iityinaly, why did you not pray
• '
for direction ?"
'‘c tinie and - again ; but then,
you sec, I never could make, up my mind
whether the iirpulse I fel urging Me to
ta•11 the whol was an nsiver to my
prayer, or only the dictatte of my tacvn
w till • ai d I da ed- not follow it, lest I
should be nt• bered amoing those Who
forswear them elves."
" But Ezra"said Adam, drawing a
long breath, "fif you made up your mind
it was right to keep still -J don't say it
was, but if yo thought Sri -couldn't -you
just keep stilland let it go, and be like
other folks ?")
" 1 could ii4t. make pp my mind that I
was t. atm feared that I was
m deadly in, and every day's silence
was a link. a ded to my chain; but I
feared to cern 't a greater sin by speak -
'pg." •
Well, thfin, why flid1/'t you commit
it and done,N,v.th iit,Aand not worry your
1310
out so ? (11,m, with a sort of
. co in p assion at,‘ impatience ,,o f the irrettol u -
tion he could not undestand. "But,
Ezra, you must have suffered awfully.'
" Suffered 1!" he said, With a sort of
moaning °rya' "0 GoU, r hare §tiffered
But, Adam, -Will yeti clear my memory
when a.m g4ne ?"
• " By George, yes !" said Adam, with
emphasis. `' And. conic, Ezra, now the
thin a is off yr tir mind, can't yon make 110T,S.
T)11, CAMPBELL, (Gneeluate of McGill Univer-
-1-1 fay, Montreal,) Coroner for the County of
Huron. Offlae-Next door to Calder Brothers'
Marble Works, and opposite McCallum's Hotel,
Main -street, Seaforth, near the Itailway Station.
_
TAMES STEWART, M. D., 0. M., Graduate of
" McGill, University, Montreal, Physidan, Sur-
geon, etc. Office and Redidence-e-Brucefield.
Tilt. KING, Sea -forth; (late of Carroubrooke)
Coroner for the County of Perth. Office-,
Main-st. : Residence -Commercial Hotel. Calls at
DR, KING'S office will be attended to day or
287 •
VERCOE, M. D., C. .Alj, Physician SOT-
-1-L • geon, etc., Coroner for the County of
Physician,
Office and Residence, corner of Market and High
Rtreets, next to the Planing Mill.
_
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never nem t from the use of any one of them, or in
Ili
different c ianbinations. Thus in the preparation
of thie oil chemical change takee ,place, forming
a corupoin d which could not by any possibility be
made fro! any other combination dr proportions
of the Hanle ingredieutte or any ether ingredients,
and entirely different team anything ever before
made, One which prodnees the most astonishing re-
sults, and having a wider range of application -
,
than any mediciue ever before di. covered, It con-
teins no alcohol or other yolati e liquid,s, conse-
quently loses .nothing by evaporation. Wherever
applied you get the benefit of every drop ; whereas
with other preparations nearly': all the alcohol is
lost in that way, and you get milt the small quan-
tity of oilh which they may contain.;
S. N. THOMASA PnEnes, N. Y.
And 14RTHROP & LYMAN Newcastle, Ont.,
Sole Ageets for the Dominion. ;
N OT re -4-E leo tric-Se le etc a an ti El ectri zed.
' Sold in Seaforth by E., Hickson & Co. and R.
Lumsdehl. 1
The Great let -male litenve4IT.
JOB MOSER' PEILIODICAtL PILLS.
rinlIS inyaluable medieine is unfailing in the
-I- cure of all those painful end dimgeroue diseases
to whieh the female constitutien is subject. It
moderate • ell excess and removeS all obstructions,
and a spe tly cure may be relied on.
To ma ried ladies, it is peculiarlysuited. It will
in a shor , time, bring on the menthly period with
regularit e - l'
These 'ills should not be teken by Females
during t o first three months of Pregnacy, as t ey
are sure o bring on Miecarriage , but at any other
time they are safe. 1
1
In all RSPB of Nervous and Spinal Affections,
pains in he back and limbs, faitigne on slight ex-
ertion, 1 alpitatiou of the heart, hysterics, and
whites, these pills will effect a Clue when. all other
means _aave failed ; itua although a powerful
remed3,-, lo not contain iron, cal nuel, antimony, or
anything, hurtful to the constitution. •
Full directions in the pamphlet aroneul each
package, which should be carefully preserved..
