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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
GRAHAM'S LADDIE.
BY St LIA 1,1eNAIR WRIGHT.
(Continued from lad week.)
CHAPTER IV.
THE COMING MAN.
Quentin's wise man appeared to him
a July eveairg out of the skirts of the
Taafe Forest, Quentin was several miles
from home, enjoying one of his lonely
rambles, when he beheld coming over
the rise of the purple upland, that had
a certain blackness about it even in the
summer light, a stranger,tall and -beard-
ed, a wide black hat on his head, Ms
breeches coming only to the knee, his
coat short and standing out about him
as if it were composed entirely of pock;
set and they were all full, his shoes low
and of a reddish color like a, dusty
road. Over his left shoulder was a
stout stick, on which he carried a square
parcel; hanging•over his right hip by a
strap crossing his breast was a net -bag. ,
Behind him came a little mouse -colored
donkey, like Issachar between two bur-
dens.
There's my mon !" whooped Quen-
tin, and set off at full run to meet him.
But, drawing near, what could he
say? How lay claim to the man and all
that he possessed as, a long prayed -for
teacher?
Quentin stopped; the man stopped: _
"Boy, how far is it to Kill Eda.?"
" Not so verra far ; I ha' juist lin over
fra' yon'''
"Do you know these parts ?"
" A , as weel as I ken my preemer-
boa 2
" nd how well do you know your
_primer ?" . . ,
"I ken all the bit dote in it," said
Quentin, a flash in his eye.
"Oh? Perhaps you can tell me if
there are more things on this shore,
then, than ling and wrack ?"
" Wheen mair," said Quentin. "I hae
gotten a box -sae big -fu' o' things
that earn.' oot o' cods' stamaehs." -
"Eh)? And what did you. mean to do
with them ?"
"1 keepit them till some ane cam'
slang to tell me what they were, an'
hoo they cam' there. I ken the cod ate
thew, but why suld he?"
"And there are red rocks plenty
here; have you seen any curious things
-among them?"
"1 hae seen what , daddie says; is
writin' o' the good God ; but gif itis
writin', some ane suld read it. The
good God wacina write for name to read,
na mair than a man wad."
" And in the woods there are :Many
birds are there? And I suppose they
are all nearly alike ?"
"Na, they are no alike," said Quen-
tin; "there are many kin's, an' each
kin' has different ways."
" You're a lad after my own heart,"
said the stranger. " If I stop here for
a while reading the writing on the_
rocks and studying into things, how
would you like to be my gillie and carry
my bag and show me about? I will pay
you for it." 1
"Gie us yer bag," said Quentin, hold-
ing out his hand; 'l'm yer gillie from
noo oot."
The stranger took the square parcel
from his stick, and Quentin flung it
manfully over his own shoulder.
"Come awa',', said Quentin, doing the
honors of the region. "I,'Il tak' ye to
roy mammie ; her hoose is the only ane
fit." '
milk and butter; treated the old couple
to tea with sugar in it, and bargained
forthe services of Quentin and Aggie'a
care -taking during the weeks he re-
mained in Kill Eda.
July and Augnst were golden days -
days of Paradise -to Quentin. Re fol-
lowed the stranger like his shadow. He
sealed rocks and trees; hetugged about
bags of fossils; he scrambled int a pits,
waded burns, and his sharp eyes detect-
ed all that was curious. It is true that
in his zeal to procure " speciments" he
brought in a vast deal of rubbish worth
nothing at all, but he also procured
from secret places many rare treasures.
•He became skilled in drying and press-
ing plants, in catching moths, butter-
flies and: beetles; and, watching Mr.
Murdoch, his patron, when he drew or
colored sketches of the objects found,
Quentin 'himself showed fair talent in
this direction. Mr. Murdoch's books
were mostly far above the boy's com-
prehension, but he labored through
them, and by help of his patron's ex-
pinnations understood something of
many. As they rambled about together,
Mr. Murdoch found pleasure in in-
structing so intelligent a pupil, and by
degrees really of Quentin's most pressing
diffioulties about "sterns" and distances
and latitudes and longitudes were sat-
isfactorily cleared up.
Now, it seems that the next state-
ment shonld be that Mr. Murdoch, fas-
cinated With this budding genius, offer
ed to take him, educate him, make him
a learned man and clear up the romance
of his babyhood by finding parents for
him; but, in plain fact, nothing of this
kind happened. Mr. Merdoch was will-
ing to convey information, but he was
eugrossed in science, and had no cares,
ties or responsibilities:of a family kind,
and preferred to have none. He felt that
Quentin was in very fair conditionse.he
was happy, healthful, safe. Also, Mr.
