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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-04-18, Page 2• — • rit t - • - 4 Ft; -4, • tor tr , tr" A ; • ANDA BELDEN'a "WED- , DING. Story of New England Life. The bill for the extensive erection of a gravestone over the4 body of Behe- st ale Belden has bee ,presented. to, 'aid paid by, his sole .heirs and execu- rs, of Miranda and -Beulah Belden. very little Claim had,been punctually , aid pleasantly met. The funeral sei - on—preached the Sunday succeeding t e sad event—had been printed ancl el ciliated in black -bordered binding by t e suffering sisters, and now, such ortuary duties over, the two sat down , t4 oonfront the spectacle of their future lijres and the spectre i of their past. : T e day was long gone when beautty (s eh as youth had. •bestowed) had a 1 p rted. Miranda was grim and gray : enough in all .conscience, without thee I added gravity of bombazine and Eng- liSh crepe.• I , Poor Beulah csontemplating the spac- tapie from across the hearth, this night even weeks, dating from the great e. at—thought the stern sister had n ver seemed BO dark and cold and for- bi ding. , I , • here was not so 'much difference j:flI their ages, but Nature, endowing ' th younger sister with pale blue eyes an1 a brindle sort of chevetztre, had pl ced a seemingly great disparity be- tw n them. , he domineering spirit of Miranda ad ed aged lines to her hard features, ' all• the oldest friend of thefamily hard- ly emembered Miranda Belden as a yo ng woman. Behemoth., the letely de eased, given bis. leading traits to - thi his eldest girl—and to those char - ac zristics the great wealth which, un ncumberede had been ' dividecl be- tw en them IaSethe old , inan's death, wa largely aftts. Even the ' equality of the division had been I source of gre t troubleto the greatl troubled el - de sister: o shape_ and. share alike with that foo 'sir, improvident creature—who bad ne er hacl the handling of money, who ha no'respet t for it when she did ouch' it wes a sor Gross to Mira,nda.. And it s en:Led as though old Deacon Harris ano Squire Rbwe delighted in anserine the sour spi ster, soon did thoy rush thr ugh bbeizf duties and hand over her hal of the e tate to the hitherto im- I pec Mous Be ah. From her earliest' yea s, the . sorrel topped second born had been tin4r the supervision of . the eld sister; her food had been portion- ed at, her ekthes bought and cut, her wh le life fashioned. and arranged by the taid Miranda. 11 - T 'erefore was Beulah 'crashing down the videnoes of great joy which now oae pied her soul—for with the posses- sion of this !wealth arri*ed a traina blis ful anticipations—the principal one bein animmediate emancipation from the ron. rale of the oppressor: . The - curt ins had been sharply sdrawn, the fire Venoniougy prodded by the angu- lar ma the despotic ruler, who had sat oown withan air of determination and routed round upon the exultant Benh eh. • hat did 'the man come abou teeday ?'I The b.arli waS opened, anii the weaker female slowly folded up her erochet- wor a: feeling no waste of forces could be ailo'ed just now. e, ea/tie inreference to- the stone cotta .e over the hill." ehat'sthe matter with. that ?" "11 am thinking about buying it:" _ o'n ?" Miranda sat bolt upright and ceased roasking. 