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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-02-26, Page 241 I 2 • THE HURON EXPOSItOR. INDIAN BUMMER. BY W. D. HOWELLS. XXL (Continued troni last week.) He wondered what she was about in that• allusionto an idea which ehckhad shrunk from so _aensitively hitherto. But he found himself in a siteation which he could not penetrate at any point. When he spoke with Mrs. Bowen it was with a dark under -current of conjecture as to how and when she ex- pected him to tell Mr. Morton, of his re, lation to Itnogene, or whether she still expected him. to do it; when his eyes fell upon the face of the young man, he despaired as to the terms in which he should put the fact ; any form in Which he tacitly dramatized it remained very embarraesing, for he felt boundto say that while he held himself promised in the matter, he did not allow her to feel herself so. A sky of American blueness and vast- ness, a mellow suit, and a'clelicate breeze did all that these things mild for them, as they began the long, devious climb of the hills crowned by the ancient Etrus- can city. At first they Were all in the constraint of their own and one an- other's moods, known or imagined, and. no talk began till the young clergyman turned to Imogene" and asked, after a long Icaik at the smiling landscape, "What sort of weather de you sup- pose they are having at Buffalo to -day?" "At Buffalo ?" she repeated, as if the place had only a dim existence halter res mutest consciousness. "Oh t the ice isn't near out of the lake yet You can't COMA OR it befere the first of May." "And the first of May comes sooner or later, according to tjae season," said Colville. " I remember coming on once in the middle of the nionth, and the river was so full of ice between Niagara :Falls and Buffalo that I had to shut the car window that I'd kept open all the way through southern Canada. But We have very little of that local weather at home ; our weather is as democratic an& continental as our political constitution. Here it's March or May any time from September till June, according as there's snow on the mountains or not" The young man smiled. "But 'don't you like," he asked, with deference, this slow, orderly advance of the Rid-, laza spring, where the flowers seem to come out one by one, and every blossom has its appointed time ?" - "Oh yes, it's very well in its way, but I prefer the rush of the American spring: no thought of mild weather this morning ; a warm, gusty rain. ' to -mor- row night; day after toanorrovv a. burst of blossoms and flowers and young leaves and birds._ I don't know whether we were made for our climate or our -climate was made for us, but its impa.- tience and lavishness` seem to; answer some inner demand of our ,go-ahead souls.. This happens to be the Week of the peach blossoms here, and you. see their pink everywhere te-dayr and you - don't see anything else in the blossom E line. But imagine the American spring abandoning a whole week of her pre- ' clops time to the exclusive use of peach blossoms She wouldn't do it, . •-she's got too manyother things on 'halide" Effie had stretched out over Colville's lap, and with her elbow sunk deep in his knee, was resting her chin in her hand and taking the facts of the land- scape ;thoroughly in. Do they have just a week?" she asked. Not an hour more or less," said Col- ville. If they, found an almond blos- som hanging round anywhere after their time came, they would make an awfail. row, and if, any lazy little peach -blow hadn't got o0 by the time their week was up, it would. have to stay in till next year; the pear blossoms wouldn't let it come out." "Wouldn't they ?" murmured the child, in dreamy sympathy with this be- lated peach -blow. "Weil, that's what people say. In America, it would be allowed to come out any time. It's a free country:" Mrs. Bowen offered to draw Effie back to a posture of more decorufn, but Col- ville put his arm round the little girl.' "Oh, let her stay'- It deesn'tincom- mode me, and. she must be getting such a novel effect of the landscape. The mother fell back into her former attitude of jaded passivity. He wonder- ed whether she had changed her mind about having him speak to Mr. Morton, her quiescence might well have been in- difference ; one email have said, know- ing the. whole - situation, that she had made tip her mind to let things take their course, and struggle with them no longer. He could not believe that she felt con- tent with him; she must feel fer other- wise; and he took refuge, as he had the power of doing, from the discomfort of his own thoughts in jesting with the child, and mocking her