The Huron Expositor, 1881-04-22, Page 22
THE HIJR01 EXPOSITOR.
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APRIL 22, 1881.
T17111 BRA v G-IRL OF
GLENB R.
On she went, and new r faltered or
paused,save but for a few thoments to en-
able her to regain her splint breath; or
to note the bearings of be path. Here
and there a noble Scotdh fir, whose
ruddy brown trunk was planted firmly
in the cleft of a crag, raised on high its
twistertarms for the tabl of snow that
had beipread its massive dark foliage.
These firs, and the groi1ps of graceful
birch and larch, served lher as land-
marks in the snowy landscape. By
carefully noting them arid their bear-
ings, she gazed steadily on to her desti-
nation down into the sol mn depths of
the deep glen—leaping o rer the 'burnie 1
rushing seaward, oliml ing the steep '
brae, and then away over another roll-
ing hill, again to euconn er a similar
repetition of hill and gle .
Yet she held on her way, and never
missed it beyond a few ylards, her set
purpose and her deep love npbearing
her through the perils and trials of this 3
wild. last night of the old Iyear, and en-
abling her to brave the dangers of the
solitary road. It was not. the first
fierce storm of wind and Snow in which
she had wandered abroati, sometimes
to herd the straggling sheep, and some-
times to fetch up the kylops, or to bring
the milking cows to the byre.
But now she bad a highpr motive to
sustain her, and to nerve 1 her for the
task she had undertak n ; and w
her plaid wrapped tightly ver her he
and shoulders, she presse dauntles
on through the bleak wea her, the ve
picture of a brave Hig-h1and maiden.
Though the snow whirl
so as to well nigh blind he , and thou
it clogged her feet and eau ed her pa
elle straggled on to her des ination, a
at length, to her great jo , she fou
herself descending into S ddell Gle
and heard the dash of the river.
She entered the plautati n of ash a
Etelm trees, and soon after food arno
the memorial stones that were thick
scattered in the graveyardl round t
ruins of what was once ail grand o
monastery. Now it was [fallen fro
its former high estate, and I was a d
serted rain, used only occasionally f
the purposes of burial.
Many a gallant Macdonald and Lo
of the Isles lay around her; yet the
was not one of those heroes lof old w
had been called upon to perform a dee
demanding greater courage and eladu
ance than that which now , taxed t
powers of the brave girl of Glenbarr.
Reginald, the son of 'he mighty
Somerled, who had built tis monas-
tery for the Cistercian monk8, and was
here buried in the . year -I 1163, had
years
adopted the Scandinavian q stom ; and
for the space of three yea had lived
without entering a house wherein a fi
had. been kindled, in order that he
might accustom' himself tc privation
and hardship.
Yet any hardship that he had under-
gone in his wild and stormyi career as
Thane of Argyle, and Lord I of Cantire
and the Isles, would hardly have sur-
passed that which Mary Mo rison was
now voluntarily undergoing for true
i th
well knew the legend t
it, and she had never :d
finger upon it. But no
nerve herself to do thi
the ghastly burden for
is for Donald !" she m
the good Clod protect
And she approached .. bell
through the graveyard, cal wiled wit
memorials to the'depar
: •
When she'had.' ' ohed the enclosed
pOrtioii-of the 'oldMon t ry; she fo nd
a: :
that its door, which as ordi arily
closed, was standing aja ,N burst en
probably by the violencel of the to in.
She crossed the threshold deep in Alow.
Although the greater portion f the
roof had fallen in, and the building for
the most part, was opento the eky, yet
the place was very dark ; the tall t &is
that grew so closely to the building nd
in such profusion, making a deep 8 ado
there, evert at noonday.
But sheAnew the exact spot w ere
she should find the sknll, and she be-
gan to grope her way to it in the da k.
As she did so she heard a peen lair
noise, made up, as it seemed to he , cf
low moans from many creatures.
The sighing of the wind throng the
trees did not account for these sou ds,
though it made it impossible for • er to
listen attentively to them or to o•njec-
ture what they could be, but th y ap-
peared to proceed fro
within the walls of the al
Then there was a tram
feet over the broken paltent, and he
belouge to
d to 1a a
she had to
nd to carry
y mi: es. "It
ured ; ay •
help rale 1"
ing
its '
cogni ion anwid despite he wh•
(and
had
of tb
bein i
Bind
boun
cover
eeen ner, and th a joyful bark
mething
ashed fo
early m
fol silky o
is intelli
mg rapidl
d the gr
and ary Mornison, and had aced
Th re Wa8 lily One oubtfn mo -
his ,rs lovingl upon he ghoul rs.
pent ii•a his aff ()Monate reception of
her. Ie sniffed a ghast
hat she carried under
suspioio s and u
Neverth less, by t
ached old Donald's
red his ga ety of epi
ng round itry in a
d effusive ess of del
own sec'et heart
t less pl asedto
live and w11, that
S. ; she was weaie(
t could s on be ren
she, how ver, fulfil
If not, h had a. 1
should h desire to
subterfu e when
had ehal
my teoi
id them
maiden t
,
re, with
orse) of fold
ards into he dim
ent hes erect,
at flying n the b
rning, aid wit
on nail he had
nnd ,bet een 1i
f re-
tling
Dead,
light
his
eeze,
was
eoon
self
o
he w
tnind
had
•
•
recov
Donn
tokei
In
was
was
the e
ut t
Ha
ion?
scap
such It
: c
8
m eflection
s a,ke ff the glo
night, nd to for
s ni t any other
8 J et haillie
It as, theref
som thing I e
chureh.