11 t4 tt sane. •nd What en earth foe?" o live in." teulah , B lden, you must be in - It vas in an altogether new light the weak sister stood before the other, as she at lade her ret Move in - open . re- bellio , . r "T.live - i ?" repeated Mira,nda, half-c•mprehending; "1 have • no earth y intentien of leaving the home- stead. " B t I lia4e " quietly replied. Beu- lah: ic y cotta shrie "1 ing it, with week Int many and t faded the co It end. a: &Ma Rowe, the po the " s one cottage." The g ssip-lbvins u dont% nean to take the stone e, t. oce py it alone ?" almost • ed Miranlise ave taken it ; Loome is furnish - and. I shall occupy it, in company _servant and Nurse Adams next his time. e memory of Beulah there lived stormy scenes between herself e irascible Miranda, but they all nto insiguificaut outlines beside vulsious of the next ,few hours. d by Beulah's hasty retreat with sateltel to the houSe of Squire and to 8,11 earlier ineItalment of r maiden lady in he new home village eridde gazett ged ba villa t ging in this rn interes an old Mir her flo a huge pasteb as pos hat, ba had. work enough to sliacuss the' separation of the sisters, a,nd 0 aa crones—the peripatetie ers of the particular ,town—jog- k and forth from- -,the Belden the stone cottage with unilag- ustry for weeks. But events of guitude have their boundaries of , and after a while it settled into story. , ' nda, stern and dignified, weeded. er-beds in black kid gloves and sun -bonnet loaded with slats of ard, as much like barrel staves ble, while I3eulah, in a straw °headed, tied up the : strugeling • I honeys ckle that clam.bered. _lin endless profusi n about the porticos of the stone Wage. The village paper re- produc a famous trials of the day, and in thos days wi4 trials were as fre- quent sin the present. Therefore the elder aiden Belden imbibed cer • Ulu wi d ideas of breaking her fath- er's ill ad.vised division of his pro-, perty, nd rescuing the portion of Beu- lah an recovering command of her rea- As se dwelt op this scheme she sud- denly r solved to engage the services of a la.v7y r in a neighboring city; then con - drifting a notablel will case, and to that end Mi and,a, wrote a note and 'stated her pl us and !wishes. In, due time Ephraias Shepherd arrived_ -a legal light in the judicial circles of ; Boston— • shar eager man of 40 years -25 of them li ed. in the polishing precinct of a, law ffice—an immaculate man, a man for all the world like a new, sheep - bound v•luine of criminal' practice, so 'clean as d orderly without, sd pallidly proper i i the way of sheep -skin, so neat in its soap of black leather and. crim- son lettering, so, 'nicely marble -white and. sm. oth about the edges, and so chuck f 11 of villainy inside. •Friend • Sheppar passed an hour in the villa, I beca e e possessed qIf ithe facts, in the case, nd then ace teal the undertak- ing, a I d undertook I a' little something for hi t it self. Miranda, tall, skinny, lank and • eloodless-'-hoilow of chest and Bunke oi eyes—hOding unencumbered an estiate of1500,0 , was not a party to be despised. E to th house of th villa.ge doctor, and (thraim went direct underl pretext Of milking some inquiries conce ning the heal h of J3eulah's mind, learn d a good deal Ief-MiTaaava's physi- cal co dition. • _ " G ing to try ard. break old Behe- moth' will, is sljie ?" chuckled Dr. Blake "Why, I don't know, sir, just how s e can. Little Beulah is not ever and a, ove wise,..bu she isn't out pf her head y a long way " • " S e is surrouricrng herself with un- fit ass dates, accor nig to her sister," rem Ilr -ed. Mr. Shep ard. " S e's going [WC Hing to Seripture. The sone. cottage i a rambling place on th seashore, an from time to. time the si k and needy ave been taken in ; to -da, I believe, sh has a dozen poor depen ents around • er, and he ' enjoys bersel, among 'em, and it's no -body's business, is it ?" " Mss Miranda a gues therefrom an unfitn ss toenanage the large fortune left by her. fwtheij, and is prepared to sh iw her wea ness of intellect from l4er.youth up, nd the failing of ! her 'p rent's facul ies before mak- ing th's will," retort d, the astute Shep- 'pard. I . , . "Ncjbhing will