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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-09-02, Page 22 ammues MARCIA'S FORTUNE. The old Wentworth house stood at the top of the hill, close to the main road, although acres and acres of farm land stretched away behind it and at either side. It would have unconscious- ly reminded a thoughtful observer of one of those eccentric and etately old gentlerrien who insisted upon wearing knee -breeches fifty years altar they had passed out of fashion, it was so old and so quaint and had such a pitiful look of by -gone prosperity about it. There i were cu ions carvings over the doors and windows and along the cornice un- der the roof; the sash of the ancient bow window was filled with bull's-eye panes of glass, very thick and very green, and the ponderous brass knocker on the front door would have been. a prize for a relic hunter. Two lilac bushes on either side of the door had grown so tall that their branches met over it, forming an arch -way. A Vir- ginia creeper grew with such luxuriance that it nearly covered the front of the house, while a scarlet runner clambered over and through it at will, throwing out here and there bright bits of ,color in the deep green. It twined about two dormer -windows that seemed to be looking out into the world with a sur- prised sort of air as if wondering what in the world had happened to the Wentworths, and even took into its em- brace the great square chimneys that towered over all as if determined to assert themselves despite the fallen for- tunes of the family. Inside, it was even more quaint and far more fascinating than without; there was the old keeping-room,—the family -room for generations past,—so low ceiled that all the tall sons of the house had bent their heads to pass in and out of the door -way, paneled from floor to ceiling with black os,k, and with a huge brick fire place that might almost have held a Yule -log, and was set round with tiles of the most curious description. On some of them, ladies with amazing structures of hair, infinit- esimal waists and huge hoops, confront- ed gentlemen in bag -wigs and small - clothes; on others were Scripture illus- trations scarcely to be called artistic, since the mote in the eye was half as big as the man's head and the beam ap- peared to be a piece of falling timber about to knock the other man down. The parlor was shut up because the floor was shaky, and, being a north room, it bad a moldy smell, and many of the bedrooms were only opened once in a while just to air them. The rooms were many, but the people who had once filled thern had all gone years and years before my story has a beginning. The spider -legged chairs ending in a claw grasping a ball were seldom moved except to be dusted; the curious little dressing -tables with endless drawers and "cubby-holes" that girls delight in, were clean and empty, and the two old convex glasses found no crowd of people gay with color to reflect in these degenerate days. For there was no one left in the old house but John Wentworth, his only child. and bis sister-in-law, Persia Church. Mr. Wentworth would have been very inoffensive if be had not been so conscious of his hands and feet; but then one must be conscious of some- thing, and there was little else that be- longed to the "last of his race," as he was fond of calling himself—not quite correctly, to be sure, for Marcia was the last—but then she was a girl. A very pretty girl she was, too, with a slender, graceful figure, and a high -bred little head with brown braids wrapped snug- ly around it. There was never any charming disarray about Marcia Went- worth; she was always well trimmed— like a ship before the wind. Miss Persis was the dearest and most charnaing of old maids, not a bit precise, although her back bore evidence that she never lounged, even at fifty-two. Her whole dress was always exquisitely neat and lady -like; the delicate, aristo- cratic old hands showed their tracery of blue veins; and. there was a sweet, kindly smile about the gentle mouth and eyes, ;albeit they could wear a satirical look when her brother-in-law discoursed grandly of "my father"—for such discourse invariably ended with: "Persis, have you any money about you?" She always had "a little," and Mr. Wentworth always took it. Behind the house, toward the left, was a clump of box, originally the bor- dering of the flower beds which had been laid out for Marcia's great-grand- mother when she came there a bride, but which in long years had grown to fill up the neglected beds and become more than six feet high. Opposite, toward the right of the house—would, for the sake of the Wentworths, that it had never been built !