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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-12-17, Page 22 JAN VEDDER'S WIFE BY AMELIA E. BARR. GH AP TER I. ,TAN're WEDDING. "Eastward, afar, the coasts of men were seen Dim; shadowy, and spectral; like a still Broad land of spirits lay the vacant sea Beneath the silent heavens—hereond there, Perchance, a, vessel skimmed the waterywaste, Like a white -winged sea -bird, but it moved ' Too_ pale and small beneath the wail ofspace. There, too, went forth the sun Like a white angel, going down to visit The silent, ice -washed cloisters of the Pole." —RIMER'S TITAN!' • More than fifty years ago this thing happened : Jan Vedder was betrothed to3Margaret Fae. It was at the be- ginning of the Shetland summer, that short interval of inexpressible beauty, wheu th amber sunshine lingers loa- in the violet skies froin week to week; and the throstle and the lark sing at midnight,: and the whole land has an air of enchantmeat, mystic, wonderful, and far off. In the town of Lerwick all was still, though it was but nine o'clock; fOr the men were; at the ling -fishing, and the narrow flagged streets and small quays were quite deserted: Only at the public fountain tiliere was a little crowd of :women and girls, and they sat around its broad', margin with their water pitchers and their knitting, laughing and chattillg in the dreamlike light. "Well, and so Margaret Fite marries at last; she, too, marries like the rest of the world.';' • "Yes, a4d why not? " As, eveey one knows, it is easier to egin that:coil than to end it; and no ne has eter thoughts that Margaret would marry Jan—he that is so often at the dance,. And so seldom at the kirk." " Yes, and it is said that he is not much of a man. Magness Yeol can wag hiin here; and Nicol Sinclair send him there, and if &mem Torr but cast her nixie eyes on him, he leavesall to walk by her side. It is little mind of his own he hath; besides that, he is hard to deal with, and obstinate," !" That is what we all think, Gisla ; thoualone hest littered it. 13ut we will say no more a Jan,, for oft ill comes of women's talk." The speakers were middle-aged wo- men who had husbands and sons in the fishing fteet, and they east an anxious glance towards it, as they lifted their water pitchers, to their heads, and walk- ed slowly home together, knittieg as they went. Lerwick. had then only one street of importance, but it was of con- siderable length, extending in the form of an amphitheatre along the shore, and having numberless little lanes or closes, intersected by stairs, running backward to an eminence above the town. The houses were generally large and comfort- able, but they were built without the least regard to order. Some faced the sea, and some the land, a.nd the gable ends projected on every side, and at , eversecanceivable angle. Many of their foundations were drilled out of the rock upon the shore, and the smooth waters of the bay were six feetdeep at the open doors or windows. The utmost quiet reigned there. Shetland possessed no carts or carriages, and only the clattering of a shelty's gallop, or the song of a drunken sailor disturbed the echoes. The wlsole place hadsa singular , old-world look, and the manes over the doors carried one back to Norseland and the Vikings. For in these houses their children dwelt, still as amphibious as their forefathers, speading most of their lives upon the sea, rarely sleeping under a roof, or warming themselves at a cottage fire; arugged, silent, pious race, yet subject, as all Norsemen are, to fits of passionate and uncentrollable emotion. Prominently among the Thorkels and Halcros, the Yools and Trains, stood out the name of Peter Fae. Peter had the largest store in Lerwick, he had the largest fish-earing shed, he was the largest boat owner. His house of white stone outside the town was two storeys, high, and handsomely furnished; and it was said that he would be able' to leave his daeghter Margaret .C20,000 ; a V er y large fortune for a Shetland girt: Peter was a Norseman of prenounced type, and had the massive face and loose- limbed strength of his race, its faculty for money -getting, and its deep religious sentiment. Perhaps it would be truer to, say, its deep Protestant sentiment, for Norsemen have always been Protest ants; they hated the Realists church as soon as they heard of it. If the Anglo-Saxon or Anglo American wishes to see whence came the distin- guishing traits of his race, let him spend a few weeks, among the Shetland Norse- men, for they have pre-eminently those qualities we are accustomed to