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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1888-01-20, Page 2- THE Hand111 EXPOSITOR. THE OLD PALACE ICEEPE4. was any, came from the old pictures on :1 the walls, the statue in the niche, and /3-Y cossTANcE nott- sioRz wooasots. the wide-mouthed jars, filled with In May, 1878, my niece Lucy and I flowers, on the floor, and not from what were in Florenee. We had been there1 we call " furniture." But here there energetic, industrious, and -solemnly was nothing, not even the jars; the conscientious, through three long months I wal1s1 and floors of the stately rooms of sight-seeing, and were now taking our ease. I think the first three months in Foarence or Rome is like learning the alphabet; it is some time before one can read. We are now beginning to read. But May in Italy means Ameri- can Bumpier, and we were not as ener- getic as we had been; we were how- ever, visitipg the palaces in a lefsurely way; a way that was, mixed with much driving out toward the violet mountains, buying the wonderful flowers, and even reading novels. No novel had we read during thoae first solemn three months; we had subsisted upon the solid food of Hare, limner and Crowe, with a foun- dation of Vasari and Ruskin, and a superstructure of the Hawthornes and the Brownings. We are now shading off with " Romola "and, Henry James. One morning old Catarina, who dust- ed our apartnients daily after the amiable and inefficient Italian manner, asked if we had seen the Palazzo Accolti, in the Via Lorenzini; there were wonderful art treasures there. As both Lucaaand I had studied Italian, we talked to the servants and to the shop people in their own language in prefer- ence to the parti-colored, French, which in Italy is held sacred to the English and Americans. At Catarina's speech the young serving -man, who was in the next roam (she did not know it)laughed-; - and then, appearing with deep respect and apologies at the door, explained that there was nothing iu that old palace for the illustrious ladies to see; nothing at all. It was but a delusion of old Catarina:8, who had lived there when a girl, and who could never—with the permission of their nobleness—remem- ber the flight of time. Treasures were there, without doubt, once ; but they had all been sold. The whole world knew this save Catarina alone. The old worna,n had shiunk at the sound of his voice, and would say no more. 'But the next time I found her alone I question- ed her, and at length won from her the belief that the art treasures of the old palace were not sold, but were still in their places in the dark _closed rooms above. She knew that the ground floor was turned into shops; but old Marco, the keeper, still lived above, and why should he live there if there were no treasures? Why should there still be a, keeper if there was nothing to keep? The palace itseif could not be sold while the old Marchese lived. At his death, no doubt, "the wicked nephew," who had a.lready sold all that he could, would sell that also; but the old Marchese stilllived. "There ?" I asked. " Oh, no; with the permission of their excellence, the old Marchese had been stricken by God, in his mind, forty. years before, and was with those who cared for such unfortunate ones. The wicked nephew said that God had certainly forgotten him, since he was stow nearly ninety years old; but, pla,Inly, it was that ,the good Lord was in no haste to give to that wicked one what he so much coveted. If their illustriousness would condescend to go to the old palace, Catarina felt sure that treasures were still to be seen." Their illustriousness condescended ' • at least condescended to try. "It willbe a comfort te see something not in the guide-boo1es," said Lucy, who, having learned all that those useful publications had to tell, now ungratefully despised them. So one morning we drove into the narrow Via Lorenzini in search of the old palace, and finally found it—an old, grim, lefty stone building, like many another in Florence ; its ground floor was now occupied by small shops, and all the shutters were closed above. The great doors of the entrance were locked, and looked as though they had not been opened for a:, century: there was no bell. We gazed upward in per- plexity. But, the whole neighborhood was, as the French say, assisting, aud we saw that we had only to mak_e inquiries ; so, selecting a vender of lamps, who occupied the largest shop, we said that we wished to enter the palate, and asked for old Marco. This was evidently a surprising demand ; but the vender of la,mpa would -go in search of old Marco, with all speed, if their highnesses would graciously wait. Their highnesses waited, therefore, I hope graciously; and business was suspend- : ed for the morning in the Via Lorenzini. At last the vender of lamps