—stood the "old laboratory," just a tiny little building of one room, shin- gled all over, roof and sides alike, black and water -soaked with time and storms, covered with a dark green moss and yellow lichen, a straggling old vine growing over the door -way, and behind it elms whose branches sweep the roof. "My father"—Dr. Wentworth—had been a very learned man, so much so indeed, that it made him quite mad enough to fling himself into the mys- teries of alchemy and finally to shut himself up for years with his pots and crucibles, his ever -blazing fire and the uncanny messes he was always stirring over it in the hope of finding the phil- osopher's stone. Nothing stood in the way of his mania, gold—gold he must and would have. Wife died; children married, or were lost at sea, or emi- grated never to be heard of more,— what difference did it make to him ? • He was for years avoided by the country people, and even his very name becarae a terror, for mysteries and horrid tales wOre whispered in the farm -houses about the dreadful ingred- ients needed for his witch-craft,—prin- cipal among them being the warm blood of babes under a year old. Chil- dren shivered in their beds lest a- long arm should swoop them out of the window and into the darkness, and many people drew a breath of relief when at Iast he- died, leaving a black and bubbling mess over the fire that he was certain contained the long-songht- for solution. With his last conscious breath he enjoined upon his son to keep up the fire for twelve days and nights—the mystical Egyptian number —when he would find his reward. He died feeling quite comfortable, no ae-abt ; poor old sinner! and what hap- pened? What could have been ex- peoted to happen in the nineteenth cen- tury? The stuff boiledl away in les4 than twenteafour hours and the fire burnt a hole in the bottom of the , ket- tle; making a practicalillustration of the direction the Wentworth gold had taken. . The old house, sadly ;but of repair and the rocky and bare n ferm lands, were all that was left fo John Went worth and his baby 4aughtei. Hos they would have lived Heaven -onlY knows, if Persis Church with her slen- der income, had not stepped into the breach, which she fihled1 so cornpletely that John never seemedl to notioe there had been a breach at a1. On a bright June m rning, the snil was so hot that the old ilhingleslon the laboratory began to reneW their yout and give out a faint fragrance Of cedar The door was open and Ithe BIM poure a blaze of light on the ld furnace, an made it stand out ag lust the .woo piled up beyond it, anI even I dance and glinted as the waving of the tree broke it up on the crucibles standing i a row on the shelf above. These . wit 1 their dusty, lat aides a d slender necks with one handle on each, bore a ludi °roue likeness to the aim ef a damn woman set akimbo on a broad hip. The snnshine would ave poured intO the kitchen if Olive ha n't shut it out by pulling to the shutter on the easu window, before which Marcia sat with both arms folded on this table -listening to her fortune with an amused and in- terested face. "Huifiph 1" said old Pol1y,1 "I see tears an' a lover an'—" "Pshaw !" said Olive, rolling but her gingerbread with spiteful haste "imp - body could tell that, Iliout sc4wing 4 cup 'round forty timebetter tell her somethin' new while you're 'beet H.', "Olive Judd," said ' Polly, "ef yori don't stop your talk I ean't tell nothin'i —you keep a-puttiu' on me out the hull time." I "Please don't, Oliv, e " said Marcia I "because I want to heafiit." "It's all bosh anybow," said Olive who subsided so far as speechas coni e cerned, but made up for it by gratuit ous slambaings of the ven door. -i So Polly went on: "An' way off there,,' pointin a skin- ny finger to one side df the cuP, "is 04 fortin', an'—an'—there's jugs,—black ones,—an' it's to your !right hand." "And is that all, Polly 7" "Well, it's all I'm sure on; mebbe there's a ring, I gues8 