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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-12-26, Page 2.2 . WILL'S WILL, AND HIS TWO THANKSGIVINGS. "Ho's got the dreadfuleit will; Par- son Roberts I'm e'en-remost afeard of him ef he saes he win do anything, for he'll do it, whether or 1o; and here I be, a widder, and next -to nothin' left in the way of means ;" and then the poor little woman hurst into tears. Mr:. • Roberts; was a young man, and an hon- est man, so he did not say anything; his repertory of consolations was as yet small and strictly conventional. There was nothing in it fitted to this particu- lar distress of a wilful son, which read- ly seemed a, greater trouble to Mrs. White than the death.of Joel, who had just expired in the leau-to bedroom. Joel had not been a help or comfort to 'her for the last ten years. He had at last died "of the tremens' " as she phrased it, and left her withonly the little brown.housethat had three rooms and a loft in it, and a half acre of gar- den ground. It was a bleak November dav, the air sour and dark, the trees leafless, the earth sedden- with chill rains, aand. dreadful silence anci peaCe settling down ort this small shelter by the road -side that had for a week: past resounded with shrieks and groans. Mr. Roberts had -been sent for at the last moment, with that vague ides, of ghostly help at the very extremity that we all feel, whether we believe in it or not ; but he had come too.latc for even an attempt at healing the sin -sink spirit; it had lied far away, and now he steed gazing out of the window at the dreary land- scape, listeuing to the wind that cried in the spout, and the widow's moans in the kitchen, with about as naueh idea how to exhort the one as the other ; but he did the best thing after all:; he kuelt down at the next chair and prayed fervently for a comfort and help beyond man's power to give, and Mrs.: -White's soul grew calm with the very'liftiug, of her thoughts into a purer atmosphere. Two days after, the funeral was held. A scant assemblage of neighbors came in to listen to the readiug of Scripture and singing, which was purposely made as inappropriate as possible, for to utter that which was really the right thing, as far as honesty went, would have been a gratuitous in- sult to the living, and useless to the dead.; but Mr. Roberts grew fairly elo- quent in the fervor of his prayer for the mother and. he son, and Will White bent his handsome eurly head lower still to hide the real emotion that glit- tered in his eyes and flushed his face as Mr. Roberts asked of the Lord that he might be a help and aegtati; to •the old age and weakness of his remaining went. The widow rather resented the terms in.which he alluded to her • age, for slits was "only forty-seven," as • she said to herself, and felt quite cern- patent for all future emergeucies if WilE would behave himself; but of course this little chagrin Could not express it- self, and Mr. Roberts never was aware of it; so the prayer did. her no special good in its utterance, but it woke isti Will te a sense of 'manliness and re- sponsibility that answered the petition while yet itevas spoken. "Ill do it," he thought. And when he took his place behind the coffin, with his mother on his arm, there was a look of resolution and courage on his boyish face that struck the few who ' saw him, though they did not under- stand it. "Sakes !" said Mrs. Ellis, under her breath. t� another widow who walked with her. "Jest look at Will White! hain't he aro wed awful oId ?" -Well, he does appear aged some," piped Mee Crane, feebly ;• "but it's- a good deal for a boy like him to have sech a terrible shiftless pa as his'n Was. He's had to biackle to more'n most ef • 'em, I expect." ' "No, he lzain't," was the sharp re- sponse. l'He's run .wild; she hasu't never had no government at all. He's done what he darn please right along, and he won't never be no good -Lyon see . if he is. She'll slave and slave for that feller just as she did for Joel, and he'll hev his own way, for all her, till 'the day after never. I wouldn't stand in her shoes for nothin'. Mercy to me ! if it ain't a-seowin'e! •Come, Miss Crane,- hurry up. 1 casi't stay through the prayer; I _shall have rheurnatiF for certaia ef I do," And snow it did., bitterly and contin- uously, alt that night and the uext day, which was the old and honored. fes- tival of New Engl an d—Thanksgiving day. Will hacl to shovel a. path to the "wood -pile. and speiit the dark cold