Murdoch considered that there was
plenty of common sense in the state-
ment made by Quentin that it was his
duty to burn kelp for Sandy and Aggie
•,when they were old. The good people
were aged and feeble; the child they
had sheltered should be their stay. The
money that Mr. Murdoch paid Aggie
and Quentin when he left I Kill Eda
served to keep them through the winter,
and he also sent to Quentin a package
of:books suited to his needs. He, more-
over, occupied two stormy days before
he departed in helping Quentin make -a
globe and an orrery. Thus provided
with means Of instruction and support,
Quentin passed the winter joyfully, and
in the spring spent all his spare time in
collecting specimens for his master, as
he called Mr. Mutaloch. He also laid `a,
floor for Mr. Murdoch's tent, and balite
wall ei stones about it to make it more
staunOh and comfortable.
With all his heart Quentin had copied
Mr. Murdoch's speech.
"Ye • tak' brawly to English," said
old Sandy. "1 doot but ye are o'
Southern bluid, the way ye twist yer
tongue to they phrases,
The next summer Mr. Murdoch came
in June, and remained nearly three
months. Whenhe left he gave Quen-
tin more books, a knife and a little
, purse; but, alas! he took away all his
camp equipage and said he should not
I come that way again as he was going
.to the Cornwall coast the next year. He
\gave Quentin his addriiii in Glasgow,
and,told. him to come and see him if ever
he. visited the city. -
Quentin burned kelp and collected
as usual, but Aggie and Sandy did lit-
tle; they were breaking fast. Sandy
still had his few pupils,•but he nodded
in his chair as he taught them, and they
" scrouged " worse thau ever.
Aggie itook great satisfaction in C012-
sidering how the two years of Mr.
Murdoch's coming had provided for
them in their helplessness.
"-Do ye no see, 1 Quentin," she said,
"hoo the Lord sent him jilist when he
"And what then ?'; was needit ? Wasna it clean like openin'
"Hoo could I learn fro' ye an' ye a window in heaven, yon Southron
didna ?" comin' an' you rneetin' him 'an' makin'
"That's your idea, is it? Well, I supfrien's at once? Juist ye luik oot for
P080 I know enough to teachyou for proveedences, ladd e, an' proveedencese
wull come till ye." a
"But he is no coming next year,
mamrnie, when yclu may need him
more." •
" Then the good Gpdwu1i send some
ither help, lad; I ha- lived oor-lang on
God's bounty to doot'f it the noo:
But with the close of winter Aggie
grew very feeble. One day she . called
Quentin to her.
"My bairn, ye wall no leeve - the
daddie sae lang as he bides in this
Wan ?" she said.
" No, Marnmie, nor you, either.".
" Hech, halm ! I'm leavin' you,"taaid
Aggie, "Ye ha' been a 'guid lad an' a
main comfort to me; an' even whiles I -
am gotten into yon Rude Ian', an' ha'
aboot me my ain bairns that went awa'
fro' me, I na doot I sail be happier When
I see yer face comin' in. Dinna forget,
Quentin, ye are a child o' the good God
an' ha' been cast upo' h"ain fro yer in-
fancy. Walk worthy e'the family o'
yer Faither in heaven. My suld een
tak' little licht, an' my lugs* are heavy
o' hearina I'm weary o' this warl''lad,
but full soon will open on my sicht the
glory o' that city o' pearl an geld, an'
I sail hear the soun' o' harpers harpin'
wi! their harps, an' sall ._be n weary,
syne I hae entered the presenc o' my
God." , • •
It was on a stormy March evening
that Aggie " Went awe'. '
" Ilech, Sandy !" she said to her hus-
, band ; "an' ye could see things that I
see the noo ! I hae gotten the baienies
a' back ;"-and poor, old Sandy's Rome
was left unto him desolate. '
Archie Dee, Quentin's foster -brother,
took a twenty miles' walk over the wet
moorlands and through the dripping low
trees of Taafe Forest to call the minis -
to bury his faithful parishioner.
were prayer, psalm, scripture and an id -
dress; .then Sandy in broken tones
thanked hie friends for their Resistance,
and homeward wound' the inhabitants of
Kill Eda, Sandy closing the procession
and moving but feebly, for now indeed
"the light of his iife had gone out."
