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THE
URON E.XPOITOR.
MY FRIEND THE TRAMP, - wake and weary,
intane miles to g
Of course I to
• There.was evi
from my friend t
his .countenance
the limitecrexte
I had been sauntering oyer the clover
dowos of a certain noted New England
seaport. it was a Sabbath- meriting, so
singri arty reposeful and gracious -so re-
plete with the significance of the seventh served that the
day of rest that even the Sabbath bells -
only a flower b
ringing a mile, away overtbe salt marshes
doubtless before
had little that was monitory, mandatory,
extent of his cat acity in diggene, he had
or even supplicatory in their drowsy
probably expect that kind of wonnande
voiceie • Rather they seemed to call from I daresay I disc infitted him by pointing
st levelled stone !wall,
g, with the remark that
e the rebuilding of that
stone brought from the
es. In a few moments
ably provided for in the
he cook, a woman of his
parently "chaffed" him
leep is better than prayer.
tnd thim as walks siv-
the hint.
entlyeao work to be had
e.tramp that dee., Yet
brightened as he saw
Lt of my domaimand ob-
garden, so Called was
cl 2,5x10. As he had
this been utilized to the
their
Mue
sleep
cloudy towers, like some renegade .
him to an alna
in • " Sleep is better than prayer;
about 20 -feet lo
Sinn
i- 0 eons of the Puritans, ! Slu-
his work would
ber sill, 0 deacons and -vestrymen. Let,
stone wall with
0 let those feet that are swift to wicked-
hbslo
ness
that
curt up before thee ; those palms orhig
he was conifer
re aching for the shekels et the un -
kitchen, where
, lie clasped beneath thy pillow.
own couatry, e
with a raillery hat veaa to me quite un-
Aod, indeed,though it was high morn- intelligible. Y t I noticed that when,at
ing, leep was still in the air. Wrought sunset, he accempanied Bridget to the
nponI at last by the corabiteed influences spring for water!, -oetentatiously flourish -
of t e sea, and sky, and atmosphere, I jug the erapt '' bucket in his hand,
suce tabed and lay down on one of the •when they yet irned in, the gloaming
boulders of a little stoney slope that gave Bridget was ear ying the water, and. my
upon the sea. The great Atlantic lay frienii, the Trantp,was soine'paces behind
before me, not yet -quite awake,but slow- her cheerfetlly ' celloguing" and. picking
ly heaving with the rythmieal respiration blackberries.
. of sleuthed There was no sail visible in At 7 the next morning he started in
the misty horizon. There was nothing cheerfully to wprk. At 9 A. M. he had
to do but to lie and stare at the unwiuk- placed three liege stones on the first
li17g ether. •course , in posi -
Soddenly I became aware of the strong spat in lookin
d. fura s of tobacco. ' Turning my head I and in the inoid
saw a pale, blue smoke curling up from get. At 10 o'
behind an adjacent bouldert Rising and
climbing over the intervenmg granite, I
came upon a little Whew in which,' com-
dirt bly extended on th d mosses and Keh-
1
ens, lay a powerfully built man., He was conversation.
very ragged; he Was very dirty.; there berries, Captai
was a strong suggestion about him of his children were
havi g too much hair, too much nail, too from the mea
num perspiration; I too much of those stop the sugges
supeefluons excrescencee and. exudations "Ah, but Calk
that society and civifiz ttion strive to keep . randerite and
•his work. .4
caused hire to
discontinue hi
against the fe
und r. But it was noticeable that be
had uot much of anything cite: It was
the Urainp.
,
ith that swift severity with which
we alwa.ys visit rebuke upon the person
who happens to present any one of our
vices offensively before usein his own per
-
aerie I was deeply indignant at his lazi-
ness Perhaps I showed it in my man-
netfor lie rose to a half sitting attitude,
ran ned my stare apelogetically, and
then{made a movement toward knock-
ing the fire from his pipe against the
granite. '
"Shure, sar, and if I'd. belayed that I
wee trispassin on yer honor's grounds it's
meg If that would have laid down on the
say Imre and taken the salt waves for
me lankets. But it's siventane miles
I've walked this tiles' sed noight, with
not iug to sustain me, ancl having a mor-
tal iakenessto fighth widin me bowls by
,
rads n of starvation, and only a bit of
• 'bac4iy that -the widdy Maloney give me
at the cross roads. to kape me up entou•-
.' ly. 1 But it was the clerk day I left me
ho e in Milwaukee to walk to Boston,
and yell oblige alone -man who has left
e and six children in Milwaukee,
a lone of twenty-five cents, furninst
ime he gits wurrek, Gocl'll be good
instantly flashed through my mind
the man before me had the previous
t partaken Of the kitchen hospital -
)f my little cottage, two miles away.
lie presented himself in the guise of
istressecl fisherman, Mulcted of his
es by ah inhuman captain; that he
it wife lying sick of consumption in
ext village, and two children, one
a w
wid
the
to
I
tha
nig
ity
- Th
a
wa
had
the
of t em a cripple,wandering in the streete
of I3oston. I remember that this tre-
mendousi indietmeht splint Fortune
touched the family, and the distressed,
fisherman was provided -with, elothes,,
food, and some Small change. •The food
_and., small change had -disappeared, but
the garments for the consumptive wife
r,
, wh re were hey?tHe had been :using
ri
for a pillow. e .
instantly pointed seat this fact, and
ged him with the deception. To my
rise lie took it quietly and even -a lit-
onaplacently., •• • ,, -
Bedad, yer roight; ye see, sir (con-
fide tly), ye see, sir, until. I get wor-ruk,
andit's worruck I'm kokin for, I have
to dsave now and thin todhute the lo-
cali y. Ah, God; save us, but on the
say coast they're that hard upon thim
tha don't belong to the say."
r ventured to suggest that a. strong,
he thy man like him might have found
Work sonaewhere between Milwaukee and
the
cha
sue
•
tle
on.
