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The Huron Expositor, 1885-11-27, Page 2— 1 2 , Ec)SIT00. • NOVEMBER 27, 1885. INDith MAME& By- W D. nowitus. X. (Continued from last week.) "Then they _ went together into the church, and fell on their knees before the figure of Christ upon the cross and the figure bowed its head in sign Of ap- proval and pleasure in Gualberto's noble set of Christian piety:" "Beautiful !" murmured the girl; the child only sighed. "Ah, yes • it's an easy matter to pick „up one's heafrom the ground and set it back on one's shoulders, or to bring the dead to life, or to make a tree put -. forth leaves snd fiowers in midwinter; but to melta the heart of a man with • forgiveness in the presence of hisenemy —that's a different thing; that's- no fairy story, that's a real miracle, and I believe this one happened—it's so im- 44 Oh yes, it mist have happened," . said the girl. "J)o you. think it's so very hard to forgive then ?" asked Mrs. Bowen, 'gravely. "Oh, not for ladies," replied Col- ville. She flushed, and her eyes shone when she glanced at hitn. "I'm sorry to put you down," he said to the child, hut I can't take you with me, and I must be going." - . Mrs. Bowen did not ask him to stay to lunch; he thought afterward that she might have relented as far as that but for the last little thrust, which he would better have spared. "Effie, dear, said her mather, when the door dosed upon Colville, "don't you think you'd better lie down awhile? You look so tired." " ShalrI lie down on the sofa here ?" " No ; on your bed.'t " Well." "I'll go with you, Effie," said Imo- gene, "anti see that you're nickly tutk- ed in." -When she returned alone, Mrs. Bowen was sitting where she had left her, and meemed not to have moved. "I think Effie will drop off to sleep," she said; "she seems drowsy" She sat down, and after a'pensive moment continued, "I wonder what makes Mr. Colville seem so gloomy?" "Does he seem gloomy ?" asked Mrs. Bowen, unsympathetically. "No, not gloomy exactly. But dif- ferent from last night. I wish people could always be the same! He was so gay and full of spirits, and now he's so self-absorbed. He thinks you're offend- ed with him, Mrs. Bowen." "1 theft think he was very much troubled about it. I only thought he was flighty from want of sleep. At your age you don't mind the loss of a night." . "Do you think Mr. Colville seems so very old ?" asked Imogene, anxiously. Mrs. Bowen appeared not to have heard her. She went to the window and looked out When she came back, Isn't it ahnost time for you to have a letter from home ?" she asked. Why, no. I had. one from mother day before yesterday. What made you think so 2" interrneted Mrs. Bowen-, with a sudden excitement which she tried to control, but which made her lips tremble, and break a little from her restraint, "you knowli that 1. am here in the, place of you mother, to advise you and look after you in every way V' "Why, yes, Mrs. Bowen," cried the girl, in mirprise. "It's a position of great responsibility in regard -to a young lady. I can't have anything to reproach myself with after- wards." "Have, I always been kind to you, and considerate of your rights and your freedom ? Have I ever interfered with you in any way that, you think oughtn't!" What an idea You've beenlove- liness itself; Mrs. Bowen !" "Then I want you to listen to me, and answerrne frankly, and not suspect my motives." " Why, how could 1 do that ?" "Never mind'" aided Mrs. Bowen, impatiently, almost angrily. "People can't help their- suspicions! Do you think Mr. Morton cares for you'" The girl hung her head. Imogene, answer 'me !" "T don't know," answered Imogene, coldly; but if you're troubled abont , that, hire. Bowen, you needn't he, don't care anything for Mr. Morton." "If I thought you were becoming, interested in any one, it would be my' duty to write to your mother and tell her. "Of course ; I should expect you to' do it." " And if T saw you becoming interest-. ed in any one in a way that 1 thought would make you unhappy, it would be my duty to warn you." " Of co -arse, I don't mean that any one would knowingly irr, to make you unhappy." " "Mer don't go about nowadays try- ing to break girls' hearts. But. very good men can be thoughtless and sel- fish." " Yes, I understand that," said Imo- gene, in a falling accent • "1 don't wish to prejudice