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A CURLING. STORY.
. THE RIVAL LAIRDS.
Snow had fallen tong and silently
over all the high -lying districts- of the
south of Scotland.. 'twin; an unusually
bad, year for the sheep farmers, whose
stock was suffering severely from the
protracted storm and the snow which
enveloped, both hill and, low-lying pas-
turage. Bat- while sheepnarnaers were
finis kept anxiously waiting for fresh
weather, curlers were in their 'glory, as
day after day they forgathered on the
ice and, followed up the " retain game."
The century was young, and the par-
ticular year of our story was that known
and. spoken. of as the “ bad year." In
these dente there was no free,trade to
keep down the price of corn or beef,
which during years of bad harvest in
Great Britain, or long periods of frost
and snow, rose to famine prima and
were all but unprocurable by the poorer
cla,sses. Oatmeal at half-a-crown a
peck told a sad taint At, .many a house-
hold, and on the helpless children—the
bairns.
- As we. have said, curling had been
enjoyed to the full.; perhaps there bad
even been a surfeit of it, if the real
truth were told. Match after match
had been played by parish against par-
ish, and county against couety. Rival
rinks of choice players belonging to
counties each as Peeibles had challenged
those of the neighboring counties of
Selkirkehire, or even Midlothian. Prizes
consisting of medals or money, had
been gained by various enthusiasts ; and
lag, but not least, matches for sappers
of beef and greens—the curYers' fare,
had been contested, the reckoning -to be
paid by the losing rinks. The benedicts
too had played the bachelors, and had
as usual beaten them.
Country squires had given prizes to
be played for by their tenantry versus
adjoining tenantry, ann had brought
- their fur -clad wives and daughters to
the ice to congratulate them. on success,
or condole them on defeat. In short,
the sole occupation of 'the majority of
the adult male tural population of the
South of sootiand in the year of which
we speak, seemed to be—curling.
Amongst other matches in the county
of Peenles, there was one that yet re-
mained to come off, namely between
the parishes of Tweedsmuir and
Broughton. In a series of matches
or bonspiels as they were termede—be-
tween parish and perish, these two had:
stood unbeaten. It therefore remained
to be seen which perish should beat the
other, and thereby achieve the cham-
pionship of the county.
: When the honor of a parish is at
stake on the ice, the choice of the men
who are to- play is a matter of very
grave import. In a friendly match be-
tween two rinks, a little unskilfulness
on the pert of one or More of the play-
ers is a very common affair, and is com-
paratively unheeded; but ill a bonspiel
between the two best parishes in a ,cen:
ebrated curling county, the failure or
even the occasional uncertainty of any
one man may be fraught with direst
consequences.
- -Foremost among the promoter's of
the forthcorcting nainch which was to
decide matters were Robert Scott, laird.
of Tweedsmuir, and Andrew larray,
laird of Broughton. These worthies
had long been rivals on other than ice -
fields, and. though on friendly enough
terms et kirk or market were each
keenly alive to his own honor and prow -
t
ese. Any garee, therefore, in w ich
these two lairds engaged was sure t be
closely contested; and the result we, at
all times as eagerly watched by intet•-
ested spectators as it was keenly fought
by the rival parties. It is even said
that the herds had been rivets ::in love
as well, as in other sports, the tieestat of
which was that Murray had. carried off
the lady and Scott had. remained a
•bacnelor, with an old housekeeper
neraed Betty to take charge of him.
But as the story of the love -match was
but the " clash"of the country, it may
be tekee for whet it is worth.
On the manner, of the day fixed for
the match (Whielf was to come off at
Broughton, and to consist of four men
on eanh side), the laird of Tweedsmnir
was early astir, in order to see that the
cart which was to convey his own curl-
ing stones and thoseof his men to
Broughtou—a distance of some half-
dezen miles—was reedy, and that the
. men themselves were prepared to ac-
company it; The cart having been
duly despatched, with the sdloolmaster
i of the parish, wholeves to be one of the
players, end the shepherd from Talls,
Liens, who was to' be another, Laird.
Scott ordered out 1is gig and himself
prepared to start. 1
"low, Betty," oeied the eird. to his
old housekeeper, as he proceeded to en-
_
vdop himself in his plaid, " you'll see
and have pleuty of beef ancl greens
ready by six o'clock, and a spare bed or
two: for besides our own men it's likely
enough I may bring back one or two of
the beeten lads to stop all night."
e 'Deed laird, tak ye care the Brough-
ton folk dinna get the better 0' you, and
beat ye after a'; they • ten me they're
eeraugrand.curlers:"
" Well, Betty, I'm not afraid of them,
with Andrew'Deehohn on tny side."
