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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
MB. NEELUS PEELER'S
CONDITIONS.
"And those that are fools, let them utta their
talents,"i'WELF2H NIGHT.
CHAPTER IL—Continued. •
" A bunnace, a bunnance. .I try to
lift up the gospel poles, and when my
arm gives out, Brother Lazenberry he
takes hold of 'em, and when his'n gives
out, I take hold ag'in, and betwixt us,
them poles is hilt up when me and
Brother Lazenby travels around there
together."
Sometimes to have heard his and Sis-
ter Peacock's talk, or his and 'Lijay's
when he had gotten home again, one
might have supposed. that Mr. Peeler
was just returned from toilsome and
dangerous missionary labors in regions
the most remote,_rnd benighted in all
the world.
And vet Mr. Peeler was •not happy.
He could but observe that he. was nob
wearing well, as they used -to say.. He
had rung, it seemed, every . possible
change of, his afflicted conditions
throughout a circle of at least fifty
miles diameter in the wire -grass coun-
try, -and yet the sympathies of the
brethren and sisters everywhere seem-
ed less tender and responsive. The sis-
ters especially were gradually dropping
their friendly quarrels about who should
have him at their houses and• feed him -
on biscuit and fried chicken. Something
was the matter : what was it ? . He was
conscious of no diminution of his
powers. - Somebody was to blame . for
it. . Who was it ? Sam Wiggins !
Old Sam was innocentof any inten-
tion to hinder • Mr. Peeler's continued
ascent. He worked every day of his
life except' Sundays for Mr. Peeler's
family. True, sometimes'; on: a Satur-
day, when he would return from Dukes -
borough, he might be a little "dis-
guised," as they used to call it, with
whiskey. But this had never been a
habit with him, and he was always
ashamed of it. With the exception of this
`infirmity, he was one of the best charas-
'tern in all the country. Then, be was a
skilful farmer. They made a plenty.
They could havesold poultry, eggs, and
butter in town ; but there was . no one
except 'Lijay to carry them ; and even
if his mother had desired him to do so
—as she did not—'Lijay was not the
boy for low work like that. And so
they all, white folks; and negroes, con-
sumed them, or sent whatwas left to
their poorer neighbors.
But this entire devotion of Sam to
Mr. Peeler's family -seemed to have a
depressing influence upon Mr. Peeler's
jmind. The more his wife doted upon
her brother, and the more the neighbors
praised the dear old'fellow, the more he
grew to dislike him. The farther he
went from home I on a "preachin'
tower," as he was wont to characterize
his travels, the more. he mourned' and
wept in the pulpit, and, the rnore he
asked of his brethren and sisters if
they knowed his conditions, his afflict-
ed. conditions, and the more he coun-
selled and exhorted his hearers, and
• took up the argument against • himself,
as it were, and contended: that we must
all have our trials, and our crosses, and
must take 'em up and carry 'em along
in a vain glorious and a .gainsayin'
world. Such .complaints were never
heard anywhere near home. Indeed, l
Mr. Peeler seldom had an opportunity
of exercising himself in his line except
iu fields quite distant, and becoming
more and more so from Dukesbjrrough.
Yet Sam Wiggins . would hear from
time to time of some of the th'ngs his
brother-in-law had said, and ie folks
w yjoke occasionall him a out be-
ing such a sinner as to make Mr. Peeler
shed -tears over him. 1
" Oh yes, yes," , Sam wo id. say,
"Neelus is a P
wee great weeper. - B tt Neelus
h
ories differently from other folks. He
cries with his jaws. There ain
Neelus's cryin' comes from a
lower than his jaws." •
Sam felt at first no re
against Mr. Peeler; for thoug
and even resentful in the face
fest and inteuded wrong, he
Mr. 'Peeler as a sort of weakl
one might commisserate, but i
bat. But more than this, be
he ought to bear almost any
the sake of his sister, than wh.
sister was more fondly loved,
and doted upon. Occasionally
feel a pang of keen indignatio
was soon gone. . Mr. Peeler thought he
understood. Sam ; but he did n.t,—that
is, not quite. He never had. expected
that Sam would hear of what •he wits
let him alone. That is what Sam told terrible solli4 ity for a moment, and
her, and she took his advice.
