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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-09-02, Page 22 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. SUSAN LA.WTON'S ESCAPE (Concluded from last week.) " No," said Sue. That's one way he's brought me into this uncomfortable state about him. I'm so used to him, I never could do without him in the world." "Of course you can't," said Bell; "and when I'm married "—Bell's en- gagement to Mr. Banister was now for- mally'acknowledged—" you can't go on living here alone; and as for your get- ting any lady companion' to live with you, that's out of the question. You'll never find another such saint as I've been to put up with your ways. My! what I've borne in these last five years! No, Miss, you'd better take to yourself a husband, and of all the good, true, sterling men in the world, TOM'S the best, excepting 'Fred." "I know it," said Sue, forlornly. "I told Professor Balloure not long ago that I trusted Tom more than I trusted any other man in the world." "Did you ?" cried Bell.. "Did you say that to Edward Balloure ? Oh, I'm 80 glad. Oh, Sue, you'll never know how I've worried about that man's influ- ence over you. I don't believe in him, and I never did, and if his wife had died anytie, you'd have married him as true as fate." " I think not, said Susan, reflectively. "I am afraid I don't believe in him either, and yet it seems so horribly un- grateful after all he has done for me." "Well, he's safe ont of the way now, thank Heaven said Bell. " That's one good thing. .Axtd you've got to make up your mind. about Tom." "Well, why doesn't he make ?" said Susan. "Susan . Ltiwton," said Bell, "you ought to know Tom better. He knows that you know that he is ready and long- ing to make you his wife at any hour, and he will never urge you,—uot if you keep him waiting on and on till you. are both gray." "1 wonder," said Susan " No," replied Bell, " he never will. He's as obstinate as a rock, and more than that, he doesn't want you for his wife till you wantlim for your husband. Tom is proud as Lucifer in his heart." "But, Bell," pleaded Susan, "1 can't go to Tom and say, please take me.' He had a good chance a few days ago when he first told me you were going to marry Fred, and all he said was: 'AU right, Sue, all right,'" and Susan laughed in spite of herself at the recol- lection. Bell laughed too, but she was vexed and anxious to see two people at such cross purposes. Her own wooing and winning had been so smooth, so entirely in accordance with the conventional usuages and customs, that she sympa- thized freely in Susan's position. • "1 shouldn't like it myself," thought 13e11. "1 should•never stand it if Fred treated me that way. But I know Fred wouldn't really do any more for me than Tom would for Sue. I believe speak to him." " Speaking to him," `Was not so easy. Several well -meant and carefullly planned little speeches of Bell's died away on her lips when she found herself faco. to face with Tom. And time was slipping away. Her own wedding was to come off in a few months, and what could. poor Sue do? Mrs. Bell Lawton was much perplexed. At last one day she took a desperate steps Torn had dined with them. After dinner they were all sitting together in the library. Bell rose, looked them both in the face for a moment with a half comic, half severe glance and said: "Now, I tell you what itis; it is high time you two decided what you were going to do. Something has got to be done. Now, I'm going to leave you, and if you don't straighten out things, I won't speak to either of you again," and she marched out of the room. Tom looked at Susan, who said, nerv- ously, '0b, how queer Bell is !" "She is right," said Tom. • And then he looked at Susan, and continued look- ing at her, and said nothing. Moments passed. Susan could not bear the silence an- other moment. "Tom !" she cried, " tell me just once, would you really mind very much if I didn't marry you ?" Totn thought for a second, that this must mean that after all, his hopes had been unfounded; that Susan had at last decided that she ought not to marry him. He turned pale, and spoke very slowly. " Yes, it would be a very great dis- appointment to me," he said. " But—" He would probably have finished his sen- tence with his characteristic phrase, "It's all right, Sue, all right," if he had not just then iooked up. Tears were in Sue's eyes, and her hands were stretched toward him. "Oh, Tom !" she cried, "11 you real- ly have been so sure, why haven't you made me come to you before ?" "So there was never a day without a Mrs. Thomas Lawton in town, after all," wrote Bell, describing her own and Sue's wedding to a friend. " We were married first,—Sue and Tom would have it so,—and as soon as the