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The Huron Expositor, 1876-11-24, Page 2e 6 • Ar: A A / • A 0 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. A THE FOUNDLING. 'It is a wise and honest resolution," said the parson, when consulted on the subject in his first visit to Wildmore— the good man contrived tit see most of his parishioners once a year at least, with -the help of boats and. stilts—"it is a wise and honest resolution ; that gol- den bodkin may be the instrument wherewith Providence meand to open the child's way to a -fair inheritance. It was not by chance it came into that fur col- lar, or into your hands, good Dame Hammerson; whatever fools may think, we know of One who ordereth all things, and whose counsel shall stand. It is a family heirloom without doubt," he con- tinued, scanning the jewel over and over with a curious eye. Hugh being from home, as usual, there was time for ex7 amination: "It must belong to some noble house, yet I know of none in. the eastern counties with such a 'crest. It has a noble motto, too, 'Fear God and fear nothing.' Dame, if thou wilt bring up the child in the knowledge and prac- tice of it, thou 'wilt leave herna better legacy than all the wealth and lands of her lordly father." Grace Hammerson Was one to com- prehend and follow that good counsel. In the lonely and un -regarded life she had spent on the reedy isle of the old level, the solitary woman had sought and found communion with Him who is not far from any one of us, whether in the crowded city or in the voiceless waste, and learned to lighten the burden of broken health and domestic care with the hope of that kingdom where all tears are wiped away, and the inhabitants shall not say, I' am sick. The art of reading, which her neighbors thought so, far above her station as a fenman's wife, had enabled Grece to peruse the 'Bible, and. some few pious treatises—all she could afford to by out of the profits of her own spinning, for printed paper of any sort was expensive then.; Thus she had matter of thought and :comfort in her solitude, which cheered the dull, gray days of the fenland summer, and gave her -heart strength against the win- ter storms. Many a gentle and loving effort to lead her husband's mind to the same faith and hope had failed. Hardy Hugh could never be brought to think of better things than his net and. match- lock, the trout streams and the wild - geese isle's. But now thee was a young soul given into her charge. Grace could not doubt •that it was •a mother's care which wrapped the infant up so warmly against wind and wave in the midst of her own 'danger and death. Neither could she doubt that a special Provi- dence id sent the child to her by the oCean tide and the whelming river; and her preyer for it was, that she might be - enabled to do a mother's highest duty, and directits opening mind to the things which are unseen and eternal. The minister went home to help in the rebuilding of his parsonage. • • They were getting it up, like the other houses of Reedsmere, on the old ground, for such floods did. not happen more than once in 50 years. Elugh went on in his accustomed way—fishing, fowling, fre- quenting fairs and alehouse merry -make ings, but knowing nothing of the gold bodkin i which his wife had hidden away in the deepest corner of ; the chest she brought with her from Ely, containing her dowry of pewter and, linen, and of which she alone kept the' key. • "If that child had, been a boy," Hugh would say to his boon companions, 4if•what a hand at the net and gun I would have made him! but there is no suck luck for a man. Howsoever, the girl will grow to. be company for the old woman when I am out bagging the widgeons. If she behaves well and mar- ries to my mind, I won't say she shan't get the house and the gath- erings, too; but that's ,a look forward, you see." It was a look forward beyond what Hugh could well calculate; but in the meantime the company his old woman had was a considerable increase of her household cares and labors—an infant to be nursed and tended in addition