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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-10-16, Page 2T E HURON EXPOSITOR. THi STORY OF STER1GKER. Of cauese it doesn't really mattet in the least, bat I haire distiaet recollee- theft that, the. opera of the evening was. the oft-thpeated '` Trove:tore " of !Verdi. Altogether the representation had been most an exceptioilable and admirable, when seddeuly there occurred an excite- ment hi the theatre which cordel not be aseribea. to Verdi or his interpreters. Somethia,g of a gasp was audible -some- thing of a. crey ; the soand of something falling, of people rising from their seets, and questioning and conversing in hur- ried sentencea, withoat regard to the trausaetions of the stage. An opera -glass had fallen from one of the upper private boxes on to the head. of a gentleman sitting in the stalls. . NOW I had eeen the glass ; had seea a mend, white, braceleted arm and a glo-Ved hand, stretched out to arrest, as it seeMed te me, its descent.' But; of couteei it was all done -in a moment rapidly. indeed, that there was scarcely ,time for the thing to impress isself upon my mind, and the instant after it had happened, begets to doubt whethet1 had really seen whet I had seen. ft was so much more as though I had im- wined the thing than actually witnessed - I quite kreca that it must have en a very nasty shock -a most unfortin te accident I At this he laughed ra Vhat ver you call it, don't cal -it that, he aid. s . You eau that ib Was not an ea dentl?", ' It appe red that he did mean that " But saw the glass fall," I said. Yme !lean that you saw her tlir N dONVII " Saw Who ?'' I demanded, un n- sciously dopting the interrogativ s of Hamlet. " Arab 41a !" I thou 'ht him wandering in. his n sd. thing of Arabella. coul. lot that I had ever encounteret ;nut of. fiction:aay womaa of set ad then I came to, ask m elf of ry i 1 ki ew n rein mbei . of Works name. A what, ,after ell, (lid I realty 'linos Steriel5er himself ? In truth, it was However, that the accident had: occur- red there could be no question. --' The gen- tleman upoa whose cranium the gtass had descended had been carried into the lobby; He was said to be stunned, if not killed, by the blew. bdief pre- vailed that his skull hed been fractured. In any ease, an rigly wound had been in- , flicted upon his head, which, by the way, was bald, except for a crescent-shaped fringe at the back, and a few scanty locks arranged over the crown. The blood had flowed; freely, dabbling and disfiguring his white cielt-at and embroidered shirt front. It was really, altogether, a very shackiag thing. There was lee attending to the Lopera after it. The tragie matters happetiing upon the stage were- casite quenched by this serious accidenaia the stalle. Who could _now care about the Count Di Luna's beheading his long -lost brother,. or Azacetre's bitter scream` of " Sei vendicata, 0 release ?" The fate of our bald comrade was of much more concerts to us. I hastened to make in- quiries as to how he fared. - . He was not dead. So much was pres- ently clear. la fact, he was gradually recovering coirscioUSItess. Some one was loosening hie collar and tie ; some. one else was dabbing his wound with a wet cloth. He had just risen from his -seat, I learned, when the opera -glass sttuck him, and. he had fallen back as though he had been shot. But distrusteclthis 'account afterwaed, when T ascertained. that he had. been seen to stoop forward and. pick up the opera -glass, which: in- deed, 14 still held tightly in his band. He was breathing heavily, rocking a little to and fro, and moaning at intervals. He was a middle-aged mau, puny of figuih, with luxuriant whiskers that might owe something of their rich brown hue to art, linked teeether, ae it were,:. by a branch line of mastaehe running across his upper lip, and. with a shaven chin such, as, in deference to the peculiar aad impieturesque faney of the uommander- in-Chief, has been for some time the vogue with the British. Army. Still 1 ;was of opinion, though I hardly know on what grounds exactly, that the unfortunate MaD was not a member of the military service of My country. Then he started, lifted his head. and turned an eye toward. me. Immediately, but to my very great surprise, I recognized him. It was Sterieker.- I have said., advis- edly, that he turned an eye toward. me. His other eye was fast elosed, seemed to have sank bade into his head. Then he moved a, tremulous hand in my directiote He knew me. it seemed. He tried to speak ; bat A was soine time before he could. utter auy sound. At last we discovered his mean- ing. He had lost sotuething which he desired., us, meaning myself and bystand- ers to search. for. Search was instituted accordingly. After a -while, very near to tins stall he had occupied, there wes picked up -a glass eye ! was a new fact to me, though of eau Ise it was not a convenient opportunity fer pond.ering upon it, that &dicker were or possessed a glass eye. T had never perceived any deficiency in his orgaa of sight, nor even suspected, it. The glass eyehad always seemed to me a genuine article -by which I mean one that he could really -see with. He Was gratified at tho recovety of his. glass eye. He was well enough now tia dust it with his handkerchief, and -but this he did not accomplish without con- siderable difficulty -to replace it in the socket it usually tilled. Certainly the aspect of that portion of his visage was benefited by the more tenanted and far- nished character it now again assumed, He then took from his pocket a miniature mirror, nat much larger thau a crown - piece, and gazed at the reflection it