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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-04-09, Page 22 THE. HURON EXPOSITOR • ONE MAN'S STITBBORN WILL. , BY MARY E. WILKINS. In Acton there were two churches, an Orthodox and a Baptist, They stood on opposite sides of the ' road, and the Baptiskedifice was a littlefarther down than the other. On Sunday morning both bells were ringing. The Baptist bell was much larger, and .followed quickly on the sat peal of the Ortho- dox with a heavy brazen clang which vibrated a good while. ! The people went flocking through the street to the irregular jangleof the bells. It was a very hot day, and the sun beat down heavily, parasols were bobbing over all the ladies' heads. More people went into the Baptist church, whose soeiety was much the larger of the two. It had been for the last ten years—ever since the Orthodox had settled a new minister. His ad- vent had divided the churCh, and a_good third of the congregation had gone over to the Baptist brethren, with whomthey still remained. ! It is probable that many of them . passed their old sanctuary to day with the original, stubborn animosity as ae- five as ever in their hearts; and led their families up the Baptist steps with the same strong spiritual pull of indigna- tion. One old lady, who had made herself prominent on the apposition, trotted by this morning with the identical wiry ve- hemence which she had manifested ten years ago. She worea full black silk skirt, which she held up inanely in front, and allowed to trail in the dust in the rear. - •Some of the staunch Orthodox people glanced at her amusedly. One fleshy, fair -faced girl in blue muslin said to her companion, with a laugh ; "See that old lady trailing her best black silk by to the Baptist. Ain't it ridiculous how she holds on showing out' I heard some one talking about it yeaterday." yes.." The girl colored up confusedly. "Oh. dear !" she thought .to herself. The lady with her had an unpleasant his. tory- connected with this old church quarrel. She was & small, bony woman in a shiny purple silk, which was strained very tightly across her sharp shoulder -blades. Her bonnet was quite elaborate with flowers and plumes, as - was also her companion's. ! In fact, she was the village milliner, and the girl was her apprentice. When the two went up the 'church steps, they passed a man of about fifty, who was sitting thereon well to one side. He had a singular face—a mild forehead, a geutly curving mouth, and a terrible chin, -with a look of strengthin it that might have abashed -mountains. He held his straw hat in his hand, and the sun was shining full lou his bald head. 1 The milliner half stopped, and gave an anxious glance at him ; then passed on. In the vestibule she stopped again. "You go right in, Margy, she Said to the girl. "P11 be alonaa in a min- ute." " Where be you going Miss Bar- • ney?" You go right inX'fl be there, ba a minute." Margy entered the andienee-room the]; as if fairly brushed in by the im- perious wave of a little knotty hand, and Esther Barney stood waiting until the rush of entering pe6plie was over. Then she stepped swiftly back to the side of the man seated on the steps. She spread her large black parasol de- liberately, and extended the handle to- ward him: " No, no, Esther; I don't wa.nt it—I don't want it." " If you're determined on setting alit in this broiling sun, Marcus Woodman, you jest take thia parasol of. mine an' use it." , "I don't want your parasol, Esther. 1—" "Don't you say it ever again. Take " won't—not if I don't want to." "You 11 get- a sun -stroke." "That's my own lookout." " Marcus Woodman, You takelt." She threw all the force there was in her intense, nervous nature in her tone and look, but she failed in her attempt, because of the utter difference in quality between her own will and that with which she had to deal. They were on so different planes that hers slid by his with its own momentum ; there could be no contact_ even of antagonism be- tween them. He sat there rigid, every • line of his face stiffened into an icy ob- stinacy. She held out the , parasol to- ward him like a weapon. Finally she let it drop at her side, her 'whole expression changed. " Marcus," said she, "haw'a your mother ?" He started. "Pretty well, thank you, Esther." "She's out to Meeting, then ?" " I've been a-thinking—I ain't drove jestnow—that ma,ybe I'd come over an' see