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OROPPLE CR OWN' S
WEDDING.
BY BELIIIt OLMPBBLL.
t'Aenow, air you goin' to tell me, or
skit you ?".
Deur silence, broken only by the rat-
tle abeam" from hand to pen.
"You can't cover it up nor hide it, no-
how. Slocum saVi ye, an' more'n onoe,
too, la he knows ther's letters.":
Still silence. Mrs. Jennison Pushed
tip her glasses, gave a pttll to the black
silk sheath whit& did duty as a Capeind
from which her wisps of gray hair
iteintge to sprout, and gasped Once or
twioe, as words orowded faster than
tongue oould manage or thosght ar-
range. Then she burst out, determina-
tion evident under a snarling tone which
might have been taken as an indication
of mete peevishness, had not the faee
held something niuch stronger and more
persistent in quality than Would be
indicated by any characteristic intuited
as peevishness alone.
"You'll go your own way when you're
twenty-one, an' net a day before. Talk
to me 'Siva Perkins! • A. hose drivin',
aloha feller, never ins id e a In eetin'-
°use onless he's on the lookout for
some gal, an' never the same gal three
month's runninh His father afore him,
way for way, the same, and not two
gals in the bore -that he didn't cackle
over the wearein' the willow for. him. A
thriftless, reishde set, an' I wash my
hands a' you it yo& give in to ohe of 'em.
New mark 'jii Out of this house
you don't go without me. I haven't
sieved and toiled an' brought yen up to
▪ throw it away on 'SiahePerkins.,That's
the end on't."
Mrs. Jennison picked up her knitting,
dropped in the energy of accusation.
• and knit a round with her shard, small
oyes still fixed on the finehedi cheeks
turned from her and bending ever the
pan -of beans. Midstiminer, it s true,
and pork and beans hardly be order,
even for the most ingrained New Eng-
lander, but to Mrs. Jennison beans and
dried apples, codfish aud sat pork
represented all the possibilities, mad
compressibilities as well, of food. Who
sighed for anything beyoucl was guilty
of worse weakneee than the old Israel-
ites in their Moan for the leeks and
oniOns of Egypt. Dried beans, and
dried beans only—even string beans a
wild and. wicked waste, recklees destruc-
tion of what should make six 4inners,
where, in the infant state one could be
had.
For Mrs. Jennison belonged to the
happily decreaaing number of women,
who, having beau born to the New Eng-
land farmer's unending struggle with
the foundationof the earth, which
crop up more persistently and battle
with the soil more steadily there than
in any other portion of the farmer's ter-
ritory, valued proportionately every
product wrested from the soil.
Hardscrabble had been her native
district, and Hardscra.bble it remained,
the -hillsides and wilderness of ledges or
rolling stones, and the sunniest meadow
still holding more rocks than grass.
Many children cisme to the gaunt,
sharp -faced mother, and one by one
took their places in the lengthenipg
row on the Huggins lot. Whateder
love might have helped them to liner
longer had gradually died out. Int r-
ruptions from beginning to cad, Pet r
Huggins—lean and weazened, with
myriads of fine wrinkles about his eyes,
and the look of a. musty parclemene—
had always regarded them, and frown'ed
determinately on any attention not ab-
solutely essential. and on sodie that
were. Patient, bony, sed -eyed iitUe
ditidati, the babies lay where they were
put, following the mother's steady pro-
gress from one piece of work to. another,
with looks always more and mote wist-
ful till the low, damp kitchen, ennless
and cheerless in which the grinding
days Went by, had done its work, and
the starved. little little lives flickered
out, to find a kindlier welcome in a
country where the inhabitants teke
time from the reservoir known as eter-
nity.
In such homes now and thee grows
up &flower, delicate and fragrant as the
arbutus in its setting of green leaves,
but to the Huggins homestead none had
corne. Huldah, the'last, and apparently
with less vitality than the seven others
who slept quietly under the sinell
mounds and headstones, held to life
with a ter.acity unexpected, but, on the
whole, welcome, and at four stood on a
"cricket" to wash dishes and pound
clothes; at five made a bed -quilt, and
at six could knit her father's stock-
ings. Pinched and preternaturally
old, she followed her mother about
like some gray, uncanny elf or gnome,
bore in mine or mountain, and hid
always from aun and air. She knew
the market value of every egg, the pos-
sibility of every drop of cream, and at
seven had made a bargain with her
father—a bargain which drew from him
a chuckle of aclmiratiou—to exchange
the maple sugar of her crust coffee or
occasional cake er doughnut, for its full
equivadent in money.
Schooling was had. only that Peter
Huggins might secure his share of the
tax, grudgingly paid, and grumbled
over from one collecting tithe to an-
other, and Huideb learned quickly and
well, taking especially to figures, and
casting pp interest with something
almost enthusiasm. The sugar fund
grew year by year in the Claremont
Savings bank, and Peter shook his head
over the bargain which he was too hon-
est to evade or end. For honesty ruled
and was the one saving grace. Mean,
miserly, narrow almost beyond belief,
he never lied and never cheated, and
Huldah grew to womanhood—girlhood
being left out altogether—so true a copy
of him that the neighbors, who at long
intervals penetrated the mysterious
regions of the beat room, said:
"It's a pity she hadn't been a boy, to
keep up the fermi after old Huggins
died."
