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The Huron Expositor, 1888-01-27, Page 22 ammmessim deed, w like th. WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY. "Socks darned here, a to 6 cent; per pair. Buttons sewed on. Old button -holes re -worked at a wall price." This unique aign,-- on the front of a small, dingy -looking house, struck my attention, and as I was visiting the city with a friend on a tour of inspection, I thought this might be one of the sights, go knocked at the door. On entering, at invitation of a bright-eyed young lady, the first thing that attracted my atten- tion was an enormous basket filled with sinall bundles containing stockings and Boas of various colors, each :small bun- dle carefully labeled. "Excuse me ; but I noticed your sign, and its novelty made me anxious to learn something about a business that never occurred to ine. "Perhaps you would like to see grandma," said the bright young lady; she will ten you all about it. She is the head of the firm," she added, laughing, and we all call be grand- ma. ' t" "I should certainly be pleased to meet her, if it win not be considered an impertinence," I said. "Not at all. Come this way, please ;" and I followed her through a long. pas- sage l into a house which I had not th thought waa connected with e work- shop. There, after being ushered into a handsome parlor, in whieh stood a baby - grand, with music scattered about as if often used, my friend and myself sat th down to await the coming of e pro- prietor. Nor did we have long to wait. In the course of five minutes, during which we had decided that the decorations of the apartment in which we sat were all in the best taste, there were footsteps heard approaching, and in came an old lady, with a beautiful face, and that manner of old-time sprightliness and courtesy, which suggests that blood will tell. flow sweet and affable shw was; how merry the unfaded blue eyes under the thickly frilled cap -border; what a measure of comfort seemed to dwell in the ample white folds over her bosom—. in all, how much grace, beauty and pow- er dwelt in body, face and gesture, my pen can neer tell. You shall hear her own story, as nearly as I can give it, as it fell from i her gracious lips: I "- was born rich. My father was head of &great manufacturing firm, and I never knew the want of money, or money's worth, till years after I was married. My father built a splendid home. I was taught all the accomplish- ments then in vogue, and my father's youngest partner, a very handsome man -you shall see" -and she brought me a miniature from which smiled a noble, handsome face-" asked my hand in marriage. ' "But, alas ! misfortune overtook the. entire farn•ily. My father failed during the war, and moved from our Southern city to a small plantation belonging to one of my uncles. There he died of a broken heart. My husband found a business in this place, and kepthis fam- ily comfortable for fifteen years. By that time I had five children; the young- est nine, the oldest nineteen. We had kept out of debt, but saved nothing. When I look back and third( what I might have saved !-but we never stint- ed in anything, and we kept three ser- vants. "Suddenly my husband was called away; that.was ten years ago. In set- tling up his business there was nothing left for his wife and children; we were, in a measure, reduced to beggary. What were we to do? Not one of fily children was fitted to earn a living, or, indeed, old eneughato go nut into the world, ex- cept my oldest girl, Virginia, and she was under engagem;mt of marriage to a good man who was able to support her, but had no means to provide for any one but her, although he wanted me to come and live with her. To do that I should have been obliged to put my children away, and that I would never. consent to. Fortunately, my four remaining children were, boys, and all at school. Frank, my eldest, was in trainieg for college; the rest were all studiously in- clined and anxious to make their mark in the world. To take Frank from the .privileges of an education I felt would. almost break my heart. ci ti else her her word willingly pay for work like that.' Curi- ous, ow the matter took oh new mean- ing, new shapes, as I thought. There were young men who had no mothers sisters, who trusted t� the tender cies of their washerwomen -there e women who had no time andno in- ationt If I could only get at these, •inight I not work up a little bud - 6f my own, at home? I would try by commencing with those friends by paying a ;very s nall sum, could afford to have such work done outside of their families. "At the end of a month if had eleven private families on my -list. Slowly and steadily it grew