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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-07-17, Page 2eeleeetesee • es_ 2 A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR JOHN OAKHURST.--Conciuded, By BRAT ThenTE. She stayed a week in San Francisco. When she returned she was a trifle thin- ner and paler than she had. been. This she explained as the result of pet baps too active exercise and excitement. " was out of doors nearly all the time, as Ma -will tell you," she said to her hus- band, " and always alone.- f aril get- ting quite independent new," she added, gayly, "I don't want any escort—I be- lieve, Joey dear, 1 could get along even without you—Pm so brave !" Bat her visit, apparently, hadnot been productive of herimpeliing design. Mt. Hamilton had not goue, but had. Amain - ed, anclecalled upon them that very even- ing- "I've thought of, a plan, Joey, dear," said Mrs. Decker when he :had. departed. Poor Mr. Oarehurst has a miserable room at the hotel—suppose you ask him when he returns from San Francisco to stop with us. He can have our spare room. I don't think," she added archly, " that Mr. Hainilton will call often." Her husband laughed, in- timated that she was a little ooquette, pinched. her cheek, and complied. 'Phe queer thing about a woman," he said af- terward confidentially to Mr, Oakhurst, is that that without having any Plan of her own, she'll take anybody's and bnild a house on it entirely different to suit herself. And dem my akin if you'll be able to say whether or not you didn't - give the scale and measurements your- self. That's what gets me." The next week Mr. 'Oakhurst was in- stalled. in the 'Deckers' cottage. The business relations of her husband and hiMself were known to all, and her own reputation was above suspicion. Indeed, few women were more popular She was domestic, she was prudent, sht was pious. -Tn a country of great ferniaine freedom and. latitude, she never rode or walked with anybody but her husband ; in an epoch of slang and ambiguous ex- pression, she was always precise and for- mal in her speech ; in the midst of a fashion of ostentatious decoration she never wore a diamond nor a single valu- able jewel. She never petmitted aa in- - decorum in public, she never !counten- anced the familiarities of California so- ciety. She dechsimed against the pree vatting tone of infidelity and skepticisto in religion. Few people, who were pres- ent, will ever forget the dignified ye stately manner with which she rebuked Mr.' Hamilton in the public parlor fOr entering upon the discussion of a work on. materialism, latelypublished,—and I some among them also will not 'forget the expression of amused surprise on Mr. Hamilton's face that gradually changed to sardonic gravity as he cour- teously waived. his point. Certainly net Mr. 0a,khurst, who, from that moment, began td be uneasily impatient Of; his friend, *and. even—if such a term could be applied to'anyMoral quality in -Mr. Oakhurst --to fear him. For, during this time, Mr. Oakhurst had begun to show symptoms of a change in his nsual habits. He was seldona;'if ever, seen in his old haunts, in a "bar- room, ar* with his old associates. Pink and white notes, in distracted hand- writing, accumulated on the dreseing• table in, his rooms in Sacramento: It was given out; in San Francisco that he had some organic disease of the heart for which his physician hest prescribedlper- feet rest. He read ore, he took Ione walks, he sold his fast horses, he went to church. I have a very vivid recollection of his first appearance there, He did not ac- company the *Deckers, nor did he go into their Pew, but came in as the service commenced, and took a seat quietly one of the back pews. By some mysteri- ous instinct his presence became pres- ently known to the congregation, some of whom, so far forgot themselves, in their curiosity, as to face round and ap- parently address their responses to him. Before the service was -wiser it was pretty well understood that " miserable sin- ners" meant Mr. Oakhurst, Nor did.' this mysterious inflnerice fail to affect the officiating clergyman, who introduc- ed an illusion to Mr: Oakhurst's calling and habits in a sermon on- the architec- ture of Solomon's Temple, and. in a man- ner so pointed and yet labored as to cause :the youngest of us to flame with. iedig- over He turned nation.. Happily, however, it was lost his col( mthin- a a upon Jack—I do not think he even she a heard it: His handsome, colorless face —albeit a trifle worn and. thoughtful— coldly out. was inscrutable. Only once, dating the singine of a hymn, at a certain note in the contralto's voice, there crept into his dark eyes a look of wistful tenderness, so yearning and yet so hopelees ;that - those who were watching him felt their own glisten. Yet T retain very Vivid anding up tore - with the sugges- tigh tly-bu ttoned Amem11111.1111111111111111111=111e "something respe ta,ble—sombthing that doesn't exactly fit me, you know." But, however, Mr. Oa hurst might hide his shapely limbs in homespun and