minister had made me into Mrs. Fred Ballister, he hurried on to make Sue into me. Itis really very odd to hear her called Mrs. Lawton. I don't get used to it. But, my clear, if you want to see two happy people, you just ought to see Tom and Sue. I declare it is marvelous. You wouldn't think they were in the least suited to each other. You know, dear Tom is queer to the last degree. Aluch as I love him I never could live with him. I've always said so. But Sue manages him most beauti- fully ; and no wonder, for she never even looks at him without such love in her eyes—I didn't think Sue had it in her. Fred is quite jealous. He says that the other Mrs. Torn Lawton is the woman he ought to have married. She is a woman that knows how to -appreci- ate a husband." And now, vhere other stories end, this story begins. For it was four years after Susan Lawton's na'trriage that she had the " escape " which it is the pm - pose of my story to tell, and all this which has gone before has been merely what it was necessary that one should know in order to understand the rest. The relation between Tom and Susan had grown constantly closer and sweeter. It was a very peculiar one. People did had been in the days of his strange loverhood, but he was as sensitive yet to Susan's voice, look, touch, as if he were still her lover, and not her husband. What woman does not know how much this means! How few women, alas, have had it given to them to know the joy of it ! One day a letter came to Sue from Bell, who was traveling in Europe with her husband. "Only think," Bell wrote, "poor Mrs. Balloure has died at last. We found her here, in this hotel. She had been ill for a day or two, but nobody thought anything of it. She bad the Roman fever last winter and has never been well since. What .makes it worse is that Professor P.alloure is away. He has gone with a party of scientitie men into Russia. They say he has not been with her half the time since they came abroad, and that the poor thing has been quite broken—has just sat still patiently wherever he left her till he saw tit to come back. Oh, I've no patience with that man! Well, she died last night, and nobody knows where to telegraph to him. Her maid is a stupid thing, and doesn't seem to know anything. We can't find the professor's address any- where among her papers, and 80 Fred is seeing to everything, and we've actually got to bury the poor soul to -morrow. Isn't it the strangest thing you ever heard of, that we should have come way out to this outlandish spot, to bury this townswoman of ours,—and a woman we always hated so, too? Poor thing, whit a life she has led of it! And oh, haven't you had an escape! I declare the second thing I thought of was, how glad I am Sue's married all safe. I never could have stood your marrying Edward Balloure." . The letter ended abruptly, giving no more details, and to Susan's great relief no more comment on Professor Ballonre. To Sue's loyal, loving,- .wedded heart there was something inexpressibly shock- ing in Bell's light way of referring to him. And it was witha real sense of relief that she threw the letter into the - fire after having read .Tom all of it ex- cept the last paragraph. "That's the first time -in my life," thought Susan, "that I ever had any- , thing I didn't want Tom to see." The consciousness of it hurt her to the core, and still more, she felt the hurt of it the next morning. _ She had been talking with Tom about Mrs. Balloure's death, and saying that she hoped the professor would now marry a woman he could love. . " Well, he can't have you, Sue," said Tom, dryly. , Susan gazed at him in wonder. "Why, Torn Lawton'!" she said, "What do you mean ?" Tom looked at her with a grave face, "1 think you would have married him, Sue ?" "Never !" exclaimed Sue, "and it is horrid of you to say .such a thing. I never. trusted Professor Balloure, and beside "—Sue stopped, colorecl--" I think I always loved you, Tom." This speech of Tom's rankled in Sue's mind all day. It troubled her by its re- flected implication as to the past. Dur- ing all those years had Tom really be- lieved that she loved ProfessorBalloure? Was that the reason he had left her so free from the urging with which men usually seek women to marry them? Had he—had her frank, open-hearted Tom a secret capacity. for jealousy? Ah! if he could only know how immeasur- ably higher she held hini than she had ever held any other man; how abso- lutely his strong integrity and loyalty of nature • had woo. her trust and her love ! Later in the day Sue sat down to answer Bell's letter.. When the letter was half finished, she was called away. She left the letter lying open on her desk. . When Tom came home at night and did not fiud Sue, he had a vague sense of discomfort, as be always die when. she was not in the house. Roaming about the library, idly, he sat down at Sue's desk, saw the open letter, - turned the sheet oveato find out to whom • it was written,- saw Bell's name, and proceeded to read what Sue had written. Bell's letters to Sue and Sue's to her were al- ways common property; there was noth- ing iu the least strange in Tom's reading that letter i;but this; alas! was what_he read. After some comments On isfes. Balloure'sdeath and references to what Bell 'had said in regain" to the professor's character., Sue had gone oa to repeat' what Tom had that morning said. "What do you _suppose, Bell," she wrote, "ever put such an idea into his head? Bless him! Dear old - fellow !