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TgE ,URON EXPOSITOR.
INDIAN SUMMER.
BY W. D. etowumn. ,
XIIL
"Upon the whole," he said, without
preliminary talk of any sort, as Colville,
turned and joined him in walking on,
"I don't know any homicide that more
distinctly proves the futility of REIMS-
sination as a political measure than that
over yonder. " Ile nodded his head
sideways toward the palace as he shuf-
fled actively along at Colville's elbow.
"Yu might gay that the moment when
t Lorenzino killed Alessandro was the
most auspicious for a deed of that kind.
The Medici had only recently been re-
stored; Alessandro was the first ruler
in Florence 'ho had worn a title; no
more recklees, brutal, and insolent ty-
rant ever lived, and his right, even such
as the Mediei, might have, to play the
despot was involved in the doubt of his
origin, the heroism of the great siege'
ought still to have survived in the people
, who• withstood the forces of the whole
German Empire for fifteen months. 1 It
seems as if the taking off of that single
wretch should - have ended the whole
liledicean domination; but there ' was
not a veice raised to second the homi-
'cities appeal to the old lave of liberty in
Florence. The Medici party were able to
impose a boy of eighteen upon the most
fiery democracy that ever existed, and
to hunt down and destroy Alessandro's
murderer at their leisure. No," added
the old man, thoughtfully, "I think
that the fridnds of progress must aban-
don, assassination as invariably useless.
The trouble was notthat Alessandra was
alive, but that Florence was dead. As-
sassination always comes too early or too
late in any popular movement. It may
be," said Mr. Waters, with a careful-
ness to do justice to assassination which
made Colville smile, "that the modern,
scientific spirits may be able to evolve
something -useful from the prieciple, but
considering the enormous abuses and
perversions to *which it is liable, I am
very doubtful of it—very doubtful."
Colville laughed. "1 like your way
of bringing a fresh mind to all these
questions in history and morals, wheth-
er they are conventionally settled or
not. Delft you think the modern scien-
tific spirit could evolve somethinguseful
out of the old classic idea of suicide ?"
"Perhaps,' said Mr. Waters; "1
haven't yet thought it over. The worst
thing about stucide—and this must al-
ways rank it below political assassina-
tion—is that its intereet is purely per-
sonal. No man ever kills himself for the
good of others?'
"That's. certainly against it. We
oughtn't to countenance such an abom-
ieably selfish practice. Bet you can't
bring that charge against enthanasy.
What have you to say of that ?"
"I have heard one of the most benev-
• olent and tender-hearted men 1 ever
knew defend it in cases of hp ' less suf-
r
e ferhig. But I don't know that should be
prepared to take his ground. ,There ap-
pears to be something so sacred about
human life that we must respect it even
in spite of the prayers of the sufferer
who asks us to encl. his irremedia.blernis-
erye,
Well," said Colville I suspect we
must at /ea,st elms. murder with the bal-
lot as a means of good. One might say
: there was still some virtue in the primal,
eldest =se against bloodshed." •
"Oh, I don't by any means deny those
things," said the old man, with the air of
wishing to be scrupulously just "Which
way are you walking9"
"Your way, if you will let me," re-
' plied Colville1 was going to your
house to aek you, to take a walk with
• "Ah, that's good. I was reading of
the peat siege last night, and I thought
of taking a look at Michelangelo's bas-
tions. Let us go together, if you don't
think you'll find it Le fatiguing."
"I shall be eshamed to complain if I
And you didn't go to Rome, after
all'" said Mr. Waters.
" ; I couldn't face the landlord
with a petition so preposierous as mine;
I told him that I found I had no money
I to pay his bill till I had seen !my bank-
er, and as he didn't propose that I
should send him the amount back from
_ Rome, f staid. La.ndlards have their
limitations ; they are • net imaginative,
as class." •
"Well, a days more will make no
great difference toyou I suppose," said
the old man, "and a day less would
have been a loss to me. I shall miss
you."
"Shall you., indeed ?" asked Colville,
with a grateful stir of the heart. It's
very' nice of you to say that')
Oh no. I meet few peopte who are
willing to took at life objectively with
me, and I have fancied some such wil-
lingness in you. What 1 chiefly miss,
over here, is a philosophic! lift in the
human mind, but probably that is be-
cause my opportunities of meeting the
• best minds are few, and. my, meaes of
conversing with them are small. If I
had not the whole past with me, Ithould
feel lonely at times."
• "And is the past such good. company
always ?" •
" Yes ; in a sense it is. 'The east is
humanity..set free from circumstances,
and history studied where it was once
life is the past rehamanized."
u n the rise of the old palace an the
leai of its tower into the blue air. The •
hisiory of all Floeenee is there) with
raeinories of every great time An bronze
or Marble, but the 'supreme presence is
the martyr who hangs forever from the
gibbet over the the quenchless fire in the
midst.
‘r Ah, they bad to kill him I"' sighed
• the old man. -" It has always. been so
with the benefactors. They have always
meant mankind more good than any, one
generation can bear, and it must turn
upen them and destroy them." ' -
7 How will it be with you, 9 then when
you have read UK 'the riddle _of thepain-
fel' earth?"