Ohl Huggins died at last, followed
quickly by his wife, who lived too long
under the direction of his file -like voice
to find independent action possible, and
vrho closed her eyes, as he had done,
with no sign of what picture either past
or future held in that last moment of
pause between the two. Huldah reign-
ed alone, and. contented to be alone;
said when the long winter ended, hired
a silent and wiry little Frenchman from
the hollow and ran the farm on shares.
Whatever thought Antoine Deprez mita
have had as to possible money to be
made out of her ignorance or oversight
waa quickly dismissed, and the farm.
where long ago every loose stone had
taken its place in the well built walls,
came to be regarded as one of the best
pieces of property in that region.
In time Miss Huldah, as she came to
be called, owned her shay -and drove
into town with her own butter and iggs,
and on Sundays to the old church. on
the green, gasea on the facee which sbe
had known from childhood, but,with
no interest or attempt at other know-
ledge. Then, to the consternation of
every one, she had married, without
wexning or intimation that even the
most indefatigable news purveyed could
glean, a man who had 'appeared from
'the west," otherwise centred New
York, and bought a farm in the same
district.
There was no change in life or look.
The same routine went on from hour to
hour and day by day. The back account
• swelled slowly and surely, and the Jen-
nisops came to to be looked upon.as one
of the rich familiee. Then slowly Jen-
nieon himtelf sickened and died., and
his wife, who gave but this one token of
bereavement or leneliness, cast about
for some one :to, in a degree, fill the
empty place, and found it in a waif end
stray, born in the poorhouse and hav-
ing grown up in ies shadow. Silent and
ahrinking people wondered that Huldah
Jennison chide) this child from stronger
and bolder ones; but the end justified
her choice, and Mary Nicholas Frew
into a housewife as practical and busy
as Mrs. Jennison herself.
How she bore the unending nagging
of her daily life it was- bard to tell, for
as Mrs. Jennison came to middle age,
her tongue moved as steadily and with
as cutting a quality es her father's, and
she ordered every inch of her hand-
maiden's going out and corning in.
Hardship and often abuse having filled
the first twelve years of the girl's hfe, a
home and enough to eat seemed at first
all that was necessary, and as she grew
older custom did the rest, and she
heard with mahearing ears sharp porn.
mand or rasping and unceasing run of
comment. Oue pleasure was always
sure, and Mrs. Jemaison's one weakness
secured kit° her, very grudgingly and
with many a plan for its cessation, till
Mary proved so valuable a helper that
she could not be dispensed with.
Hens and Ohickens were Mrs. Jenni-
son's passion, and the only softness ever
discoverable in her tone was whee she
counted 'the downy heads of anew brood
or coddled a setting mother. There was
no attempt at a hennery or any medern
method. The hens laid where they
would, and being nomadic beyond the
common run, gave Mary naoments out
of doors that would otherwise havebeen
denied. Instinct seemed to lead her to
the last hiding place of the most secre-
tive ben, and there were conventence
for such in strange nooks in the ram-
bling old barn, built by amen of ampler
notions than old Peter Huggins.
In one ofithese nooks, from which the
hay was never fully removed, th& new
crop piling in on the remnants ef the
old. Mary kept the few treasuree her
mistress' prying eye would long' ago
have rooted out from chest or drawer—
a book or two the property of hee un-
known mother; a shell some one had
given; and in time, as she grew iato a
delicate, even graceful girl, a littlepin,
some earring% put on on the .way to
church after the house was well oat of
sight and taken off in the same way ;
then a little package of letters, p.wk-
wardly written, and spelled as awkward-
ly, but holding the secret Mrs. Jenpison'
had jnst discovered.
For, as years went on, a new phase
developed. Beane and dried apples
might hold all the refreshment she
needed, or Mary should be allowed, but
no one should think she could not have
more if she chose. From an occasional
church -going, when she listened with
deep contempt to the flowing periods of
the lately settled young minister, fresh
_from the Ca_nbridge Divinity school,
Mrs. Jennison suddenly appeared at
" society ;" gave her views in fall on
the varions objects forewhich it worked,
and so nagged and beset the life-long
inenabers, that the president resigned
and ets.yed at home three weeks. Hav-
ing brought things to the degree of
effervescence which seemed as much
the necessity of her later life as saving
and seclusion had been of the earlier,
she invited all to meet at her house,
opened the long -closed best rcom,
brought out the patch -work quilt of a
past generation for the bedroom, where
"things" would be taken off, and pre;
pared a supper beyond the wildest
dream of the average society mind.
Mary followed, with bewilderment, but
inward delight, the unaccountable and
unaccustomed lavishness, and etre:lied
the cook -book bought for the occasioe,
with a wonder that such delights had
been so long known to human palates.
