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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-01-30, Page 2f 4 . 2 THE U RON XPOSITOIL AN OLD-FASHIONED STORY. BY MARIAN snoonnott—Clonctuded. .1 Richard. .meant well, and his words did sound comforting; but one can't COc a trouble out of sight you knOW • d this, my first love affair, was a trouble to Me for a long time .It was not the joyful thing I had imagined a lave affair to be. I had not taken into amount that in everything there is a eonflict between right and. wrong. They tell me that now it is the doctrine that in all such matters the feelin are the true if 11 things, nd yet, times by -now how trine was m I was to forget work out that our sideratioa ust hring footstool s was the ; and, if I can't help have lain faith. hen Sun - 1 dressed attire. ntine, for a half a t yards to Levantine nay Made, arrow lace . I lied a the dress, ilk stock - All this, style, but es I was untrimmed ern every ; and so, en dollars ble straw. knew I mers, with was Made shim) and was' laid. under the fest guides. llow can this 1 the heed is deceitful above , cl desperately wicked'?" erhaps God does lead us so ur feelings alone. I don't his may be, but no • such do eld among those with wh rowel:A up. We were never hat we had our salvation th c with fear and. tremb ing ;3 uty to God was the lint co n everything; and that we very earthly matter to Hi nd seek His - guidance. Th aith in which 1 tried to walk ailen to do what was right,T Making that the fault must oinewhere else than in the 01 - That was Tuesday night. day came, bright and. , clear pelf for church, all in ne ore a puce-colered Lev. hich. I had paid a dollar an arcl, bat A only took eig *1 eke a dre,ss, and a good Rioted for years. It, was pl. - 'withcait trinimings, and with i uffies in the neck and sleeve plain silk parasol to match white silk gloves, and. white trigs, and. blaak• kid snppers. -though new, was in my usua "n my bonnet I made a chan itired of the straight, white, shirred. silk bonnets 1 had sitmmet for years and yea, that season, I had given- se for an English Dunstable; do This was a high price, but eould wear it for • several sae bleaching and doing up. It in the straight Methodist sf my beautiful delicate ribbo anross it in a fold and tied chin in a bow. Around. the face was a earrow quilling in a bobbled Richard overtook me on churchnand, for the first tim I was embarrassed in his-1pr he talked as easily as if noth nn, unusual . had passed between us, prms M dross, and told me the inn) becoming. This was not pro, tenon for the Sabbath, but so unsettled that I did not about what was said, thou to me plainly enough soon af The very next Sunday; n '.I recollect it, because it was ancl Edmund went home w 1 lace. y way to in my life, ence. But d my taste n was very er CQ/lVer- y mind was hink miek h it came doing whaten fel offended 3eAt, feelings for the precious than th every way pre have been wan tell you owp' the coura.ge, for me as a friend and for four ye, forwarcl to th perhaps et iisen is nothing eartl his. o y ant er. ght it was. lass night, th nie and -sat with me a while ni•y 1 ttle parlor. All these things are as clear to me as if they- had just ha,ppened. well that little parlor in the of the oil lamp, with Edmun' ting near the opep windo 1 scent of the climbing rose 1 'through the slatted blind had been very quiet clitrin auct it was evident to me iomething weighty on his in last, out it came. * "Sister Mineey," he bee I knew it was something an matters, for when. -we talk subjeets he always caiLe xne Mary), "did your conscience bear yea•Witeess in decking yourself out in Ise gay an- . pa,rel- of last Sunday ?" • No one could ever get catty angry . with Edmund. He had •su h a tender way of saying things, .as if the love of -the Lora Jesus constrained him,as in- deed it did in everything ; ut ran tem- per was a little touched th, t he thould find fault with what I ha thought a very simple dress, and. 1 a rather 'up. acid manner what clothingnhe had thought ga " Yon have been an ex, young women, Sister Min and modest dress, and Ieva surprised last Sunday to s such a flaunting ribbon on I felt it was unjust to cal] sage -green "flaenting," ant please me just to be conside ample." • The ribbon was the leas costly part of my dress," I said, "and. green seems to me a very good color tint the Lent has scattered around ` very plent• nlly." Eclmerid:thouelit a moment be ore he replied. : "Certainly we ought Inot to spend much money upon loth' g, but serviceable wear naust..be taken- i to ac- count in purchasing, and. y . • is good in such -matters. speak of the effect; enct to your dress except the gay remember feeble light and '1 sit-- , and the coming in Minutia our walk, hat -he had, nd, and, at (and then uterehaious 41 on Aber