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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-12-21, Page 22 HE HURQN EXPOSITOR. MY FIRST FOOTIN'. - was the night of Hogmanay, in the hin'istost year of my lease. Wearied all as, threshing in the barn, that there - he fodder for the cattle which the severe winter weather haa ca,used me to gather in and house till a them should eozte, I sat by the big kitchen flee, smoking my pipe aria gazing into the red. °Dais, which oat a lurid glow on the hearthstone and the old. wooden ratters above. Bachelor that I was, I was even that night without the cam - pray of a single one of my servarits, who were all: absent at a plowman's wedding, which was being celebrated ju true country style in the barn of a •ighbormg farm, about two , miles off. Though it was a lonely Way Of spending my Hogmanay, I wee happy in the com- pany of my pipe, for With a. new laird— most faeltle character of DM, e. new fac- tor—I was not a, little afraid that Martinmas term would. be ray lest rent- , and my last day in. the old house in hide I had spent eighteen long years. Much had I to think of days gone past. Peering into the hurtling coals 1 saw the advertisement announc- ing that Gienallochaa was to let, I saw the good old factor, whom. I had out- lived, standing at the door of his house as 1 went to make the necessary inquir- ies with the view to offering, and. laugh- ed as I thought of the difficulties I en - countered. in finding ray, -way about the different outhouses when I came to eX.- amine the steading. Now I know every rat -hole and nook and cranny in the old place. No wonder, then, I had much. to think of—what farmer has not who has lilted out nineteen yea,rs of a se, with the probability of finding himself turned away, and estranged from every object -with whichhe is fa- miliar? Awakened from my reveries, and sud- denly made alive to the fact that I had been sneaking by the giving -out of my pipe, whicle commenced to suck too freely, I lighted the gable -lantern, or "booat," and :trampling on my heavy boots without tightening the laces, I - unbolted the door, only to draw back involuntarily, for a snow -storm had set in, and the cold drift on ray face made me rauffte myself up closer; As I work- ed my way along the wall to the stable door I eould feel by my feet that there were Dearly a couple of inches on the ground. On this ray footsteps fell so quietly that the big watch -dog, who had coiled himself like a worm under the warm chaff shakings and other straw refuse whieh had been gathered from behind the mill that afternoon, never spoke to my presence till I called him by 11/0Xte Finding the stable - warm and the horses comfortable, atter *stuffing up a blank ...window -pane to keep out the Wag; I wsited the cattle, and soon made my wa.y beak to my fireside. The big hand of the clock had worked round till it stood midway between_ eleven and. twelve. It was the last hell hour of the year, and. the last, I again gloomily thought, of my liM in Glenallochan. Lifting the kettle from the hob on to the fire, I got out the cad Week bottle, determined to, see the year oat comfortably, and soon, - with mem- ories of Auld Lengsyne awakened up by ' the steaming toddy, I was again gazing into the glowing coals. far-off country. Guid news, like bad news, grows in the tellin', and have I seen for raysel' that the half of the fine non - things said about foreign lands I sense. That 1 did not know the one of those emigrant agents' tonna at the time I made up my mind. to follow his advice, and booked 4 pas- sage in an emigrant ship for Aiierica, It was a sore day for my auld folks that - day I pairted; but I cheered. them up with the refleetion that I would come back !some day soon and tak' a farm like the tenant o' Whinacres, for I had. not the least doubt that I would, mak' ray fortiine in a few years." Here, taking a long suck at his' pipe, my " first foot& " held up a stump of a wooden leg, strapped -to his right knee, and. half ironically, half sorrowfully, muttered: • , "My fortune." - ." "Or rather your misfortune," Ilehira- ed. in. "How did you lose the 4mb ?" With. a suggestive waive of his pipe, and a request to bide a wee, he went on , and oming Tick -tack, tiek-tack, went