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THE I4ORON XPOS1TOR.
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MAY WI 18874
A WOMAN'S EXPERIMENT.
BIS 11118. M. .S. WITSBOlis
There was a very ewe little barn on
the premises,and. beak of this. barn we
established the compost heap, to • which
everything availableas made tributary.
/
I found myself watching with intense ins-
terest its steadily bac easing proportions;
and Patrick was sent daily with hie
wheelbarrow to gather the leaves by the
roedside. A quantity of old horse and
cow manure was discovered in the barn;
and Levine -was highly indignant at the
former occupants of the cottage for leav-
ing a great pile of ashes in the cellar.
She could not appreciate my delight at
the discovery that it was wood ashes;
but to isle it was just se much more
prospective wealth added to the store
behind the barn. •
All the weeds on the place—and we
found an abundant crop ,of thene—were
gathered into piles where they grew,
and burned, that the seeds might not be
scattered for an endless conflict when
the plants were growing; and then my
lot of two acres and something over
(all that Mr. M. advised at first) was
thoroughly plowed, and coarse manure
worked in to lie until spring. Thomas
furnished the horse and plow required
for this work at a reasonable rate, and
Patrick faithfully performed the labor.
Meanwhile I watehed the dollars and
cents in the most miserly way, that I
might be prepared for the demand to be
made upon- my purse by the foreing-bed
for asparagus—for that, at any rate,
must be made saccessfuleas it was my
reale dependence. I was sorriewhat
surprised at the readinese With which
friends and relatives found their way to
the cottage ; and visitors 'to spend the
day, to take lunch or an early tea, were
sometimes more numerous than I de-
• sired, forimy time was valuable and my
• resources small. I rather rejoiced,..
-therefore, that I had not yet been able
to furnish e a spare more; for, with a
guest-ehamber in readieete, there was no
telling haw far the visits might extend. •
It was evident that my visitors.had.
• fully expected fresh vegetables' in Oc-
tober and November, and in their secret
hearts considered my farming operations
decidedly slow. But, then, had they
• not prophesied failure from the. begin-
ning ? It was impossible to convince
them that the unsightly heap behind the
barn was the mine that held my future
wealth ;i bat' was satisfied to -let results
speak for themselves.
• Among the pleasantest of surprises.
was :a call from Mr. M., Who cisme out
literally to view the land. He had busi-
ness, he said, which brought him within
• a few miles of Hazelwood, and as he re-
garded my farm somewhat in the light
of &venture of his own, it would be
more satisfactory to see it. '
"A very nice little place, indeed,l' he
said, approvingly; "and excellently well
in order for a beginner. Here," with a
few gigantic strides at the left of the
barn; is the very spot for your aspara-
gus bed. You can scarcely give this
vegetable too much manure; and as you
are leaking forward to the proprietor-
ship of- a horse in the spring, it will be
wise to plant the asparagus where it can
most readily find a supply of food. This
situation, too, has the advantages of a
southwestern exposure, with the side ,of
the barn to protect it from the notth
wind. I will mark off the length and
breed.th for yeer cold -frame operations;
and the sooner Patrick is set about the
work the better."
Abmit the eighth of an acre was mark-
ed off, and divided into six long beds.
"Don't be frightened at the first ex-
• pense," continued Mr. M., "for the re-
turn is certaie, your chances of success
being far greater than those of the large
farmer or gardener; for he has a-- hun-
dred other things to ,distract his atten-
tion, while this asparagus bed is your
one white chicken for the present, and
will occupy the greater portion of your:
waking thoughts." '' '
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Having aAready been plowed t and
-spread with one good coating of manure,
the soil_ was now thoroughly tienehed
three feet deep, and. the -manure well
• mixed with the soil, salt to the amount
of O cubic inch to 'every square foot of -
c land being well worked in At the same
time: My -adviser also insieted on a,
goodly gnantity of • well -broken bones,
• and direeted me to a soap factory where
• 1 could get them by the cartload at a
• very moderate price. .
• Meta and eashes next appeared to in
among the most desirabie of earthly poss
sessions—hot suds I exactly as are used
• for house or for personal ornarnentatien,
bat of the kind that gardeners delight
in. For the former, Patrick, under his
brother's direetiore procured a boy to
help hine and the two went vigorously
to work to manufacture them of straw
twisted bask aud torth on a rough frame.
The frame was about eight feet longsand
five wide, and the boys usually finished
six mets in e day. An abundant stock'
-of these mats was provided, and when
finished they were carefully rolled up
and deposited in the barn until ready
for use. The straw was cheap, the
frame was borrowed, and the extra boy's
wages seemed very little compared with
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the fruits of his la.bor.
Mr. M. had recommended me to pro-
cure my '1 -lights" a a sash and blind
factory where he vva, well known, e.en-
tion his name, and et k there to sell me
second-hand sasheth on athree months'
credit. When this t ansaction waa ac-
complished, and the sashes were stand-
ing side by side with the rolls of straw
mats, I felt a pleas -tie ble sense of elation
in surveying my nov 1 property.