with this extrav- gance and that; the discomfort than be- came merely a dull ache that insisted upon itself at intervals, like a grumbling' tooth. • The prospect was full of that mingled wildness and subordination that gives its supreme charm to the Italian land- scape; and without elements of great variety, it combined them in infinite picturesqueness. There were olive or chards and vineyards, and again vine- yards and olive orchards. Closer to the farm houses and cottages there were peaches and other fruit trees and kitch- en -gardens; broad ribbons of grain waved between the ranks of trees; around the white villas the spires of the .cypresses pierced the. blue air. Now and then they came to a villa with -weather-beaten statues strutting about its parterres. A mild, pleasant heat brooded upon the fields and roofs, and the city, dropping lower and lower as they mounted, softened and blended its towers and monuments in a sombre mass shot with gleams of white. Colville spoke to Imogene, who with- drew her eyes from it with a sigh, after lona brooding upon the scene. You can do nothing with it, I see." "With what?" "The laaidsca,pe. It's too full of every possible interest. What a nstory is written all over it, public and pri- vate If you don't take it simply, like any other landscape, it becomes an ops pression. It's well that tourists eorne to Italy so ignorant, and keep so. !Other- wise they couldn't live to get 'home again—the past would crush thezn." Imogene scrutinized him as if to ex- tract some personal meaning from -his word; and then turned her hea4 away. The clergyman addressed him with what ; was like a respectful toleration of the drolleries Of a gifted but eccentric man the flavor of whose talk( he was begin- , ning to taste I "You don't really Mean that one shouldn't come to Italy as well informed as possible ?" "Well, I did," said Colville; "but I don't." ,The young man pandered this, and Imogene started up with: an air of rescue- ing them from each Other—as if she would not let kr. Morton think Col- ville trivial, or Colville _consider the clergyman stupid, but would do what she could to take their minds off the whole question. Perhaps she Was not very clear as to how this was td be done; at any rate she did not speak, and Mrs. Bowen came to her support; from what- ever motive of her own. 11 It might have been from a sense of thOnjustice of let- ting Mr. Morton suffer from the compli- cations that involved herself and the others. The affair had :been going very hitchily ever since they started, with the burden of the conversation left to the two men and that helpless girl; if it were not to be altogether a failure, she must interfere. I! - "'Did, you ever hear of Gratiano when you were in , Venice ?" he asked asked Mr. Morton. "Is he one of their new water -col - ists ? ' . returned the-- young -man. I heard they had quite a school there now." her failure said Mrs. Bowen, ignoring 13r failure as well as she could; "he was a famous talker; he lovedito speak- an in- finite deal ofnothing inore than any man in V-enice.". "An ancestor of mine, Mr. Morton," said Colville; "a poor, honest man, who did his best to make people forget that the ladies were silent. Thank you, Mrs. Bowen'for mentioning him. I wish he were with us to -day." The young mg an lau hed. -" Obi- in the 'Merchant of Venice' l" "No other," said Colville. "1 confess," said Mrs: Bowen, "that I am rather stupid this morning. I sup- pose it's the softness of the air ; it's been harsh and irritating so long. It makes me drowsy." " Don't mind us," returned Colvin . "We will call you at important points," They were driving into a village at which people stop sometimes to admige the works of aft in its church. "Here, for example, is -is_ Whet place is this I, ' he asked of the coachman. "San Domenico." - "1 should know it again by its beg- gars." , Of all ages and sexes 1 they swarmed round the carriage, which the driver had instinctively slowed to oblige them'and thrust forward their hands and hat Colville gave Effie his small change to distribute among them, at sight of which hey streamed down the street from very direction. Those who had r - 4 eived brought forward j the halt an lind, and did not scruple to propos being rewarded for this service. At th ante time they did not 4mind his laugh "ng in their faces; they laughed too' and went off content, or as nearly ao as eggars ever are. He b ttoned up his pocket ad they drove on More rapidly. "1 am the only persereof no principle except Effie—in the carriage, and yet am at this moment carrying more bles- sings out of this village than I shall ever know what to do with. Mrs. Bowen, I know, is regarding me with severe dis- approval.