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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-02-20, Page 25 21 . A CHINESE PRACTICAl. JOKE. .-i When I was last in San -Feanciseo I was asked to meet with other gentle- men, at dinner, a Chinese , merchant, who spoke Englis'newith facility. It was a very merry party, and at the . close of , the chimer, as we gathered( _about the card -tables with our pipes, .each one in turn became a Scheherezade fd,r thetime, and amused the Company with a story. There were stories from. the inines and stories from the street ; but ie. thisease brevity was not the 'tout of wit, for the story ef the Chinese merchant was tthe t longest,. and, on. the whole, a,etly the most amusing—a quality.whic does not always accord with length. can not reproduce his words nor his drama ic gestures, but 1 will try to te you e story so that its point skeane be wholly lost. . Chunteli Was a mandarin f the red satin: robe and the diamond button. He was of the inner circle of gloryand. tvii- clom that stood next to the Sea of .Hea- ven, and only k-otowed to lime He had tea ramentains and rice swamp,S, ebamboo forests and tallow -trees, and has wealth was spoken: of aim_ong all melt; coolies ran at his bidding' his *sedan -chairs stop- ped the way, andhis canoes ttraversed the Yellow Peiver. He had ; a lovely wife, named Lieon, or the Willow. She was too tall -for the divinest beauty, as she ineasiirecl nearly five of your Ameri- can feet, but she had a skin as lvellow as gold, and her face, was. the r delicious shape of lyour table -spoons; 6,0 oh ! she was exquisitely fat -so 'charniiingly-- fat that she could not walk at all, but re- clined upon her mats frorn morning until night. Ohuntchi also .had no encl of poultry, a fine granary filled tvith ratS and mice, and his roast pussies la,nd pup- pies *ere always high -flavored and ten- der. • 1 Bit inIthe Midst of these coniforts and hixuries his life was , incomplete. Sad - nese sat Upon his brOw, and he felt him- self neglected. of Buddha and despised among men. No stately yearling bull ,• marched in his herd, but 'heifer calves • only came to his stall. No gallant colt pranced in his field with the! brood, - mares, but only milk-bearingfoals, which „ must be sold to the Tartars. Strip.. y maternal cats and lean rabbitsewere cojh • tinually exchanged for breedersawith lJat ..tommies ef the neighbors for roaetss a id worse than. all, . eleven senguin (born girls) had successively been attached - to . their 'gourds on the river andi floated • away. No nantse (male child) had ever blessed his prayers. Be had carried of- ferings to the great Snn Dragon; he had hung lanterns to Siva e he had made • splendid I processions' ; he - had. binned fireworks • he had fasted, and the ten- der green 'Willow had fasted also, and, • heart-stefickett, had laid aside he kohl, for her eyebrows, and her betel-1,ut for . her teeth, .which were griming a most ghastly vebite, even like unto the clogs of the Istreet or the beasts of thd field. : Sheorefrained, too, from. the koneousou and the fattening paste of the chocolate; and the beautiful deep rings in lid, neck were vanishing, and tlae dimples. Of her knuckles I were, alas, ! but half an inch from the surface. Indeed, her t,rrief and her fasting had wasted her sadly. i This i awful scandal a the eleven .daughterhad nearly lost Chuntchi his place at court, and the very lowesi' order of mandarins, of the .black button, put their tongues in their cheeks and said "Ea/ !" as he passed. Chantchi retired froxn court to hide his anguish and. shame. He spent ,all his time et his country scat on Yellow River in s nding up green and blue and red dragon kites , to propitiate the offended deities ; and he even prolapsed. pilgrimages to the sa- cred Woe Shan, those awfully high and rugged mountains, excavated by spirits, . who might help his agonizing &pair. Seclusion sat upon his beautiful villa, and solitude reignedwithin. its, high wails. .