the old dock, -tvhich had made itself heard. there nearly every day for eighteen years, and I wondered -what well its pendulum would wag in front of neat. Slowly the hand, worked round. -till it was almost co- vering the figure twelve, then it gave a familiar warning that it was about to strike, and, in a. few sec- onds after, struck in its regular deliber- ate wey the twelve strokes Which struck out the year. and I raised my tumbler and drank success to myself in the year newly usheredIn, Again freak memories were awakened of merry Hogmanays long ago, of first - teethes, and I thought of stile happy party draciag in the barn. Some of them would. soon be venturing out with their bottles. and knowing that tlie wilduess of the night would not keep them from visiting me, and knocking moup if they found me in bed, I deter- mined to sit up for them. Dreaming the aight away, I was suddenly awaken- ed by the half -expected bark of the dog, like atreee watch., quicker even to de - tea the presence of a stranger than its master. This a-ae, my " first footin' ;,' and as I listened to the rap at the door I trembled—not in fear as to my first visitor for the yearebut doubting t s to whether he might bode good or bad luck, for the loss of ray farm was still upperraost in my- mind. Half -blinded by the drift, I scarcely noticed the new- comer tih he had passed inside, and even then it was difficult to ma,ke out what he was, so thickly was he coated with snow. This muck I could see—he was lame. Half -frozen, he was not able to speak; but, thawed. before the fire, said. livened by a tumbler, of hot toddy, d he soon founa voice. Re was a, total Stranger to me. I had never seen him to my recollection; hat, let him bodes - good or evil, he was in " first footin'." I soon found out that he was a poor man, but a. Scotsman, and -one who, from his conversation, had eVidently been br *ught ap in the country. Thor- . onghly toasted. before the fire, the big raking -coal of which had succumbed to repeated blows of the poker, with a pipe carefully filled out of my own speuchau, and a fresh tumbler of steam- ing toddy on the cheek of . the chimney, I soon had him telling his sad story. If 3.-e ever had farmed, sir," he be- gan, "1n the parish of Killogan, in A—I-shire, ye would have been sure to have hea,rd, tell o' ane Davie Mitchell, which is the name 0' myser, and was the name o` my faither afore me. He was first ploughman on the farm o' Whinacres, and I was brocht up on the farm a' my early days. I then thocht Whinacres was the biggest farm in the parish, and the pariah was—to mei-- the whole world. I have' travellied enough since to know what a small bit 0the world it is noo. However, the whole object of my ambition was to win the first prize at the parish ploughing match, as my father had done afore me. I did that, and nothing else would. hae been wrang if my ambition had ended there. But, to my loss, this Weella to be the caw. The tenant o' Whinacres was said to be very rich. He had been littIe better than a ploughman him - ser, some folks said, but had. gone to America, and had made his money there. Others were said to have done the same, and stories came home about neighboring folks who at home had never known anything better than porritch-arf-milk living like lordsin the witb. his story. " Wages were sma,' when I was at service, and. though 1 saved every penny of my half -yearly fees. except what I waxed on cla,es and shillin' or two at the feein' faixs, I haelna, much laid by evhen I started. After paym) Ply pas- sage -money, however, '1 hall a pound or two in the bottom of my kist, and this I converted into (fold. before I Sailed, and sewed it up into the lining of ray waistcoat. It was as weei that I did so, for in the scramble at New York Quay on landing, my kist, like that of a good. many more of the greenhorns like me,' fell a prey to the gang of rogues or " jumpers," as they ca' them, that hang a,boot. Such losses and experiences as I had, however, only sharpened my wits, , and, joining with a few other men who had come out in. the same boat, the lot of us started, on the advice of one of the emigrant agents on the other side, to take possession of a tract a land al- lotted to us in the interior.. We very soma found