• "That will be SO simple that every
one will accept it willingly and gladly,
and wondered that no one happened to
think of it before. And perhaps the
world is now. grown old erieugh and do-
cile enough to receive the truth without
resentment."
11 take back my charge of pessiMism,"
said Colville. • " You are an optimist of
• the) deepest dye."
• They walked out of the piazza and
down to the Lung' Arno; tlitough the.
corridor of the Uffizzi, where the illus-
trious Florentines stand in marble under
the i arches, all receneiled and peaceful
mod equal at last Colville shivered a
little as he passed between the silent
ranks of the statues.•
'11 -can't stand those fellows to -day.
They seem. to feel such a• smirk of satis-
faction at having got out of, it cll.".
'Alley issued upon the rivers and he
went to the. parapet and looked down
an the water. 'I wander," he mused
alond, "if it has the same Sunday look
to *se Sabbatbless Italiaes as it has th
us ?r
"t No ; nature isn't puritan," replied
thelold minister. '
41 Not at Haddam •East Village ?"
't No; there less than here; for she's
had to make a harder fight for her life
there." ,
!I Ah, then -you believe in nature—
yoe're a friend of riatete !". asked- Col-
ville, following the lines of an:oily swirl
in the current with indolent eye. .
"I Only up to a certain point" Mr.
Waters seemed_ to be patient of any direc-
tion which the other Might be giving
the' talk. " Nature is a Isatage. She
has good impulses-, but you .can't trust
her altogether." •' •
,i 4 DO you know," said 'Colville, "1
don't think there's very muched her left
in is after we reach a certain point in
life. She drives us on an at a great pace
for e while, and' then_some fine morning
we wake up and find that nature has got,
tired of us.and has left us to taste and',
conscience. And taste and • =science
are'by no means so certain of hat they
i - ,
'meet you to do as nature was.1'
" Yes," said the Minister "1 • see
what you mean." He joined olville in
leaeing on the parapet, and e looked
outId Ion the river as If he saw meaning "
ul
there. "Bit - by the , time is, e reach
that point in life most of us ha'e got the
direction which nature meant is to take,
and, there's no I.:eager any needI of driv-
ing ars on."
' And what about the unluckydellowe
who haven't got,the direction, r haven't
kept it. 7 .
t They lead better go back t� it."
'But if nature herself eeemed to
chauge her mind -about you ?" I , t
, 1 Ah, you mean persons of Weak Will.
They are a greetcurse to therneelves and
to everybody else.",
- ,
`i I'm note so sure of that;" 'Said Col-
ville. "I've seen cases In which a strong
will looked:. very much more like the
devil." t _
" Yes, a -perverted will. But there
can:. be DO good without a strong will.
A weak will means inconstancy. It
means, even in good, good attempted
and relingeished, which is always a ter-
rible thing, because it is sure to betray
state- one who relied' upon its aee0M-
plishment." .
- 1 And in evil? Perhaps the evil at-
tempted., and, relinquished turns into
goed." • . ' : ._ •
" Oh, never !" replied the minister,
fervently.; " There is something very
mysterious in what we call evil. Ap-
parently it has infinitely greater force
and persistence than good. I don't
knew why it should be so. But so it
appears." . , . .
:" You'll have the reason of that along
with the -rest of the secret when your
revelation comes," &lid Colville, with a
smile. He lifted eine eyes -from the
river, and looked up over thclustering
roofs beyond it to the hills beyend them,
fleeked to the crest•of their purple slopes
with the white of villas and. villages.
As!- 0a if something in the beauty of the
• 1
wonderful prospect had suggested the
vision of its opposite, he said, dreamily:
-T don't,thiek I shall go to Rome to-.
morrow, after all. • I will go to Des
Vaches ! : Where did you say You were
, walking, Mr. Waters? Oh, yes! You
-told me.: I will cress the bridge with
1
- yoe. But I couldn't stand anything
quite so vigorous as the associations of
the siege this afternoon. I'm going to
the Boboli Gardens to debauch myself
with a final sense of nerveless despotism,
1.
as et expressed itself in marble' allegory
and formal alleys. The fact is if I stay
with you any longer I shalt tell you
something that I'm too old tO tell and
you're too old to hear." The old man
smiled, but offered no •urgence or com-
ment, and at the thither end of the
bridge Colville said, hastily : "Good -by.
If I you ever come to Des Vaches,. look
me up." : - t
f` Good -by," said the minister. "Per-
haps we shallmeet in Florence again."
r` No, no. Whatever heppens, that
won't." •
•They shook hands and parted i Col-
ville stood a moment, ivatchieg the
- slight bent figure of the' o•ld Man as he
moved briskly up the Via de' ,Baadi,
turnirtg his head from side to side, to
look at the palaces as he passed, .and so
• losing himself in the dine cavernous
curve of thetstreete As soon as he was
out of sight; Colville had an intritUlse to -
hurry after him and rejoin hum, then he
felt like turning about and going back
to his hotel.
