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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
POSTMEN OF T E PLAINS.
BY LEWISST0R.N-OwAya ta
TIES.
THE NEW YORK
I.
There was formerly u4 common use a
postage stamp imprinted with tlite device
of a postboy mounted on a well con-
ditioned peuy that, itith atece.ming
mane ani tail, galloped at a elashing
pace is tare rt tt-rre, as the French have
across the face of the stamp. Prob-
ably many a lad, looking, at the stamp;
hasithought to himself : " "What fun it
would be to be a poatboy I Nothing in
the world to worry one, nit only to sit
an a fast horse and galiop Meng a road."
Perhaps older persons may have received
all tht i r information cencern i is g mail
carrying on horseback 4..om the lively
courier of the stamp. '
, The writer's 'acquaints nee, gained -in
seteral Western States Ii.nd Territories,
with the mounted poet Ian's calling is
not suggestive of such a gallant design.
The picture that coines'hefore my eyes
is of 'a very sorry horse or perhaps a
1 mule, underfed, overwo -ked, just able
to jog Mang at the rate id 'four or dee
mites an hour, and spurrO, to that gait
by a rider who alternaties the vicious
digs of his heels into th9 animal's sides
with oaths and: growls at 'the luck which
compels Niru to be on the back of ,such a
snail -begotten beast. Nevertheless, if
the poetman of the Plait sa--far I write
of the mail carriers whose routes are the
. trails ef the a -mat plains sastahard of the
Rocky Mountains—if thee postmen had
I nothing more irksome to undergo than
an absence of speed from their horses'
legs, their occupation would he compara-
ntively enjoyable.
Although the railways are rapidly
cutting down the- length of such routes,
there yet remain some which run for
hundreds of miles through regions where
one might travel for weeks without see-
ing a human habitation if the well de-
fined path—" the main trail "—were
a,voided. And cni the lines themselves
the post Offices are frequently far apart
—from 50 to ,100 miles ot eVen snore—
with few or no -interlying settlements.
Where the emliryo- towns, are thus sep-
arate, and no convenient rialell is by the
road, it is usual -t-78 establish, at dis-
tances of about 25 utiles, stations where
1 horses are ehane=ed and riders get their
meals. ,Rist, altosave st tion keepers -
wages and 'otrier expense, the distance
between stations is sometimes increased
to an extent most unsatisfactory to man
aed horse. It was under sueh condi-
tions that the writer got his first knew -
ledge of the mail earrier'S eburse of, ext.
, i
istenee. 1
My ride was 65 miles ong. At one
end was a country store, with the usual
combination of hotel, poSt office, &c.
At the other end \t-laS a station—a, den, I
might say more accurately. The den
was simply a " dug-out,”1 about 8 feet
by 6 on the door, and not Over 6 feet in
height between floor and ridge pole.
An augle of the walls serhed as a tire-
pla,ce, and a hole in the ro4f surrounded
by a few .stones acted as a chimney;
, ene-We did our own cooking with the .aid of
' the handle one, and a coffee pot that
i a cracked 1 uteh oven, a frying pan with
had parted eampany with apaut and lid.
This array of uteusils was ample for the
supply of things to be cooked.
There were three of us entitled to
share the e:nnforts of the den. One
man alternated with myself on the north-
ward ride. Another went 45 miles
southward—down one day, up the next.
The man left in camp. acted as station
keeper. s,
For the mules and ponies there was
no provision whatever of food or -shelter.
On reaching the station lie carrier pull-
ed his saddle off his animal, and turned
him loose to find his ihing among the
lean pickings of the prairie.
My alternate or myself was supposed
to arrive at the hotel end of the ride in
time to get a "good sleep " before re-
turning, but an account of our courser's
lack of vigor, we had generally only
time to eat a hanky meal -before starting
on the downward trip. So the whoCe
130 miles of the rouud journey had
often to be covered without sleep except
the " eat Raps " Caught in the saddle.
The time occupied was about 30 hours.
Daring these hours there was little or
nothing au the road to agreeallfy en;
gage the carrier's attentioe. Scarcely
eve - was a traveller encountered. A
troop of antelopes might circle in front
of the rider or a band of coyotes or a lone
graywalf skulk along a hollow. That was
all there was to enliven the way. There
was indeed the chance of runniee into a
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gang of hunting, of whom there were
-
t,
some constantly in the country on ha ne-
ateating expeditions, and who would ill
a white man oecas•pnally to keep their
hands in practice"; but the only attack
that I knew to be made On a carrier on
that line resulted in his getting off safely,
as he happened to have a fresh horse and
ontrode his assailants,
.The mail eontraetar on that route in
Some way made enemies of a band of
white outlaws—horse thieves andsnur-
derers--whe infested that region.
These rascals swore that they would
make the coutrs,ctor throw up the busi-
ness. To that end they began to steal
his stock (assuredly not for its value)
and to threatets the lives of the:carriers.
The particular field of innoyanee was on
the beat joining: ours. Several ' riders
were frightened off, Finally a young
man, a strangek in the neighborhood,
came otferine to take the job, On his
first trip he 'lest his way in some sand
hills, where, for 12 miles, the trail was
only imaginary. The wind -driven sa.nd
would obliterate the track ef a wagon as
goon as made. As each sand hill was a.
replication of every other, and as the
'Mail earrier lied to travel this charmine
road by night, there ,was little wonder
at his losing himself. Ile wandeeed
around for a, couple of days before fi ni-
' ing,his way out. On the seeond atter ipt
, he passe(i •the sand hilhawithout rids id -
venture, but when he rode up to the
station again he had a bullet help
through the brim of his hat, isnot ier
through the sleeve ,of his coat, and
there was the dent of a glancing b illet
on the ltrass fastenings ef the mail bag.
