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THE HURON EX-POSITOR,
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NU. F RTY-SE
What becomes of, waiters, when they
don't wait, is a quegion that has long
perplexed those who occupy theniselvee
with the gigantic Problenne of auman
nature. In the winter, as we all know,
many hotels at the seaside arid • °thee
places of summer resort are closed;
then the swallow, as has been ascer-
tained, flies south.; but whither does
the man with the swallow -tail --the
John" or "George," whose vocation
is over for the season at the Cr wn or
the Vulture—fly? Their dest nation
oney)
They
fit for
plate
in the
be ex -
e and
fellow
annot
se the
tion al
pony
turous
Poly -
in the
when aged (and they have saved
has beeu, of coarse, discovered.
adopt the only buainess they are
though it is true they Might b
• layers), : they keep. an inn. It is
meantime—which with thein is
trerne winter—that their abo
calling are hidden frome their
creatures. One of therri—One
say "ex 'an° dce antnes,7 boom
occupation was meta au
one—used, years ago, ta ace°
Christmas visitors in their advet
deecents in the divingsbell. at th
technic, while. th,e.iordinary ,att
• went for his holidata I met hi
bell itself.
.Even in my von t4L I was neve
ageous, and it had cost me six
worth of cherry brs4i cly- in the r
rnent-room of that Fboine- of sole
• screw my courage t• - the sticking
I was just then writing a -story'
"Under the Sea," about divers
. copiesof which can stillebe obta
the publisher's assignees), and be
ceeaingly well principled (in fiat
felt that I ought to experience
was about to describe. And the
•
•
11
1 1
cour-
enny-
fresh-
ce to
place.
a, few
ned of
rag ex-
on), I
h.at I
Poly-
technic was everytvay a more c nveni
ent, not to say a safer, place th4.n th
boundless ocean.'
Even as it was; I was a, prey
ror, on finding myself swinging ()-
gigantic basin, whichethough it
not be Scylla, nor yet Charybodi
roughness, - was quite deep eno
drown me, and (sd far) " quea
gaiety of oatious."
o ter-
er this
might
, as to
gh to
h the
- The seats, you ;must unde stand,
have no rails' in fro4t oathern, se oh as
every -child is mous owed to, an such
as I venture to thiek they • ou ht to
have., and 1 • thou_ht 'it ,nmeh More
strongly ou that oc .asione -Sem scof-
fing haliday-makerS who had het the
pluck of a lamb, as J told. hire (amia.
- plaudits), or he woi• Id have come down
himself, had bidden me "hold n by
my eyelids -;" bat l he advice, e Ten . if
well meant,—the s-acant elle well
- meant for grain—Ws, of course, aloe-
less-. I was in a thee funk, a a felt
very anSteady. Tbere had bee only
one person beside mtrself who ha been
fool enough to try ithsa serious ' e an in
a threadbare black goat, and ith a
white cravat, whom I perceived t once
tobe an offieial ; probably. *the - chap-
lain of the diving -bell. I rem mber
wondering, even in that mom at of
agony—so closely does the ridi ulots
tread on the heels of the sub inae—
Whether he was instructed by the Poly-
technic Company, if ' anything went
wrong, to read the 'aPrayers to b used
at See," . It was a nice point, cor :eider-
ing the amphibious 1:m1i:ire of t e du-
ties of •the man (a sort of c erical
marine) aild.,engaged rny attenti n for.
nearly half a second. Bythat time-.
the rim of the 'bell had totiche the
---- water, ,
Of-coutse. It_had the ass:armee of
Science, though we did keep s ,nking
and- sinking, that the water would never
so much as touch the soles of my opts;
but then one has very little ..eonf'dence
in the • assurance )f. :any tibue even
though She be a lady—of who. one
. knows nothing at allt. The only aral-
leI that my raemorY furnished o my
own situation was unhappily that of
King Canute, and, as everybody knows,
the water got the better of him in spite
of • the most flattering_ predictions.
However, the bell did stop, as it seeth-
ed -to me, in the vary nick of time—aria
continued to stop. •. ,
"Why on earth,' cried I . (thou le we
were, unhappily, aot on earth), " o we
not go up again ?"
"There is a -little „stanathing I lame',
perhaps," he answer4a, "t does ome-
timeshappen in the lifting -gear."
. s
"Good heavens!" I .
"There is not:bat to be •al rmed
about. They will keep on pump g air
" Air ?" exclaimed liandiguentlt .
"Ali, you are thinking of your d !inert
we shall be out long before even
o'clock." .. •
,
"How dd. you , know ' 1 • chi e at
seven?" : 1
. "Because I have waited on you pany •
times at the •Thend and G -lo a at
-B-righton.." I
"Tobe sure; you are Bbb th•e waiter.
How ever came you to be w iting
hereP'
"Wail, sir, it is_only a temporary ar-
rangement. The fact is., I am goi a to
carry 011 the hotelinyself..". .
" Indeed !" I wo,•.dered howi this
"shilling -seeking, isepkin-carryine, up -
arid -down -stairs" attache of so spec -
table an ina Could have 'scrapedto
gether the money fox the rent. He was
a shrewd fellow, and readthis he my
.
face. - •
a Well, sir, it's a' euriots story, he
said. ; it and as you've got nothing o do,
and we shall havo some time oi
hands, I'll tell it to yOu."