her some day this Week." He rose politely then. " Wish you would, Esther. Mother'd be real pleased, I know." "Well, see—Wednesday, p'rhaps, if I ain't too busy. I must go in now ; they're 'most through singing." "Esther—" "X don't believe 1 eau stop any longer, Marcus." "About the parasol --thank you jest the same if I don't take it. Of course you know I can't set out here holding a parasol; Mks would laugh. But I'm obliged to you all the same. Hope I didn't say anything to hurt your feel - in? V' 'Oh no; why, no, Marcus.Of course I don't want to make You tak-e it. - if you don't want it I don't know but it would look kinder queer, come to think of it Oh dear they are through singing." "Say, Esther, I don't know but I might as well take that parasol, if you'd. jest as soon. The sun_ is pretty , hot, an' I might get a headache. I for- got my umbrella, to tell the trnth." "1 might have known better than to have gone at him the way I did," thought Esther to herself, when she was' seated at last in the cool church ;be- side Margy .• " Seerns as if I might have got used to *Marcus Woodman V. this time." She did not see him when she came out of church, hut a little boy in the vestibule handed her the parasol, with the remark, "Mr. Woodman said for me to give this to you." She and, Margy passed down the street toward home. Going by the Bap- „ tist church, they noticed a youngman standing by the entrance.- He stared hard at Margy. She began to laugh after they had passed him. "Didyou seathat fellow stare?” said she. "Hope he'll know me next time." "That's George,Elliot ; he's that old lady's son,you was speaking about this morning.' "Weil, that's enough for infs." ! " He's a real good, steady young man." Margy sniffed. " P'rhaps you'll Change your mind _ sorne deg'. She id, and speedily; too. That glimpse of Margy 'Wilson's pretty,. new face—for she was a stranger in the town—had been too mueh for George Elliot. He obtained an introduction, and soon was a steady visitor- atEsther Barney's house. Margy fell in love with him easily. She had never had much attention from the young men, and he was an engaging young'fellow, small and bright-eyed, though with a nervous persistency like his mother's in his manner. " I'M going to have it an understood thing," Margy told Esther, after her lover had becoine constant in his attea- tions, "that I'm going with George, and I ain't .going -with his mother. I can't bear that old woman." But poor Margy found that it was not so easy to thrust determined old age off the stage, even when young Love was flying about so fast on his butterfly saings-that he seemed to multiply him- self, and there was no room for anything elSe, because the air was so full of tr oves. That old mother, with her ailing black- skirt and her wiry ob- nancy, trotted as unwaveringly rough the sweet stir as a ghost rough a door. On Monday morning Margy could not e t any breakfast, and there were red s ins arouud her blue eyes. ' " Why, what's the matter, .Margy ?" ed Esther, eyeing her across the lit - ti kitchen table. " Nothing's the matter. I ain't h ngry any to speak of, that's all. I ess I'll go right to work on Miss Ful - s bonnet." "I'd try an' eat something if I was y u.--.-- Be sure you cut that velvet at aight, if you go to work On it„"; When the two were sitting together a their work in the little room back of shep, Margy suddenly threw her se ssors down. There ! , said she, " 've done it; I knew I should. .I've o t this velvet bias. I knew I should everything bias I touched to -day." here was a droll pucker on her m nth; then it began to quiver. She hi her face in her hands and sobbed, h, dear, dear, dear!" Margy. Wilson, what is the mat- te?" 'George and I—had a talk last ni ht. We've broke the engagement, a it's killing me. An' now fve cut th s, velvet bias. Oh, dear, dear, dear, de r !" For the land's sake, don't mind any- th ng about the velvet. What's come be wixt you an' George ?" His mother—horrid old thing! He sad she'd got to live with us, and I sad she shouldn't., Then he said he uldn't marry any girl , that wasn't wi ling to live with his mother, and I sa d he wouldn't ever .marry me, then., If George Elliot thinks more of his rn ther than he does of -me, he can have he I don't care. I'll show him I can ge along without hint" Well, I don't know, Mara.' I'm re I sorry about . it. George Elliot's a go d, likely young man;, but if you di n't want