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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1876-10-20, Page 2'7 - OLD ABEL'S MILLSTONE. BY MARIAN NORTIICOIT. "Understand me, Abel; both my fath- er and myself are perfectly satisfied with the amount already paid," oManythanks to you, six, for the say- ing of it; but nothing short of the "full sum will satisfy me. At the time (eight years ago next midsummer) it was reck- oned at a hundred and fifty pounds in round numbers. I mean to pay it every farthing, please Heaven, if I live Jong enough. If I die afore, I hope Polly'll keep up the payment reglar," f 'But really, Abel, I don't like taking this money. I am sure these payments mist cripple you tertibly." "Never you mind that, Mr. Baker junior. I feei something on my con - Helene° which is worse than hunger or cold, and it won't be easy until I've paid you all. There's five pound ten, Sir; not so much as last half year, because of Polly's illness in the spring; but I hope to make it more next time. If you enter the sum in this book and add it up, you'll find it makes ninety pound." , "Ninety pounds exactly. -Well, if you insist on my taking the money, 1 inippose 1 must. Is your daughter married yet, Webb7" [ "Not yet, Sir." "Likely to be ?" "Well, I'm geared it's nigher than I like," "What I you disapprove of her choice9" . "Oh, no, not a bit. Tom Smith's asi good a fellow as ever lived. He'll get on, that by will. He'i, sober, honest and manly; and all -that'll tell in the long run. But I'd rather She hadn't any- body after her—leastways nntil the debt's squared 'twixt you and me." "A debt that, as you know, we al- ready consider discharged." "But-svhich I don't, Mr. Baker junior. However, I'm < a keepin you. Good- night, Sir, and many tkanks for your kindness," With that Abel Webb retreats, hat in hand; and bowing to Baker junior with every backward step he takes, finds him- self by and by at the half glass door opening to the outer office. Arrived here he once more thanks the younger partner of Baker & Baker, wholesale druggists of Jpecacuanha lane, Aldermanbury, and at last emerges into the crowded thor- oughfare, ..e It is the dusk of an October evening, and brisk dapper young men are hurry- ing along the narrow courts and. alleys bent upon the delights of home, or the intoxicating pleasures they expect to find elsewhere. The large warehouses are closed, and the gas burns but dimly in the grimy chambers, appropriated to those whose duty it is to remain in the premises after business hours. Abel Webb takes scant notice of what is pass- ing around him. He is a little man, poorly clad, upon whose shoulders 55 .years of unremitting toil, anxiety, trou- ble, and. heavy disappointment weigh heavily. Hie hair is white as the hoar- frost, and the wrinkles upen his forehead and the dark hollows beneath his eyes make him appear a far older man than he really is; but diseeite his pony sta- ture, his weather-beaten aspect, and the wrinkles of age; he 's as hopefail in spirit / as ever, while there rests upon his fea- tures an expresinon f patience and quiet determination, giving token that Abel Webb still thinks himself capable of many a tussel in in the struggles for life. Generally speaking, Abel cannot be considered a good walker, neither does he ordinarily whistle stirring national melodies as he elbows his way through the teeming streets. Yet whenever he pays his half -yearly visit to Baker junior, he seems to become imbued with fresh life, fresh hope, and increased strength. The patient old man recognizes the change himself, and joyfully feels that the millstone of debt, which has for so many years hung about his neck, is less heavy than before. Oh, how earnestly he hopes to live to free himself of his burden! A long weary task is still,be- fore him ; but he has learned from past experience how much may be accom- plished by persevering application, and daily feels himself approaching nearer and nearer the purpose of his la- ter life. Away from the close thoroughfares of the city on to the Thames embankment, Hie walk has been long and fatiguing, and resting his arms upon the stone