into a business. I had my ign • out, as you see, and in the course of time added other things. I built and furnished this house, and employ six or sevengirls and pay nld willingly pay for work ed, and my thoughts roved ; but long after she had gone came back to me: I would an me we wh nes it wh have I no them good wages. We dyedomestic g6ods, mend broadeldth, renovate cioth- inginot too dilapidated, and I am inde- penklent. My childreniare all doing well, most of them are marritd and in business, and I khatl leave a handsome sum for each of their children. "Mosti of the girls under my care were pdor Waifs, without any home or culture, and in a fair way. to go to ruin. I ha..ve taught them my ways, given them god wages, and occasionally we have pleasant littleentertainmants over which my second son!, who is a clergy- man, 'presides ; and those who have no hotnes stay with me. Two ' or three of them sing and play very prettily, and all of them are fitted to make good wives. , As soon as my Oda get mar- ried thete are plenty to till their places. I have had ten weddings, already in this house!, and not a single funeral,' . ." It certainly takesa woman !" said my friend, admiringly; "and when left with children to care for, how selchim they fail! I should like to know all the families brought up by women." Have you ever heara of the Fel- tons ?" asked the dear old lady. I sig- nified that I never had. "Thee, you know, are humble things, and do not give us fame and distinction, particularly; but they do give us money, home, and a good conscience, and en- able us to help others. You,must really see the Feltons. I'll give you a note, and they will be pleased to tell, you all about it. Boxy, dear, give me -t my writing - desk," she said,looking out of the door. Roxy proved to be the pretty girl who had,first met us. expeet she'll be married soon," said the head of the firrn,' as her, pen ran on the paper, "and she's; going to marry wen; too; quite rich her prospec- tive husband is, and very -kind of her. She is one of the girls I spoke of as well fitted to grace a superior; station -pret- ty, sweet in her ways, and quite accom- plished. You would hardly believe that I took her from hppending ruin -she had no home, she was starving -Heaven knows what she might have been driven to do. But she is going to ride in her own carriage now, and it ali. comes of daridug socks and mending button- holes. -" tut you are an exception," 1 said; "other women might not do as well." "Depends upon whether they worked faithfully. Do you know, I think a great many women might go into the business, beginning in a small way, and knowing how to use their fingers. I have more than I can do, and I don't think the area of my custom exceeds half a mite. People are. so glad to get these things done for s. few pennies; but go and-6ee the Feltons. r They will " Fortunately, my uncle sent me a small sum of money at that time -only five hundred dollars, but just then a treasure beyond price. I sold our fur- niture, moved into what we now call the shop, and determined to continue my oldest boys at school. It was not long before I obtained a situation that was a godsend to us, though it called for me to be out in all weathers. Of course, I might have bought a little business with my money ;,bat it might not have been prosperous, and I knew that the invest- ment in college for my ambitious boy would in the end be a paying one, though it might be years before much could be realized from it. " Meantime I was working beyond my strength. A couth came on,' great weakness and lassitude followed -and I feared I was going to die. This I kept from my children as long as I could, for I knew they would work their fingers off to save mother." Two of diem already brought in small sums of money, _ earned in various ways; but if you have a family, you know how fast money .goes. What to do I knew not. I tried ineffectually to get work that I could do at home. I tried vest -making, dress -making, shirt -making; but they brought in so -little money that I gave them up, one by one, as my strength gave out. "One day a friend came in to whom had been indebted for many happy - hours. I was darning my boys' socks, and with every thrust of the needle, pondering upon my necessities. I still had a little meney, but very little. Things looked dark, even though I trust- ed in the good God, for my health was poor, and I had fallen hack upon my old position. The weather was cold and stormy ; my house, in a measure, neg- lected ; my boys had to pick up their own meals, and home had few charnis to them when mother " was not there. I had been crying bitterly, and, perhaps, my good friend read my thoughts. She took up onu of