— She thinks tliat I ought t have sent the beggars of:' San Domenic o Florence, where theywould all be hut up in the Pia Casa di Ricovero, an aught some useful occupation. It' terrible in Florence. You can walk through Florence now and have no a peal made to your better nature that i not made at the appellant's risk of im- prisonment. When I was there before, you had opportunities of giving at every turn:" I - ' "You can send a check to the Pi Casa," said Mrs. Bowen.' "Ah, but what good , would that d me? V.,%,Then I give I want the pleasure of it; I want to see My , beneficiary cringe under my - bounty. But I've ried in vain to convince you that th • orld has gone wrong in 'other ways. o you remember the one-armed ma hom we used to give -to on the Lung' rno. That persevering sufferer has een repeatedly arrested . for 'thendi- ancy, and obliged to pay a fine out of is hard earnings to escape being sent t; our Pia Casa." Mrs. Mrs. Bowen smiled, and. said, Was he lying yet? in a pensive tone of rezninis- e than retie/ It seemed t er eyelids was ' ht. Confront - a ence. She was evert.me f Colville's nonsense. im that the light under ometimes a grateful li ng Imogene and the young man whose opes of her he was to destroy at the rst opportunity, the 1hrid moral at- osphere which he breathed - seemed hreatening to become a thing apparent o sense, and to be ab 'ut to blot the, andscape. He fought it back as best he ould, and kept the hovering clou ram touching the earth y incessant ef ort. At times he looke,11 over the side f the carriage, and drew secretly along reath of fatigue. It began to be borni, upon him that these ladies wereusing I I, im ill in leaving him the burden of heir entertainment. He became angry, 'Jut his heart softened., ahd he forgave hem again, for he conjectured that he silent. He felt rn certain that th as the cause of the cares that kept the • ffair had taken some . new fern. H ondered if Mrs. Bowen had told Imo ene what she had de , anded of him' tzi 3ut he could only conje ture and won er in the dreary .un ler-current o hought that flowed evenly and darkl el n with the talk he kp t going. 11 i ade the most he could, of the varying iews of Florence which the turns an i ounting levels of the road gave him. * e became affectionately grateful tc he young clergyman when he replied romptly and fully, and took an in erest in the objects er subjectS. h 1 rought up. Neither Mrs. Bowen nor Imogene wa T , ltogether silent. The one helped on ati imes wearily, and the jother broke . at imes from her abstraction. Doubtlessi he girl had undertaken too much in in isting upon a party of pleasure with he z ind full of so many things, and doubt • ss Mrs. Bowen was sore with a rank - ng resentment at her insistence, and exed at herself for having yielded to it.' f at her time of life and with all her ex -I erience of it she could not rise under his inner load, Imogene must have been rushed by it. Her starts from the dreamy oppres- ion, if that were what kept her silent, ook the form of aggression, when she isagreed with Colville about things he • as saying, or attacked him for this or at thing which he had said in time a • tPast. It was an ' unhappy and un - amiable selfseniertion, which he was not able to compasalonate so much When she .1 'resisted . or defied Mrs. Bowen, as she seemed seeking to do at every point. Perhaps another would not have felt it so, it must have been largely in his 0032- , sciousness ; the young clergyman seem- ed not to , see anything in these bursts but the ' indulgence of a gay caprice, though his laughing at them did not al- leviete the effect to Colville, who, when 'he turned to Mrs. Bowen for her al- liance, was astonished with a prompt 'snub, unmistakable to himself, however imperceptible to others. Ile found what diversion and comfort he could in the party of children who ' beset them at a point near the town, . and. followed the carriage, trying to sell them various light and useless trifles made of straw=fans, baskets, parasols 1 and the like. He bought' recklessly 4 i theist and gave them to Effie, whom he assured, without the applause of the ladies, and with the grave question of the young clergyman, that the vendors were little Etruscan girls, all at least tweaty-five hundred years old. "It's very hard to find any Etruscans under that age; most of the grown-up people are three thousand." . The child humored his extravagane with the faith in fable which children are able to command, and said "Oh, tell me about them !" while she pushdd •up closer to him, and began to admite her presents, holding them up before her, and dwelling