The Huron Expositor, 1878-04-19, Page 25
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
GENTLEMAN DIOL
And so they resigned themselves to
their winter e prison on the Blue—
Old Platte stolidly and contentedly,
Thompson uneasily and restlessly, and
Gentleman Dick peacefully and cahrdy
knowing full well that spring woald nev-
er bloom again for him. Thus the De-
cember days flew by, groiving colder.
and wider, and the snow line crept
gradually down the slopes the range,
until it reached the edge of the timber,
where it seemed to pause for a few days
in its advance. It had already snowed
several times in the valley, and the af-
ternoon sun had. always melted it away;
but they knew by experience that it
-would soon come down in good earnest
and cover everything up for the winter
in a mantle of snow some Six or seven
feet deep. And. as the days sped on,
Gentleman Dick grew paler and paler
and his bright eyes shonewith a bright-
er lustre, while he seemed to be gradu-
ally slipping away, losing little by little
his hold upon life. He was a mystery
to his companions, for he had no dis-
ease that could be detected, and why
should he sink thus without apparent
cause, was more than they could under-
stand. _
The wind came roaring down the
WWII in Wild, fierce gusts; the dead,
frest-hardened: brittle *inches of the
sturdy-oId. pines raffled. Sind cracked and
broke as it swept by laden !with glitter-
ing crystals, stolen from the range above
where it whirled madly round the snowy
peaks, aud whirled away great Winding
sheets of snow—fine, sleety snow, that
filled the atmosphere with sharp priek-
ly needles that made their way inside
Old Platte's rough woolen shirt as he
chapped away at the wood. pile, and
made him shiver as they Melted down
hi baek. Everything Was frozen hard
and fast; the Bine wae silent in its -bed;
stones and stieks adhered to the ground
as if part ami parcel of it and eaeli
pieceof wood Tin the pile that OMPlatte
was working at stood, stifty aud firmly
ireits place. The wind juet before a
snow -storm. always ccenes down the ea, -
leans in fierce premonitory drifts, and
•'.naa it was desirable to get in a„ good stock
of wood before the snow drifts gathered.
around the ortbin, old Platte had. been,
hacking manfully for some hours. The
sun sunk low in the, hollow of the hills
to the westward. while he Was still
working, and lit up with a cold yellow
glare the snowy wastes and icy peaks
of the mighty mountains that stood.
guard over the Blue. The whistling of
the wind among the pines died gradu-
ally away and the silencethat seemed
to fall with the deepening shadows Was
only broken by the ringing , strokes:. of
the axe, and. the cracks of the splitting
wood. Wheu he ceased., the valley had
faded into darkness, and the range with
its sharp outlines was only faintly clis-
eernible against the semi -are gray pall
that had overspread the sky.
He made a broad stack of logs by the
• fireplace- and. a larger one outside the
-door,and then stood by the threshold. to
take a look at the weather.. A great,
soft feather came sailing slowly down
and nestled in his shaggy beardand. an-
other fluttered on to the back of his
li.attd. He looked up through the 'dark-
ness, and Saw that it -was already begin-
ning to fall thiokly, and then, witha
self-satisfied glance of approval at his
,pro-vident woodpile went into the cabin
and fastened The door.
'Thompson. hadi shot a tine argal, or
Rooky Mountain sheep that merninz
and the broiled. steaks'were giving forth
a most acceptable odor. He had tried
-to get Gentleman Dick to taste of a
choice piece, but he shook his bead
wearily, as he had every time for some
two weeks or more when proffered food.
He could. eat nothing and. lay there
• propped up on rough pillows, seeming
scarcely conscious of their presence; his
dreamy eyes, with lids half drooping,
looking -fixedly into the blazing fire.
BVS/1 the coffee, civilized as it was by
the addition of some patent condensed
miik, and upon the manufaeture of
which Thompson had prided himself
nota little, stood untouched by his bed-
side. Old Platte lit his pipe, and drag-
ged his three legged atool into a comer
of the wide chimney, and Thomson af-
ter moving the things away to a corner
sat dawn opposite mendius his snow -
shoes with a bundle of 'buckskin thongs.
They did not talk much in that family
of evenings; men of this class are not
conversational in their habits, and. a
strauger who should look in would. be
apt to think th,era an unsocial:set. Old
Platte ptiffed steadilyeat his pipe, blink-
ing and winking at the fire, whish he
poked occasionally with his stick or fed,
with & log of wood from the pile by his
side. Thompson worked ("Maly with
knife and awl at his dilapidated shoes,
and the pale, patient face beyond still
gazed dreamily into the fire. ,There
were old sceneseleabtless in among those
burning logs—old familiar faoes, deer
memories of the past, and weird fantas-
tic visions picturedin the glowing coals.
At last the eyes left the fire for a mo-
ment, resting on the two that sat by it,
and he said, "Boys, it's Christmas
Eve.e
Thompson started, bp he had. not
heard him speak evith so much energy
for weeks.