out that to make money we had to work much harder than we did. at hame ; but we were tone the lees downcast on that account, as we were strong and able then. Sonie of us thocht we could ra better otuaelves gn further west—that's the demon thocht o' grangers in America ; they're aye tryin' to find oot better bit of country than the part they're in. I was ane ,o' the number; and when the fall cam' on, and. the maw covered -the ground for feet, let alone inches; as ye hae here the nicht, we started for California. Free that nicht I started date a' my mis- fortunes. We spent the winter in the 'far west, and when the snow took off, letoourselves to fanners for the suminer. Plooins there, however, is no like pleoin' here;.ye can tak' nae pride in . your wark, Yokin' in the mornin', yell only find yoursel' the lam' end. at nicht, after lousin' mid -field for your dinner. After a'; it was not plooin' at all, simply a scartin' o' the gro d ; but quite good enough for the pu pose, as they grow bonnie crops a' wheat. Yet the profits was not ours, and pushin' further west, we determined to try the diggins' whena the fall carae. Snowed. up in the mountains, one of our lepraber died, and nbt long after, while working in a quartz mm ine, y leg was snapped. off by a falling rock. My comrades stu k to me in my misfortune, but as so n as better I started On a weary journ y to California. Heaven help a man such a country if he is not in the poss ssion of his whole limbs, and his holt and strength. 'Every man there is s t on making money, and sympathy and charity! are left -behind, as if the worldly inconveniences. Never a 0' my old set have I since seen; hae nae doot that some o' the acme the way o' &flesh by -this Left ((lane by nays& in America but half a man, I was use& for na thing but this ;" and Davie Mitchell, emi- grant, goid-cligget, and first-fo tin'," drew from his inside pocket a flute, and with great sweetness began to pla,y "Horne. Sweet Home," till he aara,ken- ed the old memories within me. Break- ing off when I fain would have wished him to continue, he went on: ' "1 was aye fond o' music in my young days, and many a day have I been. thatakfu' that a, fellow -servant lea,med inc the flute. It made memony friends in the fax-awa' country, and wii it's assistance I hae worked my way home. For two winters and a simmer I stump- ed rosin' aboot the streets o' San Fran- cisco, earning my bread, and aye being &hie to lay by a few cents for passage - money to come Inane. Two, years ,ago come this very nicht I halted opposite a lighted. window in ane 0' he grand. streets, aud as I thocht o' the happy ,Hogessanays I spent at Winacres fax LIAVe,', I began to play, mainly for my ain sweet sorroeviug pleasure, "Auld Langsyner INT the noise o' da, chiefs and the din o' a piano my flute co be heercl inside, but when it at some one raised the blind and 1 out as if listenin'. Then a nice ina,n cam' to the door and asked e to play "Auld Robin Gray ;" and ad en I had finished that, he asked me—ii Advice to Teachers. Ma1e yourself acquainted. as possib e with the parents of yo pits ; one. Re far as pu- lways when you are trou led by rt promptly to the fame nten- dent eapecial cases of excellent fl helot - ships r extraordinary ability. P nts' rights are paramount others, The schools belong to and net to the teachers. • Treat school property as purchased 'with your own money. apparatus, and furniture of all shoul4 be carefully preserved. even one ink mark on desk or °sous ble. • Tall often to and with. your - about roper deportment on the hanging on to passing vehicles, ity, ete. - Do not answer questions ask by pupils other than your own, if is reason to suspect that the p seeking to criticise his own teach Theroom should be left at nig a, floorl free from debris; the .des from pencils, books or rubbish. Thelexcusing of tardiness is possibility. - The punishment c should be remitted, but the feet tardiness is a part of history, a record_ must show it. , Do not permit pupils to lea room for trivial reasons. Allow to be out during the same time. pupils should ask permission—n the higher grades.. Study to -know how to act in c a panic caused by an alarm. Frequent eviitten recitations be held in the grammar grade, and the pupils held