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OnatIMIS 001!1istiES.
There are few things a elerg• yman en-
jaya more- than & weddiiig ; " and not
merely becalm(' it is a variation upon
severe study,to say nothing of visiting
the poor and. the sick, consoling the dy-
ina, burying the dead.. -Surely it is a
pleasure to aid In making people hap-
pier than they ever were before in their
lives. I ana,certain that anon was the
case at least with a favorite parishion-
er of urine, whom we will call Harriet.
She was the only daughter of a small
planter in the South, had been well eda
mated, was as well read as yotmg 'coo-
" women usually 'are,aand possessed a cer-
tam sort of willowy loveliness.' Her
parents had. no other child, and she
loved them as if loving—for that was
her natur was her sole business in
life. A ingularly devoted daughter
Harriet was—untilat least she knew a
. Man whom I will call Harris Clark.
do not think I ever married a woman
who seenaed to give herself quite so
completely away to the man of her
ehoice. She had been a devoted Chris-
• tian, yet she seemed to me to turn from
her Maker, as well as from her pa-
rents and friends, in. the utterness of her
devotienVor her husband. A heathen
does not rise, in some lands to the wor-
ship of a clay idol, but is enraptured
with any bone or stiek as a fetish. That
Was the puzzle in the case of this loth-
erwiee sensible and lovely girl, that she
should have given herself away as she
aid—Body, mind, heart, soul -to such a
very 'ordinary man as Harris Clark. He
was a, sallow, loose-jointed, good-natur-
ed good-for-nothing, without force in
any direction that es,/ tone knew of, not i
having even £1,11 energetic vice. Al- c
though you met, him a dozen times a
week, you could not help forgetting in t
the intervals his x-elay exiistence. Since
he was nothing in or to Sliiraself,
riet iseemed to think it to be her privi-
lege to be that ranch the more to him- ;
she was as earnest in her affection as is f;
the air in its effort to get into the vacuum f
of anexliausted receiver. If the man a
ever said or did or was anything to at- n
tract so great affection - in the first c
place, or to repay it afterward, nobody a
_ ever knew of it. He had silently' ab- h
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did when she worshipped at his feet.
She must know hini, ,in fact as
he really is; in which case
it is impossible she -Should care.
It was that which. decided me- as
to roaming hiin the second time. The
Man was so valueless in every sense
that to impose sueh an oath npon him
was like trying to hold a floiting chip.
with an anclicrr and chain: the obliga-
tion was not binding; it fell from off
such a man equally by lais utter worth-
lessness as by its own excess of weight.
I was .oalled upon one September
evening by a gentleman to marwa, him
to a certain lac15$: An infant could not
have been more ignorant of it than I
was at the time, bat the suitor was a
man who ha,d beendetected by a former
husband of the woman in criminalae-
lotions with his wife: said suitor had.
promptly shot the.. injured husband,
and sought to marry the widow. I tell
of this novt in order to ask the reader
what kind of a man and woman he sup-
poses this coaple to have been. You
say the murderer Wasprobably a broad -
chested, laud -voiced, ruddy -visaged,
black -bearded desperado, armed literal-
ly "to the teeth" with oaths as well as
bowie -knives and revolvers. Not at all.
Colonel Caulfield—for that shall stand
for his name—was a small man =with
hay-coloralhair and mousta he, gentle
manners and wonderfully othan-like
hands, feet and voice. Not ing could
be more suave and silken thai his bear-
ing. The very man, you wpu dnatural-
ly suppose, to pet canaries trid write
sonnets—to shed nothing in re dread-
ful than tears, and those his 1 own. As
- eau put
Uglily fill-
wic ked
. When
married,
ticipating
s e was a
med Cleo-
arkness in
ignificant
gain, you
for I did
ntil the
et slight
es. She
pallor in
soul. An
devoted
1 umerous
nd, all of
uld have
here was
• stody of
I her a
ow Venn
handled
h a care-
utiously,
hen the
ields to
new her
ould ae-
rate.
o thelady, the Mildestway-
t is to say that she more thor
a out ray ideal of a aerfeet
woman than any I ever -kne
bey stood before me to be
on run before my pen in a
ier appearance. Doubtless
' ,,aorous-limbed, ample -hos
atria withaa languithing
er great eyes, as well as ,
tintless of the lips ?. • Herc,
re mistaken. Mrs.Caultield.
ot get a. fair: survey of her
ereryny ended -was as tall
worean as one generallys s.
aa small eyes, thin lips, on .y
her cheeks and shyness in hr
invalid lady of refinement,
and indulgent mother to th
children of the -deceasedhlisbi
whom were at the wedding; w
been your final impression.
so peouliar a modesty in the c
her oyes that you would th'
prude, and moribidly to. T
onions eyes! N p wonder she
them,. if I may so siaeak, as wi
ful hold. She carried them c
as, one does a load.ed pistol
hammer is up and th,e trigger
the slightest touch.. If you -
history, and knew herself, yol
kaowledge that I do not eat',
She had run. away with he former
usband, who was infatuated ith her.