. Whatever qualms may have come,
Mrs. Jennison gave, no sign, and there-
after the oerernony was gone through
with once a year. The outer world
having once gained admission, was not
to be put out. Mary was looked forks an
essential in the few and rather mourn-
fal festivals of the New England hill
town,and,frown as Mrs.Jennison might,
the young people claimed her. In spite
of the poorhouse taint, the expectation
gained more and more ground, that she
must filially be Mrs. jennison's heir,
and, though refitricted to calico, pain-
fully skimpy at that, Mary's beauty had
come to be undeniable.
(To be Continued.)
Origin of Ensilage.
An interesting contribution to the dis-
cussion of this subject is furnished by
Mr. L. P. liluirhead, of Kiloreggan, who,
writing to the North British Agricul-
turist upon the origin and practice of
ensilage, says: "Sauerkraut! Yea,
that's it. What is good for man is
good for 'beast. I'll try it any-
how. So thought an old German
farmer one wet season upwards of 80
years ago; only, instead of cabbage he
used grass, clover and vetohes, omitted
the pepper corns, and used a pit in the
ground instead of the family _barrel or
croak (ird.,ene hagen). Some years after
such words as ‘salzfutter' (salted fod-
der), ‘sanerfutter' (pickle fodder)'and
‘eriehsost' (oattle salad) might be heard
among the farmers of Germany and
East Prussia, where the 'practice first
obtained a hold, thereafter being carried
by emigrants to America, and gradually
finding its way among the Dutch and
French nearer home. About 1850, it
came into notice in Scotland. The
Rev. John M. Wilson, at that time an
authority on things agricultural, gave
a very full account of it. Mr. Muir -
bead quotes the lengthy description
which answers to the method of curing
grasses now known as ensilage. Re-
ferring to Mr. Sala's recent note on'the
word ensilage in the Illnstrated
Mr. Muirhead says: "It iteeme
Americanism, probably
the German lenisalsie
the Spanish tensalada
which the English word
ed. Poesibly salail pit
Ole, pickling for the
salad for the fodder
satisfactory."
. . Home T4ning.
How shall it be oo4idncd7 The
first, in indispensable reqnirementeis
to obtain the confidenoe andlove of our
children. Then they are' ready to re-
ceive our teachings, a,u4 the innd be-
oomes indelibly imp ssed with the
Iz
truths furnished. We ust be heom-
paniOns of our ohildr n—thei every-
day associate& Nowl t it be remem-
bered that we rarely m a our hildren
hotter than we are our t) i Ives, - ur ex-
ample is constantly °before tb m, and
they are ready imitators. Thed, by ex -
',ample, as well as by precept, we should
teach self-government ; .not to yield to
evil passions, not to speak evil of others,
but to bear their faults -with patience
-and forgiveness. , Honesty should be
daily impressed. It is an indispensable
quality to anemia in any pnrsuit. The
young are very apt not to see this at
once, hence the greater necessity to
show them clearly that a single dishon-
,est act may effectually debar them,
' from A lucrative employment that
• would have made their fortunes. In
buying and Seilinn, nothing edge moist
to success than a character of *oneety.
To know from the character of the
vendor that the article is just what it is
represented, and just what is wanted,
goes far toward obtaining' a purchaser
and a good price. The holiest man has
a decided advantage over the dishonest
one in the market. Honesty has become
the rarest quality of the present time.
Talent is abundant, capaeity for busi-
ness is not wanting, but honeety is a
rare article, and is of pricelesS value.
The government is in want of ,honest
officials. Corporations of every kind—
banks, railroads, manufacture s, mer-
chants, and farmers—every bu iness is
seeking her honeet employes, a$ they
are almost of priceless value. emper-
ance must be taught with <Ageless
hare. Precept and exareple nust be
combined to secure success. I temper-
ance is a. sure destroyer. Its `odium
must be presented in the strong st light
day by day. This vice is very eften in-
nocently introduced by the use bf what
is supposed to be health -restoring bit-
ters, or other medicines ; too f equent-
ly by physicians, some of whom recom-
mended it foe all diseases,- and we inno-
cently acquiesce, tutl the denion has
its sure clutches upon us. Itut we by
no means propose an enurneration of all
the vices and a means of iceeting them.
The above have boob alluded to on ac-
count of their enormity- and. their too
general prevalence. But we may, we
trust, be permitted to alba& to some
geperal means of protectien tag iost all
vices,and at the same ti nae acts strong
inducements to a virtueue lilfe. We
have already stated that the most - im-
portant- part of one's educate:ea was
that obtained at home, and I lere add
that home is the greatest security
against vice. How shall we, hen, be
made keepers at home? Homemust
be made attrantive. There, should be
neatness in all its axrangemehts; as well
as convenience in its fixttires. Cleanli-
etess in the dwelling, and in th4 barns,
adds greatly to the enjoyMent of home.
