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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-04-18, Page 2,S 4`,S1 2 s - Tki.'1-jUjitolq• FilEPPSIToIti _ eehe o - • • — . . • . , APRIL 18, 1890. JACOB'S FAULTS. It was early June in one of those charming pieces on the Hudson River that lie between New York and Albetty. Jacob- Raus was an inattentive ob- server of the lovely phases of nature. Be was preoccupied with his own trou- bled soul, and here was but a wintry prapect. The world points out to a man the necessity ef doing something; there was no °or -responding need in his soul. He lied lately come into an excel- lent property, and had invested a good portion of it in a ranche in the west. The west wee no place of his choice, but what else• -was he to do? He was .32, and was without even a commercial traiaing. He had been bred to no pro- fesaieni, and was not rieh enough to live with rich men as a pleasure seeker, even had such a life attracted him. He had perfect health, was a good shot, a -good reader, a good walker, a good compan- ion. He wore a blonde beard upon Ilia sunburned face, with its handsome, clean cut profile and hazel eyes. Thie bold statement of his case pre- sented itself over and over to his mind, quite as if he were weighing an abstract question that bored hirn excessively. Then he grew irritated that his father should have given him such an old fash- ionedl half humorous name that exerted always an unspoken and only half recog- nized negative tyramay on his whole -life ; that his father should have had that irresponsibility in the paternal re- lation that is scarcely to be found out- side of the Anglo-Saxon race—as if the Anglo-Saxon was born armed at all points and with an intuitive knowledge of fighting his way through the world. Now he was free at 32—a freedom that meant bondage to his own limita- tions, and while he regretted) that he had no profession, he bitterly recognised the fact that the desire for a larger life intone sense proved a talent. His de- sire was, as we have said, not one for action. It was a vague desire _for a - larger happiness, such as women have oftener than men. All these reasons for gloom were ever present to Jacob, but he had lately waked to a mhre definite purpose and a more definite grief. His decision to go on e ranche ,had made him recognize that he could not leave Millicent Fuller, whom he had known from her child - hoots, and who had been for some years past, half consciously to himself, his chief temptation. He offered himself to her. She refused him. She was -the youngest and only unmarried one of five sisters. -She was 22 years Old, hand - Elms, traveled and accomplished. Jacob, as he walked through a shady road, cut a fine bouquet of sweetbrier roses, and trimmed their thorny, strag- gling stem with an ill-humored energy. He had not pride enough to go away without asking to see her once more, just to say good-bye, and she had ac- corded him an interview that evening at 7.30 o'clock. He walked around the Fuller's large house past the broad piazzas, and found her alone in a little side porch that was overgrown with honeysuckle vine, and amid their pinkish-yenow blossoms Millicent, in a pink muslin, looked like rosy June personified. Her father and mother had just gone to drive, she ex- plained precisely as she took Jacob's silently proffered flowers with a fine blush for thanks. "I am afraid," she said nervously as she carefully picked a few thorns from the stem of heribouquet before she grasped it, "that I didn't succeed the other night in—that is—I Mean that I am afraid that I didn't say what I meant." "1 should. be grad,' said Jacob, "to hear that you didn't mean what you said." " Oh, ; I didn't mean that ?" "Well, it doesn't matter a great deal what you meant if you didn't mean that." , "1 (16 -wish that you would be reason- able, Jacob." "1 wish you wouldn't call me Jacob, when you have told me that you didn't like that name." "Ohl Did I say that? I do think that I like it, since you have no other. Indeed Jacob, if it were not for sonne faults that you have, I think I should like you better than any one." The young man sat down on a step lower than the one that the girl oc- cupied "Perhaps," he said, gloomily, "you will discuss these faults of mine; I may suggest some to add to the list. My name is one, but that is hardly my fault, and I believe that I could change it by an act of the legislature or some- thing of the kind." "Bat I should always know that your real name was Jacob, said Millicent, laughing ; "1 ehouldul mind your name, but there are