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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1878-04-12, Page 32 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. GENTLEIN DICK. be'ing prosecuted that afternoon, on the bar; and when the sun sunk to reit be - They had, all of .them, nicknames hind the purple mountains, and the themselves, for in a Colorado mining blue mists of evening rose -in the val- coinmurdty it was not difficult to az- : ley, they had their sluice -boxes and quire a title, and. theycalled. him Gen- i "ries " in order, and were ;ready to , tlemen Dick. It was rather an odd 1 commence washinglat sunrise. name, to be sure, but it was very ex- 1 It did, not take very long clean the pressive, andnonveyed much of the pre- ' ledge, and. early in! the after000n the veiling opinion and estimate of its own- water was shut off. When it was found, er. They laughed when he expressed that the " riffles " yielded thirteen a desire to join the ,party in Denver, ounces of gold that would coiu eighteen and Old Platte looked at his long, deli- dollars and . a half to the ounce, a 1 cate hands, so like a woman's, with --a filen conviction seemed to settle -upon smile of rough, good-humored pity, the camp that this was an . occasion mingled, perhaps, with a shade of con- , 'which it would be improper to pass over tempt for the habit& and oceupation without - a thorough' and practical that had. engendered such apparent acknowledgment of its importa-nce in effeminacy. But he pleaded so earnest- the shape of a regular celebration. The_ ,e)Iy and talked witth such quiet energy gol& was weighed and divided, all sit - and confidence of whet he could, and tine in a circle in the middle of the would. do, and moreover had about him cabin floor, while 0.Id- 'Platte officiated so muoli of thatepirit of subdued bon at the scales with all the gr,e1,4ity an a homnbie that always captivates the dignity which the responsible positioif roughest of the rant, that they relent- called for. __ ed, took leis money and put it in the Mr. MeNab's grocery and peet, office " pot," and informed him that he was. at Bine Bar, was the scene of mlich e' one of them. Their decision was not citement and noisy revelry that even- • altogether unconnected with the fact ing and all the next day while the gold that he had. given evidence of consider- lasted. Miners who had heard of the able surgical skill le, his treatment of Chihuahua, " streak" flockedup to Blue Mr. Woods. more familiarly known as Bar to get the particulars, and natural- " Short card William," who had. been ly joined in the general feeling of ex - shot a week or so previonslyover a game eltation and hilarity that seemed to of poker, by an iudependent bull- pervade that community. Old. Platte whacker whom he had attempted to de- got terribly drunk, and Thompson and fraud. The sense Of the community Jones developed. the strangest eccentri- had sustained the act; and while the cities of gait, manner and speech., and. exhibition of his Skill in dealing ' Wa.s filially subsided iuto a deep slumber in emiyersally condemned. as haviug been the dust and sand of the raeinthoroughe indiacreet lender tifecirennastances, still fare of the Bee. Gentleman Dick's ab - he was accounted a live man among sence from the festivities was not no- ticed that evening, but. the next day Thompson, who seemed to feel aggriev- ed en the subjeat, announced. his inten- tion ,of going up to Chihuahua to fetch him down. He left Mr. McNab's on his charitable mission armed with a bottle -of rum, and proceeded up the creek in a moderate state of iuteelea- tion. That he wam somewhat sobered on his arrival at the cabin was perhaps due to the fact that the cork was fixed very firmly in the neck of his' bottle e at any rate, he did not ask his friend to - drink when he found him. -Gentleman Dick had, just directed and sealed a letter, 'and.' was about to start for the settlement of Gold. Dirt, when -Thompson loemed up unsteadily in the doorway, surveyed him inquir- ingly for a- moment, and ;asked undo- cidedly and apologetically, "- Wass' up? Were you goin' ?" Gentleman Dick, apparently over- looking his somendiat dubious. condi- them, and. the discovery of a surgeon. to dress his wound was hailed with a somewhat general feeling of relief. Had it not been for the fact that the sobri- quet of Gentleman Dick was already tionferred and accepted !universally as his name, he certainly would not have eseaped that of "Doctor," and as it was. Mr. Woods, who was profuse as well as profane in bus gratitude, insist- eannpOn. so calling him. A dector, or anything bearing even a resemblance to a member of that sadly -represented profession, was regarded with a certain degree (Id reverence among a communi- ty whose peculiar habits often gave rise to pressing and immediate need 'of sur- gical atsendance. Consequently, Gen- tleman Dick rapidly attained an ele- vated position in their regard, and be - Mune a greet favorite with Old Platte's party, although they dill looked doubt- fully at his sleuder figure, and felt 44 kind o' bothered " by the air of gen- tility and good breeding which