Job Abatis, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 and
12A cents forpostage, enclosed tnNorthop & Lyman,
Newcastle, Ont., general agents for the Doaninion,
will ins ire a bottle, 1302.1tRilliDO OTCT 50 pills by
retnru mail, I,
1.--"" Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson. & Co., and
R. Lum41en. 197-9
_mom
LEGAL
3 111. LEET, Solicitor, Winghann has beau ap-
" • pointed _igeet for the Colonial Securities Com-
po ny England, he is also Agent for several pri-
vate Capitalists of Toronto, Who loan Money at
very reavonable rates. Interest payable yearly
Cha:tvii-gne,sthitumo,dpmeetete1.5 1871.
• , 213
ea. UGHET & HOLMESTED, Barristers, At -
111t neys at Law, bohcitOrs an Chancery and
• Ineolyc'rney, Notaries Public and Conyeyeneers.
Soijit vs for the R. Q. Bank, eaforth. Ageuts for
• the Canada Life Assurance Conapauye
B.-$30,000 to lend. at 3 per aent. Farms,
63
Houses and Lots for sale.
RENSON & METER, Banlaters and Attorneys
at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency,
Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Offices-Sea-
fortleand Wroxeter, ?,:e2)1,000Iof Private Funds to
invest at once, at Eight per et nt. Interest, payable
-yearly. 53
JAS. I3ENSON.
B. W. C. SIF.YER.
tiV R. SQUIER, Banister, Attorney In Chanc-
y Y • ery, &c.'Goderich, Ont. Office -over J. C.
Dude. & Co.'e Emporium, Market Square. 269
1.
, ......_ _ ......_ ..._______
• ..... •....
Squier at: incbonald,
BARRIS TER$, Attorneys, Solicitors in Chancery,
&c., Brussels, Ont. Offide-two.doors north of
the Post Office.
W. R. SQUIER, DANI6L MeDONALD,
271 Gotlerich. Brrissels.
..._ _ . _
. an eiort. and get well?"
. "Adam, 1 am too tired, too worn _ out,
to,wish to 1ve lonf...;er. : For years: my
life has beetone agony of indecision,
and. I want 1 othing and ask nothing but
a grave where 1 may i•est,"
0 .
"And was this what yen told mother?"
" Yes ; .and had her life been prolong-
ed. but a minute, the terrible burden of
decision would have been taken off my
-ban ds. Give my Love to Susy. I felt a
little hard tOward you and. her at first,
•but it is ovdr, it is over.
.- " 0 _Ezra, it does seem.as if .yon Might
net well ! ,You've got Most half your
life before you yet."
• "No, Adam -; it is better ' as it is.
Were the bOdy, to recover, I feel that
the old disease would fallupon my Mind,
and 1 should but involve m.vself in fresh
t.
perplexity as to whethrr I had done
right even' low in breaking my conipel-
led oath. , NVill you see that those bones
are moved Ito the graveyard, and a stone
put over them ? I 11 ave never been near
the place i I could. help it, but doubtless
the remains of the stranger aro . still
there. W.11 you care for them ?" .
"1 wilI,j I will indeed," said Adam
1,
with a sob.
Ezra hel
with a bri
1 out his hand to his brother
ht smile thatItransfigured his.
face, as the c.lond whiCh had so long
shadowed his mind melted away in the
light of et ity.
_
1
KIC°X'S HOTEL, SI1AFORTH. - Thomas
Knox begs to state tq Edo old friends and
and he travelling public, Wiet he has leased_ the
r
. Hotel ' lately oceupied by Mr. multi:Kee and
formerly known , as the 3)cWNEY HOUSE, and
I hopes to receive -ea contimu lice of the patronage
so liberally bestowed upon him during his -many
years in the hotel businesa. Every comfort and
eonvenienne NN ill Is: prilliata for travellers. • The
, _
.
chciTHOMAKNOX, Proprietor.i;l
est Liquors and CigariOnly kept in the _Bat.