Chri,strns,e Eve he repeated ab-
sently. " Christmas .1; vo, and to -morrow
will be Christmas Day. Last Christ;
mas was not like this; all was bright
ana fair, and she---"
The rest of the sentence was lost, as
he muttered it uneasily to himself and
resumed his \retelling of the fire. Christ-
mas Eve! So it was they had not;
thought of it. Christmas Eve the mune
seemed out ef phsce among those rocky
fastuesses. What could the pines and
the sedan:de, the snows and the ice,have
in. common with Christmas ? Christmas
'Eve (Iowa in that desolate valley in the
quiet depths ot the imest, away, miles
away, from human habitation of any
kind.? Christmas Eve ! It seemed ab-
surd, but 5Chriettnas Eve it was, never-
theless, there as everywhere else.
Old Platte took his blackened pipe
from betweeu his lira, and ineelnutic-
ally repeated the words. Chriettuds
plexmg ideas had been called into exist-
ence by the suggestion, and his pipe
went out as he listlessly hoved anue
stray coals back into the fire with his
foot. But his meditations to judge from
his countenance were neither iuterestieg
nor profitable. Probably his Christ -
masses had never been passed in a way
that was calculated to make them pleas-
ingly conspienous in the background of
his life. Most of his early recollections
were associated with a 'villainous road-
side groggery in Pike county, Missouri,
of which his father evae the proprietor.
Any questions relating to this parent
and. home he had beenknown to invari-
ably evade, and Whenever ,fonversation
tended in that direction he strenuously
discouraged it. Why he did so never
very clearly appeared. Some people who
pretended to know used. to sty that th
old gentleman had been doing a lively
trade-in horeeflesh Without goingthrough
ttie customary - formalities of finance
and that some people with whom hi
dealings had. been unsatisfactory, in
consequence of this unbusiness like hal
of his, had called at his house one even
ing, and invited him to walk out with
them. The invitation was one he would.
have liked to decline, but extra induce
ments in the shape of the cold inuzzl
of a revolver and a low but determine
"Dry up m
and come along P' caused him
to put on his'hat and step out. He wa
• ,found next morning hanging from th
branch of a neighboring tree with abrie
but expressive obituary written in pen
eil on a scrap of paper andpinned to hi
• coet : "Horse thief! Jerry Moon and
Scotty, take notice." Inasmuch as -one
of the latter individuals was the chie
authority for the story, and had expe
dited his departure from Pike county in
consequence of the intimation contained
in the lines on the same bit of paper, it
may be safely inferred that there was
some foundation for the numerous
• stories of a similar nature which were in
eirculation. So Christmas spent as his
had, been had no particular interest for
Old
Platte, and was pretty Much the
same as any other kind- of day upon
which there would. be an equally good
eXCUS8 for stopping work and. getting
venomously drunk. At any rate the
memories that clung- around that
Pike' County , Whiskey shop were
none of the pleasantest or most
gratifying ; and with a grunt ef general
dissatisfaction - he rekindled his pipe,
put a couple of stioks on the -fire
and allowed his mind to- slide off
into a more congenial train of reflec-
tion. ••
To Thonipson, Gentleman Dick's
words had come o, sort of revelation.
He knew well enough that Christmas
came in December, and also upon what
day of the month it fell, but of late the
days had gone by so monotonously, and
had so little to distinguish them one
from another, that he had kept no ac-
count of them, and:- had. no idea that it
was so near. Some indefinable influence
that he could not account for had of late
sent his mind groping into Old aid bet-
ter channels, and consequently When he
was reminded of the presence of Christ -
teas he felt disposed to accord to it a
measure of consideration rather differ-
ent froth that with which several of its
predecessors had. met. Like Old1Platte
he had regarded it a ,gooct day t get on
a" bust," and initiate a drunk f more
or less duration, but just now h seem-
ed. as if inclined to take a different view
of it. • His eyes could. take •a' healthier
view of the past than he had for a long
and its old memories and scenes flock-
ed, up before him now, bright through
the dim mist that time had east over
thein, and fresher and sweeter than
ever by contfast with. the gloomy pres-
ent. The snow shoes slid. from: his lap
and one by one the thongs of buckskin
dropped lIDOD. the , floor, as he leaned
back in the corner of the broad Chimney
his face resting upon his sinewy hand
and his eyes looking through the fire
into the world of the past? '
Old Platte lay curled up in Ws bear-
sldris and. blankets, fast asleep, but the
otIner still sat by the fire in the samer-
sition—still dreamily thinking. How.
long he had sat there he did. not know.
