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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-06-10, Page 24 133 f9 A 4 • 2 • OUR DOOR -BELL. Be' W. HEINBUF.G. Even on Christmas eve we doctors have no rest I Perhaps my wife has just lighted the 'tiny candles on the Christ- mas tree, and, with a laughing glance at the stereotyped Christmas gift, a pair of embroidered slippers, which she has regularly bestowed upon me for the last thirty years, puts her hand. on the door - latch to call,' "Husband, you can come now 1" Just at that instant, the bell peals shrilly through the house. A doctor's bell -at least ours -has a very peculiar tone, sharpiand unpleasant.. Is it be- cause it s pulled with anxiety, with terrified haste, or is it the consciousness that a man roust leave his cosy home, and go outt into the stoma and rain, to the bedside a a sick person, perchance a dying one ? I do not know, but my wife and I agree that the shrill sound seems to thrill every nerve, especially at night. On Christmas eve the old bell rings w,ith a, particularly harsh note. Surely no one ought to be 111 on the festival of joy and. peace ; but, alas what have i not experienced on Christ- mas eve! I have seen the father of a family die, Suddenly striken, apparently from perfect health. I have stood by a young mother's bedside, • and laid her new-born child in her arms, just as the old city musician and his band struck up " From holy Heaven I descend !" I have seen the poor traveling -appren- tice found benumbed with cold on the highway, open his eyeseand poured him out a glass of Christmas punch, I have told little ones, iil with measles, the story af the Christ child, and have pulled Shoemaker Blaukenfeldt's pretty Lore away from' the railing of the bridge, over which she was going to leap into our little river, because her sweet -heart had deserted he. These are things that happen every day, are they not ? Yet, on the 24th of December, we regard them with differ- ent eyes ; at least, so it seems to me. And as 1 reeall the Christmas eves that have passed' since I began to practise my profession es a physician here in Old. - berg, two out of the thirty stand ,forth in peculiarly clear and vivid hoes. No wonder ! I am daily reminded of them. Our town is small; it now contains only five thousand inhabitants ; ten years ago, elf which time I am about to speak, there were fewer still. It lies off the highwity of travel. The railroad makes a cutve as though to avoid dis- turbing our quiet existence by the whistling aed rambling of engines. The tower of the only church really ought to be famed as a curiosity ; it slants, not quite so much as its wen -known com- panion in. Pisa, but approximately. There is absolutely nothing else worth seeing, unless we inelude a few iron bul- lets imbedded in the walls of the town hall, and said to have come from Tilly's cannon. The ancient, grass -grown walls, strewn with violets, still surround the red -tiled, gable-roofedhouses. In summer, white under clothtng, hung there to dry, flutters merrily in the breeze, -andthe boys play Indians on them. The streets are empty and ill -paved, and in the market -place stands a stone • Roland. At the end of one of these quiet streets is my house, a two-story building, with a low ground - floor, and a sand -stone bench at the door, over which droop the boughs of an elderberry bush. When it blooms in summer, all the old women in the neighborhood come and beg my Line for a few blossoms to dry. In Oldberg people cure all diseases with elderberry eier camomile tea -a sorry fact for the Fphysician. The house is rpomy and silent, far too large for a lonely couple like ourselves. A cool, vaulted hall runs through the centre. On this right are my apart- ments, waiting -room and office; on the left Caroline's rooms. There she sits at the window, behind her pots of flowers, knitting or sewittg, as charming now as when a girl of eighteen she became my wife. She has a pleasant outlook. There is no house opposite to us. Pro- vost street runs directly in front of us to Plishedi constantly returning to the one the old Provost House down below. Line idea, which always contained i a healthful thought, good, sound logic. For instance, can see the high -arched door in the wall, one tummer evening -Ilse was about and the tops of the elm trees waving in ' the garden. In winter, the narrow, three-story structure is plainly visible between the branches. There was a time when I did not like to look at that door -but I am describ- ing my Line's window seat. In the re- cess hangs a picture, twined with gar- lands of ivy, a girl's head, painted on ivory, which looks inexpressibly