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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-11-19, Page 2"„. 2 • eet HE HURON EXPOSI'fOR. MY FRIEND THE BURGLAR. When I was a young man just start- ing in practice in the tow a of Dixon I was appointed counsel by the court for a notorious burglar, who, after having long been a terror to our couatry, had at • last been captured and was:now.await• mg his trials He was supposed to be one of the hard gang., and as I entered the room where he was confined I expected to see an abandoned -looking ruffian of middle - age. -Judge of my surprise, then, to find myself in the pretence of a mild- . looking, blue•eyed, flaxemhaired youth of apparently not more thau two -and - twenty years, though I afterwards learn- ed that at least a decade must be added a, to that. My nutelastudied repose of manner was rather shaken for a moment, but he at once came forward, offered me a chair, introduced himself as _tin Brown, and asked for my name. I had pre- victuaty known him as " Black Jack," a sareaatie appellation, I suppose, on ac- eouat of his extreme fairness. On being told that I was the attorney appointed for his defense his whole. manner changed. A lofo,k of erafty can - 'ling crept into his face, the cloak of good matiners dropped from his shoul- ders, and I saw before me the unmis- takable desperado whose apprehension had delighted so many hearts. After a. quarter of an hour of confi- dential talk I plainly saw that the State would win its ease against this man. My client zsi4 I were beaten before we began. Ile was very guarded in all his admissions, even under the sacred seal of legal confidence, and so I was sur- prised to hear him say, as I was leaving him, that dav : " Well, Mr. Clarkson, of course I pre- fer to be cleared, and I 'shall try my chances on that; but it really 'natters little in the end. If the court convicts sne I shalt not be caged very long!' "What do you mean?" exclaimed I, startled. " Only that I never have been long be- hind the bars, and I never mean to be. I have good. friends outside who will rook after me. - 1 smiled incredulously. Yun have never been in Blacktowu State Prison, sir, Or perhaps your assurance would be less.Once there, you are safe to stay, I ean assure you." He laughed lightly and said good- night, thanking me for thy kindness in - accepting his defense. In our subsequent meetings I took pains to telr him the -t I believed in his guiltiand that the utmost I would ander- take 'would be a mitigation of his sen- tence. But he always accepted my as- sertions with an airy pleasantry, aad seemed determined to be friendly in spite of me: The trial eame'on, and, as I had ex- pected, Brown was convicted and sen- tenced to State prison for fourteeaYears. There were few redeeming cireinnstances in the case, and his sentence was a se- vere one. I looked for his composure to desert him under this blow ; bat, on • the contrary, he bade me a cheerful good-eveaing as he was luarched off to. spend his last night in our town jail: . I went home with a. very uncomfort- able feeling in my heart. Was it my dutta as a man. to warn the officers,of the jail of this fellow's hints of eseape ? But what h.ad I really to tell? Only vague assertieas about friends whose powers I did not believe in; and even these made in confideatial talks with his lawyer. No,. I would say nothing. He would undoubtedly he wen guarded, and to- - morrow the doors of Blacktown prison would close secure's,- upon hint for many . a long year. When I went to my office next morn- ing I saw at once that something -un- usual had -taken place. Little knots, of , :excited talkers had collected on the street corners;, fierce gesticulations ac- compainied stealthy glances thrown over shoulders F\ and, as I approached, roam was mades for me to enter the first of these bubbling springs of gossip. " Well, Clarkson," said. an old lawyer, who had. long been my friend and patron, It - seems that 'Black Jack' is free, and no thanks to you, my boy !" I started, almost gailtily. Free? What do you mean ?" "1 mesa that, to all appearancesahe was abed and e:Oleep whenever the war- den looked in last night, but that wlien his breakfast was taken to him this morning the figure in bed turned out to be only the pillow well covered sip, while our bird had flown thiough the window by means of the neatest sawing on the bars you ever saw." , " Sawing ? t -here could he have con- essaled au inatrument? Was he not thoroughly smashed ?" " Of course, and he had nothing. • Everything was taken from him except a little, old, well -thumbed Bible that had 'Jessie Brown' faintly traced on it old-fashiened letters. Ile said it had been his mother'a, aud begged that he might keep it as the last tie to better days. Naturally, they hadn't the .heart or the conscience to refuse that. He must have been helped from outside."' Who is after him ? For I suppose somebody is." " I should say