to live with his !mother, it was better to say so right in the begin- ning. And I don't know as I blame you much ; she's pretty set in her ways." "1 guess she is. I never could bear her. I guess he'll find out—" Margy dried her eyes defiantly, and took up the velvet again. "I've spoilt this velvet. I don't see why being dis- appointed in love should affect a girl so's to make her cut bias." There was a whithsical element in Margy which seemed to roll uppermost along with her grief.' Esther looked a little puzzled. Never mind the velvet, child ; it ain't much, anyway." She began toss- - ing over some ribbons to cover her de: parture from her usual reticence. " I'm real sorry about it, Margy. ,Such things are hard to bear, but they can be lived through. I know something about it myself. You knew I'd had some of this kind of trouble, didn't you ?" "About Mr._ Woodman, you mean ?" "Yes, about Marcus Woodman. I'll telt you what 'tis, Margy Wilson, you've got one thing' to be -thankful for, and that is that there ain't anything ridick- erlous about this affair of yourn. That makes it the hardest of anything, ac- cording to my mind—when you know that everybody's laughing, and you can hardly help laughing - yourself, though you feel 'most ready to die." ' Ain't that Mr. Woodman crazy ?". " No he ain't crazy; he's got too much for his common-sense, that's all, and he will teeterthe sense a little too far into the air. I- see all through it from the beginning. I could read Mar- cus Woodman jest like a book." "1 don't see how in the world you ever came to like such a man." "Well, I s'pose love's the strongest when there ain't any good reason for it. They' say it is. I can't say as I ever really admired Marcus Woodman I always see right through hint; but that didn't hinder my thinking so much of him that I never felt as if I- could marry any other qua. And I've had chances, though I shbuldtetiwant you to saY"8Yeio"u turned him off -because he went to sitting on the church steps?" " Course I did. Do you almse I was going to marry a man when -44e a laugh- ingaitock of himself that WaY'?" "1 don't see how he ever came to do it. It's the funniest thing I ever heard "I know it. It seems so silly no-' body'd believe= it. =Well, all- there -is, about it, Marcus Woodman's -got so much mulishness in hid' it makes him almost miraculous. You see, he got up an' spoke in that church meeting -when they had such a row about Mr. orton's being settled here—Marcus was awful set again' him. I never could see any reason why, and I don't think he could; He said Mr. Morton wa'n't doctrinal ; that was what they all said; but I don't believe half of 'eni knew what doctrinal was. I never could see whyMr. Mor- ton wa'n't as good as most ministers— enough sight better than them that a treated him 0, anyway. I always felt that they w really _setting him in a pulpit high o er their heads by using him the wa they did, though they - didn't know1 . " cue spoke in that church meeting, an' e kept getting more and niore set eve y word he Said. He al- ways had a w y of saying things over And over, as he was making steps out of 'em, an' ra sing of himself up on 'em, till there was no moving him at all. And he did that night. , Finally, when he was up real high, he said, as for him, if Mr. Mortoii was settled over that church, he'd never go inside the door himself as long as he lived. Somebody spoke out tl en• -•I never quite knew who 'twits, though I suspected—an' says, You'll 1 have to set on the steps, then, Brotherl Woodman.'' "Everybocliy laughed at that but Mar- cus. He didn't see nothing to laugh at. He spoke out awful set, kinder gritting his teeth, I ill set on the Steps fifty years before 'II go into this _house if that man's se led here."' - "1 couldn't believe he'd really do it. We were going to be married that spring, an' it did seem waif he might listen to me but he wouldn't. The Sunday Mr. Mortoii begun to preach, he begun to set on them steps, an' he's set there ever since, in all kinds of weather.' Mat wonder it 'ain't killed him ; but I go. 