A few days after, Sandy called to
him Dunnan Mohr, and, giving him part
of his little store of money, said;
"It is to bury me respectable beside
Aggie. The boy gets all I leave."
This was the deist will and testament
of Sandy Graham. Re went from his
door no more. Quentin it was who now
taught the few children that came; but
spring grew on apaoe, and all were busy
with other things.
Quentin . had no more walks over the
hills and phrough the glens, but he did
his shareof toil along the shore, and
came in from his labors freih and glow-
ing to hearten up his daddie with scraps
of news: "The boats had brought in
so many saurnont, or cod, or ling ;"
• " Duncan had taken so many lobsters ;"
"There was anither bairn at Duncan's,"
"Ally Dee's eldest married lad had twa
wee bairnies come, as like as twa ha'-
pennies ;" "Au' did ane, ever hear the
like ! (Jamie McGillie was married at
last. He marriet Hirpliu* Maggie, wha
drove the fish -cart here syne. Ye micht
guess it was na ony but a camstairy+
woman wad marry sic a skellama. as
Jamie McGillie."
In fact, Jamie having for soma. years
quarrelled over his trading with Mag-
gie, the fish -wife, a widow older than
himself, the belligerents mutually came
to an understanding, and, with respect
for each other's prowess in -the field of
wordy strife, joined forces.
Quentin disapproved of them both ;.
he averred to Sandy,
"Before a month's ooti she'll outcast
with every ane in- Kill Eda. She is a
hirplin' jaude. Her duddies § isna fit
for ony clean Christian; she hasona ony
geer, an' her tongue is as lang as a
saunkont."
"Whist 1" said Sandy ; "gif she hir-
_ p$s, it is that ane leg is na' sae lang as
the ither,-an' it's -no weel for ye to scorn
ony areature ot the guid God.
"I'm no scornin her," said Quentin
sturdy, "bat she disnaluik to me as if
the quid Lord had much to do wi' the
makin' o' her."
"And what kind of a house is it?"
"It's clean, an' she mak's braw
scones," said Quentin.
'They marched on.
" Do you ken everything ?" asked the
boy,
"By no means; I know very little."
Quentin stopped short in dismay ;
ti. N2 he recovered himself:
"Ony way, ye maun ken mair nor I
many years before I tell you. t all I
know.'
" That's braw," said Quentin. "Do
ye ken hoo mony miles it is to Lunnon,
an' hoo far awe.' the stars are, and hoo
big is the sun, an' hoo large rouh' is the
earth, an' why, gif it is hot in the mid:
dle o't, it gets colder the deeper»d900 I
dig? Can ye tell me why the leakes drap
fro the trees at the h'int 0' hairst,* an'
where the birdies fly at the wa'-gang,±
an' what they mak' o' kelp? Ah' can
ye read prent that has oor letters, but
none o' oor words, an' is all aboot plc-
' tures o' crabbies an' na doot explains
their behavin,' an'-"
"Upon my life !" said the stranger,
laughing; I fancy you have got hold
ef some French work on crustaceans."
Quentin stopped short :
"Ye dinna speak like me nor daddie,
nor nane o' us; I canna unnerstan,' all
yer words. lut I wull iinnerstan' it,
an'_I wulI learn to speak/like you, sin.
ye are learned."
"Are all the other youngsters:hereof
your stamp? I mean like you?",
Na," said Quentin, with a little
, tosi; ," they're nane o' 'em like me.
They hae red pows and freckies, an'
they love the sea an' I canna bide it."
"And what makes the difference ?"
" Ifech, sirs! it's na doot because I
dinha belong to them. I'm a child of
the good God ad' came floatin' in on a
bit wreck, an' daddie add rnammie
reared me."
"OhlWell, as you do not belong
here, you can go off some day into the
world and learn all you want to
know."
" Eh ? That sound& fine, but it canna
be done. Ye see the daddie an' mam-
mie burned kelp for me when I was wee,
and I maun stay an' burn kelp for them
when they are auid. But I'll learn all I
can whiles."
REAL ESTATE FOR $
AiaE.
UILDING LOTS FOR SALE. -The under-
signed has a number of fine building Lots
on Goderich and Jame/4 Streets for _sale, at law
prices. For particulars apply to D. D. WILSON
908
I1
OR SALE, -House with about four or five
J2 lots suitable for building. House contains
three rooms up stairs, three rooms, kitchen and
cellar downstairs. A corner lot well filled with
fruit trees of every kind and has a good well
and stable. Situated one street west of the
Public Sdhool on West Street Terms to su
purchaser, WM. WHITESIDE, Seaforth.