you against' auy One. I should consider it :very wrong and wicked. Besides, I don'teere to interfere with yea to that degree. You are old enough to see and judge for yoarseIf. Imogene sat silent, passing her hand across the front of her dress. The clock ticked aedibly from the mahtel. "1 will not have it left to me !" :cried Mrs. Bowen. "It is hard enough, at any tate. Do you think I like to speak to you ?" ,1 44 ()f course it make S scent inhos- pitable, and. distrustfull, and—detesta- ble." I never thought of accusing you," said the girl, slowly lifting her eyes. I will never, never speak to you of it again," said Mrs. BoWert, "and from this time forth, I insist upon your feeling just as free as if I hadn't spoken. She treinbled upon the verge of a sob,: from which she repelled herself. Imogene sat still, with a sort of seri- oua bewildered look. f-` You shall have eVe y proper oppor- tunity of meeting any, otne you like. 46 Oh, yes." it, "And I shalt be o ly too gl-glad to take back everything?" Imogene sat motion ess and silent. Mrs. *wen broke out again with a sort - of violence; the 'years teach. us. some- thing of self-control, perhaps, but they' weaken ,and unstring the nerves. In this opposition of 'silence to silence, the Woman of the world was no match for the inexperienced Oa • "Have you nothing to say, Imogene?" "I never thought of him in that way at all. I don't know what to say yet.. It—confuses the. I—I can't imagine it. But if You think - that he is trying to amuse himself—" "1 never said that !" "No, I know it." "He likes to make you talk, and to tale with you. But he is perfectly idle -here, and—there is. too much difference, every way. The very good in. him makes it the worse. I suppose that after talking with hini every one else seems insipid." "Yes." • Mrs. Bowen rose and ran suddenly from the room. Imogene remained sitting cold and still. No one had been named since they spoke of Mr. Morton. • XI. Colville had:not (tone what he meant in going to Mrs. Bowen's; in fact, he had done jutil what he had not meaat to do, as he distinctly perceived in coming away. It was then that in a luminous retrospect he discovered his motive to have been a wish to atone to her for be. havior that roast have distressed her, or at least to'eirplain it to her. ' She had not let him do this at once; an instant willingness to hear and to condone was not in a woman's nature; she had to make him feel, by the inflicion of a de- gree of punishnient, that she had suffer- ed. But before she ended she bad made it clear that she wag; ready VI) grant him a tacit pardon, and he hadainswered with - a silly sarcasm the question that was tohave led to peace. He could -not help seeing that throughout the whole Carnival adventure she had yielded her cherished reluctances to please him, to showIiim that she was not stiff or pru- dish,' to convince him that she would not be a killjoy through her devotion to conventionalities which she thought he despised. He could not help seeing that he had abused her delicate generosity, insulted' her subtile concessions. He strolled along down the Arno, feeling flat and mean, as a man always does after a contest with a woman in which' he has got the victory; Our sex ean pre- serve its self-respect only through de- feat in such a case. It • gave him no pleasure to remember that the glamour, of the night before seemed still to rest on Imogene ! unbroken I that, indeed, was rather azeadded pain. He surprised himself in the midst of his poignant re-. flections by a yawn. Clearly the time was past when these ideal troubles coeld: keep him awake, and there was, after all, a. sort of brutal consolation in the fact. He was forty-one yearsold, and , he was sleepy, whatever capacity for ' suffering remained to him. He went to , his hotel to., catch a little nap before lunch. When he woke it was dinner- time.: The Mists of slumber still hung about him, and the events of the last fortyieight hours showed vast and shape- ; lessly threatening through them. I When the ;drama' of tli table d'hote ' reached its climax of roast chestnuts ' and butter, he detertnined to walk oyer : to San Marco . and pay a Visit to Mr. , Waters. He found the ,old minister from Haddam. East 'Village, Maseaohu- setts; Italianate outwardly in almost ludicrous degree. , He wore a fur -lined oyerepat-in-doors ; • his feet cased. , in thick: woollen shoes, rested on a strip of carpet laid before his table; a man Who had lived for forty years in the pungent - atmosphere of an air tight stove, suc- ceeding a gamier of a century of roaring hearth, fares, contented himself with the spare heat of 'it scaldino, which he held his clasped hands over in the very Ital- ian manner; the lamp that cast its light on the 'book open before him was the classic lucerna, ;with three beaks, fed withi olive oil. He 'looked up at his visitor over his. spectacles; without re- cognizing him, till Colville spoke. Then ,I after- their ; gteeting, --" Is • it snowing heavily?" he asked.