But he shook himself together into the
shape of resolution, however slight and
transient. • " I must do sOinething, I in-
tended to do," he odd, between his set
teeth, and pushed on up through the Via
• Guicciardini. "I will go to the Beholi
because I said I would.' •
As he walked along he seemed to him-
self to be_metely crumbling away in this
• impulse and that, in one abortive intent
and another. What did it all mean?
Had he been his Whole life one of those
weak wills Which are a curse when they
metal the best? Was that the secret of
lite failure hilife ? , But for many years
he had seethed to seemed, to be as other
en were, hard, practical men.; he had
As if he found this rarefied air too
• thin for his lungs, Colville made some
ineffectual gasps at response, and the old
man continued : " What I mean is that
I meet here the characters I read of, and
commune with them before their errors
were committed, before tI4 had con-
demned themselves to failure, while they "
were still wise and sane, and still a,ctive
and vital forces." •
• 44 Did they all fail? I theught some
of the ba,d fellows had a pretty fair
-Wcaddly success ?" - I
".[he blossom of decay." I •
• " Oh ! what black pessimism
" Nat at all 1 Men fail, bet maresac-
ceeds. I don't knew what ip all means,
or any part of it; but I have had moods
in which it seemed as if the *hole secret
of the mystery were about to flash upon
rae. Walking along in the full sun, in
' the midst of men, or sometimes in the
solitude of midnight, porhig over a
book, and thinking of quite other things,
I have felt that f had almost surprised.
"But never quite." .
Oh, it isn't too late yet."
"1 hope you won't have your revela-
tion befoie I get away from Florence, or
I shall see them burning you' here like
the grea.t irate."
They had been walking down the Via
Colziola from the Duomo, and now they
came out into the Piazza della Signoria,
suddenly, as one always seems to do,
1
once Made a goo ne
certainly not a d
be given that up at
a weak will ? A d
away from-Flore
was weak? He
squalid tragedy
a more violent,
• could have posse
whien he had lo
not be emore m
• stay here, where
ing; however fitf
been; had revisi
this young girl
thing were sure,
in spite Of their
had captured he
abasement he fe
own power ove
farther apart in
band and wife ;
and more toge
enough in his
pushing him aw
him this treasur
out his hand an
one whom thro
another he wa
whom he had m
bly his enemy.
thing said to hi
ed, "1 wil1,"3
him that this
• unwilling.
wsrPer' which was
o romance. • Had
t because he had
ow was he running
ce because his will was
ou d look back to that
f he youth and see that
re deter
himself
. And no
nly, if mor
a hope, he
1, of what
ed him in
;--e felt
that someth
ide dispari
fahcer, and
again the
her. Tit
ears than
hey would
her e there
eart yet ; a
y from her
se
med man
of the girl
would, it
brutal, to
ever fleet,
ight have
the love of
re, if any.
ng in him,
y of years,
now in his
harm of his
were -no
any a hus-
grow more
was youth
d who was
forbidding
that he ha but to put
make his oWn ? Some
houghts of
please, but
d inexora-
then, some -
he answer -
e reminded
willing but
h all his
trying to
de finally a
Better stay,
1; and whe
oniething el
Iso was not
XIV.
When Colvill entered t
old garden, its benison of pe
his tumult, andi he began
freerair, reverting to his pu
gone in the mor ing and rest
he strolled up. Ithe broad
alley'from the ate.' He ht
there since he w Iked there w
more like a ghost to him tha
dead who had si ce died.. I
that she had r fused him ;
with a grim smi e the atvk
getting back witjh her to the
the point, far within the ga
he had spoken. Except th
.happened- in the fall; and
early spring, ti ere . seemed.
since th n • the long years
-
elapsed ere lik a winter be
He m ti peo e in groups
loitering througl the paths,
speaking Englis ; but no on
him, and no one invaded the
which h welkec . But the g
seemed know hint, and to
tacit re ognitio ; the gre
grotto b fore th gate, with
by Band nelli, a d the . fant
of drap ry and flesh in pa
statues 1 ted hili onteither
avenee ; the va t shoulder of
'end thi k wit ivy and mi
he past d on is way to
theatre ehind t e palace; th
figures nd u s on their p
the hemieyele, if the urns
thereto receive he ashes of
when they bee me extinct;
statues or the olossal hest
ends of the long alleys agains
tains of foliag ; the big fo
its group in the centre of the
and the meado , quiet an
stretched away on one'side
the -keen light under the le
dense pines and ilexes; the
ing 'straight o either band
avenue through which he sail
the walk that oiled itself t
depths ofhe pl tatione; all
i
and from . the' , and from
neglect w ich t as upon the
tilled a subtle influence, a
appeal,- belongi s g to that con
artifice and mit re which is p
in an ltaltan .„, rden under
sky. He was ight in the n
he mockingly g ve the effec
felt it ; it was debauch, -d
fined, of uiiseri us peesiven
ing males choly in ;which
emancipated fro i his harrass
and keepi ig onl his shadow
Colville did nit care te sea, e the easy
height froin which you have t re magnifi-
cent vice, con •cioes of ma y photo-
graphs, cif • Fl rencea He wandered
about the.skirts of that sile it meadow,
and seeing hin self unseen, 'e invaded
its borders tar' nough to pl ck one of
those large scar et anemones, uch as he
had 'given his gentle enem3 . It; was
tilting 'there in he breeze itb ve theun-
kempt grass; a d the grass as beginuing to feel th spring, and o stir and
- stretch itself fter its wint r sleep; it
was sprinkled it ith violets, b t these he
.did not moles He came lack to a
stained arid ni ssy stone b nch on the
avenue, frontin a pair of rus ic youths
,
carved in stone,'who had not yet finish-
ed some -game *n which he r membered
seeing them en 'aged when h was there
before. He ha net walked f st, but. he
had walked far, and was wa tri enough
to like the whi s of soft wind on his un-
covered head. he spring w s corning ;
that was its b- eath, which you know
unniistakably it Italy after al the kisses
that Winter g vet. Some irds were
singing MI the t ees. Down as alley into
.which helcoeld look, betwee the high
walls Of green, ie could see o people
in flirtation; he - waited pa ently till
the young man Jiould put his arm round
the girl's Waist or the &din embrace,
from Ni idea she aished it ate. .:.eit farther
down tha path.