so ! The sheriff, and all his posse, and half the Own besides. They are wild at ItlackaTAss escape, but I don't believe they a ill lay hands on him again very soon. He has had too good a start." And so it proved.. After a three days' fruitless. search the hunters aI returned, • giving up the game aa too wily for them, the sheriff fuming and fretting at an escape that had virtually- cost him his reputation. Just ti lyeek later the morning post brought me a square, stylish looking letter, addressed in a neat, feminine hand. 1 opened it with soinu surprise, as my lady correspondenta were few, but had hardly read two lines when sueprise oemine astonishment, and that, in turn, amazement. This was the mis- sive Mr. Mediali Clarkson, -Sir,--You wonder hew I could have escaped. from Blacktown prison. In the same way, I reply, that 1 eseaped from Dixon jail. never knew a Prison Warden yet (and have in my time come across a good many of thems that was hard-hearted eneugh to take away from me my moth- er's Bible. Weil coneeated between its double covers are the mils.- implements r need to pick the strongest lock that ever was made or to file the thickest bar that ever wat forged. 1 ahoulii not tell you s this now, except that I am off for for- eign 1,arts, and never expect to see this conatry again. Beth 1 liked you, and can4t resist this parting, word. When yam defend another burglar, find a worthier one than "BLACK ciAdle." • . You see, the scamp was well educated, for his letter bore every evidence of that, as did his conversation. He -had evi- deutiy seen better days, aad 'the traces of dead manhood, in him were doubtless what had attracted Me. - The letter was, of coarse, post -marked from a distant town,where he had -never been seen, and was no help in tracing the lost clew. Well, 1 thoaght this was 01,ie end of my adventure-. But the queerest part was still to come.. • The cares of life accumulated rapidly upon me soon after these occurrences, and my canStantly increasing pra tice, I followed by marriage, succeeded inso l filling my thoughts that "Black Jack" was driyen -almost from my memory. Some.five years after this episOde my wife and I found ourselves . making a new home in 'a Western State, and, in. spite of same -unavoidable twinges of re- gret, we sopa settled into contehtment and happineSsiu our unaccustOmed'quar- ters. We had I been inhabitants of the thriving little town of X only a few ntonths when. our quiet life was rudely aroused into .exaitement byasgeneal alarm ef burglars.A half-dezeit-hot ses were brekeniato in one-night ; watches,. silver, jewel*, everything val'uable and small enough to be easily carried, taken off, and yet the occupants of the -with; ous ransaaked dwellings not once aroused froM their slumbers. It was • JO those 'days Tahnost like magic, ancl. we hardly knewt how to protect ourselves. The burglar t were certainly doing their work in the Most professional and deft, fingered way. Our, neighbor on the right had been one of the latest victims, and we feared that our turn might come.. Double locks and bars Were employed, the pollee guard, doubled, and I, slept nightly witha loaded pistol ander my • pillow, which alarmed my wife althosths mach as an anticipated burglary. ' Bat all our preCantions were of ,no avail. We awake one .morning to fled ourselves minus . our small-aihret. that 'was ,solid), my wife's diamond ear- rings, her father's stedding gift,and, greatest loss. of all, My Watch, a family heirloom, --which I prized highly and which money could never replace. It, bore amid the -quaint engraving of its in- ner catethe ! name of my great-grand- fathersi which was, also my own, "--Obe- dial" H. Clarkson." The jewelsand the watch had -both been taken from what we had consider- ed a safe hiding -place in our own too* and yet we I had been conscious of no noise, not Oven an unpleasant dream. But a faint, sickening ()der in the room, combined with headaches,' of which we - both complained, left no doubt that chloroform had, been the agent ef this burglary, as 'doubtless in all the others.. " Of .course„ I sail that we insist acceptour fate like the rest, as there seemedsmall. chance of - the rascals .being caught; Such a street guard, however, was now- - put upon the Whole:town- that onr house was -the - ast-onthe list Of the vie- timized. . Three .days later, as my wife 'and -I= we -re sitting d wn to •breakfastawhi-ch just now we. ha,d to be content teeat with plated fes s a.nci teaspoons, thee came aloud ring at the door -bell, The ftuthfui Bridg answerec sum- mons): 'and reth mecl after a short parley'. with a, small express package -marked.. " Paid." " My shoes ftom New York," said my. wife. "No," said I • •" it is addressed to me. The new beaks I sent to Boston for," tearing off the wrapper as I spoke. Imagine our sensations when on re- movinai'the coven of the wooden bex, our lost forks and. spoons, the blue vel- vet case containing my wife's