the socks. "'How beautifully you darn!' she said. I can hardly tell where the stocking ends and the darning begins.), 'I am very fond of it, I said, ab- sently; it is work that I like to do - and learned to do thoroughly when I was a girl.' "'Like to do!' My friend looked up astonished. Why, if there is anything on the face of the earth I hate, it is darning stockings. I let the piles grow, I can tell you, before I touch them. In - you-and their !work is all done up by noon. They're' wonderful wo- men We found our way to the Feltons. They lived in a handsome two-story house, taking up a great deal. of space on the groand-floor. Miss. Agnes Felton was at home -a tallndelicate-looking womau, with an air of extreme refine - 'Tient, and an exqisitely 'Modulated voice. Shn did not tell all her hatory -how she gave up lover and friends for the sake of her sisters' orphans, and annost lost her sight in trying to provide for them.' I learned it after- wards. She and her five sisters were left orphans and almost penniless. Two of the sisters married, but later on both died, leaving between them four little children.. , "Such little creatures !" said Miss Agnes; and dwe found it such hard work to take care of ouraelves 1, I sew- ed so conatantly that my eyes, always weak, grew very bad, and I was threat- ened with a total loss of sight. What were we to do? We had but three talents between us, though we could all sing and play a. little. I could ma-ke the best bread I ever tasted, and it never failed; sister Jennie manufactured deli- cious (cake and doughnuts, that she had her Own way of making; and which everybody praised; Mary could pickle and preserve -I won't go so.far as to say, as one old lady did, "like an angel,' because it is doubtful if pickles and pre. serves are salable commodities there, but I never saw her equal. "We began business in a small way, making bread and doing the other things for our friends and acquaintaeces. Now, Mary's pickles and preserves represent thousands of dollars, all being home- made and of the best and al watt reli- able; my bread-rnakinst has grown into a business that is already branching out. We give steady employment to fifty people; we have educated the children left by our sisters -and all through small talents, thoroughly cultivated. I believe there are a great many ordinary home pursuits that many families fail in following, -either through natural dis- taste or negligence, and can afford to pay for, that would • be a source of revenue to many women, in which they would not work their fingers to the bone or injure themselves mentally or physi- callynd" n;:tw- Ato close with a little story - concerning two yolling people who had 'clung together through many reverses. John Sangster was -one of the -most un- fortunate_ of men., By . profession an architect, close. application to -business had injured his eyesight, and the doctor said that unless he found a new pursuit trouble -was iinpending. , At that crisis a little child carne -a beautiful creature, with its mother's laughing eyes and sdn- ny tresses-, -the same Iovelyfeatiires and exquisite complexion. John was the happiest fellow on earth; but then ere was one more mouth to feed, one more to Clothe, provision to make for. all its little ills and fancies. What was to be done? "Darling," he said one day to his wife, THE HURON EXPOSITOR. i CLOS ING OUT BUSDESS. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE: , after a week's search for work, "1 can find nothing to do unless I take a clerk's osition in a wholesale grocery store. he pay is small, buttwe can just man- 1 ge to live on it. What do you advise e to do To me it will not be a pleas; t' nt business—that matters little. Your ether will probably look down upon it ---Lahd you must take a step lower in so- cial.standing. If you are willing, 1 will accept; but .then you might live in ease and luxury -if you will go bacld to your home -your father is rich." The young wife lifted her pale face. "As long as you are able t� support me, John, I'll never go back to my father. We love each other, our home is a happy one; and if we do not have the elegancies of life, neither do we want them. Here is my treasure ;" and she lifted the beautiful' babe to her bosom. "Take the clerkship; horhe is our world; what dot we want of any thing else?" "How can a man break down with such a wife?" he faltered. "Home, darling, is not only our world, but our heaven ?" The duties, however, proved too much for him, and a fever confined him to the - house for _more than a month. Then the doctor said he must have a change 'of climate or he would not answer for his life. His wife's father, who haa never been please'd with his daughter's