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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-09-23, Page 2• 2 8.111111111111101111•111110111•111111NOIM, MAR CIA'S FORTUNE. 'It' 8 Perkins herself, if you - care to embody it," answered Bell. "It is exactly, without the suushine. Doesn't it seem strange that in se many cases it happens that the broader the actual horizon, and the nearer People liveto nature itself in its absolute Om- plioity, the narrower they seem to grow -no, I mean to contract." Then, after it must assert itself, ev n if a pause ; "I wonder if it's becate hu man nature m - ca u only be a little na:,erable black apeck, rather than to allow itself to become absorbed and thus invisi le." "Isn't it having just that effec upon you?" said Bell ; hasn't the spirit of the Perkins fallen upon you? Exer ise it at once, -presto ! change!" and Bell waved her whip closet° Marcia's nose. "What a sordid creature she is !" said Bell. "Who? oh, Mrs. Perkins! yes, in- deed, I can't even bear to raeet her ; she has a bad effect upon the air it- self." "Well, we're not likely to meet her, they've moved, haven't they ?" "Yes, on to the other slope ; the house was timbale, about their ears; and Tim said 'the pasturin' warn't no good here.' " "I should think not, indeed," laughed Bell, talk about Sharp -nosed sheep, they'd need gimlets for noses to get anything between these rocks. But here we are. tie 'General,' you get out the feed -bag and the rest of the things." • They had driven up to an open space: sort of platform ou the rook, where stood a one -storied house and barn, both extremely dilapidated, the house especially so, but to Maroia's surprise, -for sho supposed the house to be utterly erapty and deserted, -a pile of chairs stood on either side of the front door, and a log near by had an ax 'stuck into it and a few freshly cut chips were scattered about. The house door stood open and swung back and forth in the breeze, giving a series of dismal creaks as it did so: "Dear Ma I " Baia Marcia, how pro- _ vokiiig ! have some wretched picnic people got here just to make a bedlam of ourepeaoeful day?" "Investigate inside ; if that's the case their baskets will be there." Marcia pushed open the door and stepped into a tiny square entry with a closed door at either hand. She lifted the latch of the right-hand one and -went into the room, but started back with an exclamation of horror, for there, in the middle of the room; stood a coffin with the body of a man lying in it. She gave one hasty look, and ran out. Bell was juat coming out of the barn and oried "Good heavens' what is the matter, Marcia? You're as white as a sheet." It was a minute before Marcia could speak, and then she told what she had seen. She had taken in the fact that it was the body of a man, that the coffin mated on two chairs, that the only other piece of furniture in the room was a table, and that a horrible chill and dampness filled _the room. "Was it Tim Perkins ?" said Bell. "Oh, no! it was some one with a beard. I didn't stop long enough to see much, I just stood for an instant at the head of the coffin ; the Otte step or two I made took me there, the room is so small. Oh ! what a shock it gave me," and Marcia shuddere& tiAli," said Bell, soddenly, 'there CMOs Mrs. Perkins, she'll know about And she went forward to meet her, but Marcia iemained seated on the log where she had dropped when she came out of the house. . Mrs. Perkins was a perfect specimen of a very disagreeable clasp of New Eng- land people -tall, thin, angular, and with a grasping, hard expression written allover her face and figure. She ad- vanced toward them with an air in which Graft, suspicion, cold calculation, and an approach to fawning servility were strangely mingled. Bell spoke firat : "VVhat is the meaning of this, Mrs. Perkins? I suppose you know. Miss Wentworth went in ancl -" "Wall,." interrupted the woman," "I guess- you were skeered if you went pok- in' in there," indicating the house with a long, forbidding finger. "No, I don't know nothin' 'cept I been plagued to death with him." Marcia had approached. them. "Don't know anything about him ?" Bhe aaked. "All I know is he come here 'boat two weeks back and said he was goin' to oarap out, and he hired. the house of Tim till he got tired on it, he said." "But how did he the?" "Sprees, half a dozen on 'em, and me to bother to take care o' him, cookin' and fussin". an' no pay fur it neither." "What do you mean, Mrs. Perkins ?" said. Marcia. "I mean what I say. He come here, an' far a spell, he poked around -,the rocks, an' he .went fishin' some, an' he drinked a good deal, an' I tell you night afore last he drinkecl himself to death, an' all