ling of li d
;
fi
ad was conscious that oertai forms w re c
sly rushing pat her in the darkness. eti
ry there was a momentary I cessati of
the peculiar sounds; theta they re
ve
n
w
d in her face succeeded by the mysteribus plaint
though moanings.
th, "I felt my heart give a great'1
nd into my throat 1" she afterwards
nd "but I was not going to ha e my
n, for nothing; so I made for he_sknl
She did not tell of thel e ort it c
nd her, terrified though not ; isheart n
ng to grope to the: Maodonal 's tomb, a
ly then to stretch out her la1 ds und r
he dark canopy, until she fo them ton
Id the murderer's skull.
m She did not say how e kept
e- purpose bravely and stea y in ie
or and though she loathe' to fedi
clammy remains of the ioked
rd whose skull had grin d there
re ghastily for so many ye r, and hi
ho rarely been touched by a finger, h
d she seized the skull wit both ban
r- and, though she felt itsl teeth rattl'
he in their sockets, turned bulk hastily
make good her escape rpm the
church.
As she did so the trampling of
feet and the moans contiMied, ands
felt that the mysterious fOrms were pii
suing her. Grasping the skull, s
safely gainedthe door, and pulled it
re after her. As she did sc she heard
rush against it from the iniaer side,
without looking behind her she tur
her back upon the braiding, and ed
through the graveyard and up he
1
now ; the
Inid to-ri
of snow, a
red upon
u
WI
lk
mo tratiou of manner
rn s real in ard feel
lml accosted is serve,
me p to him utside hi
t e .b sterous emonstra
f thf oollie. 'So you
b ok, y Iass—d wn, I)ua
s "rYlre am Mol V'bac again, nbaster."
• "And have ye alked all the way
S dde old char h—all th way th
'Ye master, the w y there nd
'Ye Must have had a ad night of
'A ry bad ni ht of it." 1
'An —ye got • the old hurch."
master, I got to the ld
r ,"
y Romp
er plaid
easy i
Lie time
home, h
Is, ana
way th
.ght.
old Th
tee her
ras pate
1, no
iedied.
ed her,
op Nil
make ti
a few
led hi
of the
Mage of
an the
an out
ery die
ng that
t when
door, a
ions of
have o
h, you c
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hing
and
his
they
had
was
be-
n ald
she
t to
nbt,
18
of
e of
ays'
to
sat
his
eir-
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ent
he
she
id
the
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to
re
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its it
ch
ter
w,
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in, 0
80
ad
bw w
as,
ng I m
to p
Id fo
he
he a
r- 1 h
he I b
to
a
nt
ed
love's sake.
This building at Sadden, ILhich she
had at length reached, was new a com-
plete rain. Its stones, erected on cou-
t
secreted dust that had ben brought
from Rom, had been barbarously dealt
with, and a large number of them had.
been carted away by a prOprietor, to
build dykes and offices, which he paved
with the tombstones of abbot e and war-
rior.
Mary Morrison well knew the local
legend, how that this man Iliad been
punished for his sacrilege by Soon after
meeting his death by a trivia accident,
and that the estate had then passed to
another tamily.
Yet at the time of her visit, a certain
portion of the building, commonly
called "the old church," or kirk, still
remained standing, and was cased for,
after a certain fashion, for its outer
walls still stood intact, and at the
western end there was au oaken door to
shut out intruders. The snot and the
rain could not be shut ontt for the
greater portion of the roof had fallen,
and the building was, in consequence,
open to the sky. 1
Ornate sculpture still rethained on
the walls and on some tombs, especiallyl
on one, a memorial of some Lprd of the
Isles, probably of Reginald himself, the
founder of the church. It was recessed
in the south wall towards theleast end
and was covered with a pointed arch.
On the top of the slab of this tomb
was laid a human skull, which was
protected by the covering arch from any
t
downpour of rain or fall of an w. This
was the skull that the brave , girl had
pledged her word to take from its rest
ing place and carry back to her stern
old master at Glenbarr.
It may merely have been an ordinary
skull, turned np by the sexton when
digging a fresh grave, and not replaced
by him in the soil, but removed by
some one to the slab of the 1founder's
tomb.
The skull was invested with its own
particular legend in that land of legends.
It was said to be the skull of the grim
Macdonald, surnamed Righ ' Fiongal,
who, besides murdering at th rate of
s
one daily the chieftains oi he clan
M'Lean, who had come to S ddell to
malpeace With him, had alao mur-
r
der by slcrei starvation in the dun-
geons of his 'gcastle the husband of a
woman whom lie had seized and borne
off from Ireland ; and it was Said that
when he -pointed out to her, rom the
/
summit of the castle's square, massive
tower, the body of her husband being
carriei out for burial, she Suddenly
leaped from the battlements and fell
dead by the side of the corpse.
The legend went that, when this
cruel Macdonald died, the dogs scratch-
ed np his body from the gravel and de-
voured the flesh, even as that wretched
man, whom he had starved to death in
his dungeon, had been found- to have
gnawed his own hand and arm in his
agony to prolong life. The bones of
this once dreaded and powerfull Lord of
the Isles were discovered clean picked
by the longs and carrion crows,' but no
one 'could be found to give thena a, fresh
burial in the graveyard, and the skull
was placed, in a sort of mockery, on the
slab of his great ancestor's tomb. It
was looked upon with superstitions awe,
and no one dared to touch or meddle
with it.
