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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-07-01, Page 2• 2 THE HURON EXPOSITOR.' A SHIPMASTER'S STORY ABOUT FLOGGING. When I was about.forty years of age I took coramand of the, ship ._!`Petere sham." She was an old craft, and had seen full as much service as she was cap- able of seeing with safety. But her own- ers were willing to trust a valuable cargo in her, so I would not refuse to trust myself. We were bound to Liverpool, and nothing unusual happened until about the eighth day out, when we ran foul of a small iceberg. It was early in the morning, before sunrise, and not above six or eight feet of ice was above water, it having nearly all been melted in the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. I did not think we had sustained ,much injury, for the shock was • hght; but I was very angry, and gave the lookout a severe punishment, withoutatopping to inquire whether he could have seen the berg in time to escape it. My cabin boy wa.e named. Jack With- ers. He was fourteen years of age, and this was his first voyage. I had taken him from his widowed mother, ancl promised her that I would see him well treated—that is, if be behaved himself. He was a bright, quick, intelligent lad. I soon made myself believe be had an awful disposition. I fancied that he wasithe most stubborn piece of human- ity I had ever come across. I had made -up ney mind he had never been properly governed, and had resolved to break him in. I told him I'd curb his temper - before I'd done with him. In reply he told me I might kill him if 1 liked; and I flogged him with the end of the miz- zen top -gallant halliards till he could hardly stand. I asked him if he'd got enough, and ha told me I might flog him more if I wished to. I felt a strong in- clination to throw the boy overboard, but at that moment he staggered back against the mizzen -mast from absolute weakness, and I left him to himself. When I reasoned calmly about the boy'a disposition J was forced to acknowledge that he was one of the smartest and most intelligent and faithful lads I had ever seen. When I asked him to do anything he would be off like a rocket; but when I roughly ordered him to do it then pame the disposition with which I found fault. One day, when it was very near noon, I spoke to him to bring up my quad- rant. He was looking over the quarter - rail, and I knew he did not hear me; the next time I spoke I ripped out an oath, and intimated if he did not move I'd help hint.. "I didn't hear ye," he said, with an independent tone. "No words," said I. "I suppose' can speak," he retorted, moving slowly towards the companion way. His looks, words, and the slow care- less manner in which he moved fired me in a moment, and I grasped him by the collar. "Speak to me again like that, and I'll flog you within an inch of your life," said I. "You can flog away," he replied, firm as a rock. And I did flog him. I caught up the end of a rope and beat him till my arm fairly ached; but he never winced. "How's that?" said I. "There's a little more life in me— you'd better flog it out," was the reply. And I beat him again. '1 beat him till he sank from my hand -against' the rail; and I sent one of my other men for my quadrant. When it came-, and Thad adjusted it for observation, I found that the sun had already passed the meridian and that I was to late. This added fuel to the fire of my madness, and quickly seizing the lad by the. collar I led him to the main hatchway and had the hatch taken off. I then thrust him down and swore I would keep him there till his stubbornness was broken. The hatch was then put on, and I went into the cabin. I suffered a good deal that afternoon', not with any compunctious of conscience for what I had One, but with my own temper and bitterness. It 'made me mad to think that I could not conquer that boy—that I could not break down his cool, sterneopposition. "But I will da it," I said to rnyself, "by the heavens a,bove me, I will starve him into it, or he shall die under the operation !" After supper I went to the hatchway and called out to him, but he returned me no answer. So I closed the hatch and went away. At ten o'clock I went again, and again