- How much happier,safer a woman I am, in every way,with him than Inver could have been with any other man! Now, Bell, do be careful what you write about Professor Bailoure, for I never have a secret thing in the world from Tom, and he might look over .my shoulder any minute and read your letter." This was the way.the thing had lain in Sue's mind. Tom's speech in the morning had startled her very much by its revelation:that at some time or other, if not now, he had felt a jealousy of Pro- fessor Balloure's regard for her. If he had that feeling, nothing 'conld so strengthen it as this sort of light refer- ence which Bell seemed te be iucliiied to make to her old notion that Sue v:ould have married the professor. . "1 cau't have Tom hurt by such things being said," thought Sue. "Bell might know better than to write so : , shealways was ; thoughtlesi. Why, if -he feels sensitve on the subject now, one such speech as that of Bell's might make him bereve all his' life thatI had married him, 1ving some one else better," and so S e wrote that fatal sentence: "Do he careful what you write." 1 Tom sat still a long 1 time the words. "So there are secrets in connection with Edward Balloure," he thought, "which I am hot to know." Ihe blow was a more telrrible one to Tom, from the fact that one of Sue's greatest charms to him was the frank- ness, the bold truthfulriess,of her charac- ter. Tom's long experience as a lawyer had made hini distrustfulof average women. In Sue, he had thought he had found one who was incapable of deceit and here she was not only concealing something from him,- but warning her accomplice to conceal it too. "There was nothina whielt oue of ing the evening newspaper. he library was dark ; no one was there. "Has not Mr. Lawton been in yet?" " Yeema'am," replied the servant. He has been in and gone out again." "How very strange," thlught Sue. "1 wish he was here." She sat down and finished :her letter in few words; then went to the window and watched for Tom. It wtis long past the dinner hour when he came in. He seemed preoccupied and grave. After asking him tenderly if he wei e ill, and if anything troubled. him, Su an beeame silent. She had learned, and it was one of the hardest lessons of her married life, that when Tom was tired or worried about business matters, it not to talk to him. After di down near Susan's table, a over the columns of the new paper. The letter to Bell lay on the table. Taking it up he said casually. , "May I read it, Sue ?" "Oh, I guess you don't care to read it this time, dear,' she replied laughingly, and took it out of his hand. He made no answer, but turned back to his news- paper. Presently he said he must go down toWn ; he had an engagement. He kissed her good-bye in an absent sort of way and was gone. "Poor dear Tom ! " thought Susan. "He certainly is worried about some- thing. It is too bad," and she set her- self to work to make the best of a lonely evening. The evenings which Tom spent away from home were so rare, that it al- ways seemed to Susan a fresh and sur- prising deprivation when one occurred. The loneliness of the house to her when Tom was out Of it, could not be express- ed; the very furniture seemed to take on a totally different expression. The clock struck ten, e1ev4n, Tom did not return. Finally, Susan Went to bed, and fell asleep, wondering what had be- come of him. .The next morning his fa e wore the same grave and unnatural k. He hardly spoke, ,nd when he speak, the words were 'ponstrained. san was no* thoroughly Uneasy. _ "])ear Tom," she said, " do tell me w at is the matter." , "Nothing," was the only reply she c uld extract from him. "Tom, I know. something is the mat - r," she exclaimed vehemently. "Are u ill ?" "Not in the least." "Then sonaething has gone wrong in b siness ; samething worries you." " Nothing has gone wrong; nothing w tries me. Cool, curt replies; no relaxation of his ce ; not a smile; not a tender look in 8 eye. Was this Tom? What did it ean ? Susan was bewildered • she c uld do nothing hut reiterate helpless - her piteous cry, Y Tom, what is the atter ?" He left her immediately after break- st, with the same strange formal kiss had given her the night before. 