The Huron Expositor, 1878-04-19, Page 32
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THE 'AMON EXP
GENTLEMAN DICK.
And sa they resigned themselves to
their winter'e prison on the Bine—
Old. Platte stolidly and contentedly,
Thompson uneasily and restlessly, and
Gentleman Diok peacefully and calmly
knowing ftiltwell that spring would 'nev-
er bloom again for him. Thus the De-
cember days flew,' by, growing colder
and, &Adele 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 ew days
in its advance. It had alrea y snowed
• several times in the valley, a1 the af-
ternoon sun had always melt d it away;
but they knew by experie e that it
would soon come down in g od earnest
and cover everything up for the winter
in a mantle of snow some six or seven
feet deep. And as the 4.ys sped en,
Gentleman Di& grew pojer a,nd paler
mid his bright eyes shone'witha bright-
er lustre, while he seemed to be grade -
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
slibuld he sink thus without apparent
cause, was more than they could. under-
stand.
The with came roaring down the
. canon in wild, fierce gusts, the dead,
frost -hardened, brittle branches of the
sturdy old pines rattled and 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, and whirled away great winding
sheets of snow—fine, sleety snow, that
filled the atmosphere with sharp prick-
ly needles that made their way inside
Olcl Platte's rough woolen shirt as he
chopped away at the wood pile, and,
made him shiver as they melted down
his baek. Everything was frozen hard
and fast; the Blue was silent in its bed;
stones and sticks adhered to the ground
as if part and parcel of it and each
pieceof wood in the pile that Old.Platte
was working at stood stilly and firmly
in its place. 'The wind. just before a
snow -storm always comes down the ca -
lions in fierce premonitory clrifts, and
as it was desirable to get in a good stock
of wood before the snow drifts gathered
around the cabin, Old Platte had been
hacking manfully for some hours. •The
sun sunk low in the hollow et th.e hills
to Ow 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 th.e Blue. The whistling of
the wind among the pines died gradu-
ally away and the silence that seemed
to fall with the deepening, shadows was
only broken by the ringing strokes of
the axe, and the eracks of the splitting
wood When he ceased, the valley had
faded lute darkness, and the range with
its sheep 'outlines was only faintly clis-
bereible against the sombre gray pall
that had overspread the sky.
Ife. made a breed stack of logs by the
fireplace and a larger one outside the
cloor,and then stood ley the threshold to
take a look at the weather. A great,
soft feather came sailing slowly down
and nestled in his shaggy beardand an
fluttereci on to the back of his
hand. He looked up through the dark-
ness, and saw that it was already begin-
ning to fall thickly, and then, with _a
self-satisfied glance of approval at his
provident woodpile went into thecabin
and fastenedthe door.
Thompson, had shot a fine eirgal, or
Rooky Mountain sheep that mornine,e
and the broiled steaks were giving forth
a- most acceptable odor. He had tried
to get -Gentleman Dick to taste of a
ehoice piece, but he shook his head
wearily, as he had. every time for some
two weeks or ircore when proffered food.
He could eat nothing and lay there
propped up on sough pillows, seeming
scarcely censcioue el their presence; his
dreamy eyes, with lids half drooping,
looking fixedly into the blazing fire.
Even the coffee, civilized as it as by
the addition of some patent condensed
milk, and. upon the manufacture of
whieh Thompson had prided. himself
hot a Mtge, stood untouched by his bed-
side. Old Platte lit his pipe, and drag-
ged his three legged stool into a corner
a the wide chimney, and Thomson af-
ter moving the things away to a corner
sat dawn opposite mencling his snow
shoes with a bundle of Luckskin thongs.
