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THE HbRON EXPOSIT
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A TRUE STORY, REPEATED WORD 1
FOR WORD AS I HEARD IT,
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it was au:ismer time, and twilight:
We were sitting on the porch of the
farm-hquse, o11 the summit of the lid%
and "Aunt Rachel" was sitting respect-
fully below our level, on the Steps, -for
she Wn8 our servant, and colored. She
was of mighty frame and stature; she
was 60 years old, but her eye was nn -
dimmed and her strength unabated. She
was a cheerful, hearty soul, and it avas
no more trouble for her to laugh than
it is for a bird to sing. She was under
-fire, now, as usual when the day was
done. That is to say, she was being
chaffed without mercy, and was enjoy-
;ing it. She would. let off peal after peal
of laughter, and then sit with her face
in her hands and shake with throes of
enjoyment which she eould no longer get•
breath enough to express. At su h a
moment as this a thought ocGurreL to
me, and I said :
" Aunt Rachel, how is it that you've
lived sixty years and never had any
:trouble?" . •
She stopped quaking. She paused,
and there was a moment of silence: She
• turned her face over her shoulder toWard
sae, and said, without even a smile in
her voice :
" is you in 'arnest ?"
It surprised me a good deal, and it
sobered my manner and My speech, too.
I said :
"Why, 1 thought -that is, I meant
-why, you can't have had any trouble.
I've never heard you sigh, and never
seen your eye whe4 there wasn't a laugh*
in it."
She faced fairly around, no, and was
full of earnestness.
" Has I had any trouble? Misto
I's 0-wyne to tell you, den I leave
it to ou. 1 was hawn-down 'mongst de
slaves:; I knows all 'bout slavery, 'cause
I ben one of 'em my own se'f. Well,
gab, -my Ole man-dat' a my husban'-he
was los-u' an' kind to me, jist as kind as
you is t6 yo' own wife. An' we had
ehil'en-seven chiren—an' we loved dem
chiren jist de same as you loves yo
'en. Dey was black, but de Lord can't
make no chiPen so black bras whot dey
mother loves 'em an'swouldn't give 'em
up, no, no not for anything dat's in dis
whole world.
"Well, sah, I was raised in ole Fo'-
ginny, but my mother was raised in
Maryland; an' my soids! she was turr-i-
ble when she'd git started ! My lea !
but she' make de fur fly' When sho'd
pit into dem tantrums, she always had.
one word dat she said. She'd straighten
hersel up an' put her fits in her hips an'
say, I Want yon to understan' dat I
waint baWn in de mash to be fool' by
trash I's one o ole Blue Hen's
Chickens, I is !' 'Ca'se, you see, dat's
what folks dat's bawn in Maryland calls
deyselves, an' dey's proud of it. Well,
dat was ber word. I don't ever forgit
it, beca'se she said it so ranch. an' be-
ca'se she said it one day when my little
Henry tote his wris' awful, an' most
busted his head, right up at de top of
his forehead, an' de niggers didn't fly
aroun' fas' enough to !tend to him. An'
when dey talk . back at her, she up au'
she says, 'Lk -a -hs ah !' she says, '1
want you niggers to understan' dat I
went bawn in de mash to be foolby
trash ! I's one o' de ole Bine Flen's
Chickens, 1/ is an' den she clar' ' dat
kitchen ail' bandage' up de chile her-
se'f. So I says dat word, tro, when I's
" Well, bymeby my ole raistis say
she's broke,- an' she got to sell all de Rig-
gers on de place. An' when T heah dat
dey gwyne to sell us all off at oction ia
Richmon', oh de good gracious 1; I know
what dat mean. !"
Aunt Rachel had gradually risen,
while ahe warmed to her subject, and
now she towered above us, blaek aaainst
a
the gars. .
Dey pot chains on us an' put ns on a
start' as high as dis po'ch,-20 foot high,
-an' all de people stood aroun", crowds
an' crowds An' dey'd come up dah an'
look at us all roun', an' squeeze our arm,
an' make us git up an' walk, an' den say:
Dis one too ole,' Or Dis one lame,' or
`Dis one, don't 'mount to much.' Au.'
dey sole my ole man, an' took him away
an' dey begin to sell My chil'en and take
dem away, an' I begin to cry; an' 'd
man!say, 'het up yo' dam blubberia'
an' hit me n de meld wid his han'. An
when de la. mac was gone but my HUI
Henry, 1 gjab him elost up to my hi*
so, an' 1 ri8 up an' says, You sha.n'
take him away,' 1 says; ." I'll kill de mai
dat tatches him !' 1 says. But tny Iittl
Henry •-w-hiaper an' say, gwyee to rot
away, an' den I work an' buy yo' free
dom.' 014, bless de chile. he alwayeso
wcis run off to de Norf, years an' years,
an' he was a b trber, too, an' worked for
hissel, An' bymeby, when de waw
come, be ups n' he says, 'I's done bar-
berin', be says 'I's gwyne to fine my
ole mammy; 1 ss'n she's dead,' So he
sole out an' weit to whah dey WAS re-
crutin', an': hir (1 hisse'f out to de colonel
.k
for his servant ; an' den he went all fro
de battles ever whah) huntin' for his ole
mammy; yes, mdeedy, he'd hire to fust
one officer an, den another, tell he'd
ransacked de Whole Soaf ; but you see I
didn't know nt,ffin 'bout As. How was
/gwyne to know it ?
"Well, one night we had a big sojer
ball; de sojers dab at Newbern was al-
ways havin' ba1lis an' carryin' on. Dey
had 'em in myl kitchen, heaps o' times,
'ca'se it was s big. Mine you, I was
down on sieh ddin's ; beca'se , my place
was wid de o c(srs, an' it rasp' me to
have dem comirn sojers cavortan' roan'
hings straight, I did ; an'
1 :git my dander up. an'
m clar dat kitchen, mine
4
my kitchen lik dat. But I alway' stood.
aroun kap
sometimes day'
den I'd make '
ten you !