'se it's made him tough." "Why, did 't he feel bad when you wouldn't mar him ?" "Feel bad? Of course he did. He took on terri ly. But it didn't make any difference hewouldn't give in a hair's-breadth. declare it did. seem as if I should die His mother felt awful- ly too—she's real good woman. I don't know w at Marcus would have done without her. He wants a sight of tending and waiting ; he's dread- ful _babyish ' some ways, though you wouldn't think it. I Well, it's 11 over now, as far as I'm concerned. I' e got over it a good deal, though sometimes 't makes me jest as mad as ever tio see him sitting there. But I try • to e reconciled, and I get along jest as well, inebbe, as if I'd had him—I don't k ow. I fretted more at first than there was any sense in, and I hope you won't." 1 , A Brakre Little Girl. I have heard a story, says a writer in "AU the Year Round," where a little girl saved her sick mother from the awful shock and disquietude of a bur- glar's entrance. She was a sweet, in- nocent little thing; and, hearing a noise in the night, sh fearlessly,' came- down stair and f�un1 the dining -room win- dow wide. open and a man in the .room. She asked the man what he wanted. The . burglar, who must have had a touch of humor . answered that he was a nobleman and lhat his favorite way of coming into a h use was by the window .[ In preference 4o the door. He would be very glad ,if he would let him have the loan of the amily plate. The child said that he mu t be very quiet, because her mamma wa ill, but she would get him what she c uld. She brought him all the silver a e knew of, Tut particu- larly begged hin to spare her little cup and spoon, which he accordingly did. The man was af . rWard discovered and convicted. W en he was in prison he _begged aery, liar -that he might have an interview with the child, and the liarents, knowin that the man had not acted so badly a he might have done, took the child ta see him in prison. He was, perha,ps, as! much affected by her innocent praatl as by a considerable number of disco ses. Some time after- ward a present was sent to the child from the " no lernan " who preferred the window asmeans of ingress and egress. 1st - (To be continued.) • Keep the Cellar Clean. It is said that if you wish to know whether the mistress of a house is a good housekeeper, you should visit the cellar. If that is clean aid orderly, you may be sure that the parlor and sleeping -rooms are not neglect, d. I remember onee seeing two cars loaded with ashes leaving ea reside!' e in the most fashion- able part of one of our popular cities, and witnessing t eir return again and again, and their departure, each time similarly loaded. I was led to make some inquiries. I found =that a new tenant; who had just moved in, hid given orders to li ht the fire in the fur- nace; but this was impossible. The, ashes accumulate by the former occu- pant were so hea, ed up about the fur- nace door, and so packed on the cellar bottom, that se eral days' use of the pick and crowbar were necessary before a fire could be lig ted. In many houses the kitchen ref se is mixed with the ashes, and the eel ar made a repository for both during t e winter.. If one can be sure:that th 'ashes are kept free from this admixt re, no harm can Come from the tempora y storing of the fur- nace ashes in the eller; but a watchful eye must be kept pon the queen of the kitchen. I reca 1 a severe and pro- longed attaek of fever which brought low a dozen or m re members of a fam- ily, which showed! no Abatement until a large quantity of 'turnips, which had been stored in. the! cellar, and which had decomposed, was femoved. The remedy to be applied in etch cases as these sug- gests itself at once to the mind of every one. There is no portion of a dwelling which should be freer from all possible sources of contarrignation than the cellar. • What Boys' Should Learn. s or boys smaller than easiest chair in the Not to tease gir themselves. - Not t� take the. ' &am, put it intohe pleasantest place, 1 and forget to offer it to the mother when she comes to eit d wn. I To treat their i other as politely as if she , were a str nge lady who did.not spend her life in their service. To be as kind and helpful to their sis- their sisters to be to ! friends. aniong good 1 n. being gentlemen at I thers into their confi- nythina wrong, and, 0 ten es they expec them. To make their boys. To take pride home. To take their m dence if they do above all, never to lie about anything they -have done. To make up the r minds not to learn to smoke, chew o drink, remembering cannot be unlearned, terrible drawbacks to ssities to bad ones, at there never was a these habits. , these rules, and they letnen. that these things and that they are good men and nee To remember ti vagabond Without To observe all are sure to be gen REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. GRE AT3AAN—Vlbesoldaheal) A 140 aciesgoodianCIeavlytiere chiefly maple, some Hemlock and Cedar, never failing stream through it. Three nines from Allanford station, township of Amabel, County of Bruce. Apply to box 284, Stratford, or Ex- POINTOR Office.. 