All can not have large ltuildiags and
large farms and great herds, but these
are not necessary to make l+ne at-
tractive. - Sorcto of the most attractive
spots that we remember having seen
were log cabins—made so' by their ex-
quisite cleanliness and the judicious
surroundings of trees and flowers. One
such I remember to have teen in ,Kan-
sas, and another, many years logo,- in
our own- country. These cheap elegan-
cies are worth more then. gold, ; they
beget a love of home where no pernici-
ous vices have been perniitted1 to en-
gender. But this is net quite sufficient.
Children, as has been efore hi4ted, are
not to be treated hare ly, nor ' unduly
burdened. Love in sujoh a home should
be conspicuous in ever face. How can
home be attractive wh re Ilene is no
love. Harshness an. illeaature makes
it repulsive. A very eimrnon error, and
one that tends to rend r home repulsive,
is the over -burdening of 'our children
with work. They are worked all day,
and at the comMon h. ire of reet there
are a dozen things tho I ght of that they
are ordered to run an do. No rest is
permitted until poor n trim is eahausted
and is willing ' at la,s to, accept any
other place than hem e where lest may
be obtained.
Amus e
News,
be an
oorruption of
' to pickle, or
1 (salted), from
salad il deriv-
or the reeepta•
opess, and oow
would be more
ents.
QIST EXPOSITOR.
REAL 11STATE FOR SALE.
"WANK 70B ALE.—For Sale or will be ex -
1: *hanged for fano ettherin MelUlop, Tucker.
smith, Stanley or Hullett, Lot No. 85, concession
12, Turaberry, io,nThg 80 acres good timber
land. For Fart orpartienlars apply to A. BTioNG
Land Agent, forth. 788
• Ln Tut,
• splendid
being Lot 26,
eontaiTing 102
ed and in a big
well' timbered,
good entbnildi
tame is sis
Rome from Clic
Apply to the p
Seaforth P. 0.
etereith for Sale.—for sale, that
, known tut the Moore Farni,
neeesion 4, H.11.8., T nekeritaith,
ea, about 95 of which are clear -
state of oultivation, the balance
There is a Image brick house and.
t,s, and a splendid orehard. The
miles from Seafoeth and the
on and is within a mile -of school.
prietot on the premises or to
H. OBIOH, Proprietor. 781
QMALL PARM FOR SALE.---Foreale cheap, the
1,-* eget half of Lot 27, Conoesaion 10, McKillop -
'mutat:dog 60 'ores, about 40 acres of which are
cleared and under good eultivation. The balance
Is well timber . 7 he farm is near the northern
gre.yel rood, and is six miles from Seaforth
and within onel mile of the village of Winthrop
where there is a post office, MUIR, stores, tkei
This property '11 be sold cheap and on easy
terms. Appl to JOHN TORBANCE, Pro-
prietor, Harloc In 0. 781
VARM FOR ALE IN HULLETT.—Firanclass
'A: farm of 50 acres, all neared, being lot 5, con-
cession 12, Hallett; is situated .11 miles Iron
Seaforth, the te.nee. distance from Clinton and 6
• miles from Blydh. Spring creek running through
the farm, log house, frame barn with stone rabies
underneath, sheds for cettle, &c.; good orchard
and School haus° on the lot, and a stoic
and blacksmith shop across the road. For fur-
ther partioular13 apply on the premises or to
PETER HET LE, Harlock P. 0. 789.
Children need a c usernents. "All
work and no play al akes Jack a dull
boy." Nothing is • ore amasing to
children, and especial y those tvho are
compelled to labor a reater part of the
day, than well sel cted ne spapers.
Each child shopld ha e its ow4 paper;
and it is asteniebi g how a xionsly
they await the time e eh wee1 for the
arrival of their paper; and n thing. is
more instructive than well selected
papers. I know a far er with a dozen
children, and he aver ges abo t four-
teen papers a week. his is noextrava-
gance. No mopey is aid out s profita-
bly. Theseno comp etely oo npy the
attention that there i little, desire for
company. And if th papers are wisely
selected, they are idn parting the most
useful lessons in . istory, biography,
morals,' and religion; esides the current
events of the day. But this is not
enough. Book e sho ld be added—his-
tory, biography, etc, etc. BUt I am
alarming some. Perla ps this is thought
too ecinch ; that it is xtra,vaganoe. Too
much cannot be d ne to educate and
elevate our children. They eke truly
all we have that a worth anything.
They are also the GO ntry's ; ite welfare
depends upon them. These free insti-
tutions and their pi petnation is with
these children that we are training.
They are our ceuntry's ; they are God's.
These are S lid Faqts.
The best blood pun er and s stem re-
gulator placed within the reach f suffer-
ing humanity, truly i Electric 1 Bitters.
inactivity of the liver, biliomsnessa,
jaundice, constipation, weak, kldneys,or
any disease of the rinary or ans, or.
whOever requires an ppetizer, tonio or.
mild stimulant, will iways find Elec-
tric Bitters the best and onl certain
cure known. The act su ly and
quickly, every bottle uarantee to give
entire satisfaction or money r funded.
