Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-09-11, Page 2ti 1 2 Am OLD L WYER'S STORY. open 1 dor. with A great mtny�ears ago, while I 'was � comparativelyavouug man, and still nig' unmarried, I res! Pennsylvania, an tion of being the ed. in a certain" city of • enjoyed the repute - c atter cleverest Ia l wyer known there. It . is not for me to say certainly raise was iltieritedl but I p found myself ahlp to discover loop -holes' of escape for those: whom I defended, which srprised even my fellow -lawyers.. I possessed by . which would hay teetive, ,and. I w the law. There it, but among th gained a reputati knowledge, Pel for them to -say tl they did. How.evec, I began to tell; you a ut; Madame Al attea . She was an oldlady, who owned a lit le house in the suburbs ;of the city.. Sh herself was of A m.eri-I can birth, but her husband had been a' Frenchman, an had been. bestow now a widow, an and son. Henri gives- Her nntome was but slender,': and she eked it out by taking a few boarders, generally steady old people who had knowli her for many years., • These respected and liked het ; but the city generally- had a prejudice against her. There had been twp sudden deaths in the house: - Each time the victim was a stranger who Tame. at night, and was found dead in his: bed lin the morning. Each time the jury was divided—some believing 'that :strangulation was the, cause of death, some that the man. had died in a fit.. It was a terrible thing that'two such ur deaths shoulrnd, h ve occr reed beneath her 1 •nt Y, roof. . Madame's friends. pitied her. The . Th rest of. the little Were strangers, no one knew wh other saleable madame's possession, No orie , sad she was a murderess,but every one said it was "very strane," in' an odd tone, and -no one since that secon4i death had visit-- ed Madame IVlatteau. • attire those qualities 1 e made an excellent de ss a ,thorough student of was no .mystery about more ignorant classes If ion for more than human' !haps it was not p o'p ite; at the devil helped ' �� ut so the title rriadam:e dupon her. Sire was -her-daughter Gabriella - ere her only living rel t mem lived hold �� t strap ' It was the key to Mr. Bs� She knocked the other or stick and put that in.., he people who were tb ere o Were your boarders when the vere found dead?" I asked... h; yes." nt. Hannah was tjiere also V lL . my married'. life Benin ith ins." our 'daughter oversees your n: your absence. ?" es, poor child, with Hannah ought I little while. adame,".I said, "there 6 mystery in this affair. 1. despa r of proving to all the wor entlir: !innocence, Meanwhile, calm as possible, and endeavor 'mem r everything connected w sudd n deaths that have 'occitr yo r , Ouse. The incident that th east important may really! th ost immense value. ' So 1 left and went homa. enou_li, on, the way I met the wild' ad been called in. He Was heav3i sort of a person, consiclet abl tri beer -drinking, and my opinion alStlit was not very great;. flow quest oiled him; on the subject, -: replied 'A'elle you. see, I don't say wpm n murdered him. ,If I sho Id. say it was by sitting or s thering him. with the: bols supp se the cause of his de: asph xia. Well then, vshatis as Why too little breath to keep ' ing. -. He died because he was s breat' I wash my hands of th .ten my there's the watch ; th dark. I hd learned nothing from et tor.. `The coroner liven near m ►ad been twelve of the mos en in town. ' s is. all he told me : "lie was smothered, that ma *ere . the other two.' Me ford' e out fila other has �iouse help." some lo not your I e as o 'e- h the d seems beef A- &, I Grangs doctor chill, given of his ver, I rid he be olll • did hitn, s. 11 w4s? yxia. e liv- ort of mat. looks doc- His ignor- world.hinted.that these end their trunks, with t amount of Eroney-and property, remained in I myself—perhaps because I admired her a great deal, and her daughter much more—had always insisted that it was merely a, coiacidcnce, and thatt in a world in which apoplex and heart disease were' so common, it w. s no such marvel that two. men should'lllave !net sudden deaths in the same house. But my faith.in this theory was shale n when, one morning, it was publish° over the city that an- other transient b arcder had been found dead in Madam Matteau's house, and that she was a rested on suspicion of, having maniere him, his watch ands chain having ben found in her posses -i BLOM. .,- Befoie I had recovered from the shock of thisterrible piece of news, a message came to me fro nnl Madame Watteau. She; desired to see m her at once. She had. been . Of course I went to taken to prison, and. r found her in. a 1the room with a barred window, and an insufficient fire upon the hearth. The logs had burnt in two upon_ the andirons, and the white ashes were he hearth. Almost in time Matteau, in het sombre black.. I With: .grief and excite, lrawn her chair close to. ently from Bead to foot, deadly pale as she turn- and held out her hand. " Oh. thank heaven, you have come !" she said ; ".I now you can save me. Is it not l.orribl ? How could I kill a man ? Why should I ? . Why do people come to my house to die? To die hor ribly, with blas faces and starting eyes, as if some one h d choked them? Ugh !, and he was a retty young man, the night before. Q1 , good heaven ! how horrible_.!" I sat clown esi1le her. .I took her hand. "Madame Matteau," I said, " be cairn ; collect yo i rself. As your lawyer I must 1,now all. 