fur- nished. of his artificial orgin. He de- sired to 'see that it was properly adjust- ed, and what artists " ia drawing ", with reglad to Iris other features. There was semethiag curious I thought abouf the severity with which his real eye scrutinized his sham one ; while yet, as it seemed, the shala eye was of more importance to more cheriehed by him, than the real oae. "It wa Arabella's doing, of cone ted. " I know that very s e opera -glass; for. the matt tight to. I gtive it, hei." . had first met Stericker ns clear. I- am almost ce never formally datroduce 1 1: had seen hiM et var numberless occasions, he contin I know t that. 1 .Where byno met that wa him. Bn places up I seemed to have acquired quite a h him. Se at. last -the t mg quite absurd -there wa but to recogaize hina as an , at any rate. Finding e reqaently face to.fa4 in the ve sad 0, 41 of seeing, was becce help for 1 qua,mtan other so I same plac, even at t1 do, event say, " W shook ha _ Still 1 a hint beyon what doe4 Ione really know of any man beyond stir.hat he tells one of himsdf ? And certaLly that is not always to be I did not, I may add, like still less did I respect him ; had, perhaps, no speciala a - respecting hint beyond:us re f a fanciful, and ipoisib13.7 of li; ntable kind. He was by no ever, the man I ighould have trn to us til it 10 , beneath the same roof, e same table, what couid lly, but laugh and nod, t ! you, here ?" And them etre s. .1 , otest that I knew little lof. what he told me. But then relied. on.1 Steneker i although I son for no prejudice an unwar means, h -I selected fol• a frieudaor even for an ac- quaintancii, had ehoice been permitted me in the Matter. But it wasn't. I was doomed. tsi meet Stericker incessantly, and, so it ghat:iced that we mine to be al- most on_ terms of intiMacy! with each other. At least he came to !be on terms of intimate§ with me. Aad he called me " old fellaw." I did not approve of this ; indeed, I. thoug,ht it a libertY ; but what Fould 1 db, ! I Was Pot main, old at any rate, Sot very old. But, 110 dOtlht, I had. arri6d at that period of life. when the questi n of age in its relation to ene- self is rather to be aVoided than discuss: ed, lest there should arise personal appli- cation. whie, h could herdlY be *dense than mco henient. - . ' , And no had occurred thia aceident at the Operaihouse, confintune, as at were , . my acqu4ntance with Stericker, and convertini -it almost into a friendship. He exPres4ed great gratitude for the as- sistance : i had rendered him; although, in truth, it ha,d been tittle enoagh.` Bat again aside again !he. thanked me, and preseutly,his wounded head heving been skillfully slealt with and relieved by the myself eat his lodgings in Half -Moon applicatio of strias of plaster, I found street, 'sitting in an easy chair, smoking a cigar asic drinking a temperete mixture i of brandy-. nd. water. *Until then. I had never real!, known where S tetickee lived. '' Aud,yibu saw her threw down the opera-glase?" be said, returning- fo the subject of rile accident. I corrected him. I had. seen ho such thing. - But ' he did. ' not pay ra ch attention to what I said. " And. b w did she look ? Handsome, of course.. [1,..'he was alwaye that ; though she certaiii y is.not now nearly eo young as when I first met -and loved her. For what cou 14 I de then but love!her ? Have yoa ever been ia loye, old felloev ?" he demanded, abruptly. I said I thought I had.. ' For 1 felt at the mom& t that it was not a thing a man cOuld e ciaite. certain about, and I rather objected to the question, and. on that •accou ut precerred. to give a some- what eves ve answer. I did not wish / painful itie aeries to be awakeued; -they had, been a sleep and. srery.still fur a good many year . " If rouldoubt b it h 1 Annarreateraxemesatemantemecesaseeemeateusxv those days ! he's fair still, for that matter, thou& she uses More pearl- han she did. Fair but are often that, you know, ys ?" such an assertion. Ac- xperience it was far too conceded that I Was Yet iti seemed to me p.owder w false.' !Women Shall I say alw I deprecate( cording to my sWeeprog, H right, possibly that he devise 1 me for iny- Moderation. " You remarked this stud: ?" \lie pro - we had: searched fot d found in the lobby of . ." It wound have pain - eh if I had beet it. I re- gard A as a p 'eeious eliee It belonged ! Arabelle, o eta In fact -why shonld disguise th truth from you ?-that stud is formed oat of pne of A rabella's front teeth !" His smile a he said this was not- pleasapt te cm template. His confession had certainly startled me. There was something dre( dful about it, and he had the air of an Italian brave exhibiting a scalp. He gloried in the possession of Arabella's fro A tooth ! How had he obtained it?. I ventured to demand. 'Was it a rile ige of. affection ? Could they possibly lave exchanged teeth as ordinary lover exchange locks of bair ? I hardly knew what I was saying, or of what was Ur_ nking. " was a entiet in those. days," he said. What e bed been before that, and since ; sal at profession_ he -followed at the memen of his addressing me, really had no dea. " And Arabella Was one of ray p tienta But she was no ordinary pati nt. She was eomething mote, much n ore than that.' She was for awhile my affianced bride. loVed her. and she loved. me -at leest 7e thought the& e loved. each other.'' " And you idn't ?'' 