Well, one
night-dey. o
a nigger ridg
house, -de ho
know, -an' de
I was jist,a-bo
an' swelled aro
for 'ena to dO
An' dey wa -Waltzin' an' a dancin' !
my! but dey sins havin' a time ; an' I
jist a-swellin' an' a-swellin' up ! Pooty
soon, 'long do
nigger a-sailife
ler wench roun
roun' an' roan'
a body drunk
nieht-it was a .Friday
es a whole plattoon rm
at datwas on guard at de
se was headquarters, you
I was jist a -bilin' ! Mad?
On' ! I swelled aroun',
; 1 jist was aiitchin!
omefin for .to start me.
es sick a spruce young
down deroom wid a yel-
de wais' ; an'. roun'
ley went, enough to make
to look at 'em • an' when
dey got abreas o' me, dey went to kin o'
balancin' axon , fast on one leg an' den
on Vother, at my big red tur-
ban, an' maki ' fun, as.' 1 ups an' says,
Git along id you !---rubbage ! De
young man's fa e kin' o' changed, all of
a -sudden, for 'lout a seeond, but den he
went to smili ag'in, same as befo'.
Well, 'bout dis time, in comes some Dig-
gers dat p1ayejI. Music- an' blong' to de
ban', aa' dey per could git along wid-
out puttin' on ifs. An' de very fust air
dey put on E14t night, 1 lit into 'em !
Dey laughed, n' dat made me wuss:.
De res' o' de niggers got to laughin', an'
den -my soul a/iisse but I was hot! My
eye was jist a-blazin' ! I jist straighten-
ed myself up, So–jist as 1, is aow, plum
to de celin', ms', -au' I digs My fists
into my hips, an' T says, Look-a-heah !'
I says, I wart .you niggers to under-
state dat I Wa'n'tibawnsm de mash to be
fool' by trash !I Is one o' de ole Blue
Hen's ChickenS, / is an.' den I see dat-
young man stan' a-Starin' an' stiff, look -
in' kin' o' up 4 de celin' like he fo'go
somefin, an' couldn't 'me nber it no mo'
Well, 1 jist march' on de niggers, -so,
lookin" like a gen'l, -an' dey jist cave'
away befo' Me out at le do'. An' as
dm young main was a -go n' out, I heah
him say to. 224-iother mg'Jin,' he
says, you go rlong an' te 1 de cap'n I be
on han' 'bout 6 o'clock in de mawnite ;
dey's somefin on my mine', he says; 'I
don't -sleep DO mo' dis night. You go
'long,' he says, an' leave me by my own
se'f,'
Dis was , out 1 o'clock in de maw -
Wen, %out 7 I was up an' on
gittinf de officers' breakfast. .1 was
a-stoopite &win by de stove,- jist so,
same as if yo', foot was de stove, -an'
opened de ste' e do' wid my right han',
-- se, pushin' it back, jist as I pushes yo'
1 jist got de pan o' hot bis-
cuits in my an' an was 'bout to raise
up, when 1 a 4 a black face comc roun'
under mine, ' de eyes a-lookin up into
mine, jist as 1.'s a-lookin' up clost nnder
yo' face now an' 1 jist Stopped right
dah, an' never budged! jist gazed, an'
gazed, so ; an' de pati begin to trenible,
an of a xi deen I knowed. De pan
drop' on de ' ass' I grab his ler han'
an' shove 5ack his ,sleeve,--jist st;, as Ps
doin' to you, an' den I goes for his fore-
1ead an' push de hair back, so, an,
Boy I says; if; you ain't my Henry,
what is you doin'..wid. dis welt on. yo'
wris' an' dat sl-yar on yo forehead ? De
Lord God Os lfleaVen be praise', I got
my Own ag'in
"'Oh, -no, Misto: 0--; 1 hain't had
no trouble. An' n 0 joy;"
,
and the bear in the old story, each
Seemed content with his efForts and went
iloily moving off in opposite direations.
Al ud murmur arose in the croVvel to
, "b ng the nigger," and my father; who
kiecr tly . admired Uncle Bill's Pluck,
haat ily improvi ed a mes age to the . farm
and sternly bieding him mount .his rid-
ing iorse, whin.). Istood at the dOots sent -
him out of the town and' managed to dis- -
Een e 'with his services until the affair
. ad blown ovei.• _ '
1. C mbining the various duties of wood -
butter, garderm. and carriage -driver, Un -
pie Billy was. Withal: a famous cook, -
hot gh he dislfred very much to axes-
ise hat talent, and his natuarl testiness Ina ys increased to positive ill -humor
whei the sickness of the coOkaor any
tutu nal occasion, reqtured his services in
that department,and my mother often
said laughingly that she did not know
whether to be glad or sorry When she sat
down to one of Uncle Billy's finely pre. -
'pared dinners, as the present enjoyment
ivas spoiled by his prospective grumbling
ormany days ifters I well remember
he wrath Ivor his countenance . wheit
,bhe unexPectel arrival of some friends
and the illness. of the eooks infant called
Uncle ,Billy's services into requisition,
nd I was desp Itched to the wood -pile
to deliver my mother's orders for dinner,
which I fancy she did not care to give
herself ; and I can distinctly recall the
}ndignant manner in which the old man
Shook his head, as he laid aside his axe
andiprepared to go to the barn for fowls.
Nothing :more was • heard .from - the
kitchen, until a most savory and com-
fortable Meal was plaeed-upon the table,
and i noticed the smile with which lily
mother received the nninerous compli-
ments of her friends, as they discussed
the dainty viaiks spread. so .lavishly be-
fore them, and congratulated their hos-.
tess on having ' uch a cook. But late
that night si!e were all surprised by Thi-
ele Billy's • app:aring, with. -an unusual
gentle and subm ssive air, at the nursery
door, and my n other, wile) was deeply
attached to tee old man, hastily - bade
him come in ant tell his troubles. ' "1'
didn't think ' say .nothing 'bout it,".