morning bringing wood into the back • shed, for_ Deacon Peters had sent a load last week to Mrs. White in behalf of the chnteh, and in odd hours Will bad sawed and split it. -While he put it ont of reach of the weather, his mother went about slowly, getting such dinner as she could. In the village, not a mile away, fires were bright, pan- tries Overflowing, families gathering in the old homes, children laughing, ta- bles spread with every, homely dainty accordant with the season but the Widow White and -Will sat down to a dinner of bailed pork and potatoes, and • a pot of sage tea. • They did not say anything to each • other while the scanty meal was eaten —it is not New England fashion to be social at meals, and there was nothing to warm their hearts in the poverty and solitude of their condition; and when at last it was over, and the dishes disposed of, Will sat down by the Ere and cracked some nuts he hadgathered a week before, and picked • out the fresh meats for his moth. It was an rtintSdal attention, and his Mother thanked him with a tearful soet of smile; but he had lapsed into sua a reverie he did not hear her, and she took up her knitting and stared out of the window at the rapid flakes that made a dizzy whirl in upper air, but fell soft as wool upon the shrouded earth, and hid its woes and. scars with deep fleeces. The little woman's great soft eyes grew darker as she gazed, her thin lips quivered, and her needles flew; she was looking back into a dreary past, forward into a threatening future. Nominally she believed ancl trusted in God ; but, like a great Many of the rest of us, she did not always live up to her profession or intention, and just now her fears hid Him as the snow hid His heavens, and sight got the better of faith decidedly. "Mother!" said. Will. _ Mrs. White jumped. She had just seen- herself dying in the poor -house, and WM lost at sea; no wonder she started. (=Why, Will, how you seared me 1" she chirped; but Will did not apolo- gize. "Wither, we won't. ever have such a a mean Thanksgiving again, now I tell ye. When FM ten years older, we'll have as good a dinner as Squire Hall. and we'll have it in a good house too." "Oh, William White, how you do talk Why, we're more'n likely to be in.. the town -house • afore that - time comes." - "Now mother, you shut up! tell. you we'll have a geed house and goed- diuner this day ten. years, as sure as I'M alive." "But mabbe' you'll the, Will." "No, I shan't. I know I shan't. I ain't - to make no, calculations about that. I've set my mind onthat dinner, and we'll have it." . ."Oh, SV11Lyet:ere awful presumptul 0118. You ain't nothin't but a mortal boy, and you're leavin.' the Lord. 'out of your calculations entirely, seems to me." "Spellin'-book says the Lord helps them that helps themselves, and it looks sensible, and I'm a-goiu.' to try it on.", - "Well, I hope you'll fetch it, dear," sighed the widow, hopelessly. "lava'," was the confident I answer;' feud though the widow's soulrecoiled from the audacity of the boy's speech, yet its courage thrilled her. She turn- I ed -away from the storm, lit the tallow 1 candle, andputanother stick into the I stove—small symptoms of the cheer that was kindled within her; but then :the cheer was small and frail, it might ; not last. Like Many a other woman h hdi never known More than the surfac SR, THE HURON EXPOSITOR. for 1,30ifi 0 tired mother, to take a school girl's books °While she gathered up her - BOOTS 1 BOOTS 1 skirts daintily to enter tilie car, or to Suitable for -the Season and _give wine stout old gentleman a lif with -his strong young ar.M. Ent when Annie Hall began to ge to Dartford Seminary, and went in and out daily on Will's train, he began to think he liked to help her better than anybody else, and between the stations cast many, &furtive glance through the end window at her, though ordinarily her position only afforded a view of her heavy braids of soft -light hair,.the slen- der throathelow, - and • the jaunty hat is top of therm Now then, when other girls joined her, she turned about and be- witched him with a vie* of her. soft, -sad blue eyes, her delicate coloring, and the plaintive smile she affected, for l‘liss Amite was a -sell imental chit, who read mild poetry, cried. because • tears were so sweet,- and talked of an. early death asthe great blessing to a he tt f 1 t life. This was all very % ell for judge Hall's daughter, who had never known a want Or had a care in her life ; ancl the gentle sadness of -spirit