1 After 1•1 had gone, the impression Of h s altered manner faded somewhat; it as all so new, so strange, that as soon a he was out of ner sight, she thought s e must have exaggerated it—imagined "1 dare say he really was ill without k owing it," she said., "It must be that. e isn't in the least himself. Perhaps he will be better by noon." Ncion came; Tom came. The same cool, reserved manner; the same cool, distant tone; the same terrible silence! Susan now grew seriously soon as the servant had lef she exclaimed: "Torn, you shall not this manner any longer. one "How do I c Idly. Susan could not keep t (Why Tom," she said, "you treat le as if I had displeased y u most seri- usly ; as if you were mortally offended ‘ ith me for something. What have I one? I do implore you to tell me." "You have not clone anything. I am • ot offended," he replied. Susan was clinging to him, and look- ' g up in his face with streaming tears. "Tom," said she, "you are not telling e the truth. You are as changed as a uman being can be, and yet keep the ame body. , Something has happened; and you shall tell me. I have certainly displeased you, and I cannot imagine how." was better ner, he sat d glanced lo di looking at 1 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. "-LIAM FOR SALE. --For Sale, a choice well X improved Farin, containing 150 acres. Would take a small Town, City or Farm property in part payment. Terns very easy. For further par- ticulars apply to R. CORLEY, Belgraa e P. 0. 1015 not always understand it There were them knew that the other did not," those who were shallow enough to say thought Tum, as he sat glued to the that Tom Lawton did net appreciate his I chair, and gazing at the mute, terrible lines. Finally e sprang up and left the house. Sue came home late, hoping to find wife; but nobody would have laughed more heartily than Sue herself at such an accusation against Tom. He was still as reticent, undemonstrative, as he Torn as usual in his big arm -chair, read - larmed. As them alone, treat me in Vhat have I MIARM FOR SALE.—For sale, a good 100 acre X farm on the Town Line between Hullett and McKillop, about six miles from Seaforth. One of the best farms in the county. Apply to WM. N. McMICHAEL, Constance. 998-tf treat yo ?" he asked e tears back. -11111)UILDING LOTS FOR SALE.—The unde I) signed has a number of fine building Lots on Goderich and James Streets for sale, at low prices. For particulars appl/ to D. D. WILSON, 908 11 OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.—For sale, that comfortable dwelling house on James' strebt, Seaforth, (lot 35, Beattie and Stark's survey,) recently occupied by Mrs. Joslyn. For particulars apply to F. HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 997 He loosened her arms from his neck, nd put her awayinot ungently, but very rmly. " There is nothing to tell," he said. ain not displeased. I must go now." . Susan's 'arms ,fell ; her hole figure • rapped. She stopped weeping, and oohed pitiously into her husband's ace. "Tom;" she said ; "you are very hard. would not hurt you for all the world," rid she turned and left him. All 'the long afternoon she sat like one n a dream of misery. It seemed to her s if the very sun had gone out. How. elpless she was ! How long could she tve—she wondered over and over—if om continued like this! When he tiame home at night, she studied his face timidly, and in silence. She tried ito converse about indifferent subjects. There was no change in him; still the stung frigid.,distant civility ; the glance, the tone of a stranger, and not of a husband. By a great effort she kept back the tears. She was growing -calmer now and more resolved. In a. few min- utes after, .tea was over. Tom said,with an attempt at ease: . "1 am going to leave you now. I must go down town." Susan 'sprang up, closed the door, and standing with her back firmly against it, said, in a low tone, breathlessly. "You shall not go till you tell me what has so changed yott in this one twenty-four hours. Why, Tom ! Do you know how you looked at me? flow you 'speak to me? Why, I should be dead in one week, if it kept onolike this. What have I done? What has ccime to you ? " _ He looked at her curiouSly and observ- antly. GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, in the Township of Hibbert, Lot °29, on the 8t1 Concession, containing 100 acres. It is free of stumps, in a high state of cultivation, and has no it good buildings. There is an abundance of never -failing water, and the farm is convenient to markets, with gravel roads running n all directions. Apply to WM. EBEKLIART, Sea - forth P. 0. ' 990-tf. FARM IN GREY FOR SALE.