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POOR ZEPII 1
CHAPTER TH—Continued.
"Uponeny honor I mean it," he said
earnestly: "-I have been. thinking seri-
ously about it."
How good of you!"
"And whens you think seriously too,
if you are ever troubled by -a- serious
thought, Zeph," he added, " I hope you
Will arrive at the game conclusion."
"1 don't come here to think," said
Zeph, but to dance and enjoy myeelf.
I have had enough time fortroifelesome
thoughts over my -work and in my dull,
home."
"Is your Ifbrae auti ?"
“-y-es, very."
"I am sorry for that. I am— Who
the devil's- this ?" he muttered.
He had known -who it before the
impious exclamation escaped him: He
had recognized Ben before that sulky
young man had recognized h.m and
and dropped his lower law on his chest
in his astopishinent at seeing him. ,
Zeph," Ben said., huskily, "it's our
danee. I could not Make outeviere you
had got to."
"Dort% dance," whispered. Dudley,
wantto speak to you before I go."
Zeph hesitated, 6c1ored1 looked at the
table and then at Ben,
"1 ant very tired., Ben," she said;
"you must let me off this dance,
please."
Thet aM't fair, that ain't."
"You heard the lady telryou she was
tired," said Dudley, M a, haugh tone,
and Ben stared at the speaker, nd then
looked away from him to Zeph.
" She needn't come if she do
he growled forth.
"Then I dont like," said Zeh, posi-
tiveiy.
All right; that's Englis ," was
Ben's reply, as he walked. away -ith his
hands in his pockets, and Its head
thrown very much. back.
"I am afraid. we were rather ard on
Ben." said. Dudley, with mock g avity.
" Ile never will take 'No' foe an an-
swer."
'
You aro very kind to gi op a.
donee with him to oblige me," Dudley
• added.
"Yon needn't flatter yourse I did
that," said Zeph, standing her pound at
- every point still; t- 1 dont like ancing
with Beri." ' -
"Yon will tell me next you d let like
Ren himself."
"1 ean't bear hina—sometime "
Ah 1 sometimes; but then he oth-
er times?"
Ile's nothing to me at an time,"
said Zeph, pettishly. " What ; do you
keep talking about Ben for? Vhat—
what do you want to say to me before
you go?"
Dudley Was silent at this app
hardly knetv what he wanted to say, or
knowing it, he hardly dared to sa,y it. -
On the misty border land se arating
goodd intentions from selfishness irreso-
lution, and this new wild fancy beating
at his heart, he hesitated streng ly.
You are making game of m 1" ,cried
Zeph, indignantly.
"Upon my honor I am not,' he re-
plied, "Why should I come e ere to
mak%) game of you?"
"1 don't know," she answe ; I
can't understand you."
" it is easily seen why I come to this
place:"
"No,it is not. Why?"
• She met hie gaze steadily' for white,
but her Take eyes dropped at las
"You ask me that questi n?" he
said.
"Yes."
"To see you."
"It's all Very finetote# met
plied Zeplel laughing velar 10 d13., "I
wonder ho ev many girls von h ve said
that to in. the last five years, now?"
"Not to one
"Oh, you story -teller!" cried Zeph.
"For what reason do you think I
have came to this den ?" he exclaimed.
"It'e not a den," said. Zeph, " and I
dont believe you come to see me, be-
09,11Se—"
"We-il, because
"I shan't tell you," cried Zelda color-
ing again. ; I have altered my 'lanai
"Dia I not tell you this • aftemobo
that you hied a bad.habit of cutting your
sentences in half?" said Dudley. "Now
please finish this one, for I am very cu-
rious. Why did I not come here to see
you?"
then—"
"Gee ea," he said, as she paused
again.
"You would have come a litt 6 earlier
if you wanted to talk to me," she con-
descended to explaio.
"1 have beeu very busy this evening
—I could not get away," he se d; and
Zeph shook her head inoredu ously
his eeply.
He could not tell her tha i he had
made up his mita not to see h r again
that he had scoffed at lliS ON% fancy,
his own Wila wish, to meet her—his
own bad taste alinoet —anti Frank
Amoore had looked hinf up at is cham-
bere, and barred the way, as it were, to
the Groanlistni, and then he ha fretted
and•fumed until his friend had Tone and
left him free to act. This was ,the re -
Ora of his freedom: a mad plunge af-
ter a pretty face,''an instill° el sire for
half an hour's flirtation with a milliner
—the forgiug of ono more 1 uk in a
chain the heaviness of whieli ie never
dreamed of thou.