hung time told him that he had been writing around him in spite of the rough mi- a letter to some one evhci lived in the flees gaeneents that he had chosen to sem:Line. By the time they left Denver his box," no course of medical treat- ment was contemplated. Besides, was he not himself a doctor ? and if he could do nothing, *hat should. they be able to effect? The argument was sufficiently conclusive ; at least, Jones accepted. it as such, and retired. in some confusion, comforting himself by the perusal of the label on his box of pills, which real- ly seemed to justify the suggestion he had made. Twice after this, on days when. the "Warna sunshine tempted. hira out of • doors, he, came down to the claim, and sat by thewheeland watch- ed. them working; but he,never did. any more Work. He did. not tell them he could not do it, or complain that he was too weak;. it wastacitly understood that his share of the season's labor was over. About the middle of November the winter stepped. in in its sudden way, and. Commenced to take possession of the valley a the Blue, and by the first of December the ice was so thick that the partners reluctantly stopped work. "Jones of Chihuahua "• had expressed his determination of going south to Santa -Fe, to stay until spring among the s' Greasers,". birp Old Platte and. Thompson- would_ stay on the Blue for the winter, and to that end had. laid in such provisions as were deemed neces- sary. The settlement below on the Bar had been abandoned early in No- vember ; and it was doubtful if a white Man besides themselves could be found by its waters any nearer than the end of the Great Canon of the Rio Colorado. But they cared very little for that, and looked forward_ to their voluntary hie bernetion without any feeling of appre- hension on the score of loneliness. Both Were hardy mountaineers. Thompson had been the first man that ever per- formed the feat of crossing the range at Grey's Peak in the middle of whiter, With the aid. of a pair of snow -shoes; and he and Old Platte knew that if their provisions gave out they could readily reach some of the Clear Creek cliggings in the same way. So Jones strapped his belt of gold -dust around. his waist, a,nc1 prepal'ed to depart; He -shook hands -with the partners, and when Gentleman Diek, with a forced cheeriness of inenner and with -wishes for a pleasant winter in New Mexieo, remarked, "Next spring the boys will • give jou e, third of my share, Jones," he stoutly and. earnestly repudiated the implied idea, but with a confusion and uncertainty of manner that indicated a serious doubt in the soundness of his own assertions. Geutleman Dick released , the big hand as belay in his blankets. and said for the last time. Good-bye, jones." - "Good-bye, oia man. Tones strode away abruptly on his joUrney, and if the moisture about his -eyes -was in excess of what was requir- ed in their normal condition, it was probably due to th.e bracing and. biting frostiness of the Morning air. • (Conclusion, Next Week.) • A Man Anxious to Wed. States; he was going to Gold. Diet to mail it; and a ring of Blue Creek C.4 -old for the Blue, he was deemed as math- was to accompany at to its clestmation. pensable to the company as (ma Platte Teemesee. said no more,. but stood e. himself. • there in the doorsva.V with McNab's * !'` * rum under his arm. "He did not stir, The forest of dark pines and furs nor did he seem to notice the "good - that covered both sides of the valley of bye" that carne down the winding trail the Blue grew down to the bars of the through the pine, but remained there, river, whieh along its banks was thick- stolid and iiinnot able, gazing vacantly ly grown with wild gooseberry and at the writing -paper on tbe rough table. raspberry bushes, and piled up here and Suddenly he straightened himself up to there with great tangled heaps of drift- his full height, and ting the bottle wood whieh the _ t-earing' floods -brought frem under his arm, held it out at down and left in maseee of inextncable arna's length, and apostrophized it in confusion along it sides. Back a little terms which Mr. ItIoNab would. have distance from one of those sandy fiats, , rewerde(i as a persoual insult, and whicli and nestled right in the Shadow of the the community on the Blue might pos- ' forest's edge, they built 8, long. rough eibly have =seated. with a challenge to cabin early in Jane. In summer time mortal comb:A- His next stephad the spot was a wild and picturesque , thsee witnessed it, would certalidy have one. Green and luxurieet vegetation . led'to the conclusion that he'. Was a made a soft and brilliant carpet at the dangerous lun etic, and one, et that, feet of the stately old pines ; huge betel- - whose peculiar madness wae of a kind ' der -like rocks, their edges softened and i specially object.onable to the residents rounded in th° grasp ef one of Aga8'ilz' - of -Blue Bar. He placed the object to- pre-Adamite glaciers that Lad ground ! ward which his feelings had undergone its icy way down from the melting , so eudelen a revulsion Carefully, on the snow-caps above—rocks covered with f ground, andeseizing in his hands a huge bright