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THE HURONPi.PUSITOR.
Willil ODD SQUIBB AND HIS
WIFE.
BIT OF NEW ENGLAND_Lerz AS IT WAIL
BY AMANDA- B. RABBIS.
it Wte5 in my early childhood that 1
spent three years at Squire Talbot's, on
Green Ridge -this country is all hills
and ridges. He was more than "well
off," a large farmer, and the family had
everything and to spare, and the best of
it, and they were open hearted as the
day.
There it was that I saw the real New
England farm life of former day& And
it was none teo soon, for that kind is
nearly extinct. I am gladJI was born
long enough ago to have seen it. It is
not agreeable, perhaps, to confess- one's
self old • but there are compensations.
I am glad to remember the Squire and
his wife, Jane Jenners, the "hired. girl,"
the old kitchen as it was, the house and
allthere was in it, and the dwelleis
roiled about who would drop in on
errands, or without any errand, in that
informal Way which inhabitants of
cities look upon as so familiar and. to be
frowned dowe, while we who. are
country born and bred, keowing what
neighborly kindness and genuine good -
feeling are at the bottom, of it, would
not on any account have it other-
wise.
And for another reason I was none
too soon. "Marra," as her husband us-
ually called her, died ha the second year
of my stay, and in the next the Squire
followed her. And there are no people
of their class in existence now. There
is.no such girl as Jane Was. The old
house has been built over, the long
kitchen altered- that fireplace bricked
tip- -
The townspeople spoke .of the old
gentleman as "the Square ;" but if es-
pecially friendly towards him it was
"Squire Robert," and to strangers
"Squire Robert Talbot" in full. Every-
body knew him and everybody had.
business with him. He had been the
leading magistrate for five -and -forty
years, and had helped to settle more
law suits, and had been referee in more.
cases than any other man in the county.
And he officiated at the marriage of
more couples than the minister himself.
He was now about eighty, a hale and
hearty oId. man, portly and cif rather
imposing appearance, and looked in the
face like the portraits of Dr. Johnson.
But when he was dressed in an antique
coat with lapels and broad buffs, and
had a long pipe in his month, he only
seemed to lack a wig, ruffles and shoe
buckles to have belonged with the good
old fellowship men who sat with Sir
Boger de Coverley around the table
in those pictures in "The Spectator."
Ile was not that nsuch written about
personage, "a gentleman of the old
school," but an old fashioned country
magistrate, blunt in speech and rather
lacking in polish of manners. He pre-
ferred sincerity, even to rudeness,
rather than politeness which had not
the honest ring to it, and no doubt he
erred sometimes in his way, though his
plainness of speech never made him an
enemy.
A little testy was "the Squire" even
to "Marra ;" apt to be dissatisfied with
what was done by the persons about
biros and to praise the absent ones.
When his daughter was living at home
she could not always suit him, but after
shelled gone it was to his wife, "Why
can't you do it as Dolly did? There
was never anybody that suited me as
Dolly did," An after "marm" was gone
there was nobody like her, for "she
always` knew just how I wanted a thing
done.'
He did no work when I knew him,
(and in fact never had done much), but
rode off al AD : t every day, on some dis-
trict, town 6, county business,in a high-
backed sleig in winter, and in the
summer in $ green bodied chaise,unless
“marm" wa4ted to go somewhere, in
which case he took one of the wagons.
One of the many horses was for his
special use, a powerful black horse
with a star on his forehead, whom he
addressed as "Dobbin"; and the old
lady had one likewise at her service,but
she did not now often go abroad, for she
was growing feeble.
He was a high liver, and not only
knew what was good, but bow it must
be cooked to be made good; and he
always expected zee find a rich and
generous meal awaiting him on his re-
turn. Jane Jenners, or Maria the wife
of one of the married sons, used to keep
one of the grandchildren on the watch
at the western window of the kitchen to
see when he began to ascend the ridge.
It was a long pull, and there was plenty
of time to have the food served just
right and piping hot.
One morning he picked cait a very nice
jucy piece of beef, ovhich he said he
wanted roasted for supper.
"Roasted from a string, Jane," he
said as he took down his hat; "there
is no other way that it tastes so good,"
(and he was right), and be sure you do
it so. I can alwa3 s tell the difference
between the meat that is bung before
the fire and meat that is cooked in an
oven."