pride ourselves upon possessing—the open air freshness of look, the. flesh and blood warmth of grip, the love of the sea, the resolute earnestness of being and doing, the large, clear sincerity of men accus- tornecrto look stern realities in the face. - Peter's wife, Thera, was also of pure Norse lineage, and in mime/ an unrecog- nized way her ancestors influenced her daily life. She had borne four sons, but in the expressive form of Shetland speech, "the sea had got them ;" and her daughter Margaret was the sole in- heriter of their gathered gold. Mora was ai proud, silent woman, whose strongest affections were with her child- ren in their lonely sea graves. In her heart, deeper down than her faith coahl reach; Jay a conviction that the Faes and Thorkele who had sailed those seas for centuries- had; " " her boys to them. And, she was always nursing an accusation against herself for a rite which she had observed for their wel- fare, :but which she was now sure had been punished by their death. For oftena when they had been tossing on -the black North Sea, she had gone to the top of the hill, and looking seaward she had raised from the past the brown - sailed ships, and the big yeilow-haired men tugging at their oars; and in her heart there had been a supplication to their memory, which Peter, had he known it, would have denounced, with the sternest wrath, as neither more nor less than a service to Satan. But what do we know of the heart nearest to ourl own? What do we know of our own heart? Some ancestors who had sailed with Offa,, or who fought with the fronsides, or protested with the Covenantees, or legislated with the Puritans, may, at this very hoar, be in- fluencing us, in a way eel which we never speak, and irk which no ether seal intersneddles. Thara had otie comfort. Her daughter was of a spirit akin to her own. Peter hadsent herto Edinburgh, hoping that she would brine back to his northern home I some of those 1 , which h4 had a exaggerated id characte was n nature hich ca i . oulds. f She ha and disli e upon er arti cial and come back to She element in her e and conlrfrtbda I What ; then m to Jan V dder ? who had little pleasant ways a recommend him. Careful ISIargaret him spontaneous' run, and the bird 1 "But bearin Thora, on the "that this thing Thou hfred Jen gouldst Well hav Thou brought hi then, was there lack silo Id follow 1 " Wife,"the lad i had moa y to eve and if h were n ordinances, there him." , " So I think to has not religion, pockets, then he i I seems, then, th n arry with a poo tell thee,!iit was thee, for, because flee, and, a brig htm." " Many a sore h. liking before jut" is good in the lad will bring it out." "That is as it m y be. Often I have seen it bring oat il . Can any one tel if a man be igood or 1, unless they dwell under the sante roo with him ? Abroad, who is so Pleasant s Ra4on Torr ? But at home, every bo!y there has tolook to his wisl es." At thisl paint n the conversation Margaret 1 entered She was a tall straiabt. id,- wit .a, " finely -featured, tranquil iiace, „ ad irably framed in heavy coils -of hair that were as yellow as dawn. Her corn 1 lexion was exquisite, and her eyes blue, nd cool, and calm. She was still and p ssionless in manner, bet far from being old at heart, ; never- theless, her soul, vith the purity Of crystal, had somet ng also of its sharp angles; something hich might perhaps become hard and c tting. She carried herself lofeily, and walked with an air of decision, Peter ooked at her steadily and said: "Now, thou has done ill, Margaret. Wh,en a yoang girl marries, she must face life for herself and many are the shoulders that ask r burdens they can not bear." - r Yes, indeed ! d it is all little to mY Mindradded t e ;mother. "I had speken to !thee for thy. cousin Magnus Hay ; and then h re comes this Jan Vedder !" "Yes, he comes!' and Mazgaret stood listening, the,pink olor -on her cheeks spreading to the ti s of her ears, and down her white hroat. "Yes?, he' comes !" and. with t e words, Jan stood in the open door. bright, handsome fellow he was ! Th re was no one in all the Islands that wa half so beautiful. " Peter," he criee joyfully, "here has , happened great n ws ! The `Suie- Giter' is in the harbi r with all her cargo safe_ She came in ith the tide. Al! her' planks and nails are lucky." "That is great eivs, surely, -Jan. But it is ill luck to alk of good luck. Super is ready; sit down with us." . ,.. ut Tho.a spok no word, and Jan loo sed at M rgaret i ith the question in hiseyes. st It mea, s this, 1nd no more, 'Jan. I have told my fath r and mother that thou would :lake