The cold -frames, in ugh -looking boxes
without bottoms, a d about a third
lower in frout than at the back, were
nailed together by •a neighboring car-
penter; and -thee in re manure was put
GU the beds—two s parate layers, well
trodden in by Pate ek's perambulating
on top of them. W en the frames were
in place, six or eight i
earth was spread on
they were ready for
These Came MI,MOS
ches of good garden
the beds, and then
he asparagus resets.
immediately, with
the most careful dir-cUons for planting,
and were sooninete led in their luxuri-
ous quarters. The eeds came, too ; and_
I was inspired to t y, all by inyself, a
little speculation in arly lettuce, cauli-
flower, cabbages, eg.: -plant, ete,; for the
• asparagus roots fitt hl only five of the-
! beds. t'In the,sr went and I had a guilty
sort of feeling rts-th.:y disappeared from
Sight, and were ti ,ally covered with
sakes and mats. MI illy, the unwieldy -
looking boxes were ' bunked rep " with ,
manure -to, their very tope, and new
triumphantly informsd myseli was in-
deed a farmer.
I had thoroughly learned the fact,
. however,. thatroots nd seeds in -cold-
frames do 110t go in o a chrysalis state I
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during the winter and , come out erfect
butterfliee in early spring without fur-
ther thought or care on the Part of the.;
grower; and I was continually wonder-
ing, during the next four months, on
what days it would answer to take off
the mats for the sake of light and sun-
shihe ; when to slide the sashes, and how
far, for the sake of air; when to do both,
and when to do neither.
Watering Was ' another setidus ques-
tion; and I enquired all the necessary
knowledge (at mot beginners have to
do) by reading, asking. questions, using
my reasoning poWers, making experi-
ments, having naerow eserspes of total
ruin, and arriving at lag, bk some hap-
py accident, at the goal of my hopes—
actuallitending thingt to market and
getting money for thein!
I had been favdred, said my experi-
encedi friend, with an unusually accom-
modating winter; here were eoviolent,
destructive stornis, no fierce snaps of
that intense, ste dy cold which seems to
sap the very foundations of life, and
crnelly destroy the hopes of the hus-
bandman. It had been an equablt see -
son, with a fair supply of sunshine ; and,
my crops thrived accordingly. .
"Your asparagus," said Mr. M.,
"should be read? for cutting by the last
of March." 1 .
Qn the seventeenth, I sent Patrick
with 50 unusually fine bunches to the
proprietor of .D 's Cafe, who had al-
ready contracted for them, and received
in return a.$50 bill. The price sounds,
high; but the heads were uncommonly
large, the bunches of generees dimen-
sions, and—it was only the sevehteenth
of March, The productiveness of the
lied increased daily; but the price, of
course diminished ' as 'other grehvers
brought the vegetable into Market.
Before closing • accounts with my
asparagus crop for the season' it had
yielded me $250; poa paid allthe ex-
penses incurred; and I found myself'
with $50 profit in cash, and an aspara-
gus bed esta,blished under glass that
could be carried on for years with very
little additional outlay and a. larger
yield than ever. 1 had not been visited
by any crisceus asParagi, so far ; and I
paid by bills with it thankful heart.
The early lettnee; cabbages, egg-
plants, etc., were all cut off in their
bloom of youth by yatrick's carelessness
in leavingtheglass roof of their reel.:
dence partly open one sharp night; and
I never had the satisfaction of knowing
whether thatatterript of mine was really
a brilliant inspiration or a ,melancholy
failure. Mr. M. merely 'remarked on
the subject that it!would not be well to
have everything we planted grow, as, in
that case, all the world would take to
gardening.' '
This disepeointment did not deter me
from replanting the forsaken bed with
early cucumbers, which succeeded be-
yond my wildest hopes. •
The compost heap was decidedly the
pet of the household. Lovina threw all
suds and scrapings on it; I put every-
thing there that I didn't know what else.,
to do with; and Patrick made certain
contributions; rind& cover of darkness,
that might earn for him the unenviable
distinction of animal resurrectionist.
-But when April, and plowing and
planting tithe came what a valuable aid
ist proved in enriching those two acres!
I was rnanure-craty ; end Thomas de-
clared that I was putting on more thee
the two acres could' possibly hold—quite •
enough, indeed, for ten.
"Just so," I responded, with an air of
superlative wisdom. "1 am laying the
_foundations for the crops of ten acres,
with only ,the labor and expense of
planting two." I -
I could afford • t� be lavish with ma-
nure, for the greater part of it was
hauled from it place near by where they
were ' glad to get ,rid of it at almost
nothing a load. :' _ . •.•_ _
Wehad very dry weather for two
weeks after the cabbage seed was in the
ground ; aed after that the young plants
were attacked by the "flea." But he
was attacked, in his turn, with a queer
mixture, in which tobacco stems were
the °chief ingredient; the device' was
Thomas'; and, not fancying our style of
entertainment, he speedily betook him-
self to arts unknown. The "striped
bug" Ise tried hatd to get a dishonest
living rons my cucumbers and squashes;
but sds eral sprinklings of fine bone -dust
induce( him to seek other employment.