Ile said that three men afoot had fired at
him from shaft range, but that he had I
spurred his herse from, the road, and so I
escaped in the darknees. . - -1
And the wind 1 The wind in that
quarter, as 111 /110st SeetiOls Of theplains, 1
was shamefully oir,trepettus. About - E
sunrise there wauld come a smart puffof
air that would presently subeide. That
Puff always reminded me of the warning ;
whirr of a rattlesnake's tail. A little i I
later there would be a soft sighing ! '
breeze that seemed to murmur,
sorry for you, but it can't be helped."
And befoia long the blast would bear.
down in all its strength — pushing,
crowding; smiting, roaring. The mail
'carriers, and in fact every one who was.
much abroad in that balnly clime, *ore .
"blabs." The "blab," as „every coun-
try person can tell you is _primarily a
piece of wood fastened over a calf's
mouthlat weaning time. The "blab"
as applied to human beings is h semi-
circular piece of leather hung over the
mouth with the avowed purpose of a
guard against the rasping of the dry,
alnli infected wind. But the blab "
also assisted in 'keeping the zephyr
from getting, into the carrier's interior •
department and turning him wrong -side
out.
The wind had a_playfal way of piek-
ing up the country, so 4 to speak, and
throwing it at la traveller'head. ,
cloud of swirling "geological formations;
would, for houra at a time,thide evecy-a
thing a rod in advance of ,one's -horse's
nose. Pa days like this the carr ell
wore *ire goggles. Besides protecting
his eye* from the obelisks and unattach-
ed cattle ranges whizzing _through the.
air, the goggles added to the carrier's
beauty. The goggles and the b1al har-
monized in making him beautiful and
romaut c. 'With his hat tied down by a I
red 'kerchief, the altogether loveliness
of the: carrier was above and beyond
the art of any designer of postage
stamps.
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II. .
at is easy for . a man with a ,soundAlih
geWon (and a neakrider is generally as-
sured of that convenience) to make light
of such personal disOomforta as being ob-
liged to kick a starved inule over at
dreary road far a, day or rriore at al
stretch—as being badly lodged and as
badly fed—as being made a target for
pistol practice -e -as roaming wildly in
company with migratory sand ,hills—as
periodical peltings 'with a floating as-
sortment of mineralogical cabinets. It is
possible to extract spme humor but of
such relaxation; andI from a variety of ;
other (Hibious entertaihments, some of I
which ate _likely to befall the mail car- !
riers on almost any `of the longer routes. --
It is yet more :feasible to discover the
fun afteil- the event than when in pre-
ceess. ut when the fun has no after—
what?0 What When the fun brings the
carrier t the end of his last ride and
discharges him forever froth all service?
When, iia word, the carrier dies, in the
perform rice of his duty ; or ;When it
leaves him no more than a fraction of a
man, an1 such a fraction as is perhaps
worse than no man. .
Did a"eu ever hear of a mail carrier
being artawned while trying to ford or
swim seine swollen river or creek ?
There 4 scarcely a -Western stream
which has not its story or stories of such
happenings. No tnen understand the
dangers bf thesestreams better than do
the mail carriers; but they feel the re-
sponsibility 15f their employment—feel it
unduly perhaps.. They think that they
will " try it anyhow.", They dislike to
be.stopped st ithout an effort on their
pant to Igo thrthigh. They force their
horses into the water, and—that is the
end.
Or didlyou ever hear of a mail carrier
being frozen to death? Such things oc-
cur without being put into print. for
they happen far from newspaper offices;
or if there should chance to be' a little
publication office somewhere on ‘. the
route it gives the item of news abony as
follows : 1
"We learn that a man caChying the
mail between Muddy Creek and Ante-
lope Spring .was frozen to death during
the late eold snap. No particulars have
reached as. . ,
It seems to me that if I were a log- 1
cabin editor, starving for want of read- I
able local news, i would reach for those
particulars. ; 1 oven think that One of
city paper vauld be glad (in a purely .
,1
the '3,ccomp iehed reporters Of a great
professional sense, of course,) to get.
hold of a froze ' lni1 carrier. to " aril e
up " once in a way. I feel sure that he
would mak4 of the facts' a story each .
line of whinl worild contain an element
of strong hu Ilan interest. . ,
Why not ? Von like to have the 1
newspapers make the flesh over your
sptyte crawl np Under the hair behied
your ear b =printing all the details of
the stiff -el -Re and death of a man who
went in eeach of the North Star and
WI
he
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cur1y shut from sigh in the brass -bound,
'bag behincl the saddle. I am not an
'maginative man—if ,I were a newa-
a er editor my artieles would run to
o tical econemy and practical,politics
—bit I used to fled inyeelf, as I jig -
jog ed along the trail, imagining all
sar s of - queer little eo spondences
locked up in the b aes-na unted bag.'
Neer mind ;what they were—silly
eneugh probably. • -
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" -rhaps , the mail carrier who was
froen to death also fell to dreaming and
imagining .about the 1 tters in the pouch
behind him. Not. lik ly. The dry hard
snow lashed his fac • like Whip -cords,
coyer it as he wthild. 1 His pony, 'dazed
by the whippinudef the storm had to be
held in the 'road by watchfril bridle,
and, althaugh the ca4rrjer ehanged"the
line's front .oue hand tto the other, beat-.
that which was. free against his
breast for warmth, the stiffeniug of his
gleed fingers and the dreadful pain in
thein Were not things Ito induce dreams.