which she • cherished suited her soft eyes, fair pale face, and pink lips wonderfully, and set a halo round about her -in the eyes of Will White, who was woiking hard for his hying, and was Merry as a, cricket by the fireside. oo ee Mg endur the toils of • , e a • Rill began to -look for her with a beatiug heart, to find things very disa- greeable all day if she failed to come, and to hate Saturday as the worst day in the week. 6 i• In short, he fell heartily in love be - 1 ! fore he knew it; and whereas his m- e ebition liad, hitherto beea to be _ l now he wanted also to be disting ✓ I ed. But could be, a brake, risen on e little local road, ever be- or do 1 with Squire Hall's daughter 7 Lu 1 thine- that should put him on a level for him, be had been born an A ) can, and what it the use Of a rept I if everybody cannot be as good as 1 body else? Ile had read all sort I tales:of The Butter Bo Y of Bo 1 The Miller's Bay of Maine, The Ta of Tinkton, and the Hunter Boy of Prairie, all of whom had been ei 'Governor, Chief Justice, Or Presid and why Should he despair? Had not in- his very early youth been found. crying in a earner, and after some per- suasion explained his myatic grief by sobbing, "Ow! ow! I've got to grew up ' to be the President " ? To feel the strong necessity of beco ing .Squire Hall's sou-in-la,w was not ),s painful a prospect, and. seemed no less possible or probable.. . By the end of his first winter on the trein he had. ,opportunityi to do the Squire service, for am Hall, the youth previously meutio ied as ' sent home Thanksgivina day' frona oollege, had 1 carried Out flis promise of a reckl and evil future, and iu soine drun fight in a New York saloon:been beaten life of the child she had borne an nursed. Hard work; a husband svh abused and impoverished her; a sue cession of drooping,. sickly babies, ove whose births she mourned _far mor than over their deaths; the hourly fight for life that absorbs the poor- and sufferinge--all these had kept her from the close and tender iutimacy with her oely living child that might have given her a better,understatiding of the reso- lution., strength, capacity, anal tender- ness of the nature that lay hidden un- der.the rude health. and undisciplined spirits of a boy taho.spent most of bis time out-of-doors, and was an adept at all the sports and occupations of coin - try boys, and withal a quick scholar • at the district school, though hitherto his mischief and merriment had made for him -a had record that overshadowed his good_ lessons. - But his father's death was a crisis in Will's life; his careless boyhood fell awav irons him like a masker's mantle, • beside that dreadful anS1 disgraceful death,bed, ani the deep affection for his mother, that had been only a dor- mant instinct, sprang into conscious existence and action. The, Widow_White,went to bed that night with more reason for thanksgiving than she was aware of—far more than. judge.Hall had, whose - only son carne. hoine from college ostensibly. to keep the holiday, but never went back: hav- ing been expelled for the best reasons; more than Mrs. .Payne. could find for herself in the aspect of her beautiful daughter, whoahrought home with her from a new York visit an elegant youth in the character of her promised hus- band, and saw him become wildly_ drunk at the . dinner table; . yet both that father and that mother held. the Widow White; in the expressive lan-1 gnage of Seripture. &mane those xy dose fateers I would have- 4isdaiued to have; set with the dogs_ of nay flock." The first fruits of Will's reablve were shown the next morning with -1 com- mendable promptness. , He sh�d-C.dered his spade and went into the village to clear paths. It was not a very lucra- tive pieee of work ;. he got a hob cup,of coffee at one place, half a pie at an- other, a dime here, and -a, few cents ere, sill they counted up ta -twenty- five, and when he came home at night • to a supper of cold pork, rye lbread and baked potatoes, be was hungr'y enough, in spite of the pie and coffee, to enjoy his meal heartily. • is was only the beginn ng. His dc quick wit and ingenuity devised plenty of small iuclustricea that would pay. In is the lepg. winter , evenings he carved „ fairy Ras of furniture with his pocket- ' knife out of red cedar, and golcl them in a Dartford toy -shop; he snared part- ridges and sent, them to the hotere ; he caught rants ia traps, and•many a good woman in Crampton was glad to buy those for a pie stew, and sell her chick- ens at & profit, instead of eatin them at Ptices to Suit the - Times, at • THOMAS COVENTRY'S. , .1 am dust opening my Fall and - -Winter Stock, 'comprising all the different lines. I hare a large quantity of Hen's and Boy's Riveted Boots, which, are unquestionably the best Fac- tory work inade. .111-11 Custom 'Mirk of all kinds .is the best ,that men and money can produce. 