In spite. of Mr. Peeler's entire ueg'.ect
of all sublunary pursuits for his public
work, both stated and `missianary,his
professional reputation kept on • the.
wane. The country communities of longer to be. seen. Aftersevere) mo -
those times were not very exacting, pro- Monts' silence, he rose feebly, complain -
then looked intecrogatieenl1y up to the
pulpit. But the pastor apparently had
been growing worse and-'everse for the
last three-quarters of an hour, and sank
deeper and deeper, untilleei was no
vic8ed their preachers insisted .upon bei
ing surein their own minds of having
been called, and provided that they led
moderately pious lives, and kept good, -
sound doctrine. Mr. Peeler could ' not
but be aware of some declension in his
influence. His afflicted conditions had
been worn and worn, until they. seemed -
as it they were going to be threadbare
at no distant date. - The main 'com-
plaint
com-plaint was that, no matter what was
the text, he preached the same—or
pretty much the same --sermon, at all
times and places.
" I'm nobody but a fetnale, and I ac-
knawledge it," said Hers. :Peacock one
day, when her husband and another of
the deacons were-. discussing at dinner
Mr. Peeler's merits._; She had been oue
pf the last to give—up. '' Aud I've al-
ways looked upon Brother Peeler as- a
acceptable minister of the gospel,—that
is considerin' his chances. But some-
how Brother Peeler, he preach better at
first than he preach at the present time,
and he don't come out enough on doc-
tring lately."
" Ah !" answered Brother Bullard,
" Sister Peacock, you .hit the nail when
you said that word ; you bit the nail
right spang on the head, jest as if you
'a' had a. hammer. A few more of them
greens, Sister Pdhcock."
Sister Peacock helped to the greens,
and wanted to all Brother Bullard's
plate with enentributious from every
dish at her end of the table. J
"No, no ; plenty.—plenty," he re-
monstrated, just before it was beginning
to run over ; " pletety=—plenty. But you
jest as well 'a' hail a hammer when you
said that word."
"Brother Peeler is very good in a`
funil sermon," acknowledged Mrs. Pea-
cock:
" That be is.! Jabez Marshall, nor
neither can Silas -Mercer, beat him very
far thar."
And then he'svery able in pra'r 1"
" Powerful!" said Mr. Bullard.
" But yit, Brother Bullard, we must
Dave—we lo want—we can't get , along
all the time without some doetring, if
it's ` only of a Saturday meetiu' like, or
of a Conference day, with a little final
perseverance, and . not a bit of fallin'
from . grace,. and . . Well; you know,
Brother Bullard, I never was nothin'
but a female, and I was always williu'•
to acknowledge—,"
" -
But Brother Bullard, made Sister
Peacock hush up right there, under-
ratingherself in that kind of style.
Tilley`. all agreed, even away down there,
'hard on the Ohoopees, that there were
limits to•human griefs and sympathies ;
and that even the saddest and most
sympathetic of- mankind liked—oc-
casionally, at least—to be pointed to a
more hopeful prospect, both of this
present mortal, and the future eternal,
life. And then some doctring was ac-
tually needed sometimes. Sister Pea-
cock might be a female ; but she stoutly
denied being a -babe, to be fed ou milk.
The other sisters, following the load of
the -great pillar of Harmony Church,
took up this, idea, and said they wanted
something hard and solid, too ; and the
way they talked about Brother Peeler
would have led oue to suppose that
Brother Peeler regarded all the women,
in all the borders of Briffalo, William -
son's Swamp, and both Ohoopees, what-
- ever their ages, as so many infants.
The fact was. Mr. Peeler had to mttke a
new strike. Stun Wiggins had improved
every way under the sweet influences of
Itis sister. Mr. Peeler ought to be more
cheerful. Although the last to see, he
did see at last that, even if in humility,
he must go himself,- and lead his flocks
to feed, in more pleasing pastures.
a bit of
nywhere
entrnent
brave,
f mani-
egarded
ng that
of c om-
elt. that
sing for
m never
admired
e would
, but it
wont to say of him on the Ohoa
had no notion that, even if ii
reach him, ho would ever ser:
sent it. Not for a great ,deal
have had Sam leave the place
wanted him for the double pi
supporting his family nd furnishing
capital for his ministeria labo s
" You say the poor ctvietur brought
his bottle with hien last aright, 'Lijay ?"
he asked one Sunday morning of his
son.