there s; but there's tears, lots on 'am. I elle s thinhi it's best to tell folks there's tears 'calls ef I'd known it once I' might a kep' out o' heaps o' trouble, but nobody told mei an' thet's where I missed it." "Missed what ?" said Marcia. "Wall, now, didn't you never uow ?" said Polly, settling herself back in her chair. "I'll tell yer, but it' lawful touching; 1 declare -it makes ine cry now, old 'as I be and cracked, soxne folks say," and the keen black eye filled with tears. : Oilve couldn't stand that, anI burst out with :- "For the land's sake, Marcial Went4 worth, don't you go to drawin' cut that old critter ; it's enough to kill the saints( when she gets agoin", and she'll be ai mea.nderin' here most o' t le day. Come, Polly, kite along; your r m's a sight better'n your company, Satur4 ! days." . "Laws !" says Polly, catching up her basket and pulling up her rheumatic, old bones out of the arm -chair, 'I pews I'd better be a-goin', Marcia. '11 tell yer another time; it allus make Oliva -mad to hear 'bout other folks' beaux; she alias purtended she didn' want none; but laws! we all know w at that means; we ain't none of ns blin ," an _ with this parting shot Polly obble away down the walk. "Marcia Wentworth," Reid 1 Olive, standing in the middle of the litchen, roller in hand, "don't go to list nin' to such stuff; it ain't a-goin to;do you no good, an' it might do yer a leap o' harm." "Nonsense," said Marcia, "4 if I believed in it !" "As ef per did," repeated Oli e, "it's mighty easy to believe in what -e want to believe in, an' I saw you give a look out to that black hole •when s e told, yer about a fortune, an' I supp se you think I've forgot that when you wasn't poen ten years old you was alw yspos- sessed there was gold in the of jugs; truet me for forgettin', an' if yeti take my advice you'll search 'ern n' find out for sartain, an' then you w n't be buildin' up no false hopes. Lord knows," she said, stooping down to pull a pan out of the oven, "what t e old fellow did with it all, but I'll be bound it's gone where you'll never see ny of i. .i, "Don't be a goose, Olive, a d you needn't have been so dreadfull cross to poor old Polly." 'Yon don't know her as well a I do; she'd 'a' gone on most o' the • ay, an' I ain't got no patience with folk:, aline blubberin' and yowlin' over troubles ' that can't be helped, an' are dead an' buried besides; they'd better go to i work, that's my doctrine, if 'taint •one o' the thirty-nine articles ;" and Olive plunged her roller int e a pile of dough. Marcia sauntered I down the path which led to a flight of steep stone steps outside the front gate, and directly on the main road; and then she put on her hat, which she had been swinging, idly by the button at the end of th,e elastic, leaned over the fence and gazed at the prospect before her. She apparently gazed over the river to the hil1e! dim and blue in the distance, but really she was in a day-dream—that is, if wonder- ing why things were so "horrid" conld be called a day -dream. Marcia taught school in Westport, a town eight miles off, fall of old houses and old people, and with a decayed feeling in the very air itself. It was a wonder that 1 any children were ever born there, for the whole tone of the place was against youth in any form ; but still there were some born, and they surVived and grew to be of a teachable age; and, with the foreign population, there were always : enough to keep one school running. i Marcia didn't teach school because she liked it—quite the contrary; she hated it, and had always said she should much prefer to scrub floors for a living; but there wasn't a favorable situation open for scrubbing floors, 1 and she couldn't have kept it up long if there had been, so she taught because there was nothing else to do. Falls Village lay about as many miles the other way and was as opposite in character as in situation,—, -a busy man- ufacturing town, where money, youth and energy were at a premium. Here Marcia found her lover,—hand ome, twenty-five, and book-keeper at acy's THE HURON EXPOSITOR. ills." It would be difficult to state hich displeased Mr. Wentworth more, he teaching or the lover. „ The teach - 'f g was bad enough, but not without I recedent in decayed aristecracy ; but he lover was one of the "mill people," nd that was making things