I long for expeeted you for a give it." This w would ha but, whe way, I se also, and round lo later, he memory Menne fre cold and me as tru cause his deepest he was v dear as. had- stoo now Ric and me. As soo I said: yori in ti but I am you will a, few de, his wife, and 1 gave him .the same swer. I or no." What little ro frightene to come '• What " He about it. to be my &Aye I have *odd "lei hurt your orld, but a soul is more • world. And you are ions to me, Mary. - I mg for a long time to ecious,ltri have lacked I saw yo only cared for v a. brother, t may be— rs I halieen look time w tin you wo to be my -"rife. Th r ly I have longed for a I know ththis is u, and I will not res •er until 3 J1.1 are rea t id s nit unexpected, to me. I e be n so, two weeks earli r; Ric ard spoke to me in t as med to hear Ed und's v 1 ic. I f t assured then that ed ol me, and th t, sooner r w d tell me s4 With th f ichard's ard r and v;h h in my mind Ed und see e I out, necl, but.I k' ew he lo e y. • e spoke in bat way b eel gs were -tem ered by te e ons ientiousness. I felt h. t ry d ar to me. bi t was h s ieharcl ? And jus as &lin between. Eiciiara and m ard. stood bet een. Ed Ull 0 i a,s I ineuld-collect .m.y thou t, Edinund, T don' beliene I lo e e way you would. like mel t not I quite sure; and perha s espite me when I, tell youth t s age Richard asked me tc e as can't say to either of you ye , , a stillness there was in ha m for a minute, and I re's , ata Edmund's voice seelnlel. to me from a long . dista ce ! id Richard say t" he asked •Id me to take time to t iin , - 1 F . "1 ha e known what ichard's niers ha e e been for you leap, th not a wo d has passed bet eau et a subject, Ind I think he • u derstand perfectly I am anxieut /or his h. nest as I believe him to; be for, n And her , there will be io hatred tween un whatever ma happen. will be j st to each -other, Ibut it is •happine s, not ours, that 3 i are to sitter. .ut out of your iid all tho of what the consequehe S. may b either o as, and. conselt y ur own h and ask the Lord. for ghic knee to d this mat er, what will be' est for y this sver d and that whici is to c Why sh uld I despise you for not able to shoose at once bet een suc friends? I repeat Richer 's words, Mary, t Ite time to think bout it." It wa impossible to foil w Eclin advice. How could I put A of ten all thou ht of the consequ nces to t Next to eur profession ef the mot important (tenni been ca led upon to make would c ecide the future time an 1 for eternity: respons' bility, you see, r alone. They both resu brother y waysenut the o came b ck to us Edwin 1 m as his - ord, and left e and to nay ; b1t Richert kept f ting w1at he had said; a d he w me a god deal to tzy to ,•nct out e how I felt towards Iiim eel Ind th Pin me be ou con gh art , i ein ol dear that was going on,. Ii was so occupied. with my own warfare j and none of the Methodist young men nf Trego had gone, into the army then, though some didi afterwards. 4 n i A malignant fever nad broke out Lutherville, aud madeshort work with; the drunken men aed.i.00rly fed women and children of that place. There were not enough well- peop e to take care of i) the sick, and nurses c uld nou be got to go there. Trego peo le got frightened moved to this city and opened here a and no communication was allewed be- drn-goods store; A few earssafter, Ed- tween the two places. This,' being-- so near home, clid rouse me a little out `,of myself, but still I did. not give _much thought th A.- l' nominatien, then into faslaiona,ble vele- This was the middle ot July, and the ty, and then into public life. We used to talk f him ,sometimese we would have weleomed him gladly to our home, bnt he never sougnt us, and there was nd's ind ern . beim A was we had ever, a,nd I f lt it all thre for d. this reat ted upb inc ed thei • old feeling, ever d was as igood peace to hink eget- need actly and thnn he would. blame himself seve ely for t oubl- ing me. . I wo ad have /inn a g ed deal ab that time to have'been able to know e. actly which best. When Rich- arcl's hen I was w • me Ed- mund.' tirries 1 thou hem, and th the ns give ei i of those poor People, but I shall !never forget th fearful scenes of that iestil-` li mace. - tr is terrible visitation Hq.18 fol- lowed by a great revival of religion, and a harvest of souls was gathered into the chnreb. We were not the only ones Moved. to go there and nurse the sick. We had been soon joined by a fent pious men and tvomen. When we returned to Trego in the autumn Rieliard was gone. He had re- -mund sett up in business ere;hbut by - that time Richard bad drifted. entitely away froth us into another .religious de- weather was hot. One afternoon, oppressed with the heat and my burden of perplexities, 1 threw aside my sew- ing, and, puttiug on my sun -bonnet, nothing to