• It's more than tev.eilty years ago nice
I first went to the Hands 0,14 Glee° as
second waiter inethe summer time and
'11 have taken. the Same situation ever
since.. • I am uot head Waiter there earnu
no -w, though I shall be the mast r of
,the place in a few months; so yea may
conclude (though you; Was 0, V. era
gent yourself, so far as 1 ,remeint r) • 1
might have waited long enough b ' re I
-saved the in.oney out of nay wageand •
perquisites. But in theatitutnn o the
year before last a curious thing hat pett-
ed at that hotel.
It was the race week at • Brig iton,
when we are always full, and 4 very
room was engage(1; Most of them; b old
custeiners, but one or two, of Gears;, by
strangers. One of these last . was Mr.
John Adamsota; he . was a c ance
comer —that -is, he had not ,writte be-
forehand to secure a'robni; as is sual
at that time, and therefore he g t a
very bad ou,e. It was No..47, Noll' h in
`ack seasons was oeier.'.oecupied ; it
looked arto the little _courtyard in the•
middle of the house, and had. not ing
to reconimeud it but its great hei•ht ;
it was, in fact, two floors thro•wn. into
one; some nervous persous .had a f ncy
for it,howeveabecauee afew steps wn.
thepassage was the trap-door in the
roof, under which stood the ladder hat
foimed the fire -escape; but, as .a tile,
our
people who Were shown to No. 47 ob-
jected to it: Mr. AdaMson, however,
made no objections, and, indeed, to
look at him, you would have said that
he had been used to worse rooms. It
wasnot so much his clothes—though
they didn't fit him, and yet looked as if
he was wearing them for the first -time
—but a certain hang -dog, oringing-way
he had with hinij which allowed he was
a luta fellow. He was a turfite, 'of
coursee-a man wb.o made his living, or
tried to make it, by horse racing, and
shad. come •dotva to till his pockets at the
expense of other people; but, so far as
that went, so had alt our other guests.
There was the great Mr. Dodds, the
bootmaker for instance--soaly second in
the extent of the operations to the Le-
viathan himself, who travelled with his
secretary, and had our first -floor front;
there was Captain Ledger, -wlso went
halves in wiunings—whatever bo did in
losings—with the Marquis _of apavin ;
and there was Sir Toby Gray, who had
three horses oti the bill himself, and
one of them first favorite for the Cup.
But all these nten for the present, at
least, were men eisubstance, and look-
ed like it. You might have said they
Nivere made of Money, for every oue of
ahem had a ipoeketbook bursting with
bank notes, which was certain to be
either fuller or emptier before the week
was out.
Now, Ma. Adamson did not look
though.b.e.•owned a bank -note in a
world, and, if I had to name his trad
I could have dense it the first moment
clapped eyes on him; it was Welshe
However, it is not the business of
hotel -keeper tO turn any man from b
door wOo. want e a bed and can afford
pay for it; and as for picIting and' stea
ing, our plate Was all Britannia met
while Mr. Dodds and Captain Leger en
gir Toby knew very well how to tal
care of themselves and their moue
having been on the turf for .the la
twenty years, and accustomed to all d
scriptions of villainy. As for me; I li
enough to do'at that busy time with°
leoking after the seedy tenant of No.
wh.o went up the hill every day to t
coarse ou loot, and took six. peun'or
of whiskey iitli his dinner in • the co
fee -room, aud nothing after it. Only
course it was suspicious; for the .Hai
and Glove was not a hotel meant f
the likes of bine and he knew it. 11
was always apologizing; as it were, f
being there, and hoping he was not gi
ing trouble„when he asked for this an
that—always something cheap—at ti
bar in the public room. He also pr
tendea to be ignorant as to who w
who, and iequired .of me ou one ace
sion whether that was the lir. Dodd
whom he hied just seen comp out of N
4; whereas it is my opinion that 1
knece. them all, and who was th
principal winner after each day
work.
There was.a good deal of betting o
Use race for the cup that year, in whic
were entered two public favorites, wh
were very heavily backed by the gentl
existed:aping him.. He had not left
the house that day since he had re-
turned from the races, and ,even now
he showed no signs of . departure. He
• said he bad been in famously treated,
but had too much respect for Mr.
Dodds to take the law of him for the
insult that had been inflicted ' upon
hints And he stayed for the next day's
races, where he told me he had been
" welshet." out of fifteen shillings, or
.heshould have been nippy to give me
half-a-crown, though a attendance" was
iueludedau our bills. In justice to
himself, myena.ster sent for the police;
but, of coarse,- they were no good, and '
Mr. Dodds had to give . them five -
pounds, in consideration of having ex-
pressed an opinion, in his usual terms,
upou their incompetency. He offered.
oue-thousand pounds reward. for the re-
covery of the notes, and: started off with
the secretary (with his tail between his
legs) for the next race meeting. .
- Some people thought it was the sec-
retary who had dope the trick; but Arr.
