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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-07-23, Page 22 ' .THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 23, 1886. WROXETER Muss THE PICTURE OF THAT YEAR. Jean Logan was pacing the finishing touches tohtgorgeous daffodil satin dress, embroidered .with beads of the same color. Never before had she made so fastidious a garment. She was employ- ed as one of the dressmakers in a fash- ionable London establishment, one of the many hands that constituted its great machinery. Her chief occupatien there was to trim and bead. She did not know who was to be the wearer of the gown. While draping . the Brussels lace and sewing on the beads, she wondered if the lady were pretty or plain, fair or dark; wealthy she must be, for the gar- ment was expensive. Mrs. Warrenathe superintendent of the dress department, had been more than usually anxious about the success of this particular satin dress, and, indeed, as it glinted in the sombre room, it seemed such a chef citeuvre of millinery as might have done credit to the high priest of fashions, Worth. It was a wet afternoon ; a black pall hung over London ; darkness with out, but iuside home lights burned. The daffodil satin and the beads scintillated with superb indifference to the bleak dismal surroundings. The gas brought out strongly the light and shade of the shimmering folds of this Veronese drap- ery, fit for a youthful Empress. The richness of the coloring seemed by con- trast to define more sharply the thin, white, worn face of the dressmaker, Jean Logan. She was about two -and - thirty and very handsome, though dark circles and lines of care were round the earnest gray eyes and at the corners of the beautifully shaped mouth; the nose was delicately drawn with sensitively curved nostrils; her auburn hear was streaked with premature white hairs; her hands were long and transparent, and though her figure was tall and slight, she stooped. Indeed the whole aspect of the woman showed plainly that she had gone through some fiery ordeal. As she stitched the glittering beads with her long, white fingers there was a nervous earnestness, a sad, dropping expression about her whole person that set one thinking of a crushed flower. The black merino dress and white collar and cuffs gave a puritanical aspect, the more striking from the contrast with the glowing satin. Jean. Logan had been told by Mrs. Warren that special atten- tion and pains were to behests:ewe-el upon the dress, as it had been designed by a famous painter for his young wife. The word " painter" sent a thrill through her whole being, and left an ache like that of a stab from a sharp instrument. The Word brought back the vivid mem- ory of years long gone, charged with their full measure ef happiness and terrible sorrow. The dress was finished, and Jean brought it to Mrs. Warren's room. Mrs. Warren was the walking embodi- ment of comfort; she was as broad as she was long, with a rosy, smiling face; two small green _ eyes buried. in fat sparkled shrewdly oat on the world in general. "I am much pleased with your part ofthe work," she remarked; as Jean Logan exhibited the daffodil skirt with its rich trimmings. " I hope the body will fit, but I have a bad cold and want you as a great favor to take the dress yourself and try it en. You are clever, and have taste, more than any one in this establishment -now, you know you have." Saying this, Mrs. Warren gave Jean a good-natured poke with her fat elbco.v. "Von don't mind -the wet as much a,s I do." Jean could hardly refrain from smil- ing, as she looked at the round, cozy fig- ure in rustling silk that reminded her of Mother Christmas, then she glanced at her own frail self in the cheval glass and shuddered, for she, saw what was far. more like an image carved on a tomb- stone than a living woman. " I can Iend you my waterproof, but you must take a. cab," continued Mrs. Warren; "the house is in the Cromwell Road, South Kensington, one of those big, new mansions. You are to ask for Mrs. Malcolm Mackenzie." "Mrs. Malcolm Mackenzie!" gasped out Jean in a tremulous, hoarse voice, and growing livid. " Well, what's the matter? You are like a ghost; are you going to faint ?" Mrs. Warren screwed up her small eyes and looked keenly at Jean. Jean sank down on the nearest chair, covering her ashen face with both her hands. Mrs. Warren stood staring at her, with a perplexed expression on her rubicund countenance. "Have you had a quarrel with any of the family. Explain this to me." " No," groaned out poor Jean; "1 shall be all right in a minute ; it is only the name-;" Oh, what's in a name !" exclaimed Mrs. Warren, with a. broad smile ; " perhags you have had a sweetheart caned Mackenzie? But why should that knock you up, my dear? We all go through this sort of experience. Why I nearly died of love for a smart young sailor, and you see how I have survived. And she complacently stroked her silk- en self, gni verino with suppressed laughter. And so this Malcolm Mackenzie is a painter ?"