'tell me, from first to last, what hap ienedwhat was said, what was done. I If you—" black eyes had -flashed Id. not ask her whether fession to make. I saw unless shewas the best .actress who ever lived, -Madame M at- teau was innoce t of any crime. " If you have any suspicions," I -added, " tell them all tj ne." "There is no ne to suspect," sobbed -the poor woman. "Tn the house were scattered over them sat _Mad. widow's dress of She was chill] ment, and had the tire. She shook viol and her face way ed it toward me I paused ; her upon me. I sou she had any cor thatshe had not SO sxr.hphher themselves. We mad scrutiable Providence t'otther ti'. thafk it murder this time. Th. .tai e i you know." TI ,11oin li tit iys inns trat liad kno� us, without any new 1 light and formes. my plans. T rue way in which to penet ery. I must enter the 1 see the people there j I Int to the room in which th cried so suddenly, and 1 m ,n in in my real characte MadameMatteeuwas inuocen Believed, but that some (Ike be rooff was guilty I made ho dou jit be the librarian, Mr. 'into 'e key - fitted the dead in It m as t,ossi.ble ; but no,. I liar or a. mad superstition! T. 1,'me no supernatural power bene ltutnan beings drooped and died. as it came to us was myster What had been said to me by who would have been a Spirit she,lived,. to -day, was a mere was ; don't ;it in 'We t there I went e was Ate the se; I s pene- men tknot be '!hat fully eath her t. It sford, door. cl not r? could ! which Death ough. omari, st lied srdity. terrible to had t, and, irr, mut- t they ughed tl1was, 11 an. y bed - e man. n f;og- o which muffler u ch en thick walk- pet-bag, alkpet-ba ;, t is weir ✓ et the e! lit rrie ni►e Malt - knocked, iced and wass,a e Mat- e an iu s ay ulii- ok her said, esides think r;. elf aap- ' I said; I dread t as 1a uns said wh der, will a at Svo roo .Iw ge: rea I believe that there is so yen thing in the room," , " some awful, shapeless s n.it is locked in. with its vi him. Let others believe , .1 believe that." he, words haunted me, but gem, of course. Whateve ld try to to know. I had t dusk, that day, I went in n myself. I came out a str ore a white wig, a pair of and an overcoat, the tai ;hed° to my heels.. I had abut my throat, and a little 1 one of my shoulders. I curie cane, and stooped a good, deal! ed. In my hand I carried a ca aur. in my bosom a pair; of pi loan ed. . s I passed out into the s ear ymoon was just rising ; s on y way to the door of Mad tea, i's- house._; 1:) 11 by swt str tea was opened for me when I old Hannah. Her eyes wer Ilen. . Then I told her tha uger, and had received Mad is address from a gent Ne.v York, and I desiredto def he• t we are in trouble here. s Gabrielle would-', ut here Miss Gabri peered. ,. '} I am an old roan, "meld, as you see, quite i anther step. I shoulc ki dness if you woul modate Gabriella -my d- 'tighter, whom you have nie andI will pay price ' seen - okt Hann alb the cook • Mr. and Yo ask." Mrs. Beaucham friends of my poor Miss Gabrielle looked at Han. th. 1 her roof all night. 1She s cl. I. don't think 'you can," e lady is away from home. I do Mi le h 11 1 s r baneful pot me? It was art -an old -f little gilt s h 1 '1 Miss, ilirm.: l take acco fou an she had given ingcup innocent loo p shioned affair, covered gigs. The te Hyson ; bu the suspicio into mymi a strange it from me, for a king I had no not undres my disgui 'table, with some atten murder m thought of heard of ti ap-doors and ntrances to ti coward, `but $angularly e ect health d, and my f d had tainte lora cnriou' and would n. om. intended to myself. I e, and sat d my pistols b pt might be I felt to all the old ta and secret I was not nervous an in my per growing c. of ice, wh'le my bead Fifteen i mutes- had fire was kin elle 1; but tali warm. T a blue flames the black c tipped will There was store, thiol now caller chair towa my feet t know how became aw was losing had been an >inseen my chest, dearhusband in 'his boyhood—the best, " We haveonly one Tom," s e said; kindest people ;: Mr. Gray, a very old anti that man too feeble to leave the house • poor, 1 ended the question Of 'my tay by deformed Miss 11nrman,and the librarian begging to be taken to, it. Mr. Bassford. None of these would mur-ort will have supper, sir . i ?" asked der a mouse. See how kind they are ,; , girl• they remain in try house ; they send me word that they have no doubt of ne. Oh, how can an3ibody ?" "And this man wl o " I began.. th " Yes," said. 2 tadaate Matteau, "I will r dressed Ile asned A r. Bamford at the , res su depot if he knew of filly one who could a simall apartment, paint accommodate hi . lljr. Bassford. brought I him home. M only empty room was the one in 'a=hich those other two strang- ers died. I could not bear to put him 1 cif there, :bat Mr. Bassford laughed at me. 