O was no more to heratar sh came to
olonel,CanIfieicl, than tlie ton:s hang-
ing beside the fire -place( no more toher
than Colonel Caulfield *wild beafter
the next man should arrive' . -ow, nat-
uralists leave no specimen" of the ani-
mal kingdomunclassified, sant take the,
more pleasurein describing it t e aglier
it is,; but the writer Moo un eientific
in this case„ and declines to en ter into
further analysis. Yet full op ortimity
as offered. Immediately al •er mar -
age Colonel Caulfield and his wife
ok a pew at church, and ttended
gularly ' There was in. such a Man
at whi$ i greatly interested e. Had
arrived:from Persia or the .10 oon, he
-uld. hardly have been mote urdike my -
if, as. as the uteri with whom I
s generally thrown. Gambler, drilla-
d, sedacer, murderer. an he was, there
a through all his convereatien a cer-
in fibre of Nature -nature Iii ilia fincl
collet:tiled-which madle hina ore ii-
estiug to me by far than Mr. Smith,
lo measured calico:, or Mit opkins,
who sold groceries all day. ' One abould
yield to au appetite; so to speak, for the
vaaiation of humanity in such a nese, if
°ply from hope of -doing • good.- Possi-
bly it was a. blind year/nag rate some-
thing which might save. him fto n him-
self that caused Colotel.Caulfie d to re-
ciprocate my interest in him.I
'11 1 fiud that the Morgan colt 1 am
raising," he said to inc one day . in se-
rious earnest, " makes good enoulgb time
on the turf, Pnagoing to name liira af-
ter you, sir;" aud the man had no high-
er: proof than that to give me of his lik-
ing. And who knows howi siacerely
that poor woman may have Wi hed to
become better? She • never. fai ed at
church or prayer -meeting, and o one
could be more modest, even humble, in.
her bearing, listening attentively, often
tearfully. But the 'simple fact is, we
were all afraid of her. The ladies of
our -elaurch were profoundly interested
in her husband.: of him theyhad strong
hopes, but - of his wife *lie at - all.
When she s,ctually applied for admicf-
sion to the church as recommunicantn
we were seriously alarmed. The board
of ehureln officials', before., whom she
appeared for this purpose, I. and when)
duty it was to queetien her closely. as
to Ler preparatien for such a step-, made
sad, work of. it. They kiiew her his-
tory well,. but -then she seemed to be
modest behind her veil, so penitent,
, weeping as she ' tried to answer their
questions in es low 1,7oice, that they
postponed their decision of the case as
their only relief. Well; 1 . _knew
: that • they wanted to ask 7' their
- wives, . and, . I well knenf, also,
how our ladies shrank froM her
with horror. What disastrous mischief
to• the sheep and lambs might not this
serpent do if she should be suffered. to
glide .withintliefold ! Our oldest -of-
ficial was directed to tell her very kind-
ly her. case was under consideration.
Unfortunately, he did not -de it, being
afraid to call on her for the purpose, or
having forgotten to do so. It was piti-
ful. . Commauiou Sabbath, supposiug
that she was admitted topartalseialress-
ed in deep blaekaalie took a back pew
at the a.ppoiuted time among the com-
municants.. Nervous at his negligence
in the matter, the same white -headed.
official went to her in the face .of the
whole: congregation, whispered to her
that she could net commune, and led.
her out of the . pew !- The"- miserable
Magdalene told me that she went home
and Wept day. andnight withouteeasing
untilI colic:Ai,. and eaplained.
Meanwhile, there must have been
something of deadliest leprosy in the
very blood of herself, if not of her for,
Mer husba,nd,perhapa both, their chil-
dren turned out so badly. I dare say
it was the same wretched. feebleness .of
sorbed this good girl into Ihirnself-and
her property too, for he . had none --of
his own -as a sandbank absorbs a rive-
• let which flows singing and sparkling
Open it, and. pats forth never a blacfe
fi
of grass let alone a ewer, in return,
Theremust have been an overwhelm-
ing display in private of his affeetfon
for her: there was very little in public;
and yet, otherwise, how could so excel-
lent a girl have loved him so much ?
They lived together several years atter
marriage. Pardon me- if I use too
• many figures, but you Can understand
how she concentrated upon him all her
accomplishments and faculties, if you
iinagine a duster from the choicest
vineyards to crush all its grapes, to. the
last berry, into a cup for the driukin of a
the meanest of mortals. In. this case Ten
the clap was drunk at a gulp, and speed- 11
ily forgotten.
She fell into 'a consumption, mud 1
'
was with her when she was dying. She
was always a frail creatiire, with flaxen
hair and large blue eyes. She held to
}nye now with those vine -like aims
which chug, by the strong impulse of the
loving heart within, to a weed as
vigorously as to an oak.
Oh, Harris,'" said. ahe to him, "you
know how I have loved you." .
"Yes, Harriet," he answered' as he ri
stood. by her. He was weeping, but his tiz)
tea-rs were more like the the leaking of re
a loosely -hooped. vessel than from any th
force of sorrow. "Yes; Harriet -yes heyes," - co
" You know I have loved. yon with all sel
my sod," she gasped; " and now you wa
will promise, won't you ? • There is our a?'
little Harry : I've loved you SO nweb I rn
have hardly thought of hirn. You will ta
premise -will promise ?"
" Oh yes, yes, yes," ho Said. ter
"Then sneoax it on this Bible, dear,"
she pleaded.
" That I won't marry vgain, yo
lu
mean? Certainly. Yes, I swear I
wont -yes; oh yes," her husband, said in,
the Male weak way. -
"You all hear ?" the poor Wtinaan
Oriea with alincest rapture to her father
and mother, whO were %veering bitterly
as well as to myself.-" Kiss me good-
bye, Harris dear ;', and she was gone,
forgetting in her devotion tohim to kiss
even her little boy. "I'm willing to go
now," were her last whispered words:
"We'll soon be together in heaven, and
then I'll be all yours -yours, dear -
yours forever and ever."