1?epairing neatly done. SO, to all who want good -value in _Boots, I say .come ,either with ' or a good record • for prompt paying—slow payers are a curse to trade. A Liberal Discount to cash, buyers. -With thanks for past patronage, I rim waiting all reasonable commands to execute.. THOMAS COVEN RYJ lock, ?an rich, Sign of the Manutioth Boot, Star th street, Sea forth. uish- any: HE. SEA OR? laser - cid? TIN AN iblic any_ s of sten, • EMPORIUM, 1VIairi. StFeet. nner Whitney's Ble)11k, the ther (nit, he Rol R S. E. 1, Has now an hand Et article in Stoves, comprising MnCLAPAr'S MILLS' WO ROYAL BAS The best in the tn a large lot of Cooke Stoves, both coal atest designs. HITNEY d fcIr sale asuperior the best makes, OLDEN ERA, 13 000K, BURNER. . rket, together with ig, Parlor and Box ud wood, of the keesisi A COMPLETE ST terribly, and brought he/De to father's house in Crampton a m • wreck ; fever had bet in, - ffnd thou his injuries were not neceSSarily ft his native constitution was feeble, a the fever took mortal hold di what d sipation and blows had left of it. T widow White was sent for to help nu poor Sam, for the Judge waS lame wi theurnatiSm, and Mrs. Hall always de cote. But there were watches need and the young men of Crampton ca in for that office, Will White more fi quentay than any other, for he was so - handy, so careful, so tender of the mis- erable boy's 'aches and pains, that Sam would have been glad to have him there &twat* and the Judge- was grate- ful in. bis own ponspouS wa,y, while ul ill d n - e his w gh est Brands 11:1dAt the Lo‘'vest Pri, : retail. Also a Lar he Lamps, Globes, &c.rse th Orders for all A .Promptly Attenc ed faction guarantee me ALWAYS CK OF TINWARE N HAND. of coca oi es, Wholesale an e Assortment o Annie coud.escendecl to turn her tearf eyes on him with a faint sznile whe ever they met—a smile that sent W temporarily into ecstasy, and glorifi the cars, tile station, the steps, an even the crea.kine brake-wbeel, while anted. Cettaiefy. -Annie did look e quisitely lovely in her rich soft furs aud heavy waiter garments; a tea -rose could not have showed so feir out lark folding mosses. But when Sa ied, and the touching symbols of gri brouded her in clinging robes of blacl Less and gloom,- she looked to Will lik real angel,' love and. pity so tran Give me a elsewhere. inds of frobbinc id to and wais- t, trial MRS. efoi-a purchasing .2. WHITNEY. SPECIAL NbTICE Itand4ome, Useful and 'Ornamental Christmas, New YC(178 oral Wed- ding Presents in great va7iety at it M. R. COON TE S x_ JEWELRY STORE, of Consisting in part of Fine Gold and aline Gold, and Silver ecklets, Rich G -old Jew- s and Ear -Rings, Finger plein and Chased, *Guff and Lockets. Also Geld d Pens, and Gold and Silver Spectacles and Eye Glasses. ro Silver Watcne ef Chains and 1 elry in Brooch Rings iu Gem 1 Buttons, Stud s- fi pima her girlish beauty; .and if it ha cell suggested to this infatuated brake oy of the road that angels never wore rape and caShrnere, he would have in ignantly retorted that they ought to. judge Hall had solemnly thanke he young man, and liberally paid hi other, thinking—if he thought any hingthat his affairs with that famil ere concluded. Deleded man! - th lay had but just begun. Will coul ontaiu his passion in silence no longer he opening epring brought ..annie to er daily journey again, temporarily iu rrupted by ISern's illness and death nd affordecl opportunity for a seri ! naall attentions on Will'part, im- I. rtinent enough, .considerlug- their utual positions, but chiming so well it'll Annie's romantic ideas, trained ng on a course Of flabby eovels and eakly as well as weekly story papers that she accepted them with a • blush- ing condescenSion pretty enough to see and maddeningly lovely to Will. Tiny gifts they were that dropped into her lunch basket 1 as sbe passed him, or re tucked into the strap'of her books, --bark boxes filled rith ti ich he heldFhile She :tripped up the ✓ steps15irp- nter-greeet b ,rries or butternut meats; aches of the Pinkest arbutus nestled the plumes of standing ground pine; w and then e, red Spitzbergeu apple efully preserved itt