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BY LEWIS STQRNOW.AnY, fl THE STEW YORK
(Conolueee from last week.)
IlL
Wheu the mh.il carrier had said go
bye to Warloopy he set out to look
the trail. IVhether it waS on his ri
hand or his left, in front of him or
hind he was utterly at fault. Was i
mile back that he had missed the ro
or had he turned off just before the p�
gave out?: Ile had good eyes, he thong
! that he knew every yard of the ro
and heh1-anever for an instant ceas
watching for the little bare spots fi•
which the wind had swept the sno
Those c'eariags, exposing patches of t
Worn trail, were his Only gulden
There were almost no landmarks whi
any one but a plaiasman could recogni
even in the full light of day. 1Vh
with the darkness and - the snow scu
ding through the air and heaped up
greater or smaller ridges on the grou
there was no sign in heaven or earth
which the carrier could direct his com
except the small black patches of wp
roadway. And now what vexed a
troubled him most was that he con
not remember where he had, last seen
blot of trail in the snow.
He put the mail bag on the grout,
and sat down to study the thing one
but the more he studied the less he con
remember. It seemed to him that t
fearful coldness of the air was eatin
into his brains. . He tried to light h
pipe. Perhaps, he thought, that won
help to clear his memory, and at least
would be something in the shape of fir
But when, with infinite nlitlicalty, h
• had cut his tobacco, after opening h
knife with his teeth, because of his fi
gers, which had become like iron claw
refusing to do him service, he could no
make a match barn wherewith to ge
the pipet lit., He tried match after match
but One would be broken by the aaVk
wardnese of his numb claws and anothe
would flicker in the wind and go out be
fore he could bring match and 'pipe to
gether. At last he put the pipe bac-
into his pocket.
—Again on his feet, which now seem
ed like lumps of lead for weight, bu.
which were no. more conseious of th
earth under them than if the carrier ha
been walking en air, he began to mov
in a sort of circle. When he tried t
light the pipe he had come but a sbor
distance from. where he had left th
pony, and now he endeavored to keep
the direction of that point 'fixed -in
in his mind. He weuld walk in a gradu-
ally widening circle until he should come
to the trail- It could not, he said to
himself encouragingly, be very far away.
At all events he must walk somewhere
to keep up what warmth was left in him,
and to go wa-adering in every direction
would be the sure -way to miss the road.
If he had been certain about the wind
he could have laid a course by. that.
When he left the station as night came
on he had carefully noted the direction
of the wind, but it had shifted frequent-
ly, blowing in great squalls first from
one quarter and then from another, and•
now he had no clear idea from whence
it came. If he could have but one
glimpse of the stars ! The carrier knew
them all by sight, for on his coming and
goings during the night hours he had
many a time amused himself by study-
ing their places in the sky. He may
have even let his fancy conjure up mail
carriers riding from star to tar on wing-
ed ponies, and wondered if the ponies
with wings were as lean and as weak as
was the one he bestrode. But now for
the lack of a star- he would use the pony
as a sign. And somehow it came into
his head that the pony was the sun and
he was the earth revolving, around it.
There was some warmth in that fancy,
and he recurred to it again and again.
Then it struck him that the pony was
the hub- of a buckboard wheel, and that
he was a felloe, and he tried to imagine
a spoke connecting them-; and his
though grew so riotous that he pictur-
ed the spoke as made of some elastic
substance that would. stretch as the fel-
be walked away from the hub, and
would jerk the felkie back if it went too
far in the wrong direction. There was a
shade of comfort, .too, in that thought
But these were queer ideas to come into
the head of a mail carrier lost and freez-
ing to death on the plains..
" Haw long would! it be till day-
• light ?" He found himself repeating
that over and over. He bad no concep-
tion as to the time that had elapsed since
he left the station. Was it midnight, or
was he cheating himself when he thought
there was a tinge of light coming through
the snow that seerand to make the air
so hard to breathe and' that beat with
such blinding force' against his eyes?
He had a stout heart, this carrier, and
he cheered himself by saying that the
storm would break before morning,- and
then, with the sun for a guide, he could
find his way to the end of his beat, (he
never thought of going back,) even if he
could not discover the trail. But he
had known of men lost in storms less
fierce,and bitter than this to perish be:
fore the awning came, and of others
who had wandered for days after losing
the trail before ..teaehing a place of
safety.'
In this train he fell to questioning
himself: Could he ? He did not try
to hide from himself the knowledge that
the deadness in his legs had begun to
creep upward,. although all the he
wais making most violent exertion, labor-
ing in the deep snow mounds and ridges;
into which he would stumble in the
-
darkness. The numbness -and stiffness
of his hands too was slowly entending
un his arms, although he never ceased
beating them across his breast, if he ;
coal(' have seen his hands lie would have,
noticed that, gloved as they were they
bore livid marks where he had struck
them against the brass mountings:of the
mail pouch which he.always carried, f
changing it at times frepn shoulder to
shoulder. -
Could he lastt Would nkrning never 1
come ? Thine were the two question be-
tween which his mind swung like a pen- f
dulum. He felt no 'pain now. The
icieles of cotigealed„ vapor ialtout his t
mouth no longer burned into his flesh
when disturbed be .soMe motion at his
hand. His face was like a pale -Mask
with the eyes of it alone consciout of
d.ife. Ile gave over his hunting in a eir;
de. Making a, few paces forward he t
woad. halt and retrace his steps, like a i
sentinel on his beat, untilsthere was a h
short path trodden in the snow, beyond • r
the ends of which he never passed. And, a
like his mind never went beyond. "Can
last? to return to " Will morning
in
never come?" ri
Between these two points he was zen-
od-
for
ght
be-
ta
ad,
ny
lit
ad,
ed
om
w.
he
cc.
eh
ze
at
d-
in
mid
by
-se
rn
nd
a
Id
he
is
it
it
e.
is
n-
5,
e.
nsissonsmnemmiss
Bible in a vague Manner that his strength
was failing. In his -confidence that his
good eyes would and the patches of trail
among the shifting snow drifts" he had
moved fast and far and without thought
of husbanding the -strength b•f body.
