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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-08-26, Page 2LOST. The 25th of May, 1866, was no doubt to may a quite indifferent date, but to two persons it was the saddest day of • their lives. Charles Randall that day left Bonn, Germany, to catch the • steamer home to America, and Ida , Werner was left with a mountain of grief on her gentle boom, which must be melted away drop by drop, in tears, before she could breathe freely again. A year before, Randall, hunting for apartments, his last term at the Uni- versity just begun, had seen the an- • nouncement, Zimmer za verrniethen," in the hall below the flat where the Werners lived. Ida atswered his ring, for her father was still at his govern- ment office, and her mother had gone out to the naarket to buy the supper. She would much rather her mother had been at Lome to showi the gentleman the rooms; but kn wing that they could not afford to los a chance, to rent them, she plucked u courage, and, • candle in hand, show d him through the suite. When he came next day with his baggage he learned for the first time what manner of apartments he had engaged; for although he had pro- tracted the investigation the previous evening to the furthest corner, and had been most exacting as to explanations, • he had really reuted the rooms entire- ly on account of a ,certain light in which a tet of Madouria features, in au- burn hair, had shown at the first open - kg of the door. A year had passed Once this, and a week ago a letter froth homelhad stat- ed that his father, indignant at his un- essplained stay six months beyond the end of his course, had sent him one last remittance, barely sufficient for a steamer ticket, °with the intimation that if he did not return on a set day he must thenceforth attend to his own ex- chequer. The 25th was the last day on which he could leave Bonn to catch the requisite steamer. Had it been in Noveraber, nature at least would have sympathized; it wee cruel that their autumn time of separation should fall in the spring, when the sky is full of bounteous promise and the earth of blissful trust. Lore is SO improvideat that a part- • , ing a year away is no more feared than death, and a month's end seems dim and distant. Brit a week—a week only —that even to love is short, and the • beginning of the end. The chilling mist that rose from the gulf of separa- tion so near before them, overshadowed all the brief remnant of their path. They were constantly together. But a silence had come upon them. Never had words seemed idler, they had so much to say. They could say nothing that did not mock the weight on their hearts, and seena trivial and impertin- ent because it was exclusive of more important matter. The utmost they could clo was to lay their hearts open toward each other to receive every last • impression of voice'and look, and man- ner, to be reinenabered afterward. At evening they went into.' the minster church, and sitting in the shadows lis- tened to the sweet shrill choir of boys • whose music distilled the honey of sorrow, and as the deep bass organ chords gripped their hearts with the tones that rtn.derlie all weal or woe, they looked in each other's eyes and did for a space feel so near that all the separation that could come after seeth- ed but a trifling thing. It was all 'arranged between them. He was to earn money, or get a position in business, and return in a year or two at most and bring her to America. "Oh," she said once, "if I could but sleep tillithou • congest again to wake me, how blessed I should be; but, alas, I 'must wake all through the desolate time I" Although for the most part she com- forted, him rather than be her, yet at times she gave way, and once suddenly turned to him and hid her face on his breast, and said., trembling with tear - less sobs: "I know I shall never see thee more, Karl. Thou wilt forget me in thy great far land and wilt love, another. • My heart tells me so." , And then she raised her head and her streaming eyes blazed with anger. "1 will hover about thee, and' if thou lovest another I will kill her as she sleeps by thy sae." And the woman must have loved him ranch., who, after Beeing that look of hers, would have married him. But a moment after she was listening with abject ear to his promises. The day carne at last. He was to leave a three o'clock. ,After the noon- tide in al Ida's mother sat with them, and th y