88 Well, we lidn't, as it happened, love each other qu te so much as we thoudht we did. In f. et, both were disappoint- ed, and, perhi s, a. trifle deceived. She thought I had money ; I hadn't.. had been told that she was an heiress. ;Well, she Ives g of the kind. Still, ani a man of inte rity; though you . may not think it. I l ad promised marriage ; T fully purpoie( to be as good. as my word. The idea, of te •mmating our engagement did not come rom me. But A rabella's temper *as perfect ; she was ,far from patient S she s els ambitious and, I must add, avariciou and decettfu'l. She trifled with mea Sh still held me enchained, hut she encoa aged the !addresses ((f an- other and. a sealthier suitor. She de- eigned to ens loy me mei:01y ae a means of irritating h s jealously, and of stimu- lating hira to declare himself. Then I. WaS to be ung aside a,s something use it had eerved her pur- done with. _- In good time eatreachery. hed terse -no matter how -and at of that she entertained lens's. She had always fond and false words and arti- It was maddening. Well.; - duced the stud his request, a the opera -hoes !ed MO very im worthlese, bec poee, arid was - 1 discevered *ted ;her le I knew all. no sort of sus smiles fey me, ficial Caressee. she was, as have said, my patient ; - ',and she suffered much from toothache. She ceme to e M order that I might extract a tootl that pained her. It was arranged that the operation should be perform,ed an( er the influence of chlero- form." He p used. " But surd , you didn't--" " Hear me tait;" he said, and he smil- ed, I though horribly. " It was ae; ciclent, of • cou -se, pure accident. I was dreadfully neivous. Was that surpris- ; ? I loved her, and she was amazing-. ly:beautiful. • It was accident, as I have i • a- i e a out, , w y t ien you never have," said 8tericker, oracularly. gout I h( ve suffered from both atflic- 1 "Thete ea be no mistake about an attack- ! of love an more than about a fit of the none. In my time 1 have loved a good deal, and. T have, In return, been loved very mucli indeed. I say it without vanity." But lie slid it with vanity, and it was I to that I ol jected. He outstretched his right artn, ringing an expanse of wrist- band into view, and raised his hand to , his head as though about to pass his fin- ' gers throu n his hair and crest it up, af- ter the in glorionS. , gotten how gotten, to . Gross•ba.rre anew these perienced considerable mortification. . I had. liard Stericker described as hendsoithe , .ut that hed never been my opinion of' Ihim. No, he was never, he never could have been handsome: 'He enable manner of the self - or the moment he had fel- bald he was He had for- , the strips of plaster that 1 his crowitl In discovering infirmities he evidently ex - But something else was missing. A was alwayt. well dressed, although in - shirt -stud.. Ear this also diligent search. was made, and again with- success. It was found. on the floor'of the lobby -a curious -looking stud_ : pearl, I thought, in the first instance ; bet it -was not pearl exactly ; no, nor white carnelian, whiCh was my second supposition. It was of an oblong shape, milky whitee and semi- transpa-rent, in a handsome setting of brilliauts. Sterieker expressed great satisfaction, if iu a rather incoherent way, that the stud had been fouud. He clearly prized it-aif not for its intrinsic worth, whieh, without doubt, was con- siderable, however -then, as I judged, for some associations, possibly of a ten- der kind, connected with it. He was now so far recovered that be was left solely to my care. The opera was over. forget whether there was or not a ballet in those days, but I think not ; in any ease° the theatre was empty- ing feat_ He sat for a few minutes long- eteand then rose almost briskly, and said : " I'm glad you were here, old fellow. I don't know what I should bave done without you. A strip or two of plastor over the wound, and I shall be able to get on again pretty svell, I dare say. Any chemist can manage that for me. And pei-haps a glass of hot brandy - and -water would pull me together aa much as anything.' 1 1r SS glad to find him equal to the pro- posed proceeding. I had not ventured to hope far so rapid a recovery. "Not but what -it was a nasty shock to a fellow," he said. dined to 1/ ake an excessive, .and, there. - fore, a rallier vulgar display Of the jew- elry he poJsessed. His teeth, it is true, were super ;. but I was neVec quite CM- NrinCeC1 tha they were the natural pro- ducts of hi gums, and his nose was of that large, eshy Roman form which has always obt used, to my thinking, au ex- travagaut easure of admiration from the world i general. (My own nose. I may menti n, is altogether of smaller dimensions, and of a totally different pattern.) Then he was very uprigpt, carryhig be ore him his protruding waist-. coat wad: so ethmg imposing about his aspect and manner, arising, I think, from his im erturbable and deeply -rooted self -confide ce, and his fixed resolution to exact f orn others, or enforce upon them it he possibly could, his own esti- mate of hit self. Still there was som4.- thing decid dly sinister about the expre . . 01 slot' of Stelnoker's face, and especiall when. he shelled. It was a singularlly wicked smile, that wrinkled his nose curiously, rodueed strange dints and .11 dark bush I pon his forehead, and brought clown the i net corners of his eyebrowe close to his eyes, after a decidedly omia- ous fashion. " I have cared and been loved," he re- peated, " a d, I don't nsind owning, I have in my ime jilted and been jilted " He said this with a morbid Don Giovanni air that I thought particularly objection- able. " Ar*bella jilted_ me," he resumed -18 and has n ver forgiven herself for it nor me gib er. How fair she was ir revenge." ea , or a judgment bu as you value ter of fact d in the 'slightes so.) "My c was strictly pi kise, her , bu tooth." " That was je.cted. " No. She true. I extra tooth she had to. extract it. was a perfectl one too ? Sh you kuow, ar cases. I was putation te though a dece was no pacif pereaaded tha She was Most termined upor though she ha the precise p Well, she. bre) you 'WI , au error of A private letter from Davenport, Iowa, nothina worse than that friend 1 i " A t received in Boston, contains the follow- " And she said! nothing "She said -ealmly, bog .,yeur pars don. I -It 7' as an accident?. and pessed on. 1She looked veiT- handseme. She was superbly dressed.