Thus assured, the stalwart laird
seized. the reties and took the road for
Broughton. I On his way down the val-
ley of the Tweed he celled at the hum-
ble cottage • of the said Andrew Den-
holm, who usually played the eriticel
part ef e third stone," aud was one. of
his best supporters; and whose- em-
ployment, thin of a mason, was for the
nonce at a stand -still.
"What ! not ready yet, Audrew ?" ex-
claimed the laird. iti a, tone of diss-p-
pointinent. "Bestir yourself man, or
well not be on the ice by ten o'clock."
" I'm no' num to the curlin' the day,
d •
sir," replieAndrew with an 'air of de-
jection.
," etntl. what for no'?' inquired the
laird with uneasy epprehension. " You
know Andrew, my Mau, the gaane can-
na,' go on without, you. The honor of
e
Tweedsmuir at stake too! there's not
another man I would risk in your place
on the ice this day."
"Get Wattie Laidlaw the weaver, to
tak' my place, laird; he's a grand curler
and, can play. up a gene as well as - oily
man in the parish.; the fact is, .sir,
just now I have na' the heart even to
curl. Gang yer ways yersel laird, and
skip against the laird 0' Broeghton,and
there's nae fear o' the result; and, Wat-
tie can play third steno instead o' me."
"Wattie will play nae third stane for
me ; • come yourself, Andrew, and well
try to cheer you up; and you'll take,
your beef and greens up nye wi' the ,--
rink callants and me in the afternocin,"
Denholm was considered one of the
best curlers in that part of the county,
and was usually one of the first on, the
ice; to see him, therefore, thus cast
down and listless, filled the laird's warm
heart with sorrow. He saw there was
something wrong. He must rally the
dejected mason.
, •
_ 'Do you think," continued the laird,
"that I would. trust Wattie tO play in
Your plane, a, poor silly body that can
barely get to the hog -score, letnlone the
tee? Na, na, Andrew, rather let the
match be off than beaten in that way."
Seeing the laird determined to carry
.off the "third man " to the scene of the
approaching conflict,the poor mason en-
deavored still:fartheito remonstrate by
a recital of his grievances.
"Ye ken sir," he began, "whets long
stem it has been. Six weeks since I've
had a day at rny trade, though 1. have
naade ft shilling or two now and. again
up -bye at the homestead yonder. But
wi' nee price o' meal at half 0. crown the
peck, and no' very good after a'; and
ninepence for a loaf of bread, we've had
a sair time of it. But we. wadna' vex
oorselves about that, Maggie and me,
if we had ineal enough to keep the
bairns fed. Five o' there (twining away
before our eyes; its been an unco job
I assure ye, laird: Indeed if it. henna
-
been for Mag's sister that's married
upon the grieve o' Druininelzier, dear
knows what would have become of us,
wi' whiles no a handfa' o' meal left in
the girnel. Even. wi' the siller - to pay
for it, its no' aye to be gotten ; and,"
filtered the poor fellow in, ,annclusion,
4: there's just meal cnongh in the house
koo -day to last till morn.'
, " Well, cheer up my man!" cried. the
laird; "the longest day has an end,and
this storm cannot last much lon ;en In
fact th'ere's a thaw coming on or I'm far
cheated. There's a, crown to Maggie to
replenish -the' mesnark, and get maybe
a sup 0' something better -for the bairns.
And there's eheese an' bread in the gig
here that will serve you and me, An-
drew, till the beef and greens are ready
forms up -bye in the afternoon. Mean-
while, ft tastin' o' the flask will nct be
amiss, and then for Broughton."
Thus invigorated and reassured, the
mason took . his seat beside the laird,
and amid blessings from the guidwife
and well-wishingsfrom, the baires, the
two sped on their journey.
nrrived at the pond, they found toes
rnitrked, distances raeastired, and all in
readiness for the play to begin. The
usual salutations ensued. Broughton
and Tweedsmuir shook hands all round.
with much apparent warmth •, and. the
twe sides', of four each, took their places
in the following order:
, 1
BROUGHTON.
Willie Elliot, shoemaker,
lead ;
Be. Isaac Stevenson, 2d
atone;
Tam Johnston, .black-
sraith,:81 stone;
Laird Murray, skip.