I cannot say exactly how ninny
months it was after- this -not very many
I am sure-awhen I had a call from the
bereaved husband. He \waited me to
get my hat and take a little walk with
him in the lengthening abades of the
afternoon. I did so, glad to console him
aa I best opuld.
" I dare say you know what I want,"
he said as soon as we wore out of doors.
" What I ain afraid of is, she may fool
She? Fool you ?" 1 asked in an im-
becile way. • - _
" _Adeline Jones,' ilfr, Clark oxpiain-
ed RYeu kuow Squire Jones? She is
th o stoutesti of his three. You must
have seen her, a likely young woman,
with black eyes and red cheeks. They
live by the oreek. This is the licease :
You can take it. But look here She
has said she would., and then called "no
back dozens of times before I could get
out of the gate to say she wouldn't. I
heard her call after me to day, when. I
had. got a piece away. Won't you (la
it,' she said, but I kept on. Now, you
see, if she won't when, we get there, you
are to- give that license back to me. I
told the probate clerk he might have
his doeumetnt back again, and 1 would-
n't pay him a cent, if she didn't. You
see, she may, but thou she mayn't.
See?"
Diet Miser Adeline Jones did. I mar-
ried them. In her way she mado him
an excellent wife, I dare say. She was
a lady of energetic character, and her
husband had the extensive repute of be-
ing her very obedieut subject. It was
even wbispered that in some measare
she was succeeding in making a mau of
him. My impression is that the poor
Harriet of other days had fe.a.rs in ref-
erence to Miss Adeline before her
sleath, or it may have been merel3 an
instinct of her sensitive heart. It was
therefore that she tried to bind her bus -
band as she, did. It was a foolish thing
to do, but it was the folly of an affec-
tion at which we may wonder, but not
/augh. Surely, if the dead. can see
those they have left behind, she must
know her forraer idol better than she
grasp Ou the part of our Sabbath se
toward them as of the church tow
her husband and herself—for leprosy
itself is in thehealingpower of the dis-
ciple as of the master -Which is heav-
ily to blame fOr their fate. One of her
boys, was. drowned - on Sunday, of
course. Another ran away, and. was
heard of agaia in jail for halving shot and
• killed another boy, who,: Vor fun, had
hidden their clothes when they were
bathing together. .,I was called to at-
tend the funeral pf yet another who
blew himself up on a Fourth of July. GENERAL GROCERIES
There was one daughter, Sylvia a
slight, lithe, marble complexioned girl
of 15; the duplicate of her mother, only
more beautiful, in whom we had taken
at least a sentimental interest. One
day Mrs. Caulfield sent begging :me to
•come to the. house. Very heitatingly I
did so; it must be confessed. She was
eagerly waiting for me, met me at the
front gate, and ushered me in weeping.
"Oh, sir, what am I to do ?" she said.
;` Colonel CaulEeld is away from home We are determined not to be under -
days -and Sylvia has run away. She sold by any Househ
in te Trade.
—you know he is never at . home these
elirabed out Of her window last night
at midnight. She has gone eff with that ••
young Proctor, the lawyer's clerk. What •
sha,I1 I do ? I will do whatever you sayP'0 CASH- CUSTOMERS
1 was amazed at the weakness of the ' :
woman, she seemed so foolishly de-
pendent on me. In her weakness lay
her wiCkeduess: Not that she did not Are Perticularly Invited to
seem to have ardent aspirations up-
ward. Not that she did not, apparent-
ly, reach upward as with her long and INSPECT OUR STOCK •
thin and fragile hands, grasping almost
frantically, and as into the empty air, ----AND--
after something to seize upon and lift -
herself up by. But alas ! she had also
COMPARE Practs BEFORE PUR-
a pecbliar gravitation downward too.
Some metals there are upon which the CH4SING ELSEWHERE.
magnet has no influence -upon other
and baser inetals it seizes with irresist-
ible energy.; not by reason merely epf a
force in the magnet, but of -a certain
kindred something in the object affected
by.it. So of this woman. There was
iu her which seerned to afford t
magnetism as 'Of the earth • a ten-fo
power upon her to drag her down, a
to drag down with her all she had la
hold upon. •
She seized' my arm with the graap
a tropical runner as it were. To me
was like the hold of the poisonous oa
ivy. and., -somewhat abruptly detachi
myself, I said, "1 ath sorry, mada
but if Sylvia has run away, it is t
ard. ° •
KILLORAN 84. RYAN
Have.now on hand the Largest' and
'Best Selected Stock of
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Ana, 26, 1.81-
1 878 REAL ESTATE•FOR SALE.
• pROPERTY FOR SALE. --For Sale, thateee,
IMPORTANT LAR leared,
and orchard. Immediate possessiongiven.
from Brussels, 63 aeres cnew frame i
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1.;.AnmVercoL.RA:ApTlymt,.oD11.rs.t7cEiaBssC jGraErm.
-a- the ToWnship of Grey, County of Huron, anntei
of Iligh and Market Streets, ia_tely eccupferil
vonient and desirable residence on Mennen...
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Church. Apply to EDWARD CASH, seeforkk
THOMAS KIDD'S
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VOR SALE CHEAP FOli. oasta-Two Comer
OVIPORIUM OFLF
ASHION
Lots on Market Street -west, Sperling's Barn,.
Also that convenient and comfortable Cottage,
akoOnn, Brussels.
corner Jarvis and St. John Streets, =Brit/10*i
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MAIN STREET, SEAFORT
H.