They did not -trah much in that family
of evenings, men of this clime are not
conversational in their habits, and a
stranger who ehould look in would be
apt to think them an unsocialet. Old
• Platte puffed steadily at his pipe, blink-
ing and. winIdng at the fire, which he
asoked, occasionally with his stick or fed
with a log of wood trona the pile by his
side. Thompson worked_ qrlietly with
knife and awl at his dilapidated shoes,
and the pale, patient face beyond still
gazed dreamily into the fire. There
were old scenes , d0111AIOSS in among those
burning logs—old familiar faces, dear
memories of the past, and weird fantas-
tic visions pietured in the glowing coels.
At last the eyes left the fire for a mo-
ment, resting on the two that set by it
and he said, " Boys, it's Christmas
Eve'
Thompson stteted, for lie had not
heard him speak with se much energy
for weeks. -
"Christmas Eve!" lie repeated ab-
sently% "Christmas Eve, and to -morrow
will be Christmas Day. Last Christ-
ITAS -Was not like this ; all -was bright
and fair, and
The rest of the sentence was lost, as
he mattered it uneasily to himself and
resumed his watching of the fire. Christ-
mas Eve! So it was, they had not
thought of it. Christmas Eve the name
seemed out of place a/II0I1g thOSO rocky
fastnesses. Whet, could the piues and
the solitude, the snows. and the icedatsve
in coininon with Christmas? Christmas
Eve down in that desolate valley in the
quiet depths of the ferest, away, miles
away, from human habitation of any
kind? Chrietinae Eve ! It seemed ab-
surd, but christmas Ieve it was, never-
theless, there N everywhere else_ -
Old Platte took his lesiekened pipe
from between his lips,
ane mechanic-
ally repeated the woree. meeemee
Eve !" he half growled as if some per-
plexing Retie had been called into exist-
ence by the 'euggeetien, and his pipe
went out ae he listlessly elioved some
stray coals 'back into the fire with his
foot. But his meditations j edge from
his countenance were neither interesting
nor profitable. ibably his Christ -
masses had never been passed in a way
that was calculetee to make them pleas-
• ingly conspicuous in the background of
his life. Most of his eaelv recollections
• were associated with a villainous road-
side groggery in Pike county, Missouri,
of which his father was the proprietor.
.:
An questiens relating to this parent
and. home he had beenknown to invari-
ably evade, and. whenever conversation
tended. in that direction he strenuously
discouraged it. Why he did so nevet
very clearly appeared. Some people wh
pretended to know used. to say that th
old. gentleman had been doing a liv,e1
trade in horseflesh withont goingthrough
tip customary formalities of finance,
anti that some people with whom his
dealings had been unsatisfactory, in
consequence of this unbusinesslike habit
;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 -
meets in the shape of the cold naneele
of ee revolver and a low but deternainecl
" Dry up and come along !' cau ed_ him
to put on his hat and. Step out. He was
found next morning hanging om the
branch of a neighboring tree with abrief
but expressive obituary Written in pen -
oil on a scrap of paper and pinn a to his
coat : "Horse thief ! Jerry M on and
Scotty, take notice." Inasmue la.s one
of the latter individuals was tlie, chief
authority for the story, and had expe-
dited his departure from Pike county in
cousequence 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
circelation. 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
excuse for stopping work and getting
venomously drunk. At any rate the
Memories that clung around - that
Pike County whiskey Ethop were
none of the pleasantest or most
gratifyi.ng ; and with a grunt of general
dissatisfaction he rekindled his pipe,
put a couple of sticks - on the fire
and allowed his mina to slide off
into a More congenial train of reflec-
tion.
had fled, and. Gentleman Dick was at
rest. .•
1 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
gray boulders and about the feet of .the
y • stately pines; and the Blue, freed from
its wintry prion,e ssang -merrily over the
gravelly reaches. And as the miners
flocked down that spring from over the
range, they saw near by the Chihuahua
Claim and. the deserted. cabin in a square
formed by four giganyie pikes, 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-
ple letters, GENTLEMAN DIM.
PeNGLOSS.
• To Thompson, Gentlemen Dick's
words had come a Bert of revelation.