talked a little about America, Fran Werner exerting herself to give a cheerful tone to the conversation, and Randall answering her questions ab- sently alnd without taking his eyes off Ida, whlo felt herself beginning to be seized with a nervous trembling. At last Fran Werner rose and silently left the row , looking back at them as she closed the door with eyes full of tears. Then a if by a common impulse they rose an pat their arms about, each other's iecks, and their lips met in a long, liuddering kis. The breath came quieker and quicker; sobs broke the kisses; tears poured down and , made them • salt ' and bitter a parting kiesea should be in which Vireetness is mockery. Hither- to they ad controlled their feelings, or rather he had controlled him; but it was no use any longer, for the time had core, and they abandoned them- selves to the terrible voluptuousness of uneestri.ined grief, in which there is a , strange meaningless suggestion of pow- er, as t ough it might° possibly be a force th t could affect ' or remove its own cause if but wild and strong enough. "Her Randall, the carriage waits and you will lose the train," said Frau Werner from the door, in a husky voice. "I wi I not go, by God !" he swore, as he felt her clasp convulsively strengthen at the summons. The les- ser must yield to the greater, and no loss or gain on earth was worth the grief upon her face. His father might disinherit hirn ; America might sink, but she i must smile again. And she • did—brave, true girl and lover. The devotion his resolute words proved was like a atrong nervine to restore her self- centrol. She snailed as well as her trembling lips would let her, and said, as she loosed him from her arms: "No, thou must go, Karl. But thou wilt return, nicht wah,r ?" I would not ventureto say how many times he rushed to the door, and glan- cing back at her as shestood there de- solate, followed his glance °nee more to 1 her aide. Finally, Frau Werner le him as one dazed to the earriage, an the impatient driver dro e off at fu speed.. • • It is seven years later and Randa • ie pacing the deck of an • San steame outward bound, from Ne» ork. It is the evening of the first d out. He e and there paSeeegers are Ipmg ov r the bulwarks pensively circling t sinking sun as it sets for he first ti e between them and their ative land, e may be taking in with ad faces t te wonders of the deep, whi(h. has haunt a their inaaginations from ehildhoi. Others are already busil striking p acquaintances with fells -passenge and a bridal pair over yo • dr sit thri ing with the sense of is.ol tion from t, e world that so emphasize: their mutu 1 dependence and all-irnpo I t nce to ea other. And other group are talki business and referring t money d markets in • New York, Iliondon nd Frankfort as glibly as if tl4ey were on land, much to the se r t shock cf certain raw tourists, who rclarvel at t11i6 insensitiveness of men wilo, thus spee ing between two worlds nil freshly n the presence of the mos august }3, awful form of nature, 4an keep th r minds so steadily fixed upon cashboo s and ledgers. But Randall, as, with the habit f an old voyager, he already falls! o pacing the deck, is too m ici engroese with his own thoughts o pay mild heed to these things. qnly, as he passes a group of Germ ris, and it familiar accents of the wet, home tongue fall on his ear, he pauses a, lingers near. The darkness gather , • the bree freshens, the waves come tumbling o of the est, and the moti of the shi increases as she rears up ards to me t them. The groups on deck are thi ning out fast as the passeugers go b low to enjoy the fearsoire 1 novelty if the first night at sea, an ;to compo themselves to sleep as it 1 were in t1+ • hollow of God's hand. 3ut long iato the night, Randall's ciga still mark his pacing up and down as he ponder, with alternations of te der, hopef I glow and sad, foreboding t e chances df his quest. Will he find h r ? It is necessary to go aok a littl When Randall reached Ala erica on h return from Germany, h: immediately beganeto sow his wild o ts, and gay his whole mind,. to it. A • sweriug Ida letters got to be a bore, a • a he grad ally ceased doing it. Thn came al fe • sad reproaches from her, nd their coi,- respondence ceased. Me awhile, ha ing had his youthful fli g, be settled down as a steady young le an of bust- ness. One day he was s rprised to °la serve that he had of late'alien into Ole habit' of thinking a good deal