It was 1 o'clock, and the bunt Was
playing its last galop.
"Juet to show that you ate i ot above
present company," replied Zep i, archly
as she rose.
te render this nightmemerable
to me," he said, in a tone that startled
her, as Rho took his arm and V. tithed to
the bell -room, at the door f Which
she stopped.
" Oh my r she exclaimed "1 am
afraid I remised Mr. Buelds2
"Never mind that fellow. IV will
dance him all the rest of the -e , per
he said, and then, t ley -were
whirling round. the room Ma g tlop, and
Mr. Budd, after watclinan t em for a,
while with his thumb-nadi between his
teeth, dashecl at the brown sh rry again
and overdid it with four mor glasses,
and reuelered life a, blank till the boy.
trail( the shutters of the shop own the
next day, and found him OD, the parlor
rue, with his widowed head a ainst the
fender
't
Long before that time Zeph _Caning-
- ton and Dudley Grey were et/ 11 cling in
the street together, and the revellers
were. streaming from the entr nce and
going their various ways. eph was
cloaked and hooded., and Dud ey hoped.
that she would. not catch. cold.
"Not I," she said. "Good- 'ght."
"I am goingyour way," he aid.
"No, thank you."
"Part of your way iseue way," MI
said.
"1 would prefer it was nob" was heif
reply.
"Are you going home alone?" he in
quired.
"1 have not far to go," she \replied
"1 am used to being allone. Yot
must nat come with me, elease," she
added'very firmly now.
"Ben is going your way!, -perhaps,"
Dudley said, severely. "You would
mot say 411'o' to Ben."
"Ben knows father, who id sitti;ng up
for me. Ben is a friend of mine." ,
"And I am not." . •
"Why, of course not."
"But I tatty be presently?"
"Not very likely:"
"You -will not give ino a els.aune,”
urged.; you keep me at arms -length,
and—and I long to see you again." •
" Oh ! don't say that," she oried,
"Will you meet me this time --can
not I see you to -morrow "
eeseee,
"Next Saturday, now that thie
place is to be shut, thank God?" •1
Zeph laughed merrily, but did not re-
ply.
"You are frightened of me • you, can,'
trust me," he said, reproaehfUlly. '
"I'm. not easily frightened, and," shr
added, "I can trust you, I think.'t
v:toi:a
11, plso to me,et me here next
Saturday for half an hour only if yo
like."
"Ohl it isn't right."
Where is the harm? I wooldte
harm you for the world," he said.
"No, I don't think you would—eve
if you could, Zeph added, coiafidently.
"Then you'llmeet me?" '
"Very well, then. Yes."
"And. you will not break your wor
this time?"
.
" Thank you; itis a,compa,ot. Good
night."
He left er, end. strode toward his
chaanbers, ejoicing for -a while. As he
Oeared home his heart sank a little, and
he thought over again that he was heti-
ting like a fool and a villain. No,not
'villain. God forbid that! bat undoubt-
edly very like a fool.' 1
CHAPTER IV. _
LOVE IN I POItES.
Zeph Carrington kept hei word on
this loccasion, and. met j Dudley Grey.
It was the beginning of a new- life to
both of them, and yet of an old story
which happens every day. Flirtations of
this oharacter spring up with each turn of
the hand upon the dial, and comedy,
farce, burlesque, and tragedy result
therefrom at the tragedy most often,
judging by the painqd horrors of our
streets. .This was the beginning of a
tragedy too, after its kind, though neie
ther guessed at the shadows in advance,•
and there was not 'a thought of evil -at
the heart of man or woman. Eaoh
went forward alike blindly, a!little reck-
lessly, thiniting not of the morrow or
of the consequences .of this ill -asserted
acquaintanceship. "The women was
yeimg and. va,in and trusting, and the
man was full of adveitture'and without
guile. s
Their first meetine was a stroll in the
Mall till dusk, and an early parting;
their second was to the, theatre, where
the proud _Dudley Grey sat 'quietly by
th.e side -of little Zeph at the -back of
the pit, where never a, friend of his was
likely to discover him. Zeph would
only go to the pit with him, where she
h,acl been with her father, and. with
Ben ,too, and which was .quits good.