- kloWever,- that she always, ise Her husband is old, but ainaiingly rich, He, laborS to gratify her Slightest 'whiffle., so iiru told-. But leer Only desirethe sale. Paesionsof her lifes4is to Wreak her eretigeance upoli mo. I feel that She danuot ilorget, inuCh less forgive., the loss of hee front tooth, You 'see, she's tereinded of that unheppy bUsiaess every tithe she :looks in. the glasa which she daes frequently, 'of caniSe. was alWays vain. And. she means, soener or later, to lie the death of mei thet's quite. clear, 81)&8 fliade two very good attemptee. at the .Betaiii- cyaoluG? The third time, perhaps, she'll succeed." " But dosen't the thought horrify a.ndi to.:night, at- the .opertte " accept my destiny," Stericker said, smiling, -and with rather fan affected air. " It Would. be somethingite fall ley the hand of sech a avowal's as that ;: that would be my coasolatitin:; really. a tina creature you know, although ao - longer in the bloom Of yoath ; indeed, removed some dietance new from the bloom of youth, but still gtand and beautiful, and resolate ! if she had loved meas she hates me !" " You. here her still, then ?" • Well ; not precisely. But 1 adinire her; juSt as I admire the Bengal tigress in the Zoo. If possible, ehould like 'Arabella to be caged like the tigress ; but as that cati't Wear this stud as a Memento, of , her, and for the rest I take my ehance. No*, what will Voistake ? Another cigar ? No ? SoMe more brandy and water ?' , No. I wealth teke -1,g• :more, I had, in point ot„ fact, aimed taken more than was absolutely fleeces. y to me. I left Sterickest I Was muc 1 impressed by -for eiperiences of that night, by what had ". happened at th opera, and his extraerdipary Mirtative °itching the Vengettnee of Arabella. \N- as it true ? wise really not in a etate of mind to de- termine.. Even new I hav a difliculty at arriving at any distinca ondusion the subject. But I know hat Sterick- gee face wore, to my thinkit g, a, Very re- markable expression .as I ( uitted His smile was simply a vful. Arid strauge to sayehat leask - think so, though it may not strike otters in that light -I never saw 'Stale:ea again. He died shortly afterwerd, as I? read in the pewspapers, the victim of :a street acci- dent., He was kaocked down and run over in Hyde Park, by a pony phieton, driven,sy a lady. There wee, of course, an itmoest upon his remains the jury de- ciding, however, that ;he met his death " by misadventare," 8ome'attempt been made to hold the :lady; responsible, and to charge her With furious driving. But nothing of the kind Was *sustained before the Coroner. Varioas witnesses geve v Viet) co; aeqttitting her of all blame m the matter. Her oond et iu court wee said to be meet becoming. And it was reported that, attired h &very deep thouraingi she had follow& Stericker s body to its last resting-plac Bromp- ton Cemetery. Now, Was ,tihiS lady the Arabella of Stericker'e story ? She may have heem But I have no certain evi- dence. of the feet. -Nor, haleed, have I any thing fur th e r. to eom m a icate touch - mice Stericker.-All the Year Roand, ing the life and &teeth of my acquaint- . DreaniS Visicatas? s ( s a ma - d not value his friendship degree, but I did not say mind, I do assure you, ofessional. I did not even - I extracted., the wrong-: your vengeance 1" I inter- - • • said so ; but it wa,sn't cted, as belieeed, the pointed. out, desiring me Was it my fault that it sound tooth, and a front said it was ; but women, not reasonable in such a dentiet then, with a re - se ; I was a lover then, ved one. However, there ing Arabella. She was I had done it on purpose. violent. She had prede- a quarrel with me, al- nok perhaps, fixed upon riod for its oecurreece. ght it on then. It was an awful seen . How she abused me ! What league e she permitted herself ! How she escreamed ! What hysterics she weut into However, the tooth was out, there -was no -mistake about that." Here he siniled again, most malevolent- . ly, as it seethe 1 to me. . " Her tread ery toward me was pun- ished, althou la as I have stated, by pure accident or error of judgment, svhich you please. at Aeabella, vowed von- . geance aphis me. In that respect I aen bound to!1 s y, she -has been 'as good as her word.s t's no thanks to her that I am living to speak of these things to- night." . . "Then you teeny believe that she let fall the opera -class on impose !" • !" I am ..qu te satisfied of it. She rneagt me (teat She knew lavas there. I had noticed er before. leaning out of her box, and. tc king note of ,My position. I was just thinking of changipg it, sus- pecting what ight happen, en I was struck down. Ara,bella is a woman who knows. what she ie about. Ste was al- ways that kiln of woman. 'I now her. Pae good reas n to. And it's not the first time she's planned to punilsh me as savagely as sl e eould. 