returned, and " with desperation." Old Marco, who was of an " obstinacy most incredi- ble," refused to believe that illustrious ones were waiting, but required that they should come within his own court- yard, where he could see them, before he would descend and unbar the door. This obstinacy made the vender of lamps desire to live no longer, such was his shame in the presence oftheir nobilities. But their nobilities alighted and follow- ed him through his shop into the court- yard, where, looking up, they saw a dim face behind the glass gazing down front one of the upper windows; it dis- appeared, and presently a lower door opened and an old man looked out. The vender of lamps flew at him with a torrent of Italian. But old Marco, hold- ing the door open but a little way, admitted first Lucy, then myself, and then closed it in the face of the vender and pushed the great bolt; the massive portal was so thick that we could not hear the torrent of vowels which was no doubt surging against the outer stir - face. We found ourselves in a vaulted hall, and, in spite of the summer heat, the dusky air was here so cool that I felt myself slightly shivering. In a dull, lifeless voice, the old keeper was asking our pleasure. I explained. A light came suddenly into his eyes under their heavy, creased, wrinkled lids, he straightened himself, and even his voice changed and grew strong. Yes, the art treasures were all there ; their ex- cellence should see them if they would have the affability to follow. They had the affability, but not the breath. The keeper, old as he was, went up the broad stone stairway so rapidly that excellence was left behind and obliged to come more slowly. The old palace was built after the usual Florentine fashion. Below had been the servants' offices ; next came a comparatively low half - story ; and then, above, began the stretch of vast apartments with lofty ceilings and marble floors, .which, whether furnished or unfurnished, are so unlike the American idea of a home. The Florentine idea was coolness and dusky, opein space ; the richness, f there were bare as we followed the keeper, through one, after the other. We followed him ; but could never reach him. He kept always in advance. His manner, too, was peculiar; as he enter- ed each room he 'waved his hand slow- ly, first to the right, then to the left, as if to call our attention to somethin But there was nothing to be seen. We constantly expected to come' upon an old, shadowed picture, but the walls re- mained -quite bare. At the end of the long suite he went 'into the hall and began ascending a second stately stair- way, leading/to the npper story. "Shal we follow ?" said Lucy. " Perhaps there is something above," I answered. But we found only another procession of rooms like those below, equally large, dusky, and lofty, and equally bare. The keeper was still in advance, waving his hand in the same slow way. Lucy ran after him. "But the pictures ?" she said in Italian ; "where are they?" "Does their graciousness not observe t,hem ? They are everywhere," he grave- ly answered. Lucy came back to me startled. "Shall we go [any farther ?" she whis- pered: " Oh, yes," I said. " Even if his mind is somewhat weakened, as it seems to be, he is probably quite harmless. There may still be something; and I confess I am curious." When We, had at last gone through all these rooms the keeper turned down a corridor leading around the court ; from it opened smaller rooms, all empty. At the end of the corridor he unlocked a door and stood waiting. "This," he said, "is the family chapel. Here, as their illustriousness will observe, is, our only fresco ; our others are all paintings in oil." The chapel was small, the smallest room we had seen ; it was of peculiar shape, the rounding arch of the ceiling beginning not at the top of the walls but at the floor. It was quite bare save for a small gone altar ; and, as the colored glass of the window above haSSI been re- placed by coarse white pane, a flood of clear golden light came in, very different from the somber gloom below. "Oh,. how lovely !" cried Lucy, for- getting all about the old keeper's singu- larities in a sudden outburst of enthus- iasm. And as soon as I had put on my glasses I echoed her cry. For there, on the back wall which faced the altar, there gleamed out an angel so beautiful that it seemed to me then, as in re- collection it seems to me now, the most heavenly vision upon which 'my earthly eyes have rested. The figure was boldly painted, not quite the size of life ; it was not flying, but seemed to have just ceased its flight. Its arms were full of the Florentine lilies—our owu flower de luce—and upon its face and in its lovely eyes, which looked at us, there shone the smile which gave, probably, the mys- terious charrh. For it was a smile not of earth—a smile