—For sale, 100 acres being Lot 15 on the 13th concession of Grey, within half a mile of stores, postoffice, churches and school, and five miles from Brus- sels and Ethel, sixty acres cleared and in a good state of cultivation a good orehard and never failing spring on the place and good timber. Ap- ply to ISAAC CURRY, on the premises or Cram - brook P. 0. 964x4-t.f. GOOD FARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.— For sale, East half of Lot 14, Bayfield Road, Stanley, containing 95 acres, all cleared, well fenced and in a good state of cultivation. There is a large gravel house, good frame house with stone cellar aid two good frame barns with other out buildings, also two good bearing orch- ards, and plenty of good water. It is within 1 mile of the village of Varna, where are stores, chnrches, schools, &c. Apply on the premises or to Varill,a I'. 0. ANDREW STINSON. 1020112, FARM IN GREY FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 14, Concession 16, containing 100 acres. It is partly cleared, the balance is well timbered ; a never -failing creek crosses the place, and it is well adapted for either farming or grazing. I will likewise sell forty acres, being east part of Lot 14, Concession 15 ; nearly all cleared and in a good state of cultivation. A good frame barn and a good stone stable underneath •, a never - failing well is also on the place. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the place, or by letter to Cranbrook P. 0. G. AVERY. 1023-tf ., ARMS FOR SALE.—That valuable farm - 1.1 1 being North half of Lot 99, Concession 6, Morris, on which there is a good frame barn and outbuildings, frame house, good bearing orchard, good wells, &c. Also that Valuable farm being South half of Lot 28, Concession 6, Morris, on which there is a good new frame house and gOod. frame barn. Both of those farms are adjoining the village of Brussels, and are in every respect first-class farms. Terms easy, and which will be made known on application to E. E. WADE, or PETER THOM.SON, Brussels I'. 0. 963 GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE 200 ACRE FARM FOT SALE.—A first-class • Farm for Sale in the township of Turn - berry, in the County of Huron, being Lots No. 54 and 65 in. the Lst Concession, containing 200 acres, 150 cleared and in a good state of culti- vation. There is a first-class orchard, a good frame house and a bank barn 80 by 48 feet with stone stable under it. The farm is situated one- half mile from the gravel 'road leading from Wroxeter to Brussels, 5 miles from Wroxeter and six from Brussels. Terms easy. For particulars pply to J. COWAN, Wroxcter, or to ROBERT OFFAT, Proprietor, on the premises. 961 1131 ARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 22, on the 2nd Concession of Stanley, containing 100 cres, over 80 cleared, and in a good state of cul- tivation ; the balance is well timbered with hard- wood. There is a large brick house, good frame barns, sheds and stables, and all necessary build- ings. There is a good orchard, and twonever- failing wells. It is within six miles of Clinton, eight from Seaforth, and three from Brucefield, with good gravel roads leading to each place. School convenient. It will be sold cheap and on easy terms. Apply on Lot 24, Concession 3, Stanley, or to Brucefield P.O. JOHN GILMOUR. . 1.001-tf. ._ . GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—In order to Close the affairs of the estate of the late W. 0. Hingston, the executors offer the following vary valuable lands for sale. First—North half of Lot 30, Concession 5, township of Morris, con- taining 90 acres. On this lot .18 erected a kood frame barn with stone foundation, good orchard, well and. pump. Nearly all cleared, and is On the gravel road closely adjoining the village of Brussels. This farm is a valuable one, is well fenced and in a . good state of cultivation. For prices and terms apply to Tnos. KELLY, Brus- sels P. 0., HENRY JENNINGS, Victeria Square P.O., or Jamas Sauna, Maple Lodge P. 0., Middlesex County. 868 "How do I look at you? How do I speak to you?" he said. ' Susan was crying hard, now. She could hardly speak. "You look at me," she sobbed, "as if I were not your wife, and never had been. You speak to me as if you hated me; all that is in your tone: Oh, you'd know it quickly enough, if I looked at you even once with such an expression ! TorreI shall go mad if yoti don't tell me ! You can't deceive me. You needn't -think you can. I know every slightest inton- . atian of your voice, every shade.of your eye. I've seen you vexed about little things, or out of patience or tired—but this is different; this is h rrible ; I know (Continued on 3rd age.) FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 27, Conces sion 5, Hibbert, containing 76 acres, all cleared, well underdrained with,tile, well fenced and in a good state of cultivation: There are on the premises a good house, a good log barn and fran-e stable. There is a splendid orchard and a good well at the house. It is convenient to schools and churches and within six miles of the town of Seaforth. It is one of the best farms in the township and will be sold very reasonable as the proprietor is suffering from ill health. If not sold will be rented. Apply on the preihises or to Seaforth P. 0. MICL: AEL..11,URPHY, Pro- prietor. 