On ialancing profits and losses, the
next Seetember, I found that I had
cleared frorn my two acres, over and
above .11 expenses; the satisfactory sum
of $501. I was also in excellent health
and sprits, and quite prepared to • culti-
vate h reafter every iuch of ground on
my do airs. ;
At t re end of three yetrs I.owned the
place ( silly paid for) tw horseseand a
cow, a id rented five adjoining area of
groun ; but this Was accomplished only
by set ng My wornisn's, wit at work on
solid oundetions of knowledge, and
turnin every failure, as far as possible,
into a rain. ' 1 ‘
My house,too, was wonderfully im-
proved without and within; the guest-
ehamb r was furnished,; and I had time
to enj y my visitors. :My income en-
abled se to spend Much of the 'winter in
the cit ; and it was astonishing to find,
now ti at I had a home of my own, how
many 4ther h•omes,werenpen to me.
Herr ione and her husband do not
seem t know what to make of my sue -
cuss ; •ut it is a long time 'since the
former has thought of asking me what I
intend' to do.• ,
se
THE END.
• epraved Literature. .
Aga n I charge you -to stand off front
all th•se boeks which eortupt the imag-
inatio.• and inflame the passions. I do
not re er near toi that kind of a book
which the villain had under his coat
widthn x for the, sehool to get out and
then, 1 eking both ways to see thet there
is no p licensee around the blockeoffere
the bo k to your son on hisway home.
1 de n t refer to that kind' of literature,
but thlit which evades the law and domes
out in polished style; a d with acute
the ba er passions of the out. TO -day,
plot sound.,s the toesin tha rouse e up all
under he nostrils of this land, there is a
fetid , , reeking, • unwashed - literature,
eneugl to, poison ail the fountains of
public virtue, anct smite -year sons and
deugh -erss. as with -the wing of a de-
stroyi g angel, and it is Mine , that the
ininist -Ts of the Gospel blew the trum-
pet an 1 tallied the force t of eighteens-
ness, ill earned to •the teeth, in this
great attle. against a depraved litera-
ture. • .
Aga n: - Abstain ftom those books,
which- re apologetic ef• crime. It is a
sad th ng that some of the best and most
beauti ul bookbindery', and some of the
finest rhetoric, have been brought to
;
make sin attractive. Vi e is a horrible
thing, anyhow. It is born in shame, and
it dies howling in the dar nese. In this
world it is scourged wi h a whip of
scorpions, but afterward he thunders of
God's wrath pursue it acr ss a boundless
desert, beating it with 'lin and woe.
When you come to pain carnality, do
not paint it as looking fr m behind eme-
broidered curtains, or thr ugh lattice of
royal seraglio, but as w ithing in the
agonies of a ,city hospit 1. Cursed be
the books that, try to ake impurity
decent, and crime attract ve, and hypoc-
risy noble. Cursed be he; bo ks that
swarm with libertinea an deep redoes,
who'make the brain of the youn people
whirl with villainy. Ye auth rs who
write them, ye. publish rs w o print
them, ye booksellers he _di tribute
them, shall be cut into pi ces, if eot by
aroused community, ten atjast by
,the hail -of Divine vengea, ce, which shall
sweep to the lowest pit of perdition all
.ye murderers of souls. I tell you,
though you may escape in this world
you, will be ground at last under the
hoof of eternal calamities, and you will
have the vultures of despair clawing at
your soul, and those whoth you have de-
stroyed will come around to torment
you, and to pour hotter coals of fury
upon your head, and rejo ce eternally in
the outcry of your pain and the howl of
your damnation. "God shall wound
the hairy scalp of him tha1t goeth on his
trespasses."—Talmage.
A Noble Girl.
About fourteen years agoa mother lay
dyingin a tenement house in Boston.
Betide her stood a girl of fourteen. The
mother was racked with fear that her
death would separate the children—
there were five. She feared they would
be put in asylums, and she exacted from
the oldest girl a prbmise t lat she would
keep the family together, hat she would ;
care for them until they ould care for
themselves. The Mahe died. The
young girl, apparently without one
thought that she was doin anything re-
markable, made her ar angements to
keep her premise. • All advice that
urged the breaking of he promise was
ignored. With womanl dignity she
made her plans. • She first • btained work
in a factory where. the employes are
treated like human beings and are paid
living wages. The childr n were all at-
tending school, and she ept them in
school; until they were ble to work
themselves. Every morn ng before she
went' to work she got re breakfast
ready, and • prepared a unch. After
working until half -past fiv she returned
home, got supper, and dil the house-
work. She, with what 1 elp the chil-
dren gave her, did the was ing and iron-
ing of the family at nighti; she mended
and made,receiving the least possible
assistance because she would only accept
the very least. The girl s owed uncom-
mon business ability, and worked into
one of the best positions i the factory,
commanding alike the r spect of em-
ployer and companions. To -day the
combined incomes of the family enable
them to live in a comforta le fiat. They
all dress well. The sister. do the house-
work before and after b siness hours,
but hire the laundry wor done. The
elder sister is still the g ide and pro-
tector, and is totally unco scious of any-.
thing remarkable in her areer. How
many girls of the so-called better classes
could accept and carry o t a trust in
the same epirit ?