I knowabout him is his name's Brown, an' he ain't got no money, an' I don't know if he's got any folks bilongin' to him or not. He's a-goin' to be buried in our pastur' this afternoon. Mr. Car- ter he was for-havin' him buried in our lot. My sakes ! a man nobody knowed nothin2 about." And she gave a sniff of indignatiou at the bare idea. The girls said nothireg, and she went grumblingly on : "I wouldn't a-giv' the grave if there'd been a poor -farm here ; I don't like lone ; graves a-lyin"round, an' I'd like to know who's goin' to pay for the diggin' ?" Just then her husband made his ap- pearance behind her, one hand in a pocket, the other fingering nervously at the fringe of gray hair under his chin, casting abjeGt glances toward his wife, and looking oddly like an old sheep; bat, appareutly made bold by the presence of strangers, Le said, in a deprecatory manner : "Oh ! now, Lowizy, 'taint so bad; we can spare a bit out o' the pastur' to put h:im in, and 'tweet hurt the feed any." The girls shuddered, and Mrs. Per-- - !tins turned upon hira like the snap of -a whip and said: "You just shut up, Tina Perkins, an' : o to helpin' them men fix the boards r inside; I aint a-goi11 to lend 'em no more cheers o' mine." He turned obediently, with some- : *hat the air of a street cur, to two men who had made their appearance upon the soene,,,, and Marcia lingered one a moment to say: • "And who pays for the coffin ?"-not from curiosity, but because she sas- ' pected from whose pitiful salary the -money would come, and had already decided in her mind to pay for it her- self should her suspicion prove correct: "Mr, Carter, he said he'd give the, kiof- fin if we'd give the grave, so's seein'hels willin' to do' his share, I said rdido mine," and ,wibh a complacent sn ilel added: ."Folks must anus have C ri tian The girls turned away and hastin di !charity for them as falls." down to the reeks, exchanging brokehl 1 sentences of horror and disgust. ",Poor Mr. Carter l" said Marcia; :Aia is wearing out his body here amen these flinty people, and why his spire don't take flight I can't imagine." ."Shall we go back to the funeral ?” said Bell. , . , "Oh no! I couldn't bear it; his spi it is as sweet as a man's can be; but . i theology is dreadful, and it will be warning sermon, I know, Po I think .had better stay away." They reached the last extent of re 4c where they stretched. away off into h ocean., and Marcia sat down intendnL to sketch while they waited for the gin- ners to come in. She looked at In r watch: "Not yet ten o'clock; how quickly carne; they will soon be here; DO shooting is all very early, you knowi? "Of course; but see here, Marcit: t all seems so sad and unfeeling,-sha n't I hunt for some ferns or 'something, for a bunch for that poor fellow's coffin ?" "How thoughtful of you, Bell! indeed. But when shall we put them on ?" ? tt.I think when the coffin comes Out of the house; that'll be about feer o'clock I imagine." 1 "Yes, we can do that easily, Peer fellow, whoever he was! The flowlers wont be from us, Bell, but from tlibse who loved him," and Marcia's eyes filled with tears. ; Impulsive Balikissedher warmly! "Don't cry, dear." "I can't help, it, I was thinking" -the hesitated. "What?" "That perhaps some one, Bell, lo ed him as you love Charley., and lhe doean't know." "Don't, don't, Marcia!" cried Je11 with a pain in her voice; "he could It have left her, you know." "Perhaps not, but I don't know ilt always seems to me as if the most n likely and the saddest things are all that are very true and sure to hapPe ." She took her block and pencils out of her pocket and settled herself on he rocks, while Bell scra,mbled up!he steep hill -side, searching for rock fe n stopping here and there, and pres n 1 going out of sight behind a turn. Left alone, Marcia tried to sketch but she dropped her pencil to a a the waves as they came rolling in a broke on the rocks, sending up sho of spray. . A flock of tiny sea -birds flew close t the edge of the surf, turning -so sharp angle as they rounded the cliff tli Marcia wondered if they ever mad miscalculation as to , distance, a dashed themaelves to 'death on t rocks. A fish -hawk circled about theair above her ; then a gull cam close enough to show the silver a e of hisbreast and, finally flew off td se - in a zigzag route. As she followed hi with her eyes till he was lost in the d s Mance, Marcia thought, "If one coe only sit on his back now, and see f eign lands, like the fairy on the Sw 1 low's back in Hans - Anderson! I like the gull myself; how I should e joy going through the world, zigiag, I'd a mind to?" and a half pity began creep into her heart of the women w were content to live lives shut iri