m thy wife." "That i what I esire, most of all things." "Then ti ere is ittle _need of long „talk. I bet oth my -if to thee here for life or dea h, Jan .Vedder; and my father and i y moth r they are the wit- nesses ;" an4 as she poke, she went to Jad, and put her hai ds in his, and Jan drew her praudly to is breast and kiss- ed her. Mora leftthe rom without a glance at the loversPete stood up and said angrily: "Enough, and moie than enough has been said t is --nigh. No Jan; I will not , put my palm a rainst thine till we have spoke! - togeth r. There is more to a marriag than girl's `Yes' and a wedding rin ." This was t e mane r of Jan's betroth- al; and as h walk& rapidly back into the town, th re cam a feeling into his heat of not being qu te pleased with it. In spite of i Marge t's affection and straightforward deci on, he felt humili- ated. ' "It is what a man rich wife," he mutter and tell Mic ! ael Sno he smiled at Ithe pro onward to P ter's st For Micial1i1 Snorr opening to he stre the one facing the -se and just witein it; feathers a.nd swans' seal skins, the barrel of sea -birds' eggs, smoked geese, Micha sea washed the wa gurgled under theii tended from the do only sound there we his head in sids hand the offing Where m Belabor. At he soun soul sprang i to his f and he rose remblin meet him. - , In all his 'desolate loved Michag Suorro. " he was not all ther " one of God's bairns, f, during his 1 ng orp and clothes, and she life; but no one ha; And Michael humbly. he could not expect been cruelly unkind indeed, of almost g awk ward an a ill -pr face, large ead flat, - h of clay, except at th when his soul 'shone th mortal, but Ain Vedd that illumination: it would be as Michael loved Jan Jonathan's soul clave as he saw hirie Perh reasonable affection, passing the love of w all, can we guess how have been spiritually •••• E HURON w -land refinements of , hadowy and perhaps But Margaret Fae t of that semi -fluids easily be run into new looked with distrust life which seemed to extravagant, and, had land with every Worse haraeter strengthened e her betroth herself weak, wasteful man, ut his good-natured, his great beauty to And yet the wise and ae loved him; loved , as the brook loves to oyes to sing. ind, husband," said ght of the betrothal, Is of thy own doing. \Tedder, when thou hired a better man. to thy house. Well, any wonder that ill - the foolish deed ?" a pleasant lad. If he Margaret's toeher, ore punctual at the -ould be no fault to But when a man d has besides empty poor for both worlds. t our Margaret must man. And let me little thing, moved an had a handsome t smile, thou liked art folks get, who set ment. But if there then to get married ets who wooes a d; " but I will go e about it. And •ect, and herded e, lived there. The t was closed ; but was wide open; ong the bags of own, the piles of of whale oil, and nd the cnelss of was sitting. The house walls, and le pier, that ex - r, but it was the .Michaei, with , sat gazing into ny ships 'lay at of Jan' voice his e for I moment, with p leasure, to life, so one had As ispicion that ," a I therefore ' had i sured him, anage, the food, er, ne, essary for give him love. ckese wledged that , for nature had him. He was, eantic size, but portioned. His d the whiteness e rare intervals ough it ; and no r, had ever seen ard to tell why as to say why o David as 'soon ps it was an sm- ut it was one1 men, and, after, le two men may related? There W: s -some tie of which flesit and blood kn w not between them. Michael, I am going to get married." Well, Jan—and what:then'?" , 'It will be with me as others;'I ish 11 have children, and grow rich, and ol and die," ' Who is it Jan ?" Margaret Fae." "1 thought. that. Well, thou art au shine, Jane and she is like a pool of cle r water. If the sun shines not, then th water will -freeze, and grow cold and had." "Thou dost net like Women, Michael." ay, but I ttiast them not. Where th devil can not go, he sends a woman. W 11, then, he will 'find no such messen- ge for me. He must come himself. Th t is well; Vie fight will be easier." . When I am married I shall sail my. ow boat, and thou -shalt be always wi h me, Michael. We will feel the fre h wind bloviieg in the canvas, and the salt spindrift in our faces and the bo t going at if she were a soften flying for the rock! ' - - Is that thy thought, then? Let me tell thee that thou art counting thy fish wh le they are, swinnning. Until Peter Fa 's hands are. full of earth, he will not par with one gold piece. Make up thy miid to that." Margaret will have her Weller." That will be seen; but if thou wants