" Yes, • its spring," thong] t Colville ;
and then, with the selfishn ss of the
troubled Soul, he wished tha it might
be winter still and itidefinit y. - It oc-
curred.to him now thet he sh uld not go
back to Des Vaehes, for he di I not know
_what he should o there. He would
go .to New York ; though lie did not
know whet he she ld do in ifew York,
either.
e beautiful
ce fell upon
• breathe a
pose to be
•ng in it, as
urve of its
d not been
th one now
any of the
was there
he recalled
• ardness of
gate from
den where
t this had
row it was
no change
that had
ween.
and singly
nd chiefly
spoke ta
olitude in
rden itself
ive him a
t, foolish
ts statues
stic effects
ty-colored
ide of he
c • v-
ile, wh*ch
e am • hi -
ahem te
destals in
ere pla ed
he lig res
the wi ite
set at he
black ur-
ntain • ith
ittle 1 e,
sad, t at
rom t is ;
els of the
aths st ik-
from he
tered, Lnd
rough the
newhim;
he stv* ter
lace, is -
charm, an
•inatio of
rfect nly
au Ita ian
me w ich
befor he
licate, re -
Ss, a STnil-
e :walked
ng hopes,
regrets.
H became tire of look ng at the
people who passe and of peculating
about them throng the seco d consci-
ousness which en eloped th sad sub-
stance of his reisg* ings like an atmos-
phere; and he let is eyelids fall, as he
leaned his head oak agai st the tree
behind his bench. Then ti eir voices
pursued him throil h the ta ilight that
he had made hams if, and for ed him to
'the same weary cm jecture as if he had
seen their fapes. n heard ay laugh-
ter, and laughter. •to at afFctei gayety;
the „tones of you g men in arnest dis
quisition reached ner.throu h the veil,
and the talk, fat ing te a vhisper, of
girls, with the na' es of men n it; sums
of money, a hunch- d fraecs, rty thou-
sand francs, came ti high to es; a hus-
band and wife w nt by qu rrelling in
the false security • f English, and . snap-
ping at each other s confidin dy as if in
the sanctuary of h • me. The man bade
thetwoman not be fool, and she asked
him how she was endure h s company'
if she was not a fo.l.
(To Be 1 ontinued.)
•
REAL! STATE IFOR SALE.
FARM FOR
the _south
Mon of Morris,
sled, and goo
,watered. it W 11 be sold cheap as • the owner is -
giving hp far ling. ! For particulars, apply to
CHAS. WC LAND, Belgra.ve. 922x8tt
ALE.—One hundred acres beih
half cif Lot 9, in the 9t1 Commis
ounty of Iltiron. MU well situ -
for grain or pasture being well
ALUABL
29 and 3,
Of this 160 a
cultivation ; b
dwelling houi
shed 24x40- e
aeries of benzin
5inipireisntgr,olbne
on the feria ; !
suit purchaser.
r. 0.
FARM FOR SALE.—Being lots
Concession 8, Mullett, 200 sores.
e cleared, and in good state of
lance, hardwbod bush; ordinary
; frame barn 90x40, stable and
h, with other buildings; three
orchard. Farm is wel watered
idesawells, &o.•, ,situat d about
he town of Clinton; school house
ill be sold oh reasonable terms to
JAMES WATSON, Loidesboro
. 939tf
ARM FOR SALE. --For dale in the township
of Mibbert, 150 acres being Lots 29 end the
west ihalf of 28, in the 8th Concession, it
is , free froin stumps and in, a hieh state
of eultivatioh, with • a log ho ise and
godd outbuildings. There is an everlasting
spring creek naming through the farm. It will
be isold togett er or separately on easy terms.