The bloody spurs had been tt,'s 'Merciful)
to the worn pony as the carrier 4O-hini.-
self.•
Fear had not 'driven him. :. He wo-uld
have laughed .your face,if you had
called him a brave man, but -if he h 'd
been one to let fear.drive or hold •ba k -
he would have listened to the stati n'
-keeper when -he said, "Shorty, ifiI were
you I wouldn't start until morninf;."
no!Oh • "Shorty "'hadn't made a fine
speech about his duty. (fliade nition
of the word, would have been - urions
thing to hear. I doubt that h could
have spelled it.) • All he did NyaS to take
a long look out of doors and,' then say
quietly, "I guess I'll go."
.He had gone; and. now he was here to
swing like...a penduluth between "Can
I last ?" and " Will morning never
come ? ,
The pendulum swung slowly no -v, and
still more slowly.' ['acing his dismal
beat, the sentry -no longer..turned to..the
sky -the pale' mask with the. eagelr eyes
staring through it for a token Of the
Coming day. Heedless of .the sneW that
closed around him like a ,windingeheet,
and of the shrill wind, ever beeominge
mare elyill as the night were on the'
spectral -carrier moved along MS little
path as. if he were still 4, thing of life)
but the awful sleep that had touched
him with its-.----fingen had ,expellid: the
knowledge -of motion from his hiatus t_i,h
though, he strove in Vain to dreg ,the
white eyelid's down on the staring 'eyes
There was an ungainly gesture, twice
repeated, of the rigid arm as if -to brush
away the oterpowering sleep. -There was
a faint, weary .4ffort to raise the &snipe
ing head,, but that gray 'tint
through the blaCkness of tho-nigh
indeed the dawn of deithe post
eyes were none the wiser. At the
way point of his little path the c
paused, and there with movemen
his stiffened joints indescribably sugges-:
tire of intense desire for rest and leep,
he laid himself down in the wreathing.
snow with the mail bag at his side. The
ever
car-
were
an's
mid-
rrier
s of
make the trip
waa next.to im
snowstorm th
losing one's
miles _ the. ro
S ked
danger three ened.• E
the slight ri rings and
Staked Plains lave scare
individual chit ••Icter visi
swellings of th sea unde
Nothing grOwq on thbm
Mast! ui t grass.' With, ern
the depressio s the u
landscape, if i may be e
Iktious -a name is of caul-
termined. e!Th snow is 1
the skyis over •ou, and
is to it. Und such di
eumstances* how
more than a ri ion of la
the -grass is ha •lly worn
!the quick and
of a Comanche.
enemy. This
during storm
vellerlosing hi
fold. To lose
Plains is to be
a great lake wi
For chided the
in not a few re
not that there
men it.o carry tl
fur drive; but t
.who weuld.tak
,Employed as
division of th
John Carringto
ing boy, and a
body living a
Johnny " was a
take the disagr
to A-lobeetie. I
as Man could k
the eountry thr
and was con fic
throUgh on tim
ed Mobeetie i
trip; when he le
footof the " br
is.te say the wo
table land—su
fall of snow we
less. Little J
and threw ',au
four .mules barn
pendulum had ceased to swing. Th The usual two
THE
within, th allotted time
poibo,aid in case of a
re was im inent peril of
ay: For bout 35 or 40
d ran ov neck of the
It was here that the
en in summer
fallings of the
ly - much of
le as have the
• a dead calm.
but the short
w leveling up
ifermity of the
lidd by so am-
-e yet more de;
elow you and
hat is all there
• con raging
oad, being 'no
d from which
way, demands
oneentrated observation
ndian on Ird'trail of nan
y day. BY night and
he likelihood of a,trav-
Vay ineret ss a hundred-
e's way n the Staked
Ise a man cast adrift on
lout a eln rt or compass.
ke might he preferable
ects.. e wonder was,
as difficu ty in getting
mail ove • this delight -
at men a uld be found
the risk.
carrier o
route. w
a quiet,
eat favor
ng the '
ed or olunteered to
able driv eIrbrn Tascosa
e knew the road as well
w it; and also much of
ugh whi 11 the trail ran,
nt of bei g able to go
He set at and reach-
safety..7 n the return
t the sta ion near the
ke of th plains—th
ded walls of the gre
• indicati ns of -a fres
e manites . Neverth
hnny " sad " up
the whi lash over th
sed to th buckboard
les had been double
ount of The difficult
w even sue
Scarcely wa
n the plain
With it cam
us or mor
turned back
Of course h
n continues
e, followin
t the caarie
- How man
pose, seem
ssing -during
food, with-
helter from
ng over the
y get for a
f his mules d
loose and °
t. :Anothei
ed. He set
tier could not last Morning will number on ac
. •
come. of drawing throt
Shall I tell you how they -found him ? ,a light tie as.a b
tend- " Little Johnny
ring, when 'the storm
mas-
ter's side, returned with a strange o ijeet
in his mouth. And how the shepherd, '
wondering at the strange thing, went in
the direction whence the deg had cpme,
and there found a mail bag. But the
How, when the buffalo grass Was
ing up its green shoots, a wand
shepherd's dog, roaming from his
-a connecting
s ai lad named
accommodat-
te with every-
inc. " Little
H URONIEXPOSITOR
REAL ESTArilF FOR SALE.