A. eateful and reliable hostle • always in attendance.
2o
•
,
•
PuOYAL HOTEL, Seel() eh, Ontario. SIMON
POWELL, Proprieto . The subacriber has
thoroughly renovated and newly furnished the
above house, so that it mail /Movie °/mod aceommo-
. dation for the travelling public. Choice liquors
aud eig•ars in the bar. Th4 tame is supplied with
! the delieeciee in seasonOysters in season.
e Large stabling and au at entire hostler in con-
1-ipeelltiIr'NliC. 5l -1y
E OF WALES lkOTEL, Clinton, Ont.,
2
-I- C j VeCUTCHEON Proprietor. First-class
accommodation for trave lers. The Bar is sup-
plied with the very best lit eon and cigars. Good
stabling a tin ed.. The s age leaves thie House
every day for \\Ingham. •204-4t
-
FOSTER'S HOTEL, SEAFORTH.
T
HOMAS FOSTER begs to inform his old
i friends anel the travaling public that he has
t opened his new hotel, adj Ailing the Post Office,
• Seaforth, where he hes the very beet accommoda-
tion for man end best. The best of lignors and
: cigars at die bar. 1 THOMAS FOSTER.
t i
. JPBRINE,
!LICENSED AUCTIONT.T,ER for the Inuof of
-I-' Huron. Sales 'attended in all ts f t
I Country. All orderl left at TUE EXPOSITOROft108
I Will bu promptly attimded to. 198
tained eleewhere. Oftlee hours:from b A. M. to 5
P. M. Rooms over Mi. A. G. 5IeDougall'e Store,
i
Main-st. 270
-
'II J. CHURCHILL, Veterinary Surgeon, (mean-
J- • ber of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs
to intimate that he has returned to the practice of
his profession in Seaferth, and may at all times be
consulted on the diseases of 'Horses, Cattle, &c.
Veterinary reediehms 'constantly on hand. All
calls promptly attended to. Office, at Mansion
House, Seaforth. 278
TA. SHARP'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES.
• Office -At Mnriay's Hotel, Seaforth. Good
Horses and first-claes. Conveyances always on hand.
BEWS LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Ont.
Good Horses and Comfortable Vehicles, always
on hlad. Favorable Arrangements made with
Comm rcial Travellers. All orders left at KNOX'S
HOTEL, will be promptly attended, to.
OFFICE .t.ND STABLES door North of
Knox'fi Hotpl, Main Street.
221 • THOMAS DELL Proprietor.
S. L KENNEDY,
TT OUSE, SIGN and ORNAMENTAL PAINTER
"I" nnit Grainer, Paperhanging also ettended to.
Workelone as cheaq) as by any other good work-
man in the business. All orders left with Mr.
Kennedy, or for hine at the Erromon Office will
be proImptlY attended to. . • ' 279-26
t 4
t." 1
• ' • - •
I it
41,•••••• -
EXTRACTING TEETH WITHOUT
PAIN,
fl CARTWRIGHT, L. D. S„ Surgeon Dentist
Nai• attends in Seaforth, et Knox's Hotel, the first
Tnesday and'Wednestlay of eeehmonth; in Clinton,
at the ComraercialHotel, on the following Thurs-
days and Fridays. Theremalnder of the time at
his Stratford office.
Parties requiring new teeth, il.rO requested to call,
if itt Seaforth end Clinton, on the first days of at-
tendance.
Testimonials of over 500 patients who have had
their teeth extracted by the use of the Gasonay
be seen at my °Mee office in Stratford.
Teeth inserted in the most substantial and hu -
pro veil styles.
Filling done in gold, &e., in
cannot be surpassed.
a manner which
237-
$5 TO $20per day. Agents wanted.
All classes of working
people, of either sex, young or old, make more
at work for no in their spare moments, or all the
time, than at Anything else. Particulars free.
Address G. STL.\S S ON & Co., Portland, Maine. 284
BOARDING.
TT COLLADAY bas leesed the large and corn-
modious house, on the Salt Works Grounds,
adjoining the Railway Station, and has iitted it up
as a boarding-house. Good table and comfoetable
rooms. Persons wishing a pleaeant boarding-
house ehould apply, as there are at present a few
vacancies. Transient boarders aceommodated at
less than hotel rates. • 228
NOTICE "
TS HEREBY. GIVEN that, application will be
-I- made to the Legislative Assembly of the Prov-
ince of Ontario, at its next aessien, for an act to
reunite the North Riding of the County of Hu-
ron to the South Riding oS the said County, for
Regietration purposes. •
PETER ADAMSON,
County Clerk.
G-oderich, Sept. 10, 18713,•
' 301
SEAFORTH
MARBLE WORKS,
t -1
• NOTICE
TS hereby given tb,at the Partnership lately sun.