'i m� We had supped afterward. He talked a long time to Gabrielle. It was late ! in I alluded to this a . Hai when he retired. --late for a quiet house- •synth the scuttle. at I declared that I j had. ea :en, and we -lilted rest. !ler reply was .: ' ` Hannah, show the g°titlema to the blue' room, and make afire." i was in the room, tai scei of the urclei'.. It was d blu .. It had. ns, at d a blue a tie let striped niture, a basin. ime al - wood. all coal h came tell you he was fait young handsomely i three dc.en deaths or also blue window curta sill coverlet on the bed, carpet, a set of old inaho atti costly China. It was t th st a universal custom this room, however, Si e any 1 a very handsome eller an a to b as a hold. Hannah heti made his fire. -She ! in ` came and told us that she had done so. He said. goodenig it. s bu " After he had gone vve found. he had 1 lik left his watch of the table. He wore it i an only with a bunch of seals;; and he had iia been setting it l by the clock, and show- it. ing it us as sotnething very handsome. till I knocked. at hes doors to restore it to w him. He had ; no t left us but fifteen minutes before j but he must have been asleep already, f;Gor he made n answer. So I kept it for`, the night, and wore it -clown to breakfast, next morning. As ;I came down I met a . gentleman lit the hall. He inquired for Mr. Glen. This was the new -copier's name. I sent Han- nah to wake hint. She could not do so, `Yes, sir," she said. n coals. Her son is , at the new mines W' hie sends it cheap to ty, dirty•srnelliug tai• Now it's built and in 15 minutes. It tal od." 'he went oat of the loor ba k in a minute with . littl wl ich stood a pot and a cup a als a bowl and a tiny pitcher, th;ng in a napkin. Miss sent a bit and e, sip,' Yea rests us oldfolks 'ghtil amt." . , (rood -night," I said I and grew alarmed. She had a key that sti ll sleep soon ; I mu t be would open the door, ahcl used it. `rhe ea Py, though, for T hay bill next thing I knew we were all in the T ave Some hluichredsf dol room ' and the windows were wide open, m to pay out, to ilot.ramv, a and the doctor had been sent for • and this bag: the young man who had' called was �he'looked at me in a qac: screaming that his brother ' had. been , and lingered beside me choked tri death ; and then there was .spoke : 1 r i "Ms a ale k Mari «h het, ; g, a'd it; 'tv es lo [C ni wa sh of -the arm V !tr i an inquest, and they arrested me. The ' Look ye, sir ; I thin. that brother said the first thing he noticed our age do wrong to lock was that I wore Mr. Glen's watch and nmselves. You !night be ill seals- I had forgotten it in my terror." who'd get in to you?j' " So Hannah had a key to the room ?" as it this woman's j cacti avelers who stopped with he to lock the door ? Was t I said.. Yes ; at least it was a key that would ; not ongh with was fr- grant that had it. I f smell. t have ta crept bated put tech it leap, . and I diel erely re"oved wn besid - the side me. That hortly m: de to e .possib e. I es that had sliding p nels, avelers' r' oms. felt str ' ngely ougli for man y ..hands were et were amps as burnin, hot. assed, an the room 'w; s not truggled . mong als, and flung forked to goes, yellow tints, itito the oom. nothing .chetrfnl abot t the ghwas itwas of that open style Franklin. et Ip d ew a d it from ha it, and sa with o not my I If. 1 hands , and gainst have pon the hea •th.. I c ong I sat the. e. Studd re that I wa not inys iy senses. I unseen clasped about my nes {nee hacl been pressed ny sensations could no been differ ,nt. A thong it of the evil friend. hat suggested f into my in lid. As I s feet . a nois like the ro, wan in my ear. The fl: mes of tl die turner to a great , ellow bl barely. ret, ined strength enough t ng it opei shed in but it r I- was 'a e shed be til day returning se ices the . That whi.h had mu enwho slep before amber was n thing itt e `coal stove. •ovided with what is c d this, being aught in . the poi d been kindled, t the ant of s, and Had I :also light, pirit whi h my intly str ggled aggered ; o my ring of t ' e Nil- e can- e. eaecan- e. I stag- . The at it. lieved le to ow. dawn. truth delved e itt re nor ger to the fresh, cold It gave me me. In a clamber o Tere With my came to m the three i the 'blue cl less than t It was p damper, ai ner-which . closed ` it, sen room. It h re would ha ring, by sonic possible fro ept never to -F self upon vindow and fi winter