He knew well emough that Christmas
came in December, and also upon what
day of the month it fell, but of late the
da,ys had gone by so monotonously, and
had st. little to distinguish thern one
frdm another, that he had kept no ac-
count of them, and had no idea that it
wa,s so near. Seine indefinable influence
that he could not account for hadof tete_
sent his mind groping into old. and bet-
ter channels, end consequently when he
was renaincled of the presence of Christ-
mas he felt disposed to accord to it a
measure of consideration rather differ-
ent from that with which several of its
predecessors had. met. Like Old Platte
he had regarded it a .gooct day to get on
a "bust," and initiate a drunk of more
or Iess duration, but just now he seem-
ed as if inclined to take a different view
of it. His eyes could tale 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 cast over
them, and fresher and sweeter than
ever by contrast with the gloomy pres-
ent. The snow shoes slid from his lap
and one by one the thongs of buckskin
dropped IlD0/1 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 his bear-
skins and blankets, fast asleep, but the
other still sat •bythe fire in the same po-
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 chimneyivrould fall and dis-
appear with a short angry sizz and 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 indefinable dread creeping over him
—a dread of what, he eould not tell. A
handful:of chips blazed up brightly and
lit up the cabin with their flickering
light as he tarried nervously toward the
patient, quiet face behind him. The
eyes shaded by the long black eyelashes
were still on the Are, and while he was
confident that he had not been called
he was dimly conscious of a great Change.
that hid taken place. As he stilllooked
anxiously at the faded features the eyes
left their long watching of the embers,
and were reised to meet his. He felt he
was wanted, and was by his side in a
moment: How d.'yer feel, old man
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 m • a voice scarce
above a whisper, "Thompson, old fel-
low, you. end Platte have been kind,
very kind, to me. I won't trouble you
much more now. • I'm going to say—
good-bye to you ; and—Thompson—I
want you to do one little thing for me—
When spriug comes." He reaehed into
a chink seamier th.e logs by his side and
drew forth an envelope containing a few
letters, a photograph of a woman's face,
fair and tender and a gold ring. •
Thompson took it with a liend that
shook as his rarely did.
" Send itsoon—it's addressed and all
—send it to her. Maybe she will be
glad to know I am—gone—at last—out
of her path—out of the way and the
world. She sent it back to me—would
not have it—or me. Now---" Thee his
mind seemed to'svander, and he ram-
bled incoherently, repeating over and.
over af.,,aiu a name that sounded like
that on the envelope. "You will do it,
Thompson won't you?" said he, rallying
suddenly.
Thompson's voice was husky and
thick as he - answered impressively,
me of I don't !" adding men-
tally as he glanced at the package,
1)—n her skin, whoever she is !
She's at the-bottoni of all this here busi-
ness, you. bd."
Gentleman Theis's lips moved as if he
were speaking, and as Thompson leaned ;
over him he could hear in broken :
whisper. Gold—in old boot ---under
b 011 Platte1 1 ."
He heard no more. The pressure.' of -
the wasted fingers relaxed, the weary
head sunk slowly back on the pillow,
and the tired eyelids dropped over the
glazing eyes.
etpdak !- said Thompson, "Dick—old
Too late. Away the softly -falling
snow from the Blue, with its stillness
and solitude, from its heartaches and
sorrows and. troubles, the weary.spirit
All About a Brick.
The fo owing letter appear d in the
New Yor Times of March 20 1878, and
is partic arly apprepriate to the pres-
ent hard tunes:
The noine".hrick" has a sienificance
of no s all import. Every one has
heard of the gold brick of • ommerce,
and may soon hear of the si yea brick
required to pay interest on o r govern-
ment bonds,. he clever fejlow who
pays his debts nd treats yo4 to good
suppers is Call d a "brick,"and the
man who earn s a "brick in his hat"
may be seen y day walk4ng down
• Wall street aftr 3 o'clock. IBut this
11 -known
ks from
nit3ome-
is foreign to our story. A w
citizen living not many blo
Union Square, relates an indi
what in this wise:
One bright morning in the morith 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
bim I'll be down in a moment," said I.