• inquired -Jean Logan, in the faintest of voices. "Indeed he is, and has made a lot of money. He is popular; his pictures are sentimental and homely. Besides, his wife has brought him, a great fortune. They have been marrieci two years. She is young and pretty. He is a lucky fel- low, Malcoim Mackenzie !" An angry expression flitted over Jean's white face, which seemed to have aged within the last few minutes; her straight, dark brows were knit together, separat- ed only by a deep line of care; her lips were tightly compressed. " I should really like to know what has caused this great commotion," con- tinued Mrs. Warren in her metallic voice, her little eyes more gimlet -like than ever,as they tried to pierce through Jean's outer self and read the mystery - within. But Jean gave her no further clue. She rose from her chair, shook herself like a person who desires, for the present at all events,. to getricl of a load of care, and, passing her thin hand over her burning -forehead, sand: - "I shall go, Mrs. N,Varren, and try the dress, the name wakes up a very painful association, and hearing you mention it so suddenly startled me. I have been working very hard, and am ner- vous." Yes, you do look upset! A walk in the fresh air will brighten you up, even though it is wet. This dress has been a. rare job, and it does you credit; you have shown great taste in the arrange - 1 ment of the trimmings," remarked Mrs. Warren, carefully packing up the daffo- dil satin gown in a box, andwritingthe address on a label ontsite. 'ram much obliged to you for geting to try the dress on the lady, as I am not up to it to- night; you are quite equal to make any alteration, if required ; but I expect she will be delighted with it, and that noth- ing more will have to be done to it. Now here is the money for the cab," and Mrs. Warren handed some silver to Jean, and with a genial nod Of her head sailed out of the • room, making a loud frou-frou with her thick silk gown. Jean Logan took the box in her trem- bling hands. Her body. seemed animat- ed by some strange force; she darted out of the house like one who had, been struck by some terrible blow; her limbs tottered under her as she walked, as in a trance, breathlessly to her humble lodg- ings close to the Edgware road. Jean Logan had two rooms and a bit of a. kitchen at the top of a house in an ob- scure street leading out of the Edgware road. A house let out in flats, mostly inhabited by the working classes. She staggered rather than walked up to the landing; any one meeting her might have believed she was intoxicated. Jean looked at her silver watch. It was only four o'clock; her little girl would not be back from school for an- other hour. She fumbled at the lock and opened the door. How gloomy it, looked that dreary afternoon -no fire, no gas! She strdek a match, applied it to the grate, and soon a bright flame illuminated the tiny parlor. ' Jean Logan had been working her eyes out, giving all her time and skill to make a beautiful dress for Malcolm Mac- kenzie's wife. He was the man she had once loved and trusted • and he had be- trayed her innocence and ruined her hap- piness. Such was the terrible irony of tate. Day after day she had been using her utmost skill to make a dress that would set off the beauty of the rich young wife of the man who had blighted her own Iife. Jean flung her damp coat and shabby bonnet on a chair, and, lighting a tallow candle, stood in front of a large picture in oils that hung opposite her work table. It represented a handsome young girl with a mass of red -brown hair; a fearless, 'almost saucy, look of happiness lit up her rosy face; the deep -blue eyes, the whining smile that played about the rich pomegranate lips, had witchery in them. The tall, upright lassie look- ed a goddess of health and high spirits. The wild landscape, with its brilliant purple heather and bluish highland hills, formed a fine back -ground to this flebe. The only thing she had ever accepted from Malcolm Mackenzie was this pic- ture. She had been his model. She clenched -her hand as she gazed at it;_hot tears stood in her eyes as she thought over that terrible episode in her life. Why had he not left her to herself ?