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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-06-27, Page 22 , HE HURON EXPOSITOR. MR.. NEELUS PEE LER'S CONDITIONS. "And those that are' fools, let them use their talents."—TwErt'TU Mawr. CHA TER L , "Calls ! I tell you, Calls,! Betsy Peeler, or Betsy Wiggins, whichever you moat like most to be called. Calls ! Thar's such a thing as Calls .in this. world. Do you hear me ?" "I hear you ; You know what my' name is, and. of course you know how to speak to me," quietly answered Mrs. Peeler, and went on with her sew- ing. This brief dialogue occurred, very many times, in various places in the neighborhood of Dukesborough, once a lively little village in the State of Geor- gia. Outside of these dark sayings, which Mr. Neelus Peeler was wont to utter to his wife in moments of pas- sion when she wo ;1d be gently remon strafing about his inactivity, the world. had, no indications,for years upon years, of the eminence to which he was des- tined to rise. Nobody had believed that Neelus Peeler, or anybody like him, would get Elizabeth (always called Betsy) s Wig- gins. But he did. The Wigginses were industrious and made a good liv- ing. The Peelers were—everything but these. But Betsy had fair complexion - and a head of hair that hinted at red- ness. Then she was tall. Neelus was a fraction below middle height, with blank eyes and black hair. The latter, when he was young and a beau, was. curly, but after his marriage, neglected, it seemed to be in knots. Betsy, from a child, had said that -if ever she mar- ried at all it should be to a person of black hair and curly. The Wigginses, especially Sam, ;Betsy's bachelor brother, ten years her senior, were very modest • persons, with few words. I.' eelus:Peeler, as all his ancestors bad been,.was a great talker. We seem, all of us,to want what he have not our- selves, and what none of ours have. It hurt the old people, but it nearly broke Sam's heart, when Betsy, contrary to all expectat.on, showed a willingness to take Neelus Peeler. But they said that, not being match -makers, they shouldn't be match -breakers ; and so Neelus got his prize ; and a prize she was, if he could have known it. Neelus Peeler's life, like that of all • the other Peelers, had been spent here- tofore rather in meditation than action. Marriage even, and to a woman who. hardly knew what the word idleness meant, did not seem to be likely to change the procliirity of his mind ; and it was not until after several . months spent with her p4rents, and after some serious appeals from m his wife, that he began to look around a little. Not for his sake, but for the sake of the Wig- ginses, whom everybody respected and liked, he began his career with a posi- tion as overseer u j on a plantation, and continued in this business for several years, with little change, except in the mere matter of location. But this business did not seem to suit him. He often said that he was a per- son that people didn't understand ; and the older he grew, the deeper he be- came, to all appearance. His repu- tation as an overseer did not grow in the way his wife had fondly hoped. As for her, she did all she could to help it. Besides the work she did for her 'husband, herself, and their son Elijah, she rendered many services on the plantations of their several employers, in looking after the aged and sick, and very young children, and the poultry, and the - calves, and such like. Mr. Peeler, on the other hand, would often be found, if in winter, on the leeward of a good, fat, blazing pine stump,while ` the hands were at work.; if in. summer, in a fence corner, {ander a persimmon_ or a sassafras. In these situations; his meditations, whatever they were, were not directed to the mere cultivation •of the ground. Indeed, they were some- times so profound that—although it would grossly offend him to tell him so he would seem to be fast asleep. As I before hinted:, habits like these induced a frequent change of location. In spite of the services of his devoted wife, an employer seldom kept -him longer than a year. At Christmas they would pack up their little property, and move off in an ox -cart, and • try again somewhere else. When, with suffused eyes, she would beg him to attend more closet to his business, if for no other t sake, at least for 'Lijah's, oh, .hoW furi- ous be would get ! "Calls, I tell you! Thar's such things as calls in this world. Don't you hear me ?" Gradually they shifted further and further from the neighborhood, until finally they found themselves on a rent- ed place on the edge of the wire -grass