some things that would grow worse and worse." "My age, 1 suppose." Yes, for one thing. Ten years is too nitwit difference." "But you will grow older." "There will still be ten years between UL" "The general opinion is that a woman grows older faster than a man. You would catch up to me." "Ah ! that is like thoet general opin- ions, wrong. I have made my own ob- servations on that subject. To the close observer, ntiddle-aged women iire younger, even in appearance, than men of their own age." "Where did you learn so much about mea?" "Have I not been in all our large cities, and in most of those of Europe? Can one not receive impressions of stran- gers as they pass, and accumulated im- pressions form opinions. Men's eyes grow dull and the lines of the mouth hard, and the faces heavy and meager; while women's faces ate still full of benevolence, though - their figures have lost their grace and complexions their delicacy. Still those women are young." " Youth is then a condition of the 'mind, wise Sibyl?" "Certainly ; it ie the capacity of re- ceiving new impressions, meeting one's fellow beings with sympathy, and under- taking new enterprises." . "Some people must then he born with more capacity for youth than others." "To be sure." "And I, who have by sex and nature less youth than you, and yet have wast- ed ten years more of it, must sooner be- come like those horrid middle-aged people." "1 arri'not speaking of yon." "You are not speaking of me ? How inconsequent 1 I sat downhere to • listen to talk about me. Let us - begin over again, You have said that you do not like my name and then I am too old." "Ob, Jacob 1" "¥e., I am too old, and am top grow older. You have defined youth'—what is age ?" • "Oh 1 it is the enemy of the human race. Let us never grow old, Jacob." "Ah, no, Millicent, let us never grow old, so only that we 4 may stay young together," he said, fluiihing, and edging a little nearer to her, white he looked up in her face with a half humorous smile. But she drew away farther from him. "Well," he continued despondently, and what is my next fault? Come, say it!" "You do not believe in friendships between men and women. My own belief is that no woman can expect to be reasonably happy unless her husband can have a friendship for her." "You seem to have thought a good deal about marriage—even if you are -so averse to it." -- Millicent, with heightened color, made a movement to rise. Jacob etretched up both hands and, tak- ing hers, pulled her back gently to her seat. "You are so rude," she continued; "that is another fault. I should want my husband to be so polite to me. It would make me happier than most any- thing." • "And 1 ehonld want to have the liberty of quarreling with my wife when- ever I chose and making it up again ; but I suppose -you would like a suave idiot, like that Hastings." * "There again," said Millicent, in an injured tone, "how ridiculous you are 1_ You are so jealous, and about nothing. What could be more innocent, when a party of people are out on a blossom - gathering, than that two of them should run down a hill together, and yet from - the time you made about it—it's too absurd!" "But you took his hand and ran laughing, "As children might. You and he had raced together, and you had beaten him easily. You had picked my blos- soms for me, and I had walked with you. He was my guest, and eurely I owed him some politeness." "1.o give him your hand; I suppose, and caper and laugh with him."' The recollection quite overcame Jacob with anger. He rose and walked a, few paces across the lawn and then re- turned. "Well, I am named Jacob. I am old. I am rude,- apd I am jealous. Oh, yes; and 1 forget, I don't believe in Platonic friendship. Five faults ; I think that there are seven deadly sins. Not that I have the least idea what they are. I know thatiseven always seemed a small allowance to me. I surely have more than five. More than five would go to the make-up of any respectable man. What! you can name no more ? I could accuse myself of more than that. Don't you, ksahw another ?" - "Yes," said Millicent gravely, while she put some of the sweetbrier roses in her.breast. "I am impatient to hear. I sit here only for that. The sixth fault. Come 1" " That you don't care for women's so- ciety." Jacob rose and folded his arms, facing the girl, and looked long at her. Then he threw back his head and laughed heartily : "Upon my soul, that is a fault! Have I not liked your so- ciety?" Yes but that of no other i woman." " ! Upon my soul! Talk of jealousy. I never saw its opposite eo set forth. Do you wish