•• ,• This seclusion had been .for ni nths the habit .of these wretched and. des isecf • sufferers, When Pon Yang, a maid n of forty summers, went to take an . airing in her palankeen. She. had been a • haughty beauty, Ibitt her orange. com- plexion was now a -sombre brown; and her beautiful stiff hair. had grown 1 soft and la,..aguid with ° years. She. hadI lost her tharining youthful plumpness, and now did not Weigh more than 200 pounds, though her weight was not ,icer- • tainly known, as she avoided the scales, which would show hei- inereasing erriaci- atton. She carefully declined. evall-eing, -• and deasek bowls of raca,hout to .Cncenr- • age bOrpulency ; but alas! slie was how • no longer as broad as she was long, 'a,ncl her grief was heart -felt. She took her pet Monkey in heel arms, • incasedher long nails in their wicker • baske* of protection, and. went to con- dole Nii.a. Lieon on her manifold dis- • grace. r She reached: the hightegate in he wall and entered. ; Down '413.e canal which was the outlet to the river, glided a covered canoe, - With red' and blalck flags and mystic lettere on the prow, and she knew that Tchingtsung, physician to all the Chinese quality, was a.pproac ing. 1 Re I wore the 1 kliata around his neck,' and an attendant .hancled another scarf of happiness to •Pou• Yang, .wbach • she eracefully accepted, .and wound aboutt'her head. The oarsmen all wore . silailax draperies of bluish-whitd silk, -: with fringe, and the Party bore unmis- takably a festal air. • Tchingtseng and. Pon Yang exchanged deep and Ceremonions reverences. A fter spending half an hoar, as you Americans • reckon fine'in politesse, the true poli- tesse of the Celestial Kingdom, and lay- ing themselves, theii hearts,etheir heads, their live, their fortunes, and their sacred bowels at eadlt other's feet, Pon. Yang intiniated, in the most far-off and remote manner, that she hoped his er- rand at the vacs., of Chuntchi was a for, tunate one. She P,hopeci he had found the poor' Wretches submissive to their cliigrace, and that he had. not been called to repair them after the desperation of • harikari. Tchingtsting, in the most ele- gant and distant language, informed her that, on the contraey, he had been to pronounce' judgment on a new-born male infest. 1. - "Why, 1` Tchingtsiing, Where did it come from ?" "Dear Lady Pon.Yang, it was found this mornieg inthe sorghum field behincl the house" ---were the hurried question and polite answer. Pon Yang was ardently excited. • " A male child exposed 1 an infant of the noble sex abandoned ! What impiety! what sacrilege! It -was all right tie get rid. of the dreadful female children; but who, who Iwonld relinquish a divine male child? Ilbw could. it have got there ?" "I think, Pon Yang," the doctoi an- swered, "that it was:a miracle from the gods '." and Pon Yang eagerly embraced • the devout idea. • Might she! go in and i • see wis was eXci • rest abo or t rm. he treasure ? But the wary and Tchingtsung told het that Lieon uch vtearied and exli us1ed by the ement of the new arti al, •nd must mit • or the Lpres u Yang s rdered he harcijy tieing the e greatiLo Choo pine house, or te anana h.ed bloom. She w s eized w ings—one from Vishnoo, t and; one froih S'va, the- De Lieon's ven in this did wish t s for anot same villa• von Pon imbled her, 'rlevvould that she 1 on the ri gourd that g it tether. end claim a male and Lieon because i autation 11 t just as w field of th rent had d have pl, bbage or at all, aa have thi ghe came to ers of th did not Wis be taken ass nianner, an gift ,tof •the inai4Iari.a:iij had Often der, and ev that la despi come to her' an ders to a bo itne the first ilo tin. freight, and!brii not this oth' r ft able tree,su e o should. Chnetch 1 this valuabl bo the sorghm. p house ? It Mig laid in the Mille If the wicked. p • adopt it; he'Wou ly within their c it was not their less friend 4iou1 from Bud( coolies unt and the be Lingtsan.. , She entertd a s :saw the elegance of the Ning-pdi furl); titre, inlaid with pearl and copper 'in t e most i igelnous de- • l vices, with Much satisfacti n. She felt that her bram w s blessed of the gods in tins miclettaki g. She 1 oked at the flowering in carp s, which, twenty feet ;) high, hedg.;d. in the gard n, and saw through the gate he huge ied. ancl white camellias bloo i. .s about he fountain. She imagined the young foiiiid1iug toss- ing up pickle tab on his to s, and turn- ing sorners4lts o the ligh ' g -rods in the midst f t s 's splendor. • She - saw him in his •ed a d yellow robes, teas- ing the partots cl steniag the gold- -fishes in the ha,pp future. th ,ay sh go th pt h ed a e • she d t alankeen e cil forest a ound the es in thick th two feel - ie preserver, tro er.. She arne should second-hand • secure this er childless e; B.is wife rang's shout - elf to confess e most wel- ad given or - ser to secure Iii a living iy should this inestim- had ? Why appropriate was left in xt to their 11 have been next villa,. sheet them to at direct - lettuce bed. d 'her child- gi eat boon hurried her he gilt roof dwelling of Hee frieen said, in A t hear of my I to see the Shitsu at th "Ah, no Kinihan (t1 in.gs. Ther child has villa and I ente ew , th. noon Shit 'e got( ' is