ey, Jan, there it is in my chest, and t greater joy can I have than to see thy hand—all of it? It would be grace to me." len Jan rose up and laid his arm ss Michael's shoulder; and leers lifted face caught the glow of s bending _one, and the men's souls e to each 'othe-r, though their lips ✓ parted. le next day proved Michael right. ✓ did not name Margaret's tocher. aid he would give Margaret a houie all needful plenishing ; and he ised also to pa -y all the wedding rises. But there was no word of sum of ready money; and Jan was proud in his,poverty to ask for his . - He did,' indeed, ;suggest that he was a householder he should . But peter would not of any such addition. thou art worth, and I mo wh it i thy T acr Mic Jan Spo nev Pet He wit pro exp any toe righ whe hay more -Wage • see the justice ." I give theeal will not give thee a Scotch merk more," hea swered roulghly. " When it comes to a question of weiges, Jan, the son and. the tranger-are the same to me." And wise Jan told his friend what had been pro ised, Michael said only: Well, then thou wilt have the woman also." T e twelfth of August is "the fisher- man s foy " in Shetland, and the great fees of the is ands. It was agreed, ther fore, that the. marriage should take piaci at that time. • For there would be at li est two hundred fishing vessels in Bras y Sound at that time, and with most of the fishermen Peter either had had business, or might have in the futu e. 'or three days we shall keep the feast for 'all who choose to eome," he said, and so, when the procession formed: for ti e church, nearly six hundred men and omen were waiting to follow Jan and is bride. Then Jan led her tothe front of it, and there vvat a murmer of wonder and delight.- Her dress was of the ichest white satin, and her heavy golde ornaments—the heir -looms of centuries—gave a kind of barbaric splen- dor o it. The bright sunlight fell all over ier, and added to the effect ; and Jan, with a bridegroom's pardonable pride thought she looked more than mort 1. Go ng tb the churah, the procession prese ved the gravity of a religious rite; but n the return, some one touched lightl the strings of a violin, anci in a mom nt, hundreds of voices were chant- ing : ."1u is often that I have- said it: the sight thou art my dream, and mY wakii g thought in the morning. loved thee always; not for thre montl s, not for a year, but have loved thee ,framthe first, and my love shall not wither, until death peril us. "01, my beloved I My wife! Dearet to me than the light of day Closer t me th n my hands and feet? Nothin but d ath shall part thee and me, for- ever!' The singing opened their hearts ; then came Ise feast and the dance, that end -I less a tivel dance which is the kind of riot ii which grave races give vent to the ss ppressed excitement of their li tea. It di soon and h the t give t " Hae's to the men that cast the net, Ion line," she cried, 'lifting the up above her head. And may Id his hand about them all, and e mouth of the gray fish !," d -here's to the bride,", answered est fisherman present, "and may re her a blessing in both hands ! they separated, and sotne went ir homes • in Lerwick, and ay, and others sailed to Ireland otland, a,nd even Holland; but knew 1 that hOwevei much the feast 1 ad cost him, it was money put out at 'nod interest, and that he. would, be ver likely to find it again at the next fi hing season. • (To be continued.) _. _L omen Customers. I hate women customers," replied a salesw man in a dry goOds store. She had b en asked plumply whether she preferr d waiting on men, and this was her.plu p answer. • " W not, please Margaret she was eery of the noise and commotion, artily glad, whene on the eve of ird day, she was aalled upon to e partine toast ; and th silver He h open t "A the ol God gi The to th Scallo and S Peter iy do you prefer men ?" "Be a.use they know what they want, and do not care to keep you standing an, hour w 'ile they fumble over and rumple up th goods on the counter. Why, only to day I was showing a lady black' stoclein s. Of 'course, they were all the same s ze and quality, yet she dragged every air out of that box and then wanted to see more. I handed down; two more b xes just like this one, and thea she as -ed if we had any more. I told her no, and then she said I might wrap up one ale for her. The lady next to me made nine different sales to gentle- men wliile I was fooling with the one woman. 