me—should you wish, I ought to say, your hus• band—to be fond of other women's so- ciety ?" "1 don't like a man's man," said Mil- licent, :evasively. "1 AM more edified," said Jacob, seating !himself again, "this evening than I ever waiOn my life. Why do you not like a man's Man ?" "Because," said the girl, becoming a little nettled at her companion's search- ing look, "I know well enough how that works." "1 am waiting for information," said Jacob. "A man's man soon wearies of the woman he loves, and he seeks men's so- ciety constantly. Men in fleence men more than women do. 11 should never be jealous of other wornen, for 1 could alwa.ya be a womau, but men Weuld be a contrary influence. 1 have seen the lonely lives of the wives of men's men." She paused. "1 am still listening," he said "At the best, men understand wo- men very little, and men's men grow at last to understand them not at all. Men's men become at last to be a world wide apart. Their wivea have uo excuse for being, except ineomuch as they con - .tribute to their comfort." "Millicent, do you say that women are younger than men? I don't believe that men of 60, or men that have been widewers two or three times, have thought this question of marriage out like you. Six faults—my name, my age, my native rudeness, my jealousy, my incredulity of Platonic friendships, and my being a man's man. You must name at least eeven deadly sins to con- vict me. Isn't there another ?" " Millicent, you are absorbinglyinter- eating. I never knew that you thought so much about me." "1 ought to have thought about you before"— She paused. Jacob waited, a moment. "1 understand ; before you refused to marry me. You ought to make some excuse for that. With what seventh fault did you strengthen your case?" - "-That you are so dreadfully mascu- line." "1 plead guilty. The roses are rosy, the briers are thorny, the grass is green, and Jacob Raus, the man who loves you, am masculine. Alas! alas Is that more my Ifault than my name? You, besides, are immensely feminine, and 1 find no fault with that. Is it fair ?" Jacob's spirite were rising; peroeptibly falling. "Yes, it is fair that I, being feminine, should object to your being masculine. The two are opposites. The Y are at variance. If nature has made a mis- take there, I atm not responsible. Men and women never understand each other, because, what nature has blindly blundered into beginning; education ac- complishes instead of trying to set it right." • But I hafe had no education," said albliioent want on. without answering hiva'falling now into an injuredtone : "Even -you are constantly misunder- standing me. Yon' sontetimes trample my tenderest feelings unoonsoiously, just as you' trampled my beat white petunias the other day, Walking over my flower bed as if it were a path. "Yee," he said, "I saw you. I ran to you. I did not notice the way. Well In the west they will be all wild flowers, and if I trample them they will come up again. I Audi think of the petunias, and wish that I had a chance to trample them, and you will forget what I did when you have found that paragon who loves you without jealousy, like all other women and no men, who is polite, and credulous, and effeminate. 1 am inot of these—but 1 love you passionately." He teied to grasp her hands, but 'she drew, them away, saying excitedly : "And this is your greatest fault. If you loved me tenderly I might trust you ; but you loveme, as you say, pas- sionately, and I, who have loeked on at life and reflected, have seen that of all traps and pitfalls this is thegreatest. Talk of the beaute du diable of girls, that flits almost with the fading of the bridal flowers; that is no delusion com- pared with thepassions of men, and yet in choosing freedom rather than binding one's self to a delusion you need not tell me that I choose what is only negative. It is so discouraging. You have such hopeless hopeless faults'and I shall never like any other man better than you, Jacob, I know, and so I shall never marry." "Yes, but I am not like that; I know that I shall marry," lie, said, watching the girl's face closely. "It seems to me now as if I should not, but I am only a man, masculine, as you say. As long as I am very busy I may keep up, but sometimes they say it is not quite whole- some in those ranches, and one is ex- posed to wind and weather. I might beeill, and then when I am homesick and lonely some good western girl will take care -of mn, perhaps like me, even love me. For her I might not have so many faults. She would not be so clever as you, or have got things down so fine, and she