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gowns,
GRAHAM'S LA.DIHE.
BY JULIA IteNATR WRIGHT.
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CHAPTER XIV. k
THE WORLD IN A FOG. l
(Continued frillIllast week.)
Quentin washappy—supremety happy.
The -weather during July and August
was unusually beautiful ; the skies were
almost without a - cloud. When the
heavens show a clear blue dome quiver-
ing with light, when. the earth is apiead
- with green,enameled with flowers, fieod:
ed with sunshine, diversified by soft
shadows of woodlands and musical 'With
the rush of streams and the song Of
birds; when butterflies hover over aeas
of scarlet poppies and bees are humMing
about bloom of clover, vetch and lay-
ender,—what can one ask better than to
be Out of doors from the first pink flush of
&two until the purple twilight sloWly
darken e into night? If anything can add
to the joy of summer weather suehl as
this, it is to be passing through scenes
where natural beauty is accented by as-
soCiationa with events of history or *itn
the beauties of poetry. Ritchie's mind
was well stored with historic fact and
with legends and bellads, and the 0°4
-
try through which they passed was
storied ground. Rhine of old castles,
abbeys, towers, streams,bridges, ancient
trees, wide fields,—all were subjectis of
brave tales; for here a battle had been
, fought, or: a hero died, or a martyr con-
secrated the sod with his blood, or a fu-
gitive king had hidden or had escaped
or been captured; beauty, sorrow, hero-
ism, ennobled every spot. The day lee -
gin with a tale and ended with a tale as
Quentin sat beside Ritchie on the trent
seat of the van and before them aleng
the road rolled the Rogers van with its
curtains painted in portraits of Alex-
ander the Great, or the "Baker Show "
bearing a great banner blazoned with
the "Fair Amazonian," or the " Penny
Theatre," from within which a violin
sounded and on the curtains of which
Were thrilling pictures of Lady Mac-
beth and King Lear. Ritchie's van of-
ten delayed at hamlets or farmhomesto
sell books and give Ritchie time to talk
a little to people whom he saw every
year on his route bat, to atone for these
delays, his lightly -loaded vehicle coUld
‘move faster than the rest; so at night
they were all together again and niade
two companies for 'nipper, Margery ated
the Fair Amasonion harmoniously coek-
ing bacon, eggs and beef while discuis•
ing new gowns for themselvea or the
wax -work.
,
. The only misery of this association
was that Baker's new black boy hacl a
terrible passionfor opium and small
gambling, and could at any time he
bribed with a sixpence by Alexander the
Great to bring him gin, while Alexander
the Great had a most singular faculty
for stealing shillings and sixpencese if
not from his own show, from some!of
the others; so, between his drinking
and filching, Marg ery was quite worn
out. and all the paint and powder she
..could twit on was needed to hide the
'traces bf tears and wrinkles on the goed
creature's face when she appeared in
giandeur as the Daughter of Anak.
Quentin made two other friends in
the show, a pair of twin -sisters, Or-
phans, named Peggy and Polly, who did
the heroines in the Penny Theatre, their
uncle being proprietor of this establish-
ment and offering the girls this as their
only way of support. They were hoin-
est, good-natured little girls, and ranch
under the protection of Ritchie aiad
Margery. Quentin had a natural sense
. of fitness, and it struck him as very
comical, althaugh he had never, read the
play, to see plump, rosy little Peggy
stalking about in . a long white gown
talking about the blood stains on ' her
stubby little hands ; but then as it
was a much abbreviated play, it may
have been proper to have a very ab-
breviated Lady Macbeth.
" Do you like the theatre ?" Quentin
had asked Peggy the evening after they
e were all packed up to leave Crown
Point. .
"Mercy no !" cried the twins, in a
breath. " Who would? Why, the idea
of having to hurry into those flimsy,
gaudy, horrid clothes four Or five times
a day, and walk about saying such nen-
sense, and fifty or so people staring at
us, and talking as bold as can be about
us! And then the stage is so weakly put
up we are always in terror lest it fell
down and break our legs and we shall
be left in hospital."
" I'm sure your gowns look very
aplendid," said Quentin.
"Oh !" cried the twins, who always
. spoke in chorus and always spoke of
themselves jointly, and neve in the
i
singular; "you don't know them ,8
well as we do. They're dirty,been worn
by ever so many people the last ten
years, and horrid cotton lace and thread-
bare velveteen and crinkled paper cam-
bric—not silk at all. And when We
played Mary Queen of Scots, we had to pat
on a cloak that belonged to Henry the
Eighth, because our gown split all down
the back; and if you will belieVe it;our
dress for Lady Macbeth has a hole in
botheelbows, and we have patched it,
and we are so afraid some boy will see
it and make fun. Why, once uncle
would not buy us shoes, and our toes
were right out. Fancy playing The
Duke's Heiress in shoes with the toes
out! And when we mentioned our for-
tunes and jewels in the play, some one
screamed out, 'Sell your diamonds and
buy a pair of shoes for four and -six.'