it GREAT BARGAIN. --z- Will be sold cheap
140 moles of good land, heavily' timbered,
chiefly maple, some Hemlock and Cedar, never
f iliug stream through it. Three miles from
A lanford station, town hip of Ainapel, County
o Bruce. Apply to box 284, StratfOrd, or Ex -
P SITOR MCC. 893-tf
. ........._.... ...,. . _
1 5 0 AfoRt E'19111 andha]h a
CESSiOn of Turnberty,
Nk,ing,ham, and one and o
yak. Ninety acres ut
fenced and drained; wi
other conveniences, will
to ALEX. ROSS, Blum's,'
OR ALE. --!-Far sale
f of 1, in the 1st Cori -
bout . wo miles from
ie -half Mies from Blue -
der t'ultivation, Well
h gem buildings and
be sol cheap. Apply
P. 0; • , 924If.
.„
AGOOD FARM IFOR SALE —For sale, Lot
is, Concession 6, If y, -cont Ming 100 aces,
of which about 00 are cleared, fenced and under -
drained and partly free from tOmps,: the bal-
ance is hardwood bush. There are good -build-
MO and small orchard d plenty of good water
This is a good. farm and„will be sold on reason-
able 'terms. .For partici lars a vly to 4011N
CORBY, on the premises or Him sail 1'. O.
952
I?VARM FOR Sale, -I -For ale in the township of
ARM libbert, 150 actres b lots 29, and the
west half of .28, in the 8th concesition, it is free
from stumps and in hie state' of cultivation,
with a log house and goo I outhitildinga. There
is an everlasting spring creek rqnning through
the farm-, it will be sold ogetla,r or separately
on easy terms. For. further particultu.s address
the proprietor on the pi -.mites or, Seafoi th
Postoflice. WM. EBERLE RT, Proprietor. 953-tt
,
FARM FOR SALE.1=7 Subscriber offers or
,
1 sale his splendid fa mi of 100 acres, bei lg.
Lot 44, Concession 2, Tu liersmith. Good n .w
Story and half frame Ii MA', 2 acres splendid
it,
orehard, good building , Sr ' • . f ,' f
stumps, 15 acres in fall w. eat. li•-ie whole under
good etathation, and w 'II inn erdrained, livel
spring on the farm and 1 as good Went. Close'
to churches and schools. Three/one-half
miles from the town of Clinton, 5 from Seaforth.
Will besZiki on reasonable terms. HUGH Mc'.
DONALD, on the premise , or Clinton 1', 0. •
• 930tf
rmts FOR SALE.—That ivaluable farm
being North half of Lot. 29, Concession (3,
Morris, on which there is good frame barn and
eutimildings, frame house, .bad bearing orehani,
fro d wells, &c. Also that valuable farm bcing
ivession 5, Morris, On,
rat e house and god -
farms are adjoinitg
are in every' respect
sy, and which will be
to E. E. WADt', or
'Is P. 0. Odi]
at Soilth half of Lot 28, Co
whiCh thereis a good new
at franie barn. Both of thos
11--• theIvillage of Brussels, ani
C- first-class farms. ,Terms
!II. made known on applieatio
0 •PETER. THOMSOX Bruss
h the sit
cliboard.
well up
ame on.
the night. A ley courage
prudent person would have
Carrington went forwardit'
lost, the road. The star
thronghout the night and t,
day, and. the night after th
bag was gnawed and. cut in places, and 'I wandered about the plains.
the shepherd knew that only the Shari)
teeth of the coyotes had done it. And
when the shepherd brought others to
the spot they said that the bit:it:id-rented
spur (the Second was never. found) ,! and
the shreds of cloth -es clinging to the
straggling bones that lay by the Mail
bag were ithe spur and, the clothes of the
mail carder who had gone out into, the
great stdirm with all the human 4 --)-as-,
sions and ;petty cares on the flank of his
pony.
IV.
„
As, in the sketch I have given of the
solid enjoyments of a mail carrier's:bait-
ing as experienced by " Sherty,".1 may
have seemed to have gone beyondithe
evidence in minor matterS let me:tell
you -what happened to sothe mail 'carriers
who, for all I know, may be yet alive to
verify the stery. I shall adhere t6 the
line of known facts—" frozen facts,'" if '
, i
so you please to call them., .
The winter of thd, year 1g-, was an
Uncommonly severe one over all th
country between the Missouriaiver and
the- Rocky -11Iountains. As far smith,. nobod t- knew anythinenexces
indeed; as the Lower Rio Grande acre Was • an Irish yeah-, land
reading of men, being frozereto'deatli on.
I
were heavy suovistorms, and I renten'bee lightly clad 'for the seam!.
,Ithe 'saute plage %vheye Camum'
the Mexican side of the river. The way the new Carrier: and the
cattle on the- plains of Colorado, KanSas, the Irish youth. lost -theirs.