The fire had sunk into a .glowing heap
of coals, fast changing into soft white
ashes, on which now and then a melt-
ing snow -flake that had stolen, down
through the chinaneylwouid fall id dis-
appear with a short angry sizz 8,nd the
shadows in the cabin were deep and
dark. Suddenly it seemed to him in
his dreaming that a voice called him by
name, and he awoke from his reverie
with a chill and a shudder and a sense
of iadefinable dread creeping over him
—a dread of what, he could not tell. A
handful of chips blazed up brightly and
lit up the cabin with their flickering
light as he turned. nervously toward the
patient, cfuiet face behind him. The
eyes shaded by the long black eyelashes
were still on the fire, and while he was
confident that he had not been called
he was dimly conscious of -a great &halve
that had taken place. As he stilliooked
anxiously at the faded features the eyes
left their long watching of the embers,
and were raised to meet his. He felt he
was wanted, and was by his side in a
moment " How d'yer feel, old man
had fled, and Gentleman Dick was at
rest.
Spring had come again; the snow had
melted from the valleys ; the grass and
the ferns, and the green grass and bright
lichens once more peeped out among the
e gray boulders and. aboulthe feet of the
stately pines; and. the Blue, freed from
its wintry.prison, sang merrily over the
, gravelly reaches. And as the miners
$ flocked down that spring from over the
range, they saw near by the Chihuahua
t Claim and. the deserted cabin in a square
- formed by four gigantic pines, a neatly
built cairn of boulders. One big gray
• boulder rested securely on the top of all
- and on it was hacked,in rough and. sim-
e ple letters, G-ENTLKVAN DICK.
d.• AN
PGLOSS.
s
All About a Brick.
e 3 The following letter appeared in the
f New York Times of Mardi' 20, 1878,and
-• 1 is particularly appropriate to the pres-
s ! eat hard. times: 1
The noun .‘` brick" has a significance,
1 of to small import. Every one has
1
f heard of the gold brick of commerce,
- and. may soon hear of the silver brick
, required to pay interest on our govern-
Iment bonds. ,The clever fellow Who
pays his debts! and treats you to good
suppers is called a "brick," and the
man who Games a "brielt in his hat"
may be seen any day -walking down
Wall street after 3 o'clock. But this
is foreign to our story. A well-known
citizen • living not many blocks from
Union. Square, relates an incident some-
what in this wise :
One bright 'morning in the month of
• November, some years ago, I was pre-
paring to go'down town, when the ser-
vant informed me that a man was wait-
ing at the front door to see me. "Tell
him Pll be clown in a moment," said I.
On going to the door a man of tall sta-
ture and robust appearance, calling me
by name, requested assistance, saying
that he had a large family, a wife in
delicate health, and no means to pro-
cure food for them.
"You appear to be ' strong and.
healthy; why don't you work?" asked I.
• "Simply, sir, for thp reason that I
cannot procure work."
Not having any Wcrk to give him 1
thought I would test the sincerity of
hie intentions. .
"11 I give you work, what pay do you
"Anything, sir, you choose to give
me, so long as I can obtain means for
my suffering family." .
"Very well," said I; "1 will give you
•25 cents an ho-ur - if you will carry a
brick on your arm around the block for
five hours without stopping."
"-Thaak you, sir; I will do it."
• After hunting a while I found a brick,
placed it on the man's arm, started him
on his walk, and then went down town
to my business. •
Not having the least faith in the man's
premise I thought but little more of it,
salt as fknew I should' be back within
the five hour, I determined to see if he
performed his work. My business kept
me away rather later than I expected,
so I had to -forego my usual walls home,
and. took a Fourth aven.ue car to be back
within the five hours.
As I approached the corner of the
street where I reside, I found. a great
crowd of persons gathered—two fire en-
gines, a hose cart,land. a Week and lad-
der truck.' UPon ' inquiring where the
fire was I was informed that it was a
false alarm, and that what brought the
people _together and. occasioned the
agitation was the spectacle of a tall man
• Carrying a brick on his arm around the
Look for nearly five hours. The neigh-
bors were looking at him from the win-
dows and doors as he passed. along;
some thought he was crazy, but when
spoken to his answer 'was: "Don't stop
me; it's all right." As he interfered -
with no one, he was allowed to walk on
undisturbed. .
- "Where is the man now ?" I asked.
"There, you can see him ati thte other
end of the block, walking with his head
down," was the a,nswer.
He was just about turning the corner,
and I waited till he he had performed
the circuit, then, taking "him quietly by
the arm, I marched him to my house,
followed by a lot of boys. In the mean-
time the firemen, engines and hose -cart
rattled off. The man was thoroughly
tired out when I took him into my hall
and. seated him on a chair, while my
servant went for a little wine and Some-
thing to eat. I paid him, forthwith a
dollar and a h:a. lf. He informed me
that, while making one of his turns, a
lady came out of a house and inquired.
why he was carrying that brick, and on
his giving her the reason he received a
dollar, The object soon became known,
for as he passed the houses small sums
were given to him by different persons.
a,nd he was well satisfied. with his day's
Work. ,
"But," said he," what shall I do td -
morrow ?"