A Barber's Histo y of' the
"Machine Cl -p."
"Well, this down east Yankee went
to work on the mowing achine idea,"
said the.Chicago barber o b. reporter.
In two weeks he had hi first machine
constructed. Here Sam he says to
the brush boy, I've got a ittle mowing
machine here for cutting hair, an' I
want to try it on you.' rhe trial was
made. But it wasn't a suecess. Hair
flew all over the 'room, he chair was
turned over, and Sam se eached like a
strawberry vender. You ice the first
machine was geared a lit le too strong
and it pulled. Dat's no mowin' ma -
says Sam, says he, it's a potato
diggah, dat's what it ern!' That night
Sam resigned his place. The next night
the new boy quit with &white streak
(Iowa the side of his head. The third
boy iitayed two days, am 1 his .mother
then apprenticed him to a wig -maker.
The fourth boy stuck neary a week, and
then joined a juvenile pen omine troupe
to play Humpty Dumpty.
"But in less than a month the Yankee
had the machine down fine. S:se work-
ed like a charm. Just then a farmer
carne along to have his h ir cut. The
barber hitched up his littl machine and
pranced around his hea , makiog the
hay seed and thistledown fly like chaff
out of a threshing • machine. Good
seys the farmer, s ys he; how
much?' Ten -dollars ani a quarter,'
says the barber. 'Wha , $10.25 for a
haircut' Yes, an' shell out or I'll let
the sickle -bar down two notches an
mow your hair up by th roots.' He
got his money, borrowed 4.75 from an-
other man and applied for patent. • A
patent was issued and he ade $200,000
in five yearste -When they,first carneout
the clips sold at $10 each Theu they
came clown to $7, aad now they are only
$4. Every barbet shop i the United
States that's worth havirg a painted
pole has a clip, and some of 'ern has a
dozen. Oil?"
Biting at the Nak
Seine little time ago ther
advertisement in a week
which the writer affecte
offer to the reader, which
no one would answer, simp•
of incredulity. His , pro
made as a test to show if t
faith left in mankind. He
any reply, but he simply r
periment.
The offer was to the effe t that if any
of t e readers would send 1 ins five three.
cent3 stamps, he would r turn them, a
praent suitable to their wi hes.
ine people out of ten would have
said that no man or woman could be gull
eno h to be taken in by uch a bait as
this Nevertheless severa parties sent
the stampseentered into articulars of
the tation of life in which they moved,
and indicated the kind of wesents that
woulld be acceptable.
• Ohe yoringlady stated hat ehe was
ebo t to 0-otoaball and no d ceibt bel ieved
the, she woulcl either get a silk dress or.
a pair of diamorel bracel ts by return
post. —Brooklyn Eagle.
eel The Executive Committee of the
Pte.'s Exhibition .fras granted 1,500,000 .
frtncs with which to cons ruct a -tower
Nit feet high, tile tallest tower in the 1
wtrld. •
d Hook.
appeared an
y journal, in
to make an
he assumed
y on account
osition was
iere was any
didn't expect
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REAL STATE FOR SALE.
McKill p, #bou
'VATrn FOR
X 1 ron t
of the, best fa
N. McMICHA
ALE.—For sale, a good 100 acre
e Town Line between Hullett and
six miles from Seaforth. One
a in the county. Apply to WM.
Le Constance. 99841
BUILDING
signed h
on Goderich an
prices. For pa
OTS FOR SALE.—The uncle
s a number of fine building Lots
James Streets for sale, at low
rticulars apply to D. D. WILSON
•• 908
HOUSE AND LOT FOR. SA• E.—For sale,
that corefortable dwelling iouseon James'
street, Seaforth, (lot 35, Beagle and Sark'
survey,) recently occupied by Mrs. Joslyn. For
particulars apply to 1?. HOLMESTED, Seaforth.
997
G REAT
140:actps
chiefly maple;
failing stream
Alla,nfOrd stet
of Bruce. Ap
roams. Office.
•
OOD FARTI
Ur Townshi:
Concession, c
stumps, in a
no it good buil
never -failing w
to marketia wi
directions. A
forth P. 0.
ARGAIN.— Will be sold cheap
of gcsod land, heavily timbered,
ome Hemlock and Cedar, never
through it: Three miles from
on, township of Amalie', County
ly to box 284, Stratford, or Ex.