Said Uncle Bi 1 in his sturdy tones,
t' but 'pears li -e I is 'bleesed to. . You
See, Niigata, I w s Mad. when I went to,
II
, hing I done a to clap the big door to
e barn far d 'nchickens, and de fust
On my hand. a, -1' ut de eend ef my little
linger clean o . I was so mad 'bout git-.
tin' dinner 1 j st picked it up and put it
in my pocket, ai d didnot say nothin' ;
but, when 1 d n clean up des kitchen I
Stua de eend o and tied it With a rag,
but it do hut efful bad." . Uncle Billy
narrowly esca lockjaw, and my moth-
er nursed hi i aithfully through the
long and We: illness that followed.,
ars seem like a dream
3illy in the bine cloth
buttons, which he al -
driving the carriage, or
(11
te
t Those by-gonE y
now, and Un le
coat, With br ss
Ways wore WI en
on Sundays, i a ways one of the prom-
inent figures a t le scenes which mem-.
0ry brings be for
cloud of datk es
pall when the ho
young mothe , ti
pictures of. pl as
away to her 1 ug
youth and omanhood. Uncle Billy,
who was sep, rat d- from all his early
riends and h's os n people, loved her as
tis own Child an seemed.to pine away
after sheWas gon He Seemed to have
lost all his pir , and the other ser-
vants, whom e h d always kept in awe
of him, begat to whisper to us and .to
each -other that he old man "was not
long for this ern'
The winter ie led Was a gloomy on
to us all; th shaloc.v of the great so
rowthat had befcllen us hung over
house, and. it was like, opening a fres
wound when e ere summoned to -Hi
death -bed of the old and faithful ser-
vant, who w s so soon called to follow
his lovetl• m stre 8 , to the spirit land
The whole fa nly had collected. around.
-411 Ow
The Last Wish of a, Slave.
BY 0 RA LANGHORNE.
e Uncle Billy Was always a. character in
' the family. How well I remember his
t short, active ure, and. the mingled
faction and as 'e with which we children
e regarded him I He was given to my
mother when die was married, and drove
the carriage i 1 which the bridal paity
'fiVe days' journek. Which
good ! But-dey got him-dey got him,
de men dild ; but 1 took an' tear de
defies mos' •IAT 'em, an' beat 'em over de
head wid my chain ; ao' deg give it to
me, too, bn I didn't inine dat. .
" Well, ( all was my ole man gone, an'
all nay chil'ke all my seven chil'en-an'
six of 'em 1 hain't set eyes on ag'in to dis
day, an' da
De man da bought me Iflong' in New-
tf
's 22 year ago las' Easter
bens, an' lig took me dah. Well, hyme-
by de year roll on an de waw come.
My marster he was a.Confedrit colonel,
an I was It.' faindv's coals. So when de
Unions too. dat town, dey all run away
an' ler me 4).1-1 by myse'f wid. de - other
nizgers in &It ini.ns'us big house. So de
big Union officers move in dale an' (ley
ask me woald I cook for dem- ' Lord
bless you, Says T, ' dat's what I's ,for.'
" Dey wa' n't no amall-fry officers,
mine you, dVy was de biggest de.y is ;
an' -de way <Ley made dem eojers mosey
rounr ! De kleit'! he tole me to boss dat
kitchen ; ai ' he says, `If anybody come
meddlin' wi( you, you jist ma he 'ern walk
chalk-; don't you -he afeard,' he say;
m
' you's 'une heels, now.'
" Well, 1 thisitas to iii se'f, if my lit-
tle Henry ea er ;sesta chance to run away
he'd make 0 de Norf. o' course. So one
day I comes lin. dah whah de big officees
was, in de parlor, an' 1 chops a knrtchy,
so, an' I up 411' tole loin 'bout my Henry,
dey a-listenin' to my troubles jist de
same as if 1 k,as white folks c an' I says,
'What T conic for is beca'se if he got
:C
away and got up art' whah you gees_
men comes from.1.-ou might 'a' se •n hini,
maybe, an' could lell me so as I could
fine him ag'in ; he was very little, an' he
had a sk-yar on his lef' wris', an' at . de I
top of his forehead.' Den de3r look !
mournful, an' de (len'l say, ' How !
long solace you los' him?' an' I say 1
'Thirteen year.' Den de (len'l say,
'He wouldn't be little no mo', now -he's .
l I
a rnan r
"I never thought -0' dat befo' ! He I
was only dat little feller to. me, yit. I I
never thought 'bout him growin' up an' I
bein' big. But 1 see it den. . None o' de 1
gentmen had run acrost him, so dey
couldn't do ncithin' for me. But a,11 dat
performed the
the huudred n cies' ride over the muddy
roads of the line required. What won -
The children fl that fair, bride rush over
the road with 1L1
sron harse, while the
deceit cla,n ts of that humble, faithful slave
nd citizens. Wilitt is in
derful change have come sin.ca that day.•
are freemen
store for the ext generation ? Perha0
they shall gov-rn the currents of the air
and ride upon the wings of the wind:
Perh.aps the African of that day, forget-
thig that his race ha,s been enslaved,
shall ca,rty rePUblican principles to his
native land and behold her ri.se to 'a place
of power amengl the natione !