On going to the door a man of tall sta-
ture and robust appearance, calling me
by nem°, requested assistance, saying
that he had a large family, a wife he
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 the reason that I
cannot procure work."
• Not having any wcrk to give hirn I
thought I would test the sincerity of
his intentions.
' "11 I give you work, what pay do you
want ?"
• "A-nything, sir, you choose to give
me, so long as I can obtain means for
my seffering family." -
"Very well," said I, "1 will give you
25 cents are hour if you will carry a
brick on your arm around the block for
five hours without stopping."
"Thank you, sir; I will do it."
• After hunting a while Ifound 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 teeth in the man's
promise, I thought but little more of it,
yet as I knew I Should be back within
the five hours, 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 walk home,
end took a Fourth avenue car to be back
within the fiye 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, and a hook endlad-
der truck. Upon inquiring where the
firewas I was informed that it was a
false alarm, and that what brought the
people together and occasionecl the
agitation was the spectacle of a tall mien
carrying a brick on his arm around the
block for nearly five hours. The neigh-
bors were looking at lai0 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 2" I asked.
"There, you can see him at the other
end of the block, walking with his head
down," was the answer.
He was just about turning thecorner,
, and. I waited till he he had performed.
the cireuit, then, taking ,hien quietly by
the erns, I marched him to my house,
followed bya lot of boys. In the mean-
time the fireniert, engines and hose -cart
rattled off. • The man was thoroughly
tired out when I took him into my hall
and seated him on a bleak, while my
servant event for a little wine and some-
thing to eat: I paid him forthwith a
dollar and a half. He informed me
that, while makingr one of his turns, a
lady came out of a house and inquired
Why he was carrying that brick, an'd 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.
and he was well satisfied with his day's
IN-711B.ut," said he, "what shall I do to-
morrow?"
"Why," I replied, "go early in the
morning to the houses from which you
i'aceived the money end ask for week,
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
me that he had been sent to a German,
who kept a pork establishment in Third
avenue, 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 the he asked. for
the brick which had brought him such
good luck, and I gave it to him. Withe
in the year I ascertained that the man
had beeptransferred to a larger estab-
lishmeue of the same kind, with a salary
of $1,000.
Three or four years after this I was
riding in a street car, when a well-dress-
ed man eccosted me with a smile, ancl
asked me if I knew him. Seeing me
hesitate, he said: -
'• Don't you recollect the inan who
carried the brick?"
He then iuformed Inc that he was
doing a$. prosperous business on his
own account, had laid up money, and
expected soon to build himself a house
up town.
What became of the brick 2" I in-
quired. ,
‘• neat brick, sir, has always occupied
-apiece on oer 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 fills the husband's heart.
Alto.. that she, must fill his stomach,
or there will be trouble.
—I North Hinsdale 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.
WM. HILL & Oa,
FOR— I •
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CHEAP DRY GOODS.
'WE ARE Still Showing Better Vale in Grey
Cottons, 'White Cottons, Bro Ducks,
Checked Ducks, Tickingand Prints is now
offered in any other place in town.
THE LARGE QUANTITIES
.1
Of these Goods that we are selling proves beyond
doubt that they are the Cheapeet in the Millet.
DRESS GOil
In Great Variety. Our 15 -cent Line of PLAIN
LUSTRE is bard to beat.
I -
A FULL ASSORTMENT
Of Paraeols, Gloves, Hosiery, Ties, Coll
re, &O.
A BEAUTIFUL LINE
(21 Ladies 2 -Button Bid Gloves—Evening Shades
—at 50 cents per pair.