to the cows, 'sheep and geese'with no More help allowed or afforded. Yet the weak, sickly, solitary woman got through the work, looked after the live stock as usualouirsed and. cared for the little helpless foundling'and time brought her some reward. The child grew and pros- pered, in spite of the misty air and cold, (lamp climate; it is wonderful under what adverse circumstances young life will flourish! The baby that had escap- ed the ocean storm and river flood grew large, istrong and intelligent among the reeds and swamps of the old level, learn- ed to love Dame Hammerson as the only mother it knewn nestled, in her bosom, clung to her neck, got its first lessons in life and manners from her—it could have got better nowhere—and as the months and seasons rolled away, littie Grace be- came the joy and solace a the childless woman. She guided her, first tottering steps on the cottage floor; and among the ariessy grass under the willows; she taught her to lisp the first faint words to the great delight of hardy Hugh. He was as little at home as ever, but even -on his rugged heart the child was taking hold; there were gay marsh -flowers and bright feathers from wild birds' wings brought home for little 'Grace to play with. Steady walking and fluent speech came with increasing days. The child grew familiar with the ways and doings pf fen life as though she had been born geese saw that they all came home at night, and didn't fly off with the wild ones. She saw that the cows didn't get too deep in the swamp, that the sheep did not stray too far over the moss, and in all Dame Rammerson's homely opera- tions Of peat -drying, reed -cutting, feath- er -gathering, she took a small but very active part. It was the good woman's • pride to relate, to Hugh, when 'he came home from his wonted expeditions, how clever and useful the little one was growing, what hidden goose's nest she had discovered, what wise remarks she had made on, household matters, and what a comfort she would be to them both in their old days. Hardy Hugh re- peated the tale to his comrades in marsh and alehouse. Everyboay noticed that the man was taking to the foundling as if it had been a Hammerson, and little Grace would run to meet him' 'when he came home, sit on his knee by the winter evening fire, and rejoice in the gay flow- ers or feathers he brought her. But Hugh was only the friendly sstranger and visitor - of her childhood.;''his frequent absence, his rough ways, his want of all knowledge and talk except about net and gun, made no companionship, no home - love, between the child and him. It was not SQ with little Grace and Dame Hammerson; they were alwayi tegeth- er.' From that lonely woman the lonely child learned everything she knew; it was Dame Hammerson that • told her who Made the sun, moon and stars, which they saw so dimly through the frequent fogs of the fens. It was ,Dame Hammerson who taught her the first prayer she -ever uttered, ever after re- peated at the good woman's knee when the twilight fell upon 'them in the one cottage of that 'solitary island. It was Dame Hammerson, too, who first told her stories out of the Bible when they sat together by the winter fire, and the roaring wind and rushing waters made the child's heart quake; and, at length, . it was Dame Hammerson who taught her to read in that same blessed book, and pointed- her thoughts to Him who said, "Suffer little children to come unto n.w.,, In useful Work, 'in serious thought and in kindly, , loving intercourse, the days and years . passed on. Dame Hammer- son had found her reward already on th's side of time; the Child she had tr:jined to we:! and wisely had grown- try b her active and zealous assistant in all .demestic duties, many and laborious as they were in Wildmore. She had also grown to be her blithe and fond com- panion, attached to -her like a true and loving daughter, anxious to fulfil her slightest wish, and troubled only when she was oul of health or spirits. The solitary cottage in the fen island had be- come a pleasant place, though its master continued his roving