Coming from Old Virginity," as T.In-
; cle Billy aiwaya proudly- 0ta ted, he.. and.
the rest of ins nigther's se'rvants- looked
dossei th i tants thei r new
home -in. We tern Virginia, because, I
suppose, there Were lint few *slaves in
that part of the ;country, and thoughthe •
place was a thriving villa,ge in the midst
of a fertile N. -idles-, perhaps the air of prn-
digal haepitalfty lavish expense. to
which they had been accustomed
lac:king in their -new isurroundings;
• 1.,ike Ile&cies,.17nele'Billy despised
what they ternied " poor white trash,"
; namely. such. persons 117' were tumble to '
. own or hire- servantS_ and. a'ere forced to
work \Vail their - hands. In my child-
hood we lived in a brick house on the 8
hanks of a little 'stream, which flowed in -
and though the Streets of the town. Just
behind. our houie the banks were very ;
I steep, and a. bridge ,spanned the brook . unfortt
1 some 20 feet aboVe the channel. (inc,of , the Prestwicl
the earliest and best samiembered scenee seems to hay
me, and over which a
seemed to. fall like a
r came in which our
e central figure of all
re to us, was borne
°me, in the prime of
such that he could take .as much pleas-
ure in eating the 0 ntents of a rag.and-
bottle shop as of a butcher's or pastry -
cook's establishm nt; but the story
shows that if, as often alleged, the
equilibrium of the iind is to a great ex-
tent dependent on the digestion; so the
convers is true, an the appetite is, more
than we are aware of, dependent on the
condition of the br
This poor lunatic who gormandized on
rusty nails, broken glass and other rub-
bish, was probably little more mad thari
many other. person. who habitually eat
food, if not " unfit for human consump-
tion," at least so inj irious to the constitu-
tion that it causes remature death. If
an aldernian, for in tande, were really in
his right senses, h woUld not live ou
turtle and punch-; it is because he is
guided by appetite rather than by rea
son that he is so oft afflicted with gout,
and. dies, uni versall y respected no doubt,
but still before his ,ime. The guests at
any large dinner larty are, as a rule,
equally" crazed." They do not, it is
:true, swallow their knives and forks, or
• feed in quite such • n extravagant fash-
ion as the Prestwicl lunatic, but the dif-
ference between h m mid them in the
matter of sanity as redards their' appe-
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8 and inteniperanCe
reatest destruction
, because it is con -l.
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all neglected, until
ease, is converted
ry one. Every one
called a slight celd
the old man,
the dusky fa es )f his fellow -servants
andrested ingl on the children who
had grown p a annul his :knees, and
-eeemed deare tha the earth to him.
He was far f om t e sceues of his :yorith
—mine of his kit drod or friends were
near—and h te ned piteously to my
father, whoa ood .>eside him What
' is it, Billy ?": aid is• father. • " Is ther
• .
anything 'an o • for yon ?" Yes
ninater, said he o d man feebly. " i
gOt One wish, and it ,'pears like I can'
de till iny. hart at'rest 'bend dat,'
".iWliat t ?" said papa, tenderly
"ou know the e -is nothing that
Would net do for you:" " Master," sais
.the dying nn n -re ising himself and fix
mg his gaze f rnsly on my father's face
" *ants to be f ee ! have been e,
slave all my- ifee nd now I want to die
-free 1" My athe looked much hurt.
" Why, Billy,"- he said, ' have you been
ill-treated ; 1 ave 1 been harsh ; :has any-
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tones, "1 1 ves 'on ;' yea is been de
kindest read; 'r in le world ; an' i" loved
bleeSed miati as, what' si gone. to
glory ; au.' I eves bry one of: dese chil-
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S. N. THOMAS, PIMLPS, N. Y.
Sole Agents for the Dominion.
And NORTHROP & LYMA.N, Toronto, Or.,
LuSmol8deteinn. Seaforth by E. Blekson & Co awl It.
NOT E.-Elearie-Solhetwi lima Electrized:
• The Great, Fe Mato Beam d y.
- /3 MOSES' PEUIODICAL PILLS.
r pHs .11, luable medicine la unfailing in Jie _
-I- cure a Mhos° painful and danuerous diseases.,"
to which ; h • female eonstitution is subjett. It '
naoSeratog a i:exenen and removes all obstructions,
and a spec C. ;core may be relied on. - . THE Three Sevens Cheap Cash Store is now en.
To Millie if ati.dies, itin peculiarly suited. It will -E larged to nearly double its former size, and
in a shoat throe, bring on the monthly period Oh filled V) the door with "one of the Largest,
regT1hileasreitLis should not be taken by Feionaef
I Cheapest and Finest Stocks of
during the find three mouths of Pregnacy, as the3
are sure to bring on Miscaniage, but at any otimi
time they are safe.
In all eases of Nervous and Spinal Affectio' s
whites, these pills will effect a euro when ell othei
t
pains in the back and limbs, fatigue on alight ix-
ertion, palpitation of the heart, hyeteries, a (.1.
means htLve failed ; and although a powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimonaai or
anything hurtful to the constitution. : -
Full directions in the pamphlet around each
package which shonld be carefully preserved! 1
.
Job doses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00and
124 cents forpostage, enclosed to Northop & Lyman,
Toronto, Ont., general agents for the Dominien,
will insure a bottle, containing over 50 pills by
return mail.
1.-.: Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co., and
R:Lomsden.
OCT. :30 1874.
777. 777. 777.
CASH z)TORE.
1,E4f4A
R L. DOYLE, Barrister, Attorney," Solicitor in
Chancery, &c., Goderieh 'and- Seaforth. Of -
lice, • over Jordan's Drag Store, Goderich, tukd
1CidtPC Store; SeafOrth. 854 -
IA, k.TV,IA.A.L2114La , Darristers , aim
Solicitors in Chancery, Oadarich. - 848
• M. C. camenax. 5.3. GOBAIALLY,
'1 ARROW & WALKER, Barriaters, Attorneyk
`--4 Solicitors in Chancery, &c. Office on West St.
opposite the Post Office, Goderich. . 31G
J. T. GARROW. P. F. WALHER.
_ I M. LEFT, Solicitor, Winghtun, has been a
c" • pointed Agent for the Colonial Securities Cot -
pany of England, he is also Agent for several pi_ -
vate Capitalists of Toronto, who loan Money t
very reasonable rates. Interest payable year y
Charm inoderate. - Also Solicitor for the S .