This, then, was the grim memorial
of a wicked murderer that Mary Mor-
rison had pledged herself to take from
its place, in the dead of that w'ld win-
ter's night, and to carry it back. on her
perilous journey all the way to G enbarr.
She had often seen the sk 11, and
•
glen.
It was past midnight
year was dead, and was
under its winding sheet
the new year had ent
stormy life. ;
;
She too, this brave girl of Glerba
was passing from her ol life of
pendenoe and servitude, nd was bc
to enter, it may be, upon it new life
married happiness, if only she co
accomplish the hard task Ithat horate
old master had set her.
The long weary way ba
had now to be retraced.
feathery snow had not fel en so fast
so deep as to quite obliterate the tra
of her footmarks, and theSe somew
helped her to keep to the right pat
k upon t
arly bef
d follow
she wo
11 into o
of the roaring torrents thr she w
compelled to cross, she bor it bra,
on as the gnerdon of hervictory, t
lulfillecl t
love.
which s
ginning
on, wea
e morni
Beinn-a
rs thron
' t,o Glenb
t
She had also turned her b
wind, and could see more C
her, and although, if she la
the dictates of her nature,
have willingly -flung the sk
visible token that she hadi
vow that she had made for
The wild storm through e
had battled was now b
abate, and as she struggled
in body, but light of heart, t
began to dawn, and mighty
Tnire lifted his huge should
the floating, snowy vapors.i
The dense mist was drifting over t le
dark waters of Loch Amide in ghostl
shrouds, and she saw a -golden eagle
poised over Lochnaralacl while t e
storm that had swept over t p hips to-
wards Glenacardoch sobble itself t�
rest on the bosom of the At iatio. 1
As she wearily descended he last hill
towards Glenbarr, the light as bro
ening in the early morni g of Ne
Year's Day ; the islands of 1Cara a d
Giglia, -nith their snow cove gs, look-
ed like jewels amid the Id OE wave,
and beyond them Jara's1 1 aps were
faintly aeon against the dull grey slin
Old Donald was at his d rranxions y
looking out in the direction 4 Saddell.
During those long hours, bile Mary
Morrison had been away an while the
old year was pestling into t 0 new, ' be
had tossed to and fro, b Ccould not
sleep. Nor could Luath, f IA he had
gone restlessly backwards iand fo
wards, from. the hearth to the doo
and had whined and howl 1 among
every one of those weary anxious hou
His master had ceased his ndeavo
I)
to keep the dog quiet; the col ie's fee
ings were in harmony with his own. I
only Mary Morrison would rstu
thought old Donald, skull or no Skul
he would forgive all, and wOuld allio
her and his son to go their own waY
Up to now he had not re lized th
gravity of his proceedings. 6 was not
a bad man, rather was he a Jost
though very stern and self- illed, bu
he had formed other views fo his mil
son than that be should ma ry a fa
servant, however brave and onnie s
might be.
night, when the year had sli, ed wa
1.
'But in those silent watch Ef of th
in death, even as his own ye s o Jif
close, it had been revealed to rim ho
/
were now drawing to thei na ura
in intentionif not in fact, an that, i
very near he had become to a urdere
sending Mary Morrison for t e mur
derer s skull, he was dismissi herl to,
deed that might bring upon • meelf
punishment righteously, dee ing ' Oa
Macdonald's doom. That rii t's soli
Lary meditation and anx ty ba
wrought a good work for of Do al
Id
at
ts
r,
ut
of of
ld
rn
rr
he
or
3k
at
h.
re
ld
ly
•
g
h
I •
Macbane. - •
But it was Luath, the faith
who had first discerned the b
ere yet her old master, with
mad sight, could view her oo
•
i •
111
L ath,
ve girl,
ing
diindown
the snowy hillside, with tiler laid
wrapped tightly about her Luath had
•
An did ye fi • d the raufderer's sk 11
the reat Mac onald'S tomb ?"
YesI found i ."
And of course ye ve brebrotight it b: ck
ye agreeable o your pr miser
Ye ,1 I have b ought it, and of con
• ate , you'll agrees le to p y
o ?" and rom underneath, t
-'sI f tbe plaid she brought out t e
11
la Donald as somewhat tak n
c1by the sud en sight I of it.1 e
th superstit'ous fears f his nei h-
s, aild he shr nk from 1 oking up n
t t rnning re ic1 •much less 'fr m
c• ta umself by laying so
much jab a finge upon , it. "Take it
a ay, ( be cried ; take the horrid thi • g
a • :y 1 was never too fond of de d
I'S% nes."
hefc1de1it again in the end of hr
pl d,1 and, t ey pissed into t e
h t • se, she dropp d wearily Upon al -se: t,
se•t1 tit by herj long nigh of fatig e
a d excitement,
Id DoualdbaJ1 a passing gleam •f
ki • • n and sy pathy or he maide ,
to. her : "This, is Hogman y
m ng, ray lass and You're the fir t
fo the house. It's a pity that y n
b g t nothing better with 'you th n
th -413at thing that I sent you to 1Sa
de 1 fo . But it was all my doing 1yo r
go here, and you've got what I so.t
yo , F50 I ought to take yonr Ne
Y a gift and be pleased with it. An
yo st have been wearied with, the
-go df it; and you Must be athao t
w tont, my lass, with your lion
w , Snd you'd better ,tairA) a drop If
• key "
d onald Maobane must have bee
writable mood thin; WI offer a su
recious, whiskey to his servan
nt Mary refused it, and going t
t fire, oyer which a large Miro
sup pended by a great chain,lwa
ii a state of perpetual simme
et rned, ae it were, to the ordinar
s fl her daily life, and made:her
boWl of porridge, with whichian
n ck cake she refresbed hersel
h rlate fatigue.
ntelligent Luath looked on wit
est delight, and kept her dem
ing this New Year's mornin
st. Then, when she had finish
Meal, and changed her we
for dry ones, she took a coupl
u ' sound eep, and then awok
e lied, and went about her ordinar
sehOld duties.