NEVER. PERHAPS, SINCE MY FIRST ADVENT INI 0 BU *INES'S
DID I INVITE, WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE, THE ATTE TION OF MY
NUMEROUS CUsTOMERS:AND FRIENDS TO MY IMMEN R STOCK OF
NEW .SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS: EVERY LINE IS F ILL EVERY
DEPARTMENT THOROUGHLY COMPLETE OWING TO T E GENERAL
DEPRESSION AND UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION OF R SINESS ALL
OVER TT -TE- COUNTRZ THE WHOLESALE HOUSES IN THE GREAT.
CENTRES OF TRADE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SELL GODS THIS
SEASON MUCH UNDER i THEIR AOTUA L VALUE. REIN SO FORTU-
NATE AS TO SECURE Ak. GLtAT MANY VERY DESIRAB E LINES IN
,DIFFERENT CLASSES OF DAY GOODS, I PROPOSE' GIV NG MY CUS-
TOMERS THE FULL BENEF,IT. DURING THE PAST YEAR I HAVE
CONFINED MY BUSINESS TERY CLOSELY TO THE C.A.S.H AND TRADE
PRINCIPLE, AND FIND' IT WORKS WELL. AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE
°NOT ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN OREDIT, YET I WOULD THANK
MANY OF MY FRIENDS, WHO FAVOR ME WITH THEIR TRADE AND
CREDIT TO. LEAVE ME k• LITTLE MORE OF THEIR CASH ALSO.
EVERY HONEST INDUCEMENT WILL BE' OFFERED DURING THE
COMING SEASON TO My CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC IN GEN
ERA L, AND NO INTELLIGENT PERSON SHOULD PURCHASE 1WITH-
OUT FIRST SEEINC'r MY SUPERB STOCK.
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. I BLACK AND. COLORED SILKS—
IN THIS DEPARTMENT, I AM SHOWING AN TINBROICEN
• LINE, AT A LI, iP.RICES FROM 50 CENTS PER. YARD UP.
BLACK LUSTRES AND BRILLIANTINES—
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MY STOCK 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
he •BRILLIANT FINISH AND DURABLE TEXTURE MAKE THEM
id WIER AND TIMOTHY SEEDS A GENERAL FAVORITE.
nd
OUR STOOK OF
,
id •.BLACK AND .COLORED OASHMERES—
Canna' bo surpassed in i
,
of • A LARGE AND VERY ATTRACTIVE STOCK, SUITABLE FOR
it , DRESSES OR SUMMER MANTLES, RANGING IN PRICE Fitom
k-
QUALITY OR PRICE. 55 CENTS TO $1 75 AND $2 PER YARD,
ng• _. .
m, !
oo DRESS GOODS, ORES GOODS—
kite. What can you do ?"
Yes," the Weeping woman sai
"but I heard her getting down on t
shed -roof, anal started some men aft
them with the ColonePs blood mare
the buggy—all through thestorm top
and they have brought them back.
have looked yonag Proctor up in th
room, and Sylvia in that one," indica
iug with her hand as she .spoke a do
:on either side of the hall. "They a
all wet, kilt I locked them up .until yo
could come and tell me whatto d
Whatever yott say,sir, I'll do."
" Write to .your husband, and wait •
till he comes," I suggested.
"Ile does not care," she aaaswere
promptly, . -" and he wouldn't com
You are the only person in the worl
who can tell me what te do ;" and- sh
wept helplessly before me.
"Let rue talk to hini," 1 said at las
groaning under my unsought respons
bility. . Mrs. Canfield wiped her eye
allowed me to go in, and locked th
door upon . us. Now, r happened t
know the 'bold Lochinvar " in thi
case. Only, he was not at all bold
ra
dAlso all kinds of Garden and•Field
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he - Seeds as Cheap ds the Lowest.
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in
--I CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE
at
t- A SPECIALTY.
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u• • The Largest_Stock Town) Call
0. and See it. '
ICILLORAN & RYAN..
d, N. B. -If you .ehtinld require Good and Pate
e. Lignors call at T. D. RYAN'S Liquor Store.
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- Why, the Most Stylish' and Substan-
-
was nothing but a boy of twenty, igno-
nt and shy, and just now exceedingly tially Balt Rigs in the County.
wet as well as frightened. He was an. • - • . •
.
. orphan, and there was .aol; a soul to 1 -
‘
wait to see or hear from in his case. 1 PILLMAN .& 00.
soon.found, too, that he was -altogether . • . -- ,
a
the secoadary person in- the affair. • H
was too willing to do anything, althougl
I think he would have been. very glad to
make his escape from the matter alto
gether. "1 will do whatever you thin]
best," he said at la,st ; " and there is th
liceuseif you want to use it." A. pre
cious document it was! Somebody ha
perjured himself or heAelf frightfully t
get it, the parties beingender the age re
wired. by law; or possibly the probate
clerk had. taken taken the responsibilit
himself, just for the fun of the thing
There was nothing for the to do but t
try the young lady. I asked, however
as I was let out of the troom, "You lov
the girl, do you? Sinderely, now? Do
You really love her ?"
"011 yes," he answered with wonder-
ing eyes, but withihearty sincerity. "0
course I do. LOW lier ? Yes sir."
I saw the explanation of everything
the moment I was locked in with. Syl-
via. She was web as she could be, was
muddied and.dra,ggled exceedingly, her
her black hair all- spread out on her
shoulders to dry. Her eyes, however,
. .
were full alternately of fun and,'defi-
ance. She told me the whole story :
"We had it fixed, sir, two weeks ago.
