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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-04-21, Page 21 .2 HOW I MAItRIMXHIM. TEM CONFESSION OF A YOUNG LADY. CHAPTER VI. The next morning we were startled• by an extraordinary proceeding on the part of one cd the guests. Mr. Sax had left Cartiham Hall by the first train ---nobody knew why. Nature has laid—so, at least, philoso- phers say—some heavy burdens upon women. Do those learned persons in- clude in their list the burden of hyster- ics? If so I cordielly agree with them. It is hardly worth speaking of in my case—a constitutional outbreak in the solitude of my own room, treated with eau de cologne and water, and quite for- gotten -afterward. in the absorbing em- eploymeitt of education.My favorite pupil, Freddie, had been up earlier than the rest of us, breathingthe morning a - air in the fruit garden. e had seen Mr. Sax, and asked whe he was com• ing back again. Mr. Satil had said, “I shall be back again next mouth." (Dear little Freddie I) In the meanwhile we in the school room, had the proepect before us of a- dult time in an empty house. The re- maining guests were to go away at the end of the week, their hostess being en- gaged to pay a visit to some old friends in Scotland. During the net three or four days, . though I was often alone with Mrs. Fosdyke, she never said one, word on the subject of Mr. Sax. Once or twice I caught her looking at Me with that unendura,bly significant smile of he's. Miss Melbury was equally unpleasdnt in another way. Wheu we accidentally met on the stairs her black eyes shotat me passing glances of hatred and scorn. Did these two ladie4 presume to think—? No: I abstained' from completing that inquiry at the time, an abstain from completing it here. — The end of the week came, and I and the children were left alone at Uarsha;m Hall. I took advantage of the leisure hours at my disposal towrite to Sir Gerard; respectfully inquiring after his health, and informing him that I had , been again mot fortunate in my engagement as a governese. By return post an an- swer arrived. I eagerly opened it. The first lines informed me of Sir Gerard Royland's death: The letter dropped from my hands. I looked at my tittle enameled cross. It is not for me to say, what I felt. Think of all that I owed to him, and remember hoer lonely mybot was in the world. I gave the children a holiday ; items only the truth to tellthern that I was not wed. How long an interval passed before I could call to mind that I bad only read the first lines of the letter, I am not able to say. When I ditake it up I d was surprised to see that the writing covered two pages. Beginning again where I had left aff, my head, in a mo- ment more, began to swim A. horrid fear overpowered me that I might not be. in my right mind after I had read the first sentence. Here they are, to answer for me that I exaggerate nothing. "The will of our decoase4l client isnot yet proved: But, with thd sanction of the execntors, I inform yoie confidenti- •ally that you are the person chiefly in- terested in it. Sir Gerard Royland be- queaths to you, absolutely,Ithe whole of his personal property, amounting to the sum of seventy thousand pounde' If the letter had ended there I really cannot imagine what. extravagance I might not have coronaitted. But the writer (heed partner in the firm of Sir Gerard's lawyers) had something to say in his own behalf. The manner in which he said it strung up my nerves in an instant. I can not, and will not, copy the words here. It islquite revolt- ing enough to give the ubstatice of them. The man's object was ev deetly to let me perceive that he distipp oved of the will. So far, I do not corn lain of him —he had, no doubt, good reason for the view he took. But, in expressing his surprise 'fat this extraordinary -proof of the testator's interest iu a portent atranger of the family," he hinted his suspicion of an influence, on my part, exercised - over Sir Gerazd, so utterly ell on