cause us to meet. He mar - left my work-roons arql took a watIc along ried, and: I used to wonder if his wife the bank of the rivera beyond. the houses. made hien h.appy.. It is hard forus to 1 As I was thinking that, hi some way, I believe that the life of any one who has must end the strife ii my mind, even if been so near to us can be quite complete it should be by giving up both Edmund without in. I forget how it was -exact- . . end Richard, the la ter came up with. ly, but l' think she dal not live many me •having seen me pass his store, and. years., followed me out of the town. As if he 1 was l appy in the love of husband had - divined my thoughts ' and was an- and chil lren. We were prosperous. meting them, he p ured me to decide one We had enough to make us comfortable, l way or the other, :Suring me that he to educate our children, and to give could_ give. me up to tEdmuncl if 1 that. away. The chilclvm alls grew up to be that I loved him best and would be hap- good meh and women,' and !. was con- piest with him. - il ' - . This as the first' time he had ever t the possibil y of my Marrying , and I began to think that per - s would not be to• him the ter - ow I had fenred, and that • it, elp me towards seeing the right of these men ,I 'clever' the ' was with Edmund, I liked dent, ea er mann r ; a,nn 1 th Rich, id, there seemed nothin in the orkl so ileasiuit a quiet, entle wars. Sem ht I did ot love ither of t I woul tell th ttere, B t ,I colt her of tl ern up. , ked -him in 1 this q esti& di part of my as the other f ? which one nbuy mple to the Edmiu cl was g ey, in plain Riche' d. ' ffe 1 as so tru never very much said to me : " will try to be region e you with for yoi r sake, nd will y u have me if our bonnet." join t e chur ,h ? lia, 'he said. this, my delicate my doi bts wou d have conre to a s idde it nid not end, fc r 1 ,eou d never lave mar ied A ecl an "ex- man\ ho made the mery-seat a he marri ge altar. dy in the fold, aral eve ever n help to ace, and it seemed • loved to 13erve the ted together. But e saicl on ithe other li spiritual nature i eccl tl e. He wo ld. stancl tea 1 - everything, wher as A t the very salvati n lof depended' upon in. As Id have to Struggle a enlist - nd vanity j but I ad , a hope than :11a,ny, an per - been grant d me f tnis . My mi d was ossed ide and then on the then old Edmund' -what ha e Pas - Richard and me, I tl ought to tell Richard of the • ter- inify had. with Edmund. He as less g Ilene! s than Edinund, for h ' e id :. dmund is far bett,6i; than am, but he can never lave you alf so It i not in his na are to 1 e as Bu I•see," he ad ed, look g at raw !bonnet, wine! I happe d to n at the time, "that you h e al - gone far towards aline..., deci- in of 'his hoot - i I • ay ribbo end. white lus ring.' signifies nethnsg," I r plied; that in spirttua, matters 1,1 eon - need's judgm nt better than m so ani end d not b ar to And, aft r I not trOu le me as much r more_ importa,n one, it 1 to 1 ve the best? od a,nct t se, but s was that he hinted Eclinun haps bhi rible bl might h way. tit when I sitid, "T. know Ed- mund could not fail th make me happy, but that is not," ]ie interrupted me, and contradicted hinaself by deelarinn in the mast positive manner that. I woull never be nappy with 'Edmund, for. I only felt drawn towards him. from a sense of duty, and that he coi.ild not give me up at all. -• t 11. I knew it was not' true th Enmend frorn a sense of duty came my moment of have told you that Richard. I felt ',love when I waswithEch .was dearest to me ; I. went out towercls the one who was near me. Just, then he seemed to me of very* great price, and whe4 I looked. into his . ' dear eyes; soft and -s, ining with love, I 11. was about to yield a cl say, " Richard, take me," when it wins 'as if something whispered to nie : '1Wait a moment !' He -never knew w my mind •in that m •Silent, expectant. E t loved teat w iakbnuetsst.h e. Vv hen I was with Eclm.uncl beg, a,ncl end that Richard. ut now my heart ur judgment I can. only my. eyes all ribbon* was seenaly for a professing f•theistian, • The ribbon may, possibly, do, you harm;• but you .have great • ininterce over the girls, and one willsay, S wears a gay ribbon, I may t other will pin a bow on her another may go even so fti bunch of flowers on hers. the sight was grevioue thought I ought to speak t it." Not one word. in regard on 'my looks ! I reealled Richard had said about A, and I was provok-ed into mentioning i "Richard persuaded me ribbon, and he says I have anything to becomingth -suits my complexion. But never noticed that." "No," he said, " I nev I only thought of its effect of those around us, and' yo ister Mincey o; and anL lionnen and s to :stick a his why me, and I you about o its effects then what to buy that never worn t it 'exactly suppose