1024-8. f. Welcome News for the People! Fifteen Thouisand Dollars' WORTH OF DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, TO BE RUSHED OFF— Regardless of the Original Cost FARM FOR SALE.a-Tha t valuable property, - IntOwn as the "Cowie Farm," being com- posed of Lot 12,' Lake Road West, Concession, township Of Stanley, county of Huron, Contain ing 128 acres of first-class land, about 110 acres under cultivation, well fenced, balance hard- wood bush. There is on the premises a fine orchard with excellent fruit trees. A large barn 81 by 40 feet with stone foundation 9 feet high, (all stables underneath,) also shed and frame dwelling house. It is bounded on the west by the beautiful Lake Huron. Terms easy. , Pos- session April 1st, 1888. Title ,Perfect. Apply to JAMES COWIE, Proprietor; or JOHN ESSON, Bayfield P. 0. 1024-8 BARGAINS! BARGAINS ! Having purchased from MR. JOSEVI KIDD his entire Seaforth stock, com- prising Dry Goods, Millinery, Hats and Caps, and • Readymade Clothing, At a low rate on the dollar, it is my intention to clear out the whole stock as soon as possible. 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. irr Make no mistake, but come direct to Kidd's old stand, and you will be convinced that we are in a position to sell eheaper4han any house in Ontario, who have to buy their stock in the regular way. FARM FOR SALE.—Six thousand three hun- dred dolrars will buy Lot' 23, Concession 9, McKillop, belonging to Thompson Morrison. It is situated five miles from Seafoith, on a gravel road, and within half a mile of grist mill, saw mill, two stores, post office and telegraph office, blacksmith shop and wagon shops, school, Pres- byterian and Methodist churches, new frame barns and stables, well watered, and has been in pasture the last four 'years; 80 acres cleared and.2.0 of good hardwood bush. Possession and title given 1st of January next, as the owner is living iniDakota. Apply to JOHN C. MORRI- SON, Winthrop P. 0. 1015-tf TIARM. FOIL SALE.—The undersigned offers forlsale 50 acres, being north half of Lot 10, Concession 3, Tuckersmith, L. R. S., 21 miles from Kippen and the same froin Hensall. Some money required to be paid down and- the balance on mortgage payments to suit purchase/. This farm is well fenced and in a good stato of culti- vation and a splendid wheat farm. It has a com- fortable log house, a frame barn and stable and a never failing spring. Also a good orchard and a variety of small fruit. There are five acres of bush, also stones on the ground for the foun- dation of a house. For farther Particulars ap- ply to the proprietress on the premises. MRS. CLUTTEN, Kippen P: 0. . 1014-4. f. • JAMES PICKARD, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. BUILDERS' ATTENTION YOU SHOULD USE THE SEPTEMBER 2 1887. Always to the Front. "Nr_A_TR,I\TA. Post Office Store. We want your trade, and will do our hest to secure it, by selling at the. lowest possible rate all goods in our line, v.-Ineh consists of a full assortment of everything usuall3 kept in a first-class country store. Dry Goods, Readymade Clothing, Fresh Groceries, Teas, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Harvest Tools, Machine Oila. Lardine, Ca-Storine, Crown, Black, And Castor oila Paints and Oils. ardjaBsitnrdeieneg1 vedTwine,aas good as any i the market. No a Call and see. consignment trouble ofSt. ta: goods. JOSEPH MORROW. 'WROXETER MILLS. Alexander L. Gibson Begs to :announce to the public that he has ors menced to operate the WROXETER WOOLLEN FACTORY, And that he will be prepared to give good val in FULL CLOTHS, TWEEDS, • UNION TWEEDS, FLANNELS, PLAIDINGS, WINCEYS, And Varieties in S7OCKING YARNS, Custom Carding, Spiraling and FUlling Promptly Attended to, Parties from a distance will, as far as posSible, have their ROLLS HOME WITH THEM, and as he has put the Rill into Good Working Order and employs none but Efficient Workmen, All Work is Warranted. • REMEMBER THE WROXETER MILLS, Montross Patent Metallic Shingles, The Best •Roof Covering; Fire and Storm Proof; Light and Lasting; made in .Galvanized. Iron, Tin and Iron; painted also. FARM FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale his valuable farm in the Township of Gray, comprising Lots 6 and 7, on the'llth Con- cession of said Township. This farin contains 2.00- acres, and is within 1 and 1. miles of the thriving village of Brussels, with a good gravel road leading thereto. About 150 acres are clear- ed, free from stuinps, and in a good state of cul- tivation. The balance is finely wooded. This farm is particularly well fenced, nearly the whole of the fences being straight, and having been erected in 1885 6. • On the premises there is a comfortable log dwelling house, and a vod frame barn, with stone stabiing und,rnea.th, in which there is a well with abundant supply of excellent water. There is likewise a new frame implementhouse, 40x26 feet, well floored above and below, and neatly sided and painted. There are 22 acres in fall wheat sown upon summer - fallow. It will be sold on very easy terms of pay- ment. For particulars apply to the proprietor, JAMES DICKSON, Registrar Huron Co. Code - rich. I-101.7SE IN SEAFORTII FOR SALE.—For sale the comfortable residence now occupied hv the undersigned. It contains seven rooms and summer kitchen, and hard and soft water, and is within two -.minutes walk of Main Street. Apply to HUGH GRIEVE. 1016-t. 1. 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. M A NI STREET, JOHN KIDD, SEAFORTH. GENTLEMEN, ATTENTION Eyes Front Quick March ! TO W. D. BRIGHT'S Popular Clothing and Gents' Furnishing House, Campbell's Block, M_AMT Some of the finest SUMMER SUITINGS in the co-urity ; prices cheap or dear, to suit your pockets and your tastes. A splendid selection of the very Choicest Cloths of all kinds to choose from. Having a practical knowledge of the business, and doing all my own cutting, I can guarantee satisfaction as to FIT and workmanship. • —A•Ve have as nice a stock of Gents' GENTS' FURIVISHING4*"'. Furnishings as can be found in the county. HATS AND CAPS —Our Hats and Caps show for themselves. We pay particular attention to this department. tr Give us a call, whether you buy or not. It won't cost anything, and you may make money by it. Remember Campbell's Block, Campbell & Bright's Old Stand Opposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth. W. D. BRIG -±{T. ••••••.IMMOI•NOMV....1., THE HURON SEED EMPORIlli • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. Fine, Fresh MANGOLD, CARROT, and • TURNIP SEED, at 0. 0. WILLS2N'P, SEAFORTH. Fresh Garden Seeds of all Varieties. ALEX. L GIBSON, Proprietor. 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 ERNS &c. that I have put in Steam Power and more new machinery, and can now do my work quicker and better, and as I use none but the best ma- terial I can get, and do as good work as I know how, I hope to merit a continuance of your pat- ronage: CUSTOM PLANING AND BAND SAWING A SPECIALITY. All Kinds of House Plants now in Stook at 0. C. WILLSON'S, SEAFORTH. N. CLUFF. P. S.—I would be pleased to receipt all these - counts of the past and previous years. Must have money. 9664.1. Charlesworth Brownell, Wholesale and Retail SEAFORTH, - - ONT. Teas a Specialty, Jobbed at Whole- sale Prices in cjuantities. et a of h Brownell, • One door north of Post Office. STAR MILLS, LOT 23, CONCESSION 18, G -TRI Five Miles from Ethel Station, G.T.R. MATI-ION 5,5 Co., PROPRIETORS. _ MANUFACTURERS OF Pine, Hemlock; Ash, Elm, and Other Lumber. A LARGE STOCK OF FLOORING, JOISTING, SHINGLES, AND LAT? ON HAND. T. J. HEPBURN, Manager, Crauhrook P. 0. 1015-tf Division Court Notice. The Office of the Second Division Court, County of Huron, will be found open every lawful day at the residence of John Beattie, Goderich Street west, from 10 o'clock a. in. until 4 o'clock p. ni., and everything will be done that is possible in the interest of Suitors. Telephone communication in the office. Any amount of Money to Loan on good prop- erty, farm or town, at the very lowt.4 ratt..6 interest, and terms of payment made to suit liorrowers. .JOHN BEATTIE, Clerk. • 1,1.4 1 • JAMES' HOT TOZ101-,ITO. 3 PI Pa P et F: I GA r Armor/7i of Sharp's llotpl,,,oilforth, PROPRIETORS. (MIS Hotel, which issituated direcay moats the Union Station, has recently been refittoi and refurnished throughout, and is now one of the best and most comfortable hotel e in the city Mr Every possible attention paid to guesthere charges moderate. 76easie, 0: ettneidie,d, you: cruel in you net �L1l 1:741, T te e wootn, el:tik:inthgea '01,rvaint express: must go now, I don si2j04:wetrin,nrano:swelidsyati!hoinnalewudnataie;oolivIt:lobgyoarie-Ouce,ebit:8;af �t in her ta stiitj igtkoreptlape7rd distatr sartiesrde,aletoann yfior /so: thehadwor:esenpasisuediulsi Ole tow she had touch, 11111:01497cil., ?Ito?' ulaadiledhYashi°rue, 1:h-oda:I% ja lWas that it ? 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