Lawrence Bank. ' • ,
- :Wiiigharn, Dec.15, 1871. 218
- .. ._ .
NifoCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Barristers, A.
I"- torneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery an
Insolvency, Notaries -Pnblic and Cenveyancer •
Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, Seaforth. A,gentsf or
the Canada Life Assurance Company,
N. B.-$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farm ,
Rouses and Lots for sale. 53
TiENs- 0-14 -li ME. YEE:, ..lia-iri-sters-iii-id AU-tune:1s
'fi at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvent:. ,
Conveyancers, -Notaries Publie, ete. Offices -Se -
forth and Wroxeter. $23,0oo .of Private Funds t.
[uvest at onte, at Eight per cent. Interest, pityabl
yearly. 53
JAS. 11. BENSON; H. 'W. c: efErEn.
W R. SQITIElt, Barrister, Attorney fn Chaim
. - • ery, &e. Goderich, _ Ont. Office -over J. C
Detlor & Le 's 'Emporium, Market Square. 28
_.... ...______
S q ti ier •OL- McDonald', •
p ARRISTERS, Attorneys, S elicit ors in Chtincexy
-1--" &ea Braseels, Ont. Office -two debts naith o
the Post Office.
W. R. SQUIBB, DANIEL McDONALD,
71 Goderich. Brussels. '
. •
„TIE D I CA IL .
nR. CAMPBELL, Seaforth, Coroner fer the
"a' County. Office and. residenee. Main Street
South, near the Station. • i
I 'IR. McKENNA, Physician, Surgeon, &c., Grad-
" nate of Toronto University, and MeMber of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario.
Residence, Seaforth. Will attend at Carronbrook,
m Mondays, Wednesdays --and Saturdays, in the
Lfternoon. 854
TG. SCOTT. M. D. kn_:Phcczio_i,i,1 -:111,r-rr,-.3 el,..“1
• Acconcheur, Seaforth, Ont. Office and resie!
deuce south side of Goderich Street, first door
east of Presbyterian Church. ,842
L. VERCOE, M. D., C. M., Physieian 'Sur -
A --A•
L.L. geon etc., Coroner for the County of.linron.
Office and 'Residence corner of Market and High
streets, next to the Alining Mill.
N• MTJ NBC, .M. D., Physician, Surgeon and•
Acconehenr, Graduate of the Medical 'De-
partment of Victoria. University; formerly of. the
Hospitals of New York and LOLtiOD, Ing.; visited
also the Hospitals in Pluis; Eilinbureh and Glas-
gow. Reeidence-13i • 349
• J. G. BULL, L.D,S.,
' ..IIIIGEON,lientistitte.,Seaforth,
Ontario. Plate work, latest
1 1 • IO styles, neatly executed. All sur -
country dealers. -Price 25.centa per box
:miner says : Evete
per must often ac
in the many ill
that occur among
The New York Kr
mother and hotiselsc
as a fatnily physicia
nesse& and -accident-
equal operations performed with
. care and promptitude. Fees as low as can be cob -
r tamed. elsewhere. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 6
P. M. Remits over Mr. A. G. MeDougall's Store,
Main-at.
270
- I
• I "1 CARTWRIGHT, L. D. S., Surgeon Dentist
• will visit Goderich on, the first TUESDAand Y
borne Hotel!. S, A, of each month, at the Col -
350
children and servants. Fel- many of these
,
cases f have used Da is' -Pain -Killer, and.
consider; it an indispe sable article in the
'medicine box. In di nines, it has been
e used and effected. cu 'es. For cuts and
o bruises it is invaluable. .
8 rt,ALISAU, THE BEST VARIETY OF CIN -
t ‘--1 ..chona.or Peruvian Btirk, hrst came into gen-
) oral use on account of a re makable cure perform -
T. tity of it to the jesuits, n Whose hands it nc-
i
ed by it ou the Countess el Chinchon, at Litua,
• who, after her recovery, di. tributed a large Tien-
uired a great reputation, that charitable prelate,
1 q
. Cardinal pde 'Lugo, having purchased. iti at great
expense for the benefit l th religiouspoor n
, Rome. It is combined mini aromatics in a de-
licious cordial in Dr. Wheller's Compound Elixir
of Phosphates and Calisay In a -remedy of extra-
ordinary efficacy hi restoring constitutional vigor,
and repairing the worn out 'rattle -whether used
up by ontaital worry, over- •ork, excesses and bad
- habits, or debilitated by pr strating disease.s.
Avoid Q eks. - -
1 VIOTIU of early indisc etion, causing nervous
. 17.1- debility, premature dee ty, &e., having tried in
vain every advertised rem dv, has diseevered a
simple meting of ae1f-cure, \hien he will send free
to his fellow -sufferers. A dress; J. H. REEVES
78 Nassau Street, New Tor
I is been wantan t( be free all My life
and now 1 an d no more work, an' ItEME 'Y.
Veterinary metlieines constantly ou hand.
5
calls promptly attended to. Office, at Mansion ;
THE GREAT " INTERNATIO 'AL AND ItIXTERNAL HOUSe, 273 :
A CAMPDELL, V. S., Licentiate and Prize -
man of Cornell University, Ithaca, N."..Y.;suid
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto,
has settled permanently iu Verna, where.he will be
found ready and willing to attend to all kinds of
diseases, in all kinds of animals (man excepted),
in all kinds cif weather, and at all hours. Resi-
dence and office two doors east of Cook's Tem-
perance _Hall. • • 319
ITETEItD,ZARY SURGEON. -D. McNAUGIIT,
'Y V. S., begs to announce to the inhabitants al
Seatorth nod surroundina country that he has
been awarded the diploma of the Ontario Teterin-
- ary Callejaa and is now prepared to treat diseases -
ofIforsel. and Cattle and all domestic aiiimele. Re
has opened an office in conneetion with his horse- LOT OF CARPETS
shoeing shop, where he mill be found ready to at- .
tend to calls. Diseases of the feet specially at -
3DP.,"7" C.4 -003D.9..1
_Ever imp•gted into Seaforth, consisling or every
article usually kept by a Dry Goods I louse. Most
of our FINFeG-OODS are linported to Seaforth
DIRECT from the .OLD COUNTRY, se.ving
the profit of the 'Wholesale Merchant here. The
Canadian Goods aro bought fi•om lint hula and
on the best terms, and will be found Extra Value.