co e of it, bo assur- ' ed, ard the very accusation argues somet ing not quite right in Miranda Beide" I . _ " A I" exc1ainiec the lawyer, " is auythi g amiss with that lady; she is not very stout, -and I still she seems ruggedi-is there any troub1e with her health?" The 1octor eyed the speaker in a ewer : us lispici us manner la he made au- - " Ye , she's got a fed malady,,au in-- curabl disease,'"or, ie added to him - ,he' ' got . a clever the devil couldn' - cure her of lant which won't be the 4leath of her ii 40 years." "An Iiocurable diS ase ?" echoed the .. laivves. " What is it " I , ",I a1n not at liber yi to disclose. A physici n is as saf • 'a repository for secrets, Mr. Sheppar , as a priest—or a lawyer. ' I. I , "1 understand; ye , thank you; the confidence of a patie ti l should be re- spected Poor wom i.i poor woman I" Aad v ry =Oh e Ceurased by the cliagnos s of this case ;the regal gentle- man d parted—to ppear and reap- pear in he village fr oi time to time —gradually droppid j the character of solicqor and adopt n that of suitor. All this while •Beu a 4 pursued her pleased' life with ai old nurse, who had bee in the fanei y from the Bel- den gir s': childhood. With an ener- getic co Otry "help,' .the little house - bold -at he stone cott g4 passed a quiet, peaceful existence. I . The arious ailinc7 imortals, to be found in all places, hacj discovered in • the rich I Miss Beulal i• a sympathizing friend and cheerfu ,rea,av helper. What wonder, then, the lady had become he Lady Bou aful of the vil- -ther patrimony in red flanuels 'ues for chills lage, an4 was wastin (according 'to Miranda for rheurnatism a,nd q and fever. The &rep -laid schett sister had not been, as lie. Lawyer Sheppar vantages accruing to ducting his -own co etship, and was bearing his whole iallueace in the W- ien. I stone cottag as has been ted on the. Sea, and many shermen's h( uees stood about w level Ian of them o the autumn, ee of the elder , yet, made pub- , I saw less ad- lianself in con - ter diree 1" The -said, fro ordinary on the I From on late in had. coin vice. " It's the wona the stone • a lying below:. 'el stormy night,- * poor woman for Hiss Beu ah's aid and ad - hard .case', dear lady," said n, standing u., the poreh of cottage. k iy old man, com- ing itt froin a day's fi. hug, found her. wandering uncertain like among the .rocks. -.'1, hat's amiss,' a' s he. All the world,' satysshe, and - 3" on for to • speak, he comes to th ruth.. She's wrong in her head, au was straying about with murder on hei mind." "Murder ?" Murder to heese iss Beulah, and she only 17 year id; it's pitiful; BO pretty and so • young She lays be- yond at the boat house where the Men - fetched her." , "The men fetched h r to the boat house and not to you ?" • "Why, dear lady," re'oined the sim- ple-minded creature, ." I'm not telling my story at all. After he spoke with my old man she turn d and walked away toward the town; and John just pulled in his nets and was coming com- fortable -toward his. sepper, when .he see something whitish flutter off the big rock NVO calls the P1pit, and in a moment he thinks of th youug woman, and just then somethinI was alight on the water off the rock, like a wild duck, and in goes my old paaretand the wild dila was ashore in no pee, for he's a strong arm, has Jelin, paid this poor : young creature don't wifgh more'n 80 pounds." •- "This Tibor girl attem1ptocl suicide ?" . ''• That'srwhat I'm trying to get at, ma'am. rye not the w1erewith to do if I had the. whereby" rather am- bignouslv explained • he boatman's - wife. "Therefore every 013 e' said, There's. Miss Beulah, sci ask her: and' here I am."