' but you see, 1 got a free passage
freight train, 'and didn't elitop.
as in the aist I expected to find wor-
rak " •
e
" Have you any trade ?"
'Trade, is it? I'm a brickmaker, God
kno s, and, many's the lift I've hid. at
ma In' bricks in Milwaukee. - Sure, I've
as
yer
abo
was
tba
• fine
nin
enc
eou ¬ help admiring the assumption
of t e scamp, who knew this fact as well
as yself.
t I said: "1 can give you work for
y or two," and bidding him gather
his sick wife's apparel led the way
as the downs to my cottage.
first I think th e offer took him by
rise. and gave him some consterma
, but he presently recovered his spir-
wad. almost instantly his speech.
wor-ruk, is it? God be praised;
meself that's ready and willitig.
ugh maybe me hand is spoiled wid
kmakin.
assured him that the work I would
hdni would require no delicate man -
alien, and so we fared on over the
ale py downs. But I could not help no-
ips but the
hedges -it's m
thim. Shure i
boys they are,
ing me to go wi
only to *resell.
that he trium
of vagabonds o
ed the Women
--and my frie
way. He dep
at 4 P, M. wit
filled. • On int
peered that th
but on cross ex
they had picke
• 6, three More
arduous labor
As I stood looking at the first course of
friend, the Tram p, stretch -
inns out to their' fullest
4 : "Ah, but it's wurtruk
me; give me wur-ruk, and
sking fur."
suggest that he had not
yet acconiplis ed. much.
Wait tilt to-morror. Ale but ye'll
see thin. It's me hand that's yet onaisy
ing and sthrange ,to the
e'll wait till to-morror."
ly I did not wait. An mi-
me away at an early hour
e up to my cottage at noon
reeted with the astonish -
my two lone; hard at
work la,ying th eoursea of the stone wall,
assisted by B
dragging iiton
comfortably
wall, lay my
overseeing the
• humorous coin
foolishly indig
me to my sen
"Shure, sir
the habits 'ay
they niver know,•be the same token,
. what it is to w
their lips. SL
think its play
beyant in the
n, an hour having been
for.a picidand hainuter,
ock I went to ov rlook
nt "chaffing" wiBrid-
as a rash action;, as it
respectfully doff his hat,
labors,. and lean back
ce in cheerful and easy
"Are ye fond of black-
?" I told him. that the
the habit of getting them
ow beyond- hoping to
ion I knew was toping.
it',s meself that with
avin' nothin' to pass me
ernes I'd pick from the,
self knows where to find
yer childer, and foine
aptaire that are besach-
em to the place knownst
' It is unnecessary to say
tiled. After the manner
all degrees he had enlist -
and children on his aide
d, the Tramp,had his own
rted at -11 and. returned
a tin dinner pail half
erogating the boys it ap-
p had had "a bully time,"
minatien it came out that
the bellies. From 4 to
tones were laid and , the
of the day were over.
six stones, my
ed his strong
extent, and ad
that's good for
it's all I'll be
• I ventured t
wid brick -m
sthoned Av
_ Unfortunat
gagement took
and when I roc
my oyes were
dug spectaele
dget and Norah,who were
from the hillsides, while
rotcned on the top of the
Timid, the Tramp, quietly
• operations with lazy and
ent. For an instant 1 -was
a,nt, but he soon brought
s. .1.
it's oily laritin' the boys
raluathry I was -and may
barn, 'where he had elept, a
vor of whitie onions
But in two d•aWs this had
termed my h bitation)knew
"shebang," (Er my friends
Yet it was pleasant fe thin
ing at last fonnd jet, at b
or having returned to his f
Waukee, or making his Lo
once more happy with his
again tempting the fish pr
--this time with a .nilble a
captain.
It was a lovely August ir
I rode across the sandy pen
it a certain noted family, w
sons were tenant and the
beautlful. The front of the h
ur-ruk for the bread betuue
tire it's but makin' thim
I was. As for the colleens'
kitchen, sure isn't it bet-
ther they was helping yer honor out
here than colt
side ?"
Nevertheles
to forbid hene
servants or
"wor-uk."
this embargo
the Tramp w
-
lingering fla-
d fluffiness.
one and the
irreverently
m no more.
of him hav,
icki making
miry at Mil-
isiana home
p+ence, or
ducin,g main
d• -,equitable
orning when
•nsu a. to vis -
ere f all the
aughters
use was
deserted,but en the rear verand h I heard
1
,the rustle of l gowns, and abov it rose
What seemed to be the voice -o Ulyses,
reciting his wanderings. There was no
mistaking that voice --it w lir friend,
the Tramp. '
From what I could hastil gather from
his tipeecl.i,h9.had walked f pm- St. John,
N. B., to rejein a distressed wif4 in New
York, who was, however, living with op-
ulent but obiectionable relatives,
I "An' sure, Miss, I wmildn'tlbe askin'
ye the fone of a ciut if I Odd get wor-
ruk at me thrade of carpet WS/rail—and
I
may be ye know§ of some manufactory
, where they wave carpets .beyant here.