ways, and could seldom be induced to go with them to Reedsmere church on summer Sundays. When the waters were out, which often' happened after summer rain, there was no going without him; for the passage had: to be made in Hugh's boat, except Jack Mossman, or some other i civil neighbor; neighb-or; conld be get to row in his t es ' - • . e "When I am strong enough -I'llrow 8 you, mother," Grace would say, "and you shall go 'every Sunday. I am nine 8 now, am I not? • In nine years more I'll be eighteen, and then I am sure I'll be able to row." s But Grace did not observe, what the poor woman she, called her mother saw plain enough, that long before she reach- , ed 13, the last of the Harnmersons' ' -wives must be laid in Reedsmere church- ° yard. Hugh's old woman had never been strong ; the life she led in Wild- o more had . been a hard and tuicheered Y one in those latter days; and now, 'when d •:the foundling child had been reared to s , know and love her, to share in the faith and hope which had guided and lighted up her. weary pilgrimage, Grace Ham- w merson felt that the time of her depar- t tare was come. There were two great b causes of sorrow' which weighed upon her n spirit and mingled with her prayers— c one was that she 'should leAve her b husband still worldly minded and 6 careless; and the other, ,that she should leave the child, so young and so e unfriended. . se "Take no "trouble for these things," ti said the minister, who visited that cot- a tage oftener than any in the parish— lo "take no trouble for these things, -leave k them with the Lord; he will find friends in and guardians for the child which his m own hand sent to you, or even'he- will be H both himself; you have done your part, se trust him and be thankful. As for your • to husband, I doubt not that your prayers ge have been heard for him also, and shall in be answered in the Lord's good time and vo way. As far as human help d.nd care th c'lin avail, I promise that the •child ff a shall never want a guardian or the man bl a friend while I live • but chiefly . en- trust .him to the Friend who liveth al- do ways." er "it is true," said Dame Hammerson, w "I have been weak in faith concerning w them ; but henceforth I will leave no them to the care of the -Good Shep- herd, knowing that he is -'able to keep w the one in his fold and bring the other into it." While they were Yet speaking, little lo Grace came home with the great flock of CO geese which it av-aa now her duty ' to 8a' gather in at the fall' of day. She saw he the kindly smile on the good woman's br Lace as she entered, she noticed that the an minister's leane-taking was more friendly co o it. The share in nature's wealth, the i and serious than usual; but she knew ag sympathy with nature's working, which not what had passed or dreamt of what seems the peculiar privilege of childhood was so soon to come. hopefully of her departure, so much like one who was only going before her to a better country, where they should soon meet again, that though Grace felt ready 'to break her heart when she looked on the kindly but wasted face, and thought of it being covered by the churchyard sod, the parting did not seem finet ; her mother was going away from her, but not for ever. The child had a brave spirit, too, and would not disturb or sadden the sick woman with her griev- ing. Grace wept in corners and out of doors far more than her mother knew; but when Dame Harnruerson's cough and weakness would allow, their talk was pleasant, though serious; and the care and kindness which the good woman had shown to her helpless infancy was re, turned by the gentle, active little girl in those days of last 'sickness. Grace was almost the only help and comfort Dame Hammerson had. The fenwomen were far off, had families of their own'and were but rough and careless hands at the best. Hardy Hugh was by nature rug- ged and impatient n he could rescue a family from the rising flood, or pilot a boat in the storm, but for gentle and homely offices the -man had neither hand nor heart. He cared little for his wife; he