Wasn't that dreadful? We're always
made fun of."
" What do you think you w nld like
to do ?" asked Quentin.
"Oh, aew and keep house. Vc hope
to get sewing in London some time, so
we can have a room and support our -
seises& We like to knit and mend, aod
do anything nice and quiet—anything
but this theatre -work."
Quentin was told by Margery that
these girls mended, knit and sewed for
the show people every spare minute they
coeld find, and were hiding away a lit-
tle hoard to be able some time to furnish
that room in London and pay rent six
months in advance and set up for them-
selves as seamstresses. i
Quentin had bought Hood's poems,
for three pence, at an old -book stall,and
he read them "The Song of the Shirt."
He often spent an evening sitting on the
grass by the road side when the vans
drew up for the night, the girls sewing,
he reading to them their parts for the
next day if the play happened to be
new, or reading to them from the his-
tories which Ritchie gave him,or repeat-
ingthe wonders which Ritchie told hitn.
" We are very glad," said the twins,
"that Nicolas got you in place of the
India -Rubber Boy. He Wa.8 the worst
;
boy 1 Be would kiok over our work-
basket, or make hiaeous faces, or come
right before us and make all the dread.
ful twistings he did for the public. We
hated to see it; it made us sick. We
never like what pleases the public."'
The course,after leaving Crown'Point,
Glasgow, ley to Edinburgh, thenee to
Selkirk and to Jedburgh, where, on the
bankrof the Jed --one of the most beau-
tiful rivers of Scotland—the show was
set up, and.where Ritchie found tinie to
take .Polly, Peggy and Quentin to see
the town.Heshowed them the site of
the ancient eagle where Malcolm IV.
kept court, and where Queefi Jolande
fainted because a masker dressed as
Death came to her bridal ball. He
showed them the ruins of the abbey
built by the saintly King David, and
told them of -the wars that had surged
about its walls for seven hundred years.
Then he told them how the warlike
burghers held their own and cheered
their foes with the cry " Jeddart's
here !" hem their .chief weapon was
called " Jeddart's staff," and how cruel
Dunbar administered " Jeddart justicte"
by executing criminals first to save time,
and trying their cases afterward to save
appearances:
From Jedburgh moving southwest,
under the shadow of Cheviot Hills, they
finally crossed the river Liddel, and at
Longtown had left old Scotland and en-
tered England. Quentin felt a strange
awe and wonder when he found that,
crossing some invisible line of demarca-
tion, he had reached another country.
Thence to (jarlisle. Quentin was now
-accustomed to ' such marvels as solid
lines of stone pavement, mighty ranges
of stone and brick houses, water -works.
gas, railroads. They were three hun-
dred miles from London; by the time
they reached that epitome of the world,
experiences would no doubt have
changed the child of the desolate 'shore
to the shrewd son of cities. Kill Eda
seemed zones and ages away.
From Carlisle to Appleby -St. Law-
rence—a famous old town with a free
grammar school founded three hundred
years ago; and Quentin saw the six
scholarship lads walking out in black
gowns and flat black caps with crowns
like a bit of square board, the four cor-
ners decorated with red tassels and
pointing to the four quarters of heaven.
Very learned, dignified and admirable
beings they looked to him. Enamored
of their state,- he followed them
to the very door of their :school, forget
ful that he had six eggs for sup-
per in each pocket of his jacket, and
that a pat of fresh butter for Margery
was melting through the paper in his
hand. He watched these youngest sons
of Pallas into the arched and brick -
paved court, and he felt sure they had
gone into a glorious realm of black-
boards, hooks, chalk, globes, orreries,
maps, charts, cabinets, and, like Bunyan
peeping into -the gate of the Celestial
City, "wished himeelf among them."