got no answer. I tnight have thought that the flogging had taken away his senses had not some of the men assured me that they had heard him not an hour before talking to himself. I did not trouble him again until morning. After breakfast I went to the hatchway and called to him once more. I heard nothing from him, nor could I see him —I had not seen him since I put him down there. I called out several times, but he would make no reply—yet the very same men told me they had heard him talking that very morning. He seemed to be calling, on theta for help, but he would not ask for me. I meant to break him into it. "He'll beg before he'll starve," I thought, and so sister - mined to let him stay there. I sup- posed he had crawled forward to the forecastle bulkhead in order to make the sailors hear him. Some of the men asked leave to go- down and look for him, but I refueed, and threatened to punish the first man that dared to go down. At noon I went again, and as he did not answer me this time I resolved that he should corne to the hatchway and ask for me ere I went any more. The day passed away, and when evening came I' began to be startled. I thought: of the many good qualities the boy had, and of hia widowed mother. He had been in the holcl thirty-six hours, and all of forty hours without food or drink. He must be too weak to cry out now. It was hard for me to give up, but if be died there from actual starvation it might go harder with rne still.- So at length I made up my mind to go and see him,. It was not quite sundown when I bad the hatch taken off and I jumped down ,upon the boxes alone. A little way forward I saw a space where Jack night easily have gone down, and to this point I crawled on my hands and knees. I called Out there, but could get no answer. A short dis- tance further was a wide space which I had entirely forgotten, but which I now remembered had been left open on account of a break in the flooring of the hold which would let anything that might have been stored there rest directly on the thin planking of the ship. To this place I made my way and looked down. I heard the splashing, of water, and thought I could - detect "a sound the incoming of a tiny jet or stream. At first I could see nothing, but as soon as I became used to the dim light T could distinguish -the faint out- lines of the boy at some distance below me. He seemed to be sitting on the broken floor with hia feet stretched out against a cask. I called out to him, and - thought he looked up. "Jack, are you there?" - - And he answered me in a faint, weary tone: "Yes, help me! For heaven's sake help me! Bring men and bring a lantern—the ship has sprung a leak !" I hesitated, and he added in a more • 1 eager tone: . , "Make haste! I will try and hold it till you come back." I waited to hear no more, but hurried on deck'as soon as possible, and return- ed with a lantern and three men. I leaped down beside the boy .and could scarcely believe my own senses. Three of the timbers were completely worm- eaten to the very heart, and one of the outer planks !sad been broken and would burst in any moment the boy might leave it, whose feet were braced against the plank before him. -Half a dozen little jets of water were stream- ing in about him, and he was' wet to the skin. , I saw the plankatnuet burst the moment the strain was removed from it so -I made the men .brace themselves against it before I lifted him ttp. Other men were called down with planks, spikes and adzes, and with much care and trouble we finally -succeeded in stop- ping the leak and averting the danger. The plank which had been stove in was six feet long by eight inches wide, and would let inet stream of water of that capacity. It would have been be- yond our reach, long :before we could have discovered it, and would have sunk us in a very short time. I knew it must be where the iceberg struck us. Jack Withers was taken to the cabin, and there he managed to tell. his story. Shortly after I put him in the hold he crawled forward, and when he became used to the dim glimmer that eame- through the deadlights he looked around for a snug place in which to lie for his limbs were very sore. -He went to sleep, and when , he awoke, he heard a faint sound