like that which we dream will greet us when, standing alone on the threshold of the next world, we see coming to meet us those we have loved best here, those whose absence has made life, inwardly, but aremembrance. The angel was alone; the edges of its white robe, of the glory around its head, and of the lily branches it bore, were indistinct, merged in the old_whitewash with which all the remainder of the wall was covered; it leaned toward us out of this blankness like the star seen through the single rift in a dull gray cloud. "I must come here every day, and sketch it," said Lucy ; `t‘ or, at least, try to ; and, like Fra Angelico, I shall work upon my knees. It the most heavenly face' f have eversen." I asked, the old keeper, who had seat- ed himself on the step of the alter with an uninterested air, when the whitewash was removed -from this figure, and whether it was supposed there were - other figures still buried beneath. He replied that the old Marchese had discovered the angel, and that it was by his order that the whitewash had been removed. Bat God had afflicted him almost on the very day of the completion of the labor, forty years before ; and all had since remained as he had left it. "But if there are other figures under- neath as beautiful, as this," I began, " I should think that the nephew might—" But here I stopped, alarmed. The word "nephew "seemed to have turned the old man into a living statue of hate. Ile did not move, but his eyes grew so coldly fierce that they glittered. " Cursed, cursed be he, !" he cried % and his voice rang through the chapel and corridor, and, passing down the staiis, seemed to echo through all the empty house. Then he rose, waved us out, re- locked the door, and, withont pause, conducted us down to the outer door. We were obliged to go. ,But we came again, and many times; and at length succeeded in forming a sort of friendship with the old man ; we did this for the sakeofethe angel, whose face Lucy was ardently trying to win from heaven down upon her earthly paper—so far trying in vain. But no matter how often we came, we were always obliged to go first througla all the great dusky rooms below before he would take us 6 the chapel ; this was a routine inevitable. One day, while Lucy was at work, I asked hint if he could describe to me the pictures on She empty walls below, of course not to 'him calling them " empty." itlost certainly," he replied ; and we went down together. Then began a singular scene. From wall to wall, from aoorn to room, we went, while, with no knowledge of art and no enthusiasm, he yet describedi each detail of every picture and its frame with -a clear exact - nes which I felt to be minutely accurate. 'He pointedi out this tint and that fold, this atmosphere and that interior ; he described the portraits of a stern old Accolti, in armor, and another, a child, a. dimpled baby io a stiff little satin gown, so that I' a6tually seetned to see them. In troth I did see them all with my mind's eye, and see them now. Up the broad stairway we went; and through the second story ; and it seem- ed as if a company of softly -sliding un- seen' ghosts were with us, and whisper- ingly folloWing us. It was the most weird two hears I ever spent. I became spite curious about the old man e I L wondered what he ate, and whete he slept, and if he had any friends who came to. see • him. The vender of lamps could satisfy me upon twoof these points. G to market—old Marco? Oh, t no ; he ne er left the palazzo, night or day. His few and small provisions, the same thro gh years, were brought and left at the ner colt:A-yard door. If, in the meantikne, old Marco' did not de- scend, mill cats appeared, was he, ' Raffsello, vender of lamps, to be held at fault? Manifestly not; and none but hardened souls would assert it, since the honesty of all his (Rafltello's) family W8.8 moat clearly established in all that quarter. Friends? No, old Marco had no friends.' He had a 80U living beside the straw market; but, what would you! when there was such a disposition as garco'smone could abide -it, not even a son—always with the nobilities' per- mission. Once I did see the old man's abode. He had taken me up a little, narrow, concealed stairway; because I had asked if there were any rooms above ; there, under the great cornice which cast a shadow over half the street below, there were some small chambers and in the smallest of these, a mere cell, there was a narrow pallet -bed and a chair. But fichn the narrow window opened a magnificent V.iew. All Florence lay beneath; he Duomo, Giotto's lovely campanile, Ithe flower -stem tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, and, all around, the violet Mountains, and the beautiful valley of the Arno going westward to 'the sea. "18 this your room, Marco ?" I said. " What a magnificent view !" " I