choice, owned- a small place, in Florida, and offered to put his son-in-law in charge of it, also making him a present of twenty acres; and this, he said, was the utmost he would do. If unsuccess- ful there, he must expect nothing from him. The young couple went to Florida, found the house on the place a mere Shell, and the orange grove which the wife's father had bought almost s myth. But they entered upon their new duties with brave hearts -and a determination to succeel if success was. possible. For a time all went well; then, by an accident, when he was out hunting, John shot himself, and was laid up for weeks. Of course, thing went behindhand at once; - and the young wife being too proud to apply to her father, want stared them in the face. "-Go back home," John pleaded, his handsome face white with suffering and anxiety; "your father will take care of you and Angel -and I can manage here, alone." • "Go home? -never !" was the reply. " What ! leave you? Not till death do 11B part. " "Then why don't I die ?" he asked in anguish. I am onlY a trouble and a blank -an unfortunate man. It seems as if, try what 1 will, failure comes." " We must atay-and we must live !" said his young wife, with energy, as she strove to cheer his drooping spirits. "See! what should we do without you -Angel and I? Yes. God in whom we trust will find *us friends and opportuni- ties, and by and by ill -luck will forget you. Don't you know I'm a Mascot ?" she added, with a smile. "Let me puzzle a way out." On the following day she called on a neighbor with a house full of childrem "dint look at my curtains !" exclaim. ed her friend, "almost ruined for want of washing and- doing up. Well, they will have to go. I can't find a decent woman in the place -a decent washer and ironer, I mean -and I can't do_ it myself. I'd give a big price if I could get them properly done." •- " I'll do them," said John's wife. . and the woman stared in astonishment; you, with your delicate hands." Ind-eed I will, and all the .curtains and labes and fine things you can get for me; but I shall charge a round _price." I'll give you anything you ask," was the rejoinder; "and if you would do my husband's shirts—but what am I thinking of ?" "I'll do them with pleasure; I have plenty of time, and it will be play for me." She would not let her brave voice falter. "Why, my dear lady, if -you •will dare to undertake it, you may have all the fine launderiy to do for miles around." (" Evidently, ' she thought to herself, "she needs it.") "Alt right," was the response -and , one might have thought it had been the ambition of her life to set up a laundry -L-",just get me the work, and you shall see. ' We do need some such thing so much I" said the other, "and if-. Bat are you really in earnest?" "In dead earnest" was the response. (" John's worth it," she said to herself, proudly ; ", he's worth it, if he is unfor- tunate.") The firat week she, as the Scotch say, "buckled to." She had a ivqpnin for the rougher part, but the starching and ironing she did herself. The curtains were marvels of beauty -the pretty laces looked like new. The second week she had more than she could do. Scarcely a month had passed before she kept three women employed, and under her skilled - superintendence they became expert at the finer work. "It -jut seemed aft'if God gave it to me to .do, and the angels helped me," she often said. In less than a year the house was used altogether for laun- dry work and a little home built on the twenty acres his wife's father had given to John. The latter had found his work. Everything he planted prospered. Bis strawberries were the earliest and best, and brought good prices. , Between the laundry and the fruits a splendid income was assured. To -day John keeps his own horses and some of the best iinported stock in the country. His wife has little to do -except in the supervision of her business, and the world goes well with -them. TheT best of it is this is no fancy sketch -facts farm the groundwork of mypapers from beginning to end. -Mary A. Denison, in Demorest's Monthly. • --In the town of M --lives an ancient couple called John and Maggie S—. Now, it so happens that their house is the abode of a colony of rats, which live- ly animals give the worthy people some trouble. Well, one night John resolved to make an onslaught on his enemies with an old blunderbus which he possessed. Having loaded his weapon, and ordering Maggie to bed, he sat down by the fire to wait. Soon one of the rats appeared, and John raising his blunderbus fired, hitting the wall about a yard above the rat. As soon as the report was over Maggie, getting her head from below the bedclothes, cries eXcitedly-" John, are ye safe, man ?" " lio.ots, ay," replied John calmly, "an so's the rat." BUILVI.Nli IM.L6 run signed has a number of fine building Lets )n Goderich and James Streets for sale, at Jo' )rices. . For particulars apply to D. D. WILS0a 1)08 - . 