- " It isn't Isnewing at all. What made you think that ?" , " l'erhap 1 was. drowsing over my book and dreamed it. We become very strange and interesting studies to our- selves as 11, liVealong." He took op the metaphysical consid- eration with. the promptness of a Man who 'has no einalltalk, and who speaks of the mind and soul as if they were the gossip of the neighborhood. . "4t times the lefty winters that I passed in Haddam East Village seehi like an alien experience, and I find my- self ,pitying the life 1 lived there quite as if it were the life of some one else. It seems incredible that men should still inhabit such climates." "Then you're not homesick for Had- dam East Village ?" " Ab.! for the good and striving souls there, yes; especially the souls of some women there.. - They used th think that it was I who gave them consolation and spiritual purpose, but it was they who really imparted it. Women souls—how beautiful theY sometimes are! They seem truly. like angelic essences. I trust that I -shalt meet them somewhere some time, but it will never be in Haddam East Village. Yes, I must have been dreaming ;hen you came in. I thought., that I was by intifire there, and all round over the hint and in the streets :the snow was denn and falling still. How distinctly," he said, closing his eyes, as artists do in lookingat a picture,_ " I can see the black wavering lines of the walls in the field sinking into the drifts ! 11 the • now billowed over the graves by the ohurcl& where I preached! the banks of snow :around the houses i the white desolation everywhere ! I ask ' myself at times if the people are still I there. I es, I feel_ as blessedJy remote from that terrible winter as if I had died away from it and were in the weather of heaven." . : " Then you .have no.reproach for fee- ble -spirited fellow -citizens who abandon their native climate and come to live in Italy?" ' The old -man drew his fur coat closer about him and Shrugged his shoulders in true Florentine fashion. "There may be sernethingito say against those who do so in the heyday of life, but I shall not be the on to say it. -Th; race must yet revert i ' its decrepitud ; as I have in mine, to Ithe elimates of the South.: Since I have 1een in Italy- I have realized what used to Occur to me dimly at home —the cruel disproportion hetweee ithe end gained and the means expended in reclaiming the savage North. Half the huthan endeavor,'half the human suffer- ing, would, have made the whole South Protestant and the whole East Chria- tian, and our civilization Would now be there. No, I shall never go back to New England, New England - New Ireland—New panada ! Half the farms in Haddam are in the hands of our Irish friends, and the labor on the rest is half done by Frenoh Canadians. That is all right and we I. New England must come to irie here, by way of the great middle West and the Pacific coast." Colville smiled at the Emersonian touch, but he said, gravely "I can never quite reconcile myself to the thought of dying out of my own country. "Why not? It is very unimportant where one dies A moment after your breath is gone you are in exile.forever— or at home forever." Colville sat Musing upon this phase of Americanism, as he had upon many others. At last, he broke the silence they had both let 'fall, far away from the you en- topic they had " Well," he joy the veglion III, 1 "Oh, I'm to4. old to go to suci places for pleasure," slaid the minister, simply. "But it was V ry interetting,, nd cer- tainly very str king; especially when I went haat; to ard daylight, aft r seeing Mrs. Bowen ho e." "Did you g back ?" demanded Col- ville, in some a aZe. Oh, Yes. felt that my experience incornplet without some know- ledge rrience