(To be Oontintted.)
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FORTH.
'E-14 the premises former-
cupied y the Bank of Com-
e, and lvnder the Commercial
1, Mai Street.
AND
I LS DISCOUNTED.
is,h and F rAign Exchange
;Purohaseii and Sold.
!BIER
Ilaschased
ey disent o
Issued,
cies of t
1EST
Money to
Whole:
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NORE1
modera
or oth
'SALE Oargs
i
easonable Rates.
, 1
'lateral Seenritiee.
able at par at all
ank of Commerce.
1 .
flowed On Deposits
oan on Mortgages.
Pa
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8
er nd ' Proprietor.
N. BRETT,
SE1,41RTH,
e and Ret *ler in LEATHER and
E IFINDIN 8 cf Every Description.
•ujt the V B st Stock kept. Tenn,
A Trial 8 lie ted. All orders by moil
e prompt y fi led.
B. N. BRETT
REAL EST
TE FOR SALE.
pROPERTY FOR
-*- term, that de
Street owned by Mr
J. 8. PORTER,I3dafo
T...1 OUSE AND LO
JL Cheap, a house
John and Sperling 8
the lot. Andy to E,
VOR SALE,—For
Mill, nearly new
situated in the non
Will be sold cheap.
8ECORD,COSSEN8
SALE—For Sale, on easy
hable residence on James
George Dent. zicstairet of
• 681
FOR SALE For Si—a—le
and one lot on the corner of
refs; there is a stable on
RIEVE, tleatorth. 696
I --
ale a firth class Planing
nd in good ranniing (alder,
hing Town oft Seaforth,
Terms easy. nquire of
CO., Goderieh, nt. •
TOWN LOTS FOR ALE—of R
or Sale a4sixwaapyleniandidd
"IL building lots on t ecorner
Jervis . Conveniently and p eas-
antlyhsreiteattel" Sdte:t °tebret building sites in t wn.
Will be sold cheap, either in ono block q sepa te. I
ly. Terms liberal. Apply at TIIE -SXPOS Ton
Orrfti,ciev, LS ettaNforstiTi . 1 6 7
4N D
OR SALE—For Sale, that
, i
-1- well-known Taxer* Stand, known a the Clyde
Hotel, situate t Blue ale station, on be Bench -
ere Extensionclf the Wellington,Grcy find Bruce
Railway; wiItLe sold cheap and 'ou ealloy terns;
apply 'to JAM 'S H NDERSON, Bl evale post
office, or personally on1 the premisee. 698 2
F
VARM FOR SALE—jBeing West hall of Lot 35,
Concessiou 1, M -"Roo, oontainin4 50 ,atires.
Is situated on the uron Road, Mc
miles west of Seafortl . This is one cf the best
arm s in the (Monty. t is all cleared, w 11 fenced
and drained. also g.id buildings an splendid
orchaid. Terms eas . For further articnars
app vto the proprietor on the premi s. T. E.
DE NIE. 6
FEM FOB SALE Weat half of L46, ay-
-a: fit ld Road Noi tie Stanley, County of Ha on,
containing 100 acme ; firet-elase soil, b ickhotse,
fra 0 barna-very uperior orchard and g od
fruit 30 acres of fal, wheat ; large qsxititY of
cedtrit rear of lot ; near Fchool, c mole Ind
m a -let ; grist el oad. For term apply to
JO N PA( K. Pr prie or, on the prem'ses. or to ;
J04N ESSON, B yfiel . 692-.10
R SALE 011 rO ILEAt4E.—For Rale o7r; to
-1- Lease in the 'liege of Chiselhurst, a first-
class Blacksmith land. There is a blacksmith
shoji and wood 'ph p. also a dwelling house and
one acre of land. There is a good orch rd on the
premises of all kinds 41 (ruin It wil1 be Bold
cheep or lease f r a number 4.1 years.
A full set of tools wil1 go with the ehor. ApPly
to WM. MOORE, Hensall. 696x4
-FARM FOR SA .E-
11, Hibberr, e nta
are veered, untie drai
first-class state c
timbered with hart wo
fraMe tarn andlst ble ;
a yclung orchard ; it is
from Seafte th, ani 21
tbc partimlars a ply
preruiree, or if by ette
THCiMAS OLIVE .