Dodds knew better, and so did. I. I
.aiave lieard of things being..." borne in"
upon folks —a firet cousinof mine by
the mother's side being a bit of a Cal-
viu—bot never was auy man more con-
vinced of what he hadn't seen than I
was that Mr. John Adamson bad taken
that money. The I Itold it got on nee
iVall surprising, especially after the
as . thousaud pounds reward was offered,
te which did not make my brain less busy
e, about the matter, You may be certain.
I At first I could talk of ',ailing else, 80
a. that" got to be quite a -laughing-stock
to with my fellow -servants at the inn,
i • .-elhen I gre'w sulky and dropped it,
t� which. was afterwards lucky for me.
1- They, of course, talked about it too, for
al, a robbery ef that magnitude under one's -
d . own roof was enough to set any tongue
se wagging; but after a month or two the
y, . thiug wore away from their minds;
st whereas, with me, it was as fresh as
ever. Where could he have put that
money when we searched him and his
room so thoroughly? and did he get
clattraway with it? were the two ques-
tions that worried me most. That he
stole the notes froru Mr. Dodd's drawer
I took for granted. • .
Perhaps I should not so soon have
0 -
ad
ut
7,
he
th
f -
of
id got free of my fellow i3ervasits' chaff—
er especiallyats it had begun to rile me—
e if something else had not presently oc-
or . curved: tp turu their attention from the
v- subject altoptiaer:• This was a inur-
d• der committed. at Lewes, withiu a' few
io miles•of us. A -murder is always more
e- excitieg than a robbery, and in this he-
m stance the victim was a Brighton cab.-
• drivet, known to Many of • us, which,' of
s course, made 'the '.iecident. _more at -
o. tractive. Otheawise it was a common
le case enough; the man .had made a few
e pounds in a Derby lottery, and for
's those and a watch in his pocket, the
other, -who was a bookmaker 011 the
n tad, called Kyneton, had murderea
d I him. The trial had nothing noteworthy
o iu it from first to last; but when the
e- • murderer had met hi deserts, a cer-
ed ill a LQWCS
pied into . other
h atttention, and
more than any-
derer was found
d made a voluns
of the prison
men; and as a rank outsider 'WOO, s
also, of couPse, did the book -makers.,
was -rumored 1111 the coffee room tit
evening that Mr. Dodds bad cleaxe
twenty thousand pounds out of th
taansaction, and by the way he and h
friends and his • secretary kept it
that night in the first -floor front, .yo
would have thought it might have bee
forty thousand. What I will tear fo
the racing folks, whether gentry (
otherwise, is, that -they -ere free-hand
ed; it is " light come, light go," wit
them, I :suppose; but when fortan
sends them a stroke of luck they le
other people share it. It was ope
house iu No. 5 that night (next to lii
bedroom the room- was, and thea th
secretary's as I well remember) for
as knew him, and I dare say a goo
many as didn't know him (more tha
to say "Bravo, Dodds !" when • he we
'reported to have pulled !off a stake
took their glass at his expense. Bum
Dodds had his eyes' about hifor A
that, and his secretary -too, and eve
would. have been to the man wh
tried to take more than what was o
fered him—that-is, aught beyond foo
and liquor. They would not have giv
en. him into custody, not they; bu
they.have laws of their own, these gen
tlemen, Which. they put in. force at onc
against such; transgressors. I believ
o taiu paragraph a,ppea
It )aper, which being c
nt journals attracted. mu
d set my ears ' tingling
e body's. After the min
is guilty, it is said, he la
• tery statement to on
u , warders that tayas he who had, stoleu
n the notes from Mr. Dodds at the
rHand and Glor Hotel, at Brighton,
during the mac • week in the. prbvious
a
- autumn.
h " Come, Bob," said my master, " that
e .disposes of your Mead Adanison's brats
t ing had anything to do with it, Which
_i7s, you thought suea 'moral.'"
s
"We1l sir, yes, I suppose it does,"
e said I.
11 "Of course it does; and. I. OM very
d glad this has happened, since it re-
n movesall suspieion from any (me con-
s • meted with the hotel. Yon don't
), know anything of this fellow Kyneton
t beiug about the place en the Cup. day,
11 t do you ?"j
e " Ma -sir," I said, "but there Were
-a many folks coming aud going,
and . especially, as you remember,- to
d. congratulate Mr. Dod b ou Ilia good
7 fortune." , - •
t ." Just so; and this ..yneton was one
- of them no doubt."
e But for my part till stuck to my
e own opinion. If Kyneton had stolen
s in the autumn,
soldiers, when they catch a thief a.mon
them„do the like. iffelathe evening wen
off without any thin g worse th an shouting
but in the morning there was a terribl
"to -co." Mr. Dodds had been robbe
in the night of all his winnings.. I
reality these were not quite so great a
had been reported, but they amounte
to eleven thousand pounds . in bank
notes—and they were gone:
I verily believe the man was n• ot s
annoyed bythe loss of the money as b
the fact of his having beea robbed—
that is, of another man" having outwit
ted bun, He stormed and raved like
mad bull, so that My Master h.ardl
dared. to listen to what lie hadto sa
about the matter, though, - indeed i
was very little. These. notes, . wine •
were all for large senoimts, wore ;an •
pocketbook by theinselves, and lay in
drawer in his room. En -had -seenal
was right, he thought; befo• To he re
tireato rest, his door ebeing not ona
but fastened with a, bolt with t
Spring -bell to it. only there wee a
g .eleven ,thousand pounc
t what need had he to
, twenq pound.s and, a s
e menthe afterward?