1 am going to try to get a place in a liar lware store, or someplace where women lo not have to deal with women." —Pitts urg Dispatph. —Th St. Louis -Globe-Democrat has receive a letter from Jim. Cummings the Ada 4 -express robber,which states that he s tired of being chased around the cou try by detectives, and promises to retur $25,000 of the sum stolen if theyevil leti him go in peace. REAL ESTATE F XPOSIT,OR. R SALE. Jr0USE IN SEAFORTHFO - SALE.—For sale - j_ the comfortable residence now (Rump ed by • t e unders1gned4- It contains seven rooni, and miner kitchen, and hard and soft wat r, and i within two minutes walk of Main Street. Ajspiy to HUGH GR1EVE. 984xt.f. . ---,-----e- --- • -- Lr GOOD FARM FOR SA .—For sale, Lot 18, Concession 6, Hay,co itaining 100 acres, o which about 00 are cleared, fenced and under - d rained and partly free from stumps, the bah a lee is hardwood bush. Theo are good build - 1 gs'and small orchard and pie! ty of good water ' T is is a good farm and will be sold on reason- & le terms. For particulars 'apply to JOIN G 0 RBY, on the premises, or Hensel! P. 0. 952 ARMS FOR SALE.Th t valuabie farm being North half of Loti 20, Concession 6, h orris, on which there is a god frame barn -and oi tbuildings, frame house, gooc bearing orchard, g od wells, &n. Also that val labia farm being 1, 8 uth half of Lot '28, Conces ion 5, Morris, on -w ich there isa good new frau e house and good fr me barn. Both of those farina are adjoining t e village of Brussels, and arc in every respect 11 t -class farms. Terms easy, and which will be de known on application to E. E. WADE, or :ITER THOMSON, BrusseliPP. 0. -, 963 rn 200 ACRE FARM FOT SA E —A first-class Farm 'for Sale in the t3wnihip of Turn - berry, in the County of Huron, being Lots No. 54 and 5.5 in the lst Concessio 1, containing 200 ae es, 150 cleared and in a ge d state of mild- va ion. There is a first -Class orchard, a good fr me house and a bank barn.80 by 48 feet with st no stable under -it. The fart 1 is situated one. ha f -mile from 'the gravel ro d leading from W (meter to Brussels, 5 miles fr ni Wroxeter and al. from Brussels. Terms easy. For particulars n.p la, to J. COWAN, Wroxeter or -to ROBERT M FFAT, Proprietor, on the pr anises. 961 . ARM IN MORRIS FOR SA able farm for Sale, being_ s 6, 'oncession 3, Morris, coact th re are about 80 acres eleare st inps. The soil is a fine claj fe ced and watered. There is a wi h stables underneath and a g th buildings are nearly new, an cla s orchard. Therc. is a good of ail tiinber. The farm is one ilV- miles from Wingham, and fro n Belgrave station. Good g in from the place. The Fa ch ap. Apply on the premises W HANNAH. E.—A very valu- uth half of Lot ning 100 acres i and free from loam and well good bank barn od frame house, there is a first- ush with plenty dle from ethool, two and a half avel roads lead- in will be sold r Belgrave P.O., 957 11alt SALE.—For sale in the thriving Village of Hensall at a great barge n, that valuable pro tcrty situated on the west .ide of Brooke etr et, consisting of a good new frame dwelling 18x 6 feet, and well finished t roughout, with goo well and stable on the pre -lime& Reason for •ening is that the undersigne 1 intends leaving the village about the end of they .p.r.- Possession can be given at any time within weeks notice. Ter ns of Sale.—Very liberal. F r full particu- lars apply to D. MOWBRAY, l ason and Con- tra tor, Hensel] P. 0. 905 RM IN GREY FOR SA 14, on the 16th Concessio acr s, south part of Lot 15, on t sion, containing 45 acres; Lot 14 ed, the balance well timbered, ere k -crosses the lot, it is well ing •r grazing lot, 15 acres is mo. und r good cultivation, the bale ber d with black ash.' It is well d alto rather Or in parts to suit the furt er particulars apply to th the remises, or by letter to Cra. 94 x4tf GEO E.—l3eing Lot , containing 100 e 16th Conces• is partly clear - never failing apted for farm- tly cleared and ICC is well tim- mined Will sell urchaser. For Proprietor .on brook P. 0. • ' GE AVERY. ▪ RM IN MORRIS FOR SA E. ---For ,Sale, North -half Lot 22, Conce sion 7, Morris, cont ining 100 acres, about 70 of which are clear- ed, id partly cleared from stun) s, well fenced and in a g-ood state of cultivation. The wood land contains. considerable ced, r. There is a goot frame house and bank ba n with stabling und rneath and other necessary outbuildings, a goo orchard and plenty of sprii g wal er. It is with e three-quarters of a mile f ona school, and only three miles from the flour'shing village of Bru sels. This farm will be sold cheap. Apply on 41 e premises or Brussele P. 0, 92 tf SIMON FORSYT IE, Preairietor. • , GOD FARM FOR SALE.