.Northwestern Texas,, and other :sections anOwstorm was driying from
died by tens of thousand,, as they 0 do at the time, and it continue(
during every severe winter. In he, than 21 hours.- • Whether tl
days and nights,- do you st
ed to the carder to be p,
that time ? „ He was Withou
out -Water or fire without
the macerating Wind sweep
anClIsleep he could on
-few Minutes at a time. Ohe
broke, down. He turned i
went 01 with the three-- le
and:another 'became exhaus
them , free, and ifinally dri
the station without one ani
the bnekboard. was ali
was all, for when as soon as
ble he was zetnoved to the
Fort Elliott for treatment t
were Obliged to cut off beth' it
hands and both of his froze
Then there stepped into
carriership another man thought r
,that he could ma :'ste the driv . His name 11
• - -
IIM IN MORRIS FOR
' able farm for Sale, bei
h tilde are about 80 acres el .ared lid free fo
8 stut ips: The aoil is a fin
s
fenced and watered. Ther
0 Concession s Morris c
SALE.—A very vale -
g south half of Lt
ntainii4; 100 acre
clay loam and 1..1,
is a good bar* ba
stables underneath an( a vied frame lions
inklings are, nearly DM , and „there is a firs
orchard. There is g od bur with plent
il timber. The farm is ne e from schoo
miles from Winghime mid two and a ha
Belgrave station. Goid gravel roads lea
rom the place. The Farm will be sol
I Apply on the premi ies or Belgrave P.O
HAN NAIL - • 957
e' sl‘eie
e clas
of r
five
e, fron
ing
g chea
- F
PS •
Ii
E.
RM IN HULLETT FO
Lot 6, Concession 1
.cres about 100 acres
stun ps, underdrained, well
stat of cultivation. The ba
ed w th hardwood, cedar an
is a mid stone house and g
ngs. There is a splendid
anc of living water. It is
f the •floorishing yillage
• gravel roads leading to a
town';. It Is convenient to schoels, &arches.
Post
ted hack to
al drawing
,e, and that
was posSis
hospital at
me surgeons
f his frozen
feet.
the vacant
'SALE.—For salq
Hullett,' containing
cleared, free froin
eileed and in a high
ance well timber -
black ash. There
ad frame, outimildi-
ofq-hard, and abun
within! four mile
f Illyth, and goo(
1 the surroundite
ffice, &t, , also Lot 7, on, the ?lame Conces
ion, containing 157 acres. The to farms wil
e so d together or separatel.• on terms to sui
tire lasers. GEO.'WATT, I arlock. . 944
•
FA IM FOR SALE.—For s le, Lo 25, Comet- .
slop 5,McKillop, contair ing 10) acres, near-.
y all .16ared, well fenced an, unde drained,and'
a first-class state. of culth ation. There is a
tone house, bank barn an oth .r. nece.ssark
uild ngs all hi first -Class' e nditi n. Alto an
rcliard of bearing trees, afid the ritem' Maitland'
uns brough'a corner of the farm nit there it
o w, ste land. It is a first -d ss n either for
have forgotten. On starti ig out from
lAlob etre , he had two pass -ngers with
ihina-. On arrival--weshal • see. One
lof tl e passengers was a fidd er, earning
his 1 ving winter by playi g at conn-
Ltry e a lees. About th othe passenger
vas rather
At about
ton lost his
fiddler and
A terrific
the north
for more
e men 'lost
Panhandle of Texas, whel'e I h.-..ppe' ed „heir- heads or the metes. ecame ex-
,
to be at that time, the ground for a liausted was not.plear, but during tile
number Of weeks waS covered with a .light the team was abandondl, flounder -
foot or more of snow on the .level, and
of course to a much greater depth under
the drifts formed by the strong-windslof
that very open country. Storm. ca-',
after storm, and on many dayethe no th
wind blew with a bitter power off pene-
tration that I have never known **-
passed on the prairies, of Minneeota Or
thenno.meter emarked—I do not knew
11
even further toward the arctic zone. ' he
what.
The thermometer is an amusing toyin
front of a Broadway druggist's shop, but
for practical purpteses it is the great-
grandfather of lies. It can look you in
the face and tell you that you are,, pn
the whole, pretty-comfortable•when Yhn
know that the wind is churning your
blood into jelly and changing the nar-
row of your bones into gristle, „Kindly
enctese the digression, and let me aq d
11.
that whenever you find tacked en to a
seductive deseription of some distant c i -
mate an array of highest and law 'st
temperatures and thermometrical av r-
ages andlthe like,you may set down th.t
description and its array of figures as a
concoction with intent to deceive these
very numerous persons who are elwa4is
hunting after a country where it is neqt
hot and never cold, never wet amrnes-Or
dry, never anything but what -the meen
little lying thermoMeter and its'partneps:
in iniquity, the barometer and Other'
implements' of fraud, say it is. ' '
Wen, then, in the Panhandle of Texas
that was a very cold winter, and mail
carriers and others who had to be inedi
sbroad were having a hard time Of i
There was a mail . route, running acro4s
the Panhandle, starting' at (I • belies -1)
Vinita, in the Indian Territorynatild
ending, at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and
°flowing for much of the way the get
eral course of the Canadian River. TI s
'elute was divided into sections of variot s
'engths. One section extended Wes
yard -from Mobeetie, a small town nOt
ar from Port Elliott, to Tasooso, a plane
f half a dozen buildings, the length eif
he section being some 80 miles. Between
Iobeetie and Taseoso - were one mail
tation and a few far apart ranches: The
'Lail carrier on this section of the route
ode tan a buckboard, and changed hit
earn o•nde, and perhaps_ twice, between
he ends of the drive. (I was not famil,
ar with the lower end of the drivd, and
are forgotten some of the details of ate
angement, but they are of no impolite
nee.) .