you. , . ✓ noticed it. on the souls r own soul, too, Sister Mincey, for even those who feel that they are sanctined nanst not be too sure of net becomin castaways." Englund referred here t °both held, end hen often I know many good peOple scribe to it, but. it has a, to me that the good God w His people to grope _along world without an asseranc cepted, and through. life my comfort and. ray stay lieved then, and still this who never feel that they a saints ca,nnot be perfectly religion. We fell into alone sitene over all that Ed.minici hact my mind wendered.off to that ee. nversation, we evening meeting, anc1then to Edmund as I remember seemed to stand between me. I had forgotteirhe- w me, and was quite stand spoke. "Forgive me, Mary,"11 ab talke don lief we over. t sub- eieg-s. one to mum' vas eke him. I Would grown g g that t ose wh shoinc be m was ueh to for E notni g feom fast hrough might be th Riche, d's so his wi e I wo world iness more stun haps i had very- • urpos first one As bad, sed b twee it onl righ view . had ways seemed ould not leave - this piezzling of beim, ac - bis has ''been • and I bo - k, that those e really God's appy in their . thought aid, and then Richard, and ad had after 't ca,me back d how he had Richard and L8 there near d when he said, "if, in step Ed fro var righ t Lori thein side . at passed through oment. He stood verything was still. Then I lifted up my limart and prayed to God—not that He ntould help me and teach me in this thMg (for that I had often prayed)—but that He would then vouchsafe me a sign by whieh His will should. be Made clemi to me.' This prayer finished, I found Edmund at my side as if he had dropped from heaven. • He smiled, a little sadly, I thought, at rny startled look,' and said, ." I have seen you two for seine titan' but you were not. looking the way, I came, and you were so absorbed in each other you did not hear my footateps. I have cenne, Mary, to bid you goed-bye." Was I about to lose Edmund? My .heart sank. " Where are yeti going?' I asked. 11 To lnootI "Oh, Edmund !"' Richard cried. out, "don't go there. It is like the Valley reilina of Death!" "That is the very -reason I am going," I up the old said Edmund.. " Tnink of the poor creat was sa d tures perishing for want of the nursing I The -can give, and for prepious souls perishing for lack of the bread. o life.' "-And we cannot e r from you," min t Mary well. Ido. 'my s have ready sion, as 34.m. wear a ribb ing r the tha,n mine." [I lad aken off the repla ecl • with strings o Irente • tent, and never regretted. the cheice I had. ma le on that July afternoon in 1813. one may have no regrets and be at perfect peace. My life yet not Was too busy for much thinking of the past, but can't un false inn there were times—perhaps you 3rstand—I don't want to give a elession—but when]: was nigh on to sin years, 1 could not fully an- swer thq. it -mations that had troubled me that num er of 1813—which did. t, then love which opa were tii I shouln I Lord gat who Stoll wa,rcl wit I not int, full of wo best, Edmund or ..Richard?— ht I to have married? There s wlieu I questioned., whether eve been so very sure that the me a sign that day. Had not eeded me more than Edmund, .11a,ve firmly Walked heaven - out any earthly support? Had e Richard's -life, tech as it was; -Jelly eares an& enspty of every- thing else? Was I not the one person in the world who could have mede his life fuller and. better? „ I think now—indeed I may say I know—thet *these were vain imagin- ings, and that I loved Edmund liest, first, anicl could ndt at I tne were tir calm h. along s when that th- days of stormie il know fo is cleceitfu ately wick Edmund were old that wits tl It Nv S al Out z't year after this that I met Hi held, and spoke the first words I ha,d. i tte ed to him since that time I had time( to say to him, "Richard, take nke." It was a chance meeting. In a case o charity, in which I was in- terested, I was directed to the office of the pr side t of a benevolent institution, ana tilt re I found Richard. My dear, he clicl him w pleasu about lways, and that it is likely eve influenced Richard's life fancied I could. But there s, now and then, when the ',Mess in which my life glided emed stagnint pool to me, and* •lAiras• troubled with misgivings Dord had. made me strong in the m+ youth to fit me for other and .dcenes.. You see, my dear, I experience that "the heart above all things, and desper- d." died at sixty-three. We eople then, I thought, and enty years ago! ........•••••••••••••4 most effectual remedyr, B an's rut- , monictWafers have been beforethe Pub- lic for twenty years, and have always given perfect satisfaction, 'and invariably effect permanent cures - when taken in *eaten. Sold by all menicinn dealers and country stores at 25 cents -pet box. 