1110
• * *
was May. The gorse bloomed like
flecks of sunshine along the moors; the
blue harebells swayed in the wind on
every rise. The days were long, the
air was balmy, the light lay softly across
the sea, the birds called through the
glens. There was a stir of Waking life
and- joy in all the world, and heartily
borne upon the breeze came the songtsf
a happy young sailor out on a holielay
and going to see his sweetheart. Be-
tween the verses of his lay there'drifted-
to his ear a sound out of harmony with
the world and his own jocund spirit -a
sound of passionate anguish and despair.
It crept out from behind a furze -bush
and quivered on the morning freshness.
The sailor was Noel Mohr, now twen-
ty-four years old, for two years a mate
on a coast -trader between , Dornoch
Firth and Hull; he was coming home
now for a short visit to Ally Dee's eld-
est girl, to whom he was betrothed.
When he heard those lamentable eobs
and wails, he set himself to trace them
to their source, and discovering the
right furzobush, lo! a boy laid under it
on the heather, face downward, and
'giving himself to despair. Noel, step-
ping up lightly, took the mourner in
his vigorous grip, turned him over, and
there was the very bairn he had res-
emed from the Zwei Guelden-Quentin
Graham.
"Hoot, hoot !" cried Noel : " this is
no Quentin ? Why, lad, what is wrang
wi' ye? Has audit happened to your
rnammie ?"
" Mane m ieilTelead
a fresh outburst.
" Hech, sirs 1 I'm wae to hear that.
But we all maun dee, and Aggie was
auld.• Ye mon agree to God's wull, an'
bear up bravely for sak' o' yer dad -
die."
"She is dead lang syne," moaned
Quentin, "an' daddie is gene awe,' too.
l'm atone; I hae naebody. I wish I
were deed? We carried daddie to the
yard yestre'en--;"
" Losh !" cried Noel, aitting down and
putting his arm about Quentin ; "this
-is heavy news. I'm like. to -greet wi'
ye, lad. An' what is to become o' you?"
Ciuentin joyfully marched the strang-
er home' and opening the half door, an-
nouncedto Aggie
"Here's the man fro' heaven wi' the
bias*: he wants his supper, and I'm
his gilliet." He had, not seen the books,
but his faith divined that they were on
.the donke0 back.
Aggie had Scotch hospitality. She
took from her chest a fine white towel
and spread it on one end of the table;
he stirred up the coals in the fireplace
and laid a slice of salmon to broil 7 she
brought forth . a goodly heap of oat-
cakes. •
Within two hours the stranger, aided
by Sandy and Quentin, had set up a
little shelter -tent behind the cahin open-
ed a folding camp -bed, placed in Aggie's
corner cupboard a small store of canned
*Atatitran, end of the harvest. Migration.
RESIDENCE FOR SALE. -For Bale cheap,
the residence on North Main sale,
at
present occupied by the undersigned. Besides
the house there is a good driving barn and
stabling sufficient for a dairy, also eight acres of
choice land very suitribleifor market gardening.
The land is well plantedl with largo and small
fruit trees and the property is one of the moat
pleasantly situated in the town. APply to R.
COMMON, Seaforth. 1126tf
FARM FOR SALE. -For sale, part of Lots 29
and 30, Concession 1, McKillop, containing
60 acres all cleared, well fenced and ,in good
state of cultivation. Buildings fair. There is a
good orchard and plenty of Water. This farm is
within two lots of the corporation of Seaforth.
It will be sold cheap and on easy terms. Apply
on the premises or to Seaforth P. 0. DAVID
DORRENCE, Proprietor. 1135tf
FARM FOR S.L.-For sale, the east half of
Lot 5, Concession 7, Tuokersmith, con-
taining 56 acres, about 25 cleared and seeded' to
grass. The balance has on it valuable timber,
mostlag black ash. and elm. There is plenty of
water. No buildings. Will be sold cheap and
on easy terme. Apply to WM. SPROAT, Sea -
forth. 1134tf
FARM FOR SALE. -The subscriber offers for
sale his farm, being Lot No. 11, Comes-
' sion 13, East Wawe.nosh, containing fifty acres
more or less, situated two and a half miles from
Wingham, all cleared and under a state of good
cultivation, well fenced and Watered. On the
premises are a good house and bank barn with
outbuildings and two good orchards. For par-
ticulars apply to the owner, THOMAS K. LINK -
LATER, Wingham, Ont. 1141
Part of the hull of a wrecked ship
proeided boards for Aggie'e coffin ; over
this a black pall was thrown, and her
neighbors carried the mother of Kill
Ede to her burial and made great la-
ment tion over her. A coarse mist fell
and enetrated like rain as over the
sodden up -land the fisher -people made
their *ay. Sandy walked first. A long
weed floated from his " bonnet," and,
resting his hand on Quentin's shoulder,
the heartbroken patriarehtottered along.