like water streaming through a small hole. lie.went to the open place in the cargo and looked down and was sure that he saw a small i jet of water springing up through the ship's bottom. He leaped down, and in a few moments found that the timbers had given wholly away and that the stream Was increasing in size. He placed his band upon the plank and found. it broken, . and dis- cevered that the pressure :of - the. water without was forcing it inward. He had sense enotigh to see that if it gained -an inch more it must all go and the ship be lost and perhaps all hands perish. And he saw, too, that if he ,coald keep the broken plank in its place he might stop the incoming flood. Se be sat himself upon it and braced his feet against the. cask and then called for help. But he was too far away -1 -so low down, with such a mass of cargo about hitn. that his voice scarcely reached, other . ears than. his own. Some of the men- heard him, but thought he was talkingto himself. And there he sat,with hisfeet braced, for four-and-twenta dreary hour, , with the water spurting , elk I °vet him and drenching him to the 1very skin, He had several time thought of going- to the hatchway and calling for help; but • he knew that the broken plank would be forced in if he left it, for he could feel it heave beneath him; his limb were racked with ipain, but he would not give up. I asked him if he would not have given up if- I had not come as I did. He answered that he would not have done it while there was life in him. Ile said he thought not of himself—he vas ready to le—but he Wo.uld save the rest if he coul ; and he had saved us, surely—saved us all-efrom a watery grave. ' The boy lay sick almost unto death; but I nursed him with my own hands— nursed him all through his delirium; and when his reason returned, and he could sit tip:and talk, I bowed. myself before han and humbly asked his pardon for all the wrong I had done him. He threw his arms around my neck and told me if I would be good to him he would never give cause of offense; he added as he sat up again, "I am not a coward—I could not be a dog.", I never forgot those words; and from that hour I never struck a bloat, on board my ship. , I makn.my men feel that they are men, that I so regard them, and that I Wish to make them as comfortable and happy aa possible; and I have not failed to gain their respept and confidence. I give no undue lipense, but make my crews feel tha4 they have a friend and superior in the same peraon. For nine years I have sailed in three different ships with the same crew.1 A man could not be hired to leave me, save for an officer's berth. And JaCk Witheis re-: enain:ed with methirteen years. .He was my cabin boy; one of my foremost hands; my- second mate; and the last 'time he sailed with me he refused the command of a new bark. , . • 1 How Parents Are Turning Children Into Criminals. Mr. W. al. Round, Secretary of the Prison Association .of New Yo; ,,,-., has written an important article fo:r the New' York Independent on" Crime Be- ginning and Crime Prevention." Among the other points he makes are the foie lowing : Crimes against property are cornmit- ted because men have not a proper re- garcl for the thine and mine of society. Th -e sense of personal property, respect for rights of ownership, is not cultivated in the child 1` how can the alert Under- stand it? I , heard a mother say—and she told- the 'incident laughingly, with everia touch of -maternal pride—"Rab- bie is the little tyra-ut. He takes Os- -session of any of the children's play- things. and appropriates them as if they -- were his own," She spoke as if she thought that Robbie showed in thil a character that would carry everything before him. If that mother .chances to read 'these words, I beg leave to tell her that her Robbie, flaxened-haired and innocent, with his contemptible un- checked selfishness, is a- young • thief. Thieving is being 'taught in her nursery, as surely as it Was taught in Fagin's; and she will yethave to answer for her own blind negs and inactivit in this Mat- ter. Teach the boys that t ere is some- thing in others' property t at . demands I respect. The leseon can't b taught too ' early. It may be bard to teachit. The little