the • . ilt was dna- sha,meful that I cannot d subject. The langna.ge, I should a ningly guarded. Even I c uld see that it would bear mord than o e interpre- tation, and would thus put me in the wrong if I openly resented 't. But the meaning was plain; and p t, at least, of the motive came out in he conclud- ing sent ela ces. "Sir Gerard's son, as you are doubt- less aware, is not seriously affected by the will. He is already far more liber- ally provided for, as heir u der the en- tail to the whoie of the len ed property. But, to say nothing of old riends who were forgotten, there is a s rviving rela- tive of Sir Gerard passed over, who is nearly akiu to him by bl event _of this person disput you will, of course, hear fro and refer us to your legal a The letter ended with a delay in writing to me, cau culty in discovering_ my ad • And what did,' do. rector or to Mrs. Fosdyke Not Il od. In the ng the will, us again, viser." apology for ed by diffi- elifeh rite to the for ideice ? I 0 At first I was too indignai t to be able to think of what I ought io -do. Our post time was late, and my head ached as if it would burst into pieces. I had plenty of leisure to rest. and compose myself. When I got cool again, I felt able to take my OW13 part, thont ask- ing any one to help me. Even if I had been treat d kindly, I should certainly not hay taken the money when there was a re ative living with a claim to it. What did I want with a large for- tune? To buy a husband ith it per- haps. No, no ! From all hat I have heard, the great Lord Cha cellor was quite right when he said th t a women with money at her own di pcsal was "either kissed out of it or k oked out of it sieweeks after her marri oe." The one difficulty before me was not to give up my legacy, but to expree my reply with sufficient severity, and t the same time, with due regard to my own self- respect. Here is what I Wrote: “Sin :—I will not trouble ton by at- tempting to express my sin, ere regret on, hearing of Sir Gerard Royla,nd's death. You would probably form your own opinion on that subject also, and I have DO wish to be judged b your un- enviable experience of hum ity for the it second time. "With regard to the leg cy, feeling the deepest gratitude to my generous benefactor, I nevertheless refuse to re- ceive the money-. "Be pleased to send me the necessary document to aign. for transferring my fortune to that relative of Sir Gerard's mentioned in your letter. The one coiv dition on which I insist is, that my name shall'be kept a secret from the person in whose favor I resign the money. I do not desire, even supposing that justice is done to my motives on this occasion, to be made the object of expressions of gratitude for only doing my duty." So I ended. I may be wrong, but I call that strong writing. In due coarse of post a formal ac- knowledgment arrived. I was request- ed to wait for the document until the will -had been proved, and was inform= ed that my name would be kept strictly secret in the interval. On this owe.- sion the executors were almost as luso.' lent as the lawyer. They felt- it their duty to give me time to consider a deci- ftiOU which had been evidently fermed„ on itnpulee. Ah, how hard men ''areetd at least, some of them. I locked up the acknowledgment in disgust, resolved to think no more about, it until the time came for getting rid of my legacy. I kissed poor Sir Gerard's little keepsake. While I was still look- ing at it the good children came in, of their own accord, to ask how I was. I was obliged to draw down the blind of mti room, or they would have seen the tears in my eyes. For the first time since my mother's death I felt the heartache. Perhaps the children made me think of the happier time when I was a child myself. CHAPTER nil. The will bad been proved, and I was, informed that the document was in course of preparatime- when Mrs. Fos - dyke returned from her visit to Scot- land. She thought me looking pale and Worn. "The time seems to me to have come," she