four walls and sewing -societies and other things that she cordially &teat but which it was _ supposed by t world in general to be the whole duty woman to like, nay, more, enjoy, ,wit out a thought of the free world outsi which is for men only. Just then t sound of a voice singing reached h ears, and she turned her head to see a little boat, with two men in it, row pa t -as near in shore as was safe. 0 was a gunner, and the other was a ra she knew well, -a broken-down sail who had once shipped "able-bodied se men," but whose day for that had lo been over. As he rowed he trolled o an old sea -song, sung by many a sail as he weighed anchor or reefed top -sail outward bound. It was this: "Fru bound away to ,have you; Good-bye, my love, good-bye 1 Don't let my absence grieve yon; Goodhye, my love, good-bye 1" And then he was too far off for her hear any more. It wasn't exactly a tun but the refrain had something touehir4g in it as it came to Marcia over the watet, and "Good-bye, my love, good-bye" rang in her ears, and her thoughts we4t back to the lover she had known an loved so long ago. Where were all h r feelings of glorious independence of a few moments before 2 -for tears filled her eyes at the very thought of hir4 and a sad reflection of what . Boll an Charley Were to each other, and of ho lonely she would be when her aunt Persis died. "Ah me !" she sighed, "I'M only a woman after all, and a lonely old maid." But as she eat and gazed into the distant horizon, the sense of vastness brought with it a new strength, and she startkd herself by raising her arras to heaven and exclaiming aloud: "I will not be lonely if I am an old maid and alone; nay pictures shall be my children, and my fancies shall all be good' and pure and true, and the world shall be the better for mY havl ing lived in it; but with a womanlb atra,nge contradiction of moods, tear still filled her eyes and a bitter yearei- ing wrung her heart. But as she thought of one lover, glee long halide from anether startled heitI and looking up she saw Kingston holdk ing up some ducks limp and lifeless, ae he came striding toward her over the rocks. Lunch was eaten, but it was not the jolly day they had planned. The girls made a wreath and boquet rock -ferns and tiny purple asters, au when four o'clock came they were agaie within sight of the house. An open wagon with the seats taken out stood backed up to the door, while the quiet old horse with the reins tied up on hi neck cropped a mouthful or two o grass. A Man stood near his head wile had a pleasant cheery face, and Marcia went up to him and asked him a feet questions. Hef picked up the ax 13.0 made one or two lunges at the leg ; of wood by it; occasionally eaught it a pulled it out with a jerk, and spoke low tone as if unwilling to be hea Presently there was a little stir in t 11 11 11 Elti; doorway, and the man wentback to the h sea head. FOUF men brought out the coffin, and pusLe41i into the Wag n withia hap l i gratin abund.1 It Wa ath,ine in imi- talidn, of black walnut but wa Without plate r handles. Tben came the Min- ister, L small, pale man, looking woXn and tied, but with a gentle' expression in th eyes, which rated on Marci 's face f r, an instant. With a very slig t bend of the head to hor,he I took ; hiS place before the hors and Walked to the brow of the bi 1 where I the too made a sudden and Steep decent;the man led the horse! and the four beard s walk dl two on each 'de. They stopp43d at th . top,' and then the man at. the horses head 'poked 1ack with an i z - 0 i quiri g air; then -e ! mockery of grief -ca the Perkime ; he, subdued and shu mg; she, WiSh n air both defiant of the opinion of the world and forgiVe- eese for all sinis. Mrs. - Perkins reste the ends iof I the fingers of i ohe hand in the awkwia crook of Tim's arm,. s if determiit to observe the proprieties ; theothbr was, 11 as usual, half ver her mau Then came two • three ,neighho one or two old fishermen with some tempt at a Sunday garb, -a best coat perha s over the blite. shirt of every -thy y wear ; two young f lows, -one a fa,ta mer's boy, the othee a sailor-ro gla, shy,: s d Casting glauios at the strangers , as the , passed t ern, awkwardly hold- ing th:ir hats and orgetting to put ; the n till they -03 e up to those be- foreit em. Tbeu fdllowed one or two wo e , thin, and pematurely old, glad to have even a One' 1 to 'vary their raenotspous ex* e, and clad queer . ingling of clunsy imitations Of city: st les and curioB old scarfs or veils from far over thd sea. One , yeeng woma , of all theso looked sad and sorry; she wore hitt black and a thih crape eil, limp withe sea, air; hut she wi sed her eyes as she waked along all alo e. Marcia ( ow he:. and