OUR TAILORING D
PARTMENT1
Is still going ahead. We are now
our hands being fully employed
very busy, all
•
Large Stock of Scotch and Cana-
dian Tweeds' - West of England'
Broads and Doeskins. A Fine
Assortment of Worsteds. A Per-
fect Fit Guaranteed.
OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
Is, still under the tare of Miss Grant, who has
been so successful with us during the past two
seasons. We have just opened a •
.Fine Stock of _Flowers, Feathers and
Trimmings of the Latest Style.
Also all the Leading Shapes in
Hats and Bonnets.
WILLIAM HILL. & CO.
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
(31-1R000.1RJIM
KILLORAN & RYAN!
Have now on hand the Largest and .
Best Selected Stock of
GENERAL GROCERIES
I 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 STOCK
-:--AND—
COMPARE PRICES BEFORE PUR-
. CHASING ELSEWHERE.
OUR STOCK OF
CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEEDS
'Cannot be surpassed in
QUALITY ORPRICE.
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. you should require Good and Pure
Liquors call at T. D. RYAINI'S Liquor Store.
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1878
,77
APRIL 19, 1878.
1878 A. C• AULT'S GROCERY,
WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL BUY,
IMPORTANT SPRING CIRCcULAR
FROM
•'MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.,
NEVER. PERHA.PS, SINCE MY FIRST .LDVENT INTO, BITSINESS
DID I INVITE, WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE, THE ATTENTION OF MY
NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS TO MY IMIIENSE STOCK OF
NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. EVERY LINE IS FULL. EVERY
DEPARTMENT THOROUGHLY COMPLETE. OWING TO THE GENERAL
DEPRESSION AND UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION OF BUSINESS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY,H
THE WOLESALE HOUSES IN Tin GREAT
CENTRES OF TBADE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SELL GOODS THIS
SEASON MUCH UNDER THEIRE. ACTUAL VALUBEING SO FORM.
NATE AS TO SECURE A GREAT ANY VERY DESIRA.BLE 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 CA.S.11 AND TRADE
PRINCIPLE, AND FIND IT WORKS• WELL. AND ALTHOUGH "HAVE
NOT ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN CREDIT, YET I WOULD THANK
MANY OF MY FRIENDS WHO FAVOR ME WITH THEIR, TRADE AND
CREDIT TO LEAVE ME A LITTLE MORE OF THEIR C,AeSH ALSO.
EVERY HONEST INDUOMENT WILL BE OFFERED DURING -THE
COMING SEASON TO 11,11 CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC' IN GEN-
ERA L, AND NO INTELLIGENT PERSON SHOULD PURCHASE WITH-
OUT FIRST SEEING MY SUPERB STOCK.
▪ s
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 STOOK OF THESE GOODS FAIRLY SURPASSES ANY
OTHER 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.
BLAGK
DRESS
AND COLORED CASHMERES—
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.
-GOODS, DRESS GOODS—
THIS DEPARTMEMT IS AHEAD OF ANY ALREADY 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
--PRICES EXCEPTIONALLY LOW. •
GRENADINES, GRENADINES—
IN ALL THE NEW AND FASHIONABLE MA WES.. SOME EX-
CEPTIONALLY HANDSOME PATTERNS IN BLACK,
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
-AND. 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, DUCKS, DENIMS, TICKINGS,
TABLINGS, TABLE LINENS AND HESSIANS.
LACE GOODS—
sobak.. BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS IN - SAXONY, ICItOCHET,
AMERICAN 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.
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HOSIERY AND GLOVES—
One Dollar •vrill buy four pounds of Tea.
One Dollar will buy 20 pound bars of pod Sem,
THOMAS KIDD'S EMPORIUM OF FASHION
One Dollar will buy 13 pounds of good Sugar
One Dollar will buy pounds bright sagat,
One Dollar will buy 11 pounds 61 eosee Sum.
One Dollar will buy 9i pounds of granulate!