There was seine difficulty in -finds]
en to undertake this drive. The call
er was obliged th be exposed to the
-eather for many continuous lours; tO
ing in a deep drift in one of
sioni where shallow rain le -at
formed in eurnmer. The
the trail throughout the Ili(
well , might a sailor on a rift in mid -
ocean set* the wake of a shi ) gope by.
ing, three
d the car -
youth en-
fo y better
t, beating
ue ,deesres-
e laket'are
sea sought
ht, bilt as
owever, despite the old sa
were company in this caste, a
ter, the fiddler and the Irish
couraged each other to hePe
things in the morning. ' 13
around in the darkness, they Wer..t grad-
ually working southward, ;and the 'fur-
ther southward', they -went the further
they went from the road and the wider
grew the expanse of the Staked Plains)
thus reducing their chances o reaching
the " breaks" of the great wusa. They
e violence
•hing their
reath and
truggling
hey were
et relief
,the gale,
rd. Their
ding knee
ry steady
ie Staked
.tried to face the storm, but - ti
of the Wind and the snow thra
faces made then gasp for
magnified tenfold the labor of
through thr drifts into which
eOntinually.sinking. So to
they would turn their -backs t
and thus kept Working south w
pfogresS was very slow, W
deep in -the drifts, but it -was v
in. the 'direction of deatk on t
Plains. ' And theY knew it.
, For three nights and, two lays thus
tips'Y nisndered, going' they -new- not
where, -except- te probable 'dea h. Like
Carrington -Oiliest had neither- fo d, water,.
nor any fine,' snow and Wind being in:
combustible,and no other Mat rial with-
in'reach. They Islept by ti ins, one
watehing At the others sheul forget to
wake All the-coVering they 1 ad was a
piece -of a canvas 'wagon ehee , sb you •
may well. believeHthat it wa not the
lunurions comfortiof !their bed that was
lil ely to. make them forget to wake.'
They must have been tough men or they
could not have lastedi ; for; -although the
snow ceased. falling nt the . sky, the
fro•
wind -Was •nso less piercing as it swept
over tlibunbatken surface of dazzling.
white. Time glare front this, white sun-
faCe was another oat* of distrdss, for it
.palmed the, eyes of the lost Men ' ad made
it exceedingly' difficult for then to walk
in any fixed course. -
On the third day th h .poorly dressed
Irish lad con -id go no further. His corn -
rales said he must hive been y t•y augh
re ankles , between' his she and his
to' last ,so lenses; for yOr. could set his bare
tr users, .and the sleel:es of his coat v.'ere
far from protecting his wrists. He,
urged the others to , eve him. They
coald do no good by staying there, and
perhaps they might reach a hpuse some-
where and send help to hiin. If his
. . !
(Continued onI31-(1 page.)
stock orgrain, and is within two Miles, cd the;
town of Seaforth on thd not them
Appl3 on the premises or to Scaforth P. O
gravel road..
11U0 J. GRIEVE. - "
EL ilpUSE.
Large rrivals of Goods for Fall
and inter Trade at the
Montreal Dry Goods House,
W ON INSPECTI8N.
DUNCAN
& DUNCAN
Would call special at ention to the fact that this season tl
show one of the large t stocks of Dress Goods, &c., ever of
this establishment, w tich for prices and quality defy con
chased all our Englis and French goods over two month
great advance in pric of all classes of foreign woollens—w
most fashionable French and English styles, and prices 1
No trouble to show goods. Inspection cordially invited to
Velveteen La'ces, 8tri e Silk and Satin, Brocades and Fan
match for combiaatio dresses. Ladies' Jerseys from $t
Twill and Fancy. Gar stock of_Mantle Cloth is verar larg
styles of 'Curls, Naps,, Checks, Ottoman Cord, and 11
MILLp\IERY DEPART
All our Fall Mill nery is now on hand, and we are pr
for fall Hats and Ben lets. We will give due notice of mil
CLOTHING A
.,! Messrs. Duncan
stock complete in ever
comprising Diagonal
West of England an
guaranteed.
Gents; :14ow is the
ed by any house in th
styles by the best mak
partment, which incl
Gents' Underwear of
Duncan &
AK HAL
AFORTII,
ey will be prepared to
bred for inspection in
petition. Having pur-
ago—and before the
SEPTEMBER
17,
WROXETER
lexander L.
egs to announce to the public t
menced to operate
BOXETER WOOLLEN
ml that he Jill be prepared to
in -
PTBMBER 171
1888,
ILLs.
Gibson
hat he has eces,
he
FACTI1Ry
,
ove-enoe
J'tTLL CLOTH8, -
TWEI?,D8,
UNION TWEEDS,
FLANNELS,
, PLA DI 08;
W N6EYS,
And Varieties in
STOCKINGYARNS.
Custom Carding, Spinning
Promptly Attinde
Parties from a distanee Will, as
ve their ROLLS HOME WITH
has put the Mill into Good
ar d employs none but Efficient 'IN
AIL Work is War
have the newest and I nFMEMBiilLTEH:,Vii:ROGXIB,E
wer than last season.
our Plush Silk Velvets, A
y Wool Goods—all to
up. Wincey in plain,
,comprising latest sing ,TH i\ts EA F0
ENT.
liVOOLLEN
Ifaving doubted the capacity
, lat q3t improved machinery are b
pared to fill all orders th n ever to turn out first-ela
su
inery opening, r est notice.
ND GENTS' FURNIS !NG HOUSE.
Duncan announce the opening; of tIleir Fall and Winter
department, Our stock of Weolle s are excellent value,
.vercoatings, English, Scotch and I ish Tweed Suitings ;
! Scotch Tweed Trowserings, &c. First-classf. fit always
time to select a nobby Hat. Our sto k cannot be surpass -
'county. We keep all the leading E glish and Ameilican
Ts. Special attention called to our ents' Furnishing De-
sks the latest styles of Collars, C tffs, Ties, Suspenders,
4,ery description. Don't forget the ol stand.