a en f axi hi 15 5. d with emotion, and as voice, "Did. you ze trowsers and wish. t you hour ?" u, I come from, the mount), with bless- emp palm of a male und • in • Chuntchi's her with the word, have sought that thy hu igty w sh might be fed." A pale ello-w i overspread : Shitsu's face, and sir exclaia, ed, ' It his come ! Rama has heard m prayer After heritumul of joy was somewhat a)peased, nd she was saiciently at ease to consider the practical steps to be i be taken to possess! erself of this treas- ure, the firet neces ity appeared to be to rid herse:f of a ttle pet clog which in reality governe the . house. This silkeetyrant occupied the best chair, the best bed, and the state and festival apartment of the the ',1 ouse. ' He came to th.e table and. was 's rved before any one else ; bit ad clatve I the best robes of master andlimistress for hisl pastime, who were simpl* his val t . de cha,mbre and laditenaide barkee at ev ry stranger, and when a. all die' leased made for his mistress's a.rikles, w ich hci kept excori- ated, besides tearins her finest 'panta- loons. Yet he wa , like other spoiled children, abeloved; i id. -Vishnu, nicer- ' cerated in 11 his vir ues, could not have been more , beloved ,o • adored. Long and. serious as the consultation as to the fa e of the s 'Than dog, and the heart of th mistress was nearly broken by just the ,anticipat on of 'parting ; but .l ' t, boy, th dog raust go. This ch. f th females f it bath with their worshipful. earts ani sterner jadgments that he wo ld allow no rival near the th, rone anc' that fdr he safety and hap- pinets of t having been solera • y and sailly con- ceded; it was next st:tecl that ;a, family two miles itlivay in tile country greatly admired the dog, and to their , love and compassion,it shoulil be consigaied. The two friendithen co errecl together on the latest fashion of ; ifants' wearing ap- parel, and Antsu reso ved to order three hundred y rds of pi sk and green da- mask, and 'ten pairs o the smallest -sized baneles for his accom °dation. 0 t - . The friends prrted, on& to take her beloved dog to the .hoi le wiich he here- after shoulul aniniate ancl infest ; the other to coitcoet naore plans iii connec- tion -with the foundlin i• boy. The 'tient tal activity and tireles , energy of these spinsters is truly astonishing. Between i Pon Yang philanthroliy• there no •She reineraltered that s by a gracious bonze tha •Confucious then, and t chant who house wher the bonze it. Hem She would that he na foreign dog orbadethe at he knee ouldgive 1 they shoul ere only wi as an orpha o to the bon aceept s Charity. friendship and arese a' straggle. ie ,was pee told the precepts of ,slaying, of dill - Ian English mer- im rupees for a 1. be cared for, if mg to attend to to begin with. e and tell him t ' once of •the he hurried and drove her oelies faster than ever, for , she coiielucLicl this was a', Much brighter idea than the other use of the sorghum infant. S teachedtlie temple, which sh.e was no a lowed to cntcr, and sent in a nesseng iasking for an interview ewith the p s . He ca,me and received her Iiwiihle reverdnce, and listened to the story With a &tam of approbation. He would c)ui1er with the rich foreigner, and advise with her in a day or two. Pon Yang wenit away in a fervor of self- adrairation. NVas there ever such wis- dom and philanthropy shown Since the clays of the saints ? She retiredto her mats and her wooden pillow vit.1i the joy of an approving conscience and the peace of a philanthropic board of man- agers blessene er slumbers. . M. eanwhi e Asa had wept civeie her little clog ; had allowed him some de- lightful parting dashes at her ankles, wed. ti final Skirmish with her new gauze pantaloons, 'which refined them for life • and then h cl taken hini in a sedan -chair to the kind fainilv he was henceforth to bless with his agreeable wit and humor. The day va.s cc nsumed, and Shitsu must wait until tPae morrow to see her new son. i On the next anorning, as early! as eti- quette would perinit, Shitsu, with the full approvid 9t her , lord and I master, was on her va to the villa of Chantehi. She reac}iecl tliere in mid -forenoon, ancl was ushered o the veranda. She did not stop to acinire the highly t genteel coffins that a mated the hall, although Chuntchi's tase in this kind of furniture was renowned throughout the piovince, and artists ii the profession went to THE Him) N zxposrrox_ borrow ns ideas of funerael; uDholetery. Did yo a think it was a foundling'‘ How She as told: that Lieon was ill, but could you make such a mistake ?" that hr sister; would wait upon