'loud? le, 1 i nS SALE. --e Fn nO rj ait, :, es' at cAolsrnmfortaLObTe ST, itreet, Seaforth, (lot 35, Beattie and Stark's iurvey,) recentla occupied by Mrs. Joslyn. • For 3artieulars apply to F. HOLMESTED, Staforth. 997 - a 'LIAM ,FOR, SALE. -Lot 38, Concession 3, .1.1L. ' R. S., Tuokersmith ; 100 scree; good [and, farm buildings and fences, good roads, con- venient' to church, school, &o. Apply to F. EIOLMESTED, Seaforth; or E. TURNER, Con- cession 2, H. R. S., Tuckersmith. 1043x3 - „ FARM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 35. :Comes.- sion 1, McKillop, containing 100 ticres of excellent land ; one well-built brick house, with every convenience; soft and hard water: one ;thwonus%ev,eiwisi,thongeoondavebra.rfanisiinagnutd out - gbugooc}doilddibnfergaasrninee orchards of choice fruit; twoand half inilesirom Seaforth. For particullrs ap- ply to the proprietor on the -premises. RALPH THOMPSON. 1043x8 t FARM IN GREY FOP, SALE -For sale, acres being Lot 16 on the 13th concession of Grey, within half a mile of stor4s, poetollice, churches and school, and five miles from sels and Ethel,Sixty acres cleared and in state of cultivation, a good orchard and failing spring on the place and good timber. ply to ISAAC CURRY, on the prennues Or brook B. 0. 964 100 Brus- a good nevei Ap- Crate 4-t.f. . , FARM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 31;Conces- sion 15, Grey, containing 100 acres 50 of which are cleared and the balance t with hardwood and black-ashand cedar, culled. There are fair buildings, good and plenty of water. There is a school next Lot It is also convenient to railways other facilities. Price very reasonable. to ROBERT LIVINGSTONE, tIoncrief Pl. 1044a12- about neered all un - orcha d on the and I Apply 0. Lot -It ; it is I part of and in barn never- further e place, LY. 023-tf FARM IN -GREY FOR SALE. -For sale 14,`Concession 16, containing 100 aeres. is partly cleared, the balance is well timbered a never -failing creek crosses the place, and well adapted for either farming or grazing. will likewise sell forty acres, being east Lot 14, Concession 15; nearly all cleared a good state of cultivation. A good frame and a good stone stable underneath; a failii g well is also on the place. For particulars apply to the proprietor en t or by letter to Cranbrook P. 0 G. AV -LIAM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 4, _.12 sion 12, Hullett, containing 100 acre, 75 cleared and in a good state of cul well fenced and underdrained. There t good frame honses; frame barns and sta te o good °retards. There is a springer ning through the farm. It is converient schools and post office and is well situ markets'. lt will be sold cheap. Apply premises or to Ilarlock p. o, WALTE NAH. Coning - about ivation, re two les, also >ele run- to ted for on thp I HAN- 1032 , FARM FOR SALE. -For -sale, Lot 34, sion 1; Usborne, county of Huron, on Leedon road, 1- miles from Hensel] miles froln Exeter, and containing 96 acres of which are in bush, and balance and in good condition _when seeded d years ego, since which time it has been There are OH the Farm about 5 acres o bearing orchard, 100 evergreens, 3 nevgr-failing we]ls, 2 good frame barns and a tram For terms apply to W. ELDER, 'Hensel Proprietor. J. ELDER, Virden, Manito ia. ' Conces- situated ' and 3i Ores, 10 as clear wn five n grass. young house. , or the . 03544 le farm ession 6, arn and orchard, n being o ris, on rld good Opining respect will be ADE'or 963 -LIARMS FOR SALE. -That valua .12 being North half of Lot 29; Con Mori -is, on -which there is a good frame outbuildings, frame house, good bearing good wells, &c.- Also that valuable far South half of Lot 28, Concession 6, . which there is a good new frame house frame barn. Both of those farms are the village of Brussels, and are in ever' first-class farms. Terms easy, and whic made known ,on application to E. E. NI PETER TIIOMSON, Brussels P: O. - TARM_.IN GREY FOR SALE -For •ale, 20, Concession 12, containing 102 which about 70 acres - are cleared, ne from stumps, underdrained and- well fel balance is well timbered and unculled is a good, large frame house, log barn a stables.A good orchard and nev or water. it is within one nine -of the N Cranbrook, within six miles of Brussels miles of Ethel railway station, with goo, roads leading to each place It will cheap and on easy terms. Appls on t ises or to Cranbrook P. 0. VALENTIN STER. i I . 