wouldn't know, poor thing, what a tissue of faults is covered by my unfortunate name, that sounds so homely, and simple, and good. So, being sick-, and lonely, and wretched, and grateful to her, I know that I should be weak enough to marry her. I know that I should." "Yes," said Millicent, throwing down beside her the-houquet of sweet- brier with a passionate gesture, "that's just what a man's love meane. I shall be so glad that I didn't marry you when I hear of you throwing yourself away on some wild western girl that any man of refinement would shudder to think of as his wife. I didn't believe it of you !" and she ran down the steps of the porch into the garden. Jacob was up in an instant and fol- lowed her, but she ran from. him swift- ly, leaping over the flower beds and speeding across the grass, slim and active as a nymph, her pink dress telling white in the soft light of the summer night. He bad almost caught up with her when he stumbled and fell over the protru,ding _roots of an old tree. She, fleeing breathless, came suddenly upon her father and soother, who, having returned from their drive, had alighted from the carriage at the gate and walked across the lawn. They now stood hand in hand looking up at the sky and at the new crescent moon—a charming picture of the sweet companionship of loving souls who find their own youth in all tile promises of nature. Millicent stood and looked at them, with sudden tears welling ,up into her eyes. They turned and saw her just as Jacob came up, somewhat confused at the new situation. Mrs. Fuller spoke first. "Why, Mil- licent, is Mr. Raus here. I thought he had gone." "Why, yes, Jacob, we thought you had gone," said Mr. Fuller, with an un- expected sympathy in his heart for his old friend's son, awakened by Mrs. Ful- ler's treating him as a stranger in calling him Mr. Raus. l'he good gentleman had felt no sympathy for him whatever on account of Millicent's refusal. It had appeared to him a great imperti- nence that he should propose to take his daughter eo far away. Jacob stood silent. Millicent took her father's hand, and, throwing one arm round his neck, kissed him. This action, which conveyed nothing but his daughter's affection for himself to the old geptleman's mind, explained the whole situation to Mrs. Fuller, who was not unprepared when her daughter, turning to her, clasped her in her arms and said : "Yes, dear mamma, Jacob is here, and when he goes I go with hint, I have promised to be his wife, and you, who know what it le, will be the last to deny me that companionship which makes you forget even the parting from your children." Jacob was more surprised than any one. He never knew exactly how it Fad come about; he only knew that he ust have been very much improved by ii arriage, or his wife grown very len- int, for no man ever suffered less from fault finding than he, and the west was to him a wilderness that blossomed like a rose.—Francis Doveridge, in Scrib- ner's Magazine. Funny Bits. —Theywere at a dinner party, and he remarked that be supposed she was • fond of ethnology. She said she was, but she was not very well, and the doctor had told her not to eat anything foe des- sert but oranges. •--t' And is that yellow dome, which rises in the field yonder, the roof of an- other dwelling ?" asked the city visitor of his country friend. "Oh! no," said the farmer. "that is my prize pumpkin you see, which is growing right along for the agricultural show." —A curious -postal -card was received by a firm in Cincinnati some time ago. it was from a customer in the moon - tains of Tennessee, and read as follow! : "please send me side of bacon a bbl ,of flour 10 lbs of coffee and a wheelbarrow My wife had a baby last week and a monkey wrench crops is middlinh" —A story is told of a wealthy but parsimonious woman who was not easily affected by the appearance of misery. Being informed that a hungry beggar was eating grass in the front of the house, she exclaimed : " Poor man ; take him to the back yard and let him eat the grass there. It grows higher." • - A REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 1DUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.—The under- .") signed has a number of fine building Lots on Ooderich snd James Streets for sale, at law prices. For pareculsrs apply to D. D. WILSO/e 008 11OIJSE AND LOT FOR SALE OR TO RENT. —Comfortable new dwelling in the Vil. lage of Brumfield, with a quarter of an acre of ground and a good stable thereon. Apply to WM, L. FORREST, or J. A. MoINTOSH, Brum- field P. 0. 1167t1 "[TOME AND LOTS FOR SALE.