bal- ustrade, he pauses for a few moments with his eyes fixed upon the dark silent - flowing river. Hie recent conversation with Baker junior, fully oceupies his mind as he thus pauses on his homeward journey; and upon the old man's flush- ed and wearied features there breaks a smile of self-satisfaction as the thought crosses him of what so many other men would have done had they been placed in his situation. "A hundred and fifty pounds," he murmurs, as he looks out upon the sweep, of waters before him—a lot of money, a lot of money ! Easily squandered, but how difficult to save! A fortune to men like me. _Honest Abel Webb the boys used to call me at school ; honest Abel Webb 1 have been to my employers, and honest Abel Webb I'll try to be to the end of my days." In no spirit of Pharisaic egotism does the old man thus address himself. In- tegrity, devotion, and truth are com- ponent parts of his nature. Briefly his life passes beforo him as the cool Autumn viously in the wholesale dniggists' pri- vate room. The elin.ging tones of "Big Ben" awoke Abel Webb from his reverie. With the sudden thoight that big daugh- ter Polly would be home beforrihim if he didn't make great haste, he set off at a trot, resunung his Cheery whistle as he went along. And sure enough helve she was. When he had threaded his way through a labyrinth of Westminster byways, and at last reached the corner Of the narrow street in which were his lodgings, and in- voluntarily cast his eyes up to the second flier window of one of the houses, he knew as well as though he saw her stand- ing before him that she had managed to reach home firet, ,No landlady—over- flawing with kind heartedness as she might be --could provide such a heart - welcome to honest Abel as his daughter Polly. Why, the very coals seemed. to burn brighter and send forth a more ruddy glow when she had coaxed. them into a flame. The reflection of their cheery warmth allowed itself upon the drawn blinds, and bespoke the love and comfort fostered within the humble lodging shared by Abel and his daugh- ter. • Was Polly handsome? No. Was she protty ? Scarcely that, for her features lacked harmony. You had to look below the surface to discover what made Polly the idol of her father's heart and the cause of anxieties unapeakable to honest Tom Smith. First of all, Polly was short.' She had light brown hair, which formed itself into natural curls and danced about her head in the most provokingly coquet- tish fashion. Her eyes were a soft liquid blue, her nose slightly retrau88e, and her lips like no other woman's in the world— at least so Tom Smith thought, - So much for Polly's outward character- istics, In temper and resolution she was the counterpart of her father, and her judgment was far in excess of that possess- ed by most girls of her age (18). She was of industrious habits, was thoroughly do- mesticated, and, above all, possessed a heart which as warmly responded to the appeal of the suffering as it echoed the joys of those it loved. Polly's usefulness was not confined to the two rooms on the second floor. She had served her apprenticeship to the mil- linery business in the house possessing the services of her fathei, and, strange to sey, Tom Smith was one of the young men who 'served' at Messrs. Loostring and Tool's. Of course the love affair was kept yen,' quiet, and sometimes podr Polly's heart thumped with fear lest the secret should be discovered, for in the eyes of their employes Loostring and Tool were terrible people indeed. Abel and his daughter, however, kept nothing from each other; so that the simple -hearted old warehouseman was speedily made acquainted with the state of affair's, and by no means disapproved of the match, though he devoutly hoped it would not be brought to an issue until he was freed from the burden which had so long kept him, by his own free will, almost penni- less. The ascent to Mr. Webb's apartments was, to a stranger, an experiment attend- ed with many difficulties. As in most poor localities, children were in great force; and on wet days it was the pleas- ing oustom of the juveniles belonging to the house in which Abel resided, to em- ploy their infantine leisure in games upon the stairs or on the landings of the two floors. The house was let out to several families, and, as the ladies of the estab- lishment more closely resembles1 Leah than Rachel, a degree of mirth and reck- less gayety pervaded what might be termed the lungs of the house. The children too (bein3g naturally of a hospit- able and socLil disposition) were in the habit of inviting neighboring juveniles to share their exhilirative pleasures—a ei?