lovely in its narrow, gold frame. I was going to speak of this beautiful head, with its wealth of raven locks. About ten years ago, I used to call at that house once or twice a week, while making my round of professional visits. A near view showed plainly how rapidly it was going to ruin. Its owners no longer cared for it ; they were building handsome new residences on adjoining estates ; and it served merely as a 4m- porary lodging when one of the barons was compelled to spend a short time in our little town for the transaction of offi- cial business. But at the time I men- tion the second story was occupied. A distant relative of the family, a Countess Seefeld, lived in the gloomy, wainscot- ted rooms with her daughter, and I had the honor of attending her as her family physician. She was a pale, siekly woman, who had an extremely small income, but would not, on any account, have acknow- ledged the fact. God has bestowed on doctors, who have dealings with nervous women, the faculty of entering into all sort t of carihrices ; so, with angelic pa- tience, I allowed her to tell me over and over again "that she had merely chosen this secluded little town because the noise and bustle of great capitals did not suit her diserderded ner es, and that her residence here gratified her desire for rest and quiet. I nodded, agreed with her, and pretended not to see tile shabbiness of her black silk dress, nor tae extreme parsimony that marked every detail af her household. She always added, " Of course, when Ilse has grown op, I muet return to so- ciety - least far a time." 'TS -nth the little countess is married," I need to reply. Then the dull eyes sparkled. Yes, my dear doctor, she is very beautiful. She will make a sensation, 'won't she I" Yes, he was beaetiful. The girl was so lovely that it seelned as though the ancient race of See,feli, ere dying out, had sought to put for on g last, won- derful flower. She had no trace of the cod, aristocratic reserve that shrinks THE HURON EXP 9 S easeeemmumwl froin revealing a sensitive spot to any fellow -mortal. No, Ilse was soarmless as any peasant child, as natural as; the birds fluttering in the elm -boughs before her windows. Whenever it was possible', she left the big, dreary rooms and her stately mother, ran over to our house, entered my Line's sunny room, sat dowm on the pla4orm at the window, made her first atterlapts at sewing, hugged and kiised my fair- haired wife, rattled on the piano, laugh- edlike an elf, and, after rushing, out again at the door like a, whirlwind,left behind her a stillness that often brolight tears to Line's eyes. She • was ao ; un- happy because we had no children. For Ilse's sake, it was hard for ne to pass the high ached doorway. But, if I happened to omit my visit a few days because I actually had not the time tt; go, old white-haired Maruschka apitear- ed and summoned me in her mistress' name; the countess could not dispense with my advice. • Well, I went, as I have said, forl the child's sake. I never received any Other payment than a grateful glance from her blue eyes, and had to endure Many a trail of patience, for the countess was fully equipped with all the provoking whims of a nervous- woman, and under- stood how to torment her physician Most thoroughly. "Good. heavens ! More than once I have left her in a rage, banging the door behind me, so that the old three-story building shook to its foundations. More than once I have written a note request- ing the lady to seek other medical advice. But, when Ilse glided into my room and gazed anxiously at me with' her bright eyes, I let myself be dragged over to the house again to preseribe for l a new ail- ment discovered the night before. Well, there are nervous women in the world, and that this one had become so is certainly no marvel. He hesband, spendthrift who squandered everything ; her only son, the heir, on whoe protec- tion and aid the widow and her young daughter were entirely dependent, killed in a duel for a mere trifle ; the estates in the possession of strangers, of Whom she knew nothing beyond their name ; no refuge save this ruinous old building, whose shelter was bestowed as a deed of charity; forced to battle for existence on an annual income of two hundred thalers ; it is excusable -that the lady's mood was not always, or rather was never, a cheerful one. er hope rested entirely upon her daughter'S increasing beauty. She still possessed diamonds, which she guarded with Argus eyes; she would have died rather than have sold a single gem. Once, when. I insist- ed upon a 'change of air because her health was sol wretched, she Owned that she would be able to afford it but