had seen her so long in bad health that her sickness did not alarm him; and as the old won:relished com- pany now, he stayed from home longer than usual. • They were all by themselves in that dull, weary autumn ; the fen sky never eeemed so heavy to Grace before; but the girl had much to do, nursing her poor mother, managing the household affairs, looking after the live stock out of doors, and always hurrying back from every duty to sit by the low bedside, read the Bible to poor Dame Hammer- son, listen to her talk (it was still kindly and pioes), or do some needful needle- work while she slept. The work was often wet with her tears, for the sick woman W.s manifestly wearing to her end. The dame knew it herself, and o 'e day when there was a slight ,return f strength, and Grace had sat down b her bed as usual, -she laid her hand o the girl's brown curly head, and told her the long -kept seeret—how Hugh hapi found her in a bundle caught on the church window, and floating in the flood that drowned the village of Reedsmere, nearly ten years before ; what the fisher- men had told them of the wrecked ship, and how she found the gold bodkin among the clothes wrapped about her. She sent Grace to find that bodkin in the deepest corner of the chest, where it still remained safely hidden; clothes had been made for the growing child out of the fine cloth gowns •and fur mantles. Hardy Hugh had lined hi winter jackets I with some of them. Gra e remembered to have seen and. marvWed at the rem- nants in earlier clays, and guessed that she was not the Hammersons' child, for people called her Grace Found: But gossip was thinly spread and could not be easily gathered in the fens, so 'Grace had never heard the tale of her own corn - ng to Wiklmore till Dame Hammerson old her in those dying days, and warn - d her to keep the bodkin strictly and ecretly, lest its value might tempt some- body to rob her of it, or even Hugh to ell it in some of the fairs. "Never part with it if you can, Grace," he said, pointingeout the crest and the motto, "it belongs to the family from which you are descended ; it may bathe means of your finding friends and rela- ions of wealth and rank far higher than urs ; and if it is not in the ordering of Providence that you should come to be wned by such, keep it as a mensorial of our wonderful preservation from the rowning waters, and let the motto in- cribed on it be the "guide of your life : Fear God and fear nothing.'" Grace listened attentively to these ise counsels, and promised faithfully o follow them, never to pert with the odkin, and • always keep -it hidden that obody might steal or covet it, on ac- ount of the price so much gold would ring. That was their last conversation f any length. . Hardy Hugh came home the same vening, after a fortnight's absence. He emed shocked to see what a change the me had made on his wife; and while re -man's heart was softened she talked ng and earnestly to him about being ind to Grace when she was gone, stay - g more at home, and trying to come and eet her in their Father's house above. ugh listened with more attention and riousness than was his wont, promised 'mind what she said, hoped she -would t better yet, and went off next morn- ' g to Stowbridge fair, from which he wed he should bring the best doctor at could be found. His wife took an ectionate leave of him, prayed God to ess, and looked long atter him. The days passed as other days had ne, only Dame Hammerson grew weak - and the weather grew worse, for the inter of the fen country was coming on ith heavy rain - and cold east 'wind, and body thought of coming over the amps to see how things went on in ildmore. One night Grace thought her mother oked so white and ghastly that she uld not lie down in her little bed, but t on the ground beside hers; leaning r head upon it, listening to the low -- eathing of the poor patient sufferer, d almost praying that Hugh would me back. The rain was beating hard aanst door and window ; it was seine , under every sky and climate, made her e CHAPTER III. merry with the rustling reeds