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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-12-16, Page 6Borrowing. Dear girls, let me entreat you never to form a habit of borrowing—bor- in in season and out of season, kwin s, scissors and thread, dimes ng dresses and wraps, ribbon," and peisils, until your friends will exe poet to hear you say, "Please may I WTow," each time you look into their' **ma. Lending id a real kindnees, and betokens an obliging spirit; but borrowing shows careless manage- ment and no proper regard for the rightafothers. -dre be sure, it is seined, ea necessary even -with the beat - regale, : , household, wardrobe or work. box.till Ihave a real regard for those who will deny themselves a pleasure or put off a time of enjoyment rather than borrow'. But of all things, never ask the loam of &tithing. Some persons are so sensitive that if they could afford it they wbuld rather throw away a gar- ment another has worn than appear in it themselves. Although you may think this foolish, you must bear ha mind that the garments belong to your friend, Sad by asking to borrow them, you foree her to ohoose between pun- ishing herself with complying or of- fendingyou with a denial. Perhaps the girl readers are not ad- dicted to this exasperating habit, and do noteed this talk. There is, how- eiver,afist ong mm y acquaintances i aiden whore es herself one of my greatest trials. She asks for ray scarf to wear to the city, for my shawl when she visits her aunt, for my hood when she goes skating. One of my dresses figured at heir cousin's wedding; one of my neck- ties is seen in her photograph ; she protecther hinds with my mittens, walks dry shod in my rubbers, and warms her fingers in my muff. Yet she is so helpful, and sociable, and amiable, and retarns so readily and neatly each article borrowed, that I seldom venture a refusal, especially when I remember that her wardrobe is scantily furnished. Still I often take myself severely to task for allowing a girl with such ex- cellent traits to pass- into womanhood with thie disagreeable one. So, full of • the hope that she will see this talk, I send it on its mission, trusting it will help sone maiden to becarde a more moveable woman.—"Aunt Olivia," in Country Gentleman. A Trip in Nebraska. • A Typical Farm and Farmer. Having occasion to make a trip through the counties of Gage, Jefferson, Thayer, illmore, York and Seward, I have gathered some items which may be of interest to your readers. I have been in Nebraska two summers, and it lias beenequite difficult for me to come to a niatdred opinion as to the agri- cultural capacities of the country, and its desirability as a home for the far-. men Ite advantages seem to be a dry, healthy olimate, and a very large area ef cheap, unoccupied land. Its great disadvantage seems to consist in the • extreme dryness of the summer from June to September, and the consequent extreme ancertainty in the production' ef °ramie This dryness varies with seasons and localities; hence the ex- tremely cenflicting reports as to the yield of any crop year -And the difficulty h of making a fair estimate of averages. to The rainfall seems to -some extent to Ia fellow the course of timbered tivere and or streams. !Hence in neighborhoods dila he tent from each other only eight or ten en he On an de it ge ho ne las im to br wi do He heads, was prodigious. He measured heads of timothy *hich were 9f inohes in length. CloveHrom which he out last June two tons per sore, showed a second growth eighteen inches high, and heads filled with plump seed, and this in the recent dry season. Red top and blue grass were luxuriant in growth, and the latter rich and green in present appearanoe, showing a prospective wealth to be developed by intelligent raanagement on these broad prairies, which is entirely beyond e,omputation. Alfalfa made a rank growth the first year, but graduallyean. out, and SOOD, became worthlesa.. Orchard grass made a luxuriant growth, looking rich and nutritious, but would not endure our long, dry summers. In shaded situ- ations, it would probably maintain its good eeputation. Blue grass made a. better and denser sod than timothy in the same length of time. As far as I am concerned, this demonstration of the success of tame grasses here is sufficient. Near Geneva, in Fillmore county, I found many pieces of timothy, and sorae few of blue grass, looking welin Not entirlify germane to