for capital lege s and. spelling. Monitorial and self -reporting a stems are condemned. Ten minutes is ample time for open- ing exercises. , Sit not upon desks or windoe sills, nor permit pupils to do so. Every expressed idea on the ,page of the reading book should derstood, and every word spelled. Written reviews should he h the form of monthly exarairiatio the papers marked and reckone the scholarship standing for the Recesses are not for teachers supervisory work is theu increasSe is no time for visiting. See that every text -book has th own- er's name written legiblY therein. Ventilate the room well at° lace s. Stick persistently and minden iously to the daily programme. AARON G YE. • Didn't Want to Buy. to all them hough Maps, kinds Not oor is pupils street, gar - d you there pil is r. t with s free im- a,nel f the d the e the ut one Few ne in se of hould, rinted e un - 111 1. s, and with onth. their . It .A. small, dapper, bilious lookin ma,n with little eyes, a long nose, and a point- ed chin, rushed into a wholesale book- store on, Court avenue yestercla, , and asked one of the clerks if they all. a book entitled Reveries of a Ba helor. The derk, who was very obliging as all clerks in that store are, began t look for the desired. article. He wen i over every shelf where it was likely o be, but could notfind it upon any of them. Then, he went down in the beam ent— the bilious looking ream following inl— and down to the bottom of severe boxes of books that had been laid by fo want of a demand for them, scatue the shelve, searched the drawer but found it nbt. Then he went up to the econd floor, and resumed his search raong more old books, unpacking several boxes - and overturning a large quant ty of goods. He was about to give uI. the search, and told the man that he Tian% believet the book was in the store. But - the man said he wished. he woul find it if possible;. so the clerk went u into the third story, and prowled a •ound. again ler half au hour, and finally •sh.ed it ait of the dust of shelves, a er a, search Of over an hoer. He hi ished the dug from the Cover a,nd said: " Yee, here it is ;1$1 50.; you icaa have it for $1 25." " Oh, I d.orl't want to buy it,/' s id the bilious looking man. "Don't. want to buy it ?" sail the clerk: "why didn't you say 80 8.1 hour ago ?, Why did you make me'ses, oh so long for- an article you don't -kv nt to buy? My time is valuable, andiy ena- ployer expects me to put it to pro 'table use." , We' 11, you see," quietly remark d the man, "1 made a bet with Jeff Cr ndall. He said I couldn't find the book n Des Moines, and I bet him $5 I poodd, and 1 have won the bet. That'sall. S rry to trouble yo -u so much." Andthe man wended. his way stairs again. When he had go clerk thought how happy he wo to get an isivitatiou to that man's al.—Des Moines (Iowa) Register. An Honest Action, A N w England. paper tells a re ark - able st ry of a, female. peddler- w o sold a quantity of cenaent, which she r Wm - mended. very highly. Not long after - Ward. she went to all the famil es. to w hom ,Ishe had sold. the article gave them back the money she had re eived. from them, and requested the ret rn of the cenieut She had sold. This •ourse surprised the mirchasers, and t ey in- quired What her object was. Sh then told them that the article being w rmly recommended to her, she hoJght a bot- tle of it, and found. that it evould clo all that was claimecl for it; so she o •clered a quantity of it to sell. She lied di posell of quite a lot of it when she disc vered that she hall been badly cheated that the cement was worthless. So sh hur- ried around to all who had puech sed of her, told them the facts, and pai them hack their money. When it is r mem- bered tliet the lady is poor, that she is well along in years, that she h d. no means of travelling except by wel g long di tance to save others. fro a loss, -we have an exhibition of honesty that is truly refreshing. were. man a I hae time. ilclna pped oked • • ntle- e gula Scotch, which I hadna, heard for long time—t6 come in an d. get _my H gma,- eines. For mony a nicht after I cara? roun' ancl played a,uld Scotch rs his house. I wanted. ha,me, ho N 'ever, and. wi' a,' my spare gatherings and some looney he insisted on my taking, I started