Then the aching of his feet was not
faineiful. . It was very real and present
althnugh the carrier's feet and his legs
knee-high were bound around with a
Swathing of grain sacbts—as is the way
Of earriers' legs_ in cold weather on the
plains. If feet ached and ached,- until
at last theyllost all feeling, and when he
tried to spur .his home- on to further
effort he could not tell whether theeteel
tonehed the, animal -ea not. r-- He was like
a deadnaarier from the knees down:
Therewas blood 'on the grain sacks
where they wrapped Ithe shank, of the
-apur, if yoir could- har seen it for the
snow that wreathed b th horae and man.
'T4s a pity for the ,poor beast, but the
orders were not to spare steel -when be-
hind One, and life ni -dear even to a
mail rider, and •safety l lay in advance.
,But a tiine came when the bloody steel
was of no further use to compel the pony
foraVard. ,Worn eutby its heavy labor-
ing in the teeth of the wind and with
the snow coiling like sea waves round its
limbs, the animal sank almost to. the
saddle cinch in a great drift. A. rear
andIa plunge; a stumble and s staggering
to its.feeta and the 1) ny stood breath-
less and trend) ing witi exhaustion .and
with his head . drooping almost toathe
ground.
";No use," seid " Shorty " to himself:
The horse stood at. the "edge of the
drift, and to the left of him was a small
crescent-shaped space! -of 'bare, earth,
where the iwind" had brushed the snow
froth a hillock. As he said " no use "
the mail carrier, placing his right hand
on the saddlehorn, leaned over and
down and looked hard at the bare cres-
cent. With a sudden change of posi-
tionas 'if , he had seen something that
startled hirn, he looked down past his
sack -bound dead leg on the other side.
Then he appeared to, be straining his
sight with a sweeping glance all around.
1'h4 he uttered one *Ord—just one, and
I won't repeat it.. It has gone out of
fashion since the revised edition came in.
With that he tried to swing himself
from the sad.dle, bet in his excitement
he forgot that his ilegs were as the legs
of a 'dead carrier. i When his feet touch-
ed, the groUnd they Elent no signal of
their arrival up.Ito .1 is body' So his
body kept going down, and the Mail car-
riersat on the grouncl With a thump.
sire almost laughed; I f his mustache
and • beard hail. tot pleen a bunch of
icicles that burned the flesh of his lips
When they inoved,i and ,if the ninscles of
his face had not. been inade rigid by the
cold, he would' have laughed outright.
As matters were the' grinned. He was
rather fend of rough jokes, and he could
take one without lbecotning angry. .8o
he grinned." • • , '
,
Presently, he ra sed --himself to stand-
ing'pasitiort; He stamped first with one
foot ancLthen will the other,land look-
ed at either foot as Ile stamped.
t (shed in a coil to 'the iiitddle by- a buck-
s in -whang ‘vas 'a long halter or picket'
rape, one ,end . of which waS koped
around the-pony's•neck The mail car-
rier undid the knet in the whang, and
holding in his handthe free end of the
rope he walked o•-st t4 its full length.
11 Oh a sidelong n otion of his' foothe
raped theenow from a little ,patch of
sail; and stooping down looked,' hard at
the ! earth again. ' He seemeti. eto be
seistraing for something that he had Lost.
Still , at the rope length, he moved-
arMind the pony, stopping sere and
there to repeat the scraping of the soil
da dIthers stooping i Town with the eddies
of snow curling, up into his facer " At one
pl ce he went on a ' nee, brushed a
larger Patch with his.. hand, and rubbed -
the snowflakes froni hi .eyelashes 'with
the 'back of his glovd There iwas a-
le le Of disappointrnent n his face when
he arose, but he contiuied on his round,
giving the rope a toss to clear it of the
sa dlehorn as . he: .par,sed -behind the"
horse. It was a careless, despondent
sort of toss.. When t.he carrier again
reached the first litth patch he had
impatiently, -ELM said'. to himself,'" I
cleared he flung the rope to tla ground.
thought' so." What hb thought was
that he had lost the trai .
. ,
All the ...details of thd picture which
that thought engraved on the earriet'S
mind may not be understood at ence. by
yon.l• But for him there was no ineed to
deliberate. He saw it all. as One sees
the details of a rugged landscape under
a flash of lightning in the night. The
glare goes by, but the imprint of the
seli
e is fixed on the brain.
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owever, this mail rider was not the
- m n to despair while a hhance Was left
Ish ra He walked up td • the peny and
loked hrsa ovee as critiaally as possiblc
in Ale darkness. _ He gave a little tug at
the ' bridle. and said, 4 Hold up your
head, old Yellow !", 13ut the pony didn't
ho d up its head, old fcllow. , Where-
upon the earrier,-"pasain4 the halter rope
over his shoulder and shortening it in
both hands' at his breast i started to walk
ay. ay and lead, or ratheil drag, t le pony
after him; Lean as he -as, thc. pony
was to, heavy for the carrier to. drag.