dimpled, thieving hands may have to be madered with punishnient • but teach it, tender, loving mother, and per - s • haps save the dear boy from going to prison as an embezzler or a thief. Another way in which a) disregard of rights of property is taught in so-called respectable families, is the utter indif- ference to debt. The child, as he grows up, hears the unfortunate tradesnian demanding his money over and over. Hears poor creditors, perhaps the laund- ress oa the charwoman making moans t th for their pay; knows hat ere are grocers' bills, butchers' bills, and milk bills, unpaid, and that he existence of t these bills gives no appa ent uneasiness. He sees the same rate of living main- tained, and witnesses an utter careless- ness in expenditure, ss long as no im mediate payment ie req ire 1. Such an exhibition soon produce its effects on the child's mind. He looks upon this state of things as quite e normal habit of life. He abhors swind.ing, if you name it to him as swinding ; but to keep a tradesman out of his money for months, and finally to b . unable to pay him at ala—that seems o him quite a different affair. The di tinction in his mind marks the depth o th injury that has been done to his rsat re. It is quite likely that the tempta ior to commit some crime against proierty will come to him by way of an ove wh lining mass of unpaid tradesmen's bi is. Teach him once for all that debt in urr d, without the ability to pay it pro ptiy, is swind- ling, is obtaining gooi s under false pretences, and equally a variance with good morals and the law But this in- difference to debt, this m eakening of fi- nancial integrity, is, a ter all, only an outgrowth of a deeper d uger. I refer to a false pride—the pride of appearance, the desire to live on a se incompatible' with one's Many a respectable fa le of grandeur eatis. Herds sending its sons into temptation, and very likely to State prison; and sending its daughters along the pat»s to wretched marriages by a miserabl desire to keep up a certain standard of ppearance be- yond the warrant of inc me. The im- pulse to rise socially, to gather around one the refinements of li e, tp live amid beautiful surroundings, i not a bad one. But to seek these thin s in order to make a vain show, an te live more stylishly than one's neighboti, is a bad thing --a very bad coeruOing thing., To do this at a sacrifice df principle, is a wrong thing; to do it at the expense of ather's rights, is a criminal thing. The standard of life which parents set for their children, often sends the children to State prison. .Less tha.n a week ago, 1- I was talking with a nsot1 er whose son of seventeen years had j1st committed a forgery, to obtain money for a fast life. The mother, who was crtishea with the blow of her son's disgr ce, said: " I can't see what tnade Johilmy do it. He has always associated with boys above him; he has been proud of a fine social position; his sisters move in the best society, and we've always tried to keep Johany in good society. 1 We've bought him fine clothes, better thee we could afford; we've pinched ourselaes that he might have spending Money like his associates. And now it has cotne to this." I had not the aruelty to say: "It has led to this ;" 1)14 11 could not help remembering that ,the boy's father was a laboring man -- caning large t wages for his station inlife; aid by trying Johnny's ruin had been brought abou toi keep hint in a station en life,a.bove that in which the circumstahces of his birth had placed him. The boy had - been held up to such a -ctitious social position, that he thought he 'belonged in it; and, in order to maintaia a place in- to which he had bee4 fprced by his parents, could see no wa bill to steal. There are hundreds of famil es in New 11 York, and all over our landi, who are sowing seeds of bitternes and shame for themselves- by a false ride for their children, and a vain desi e to see them associating with rich me 's ons. They don't ask whether their on' associates are truthful, are honest, re 'ndustrious, are manly; but delight to know that they are "stylish," and "in ve in good society." They find thera growing into expensive tastes, and begin to wonder at their extravagance; at d art last find it impossible to supper them in the very place to which they lave urged them. The boy is too weals o go back, there has been nothing in his life to make him strong, and he for es, or ,em- bezzles, or steals • 'and the ir other turns. her eyes reproachfully to Heaven, and wonders why her prayers fo her son's welfare have not been anSwe ed. Used Perfumery in t e Dark. "To catch up a bottle 4f p rfume and dab the stopple at one's uppe lip," said a fashionable girl to me, "is a fa.shion- able trick with many w mn I know. I've seen lots of women d it and did .it myself till the other nigh . 