d a gent eisian, and won
u so ma al money away
s And why did be tell a
d• instea confessing
- chapt in, in the usual
The next Sunday 11
o Sunda out, and I too
y to go t Lewes. I ha
there, Who was a spoi ting reporter up-
- - the staff of the net spaper which
a .the pe 'eared, and I had
y a grea few questions to
y him
1 felloca enough,
ion from me on
e pic*s it up
are • talking to
-
their Whispering
useful to in
la.
kill a man for
Ivey watch a few
he man was not
d not have flung
in. as Many years.
welder about it,
his crime to a
way?
t,ppened to be my
advantage of it
an acquaintance
74graph first ap
fancy to put ta
He was a civ
t and had. had informa
certai
• when
• gethei
1 ways
occasions—or
horsey gents,
ill spite .of
which had bee
" N ew, Jack," 1 sai 1, "1 want to see,
isou warder as his here Kyneton
.that xabbery at
thep
told. t
' p
lomeh°17
that time nothing ill gle pocketbook
but two copies of the s9porting
vary neatly folded. Tito notes must li
-have been taken out beferehand—while
he was entertaining 1116 friends—aud
the little substitution. Elected. When
my master asked Mr. Dodds, "Have
you got the numbers of the notes ?" he
burst out in a fury. "Because 1 have
e sa
ttle
" T
ers ? '
"0
T
been robbed, sir, do you take me for a
born idiot? - Of course Ihave."
Hia secretary, indeed, had made a
memorandum of them; but, unfortu-
nately, hadwrapped it ' up with- the
notes themeelves, which Was very hauat
and convenient for the thief; -
Mr. Dodds Was a stout man. and, I
thought would have had a, fit olf apeii)
3r
le.when he discovered: this. I don't
remember ever hearing so lunch stroug
language from the same nebuth itt e(
short a time. WO' kept the secretary
looked.up in the bar till the storm had
blown over a little, and in the mean-
time we did what we Could. As Mr.
Adamson was the only granger at the
Hand and Glove, suspicion, naturally
fell upon him—and so did Mr. • Doads.
In lees time than it takes me to tell
you, that unfortunate man was stripped
to his skio, and his room searched with
eat story to abo
tel."
ell, to tell you the truth, Bob,"
s, laughing, a y tt'll find thet
diffictat. 'Bets ecu ourselves, it
was a 1 bogus. It h s been very suc-
cessful, and been quo ed in all the Lon-
don p Tors ; but no s ch statement was
ever 1 lade."
en, how did it get into the pa-
, in the usual
y a
ouna-a-liner ;
m ate
atiou."
ien, Jack; I mut see that pemly-
vay ; it was put in
mere effort of the
a -line .."
" T ) tell you the w
he an wered, with at
thole; it not so Datil
- stand.. before you ; it
" 0 i ; you wrote it,
.look ere; this will g ) uo further," said
1, "t an you and me but I must know
more. You said you vould tell me the
whole truth ; then tel me, who was it
as pail you to Write i 7"
ell, my proprietors, of courSe,"
al35WC 'ed, sulkily.
" 1 1 -now that, but
Side?'
Joie truth, Bob,"
other laugh (but I
7a1 a one), " he
Nrab2110 as wrote
did you ? Now,
that completeness that nut a, pita): head— Cr
could have escaped notice; but uothing on th
was found; and except that he gone up night,
with the rest to drink a glass of chain -He be
pagne in the first -floor front in honor of Leipsi
Mr. Dodd's success, not, a tittle of proof fased
. (To be Con
aio paid you be-
amed.)
orge Hueber,
streets of New
from exhaustio
waged to a \
, Germany, fie
o ask assistanc
youag artist, died
'ork, last Sunday
1 and. starvation,
ealthy family in
m whom he re -
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M. G. Cameren, C., Philip Holt, M. G. Cam-
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WILLIAM SMALL, Conveyancer and-Commie-
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AT HOFFMAN BROTHERS'
CHEAP CASH STORE,
C_A_R3DINTCYS. JB1OC:PK,..P.A.PC0TITT1-1_
n advaniage of these Cheap Sales for the last four years
will remember the BARGAINS that they iised to get,
and we are determined to give
_TAMES W., ELDER, V. S., Graduate of the
• Ontario'Veterinary College. After devoting
two years to practice eith Professor Srnith, of
Toronto, has settled in Seaforth. Office at his
residence east of W. M. Church. Calle promptly
attended -to by day or night. A large stock of
Veterinary Medicines constantly ou hand. Horses
examined as to soundness and certificates. given
Horses bought and sold on COMIlliFI8i00. 424
TT DERBYSHIRE. L. D. S.,
J.L. Surgeon Dentist, Graduate
of 'the Loyal College of Dental
Surgeons of Ontario. Office
hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Rooms in
Mrs. Whitney's new brick block, Main Street,
Seaforth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
-A J. NIcCOLL, Solieitor, Stc., Brussels. Office
ji` • in Leckie's new brick building. 504-52
OIZET TO LEND—On terms more at1van-
-13-l- tegeoue than ever before Offered. A. J. Mc-
COLL, Solicitor, Bruesele. 50152 .