I got down over the shed: he was wait-
.
ing for. me in the rain. . I got into the
buggy with a big bag of my best things,
and we drove off. Oh but it was dark
and. muddy and how the rain did pour
clown! As day broke we got into the
• creek. We. never once thought about
its being swollen by the ram. It was
so funny! The old buggy upset- right
in the middle. Away went my bag and
everything -I had in thelworld : his went.
too. That's the reason we haven't
changed.- He hasn't got- anything to
put on you see, and I won't put on any
of ma's things and be dry and comfort-
able, when he has to stay wet."
"How did you get out of the creek ?"
I asked, not able to be as serious as I
had hoped..
"I don't .`know," she said, "except
that we let the old horse and. buggy go,
and -scrambled out somehow. P,made a
grab for him with one hand, and for the
brush with. the other. All {I cared for
was to get out on the side farther from
home. We climbed out some way. It
was there that they caught us. Our
clothes were so muddy and heavy we
could not run to save our lives -could
not even fight. That's the way they
'bundled us in and brought us back.
You. all never would have seen us again
if it had not been for that creek."
" But Sylvia.," I said. as gra,veW as I
could, " do you not know that you are
too young to marry?"
"Ma was six months younger," she
interrupted.
"But for you to run away "-I began.
She ran away," the daughter re-
plied promptly. "She got out over a
shed, jutt as I did, and at midnight too.
Only, she was not caught."
" But that is no reason," I insisted.
"She is your mother, and it is your
duty to obey her."
(To be Continued.)
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.1 Have:now Facilities for Manufacturing
C A REiIAc-ES BUGGIES
t I I
- 1 GUTTERS AND SLEIGHS
• The Superior of whioh cannot be got from any ,
. tShop in the Country.
BEING PRACTICAL MEN,
e They thoroughly understand their business and
personally superintend the work in each depart!
ment of their business, and consequently there
, is no shaky -materiel used in their vehicles, and
" slop work " is unknown in their establishment.
A. Few of those .Nobby Portlands
and Comfortable Swell Body'aut-
ters still on hand, which will be
sold very cheap.
. Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly ere -
(sated.
• Remember the Seaforth Carriage Works, East
of the Commercial Hotel, Seaforth.
PILLMAN & Co.
THOMAS COVENTRY
Has Removed his Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES
TO STARK'S NEW BLOCK, •
In the Store next to Wm. Robertson &
Hardware Store, where he will be very happy t
meet all his old customers and as many new -
ones as possible, and all persons wanting to pm --
chase Boots or Shoes will find it to their advan-
tage to give him a call, as he has the Largest
Stock of Boots and Shoes'in Seaforth, and is
DETERMINED TO SELL
Them at prices that must tempt people to by,
as the whole Stock must positively be disposed
of before the First of April, to make room for
The Immense Spring Stock whic1/4
- he has Just Ordered.-
.
• He would respectfully return thanks to all
who have patronized him in the past, and trusts
I that they may net weary in well doing.
YOU CANNOT MISS THE PLACE,
As his Sign of the Big Boot can be seen from any
part of Main Street.
ALL OLD ACCOtNTS MUST BE PAID UP
AT ONCE, WITiIOUT FAIL.
THOMAS COVENTRY,
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH-
THIS DEPARTMEMT IS AHEAD OF ANY 'ALREADY ENUM-
ERATED, EMBRACING, AS IT DOES, FP OM T FIE LOWEST,
TO THE HIGHEST GRADE IN PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS
PATTERNS. ALL THE NEW FABRICS. INTRODUCED T -HIS
I SEASON ARE HERE IN PROFUSION, AND THIS DEPART-
MENT ALONE IS WELL WORTHY OF SPECIAL ATTENTION
. -PRICES EXCEPTIONALLY LOW.
•
GRENADINES, GRENADINES: -
1
IN ALL THE NEW AND FASHIONABLE MAKES. SOME EX-
CEPTIONALLY • HANDSOME PATTERNS LIN BLACK,
PRINTS, PRINTS—
THE gTOOK OP 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 12 5 CENTS PER YARD
AND GO UP TO 15 CENTS.
COTTONS, COTTONS—
OVER 8;000 YA RDS 01? GREY COTTON TO HAND, FROM THE
BEST MILLS IN THE DOMINION, AS LOW AS 5 CENTS PER
YARD. COTTONADES, JEANS, DUCKSDENIMS, TICKINGS,
TAB.LINGS, TABILE LINENS AND , HESSIANS.
LACE gooDs-
SOME BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS IN SAXONY, CROCHET;
AMERICAN THREAD, GI. IPURE, VALENCIENNES, HAM-
BURG _EDGINGS, •FRILLINGS' IN ENDLESS VARIETY, SWISS
EMBROIDERIES, TOGETHER, WITH A MAGNIFr CENT AS-
SORTMENT OF LACE CURTAINS, IN SETS AND BY THE
YARD, IN THE NEWEST DESIGN.
HOSIERY AND GLOVES—
EVERYTHING IN LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S CO TON JOSE.
LADIES' SILK EMBROIDERED SEAMLESS HOSE SPE IAL -
TY. FULL LINES IN KID AND LISLE GLOVES, A L PRICES.
2
MILLINERY AND. DRESSMAKING—
• TFIE STOCK OF MILLINERY GOODS IS ENTI ELY COM-
PLETE, AND WILL BE FOUND WELL WORTHY INSPEC-
TION. OUR FACILITIES FOR DOING A STYLISH MILLIN-
ERY TRADE ARE UNRIVALLED, AND BUSINE •'S IN THIS
DEPARTMENT IS UNUSUALLY BRISK! FOR SO EAIIILY IN
• THE SEASON. WE ARE SHOWING A RICH A TD HAND-
• SOME STOCK OF RIBBONS, VELVETS, FLOWE S, FEATH-
ERS, . ORNAMENTS. CRAPES, ILLUSIONS, LADI S' SCARFS
AND BOWS, TOGETHER WITH A HOST 01? OTH IIILNOVEL..TIES WHICH ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTIO
PARASOLS, PARASOLS—
NO OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTY CA OF
INDUCEMENTS IN THE LINE OF CHEAP PARAS
AND SEE OUR 35 CENT LINE, AS GOOD AS OT
SELLING FOR 50 CENTS.
