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Am OLD L WYER'S STORY. open 1
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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
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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