The following lines of Goods are Specially Cheap, .
Cheaper than you can buy in any other House
Canada, viz.:
600 yards of Fancy Colored Tartan Dress Goods,
26 inches wide, at 20c per yard, cheap at 30e.
650 yards of Fancy Colored Striped Lustres, 26
inches wide, at 20e per yard, cheap at 300-.
500 yards of Plain Mack Lustres, doable fold, 26
inches wide, at 14c per yard, cheap at 22c.
700 yards of Plain All -Wool Empress Cloths, all
colors. 29 inches wide, at 50e per yard, cheap
at 75e.
. -
250 yards of Plain Black Silks, 22, inches wide, at
90c, $1, $1 25 and $1 40,1a very cheap lot.
100 'yards of Plain Black Silks, gros grain, 28
inches wide, at $1 50; worth $2, guaranteed.
50 Poplin Dresses, connnencing at $3 50, up to
$6 50, (worth double.)
.100 Pieces of Plain and Fancy Cheek Winceys, at
from 8c to 25e per yard.
6 pieces of all shades of Grey Mantle Water
Proof, 60 inches wide, frorn 55c to $1.
150 New all -wool Shawls, the latest Styles, from
$2 25 to $18 -the hugest Stock in Seaforth
to select from.
50 Children's Cloth J'atkets, all at 50c each, a
great Bargain, worth $1 50.
50 Ladies' Cloth -jacketh, Bugle trimmed nna
fringed, all sorts, at $2 50, worth $4.
25 Ladies' Cloth Fur trimmed jackets, e.t
$3 to:$5. 50
20 Ladies' Mink Sets, from $20 te-$38 a Set,
splendid qualities, good value.
20 Ladies' Alaska Sets, from $4 to $7 50 a Set
colors dark.
750 yards of that Great Value 88 inch White
Cotton, at 12,3e, worth 18e.
1,1100 yards Grey Cotton, from 7c to 121e,
5q0 an Linen 86 -inch long Towels, for 17c, worth
1* 25c each.
100 all Linen Tumbler Towels, at 10c, worth 14e.
25 Pais Royal Canadian Bed. Blankets, 5 pounds
each, fOr $2 75, worth $5.
25 Pair Royal Canadian Bed BlankeZs, atai;5,
worth $7 .50-.
50 pieces Scarlet an wool. Flannel Sbirtinf;s, 44t
23e, 80e, 35c 400 and 500 a. yard.
100 pietes Fancy English Twill Flannel Shirtings,
all wool, at 25c to 45e a yard.
10 11))10:erti3e,asrLd.inen Tablinge, White, 60 inch, t 550
7141.11,1.1t73' AN» CIIILDRIEN'S
la 0 TI 1? 8
AND
PROMENADE SCARFS
In endless Viniety and at astonishing low; prices;
our Mr. MoDOUGALL having bought them a't the
great 'Sale of Randall, Farr &,Co., at hall price,
last Spring; will be sold cheap.
THE CHEAPEST
ended LO. Residence, office end ehop in the rear
of Killoran & Ryan's new store. All kinds of Vet-
erinary Medicines kept constantly on hand.
Charges reasonable. 229
EVER SOLD HERE.
•
• 2 pieees of yard wide all Wonl,
ri J. CHURCHILL, Veterinary Surgeon, (mein-
' ber ef the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs
• to intimate that he has returned to the practice of
his profession in Sea forth, and nth y: at all thnes be
•
consulted on the diseases of Horsts. Cattle, &e. !
Pain -K er
your pogi..ole nigge is enterin' on eter-
nity..and-aiist no t 80 to nobody. , -Please
Master, set e ftee ." y father hastily
ordered writi g ma erials to be brought
—for het saw hat 1 fe Was fast ebbing -
and, making nit ti e necessary papers as
quick] y as he could handed them to Thi-
ele Billy-,, wh pres.:ed them to his lips
and. hiS bear thei fixing his eyes with
a loving conlident gaze on my father'a
face, said : Re, d it, 'master." My
father read ti e er aloud, and handed
it 'la N • smut 1 Was heard in the
room bet ths label ed. breathing of the
31(1 man. e Thaue you, maeter," he
said at last, gasping ont the wards-
" nail: you • ma,ster. " .A few niore
leep-drawn ighs, a few last struggles,
and the -panel fluttered no longer on his
sreast, The as t w sh was fulfilled -the
lave was fre
1-1 rribl
Tennei internally, it re
most- acute pain.. Used ex
1.anste-Nr in the world. 1
stanteneous, affording reli
tenae pain. It soothes the
part, and gives rest and qu
is eminently the neonte's
should have it with them,
-
their hende on it in the dar
PRICE, 25 GENTS 1
PEllItY DAVIS &
Oct. 9, 1874.
leVeS INS r 1.NTLV tbo
HOT
enmity, it is the best
^ -y
s effect is almost in -
from the mom, in -
irritated or hi -earned
et to the sufferer. It
nend, and every one
n• where they can put
E if Dead be.
ER BOTTLE,
ON, Sole Proprieten-.
