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THE Flux:tor" EXPOSITOR,
'EB. 13
871
THE SLEEPING MURDERER.
The wind whistled Wild y without,
rain fell heavily, and the celd wan in-
creasing every hour. With a shiver I
drew my chair nearer the fire; avid re-
marked to my companion, ,
" What an awful night !"
He assented, adding:
• "I don't think I'm superstitious, but
I can't help regarding this night, the
seventeenth of January, DA ineder a sort
of curse.:
"Why so ?" I questioned.
" Thereby hangs a tale," he replied,
lighting a fresh *at.
" Let us have it," was my laconic re-
joinder.
Now this companion ot mine was some-
thing of a character in his way, His
name was Bill Brentford; ad we had.
at theage
enter his
1 to eulti-
li been.
ons. From
h other.
obus life of
nt of his
detective
been inseparable friends, wit'
' of eighteen we parted—he
uncle's,store in London, and
vate the farm in Suffolk, whi.
in the family for eight geneta
, that time we saw but little of
I Bill soon tired of the MODOtO 1
I a clerk, and., following the.
own inclinations, entered. fit
force. A,t the time of which I am writ -
ink he waa one of the. most efficient of-
ficers. - -d
During my rare and hurried visits to
- London, I always stayed with Bill, He
had never married, but he ha kept up a
batchetor's establishment in two snug
rooms next deer to a first -r' te eating -
house, from which his meals were sent
to him. A luxuneas fellow was Bill,
when off duty, but in the pur uit of his
business nerves and frame alike seemed
made of iron. • ,
• But to return to the night of which I
' was speaking. Bill enjoyed telling a
- story, and told one admirably; so I too
• lighted. a fresh cigar, and leaned com-
fortably back in my (their to listen with
a feeling of delightful satisfaction.
Bill smoked. a few minutes in silence,
and then began : •
"Did. you ever hear of the Rutland
murders, Dick ?" ,
• " Well, no," I replied, "I can't say
that I did."
' "Of course not. You country fellows
• neverdo hear anYthing. Jupiter,what
a life !" . .
. Jupiter was Bill's favorite expression,
and he always said it very slow and with
• great energy. •.
•"Well, the first of these happened. in
• 1859, ten years ago ty-iiight , and the
second in 1867, Ther were both, com-
• mitted- on the night' of the 17th of
January, between the , hours of eleven
• and two."
There was an old man by the name of
• Clark Rutland, whoowned a tall, rather
• gloomy looking house out towards Pad-
dington. He was a widower, and very
• rich, and his children having married
against his will he had disinherited them
. and adopted a nephew, a feeble indolent
good-lodking aort of, a chap. ,
This fellow, David Rutland, was mar-.
I ried at the time his uncle aclo ted. him,
t and had one child, a boys of five years,
• the handsomest little creature 1 ever set
'eyes on. The mother had gipsy blood,
they said, anti she looked it.U. ust :after
• they came to live with the o1d man, a
• 1
robbery was conamitted in the Jwitse, and
• I had charge of the affair ; so that'o
the way I came to know all about
them,
. It was when the child, Mark Rutland,
was sixteen that the first of the murders
took place.. Datid Rutland had been
dead long ago, and young Mark was look -
heir. I
on some
the first
old Mr.
his bed,
ed upon as . the old man s sole
had been away to the North
business; and. when I got back
piece cd news I heard was that
• Rutland had been found dead in
with a wound through his, heatt, made
by some sharp, -slender in,krument,
which must have let oat life -instantly.
His serauaisi that he always- slept
• with a long dagger beside him which he
• had brought from Spain in his youth,
and valued very htghly. This dagger
• was missiug and cceild not be fotind,
though the strictest search was made
• for it.
The case was a very dark one and not
• a trace of the murderer could be found.
was too young to ,have anything to do
with the mana,gement of the aair, but
• I was greatly interested in it. At length
all search after the murderer wie given
up, and Mark Rutland, 'under t e guar-
dianship of his .mother, entered by will
•° into possession of everything..
•
Now, nothing in the world hurts me
se badly as to be baffled. in a c se, even
though, as in tide, instance, it is not my
own. 1 hated to give this one up, so I
took careful notes of it and laid them
• aside for future use, if I should ever be•
so fortunate as to get hold of a clue to
the mystery.
The affair had nearly passedeout of my
•;mind, when. on the morning of
•118th, 1867, I waS roused very
ithe news that a murder hacl be
mitted out Paddington way.
anuary
arty by
n• corn -
I 80011
learned the victim. *an Mrs. 1-da..eicl. Rat -
land, Mark's mother, and I -lost nottim.e
frtirrying to the spot, *hero a cr wd-had
already. gathered.. There.: was I in. ray
tinind,...from the first, S, certainty Of *hat
-sight awaited .nie, —that email Zraooth
• hole passing „directly through the still,.
.- The murdered woman lay flat on. her
cold heart ; and was not ilstakert.