1122-t. Lot acres of rly free cect The There d frame -failing Hine of nd two gravel be sold e prem- E F0E11.- f, 11, ARM FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 2, 1 2nd Concession of Stanley, conta acres, over 80 cleared, and in a good sta tivation; the balance is well timbered M ith wood. There is a large brick house, goo barns, sheds and stables, and all necess ings. There is a good orchard, and tr failing wells. It is within six Miles of eight from Seaforth, and three from B with good gravel roads leading to eac School convenient. It will be sold elms eaay terms. Apply ma Lot 24, Concision Stanley, or to Brucelleld P.O. JOHN.G J . GOOD FARM FOR SALE. -In erde the affairs of the estate of the 1. Hingston, the executors offer the felloal valuable lands for sale. First -North Lot 30; Concession 6, township of Mo taining 90 acres. On this lot is eitectet fmme barn with stone foundation, goo, well and pump. Nearly -all cleared, a the gravel road closely adjoining the Brussels. This farm is a valuable one fenced and in a good state of c ltivation. For prices and terms apply to THOS.KE sels P. O., Hetrae JENSiNGS, Victoria Set or JAMES SMITH, Maillealsodge-Ps 0., County. --.. - . on the ning 100 e of cul- hard- 1 frame r • build- never - linton, cefield, h place. p and on 3, MOUR. 01-tf. o close W. G. g very half of r s, con- a good orcha.rd, d is on i lage' of is well TN, Brus- are P.0, liddlesex 868 SPLENDID FARM FOR SALE. -Fol No. 8 on the 13th Concession of aod the North part of Lot 7 on the s cession, containing 162 acres, of which • are cleared, free from stumps, underdr in a high Aate of cultivation. The well timbered with hard wood. There failing spring creek running through t and no waste land. There is a good house, /" lame bank barn with stone stal frame driving house, and other good ings. There are tv o good bearing or the choicest trees including apple, pe plum, &c. It is conveniently situated to churches, and markets. The fall whet on this Farm this semen weighed 63 Ile. bushel. There are 37 acres sown in Fie and 24 flares Fall Plowed. It will be s and on easy terms, as the Proprietor retire. Apply on thepremises, or to II HENRY B. DETTWEILLER. sale, Lot Stanley, me Con- bout 139 ined and alance is s a never - e place, dwelling ling and lit -build- herds of ch, pear, schools, t grown to the I Wheat Idcheap vishes to ake P. 0. 1040 TIARMS FOR SALE. -For Sale Lo ..0 and the east half of Lot 13, on the cession of McKilop, containing 150 which 130 acres are cleared and in a state of cultivation. Thereis a good good frame barn, stables and outbuildi No. 12, also twe good orchards. A spr runs through both Lots. There is nearly acres in grass, It is convenient to churches, post -office,- &c., and is wit miles of the town of Seaforth. It is -nicest lying and hest Farms in the .ounty Huron and is well adapted for either g ing or grazing. -It will be aold in one two parts to snit purchasers. App premises, or addiess Winthrop P. 0. 0 ROSS. 1130-t. Nos. 12 Oth Con- acres, of first-class ouse and es on Lot ng creek 100 Schools, in eight me of the of ain grow- ot or in v on the ROBERT f. FARM FOR SALE. -The subscriber sale his valuable farm in the To Gray, comprising Lots 6 and 7, on the cession of said Township. -This fern 200 acres, and is within .1 and 4 mil thriving village Of Brussels, with a good road leading thereto. About 150 acres el, free from stmnps. and in a good st, tivation. The balance is finely wooded. farm is particularly well fenced, n whole of the fences being straight, ani been erected in 1a.a5 6. On the prenf is a comfortable log dwelling house, a frame barn, with stone stabling inid, Which there is a well with abundant excellent water. There is likewise a new implement house, 40x26 feet, well floored and below, and neatly sided and painted. are 22 acres in fall wheat sown upon fallow. It will be sold on very easy ternis ment. For particulars apply to the proprietor, JAMES DICKSON, Registrar Huron Co., offers for nship of nth Corisa contains os of the gravel re cleat - te of cul- This arly the having •es there d a good neatla, in upply of frame above There . summer - of- pay- Gode- rich. : . • 986-tf. JAMES PICKARD, OF T. HE BARGAIN HOUS Takes this opportuniiy Of advising his many customers and patrons, that he has decided upOn closing out the North Branch business. Not having room in the soul th store for -Ole two stocks, We have determined to reduce the present 'Stocks carried by $18,000. In order to effect a clearanceo on and after December 16th, we offer the whole of the two stocks of $30,000 in ektent,-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. 1)rices. 