One Dollar will bny 20 pomade of good Bice,
Spugars.r.
ou
One will buy 91 pounds of broken, roe
One Dollar will buy 16 pounds of new Pram%
Srigar. •
OneDollarwin buy 11 pound* of Dried- Apple/.
One Dollar will buy 16 pounds of new Rabsesi
One Dollar wan buy 5 pounds of good Coffee:
One Dollar will buy 7 bottles of good Pickle**.
One Dollar vtill buy six good brooms.
One Dollar will buy 5 gallons of good Coal Oil,
• One Dollar will bay 1 washtub, worth V 50.
One Dollar will buy 6 good pails.
A. G. A U LT. -
Will sell Tea worth '75 cents per pound for Ss
cents per pound, and. Tea worth 65 cents pex
pongil for 50 cents per pound.
Besides the above all other Grocerie8
will be sold at Great Bargains at
A. G. Ault's Grocery.
• Flour, Bran, Shorts, Peas; Chopped Corn, Oat -
me sl, Pot Barley, Cornmeal, Potatoes, Turnip!!
Onior s for seed. Hams, Spiced Baton, Pureciest:
Bacon, Butter, Lard, aix kinds of Fishoin Enda
of Flower Pots, Crocks and 31ilk Pans.
Goods Delivered Free in any pat
of the Town,
• A. G. AULT.
HARRY MITCHELL'S 'BOOKSTORE;
SEAFORTH.
Have yon seen Harry's Baby,
Carriages; Piet arrived, two dray loads.
Grandest- display of Baby Carriages
Ever shown in Seaforth, all prices and "stylish
The new American. Self-Tin•eading Sewing
Machine, best in the world, sold very cheap for
cash at Harry MitchelPs. A good stook of nooks
and the best assortment of Stationery and Fancy.
Goods west of Toronto at Harry /Mellen's.
Oh, I do love you John,
You're a dear little man,
Won't you bay me a carriage,
Yes, surely you can.
Harry can supply yoe with Daily Papers and
Monthly Magazines, (that you have been getting
from your old Mend, Mr. Armstrong) if you
choose to favor bins with your orders.
Berlin Wools and Fingering Yarns all colors
and &lades, Cardboard—all kinds, iewelry and
Watches, Toys, Wall Paper, t e. Variety inde-
scribable. Step in and see for Yourself, yen will
receive coarteons treatment and (if you hay)
good value for yonrmoney.
REMEMBER THE PLACE.:
No. 2 CAMPBELL'S BLOCK,
Near the Queen's Hotel, end directly opposite
the Mansion, SeaforLh.
HARRY MITCHELL.
• N.13.—Boarders wanted at the Palate Board.
ing House. Good board, comfortable rooms,
and use of organ, at $3 per week.—HARRY
MITCHELL, Proprietor.
THE SEAFORTH
INSURANCE AND LAND AGENCY.
ALONZO STRONG
TS AGENT fo Several First -Class Stock, Fire
-11-• and Life Insurance Companies, and leprepar-
ed to take risks on
THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS.
Also Agent for several of the best Loan Sod*.
ties. •
Also Agent for the sale and purehase of Fara
and 'Village Property.
A NUMBER' OF FIRST-CLASS III-
-PROVED FARMS FOR SALE.
$50,000 to Loan rat S Per Cent.
Interest.
Agent for the White Star Line of Steamers.
OFFICE—Over M. Morrison's Store, Main -St
Seaforth.
'EVERYTHING IN LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S COTTON 'HOSE.- DAIRYMEN; ATTENTION.
-
LADIES' SILK EMBROIDERED SEAMLESS HOSE A SPECIAL- •
TY. FULL LINES IN KID AND LISLE GLOVES, ALL PRICES. MRS.• WIIIiNEY,
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 pRISK 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 WITEt A HOST OF OTHER NOVEL-
TIES WHICH ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO- MENTION.