- • cunistance tending in no small degre increase the noise commencing at break and ordinarily ceasing about m night. In total darkuess it was certainly con- fusing to have one's ears saluted with a very Babel of voices.; to find the balust- ers occupied by aspiring young gymnasts, to place one's foot upon a warm yielding mass of humanity, that would thereupon send forth a yell of remonstrance, speed- ily bringing from the retirement of the washing -tub and ironing -table, toiling, perspiring mammas, or to lose one's bal- ance by treading upon marbles or other awkward obstraetions by theway. With these little difficultiee, however, one soon became familiar, so, that when Abel Webb had opened the street door he speedily reached his own apartments. How cosy the little place looked. It was a pattern of neatness and domestic comfort. The table was laid for supper, a nice crisp loaf being flanked by a piece of cheese (placed on a small plate in order to make it look more than it really was), and, yes! really a gigantic cucumber. Polly, who was kneeling before the fire, vigorously plying the bellows and incit- ing the coals to a perfect fury of flame, had not lighted a candle and cert nly none was wanted. The bright laze brought into full view tb e nettle-gerat ium occupying the table in front of the in- dow; it hp up the photograph of the lid - looking woman (Polly's mother) on the de of the room; it showed the nobbed piece of furnitui e, to out- ew a bureau, but to the initiated ter of Abel's apartments nothing r less than a turn -up beadstead, h the father himself slept; and ted its brightness upon the side - with its ornaments of ware a few nd the old-fashioned work -box, og so many relics dear to old Abel and his daughter; among others a tiny baby's shoe, once worn by that boy (now dead) on'whom old Abel had lavish- ed such a wealth of paternal love. "Why, you're rather late, father, ain't you ?" inquired the girl, springing to her feet, and giving old Abel such a sounding kis e that it might almost have been beatol on the pavement outside, if anybody had been curious enough to listen. 'I've been home a long time." "Well, Polly, I've been to the savings bank, and afterwards to Aldermanbury —you know where. I took five pound ten; and Mr. Baker, junior, spoke so kindly that the time slipped by,and 'twas seven o'clock afore I knew where I was a'rnost." THE. HURON EXPOSITOR. "Don't say that Polly. If it vtailnot for your earnings, how could I pat my wages into the savings bank, u I do near- ly every month ?" "Well, daddy dear, you know it's only you I've got to live for," said the girl archly. "What's that you say?" replied old Abel, highly pleased with his daughter's remark, but determined not to be hood- winked. "How about . Tom Smith ? D'ye mean to say you don't co for him ?" "Hush Don't ?peak so loud." Polly blushed, and looked half -fright- ened toward -that corner of the room where the big bureau cast its shadow. "Why, there's nobody can hear," "Yes, father, the children might, and. sometimes children make a lot of mis- chief," observed that little wiseacre, Polly. Then, with a desperateintention of changing the subject, she said, "You must have a greatcoat this winter, or you are sure to have the rheumatics, as you had 'em last year. Oh, I Seel A beauty in the Horseferry road to-night—so thick, with nice warm lining inside, and the price only eighteen shillings. Second- hand, of course, but almost as good. as new. "Oh, I think I can do without it this year. Let's save the eighteen shillings, and send it to Mr, Baker, junior." "No, I shan't allow anything of the sort. I'm just as anxious as you are to pay