am near-sighted," replied the old man, carelessly ; " I cannot see the view." One day he looked so feeble and ill that I was troubled. "He will die here some day, all alone, and no one will know it," I said to Lucy. "Let us tr on the way home, to find that son." S our driver took us through the stra market, and, after some search, w found our man. He was a maker, rather amender, of umbrellas, and work in his little shop when our carriag paused at his door; literally at his doo because there was no sidewalk, and we sat in our carriage and talked to him easily on his bench within. He was a small, thin man of fifty, with bent shoulders and a patient face. Yes, old Marco was his father; but he seldom saw him. He found it necessary—with their permission—to keep steadily a work here at his bench, "Say rather that thou dost not se him because he will not see thee," sai his wife, who was behind in the sadow with several children around her " Will the most noble ladies believe it? she continued, rising and coming for ward, unable to keep silence, " 01 Marto will' not leave the palace, -and ha never therefore even seen the little ones lest they should injure—the innocents —his pictures there. His pictures, sai 1? And all the world knows that ther are no pictures Ah, it is of a stubborn ness " My father is old; he has his fancies But he gives us always the half, and more, of the little he has," began the man's mild voice. "Say rather that he is mad," inter rupted the woman, indignantly. " Wha is the money --I ask their nobleness—to a natural love for his own grandchild ren ?" And, snatching up the baby, who was crawling across the floor, and calling the others, she disappeared, her motherly ebullition no doubt for the moment quite sincere, in spite of the preciousness of the money. Left alone, the umbrella mender look- ed at us apologetically, in a mild silence. I began to explain my fears about the solitary old than. " Do yeti never see him ?' I asked. " Twice each year, on Christmas Day and St. John Baptist, I ge there," he answered. "-It is then that he gives me the MOD ey.'' " Have you tried to see him at other times ?" " Yes ; but he only looks out and shakes his head. Their nobleness has perhaps observed that my father is at times somewhat obstinate." So spoke the son, his thin, hard -work- ed hands folded-- on- .the old green umbrella upesn which he had been at work. Something in his face which seemed to tell me of years of patience with that father made me rather ashamed of my unasked interference. So, leaving some coins for the children, [drove away, suggesting, however, that he should try to see old Marco soon. He promised, patiently ; and went on with his green umbrella. The dar passed by; and we spent now all' our mornings with the angel. I, too, was attempting to sketch the beautiful face, and not succeeding. Occasionally Marco came in, and walked to and fro for a few moments; he paid ittle attention to us, and was not in- terested in our attempts. 'The fees which we gave him he received, but with indifference and without thanks. "Do you not think the angel beauti- ful ? I asked one day. " Oh, yes," he answered, quietly, but we have many others that are beautiful also." Another time I said, What do you do all day ?" "There is much to do," he answered —" much. The dust must be kept from 11 the frames, and there must be no dampness. The flies must be destroyed iso. fhere is much to do." REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. IIOUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.—The unde I) signed has a number of fine building Lets on Goderich and James Streets for sale, at low prices. For particulars apply to D. D. WILSON e08 HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.—For sale, that comfortable dwelling house on Jai -es' street, Seaforth, (lot 35, Beattie and Starks survey,) recentls occupied by Mrs. Joslyn. For particulars apply to HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 997 TlARM FOR SALE. ---Lot 38, Concession 3, I! L. R. S., Tuclsersinith ; 100 acres; good land, farm buildings and fences, good roads, con- venient to church, school, &c. Apply to F. HOLMESTED, Seaforth; or E. TURNER, Con- cessme 2, H. R. S., Tuekersmith. 1043x3 FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 35, Conces- sion 1, McKillop, containing 100 acres of excellent land ; one well-built brick house, with every convenience; soft and hard water: one good frame house, with good barns and out- buildings ; two wells, one never -failing ; two good bearing orchards of choice fruit; two and a half miles from Seaforth. Fee- particulars ap- ply to the proprietor or the premises. RALPH THOMPSON. 