Tot further particulars address the Proprietor
on the premisee or to Seaforth Postoffiee. W •
EBERMART, Proprietor. 921-tf
FARFOR SALE.—The Executors of t e
estte of the late Sernuel Slen on, off r
for sale that excell nt farm being Lot 12, Co
cession 12, Grey. There are 100 acres; 80 1
whieh are cle. red, 10 acres partly cleared, ai d
10 in good ha dwood broth, There is a good
frinne barn wi h stone stabling under!) ath Six
60 feet. 'min, diate possession Will be Oven.
large portion 1 the purchaae money vill be
lowed to stand on interest; for further partici
lars apply to J FIN LECKIE, 197 Colleee Streo
Toronto, or to JOHN SLEMON, Ethel .1 . 0.
• 931tf
VARA' FOR SALE.—The Subscriber ffers f r
sale his splendid farm of 100 acres, bei g
Lot 44, Concession 2 Tuckersmith. Good new
story and half frame house, 2 acres splendid
orchard, good buildings, 85 -acres tree from
stumps, 15 acres in fall wheat. The wh?le ueder
wood scultivatian, and well underdra- iod, live
spring on the farm and had good was. Close
to churches and schools. 'Three and one-half
miles from the, tows of Clintbn, 6 froth Seaforth.
'Will be sold ou reasonable ternis. MGM Me -
DONALD, on t e premises, or Clinton :.. O.
t 930tf
rls ARM FOR
mon 5,31c
ly all cleared,
in a first-class tate of oultiVatnin. T
stone house, lI,ank barn arid Other!'
buildings all ii first-class s'.ondition.
orchard of beer ng trees, and the river
runs through a corner of the, farm but
no waste land. It is a first-dlass farm
stock or grain, 4nd is within tee • mil
tiawn of Scaforti on the ndithern gr
Apply on the
HUGH J. GRI
ALE.—For dale, Lot 21; Conces-
iillop, containing 100 ite es, near -
ell fenced and underdramed, and
ere is a
secessary
Also an
Maitland
there is
ither for
s of the
vel roa
preinises or to Seafo •th P.
sVE. 911-tf
. 1
V.OR SALE. For sale in the thrivi g villp.
‘ of Hensall at a great bargain, tha valuab
.prbperty eituat d on the west side is Brno
street, consisti g of a good new frame dwellit
18k26 feet, an4 well dnished througl e ut, wi
. gocid well and sttabIe on the premises. Reason
' fobelling is thrit the undersigned inten S leaving
the village aboit the end of the year. I ossession
cah be given at Any time within a wee s notice.
Terms of Salsa—I-Very liberals For ful particu-
lars apply to D. MOWBRAY, Mason • nd Con-
tractor, 'lensed P. 0. •
I 905 .
-11
ri OOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sal:, Lot 1,
Ur Concessloh 8, Tuckersinith,, conta ning 100
acres, about 80 of which are cleared, ree from
stumps, underd ained, in a high dtate o cultiva-
tion and well, fenced. There is 'a co ufortable
loglouse and a large bank barn wit stabling
underneath: , Also a young orchard nd good
Well. The land is all dry and of the be t quality.
It is conveniently - situated to, Seat rth and
Kippen stations with good gravel roleading
I 9
to each place, For further particula address
the Proprietor, Egmondville, P. o.'or apply at
the Egmondville mills. . JAMES KY , Pro-
prietor. 904-tf
I
TWO HUNDRED ACRE FARM FO SALE.
—For sale, Lot No. 11, on the 14th and
15th Concessions of Grey, containing 00 acres,
150 of which are cleared and in a go state of
cultivation. The rerhainder is good • ardwood
bush. There is, a never failing Creek running
through the farm. There is a good f e e barn
40 by 60 feet, good log house and goo 4 bearing
orchard. It is six miles from Brussels, nd three
- from Walton'w th good gravel road 1 ading to
erich place. There is a school on the! met Lot.
Price, $7,700. For further particulars apply I to
the proprietor on the preruises or to W. Iton P.O.
. ADAM DOUGL s.8. 915
_
• VARM FOR SALE.—For sale, 150
: first•class land, being Lot 1-2 an
half of Lot 13, Concession 9, MeKillop,
cleared and in a good state of thinlw
remainder good hardwood . bush. T
well miderdrained, well fenced, two w
never failing Sprinw creek; frame
stable and log 1 arii7two comforteble 1
end two orchards. It is . convenient ,
end churches: Is eight miles from Se
eight from Walton. For further parti
ply on the prenres or to R. G. ROSS,
1).9.
OOD FARA FOR SALE.—In ' ordc
the affairs of the estate of the 1
Hingston, the ekecutors offer the folio
valuable lands for sale:. First—Nor
—Left 30, Concession 5, township of M
• taining 90 acresi On this lot is erect
frame barn with stone foundation; goo
well and piinsp. Nearly -all cleared,
• thh gravel road closely adjoining the
Brussels. This farin is a valuable on
fenced and in a good state of- .c
Fdr pricesand terms apply to Tnos.K
acne P. 0., HEN*" JXNNINGS, Victoria Sq
or James SALIM, Maple Lodge P. a,
!Ctthrity.
acres of
'the east
130 acres
tion; the
e land is
.118 and a
•arn and
g houses,
o schools
forth and
sulars op-
Wietirop
95•
to close
to' W. G.
log very
h half of
,
rris, con -
d a good
orchard,
nd is on
village of
, is well
dtivation.