the subject of agriculture, but of interest as show- ing that a Nebraska farmer need not entirely forego the amenities and lux- uries of an older civilization, will be a brief referenoe to the home of Mr. Bigelow. Under the supervision of his accomplished wife I found a model home, containing all the comforts and elegancies that any gentleman or lady conld reasonably ask. Music, a well stocked library of current literature, the latest papers and magazines, were pro- fuse evidences of the cultivated tastes of my host and hostaza.and an atmos- phere pervaded by confidence, cheerful- ness, love and contentment was a suffi- ciezit evidence of their happiness. And yet, to encourage all with such tastes in the hope that they may reach much happiness, I will say that these kind. .people told me of a time in their early pioneer days, when; while making the first settlemeht of their farm, they lived in a barn loft of 12 by 14 feet. Mr. Bigelow assured me that he had made an average of 50 bushels of corn per acre for eix years; this year he makes about 15 bushels. He uses die Thomas smoothing harrow, cultivating only twice.—J. B. Melroy, Gage County, October 28. Man the Only Animal who Don' Have a Good. 'lime Whert a Baby. "A man," said Rev. Plato Johnson in the course of a very eloquent sermon, "is a very emus animule. He is the only animule dat don't have a good 'time when he is a baby. Did dat idee ever 'cur to your mind before! After he is dead he may go to hebben, but after he's born, an' tiLl he- gits able to to take care of hisself, he has no com- fort an' he don't let nobody else ha,b any. Look at de dogs, and what a time dey has togedder. .Ley is born free or four at a time, so dey need& be lonley, an' de minute dey gets dere eyes open dey begins to play an' fool wid each other an' te 'joy deirselves. Look at de lamb. Well, dat lamb of Mary's had a good deal better tithe than Mary ad. herself before she was big enongh go to school. Whoever heard of a mb's havin' de doofache or de rneasles colic? t When night comes de calf s down quiet by de side of its mndder ' dat is, the last you hear of it till unse nex' morn'. Did you ever ar of a calf havin' de chick- -pox or de nitinighs ? Echo ewers, 'None �f dose things 'curs 4in lower main:rule world.' Now how is wid de human baby? He ain't ierally in de world mor'n half an tir before he begins to let de whole ighborhomi know dat he's come at t, an' intends to stay. He's got an mortal soul which Mary's lamb had go widont ; but it does seem to me, ethren, dat he pays for dat privilege d a lot of things dat de lamb and de g wouldn't have on no Coiasid'ration. no sooner gits well started before he s to bite a rubber ring all day to git teeth through, an' w'en dey's com- through de fader has to tote de baby all rate, an' de baby yellin' all de time loud 'miff for it town crier. No, de fao' is dat de human animate done have no happinese till he . grows big 'nu ff to have a home of his own, an' even den his misery has just began. 13rethren, dis contplex problem has spited my sleep a ifteat many times." miles, a. fair or good crop of corn may be made in one, while in the other corn would be an entire failure. Thie un - Iheaafavored looalities where from 15 to 25 itataYl: bushels per acre have bean raised. ether within the memory of old settlers. And yet there are eometimes pieces in to have failed more generally than any familiar. The present year corn seems any part 0,fehtthaoiavirbeceersnotpvweileTtxhcvweaerlidi jasebhtihe:ataTmont Gage, my own county, the total average a spring and winter wheat would not exceed three bushels per acre, while in ilkuore feed York I saw stubbies which looked as though 15 or 20 bushels per ha eere had been taken from the fielda. ht. a The soil of Nebraska, like the cli- III' mate, seems also to be very variable In Gage comity, where I have observed the most, there is a very compact and impervious subsoil underlying a large Fart of the surface. This can be de- tected by an expert by the character of the wild messes growing over it. Jef- fersoa and Thayer seem to be much of the same character, while Fillmore Beenie to 190 more uniformly good. But I have yet found no place in the State where the "gumbo" or "jug clay," as it is locally termed, does not very often COMO near the surfaae. And what seems to- ant old resident of Iowa _phen- omenal, it ie the almost uniform testi- mony of the cad settlers, that the bot- tom