These were harvest days for the show
people. They stopped at all the busy
villages, and it was a good year ;' the
crops were doing nobly, commerce was
brisk, the mills and the factories were
running at fair wages, and the people
had money to spend on "great moral
shows" stich as Nicolas advertised, and
came to see the giantesses and the
dwarfs, the Troubadour and the wax-
works; and sometimes Quentin heard
boys and girls envying him and saying
"he must have a jolly time," And then
other felks came to gaze and laugh, and
tossed their heads and curled their lip3,
and said, "i was all a very beggarly
affair," and theae were "only 'show-
people " and ' strolling -folk," and "no
dobt they were drunken and dishonest
and no better than gypsies ;" all of
which vials very bitter to Quentin,
especially when he knew that these al-
legations lay rightly against Alexander
and the black boy and the unele of
Polly and gy, and some of the
others. p
At Aldborough, on the Ouse, they
Stopped for a week, as there was a fair,
-and plenty of country -folk flocked to
the shows day after day. The thieving
of Alexander the Great had put every
one Gf the show -people on guard; they
knew by bitter experiences that they
must save their money for winter. Now
the dwarf found that he could not pilfer
money; all the cash was regularly se-
cured. He demanded more gin than he
was allowed; he would "rather die
than be without it," he said.
"To give it to you would be murder,"
asid Nicolas, " I'm moral: I could not
have your death on my conscience,
Alexander."
"1 have my rights; I'm a man,"
cried the dwarf.
"No one has a right to commit sui-
cide," said Nicolas. "And do you know
where you'd be if you were dead?
Ritchie says there will be a living for
ever and for ever."
Not for ire," said Alexander the
Great; "my body is too small and mis-
era,ble ever to rise, and my eon! is too
small to last for ever. It was all small
to begin with, and it has been
burnt up by gin. Gin has made
me what 1 am. I'm neither a man
nor a boy, nor a brute nor a human;
I'm only a dwarf? Give me ; if you
don't, I'll kill myself. And how can
you show off without a dwarf? There'll
always be somebody got tip as big as or
bigger than Margery, and your wax-
worke are all fading out and some of
their noses are knocked flet, and Queen
Victoria's beet eke has fallen out. What
would you do without me ?
The idea of his importance preyed on
Alexandrq and stirred him to revenge.
When supper was ready one night, they
found the dwarf missing. They all
started )in pursuit through the fair to
the green bank of the river; there he
went, far ahead, his butterfly cloak
gaudily lit by the sunset. He heard.
their shouts. His wavering unsteady
flight along the grass ended in uplifted
arms and a cry: he had flung himself
into the river: When they came up the
next instant, the gay cloak floated in
the water.
Quentin was ahead of all, and he
flung himself into the stream and struck
out for the cloak. The dwarf had
d,rifted near a little green isle, and,
finding himself afloat, had turned down
his face and gripped close the water -
weeds and rushes that grew in the
stream. So fast was his hold that Quen-
tin had much ado to wrench him away,
and it was a white limp, breathless
figure he handed up the bank to Nicolas
and Margery. They brought' him to
with rubbing and pouring brandy down
Ms throat; he had all the brandy he
wanted for once.
"Now," he said, "if you don't give
me enough to drink, I'll do it again. See
how'll you get' on without yurbeat
dwarf,"
That eveidiagNionlas went to have a
talk with Ritchie.:
"1 ani a man iiith 'w.nonscience, and
it Is giVing me no end of trouble. When
I see how miserable that little wretch
znakes,Margery, I feel it would be bet-
ter to havehiln dead, If I give him
gin as he wants,- he'll be dead in six
months, and I shall have connived at
his death.; and if I don't give him gin,
he will commit suicide; and if I drive
him to suicide that will connive at his
death. Now,I don't want hereafter to
throw it up to myself that I wished him
dead and helped it on." -
"Had you not better leave Margery
to deal with him as she likes ?"
" You see, she is so soft-hearted she
cannot fighthim; and if 'left him to her,
he'd be dead in three months, and per-
haps I would be glad of it. Dear, 'dear!
What a thing it is to have a conscience 1
And it's not the nature cif dwarfs to
live very long."
Well, the shows moved on to York
and acrosacountry to Bradford, and then
followed the railroad to Sheffield, where
Quentin saw no.end of I work in steel,
and where they were joined by a beast
show that had a real bear and hyena
and two monkeys; then by Matlock to
Nottingham, where were wonderful fac-
toriet and crowds of working -people to
waste money on shows, and where
Ritchie held many meetings; and then
through other busy towns to Bedford.
Oh joy for Quentin I here was born the
wonderful man who wrote the wonder-
ful dream. -Quentin could hardly sleep
for thinking of' hien and of the jail
where he was prisoner for twelve years,
and where he wrote the marvelous
book. On Sabbath he went to church
where Bunyan had preached ;. and when
he came out, he saw fifty " green -coat
boys of an endowed school all walking
in a row. Oh, a famous town was Bed-
ford, and there they staid for some
days, for the fair was the twelfth of
October.