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back, and her placid features showed that
she had died without a. struggled „ •
' Such agony -ae that of. her son I have
seldom witneseedetindeed, it Upset his rea-
son,. and for many weeks he alieraated.
betiveen the delirium of fever And the
stupor of atter exhaustion, Th
one. remarkable feature . of his
all his clelitimia he never allude
re was
,ase—in
to his
mother's death, and yet he did not once
:- ask for her as though she were living.
Again, as in the former instance; there
was no trace of the weapon with which
-the horrible deed had. been committed.
A towel, which lay on the floor by the
bed, was cat and 'stained with blood; as
though e sharp and bloody instrument
had been drawn hastily through it.
There were no sign that any one had
entered t a room, and the maicl stated
that ever thing was in precisely the
same ordet in which had left it. Sus-
picion fell upon the servants, but there
as really eo evidence against them.
The only other inmate of the house
was the rearciered woman's son, and not
the slightestsuspicion fell upon him.
He benefited in no way by his mother's
death, and it was proved that they lived
on the best of terms in fact. were more
than usually devoted toeach other'. The
servants testified that they had never
heard a hard word pass between them.
• They always retired early, and. on the
night in question, they had parted, as
t ey always did, with a tender ' good-
ni ht. The maid stated that Mrs.' Rut-
land had ordered her not to extinguish
tb gas, and had made her repleniah the
light befo leaving the room, saying she
should sit up rate. From the position
of the bod , it appears that the poor lady
had not tired, for she still wore her
thick dres ingl -gown, and was lying on
the top of the covering, with a . shawl
thrown ov r I a' feet. A book lay by
her sid.e, a if it had dropped from her -
hand, and he gaswas still burning when
the maid en red the room in . the
inorning nd discovered the horrible
.deed.
The rooin was the same in, which old
Clark 1!ttaI1d had met with his bloody
death eight ye rs before. Two years af-
ter that cleat the room was • shut up,
and theu Mrs Rutland had suddenly
determined: to bccupv it. Since that time
it held beeu her chamber. '
Well, it ee
be baffled ag
murderer coulc
land recov ed
mind appeared
perfectly h&rrn
who wereev e
tenderly. •
but the fatal c
except by ims
My comr e
utterly ba ed
managemen w
told them hat
' yet, and if he
unt the reit
wou d eith ch
mit hem t cal
•
Tltewee.s b
thins seem d
ed the ,ho se
hour —ever! w
near
wa11
'elici
fled
17th
foun
I .firs ega
It had be n a
the vening ca
ering up for a h
I sen for J e II
of'nine w o
who bids fa ntoe
ladd r. I
lion, ol, t
utter y with
perfe
low c
was n paw
and. sked h in i
copse ted in tan
sit d we. sid
notes ef the,
some time h
at on�e I he
and I knew
idea. He 4.
word ,was fi
sai..,c1, Qq.nuiiyetwly tw
*1 nodded, or
without a w rd
out in my. n tes
rangement ass
it was time g
We both ros
long and, heavy 1.
.
corner, and arri
whistle from me
we placed. th b
and drove o ra
Paddington, to
House. By he
up in the loi, er
soon Ird all phe
ceptio of poor A
•
the fl or where
committed. 1
We brought in
it to the fatal
lighte the gas,
out a Iting, large
ping this, a ma,
appea, cl, clr sse
ed likely that we were to
Lin, for no trace of the
' we find. • Mark Rut -
is bodily health, but his
a perfect blank. Ile was
ess, and. the old servants,
ted to him, nursed hint
ernained in tb.e old. houne,
amber was never entered
lf. -
jeered. at me for beilm so
n a case where the entire
s left to me. ' At huit'T
riqt given up the game
.would leave me alone
--of February, 1868, I
at up the mysteryor per-
ine a fool. .
came months, and still
s dark -as ever. • I haunt-
unweariedly, and. spent
ole nights— alone in or
the deubly-fated room. • I would
(rt
for li urs with Mark, striving to
a, glea of rela,son from his stupe -
rain. , It was utterly useless; the
of - Jariluar§ came round again and
e iki nearer.,my object than when
my search.
dark, cold day, and as
e in, it commenced gath-
avy storin. About dusk
rkness, a young friend
ad lately joined us, and
r climb to the top of the •S
him to be brave as a
ist ' orthy, strong as an ox, rk
ut nervee, and above all, '
tly de ote 1 to me. When the fel-
ine 1 old iin that I thought there ,
al aight's work before me, E.
he would share it. He of
ly. •] then made him co
me and exa,mine my th
wo Rutland murders. • For u
read on in silence; but all k
rd him draw a quick breath, eo
e ha,d begun to catch my fe
n t speak until °the last bu
II
sh d, then he looked up and ex
aid -
faces, Joe spoke first, lowand hoarsely:
"A somnambulist I" he Murmured.
"The two murders were committed in
his sl p." " Not so," I answered in.
awe -stuck tones. • The first was com-
mitte awake. The second was God.'s
avengijng hand, rna.king the murderer in
his ve y sleep the instrument of his own
hetray1 and. punishm.ent, and that of
his ac omplice. Look here."