re- merab red that herh sband had been lo t in the Septenth r gale the year b fore. hen all worb in their plea() , Mr. Carter, who had .een silently wad in with eyes that ooked far away, walked slowly on. 1 The bright en shine streamed le; the steep road, bare with rocks i .i any paces, ove the brown and bar en pastures, the only glint of colorin eing the huckle- berry ,bushes, blood e4 as the sunlight shone, through them, nd the few late oi spears f golden -rode. ridding 'ander th stone wane ;-overhe coffin in th open wagon and tli little procession followi #g it, two ib two, and which a ournful at pathetic as the ces were lo:t: to view. They • them tint e bend in the. road m from vie-, and as they turned nd the eyes oi the othcrs dim rs. ' I help the po ii. er say God 131. any and th y eine of hie:), If w, whatever I grew hard f wa.tehe hid th each fo with te "Go Kingst "Bet he has has be again n 11 or fellhw ?" said his firiends, if ever, kziow what r he will begin e has ,done," and Marcia stooped to pick up her wraps. I An exclamation from Bell Made hr look up ' ; • "We've forgotten oiir flowers; isn't it 'too bad ?" "So tve have, -oh! I'm SO sorry ; ever Min( , it isn't o late pow," said , Marcia, "I c el run cross lots with them, I know -jus bout Where the grave mu t be." "I'll go,' said MAO on. "Oh, no, better," and Marcia be- gan to eidinab over the tone wall. "You'll feel so the way," said Bell. ; "Well, yes a littled perhaps, but all thesel people know Me, and after all I've , as much right there -a:: anybody. Oh ! , ,see here," and she tur ed back a step, "meet me at the bend in the road by the old plum -tree', then I shan't have ; to come tip hill again." She ran quickly over the pasture, , elimbed,a wall, kept ort down the hill whichkeptkwephtenhesrhea looking for a Marcia was out , and Mr. Carter er iteps through d a long, grove top Of a little earth, and the he coffin on sup - It was too late to , il reached hi ; the pe le were all there, sneak and he was opening hi book; she held . tip her flowers, -Mr. C rter understood and bowed his head. Marcia being on the Bide of the grave: upon • which the earth was thrown Tip ithr.ped down on her knees, the better to roach the coffin; for to have stood upon the earth would have brought her too high above it. 1 She laid one 'bunch en the 'foot and Was about to lay the other on the head of the coffin, when the man whom she had spoken to steeped and raised the lid, expesing.the,face to view -as was their Custom and Mr. Carter began to ; r e a do. Fr a inom nt Marcia remained quiet- ly kneelieg witli her eyes fixed on the ground, and eeling it not unfitthat she should be tb. re to represent an ele- ment ofhuman sympathy. When she raised her ey ssnd fixed them on the dead face, a straugc suffocating feeling came upon her; everything turned black before her eyes,--tbe minister's voice sounded dull and far away, and Marcia saw dnly the, face; her heart beat hard, there was a choking feeling in her throat and she seemed to hear two voices saying together "it is," and, "it cannot bei" A face strange and yet familiar, surely onetha,t she had ltnown,-one that she knew. She -gasped "Oh God! it cannot be,' but no sound, came from her lips, and each secondii seemed to burn into her brain, "It is, -it iis-Tom -dead here hefore me; the : man I loved, who kissed me the , last time I saw him, her Ideade They'll !phut the (laic ; I mn ti be sure." ' Was she losing her mind,? It could not be. She felt as if trying to reuse herself from eme dreadfullnigAtmare ; but each instant grew surer, deeper, more certain of the truth. ItiwaelTom- the 'Shine ; forehead, the same wavy - droop qhe hair, the . same straight, hand,som 0ele and delicate, sensitive, nostril; Ihe , same -no, .not I quite the ) e mine in,outhae-Still handsome, but wea or: with lines about it that le had no pot there. Marcia gazed and gazed., arid thought, li "Why did I'mat see before w en I first looked." • _ ' All through the long praye her oyes Wdre fastenel ea it, and the . old like- ness grew under their steady look, and over a marshy place, minute or two longe crossing ; then up -behi of pines. There at th knoll was al pile of fre Men just setting dowil ports OW31 the grave . - of breath with runntn looked up asi he had the dry stubble, 1 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. ROPERTY FOR SALE-Ftfr Sale am easy terms- that desirable resilience n lames Street owned by Mr. George Dina. E quire of J. S. POUTER, Seaforth. 681 -FOR SATE. -For Sale a firs elasei Planing Mill, nearly new =din goo running order, situated in the flourishing To vn of .eaforth, Will be eold oheap. Terms e sy E quire of SECORD,0 HENS & 00.,God ri h, nt. Tis ARM FOR ,SALE -South hal of Lot; 15, - Con - A.. cession 4, Morris.' 