air. r intense pain, oment more tofi`upon tl remained u gas into th as a wood- hour of ret the dange they had s thrown in lled a man- onous ve been, one igno m coal -g, waken. he bed, should hat e been found earl at da in all hum = n probability As for t .e fact that nether doct coroner`di. to say the tific men, used in th been went was thus Of court my discov of course, not only i came the She was a proved .he soon asked Gabrielle r nor covered the t uth, I h, ve but they were n t deeply scien- hat coal stov s were s arcely place, and hat it h d not oned that th�. blue c' amber sated. e I rejoiced t e house old by ry, next morn`ng, and e ually, Madame Ma teau, w o was reed from st spicion, b t be- sbject of univ rsal syml athy. Iways•grateful to me, d she • gratitude b' giving, ' hat I for,' the hand of her d ughter n marriage. patch, Enquirer or ,Senavel, for half that sum For some wretched tallow . can- dles I paid -$1Q a pound. The utter ab- seence of prcmbrtion between these sev- In$htion in the Gjonfedera,oy. The fin ncial system Confedera e Governmen simple an free from t consisted hiefly in the. notes ' eno gh to meet al the Gove nment, and, advanced state of the there was but one diflb this proct ss namely, t of !having he nodes sign ury depa tment, as fa needed. here. happe be severa thousand P„ichmon willing to , 'repnunera give etnployni ho nes, an , as it was r s all mo ent whose bo •e, the were given th se you .g ladies, wh turned' t :erre, for a shall not ndertake to Confedera_e treasury no Indeed, I arty !credibly gentlema who was hig treasury apartment, th retary bi self did. not It was cl arly out of t Governin nt ever to. re eern the and what ver mayhav been t l' of affairs within the treasury, ontsicle its precincts: ever cared t Idie his head in an - -attempt. to exact figures. We knew, onl money was astonishingly ab Provision • fell short sometimes, stpply . of clothing was: not al lal•ge as e should have liked. body foul cl it difficult to - get et °ugh: i t was to be had al ' t e askin . And to ome ext ti undanc of the currerey'really atone f r its extreme badness 1-Ioney vas so easily got, and 4s w so utterly lumcertarli.; that Ste u Is alil: to determine! what was a P ice for anything. �° e fell into h, bit of eying what ver was] asked, eral prices iapparent, and I know of no way of a Palming it except upon the theoiy that �i the t e unstable e character of • t money had superinduced Iced a reckless dis- regard. of all value on the part of both buyers and sellers. A facetious friend used to say prices were so high that no- body could see them, and 'that the " got mixed for want of supervision' He held, however, that the difference between the old and the new order of things was a trifling one. " Before the war,' he said, " 1 went to market with I the money in my pocket, and brought i bi.ck my purchases in a basket ,• now I take the money in the basket, and bring the things home in my pocket.—Septem- ber Atlantic. adopted by the was singularly chnicalities. It ssue of treasury 1 the expenses of in the present in of printing. :ulty incident to he impossibility ed in the treas- t as they were ed, however, to oung 1anies in ccept light and nt at their. own- -ally a .!natter of. ame the notes out in sheets to limed and re- onsidera ion. T less ho' • many es were issued. - informe' by a in office in the at even the Sec - certainly know. e power of the notes, e state obady ' mud - get at 'that indent. nil the ays as eat no- nmoney ost for nt jhe see ed �t�r� LEGAL CIA_ iERON &ORAILLL v Solicitors in. Chaneory, Go 1x. 0. CAMERON. ene , Barristers a and eritsli. 848 J. J. OOBIIA.L]. ,1lRBQSV & WALKER, Ji, •risters, Attoineys, Solicitors in Chancery tie, ('3:�iee on West St., 'oh. opposite the Post Office,(�ado � 348 s. 1'. OAIU1OW. P. F. W,ADItlEn. M. L EET , Bolicitox Win J. pointed Agent for the Colo pony of England, he is also Ag vete Capitalists of Toronto, very reasonable rates. Irene Charges moderate. Also S Lawrence Dank. Winghani, Dee. 15, 1871. cClIIattt+;X & HOLMES' 1?� torne 3•s at Law, Solieito Insolvency, Notaries Public solicitors for the lt. C. Dank, S the Canada Life Assurance Cq N. B.—$30,000 to lend at 8 Houses and Lots for stile. 1:3E-N§ON & M1+]'Elf, Baia' s beu 1?- a ham has sial Securities Com- ut for sever sl pri- ho loantoiiey at est payable yearly lieitor for to St. 218 at Law, Solicitors in Clown Conveyancers, Notaries Public, forth and Wroxeter. $23,0oo o SPECIAL -NOTICES invest rly. once, at lei ht per sen yearly. t Luc. H. $ENSON. BuEAKEAST.--L+PPS s COCOA.—GRATI- ED,Barristers, At s in Chancery and and Conveyancers. aforth. Agents for pang, per cent. Farms, 53 ars and Attorneys ory and Insol'yency, etc. Of ices- -Sea- Private Funds to Interest, payable 58 x. w. 0. alEv>_:it. ttorney fn Ohane- Oflice—over J. C et Square. 213£ FUL AND-iioMFORTING.