home- made garments, tl ere was something in his carriage, som thing in the pose of'. hi beautiful he de something in the strong and fine nu nlinese of his presence, something in the I erfeet - and utter dis- cipline and contr* of his muscles, some- thing 'in the high repose of his nature—a repose not so muc a matter of intellec- tual rulings as of his very nature—that , go where he won d and with whom, he was always a nott ble man in ten thous- and. Perhapt this was never so clearly intimated toM . Oakhurst as when, emboldened by Ir. Hamilton's advice and assistance an his own predilections, he became a San rancisco broker. Even before objection as mada to his pres- ence in the Boaid—the objection, 1 re- member, was ur ed very eloquently by Watt Sanders, s o was supposed, to leee the inventor of t e "freezing out" sys- tem of disposing of poor stock -holders, and who also en eyed the reputation of having been t e impelling cause of. Briggs of Tuolu me's' ruin and suicide— even before thi formal protest of re- spectability ag uist lawlessness, the aquiline suggest ons of Mr. Oakhurst's mien 'and cou tenance, not only pre- maturely flutter a the pigeons, but ab- solutely occasi ned much uneasiness among the fish- 'awks, who circled be- low him with tl' ir booty. " Dash me ! —but he's as lik, ly to go after us as any- body," said bei, ielding. It wanted bu a few days before the close (Atha brie Stammer season at San Isabel Warm priugs. Already there had been some migration of the more fashionable, au i there was an uncom- fortable suggest on of dregs and lees in the social life ti at remained. Mr. Oak- hurst was ink ly -it was hinted that even the secure reputation of Mrs. Deck- er could. no loner protect her from thei gossip which hi prese ee exeited. It is .. but fair to her i o say that during the last few weeks f this rying ordeal she looked like a west, pale martyr, and w conducted hers if toard her tradnecrs. with the gentle forgiving manner of one, who relied not pon the idle hoina,ge of the crowd, but upon the security of a principle that N as dearer than popular favor. " They talk about myself and Mr. Oakhurst, y dear," she said to a friend, "but eaven and my husband. .can bat answe their calumny. It nev- er shall be said that my husband ever tinned his bac upon. a friend in the' mo- ment of his ad ersity because the posi- tion Was chang .d, because his friend was poor and he N S rich," This was the first intimatioi to the public .that Jack had lost money;although it was , known generally that the Deckers had lately bought some % aluable property in San Francisco. A few eveni occurred whic discord with t that had alwae It was at clinn Mr. Hamilton separate table, some agitation hill, by a co ped into a litt was vacant, an Mr. Hamilton ed, half-seriou and said: - "If we are —you and. I is, ridiculous, • a gs after this an incident seemed to unpleasantly e general social harmony s existed at San Isabel. r, and. Mr. Oakhurst andi who sat together at a were observed to rise in, ' Whenthey reached the mon instinct, they .step - e breakfast room which 1 closed the door. Then umed, with a half -amus - smile, toward his friend, quarrel, Jack Oakhurst in the name of all that don't let it be about I do net kn w what was the epithet intended. It was either unspoken or lost. For at that very, instant Mr. Oak- hurst raised a wine -glass and dashed its contents into amilton's face. As they f ced m each other the en, seemed to e changed natures. Mr. 0a,khurst wa trembling with excite- ment, and the wine-glase that he return - ed to the tal le shivered. between his, fingers. Mr: • amilton stood there, gray- ish. white, erc t and dripping. After a pause he said, coldly : - "So be it . But - rememberl—'our quarrel comm Imes here. If I fall by your hand yo shall not'use it to clear her character if you fall by mine you shall not bee lied a martyr. I am sorry, has come to this, but amen, !—th sooner now th 'better."' toudly, dropped his lids , steel -blue' eyes' as if vier, bowed and passed They Met twelve hours later in a lit- tle hollow two milee from the hotel, on the Sterekton rOad. As Mr. Oakhurst received lUe oistol frOna. L,ol Starbet- tle's hands he isaid to himin a low voice: "Whatever tiarns up or -down I shall not return to he hotel. You find some dii•ectiet a in my room,' Go there--?' but his voice suddenly faltered, and he turned in§ gli telling eyes away, to his second's in tei rse astonishment. ' been ont a do' en times With Jack Oak- hurst," said.. )(el. Starhettle altetward, "and I -never saw him aeywasie cut he-. fore. )Blank me if I 'elidn't think he was losing 4's sand, till lit walked to position." The twe x ports Were almost simul- taneous. M . Oakhurst's right • arm dropped. IStith. enly -to his side, and his pistol Would aye 'fallen from his par- alyzed. fidgets but the discipline of train - cd nerve and muscle prevailed, and. he kept his gras I until he had shifted it to the other In ad; without changing hie position.' T en there was a silence that seemed inter unable, 