fondly upon them one by one. "Oh, there's very little to tell," an- • swered Colville. "They're mighty close peOple, and always keep themselves ' very much tci themselves. But Wouldn't you like to see a party of Etruscans of -alIages, even down to little babies only. eleven or twelve hundred years old, come driving into an American town? It would make a greet excitement, ' wouldn't it ?" "It would be splendid." "Yes; we would give them a col- lation in the basement . of the city hall, anddrive them out to the cemetery. The Amerieans and Etruscans are very much alike in that—they alwaya show you their tombs." - " Will they in Fiesole ?" "How you always like to burrow into the past ! interrupted Imogene. " Well, it's rather difficult burrowing into the future," returned Colville; de- fensively. Accepting the challenge, he added: "Yes, I should really like to meet a few Etruscans' in Fiesole this morning. I should feel as if. I'd got amongst my contemporaries at last; they would understand me." , The girl's face fleshed. •" Then no one else can understand you ?" e ' "Apparently not. I am the great American incompris." • "I'm sorry for you," she returned, feebly; and,- in 'fact, sarcasm was not her strong point. , When they . entered the town they found the Etruscans preoccupied with other visiters, whom at various points in the quaint little Piazza they surrounded in dense groups, to their own disad- vantage as guides and beggars and dear: ers in straw goods. One . of the groups reluctantly dispersed to devote itself to the new arrivals,, and these then 'per- eeived . that it was a party of artiste, scattered about and sketching, which hadabsorbed the attention of the popula- • tion. Colville went to the restaurant to order lunch, leaving the ladies to the care of Mr. 4' Morton. When he came back he found the carriage surrounded by the artists, who had turned out to be the Inglehart boys. They had . walked up to Fiesole the afternoon before, and they had been sketching there all the morning. With the artist's indifference to the conventional objects of interest, they_were still 'ignorant of what ought to be seen in Fiesole by tourists, and they accepted Colville's proposition to be of his party in going the rounds Of the Cathedral, the Museum, and the -view from that point of tha wall called the Belvedere. They found that they had been at the Belvedere before with- out knowing that it merited particular recognition, and some of them had made sketeehes from it—of bits of architecture and landscape, and of figures amongst the women with straw fans and baskets to sell, who thronged round the whole party again; and interrupted the pros- pect. In the church they differed amongst themselves as to the best bits for study, and Colville listened in whimsical despair to the enthusiasm of their likings and dislikings. All that W&8 so far from him now; but in the Museum, which had only a thin interest . based upon a small collection of art and arca3ology, he'auffered e real.affliction in the presence of a young Italian couple, who were probably plighted lovers. They went before a gray-haired pair, who might have been the girl's father and mother, and they looked at none of the objects, though they regularly stop- ped before them • and waited till -their guide had said his say about them. . The girl, clinging tight to the `young man's arm, knew nothing but him; her mouth and eyes were set in a .passionate concentration of her being upon him, and he seetned to walk in a dream of her. From time to time they peered upon each other's faces, 4nd then they paused, rapt, and indifferent to all be- sides. . The young painters had their jokes about it; even Mr. Morton smiled, and Mrs. Bowen recognized it. But Imo- gene did not smile; she regarded the lovers with an interest ini thern scarcely less intense than . their interest in each other '• and a cold perspiration -of pies' tiorbroke mit on Colville's forehead. - Was that her ideal of what her own en- gagement should be? Had she expected him to behave in that way to her, and to accept froth her a devotion like that girl's? • How bitterly he must have dis- appointed her! It was SO, impossible to him that the thought of , it made him feel that he must break 4'11 ties which ct bound him to anything like it. And yet he reflected that the t, me was when , he could have been equal; to that, and . even more. After lunch the painters joined them again, and they all went I together to visit the ruins of the Ronan theatre and the stretch of Etruscan wall beyond it. • go be continued.) , . . --=" Well, Bobby," said young Feath- erly, " we had quite a pleasant time at the house last evening. "Yes, indeed," replied Bobby; "ma was speaking about it at the breakfast table this morning." " Se your ma enjoyed the ;evening too, did she ?" " Yes. ' She told pa that she could never think of you without laugh- ing." REAL EST.AIE FOR SALE. Great Reduction WARM FOR 844.1 -For Sale. Lot 87, Conoes. sion 4. EESt Ni‘wanesh, Cotinty of Huron, containing 200 acres, about 140 acres cleared. This property will be sold this summer in order to close the affairs of the estate of the late JAS. W. AU.LD. For particulars apply to the Executors' GEORGE HOWATT, Westfield P. 0., or to BOBT. B. CURRIE, Whighean T. 0. 