lich,ens and tufts of moss—lay 1 boulder, he proceeded to let it drop as - piled on one another at the foot of the 1 curatelv upon it. He oscilated.critical- steep mountain -side; while gnarled. ce- : ty owe elle fragments, as if to . assure dais twisted &round, about the 11 their t hinnielf that the result bad been satis- rough red roots twining here and there ; factorilv attained, and. then strode rap - in search of sustenance. Below. the ! idly and unsteadily iuto the fotest. cabin a little way ley the bar—Chi:Una- ! How euch unsound principles of econo- hue Bar they -twit christened . it, out of I my came to be adopted by him, never deference to "Jones of Chihuahua," • very clearly appeared; and the problem whose Prof-Tacting-PVI had develoPe.a' . of his absence from camp for two whole. ths fact that gold in promistng (Pauli-- i days, and. his subsequent reform upou. ties Iay beneath it—and a little farther I the subject of whiskey, were matter on the Blue sang merrily in its gravelly . verte freely diseussed at McNab's but, =ed miners had formed a settlement, 1 without env definite or reliable resultbeing- arrived at. ed. Down the river, about two miles, as Blue Bar, -where about two ham- REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 1 pROPERTY FOR SA.LE.-For Sale;_ that eon - •L venient andl desirable residence on the Corner ; of High and Market Streets lately occupied by 1 DI. Vercoe. Apply to DR. iTERCOE. c488 ; VARM FOR SALE -First-class farm for sale in • the Township of Grey, County of Huron, Smiles from Brussels, 03 acres cleared, new frame barn„ and orchard. Iiamediate possession given. A. J. I McCOLL, Brussels. 582 ! VARM FOR ALE. -For Sale, Lot No, 5, Bay- 1, - field Concession, Goderiels Township; cons taining 85 times, 50 of which are cleared and. in a good state of etatieetion. Th.e farm is adjoining 1 the -village oflaayfield, and will be sold cheep and on favorable terms.. Apply to the ' proprietor, t JOHN GOVENLOCK. - 524 OR SALE. ---The subseaiber hasfar sale a 50 acre lot in the township of McKillop, on y f . - Huron, '20 acres are cleared and the -balance, well ; timbered with beech and maple. The4toperty will be sold cheao. Apply to • JAS. It, BENSON, ' Solicitor, Seaforth 7 Ont • 517 1 WW1 SALE. -A two storey frame 'mime and out- buildiugs, situated on the Market Square of ; Seaforth, for sale or to rent. The building is very suitable for a boarding house or a public business. : For partieulars apply to W. N. WATSON, Seas forth, or to DANIEL GORDON, G-'oderich. 493 ! VAIIM FOR SA.LE.-A vely superior farm for 1 sale in Stanley,.County of Huron, being west half of Lot 28, Con. 11r -containing 8.1. acres; first- 1 class soil and well -watered; frame barn and stable, coinfortable dwelling house, large oreheed , milee from Bayfield; price, $4,500 ; apply to the proprietor on the premises or to JOHN ESSON, Bayfield. 530 1:4-,4-10.1 FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot. 14, con. 7, Hullett, containing 100 acres, 80 ef whieli are cleared and. free from stemps. There is a frame dwelling house with stone'cellm• underneath, also IMMO barn and stable. Pleuty of good -seam and a SI118,11 orchard. Is within six-and.a-half miles of Clinton and about 9 miles from Soaforth. Ap- ply at TRE EXPOSITOR Office,Seeforth. 528 FOR SALE. -Being Lot No. 18, Con. -14, litillett, containing 149 acres; 80 acres under fence; the balance well wooded with good hard- wood. There is a good frame house ' and barn, on of . a mile of the village of Blyth. W. McDITOSH, proprietor, Blyth P. 0 . 53812 r?AR B CHANCE. -For Sale, that large and -6-4' commodious residence'containing 10 rooms, . with good Well and, outbuildings, elso 100 feet frontage, lesiug on the smith aide of Goderich Street, third door east of the Presbyterian Church, Seaforth. For further information apply to the proprietor. A. G. AULT, Seciforth. . 583 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALF.-For Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tuckersnaitia County of Mum, consisting of 50 ACCO14, 81 miles from tho Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school. Tho land- is of the very best quality.. For further • particulars apply - to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the prondses, or to Etamondville P. • O. 524 - 'WARM FOR SALE. -For Salo, 50 acres of- Land, • -L being Weet half of Lot 9, COn.-8, Tuckeremith, Huron Road -Survey, with frame bars 36x57, stone biseernent; log dwelling; all well unclerclraiuctl; 40 acres elear of stsunps; erchard„ *young and bearing; 80 rods fame a geed school. s. ossession. giVell at any tinic. Apply to A. STRONG, Laud Agent, Scatorth.• PROPERTY FOR OLLE.