in a ipenr sive sort of way about Ie a and those „prerrnan days. The notio • occurred tib him that he would hunt pther pictursii, which he hadn't _thous, t - of in ! fivie years. With misty eyes nd croWdinli memories be pored: over i , and a Wayb of regretful, yearning te • derness fine his breast. • Late ate night after long search h found among his papers a bundle of he old letters already growin yellow. B ing exceedingly rusty in h s German, •e had to stedy them out «orci by Wor That night, till the sky grew gray iii the east, heisat there tur ieg the pag of the dictionary with et eyes an glowing face, and selecting defini ioni by the test of the heart. He found th some of these letters he had nev:, b fore taken the pains to ead throng . In the bitterness of his i dignatio e cursed the fool who had t • rown a ay love so loyal and priceles:. All this time he had ben thinki eg cl Ida as if dead, so far ‘o in an•thel world did those days s em. It w with extraordinary effect hat the ide finally flashed upon him t • at she w probably alive and now in the pri le e her beauty. After a periid of fey ris and impassioned excitem nt, he rot a letter full of wild regret and bes ec ing, and an ineffable tend rness. The he waited. After a long 1ime it 4am back from the Germa dead -1 tt office. There was no person of- th name at the address. - he had le Bonn, then. Hastily setting his a1air any on th • in order, he sailed.for Ger next steamer. The incidentof the v yage wee blank in his mind. On a. aching Bon Le went straight from t e static) t the old house in st asse. A h turned into it from the scarcely les familiar streets leading thither, an noted each accustomed land mark h seemed just to have returned to - te from an afternoon lecture at the un versity. In every feature of the ree some memory lurked, an as he p sse threw out delaying tend is, elute in at his heart; Rudely he broke a a hastening on to that hous near th en of the street, in each of "hose qrjain windows lanes framed t e longed-fo face. She was not there, he knew, bu for a while he etood on th other si e o the street, unmindful of tee stare § an jostling of the passers.by, azing at th house -front, and letting himself im gin •from moment to moment that her gur might flit across some wi clow, or ssu from the door, basket, in and, for th eVening marketing, on hich jou ne he had so often accompa • ied her. A length, crossing the street, he inquire for the Werner family. The presen tenants had never heard the namei Perhaps the tenants from whom the, had received the house mi lit be bate informed. Where were they? The had moved to Cologne. e t next wen to the Bonn police -office, nd from th records kept there, in •Iiich prett mach everything about ev te citizen i set down, ascertained that several year •previous Herr •Werner ad diel o apoplexy, and that no one of the ram was now resident in th city. ex day he went to Cologne, h nted up th former tenants of the hous , and foun that they remembered q it distiectl the Werner family, and th death o the father and only breae vnner.i I had left the mother and deughter quit without resources, as • Eindall ha known must probably ha'e been th case. His informants hae beard ha thew nad gone to Dusseldorf., His search had become fever. Afte waiting seven years, a dela. of ten rain utes wae unendurable. The train seemed to creep. And ye., on reachin Cologne, he did riot at oncqi g3 about hi search, but said to himself: "Let me not risk the k 11 ng of m last hope till I have walrntled mysel with it cue more night, fo to-morro there !nay be no more warthtlh in it.' He went to a hotel, or$rld a room and a bottle of wine, and s t over it all r. THE HUROO EXPO ITOR. r ---- night, indulging in the belief that he would find her the next day. He de- nied his imagination nothing, but cisn- jured up before hire mind's eye the love- ly vision of her, fairest hour, complete even to the turn of the neck, the rib- bon in the hair, and the light in he blue eyes. So he would turn into he street. Yes, here was the num1: er. Then he rings the bell. She comes to the door. She regards him a moment indiffeiently. Then amazed recogni tion, love, happiness, transfigure her face. "Ida!" "Karl !" and he clasps her sobbing to his bosom, from which she shall never be sundered agaia. i The result of his search next day waa the discovery that mother and daughten had been at Dusseldorf until about four years previous, where the