dry straw for s sacred purliose long after apples in eral had gone; simple tokens of an mhation that deepened daily, and ne without disguise from Will's udsome eyes whenever Annie caught their glance. , But'thatigh he forgot it, there were other! Cramptoil people besides Judge Hall's daughter who came and. went on the Dartford. train, and among them. a maiden cousiu qf the Judge's wife, old Miss Cynthia Swett. Her youth had never been disturbed with .love affairs. Proud, poor, and homely besides, no- l.ry had ever a proaohed her with any ., tension of af4tion or pass' ti and had not a spark of aym athy for / h weaknesse,s ; but she had very rp eyes to - perceive - the, f , and an ally sharp toegue to int dere. , Then when be had made a little money, till he invested it in a. basket, a; bundle of w papers, andhalf a b-ushel of popping Corn, and sold various small wares be- el) sides corn and papers on the Dartford: T trains, driving, -quite a heavy trade, h when the. time- came, in Christmas te greens, for t1.1, winter was mild, and. sea e d " vere frosts held off till januarv, an r• 'SS ill knew well where the ground -pine aSe trailed its verdant wreaths along the ,r • hill -side, and the coral pine laid soft fingers eon the dead grass. Toward' spying be hunted the sp0. icy berries- of .. SILVER PLATED WARE. Handsome Stack in' Tea Sets, Cas- tor's, Berry Dishes, Bells, Butter Dishes Individual Vinegar, Butter and, - Salt Castors, Cake Baskets, Card Receivers Y and Card Cases, Pickle Castors, Celery d Stand; Epergue's Swing Kettle, Fruit liniveS, Knives, Forks, Spoons,Vases,&c. • _ Price's as Low as the Lowest, consis- , tent•with Quality and Amish, the winter-greete and sold them in /v rough baskets of birch bark, end _bunches of tho first arbutus blossoms brought him a quick. retura in silver for their fragrant bloom. He not only helped support his mother, who helped herself , meantimein doina • we came to her hand about erampton— wh washing, ironing, sewing, or even sick- nursing—but he had laid up ten dollars h"n in the Dartford Dime SavingBank by in the first of Tune, and the. he obtained ric steady work. Hewes handy and helpful on the car train', always • more than once he had nee "spelled." a brakeman who wanted t ha go home over a train, and with .bis sho quick perception had learned th ha u - ties. Now a, conductor had been pro- moted to a longer line and better pay, a brakenaan took his place, and the vacancy at the brakes was offered to Will. Steady wages and steady work; this was more than he had hoped for so soon, and he knew well it was worth - far more to him than .his precarious earnings in the cars, so be jumped at the offer. He was almostsixteen now arg,e for his age, well built, active and handsome. Even his rough dress and pre dusty face and_ hands could not dis- she guize the.rich curls, the s_paakling eye, the merry laugh and regular` features sha that made the Widow 1Vhitt-.3 so proud eqn of her boy. Everybody that worked witui him liked him, and he made him- self agreeable whenever he came in con- ' tact with any of the passengers. 'Civility, cheerfulness and helpfulness: invariably smooths the way of this world, and Will was always ready to help- an old lady down the steps, to carry a baby • (To be Continued.) ae new powder for eeth, purifying the ulating the moulth, lest little toilet gem r druggist for -"Tea- berry ;" price 35 cents. 626-52 • TE.S.BERRY.—T whitening the breath, and sti the brightest, co extant Ask yo Large Stock of Fancy Goods, which will be sold. at cent. Large variety Of Clocks at old pri es. .1, . , All Goods warranted as represent d. REPAIRING in all the branch° Specialty. M. • R. COUNTE DOMINIOH SKATING AND CURLINC RINKS F.S41:7..A_FC)11"r1-1. LAWRENCE MURPHY, Proprietor' of the above Rinks has, pleasure in stating to the amus naent loving people of Seaforth and vi inity that his Skating ctnd Czo-ling _Rinks are Now Ready, And will be open for the season as soon as the weather will permit. TERMS FOR THE SEASON. Family Tickets, not including head family, 08. ' Double Ticket, Gentleman and o e Lady, 05. • Single Ticket --Gentlemen, $3; Lad- ies, $2.50. Children under 10 years of age, $1.50. Single admission, 10 cents. Twelve single admission tickets, $1. Opening, and Carnival nights and Curling Matches extra. Ticket hold.ers are entitled to all the privileges of the ice in both rinks.- • The patronage of the public is res- pectfully solicited. 