893-tf FARM FOR SALE.—For Salo. Lot 37, Coml.- sion 4. East Wawanosh, County of Huron, containing 200 acres, about 140 acres cleared. This property will be sold this summer in order ' to olose the affairs of the estate of the late JAS. W.AULD. For partiaulars apply tone Executors' GEORGE HOWATT,- Westfield P. 0., or to BOBT. 13. CURRIE, Wingham P. 0. 943 MURK FOR Sale.—For sale in the township of _112 Hibbort, 150 acres being lots '29, and the west hall of 28, in the 8th concession, it is free from stumps and in a high state of cultivation, with a log house and good outbuildings% There is an everlasting spring creek running through the farm. It will be sold together or separately on easy terms. For further particulars address the proprietor on the premises or to -Seaforth Postoffice. WM. EBERHART, Proprietor. 953-tf 017SE AND LOT FOR SALE.—For Sale corner of St. John and Sperling' Streets, Seatotth, being Lot 19, Sparling's Survey. This desirable property -being a cornor lot near the residence of Mr. Wm. M. Gray, suitable for a small family, can be purchased on application to Mr. Armitage in Commercial Bank buildings, Seaforth,the house contains six rooms with sum- mer kitchen hard and soft water, coal house and other outbuildings the lot is well stocked with fruit, Plum, Cherries, Crab Apples, Currants, Grapes, &ea and js well fenced with new picket fence. C. F. PASHLEY," " 910 -LIARM FOR SA LE,—The -Executors' of the estate of the late Samuel Siemer', offer for sale that excell nit 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 barn with stone stabling. underneath 30x 60 feet. Immediate possession will be given. A large portion of the purchase money will be al- lowed to stand op interest; for further particu- lars apply to JOHN LECKIE, 197 College Street, Toronto, or to JOHN SLEMON, Ethel 1'. 0. 931tf „ FARM FOR SALE.—The Subscriber offers for sale his splendid farm of 100 acres, being - Lot 44, Concession 2, Tuckersmith. Good new story and half frame house, 2 acres splendid °milord, 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 from the town of Clinton, 6 from Seaforth. Will be sold on reasonable terms. HUGH Mc - DONALD, on the 1i/remises, or Clinton P. 0. " 930tf SPLENDID FARMS FOR SALE.—Three him- dred acres of land for sale in the toivnship Of Brooke, county of Lambton : One hundred acres in the 9th concession, west half Lot 4; 100 acres in the 9th concession, west half Lot 9; NJ acres in the 8th concession, west half Lot 10. Each of the above lots will be sold cheap. Terms easy. Two or three hundred dollars down, balance to suit purchaser. Soil, first class; well situated on p good road close to school. Would take a house and let in part payment. Mao 279 flares lots 8 and 9„ Concession 1, town: ship of Goderich. Will sell cheap. Apply per sonally or by letter to WM. BAWDEN, Goderich Ont. _ 950x16 rARM IN HULLETT FOR SALE.—For sale, . Lot 6, Concession 14, Hullett, containing 158 acres about. 100 acres cleared, free from stumps, underdrained, well fenced and in a high state of cultivation. The balance is well timber- ed with hardwood, cedar and black ash. There _is a good stone house and 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, Postotfice, &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 purchasers. GEO. WATT, Ilarlock. 944 UAW! FOR SALE.—Forisale, Lot 25, Conces- X sion 5,31cKillop, containing 100 acres, near- ly all cleared, well fenced and underdrained, and in a first-class state of cultivation. There is a stone house,' bank barn and other neeess1 ry buildings all in first-class condition. Also_ an orchard of bearing trees, and the river Maitl nd runs through a corner of the farm but there is no waste land. It is a first-class farm either for stock or grain, and is within 'two Miles of the town of Seaforth on the- northern gravel road. Apply on the premises or to Seaforth P. 0. HUGH. J. GRIEVE, 911-tf FOR SALE.—For sale in the thriving village of Hensall at a great bargain, that valuable 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. Possession can be given at any time within a weeks notice. Terms of Salo. ----Very liberal. For full partica- lars apply to D. MOWBRAY, Mason and Con- tractor, Heosall P. 0. 