Behind him the mew of the hamlet took
turns in carrying the bier, while the
women and children closecLup the hum-
ble procession. Wildly over the moor-
land and under the leaden sky sounded
the voice of their burial -psalms, and
the distant surging of the sea along- the
"red rocks undertoned the fitful rise
and fall of the music. At the grave-
yard the minister met them, and there
'Ears.
"Ay," said Quentin, scarcely able to
speak for anguish; " what ? Itka family
at Kill Eda has mair bairns hnd cal -
!ants than they can keep -all but Jamie
McGillie, the dour loon ! an' he said he
wad tak' me an' keep me till I were
grown, an' they are ge.un to gie me
to him. Oh, wae'stre wae's nee I"
" T. Jamie Mc6,,
" Theyt mun be
Jamie has nae ari
Hie !" cried Noel.
fey. t Why, mon,
to mend his ain
EIARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE. -For sale
„U cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield
Road, Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which 62
acres are cleared and in a good state ,of cultiva-
tion. The balanee is well timbered with hard-
wood. There are _good buildings, a bearing
orchard and plenty of water. It is within half a
mile of tr Village of Varna and three miles
from Bru efield station. Possession at any
time. This is a rare chance to buy a first class
farm pleasantly situated. Apply to ARTHUR
FORBES, Seaforth. 1144tf
FARM FOR SALE. -Undersigned e offer fo
sale the farm of 100 acres, being lot 30,
llth conceesion of Hullett, belonging to the
estate of the late Richard Cole. On the place
there is a frail e house good baro, stables &c.,
paling bearing orchard of one acre and first-
class wells. Situated about one mile west of
LondesbOro. About ninety acres cleared and in
good state of cultivation, Possession lst of
April. Apply on the premises or to either of
the Executors. JOHN COLE, Belgrave ; H.
RADFORD, Londesboro. 1139t1
FARM FOR SALE. -Farm for sale in the
township of McKillop, being lot 13, conces-
sion 5, containing ohe hundred acres, with
eighty acres cleared and in a high state of culti-
vation the remainder is good hardwood
bush. There is a good house, good frame barn
and frame stables and a spring creek on the
place. It is well feneed, within half a mile of
post office and store and five and three-quarter
miles from Seaforth For further particulars
apply to THOS. STEPIIENS, Queen's hotel,
Sealorth. 113941
MURAL FOR SALE. -For sale, the west half
..12, of Lot 28, Concession 12, McKillop, con-
taining 50 acres, of which 46 acres are cleared,
free from stumps, well -fenced, under -drained
and in a good /state of cultivation. There is a
good frame house, barn and stable and a good
bearing orchard. There ire two never failing
wells. There is no waste land and the bush is
hardwood and unculled. It to within half -a
mile of school and is convenient to Post Office,
churches, markets, &c. Applyon the premises
or to Leadbury P. 0. SAMUEL GETTY.
1129tf
rlIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE. -Being Lot
X 10, in the 0 Concession of Turnberry, and
Lot 10, in the A Concession of Howick ; the
gravel road runs between them. The two con-
tain 148 acres, oi which 125 acres are cleared and
in a fit state for 6, binder to run. The farms are
situate on the gravel road between'. Wroxeter
ane 13chnore-three miles from Wroxeter, and
2i miles from Belmore. There is a school house
on the corner of the land, and churches con-
venient Apply to A. CHRYSLER cn the prem-
ises, or to J. COWAN, Wroxeter. ,_,;saatisala
;breeks,- let alane anither's."
' 3
" Ile's married, whiles, to the warst
auld wife ever I set een upon," said
Quentin. "1 ken all aboot. it. They
'lute nae gear, an' Jamie's hoose.is na,
.1hoose, but a wreck, an' they twa want
to come to Daddie's hoose • au' use a'
-daddie's things. I saw at the berryin'
hoo Hirplitf Maggie was fingerin' an'
feelin' a' the bedclaes an' bit things o'
my mammie. , They'll use the things,
,they say, an' tak' tent o' me. I ken hoo
!it•veull be! A' dirt an' rage an' fechtin'
:day in ant day oot., I camel abide it. I
winna !"