PARASOLS, PARASOLS—,
1•••••••••••1.•
SEAFORTH,
TS now better prepared than ever before to sup-
-
•t• ply a first-class article in Milk Cans, Milk
P ails, Pans, and all other Dairy Inerrant, at
prices as low as good articles can be purchased
anywhere.
Eave-Troughing Promptly Attended
to, and at 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
Blockis the best place to buy.
539 MRS. WHITVEY.
NO OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTY CAN OFFER SUCEL •
INDUCEMENTS IN THE LINE OF CHEAP PARASOLS. CALL THAT. HUSBAND OF MINE
AND SEE OUR 35 CENT LINE, AS GOOD AS 'OTHERS ARE
SELLING FOR 50 CENTS.
IRADYMADE CLOTHING-
-
SEVERAL NEW CASES RECENTLY OPENED OUT., THE PRO-
DUCT OF THE BEST HOUSES IN MONTREAL AND TORON-
TO. - FOR A NEAT FITTING SUIT OF CLOTHES, IN GOOD
MATERIAL, CUT AND FINISHED IN THE LATEST STYLE,
GIVE ME A GALL; I GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. CLOTH-
• ING MADE TO ORDER ON THE SHORTEST- NOTICE.
HATS AND CAPS—
HAVE ON HAND A MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN AMERI-
CAN, CANADIAN AND ENGLISH FELT HATS, THE BEST IN
'THE MARKET, AT EXCEPTIONALLY LOW 'PRICES. ALSO
A NICE ASSORTMENT OF MEN'S AND BOYS' CAPS IN
CLOTH, TWEED, SILK AND COTTON. -
BOOTS 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 PR UNELLA, 60 CENTS PER PAIR, ORDI-
NARY PRICE, 75 CENTS ; 100 PAIES WOMEN'S PRUNELLA,
75 CENTS PER PAIR, ORDINARY PRICE, $l;. 100 PAIRS
WOMEN'S PRUNELLA, $1. PER PAIR, ORDINARY PRICE,
$1 50; 100 PAIRS WOMEN'S BUTTON PRUNELLA, $1 25 PER
PAIR, ORDINARY PRICE, $f 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 CASIff
STOKE.
11:10MAS KIDD, Seaforth.
Buys all his Machineryfrom
L. MURPHY, SEAFORTH,
1[T110 has pleasure dn announcing to the
farming community of Huron that he is
still selling the very best
Sewing Machines, Agricultural Im-
plements, and Musical Instri-
ments.
Mr. Murphy's favorite machine is the Singer,
which is the best in the market, having carried
off first honors at the Centennial and Siang
Exhibitions.
Farmers wishing to purchase any of the above
would consult their own interests by applying' to
Mr. Murphy first, as he can do better for thee"
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
FLOuRINC AND 6RISTING MILLS
Tyrr, undersigneXhas pleasure in annonneing
to the people of Zurich and Vicinity that his
Flouring mill is in better running order than
ever before. Gristing premptly attended to, BIS
new Flouring mill in Exeter north is now iiniShed
and working splendidly. At this mill, 111804
Gristing and custom work vrid also receive the
closest attention.
He has also in his Lumber Yard, at Zurich)
about 500,000 feet, all sized, at from $3 to $6 per
thousand. Dry Rock Elm Lumber from 810
512 per thousand.
518 WILLIA31 FENWICK.
HAIR DRESSING.
MISS STARK
'slugs to inform the Ladies of Seaforth and
Vicinity that she is prepared to make up
SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS, ,Sze,r
In the Latest Fashion from Combings.
Prices Moderato, and all orders punctually at
tended to. A call solicited. Residence—Main
Street, Seaforth. 627
878
kr Woman Cae
Be Steele.