- • Beulah Belden made answer very directly. "Bring her up to the cettageeat once, its a raw night. A delicate young girl wet and miserable will perish •in that drafty old boat house." I "1 knew:it would. be se, Miss Beulah. God bless you. You'll h,ave •your re- ward in heaven, dear lady," Beulah : interrupted her humble friend, and: hurried her away. Then blankets were heated., a hot bath got ready, a cup of tea prepared, and the charitable emit awaited ber newly -as - start ed charge. Not for :long.. Throu h the early evening two or three ro gh men pre- ceded a dozen of the fijshing colony, bearing a slight, dripping figure on an improvised litter steadily.up the porch and into the attic sitting Iroom, Beulah walking beside it the la 't few steps, and laying her band on th.e covered head. At last;as the buijden was ten- derly laid on the lonnge, d.nd the lamp turned, the men fell baol, and Beulah looked at the face of the ould-be Silo almost exclaimed t the pallid,-. , !.• _ THE !marble beauty dieclosed-eit - was the 'face of an entire stranger. She ha,d•ex- pected to see the familiar ifeatures of, . some unhappy village' girl, but the • large, sad blue eyes, the small, plead- ' ing mouth, the ,dripping masses of yellowish hair had never met her gaze before. " One of you goifor Dr. Blake," said the mistress of the cottage. "1 hard- ly know what is to be done in such a case." The object of their solicitude moved, • reached out a feeble hand, murmured meekly, "No, no, please a0 not eeni. for a doctor; I do uot Oeed-one." She appeared so' distressed that Ben- lah yielded.. "At all events, you must get dry things on, and have a bowl of hot tea and someaVarm supper •, it's enough to • give one their death to steel in your con- , aition," • And then, recollecting, that her pa. tient had. been seeking death, Beulah abruptly turned and dispersed the curi- ous crowd still hanging about the place, and then followed the servant and the strange Woman intO the room prepared forter. "1• will not ask you what dreadful strait you're in, my poor girl," said Beu in her kindest vein, "to do so desperate a thing ; but you can set -.your mind at rest; you are with 'friends who will aseist you, if need be. You have no reason to give way to such grief. Your Wants Will be provided for. You can return te your home with- • out this fearful accident ever being known." The weeping girl , buried her face in her hands. "1 have no friends or home," she sobbed. • "Well, then," returned Beulah, "stay hero; there's always a place for an industrious girl in my family." "Alas I that also is impossible. You cannht help me, lady. There is noth- ing for me—no eseape from my trouble but in death." Beulah began to think of straight - jackets and. escaped lunalics, but the wild lights were missing in the blue eyes; and only settled misery possessed the sad fa.ce. I ' With soothing words and kindly touch the good woman sought to com- fort the stranger; the wet bright hair was carefully pinned up, and Beulah unfastened the clinging garments and laid out .the dry' ones. Suddenly the great sorrow which brought the stranger to think of death flashed on the old maid's intelligence. "IYou poor young thing," she said pitifully, " have you come far?" "No, meidam,'not very." "And you have no friends ?" No, madam." "But there is -that person who is your husband—or should be—perhaps you are a widow ?" "_..No, no, only a wretched, deceived woman. 