100'acre , e1biard land all in grass except three acresun er o.p. About 40 acres bush, and about 12 acres' of me dow land, capable of great improvement. A sp ing creek tuns through the lot. A good fi I •• : • ouse and frame bank barn, and orbhard ix ear ng order. W ill be sold °heap. Apply to A li COTT on promisee, or Box 185, Briissels P. 0. 717 _._ -• --,- - • - • r•-_-_,- --- --- TT OUSE AND LOT FOR SAL For Sale, J -L that deOlableproporty on North ain Street, formerly owned and °coupled by the ate jamea Sp &fling.; there is a freme houise containing six rooms bind kitchen, with pant*, bea. oora and w oodshed ; a good cellar,' ebb tar end soft w ater; there is one acre of land jvit 1 a frontageof 14 rods; there is a good young c ing orchard; it in one of the moet desirable Jo ea ies in Sea - forth.' Apply to JAMES SPAB4L1 G Blyth, or JOHN- El. W SH or A.'STRON 4' ' ort;. 694 1.1`A1IM FOR SALE.-lor sale th -a- Lot 7, on the 6th Concession f H. R. S., containing 50 acres of oh.ic the place is a frame barn nea ly bearing orchard.; good Well and plum fall wheat sown, about 8 acres of' b 4i, miles Iron the town of- Se for gravel road. This is onset thebes pr township, and will be told che p. F p articualrs apply to the proprietor premises, or if by letter to Scafertb P MONK. at half of ckersmith, land; on (3; inacyroeuns ogf sh; is within h on a good p rtiesin the r farther on the 0. GEO. 74x4.t f If of Lot 26, t 8, Conces- c ea for sale d"feanccreee,s tn e of °uni- ted as to ARM. FOR SALE -The north h Lot 27, and the east half of L Rion 4, L. R. S.; Tuckerstaith ; 200 in o e parcel, or two Of: 150 axles r esp otively ; first-clasa building, a go d is we/1 s ting o loo and rohkrd ; the land is i v at ioo, is well watered, an • roads, &e,, Any I etseo [We good locality, will do well fore Im3 mg elsewhere. :her pert' ail a pply to JAMES LAWRENCE c B the premiso, or to M'eSSRR. MeC HOLMESTEp, B atria tt rs,Seafor .h . "WARM FOR SALE -For Sale C -1-. Proprietor is goirg to Dakdta, Lot 1,' IC:oi cession 13, Hollettj, c a ores, allIcleattcl aid in a good aiat tion, being nearly free faom atunips, e d Red well feuced ; there ie a oo first-class frarhe blurt and otiiei ne buildings ; a get d benrir g orcha cl a water; it is ten miles from Seafint g ravci rotd, ond convenient to schoo p (1st office ; the land is Opal to may Also the eolith part of i the South ha Concession 12, Hullett, containing well timiiered. These two platles s ep aratelY or together Al ply milli° pfemises or to Harlodk P. 0. wtraeaeie salt 4, Proprie- tor. [ 704 -WARM FOR SALE -Lot No 7, in the 4th Con- -1 cession, H. R. S., pfl Tuchersinit , 100 acres, the estate ef the late Xemes Chpsne , 90 acres cleared and under culthation, balan e titabered with beech 'maple elw tt.c.,' Good brlitk house li storeYs high, 26 by 86. Frame bai r and cow atable on etooe foundation, als4 fran e stable, and good orchard. The Int is well1 watered, well fenced end s in a good state of cOltivat on. For dersigoed. . MoCAUGHEY &- RIOLA.E18071D, particulars apply Oh the premiss*, or t o the unt Solicitors. 4: eaforth. • ! PLENDID FARM /N Mcli.ILL 1?,F0111 SALE. Pa' Lot No. 34, Concession 14, MaKillopj contain- ing 55 acres, 50 acres of; 'which ate cleared and n der cultivation, the balance is well timbered. There's a large trame 'barn, stah/e, labeds end gOod log h use, also a ,34eung bejoring orchard. The farm is well fenced, tree front stuinps and urerdnning thTough it. It is with u a 1 iles of rain d with a neater faiiin spri 1g creek r Walton; 7 rom Myth and the stubs fiom Brus- sels, and llj from Saito th, with a er vel road running to pach place, It is an .xcell nt farm and will be sold cheap, ea the proriet4ri is going. to Dakota. Ihe adjoining 50 ,110112S cr aleo be , ' bought rea unable. Apply on the rend es to the proprietor �r to Walten F. O. EDWAIUJ RYAN, Walton P. O. 712 --r- , -. --1 SPLENDID FARM FOR SALR.- The west aa' part oLot No. 18, in the lith Cencession t of Grey, .0 unty of Hurera p comsing, ' 5 acres, all cleated, ell fenced, and in a high state of cult ivattbnj. Tho e ate en the pr naises a good log house -at d cellar; ' a Ittig barn a d excillent log stables. A young orehard bearin ftuit, and an excelloat pring well f Water. Tl c so good quality, being a fine'clay lo m. fo woste lsoilja of very land. It i8convenient tn'churche , soh ol, and cheese factory, -being only 8 miles fi in W lton. As the owner intends z,:entoving to Bla itoba this fall, th it is desirable at th s farm besodim» diately. For terms apply to DKVW CAMP ELL Walton P. 0, or to MhS. ANN McIlkY, , 'bung ville P. 0., Z hue. 16x4 1 FARYI IN 1 SBORNE FOR SAL -For sale Lot . 