943 1DARM FOR SALE.—One hundred acres being 1 the south -half of Lot 9, in the 9th Conces- sion of Morris, County of Huron. It is well situ- ated and good for grain or pasture being well 'watered. it will be sold cheap as the owner is giving up farming. For particulars apply to CHAS. McCLELLAND, Belgrave. 922x8tf VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—Being lots 29 and 30, Concession 8, Hullett, 200 acres. Of this 150 are cleared, and in good state of cultivation, balance, hardwood bush, ordinary dwelling' house; frame barn 00x40, stable and shed ,24x40 each, with other buildings ; three acres.of bearing orchard. • Farm is well watered by spring, besides wells, &c.; situated about 5i miles from the town of Clinton ; school house on the farm; will be sold on reasonable terms to suit purchaser. JAMES WATSON, Londesboro 'P. 0.. -939tf HOUSE AND LOT. FOR SALE.—For Sale corner of St. John and Sperling Streets, Seaforth, being Lot 19, Spar1inei3 Survey. This desirable property being a corner lot near the resi,dence of Mr. Wm. M. Gray, suitable for a small family, can be purchased on application to Mr. Armitage in Commercial Bankbuildings, Seafortiethe house Contains six rooms with sum- mer kitchen, hard- antsoft water,.coo.1 house and other outbuildings the lot is well stocked with fruit, Plum, Cherries, Crab • Apples, Currants, • Grapes, &c., and is well fenced with new picket fence. C. F. PASHLEY, 910 FARM FR SALE.—For gale that splendid farm, being Lot 22, Concession 2, H. R. S., Tuckersmith containing 100 acres, 80 of which are cleared, free from stumps, well underdrained and in a high state of cultivation. The balance is well timbered. There is a comfortable and commodious dwelling house, large clap boarded bank frame barn with stone stabling underneath, and all other necessary outbuildings. There is also a good orchard and an overflowing spring. It is within four miles of Seaforth and six from Clinton, and convenient to a good school, with goodgravel roads leading in all directions. Ap- ply to GEORGE SPROAT, Seaforth P. 0. 946 FARM FOR SALE:—The Executors' of the estate of the late Sanniel Slemon, offer for sale that excel! .nt farm being Lot 12, Con- cession 12, Grey. There are • 100 acres; 80 of which are cleared, 10 acres partly cleared, and 10 in good hardwood bush. There is a good frame , frame barn with stone stabling underneath 30x 60 feet._ Immediatepossession will .be given. A large portion of the purchase money will be al- lowed to stand on interest; for further particu- lars apply to JOHN LECKIE, 197 College Street,. Toronto, or to JOHN SLEMON, Ethel P. 0. • 931tf WARM FOR SALE. --The Subscriber offers for 12 sale -his splendid farin of 100 acres, being Lot 44, Concession 2, Tuckersinith. Good new story and half frame house, 2 acres splendid orchard, 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 wells. Close to churches and schools. Three and one-half miles front the town of Clinton, 6 from Seaforth. Will be sold; on 'reasonable terms. HUGH Mc - DONALD, on the premises, or Clinton P. 0. • • 930t1 FARM IN WILLETT FOR SALE.—For sale, Loq. 6, Concession 14, Mullett, containing .158 acres about 100 acres cleared, free from stumps, underdrained, ivell fenced and in a high state of -ctiltivation. The balance is well timber- ed with hardwood, cedar and black ash. • There - is a good stone hduse aid good frame outbuild- ings. There is a splendid orehard, and abun- dance of living water. It is within four miles of the flourishing village of Blyth, and good gravel roads leading to all the . surrounding towns. It is convenient to schools, churches,' Postoffice, &c, also Lot 7, on the same Conces- sion, containing 157 acres. .,The two farms will be sold together or separately on terms . to suit purchaser. GEO. WATT, Harlock. 