'Oh, madam, do ,not ask my wretched story. You are good, and kind, aad rich. Shelter me for to-uight• To -morrow I will go away. I Will nev- er seek to take my life again, but bear nay fate .without a Murmur." The half -drowned girl sobbed as if her heart would break. Beulah inwardly determined that the acquaintance shouldnot end thns'abruptly, and long after the worn-out girl slept, she cogi- tated a problem which was solved for her before morning, --(To be Continue(L) • • A Lesso.n in theLanguages. "'Barney O'Brien, stand up," said the judge, in his most severe tone. "Your ease, Barney, is one of the Most out- ratteous I ever had before me. You are charged by your own wife with severely beatiug her child—" "It's me own child," said. Barney, in a most shame -faced manner. "That's all the worse for you, then Barney—a man who willill-treat his .oWn offsprieg is wore than a brute. You have never been arrested before, Barney ; have always borne a good character, and your enwloyer speaks in high. terms of you. Why did you cemmit so brutal' and cruel an act, Bar- ney?" • , "1 was very mad, yer honer," said Barney. " Yer see the mother of the boy is German, and I was after lavin' his education to her. • One day I was axin him if he was after knowin' what Gibbs, the pirate, was hung fur, and he says to me, his owu father, 'mind; yer honor, 'Yaw, yaw, ,nix vur sthayl' I axed him was he after knowin.' that an Irishman discovered America, and says he '.Yaw, yaw; .nix vur sthay!' and says I, yer honor; to ,the boy, says 1, ye bleody little former yer, why ain't yer after talking United States, and says he, 4 Yaw, yaw; nix vur sthay !' and says I, sif yer ain't after talking United States, says I, I'll lather yer with a strap, and says he, Yaw, yaw; nix vur sthay Yer honor, it's ino owu flesh ancl blood, as fine an Irish boy as ever lived, and he Won't talk United States, bub' keeps up his everlastiug Yaw, yaw; nix vur sthay !," I'll lick the D'atch out of him andlick United States in if I use up the whole strap, says I, and before. I -was after giving him a welt his .mother had. me here'and vhat shall I do, yer honor, vleat would. you do in my place ?"- • His honor smiled, and so did all In the court room. Barney was discharged with the advice to leave -the education of his child to his wife, and -Mrs. Bar- ney, a bright looking German, was ad- monished and directed to devote a por- tion of her time to teaching young Barney "United States," and not confine him entirely to the mother- land. EPPS'S 00 COA.—G-rateful and 'comfort- ing.—" By a thorougli knowledge of the natural hews which govern the opera- tions of digestion and antrition, and by a careful application of the, fine proper- ties oV well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tab14 with a delicately flavored. beverage, 'which may save us' many heavy doctor's bills. It is by the judicioususe of such articles of diet that a constitution may be grad- ually built up until strong enough to re- sist every tendency to disease. Hun- dreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified- with pure blood, and .a properly nourished frame."—Civil Ser- vice Gazette. Sol& only in packets label- led—" James Epps & Oo, Homoeopath- ic Chemists, 48, Threadneedle Street, and 190, Piccadilly, London." 482-52 , •_eat, e _ •••,.••1•••3 - , . . • , y • , HURON E SPRING AND SUM POSITOR. MER. SMITH & WEST 'HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF IN ALL THE NEW COLO BRAND AS LAST SEA PRICES -10 cents, 124 cents, 18 cents, 20 cents, 22 cents, 30 cents, 34 cents, 37 Cents 50 cents, 62 cents and 75 ce IN MELANGES, SIRES, 1879 ' SP RING' AND SUMMER 1879 - IMMEITSEJ OFFMR,I1TC4- - 0 P' NJW GOODS AT THOMAS KIDD'S EMPORIUM. My Spring Stock heing now Complete, I confidently invite your inspection of theSame, knowing there is no better assortment to be found in Canada. 