17, Son h Thaniee Bead, TJsbotne, co taining 100 acres, 75 cleared, and tae:balancla well imbered with hardwood. Thefarna is a sple did g od one, and in a high state of [cultivation. here s a good frame house, barn, and other news ury utbnild- ings ; also a good bearing orcharcl. It is con- venient to churches, schoOls, and r.kast o co, and is in one of the most desitable noithborh ods in M Ontario. ' s also within 6 miles f the ihriving town of Exeter, on the. Great We tern ailway, and is also within easfreach of the towis of St. Marys and Seaforth, on the Gianc Tru k. For further particulars apply on the premiss, or if by letter to Farquhar P, O., to i MRS. HUGH CAMERON. , . 1 4- G°41) FARM IN INIORRIS FOREIALE t a geed farm, in a at tLis one .be - is and terms 0 rHER onR GREY & 672 en , aa the e ith half of n aining 75 f cultiva- at deretrain- og house, e eery out - d pilenty of , o a good ,c nrchand in Ontario. f [of Lot 1; )5' acres, all vi I be sold 717x4 4`'HEAP. ,-or Sale, the South east h If of ot 29, Concledeion 9, Motris, containing 50 aces, the whole of a hich is cleared, -well fen, ed, fr,e from stumps, under.dramed and in a spike/did State of culthation. It is without exception on ' of the best Iota in the township. There is a ood log house and frame barn, stable and outb ildinga. There iS a good bearing melon d and a n ver fail- ing spring well, and plenty of wate for stock. It is within a mile of Welton villa e, where are stores, blacksmiths and all other conve iences, and the school and churches are 'pithinj half a mile. There is a ct oibo of market, , as lyth is • within 6 nines, Brussels 5, and Se orth 0, with a good gravel road leading to each ilace. 1 It will be sold cheep as the prelatic -tor in(ids gjiing to th e Stet es. Apply on the premises or if I y letter to Walton P. 0. D. COLEMAN. 61 x4 -t 1j F ARM FOR SALE -Splendid f rm 1 r sale by Publie Auction, Also Faijni St ck and Implemeuts. Mr E Pessenberry has een in- structed by the undersigned administra ors to sell b y Public Auction on the premises o Satur- day, °atelier lst, 1181, commencing at. .1 o'clock sharp, the following hum, fnnn sto k and imple- ments : The farm is ertaposed of tibe n rth 30 acres of Lot No. 21, and (the south a" mere of Lot No. 28, in the 12th Concpssion of th Tow ship of Hay, and 8 acres, moro.er less, be' g th south west corner of Lot 28, inathe llth Qonees on Of the said township, the a le makin 78 a res and all in one block. There is a good Orchar , good bank barn, plenty of Spring water ai d goo hard- wood timber. The land is of the bet qua, ity. It is situated within 3 miles of Zurich and of a mile of the village of Blake. Tei a-- en per cent of the purchase money to be pad on day of sale. For balance terms will be rnalo k own on the day of sale. Farm Stoek-Th4 fari4 Steck consists of two cows, '7 eheep, 1 plow 1 ga g plow, 1 set iron harrows, 11 fanning mill, 1 ,lumber wagon and other articles. Terms -1 -All eums of $5 and under, cash; over thatj amo t 12 months' 'credit will be given on f4rnis ng ap- proved joint notes. JACOB ME R, C. - LER, A. L. KULPFER, Admini trat .s. E. B'JSSENBERRY, Auctioneer. • '712 MONEY. WANTED -The sum of $1,01.0 for thre years. Interest, six per eext. per fin gra, /ayable yearly. First-class sem! ity. Fo • I par iculave apply to W. P. HAYES, 8eaforti, or to Mc- - CAUGHEY & HOLMESTED. 1 12 tf mONEY.:--The undersigned has a 1 rge sum of -A-Y-a• money for immediate invest e4tt on first m ortgages on farm property. Seve 4nd a half p eacent. interest yearly; principn n8 ay be agreed upon. X. H. BENSON, S r, Sea - forth. 1 633 WORTH READINC A ND REMEMBERING. WI LSO N & YO CR,OCKERY TRADE 'Being the oldest and largest ciockery keep up to the times in all bra Idles. 'entered exfensivelf into ivory are, an have be come very popular apd re in g and useful. We have Breakfast, Dinn taining full assortmehts in China and G aelling the befit qualilty in 44 pire Tea Sold every day by other louse for $3 a Saucers, Plates, Vegi3tab1e Dishes, and ,In English and Stocks that can be sets and Jugs in Gr tench Chi und outsi at Variety J. -ASSWARE. compliete. COD PIECES WE ARE ICE to make room for new goods. Fruit Jute of lia.mps and Llimp Goods. Our stock of Glassware is ve SELLING AT HALF PR specialty. A full assortmen The Bulk of HIN a we sh e the ci house in Seaforth,we make it a point to n our iselection this season we have printed and decorated goods, which Ovring demand, being both ornamental p and Tea Seta complete, still maintain- anite Ware. In White Granite we are ets fe$2.50. The same pods are d $3.50. In Toilet Sets, Cups and verything else in this line -equally low. WARE. w one , of the largest and