1 TwEDnsfurn.
Mr. Henderson, school-
master, lead;
1 Wattle Dalgleish, shep-
herd, 2d Atone;
I Andrew Denholm, ma-
son, Sd atone;
I Laird Scott, skip.
The play was begun and continued
with varying fortune ; sometimes one
side scored, sometimes the other. The
match was to consist of thirty-one
points: and at one o'clock when a halt
was called for refreshments, the scoring
was tolerably even. The frost was be-
ginning to show a -slight tendency to
give way, but this only nerved 'the play-
ers to further exertions in sweeping
up the stonee on the somewhat dulled
ice. The scene in the forenoon had
been a lively one, but as the afternoon
approached and the game was nearing
an end, the liveliness Was tempered
with anxiety, which amouhted almost
to pain, as shot after shot was" put in"
•by one side, only to be devetly " taken"
by the other. “ Soop ! seep 1" was -the
incessant cry of tbe skips as from their
point of vantage they descried a lagging
stone; or " Hand up ! I tell ye; haul
up !" when from that same point they
beheld one of their players' stones ap-
proaching with sufficient velocity to do
all ethat was wanted. Anxiety was
nearing a crisis. At half -past three the
game stood: Broughtonnhirty,Tweeds-
muir twority-nine. The game was any-
body's. Coats had. ben cast as need-
less encumbrances ; besoms were
clutched with determined firmness;
the skips slightly pale with the terrible
excitement of the occasion, and the
stake that was as it • were hanging in
the balance; went of nerve on their
pert to direct, or on the pert of any mie
map to play, might decide the fate of
the day. The last end had come -to be
played, and.Broughton having won the
previous end was to lead. The shoe-
maker's stone is played, and lies well
over the hog -score in good line with the
tee, and on the road to promotion.
Tweedsmuir's leading men, the school-
master, passes the souter's stone and
lies in the house." Well, playted,
derainiel" cries Laird Scott to his lead.
And so proceeds the " end " till it
comes to our friend the mason's turn
to play; the blacksmith having just
played Ins first stone with but indiffer-
ent effect,
" Whet done) see o' that starte, An-
dr(3w ?" roses Laird Scott from the tee,
pointing at the samee time to the win-
ning stone of the other side, which,
however, was partially " guerded." -
" I see the hielf on."
Then," says the laird, "make sure
of it; tak it awatend if you rub off the
guard there's no harm done."
For a moment the meson steediee
himself: settles his foot ia the crampon
end with a, straight delivered 'shot'
shaves the guard and wicks out the rival
stone, himself lying in close to the tee,
ttn.d guarded both at the sides and in
front by stones belonging to his side.
The effeet of such a shot as this also
critical a period of the game was elec-
tric, and is not easily to be described..
Enthusiasm on the part of Tweedsmuir,
dismay on that of Broughtot. Bet
there are yet several stones to come
the order may again be reversed, and
Andrew's deftly played shot may be yet
taken. We shall see. The blacksmith,
tb.e third player on the Broughton' side,
follows with Ins second stoue, and
though by adhering to the direction of
his skip he might have keooked off the
guard and so laid open Andrew's win-
ner, ever -anxiety • causes him to miss
the guard and miss everything. This is
his second and last stone unfortunately
pla,yed for Broughton.
The maeon has his second stone still
to play for Tweedsmuir, and before do-
ing so Laird Scott thus ac'costs him:
" Andrew, my man, we arelying shot
now: we want but another to be game;
and for the honor o' Tweedstnnir I am
going to give you the shot that will give
it to us: do, ye 'see this port ?" pointing
to an open part in the ice in curling
phraseology a pont) to the left of the tee
with a stone on each side ?"
I seethe porn sir."
"Well, then," continued the laird,
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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. DECEMBER -27 1878.
'"1 want', you to fill that po4 ; lay a SMITH . &
,
stane there, Andrew, and there's a lade
,o1 meal at your door to -morrow Morning."
The stone is raised just for one in-
stant with an easy backward ,sweep of
hand. and arm, and ' deliveren with a
twist that curls it on an on by degrees
toward the point required. Not just
with gafficient etrength perhaps, but
aligned to the poiat. - In an instant the
skip is master of the 'situation . t Soop
lads! 0seep! }mop her up--semo-o-p—
there now; let her lie!" as the stone
curls ineo the "port," and lies tprovok-
ing impediment to the opposite players.