enough for her, she said; and. lie ad. -
mired her frankness, and smiled at her
intense enjoyment of the play and the
players. The girl's pleasure in every-
thing that appertained to the - amuse-
ments of life was a marvel to one on
whom public amusements had palled
somewhat. She was a child in her
love for the stage; for a while she Would.
foreet her new friend in therriimic world
before her, turning only to him. at the
end of an act with, " Isn't it:beautiful ?"
anci wondering sometimes at his glopniy
absent looks. By degrees -she came to.
think of him as a friend—as aline friend
who took her out a great deal, and spoilt
a great deal of money upon her in hr
estimation; presently as a superior be-
ing, very good. but tvery mysterious, lin
whom every confidence might be place
d h he stood between him and
his studies, the bar he had been called
to, the book he was writing, the friends
at his club, and above all, the wonian
to whom he was. engaged to be married._
Yes, that was the trial of this weakling,
who Meant no hatm, but who etnild not
see his way clearly to any good now. If
it had not been for Geraldine de pourcy
(nelae and probable -heiress o the
Conntess of Barebladel, a , woman
whom he thought, he ha loved once,
being miler two yeari older that.. him-
self, good-looking; and with e pecta-
tious—ah! if it had. not been for Geral-
dine, of whose existence poor Ze h was
unaware ! He felt that he dared. ot tell
the work -girl of the heiress Zeph
would ask too many questions, atid sift
out too quickly the truth—forever away
from Zeph must be the story a that
engagement, even. the knowledge of his
own position in the world.
When it came upon him, late ,in. the
autumn, that -he was really in 10;0 with
this girl, when her work -life had be-
come a torture to him, and he Writhed
at her anecdotes of business and. of the
coarseness and tyranny of her employ-
ers, when e,verytlaingshe said had power
to move him, when thefact other meet-
ing Ben in the streets or, at her home ir-
ritated and maddened. him, •when. he
became jealous of workmen and corn -
chandlers, and could think of nothing
but 'this girl, when he became,' aware
that there was love for him in her heart
too, and that she seemed only happy in
his company, the truth dismayed. him,
thoughthe tried hard to confront it with
Philosophy. _ •
It was in Epping _Forest when that
truth came closer to the foreg,reemd, in
the dry auttinin weather before the rain
and cold. had, set in. They had gone
awaietogether—it was Zeph's last holi-
day. the fourteenth day of the fortnight
that Messrs. Dangler, Draper &Smart
had accorded to her. It ' had been ar-
ranged that they shpuld. spend. the holi-
day in the country; Zeph had perfect
faith in, her companion now, and would
have gene to the end of the world. With
him,And the wood at Snaresbropk and
Fairmead had been her idea of Eng-
land's scenery, when her mother was,
alive, and took her to the forest, in a
spring van along with father, a gallon
stone jug, and. a noisy gang, who sang
all the way there, and quarreled all the
way home. Our young people had
talked of a picnic together for weeks,
but Dudley had only mustered up cour-
age for the adventure at last. Zeph
had not seen any reeson for considera-
tion or hesitation—faith having been
once _established between them the
"proprieties," the ueages of polite or im-
polite society, had never troubled. her.
again. Dudley was her "young man,"
who took her out and .respected her
yrhen she Was out, and having placed
contidence in him, it was illineita,ble.
She did. not know any rule that ishould
stop her going anywhere with. Dudley
Grey, and she went to Epping Forest as
she would have gone to a play er ecin-
cert, without a thought of the ettquette
that should govern the proceedinte That
Epping excursion was a day of wonder-
ful happiness to them both.
It was a bright, warm autumn day,
with a remembrance of summer in it,
and they had the great 'green forest to
themselves after they ha wandered out
of the beaten track int the by-paths
and. underwoticl. It wa, Arcadia; with'
the troubles tuad. -responsibilities of life
set back- in :the outer world to which
this odd pair no longer belong d. It
was a world. set apart from " onnet
building" and " cap trimming" o the
one., from the d study of la -w -b oks to
the other. It was a holidat each
thought, to be marked by a white
stone.