—FI Concession 8, Tuckersmith; acre , abOut 80 of which are cle stumps, underdrained, in a high s don aid well fenced. There is log h use and a large bank barn uncle neath. Also a young, orch well. The land is all dry and of t It i conveniently situated to Kipp In stations, with good gravel to ea .h place. For further part the!I roprietor, Egmondville p. the 3gmondvil1e mills. JAME prietor. r sale, Lot 1, containing 100 red, free from te of cultiva- a cothfortable with stabling rd and good e best quality. ,Seaforth and roads leading cula.rs address ., or apply at KYLE, Pro - 904 -41 GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—In • order to .close the affairs of the estate of . he late W. G. Hingston, the executers Offer the ollowing vary value, de lands for sale. Firs North half of Lot 30, Concession 5, township o tainir g 90 acres. On this lot is e 'acted a good ti Morris, con- • frainc barn with stone foundatioral good orchard, . well and purnp. .Nearly all cleated, and is on the gravel road closely adjoining the village of Brussals. This farm is a' valuaLle one, is well fenced and in a good state of cultivation. For p:ices and terms apply to Tiros.KELLY, Brus- sels -P. 0., Essex J NUN INGS, VietOrp. Square P.O., or JAMES SMITII, Maple Ledge P. 0., Middlesex County. 1 868 TWO HUNDRED ACRE FARM FOR SALE.— ?or sale,' Lot No. 11, on the th-eeand 15th conce3sionn of Grey, containing 200saes, 150 of which are cleared and in a e-ood state Of cultiva- tion. The remainder is good hardwood bush. There is a neer failing creek running through the farm. There is a good frame tarn 40 by 60 feet, good log house and good bea ring orchard. It is six miles from Brussels, and three from Walton'with 'good -gravel road leading to each place. There is a school on the next Lot. Price, 7,700 This is an excellent stock and grain farm and is offered very cheap. ;For further partie lars apply to the Proprietof on the prem- ises o to Walton P. 0.—ADAM DOUGLAS. 966 • 1 FA MJ SALE.—Being Lot SO, on the 17th oneession of Grey, containing one hundred acres, of which about 60 are cleared and well fances nd in a good State of cultivation, 25 acres. Of goo hardwood bush, the remainder cedar and ash. 1 here is a spring creek running through the lo There is a good frame house with fair out hi ridings, good young orchard and two good wells, onvement to school and churches. -It is eight iiles to Brussels and five to Ethel -with good eads leading to each place. This is an.ex- cellen stock and grain farm and will be sold cheap. For further particulars apply io the propri tor on the premises, or to hi mcrief P. 0. —JOIN CARMICHAEL. 967-4.1. TalA s Gray, cessio 200 a thrivi M FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for le his valuable farm in the Township of =prising Lots 6 and 7, on -the 11th Con - 01 said Township., This farm contains res, and is within 1 and fr mules of the g village of Btussels, with a good gravel road Reding thereto.- About 150 acres are clear- ed, fre tivatio farm whole been e is a co frame which excel lo impIe and be are 22 , lent. J AME ich. from stumps, and in a g000 state of cul- . The balance is finely WJoded. This s particularly well fenced nearly the f the fences being straight, and having •ected in 1885 6. On the pr ,thises there fortable log dwelling house, and a good atn, with stone stabling midi rneath, in here is a well with abundart supply of t water. There is likewise a new frame ent house, 40x26 feet, well iioored aboTe ow, and neatly sided and painted. There cres in fall wheat sown upon ,aunimar- It will be sold on very easy tnens of pay - For particulars apply to th proprietor, DICKSON, Registrar Iluro , Co., Gode- ;986-tf. PLENDTD FARMS FOR SALE. si erty, rid th . ion of The under- ned offers for sale his very saluable pro- ;onsisting of 150 acres, beina Lot No.•2 west half of Lot 4 on the- th Conces- of • Huron. briok house ndahs and with stone ie stabling, d all nec- cleared and ance is .well cc a good of water. -chard and e, good well, 25 acres elea.rei which is ass, the balance well timber d. These e well drained and fenced,1.nd will be ether or separately. The je are within .1 road,con- will be sold , on Lot 9, 972-tf 'uckersinith, in the eountj he buldings on Lot 2, are, viz: A 24x34 I et, kitchen 18x20 feet, ver i'oodsh 'd attached. Barn 56x54 fee tablin underneath 9 feet high, frai ,ne 18x • 2 another 18x36, pig house a ssary 1 uildings. There are 75 acres 111 a hig i state of cultivation, the ha tl inhere. . There are also on the pl orchard and' two never failing well The 50 ere farm has on it a good o leg hou under g fa rms a said to fi ve mul enient c eap. ok by 1 s of Seaforth, on a good grav o schools