The pressure on players ott beth sides
is now too great to admit of neany out-
ward demonstrations. Stern rigor of
muscle stiffens every face as I the two
skips themselves now leave the tee and
take their place at the other eitd. The
silence Itodes a something that no one
strain o half hope, half -fear that ani -
cares to explain awayso greet i
, e the.
mates eyery breast.
Lairdi Murray is directed bt his ad-
viser at the tee (the black naith) to
break -off the guard in frent, b it misses.
Scott. his antagonist, by a [ skilfully
played !stone, puts on atioth r guard
still in order to avoic danger f , m Laird
Murray's second and last et ne. One •
chance only Dow apparently reinains for
the laird of Broughton, who:requires
but one shot to reverse the order of
things and retrieve the gam, and he
tries it. It is one of those ye difficult
shots known among curlers a an out -
wick. A. stone of his side ha lain con-
siderably to the right of the t e short of
it, which if touehed cn the o ter side
might be driven in towards ti e centre
and perhape lie shot. Th inwick
would be easier, but that the stone is
unfortunately guarded for that attempt.
He knows that Denholm's ft et stone
still lies the shot,nnd is guard 4 bOth in
front and at the side; and Wet ..with
another Tweedsmuir will be hirty -one
and game. The shot 1 is ris ed—after
other contingencies have b eta duly
weighed—but without the desi ed effect.
The outlying (none is certainl touched,
which in -itself is a good s t, but is
not suffiaently taken on -th side to
:Produce the desired effect. he laird
of Broughton pales visibly as the shot
is iniesed. and mutters some hing be-
tween his clenched teeth any ing but
complimentary to things in ge eral.
The lest stone now lies by t e foot of
our Tweedsmuir laird, wh calmly
awaits the word of direction rom An-
drew at the other end.
' "Laird!" shouts the a xio mason,
" there's but the one tli-ng f( r it, and
,I've seen ye play a fter-1 ke shot.
What would ye say to try an i.wick a•ff
my last stane endtlift this an a foot?"
pointing to a stone Onhis side
bich lay
near, though still not countin ; ".that
would give in another shot and the
game."
"Well, Andrew, that's wh I asked.
you to fill the port., for I saw hat they
didnatee, that a wick and cur -in would_
be left;, I think it may be one. At
anyrate I can but try."
Silence reigns' o'er the ink; the
sweepers on each side stand i s breath-
less suepense ; the wick take i, as given
by Andeew in advance to t e Laird,
may preclaim Broughton be ten and
Tweedsmuir the champion pa ish of the
*county 1 ,
" Stattd back from behind, nd show
me the stone with your besom Andrew;
there."
The suspense is soon broke 1, the lest
stone has sped on its inission the wick
has bee takenes, stone on La d Scott's
tr
side ,th t was lying farther tr the tee
than one of the opponents', i " lifted "
into second place, which, wit the ma -
eon's winner, makes exactly e magic
score 4 thirty -opo I Like he thaw
which After this long-contin ed storm
will het welcomed by man nd beast
alike, se does the thaw now melt the
frozen tongues of the players. Hats fly
up in frenzy of delight, and t e pheno-
menons witnessed. (only to witness -
ti.
ed on ie) of a Scottish lair and his
humble tenant in ecstatic embrace.
Flasks are produced, hands •haken by
rivets as well as by friend —though
chiefly by friends ; prepar Wens are
made to carry home the par pliernalia
of the retain' game ; and w s ilg Betty
congratOates the laird and 1 is guests
on their victory, there is ha piness in
store, for Andrew Denholm, w ose prow-
ess so n,otably contributed to mire the '
honoteof Tweedsmuir.
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01TI'A..1:21I0
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r
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THE Nomination of Candidates fol the offices
. .
of Retve, Denty Reevs, and Tit ee Council-
lors will be held in the Town Hal . Brimfield,
on MON Al, DECEMBER 30th, 1878, at 12
o'clock n ozn,and if a poll at danandi, the poll-
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For Di isiou No. 1—Sehool No , Egmond-
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Cimtposet of that' portion of the To uship front
the Tow Line of Hibbert West to he Sideline
between ots 15 and 16, and fro the Huron
BRi 00 ElulS th to and including the Fo rth Cowes-
,
For Di 'Sion No. 9—At, School No 6, H. 11. S.;
Robert L ndsborough, Deputy Retnr. ing Officer.
Compose of that portion of the To ;nship West
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- H. R. S. • •
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poetiono .the4th,6th, 6th and 7th •nc mons,
L. R. S., cuth of the Mil Road. ,
LIAM MCCONNELL, To ship Clerk.'