for the necessity of keeping all her property for Ilse's future. " One or two seasons in Berlin,and Ilse will be provided for, my dear doctor." On this she relied. Nothing was, too hard for her • no sacrifice too great for the sake of her child, In spite of her insufferable arrogance, the whimsical, sickly woman became a heroine in My eyes when I saw her teaching her daugh- ter, with the most punctilious accuracy, never omitting a lesson, never betraying fatigue. Alas how often, after several hours' instruction, she sank down almost fait tin g. a "You are taxing your strength too inuch, countess," I ventured to remon- strate. She drew herself up proudly. "I owe my daughter an education." " Yes, yes ! 'But we have good teach- ers here, Let the little countess have private instruction," I suggested. ; "Here?" she asked, in atone of blend- ed amazement, contempt, and superiori- ty, while her pale lips expressed such scornful irony that I thought : " Well, teach yourself into a conturnp- tion for aught I care. I'll never say anything again ! As if we were all a set of idiots, and had no suspicion of *hat a little countess needs to fit her for the marriage -market !" True, the mather's educational efforts were not all smooth sailing. This plretty, smiling child did not lack character. What she once undertook she accom- =frequently to my house, and m short visits, that she crossed t so slowly in her trailing dre longer ventured to raise her ey when she entered my Line's was jut the same as of -ol and played a waltz on the o beating time with her little fee times she was as still as a ting quietly before my wife's ease. There were no books at Its or at least no good Gentian o young mind had been stary French ragouts her mother h by heart in her own youth possessed a thorough Germ beauty -loving and somewha imagina- tive. What has a woman of !the world to do with sentiments ? The vincial, only fit for dressmake tices. Who can account for I different? I can still see her r and tearful eyes when, one Sunday even- ing before Easter, I read aloud. to her the walk from Faust. "Freed from their icy chains are stream and brook." ade only he street , and no s. True, room she , laughed d spinet, . Some- ouse, sit- iny book- 's home, es. The d on the learned and Ilse n nature, are pro- s' appren- se's being diant face She did not say a word, Only wept. Then she wanted the book. " Oh, no, littjo countess, you are only seventeen, and if mamma shoUld know ? Later, later !" "I won't tell mamma!' she earnestly. I laughed and shook my head. "Come over as often as you like, child. I will gladly read to you. But take it with you -never !" So she came more frequently than usual. She was permitted to stop her studies now; she must lookl fresh and blooming, for, after Christmati, or rather after New Year's, she was gong, not to Berlin, but to a little Thurin where it was desirable that beauty should appear as radia Bible. The countess correspo a jeweler and several dressma answered, seven years old-----Marusehka; the Polish maid servant, came running over to beg the doctor to call at once ; the child had met with an aocident. I went, and the mother Who received me told me the following story : Some- body had given the little countess a doll, a rude peasant, dressed in al red frock, with blue ribbonseon its cap,Jand a med- ley of allists of colors. ille.mother had a theory that children ought not to play with ugly things. Unluckily, this doll was little Ilse's favorite. Heaven knew why. Children are so queer ! And one day the favorite disappeared; nota bene, the mother had thtown it into the fire. Amid floods of tears, th0 house, the garden, every possible placti of conceal- ment was searched, and. the became so excited that the countess was obliged to send for me. She led melto the little girl, who lay oh the sofa, 'lobbing vio- lently, and sat down beside l her with a new doll, dressed in wonderfully fine clothes. "I won't have it ! I won't have it !" screamed Ilse, hoarse with emotion, striking at the toy. "1 wint my own dear doll back again," What could I do ? Persuasion was useless. At last the countess forcibly placed the new doll in the child's arms. Ilse started up, ran to the window, and filing it out. "1 don't want a new ene," she said piteously, looking at me with her mouTn- ful eyes. I motioned the countess alone with Ilse, took the lit hands, and asked her to tell me all about it. She bad lamed, that dell so dearly, she said, she didn't want any other. I_ remonstrated with her, told her that the doll was ugly, not a suitable plaything for her. In vain. She took sorne sooth- ing drops, and at last fell asleep, llut the fact