1.er NON'S HOTEL, SEAFORTH. - Thomas
Ruox begs to state to bite old friends and
and the travelling publie, that he has leased The
Hotel lately °canned by Mr. MURRAY, , and
formerly known as the DOWNEY HOUSE, and
hopes to reeeive a continuance of the patronage
so liberally bestowed upon him during his many
years in the hotel business. Every comfort. and
conveinence will be provided for travellers. The
_ ..„ •thoicest Liquors and Cigers only kept in the Bar4
- -
_HarkneSs' Har Balm; -
The beet preparation in use Or re -luring, peeserv-
•
ing, and beautifyiug th hair, and render- -
mg it soft an ,glossy. , •
This invalimble preparatic n we would present to •
the public.. knowing it to neqsess all the virtue we
claim for it. - Being perfeet y free from all injuri-
ous ingredients, and conn osed solely of nutri-
ments, -We can confidently c »Innen() it as a safe
and sure remedy for the "Felling of the Hair," resz
tering grey hair to its origh color, imparting a,
healthy tone and vigor to it, refits, and musing it
; to grow lnxeriantly. As a • Cosmetic alpre, even
where the hair is strong Am healthy, it is in vain -
able, as it imparts a rich 06 •siness. and silken ah -
i pearance, whieli no one who loves beauty can fail
to admire. Prepare only b •
rate unatic who: died in
Asyh na on the 18th ult.,
•liv;eil not wisely but too
• IlAnsxEss c. Co.,
i Pharmaceutical Chei London..
I I PRICE, 50 C..'NTS. •
Seaforth and bv Deneeists gen , • II.% ,5-e6
• Thomas'-Belectrie Oil, -
--wonTn 7/EN TIMES ITS WEIG /IT IN GOLD. DO 1701.3
KNOW A N VTII/NG OF IT? IF NOT IT IS
TIME YOU DID -
There are but. --few preparations of medicine
which have witligtood the impartial judgment of
the people for any- great length of thue.. One el
these is TirostAe' Eenernic Oir.,, purely a preper-
ation of siix.of sonate tviifithneoibeositiotislsotwhlai.t ais•evkieiTtrivfilie,
physiciaus know that medicines may be fermed of
several ingredientv in certain fixed proportions of
greater power, and prodneingl effecte which conld
never result from the use of any one of them, or in
different cambivations. Thue in the preparation
of this oil n, chemical change takee place, forming
lancfleame pf oundwhieh could not by any possibility be
h coin ma ion or proportione
•
of the same ingredients. or any other ingredients,
and entirely different from anything eve' before
in my life was of crowd rif people on well. A pos inortem examination led
the bridge, where Thiele Billy had got- to the discove ar of no feWer than. 1,841
ten inte. a fierce quarrel with a white articles in 1 is inside -e -namely, 1,630
mechanic who; lived • near us. Just as shoemakera' 8
- my father was stirninciued to the spot by *ails, 19 thre
the cries of the other servants, the white a -half-inch c
man swore he I.vould ;"-beat that nigger , nails, 40 hal
for his impudence,", and Uncle Billy quarte -r -inch
threw himself like a 'tiger upon .him and nails, 8 brass
instantly s.praa g him in his arms buckles, I nil
over. the Parap t the rocks below. A
scream rose frq every woman present,
and every one rushed to the brink of the '
stream, fearing! that one or both of the ' tota weight being 11
ebbles, 3 pi
eather three
our indhes lo
Torah es, six four -inch cut- .!
-inch ,ut-nails, 8 two -and-
, 18 two-inch cut-
-inch cut -nails, 9 three-
ut-nai s, 39 ta.eks brass •
'race -1 uttons, 20 pieces of
14 hi s of glass, 19 small
ccs of string, 1 'piece of
nehes ong„ 1 Piece Of lead
)g, and one American peg -
combatants been allied but both I 1
had ' • -
time, do' I didn't know it, my - Henry had escaped un.hurt, and, Eke the man that any man'. state
• (run( s 10 inces.
'
It seems strange
of mind shoUld be
For sale by ROBERTS aud R, LUMSDEN.
cn refill and reliablebostler nlways in at tendaneei.
291 THOMAS KNOX, Proewietor.
\i'ICTORIA HOTEL, WALTON.-.Tohn WFn tor.'
Proprietor. This hotel is situated on the
Gravel Road, 10 miles north of Seaforth, nnd pos-
seieq.!s every accommodation and comfort, for tray-'
Miss. The best brands of liquors Alla eigztrs ke•it
in thr bar, and a eareful and attentive hostler in
attendance. Good. stabling in connection with
the hotel.
Oso
14 5 VE it Y.
'11 A. SHARP'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES'.
A. • Offiee-At Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good
Horses and first-class.donveyalleCe 'UV'S 01111811 d.
„ „ .
1.ZELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAPORTH, Ont.
Goodliorees and Comfortable Vehicles, always:
on hand. Favorable Arrangements made with,
Commercial Travellers_ All orders left it ;the.
Commercial Hotel, will be promptly attended to.
OFFICE AND SrAnLEs:-South of the Commer
eial Hotel, Main Stree.t.
221 THOMAS DELL, Proprietor,
Samuel Brodie it'. IE.,
13ROVINCLU, LAND SURVEYOR, Seaforth.
-2- All ("niers left at theMension House with Mr.
John Murray will receive immediate attention. 1
Referencea---a-Dr. Coleman and Dr. King. 41.1*52,
cheap at iffie.
2 pieces of Fancy Drugereting, at 621e worth 80e.
t 75e a yard,
1 piece Of yard wide Cocoa Matting, at 75e.
-43
4) cocoa Mats, at $1 SO, worth :17,•11 50 ---:extra
iirge size: Small at 750.
6 picees of Tart 4tly Carpets; good new Pattern.
at -85e, 90e and 95e, worth S1 20 per yard.
-Best value ever offered in Seaforth:
4
a
k;- !r1,,,31 !Tenni Carpet, yard, witile, :at 11C, 20c and.
_
25e .9. yard. "
TAILORING DEPARTMENT
= Under the careful sneerintensenee -of Ili'. T.