earrings, and my own beloved Watch were .re- vealed to our amazed eyes. " Harry," gasped my wife," wheae did they come from." " I don't kaokv'" I answered helpless- ly. Just atthie mon-lent my gaze fell upon a small 'folded note at the bottom of the box, and .as I looked memory be- gan to stir and waken; for that pecu- liar, delicate handwrithag had certainly come nnclea my notice Itefores steuggling with this faint' and elusive re- membrance, I unfolded the bit of paper and read its contents : Mr. Obediali Clarkson,—Dear Sir, You may- thank your queer name for bringing these things back to you again. It wass after we had left your house and the tOwn that I saw the. markirig, on your watch and knew. that we had aob- bed a man that I have always feltavat a friend. I vowed years ago that I'd do you a_good turn some day, and now here it is. 1 have found, out that you're the same Obediah who defended me at D-ixon, and you're welcome 6 the "swag." I'll never rob you if I know it; for there is honor even aMong thieves. • "BLACK JACK." . " 0, Harry, Harry !" sobbed ray wife (for I ant happy to state that my middle name is; 1-lenry), I'll never abuse your poor old name again ! I did think it was frightful, but: sec what it has .done for us—that and. your kindness to that dreadful burglar." I smiled rather wearily, remembering the sentence in the note about " honor amoug thieves," and almost felt that had been included under the appella- tion ! But from that day to this we have heard no more of Black Jack," and have concluded that, in any event, the Obediah Clarktons are safe trolls his gentlemanly depredations. He is anewn in the.family as "My friend the burg- lar," and his preference for me is rather a sore subject.—G. H. Underwood in the Cosmopolitan. Do Not Fret. " Every one of the doors creak, '48 horribly thatit almost sets me wild," excladined,a tired housekeeper who was tryingto test a little after the abets.' or a, wearisome day, Now this was not the, first, perhaps, it was the twentieth time sht had made the sonic pr a similar re- mark about the creaking of, the doors, when with the aid. of a yttle bottle of, oil -and a feather, she might. have made' them Owing aoiselessly, and' saved her- self all the aanoyance she had -suffered. It is a great deal easier to make sugges- tions, than to follow them : but it seems to me that the "golden rule " for hause- keepers might be this " If anything goes wrong for which'. there is a remedy, apply it as soon as possible ; if there is absolutely no remedy do riot -fret but make -the best ef it." I believe that, ' often, it is not the -a -ark that makes us• feel se thoro-ughly weary at the end • of the week, as . worrying over it. I re-, member of fretting a good deal over some Pies, cemplaining that I always spoiled them by- puttingin too muels of • one thing or another, when my sister quietly remarked that perhaps I put too much anxiety into them. I saw the point, and reSolved henceforth to do the.. best I could with my cooking and to worry' less overresults. Of fourse I had afterwards better success and far more peaci3 of Mind. There are days in the experience of every . housekeeper when everything seems to go wrong, and a perfect aValanche of little troubles and perplexities Seems ,to overwhelm one.. hen itafeedr is she that fuleth her s irit better I than he that taketh city. --Marian Reyburne in Good House, keepusg. , • -...-- Little Fake Among the &dap. Africa Waa a warm climate, so warm that thelittle babies:do not need any 'clothes. But it is too cold sometimes for the little tender babe to be without a blanket.' There is occasionally a white frtst down jib the deep valleys in the. winter, bat it hover comes up the hi14 to :the -houses !on,the coast. Away 'back sixty miles frb, th the coast there is' a lit - ale ice, and beyond that on the moun- tains there is some snow. My children had never seen -suow when they came to Ainerica. One nioaniag as they came down from their- sleeping rooms they saw for the first time thhground alt white. They were 'srery Mach excited, and rushed out to pick up the show to see what it was like, But tliey threw it down quickly, for „they said it burnt their !fingers they- did not -knoss), that. snewavould -bum The Zulu not ler buys a cotton blana kat, that.cosis ther a good deal of money (75 cents), to Wi'ap llp the babe on these ecsol Moraiegs. She has no bed or crib to put the jittle ohe in, as she lays it on aanat on the ground, and there it sleeps 'sweetly, The mother has net, much work to do in her hut. She has no clothes tt Ina deet riot even 'for she says il it, and I think it would wear holes in it if • she shoul with it clean.She has only me dish of food to cook at a meal, She sets that bat in the middle of the flooratand the men gather around it, sit- tiug on the ground, and eat with wooden -spans until they are satisfied. Thea the -women and children come and eat whatlfhey Want, mad if .there is anything left the -clogs lap it out of the dish.. So the woman has only one dish and., a few spoons to wash amid only,one reom in her hat to sweep out -and no furniture to dust.1 But she does not expect to live in idle- ness, since her husband •has paid ten head Of cattle for her. She takes great pride in having a nice garden—as much ,so as your ' mothers in having a nice house. When the mother goes out in the garden to work, she ties the babe on ; her back with the blanket I have spoken of, and mantles out with a great hoe on her shoulder, a dish of sour milk on her head. to feed the babe with and her hands full of ears of Corp. Arriving she scat- ters the coin broadcast and commences her diggingaswingin.