And then the picnic for two, p
by Duclley, and. brought to Epi
bass basket. The cold fowl, the
of ha,m, the French rolls, the sal
'champagne, and the fun over tlJ
=hies of disposing of all the
jests and laughter and bewilderi
in each other's society, constit
happiness such as they never had
in all their thoughtless lives.
It was five o'clock in the aft
when they talked of Making th
to the railway station, when Zep
th
ed up at e sky with. surprise.
"-It will soon be dark, Dudley
get toward home:"
ovided.
g a
slices
the
e diffi-
e, the
ag joy
ted
again
moon
ir way
.look -
let us
who was a different man from any ore "Let -me finish my cigar, ZePh, and
whom she had ever met, who was surely sing to me again before we 4)," he
in 'love with her, and would. tell her BO Odd.
She, looked attentively at him.!
"Why, how sad you are, all of a sud-
d.en !" - I
"I am feeling sad," rie confessed,
mournfully.
"Have I said.anything to offe you?
I—I 'mow I am sheep at tim s, and
rude and. saucy, but you ought to under-
etand me new. What is it ?" .
"Nothing, Zeph," he answered ; only
a fit of the blues, from whieh I suffer
oecasions,lly. Will you forgiye nlo ?"
"What have Ito forgive?"'
"1 don't think it was quite fair of me
bring you here," he confessed. -
" Wity not?"
"You itre: yo-unger than II. People
would. say I was a scamp and a villain'
—and that you were very fooilish "
"I don't 'dare what people s y," re-
plied Zeph, -with a, toes of ier pretty
head, "if it isn't the truth."
" But these good people can make
Whet is false 1o6k so like the tru h that
the, world judges infernally har lily of
the situation."
• don't quite und(ttatan ,' she
said. timidly; you are se -etre, ae to-
day."
'" This is a day for me to re e ber for
:all time. Has it been a happy ay, for
you, Zeph ?"
" Yes," she confessed, fra kly "one
of the happiest of my life."
"It has been one of the happiest of
had never
Zeph rooked hard at him. gent. His
imournful maanaer was new to her.
,face.
there was regret, even. mlery in his
"Tell me what yon are- thinking
about. All this is a novelty to me
Dudley."
"Supposing this was the last e.y you
a,nd I were ever to meet, would.you be
sorry," he asked sud.denly.
"The last day—we were ever to
meet !" she echoed, and al the color
died out from her face, a d left her
white and cold and bard.
" Yes—would you be sorr ?" .
She did not answer for n ittstant ;
then she said. very proudly and quietly,
"Not if you wished. it."
"You couldsay Good -by ' willingly."
"More than willingly—if you could,"
she answered, in the same sharp tone.
[To BE cOltiTINUED.?
on tome happy " outing," together, a,n.d
.
end the story by asking her to be his
wife. He WOO a,bove °her sphere, she
knew, hot girls MarriOd out of their
sphere in books and. plays, from which
real life was sketched, tind she was
, ,
pretty and lie was food of her:, She
Was a lucky girl she thought. He did
not ask any questions tioncemieg h6r
father—a stolia, indifferent man,, with
a supremo faith in Zepli's being able to
take care of herself. Zeph earned her
own living, and paid. h e share of t e
rent, and -Mr. Carrington was not at
home too much to nOtie a what ti e his
daughter spent'away fr m it ; if e had
he would oot have been cifrious ;, itwas
not in his way. She was a shre-wd,
careftil littlowoman, w s his Zeph, Gad
bless her. Ben Traver, camezand wo-
ried him about his daughter; Wanted
to discover where she went teice ' r
thrice a tveek, and with whom; and lie
told him to ask Zeph if he - wished to
Ii.110IV, Avhiali he atet, anawastoi4 soin!e-
what pertly, to mind his own busines 1---
whieh he did, too, as well as a mei?. was
a,ble who had set his liettat en _having
Zeph for a wife. 1 1 ,
And Dudley Grey—whet re the
viilv.