- she was happy in her highland home with her old dad. No! Her fatal beau- ty, as Malcolm Mackenzie called it, in- flamed him. She was ignorant of evil and fell in love with him; the handsome, six-foot, genial, pleasant, dark -eyed young painter; he flattered her vanity and twined himself round her girlish heart. It was all so romantic, those meetings on the wild moorlands. Jean went to a drawer, unlocked it, and took out a bundle of letters; the ink had paled with years; the paper was yellow and wrinkled, how could he have writ- ten thus if he had not loved her? She gave 0, cynical, bitter laugh as she read these letters, addressed to his own sweet, bonny, darling Jean, telling her. how he worshipped her; that she was is • god- dess, his queen; her beauty inspired his art, and would make him a great painter; her grace, her queenly figure, haunted him day and night; and as for her kisses, they maddened him, etc. There were no end of letters in this strain, tell- ing how several of his pictures painted from henhad made a sensation in the Royal Academy; his reputation was en- tirely due to her, etc. Jean paced feverishly up and down the room. "His 'mountain flower' as he used to call me !" she exclaimed. "Yes, why did he pluck me to throw, me away and let me fade and die in the loneliness t" She looked round the little room. And yet she felt she preferred her own wretchedness to his utter _want of heart and conscience, for he had treat- ed her in a selfish, evil way; had robbed her of what was most precious to a wo- man, her honor. No, he could not mar- ry, he was not suited for domestic life, lawless Bohemian like him. He hated to be tied down and bound by any re- sponsibility. A woman'e beauty was all he cared for ; such accessories as heart, soul, conscience he barely admitted. Yet he spoke with feeling ; his pictures and poeins expresaed so much sentiment that Jean, who was simple and sincere, could not understand how two such separate natures could be in one individ- ual -the beast and the angel, the artist and the unscrupulous, self-indulgent man. He wrote to say he would always look after their wee Mary, but Jean was proud and never accepted a penny from him; she worked hard, and life was. less bitter, for she had one great com- fort -she had her wee lassie, Mary, to care for. Jean relocked the old letters, for she heard her child's silvery voice calling out "Mother!" In walked a lovely little girl about nine years of age; under her picturesque brown felt hat was a mass of golden hair; site had a rosy, smiling face, and her blue eyes had the same wistful expres- sion as her mother's. Sire threw her arms around Jean's neck :." You kept me waiting at the door, and it is such a wet evening; and oh, Mummie, there is no -kettle on the fire; you have forgot- ten it is tea time?" " Oh, forgive me, Mary ! I have a headache; but in a few minutes the water will boil," and she darted off and put the kettle on the fire. "You have perhaps worked too hard at that beautiful satin dress, Mumniie." Jean stopped abruptly, looked sadly, and earnestly at the bright -haired, rosy little girl ; the child of the man who was now the husband of the owner of that beautiful dress. For years Jean had been trying steadily to forget the tragic past, and to bind herself to stern duty. In a measure she had succeded ; the fire that had consumed and blighted her young life had smoldered away al- most to extinction; but now the pros- pect of meeting hint again transfixed her, though it revived no love; had. ex- cited her to a terrible pitch. "Yes, my darling, you are right, that dress has given me a headache." The plates clattered again, the boiling water was poured almost rashly into the teapot. Mary ate heartily the bread and but- ter; she was very hungry. "You are eating nothing, Mummie," remarked the child after a long pause. "Don't notice me, dearie, I am drink- ing tea, that will do me good. I am go- ing out presently to try the dress on the lady. Would you like to come with me?" "Oh, so much !" and the child clap- ped her hands with delight, Jean again looked earnestly at Mary. Going to that house meant that in a couple of hours she would probably find herself face to face with the father of her child. Could she go through the ordeal? She felt that all those years of loneliness, poverty, and humiliation would be avenged in that moment, when, rising like