'Ah, Miss and. if ye don't give me a cint,
it's enough for the loikes of me to know
'that me ttoubles has brought the tears
in the most beautiful oiyes in the world,
God bless ye for it, Miss!"
w
Now I.kn w that the Most Beautiful
Eyes in the orld, belonged to one of
the most sympathetic and tenderettthearte
in'the worldeand I felt that COMMOD jus-
tice demanded my interference between
it and one et the biggest ecaps in the
world. So without waiting to be an-
nounced by the Bervant, I opened the
door, and jeiued the pewee on the ver- .
andal. •! , ,
If I expected to touch the conscience
of my friend, the Tramp, by a dramatic,
entrance I felled utterly ! For no sootier
did he see we than'i he instantly gave
vent to a hoel of delight, ind falling on
ed !my hand
he ladies.
hin!tself that
me; charack-
hat; lifted me
e ling with
ay coast and
but it's him-
self that shapported. me over tie faldee,
and whin the chills and fever came on
me and I shivered wid the old it was
himself, God bless him, as sthripped the
coat aff his back and giv it me, saying
'Take it Dinnis, it's sthairved wid. the
cowld say air, ye'll be entoiely!' Ah, but
loOk at him; will ye Miss! i Look at his
swate mod* face -a blurint like yer
own, Miss. 1 Ah ! look a him will ye?
He'll be ae?yin' of it in it minit-may
the blessing uv God, folio*. him. Look
at him,- Mise ! Ah, but it's a swate pair
ye'd make !-(the reseal know I wa,s a
married. in.en.) Ab, Miss, if you could
see him wroightin' day a d night with
such an iliigant • hand of
had etidently believed fro
"And it's s
be began, "b
stun that's •
brickrnakin',
lave ye a-nd
- guing with theutselves in-
, I thought it expedient
forth any interruption of
hildren with my friend's
rhaps it was the result of
hat the next morning early
itted to see me.
dry I am to say to ye, sur,
t it's the handling of this
sthroyin' me touch at the
and it's betthet I should
find *worduk aft me own
thread For it's wer-ruk I'm nadin'.
it isn't meselt, Captain to ait the bread
of °idleness h re. And- so good bye to
ye, and it fif y cints ye can be givin' me
ontil I find a kitn-it is God that'll re-
f,
pay ye.
He got the money. But he got also
conditionally note from me to my next
neighbor a ealthy retired physician,
ilarge domain -a man em-
it and business like in his
T it. He ernployed many.
Sterile 'waste he called. his
curred to me that if there
work , in , my friend, the
my own indolence and,pre-
d. failed to bring out, he
o d4 it.' .
week after. it was with
ailment that I enquired af-
the Tramp.
possessed of
sy a hand at it as any man. Maybe inently nracti
honor might know of a kiln here- management
it ?"• laborers on th
ow, to my certain knowledge, there fame, and it o
not -a brick kiln within 50 miles of was really an
spot, and of ail unlikely places to. Tramp,which
one, would have been this sandype- occupation h
ula, Liven up to the euramee resid- was the Man
s of a few wealthy people. Yet I
I met him a firmly waiv ng all at on any topic
some embarra frequently distrusting my facts, general -
ter my friend ly my deductions, and always my ideas.
he said tellectively, "let's
on Monday and left rae
e was, I think, a sioilt,
welloneaning, good , hu -
but afflicted with a most
y of diseases. -The first
his knees before me, gras
,and turned oratorically to
but, it's himself
has. come as a witness to
ter ! Oh, bet it' himself
four weeks goo, when w
ita mortal wall%ness on he
Wit, me to his house. Oh,
his own- (he
the gossip of
my servants that I was a professor of
chiroeeraphy)-if you could see, him Miss,
as I heve, ye'd be proud of hind"
He stopped out of breath. I was so
completely :astounded I could say noth-
ing; the tteme does indictraent I had.
framed to utter s I opened the door van-
ished completely. And as the Most Beau-
tiful Eyes in the Wur-ruld turned grate-
fully to rnitie-well- i , •
I still retained enough principle to ask
the ladies to withdraw while I would
take upon myself the duty of examining
jute the case of lily friend the trammand
giving him each relief as twee required.
(I did not know until ifteeward,however
that the rtscab had already despoiled
their scant purses of $I 50.) When the
door was closed pen them I turned upon
him. I
i
"You. infernal ,rascal !"
. "Ah, captain,and woul yet be refutin'
me a charaalither, and me givin' ye such
a one as Oi did'? Save mil 1 but if
ye'd seen the luk that the purty one give
ye.- Well, before the chills Land fever
broke me spirits entirely, 1 whin I was a
young man, and raakin' nte tin dollars a
wake brick makird, it's meself that wud
i.
buy given--"• e
"1 consider," I broke in, "that a dollar
is a fair price for your story, and as I
shall have to take it all back and expose
you before the next twenty-four hours
pass. I think you had better hasten to
Milwaukee, New York or Louisiana."
I handed him the dollar.
"Mind, I don't want to see ,your face
again."
"Ye wun't, captain."