lands are inferior in quality to the high upland prairies. From a careful observation of two years' extent I am led to the oonclusion that raising or- gin dinary feria crops for sale is precarious but and uncertain, and not likely to yield a his revenue adequate to a fair livelihood wit and the accamalation of a competency for old age. The natural capacities of the country lie in the direction of stook farming. The open range of pasturage yet unexha sted willafford, as long as it remains,4 sure aonrce of wealth to the judiciou breeder and feeder of cat- tle. Cern, bale the surest, is also the 'cheapest cereal, and can be converted at home int beef and pork, and yield generally more revenue than by ship- ping. In connec ion with this subject of stock growing comes the problem as to what is to eucceed the wild grasses, when in the course of time they will be displaced. Whether the grasses will succeed here is air, important question, and one to which I have paid more at- tention than any other. It was my privilege to pend.a da -y at the home of Mr. H. 0. Bigelow, a gentleman living la few miles from Belvidere, in Thayer county; and the evidence I saw on this piece as to the success of the ta.ane grasses was certainly very encouraging to st new coiner in Nebraska. - Mr. Bigelow has 640 mires of choice atpland prairie under fence and cultiva- tion. He does not raise grain for ex- tort, but is mainly engaged in stock farming. He has eight or ten acres on eDe corner (this fittin devoted to ex- perimental'ass plats. Growing sid by sidI fou4d clover, orchard e timothy, red op, blue grass, and [Wel- % e grass tim, fa. All of these, except alfalfa and or- chard grass, seemed to be "to the manor born," and perfectly at home on the sim of Nebrastra. Mr. Bigelow assared me that his crlop of timothy of last year, ice rankness of growth and length of Farm. Notes or November. The barnyard is el f more importaece in fame economy than the houseyard, because out of it are the issues of crops. It is there that the manure is made end preserved. Some farmers have no barnyead, and they tuake very little manure, and save or preserve none. Such fanners must Booper or later go to the wall. The no -barnyard system of farming will answer as long as the vir fertility of the soil is not exhausted after that the farmer wbo/ forget manure pile, or neglects to /guard i h a covetous eye, is behind' the age A proper barnyard for the adva*med and progressive farmer' is one that be dished —sloping from allsides towards the centre—with the bottom cemented, or in some other way made water tiglet. The animals are fed under cover, and the yard is for the keeping of the solid and liquid manure that comes from the stock. The litter should be so abun- dant that the liquid is absorbed by it. To prevent the washing of the manure by rains, a cover for the yard, or that potion devoted to the preservation of manure, should be provided. Such a cover costs only mfew dollars, and will pay for itself the Orst year in a larger quantity and better quality of manure. Look out for the Manure, aild see that none of this valueble rnaterfel goes to waste. In riding throna,h the country, I am often surprised at the way that many farmers leave their valuable machinery in the field, just 1where they left off using it. It does not dake many sea- sons for the best Mowing machines to becorae worthless, if leftefor a month or so each year • exposed i to the decayin influences of the rain land sun. I shoal carry my idea of patting all farm tool under shelter so far at to include wagt ons of the cheapest and most durable, kind, wheelbarrows, and even stone - boats. It costs much less in the long run to have sheds for all these. Decay is slow, and goes on without any noise, but it does4go on nevertheless. To be sure there is some picturesqueness in a reaper standing in the middle of a stubble field, with ibs four red arms pointing towards the -four winds of I heaven, but it is not traeland economi- • '7tHE j--1U49N EXPOS1TOK. 4 cal farming. A hay rack leaning against a tree, ; with a pig rubbing against it, is an object that might in- spire an artist, but it is not the est plaee for either the rack or the pig. If one is more interested in the man fac- ture of farm implements than the re- serving of them, then leave all f rm machinery out of doors. It, like n4any other slip -shod methods of doing berm work, leads straight to that conclution summed