country, about fifty miles below Dukes - borough. The folks at home, hearing of this change, although they had fore- seen it long, were troubled. Sam sel- dom left home ; for, being`the mainstay of his parents, he had to see after all the business of their little; `farm. They made a plenty, and were never in debt ; but they could not affahfid to spend much, except for their own needs. Yet Sam, at Christmas, carried to his sister a waggon -load of good things—hams, chickens, flour, potatoes, lard, etc. It did him good to do it ; for he doted on Isis sister Betsy, though (as occasionally he would admit in confidence) he de- spised Neelus.. "Good gracious me ! The good Lord have mercy on all of us ! `You don't tell me so, Betsy Vr said Sam to his sister the next day after his arrival. He was getting ready to return. Mr. reeler, taking leave, had ridden off. "Fact. They've licensed him al- ready," and, for the first time in her life, she blushed before her brother with shame. Sam started .to laugh, but, noticing the pain she felt, he restrained himself. ire bade her good-bye, advised 'Lijah, now a big fellow, th be industrious and 1 stand by his mother, and then drove on back home. - "Wel, well, well !" he soliloquized . many times on the way. "Neelus Peeler goin' to preachin' ! Heered a call ! Re heered a call ! I'm afraid he answered too soon, and when they were callin' somebody else. But I wondered what made him pray so powerful loud and strong last night. I might have knowed somethin' was goin' to bust. Wheneversomever men like him begin to holler that -way in their family i prayers, and get to tal'kin' about a Gallio-like gineration, and the gald of bitterness, and the bounds in-iquitty, and a-askin' the . Almighty. if He and., everybody else don't know about their conditions, and all rich, they are goin' to try to be a preacher, or a exhorter, one or t'other. But Neelus Peeler !" and Sam laughed ; aloud. "Howsomebeever," he would con- tinue, "Neelus have a mighty power of words ; and he can have a- mighty cryin' and; pleadin' way when he wants to ; and them wire -grass people, sick as I seen, might be satisfied with Neelus. And as he ain't nq manner of account to his family, he might jest aa well go to preachin' as to stay at home and do nothin'. So joy go 'long with you,Neel ua,-in your new spares. Only. I wish your son 'Lijah wasn't so much like. you. Poor Betsy ! Poor Betsy ! But she shall never want bad, as long as I can raise a hand to work." And sure enough, the news soon came up into the old settlement that the Rev. Neelus Peeler was a minister, and an acceptable minister, of the Gospel. For three or four years Mr. Peeler held forth in pulpits, in both stated and mis- sionary labors. His previous thoughts and reflections had been so constant and so long continued that when he did begin, at last, he. was at least as good a preacher as' he ever became afterward. This began to be remarked more and more frequently as the time elapsed. Having discovered that his forte lay in the pathetic, and ; that he was not as likely, as he at first believed, to do great things in other departments, he grew year by ' year more and more plaintive ; his brow and eyes, and especially his mouth, assumed mourn- ful shapes ; the hymns he gave out were all of • the melancholy kind, and the texteses (as he- called them) were generally of wrath and threateninga. Yet, no matter what was the text, his own conditions (a word of everlasting use with him) were the main burden of his discourses, and he would often sing out: - "And oh,`my brethering and my sis- ters, and do you know my conditions ? And yes, you know 'em, and no, you don't; oh no, you don't; and if it wasn't for grace -=oh, it's all grace—it's all grace. I'm thankful for grace, and oh —and oh—and ab—and oh--" What was commonly understood as being meant by his conditions was that his wife, so far from cordially approv- ing his undertaking the sacred ministry, was not even a member of the church ; and further, that her worldly -minded brother, who sometimes even got drunk, lived on her parents, and was likely to eat up and drink up all they had. At last the old people died, and died within a week of each other:_ The mother went first. Then the old man said he couldn't, stand it. '•I can't stand it, Sammy. I've lived with her so long,and she have been such to me that I can't stand it to be without her." Sam tried to remonstrate with his father ; but sure enough he followed the sixth day afterward. There was no will. Sam at once pro- posed to his sister that, as neither was able to purchase the other's interest, and as the estate