The practice of whole
anatle a -woman to throw
grace and. accuracy. w
first spa most', -knotty
,questions which presented
youthful mind—Achy our b*
she eried to throw a Mow-
-Most invariably sent it
ca
the top of the house,
turn, could pop her-
mn
most every time. It 112.1t3
took a mean advantage of
illation. of nattsre in. our le
our sistee, and. it may be,
proved the opportunity to
and alt' :whenever she cam
distseice. But that 18 1101
there. As thetime pass
increased our stook of el
sedv the other fellows' si
tinder about the same
that ours did in the matte
Any kina ef missile. NO
and uneaistakable differet
never learned Until at a B
.vanced period. we dove in
physiology, and learned tl
ide, or collar -bone-, in t1
"a female is some inches k
- some degrees lower clown
masculine frame. This
awkward bone interferes
and. free action. of the E
that's the - reiteon why 4
throw a stone.' The desie
of thing is still unexpladm
tire satisfaction. We hue
pet -theory of Our ewe, 1
an all wise and benefieee
foreseeing that there won,
pitai, and stove -hocks, an
hot water sin the world,
clavicle down ito a hitch <
safety of menl. luck]
that women cannotthiiv
citanzge.
Hater One Womea
A neighl)or fpund hers
ginning of the " hara
straightened 0. carnets -tie
band's busmes had con
lock, and therel seemed n
man to do. It must be li
no income. Tie pretty ]
partially been paid for, a
.310W that the vines wee
beautifully about the pa
bery getting so nicely 1
yard, seemed ft thought i
eheresh. So she eat <kw
council with herself.
" Now, there{ is mono
coliamunity if one could. .'
to earn it. What Ca/I
give us s, sup ort =till
over?"
She thought sad thou
settled on the matter
was a famous baker, an
many people were not f
i
bread, though n that c
depended who y upon i
ply of this nee ed artiei
.
try her hand at makii
bread, for sale. She eta
loaves, whioli were left
store for sale. They w
°ekes', ana the cry was f
same sort. The snow b
to move. She ealcula
and charged a fair profit
and was fairly ilaunoh
,
Day by day she /noel
and So011 had t e full
large kitchen s ve in a
from morning ntil nigh
ated the rising of hee Is
to the time when she w
for the oven ; oving i
wanner TOOM 1 Its was
now has two ege coo
tively at work,1 nd has
lovely tea eal4cs and
sponge -cake, a a *CORM
of pies and do ghnuts.
very slight, Ir e -loo
irmeh kneteli at of het
weed b.er.claes and she
new muscles n her sr
yet lost sloth mu wo
' this very wo *neatly wo
•, too, has no ap e earance
er's shop, but 18 /18 pre
in. front as wheel itS 1111
developed, her woe ''
than all, the house is
now their) very own:
Not all womenban
wise, and pay up for
snpporting a family;
great deal of late
money getting ability
earnest eletennination
aztive exercise, to the
of all concerned.—Par
•'nal, -
How She Ma
Mr. Ma,rooney is for
• dry, and gets 430 a
salary the family o
*ell and save money,
Mr. Marooney has a, c
er, -who gets only $15
• sails right along in
while Me:rooney come
a, freight -with a hot -be
" Real, ao you MS.
would frequently as
the way; you do?
keep ybur family 2.
on $15 'a, week, whil
cent inake to ; live, a
the pay 1"
Oh,I don't menage
"1 just take ray mone
woman on Saturday ni
$5 to rui . the house vit
rest carefully away?'
" Do You give her
asks Mr. Marooney,
" Oh, no, not quite
tie for tobacco during
trifle to keep me from
If I kept it all in rny
tment it all sure, but
and safe."
Mr. Mo,rooney 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 set the
The first week she
somehow, and got al
Marooney was
began laying awake
about what kind of
build. 110 thought a
tage with a bay wind(
right. The next we
count footed up to e
rooney chaiaged his d.
residence from frau
next -week she broug
e.ants more, Ana he a
a, wash -house. Then
human struggle, quit
came withing two sh