"Why," I replied, "go early in the
morning to the houses from Which you
received the money and ask for work,
and no doubt you Will find some one
who will put you in the way of getting
it; then report to me."
The following afternoon he informed
nue that he hadbeen sent to a German,
who kept a pork esta,blishmeut in Third
aveuee, and who wanted a clerk to keep
his books. He was to get five dollars
a week if his work -proved satisfactory,
and his duties began on the following
day. Before leaving me he asked for
the brick which had brought him such
good lack, and I gave it to him. With-
in the -year I ascertained that the man
had. been transferred to a larger °Stab-
lishmen t of the samekin.d, with a, salary
of $1,000.
Three or four years after' this I was
riding in a, street car, when a well-dress-
ed man accosted me with a. smile, and
asked me if I knew him. Seeing me
hesitate, he said:
" Don't you recollect the man -who
carried the brick?"
He theu informed me that he was
doing a Prosperous business on his
own accouut, had laid up moneys and
expected soon to build himself a house
u t w .
i
"'What became of the brick?" I itt-
quired.
" That brick, sir, has always occupied
a place on our mantelpiece, and we value
it as the most precious of our little pos-
sessions. • It has made our fortune.
-, -
—During the first year of married
life the wife fellS the husband's heart.
After that she must fill his stomach,
or there will be trouble.
—A North Hinedale cow poked its
tongue through a crack into a horse's
stall the other day, and had three and
one-half inches of it bitten off.
• Gentleman Dick smiled as he laid
his wasted fingers across the sturdy
brown hand that leaned on the edge of
his bunk, and turning with difficulty on
his pillow, he said in a voice scarce
above a whisper, " Thompkin, old fel-
low, you and Platte have .been kind,
very kind, to me. I won't trouble you
much more now. Pin going to say—
• geod-bye to you and—Thompson.--I
want you to do one little thing for me—
When spring comes." He reached into 1
chiuk aanong the logs by his side and-
• drew forth an envelope containing a few
letters, a photograph of a wenn-lees face, •
fair and tender and e, gold ring.
Thompson took it with a hand that
shook as his rarely did.
" Send it soon—it's addressed aInd all
—send it to her. Maybe she will be
glad to knew 1 am—gone—at last—out
of her path—out of the way and the
• world. She seat it back to me—would
• not have it—or me, Now—" 'Then his
• mind seemed to wanders and. he ram-
• bled iecoherently, repeating over and
over again a name that 'sounded like
that on the envelope. " You will do it,
Thompson won't yon ?" said he, rallying
suddenly. •
• Thompson s voice was husky and 1
- thick as lie answered impressively,
D nano ef I don't!" adding men-
tally as he glanced at the package,
D—ui her skin, whoever she is !
She's at Ult....bottom of all this here busi-
ness. you bet."
Gentleman Dick's lips moved as ifhe
'ere speaking, and as Thompson leaned
ver hiin he could hear in a broken
whisper. "Gold—in old boot—under
bed—Old Platte half."
He heard. no more. . The pressure of
the wasted fieders‘ relaxed, the weary
head stink slesAy back on the pillow, .
and the tired eyelids dropped over the
glazing eyes, -
ma.?i‘ek !" said Thompson, "Diek---eld
•
Ever be half growled as if some pee- w
Too late. Away the softly -falling
snow from the Blue, with its stillness
and solitude, from its heartaches and
sorrow and troubles, the -Weary spirit
WM. HILL 8L. 00.,
CHEAP DRY GOODS.
WE ARE Still Showing Better Valtte in Grey
Cottons, White Cottons Brown Ducks,
Checked Ducks, Tioldnge and Prints than is now
offered in any other place in town.
THE LARGE QUANTITIES
jelf these Goods that we are selling proves beyond
doubt that they are the Cheapest in the Market.
DRE
SS GOODS
In Great Variety. Oar 15 -cent Line of PLAIN
LUSTRE -is bard to beat. -
'A FULL ASSORTMENT
Of Parasols, Gloves, Hosiery., Ties, Collars, ftc.
A BEAUTIFUL LINE
Of ;tidies 2-Bubton Kid Gloves—Evening Shades
—a t-50 onto per pair.
OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT
1
Is still going ahead. We are now ver busy, all
our hands being fully employed.
Barge Stock of Scotch andi Cana-
dian Tweeds, West of kngland
Broads and Doeskins. 4 Fine,
Assortment of Worsteds. • .A Per-•
• fect Fit Guaranteed.
OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
Is still under the care of Miss Grant, who has
been so successful with us during t1 e past two
seasons. We have just opened a
Fine Stock of _Flowers, Feat
Trimmings of the Late
Also all the Leading
Hats and Bonnets.
WILLIAM HILL.