out about s bad as cold be. But her father's pinion mattered verflittle to Marcia xcept that it would of course have ecu more pleasant to have had him leased than displeased, and she had een engaged to Tom for about a year. he engagement had been kept a secret, s there was' little prospect of their be- nt; able to be married ; and what little here had been. was growing` dimmer ery fast, for during the year Tom had ecome fired ,with a new ambition. It as the thitiking of that same ambition hat had given Marcia's thoughts a articularly gloomy tone that morning, or she fa.ncied she saw before her a ong separation from her lover. He • ad talent, but imagined himself to be genius; he' had dabbled in colors and abbled with clay; injudicious praise ad puffed him up, and when a sculptor, ome on a visit, pronounced a statuette 'not a bad conception," and of "clever execution fer a fellow entirely self- taught," ToM felt sure he was a genius out of place. i Just at that time a rich and generous young fellow, an owner in one of the nil1s, who had taken a fancy to Tom, offered to pay his expenses to Florence, where he might study to ad - yenta*. - It was a tempting- offer. Tom was young; he hated book-keeping; he had enough money saved -to keep him with economy for a year or more, and he be- lieved in himself. On the other hand, there was Marcia, whom he loved after a.' mariner net rare among men,—name- ly, as a sort of pleasing accessory to himself. Then there was his position; once ‘relinguished it would be hard to regain,—perhaps impossible; and the money saved up, whichwas to have d been to help to haste-Aiis marriage, that would all go. But there was triumph one way, drudgery the other. The more pleasant way was soon seen to be the better, and at the very minute Marcia was leaning over the fence, Tom was hurrying along the road to tell her ef his decision, which had been pretty equally balanced when she had last seen him. How handsome he was as he took off his hat to wave it to her Such a bright smile, --such a fine, man- ly figure! ' "I'm going, Marcia," he called, as if anxious to get it over as soon as possi- ble; and then, as she made no anewer, but only adVanced a step or two to meet him, as he reached the foot of the steps, "What have you got to say about it ?" "Nothing, Tom. What's the use? I told you what I thought, Sunday. I knew you'd never be out of the mill this time of day, if you weren't going." "Oh, hang the mill! I've done with that forever, thank goodness! When do you suppose I'm going ?" "I don't know, I'm sure." "Well,you're cool,—you don't act as if you cared." Marcia had seated herself on the old chain -weight that kept the gate closed, and looked down at the grass as she said: • Is "Yon cant expect me to be very glad about your going, Tom, as I can't go with you." "Forgive me, dear," said Tom, bend- ing down and putting a hand on either cheek, and so forcing her to look up. "I believe I am selfish -about it." He expected to be contracted; a man always does when he abuses himself to a woman who loves him. He was taken utterly by surprise when Marcia said, with energy: "Yes, I believe you are. I shouldn't leave you so." "Because you're a woman, my dear." "I shouldn't if I were a man." "Oh, yes, you would; you'd see then how foolish it would be to bury your talents; for-----" He stopped, rather in a quandary as to how to end his sentence,—end it was necessary to end it in some way, for Marcia was looking straight into his face with her clear, honest eyes; so he looked down, and screwed the end of his came into the toe of his boot, and said, finally: "For any personal wishes or hopes." "That's ti4 very lame ending, Tom, and I guess we'd better not talk any more about it." "I always rknew I could do something if I had the chance. I've got it now, and I shouldn't be,a, man if I threw it away." "Tom," said Marcia, "we've talked this all over before, and there is no use in going over it again. I wouldn't take the responsibility of keeping you back if I could ; and, Tom"—here Marcia slipped her hand into his arm, and clasped the ether over it' --"I want you to believe that if I thought you really would succeed, and that you were bothered or treubled by our engage- ment, I'd break it to -morrow. But I don't believe you can ever be a great sculptor, and I think