0, gathering .of two -or threeedark figures where a smoke cerl. still lazily fIcr ted, and 'then the hurried, husky, .pantil g voice of Col. Stat bottle in his ear : " He's htt hard—through the lungs --you m -1st run for it !" remembrance of his' s ceive the benediction, tion in his manner am coat, of taking the fir of his adversary at ten paces. After church he disap- peared as quietly as'liehad entered; and fortunately escaped hearing the com- ments on his rash act., His appeatance was generally considered as all tinence—attributable only to some wan- ton fancy—or possibly a bet. One or two thought that the sexton was exceed- ingly remiss in not turning him out after discoverina who he was ;.ancli a promin- ent pew -holder remarked that if lie couldn't take his wife and., daughters to that church without exposing them to such an influence, he would, try to find. some church where he could. Anoth r traced. Mr. Oakhurst's , presence to ce tain Broad Church radical tendenmee, which he regretted to say he had latel noted. in their paetor. Deacon Sa,wye whose delicately orga,nized, sickly wi had already borne him 11 children an dial in an ambitions attempt to co plete the dozen, avowed that tie pre mice of a person of Mr. Oakhurs 's vat' ons 'and indiscriminate gallantries; wais an insult to the Memory of the deceased, that, as a man, he could not brook. It was aboat this time that Mr. Oa, hurst, contrasting himself with a coil ventional worl(i in which he had. hithert rarely mingled, became aware that them was something in his face, figure an carriage quite unlike other men—sons - thing that, if it did not betray his • fbe- meeacareer, at leatt showed an individu- ality and originality/that was suspicious. In this belief he shaved off his lone, , ailken moustache, and religiously brush- ed out his clustering carts every mori - ing. He even went so far as to affect negligence of dress and hid his small, slim, arched feet in the largest an heaviest walking shoes. There is a stor told that he went to his tailor in Sacra- -mento, and asked. him to make him * suit of clothes like everybody else. The -tailor, familiar -with Mr. Oakhurst's fas- tidiousness, did not knew what he meant I mean," said Mr. Oakhurst savagely, 1 Jack turn eyes upon his to listen-. rat other voice; He hesitated, ward in. the group. Then figures separa hastily towar LI. his ,lark, questioning second, but did, not seem ler seemed to hear some remoterin the distance. and theieinade a step for - direction' of the distant he pause4l again as the ,ed, and tl e surgeon came him. " He wous like to speak with you. a moment," sin I. the man. "You hav little time t4 lose, I. know; but," h Added, in a lover voice, it iz my dut to tell you he lhas still less." A look ef q.espair, so hopeless in it intensity, swept over Mr. Oakhurst' usually impas ive face, that the surgeo started. " Yu are hit," he said., glaaier ing.at Jack's lie1pless a.rra. " Nothing a mere scratch," said Jack hastily. Theji he adde , with a bittee laugh, "I'm jnot in luck to -day. But •tome I We'l see what he wants." His long, feverish sttlide outstripped the surgeon's, land in another moment he stood where Ithe. dying man Jay—dike most; dying en—the qne calm; com- posed ce.ntral gure of 4 -anxious group, THE HURON EXPO ITOR. Jun- i7, 1.874; Oalchurat'e face was less calm as he dropped on one knee, beside him and took his hand, " I want to speak with this gentleman alma," said -Hamilton, with something of his old imperious manner, as he turned..th those about him. When they drew back, he looked in Oak- hurst's face. " something to tell you, Jack." His Own face was white, bat not so .white as that which Mr. Oakhurst bent over him—a face so -ghastly, lOvith haunt- ing donbts and a hopeless presentiment of coming evil—a face se piteous in its iufinite weariness and envy of death -that the dying man was touched., eveia in the languor of dissolution; with a pang Of compa§sion, and the cynical smilt faded from his lips. " Fergive me, ,rtiok," he whispered. more feebly, "for what 1 have to say. I don't. Say it in anger, but only because it must be said. I could not de My duty to yon—I could not die 'contented until you knew it -all. It's a miserable busi- ness at best, all round. But it can't be helped now. Only 1 ouglit to have fallen .by Decker's pistol, andenot yours." A flush like fire came into j ack's cheek, and he would have i•isen bat Hamilton held. him. fast. " Listen ! in my pocket you will find two letters. Take them—there ! You will k iow the- handwri ting. But prom- ise yo!ii will not read them until -you are in a place of safety. Promise me !" Jack did not speak, but held, the let- ters between his fingers as if they had been burning coals. - " Promise me," said Hamilton, faintly. "Why ?" as1sed Oakhurst, dropping his friend's head coldly. "Because," said the dying man with a bitter ;smile,. " because.