B0ARDERS.—A number of Boarders can. be
, accommodated with board, either ladies or
gentlemen. Apply to J. M. -CALDWELL, (only
num and wife), Goderich Street, Seaforth. 670
r
T P. BRINE, Licenced Auctioneerfor the
" • ConntY of Huron. Sales attended in all
parts of the County. All orders left at the Ex-
eensirox Office will be promptly attended to.
lb A. MeLEOD, Liceneed Auctioneer for tho
! • County of Huron. All orders left at James
Molaridelis will receive prompt attention. If by
letter address Seaforth P. O. 658
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.—All parties not hay-
• ing eertled up their accounts with me for 1877
failing to do no at once will be charged 10 per
cent. intereet from jannitry ist, 1878, without
fail, %TOMAS COVENTRY, Seaforth..
THE DIVISION COURT.—The office of the
-L Second Division Court will be open daily
from half patt oue to lour o'clock P. M. Office
in my Block, over the store of Johneton Bros.
L. MEYER, Olerk of Division Court, Seaforth. 562
N OTICE.—All parties indebted to the Estate
-LI of the late Simon Powell are requested to pay
the same forthwith to the undereignad, or they
ehall be handed into the Court for collection.
' T. T. COLEMAN and A. G. VANEGMOND, Ex-
ecutors. 561
JOHN LFIKIE, Geueral Loan and Real Estate
" Agent, Grain, Produce and Commission Mer-
chant. Money loaned ou real estate in town or
country, at 8 per cent. simple interest. Charges
mot:lend°. Mortgnges bought and sold. Matured
mortgages paid off. Terms to snit borrowers.
Farni*. and village property for sale. Office—
Leckie'e new brick block, Brussels', Ont. • 515
ealEAFORTE. PUMP FACTORY.—The undei-
ki signed, while returning harkfor the pat-
slelttiieztorlIBAT
ronage already received, would remind his many
customers and friends that he still continues to
inake pumps and cisterns of the best material
and by the best workmen. None but quartered
timber used for pimps. A. few farm. gates still
on hand. All overtlua accounts not settled forth-
with will be charged 10 per cent. interest from
the 1st of January, 1878. NOBLE CLUFF,
fa
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FEMALE REMEDY.—Job D516oLe
-i-- Periodical Pills—Thie invaluable medicine is
unfailing in. the cure of all th.ose p:intal and
dangerous ditieasee to which the fconale constitu-
tion is subject. It moderates all excess and re-
moves all obtructions, and a speedy cnre may be
relied on. To maarieclladies, it is peculially Suited.
It will, in a ehertatime, bring on the monthly pe-
riod with regularite . These pills should not be
taken by Females daring the litst three months
of Pregrancy, as they are sure to being on Mis-
carriage, but at any other tune they are safe. In
all 'citees of Nervous and Spinal Affections,
Pains in the back and limbs, fatigue on slight ex -
arum), palpitation of the heart, hysterics, and
whites, these pills will effect a cure When all other
means bave failed; and, although a powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimonv.
or anything hurtful to the constitution. Full
directions in the pamphlet around each package,
which eb.ould be carefully preserved. Jeb Mosas,
New York, Sole Proprietor. $100 and 12i cents
for postage enclosed to NorthrOp & Lyman, To-
ronto, Ont., geueral ageuta for the Dominion,
will insure a bottle containing over 50 pills by
return mail. Sold in Seaforth by Hickson &
Bleasdell, 3. S. Roberts, and It. Lumsden. 197
ELEcTincITY1 TIromAs' ExCEY,SIonEcLEcTEIC
OIL—WORTH TEN TIMES ITs WEIGHT IN
Goi.D.—Paiu cannot stand where it Is used. It is
the cheapest medicine ever nia.de. One dose cures
common sore throat. One bottle has cured bron-
chitis. Fifty cents' worth has cured an old stand-
ing cough. It positively cures cittarrh, asthma,
and croup. Fifey cents' worth has cured crick in
the beck, and the genie quantity lame back of 8
yeare' standing. The following are extracts from
a few of the mealy letters that here tden received
from differentparts of Canada, which, we think,
should suffitiently eatisfy the moat skeptical: 3:
Collard, of Sparta, Ont., writes, "Send me 6 dozen
Dr. Thomas' Eeli ctric Oil, have sold all I had from
you, and weut more nuw; its came are trulywon-
derfal." Win. McGuire, of Franklin, writes, "I
have sold all the agent left, it acts like a charm—
it was slow at first; but takes splendid now." H.