MI. Authro,. A good fit ernarenteed, and
evithout exception the Largest Stock of tine
1C1oths to be- fonnd west of Toronto to choose
from All the iin Cloths are iinported direct
sem London ails Paris, and the Patterns are
Znr1yt..• be had at this establiehment.
. 0E2c Ts' TIES, SITI1?714, COLLARS,
L 0 1.10,S1 R Y,
AND AN ENDLESS STOCK OF
NEW STYLES OF HATS -AIM CAPS'.
.;
•
Call early and see them. To aet Ciothus in tithe,
your order should be in two we ks before you wri..t
them, so firessing is the demand.
MONEY ADVANCED- •
(--)N Mortgage Security, in such SUMS •rna for
such periods, and repayable in sueh manner
RS the applicant may desire. Apply to -
8-211a52 A. G. MeDOUG ALL, SetifOrth.
•.•
J. P. BRINE
LICENSED AUCTIONEER for the County .of
Huron. Sales attended in all parts of the
County. All orders left tit the Exeoarron Office
will be proinptly attended to.
The Independent Buyer, .the Buyers who tan
buy wht.re they please, are invited to call, and we
guarantee to give Goods at the prices we adver-
tise, and no two pricee. You Neill buy cheaper
and get better value than you can possibly get at
flie old fog.y credit stoise, where the good pnys
florthe bud.'
geinember to Call at 777.
A. U. McDOUGALL & Co.
areiworeeseeeeesaraa
rveapLjeuo:stylas:11:1;::113:1g3g7(81Asia-5i11:311:i8-1iT-:71-Iie:111
ula.r mnsie
• on_thIenb:creillsilai'll.ar4g1,ef.re;catei;
East, a teacher asked a
ilrealilintr;gIthe1liva'sa
dwlrel
stateof
i
fsitii li eiiiiln tgitecalrsir.
Ai i
into a horses's mouth t.;
teeth he had. The h
mouth to see hew inane
saIi:ha_d. ,., \Titvien cyn;i:Iisaiiti .my g
ar7ntf
li'm 1. -asked an I
an editor. " I make he
cause 1 know the ldeceal
many friends aroma hetJ
to -11eAariagifiyliNischi,l)eah'
ut,a; 11 r.,,
to 'dinner, felt disgusted
year-old son came .in am
j°Mr111-'s.sI8aysshe
i'I-rXain't TIOnit;603:11e):!
any butter." The frieni
had better dine eleewhe
thought e.o„too, but
boy that the way •of the,.
hard.
-' Haw are you gett
new place'S",aeked a lait
she had reeommended •
" Very well4 thank ea .
girl. ' I'm, -glad to iw
lady. ' Your -employer
and you cannot do too H
" I -don't mean to, maiat
nocent reply.
---; - ---46-04,--i11
,,,
, A Costume to F.!:
,
i
A Paris correspondent
genious philanthropist. ,;
just invented a new sii;ptl
nag shipwrecked per,
taining themselves
The pabbe trial of this
place a few days sten and
successful. Two river '
provided by the smilin
white -headed philantlars
veyed a numerous comP
people connected ssith
clubs, the armyeand /1.1.V
ling of members of the
send* te the Billanceurf
yond Asnieres. The •
consists of a, posturne, ea]
venter the l'' Natator;';'11
the neck to thee Isne
to the bodybut fflISC
worn over other clothi
wanting for divesting 1,1
dmary apparel. Fromti
hips the thing is (I-4)11We,
of an ;IAEA /libber tube t
and round the body. TI
this tnbe basin, brass e
which the wearer blows 1
rips, the procliss requirin I
onds, and the volume of
duced amplyi suffieing
heaviest people fnihn sin
desired to dive, the wea
air by merelyiepening th
' Natator 1' will tk_ns, set
shipwrecked ftom *king;
heroic preservers oi hum
those who, thnughlkent
unable to -swills. The
' Notater,' sone of whin'
their elotheSe sone as
others had undressed a114
else, lioated about the sl
hour, now Seeming to .-AF..-'
water, now laying upon i
a cigar, others reading a
eating biscuits and said
little waterproof bag at*
time, laughing, talking, z
enjoying their novel posit!
happening to come, one el
opened and_ hoisted an
which he continued his
atade,rs.„to-the great amusem
to
Allowing Children
If the play of little chil
innocent, and not of a na
others (I mean seriously,
pie are much too easily
not let them play on the •
the example, says one.
his just what it should
example of ''sweet
worthy of imitation. it .4
pie of worldly buying an
reveling, or unseemly r
from conflieting with the
da,mental role of love tol
neighbor, it may and Shall
means of promoting both.
the children are their 'hes
-of learning the GOlden
the other hand, let any .;
forbidplaying of naiy sort(
unnatural -quietness ef
cause it is44;71sii-iholy
imreasonable t?)
way rises in
was. Monday 1 hate Su
can't do anything 1 like
In polemics ss-heneVer an
toomuchit proves math/
the ground. So, in them
Sunday question, a jcwis
terpretation in behalf of t
only a stone of stumbli
offence, a bar to all res -
this momentons questie
ponders this subject does
bodings as to the &Imlay
And, as the children of
morrow hold in their hat
over these questions of
America, Iet ue be wise
plant in their hearts a ge
thErefore true reverence f
all days. Let us "take
oflend not27. these
Christian Union. _
Carlyle in Sec
Although the eelebra
passed the allotted span
years and ten" by nme
halt and wonderfully frs
doubt hie good. health n
owing in a great reeasth
and regular habits, A
manner in. which he
may not be uninterestin
morning before most pe•
may be seen walking I
shore in the direction ••
ruins of Seafield Tow
Kirkcaldy about a mile
the purpose of having a
mornings, 'to diversify t
land Zug one of the
beautiful at present b
tints. After breakfast.
been thoroughly appal
is his smoking time, an
long clay pipe, he satin
beautifully laid out groa
dale, and indulges in th
inveterate smoker Mr.