4 I ' .a Having made nauc I Se SAME advance of the Teri ON. 15 cents, 25 cents, 45 cents, ts. RDS, Cassin:ieres, DeBerges, and Fa 9y Goods we are showing better value tin ever. Do not purchase until you ex mine our stock. We are selling large quifntities of PRINTS AND CO ONS. The Are Beautiful Patterns, nd very cheap --from 5 cents. • A Pu14 Assort- ment of FANCY GOODS. r This list is too long to mentiotall the articles. BOOTS AND SHOES. In this department we are showing goods 20per cent. cheaper than hereto- fore. Special Lines for Children in American Manufactures. HATS AND CAPS. We are determined upon retai reputation for giving the best town in Gents' and Boys' Hats. NEW GOODS Just to hand. We have bough ren's and Misses' Saikr Hats close prices, and purpose givis gains. We are aware that ing our alue in Child. ti very g Bar - MONEY IS SCARCF, That Economy is a positive ne We are endeavoring to meet the half way by buying Goods at the I . VER Y CLOSEST PRI essity. public ES, nd selling again with the SMA LEST eying Profit. We are not doin. busi- ess Just for the fun of runni g the ing. We have INVESTED CAPITA Tith a_ view to increasing it. T is we d not pretend to be able to do wthout a advance on the goods we handl . But e can accomplish our purpose wi h VERY SMALL ADVA OE 01 COST, when we sell for ASH 0 sly. We don't propose to CLOTHE DEADI3EATS A the 'PUBLIC EXPENSE, _which is difficult toavoid unless the CASH SYS - T M is adhered to, so please st au DO NOT ASK CREDIT. corcjially Invite Inspection oi our ck, whibh is Marked in Plain Figures d sold at ONE PRICE ONLY. ou will be courteously shown th ether you buy or not. MITEI c!ic WE Big Sign, Across the Street, AFORTH, ough larger purchases than ever heretofore, on account of the , I am now in a poreititen to show you first-class Gooas, marked at prices to Suit the times. In all ply purchases I have studied to get the most saleable lines, and from my experienee of the Trade, I feel safe in say- ing that my customers can select their requirementa from my present stock with every degree of confidence, as I do not deal in. any inferior class of Goods; A few of the Leadilog Articles may be inferred from the following list : Black Alpacas, Blach Cashmeres, - Black Cr pe Cloths, Colored rape Cloths, Colored- 4u8t7e3,- Nelange !Twills, Mottled .41ohair8, • Costume Dress Linens, • Black Grenadines, Figured Grenadines, Colored Muslims, .New Colored Brocades, :Russel Cords, • Diagonals. and Serges, 41,1 BLACK" BROADOL THS AND WORSTED COATINGS, ENGLISH, SCO CH, ,AND CANADIAN TWEEDS, WHITE ANL COLORED DRESS S IRTS, FULL LINE OF OXFORD AND tEGATTA SHIRTS, WHITE VESTS. HOSIERY, B4ACES AND GLOVES, SCA FS, TIES, COLLARS. CUFFS, HANDKERCHIEFS, • U STERS AND WATERPROOF COATS. White Cottole, White Sheetangs, Grey Cottons, Grey Sheetings, Fancy -Prints, Fancy Shirtings, Lace Curtainls, Counterpanes, Toilet Covent, Toilet Dolliee, Table Linensi Towels and Towelling, Ducks and Denims, Striped and Hessian Tickings, Black and Colored Silks, Black and Colored Satins, Crapes and Ribbons, Flowers and Feathers, Hat Ornaments, Straw Hats, Sunshades and Sailors. The SHOW ROOM will be open on and after this date. TRIMMED MIL- LINERY will be a Srlecial Feature this season. • F_A_I=2.1 oTR./I-VT_JS. My Friends will find the G-oods in point of Style and- Value unsurpassed. The Clothing, Boot lend Shoe, Grocery, and. Wine and Liquor Departments are fully assorted. :• I • . I respectfully reque t you to give me the pleasure of showing you through ray dealings in all transac stock before m1aking our purchases, and I guarantee you fair and honorable ions. ; , THOMAS 1/c.DD, SEAFORTII. SEAFORTH AGRICULTURAL VVAREROOMS., ; ; 0. C. WILLSON, PROPRIETOR, ; ,HAS NOW ON HAND A FULL stroqm OF IMPLEMENTS OF ALL KINDS, SUCH AS Reapers, Mowers and Sulky Horse Rakes, Combined and Single Grain. Drills, Broadca4 Seeders, Turnip Seed Drills, Grass ,Sed Sowers, Plows, Harrows, Cultivators and Horse Hoes, &leers, 1Land Rollers, -e. Sewing Macli.ines and Musical Instruments THE OLIVER CHILLED PLOW A SPECIALTY. I have the only Genuine and -Anaerican m,anufactured plow for sale, being made at South Bend, Indiana. All others are spurious imitations and a fraud. on the public. All kinds of Repairs, lovv Irons and Castings on hand. Sewing Machine Oils and Needles of all kinds. 