'tatting to see Langtry I did that t ick in a dark room and have quit it al oge her. You see I ran back for a glove-bu toner, and prowling over the dressing- ase struck the glass stopple of a bottle of 'Cherry Blossom,' caught it up and s oothed it across my upper lip and 4ave two little dabs behind my ears sot me neighbors should have d: smell. 'Psi 't 'Cherry Blossom,' after all, thought ; it's the 'White Rose,' extract all ithe same. And - I pranced dowu and joiaed my party. We had got into a car W -he some one said: 'Good mercy ! whai have you got on your face ?"The metal amount of powder, I suppose,' I repli d, aggres- sively. 'Why, you've got a ark -purple mustache.' Great heaveds ! t broke on me in a minute. That nast bottle of scented ink that I myself hac carelessly left on the dressing -bureau ! There was - no Langtry for me that niigh . Ninety- six washings only weakened -the stain. Sandpaper and pumice -tore have re- moved some of my lip, bult it's so dark now (ten days ,ago it happened) that folks say to me :,, 'You must stop using that vaseline; you. certainly , re getting a mustache;' a,niijust beh•nd ny ears are two spots that look as if mortification had taken place."—Albany J urnal. —The steamship Abys ini , Captain Marshall, arrived at Vanpouver on the 13th inst., crossing in Ithil teer days and fourteen hours from Vokohana, al- though delayed by fogy wt ether. Twenty-two cabin passe4igeis t,getaer with a cargo of tea, silk,I etc., were on boa -rd. The arrival .of his, the first Canadian Pacific Railway, steamer was hailed with joy by the city. It is the opinion' of Captain -Mars all that this will be a favorite route foi travelers, as they will not be oppresse by the- heat, as by the old route via th Suez Canal. He said vessels would s on make the round trip in ten days. he -route he cdnsidered importaet, a it had an advantage over San Franc sco in length of!trip. • REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. -VARA! FOR SALE. -For Sale, a choi ce well _U improved Farm, containing 150 acres, Weuld take a small Town, City or Farm property in part payment. Terms very easy. For further ar- aso ticulars apply to R. CORLEY, Belgre P. a 10i 5 FL?nr ell:11'11/0:n° Pi 10e0t Jenrcel F f aN Ir n FI?:InR t 7a Ae 1TownE. Maintop, about six miles from Sea orth. ne of the best faams in the county. Apply to W.M. N. MeMICHAEL, Constance. 998-tf , -IDUILDING LOTS FOR SALE. -The undo jail signed has a nunibcr of fine building Lote on Goderich and James Streets for sale, at low price. For particulars apply to D. D. WILSON. 908 HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. -For sale, that Comfortable dwelling houae miJaSees' street Seaforth, (lot 35, Beattie end Stark's survey,) recent'' occupied by Mrs. Joslyn. For particulars apply to F. HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 0 7 JAND FOR SALE. -The subscriber offers for Sale, Lots 9 and 10, Range A, in the vil age of Hayfield, containing 21 acres, all of whicl' is well timbered, chiefly hardwood, s me ch ice cedar and hemlock, good soil and w 1 wate ed. Will be sold on reasonable te ms. 