"1 wadna'in yer place," said Noel ;
"he's na' fit for ye to to bide wi,. I'll
tell yee-Quentin : ye sail coom" awa' wi'
me, an' I'll gie ye a place as cabin -boy
On our brig, an' they sall no pit too
much upo' ye." ,
"But, Noel," said Quentin, earnestly,
"that wad be to go to sea. I can-
na 'bide the sea. I'm no sick an' I'm
no afraid, but it fills me fu' o' a horror,
o' great darkness sic as Job tells o' in
the Buik. An' I could go in the boats
sailin' an' &bin', I micht wi' some ither
ane than Jamie, but I hate the
sea as bad as I hate Jamie; that's the
truth o't. They a' say la must be
a" gawk to fear the sea an',
there's nane ither way the wart'
for a mon toanake a ; but I din -
nit believe that. The good God must
have made men for ane plate an' for an-
ither, juist as, he made fish for the sea
an' the birds for tile air an' the rabbits
for the moorside ; an' there's some men
tike the gulls that can live on sea or
land.or air." ,
"It may be sae," said Noel, shaking
his head, "but to my min'the land is
far mair unchancy nor the sea."
I canna 'bide the sea," said Quentin,
*Limping. tUgly. SScamp. §Clothes. IlIdiotic.
(Continued on third page.)
ARM FQR-SAI,E.-Or Exchange for More
--Land.,-713eing North half of Lot 25, Conces-
sion 2, Hay, containing 60 acres, 45 cleared and
in a good state of cultivation and well under -
drained, log house with frame faidition, grain
barn, horse barn, drive house, and pig pen,
frame, two good wells and good bearing
orchard. Two miles from either Hensall or
Kippen. School on next lot. Good gravel
roads in all directions. No reasonable offer re-
fused as the property must be sold. For terms
and further particulars, call or address B. S.
PHILLIPS, Hensall, 1120
VALUABLE PROPERTIES FOR SALE.-
For sale cheap, the following very desir-
able properties in the Village of Egmondville,
viz.: A brick house with large stable and half
acre of land on Main street; a frame house and
stable and quarter acre land on Bayfield street
and a good frame' house ,and quarter acre of
land on Mill street. These are all desirable
properties, well Iodated and suitable for retired
farmers or others desiring a quiet comfortable
home. Apply to CHARLES WORTH & BROWN.
ELL, Seater -tit, or to L. 0. VANEGAIOND,
Egmondville. 1141tf
_DECEMBER 20,`1889,
UNCAN & DUNCAN,
Montreal. House,
FARM FOR SALE. -For sale, the south half
:of Lot 23, Concession 6, Morris, co/staining
100 acres, about 90 of which are cleared, well
fenced, about 70 free from stumps and well
underdrained. The balance is well timbered
with hardwood. The cleared part is nearly all
seeded to gram. There is a frame house and
fratue barn, also a small orchard. This is one of
the best farms in the township and has no
broken or bad land on it, and is good for either
grain or stock and will be sold cheap. It is
within three Miles of Druesels and within a
quarter of a mile of a school. Apply ou the
premises or to Brussels P. 0. WM. or JOHN
ROBB, Jr. 1144tf
4.
Seaforth.
A BIG PITSII.
Yes, that's just what Messrs. Duncan & DunCan are doing .ta They
are making a big effort to place the most of their large stock in the
country before the first of January. The mild seamon caught us with
TOO MUCH STUFF, AND WE DON'T WANT IT. Stock-
taking comes soon, the goods must go. We don't wait till February
this time before stat ting our sale. IT BEGINS NOW, and anything
required in
Dry Goods Clothing or [Millinery,
May be had in our double store at almost you -R OWN PRICES.
Remember,' OTTR STOOK IS NEW AND FRESH, and still well
assorted in every department.. Beautiful Dress Goods, with latest
trimmings to match. Stylish Millinery, Splendid Linens Flannels and
Blankets. Furs of all kinds secured early in the year from the best
houses in the Dominion. Scotch and English ,Tweeds, British and
French Worsted Coatings. A splendid lot of; Fine Troviserings. Over.
oatings in all kinds of niaterial. Men's Underwear in great quantity,
from 25c to $3 a piece. A new lot of Boys' and Men's Reaclymade
Overcoats just received.; these also j into the sale. Gents' Clothing
,piade to order on the premises by our -own tailors in the best of style
and workmanship..