you had better stay away from it altogether, than only half succeed," "Now you're talking like a woman without any reason, Marcia. Foolish child! could I live without you? And listen! We may be able to be married a great deal Boon& than if I stuck by old Macy ; arid even if we're not, you'd rather marry a man who was some- body, than a book -booker !" "I don't know whether I should or net. It would be nice to have you rieh and famous; but you're not sure of that. I suppose it's horrid of me, but I can't help it. I don't believe in things as I used to do. Before I began to teach, I used to imagine it was all going to be very fine; but I've found out that the only thing I like about it is the day I draw my salary." "Exactly ' BO," said TO`31, spreading out both hands with a, backward mb- tion, as if putting the whole subject be- hind him. "That's just the way I've always felt about book-keeping. I've no heart in it, and I never- did have!; but in Italy how different it will be !" "I don't know about that, Tom," said Marcia, seriously. "Perhaps it will he harder for you to work there than it is here. I remember Mr. Sayre said he never knew how hard it was to settle down to work till he went abroad; fOr he was so distracted by all the things he wanted to see, and so Allecouraged by the very seeing, he said it Seemed to °dine uporte-hina all at once that he had. never even touched the first beginning of things. It does seem to me that things are very much like working out your own salvation, after all; if you're beund to win, you will, if you have health and real honest ambition no matter what your hindrances may be; and if I had an ambition, I would win." (To be Continued.) REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. pROPERTY FOR SALE—For Sale, on easy terms, that desirable residence on, Ja.mes Street owned by Mr. fleorge Dent. Enquire of J. S. PORTER, Seaforth. 681 ! VOR SALE.—For Sale a first class Planing Mill, nearly new and in good running order, aituated in the flourishing Town of Seaforth, & CO.,Goderich, Ont. Will be sold °heap. Terms e..as_y_._E_n_quire 01 SECORD,COSSENS I T4 OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE—Por Sale, -a." that desirable property on North Main Street, formerly owned and occupied by the late James Sp arling ; there is a 'frame house containing six rooms and kitchen, with pantry, bedroom and oodshed ; a good cellar, also hard and soft w ater; there is one acre of land with a frontageOf 84 rode; there is a good young bearing orchard,; It is one of the most desirable proverties in Sea - forth. Apply to JAMES SPARLING, Blyth, or JOHN S. WALSH or A. STRONG, Seaforth. 694 VARM FOR SALE.—For sale the west half of -L. Lot 7, on the 6th Concession of Tuckersmith, H. R. S., containing 50 acres of choice land; On the place is a frame barn nearly new, a young bearing orchard; good well and pump; 18 acres of f all wheat sown, about 8 acres of bush; is within 44 miles from the town of Seaforth on a good gravel road. This is one of thebest propertiesin the township, and will be sold cheapn For further p artionalre apply to the proprieter, on the premises, or if by letter to Seaforth P.O. GEO. MONS. 674x4- t -PAM FOR SALE—The north half of Lot 2 Lot 27, and the east half of Lot 28, Cone sion 4, L. R. S., Tuckersmith; 200 acres for s e in one parcel, on two of 150 acres and 60 ac es respectively; first-class buildings, good fences, and orchard; the land is in a good state of culti- vation,is well watered, and is well situated as to roads,&c. Any person wanting a good farm, in a good locality, will do well to look at this one be - if ore buying elsewhere. For particulars and terme 'apply to JAMES LAWRENCE & BROTHER on the premise% or to MESSRS. McCAUGHET HOLMESTED, Barristers, Seaforth. 