-g badk and forth With her :little .one on her back, thus rocking •her babe . to sleep. She then lays it on the soft grass in the shade of a tree, and althoughthere are so many snake t all about there, we have never heard of their.biting the little ones. There is brie Very large snake there -- large enough to swallow a babe. I have caught theim as large as a stope-pipe and 16 feet. long. • But they do aot swallow the childran; she has brought on her head. They never drink sweet milk—neither the children nor the grown peeple-a-for their diahes are. always . sour. The mother has a 'nice way Of feeding her little one withoat cup or spoona She, puts her hand jest under the 'babe's mouth and make* a tunnel, and pouring in the milk it runs right down the child's throat. When the little fellow is big enough to ran all about the hut, and he Sees -his father has some food - ready to eat. (it maar be thick' -milk', With boiled corn greuisd), h eothes land holds out his two hands: put together and says, " Gi pe baba • ukudhia kwalo okum uandi:" (give me, papa, some food of your* Whichis nice.) The. father .fills his hands' heaping full and he laps it all out withoht spilling a, drop on the ground. - The children are contented with plain feed, and have but one kind of food ata meal. They never complain of hard bed, though they slep on a mat on the. !ground, often without even a little tblanket to &es& them. If you should go into theirhut you would:: find "the little darkiee jus bed with nothingt over them.' They are jest as .happy as the ,goats they sleep with at night, or as the monkeys' that- come down- from the tops of the tree to steal the oorn as soon as it Thy are as cheetful as the baboons that come out from among the rocks to scratch ap'the'corn the mother pla,ntS, if the does not remain in the gar- den all day and keep, them out. They are alery fond ef play. one of their ainuseimen ts consists in making oxen and cows and other 'animals of Clay. They skip aind juin') about at happy and joy7 ful. as the . animals abou tith e m 130 there 'a a kind of happiness which. you have and whieh they have not. And they do not knew how' to get it until missienaries come and tell them. I —General Katilhars has- demanded the dismissal from effit:e Of the Prefect who expelled NeboIsin, a Russiaa subject, from the Sofia Couhcil Cham her. The Prefect has offered to resign, in order to relieve the Government of thedlificulty, but General Kaulbars ini sists that he be dismissed, - —Mr. Gladstone has made the followi ing rattly to a 14tter from a prominent Liberal; who 'proposed the presentation to hiai of a national testimonial: "1 da not desire, anathoeld regret, the presen' tation of any national, testimonial, even if the !desire sprang frOri a feeling wide! ly spriead, which feeling I de not think, exists " ce or wash or mend. She wash her blanket often,, will wear it out .ta wash When the little one wakes up- it cries jast as white oi,ldren do, and the mother throws down het hoe and runs to it just as fast as any of your mothers run for you when they hear you • crying. She loves her Child just as much as white mothers do theirs. It is hungry, and the!mether feeds it -with-that sour milk I —The Euphtates River, once a migl4 stream, seems likely to disappear altca, gether. For sokne years the river -banks below Babylen have been giving,way so. that ithe stream'spread Out into a marsh, a malrow. elm nel remained for the na- tive and only bat. Ncisv the passage is bein‘ filled up,.and •thp prospect is that the town s on the bp.nks will be ruined and: the fa. taus riv r itself will be swallowe I up by;the dese ta - 1 /1' • i I REAL EPTATE 'FOR SALE. TIOUSE IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE.—For sale the Comfortable residence now occupied by the undersigned. It contains eleven rooms and summer kitchen, atid hard and soft water, and is within two minutes walk of Main Street. Apply to HUGH .0 IllEVE. 984xt.f. ziGOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 18, Concession 0, Hay,containing 100 acres, of which.about 60 are cleared, fenced and under- drareed and partly free from stumps; the bal- anceis hardwood bush. There are good build - legs and small oepherd and plenty of good water This is a good farm'and will be sold on reason- able terms. Foy partichlars apply to ' JOHN CORBY, on the premises, Or Hensale 1'. 