The weather had now changed. The
season was late; the days were very
short, the mornings dark and cold; the
evenings were wet. There was no more
pleasant camping on grassy roadsides,
but all'day, in wind or fog or shower,
the vans, faded, mud bespattered, rent;
the horses rough and thin and weary
'from their long, long toils of over seven
months, creaked and ataggered slowly
toward winter quarters. ft was cold,
too, at night, sleeping ein the vans, with
the wind sweeping in, or the mist driv-
ing through the canvas. It was hard
to make -the little braziers burn out of
doors, and so it was hard to get cooking
done; and then it grew dark so very
early, and the candles or feeble little
lamps gave such dismal gleams of light!
Margery tried to keep up courage, and
asked Quentin and Ritchie and Peggy
and Polly into her van, and put up
something for a table with two lamps on
it, and she and the twins sewed, and
Quentin and Ritchie read by turns.
Margery sat on the foot of the bed ; the
twins were established on the box that
carried the wax heads; Nicolas made
himself as small as possible in a corner,
his chin on his knees. Thomas did not
care for reading, so he smoked with the
proprietor of the Penny Theatre in some
unknown quarter. Show life was rob-
bed now of all its glamour. The birds
were gone, the flowers, the sunshine, the
balmy. airs; nothing was left but cold
and darkness, weariness and wet
- And so on through Buckingham and
Hertford, and on, on to that great city,
heart of the British empire, pulse of
the world, lying like Rome with her
roade and her influence, visible and in-
visible, radiating over all the waters
and lands of the earth, Did Quentin
see it majestic, immense magnificent,
stretching before him? ltio • a curtain
of impenetrable mist had closed down
over everything. Out of these mobile,
indefinite, effaeing walls came cries and
roareand thunders, the crash and tu-
mult of a thronged city,and then shape-
less masses reared on either hand, and
giants moved in the mist, and he groped
along, part of a world lost in a fog.
CHAPTER XV.
THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT.
The show, shorn of alls its fair -time
glory, dirty, wet, ragged, entered Len-
der' by the Finchley road and wound
along north of Regent's Park, and then
south and east, until, late in the short
day, it stopped in Vinegar Line, in the
mesavory precincts of Sun Tavern Fields.
The few yards of dim view permitted
by the opacity of the fog showed a nar-
row,,uneven pavement, a gutter encum
bered with debris where dirty water
ran even with the pavement; tall
houses, dank, mouldy, sullenly dripping
from window -ledges aud door -lintels,
windows. grim with summer duet and
autumn mud spatterings, doors swung
open into cobwebbed halls, cellars,attics
and all the storeys between seething with
human life upon almost the lowest plane
of decency or comfort. Along the
walks crowded wan, lean, tattered, un-
tidy women and children—crowded,also
men and women mere ragged and
dirty still, with red eyes and 'puffed
facea and reeling steps, humans that
had been spending their all at the gin
palaces and reduced themselves far be-
low the level of beasts. Through the
fog could be heard from far and near
shrill voices complaining, quarreling,
gossiping, swearing.
Quentin felt as if he had fallen into
some segment of the wold of the lost.
He had never before seen a great city in
the winter. Glasgow, Edinburgh, York
—all the cities—had been in their sum-
mer cleanness, light, freshness, when he
visited them. And then, too, -the shows
always stopped in some green level of
the suburbs, and so the horrors of the
over crowded human lives, the great
cry of their discontent, had not reached
them. Even now he had no time to ap-
preciate it:when they stopped at No. 10
Vinegar Lane.
No. 10 was empty; it had been rented
by the show folk for five months, begin-
ning with the fixated November. Ritch-
ie s van led the way, and RItchie knew
his appointed placti—a little oom ten by
fifteen off the entry on th first floor,
with a window opening on the squalor.
of Vinegar Lane. To carry in all the
lading of Ritchie's van was short work;
then Ritchie told Quentin to lock him-
self into the room and begin to get it
in habitable order, while, he him-
self took away the Vitillend horses to
winter -quarters.
"When Nicolas comes, turnout and.
help him," said Ritchie; " onlY-te sure
and keep the door locked."
(Continued on 3r4 page.)
IllAVIEWATE FO SALE.'-
-DiVILDING LOTS F1011. 0 E.—The under.
YU signed has a number Of II e building Lots
on Goderich and James Streets ffor sale, at lew
prices. For particulars apply fel D. D. WILSON
908
•
1ZFOUSE AND LOTS FOR ALK—The sub-
scriber offers for sale t e house north of
the Eginondville manse, tog ther with three
acres of land, suitable fog building purposes.