Conie early and often during December, and secure some plunder.
No reserve. Everything in both store's goes into this Gigantic Clearing
Sale.
Duncan & Duncan, I,Seaforth
FARM FoR SALE. -Containing 119 acres,
being parts of Lots 1 and 2, on the 8th -
concession of Morris, 100 acres cleared and 5
acres chopped./ The balance good hardwood
bush, fairly fenced and well underdrained, good
frame house and kitchen with woodshed
attached. two frame bents and frame stable,
good orchard and three Wells and a soft water
cistern. Within two mites of Blyth, - where
there is a good market for -all kinds of produce,
school within five minuteslwalk from the house.
Would take fifty acres Hi part pay. This is a
first class farm and parties Wishing to buy
would do well to call and see it. Apply on the
premises or address Blyth Post Office. NICH-
OLAS CUMING. 1139t1
FARMS IN ,TUCKERSMITH AND STAN-
LEY FOR SALE. -For sale, Lot 21, Con-
cession 2, L. R. S., Tuckersmith, containing
100 acres, of which- 85 acres are Cleared, free
from stumps, all underdrained, well fenced and
in a high state of cultivation. The balance is
well timbered with hardwood. There is a good
brick residence containing all the latest im-
provements and conveniences, a good barn,
stables, driving house, sheds and dther out-
buildings all in good repair. There are three
acres of orchard and garden containing all
kinds of large and email fruit trees and the
whole term is surrounded- by maple and other
shade Lees. It is close to school and is con-
venient to luarkets, railways, churches,etc.,
and good gravel roads leading in every direction.
There are three never failing wells. This is one
of the best farms in Huron and will be sold
cheap as the proprietor desires to remove to
Manitoba where he has purchased more land.
Apply on the premises or address Brucefield
P. 0. GEORGE PLEWES.
He alsocffers for sale for the same 'reason his
farm in the Township of Stanley, being Lot 12,
Concession 5, Stanley, containing 100 acres,
about 76 acres cleared, free from stumps and in
a state of good cultivation the balance -well
timbered. There is a comforiable frame house,
frame barn and driving house- and stables.
There is a good orchard and plenty of water.
It is within three miles of Varna and con-
'veniently situated for marketa. Apply on Ole
premises -or to either of the undersigned. Will,
T. PLEWES, Varna P. 0.; GEORGE PLEWES,
Brucefield. 1127tf
TIT
AS GUESSING SALE
AT
M. R. 0oubter,
SEAFORTH.
HURRAH
FOR THE -
1 -10L I DAYS.
AR'S DRUG STORE,
SMA_PIORTI-1,
IS 13001VIIINTG-,
Right now we are ready for business
ewith an immense assortin nt of
4.
Christmas Gifts.
The new, the novel and the beautiful
are all alike included in our splendid.
line of
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
-
We are offering purchasers a beautiful 1ii of goods in Plush and
Pocket Books, Pipes, Vases, Dolls, Albums, ,Wpr...3/4---D&6S.,-*Wilizig'
Desks and Folios, Cups and Saucerp„Nopk&C. It is a pleasure to buy
when you can see such aAtifefi selection as we are Showing, aid then
remeuller ItAileta guess on the jar .of beans with every- fifty cents
worth of goodt you buy. We have lovely presents suitable for every
class of Customers. Come and see f them..
I.V. FEAR, DRUGGIST; SEAFORT
DIAMONDS,
SILVERWARE,
PLUSH and
FANCY GOODS,
ALBUMS, PIPES,
SPECTACLES,
NOVELTIES, &c.
We offer a great variety of appropriate
presents for Ladies, G-entlemen and
Children. We cansupply a suitable
gift for old or young at any sum you de-
sire to expend. Our elegant holiday
steck is a popular stock in all respects,
selected to meet all requirements.
We are glad to welcome visitors,
pleased to show our goods, and ready
to make close prices to all buyers.
W. R. Counter,
MANAGER.