'os - session and Title can be given at once Apply to JAMES WELLS, Varna P. 0, 1017'4 GOOD FARM FOR SALE. -For Township of Hibbert, Lot 29, Concession, containing 100 acres. I stumps, in a highstate of cultivati no it good buildings. There is an a never -failing water, and the farm is to markets, with gravel roads runt directions. Apply to WM. EBERI forth P. 0. ale, in thu on the 8ta is fr of in, and has undanc of convement ing n all ART, Sea - 9904. r sale, 100 eonces ion posto pe, rom Brita- in a god and n vet mber. es or C an- 64x44.I. -LIAM IN GREY FOR SA LE. -F 12 acres being Lot 15 on the 13th of Grey, within half a mile of stores, churchos and school, and five miles sels and Ethel, sixty acres. cleared an state of cultivation, a good orehard failing spring on the place and good t ply to ISAAC CURRY, on the premi brook P. 0. -LIARM 'FOR SALE IN MORRIS: For sale, _12 128 acres, being lots 24 and 25, concesaion 10. Ninety acres are in a good stet of cultia-a- tion ; the remainder is well timbe ed. Gaod barn and sheds and a comfortable lo r housceon the premises. A spring creek runs t rough he farm. It is five miles from Brussel , about the same distance from Blyth -good ro ds to both Places; school within one mile. Apply to JAS. MURRAY, let 28, concession -, Mor is, or Wal- ton P. 0. 993x4 -LIAM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 30, Con es sion 2, L. R. S , Tuckersmith, Icontainng 50 acres of which 45 are cleared, a' 11 felled, well under -drained, and in a high et' te of cu ti- vation. There is a good frame hous , barn a,nd stables, and an orchard of apple, pl un, cherry and pear trees. There is a never -fain g well. It is within six miles of Clinton, and hree trim Brucefield, with a good gravel road ending to each place. For further particulars a ply on the premises, or to Clinton I'. 0. J. B. ROSSON. 989-t FARMS FOR SALE.- That vali able fa m being North half of Lot 20, C ncessio 6, Morris, on which there is a good fran c barn nd outbuildings, frame house, good beara gOrcha d, good wells, &c. Also that valuable rm be ng South half of Lot 28, Concession 5, Morris, on which there is a good new frame hous and g od frame barn. Both of those farms are adjoia ng the village of Brussels, and are in ev ry respect first-class farms. Tertns easy, and w 'ch will be made known on application to E. E. WADE,[or PETER THOMSON, Brussels P. 0. 963 - 900 ACRE FARM FOT SALE.- first-class Farm for Sale in the townsh p of Turn- ;.)-werry,- in the County of Huron, beim. Lots: No. 54 and 55 in the 1st Concession, con alpine:. 4i00 acres, 150 cleared and in a good state of eu tt- vation. There is a first-class orchaad, a gdod frame house and a bank barn 80 by 4 feet w th stone stable -under it. The farm is sit ated o e• half mile from the gravel road le ding fa rn aVroxeter to Brussels, 5 miles from W •xeter mnd six from Brussels. Terms easy. For mrticulars apply to J. COWAN,. Wroxeter, er t R013E T MOFFAT, Proprietor, on the premises 96 ^ - • --- a-- FARM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 22, on the 2nd Concession of Stanley, con aining 1100 acres, over 80 cleared, and in a good s I te of cal- tivation ; the balance is well timbered with head - wood. There is a large brick house,-ood fra ae barns, sheds and stables, and all necesary build- ings. There is a good orchard, and wo never - failing wells. It is within six miles o Clintdn, eight from Seaforth, and three from rucefieId, (I, with good; gravel roads leading to e, eh pla ,e. School coovenient. It will be sold eh ap and on easy terrhe. Apply on Lot 24, Cot cession 3, Stanley, or to Brucefield P.O. JOHN ILMOL R. 1001-tf - ,--- GOOD FARM FOR SALE. -In ordt r • to el ise the affairs of the estate of the ate W. G. Hingston, the executors offer tae folio ving v yy valuable lands for sale. First -Nor h half of Lot 30, Concession 5, township of M rris, c n- taining 90 acres. On this lot is erect d a gcliod frame barn -with stone foundation, go orchatid, well and pump. Nearly all cleared, nd is ain the gravel road closely adjoining the village of Brussels. This farm is a valuable on', is well fenced and in a good 'state of c ltivati 'h. For prices and terms apply to Thos. lit MN, Bt s - sets P. 0., HENRY JENNINGS'Victoria Sc uare P. ., Or JAMES SMITH, Maple Lodge P. 0., Middles( ex County. 868 FARM FOR SALE.