our debts, but I'd rather work. my fingere to the hones than that you should suffer another year as you did last." . "And I too," added a strong, manly voice, which seemed. to issue from Mr. Webb's sleepina place. Polly gave a shriek, then burst into a ringing laugh that seemed. to fill the room with joyous harmony; like the sound of bells upon a frosty night ; and Abel, turning suddenly in his chair, saw the burly form of Tom Smith emerge from the dusky corner, "Hallo, Toni !" shouted Abel. "So you've been listening. Well, luckily, you ain't heard no secrets. I suppose you are one of those children that makes mischief, as ,Polly says.", This retaliation upon his daughter struck Webb as such an extraordinary master -piece of witticism that he fairly roared with laughter. By and bye TOD2 Smith roared too, and. when he had .had his laugh out, finding that Abel's atten- tion was still engrossed by the wonder- ous joke, seized the opportunity to throw his arms around Polly's waist, at which the damsel, who did not like being laugh- ed at, told the devoted lover to "a -done, and not be so silly." 1 "Well, what brings you here ?" inquir- ed Abel, whose laugh had now subsided into a giggle, and winking at his young friend! "Why, father, he saw' me home, and brought the cucumber for a present." "My stars, that's a beauty! I'm much obliged to you Tom, for there's nothing I like better. Some people says cowcum- bers ain't good, that you ought to peel 'em nicely, and then fling 'em out of the window, but taken with a little of the rind on, a bit of ingun, and lots of pep- per, I don't think there's much harm in 'em—leastways tbey don't harm .me,' And apparently cucumbers were thorough- ly innocuous to Mr. Webb, who speedily drew his chair up to the table, and began to ply his knife and fork with a will. Mr. Tom Smith considerately waited until his old friend had completed his re- past, and then explained the object of his visit. Polly, who was busy clearing the supper table, wanted to leave the room, but her betrothed wouldn't hear of such a thing, and by and by that gallant swain exercised his influence with such marked success that, all a -glow with blushes, she was induced to take a seat upon the footstool between the two men e to o whom it would. be hard to say which day- loved her best, id- I "You know, Mr. Webb, Polly and I have been courting a lotig time nigh other si brass -k ward vi frequen more no in whic it refiec 'board, books, a breeze plays with his white locks, and 1 containi he watches the fliekerine hights by the river's bank. First he sees himself kneel- ing- by his mother'side, and lisping a simple prayer; then, bending low his head, he feels her gentle loving hand, and hears her sweet voice pray that God will bless her child, and came the pre- cious seed of His word to fall upon good ground and bring forth abundant har- vest. E'en now as this vision passes be- fore him he humbly lime bis head, and ejaculates with fervent ardor, "Amen !" Next comes the school life in a little midland village. Then the kindly face of the vicar, who had been the means of introducing him to a large city house, rises before him. To this succeed re- collections of his employment in the house of Baker & Baker ;ehis marriage; the birth of his boy Sam—the child of promise that was to be a solaceto his declining years; his acseptanee of the situation of a warehouseman in the es- tablishment of Loostring & Tool, the wholesale milliners of Wood street; and the one sorrow of his life— sorrow that seemed in its deep intensitSr to ingulf all the joys of preceding year. After this come visions of the long, earnest strap gle to right a grievous wrong; last of all, the remembrance of the kind words addressed to him but an hour pre - "Heaven bless Mr. Baker for those kind words !" responded Polly, giving her father another hearty kiss as she un- wound the woolen comforter encircling his neck. Then, after a pause, she asked, "Does not that make ninety pounds you have paid ?" "Yes nicety pounds. It's a good deal, ain't it! All saved, too, by you and me, Polly." "Oh, father, I don't do much to it. If you weren't to deprive yourself of com- forts, why, we shouldn't have paid off twenty of it.