893-tf
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FOR SALE.—For sale, in tin
Hibbert, Lot 29, on the 8tt
ntaining 100 acres. It is free ol
lah state of cultivation, and has
•
'ins. There is an abundance of
ter, and the farm is convenient
h gravel roads running 1 n all
iply to WM. EBERHART, Sea,-
-• 9904f.
FARM FOR SALE —For sale West half of Lot
29, Coneassion 11, McKillop, containing 50
acres There are seven acres bush, and the re-
mainder is in good condition Well underdrained
and well fe1ce11 , There is a new brick house
22 by 34 with god cellar. There is hard and soft
water and good outbuildings. For further par-
ticulars appls! to THOMAS LOVE, Winthrop
P. 0. 1 . 10054. f.
TIARM FOR, SALE IN MORRIS.—For sale,
IX 128 acres ; being lots 24 and 25, concession
10. Ninety aces are in a good state of cultiva-
tion; the remainder is well timbered. Good
barn and sheds and a comfortable log house on
the premises. l A spring creek runs through the
farm. It is fly' miles froBrussels, about the
rm
same distance from Blyth—good roads to both
places; Sehool within one mile. Apply to JAS.
MURRAY, lot 8, concession —, Morris, or Wal-
ton P. O. . 1 • 993x4 tf
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FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, part of Lots 29
and 30, qoncession 1, McKillo-p, containing.
50 acres, all cl ared, well fenced and in a good
state of cattle tion. Buildings fair. There is a
good orchard tnd plenty of water. This farm is
within two lots of the Corporation of Seaforth.
It will be sold Icheap and on easy terms. Apply
on the premises or to Seaforth P. O. DAVID
DORRENCE, proprietor. 962
200 ACRE wtRwMti'nFosOh, RSALE.—For Sale in
two miles from Au-
burn, andsixrem Blyth, good roads, 120 acres
well iinproved and well watered. The balance
is well timber d for all necessary purposes. Will
be sold cheap, on easy terms. Three thousand
or four thausa d dollars down, balance to suit
purchaser at 6 per cent. Apply to ‘1 -4
V10.E.
BROWN, Auburn, Ont. 0
T ANDS IN MANITOBA FOR SALE.—The fol -
Xi lowing f rin land in Manitoba Will be sold
cheap, namely : The north half of Section twenty-
eight, the sou h half of Section thirty-three, the
north half of ection three, and the south half
of Section, te , all in Township Sixteen, range
fourteen west. The aforesaid lands are held by
patent, free f om all settlenient duties, and are
good, dry, car fully -selected, well watered, and
within from t ree to four miles of the Portage
Westbourne a d Northestern Railway. Appli,
cations may b addressed to me at Seaforth. F.
HOLMESTED Barrister. 100641
-LIAM FOR
X . Sale his
Concession 2,
which are clea
yation, being
churches. T
stabling and a
and two never
the other at t
of fall wheat
further parti
RICHARD E
I'. 0.
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SALE,—The subscriber offers for
'arm, being South half of Lot 13,
Hay, .containing 50 acres, 45 of
ed and in a good state of culti-
onvenient to markets, schools and
erc is a good frame barn, good
heweilelog house, a good orchard
failing wells, one at the house and
e barn. There are also 7 acres
td 10 acres of good meadow. For
ulars' apply on the premises to
CRETT, Proprietor, • Rogerville
1008-8
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FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 39, Conces
sion 2, L. R. 8, Tuckersmith, containing
50 acres, of w iich 45 are cleared, well fenced,
well under -dr ined, and in a high state of culti-
vation. Ther ie a good frame houseebare and
stables, and n Orchard of apple, plum, cherry
and pear tree. There is a never -failing well. It
is within six isiles of Clinton, and three from
Brucefield, wi h 'a good gravel road leading to
each place. or further particulars app:y on the
premises, o .4 -Clinton P. 0. J. B. CROSSON.
• 989-tf.
J1iSlARMS FR SALE.—That valuable farm
being .N'4 rth half of Lot Al, Concession' 6,
Morris, on wh'ch there is a good franie barn and
outbuildings, rame house; good bearing orchard,
good wells, . AlsO that valuable farm being
South half of Lot 28, Concession 6, Morris, on
whith there a good new frame house and good
frame barn. ioth of. those farms are adjoining
the village of Brussels, and are in every respect
first-class fern s. Terms ea, and which will be
made known n application to E. E. WADE, or
PETER THO_ISON, Brussels P. O. 903 .
oesia ACRF
(.,rUSJ Far
berry, in the
54 and -55 in
acres; 160 Ole
vation. Ther
fra,nie house a
stone stable u
half mile fro
Wroxeter to
six from Brus
apply to J. C
MOFFAT, Pr
FARM FOT SALE.—A first-class
for Sale in the township of Turn -
Linty of IIuron, being Lots No.
the let Concession, containing; 200
red and in a good state of culti-
is a first-class orchard, a good
d a bank barn 80 by 48 feet with
der it. The farm is situated, one.
the gravel road leading from
russels, 5 miles from Wroxeter and
els. Terms easy. For particulars
WAN, Wroxeter, or to It013ERT
Heber, on the premises. • 961
ARM FOR
X 2nd Co
acres, over 80
tivation ; the
wood. There
barns, sheds
ings. There i
failing wells.
eight from Se
with good gr
School cony°
easy terms.