Sold at 50 cente a bottle by E. Hickson
& Co. 783.52
FARM FOR
ship of H
mainder is goo
Vane) bap wk
ontbu
orchard and a
clay loam and
churches (move
from Seaforth t
farm will be so
Apply on the T.
CHARLES F
ALE.—t ot 5, Conoession2, Town.
'lett-, .100 uct es, 88 cleared, the re
herdwood bush. There is a goad.
stabling underneath, and ot,her
Teere is elect a log house, a good
ever failing spring. The soil ,s
ell ufiner-drained. School and
ieut. It is situated five miles
nd six from Ctinton. The above
d on inaeonable and • easy term
remiees or to Conetance P. 0
WLEIt. 777
VARM FOR SALE.—For sale, the south hal
of Lot 18, Concession 9, Stanley, containing -
50 acres, once' i 40 of which are cleared, the bal-
ance well timt red Anil neeple. There are
mires under fa 1 wheat. There is a log house and
good frame ba -n also a 3 oung oi chard and a
never failing 5 ring of water. Is within a mile
of the Bayfield Hoed, and coeveniont to markets,
chip ches, sch ols, &c. For further pal ticulars
apply to the u idersigned on the genie Concession
or to Varna P.I. DAVID POLLOCK 782
-FARM FOR
'1: acres in t
lot 19 and east
(don. There a
barn and fram
and two good
state of cultiv
the remainder
pine alt] coda
Stock. Is situ
six and a half
from Bluevale,
tame of 8Gh
ileillars apply
to Blbevale
SALE.—One hundred and fifty
e Tewnehip of Thrnberry, beiug
half of No. 18, in the 1st concee-
e on the premises a good frame
houee, a young beating orchard,
ells. There are 90 acres in a good
inon, well feimid and endued;
is good hal dwood bueh, with sere
. Splendid fann for pas' in ing
ited withiu two mileof Wingna
roni Wreneter, and one and e ba
on good road and within easy d
s and chneches. For further pan.
o ALEX. ROSS on the premie es Or
0. 7851
1 ABICE
a"- salt, pa
lett, conteinn
cultivation au
good frinne h
tion, also a w
good inane ba
plented with
and bust es.
This elece hs
the past, 8 yea
ness has been
inteuns r mov
to (tell For
premiaes or t
ARDEN FARM, FOR SALE—For
t, of Lit No, 6, Cot cession 1st, Hai-
g 25 aores, 22 of which is lido'
i the baleuce wood. The e isIs
se with a storm at liar and fo inde-
ed shed and threrk wells. Also
ns and stables. This land s all
e choicest varietica of trait trees
Aso a greenhouse 16 by 45 fee
been used as a inerkce !paten f r
s, and a huge and profitable bust -
done muttony. The propriet r
ng toMsnitoha and is determiu d
ferther particulate apply on tle
Seaforth P.O. ALLAN HossoN. 774
VARM IN ULLETT FOR SALE.—The n
dereigne offers his farm, gleaned in tie
township of El llett, alialtdeg the v1111,420 of Ki
barn, for sale. The faim contai t s 100 acre
about 80 of w ich are cleared and in a hip)), sta
of ontivat ion. The meson) is well fenced, w 11
watered wed u der-niained. The buildings a e
all first-cless. This is one of tbe choicest lar,, 8
in the Huron ract, and will be mold cheap and itt
easy terms as the propiietor wishes to retire fro
business. It 's within seven miles of Seafor h
and abeut the same distance from Clinton with
gravel roads 1 ading to each place. For further
particulars ail ressgonstence P.O., or apply on the
prennecs to \ . E. COLDWELL, Proprietor. 778
FARM IN CKERSMITH FOR SALE.—For
sale, Lot 11, concession 8, Tuekersmith, con-
taining 100 ac es, 90 of which are cleared, under -
drained, well fenced and in a good state of culti-
vation.' Theee is a huge and comfortable stoae
hots°, first-cltss barns and outbuildings, a lar e
orchard and three never failing wells Also tl e
north half of ot 6ton the 8th concession, co
trailing 50 ac s, all well timbered. The able e
farms Will be old together or separately. Th y
are sithated 4ithin five miles of Seafoith, on ti e
Grand Trunk nailway, and 31 from -Kippen, n
the Great We -tern Railway These 'farms w 11
be sold on re amiable and easy terms. Apply o
the proprietol on the premises, or andress En-
mondville P. 1. DAvin MOORE, Proprietor. 749
FOR ; SALE
Fruit Ev
cheap and up
buildings hay
manner for t
ating Busines
order; and a
But as W S
the firm of D
mouton, No
man, tiny, th
business of ea
particulars wi
the undersigi
—The undersigned offer th ir
porator and Cider Mills for s e
n easy terms of payment. T e
been fitted up in a comple
e carrying on of the Fruit Evap r-
, and are now in first-class workii g
ne paying business can be doe.