—t By a thorough R. SQUIER, Barrister, knowledge of the natural laws which •ars, . e., G0(1014(.31, Ont a Detlor & Co.'s Emporium, Mar. govern. the operations of digestion. and a t -1 knowing have to p, the • easier T1ie specu Eiery art value, ev thl1'"s week or the art enorm coarse. , es- does °ellen, rather so 11 warm a officer ase of becam p very d it's in ✓ sort of At last value fair the that, to -mor ow, wee should y- more. Sp ciliation.. became and sell it neat was t make us profit quit as a m4tter of brought into 'harlestcn once, n my batter , attend ig the. ake two suits of clothe , with- xpense what ver, me elw by the purchaa a at au tion, of roods, a,ncl_ heti no diffic ilty, as •ho was glad to take is bar - in elf his hands, givi g him tl 0 cloth 'iwante el as a premit m. Th officer could -pot tossibly have aid for he case of goods, ut there w s nothina surer than that le could sell Es,gain at au ad- vance the mOment the anctionee 's ham- mer fell o 1 the last lot of cloth.s. Monier AlttIclt nutrition, and by a careful application of the line properties ro erties of well -selected cocoa.; + Mr.Epps has provided our breakfast ta- bles with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills."—Civil Service: Gazette. Made II simply with' Boiling W;yter or Milk. !i Each packet is labeller —JAMES Erns & I Co., Hontieopathic Che ists, London." II MANUFACTURE OF Co OA.-" We will now give'anaccount of t e process adopt- ed by Messrs. James Epps & Co., main ufacturers of dietetic articles, at' their works in the Euston Road, London"— 'Cassell's household Gal e. Aerie your throat so, or are you an- noyed by a constant cugh ? If so, use - promptly " Bryan's Pmonic Wafers.'? —They will give. y instant relief. They relieve the air pasages of phlegm! mucous, and allay i flammation, and no safer remedy can be had for coughs, colds, or any complain of the throat or lungs, and if taken in ti a their efficiency will soon be proved. Sold by all Drug' gists an country dealers. Price 25 centre per bo I A BEAUTIFUL Hops} .-There is noth` ing that can contribut so much to renf der the horse so beauti ul and elegant, t improve his condition and make him al that is desirable, as ` Darley's Cond.' tion Powders and Ara ian Heave Re" edy ;"- it has been use I by. many person who own valuable c rriage and oth horses with decided et cress, and so we 1 pleased. are they ith it that • the always keep it op hand in ca e of emergency ; it may be given at all`' times wit perfect safet Remember. the name, and see that t e signature of Hurd & ;o. is on each pac age. Northrop & Ly an, Toronto, Ont , proprietors for Can da. Sold. by 1 medicine dealers. . D.R. S. JACOBS, ON .APHONIA„ ort Lo•s OF VOICE:-Orangge' Street, St. John, +' B., 1869—Mr. Fellow —Sir : I am bou' d to award the palm ofpetitto the preps ation of Hypophospbites discovered i y you. I had occasion to use it mys:If in a case of Aphonia, which would n' t yield to regular treat ent, and am ha' py to say, it proved. o be all that y u claimed for it, havin acted with- expes'i- ency and entire satisf ction. I feel call d upon to publish the f t, that the profe sion may avail thems Ives of a remedy n your " Compound Syrup of Hypopho phites." Yours, ver truly, S. JACOBS. Lnrxosv. This loathsome disease :o long considered incgrable has found a master in Fowle's Pile and Humor Cu Sister Reed, Lady Superior, of Ho el Dieu, Montreal, writs : " All those Le "ors who have used your remedy ha se «experienced a deeded improveine't,. and two patients affected with Lepro y "have been so far aired as to be let o t " of the hospital." The pri es which olltained most fab ous, and singularly there see ed to be no sort of Id folks articles. I bought coffee at oors tee, at $30 a pound. on the same beg circle of n e theatre. I paid. ess neat morn' ng, for a cop of the E me but I mieht have got the WA to mist s ere al - enough atio ex- ifferent and e dress $1, the TT IS OP THE UT OST • IMPORTAN E -I- that n, remedy intend d for popular use sho ld be not only thoroughly re iable and sciqutific, treatment of old lingering complaints is Access r- ily protracted, and if dele orisons drugs are ta n into the system. for a long time, they may o.ccu late and do more harm n good. Dr. Wheele Compound Elixir of Phos hates and Calisaya, tainins elements of the issnes, repairs diseo, bone, muscle, and nerves, and renews consti tional vigor he the same - alma as our daily fo with no in.ore ef j jury. It may be tak in all forms of debility in the young. or aged, w .positive certainty of per anent benefit. Avoid- Q ticks. A VICTIM of early hulls notion, causing nerv us 1-1- debility, premature d cay, &c,, having tried in vain every advertised se uedy, has discoverec a simple means Of self -sure which he will send! •ee to his fellow -sufferers. Adress, REEV .78 Nassau Street, New Y rk. ed . Harkness' air Balm. The best preparation in u e for restoring, prese T- ing, and