1 And I did not.
But it so ohanced that later in the sea-
son, when the migratory inhabitants had
flown to their hot air registers' in Boston
and Providence, -1 breakfasted with one
who had lingered. It was a certain Bos-
ton lawyer -replete with principle, hon-
esty, self discipline, statistics, resthetics,
and a perfect consciousness of possessing
all these virtues and a ful 'recognition of
their mark values. I think he tolerated
me as a kind of .foreigner, gently -but
OPENED pu+ 'THIS WEEK AT
ANOTHER
CROCICMIt-r2"
•
I have now on hand a Large and Well S
- to give satisfaction as rega
EXAMINE hi
Before purchasing eisewhere. I am selling go
LARGE LOT OF
M MORRISON'S,
MT 13 G-1.JAS,SVQ"
looted
Qua
Low,as 75 cents per Setal and a
I
ALSO .ON HAND, A LARC ST
•
Consisting of all th leading lima in Turnips,
Timothy, Black Tame, Hungarian Grass, and
-GOOD ST
_ ad
up
!ler
su
tio
it's
Th
bri
I
giv
tici
g thate although an invalid, I was a
mu h better pedestrian than metcornpan-
loll frequently leaving hini behind, and
th t, even as a "tramp," he was etym.
log cally an impostor. He had. a way of
lut,ering beside the fences we had to
eli b over, as if to continue more confid-
en jelly the history of his misfortunes symptoms of cholera morbus and I had to
an troubles, which he was delivering to keep him up on bratidy and capsicum.
me• et in on the follotving clay
tic ted hien foi work, and
vit
' "Oh, yes,"In conversatiodhe always appeared to
see -he came descend only half way devtii a Jong mor -
Thursday. al and intellectual stairease,and always
strong man, delivered his conclusion over t'ne balus-
rnored fellow, trade. •' •
singular varie "1 had been speaking of my friend,the
day I put ld at work in the -stables he Tramp. i I
developed chi is and fever caught in the "There i but one way of treating that
swamps of Lo isianaL" 1 class of im ostors ; it is simply to recog-
"Excuse - e," I said, hurriedly, "you nize the faat that the law calls him a
mean in Mil
" I know
tuined the d
his whole wre
the Confeder
him by arme
in the bayous
- ," Go on 0
were- speaiie
"Yes, we
malaria; the
up in blanket
The next' day
aukee l'
1 `vagrant,' aid makes 'his trade a inisde-
bat Prer
talking about" re- meatier. Any sentiment on the other
ctor, tejtuly, "he told_ me side renders you particeps-crimin. . I
oiled Beery; his escape from don't know but an act would lie against
te service; the attack upon you for eneourgaging tramps. - Now, I
negroes; his concealment have an efficacious way of dealing with
and sivamps--". • these gentry." He rose and. took a
ctor," feebly,- "you double-barrelledi fowling piece from the
of his Work." • chimney. "When A tramp appears on
, his system 'was full of my property I warnhim off. If he per -
rat dayI had him wrapped • sista I fire on him as I would any brim -
and dosed with quinine. inal trespasser."
he was taken with all the "Fire on him V' I echoed in alert)].
"Yes -but with powder only! Of
course he doesn't know that. But he
doesn't oome back."
It struck me for the first, time that
dbetter give him a nate to possibly meny other of my friend's argu-
f the City Hospital than ments might be only blank cartridges,
. As a pathological study' and. used to frighten off other trespassing
int as was looking for a intellects. •
clueing our homeward walk, and I late
d that he could seldom resist the in -
tion of a mossy boulder or a tussock
of oft grass. •
'Ye see," sir he would say, suddenly
ing dowii. "it's along a,v m Misfor-
es beginning in Milwaukee -'!and. it
not until I was eut of hearing that
he woald languidly gather his traps
agin and. saunter after rite.
hen I reached my own garden gate
he leaned for a in oment over it, with
Ito h of his powerful arms 'extended down-
eva el and said, "Ab, but it's a blessing
th t Sunday cums to give list fur the
sit
tut
wa
,
Rheumatism
and incapaci
concluded I h
the director
keep him her
he was good,
man to help
not afford to
ties."
As 1 never
doctor was in
ped the subje
And so my
ally faded fr.
ever, without
about :the stabl
keep him in bot
I
ould really tell
joke or in earnes
I could "Of course, if the tramp still persist-
capeci- 1 ed, I woul4 be justified ia using shot.
Last evening I had a' visit from one. He
-hen the wa.acoming over the Wall. My shot gun
I drOp- was efficacious you should have seen him
run !"
friend, the Tram, gradu- It was useless to argue With so posi-
in my memory, 4ot,- how- • tive a mind, and I dropped the subjeed
leaving behiud h m in the After breakfast, I_ strolled over the
OK OF 9H
Hams, Bacon, Oatmeal, Pot Barley,
took of Crockery and Glaeswareaand I am prepared
ity and Price. The publici will do well to *
1
OCK AND PRIG
d Tea Sets as Low as $2 50 per set, nice Glass ets as
other Goods in this Line equally low.
CK OF FIELD AND CARDEN .SEDS
I •
Mengel 'Wurtzels, 'Beets, Carrots, &c., Seed Ostia,
Blot. M. Morrisoxl alwkys keeps on hands '
ICE FAMILY GROCEIZ.IES,,
ornmeal, Flour and Feed cheap at Morrison's.
CALL AND ET A FIVE KAI
Only IQ cents p
GOODS DeliTered Free of Chew
M. MOIRRION, MAI
D CADDIE OF GOOD TEA FOR $2.50;
r poend, and first-clase. ,
e. T_E43iS Cash or FotrmiPr duce.
STREET, SEAFORT1-0.