READYMADE CLOTHING—
VARM FOR S 170. -For Sale, Lot Xo. Bey
-I- field Concession, Godmich Township ., tee.
tainin* g 85 acres, 50 Of which are cleared and la
good state on cultivation. The farm is adjo• •
the village ot Bayfield, and will be sold cheap
on favorableterms. Apply tothe proprietor,
JOHN GOVIRNTLOCK.
nALE,....nhe subscriber has for sale a 50
acre lot in the township of MeKillop, County of
Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the balance wen
timbered with beech and maple. The property
will be sold cheap. t Apply to aas. H. BENSON,
Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont.
517
&NOR SALE. -A tavd '
storey frame honse
-a-- buildings, situate/1 on the Market Square of
Seaferth, for sale or to rent. The building is very
suitable for a boarding house or a public business.
For particulars apply to W. X. WA.TSON, sen
forth, or to DANIEL GORDON, Goclerich. 498
- -
OTEL FOR S r.F,..-For Sale, the hotel la
-ILI- the Tillage of Egmondville,known as Cox's
Hotel. The hotel_ is well situated and in good
repair, with 'good stabling and nearly an acreof
land attached, A splendid business can be done
by a good.' man. Terme easy. ApplY to TOInn
COX, Egraondwille. 540
FARM FOR SALE -A vet y superior farm for
sale in Stanley, County of Huron, being vest °
half of Lot 23, Con. 11, containing 81 acres &st-
enos soil an d well watered; frame barn and
stable, comfortablenlwellino house. large orchard;
24 miles from 13aylieltl; price, $4,501.1; apply to
the proprietor on the premises or to JOHN
ESSON, Bayfield. •
580
'fi'l.ARM FOR SALE. ---For Sale, Lot 14, COIL 7, I
Hullett, containing 100 acres, 80 of which are
cleared and free from stunaps. There is a hum
dwelling house with stone cellae underneath, also
frame barn and stable. Plenty of good astern&
a small orchard. Is within six-and-a-lialf miles
of Clinton and about 9 miles from Seaforth. Ap•
ply at Tia el EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. 528
VARM FOR SALE. -Being Lot No. 18, Con. 14,
Hullett, tontainn g 149 acres; 80 acres under
fence; the balance well wooded with good hard-
wood. There is a good frame house and barn on
the premises. Situated within three quarters of
a mile of the village of Blyth. W. MaINTOSII,
proprietoroBlyth P. Oi 538x12
XTALUABLE F.A.R4 FOR SALE. -For Sale,
v the east half of Lot No. 4, non. 4, H. 5.8.,
Tuckersmith, County of Huron, Consisting of 60
acres, 34 miles from the Town of Seaforth, and
convenient to school. The land is of the -very
best quality. For further particulars apply to
a -oaf -RS PICKARD, oppositethe premises or to
Eginonaville P. 0.
524
VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, 50 acres -of Land,
-I: being west half of Lot 9, Con. 8, Tuckersmith,
Huron Road Survey, withframe barn 36x57, stone
basement; log dwelling; all well underdrained;
40 acres clear of .stumps ; orchard - vourig and •
bearing; 80 rods frem a good school. Possession.
given at any time. Apply to A. STRONG, Land
Agent, Seaforth. 527
DROPERTY FOR S ATM.—For Sale, Lot No.14,
-a- Con. 16, Grey, 100 acres, 1.8 acres cleared -an
excellent lot. West half of north half of Lot No.
29, Coin 6, Morris, tiddoirdng the Village of 13rus-
sels, 5Q acres, 33 acres cleared, cheese factoryand
machinery complete- thereon.. Four houses and
lots, and a large number of vacant lots in Brussels,
all the property of the undersigned. AlsO a num-
ber of improved farms, the property of -other par-
ties. JOHN LL'CRIE. Brussels. 515
- -
aa OUSE AND LOT FOR Sa.T.Ill:-For Sale,
-1-1' that pleasantly situated and desirable resi-
dence, theproperty of Mr. Wm. Robertson. Tbe
property is on Ci-oderich Streetrin Adams' surVey.
The house contains sitting -room, dining -room,
kitchen, and 5 bed -rooms, with pantries closets
wood -shed, and all other conveniences. hard
and soft water under cover. The house is new
and wellfinished. The lot contains ono -fifth of an
acre. Apply to the proprietor on the premises.
WM. RORERTSON. . 527
PLENDID FARM FOR SLE -Por Sale the
^-1 north half 81 Lot 16, London Road, Tucker -
smith, better known as the Old CooperHoinestead,
nontaming 60 acres, 413 acres of. which are cleared
and. the balance splendidly timbered. A in -ick
house and good frame outbuildings. A large orch-
ard of the best fruit and. abundance Of water.
This farm adjoins the village of Rippen, and is rs
one of the choicest properties in that section of
the County. Apply to GEORGE & JAMES
PETTY, Hensall.