ier. - "Pon Yang told me." The jas4mne bc,rders were full Of ftesb " "Ob, oh, oh 1 she never took my joke odor, t e arbutdons swung flick or nge Is it possiblethat she is so stupid ? ' • bells, t e chrYsantherciuma, filled the Chuntchi, Lieon, Shitsu, and thebonze palter'. s. Everything was sweet and priest have never spoken since these con- deliciou , and her heart was full of fra- versations. " Warmth has caused it, grant ratitude also When Lie n's coolness, and having words has brought sister c me Shitsu was too ranch conc rn- a eilence." Pon Yang spends all her ed with her buginess not to disclose. it fortune in trying to cast an evil eye on at once, and she said that she came tol in Tchintsung, the doctor'whom she hats quire fo the infant. I with perfect hatred. Meantime, when Oh, it was such a fine child—a n ble ever Tchintsung sees her palankeen her- ' boy) Oh, could not tell who he loo ed rying by he says, "There goes a wOrnan like yet • but he was very handsome." whose tongue is longer than her foot" " Couid. Shitsu See him ?"i she asked, Liutungpin, the most famous drama, - With be, ming eyes, but wastold that he tist of our nation, has spent the last was asle p. ; twelve years of his precious and irmaior- " Wh n could she see hini ?" tal existence in composing an elabotate She, as told in "about ten (14ys, farce Upon these incidents. He has al - when helt sister Lieon was hater. After ready -sent eight of the worthless . female she had one hearty meal of fried tiiipe infantS floating down stream in their and_ pic1j1ecl bamboo shoots, her strength gourdicoffins, and he has three more re- " to use in the same manner.' would probably return." , This reminded the absorbed Shitsu to Then will be commenced the history of make ceremoniousinquiries for iei lemg Ohoo, the male infant, and his for- friendtunes iwill be followed through life. , In . 1 "Oh 1r' said. the sister, "her joy ias ten years more the play, which will oc- nearly restored her. She is as comf rt- cupy la fortnight, will be placed ilium able as can be expected. Yu know ny the stage, and very likely we shall go to , grandm4nma always said. that if won en see it icie M San Francisco. I ; . did not the .when childieni came, t ey I -were alWays very comforta,ble." • SiF'FidIst.L NOTICES "What a joker yoa are, little lad • , 0, said Shitsta "1 should. Welt it as BRiAKFAST.--EPPS's COCOA.—GluTE- Lieon's oiwn child by the way you t lk rut, asp CONNIRTING.—" By a thorough ab- , . knowledge of the natural laws which ' Shitsu, whose child should it govern the 'operations of digestion ancl about it 4 be ?" nutrition, and by a careful application of "1 don't think you should claim h, in " the fine properties of well selected coeoa, answered Shitsu'"even if he had. ben Mr. .Epps . has provided our brea,kfast ta- laid in yo ar r gclen." wb le si etiitha ewe isin i delicatelyzillnayheavy d v oui erecilbeoveetraargse, - " But 1 e was laid in our garden, a d hhvnaay bills."i-Civii Seraee . Gazette. Made we do ow him." "1 don't see that, and. 1 think y ii simply with Boiling Water or Milk. will be viry sellish if you don't let Co. e Hoinceopathic Chemists, London:" e Each packet is labelled—JAMEs fa;es & '61.‘e14-•Iii'linia.ti'l you take our ba;by ! What ill.A1UFACTUIVE OF 0000A.---` i We- Will have you to do with our baby?" now give an account of the process adopt- " Whys I want to adopt him." ed by ttlessrs. james Epps & Co., man- " You ladopt our baby t Why, you ufaeturers of dietetic articles, at their are crazy !" works' in the Euston Road, London" IthllCassell's Ilouseitold Guide. sides.‘es. Y o , you are crazy and selfish b U. haven't the least claim i found him first. I ha,ve as much rig to him as p011, ans1.1 shall .; do well 1 him." " Have 't any claim to Min !" - laid in an bed as in y beautiful and I cam "Adopt we 'would " Certan. right to hi him." The sist "Do you I too angry t called. the s door, and 1 Shitsu w rage and. and- wrung long hair, grieved. formed her lessness of with equal him in te workl—just ecause y e might just as well have bedn one's millet patch. or lett!). e ours. . I have given up eur og to make him conifortablie to adopt hini." our•baby ! Yoi think th ve up our baby to you ?" y. II have just as muc as you, and I Mean to hay 5, r nearly burst, with rage ave this house !before I a forget my politeness !" Sh rvants to show, her to th t the' room. nt to her their, burning wit • isappointmente She erre her -hands. She tore her • nd felt most :bitterly ag- rriving at her home, she in- msband of the telfish heart- er friend, and inflamed hinn ge, and he vowed. vengeance! BRYIAN's NITAFERs, (The great Publie remedte) have now been in use over 20 years, !hence it caul% be said. that they are onitrial. They have been thoroughly tried, and pronounced .