--ewhen you have read. them—you --Twill—go back—to cap - ture---and death !" They were his ladt words. He pressed Jack's hand, faintly. Then hie grasp re- laxed, and he fell back :a corpse. It was nearly 10 o'clock at night, and Mrs. pecker reclined languidly upon the sofawitha novel in her hand, while her husband discnssed thepolitics of the coun- try in the bar -room of the hotel., It was a warm night, and the French window looking out upon a little balcony, was partly open. Suddenly she heard a foot upon the balcony, and she raised. her eyes from the book with a slight start. The next Moment the window was hutriedly, thrust wide. arid, a man entered. Mr. Decker rose to her feet with a little ery of alarm. "Fer heaven's sake, Jack, are you mad? He has gone for a little while—Ie may return at any .mornent. Comean hour later—to-morrow--any time when I can get rid of him—but go, now, dear, at ollitve;r:' - . Oak herst walked. toward the door; -- bolted it, and then faced. her without a word. His face .was haggard, his coat. sleeve hung loosely, over an arni that was bandaged and bloody. Nevertheless her voice did, not falter. as she again turned toward him. "What has, happened, Jack. • 'Why are you here?" He Opened his coat, and threw two lettere in -her lap. return your lover's letters--Ao kill lee:ma-earl:1 then myself," he said in a voiee so low as to be almost inaudible. Among the many virtues of this admit - able woman viasinvincible courage. She did not faint. She did not cry out, She. sat quietly down again, folded. her hands in her lap, and said calmly : " And Why should you not ?" Had she recoiled, had she shown any feat or contrition, had .she essayed an ex- planation or apology, Mr. Oakhurst would, have looked upon it Its an evidence of guilt. But there is no quality that courage recognizes so quickly aS. courage; there is ne cendition that desperation bows before bat desperation.; and. Mr. Oakhurst's power of analysis was not so keen. as to prevent hiui confounding her courage with a moral quality Even in his fury he could not help admiring this danntless, invalid. . '"Why should yen not," she repeated with a smile "You gave me life, health and happiness, Jack. You gave me your love. Why should you not take what you have given? Go on. I am ready." She held 'out her hands with that same infinite grace of yielding with which she had taken own on the .first dayof their meeting at the hotel. Jack raised MS head, looked at her for one wild mo- ment, dropped upon his knees beside her and'raised_the folds of her dress to his feveriSb lips. But she -was too clever not to:instantly seeher victory; she was too .Much of a woman, with tallier clev- erness, tO,refrain from pressing that, vic- tory home. At the tame moment, as with the impulse of an outraged and wounded woman, she rose and, with an imperious gesture, pointed to the window. -Mr. -• Oakhurst rose in his turn, cast one glance upon her, and without another word_ passed Out of, her pin sence forever. When he had. gone, she closed the win - dew, and -bolted it, and going to the chimney -piece placed the letters, one by . one, in the flame of the candle until they Were 'Consumed. I 'would not have --the reader think that during this painful op- eration she was unmoved. Her hand. trembled and -e -not being a brute—fur some Minutes, (perhaps longer,) she felt very badly, and the corners of her sensi- tive mouth were depressed. When her husband. arrived it was with a. genuine joy that, she ran to hint and nestled against his broad breast with a feeling of security that thrilled the honest fellow to the core. "Brit I've heard dreadful news to -night Elsie," said Mir. Decker, after a few en- dearnients were exchanged. "Don't tell me anything dreadfrd, dear, I'm3mot well, to -night," she pleaded sweetly. L-Bilt it's about Mr. 'Oakhurstand. Mr. Hamilton." Please !" Mr. Decker- could. not re- sist the petitionary grace of those white hand S and that sensitive mouth, and took her to his arms. Suddenly he said, What's that :?" Re;was pointing to the bosom of her white dress. Where Mr: Oakhurst had touched her there was a spot of blood. It was nothing; she had slightly cut her hand in closing the window; itgshut so hard! If Mr. DeCkee had remembered to close and bolt the shutter. before he went Out, he might have saved her this. There was ench a genuine irritability arid force in this remark that Mr. Deck- er .waS quite overcome by remorse. But Mrs. pecker forgave him with that gra- ciousness which I haVe before pointed out in these pages, and with the halo of forgiveness andmarital confidence still lingering above the. pair, With the -reader's permission. we will leave them and:return to Mr. Oakhurst. • Pint net for two weeks. At the end of that time he walked into his rooms in Sacramento, an in his old mann took his seat at the aro-table. "How's you arm, Jack ?" as ed an incautious play r There was, a, smile follewed th Ines - tion, which, however, ceased as Jack looked up quietly at the speaker. " It bothers my dealing! a little, suit can shoot as well with my l left." The game ektt s continued in that c ecor- ous silence wh ch usually distniguished the table at w ich Mr. John Oak iurst presided. THE, END. A