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We are overstocked .in Overcoats, and
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Hoping to have the pleasuie of wishing all my friends and customers a MERRY '
CHRISTMAS, and a BRIGHT, PROSPEROITS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR at
the NEW CASH STORE.
THOMAS KIDD, SEAFORTH.
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTR
ORDINARY.
Hav;ng determined upon a very important change in ny business during the com-
ing season, it is necessary that I clear out m large and vaned
STOOK OF STAPLE AND FAN Y DRY GOODS
And with a full determination to do so SPEEDT Y -I am DOW offering
• my -whole stock of
DRESS Goops,
SILKS,
CLOUDS,
TWEEDS,
SHAWLS,
SILK VtLVET
WOOL GOOD
FLANNELS,
MANTLES,
RIBBONS,
CLOTHS,
FURS,
HAS AND CAPS, AND READYMAD CLOTHING,
Ark REMARKABLE D SCO'UNTS,
MANY LINES POSITIVELY BELO
COST PRICE.
Buyers of DRY GOODS will please bear in mind. Oiat this is no puff, but a
bona fide sale, and will consult their own interests by oing direct to
JOHN ROG RS SEAFORTH.I
1- accounts meet positively,
N. B.—As we close our books on January 1st, 18'79,
be paid forthwith,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EMPORIUM.
SCOTT BROT
ERS
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TO jTHE FOLLOWING- TES-
TIMONY OF ONE OF THE WORLD' ' GREATEST
' PIANISTS WITH REGARD
IT II M S 0'11\1 -
For Whieh We are the Wholesale Agent
BOT(1)N-. X
ME EMERSON PIANO GOIIIPANY.
GENTLEMEN—I have examined withgreat interest and pl
one I have is superb in every -respect. Elastedty of tench ad 11
prominent in them, whilst in power they are like a Grand. I am n
paralleled success with which your Pianos meet, and meat heartil
lie opinion in respect to them. Faithfully yours,
01RoGA.1\TS-
Clough & Whereat's Celebrated lustrnm.ents alway
lar Canadian Bell Orgaa.
We Respectfully Invite Inspection and Other Pianos and Organs supplied on the shortest
Comparison with other Stocks. Instruments sold on time or the instalment system
We Mark Goods in Pnin Figures, and
Sell for Cash only.
SMITH & WEST,
SEAFORTH.,
SCOTT BROTHE
TO
I:" I A- 14r 0 ,
for Ontario :
ss., July 21st, 1878.
asure your Upright Pianos. The
ne singing quali yr of tone are
t the least surprised at the 'm-
end emphatieally endorse pub -
F. BOSCOVITZ. _
on hand.
otice.
Also the popu-
S, Seaforth, Ont..
GIVING UP BUSINESS 5E
MR DEJicT
REING about to engage in another line of Busineee, is reytiring
-1-• TO -DAY begins a GREAT CLEARING SALE of Ma Entire
ERY, LADIES' JACKETS, FURS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, &e
The Entire Stock will be ,SokliAlmost
And in the least possible time, as time is money withhim jast n
'would say, yon never had such a chance before, probebly never ari
•
His present !aptness sta• nd, which one oi the Teri best
or if not sold, 4111 be let. Possession given as soon -as the Stock
•
LING OFF ! I
rOm the Dry Goods Trade, and
�k of DRY GOODS, MILLIE.
gardless of' Price.
w. To the Public Mr. DENT
again. A.vall yousselif of it. •.
, is for sale on very easy tering
disposed of.
_TO FARMERS.
wPIEREA.S, certain parties 'hove been ashlar.
oriug to i jiire the sale of tha Artianhea
Wheat, for which I leave 'been taking ordeal,/
think it only right in self-defence, and also in
justice to the pergons who bave favored me iltit
their orders,to Make pllblit) my reply to the*
misrepresentations. It has been. stated that the
Areaukta Wheat is merely the old Riee vaannt
{or wild goose vrt.eitt, AS it I* sometimes caneo,
put oe. the seed market ander a new name fora
money -making speculation. Another /Jeanne-
tentariou is that the Arnankts Wheat VIII
UM make flour, and as a consequenee will net
ms..ke good bread. Anoila,.a.ift tiltit it Is *teak in
the' stritw. In reply, I vrould jolt end atteutiOn
to the subjoined letters, one from filr, Boon,
Protessor ot Agriculture at the Ontario Agried-
tural College, Guelph, and one from john Dry-
den, Esq., ex-Wartlen of the Count)" et Ontario.