626-4 "" L 3,IURPH DREWE & SON, BRUSSELS. We, the undersigned, respectfully call the attentiorkof OUT friends, and the • Pablic generally to our Xew,Siock qf GROCERIES, CROOKERY, GLASSWARE, &C. Opened by us in GRANT'S BLOCK, BRUSSELS. The Stock having been bought for CASH we can offer g S P J CLAiL 1 If DITO M :NTS Both iu PRICE and QUALITY. We bog to call the notice of Patrons particu- larly to the Lines of TEAS, SUGARS, RAISINS, CURRANTS, &C., &C. Having all been Bought in the last two weeks they are perfectly Fresh and Good and of the Finest Quality. We beg to say there are NO Bankrupt Goods of any description, in our Stock al being this season's Goods. • OUR PRICE CAN NQ BE BEAT BY ANY IN THE TRADE. We ask the Public to Calland Examine for themselves, and we know they wiil be satisfied. , ' T110 IZIJS - IMPROVED HORSE AND CATTLE -FOOD. pUBTFIES THE BLOOD, Retnoves Obstrue.. -‘1- lions in Witter, Leosexts the Hide, ilelievea Heaves and Infinenza, Improves the Spirit arid gives a fine glo;f.y appear Jece to borsts, while they keep fatter bnil do th0ir wo)lc with One. fotirth less main.. Cattle feteu rapidly when yea wit h if, by assisting in digestioiL •COVI give one h th more rnitk, a,nd elves tinive 'wonder- fully 'A ell. Sbecp keep in better health, lay en fat ubundantly, irna grow more wool, while its fattening z 'su)t onpiga is truly surprising, Farmers should not fail to feed it to animals they intend to exhibit at ran Pairs. Por sale kit all prin 4,411 places. PETER STEWART, HARLOCK,, . General Agent ler Western Ontario. For Sale at J. S. Bobeits' Drag Store, Seaforth„ Hamilton Manufactory, 1 48 Johu Street, South. 616 50,000 HORSES WANTED-, —AT ------ T H MAS M ELLIS! HonsB SHOEING EST 111,13EXENT, KI.PPEN, - oN-TArno DO WHAT Y013 WILL, Say v hat you aril, FtZileHNvoili.segoShl'ootiTngant MEiLLGISe'LeraliPPe.13111ae' get e a'rnlhe i‘thing1141113C'ne'fber row takes this oppotanstasa thanhing his many customers arid the public ie general for the Very libtral sepport extended to ban d ming the pest 3 ewairuo,iatichnetdoprularlei,stxtbhyallarenistn; iftfeani ni3e)aegpijantniotatidea(f)niigtratgIoZis to 8111)1)17 704 w ith R004 Itiorse pb.oeing and -General Btsilsinithing of all kita-s dlo not be afraid to give nr-e trial. Re- pel) log done with nearness and despatch A Sign:liaeigien ga.oactk hoafrdCupttnenrsin).rniedesSleLoiglricoortahjnittfaotirao8n,:he 625 THOMAS MrciEpLpere;ISon, Qztr Stock is Composed of .Full Lines of Gr ceries, Fro- BR GGS BROTHERS, visions, Crockery, Glassware, II Ab31,1NrG J.ilEnr!)31117asieedG BRUCEFIELD. sthfe::;su:IMI3 eaZy CYfterledg 41: now prepared to do • BOOT AND SHOE -MAKING Of Every Description on . theshortest:oticeiosrearnablet:rms• uteyiuteoththgbuthevbest :ad. terial, and as to lit and workmanship they line. 11121eye ssatitiestrItetttitellnl• ion to businefEk givinga good aitiele, and fair and reasonable prices,theyhope to merit and receive a liberal share of public patrhoteirrsge. lhop will be tonna in Ilattenbarris banning, D. hicIntosh'q Veterinary Office, On0 door south of the post office. Give ns a tria617l. GEO. W. 13RIGGS.. jOEL I3RMGS. And everything to be found in a first-class store. _Altoget THE BEST ASSORTED AND FINEST QU 0 er we have LITY STOCK Ever offered in Brussels. Persons purchasing from our :stoe will have every satisfaction. Full Lines of Goods a1wa3 s on hand, and of the finest quality. We take Goods such as .3.UPTE11, EGGS, and General Produce, at the • Highest. .:11orket Prices, in Exchange for Goods: Also we will pay Gash /or Butter and Eggs—Prices to be ruled by tIle cash market value. REMEMBER THE NAME AND PLA0E; DREW -E & SON, GRANT'S BLOCK. FL-- Next Door to the New Post Office. tHE GREAT "HUM " IN SEAFORTH ----IS AT THE— CENTRAL GROCERY, IN CARDNO;S BL8CK, Where the People are Rushing to get Bargains in TEAS, SUGARS, AND CHRISTMAS FRUITS ALSO BARGAINS IN CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. ;Srr C 0 0— 6 c) .r) Suitable for Christmas and New Year's Gifts—Useful and Oramental. . ,We have not time to particularize Goods and Prices. We ask tF4e inspection of intending purchasers, when we think we can convince them it is r• their advan- tage to buy their Goods at the Central Grocery. FLOUR AND FEED: KEPT AS USUAL. Eggs, IBu,tter, and Poultry Taken in Exchange Mr Goods. Goods de- livered Promptly and Free of Charge. LAIDLAW & FAIRLEY, Seaforth. —0 F ----- DRESS GOODS AND FRINGES HOFFMAN BROS' CHEAP' CASH STORE, SEAFORM, FOR TWENTY DAYS ONLY. The whole Stock of Plain and Fancy Dress Goods, Silk and TV ool Fringes, &c., will