a spectre of the past, she would stand in his presence -now that he was famous, wealthy, and honored -stand before him with her child! She panted for that moment -what would follow it never crossed her mind to ask. What she would say she did not yet know, she only knew she had been trampled on and abandoned, and she would have the triumph of confronting him, she and her beautiful child, in the presence of his young wife. She felt she must and would do it. "You are strange to -night, mother dear; you eat nothing, and you look so angry. "Don't ask any questions. Mary, we shall go in a cab to South Kensington with the dress." "Oh, how nice! 1 do love going in a cab, and perhaps I shall see the lady wearing the beautiful dress you have made." (T9 be continued.) The Gentleman. _ "When Adam delved and Eve span, Where was then the gentleman ?" At our church social last week I over- heard two ladies discussing a Mr.Smith, who had lately come among us. He ap- pears to be a man of leisure and manners. He dresses in the height of fashion, and sports an enormous diamond ring. It is whispered around that he ise a gambler, and that some of our fast young men have found out, to their cost, how be gets his money. One of these ladies was retnon- strating with the other for riding and walking with this equivocal stranger. And she replied: "1 don't care what you say about Mr. Smith, I know that he is a gentleman, for see how soft aud white his hands are." That was her ideal. I looked at my hands, embrown- ed .and hardened by honest toil, and be- gan to wonder if I had any _right to go. even to a church sociable. One of the lady correspOndeuts of a newspaper wrote of Edwin Booth, the actor: "'" He is a perfect gentleman. I know he is, for I have seen him eat. Only a- born gentleman could handle a fork as he does." So here is another test. Vulgar people use their knives too much. But those who are thoroughly genteel can manage that fable implement which the Hoosier called "a split spoon' " as skilfully as the Chinaman handles his chop -sticks. Two young ladies were discussing their bea,u. "1 would not let John Jones wait on me," said one, "for he is only a mechanic. Peter Prim, my bead, is a gentleman." " Well," said the other, "1 don't see where the great difference is. One sits on a bench and makes the shoes, while the other stands behind the counter and sells them. Why is it more genteel to sell a thing than to make it ?" That was a poser, but young lady No. 1, though silenced, was not convinced. She regarded Peter Prim as a merchant, and ef course a gentleman; while John Jones was only a workingman. A owns one of the best farms in this region. He has a fine orchard on it. He cultivates his tree a :with his owe hands. He brings in loads of fruit when ripe for B to sell. B don't own anything but a suit of " store clothes," which he wears every day, and a breastpin. He rents a room ten feet square, and there he dis- poses of A's fruit by the box or the pound. tin the estimation of a good many people, A is a rustic, a country- man, a clodhopper; while B is a gentre man.Young ladies brought up to be mere parlor ornaments despise the man whowaises the fruit, and smile upon the man who sells it., y stumbled upOn an English book of etiquette the other. day. In it I found this curious statement: "A gentleman may carry a book through the streets if it is not wrapped, but it it is done up in wrapping paper it becomes a parcel, and meat be carried by a servant." The wrapping paper makes a wonderful dif- ference. • Yet so absurd are the fashion- able ideas of refinement an d gentility. • The story about Chief justice Mar- shall has been told a good many time, -but will bear telling again. As he was taking a morning walk, plainly dressed, he encountered a young man who was standing at a market stall, evidently in great perplexity. A basket of moderatd size was before him, and he was saying to the market man: " I wonder where all the niggers are this morning. I can't find any to carry my basket home." The chief justice said: "where do you live ?" ," No. 200 Avenue A," was the reply. " Well," he said, "as I am going your way, I will carry your basket for you." They started, the judge carrying the basket. The young man noticed that the people they met all bowed very poli- tely to his volunteer porter, and won- dered who he could be. • The basket was deposited at the door. Pay was offered but refused. Whatdid it mean ? Next day, while walking with a friend, this young man saw his volunteer porter in a group of lawyers. He