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Pro - ex ept sider E your " the min bile< own co them to sorb4d have h parti singl mum vane prayers; arid as foi refre liment in the Sabb pray r meetings, when glow as I poured out m all ight be led or kept they were gone utterly. ed. t this pre but to h in it. time aye tried. te give y dee of ho glits that toil cla after day, but We realize the' sciences, but w others. Mylnin this subject t en in gay Iri s. I could notnea nets of heart. T of -Richard intrucl I u some d throu I know workingcl can't d was an it ev one or, my Bib oughts d into' the se th servie y soul pleadir_ n perfect I was , I0 have a gift in prayer, and time I neven eefesed w her called on me to lead in would feel afterwairds that ve refused, for m were at war with in 1813 --hut I di heart ngland it kno Richard, deeply o whether you &reale. d " No," said Edmp three will not Meet weeks—perhaps—not Richard turned td me to persuade Ednen I had. not said. a we sign I bad asked for granted my prayer. tenger to callthe to appointed me. I 190 face, always win* noble by holy love, ' on his arm, I said : Richard moved aet, to look at him, for ,f I kept my eyes onl hand on his arm, an several minutes. IV him and kissed ray Richard ha,d passed What do you say cept this sacrifice ? refuse it. Did. Abr was called upon to The sacrifice was no Lord. Edmund w was sweet to be Life was sweet t� mow me. ! But when I told as his face lighted up with icl we had a long talk, chiefly ud. After a while we toot: ays at Trego, but not a word out the summer of 1813. Honprable Richard Gardiner was a hank softie old gentleman, courtly and affable, but I realized then that there was no real sympathy between him and. nel then, for, the first time, was I LEO LBET, Solicitor, Wi u • 'pointed Agent or the Col p ny of England, he IS also A v te Capitalists of Toronto, vary reasonable rates. Int Charges moderate. LiWingham, Dec: 15, 1871. gham, has been ap- trial Securities Com- mit for several pri- who loan Money at rest payable yearly oCAUGHEY & HOLMES 213 TED, Barristers, At LVI tornms at Law, Sohat rs in Chancery tan Insolveno y Notaries Public and Conveyancers. Solicitors for the B. C. Batik, taforth. Agents for the Canada Life Assurante Co pany, N B —$30 000 to lend at $ per cent. Farms, 53 - ters and Attorneys dry and Insolveney, etc. Offices -8 ea- , if PITWIte Funds to t. 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Her breathing was short and quick, at times causing great distress and apprehension Of impending death, and she was greatly prostrate with geueril •At night she was constantly subject to attacks of -- great difficulty= in breathing, the surface of the body becoming cold, and slie was lapparently life- less, being restored only by gent exertion on .the part of attendants. She began taking your med- icine about a year to, and she ha not had an at - taeksince, and is in the enjoyine ; fortable health. I have great reds t of very com- 71 to be thank- ' ful for her extraordinary improve ent. - AntisTitolvo Lan ling Waiter." Thomas' Eclectrie Oil • • WORTH TEN TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN 0 OLD. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING OF IT ? 'NOT, IT IS TIME :`,YOLT DIE - There are but few preparations of medicine which have withstood the hupastilal judgment of the people for' any great length Of time. One of these is TIIOIAS' ELECtItIC OIL, urely prepar- ation of six of some of cliebest oil that are known, . "fi ay be formed of d proportions of its -which could is of them, or in each one possessing virtues of its physicians know that Medicines xi several ingredients in ',Certain fix greater power, and producing effe never result from the ',Ise of any o different cambinations:i Thus in the preparation j of this oil a chemical change take. place, forming a compound which could not by ai y possibility be made from any other ,combinatio or proportions of the saane ingredients, or any other ingredients, and entirely different from anything ever before made, one which produces the moll astonishing Te- st -Ina, and having it.,:wriler rang of application than any medicine eVes before distovered. It con- tains no alcohol or other volat" e liquids, cense.- iy qu.ently loses mithing,by evapor tion. 'Wherever applied you get the benefit of eve drop ; -whereas with other preparations nearly all the alcohol is lost in that way, amity -on get onl the small quan- tity of oils whieh they may, eonta ii. S. N. TH IA , PHELPS., N. Y. And NORTHROPi & LYMAN Newcastle, Ont., Sole Agents for the Dominion. ' NOTE.