1:( Ili did not know until to night, .perhaps, that one of my eyes wa -artificial. No ! natural- ly you. didn' Well; tha was her doing." What ! TI e artificial eye ! ' "eDon't be tupil," he .sas , rudely. No doubt I ha been rather obtuse ; .but I had heard of ladies paintin on glass and doing po tic omanie and oth r strange things in the ay of fancy wor , and fer the moment, a together, my ns rather a confus d state. " No," Ster cker continued owe to her th necessity for SN artificial eye. It happened. at er show in the °tapical Garde was a dense c owd. I was in where the pel rgoniums are Not that I car about such A so happened A ,lady ad va her parasol hel 1 in 'front of 11 denly she seem d to thrust it lancer might 1 is lance. He wonderfully t e. The sight eye was gone orever. It w s quite a mercy that the spike of her read did. not penetrate o my brain. hat was Arabella's doin of course. rt of her 0 111 nd was in - " but I caring an the flow- s. There the tent xhibited. hies, but - rcea with er. Sud - me, as a aim was f my left ing : " We have been yery anxious the last two weeks over the dimes of Bishop Lee, which terudeated in his death on Saturday morning. 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How neussary is it. then. that -r, DOYLE, Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor -0' Chancery, eae, Goderieli and Svaforth. or - tett, Over J'oritqn•s Drug Sim e, Goderiele 16.14 Kitld'e Store: Sea forth. '854 (1.1MERON (10'131ALLYe 31anisters and ; ‘,/ Solicitore in Chancery, theterieh. e. CA:unno X. J. J. onintmax. aikrt ROW & WALKER, Berrietp2., N-4 Solicitors in Olenteery, &e. 0011:411411 WCSt opposite the Poet Offiee, Outlerich. " .1i•114-.1:111el;',1;e:T;:iSt.olokeri puny of Engine tr, he ie abet Agelit 1,4'1'4.1 el pri- vate Capitelists of Toronto, Itho ifem Oloney at very r.giEonable =tete Iuteeest payable 'Tilley Charges moderate. Abe) Solicitor Pe- the Si. . Lae*Trrielligietue34111Dkite. 15, 1871. ce.A.UGHEI & 31 uLMESTED, llarrietei's, At torneys at Law, Solicitors it" Chancery MK: thNe Cialn_adsa:33.0.:i0f0e0Ats(e)nlitiliiiikee. Solicitors for the It. 0. Bank, Seafort h. eel; re for Llonses anti Lots Tor side. Insolvency, Notaries Pnblie and Conveyaneeee, aet:3131)11:11.1-:v'emit. Farms, 1 53 eleNSON & Barri,tere and Atternte • 6A ) at Law, Sol ieit me. in Ghee eery end r itsolvenpy, Conveyeneeee, Notaries anhate et e. mem.- Sea - forth and Wroxetet $2:3,000 P! ivat Fm;i1k, to invest at onee, at Eight per cent. f uterest, peptide 'yearly. it-. w. c. eitve:Trj. 4.: 4 8 . Ill:. SIIQBUNSI;NR. , Barrister, Att grimy fn Chanc- e. _ . • Detlor & Co.'s 'Emporiti zo, Meirket Squere. 26e • cry, &a. Goat:rich, Ont. Office -over J. C. _ .. _ _ .• Sgesici:' eX,- .711eDonitle3, 'El AIMISTERS, At torneys , Solicitors hi Chancery -1--" &c., Bruseele, 01.1t. Office -two doors no., tb of the Poet Wilde. W. lt. SQUIER, DANIEL aferJONALII, ' 2'71 (eaderieh. TUE Di CAI.. Bilis _.,......... • a cold be cared for from its incipien ; • ' Da. 0A.MPBELL, Seaford), Ceroner for the an 1 every exertion used to get rid of A. be South., near the Station. McKENNA, Physician, .itirgeon, &c., Grad- - nate of Toronto University, and 3Iember of the College of Phyeiciabs and Surgeons, Ontario. ResidenceeSeaforth. Will attend at Carronbrook,e on Mondays, Wednesdays and St:tun-Lays, in the afternoon. 351 Br •an's Yulmonie Wafers mill stop na king cough in a tew minut ea and. by than influence on the bronchial and I ul- mo airy organs all fears of danaerous sul s will soon be dis.sipated--but ti mt st be taken in time, Sold by all dr ae- gis s and country dealers. Price •;.5 ce ts - County. (Mite and reeitleuee. Main Street lje 11:7:PAIN-RE hhEn- -We have kale vn * Aeconcheur, Seaforth, Ont. Office and re.si- T G. SCOTT, M. D &c., Phyeicien, Surgeon and th high clataacter of this.inedieine ad. deuce south 1-ide of Goderich Street, first door • 0.1' it is used with (Treat success • rid • 842 s sat sfactiea in oar verylsest families. It . 6 Is he favorite medicine of ourinissi ari s in heathen lands. where they us -it Ime e than all else together for the ( is - 1 ea es that abound: in those warm m tes. It should be kept in every a.ee se, be in readiness fot sudden atta des o rekness.--..--Chrisdian Press. ow Eft 0P 1:.:31' EA E: ING RESTORED - IN • 18 ; tw eV ASTI, Ontario, D. C., March 0, 0. - Mr. FELLOWe. 8n1 : 8 me ) months a,go my son lost his voice. I e-er3r anxions about him.. N i be ne I of the physicians. could do him any go d. ; H. sing heard of your Compound. Sy*up • of Hypophosphites, I obtained. a, bottle. ! St ange to say, my S01178 yoice was re- ; sti .ed about two hours after tek:ng the Se Ond dose. You are at liberty to pith- ,' i this for the benefit of other sufferers. - ONAS FOTITERINC11.L. LISAYA, THE BEST VARIF,TY OF .C1N- ; cholla. or Pernvian Bark, first came into en,- ' era use on anconnt of a remerkable cure pork -m- 1 ed iy it on the Countess del Chinchan, at Li ate wh e.after hee recoverv, ditdributed a large qt tin- . tit of it tO the Jeenits, whose hands it tte- tin ed a greet reputation, that (heritable prel tte, Cat linal de Lugo, having purchaeed it et great use for the beneht of the religions pito at Rol ie. It i$ combined with aromatics in a de- ' liei cordial in Dr. Wheeler's Compound El xir af 'hosphatet; and &Weave, a remedy of ex ra- 1 ord nary effiteley in kestoring tonstitetioual vi ,or, ant repairing the worn Out: framer, Whether Sed )y mental worry, over -work, excesses and ad ts, or debilitated by prostratiug diseases. 1 uP A Aveid.Quacks aCTIM of early indiecretion, causing nerv u $ debility; premature decay, &e., having trie vain every edvertised remedy, has diseovere 1 a simple means of self -cure, widen be will send ree to his fellow -sufferers. Address, J. H. REM-, S 78 Nasseu Street, New York. , Harkness' Hair Balm. Th best preparation in use for restoring, area ing, aud beautifying the hair, aod eender- nig it soft and glossy. 