asked : "Who is that plain old fellow that they are all listening to?" "John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States." "He car- ried my basket home for me yesterday. Why do you think he did it?" "To teach you the difference between a real gentleman and a, snob," was the caustic reply. If sotne of these modern aristocrats who consider labor degrading had gone into the carpenter shop of Joseph about A. D. 2S or 29, a.nd seen a young man named Jesus at work there, they would have decided at ouce that he ' was no gentleman. If they had gone into the rooms of Aquilla, at Corintlea few years later, and seen Paul sewing bn tents (" for. he abode with them and wrought," Acts xvii. a) they would have despised him because his hand ministered to his necessities. They would not have gone to the synagogue next Sabbath to hear that tent -maker preach. - No, indeed! Now, can a standard of gentility that excludes 'Hon. John Marshall, Apostle Paul and our adorable Saviour, be a true one ?-Chicago Interior. REAL 'ESTATE FOR SALE. AGREAT BARGAIN.- Will be sold cheap chiefly maple, some Hemlock and Cedar, never I 140 acme of good land, heavily timbered, failing Stream through it. Three miles from 1 _ Allanford station, township of Amabel, County aoseroa Office. 893-tf of Bruce. Apply to box 284, Stratford, or Ex- CHARLES WORTH & SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. .01.1...11•1•-••••••••• 15,-, ACRE FARM FOR SALE. -For sale - Lot 19, and half of 18; in the 1st Con- cession of Turnberry, about two miles from Wingham, and one and one-half miles from Blue. vale. Ninety acres under Cultivation, well fenced and drained, with good buildings and other conveniences, will be sold cheap. Apply to ALEX. ROSS, Bluevale P. 0. 924tf GOOD -FARM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 18, Concession 6, Hay,containing 100 acres, of which about 60 are cleared, fenced and under - drained and partly free from stumps, the bal- ance is hardwood bush. There are good build- ings and small orchard and plenty of good water This is a good farm and will be sold on reason- able terms. For particulars apply to JOHN GORBY, on the premises, or Hensall P. 0. 952 FARM FOR Sale.—For sale in the township of Hibbert, 150 acres being lots -29, and the west half of 28, in the 8th concession, it is free from stumps and in a high state of ctiltivation, 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 FARM FOR SALE.—The gubseriber 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 orchard, good buildings, 85 acres free from stumps, 15 acres in fall wheat. The whole uad-er good cultivation, and well underdraine.d, live spring on the farm and has good wells. ' Close to churches and schools. Three- and one-half milea front the town of Clinton, 5 from Seaforth. Will be sold on reasonable terms. HUGH Me - DONALD, on the premises, or Clinton P. 0. 93041 FARMS FOR SALE.— That valuable farm being North. half of Lot 29, Concession 6, Morris, on which there is a good frame barn and outbuildings, frame house, good bearing orchard, good wells, &c. Also that valuable farm being South half of Let 28, Concession 5, Morris, on which there is a good new frame house and good frame barn. Both of those farina are adjoining the village of Brussels, and are in every respect firsticlass farms. Terms easy, and which will be made known on application to E. E. WADE, or PETER THOMSON, Brussels I'. 0. 963 FARM IN MORRIS FOR SALE.—A very valu- able farm for Sale, being south half of Lot 6, Concession 3, Morris, containing 100 acres ;_ there are about 80 acres cleared and free. from stumps. The soil is a fine clay loam and well fenced and watered. There is a good bank barn with stables underneath and a good frame house, the buildings are nearly new, and there is a first- class orchard. There is a good bush with plenty of rail timber. The farm is one mile from school, five miles from Wingham, and two and a half from Belgrave station. Good gravel roads lead- ing from the place. The Farm will be sold cheap. Apply on the premises or Belgrave P.O., WM. HANNAH. 957 TARM 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 fratne outbuild- ings. There is a splendid oreho.rd, 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 purchasers. GEO. WATT, Harlock. 944 FARM FOR. SALE.—Pr sale; Lot 25, Conces- sion 5,McKillop, 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 necessary buildings all in first-class condition. Also an orchard of bearing trees, and the river Maitland runs through a 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 premises or to Seaforth P. O. 