remained, and she never played with another doll. The child gradually grew -op into a girl, and a very beautiful girl ; bat in other respects, by no means after her mother's heart. "What careless language !" the coun- tess complained. " Doctor, she gets it from you. I' must beg you to be move cautious.". I looked surprised. Tree, I did -not know how to use scraps of Fxench, butl was conscious of no other defects, I met Countess Ilse's krughing eyes, and secret- ly shared hei amusement. Yet, I was stogy that she came leas tan court, the young nt as pos- nded with king estab- lishments in the capital, and expressed to me her regret that her daughter took no interest in these matters. " But," she added, " the Ilion has not yet tasted blood, my dear doctor; she will breathe more freely in her natural sphere." These words were spoken on a gloomy October day. Ilse, I knew, was with my wife, the only society the poor child was allowed to have. I Went down stairs, shaking my head, for t ie mother's experiment of sending he daughter alone to D— to visit a c usin whom she scarcely knew, merely f r the pur pose of throwing the young girl into a society often very mixed, nd, it was hoped, by a lucky hit, into he arms of a wealthy huIsband, made mie feel trou- bled and anxious. The ch Id had be- come as dear to .me as though she were, my own. If her mother were only go- ing with her, y did not seem to hold was to go to leave me le trembling D—. Still abso Line's room. the firelight My wife was mot there, but I found another companion She way leaning on the spine vine -tendril barrassed. ' me, stood -a slender, bro "The deu exclaimed, clasping him in " Yes, un le; pardon my by surprise. I fear-" He ruptly. "1 thought aunt 'over yonder n front.of the book -case and-" Elis andsome face flushed crim- son. "Pardon me, fraulein !" he added turning to the smiling girl. 1 " Ernest Klauss, royal architect," I said, presenting him, "Countess Isabella Seefeld." _ He blushed still more deeply, bowed; and said : " I am on my way to B--- to super- intend the building of a church." Line came unsuspiciously in, after the lapse of nearly an hour. When I met her in the hall, and was going to re reproach her for her long Eebsence, th little woman grew angry, and said sh -inter cloak„ falling, ant things t the last moment. How cou' d she kno that Ernest was corning? She woul look attet the supper at once. I was ebout to submit to her remon strances like a dutiful husbai bell rang! A woman u d. ing child wrappein a e arms, epPeared and asked for the doctoiml So duty prevented me fro' thinking d other matters, for -who knOws?-if the woman with the child had not come, then the seamstress'with cramps in the stomache and the apprentice with his sore finger, those two mi ht not have found titte to look so deeply into eaeli other's yes. Still, of cdurse, this is foolish. should have chan what is to be always happe When' two hours after hall, I found the to youn alone in the room, which m fectly dark, but they w re no longer silent. Aha ! they were talking and chattering as if they had known each other for years. ' 4 Where is my wife?" Good heavens ! She was in the ki cheo, cooking a leg of venison for h sister's son. I lighted the lamp, put it on the tabl and watched the two look et each oth in the sudden glare. I enjoyed t sight. To a physician's eye there is nothing more beautiful than a fresh young face. And these two were not onlay healthy mind and body, but handsome too. is my nephew, but I tons( say, he wils as 'handsome in his way as Ilse was in h --tall and slender a$ a pine-treO., with clear, sparkling eyes:: in a, word, the very incarnation of health. A splendid young fellow ! He was thou just five-and-tvveuty. Ilse would not stay to supper. S put on her little cloak, and took hr leave. But, when we were sitting over our erenisou in the back room, clinking our -wine glasses, her little dark head peed in at the door. "-May I come ?" she asked in h charming way. " Mamma has a hes ache, and as gene to bed, and I'm lonely up there." She sat between me and Ernest, lis- tening patiently as he talked of hie in- valid mother, of his studiee, of his pres- ent position, sitid all sorts ,of family af- fairs. When the clock struck ten, apd. Ilse rose to go, I accompanied her as ttsual. Ernest joined us, slid we walked together in the wan moonlight through the deserted street to the Cid house. At the doer she turned, and her eyes (Continued n1 page.) but -the mon out, or, at any rate, Ilse lone to her relatives itt bed in though , I entered It was alreadydusk, and lanced brightly n the floor. n her stead with Ilse. , twisting a etween her fingers, as if fore her, with! his back to Man in an overcoat, a tall, n -haired fellow e Is it you, rnest?" y arms. taking you stopped ab was eittin REAL STATE FOR 5 TOR. VARM FOR 8 LE. -For Sale, a X improved Fa , coptaining 150 take a small Town, City or Farm pro payment. Term very easy. For f tieulars apply to IR. CORLEY, Belgr well- Vould la part par - 0. 