905 I1ARM IN MORRIS FOR SALE.—For Sale, North -half Lot 22, Concession 7, Morris, containing 100Seres, about 70 of which Etre clear- ed, and partly „cleared from 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 water. It is within three quarters of a mile from school, and only three miles from the flourishing village of Brussels. This farm will be sold cheap. Apply on the premises or Brussels P. 0. 920tf SIMON FORSYTIIE, Proprietor, GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot ,l, Concession 8, Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, about 80 of which are cleared, free front stumps, underdrained, in a high state of cultiva- tion and well fenced. There is a comfortable log house and a large 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 liippen stations, with good gravel roads leading to each place. For further particulars address the Proprietor, Egmondville P. 0.'or apply at the Egmondville mills. JAMES KYLE, Pro- prietor. 904-tf GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—In order to close the affairs of the estate of the late W. 0, Hingston, the executors offer the following vary 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 and 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 Tuos. KELLY, Brus- sels P. 0., HENRY JENNINGS, Victoria Square P.O., or JAMES Sloan, Maple Lodge P. 0., Middlesex County. 868 • FARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 5, Concession 5, Stanley, containing 102 acres. -and the half of Let 5, Concessio 4, contenting 51 acres, making in all 153 ac about 130 of which are cleated, well fond underdrained and in a high state of cultival n. There is a good stone house, bank barn stone stabling -underneath, and two other barns besides other necessary outbuildings. There is a large orchard.and all necessary conveniences. There is plenty of water, and a spring creek runs through the 50 acres, The two places will be sold together or separately. The farm is within a mile and a quarter of two schools, and within four miles of the village of Brucefield, and within two and a half miles of Kippen station. The farm is nearly all seeded to grass. Apply on the premises or to Hills Green P. 0. 952 JAMES LOGAN. SPLENDID 200 ACRE FARM FOR; SALE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF GIRtY.—Sealed offers addressed to the undersigned, will be received up to July 1st, A. D. 1886, for the pttrohase of that first-class farm-, being coreposed of Lots 11 and 12 in the 16th Concession of the township of Grey, County of Huron, comprising 200 acres, of which about 11,5 acres are cieared and in a good state of cultivation, the balance being well tim- bered. There is on the promises a good frame barn 60x50 feet and a hewed leg claplxiard house and outbuildings Fences are in good repair. A fine orchard of young trees just coining into bearing. A good well and a never failing spring creek.. Althoughthis is a most desirable prop- erty-, intending purchasers can view the property and obtain any further irrformation with regard -to it on application to the tenant on the premises. Possession wil be .given on October 16th, 1886. . The highest or any offer not necessarily accept- ed. Address offers to ROBERT THOMPSON, 'Roseville P. 0., Ont. Roseville, Ont., November 0, 1885. 937-41 0,00 WO Pa' II QP ANKRUPT STOCK To be slaughtered regardless of cost. . Nolw is your time for PRODIGTOUS BARGAINS. We are determined to clear the Present Stock as soon s Possible FOR CASH ON LY! We co' me to do busineis in Seaforth not unknown to the General Public, and we kindly ask the favor of a call, being convinced we can fully introdnce ourselves by the bargains to be offered. JOSEPH KIDD & SON, SUCCESSORS TO THOMAS KIDD & SON. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. CHARLESWORTH & 13ROWNELL, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS, One Door North Of Seaforth Post Office. 1 - !I , Owiug to our large andinereasingtrade, we found our late premis• es far too small, and were compelled through the pressure of business to move to a much , , larger store. , , We are more than thankful for the past liberal patronage, and trust by fair , and honest dealing to still increase our business. 