-For Sale, Lot No. 14, Con. 16, Grey, 100 acres, 16 sans cleared -au excellent lot West half of -north half of. Lot No. 29, Cola 6, efoteit,• adjoining the Village of Bros- and where a rd -headed t Scotchman,_: Kammer had melted imperceptibly who eombined the duties of a Self.0011 iuto atttttuiit ; and. the bright tints that. stituted postmaster with the diepensa- glittered ou the mountain slopes and tion Qi a villainous article ef whiskey, through the Aurae! undergrowth of the kept a lively grocery and Provision forest,' told. that it in its turn was soon store. to give way to -winter. Chihuahua Bar During the early part of the season I was piled rip with great heaps ,of boul- they had prospected up along the river, ds and gravel, furrowed here and fulding gold all the way, but not in there withdeep ditches and trenches, quantities aufdciently large to warrant aud otherwise gave ample evidence of workince • At the place, however, which the hard. work that had. been done. • they sasequently named Chihuahua ; But, as Old. Platte remarked, " The •(proneuncede in the vernacular Mice- luck was down on them," awl the part - waw -waw), the perspioacious Jones had. nem had very little to show for tile long given it fiat his opinion, formed after nut- months t:f toil. Gentleman Dick had ture deliberationand a sapient exam- worked. as hard and earnestly as the ination of seine two or three sbovelsful others, and had. never been. known to of dirt, that there was a satisfactory • utter a word of complaint through the "color in that ar bank." Some hard many hardships and mishaps they en - work of about a week- demonstrated (lured. But a great change had come that there were ekeldltetteligeinge there, overhim. No one whit saw -him when and then work wae commenced upon ho joined. the, party in Denver would it in good earnest. (..Flie cabin • was leave ventured le call him strong or ro- built, Gentleman Diek'e Choice of loco,- but, but, delicate an he Wtt3 then, he tion being umiuimouely tippr(yea ; two -was: now a mere shadow breereparison, or three trips \\*tee) made aerobe the The change had been more marked and " Range " to the, nearest settlement for rapid. during the last few weeks. , materials. and. proYieione ; and then the had seemed to fade gradually ttArS..1!'', real labor began. As they eut through growing daily weaker and weaker, un - the heavy bank of mould and. gravel, til at laet, a knottitelge (tf his increasing gradually eatiug a long trench the debility forced itself upon the not very bed ruck, prospects grew better auc.i: bet- observant faeultieS of his companions -7 ter. At last, one day a narrow ledge of :7 coming rather as e. sense of • iudefinable brittle, Shale- rock came in view, cover- enteasiuess on his behalf, than any ,ae-' ed. with a (-eating of thick, heavy yel- ttutl apprehelision of his real condition. low mud, of which Old Platte gathered His great expreestve eyes shone out a panful, and betook himself down to with an unnatural brilliancy from his the river side, war -whoop from the pale, sunken cheek -s, nd. a &epee shade direetion in which he had disappeared of melancholy seemed settling on his came ringing throngh the gooseberry naturally thoughtful face. Thompson bushes to titeh. (etre, and with a reepon- probably noticed it more than anybody • sive veil au a eininhaneoue droprins.2r else, but said. nettling, while Ohl Platte of Shovels an- pielas. they all daehed and Jones exchanged ideas on the eule off to his eide. He was discovered in a tett with a sort of puezled auxiety, condition of great cseositement, claming mingled, it might be, \vial some genuine wildly areunt t the pan, in the It Ittom of alarm. They noticeii that the work be - which abet halt a teeopoonitil of ceeirse eau to fatigue him more and more, and yellow nuig,.. te veere ehining among the '-that he often had to pause in the mid - black sand. it wee a grand prospeet. dleiof it, weary and exhausted. and with the eeeeption ef Gentleman At last, one dayabeet the iirst of Dick, wietee exultatien wae of a eely November, he reinained iu hie bunk in mild and reserved order, tho proprie- the cabin, Unable to come! doyen to the tors of the Chihuahua Claim behaved claim. In their rough, uncouth wav in a YerY. undiornilled and -unsecnnly than- pitied. hint, and -would have given way; Thompson and, Ames organizing- anything thete could command to be an impromptu sparring -match, and - able to relieve him. But they seemed OH Platte standing indecorously on his instinctivelv to feel that his case was head. in a, neighboring clump of bushes. something cant of their reach, and with Sundry war-w',00ps and divers indica- the exception of a weak suggestion from tions of activity showed that work of a Jones, that he should. try some of very lively and energetic character was "- themar antibilioui pills as he had in sele, 50 acres, 83 mires cleared, eheeee factory and machinery oomplete thereon. Four houses and lots, and a leage number of vacantlots in Brussels, all the property of the undersigued. Also a num- ber of improvedfarms, the property of other par- ties. JOHN LECKIE. Brussels. 51E OUSE 1AN]) LOT FOR SALle,-Is or, Sale, •Aol• that pleasantly situated and desirable resi- dence, theproperty of Mr. Wm. Robertson. The property is cm eloderich Street, in Adams' survey. 