1043x8 FARM IN GREY FOR SALE —For sale, 100 acres being Lot 15 on the 13th eoncession of Grey, within half a mile of stores, postotfice, churches and school, and five miles from Brus- sels and Ethel, sixty acres cleared and in a good state of cultivation, a good orchard and neve' failing spring on the place and good timber. Ap- ply to ISAAC CURRY, on the premises or Oran - brook P. 0. 964x4 -t. f. FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 31, Conces- sion 15, Grey, containing 100 acres, about 60 ofewhich are cleared and the balance timbered with hardwood and -black-ash and cedar, all un - culled. There are fair buildings, good orcha d and plenty of water. There is a school on the next Lot It is also convenient to railways and other facilities. Price very reasonable. Apply to ROBERT LIVINGSTONE, Moncrief P. 0. 1044x12 Y9 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 croeses the place, and it is well adapted for either farming or grazing.. or will likewise sell forty acres, being east part of at 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 - r, failii g well is also on the place. Por further particulars apply to the proprietor on the ,place, or by letter to Cranbrook P. 0 G. AVERY. 1023-tf TIARAS FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 4, Conces- 12. sion 12, Hullett, containing 100 acres, about 75 cleared and in a good state of cultivation, well fenced and underdrained. There are two good frame honses, frame barns and sta.bles, also two good orcea,rds. There is a spring creek run- ning through the farm. It is convenient to schools and post office and is well situated for GI markets. it will be sold cheap. Apply on the premises or to Harlock p. o. WALTER HAN- NAH. 1032 ,, FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 34, Conces- sion 1, Usborne,. county of Huron, situated on LoRdon road, lek- miles from Hensel', and 31 miles from Exeter, and centaining 96 acres 10 acres of which are in bush, and balance was dear and in good condition when seeded down five years ago, since which time it has been in grass. ! There are on the Farm about 6 acres of . young d bearing orchard, 100 evergreens, 3 never -failing wells, 2 good frame barns and a frame house. C For terms apply to W. ELDER, Hensel', or the - Proprietor. J. ELDER, Virden, Manitoba. 1035-t f • FARMS FOR SALE.— That valuable farm being North half of Lot 29, Concession 6, Morris, on which there is a, good frame barn and outbuildings, frame house, goodhearing orchard, good wells, etc. Also that 'valuable farm being South half of Lot 28, Concession 5, 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 THOMSO.N, Brussels P. 0. 963 1 a a When my brother came back at last from his pilgrimage, we related our story, and took him to -see our angel. He admired it as much as we did ; but, manlike, he brushed away all our fine- spun fancies that it could not," would not, be copied, that it was too beautiful to.possess, but must fade back into the hea4n from whence it came, remember- ed but unpictured, like a visitin in a dream. • He announced his•intention of search- ing out Signbr Accolti. "Do you mean the wicked nephew ?" I said. For Lucy and I always called him by that name. " I shall be hardly likely to enquire for him by that title at the door," said Edward; smiling. The " wicked nephew "turned out, on acquaintance, to be a fat, affable, middle-aged Italian, with dimpled white hands and a taste for vegetable garden- ing. The frescoes in the little chapel were painted, he said, some time in the sixteenth century, by a young artist, an obscure person, patronized by one of his ancestors, who had a taste for discover- ing geniuses; which, hosvever, generally led to nothing. This artist, whoever he was, died young, the chapel being his only extended work. Of course the frescoes, having no name attached, were worthless. They were subsequently whitewashed over, and se remained (Continued on 3rd page.) FARMIN GREY FOR SALE —For sale, Lot 20, .Concession 12, containing 102 acres of which about 70 acres are cleared, nearly free from stumps. underdrained and well fenced The balance is well timbered and, unculled. There is a good, large frame house, log barn and frame stables. A gbod orchard and nevenfailing water. It is within one mile of the village of Cranbrook, within six miles of Brussels and two miles of Ethel railway station, with good gravel roads ieading to each place It will be sold cheap and on easy terms. App] i on the prem- ises or to Cranbrook P. 0. VALENTINE FOER- STER. 10224. f, TIARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 22, on the It 2nd Concession of Stanley, containing 100 acres, 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 two never - failing wells: It is within six miles of Clinton, eight from Seaforth, and three. from Brueefield, with good gravel reads leading to each place. School convenient. It will be sold theap and on easy terms. Apply on Lot 24, Concession 3, Stanley, or to Brucefield P.O. JOHN GILMOUR. 