Now Jane Jenners was doing a great
Saturday's baking in the brick oven,and
said she had something to do besides
watching a roast swinging before the
fire, and tend and turn it, and wait
upon it; and as for the children
"they no need to do _ it ; they
ought to have Saturday afternoon to
play. And I'm going to bake that meat
in the oven," she said. And she did.
But towards sunset she kept her eye on
the road, and by the time the "Squire,"
had alighted at the door she had the
meat suspended by a string before a
roaring fire, and when he came in it
was slowly scorching and. shedding its
rich juices into the dripping pan below,
and filling the house with its savory
odor, to his immense satisfaction. And
when he put the first morsel into hia
mouth, he could not help calling out,
is just right, Jane; done to a turn.
No baked meat for me. I can always
tell the difference."
That very winter he had one of his
sick spells, and, as usual, at suoh
times he was sure he was going
to die. And he began to talk about his
funeral. The big north pantry was full
of meats -turkeys, chickens, sirlioias,
tenderlions and everything - and his
thoughts turned to the dinner which
would have to be furnished for the
iscianyfriende that would come,
He called his son's wife to his bed-
side and said :
"Maria, I feel that I shall soon go;
and it will be well to be making pre-
parations. You will have your hands
full with cooking when the time comes,
and I think you'd better begin now and
make some of those chickens into a pie.
A ohioken;pie will keep. Make a large
one Maria, and make it very rich, and
put it by for ray funeral. ; it won't be
long." _
He would not te_satisiled until it.was
done. Maria made it -a chicken pie,
large and rich --And when she hadtaken
it out of the4aven she carried it over and
showed it to him, and he was highly
pleased and ordered it to be set away
in "the cold pantry."
After a few days, however, he said he
should like to taste it to see if it was
good, and she might cut out a very
small piece for him. A piece was
brought and eaten, every crumb. Soon
he began to get betterato sit up in bed,
to sit up long enough to have his bed
made, to have his clothes on, and to
think about something -to eat, and at
last he paid, “Maria, I feel as if I could
eat a morsel of that 'chicken pie;" and
he did with a great relish, and the same
for the next day and the next, until the
old Squire had eaten his "funeral bak-
ed meats himself ;" and he lived nearly
two years after.
Mrs. Talbot had been not only a note -
able housewife and manager in her
prime, but had led the style in town.
she was rich and she liked to dress.
-Her velvet botnets, her silks and satins
and brocades, her muslins and cambries
and linens were always of the best.
And she kept her spare things hung one.
clothes horse in one of the chambers.
This herse was tall and its capacity was
immenee. It reached to the top of the
room, and when opened wide on its
hinges, nearly filled one side of it ; and
on this extended framework were hung
her gowns and petticoats and shawls
and clbaks. There I once saw a Ecarlet
broadcloth cloak with a hood to it, all
bound with satin ribbon, such as they
might have worn in the days of the
Salem witolies, or, for aught I know, in
Priscillia Alden's or Rose Standish's
time. Afterwards somebody borrowed
it for a scene in a tableau, and it was
lost. There was another, made in the
sarne way, of lambs' wool ; but this was
duffel grey, for common use; and it was
always hung on a peg in the kitohen,
ready for any women in the house to
put on when going out in the
rain.
She was a great talker, and the re-
port was that she could scold as fast as
she could talk, but her scolding_ was of
the harmless kind, playing about like
chain lightning; it was mingled with
much nonsense and wit, and it was
more provoking of laughter than it was
stinging. It was like the Squire's
bluntness of speech, and did not mean
anything so harsh as the words seemed
to convey, she had been a tremendous
worker, and famous for setting every-
body else to work, except her husband.
Everything ia the establishment had
been uuder her oversight; the family
was always large, and there never was
a day, and scarcely ever a meal, when
there were not others at the table. And
there was no end to the work. The
yarn for the stockings was spun in the
honse, for all the blankets, and for the
everyday clothes of the sons. Table -
linen for common use, and for towels
and for cheese cloths, was made from
flax spun on the little wheel. Usually
an extra. girl was hired to come and
do the spinning; and the webs were
woven by a "widow woman," who came
and took possession of the open cham-
ber where the loom was set up, and
staid by amid her quill -wheels and
shuttles and spools, her skeins, and
reeds and reels till cold weather set in.