said, "when I had better make you and Mr. Sax understand each other. Have you been thinking peni- tently of your own bad behavior ?" I felt myself blushing. I had been thinking of my conduct to Mr. Sax—and I was heartily ashamed of it, too. Mrs. Fosdyke went on, half in jest, half in earnest, "Consult your own sense of pro- priety," said she. "Was the poor man to blame for not being rude encugh to say no when a lady asked 'him to turn .over her music? Could he help it if the same lady persisted in flirting with him? He ran away from her the next morning. Did you deserve to be told why he left us? Certainly not—after the vixenish manner in which you handed the bedroom candle to Miss Melbary. You foolish girl! Do you think I could'nt see that you were in love with him? Thank heaven, he's too poor to marry you, and take you away from my children, for some time to come. There will be a long marriage engagement, even if he is magnan- imous enough to forgive you. Shall I ask Miss Melbury to come back with him?" She took pity on the at last and sat down to write to Mr. Sax. His reply, dated from a_ country house some twenty miles distant, announced that he would beat Carsham Hall in three days' time. - On that third day the legal paper that I was to sign arrived by post. It was Sunday morning; I was • alone in the school -room. In writing to me the lawyer had hilly alluded to "a surviving relative of Sir Gerard, nearly akin to him by blood." The document was more explicit. It described the relative as being Sir Ger- ard's nephew, the son of his sister. The name followed. It was Seetus Cyril Sax. I have tried, on three different sheets of paper, to describe the effect which this discovery produced on me—and I have torn them up one after another. When I only think of it, my mind seems to fall back into the helpless sur- prise and confusion of that time. After all that had passed ?between us—the man himself being then on his way to the house—what would he think of me? what, in Heaven's name,mhat was I to do. - How long I sat petrified, with the document in my lap, I never knew. Somebody knocked at the school room door, and look in and said something, and went out again. Then there was an interval. Then the door was opened again. A hand was laid kindly on my shoulder. I looked up, and there was Mrs. Fosdyke, asking, in the greatest alarm, what was the matter with me. The tone of her voice roused me into speaking. I could think of nothing but Mr. Sax; I could only say, "Has he conae ?" "Yes—and waiting to see you." Answering in those terms she glanced at the paper in my lap. In the extrem- ity of my helplessness I acted like a sensible creature at last. I told Mrs. Fosdyke all that I have told here. She neither spoke nor moved until I had done. Her first proceeding after that was to take me in her arms and give me a kiss. Having so far encour- aged me, she next spoke of poor Sir Gerard. “We all acted like fools," she an- nommed, "in needlessly offending him by protesting against his second inar- liege. I don't mean you—I mean his son, his nephew, and myself. If his second marriage made him happy,what business had we with the dieparity of years between husband. and wife? I can tell you this, Sextus was the first of us to regret what he had done. But kr his stupid fear of being suspected of an interested motive, Sir Gerard might have known there was that much good in his sister's son. She snatched up a copy of the will, which I had not even noticed thus far. "See what the kind old man says of yen.," she went on,pointing to the words. I could not see them ; she was obliged to read them for me. “I leave my money to the one person living, who has been more than worthy of the little I have done for her, and whose simple. unselfish nature I know that I can trust.". I pressed Mrs. Fosdyke's hand I was not able to speak. She took up the legal paper next. "Do justice to yourself and be above contemptible scruples," she said, "Sex- tets is fond enough of you to be