1 Teas jobbed by the Caddie and half Chest, at wholesale .prices. New Crop Teas in store and arriving, consisting of Young Hyson, Gunpowder, t Japans and Blacks. New Season Fruits in abundance, 100 boxes Morraud's Nev Valentia Raisins, London Layers, Black Basket, New Currants, Figs, and as usual a large stock of Sugars, Syrup and Molasses. 1 , - Fine Coffees, Green, Roasted and Ground. Pure Spices in full variety. A full stock of Canned Fruits and 'Vegetables'Salt Water Fish, Whitefish and Tront. Full Line of General Groceries, second to none in the market. - A new and complete stockof Crockery and Glassware just to hand and will be opened out this week i N. B.—Farmers will please remember the Sob Teas and General Groceries at wholesale prices in quantities. ... CHARLESWORTH & BROWNELL. ONE DOOR NORTH OF SEAFORTH POST OFFICE. WALL PAPERS. ENGLISH, CANADIAN and AMERICAN New and Beautiful Designs, AT LITNESDD & WILSON'S BOOK STORE, SEAFORTH. We claim to have the largest variety and best value for the money ever shown in Seaferth. Call and see before -purchasing, at LUMSDEN & WILSON'S, - Scott's Block, Main Streets Seaforth. SEEDS! SEEDS! AT 0. C. WILLSON'S, SEAFORTH. The followin will be found in stock all fresh and goo , - Lost Nation Seed Wheat, California Defiance Wheat, Arnitka Wheat, Six Rowed Barley, Two Rowed Barley, Black Barley, Russian Barley, White Cham- pion Oats, Egyptian Oats, 'Welcome Oats, McAllister Oats, Crown Peas $ Black Eyed Marrowfat Peas, Golden Vine Peas, Prussian Blue Peas, and the following GRASS SEEDS : Timothy Seed, Orchard Crass Meadow Foxtail, :Meadow Fus- cue, Red Top Italian Rye Perennial Rye Grass, k,entucky Blue -Grass,and Yellow Oat Grass. Also the fallowing Clovers : Alsike Clover, Red Clover, Trefoil Clover, Lucerne Clover, Ye -119w Clover, White Dutch and Late Dutch Clover .> All the above are fresh and good, and will be mixed in proper quantities to suit purchasers for permanent pastures. Also, all kinds of Root and Vegetable Seeds. Farmers wanting Seed will find it to their advantage to call and examine my stock before purchasing. All kinds of agricultural implements and sewing ma- chines on hand. • 0. C. WILLSON SEAFORTH. 1 862W' ce—Market StreetaSeaforth. A. BMA WROXETER IGLU, Alexander L. Gibs° Begs to announezteedttopheopuebralitcehtthaet he h irea WROXETER WOOLLEN FACTSlyt And that he will be prepared to give gasa in FULL CLOT, uNiFOHLNS A TWEEDS, pNNELS, TWEEDS, LAIDINGs, WINCEysi And Varieties in STOCIK1NG YARN* custom cparipidinini3gt1 y813.Alluittelnudgedanted, Parties front a distance will, as far as have their ROLLS HOME WITH THEM, be has put the Mill into Good Working and employs poonrebutEsffiewrr ientaWoZten, Anwkied. REMEMBER ME WROXETER Miti ALEX, L. GIBSON, Proprista '15600 WILL BUY YOU AN merican WA T 0 H, - —AT—a Purv!s & WfflkSl JEWELLERY STORE, OPPOSITE THE Comnrreial Rote, - REPAIllin NEATLY DRIE, 1 Agents foii the Light *mining Net Home Sewing Machine. rat " ac HARDW-AR S CROSS CUT SAWS, The best !Canadian and Americo makers. Buy the AmericanLance Testi Saw, OF,ANY, Every one fully guaranteed. If this h 1 not the faster cutting saw in the Inas ket, and of first-class temper, we 110 take it back and give another one in its REID & WILSON SEAFORTH. OF— ROYAL lylAIL STEAMSHIPS. A. STR011-G, Seaforth, Agent, _ , GREAT REDITTION IN PASSAGE RATA Cabin rates from Halifax tie Liverpool and LOP dondcrry, S50, ...,..Q63, and $73, according to positio of stateroom. Children under 12 years, half WI under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, $60. Me' mediate, $5; Steerage, 813. From Liverpool* Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, 863, 878.75 ad_ 894.50; Interinediate, $35; Steerage, 811 Ara turn Tickets from Halifax to LondonderrY a LiVerpoolAnd back to Iia.lifax: Cabin, 8100, and 8143; Intermediate, 7O;v.Steerne, S25 - Money Loaned and Real Estate Bougbi an Sold as Usual. . , INSURANCE. 