Many others could toe given, bus 1. would think
:hese natnee sufficient authorityo-but hay not
satisfied with these might, write D.) S. D.i.vIdsort
& Sons, Pieketing, li IL Spencer, Whitby, Gioba
Brothers, Oshawa; the largest tnU1er id untinio,
and many others whose audit:ems I will be happy
to give if applied to. Reference is also direct-
ed to the following letters:
Ontario Sehoel 01. Agrietilture,1
Guelph, Sept. 5, 1878
DEAR SIR : Witkreference to the arnaukta
and Caoose \N heats, I beg to inform you thstwe
have grown both here in our experimental
plots, (ganiples of -which e send for your
inspection) they were or gieated in the Baited
'Steles, and um Amoeb,a now takes a very
portant place in many p 4rts 01 that °chatty as
an excellent cropper and miller. There le great
resemblanue both in beard and grain, but the
Arromkta is bolder, hiavier bearded, and more
chaffy than what is called the Goose or Itiee
Wheat, and idea bears stronger straw l'heGoose
is larger in the individual berry, but equally
pleutv in °lift:tutor. I have heti no experience
its yet' in its milling properties, though I trust
to be ubie to say something itt our next animal
report, meautittie be assured that.. th o varieties
are distinct ehough Yours faithfully,
13ROWS.
With regird to the ruining qualities- refer -
*nee is permitted to A. -Blair, of Beit's Mina,
1iippen ; -Sohn Kitchen and John Gibson, Stan-
ley.
I am selling this wheat at the low price of $1
50 per bushel, at:livered at Clinton station. j.
ties desiring to purchase, this wheat, but re•
(taring further references, can glin all inform 4.
Lion by addressing.
576x2
M. RADCLIFFRF,
Brimfield P. O.
AUCTION SA,LE
FARM AND FARM STOCK
lk,r R. JOHN 13ULLARD has been instruoted 57
.TL the undei signed proprieter to sell by Public
Auction. on Lot 8, Con. 10, MeKillop, on Thurs-
day, Tannery 9th. 1879, at 16 o'elock A. M. tae
following property :
Farm Stock -1 horae coming 5; 1 home dom-
ing 10, 1 spring colt ; good ewe Inuit;
1 bull, coming 13; 2 steers comity, 2; 2 heifer
calves, 2 large pigs, 5 small pigs ; 1 ewe; a
number of:Ilene ; 1 /umber wagon; 1 ink bob-
sleighs; 1 plow; I pair -double harrow1. s; tan.
Ding ; 1 aeel-barrow ; 1 set double her.
ness 3 • 1 sugar kettle; 2 loggit3g ehains -;a quan-
tity cf Hay by the ton, it number of pine saw
logs; a quantity of cedar posts; e quantity of
oats hy the bushel, mid Many other articles. -
The Farm —The term is eempoeed of the west
half of Lot 8. Con. 10, IlleKillop, eontitining 50
acres, 40 of which are under cultivation rind good
fences. There is a good hewed log house,and
log barn and stables. There is a young oreierd
and splendidwell and pump. This farm is with-
in 10 miles of Seaforth, * and is cenvenient to
sohools, clrarehes, &c.
TERMS.—For the Stock—Ali sums of $5 and
under cash, over that amount 12 mei/the credit
will be given on furnishings.pproved joint notes.
A discount of 8 per cent. will be allowed for cash
on all credit amounts. The oat e will be moth.
Terms.for the felon made known ou the day of
sale.
G-E0R-GE 'MOIR, Proprietor.
JOHN BULLARD, Anc.;ioneee. 578
AUCTION SALE
—oP A—
VALUABLE FARM IN THE TOWN-
SHIP OF STANLEY. -
*Vv R. 3. P. BRINE has been instructed by the.
' P bl' ' X '
proprietor to sel by n ic Auction, at Kat -
840'8 Hotel, Brueelleld, on TUESDAY, DECEM-
BER 81st, 18743, at 1 o'clock P. M., that valtiable
farm, being composed of Lot 12, Loudon Road,
Stoillen one mile south of Brimfield, There
are 97 acres, 90 of which are cleared and in s
hiph state of cultivation; it ie elose to Smote
field station, Creat Western Reilvray, andwith-
in 6 miles of the towns of Seaforth and Clinton,
on the Grand Talttlit lailway: there is a good
frame house and two frame barns and other out.