Mathematical Marrel. . A Uulettm'ed Youth Perform n the Work, of Ten Entry Clerks We have quite a marvel of ft, ii in in our cemmunity—a natural math mati- cian. His na, e is Reuben Field Hav- hug heard of h m frequently througi far mers and. othe •s, who get him to 41d their counting, I de -ermined, a short tin ago, to Make him m. visit and ascer a ii for myself if the emarkable Stories tt ad of him were true . Proceeding to FayetteVille, NI ., the small village ii. which he lives, 1 quir- ad for " Reula ' and Was tObil 'thm4 he was in town and , vas shown his residence, •toward- which I made my way When nearly there I met a, young.,M, n, ap- parently about 25 years of age, walking a little lame; and. who seeme 1 to *be leisurely and Iv acantly gazing ab i t, and accosted him :With "Does Renb n Fields live in that house yonder ?" "Yes, sir.'1 " Well, I've heard that Real was a great calculator, and, I must go a d see him," and. I Started forward, i en he stopped ale With, "I'm him." _ " Well, Reub," said .1, "I ha a few questions I ' would like to 1 e you answer, and I will make , it vi) i your while to do se." Gazing atonnd he answered : all right," and. remarked that "count" anything he could inn II may here - remank that h read. or write a letter or figure if he could he should lose his c6not explain anything, but sa a numeration table away on the books," He remarked :` " maice at the bottom and wo commence at the top and wor it -is easier falling out of a aimbing one," He frequently "If I could read and write; I know any More than yen (10, said he never makes mistakes i. the questionS I gave Min he in, one, and he Corrected that on re The fellowinig are some of the ci. estions asked. him , If to the me past noon there e add- ed its 4, t 4d 2-5, the sum wil 1 e equal to 1-6 of th time to midnight, vhat is the hour ? Divide $1 50 between two that one shal1 have 75 cents the Other. A tree 136 feet long fell- an ken into $0 pieces; i of t "That's le could e -stand. cannot le says t. He he has ieyond com- k down ; se e r thanves: 1 ouldn't ' It is Of all de but uniting. piece equals or. What i, What is one day -at What is t a square acr • These q atswered, h It can't b - I then saa can tell Sivh Pek of the leugth.of the length of eael he interest of one per cent. per ann le exact length of c ? estions were all s anewer to the I told." , " Reub, I hear t day of the.iveek date was, oi will be; is that s sir.' 'Witt t Was July 1,1868 'i nesda,y,' 'Correct.", ''What 22d of J muary, '1848?' ' What day will. the Fourth of 'on this :year ?" Saturdat Year.' ' hulay." All right.' also heard, raeub,- that you ca hour ofany time of. the day is that :so ?i, "Yes, sir." "1 i - i ,, • s t noW ? i ."'Itis 17 mint" o'clock, railroad time; sun minutes sl- wen" We walk town,- an1. times; corn three mini' on citizens of his state of the lean me he had. e, gave me the ho ctly each time, wi Several times f the place to attes ents, which they ng citizens. of the tied Reub, On the tion on boqi clear and. cloudy also: on, dar1c nights, and. he a the correct, time. Reuben. gentleman We were talking wi down a columnoffigures, whi they Were hen read to him, 1 in each number, eir sum, and then hers in the orde written, either two figures' once gave t peat the in they were backward. The tak.- over his w Sons so e than bro- it longer 1 e short- iece ? tent for - n side of orrectly being, at you y given ? 'Yes, uasudatyh.e, ly come 'New teIlihativiee oif night; 'liat time ne past 2 ie is 13 around several h n two or le called he truth d d. One p ace told ti no Ties- ays, and wiys gave ked the h -to write 1 lie did,; odilt7111(lbeeil:eas-t' n which ward or Lori look mbers in Cou f him to- whole - of n• - of him, WOiLing: work of as. They have the °Hector got' rk last fall, and Be thathe could , renieniber the i the column and. the sum ye clerks hay sent from Kansas help. straighten their books. sale firm i Kansas City , hemal and sent fc r him to do somei i .told'th in he could d,o tij ten (Jerks .o making eomputa, told him if he could he shoal( pay of to men. He inoun e 1 a high stbol with the clerks arouu4l him, and he kept th thlsy giving thc i umber of articles, pi ice Of each, and t, h ng .(Itywn ,his answer-. They gave him for his day's wort A firm in Faye ville sell- ing out, • tok, n invoice of h ir goods. 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A S NUMEROUS CASES OF POISONING J--1- have occurred om the use of Compound Syrup of Hypophosp 'Res, containing strychnine, sold to the public wi hout being properly labeled "Poison," purchase,. of Dr. Wheeler's Compound Elixir of Phosphates and Calisaya, are reqUested not to confound the wo preparations, as they are entirely different c =really and medicinally. - Phosphates are rices sexy elemente of the human organism, and essen ial to the phenomena of life, catering into the cot position of every solid and fluid of the body, and are as harmless as our ordi- nary food. As stryclinitteis frequently poisonous in the smellest dose , it is of the ;greatest impor- tance that this cant on be heeded. The Gica4 'Female aemedy. JOB MOSES' PEHIODIOAL:rxxxs. rpHIS invaluable 4iedicino is unfailing in the -1-• cure of all those sinful and dangeroue diseases te which the fermi constitution is subject. It • 'Moderates all excess and ..removes all obstructions, and a speedy cure in y be relied, on. To married ladies, it is peeulittrlysulted. : It will in a short timeibrin , on the monthly period with e regularity. These Pills shouhit not be taken by Females during the first three months of Pregnaey, as they - are sure to bring on Miscarriage, lut at any other time they are safe. . .