So •the man threw down the rape once
mcires and then the beast, as if hie
niesilibrium had been destroyedby th
aropping of the halter, tottered an
sank down on his hannehes with h is
for legs braeed wide all and his neck
a.nd head . salaying 'one way and the
ether. It anti a hat they call `` a sorry
speetaeltsl' By and by the pony's fore
legs, too. gav;-,a way, and he. fell .ovor on
hie side, butttried with a feeblekind of
movenienti tii, tatise - hi h dad,. for he had
fallen in a Aposition that could not l,e
sigiceable tol:himpthouieli but a nr il
rolete pony-- ithat is; with his feet. up 11'11
and the rest'. of him down' hill 1 on t le
slope under Pee snowdrift. Thelearr-er
unlooCed thdinineli, haul 11 clear .11e.sad-
dle, and with much pus mg and.pulling •
managed to turn the po y around, and
(Coijtinued on 3r page.)
who ran
at the hi
tained bs
you do.
an ye and
-valise an
his mittei
"import
volumes
charts, y
city of y
of the Moon, andwas frozen
t point of lunacy ever at -
artisan beings. You know
et I if the man came back
brlught the Nortla ar in his
the M0011 in the thumb of
, and went to work to develop
nt scientific results " in 16 folio
illustrated with sketches and
• know that' not a score in a
u 'would be any the wiser or
better off4 mentally, morally, physically,
latitudinally or longitudinally.
Then. -hy shouldn't the reporter in-
terest yo when he tells about the frozen
mail carr er .4 What if the carrier was
only ale ntier waif with no other narne
than " ,'horty " or- "Dick.' He was
strugglin = fo; accomplish a useful toil—a
child ca nnderstand its usefulness—
and in m peer lodgment when he went -
out into the lawfill snowstorm knowing
the danger- Which faced him better thaa
you or I know it even now, and yet,
rather than shirk his task, daring the
danger to do its worst, he was.none the
less a hero because his work wae
within the 'understanding of common
folk than is the discoverer of an iceberg
or a hyperborean bear.
Perhaps in the :mail pouch slung over
;the flanks of , his pony. by the carrier as
he went out to htS doom there was the
enceuraeine lettei' that you had loving14r
0
written to the I son Who had "gone
West." Or it might have been the
words of. good cheer sent by the daugh-
terIvho was as the apple of your eye,
but who had followed the lad of her
choice to his prairie ranch. ()r was itt
tile fend rem ‘mlstance of sister to lirotil-
er, er the cal died (taffy-candiedt cooing
of cousin Bo s alai the girl he kit be-
hind him? dpr was it just a downright
dunnik; letter to the ina.n who skip-
ped out and} left jou behind --:--in two
series -
If there were no letters in the pouch
to or from you, there wee some to and
row persons vest- like you -of flesh and
dood like yours—letters on just such
subjects as y u ace thinking and epeak-
ine and writing about every day. Alt
Ole 1 the joy as
slid fears, t ie
whole !nude o
petty human
th e furious
light on the
Trite rellecti
carrier i4 n
And besides,
caimot help
d sorrows, the hopes
ove and despite, the
human passions aud
Cards that vere .borne into
tagei of that ;
:hullo of the carrier's pony.
n 1. 1 So be it--- an ,eVqnall
t al Plato -tier ' aon.
• •
a n -rail carrier-- Er • or
reaming of what was se'
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
GREAT BARGAIN.— Will bo sold- dies
140 awes of good .land, heavily Web red,
chiefly maple, rile -Heinle& and Cedar, sever
failing stream through it. Three -miles from
Allanford station, township of Amabel, C unty
of Bruce. Apply to box 284, Stratford, el Ex -
roam& Office. - 89; -tf
5ACRE FARM FOR SALE;—For sale •
1, Lot 19, and half of 1B, in theist Con-
cession of Turnberry, about two miles rem.
Winghani, and one and one-half miles from Rue -
vale. Ninety acres under -Cultivation, well
fenced and drained, with good lmildings and
other ctonvemencee, will be sold cheap. pply
to ALX. ROSS, Bluevale 11. 0 Vitt
A 0000 FARM FOR SALE. --For sale 1,of
Lt 18, Concession 0, Ifity,contairdlig100 1 -•res,
of whieh about, 60 arecleared, fenced and wider -
drained and partly free from stutlipsr_the bah
ance.is hardwood .bush.. There are good b lild-
ingai and stnallorehard and plenty of good e ter
This is a good farm and will be sold on re; son -
able - terms. For particulars applY. to .1 HIN
CORBY,on the premises, or ileusatl P. 0.
f 52
VARM FOR Sale.—For sale in the townsh p of
Ilibbert, 150 avres being Vets 29, and the
west half of 28, in the 8th concession, it is free
from- stumps and in a. high state of cultava .ion,
with a log house and .good ontbuild Inge. There
is an everlastingspring creek running thhugh
thefarm. It will be sold together or separ: Leh*
011 daSy terms. For further paiticulars ath ress
the proprietor on the preini8e1 or to Seal •irth
Postolliee. WM. F,BERI1ART,.Proprietor. ,3-tf
FARM 'FOR SALE,--TheSuhScribe offer for
sale his Splendid farm oil 100 acres, lasing
_tot 44, Concession 2, Tuckerainith. Good.' new
story aed half frame house, 2 acres spiv nlid
orchard, good buildings, 85 .acres free roni
stumps, 15.5eres in fall Winiat. :The whole u der
good eulth thou, and well underdrained, 1ivy5
spring on the farm and has good wells, (lose
toehurehes and schools. need ital one half
miles from the town of Clinton, 5 from Seafc rth.
Will be sold on reasonable terms. HUGH Me -
DONALD, on the pretnises,•or Clinton P. 0.
93 tf
II, ARMS .FOR SALE.—That valuable rot
inang North half of Lot 29, Concessi n 6,
Alorris, on whichtthere. is agood frame barn and
outbuildings, frame house, good bearing orch rd,
good wells, &v. Also that valuable farm b ing
South half of -Lot 28 Concession 5, Morri, ,011
which there is a good new frame house and ood
iframe barn. Both' of those farms are mite's ling
the village of 'Brussels, and are in every res tea
first-elass farms. Terms easy, and whieh wil be
mad known on application to E. E. NVADIt or
PETER THOMSON, Brussels P.. 0. - 9 '3 .