&ers and
t Style.
tapes in
00,
• MAIN STREET; SEAFO'
Cf .M IR#ijS
KILLORAN & RYAN
Have' now on hand the Larges
Best Selected Stock of
and
GENERAL GROCERIES
EVER OFFERED IN
Tire are determined not to be under-
sold by any House in the Trade.
CASH CUSTOMERS
Are Particularly Invited to
INSPECT OUR S1100K
--AND—
COMPARE PRICES BEFORE -PUR-
CHA &LNG ELSE WHE
OUR STOCK OF
CLOVER AND TIMOTHY
Cannot be surpassed in
QUALITY OR
SEEDS
Also all kinds of Garden and Field
Seeds as Cheap as the Lowest.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE
A SPECIALTY.
The Largest Stock in Town. Call
and See it. , •
KILLORAN & RYAN.
N. B.—If you should require Good and Pure
Liquors call at T: D. RYAN'S Liquor Store.
==,*
1878
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APRIL 19, 1878.
1878 A. G. AULT'S GROCERY
IMPORTANT SPRING CIRCULAR
FROM •
THOMAS KIDD'S EMPORIUM OF FA'SHION • •
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
NEVER. PERHAPS, SINCE MY FIRST ADVENT INTO BUSINESS
DID I INVITE, WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE, THE .ATTENTT.ON OF MY
NU1V1ER0ITS -CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS TO MY IMMENSE STOCK OF
NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. - EVERY LINE IS FULL EVERY
DEPARTMENT THOROUGHLY COMPLETE. OWING TO THE G-ENERAL
DEPRESSION AND UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION OF BUSINESS ALL
1 OVER THE COUNTRY, THE WHOLESALE HOUSES: IN THE GREAT
CENTRES OF TRADE HAVE -BEEN FORCED TO SELL GOODS THIS
SEASON 1VIUCH UNDER THEIR, ACTUAL VALUE. BEING -SO FORTU-
NATE AS TO SECURE A GREAT MANY VER,Y DESIMBLE LINES IN
DIFFERENT CLASSES OF DRY, GOODS, I PROPOSE GIVING MY CUS-
TOMERS THE FULL BENEFIT. DURING THE PAST YEAR I 'HAVE'
CONFINED MY BUSINESS VERY CLOSELY TO THE CASH AND TRADE.
'PRINCIPLE, AND FIND IT WORKS WELL. AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE
NOT ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN CREDIT, YET 1 WOULD THANK
MANY OF MY FRIENDS WHO FAVOR ME WITH THEIR TRADE AND
CREDIT TO LEAVE ME A LITTLE MORE OF THEIR CASH ALSO:
EVERY HONEST INDUCEMENT "WILL BE OFFERED DURING- THE
COMING SEASON TO MY CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC IN iGEN-
ERA L, AND NO INTELLIGENT PERSON SHOULD -PURCHASE WITH-
OUT FIRST SEEING MY PUPERB STOOK.
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS -
IN THIS DEPARTMENT I .AM SHOWING- AN UNBROKEN
LINE, AT ALL PRICES FROM 50 CENTS PER YARD up..
BLACK LUSTRES AND BRILLIANTINES-
MY STOCK OF THESE GOODS FAIRLY SURPASSES ANY
OTHEB. IN TOWN. THE GREAT SUCCESS WHICH HAS AT-
• TENDED THE SALE OF- THOSE GOODS IS CERTAINLY
- PROOF THAT THEY GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION. THEIR
BRILLIANT FINISH AND -DURABLE TEXTURE MAKE THEM
A GENERAL FAVORITE.
1
BLACK AND COLORED CASHMERES -
1
• A LARGE AND VERY ATTRACTIVE STOCK, SUITABLE FOR
. DRESSES OR SUMMER -MANTLES, RANGING IN PRICE FROM-
• 55 CENTS TO $1 75 AND- $2- PER YARD.
bRESS GOODS, DRESS GOODS -
THIS DEPARTMEMT IS AHEAD OF ANY ALRE'ADY ENUM-
ERATED, EMBRACING, AS IT DOES, FROM THE LOWEST
TO THE HIGHEST GRADE IN PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS
PATTERNS. ALL THE NEW FABRICS INTRODUCED THIS
SEASON ARE HERE IN PROFUSION, AND THIS DEPART-
MENT ALONE IS WELL WORTHY OF SPECIAL -ATTENTION
-e-PRICES EXCEPTIONALLY LOW.
GRENADINES, GRENADINth7
IN ALL THE NEW AND FASHIONABLE MAKES, SOME EX-
CEPTIONALLY HANDS° Y1E PATTERNS IN BLAC,1(
PRINTS, PRINTS -
THE STOCK OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH PRINTS IS VERY
LARGE, AND CANNOT. POSSIBLY BE EQUALLED IN THE
• COUNTY' FOR VARIETY, -NEWNESS ,IN DESIGN, AND HAR-
MONIOUS COLORS. I COMMENCE AT 5 CENTS PER YARD
AIND GO UP TO 15 CENTS.