mother had died of consumption, and the daughter had removed, leaving no ad- dress. The lodgings occupied by them were of a wretched character, shoWing that their circumstances must have. been very natieh reduced. , There was now no further clew 1 to guide his search. It was destined that the last he ,was to know of her should be that she was thrown on the tender mercies of the world,—her last franc gone, her last penny, expended. She was buried out of his sight, not in the peaceful grave, with its tender associations, but buried alive in the iv- ing world; hopelessly hid in the h ge, writhing confusion of humanity. He lingered in the folly of despair ab ut those sordid lodgings in Dusseldorf as one might circle vainly about the s ot in the ocean where some pearl of gr at price had fallen overboard. After a while, he roused again, 4nd began putting advertisements for Ide in the principal newspapers of Germaily, and making random visits to towns all about to tiensult directories and police records. A singular Bort of misanthr py pessessed him. He cursed the mu ti- tude of towns and villages that redn ed the chsnces in his favor to- so srnalj te thing. He cursed the teeming thro gs of nen, women and children, in wh se mase she was lost, as a jewel in, a mountain of rubbish. Had he posses§ed the power, he, would in those daiys, without an instant's hesitation, hive swept the bewildering, obstructing il- lions of Germany out of existence, as the miner washes away the earth to • bring to light the grain of gold in his pan. He must have scanned a million women's faces in that weary seareh, and the bitterness of that million -fold disappointment left its trace in a feeling of aversion for the feminine countenance and figure that he was long in over- coming. , . .Knowing that only by some desperate chance he could hope to meet her in his. random wanderings, it seemed to him that he was more likely to be suc- cessful by resigning as far as possible all volition, and leaving the guidance of the search to chance; as if fortune were best disposed toward those who most en- tirely abdicated intelligence and trusted thernseives to her. He sacredly followed every impulse, never making' up his mind an hour before at what station he should leave the cats, and turning , to the right or left in his wanderiegs through the streets of cities, as much as possible without intellectual choice. Sometimes, waking suddenly in the middle of the night, he would rise, dress with eager hasteeand sallYi out to wander through the dark streets, think- ing he might be led of Providence to meet Ler. And once out, nothing but utter exhaustion could drive him back; for, how could he tell bat in the mo- ment after he had gone, she might pass. He had recourse to every superstition of sortilege, clairvoyance, presentiment, and dreams. And 8,4 the time his •desperation was singularly akin to hope. Ile dared revile no beeming failure, not knowing but just that was the ne- cessary link in the chain of accidents destined to bring him face to face with her. The darkest honif might usher in the sunburst. The poesibility that this was at last the blessed chance lit up his eyes ten thousand tirade as they.fell on some 'new face. But at last he found thimself back in Bonn, with the feverish infatuation of the gancbler which had succeeded hope in his mind, succeeded in turn by utter despair ! His sole occtipation now was revisiting the spots which he had fre- quented with her in that happy year. As one who has lost a princely fertune sits down at length to enumerate the little items of property that happen to be attached to his person, disregarded before but now his all, so Randall counted up like a miser the little store of memories that were thenceforth to be his all. Wonderfully the smallest details of those days came back to him. The very seats they sat in at public places, the shops they entered together, their promenades and the pausing - places on them, revived in memory nn der a concentrated inward gaze like in- visible paintings brought over heat. , One afternoon, after wandering about the city for some hours, he turned into a park to rest. • As he approached his nsual bench, sacred to him because Ida nd he in the old days had often sat here, he was annoyed to see it already °envied by a pleasant -faced, matronly looking German woman, who waa com- placently listening to the chatter of a oouple of small children. Randall threw himself