672 -PARINI FOR SALE—For Sale Cheap, as the • Proprieior is going to Dakota, south half of Lot 1, Couceseion 13, Hullett, containing 75 a cres, all cleared and in a good state of cultiva- tion, being nearly free from stumps'underdrain- fi d and Well fenced ; there is a good log house, ' firstolase frame barn and other neeessary out- ' buildings ; a good bearing orchard and plenty of water; it is ten miles from Seaforth, on a good • g ravel road, ond convenient to school, churchan p ost office; the land is equal to any in °ratan Also the south part of the south half of Lot Concession 12, Hallett, containing 25 acres, well timbered. These two places will be sold separately or together. Apply on t ho premises or to Harlock P. 0. WILLIAM SMITH, Proprie- tor. 704 VARM FOR SALE—Lot No 7, in the 4th Con - 4: cession, H. R. S., of Tuckersmith, 100 acres, the estate of the late James Chesney; 90 acres cleared and under cultiiation, balance timbered with beech mapleilm &c. Good brick house 14 storeys high, 26 by 36. Frame bare and cow stable on stone foundation, also frame stable, and good orchard. The lot is well watered, well fenced and is in a good state of cultivation. For particulars apply on the premises, or to the un- dersigned. McCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Solicitors, Seaforth. 7104 SSPLENDID FARM IN McKILLOP FOR SALE. Lot No. 84, Concasion 14, McKillop, contain- ing 55 acres, 50 acres of which are cleared and under cultivation the balance is well timbered. There is a large frame barn, stable, sheds and good log house also a young beariog orchard. The farm is well fenced, free from stumps and underdrained, with a never failing spring creek running through it. It is within 8 miles of Walton ; 7 from Blyth and the same from Brus- sels, and 11 from Seaforth, with a gravel road running to each place. It is an excellent farm and wilt be sold cheap, as the proprietor is going to Dakota. The adjoining 50 acres can also be bought reasonable. Apply on the premises to the proprietor or to Walton P. 0 EDWARD RYAN, Walton P.; O. 712 a OOD 1ABM IN MORRIS FOR SALE CH KAP. • —Fr Sale, the South east half of Lot 29, Concessidn 9, Morris, containing 50 acres, the whole hi Which is cleared, well fenced, free from stunaps, tinder -drained and in a splendid state of culthation. It is without exception one of the beet lots in the township. There is a good log house and frame barn, stable and outbuildings. There le a good bearing orchard and a never fail- ing spring well, and plenty of -water for stock. It is within i a mile of Walton village, where are stores, blacksmiths and all other conveniences, and the School and churches are within half a mile. There is a choice of markets, as Blyth is within 6 imiles, Brussels 5, and-Seaforth 10, with a good gravel road leading to each place. It will b e sold cheap a- 1,e proprietor intends going to th e States. App vn the premises or if by letter to Walton P. 0. b. COLEMAN. 613x44 -FARM FOR SALE—Splendid farm for sale by Public Auction, Also Farm Stock and Implements. Mr E. Bossenberry has been in- structed by the undersigned adnainistrators to sell by Public Auction on the premises on Satur- day, Oatober 1st 1E81, commencing at 1 o'clock sharp, the following farm, farm stock and imple- ments: The farm is composed of the north 30 acres of Lot No. 21, and the soutli35 acres of Lot No. 28, in the 1.2th Concession of the Township of Hay, and 8 acres, more or less, b4ing the south west corner of Lot 28, in the llth!Coneession of the said township, the whole making 73 acres and all in one block. There is a good orchard, good bank barn, plenty of spring water and good hard- wood timber. The land is of the best quality. It is situated within 3 miles of Zurich and of a mile of the village of Blake. Tenns—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 gang plow, 1 set iron harrows, 1 fanning mill, 1 lumber wagon and other articles. Terms—All sums of $5 and under, cash; over that amount 12 •months' credit will be given on furnishing ap- proved joint notes. JACOB MEYER, C. BECH- LER, A. L. RULPFER, Administrators, E. B 9SSENBERRY, Auctioneer. 712 MONEY. _ WANTED—The sum of $1,0.'0 for three years. Intbrest, six per cent. per annum, payable yearly. First-class seem ity. For particulaas apply to M. P. HAYES, Sealorth, or to Mc• CAUGHEY & HOLMESTED. 112 tf MONEY.,—The undersigned has a largest= of J-1-1- money for imnaediate investment on first m ortgaged on farm property. Seven and a half p er scut. interest yearly; principal as may be agreed %kn. J. H. BENSON, Solicitor, Sea - forth . 633 MONET—A. G. McDOUGALL is anthorizedto 'LY -t- lend money at 64 per cent. on mortgage-, for ny amount, and for any number of years; inter- est charged or 1 v on the unpaid principal. No commission charged. 