1 his invaluable preparation we would present to the pubhe, knowing it to possess all the virtue we east of Presbyterian Church, ler L. VERCOE, 3L D., C. Physician, Sur- LA- • geon ete., Coronerfor the Conntv of Huron, Office -and 'Itesidence, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing Mill. T MUNRO, M. D., Physiciau, Surgeon and • Acconchour, Graduate of the aleuical De- partment of Victoria University; formerly of the Hospitals of New York anti London, Eng.; visited also the Hospitals in Paris, Edinburgh told Glas- gow. Ileeitlence-Brucefi eta. 8-19 J. . G. BULL, L.D.S.„ .,.'-'113.11GE ON , Dentist , & c., 8 'Worth, • k--1 Ontario, ,Plate work, latest styles, neatly executed. All sur- gical operatione performed with care and promptitude.. Fees as low as can be ob- elsewhere. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. 14. Rooms over Mr. A. G. McDongall's Store, Manost. 270 ( CARTWRIC,HT, L. D. S., Surgeon Dentist, ‘-'• will visit Goderich on the find- TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY of each month, at the Col- borne Hotel. 350 A at. CAMPBELL, V. S., nIellesenitliuttite and Prize - '4 -3' Mali .Corne1.1 ITativereity, Ithace, N.Y., and Graelnute of Ontario Vetermary College, Toronto; fhtus:detrtelacti permanently id Vernet, wherehe will be dy.and willing to attend to ell kinds of , diseases, in all kinds of wait in all kinds of weather, and at all holinersx.cellleed)si-, donee and office tWo doors east of Cook's Teme 819 perance Hall. jjETEILINARY SURGEON. --D. MeNAUGHT, V. 8., begs to announce to the inhabitants of Seateeth end surromaling country that he ha.s been awarded the diploma of the Ontario Veterin- ary College, and is ninv prepared to treat diseases of Hereon and. Cattle and all domestic Animals. He has opened. an office in coenection with his horse- shoeiug shop, where he will be found ready to at- tend to calls. Diseases of- the feet speeially at- tended to. Residence, office and shop bi the rear of Hilton n & liyen'e new store. All kinds Of Vet- erinary Medicines kept constantly on hand. Charges reasonable. 229 j. CHURCHILL, Veterinary Sueg,eon, (mem- -A- ber of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs to intimate that he has retained to the practice of his profeseion Seaforth, et all times be rv" consulted on the diseases of Horses, Cattle, &c. Veterinary medicines constantly on hand. All cells prmnptly attended to. Offiee, tit Mansion House, Seaford)... 278 ug pet oct y flee from all inj •i- _ to his room- he made a !mietlike atul ,ste o- ous iugretbents, epd composed seedy of an tri- itOTEL - met ts, we (ma confidently commend it 1113 11 nfe ped off a long flight of stairs and landed met sure remedy for the ;Tall iug of the Hair," •es - at the foot with a treniendi us crash, as tering grey hair to its original color, impartin , a - -L13 Wavy welts ig over 200 ben thy tone tied vigor to its root); andeittuein t tole family, prang from 1 1=3 poute. s. lt aroused the w and Mrs, Lee and Carrie • t en eas, and lighting eaah cendle went to see . what Lad ha meued,. and he floor of vevei, with - received no injury except a -few slight bruises, little lamed. n him two us the cir- found the Bishop lying on the, entry. He got up, ho out aid, and. seemed to hav thoughlue tight hand was a Mr. 11. and. myself called. o days after, and while telling cumetaace -of the fall he m e a tie ued this, coincidence : He had a 1,tter hist: hand, Which he, had jest re eived from!! his sea Henry, living at lemmas City. His sail wrote : Are you ; for laet' night I had. a dream that ttoubles Me. !' I heard act ash, and sta,ndt g up said to my wife, .88 Did yon hear t a,t crash ?" I dreamed that father had a all and Was ; dead. I got Up and looked t my watch aad it was 2 o'clock. Lem" d not sleep again, So Vivid. was the Idre. lin.' : And it made him. anxious to hear from hotae; " e Bis op said he was not s tperstitious, hour of the same' nightithe tccident 'oc- 1 but he thought it rensarkahl that Henry •should haAye had the dream at the very carted, Thediffereuee in the time there , and here is just 13 miuutes,,-apd. it was ! 2.1 5 by his watch, making iti at the same I moment. - It was as if 'he 1 ad actuallY 1 heard the fall : And the fall inally causs i ed the Biehop's death. 1-11.s and became.; intensely painful, and 'gang ,ene set in, , which, after two weeks ;of e &ring,. ter- ; , EtlitiatOd his life." . . ; e______aessa *nee_ - , .. A Hard Loolc Abpad• , The New York Christian 1,77zio?2, of last week says : . 1Vhile there dre aigns of improvement in, some brand es ef basis flees us the .13nited States, i seems al- most certain that the appro ching -win- ter Will be a bard one for th ree who de- pend upon their daily earni sees for the means of procuring bread fo thernselyes and their families, Thousa ds of men and wonsen in our citiee and larger to WilS are out of work, end the number of such ie likelysto Mei-ease rather then diminish as the cold season advances How are theseidle and helpless natiltitades to be fed, clothed and warmed ? -Of course, the best way of helping that Would. be to give them work ; but in be present staghation of business how i this possi- ble ? When all _has been d ne in this - way that can be, the flambe of the Un- employed will still be ver large, end the calls for assistauce mime -one enoOgh to tax all the resources of pu die and pri- vate charity. to f row luxeriantly. As a Cosmetic elope, etion wh re the hair is strong aucl healthy, it is , as it impart); a rich glossiuess and silken sea - pea %tate, which no one .who loves beauty cau.'fail tO thuire. Prepare only by Emus:Ness & Co., Pharmaceutical Chemists, London. PRICE, 50 CENTS. F I: Side by J. S. ROBERTS and R. LUMSD],N. Sea orth, and by Druggists generally. - 845-26 ______. The, IN rezi t Remedy. JOB MOSES- PERIODICAL PILLS. get IS invaluable methane is enfeiling 'in the •ure of all those painful and dangerous diseases to e hieh the female constitution is subject. It mot eratt 1, all excess tied removes all obetructi ns, and a speedy cure may be relied on. T married ladies, it is peculiar13-suited. It vill in a short time, briug on the monthly ignited id] l• etisreiti.;ills s-hould not be taken beefFemitlee dur ng the first three months of Preget:10y, as title) aro 'ere to bring on 'Miscarriage, but at any othei thn -athlleetylasle.es soaffe.N. ervons and Spinal Affectione: pan s iu the back luta limbs, fatigue on elight ex- ei.