Stanley, or to
SALE.—For sale, Let 22, on the
cession of Stanley, containing 100
cleared, and in a good State of cul-
alance is Well tintbered with hard.
18 a large brick house, good frame
id stables, and all nece -sary build -
a good orchard, and two never -
It is within six miles f Clinton,
forth, and three fron Brumfield,
yet roads leading to a,ch place.
ient. It will be sold c eap and on
Apply on Lot
cession 3
,
Brucefield P.O. JOHN ,GILMOUR.
100141.
fsf OOD FA M FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 1,
Concess on 8, Tuckersmith, containing 100
acres, about 8 of which are cleared, free from
stumps, unde drained, in a high state of cultiva-
tion and well fenced. There is a comfortable
log house and a large bank barn with stabling
underneath. Also a young orchard and goo
well. The la d is all dry and of the best quality.
It . is conveniently situated to Seaforth and
Kippen static) s, with good gravel roads leading
to each place. For further ptartieulars address
the Proprieto Egmondville P. 0., or apply at
the Egmonchdle Mills. JAMES KYLE, Pro-
prietor. 90441
QOOD FAR FOSALE.—In order to close -
R the a,ffai •s of the estate of the late W. G..
Iling,ston, the executors offer the following vary
valuable lanss for sale. First—North half of
Lot 30, Conce sion 6, township of Morris, con-
taining 90 acr s. On this lot is erected a good
frame barn wi h stone foundation, good orchard,
well and pum . • Nearly all cleared,' and is on
the gravel roa closely adjoining the village of
Brussels. Th's farm is a valuable one, is well
fenced and in a good state of cultivations
For prices anS terms apply to Tuossl HUY, BrUS!
St1S P. O., nasal' JliNNING8, Victoria quare P.O.,
or JAMES SMITII, Maple Lodge 1'. O, Middlesex
County. 868
FARSI FOR SALE.—The subscribelr offers for
' sale his eSluahle farm in the Township of
Gray, -compd. ing Lots 6 Lied 7, on the 11th Con-
cession of sai 1 Township. This failin contains
200 acres, an is within 1 and 4- miles of the
thriying villa, e of Brussels, with a .good gravel
road leading t creto. About 160 acres are clear-
ed, free from Wines. and in ti good state of cul-
tivation. Th balance is finely woladed. This
farm is par 'elderly well fericeda nearly the
whole of the cnces beieg straight, and having
been erected in 1865 6. On the premises there
is a comforta • le log dwelling house, and a prood
frame barn, ith stone stabling und rneath, in
which there i a well with abundant supply of
excellent wet r. There is likewise anew frame
implement ho se, 40x26 feet, well flOored above
and below, an neatls sided and painted. There
are 22 acres i fall wheat sown upOn summer -
fallow. It wil be sold on vei•y easy terms of pay-
ment. For p. rtienlars apply to the proprietor,
JAMES DICK ON, Registrar Huron: Co., Gode-
0864f.
rich.
THE WORKING MAN.
I honor the grip of the horny hand,
And the smile of the sun -browned face;
I love ye all—ye, the strength of our
land,
The worthy stock of an ancient band,
Who ne'er thought labor ,diegrace.
I honor, too, =the noble sire,
For his rugged intelligence;
His face all aglow, as the furnace fire,
His great heart beating with honest
desire;
And his words full of cominon sense.
For us was the strong manly hack bent down,
For us thy straight limbs deformed;
While the lords of the earth with mighty frown,
imagined the earth reformed.
•
Thou wert the conscript on whom the
lot fell,
And fighting our battles wert rimed;
In thee, too, a soul God created to
swell,
To break the incrusted adhesions of
hell,
While demons around thee war'd,
NEW HATS,
NEWER HATS,
NEWEST HATS.
Toil on, sons of earth, thy duty is dlear,
Thy story is easily read;
The children to feed to elothe and to
rear,
The cold piercing winds of winter to
Thy fReaerw;ard—indispensa.ble bread.
NEW SUMMER SUITS,
NEW SUMMER PANTING S,
NEW IRISH SERGE SUITINGS.
See our goods and prices. We guarantee
satisfaction in style and fit.
J. W. IVIILLAR, the Temple of Fashion,
One door NORTH of E. McFaul's Dry Goods House, Main-st., Seaforth.
THE HURON SEED EyPORIUM,
Fine, Fresh MANGOLD, CARROT,. and
• TURNIP SEED, at
a C. WILLSON'.S, SEAFORTH.
Fresh Garden Seeds of all Varieties.