'FARM IN NIORRIS FOR SA LE.—A very v du -
I able farm for Sale, being south half of Lot
6, Concession 3, Morris, containing- 100 ae es;
there are about 80 'acres cleared and free f on'
stumps: Thensoil is a fine clay loam and 'el1
fenced and watered. Therieis a.good bank 1 aril
With stables underneath and a good frame ho 180,
the buildings are nearlynew, and the're is. a rst-
class orchard. There is a good. bush with pl nty
of •rail timber. The farm is One Mile.from sch ol,
five miles from Wiegham, and' two and a Ian
from Belgrive station. Good gravel roads 1 •ad-
ing from the plaCe. The Farm will be old
cheap. Apply on the premises or Belgrave P10.,
WM, HANNAlt. 947
tiARM IN III3LLETT FOR .SALE.—For s le,
Lot 6, Concession 14, Hullett, contah ing
158 acres about 100 acres cleared, free f om
stmnps, :underdrained, Well feeeed and in a 1 igh
state of cultivatien. The balance is well tim ;era.
ed with hardwood cedar and black ash. • T ere .
is a good Sto»e !tense atici good frame Outbuild-
ing's. There is splendid mallard, and al un -
dance of living water. It is Within four 11 les
of the flourishing village of Myth, and g od
gravel _roads leading to all the Surrounding
towns. It is -convenient to Wheels, churcl es,
Postothee,.&e alio Lot 7, on the same Cowes-
sion, containing- 157 acres. The two farms •vill
be sold together or separately on terms to . uit
purchasers. GEO. 'WATT, Harlock. 94,
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FARM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 25.0Coreltes-
sloe 5,McKillep, containing 100 acres,. 'ar-
I v alt cleared, went feneed and tinderdrained,. nd
in a first-class state of cultivation. There i • a
stone hause, hank barn and other neeess ry
1ui17ding-S all in firSt-class camclition. Also an
orchard of bearing trees, and the river Maitl nd
rues through a corner of thefarm but thcrq is
no waste la.ML It is a first-class .farm either lfor
stock °retrain; and is within two miles of :he
town Of Seaford) on . the northern gravel la d.
. Apply on the premises or to Seaforth P 0.
HEW' 4J. CatIEVE. • . 911- f
,.-
FORI'SALE.—,For sale in the thriving vill go
,
of Hentaallatta great bargain, that vain, ble
property situated lon the west side of. Bro ke
-street, consist:et; of a good new frame dwell ng
1ax26 feet, and well finished 'throughout, N1, ith
goo4wel1 and staliir:. on theprelaes. , Rea -on
fpr selling is that the undersigned ii tends leang
the village about tle end -of the year. Pn
Possess o
can be given at all",' tillle Withill a ‘‘,:ocks notne.
Terms er ahtle,--Vary liberal. For 'full parti at-
lars appliv -to D. MOWBRAY, Mason and (2)1)-
90
traetor,illensall P.,0.
FA
or
IN MORRIS FOR SALE. ---For 8.1e,
h -half Lot 22, C011eeSSiall 7, Mor is,
containing 100 acres, about 70 of which are eltar-
ed, and putty cleared front stumps, well fen teal
and in se ttood state of cultivation. The W od
land con ales_ conldderable cedar. There 1 a
good frame house and banbarn with stabl ng
k: ba
underneath and other ni aesSary outbuilding, ,
g•ood mai ard and dent.). of spring water. It is
within three guitar.; 0! a mile from schoolarnd
of
ily
r.
only three isnlea from the flekurishing- villa.g
I3russels. This farin will be sold cheap. Ap
°lathe premisils or Bruasela P. 0. -
9201f , 61. ON FORSYTHE, Propriet
OOD FARM F R SALE.—For - sal:, Lot 1,
* Concession 8, Tuckersmith, eontaining 00 •
'acres, about 80 of Which • are cleared, frc fr m
stumps, underdrained, in a high state of culti •a -
tion and well fenced. There Is a connotes_ ile
log house and a large bank barn with stabl IIg
underneath. Also !a. young • orchard and g od
well. The land is all dry and bf the best ("nab y.
It is conveniently situated to Seaforth r nd
Kippen stations, with good geavel reads lead ree
to each placfe. For l further particulars addr 1ss
the Proprietor, Egniondville P. ;O., or apply at
the Egmondville Mills. JAMES KYLE, I'ro-
prietor. 904-
GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—In :order to el se
the affairs of the estate of the late W. G.
lli.ngston, the executorsloffer the following % ry
valuable lantis for rsatei First—North half of
Lot 30, Concession 5, township of Morris, Cell-
9p.arres. On this lot is erected a g od
fra.nie barn with stone foundation, good orch rd,
well and pump. Nearly all cleared, and is on
the gravel road elosely adjoining the village of
Brussels. This farm is a valuable One,:is voll
fenced and in a good state of cultivati n.
For prices and terme apply to -Mum fradila B . us-
seis .P..0., Ilia jrtisixos, Vi(ttorio, Square p.O.,
or ,Jamits Sa.aff, Maple Lodge 1,1. 0.,.Middle ex
County. - • - 86
IVO HUNDRED ACRE FARM FOR SALI
For sale, hot No. 11, on the 14th and 1 ,th
concessions of Grey; e.ontaining 200 acres, 15C of
%vhich are cleared and in a good state of cult va.3.
tion. The remainder is, good hardwood -10 *h.