of how t e Carnival ended at such a place." i " Oh ! And 'do you still f el that Savonarola wa tnistaken ?" . ," There seemed to be rath r more boisteroutness oward the close and, if I might judge the excitement grew a, little unwholes me. But I real4 don't feel myself ver welf qualfied to decide. My ohm life ha been passed in circum- stances so wide y different that I am at a certain (Iliad antage," " Yes," said Jolvi11e with a emile, "1 dare say the C rnival at Haddam East Village was aiu te another thing." The old Man smiled responsively. "I suppose that so-ne of my former parish- ioners might have been scandalized at my presence at a Carnival ball, had they known the fact merely in "'the abstract ; but in my tette s home I shall thy to set it before them 'in an instructive light. I should say th t the worst thing about such a scene of revelry would be that it took us tooj much out of our inner quiet. But I siippose the same remark might apply almost any form of social entertain ent." I • "But hum -an nature is so constituted that some mean of expansion must be provided, or a violent explosion takes place. The dnl 1 question is, what means are most innocent. I have been looking about," added t e old man, quietly, "at the theatres lat ly." .1 "Have Ydu ?' asked Colville, opening his eyes in sup essed surprise. " Yes ; with a view lo determining the .degree of h rmless amusement that may be deriv.ed ifrom them. - It's rather a difficult quescon. I should be inclin- ed to say, however, that I don't think the ballet can e er be instrumental Mr good." H ! Colville cbu11 not deiy himself the: meat -are ef tat ilig, " Well, not the higli- est, I suppose. , . "No," said Mr. Waters, in apparent unconsciousness of the irony. "But I think the Chure has made a mistake in condemning the theatre io tote. It ap- pears to me th t it might always have countenanced a ertain order of comedy, .in which the mo ive and plot are unolt- jectionable._ T ough I don't deny that there are moods when all laughter seeing low and unwort y and incompatible. with the most advanc d state of being. • And I confess," he eilt on, witha dreamy thoug,htfulnees, ' that I have very great misgivings iii r ,gard to tragedy. The glare that it • ti rows upon the play of revenge gluttin itself, envy eating ite the passions—j alousy in its aguish, heart, hopeless 1 ve—their nakedness iS terrible. The t rror may be salutary; it may be very ischievous. I am afraid that I have •lef some of my inquiries till it is too 1 te. I' seem to have no longer the meter als of judg ent left in me.. If I werel still a youn man like I - , interrupt- uched. sked, ." how did yoU-11tH , "Am I still a Poling man ?" ed Colville, sadl . "You are you g enough to restiond to the appeals th t sometimes find me silent. If I w re of your age I should certainly investi ate some of these inter- estin ig 'problems. ' "4.h, but if you become petsonally interested in the problems, it's as bad. as ..if you hadn t the materials of judg- ment left ; yoU'r prejudiced. Besides, I doubt my hout fulness -very much." "You are fiftt , I Fresume ?" suggest- ed Mr. Waters, in a leadmg way. • "Not very eear—only too near," laughed Co1vi11e.1' "I'm forty-one." "You are yotinger than I supposed. But I remember now that at your age I had the same feeling which you inti- mate. It seemed to me then that I had really passed th bound -whith separates us from the fart er possibility of youth., But I've li ved long enough sinee to know that I was mistaken. At forty one has still a great partlof youth before him— perhaps the richest ,and sweetest part. By that time the turtnoil'of ideas and sensations is over ; we see clearly and feel consciously, We are in a sort of quiet in which we peacefully enjoy. We -have enlarged our perspective suffi- ciently to perceive things in thtir true proportion and relation; we are no. longer tormented with the lurking fear of death, which darkens and imbitters our earlier years; we have got into the habit of life ; wn have often been ailing -and we haye not died. Then we have time enough behind us to supply us with the materials df reverie and reminis- cence ; the terrible solitude of inexperi- ence is broken I; we- have learned to smile at many things besides the fear of death. We ought also to have learned pity and patience: Yes," the old' man concluded, in -cheerful