• I po nted to the floor, jaet below the
apertu e in the wall, and there lay a
folded paper, on which was written in
large. 4tietincb.chara,cters :
ft of -my last Will and Testament.
TO be xecuted immediately."
We ook it up and saw that all the
property, except a very email annuity to
Mark, tves left to the old man's daughter.
"That will never be executed," I said.
k at this date."
d' there was written, "January 17,
18:771 ted to the bottom of the draft,
an
Ther4 is a little more to be told. Mark
• thntinuid in a state of vacancy for about
sixrnoziths longer, and then his strength
'suddenly failed, • and his death hourly
drew Oar. • The day before his end his
mind. was restored, and he made a full
confession of his guilt. The oldemaii, be
stated, had discovered that no drop of
his blaod ran in Mark's veins, who was
born shortly after his mother first met
David Rutland. - They had passed off
the child as their own • in order to. gain
the inheritance. Goaded to desperation,
the mother had urged her son, then a
boy of sixteen and always very weak-
minded, to oommit the awful deed of
blood. They eluded all suspicion, but
from that hoer God's curse fell • upon
them. • 011 every anniversary of that
fatal night, the murderer, in his sleep,
enacted once more the guilty tragedy.
It was to conceal this that - his *mother
had ever herself to occupy that crime -
haunted room, where she awaited his
coming, to arouse him. from the horrible
trance. On the night of her last watch
she had probably dropped asleep, and
awakened only.it the bar of God.
•
• fay.
tortes oi St. John for the Lit
• tle Folks.
t
nnual Sermon of Dean Stanley to the Children
in Westminister Abbey, SatUrday, Dec. 27.)
The dean, having in previous sermons
reached upon the childhood and boy.
ood of the Saviour, now chose the life
St. John as his subject, taking as a
mposite text a number of passages from
ab disciple's epistles, viz.: "1 wiite
nto you, little children, because ye have
nown the Father. • Little children, keep
urselves from idols. My little children
t us love, not in word neither in tongue,
t in deed and in truth." The dean
plained that he had chosen Innocents'
eve for the children's service because it
was St. John's day. St. John's memory
was very deeply cherished by the good.
king •(Edward the confessor), who on In-
nocents' day • founded • Westminister
Abbey. St. John's virtues and winning
ways were such that he was a disciple
when not much more than a boy, and he
was specially loved. by the Master. The
aged apostle's life at Ephesus, after his
brother: disciples had died, having been
described, the very reverend preacher
*eat on to say : There is a beautiful
picture which some one has drawn of the
old man sitting on a rock quite alone and
looking up into heaven, and seeing there
his former companions still bluing
themselves in • the other world, doing
good and heavenlythings, as we should
hope all on. earth. would endeavor to do.
It was whilst St. John was -residing at
Ephesus that various stories were told of
him which we do not find iu the Bible.
We cannot be certain that these stories
e quite correct, therefore, but they ac-
cl with all that was known of St. John,
d they agree with the letters and
istles which he wrote at, that time
, I suppose ?"
saw he knew my plan
indeed, I shadowed it
A few words of ar-
d between us and. then
, and lifted together a
asket which lay in the
d it doWn stairs. At a
a *tab came up, in which
sket, got in ourselves,
idly in the direction of
ping before the Ru tland
power of the law, we
ervants securely locked
tory, and with the ex.
ark, we were alone, on
the murders' had. been
the basket, and. taking
.00m, in which I had
e opened it and took
bundle. On uuwrap-
e figure, the size of life,
in awhite night-gown.
ar
This we laid on ti e bed, in the attitude ,c,°,1
j
of one asleep and threw a large !shawl e -p ---
over i tip torthe waist.
an
d from which I have taken the text oi
seroaon.
One of these stories is this : There
came one day to Ephesus a t
Thi roorn Was the right wing of the thi
house, and that ccupied by Mark Was
at the fartlaet ext emity of the left. We
hamber and found him
eep. Opening all the
pas ed, so that there was
icafori between the two
e r turned. to the first and
clre
ver
ath
doors him, and Iris su'rprise was- greastilrhsemnahle
, ,
now who had. heard. so much of this wise old
in bed man that he went out of ; his way to see
free omnau found St. John engaged gently stroking
apart ents, a partrid.ge which he held in his hand.
hiding in th
we cot lcl see,
waited in br
sult. .
• Jupiter !
awful Watch.
ent to is
and- fat,as
s we
ick,
felt he vy an tar
lamp taat had lo
midni t -mtirder
watch over -441e
to bur withia du
just le fore °kir e
with
hre had. seen
e th.
hearts, was s etc
looking so te ibl
We *ere be h. s
men, but we
for one ac,kn
quick and the
veins.
The dock s
silence was
hour passed,
a faint, dist nt
hand heityily clui m
he heard. it to
came. ' We could
it was ade ity b
and. ca tiously ov
The door moves, o ens wide, and a tall,
gaunt igure, clothed in white, stalks
silently into the room.