On the front are a quantity of !young fruit trees
oommencing to bear. WM. EliLIOTT. 1116
M10R SALE, --House with bout four or five
X latsouitable for buildtng4 House contains
-three rooms up stairs, three r ems, kitchen and
cellar downsta rs. A corner llot well filled with
fruit trees of every kind and has a good well
and stable. Situated one street west of the
Public &shoo! on West Street Terms to su
purchaser. WM. WHITESIDE, Seaforth.
1110
IMARNI FOR SALE.--Eaat half of Lot 31, on
X the 7th concession onthe Mill Road, Tuck-
eremith, containing 58 acres, about 50. acres
cleared, frame barn 40x56 and a frame house.
it is within 2 miles of Seaforth, 3. of Bruce.
field and within a mile of a school. Apply on
the premises or to GORDON McADAM, Eg-
mondville P. 0. 1155tt
MIAMI FOR SALE.—For sale the north half of
.12 Lot 25, Concession 2, McKillop, one mile
from Seaforth, containing 50 acres, all cleared
and in a good etate of cultivation. There is a
good frame house, a new bank barn and two
good wells of water. it is one of the choicest
lots in the district aad will be sold_ cheap.
Apply on the premises or to Seaforth P. O.
SAMUEL CLUFF.
1157tf
MURK FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 31, don -
_11,2 cession 5, McKillop, containing 100 acres,
about 90 acres cleared and all in a good state of
cultivation. It is well underdrained and well
fenced. There is a good brick house and good
frame barns, stables, shedea&c. There is a
large bearing orchard and a never failing
spring well. It is situated within three miles
of Seaforth and will be sold cheap. Apply to
JOHN McCLURE, Porter's Hill P. 0. 1158tf
TIARM FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for
X ' sale his farm, being Lot No. 41, Conces-
sion 13, East Wawanosh, 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 geed house and bank barn with
outbuildings and two good orchards. For par-
ticulars apply to the owner, THOMAS K. LINK -
LATER, Wingham, Ont. 1141
-GUAM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale
J 2 cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Hayfield
Road, Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which 62
acres are cleared and in a good state of cultiva-
tion. The balance is well timbered with hard-
wood. There are good buildings, a bearing
orchard and plenty of water. it is within half a
mile of the Village of 'Varna and three miles
from Brucefleld station. PoSsession at any
time. This is a rare chance to buy a first class
farm pleasantly situated. Apply to ARTHUR
FORBES, Seaforth. 1144t1
-ILIARM FOR SALE—Undersigned offer fo
12 sale the farm of 100 ems, being lot 80,
llth concession of Hullett, belonging to the
estate of the late Richard Cole. On the place
there is a frame house, good barn, stables 8n3.,
young bearing orchard of ono acre and first-
class wells. Situated about ole mite- west of
Londesboro. About ninety acres cleared and in
good state of cultivation, Possession let of
April. Apply on the premises or to, either of
the Executors. JOHN COLE, Belgrave ; H.
RADFORD, Londesboro. 1139tf
VIIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE—Being Lot
x 10, in the C 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 scree are cleared and
in a fit state for a binder to run. 1 The farms are
situate on the gravel road bentween Wroxeter
ane Behnore—three miles fro Wroxeter, and
ss 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` 1101-tf
VARA' FOR SALE—For salt or to rent, Lot
26, Concession 4, Hay, contining 100 acres,
about 65 acres cleared, aln ost free from stumps
and in a good state of culti ation and well fenced.
The balance is well timbered. There is a never -
failing spring and fair buildings. It has all been
In grass for five years. It is it thin two miles
and a half from Hensall and the same distance
from Rippen and a good schohl is on the ad-
joining lot. For further partieulars apply to
the undersigned at Hensall P. 0. JAMES
BELL, Jr. 1 1141x21
WILL BUY IT. -For sale, Lot
- No. 3, Concession 7, Hullett, con-
tainiug 50 acres, all cleared, well fenced,
underdrained, free from stumpe, and in a high
state of cultivation. There is a good new frame
hduse, with stone cellar, a good fteme barn and
other outbuildings. There isr a good orchard
and two good wells. It is within half a mile of
Kinburn, where are stores, -schools,. churches,
shops, &c., and about six miles from Seaforth.
There are thirty acres plowed' and ready for
crop and five acres of good fall wheat. This is a
choice farm and is dirt cheap at the above
money. Terms of payment easy. Apply on the
premises or to Constance P.O. H. COLCLEUG H.