-11- misting between John.. Govenlock and Robert
Graham!, both of the township of McKillop, in the
County of Huron, Saw l‘lillere, under tb-e Arm of
"Govenlock & Gridiron," 013 the twenty-fifth
day of SepteSber last, disitolved by mutual 4031. -
sea. All debts owing to the said pertnership are
to be reeeived by the Seem flovenlock.
Datea at Seaforth this 2(th day of Noveranoe
A. 1). 1873.
(Signed) JOHN f;OVENLOCK,
312-3 L01.,ER GRAHAM,
THE • BEAFORTli
.0fTK STREET.
Opposite .the'Waterloo Honse, near the Station,
LUMBER YARD
MABEE MACDON ALD
71pItiEG to inferrn the publie that they have
-L.' a Lumber Yard in ISeefeetb, near 8) I
on the ground formerly u eal as a larZnelf8s
11111bal gliaelTeBer, lifhpeiltit:ii;soibltsifyiew:u3sr.1:ib:11.111ra).01:31 sic l:son1)0:itsNie,11; 11 iiiii1,.1:1L:ArStssi• i,j,NI),Ilec.II:,:f:,31111"111',*:1:171 aneroettaesl
to offer good ludo
160
which they are prepared er/ sell at the. loweet possa.
before purchasing elsetaiii .s.e. as Wo Or(' in It 90Siti011.
cit;111- )tt cash paellas
opened
MONUMENTS) •HEADSTONES;
And -work of all kinds in Ammitan and Foreign
Marble, designed and executed in the best /style,
and at most reasonable prices.
Mantles of Various Colored Marble sup-
plied on Short Notice.
Granite Monuments and Headstones imported
Co order.
CALDER I3ROTHERS.
277 ANDEEW CALDER, Agent.
SEAFORTH AND HURON
MARBLE WORKS
M. L. MESSE,T & SON,
(Late of Hamilton,)
Would intimate to iheir 'numerous friends and the
general publie that thy are prepared to fill all
orders for
Flonmnents, Headstones, - Table Tops,
•Mantels;&c.
Granite Monuments Imported to Order.
• Work of the hest style and art, and cannot be
sm•passed in this part of Ontario.
A call respectfully solicited.
Next door to Porters Furniture Store,
• MAIN-SREET, SEAFORTH.
M. L. M-ESSET. H. MESSET.
WHO WANTS MONEY?
A. STRONG, SEAFORTH,
Will Loan Money at a. LOW RATE OP INTER-
EST. either on Farm or Village Property.
Parties requiring meiney should apply to him.
SEAFORTH 'PLANING MILL,
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY
THE'subscriber begs leave to thank his numerous
customers for the liberal patrontese ex-tendedto
him since commencing bushiess in leaforth, and
trusts that he may be favored with a continuance
of the same.
Pu -ties intending te build wonld do well to give
him a call, as he will Continue to laep on hand a
large stock of all kinds
DRY PINE LUMBER,
• tt4 S IX E ,
DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
SHINGLES, LATH, ETC.
Be feels confident of giving eatisfaction to those
who may favour him with their patronege, asaane
but first-class workmen are employed.
s Particular attention paid to Custom Planing._
201 JOHN II; BR.OADFOOT.,
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY
AND YOUR LIVES.
,A. Strong, Seaforth.
IS ALSO AGENT FOR
The Scottish Provincial Insurance Company -
Fire and -Life. "-
The Western Ins4anee Company, of Toronto -
Fire and Life. I
The Isolated Risk Insurance Company, of
Canada.
Terms as eeartonal)le as offered by any other
agent doing bueiness for relinble Companies.
OFFICE -over Strong & Fairley's Gree.ery
Store, Main Street, Seaforth. 252
SEAFORTH
PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS.
rplIE madeisigned deaires to state that he has
pnrehased from Mr, FRANK PALTRIDGE his
Photographing business, which he will hereafter
conduct.
PICTURES OF ALL KINDS
Taken in the latest and best styles of the Art.
Having had long experience in the business, the
the subscriber has no hes'itation in guaranteeing
entire satisfaction, end trusts to receive a con-
tinuance of the liberal patronege bestowed on his
predecessor.
ALL THE OLD NECAT1VES ON HAND
CHARLES MOORE.
Seafortla, July, 1873.
292
REMOVED. REMOVED.