-" upon eighteen months, and we' e begin- ning to think—that is, I'm beginning to think" (this alteration in response to a protest from Polly), "it's time we got married. I don't like to see her wear- ing her young life out in our hot work- room. My salary, as you know, is at present £80 a year, and. I live on the premises. Now I think if I was to tell Loostring the facts of the case and that I wanted to live away, he'd give me £130. Now ain't that enough to get married on, and lia,v-e you any objec- tion to Polly and 1 being married at once ?" Here Tom Smith paused, not because he had exhaustei his subject, but for the reason that he was out of breath, Then Polly took up the parable. Slid- ing her stool to her father's side, and resting her head upon his knee, she said tremblingly: "Don't think, daddy dear, that my being married will make any difference te you and me for you are to come and live with us; eh, Tom?" Mr. Smith, thus appealed to, vowed that his father-in-law's residence with them was considered quite a settled mat- ter, as in truth it was. e A tear stood in old Abel's eye, and his voice quivered with emotion as, laying aside his pipe and taking his daugh- ter's hand lovingly within his own, he said: "Tom Smith, I know you to be a true and honest fellow. There is no man upon the face of this earth I would more desire to call my son-in-law; but before I give my consent to your marriage I must tell you of something that may, perhaps, cause you to draw back." - Tom wei3 about to speak when Abel, in trembling 'accents, resumed: "If you'd both been content to wait a few years, what I am about to tell might never have been known to either of you. I was still a young man when I first en- tered Baker & Baker's warehouse; you Polly, were three years old, but your brother Sant was eleven or more. He used sometimes to bring me my meals at the drug warehouse, and once or twice Mr. Baker—the old man l'm speaking of now—took notice of him. As I was a bit of a favorite, he used to say to me, 'Now, Abel, when that boy's old enough I'll take him into the counting-housesif you like.' If I would hike! I treasured self did all we could in the way of send - those words, and your mother and my - in order to propriate ing him to school and. such like, so as he was comp should be fit when Mr. Baker wanted I the firm. About this time ther stideand change in his habits an awe which Manfred me and his very Much. He got to kee hours, made some bad /terra and began to dress extravaga was no use our cautioning hi seemed determined to go on course. But all the sorrow an paintment we felt was as nothin fearful blow that almost stu wheni-on a chance exatiiination books; it was found Sam had e his employer's money to a hund fifty muds. From the women terrible 'discovery, your mother and drooped until she died. W had done with the money he wo er tell; but the head cashier (M Wilmot, he who went soon Australia) declared that more th he had heard the boy talk abou racing-; and it was in this way way,s considered the money ha AB for Sam himself, he stuck to and fast that he was not guilty dishonesty. He swore that the he'd collected had always been p to the cashier • but the evidence er way was too strong, and our branded as a thief. Mr. Wilm was angry at Sam's insinuations, him sent to prison; but Mr. Ba a merciful man, and did not brin us further disgrace. Afterlhis could no longer remain ia Mr. employ; and thue it was w Loostring & Tool's, So that Sam have a chance of getting back hi acter, Mr, Baker gave him a lette troduction to a, merchant at B somewhere in India, who might to find him employment sucb. as w have temptations. Sam eagerly j at the offer, but up to the mon bis departure declared himself in of stealing Mr. Baker's money. fellow! it was the last we saw o Before the vessel reached India s a, fearful hurricane, and every s board her perished," Overcome by these painful re tions, Abel buried his face in his and wept. Complete silence reig the room for a few moments, and Polly, controlling with an effo strong emotions that swept throug