oeertson, one of the partners f
D. Wilsoe & Co, has gone to EjI-
thwest Territory, to remain pr -
property must be sold and tte
d firm finally closed up. t E'er aily
h tegard to said property Ripply to
ed • D D. WILSON. Seaforth. 762
QE
"Vit E are ple
" ducing
in our mills
faction throt
farmers' exc
our customer
of late has n
arranged to
preseut new
uance of pas
well among o
and we are
these adtain
prices for gra
to make Seal
would advise
prices this se
mill feed, fin
hand at busi
ashes for hut
FORTH MILLS.
ed to intimate that since int o -
he rolls and high grinding systein
ere, cur flour has given great sat
ghout our entire local retell a$
ange trade, and we desire to tha
for their liberal patronage, whi .h
eterially increased. We are well
aninacture neestsclass &air from the
rop, and hope to merit a contin
patronage. Our flour also take
r outside shippipg trade cus t omei•s,
ble to sell at good prices. With
ges we hope to be able to pay gobd
re and shall endeavor withothers
rth the farmers' grain market. We
them to carefully learn Seaforth
on bc fore selling elsewhere. Flour,
barrel and land Ran constantly on
ess prices. Also a quantity of live,
purpoaes.
A. W. OGILVIE & CO.
T 0. KEMP, Manager.
771
to -BEL 'S MILLS; KIPPEN.;
J HN McNEVIN,
Proprietor of these well known and popular mil Fia
• has now got everything in first-class workhig
order, and is prepared to turn out an article f
FAMILY FLOUR which cannot be ex-
celled by any1 mill in the country.
GRITIN DONE WHILE THE PARTY
WAITS FOR IT.
Flour excharlged for wheat. Chopping of every
description Promptly attended to. Flour ann
Bran always len Hand, and ,sold at the lowest
market prices. Remember the popular mills.
JOHN McNEVIN, Kippen.
FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS.
vIFTY Aar
7th Cone
barn and oth
Five hundred
of Seaforth.
and Ilarpurh
selected larmi
Farm, west half of Lot 7, on the
salon of Tuekersmith. House, bank
improvements ; 80 acres cleared.
acres in McKillop, within six miles
Eight dweiliog houses in Seaforth
y, from 8200 up. Also 1.280 scree
g lands in Birtle distkict, N.W.T.
7- 0- GOUIN4001C,
13 EAFORT114
1$83.,
SPRING TRADE
DUNCAN
81‘ DUNbAN
MARCH- 9 I
MARCH
1883.
Have now received and opened out /or Early Spring
Trade, a full stoc4 of Cotton Good, such as
PLAIN and FANCY
UCKS,
COTTON TWEEDS AT ALL PRIC S,
PLAIN and STRIPED DENIMS,
SHIRTING DENAIS, •
• FULL STOCK OF SHIRTINGS,
BETTER VALUE THAN EVER IN
GREY COTTONS,
- WHIT % COTTONS and SHEETING
• AT LOWER PRICES,
200 PIECES NEW PRINT TO
HAND.
IOW IS T
E TIME TO CET BARGAINS BEFORE OUR REGULAR STOCK
ARRIVES FRqM THE OLD COUNTRY.
ALL WINTEI4 GOODS AT COST.
We hav
leave your o
Just to han
HATS, dir
COLLARS,
OAK HALL CLOTHING.
received a full line 41 Canadian Tweeds for early Spring. Call and
der and get a good choice of pattern—splendid value and good fit.
and opened ont a few dozen of the latest spring shapes in FELT
et from New York. Also, a splendid. lot of TIES, SCARFS,
CUFFS, &o.—the neWest and cheapest in the trade.
DI.N.CAN 81. DUNCAN.
Previou
Winter Goo
EAT STOIK-TAKING SALE
AT EVILOUGHLIN'S.
to and during StockiTaking, 1 purpose clearing out the balance of
s, to make room for Bpring purchases.
press Goods, Wincies, Flann
Tweeds, Hats and Caps
Millinery, &c.,
I am reduci
nee a call,
is, Blankets
Furs,
•
g to prices that will Astonish and effect a 13peedy clearanoe. Give
nd you will get bargains.
TERMS—CASH AND PRO • UCE.
J. MeLOUGH
TRY
GLYCERATED BALS
F R COUGHS AND
IN, Seaforth.
M OF FIR
OLDS.
THE SEAFORTH ORO
• .Nin4y•Nine out of one h,undred assert that it wili cure quicker than
anything i.7.9r tried before.
SORE THiOAT, INFLAMMATION OR ULCERATI
Readily givL way to its wonderful healing and soothing
sale by
LUMSDEN & WILSON, SEA
J. KIDD & SON, DUBLIN,
JAMES DRUMMOND, BLYT
A. GOVENLOOK, WINTHRO
N OF THE THROAT
roperties. Try it. For
ORTH.
—AND—
ork Packing H
HUGH ROBB
Begs to remind his friends a
public that he is just. in receipiat
yery nice stock of
CROCKERY' AND CLASSWA
Of the neatest and latest designs,
6roceries always fresh and good.