best assorted M ies. otto goods, Majolica ware, Desert ur Goods We Import Direct BUYINC GOODS Al COMBINATION PRICES Among Wholesale Houses. e invite the publia to call and earaine for them- selves, and compa e prices, an if theyi nct find things as itre represent they don't need to buy. Goods guaranteed as represented or money refunded. Re - ember the Right House, -7--S OTT'S 1)L0C , MAIN STREET, WILS01•.T & YOUNG, Seaforth. OH E BANK HILL B P GOODS. U PT STOCK. OTHERS' STAND, OPPO* COMIVIERCIAL :HOTEL, SEAFOIRTH: SELLING OtiT BALANCE1 OF STOCK AT P To clear out the whole stock Of DRY GOODS, MILLINERY,I READY1MADE CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, HATS AND CAPS AND GROC 'RIES. . A large quantity of GOods yet to ispose ot at about HALF the original price. TERMS, CASH. 1 DON'T F0RGET1THE PLACE, M. MORRISON. THE GROCERY STORE NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE. PURE GROUNDWHITE PEPPER, PURE GROUND BLACK PEPPER, PURE GROUN9 RED PEPPER, PURE GROUND CASSIA, PURE GROUND CLOVES, PURE GROUND1 MACE,' PURE GROUND JAMAICA GINGER, PURE GROUNE MIXEc) SPICES.' Warranted Pure mil Free FTOM Any Adulterations. CHOICE CIDER T/INEGA? AND FINE' PICKLING VINEGARS. OUR COFFEES GROUND ON THE PREMISES ARE UNSURPASSED FOR FLAVOR AND BODY, ANOTHER' CONSIGNMEk OF THOSE FINE TEAS AT 60c AND 65c. VERY FINEEAS AT 50e PER POUND. D. D. ROSE, GROCER) SEAFORTH. DON'T Y6U FORGET IT! BRITAIN NIA NtEDS NO BULWARKS. NEITHER does the 'Merchant wlao conducts his business on sound principles, viz.: Give the BEST Quality ossible, and for the least money. This is, and has been, our aim all ehrough ; Iience our great success. See the wonderful TEA TRADE we have esl4i.blished, many wonder what we do with such enormous quantities, and at time we wonder ourselves where it all goes. We sell it, that is certain. Could we opposition as we daily meet thus succeed, in the faEceofTsRucAo h determined VALUE ? ed ith, unless we gave x iblic are alive and must have the best value - Truly no. The p going. It s not the low priced Teas pushed by some merchants and pedlars that are the best value. No. To get really good Tea you must have,it not only • with body; but style and flavor, hich our Teas at 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 cents per pound in caddies possess.-( can, of course, give you goodSound Teas for • less money -three pounds for $1.) We have often said, and again repeat, we fear no competition. We are ever rea y to supply intending purchasers with samples free, and thereby allow compariee . 'Tis deeds, not words, that have placed UR the largest Tea Merchants in Sea ath. While giving Teas a large sha e of our attention, we carry the same sound principes into each and every de artment. of our business, viz.: The best quality possible for the least money. W have one of the Largest and. Best Selected Stocks of General Groceries West of Toronto, which, for Quality and Pries, are unexcelled. In SUGARS we avoid all low-priced goods, believbag them to be neither economical nor beneficial to the purchaser; therefore, we cannot offer you 14 pounds to the dollar. • - 01\ EY --A. G. McDOUGALL isClio izedt-p lend moneyi at ai per cent. on i/o/tg ge, Pak any amount, end for any number of Teaks inter- est charged ot 1 -on the unpaid ptin4ipl No commission charged. Apply at the Sti r G. McDougall & Co. •of A. OUR CROCKERY AN 678 $ 100 0 00 • 0 0 TO LOAN on Ste rity of 3 • Real Estate Or [anterm of years not exceeding twenty, at t per e t. per annum ; No Commissions ; The Ivla le of the principalanoney may be repaid at tn time on • giving six months' notice, or afly8un n t exceed- ing one-fourth may be paid at the elm I Of each year withclut notice,. interest ceasing from the time of payment ; Loans effected °raptly. OFFICE Victoria Square, Beef rt . WM. HILL. 700 GLASSWARE DEPARTMENT Is worthy of inspection, as we c4in show you goods not usually kept outside of the cities. We now hold a fine asaartment of DINNER SETS, TEA SETS and BEDROOM SETS, imported for is 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 dux mammoth establishment 'under the clock and opposite 'JOHN CHINAMAN. LAIDLAW & FAIRLEY, Main Street, Seaforth. SEPTEMBER 23, 1881. • SEAFORTH MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EMPORIUM. SCOTT BROTH RES, PROPRIMTORS. 3111,FFI. S. f 2T 13TC DI ES bg to setounc to the 1 ohne 11 at they hal e jott 0mpkted ae rangements with the Acesa.