across for New York to eom.e home. It was a long ro.a,d than; but ray flute made me molly friends, and, 'hard( Heavenj hae got back to the Auld. Country at last." Ana what," 1 asked, "bring: you down into this neighborhood?" Weel, I hoc heard that my auld freen in San Francisco has falle heir to an estate here, and is dool here just Imo !" A word or two of hurried con -ersa- tion, a,nd I soon found that his David Campbell was David. Campbell Alloch- an, of Allochan, and laird of my farm, Glenallochan. Ere he had right done with his story, the wedding party, who had kept up the funlater than exp joined us, and after a dram out of their bottles we had a, lively tune or two from the unexpected a first foetal'." • 5 5 Next morning he visited the ho se at Allocluin, and. was as well received. ap if he had been a neighboring laia ord.. His good word of me to him Was 4etter than a luindred other r000mrnendaltjons. Davie Mitchell is now laird's mai, and ten years hence secure with a lif -long lease. I am never disappointed, as the midnight ehimes of Hogmanay Inielit axe ringing in my ears, to find thej spell of their sound broken by his woodeIn leg, my lucky "first footini." 1GREAT CLEARING SALE —or— E:300TS' 'AND SHOE$.. 1 4cINTYIE & WILLIS ARE row OFFERING THEIR IMMENSE ST1OC 1, , OF FALL -ROOTS AND SHOES AT COST ,UNTIL JANU- ARY, 1878, Consisting of the Following Kinds and Quantities: 150 Pairs Mn'' Kip Boots.. 50 Pairs Men's Cowhide Boots. 100 Pairs Boys' Kip and Cowhide Boots. 1 150 Pairs Youth's Boots. 500 Pairs Girls? and Children's Boots. 150 Pairs Women's Calf P.eble and Buff Boots. Also a Qiiantity of Cheap Shoepacks. • These Gools are of th,eV akes, and are all Good, took. 1 ry Best Sound IF YOU WANT COOD BOOTS Now is the time to get the Best ever offered In Seaforth qt. the frIoney. . CASH 4cINTYRE & 'WI LIS, - I MAIN STREET; SEAFORTH. Accounts Must be Set- tled ;Immediately. CHEAP GOODS FOR HR, 1 ST MAB AT DENT'S. URS. FU,RS., FURS. Beautiful Furs, $3 a Set at DENT'S—a eta on hand yet of Mink and Seal. ' few Blankets, Blankets at Cost. Shawls, .Shawls, at Cost. Mantles, .Afantles, at Cost. , Millinery, Millinery, at Cost. Dress Goods. Cheaper than ever at Dent's ' Flannela,; Clothe', Hats,. .43o!pg, and Underclothing Chenpetit at Dent's. • - On account of the open weather Mr. run off his Winter Goods regardless of value from now until the holidays. pent will COME ON AND GET YOUR MAS PRESIONTS. HRIST- G. DENT, SEAFOR4'11. down e the JUST AR 11.;..VED, lel be ner- Effect of Coaera-T •Far ers and all who have cha, cown ay learn& lesson from t lowing anecdote which we elip fr exchange: A market gardener very fine cow that was milked w ter -week by hired men.. He ob that th,e amount of butter he market weighed about a pounll m each alternate week. He watch men and tried the cow afteri the finished milking, but always foun . there Was no milk left in the teat finally .asleeCi. the Scotch girl svh care of the milk if she could acco the difference: "Why, yes," she "When Jim milks he says to t cow, s So! my pretty meley, so!' when Sam milks he hits her On t with the edge of the pail, and H'ist, you Old brute!" ore of o Mi- )ni an sad a .ek at- erved. 'ed to re 011 d the had. 1 that . He took nt for saya e old. But e hip says, AT ROBERTS' DRUG STORE I Opposite Cardno's New Block hosphozone, 1 osTahee's German Syrup. hurchill's Syrup of Hypophos-- phites, , ugust Flowers, British Oil, cKenzie's Dead Shot Worm Candy, 1 hd any quantity Handy Pack- age Dyes, 11 of which /tre guaranteed to make and Fast Colors. Beautiful 516 HE HENSALL PORK FACTORY. G & J. PETTLY kre px!riiared Co pay the HIGHEST PRICE for • any quantity qf I -10,6S, ALIVE OR p RESSED ALL KINDS OF CURED MEATS Constantly on Rand. FINE LARD, SAUSAGES, . PORK OTJTTINGS, &c. 523 G. 84 J. PETTY.. 1000 -POUND PLATFORM SCALE, (Stamped by the Government.) Peaky a Good Article, and War- ranted Correct. - Eelivered Free at any Station on the London, Huron and Bruce Railway, on receipt of Price, $17 cash. • Apply to C. PERKIN & Co., Agents for Maxwell's Reapers and Mowers, and General Dealers in all kinde of Farm Implements, Exeter, Ont., or to D. JOHNS, Thaamith. 520-6 DECEMBER 21, 1877. 