'The house contains nitting-rocan, dining -roma The afternoon service haa. ended, k't I e len, and 5 bed-roonis, with pantries, closets SIGN OP THE GOLDEN LION. 1878. SPRING., 1878. In returning -my s neere thanks to my customers for past favore4 have now re:itch pleasnie in inf them that rny stockis now complete for the Spring' Trade, and Goodsare 1 heaper this season than ever before. Ihavo secured several cheap lines in Dress 0 ods, and would ask customers to look at my 155 Goods, Black Lustres from 12 c to 150 per vard-extra deed vain° at 20c, 95c and 30c. Black and Colqeed Silk , Cheap. A eapital line of dolored Silks in Navy -Bine, Leaf Brown, Fawn, Drab nd' Bine. Black Cashmeres from 60e to .$L60 per yard." Black Cords, Black P ramattas, &c., for Mourning Dresses. A• large stock o 'Prints to select from, in. all .styles and prices. Shirtings., DepimseDucks, 'Pickings, - &c. Special value in White Cotton's, both English and American.. Table Linen?, ToWels, Towelling, Table Napkins, &c. Nice styles in La -co Curtains and Curtain Nate. Ladies' Ties, Scarfs, Corsets, Gloves, &e. Tweeds and Coatings-wdare showing a•large Stock and GoodValue. Parties wanting a Good kittingsSuiplease • call and see our Goode. Good Fits guaranteed or no sale. Hats,and Caps, Ties, Brace% Shirts, &c. GROCERIES -Extra value in 500 Tea. A. call solicited. J.A.MISOI\T_ APRIL 12, 187 APRIL 12,17 A. 0, AULT'S GROCERY, SA.FORTI--1. WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL BOY. , One Dollar will buy font pounits ae T Ono Dollar will buy 20 pound bars of goo One Dollar will bny 20 pounds of good R One Dollar will buy 13 pounds of good S One Dollar Will buy 114 pounds bright One Dollar will buy 11 pounds of coffee One Dollar will bay 9/ pounds of gr Sugar. One Dollar will buy 9/ pounds of br • Sugar. One Dollar will buy 11 pounds of Dried. One Doller will buy 16 pounds of new R One Dollar will buy 16 pounds of new P One Dollar will buy 5 pouode of good C One Dollar swill buy 7 bottles of good P One Dollar will buy six good bro Ono Dollar will buy 5 gallons of good C One Dollar" will bny 1 washtUln worth a One Dollar will buy 6 good pails. A. G . A U LT eidn ken itopi tiger. Sugar, Andlated APPlea. aisins. runes. offee. ickles. oal Oil. -50. Will sell Tea worth 75 cents per poundIo cents per pound, and Tea worth 65 ta pound for 50 cents per pound. Besides the above all other Groceriet will be sold at Great Bargainsm A. G. Ault's Grocery. me 51, Pot Barley. Cornmeal, Potatoes Bacon, Buoter, Lard, all kinds of In& Oniot s for seed, Hams, Spiced. Bacon, Flour, Bran, Shorts, Peas, Choppedp,CiTlriieitii'tilanilOei: of Flower Pots, Crocks and Milk Pans. Goods Delivered Free in,— of the Town, A. G.;-: ny part ULT. HARRY.MIT6HELL'S BOOKSTORE, SEAFORTH. Have you seen Harry's Baby Carriages ; just arrived, twodray Grandest display of Baby Carrivis Ever shown in Sea -forth, all price The new American Self-Threadi Machine, best in the world, sold Ter cash at Harry Mitchell's. A good et° and the best assortment of Stationery Goods west of Toronto et Harry aIitehall loads. and -style,. ng Sewing y cheat) ler ck of Boole and ranee SEAFORTH AGRICULTURAL WAREROOMS. IF YOU WANT TO CET THE BEST THISTLE CUTTER PLOW IN THE MARKET GO TO 0. C. WILLSON'S, SEAFORTH, And get one made by the Massey Manufacturing Coneoany. REASONS' WHY THEY ARE THE BEST • They are higher in the beam, they aro higher in the mould board, they are thieker in the mould board, they are thoroughly ground and polished in all working parts, and have the best car wheel, iron points on them, no commort metal being used in their raanufacture. This can be said by no other makers of Plows. A Full Stock of • - ALL KINDS OF GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWS Also Gang Plows of all kinds, including the Port Perry aii,d Guelph,. Oh, 140 love you john„ You'ae a dear little ream Won't you buy me a carriage, • Yes, Innate you can. . Harry can supply you with Daily obPneznegirlseibignol Monthly Magazines, (that you have : from your old friend, Mr. Anwar 'choose to favor him with your orders, Berlin Wools and Fingering Yarns, alt talon and shades, -Cardboard-all kinds, Jewelry and Watches, Toys, Wall Paper, Ne. Vander Mae- rsecici:ivaertblec.ouSteeopur tarat nedemeeenftauai eryoursf;0TtbuyolI7,1oumill good value tor y0111:331073ey. • REMEMBER THE LACE: No. 2 CAMPBELL'S BLOCK, .1 ear the Queen's Hotel, and air the Mansion, Seaforth. ctly opposite HARRY MITCHELL. N. B. -Boarders wanted. at the Mace Board- ing House,. Good board, comfortable rooms, and use of organ, nt $3 per week. -HARE! MITCHELL, Proprietor. IMPLEMENTS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, SUM AS ABSTRACT OF AO Between the Municipality of the TOWN OF NOAN, Tien. COUNT. SEAFORTII, and JULIUS DUI aud. the coliereeation were ar ensmg wood -seen one oniereouneeeeees. also lewd -StrclAV Cutters, Grain Crushers,. Horse Powers of cal kinds from, two to and well finished. The lot contauts one -Lift of all urer, for the year 1877. nll ter?, 110988 power, Gloving; kachines, Clothes Wringers, (tad , t'ne person descended .froen the pill- there. Apply to t•lie proprietor on the premises. - Bv.p'y ilfachine belongzng to tbusiness. themselves For °tile. benedietion and soft water under cover. The house it new pit to the desk, and. said, ia alra, wen ROBERTSON. • 527 SEWING MACHINES. clear voice : 1 " Those wishing tt be united n the A MER. -The undersigned offers for sale on