0. 95e FARMS FOR.. SALE.— Th tieing Northehalf of Lot Morals,. on whielethere is a go outbuildings, taunt: honse, gotk good Wells, &c. Also that vali South half of . Let 28, Conces e Idyll there is a good new fean f lime ham , Both of those far le village of. Bresselsaand are first-claes farms: ' Tends easy, made known on applieation t -I ETER THOMSON, Brussels I A 00 ACRE FARM 'POT SA I leiu•ni for Sale in the ii, rry, in the Comity of linror elf and 55 in the 1St Coneessic a Tea 150 cleared and in a go %lotion, There is a first-elass f tame house and e bank barn 6 s one stabk! underit. 'The fart hjtif mete front 'the gravel rc I. 'roxeter to Bressels, 5 miles fr •s'x• Role Brussels. Terms easy a ipl v to J. COWAN; Wroxette e- OFFAT, Proprietor, on thepi L t t valuable farm 29, Concession 6, d frame barn and Licari ng orchard, able farm !icing ion 6, Morris, on C house and good lie are adjoining in every respeet cud Ivhich well be E, E. 'WADE, oi• .0. , 963 —A first-class ownehip of Turn- , being- Lote No. n, containing 200 id state of culti- orchtu•d, a good by 48 feet with is situated (me- ad leading from )111 Wroxeter and For partieulars ,cr to ROBERT emiscs. 961 71A1tNE 1N MORRIS FOR SALE.—A very vain - able farm for Sale, being outh half of Lot 6, Concession 3, Morris, contt ining 100 acres ; th ere are 11)04.80 acrewelearee and free from s. umps. The soil is afine via • loam and well ft need and N1'1.terell.• -.There ie good. bald( barn w th staeles triaterneath and a ood freme house, t 0 buildinge are nearly new, iU d thee is e first - el las orchard:: There is a good bash with plenty o rail timber. The farm 18 0110 aile 'from school, ft 1! 'miles from •Wingham, and two and a half fr itt Belgrave station. Good eravel roads lead- ing from. the place. The lea in will be sold el cap. Apply on the premises r .Belgrave P.O., IN M. HANNAH. 957 • lOR SALE.—For sale in the thriving village - of Heneall at a great bargain, that valuable p operty situated on the west *side of. Brooke st ea, consisting of a good nes fraMe dwelling 1.ex26 feet, and well finished qtroughout, with good well and stable on the p ,emisee. Reason fo selling is that the undersigned intends leaving ti e village about the mid Of theeear. Possession C. 11 be gietin 14 4[11y time within a, weeks notice. . ries of,Sale.—Very liberal. 'or full partice- la el apply to D. MOWBRAY, t1ason and Con- tr, tetor, Hensel' P. 0. 906 • ARM IN GREY FOR SA it; on the 1(3th Coneessio acres, south pert 'of Lot 15, on si .11. cantainifig 45 acres ; Lot'l , the balance well timbered cr cresses the lot, it is well a in or grazieg lot, e5 acres is m m der good pultivation, the bah b _red with black ash. His well c al' ogether or in parts to suit th fu ther particulars apply to th th premises, or by letter. to Cr 47x4-tf GE 1 1 - • - E.—Being Lot , containirig 100 he 16th Conces- is partly clear. a never failing lapted for farm- etly cleared and nce is well rained Will sell purchaser. For Proprietor on ehrook P. 0. 11GE AVERY. ARM IN MORRIS FOR SLE.—For Sale, North -half Lot '2.2, Cone .tiSi011 [ 7, Morrie, •eo itaiiiing 100 'acres, .bout 70 o whieh are clear- ed and partiv cleared from stu ups, well fenced arid in a good state -of eultiva ion. The wood la id contains considerable ce lar. There is a good frame house and bank b. rn with stabling derneath and other necessaa• outbuildings, a -go d orchard and plenty of eipr ng water. It is wi hin three-quaitere of a mile from school, and only throe_ miles from the flourishing village of Biussels. This .farm will .be sold cheap. Apply on the premises •or lerussele P. 0. - 20tf , SIMON FORSYTHE, Proprietor. OOD FARM FOR SALE.-1,l'or sale, Lot. 1, Concession 8, Tuckersmith, containing 100 ac 'es, about 80 of which are cleared, free from sti nips, anderdrained, in e high state of cultivae ti a and well fenced. -There isa corefortable lo house and a large bank bark with stabling ui derneath. Also 4 young' Or( hard and good The land is all dry and of the besteniality. It =ie conveniently 'situated to Seaforth and Ki )pen stations, with good gravel roads ,leading to each place. For further .paiticulars address" Proprietor, legniondville P. 0., or apply at . th • Egmondville mills. JAMES KYLE, Pro- . pr etor. 904-tf 001) FARM FOR SALE.—eIn order to elose the affairs of the estate of the late W. G, 111 igeton, the executoroffer the following vary va liable lands for salt. First—North half of Lo e 30, Concession 5, township of Morris, con - tai iiiig90 acres. On thie lot, is erected a good fr me bean with stoini fcelindetio j,. good orchard, we 1 and pump. Nearly ale cleered, and ie on tli gravel road closely adjdnung the village of Br issels. This.farin is a valuable one, is well fez ced and ill a good state of cultivation. leo prices and terms apply to Time. Either, Brus- sel 1?. 