The Huron Expositor, 1877-01-05, Page 22
MR QUATTY'S GREAT SPEECH
It was ,:iinner-time before he had dis-
patched the legal officer and hisjury in
a wagon from his stable, --quite a Jolly
set as they drove off. Through all these
or/Anson:rents, as well as during the
hasty meal which followed, Mr. Quatty
olungclosely to 80 much of his address
as he had accumulated that far, hia en-
thuaiasm greatly quickened by the.
events of the morning, as well as by the
posters of the night's meeting which he
oould not help seeing ai they blazed
upon every wall.
"Oh, Phip, Pint), I would not!" his
wife, holding to Ins arm as he rose from
the table, continued to urge. "The peo-
ple are only making genie of you.
Pleases, don't; the children have, had
ever so many fights with the boys
about it to -day already, and you so sen-
sible a man in everything else; don't
make a fool of yourself, Phip, please
don't !"
"Sally," her husband said, `.`it's be-
eaUee you don't understand. Look here.
You think it will be only my having
been an oysterman. I tell you! why,
Dee got plenty of new ideas to -day:
Splendid ideas ! jall I want to do is to
do good' -and y u know it. Somebody
must talk to theme people, and who else
is eveu trying to? You might have stop-
ped me this morning, but I wouldn't
give up making that speech now for the
beat horse in America. , Just you wait,"
• and he was gone. It was to get a fresh
pair of horses and drive- along the beach
in the direction opposite to that of the
morning.
"All I want is to have no interrup-
tions. Once let me get fairly to going,"
he said to himself, "aud all the fear ira
I'll never be able to stop. Even an en-
• gine,alone a horse, or a man, goes
better after it gets warm to its work.
Let me see, oysterman—not gentleman
and scholar—crabs-lbuzzards_no, hold
up, the dead man comes before that and,
now, what after that?" Mr. Quatty
reined in beside the surf and meditated,
"Why, here's the ewe, rolling and rolling.
Whoa, hold up! And there is the bine
Sky, too, and plenty of stars, yes," Mr.
Quatty continued with enthusiasm,
"and the wind too, blowing, blowing.
Can't yop be etill, you fools ? " to his im-
patient horses. "It's a splendid idea,"
and looking carefully around to be sere
that nothing but sea and sand were in
sight, Mr. Quatty stood up, for he was
now using an open wagon, and, holding
his reins with the one hand, he extend-
ed the other.
"Fellow citizens! I am here to -night
—never mind about oysters—scholar—
degrading vernain wallowing in the sand
—mud I mean—worse than that, swoop-
ing clown on carrion wings—n�! why
can't you remember to have the dead
man in first ?—a something to swoop on!
never mind, that'll all come right when
I get into the rush of speaking—and, 0
friends the boundless booming sea,
rolling in like death, swallowing us "all
up—that will be, grand, you bet! and ye
tremendous winds—" Mr. Quatty here
held the reins firmly down under his
foot that he might use both hands, end
continued, "you powerfal,breezes which
sweep is all up away, you—whoa, hold
up, can't you hold up, you brutes 1—and.
this superior sky a -bending down from
up thee—oh, l'll get that in, you bet!
As also those clouds, they are like our
flims g lives, you see. Ye float about,
you melting and fluffy things —halloo, no
sir, fluffy won't do. ;Never mind, when
I once get fairly agoing those little things
will fix themselves. And 0 ye—yo—
what else?" .
Mr. Qhatty stood with extended arms,
the honest soul of the man in his eyes
and tones and long hands sweeping, in
the bursts of his oratory, around him
like a wind -mill. The livery stable
keeper was not insane. Be was sur-
rounded every day of his life by very
bad men whom he was anxious to turn
from their gambling end drinking and
otherwise desperate conrses, in which
some of them were being killed almost
every week. He had an abundance to
say. Bus imagined audience were peo-
ple who never went into a church, "but
if they did go," Mr. Quatty often said to
himself, "what good would it do them?
Preacher s never say the sort of things
such people need, or, if they do, they
never begin to say them half hard
enough."
If ever a 'seal was driven, and as by
its own fullness. to express itself, that
soul was Phip Qnatty. He had a vast
deal more of pressing importance to say
than Demosthenes, competing with the
sea surf before him, ever dreamed of
having, only the impedirnent in his case
was worse than inthat of the orator with
the pebble in his mouth as a corrective.