and joyful The conversation between Dame Ham - in the mosschirper's twitter. Swallows, merson and the good minister took place butterflies and ladybirds did not ccrne to about the beginning of autumn—a season the fens, but the singing -bee passed over peculiarly trying in the fen country, them in summer days: large moths, from the heavy fogs it brought, and the with delicate -colored silken 'wings, rose from the swamps in soft evenings; clouds of starlings and flights of clanging wild geese passed overhead -as the passing sea- son a moved them t� change their habita- tions. The Ham m emus had no garden, no farm fields; . Grace never saw the apple tree in blossom or in fruit, the yel- low corn cut down, or the hay made in the meadow; but there were light green leaves that danced and fluttered on the willows. There were daisies' and butter - time about the ladur when she had beei found floating in the Reedsniere flood The night, was drawing near the day, and Grace was tired with work and watching, so) in spite of fear and sorrow the weary child dropped to- sleep. But in that sleep a he felt a hand laid kindly On her curly bead, and a low voice say- ing,. "Farewell, my child; the Lord to con. I go be with you:" She started , clasped the thin hand, and hulked o her mother's face ; .the eyes looked dly on her for a moment; there was e and joy and blessing in them • n they closed for ever on this troubled transitory life, and with a long sigh liberated soul departed to its ever- ting rest. • (To be Continued.) • unhealthy vapors rising from decaying wh up int kin by the her strength failed so far that she could and not go about her domestic affairs' as for- the merly. Her hour of getting up grew las later every -day; her cheek' grew thin - and hollow, her Voice faint and low and plants and stagnating waters. The coug Efh with which Dame ammerson had been troubled all. the preceding summer, in- creased with ithe dim and shortening days. Sleep forsook her pillow at night- , at length she told Grace that She must ups that grew among the nosy grass; soon die -and leave her. It nvasen sore long green rushes bending above the wa- sorrow for the ,child to think, of irarting ters that baskets could be made of; and with the only friend or relation the "had long flat flags which one could sail for ever known, the one who loVed her best, 'boats. So Grace had her pleasures and her only teaoher, her only companion, her plays in the dreary_solitude 'of Wild- with whore her young life had passed so more. She had her loving mother, too, happily in that wild island of the fens. in good Dame' ETammerson. Every i At first she couldn't believe that it was summer and every Winter brought true. Poor Dame Hammerson's corn- t oh the e-o rl .d and the young life nearer to each plaint, being what is called decline or consumption, often deceived the child, Grace was company for Hugh's old for in that disease people seem to recov- woman now, and growing something of a ,er, when it is but for the time, and the help. She learned to look after the good woman !ipoke- so well pleased and I - THE ORIGIN OF STERLING MONEY. -- There are three opinions. The first is, that it is derived from Sterling Castle, and that Edward I., having penetrated so far into' Scotland, caused a ciain to be struck there, which he called sterling. The second opinion derives it from the figure of a bird called starling, which ap- pears about the crose in the ancient arms of England. The third assigns its true origin by deducing it from Esterling ; for in the time of Henry III. it, is called Moneta Esterlingortnin the money of the Esterlings, or people of the Lat. a 1876. S PECIAL LINES AT I • NOVEMBER 24, 1876. emoomeremeeesenene 187 TYCTIVOA.1V 48z JEYITIVO_Aa•T'S- We are dailyreceiving Goods at this Season of the year much below the re \ • lar value. Wholesale merchants anxious to clear out their Stock before the end of the year sell very cheap, and as we are, in a positio to take all Good Bargains Offered, WE ARE NOW OFFERING TE FOLLOWING 'SPECIALITIES: Special 50 Pieces of Striped and Checked Dress Goode, from 12t -cent Special 75 Pieces of Plain and Checked Winceys, IN ALL COLORS. Special 50 Pieces of Black Lustre, Double Warp Reversible, from SPECIAL 100 PIECES OF AMERICAN PRINT, All Winter Colors, Cheap. 