up in the three words, "Farm- ing don't pay." ,. The ice crop is one that is harveeted in the whiter, and if properly done and used to the best adventime, it is one of the most profitable crops on the farm. Ice is no longer to be considered as a lux- ury, but rather a necessity, especiaflr in dairy farming. The house, if not al- ready built, should be erected be ore winter sets in. It is better to build a substantial house, and one that it, larger than is required to hold the ioe for a *Jingle season's use. It is un- pleasant to make all the arrangements for the use of ioe, and then have it fail for a season. To avoid this, store enough for two seasons'an keep a supply for one year ahead fo an emer- gency. The farmer who keeps n accouets must work in the dark. He annot tell how much his work pays, o whether one part of the farm may no oaus4 a positive outgo, instead of being a [entree of income. He might know by a few hours spent in book-keeping thatis a:1 greatest profitm comes froea ly 1anbs, or the field of roots, or the airy, nd in this way know what change to make to increase the income of the fanm, and diminish the outgo, or both. Accounts should be kept with each fi ld. Ouly the main points should be entered. It is a mistake to go into all th detatls, as some have done, putting down each little thing done. Simple accounts, that can be kept without i posing a harden, and at the same time covering the essentials, are all that shotild be at- tempted.—Country Gentleman. Window Flowers ill When thetdays are shorte "the year trembles with deca old man who leans upon his lovers of flowers should ha preparations for them in the of their apartments, where .e can enjoy the luxury of raistd a few plants to sweeten ande home life, and to feed upon th acid gas of the air. There is more attractive to the passer plants and flowers in the ca ement and when the gardens are cov ed wi snow and frost, and the earth i held the stern fetters of winter, there is occupation for the housevvi e mo cheering than that of window ga dening. Some one has said that a m n's di nity is ma more lowered by c ng f floweas than it is by manifest g piet tar flowers are the favorites of he Cr ator of the world, and we offer accep able worship to Him in caring 1 r the One of the oldest of religious ustom was the beautiful practise of dornin the shrines of the temples with flower and it is a hepefal eational sig to fin the culture Of flowers so widely exten ed, and to see the& so genera ly use in ornamenting the churches in winte as -well as ;in skimmer, in so.. e citie Warmth, moisture, fresh air nd [sun- light, are the chief essentials fer plant growth, with fresh soli; no one can hope to make plants bud and flowee in perfection uhless the soil ie rept nished every autumn. The woods offe an ex- oellent compost to all who will eek it. Under the pine trees' cast-off eedles, you will find a dark rich soil, which is most desirable for re-pottingroses, fuchsias, geraniams, begonias bon- vardias, carnations, heliotropee and other plants. If it is a little saJudy, se much the better, but one -quart r part of thoroughly decayed stable enure will increase its fertilizing °wars largely. It often happens that the onl available for plants, contains sunny whidow. To arrange t that all catch a glimpse of the a row of pots on the window led fasten above them and inside th inter, ing, a , like taff," e ma windo very o at lea fine t carbon nothi passer - plants th an all de ws ue And st he — JAMES, WATSON, WC A_IINT S'11.1=LE MT, SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, Dealer in first class Family and Manufacturing Sewing Machines, Knitting Machines, _ Lawn Mowers, Sad Ions, Machine Needles, Machine s Oil, a ttno ments and all kinds of sewing machine supplies. lam the '�n1 e agent in thio part of Huron for the celebrated WHITE Sewing Machine, which has neeeeded in taking the first prize for three yeaas in Rimmed on at the Seaforth Fair over all its Goznpetitors, and which has also won golden opinions for itself in Europe, United Sestee, and Ciunida., The WHITE is STRONG BUILT, LIGHT RUNNING, NOISELESS, EASY TO OP- ERATE, middies all the recinixements of • family and manufaeturing machine. It gives universal satisfaction. Every machine is warranted for five years. I am aleo agent and dealer in the follow- ing machines,' WHEELER ct WILSON, HOWE, OS - BORN AI and WILSON and others. I can supply any machine a customer