'Apply at the Store of A. G. McDoul/all& Co. 678 RealEstate for any term $100 00.00 TO LOAN on Security of of years rick exceeding twenty, at 6 per cent, per annum; Commissions; The whole of the principal Money may be repaid at any time on giving six months' notice, or any sum not exceed- ing one-fourth may be paid at the close of eaeh year withdut notice, interest ceasing from the time of payment ; Loans effected promptly. OFFICE — Victoria Square, Seaforth. WM. HILL. /00. !THE SEAFORTH FR'UrIT STORE 1 AND RESTAURANT. MAIN 'STREET, SEAFORTH. "TT TRAM DAGON keeps constantly on hand a 1full supply of all kinds of SEASONABLE VEGETABLES resh and Good. Also tbe Choicest 41101:78.E PLANTS, Direct frorrahe Gardeners. C4 OLING DRINKS Of allkinds on draft, and Confectionery and Nick-Nacks. REMEMBER THE PLACE—Murphy's Block, first deor n rth of Robertson's Hardware Store. 702 IIIRAM DAGON. THOS. KIDD, IMPORTER, MAIN STREET, ISEAFORTH. It affords me great pleasure to return thanks to my many friends who have heretofore patronized me, more particularly during thie past season, since my sales have doubled those of other years, and to express the desire that the con- fidence placed in me may be both lasting and mutually beneficial. My stock this fall will be as usual large and varied in all departments, being purchased ON THE VERY BEST TERMS DIRECTLY States and. the Foreign Markets. My buyer, MR. PETIT; is permanent in FROM THE MANUFACTURERS in Canada, the United the European Markets, seeking the different classes of gbods suited. to Canadian wants, and I am enabled to offer you with great confidence EXTRAORDINARY VALUE in every line of imported goods. Allow me to; advise you that I am daily receiving my fall importations. Lines already to hand, marked off and ready for inspection. First instalment of LADIES' MANTLES, CLOAKING -S, VELVETS and VELVETEENS, FRENCH DRESS GOODS. COLORED PERSIAN CORDS, , COLORED and BLACK CASHMERES and WTh7CEYS. CANADIAN GOODS TO HAND— Cotton Yarns, Warps, Grain Bags, Dundas Shirttngs, Grey and Bleached Cottons. - DONT' FORGET MY LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. 1 THOMAS KIDD, Seaforth. I' Corner of Main and Market Stieets. PILLMAN'S CARRIAGE WORKS, SEAFORTH. THEY ARE AGAIN TO TH E FORE. 6.v bo. BEG to state to those in want of Buggies that they have now on hand as good and hand- some a collection of NEW BUGGIES! NEW BUGGIESII 01 various designs and styles as can be found in any shop weet of Toronto. They a re all made by themselves, and they can consequently warrant them as to workmanship and material. REPAIRING OF ALL KI!1IDS. Promptly attended to and neatly and substantially executed, and sa tisfaction guaranteed. We are also prepared to take orders for TrimmingVehicles of all kinds, and can guarantee a first- class job st reasonable prices. CALL AND GIVE US A TRIAL And be convinced that we can do better for you than most other firms in the Trade. PILLMAN & Co., Seaforth. N. B.—Buggiesand Light Wa 1Z) 13 in t 1.7.: to order if desired. DON'T YOU FORGT IT BRITANNIA NEEDS NO BULWAltita NEITHER does the Merchant who conducts his busi ess on Emma 'principles, viz.: Give the BEST Quality possible, and for the last money. This is, and has been, our aim all through; hence our great silo ess. See the wonderful TEA TRADE we have established, many wonde 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 best value going. It is not the low priced Teas pushed by Borne' merchants and pedlars that ,are the best value. No. To get really good Tea yen must have it not only with body, but style and flavor, which our Teas at 50, 155, 60, 65 and 70 cents per pound in caddies possess.—(We can, of course, 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. 'Tis 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 SEPTEMBER 2, 18814 THE JEWELRYEMPORIUM —OF— SEAFORTH AND SURROM- ING COUNTRY. M R. COUNTER YANAGER AND PROPRIETOR. THIS IS THE PLACE To get Good and Reliable Goods in GOLD WATCHES, SILVER WATCHES, SILVERPI_ATED ARE, JEWELRY, CLOCKS, &O., &O. My Stock of which is very choice and Complete Call and examine for yonreelves. No trouble show Goods. All Goods sold on their ove merits and warranted as represented. Having n3ade arrangements with a First -Claim Manufacturing House, I can All all orders for any Special Piece of Jewelry on the Shortest Notice. Personal Attention given to the Re. pairing of Watches; Clocks, an