(on the authority of thoie whose lives and health they have preser(red) to be a sure, harmless and em- inently salutarypreparation, and if taken in season will invariably cure •colds, cough, sore throat, and all bronchial af- fection. One fair trial will convinee the most !Skeptical. Sold by all medicine dealers, at 25 emits per box, Pinesuaxa- HORSES. — Many persons physicithei S horses frequently—espeCially every pring. This is a great error, and One which has caused the loss of many value, ile horses, as physic as it is usually given, often produces inflammation of the bowel, which generally proves fatal ; it also weakens the horse and thus renders him more liable to disease, or less able to throw it offs -what is required is a mecli- clue Which will operate gently upon the bowels, and act upon the liver audlunga, removing ail obstruction therefrom,pu- rifying the blood. and enabling all the organs to do their work without over- taxingl any, which is accomplished Iby on.. Chun& 1. He would. complain of1 the use of e' Darley's Condition Powders him to the emperor, and would have himl degraded from the red satin robe and alla Arabian Heave Remedy." --- it dress "'and. 1 steel- button. . They diamond bqtton, to the black .wormsrteerde! 1 Ris emaellreabYesi• ' stahfee uanlie,cacultdaisnee that he Try tiit. signature • of Hued. & Co., is on each miserable Ith baffled affection and dis- ' package. ' Northrop & Lyman, New - castles Ont., proprietors for Canada. Sold bk all medicine dealers: ,e, . JuunSneuean CpaseMPTION. — "My health, had been . declining since 1858 ; during the whole time I Was unable to attendlto any work. In February, 1859, I was talten with a dreadful cough. The amount. I raised in twenty-four hours ' . . was inetedible to tells The doctors only gave tenaporary relief. I was advised to use 'EelloWs' Compound Syrup of Hy- popho4phitess I commenced using free- ly, and T can say, with a clear conscience, these unfortuinates if they :could. obtain , it has effected wonders. 1 sun now able the co-operation of the priests. He went to work, which for eleven years I was in- ' into their coUnting-room, and, with the !I capable of: L-Jati es JOHNSON, Hammond roundabout ielegance of the Central jiRiver, N. B." " Fellows' Hypophos- Floevery Kin dom informed the foreigner phites ' niust not be confounded wit ent maiden had. discovered. ing boy, who;might be the . other preparations of Hypophosphites. lIt (liffers from all others. -ghty tree. He was treat - courtesy ; anti equal gore -1 , DI TINGUISHRD PHYSIOLOGIST HA. i been ro.ade on both sides, s . d that, Neuralgia is the cry of the hungr ems fi er their special food, whch is the Phos horous ',containecl in the blood. This painful dis ate is usually followed by general prostration o °count of the great waste of nerve tissue and in ufficient supply of nerve force to maintain th auctions of the -vital organs. The common carts 0 Neuralgic and Rheumatic Pains is depraved Nu heir flat foliage beneath *ikon arising from Derangements of the Stom 'ch, Mal -assimilation of Food, and Poor Blood i. He sought the man - o announce his errand, s new charity to his in - ie mild-mannered priest i.rin exchati 4. long and minute civilitie . They i ormed each other of their d ep and eternal regard, of their enthusi stic frieudehip, of their passionate fondness, of 'their devotion until death. The priest then opened guardedly the t benevolent plan. of the English dog in a regard to the bandoned Chinese chil- dren. But the i andarin was unsympa- thetic. He did.' not wishto preserve They were too worth - was pacified by admit - ss nature, and. propos- off when grown to Cali - aid, that might do, al- though he had di posed of eleven in an easier way than that, and the gods had rewarded his pie y hy now , sending him a fine male chikl. es, the -priest said, and he came to t 11 lim that he would accept the orphan_ aa the beginning of his asylum, and. Tell ve hita entirely of his support. Th d rake of the mandarin was overpowering.