1877-8 S "SLAP, BNNG P1TEI. 1877-8 HERE WE ARE AGAIN," AT R. COUNTER'S JEWELRY STORE, WIl'El" A HOLIDAY GOOD OMPLETE STOOK OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WEDDING PRESENTS tTEJW Y- S CA- I T"' T S , eiz CONSISTING IN PART OF GOLD AND SILVER, JEWELRY IN WATCHES, CEIAINS, BROOCHES, EAR RINGS, LOCK- ETS, GEM AND PLAIN RINGS; CUFF BUTTONS, STUDS, SCARF PINS, CUFF PINS, &c. LARGE VARIETY OF SILVER-PLATED WARE, QT_T_A_T_JTTY Also PORTMON.IAS in Sitell, Steel and becalm?, Combs, Brushes, Card Cases, Pipes, V,iolins, and a Choice Assortmen,t° of Gertne Celluloid Jewelry. I The above Goods will 4e sold at a Dlscounti of 15 Per Cent. for Cash for This iMonth pnly. , WILL., BE SOLD AT NET COST, a AS I INTEND -GOING OUT OF THOSE LINES, NAMELY, 65 PAIRS OF VASES. 58 ALBUMS. 15 TOILET SETS. 40 SATCHELS. 20 WRITING DESKS AND' WORK 10 ACCORDEONS, AND A LOT OF BOXES—ASSORTED. -CHINA 0001)S. I t SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO :THE REPAIRIO OF WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY. ' 041Sfl PAID FOR. OLII) GOLD AND M. SILVER. 6A/U NTER, .Seaforth. REMOVED. 1 RIVIOVED. REMOVED, TITOMA.S DIZ-YA_1\T - A GRAND CLEA INC SALE' s'd6R13347s VAId11A. rriliE undersigned would respectfully intimate -1-• to the people of Stanley and Surrounding Country41 that he has decided to run off his large Stock ,Goods at Cost ' for the next month, oomprising ; • I Shawls, )3reakfast Shawls, Clouds, .Majlers, Cottons, Sh,eetings, Gloves, Tweeds, Ducks, Dress Goods, Prints, Winceys, Flannels, &draws, lable Linens, Hats and Caps, Denims, ollands, hosiery, READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS 'AND SHOES, &c. 1 camel:mere wo Id do well to give me a call be- 1 fore pnrehasing e aewhereots the Stock must be • cleared out by thefirst day of January, 1818, as 1 anigiThivslinsga" bbolluNianfiescigi e'nV ' sateandno humbug. _ COME ONE COME ALL • " And see for yourselves, and secure Bargains. j. B. SECORD, Varna. N. B. --All indebted by either note Or book account will please settle at once. 521 OFLEISPM .A AND NE ly YEARS PRESENTS. C. ARMSfRONG. Las Opned Out at Ibis Bookstore a Great Variety of the FolloWing . Articles : Work Boxes and Writing Desks, the Lailest Assortment in Town. A Stock of Albums and Easel Albums of the very best quality and atylas.' A Very Fine Lot of Whatnots, Brighton Cask- ets, Reticules and Ladies' Companions, 8m. In Dolls,lboth Wax and China, the Finest As- sortment. A, B, C Blocks, Building Bloeks, and Toys in great variety. Why, every body goes to Arm- strong's for To:,s. - In other Goods such as Blank Books, Note Papers,Violins, Concertinas, Miscellaneous Books and Novels, Bibles, Catholic Prayer Books. - Window Blinds and Wall Paper, a very large Stock. Fancy Goods, &c., in great variety. Canadian Almanac for 1878 for sale—Price, 15 cents. Subscriptions received for all Papere and Magazines at ' ARMSTRONG'S BOOKSTORE, Mrs. Whitney's Block, Mai Street, 523-3 Sealforth. 1\1-I2C7- FIZTITT WILSON & YOUNG .T TAVE Just Received the following New Fret -11-1. bought direct for cash: ' New Layer Raisins. - • New London Layez Raisins. New Lone Muscatel Raisins. New Seedless Raisins. New Sultana Raisins. g Orange Peel. Lemon PeAl. Citron Peel. Elerni Figs, &c., &c. HAS REMOVED HIS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LIQUO.R. STORE TO Which we have determined to sell at a very THE FIRST DOOR NORTH OF KILLORA\N & RYAN'S, , small advance oncost. 1 ' 1 1 FINE -F.‘1,ESII* GROCERIES. MAIN STREET SEAFORTH, 0 -NT .=1 For qnality, quantity' and price our Stock of Teas,Sugars, and General Groceries is undoubted- , ly the bestiu town. Oux Teas, for Strength and WHERE HE WILLi CONSTANTLY KEEP ON HAND- • A CHOICE sTopit ALE. AND PORTE ' HOTEL KEE Are Requested to .tF0a4 an Purchasing Elsewhere. OF WINES AND LIQUORS, R --BOTTLED AND. IN ERS AND. OTHERS Examine his Stock and Prices Before • ,1 ALL ORDERS LEFT AN KILLORAN. & RYAN'S WILT: BE ATTENDED .TO ON Tr SHORTEST NOTICE.., I All Goods Delivered in Town. Ave of Charge. MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. THOMAS D. RYAN. THE PEOP LE'S :CASH STORE. M_arQEIsO1r Has now 092 hand a ;Large cnd 1JTelt Selected Stock of OhOide Family Groceries, which be is selling at Very Low Prices. • 10 POUNDS. G006 BRIGHT SUGAR FOR $1.00: 3 POUNDS YOUNG HYSON TEA FOR $1.00. 