0., 11 Real; JENNINOS, Vittoria Square P.O., tee JAMES SMITH, Maple Lodge P. 0., Middlesex Co ntee 868 ' , rflwo HUNDRED ACRE FARM FOR SALE.— jJ sale, Lot No. neon the 14th and 16th co cessions of Greye containing f100. acres, 150 of • WI 'eh are 'cleared and in a goo state of cultiett- tio a The remainder is good larewood bush. Thereis a never failing creek r inning through thu farm. There is agood fram learn 40 by 60 fee egood log house anti good 1 caring. orchard. It s eiet miles frem Brussels, nd three from W. Itone with good gravel. toad eliding to each pi ce. There is a school cm the iext Lot. Price, 87,100. - Thie is an excellent . tock and grain fa in and is offered very ehe, p. For further pa: Wailersapply to the Proprie or on the prem- ise or to Walton P. 0.—ADAM DOUGLAS. - ARM FOR SALE.—Being Lc t 20, on the 17th concession of Grey, coritair ing one hundred ac es, of which about 50 are c eared and well fe ced and iii a good state of cul ivation, 25 acres of eacid hardwood.bush the rem leder cedar and as . There is a spring creek mailing through . th lot. • • There is a good frame house with fair ou buildings, good young orch, rd and two good we lse convenient to schocil and .hurches. -It is Mg it miles to Brussels and five to Ethel with go d roads feeding to each plata. This is an ex- cel ent stock and grain farm and will be sold ch ap, For further particubue apply to the prdprietor ortfrthe premises, or t eeoncrief .P. 0. —J °FIN CARMICHAEL , 967-t.f. VIARM:FOR SALE. ----The subs Tiber offers for ele sale his valuable farm hi be Township of Or v, comprisingLots 6 and 7, in thellth Con- ces ion of said Towne -14p. Thi farm contains 200 acres, Mid is within 1 am 1 miles.—of the thr ving village of Brussels, wit i, a good gravel roal leading thereto. About 150 acres are clear- ed, free from stumps, and in a OM state of eel - ale Mon:- The balance is finele wooded. This far n is particularly weel fen ,ed, nearly the wh le of.' the fences being strai 'ht, and having be n erected in 18856. VOn the premises there is comfortable log dwelling ea use, and a good Ira ne barn, with .stone 'stabling- und, rneath, in wh ch there is a well with abui dant supply of exc elent water. There is likew se[ a new frame inn lenient house, 40x26 feet, tvell floored above am below, and neatly sided ant 'painted. There are 22 acres 'in fall wheat sown upon summer - fall w'. It Will be sold on very eaey terms of pav- India For particulars apply tc the proprietdr, JAMES DICKSON, Registrar Huron Co., Gotha rich. , 9e6-tf. • CtPLENDID FARMS FOR SALE.—T110 under- - signed offers for sale -his v • rv valuable pro- per y, coneisting of 150 acres, Jeing Lot - No. 2 mat the west . half of -Lot 4,011 the 7th Coneys- sim . of Tnekeremith„ in the co inty of Huron. Thi buildings on Lot 2, are, viz : A brick house 24x al feet; kitchen lsx:10 feet, verandahs and rd ling underneath 1) feet high, frame' stablirie wodshed attached. Barn 56x5- feet with stone st one 18x12 another 1ex36 pia hot se and all nes. ess, ry buildilIV'S. There are 75 aeres cleared and . in , high state of cultivation, th balance is welt •tim iered, .There are also on th 2 piece a good orchard and two never faiig mile of water. Thd 60 acre farm has on it a go orchard and log house., geed well, 26 acres c eared which is uncler grass, the balance well tit ibered. These fa is are well drained and fenc d, and will be sok together or separately. hey are within five milesnf Seaforth, on a good ;Tavel road eon - yen eat to school's and churches, and will be sold che p; Apply to THOMAS McBRIDE; on Lot 2, or ,y letter to Seaforth P. O.' 972-tf - 1?„1/11\/11-3 R For Fine Clothing, just right in style, 'trimmed with the bet tritimings, thorough- ly made, and perfect fitting qualitiefs, THE TEMPLE of FASHION IS THE PLACE TO GET IT. Adown the meadow and the dell The autumn winds are sighing, The birds bop cheerless 'mong the trees, And summer leaves are dying. Soon, soon, the Wintry blast shall come, The trees the.' foliage baring, i Anon, again, re ew their youth With garnieu s snow-white wearing. 1 , The Temple of Fashion for evetything neW in Gentlemen's wear; Neckties, fine Underclothing, GloVes, Mitts, etc. i And seasons conic and seasons go, The face of Nature changing, From youth to age, from age to death Our footsteps g,raveward ranging. Then Robin red breast with his song Comes sorrowing to our dwelling. He heeds not now the children's mirth, His simple tale he's telling. The only place to get a fine fur Cap, ranging in prie.e from 60c to $17, in Persian Lamb, 13eaver, Seal, Otter, etc. Fur Collars and Cuffs can be Worn on any Overcoat. J. WAILLAR, the Temple 'pf Fashion, One door NORTH of E. McFaul's Dry Goods .11-ouse, Seaforth. N. B. --Highest Prices in trade for :RaW Furs. The Great November and December Sale. Wo aro offering during those months the following lines of goods far below cost: 769 Men's and Boy's Overcoats; 504 