could not convenient- ly be divided, they should own and oc- cupy jointly. The death of her parents grieved Mrs. Peeler sorely ; but she be- came thankful to be allowed to return to that peaceful home and to the so- ciety of the best of brothers. Mr. Peeler felt—well, there was no telling exactly how he did feel. He had had no fondness for his wife's parents and he positively disliked Sam, though Sam had never spoken a harsh or a slighting word: to him. He hardly knew why he disliked him, but be rather =persuaded himself that it was because Sam was such au awful sinner ; and that if it wasn't for Sam, he might have begun preaching sooner and. gotten on better with it after he diel begin. He said to his brethren and his sisters, especially his sisters, that at last the poor old people were brought down with sorrow to their graves. and that now his own conditions were likely to become more afflicted than ever before., "And don't the death of his poor father and mother haveno bearin' upon the poor worldleau ?" asked Sister Pea- cock, his favorite hostess whenever he found himself that far from home. They were sitting at the supper -table. Brother Peacock was there too ; but Sister Peacock was the main one, who, though a female,—often acknowP lodging, as she said she was willing to acknowledge, that she was a female, =was the strongest pillar of Harmony Church.' • "And is the poor creeter yit on his Gallio-like ways, a-keerin for none o' these things ?" "The gald of bitterness and the bounds of iniquitty !" answered Mr. Peeler, as he sat and ate his biscuit and fried chicken and drank his coffee. "They are his'n if ever they were anybody's ; leastways, I'm afeerd so.", "Do he just lay about drunk and do nothin'?" "Oh no," mildly and. generously re- plied Mr. Peeler, "not as bad as that,— not quite as bad as that. He do work some, and ho do keep sober sometimes for a while ; but oh -it's his worldly heart, and his worldly ways, and his worldly behaviour, and oh me 1" And Mr. Peeler wiped his mouth .with his cotton bandana, took another bisbuit, passed his cup for more coffee, and meekly accepted another piece of chicken. "It's to behoped that when you git that, and he can have some exam - pies, he may yit- turn, sinner turn, and bemade to ask hisself some- times (as the hime• says), 'Why will ye die?'" "That's . my hope ; in that -hope I mainly stands. With '!Lijay to help,— for that boy is a-growin' in grace, too, I humbly thinks,—I hopes to help him .i mend hisself in some of the biggest of his transgressions." Sister Peacock became'siLent, out of respect for what she knew was the pain in the good man's heart, in thus having virtually to confess that he could count upon no co-operation in that blessed work on the part of his wife. - [ Oh, how he did ring that "gald" and those "bounds" that night at prayers ! How he did mourn and weep for all the Gallio-like, nothin'-keerin, downward- rushin' sinners of a gain -sax in' world ! "What always strikes me, Mr. Pea- cock," said -his _wife after rising from her knees, -"what always particular struck me in Brother Peeler is he's so able and strong in pra'r. "Yes, and me, too," answered. Mr. Peacock, who never controverted any- thing Mrs. Peacock avowed. Mr. Peeler sighed sweetly, turned to- ward Sister Peacock, elevated his upper lip, with his forefinger gently tapped first ane eye-tooth then the other, and then, passing it to and fro in the va- cant space, said, with an extremely pious lisp: -• - "Oh, Thithter Peacock, I with you could 'a' heerd me in them - dayth and in them timeth before I loth thet e two of my front teeth." The next morning after breakfa t` when Mr. Peeler, being full up to his throat with ham and eggs and other good things, was about to -leave, t hostess made onemore fond remark. "Well," said she, "I'm a female, a d 1 acknowledge I am, a female; of cony :e I don't know about the laws, and abo t property, and;all them things ; but, i I am a female, I know jestice is jestic ; and no such a worldlean as your wif i's brother is ought to be allowed to ha ' e half o' that property, and specially,af -r he lived so long with his parents, at d, in all prol'bil'ty, brought down th •: r gray ha'rs with sorrow to the grave." This, with_the good .breakfast, se.t Mr. Peeler off better satisfied wi h himself than he had ever been in all . is life. When he got home that night, e hinted to his wide .what Sister Peaco k had said. "And what did you. say to that ?;" s answered, turning and fastening er large blue eyes on him. "Well, I didn't—ah—that is, I j:st let Sister Peacock say her say, a d —my horse was there hitchted