upon the unoccupied end of the bench, rather hoping that his gloomy and preoccupied air might Cause them to depart and leave him to his melancholy reverie. And, indeed, it was not long before the children stopped their play -and gathered timid- ly about their mother, and soon after the bench tilted slightly as she relieved it of her aubstantial charms, saying in , a cheery,. pleasant voiCe : I "Come, little ones, the father will be at home before us." It was a secluded part of the garden, and the plentiful color left her cheeks as the odd gentleman at the other end f the bench turned with a great start (Continued on 3rd page.) • Zopes.a. See to it. Zopesa, from Brazil, will lure the worst case of Dyspepsia. A ingle dose will relieve in a degree that hows its wonderful curative powers, nd its peculiar action upon the Stom- ch and Digestive Organs. It is. a posi- tive and absolute cure for Costiveness and Constipation, acting in a remark- able way upon the system, carrying off . ienpurities. As a liver regulator its ac - ions are most remarkable. It tones nd stimulates the liver to action, it orrects the acids and regulates the bowels. A few doses will surprise you. Sample bottles 10 cents. 679.a REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. RbPERTY FOR SALE—For Sale, on easy terms, that desirable reeidence on James Street owned by ?dr. George Dent. Enquire of J. S. PORTER, Seaforth. ' -• 681 -- r FOR SALE.—For Sale a first class Planing M$11 nearly new and in good running order, situ ted in the flouriehing -Town of Seaforth, W111131)0. sold oheap. Terms easy. Enquire of BEC RD, COHENS & 00.,Goderieh, Ont. TT 011SE AND LOT FOR 13/114E — For Sale, "1"/L that desirable property on North Main Street, formerly owned and oecupied by the late James Sp arling • there ia a frame house contaioing six rooms find kitchen, with pantry, bedroom and W oodshed ; a good collar, also hard and Boit water ; there ii one acre of land with a frontage of 84 ods;ithere is a good young bearing orchard; it ia. one of the moot desirable properties in Sea - fort . Apply to JAMES SPARLING, Blyth, or JOBN S. WALSH or A. STRONG, Seaforth. 694 VIM FOR SALE.—For sale the weat half of a: ot 7, on the 6th Concession of Tuckersmith, H. i. S., containing 60 acres of choice land; on the place is a frame barn nearly new, a young boa ing orchard; good well and pump; 18 acres of fall lwheat,sown, about 8 acres of bush; is within 44 Miles from the town of Seaforth on a good graVel road. This is one of the best propertiesin the township, and will be sold cheap. For fuether p articualrs apply to the proprietor, on the preriiscs, or if by letter to Seaforth P. 0. GEO. MONK: 674x4.t 1. pARM. FOR SALE—For Sale, Lot No. 1, Con- cession 10, Hullett, containing 60 acres, about 40 of which are cleered, under -drained, free from sturepa, well fenced and in every respect in first- class order. The balance is well timbered,having lots cl splendid fencing timber. 1 here is a good log house and log barn, an orchard just commenc- ing to bear, and a good spring well. The farm is within eight miles bf Seato: th, near a good gravel road, and'Convenient to churches, schools and post office. Will be sold cheap. Apply to the propiietorktm the premises or to Constance P. 0. WALTtR CA.MPBELL. 704 p.itia:cm FOR SALE—The northhalf of Lot 26, Lot 27, and tbe east half of Lot 28, Conces- sion 4, L. E. S., Tuakersmith ; 200 acres for sale in one parcel, or two of 150 acres and 50 acres respectively ; first-class baildinge, good knees, and [orchard; the land is in a good state of culti- vatiOn, is well watered, and is well situated as to roade, &e. Any person wanting a good farm, in a gooC. locality, will do well to look at this one be - ore buy ing elsewhere. For particulars and terme apply to JAMES LAWRENCE & BROTHER on the premisee, or to MESSRS. McCAUGURY & HOLMRSTED, Barristers,Seaforth. 