" I
• All Kinds of House Plants now in Stock at
0. C. WILLSON'S, SEAFORTH.
BUILD EgS' ATTE) TION
YOU SHOULD USEiTHE
Montross Patent Metallic Shingles,
The Best Roof. Covering ; `Fire and Storm 'Proof ;- Light and Lasting; made in
Galvanized Iron, Tin and Iron; painted also.
Our Galvanized Iron Eavetrough and Patent
Conducting Pipe.
This Conducting Pipe is made in six foot lengths, of Galvanized Iron, and is
the only conducting pipe thaftwill stand the winter without bursting.
The best of workmanship guaranteed on any of the above work entrusted to
us. Call and examine our samples, and get prices. *. a
-
Full line of CREAMERY CANS, MILK CANS, PAILS,- &c. Repairing
and Jobbing promptly attended to.
NIR,. JOHN KIDD,-
MAIN STREO, SEAFORTH.
THE OLD ESTABLISHED
-_ CLOTHING HOTTSE.
W. D. BRIGHT, SEAFORTH,
(STICCES6OR TO WM CAMPBELL.)
• Mr. Bright has to thank his friends and the public for the very liberal
patronage they have given him since starting business �n his OWIT account. The
OLD STAND was never so popular and so well patronized as it is now, and new
customers are coming in,daily. - The stock of CLOTHS was never larger, more
varied nor handsome, while in
G E1\T 'I' T -T 17?, i\T i s ii i1\T G -
Of every kind there is splendid stock. Every -garment made is guaranteed to
and no pains are spared to give the most entire satisfaction.
PRICES TO SUIT THE HARD TiMES.
The latest styles closely observed when •desired. tdr GIVE US A TRIAL,.
W. D. BRIGHT,,
Campbell's Block, Main Street, Seaforth.
7t7
(3- .ID—JJ 10 INT. -
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 beet value we have ever shown. We
also show a good. range of Canadian stuffs in Cottons, Denims, Cottonades, &c.
We would ask inspection (if; our stock of Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Ph -wiles in
all the new shades.
Full stock of .Carpets, Curtains and House Furnishing Goods.
tr..0s.T.vE/"..0,- 3O:1\1'i
WROXETER
Alexander L. Gibs
Begs to announce to the public that he)*
rnenced to operate the
MAY 20 1887
WROXETER WOOLLEN FACTO
And that he will be prepared to give good*
in •
FULL CLOTHS,
• TWEEDS,
UNION TWEEDS,
FLANNELS,
• PLAIDINGS,
WINCEYS,
And Varieties in
STOCKING YARN
Custom Carding, Spinning and •
Promptly Attended to
Parties from a distance will, as far as
have their ROLLS HOME WITH THE
he has put the Mill into Good Working
and employe none but Efficient Worktnen,
All Work is Warranted.
REMEMBII THE WROXETER Mij
1 ALEX. L. GIBSON.,
Proprieet
Aurora & Rockfrid
Watches.
Two oi the Best Makes
America. $old iii
EAFaRTII
—ONLY BY—
'W. R. COUNTER,
• Another shipment of those VA
Nickle Alarm Clocks. More new g
in Jewelry, Silverware and Weida.
Larger stock than ever, at hard tilDS
prices. Quality guaranteed as rep*
sented. Special attention given to
pairing fine Watches, Jewelry
Clocks. All work entrusted to my
will receive prompt attention, and gun
anteed to give satisfaction.
M. R. COUNTER)
SEAFORTH PUMP WORKS
In returning thanks to my many meta.
for their patronage singe commencing bulls*
in Seaforth, I would -add that in order tests*
the demand for
PUMPS CISTERNS &
that 1 have put in Steam Power and more
machinery, and can now do, my work qui*
and better, and as I use none' but the best DI
terial I can get, and do as good work as I km
how, I hope to merit a continuance of your
ronage. CUSTOM PLANING AND BO
SAWING A SPECIALITY.
N. CLUFF.
P. S.—I would be pleased to receipt all that
counts of the past and previous years. Si
have money. 9064i.
Charles -worth of
Brownell
Wholesale and Reta
SEAFORTH, -
Tea § a Specialty, Jobbed at Mak
sale Prices in quantities.
Charlesworth &,, Brownell'
One door north of Post Office.
To Gentlemen
M. K. HUMAN
.SEAFORTH'S
WELL-KNOWN, TAILO
Wishes to inform the gentlemen ef Set
forth and vicinity, that he now has
nice an:assortment of Cloths suitable*/
all kinds of garments, as can be food
in any similar- establishment ill t?
county. He has also added a veryla
and complete stock of
Gents' Furni$h.ings
Having engaged the seivices of gr.
JAMES LEATHERLAND as cutitt
he is prepared to guarantee satisfactito
in style and fit.
Prices reasonable as usual. His
it first door south of the Bank of •On
meree building. Give him a trial
satisfaction is assured.