—E1ectrie--6e)ected tut Electrized. on ,55 Co. and R. Bi tisfied that I had not loved this LusmolsedeT. Seaforthiby E. Since then my mind has been at -; The cheat item. peace. JOB MOSES' PEI= pt once. Nine years ageRichard &Feeble medicine a It was late in the fall when I THIS int Reinedy. IC PILLS. , unfailing in the cure of all those painful and angerous diseases - to ;which the female eonstitUy,in is subject. It is mod61atcs all excesa and rem& all obstructions, and a speedy cure may be relied. in. To married latlies,i, it is peculit rly suited. It will in a short time, bring on the 311- nthly period with regularity. 1 . ,., These Pills should not be t ken by 'Females during the first three months o, Pregnaey, as they are sure to bring offIgiscarriag . ,but at any other time they are safe.. ,!.. . In all oases of Nervous and : pinal Affection, pains in the baek and limbs, f tigue on slight ex- ertion, palpitation of the he irt, hysterics, and whites, theso pills will °fleet a imre when all other means have failed; end although a powerful remedy, do not contain iron; calinnel, antimony, or anything hurtful to the constitution., Full directions in the pamphlet around each I package) which should be caref y preserved. Job Moses, New York, Sole Pr. prietor. $1.00 and 12/ cente for postage, enclosed teNorthop &Lyman, Newcastle, Ont., general agents :fox the Dominion, will insnre a bottle containin o'er 50 pills by .., return mail. r"..-- Sold in Seaforthby E. ickaon ac Co., and R. Lninsden. 197-9 d. Here was th -cemetery lot was on the river bapk, -not The Lord b.a, -le had sent a me he work He ha ed into Edmund's and -now made enoug d, laying my hand James will. go with you." to Ed y. I did not date slums ar I might faltet. the ch dinund's face, My ers. thus we stood for not al en he,drew me to liked lips, 3 knew that ut of sight. Did ;Edmund ac - He had no right to am refuse when he er up eis only child.? to Min, but to the dear te me, and, it ith hie] anywhere. e too but I meld re.' the same view f it scent ad a long inters iew chit& ng convince minut wrone e,ccenting back • my he betwe and. s 1 a out of • far froni ours. Often, during that win- - ter, I bought of the two oldbfriends once - more rought near together ; but it was not u til early summer that I was well . . . to visit the two graves. My son was in the habit of driving me out und's graVe frequently during the r, and we always took tome of dren vvith us, and heaps lof flow. was glad the honeysuckles were out of bloom when. I went, for I o lay some on Edmund's - grave giee it up, if it was the Lord's pleas But Riehard took that you do. He with Edmund, tr that he was doin the sacrifice of m me down into th mund replied, as was not making t to the Lord. . Th to me. He coul see me, he wrote, to marry Echnim from Luthereille not going there . I answered h fully made up; me, and, in cal it clear to me t every year. But the roses ha q always seeme 1 to me to be Richard's fftowers ; and tis clay, while the children were tying vreaths, I slippecl a bunch of roses under eny shawl, and stole ,aw y to lay them on Richard's grave. Bat there waa no grave at all, nothing but a lonely marble tomb with pillars and a ches, and statues—and i when I looke back to the grassy mo which Edmund was sleeping, f flowers, and the sniee n floating around him, for e few s the old doubt came creeping nto my heart, and I Wondered if d had raised this cold,/hard shell n Richard and all thatnvas tender eet in the world. a foolish old- woman to cry now sheer pity for him who, perhaps, never needed my pity. Th re was no place there or my roses, and I would not put Riehardes flowers on Eche s d's grave, and so laid them .gentl in the river. I, life Cy' this taking 11 ;pesta ence ; tend; &I- ntone to you, that I sacrifice to him but nsRichard sent a letter pet trust himself to Itenhe begged nc not nntil after his Tetuan or else to insist On his t , that 'my mind was hat the Inirct had called ngl in thhs, had made at should cast *in- my lot with, Edmm d, and. 1 ended , y en- treatingnhat, if I lived, he would be to me the same de r brother he hadlalways i been. •i • This was my last ccitansunication with Richard Gar er for forty years, fpr he. answer to this note. ere- was but little time, muncl and I had. to do for us, and on the third eisien was ma d.e, we were. married. , ., It was not the fashion of those days to take wedding trips, for traveling was not the easy thing it is note, The bridal couple went at once to their own home. Gay people of the world gave large -wed.