Cole, of Iona, -writes, Please forward 6 dozen
Thoman'Eclectric Oil, lam nearly out, nothing
equals it. It is highly redninniendedby those who
have used it." 3. Bedford, Thamesville, writes,
"Send me at once a further supply of Eclectrie
Oil, I have only one bottle left. I never saw any-
thing sell so well and give such general satisfac-
tion." J. Thompson, Woodward, Writes, "Send
me some more Eclectric Oil, I have soh? entirely
out- Nothieg takes like it." Miller & Reed, I.71-
verton, P. Q., write, "The Eclectric Oil isgetting
a, great, renutation here, and is daily called for.
Send ns s. further supply without dalay."Lemoyne,
elibb & Co., Buckingham, P. Q., Writes, "Send us
one gross of Kelectrie Oil. We find it to take
well." Sold by all medicine dealers. Price 25
Cents. S. N. THOMAS, PHELPS, N Y. And
NORTHROP & LYMAN, Toronto Ont., Sole
Agents for the Dominion. Ncere.—Eclectrie—
Selected and Electrized. Sold in Seaforth by
Hickson & Dleasdell, J. S. , Roberta and 1.
Lumsden 521
LARGER DISCOUNTS AND BETTER GOODS
Than at any of the previous sales. This sale differs 1 rom the usual advertised sales in this very
important matter, viz., instead of offering shelf -worn and unseasonable goods, we offer New and
Seasonable Goods of everything in our line, of which the following are a few :
COARSE AND FINE TWEEDS
SHAWLS,
8 aIRT1NG 8, •
TABLE LINENS,
COTTONS,
RIBBONS,
.MENS' AND BOYS HATS,
UNDERCLOTHING, SUITS,
FLANNELS
CLOUDS
DUCKS,
HOLLAND,
YARNS,.
GLOVES.,
CAPS,
OVERCOATS,
BLANKETS, 1
WINCEYS, •
TOWELLINGS,
PRINTS,
CORSETS,
SHIRTS,
EXTRA BARGAINS in Dress GoodS„Atillinery, Manges, -Uisters,
Ulste? Cloths, Mink and :other Furs,land Hundreds of alto% Articles
too numerous tantention.: •
REMEMBER TIIAT THE BEST BARGAINS GO FIRST, SO CALL EARLY
AND SECURE 80
OARDNO'S BLOCK,
SEAFOLTH.
HOFFMAN BROTHERS.
SEAFORTH NO
ICE OF REMOVAL.
SEAFORTII
C11ARLES MOORE, Photoerapher, beee to intimate to his num erons patrons and the public
generally that he has IREMOVED TO WHITNEY'S BLOCK-,-Opoo tiie
Messrs. Wm.. Robertson & 0o Hardware. where he has titted up splendid rooms on the -ground
floor, replete with every modern contrivance, which render it the
THE FINEST STUDIO WEST OF TORONTO,
And where he will be in a better position to turn out Mest Attractive Productions of the Photo-
graphic Art in every class and style. He has been fortunate enough to secure the services of a
First -Class Artist, whose experience in the best United State aul Canedia,n galleries is a sure
guarantee that Artistio Excellence and Perfection will be attaiued in all work entrusted to this
establishment, and at prices to emit the times.
C. Moore has laid in a large and varied stock of Chromes, Mottoa, and other Fashionable and
Fanciful devices. Also a splendid assortment of Pieturee and Picture Frames, as well as a fpll
stock of Plain and Palmy Mouldings, which he tan maki up in frames almost at the tost of the
Moulding.
He invites an early inspectibn by his friends of his extensive stock, which is now ready, and begs
they will favor him with a call.
Photogrepher, Picture, and Pieture Frame}
Dealer, Whitney's Block, Seaforth.
N. 33.—Picture Flames Made to Order, and Pictures Glazed and Mounted on the Shortest Notice.
CHARLES MOORE.
REMOVAL. REMOVAL. -REMOVAL
"NAT..A.rES01•T
Beets to intimate that
Brick Building on
.Soilth of William
• hitherto, carry osa
General Insurance,
he has Removed his Odiee to D. McGregor's New
East Side of Main Street, Sealorth, and Fourth Door
Campbell's Clothing; Emporiums, where he will, as
he
oney Loann. Agency, and Sewing Machine Business.
In thanking the public for the confidence they have xeposed in him for the past fifteen years he
has carried on these branch
them the same satisfaction
keeps on hind the best Sewi
Oil, and 'Machine Attachme
*capable of making any kind
threaded up machine of any
—a Machine that has never
Fells the Wheeler & 'Wilson
Farmers' Wives, Mechanic
and try our Sewing Machin
the celebrated Franz and Po
given to customers gratis est
of Sels,ang Machines repaired
••••••••••••rm•-••••
a In Scalorth, he wishes to inform them be will still endeavor to give
hich they have invariably expressed with his transaceions. He still
g Machines that are manufactured in the 'world, as well as Needles,
ts. He sells the Osborne A Machine, which is the simplest, the most
1 work in the most perfeet manner, and the easieet and qnickest
nachine made in the Dominion. He sells the Genuine Howe Machine
failed to give satisfaction to every customer for the last ten years, He
achines'the most rapid and least noisy Machine in the world.