672 VARM FOR SALE—For t- ale Cheap, a» the Proprieior is goirg to Dakota, south half of Lot 1, Copeessiun 13, Hullett, containing 75 a cree, all clean d aed in a good state of cul:iva- F tion being nearly flee from stumps, underdrain- 1 e d and well fenced; there is a good log house, first- class frame barn and other necessary out- buildings; a good bearing orchard and plenty of water ; it is ten miles from Seafoith, on a good g ravel road, ond convenient to school, churchand p os t office; the land is cqual to any in Ontario. Also the south part of the south half of Lot 1, Coneessien'Hullett, coutaining 26 acres, all we k timbered. These two places will be sold • seporatel-y or. togetber. Ay_ply on the premises or to liar -lock P. 0. WILLIAM SMITH, Proprie- tor. •704 VARM FOR SALE—Lot No 7, in the 4th Con- ' cession, H. R. S., of Tuckersmith, 100 acres, the estate of the late James Chesney; 90 acres cleared and tinder �ultiat,ion, balance timbered with beech maple elm &c. Good brick house 14 storeys high, 26 by] 36. Frame bare and cow etable on stone foundation, also frame stable, and goed orchard. The lot is At ell watered, well fenced and is in a good state of cultivation. For particulars apply on the premieee, or to the un- dersigned. McCAUG-HEY & HOLMESTED, Solieitors. Seafoi th. 710-1 Q PLENDID FARM LN McKILLOP FOR SALE. Lot No, 34, Concession 14, Id cHillop, contain- ing 55 acres, 50 acres of which aro cleared and under cultivation, tho balance is well timbered. There is a large frame barn, stable, sheds and good log honee, also a youna°bearing orchard. The farm is well fenced, free from stumps and underdrained,- with a newer failing spring creek running through it. It is 'within 3 miles of Walton; 7 from Blyth and the same from Brus- sels, and 11 from Seafoxtb, with a gravel road running to each plate. It is an excellent farm and 'will be sold cheap, as the proprietor is going to Dakota. The adjoining 60 acres can also be bought reasonable. Apply on the premises to the proprietor or to Walton P. 0. EDWARD RYAN, Walton P. O. 712 _ (1.00D FARM IN MORRIS FOR SALE CHEAP. v -A —For Sale, the South east half of Lot 29, Concession 9, Morrie, containing 50 acres, the wh le of which is cleared, well fenced, free from stu$ips, under -drained and in a splendid state of cultivation. It is without exception one of the best lots in the township. There is a good, log house and frame barn, stable and outbuildings. Thore is a good bearing orchard and a never fail- ing spring well, and plenty of water for stock. It is within , a mile of Walton tqllage, where are stores, blacksmithe and all other conveniences, and the school and elmethde are within half a mile. There is a choiceof markets, as Blyth is within 6 miles, Brussels 5, and Seaforth 10, with a good gravel road leading to each place. It will b e sold cheap as the proprietor intends going to the States. Apply on the premises or it by letter to Walton P. 0. D. COLEMAN. 613x4 -t 1 FARM FOR SALE—Splendid farm for sale by Public Auction, Also Farm Stock and Implements. Mr E..Rossenberry has been in-, structed by the undersigned administrators to sell by Public Auction on the premises on Satur- day, Ostober 1st 1881, commencing at 1 o'clock shax p, the following farm, farm stock and imple- ments: The farm is composed of the north 30 acres of Lot No. 21; and the south 35 acres of Lot , No. 28, in the 12th Concession of the Township of Hay, and 8 acres'niore or less, being the south west corner of Lot,28, in the llth Conceesiou of the Said township, the whole making 73 acres and all iri one block. There is.a good orchard, good. bank barn, plenty o spring water and good hard- ' is situated within miles of Zulich and i of- a , wood timber. The land is of the best quality. It , mile of the village Of Blake. Terms --Ten per cent of the purchase money to be paid on day of sale. For balance terms will be made known on the day of sale. Farm Stock—The farm Stock consists of two cows, 7 sheep, 1 plow, 1 ging plow, 1 set iron harrows) 1 fanning mill, 1 luraber wagen and other articles. Terms—All StIME{ of 85 and under, eash; over that amount 12 months' credit will be given on furnishing ap- proved joint notes. JACOB MEYER, C. BECH- LER, A. L. KULPFER, Administrators. E. B ThSENBERRY, Auctioneer. 712 MONEY. _ ANTED—The sum of $1,000 for three years. Intereet, six per cent. per annum, payable yearly. First.claas seen) ity. For partictilees apply to M. P. HAYES, Seaforth, or to Mc• CAUGHEY & HOLMESTED. 112.tf MONEY.