self -corroboration, 't it is a beautiful age." "But it doesn't look so beautiful !as it is," Colville ,protested. "People in that rosy prime don't produce the effept of garlanded striplings upon the world at large. The women laugh at us; they think' w e are fat old fellows ; they don't recognize the slender and elegant youth that resideiin our unwieldy bulk." " Yoo take my meaning a little awry. Besides, I doubt if even the ground yeti assume is tenable. If a woman has lived long enough to be truly youngher self, she won't find a man at forty eithet decrepit or !grotesque. He can yen make himself Youthful to a gir of thought and imagination." (To Be Continued.) REAL 'ESTATE FOR SALE. OR SALE CHEAP.—West half of Lots 427 12 and 128, on Coleman St. Gouinlook Snrvey, n the town of Seaferth. There is a good two storey frame house and good well on the premi- _ses. Mao a few choice fruit trees. For par - Maulers, apply to J., .M. BEST, Barrister, Sea - forth. • .433-8 --- "LIAM FOR SALE. --For sale in the townshh- X of Hilbert, 150 acres being Lots 29, and the west half of 28, in the 8Lh Concession, it is free from stumps and in a high state of cultivation, .• With a . log house and good outbuildings. There is an everlaeiting spring creek running through the farm. It will' be sold together or separately on easy terms. For further partionlers address the Proprietor on the premises or 00 Seaforth Postoffice. WM. EBERHART, Proprietor. 921-tf • UAW& *FOR SALk—For sale North -half Lot 12 25, Conaession 2, township of Hay, contain- ing 50 acres, 46 of Which are cleared and in a fair state of cultivation well underdrained, 2 good wells, 2 frame bar s, also drive house and pig pen, Iog house with frame addition, good bearing orchard. Two miles kiiatant from either Kippen or liensallIone-half mile -from sohool,this lot is in a No.1 neighborhood,and will be sold cheap and on reasonable terms. !,Apply on the premises to B. S. PHILLIPS or Heiman P..0. 916tf • 'MIAMI FOR SAffE.—The Executors' of the 12 estate of the late Samuel Simeon, offer for sale thatiexcell int farm being Lot 12, Con- cession 12, Grey. There are 100 acres ;• 80 of which are cleared, 1.0 Litres Partly cleared, and -10 in good hardwoo,it bush. There is a good frame barn with storm stabling underneath 30x .60 feet. Immediate, possession will begiven. A large portion of the purchase money will be al- lowed to stand on interest; for further particu- lars apply to JURY LItIOKIE, 197 College Street, Tort:into, or to. JOHN SLEMON, Ethel P. 0. 931tf FA' FOR SAL:1A.—The Subscriber offers for sale his splendid farm of 100 acres, being Lok 44, Concession 2, Tuckersmith. Good new story and half traffic house, 2 acres splendid orclia.rd, good buildings, 85 acres free from stumps, 15 acres in fall wheat. The whole under good cultivation, and well underdrained, live spring on the farm and has good vrells.- Close to eh-111.611es and schools. Three an one-half miles from the town.of Clinton, 5 frorr Seaforth. Will be Sold on reasonable terms. I UGH Me - DONALD, on thepremises, or Clintort P. 0. 930tf FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 25, Collects - tion 5,McKillop, containing 100 ares, near- - ly all cleared, well fenced and underdr ined, and in a first-class state of cultivation. . 'I here is a stone „ 'house, bank barn and other necessary building's all in first-class condition., Also an orchard of bearing trees, and the river 'Maitland runs through a corndr of the fa.rrn bu there is no waste land. It is a first-class farm ither for stock orgraini and iS within two miles of the town of Seaforth on the northern gravel road. Apply' on the preniises or to Seaforth' P. 0. HUGH i I. GRIEVE. _ 911-tf TIOR SALE.—For sale in the thriving village elf:Hensel] at a great bargain, that valuable property situated on the west side of Brooke street,..ebnsisting of d good hew frame dwelling 18x26 feet, and well finished throughout, with good well and stable. on the premises. Reason for selling is that theundersigndd intends leaving the village about the end of the year. Possession - can be given at any thne within g: weeks notice. Terme of Sale.—Very, liberal. For full particaz lars apply to Tr, MOWBRAY, 'Mason Said Con- tractor; Ilensall.P. 0, € . 905 GOOD FARM FOR, SALE.