All this business, and the cheese and
butter making, the drying of aeples
and making of soft soap, and dripping
of candles, and taking care of the meat
when the animals were slaughtered in
the fall? the mistress had always looked
.
after. .And it was said she used to be
the first up in the morning, and would
go to the foot of the stairs in her bed -
gown and call, "Come girls, get up!
Hero it is Monday morning ; to -morrow
is Tuesday; next day Wednesday;
the week half gone and nothing
done."
But now she was shrunken and
feeble, and spent the chief part of her
time in the "fore -room," where she had
a fire in the open fire -place even in
summer. Drawn up before it was a
little round table of solid mahogany, at -
which she took tea by herself. Maria
or Jane Jenaings wonld spread over it a
fringed cloth of her own weaving, set
out the lovely china tea -things, and
bring along a little eopper tea -kettle
burnished like new brass.; this, full of
boiling water was put on a mahogany
salver, and then Mrs. Talbot could re-
fresh herself with her favorite beverage
at her leisure.
In those last years if she left her
room it was usually to attend to the
wants of some of the poor people who
depended on the "Sqnire" and his wife
for most of their living. And from the
beginning of their house -keeping on
Green Ridge this class of person had
never failed. "Its a Bible truth," said
Jane Jenners one day in desperation,
"that the poor ye have always with
ye." It was said that "at Squire
Talbot's more is given away than is
eaten on the place."
There was always somebody asking
to see her "just a minute," and she was
always getting up from her bed or easy
chair and going to see what was want-
ed, sometimes so annoyed at the un-
timely complaining of these two willing
dependents on her bounty, that she
would ejaculate, "Blessed be nothing !"
but, all the same, she would send Jane
to fill somebody's bag or pail with meal,
or pork, butter or lard or something.
When the-" Squire" was at home, he
sat in his arm chair in his corner of the
fire -place and read. Sometimes it was
the weekly newspaper, or Lewis and
Clark's Travels, or Cook's Voyages, but
he read most in thelBible, and he knew
all that scores ef years of faithful read-
ing could impart to a thinking man
about the patriachs and the prophets,
and the Master and the apostles. The
book was in leathern covers black with
age; it had quaint and gloomy pictures
in profusion; and it had been so mueh
used that is would stay open, as it often
did on the little three legged stool, with
his iron -rimmed spectacles lying on the
page.
But the favorite place for everybody
else was in the kitchen. (There were
two of thein; one away back, where
the "Squire" had. consented to have a
cooking stove put up for Jane's accom-
modation in the lesser culinary matters,
though in that kitchen, never, so long
as he lived.) It was low and it was
dark, but it was roomy, and in winter
warm, in summer cool. It was every-
thing that could be desired. And the
glory of it was a blazing fire in the vast
fire -place. Three-quarters of the year
there was need of a fire and it was
never out the rest of the time. There
never was an tour in ny d y when
you could not rake open the a4hes and
find live coals.
In the morning and at night i an iron
tea -kettle waealwayante •.gifrom one
of the hOoks ; and at n • •n tlsene was
apt to be an iron dinner- t, with some-
thing good in it, lifting t e wobden lid
as it etewed and simme d and bub-
bled over. At tea -time a long tin baking
oven would stand close p to the red
brands, and ranks of bis uit would puff
up and brown under th generous heat,
afid stew pans and skill ts, and kettles
of high aud low degree • bcupied places
in thev corners by the side of
the andirons, or on 1 • ng and short
hbOks hung On the crane. And
things to be eaten wer all so good
and so savory!
On those clean ewer hot bricks the
children roasted app es and chesnuts
ana their own faces too. And there was
set up at meal -times a o rioue toasting -
iron, like a double fence with claw feet
to it and a long handle, nd it could be
swing over dexteriously and the slices
of bread delicately bro ed on both
sides almost as fast as ane could. cut
them from the loaf she h d just brought
up from tha cellar. A d there, when-
ever the "Squire" wa ted it done,
potatoes were baked fter the old-
fashioned way in the 95 es, after which
they were drawn out an shaken well in
a woollen cloth and th:.n sent to the
table m6aly and delioiou ,sometimes one
bursting its skin on the ay and send-
ing a shower of flakes o er the room.
The big baking§ wer done in the
brick oven at the side o Tuesdays and
Saturdays, and I have s en Jane Jen,
ners oarry away twenty five pies from
On° baking, and by the ext one there
was notea pie left to tell the tale. Those
were the days of pies, nd good ones
they were; ad men, w men and chil-
dren ate theth and were none the worse
for it.