-ea Dunhans, New York, for the eale of their world renowned Pianos. THE DUNHANI PIANO Was established in 1884, and has become one of the most popular instruments of the Clay, preferred by the leading artists. We meanie of the many NOTICES OF THE:PRESS t,` One of the most remarkable improvements in Piano -fortes of the present day, has just been effected by Dunham & Sons„ New "ork, in the ordinary square instrument. The 'Improvement consists in a system of ,Construction by a/hitt the tom is increased to ao, equality Vsith that of a grand piano, while thequelaty IS ' pure and beautiful. Mtherto,increase of power Inflate. pianos has been gained at the expense of purityor qualit y; but Dunham & Sons have overcome thbt 'difficulty, and have literally produced a grand piano in a equare case of ordinary dimensionse The tone is resonant, powerful and melodious, the touch is light butstrong, and the professional, player can preduce all the effects that ean be aot out of a pi nua, while thejanateur will feel an unusual pleasure inits ample atad eatistaingtone. It will in a measure revolutionize the Manta facture of squaTe pianos.-Chrisfientnien. Any Other Plane Supplied on the Shortest Notice. 9 he Exec lt-ior Crean alias.) s on halides usual with all the latest improvements. This Organ received the MEDAL OF HICHEST MERIT At Toronto Indoetrial Exhibition in 1E80, also t Mizes at Seaforth, Exeter and Brusaels Fairs last year. Irstruments sold on the instalment system. Old instruments taken at their valnetts part,payment on new ones. AGENTS WAN Tgo Eve) who e, and highest Commission paid.Send for Catalogue, and see us before buying.' CaRta"T.T.11•TrilerMa.S4... Ten to Sixteen dollars for a Conaplete Musical Instrument. Any child men play IL Two good sharp Agents Wanted on Salary. SCOTT BROTHERS, MAIN STREET, SE TIME IS MONEY1 FRIEDBORN'S PATENT CHURN DASHER. Makes More Butter, Paster, Better. EASIER TO OPERATE •AND KEEP 013' AN. It Is Constructed on S4entific Principles The Dasher is Strone, Durable and Light. In Churning thc Cream is forced by the Centre Cone to tbe sides of the Dasher, thence through the various boles. The eapa break the streams, causing 'upward jets through the boles to be im- pinged on by eidejets issuing from the tubes, p re/noting agitation of the,cl,eam and the forma• . tioBnyof the vett ter. e Globti. es ef Letter -will be collected and concen- t liar Shape i of the Dasher, the trated to a solid tneee as feat as they are form- ed, er d the surface of the dr eher being smooth end metallic, without reeeeses where anything mig htlodge, the dasher is -easily cleaned :.`by pou ring warm water on IL The tapering shape of t he 'caps prevents their clogging up. BAYFIELCI, • Has been appointed agent ter the Province of Ontaxio, and is new manufacturing them at his • shop in Bay field, whele samples can be seen at any time. Give in your orders. It is .without exception the best churn dasher in the world. • Exclushe Territory midnights to Manufacture can be had on application to the undersigned. ,717 V. HOM:TAN, Barleld.Ont. HURON LIVE STOCIc ASSOCIATION THE Annual Ssle under , the auspices of the -a- tlut on Live Steck Ageociation„ 'will be held in the Team of Clinton, on • 'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, ISM. Parties desiring to enter sfeck for this sale, can • do soup to the rnonirg (lithe sale; but only such stock as is entered with the Secretary on or before the ltth of September, can appear in the Sale Catalogue. fl11 entries!ranst be ae,conapatti- ed by the regtdred fee, and owners of stock -must sena in the Pedigrees of their animah3 fully made • out and plainly written. ' TERMS OF EkTRANCE -For each tboreughb.red Stallion, Mai e, Bull. Cow or Heifer, $2, for each pan of sheep or "matte, 50 cents; grade stock half pride. A commission of 1 per cent. will be tbarged po all stock sold. Ail who itteod entering should hayethe pedigree of their stack in the catalogue. Alt entries must he addreseed to the Secretary at Se -cloth, 'an& farther information desired willbe furnished by M. Y, McLEA/i, Sea..forth,Secretary. JAS. BIGGINS, Olin.ton, Oresident. STEADY EMPLOYMENTI FoNTHILL. NURSERIES. THE LARGEST IN CANADA,. 'WE want salesmen to sell Our mune/7 Book. a Can give Canvassers advantages that ob other Arm in the business can offer. Steady work and good salaries to sudeessfui men. Goo# lief eren ce Required. Apply to STONE & WEi,I4lNGToN, NMaie men, Toronto, vLUA. „ N. B. -We Breslow:0mq- to receive for fall delivery of our eelebrated NEW W. GRAPE, the "Golden Poehlingten. ?rhea for two year vinee, $2; One year $1.504 Send for circular. Special terms to parties weal ing a large number for Tineyard purposes. 771 STONE a 'WELLINGTON.' - 4 EPTEMB realized that but reality. lictlaeli Mr. Car there Was a little other pressed ne uiptea by g is, partially • that she was gam people about her. utp arta get away power to ao seemed centred. ber eyes on tiia hat could. 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