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 PICKARD, North and South Branch, C4th. SEASON OF 1888. Bank Block, Two Doors South o 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 for $1, and all other goods equally low. All goods warranted as represented, or cash refunded. Ea'Goods.delivered, and don't forget•if. Siftings J. FAIRLEY Seaforth. GOLDEN LION, SEAFORTH. 1887_ We have received eat-S.S. Parisian, Grecian, Nevada and Carthagenian, the bulk of our imported Dry Goods. We show good value and newest styles in all classes of goods. •FINE RANGE IN -I - Black and Colored Satin 1Vlarvelleaux, Black and Colored Silks And alfkinds of Black Dress Goods. r:"' A CALL RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. R. JAMISON, SEAFORTH. STOVES! STOVES! 1887. LEADERS. 1887. RADIANT HOME COAL STOVES in Singls and Double Heaters, with and without Ovens, fitted with genuine Duplex Grate.. GRAND UNIVERSAL COAL STOVE in Double Heaters, with and with- out Ovens, HAPPY THOUGHT RANGE, for Coal or Wood, fitted with genuine Duplex Grate. The above Stoves are the heaviest, finest east, best fitted, and for fuel saving facilities arenmequalled Ity any other stoves manufactured. Full line of Cooking, Parlor, Box and Heating Stoves to select from. Prices Right. Give me a call before making a purchas. FARS. JOHN Ki D, MAIN STREET - r , .11 SEAFOR H a t) Big Inducements -AT- PAPST'S Jewelry Store, SEAFORTH. Watches at any price from now 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 our entire stock at an advance of 10 per cent. on cost from OW until the end of November. Don't lose this opportunity. Watches, Clocks, Jewe:ry, Silverware, Rings, Necklets, Chains, Sets, ete., at Papst's (Jewelry Store, SEAFORTIT, O. NT. COW:ABCS, Ohio, Oct. 27, 18a7. Mr. C. L. Papst, Seaforth, Ontario. Dealt Sm For the benefit of the public in general, as well as to protect our own interests, we desite to state that you are the only author- ized agent for the sale of Columbus Watches in Seaforth and vicinity, and an other dealers who hare them in stock, base procured them in an indirect way. Knowing that there are now upon the 'market BASIS 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 agents. We are, yours respeotfully, Coarmens WATCH COMPAMT. Always to the Front. NA 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 or a full assortment of everything =nails • kept in grist -class country store. Dry Goods, Readyrnade Clothing, Fresh Groceries, Teas, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Harvest Tools, Machine Oils, Lardirte, Castorine, Crown, Black, And Castor Oils, Paints and Oils. Just received a consignment of Stand- ard Binding r.Wila C as good as any in the market. Call and see. No trouble to show goods. JOSEPH MORROW. The Kiptpen Mills. BETTER THAN EVER. D. B. McLean, Proprietor of the above Iills, wishes =to infcSrm his eustoraers 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 satisfaction to all who favor hirn With their patronage. GRISTING AND CHOPPING A specialty, and promptly attended lo. Give tura trial, and get the best Flour that can be made. _1039 D. R MeLEAN, Kippen. FARMS FOR SALE. LN HULLETT.-Lot 8, Concession 9, and South Half of Lot 8, Concession 10, Ilnllett, 150 acres, being the term owned by Mrs, Elizabeth Cele -$8,500. IN HIBBERT.-Lot 22, Concession 1, Town- ship of Hibbert, 100 acres, for sale cheap. IN BRUCE COUNTY. -Lot 30, Concession 6, Township of Bruce 104 acres, good soil, well - timbered and watered, six miles from Paisley. Terms easy -43,200. The sale and purchase of Farm and Town Property negotiated, Money to Lend at 6 per cent., free of a`ll costs to borrower. - For partieulars apply to LOFTUS E. DANCEY, 1039-tf Barrister, &c., Seaforth, Ont. ALLAN LINE. Royal Mail Steamships. Cabins -450, $60 and $70. Intermediate, 830 ; return, 860. Steerage passengers are book- ed to and from London, Queenstown, Derry, Belfast and Glasgow at same rates as Liverpool. If you are sending for your friends, we can furs nish yeu 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. Bag -gage chetked through to destination. 825,000 to loan from si to 611- per cent. per annum. Office -Market Street. 1007 A. STRONG. WROXETER MILLS. Alexander L. Gibson Begs to announce to the public that he has (w -n meaced to operate the WROXETER WOOLLEN FACTORY, And that he will be prepared to give good vat in FULL CLOTHS, TWEEDS, UNION TWEEDS, FLANNELS, PLAIDINGS, WINCE S, And Varieties in STOCKING Yit PJ S Custom Caroling, Spinning and Fullin*; Promptly Attended to. Parties from a distance will, as far as poossible, have their ROLLS HOME WITH THEM, aed ao ho has put the M111 into Good Working Order and employs none but Efficient Workmen, All Work is Warranted. REMEMBER THE WROXETER Alma. ALEX. L. -GI -SON, Proprietor. 11