That kitchen was so 1 rge that many
kinds of work oonld be oing on there
at a time, and still be r om enough for
the children and the:do s, for a table to
be set ont and for the sp nning wheel in
the corner. -
And if I said that co era and goers
were as tree of its hospi ality as any old
baronial hall in feudel times, nobody
could dispute my word. For most of
them have passed on to the "silent
majority," and the place as it was no
longer exists.
Measurements of the G-reat
Lakes.
The following measu
great lakes have been ta
meat surveyors :-The
of Lake_ Superior ie
greatest breadth is 160
depth, 688 feet; eleva
area, 12,000 square raile
estlength ofLake Mold
its greatest breadth, 108
690 feet; elevation, 596
000 square Miles. The g
Lake Huron is 300 mil
breadth is 60 Miles; m
feet; elevation, 274 fee
square miles. The gre
Lake Erie is 250 mil
breadth is 80 miles; its
84 feet ; elevation, 261 f
sqoare miles'. The gre
Lake , Ontario is 180 mil
breadthiis 65 miles; its
500 feet :; elevation, 261
square miles. The tota
1,265 miles, covering an
of 135,000 square miles.
°merits of the
en by Govern-
reatest length
35 miles; the
miles; mean
ion, 827 feet;
. The great-
en is 300 miles;
; mean depth,
feet; area, 53,-
atest length of
s; its greatest
an depth, 600
t; area, 20,000
test length of
s; its greatest
mean depth is
t; area, 6,000
test length of
s ; its greatest
mean depth is -
et ; area, 6,000
of all five is
ea of upward
The Protectin
Alexander Peden, a
nanter, with some other
one time pursued both b
for a oopsiderable way.
some little height betw
their purers, he stood
"Let tie play here; for
not our prayers and sav
dead men." He then
"'Oh Lord, this is the
power of thine enemies;
be idle. But hast thou
for them than to send t
Send them after them
wilt give strength to
strength is gone. Twi
the hill 0 Lord, and ma
cloak over poor old Saun
puir things, and save us
and we will keep it in
and tell ta the commen
goodness, thy pity- an
what thou didst for ns a
And in this he was hear
of mist immediately inte
them add their persecnt
time orders came to go i
Renwick with a great co
Cloud.
Sootch Cave -
had been at
horse and foot
At last getting
n Chem and
till and said,
the Lord hear
us we are all
prayed saying,
hour and the
they may not
o other work
em after us?
o whom thou
flee, for our -
e them about
the lay of thy
ers, and their
this one time,
remembrance,
ation of thy
compassion,
sic a time."
; for a cloud
ened between
rs ; and mean -
quest of Jae.
pany.-Anoni.
, Dr. Holland's ayings.
"Fiction is Most pow rful when it
contains most truth; an there is but
little truth that we get se true as that
which we find in frictio • i
"A fit; of anger is as f tvl to dignity
as al dose of arsenic is to life."
"His marvellous acco in Plishment and
powers won for him the espect of the
great, and his sympathy with the hum-
ble drew to him the hearts of the
world."
"There ie more of t e elements of
ministry in Longfello 's 'Psalm of
Life' than in all that B ,ron and Poe
ever wrote. Value in c • aracter makes
value in verse."
"Life is so grand, so f 11 of meaning,
* * * tha despite all ite
sorrows, I 'would willing y live it over
again."
"All the things we se are types of
things we an not see - ,visible expree-
sione of the things and thoughts Of
God." 1
"That which a Man wits intended to
be, is that which unperverted wernan-
hood demands that he should be."
"Paith draws the poison from every
grief, takes the sting from every loss,
and quenches the fire of verypain ; and.
only faith can do it."
"I have learned that t do one's next
duty is .to take a step to ards all that
is wiorth possessing."
"A man who does not learn to livo
while he is getting a living, is a poorer
man after his wealth,is won than he
was before."
"No idle man, however rich he may
be, can feel the genuine iticlependence of
him who can earn honestly- and man-
fully his daily bread."
"A woman is a owns bein'; she cries
when sire's tickled, an she laughs when
she's mad."
"-Well, he's a broken reed -a broken I
reed -but I hope Mrs. Snow will tie
something on him -or starch him -or
something -to make him stand straight
for once."