M. K. PiLLIVIAN,
SEAFOR
0. 8. CAMPBELL,
pROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR -a
Engineer. Orders by wail prom
tended to. D. S. CAMPBELL Ifitehell
Ithiting the
tern Old judge, in relent'
SheGlnds ba tots 1 ntwod abha gboa df o
He was young and defiant.an
-Mother and on; ancrim gaze •
Their d'i'fferent attitude, Joel;
Oite would believe, ere the tri
•TT:eselvtasileZ°oicthteil er;111d
•Ith:14.<
•aWithAshanielesS look, and
'•:-,Age had ,come over her. mod :a
These mattered hut little ao
A
prop to her years, and a IS.-•
And prized as -only a mother
But what for him 'could a mot
Waiting his doom onJier a. smite
HA-111;:emb.:itniell dai•eix.I.Lnrilisu_l
anad ,.tosh&atitaVinda0sWt.ritilgegrileitfart IT;
want
Bent over her work with resol
Till ,ehe felt her old freme. tett
Her weak limbs tremble, herl
And h
t She
e—eto
bh4(lsileroelnt
bo, ad
ed;i1L
With a luartas 'bard as asilief
An impudent glance and a. re'
Br4viendigitlhceristenoelnedf et It: le.ognant;i1
ni
• With proof of his guilt by fay
Ready to stand, ae he phrases'
mmben
Holdiewgelok,terinde, but et-nitS
flin
Poured in a ood o'er the *
The oistening tears
S
-
And she saw • through the i
flaStrearrsh
Shild in his innoeeis
She remembered him pure as'
'The guilt of the present she <
And for mercy her wistful lol
To the stern 'old judge in his,
" Woman, d age 'era
" H.o jn
" -1
"Your boy is the neighaei
dread;
Of a gatigof reprobates ehoae
The jury did rightfor the fas,
Dheneta;selnItscunsceeletessh- :eTu'urts'isuilar
Tti';
" Your honer," she cried, " h
The tipstaves grinned at the
And a ripple of fun three
But ciserrotkliee;faCe Of the eulp
An angry look and a shadow'
" Don't.langh at my mother
You've: got -me fast, and en
But she'S too good for your
And IT—then-his uttermacei
The judge for a moment 'ben
And looked at him keenly,
ss Nre suspend the sentence -
And the - words were tre
- "Bs
ut :I°a;',I !" and he raise
• "Don't let them bring you
"There is something good in
I'll give you a thence—al
;The UNG: )
41:Nvent forth, and ti
I meant to have given Win
And perhaps, 'tis a difficult
If clemeney here he ill or ass
But a rock was struck in tha
• From which 0, tomitalti ofgi
For •one on the ocean of erin
Who loves his ,mother, is ne
—A Well-known law)
Wisconsin, was going d
office. ; As he was pass
of Mrs. P—, her littl
aud a half years old, w
across the .street, an
after him to -bring
(lawyer said to he girl,
he is hardly worth the
The mother of, the ehil
been seen, was standin'
and heard the remarl
flash ahe spoke to ti
yon had better
as we'intend to make a
—Little four-year -olt
riding with her father
the ride had been in qn
in by -ways auld cross
had never before dis
arrival home -Ploy ran
claiming, jubilantly, "
been to ride in the odli
country?"
1—This story suggest
same small nraiden,
hag her mother eseayet
fore putting on her
Now Miss Ploy stro
being treated in this fa
over, she had had a ba
fore. Her soul fillet
indignation. She crie
don't needto be was
want rinsing a little,"
--In a certain eit
-there lived a very .f
liberal share of alma.]
• It chanced that one di
in front of the house a
street •gainina using
profusely. He ran in
ing, " Mamma, manni
sucker '?" Now Mar
least know, but as
disobeying her - that:
advantage of the oppe
good moral. " A gon
Why, it means & flung
doesn't mind his moth
as •Johnnie was sayin.4
full measure of his sin
to hira with awful
etopping.short in the
cried , out, in the ab
remorse, " 0, Lord, Ih
—Sitting one Sian
class, during a pause
there suddenly floated
the infant . class in
"golden text," as it '
by an exeeedingly die
boy, "Not for our sh
the shins of the whol.
—Here we hav
fellow's •odd remar
naughty, and was pe
as a pu nishment. fl
ly for his freedom for
a great stilliess reig
of the room. He
thoeght—plarming b
rormd" his mother.
" Mamma, may 1 pr
dear." Of course k
riFeessary to his devo
culprit slipPed down
knelt a minute in
looked up and ex
" Mamma. I asked w
-down." And what
say, having taught
would be answered?
—Teddie had be
heard about bipeds,
vipeds " and "
ing to his version—a
night greatly excited
voluntqe,ring to expl-
"I Weill and what
asked his father,
zoologist made rep
hens is vipeds,"
—The other day
ed his mother by rus
where she was readi
in loud and injure(
why -can't -Gus a
I'M just ashamed
know we're not,
can't afford ita;
boy mounting mounting the la
was perehed while p