0. C. WILLSON, 1V:fain Street,, Seaforth. ANNOUNCRMENT EXTRAORDINARY.. Having determined upon la very important change in my business during the com- ing season, it is necessary that I clear out my large and varied STOCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS And. with a full determination to do so SPEEDILY I ain now offering my whole stock of DRESS GOODS, SILKS, ' CLOUDS, TWEEDS, SHAWLS, SILKNELVETS4 WOOL GOODS, FLANNEL, , MANTLES, RIBBONS, CLOTHS, FURS, HATS AND CAPS, AND READyMADE1CL0THING, AT REMARKABLE DIISCOUNTS, • MANY LINES POSITIVELY, BELOW COST PRICE. Buyers of DRY GOODS will please bear in mind that this is no puff; but a bona fide sale, and will consult their own interests by going direct to • JOHN ROGERS, SEAFORTH. N. we close our books on January 1st, 1879, all accounts niust positively ON TA R 0 . lee paid. forthwith, s- APRIL 187 1.870. T. .MELLIS, KIPPt AGAIN ON HAND. SUPPLY:INC THE FAITIVIIRSI !MT& - THOMAS MEM. IS has row on band alto* of Scotch Diamond Harrows, which for rue nship Bed price defies alloornere. Also 11014 and -Gang Plowemanufactured by Metnne,ses Seaforth, which speak for tteraeelees. Let he has all that is -wanted in farming. HORSE -SHOEING ' • Attended to its usual, with strict attention tothik wen t sof his patrons, T. Alienist' horse abeshir speaks for iteelf„ and m coneequence yeti done by him in ibis line is hald in high etas*. tion by the pablic. FARMERS FARMERS 11 If you we et your -Plows Ana Harrows Itepaieht go to Ts Nellie, Eippen—he makes them walk like a charm. Repeating of all kinds attendedhe on 1- be shortest totiee, and satiefaction gtatrete teed. Give me a trial and be convinced. rrHOMAS MFLLIS -takes Wit opportnnity shaking is many enstome,re end the pnblie in general for the ser,r. eupport they hoe favored him with in the past, andbopes that by doing good work and by close attention -to bud. Dees to merit their confideece in the instnre.ta. gether with as many new ones as may wish to give him a trial. Remember the Stand, and come when you yin you will elways find me ready for besiness, THOMAS MELLIS, Kmpen. N. B.—For Sale, a gO0c1 cOW—will calve about the firs t of Nsay. 589 ZURICH PLANitie MILL, G. -HOLTZMAN, •. JP's to thank his nunierons customera fee their liberal patronege *dime he ecenuteneedl business in Zen- h. Be has else pleasetre forming them that his Planing Mill in Zed& is now in full operation. He can furnish Pinned ...umber and Stints wed Doors Of eve)), deecription, at the shortest notienand at the best material. Buildings; tontracted for and estimates given, CllfitOM Planing Proinptly Attendedto. He has also on hand at Zurith, 4;:u• at his sew mill at Johnebtr's mills, any quantity of Dry tea Green Lumber of every descriptton.. Bills of lumber filled on shor t ncttice, Ad eastern. ing a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed, 1„. G: HOLTZMAN. N. B,-41te has also on hand a ntnaber weg eeasoned accounts whim he 'would like to have taken off 'his hands as aeon 35 possible. A word to the wise ts sufficient. G. B. 58d-6 1\174Crer,10 TO GRANGERS, FARMERS AND OTHERS. •AS TREY occupy the attention of all, the hard times the stibicriber is detemed Meet them by offering good inch Hemlock, “nass usually sol11 for inch," at the following rates: 12 foot Hemlock. at $7 00 per thousand ; 14 feet Fencing, at $7 50,101 Cash. A II orders -over .1 egg 5 per cent. discount, Call and see if you An% get what is represented, Book Accounts over 3 menthe will be charged 8 :percent. The subscriber thanks his numerous customers for their liberal support, and. solizits a eoliths*" ance of their favore. j011isr THOMPSON. 