—The undersigned has a large BUM of money for iminediate investment on first m ortgagee on farm property. Seven and a half p er eent. interest yearly; principal as may be agreed upon. T. 11. BENSON, Solicitor, Sea - 633 MONEY—A. G. MoDOUGALL ie authorized to lend money at 64 per cent. on mortgage, for ny amount, and for any number of years; inter- est oharged or 1 v on the unpaid principal. /co commission charged. Apply at the Store of A. G. McDougall & co. 678 sioo out) oo TO LOAN on Security of • Beal Estate for any terma of years not exceeding twenty, at 6 per cent per annu.re ; No Commissions; The 'whole of tho principal money may be repaid at any time on giving six months' notico, or anysum not exceed- ing One-fourth may be paid at the close of each year, withent notice, intereet ceasing from the time of payment 1. Loans effected promptly. OFFICE — Victoria Square, Seaforth. WM. HILL. •700 THE SEAFORTH FRUIT STORE • AND R STAURANT. MAIN STRET, SEAFORTH. jJIRAM DAGON keeps constantly on hand a fall supply of all kinds of SEASONABLE VEGETABLES Fresh and Good. AJeo the Choicest 110171313 PLANTS, Direct from the Gardeners. C 0 OLING DRINKS Of ail kind a on draft, and Confectionery and Nick-Nacks. REMEMBER TH PLACE—Murphy'sRlock, first deor north of Robertson's Hardware Store. 702 IIIRAI/I DAGON. DUNCAN & DUNCAN CONTINUE THEIR GREAT CLEARING SALE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. IMMENSE BARGAINS IN ALL STYLES OF DRESS MATERIALS, FANCY DRESS GOODS FROM 8 CENTS. FINEST VALUE IN BLACK 6SHMERE IN' THE TRADE. A LOT OF NEW PRINTS JUST TO HAND TO ASSORT—NEW PATTERNS, LOW PRICES'. A LARGE LOT WHITE MUSLINS AND P. K. LACE MUSLINS. SWISS CHECK MUSLINS FROM 10 CENTS. The largest Stock of Staple Goods in Cowin consisting of TICKING, - SHIRTING,, SHEETING, • TOWEL% - DENIMS, DUCKS, .GREY AND WHITE QC' TTONS, at the Lowest Prices. A FULL RANGE OF FINE SCOTCH AND CANADTAN TWEEDS AT LOWER PRICES. ORDERED CLOTHINC A SPECIALITY SATISFACTION CUARANTEED. A Lot of Hats and Caps to clear, at a Customers, to Make Room for Fall lice to •Suit Stock. A Full and Well -Assorted Stock of Fresh Groceries to Hand, and the Lowest Ratige of Prices in the Trade. Our Boot and Shoe Stock is T ery complete for the Sea- son, in all Lines of Men's, Women's and Children's. HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR BUTTER AND EGOS. DUNCAN & DUNCAN, IMPORTERS, SEAFORTH. DONT YOU FORGET IT ! BRITANNIA NEEDS NO BULWARKS. NEITHER does the Merchant who conducts his business oin sound principles, viz.: Give the BEST Quality possible, and for the least Money. This is, and has been, our aim all through; hence our great success. See the wonderful TEA TRADE we have established, many wonder what we do with such enormous quantities, and at times we wonder ourselves where it all goes. We sell it, that is certain. Could we thus succeed, in the face of such determined opposition as we daily meet with, unless we gave EXTRA GOOD VALUE? Truly no. The public are alive and must have the beet value going. It is not the low priced Teas pushed by some merchants and pedlars that. are the beet value. No. To get really good Tea you must have it not only with body, but style and flavor, which our Teas at 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 cents per pound in caddies possess.—(We can, of Cburse, -give you good sound Teas for less money—three pounds for 1..) We have often said, and again repeat, we fear no competition. We are ever ready to supply intending purchasers with samples free, and thereby allow comparison. 'Tie deeds, not words, that have placed us the largest Tea Merchants in Seaforth. While giving Teas a large share of our attention, we carry the same sound principles into each and every department of our business, viz.: The best quality possible for the least money. We have one of the Largest and Best Selected Stocks of General Groceries West of Toronto, which, for Quality and Prices, are unexcelled. In SUGARS we avoid all low-priced goods, believing them to be neither economical nor beneficial to the purchaser; therefore, we cannot offer you 14 pounds to the dollar. OUR CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE DEPARTMENT Is worthy of inspection, as we can show you goods not usually kept outside of the cities. We now hold a fine assortment of DINNER SETS, TEA SETS and BEDROOM SETS, imported for us direct from the. Montifacturers, which we are selling at 20 per cent. less than you can buy the same goods for in the cities. Give us a call, and look through our mammoth establishment under the clock and opposite JOHN CHINAMAN. LAIDLAW & FAIRLEY, Main Street, Seaforth. 