may de- sire. A number of second hand machines on han d and for sale cheap. Machines rented by the week to responedble persons All tines of machines repaired on the shortest notice. Charges rea - sonable. I am prepared to sell machines on the most favorable terms, and at prices to suit customers. By atria attention to business and fen dealing, I hope to merit a liberal share of your trade JAMES WATSON. Office—Main StreetMeaforth, Campbell's Block,. Opposite the Mansion Hotel. THE RED MILL, SEAFORTH. • SCLATER & DOLPHIN Have got the Red Mill in full worldng order and are now prepared to do GRISTING AND CHOPPING On the shortest notice, and they guarantee a good article. Parties if they desire can receive Flour in Exchange for their Wheat 4 if they do not want to wait to get their own wheat ground. Flour and Feed always on hand for sale. ic og INSURANCE AND LAND AGENCY an GIVE US A TRIAL we will satisfy you in every respect. EIGLATER & DOLPHIN. THE SEAFORTH B' ALONZO sTE,ONG th in IS AGENT for several First -Class Stock, Fire Lop and Life Insurance Companiee, and is proper - 4 to take risks on the most favorable terms. Also Agent for several of the best. Loan So. r. cie ties . ' Also Agent for the Sale ar.d Purchase of Farm g • and Village Property. " A y, Number of First -Class e- _improved _Farms for Sale. t• In. 550,000 to Loan at $ix per cent. interest. g Agent for the sale of Ocean Steamship Tickets 8e; OFFICE —'Over M. Morrison's Store, Msin el- Street, Seeforth. r, P.A.RMMEZS' s. BANKING HOUSE. SEAFORTH. room at one em 80 nn, set e, and case- ment a narrow shelf, and still ainother higher up, allowing the probable rowth of the 'plants. A couple of hanging pots can be - suspended. All these shelves can be filled with pots, ut un- less the window is very high an deep only a limited number of small plants can be kept. These, howeve , will thrive in the light and. sunshine eceiv- ed. If only a little time can be d voted to their cultivation, a few are better than many. One of the advenbages of this plan is that in a small living -room none of the crowded space is occupied by a cum- brous plant stand. Another is that all the pots, save those on the w ndow ledge, are out of the reach of th mis- chievous fingers of children. T keep these lower pots from being ulled down, it is well to pass amend thane from one side of the window to ot er, a strong twine, tied at each end ound screws sunken nearly to the h ad in the casement. The plants wont also be protected from little fingers, from the dust of the living room, and from callers who pinch the leaves, by ang- ing from the wire brackets a brea th of mosquito netting long enough to early touch the floor. It should be tied down at the bottom of the window wit nar- row ribbon or cord tassels. It is asily drawn aside when the plants are ater- edi or if desired can be taken entirely down after the sweeping andd sting are over for the day. 1. • The Electric Light, Exceeding as it does all other mo 108 of illumination, and rivalled only be the glorious sunshine, will not be • ailed with greater Joy by all other lood purifiers aud tonics as the electric ight is far superior to all other blood uri- fiers and tonics as the electric lig t is superior to the old fashioned tallow dip. Burdock Blood Bitters cures Scro ale, and all foul humors and imparitie of the .blood; 724 What is Study Pope, the poetical philosopher Id: "The proper study of mankind is m and yet, how little is the realsscien e of man studied. If people understood and heeded the laws of health, and if when out of sorts would resort to a com i. on sense remedy like Burdock Blood it- ters, many of the ills that flesh is eir to might be effectually remedied. It invigorates and regulates all the se re - tions to a health acti 7 • : 1 _ OFFICE—In the premises former- ly occupied by the Bank of Com- merce, am.cl under the Commercial Rotel, Altivin, Street. -NOTES AND BILLS DISCOUNTED. English and Foreign Exchange Purchased and Sold. FARMERS'SALE NOTES Purchased at Reasonable Rates. 'Roney Lent on Collateral Securities. Drafts Issued, payable at par at all Branches of the Bank of Commerce. INTEREST Allowed on Deposits Money to Loan on Mortgages. Me 1)e11 A."SrE S, Manager and Proprietor. T H E CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO, Paid up Capital, - - $0,000,000. Rest, 1,400,000. President, Hon. Wm. McMaster. SEAFORTH BRANCH. The Seaforth Branch of this Bank continnes to receive deposits, on which interest is allowed on the most favorable terms. Drafts on all the principal towns and °Mee in Canada, on Great Britain, and en the United States, bought and sold. Office—Enid door South of the Commercial Hotel. 