be offered at Less than Cost Price for Twenty Days. 00 1S/X 3E]0 IT 1 0 (:) MT] _A_ I, 3:4 1 And buy your Lady Friend a Christmas Box in the shape of a Dress. Such an opportunity should not be passed by, as the Stock is Large and Well Assorted with the Latest Styles. MILLINERY, MANTLE AND FUR DEPARTMENT 1 +ORAN MARKETS. THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY SEAFORTB. ARTHUR FORBES, 11&TING purchased the Stock and Trade of the Com/mu:dal Seaforth, from th. George Whiteley, begs to state that be intends carrying on the bhsinass in the old stand,and has added several valnable horses and vehiciesto the formerly large stock. Nene but Fire -Class Comfottable Vehicles and Good • Reliable Horses Will be Kept. Covered and Open Buggies and CarOagee, and Double and Single TV -none always ready lotus& Special Arrangemen4„s Made With Com. mercial Men. Ordc s left at the stables or atty of the hotels promp y.kttended to. ANIDREW CALDER • ' Takes the Lead amrng tbe Photographers A cf Western Canada, and "DON'T YOU FORGET It" He is to the front, as usual, supplying his pat- rons with- Photographs and Ambrotypes, wU taken and ef beautiful Bnish. Old Pictures copied and enlarged to pofeetion. Children's Pieturee taken in 5 nmrntr that will makemothers smile With d gh t. • Give the "People's Popular Gal. ley" a trial and be happy. No "cheap -trash turn ed out. iers as Jow as good work can be itUtle for. ANDREW CAI.DER, Seaforth. ANCHOR LINE. NITED STATES MAIL -STEAMERS Safi Every Saturday !tom NEW YORK and TLASGOW (via Londonderry) and LONDON irect. TICKETS for Liverpool, Londonderry, GU& row, iihd P11 parts of Europe. Farce as lowie ny other first-class i'repaid Passage Certificates issued to persons wishing to bring out their friends. The Ps.:.senger accommodation of Anchor Line Steamers are uneurpassed for elegance and cut& fort. A.ply to S. DICESON, 593 At the Post Office, Seafortk THE SEAFORTH PORK FACTORY. xt,01313, AATIIILE thanking his numerous patrons for the liberal patronage bestowed upon hr1a.A during past years, begs to intimate that heli again prepared to • furnish his patrons and the public generally with as good an article (if nOt better) this scason as in the past All kinds of Cured Meats, Pork Cuttings, Sausaoes, Bologna. • &c., constantly on nand. °H. 5088. N. B.—The highest price paid for hogs, -dreish ed or alive. 16 THE IfENSALL MILLS. (Z.RISTING, FLOURING AND CHOPPING ‘A done it, the shortest possible time. Flour and Peed wholesale and retail. Corn and COM Chop at bottom prices. Thanking owe customers and the public for the liberal pan onage bestowed on us in the past, and hope for a eontitinance of the same. McGREGOR & URQUHART. P. S.—A thoroughbred Suffolk Boar for servioe at the Mill. 622 .PA1NTj NG. - II ▪ TOWN I BEGS to infoint his friends ano the public in general that- le lies commenced business as a Painter and Glazier on his -own aecotmt, and is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to hint in ;the most Elitist actory manner and on reasonable terms. Orders left at the etore of Mesars. job*. SOD Brothers will receive prompt attentton. ; Lag- 4 11. TOWN, Seaforth. N.B.—Whitewashing and papering a specialty. DRAYAGE. THE undjersigned having entered _into co -part. nershi are prepared to meet the -wants of the Merchants of Seaforth and others who may require their services as carriers to and from the 'Bail -way freight sheds and e;sewhere on most reasonable terms. Orders may be left at Joseph Brownell's Grocery store, and will receive prompt and careful attention. NORXfAN BROWNELL JOSEPH ABELL. ' Serifarth, Ang.130, 1878. • Just Renewed this week, all of.which has been bought 25 per cent. below regular prices, and customers can', exDect Bargains, as we give the full benefit to buyers. All are courteously invited to see for themselves. HOFFMAN BROTHERS, Cardno's Block. THE subscriber has made arrangetnentit for . -1- buying and shipping all kinds of good llean merchantable grain at Hensel' and Sip1;1 , for another season, and is prepared to handle wig quantity that may be o0ered. The hi eet price given for bright, heavy, proverly cleaned b. iley. It will itay you to clean it well. . CI f DAVID McLENN-AL i'f.E6EAR 2% • Gaieties. '. Mr. O'Flaherty: . 