Wives,Merchants' Wives and Manufacturers, do not fdl to examine
s—Family and Manufacturing—when you went one. Also Agent for
Knitting Machine, capable of doing all kinds of voik. Instructions
any of the abrive machines. Sewing Maebines to Rent. Also all kinds
TERMS LIBERAL.
WM. N. WATSON, General Agent, Seaforth.
A. 0. AULT
ALL. KINDS
•
Which nil] be sold at Great
and quality of Goods will su
50 cents per pound ; try his
pound—you will find theme
ria—LA:1\T
HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF
FtROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Bargains. Ile solicits callfrom all, feeling confident that both prices
t all who may favor him with their patronage: Try his Green Tea, at
.81ack Tea at 50 cents per pound; try his Japan Tea at 50 cents per
he best m town for the monei else
•
4 pormds of Gr en Tea for $1.
5 gallons best Coal Oil for .$1.
20 pounds of -Cu rants for $1.
16 pounds of Re, sins for $le
20 pounds of Rice for $1.
20 e ounds of Pot Barley for $1,
20 ibars of good. Soap for $1.
13 pounds of good Sugar for Si.
Bakitig Molasses, Golden ,ayrup, Best White Sugar, Drip Syrup, Vinegar, Codfish, Cheese, Pork,
Beat Family Flour, Cormnehl, Oatmeal, Cracked Wheat, P,rown Flour, Pastry Flour, Potatoes, Ap-
ples, Pork Sausage, and gocell. Butt:crawl Eggs always on hind. nernemter the place:
A. G AULT'S GROCERY, SEAFORTH.
-t-
- GOOD NENS FOR TH BAREFOOTED
!AND Al..L PARTIES WHO WISH TO BUY LARGE QUANTITIES OF
BOOTS AND SHOE'S FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
! TO KEEP abreast of the times in the General RecluctiOn in Prieea of all kinds of Goode—but
more rartienlariy, if po eible, to induce people to buy for cash—I have determined to make the
following reduction in price to cash buyers in Custom Made Work:
Gents' Lenny eeg Roots. all kinds, 4,5 cents per pair.
Shoe. Packs and Short Boots, all hinds, l'2,1 cents per pair..
Ladies', Boysand Girls' Boots, all kinds, ltdi cents per pair.
I have jnet opened an Innnense Stock Of Factory Made Work in all the differ(nt linea whith 1
think intending purcha.sersiought to see before purChaeing elsewhere, especially my Men's and
Boys' Riveted Wok, whiehitnidenbtedly Furpass anything in the trade in Factory MadeWork. All
of which will be sold at a retinction corresponding with the above to cash buyers. Parties buying
on time will be charged the old prices. As I am the first in my line in Seaforth to pull down the
prices' I trust the public show their appreciation by an extensive patronage, as Im adeter-
minedto make it to their adizantage to do so.
Sign of the DIG BOOT, Sark's 1
Block. Beet Side Main Strketi
THOS. COVENTRY, Seaford'.
• FEBRUARY 7; 1870,.
EXCHANGE BANK Of CANADA.
HEAD .07Frelt, MONTREAL,
'CAPITAL,
$1,1t00,00a,
r---
DIRECTORS—M. U.Gaadt.Persidente Tires
Carrerhill, Vice-nesident ; A. W.. ' igilvio:11.1)14,
E. K. Green, Thomas Tithe. Alex Buntin, lames
Crathern ; C. R. Murrey, Caehier; Go. Burns
In suector,
A oraech of this tank hes been opened up te
Benseels, where& General Bunking baeineee will
Ibe beneacted. Notes of bend eleteetzettel, and
,Loene effected at fair bueinees rates.
A Savings Bank department Ills ono been
opened i» eonneetion with thne Wh.-r1 eeposIt3
will be received from one .'oPer up warns, ao
interest allowed thereon
Drefts issued pee able et nir at, ail efileee et
this bank, the bank if Montreal and the Federal
Bank of Cana/in.
'FOREIGN AG-Ev." TS.—London—The Alliance
Bank, linaited. New York—Nationel Bank ei
Commerce, Heineer'e, McGowan & Co., tie Wall
Street. Chicago—Union National Bank.
Bueiness horns In to II leatmeleve, Ili to 1.
563 JOHN LECKIE, Manager
PROTE sCT ft:3 N
T AVING the Protection guaranteed Le ry
one who neee only ppod materiel Ant deee
first elees work, it has enabled us re sell fAil onr
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES,
And we have new on band agoed eupely ef thIsa
handsome 1.11,ric lc us, And 3 number of those
ea le E 1-461 S whieh everybody says .uuii ee
beat, and we will eell very ehee.p —en etreh tetras
as yid Plait our cuetomers. I have also engeged
the servieeS of a -C4mIps•tent ant attentiveefteenre
smith for a•term of years, and am preptred 10
execute _VD Itilmbi of Job Work, 'from A
ekeiiitt to an envier.
Pelee a Yery Low and all Work War.,
rowed.
shouiti he hrppy to receipt ea p),..t
during the next inontil.
570 JOHN WILLIAMS, Kin:burn.
TH El COM WI ERCIAL LIVERY
817.;AFORTII.
ARTHUR FORBES1
llApnrchased the Stock S-.-nd Trade of the
Cononercial Livery, Seaforth, from Mex.