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 nnished throughout, with good well and stable on the premises. Reason for selling is that the undersigned intends leaving the village about the end of &year. Possession can be given at any time within a weeks notice. Terms of Sale.—Very liberal. For full particu- lars apply to D. MOWBRAY, Mason and Con- tractor, Hensall P. 0. 905 ARM IN MORRIS FOR SALE.—For Sale, North -half Lot 22, Concession 7, Morris, containing- 100 acres, about 70 of, which are 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. 92041 SIMON FORSYTHE, Proprietor. GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 1, Concession 8, Tuckersmith, containing 100. acres, about 80 of which are cleared,free from 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 Iiippen stations, with good gravel roads leading to each place. For further particulars address the Proprietor, Egmondville P. 0.'or apply at the Egniondville mills. JAMES KYLE, Pro- prietor. 904-tf GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—In ordek to close the affairs of the estate of the late W. G. Hingston, the executors offer the following vary valuable lands for sale. First --North half of Lot 30, Concession 6, 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 ia 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 THOS. KELLY, Brus- sels P. 0., HENRY JENNINGS, Victoria, Square P.O., or JAMES SMITH, Maple Lodge P. 0., Middlesex County. 868 TWO HUNDRED ACRE FARM FOR SALE.— For sale, Lot No. 11,on the 14th and 15th concessions.of Grey, containing 200 acres, 150 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultiva- tion. The remainder is good hardwood bush. There is a never failing creek running through the farm: There is a good frame barn 40 by 60 feet, good log house and good bearing orchard. It is six miles from Brussels, and three from Walton, with good gravel road leading to each place. There is a school on the next Lot. Price, 37,700. This is an excellent stock and grain farm and is offered very chea-p. For further Particulars apply to the Proprietor on the prem- ises or to Walton P. 0.—ADAM DOUGLAS. 966 - SPLENDID 200 ACRE FARM FOR SALE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF GREY.—Sealed offers addressed to the undersigned, will be received up to July lst, A. D. 1886, for the purchase of that first-class farm, being composed of Lots 11 and 12 in the 164h Concession of the township of Grey, County of Huron, comprising 200 acres, of which about 115 acres are cieared and in a good state of cultivation, the balance being well tim- bered. There is on the premises a e-ood frame barn 60x50 feet and a hewed log clapboard house and outbuildings Fences are in good repair. A fine orchard of young trees just coming into bearing. A good well and a never failing spring creek. Although this is a most desirable prop- erty, intending purchasers can view the property and obtain any further information with regard to it on application to the tenant on the premises. Possession wll 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-tf BROWNELL, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS, One Door North of Seaforth Post Office. Owing to our large and increasing trade, we found our late premises far too isage small, store. , andwere compelled through the pressure of business to move to a mach We are more that' thankful for the past liberal patronage, and trust by fair and honest dealing to still increase our business. Teas jobbed by the Caddie and half, Chest, at wholesale prices. New Crop Teas in store and arriving, consisting of Young Hyson, Gunpowder, Japans and Blacks. New Season Fruits in abundance, 100 boxes Morrandhi New Valentia Raisins, London Layers, Black Basket, New Currants, Figs, and as usual a large stock of Sugars, Syrup and Molasses. Fine Coffees Greed, Roasted and Ground. Pure Spices in full variety. A full stock of Canned Fruits and Vegetables, Salt Water Fish, Whitefish and Trout. Full Line of General Groceries second to none in the market. A new and complete stock of Crockery and Glassware just to hand and will be opened out this week N. B. -Farmers will please remember the job Teas and General Groceries at wholesale prices in quantities. OHARLESWORTH & BROWNELL. ONE DOOR NORTH -OF SEAFORTH POST OFFICE. Immense Clearing Sale of Dry, Goods, Millinery and Groceries —AT— J. IVIcLOUGHLIN'S, The Bargain House of Seaforth. All goods reduced to prices that must effect a speedy clearance of the entire