Jewery.' Fine Watches always a Specialty. All Work Warranted to give fiatisfactien. Cub paidfor Old Gold and Silver. BEMEMBER THE STAND—Tree of Silver - P 1aied Ware in the Window, and directly oppe., site J. 8. Porter's Cheap Cash Furniture Store. M. R. COUNTER, Seaforth. BANKING HOUSE. SEAFORTH. OFFICE—In the premises,ormer- ly occupied by the Bank of Com- merce and wnder the Commerciai Hotel, Main Street. NOTES AND BILLS DISCOUNTED. English tt,nd Foreign Exchange Purchased and SOI.d. FARMERS'SALE NOTES Purchased at Reasonable Rates. Money Lesson Collateral Securities. Drafts Issued, payable at par at all Branches of the Bank of CDMIlleiree. INTEREST: Allowed on Deposits Money to Loan on Mortgages. M. Pz Manager mitel Proprietor. ON EXHIBITION] The Grand Planetory Wonder which OfillOOO AO much excitement is yet visible to the gazing ts11. lions, and the 26th of Jtme having comeand gone with every Prospect of several anniversaries of this event111 time, the -well known firm of WHIT!VEY BROTH ERSI ASYtove and Tinware Merchants, M Al N S THE ET, S EAFOTITH, Respectfury Solicit the Inspection and Pa.tronsge of the Public of Seaforth and vicinity, to their splendid stock of STOVES, ctc. Don't pass the sign of THE BIG COFFEE POTI You can See at the sign of the big Coffee Pet, that 'WHITNEY BROS. keen stoves'and 'what not ? Why Harvest Tools, Binding Mitts, and all kinds of Tinware, as Cheap anda.s Good assay store elsewhere. Some think 'tis rot true, but only a rhyme. But come, inspect onr Stoves; t'wont take muck time. _ • We Will Sell Just as Cheap as We Possibly Can From a Fine Polished Stove to a Bird Cage or OM Please enquire for WHITNEY BROTHERS', SEAFORTH. the cities. We now hold a fine assortment of DINNER SETS, TEA SETS and — BEDROOM SETS, imported for us direct from the Monufacturers, 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 establiehment under the clock and opposite JOHN CHINAMAN. LAIDLAW & FAIRLEY, Main Street, Seaforth THE GROCERY STORE, NEXT DOOR TO THE 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 GIN9ER, PURE GROUND MIXED SPICE. Warranted Pure and Free From Any Adulterations. THE SEAFORTH INSURANCE AGENCY W_ 3NT_ WATSON- MAIN ST., NORTH, SEAFORTE, QENERA FIRE, Marilee, Life and Accideort Insurnce Agent, Conveyancer, &c. Risks on all kind of property effected at lowest cur- rent rates. jLosses adjusted promptly and satis- factorily. Ione but first-class reliable Cost- panies repr sented. Excevtionally low rates OA all classes ojf farm property. Only 50 ante 10 $1 per $100 for three years in the Gore District of Galt, est Wished for over 40 years. The fol- lowing Com antes represented: British 4inerican, of Toronto, Scottish Imperial, of Glasgow, Scotland, Northern, of London, England, Gore Dietrict, of Galt, Ontario, Canada Fire and Marine, of Harailtoral Royal Canadian, of Montreal, P. Q,, Quebec, of Quebec, P. Q., Alliance of Hamilton. Ontario, Travelris (Life and Accident), of HartfOid; Co ., Toronto Life, of Toronto, Ontario. I AM ALSO AGENT FOR THE CANADA PERMANENT LOAN AND SAYINGS COMPANY. Money advanced. on Real Estate at 6 and fi per cent. Per annum. CHOICE CIDER VINEGAR AND FINE PICKLING VINEGARS, ALSO AGENT FOR Tlib OUR COFFEES GROUND ON THE PREMISES ARE UNSURPASSED FOR FLAVOR AND BODY, ANOTHER, CONSIGNMENT OF THOSE FINE TEAS AT AND 65c. VERY FINE TEAS AT 50c PER POUND. 60e D. D. ROSE, GR%ER, SEAFORTEL STATE .LINE :STEAMSHIP Sailing from New 'York City every Thuraday, /9 all points in Europe. Tickets issued from bele . or New York, to snit purchaser. First Cable., $60 to $110 -return. Second Cabin, $40 Wei —return- Steerage, $26. Parties going to 13(1,: rop e should try the STATE LINE, as it undoubtedly one of the Bestand Safest Steel" ship Companies mailing from New York. WM. N. WATSON, Main Street, SEAFORTH, Ontario; OFFICE In Campbell's Blo-ck, -0PP0464 the Mansion Hotel. ok fax Ito fot 011 1E0 cal .1D1 ifl 4.6 on wi . W4 tO zee fern ler ohs bat rna eit] IR .P11 yui 'cer nal litt lad lad coo Ma COO re mg Th yot feel ver at - gul-H a it A gob of ted visi the wil to por rid hot nie] and aleE and Jew mei Sep tha jou] wot me wir -ant) til4j Loi dee bur tovi bet 44 44 aci We BET Abo to go sto go Rai the I s GI kep abo *da E'ne thot neer not do Li itt t E aide the s. 84 raea orga to 7, and the o ycl alee one the the < cych traa old s tb