—For tiale, Lot 1, .Concesslon 8, nickeremith, containing 100 acres,' about 80. of wilich are. cleared, free frorn stumps, onderdrained,in a high state of cultiva- tion and well fenced. There is a comfortable log house and a largd bank barn with stabling underneath. Also a young orchard and good well. ; The land is all dry and of the best quality. It is , conveniently situated to Seaforth and Kippen stitions, with good gravel roads leading to each place. For further' particulars' address the Proprietor, EgniOndville P, 0., or apply at the Eg,mondville mills. JAMES KYLE, Pro- prieter. 904-tf niwb HUNDRED ACRE t'At:I.M e --For sale, Lot N. II.; on the 14th and 15th Concessions of Grey, containing 200 acres, 150 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The rem :hider is good hardwood bush. There is a nev r failing Creek running through the farm. TI ere is a good frame barn 40 by 60 feet, good log house and good bearing. orchard. It is six mile from Brussels, and three from Walton, with goo gravel road • leading to each place. There is a, school on the next .Lot. Price, $7,700. :For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Walton P.O. ADAM DOUGLAS. 915 -1,1A1M FOR SALE.—For sale, 150 aeres of . . . ..,U first-class land, being Lot 12 and the east half of Lot 13 Concession 9 McKillop ; 130 acres d -state' of cultivation; the vel feneed; two welle and _a (trod bush. The land is Ch as • g reek;pframe barn and , cleared and in a go remainder good. hi wcII underdrained, : never father; sprit stable and log barn; twe) comfortable log houses, and two orchards. convenient to schools and churches. 3s eight miles from Seaforth and eight from Walton. Fdr further particulars ap- ply on the premises or to R. G. 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Writ- ten ; guarantee with every $5 worth. pa'ref-4 by 1. V. FEAR, Chemist and Druggist, Segorth. J. L. SMITH, Seaforth, • • ficop rAnm FOR SALE. -1-1 order to close - the affairs of the estate of the late W. G. Hingston, the executors offer the following v5ry valuable lands for sale. First—North half of Lot 30,.Concession 5, township of Morris, con- taining 90 acres. On this lot is erected a good frame barn with stone foundation, good orchard, well ahd pump. Nearly' all cleared, and is on the gravel road closely adjoining the village of Brussels This farm is a valuable one, is well fenced and in a good -state of cultivation. For prices and terms apply to Tiros. Keens-, Brus- sels P. 0., HENRY JE:s N1N08, VietOria Square P.O., or James S. imi, M pie Lodge y. O., Middlesex County. _ . 868 • _ • • - • - TIMM F0t SALE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF .12 ' TUCKERSMITH.—For sale in the township of Tuckerstn h, county of Huron, being Lot 35, Concession 2 L. R. S containing 100 acres, 90 acres cleared ; the reinainder in.bush. The farm is well fence , with a good orchard, a good. one and ahalf st ry brick house ivith a slate roof, . two fraine b ns and Shed, and good wells. The farm is of fir t -class sbil. It is two miles from Brucefield st tion, sb from Clinton and six from Seaforth, a ood graVel road leading to each place. Apply on the premises to JAS. ‘VALKER, or DAVID N ALKE10; Mill Road, or to Ilruce, field P. 0. 904-tf S P LFE0Nr 1/ al FARM IN BRUCE FOR SALE.— Lot 30, Concession- 6, township of Bruce, conta ning 04 acres,of which about 30 acres -are Wet red, fended and free from stumps, the balance i timbered principally .with splendid hardwbod an 1 a little hemlock fencing. There are frame buildings, and a never failing spring - creek riumin through the place. It is within 6 miles of the lourishing town Of Paisley and an equal dist-Eine from.thiderwood. There is a good school eppoei e the place, and it is in a splendid settlement. There is a • good clay bankfor bricks or tile, Which ikl'worth one- fourth of what is asked for ti efarm: This is a splendid farm and will be s d very Cheap. Apply to box 24, Seaforth P. 0 [ - 877 ALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—The sub- scriher pffers for sale' his farm of 100 acres, being South ast half of Lot 37, Concession 8, East Wawanol.h ; .abOut 65 acres are cleared :and free from stu rips, the balance is well timbered with hardwoo , hemlock and cedar. The farni is in a high state of cultivation, It is situated one -end three-quarter miles from• Belgrave; 7 miles trom W righam, 8 miles from Blyth. It is within one -q rter mile from school. There are on the' premis s a good frame house and frame barn and et, bling, a young bearing- orchard a never failin well, and creek running through the back part ef the farm. This property w_111 sold cheap. or • further particulars apply on the premises, or to GEORGE A. TYNER, Bel - grave P. 0., E st Wawanoeli.' ' 894 For& SALE OR TO RENT.