•
COTTONS, COTTONS-
• OVER 8,000 YARDS OF GREY COTTON TO HAND, FROM THE
BEST MILLS IN THE DOMINION, AS LOW AS 5 .CENTS PER
YARD.. COTTONADES, JEANS, DITOKS, DENIMSg TICKINGS,
TABLINGS, TABLE LINENS AND B.ESSIANS. 1. -
.LACE GOODS-- I
SOME. BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS IN SAXONY,- CROCHET,
A MERICAN THREAD, GI, IPURE, VALENCIENNES, HAM-
BURG EDGINGS, FRILLINGS IN ENDLESS VARIETY; SWISS
EMBROIDERIES, TOGETHER.; WITH A MAGNIFICENT AS-
SORTMENT OF LACE CURTAINS, IN SETS AND BY THE
YARD, IN THE NEWEST DESIGN. •-
HOSIERY AND GLOVES -
EVERYTHING -IN LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S COTTON 'HOSE• .
LADIES' SILK EMBROIDERED SEAMLESS HOSE A SPECIAL-
TY. pun LINES IN KID AND LISLE GLOVES, ALL PRICES.
MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING-
• THE STOCK OF MILLINERY GOODS IS ENTIRELY COM-
PLETE, AND WILL BE FOUND WELL WORTHY OF INSPEC-
TION. OUR FACILITIES FOR DOING A -STYLISH MILLIN-
• ERY TRADE ARE UNRIVALLED, AND BUSINESS IN THIS
• DEPARTMENT IS UNUSUALLY BRISK FOR SO EARLY IN
• THE SEASON. WE ARE SHOWING A RICH AND HAND-
SOME STOCK OF RIBBONS, VELVETS, FLOWERS, FEATH-
ERS, ORNAMENTS, CRAPES, ILLUSIONS, .LADIES' SCARFS
• AND BOWS, TOGETHER WITH A HOST OF OTHER NOVEL-
• . TIES WHICH ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. • 1
PARASOLS, PARASOLS-
• NO OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTY CAN OiTER SUCH
• INDUCEMENTS IN THE LINE OF CHEAP PARASOLS. CALL
• AND SEE OUR 35 CENT LINE, AS GOOD AS OTHERS ARE
SELLING FOR 50 CENTS.
READYMADE CLOTHING •
-
SEVERAL NEW CASES' RECENTLY OPENED OUT, 'LIE PRO-
DUCT OF THE BEST HOUSES IN MONTREAL AND TORON-
TO. FOR A NEAT FITTING SUIT 'OF CLOTHES, IN COOD
• MATERIAL, CUT AND FINISHED IN THE LATEST STYLE,
GIVE ME A CALL; I GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. CLOTH-
tING MADE TO ORDER ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. -
HATS AND CAPS-
• I HAVE ON HAND A MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN AMLI-
a h .
CAN, CANADIAN AND ENGLISH FELT HATS, THE BEST IN
THE MARKET, AT EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRICES. ALSO
A NICE ASSORTMENT OF MENS AND BOYS' CAPS IN
CLOTH, TWEED, SILK AND COTTON.
I300TS AND SHOES-
.
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO THIS DEPART-
MENT, AS MY BOOTS AND SHOES ARE CERTAINLY SU-
PERIOR TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS CLASS OF
-GOODS NOW BEING OFFERED IN TOWN FOR SALE. 100
PAIRS WOMEN'S PRUNELLA., 60 CENTS PER PAIR, ORDI-
NARY PRICE, 75 CENTS; 100 PAIttS WOMEN'S PRUNELLA,
75 CENTS PER PATR, ORDINARY PRICE, $1; 100 PAIRS
WOMEN'S PRUNELLA, $1 PER, PAIR, ORDINARY PRICE,
81 50; 100 PAIRS WOMEN'S BUTTON PRUNELLA, $1 25 PER
PAIR, ORDINARY PRICE, $1 75. MEN'S ALEXIS BUCKLED
• SHOES, VERY CHEAP. MEN'S CONGRESS BOOTS, LOW
• PRICES. DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE 'LADIES' KID BUTTON
BOOTS, BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED. ALSO A LARGE
ASSORTMENT. OF MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES AT 25
PER CENT. LOWER THAN BEFORE. -
GROCERIES, GROCERIES -
THE USUAL STOCK OF FRESH GROCERIES ALWAYS TO BE
FOUND IN A WELL REGULATED GENERAL STORE, THE
BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN TEA. A NEW LOT RE-
CENTLY ARRIVED. CALL AND GET A SAMPLE OF THE
50 CENT LINE AT THE NEW 'CASH STORE.
THE NEW CASE/ 1.
STORE.
THOMAS KIDD, Seaforth.
WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL BUY.
One Dollar will buy four pounds of Tea.