P
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C;ICOIOU U N
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C CO OU TJNN
CCC 000 UUU TsT
For 25c, 40c, 50c, 75a, $1, $1 25, $2, 42 5r.,
Sole Agents in Seaforth and vicinity or Laz
Spectacles. The above can be exchanged an
WA;TIC ES
. . .
full lin• e of Amertoan, En.glish, -resell a
hand. 1 he above goods that are watinnted
faction is not given, provided they ST not d
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MAY, 25 1877.
LICCIAL
CIAMERON & MoFADDEN, Barristers Ana
'et Bolleitors in Chancery, Goderich. 848
0. -CAMERON. W. E. MCFADDEN.
IVITAJAM SMALL, Conveyancer and - Commie.
vl• sioner in B. R., Wroxeter. Auctioneer and
1•Pitaiser. Accounts and notes collector' on
rens nable terms. • 3$13
,
•
L.:DOYLE, Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor in
• Chancery, &c., Goderich and Seaforth. Of -
fide, ovep Jordan's Dtug Store, Goderich, and
Kidirs Sdore, Seaforth. 1354
1VIALCOMSO1 & WATSON, Berristers, Attor.
neys, Solicitors in ,Chancery, &e.,
Ont. Office --First door east of the new Royal
Canadian Bink building. Money to loan on farm
property.
S. MALCOMSON. • 404 G. L WATSON
• IVioCAUGHEY & HOLMF.STED,Barristers,At•
torneys at Lew, Solicitors in Chanccry and
ecs. BPatinbkl,i cs
eaanfodrthC."AvegYennteseflo8r
SoiicitorSlO
N,a3.--430,000 to lend at 8 per trent. Farms
r Nthtarill.
the Canada T•ifeAssuranc,c Company,
Haases and Lots for sale, 53
—803Teprsri, Attorneys-at-r-fauneyd-s-s-at-td--Lioaawn—, aStolaienTot.owvria-r.-aiint-.e-ChmeEiy-nthE-cletery:,
est, and on terms to suit borrowers. Offices-
Goderich and Wingliani.
A.REOW, MEYER & RADENELTIRST, Barra,-
. G.A01111.MCIWey. Meyer, Solicitor Coneolidated 13ank
474
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W. a. ILADENECURST.
_i__Caead_40,01/_Vi_ngham.
1DeENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attornea-s
-la°. at Law,' Solicitors in Chancery and Insolveney,
Oonveyancells, Notaries Public, etc. Offices -Sea.
. forth and Erussels. $23,000 of Private Funds to
- hav-est at once; it Eight per cent]: I. nwt.erce.slit,aryiatb.le
ye 53
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nil day been dissolved by
mutual- con• sent. All accounts due the Pam to
be paid to Mr. Benson who will pay all Habil-
- ities.
3, $7 and $12 per pair. A ease gitien with every pair.'
rus, Morris * mid Louis Black & Co.' celebrated
• time within' three morolas if not soiled or broken.
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A fine assortment of Colored Gold Sets, Bri
Cuff Battelle, Studs, Gem Seal, Guard and W
Keys, Lockets, Peas, &c. None of the above
worn -except when the goods do not turn on
Plated Jewelry, Black Jewelry, Fancy Goods,
• Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of every descri
to give satisfaction. -Work must be paid for
•-3f. R. COUN
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IMPORT NT NOTI6E.
TO GRANGERS F RMERS, AND OTHERS.
AND CLOCKS.
• d Sivise Watches. AMerican and Trench Oocks on
o Customers will'be exehanged within one yen' if satis-
nage(' or bfakea.
ELRY.
i -
ht Gold Sets, Gold 13rooalies, Gold Ear Riagsa Gold
ddin gllings, Gold Guards and Albert Chains, Seals,
oods will beeta•ken back after two weeks -or at all if
as re presented. A Large Stock of Silver Plated Ware,
s &c., Cheap for Clash. '
Won liepaired by first-class worlanen aga warranted
delivery.
ER, Practical Watchmaker Seaforth,
Fou7ay
WILL purchase a Arst-class Sulky ake ; $25 willpurchtise a first-class Land Roller with
‘reP Cast Ends; $22.50 will purehaee a first-class Gang Plow, wrought iron frame; $22.50 will
purchase a first-class Gang Plow, cast iron t lune; $13 will purchase a good General Purpose Plow,
wrought Iron beam ; $10 re ill purchnse a go d Plow, wood beam, all improved steel moulds, $6 will
purchase a good Scaler or Herse Be.
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ALL OTHER IMPLEMENTS IN PR PORTION AT THE BRUSSELS FOUNDRY.
ORDERS BY MAIL ROMPTLY ATTNDE.Jj' TO.
JOBBING of Every Descripti n Done with -NEATNESS owl on the
81101?`,TAST NOTICE, •
WM. T. WILSON & SON,, BRIJSSES.
SEEDS SMMIDS
SEEDS.