-In all cases of Ne -voila and St ilia Affections, pains in the back and limbs, fatigue On slight ex - 4 ertionof the heart, hysterics, and whites, these pills ill effect a cureavhen all other means have • failed; and altho igh a powerful remedy, do not contain. iron, calomel, antimony, or anything hurtful to he constituti n. Fall directions iii the piunphhet around each package, which sho ld be carefull preserved. . Job Moses, New YOrk, Sole Pro' rietor. $1.00 and 12;1 cents for postage,enclosed toNorthope'',Lyman, Toronto, Out., general itgents fo • .the Dominion, will insure a bottl , containing over 50 . pills by return mail. 1_-_.• Sold in Seafirth by E. 'Hi kson & Co., and R. Lumsdeu. 197 Thoma.' tclectric Oil, WORTH TEN TIMES T$ WEIGHT Li* GOLD. DO YOU ENOW ANYTH NG OF IT ? IP NOT, IT IS - r mi.. IOU OLD- . t There are but 'ew preparat one of medicine which have withsto al the impar ial judgment of the people for any great lengt of time. One a these is Trionas'E tic:intro 011..1 purel,v a prepar- ation of six of sonic of thebest oi s that are known, each one possessingvirtues of it. own. Scientific physicians know thjut medicines try be formed of seyeralingrediente in certain firod proportions of greaterpower, and producing eff ,cts which could never result from t e use of any 4ne of them, or in different cambinati ns. Thus iij the preparation of this oil a chemical &tinge tak s place, forming a compound which mild not by m4ny possibility be made from any oth T combinatio or proportions of the same ingred cuts, or any 4ther ingredients, and entirely differ nat from anything ever before made, one which pi- duces. the indst astonishing re- sults, and having a wider range, of application i. • than any medi chi e ever before di. coy ere d . It con- tains no alcohol other voletle liquids, conse- quently loses noth ng by evapor tion. Wherever applied you get the benefit of every drop • whereas with other prepar tions nearly all the alcohol is leet in that way, and you get cniv the small quan tidy of oils which they may contain. . • SiN. THOMAS, Pincers, N. Y. And NORTHRV & LYMAIN , Toronto, Out., Sole Agents for th • Dominion. NOTE.—Eleetrie ' Selected. end.Electrized. Sold in Seafori by E. Melton, & Co .and R. Lumsden. , AVOID QUA6KS. " I ITIEt1ICAIA T G. SCOTT, M. D.U. &c., Physician, Surgeon and Aceoueheur, Seaforth, Out. Office and red. deuce south side of Goderich Street, first door east of Presbyterian Church. 842 -nit. KING, Seaforth, (late of Carronbrook,) Coroner for the County of Perth. 01110e and reeideuce over Johnson Brother;* Hardware Store, Main-st. Calls at DR. KING'S office will be tended to day or night. 287 TJ L. VERC011, M. D., "C. L, Physieign, 2-"L. goon'etc., Coroner for the County of Hine; Office.and Residence corner of Market and nigh streets, next to the lhaning Mill. TIE. CAMPBELL, (Graduate of McGill lInieer,. sity, Montreal,) Coroner for the County of Offiae—Next door to Calder Brothera, Marble Works, and opposite McCallum's Hotel, Mahe:street, Staforth„ near the Railway Station. J. G. BULL, r.ZURGEON,Dentiht„&e.,Seaforile F -j Ontario. Plate work, latest styles, neatly executed; Ali sur- gical operations performed with care and promptitude. Fees at low as can be eb. tallied elsewhere. Office hours from 8 A. it, to P. M. Rooms over Mr. A. G. McDougall's Store, Mai n-st. 270 A M. CAMPBELL, V. S., Litentiate and Prize- -C-3-* than Of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.1%, and Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, has eettl ad permanently in Varna, where he will be found ready and willing to attend to all kinds of diseases, in all kinds of iminials (man excepted), in all kinds of weather, and at all hours. Rest. dance and office two doors east of Cook's T. perfume Hall. 819 VETERINARY SURGEON.—D. MeNAUGHT, v V. S., begs to announde to the inhabitants of Seatorth and sarrounding country that he has been awarded the diploma of the Ontario Veterin- ary College, and is now prepared to treateliseasee of Horses and Cattle and all domestic animals. He has opened an office in connection with his horse - shoeing shop, where he will be found ready to at- tend to tans. Diseases of the feet specially at- tended to. Residence, office and shop in the rear of .Killoran & Ryan's new store- All kinds of Yet- iNary Medicines kept constantly on hand. Charges reasonable. 