13 POUNDS- GOOD FRESH RAISINS FOR $1.00. , 1 Canned Goods Spices, Piekles, Syrupsi4Coffees, Biscuits of all Kinds, Essences, and other Goods generally kept ry n a Grocecheap at . MORRISON'S. Also Rams Bacon Cornmeal Oatmeal, Pot Barley, Split Peas and Mill Feed cortantly on hand at II. MORRISON'S. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE I am now making this line a Specialty, and offering every inducement in the way of Cheap Crockery. I am Selling Best Tea Sets at $2 50 per set Good Gllass SOts as low as 60 cents. per set. Glass Butter Dishes for 124, cents each. I Handled Teas for $1 10 per dozen. Parties wishing anything in this line will find it to their purchasing elsewhere. 1 Flavor cannot be equalled. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION, And will take back any Goods sold that are nob what we represent them to be. Special Induce- ments to•Dealers ortpaFties buying in quantities. One Car 'Load of Lakes Superior and Puron Fish, Purchased direct frim tho Fishermen and war- ranted the best quality caught. Fish for sale cheap. Fall caught fish are worth from 50 gents to $1 per barrel more than summer caught. WILSON & YOUNG, Seafortli. GOOD TIME COMING. When people Must have BOOTS AND SHOES, In anticipation Of which I am opening out a very Large' Stock of Goods, ',bitable for Fall and Win- ter wear, and which I think intending purchas- ers ought to see before purchasing elsewhere— eperally my • MEMS and BO InS KIP BOOTS, All Whole Stook, Soles riveted on, and warranted not to rip. The whole of my FACT0117 MADE WORK, which will be found to be very complete in all the different lines, has been bought with the object of givitig my customers the best possi- ble value for their money. As 1 bay strictly for cash I am in a position to do so. IN THEI CUSTOM ,DEPARTMENT, I expeet to give better satisfaction than ever, as I bought all the Native Stock that I am using this Fall, six months ago so as to have it well seasoned; which I believe to be a very great ad- vantage in calming it to turn water. In Imported Leather I do and always have used the very best brands in the market. That is about all I have to sayat present. Only to retnrn thanks for past patronage, and to solicit a continuance of the same so long as you find it to yon T advantage to do so. THOMAS COVENTRY, Signsoe the BIG BOOT, Eaet side Main Street • forth. 510 AUCTION ROOMS. SAMUEL 1STARK , flS Removed to his N'cw Brick Block, where he intends for the future to keep his AuCtion Rooms, and has procured his license as Anetion- eer for that purpose. NOTICE OF SALES WILL BE GIVEN advantage to examine my stock before AT THE AUCTION ROOMS. All Kinds of Farm Produce Taken, in Exaange for Goods. All Goods Delivered Free of Charge. • M. MORIiISON. 4 Deposits will be paid, if required, on Stook sent to be sold. Town Lots for Sale. : All amounts due for former business of Shoe- making must be paid at once. Conveyancing, Ake., Will be attended to when required. 521 SAMITEE STARK, Seaforth. DECEMBER 21, 1,877. The Anti:fashion. Society, ' ' .1 Miss Florenee Leslie is down stair; from her lista:el:es aarsttoitfuadne,inandigd 0:etue.: feilYnessndawiraceth 'great effusion. o well, Katy, send her right up her ,ix) mer and Grace Adams sprang n h:elarlafrie610errlibin'Ysedeadotha: eutseVaiFe‘a‘rYtlisPe:6":111rec:cchgse:11:wge-18114titufh:ry;u1laughand ta a low rocker, threw aside her hat a lilai:a: whN: owy,twellhamtehaalls haabpoputenite,aGr7etinielial'e4 "Well, we've had such a scene I" ;e1r:a'reNfrieello,eemtinhaduini,ilgsglaiafslaciaiegr:12*ihydee:ttlip'eseelstawr:erosysrviiani'sibte'hang', corletfoin pintinaztolinyeeyd:atn'o':bhuayeskaetodd!aeaSPrnsafor Emma Clare hail been so much expense to hi I : :: lately that he really could. not .affer me anew dress just now; isn't it toe 1)&1;41 I" answered Florence, "Well, the case is just thisI mu tr3:, t4z, akeGora,cever:thitshsaitlireiroaveiydressndblueiIli Ynano.ci,Iihtknowa ,ivse n,srini a ,ot r,u- cbteuloytf iwtapawrilte.7itairiai:lathset myearal mutable dress I have, if it was enly in style, and I am afraid there Isn't enough for the long overskirt, and—, oh, dear, I've a great mind not to go aki allTears of vexation filled her eyes, alla her brow was wrinkled -with frowns most unbecoming. "Don't alter it; wear it )u g as it is," surgsteaFlotenee FIoreneeirhe:areyeaerazrrAe_ manded Gracelin astonishment. - "Not at all,' was the reply. If you n 3. , hat do you'. snean, Al?" .i will wear that .'thout ehange, 1 will .1 wear my green iand white that was:1 made even before yours, although papa, gave me money for a new dress yester- day. "Just what I say, ray dear; will you agrt°it? 