1154tf
$3,000
FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 12, conces-
sion 4, H. R. S., Tuckersinith, containing
100 wires, 85 cleared, 63 seeded to grass, 8
sown to fall wheat. The farm is well -fenced,
well underechained and well watered by a
never failing spring which tuns through pipes
into a trough. There is a brick house and
kitchen, frame barn, stable and driving shed.
Good orchard. The farm IS situated within
two and a half miles 'of Seaforth, with good
gravel roads leading in all directions. Will be
sold On easy terms. For ftirther particulars
apply on the premises or to JOHN PRENDER-
GAST, Seaforth P. 0„ Ont. 1136tf
UMW FOR SALE—For sale, the south half
of Lot 23, Concession 6. ilorris, containing
100 acres, about 90 of which are cleared, well
fenced. about 70 free from stumps and well
undardiained. The balance is well timbered
witetoardwood. The cleared !part is nearly all
seedee 'to grass. There is al frame house and
rraniteuarn, also a small orchard. This is one of
the nest 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 Brussels and within a
quarter of a mile of a school. Apply on the
premises or to Brussels P. 0. WH. or JOHN
ROBB, Jr. 1144t1
MIARM FOR SALE.—Containing 119 acres,
12 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 barns and frame stable,
good orchard and three wells and a soft water
cistern. Within two miles of Blyth, where
there is a good market for all kinds of produce,
school within five minutes' walk from the house.
Would take fifty acres in part pay. This is a
first class farm and parties wishing to buy
would do well to call and see it. Apply on the
pee -tenses er address Blyth Poet Office. NICH-
OLAS CUldING. 113etf
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ARMS IN TUCKERSMITH AND STAN-
LEY FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 21, (Jon-
cessioo 2, L. R. S.'Tuckeremith, containing
100 acres, of which 85 acres are cleared, free
from stumps, all underdrained,well fenced and
in a high state of cultivatione 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 other out-
buildings all in good repair. There are three
acres of orchard and garden containing all
kinds of large and ?mall fruit trees and the
whole farm is surrounded by maple and other
shade trees. It is close to school and is con-
venient to markets, 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 also offers for sale for the Ram e reason his
farm in the Township of Stanley, being Lot 12,
Conceseion 5, Stanley, containing 100 acres,
about 76 acres cleared, free frein stumps and in
a state of gOod cultivation, the balance well
timbered There is a comfortable frame house,
frame barn and drivinr hops° and stables.
There is a good orchard and plenty of water.
It is within three miles of 'Varna and con-
veniently situated for markets. Apply on the
premises or to either of the undersign -ed. WM.
T: PLEWES, Varna P. O.; GEORGE PLEWES,
Brucifield. 1127tf
Lumsden & Wilson, Seaforth, One
tario,
Dear Sirs :Please #nd enclosed
$1, for which send me two bottles of
Royal Glyeerated Balsam of Fir by
return mail or express, and oblige,
JOHN PEFTERS, Strongville, Chippe-
wa County, Michigan.
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Dear Sirs: It is now about four
years since I first tried your BSISAIII
of Fir, and I have never since been
without it in the house. In the
worst attack of cold I ever remember
having, it gave relief at once, and
with the children we always find it
the best and safest remedy. H. L.
PEINE, Zurich.
GLYCERATED BALSAM
1-1
THE GREAT COUGH REMEDY,
Messrs. Lumsden & Wilson, Sea -
forth : `\
Gentlemen: Your Cough medi-
cine, Glycerated Balsam of Fir, sells
well with me; the longer I have it
the more I think of it. I know it to
be good, and can always reccommend
it with confidence. WM. NEAL, mer-
chant, Walton.
Gentlemen: 1 -have sold your Bal-
sam of Fir, and find it pleases my
customers well. I have also used it
in my family, and find it an excellent
cough medicine. Wm. M. SMITH,
Merchant, Walton.
Gentlemen: I can assure you that
your Balsam of Fir has given the
very best satisfaction! to me. I have
sold more of it than any other cough
medicine I ever had, and never had
anything please my customers so
well S. M.climBiN, Merchant, Lead-
, bury.
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THE OBSTINATE COUGH
This is to certify I have handled
Lumaden 8t Wilson's Balsam of Fir.
It has given good satisfaction. I
find my austomers will not do with-
out it now. A. GOVENLOCK, Mer-
chant, Winthrop.
East Avenue, Hamilton, Nov. 6,'89
Messrs. Lumsden & Wilson, Sea -
forth, Ont.
Gentlemen.—Some time ago I re-
ceived a bottle of your Royal Glycer-
ated Balsam of Fir, and found it in-
valuable in removing a case of severe
cold with which my 4aughter was
then afflicted. I shall only be too
happy to red,ommend WO others and
intend to keep it in the house. I
enclose $1 for two bottles, which
please send at your earliest conven-
ience. J. BLACK.