Neither Whitfield, Chalmers, Spurgeon
nor any of the rest, ever had a. larger or
sincerer heart to do good; nor did these
know as much more as you.. might sup-
pose of that which was of practical value
to say. 1Tbe only trouble was that,
somehow, this lover of his kind bad
never been able to say out to the people
the much that, he felt as sure as he did
of his own existence, he had to say.
John Bunyan, the tinker, managed to
write out his message to men, and Hans
Sachs, the cobbler, succeeded in singing
to the listening world what he had in
his soul for them; all that Mr. Quatty
wanted all along was a "fair show."
He would have it for the first time in
his life in the hall that night, and he
-would Use it !
Standing erect in his vehicle, his foot
firmly pressed upon the reins, Mr. Quatty,
poured out for some time quite a torrent
of exhortation, denunciation and en-
treaty in rehearsal.
"Ye hard-headed and harder -hearted
ones," be continued with increasing ve-
hemence, and, in the earnestness of his
appeal' with both extended hands, for-
getting the reins under his foot,- "you
miserable men soaking yourselves along
our wharves with strychnine whiskey.
awake, rouse out, get up !"—
It was said with such emphasis that
his horses mistook it for an address to
them, and started forward with a
bound. The impassioned orator fell
back into his seat, and when at last
he had reined them .in, he had his
whole address to go over again from
the first.
When Mr. Quatty went to the hall at
night, he was exhausted as from the
hardest day's work he had .ever done.
But his flagging spirits revived when he
forced his way through the crowd and
stepped npon the platform. AS he did
BO a band of music struck up. It was a
most gratifying surprise to him. The
fact was that the friends who had plas-
tered every wall in St. Jerome with the
flaming posters, had also secured 'the
best band in the city, and it put its en-
tire energy into Hail Columbia as soon
as Mr. Quatty bad taken his seat. The
crowd was enormleue, for it WAS a large
hall, and every seat and standing place
wale occupied. l'he One doubt which
held the crowd w tut to the exact na-
turre of the condu t to los pursued. Was
it a show, with Mr. Quatty as clown?
or was aindeed relighiut service, with
that gent eman a the speaker? The
large audience, m de ep• almoat wholly
of men, --chiefly if men never seen at
church,--oscillat d as upon an edge,
somewhat mere r ady, however, to laugh
than to weep, b t every man present
having the sincer at liking for the orator
of the hour. 1
"Now, Quatty, that gentleman kept
saying to himself, "you keep cool, hold
a tight rein, don' get flurried; it's only
like driving a bi team. Be slow and
steady until you et to going. As soon
as you do get goi g, set fairly started,
get into a resh, ou let yourself out.
Never mind how long you speak, you
let her so, andsos ehow you'll come out
all right! Don't forget, now. Oyster-
man—scholar—le zzards—no crabs—you
fool, its the drow red man first—all right
—wind flowing f rever and ev—no, sir,
the sea comes firs rolling' and rolling—
the splendid sun--. The sun? 0 never
mind, I'll get s mething to fix with
that a " and under his anxious exterior
Mr. Quatty, conned his list of ideas over
and over again, until the brass band had
exhausted the national air. With the
silence which &flowed, the -orator of the
heur stepped for ard to the,front of the
pletform. In tlje uncertainity as• to
whether it was a how or a church, the
audience sat stil , ready for anything.
Now, a little to one side of the platform
there was seated it certain Mr. Fanthrop,
who was universally known as Farce
Fanthrop by reason `of his unwearying
fondness for "a little fun," •a fondness
which he indulged by the 'equally un -
wearying manufacturing of that article
when it was lacking. He was a wild
young lawyer, and the essence and sue -
cess of his jocularity consisted in the
gravity of his countenance through it all.
Men began to laugh and to look out for
a joke at the very sight of the man, but
Mr. Quatty, although he recognized him
front the first as well as all along, was
too mtich absorbed in his speech to re-
member that it was Farce Fanthorp.
The moment the orator stepped forward
the lawyer began. with eyes •kindling
with enthusiasm and with the most seri-
ous of faces, to applaud, and the entire
audience accepted the suggestion with
enthusiastic delight. it was some time
before Mr. Quatty could get a hearing
above the pounding of feet and th.e clap,
ping_of hands.
"My friends," he began at last with
extended hands. "Your humble speak-
er was opce an oysterman. You
may be surprised, but so it is. I made
anyhliving by dredging for oysters—"
Clams ?"