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I BEG to draw the attention a tit pubr 0 to my Stock of FIELD AND GARDEN
• SEEDS -An are such as to Isecare to purchasers Seeds that are fresh, pure, and true to
name. Pa 'ties wishing to secure Seeds shot' &go to the 999 where they will get Seeds Ithat are
pure and fresh, and thereby avoid the usual trouble of ersowing. The following lists contain such as
have proved themselves adapted to Our climate : BEETS -White Silisian Sugar, Long Blood, Egypt-
ian Blood, Early BSBFalle. MANGOLDS-Long Red, Red Mammoth, (Carter's,) Red Globe`, Carter's
• Champion. CARROTS -Long Orange, Early Horn, 'White Belgian, White Orthe. SWEDE TIIII
NIPS -Carter's Imperial P. T., Skirv ng's Improved P. T„ King of Swedes P. T. Westbury's Im-
proved P. T., Yellow Aberdeen SP. T.,. Yellow Aberdeen G. T., East Thtbian P. T., Bun Bohn,
Tutton's Champion, Marshall's Improved.
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REMEMBER THE CLEARING SALE OF
a e
GLASSWARE AN CROCKERY AT THE 999.
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Now is the time to bny,your G1 sa.ware and Grockery at the 999 as they will be sold at a
'LI saorifice in order to clear the S ock out. If you want a firet•class rid of China go to the 999
ani you will get, them at makers' prices. ITIFilk Crocka, Paws and Earthenware
of all kinds will b4 sold at makers' prices at the 999. Do not forget to call at the 999 as I am
bound to clear out the -whole Stock of Gleam are and (+rookery. •.
A W. SPARLING, Main 'Street, Seafotth.
OTHE G DE. RION FOUNDRY -
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Second hand 20 Horse Engine, Balance Wheel and Saw Mandrel. $225
Second hand 20 Horse Engine, Balance Wheel -and Eulleys Complete 225
Second hand 16 Horse Engine, Bal nee Wheel, Pulleys and Governors , 275
Second hand 12 'Loge 'Engine, Balauce Wheel, Pulle3s and Governors. 200
250
A. Hoisting or B,oat Engine, with H iating Gear •
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Second hand. 16 Horse Portable Boile , with Smoke Stack , 150
Second hand 16 horse Portable Boile , with 3moke Stack • i 200
Second hand 20 horse Portable Boile , with Smoke Stack 225
Second.hand 80 horse Portal* Tubul r Boilcr, with Smoke Stack, Furnace, Front, Grate Bars,)
Steam Gunge, Guage and'Safety Valves, all in Good. Order ... . ... r .... .......... 450
Second hand Shingle and Heading. Machine
Heading Jointer
Heading Planer '
Heading Tamer •
Stave Machine, with Knife
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40
50
70
80
New Engines, and Boilers on h�id, also Made to Order very cheap. MillMachtttery
• for Flouring, Grist and Sa Mills. Middling Purifies of Improved Kinds.
1,Agricu1tura1 Implements.-StOves of Various Kinds.--Repairsi onBoilers, Mills, &c., promptly
Attended to.
CODERICH fOUNDRY AND MANUFICTURINC COMPANY.
POST OFPIOE 'STORE, WALTON.
• JONCE MORE respectfully beg ;e ve to return thanks to my numerous customers for their kind
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_patronage during the last 12 years that I have been doing business amongst them and kindly
solicit a continuance of their favors for the intnre. I have just received a Large and Well Selected
Stock of DRY GOO DS of all dem. ptions. Also &heals on hand a toll assortrant of
GROCERIES -TEAS a Specialty -which, for quality and price, are the best in the 0onut.
A Large Stook of, BOOTS and S HO ES-MeTherson's male. Crockery, Glassware, Ilampe
and Goal Oil, Hardware, Paints and Oils, Drum Patent Medicines, Bacon and Hams, in fact every-
thing reqaired in a general store. Ask for what you want if you don't see it. Cash or farnt produce
taken in exchange. I would also intimate to all parties indebted to me for last and previons years,
to come and eettle by cash or note before the end of this month, or the accounts will be put into
other hands for collection.o further notice will be given. MONEY TO LOAN ON EASY TERMS.
-I am also valnator lor the?i
ment Society, one of the best loan societies
in the Dominion. The abov Society loans money on good farm seenrity for it term of from three to
twenty years on the most favorable conditions. LUB'E INS17RA.NCE.-If you want your life insured
give me a call, as I am agent for the Sun Mutual Life . Assurance Cotamny, one of the beseLife In-
surance Companies in the Dominion, and conducted on the taost economical principles. Don't for-
get to give me a call. I am always attentive to business. Post Office and Telegraph Office in con-
nection. Clover, Timothy, Turnip and, other 'weds on hand. •
R. PATTISON, WALTON.
STATIONED AGAIN AFTER THE FIOE..
Stoves and Tinware Cheaper Than tv-er...
3A3IES H. BENSON.
Nov. 27, 1876. •EC. W. C. MEYER.
MEDICAL.
T G. SCOTT, M.D. &o.,Physieian, Surgeon sad
" ••AccOuchour, Seaforth, Ont. Office and rest-
denee south side of Godaria.t. Street, first door
east of Presbaterian Church. 342
L. TEROOE, M. D,, C. M., Physician, Sur.
geon'etc., Coronerfor the Coiauty oftlunon
Office and Residence, "corner of Market arid Higb.
street, next to the Plaiaing Mill.
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A. ADAMS, M. D., late of Lakefield, Ont.,
• PhysicianSurgeon and Accoueheur.