3eing Lot 26, Concession
mg 100 acres, 8C of which
ed, well fenced and in a
tivation ; the oalaneelig
; there is a frame hon4e,
plenty of good 'water ana
6 inile from 1ens.J1,110
rom Cromarty. For f r -
o the propriethr on t e
ti Ciomarty poet ail
691x12
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE — For Sa e,
Opal 0esiiable1proet ity on North Main Stre t,
formerly owned and o npied by the le te Jam s
Sp aiding ; there is a fr me house containing s's
rooms i-nd kitchee, wi h pantry, bedroom a d
w oitidehed ; a good c Ear, also hard, and soft
water there is one at r of land with a fk-ontage f
t1 rods ; thei e is a goo4 yonrg bearing orchard;
it hi one of (le meet dlth& le proneit es in Bes-
fort in Apply to JAME SPARLING, ' Blyth,
JOHN S. WA.LSH or A. TRONG, Seaferth. 6,
FA" -FOR SALE—F r Sale, Lot 3,Clononision
3, Mullett, containing 100 acres, !about 85
acres cleared, free of stumps, underdrained and
well fenced ; the wood land is well timbered with
hardwood ; there ere 88 acres of fall wheat and
16 acres Feed( d to clove ; a good brick house and
kitchen, and first-class ; frame barbs sbnd other'
outhni1( in gs ;1there are 1 two acres un er yoni*
tthin 4 miles of; Seafort ,
rile of School; the ri
For further p rticular
to MRS. C. ,CARTE
692
beam g fruit trees; is w
6 of Clinton, and half a
rune through the farm.
apply on the premises
Seaforth.
pAttm FOR SALE.—F r sale the we t half o
-1- tot 7, on the 6th Con easier) of Tu kersmit
H. R. S., containing 50 acres of choice land ; b
the place is a frame b rn nearly new, a you
bearing °reliant; good well and pump; 8 acres()
fall ;Wheat sowri, about 8 acres of bush; is with;
4/ miles from 'the town of Seaforth n a g
gravb1 road. This is one o thebestprope iesin t
township, and will be sold cheap. Fdr fn:the
particualrs apply to the proprietor, on th
prenaises, or if by letter'. Seaforth P. P. GEO
MONK. 671x4.t f
I AIM FOR SALE—T e mirth half pf Lot 26,
- Lot 27. arid the east half of Lot 28, Conces-
sion 4, L. R. S, Tnekere Rh ; 200 acre. for sale
in one parcel, ;or two of 1150 acies and 50 acre
respectively ; fir8t-clas nildii g, good fenceg,
and Orchard; the land is n a good si at of culti
vatidn, is web Satered anld is well sit n ted as to
roadn do. Any person w9nting a good arm, in a
good locality, will do welbto look at th4s one lie-
f ore "iti b g elsewhere. Fez. particulars rid terms
apply to JAMES LAWRENCE & BRO HER on
the premia, Or to MESSRS. MeCAU BEY tit
HOL STED, Barristers Seaforth. 672
10 R PERTY FOR 8—For Sale C eap, the
-I- roper y in MCKillop elonglug to lr. Colin
Gorden; there are two and a half ftcreI3l of land,
with a comfortable frame ouse and stalile, also a
your g orchaid of bharing liuit trees; t 's prop4
erty is beaut fully situattid on the ba4k of th
Maitland River, and is w thin two mil and fel
half ot Sear rth, on a good gravel road; it is ad-
mit ably adapted for a retir d farmer or any person)
desirit g a comfortable ad pleasant ome ; it
will be sold chtap, Ss the proprietor wan s to get
more ldnd. Apnly on the renises or if by letter
to Seaforth P. 0. COLIN GORDON. 69634
( siORNER LOT-FOkI SAL OR TO REN— Being
v•-/ the West half Of Lot 10, concession 2, town-
ship of McKi.110„, oOntaini g 50 acres, n arly all
cleared and in a splendid state ef lvation ;
well watered, 7 Ores under fall wheat and 15
acres plowed; good farm house andi stable,
good well and bearing or hard, conve 'ent to
Roman Catholic Church aid school; wi hin half
a mile of Huron gravel road, 4 miles of lclortb
and 3 of Dublin; this is on p of the prettiest 50
acrefarms in the township For terms,tto. ap-
ply on the premises, to P. NNELLY, eaforth
P. 0., or to A. D. KENN DLLY, Ltickn w Post
Office. 675
FARM. FOR SLE—Son h half of Lot 26, Con-
cession 6. Morris, co taining 100 acres of
choice clay loap land ; 5 cleared, 70 clear of
stumps, and ba l nee good hardwood ; 20 acres of
0 acres
ned and
orchard
40x6O
fall wheat and 1 acres of ;all plowing;
under grass; the whole is ell tinderdra
fenced and well atered; a good bearing
of choice fruit ; tere is a frame bank ba
stables below,and other outbuildings ; fra ehonse
and woods' ed, and hard and soft water ; thefsres
is wellsituated as to markets, being only 2 miles
from Brussels, on the Great Western Railway,
and 16 from Seaorth, on the Grand Trunk Rall -
way; possession4 at once, For further particulars
apply to B. BRO FOOT, on the premiss, or to
C. R. COOPER, land Agent, Brusels. 1 791
-LARGE FARM FOR SALE—For Sala, Lot 3
and east half of Lot 4, Concession 18, ffullett,
containing 225 acres ; 190 ,acres clear° , under -
drained, and nearly clear from stumps ; the bal-
ance is heavily timbered with beech, ma le, elm
and basswcod ; there are 60 acres in fall wheat
and 60 awes in grass ; thel land is of the best
quality, being a rich clay loani; this farm lays a
little rothng, but not hilly; a never tailing spring
creek runs through tbe barn yard; this itt a first-
class grain or dairy fann ; there are 6 acres of a
young orchard, with apples, pears, i eacheg,
plums and cherries, just beginning to bar; the
buildings are large and commodious ; th re is a
large bank barn 58x60, and is nearly n w; the
driving house and stable is 40x60, 'and- is also
new ; the house is a large two storf frai e, with
kitchen and woad shed attached, and goo stone
cellars under the whole buildin, and FS filled
between studding with lime and gravel fr m bot-
tom to top; there is a good school, pos office,
store and blacksMith shop within half aix le ; tho
farm is situg ted 10 mike from Seaforth, 2 from
Clinton, and 6 frn3 Losidesboro ; there isle good
gravtl road from the place to all the abos43 mar-
kets. A god part of the ptuchase money can
remain on reortggc, lonei enough to make it tont
of the place. For particialars apply to TOMA.S
ATKINSON, on the premises, or to Harloek poet
office. 1 688
FOR SALE OR TO LET1
TO LET—Six r oms over A. G. Ault's Grocery
-1- Store, Seaf rth. Suitable for dress ;makers
or private dwelling, vvitb front and rear enrance.