4 4Be• : Abut was,Miss Vivasn we' know here --that nate h Mrs. 07,F1.: "Nensense, Pa dead and gona." afe_ ayE, ye, darlint, so she ii:- • her fnand: now I Joe even in. mournha." - —Somebody says that "Fortune taps at every Oh, yes, that's all very n ' le man opens the door he times out of tau he finds ; III an'S daughter, Miss Po waiting there for him. —A gentleman in a• Ara the misfortune to step on. - She turned round, her fat Anger, but seeiug the gent .stranger she smiled eomp bag ; 4•I beg pardon, sir; e to be in a dreadful passion it was nay husband." --tsome cheese, please:: boy -of eight to his pap e -No, my -OM," was the el lereelent parent. "You Il flad -enough. When I. 'a* had to eat my bread an4 cheese." "Well," said CO give me a piece to smell." ' "Didn't you 'splain to 1110 tua up dat aecouut you woi % lowaneef" said thedarky, chant. "Yes., I did say, sitl, the mereha.nt. "If you ar • settle your bill now, I will 1 allowance,' and the . mem for the eolored individual his pocketbook,. "Well, s • got the money jus' now; b. rd conle in arid. get Ale wie wife wants a sheerlee —It is well te look at all, subject before you iedulge in Curran once eaii to Father wish, reverend father, that j Peter, and had the keys a i cause then you eould let inl casm, shrewd and witty priest sa and turned its sheepl skeptic, by replying": '93y and. conscience, sir, it would for you that I had the keys C ' place, for then I could let pi —A schoolmistress in ti was taking down the names i her scholars at the coname the term, when„ -coming in i little white -headed boy, she I "Well, my lad, how (Aa are y name ain't Lad," said hes III John." " Well,' said the oh ' "what is the restef your lit that's all the name I've got, "Wen, wh,at ie yonr father', Loh, you needn't put &cps n • he isn't eonain' to sellout to go to school." "Well, ho • you ?" "I ain't cid at am, . - . A ilaany_levrealo A good. story is told at the k the proprietor of one of oti hotels -during the war. At 1 the railroads were ding an '. business, and passenger train ' city as early as 4_or. 5 O"cloc- morning,. For the aeconnno those who wanted to go out trains, the hotels got up what ed a "railroad. breakfast "bele gular meal. The proprietor in questiOu • temed to arise at iialf-pas "rattle up " the Bleeping sere', see that the guests who dep the -early train were properly • to, scoop in the bills, and started. One morning, en -coining (14j office as usual, he found amo on the call -list “Roorn 67," to for the 545 Mithigan Central t Accordingly, about a quarte he sent up a bell -hey to awake -cnpant of the roman After e little while and, finding that did not come down, he sent th again, bat 'with no better encce In the meantime he got cook with a . "sharp stick," everything ready and red hot bit it lacked but a few tni train tirne, -and he must get ont at - once orbe would he host told another bell boy to , wake the fella* up at all haz; tell him breakfast was ready, -of-breakfast -quickly aroused th -seine sleeper, and en it minute:, tearing down stairs, butte clothes as he ran. The mi reaehed the offte, the landlee hitu and rushed bun into the room, and told him he had lui minutes to eat and get out, an work quick. His breakfast W.' med down on the able:t quail, potatoes, buckwheat fee, etc.., all just off the ffie ing hot, 1 ! "Go to work! Go to work the landlord. "You've only a utes to spare." ,t4-013,- everything's so hot, an< fee is boiling!" expostulated tli. 'who was it countryman, "0, go to work! Pitch in 1. • it down 1 I'll put the sugar i coffee and butter your ckesi, up 1 Hurry up 1 The 'time fast 1" retorted the landlord; , dumped the milk and sugar steaming coffee, and buttered ' moth pile of cakes, and poured hot syrup over them, all the tl couraging the mem on"Pile in your best licks! The time up 1" ete. The mail ate like meat., cattail, potatoes and ceff like St, Julian, he poUred dO steaming coffee and piled in th two sterees high,. -while his ey out like doer knobs, and bit. ran off his face , and bends an his shirt like the eruption of AT suvins. With his keit bite the !mann bed him again. rammed hinr the aoor lima into the office, e his bat -on his head; told him ho Inc bill was, so that be ceneld be out his money, had the hell -bo,' , out Inc valise, and with pers and fear in the poor fellow's b , him to spread himself full Bize, a ea hina if he he..1 hie baggage e as it was only five nihrotes bef train started. • "Wha—what train?" c,teula Mall 4'Why, the 5:45 train! Tour r out on the 5:45 Michigan Cen your "No," said he, "I wasn't gQ:-.71g . . s, week." All the bell -boys and -other s gathered around to help get th started; began to snieker and DIU the doors ; the -doors slammed, a proprietot himself could not help