RARE CHANCE FOB A RETIRED FAR- , ! • holybon of matrimone will 31.0 lease very reasonable terms his residence and grounds i - on Goderich Street adjoining the corporation of Ib is needless to say enything about tbern as long as every person knows that the Florence is i tly f • WANZER, 'ROYAL, OSBORNE, RAYMOND, AND SINGER. : Seaforth, The house -is a story mud a half, frame, the boat. Also a, full cdock of all the common machines made, such as the' A deep .stilluess insta, I. over eau finished, and large pleasant rooms. Alio a . ood stable and all other convenient:etc. There is come forward." the congreeation, brokei by the g onl necuiy an acre of land attached on whieh there is pretty eirl 'el • hata of fruit trees'. It is within ten rustling of the silk, as sore e or 'excited matron changed her position minutee Walk of the busiuese pait of the town. - to .eatch.the first view oi the couple to SOHN, SHAW, Seaforth. 588 be -married. No one, however, arose, ----,,, anal F-0-1.1- SA.-LEt' .-L 93 Cue- . 1 , n 9 or seemed. in the least iuclined. to rise. . It - Tuckersinith, containing l00 1i:cres' ; Liche:at 76 .1,Vhereupon the worthy clergyman, acres cleared; the balance good hardwood timber. deeming the first notice unheard Or inis- There is a good frambhouse, witheellar, and other •outbuildings on the premises; Ise a good well. • understood, repeated : - There is a good bearing orchard. It is on a good ' "Let those wishine to be united in oravel road, is within six naiks f Settforth and tiour from Beucelield. Schools, c arches and post the holy' bonds of mertrintony now come offices all couvenieut. -For further particulars forward.." ' ' • . • • r -• Still no one stirred. The silence:be- came almost audible, an.d a, painful sense_of awkwardness &thong those pres- ent was -felt, when a young map, who occupied a vacant seat in the broad. • aisle during the service, slowly arose and deliberately walked to the foot of She altar. He was good. looking and • 'well dressed, but no female accompani- ed. him. When he arrived within a re- spectable distance of the clergyman he embeds and with a reverent bow step-, ped to one side of the aisle, but .neither said anything nor seemed at all disconcerted at the idea of being mar- ried alone. . The- clergymen looked anxiously around for the bride, who, he supposed was yet to arrive, and. at length remarked to the young man, in an un- dertone : " The yowls; lady, sir, is dilatory." "Yes, sae" • " Had. you not better defer the ceree molly ?" - " I think not." "Do you suppose she i,vill be here soon ?" " sir," said. the young man ; "how should 1 know of the lady's move- ments?" A few moments were allowed to elapse in this unpleasant state of ex- pectancy, when the clergyman renewed his interrogatories. , Didthe lady promise to attend at the present hour?" " " What lady ?''. , Why, the lady, to be sure, that you are -,eaiting here for." " I did. not hear her say auy- thing about it," was the unsatisfactory response; " Then, sir, may I ask you why you ; are here, and for -what purpose yon thus trifle inthe sanctuary of the Most High?" said the somewhat- enraged clerical. ." I came, sir, simply because you in-- Vited all those wishing to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony to step forward, alid. I happened. to entertain., euch a wish. I am very sorry to havd miNintlwretteid you, sir, and wish you a very good. day.". The benediction was tittered in a solemnity of tone yerv little in accord- - :ince with the twitching of the facial: nerves, and. when, after the church was -closed, the story got among the congregatiou, mere than one girl regret- ted. that the you'll; man who really wish- ed to be united ine the holy bonds of matrimony hai been obliged to depart without a wife. • —" Cramming," according to Prof. Blakie, of Edinburgh, "is a species of intellectual food, which is neither pre- ced.ed by appetite nor followed by di- gestion." of Sewing 'Machine Repairs, Needles and Oils always on hand. Sewing Machines lie- 1 Poll Tax RECEIPTS. Balance from 1876 Stall rents .Pines. . .. Liqnor Lieenses Billiard License.... Tax Roll for 18'77 .... $2601 91 50 90 45 • a, • 1,407 -68 13000 , 9,2441 3,76011 352 95 2,975 55 5150 s. .80 00 - 195 00 • Sundries ....... Hall and Scale Rent I3ank Discount. Drain Rent All kinds paired on the shortest notice. Street Watering.. .. : . . O. C. WILLSON,. SEAFORTEL I Sundries. • • •• • ..... . ; Street Watering .... . .. CAMPBELL'S BLO'CK, SEAFORTH. ,ty VII talt; VS. C.....1,..a ) ..... .... , ... es,forth P. 0. 537x4 ' • a'sPLENDID FARM FOR SAL -' north half of Lot 16, Mild inith, better known as the Old C ontainiug 50 acres, 40 acres of ael the balance splendidly th LOUSC1 and good frame atbuildin, xd. of the best fruit and abut I:his farm adjoins the village o me of the choicest pt. perties it be County. Apply to GEO ?ETTY, Hensel'. s' VALUABLE FARM FOR S Dot 11,'Con. 8, H. II. S., edning 100 acres, 99 of which or date of good cultivation, being s he balance is good: hardwoodib aousec, frame barn and stables= ; eoodbecuing orchard. Is situa front Soaforth and 13ruceffeld, an School close by, and. all other conveniences. further particulars apply to DA the premises, or to Egniondaille too -For Sale, the n Reed, Tucker- , • oper Homestead, ' hich aro &leered bend. A briek s. A large orch- dance of water i Kippen, and is that sadism of GE & JAMES .532 eLF..