almost worthy of the sacrifice that you are mak- ing. Sign, and I will sigu next -as the witness." I hesitated. "What will he think bf THE H140N EX.P0q1alt. me ?" I asked. • REAL EST "Sign," she repeated, "and we will see to that', FARR FOB Shile I obeyed. She asked for the lawye letter. I gave it her, with the li which contained be man's 'vile inei ation folded do n, so that only the words above were visible, which proved that I had renunciid my legacy, not even knowing wia ther the person to be an or a wornan. She e rough draft of my le signed renunciation, oor. k and tell me about r's changed for f nes smith, Stanley o nct. 12, Turnbeny, es benefitted was ek took this, with t own letter and t and opened the "Pray come b it!" I pleaded. - She smiled lid nodded, and went out. Oh, what a long time passed before I heard the long expected knock at the door. "Come in !" Ivied, impatiently. , Mrs. Fosdyke iad deceived me. Mr. Sax had retur'ed in her. place. He closed the door. 1We two were alone. 1 He was dead! pale; his eyesoes they rested on me, haI a wild, startled look. With icy cold fi ers he took iny hand and lifted it in s lence to his lips. - The TB FOR SALE. Lo -For Sale or will- be either in MoKillop, Tneker- tt, Lot No. 85, 00110088/011 60 acres good timber land. For Furth Tl tic apply to A. 8nm/eon Lana Agent, Seafonth 788 • VARM IN Huttis FOB SALE.—For sale, 1: the west half ef •t 14, Concession 8, Halt let, containing 60 Or 38 of which are cleared well fenced and mid r good- cultivation. The balm* is well tint red. *There is a fair house and good orchard; ale plenty of water. This farm is within 7 mile of Sealorth and 6 front Clinton, and is ,c nvenient to churches and schools. It will be s ld oheap as the proprietor ie bound for Maeitoba. Apoly on the premises or to Minton P. 0. Ell11 NEY MORTON. 741) VAR/41 FOR SALE— North half of lot 28, concesi 4-..sion 2, East Watt% losh, containing 100 acres 80 acots cleared and 'n a good state ofcultivationi There are 14 acres ef There is a large fra neath, a log dwellin one end a quarter m chester. Soil is geo farm, and will be sol the 10th of March it TON, Blyth. unimer fallow re.acly for crop. e barer with stabling underi and a small orchard It • is les from the Village of Man 1 clay loam This is a choice cheap. lf not sold before will be rented. C. HAMM 741 VARM FOR SALE -A- sion 1, Huron ing 100 acres, of whi sight of his agit don encouraged me—I ed, in a splendid 0 don't, to this daSt, know why, unless it underdmined. The first-class out-buildi appealed ineonte way to my compas- of goal water. Th sion. I was boldlenough to look at him. Huron Road. 'aboot Still sident, he placed the letters on the eeaforth, and is One , table—and then Ire laid the signed pa: Thuerornomtniiscets op ovii per beside them.' When I saw that I olieli:tare I was bolder still.. I spoke first, i I "Surely you i don't refuse me?" 1 FARM FOR SALE i -& sale—For sale, eaid. Road Survey, Tu -76 of which are cl cultivation, and a 1 18 Well timbered wit acres of fall wheat' a is a stone house, goi underneath, and good wells and a y miles of Seaforth bn and five from Hens Scheele aud Chunili sold cheap Appl t the preneisee. M answered my whole heart. thau words ca take it." "Why not?" "The fortune is yours," he said gent- ly. "Remember how poor I am, and feel for me if I say no more." His head sankupon his breast. He etretched out one hand, silently iinplor- bag InO to understand him. 1 coqIcl en- dure it no long r. I forgot every con -A cession, H. tion ought to hatve remembered. Out posi- I estate of the lat wc jeth tie= rhunapter sideration which a woman in my, "I thank you with I admire you more say. But' I can't a For sale, Lot 24, conces-J ad, Tuckersreith, contain h about SO acres are clear, te of cultivatiou and all e s a good brickshouse, gs, two orchards and. plenty 9 farm is situated on the all Way betweeriClinton and of the choicest tamer on the: be sold cheap. Aptly on eaforth P. 0. Mits..Go. 740 Farm in 'Tuckersmith