REAL EST1ATE FOR SALE:,
VARM FOR 8 .-Being no b halt of Lot
1. 25, 8rd Concern; on of Morri , and containing
92 acres • 80 acres eared and der crop. There
is as good hewed log house, and frame barn, 40
by 60 feet, with stabling undern th; a good or-
chard; three wells, and all incase ry conveniences.
Tho farm is s1tuated8i miles • m Brassele, and
10 from Wingham. Price, 92,000 cash,
the balance secure by mortg ge. Possession
this fall. JOHN B RKER, B ssels P.O. 770-2
V'ARM INIIcKILLOP FOR S LE -The north
A: half of Lot 33, lOoncessic.n 3, containing 75
acres; 52 acres cleared; well f timed, and,drain-
; 23 acres of bush, which is not culled." Soil,
heavy clay loam. New frame arn and stable;
log house; young bearing orcha' d of choice fruit
trees, and a spring ell. It is tuated ten miles
from Seaforth, and hree from Valton, on good
road. Terms, part cash, the b lance on time at
61 per cent. interes . Apply on the premises to
ADAM ARMSTRO G, or to WR ton P.0. 763
VARM FOR SAL
cesSion 8, Mor
acres cleared and v
acres of summer fa
a large frame barn
log house; two acr
soil is clay loam.
be sold cheap. It
from Walton and 1
churches convenie
WM. GARVIE, on
-South f of Lot 25, Con -
is, containi ne 100 acres ; 80
ion. There is 10
crop. There is
underneath; a
bearing. The
e farm, and will
rom Brussels, 3
h. Schools and
ienlars apply to
764
der cultiva
low rearly fa
with stab'd
s of orchard
his is a choi
is 5 nines!
from Sean)
t, For p
he farm.
VARM FOR SAL North half
910n12, East Wawnosh, cont
80
80 acres cleared an in a good st
�f
There are 14 acres f summer fall
There is a large frame barn wit
neath, a log dwellirg and a sial
one and a quarter miles from t
chester. Soil is gdod clay loam.
farm, and will be sold cheap. I
the 10th of March it will be rei
TON, Blyth.
VARM FOR S LE. -tot 4
Township of Grey, Count
taining 100 acres, 60 of which are
ly all free of stumps and in go
underdrained, 20 of hard wood
wood; Irtune house and hart ;
chard, and 3 good wells. Lie
situated 1 mile from gravel road
Brussels: For terms &c. appy
F. OLIVER, or to 0. R. 000P
Brussels P. 0.
of lot 28, conces- -
ining 100 acres,
te of cultivation.
w ready for crop.
stabling wider -
orchard. It is
Village of Man -
This is a choice
not sold before
ed. C. Haene-
741
Coneseseion 6,
of Huron, con
-
leered, and near -
order; 30 acres
and 20 of eoft
ood bearing or-
bove property is
and 3 miles from
the premises to
R, Estate Agent,
769
FARM FOR SALE -The sub
sale that ercelleru; farm,
9, north half in the Township of
75 cleared, free of stumps, ai
Good fraine house, with stone
woodshed, cistern, 2 wells, log
good beating orchard. Soil, c
situated 6 milee hem Brussels,
miles from Gravel Road; goo
Road. TERMS: Hall etish, t
WILLIAM CLINNON, Walton
criber effers for
t 20, Concession
ori is ; 100 acres ;
• aut. ,nedeesrtd9r onobod ;.
am, frame shed,
• iamB1b
. y tIt
from is
,
road to Gravel
e
r.est on time.
o
768x4
VARM FOR SALE -Fame in Facliersmith for
A: sale -For sale, Lot 2, Con ession 10, Huron
Road Survey, Tuckersmith, con aining 100 acres,
76 of which arel,cleared end in good _state of
cultivation, and all underdrain d. The balance
is well timbered with hardwor • . There are 18
acree of fall wheat and 30 ao: es f Ilplowed. There
is a stone house, go d frame hem with stabling
underneath, and other good mnebuildings Three
good Wells and a young orchard. Is within eight
Miles of Seaforth on the Grnd Trunk Railway,
and five from Hensall on theGreat Western.
Schools and Churches quite convenient Will be
sold cheap.. Apply to Chiselhurkt P. • O.,. or on
the premises. MRS. A. VILE. 733
VARM FOR SALE -Le: No.