• It needed liut .a glance to recognize
Mark flatland. He came steadily on,
his ey wid
parted ,
vens'!
6traigh
take m
but 1 f
hands,
came oi was so 'near that I could
have t united him by leaning forward,
and then he paused. Putting out his
i
hand slewly li passed it along the lintel
of the door au. pressed a hidden spring,
when a small piece of the woodwork- slid
back, leaving an aperture about two feet
long, a foot deep, and. not more than six
inch.es wide. r, FrOm this aperture he
sing -room, from which
thing that passed, we
ess silence for the re-
,
I tell •you it was an
e very air of the room
ted with blood; the
ked down upon two
• and kept solitary
loody corpses, seemed
1 red glare ; and there,
es, on the very spot
hose two stark bodies
%End through their
ed out the white form,
like death.
tong, bold, iron -nerved
rew closer together, and I,
wle ge that my heart beat
blood. felt like ice in my
ruck twelve, and; still the
nbr ken. • Another half -
rid hen I thought I heard
ound. Joe laid his
sheuld.er, and I knew
• Nearer—nearer • it 1
distinguish now that
re feet moving- slowly
r the uncarpeted floor.
s
t
• the sportsman could not help saying ho
surprised he was to see so great a ma
employed en anything so small. The
St. John said, "What have you in you
hand ? "A bow," replied the sports-
man. St. John asked, " Why is it not
bent ?" • The sportsmen replied, "Be-
cause, if always bent, it would lose its
strength." "That is just the reason,"
said. S. John, "why I play with the
partridge. It is that my mind may be
kept strong by not being always at
work:" What do we learn from thie
story, my dear children? We learn from
it that Si. John, and great and good men
like him, are glad now and then to see
you at play, and to play With you; that
they are glad to see you happy, and wish
to be little children againlwith you, be-
cause they know that to feel so will now
and then help them afterward to work
better. 'We learn from this story that
kindness to dumb animals is a thing that
God expects of us. There was an aged
lady, very excellent, wise and wonder-
fully learned, who lived to be very near
-
y as old as St. John was when he died ;
she' was the famous Mary 8omerville,
who died, last year, in. her 9`...Td year. A
very short time before her death, she
aid •: "1 hope that the time 'nay come
when children shall be taught. that mercy
o birds and beasts is part of religion."
Yes, it ought to be a part of our religion,
• and. I trust that we sha,11, make it so:
Play, too, with your compOnions like St.
John, remembering that all play and all
holidays are given by God, like the un-
bending of the bow in the story, to help
them te work better for the future.
Another story was this.::There was a
young man who had grown up under
St. John's care in doing what was right,
and St. John was very fond of him:
After a time St. John parted with him,
and placed him under the eharge of the
bishop, or chief pastor of Ephesus, and
told him on no account to let this young
raa go astray. At last the young man
ell into bad. com.pa,ny and. 4oined a band
of robbers. When St. Jehn heard of
this he set off to the hills, and he was
about to be attacked by robbers, when
their leader-, who was the young man in
question, recognizing his beloved old
master, burst into tears, and fell at his
feet. All his better feelings were
aroused, so that, instead of carrying off
St. John, as was intended, St. John
brought him. back to good ways, and. he
never went astray again. What do we
learn from this? Is it not something
like that which Sb. John himself said in.
the chapter which. you have juet heard ?-
He had taught this young man, When a
little child, to love and know the Good
Father of all. He had. taught him as a
young mans to overcome the wicked one,
that is, to get the better of the evil that
n a gl
Ile p
on t wards me. I could not
eyes from that dreadful face
it Joe
and ,t
until
open, and his thin lips
astly smile. Gdeat Hea-
ssed the bed, and came
tinging to me with both
embling like a leaf. He
drew al blcodtstained dagger, long and
slencler.1 Turning, he Moved with the
same atjeacly, gliding pace towards the
b-ecl, ai41, ta,kinoe his arm ,aloft, buried
the dagger deep in the very heart of the
waxen_ gum.
Not au instant clid he pause. Draw-
ing it forth, an0 lifting a towel from the
floor, where I !had placed it, he wiped
the dagger, dropped it again, and return-
ing the fatal weapon to its hiding -place,
closed it, and went }with the same steal-
thy, gliding fobtstep. back to his own
. -
chaniber, I I
When he waS out of sight we rose and
staggered. from oktir hicling-place into the
light, gazing with distended eyes upon
each other's wbite and. horror-stricken
1.