• Brus-
are P.�,
iddlesex
868
VARM FOR 8ALE IN THE TOW s SHIP OF
TUCKERSMITH.—For_eale in th township
of kersmith,lcounty of Huron, bein Lot 35,
acres, 90
The farm
good o
ate r$f,
ells. TJie
ilea fro
six fro
to eadh
TALKE
o -Brim
90441
ncession 2, L.! R. S., containing 100
ac is cleared.; the remainder in bush.
is well fenced, with a good orchard, a
and a half story briek house with a s
tWo frame barna and shed, and good
fkim is of first -lass soil. It is two n
Brucefield etatien, six from Clinton an
Seihforth, a good gravel rad leadin
Place. Apply on the, premises to JAS.
or DAVID WALKER, Mill itoad, or
deld P. O.
LI
tt7ALUABLE FAItIll FOlt SALE.—The sub
scriber offers for sale his farm of 100 acres
being, South East half of La 37, Concession 8
East Waivanosh„; about -65 acme arece eared and
free from stuinps, the balance is well thnbered
with hardwood,!hemlock and cedar. The fern.]
is in a high state of cultivatiion. It is; shimmed
one end three-quarter miles from 1 elgrave,-7
miles from Wingham, 8 milds from Blyth. It is
within one-qua:ler mile Isom school. There are
on the preinisee a good frame house and frame
barn and stabling, a young bearing orchard,
aever failing well, and credk running through
th .
iback part of the fa.rin. This prope y will be
sdf d cheap. For further particulars apply on
the premises, or to GEORGE A. TY ER, Bel.
grave P. O., East Wawanosli. • 894
I !
gARALEFor Sale, 31 FOR d.— le; Lot 32, 'Con-
, . .
, cession 14,, McKillop, containing 102 acres,
73'0 which are cleared and nearly all free from
skimps, well fenced and in a good stets of culti-
vation. The balance is timbered with hardwood.
There is a frame and a log -house and log barn.
There is a good bearing orchard and a never failing
spring creek ru ning through the farm, and a
gocid well. It i admirably adapted either for
stack or grain. , It is within a mile and a quarter
of the prosper:ins village of Walter]. 14 will be
sold on reasonable terms as the propr etor doe
°not reside in the county. Apply to CHRISTO-
PHER J. RYAN, Walton. . 937x4 -
CItPLENDID • 200 ACRE FARM FOR 3ALE I
, THE TOWNSHIP OF GREY.—Sealed offer
addressed to the undersigned, will be ,receive
net° July 1st, A: 0.1886, for the purchase 9
that first-elass farm, being composed of Lots 1
ant112 in the 16th Concessidn of the township o
Grey, County of Huron, conlprising 200 acres, o
wliich about 115 acres are cleared and n a goo
sate of cultivation, the balance being well .tim
bered. There is on the pr4nises a geed fram
barn 60x50 feet and a hewed log clapboard hous
and outbuildings Fences are in good repair
A fine orchard cif young trees jutt echoing .int
Veering. A good well and never failing spin'
creek. Although this is a Most. desirable -prop
erty, intending purchasers an view the prepert.
and obtain any further infotmation wiab rem.
to it on ripplication to the tenant on the premise
Pdssession wIl be given on October 16th, 1
The highest or any offer not necessari y weep
ed. Address offers to ROBERT TROMPS°
Roseville P. 0., Ont. Roseville, Ont.; .Novemb
0, 1885. 9374f
ANNIIIMENEMI111
001471-1INU.ANCE
OFTH
G- S
During the Month of November and December at h
MONTREAL' HOUSE, SEAFO
FS
,
Where in Millinery, Mantles Furs, Fur Tri
11S.DUNCAN
WILL GIVE SPECIAL BAR
nmings, &c.,
JIN
AINS.
The immense and well sllected Stock of Dress Grier& and Dry Good, &
of the MONTREAL 110U4.1; Will be offered at such a great reduction t at
I
I • l •
,
repay any paities! wanting teL purchase, to invest a small amount Of cash in 1
, I -
a Large Lot of Geode at the
1
MONTREAL HOU!E
N. B.—These offers will only extend to the end of the present year.
I
is the time to save money.
0A_K 1-1ATAIL
GLt3THING AND GENTS' FURNII4HING H
DUNCtJ
Will still be
up in first-class c
as they are b
Tweeds, &c.
the County.
now
SE.
& 1 DUNCAN, SEAFOil H,
happy to furnish Gents with Tweeds strable for the $ asin got
V style subject to a great reduction for the balance of th year,
unjl te reduce their immense Stock of Sirtch, English a d Home
Fulr Caps in lerge quantities, Underclothi g &c. &e. Bes S sok in
.A.T
SECLUDED •GR CER
You can proc
Groceries, pu
and try.
Dunca
ure choice Teas, Coffee, Rice, Sugars, Rosins, Currants and
re and Fresh - We sell butter for table use at 14c per pound.
Duncan, Montreal House, Seal'
Staple
Taste
rth.
SPEC
-
• DECEMBER 25,, 1885.