heart, crept to her father's Bid placed her hand in his. "Dear father," she said, in b tones, "the story of your sorrow you dearer to me than ever." The old man withdrew his from her embrace, and, when sh kissed the tears from his cheeks 8t1111"Tehere could be no doubt of brother's guilt, and I was too sensi the kindness of his employers to them to suffer. I resolved, come might, that I would do my best to them. For this I daily denied m and for this I narrowed your oppo ties of education; and this, next to happiness, my child. is the object o life '1 -Dear father, and until now you always led me t's, believe that the am paid. half yearly was to discharge a of "My darling, dowarnli.n"g, watt it to your in to know the truth? When your br left England you were but a child. to to -night it has been my constant deavor to hide the real facts of the from you. 1 had hoped to have pai the whole amount before you got ried. Tom's proposal to -night, howe has frightened the aecret out of me, dould not allow him to marry you w eut knowing the truth." "And now do know it, Mr. We exclaimed Tom, who had been tryin seak for some time, but had been able to do so, owing to a strange se tion as of marbles rolling up his thr and a determination of water to his ow I do know it, I am more t desirous of making Polly my w ught of having the banns put week, and then we can be m before another month is over /I ut, Polly," inquired Abel, "is ather soon ?" daughter was at that moment in attending to the fire, the brig f which boa], during the recital s revelation, become somew ed. Just after he spoke a che again shot forth and disclosed smile upon Polly's face and a blu her cheek, forming quite suffici r to the question. ell," my children," continued t an, "do as you will," Smith sprang from his cha as wringing Abel's hands in tole titude, when the sound of fo scending the stairs *caught Abe re, Polly ! quick with the candle d; "there is some one wants u mistaken the floor." room had hitherto been illumi lely by the fitful gleam of the fir st as Polly had got the cand he door was opened, and in stro aler—Baker junior—whom Ab t but an hour and a half b Abel," said Baker, with h ruddy face glowing with excite 'I'm so glad I've found you a I've good news for you —new make your heart leap from you at—what is it ?" exclaimed Abel olly and her betrothed looked o t amazement, y, your boy Sam—he who eigh o was thought to be guilty o tis—is proved to have been in sank back in his chair, his face e, and his hands clutched the Tom Smith and his daughter, rushed to his side, —how do yon know this ?" he our after -you left my office a m 'Australia was delivered—it e came a. d appear, mother ping lite mtanees, nint,lyfo. r belt his own - dg disap- nnedt° thues of the mbezzleal' red and t drooped otpheadt uhldatnehve. after to an once t horse - we al - d gone. it hard of any money aid over the oth- boy was ot, who wanted ker was g upon Ie nf te l tto Baker'sI might s char - r of in- ombay, be able ouldn't umped licionetenotf Poor f him. he met oul on collec; hands, ned in then rt the h her e and roken makes hand e had , re - your b1ef yilerepayiallow- whatf; rtuni- your f my have ount debt Wrest other Up en- case doff mar - ver, for I ith- bb," g to un- nsa- oat, eyes han He. up ar- Our not en- lit - of hat rry a oh ent he ir, en ot- l's s, e, le de el e- 18 —"n ever I tho next ried heads aB that r His gaged //CBS 0 Abel' -dimm flame happy upon answe old m Tom and w of gra steps a ear. arie he crie or has The ated so and ju alight t Mr. B had lef fore, broad, ment, home. that'll bosom.' "Wh while P in silen "Wh years ag robbing noceut,' Abel grew pal wrists of who had "How gasped. "An h e r TO was written by a gentleman a magis- trate in Melbourne, and was 'to the ef- fect that our late cashier, Robert Wil- mot hiving received a fatal injury through being run over in the streets, in his last moments made a deposition be fore the legal authorities that your son was innocent, that he himself had ap- d the moneys of the firm, and conceal his own delinquencies elled to fix the guilt upon some The official papers will arrive ail. Abel, believe