12)e cents Special 200 i'ieces American Grey Cotton, cannot be sold cheaper. . SPECIAL 100 PIECES CANADA TWEED, 25 Per Cent. Lower this Season. Special One Bale Nap Cloth, suitable —SPECIAL - 7 for Mantles and Jackets, from 9 Cents Per Yard. —SPECIAL -- Special A Splendid Line,of English and Canadian Flannels, All Wool, from 20 Cents a Yard. SPECIAL IN OVERCOATS, JACKETS AND READYMADE CLOTHING. Special Clothing Made to Order. • Special, A Cheap Lot of Felt Hats, direct from New Yorkn Cheap. k Special in Ladies' and Gents' Fur Goods, Millinery and Mantles. DUNCAN & DUNCAN. MCC:31\TOM-5r A.MTID Seal Brown Lustres for 25c, valued 'at 35e, at. Rogers'; French, Wool .S.ateens, in the.. New Shades, at- Rogers'; Dama sse Cloths, beautiful shades, at ROgers' ; Win- ceys---4he most skeptical have to admit that Money is made by buying at Rogers'; Shawls; Mantles, Clouds - and &s,neat and nobby, at Rogers'; Ladi4 Lamb's Wool Und' erclothing at Rogers'; Vie Celebrated Cpomas-- , • sie Hbsiery, equal to hand knitted, at Rogers'; Over- coat, Clothing,'Hats and Caps, at the usual easy prices, at Rogers'; Shirts, Drawers, full range at Rogers'. "Noted "for Popular Prices. Call and inspect Goods.. Ro. P. 13,00-TR,S', HAVING SURVIVED TITS LATE CONFLAGRATION, 3Dmi•Trr Has again commenced Business in the Stand lately occupied by Mrs. Markey; two doors north of the Post Office, and directly opposite the Commercial Hotel. —r Thanking the Public for the Liberal Patronage bestowed upon him in the\ past, MR. DENT WOULD SOLICIT A CONTINUANCE OF SAID PATRONAGE Inhis 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 leisurely visited all the Important Markets, and canaseure the Public General that all that money, coupled -with what large experience and untiring energy can do,has been done to cull ftoni the various Markets A STOCK OF DRY GOODS Which for Quality, Quantity, Cheapness, and General' Attractiveness, stands unrivalled in Seaforth to -day. It is useless to attempt to enumerate goods o•r pricess. Suffice it to say that he hopes to see all his Old Friends and very many New Ones at his new place of Business, when he will prove the truth of the few statements made above. Please remember the Stand. Be sure not to mistake the Place. The Sign is very Conspicuous— , the Name Short—the Store New and Jam Full cf the Best and Claeapest Dry Goods. Respectfully. GEORGE DENT. WM. N WATSON, SEAFORTH, GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AND SEWING MA- CHINE AGENT. Insurances on all kinds of property effected at the Lowest Poesible Rates in thefollowing first- , ciaSI, ToPToCroKnt'o7 British America , of Toronto ; Royal Canadian, of- Montreal. Stadacona, of Quebec; National, of Montreal ; Phenix, of London, Eng.; Provin- , M UT UA 8 gara District, of St. Catharines; Gore District, of Galt ; Hastings Mutual, of Belleville; Beaver 'Pintas', of Toronto. - LI rE.....-LiverpociAI; London and Globe; Travelers, of Hartford; Toronto Life and Tontine also Agent for the Canada Live Stock Insuraneetempany, of Toronto. M,r. WATSON hi agent for the follase' ing Sewing Machines, which cannot be beat by any ether Fold in the country: Howe, Osborne, and 'Wheeler & Wilson. • Money to Loan at reasonable rates of interest. OFIICE—Rear of Lurasdetets Drug Store, or one door south of D. D. Wilson' s Egg -Era- : petit= . W. N. WATSON, Seaferih. ' class Companies : . • • L 1.- • n • . I - 4E0AL flAMERON & %-/ Solicitors in C Si. C. CAMERON. i eFADDEN, Barristers aW . ncery, Goderich. 34f W. R. MCFATMEN. ("JARROW & R • kel- torneye, Solid McLean'e new"blossk, Hamilton Street, Goderich. J. T. GARROIV'e DENHURST, Barristere, At. ors in Chancery, &e. Officein corner Market Square and 456 G. A. RADE:CRUST. WILLIAM SMALL, Conveyancer and Comeau. sioner in B. R., Wroxeter. Auctioneer and Appraiser. Accounts and notes collected on reasonable terms. 