10014t. GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—In order to close the affeirs_of the estate of the late W. G. Hidgston, the executors offer the following very valuable lands for sale. First—North half of Lot 30, Concession 5, townehip of Morris', con- taining 90 acres. On this lot is erected a good frame barn with stone foundation, good orchard, well and pump. Nearly all cleared, and is on the gravel read 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 TEI08. KELLY, Brus- sels P. 0., HENRY jENNING8, Victeria Square P.O., or JAMES SMITH, Maple Lodge P. 0., Middlesex County. 868 sPLENDID FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot No. 8 on the 13th Concession of Stanley, and the North part of Lot 7 on the same Con- cession, containing 162 acres, of which about 139 are cleared, free from stumps, underdrained and in a high sdiate of cultivation. The balance is well timbered with hard wood. There i8 a never - failing spring creek running through the place, and no waste land. There is a good dwelling house, large bank barn with stone stabling and frame driving house, and other good out -build- ings. There are te o good bearing orchards of the choicest trees including apple, peach, pear, plum, &c. It is conveniently situated to schools, churches, and markets. The fall wheat grown on this Farm this season weighed 63 lbs. to the bushel. There are 37 acres sown in Fall Wheat and 24 acres Fall Plowed. It will be sold cheap and on easy tenns, as the Proprietor wishes to retire. Apply on thepreruises, or to Blake P. 0. HENRY -B. DETTWEILLER. 1040 • TIARA'S FOR SALE.—For Sale Lots Nos. 12 12 and the east half of Lot 13, on the 9th Con- cession of McKilop, containing 160 acres, of which 130 acre's are cleared and in a first-class state of cultivation. There is a good house and good frame barn, stables and outbuildings on Lot No. 12, also two good orchards. A spring creek runs through both Lots. There is nearly 100 acres in grass. It is convenient to Scheols, churches, post office, &c., and is within eight miles of the town of Seaforth. It is one elf the nicest lying and best Farms in the county of Huron and is ixell adapted for either grain grow- ing or grazing. It will be sold in one Lot or in two parts to suit purchasers. Apply on the premises, or addiess Winthrop P. 0. ROBERT G. ROSS. 10304. f. FARM FOR SALE—The subscriber offers for sale his valuable farm in the Township of Gray, comprising Lots 6 and 7, on the 11th Con- cession of said Township. This farm contains 200 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 stumps, 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 good frame barn, with stone stabling undl-rneath, in which there is a well with abundant supply of eked:lent water. There is likewise a new frame implement house, 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 termof pay- ment. For particulars apply to the proprietor, JAMES DICKSON, Registrar Huron Co., Gode- rich. CLOSING OUT BUSINESS. JAMES PICKARD, OF THE BARGAIN HOUSE, Takes this opportunity of advising his many customers and patrons, that he has decided upon closing out the North Branch business. • Not having room in the south store for the • two stocks, we have determined to reduce the present stocks carried by $18,000. In order to effect a clearance, on and after December 16th, we offer the whole of the two stocks of $30,000 in extent, at large reduc- tions on regular prices, in many cases away below cost. Buyers will find this an excellent opportunity to buy from well -selected stocks seasonable goods at away down prices. The 'goods must go; the earliest buyers get the best selection. Don't put off for to -morrow what might be done to better advantage to -day. JAMES PICKA_RD, North and South Branch, C4th. SEASON OF 1888. Bank Block, Two Doors South of the Bank of Commerce. Big Bargains in Groceries during the month of January. Teas away down in price. Five pounds good Young Hyson for $1. Five pounds choice Japan for $1. Ten pounds Japan Siftings for $1, and all other goods 'equally low. All goods warranted as represented, or cash refunded. Et -Goods delivered, and don't forget it. J.1AIRLEY, Seaforth. GOLDE UON, SEAFORTH. 1887_ We have received ex-S.S. Parisian, Grecian, Nevada and Carthagenian, the bulk of our imported Il)ry Goods. We show good value and newest styles in all classes of goods. FINE RANGE IN— Black and Colored Satin Marvelleaux, Black and Colored Silks And all kinds of Black Dress Goods. das' A CALL RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. R JAMTES9N, SEAEORTH. STOVES! STOVES! 