The question was put by Mr. Fan-
thorp, from his seat among the people,
in clear but respectful tones; evidently
his only -object was to know.
"Occasionally, yes, sir," Mr. Quatty
replied,' turning
direction of the
low citizens," h
tending his orat
is honest face in the
uestioner. "Yes, fel-
continued, agairi ex-
rical hand, "little as
you may think it, I was once nothing
buten oysterman—"
"Crabs ?"
Nothing could be more respectful
than. the questions. The serious
aspect of Mr. Fanthrop showed' that
his sole desire wes to be thoroughly in-
formed. 1
"Very rarely, the speaker replied,'
with the utmostcandor. "But I have-
n't got to crabs yet. Once I was an •
oysterman, gentlemen," Mr. Quatty con-
tinued, again lifting his hand which he
had let fall in replying to his questioner.
"I am ashamed to say that I used to lie
and even to steal—"
"How much?"
"It is impossible for me to state ex-
! hotly," the orator continued in reply to
I the question, again letting his hand fall.
i "Also, I blush to say, I was in the habit
of drinking. 0 friends ! I used to keep
= a demijohn buried in the sand near by,
and drink and drink almost to the de-
struction of my imperishable—"
"Rifle or bald face ?"
. "Rifle, bald face, rum, gin, whiskey;
all sorts of liquors," Mr. Quatty hasten-
ed. to say. "As bad a man I was as the
best man here, I mean the very worst.
And I used to quarrel and squabble and
fight--"
"Fetch him ?"
The. question Was asked with grave
uneasiness on the part 1 of some one
in a distant part of the audience
who had taken his cue from Mr. Fan-
thorp.
"No, sir, I am glad to say I did Dot
fetch him; I never used anything but
my fists. And, 0 my friends, it was a
happy thing for me," the speaker con-
tinued, evidently with an effort, "when
one day.a stranger came along; I was
dredging oysters in the flats; he stood
looking on for a while, and we passed
the compliments of the day. Says he
at last, 'Sir, under,your rude garb 1 see
that you are a gentleman and a scholar,'
which, my friends, I am not !"
Mr. Quatty seemed refreshed bit the
energy witb whiCh he said it, and still
more by the applause with which the
denial was receited ; and launched out
with much vigor into a detail of the con-
versation whieh followed between the
stranger and himeelf.
"Yes,. sir," he added at last, "that
man was —was -H1 lack power to say—
what that man was—I mean to me; 0
my fellow citiztns 1 to me he was—"
and Mr. Quatty , stood, overflowing with
gratitude, his hands clasped together
and lifted up,- his eyes searching sloWly
over the audience as if foe the strongest
Word to be had, "I wish I could say
what he was; to me, he was—"
"A peddler ?"
The suggestion came from the bade of
the hall. "No, sir, not at all," the
speaker said with entire frankness, but
fallen suddenly from his fervor. "Not
much, not at all; no, sir, he was noth-
ing of the kind whatever !" but Mr.
Quatty was compelled to give way for
quite • a time to the laughter and ap-
plause which followed. The trouble
with the speaker was, not in the inter-
ruptions alone, ut that they constrain-
ed him to chang , and so suddenly, from
the inflated tone wherein, as he firmly
believed, all oratory.lay. He was not
the man, how ver, to yield as yet,
especially as he had the leading inci-
dent of the *morning's ride still in re-
serve; and he made ianother and more
' -
earnest effort.
"Myfriends,' he began again with
outstretched arms, at the crowded room
becamecomparatihely quiet, "what is
life ? = It was thiii veryedaY it happened.
I was driving up the beach ;yes, this
very day I beheld a fellow creature lying
all prostrate upon the cold, cold ground !"
THE HURON 'EXPOSIT°
Mr. Quatty had practiced this part of
his address standing up in his vehicle,
a good dealeitind rallied. his waning ener-
gies upon it. "A fellow creature, a
sailor like aegood many 'of you ! lying on
the cold, wet beach. One a few hours
before," in glow and scilemn tones, "as
full of life is any one of you all, per-
haps not a quarter is bad, and there—"
the orator added, recoiling as from the
sight, and holding out a horror-stricken
hand over the drowped Irian lying at his
feet, "there he lay," in a lowsepulchral
tone, "yes friends, there that sailor man
lay, dead, dead—"
"Drunk ?"
The question was put by some one
near the platform, and. was unheard by
the audience.
"No, sir, he was not drunk !" Mr.