-For Sale, 'nckeremith, eon- s cleared and in a 'ell underdraleed, alt. Good stone sell watered, and ed 'about 5 miles 1 31 from Kippen. For 7ID MOORE, ou P.O. • 529-8x 'VALUABLE FAnt.t Pon SA ` -west hall of Lot 27, Con. tenting 50 flares knowkas the farm is-situatedwithin one mile Seaforth. The land. is of the There is a handeome residence and. iugs. Tile farm is well planted namental trees, is in excellen. fenced: It is admirablY suited tleman, a dairy -man, or market easy. This property must be s to A. STRONG, Seafortle E. -For Sale the 3, IlleKillop, con- eigle estate. This and a quarter of chmeest (sludgy. isocel outbuild- ith fruit and. or- order and well or a. rulired. gen- gardener. Terma id at once. Apply • 539 .E. -Por Salo, Lot 1. 1, Hay, contain, ' cleared and in a ; -• is a good brick barn, stable. cow e all frame; there do, pear and other s trees planted 10 strearo. running on which is a good on two sides of the from Hensall sta- on the London from the Rodger - r further particu- Veterinary 481 . NTALUABLE FA TIM Pon SA v 16 and south half Dot 17, Co ing 150 acres, r20 of which are -good state of cultivatiou- Titer house and a frame Oottuge, -the stable ancl. other outbuildings a are about 10 acres of choice al' fruit trees. and. about 300 sprite years. TlIere is a never-faili kg throngh the centre a the farm, mill' site, a good. gravel road terra: It is eituated one mile , tion and fonr miles from Exeter, Road, and is just across the read Ville post office mad church. Ft lars apply to JAMES W. ELDER, Surgeon, Seaforth P. 0. WAGON AND BLA.CESM Y T SALE.—The undersigned, ing froru business, wishes to the village of Milburn, tearush Of Huron, consisting of three-' of choice land, well underarm number of well seleeted fruit , the premises a blacksmith el shop 20x40, end paint ,shop tic! storey dwellin,g house 16x35 with ceek-liense attached ; a hon,e 1:?1,...11 and t:table 1.13x9.5. • all frame and the dwelling hot cellar. The abote is situated • farming communities in the c,..suntv fore an eneellent buemess stn.: large amount of oak, rock el lumber, well seasoned, and 1' ugf.,..i... on . sleighs,eutters,andb A cheap to clear out the stock: ed of all overdue notes and lti:Z LIAMS, Constaece 1'. 0. Tri SHOP FOR who is about retir- ell his preperty in p. of liullett, county Darters of an acre led, and having a mete There ie .on op 25x36, a wagon same size, a two and kitchen 16x22, :.0 a n,,w ,Iwi,lling Tho baiI,lit-,,:i an 14'es 11.01.; e:lell II gutil. in .tie of the best and i-: there; a. Also Per sale a n, red el:u. awl idife for nee. Wagons-, Land, and wi:1 be eold 1eyruent i, ri.quest- falltA. JOHN WIL- 517 IMPORTANT OTICES. QEED WHEAT. -A. Gore, " those who have ordered t . Wheat from him that it h orders can be filled at his fill, . John.Wilson's farm Silver- , He can still fill a iew mor ' wishing to secure this value at one.e. Price, $3 per bush ,l. 'ENLOCE. • oek wonld inform e Last Nation Seed s arrived, and the Winthrop, or at reek, near Seaforth. orders, and nos:: le seed should apply ANDREW GOV. 533 2 • 'Total • • • • DISBURSMTENTS "THE ONTARIO HOUSE" , IS NOW OPEN. WITH A A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF DRY dOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND GROCERIES. We will not quote prices, but cordially invite the people of Sea:forth and surrounding country to • - • CALL AND EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES. We buy for Cash and sell as low as is consistent with safety. Mark Goods in Plain Figures. ilave no second price, and • regard. it as being no trouble to show -Goods. PLEASE CALL AT THE ONTARIO HOUSE. SMITE & WEST, SEAFORTH. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THE MEDICAL HALL, SEAFORTH. FLOWER, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS JUST H WARRANTED FRESH AND TRUE TO NAME. Sinkind Fond and Interest Printing Fire, Water' and Gas....... . .. Streets andSidewalks Salaries . Market Clerk Constable.. Bank Discount. School Acconnt County Rata Charity. Purchase of Laud . Surplus Fund Loaned Silver Creek Drain Other Drains Uncollected Taxes Balance in Treasurer's .. • • - • • hands-. Total Disbursements. . • W. 11-. WANSOle SAMES A. CLI STATEMENT OF ASSE ABILITms LIABILITIES • - Aug. 31,1870, Under 1,11y -Law No. 48, for 15 years • $3,000 00 Slily 15, 1876, Linden By -Law No, 100, for 10 years 3,00000 • Total Liabilities ASSETS - Dec., 1877, Dep. in Bank, Surplus • _ Fend, at 5 per emit ..... $117.00-410 Invested on Mortgages et ,8 per cent. 8,550 90 Cash balance on hand 746 49 Total Lents . . - ..... . - $57996 rd W. N. liVATSON 539 JAMES A. CLINE, ' Auditors. THE SEAFORTH. 24423° 26.10 14 :n11154:530 • 2,51621 344 00 4• :000 3 829. 238, ,7( 4570500:52 0°00786• 8 1:2119805612634::::° 740 48 ▪ $18,839 29 „... 