488 Steam Saw Mille, Kell/Bop. THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY SEAFORTII. ARTHUR FORBES, T TAVING purchased the Stock and Trade of the -L-L. Commercial Livery, Sea:forth, from M. George 'Whiteley, hegs to state that be intends carrying on the business in the old stand,andhai added several valnabie heises and vehicles to this formerly large stook. None but First-ClassComfortable J*Chidesan8 Good Reliable Horses Will be Kept. • Covered and Open Buggies and Carfages, and Double and Single Wagons always readyfor use. Special Arrave2nents Made With ann. 27rCa/ Metz. Orders left at the stables or any of the hobble promptly attended to. ta a • -A •=. THE -ONTARIO LOAN AND SAY- : INGS-- COMPANY, OF LONDON. - JOSEPH JEFFEDY, President. ALEX. JOHNSTON, Vice -President. Sait.V.11Y1 BANK. Bit.A.NCIL NT °TICE TO DE POSI.p113.— The °aerie -LI. Loan and Savings Corn/inlay are prepared to receive deposits in tb.o sum of $5 and upward,, at the rate of SIX PER CENT. per annum, En fixed periods, or Five per cent. on demand. AR investments of this -Company are secured by mortgages on RealEstate, which affords to de- positors the best possible security for the safety of their deposits. For further particulars apply by letter, or at the office of the Company. 581-12 WM. F. BULLEN, Manager. • MANITOBA, MR. GREENWAY returns from lifenitobs 1-71- about the lOthof April, ami will organise another party for that Province, to leave CEN- TRALIA and all Stations on the London„ Pitmen and Bruce Railway, on TUESDAY, the -6th aey of MAY, 1879, and will be at the following places to give_ information to intending em- igrants and 'prospectors Tuesday, April 22, Royal Hotel, –Wednesday " 23, Queen's Clinton Thureday, 24, Mansion " Seaferth. Friday " 25, Purtly's " Ilensall. Following days at bis residence, Centralia. The very best arrangements and lowest rate. Every inforraation as to route. land, &c. THOMAS GREENWAY Centralia,March 25111, 1879. 591 DRESS AND IVIANTLE MAKING. MISS' SLEETII wisuEs to announee to the Ladies of Soo- ' Y forth and vicinity that she hat; commenced Dre Fs and Mantle Making in all their various styles. Having had ten years experience she feels satisfied she will p,ive general satisfaction. A call respectfully solitited. Booms in thalamic of Mr, G. G. Sparling's store. Entranee through the store or front. St, John street. Cutting and fitiitga Specialty. 585 "`. - „ THE McKILLOP MUTUAL „ -FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. N,4 R. W. 37. sEANNoN,Sectettny and Treats - 1-•-A- mar of the above Company, will attendat :the.QUEEN'S HOTEL, SEAFORTII, On Satan. day of each week, from 2 to 5 o'clock P. M., the purpose of transacting the business of thia - Company. All interested will please take notioe and govern themselves saccordingly. JAMES REIM, President. str, W. J. SHA.NNON, Seeretary. 585 • - 1 - DRAYAGE ' 4 TICE undersigned having entered into co -part. .1.- nership, are prepared to meet the wants of - the Merchants of Seaforth and 'ethers who mitY require their services ae -carriers to and from the Railway freight sheds and elsewhere on mast reasonable terms. Orders May be left at Joseph... Brownell's Grocery store, and will receive prompt and careful attention. NORMAN BROWNELL. - JOSEPH ABELL. Seaforth, Aug. 30, 1878. 561 - R. N. BRET T., SEAFORTH, , Wholesale and Retail Dee,:er in LEATHER - SHOE FINDINGS of EVery Deseription. None but the Very Best Stock kept. Term! moderate. A. Trial Solieited, AII orders by Istell or otherwise promptly filled, 36S It. N. BRETT