and 'churches, and Apply to THOMAS hicBRID tter to Seaforth P. 0. e JOSEPH KIDD 84 SON, SIGN OF 1111E RED FLAG. BANKRUPT SiTOCK. Last week's sales we double as large as any since we started this busines an1 we wilt keep the ball humming with red hot Bargains till allis cleared out. No reserve. Come one, come all, and jartieipate. jOSEPH KIDD 80 SON, SEAFORTH, ONT 1886:-,„ CENTRAL GROCRY. -- The proprietors of the " Central " wish their 'mummies customers a joyous Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year, and lin order to add more fully to the enjoyment of a good time, we have laid in a large supply of the good 1887. things of this life, specially adapted for the holiday seasoni Our stock was never so large and varied as it is this year, and we invite one and all to drop in and in- spect our immense display, whether they purchase or not., Our aim has always been to offer te the public the best goods the market affords, believing as we do that the BEST goods are always the c mapest. We do n4 buy LOW-PRICED, INFERIOR goods, and represent them to be the best. We avoid all called cheap goods, believing it is neither to the benefit' of buyer or handle them: 1 such so - seller to GROCERY DEPARTMENT. New Patras and Vostiza Currants, new Valencia, Sultsdna and Layer Raisins; riew Figs, new Peels, Valencia Alinoads, S. S. Almonds, istrenoble Walnuts and Filberts; full lines in Pickles, Sauces Canned Fruits, Canned Meats, etc. Teas in Green, Black and Japan, at price4 from 25c to 15c per pound. Sugars—a large stock. Tobaccos in black and right. Flour, Feed and Provisions at all times. Crockery and Glassware Department. It is simply impossible to particu seen to be appreciated. We show thi ever offered in Seaforth. Direct imp land, comprising Fancy Coeds, Chi Tete -a -Tete Sets, Fruit Sets, Cabarets Hanging Lamps, and prices low. An 'arize in this department; it requires -to be year the finest .stocis of goods in this line rtations from Franc, Germany and Eng - a Tea Sets, Break4.st and Dinner Sets, Plaque Vases, ete. IA fine assortment of ndless variety of Gla-sware. Inspection of our stock cordially invited. LAIDLAW & FAIRLEY, SEAFORTH. RIGHT TO HE FONT. Our large assorted stock, together for the holiday trade, makes our stoc in quality, and overflowing with gener We show a large range of Dress M Mantle Cloths, Blankets, Flannels, W Gents' Furnishings—large variety Jackets, Neckwear, Silk Handkerchi Trowserings. vith the many new goods added suitable more complete, moile attractive, splendid , I Lis bargains. terials, -suitable for 'inter, Ulster Cloths, I ol Squares, Gloves, Hosiery, Cottons, &c. in Underclothing, Top Shirts, Cardigan Gloves, Socks, Tweeds, Worsteds, fs, Leave your order for a Suit; we gs arantee a fit. The above in stock, and will be offered at the lowest prices consistent with good qual J. L. SMITH'S, DRY GOODS :ty, at Stap1ec Fancy SEAFOR H. — T I-1 -Pi — C3- 0 T__J D 1\.T—pLi 0 7N-.— • We have received ex -Parisian, Po dinavian, the bulk of our`01c1 Country g the recent rise in woollen goods, are the also show a good range of Canadian see We would 'ask inspection of our stock o all the new shades. 188 ynesian, Siberian, N ods, a,nd they ha -vin best valu4 we hav ffs in Cottons, Den Dress Goods, Silks rwegian and Scan - been bought before ever shown. We ms, Cottonades, &c. Velvets, Plushes in Full stockofCarpets, Curtains and House Furnishing Gobds. TL :LH: INT „ BOOTS A D SHC)ES. Fresh Arrival of ew Sprinig Goods. As all my stock of Beots and Shoes is expect good value for your mOney. I ign Give me a call and judge for yourselves. fresh from -the manefacturers,'you may re blowing; you Will find me truthful. Custom Work Warranted. Re airing.Promptly Attended to E. LATIMER, M In Street, Seaforth. DECEMBER 17, 1886. . 1866. 1887. 111.1. Counter, The Old Reliable JEWELLER, Seaforth, Ont., Is showing a larger stock of Holiday and. Wedding Presents than ever this season. Must be Aeen to be appreciated. In SILVER PLATE You can choose from Tea Sete, Waiters, Ice Cream and Tilting Pitchers, Dinner, Breakfast and Individual Castors; Pickle, Celery and Fruit Stands; Ice and Berry Dishes, Knife Rests, Dessert Sets, Cake Baskets, Butter Dishes, Spoon Holders, Syrup Cups, Napkin Rings, Cups, Jewel and Card Stands, Toilet Vases, Cake Dishes, Tureens, Biscuit Jars, Ink Stands; Tea, Dessert, Dinner, Egg, Salt and Mustard Spoons; Ile, Fruit, Tea, Medium and Butter hnives; Gravy, Oyster and Soup Ladles SL: gar Shells,Call Bells„ Case Jewels etc. In Jewelry You will find ColoredIncl Bright Gold Sets, Roled Plate Sets, Necklets., Lock- ets, Brooches, Ear Rings, Lace Pins, Cuff Buttons; Watch Guards and Alberts, Gem Rings, Band Rings, 18k and 10k ; iplain Gold Rings, Scarf Pins, -Bracelets, Charms.; also a large variety of Jet and Fancy Jewelry. Watchesi • Aurora, Elgin, Waltham, Hampden, English and Swiss, in all styles and prices of Ladies' and Gents' Hunting and Open Face, Stem and Key Winder. You can get a Stem Winder Watch from $5 Clocks in Great Variety from $1 Upwards. THE LARGEST STOCK OF Meerschaum, Brier & Other Pipes In the County. Also a choice selection of Cigar Cases and Holders, Pocket Books and. other small wares. Work. Department. Orders for _any style or kind of Jewelry taken. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired on short notice. Qual- ity. of goods and woikmanship guaran- teed to -give satisfaction. VI -Don't forget the place. Tree of Silver Plate in window. M. R. Counter, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweller, S H 0 _lc?, T Unapproached for • Tone and Quality. CATALOGUES FREE, , BELL & COI, Guelph, Out. ••• DECEMBER 17 When the Papers Th' pleasures some hat th An' life at th' best's a fi"-ht • But ae pleasure we hae I'm -That's -0' pleasure we her; berme. Chorns— When th' papers eonte • (lame bailie, We've aye a soiree when'th • Tav th' 'fireside th' gudeiliatt An' he pits on his speeat 1. An' though auld hod; lame, Hs eana c sit erfr,,,legg'ii ham. When, h.e. Th' gudewift: in her reeler : A guid mither is she, an' a Th' love in her heart is a An' its .by-ordins.r brieht baffle. When!, Zze, When Jean gets th' pa/ ; 'date, Is see (boot th' waddins dees; and she says that ere la: name, 111 gie some a surprise s !t!. hame. When, Sze. There's -Jim, 1 demaie, f..in* I Fr,ae gioanntf till hed-zin) - dote; Nae doot th' lad's speelhe t He's politic aast when th' When, lke. But th' warst there's whik nut we think it na.e sin for But th'' gurlewi e th' leeals Ire maim read hem Wood hame. North Durulties, Nov. • Gaieti Freckles are not that one girl does not them On anoeher girFs —It is the merest r man's being good at lie where else. If the fr bad, the tree is bad. —The hes P recipe fo life in an ex41li5ite w manners'is to, feel th matter how rich or kindness he can get f world, —John M'Dongal, f er t Invera y, spoke it WU'S a hot I. A nei was ' verra thrang," complain; t ere is aye and PAM —Under 00 eircums, avoid it, ask a favor -4 nearest and dearest many„as yo ,can, ansi offered it is t neces to take them stand waiting, for any — Housemaid—"It to nee you and the bal. pretty picture. Sure, of you.' Fond motbe say that be looks like Housemaid—" Bless is not good-looking en; —4' A nobleman, in his _gardener, said ox the day will soon emu(' be able to carry the m of land in one of his w " I believe it, sir," rer quietly; but he wil alT the crop in the °till —"How do you like Deacon?" " Oh, he is reckon, seems earnest pious) but he wont " Isn't he orthodox straight as the Epist butAae ain't a bit fan, ofqiuMorat all. Beei three weeks and hi laugh, yet." — " Say, where are Wilkins to his wife. as she snappishly repli know—though Ws non —Pro going- to spend Thompsons." " always did hate those') " Yes, I know yoa b my principal reason I love them for the 4:1 made." - —'‘ My dear," said her husband, who is " We must econoirki way." " I do econo " Yes," she bitterly rs ten or fifteen dollars a of bar -room loafers 4 just to get tlaean to you call that econon that's political ecorion •,--A clergyman in 1 stranger pie -aching fox meetlfg his sexton, as ders, how did you 1 day?'lilllt.,t jumbles the k 1p 1 ,.eforinc.itwwas rlik thaal foonds the sense. 04 ane that could cointil —4‘ Villager—" Ir. ] the ....larquis ? If tha or, ye wadna trust hi. spats!" By-and-by ti tune was changed. ..l siintte!iivility to this .v indeed was drawn by, the villager said, " ....A.' him : some miles in 11 . J Etiquette at Hon ,0"?..sla:mte:ous mistakes, day life through peel sueii mistakwiet6hetahnbe-1 have a little'patienee, their errors being poi Precedenee, addressit tlemenin a correct In speaking to them b' th,.:rn ; the ceremonyl such occasions as N homes" of different, dingi, christenings, fs receiving visits; the for leaving cards wise upon are away or no 'tails aees,:e 1 eaarrePn eaililtilntioea more than others. 1 quette to be -observed is air ordinary, every, think nothing of it: i them to act on these_ • way—and that the. 4.11 takes as a gentleman before he le taken her leave of he to laugh er spearaokko.1.51,1 leaves the 41 open the door for a. 1 he has been paying a iiinigg pcIlleatsolfvtiltlhe same manner (those 1 eerve to cut their 10 ,