"
hi even in the best things. And when
_the young man went astray St. John
never lost trust in him. He went after
him at the 'peril of his own life and suc-
ceededi in bringiug him to the right way
• of like This story is fall of instruction
to us loll. ft brings back to us the
words! of St. John---" Little childr•en,
keep Yourselves from idols." • Although
there are no idols like those that the
ancients worshipped, yet there are idols
-still. If a little brother or sister will in-
sist oni having a, toy for itself, and will
let no Othet child play with it, that is an
idol. If any boy or girl neglects his or
her lesions, aucl devotes too mu& of its
time and affection to games, those are
idols. Children, boys and young men,
keep yourtelves from all such idols. •Re-
member that there is no greater pleasure
you ca,n give to your parents and. teach-
ers than to coatiuue in the good thoughts
and words they, with St. John, have
taught you. Nemember that there is no
greater pain to them than to think that
you have forgotten what they taught
you, that you have ceased to care for
thein and that you have gone off into
evil ways. , Oh ! how happy for you—
how htppy,for them—if, when you have
gone astraY, or done anything wrong, you
can come like that young man and ack-
nowledge your faults:! Be truthful in
all things, acknowledge your faults; do
not keep them back from you. parents or
friends; never tell a1 id to conceal what
you have done wrong have no tricks or
schemes to make others think of you
better than you are;
shame the devil.
There is another
John: ,Wlien he wa
when he was almost
he used to .be carried
place, and the peopl
used to gather round
farewell words of thei
whom they loved so
say to them, "Little
another." They woul
else, and he would say again, "Little
re
children, love one apther. ' Yet they
would still ask for something more, and.
his reply every time Was, "Little child-
ren, lore another." At last they . said,
"Why do you always say this and noth-
" Because this is
to say,- If you.
that is all that 1
hat do we learn
that the thing
most anxious to
ell the truth and.
story told of St.
very old, indeed,
00 years of 'age,
into the market-
, old and young,
him to hear the
• venerable thaoher
uch. He would
children, 10 'e one
ask for something
ing . else ?" He said,
the best thing I hav
really love one anothe
have to tell you."
from this ? • We leaa
Which . St. John was
teach was love to onb another. Then
the dean gave his yonng hearers some
kindly and excellent advice as to how
they should. conduct themselves toward
each other,. if they wish to realize and
practice the life spent by St. John, and
which he had so earnestly recommended.
to all, and concluded in these words :
"This is the life which St. John wiehed
to see. This is the love which Jesus
Christ wished to see in all biz apostles,
old and young. Iteep it on as years ad-
vance. Always bear in minci that the
first thing to be done is to try to help and
befriend some one else. That will made
you generous and just.. That will make
you active and. courateous. That will
make you feel how wicked it is to do
wrong. That will help you to do good.
to men when yourselves grow up to be
men. That will enable you to he the
better able to clo good. That will enable
you to love God ; who can only be loved
by those who love their fellow -creatures.
Therefore, 1 end this address to you as
St. John ended. his long life, by saying,
"Little children, love one another."
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works in the Easton Road, London"—
Cassell's household Guide.
Two QUESTIONS EASILY ANSWERED, —
Why should men wear beards? • Because
they are a great protection to the throat
and lungs, and add much to their per-
sonal appearance. Why should we use
"Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers ?" Because
when used for coughs, colds, tickling in
-
the throat, hoarseness) &c., they act
like a charm. Ministers and Lawyers
use them, physicians recommend. them,
and singers and public speakers say they
-are the very best medicine in existence
for the cure of such complaints. Sold
by all. medicine dealers, at 25 cents per
box.
•
NOT QUITE SO.—" It is among the Sao" -
ago and debased tribes only that the con-
• dition and comfort of the horse have
• beenneglected," but we believe there are
many in civilized countries who are
guilty of the same neglect, and without
the excuse of the fernier; here all may
avail themselves of the use of an article
which has done more than anything else,
heretofore known to improve the condi-
tion and relieve the sufferings. of • the
horse. Tl4ose who will not use it will be
the losers, their horses the sufferers; to
avoid both, use " Darley's Condition
Powders and , Arabian Heave Remedy,"
and:you will be satisfied with the result.
Remember the name, and see that the
signature of Hurd & Co., is on each
package. Northrop & Lyman, New-
castle, Ont,, proprietort for Canada.
Sold by all medicine dealers.
CONS Cl MPTIO.'er, BRONCHITIS, GENERAL
FELLOWS' COMPOUND SYRUP' OF HYPO-
PHoSPHITES. —AS this preparation is en-
tirely different in its combination and ef-
fects from all other remedies called Hy-
pophosphites, the public ;are hereby cau-
tioned that the gennine has the name of
FELLOWS & Co., 131ovvni on the bottle.
The signature of the in.rentor, James L
Fellows, is written with red ink across
each label, and the price is $2 per bottle.
Fellows' Compound Syrup of Etypophosa
phites is prescribed by the first physi-
cians in every city and town where in-
troduced, and is a thoroughly orthodox
preparation, •
A DISTINGUISH14,D PHYSIOLOGIST HAS
said that Neuralgia is the cry of the hungry
nerves for their special food, which is the Phos-
phorous' contained in the blood.. This painful dis-
ease is usually followed by general prostration on
account of the great waste of nerve tisane end in-
sufficient supply of nerve force to maintain the
fruictions of the vital organs. The CODIE1011 cause
of Neuralgic and Rheumatic Pains is depraved Nu-
trition arising, from Derangements of the Stom-
ach, Mal -assimilation of Food, and Poor Blood.