; a good beating orchard and plenty of
water- there are 12 acres of fall wheat, alai 33
acres All plowed. This is generally allowed to
be one of the beat farms in the County of Huron.
TERMS—One-tenth of the purchase money on
the day of sale, .011e -third within one month, and
the balance on such time as will suit purchaser,
within 5 years, seettred by mortgage at 8 per
cent. interest.
JOHN LA.I3T, Proprietor.
3. P. BRINE, Auctioneer. 572
,EXCHANCE BANK OF, CANADA. -
. HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.
CAPITAL,- - $1,000,-000.
DIRECTORS—M. Gault, Persident ; Thos,
,Carrerhill, Vice-Fiteident ; A. W. Ogilvie,aLP.P.,
E. K. Green, Thoma ii Tiffin, Alex.Buntin, James
Crathera; C. R. Murray, Ottshier; Geo. Burns
Inanector.
A °ranch of this Bank has been opened np in
13russels, where a Genera Banking business w 111
be transacted Notes of hand discountedand
Loans effected at fair business rates.
A Savings Bank i:Itpartment has also been
, opened in connection with this, whore fleposits
will be received from one -dollar upwards, and
interest allowed thereon.
Drafts issued payable at par at all °Meet of
...this bank the bank of Montreal and the Federal
Bank of Canada.
- FOREIGN AGENTS.—Londene—The Animas
Bank, limited, New York—National Bank of
C011311101:013j Helmer's, McGowan & Co-, 63, Wall
Street. Chicago—Union National Bank.
Bueiness hours 10 to 3- Saturdays, 101* 1.
563 JOHN LECKIE, Maier
NOMINATION.
TAKE NOTICE, that a meeting of the Electors
-L. of the Township of Hay will be held, pima -
ant to statute, on Wionday, the WO day of De-
cember, at 12 o'elock noon, at the Town Hall,
Zurich, lot the purpotte of nominating a Reeve,
De4nty-Reeve, and threcCouncillors, to serve la
the said Township for the yeer 1879. And Amalfi
a poll be demanded, the same will be opened in
the following places, viz.: rolling Sub -Division
No. 1—School House No. 2, James Ilenthion,
Deputy Returning Ofileer ; Po1lixg Sub -Division
No. 2—Sehoin House No. 10, Alexander -,M0•
Laren Deputy -Returning Officer, ; Sub-Dial:Sion
No. ti—Town Hall, SAI211101 Foster, Returning
Officer; Sub • Division No. 4—School House No.
4, H. V. Dirstein, Deputy Returning Officer;
SublDivision NO. 5—School Howie No 12, MI-
ehael Zeller, Deputy Returning Officer ; on Mon-
day, the 6th day of janniry, commencing at 9
o'clock A. 11. aod ending at 5 o'clock P. M..
S. FOSTE.a, Returning Oflizer.
Ray, December 13, 1878. 576•2.
INS °TIC
- ;
TO GRANGERS, FARMERS AND
A.}3 THEI occupy the attention of all, thew
hardtimes, the subscriber is determined to
meet them by offering good Inch Hemlock, "not
uidually -sold for inch," at the following rates:
12 foot Ileinlock. at $7 00 per thousand; 14 foot
Fencingi at $7 50, for Cash. All orders over 4.(e341
5 per cent. discount. Call and see if you dZin't
get what ie repreaented.
Book Acconnts over 3 months will be eherged
8 per cent.
The subscriberthanks Ids numerous easterners
for their liberal support, and solicits a continn*
ance of their favors.
JOHN THOMPSON.
438 Steam Saw -Mills, McKlliop.
LOST NATION SEED WHEAIL
THE undersigned will1111 orders for the oboes
named wheat until the first day of Feb.
1879. Thoffe who have already ordered lip
please call before thaa date to ensue their
tintf OA quantity orderei. The wheat wasgrova
in )leKillop this year attfi Cher yield frora 261660
bushels sown, was 425 bushels. All orden by
mail will be promptly attended to.