-S;x thousand dred dollars will bus Lot 23, Col McKillop, la longing to Thompson Mot is situated five miles from Seaforth, 01 road, and within half a mite of grist mill, two stores, post office and teleer blacksmith shop and wagon shops, sal byterian aria Methodist churches, n barns and stables, well watered, and h pasture the last four years; 80 acr and 20 of good hardwood bush. Foss title given 1st of January next, as th living in Dakota. Apply to JOHN C. SON, Winthrop P. 0.. hree hi:in- cession 9, • rison. It a graatel mill, saw ph office, ool, Pr Is- av frante s been n s • clear .d ssion a d owner is MORRII: 1015-ta FARM FOR SALE. -The ureiersig, ed offers for sale 50 acres, being north ha f of Lt 10,.Concession 3, Tuckersmith, L: R. S., 21 milae from Kippen and the same from Hens, 11. Sonic money required to be paid down and ti e balanae on mortgage payments to suit purchas a T 5s a splendid wheat far • m. It as a col It fann is well fenced and in a good state of cul i- aation aridfortable log house, a fratne barn and s able and a neVer failing spring. Also a good ore ar121 add a variety of small fruit. There are five adres ef bush, also stones on the ground for he fow dation of a house. For further peal ulare a ply to the proprietress on the premises MR CLUTTEN, Kippen P. O... • 1 14-t. f. taIRST-CLASS Farm for sale, being sot 30, n la the 11th Concession of the to nehip of afeKillop, containing 100 acres. Nin ty acres cleared, and in a good state of cultivati n. There are 10 acres of good hardwood bush, k ences ate good. There are on the premises a g ,od franie barn 40x84,frame stable 30x5o,a log-sta ile 30x36, and a good log house. There iv an orchard of 1 acre of choice fruit trees, and a never-faili g well. ._This farm is well located for market, being only 7 miles from the town of Seaforth, a town on the Grand Trunk Railway, and 2i mil a from the village of Winthrop, where there is a post -office, grist -mill, saw -mill, a church, and a -school house. This farm will be sold cheap. FMfurther particulars apply. to JOSEP.I CRAIG on the premises, or to J. M. BEs r, 3arrister, Seaforth Pa 0. 101141 . FFOSALE.-The subscriber offers for mge R his valuable farm in the Township ilftf Gray, comprising Lots 6 and 7, on the "Atli Con- cession of said Township. This farm contaita 200 acres, and is within 1 and a miles of tl thriving village of Brussels, with a goal gray 1 road leading thereto. About 150 acres .tre clea ed, free from stumps, and in a_ good state of cu - tivation. The balance is finely wooded. Th s farm is particularly well fenced, nearly the whole of the fences being straight, amtiara) been erected in 1885 6. On the .premil es thelje is a comfortable log dwelling house, and a ROO frame barn, with stone stabling und,-rneath, i which there is a well with abundant "supply ct excellent water. There is likewise a new fran4 implement house, 40x26 feet, well floored above and below, and neatly sided and painted. Thera are 22 acres in fall wheat sown upon suin-me - fallow.. It will be sold on very easy tern s of paa s ment. For particulars apply to the proprietor), J AMES DICESON,, Registrar Heron C., Goth. neh. II° 1.t.lEclosan-iSf FOR0ErtiZRrTe,Isfde ncSALE.--For 11,v Eo cs; -urpoi ercntS the undersigned. It ooptains seven rooms ana Hummer kitchen, and herd and soft water, and - is within two minutes walk of Main Street Apply to HUGH GRIEVE. 10164. 1. JULY 1, GREAlt SLAUGHTER SALE • Welcoin New for the People! Fifteen Thousand Dollars' WORTH OF DRY GOODS, CLOTEIBG, &C., TO BE RUSHED OFF Regardl6ss of the Original Cost. I3ARdAINS! BARGAINS Having purchased from MR. JOSEPH KIDD his entire Seaforth stock, com- prising Dry Goods, Millinery, Hats and Caps, and Pleadymade Clothing, 051A113151 At a low rate on the dollar, it is my intention to clear out the whole stock by the 10th of July. In order to do so, I have decided to reduce every article in the immense stock below the wholesale cost. Those desirous of securing bargains should come early, as the best goods are sure to be picked up first. JAMES -PICKAR, 40" Make no mistake, but come direct to Kidd's old stand, ailed you will be convinced that we aret in'a position to sell cheaper than any houze,in Ontario, who have to buy their stodk in the regular way. I MAIN STREET, - - SEAFORTH. , MILLAR, 'THE TAILOR, PIONEEF; OF MODERATE PRICES MAII\T STREET, SEAFORTH. This is Our First Spring Season. There's a head line th t goes to the very marrow of popularity. Look at it We have no last i year's goods; everything ;fresh and seasonable, and none to be complained Qf by customers, or objected to as a little off ad behind the age for patterns, colors or shapes. Th,is is a great help to you. Ne matter how littld 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 freshmoss. You couldn't get such Clotbing here if you wanted to. We haven't any aid' 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 a4 good as a knight errant to conquer, and root out h gh prices in Cloth- ing. For we mean to strike the highest notch for business of any house in t le country. We'll make fresh goods and fair prices our clubs. We make to order , GENTLEMEN'S SUITS, - $12 Uptvards. , . 