Dr..Wheeler,s Compound Elivir of Phosphates and
Caliaaya supplies Phosphorous for the nervous
system, Lime is tm excitant of nutrition, Iron for
the blood, and Caliee.ya for promoting straugth.
No preparation in existence hi so reliable to main-
tain the vital forces . and energize all the, organs
and tissues of the body, -
Tn6mas' Eeleetrle 011,
• WORTH TEN TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. I/0 YOU
• KNOW ANYTHING Or IT ? IF No1, IT IS
• TIMIS YOU DID. I
There ere but few preparations lof metheine
which have withetood the impartial judgment of
the people for any great length of tinie. One of
theme is THOMAS' ELECTRIC Orn, purely a prepar-
ation of sh: of ,some of the best oils that are known,
each one poseessing virtuee of ite own. Scientific
physici Lure know that modieinen may be formed Of
several ingrediente in. certain fixed proportions of
greater power, and produeing effecte which could
never result from the use of any one of them, or in
different eaunbinations. Thus in the preparation
of this oiler, chemical change takes place, forming
a compound which could. n at by any possibility be
made from any other -coMbination or proportions
of the same ingredients,,,or any other ingredients,
and entirely differene, froni anything ever before
made, one which produces the most autonishing re-
sults, and having a. wider range of application
than any medicine ever before4iscoyered. It con-
tains 1.1Qr alcohol or ether volidile liquids, conse-
quently loses nothing by eva.peration. Wherever
applied you. get the benefit of etr, err drop, whereas
with other preparations nearly all the alcohol is
lost itt that way, and you. get only the small quan-
tity of oils whieh they May contain.
S. N. TEfOlrfAS, PnimPs, N. Y.
And NORTH:BOP & LYMAN, Newcastle, Ont.,
Sole Agents for the Dominion. •
NoTs..—Electric--Selected and Electrized.
Sa°1sdeinn. Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co. and R
Lum.
Thee Groat Iff'reosars fie Remedy.
jail MOSES' inneronicAn ornr.s.
THIS invaluable medicine is unfailing ill the
-A- cure of all those painful and dangerous thseases
to which the female eonstitution is Subject. It
moderatesall 0YeetiS and removes all obstructions,
and a speedy cure may be relied on.
To married peculiarlysuited. Ltwill
in a short time, bring cna the monthly period with
regularity. •
These Pins ehoold not be taken by Females
during the first three Months of Pregnacy, as they
are eure to bring u Miscarriage, but at any other
time they are safe.
In ak eases of erviits and SpiliediAffections,
pains in the back nd ,limbs, fatigue fain slight ex-
ertion, palpitatio o the hi t, hysterics, and
white, those pills wi1 effect a cure when all other
means have fair d • and although a powerful
remedy, do not co tain iron, calomel, antimony, or
anything hurtful t the.conatitution.
Full directions n the pamphlet around each
package, which eh uld be carefully preserved.
Job Idoses, New- ork Stile Proprietor. $1.00 and
12/ cents for poste e, closed toNorthop &Lyman,
Newcastle, Ont., general agents for the Dominion,
will insure a bottle, containing over 50 pills by
return mail.
Mir Sold in Beef rth by E. Hickson & Co., and
197-9
• T M.- LEET, So 'or, or„Winghare; hag been ap-
" • pointed Agent or he Colonial Secnritiet Com-
pany of England, e isialso Agent for Severe pri-
vate Capitalists of Tolronto, who loan Money at
very reasonable r tea1 Interest payable year*,
Charges moderate.
Wingliam, Dee. 5;11. 213
IkifoCAUGH FY & IIOLVW-STED, Barristers, At
torneys at L , Solicitors in Chancery lid
Insolvency, Neter es Public - and Conveyantlers.
Solicitors for the R C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents for
the Canada Life As .urance Company,
N. 13.--$30,000 t 1eiid at 8 per cent. Farms,
Houses and Lots fr se. e. ' 53
'RENS= & ME 'R Barristers and Attorneys
at Law, Solicit rs in 0 ancery and Ineolveney,
Conveyancers, Notaries Pu lic, etc. Offices—Sea-
forth and Wroxeter. $23,0 JO of Private Funds to
invest at once, at E ht per cent. Interest, payable
yearly. •53
JAS. II. BENSON. • H. W. C. 3INEE1(.
W It. SQUIER, Barris , r, Attorney fn Chanc-
y v • ery, &e.'Goderieh, Ont. Office—over C.
Detlor & Co.'sElnporiUm, tarket Square. 269
Squteg.
-pt ARRIS TER S , .Attorney
&c., Brussels, Cnt. , 0
the Post Office.
W. R. SQUIER,' ' DAN
271 Goderich.
, Solicitors in Chancery,
cc—two doom noith of
tEL MeDONALD,
Brussela,
OINEL.S.