576.4. ANDREW GOVENLOCK, Winthrop F.G.
DECEMBER 271
Dick, 2., Street
Dick was a tall, thin, 'i,
boy, lidth la little jacket,, th
which crept half way up ni
.11, bat that was nothing b
. where shefirst saw him e
iiias
poorilr sotldfrw°Inemaang,Iltwtehri) kept
for candy , and trimmings
enough. herself; but as
looked a little like what he
ba-ve been if 13e had. grown
neglected, and she ,coul
ae called -to hire
"Come here, sonny," ai
the" biodiyalanunit :1.0 Bit:to:7118U
.ehile-“alisDairdaii'ngt 'doI NV.aihtttlfill °Baii
131aech. y broke that 3323'SO
" Break .yonr window," sa
shutter last night," said
them."-.
ne_711. I:'nai an170 :tot:et:x:1:1:e
. ,
oi
ittharTilh13:3e:Riebi.:011=uys:goritio,s,u; ahslolaaftudtwhoahse he;
, ' '
"1wanted.Ito know Iv'
fent ajob
RreaOVIr day;
Ylleiu afTon
321tergi$ig
for the policeman to 1303, *II
have a good night's sleep wi
'13.iniu:Piid.,:Pitelahst:e,81,o:w1 oldwoman1;1 :sbot thelneb a g g itt: 1 a0 71 yet tegt:ias
4,
shsh,ne,,pa
tv,teerrynsaiotwrhltp.:resmae,
jantlinin
then,..,..,11 1 sweep first
ter."
She brought him a brotilm
his work well.; Afterwards:
supper with a relishth
slept, not in the urea, but, u
woman's counter.
He told her his stmt.
was Dick; he was 12 yeas:
father, whom he had neve
ber, was in prison ler
'111°Tthebernext morning the, 'id
gaged a clerk for her s ' 11
ment. The terms were ta
living and. a bed under the
When. the neighbors heiek
were ehocked. A street
whom no one knew I Did
really- wish to be murdered '
But Mrs. Briggs felt quits'
had so much time now
going to take in sewing:
ed. to the shop altogether.
in line order ani increa$
mess. Pennies came in es:
name in before, since he
signs in red and blue ink to
that the real old sugar sand
got there, and that this W
for nuts. ' -
—And in the evening
was shut up, the old lady
him' nate her confidence.
of her life was to buy ber
hoine for the aged. It wqnl
,
£100. She was saving foil it
saxedthree years, and had -
But it eost so much to live,
dear and loaves BO small; I
been sick, and there wa43 -
and. Mrs'. Jones' Martha 41.- n
for minding the shop. Alte
took the greatest interest
jugs, and the Win* mon, h
them as thengh he had Into -
ing.
One night in :spring they
from under her pillow, fa
bwehgaint ittoherthlda-keItkiwteass to -£34.
Briggs," said the bo, "
the eustom they will Iv'
shaver seese kiteshe'
has on them, and then e
for more." . 1
" You're il clever boy Mut
the old woman, and pat
It was a plumper hand 1 t
been when it had picked th
the gutter, and he were ;el
garments,ath_ongh. the
eone..3I
44 How wrong the neiglr
she said; "ithat boy is the
my life."
So she went to bed wat
under her pillow, and skpt.
the night she' woke, Th
-finite dark -.there was
looghrt—:but ishe hears a 1
' 44 Who is there?" she elpe
There WaS no answer, ,
bed.
$30TrorieeriioonelannWaastiasier:i
and held her down, and
the bag of money, and sh
Half suffocated, she fo I
found herself motionless •
ea, conscious only of a
from an open deer, and 4*
110iSOS.
She hurried into thettl -
" Dick 1 Diek 1" she e i
Dick ! Help ! Wake up
But there was uo Itus
into the street was wide $ci
the moonlight that pour
she saw, as she peered un,
ter, that Dick's bed. wee C
boy was gone.
Gone! gone 1 Oh, that
poor Granny Briggs than 4
of the money ; for she hs.4
and he had deceived. hlr
loved him and he had shrt
ThT000ttilitbealloeeettihugheusersb.t7es:treriaragegeh:s-;
When the dawn broke til
bora came into poor Gra
find her crying and rockin
and they told her they bad
and she only sb.00k he :
shop took care of itself th*
had lost its interest for her..
cupation was gone," but n
IfftVingS. Money was but
sailhe;lohveelid,a4ancTraDretk°13bade trio*
It was ten o'elock.
moaning by the empty h
natured Mrs. Zones
was “ seeing to things," a,
leoobeleirealiiner up, when, su
came a rap at the door,and
44 Mrs. Briggs," he said.
" Here she is," said Mrs.
" Some one wants to see
quarters," said thepolicern
et boy there and some xnoxi
" Dick I" ,cried Mrs $ Bri
santheBut
'boutbnlirsenaretto; ana.loOndeskwraahtadbp i m_a, 1 r 1 '
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