The SeafOrth Grocery has
poted for the excellence and ohs
of its Teas. Better value nos
ever. ser Extracted honey aliv
hand.
Mr. Robb has now his Pork p -
stablishment in full biast„ 0,4
nd Sausage on hand as usual.
CASH FOR PORK.—The bitt
ash Price paid for Pork, and h.%
ought.
Remem ber the Seaforth Geei ,
tark's Bloc' k, dl.ain Street, Seafo -
WH ITN E Y BLOCK,
'THE SE AF014TH STOVE
TIN EMPORIUM STILL
TAKES THE LEAD. ,
1THE COOK STOVE DEPART
Jolui and Ws Wife Bess
wBrrriN yos THE EXPOSITOtte
John)
Gadd wife. glint *He, &eh up the imile
I feel the day so fresh and bale' •
• rilgang to vend aSocial blink
WI' my maid eremite' on the rink.
Haste, haste, my: lees, Inn free Ina naix
At one vat meet to start the garna.
Bess.)
Na'na, gold man, yon'ye far =dr need
To bide at hame, t'will be yer -dead ;
Ye ken the day is ()mild and raw,
The blizzard -wind is brneing-thiew.
Your paint; and eramps will a,come beet
Even now aer birplen yer back.
(Jas.)
What,13ess 1 1 am as yuald and fresh
As the sweet flowers, in scannas dress ;
Fresh as a daisy, notbieg lame,
And firm resolved to play this gfiktree
- I
Gelid save us, Seine are ye game wild. '
, 'fey. nee mair sense than Maggie. ehild
Yer're three -score moo; and that ye ken,
Is near the age eloped to Man..
Sit down in pekoe thtre in yenennack,
And I will hriug ye seme old buck.
elm.)
Sit down, I -wades, nits' Inn nen°
0' those wha shrink, the eparien game.
Though suld, 111 she,* them I am toe
Wha' atjJlean throw:the curliin tare.
Gee roc my hat, I =wan aim,'
And care .118.' hOW the wind may blawe
•
titent4
Losh me 1 I kond they feared thy play
When ye we.- young, that's =tiny a day
, But ler weld noo, the yeung chaps plan,
Aye to bambo ale our mad main
;. The ice is multi, Ter blood is thie ;
- Sit dem an read, aid I will stina
Oakes.)
Young or auld, or stiff or lame,
:11 canna, maxima etay nt Bayne.
On nie my bonnet aen my breem,
And gm they- medale yer'ret sand =as,
On ice or eround, II Jet them see,
- Thtren pith and eue.ttle still in me.
ITS NOW full. ell the newest styles ttL
nt- the latest improvements for baking,.
jof fuel &c. Over thirty different lien*
Ichocrse from at price( that cannot be
PARLOR STOVESIf
I
TN this department we have the largest*
1-t- ever off red in Seaforth, both in le,
!Heaters and Parlor Cooks. Our Farm
'Parlor Cook, New Aurora double heater tee
time be equalled for b anty and usefultinat
Little Giant double heater is a wonder. la
!more rooms can be heated with this docent
takes less fuel than any pthor stove made.
lsee and be convinced. •
4ideu )
Well gene ems', and eay na' mair,
But mind the viand and hitter airs
So John went -off, and in a Iniuk,
eMarebed like a 'lal 4" Lit ) the rink,
Strappin* end bold, as young again,
He p at ed hi' thots wi' eteedy eiro ;
Spoi t f his youth, it roused his soul,
O'er evert stane he hado.ntel,
Till each one gazed, and wot nova wh
Ty
His panied aim threw to eis eye.
Shot after shot, despite) the pain,
\Vas comiten for the gay multi ne ens
Till all was e'er, one lou I aceleim
- him vice, r of the genet);
e Hurrah 1 Hurrsh 1 hie., hip, once more,
The mild man counts the highest ecore.
-; Prond John went off amid the tee,
d'And Lid the story a' to Bess;
Then the felt happy, and searce knew w
Tho' the tear amid glietenine in her eye
Sett-)
I'm prortd 0, ye, Jobe, and my heaet afe
e Noe ye'llp oiniee ye pever leen ctel again
John promieed he wades. ; the -old folks
glad,
- And quietly- at away to tbtir been
inebrnary, 1883. _p
. One Verse Each Year.
Xr Roswell Field, a rather rem
man, a farmer and a member
COAL STGVE DEPARTMBIT
- American Society for the Adva
Anent of Science, whose - tastes
ntific pursuits origivated in the
ry of fossil footmarks on hie
at Turner's Falls, Mass., a
since, aged 79 years. He e
foiled/jag poem on his 70th bi
and added a verse each birt
1 his death ;
TN this line "The Royal" takes the lead
-1- ever shown. It gives more heat
coal than any other stove, and is no soon
than appreciated. Twelve different
choose from. A complete stock of stovai
on hand
Just received a large variety of lamp,
goods, lanterns, &c., good . material and In
patterns.