- ding parties, and the more serious-minded had, perhaps, a fen, tea-drinkings. But . Edmued and I^- did. have bridal trip. The iron -gray horte tookj us over the same road we had so gayl• traveled two ven at months before, by -the green fields and through the spicy woods, clown into the Valley of Death. h my returned me n have And, indeed, t of ourfor thework E cribe could not wait re ab- day after my d could riding e with f Ed - y pri- ons of •s a,ncl sed to s that peace, count - ,11 Our ra,yer, Might as not t that • much 0 * * * * Neither of us caught tie fever. We were wonderfully preservedand sustain- ed in our labors for the bodies and souls nd under with the - voices of SPECIAL NOTICalS BREAKFAST. —EPP.S'S COCOA. —GRATE - PUL AND COMFORTING. --` 'By a thorough know...edge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion ancl nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well -selected coena, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast ta- bles with a delicately flavoured, beverage wliicn may save us many heavy doctors' billsnr—Civn Service Gazette. Made simpltr with Boiling Water or Milk. Each packet is labelled—Jeeree EPPS & CO.,__ Homeopathic Chemists, London." MANUFACTURE OF COCOA.2— ' 4We will now give an account of the process adopt- ed_ b , Messrs. James Epps & Co., man - &enterers of dietetic haticles,‘ at their wotka in the Euston Road, London" — Cntsoll's _Household Guide. Js health worth having? If it in pr teet it—it is a jewel as easily lost as vi , and, iemany cases as difficult to re over. In this climate, and more par- tieulerly at this season of the year young pe p e are very apt to take cold and suf- fe4 frbm sore throat, coughs, spitting of bl od and pulmonary complaints general- ly which if not checked immediately 1e4d to serious consequences. The ques- tisk arises—which is the quiekest and 204- FOSTER'S HOTEL, TM:NUS FOSTER. begs t friends and the traveling opened his new hotel, adyoun Seaforth, 'where he has the very hest accommoda- tion for man and beast. The est of liquors and cigars at, the bar. THOMAS FOSTER. EAFORTH. inform his old. public that he 3433.8 g the Post Office 1111EDICAJL. nit. CAMPBELL, (Graduate of McGill Univer- - sity, Montreal)) Coroner for the County of Huron. (Moe—Next doer to Calder Brothers' Marble Works, and opposite McCallum's Hotel, Main -street, Seaforth, near th Railway Station: TAMES STEWART, M. D., , C. M., Graduate 9f tfl McGill, University, Montreal, Physitian, Sur- geon, etc. Oflice and Residence—Brutefield. D KING, Seafcirth, (late of Carroubrook,) -2-7 Coroner for the County of Perth. Offiee-- main_se, nashierlee--Cenymercia.111otel. Calls at DR. KING'S office will be- attended to day or night. 287 T__T L. VERCOE, M. D. C. M., Physician Sur- , -1--R• • geon etc., Coinner for the County _of Office and 'Residence-, corner f Market and a streets, next to the Planing ill. ATETERINARY SURGEON—D. MeNAVGITT, I" V. S., begs to announce - the inhabitants of Seatorth attd surrounding c untry that he IIAS boon awarded the diploma of he Ontario Veteran - &T7 College, and is now prepa ed to treat diseases of Horses and Cattle and. all d estic animals. He has opened an office in connec ion with his horse - shoeing shop, where he Win b _found ready to at- tend to calls. Diseases of t feet Specially at- tended to. Residence, office and shop iu the rear of ICilloran & Ryan's new store. All kinds of Vet- erinary Medicines kept constantly on hand. charges reasonable. cI - 229 •E G. BULL, .1-4URGEON, &c., Seaforth, Ontario. Plate work, lathst Myles, neatly ,ex.ecuted. All sur- gical' operations performed with care and promptitude. Fees as low as can be ob- tained elsewhere. Oftlee he -tars from A. M. to 5 P. M. Rooms over Mr. A. G. McDougall's Store, 270 Main-st. 9, 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 may at all times -be consulted on the diseases of Horses, Cattle, &c. Veterinary medicines constantly on hand. All calls promptly "attended to. Office, at 518.1)SiDll 273 THE SEAIFOR-TH L M B A.R, D MABEE 'at MAC ALD TtEG to inform the publ c t they have opened -1-1 a Lumber Yard in Se or , near Shearsonls Mill, on the ground-, formerly ma as a Lunrlier Yard, by 1r. Thomas Lee, They wi I keep constantly on1hnda good assort- ment of ALL KINDS OFLUMBEi, dressed and undressed. Also, LATH AND SHINGLES, all of which they are prepared to sell at the lowest possi- . ble prices, for Cash. , Builders and. others will lindilt to their advant- age to inspect our stock, and,ascertaan our prices before purchasing elsewhere, ad -we are in a position to offer good ind-ucements to ash purchasers. , 160 ;MABEE 4 MACDONALD. PUBLIC N TICE. J. Re WILIIIAMS SEAFORTH POMP. FACTORY, . IN returning thanks to hia- atrons or past fay - ors, would state ' that he 'is now making exten- sive preparations f� i the con) g year, and will be ppruepianrp,ted_8oofi:ihzsi' keese :Factory Tanks, and water supplies generally., His pumps are already %so well and favorably known that any praise of them is unnecessary. All notes and accounts now due must be settled at once. A number of overdue notes and accounts will be placed in Conzt, for collection if not imme- diately paid. 812.13 J. R. WILLIAMS. CUTTERSi CUTTERS ! Huron Crriage Works, House, Seafortis. LIVERV. q, A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND SABE SJIA3ILES. J- • • Office --At Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good Horses and first-class Conveyances always on hand. BELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Ont. Geed Horses and Comfortable Vehicles, always on hand. Favorable Arrangements made with Commercial Travellers. All orders left at Ka. ox's HOTEL; Will be promptly attended to. OFFICE AND STABLESl—Third door North of Knox's Hotel, Main Street. 