944 FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 25,- Conces- sion 5,McKillop, containing 100 acres, near- ly all cleared, well fenced and underdraincd, and in a first-clase state of bultivation. There is a stone house, bank bain and other necessary buildings all in first -,class condition. Also an orchard of bearing trees, and the river Maitland runs througha corner of the farm but there is no waste land. .It is a first-class farm either for stock orgrain, and is Within two miles of the town of Seaforth, on the northern gravel road. Apply on the premisig or to Seaforth P. 0. H •UGH J. GRIEVE. 911-tf FOR SALE.—For sale in the thrivingvillage property situated on the west side of Brooke street, consisting of a good new frame dwelling 18x26 feet,- and well finished throughout, with good well and stable on the premises.. Reason for selling is that the undersigned intends leaving the village about the end of the year. Posseegion can be given at any time within a weeks notice. Terms of Sale, --Very liberal. For full particu- lars apply to D. MOWERAY, Mason and Con- tractor, Hensall P. 0. 905 IlARNI IN MORRIS FOR SALE.—For Sale, X - North -half Lot 22, Concession 7, Morris, containing 100 acres, about 70 of which are lear- esl, and partly cleared frbin stumps, well fenced and in a good state of , cultivation.. The wood land contains considerable cedar. There is a 'good frame house and bank barn with stabling underneath and other necessary outbuildings, a - good orchard and plenty of spring wet er. It is within three quarters of, a mile from school, and only three miles froni the flourishing village of Brussels. This farm wih be sold cheap. Apply on the prem ses or Brusiiels P. 0. 920t1 , SIMON .FORSYTHE, Proprietor. OOD FARM FOR SiALE.—l.. For sal..., Lot 1, Concession 8, Tuekersmith, containing 100 acres, about 80'of which are cleared, free from stumps, und rdrained, it a high state of cultiva- tion and wel fenced. There is a comfortable log house an a large bank barn with stabling underneath. Also a young orchard. and good well. The 1 nd is all drkand of the best quality. It is cony niently sithated to Seaforth and Kippen stati ns, with gdod gravel roads leading 'to each plac . " For further particulars address the Propriet r, Egmondville P. 0., or apply at. the Egmon ville inills1 JAMES KYLE, Pro- prietor. 904-51 of Hensall at a great bargain, thate. 1 Pl3ELL & BR1GH TO MAKE WAY FOR THE - LARGE C+ S 0 .. That is just coining, we have decided to cut down ttie price of all o - COATS and HEAVY TWEEDS to cost, to give a chanceto our cu supply themselves with cheap goods. We buy" t strictly for cash, cheaper than ally other house in town. • • cells; it will Pay to buy. for next winteh r OVER- tomers to • can sell eap Over - Don't fail t4 get one of these c CAMPBELL & RIGHT1 NEW FALL ciooDs T -- J. McLOUGHLIN Piles of New Goods received and cheaper than eVer. Special value in more on th way. Prices away down . NEW ;DRESS MATERIALS, NEW FLANNELS, NEW TWEEDS, NEW BLANKETS NEW CO PORTERS, NEW UNDERCLOTHING. Every one Invited to call and Examhie Stock an Groceries ew, fresh and cheap. B tter and Eg .1 111bLOUGHLIN, Prices. 1 I- s Wanted. hitney s Bioc, Seal rth. SPEQIAL. ANNOY CEMNT. ROytTNELL, viv HOLESALE & FIETAIL ROCbiS,' One Door North of Seaforth Post Office. lua.ble CHARLESWORTH Q0.0D FA M FOR SALE.—In order to close the aff irs of the egtate of the late W. G. Hinggton, t executors offer the following vary valuable- lax ds for sale. First—North half of • Lot 30, Cone ssion 5, trnship el Morris, con- taining 90 ac TS. On this lot is erected a good frame barn ith stone'fciundation, good orchard, well and pu p. Nearly all cleared and is on the gravel road closely adjoining the village of Brussels. Tins farm is it valuable one, is well fenced and in a good state of cultivation. For prices and terms apPly to Tilos. KELLY, Brus- sels 1.0., HENRY JSENIMOS, Victoria Square P.O., or JAMES SrIT11, Mapld Lodge P. 0., Middlesex County. 868 WARM IN GREY FOt SALE.—For sale, the pooSefaoriGietdrhe ay containing 50 acres, of which 40 alt of Lot1, Concession 12, town- , . sa.trei d pretty tree from stumps, and the balance_well timbered. ,There is a good frame barn, 56x36 with stables underneath; a good frame house'32x22 with le cellar the whole size, also two goo wells and an orchard containing 50 trees. - T era are five acres of fall wheat and five acres plo wed and rciady for spring crop. . It is one" mile si uth of Brussels, on the Main Road leading from Brussels to Seaforth. It will be sold cheap, inc- quarter the purchase money cash and th balance toesuit purchaser. Apply. to ALEX. ALGETTY, Brussels P. 0., or A. RAYMANN, Cranbrook., 949-4 SPLENDI 200 ACRE FARM FOR SALE IN THE T 1 WNSHIP OF GREY.