- " That, my son ! You want my son for l your ' asylum—my son that I have made pilgrimages for, burned t ns of frankincense aye light d lanterns for, and tes of go d and. silver for ! sou fo your abominable et out o my 'house f" and e went out with far less an he CaII e in. Stumbling any steps f the, villa, he met and poure 1 into his sympa- • e ill usag of his friend. appointed -pi rpose, ancl tossed all -night longupoiitl4eirsoftmats. Mea,ntime the bonze priest had put 011 his Lamanes pie dress: He fastened the red girclle a ont his yellow robe by its five gilt butt ns, adjusted his violet vel- vet collar, aid put on hie yellow cap surmounted y a i -ed rosette, and taking his fan and 1is green parasol, set off for the great Eia lish house of Russell and Company, w o had. been distressed. by the constant infanticide of our nation, and who desirecl to found an asylum for that a benevo a noble fount seed of their edwith great pliments hay he departed ‚wth full pewee to negOtiate for a suitable lonildine for the chartity. The bonze tbok his way to the porce- lain villa in the pencil forest. He reach- ed there as t e cedar -tree t showed no shadow from the noonday s darin himself and. explain th telligence. T and the mend female infants. less to save. H ting their valuel ing to ship them fornia. Yes, he that I hay for, that 1 1 sent up You want asylum! and the bo elegance t down the the doctor, thetic ear t I * •The doct r listened blankly for a few moments, is d then s Haea with laugh- ter. "W • , ycnr ked him for this young god this flo ering• prince, this long -desire son, whi should take away his disgrac, among m n ! le-cku asked for this -wonde ful baby the ,cream. of the earth, for our foam ng asylum? Why, you are a c d of th moon. Did you sit too lon 'nits bean - last night ?" "1 did niot know hat he wanted to keep the 1aby. Ha clly any mandarin would. It may be t i e child of a cooly," said the in ch the m ch -rebuffed bonze. " Child bf a coo ! Why, it's his child, Lieu's chit their otitwii child. r. 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Thus in the preparation of this oil a chemical change takes place, forming a compound. which could not by any possibility be made fron any other combination or proportions of the sem° ingredients, or any other ngredients, and entirely different from anything ever before made, one which produces the most ast 1 nishing re- sults, and having a wider range of pplication than any medicin.e ever before discover d. It con:., tains no1 alcohol or other volatile liqi ids, conse- quently loses nothing by evaporation. Wherever applied you get the benefit of every dro ; whereas with other,. preparations nearly all th alcohol is lost in that way, and you get only the s all quan- tity of oils which they may contain. S. N. THOMAS, PHEL 8, N. Y. And NORTH OP & LYMAN, Newc stle, Ont., Sole Agents for he Dominion. 1 N0rn.--1-Elect -c—Selected and Elect ized. Lamsdent Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co, and R. The Gr o'OB AL THIS invaluab ji- care of all th, to which ithe le moderatee all em and a speedy cui4i may berehed on. To married lat its, it is peculiarly s rifted. It will in a shorttime, 1ring on the monthly period with regularity. These pills s ould not be taken h Females c during the first hree months of Pregn y, as they are sure to brin on Miscarriage, but at any any other time they are sa1e. In all cases of ' Nervous and Spinal ffeotions, pains in the back and limbs, fatigue o elight ex- ertion, palpitation of the heart, hysterics, and whites, these pills will effect a cure when all other means have feled; and although a powerful remedy, 4 not ciontain iron, calomel, antimony, or anything hurtfi4 to the constitution. if Full dir.3ctio s in the pamphlet aremid each package, which thou1d be carefally preserved. Job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00and 124 cents for poStage, enclosed to NorthetP &Lyman, Newcastle,i Ont., general agents for the 1 Dominion, will insure a bottle, containing over -50 pills by return mail, 1 1-...-- Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co., and R. Lumsden. ' 197-9 eat Female Item .dy. SEW. PERIODICAL PILLS. le medicine is unfailing in the se painful anddangerons diseases ale constitution is snbject. It ess arid removes all obstructions 1.4 •,_ T M. LEET, " • pginfed Agent pany of England, veto Capitalists o very reaeonable r Chargee moderate Wingharn, Dec. LEGAL Wingham, has been ap- or thoCcdoniai Seturities Coni- c is'; also Agent for several pri- Tatonto, who. loan Money at tor, Interest payable yearly 5,1371. 218 AT; °Oa-Um:tax & HOTetteSTED, Barristers, At 'LLA' torney); at _Law, tiolicitors in Chancery ane' Insolvency, Notaries • Public) and Conveyancers. Solicitors for the R. C. llank, Sedforth. • Agents for tho Canada Life Assurance Company, N. B.