Quatty said it with such indignant energy
as to bring down the house in peals of
laughter.
"I had intended," the speaker con-
timied, rising in his wrath above the
uproar, and dropping all oratorical tone.
and gesture entirely. "I had intended
to make a good, long, reusing speech to
you," he shouted with voice and man-
ner exactly as when calling to his friends
al ng the streets, or when the wharves
w re erowded on the arriviel of a steam-
« "If I could only have got a fair
st rt, if I had only got to going, into
th rush of the thing, I could have done
-it, ' he continued in his mast natural -
m nner. "You fellows need it ; if eitr
a at of men peed it, you do. I intend-
ed telling you about how you are like
ve min burrowing in the sand, and like
tu key -buzzards ; was going to tell you
ab ut the rolling sea,. and the rushing
sk —I mean wind—but it does not mat-
te now. If ever," the exasperated ora-
toi continued, shaking what looked very
m oh like a fist at his audience, "if ever
I Make, or try to make, another speech.
—No, sir, I never will again as long as I
live, so help me heaven."
As he said it, Mr. Quatty turned' to
take his seat, surprised, even in his
wrath, at the sudden silence, the slack-
ening, at least, of their laughter, which
had fallen on the people. It was ex-
plaiued when he saw that Mt. Venable
had stepped upon the platform and was
standing at one side waiting Tor him to
get through. By a gputual movement
the two men shook chiclial hands as if in
ratification of the pledge just given, and
the audience. gave way to hearty and
good-humored applause as well as laugh-
ter at the sight.
"Friends," Mr. Venable said, laugh-
ing, and holding up a hand for silence,
"our esteemed fellow -citizen is greatly
obliged to you for yourattendance here
to -night. We all know Mr.- Quatty, and
we all like him. Why, only this very
day I heard of a generous act of his to a
poor widow with a large and needy fam-
ily," and Mr. Quatty's pastor proceeded
to tell of it. And that suggested another
deed of kindness on part of the ea -speak-
er to some one else, even more liberal,
and that another still. By virtue of
the simple narration of the facts, the
audience were laughing and in tears al-
ternately.
"Now, we all know," Mr. Venable
saidat last, "that for onereal, sterling,
honest man who does what is generous
and noble, there are a thousand who can
make speeches glibly enough. It is the
man we respect, not the flippant talker.
You all kniew what Burns says"—and
Mr. Venable, who had the lines at his.
tongue's end, repeated the whole poem,
"A man's a man for a' that," with all
his energy and pathos. As he sat down,
Mr. Fanthorp sprang upon the platform
and proposed three cheers for Mr. Quatty.
They were giyen with a will, the audi-
ence rising, to do so more effectively,
and then, to the music of the Star
Spangled Banner performed by the band
in attendance with unusual powee,
the large congregation slowly dii-
persed, quite a number lingering be-
hind to shake Mr. Quatty cordially by
the hand.
Although that gentleman never again
tried to speak in public, as an orator at
le,ast, somehow he felt that he had made
a grand success of it in his last attempt
to do so. If I were to tell you the name
of the town in which it took place, and
you were to go there and ask of the first
old resident you met, "I say, sir, did you
ever know a Mr. Phip Quatty living
here ?" as sure as you did so the other
would reply : "Yes, sir ; of course I did.
You have beard of his great .speech,
haven't you?" and if you feign at once
an ignorance of, and an interest in, the
matter, ten to one you will be told the
whole story, and far better than it has
been done here. It is said thht from
this incident originated the sarcastic ad-
vice, now passed into a proverb, which
is administered to such as talk
too much, that they should "hire a
hall," but for this the writer will n et
vouch:
One thing must be added. For months
after this effort, Mr. Qaatty sat grimly
silent .at prayer meetings. It eo hap-
pened after awhile, however, that a
steamship plying to that port foundered
at sea, and, upon it, were several Of the
most wicked men of those over whom
the soul of the orator hacl so yearned.
It was on his way to service oue Wed-
nesday night that Mr. Quatty first heard
of it, no one at meeting knowi ig as yet,
beside himself, of the dif Mr.
Quatty occupied, as he a1k. lid, a
back seat, and, to the ialugn,•en, at
first, of all present, but to the astonish-
ment of no one there quite asinuch as of
Mr. Quatty himself, the warm-hearted
man suddenly arose and said
"Let us pray !"