—The sulo scriber offers for sale the house north of the Egmondville manse, together with three acres of land, suitable for building purposes. On the front are a quantity of young fruit trees commencing to bear. WM. ELLIOTT. ' 1116 FARM TO RENT.—To rent, the farm of Ihe late David Penance, Jr., Lot 29, Conces- sions 8 and 9, McKillop, consisting of 100 acres of first-class land. The farm Is in good con- dition and has a large bank barn thereon. MI the fall work is done and the fall wheat sown For further particulars apply to THOMAS E. HAYS, Lot 29, Concession 3, McKillop, or Sea- orth P. 0. 1162tf FARM FOR SALE' .—For sale the north half of Lot 25, Conceseion 2, McKillop, one mile from Seaforth, containing 50 acres, all cleared and in a good state of cultivation. There is a good frame house, a new bank barn and two geed wells of water. it is one of the choicest lots in the district acid will be sold cheap. Apply on the promisee or to Seaforth P. 0. SAMUEL CLUFF. 1157t1 FARAI FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 31, Con- cession 5, MoKillop, containing 100 acres, about 90 acres cleared and all in a good state of cultivation. It is well underdeamed and well fenced. There is a good brick house and good frame barns, stables, sheds, There is- a large bearing orchardnest a never failing epring well. It is sittfai* within three miles of Seaforth and will b Id cheap. Apply to JOHN *CLUBS, Porter's Hill P. 0. - 1158t1 e FARM FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale his farm, being, Lot No. 41, Conces- sion 13, East Weavanosh, containing fifty acres more or less, situated two and a halt -miles from Wingham, all cleared and under a state of good cultivation, well fenced and watered. .0n the premises are a good house and bank barn with outbuildings and two good orchards. For par- ticulars apply th the owner, THOMAS K. LINK - LATER, Wingham, Ont. 1141 LIARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale X 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 balance is well timbered with hard. wood. There are good builaings, a boaring orchard and plenty of water. It itewithin half a mile of the Village of Varna and three miles from Brucefield 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 offer fo sale the farm of 100 acres, being lot 80, llth conmesion of Hullett, belonging to the estate of the late Richard Colo. On the place there is a frame house, good barn, stables eic., young bearing orchard of one acre and first- class wells. Situated about one mile west of Londesboro. About ninety acme cleared and in good state of cultivation, Possession 1st of April. Apply ma the premises or to either of the Executors. JOHN COLE, Belgrave ; H. RADFORD, Londesboro. 1139tf FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 12, conces- sion 4, H. R. S., Tuckeremith, containing' 100 acres, Fl5 cleared, 63 seeded to grass, 8 sown to fall wheat. The farm is well -fenced, well under -drained and well watered by a never failing spring which runs through pipes into a trough. There is a brick house and kitchen, frarne barn, stable an 1 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 further particulars apply on the premises or to JOHN PRENDER- GAST, Seaforth P. 0., Ont. 11360 FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, the south half of Lot 23, Concession 6, Morris, coetaining 100 acres, about 90 of wl ich are cleared, well fenced. about 70 free fr. In stumps and well underdrained. The balansoi is well timbered wit!? iardwood. The cleared part is nearly all seede a to grass. There is a frame house and name earn, also a small orchard. This is one of the met farms in the township tied 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. WM. or JOHN ROBB, Jr. 1144t1 -LIARS' FOR SALE.—Containing 119 acres, X being parts of Lots 1 and 2, on the 8th concession of Morris 100 acres cleared and 6 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 Co call and see it. Apply on the premises or address tlyth Post Office. NICH- OLAS CUMING. 1139tf FARMS IN TUCKERSMITH AND STAN- LEY FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 21, Con- cession 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 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 other out- buildings all in good repair. There are three acres of orchard and garden containing all kinds of large and small 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 filthier wells. This is one of the best farms in Huron and will be sold cheap as the proprietor desires to reinove to Manitoba where he has purchased more land. Apply on the premises or address Brucefield P. 0. GEORGE PLEWES. • He also hffers for sale for the same reason his farm in the Township of Stanley, being Lot 12, Concession 6, Stanley, containing 100 acres, about 75 acres cleared, free from stumps and in a state of good cultivation, the balance well - timbered There is a comfortable frame houee, frame barn ahd drivin r house 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 underregnect WM. T. PLEWES, Varna P. 0.; GEORGE PLEWES, Brucetierd. 