Apply te k. G. AULT, Proprietor. 698
QTOREHOUSE TO RENT.—To rent a good
grain storehOuse on the south side of the
railway track in Seaforth, with two sets of scalea,
trucks and jiggers all complte; possossioh given
immediately. Apply to Scott Brothers, Se iforth.
or to the proprietor, ROBERT SCOTT,, Rox-
boro. 677
TORE TO RE7T—To1 reut a large an
modious store in Whitney's block
Street, Seat:all:On the best business part
town. The store is 60 feet long with a
room 30 feet in length in the rear. Rent
able and posseseion given on 5th Janus
Apply to WHITNEY RItOTIIERS-
SPRiNG-, 188
SPRIG, 1881.
G. 101DOUGALL
Elm
JUST RCEIVED, DIRECT
ETB, OUR ISPRING STOCK OF STAPLE AND FAN
CO.
OM EUROPEAN, CANADIAN AND AMERICAN MARK -
DY GOO
We. n ;ver bad such a Fine Stoe
truthfully it is the F
RI:
S AND MILLINER
to effer to our Cos mere and the Public generally, and we can stat
NEST, LARGEST, CHEAPEST we have yet shown, and
HT IN T7 A UE !
RI fIT IPI QUALITY!
RIGHT _IN
MORTGAGE SAL1L
Of that Magnificent Hotel Propertikuotnts
THE QUEEN'S HOTEI,
IN WPM TOWN OF 8EAFQRTfl lRTut
COUNTY OF IIITRO.
4444.4,4m4.4..nro•
TT NDER and by virtue of the power elms
contained In a certain registered make:7
chit ed the 16th day Of December, A. ix sete*
ma de by one Thomas Stephens and wife
ve nd ors, will be scld by Public Auction hysTaiet
Howson. Esq., Anoioneer, on the premiss.
the said Town of Seaforth, on
THURSDAY APRIL 28 1881 -
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At 1:80 o'clockaPoor.t.:IimMoga,oiandtoehsrideeriterhleeoclihtsotwingorstftertaeeb51:1 3100:
that portion a Lot leumber 2 as marked es -ay .
said plan, deseribtdiii6
the Bouth-iveterly Omer of said Lot natenete
illittliie71081nintkihilee.rfecTIT:lirtvohefll yr:dectisonirtIthnbealePlasepordoeeplbegtheirredt3
thettlth ee 111: Iliac oee r te hne -°8 atr t• eel: tfY 1 ci3lo r ri e r of seaeidntLoriat nponmaitibesott
ofhleo8ser u7vt im' 1 liage:leng idtd. frsrtl:Inntfint itti:s8cgtee nc lit C90 re m e r c i a 1 c n t e m '2 it '
ild
and
dirittz iilt:tn6x86a7rdfeic6i,0f,3anetod risplesenhdigdb,s-witonthett
ment and cellaragel a big is one of the Use
Hotels M the County. The house contain*
1 the latent conveniences and imprevements Inn
able to a first-class hotel There is
DSalso toe* i
EIGN .
1 e'rl°anfedetc.onditibns svill be made knonnse
premises in rear of the hotel good frame
Biz
, time of sale, orl:anHypobresn,asTescoeiiromAtitaoinGrseE,dpoontor.,45117,0ank, ,
-,1 tion. to
_,.
1 MR IAMAEuSctillon°Wer8,°CN'
Iinton, Ont, 644
THE DRE S GOODS DEPARTMENT.
, 'ill show Goods entirely
s tate no other house in the trad
c etping all kinds from thee
THE SILK
AL
of the Best Qualities an
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CHRYSTAL & BLAOke,
erbnt from what can be had generally elsew her, and we fearlessly PRACTICAL
c,an show as many and se great a variety o f DRESS GOODS as we
eap 121 cent Dress Goode to the higher an d iner qualities.
NO SATIN DEPARTirlIENT.
most of the Popular Shades and Prices.
THE MIL 4ERY DEPARTME T.
Millinery Department thigsscason contains all the Novelties in French lowers and Feath-
aments, Silk and Lace Tieg Isnd Real Laces.
WEST DESIGNS inLadicis' Hats and Bonnts, in both Trite' med and Un rimmed.
T is Department is under the 'Management of eus8 MURDOCK, who has
satitlf ction to our elastomers ever tince this department was added to our bumines
r Trimmed French Pattern 13olmete and Hats Imported Direct from F
that ev ry Lady should see. They trel the Choicest Goods of their kind in Cana
limi te quantity are in stock, we s 'eft an early call.
BOILER MAKERS,
fp HE Subscribers have bought the Tools lei
-1- Boiler Business lately carried on by tbefite
erich Foundry and Manufacturing Cosy,
having had an experience of over eight yeasof
that shop, are now prepared to carry on thetiae
M all its bsanchee. •
Any work entrusted to us will receive pees
attention. First-class work gtutranteed.