feelings of this eccentric' indi icing,
when Zeph Canington had beconae his
compenion a-nd friend, and ther was a
terrible pleasure in heasociety, a novel-
ty that time did not stale; an attraction
hat did not tend to diminish? He was
ashamed of his own weakness, but not
of Zeph. Zepli was a ways well dress-
ed, and looked a quiet Ade lady; she
was brisk and full of vivacity ---by de-
grees, as she became hi friend, her fac-
ulties of observation set much 1 of her
grammar right, restore all her h'Sto
their rightful places, d away with all
the odd words and slai gy phrases corn -
mon to shop life, shop comparni+s, end
the back streets wherein her life had
been cast. tIle would not have owned
it to hirnself at this time, hewo lel still
powerful and indomitable feeling in his
I
have considered it a silly flitta on, but
at the end of three months ther was a
heart towards the girl ie had -pieked up
in e dancing room. He would. not have
called it love, but it Was. H would
never let the world have •the 1 h at
him by saying that a milliner had up..
set all the sober c-alculatioas of 's e,
but she had; he could not tell single
1
a
mine, and. yet I wish' it
ibeen."
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HURON
1878.
EXPOSITOR..
§EAFORTH.
1878.
WM. HILL 8/. CO.
• _
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
i
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to be happy they must be well pleased, and
that the best way to please them is to sell
GOOD GOODS CHEAP.
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thanking our friends for he very
LIBERAL SUPPORT
We have received in this matter, and assure them
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VARIOUS MARKETS
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GOOD GOODS CHEAP.
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tention. Thee° Goods having been
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SLIGHTLY - DAMAGED
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Their Valnea and for the convenience of
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twenty yards.
OUR CUSTOMER
Will have the opportunity of obtaining a Cotton
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CALL AND EXAMINE.
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AULD ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORGOT.
No! I say they Should Not. Here's
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T DO NOT forget my old Friends and Custom-
ere,:and nothing -pleases me more than to see
them calling on me,
BUY OR NOT BUY.
. -
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having very much increased facilities for earrying
on her business, she is better able than ever to
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Is not Stapaseed for Excellence or Variety in
Hnron. inpcctton IM Invited.
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E AVE TROUGHING and every other
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Remember the New Brick Block on the Corner of
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"
THAT HUSBAND OF MINE"
Buys all his Machinery from
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WHO:lies pleasure in announcing to the
T. farming cominunity of Huron that he is
still selling the very best
Sewing Machines, Agricultural Im-
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Mr: Murphy's favorite machine is the Singer,
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THE SEAFORTH
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Will ALONZO STRONG
1878. WILT=1:Z.
1878.
THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SLASON
AND A BR1GEIT '
PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW VEAR
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A S THE long wished for Snow has at length arrived,. and good sleighing has evidently set in; it
is well that the farmers and all others who come to town should know exactly -where they can
get everything they want in the Line of
DRY GOODS CR*OCERIES, READYMADE CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES, MILLINERY, &c.. AT BOTTOM PRICES.
My Stock is;admirably assorted and will be found w,elr worthy of insPe diem All WOOLEN
GOODS are below sold. at a Treuiendosie Redaction, as I intend !mak ing further arrange-
ments in this department during the coming season, and r am determined to aleiar tint the greater
part previonot to stock-takieg.
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•IN BLIANKETS I, .AM, OFFERING SOME SPLENDID BARGAINS.
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In Min's and Boys Overcoats I car safely Defy UoMpetition.
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The -Balance Of Ladies' Winter Mantles on ' hand will be ruraloff at 'Greatly
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Reduced Prices. i •
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A Select Stock of Furs on ha-ncl, and every attention paid to thie wants of our
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Custoniers.
Qf Dress Goode, Winceys, Prints, Gloves, Hosii _
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The Latest and Most Fa-shionable Millinery on Exhibition in our ;how Room, and
Hats and Bonnets Triinneed te suit the purchaser on the SSortest, Passible
Notice. I
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Hat Ornamentand all the other little Novelties always in Stock, together with a
Beafitiful Assortment Of ladies' Silk Ties, Scarfs, WoOl Spiates &e. :
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ery, Laces, &c., are fell in all lines.
MY STOCK MY STOCK
Of Millinery, comprising Trimmed and Untrim-
med Felt Hats Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments.
&c., arecomplete.
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Of Mantles cannot bat satisfy the most fluitid-
ions.