14E, 1- Auditors. TS AND LI - • $6,000 00 S MO BE HAD in any quantity, Ly the ennce, round, or mein Those _Seeds were pnrchaeed.from •J-- fiest-eLees houses, and May be relied on. Our assortment is very. ceinplete, containing not only Fieldand Garden Seeds, but as well a most complete list of . a INSURANCE AND LAND AGENCY. ALONZQ ST TS AGENT lo Several Firs -I- and Life Insurance Connie ed to take risks on RONG c1l_188 stock, FUG ie, and is prepto THE MOST FAVORABLE TERM& Also Agent for several of the ties. Also Agent for the sale and and Village Property. best Loan Socie` purchase of rot A NUMBER OF FIRST-CLASS tlif• • PROVED FARMS FOR SALE. 85 0,000 to Loan ats rer Cent, Interest. Agent for the 'White Star Line of Steamers, onug-Over M. Monism's Store, Main•S Seafortht DAIRYMEN, AT MRS. WH ENT -ION, ITNEL FLOWER SEEDS, RANGING FROM 5 GENTS TO 50 CENTS A PAPER sEAFOR Double Dairy (best Englieh Mixed), Coreapsis, Calandrina, Can.dytuft, Balsams (a large variety), • Amaranthue, Datum, 'lee Plant, Jacobea, Asters (in great variety), Larkspur, Liman Grandifiorean, Love -Lies -Bleeding, arigold, a!arvel of Peru, Mignonette, Mineulas, Nasturtium, Petunia, Phlox ' Drom-andii, Portulaec , and stocks of various kinds of Verbena, innia, tlegans, tlec., bedded' a good assortment of Everla§ting Plowers, Ornamental Climbing Plants, Ornamental Grasses, and Choice Imported Seeds for Green, House Culture, &c. HICKSON & BLEASDELL, SEAFORTH. .I TB now better prepared tha L. ply a first•class article P aih3, Pans, and all other prices as low as good articles anywhere. TH, ever before 19 in Milk Cana Dairy Utensils, , can be purelinseu Ear -Troughing Promptly AtlendeS to, and at Low Rates. Every description of Tinware ConstantlY hand and made to order. Custom Work reef& prompt attention. Renumber the Tin Store i72 the New B Block is the hest place to buy. 539• MRS. WHITVEY* eeiteceert ertebef:PeeefiegnooaesYtwehmof ifetoth_rFakehinerse, inanny of fine ma/metre is ol pie sae; for raefeaufltewshaordtded teter:rid, of gentleinen towa .na, ot conjure stor .afirstratee by presunaing to • -ve binegen71-1whiot.'fi) rstBlue: Ntvh the path of excessif was a to say, that evel fraoren have so affably folio it at ttsp, hh,oi snot yta f t hasbecome et ciebieiescwoymov i:uec preserve2 ,iotx:wc:jea.:::, m:arst grantos indispensa ten feels, aiad every the nce of the sexes. V ner, e, sy0en.8 bYeeajist user: -towards her that which you imagine tialaese ws'hYttetaliresYyouttb.oyus earieto? l':iihoynsah7elode:01: sotoofnbe decorous in the pre • you se little moment? notewe:erp, go toel bwhabeli;teeelillb:stairytioitys,b0":11\nc' antsea ,t/ t word? Why rise when el tirede,noierute:t aIntyisrzatut. teo•lvnatinoinelf yewshertabwoeuso mt en you, or doing so, one of • ering ineonvenienc- aeVay. This is no ques dare say women are they were. . E believe tbeir manners are Mai. big. They no longer sil deference from men man's natural right, an gacions woman ever fee not bong receive it, -eve after it, from her "pig: Tint consequence is that • the presence Of women eVell the worn& we spe sive They have corm ners ; and then. they -corraption. Corruptio est; and there is nothin offine.% kinaaiminl nnteirs inae,ee the Wherein. -consist goo think it will be found t ease ice of good manner in all other things, eont ness, or, itt otlar.‘' wor When we speak of liar sarily imply a relsti teeetbilivg:themV*'‘e it• bejust proportion be tbeen observed; and t justness of proportion, t should be, sprigs -who; the significant Atterd p hiU.61istrecteine, A Modern M One of the Boston re of an Irish Munchaue the humble capaeity of math to the entertnii One of them being sera lobster, asked: "1)o you call that a "Fate, 1 believe th thin lobsters here, stn trabs at home." 4-110h," -said the dine stezs in Ireland?" s it lobsters ? Be full of tem. Many a t* whin rye leaped over "How large do :the Ireland ?" Well," Baia kilo, .spake widin hounds, s tor of five of six feet, " What 1 five or six around in those c 3edad„ surr, the areeliea, Mike. lflttor itb But,' t said the pc you iaid you had set were leaping over the sters here live in the -L;DDeea did, sur le ars in Ireland. ItVe SCO1 it real wia t h e" Bg ul ltes ti etehki la ie rne, g "' Hibernian at last, " till tbcy are boiled.' Don't I know tha prottelafully; "but the in the out(' eounth through 'en, and coin to creek open and att upAonath3‘elinkeex- ga lukees at , locutor to digest th story. Mrs. PrerthoCreB '-oH Tie a f Lowrie's" is ti. pleasant and p gossip in the eine that." Frances Hodl 'fa ;I:Niaoes ; ye lel! ert father allanengrdi aalnei adiyaoiung fanilly to tal ture novelist learns • ItsN t ssntirtieil whennethveer fafienTillyacrxt `e:3111Yis's ija(irrrufitilltrttl': thetnge. eountry • pallurstged in business the invitation of ai • They went to Km of eB uzieettet ,fitavolrlite) The,: se ister earned th The eictlit folrir of Glo)i; do wbus for her -mol asked her if it wae e dress k arrived, and they he This in a fury and scrarmeipere,aet,ettilleweiatlittet editor paid her, as experience NV ity of a story so written from a avi heard. of—for la introduce Huth° liouor anett has since Murt.Gilder that she.' also intuitional, as ferred from That k which reads as if h seenecsr, ialls b . This note-7 entryin get It