VALUABLE' F -A -B 3
i -I -1-70-i -S-11-15ei21-;
-west hall of Lot 27, Con. 8, McKillop, eOrt-
tabling 50 acres, known as the Deign estate. This
fermis situated within one mile and a quarter of
Seaforth. The land is . of the choicest quality
There is a handsome residence ana good outbuild-
ings. The farm is well plimted with fruit and or-
namental trees, is in excellent order, and well
fenced. It is admirably suited.for a retired gen-
tleman, n dairy -man, or market gardener. Terms *
easy. This property must be sokl akonce. ApplY
to A. STRONG, Seaforth. 589
giowN PROPERTY FOR SAL- d
Lot on St. john St., near the English Church,
Occupied by Wm. X. Gray. Also that handsome
new residence, corner of Coleman and Gouinlock
Streets, at present occupied by Mr. Malcohnson.
These very desirable properties ere offered cheap,
either for eash, or one-thfrcl cash down and bal-
ance on time to suit. Also, seven Town Lots on
Main and Mill Streets, opposite Coleman :fa
Goninlock's Mill. Persons intending to build
man obtain these Lots without any present eash
payment if necessary. Apply to WM. M. GRAY,
"Eclipse " Salt Works, Seafortb. „ 540
VALUABLE FARM FOR SAM -For Salo, Lot
el.6 and south loot Lot 17, C n. 1, Hay, contain -
g 150 acres, r20 of which ar cleared and in
good state of cultivation- Thene is a good brick
louse and a frame cottage, the barn, stable, cow
stable and other outbuildings are all frame ; there
are about 10 acres of choice apple, pear and other
fruit trees, and about. 300 spruez trees planted le
ears. There is a never -failing stream running
hrough the centre of the farm, on which is a good
mill site, a good gravel road. on txvo sides of the
arm. It is situated one mile from Hensall sta-
ion and four Miles from Exeter, on the London
Road, and is just across the road from the Rodger -
1
'ER SUCH
LS. CALL
ERS ARE
SEVERAL NEW CASES RECENTLY OPENED OUT, THE PRO,
ville post office and church. Iror further pardon -
DUCT IDF THE BEST HOUSES IN NIONTREAL A• D TQRON- 8
WAGON • AND BLACKSMITH SHOP FOR
ars apply to JAMES W. ELDER, Veterinary
Seaforth P. O. 481
TO. FOR A NEAT FITTING• SUIT OF 0LOTHE,2, IN GOOD
MATERIAL, CUT AND FINISHED IN THE L&TET STYLE, -
GIVE ME A CALL; I GUARANTEE SATISFACTIO- . CLOTH- t
• LNG MADE TO ORDER ON THE SHORTEST NOTI
a .
HATS AND OAPS—
'
SALE. -:-The undersigned, who is about retir-
g froni business, wishes to sell his property in
he village of Kinburo, township of Hallett, county
f Huron, consisting of three-quarters of an acre
f cheice land, well underdrained, and hawing a
amber of well selected fruit trees. There is on
he premises a blacksraith shop 28x88, a wagon
hop 20x40, and paint shop the attme size, a two
torey dwelling house 1na85 and kitchen 16x22,
•ith cook -house attached.; ulso a new &swelling
ouse 18x24 and stable 16x25. The buildings are
11 frame and the dwelling houses have each agood
eller. The above is situated in one of the best
arming communities in the county and Is there -
ore an excellent business stand. Also for sale a
rge arammt of oak, rock elm, red elm and pine
amber, well seasoned, and fit for use. Wagons,
leighs, cuttersoind buggies on hand, and will be sold
heap to clear out the stock. Payment is request -
d of all overducnotes and accounts. JOHNWIL-
TAMS, Constance P. 0. " 517
,E. 0
0
8
I HAVE ON HAND A MOST COMPLETE STOCK N AMERI-
CAN, CANADIAN AND ENGLISH FELT HATS, TH -I BEST IN h
THE MARKET, AT EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRIC S. ALSO a
A NICE ASSORTMENT OF MEN'S AND BOYS' CAPS IN
CLOTH, TWEED, SILK AND COTTON. 1
la
1
BOOTS AND HOES—
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO . THIS
MENT, AS MY BOOTS AND SHOES ARE !CERT
'PERI -OR TO THE VAST 'MAJORITY OF TRIS LASS QF
GOODS NOW BEING OFFERED IN TOWN FOR ALE. 100
PAIRS WOMEN'S PRTJNELLA, 60 CENTS PER P IR, ORDI-
NARY PRICE, 75 CENTS; 100 PAIRS WOMEN'S P ITNELLA,
75 CENTS PER PAIR, ORDINARY PRICE, $i; 00 PAIRS
WOMEN'S PRUNELLA, $1 PER PA1E, ORDINA " Y PRICE,
$1: 50; 100 PAIRS WOMEN'S BUTTON PRUNELLA, $1 25 PER
PAIR, . ORDLNARY PRICE, $1 75. MEN'S ALEXIS- BUCKLED
SHOES, VERY CHEAP. MEN'S CONGRESS BO ITS, LOW
PRICES. DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE LADIES' KI 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—
.
DEPART- t
INLY SU- -
FOR :SALE OR TO LET.
TTOUSE TO RENT.= -To rent, a comfortable
&welling house on John Street. Possession.
on 1st May. Apply to A. W. SPABLING. 541
VOR SALE. -Engine and Boiler, 12 -horse pow-
-a- en All omelet° and in good order, very
cheap. A. G. VANEGMOND, Woolen nfills,
Speafoortl
o
TO LET. -One large rowel. divided
-any into 2 separate apartments, suitable ffi.:714:4ed
• room and sitting sooin, adjoining the Mechaniee
Institute.. Apply to THOMAS KIDD. 541-0
^,.....TORE TO RENT. -To Rent, the Store re-
:_e_e.n_tly_o_c...e:nlied by C. Armstrong, in Mrs.