One Dollar will bny 20 pound bars of good Soe,/,
One Dollar will bny -20 pounde of good Rice. '
Ono Dollar will buy 13 pounda gOod Surat
One Dollar will buy 111 pounds bright Sugar.
One I)oilar will buy 11 pounds of coffee Sugar* '
One Dollar will buy 9i pounds of granuloma ,•
Sugar.
One Dollar will buy 91. pounds of brokeufaaa
Sugar.
One Dollar will buy 11 pounds of Dried Apple*,
One Dollar will buy 16 pounds of new Rafeinn
One Dollar will buy 16 pounds of new Prune",
One Dollar will buy 5 pounds of good Coffee.
Otte Dollar will buy 7 bottles of good Plekleta-
One Dollar will buy six good breams.
One Dollar will buy 5 gallons of good Coal OIL
One Dollar will buy 1 washtub, 'worth $1 50.
Ono Dollar will buy 6 good pails.
A. G. A U'LT
Will sell Tea worth 75 tents per pound for 55.
cents per pound, and fee worth 65 cents ana
pound for 50 cents per pound.
Besides the above ail other Groceries
will be sold at Great Bargains at
.A. G. Ault's Grocery.
Flour, Bran, Shorts, Peas; Chopped Corn, Oat:
me el, Pot Barley, Cornmeal, Potatoes, Turnip's
Onim. s for seed. Hams, Spiced Bacon, Pure Clean
Bacon, Butter, Lard, all kinds of Fish, all kinds
of Flower Pots, Crocks and Milk Pans.
Goods DeNvered Free in any part
of the Town,
A. G. AULT,,
HARRY MITCHELL'S BOOKSTORE,
SEAFORTH
Have yon seen Harry's Baby
Carriages; just arrived; two dray loads.
Grandest display of Baby Carriages -
Ever shown in Seaforth, all prices and styles.
The new American Self -Threading Sewl4
Machine, best in the world, sold very theap /or
cash at Harry Mitchell's. A good stook of Books
and the best assortment of Stationery and Fancy,
Goods west of Toronto at Harry MitthelPs.
Oh, I do love you john,
You're a dear little man,
Won't you buy me a carriage,
Yes, surely you can. - •
Harry can supply you with Daily Papers and
Monthly Magazines, (that you have been getting
from your old feiend,• Mr. Armstrong) if yon
choose to favor hita with your orders.
Berlin Wools and Fingering Yarns, all colors
and shades, Cardboard—all kinds, Jewelry anti
Watches, Toys, Wall Paper, So. Variety -Jude.
scribable. Step in and see for yourself, 3 on will
receive courteous treatment and fif you buy)
good value for yonrmoney.
REMEMBER THE PLACE
No. 2 CAMPBELL'S BLOCK,
Near the Queen's Hotel, end directly opposite
the Mansion, Seaforth.
HARRY MITCHELL.
N. B.—Boarders wanted at 5the Palace Board-
ing House. Good board, comfortable rooms,
and use ,of organ, at V per -week..—HARRY
MITCHELL, Proprietor. "
• THE SEAFORTH
INSURANCE AND LAND AGENCY.
• ALONZO STRONG
Ts AGENT fo Several First -Class Stock, Fire
and Life Insurance Companies, and isprepar-
ed to take risks on
THE...MOST FAVORABLE TERMS.
Also Agent for several of the best Loan Bodin
ties.
Also Agent for the sale and parches° of Farm
-and Village Property.
A 'NUMBER OF FIRST-CLASS IM-
• PROVED FARMS FOR SALE.
$50,000 to Loan at -8 Per Cent.
interest.
Agent for the White, Star Line of Steamers.
OFFICE—Over X. Morrison's Store, Main -St
Seaforth.
DAIRYMEN, ATTENTION.
MRS. WHITNEY,
SEAFORTH,
JS now better prepared tb.an ever before to sap -
ply a first-class article in Milk Cans, Milk
P ails, Pani, and all other Dairy Utensils, at
prices as low as good articles can be purchased
anywhere.
Eave-Troughing Promptly Attended
• to, and ot Low 1?ates.
• Every description of Tinware Constantly on
hand and made to order. Custom Work receives
prompt attention. •
Remember the Tin Store in the New Brick
Block is the hest place to buy.
589 • MRS. WHITVEY.
THAT HUSBAND OF MINE"
Buys all his Machinery...from
L. MURPHY, SEAFORTH,
TIVII0 has pleasure in announcing to the
T farming community of Huron that he ie
still selling the very best
Sewing Machines, A ricult ural Ira-
.
pigments, and usical Instru-
ments.
Mr. Murphy's favorite machine is the Singer,
which. is the bestin the market, having carried
off first honors at the Centennial and Sydney
Exhibitions.
• Farmers wishing to purchase any of the above
would consult their own interests by applying to
Mr. Murphy first, ash° eau do better for theta
than any other in -the trade.
• Sewing Machine and other repairs always on.
hand. at his warerooms, Goderich street.