WROME* MILLS. •
Alexander L. Gibson
begs to announce -to the Public that he has Wm-
tnenced to operate the
WROXETER WOOLLEN FACTORY,
And that he will be prepared to give good vat
in a
FULL CLOTHS, .
TWEEDS,
UNION TWEEDS,
PLAN ELS,
PLAIDINGS,
WINCEYS,
• And Vatieties in
STOCKING YARNS.
Custom Carding, Spitiniug and Fulling
Promptly Attended to.
Parties from a distance vill, as far as possiWe,
have their ROLLS IIOME WITH THEM, and as
he has put the Mill into Good Working Order
and employs none but Effieient 'Workmen,
All Work is Warranted.
REMEMBER THE WROXETER MILLS
ALEX. L4 GIBSON,
Proprietor,
$15.00
WILL BUY YOU AN
American Solid Silver
WATOH,
—AT --
Purvis & Milks'
JEWELLERY STORE,
OPPOSITE THE
Commercial Hotel.
REPAIRING NEATLY DONE.
Agents for the Light Running New
Home Sewing Machine.
FARMERS' BANKING HOUSE.
amiss
1_2OGKA.1•T& CO.*
BANKERS & BROKERS.
AL ANNOUNCEME T. SE AFORTH,
CHARLES WORTH • & BROWNE
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS,
• One Doer North of Seaforth Post Office.
Owing t
small, and
larger store.
We are
and honest
Tata ja
New Cr
Japans and
New So
London Lay
Sugars, Syrt
Fine Co
stock of Can
L,
our largeand increasing trade, we found our late premises far too
ere compelled through the pressure of business to move to a. much
ore than thankful for the past liberal patronage, and trustl by fair
•ealing to still increase our business.
bed by the Caddie and half Chest, at wholesale prices.
p Teas in store and arriving, consisting of Young Hyson, Gunpowder,
lacks.
son Fruits in abundance, 100 boxes Morrand's New Valentia, Raisins,
rs; Black Basket, New Currants, Figs, andel:it usual a large stock of
p and Molasses.
Fees,
Green, Roasted and Ground. Pure Spices in full variety. A full
ed Fruits and Vegetables, Salt Water Fish, Whitefish and Trout.
Full Line of General Groceries, second to none in the market.
A new and omplete stock of Crockery and Glassware just to hand and will
be opened out tilis week
N. B.—Farriers will please remember the job Teas and General Groceries at
wholesale prce1 in quantities.
OH RLESWORTH & BR?WNELL.
ON
DOOR NORTH OF SEAFORTH P07 OFFICE.
_A_TE=1\T'T'I01\T
N, OMEN AND CHILDR
OFIFIISTIVIAS, 1885.
1-171 SEASON FOR PRZ;SENTS.
C. W. PA P8 T'S Seaforth, is Hedquarters for
i3mtmsmri-grs_
1
His stock Ai as never so complete and varied as this -year. Christmas Cards
in endless varie y, some of the handsomest ever showni, In Base China Orna-
ment we have s mething neW, and embraces figures of almost every desc iption,
making very ni e Christmas Presents. PLUSH GOODS.—Ladies' Comp nions,
Odor Cases, Mi rord and Photo Frames, and the most beautiful assortment of
Photograph Alb ms, the.nipest presents of all, and almort at your own gures.
Writing Desks, Toilet Cases, Presentation Books handsome and cheap. •
In fact, we ave almost anything that can be desired for Christmas a d New
Year's presents for both old and young. Call early and get the best se ection.
There hi no such stock in the county to choose from. We have everything from
an alligator to a needle. Prices the lowest in the trade. TOYS of all k* ds and
hi endless variety. Remember, when you want to get presents for your riettds,
be sure and o to -
Oity. PAPST, Bookseller and Sttio er
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
N .
Office—First Door PiQ TH
of Coinmercial "Iota. .
• Notes discounted, and a general banking busi-
ness done.
Remittence to and eollections made inMani-
toBbAausi.
hinted amount of money received on deposit.
iness done through Bank el Montreal.
Money to loann on real estate at best rates.
8 0 M'OAUCHEY, •WM. LOCAN.
I'. S.—S. G. McCaughey will attend to*Con-
veyance in all its branches, lending money en
real estate, buying and selling farms, houses, &e.
--OE--
ROYAL MAIL ..STEAMSHIPS.
A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agent.
GREAT ItEDUCTION pi PASSAGE RATES.
Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool and Lon-
donderry, $50, $63, and $73, according to position
of stateroomi. Children under 12 years, half fine;
under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, $50. Inter-
mediate, $35; Steerage, $13. From Liverpool or
Londonderry to Halifax : 'Cabin, 1:133, $78.75 and
$e4.50; Intermediate, $35; Steerage, .813. Re-
turn Ticketsfrom. Halifax to Londonderry or
Liverpool and back to Halifax: Cabin, $100, $126
and 11143; Intermediate, $0; Steerage, $26.
Money Loan.ed and Real Estate Eought
• and Sold as Usual.
a -
. INSURANCE.