fori ot 2, Concession 10, Huron lie *smith, containing 100 acres, ed and in a good state of; ndentrained. The balanicei hardwood There are 181 d 30 acres fall plowed. Therel frame barn with stabling tl er good out-bui.dings Three ig orchard ' Is within eight the Gr.,nd' Trunk Railway, 11 on the Great Wettern. s quite convenient Will be Chiselhurst P. 0., or on .YULE. 733 • ARM FOR 8 came the desperate words before I could stop them. "You won't taleority gift by itself ?" I said, "Will you take, me with it ?" That evening Mrs. F,osdyke indulged her sly sense of urrior in a new way. She handed me an almanac.. 1 "After all, my dear," she remarked, ityou needent be- ashamed of having spoken first. You have only used the ancient privilege of the sex. This is leap year."— Willie Collins in Belgravia; - _. • . - . Curious ime Keepers. An Americen t aveller once saw id rare Japanese ti ne keeper, which has. been described ii an old record. This clock, in a frame three feet high an five feet donig, represented a noon Ian nape of great -loveliness. In the- for ground were plura and cherry tree and rich plants itt full bloom; in th rear a hill, graduel in ascent,from whic flowed a cascade admirably imitated i crystal. From t is point a thread-lik stream glided a ongi encircling. in i windings rocks nd tiuy islaidis, b preeentty losing it elf n a far-offstretc of wood land. t e sky turned I golden sun, indic ting as it gamed th striking hours, w ich were all marke . on the frame be ow, where a slowl creeping tortuise served as a' hand. A • bird of exquisite Plumage, resting by its wing, proclaimed the expiration of °itch hour. When the song ceased, a mouse sprang from a grotto near by, and run- ning over the hill hastily disappeared. London, is a smell watch, about 100 Iu the South K nsington mutieum, at years old, represOnting an apple, the golden case oruaniented with grains of pearl. Another o4 Nuremburg watch ', has the form of an acorn and is pro- vided with a dein er pistol, which, per- haps, served as an alarm, le London is an eagle shaped watch, within which, wh n the body of the bird is opened, a r .chly ornamented face is seen. They are sometimes found in the fotm of ducks and skulls. The Bishop of Ely had a watch in the heed of his cane, and.a prince of Saxony had one in his riding saddle. 1 A watch made for Catherine I., Of Russia, is a repeeter and a musical watch. Within is the holy sepulchre and theRoman gpard. By touching a spring the stones move away /ruin the door, the guard. kneels down, angels appear, and the holy women step into the tomb and sing the Easter song that is heard. in the Russia churches. King George Ille of England, had watch not larger than a e cent piece, which had 120 diftrentparts,the whole not weighing quite as much as a ten cent piece. - Clocks and watc es must usually be wound up every, day, though some clocks will run I eight days without minding, and a fe even longer than that. But there -as a century clock at the great centennial exhibition at Philadelphia. The man who made it says it will run 100 years without winding, though it is hard to believe this. There was another curious kind ofia clock at the centennial. It was fixed in a carriage, and ells just how many times the wheel § turn round on ,a journey, and how many miles have been travelled, au how long the car- riage has been in eking the trip.: —The -1 I —The Rev. Dr. j.ames t Taylor,, leo- turing in Edinbur h on "Old Scottish Manners," denies ?bat the literatere of Scotland was glooriny, or that her people were shut out iron amusements in the olden times. They had then more leieure to be mer y, and exercised to the full what an oid. writer called "the Christian privileg of laughing." These troubelhiltadiniealcrosniplaints may be speedily cared 1!)37 Hagyard's Yellow 04, the great Rheumatic remedy,which as an external application and as an in- ternal remedy, has a wider range of uaefulneqs than any similar preparation in the world. All druggists sell it.; 25 cents. 