Duncan, Oak Hal
OW FOR IT
Unreserved ring Sale
Tremendous
RMERS and
and Fulling
to.
am as Possible,
Vorking
THE , and en
orkmon,
anted.
ER
I)MILLS.
°Nro'prietor.
TH
ILLS.
.)y adding the
tter prepared
work at the
HERS
11)1 want of first-class Goods will find the
EXACT PLACE TO GET
THEM, BY CALLING AT
Store in the
THE.
Mills,
Where they will have the
Lattgest and Best Assor ed Stock
Ti Choose train in any Mill in tie IDominion,
you see the new Halifax weeds made
by `1VanEginond's Patent?"
C1FSTOM WORK in all its Branch s Specialty.
it4The highest price paid for Wool in Cash or
Tradp.
Seaforth, A, G. VanEgmond's Sons.
FOR SALE.—For sale in the thr ring village:mOF THE
i
Ilensall at a great •
arga, t at valuable
prope !
y situated on the west side of Brooke '
Street eo»sisting, of a pace] new frerne dwelling EntI re Balance
1sx20 feet, and 'ell finished throa ghout, with
good -ell and stable- on the pre:idles. Reasbn
for mud ing is that the undersigned intlends leaving
the village about the end of-tin:year. Possession
c;a..n la. given -at any-tilne withi w .e,ks notice.
Terms of Sale.—Very For ull pal -tick -c-
hits a ply to D. MOWBRAY, Mato and Con-
tract° , llensall P. 0. 905
AR'Ai IN 31ORRIS FOR eALTS.1-For Sale;
.12. North -half Lot 22, ConCessior
containing leo acres, about -70 f which are clear-
ed, and partly cleared from sta !ups, vell fenced
and. in a good statb of eultivn tion. The wood
land c' ntains considerable c dar. There is
good f aim house and bank I are w th stabling
underneath and other neeessatv out,tuildings,' a
good orchard and plenty of spring- w ter. - It is
within three quarters Of a mile from Isehool, and
onry three miles from the flourishing village of
Brussels. This farm will be told cheap. Apply
on :the premises or BrusSehl P. 0.
920tf
SIMOX, FORSYTHE, Proprietor.-
' .
• •
1
that he t
•
•
001) FARM FOR SALE.—For s, le, Lot 1
Concession 8, Tuekersinith, eon sitting- 100
of t
he Bank
upt Stock
Thomas Kidd & Son, Seaforth.
ROiAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agent.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PASSAGE RATES,
—
Cabin rates from Halifax to LiverpOol an Lon-
, dondOry, $50, $63, and $73, according to position
of stalieroom. Children undeY 12 years, half fate;
under11, free. Servants in Cabin, $50. Inter-
mediate; $35; Steerage, $13. From .,iverpool-cir
Lopdapderry t� Halifax: Cabin, $133,! $78.75 and
$.94.50 Intermediate, 8.35; Steerage, 813: Re -
4
turn 'cicets from Halifax to Londonderry or
Liverpool and back to Halifax: Cabin, $100, $126
and $1413,; Intermediate, :,-:70; Steerage, $26.
j --
None . Loaned and Real Estate Bought
and Sold as Usual.
&INSURANCE«
Finding it compuIs* to effect a speedy clearance to elOse. out this business, T represent several of the MIst insurance COM
owing to having too much on hand, the goods must and will be cleared out now panics in the world.
rdrOtfice—Market Street, Seaforth.
862 . A. StRONG
-
REG-ARDLESS OF COST
The stock is new and flresh, and a great chance is ill stare for the public, of which
all are cordially invited to participate.
lot Parties makiiig parehases from $20 to $100, can be accommodated by
giving their note at three months, FREE OF INTEREST.
acres, about 80 of which are c eared, free from
stumps, unclerdrained, in a high state of cultiva-
tion and Well. fenced. There i a comfortable .
log -house and a large bank ba n wi h ste,bling
underneath. Alse a young orchard and good
well. The land is all dry and oft the 1st quality. .
It is conveniently sittiated tp Se forth -and
KiPpen stations, with good gravel maids 'leading
to each place. Fon further pal ticulaIrs 'address
the,Proprietor, Eginondville P. 0,'apply-at
the Eginondville. mills. JAMES KYLE, ..Pro-
prietor. 904 -ti.
. Q001) FARM F(7)-tSALE,---b orclfr tot, e.loae
the affairs of ti e estate of the ate W. G.
41ingston, the executors offer th following Vary
valuable lands for sale.. Fir5t4--No h half of
Lot 30, Concession 5, township of 11. rris, con-
taining 90 acre's. On this lot is erecteda good
frame barn with stone foundatiot , good orchard,
well and mann. Nearly all cle, red„ ,and is on
the gravel road closely adioinin4 the village of
Brussels. This farm is a' vahma]yk o1e is • well
fenced and in a good state of cultivation,
For prices and terms apply to Tops. MA, Bros:
sels 1'. O., IIENR,Y jEkNIN08, Victoria Square P.O..,
or jA11.1:8 SMITII, Maple Lodge '
iMiddlesc
County. 868
TWOHUNDRED AC/RE FARM FOR SALE.—,
For sale, Lot No. 11, on the 14th and 15th
coneessiens of Grey, containing 200 acres; 150 of
which- mie 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 agood frame barn 40 by GO
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 o§i the next Lot. Price,
S7,700. -This- is an excellent stock and grain,
farm and, is offered very cheap. : For ?nailer
particulars apply to the Proprietor, on the prem-
ises or to Walton P. 0.—ADAM poUGLAS:
006
SPLENDID 200 ACRE FARM tOR SALE IN
THE TOWNSHIP OF GRS.A'.'—Sealed offers
addressed to ' the undersigned, will be received
up to July 1st; A..1). ]SSU, for the pu'rehase of
that first-class farm, being Composed of 'Lots 11
and 12 in the ltith Concession of t le township of
,
0 itey, County of Huron, coMprisiti '' 200 acres, of
cf,
• wffich about 115'acres are (seared nd in a, good
state of cultivation, the Wenn b ing well tim-
bered. There iS on the weinises a good frame
barn 00x50 feet and a hewed log elpboard house
and 'outbuildings Fences aril' in good repair,
A fine orchard of young trees ,ius veining into
bearing. A gciOd well andel 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 or the premises.