386 iplas L. DOYLE, Barrister; Attorney, Solicitor in 'ace, over Jordan's Drug Store, Goderich, and -4-P • Chancery, &c, Go dhBeaarnii Kidd's Store, Seaforth. 864 - ta se hiear — tB ae.nr Der ta ..., Te ne yt Nod, oSAteataretio, Publicae ys.e e6WSri..QclUrjaG;I:wAdri'e-1.8Jio&.eillItitliconintecoCodr:tnLirn,L11B8C'sreulsss'els1.41. B. SI41;-111' at 1VIALCAOMSON & WATSON, Barristers, Atter- -LI-1- neys, Solicitors in Chancery, &c., Clinton, Ont. Office—First door eaat of the new Royal Canadian Bank building. Money to loan on farm property. s. MALCOMSON. 404 G.A. WATSON. . BENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorneye at Law, Solicitors in Chancery end Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Offices—Sea. forth and Brussels. $23,000 of Private Funds to invest at once, at Eight percent. Interest, payable yearly. . 63 IAA. H. BENSON. at. W. C. MEYER. TaCCAUGiCEY et •LY71- torneys at LaW, Insolvency, Notaries Solicitors for the R. the Canada Tale Assurance N.B.—$.80,000 to Houses and Lots for HOL3IESTED, Barristers, At Solicitor e in Chancery ant Public and Conveyancers, C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents for Company, lend at 8 per cent. Farina sale. 53 M _7-- ' D MAE . T G. SCOTT, M. tY • Accoucheur, 8 dence south side o east of Presbyterian TT L. VERCOE, -LAI- • geon, etc., Co Office and Residerac streets, next to the 1-1RS. CAMPBEL -1--• Surgeons, and Street, Seaforth, ne PELL, M. D., Coron GESS, M. D. . &c., Physician, Sargeon and raforth, Ont. Office and reel- GoderichStreet, first door Church. 342 I. D., C.A., Physician, Sur- airier for the County of Huron. , corner of Market and High ° laning Mill. & BURGESS, Physicians, ccoucheure. • OFFICE --Main r the Station, Jinni CAMP- r for Huron; Jo aim *A. BUB.. 424 _'T. B. P.14 feLAN, M. " • of Shaver & Phelan, McGill Univeraity, ocuchear, Seaforth,I Meyer's Block, lona King. Residence at Carronbrook D., 0. Ma (late of the firm Stratford) Graduate of Physician, Surgeon and Ac- Ontario. Office—Rooms in rly occupied by the late „Dr. ommereial Hotel. Will at. en Tuesdays and Fridays. 893 BULL, er.,:s3e3a.fcili-,h,flonnrtgaerioon work, latest styles, neatly ted. All surgical operations nd promptitude. Fees as low °Mee hours from Rooms over Mr. A. G. Mc- n-st. In the absence of Mr. will be open on Thursday. of each week. 270 -- — --- eterinary Surgeon, •Gradue ' eterinary College Seaforth, idence in rear of ililoran & ptla attended to, night or erinary medicines on hand. Horses examined as to sound- given if required. 407 V. S., Graduate of the ry College. After devoting e with Professor Smith, of in Seaforth. Office at les' . Church. Calls promptly or night. A large stock of constantly on hand. Horses ness and certificates given. old am. commission. 424 .----- WITHDT TWELVE toe's Mheurnatie Absorbent in 4 hours, and all pain is certain and permanent. Fluid—Nearly all diseases h, occasioned by free acid. eutralises the acid, come- Dyspepsia, Erysipelas, a ad , the effect is immediate. Price 50c. Sole Wholesale n & Co., Montreal, as ad- N, London, Ont. 462-28 T. C-. lialaiir,ja- Plate . .7_71' exec s p erformed with care as can be obtained sdscwhere. 8 A. H. to 6 P. 31 Doagall's Store. Ma Deibyshire the office Friday and Saturda ------- -- DMeNAUGHT, • , ate of Ontario Ont. Office and Re Ryan's. Calls pro day. A stock of ye Charges reasonable. ness and certificates _TAMES W. ELD DR, " Ontario Veterin two years to practi Toronto, has settle residence east of W. attended to by day Veterinary Medicines examined as to soun Horses boughCand p HEU3IATISM CURED' -'- l HOURS —Bru will relieve acute pain within 12 hours, it Bran ton's Digestive arise from the stoma The Digestive Fluid quently it must cure all Blood Poisoning Sold by Druggists. Agents, Kerry, Wats dress W. Y. BRUNT in faction ately. -LI of again store' Saturday, prising ./ call , ' DRE - SMAKING. REM0VAL.-3Iiss ininlan has removed to the rooms over jo s 1 son Bros. HardWare store, where she will contin a to carry on dress -making all its branches. good fit and perfect satis- guaranteed. pprentices wentedimmedi- 464 MEW MII LINER I SHOW BOOMS.