015 acre tt and One WM. 8-tf TIARM FOR SALE. -For sale, a go X farm on theownLine between McKillop, about eix miles from Se of the best farms in the county. A N. McMICHAEL, Constance. BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE. The Jisigned has la number of ffne b ild on Goderich and Sames Streets, for ale, prices. For particulars apply t. D. . WI OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.-Fo that comfortable dwelling house on street, Seaforth, (lot 36, Beattie rid survey,) recently occupied by Mrs. osly particulars apply to F. 1-1,OLMESTE , Se ode Lots t low SON . 909 sale, ernes' tark's For forth,. 997 AGREAT BARGAIN. ---Will be 140 Limes of good land, heavil chiefly maple, some Hemlock and railing stream through it. Three Allanford station, township of Am of Bruce. Apply to box e84, Strat POSITOR Offlee. GOOD FARM FOR SATE. -For Township of Hibbert, Lot 2 Concession, containing 100 acres. stumps, in a high state of 1 oultivat no it good buildings. There' is an a never -failing water, and the farm i to markets, with gravel roads run direetions. Apply to WM. El3ER forth P. 0. had been, obliged to buy a la for the snow would soon be one ought not to delay such d, when th her cough awl, in h ed nothing; s. crossed the people still as now per - r r e sold cheap tin bered, eda , never mile from bel, ounty ord, .r Ex. 93-tf sale, in t1-4 ,tonis hreee8tohi on, a d has und nee of con enient ing n all AR , Sea- 9l0-tf. r sae, 100 eon ession , pos •ffice, from Brus- d in a good and never imb r. Ap- ses o Oran - 964x -t.f. , con ession e of. ultiva- red. Good se on h the • u JAS.i t he both r Wal - x4 tf -161ARDI IN GREY FOR, S LE. -F 32 acres being ot 15 on the 13t of Grey, within h If a mile f store churches and sch ol, and fie e miles sell and Ethel, siely acres cleared -a state of cultivatien, a good orehar failing spring on he place aid good ply to ISAAC CURRY, on the prem brook P. 0. VARM FOR $ALE IN MORRL2.-For sale, X 128 acres, being lots 24 and 2. 10. Ninety acre e are in a good sta tion • the remain der is well timb d a comfortable I spring creek runs les from Brusse barn and sheds a g ho the premises. A hrou fame. It is five s, ab sam distance from Blyth good r iads pin s ; school within one riile. Apply MU RAY, let 28r concession -, Morris, ton P. O. 99 e "'GURU FOR SILE.-For ale, Lot 39, [ sion 2, L. 1. S, Tucldersmuth, con 60 acres, of which 45 are eleared, well well under -drained, and in i high state 'eaten. There is a good frame house, b stables, and an orchard of apple, plum, onces aining enced, f culti- rn and cherry and pear trees. There is a never -failing %'ell. It is within six miles of Clinton, and thre from Brucefleld, with a good gravel road lea each place. For, further particulars apply premises, or to Clinton P. 0. J. B. CR er so 9 ing to on the SSON. 9-tf. TIARA'S FOR SALE.- That valuabl J being North half of Lot 20, Conce Morris, on which there is re good frame b outbuildings, frame house, good bearing good wells, &c. Also that valuable fa South half of Lot 28, Concession 6, M which there is a good new frame house a) frame barn. Both of those farms 'are the village of Brussels, and are in every first-class farms. Terms easy, and which made known on application to E. E. W PETER THOMSON, Brussels P. 0. farm sion 6, rn and rchard, being rris, on d good joining respect ivill be DE, or 983 200 ACRE FARM FOT SALE. -A 5 st-class Farm for Sale in the township .f Turn - berry, in the County of Huron, being- L•ts No. 54 and 55 in the 1st Concession, contai ing 200 acres, 150 cleared and in a good state f culti- vation. There is a first-class orchard, a good frame houee and a bank barn 80 hy 48 f .et with stone stable under it. The farm is situa ed one- half mile 'from the gravel road leadir g from Wroxeter to Brussels,5 miles horn Wrox ter and six from Brussels. Terms ee.sy. For pa ticulars apply tb J. COWAN, Wroxeter, Or to OBERT MOFFAT, Proprietor, on the premises. 