—$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent: Farms, Houses and Lots for sale. . •63 BENSON & MEYlial.,• Banisters and Attorneys at Law, Soheitore in Chancery and Inaolveney, Conveyancers; Notaries !Publie, etc. Oflices—Sea- forth end Wroxoter. $28,000 of Private Funds to invest at once, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable flaa_ariY68 s . /11.1NSON. _ n. W. O. MEYElt. w" R. SQUIER Barrister, Attorney. in Chane- l' v • ery, &e:'Got eriai, Ont. Office—over J. C. Detlor & Co.'sEmporiCM, Market Square. 269 • *Flier isil'incItonoti, -RARRISTERS, Attorneys, Solicitors in Chancery, &e.,13russo1s, Ont. Office—two doors no.. tb of the Post Office. W. 11.13QUIR,R, DANIEL moor. -ALD, 271 Goderich. • 13russels. • TZNOX'S HOTEL, SEAFORTH. --- Thomas 3-3`• Knox begs to: state to his old. friends and and the travelling publie, that he has leased the Hotel lately occupied :by Mr. -MURRAY, and formerly known as the' DOWNEY 110TJSE, and hopes to receive a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed upen him during his many years in the hotel business. Every comfort and convenience will be provided for travellers. The choicest Liquors and Cigars •only kept in the Bar. A careful aud reliable hostler always in attendance. 291 • THOMAS KNOX, Proprietor. pRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont., -1- C. J. MeCI3TOREQN, Proprietor. First-class accommodation for travellers. The Bar is sup- plied with the very best liquers and cigars. Good stabling attached. The stage leaves this2'0Hf4tuse every day frn or Wingha. 4 FOSTER'S HOTEL, SEAFORTH. THOMAS ,FOSTEB begs • to inform his old friends and the traveling public that he has opened his new hotel, adjoining the Post Office Seaforth, where he hag the very best accorinnoda- tion for man and beast, The best of liquors and cigars tit the bar'. . THOMAS FOSTER. ITILEDI/CAL. B. CAMPBELL, (Graduate of McGill Univer- sity, Montreal,) Cortmer for the County of Huron. Office—Next door to Calder Brothers' Marble Works, and opposite' MeCallinn'e Main -street, Seaforth, near the Railway Station. Tilt. RING, Seaforth, (late of CarronbroOk,) Coroner for the County of Perth. Office, and residence over Johnson Brothers' Hardware Storei Maiu-st. Cells at D. KING'S office will be at. tended to day.or night.' • 287 HL. VERCOE, M. D. C. M., Physician tur- 4--1- • goon'etc., Coroner. for the County of Huron. °Mee and Residence, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing Mill. -L-1-- A M. CAMPBELL, V. S., Licentiate and Prize - man of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y,, and Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, has settled permanently in Varna where he will be found ready and willing to attend:to all kinds of diseases, in all kinds of animals (man excepted), in all kinds of weather, .and at all hours. Resi- dence and office two doors east of Cook's Tem- derance Hall. 319 ATETERIRARY SURGEON.—D. McNAUGHT, v V. S., begs to announce to the inhabitant S of Seatorth and surrounding ountry that he has been awarded the diploma of the Ontario Veterin- ary College, and. is now prepared to treat diseases of Horses and. Cattle and. all domestic anintale. He has opened an office in connection With 'his Irene - shoeing shop, where he wifl be found ready to at- tend to calls. Diseases of the feet speeially at- tended to. Residence, office and shop in the Kear of Killoran & Ryan's new store. All kinds of Vet- erinary Medicines kept constantly on hand. Charges reasonable. .• 229 V. • J. G. BUIL, L.D.S., •'''‘URGEON,Dentist,&c.,Seaforth, 0 Ontario. Plate • work, latest styles, neatly executed. All sur- • gical operations performed with care andpromptitade. Feesits low as can be tallied elsewhere.- • Office hours from.8 A.. M. to 5 P. M. Rooms .over Mr. A. G. lieDougall's Store, Main-st. 270 rsi CHURCMLL, Veterinary &Ireton, J- • ber of the Ontario Veterinary &liege)) begs to intimate that he has returned to the practice of his profession in Sealer* and may at all times be consulted on the diseases of Horses, Cattle, &e. Veterinary medieines nOnstently on hand. *All calls promptly attended to. Office, at Mansion House, Seaforth. • 273 T A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND S.UE STABLES. • Office—At 3Inrrafs ) Hotel, Seltforth. Good Horses autl first-class Conveyances always on hand. - LIVERY STABLES, SE.A.FORTH, Ont. Good Horses and Comfortable 'Vehicles, always on hand. Favorable Arrangements made with Commercial Travellers. All orders left at Kicox's HOTEL, will be proMptly attended to. OFFren AND STABLES:—Third door North of Knox's Hotel, Main Street. 221 • THOMAS BELL, Proprietor. Saninel Brodie, 4.1. 