Winnipe.e, Nov. 7, '89.
Messrs. Lumsden &
We have handled your Balsam of
Fir for a few years.pikst and with the
greatest satisfaction to us from the
fact that it has given universal sat-
isfaction to our customers. We
could have sent you hundreds of tes-
timonials had. we kept a record of
them. We class it as the best article
ID the market for the purpose.
A. W. BLEASDELL & Co.
FOLLOWS LA GRIPPE."
n Saturday, February, 1st
We Commence Stock -Taking. ,
During Stock -taking we continue the slaughter of all Winter
Goods at rock bottom cost. The following lines and quantities still
remain in stock i and are now offered for the benefit of buyers as above.
Five Ladies' Fur Coats, three Men's Fur Coats; Two Goat Robes,
65 Gents' and Ladies' Persian Lamb, Astrachan Dog, Beaver, and
Cooney Fur Caps; 225 Imitation and other lines Winter Caps; 156
Men's, Youths' and Boys' Overcoats; 700 yards Ulstering and Jacket
Cloths ; 75 Readymade 1J1stcrs and Short Jackets; 45 Velvet band
Cloth Shawls; 65 Knitted Shawls and a large variety of Knitted
Goods; 350 Suits of Men's and Boys' Underclothing; 60 LaClies
Skirts ; 2,000 yards of Winter Dress Goods; large quantities of Wool
Hosiery, and numerous other lines of Winter Goods, the whole of
which we offer at WHOLESALE COST.
We continue to give special prices 'throughout the whole balance
of stock. TERMS AT CLEARING PRICES—CASH.
WM. PICKARD,
Corner Main and Market streets, Seaforth.
Important Announcement
BRIGHT3731-C;THERS,
SM,.A.FORTOEIC,
The Leading Clothiers of Huron,
Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and surrounding country, that
they have added t? their large ordered clothing trade one of the
Most Complete and best selected stocks of Boys',
Youths' and Men's Readymade Clothing
--IN THE COUNTY.
Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade.
Remember the Old_ Stand, Campbell's Block, opposite the Royal
Hotel, Seaforth.
BRIGHT BROTHERS.
McKillop Directory for 1890. SOUTH-WESTERN
JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin P. 0.
JOHN ,MORRISON, Deputy Reeve, Ward 3,
Winthrop.
DANIEL MANLEY,Councillor,Ward 1, Beech-
wood.
JAMES EVANS, Councillor, Ward 2, Beech-
wood.
CHARLES DODDS, Councillor, Ward 4, Sea.
forth
JOHN C. MORRISON, Clerk, Winthrop.
SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Win-
throp.
ROBERT G. ROSS, Assessor, Winthrop.
ADAM HAYS, Collector, Seaforth.
1154
MINNESOTA
Offers to settlers many advantages and
no disadvantages over other places
in the West.
Magnificent Tillage Land
Similar to that about Seaforth still to be had at
reasonable prices and easy payments. For
particulars write or call die
NEIL CURRIE, Carrie, Minn.
1157-12
FEBRUARY
80 1890.
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The Universal :Perfume.
* IMPORTANT SALE.
THE GREAT CREDIT SALE OF IMPORTED
THOROUGHBRED ENGUISIT SHIRE
HORSES.—Mr. Francis Coleman has instructed
Mr. James Oke to sell by Public Auction on hi
premises, Lot 4, Concession 7, Stanley, three
and one half miles west of Rippen station on
the London, Huron and Bruce Railway and one
mile north of Hills Green, on Tuesday, March
4th, 1890, the following valuable alliMeaS,
No. 1—Depper, vol. 3, page 81, eleven years
old, with foal to The -Turk," vol. 10, No.
6354, Clydesdale Stud Book.. This mare won
the diploma at the 'Western Fair, London, and
has won several other prizes. No. 2.—Princes,
shire mare, No. 28, Vol. 5, page 262, foaled
1880, age 9 years, In foal to Prince Victor,
imported, No. 63, in Toronto Shire Horse Stud
Book. This mare took first prize at tbe.
Western Fair at London and several other
prizes. She Is a lucky mare ands good stock
mare, she has had 7 colts in seven years. No.
3.—Lady Jane, No. 15, June 4, foaled 1883, dark
bay, Sire, Farmer's Glory, imported 0682).