But a very different person Mr. Quatty
was when his audience wa,S' his Maker
instead. Therie was no attempt at ora-
tory now. His prayer was for the aban-
doned associates, still surviving, of the
dringned men. So simple, sincerely im-
1 portunate, and thoroughly sensible were
his supplications, that every heart was
melted. For, years people had agreed
that there was not quite so contistent
end. useful a Christian in the town as
Mr. Quatty, and from that moment not
even Commodore Grandheur objected to
his leading in prayer. His prayers were
not without acceptance, too, with the
object of ell prayer, if we may judge by
the marked results. As to oratory, how-
ever, Mr. Quatty's great speech was also
his last. 1
NAtIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. — An
Englishman was accosted thus: "What
you take to stand all night in the tower
of St. Paul's." "A beef steak and a
pint -of beer, was thelfrank reply. The
next one thus accosted was a Scotsman.
Says Sandy, "What'll ye gie ?" Lastly
came along -Patrick, and. when -asked
what he would take to -stand all night in
the tower of St. Paul's, he wittily ans-
wered, "An sure an I'd be Apt to take a
bad cold."
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REAL HAIR SWITCBES, only $1 50 each,
EICARFSAND CLO8rDS, Endless Variety,.
LADIES VCR SETTS; Very cheap,
CHILD N'S FUR 'SETTS, Vetynice,
SHAWLS' AND YANTLES, Very Stylish,
KID MITTS and 0FOVES, very eomfortable,
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CLOTH AND FTIR CAPS, Fall Stock,
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, cheaper than ever,
TWEED SUITS, Bos' and Men's,
GLOVES. ClothaKid and. Buck,
BLANKETS; $1 50 to $2 50,
TAFESTRY CARPETS, at wholesale prices.!
WINCEYS, at usual figures;
feREY COTTONS, 5e, 80 and .10c Per yard.
WOOL HOSIERY all colors.
Suitable Goods for Christmas and New Years -Gifts at our Popular Prices.
R. P. ROGERS, Seaford'.
PAMERON & IfeFIDDEN, 13arristers aad
4-1 Solicitors in Chancery, Goderich. .348
N. C. CAMERON. W. M. MCFADDEN.
WILLIAM SMALL, Conveyancer and Commie-
sioner in B. R., Wroxeter. Auctioneer and
Appraiser. Accounts and notes collected on
reasonable terms. 866
14 L. DOYLE, Banister, Attorney, Solicitor in
-1-"• Chancery, &c., Goderich and Seaforth. Of-
fice, over Jordan's Drug Store, Goderich, and
Kidd's Store, Seaforth. 854
QUIER & 3IcCOLL, Barristers, Attorneys -at
Laic, Solicitors in Chaticery, Notaries Public,
Goderich and Brussels. W. R.,Setileen, God-
eriche A. J. lefeConn, Brussels. 415
miLCOMSON & WATSON, Barristers, Attor-
neys, Solicitors in Chancery, &c., Clipton,
Ont. Office—First door east of the new Royal
Canadian Bank building. Money to loan on lam
property.
MALCOMSON. 404 G. A- WATSON
VfeCAUGHEI & HOLMESTED, Barristers, At•
terneya at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and
Insolvency, Notaries Public and Conveyancers
Solicitors foi tho R. O. Bank, Seaforth. Agents for
the Canada :e.ife Assurance Company,
N,13.—$80,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Fenno
Hodges and Lots for sale. 53
reENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorneys
-8-1 at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency,
Conveyancers, Notaries- Public, etc. Officcs---;ftet-
fort/a seed Brussels. $23,000 of Private Funds to
invest at onceant Eight percent. Interest, payible
yearly. 53
JAS. H. BENSON. H. W. 0. MEYER..
The above fain bas thie day been dissolved by
mutual consent. All accounts due the finn to
be paid to Mr. Benson who will pay all liabil-
ities.
jAMES H. BENSON-.
Nov. 27, 1876. H. W. C. MEYER.
MEDICAL.
T G. SCOTT, M. D. &c., Physician, Surgeon and
" • Accoucheur, Seaforth, Ont. Office and resi-
dence south side of Groderich Street, first door
east of Presbyterian Church. 342
TT -La VERCOE, M. D., C. M., Physician, 8ur-
4-1- • geon, etc., Coronerfor the County of Huron
Office and Reeidence, corner of Market and High
streets, next to the Planing Mill.