739 d-. e- el village of Myth. and ent -quarter of a mile from t3. the Wingham gravel road. Thi e propeity will be h sold cheap as the pro_erit tor is going to Manitoba e" in the spring. Apply to AUGUST KRUSE on the place, or to C. HAMILTON et B*th. 784 etoreys high, 26 it stable on stone fbt and geed orchard. fenced and is in a ge particulars apply en dersigned. 1140,14: Solicitors. Seaforth. LotNo.7, in the 4th Con- qf Tuckersmith, 100 acres, James Chesney; 90 acres hi% ation, balance timbered ' cnos Good brick 'house 1.41 36. Frame barn and cow ndation, also frame stable, he lot ia well watered, well d state of cultivation. For the preihn.es, or to the un- GHEY & HOLMESTED, 710-t f IOOR SALE ---A stbr and a half house on the corner of John lid High streets, containing every convenience er family use, in one .of the most central loc tithes of the town as regards churches, markete, -chools and business centres. Hard and soft water on the premises. A fine lawn with choice shr bhery, the whole enclosed by a handsome wire fence. Also barn with stabling for co and horses. For further particulars apply to W. S. ROBERTSON, Sea - forth. 720 LnARM FOR SALE—For sale, the west half of • the north hell of Lot, 2, Concession 8, Monis, containing 60 acres, 35 are cleared and in a geed state of cultivation. The bean is well timbered with good hardwood, good frame barn and two good log stables, also a log dwelling house. A good yeung orchard %Ali a choice N ariety of fruit trees. Good well. Saw mill ana school within one- quarter of a mile. Two and a halt miles from the ut ARM FOR SALE—For sale, the south half of Lot 7, 9th COncession, Morris, containing la 100 acres, 80 acres (neared and 37 acres in fall a • wheatb is is a ve.ry desirabl t farm, being only one mile from Blyth Railway Station, near e churches and schools. The land -is good, and in a fair state of cultiVatiou There is . 4 acres of y young orchard, a large stone (heeling house and bank barn on the ernises The farm will be sold on reasonable terms. Apply to the pi oprie- tor oii the pi enuseS, or at THE EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. Joie S. LA IDLAW, Blyth P. 0. 7462(8 VALUABLE FAHMS FOR SALE—Lot 7, con- cession 12, Township of McKillop, County of Huron. 12 miles from Seaforth or Brussels; good roads. fhis farm contains 100 acres, 63 acres beingunder cnItivntion '• good. fences; balance good hardwood bush ihere is a good frame barn 40x60, with stabling underneath '• ale° a good log house and young bearing Orchard, one well and pump, 10 acres in fell wheat and 15 in hay. This farm will be rented for one year if not sold at onece—Also oot 14Coneession 16, Grey, 100 acres, 16 cleared,20 acres partially cleared. Seven - miles from Brussels. Also several village pro- perties and other farms Terme Easy. For par- ticulars apply to T.' S. bCOTT, Brussels. 746-4 PLEND ID FARM F R SALE --For sale Lot 27, Concession 6, Hay, containing 100 acres nearly all cleared, well fenced, underdrained, free from stumps and in a high state of cultiva- tion generally here are about 16 acres of fall wheat and about 40 acres fall plowed. A frame house, two good frame b. rns, frame stable and other good outbuildings; plenty of water and a good orchard; also ab, it 100 rods of thorn hedging. It is within 4 iniles of Kippen and about some distance to Hensall, and convenient to churches, schools and nest +Ace This is a splendid farm, and will be sold cheap and on easy terms, as the propriptorwishes to retire. Apply on the premiees or to Mille Green P. 0. JAMES HOULDEN, PrOprietOr. 