beautifying he hair, and render- • ing it soft nd glossy. This invaluable prepare son we -would resell to the public, knowing it to possess all the virtue • e claim for it. Being perfectly free from all inji ri- ons ingredients, and compoeed solely of nu i - and sure remedy for the Falling of the Hair," es - Loring grey hair to its ori inal color, impel -tin a healthy tone and vigor t its roots, and causin it to grow lnauriantly. As a Cosmetic alone, e where the hair is strong nd healthy, it is inv u - able, as it Imparts a rich lossinesS and silken p- pearance, avhich no one a ho loves beauty can ail to admire. Prepared onlly by For sale by j. S. ROBERTS and R.' LUMSDI N. The Great Fefikale Reined y. xoD MOSES' P.E row= ruts. THIS invaluable =diem is unfailing in ' eure of all those pain, 1.1 and dane:-erous clisea to whieh the female con titution subject. moderates all excess and and a speedy cure may be To married ladies, ibis in short time, bring no, These Pin8 should. no during the first three mo are sure to brin,g Mist: time they aye octfe. In all eases of Nervous and Spinal Affecti pains in the back and lin bs, fatigue on slight ertion, palpitation of t e heart, hysterics, whites, tbese pills will ef/ect a cure when all 01 means have failed ; and although a, powe remedy, do not contain ir4n, calomel, antimony anything hurtful to the constitution. Fall directions in. nee pamphlet around e package, which should .lie ea.refully preserved. Joh Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 nd 12i cents forpostage,enel sed toNorthop &Lyra n, Toronto, Ont., general a ents for the Dominion, will insure a bottle, eon airsing over 50 pills by Sold in Seaforthb E. Hickson & Co., nd R. Lumsden. 97 he Cs elied on. ecnliarly suited. It 11 he monthly period s ith maid, l,. AIIRISTE RS, Attorneys, Si4icitors in Chancery &c., Brnssels, Ont. Oflice the Post Oelee. IV. R. SQUIE1t, DAtiIE'. 271 Goderieh. two doors math of dence south side of Goderich Street, first door east of Presbyterian Church. 842 • geon etc., Coroner for the County of Huron. Offiee and 3Residence, collier o Market and High streets, next to the Planing 111i 1. Thu. CAMPBELL, (Graduate of McGill Univer- -'-' sity, Montreal,) Coroner for the County of 'Huron. Oilicee-Next door t o Calder Brothers' Marble Works, and opposite sIcOalluin's Hotel, Main -street, Seaforth, near th Railway Station. MUNRO, M. D., Physi•ian, Surgeon and j* Accoucheur, Graduate f the Medical De- partment of Vidalia University; formerly 61 the also the Hospitals in Paris, Edinburgh and • Glas- gow. Residenee—Brucefield: i 849 be taken, by Fem let ex- er fel or ch FIRE INSURA CE COM PA OF LONDON! ENGLAND. A GENT AT SEAPORT j-1- Company was establ ness in all parts of the v largest business in the U claims vith promptitude_ are MO orate. II. This old stem shed in 1782, does bu ;mid, does the seco ited Kingdom, pays and liberality. Its no 346126 ts L' Ontario. 1Plate work, 1 latest in the box, and a easeful and attentive gagger in attendance. Good stabling in connection .v.ith the hotel. 850 Ss low SB can be ob- ront 8 A. 3L to 5 McDougall's Store, are and promptitude. Feea ained elsewhere. Office home ). IL Rooms over Mr. A. G r-1, CARTWRIGHT, L. D. Li• will vinat Goderich on Lnd WEDNESDAY of each norm Rotel. ., Surgeon Dentist, the first TUESDAY month, at the COL. , 350 A M. CAMPBELL, Y. S., "- man of Cornell Univers 3:ractuate of Ontario Veteri las settled permanently in I+ !ound ready and willing to a liseases, in all kinds of ani as all kinds of weather, and. dence and office two doors perance Hall. • iLicentiate and Prize- ty, Ithaca, N.Y., and ary College, Toronto, erne., wherehe will be tend to all kinds of cols (-man excepted), at all house. Resi- ast, of CooktA Tem- -819 VETERINARY SURGEO V.,- V. S., begs to announce Seatorth and surrounding been awarded the diploma o ary College, and is now prep ofHorses and Cattle and all has opened an office in conn diming shop, where he will tend to calls. Diseases of tended to. Residence, Ode of Killoran & Ryan's new st erinary Medicines kept constantly Charges reasonable. i .—D. McNIUGHT, to the inhabitants of ouutry that he has the Ontario Veterin- reed to treat diseases oniestic animals. He ction with his horse. e found ready to at- the feet spe hilly at- and shop in he real re. All kind of Vet- on. hand, 1 229 91 j. CHURCHILL, Teter 'L . ber of the Ontario Ye to intimate that he has retu consulted on the diseases Veterinary medicines constantly calls pronaptly attended to. House, Seaferth. ary Surgeon, (mem• miners- -College,ybegt ed to the practice 01 of Horses, Cattle, &e, on haAd. AI Office, at Maissior 273 to. OFricE AND STADDEs:—South cial Hotel, Main Street. , 221 , THOMAS -1-3s- Rnox begs to state t and the travelling public, t Hotel lately occupied by tormeidy known as the D hopes to receive a continmince so liberally bestowed upon years in the hotel busines... convenience will be provide' choicest Liquors and Cigar: A easeful and reliable hos tle 291 THOMAS his old:friends ant at he hae leased tho Mr. MURRAY, anZ' WNEY HOUSE, -floe of the patronage him during his maul Every comfort 'mil for travellers. Tim only kept in the Bar al ways in attendance KNOX, Proprietor. VICTORIA. HOTEL, WA! T Proprietor. This ho Gravel Road, 10 miles nort TON.