TE(NOX.'S HOT L, •SEAFORTH. Thomas
Knox begs tol state tb, his -old friends and
and the travelling public, that he has leased thO
• Efotel lately occuliied • by Mr. MURRAY, and
formerly known as the DOWNEY HOUSE, and
hopes to receive a contmuence of. the patronage
so liberally bestowed upon him during his many
convenience will belprovided for travellers:. nu
. choicest Liquors and Cigars only kept in the Bar
f A careful and reliable hostler always in attendance
.__ .
' 291 •THOMAS KNOX Proprietor.
L p OYAL stoma Seaforth,
f -'-„ POWELL. Proprietor.
thoroughly renovated and
above house, so that it now
, dation for the travelling
, and eigars itt the bar. The'
, the delieacies in seadon.
Large stabling and an attentive
, nection., 1
_
• Ontario. SIMM
The subscriber ha;
i.iwly furnished .th(
affords good accommo•
public. Choice liquor
table is supplied wilth
Oysters in seasnn
hostler in con,
251-ly
• DRENTE OF WALES
-1- a a. McCTJTCHEON)
accommodation for
plied with the -v-ery best
stabling attached. The
every day for Wingluire.
,
HOTEL,
travell
lig
et
;
Clinton, Ont.,
Proprietor. First-class
rs. The Bar is sup,
ere and eigare. Good
go leaves this. Ho se
' 204-'
FOSTER'S
THOMAS POSTE
-A- friends and the
opened his new hotel,
Seaforth, her he has
tion for nian and beget.
cigars at the bar.
OTP1.
.
bnge
traVeli
adjoi
the
; T4e
i 1.
. SEAFORTH.
to inform his old
g public that he kris
ling the. Poet Office
very best accommoda-
best of liquors and
'HOMe S FOSTER.
RI
DiCAL
;
.
DR. CAMPBELL, (Gradult-e
sity, Montreal,)
Huron. Ofilae--Next
Marble Works, and
If/Lill-street, Seafort
I
Caron
door
opppriite
, _near the
—
of McGill Univer-
r for the County of
to Calder Brothers'
McCallmar's Hoffel,
Railv,ay Statiori.
'
TAMES STEWAR
" McGill, University,
geon, etc. Office andlleeidence—Brucefield.
, M. D., C. M., 'Grad-II:ate of
Montreal, Physician, Sur-
• TG, Seafo
DE. X11\
Coroner for the
residence over Johns
Main-st. Calls at D..
tended to day or ni
h, i 0.,,ti e of Carronbrook)
ounty 'of Perth. Office and
n Brahers' Hardware Store,
KING'S office will be at-
ht. ' ;• 287
'
TT L. VERCOE, M..
•A -A- • geon, etc., Coroner
Office and Residence,
streets, next to the Planing
. D:, C,
for
corner
M., Physician, Stir -
the County of Huron,
of Market and Ifigli
Milt. ‘
VETERINARY SU GE0N.---1-D.
v V. S., begs to a ounce
Seatorth and Burro 'ding country
been awarded the dipl 6 ma of
aryCollege, and is no prepared
of Horses and Cattle a d all domestic
has opened. an office 4 eminection
shoeing shop, where h will be
tend to calls. Disea:es of the
tended to. Residenc:., office
• .of Killoran & Ryan's rew store.
erinary Medicines li,pt constantly
Charges reasonable.
141eNAUGHT,
to the inhabitants of
that he has I
the Ontario Veterin-
to treat diseases
annuals. He
with his herse-
found ready to at-
feet specially at-
sus shop in the rear
All kinds of Vet-
on hand.
•-• 229
3. G. :ITLI.,
EON, 1
ario,
neatly
reratio
Fees
ce Yp
. A G.
'
.D.S., .
elitist, &c., Seaforth,
Plate -work, latest
executed. * All stir-
s performed with'
s low as can be ob-
s from 8 A. M. to 5
lacDoitgall's Store,
•
170
,-----, Q Mt
.' -',.• ;' . ' " On
styles,
gical 6
care and promptitude.
tained elsewhere. 0 i
P. M. Rooms over M
Main-st.
TJ. CHURCHTI.L, Vet
• ber of the Ontarii Vete
to intimate that he ha retur.
bis profession in Seafn h,
Unsuited on the dis:ases
Veterinary medicines coust
calls promptly atten • ed
House, Seaforth.
rin
I
1111
o
to.
ry Surgeon, (mem-
iary College,) begs
ed to the practice of
may at all times
Horses, Cattle, et .
atly ou hand.
Office, at Mansi n
!1713
_
TA. SHARP'S LI' I
• Office—At Mimeo
Horses and first-class
RYAN
'8 ' Hotel,
onveyances
'SALE STABLES.
Seaforth. Good
always onhand.
RELL'S LIVERY STABLES,
--' Good Horses and Comfortable
on hand. Favorable
Commercial Travellers.
EloTsn, will be promptly
OFFICE AND STABLIS:-I-Titird
Knox's Hotel, Main Str
221 • THOMAS
.
Arrangements
All orders
Attended
et. '
BELL,
0.