1 represent several of the hest Insurance co panics in the world. Ann 9, 1886. "'Think of Me at My BY 'GEORGE BIRDSEY$1. "Daisy, if ever anything should b separate GS, you must think of int jd boyl Come, let ns make that . Think of me at my best, if cireumatant everpart us !" " Yn ou base o best to me, Stect.fortl worst. You ere alwaya equally lortal ished in my heart!" Dickens. "David Coppi We have been friends both tried an Since you and I were boys ; l'a-e shared My -eVery grief with y rve shared with you my joys. Should changes in the future be, Let this be friendship's test ; Whateier theworldmay say of me, "Think of me at ma- best!" We know not what the years may To part the love of youth ; The time may come when evenyou May learn to doubt my truth. If through my wrong the dark -days With all my sin confessed, je metbory of our pleasures gone, "Think of me at my best !" And when the parting comes at las When life and loVe are o'er, And you remelt) to lieht the past, Winleall his bright before, A joy to death itself 'twill lend, And peaceful make my rest, To know that you I love, my frien "Think of me at my best" A DifficuloptearnadtioDnrge " We.performed an operation time,ago, said a physician at on hospitals to a reporter, " which s)id:one.rai,Avery dintnea eultama eweltel a tls: absccss in his chest right over lung. He was suffering tortu said the abscess was caused by a. he received from thetusks of a w whi"lieloeuthunting.patienti was put ender t once of an anasthetie, the e. opened by the surgeon and th part of three ribs were cut &tea small saw. When the abscess ed a tubawas inserted and all drawn off, the cavity thoroughlt ed, and the flesh put back in pi course it took a long time for th to heal, because of the missing- -the ribs, which were replaced in the shape of a carittililaguisneoitgishstt which was almost as good a.s the rtis "The m emsealnveNsv,as with whieh time he went away well and strong."—C. hicago Nem A Mother's -Tact losie aand -.t wilmooeuttildhtte:11-tgtemo; sewing bus psriottg d oiNiv deoalztoub: busi sors, and some old tnhplgetauaztrinepese.st,,, Aunt Martha, Who had come eosy chat Mamma, knew this, knew that a few minutes' wor make it alt right again, a,nd happy. went well until the little b that he had cut off the leg o that he had considered a 'marvel ty. It was a real disa.ppointi grief to the little one. " Mamma, see !" and half er helIayi d' it up. holding up one fo mother said, quickly. " Do real horses, mamma?" "Oh, yes, sometimes." Will," and Sunshine am& the Cloud that in another minut have rained down. It was a little thing, the moth swer ; but the quick sympatl -ready taet, made alI right 11 heart was tomforted, and he with no jar on the nerves or and auntie's call lost none of witness. " I am -tired cutting pieees, attial Josie, after a, while. "Well get your horse and Wel play those bits of paper are wo You are going to brina me a load. it over to that corner by the lire4 them into the kindling box; 'Ana the wood -house." Pleased and prowl, the little t drew load after load till the papt all picked up, without his ever t that he was doing anything bat ( 'hristian World, Fred Douglass and Successor. The resignation of Fredrick 1 from the office of recorder of d the District of Columbia calls a once more to this 'lion of the people, who, though in his 70t appears as strong and healthy 4 lie can well retire ,frona labor possesses a fortune of about €t1 awl he has a beautiful home tam by large grounds on the other the Potomac' overlooking Was It is the oldVan Hook mans home of a noted negro -hater, wh he divided up his lands for sl into every deed a stipulations, t purchaser shoulhi in no case s negro. Fred Douglass owns it and the whole of the estate, so is dotted with the homes of men. Douglass was, you know and. he fought as a boy with the the crumbs that fell from his table. He has made his mone, by lecturing, and by a paper ca North Star, which he used to e E.;-ot $1.90 a night lecturing and h ell his money in government bo real testate. There is no p home in Washington than his, white wife is a beautiful antl plished lady. Mr. Douglass' successor la, '(adored man Mr. 'lames M - of Albany, New York. He is eld and a very successful law 1869 he won free schola.rehi Albany aea,demy over thirty ai• applicants and graduated with great honor, tarrying In st prize arid a medal for the lash essay. He is like Douglass ural orator, and is regarded a,. the coming leaders of his ra ofliee to which he is appoint to be -worth from 8,000 to pltr. Funny Deflratio An idea, says a clever w eau be best expressed in 0/ may be sure is a good one. The,world gossip was aanua Instrated by the child who said when nobody don't do noth :••01Debody roes and tens ,of marvel that gossip flourishes are reminded of the shortness en/y four letters -.-44 three-quar s. lie,' and half of it an are wit, humor and satire in heription. Wit and limner ar he the 44 seasoning of every ayd satire, according to