—Sealed offers addressed to the undersigned, will ,be received up to.July LA, A. D. 1886, for the purchase of that first-cla s farm, being, composed of Lots 11 and 12 in th 16th Concession of the township of Grey, Count of Huron, coinprising 200 acres,- of which about 15 acres are cieared and in a good state of culti ation, the balance being well Um-. tiered. Theie is on the premises a good frame barn 60x50 f et and a hekved log clapboard house andoutbuil ings Fences are in geed repair. A fine mho, d of youngitrees just coming into bearing. A ood well and a never failing spring. creek. Alth ugh this is,a most desirable prop- erty, ihtendi g purchasdrs can view -the property and obtain -any furtherinformation with. regard to it on applipation to the tenant on the premises. Possession w I be given on Oetober 16th 1886. The highest 4r any offer not necessarily accept- ed. AddresN offers to ROBERT THOMPSON, Roseville P. ., Ont. Roseville, Ont., November 0, 1885. 1 937-tf I Owing to din- large and increasing trade, we found our late premises far too small? and were compelled through the pressure of b siness to move to a much larger store. We are m and honest dea ' re than thankful for the pastliberal p tronage, and trust by fair Ling to still increase our business. Teas jobbell by the Caddie and half Chest, at wh lesale prices. New Crop Teas in store and arriving, consisting o Young .Elyson, Gu Japans and Blablts. New Seasop Fruits in abundance, 10f) boxes Morr nd's New aieutit London Layers' Black Basket, New Currants, Figs, a d as usual a large Sugars, Syrup and Molasses. - Fine Coffee, Green, Roasted and Groinid. Pure Pices in full variety stock of Canned Fruits and Vegetables , Salt Water ish, Whitefish an Full Line of Geheral Groceries second none in the arket. A new and icomplete stock of Crockey and Glass be ored out this week , I . B.—Falaners will please remember the job Te wholesale prima in quantities. CHARLESWORTH & B ONE DOOR NORTH .OF SAFORTII 'powder, Raisins, stock of . A full Trout. are just to hand and will s and General Groceries at OWNELLt OST SCHOOL LIMIbDEIN BOOK STORE, AT BOOKS W LSON'S SEAFORTH publishers' pricds. A large stock of all kinds of scho All kinds of High and Public School -Books cells sold at Pap r, Pens, Ink, Pencils, Drawing Books, Scribbling Books, Coloied Crayons, Drawing Com- passes, Copy Bobks-, Drawing Books, and C% i the line that any scholar wants. A large,' assortment of School Bags always o hand. Any Boo .i-maikd free on receipt of publishers' priee by ntly on hand, at" 1 requisites. LUMSDEN & W LSON, Booksellers, Main Street, Seal rtha Begs to announce to the public that he has inenced to operate the "WROXETER WOOLLEN And that he will be prepared to give ge0a* in FULL CL6THS, TWEEDS, 1. • UNION TWEEDS; • FLANNELS, - . PLAIDINGS, WINCEYS And Varieties in STOCKING YARNt 'Custom Carding, Spinning and Promptly Attended to. Parties from a distance will, as far aspc have their ROLLS HOME WITH THE he has put the Mill into Good Working nak and employs none but Efficient Workmen, All Work is Warranted. REMEMBER THE WROXETER fiff) ALEX. L. GIBSON, Propriela $15.O WILL BUY YOU American Sofia Silk WATCH, —AT— P.LirVis & Milks JEWELLERY STOW OPPOSITE THE Commercial Hote REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. Agents for the Light Running Ne Home Sewing Machine. - FIAI9DWAR jiIS _ CROSS -CUT SAWS The best Canadian and America makers. Buy the American Lance Toot Saw, OF ANY Every one fully guaranteed.- If this not the fastest cutting saw in the tfl ket, and of first-class temper, we take it back- and give another one kit place. REID & WILSON SEAFORTH. II% —OF— •ROYAL -MAIL STEAMSRPt A. STRONG, Seaforth, AgeSt GREAT REDUCTION IN PASSAGE RAO : - Cabin rates from Iialifax to Liverpoolanill- donderry, $50, $63, and $73, according to MO. of stateroom. Children under 12 years., half M4 ". under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, 850- IsW , - mediate, $35; Steerage, $13. From Liver)04 - Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, $63, 878-70 4.50; Intermediate, $35; Steerage, $13. turn Tickets from Halifax to Londonder11.: '- Liverpool and back to Halifax.; Cabin, 81.00,1'; and $143; intermediate, $70; Steerage, VC • • • • I Money Loaned and Real Estate Bo and Sold as Usual. INSURANCE. .0,EBETIAllY 26, 6 1, The Drunkard's Ra,ggi Sung to the air O:f " Castles in th Shi% erini r the eauhl blast, greetiW Wadint'h'iensantieeg.tthe snaC wi' hiswee hack , A weeiblaiitnr;a*git laddle gangs wan'ring villa's the puir weecalian? he's raggit wean, Ile stalls at Ma dor, an' he keeks cd, To see the crowd arm& the4re a' Lang wil glee, Rut hetaefa arusrnaviennrr:e.benth , ough his I e F.:kr mannna playivi ither bairns, th ard's raggit wdan. Oh, see the we,C bitbainoie, his hear fon, The sleet is blawin' eauld, an* he's \t‘h.braolul