SEAFORTH, Ont.
Vehicle, always
made with
left at ligox'e
to.
door North of
Proprietor.
Samuel Brodie,
pROVINCTAT6 LAND
All orders left at the
Tohn Murray will receive
References—Dr.'Coleme,n
.
SURVEYOR,
Mims
and
,
irnxndjte
1
C. E.,
Seaforth.
on House with ,T.r.
attention.
Dr. King. 411*52
.
. •
_
'
.— ....-.. ....
EAT
CLEARING SALE
• AT
HOFFMAN BROTHERS'
CHEAP
STORE.
THE ENTIRE STOCK OF
1
DRY GOODS
AND
MILLINERY
AT GEEArair REDUCED PRICES
FOR ONE MOI4TH,
From **5 th of .1 AINTUA4Y
TO THE 15t4 OF FEBR'jAR, 1874.
As we intend takixig stock by the 15th of February
'and vdelthig to sell our stook 04 as
LOW AS POSSIBLE
Pnrcasora5an expect
GOOD! BARGAINS,
And we wit not disappoint them
•
SPEC
4L Li2VES
DRES GOCOS
LADIES' FLANNELS, AlfilD
WOOLEN Gooiis.
Call Early
And secure came of the Bargain.
Remember the Place,
HOFFMAN BROTHERS'
Cheap Cash Store, Seatorth
a
•
Sae
0.
Jolst
Dear Barin
• dis eptik for
woul
poetnekeitt
si.
tunanntek.
I hay- pray
times to be te
or a traveling
elliaatieva-te:zer;
Ibaa
•sun, stand 'up eine
and et
sums., and the
.111°7e'
Ihay tried
aattellid gingr
t1)4tdii)ilan
• I hane Ef1ket
Int/ItS ; until
ktruldn't git
• i bought a
got up expreed
—he -waz wart':
• irt 90 .da -vs, ote
• Ile wa.z war:
trip -ha -matt -al.
stumble -safer t
• hossnia the fat
I rode the 1
• jelly, and then
for sixty-tdglite
the purchases',
dollars and 6111
itheknnhonsoetlad
hiingt1;1
- The hos s and
.18; Ngv°011 krosi
I kontrakted
•0
•tvrinkk az an
eed awa,Y moi
' seemed ¶tq gro
I finally- gave
• swatootdlotNhvna-tedzkart,::
to the eta
I hav lived ii
boled in tac eel'
well Pickl ad azi!
I hav welt
the water likc n
thIe
andtmhetnimeeazv
ttai)
haff the yelk -AGV
allti:
jarst tOrft Mrt
hav aid dov
times, and rollei
nite long; and .0
• a korpse and ti:
to aii 1 hav ei'i,Sert7h'ivt!
rnuk and live?, a
ter
ovn
aa greattilan
kdeal
I her drank eV
enuff to earret
mill dam lin the c
Ihav
andhnarwae,
ri bred until i
sand other. thiug:
hatv got Ifthe old
thik asflee piensj
gl
o:;lleie
mra
ghost and if it d
going to t totne
,
az it did nee, an
feel just 4z sorry;
1
THE EX!ASPER.A.7
azperating talkd
holes you or keep,
in- one band and t
• knob, the woodei
zentimentai pin
ographai talker W.
nig himself up foi!
naivete soup, fish
prying quktstioner
at what isnone
How IDIV0314
Al pleasantly ren
that there was a
the beanst Mtn.
about right, in fae
insisted on his 'Vit
A. grew red in tht
asperated. They
fiected—miat again
lations: Things 1
love's yonieg dre
they had the fatal
laughed -1 HOW'
acted about thoee
blushed elightly.
yon knew iweliex
just a trifle i00 s,tt
she, and they part
a*
Tilt: Sinevinst file
gent solieitationeth
-Siamese Twins hav
of the latter to b
inortem exalninati
' -Wise t0nchli.4911,, fr.)
in ,which medical
pnblic cnnosity—f
It . will , soon be
wonderful ligamen
• brothers so closely
rd dating their Ji
either of therd,
da'
Sitons FOR TI1F.
There is a large 0-4A
facturing establiebn
na Close to here ti
the south of the tot
lishment is a modet
with all the newest'
ting out cloth and h
machinery. Above.
for shoes is carried
that, not lesd than p
shapes are mautifii
needlesay Varied,
races; do different .
it is alraost a necese
to look at the lasts:
imaginative transitit
flat-footed I derman ;
most lady -like lit
wiry, and with en in
almost deformed.
—1 ---------
Ore Wner'ren eel
power of eiedng wird
remind ne (!if the
trentrol big javti
" WorIns," whatetan,
their st7in7;toine.
tO a, boy whiS wae st.,
felt the pulse; area, 1,
OP, with a solemn 2
"
4 4 NOW, DOCthr, '; Sa.,
ISIet WiirnIS at all, '-
fell down on the woo,
leg, and I want en
'worms ' and set it ini.
end(' the doctor, det.
put down, "Worms