1: Township of Grey, containing
26th ared, a good frame dwellin
If story high, with a good stone
stable. There is some valuable
bush. This is the making of
will be sold cheap on reasons
situated one mile from a echo
Monekton, and 15 miles from.
particulars alp!), to C. HAes IL"ON
750
*AO conceesion 17,
100 sores;
house 18x28,and
cellar, and frame
je timber in the
a good farm, and
le terms. It is
le 5 miles from
Mitchell. For full
, Blyth, Ont.
-VARIII FOR SALE -Lot No.
-L' L R. S., Tuckeremith,
containing 100 acres,65 clear of
good bush, 22 acres seeded dam
good thriving orchard, bearing.
watered by a never failing wel
45x30 ; frame stable 30x30; cemfortable
It is situated 3 miles from Brtficetield
miles from Seaforth, and 6 mi
good gravel roads to each of t
venient to church and schools.
given at any time. For faith,
ply to Nome Wineeey, Propnt
ses, or to Brumfield P. 0.
'' 7, Conce. sien 3,
County of Huron,
temps,f0 acres of
n, and 2 acres of
The farm is well
, good log barn
house.
station, 6
s from Clinton;
lese places; con-
PossesSion will be
r pertictdars . ap-
,r, Im the -premi-
749
VARM IN TUCKERSMITH
A: sale, Lot 11,
taining 100 acres,
drained; well fenced
vation. There is
house, first-class
orchard and three
north half of Lot
taining 50 acres,
farms will be sold
are sitnated within
Grand Trunk Railway,
the Great Western
be sold on reasonable
the proprietor on
mondvilie P. 0.
concession %
90 of which lc
and in a '
a large and
barns and o
never faili
6, on the 8t•
all well thu
together or
five miles
and 3
Railway.
and east
the premis
DAVID Mooa
1 01i, SALE. -For
1 uekersmith, con-
e cleared, under -
•od state of culti-
omfortable stone
buildings, a large
wells Also the
concession, con-
• red. The above
eparate1y. They
f Seidel. th, on the
from Kippen, on
These farms will
terms. Apply to
e or address Eg-
Proprietor. 749
VARM FOR SALE -For eale
A: the north half of Lot 2, CI;
containing 60 acres, 85 are cle
state of cultivation. The busi.
with good hardwood, good frame
good logl stables, also a log dwelling
good young orchard with a c'
trees. Good well. Saw mill an.
quarter of a mile. Two and a
village of Blyth, and one-quar
the Wingham gravel road. T
sold cheap as the proprietor is
in the -spring. Apply to AUG
place, or to C. HAMILTON at
dui west half �i
cession 8, Morris,
ed and in a good
is well timbered
barn and two
house. A
dee variety of fruit
school within one-
alf miles from the
r of a mile' from
s property will be
oing to Manitoba
ST KRUSE on the
lyth. 734
QPLENDID FARM FOR S •
" 27, Concession 6, Hay, co'
nearly all cleared, well fen
free from stumps and in a hig
tion generally. lherelare ab.
:
wheat and about 40 acres' fall
house, two good frame:barns,
other godd outbuildings • pie'
good orchard; also about
hedging. It is within ,14 niil
about some distance to Hens
to churches, schools and pos
splendid farm, and will be s
easy ternis, as the prdprieto
Apply on the premises or to I
JAMES HOULDEN, Proprjetor.
„E -Fpr sale Lot
taining 100 acres
• d, underdrained,
state of cultiva-
it 16 acres of fall
lowed,. A frame
frame stable and
y of water and a
'0 rode of thorn
of Kippen and
, and convenient
office. This is a
10 cheap and on
wishes to retire.
ills Green P. 0,
kl,,• 737
i
VARM IN TUCKERS1ITH
-6-• Sale Lot 28, Co, cession 3
smith, containing 100 deres, :
are 'cleared and in a first-class
.and nearly all underdirained.
timbered with hardwoqd. Th.
house with a splendid mellar, aa
barns, stables and outbudding
of first-class fruit tre.!?s, an4
There is about 120 rods iof boa
2 miles of Brucefield on the Gat
way, end 6 miles from Seafo
Trunk, wBh gravel roads leadi
There are 17 acres of fall! wheat
comfortable a lam as there i
Huron, and will be sold cheap
Apply on the premises oi to Bru
FIVINGSTONE.
.