to t. e tree, and I was jest a-goin' to start, a d ah --" "And you didn't say anything? Yea didn't tell her that you were asham.d to hear such a thing said about Sam , y Wiggins ? You didn't tell her that e was the best son that was a-livin' ; that he was the main support of is parents, and bad been for twenty-fi'e years ; and that they loved him bett:r than they loved anybody else ; and the t they ought to have done it, and we e bound to do it? You didn't tell h that.?" "I thought I said,—leastways it w s my desires to say, that my horse,— , were already hitched to the tree, a d o: "You didn't tell her what I told y u when I came from there the last ti le —that while I was there I told fath r that, as Brother Sammy had taken ca e of him and mother so long, and h : d never done anything for himself, the t he ought to make a will, and ma ; e over to Brother Sam more than h 1f the property ; and then the reason w i y he didn't de it ? You didn't tell . h r that ? "Bets',• hain't I already said to yo or hain't I already answered that it w s my desires to say to you that my hor e he were hitch " Her face was crimson, and her bee tiful eyes were yet enlarged; but it w s from shame, not anger, as she caug t him up in his speech. "Oh,. Mr. Peeler, Mr. Peeler ! it w s a pity that somebody wasn't there whin that woman, who you tell me is tl e smartest and the piousest ' in all th t Ohoopee region, was talking in th t way ; it's a pity that somebody was 't there to tell her that when Neel j s Peeler's wife, who had never helped her parents -since she was a girl, blit • who had got from them every help th' t they could afford to give her,—wh n she tried to persuade her father in is old age that her brother,who had sere d him without wages all his life. ought o be paid something for his services, a d when her father asked Sammy about t; that Sammy, for the first time in his life, got mad with his father, and sa d that if such a paper was ever made, . n e would tear it up the very minute t e breath was out of his body ; that 1' e w+uldn't take one cent of the propert and wouldn't stay to see a man burie even his own father, who would cut •ff his only daughter in such a way as th It; but he would run away, and stay aw: y from a place that he knew would te always haunted by bad spirits. 0 it's a pity, a pity,' there wasn't som: body there to tell that good and pio s woman something about what sort of a man Neelus Peeler's—wife's—troth r was !" She turned away from him, went into her bedroom, wept deeply a little while, then dried.her eyes, came in, prepared supper, and called her husband and 'Lijah to it. No one coming in then would have suspected that anything unpleasant or uncommon had occurred • CHAPTER II. -- A snug little home they had there o Creek Rocky Creek ; three hundred acres f moderately good ground, a neat on and -a -half story house, with piazza an, two back shed -rooms, the farm well stocked with beasts and necessary i plements. Then there were three n groes,—a man, his wife, and their so a plow -boy, family servants, we 1 treated and devoted. Mrs. Peel r looked younger bymany years, Sa thought, and so told her many time The work went on well. Everybod worked except Mr. Peeler, and, I mu .t grieve to say, 'Lijay, now some sixtee or seventeen years old. 'Lijay had i herited his father's repugnance to agr cultural pursuits, yet not, appareutl.. his talents for public life. His fath:r had his hopes about him. He was ve young yet, he knew. He gave out th t whft he expected mainly of 'Lijay f the present was assistance in the r formation of his uncle Sam, and wit drawing him from the gald and th bounds by which he was held.. As fir himself, he circulated yet more widel than ever before, and among more di taut fields. For somehow he had b: come rather worn in that wherein h had first labored. Even this was good day's ride from his present hom: Here there was left but one church fo stated preaching ; but the less of this sort he had, the more far and wide travelled on what he called his mi sionary work; especially now that hi services were never needed at hom Revivals and protracted meetings wer what he liked best of all. These h would pursue throughout all the region round about Buffalo, and Williamson' Swamp, and occasionally even to an beyond. both the Ohoopees, Big and Li tle. "Oh, a bunnance, a bunnance, Siste Peacock," he would say - on his wa back, while stopping for the night, '<a bunnance of good preachin' to b done all around in tlyar and amon thein Ohoopees." " I sposen so," she would answer "they tell me—them that's been dow thar — that they needs a bunnanc o' light in them wasted and wate places." u IU . (To be Continued.) TURNIP SEED at Cost, to clear out lo at ALLEN'S Grocery. 