I represent several of the bast Insistence Com-
panies in the world.
itgrOffice—Market Street, Seaforth. I
862 A. STRONG.
E. F. BLACK
Watchmaker, Licensed Auctioneer,
Farm Sales Attended,DCharges
Moderate, Sale Notes Diss -
counted, Money to
• Lend.
M.. F.. .DX&0,
• WATCHMAKER,
924
SEAFORTH PLANING MILL
•
SASH. COB AND BLIND FACTORY
rpliE subscriber begs leve to thank his numer-
1 0118 customers for the liberal patronage ex-
tended to him since cothmencing business
-Seaforth, and trusts that he may be favored with
a continuance of the same.
Parties intending to build would do well to give
him a call, as he will continue to keep on hand a
large stock of all kinds of ,
DRY PINE LUMBER,
SASHES, DOORS,
BLINDS Sp MOULDIN-GS,
SHINGLES, LATH, dee.
He feels confident uf 'giving satisfaction to
those who inay favor him with their patronage,
as none but first-class workmen are employed.
Particular attention paid to Custom Planing.
201-- JOHN B. BROADIVOT,
DE
• Getting Reatb
x4 was on Christmas
ago -
That little Harry cats
father so.
"Too sweet he is," I
name " ;
But husband told the. 1
thinks the same." I
.1 asked reyself.thie nia
near by,
Asi I was mixing paebrs
pie
Cam I 'be Harry's mi
along the toast
01 years now gene tort
in bat*.
the pink -flusher
• baby dress—
Nor years nor pain and
loveliness. ,
I saw myself a-carunthe
And smiling, while I el
CM the floor. 1
Long curls adoWn his
I saw aringdhhi:tnionuits;eltuhit,bis
3Iy happy heart ceerflo
a curl,
Andhhimeggliedketoal,hairl:e-te'l
His little plaided pettic
And -curls and skirbs
• be no denial ;
And one day from the
afems_hliPtou:iod,te't .billeef,o,are:batmaree
alarm.
Ihe'dacereaennatIteharsh-charina!
har• sipmicedixotitehewhnoilezt
,And poured the ems
pas:eily.bZil
I laageried:1
• ise
" I 11:nowr- aitsaati44sils you
• drooping head, 1
"Tis hard for its at I
• must not vield,"—]
Our boy was shot at 0
battle. -field,
•
Wesat there eloee tsa
time sped ;
Recalling scenes toter
our dead :
Of Reny, little Harry,
day,
When'he kissed ns bol
men away. .
ptab
IsrlD'ergh*HinilluadrrryeetaouriNt *ITV:Sf pe e anea
Wild tales of gallant
• desire,
And he used to read of I
flashed fire.
We went home from th
fireside seemedl
'Wheretalked
Cadrpeataand riinw -
Re bad his wish, --adv
aim ;
And maybe in the tutur
Wort the next as Chi
rest;
A Southern suinmar'stn
•his breast.
And soon the war Was o,
Anbrda;
land. but one eri4
iiis
NY:11114i' tisiedo,ennt.tat..h13i-eevifiluers;i
• And ether boys tit rea
Andhetlaeleirll'hearts beat
the pages tell -
/113S, ales, our Harry.
The old pathetie storyi
Our hearts grow sate
Andl.eealra. oklilack twenty s
lonesome fail. -
And we 'say, while hai
worliish7j.:d
Our Captain standfn
ideal, --
A
A braeeatdoyue
f
We might have sadder :f
Our Christmas Day_
'7—At a ball a girl
" You like wadtein
"Then why did yor
• —A French barb
—"To -morrow the
_gratuitously," Of
to -morrow.
• —"Now, can
inajorr • Gallant
•can't; but you don
--tt No," said
With a sigh. 44J ine
five, but I should
a change."
—There are two
people don't mind.
One is that they he
and the other Is tha
mind_
---Musie teacher-
]
Airs. Jones, has
'She ought to have
Mrs. ihne-S ".-*4 That
telling Mr- .10/1e.9 40
to hire a competent
she has finished her,
yoter
--An ornamental
vised for attachmeu
that men can " SWII
out that offensive fa
thrownet gloom ova
With another knob
eing might be as pr•
scythe snath.
—Mrs. Masham-
thist there is, Muhl
the hood of the -el
front -Mabel—"
see anybody." :lira
we have it up behint
" Oh, that would be
body coital see us.
There is a loit
nothiug," sneeringly
his chattering wile.
returned from the le
the bed, put his, ba
and flung himself
chair ; and his: la
" there is a silence
—A tomest on Sa
the North of Scotia
Calvinistic days,
ruined cattle. M
'worthy, be asked
castle. Donald,
2:nett-et-ell —" Wh
be siiehing On the
--A -maiden lad
male servant Willi
the -cold mutton e
I1etty, and iequiret
hear Ideate one spea
Stain. Oh, no,
girt, 44 it is only n
" You nia.y ftliitlSO
plied the Maiden,
let's have no hill
.heat objection to
withdreiv, and
--A gentleman, 1
ettith Charles Land
low peeteloor Of t
India. H.,onee which
Being determined
the. geutleman ivelk