: OR SALE - Fel
L. R. S., Tucker -
.out 80 of which
: tate of cultivation,
The balance is
1 i e is a good brick
d first-class frame
A large orchaa.d.
plenty of watei
i fence. Is within
,Western Rail-
th on the Grand
g to each p aCe.
This is as good and
in the County of
and on easy terms,
efield P.0.ALEX.
. 224
1I
WARM FOR SALE. -For sale
-1-. 13, Hullett, containing l40
cleared, ender-draineddwell fel
state of 4ultivation ; the balai
ed with first-class hardWood.
frame house and good log hotuti
frame barns, one of which
underneath, and other good ontbuildings.
is a largeiorchard of first-class
never failing spring wells, also
through the farm. It i with'
forth on the Grand T unit
distance from Clinton, nd is
the village of Londeshorou
Western Railway; it is withi
and post office. Possessibn at
one of the best farms in Hul le
on easy terms. Apply at THE
Seaford' '- to the proprietor o
to Harloek P. 0. ALEX. Warr
Lot 9. concession
acres about 120
ced and in a good
ce is well timber-
i There is a good
, and two good
0 s stone stabling
There
irrut trees and two
a creek running
12 miles of Sea -
iailwav, the same
i ithin-five miles of
, i on the Great
'a mile of a school
ny time. It is
, and will be sold
EXPOSITOR Office,
the premises, or
SR. 754
vanst
A: No.
ing 200
feeced, lender
cultivation,
the balance
wood. There
barn on one
barn on tale
chard on
each other.
and a branch
one of them7
It is withhifour
of Brussels,
farm. This
able and
apply on
S AldUETI
IN MORRIS FOR S .
16 and 17, Concession
acres, 160 of which
drained and in
and about 30 acres
is w,ell timbered,
is a good frame
lot, and a good 1 arne
other, with a splendid
one of the lots. Tll,
There is plenty oil
of the River I`Juitai
making it a firbt cia-s
miles o/ the '
and there is • a school
E•plendid farm v.i11
ea ,
sy teims. For .rirther
the premises, or
LOVE.
E. -For sale Lot
• Morris, contain-
are cleared, well
a good state of
seeded to grass;
Hostly with hard-
house, and frame
house and log
bearing or-
lots are joining
veto- on both lots
d rnns through
grazing farm.
lomiahing village
close to tbe
e sold on reason.
particulars
to Brussels P.O.
- 758
SEPTEMBER 221 1882,
MONTR AL HOUSE.
D UNCAN & DUNCAN
HAVE TO HAND BY STEAly1SHIP FROM MANCHESTER,
ENGLAND,
Packages of Floor Oil Cloth -now open -marked cheap.
Bales of Tapestry and Wool Carpet.
Bales of White Cotton! Shedings and Croydon Pillow
,Cotton -the best value ever offered.
Bales of Flannels and Winceys-splendid value.
Bale of Curtain Net (Itnd Lambrequins-beautiful, good
and cheap.
Case Silicia Linings and Jeans -special line tor Dress
makers.
Case Brown .11ollands, Towellings, Towels, and Table
Linens -extra value.
Two Hundred Pieces Patchwork Patterns.
ABOVE IS THE CO
NTENTS OF SIXTEEN PACKAGES.
DUNCAN & DUtiCAN.
OAK HALL, SEAFORTH.
To Hand the Contents of Several Packages
of NEW GOODS, via New York from
- Glasgow Direct, Consisting of:
MEDIUM AND BEST SCOTCH TWEEDS -OVER 100
PIECES -FIRST-CLASS VALUE.
•
MELTON CLOTHS VERY CHEAP.
A LARGE STOCK OF OVERCOATINGS.
LARGE LOT OF WORSTED COATINGS -THE BEST
VALUE IN THE COUNTRY.
ALSO ULSTER AND JACKET CLOTH AND MATALASSIE
CLOTH.
The above is the first of our Fall Goods. Weekly arrivals will follow, when
we will have the LARGEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK ever offered in Sea -
forth. 1&" Pedlars and Country Merchants ought to ask our Jobbing Prices.
I DUNCAN 81, DUNCAN, SEAFORTH.
A CARD.
Pro THE PUBLIC
I thank you, one and all, for the
liberal patronage you have extended to
rae for the last sixteen years, and hope
to merit a continuance of the same. T
also take this opportunity of informing
you that I am not going to the North.
west, but will be found at my old pest
willing and anxious to show you the
largest and handsomest stock of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
and SILVER-PLATED WARE ever
brought into this town.