229 9, j. CHURCHILI, Veterinary Surgeon, (morn - her of the Ontario Veteiinary College,) begs to intinnite that he has returned to the practice of his profession in Seaforth, and may at all times be consulted on the diseasessef 'Horses Cattle, &e..; Veterinary medicines constantly on !land. All calls promptly attended to. Office, at Mansion House, Sealorth. 278 1- M. LEET, Solicitor, Wingliam, has been lip- (' • pointed Agent for the Colonial Securities Com- pany of England, he is also Agent for several pre - vete Capitalists of Toronto, who loan Money at very reasonable rates. Interest payable yearly Charges moderate. Wingham, Dec. 15, 1871. 218 itircoatTGligt & HOLMESTED, Barristers, At "LT -i -'Lou -nays at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency,. Notaries Public and Conveyancers. Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents fou - the Canada Life Assurance Company, N. B.—$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farms, Houses and Lots for sale. 58 _ "RENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Offices—Sea- forth and Wrcixeter. $23,000 of Privete Funds to invest at one, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable yearly. JAS. H. BENSON. H. W. O. MEYEIL. ' 58 UU" R. SQUIBB, Barrister, Attorney fn Ohmic- " • ery, &c., Goderich, Out. Office—over J. C. Detlor & Co.'s Emporium, Market Square. 26c. Scoffer a,- McDonald, Tit EISTERS, Attorneys, Solicitors in Chancery &e., Brussels, Out. Office—two doors north of the Post Office. W. R. SQUIBB, DANIEL McDONALD, '271 Goderieh.. Brussels. IlLOTELS, 1?" NOX'S HOTEL, SEAFORTH. Thomas Knoxbegsbegs to state to his old friends and and the travelling public, that he has leased the Hotel lately °Coupled by Mr. MURRAY, and formerly known as the DOWNEY HOUSE, and hopes to receive a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed upon 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 and relieble h ostler al ways in. attendance. , 291 THOMAS KNOX, Proprietor. POSTER'S HOTEL, SEAFORTH. THOMAS FOSTER begs to Inform his old. -A- friends and. the traveling public that he has opened his new hotel, adjoining the Post Mee • Seaforth, where he has the very best accommoda- tion for man and. beast. The best of liquor a and cigars at the bar. THOMAS FOSTER. 1. VE . tit A. SHARP'S LIVERY, AND SALE STABLES. -L. • Office—At Murray's.Hotel, Seaforth. Good Horses and 'first-class Conveyances always on hand. B'5 LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Out. Good Horses and Cornfortabk Vehicles, always on hand. Favorable Arrangements inede with Commercial Travellers. All orders left at KieoX'A HOTEL, Will be promptly attended to. OFFICE AND 'STABLL' s:—Third door North of Knox's Hotel, Main Street. 221 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor. JU P.-BR1NE, .-ICENSED AUCTIONEER for the County of Huron. Sales attended in all part:, of the County. All orders left at the Exrosrron Oboe will be promptly attended to. E. LUSBY, T TCENSED AlfUTIONEER for the: County Of -i•-4 Huron. Sales attended in all parts of the Coon - All orders made personally orsent to-Seaferth Post Office will he promptly attended to. 327 "DOMINION SHAVINC&HAIRDRESSING a 'VICTIM of early indiseretio , causing neryOus -1- 3- debility, premature detay, &., having tried in SALOON AND BA ' TH ROOMS% vain every advertised remedy, has discovered. a, _ . . simple means of sell -cure, whic he will send free to his fellow -sufferers. Addres , j. HAIRTilyVEs, 78 Nassau Street, New York. CI -$5 TO $2-0 per ails. Agents wanted. All classes of working _people of either- sex, young r old, make more at work for us in their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything else. Particulars free. , Address G. STINSON & Co.,Por land, Maine. 284 Sometimes witty person vi 1 try and : Make a litele fun at Reub's-e, p nse. One asked him wl at he would. do i the doe - TRAVELING tors should c, tch him and telt Gut his brains to she m what respect tley varied . froth others , I " (4o arouncl a ithout an§ . NOTICE TO 11 -IE brains like you go,".wa,s theiec dy reply. Tickets to or from 'Enron Loui..- Rfpublican. , _ SPECIIIL NOTI S FORT GA BREAKFAST --Errs's Coto Put, aem Coesnoierma—" By !Knowledge of the natural govern the operationst of di butrition, and by a careful ai he fine properties of well-sel Mr. 'Epps has provided our b bles with a delicately flavour Which ma save us many he, bills. "—Cii1 iS'erviee Gaz:et simply wi h Boiling Watet Each packht is labelled—JA Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, MaNueetornaa OF COCOA. now give an aCcount of the pr ed. by Messrs. James Epps & iffacturers of dietetic articl works in. the Euston Road, Cassell's Household Guide. health. worth ha -vin protect it—it is a jewel as virtue, and in many cases as recover. In this climate, an ticelarly at this siason of the are very apt to take. cold- and le . ORATE - a thorough .aws which estion and plication of cted coeo:a 'eakfas'ta- .. beverage vy. doctors' Made :or Milk. IES EPPS & • -And all points in the Northwe LAKE SUPERIOR LINE,eithe Dawson Route, also ticketa to Eastern