1 STYLIST -I SPRING OVERCOATS, $12 Upwards. 4LEGANT PANTS, -- $3.50 Upwards. J. W. MILI4AR, the Temple of ashion, One door NORTH of E. McFaul's Dry Goods House, Main -t, Seaforth. THE HURON SEED EMPO RIUM S Fine, Fresh MANGOLD, CARROT, and TURNIP SEED, at 0. 0. WILLSON'S, -SEAFORTH., Fresh Garden Seeds, of all Varieties. All Kinds of Hous q Plants now in Stpck at 0. C. WiLLLSON'S, SEAPORTH. BUILDERS' ATTENTIO • YaU SH3ULD USE THE Montross Patent Metallic Shingles, The Best Roof Cove -ring Galvanized Iron, Tin and ; Fire and Storm Proof; Light and Lasting; made in Iron ; painted also. Our Galvanied Iron Eavetrough Conducting Pipe. and Patent 1 • • This Conducting Pipe is made -in six foot lengths, of Galvanized 'Toe, and is the only conducting pipe that will stand the winter without bursting.. The best of workm[inship guaranteed on any of the above work entrusted. to - us. Call and examine eur samples, and get prices. ' Full line of CREAMERY CANS, MILK CANS, l'AILS, &c. Repairing and Jobbing promptly attended to. 887. 41. WROXETER MILLS. Alexander L. Gibson Begs to announce to the public that .menced to operate the he has 03.1a WROXETER WOMEN ACTORY, goodlw And that he will be prepared to giv in FULL CLOTHS, TWEEDS, UNION TWEEDS, FLANNELS, PLAIDINGS, WINCEY8, And Varieties in STOCKING If1RNs, Custom Carding, Spinning and Puinee Promptly Attended to. - Parties from a distance will, as fa as possible, have their ROLLS HOME WITH THEM, and he has put the Mill into Good Working Order and employs none but Efficient Workmen, All Work is Warranted. REMEMBER THE WROXETER ALEX. L. GIBSON, Proprietor, Aurora & Rockfrid Watches. .Two of the Best Makes in America. Sold in, SEAFORTH —ONLY BY— M. R. COUNTER, Another shipment of those $1,50 Nickle Alarm Clocks. More new goods in Jewelry, Silverware and Watches. Larger stock than ever at bard times prices. Quality guaranteed as repre- sented. Special attention given to re- pairing fine 'Watches, Jewelry and Clocks. All work entrusted to my care will receive prompt attention, and guar- anteed to give satisfaction. M. R. COUNTER. SEAFORTH PUMP WORKS. In returning thanks to my many customers for their patronage since commencing business in Seaforth, I would add that in order to supply the demand for PUMPS/ CIS T ERN S c, that I have put in Steam Power and more new machinery, and can now do Try wlork quicker and better, and as I use none but the best ma- terial I ean get, and do as good work as I know how, I hope to merit a continuance of your pate ronage. CUSTOM PLANING AND BAND SAWING A SPECIALITY. N. CLUFF. P. S. -I would be pleased to receipt all the ac- counts of the past and previous years. Must have money. 9664.1. _ . Charlesworth BPOievnell, Wholesale and Retail Gaz?.40-CIT±?*, SEAFORTH, - - ONT. Teas a Specialty, Jobbed sit Whole- sale Prices in quantities. Cfiarlesworth Brfol One door.north of Post Offiee To Gentlemen I M. K. PILL SEAFORTH'S AN, WELL-KNOWN TAILOR Wishes to inform the gentlemen of Sea - forth and vicinity, that he flaky has as nice an assortment of Cloths suitable for all kinds of garments, as can be found in any similar establishment in the county. He has also added a 'very Mee and complete stock of Gents' Furnishings. Having engaged the services of Mr. JAMES LEATHERLAND as cutter, he is prepared to guarantee satisfaction in style and fit. - Prices reasonable aeusual. His shop is first door south of the Bank of Com- merce building. Give him a trial and satisfaction is assured, M. K PILLMAN, SEAFORral. RfilS. JOHN KIDD,, D. S. CAMPBELL, DROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR and CP MAIN STREET, ed to. AMPBELL Mitchell SEAFORTH„ tend _L Engineer. 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