" Yes, sir, and I have taken
after he got to sleep, and I wen
I poured the stuff on the grc
put back the bottle on his tabl
" That was right, my soli
you know I can't be with your
uncle much of the timer I lr
where the sporrit calls me. I'm-de-
pen;din' on you to try and to see, if1you
cant see how, for to rigulate him i his
wand'rin' and wicked .pro—m1ilgat4ons,
so to speak. You are mydepenn use,
'Lijay.,, •
Oh, how 'Lija4 laughed . and
proud he. was ! Depend. on hint !
Sammy was already a soberer
since he had been tlrar: - - 1 '
Sam missed the liquor in the bottle.
He had left it fur It morning's cooler -off.
For the first tiine'in all his life, he felt
hurt with his sister, whom:he suspected
of removing it.
gees, and
should
onsly re -
would he
for he
rpose of
it, I aid,
t ont,and
und, and
'Lijay,
poor old
as to go
how
ncle,
mau
" florae things; is best, Betsy," he
soliloquized, as he looked at the empty
bottle. Some thingsis best, and
some aint best."
But he never said a word to any per-
son upon the subject, and soon ceased
to feel any sense of injury.
'Lijay was a great talker. It was he
r, on his
edition of
ters gen-
rd to get
as which
thing of
ig for her
d tell of
s, and his
ss. Sam
r talk did
1foolish ;
yet some
who would relate to his fath
return from his towers, the co
the work in the field, and mat
orally. Mrs. Peeler had tri
his father to continue the pai:
she had taken to make som
him before he had grown too 1r
strength. ' In vain she wool
his idleness, his long, big tales
general sauntering worthlessne
aged her at lash to stop. He
no good. 'Lijay w 'e young an
nobody was perfect; let him
age ; he would have a lesson, after .a
while, that would learn him something ;
ed of being `extremely ell, gave out a
hymn, prayed iii' `,:dejected prayer, and
dismissed' the congregation.
CHAPTER III.
It was very soon: ascertained that the
pastor's views on the late •question in
theological science were not at all in
accord with Mr. Peeler's, and so Neelus
had to take his mule back across the
Oboopes, where he had `been" foaled..
But how did he grow to dislike Sam
Wiggins! Sam Wiggins did it all; and
once more he returned, inhis discourses
'and prayers, and conversation- over
chicken and biscuit, to his afflicted con-
ditions. A. little freshened byygtemporay
rest from work upon one long continued
line; and resolving, if possible, to recover
the ground he had lost, he -strove to dig
down to the very roots of human ,sym-
pathy, drag it 'forth, and press oat its
last tear.
Meanwhile, Sam quietly pursued his
humble way, working every week -day
all day long for Mr. Peeler and his fam-
ily, and when the night came, sitting by
his sister, watching her knitting, rolling
her balls of yarn, reeling her hanks of
cotton and wool, and occasionally al-
luding fondly to the two old people now
lying in the garden. When bed time
came, he lit his candle, went to his bed
room, and slept the sleep of the 'upright,
the industrious and the weary. As he
used to say to several friends, but al-
ways in the strictest confidence, the old
fellow had grown a, little tired of Neelus
Peeler's everlasting preachin' and pray -
in' end talkin' about him, and he was
sorely concerned sometiines to know
what he' oughtto do. But for' his af-
fection for hissister, he sometimes felt
that he would like to give Mr. Peeler a
good shaking, and then go away and
leave the place forever. Between this -
affection on the one hand and his grow-
ing resentment on the other, his simple,
guileless heart had many a conflict. In_
the impossibility of real, his mind in-
dulged -_itself in imaginary, avengement.
Curiously enough, his ruminations on
one occasion took the direction of art.
The hawk had been unusually trouble-
some of late to the barnyard. Sam,
having no time to hurt so cunning a
thief, determined to make a scare -crow,
intended to represent a 'man with a gun
in his hand making ready to fire. Al-
though with quite limited knowledge of
the principles of art, it occurred to him
to make this figure resemble Mr. Peeler.
With some old, worn-out clothes; and
other necessary things, he made bis
man, set him up, and contemplated
him.