081 FARM FOR SALE. -For sale,'Lot 22 on the 2nd Concession of Stanleye containing_ 100 of cul - la hard - d frame y build- never- elinton, cefield, place. and on sion 3, el OUR, 01-tf- acres, over 80 cleared, and in a good stat tivation ; the balapee is well timbered wi wood. There is a large brick house, go barns, sheds and stables, and all tecessa ings. There is la good orchard,' and tw failing wells. It is within six Miles of eight from Seaforth, and three from Br with good gravel roads leading to eacl School convenient. It will be sold cheat easy terms. Apply on Lot 24, Conee Stanley, or to Bruceficld P.O. JOHN GI 1 GOOD FARM FOR SALE. -Ir order to close the affairs of the estate of the little W. G. Hingston, the executors offer the following very valuable lands for sale. First-Nortee half of Lot 30, Concession 5, township tadning, 90 acres. On this lot is frame barn with stone foundatio well and pump. Nearly all cletired, a the gravel road' closely adjoining the v Brussels. This farm is a valuable one, fenced and in a good state of cul For prices and terms apply to T -DOS. ICsi .sels P. 0., Heente JEN:ZINGS, Victoria Squ or JAMES SMITH, Maple todg-eP. 0., ei County. of e'er '5, con - erected' a good 1, good prchard, d is on liege of is well ivation. Brus- re P.O., iddlesex 868 FARM FOR' SALE.-Sfx thousand three hun- dred dollars will bui Lot 23, Concession 9, McKillop, belonging to Thompson Morrison. It is situated fiveeniles frorei Seaforth, on a gravel road, and within half a Wle of grist nill, sail h office, oi, Pres - v frame been in cleared sion and owner 18 MORRI- 1015-tf mill, two stores, post elle blacksmith shop and wa byterian and Methodist barns and stables, well n pasture the last four years; 80 acre and 20 of good hardwood bush Posse title given 1st of Januar'y next, as the living in Dakota. Apply po JOHN C. SON, Winthrop P. 0. e and telegra n shpps, sch churches, ne tered, and ha FARM FOIL SALE. -The undersign Id offers for sale 50 acres, betg north hal 10, Concession 3, Tuckersnith, IL.11. S., t m from Kippen and the sale froIlensa. I. Some money required to be pai deem and th balance on mortgage payments toisuit Purchas r. This farm is well fenced and ilia geed state of culti- vation and a splendid wheat farm. It h- s a com- fortable lop; house, a frame barn and st ble and a never failing spring. Also a good orcl ard and a variety of small fruit. There are five acres of bush, also stones on the ground .for he foun- dation of a house. For further partic lars ap- ply to the proprietress on the premises. MRS. CLUTTEN, Kippen P. 0. 1314-4. f of Lot 2i miles FIRST-CLASS Farm for sale, being the llth Concession of Ithe toe McKillop, containing 100 acres. Nin cleared, and in a good state of eultivati are 10 acres of good hardwood bush. F good. There a,ee on the preniiees a g. barn 40x64,frame stable 30x5o,a log stal and a good log house. There 18 an or 1 MILLAR, THE TAIL911, PIONEER OF MODERATE PRICES —MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. •mastm.•••.•••• pv•••••w••• • This is Our First Spring Season. 010.10.••••••••••••opon There's a head line that goes to the very marrow of popularity. Look at it! We have no last year's goods ; everything fresh and seasonable, and none to be complained of by customers, or objected to as a little off and behind the age for patterns, colors or shapes. This is a great help to you. Ne matter how little money you have to spend on Clothing yourself, or how much, you don't want any old stagers of goods that have passed through a season and lost their freshness. You couldn't get such Clothing here if you wanted to. We haven't any old goods, or room for any. But if you want what is bright, reliable and stylish, we have a store full, and at prices that will make the name of Millar as good as a knight errant to conquer, and root out high prices in Cloth- ing. For we mean to strike the highest notch for business of any house in the country: Well make fresh goods and fair prices our clubs. We make to order . GENTLEMEN'S SUITS, - $12 Upwards. STYLISH SPRING OVERCOATS, $12 Upwards. ELEGANT PANTS, - $3.50 Upwards. J. W. MILLAR the Temple of Fashion, t 30, on nship of ty acres n. There noes are od frame le 30x36, hard of 1 acre of choice fruit trees, and a never -failing well. This farm is well located for markets, atorth, a 2e miles here is a h. and a being only 7 miles from the town of S town on the Grand Trunk Railway, an from the village of Winthrop, where post -office, grist -mill, saw -mill, a chur school heepse. This farm will be sold cheap. For furth particulars apply to JOSEP CRAIG on the premises, or to J. M. BEST, 3arrister, Seaforth P. 0. 1011-tf FARM FOB. SALE. -The subscriber offers liar sale bis valuable farm in the To .nship of Gray, comprising Lots 6 and 7, on the 1.1th Con- eession of said Township. This farm contains 200 acres, and is within 1 end e mils of the thriving village of Brnseels, With a g od gravel road leading thereto. About 130 acres re elem.