737 FARM IN TUCKERS al ITEL FOR SALE — For Sale Lot 28, Co . cession 8, L. R. S., Tucker - smith, containing 100 acres, about 80 of which are cleared and in a ilist-class st#te of cultivation, a and nearly all undetdrained. The balance is timbered with herdwood. Theie is a pod brick house with- a splendie cellar, and first-clase frame barns, stables and °titbit ldings. A large orchaid. Of first-class fruit trees, and plenty of water There is about 120 roes of board fence. Is within 2 runes of Brucefield on thearde.t Western Rail - ;way, and 6 miles fiom Sitifoith on. the Grand " Trunk, withgravel roads leadieg to each p ace. There are -17 awes of fall what. 1 his is as good and comfortable a fairn as there is in the County of Huron, and will be sold cheap and on easy terms. Apply on the premises 01 tO Brumfield P. 0. ALEX. LIVINGSTONE. 724 A Goot Filter. To have pure water in the house every family should have a good filtee, the health and carnfort depend largely upon the use of properly filtered water. The liver is the true filter for the -blood, and. Burdock Blood Bitters keep the liver and all oto secretory organs in a healthy condition. It is the grend blood purifying, liver regulating topic. 739 MELLVILLES MILLS, H U LLETT. THE undersigned having procured a first-class practical miller, and having his mill in the very best order, is now prepared to do • GRISTING AEI) CROPPING on the shortest notice and on reasonable terms. They guarantee a first-class article of flour. All kinds of Mill and Feed Offal, con- stantly on hand They solicit the patronage of the Farmers of Hullett and neighboring townships, and can guarantee them thenullest satisfaction. ANGUS McKARRALL, Proprietor. J• S. PORTER SEAFORTH. •••.•••mal am determined to Clear Out my _Entire StoOk of Furniture regagd- less of Cost. THOSE IN WANT, it will pay them to asoer. tain prices before purchasing elsewhere. I give a largo discount to those paying cash, es- pecially to newly Married eOuples. I am still selling six highly finished chairs for $2. I also keep Knowlton's Spring Bed, the best and cheapest in the market; warranted perfectly noiseless. Wareroonis (Hemet, oppoeite M. R. Counter's Mammoth jewelry St re, Main Street, Seaforth, East Side. 625 - THE CENTRAL GROO1 E DS I SEEDS 1 SEEDS 1 Our Seed Department is now fally supplied with a choic seleetion of Field and Garden Seeds which for quality cannot be surpassed flay any House in the trade, and prices are as. low :as can be obtained elsewhere. s our facilities for cleaning seeds are unequalled; we have no hesitation in saydng that better or cleaner zeed is not offered to the public. C LO E R SEEC/s.—Comnion Red, Alsike, White Dntch, Lucerne or I French. GRAS SEEDS.—Tineethy, very choice ; Orchard Grass, Red Top Grass, Kentucky Bine Grass, Penennial Rye Grass, Mixed Lawn Grass. SEE PEAS,Seed Oats, White Russian, Black Tartarian, and Austrian and NewZaland Seed Barley --Six Rowed. I - In addition to the above, we have as usual a large stock of Turnip, Mangold and Carrot Seed ; also Garde4 Seeds in bulk and in packages. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. OurGrocery Department is aS usual to the front with large and choice stocks of Teas, Coffees, Suge,rs, Pickles, Sauces, Canned Goods, deo. Note the fact that Teas and Coffees a1ro greatly reduced in price. Inspection and corn - parts= invited. Od CROCKER/Y AND GLASSWARE. We hold large stocks intisDepartment, and offer bargains to purchasers. ltnes in White and Pri ed Granite Ware selling at small advance on cost. Flour and Feed alwaYs on hand. A call solicited. Goods delivered promptly. LAI LAW & FAIRLEY, Seaforth. SHIPMENTS RRIVING DAILY. No time to write advert sements, but would like to say to my customers that I will be able to show them one of the ivE o sir ad ITE STQOIS Both in quantity, quality and at pries THAT DEFY COMPETITION. With my facilities for purchasing geode, and. my SMALL EXPENSES, I say to FIRST-CLASS CREDIT CUSTOMERS I Cit11 sell you goods on CREDIT '- less than other houses can give you them for CASK and to CASH BUYERS I will allow FIVE PER CENT. DIS COUNT lett than other H,ouse' 7 CASH PRICE. The proof of it is I have the goods. See for yonrselves. NOTE MY SYSTE/1 OF DOING BUSINESS. - I ?nark all Good -8 in .Plain Figures. Strictly ,one price. , A D count of Five Per Ce t. for cash. We axe working hard night and day to place stock, and in a few