There is a never failing creek running thro ash
the fa.rni. There is a good frame barn 40 by tit)
feet, good log house: and good bearing orch, rd.
It is six miles froin Brussels, and three fi om
\Vane», with geed gravel road leading, to etch
plane. There is a sehool on the next Lot. Pr ve,
,700. This is an excellent stock and g ain
farm and is offered - very cheap.. For fur her
particulars apply to the Proprietor on the prm-
808 or to Walton 11. 0.-e-A1)AM DOUGLAS. •
• thip • .
Cai PLENDID 200 ACRE FARM FOR SALE IN
t -D THE TOWNSHIP 01.• 011E.Y.4-Sealed ea era
addressed to the undersigned,. will be rece red
up to .luly bit, A. 1). 1a86, for the purelnea of
that first-class fa)tta, being (oniposid of aot 11
and 12.111 the 16th Conceeaion of the townshi ) of
44rey. County of Ilairon, eompriaing 2e0 aere, , of
which about 113 acres are cleared and in a a ood
state of cultivation, the lialitnee being •Iwell im-
bered. There is outhe promises agood fr um:
bare 60x58 feet anda hewed log clapboard house
and, outbuildings Fences are in good yeiedr.
A fine orchard of young trees jest, vonling to
bearing. A good well auda never failing bp ing-
creek. Although this is a! most deshable p 'op-
erty; intendingpurchaserS can view the prop -rty
and obtain any further information with rward
to it on application to the tenant on the prem ses.
Possessien %ell be given on Oetolier 16th 1b86,
Thelughest or any oiler not necesSarlly accept-
ed. .:'Address offers to ROBERT THOMP ON,
Roseville P. 0., Ont, Roseville, lit., Nowt iber
18S5, - 9371f
- -
Tremendous U
Entire Ba anqe
Thomas Ki
FOR PT I
nreserved ,C
Finding it compulsory to
owing to having too much on I
OF THE
SEPTEMJ3ER 10, 188)6.
-WROXETER• MILLS.
Al xand'er L. GibBeg's to announee to the publip that he I) s paaa
so
' menced to opemte the
earing Sale
f the Bankrup
Stock WROXETER WOMEN FAc
0 F
d Sic Soi, Seaforth1i:.
ffect a speedy clearance to dose -mit this business
and, the goods must and ivi1lhc cleared out now •
REGA_IWLESS OjrCOSP.
The stock is new aanl"fresh, an 1 a great chance is in store for the public,, of which
all are cordially invited to participate.
*LAT Parties making pureh Imes from $20 to $100; can be aecon modated by
giving their note at three months,FREE OF INTE4.EST.
Butter and Eggs also -Taken2 as Cash for goods.
•
JOSEPH
KIDD& SON
SUCCESSORS' T01 THOMASI Kipp SON:
Immense Clearin
Dry Goods, Mi linery anld
l --AT
I
J. McLQUGHLI
The BaTain Housy o
Sale of
And that he. will be prepared to give go
111
CRY,
d
FULL (;LOTHS,
! TWEEDS,
'UNION TWEEDS,
FLANNELS,
PLAJ )EN"G8,
WINCI44'S, -
And Varieties ill
STOCKING VAR
Custom Carding, Spinning and
Promptly Attended to,
s.
Parties from a distaneo will, as far as
have their ROLLS HOME WITH THEM, and as
he -has Put ,the Mill into Cor,d.'Workin. OTtiet
and employs 110110 but Efficient Workines ,
All Work is -Warrant d.
REMEMBER Mt WREIXF.fiR 111.F.
Prop letor.
,
ALEX. L, GIBSON,
:
THE SEAFORT
Gr°ceries' WOOLLEN MI4S.
All goods -reduced to prices
stock.
. The pu.blic are invited to cal
seldom occurs to secure Such Vali
Remember, the whiFle stoc
Groceries, A to 'be rushal off.
J. McLoughlin,
NHaving doubled the capaeity lir add
latest improved machinery are better p
than ever to turn out first-class -Work
•t. ortest notice.
Qafor .•
2ARMERS and _O'TH
hitt must effect a. slag Jar. clearance of the entire
-and get genuite B
e.
of New an(lChoi
Butter and Eggs
hitney'§ Bl
In Want of first-class oods sill fi
ng the
epared
at the
RS
the
EXACT PLACE TO GET
gains, as the Same chance
THEM BY CALLING AT THE
Dry Goads, Ntillinery and
keh at caSh pieces only. , Store
k, Seaforth.
EW GOOD
N F
.
FOR SPRING ANDI
CAMPBE1JL
AT
TYLE
MMER,
in the Mills,
Where they will have the
Largeat and Best Assorted $tock
To Choose from in any Mill in the ,Dolleinion.
t1 tfrDi 1 you see the new Halifax/weeds made
, by " VariEgmond's Patent??
. .
r ,
, 1 CUSTOM WORK in arl. its Dranchesa. Sp 'laity.
S —FLA. F ±—?,
They have just opened up
'their Establishment in Seaforth,
the crown of the head
othplete assortment
a 'here Gents' can proe
to the 80118 f the foot.
. Call and sce Our n Staines mating like them 1
considerable pains to procure el o ce- Panting% and oki
very thing desirable.
Come and see our new Hats t iey heat everything,
and Fancy Shirts, also Underweer Gloves, &c., &c. •
CAMPB
,NEW MILLING
sf New Choice
irelaCemplete
1 ,
town. We i
en•storners
, --ZarThe highest priee paid for Wool in
. Trade,
A. G. VanEgInond's
ash or
DIE1\1-
ROYAL MAL STEAMSHIPS,
A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agent.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PASSAGE RATES.