- ed free from stem , end in* good st, te of cul- tivation. The bahncc is finely wooc fame is particularly well fenced, n One door NORTH of E. McFaul's ry Goods House, Main-st, Seaforth, THE HURON S ED EMPORIUM, Fine, Fresh - MANGOLD, CARROT, and TURNIP SEED, at 0. C. WILLSON'S, SEAFORTH. Fresh Garden Seeds of all Varieties. d. This arly the whole of thejences being steaight, an having been erected in 1885 6. On the prerni-es there is a comfortable log dwelling house, at frame barn, with stone stapling uncle which there is a well with ahumeant excellent water. There is likewise a implement house, 40x2.6 fest, well floe -ed above d a good Death, lite; upply of ew frame All Kinds of House Plants now in Stock at O. C. WILLSON'S, SEAFORT11. BUILDERS' ATTEY1.10) YOU SHOULD USE THE Montross Patent Metallic Shingles, The Best Roof Covering; Fire and Storm Proof; Light and Lasting ; tnade in and below, and neatly sided and painted. There are 22 acres in feel wheat sown upon suenner- fallow. It will be sold on very ease- ten s of pay- ment. For particulars apply to the p oprietor, JAMES DICKSON, Registrar Huron `O., Gode- rich. 986-tf. IIOUSE IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE. -For sale the comfortable residence now oc espied by the undersigned. It contains seven Gins and summer kitchen, and hard and soft N &ter, and is within two minutes waIk of Min Street. Apply to HUGH GRIDVB. ' 016-t. f. 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 that will 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. Full line of CREAMERY CANS, MILK CANS, PAILS &c. Repairing and Jobbing promptly attended to. MRS. JOH MAIN STREET, 141 KIDD, — SEAFORTH. THE OLD ESTABLISHED CLOTHING HOUSE. W. D. 8RIGHT, SEAFORTH, (SUbCESSOR TO IWM. CAMPBELL.) JUNE 10, 1 -WROXETER M Alexander L. Gib o Begs to anneunecnectothoeoppuebralitcehetthat h nied t e WROXETER WOGLIEN FAO And that he will be prepared to give g Mr. Bright has to thank ,hii friends and the public for the very liberal patronage they have given him since starting business on his own 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 `11 S' Y1 TT 1=?, IT1ST-1.1NG-S Of every kind there is splendid stock. Every garment made is guaranteed to and no pairis are spared to give the most entire satisfaction. PRICES TO SUIT THE HARD TIMES. The latest styles closely observed when desired. it' GIVE US A TRIAL. W. D. BRIG -ITT, Campbell's Block, Main Street, Seaforth. 1 1 a- 0 Li T) 0 i\T. l_A..1_11_1, 1E3E36_1 FULL CLOTHS, TWEEDS, UNION TWEEDS, FLANNELS, PLAIDINGS, WINCEA And "Varieties in STOCKING YARN Custom Carding, Spinning and hilly( Promptly Attended to, Parties from a distance will, as far as have their ROLLS HOME WITH TEErtate he has put the Mill into Good Workini d: and employs none but Efficient Werinne All Work is Wa..,rranti3d. REMEMBER THE WROXETER ALEX. L. GIBSON, Pro Aurora & Rock Watches. Two of the Best Makes America. Sold in, S E A 11 0 R T We have received ex-Pavisian, 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 af Canadian stuffs in Cottons, Denims, Cottonades, &c. We would ask inspection of our stock of Dress Goods, Silks, -Velvets, Plashes in all the new shades. Fufil stook of Carpets, Curtains and House Furnishing Goods. EL T.A. iti Pi 8 0 INT S 71 0 R. T 11, tended to. D. S. CirMPBELL Mite In -ONLY BY - M. R. COUNTE Another shipment of those $1, Nickle Alarm Clocks. More new in Jewelry, Silverware and Ws. Larger stock than ever at hatid prices. Quality guaranteed at rpt sented4 Special attention giveii to ts, pairing fine Watches, Jewe'lry Clocks., All work entrusted toorly will receive prompt attention, lid gett anteed to give satisfaction, M. R. COUNTER, SEAFORTH PUMP WOR In retureing thanks to my many leustoete for their patronage since commencing bog* in Seaforth, I would add that in orde toss the demand for PUMPS, CISTERN that I have put in Steam Power and Ione no machinery, and can now do my woSk etilits" and better, and as I use none but the best ist terial I can get, and de as good work as I kree how, I hope to merit p. continuance of 4entr ronage. CUSTOM PLANING ANP B SAWING A SPECIALITY. N. CLUFE P. S. -I would be pleased to receipt &lithe* counts of the past and previous yeani. have money. Charlesworth 'Browne Wholesale and !let claR,coo-FaR,S., - SEAFORTH, - Teas a Specialty, Jobbed atl Eilale Prices in quantities. Charlesworth & Brciumeit One door north of Post 0 ea. To Gentlenie M. K. PILLION SEAFORTH'S WELL-KNOWN T Wishes to inform the gentlemen 01 forth and vicinity, that he not/ nice an assortment of Cloths salitabl ill kinds of garments, as can bef° in any similar establishment in county. He has also added a very * and ooreplete stock of Gent' F Li rn h ng