—john Winter 1 is situated on tho of Seaforth, and pos. in the box, and a easeful and attentive gagger in attendance. Good stabling in connection .v.ith the hotel. 850 T A, SHARP'S LIVERY*NDSALE STABLES. -1- • Office—At Murray's Hotel, Setiforth. Good Horses and first -el ass Conve ances always on hand. "" Good Horses and Comf stable Vehicles, always on hand. Fo.vorable Arrangements made with Commercial Travellers. All orders left at KNOXN lloTErs, will be promptly attended to. OFricE AND STADDEs:—South cial Hotel, Main Street. , 221 , THOMAS of the Conn -flea, BELL, Proprietor. iu -1- All orders left at theM nsion House with Mr. John Murray will receive immediate attention. References—Dr. Colenian a id Dr. King. 411*59. "-a Huron. Sales attended in allparts of the Conn- ty. All orders made personally orsent to Seaferth Post Office will be prompt] 1 aCtended to. 321 T MASSED AUCTIONEER for the County of -11-4 Huron. Sales attend d all parts of the County. All orders left the Exrosiron Office will be promptly attended t o. comosaneame CLIN 'ON IVIARBLE WORKS, Next door west of the Commercial Hotel, iliere is Lumber in MeRillop, at the Viejr0RIA STEAM MILLS, MONUMENTS, EAD.-STONES, And work of -all kinds in onerican .and Foreign Marble, designed and executed; in. the best style, and at most reasona'ale prices. _Mantles of Various Cr?lored .Arailtle, Sup- plied On horf Notice. Granite Monuments. an Headstones imPorted to order. -COOPER, Jr. SEAFORTH AND HURON MARBLE 1Late of Hi milton,) And JOHN GOV:ENE...00K Is the man to supply IL. ALWAYS on hand a large stock of all kinds of Lunaber, which will he -sold at inlets -which cannot be surpassed in this County fur cheapness of pried,. Draining and :Fencing Luntber tat Also SHINGLES, LATH, Ind every cleseription builders' material. Parties building or Inaying large qtiantitiee.wili be liberally dealt with, and will fin it to their profit to give the VICTORIA MILLS a trial Lae purchasing elsewhese. Would intimate to thefr nnmerous friends and the general publia that they are prepared to fill all orders for Monuments, Headst nes, Table Tops, Mantles 8.5c, Granite Monuments ynporterl. to Order. 'Work of the best style a tort, and cannot be surpassed in. this part of .0 tau°. A call respectfully solicited. Calder's old Stand, opposite McCallum's-Motel, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. E. MESSETT. 11. massEna. All orders left at the Mill or nddressed to Win- throp lt. 0. reeeive prompt attention. Be - 825 JOHN GOVENLOCK'S -victoria:mins is the place. SEAFORTH PLANING MILL, SASii DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY pais subscriber begs leave to thank his iminerous customers for the liberal patronage extendedsto him sinhe commencing business ha 'Seaforth, and trusts that he may be f avored with a continuance °IPtallretBiellsmitte.tending to build would do well to give him a 0411, as he will continue to keep on hand a DRY PINE LUMBER, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, 1SHINGLES, LATH, ETC. a He feels confident of givin g satisfaetion to those idle) int favour him -with their patronage, as none but firs -chi tif: workmen are employed. ra--'•s" Particular attention paid to Custom Planing 201 i JOHN II. BROADFOOT. THE HUlliON PLANING MILL. illESSBS. GRAY a: SCOTT TIEG to announce that they have -connnenced J-1 bu mess sn the -Shop lately occupied by Mr. Marti , and are now prepared to fill orders for Sas4s, Doors, Blinds, J.Ifouldings, And all kinds of planed likmber. ALS L ATV- AXD SHINGLES. CHEESE BOXES AND SETTERS, FARM GATES, HAY RACKS, &c. , ,good stock of Seasoned Lumber on hand. Factory and Lumber -lard on Godesich street, near Main street. jig oaving and Custom. Planing neatly done. 'EGG- .EMPORIUM. The subscriber hereby thanks his numerous customers merchants and others) for their liberal patronage durino the petit sesTLI Sears, and hopes, by strbet istegay Una. close attention to business, to 3nelib their confidende and trade in theluture. Having greatly enlarged his premises during the svinter, he is now prepared to pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE For any quantity of good fresh eggs, delivered • EGG EMPORIUM, Main -Street, Seaforth_ Wanted by the subsciiher 25 tens of good dry clean WHEAT STRAW. SE4ODTH, March 18, 1874. .328 JOHN S. PORTER, One-horse Banker and Exchan,ge Broker. CAPTAL, ▪ S0,000,000.01. This is no blow, butn fact. Greenbacks and Amelicon Silver at cur- rent rates. Lentb3 money on good farm