M. R. COUNTER,
Practical Watchmaker and jeweler,
SEAFORTH, ONT.
HEAT YOUR HOUSES THOROUGHLY
BY USING THE
,CHALLENGE HEATER
IIICK01?Ir 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.
SEA FOB l'H
INSURANCE AGENCY
WM. N. WATSON,
General Fire,' Marine, Life and Ac-
cident Inocrance Agent, Convey.
ancer, Appraiser, Etc.,
MAIN ST. SEAFORTH.
ONLY FI,RST-CLASSI
prorapt 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 .621 to 1 per cent., cash,
or three years. Cheaper than any mutual cora-
any m existence. The following conipanies
represented, viz.: London &Lancashire,England;
Northern England; Scottish Imperial, Scotland
British Ainerica, Toronto; Royal Canadian, Mon-
treal ; Gore District, Galt; Canadian Fire &
Marine, Hamilton; Alliance, Hamilton; Toronto)
Life, (Life), Toronto ;Travellers, Life and Aeci-
dent, Hartford, Conn. Agent for the Cement
Permanent Loan and Savings Company, Toronto.
Money loaned at 6 per cent. on real estate. Agent
for the State Line Steamship Company, sailing
between New York and Glasgow. First Cahill
960 to 875; Second Cabin 940; Steerage, $26.
Return tickets issued good for 12 months. W. N.
'WATSON, Main Street, Seaforth. Office, Camp-
bell's 13lock, opposite the Mansion Hotel.
The Royal Hotel,
(LATE CARMICHAEL'S)
'SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
JAMES WEIR
BEGS to inform his old friends and the travel-
ling public that having purchased this new
and commodious hotel building, he hasthorough-
ly re -furnished and re -fitted it from top to bet-
tomeaud it is now one of the most comfortable
and convenient hotels in the county. By strict
attention to the wants of his customers he hopes
to merit a share of public patronage. The roome
are all well furnished and well heated. The bar
will be kept supplied with the best, and an at
-
tentative and trust worthy hostler will always be
M attendance. Good pample rooms for Commere
cial Travellers.
Remember the "Royal Hotel," corner of Jilin
and Goderich Streets, Scaforth. 733
JAMES WEIR, Proprietor;
No. 6 WAREHOUSE
SEAFORTH.
T WOULD intimate to the farmers of Tuckers
-a- smith, McKillop and the surrounding country
that my elevator is now completed whereby I catt
unload grain with as much ease as any house in
the trade. By strict attention to business I hope
not only to retain but to increasethe large patron-
age which has been -accorded to me under lot
advantageous circumstances during the past
sixteen years, in which I have been co/Aiwa:MAT
in the grain business.
JAMES BEATTIE,
SEAFORTH.
SECURE THE SHADOW.
ANDHEW CALDER,
THE PEOPLE'S PHOTOGRAPHER, begs to
-a- state that he has returned home from Da-
kota, and is convinced that "There's no place
like home," and he intends to renutin at home,
and will henceforth give his entire personal at-
tention to his business: His facilities for doing
good work are unexcelled, and he can gnaranye
satisfaction. Come one, come ell, and britig
your relations and friends, and secure the
shadow ere the substance fades. I ean aceoor
modate you all, and can send you on your Nay
rejoicing. Just try me and prove me. Chargea
moderate. Remember the place -Scott's Block,
Main Street, Seaforth._
762
ANDREW CALDER.
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beggar. " Than
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when _,, Iwbheagtanhatvo61
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and desired him
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conflict to the el
dressed, saying, I
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and fast asleep.]
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A. raw-boned.
of the Nation
the other day al
at the cashier'
looked at her a
“Madam, y
:aca:lin., n I
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rfte44 1W ligWi I feYti 11::: n I
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to tell that
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HAD 511 C
TWENTY-
CHM
A. most extr
peculiar line,
responsible for
Population of
past half cent
nmbia avenue
this city. Th
that she is th
twenty-one c
are living.
Mercury reeen
naother. The
to the sitting
evening, and
whether he h
day School in
party. The
human mate
or both. Th
full particul
44 you do 110
would'ut like
creation that
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five, and a h
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say it myself.
after our in
by presentin
says he, ithi
how.' John
then, and thr
once did ma
three lovelier
itt Philadelp
myself, and
along. Two
mother of t
felt a little
wouid have
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