and Weste By Rail or Steamboat connectio application to the Undersigned way Station. Information intending travelers. I 389 ByRST 0 One night last w Londou." John Logan's 0 "We will cess adopt - (Jo., man- s at their ondon"— ? If it is ily lost as ifficulp to mire par - ear, people suffer from UBLIC, ; by the Allan RY -t, by BEATTY'S • by Duluth or the 11 parts of the n' States'. , can be had on Seaforth Rail- eerf ally given to OODIE, Agent. EN, ek, d Stand. " CAUSE—A LARGE NE V STOCK OP FRESH GROCEHES. • TAMES REDMOND has op lied out in Xolin " Logan's old and well-known Stand a nice stock of Fresh GROGERI S, comprising everything which sh old be found in a first-rate Grocery Store. FLOUR and FEED wa hand. tioHn! solicits a call, an will arantee Satisfac- 319 . REDMOND. "NATAL NEWMAN has pleasrd'e in announcing v that he has fitted up ovtr his shop a number of convenient and comfortable 'BATHROOMS Where a clean and comfortable bath may be had at any time. SHAVING OD HAIR. '!DOESSINC Attended. to as usnal. Alenon. hand a. nice stook -of LAMES' .cmayoss A D RRA1D8. Of the latest styles. He is -also-prepared to takein LADIES' HAIR .COMBINI;S, And have -them straightened and waked into Braids, Belts, Switches, Curls, Charges reasonable. GENTS', WIGS. purniod on the shortest notice at less than city prices. - A call is respectfully solicited. 339 WM. NEWMAN. STOVES & TINWARE Of all kinds, anti in endless variety at MRS WHITNEY'S, Carmiehael's Block, Main street, Seaforth. COAL OIL, Pure, good and cheap, wholesale end retail at M. WHITNEY'S. CUSTOM WORK Of all kinds promptly attended to and neatly exe- cuted. 808 MRS. "WHITNEY. Ti.3.4;UNCII ON ADM IA apt adulteration 0 tradesmen ennowkilletshmet,kgii, Both infante and ad In trade what lots of In ale how littlem The coffee's full of eh; The beer is fu:1 of.. Nutrition for the nut For babieS plump a Tutns out' upon a cur Inspection to be—s MaAletarlte ensaaTii ()s-irMit But where the deuce Who dares such thi What though a mai:1'i O,tftrtUlepwH isloof r eloaN ENuam • The Analyst runs el A - a d Th s bow sad t 'touP) u That even best fresh Is made from butte The'struthhfulgrer: Alalisfrauds rw is e ver, Neither i et ern trheeni If yroainuwsottLldth a wear gr B Grow your ow 4L sheel And brew your ow Oen. Butler makes ing to the Cock eye si. —The old-fashioned boy's head and fin —An accomplished to the opponents of tor that the place for 44 pa lash. a woman IA can2AheKtstaildir3trofratnsee good hull -dogs reaming will do more to keep a. all the talking in the w —A Nevada., Raper as no regular trial In the tiers yesterday. He hal the -mods with a few - and. it is perfectly e won't burgle any more: —An Illinois boy Tu. his teeth, so that he to dose' emrainthu hauelIgeedmasemel everki —The latest dodge o chiropodist is to exhibi announce that be has remeved from a corn. —In Ottawa, if a ma, quet, the young ladies • -of hisear-Sheriffthamallet _A if he wanted to make gallows, and the Man I not; it looks like rains to get 'wet; go on with —The fool seeketh to mule's hind -leg. The out the job to the lox's- -" Now is -the tittle -writes a rural. editor. a. sun umbrella. " Change cars l" is black said to a countr. clay, when he haa finis - of his bregans. ' —A philanthropist would lower the price to muzzle the boys d season. —Some one wrote to inquiring if guano was potatoes. Ile said it In whose tastes had beeen tobacco and runt, but h and butter. —A farmer gives tin'. which contains a good want the boys to stay ci hear on too hard when rug the grind -stone, —"My dear," said a. from her newspaper, " ferance between ion'1" " respondl " it is simply the diffee and "Oh yes," rei "and the same differette answer, which is more it gelfellitimid d man wants to tell a mad. -do what he wants to tll hi .way would be4o column -dog in writinn. Sepd t gun in the shape of iwath a small shot to see if he —" Haven't I got a. than. this' it's split I back," is what -a TiSon his wife Sundav morn the lady locked in an nant husband stasadii4 rim dawn the legs of I looking for some place' through, she shrieked room to conceal her.en: —A. young man last' ing.upon a lady, becam ed m the study of as0 he had almost slim* where the new lumbn accidently dropped d She disengaged it N4gith he thought was neeesi ebserved. You c in that way, sir r Si seem, that young ma-ul est in the study of asteP Initiating a The mm ebers 711 eti regalia*, and I noticed of a watch sticking A).. the worthy scribe, or encumber for a charin chain. Presently with, a halter in his it? candidate for admiesio inliHreadve.hies-o, Hu iegxiiil i)leoz, bud any hinaveacrespigliazofA replied ri fsestlid"" corn on his ilis-t'Otes, ennisulha.ild 'a' H:tras:wl)e " Anything more ?" little reddish." "Then out like other radishe ilisbackii.1"1gen nloilsev for his plaster-?" "He: monopolists for $6.50 t‘t: payirs.teh,g'rangersTg hen adi On a He scare' The Guide retired, leedagd tabIindfn:ldei hNithhishar.fo_eiwellarmeL aLugehaykif:,eaapitchfor violytothe, that the 'would-be gr lihe a hen turkey on candidate stood he