• M. _ROBERTSON,
Cabinet-maker and Undertaker,
1.IAS REMOVED hie ware -rooms to
JOHNSON'S OLD STAND,
Main -street, Seaforth,
Where he has on hand a superier stock of Furth.
ture of every deseription.
CALL AVD SEE IT.
• UNDERTAKING.
Hexing purchased Mr. Thomas' Beirs HEARSE
I am prepared to attend funerals on the shortest
notice, either in toWn or country -
Coffins, All Sizes,
Kept constantly on hand.
SHROUDS I SHROUDS
M. ROBERTSON,
CABINET 31-ANE1t AND 'UNDERTAKER,
Johnson's 0Id. Stand,
Main street, Seaford!, has now on hand a good
assortment of
Which rhe can furnish cheaper than they can be
got el eewhere. 25
SEAFORTH CARRIAGE WORKS.
WINTER COMING- ON.
WILLIAM GRASSIE
In preparation for the sleighing, Beaton, has in
constructiM la-rge number of ,
SLEGHS AND :CUTTERS
Which will be eOld, as usual, cheep for cash, or on
short time, The reputation of this establielement
for the durability and elegance of articles turned
out by it, is sufficient guarantee that purchasers
will receive satisfaction.
A number of Light Single and Double RIGS, in
the way of Wagons and Buggies, yet on hand
WILLIAM GRASSIE,
Goderich street, Seafotth.
SMOKERS.
EACH PLUG OF THE
M-YRTLE NAVY
WEIGHS .-z-13- OF A POUND,
HILE,„ THE IMITATIONS
ONLY WEIGH OF A POUNte
4
Thus giving you a poorer tuticle and less of it for
your money.
EACH GEl%.7rINE PLUG- STAMPED
cSz JL
Hammon, Sept. 11, 1873.
305
LUMBER ! LUMBER 1
VICTORIA STEAM SAW MILL.
GOVENLOCK & GRAHAM
MYR now got their new Steam Saw Mill, Ott tbe
Northern Gravel Road, six -miles north of Sea -
forth, running at full blast, and are prepared to
furnish
Lumber of Ali Kinds,
AND
BUILDING MATERIA• L
Of every descriptien, embracing a quantiVf
HARDWOOD,
Sueh as Maple, Rock Eine, Birth, Basswood, Oak
and Ehn. A stock of
FENCIN(;- AND DIIXIN LUMBER
Kept constantly on hand.
Terms aireasy as ran be had elsewhere.
Lumber delivered in Seaforth, if required.
10ttuoin2:efree°tfinanleyntle„ril)timi
GOVENLOCK & GRAHA.M.
tan be supplied from
DEC.
fasse!Taeleew,.-
BY CiJARLE A1
If love watac
And. I wale
Our lives
in sad or $1
Brown fie'el
-Green p,Ittae
If love were: v.
And 1 wen.
If I were wee
And love, Ile
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Delight our
With kiseee 11
That gi
If 1 were wii
And leve
If yon
And 1, y'zi
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Ere Marelt•ut
With 41-itnikiil
tritl ht,ttn,
If you were
And
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We'd
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And bugle-,
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If you We -
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And draw tor
Till day Eke .
•. And night
If yon were
And I wer
If you were o
• And 1Wer
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Pluek out hie
And teae4 hi
• And fired h
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And 1Vire
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donkey. ia
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triTcts--ehe tat:
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When it is a Jail
-The young
could marry any
that he eenouke'itt
wanai
pitched hiin over
regarded him as bJ
-A elerortian
to another mark
ing is sermons,
-A sehoolina
am like a hone;
blades, but IWear
-Two pair of
every newspaper
one for the editor
come-lsnulpheot
be
heary,e°billee(aillt:steirhtle
an index,.
fatigue
tra,-veltTweon nules fn
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five reilis eaeh.
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from Indianapolis
nose. Vviri tha
'that necesseery
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never fretzed hiss
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to a jury once by
aorkey in the sti
" NiThat's that Is
Mr. Parsons (wi
had just had a. a
gravely assured
the 4 4 echo of the,
BRIE
• The tea kettle
never gets eold.
-In the email
there are no few
of Baptists,
-It has cost ;$
• 136 lives to bore
-AcGrn13aleas7
Theothe"George Lord
viTNI3ewen theyY()rk2'left
paidt
being childless
offering of the
fonneandsliitigij
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behde
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receives the. ea