All kinds of Boilers made and repaire, ale
Smoke Stacks and Sheet Iron Work, do., stele
sonable rates.
New Salt Pans made and old ones repaireSte
the shot. test notice and at prices that tleiya3a.
petition.
CHRYSTAL (36 BLAux,
1
686-52 Box 103, Goilerid.
given such entire
nee, are Novelties
a, and as only a
GLOVE A D HOSIERY DEPAR MENT
T his Department is Complete in en the
make, t popular prices.
SILK PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS, also
THE STAPLE
New Varieties of German, Enghsh and American
Zertilla makes, in great variety.
DEPARTMENT
We show an Immense Stock of NEW PRINTS. We cart
cents to 18 cents per yard.
offer 300 N ew Pa
Gey and White Cottons and ShpeOnge, Dundee and Scotch Shir tinge, Dames
Napkins, Towels and Towelling, Hes an Tieldnge, Dneks, Brown and B lue Denys.
We are Noted for Ow Cheap Stapk Goods; th
they are Cheaper than, Ever.
terns, at from 7
Tablings, Table
HURRAH FOR MA111118A4
All patties going to Manitoba or the NOetlelVid
would do 'well to call at
•
HUGH ROBB'S' MEAT MARK
111AIN-ST SEAFORTE,
Where they can be supplied with all kinall4
Cured Meat g of the B est Quality, and at therein
reasonable prices, such as Clear Bacot, $ent
Cured Pork Hams, Sugar Cured Spica. Ski
Hams, Sugar Cured Breakfast 13aeoin Spiel
Pork ins, Lard, ese. These meats can bete*.
30 PER CENT. OHEAPEII
From Mr. ROBB tb Bpi they can be proOaredi
Manitoba, And cense:penny it will paypartiisk
make their eurchasee before starting. Send
111119e sires d y applied; for supplies, but Meres
3
o abundance foralL
HUGH ROBB, Seaforth,
GG EPORIUM,
,..._
THE Subscriber heteby thanks his Masan
-- customers (merchants and others) fertile
iberal patronage durin• the put 7 yeeriseel
opes by strict integrity and close attentitaif
nsiness to merit their confidence and litatkit
he future. Having greatlj enlarged his pi.
ses during the winterhe is now prepared tkek
THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE •
or any quantity of God Fresh Eggs, Miura
is Spring t the Egg Emporium,
MAIN STREP, snAoitE, -
Wanted by the subcriber, 25 tons of geedin
lean wheat straw.
1 D. D. WILSON
Thanking you for past fa-vore, we solicit an early call when buying.
A. G.
McDOUGALL & Co.
-1
tHE ZURICH CARRIAGE FACTOR
Seaforth. HESS & HABERER
II AVE always on hand, and make toOrdei
• s
Waon, Sleighs, Carriageo,Bot
item, Cutter, and every other &Anions tlin
THE TAIL() R 1 N G DPARTMENT
T hey personally stiperintend their own ted,
etas, and can guarantee
sea rpassed by the large city establishment..
od -article both*
material and workman=
For Style and Finish. their work cannot
Repairing promptly attended to. Give res
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totniqaulsalintdybsendeoptiriviceene. d that we tan satisfy yen*
Mr. Hese is well known to the publieilissillf
ben in buainese In Zurich for over 12 yes1.
606 HESS it 1ABE4ES.
THE RIGHT SIDE LA
EST JOHN WILLIAMS, KINBIIRN•
Since the purchase of the Estate of HALLY de ANDERSON, we have made
the Stock, of the Newest and Most Fashilsnable Goods in the Mark et, IMPORTED D RECT.
go Additions to
•
OUR STOCK CONSISTS OF THE
English, French, Scotch and Canadian Tweed& These Goo ds have been aelected wit
be relied on as the most fashionable shades and correct fabrics.
SCOTCH SUITINGS.
In Scotch Suitings we have a Large Stock and Select Styles. at reasonably lo figures.
CANADIAN TWEEDS. CANADIAN TW EDS.
1 I
In our Canadian Department will
which defy conapetition.
HT* AND CAIPS.
Arrived this; week, the Latest Goods in the American and English Markets in Me
C hildre's. The Magnitnde of the Steel and the 'Variety of the Styles must be se
I I
GENTS' FURNISHINGS.
fl AVING secured the -services of Mr.insil
L Stinson, who is well known in this Vicivill
ag a first-eles Horse-shoer, and as a game
are, and may workman second to no man in the County,*
tkerefore feel cond.ent in being able te fifit
entire eatiefaction in all kinds of work, and ie
shoe all kinds of feet in the bestposeiblenram
•IBuggie, Carriages. Waggons, Sleighs,, Oet•
ters, Lend Rollers, Plows and Harrows kept el
hend and made to order on short notice.
•Prices as low as those of any other shop.
A call solicited and satisfaction guaranted&
no pay demanded.
696 JOIIN WILLIMS.
MTTSIC_
PIANO AND ORGAN
fonnd full ranges of Coarse, Medium anId Fine Goods,
a
appreciated.
RS. C. M. DUNLOP Teaches Music in an
its branches; Musical Science and Hares)*
specialty; advanced pupils taught to suite
music from sound, thns enabling composer t*
wtite their own compositiom3; careful atteptice
given to youngIeginners ; also the most apOrive
Ed vocal training for etrergthening and de$91P
trig the voice given when -desired without int*
charge. Use of instrument for practice; chrs*
'81 Youths!? and ditdreeraastteOf MilatinsidSentreeeet,ofineafGoreoth.rge Streetia51:13314
n to be !ally
ANCHOR. LINE
A La rge Assortment of White and Colored Shirts, collar attac hed and detached, from 75 cents np.