Cs.bin rates -from Halifax to Liverpool and Lon-
Suitin as at d-onderry, 50,$.63, and 73, according to position
. 1 ef stateroom. Children under 12 years, hap fate;
under 1, free. -Servants in Cabin, $50. Inter -
outfit from mediate, $35; Steerage, $13. From LiverPool or
Londonderry to Halifax : Cabin, $63, $78.t5 and
$94.50; intermediate, i•.:35; Steerage, $11 Re-
turn Tickets from Hal;fax to Londonderry or
Liverpooland back to Halifax; Cabin, $100, i;.:126
ave gone to ; and $14:3; Intermediate, ; :iteerage, ;526.
wM find the i MOJley Loaned and Real Estate }Wight
and Sold as Usual.
1
_A. full. Stoelri of
HT.-
•
INSURANCE.
WhiteT representseveral of the best insoranee Cern
panics in the world.
/Or Officee-Market Street, Seaforth:
862 A. STRQNG
FiRrvir IN
TiLIE SEAFOP H ROLL
S EA FO RTH
R MILL(?),
9
LATE T E RED MI L.
McBRIDE & S
ITH, fro4x •Strathroy,
Having bought the above mills, and refitted thein throl4hont with all I the latest
and best machinery that could be prcured for a • .
GRADUAL' REDUCTION. ROLLER MILL
And the result attained is, they hav
Farmers can now get all their aRI
and have if home with them the 'sap
one of the beet mills in the, Province.
S'TING and CH PliING done in Seaforth,
e day, and Satisfaction Guaranteed.
13R.,01_
For sale by the ton er in less qudeitit
Wheat.
MR.' THOMAS SMITIf will
Mills.
•
Al‘1-15 STICDFP,..72. S
es. --F04 CASII. , Cash for any qnantity of
cBR1-DE &
ersonaily ,superrtend the
-
SEAFORTII PLANING MILL
SASH, DOOR AND -BLIND FACTORY
TIIE subscriber begs ltave to thank his iture et.
ous customers for the liberal patrsnage ex-
tended tb him since co-Irt'
ene/wine- business
Seaforth, and t:tuits that he may be favored with
twithmance ef the same.
Parties intending to build would dewell
him a ca.11, as he will continue to keep on
large stoek of all kinds of
DRY PINE LUMBER,
SASHES, DOORS,
' BLINDS & MOULDINGS,
SHINGLES, LATH,
•
He feels confident ef giving satisfaction
those who may favor him with their patrenage
as none but first-elass workmen are employed.
Pat ticular attention paid to Custom Planing.
201
give
lad a
JOHN IT. v3ROADFJOT
U
Seaforth Roller s nTaLiPerclldf
Tone. and
itY•
CATALOGUES FREE,
_FRUITS.
FIAUITS;
BELL &CO Guelph Oilt.
5
THE
CANADIAN BANK_OF COINEqCE,
Fresh strawberries every day in the week except Sunday, and plenty of good
LEA D TO1 ONTO)
sweetel , them. FRUIT JARS—A large quantity of
Parties b4ing 1 :'ries by the cate will be :furnished
house in tl" e trade. ,(;ooseberriee anl ( lerries always
cheap Sugars to
•
Quarts and Ilitif (stillone. -
here as cheap as any other
on hand in SeaS011.
Paid ue Capital,'
: Pent, - 1,t,00,1000,
PREsIltENT, ITEh KV ;
Remember that tic Seaforth Tea Store is still the place to SEAF.ORTII BIZA-tiCir.
The S.;afiirth BratsPh f Bans- cohtientes to' a
reeeive depoaits, r‘_ -t is allax:ld on 3 -
the inobt favorable tcrs1.-. -
Drafts on all the prin,. ipal towns and cities zal
' Canada, on Great Britt.m, and on the Ueited
ti States, bonght and sold.
Office—F,
A. Rli
irst door Sorm cf the Commis -els
HoFt.IOLMESTED, Solitcrel;
H. IELAND, manger.
i 63
1
• buy your TEAS, whieh are both ehea s and good, and of every variety.
GOODS DELEvan
D ALL OVER TOWN;
G. AULT, Seaforth.
•
ipsig2rTEMI3ER
titnmakeigriei
ttlirnafib;t
nerlecor
inii
1egsa4nd by other -soothing i
, h Na DallIT. Then i_,kt i
t 1 ,
. . 4):11(..ee: Icipielo 1,141 rch‘ilyieilf.:13:e:.1:3,:e.;:at; sli, :1 k a, .1:::::::r1,tii :::;
did SO1 •3 one af tees e• 4
t
emir h >ad and
gentle force and ==i-.• - t!,, 11,
0.er little pat hetee
fail;:etikr_ivtet:u,,:441,Lkiliiiittlittitlili:11,plit,:.ilitt:trif i*-:::::::::::::,.,.. ,
finch a faiillioli a ti 1,-4...,.
43:11!--ti:ef tile):::13k:. :.;.::T.
i tn' te ir,ai.::111*iti!,:hebirelati,lar)tatifilitireelic-f)itali.:lotItil',1;::ii:3..' *11"1 :. ',1-:-.1....1.i 1
lc: 1,i;e,(1.r.r.;rsolilleole,ordi:;!, 1:()Nrylsoe:ar:,e,\gril,iiii.,RI:,:t•I:=:=„riiy1;,:ii. :;:tii-till. 1...
! /34ine, 'Sic' 'hid' Wa-i ir, ti.- 4-..