days will be able to show goods. Hopi g all will favor me with a call. THOMAS KIDD, Direct Importer. JOHN S. PORTER. I=:t GI- 0 1_1 M 1\T 0 HAND BY S. S. ETI4EOPIAN 11 CASES, S. S. CIRcASSIAN 20 CASES, _ APRIL 21, 1882: HEAT YOUR HOUSES TROROU BY USING THE CHALLENGE H EATE IIICKORY or RADIANT HOME STOVES. .2 They have the best known improve- ments for saving fuel and labor of ail similar stoves in this market. CALL AND SEE THEM AT: JOHN KIDD'S, MAIN ST. SBAFORTII. SEAFO_R INSURANCE AGENCY WM. N. WATSON General Fire, Marine, IAA and .fit• ciden'it Insurancp Agent, Convey. ance91, Appraiser, .Etc., NIAIN ST., .SEAFORTK ONLY FIRST-CLASS prom4)tp4ing companies represented- All knelt of risks effected at lowest current rates tin kinds of efroperty. Special attention devoted, le Marine insurance. Insurances effected on lora property in the "Gore District," of Galtestabliah- over 43 ye,ars, at from .62n to 1 per cent, - for three nears Cheaper than any mutual eerie pany m existence. The following eempasits represented, viz.: London &Lancashire,Englaad; Northern, England,:Scottish Imperial, Scotland; British America, Toronto, Royal Canadianilleta treal ; Gore District, Galt; Canadian Fire * Marine, Hamilton; Alliance, Hamilton; Valente Life, (Life), Toronto; Travellers, Life and Mei- dent, Hartford, Conn. Agent for the Cana& Permanent 'oa-n and Savings Company, Porcine. Money loaned at 6 per cent on real estate. Agent, for the State Line eteaireship Company, stag between New York and Glasgow. First Csnlie 860 to :375; Second Cabin 340; Steerage, $26. Return tickets issued good for 12 months. wee. WATSON, Main Street, Seaforth. office, Camp- bell's lalock, opposite the Idniesion Hotel. ON EXHIBITION, The Grand'Planetory Wonder whieh eating 14 ranch excitement is yet visible to the gazing mil- lions, and the 26th of June having coneand gene with every prospect of several anniversaries et this eventful time, the well blown firm of WHI+NEY BROTHERS' Stove and Tinware Merchants, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTII R espectfuny Solicit the Inepection and Patronsge of the Public of Seaforth and vicinity, to their s plendid stock of STOVES, &c. Don't pass the sign of THE BIG COFFEE POT You eel) see at the sign of the big Coffee Pet, that 'WHITNEYBROS keen stoves, and What not? Why Harvest Tools, Binding Mittel, ante all kinds oe Tinware, as Cheep andas Good-461ml store elsewhere. _ Some think 'tis not true, but only a rivets. But come,inspect our Stoves; t'wont take with time. We Will Sell Just as Cheap as Ws Possibly Can From a Fine Polished Stove to:a Bird Cage °rec. Please enquire for WHITNEY BROTHERS'. MAIN -ST., SEAFORTH. CHRYSTAL & BLACK, PRACTICAL In 0 1\Tt— BOILER MAKERS. 6F OLD COUNTRY GOODS. 1\1", THE Subscribers have bought the Toole set -a- Boiler Business lately carriedian by the Gott eri c h Fon dry and Manufaetuniag Company, Ana having had an experience of over eight vixen that stiop, are now prepared to carry on Oilcan& in all its branches. Any work entrusted to us will receive attention. , First-class work guaranteed. all kind, of Bonen made and repaired, a* smoke Sticks end Sheet Iron Work, &o., at es- sonable rates. New Salt Pena niado and old ones repaired a the shortest notice, and at prices that defy eerie petition. CEIRYSTAL Fic I3LACIK. 686-52 „ Box 103, Gederich* The 'loyal 'Hotel (L ATE CARMICHAEL'S) SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. JAMES VVEIIR - BEGS ti inform his old friends and the traVel* ling public that having pureha.sed this nen/ and commodious hotel building, be hasthoreagn ly re -furnished dnd re -fitted it from top to b* tom, ancl it is now one of the most comfort50 and convenient hotels in the conrity. By And attention to the wants of his customers he hopes to merit a share of public patronage. T.he roonf tire all well furnished and well heated. The bar will be kept supplied with the best, and an st- cial Travellers. in attendance. 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