Best qualities • f coal oils, Canadianandan A
extensive and varied assortment of both 141 N -OLD MAN'S SOLILOQUY'
can, and in cutlery and lecke] goods webaa
and American manufacture. L lien, 1874. ---- I AM SEVESZTV
Yi
All orders for jobbiug work p-romptin-seee-42313
to and satisfaction guaranteed.
A call respectfully solicited. Come aedia
and save money.
WHITNEY BROI,
SEAFORTH
INSURANCE AGEN
WM. N. WATSON
General Fire, _Marine, Life ark.
cident Insurance Agent, Co*
anc& Appraiser, Etc.,
IMAM ST., SEAFORTI
ONLY FIRST -CLASS -
prompt paying companies represented. illb
of risks effected at lowest current rates
1 kinds of property. Special attention&
Marine insurance.' Insurances effected elt
property in the "Gore District," of Gahm*
over 4'3 years, at from ,62i to 1 per eentelf
for three years Cheaper than any annuli'
I party en existence. The following
I represented, viz.: London &Lancashire,
• Northern, England ; !Scottish Iraperiaa,
British America, Toronto ; Royal Can
treat ; Gore District, Galt; Canadian
Marine, Hamilton; Alliance, Hamilton;
T� -
Life, (Life), Toronto ; 'Travellers, Life anal
dent, Hartford, Conn. Agent for - the Or
Permanent 1.oan and eavings CompanY(211/
Money loaPed at 6 per cent. on real estate.
for the State Line eteamship Company,
between New York and Glasgow. Fust
860 to -75; Second Cabin $40 ; Ste.°
Return tickets issued good for 12 menthe
WATSON, Main Street, Seaforth. Office,
bell's Block, opposite the Mansion Hotel.
GENTLEMEN: Please acce
many thanks for the very liberal
rona,ge you have extended to me
the past five years in Seaforth at
dresser, and 1 beg leave to ask
continuance of the same. I he
premises fitted up with the new
adjustable chairs, which for
and convenience are second to
With a cordial invitation to all,
your obedient servant,
Practieal Hair Dresser, Cady's
Opposite Commercial Hotel,
Street, Seaforth.
N. Bee -Bowling Alley in oo
BUILDING BRIDGES
MOVING FIOUSES.
nMeNAUGHTON, Brussels, Ont.,110
• Bridge and General Builder. All
on hand fon moving buildings on tier
notice., •
WM. ELLIOTT
TOWN CLERK and Treasurer. 0
east corner of Market House. Office
12 till 4 p. m.
OLD TO -DAY.
This road leads sure to death ;
I near the tied ;
1 he mile stove,' are all past—
' Three -score and ten.
I dee ted with a ereval— -
Where are they now
I lost them on the reed;
I knew not how.
I kit tbem one by one;
I know no more.
They were not left behitule--
Th-y -went before.
The way a as full of hope,
01 joy and bliss'
Of pain atid woe and death—
And 'ha/mimes.
Inn's jou,ney has been short ;
That ie to say,
'Twes morntng noon and night—
But one (hart day.
I'll leok the recoid o'er;
'Yes, I am right ;
The journey of °—
Morn, boon end nieht.
My morn was spent in dreams;
My 0013 Wale, brieht ;
Clouds emiekly gather* d round.,
And now 'Hs night.
My glees is alineet rnn_
Why need 1are 7-
"I he be, d that led me here
Wih lead mu there.
Now let the time be short—
When I may Teat
My aearv, achitig bean
Upon bis breast.
I gofrom NA:Ripen I teem;
Limn journey o'er,
And be villa I be ve been,
And nothing mole.
My dust return(' to duet,—
All forthe best;
My soul will go to God,
And be at refit.
I've mull -red all my cares,
My hopes, my !ear;
I have no pitmenor mirth,
and less fon tears. -
Gaioties.
gamekeeper,' -Yea, sir, they
y new off with the bird 1"
ri'bere is a good -deal said al
• being plenty Of room at the
he question is, “Where's the .
My dear:" remarked the mil
as he came hoine aftera long d
tif it takes ten mills to irial
where is the profit on fieur
caudal, when it has truth in it
gresee spot 0115 new cloth,
there is no truth in it, it is lil
of rand, which. Will COM13-
when dry,
hree-year-old Mary was lean
tters,"What's that one, Math=
ked. "T,11 seid mamma.
repeated Mary in a musing w
then, where% coffee?"
Why are thooe things on 3
called. bugle trimmings?'
to know, dOh," Em" ep
"because pa blows ESO over
---nitev. Joseph „cook is described
- Gospel Banner as 4.the Boo
man who gave the plan on NO
lituiverse was created,his unquali
al endorsement,'
n Irish wit, hearing that a atl
ovenly barrister had startedl
ntivent with a shirt and agnii
ea. 'tile% not change either
es back."
by is a pretty girl like a bac
engine? Because she sends
arks, transports the malls, 1.4
()Hewing b.er, and passes over
colored clerk in a Louisville
re asked the proprietor
leave of absence. "What's
' tDar's a 'nigger gwine ter