TARS. CAMPBELL & BURGESS, Physipians,
-L-' Surgeons, and Acconchenrs. OFFICE -rain
Street, Seafoith, near the Station. JOHN ANP-
PELL, M. D., Coroner for Huron ; JOHN A.1)313R-
GESS) M. D. ' 424
t
3- B. PHELAN, M. D'
. C. M. (late of the firm
" • of Shaver & Phelan, Stratford) Graduate of
McGill University, Physician, Surgeon and Ac-
octschear, Seaforth, Ontano. -Office—Rooms in
Meyer's Block, formerly occupied by the late Dr
King. Residence—Commercial Hotel. Will at-
tend at Carronbrook on Tuesdays andFridays. 893
nMcNAUGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Gradu-
ate of Ontario Veterinary College Seaforth,
Ont. Offiee and Residence in rear of College,
&
Ryan's. Cells prompt13 attended to, night or
day. A. stock of veterinary medicines on hand
Charges reasonable. Horses examined as to sound
, -
nese and certificates given if required. 40T
_T1A3IES W. ELDER, V. S., Gra,duate of th
"1 Ontario Veterinary College. After devotin
two years to practice with Professor Smith, o
Toronto, has settled in Seaforth. Office at his
residence_east of W. M. Church. Calls promptly
attended to by day or night. A large stock of
Veterinary Medicines constanatly on hand. Horses
examined as to soundness and certificates given
Horses. bought and sold on commission. 424
T G. BULL, L. D. S., Surge()
tY • Dentist,&c.,Seaforth, Ontario
Plate work, latest styles, neatly
executed. All surgical operations
performedwith care and promptitude. Feesas low
as can be obtained elsewhere. Office hours from
8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Rooms over Mri A. G. !Ie -
Bengali's Store. Main -at. In. the absence of Mr
Derbyshire the office will be open on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday of each week. 270
elUMATISM CURED 'WITHIN TWELVh
• 11-1' HOURS —Bruntoa's Rheumatic Absorbent
tvill relieve acute pain in 4 kours, and all pain
within 12 hours, it is certain and permanent
Brunton's Digestive Fluid—Nearly all diseases
arise from the stomach, occasioned by ,free acid
TheDigestive Fluid neutralises the acid, conse-
quently it must cure Dyspepsia, Erysipelas,and
all Blood Poisonings, the effect is immediate
Sold by Drnggiets. Price 50e. Sole Wholesale
Agents, Kerry, Watson & Co., Montreal, or ad -
dives W. Y. BRUNTON, London, Ont. 462-2$
1111tee141. LA NE01113.
1\TOTICE.—All those indebted to Dr. YE RCOE,
Seaforth, are requested to pay theie accounts
immediately. 469
T P. BRINE, Licenced Auctioneer for the
‘J • Cotmty of Huron. Sales attended in all
parts of the County. All orders left at the EX..
POSITOR Office will be promptly attended to.
0.111.1) OF THANK9.—The understned, in
Chieelhuret, desires to thank his 'limner -
out: friends and patrons for their liberal patroniee
during the four years he has been doing business in
Chkielhurst, and he hopes they will continue to as
literally support -his successor, Mr. - McTeggart.
WILLIAM MOORE. 472x4
TIIE SEAFORTH DRAY AND
STAGE BUSINESS,
To The People of Seaforth.
,
TOON CAMPBELL begs to retarnthanks to the
3ferchants and Business men of Seaforth for
the liberal patronage awarded him since he assum-
ed control of the Draying B 'minces of Seaforth.
He would also state that he is now better prepar-
ed than ever to attend to the wants of his custom-
ers having placed another team in the service.
Goods by rail delivered promptly. House Furnit-
ure removed carefully and on reasonable terms.
Gardens plowed, and all other ch&es in this line
attended to on the shortest notice. Promptitude,
Civility, and moSlerate charges are the cardinal
principles which he observes in his business.
To the Traveling Public.
The old Royal Mail Stage still alive and flour-
ishing. bleartias requiring to travel between Sea-
foeth and Brussels will find the MAIL STAGE the
safest and most comfortable. The drivers are
careful and sober, the horse e fast and reliable and
the coaches warm and comfortable. JOHN CAMP-
BELL, Proprietor. 441
CUTTERS, CUTTERS,
SLEIGHS, SLEIGHS.