:
1i0St e)4perienetti its e -t Leen',
afterward broneht it.
q'That said W.Lrleepv .. ..,-
iciia:dibi eiltlnhitait(!:)1?iltlaaliost- iir(*lfe(tis;Itai t,s‘l'f'it:::g'ri'lie:11-s:::*tti-s: sl,'1
xis .1:giiiet,tfihe)ti
1 oolst,(ut:ralsii,7 t":t, a n
t -actor:for star route Nte _
a puffielent quality of =atria i
f od for the enstenanee ef
tc:iTea
kiledS4r-011(1vfl' e' rien
yisiocrhien gy otliivntg,:,:l
the.etenIneels of older and les
tangs pixel -ailed. The lattar
heads alind said: c'aIttl'
ss:em:elsa4
ttli i kelleiantiotcte'f°:so- ler.' before
seterh.ae'l' )1e musts:ilia.
- fered airesolutien, which
etithou a dissenting voiee.i
, n'aeeting rising and nianyzi
Wiping a tear from his i
beof,-) to tIte following eeitel
• sha.11 exer cherish in our f.f.g
°ries the gra.teful reeollee.
. ,
'tt nhlallilSielefilfrrreieezri‘ngt• Stol 1 if l' tea31: , * 1
-=', der lessi painful the last.iaicsars,
&incased friend ,antl bst
r- )
00; (;tuadalupe.cr0" be vonti,,:_,,,a.:
'
. _
The Raison d'E
' The Sallit old, sea and the san.eok
The sans old vet,,elli sailing le ; ,
i The sain4 old farmer raking Stn.!. J
'filas1111:1-41)111tiallthrTs"alffetit“,,1
-cow and ti1kt salne el
!TTTlitee, ssasaalvi 000llIdald
i The Same old toad and the same .
iThe salmi old terrier 'harking at 12i,
1 .
• 1
The amine old piazza, (hist) atal aa
:T1 e san)t; old W0111,11 taking the a.
W th their endlese stories,of long.'
'Of the are old ball and the ..anir!
The &MI . Old dresses, ugh as tal'
t
The saint old rush when ihe mail
Ti e same old fools alai the smile %i
Ti e ham old pan, in TIA: b.:via-1,14
4' 1
! 011 gobbwrs, old inen,"(1,1-i work,
. Ti e ;lainI• old night and the s.emet
i The au,'fiold fog to straighten th
• Ai thprity's chestnut e% era a here.
i At d it's .4tat and drink aial aketela-
1Ald dre. m
--for 'ahe, IA like t.
T
I Illr strat and fossil uei hene ItIot
fiAnd thea tall this health wad reat
"10',"t , bothr sueh reet and i
:DI rather be ill—pereinua .. tad;
:Than lit t in the days '...-tore the a
' Ai antique elan) in histort t zand.
, Iltn this 'll add, though 'tail pr.
1 (AT itl. Itlai4It'''t. 3;hNethigninh)laena '''f'r'),5”)Ind laal;:)le
,Ila
1A1 d I guess that's what's the mat
I " Ele
A Study of Le
Men generally cross the'
. ,
Ieere is- the least pressu
minds. You will never tint-
,
1tually engaged in bueinees a
ieneseed.i The limbs at thoe
I straigiater than at any oth
I the nil/Ida/id body we'll tog
,
I A man engaged in audit
I will rie;"er mese Lis legs, ea_
; ver Tribune, neither Mill a -
i teriting an article, or who
1
in any manner where his br
1 1st engaged. When at work
'posture the limbs natnrall
'tire floor in a perfte-Aly stra .
: 'A ma,n may cross iris
1 tiag, in an ,altlite chair
leisinese proposition With t
i
but the instant he beta i
' earnest and perceive:, eeme
i oglialsineer‘l his ...,lintba uncross
; That is A phaarthat 1 belie and begins to use
flash , he bands i‘eforward
-
Men Often cross their le
meetings, because they go th
;Ot to I,eentertained; they
faCtors in the performahe
I naturally place themlv
sees
. ,
1 ennifortb.b e position jRnown
! hinitily„.' leaning well ,- bat.,
: chairs a!ad -crossing their lte,
i
n
heiskreii,,naaiIat lesre
isle-szpaepezene
., t:11111i
to He tiown-hwhen he re
fP:°tur,1:aalalliill fsIelitiltisfi: ebl;elulnadtPtyeae- Itr'altts!°'ief'' 8::
titre of relaxation.
= atilV) ew1s.tilailigulfaolir ilsiis InaaUe.
i afol e-ay4si:essed, but as sten
aide, straightens ont his le-
falat is brought to hisn he pti
tss werit—that iS, begins to
1141) v turning on the duh n.
: al); ttlizieEliTf7laosrst ftr(1°11e(1,1i,lsreal:::FI;O:e
tm :brought up I s: ,,Iiii •ii Su
I 31111 l. :1:111: . [114'; ri.to':1:41utsilIe:It,ls'l lliteli;/: einl4i11:1 n ::::.:
1
les
The: Sbherne Was F
a"1 Ifat;valt4434' lt111SOtIlllell)SILatrmati.1441;s,
p tatatt as he alighted h-
ear tile ether day on his I-
vieit to a married frieud.
Py
na
al, 11 ez.:41-sefjttlkh t t4:1"
finit smpathy a
to KeuWa, to niorri)w.
‘44'2i;olluidc(ipelaInu.n.eads uapniaete
lit
gime into the dining-1-4)os
hicl wife how a sudden Itiisi
Ineint had called him out if
Miday. lie succeeded ad
co,miug out remarked iritIl
•