Havingeragel. the services Oi LEATHERLAND net *PPP le is prepared to guarantee sa14404-°- n style and fit. Prices reasonable as usual. .1110 is first doer south of the Bartliof neerce building. Give him a *rid seibiefaction te assured. - M. K. PILLMANI sEAFolt D. S. CAMPBELL, PRIT,INoty, .13,12s) it,T;(rtnnycht 10, 1887. iutugerlietethr°f oaf *th:Inaytalkojithnf kind. '1 fr emunteslihesniteitYliddlad'iadlynshaltily0oe:tnbli0ai:el: ditita,aad:Wia12,Nivoit:gIteraindistilosauelblvrti:minfenymsbetlhefredaneyihtfoitubdar 1 scales seemed to fall from my sn I jel lImIr s°1:se sel Yfh: °e; ItamhtBr 1 idaeunstoefwhostill in: frreelalUdetri andtPelle°Pf °Iterht Ilse y:tehartlektt sehtf raErnestukl yt os rtge e "rini7aLof Gr, thPili. illHe was aanutie adr ling eyes, and p nything else beside the cra certain passages to her, while d ilee ed with sparko read his works. Whether roLoinneesecoousiadr lihtativeero,‘ovmat, monre tb an sr =3amtayan. %I handle-aith unusual warmth, ieed 40 come back soon. , But ed to me to have grown talle ejases smpeorrkequ ledirth tahbarniguhstar h al Nve ith. my switehasdewifogrmoenriher gifts made an arrogant little r, though CO3186,0118 of her tbbirtinhg,s,shbeuttoowncesasi she e nothingmadeiae at tion somewhat to this efit . nobility was inherent in the it came from the soul. Inhe cheons were no guarantee na"1Greo.od heavens i" cried L startledPray, don't say inoTthe hery, oeunougngteirsisrIalissee.; asked ea,rnetly : "Why ,10 courage to say inuell more r , "Well," Line answered in tone, "you will think differe weeks, when, you have -whirl polished floor of the palac you"TVPhroinkeneosw."s ?" she answ So the joyous Christmas proached. The day befor grevoewalingsauwnd!iar truhe8ewhekain weight 1"674%1SAT. ell, well," said I, " tc hl a el, old is They wl i blerr:anfl 0. ! r" an outfit big enough for a h Couuteillhiet et hsp pos- Is I "Ali sort Countessfi r A - t rtehethcaoItraw iee corner lhotir self. on she seemed inclined to turn street. Then her little h slipped a letter into her gret while her sweet face flust under the blue veil wound little bonnet. Well, eve secrets at Christmas -tide. her left hand, and looked pa shop -window. I could feel fingers tremble. 'Ill come this evening a doctor, and bring you th heart. I'll be at your h Mamm a doesn't give me her. eight." (Cncluded next wee "1 Know That my Liveth. BY S. sOLISII-00111. Shall the mole, from his night un the beasts from the day -glare Shall the owl charge the birds: ! Seek the shadows with Shall a man bind his eyes and e rain that men weary to see?" .Let him walk in the gloom whoie with him! But whence is In To assert that the world is in da he has turned from the light Otto seek to o'erehadow my day his self-ehosen night? I have listened, like Dal. id's gn. voice of the beast and the bir To the voice of the trees and th voice from the f5tones I have And the sun and the moon, and ti courses, re-echo the word And one word speak the bird and; the hyssop that springs in till And the cedar that lifts its pr abanen, stately and tall, And the rocks, and the sea, and " Know 1" is the message of For the answer has ever been nig would question and learn Row to bring the stars near to le orbits the planets must.turn Why the apple must fall limn th the fuel that sun -fires iturn. Whence came life? In thetrocki th WhennoceFimningeeir light? Igrautvdenitgot mot di Thatomutebliadwdinnigl?ingViralllibscaiepuepse mind, that abideth No 'here; :yeaRe, I dk:eon:1.1"ecxt riiaedettht 17.t ne ni whosoe'er wills it may cnow_ I his presence, and, lo 1 8" As he spoke to the light, anld it yv to my soul, and 1 knowil ' Gaieties. -Crewel-Work-WorkeK Size too small for the :multi -A trying moinent-Wb coat comes home from the ti -If yon want to be su, tailor; if you want to be n to law. -When a young lady to chiefs for a rich bachelor, sews that she may reap. -" Maggie, 1 don't like dust on the furniture." "A'l pull down the blinds." -It is said that a good best companion a man can we imagine, is especially so to be a ba,nk-book. -"For a young WOMSTI to the dust off a young man's to be the first symptom th man is in peril. -" When we were betro the fond wife, pouting always slept with your las my pillow." " I too," ret band, with stoical equanir have ofteu fallen esker letter" -Yung man, whatever this life yuha.v got to leat cehn experiece or the e Others; if yu -hay got onn yu ken tell which ov theze he eet etrni::: feet," rejoined her husba the cheapeet. rornanza displayed not oe nary -talen, "Ab," said a. lady &unite) band, " what a grand or -A young lady singing but a set of en ' James Payn, the Charnbere had two pews,eli very intimate with Robel pinayhner