•_ti ay, palpitation ef the heart, hysterics, Ind win -es, these pith' will effect a cure when all ot het me us have felled ; and although a powe fel rem dee do mit contain iron, calomel, antimene , or 1 It 1 ! 3 , any hmg hurtful to the conetitution. - Fiill dieectione in the pamphlet aromad e iCh i pac ewe whieh Should bo carefully preserved. will insere a bottle, containing over 50 pills by 1 3- bbdoses, New york, Sole Proprietor. -$1.00 itnd 1 12-1 •ent8 forpostage,endoeed toNorthop&Lynem Toe nto, Ont., general tteente for the Dominion , . Ilre.ti urn s d en . 97 rnSmonlidlin Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co., nd ' SPECLELL NOTIQES. BREAKFAST. -Err S'S °WC/A.-GRATE- FUL AND COMP° ULTING. By a thoro-ugh knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful aPplication of the fine properties of well -selected cos:one Mr. Epps has provided. our breakfast ta- Tnomas' Eclectric Oil, WOI TH TEN TIMES ITS WEIGliT IX GOLD. DO 0 ENOIV ANYTIIINO ()FIT 7 IF NOT, IT IS TIME :YOU DID - T ere are but few/ preparations of ineditin whi •11 have with:dont-1 the impartial judgment o the people for any greet length -af time. On o the e is Tnones' El:A.:mete OIL, purely a Pre]. alei atio of six of some of the best oils that are known eac one posseseing virtues of its own. Scien ific pby knots know that inediciues may be forme of sere ell ingredients in certain :fixed proportion of gre ter power, and producing effects- which co tld 'ter r result from the use of ttny one of them o • in• diff rent cambination 8'. Thus - the preparat ion of' t is oil a chemieal change takes place, .ferm g a co pound which could. not by any possibilite be ma e from any other combine tion or proporti ns of the earne ingredieutH, Or any other ingredie te, emit entirely different from anything ever before' mad , one which produces the ineetastonishinglre-- suit , and having a wider range of applieat on dut any medicine ever before diecovered. It c n- taiu no alcohol or other volatile -CO 6C-, title tly loses nothing by evaporation. Wher ver appl ed you get the benefit of every drop; whe as wit ether preparations nearly all the aleoh ia lost n that way, and Ton get only the small qu n tity f oils whichst.liNeyTtual\croinIstt,tiipil.nmps, A d NORTHROP & LYMAN', Toronto, 0 .t.e Sole Agents for the Dominion. N it. -Electric -Selected and El ec trized. S. d in Seaford' by E. Hickson & CO am R. Lu eden. LLER, 'nen OnitaT INTERNATIONAL AND ENTER. AL REMEDY. 1 • Tdnms internally, it relieves TEST INTLY he most acute pain. Used externally, it is the bpst LIN MENT in the world. Its effect is ahnost meow', effording relief from the most in - ten e pain. It seethes the irritated or infla ed. part, and payee rest and quiet fte the sufferer. It is eminently the peoplee friend, and every ne should fftive it with them,- or where they can mt their hands on it in the dark if need be. PRICE, 25 CENTS PER BOTTLE. PERRY DAVIS & SON, Sole Propriet Oet, 9, 1874. •3.33.3•• aZ-NOXT HOTEL,. SEAFORTH. -- Thomas Timex begs to state to his old friends end and the travelling public, that . has leased the Hotel lately ocCupied by Mr. 'MURRAY, end lernierly kuown as the DOWNEY HOUSE, and hopes tet receive a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestoived upon him during his teeny years in the hotel bueiness, Every comfort, and convenience will be provided for travellers. The choicest Liquors and Cigars only kept iu the Bar. A eareful and ble ho suer al ways ill ettendearce. 291 THOMAS KNOX, Proprietor. VICTORIA HOTEL, WALTONI-John Winter, Y Proprietor. ThiS hotel is situated on the Graven -toad, 10 miles north of Seaforth, and pos- sesses every aneommodation and comfort for trav- elers._ The best brands of liquors and cigars kept in .the bar, and a careful aml attentive 'hostler in attendance. ,Good stabling in enunection with t_he 2L50_ tit VERY. 'II A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. "IL • Office -At Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good [tones and fire teclass Conveyane es always on hand. 1._ZELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTII, Ont Good Horses and Comfortable Vehicles, -always on hand. Favorable Arrangements made -with Commerciel Travellers. All orders left at the Commercial Hotel, will be promptly attended to. Orsice AND STABLES :-SOThth of the emitter. eial Hotel, Main Street. 