4 THE -GROCERY STORE, NEXT DOOR TO TRE POST OFFICE. PURE GROUND WHITE PEPPER, PURE GROUND BLACK PEPPER, PURE GROUND RED PEPPER, PURE GROUND CASSIA, PURE GROUND CLOVES, PURE GROUND MACE, PURE GROUND JAMAICA GINGER0 PURE GROUND, MIXED -SPICES. Wurranted Pure and Free From Any Adulterati,ons. CHOICE CIDER VINEGAR AND FINE PICKLING VINEGARS. OUR COFFEES GROUND ON THE PREMISES ARE FOR FLAVOR AND BODY. UNSURPASSED A NOTHEft CONSIGNMENT OF THOSE FINE TEAS AT 80c AND 05c. VERY FINE TEAS AT 50c PER POUND. D. D. ROSE, GROCER; SEAFORTR. -A-UGUST 26, 1881. • THE J WELRY EMPORIUM --or-- SEAPO TH AND SURROUNA (NG COUNTRY. M. R. COUNTER MAI4AGER AND PRoPRIETOR. THIS IS THE PLACE To Good and Reliable Good GOLD 1/VATCHES., SILVER WATCHES, SI LVERPLATED WARE, JEWELRY, - CLOCKS, &C., 8Lo... y Stockt which is very choice and eomplete Call' and t .emine for yourselves. ooNo trouble te show a. All Goods sold on their OWii merits and warranted as represented. Hayirg blade arrangements witha First -Claes Manufactuiring House, I can ED all orders fo any Special Piece of Jewelry on the Shortee; Notice. Personal Attention- given to the Re- pairing of Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry. .Fine Watches always a Speciay. All Wor Warranted to give Satisfaction. CaBshIrELEaidmERTB Old GolESTAND—Tree d andSilvDe—r.Tree of silver. P lated Wale in the Window, and directly oppo- site J 8. Floater's Cheap Cash Furniture -Store. Bit R. COUNTER„ Seaforth. BANKING HOUSE. SEAFORTH. oFFic 4/ ()cc merce, Rotel, '—In the premises pied by the Bank if Com - and iincler the •Commerci4 Main Street. NOTES AND BILLS DISCOUNTED. English and Foreiwa. Exchange Purchased an1Solct. FARMIERWSALE[NOTES Punkhased at Reasonable Bates. Money 4nt on Collateral Securities, Drafts Is tied., payable at par at all Branches of the Bank of Commerce. INTER-111ST Allowed on Deposits lito; to Loan en Mortgages. 1 -1A. -Y -MS er roid Proprietor. ON EXHIBITION] The Granil Planetory Wonder which causes so much excit relent is yet visible to the gazing mil- lions, and fbe 26th of June having onme and gone with every respect of several anniversaries Of this eventful time, the well known firm of VVH ITNI EY BROTHERS, Stove nd Tinware Merchants, M Al N S TRE ET, 5EAFORTH, Reepectful' Solicit the Inspection and Patronage of the Pub1c of Seaforth and vicinity, to their splendidstock of STOVES, &e. Don't pass the sigia of THE BIG COFFEEPOT] Yon can aee as the sign of the big Coffee Pot, that WHITNEY BROS. keen stoves, and "what not Why i Harvest Toole, Binding Mitts, and all kinds of Tinware, as Cheap andas-Good as -any store elsewhere. Some thilik 'tis not trete, but only a 'rhyme. But come, inspect eur Stoves; 't'wont take ranch time. We Will Sell Just as Cheap as We Possibly Can From a Fine Polished StoVe to a Birdcage orCen. Please enquio for WHITNEY BROTHERS', MIN -ST., SEAFORTH. THE SEAFORTH INSURAN CE AGENCY. W IT--v%T.A:rsolv MAIN -ST., NORTH, SRAFORTH, GENERkri FIRE, MarinejLife and Accident Irian nee Agent, Conveyancer, &e. Risks on all kind of property effected at lowest cur- rent rates. Loases adjristed prompaY and Batts- factorily. one but first -clues reliable Com- panies rep sented. Exceptionally low rates es all classes f feerm property. Only 50 cents to 0$felpaelrt, els6t fbolirsthhi6deefoyrr40 eaorveeinthyeearGshefol or.eDistfriet. lowing COm allies represented: British American, of Toronto, Scottish Imperial, of Glasgow, Scotland, Northern, of London, England, Gore District, of 0 -alt, Ontario, Canada Fire and Marine, of Hamilton, Opts Royal Canadian, of Montreal, P. Quebec, of Quebee, P. Q., Alliance, of Hamilton, Ontario, _Trellers (Life and Accident), of Hartford, Conn., Toront4 Life, of Toronto, Ontario-. I AM ALSO -AGENT FOR THE CANADA PERMANENT LOAN /041) SAMS COMPANY. Money adivancedcn Real Estate at and 6i per cent. 13qL annum. JILSO AGENT FOR THE STATE ONE STEAMSHIP C0.1, Sailing froni all points hi or New Yo $60 to $110 —return - rope shoul tin doubtedl ship Comps W M Main OFFICE the M New 'York City every TharsdaY,10 Europe, Tiekets issued from blue k, to suit purchaser. Firet Cib return. Second Cabin, 840 to $75 teerage, $26. Parties going to Dr try the STATE LINE, as it48 one of the Hest and Safest Steam- iest nailing from New York. N. WATSON) treet, SEaFORTII, Ontario. )Campbell's Bleat MPOlii. nsloa Hotel. riled he uts- xa° time.!3- viwisa 10°31 -ea spas of notroul came =larked were of about b twice 2.13 df dress was like ture itave be As 121&Y girlish 0122f0 mantic evening shouidn the Ilia mind fo mentId spoils a Heb' and -was Wu Pee lady se hie -eye Goal t ile st tal para tbinki- tense e ly been the Mid 43-0i011811 thing. ja4 a filamet t for Ida before le' unattac ralgie f as if to there. 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