221 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor. (Late McIntosh & Morrison) MAIN STREET-, - E. - SEAFORTH. THEi undersigned IT;ox hand and is making ' FIFTY , 0d TTERS 1 Of First -Class materialand'of the best finish, which he will sell cheap for, cash or-on.short time. Also, on hand and for sale' Wood -Work of every _Description., Cutters, Bodies, Wheels,'Gearings, (De. 313 A. J. MeINTOSH. Samuel JBrollie, C. E., 1DROITINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR, Sertforth. -1- All orders left at theMansion House -with Mr. John Murray will rocetv& immediate attention. References—Dr. Coleman and Dr. King. 411*52 EXTRACTING TEETH WITHOUT PAIN. (-4, CARTWRIGHT, L. D. S„ Surgeon Dentist v -i• attends in Seaforth, at Knox's Hotel, the first Tu.esday and Wednesday of each month ; iuClinton, at the Commereiel Hotel, on the following Thurs- days hnd Fiidays. The remainder of the time at his Stratford office. Parties requiring new teeth are requested to call, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first days of at- tendance. Testimonials of over 500 patients who have had. their teeth extracted by the nse of the Gas, may be seen at my office office in Stratford. Teeth inserted in the most substantial and im- proved styles. Filling done in gold, &c., in a manner which annot be surpassed. 237 - LONDON COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND TELEGRAPII INSTITUTE. VOIJNG MEN, if you want a first-elass business -1- education, attend the London Commercial Col- lege during the corning winter. The prosperity of this institution is constantly increasing. The number of students in actual attendance during the year ending September 1873, was larger than that of any other.institution of the kind in the Dominion, being OVER TWO 11UNDBED. Our 1 course of bnsiness instruction is the most thorough, systematic and progressive ever introduced hi. any business college in Canada. . Specimens of Peninimship exhibited or sent by us are genuine ---neither printed nor imported_ Our graduates are sought for by business men, and give general satisfaction. Telegraph ssudents have ample time for practice every day. Circulars with full information sent free on ap- plication. Address, GEORGE A. SWAYZE, 4 Manager. London Oct. 1,1873. 808-3m-eow BOAR DI N G. flCOLLADAY has leased the huge and 'corn- modious house; on the Salt Works Grounds, adjoiningthe Railway Station, and has fitted it up as a boarding-house. Good table aaad comfortable rooms. Persons wishing a pleasant boarding-. house should apply, as there are at present a few vacancies. Transient boarders accommodated at less than hotekratee. 228 e J. !Terre to make che..ese a . n said a In ten and " Thank ,AfeSranolni stand a It ..1) r you f : know ail -pat'itent e 'II he relic hi ;lee ing I - 1 . rs teberrIbioaetui ' t the th,_. betejisA.'tmli goodti0, alega: ver, and energy t's) hb) ! efilnietliir 3i ' estahteie - thfine tions. -o as s' ° w1 ' thaturrili: Q in s°ll(riitl :i4)n ieti:e1gl::eelels3 thetie;sixft dili eail easou, traili aleaav Shut winZ , outiaiIluat - the rill mhii - , , the remar 'ilffi' )°1'71111 t 'Et.' ' T 1 .aye be a Even I AB was attez :I; wass eel rw . !senscroon was onet e) tha ius ° that 1,1 ixen up therliflilhk it fr14)1h)eilrf Nl tie deelares 31 ever &Mae bfciir7:Iloichl:\i'eia nient eked a' the youi J. Wil 4 Wien Cleneland. Ieas ago. il;1atr thasta lived in anitertAa' tavhat ele;:ent;tet: yonege,st w pigment Or WAS the inc Yon perha amen, a ha .111ateeeir11:41:t3';I:lw was,la, ere PiAivitieZe'itItit In :bhelrigel:ti teia Theesuest -frimide, awl one ';is 0r g4) e () ti.-0Wil the oblitIn$ airIll:a.aur-v..e'v, -English ros, ailltd_at het the t wiiite to p" sa Sciiiiioecit•io.1, to maei f ,,1 looncel wit , , tarilaatertot tliceieroin t Fora and ltioloali-tacoeetiil. e (yfrosnacliifetalinl to pistol shot. anon is the Pinsinent's ni' life ago, Bno i, 110t)lieut7,: hr:- i w lisp e -en i Pra1131 I 8,1:Sy:ill: f ii en this , • -though it ea it dins I t lit e tl el, its war l ., I Seotel-m tatre of , mtory-: 1 ta§tes zknd. nbliteratitie and pretent :Jena -tin. ye ,Thas t1C. kn been t?he VI herniate et ed froin:.114'a tie daunt Cu markeil ing to tlene. that the nine is not the e of the neet The eaeliest intusual wit t ing altteet1 hunting 1Z1Ji renOiltitr the ancient ,uca.ted 111 it the commath- should, be.