—Two farms Lot 14, on t e 6th Concessictn, and Lot 15, on the 7th Cone ssion of 'Morris, containing 100 acres each, ab ut 90 acres cleared and free from stumps on one fartn, and about 60 acres (-leered on the other. The cleared land is in a good' state- of cult'sation, and well fenced. Good frame 'barns at d stables, and log house on one, and on the o er a log house and logbarn. There is a geed bearing orchard on Lot 14. A never failing spring treek runs through both places. The MAI is • rettlass, there being no better farms in the township. These places are admir- ably adapted for &aid growing or grazing, and are within five miles of the flourishing town of Brussels. The plebes will .be sold together or separately, and can be bought cheap and -on easy terms. Apply on the premises or address the Proprietor, Clandeboy P. 0: GEO. SEALE. , ' 933-4 Discount Dry Goods Man Wishes to direct the attention of all to the fact that the CASH MS CO U NT SALE that has been going on for the past month, is te be contintied, and we intend in future making this a part of our business. It is a decided success, and is meeting with universid favor. For the benefit of those who are unacoainted with our past month's procedure, we would strongly 'ad- vocate ene trial, knowing that it will be to your advantage. EXTRA VALUE IS ONE OP THE ESSENTIAL POINTS THAT WE ARE HOLDING OUT 'TO COUNTERACT SCARCE MONEY. 'J. L.. SMITH, SEAFORTH, CASH DISCOUNT DRY GOODS MAN. STILL SPREADING. LITMSDEN & WILSON'S "Royal Glycerated Balsam of Fir," THE GREAT COUGH REMEDY. SUCCESS UNPRECEDENTED. Showing without a doubt that this medicine really possesses the virtues claimed.for it in an eminent degree. , .1 It m now sold all over the country. We sold in our own store, last week, I over TWO HUNDRED bottles. 1 No imediciric in the market can show so many genuine testimonials from well- known men of unquestibuable character. Buy no other Cough Medicine till you haee given this a trial. Ask your I dealer f r it, and take no other. Pribe, 500 -per bottle. : Lthfinsden & Wilson, Sole Manufacturers, SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. Knitting Machines. • ..1••••• World's Star Knitting AND RIBBING MACHINE, WILL KNIT SOCKS and STOCKINGS (oe an Sizes.) Mitts, Scarfs and varioes other articles either plain or ribbed. i The best family Knitting Machine Maniac. tured. inetructions will be elyen by a Competent Operator free of charge to any one buying a Ma. chine,' Plain Machine Machine with Ribber - • t- - , 4126 FOR SALE BY 1-4 QST.LSQ,W General Insurance Agent and Sew ing Machine Dealer, Main Street, Seaforth. • All kinds of Sewing Machines Repaired. Charges 'Reasonable. 15.00 LL BUY YOU AN 4 nwricati Solid Sliver WATCH, —AT— Purvis 84 Milks' JEWELLERY STORE, OPPOSITE THE Commercial Hotel. REP IRMO HAM DONE. Agents for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine. FARMERS' WAKING HOUSE. BANKERS & BROKERS': SEAFOR7'114 - 017, 11•••••••••••••.... Office—First Door NORTH - of Commercial Hotel. Notes discounted, and a general hanidng bug- ness done. Remittence to and collections made in Mani- toba. Business done through Bank of Montreal. A limited amount of money received on deposit. Money to loann on real estate at best rates. 8 C. M':C LIC HEY, WM. LOCAL P. S.—S. G. McCaughey will attend to Con- veyanee in all its branches, lending money on real estate, buying and selling farms, houses- ,te. 1\7' L 1\T ROYAL MAIL STEMIISHIPS. A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agent GREAT REDUCTION IN PASSAGE RATES.* Cabin rates from -Halifax to Liverpool and Lon- donderry, $50„.e63, and3, according to position of stateroom. Children tinder 12 years, half fate; under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, $50, Inter- mediate, ,c,I35; Steerage, $1.3. From Liverpool -or Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, $63, $73.75 a'nd S94.50; Intermediate $35; Steerage $13,Be turn Tickets from lialifax to Londonderry or Liverpool and back to. Halifax: Cabin, V100,41126 and $143; Intermediate, 70;$Steerage, $26. Money Loaned and Real Estate Bought and Sold as Usual. INSURANCE, , I represent several of the best Insurance Com- panies in the world. AWOffice—Market Street, Seaforth. 