me no one e1 else. him. Oh, how we loved. that boy ! how by next m proudly we watched him grow up and what hopes we formed of him! Sam seemed a steady, inthistrous lad enough, and for a time he certainly gave great satisfaction in the counting -house. He was then 17, and as handsome a fellow as you might wish to see, though I'm his father as says it. He was a general fa- vorite in the office, and at last got trust- ed to collect some of the debts due to son is more rejoiced at this intelligence than myself." The old man was in tears—he could not speak, but the pressure he gave the extended hand evmee,d hisjbehef in Ba- ker junior's sincerity. ,"And Abel," continued the newcomer, "it gives me great pleasure—more pleas- ure than I CAU tell you—to _hand you (Co -fade -don Third Page.) OCTOBER 20, 1876. KIDD'S EMPORIUM OF FASHION HAS THE LiRGEOT AND BEST ASSORTED STOCK OF DRESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS, MILLINERY AND MANTLES, SHAWLS, HATS AND CAPS, CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES Ever before offered in the County of Huron. I am determined to Sell for Cafe' at Rock Bottom PrICCO4 Call at once and see for yourselves, and tell your neighbors that TI-101/1.A.S =DID'S IS THE PLACE TO BUY CHEAP GOODS. PRINTS. Good Dark Prints, 5 cents per yard, Good Dark Print, 7 cents per yard, Good Dark Prints, 10 cents per yard, Good Dark Printe, 121 cents per yard. GREY COTTONS. Good Grey Cotton, 6 cents per yard, Good Grey Cotton, 8 cents per yard, Good Grey Cotton, 10 cento per yard. FLANNELS. Good Red Flannel, 25 cents per yard, Good Red Flannel, 28 cents per yard, Good Red Fla=nel, 30 cents per yard, Good Red Flannel, 85 cents per yard. SHIRTINGS. Good Check Shirting, 12i- cents per yard, Good Check Shirting, 16 cents per yard, Good Check Shirting, 20 cents per yard. TICKI NGS. Good Heavy Ticking, 20 cents per yard, I Good Heavy Ticking, 25 cents per yard, Y 0 X Good Heavy Ticking, GO cents per yard, _1 0 0 :DRESS GOODS., • 0 Scroll and Stripe Dress 1 Brocade Dress Goods, 15 cents per yard, rn ,.., Brocade Dress Goods, 20 cents per yard, Brocade Dress Goods, 26 cents per yard Brocade Dress Goods, 80 cents per yard, Goods, In all the new colors from 20c per yard up, Seal Brown Serges. 20e per Yard up, Seal Brown, Prune, and Grey Stripe, 20c up, Diagonal Dress Goods, new shades, French Merino, Navy Blue, French Merino in Plum, French Merino in Scarlet, French Merino in Seal Brown. $ HAWL.S & MANTLES In every Style and Price, Shawls from 75 cents to 640 each, Mantles from $1 80 to $30 esch. HOSIERY., Lailes' Hosiery, 75 different lines Children's Hosiery, 80 different 11;ies, Gents' _Hosiery, 40 different lines. BLACK LUSTRES. Week Lustre, 10 cents per yard, Black Lustre, 124 cents per yard, Bleak Lustre, 15 cents per yard, Black Lustre, 20 tents per yard, Black Lustre, 85 cents per yard, Black Lustre, 80 cents per yard, Rhea Lustre, 35 cents per yard, Black Lustre, 40 cents pa yard, Black Lust/6, 45 cents per yard, Black Lustra„ 50 cents per yard, Seal Brown Lustre, 20 cents per yard, Drab Lustre, 20 cents per yard, Prune Lu3tre, 20 cents per yard. STAPLE GOODS. Good Winceys, 10 cents per yard, Good Winceys, 124 cents per yard, Good Wineeys, 16 cents per yard, Good Wineeys, 20 cents per yiird, Good Waterproofs, 78 -cellt01 Good Waterproofs, 85 cents, Good Waterproofs, 90 cents. All Black Lustres Double Warp and Double Faced, Compare • them with any other in tile market. Special Attention is directed to the Stock of Seal and Cloth Mantles, from $15 to $25. MANTLE CLOTHS IN ALL THE NEW AND FASHIONABLE SHADES. • THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Excels all others in this (Younty for Style, Quality and Price& THE PEOPLE S STORE. 