Dain, Princess, vol. 5, page 262, took first prize
at Zurich, second at Western Fair, London, as
a foal; 1st at Exeter and 1st at Zurich as a two-
year old filly. The following are the progeny of
these mares which are eligible for entry in the
Shire Bores Stud Book: No. 4.—Matchiess,
foaled May, 1884, color, black; sire, Prince
Victor, imported (63). This mate took first
Prize at•Toronto in 1889 and 1st in Clinton and
Exeter. No. 5—Young Prince Victor 2nd,
foaled April 19th, 1885, color, black ; sire,
Prince Victor (63): dam, Princess (28); this
horse has also taken several wires, 1st at
Exeter, Zurich and 'Western Fair, London; 1st
at Hansen and Brocefield at the spring show in
1887. No. 6.—Lucky Lad, foaled March t3th,
1885, color, dark chestnut; sire, Prince .Victor,
imported (63) ; dam, Peincess, imported (28).
He tool: let prize at the Provincial Fair in
Guelph eni second prizes in- Exeter and Lon-
don. / 7.—Trin-imer, a mare three years old,
sire, 1 Alice Victor First, imp. (63); dam,
Depper, imp. (27) ; this mare has taken several
prizes. She took second prize' at the Pro-
vincial Fair, Guelph, 1st in London and 1st in
Exeter. She is in foal to Gallant Prinoe, No.
(6767), vol. 11, C. S. B. No. 8—A mare rising
2 years old, sire, Prince Victor, imp. (63) ; dam,
Princess, imp. (28). No. 9. —A horse colt
risiug one year old. foaled Apra 2nd. He took
second prize in Toronto and 3r4 prize in Lon-
don. Sire, Farmer's Glory No. 3082. vol. 5;
dam, Depper, imp. 27. No. I0.—A horse colt .
rising one year old, sire Prince Victor 1st,
imp. (63) ; dam, Princess.- imp (28). No. 11.—
One mare colt, rising One year old, foaled
May 24th, 1889, sire Charming Charlie No.
(4917) ; dam, Matchless, ,got. by Prince Victor,
imp. 63: dam, Princess No. 38, imp„ vol. 5,
page 262. No. 12 —A Canadian filly, rising
2 e ears old, with two °mese& from imported
stallions. No. 13.—A Canadian My. rising 2
years old with three crossed from imported
stallions. No. 14.—One mare 6 years old
supposed to be in foal to Prince Victor No. )63).
No. 15.—One working horse three years old.
No. 16.—One mare seven years 'old, supposed to
be in foal to Prince Victor ist, No. 63. Sale to
commence at one o'clock P. M. sharp. Terms.
--First half of the purchase money to be paid
March 4th, 1891, without interest, or if all he
paid at that time no interest will he charged.
Six per tent. perliinum will be -charged on the
unpaid half from the 4th of March, 1891, until
paid. All notes must be satisfactory to the
proprietor. Cenveyance's to carry passengers
to and from the sales -will meet the morning and
evening trains at the Keippen station. Lunch
will be served all around before the sale com-
mences. FRANCIS COLEMAN, Proprietor:
JAMES ORE, Auctioneer. Stanley, Febraary
1st, 1890. 11564
THE SEAFORTH
COOPERAGE.
The undersigned's now prepared to race vs
orders for any number of first -does
Apple Bar:rels and Butter
Firkins,
Also any other work n his line. Apply at the
works, old Baptist Church, Seafotth.
Dealers and Packers taking large ntutibers
will be very reasonably dealt with.
P. KLINKHAMMER.
1022-tf
Valuable Property for Bale
—IN:
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VILLAG-C
E 1FTEBRUSSELS.
As the undersigned is retiring from business
he offers for sale the following valuable prop-
erties either whole or in lots to suit purohaser:
lst. New brick store on Main street, opposite
Postoffice, with` plate glass front, cellar, and
dwelling Above thie store, will be either rented
or sold. 2nd. Foundry 'and machine tihop with
engine, shafting:, lathe, drills, Arc. Everything
complete and in excellent running order, and
in connection a large planing mill and worlk
shop with saws, belts and all complete. Alec
drying kiln and store house and a large stock of
seasoned lumber. 3rd. Blacksmith shop:and
tools, all complete. The whole le oentrally
located in the thriving village of Brussels, and
In connection there is two acres of dand and
4 dwelling house, all well tenanted. The whole
will be sold mithout reserve on the most reason
able terms. Title, indisputable. For full par- -
Malan apply to
W. R. WILSON, Proprieter,
1129 Drawer 18, Brussels, Ont.
GODERICH
Steam Boller 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
specialty. All sizes of pipe and pipe_fittings
constantly on hand. Estimates furnished at
short notice.
Works opposite G. T. R. Station, Goderieh.
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