518 L. MURPHY, Seaforth.
ZURICH AND EXETER
FLOURING AND GR1STINC MILLS
THE undersigned has pleastu:e in announcing
-I- to the people of Zurich and Vicinity thathis
Flouring mill is in better running order than
ever before. Griating prcmptly attended to. fag
new Flouring mill in Exeter north is now linished
and working splendidly. At this mill, algal
Gristing and cn.atom work will also receive the
closest attention.
He 129.8 also in his Lumber- Yard, at Zkurfent
about 500,000 feet, all sized, at from aa $a per
thousand. Dry Rock Elm Lumber from $10 to
$12 per thousand.
518
WILLIAM FENWICIL
HAIA DRESSING.
MISS STARK
ISHES to inform the Ladies of Seaforth and
'Vicinity that she is prepared to make up
swacuEs, CURLS, BRAIDS, tto-r
In the Latest Fashion from Combings.
Prices Moderate, and all orders punctually at
tended to. A. call solicited. Residence-•-Mnut
Street, Seaforth. 527
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ne
The prosatice of 'who1e
•
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•fess an knotty
Pill 11 2:12°t;1 ir°1 11, Ilde
there.
ttilst:e ,fte a°ti slap: eete:Aiirr Yfloh'esItuaetchii r :et I .1 lae—Perve:itet: tfit cierehmuin n 1:Yhol Itaews eyt Yip 1 our m::esol
ilistanee. But that is net
increased our stock of
mtaurnest, in.:08.12aftblpy9p80351:eirt ien
took a 13108.11 ad.vantage of
under about the same
te
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said mmistakab1e differe
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sorae degrees lower down
nimedavesce, rotainrlearcenolltreaz.danaubnoetr:117aThithaits
o. female is some inches 1
•
awkward bone interferes
5,nfreeaation of, the
that's the reason why
throw a stone. The des4
of thing is still unexplIsha
- tire satisfaction. We ha -V
pet theory of onr own,
an all Wise and. "benefice
• foreseeing that there.wou
pins, and stove -hooks,
hot water in the world, s
clavicle down to a bitch
safety of men. It's lu
that women cannot tiro
• diAtilltgoe.
viOne Living.
A neighbor found hers
ginnig of the " hara
• straightened.cireunastan
• band's business had
lock, and there seemed
man to do. It must Ile
no income. The pretty
partially been paid fors
now that the vines we
beautifully about the pq
bery getting so nicely
yard, seemed a thought
cherish. So she, sat do
tthheerselfis m.
herone
• coranninity if one.could
to efiarn it. What can
give us a support until
over r
She thought and tho
settled on the matter
was a famous- baker, an
many people were not 1
bread, thOugh in that c
depended. wholly upon. i
ply of this -needed side
try her hand at maid
bread, for sale. She st
loa'ves whieli were left
store for sale. They we
cakes, and the try waS f
same sort. The snow
to move. She calcula,
and charged la fair profit
and Was fairly launch
Day by day she inoul
and soon had the full c
large kitchen stove in a
from morning until ni
ated the rising -4 her
to the time witen-bhe •
for the oven ; moving in
warmer room as was
• now has two large eoo
tively iet work, and has
lovely tea cakes and .
sponge cake, and °coma'
of pies and doughnuts.
very slight, fragile40o
ninth kneading of her
ened her chest and sho
new muscles on. her a
yet lost nothing in wo
• this very womanly wo
too, has no appearance
er's shop, but is aspret
in front ashen ite mi
developed. her working
-than all, the house is
• now their very:own.
• Not all woinen eau
wise, and,pay up for
supporting a family,
moearnneeyst gaeetttei
nanginaubtillienty
great
t deal of late
oacftaincoexneer:iserued, thFare
•
• How She NI
Mr. Marooney is fo
• dry, and gets 430 a
salary the family ou
well and save money,
Mr. Marooney has a c
er, who gets only $15
zailz rightsalong in 1
while Marooney eoine.
a freight with a hot -b
"How do you man
would frequently as
the way yolk do ? 11
keep your family a
on 415 a "-week, whil
• cent I make to live, a
the pay r
"Oh,' don't manage'
" just take niy mone
woman on Saturday in
45 to run the house
rest carefully away,"
Do you give her
asks Mr. Marooney,
• " Oh; no, not quite
tie for tobacco during
trifle to keep me fro
If I kept it all in my
spent it all sure, but
and safe."
Mr,. Marooney talke
wife that night, and t
try Jack's plan, The
day night he brought
keeping back one, put
keeping, and -she pr
level best to eet the
The first week she
somehow, and got 6.
Mr. Marooney was
began laying -awake
about what kind o1
build. He thought a
tage with a bay wind
right. The next we
count footed. up to Ike
rooney changeii his
residence from fram
next -week she broug
tents mere, and he a
/51. wash -house. Then
human struggle, quit
came withing two shi