Men's and Boy's Suits; 353 Ladies' Mantles andi Dolmans; 109 Ladies' Ulstersi; Tremen- , dous Stock of Furs to be included in this sale. Now is the time to secure your requirement § in the above goods for the winter, at the bankrupt prices. JOSEPH' KIDD ;SON8. as - SUCCESSORS TO THOMAS KIDD & SON. - THE BAitGAIN HOUSE IS filling fast with new Fall Goods. Just received per steamers State of Georgia and Polynesian, new Dress Goods, New Tweeds and Pantings, New Coatings, NOW Shawls, New Plashes, New Velveteens, New Linens'in Tablings, Hollands, Towellings, New Silks, Satins, Ribbons, &c.; Nev Carpetings and Oil s Cloths._ I . • I 7 Stock now complete of READYMADE ;(7,LOTHING- iln all sizes and prices of Men's, Youths', Bos' and Children's, We gaarantee qi aliti and price of all our goods unmistakeably right. We invite 'you, reader, yourself. IN' No trouble to show goods. o call and inspect for JAMES PICKARD, CAMPBELL'S BL OK, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. Axis Gut Pebbles. The frauds that have been perpetrated on the spectacle weariiig, public by mot dealers and pedlars giving assumed and lance; names to ordinary glass, speaks for the ignorance of the public generally in the all important sublect of the preservation of the sight. There are orty two articles from which spectacle lenses can be matmfactured, viz., Pebbleand Class. Call glass by any other name it still remains glass. Pebble, on the other hand, is from Nature's own manufactory. It is natural crystal, found generally in freestone foundation, and is -harder than the Tuley and emerald, and nearly as hard as the dirunond. The pebble is nothing more nor le se than a transparent stone, cut by the aid of diamond dust, and the gredtest amount of power is placed iinmediately over the ventre of the grain found in all pebble. It will give to the spectacle evearer a coolness, freshness and a pleasant fe,eline. that the ordinary spectacle lenses cannot by any possibility impart. All Spectacles and Eye Glasses are stamped na. L. A. C. P., and can only be purchased from :M IL 0011 1\T 111 M IR, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER .'sAND JEWELLER, SEAFORTH, ONT. Also on hand a stock of Lazarus, Morris & Co., Black & Co., and lelontreal Optical Company's Spectacles. Common Spectailes from 10e. per pair up. `32 0 L D3..LP T 1\4T.— •-• :^1)1s...k . • asaatt-as sat , tas. etstsses . -0"Lo • ; Ik.4.% .41 • • _ fir 1886_ We have received ex -Parisian, Polynesian, Siberian, Norwegian and Scan- dinavian, the bulk of our Old Country goods, and they having been bought before •the recent rise in woollen goods, are the best value we have ever shown. We also show a good range of Canadian stuffs in Cottons, Denims, Cottonades, &c. We would ask inspection of our stock of Dress (ods, Silks, Velvets, Plashes in all the new shades. Pull stock of Carpets, Curtains and House Furnishing Goods. a. gr A. WEI E s C.) INT, s :El A 'PI 0 It'll I-1, 1 NOVEMBER 19, 1886. 1 STOVES.'-! WIIITNE1. Is showing a full line of I T0\TES IN COAL OR 1.VO0D. Parlor Cooking and Box StOvdp Base Burners square and round. Don't fail to see them before pureha ing, as they lead for style, and are a 1 guaranteed to give satisfaction. 84 the "Royal Art Base Burner "Famous Royal," "Model Cooks " Ma,scott," &c. The cheapest hoe under the sun for goods in our line, G. M. WHITNEY. On Time las •Usuq, J. A. Stewart —OF THE— Dominion House CONSTANCE3 IS just on time with a fun stock of latest styles in Dress Goods, Wool Caps and Wool Heade, Faciriators, Velveteens in black and colored, Plushes; Underclothing, a big stock of Guernsey' Shirts and Drawers, Plain and Fancy Top Shit* Caralgan Jackets, Flannels, Tweedie Cottanades, Seirtings, white and factory Cottons, Weaving C :ten and Knitting Cotton, White Shirts cheep I. good. Splendid line of Teas just arrived. Pure Seger e Se rup ; pry it. A tot of those popular Spices fr petry and pickling, prepared by Connox De sofa Honey in comb and strained, - Another lot of Colored Glassware eheaper than ever. Crockery in great variety. china Sete, Stone China Sets. A. big drive in &eta and Shoe, away down in price. Examine them 14. fore purchasing elsewhere. Hardware and everything usually kept ia le general country store. Come one and all to the new store kept by • J. A. STEWART. i 967 Watches and Jewelry —FOR ALL AT— YOur .Own Prites; Having purchased the bankrupt steels. -of C. L. Papst & Co., consisting of Watches, • Clocks, Jewelry, Piatedwar. 14in now in a position to sell the a me at LESS THAN 1MANHFsCO- TURERS' PRICES FOR CASH. This offer 'stands good for THIRTY DAYS ONLY at Papst's Book Store,- SEAFORTH. ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, A. `111--ZONG-, Seaforth, Agent. GREAT nEDUCTION IN PASSAGE RATE4. Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool and Lon- donderree, $50, $63, and $73, according to posite* of stateroom. Children under 12years, half fele; under 1, free, Servants in Cabin, $50. Intee, mediate, 835; Steerage, $13. From Liverpool er Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, $83, $78.75 an_ fi 864.0; intermediate, $as; Steerage, $13. AO. turn Tickets from Halifax to Londonderry dr Liverpool and back to Halifax: Cabin, $100, $1218 and $143; Intermediate, $70; Steerage, $28, , Money Loaned and Real Estate Bought and Sold as Usual. INSURANCE. "I represent several of the beat insurance -Celli piffles in the world. AM-Office—Market Street, Seaforth. 862 . A. STRONG 1 , KEEP C0061.1 TIllexcESuibnsacrniegruaisntintoyw. prepared to deliver KEEP WARM ! Any quantity of WOOD, hard or soft, Jon or short, split or unsplit. Also any quantity df c ae t a Cedar Posts and Cedar Blocks for flooring, &C, as ch cap aassopillaanbt, eahllaorgf elsv.hich I will sell and 4 liver re' TELEPHONE NO. 29. R.- COMMON. 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Oatmeal gruel, bet an' 1.-AVA'11#'114.41 11,14t • , AV hen saI:sita:rttelt licil"ale wark (this le For tae serape 0(,t ma bicker v. ir• lea a csaritell) 1 Issileta:e:rphi:tearfiT.it's*dh,f4)strr:s1 :eh:: Lra-- 034 ::a7.- '4'2,.''.: Than 1 hae on the daiatiee they haeei e, een' thNe‘e.e..esitill°kilet(ale—ma. ribs, made ea. e eae, neither made genii anee* je,..et. ..., IclvalieetnhstIi: pliu,lreleilde-iale‘ ru- :1)1 a et Ili): II am rfi:le el t ,,,h'thatflk,i, • :1 I ..sBalt-e:ideeles°:snai'ff''' t'tililltet 'y ilalerl 1g% hill:1:j f;:lit.s Itil;,:ii- 4 t For heimalteleast:u"p mair p a drink c arritBelut on ae point our docto k all' 1,1 r5.t,. i 130illf°oulfeesesra7eddd.3n.sult)eit)shieairw2r:lie‘kiteei-s(3'5at If they cleaned ea a bicker inetea.d a Onr yotuetah.s wad be shetoatIttli8iihtrA„ renticli:arrnac spune. . Gaieties* —Wife—" Come; Min, get getting late, a/1,0 besides, thi drowsily — Well—show—up thi—rdAtdimudee ILvveinegallbeedenyona.s'k' graceband." at a formal spread, b head slightly, languidly loweret lids, and murmured, "0 Lord, . avirfuI'lYi —' Pani," ni," said his mamm you go softly into the parlor grandpa is asleep ?" Yes, t whispered Paul ou his return. spb Ii_eheBa vuetuenitioeltirisnose."h(itnogyllhmmo,ua quarter of lamb• 'and liver. housekeeper -4; Very well, send a small hindquarter of tiv —A phrenologist says that under the eye denotes language , the fulness is caused by await fist it denotes very bad lang era -115; • yo,ung Man advertised f sister answered the adv and now the young people thin no balm in aele-ertisements, whi folks think it's hard to have t --W the —iNalinaiglY'ara boy (twentieth " Ma, can 1 swim the Whir rapids this afternoon ?" Moth Inv dear, not this afternoon. first time we go to New York will let you jump off Brooklyn —" Is your son studying guazes ?" inquired the visitor Bentley, whose son -George "Oh, yes," Mrs. Bentley „re was May yesterday that he for money to buy a Qermanstu and a French clock." - —Punished for Showing Oi man on a street car, for the the other iiimates, told her lit look out of the window- sli). could see her dear papa.. 44 ma," said the child, is you bein' mad with him?" —" Have you heard ,of that ing:case down East of as woma cured of paralysis by the power of a relic of St. Paul ?" have; but I'm from Minneapo wouldn't tench a relic ef St. ten -foot pole." - —When Brown opened. the one morning .and found a in a basket Am the front step, up the bundle, and as he e his wife, he Was heard "Some men are born babies, so babies, and some have babies t t'in.„ --Bobby came into the bing, and told his mother th of cake ; " you didn't kick 1 tn Ny181 ‘,ti vie yehhea stdnr sc It ea d very bad: b did you?" " No," replied 1 Bobby's mother, giving him a. tween bites, "1 kicked him fi themethis year," ,a0sral can as he stuek the corn-cutte fence. " A big apple crop taters—fine yield of wheat a, big ,hay:erop, and corn A No. feel as if I had been blessed." the de,aeon's bocame from and whispered- -something i man's -ear. "Two deilars for shoes I" shouted the deacon a 'y li his head. ", You tell your can't have no two -dollar sh ft be lucky if we get through wtitiblyralwithout\sITITtleaflueltnIw alldhao having passengerlillNI —ge't:°_sreoin i'I nn n tloie stultify the upper circles, with the nobility,. The very sat at table in Europe it was kings and two queeat." If ti-lo-ve in such society as tha you heuaiTed yme ut biacok7 Ames mute the other fellow held as iie sawAlady rttle."11gnP )1oy ss-nhnonas "s1."1..;en reynosnarkheadvnplealsitatnintItt pretty baby ?" "She look. manana.," was the smilin, " What do you eall her lady. "She is named after answered IN[Igs slimttiringf,eatdw euired the color of the It's the same color as ma responded 'timidly. A gee had been amnsed by the dial theWasas laveegoral ondb). the n , ,eees,s. Prompt reply ; ishe'e keel, nea." - An Ohio -widow gra;-1,- b aclevrne company was very anxious Several propositions were Inje-cted, and the president fina tperievfaretre sueperteetastiydown4,00with returned after a -couple