rgshhaen.sdutal;:riem:gh ; fe.s speerin* for his mither, an' iie Rut oh l his mither she forgets her puir git wean. Ho kens nae faither's love, be it mither's eare, , To soothe his wee bit sorrow, or kame iii - hair, To kiss him when he waukens, or smooth at e'en, An' oh1 hefearsfave, the ardsra Oh pity the Wee laddie, sae_guiIelen young, The oath that Tees thit: f4ither's lip An, sinblius,tsovIganiseh;:is ither speaks hisin 'ill stain, or oh I there's nan41 to guide the be drunkard's raggit wean. Then lsnti uirelleyesuh-eeanArt try an' turo tin An' try to get his faitherSo act a WU-lees: An' ;ilk' them lea the drunkard's cup, an taste again, - An cherish wr a prorent's care, their , raggit wean, James Criai GoAetieS. —A gentleman travelling on a-rj lost his bat, "when, without -a mo hesitation, be pitched out his hat -1 which was his name and address, judging that the Litter wouldlead return of the folmer, which it did —New Girl—".0b 1. there's soni the matter with the ntilk." " Mercy me ! What is it?" 1'4 "A yellow SCUM has gathered on of it I'm feared it —" Where were*you brought upl- " In London." Mitre thought aS nnle/12,) . --" Pray, have !you been drinkit morning ?' exclaimed a counse4 had thoroughly lost the remnant] temper with a stupid witness. zur, was the the 'candid reply. Ns -hat have you he0a drinking zur." " And what did you havg r tea '?' shouted the exasperated Y 44 A spline, zur !" Unocently ba* witness, amidst the roar of the court. —Dr. Chalmers once entertat distinguished guest from Switz whom he asked if he would be he kippered salmon. The foreign. asked the meaning of the amen " kippered," and was told that it preserved." The poor strange public prayer soon after, offeret -tion that the distinguished &OM long be ".kippered to the Free of Scotland." I call to see Monsieur Re Maid—" You can't see him, si not up yet" Freimii Visitor --- tell?, 1 come yester, and you sa see beem because' he not down; say can't see heem because he n Vert vill he be in ze middle, ma selle ? I no compeend." —An old Scotch worthy of th • of John was at a. tea-party in a bol's house. After all had be plied and welI filled, some of th went out to the idoor to have a among whom was! John. Smokin for about live minutes without one to speak. John being 'impatient "Silence, gentleMen, silence'" the party, looking over at hi '4 John, man, there was naebody] Weel," Said he, ' gatm to speak:" —This is the reason accordin Old fable, why cats wash their fax meals. A cat -caught a sparrow a about to devour it, but the sparro] "No gentleman eats meat lill he I washed his face?' The cat str this remark, set the sparrow thy began to wash his face with his p the sparrow flew Away; This vex exceedingly, and he said, " As ioi live I will eat fi st, and wa.sb n • afterwards,"—wl 'eh all cats 40 daYa 4 Sister," said a little boy, into the parlor where she was ern ing young Mr. Jones, 1" will ye into the hall a minute ? want- ti to you." "I cannot now, dear, you see that I am engaged wi Jones ? What is ft you want?" " White is out in the hall, and be won't believe it unless you . sister, sweetly. "That you ate , . five pancakes this morning for White won't believe, dear'' af3V, , Wtrat is it that r 862 the best Insurance Cat p an erepresent s the world. l 4)1 asaromee—ataraet Street, Seaforth. A. STRONG -" My dear," said a wife to h band, "1 know that I am dr cross with you at times—that as patient as 1 should be, and the same can be said of you." certainly," he #ankly aeknow "1 am almost as bad as what yo "What's that !" say th" just as much to blame as you are think," went on the lady, that wl to eultivate a, mutual toleration 4 other'sfailts," and she bent eV fondly and kissed him. "Yu looking very well to -night, My a said, stroking her hair. "o, plied, 'my feet pain inc drea "That's because you wear 5114:1 Nizes too small fOr you." Then ti ble commenced again. Rest, as a Medicine. The benefits of rest in aiding t ing process in disease,s might b plified in a hundred different wa. deed, the diseaseitself is aten the result of disobedienee, often of the great natural and unive Whkh ordains that a period of r in ei,ery case be sequel to one of ty. In the Vegelable, as well as animal kingdom, this law .hold Trees and shrubs go to ;deep in flowers are generally more tet their constitutions, and go to ng the night; "While others, a it necessary to take a slap, so to (luring certain liours of the il this they do with such regular one can petty eorreetly tell t from the opening or:, closing petals1 always look upon a t `13 ithingnotonIytehigifnIfeof —thzteil4et ti--but a.t. lordly poplars, yonder, for instal' gently waving their tall arms a.