110ROVINCIAI. LAND SURVEYOR, Seaforth. "1" All orders left t theMansion House with Mr. John Murray will receive immediate attention. References—Vr. Coleman arid,Dr. King. 411'1'52 Do You Want Money. THE HAMILTON PROVIDENT AND LOAN Socliqw v. Incorporated A. D. 1871, pursuant to Cap. 58, 'Con. Stat. of U. C. ' , OFFICE—McInneS 7oek, crrner, Ring and John Streets, HaniiJtol. CAPITAL •- - $1000 000. 1 3 DIRECTO Adam Hope, President; V. E. ,Sanford, Vice - President ; D. McInnes, A. TI W‘iod, Alex. Har- vey, Charles Gurney, A. F. 3 Skinner Pliumner Dewar, K. Kerr, Alex T ner, John Harvey, John McPherson, 3. M. Willi ms, M. P. P., John Brown, E. W. Hyni.an.—R.D.3 Cameron, Treasur- er. ,• 3'. Crerar, Solicitor; A.cEeehern, Account; ant. Intending borrowers will co isu1t their best in- terests by extinaining the vantageous terms offered by this Society, before oing elsewhere. . Special Feat es:* No Lawyer's Fees charged her the security consists of Farm Property, an when the Loan is not less than 8400, or for a s orter period than five years. The fullamount of the Loan n ed over to the Borrower. All incidental expe seainaybe includ- ed in repayments. •, Repayments may be made t • fall due at sueh period of the year es is most c nvenient to bor- rowers. •, I The Loan may , be paid of at any time on equitable terms. •I For Loan Tables land farticNars,sl? to• r.t:cRa Treasurer, Hamilton, JAMES H. BENSON, Barrister, Valuator, Seaforth, - 818-13 4 ; BLYTH SHINGLE;! HEADING AND PLANING • FACTORY. riti:TR, Subscriber having leased the Mill for many years worked by Mr. Williatia emir's, is prepar- ed to supply shingles and heading in large quan- tities at the lowest market pries. Particular at- tention paid to •, CUSTOM SAWING PLANING. First-class Shingles guarantee, as none but good Sawyers are employed, and t e best quality of Pirte used. The highest prices paid fOr good Pine an•d Timber for Heading. The subscriber is also ab ut to erect a nevt Shingle Mill on Lot 80, Con. , East Wawo.nosh (two miles from Manchester), hich Will be ready for work on the 1st of anuary4 1874. Wanted, a first-class ShingjIo Sawyer to com- mence work on rhe let Jannarfy next. 811-13• ••SEPH CARTER. , - - iFEB. 20,1 • ` ioo'7g s uaxw feel se eett1 trl £SSBHJ.O 9 3RJ1 i() .DENS 0 pat 'LTRRTLL'S AN.D' HIGGINS' CHOPP:I IITTS E_D C HAMPJ O N CROS$? U T'S .AMERICAN LIGHTI�TING SAWS, TO THE PUBLIO AT SARGE. W. H. OLIVgR, Harness, Saddle andi Collar MAINUFACTUR ER; 31,4111-13.71., ASTATORTiL Cals SIG• N OF TH1 SCOTCH Q01,LAR. A choice assort:4)10ra of litht end he vy Harness, Whips, Bells,Iforse Clothing, &c., ke t constantly on hand. Repering promptly attes4ded to, and charges moderate. Remember the 1aee, sign of the Scoteh •-W. H. OLIVER. SPECIAL NOTICE. CLINTON 1 WOOLEN MILLS. Trrr, Subscribe i• begs to -announce that his Fac- tory is now 1:J -full operation, and would caJi attention to the t uperior stock of Cloths that be has on hand, whin' h he is offering -at prices that will convince all bf the benefit of a lOcal factory, . feeling assured tliat all will realize the saving over importation, as a proof, see the folloiting prices; Union Tweeds, 6e to 70c. Fulled Cloy.b., 75c to 900. Tweed, 85c to $1 IO. •Flannels, 55e to 70c. f 11)11011 Flunncls,iii9C to 70e. ' • Blankets, U., on hand. • Also, Grey, Be[, and. 'White Stocking Yarns. - My customers !through the county, who were formerly supplied by my peddler, will! be waited upon in a few days by my son, whewil_ eithertalte orders, or supplythem at once with the article desired. Specia.1 Rates. when Purchase by the i• Piece. • Cloth Fulling and Custom' Carding aJLended to. AN EARLY CALL IS SOLICI ED. THOS. R. F STER. • RA/10VAL THE SEAFORTH SHAVINC AND fiiR DRESINC SALOON JjS been remeived to new prenaisee, adjoining John Logan's old stand, and opposite W. Rob- ertson & Co.'s Hardware Store. The proprietor begs to state that he has fitted up hie new shop with every convenience, and is deterin- ed tomake it a first-elass establishment. He lias also on hand a nice stock of LADIES. CHIGNONS AND IIRAIDS Of the latest styles. He is also prepared to take in • LADIES1. HAIR COMBINGS, And have them straightened and Worked into Braids, Belts, Switthes, Cu.iIs, &c, ChargeS reasonable. • Gents' Wigs furnished. on the shodest =tie° at less than cit Y prices. A.•ctill is respectfully solicited. 807-52 • WILLIAM NEWMAN- • S. L KENNEDY, 7,4- OUSE, SIGN and ORNAMENTAL P,IINTES -1--Land Grainer. Paperhanging also atteraded to. Work done at) 'ebtap as by any other good work- man in the business. All orders left with Mr. Kennedy, or for hirn at the EXPOSITOU Office will be promptly attended. to. 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