112711 HAND -MADE Boots and Shoes D. McINTYRE Has on hand a large number of Boots and Shoes of his own make, best material and Warranted -to give Satisfaction. If you want your feet kept. dry come and get a pair of our boots, which will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH. Repairing promptly attended to. All kinds of Boots and Shoes made to order. All parties who have not paid their accounts for last year will please call and settle up. 1162 - D. McINTYRE, Seaforth. • NOTICE. BELGRAVE CHEESE FACTORY. Tenders will be received by the undersigned to the 5th day of April, 1890, for the sale of Whey per ton of cheese. There are good yards and troughs in connection with the factory. Address a JAMES OWENS, Beigmve P. 0., Ont. Belgra.ve, March 17th, 1890. 1162 • •-• — a A • EXTENSIVE SALE For Cash or on Credit to Responsible Parties. HORSES.—Twelve good, young working and driving Horses in excelent condition and well broke. Parties requir- ing such would do well to call early, as they will have a stock of 25 to select from. The proprietor having no work for this surplus, they will be sold at a bargain- The well-known roadster stallion, "Telegraph Boy," sired -by Old Clear Grit, is of a black color, stands 16i bands high, weighs about 1,300 lbs. His stock are much sought after, admirably combining, as they invariably do, size with carriage and action. He was twice exhibited at the Provincial Exhibition, and carried off prizes on each occasion. COWS. 25 well-bred nai1c9h cows in calf to a theroughbred bull. Having been fed grain and roots all winter, they are in a condition to double the returns given by ordinary stock during the coming summer. One well-bred Bull 11 months HOGS.—Sixteen Suffolk Sows with pig, two Suffolk Boar Pigs, 25 pigs about two months old. LUMBER —All kinds of building, fencing and ditching Lumber supplied at lowest pries. Joisting, studding and rafters any length cut to order; also Cedair Posts and timber supplied. On hand, a large stock of dry White Ash, Black Ash, Maple, Cherry, Birch, Pine, Soft and Rock Elm. GRIST MILL —First-class stone Flour always on hand; price, $2.25 per 100 lbs. Chop Peas, Oats and Barley at current rates; clean seed Oats, white Egyptian variety ; clean seed Peas, mummy variety; also Clover and Timothy Seed. GENERAL-QTORE STOOK.—Dry Goods/ Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Readymade Clothing, Glassware, Crockery, etc. ,.A better. and cheaper stock to select from than ever before offered. TOWN LOT. Luc C, Gouinlock Survey Town of Seaforth, containingabout an acre of land, pleasantly situated, *and admirably adapted for building purposes.. Andrew Govenlock, Winthrop. Young Men Will Insure their Future Success D By securing a practical education, and in no better way oan it be obtained than by spending a term in the STR,ATFORD, ONTARIO, The reputation of this school for thorough work and satisfactory results draws to its support students from every section of the Province. Its facilities in Short- hand and Commercial Work are unstirps,seed. ear Spring term begins on Mon- day, March 3rd next. Write for handsome Catalogue. Address W. H. SHAW, PRINCIPAL. 1132 .11 I I. I lit 1E390_ Announcement of the Bargain Drygoods Clothing and Millinery House, SEAFORTH, - ONT. Never before have we been as well prepared to cater to the wants of our customers as we are this season. The requiremente of the day, the demands of the hour, are our constant study. What is the result In a season like the present, when we hear constant complaint of 411111- ness of trade and decreasing sales, we are steadily increasing our busi- ness month by month. We lave no stone unturned in order to get goods at bottom prices. We sell all our goods at close cut prices, and we can sholy buyers many exclusive linesof goods not seen elsewhere. We beg to draw. -special attention to our Dress Goods Department, whiah• will' be fOural full of new goods. tasty and sparkling with novel- ties. Prints in abundance. Staple department replete.' Large variety of Carpets, Lace Curtains and Oil Cloths. The Millinery,Department now in