221 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor. evekerrxwouiErsemezir =EOM. LOOK OUT FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST. _ ALEXANDER CAMERON, WATCHMAKER and :Jeweler, Olitchell, while T thanking his numeroue friends and custom- ers in the County of Ham) and surrountlieg dis- trict for past favors, would respectfully intimate that helms removed to thatbeau t if al stand west end of Hicks' Hotel, where he has opened a beautiful seleetion of ladies' and gents' jewelry of the latest novelties. Also, docks the largest and most vari- ed in 'Western Ontario. aly watches are ackuowl- edged to be the cheapest and best he the market, every one being thoroughly regulated and tested before being offered for sale. , A Special. Agency for 1. he Elgin Watch. E RING. Raving been sueeessfal in obtaining the services of Mr. FRASER, who has had lone Ineeetiee in the Cities of (41n strew andEdinbe rgh, Scot nd, cus- tomers will find that in no part of the Dominion can they have their clocks 'watches and jewelry better thme up. _Miteln.11, Aug. 21, 1874. AlT3417tieeli-lkIll\l'111-1°3151N:01:45k2er. • - J. P. BRINE, ICENSED AUCTIONEER for the County -'-' Huron. Sales attended in all parts of the County. All• orders left at the Exeosnent Office will be promptly attended to. ; • - • - - MONEY ADVANCED nN Mortgage Security, in Bitch. sume and for such periods, and repayable in such manner as the applicant may deeire. Apply to 822'1'52 A.. GL31cDOIGALL, Seafordt, Samuel Brodie, C. pROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR, Seaforth. Ail orders left at the Mansion House -with Mr. John Murray will receive immediate attention. References -Dr. Coleman and Dr. King. 4114'52 TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. TENDERS will be received by the undersigned, -A- addressed to Egmondville P. 0., until WED- NESDAY,21st October, for the erection oi abridge amities the river on the sideroad opposite Mt. Du - via Campbell's farm -i in the Township of Tucker - smith. The bridge will not require to be com- pleted until the summer of 1875. Plans and speci- fications can be seen 011 application at the resi. dente of mr. DAVID CAMPBELL, (4. E. CRESSWELL, 850 Reeve of Tuckersinith. 0 ......127T-s'w':- "---.2GAIBTIf J. thin,,,s for whicl pa ii:_e_s_4eilia:crilitill- k)-1,111:',3i.i4;s1s,:my:::::11 t;, dom than a. taper eonlir i ...._-Gravity- is no Imre', :, liotynt4; SlUotillt1)13;t°';:::::ii:tutei:.:. pee( .3,INN ar-3 ,' t:ia L -i-: 1 ii.Avr:11..1.11:pialie:;r'nutkeN ;';; I rile grgat.,:s lila aa / tt°13tiligaiTsil;isai' r7ign:tait7lh: if Oa ( Vi21' :4 It lif11,111 ti I ined milk was tat . asked, " 1.)•) you i:.kt! ,::( ,..-‘ led-nos=11 Wilaiter .11C. 1/1.,lai4;:- in. sit,''!, replied be, looliii;_ ' face4 1 see t.to 11,42*,1.a 4:Vi;i tti 44Mbt it:' .e0;i.iflt):13,1( IfIlri"iitS3i'vr, VOA. ' 1 street, he ob.erved oue 4,-; ers fall in front t.l hint. good_ opportunity to proalcbed the falen "JOhn, doh* :drawee plaetes. '' .1.4 dill retsweitt de_4; il,ieurthlale,zitfitter-Lst 61) wit I nt Av in eir -i, e Lonlion cabby's ri tot t: t Hilth!and clan Min:I.:Mt) knOlr Wilt) 1 :111W a;,.k.e Highlander of a'70.1anat ' ?.1sal. cull irlitiNtitalt):11;:lit 4t0;1t° l' Sge_141111aitk,ilife,,I1Cmia:eirsistli it: i.si New York ltwyer, at tha -of ODe of MS yolit‘gr aa a donkey for her use. TA • in V•01111011t i $119, heeler plele-184iabroLcit-aLL'is.S!t lf,atti,:i noises bespired her with pity 'for his evident di etr to her fathete " Dear 1 you would cOme up hove is se lonesome." ' ; 1 DOJea.-';----Pi•ay Delft tell theilittle o slightly willful, that will i come out of the earrV it off if it does no creaie a needless fkar, ciaihk through all - the istence. DPn't telt the little naY 1" the iohool tirl'am earsr-" pup out his up")+ -or Any of the-1bl are e 01111114'AI:1Y If:V.3011:v inIaginatioD.i Think y will believe !anything yo he le -conies laequaiiited teacher wlui has not th- ic.)uutttringy thole terillle th. DMA tell the et.`tilatell 1., drisit rhea *cans. it w blaec, while you !sambas' than precept ; .alul whil dal*. Yonr exp.!: j:letai fair las a ..fune mor, ling, luPn e .lerkililit ill itge t°1fit ' . e'baestati(.1. (rive! your childre 7ionju-se. Dbn't ten the they suvar or sw4ctineats, be 1 their teeth.; Puri suour the teeth toidecayl- :Ids is mitritiousi and h'ealthr, ing the " old sawl to the caselof tit? ebil4en. is cause of their palei! faces stitntion beiing an pver- rnewts with their iet, ild .causie is want of 'ore air ercise. ; !i DOn't tellithe siek ono einem not bad to .ti take, . . hardly keep your own turnino. " inside mit- at Bette;'by far tell him tI that it is aiagrie.41e. hn his health, that you dem at once. T n to one he with half tie tronhle worry of wOidS ; adirl IOW your firm, aOthiited 10z1n11 Ddll't teach the -4hildrE to tell white lies ttil eac their neighbors. k 41-ri. bridle your tongue al y the amnia, general' fulness ie etre ef th4 f Heaken. Rememb : says, " no liar" sh gates Ill the beautif distinction betweei of a darker hue. ... truth, whether thw sinall- - ' AMF:ngiit°17e I:ft-0,17s Mt, Coleridge attendedi se cler yman's son all the 1 gielono) iiinygsnatt,In):Iel, Ilehics° 'Int maned him Pontiu mg he went up to thie in; and ,said, in Ins usu41 w ner,; ..‘ Please . Poct4r, t Pontius Pilate." If' th whieh Dr. Boyer hated il lyr.titteicitfoillIn(i?keiel akinal a among the scholar% -of state, with caned in with his usial voice.;! of ten, 1 boys .: the nextj tina you 55:ty ' POntins Pflatv taoS s).2an;,g, asSiltillIt 11,31311411N.irl 1. tins Pilate.' ilemeinber value your hides." 1N4: same class were recitlin boy of a remarkablyfaul of mind had to repeat t as far as " suffered about popping out tlre the Doctor's prohibitiot ed Upon his obtuse huin‘ merit's hesitation 114 bil- leted under Simon 43 -en . The rest of the sentene ed, for 1)r. Boyer,1 hat like a tiger upon him, descending upon hils m del* When the irat cha ged his cane-Stori sai : " What do you by such blasphemyr - .--.6. -.4,, Trite Tri.t er Who bought a lisathe A eorrespondeut :saye most .30 years ago, and 1y as gooa as new.. it stint use; but always when not behind his on the road. A neighltt one at the same time same shop, but in 4031E 11