stock. The public are inyited to call and get genuine Bargains, as the same chance seldom occurs to secure such value. Remember, the Whole stock of New and Choice Dry Goods, Millinery and Groceries, is to be rushed off. it&-- Butter and Eggs taken at cash prices only. 1. McLoUgblin, Whitney's Block, Seaforth. GOODS! NEW STYLES! FOR SPRING AND SUMMER, AT CAMPBELL & BRIGHT'S, They have just opened up a complete assortment of New Choice Suitings at their Establishment in Seaforth, where Gents' can procure a complete outfit from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot. Call and see our new Suitings nothing like them in town. We have gone to considetable pains to procure choice Pantings, and our customers will find the very thing desirable. Come and see our new Hats they beat everything. A fell Stock of White and Fancy Shirts, also Underwear, Gloves, &c., &c. CAMPBELL &. BRIGHT. J. L. SMITH, SEAFORTH, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods House. Stock in each Department Replete with Reliable and Use- ful Goods. Repeated orders of Ginghams at low prices. Prints in great profusion. White Lawns, Printed Muslim, American Printed Lawns -just the thing for warm weather. Those goods enumeratedeand all in stock, are marked close, and we are prepared to give everybody solid value. Come and see Us. Good Butter and Eggs taken same as cash. J. L. SMITH, SEAFORTH, Staple and Fancy -Dry Goods, One Door South of Mrs. J. Kidd's Hardware. FRUITS. FRUITS. Fresh Strawberries every day in the week except Sunday, and plenty of good cheap Sugars to sweeten them. FRUIT JARS -A large quantity of Pints, Quarts and Half Gallons. Parties buying berries by the case will be furnished here as cheap as any other house in the trade. Gooseberries and Cherries always on and in season. Remember that the SeafortIrTea Store is still the place to buy your TEAS, which are both cheap and good, 'and of every variety. .G3ODS DELIVERED ALL OVER TOWN. A. G. AULT, Seaforthi Alexander L. Gibson Begs to announce to the public that he hag menced to operate the WROXETER WOOLLEN FACTORY, And that he will be prepared to give good tat in FULL CLOTHS, TWEEDS, Custom Carding, Spinning and Pulling STOCKING YARN 8. ieesirfrnonAaLdsisHtaon3cieEwwilliTasafaTruzasm, UNION TWEEDS, Promptly Attended to. FLANNELS, A PLAIDINGS, WINCEysnd Varieties in , Possible, andm -he has put the Mill into Good Working Ordel havetheir and employs none but Efficient Workmen, REMEMBER THE WROXETER All Work is Warranted. .ALEX. L. GIBSON, Proptieter; 815.00 WILL. BUY YOU AN American Solid Silver WATCH, -AT- Purvis, & -Milks' JEWELLERY SToRE, OPPOSITE THE Commercial Hotel. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. Agents for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine. For Wall Paper, Window Shades, Carpet Felt, Building Papers &c., -GO TO- C. W. PAPST, SEAFORTH. The largest variety and the lowest prices in the County. Also Baby Carriages from $3 up at Papst's Bookstore. I A IT 1.1 I IV E —OF— ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agent. - GREAT REDUCTION IN PASSAGE -RATES. Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool and Dm. donderry, 350, 363, and 373, aceording to position ef stateroom. Children under 12 years, half Ws; under 1, free, Servants in Cabin, ii50. Inter' mediate, 835; Steerage, 813. From Liverpool of Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, 363, 378.75 and 394.50; Intermediate, 335; Steerage, t13. Be turn Tickets from Halifax to Londonderry 01 Liverpool and back to Halifax: Cabin, 8100,8126 and $143; Intermediate, 370; Steerage, 324. Money Loaned and Real Estate Soligkt and Sold as Usual. INSURANCE. I represent several of the bast insurance CM panies in the world. Sl'Office—Market Street, Seaforth. 882 A. STRON SEAFORTH PLANING MILL SASH, 1.100Ii AND BLIND FACTORY miTE subscriber begs leave to thank hispanic, - I ous customers for the liberal patronage el" tended to him since commencing business Seaforth, al] d trusts that he may be favored with a continuanee of the same. Parties intending to build would do well to el him a call, as he will continue to keep on hands large stock of all kinds of DRY PINE LUMBER, SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS & MOULDINGS) SHINGLES, LATEL He feels confident ef giving satisfaction those who may favor him with their patronage as none but first-ola,ss workmen are enipinYed_• Particular attention paid to Custom riantng' 201 JOHN H. BROADFOOT, But ood ,mr stagstiraocphwnp:,:ifEasrleieatasnt:re,awolp,i9,iphriig,itn::::inl