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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
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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.
,
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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