599 SPECIAL SALE —OF— NEW DRY GOODS BOOTS AND' SHOES. HATS AND CAPS, &C. SMITH &WEST Have determined upon a Special Sale of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, &c. OOR IMMENSE STOCK Must be cleared out at once. Note the following reductions, anal then call and see for yourselves that THIS IS A GENUINE SALE Of New and Staple Goods at Prices hitherto unheard of in Seaforth. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW OUR COODS. We regard it as no trouble to show Goods, and will show you through courteously whether you buy or not. PRIG E LIST = Wool . Tweeds, at $1.50, reduced to 01.15. Wool Tweeds, at $1.25, reduced to 95 cents. Wool . Tweeds, at $l, reduced to 75 cents. Wool Tweeds, at 75 cents, reduced to 55 cents. Wool Tweeds at 60 cents, reduced to 45 cents. - Heavy Twilled Duck, at 12i cents per yard. Denims and Shirtings, at 10 cents per yard. Prints, wide widths, at 5 cents per yard. - Prints, American, at 5 cents per yard. Prints, Ashton's, at 10 cents per yard. Dress Goods, from 81 cents to 50 cents per yard. All Wool Cassimere, from 25 cents to. $1.50 per yard. A Special Line of White Quilts at $1- - another at 01.25. Kid Gloves, 2 -buttoned, at 35 cents per pair. A Splendid Assortment of Gloves' Par- asols and Fancy Goods. ;n Boots and Shoes we are offering Special Bargains. Also a Job Lot of Men's Felt and Fur Hats, at 75 cents. SMITH & WEST, No. 3, Campbell's Block, Main Street, Seaforth. 1879 PER EXPRESS_ 1879 THOMAS KIDD, SEAFORTH, SHOWS FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS A GREAT VARIETY OF COOL MATERIALS ; Grenadines,- Black and Colored, flrst-class value. 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Bonnet Borders and Veilings. READYMADE CLOTHING • DEPARTMENT. Just to hand, a magnificent assortment of New Summer Clothing, including Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits, Cut and Finished in the most approved styles, from the Choicest and Newest materials in English, Scotch and Canadian Tweeds. A Full Line of MEN'S SUMMER COATS, in Light Halifax Tweed, Dressed and Undressed Linen. Gents' WHITE VESTS at all prices. Besides, a large selection of White and Colored Dress Shirts, Scarfs, Ties, Cuffs, Follars, Braces, Hosiery, &c. - Men's and Boys' Underwear in Merino, Union, All Wool and Silk, at prices far below their actual valve. OUR GROCERY, BOOT AND SHOE, AND LIQUOR DEPARTMENTS. ARE FULLY ASSORTED. THOMAS KIDD, SEAFORTH. HEADQUARTERS FOR DYE STUFFS —AT— THE " MEDICAL - HALL," SEAFORTH. We will this season endeavor to maintain our past reputation by keeping only the Very Purest Dye Stuffs. We have now in Stock : • PURE DUTCH MADDER, THE BEST INDIGO, EXTRACT -LOGWOOD, LOGWOOD CHIPS, Fustic Chips, Redwood, Nicwood, Cudbear, Camwood, Brazil- wood, Bluestone,- o B sto e Alum, Copperas, Indigo 8o Com ound Madder Compound, Solution of Tin. Sugarof Lead, Bichromate Potash, Cochineal, Cream Tartar, Puric Acid, &c. AND ALL COLORS IN PACKAGE DYES, All of which we will Guarantee to give Good Colors, if direc- tions are followed. Dye Receipts given away with each parcel. Hellebore, Paris Green and Lime Juice, a Full Stock. HICKSON & BLEASDELL, Seaforth. T1 -3.E SEAFOR 'H MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EMPORIUM:. SCOTT BROTHERS, PROPRIETORS. THE EMERSON PIANO_ We are pleased to be able to give the following Testimonial; from one of the Greatest Musicians of the age : ST. JAMES HOTEL, BOSTON, November 23, 1878. MR. WILLIAM MOORE, Proprietor Emerson Piano Co. DEAR Sia : It gives me great pleasure to recommend, above all others. the Emerson Piano. FANNY RELLOGG. We have been appointed Wholesale Agents for Ontario, and can supply these Instruments at manufacturers' prices. ORGANS — W. Bell c Co.'s and other Beautiful Parlor Organs Always in Stock. Instruments sold on time, or -on the instalment system. Any other makes of Pianos or Organs supplied on the shortest notice. Piano Tuning and Repairing promptly attended to. - SCOTT BROTHERS, Main Street, Seaforth. JUNE 1 T. MELLIS, KIPP_ COME TO LIFE A; EVERYBODY wonders with am$rem ' is that T. Me11is does so zr,uch bush yon know that he floes the work, whiletha do the spouting. Rem£m'ber,if yen wa hoes and ons repaired,s' it you w . 6 f3go to T. yon want good barn door -and gate hinge for workmanship and price cannot be sa ' go to T. Mellis'; if you want sour three chine cylinders re• spiked. with the best of ito to T. 