full blast. Clothing in immense quantities. We can suit and fit the most fastidious. We cordially invite you to call and inspect, whether you \buy or not. WM. PICKARD, Corner Main and Market streets, Seaforth. A GROCERIES FOR ALL AT 4, FAIRLEY S, SEAFORTH, ONE DOOR SOUTH OF THE POST OFFICE. I would respectfully intimate to the public generally that I keep constantly for sale a choice stock of Family Groceries in the old Post Office Store. Our aim has always been, and will continue to be, to give to our customers the best class of goods obtainable in rthe market, and at a small living profit. Sugars very cheap. Now is the time to buy Teas from common to choice, and prices from 25 cents per pound upwards. Pure Coffees and Spices; choice Currants, Raisins, Prunes, etc. Farmers' produce taken in exchange. • Call and examine our goods and prices. All goods warranted as represented, or caSh refunded. J. FAIRLE1Y, SEA:FOR:17. New Musi tore IN SEAF..., RTH. Papst & O'Connor Have opened out next door to Jordan's Grocery, Seaforth, an ORGAN AND PIANO DEPOT. DEATH TO HIGH PRICES NOW. They have the agency of the THOMAS ORGAN, with Scribner's Resonant Pipe Combination. They have also Violins and other small instrument*. SW Please Give them a Call. Winthrop Cheese Factory. TInATRONO of the Winthrop Cheese Factory will be ready to etart on Monday, the 12th of May, and those having pigs to sell for factory will olease let me know or bring them along after that date and we will pay the highest price, 1164 JOHN C. MORRISON, Secretary DEMAND POND'S EXTRACT. AVOID ALL IMITATIONS. snazosecors .....sterroareeserges. XTRAGT loop. r-nrar.ol FAC -SIMILE OF BOTTLE WITH BUFF WRAPPER. FOR ALL PAIN Influenza Feminine Complaints Lameness Soreness VVounds Bruises Catarrh USEBurns Piles •ONO'S EXTRACT r) I will cure. Choblains Soro Eyes m:FT:NELY Frost -Bites Hoarseness Sore Throat Rheumatism - Inflammations POND'S EXTRACT GO., 76 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK. and Hemorrhages Kippen Plow Shop. land nol She cent so g eery conti gi" MSS 31101 and' Teri In, n and but forg has ' girli *re I *rot only ter,/ owe teU to I • Mat bri earn lug husi low ot n sop eni mal 1BII go 1 thel thei ex -41 the fani like and Fre nu tha Numot wal fris 3. the hot hae WI su too th irni th a Plows for All THOMAS MEWS Again getting ready for the benefit of his many customers, and all farmers in need of Plows, Gang Plows, Land Rollers, Cultivators, Har- rows, vebich are all genuine, and sold at bottom prices. Why, farmers, throw your hard calm Away, when you can save by calling on me kit your plows and Implemente. Flew Repairing— Farmers, now is the time to hunt up your Howe. A larger stock than ever of plow repairs on hand. The best American mould boarde for all kinds of plows on band, and put on every kind of plews. Genuine plow 'handles, plow bolts, plow met. Inge, png castings, in ktot everything in the plow line, to be had by going tothe Kippen Plow Shop. Good work and small profits leads us to success. I hereby return thanks to my many customers for their large share of patronage during the past, and also for their prompt payments dual); the bard times, and wishing you all better sue- ecie this year. T. MELLIS, Kippen. 1161 -ti Removed 1 Rmovedi G- E0 SEAFORTHI The Old Esiablisned Butcher has removed to new premlees immediately 'opposite his Old Stand, Main Street, Seaforth, where he will iCe pleased to meet all his old patrons and &a many new *nee as may see'flt to favor him with their patronage. strRemember the place, oetvreen lienderaon' Harness Shop, and McIntyre Shoe Stere, Main Street, Seaforth. 898 GEORGE EWING. ON ROOT COMPOUND.—CoM d of Cotton Root, Tansy and ennyroyal—prepared by at old phy- ician. Is successfully used monthly by thousands of women, And has been prescribed in a practice of over thirty years. Price, $1. Will be mined te sny addrets in Canada and United States. Doothr's ooneul- tation hours, 9 to 11 and 1 4. Diseases of women treated only. Sealed part:cams, tno stamps. ' IAdies only. .Addrese POND LILY COMPANY, No. 8, Fishe Block 131 Woodward Avenue, Detroit Michigan. 11$3.18 GODERICH Steam Boiler Works. (BSTABLISHED 1880.) Chrystal & Black, Manufacturers of all kinds of Stationary, Marine, Upright & Tubular BOIL KRS, Salt Pans, Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iron Works, etc. Also dealers in Upright arid Horizontal Slide Valve Engines. Automatic Cut -Off Enginesa specialty. All sizes of pipe and pipelitt.ing constantly on hand. Estimates furnished at short notice. Works opposite G. T. R. Station. Goderleh to ti