1887. LEADERS. \ 1887. RADIANT HalskIE COAL STOVES in Singls and Double and without Ovens, fitted with genuine Duplex Grate. GRAND UNIVERSAL out Ovens. COAL STOVE in Double HAPPY THOUGHT RANGE, for Duplex Grate. Coal or Heaters, Heaters, with with . and with - with genuine Wood, fitted The above Stoves:I are the heaviest, finest cast, best fitted, and for fuel saving facilities are unequalled by any other stoves usa.nufactured. Full line of Cooking, Parlor, Box and Heating Stoves to select from. Prices Right. Give me a call before making a purchase. MRS. JOHN KIDD, VAH STREET, - SEAFORTH. • JANUARY 2 1888. Big Inducements —AT— P APST'S Jewelry Storey; SELNFORTIIt 1Vatches at any price from ,DOW until the end of November. Also Silverware, Jewelry and Clocks; large assortments to choose from. This is the third sea- son we have made sales, giving the pur- chaser the benefit, since we are in Sea - forth, and those who bought before well know that we mean business. We do not advertise 25 and 50 per cent, dis- count, as the public know full well it cannot be done, but we simply sell onr entire stock at an. advance of 10 per cent. on cost from now\until the end af November. Don't I ose 'Vs opportunity. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sih-erware, Rings, Necklets, Chains, Sets, etc., at Papst's Jewelry Store, SEAFORTH, ONT. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. '27, 15;i7. Mr. C. L. Papst, Seaforth, Ontario. DEAR SIR : For the benefit of the public in general, as well as to protect our own interests, we desire to state that you are the only author- ized agent for the sale of Columbus Watches in Seaforth and vicinity, and any other dealers who have them in stock, have procured them in an indirect way. Knowing that there are now upon the market BASE imitations of our Watch which are offered to the public at almost any price, we only hold ourselves responsible for the satisfactory performance of the Columbus Watches purchased from our authorized agent.. We are, yours respeetfully, COLUMBUS WATg II COMPA.NY. Always to the Front. -NTAIZI\11A,_ Post Office Store. We want your trade, and will do our best to secure it, by -selling at the lowest possible rate all goods in our line, which consists of a full assortment of everything usualle kept in first-class country store. Dry Goods, Readyir,ade Clothing, Fresh.G-roceries, Teas, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Harvest Tools, Machine Oils, Lardine, Castorine, Crown, Black, ' And Castor Oils, Paints and Oils. Just received a consignment of Stand- ard Binding fwine, as good as any in the market. Call and see. No .trouble to show (roods. a JOSHPH MORROW. The Kipper! Mills. - BETTER THAN EVER D. B. McLean, Proprietor of the above Mills, wishes to inform his customers and the public, that having secur- ed the services of a THOROUGHLY COMPE- TENT AND OLD EXPERIENCED MILLER, he is now better prepared than ever before to give entire _satisfection to all who favor him with their patronage. GRISTING AND CHOPPING A specialty, and promptly attended to. Give us a trial, and get the best Flour that can be made. 1039 D. B. McLEAN, kippen. FARMS FOR SALE, IN HULLETT.—Lot 8, Concession 9, and South Half of Lot 8, Concession 10, Huliett, 150 acres, being the term owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Co1e—S.8,500. IN HIBBERT.—Lot 22, Concession 1, Town- ship of Hibbert, 100 acres, for sale cheap. IN BRUCE COUNTY.—Lot 30, Concession 6, Townehip of Bruce, 104 acres, good soil, well - timbered and watered, six miles from Paisley. Terms easy—$3, 200. The- sale and purchase of Fa.rin and Town Property negotiated, Money to Lend at 6 per cent., free of all costs to borrower. For particulars apply to LOFTUS E. DANCEY, 103941 Barrister, &c., Seaforth, Ont. ALLAN LINE. Royal Mail Steamships. Cabins— 850, $60 and $70. Inthrnsediate, 530; return, $60. Steerage passengers are book- ed to and from London, Queenstown, Derry, Belfast and Glasgow at same rates as Liverpool. Ifyou are sending for your friends, we can fur- nish you with prepaid passage certificate to bring them from England, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway. &e. Rates of passage always as low as by any other line. Fire, Life and Marine Insurance done as usual. C. P. R. tickets issued to Manitoba, British Columbia, and all points east. Baggage checked through to destination. 525,000 to loan from 5i to 63-,, per cent. per annum. Office—Market Street. 1007 A. STRONC. WROXETER MILLS. Alexander L. Gibson Begs to announce to the public that he has ergo) menced to operate the WEIETER WOOLLEN FACTORY, And that he will be prepared to give good sal in 'FULL CLOTHS, TWEEDS, UNION TWEEDS, FLANNELS, PLAIDINGS, WINCEVS, And Varieti6; in STQCKING YARN. Custom Carding, Spinning and Pullinsg Promptly Attended to. Parties from a distance will, as far as prAsibk. have their ROLLS HOME WITH THEM, and es he has put the Mill into Good Working Ordes and employs none but Efficient Workmeh, All Work is Warranted. REMEMBER TREWROXETER MUM ALEX. L. GIBSON, Proprietor, 1, e es. t•-• -e