MY STOCK . MY STOCK
From Alpha to Omega is going to he sold as
Cheap as is consistent with the ideas of a mer-
chant who intends paying his creditors in full.
ALLAN MITCHELL,
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
GROC,ERIES GROCERIES. GR ctRits.
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In the Line of TEAS it is uni,versally conceded by all the well known 'Tea D hikers of the sur-
rounding Townships that Kidd's Teas are ahead of anything yet introduced- in o this part 'of the
County. At a recent gathering qf those experienced judges its merttii,were fully tested, and they all
unanimously deelarea that
ITS EQUAL HAS, NOT YET APPEARED IN THE MARKET.
All you who have not yet Mod thc esteemed. privilege of partaking of a cap of, this delicious Tea,
come on at once and add your voice in support of its already high repatation. SOld in Boxes from
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4 pounds to 35 pounds, wholesale and retail at 50e. an 60eper pound.
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OOTS AND SHOES
The Assortment is complete and parties visiting this department cannot feil tel get suited, as the
Goods arc all new, neatly thaishe and starer), reasonable prices. '
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Notwithstanding the great depression in the dairy badness, I am still pay
for good Butter at tile New Cash fitore.'
THIEC NEW
VAMH sToiti.1
AGENT "to Several First -Class Stock, Fire
and Lite Insurance Companies,and is prepar-
ed to take risks on ,
THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS.
Also Agent for several of the best Loma Socie-
ties.
-Also Agent for the sale and purchase of Farm
and Village Property.
A NUMBER OF FIRST -PLA -8S IM-
PROVED FARMS FOR SALE
$50,004.0 to Lean at S Per tient.
Interest.
Agent for the White Star Lino of Steamers.
OFFICE -Over M. Morrison's Store, Main -St
$eaforth. ,
THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY,
SEAFORTH.
ARTHUR FORBES,
TT A.FING purchased the Stock and Trade of the
Commercial Livery, Seaforth, from Mr.
George Whiteley, begs to state that he intends
&mini on the business in the old stand, and has
added several valuable horses and vehicles to the
formerly large stock. None but
First -Class Comfortable Vehicles and Good
Reliable Horses Will be Kept.
Covered and Open Buggies and Carriages, and
Double and Single Wagons always ready Pause.
Special Arrangements Made Wig Com.
mereia/ Men.
Orders lett at the stables or any of the _hotels
promptly attended to.
CLINTON--LOOK OUT FOR THE.
NEW SIGN.
CUNNINGHAM & AIKENIIEAD,
" Grocers, 'Clinton,
HoE jtet received a very fine Stool; of New
and Fresh Groceries of every deScriptior,
which are cheepor than the cheapest. I
A Fresh supply of Teas poet received from New.
York. The best value for the least money..
A very nice stock of Crockery and Glassware,
which is well deserving of 'the attention of pa-
chaseT.
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All kinds of produce taken in exchan e as ;cash.
511 CUNNINGHAM & AlICENBLEAD*
1\TOTIOM
TO GRANGERS, FARMER)
OTHERS.
AND
A S THEY occupy the attention of all, these
•Lka-1- hard times the subscriber is deten ined to
meet them by offering good inch Hemioar, "not
i usually sold for inch," at the following rates:
12 foot Hemlock. atS6 50 per thousana ; 14 feet
Fencing, at Is7, for Cash. All orders over 4,000
5 per pent. discount. Call and. see if you don't
get what is represented,. ,
Book Aceounts over 3 months will be charged
8 per 4ent.
The subscriber thenke his numerous customers
for their liberal support, and solicits a -continu-
ance 01 theirfavont.
JOHN THOMPSON. _
438 Steam Saw Mille, Mollillop.
i3UTTER TUBS.
S. TROTT, 'SEAFORTII,
TS now prepared to supply all ettstomers
any number of his
kUPERIOR, BUTTER TUBS,
At Sp per hundred, Cash. These Tlibe are so
well and favorably known to the trade that it is
unnecesuary to say anything in their recommit:a-
wdaocirdTub,etiodn.
iowood
sy mailTROTT also manufactures a small Hard.
suitable for washing butter in:
or otherwise promptly attend.ed4t90
S. TROTT, Seaforth.
with
R. N..' BRETT,
BEAFORTII,
the Highsst Price 'Wholesale and Retail Dealer in LEATHErk and
. SHOE FINDINGS of E -very Description.