Posseaaion sell be -given on October • 10th, 1556.
The ht -hest or any offer not necessarilY accept-
ed. Address offers to ROBERT THOMPSON,
0R,o1s8eal.le P. 0., Ont. Roseville, Or t., No
937-bt
Butter and Eggs also Taken as Cash for Goods.
SEPH KIDD 84 SON
SUCCESSORS TO THOMAS KIDD Sz. SON.
B.Laurence's
Axis Out
Pebbles.
The frauds that have iiOn pernetratbd on the spectacle wearing public by most dealers and
Pedlars giving assumed amUlfaticy names to ordinary glass, speaks for the if norance of the public
generally in the all important sabjeet of the preservation of -the t. Thecare only two articles
from which spectacle lenses can be maunfaetured, viz., Pebble and '. 'all glass by any other
name it still remains glase, Pebble, on the other hand, is from Nature% own manufactory. It is
natural crystal, found gcnor4llyf in freestone foundation, and is harder tlian he ruby and emerald,
and nearly as hard as the dia nond. The pebble is nothing more nor less tha m a transparent stone,
Cut by the aid of diamond dmlst, and .the greatest amount of power is place immediately over the
centre of the grain .found in 11 pebble. It will give to the spectacle Wear T a coolness, freshness
and a pleasant feeling- that the ordinary spectacle lenses cannot, by any p ssibility impart. All
Spectacles anl.. Eye Glasse S re stamped B. L. A. C. P., and can ,only be. pure ased from
M_ C 0 TT Jr T
PRACTIICAL WA QHMAKER AND JEWELLER, SEAFORTH, ONT.
. Also oin !hand a stock Of Lazarus, Morris & Co., Black & Co., and Montr Optical Company's
Spectacles. Common Speot eleS from be. *per pair up.
FRU
Fresh Strawberries
cheap Sugars to sweet
Quarts and Half Gallons
TS.
FRUITS.
•
•
-eery day in the week except•Sund4, a
ri 'them. FRUIT JARS—A large
•
,
-
Parties buying berries by thc case
:
id plenty of goes
qamitity of Pints,
be furnished
]:O0selierrie4 an 1 Cherries always
here as cheap as any other house in the track.
SgAFORTH PLANING MILL
SA. AI DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY
T" i3ubscriber begs leave to thank his nnmer-
ouS customers for the liberal patronage ex-
tended to him since commencing business
, Seafortli, and trusts that he may be favored with
a continuance of the same.
Partie.s intending to build would do wellto give
him a call; as he will continne to keep pa hand
large steck of all kinds of
DRY ?INE LUMBER,
SASHES, DOORS;
BLINDS & M ULDINGS,
SHINGL S, LA -T
He fetils confident of giving satisfaction
those who may favor him with their patronage
as nonellnit first -el -ass Workmen are employed.
Pal ticipar attention paid to Custo.n
201
JOHN H.- '13ROADFOOT
Unapproached for
• - ITone and Quality.
efiTALOGUES FREE,
.; BELL:81 CO., Guelph, Ont.
THE
; CANADIAN BANK OF COMMEUE.
on hand in season. Remember that the Seaforth 'lice. Store as still the place to
buy your TEAS, which areboth cheap aed goeo, and of every e atiety.
GOODS DELIVERED ALL OVER OWN.
A. G. AULT, Seaforth.
i
, receive deposits, 013 which interest is allowl!el on
1
1 the most f ',arable terms.
1 1 Drafts on all the principal towns and eiti4n
Canada, on Great Britain, and on the Urn 'ad
States, boil 'lit and sold.
Office—F rot door SOUTH Oi I the COMMUMM Hotel,. -
A. H. IRELAND, Manager.
F. HOLMESTED, Solicitor 63
,
HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO.
Paid up
Rett,
apital,
-$6,000,000.
' 1,600,000.
PREsIDE.,T, HENRY IV, DARLING, EsQ.
8 1AFORTH BRANCH.
The Seaf1.rth Branch of this Bank eentinuee te
4. 1
4
•ime hlitd come he said he
#, fl's rea.soning was son
wrayped around hit
and left him lying i
s still bonseions, int
re so stiff that they
ent at the joitits.
if the body Was i,-
1,,-r,°ieltill°11nYta'‘Itl:te-t1:.lesI:ceil:T.:‘1].:sf.:11' I, ..
t
,, immigrant frol,
tn t
e hat taken mach trelti,:
tiovicI,0,ilsitostamiauc'eh to Jt isltisiehnuiti,
ow the Irish emign.Ant
Liters in the green Oa
• hi:tweed and pleased v., 1.,-.A
dessi
Ater; leeoautlidnggt,1:ely:oontfirl.
two othi:r lost.men w.i.43.,
t :11131rair°grrlinliii.e1;t' IgCceal:niti theP1re(fl :i' friii:ti;Ni.sg;...1111;t:
--as quite worn fint. 1
Gd:og°11tP oet: lel:tolloutScua-11101 fpl:eirit:11 11.1 3:,..