689 A. H. IRELAND, Manager. EYE, EAR AND THROAT 1 OR. GEORGE S. RYERSON, , L. B.C. P., L. S.C. S. E., Lecturer on the Eye Ear and Throat, Trinity Medical College, Toron- to, and Surgeon to the Mercer Eye and Ear La - firmary, Consulting Oculist and Aurist to the Institutions for the Blind, Brantford, and for the Deaf and Dumb, Belleville, Ont. Late (Mini - cal Assistant Royal London Ophthalmic flospi- Its], Moorfields, and Central Throat and Ear I Hospital. 317 CHURCH STREET, TORONTO. May be consulted at the • .ALBION HOTEL, STRATFORD, On the Last SATURDAY in EACH' MONTH. 708 EGG EMPORIUM. THE Subscriber hereby thanks his elm:ninon* -a- customers (merchants and others) for their liberal patronage &nine the past 7 years, and hopes by strict integrity and oloee attention to business to merit their confidence and trade ha the future. Having greatl, enlarged his prem. fees during the winter, he is now prepared to pay THE HIGHEST OASH PRICE For any quantity of Good Fresh Eggs, delivered a1t the Egg Emporium, riff.A.IN STREET, SEAFORTH: Wanted by the subscriber, 25 tons of good dry clean wheat straw. D. D. WILS014 DECEMBER 16, 1881. GREAT BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS THIS WEEK —AT— Hoffman Bros.' Cheap Cash Store, Seaforth. ALSO, FULL STOCK OF ALL SO CLOUDS, SCARFS OPERA SHAWLS, MITTS YARNS, FLANNELS, T TS OF WOOLLEN G-OODS, SUCH AS SQUARES, VOODk CUFFS, OAPS, BLANKETS, EDS, SHAWLS, &c., &c., &c. Call and See for Yourselves. liar No Trouble to Show You Goods. REMEMBER THE ONLIf CHEAP CASH STORE : CAMINO'S BLOCK. I HOFFMAN BROTHERS, Seaforth. KILLORAN .& RYAN ARE NOW SELLING OFF THEIR IMMENSE STOCK OF GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, VIZ.: 11 Teas, Sugars—all qualities—Coffee—G pen, Roasted and ,Ground- Rice, Rais- ins, Currants, Spices—Whole and Gaound—Canned GoocAs of all Kinds, the Beet Brands of Cigars, American and Canadian Coal Oil, &c. CROCKERY DEPARTMENT. Our Crockery Department is filled with the Largest and Caeapest Stock of Goodsin Seaforth, or any other Town West of Toronto, FLOUR AND FEEI6 DEPARTMENT. Our Flour and Feed Department is always stocked with the best Goods in the market. LIQUOR DEPARTMENT. Our Liquors are widely known, and i.ee guarantee them to speak for them- selves. The Celebrated MARSALA. Saeramental Wine always on hand. We must trouble all those indeibted to us to call at once and settle up. kILLORAN & RYAN. SOMETHING FO THE LADIES. THE POPIJI.411 STORE. Great Clearing Sale of Women's and Children's Fine Boots, Shoes and Slippers, at TOPT.1\T Wii•Tr1"/"IR. 7 Ladies' Kid Buttoned Boots for $1; Ladies' Indian Kid Buttoned Boots for $1.50; Ladies' French Kid Buttoned Boots, $2.50; Ladies' Goat Buttoned Boots, $2; Ladies' B Kid Valmorals, 1.75;$Ladies' Goat Balmorals, Chamois Lined, ; Misses' Kid Buttoned Boots, 1.5o;$Caildrea's Fie Buttoned Boots for 50c and upwards. I am also showing the Finest Stock of Ladies' Buttoned Bal - morals and.Walking Boots in Calf, Kid and G -oat, Qhamois Lined, with English and French Heels, in wide and extra wide widths. I would also call attention to my KID and TOTLFiT SLIPPERS, in the very newest styles. These are all very handsome goods, and should be seen to be appreciated. • A CALL OF INSPECTION IS INVITED. tt Remember the Old Stand, Opposite Scott's Block, Main Street, Seaforth JOHN McINTYRE. PLOWS! PLOWS I PLOWS I The best selected stock of PI ws in the County 'fie at O. C. WILLSON'S ACRICULTURA Main Street, IMPLEMENT EMPORIUM, Seaforth. The following popular mak s.are now in stock : Massie's No. 13 Thistle Gutter; Carter? Smith & C0.18 Three Rod -beam No. 40 Chilled Plow; the Genuine AMericam, South Bend Oliver No. 40 Chilled Plow; th,e Brantford Champion Chilled Flow, Wat- son's Wrought Iron -beam No. 40 Chilled Plow; the No. 10 and seaveral different styles of 4e Hill pattern, general pwrpose Plows: also, the Fr istown No. 13 Plows. The above Plows are from first-class ma ere_, and will be sold cheap for cash or osfa short credit. La GANG PLOW I keep the Port Perry, which is no‘acknowledged to be the best and most r lin the -plow the market. Price $20 eash, or $22 on time. STRAW CUTTERS, ROOT CUTTERS, HORSE- POWERS, SAWING MACHINES, and