'Why do you propose it2" asked 1' Grace, still unable to believe her ears. 1 "Because, Grace, Pve been having a think, ' all alone by myself,' as little Ettie says, and I have come to the eon -II elusion that we girls spend too much 11 time, thought and care on aress. We ' spend one-half the Ulna at a aress- s maker's, having new dresses made,. ana ,1 the other.half in our own rooms, fixing ' over. Now I've decided that I will not do it any longer, and 1 want yen to help me in instituting a reforsn in our set 121‘th‘BauttrweehPaeet tw''ill' you de2"asked..Graee, with of t interest, „ things," was theoply " -When I teed a nevf dress, Ill lget as nice as I want, sal have it -made in as pretty a style as ' possible; then I'll wear it until it is not fit to wear, no matter how many &Vies intervene. English ladies of rank U., d wealth wear their clothes out the way they are first made, but we poor American gisrls must spend all our time, energy, andstrength in devising -ways and means to follow every new fashion that appears. The consequence is, we do not take -enough out -door exercise to keep us in health, we neglect home duties; we neglect all means of culture, and narrow our minds down to the contemplation of silks, ribbon, feathers sad &mem. , We assemble at evening parties, and, hav- ing devoted every thought and energy to our dress, we can think ad talk of nothing else but appearance. No won- der gentlemen stoop to -converse with us; we have no ennobling topic to talk on. It is a shameful Waste I" As Florence finished Grac,e said: "Well done, Fioy; you are an en- thusiast' But if you do as yonpropese, what will you do with your, regained time and money?" " I shall study, for one flangi and gather a valuable library, instead of closets full of old dresses. Now you understandsmy plan, will you join me 2 Wmllmaelstrty iyllvi you dress undiangea. to E " I will!" cried Grace, -with unwont- ed energy. " Plijoiu you with all my heart? It will rid inc of ever eo much anxiety! I believe I should not have nervous headache so often if I aiaiet have to worry so much alsoui what to wear !" " just so," replied Florence. "And you spoke of neglectiag home duties," continued. Grace. "It is true, I have neglected some duties this mruing, to worry over this Poor little Nina wanted. moto practice a duet with her, and I was too cross to do it:, dress. "Fina her and try it 110W," suggested Florence; "1 -want to hear it P' "A11 right, and then I'll walk until dinner time, and. try to get to feeling better." said Grace, bustling around to get rea,dy. shAy,biozsuutt hpaielfuaean ihowurasaTyir,nligtthleerignilleilw, duet with sister Grace, while, darling Florence Leslie smiled encouragingly upon her effort. Grace felt guilty, her neck and said.: "Thaials you, eister 1 when the aim threw her a.rms around. didn't bear Graze complain about herparty iraetpassed rapidly away, and Mr, tY0011himare:B0 gc od 1" Adams was quite surmised. that he - me, ,.. dress. Finally his wife said "My dear, Grace. has acted Nvry I hstheelersniablvdrIestsh,initk* wifould7ougrce°aultlya 13111 4 : That day at dinner hlltheiehassn.ded Grace 1- seaAidaa,:ros thought for semetirderlrimiati lis impossible' miatihkre:a9n;:illittVo.oe:aeirfl leeob:6111IyGi 1 lotrsla cfsoaelierinettayloresueairia• ha it 0 In :Ialiashsh:Pobulaul nesaay evening." But Grace '• Thank you, papa," said.. she, aid not take the money. my dress is atiriieataa3 provided for Wed- ' Mrs. Adams look, ed her astonish. " I:afeliaCriiissne, wear riey silver and blue." "Yes, 11111,1311Ile.," said Grace merrily, nimagdoienogvtoer,wteAherni?;as I And then Grace recaunted the argu- ments that Florence had used. to her. 1 Mrs. Adams was .only brought to allow 1 her (laughter to appear in an old dress i because Florence Leslie woula do so, 1 and notioGnr,"a;emaslahvesnn r meretheeireectalleaedinihte.r "new.