—I beg leave to inform i y many friends of the Town Seaforth and surro nding country that I have resumed busineas over Allan Mitchell's new opposite the Commercial Hotel, and will on the 28th is at., open out a Complete New Stock of Millin ry and Fancy Goods, cern.' all the Novell' as of the Season. ' An early solicited. MISS LEACH. - , 464 1111SeE LANIEO us. ..T parts posrron by once, of acted P. BRINE, Lic•need Auctioneer for the • County of Huron., Sales attended in all. of the County. All orders left at the Ers- Office will b t promptly attended to. - — ---- pAY UP.—All part&iec indebted to McIntyre Willis, Boot and Shoe Dealers, Seaforth, either note or book aces:suit, must settle the sa.me at otherwise theyw, be sued without respect persons, This is o idle threat, but will be upon. MoINTY • E & WILLIS. 467 MOTE LOST. ---Lost a note given by Joseph -LI D. Smith, Gorrie, in favor of Henry Lath, Belmore, to the amon t of $11, bearing dateNov. •8, 1876, and due 14 m ntbs after date. I forbid tray person or persons negotiating with said note as payment has been s opped. H. LARITE. 467-8 COMMERCIAL LIV*RY, Seaforth, Ont. T. A. SHARP, Proprieto . Comfortable and elegant carriages, and first-cl as reliable horses alwayi ready. Charges moderate. Office and stables on Huron street, second I oor east of Main street. Orders left at any of Sb' hotels promptly attend- , ed to. - 899 TalSSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP — The -La' firm of j. & R. Cla k, Millers and Grain Deal- ers, Wroxeter'is this I ay dissolved by mutual consent. 'All debts owi s g to the said firm are to be paid to James Cla is, at Wroxeter, and all claims against the said TM are to be- presented to the said James Clar. , by whom the same will be paid. Dated at W, oxeter this first day a November, 1876. J. IES CLARK, ROBERT CLARK. Witness, DA TID CLARK, Jr. 466-3 a.. VARIIERS, LOOK /1 -A: (and Yorkshire Boa signed has on his prom' Icy, Three Boars for Ser is named " Tim," and, pedigree below, is of go Satelite the Second, hr -Ingersoll, out of his i Satelite, imported by J Denham; his dam, 13 Liverpool, winner of 3 shows in England, im Sons, of Edmonton,. and $709, his grand dam, Lu imported by J. Currie ;. Queen, of the West, . wa ported by j. Currie. To BURY, Proprietor. RR—Berkshire, Suffolk s for Service. The under- sea, Lot 26, Con. I, Stan- ce. The Berkshire boar as will be seen by the d stock: He was sired by d by Mr. E. Caswell, of ported sow, and got by lin Carrie, of Verscloyle, ss, was sired bp Lord fitst prizes at principal orted by John Such & sold to Mr. Gentry for 7, was sired by Satelite, great grand dam, 2nd sired by Sampson, im- alas $1' cash. S. STAN - 451•5 "RXECUTORS' NOTI E TO CREDITORS.— -A2A The creditors of Is: ac Rattenburry, late of the Town of Clinton in the County of Huron, Esquir e, deceased, who died on or about the 19th ,day of September, 1876, are, on or before the 11th day of February, A. D. 1877, to send by letter post-paid to Messrs. Garrow & Radenhurst, of the Town of Goderich i4 the County of Huron, Solicitors for the Exec tors of the said Isaac Rattenbury, deceased, t eir Christian names and surnames, addresses and dtscriptions, the _fall particulars of their clams, statement of their accounts, and the nature of the securities—it any —held by them. And immediately after the '-said 11th day of February, the assets of the estate of . the said Isaac Rattenbui , deceased, will be dis- tributed among the parti s entitled thereto, hav- ing regard cull to the laims of which notice ahnothaab ebe lkb eenrieee for t -assets received. d � distributed, the saidst Executors xe:euto rs shall or any part thereof, to any erson of whose clehat notice shall not have be A received by them or' their said Solicitors at t e time of distribution. This notice is given in p rsuance of the Statute, 20 Vic., Chap, 28,, Sec. 2 . Dated at reoderichs Out., this' 11th day of Tovember, A. D. 1876. 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