One day he returned from an uncom-
monly extended " tower," and looked
cheerful. Old Sam suspected that he
had, made a fee of five dollars for mar-
rying some couple ; but Sam was mis-
taken. 'Lijay, and only 'Lijay, knew
the cause. Oh; how he had praised
'Lijay and bragged about, and "was so
thankful for what he and 'Lijay were
doing for the regulation of poor Sammy
Wig;ins !
"Lijay," he said, "I believe I've jest
found out the real idee of preechin'. It's
to take a big tex' and then charge. • I
done that at Little Hoopee last Sunday
week. I took a big tex' and I charged ;
and I tell you, my son, everything Hew-
ed before me, like ducks when Len Peck
is arfter 'em on. Rudisiil's mill pond. I
am goin' to fetch up that sermon here
the first chance I git, and then, you ha
-
ten." -
Shortly afterward, -when the pastor
of Elim Church, not far distant, was
somewhat ill, Mr. Peeler hinted a will-
ingness to occupy his pulpit one Sunday
morning. It was the best that could
be done under the circumste-noes. Hero
was a large congregation. It was re-
marked that Mr- Peeler gave out a more
cheerful hymn, and spoke a more hope-
ful prayer than usual. He took for his
text the triumphant entryiof our Lord
into Jerusalem. He apologized for
taking so vast a • subject for his text ;
but on such a subject veerses ought to
he no object.• I could not dwell (without
the appearanceof levity) as he did upon•
the wildness of colts in general, and
mule colts iu particular ; ou the tem-
erity of e.0 unpractised rider undertak-
ing to travel on one for the first time
(in all human, probability without a sad-
dle, aud a mere rope for a bridle) into a
great city, and among vast -noisy multi-
tudes. The climax was in ascribing to
these multitudes the motives for their
concourse and their clamors, and their
strewing branches iu the wsy. By the
time that he got to this part of his sub-
ject, his passion, which had been work-
ing from the beginning, seemed to have
gotten beyond all bounds, and he
screamed as he denounced that onbe-
lievin' and Gallilo-like people. And
then his audience was stupefied with
amazement as he declared and labored
to prove that the intention of these
clamoring crowds was to " skeer " that
colt—that young colt -that young mule
colt—that young onbroken mule colt—
and drive him to do things that were too
awful to contemplate.
At this cap of the climax, Mr. Peeler,
overcome by his feelings, sank down ne
the rear of the pulpit. The congregation
was at a loss what to think' -Tip young
men smiled and looked across; at the
young girls ; the young girls smiled in
turn, and looked at their mothers ; the
answering mothers puckered their faces
and looked at the old men,' and the old
men frowned upon one another with
(To be Continued.)
•
Pretty or Not.
To be pretty is the great object of al-
most every living woman -even of those
who have a "mission ;" and who, if
truth were told, dress themselves as be-
comingly as possible; even while ..they
lecture on the impropriety of doing so.
Beautiful women spend a great. .def+1 of
thought upon their own charms, and
homely women grow homelier through
fretting because they, are not handsome.
Men, at least while they- are young, are
very like women in this respect, though �� ; R
they hide their feelings battier. There
is one comfort to the homely ones, how-
ever. After you come to know _ people
very intimately, you do not know
whether they are pretty or not. Their
ways make an impression ou . you, but
not their noses and ears, their eyes and
mouths. Iu. time, the soul. expresses
itself to you, and it is that which you
see. 1
A man who has been married twenty
years scarcely knows what his wife
looks like. He may declare that he
_does; and tell you that she is a bewitch-
ing little blonde, with soft blue eyes,
long after she is fat, and red and forty,
because the image of his early love is
in his heart, and he doesn't see her as
she is to -day, but as she was when he
courted her. Or, being au., indifferent.
husband,, he may' not know she is. the
fine woman that other people think her.
You have known men who 'have mar-
ried the plainest women and think them
beauties ; and you know beauties who
are quite thrown away on men who
value a wife for her success as a house-
wife.
As far as one's` effect on strangers is
to be taken into consideration, beauty
is valuable, and very valuable. So, if
you have it,.rejoice ; but if you have it
not, be content. Take care of .your
heart, your soul, your- mind, .and your
manners, and yew will make for your-
self that beauty which will render you
lovely to those who are nearest and
dearest to you.