and brain, Thighnxistohn dThonAni1:111:1,..) AstotnnrougTheirtiohddtesb:eteceorurfrj.:; jeeie`l:n.e s'xihstweeti el„ ee, se hrt lc° i4st John supvineell:11•Tearnarif:1:71:8:1.871B":: his iie rants .1770:Lre GDICiStenO'S fu' leal and strang, a' Will GlatiCtOflCS fliC! Thera ne'er be peace 011' land or nea oo '°:Thei."Wrdizebidtha'ulIefeblewarnorriehns:de 131}11,t111':ef ',I' ret-rhssingeae egi r gv .na glint'theOtbiet c rop a S 1 tl idnr sg wb;Idveanwdaukstruengedgiedfraelanotr; drew And wWetIt 'ell'rae. alr'°Vvr341tael Glad°°srtanneg's-men Were the,,ivcr,arteaah,1100viinitc4theladsritotenieta,senitehne:gr• WhoiennBgeeacovienntsfileul,ds:rnda iCeeec;i1 fell Oebt couldna' staun its lie'some sel', Fro the Clyde tae the roarin' Dee .011 loowkefar:st,la.:TilnichGtiacia.beuunonee,,s men Aenleaddi4"9: stile'PVire"leeal'ti m e n 23, 18.86. nut we a' can sing ower the countrie.: There'll ne'er be peaceon land or sea T.ThaiervVian, ce..a'enrsbi4pe.::.cerOtnhleacondunotrriSvi:as " We're a' Will Gladstone's men !" Thst " We're a' Will GIadst,one's men we da-' sing not an in - We're a' Will Gla.dSt0Oe's men We're a' Will Gladstonels men !" sat the C.,ouncil Board, w&ll he .1] rape:Is:erns-1h' sht.aarunnix.1 e'er be p-acC on laiid or se: Till we a' can sing ower the countries " We're le Will Gla.dstones men r• 1 jfinunety2Ist:a.don'tGmake a wine. aieties. eirceviezrylibkeeauktiaLoulr. ile, torn 97Av,dbhvbitutodfraericuel ufrnoetismya tabeeiseel to-As hisappareain ernticeen-to" Bloetteslryow:spbecut on being asked if he was not afi the hand of the law, replied that bought all his tickets from the mau on the beat in front of his he-didnul veoeicwedw hYhotnnin heshould ht-Loe another ditto-" Did you know had had another lot of money t by her cousin's will'?" Second Law mei. the Bible never said a word than them that has, gits '1 -" What is a wink?" aski teacheyoursor.da;aItet riswtiltieh,,thringeplieyou at boy, who was as smart as he was But the teacher marked bitdown, and pretended not to mull ---" ilnW things do grow this we said the deacon to Brother "Yes, they do," replied the b "Last night I heard you say you forty fish, and this morning 1 hea t;fitly.1JA. Smith it was one hundr -When. Mr. Grieve, Lira elected M. P. for Renfrewshir - years ago, a Conservative remarli friend of his " That he didn't that Mr. Grieve would have bec " Ah! man," said his "the electors were jist like widd loss their husbands they were i tae Grieve." -A sly old Scotchnian, wis dispose of some bees, stuck the ing announcement on his gate tensive sale of live stock, compril less than one hundred thousani with an unlimited right of past The live stock thus ingeniously tised are said to have broun prices. -" I must congratulate you marriage, Mr. Pugsby. Your n charming woman." " She is, loving, amiable and accomplish so easily pleased." " Oh, I kre when I heard she was about •ta you." -"How is this, doctor, you me fine shillings a visit?" " than I charge anybody else." may be so, but then you forget the neighborhood l” introduced the stnalt he i -A drummer sold a custom very old whisky, whieh arrived sonie, new, bright barrels. A for an explanation brought thi :thwn rhneewhoiskeys.! so old that it rc original barrels, and we had 1 -On a wet day, and at a when it gave hopes of fairing up, minister in Strathearn met 011 parishioners, who was somethi wit, and accosted. him with, John, do you think it is going John respectfully touched his bj niarnock, and looking up to thd doubtful sort of way, replied, Mr. Paton, 1 dinna ken, but it dol." scihaeln,e fstahjecao,4,rusiitneacabwirsie:nrt,i in, the et,Aba eo:duo -The eao naf officer efefaror vele ortl facetious openson, w,Koitenaheye had led an uncomfortable lif the said. officer had lost his has your ,quIliso,nor, Mr. B— 093113 id:a-yri;sAsome11e‘wealthy et allgiisoa,rw4wliufalsfswoh ous that, seeing his servant on rep toiwnasanifiboaerratd-hl.oisokeinxtrahvaatg,an'tee. eredstoforerd.a"11fIraedirliede.;:ntoht‘e4itfuhradinneekcaiii' the old hat you gave me ; ha transfereed the renovated chap I will take the hat," -and be 4tahlidtlik by ye whaa:re 1:fh 'inbetr:doruee: ritiinsnihiipoaaltNiwAY.r:tudp°s.gilartilrefiel eienhttauleimerrf I In itehi ene sabi;:i,eawnrseiNdtvD1 Nah;:poiltiiehtil:scttebegiuodr1 on the first chalice that offered ly hhiaav teniav,eirlbeenfolirpee tteeleh:ouse" :014ee,___nliseioli,:haaasunivath:eliepropm_pt -nut rude member of the Oppw character in a small town in" Iv" one day in the barber S operationwthhefioerhbainadlorlibeil7rt b9weveri patiently, and whe