WILLIAM EDGAR, KIPPEAT,
WOULD take this opportunity once more of
thanking hits numerous customers for the
very liberal patronage they have favored him witk
while carryiug on business in this place, and
would at the same time intimate to them and the
pnblic in general that he has now on hand, and is
still manufacturing, Cutters, Cartland's Juniper,
Nee Bobs, Bench Bebe, and Long Sleighs. Per -
eons wanting anything for the winter should send
their orders \ in and not wait till snow COMM
Orders are coming in rapidly. First Come, First
Served. No pains will be spared to execute week
equal to any in the Dominion, as his long experi-
ence in the business enables him to fully under-
stand the requirements of his customers; and he e
hopes, bystrict attention to business, to give
entire eatiefaction to all those who may favor
him with their patronage. Nothing but well
, seasoned timber used, and first•class workmen
emplayed. All orders executed on the shortest
notice. ' Repairing in all its branches promptly
attended to. Good work, small profits and quick
returns commands a read y> business. seereember
the stand, two doors north of Shaffer's Hotel.
WILLIAM El ;GAR, Kippen.
BLACKSMITHING AND HORSE.
SHOEING IN ALL ITS BRA/WTI-RS.
you want good blacksrnithing go to T.. MEL-
LIS''Kippen ; if you want good horse shoeing
goo T.MELLIS3'; if you want your lame and
Heaping horses cured go to T. MELLIS, Kippen.
T, •MELLIsS weuld take this opportunity of
thanking his many customers for the liberal
Patronage that they have favored him with in the
past, aiad that he is now ia a better positioa than
ever to satisfy the wants of his custotraers and all
those who may make it convenient to give hire a
' call. His work is well known, and the excellent
reputation which his work has gained by the pub -
Ale at large glees him every confidence that his
Work is second to none in the County. GiVe him
a Wad. Bre shoeing in its various Islamises
strictly attended to -1,-000 home made shoed on
band—no patent shoes td defraud the public used.
Aacallsolieiteel from all. Come and see Iiira—'on
will find, him in the same piece, if you don't
know I will tell you Main Street, ICippen, two
doors north of Shaffer's Hotel.
465 THOMAS dilEMIS.
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Young people
deal of amusein
the tis.na for
absurd to judgt; i
but the Process
the *les are as
if the palm o
the lingers 'well
but rather hard
to be ingenious,
to theft and. vi
If the hand
well knit in th
Iife -'but if eve
notes short life.'
Observe the 1
little one. If tl
jeint of the thit
rule in his:how
pleasing andol
, be short, and.
he will have a
boss.
Broad nails s
--fill and fearful,
Narrow naili
inclined to mis
his neighbors.
Long nails s
natured, but
conciliation rat
Obliiine nail
courage.
. Little roma
auger, and hat
If they are c
they show prid
Round nails
yet *eonrecon
secret science.
Fleshy nails
mild in tempe
Pale or blac
be very iieceitf
ject to many
Red and ma
and inertial n
marks as Vier
desires.
The testa
A. good idea
verted in Ray
mentioned at
, Meeting. Af
about with hi
had formerly
found the Tea
of the two.
to all who ear
reasons :
1. If a man
hand on bis -w
- his opponent
less trouble
. life, whereas,
ment, both 11.*
his opponent
of it.
2. If his eh
al
may very I
some one else
find his Test
with it, but h
may do them
3. A pistol.
and needs, ir
powder and b
of loading it
very cheap,
to fire oft at
are never ex
4. A pistol
sible from bei
lamp to the
both.
In these a
• Testament h
periority to
the choice of
conipa.mon.
never witho
of their corm
its =mum.
Reader'w
the teacher
- band of your
of your will
his pocket o
Ment ?—...V.
Q,
Strangers
ladies seem
carrying soh
walking ten
Froin street
at least one
chains hang;
ket. But i
Woodwardi
• were half a
- gentleman.
up to do a u
watch, he IA
heavily, an
"Ought
ago. Wilt y
The lady
but she b
again, and.
my_eni
"You h
asked of th
"y -yes,
looki
Does y
asked of th
aigege
though she
pinned to I
"What
smilingly a.
"It's a
answered,
The fifth
one, too. •
much distil
"Tenn
The gen
bit their
shook'the
oat.° on
--Detroit
Oare of
The Gi
ago called
lady who
brim and
centre.
plan will,
nor ought
along bett
tended. ex'
hag tea.che
always fA
too little
that there
It is altnt
pot wheu
Saucers ni
window
carpets I
must not
saucers.
the pot,
skitgitg
enerany