alli kinds of implements belonging to the business. Now is the time to get a go d churn, and the BLANCHARD is the acknowledged leader of the dairy. See tliem before buying any other. I ' SEWING MA9H.INES. A full stock of the following leadiug maahines : WANZER C WANZER F WILSON B and LOUISE Family Machines; the WANZER D and E for tailors and light manufacturing. These are all reliable machines, and parties purchaeing are sure of getting satisfeation and good valne for their money. A lot of good second-hand machines on hand, and will be sold from $5 t� 1115 each. Machines repaired on the shortest notice. Needles, oils and all kinds of repairs on hand. 0. C. WILLSON, Main -St., Seaforth, HEAT YOUR HOUSES THOROUCHLY BY USING. THE CHALLENGE HEATER HICK01?Y or RADIANT HOME STOVES. They have the best known improve- ments for saving fuel and labor of any similar stoves in this market. CALL AND SEE THEM AT JOHN KIDD'S, MAIN ST. SEAFORTH. SEAFOBTH INSURANCE AGENCY WM, N. WATSON, General Fire, Marine, Life and Ac- cident Insurance Agent, Convey- ancer, Appraiser, .Etc., MAIN ST., SEAFORTH. ONLY FIRST-CLASS, prompt paying companies represented. All kinds of risks effected at lowest current rates on all kinds of property. Special attention devoted to Marine insurance. Insurances effected on farm property in the "Gore District," of Galt,establish- over 43 years, at from .62i- to 1 per cent., cash, for three years Cheaper than any mutual cone- pany in existence. The following- companies represented, viz.: London & Lancashire, England; Northern, England; Scottish Imperial, Scotland; British America, Toronto; Royal Canadian, Mon- treal ; Gore District, Galt; Canadian 'Fire & Marine, Hamilton; Alliance, Hamilton; Toronto Life, (Life), Toronto; Travellers, Life and Acci- dent, Hartford, Conn. Agent for the Canada Permanent loan and Savings Company, Toronto. Money loaned at 6 per cent. on real estate. Agent for the State Line eteanaship Company, sailing between New York and Glasgow. First Cabin, $60 to 875; Second Cabin 840; Steerage, $26. Return tickets issued good for 12 months. W. N. WeersoN, Main Street, Seaforth. Office, Camp- bell's Block, opposite the Mansion Hotel. ON EXHIBITION. The Grand'PleaaetoiT Wonder whioh causes so mtich excitement is yet visible to the gazing mil- lions, and the 26th of June having come and gone with every prospect of several anniversaries of this eventful time, the well known Beni of WHITNEY BROTH E RS1 Stove, and Tinware Merchants, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH Respectful'y Salad the Inepection and Patronage of the Public of Seaforth and vicinity, to their' splendid stock of STOVES, &c. Don't pass the • signof THE 13IG COFFEE POT you can see at the sign of the big Coffee Pot, that WHITNEY BRQS. keep stoves, and what not? Why Harvest Tools, Binding Mitts, and all kinds of Tinware, as Cheap andas Good as any store elsewhere. Son2e think 'tis not true, but only a rhyme. But come, inspect our Stoves; t'vront teke muoh tirae. We Will Sell Just as Cheap as We Possibly Can Frora a Fine Poliahed Stove to a Bird Cage or Oan. Please enquire for WHITNEY BROTHERS'. MAIN -ST., SEAFORTH. CHRYSTAL & BLACK, PRAOTICAL BOILER MAKERS. Triee Subscribers have bonght the Toole and Boiler Business lately carried on by the God- erich Foundry and Manufacturing Company, and having had an experience of over eight yette in that shop, are now prepared to -carry on the trade in all its branohee. Any work entrusted to us will reeeive prompt attention. First-olass work guaranteed. all kinds of Boilers made and repaired, also Smoke Stacks and Sheet Iron Work, &c., at rea- sonable rates. New Salt Pane made and old ones repaired on the shortest notice, and at prices that defy com- petition. OHRYSTAL & BLAOK, 686-52 Box 103, Goderick. SEAFORTH MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS,HEADSTONES, TABLE TOPS, And work of all kinds executed in the best style of the art, and cannot he surpassed in Western On- tario. The community at large will bear in mind that we do not melte a practice of keeping agents to run the Country at the buyers' expense. We will at any time, when requested, give our price on any Monument or Headstone in the taming grounds. We use the hest grades of marble, buy- ing direct from the quarries. Shop on Main Street, near the station. A call respectfully solicited - 721 -18 E. MESSETT. 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