George Whiteley, begs re state thet he intends
carrying on the business in the old stand, 3.12141 hat
a ailed ev mai valuable hoe s and yebieles to the
formerly large stock. None but
Firet-CiCten Comfoa table rehiele:c: and Good
1?eliable Horses Will be
Covered and Open Buggies and Care'iagee, and
ltouble and Single Wagons aleveye ready tor use.
Speck/ A2-rangentogs Made With Com.
merekti Olen,
- Orders left at the etables er any of the hotels
promptly at tended to.
THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY,
SEAFORTH.
WILLIAM MeNAUG rON be •to inform
' 7 the business men of Saaforeh and the travel.
ing .publie that he hes purchased. the , Livery
Buguess and Steak -of Messrs. Carnoehatieit
Abell, and will elo all irr his iower to retain the
reputation which this favorite establishnaent has
secured. He wfll keep only good driving and re-
lia.ble horses, reed his carriagee will be kept
(dean and in good order. Calls, night or day,
will be eroniena attended to. PIC.NIC AND
NerEDD2cG PARTIES label -ally Dealt with.
Terms Reaeonable. All orders left at the Come
mercial Hotel or at the efffee wifl reeeive prompt
attention.
Moe and Stables on Market Street, opposite
T. Kidd' s Store.
544 WM. MeNAUGHTON, Proprietor,
TO GRANGERS, FRERS AND
OTHERS.
A 5 THEY occupy the attention of nil, these
"1" bard times the subscriber is determined to
meet them by offering good inch Ile.mlock, 3' not
usually sold for inch, ' at the following rates:
12 foo t Hemlock, at $7 00 per thousand, 14 foot
Fencing, at S7 50, foreasin All orders over 4.000
5 per cent. discount,. Call and see if you drat
get what is represented,
Book Accounts over Months will be charged
8 1171.oricesnnteriberthanke his numerous cuetenners
for their liberal aupporf, and solicits it eobtina.
ante of their favors.
JOHN TH4.)MPSON.
4138 Steam Saw Mills, MeTrilaop.
BUTTER TUBt-3.
B. TROTT, SEAFORTh,
TS now prepared to supplY all zustoreear• with
any number of his
SUPERIOR BUTTER TUBS,
Al ,Stl0 per hundred, Cash. These Tubs are so
well and favorably known to the trade that it is
unneceseary to say anything in their recorateena-
dation.
MR. TROTT also manufactnres it small Hard-
wood Tub, suitable for washing butter in.
Orders by mail or otherwise promptly attend.
ed 10.
405 5. Tnotraeseaterth.
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
THE undersignedlaYing entered into p;.rtner-
- ship, are now prepared to manufacture PlowS•
Wagons, Buggies, &e. By using first-class ma-
teriel atulta,ving all the work coming through
our own hands, we can guarantee it good article.
Particular attention. given -to repairing, hoiSe.
shoeing and general jobbing. Mr. Berton hay
ing had over thirteen years experienee d nese-
Mg mill picks, we will make that a specialty.
Agents for Watson's Celebrated Agricultaral IM-
plements.
REID & BARTON-,
Williamson's old stand, Godmich Street. Sea- -
forth. .560
THE SEAFORTH PORK FACTORY.
. ROJB
TS PREPARED to pay the Highest priee for
-A- any quantity of Hogs, alive or dressed. All
kinds of ()toed Meats constantiv on hand, Fine
Lard, Sugar Cured Hems, Spiced Rolls, Beef
Ham, Side 11Teat, Pork, Sausage, Bologna,ana.
Choice Moat of saa kinds. As 1 heve been in the
business for the 1.. at two years, and having one
of the best cutters an,1 carvers of meat ineeen-
ada, I think I will be able to give as good satis-
faction as in the past. -
II. ROBB.
N. B.—Pork Cuttings always on haul, 568
DRESSMAKING.
MISS SCoTT
BEGS leave to announce to the Ladies of See -
forth and aurrounding zountry that she hes
cornmeneed dressmaking in all the
LATEST STYLES AND VARIATIONS,
And hopes by Neatness, Good Work and Punctu-
ality to merit the patronage of all.
Rooms ever Loresden & Wilson's Drag Store,
MainStreet, Seaforth.
Six apprentices wanted. 559
HAIR DRESSI\XTNG.
iviiSs STARK
IMES to infOrin the Ladies of Seaforth and
VY Vicinity that she is prepared to make up
SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS, &e.,
itt theLatest Fashion from Conabings.
Prites Moderate, and all orders punctually -at-
tended to. A cell Solicited. Reaidenee—Main
Street, Seaforth.
DRAYAGE.
priE -:Inaaprsign:edhavirip, entered into en -part-
'- nership, are prepared to meet the wants of
the Merchants of Seaforth and others who ease
require their services as carriers to and :from the
Railway freight sheala and elsewhere 'on most
reasonable terms. Orders may be left at joseph
Brownell's Gtoeerry store, and will receive prompt
and careful attention.
NORMAN BROWNELL.
JOSEPH ABELL.
Seaforth, Aug.:30, Jim. 560
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