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Some rhymester. thus sums up the
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"Fair woman was made to bewitch ;
A pleasure, a pain, a disturber, a nurse, -
A slave ora tyrant, a blessing or curse, --
Fair woman was made,te be—which ?
"A French woman will love her hus-
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a Dutch woman, if he does not disturb
her ease and comfort, too much ; a
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vengeance upon those ,who are under
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In the fair breast of some bewitching dame,
How many a youth will strive fond love to
waken ;
And when at length successful in his aim,
Be first misted and afterwards—alis-taken !'I'
•
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News, has been gifted by nature with a
'voice distinctly audible at the edge of a
crowd of ten thousand persous in the
open air, and his -perfect mastery of his
own language is never marred and
spoiled, as the far inferior style of many
highly educated people - is apt nowa-
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beyond these advantages he has the in-
definable power of so saying what he
wishes to say as to make it both imme-
diately intelligible and permanently im-
pressive to all who hear him.
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Heavy Twilled Duck. at 12i cents per
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Denims and Shirtings, at 10 cents per
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600 t%1!. EDGAR, Kip
ECMONDVILLE FLOUR
1 WOT-LD 'i.cspeetfully:advise the pnblieliie
1 have made arrangements with.
timit
Charlesworth to run the Egmondvillejtk
eetai for my account. My s7ueer, Dir- Johns .,
will bent 1 gmondvilie cve�y day, and will -'
c sh for all the good milling -wheat that m
offered. Fuamers can rely on sealer At
Seaforth prices. Mr. Chaelesworth will den'
log
erally and reliably with all parties wh�j
favor the mills with their patronage. I rills
tare to Futui.ntee ealirfscilon to,a1l<.wvhst>
give thole Mills a trial. i>artticulirr atteptyt
given to Chopping., Gristing, orExchanttltsgl
for Wheat. Give us one trial.
A. ARRM1TAGE, SE. on
THROUGH TICKETS TOWINNIl
OI�F. Steamer per week willcalle Ea
v Every 'i hurstlay morning, cud the•
ills
Steamer will call at Goderich, gineardlQesh.
vet huron, Southampton, Miehkel's Bas-, Tie* -
dence Bay, coca -bent Ielsna, Thesasiotr .
Bruce Alines, St. Jcstph'e Island, -Garden
and Sault Ste Marie. For freight Mnd plow
apply to -
598 - A. ARMITAGE, Agent, Sea -fork
EXCHANGE BANK OF CANADA.
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.
CAPITAL, - - _ $1,8
DIRECTORS—M, H_ ilault,Persident;
Carrerhili, ice-1:'iesident; A. W. Cgilvielii1
E. K. Green, Thomas Tiffin, Alex.Buntra, 4
Crather_; C. R. Murray_, Cashier Geo.
inspector
A oratch of this Bank has been opened in
I3r*tsaels, where a General Banking basine,a ttR
be tisnsacted. Notes of trend discount/OM''
Loans effected at fair bueiness.rated.
A Se vings Bank department hits alas lits
opened in connection. with this, where blew
will be received from one dollar upwards Sal
interest allowed thereon, -
Drafts issued payable at par at all Met
this bank, the bank et Montreal and thePe4iel
Bank of Canada. . --
FOREIGN AGENTS.—Landon—The Alias
Bank, limited. New York --National _Beak*
Commerce, Helmer's, McGowan St flo.,11,'1711
Street. Chicago --Union National Bank. '
Bui+iness hones 10 to S Satnrdaya,10tol..
563 JOHN LEOWIE l hasete'-
THE COMMERCIAL LIVE '
SEAF{RTH,
ARTHUR FORBESI -
H. AVII G purchased theStocir and Tradept
Commercial Livery, Seaforth, from - tit
GREAT BARGAINS IN DRESS GO' Mak
carrying on the business intheaid tand,attlit
George Whiteley, begs to state that he
added sev et al valuable horses and•vehieleito IV
I formerly large stock. None but
First-ClassComfortable Ve1zielesotuiVood
Reliable Horses Will be Xept.-.
Covered and Open Buggies. and Carrhigee sue,
HOFFNIAIT BROTHERS' Doable and Single Wagons always ready forts.