862 A. STRONG. •E.F. BLACK— Watchmaker, Licensed Auctioneer, Farm Sales Attended, Charges Moderate, Sale Notes Dis- counted, Money to Lend. M.. Hi_ 3E3 MA A_ c1C,, WATCHMAKER, WING.HAM. 92,1 SEAFORTH PLANING MILL SASH, ECR AND MIA FACTORY Tsubscriber begs leave to thank his runner- ous customers for the liberal patronage -ex -- tended to him since commencing business Seoaofoottiohi,mannode‘toruf ttie ststhantioh.e may be favored wit ah ' largehini astocall,ka so f he Parties intending to build would dowell to give S onf4:ni tinue to keep hand a . DRY PINE LUMBER, ASHES, DOORS, ell'Akiiitlidc: BLINDS & MOULDINGS, . SHINGLES, LAM, Lc ef 201 ghting8atistactrotien those te He ewhofee 1 s n may yifavor n him with their pansge as none but first-class workmen are empleYed• Particular attention paid to Custom Planing:, JOHN H. BROADFOOT. onmtEu Perp I sit In my chamber, be If ever a maiden was tel rie one lover rich, tbot, jib pockets are just ruf Another is bandNome, With all of the love that On himself. The other But carries a heart that But—there are my siste Ilas married a mat) vi.b.) she sighs for a basis.: Wbos face is not wri gray. . Kate married a betutty, b'he's head of the inea.;,, Hs don't know as nape, Like all handsOliiil: Meg wedded for love , ni For in a poor eottvc tit She lives like "the Iwo] And grumbles and grti do? There's Lou would ghe bring; ,And Kett, who wed fp thing; And she who has love is Love, beauty or riches I ssy to my sisters, n) And be Burt of sunshil • shade ; And all three declare wi Than be an old maid thl Or Iive as they are. is19 go to my noother,—sht The way out of the trou If ever a maid was perp To Strengtbei After reading a b an item of info -at:: spume, before turnii other things, give ti quiet thought to I just been presented how much you can I ; and if there wer structive facts, or terest that inaprissi force yourself to <Tr', 1iiniy be a little' until your mind get learns to obey you effort to think.it all facts deeply upon tl ly that they will no rushing in of a now ideas; whereas if t no further consider pressions you have away so entirely weeks you will be I member more than/ Money does el said an old gent Yes,' replied the won't do so much fe will do for money.' —An English Is: hearing a German si as foreigners, exclah ,Dot foreigners, we al -virho are foreigners.' —" Can you nanu asked a school visit< on examination,. bright looking iittl they, any little man vinegar, and must* - An old Seryfei ledge of euirent lit scanty, on beim!. ask< "Called Back:" re tlinna need to read a ken what a groes4 back is." —A yonug manes way he might best 'enemy? The he he, to make th thy virtue, for thee great advantage to + great vexation to t —That was a sly marrying a ve rallied by his friend. of their ages. 14 Sh he replied, " to des retnarked another 0 hadttwa wives, and any ecu." —How not to occasion, a friend came fur advice, cireumstances " ened to kick me wh society. Whataa into the room?' his Lordship. —Young hush= " .1 wish we could make pumpkin pie used to make.' • wife (with surprise go into the k" Young husband— good pie it was, young wife—" W gay anything about the servants. —A small boy justice's eourt that on Sunday. How Sunday ? Becioa go to the side dear -beer for dinner.' —Iliss Rosewood; amateur theatricals I had to stand an Sharp, who was -dear, yon have na so much as we have.. --Some /nen - ha bridegroom, who tli either his bride or <1 turbance-=" My < delicious, but it a -ever made, 1 cantle but will preserve i dren is. after years anothar's skill and —In a New "Y`:Ork all the lents were ta dressed ‘4 lady" e those ,abontinable arms. She stood di passenger and rema wigla smne gentlen)t seat." He felt obli. would eh seat;but I am siek are tine hest able to persisted, " I have < said, he, '4 for that throw_ the thing out —Therewere two I bar who formed aN their stature. Ninia much above the n Cais was below it. Ault was Lord 018 these two gentlemen tained in the Sante 4. after his lordship's e 1W Was personally at. Irish bar. Mr. Coll motion, when the .1. -served--" Mr. Colli' addresses the court "1 am standing °If< $114 Collis, 44 I be dons," said his lords fused, NA down,