4111•11•.... mrr_ m 0Tz R. 180 w, (Successor to Strong & Fairley,) Ilas now on hand a 1..ix•ge and well Selected Stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES which he is dete,ned to Sell at a Very Small Advance on Cost for Cash, I AM SELLING 20 POUNDS GOOD RICE FOR $1. AM SELLING 12 POUNDS GOOD CURRANTS FOR $1. I AM SELLING 10 POUNDS GOOD RAISINS FOR $I. 1 AM SELLING 12 POUNDS GOOD SUGAR FOR $t. I can give you TEA as low a845 cents per pound; and I can give you an A No. 1 TEA for 70 cents per pound, TOBACCOS as low as 30 cents per pound, and Tobaccos of all Brands and all Prices; 15 Pounds GOOD PRUNES for $1. Vegetables and Fruits in their Seasons; also Split Peas, Pot Barley, Oatmeal and Cornmeal; Ha.nus and Bacon, Woodenware, Stoneware, Earthenware, and FLOUR and FEED Always on Hand. 1 OYSTERS RECEIVED DAILY_ Free of Charge. Families intrasting their orders to ma will receive prompt attention, and their Goods Delivered All kinds of Farm Produce taken in exchange for goods. 400 Bushel g Potatoes Wanted, for -which I will pay the Highest Market Price. Remember the Place, Strong & Fairley's Stand, Smith side, 1VIORRISON. HAVING SURVIVED FITE LATE CONFLAGRATION, MR_ DPT Has again coramenced Business in the Stand lately occupiedhy Mrs. Markey, two doors north of the Post Office, and directly opposite the Commercial Hotel. Thanking the Public for the Liberal Patronage bestowed upon him in the past, MR. DENT WOULD SOLICIT A CONTINUANCE OF SAID PATRONAGE In his New Location, feeling better able than ever before to give Satisfaction to all. Having had abundance of time while his New Store was undergoing alterations he has leisarelY visit ed all the Important Marketo and canes th wfth e what large experience and untiring energy eau do,hasbeen done to cueneral that all that money, coupled ll from the various Msrketo A STOCK OF DRY GOODS, IWhich for Quality, Quantity, Cheapnese, and General Attractiveness, stands nnrivalled in Seaforth to -day. It is widen to attempt to enumerate goods or prices. Suffice it to eay that he hopes to Joe alibis Old Friends and 'very many New Ones at his /IOW place of Business, when he iill prove the truth of the few statements made above. " Please remember the Stand, Be 'rare not to mistake the Place. The Sign is very Conspleao. no— thp Name Short—the Store New and Jam Full of the Best and Cheeped Dry Goods, Respectfully. GEORGE DENT. STATIONED AGAIN AFTER THE FIRE. StOves and Tinware Cheaper Than Ever. AL& WHITNE,Y Seaforth, begs to inform her many friends and maxims/a that she -has soda resumed haziness on the site of ber old stand, where everythfng Pert/dab:1S to tho Tinware _ business will be fdand. A Lose Stock of Stoves and Tinware always on d indfor sale cheap. THE BEST AND PUREST COAL OIL IN THE MARKET. Zver$ kind of Tin Work Cly -en bander Mad 40 Ordior. Cail and see what &heves dote - fore purdah* elsewhere. =8. E. WHITREY,Bagerth, r Were Stfah We wee), to You ad, however onaliy; and free to-morio five per oeut, in the first - 1 feet myself bye, Ana fellow 1" Baker juni word to hew his utterance, a swan 0/111V Z1iil/k!ng8011 weesweig the from the rooxr farewell, .Po me that work The girl ki placed the bo Fingal 'draw f relics of a by which had ne old man held after azing * drew it revers mured, "My noeent I Oh,' this eley Tom Smitb waisted his bo the window -- and looking 4 resplendent hrigt4 re•°6111 "Polly, dei first day of tla to wish, and come true." "I it, Tom wistful trustil made hini. 'hirn "Do yei for the new 111 ly the same past ?" "And what inquired Tom./ although he Pr ant.) - "Oh, if I W amok might h the next new n I'Htellyou anj "Then, 'lath wife." His voice ha it reached her creased, her hes The fire in the dle flickered, but witUi its man rapt m precious relic, an heart aud, m pes,9eful splen firmament.— it Dress as plaii allow yen, but become you) an that is t say, ii the longest. N 'want of a new el -in the fashion, I merely because able. Amd if t must mot follow stripes, or narrii short petticoats as the public * buy yards of US or toupee of, ni over the grouni must never tea have lost mucl. lifthe common perserialdelie average Euglisl they will allow the streets, if i engem, Lean WitherAins and every day in 'pretty -dreARIS who have not t them nie,ely fel show them in 3 most right and to e,hoose what becoming in th Ingen The Boston A ors at Dartmo labotesaving pulleys, eords,. eeeded en alter twenty -four -he time -piece. T so that it will. winding, an meat is offered running till th in 1877. 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