Special Arr-angen ear: s Made wiith 'aa•
menial Men.
e Stock of all kinds of Dress Goods, and ii order to orders ]eft at the stables or any of the 3taidF
We have an unusually Large i promptly attended to.
AT--
clear
clear the whole stock out, we have determined
COMMENCING ON FRIDAY, 20TH OF-JUN5,
And. Continuing for two weeks, to offer Dress Goods at Prices neve
attempted in Seaforth. • -
Also a Few Ladies' Linen Suits,'Linen. Costumes, Linen •Ulate.
Circulars: and Summer Jackets to sftr<re the sctnie fate.
Come, See, and be Convinced that we are fulfilling all we say.
before
8, Linen
HOFFMAN BROTHERS' CHEAP CASH STORE,
CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH.
THE SE FORTH
MUSIQAL INSTRUMENT EMPOIUM.
SCOTT BROTHERS, PROPRIETOFS.
Z' HE EMERs0 IT 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 2.3, 1878.
MR. WILLIAM MOORE, Proprietor Emerson Piano Co.
DEAR 'Sin : It gives me
Emerson Piano.
great pleasure to recommend, above all !others. the
FANNY 'KELLOGG.
We have been appointed Wholesale Agents for Ontario, and can s
Instruments at manufacturers' prices.
pply these
ORGANS W. Bell 85 Co.'s old oiher. 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 an4. Repairing
promptly attended to. - -
SCOTT BROTHERS, Main Street, Seaforth.
SOMETHING NEW
CHANGE OF BUSINESS
`s FRIEL has purchased the Stbelesnalli
- . nese of James Carpenter, BURL -10101i
will hereafter carry ori the business ION*
carried on i.v Mr, Carpenter, He will keep.*
stantly on band a fall stock of
BOATS MW SHOES
Of nil kinds, which he will sell at pnccsssitiilr
to the times. He is -also prepared to tura_ ,e11
O i.eeed Nark in the Neatest ant sleeved1101
Style, end of good .material. Fits igastel014
Repairing promptly attendee to,
Being a practical workman hitnselfsndli*
ing to devote his pereenal attention -teleafitA
he hopes to give entire -satisfaction to 41*
May -favor him with their patronage.
Remember the Place—Carpenter's gild i
opposite Pendergast's Hotel.
582 - C. num..
EGG E M P O R
•9 Hi+r Subscriber hereby thank] bus 10ii00
cust;<.mers (merchants and otters) f¢i#
liberal patre•nage durinc the past 7 yaansa
hopes b} etritit integrity and close atteotl1'
hominess to meri.• their confidence s ed. titip
the future. Raving gr•ati, enlarged hie i
ises daring the winter, he is now prePeredsyr
•
THE HIGH-TEST CASH PRIG
For any enantity of Good Fresh Eggiobiliteiel
at the Egg Emporium,
MAIN STREET, SEAFORT.
Wanted by too subscriber, 25 -tons of 8
clean wheat straw.
D, 1). wITA0X.
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE
TIIE undersigned having entered iatop>rM'
ship, are now prepared to manafsetarel
kele
Wagons, Buggies, Vic. By using 1:atd 1!
aerial and having all the work nomiage
our own hands, we oan guarantees Peal
Particularattention given to repaiiieg,bsee
shoeing and general jobbing. Mr. Barri
ing had over thirteen years exec -risme
ing mill picks, we will snake that a
Agentr for Watson's Celebrated..
plements.
REID ek BARTOli
Williamson's old stand, (iodeiieli Std
forth.
THE McKILLOP MUT
FIRE INSURANCE OPAPAZ
R. -W. J. SHANNON, Secretary sibil
arer of the anove Company,st1'
the QUEEN'S HOTEL, SEA17`u3BTAi M
day of each week, from 2 to 6 deiesk:g
the purpose of transacting the lindens
Company. Ali interested will pleaads±
and govern themselves accordingly'.
JAIdES KEli3i,
W. J. SHANNON, Secretary. `—•~
R. N B R ET
SEANORTH,
Wholesale and Retail Dea:er in
SHOE FINDINGS of Every Pe
None but the Very Best Stock k4 _
moderate. A Tried SoLcited. All os
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