REAL ESTATE
z
PI CD R $.&LEL
The proprietor having retired from business
offers Lot 14 and west half 13, Concession 16,
Logan, With 190 acres cleared and in a -good
state of cultivation, good house, bank barn with
new stabling underneath and all other necessary
buildings; saw mill in good. running order and
yard containing five acres of land in
Motaska, 9 'village lots in Monkton ; Lot 4,
ConcessidiVALEInia, 100 acres good timbered
land, Lot 29, -06%nession 17, Grey, 100 acres,
hardwood tinibered-Inok; Lot 35, ConcesOon'
17, Grey; 20 acres cleared,s-bal_ance KoodThard
and ;soft wood land, Lots 34 an -25, COcession •
18, Grey, 80 acres cleared, balance in good tim-
ber land, houses and barn with all the necessary
buildings, saw mill and machinery on the south
east corner of Lot 35 will be sold with or with-
out the land to suit purchasers; one and a
half acrae at Mitchell station, G. T. R.,being
h part of park lot No. 4, Canada Company's
Saisve-y, Mitchell., Full particulars eau be
ascertained by applying to Andrew Erskine,
Monkton, or to Robert Meehan, Carmunnock.
1143-3 WAI. MACHAN, Proprietor.
ELEVEN BEAUTIFUL PRESENTS FOR THE
NEAREST ELEVEN GUESSES.
BOOTS ANIY SHOE
WINTER OF 1889-90.
ROBT. WILLIS, SEAFORTH.
Naturally one desires to be comfortable and warm in the winter
time, and it is, therefore, essential your feet should be kept warm. We
have the requirements, ranging from Felt Slippers for the children to
the largest sizes of Felt Boots for the men.
For the Ladies -we have Felt Slippers of different akes, Felt
Lm
aced Boots, Pelt Gaiters, Felt Button Boots, in fact everythi g in the
way of warmth and comfort.
For Gentlemen -we have Felt Laced Boots, Felt Gaiters, and
leather goods with felt and flannel linings.
For the Farmers -The heavy Dutch Sock and the Kniti ed Sock,
and heavy Gum Rubbers in different makes, and a good line of FELT
•BOOTS, which we are selling cheap.
We invite everybody to come along, and we shall do our utmost
to please you in the way of Boots and Shoes.
OVERSHOES.
The Canadian Overshoes in all kinds, and full stock kept on hand
all winter; besides which we have the' American " Lycoming " brand
in stock.
.rr A CALL SOLICITED.'41
••
R. WILLIS No 1 Cady's Block, Seaforth.
Allan, White Star and Inman
United States &Royal Mail
AtlAntio Steamships.
Cabins, $50 to *100: Return, $100 to $200.
Intermediate, $30, return $60. Steerage, 120,
return $40. All classes of passage to and from
all pointa in Great Britiain to any point in
Canada. If you are sending for your friends do
not fail to secure one of our prepaid tickets
clear through and avoid all trouble.
Canadian Pacific Railway and Steamship
Ticketa to all polnts. Special rates to Manitoba
and Pacific Coast points. Through sleepers
secured free. Best connection to all points in
the United States, Australia and China. Head
agency for the beet stock and mutual insurance
companies. Money loaned on all classes of
security at lowest rates of interest. No trouble
to give information. Real estate and Insurance
Office -MARKET ST. Tloket, Steamboat and'
Telegraph Office. -MAIN ST.
A. STRONG, "The" Agent,
SEAFORTH.
• 1109
Valuable Property for Sale
-YIN THE -
VILLAGE OF BRUSSELS.
As the undersigned is retiring from businees
ha offers for sale the following valuable prop-
erties either whale -or in Iota to suit purchaser:
latNew brick store on Main street, opposite
Postoffice, with --plate glass front, cellar, and
dwelling above this store, will be /either rented
or sold. 2nd. Foundry and machine shop with
engine, shafting, lathe, drill, &m Evers -thing
i
complete and n exeellent running order, and
In connection a large planing mill and work
shop with saws, belte and all coniplete. Aleo
drying kiln and store house and a large stock of
seasoned limber. 3rd, Blacksmith shop and
too* all complete. The whole is eentrally
located in the thriving villagrs of Brussels, and
In connection there is two Atcres of land and
4 dwelling houses, all well tenhisted: The whole
will be sold a ithout reserve mithe most reason
able terms. Title, indieputable. For full par.
ticularecopply to
W. R. WILSON, Proprieter,
1129 Drawer 18, Brussels, Ont.
GODERICH
Steam Boiler Works.
(ESTABLISHED 1880.)
Chrystal & Black,
Manufacturers of all kinds of Station-
, ary, Marine, Upright& Tubular
BOILERS,
Salt Pans, Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iron
Works, etc.
Also dealers in Upright and Horizontal Slide -
Valve _Engines. Automatic Cut -Off Engines a
specialty. All Glue of pipe and pipe fittings
constantly on hand. Estimates furnished at
short sofift.
Works opposite G. T. R. Station, Goderiela.
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