The Late at Styles in Neck Ties, Collars and COB.
The Cutting Department will be un4er the
Management of T. K. Anderson.
VNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS Safi -
‘e' Every Saturday from NEW YORK all
GllASGOW (via Londonderry) and 1,000s
Ditect.
TICKETS f or Liverpool, Londonderry 011`
now, and all parts of Europe. Fares eta)*
anY other firt-elms line.
Prepaid Passage Certificates issued to penwri
winhing to bring out their friends.
The Passenger accommodation of Anchor IA*
Steamers are unsurpassed for elegance end cose
fort. Apply to
S. DICKSON
598 Av the Post Dflice,Beafteb
MORE HORSES WANTED,
Ma
certain.
We Tuavite t be Patronage of the Public, and asstue all that nothing on our part svi I b e wanting
to merit their patronage. ; GROSSMAN &'
WILL be at SHARP'S HOTEL, SEAFORPL
of the
store
ea .
**I every Saturday, for the purpose of buying
(518981•
7 A. G. McDOUGALL & Co., eaforth.Heevy Draught _Horses from 8 to '7 years oldi
1 688 GROSSMAN it SHARI'
- - ,
APRIL 22,
ramekin forget th
litist we went out
A/171Kit 416Wil on the
Ase kept -012 hours
He twisted up my ati,
knIfoldedit toge
Ale eaidlie thought
Twits -cnine kind
The sun west down
Jesisr seemed tin
An' mother she beg
“Isweeyl oh, Le
Aif then Jositr Bpo
as I wasInst as
An, said, 41•POTreeY-I
0/ 128 two everparf
Lt kind ci1 toek nieloy
j
An' yet I knew 'tw
FA bearn it all the I
Jai every -wild bee'
ra studied ont the
But law 1 I nouldn
I meant tp hide xny
But seems as if
An' lnoltin' down III
Benrast a seen th
z' ever since that
An' worshipped m
Ga,ie
A wotby of a
d0 one dark nig
from "barrel fever,"
•pump and then. to
After getting up and
118 beet he could, he
tothe left and then t
object, brandished la'
ingly exclaimed, 414i
stick, my wee sonni
tak it oot o'ye I"
• —True philanthro
had been reading in t
Man whO died, leav
attractive widow, t-
his entire Wealth. 44
Can trne philanthro
ed, removing her spec
at her husband as if
contradicted. "Why
sked. "Because,"
his property in such.
other man will be se
—Last December
residing in the west
had oecasion to see
evening away in a‘cab
ing from his home he
on the door steps. P-
his pocket, smiling, s
man, "Jo you -come
"Yes, sir." “And th
“Yes sir," "And 4
at night 7" 'Yes, s.
man, eagerly expec
box. 44h, then, it m
that broke my bell."
—To Irishmen On
a very -dusty road,
mune were foot -sore a
hunger.. “And how
next -town? -0116 of t
is about ten miles"
Now ten Irish miles a
hours' tramp is no
template. Pat, howe
ged his shoulder,
pipe attd lit it, sayin
on, my boy; it's onl
that's but five miles
of us." Andon they
—Tonal; — "1 a
Alister Dhu, that yo
efter a heathen god,
long to ta Free Kirk,
"Take you care, Tona
spoke, for it wass not
wass said 'davit this M
,--“Chwhy 1 Ton't ye
piter, and Chupiter is
and nothing else tair01
“Maybe so he is to, bri
of ta sort whatiffer, for
so because he WWI ettl
tog neffer we.se, again
and nonkfter any held
or stone forby, Sty
Tonal Roy ?"
The -alive Le
He was attached. t
hitched to a post in In
hall, and after giving h
elear off the snow, he
"Yes, Pm -one of -ti
We warm enough to-il
in a ocauittgait shiver ei
set in. -Just you take
ing down to your shir
rigors of winter and s4.
feel over it."
"But why did they <
-"Tinder the idea thy
faster, ;and because
lazy to .care for me NO*
He didn't care for my
hut looked entirely at
"And do you trot an
-Not a bit. Can a
faeter than a WaX121_ 0,
and sore, my nose it:i
weak, and I have still;
complaint.'
"In what 7"
"Come over on the
noon and see how 1 *
gave me fair gait.
work and puts weight,
Xe, bits my head up,*
to -do what Nature c<
.ioe a fast horse. Te'
an awkward gait, the
neck aohe, and the -col
my blood from circuli
-Wen ?"
I'm:expected to get
pass everything on the
up and down till I'w
then sent -flying to lalik
You've seen me go?
oontse, but when rirk
got to change my gait:
strike a gallop /ny heal
way saa that, my mot
ten to one I get s. doee
hear my driver a -y,
she don't stay down
pieces I"
“That ifet right"
Ilight 1 Why the I
it grievously wrong
est as adollar in three:
cause I eau do this
against horses whiche
better. Not only tha
and ill -sed because
If iny owner was to r
would he fasten hal
the toes of his boots?
knee pads? Would h
palled back on his
then, if be got beaten
mit to a threshing ?
wrong."
yes.”
'And I don't alma
Other horses get a lo
to travel in the snow,
ostruction. My
any allowance for th
expectei to rush to Ur
the plae ;and if a fa
inc. tIOWIL cornea the
er growls: 'Take tha
sell you for a tent
"And what can You,
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