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Farmers can rely on getting at Seaforth prices. • rear. Charlesworth will de : erally and reliably with all parties who „' favor the mills with their patronage. Iwipv tli tura to gnaruntee satisfaction to xllteiro � give these Mille a trial. Particular atm given to Chopping, Guisting, orExehangthg or sq. -wheat. Givt. ns one trial. A. ARMITAGE, Armin, THROUCII TICKETS TOWINNIPII ONE Steamer per week will tall at Bad Every '1hnrsday morning, and Abe sot Steamer will call at Goderieh, Bincartint,la, verhnron, Southampton, Michael's Bay, 2,4 den ce Bay, Cockburn Island, Thesaaion Bruce Mines, St. Joseph's Island, Garden and Sault Ste Marie. For freight and lx ints apply to • 598 A. ARMITAGE, Agent, Beefort;, EXCHANGE BANK Of CANADA. HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. CAPITAL, 31,000,000, DIRECTORS—M. H. Ganit,l'ersident; Usk Carrerhill,Vice-President ; A.W. Cg lvie, 1.pp_ 1 E. K. Green, Thomas Tiffin, Aiex.Bnntia, Jasait Crathern; C. R. Murray, Cashier Geo.B ano Inspector. A nrench of this Bank has been opened ap k Brnsaels, where a General Banking business IS be transacted. Notes of hand discounted, saf Loans effected at fair business rates. A Savings Bank department has also bila 1 opened in connection with this, where depoalie will be received from one dollar upwards, interest allowed thereon. Drafts issued payable at par at all Ake*. this bank, the bank of Montreal and the tel Bank of Canada. FOREIGN AGENTS.—London—The AB*, Bank, limited. New York—National Bonk d t Commerce, Helmer's, McGowan do Oo.,63, Wsj Street. Chiengo=Union National Bank. Business hours 10 to 3. Saturdays, 10 to I. 563 JOHN LECKIE iKinglt THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY SEAFORTH. ARTHUR FORBES, - AVING purchased the Stock and Trade oft e Commercial Livery, Seaforth, from George Whiteley, begs to state that he kiteiil carrying on the business in the old stand,aadiial added several valuable horses andvebtolesto formerly large stock. None but First -Class Comfortable Vehicles and 100 Reliable Horses Will be apt. Covered and Open Bugg=ies and Carr'agee,aW Double and Single Wagons always ready feruis, Special Arrangements Made With Co*, menial Men. Orders left at the stables or any of the heisil promptly attcndedto. SOMETHING NEW. CHANGEOF BUSINESSI rt FRIEL has pnrohesed the Stock andBai• v • nese of dames Carpenter, DURUM, Ili;1 will hereafter carry on the business hereaki carried on by Mr. Carpenter. He will keep cat stantly on hand a full stock of - - BOOTS AND SHOES' Of all kinds, which he will sesell at n sn ?die: p to the times. Re is also prepared to tern sal Ordered Work in the Neatest and Style, and of good material. Fits guatant Repairing promptlyattendea to. Being a practical workman himself and ioi ing to devote his persenal attention to buluM4ns M t he hopes to give entire satisfaction to ail tali', may favor him with: their patronage. Remember the Place - arpenter'e old AMC opposite Pendergast's Hotel. C. FRIEL. EGG EMPORIUM TRESubscriber hereby thanks his nam customers (merchants and others)fortile liberal patronage durint the past 7 yead;tllC hopes by strict integrity and close attentiap1I. business to merit their confidence and tmdta l the. future. Haring greatl, enlarged hie 1O` ises during the winter, he is now prepared4,4114. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE For any quantity of -Good Rosh Eggs,delivelf at the Egg Emporium, MAIN STREET, 'SEAFO' Wanted.by the subscriber, 25 tons of sodif4 clean wheat straw. D. 13. WILSON. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE THF undersigned having entered into p `-' ship, are now prepared to manufacture's ON., Wagons, Buggies, de. By using firer-elail'` terial and having all the work coming - our own hands, we can guarantee a gond Particular attention given to repairing,` shoeing and general jobbing. Mr. Banca -. ing had over thirteen years experience its ing mill picks, we will maks that a Agents for Watson's Celebrated Agricnittrii: plements, REID & BARTON, Williamson's old stand, Goderich Street. forth. THE M:KILLOP MU UM FIRE INSURANCE COMP R. W. d. SHANNON, Secretary s; rarer of the .ar:ove Company, will the QUEEN'S Ho1L+'I:, SEAFORTH,nn day of each week, from 2 to d o'clock 1?, the purpose of transacting the busineS Company. All interested will please:$ and govern themselves aceorxiinglY JA?1LES EEJ B, W. 3. SHANNON, Secretary. R ,a N . B R. E T T, SEAFOBTB, Wholesale and BetailDea;er iti LEAVISE SSOE FINDINGS of Every None but the Very Best Stock k moderate. A. Trial Solicited. All o; or otherwise promptly fined. 451: B. 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