'efiefiwasd_ tii:1 lie) Ire .trTiieudt t::07:7-.10;
i
Mlaeountae:9;e1s1:1111:15r1°.t,ihowe ver. h
went 10: auleo nsetoti::tole. Nea-N-1 jerh:esirle:i,),,,
will and a hope
also a man who re
papers land tneretore, wl.
3tuff fci. a juryman, he
1 , -
°me :nseful knowledge.
about: a eertainihmo‘ In:Iggrei.irlb:aet:
hr th k4e years earlier 1
iO 1
t'Irtio:ehisrladYibiarni,flisiet4btinoatfenh:fdrion°‘:ainsdiltatfontithteeafot‘rx.sil,21aeol:d:
k)ones'ebuhl fast for 40 day
fast hail useful conseql
fidtlleh afterward said that
.t.
e
himaii bilnaafternoonofo.
nf the
'he ea ier gave out a Ilan
erapcb by the Canasii-
fiatb.ering a load of firewat
vedart &p.l pinon trees on
ilf the plans, when he noti
iiiipoient eieialen-li...) fj.... am man
0, jaent.
was o. t of the coramon in ,
aild the wood hauler a-4.1- OM
gee who it was. Ile. fonn
walking around in a circle,
Vight .extinguished for th
-dare of the .snow. The r•
he .fiddler to the wa,on,
'll'ti;ty r i to-rton
it,
ami
tiltll:vec:t
ab
heir faults, ever ready fo
!Rani) accompanied by a
tint at On0e to look for
They found him on the rt
and endeavoring to follow
tracks in the snow,,
. If eelr a jolly fiddler
1-ile, for (21!. the evening es
0.sked ,for a fiddle and t
• inisib -With things that
ands- But when the i
he fiddler were removed
the surgeons had to cut
and feet of both of them.
would think that to be sli
tmen :was worse than to
'Worse than to he drowned
elver or to be snarled over
' i . THE. EN1a
!
Ober/
caw.'
W
'Iiq be
card
awbo
4ri"
kivbat
EirrivO
The
.trong
le wa
'gore Ways Th
,
' Pi ilt THE S.9.,VATIO
I was present one day,
i Where both layinan atm
Worshipped God in a waa
That was stuffing at le
•ew thirty in place,
On the stage in a row,
As is often the case
i Is a minstrelsy show.
In, al uniform elad .
I Was each one of them s
And a banjo they -hid
And a load tambourine ,
And, they sang and they at
Their spasmodie joys, .
sfast as if they ins'er &nib
That God loved a noise.
And] their phrases, them_
Nht tielleient in points, .
St graminarlan would taill,
' Rather weak in the join
And the aspirate sound
' Vas adroitly miSused ;
And the language, all son
' Was _assaulted and brin
IWIele the tunes that they
Auld , the folks in that plan.-
ci
1 It bewildering throngs,.
Ha been married when ".
: T hilarious songs.
: Who this loud racket ni
!bli,'.)r:.:0,d
notiiixtlou 11: o
bounded sbii-adrt:
HMV I love my owslini-eeti,
N'hilifeTil'elleitall13pew.,2f."1:'-reeti lig, .
• Friends quietly true.
IAltoidvethtle:torsapienleclis:oiei/se4d,,
Born of maim, elearasens
I And a faith, firm of plat
With a dignified grace,
T-That
IIlellwohaotiric°‘‘.'iblilirtti'llie real
1 With God 'a sweetest len
Have no sneer, undorstoo
' For the rest, when I sa:
I.,hcata rather !sec good
J Int a eivilize7d way.
$eet is meeting ha,IgrattH
iktid ere. lone- I had Waited
SoI ti,ilughhatt,toondien;aliftea; rt . '
1
Bat 4 young- man arose,
: Looking nan-drenehed at
As if rain -stems of woes
Ilad descended on hitn.
No sueh face you'd liseer
Throag•iia els ilize 1 elnl
cl
ii I; a
l; tleoiurosknelLsear .11,
katis words, thou- 1
i.
thou- h ri'
ToJ my feelings-g.a.ine in'
The e was growth in bisN
i Titrc was hope in hiss:-
-- 4. litttitshlei al-alii14: lull;*orf614111-• lad
aii::
1vexy step ha's been bait!
nii1.1:(3 ea' chlroirkuiaZtalutitirt
. L.All within my course ,
Proth the clothes I had o
1Tc nay heart and i na se
• I hate drunk tine fuiti Ala
' In my pa -remits hot' tear-,
-:,iihlast:-,,delit.ltie :rime caanigi-
lt-Yrta.allrilintdortisillisliliat ?. a -
j
'IF r the help that era
IA till I V* a 1.'' i '4.
kno...ers:uLt,
Tieer
Aid the tannismri,ie
"Pheie arose -atria a
That eis blood fairl,ii
ThA. vocalists sereamlel
' Till quite red in the fa
Pnt $011101,1M it- •••4•eilii,,
; Not at all C.it pia, a%
!)ow, denonments i143,?tot:
Do mint SMIlehOW1.00-.
Eir diamatie events
Relach my heart a
limit iny smiles could not 1
fast gatherithrlears,
-And I ebeered, laugmc.l .0
As I had not for .ars.
And thought: Not at.
Are this tumult:41 d sho
rollcs who save m
'the banjo strut k