Graduate of the Viiiversity of Trinity College,
Toronto. Member of the Royal College of Phy-
sieians and Surgeons, Ont. Kin burreOnt . 485
T B. PITTMAN, M. D., C. M., (late of the firm
" • a Saver & Phelan, Stratford) Graduate of
'McGill TT versity, Physician, Surgeon and Ae-
•ocuchear, Seaforth, °Atari°. Office -Rooms in
Meyer's Block, formerly occupied by the lute Dr
King. Residence-Commereial Hotel. ' Will at-
tend at Carronbrook on Tuesdays andFridays, 393
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McN1UGHT, Veterinary SurgeOn , Gradn-
• ate of Ontario Veterinary College, Seaforth,
Ont. OfIlee and Residence in rear of Hilloran it
Ryan's. Calls promptla attended to, night -or
day. A stock of veterinary medicines en hind
Charges reasonello. Horses examined as to sound-
ness and certificates given if required. 407 _
MRS . E. WHITNE,Y. Seaforth, begs to Laforra her tnany friends and elastomers that she has
again resnmed businesa on the site el her old stand, where eveLything p,ertaining to the Tinware
business will be found. A Large Stock of Stoves and Tinware always on hand and for sale cheap.
• THE BEST AND PIJRESS COAL OIL IN THE MARKET. •,
rvery kind of Tin Work Constantly on hEnd or Mad to Order. Call and see *hat she can do be-
fore purchasing elsewhere. WO. E. WHITNEY, Seaforth.
JAMES W. .ELDER, V. S., Graduate of the
"1 Ontario Veterinary ' College. After devoting
-two years to practice with Professor Smith, of
Toronto, has settled in Seaforth. Office at his
retridence east.of W. M. Ch•arch. Calle promptly
attended to by day or night. A large stock of
Veterinary Medicines constantly on hand. Horses
examioed as to soundness and certificates given:
Horses bought and soldon commission. 424
TT • DERBYSHIRE. L. D. S.,
•a•-•-• Surgeon Dentist, Graduate
Of the *Royal College of Dental
Surgeons of Ontario. Artificial
D ntilsi neatly executed. Allsurgical opera -
Urns performed with care and promptitude,
A. G McDougall's store, Main Street, Seaforth.Ohl hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Rooms 'over
;II$EzEiLANEOUi4.
XP. BRINE, Licenced Auctioneer for the
.
County of Huron. Sales attended in all
parts of the County. All orders left at the Ex',
DOSITOR °ifice will be promptly attended to.
T LECKIE, General Loan and Real Estate
t' • Agent, Grain Produce and Commission
Merchant. Office -IF -8w Buck Block opposite
North Anarniesn /tote), Brussels, Ont. 480
CHARLES
• Winghanl'
F. MILES, Provincial Land Sur- -
•Orders bymail will receive
prompt attention. Branch ofece,Clinton.
io. - 485
ere ea a ei Can't be made by every agentevery month
'11"01JJ in the business we furnish, but those
williig to work can earn a dozen dollars a day
right in their own localities. Have no room to
explain hero. Business pleasant end honorable.
Women, and boys and gide do as well as men.
We will furnish you it complete outfit free. The
business pays better tban anything «fise. We will
bear expense of starting you. Particulars free.
Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their
, semi and daughtere, and all classes in need of
paying work at home should write to us and learn
• all about the work at once. Now is the time.
Dim% delay. Address TRUE & Co., Augusta,
keine. • 482
THE GREAT FEMALE REMFDY.-job Moses •
Periodical Pill -This invaluable medicine is
unfailing in the cure of all those pZnful aid
dangerous Iliseases to which the female constitua
tion is subject. It moderates all excess and re-
moves all oh -tractions, and a speedy cure may be
relied on. To mairiedladies, it is peculisaly suited.
It will, in a short time, bring on the monthly pe -
nod with regularit:. These pills should not be
taken by Females daring the first throe months
et Pregrancy, as they are sure to bring on Mis-
eatriage, but at any other time they are Bale. In
all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections,
pains in the, back and limbs, fatigue on slight ex-
ertion, palpitation of the heart, hysterics, and
whites, these pills will effect a euro when all other
MeSIIS tertre failed; and, aathough it powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony,
or anything hurtful to the constitution. Full
directions in the pamphlet around each package,
which should be carefully preserved. Job Moses,
New 'York, Sole Proprietor. $1 00 and 12i cents
fax postage enclosed to Northrop & Lyman; To-
ronto, ,Ont., general agents 1 or the Dominion,
will inure a -bottle containing over 50 pills by
return mail. Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson &
CO., S. S. Boberts, and R. Lumsden. 197
T1 S. CAMPBELL, Provincial Land Surveyor
-Ai' • and Civil Engineer. Orders by mail prompt-
ly attended to.
479 13. 5. CAMPBELL, Mitchell.
TO THE WORKING CLASS,
E ARE NOW PREPARED to furnish all
biasses with constant emplo•roent at
hem°, the whole of the time or for their spare
Pei's° e of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to
moralitsBaldness new, light and profitable
. .
$5 per evening, and it proportional sum by de-
voting their whole time to the tbusinesa. Boys
and girls earn nearly as raueb as men. That all
who see this notice may send their addrees, and
test the business, wemake this unparalleled offer:
To such as are not well satisfied we will send Sl.
tor pay 1 or k the trouble of writing. Full pattice
Wars, sainplea worth several dollars to commence
work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of
the largest and best Illustrated Publications, all
sent free by mail. Reader, if you want perman-
ent, profitable work, address, GEORGE STIN-
SON & Co., Portland, Maine.
HAIR DRESSING.
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MISS AMANDA , STARK
,wistIpt to inform the Ladies of Seaforth and
f Y. Vicinity that she is prepared to makeup
SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS, &c.,
Iii the Latest rashion from Combings. Prices
Moderate, and all orders punctually attended to.