None but the Very Best Stool( kept. Terms
moderate. A TrialEolicited. All orders by mail
or otherwise proniptie Iliad. 1
n. N. nnETT,
THOMAS KIDD, SEAFoRTH;
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11031gingS to be
Every boy, from the t
.years old, longs to be a, 'a
that it is his destiny, am
the time -when he shall
Why is it?
.Can anybody tell wh.y
takes to -water, and tht
down laill, and one pretti
of another pretty girl?
tore, said every animate
thing, if left to itself, for
tore.
The email lboybegins
pirations for manhood le
vine cigars, and tutting
Nvhich he flourishes aftei
his paternalprogenitor ;
after heir -oil said scente
sents the interfe,renee
wheo he wants to go or
fellers," and is compe
home and'shell the peae
dinner.
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An observing person
t,ell when these longings
commence, by the diE
boy exhibits to make]
about the house. Th,'
longing to be a man see,
wiping the dishee fo
thinks it =befitting hi
pectatione to whittle
start the fire for tea. I
at bis little eister's pate
to doctor the broken 1- .
ite dolly. All Of w
times past, he has wilE
with. no idea of being
doing.
Re bitterly resents i
sister has company, an
er to send " those
meaning himself and
bed early: and he 'vow,
big sisters generally,'
chum, Tom Jones, thi
what in. the deuce worn
for.
He grows particular
ties, and wants hie I
spettds an hour over t*
hair, and studies a. hoc
and. likes the -smell of
clothes, and privately
of chewingtobaceo, and
side and takes up spitt
wali, and pays attentie
old enough to be his n
eiders girls of his OW4,1 I
ed nuisances."
Ile reads all the nt
tisements . headed. aft
" Astonishing 1 Mouste
" Hair wa,rranted to
smoothest faee in twet
money refunded 112
vealed 1 • Correct pictt
-husband or wife, by ref
cents."
He no longer -cares
drinking with his ir
. not care to listen to Ai
stories.. His passion
has subsided. He f
revolvers, and talks
Derringers and Betel
six-shooter only is Von
-use.
Ile affects fishing --
books on angling, and
fire coinpany, and has
oartridges lying aroma
at his mother for bein
and wonders what in
children so confound
erything
Advice to
Begin by staying ou
with some fine folio
eoodewine is. Beach
f- email hoots; and eite
ing to opeu the door
scold your wife for si
Throw your boots la
wake the baby, and a.
Mrs. Boggs let's tha
BO Much. Alta this
snore while she walk
unhappy infant. 0
wake op cross, you
and the world„ and
equal to the task of
carpet 12 shirts that 1
and. finding at the be
er one with a, buttou
and appear at the bi
the ghost of Banque)
throat and shaking y
Tell Mrs, Boggs th
married your dear en
buttons, and while
tear, suddenly start
spit the coffee you h
mouth into the ea
what ehe has put int
dare yourself poison
the breakfast, altoge
- pigs to eat.
Having by this ini
Boggs serious, take
plunge into it, using -
eating and drinking
answer Mre. Boggs
if there is any news,
thrust your cup at la
be refilled.. Have y
about you, however,.
-Mrse-Boggs a folded -
with a jealous glanc
. she is hiding nailer
she replies.tlaat it -is
f91d your neetspaper
it, and upon iospec
elle means by such
her that she is brin
lionee---that you ex
—that everybody is ,
of the recklessness
take care of an
don't have to earn
fact -that you 'vela
only a -wretched
dawn. until dark, wi
ing by a single ha
while she gads abo
solemnly upon. you
eral of whom have
and. upon the infant
paring for one of,
croup, and remark
were a WOMO.It Wit1
tostay at home aii
dren. Then ily nt
Peter—whet inherit
position and is pine
—and box his eats,
havisible.familiart
a person who had
need not iaeglect t
so. Order little
room for sniffing, a
nay for ‘eatiiig bus
Nyttras as he stares
bring home a cat-oi
them all to the w
an.d. 3litTing set th
akerias, tell Mrs.
bably shall fiot be
• you have tickets f
C011oirt Saminthy
fornia: you think