Whitney's block. One of the best business
Seaforth.
stands in town. Apply to MRS. WHITNEY,
582
THE USUAL STOCK
, FOUND IN A WELL
BEST VALUE EVER
CENTLY ARRIVED.
50 CENT LINE AT T
THE NE W CASH }
STOKE.
OF FRESH GROCERIES ALW
REGULATED GENERAL ST
OFFERED IN TEA. A NEW
CALL AND GET A SAMPL
H,E NEW CASH STORE.
4
YS TO BE
RE. THE
LOT RE.
0]? THE
THOMAS KIDD, Se forth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIRESSMARING.-MISS BURGESS begs to
inform the Ladies of Seaforth and surround-
ing country that she is prepared to do all sorts of
Dress and Mantle Making in the latest styles,
also cuttingand p.tting. Rooms over J. Rogers
Store. Apprentices wanted. 539
APItta . 261 18
'is:4;1:11.141 o1ailblithssixa.oryahi7tseh&vslailfeel
s tt8sh great iTatO‘Ct 1 le0 leeatlar iYmt llogrreett0: temper,31 10 ui
lawyer, "keep your teanp,
ealloucbleaYoeflselolish snobs."o
Come, don't be ti
chanies ; " Sit down an
bl selvesolwAo rm joIlrebsr jaeloge; is aN out,viassp rt e so
rr0eUetPly1Y,:and in the eours
jug some one used_ the
thing of beauty is a joy
she exelairoed, " I'm gh
beauty, for I should. not 11
fe:neovelle"da in his tortured,
-A Xla U. may epoxy a.
and hide it with a, v•eneer
anoesna,ertirtake
five
sta, deceit.ful 33a4it
thoughtless world to obsel
wstonsde tihaerboonaer-ashosuulselnreeina
parted.
-A gentlemaii saw his
ter dipping her dors dre$
and inquired.; " What a]
my daughter?" I'm
air"°-wisth dress red.
“ZThat1
notion into your head ?
red with beer.” " Yes,
-COMBO Ms said. it was b
°- -1 r“ 1LEL3 rS°1 redsa id' a live
ster to her sister, "we m
sant water, for my hoe I
milk, and soetvere Betty'
she gaed. to Gonrock thr
and cam? hinne as red's a
married four days after{
can 'We drink the Rest)
isaatt'tteo2" rrepliedfresh, SI4Vieellet1130r.r
onything for a laddie 1"
sae vved. I, Kate; sae let'
rock the morn, for everyl
ready, and they'll rio key
arilikablie;
__An. Lincoln, of
couple of strange pets in I
and lioness, which are 21
She has brought them n
ing as free with them as
be with kitteus, and hasi
nunaber of tricks. The
250 and the female 200
rentraMed run of Mrs.
rectentlytchtehbeesaymhowanivertehhohnes:ert
intheerisiasm'
• police ordered. -certain nO
ever, and now there is I
catastrophe, should the
notion to taste hums,
:
Humors of TrOus
She was very Pretty a
-nineteen or thereabouts
tripped into the real es
with a smile and 11. bins
inquiries reaaadirog, a litt
tage, the rebel estate age
his Spectaeles st her,
had not seen such a ha
for years. Qaestion and
ed in vapid succession, a.
elusion the lady sekne
with the houeo as the a
his prospeetive tenant.
hand dived into the my
• her polonaise and drew
little purse, from which
count forth eiisp notes
pay be first menthe' re
house. At the sight
agent's presence of rai
him, and remembering t
office, whieh applies to
protected females appls
deuces, he began. quest
• customer.
"Ali, yea, madam, tha
ah, who is to rent the -t
father?"
no 1"
"Your mother, then?
" Why, ain I • What
make to your
"Oh, nothing, nethin
always like to know wh4
ccipy the premises we rIo
"Well, I'm going to
litedt .11
"4 Alone 2"
" Certainly not."
"With. your parents,
N---o-o-o" (with a fai.
"Who 'with, thpri.
"With a -a --gentle
fusion of blushes.)
44 A gentleman ? A.
pose?'
" No, sir, he's not a r
"Maclaine, I muet
preraises. No, re edam,
ayese
" But he's the gent
to marry" (cheeks
full of geiitle fire.)
And. then that real_ e.
and. stayncl in the bank
eaiough t�oalllihnself
fool eight or nine times
ed. back to his customs:
newly -papered_ walls,
ceilings, hot ana cold
floor, bronze gas-fixtu
grates in the fire-pla.ees
else she might want in
handed he a receipt
rent with a bow and
the grandmother of b.
had. happened around_
have cost him a heap r
ble.
. Little .Disa,ppa
. Many of us ean end
appointments which
- with .comparative fbtla
ported -therein. by_the
.er y feeling soul; it is
that we do not suffer
there are others who rt.
through which we pe,es.
1113 in spirit, who.comm
call ns heroic, and hold;
• for imitation. A great
:sett Us upon a pinnacle'
r.,ommon crowd; we fee
endowed with a sad pro
row. has given us a ce,:rt.
our Contemporaries; th
of friend and foe is a -
•our affliction, and no
kindly than a sort of ;*
•exeited by our elevatiol
monplaee being whom •
by. But the -little ha
every -day disappoint/lie
ciates or cares anythin
- Who but laughs at th
come to light, anti rec:.
Wore dignified troubl
pathizes when the cnsto