, Cell Solicited. Besidence-Gederich Street,
Seaforth: • 467*19
• R. N. BRETT,"
• I:MAYO/1TH,
*lalledde and Retail Dea.:er in LEATHER and
SHOE FINDINGS of Every Description.
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rioderateA Trial
L: Solicited. All orders. by mail
Norte but the Very Best Stock kept. Terras
or otherwise proreptly filled.
490 ' B. N. BRETT.
MAY 25 1877
downs, my friend prothisedto j.
°soon as be arranged househ
nem. ,
It was a lovely, peaceful mo
unlike the day when Ifirst
friend, the Tramp. The hus
great Benedict lay on land and
few white sails twinkled afar,bi
-one or two large ships were e
lazily -like my friend, the T
voice behind me startled me.
My host had rejoined. me.
however, looked a little trouble,
• " I just now learned som
importance," he began, "it ap
with all my precautions that T
visited my kitchen and the eery
entertained him. Yesterday i
that while 1 was absent, he
audacity to borrow my gun to
shooting. At the end of two,
hours he eeturned with two du
the gun. •-
"That was, at least, honest.'
"Yes -but 1 That fool of a
that, as he handed back the
told her that it was all right, -
he had loaded it up again to say
ter trouble."
I think I showed my eorice
face, for he added hastily, "It
duck shot -a few wouldiahur
Nevertheless, we both Welke
silence for a moment.
• "I thought the gun kicked.
he said at last, mudingly ; but
of -Hallo what's this?"
He haA etopped before tie
where I had first seen my Tr
was deserted, but on the MIA
were spots of blood, and fregnA
old gown, blood-stained, as if
bandages. I looked at it closer
the gown intended for the tem.
wife of my friend. the Tramp.
But nay host was already
tracking the blood stains that
moss, and boulder, were steadi
towards the sea. When 1 ovet
at last on the shore, he. was sU
fore a fiat rock, -on which lay a
recognized; tied up in a hara
and a crooked, grapevine stick.,
44 He may have come here te
wounds -salt is a syptic," zaid
who had recovered his eorrect
of etatement.
I said nothing, but looked ti
sea. Whatever secret lay I
breast, it kept it fast. .),V1
calm eyes had seen that sumni
it gave no reflection noW. it
passive, imperturbable and
But my friend, the Tramp, wa
Bret Barte, in the Yew Yorh
An Anecdote of Gen. .1
When General Jackson- wa
date for the presidency in 182'
did the party °pondto him I
for his public acts, which if n
tional or violent were a teed
ject of reprobation, but the
the charaeter ef hes wife. On
sion a newspaper published in]
was laid upon the General's t
glanced. over it, and his -eye fel
article in which the characte
Jackson was most violently 28
soon as he read it he sent for
. old servant Dunwoodie.
" Saddle my horse," said. h.el
a whisper, " and _put iny JeC
hitid' Mrs. Jackson watche
though she heard not a
thought she ea* miechief in
The General went out aftertat
utes, when she took up the pa
derstood everything. She ran
south gate of the yard of the -
by which the General evotA
pass. She had not been there
a few seconds before the Geller
with the countenance of a madt
Owed hereelf before his horse]
t-
"0,00 General, don't go to 31:,
Let that poor editor live. Led
editor live." "Let me alone
plied " how came you to le
ani going for ?" She answere
it all in this paper after yea t
put up your horse and go back
plied furiously, "But I will gj
- of my way 1' Instead of doid
• grasped his bridle with both h
cried. to her, "I say, let_go my
leave hie heart's blood -the vi
reviles my wife shall not heed
She graved the reins but t
and began to expostulate with
ing that she was the one that
' be angry; but that she forgavt
enters from the bottom of her;
Prayed for them -that he shot
if he hoped, tobefoi given.
her reasonine'her entreaties
-she so worked upon her hus
seemed -mollified to a certain
wound up by saying, "No, G
shall not take the life of even
-you dare not de t. for it
'Vengeance ie mipe, I will
the Lord P"
The iron -nerved. 'hero ga.-
fore the earnest pleading of
wife, and repl-ied: "I yield t
had it not been for 3011, anal
of the Almighty, the wretch
have lived. an hour."
The Fate of Wedding
There are at least six perse
More, in New York eity, wee
pnrchase of superfluous we
ente, three of _whom deal e
a certain line of articles,.
dealers, interviewed by A,
ries OR busieess in the Bower
't
eratide bufiiness is in the p
eale of wedding presents,
how be conducted the Iasi
'of unredeemed p,Iedges, but
his sea.,1:arge store, ostensibly'
"You see, when a yie
belenging to good families
ried their friends alt i
present', and in
out of ten the young folks
selves in pos8eaei0if of certa
houeehold stuff enough to
generations.' The young wi
covers that she has a net of
tennosttifi,goraydpi-i.il tolnieino
ln
no ea) y married couple living
tone; venue. where the youn•
a beautiful girl she was-hai
glasses. Of course, she did
so I bought five of them.
them left {showing a email b
pearl mounted opera glass).
-and ehina are other things
married people generally 6.n.
too much of, hut I ilen't do
that way,. There are ether
rik" eestsw
sl„ ho deel in that and
I confine myself to jewelle
• -047,"But
tbwohwea"do?371 knew
" That's simple enough,
marriages are _all publishe
perse and where it IS a wed