prop- erty. • Shaves notes without lather. Receives menesii on deposit, and pays 20 per cent. interest —when you get'it. Buys and sells Houses and Lots; parties leavingtown and wishing to sell quick will find me on hand like a thousand of brick. Buys' "fides, Sheep Skins, Pars -and Wool at the highest prices. All this is done -with the- above capital, wonder- ful, is it not ? Hand ill your wants, wishes and expectations, don't be afraid, he won't bust. 341 DOMINION SHAVING&HAIRDRESSINC SALOON AND BATH ROOMS. nAtta NEWMAN has pleasure in announcing " that he has fitted up over his shop a number of convenient and comfortable BATH ROOMS Mosel a clean at any time. and comfortable. bath may he had Attenlled to as Usual. Also onhand a, nice stock a LADIES' C111(1.YO___ATS AND IMAIDS Of the latest styles. He is also psepased to takein And have them stsaightened and worked into raids, Belts, Switches, Curls, itc.- GENTS' WIGS Frani -heti. on the shortest notice at less than city A coill is respectfully solicited. 339 WM. NEWMAN. AMUEL TROTT, Manufacturer of Jfachine Turned Butte). Packages Of a Superior Quality. All orders, either 'Wholesale or Retail, Promptly SEAFORTH ONT. MAJRRIAGE LICENCES O1R CERTIFICATES, (Under the new Act,) lasted at the - EXPOSITOR OFFICE, SEAFORTH, Undeti authority of the Lieutenant -Governor of Ontario. anay Is son_ who object estrian ? Because he 'Why has a hog the me the animals ? Because he h. full of them. —What is wanted in Ar telegraph poles, er strong 2,verage pole holds only ab -thieves -comfortably_ —A Milwaukee inan s really needed some active., awn -cocktails, Homer's Odysaey " a. clerk, not fipding it, rem Homer's 'latest works; at pe —Minstrel- troupes now eountry, in deference to This is as reasonable as —Lord Braxfield, a Se said to an eloquent culpnl -entuktete ye wad be none 1 —A farmer neer Prairie C that a hook and. Ladder tom organized. in his neinhborhoi th.at the ladder used tti eltinbino into his thicket which. the hooking is done- -A temperance advocato poliee stations asked a man arrested. on charge of into the arrested man, did not t thing to get drunk. " Yet swellehead, but it's not / getting sober." —In a little town in It teacher was exereisiito ela in mental arithmetic. °bite C question If you buy an. when up came a little for $60, the other -day, and- ular old scrub at that." —Never bet OD. a horse It is wrong to bet, aid, bes that ought to win is !likely out of ten, te be jolekeyet Do not bet at all, My SOD bet 011 horses. get acquait riders in advance of the to how the thing is coming on —An accommodation J amestown and Lake 'View,' of a. little incident on Thur don't think that the boy years hey, and you won't balf fare ? Just look at tha from out the old earpet bre with trembling ea,geraess, well-worn family Bible, at the page reserved fer birth held it triumphantly up tu ductoes nose, " Does that. I was a liar, young Iran . . testimony before his eyes, could do no less than pas half fare, and subdued app passengerst Twenty Impolite 1, Loud and bointerous 2_ Reading when others 3. Reading aloud ia co being aeked.- 4- Talkiag when others 5, Spitting about the or thewing. 6. Cutting finger nails 7. Leaving church befo 8_ 1-Vhispering or laug.h 9. 'Gazing rinlely str 10. Leaving a stranger 11_ -A want of tespect for seniors. 12. Correcting elder p self, especially parents, 13, Receiving a preseo pression of gratitude. 14, Making yeurself the own story. 1-5. Laughing at the others. 16. Joking others in e 17. Commencing talki have 'finished speaking. been putts others:; 19. Commencing to eat go to the table. -20. Not listening ing in company. 0-401. The German Except on the Thall*S er in Europe on which t shipping and eetnmerce is the favorite Getman object of worship., They its possession for 1,900 ye the days of Salim; Cms clung to its valleye and with a tenacity and des cedented in. all history. gions drove them. away distance, after- many a bloody battle • but the session- Cmsar drove t 50 miles to the east of several. lerrions along its points, ail planted colo at all the favorable apo sors -carried out the- sane_ and the old military ea and walls, constructed seen and traced along Rhine Valley, -from 1.7 to Basle, in Switzerland, for a long distance, Ma tifieations are 50 to 60 the Rhine, where they p ed on the same orounds first century, these lora. were in part compelled conquests to the Ten had made an irresistibl them ; but the Empo - Hadrian recovered tbe" possessed by Rome, walls and fortification mans had destroyed. '- only after lona and tou that the Teut7ms were f their dear Rhirte. Th tabled their swaiynntil of the third. ceiattry, tameable nativett. At Alattilei and their forces, ads -lanced a chain of fortililations, demolished forts, ttun measured. colonies, def Fhhedeircicir°betillolvetRah°:mhainilacerY7s The Romans renewe 100 years, under the Dioeletian, Constantine