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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-02-27, Page 2FEBRUARY 27, 1891. 01.1111111111111.11.11111.1.11.111111. tr. 2 • TH "4 ()RON EXPog !TOR LIFE IN A, SEA - ROCK LIGHTHOUSE. BY WILLIAM ROOT BLISS. The two lights on Matinicus Rock are - farther out in the ocean than any other lights on the Americen coast; being thirty miles out trom the entrance of Penobecot River. They stand on towers one hundred and eighty feet apart, built upon a rock which rises about forty feet above the sea -level, hat- a surface area of nearly forty acres, and is the resort of innumerable sea birds. There is moil and grass on the rock sufficient to keep a cow during summer, and that is all. Ceptain John Smith in hie Description of New England speaks of it at the "Rock of Ma.ttartick much furder in the Sea." The Lighthouse Inspector at 'Portland my offer a passage to Matinicus in the steam tender "Iris, which carries to the station a supply of coal in August; or you may go down to Rockland and on a tair-welether day take passage in a fishing schooner. The skipper will heave to off the rock and row you te it in his dory. The dory will be steered between timber ways which slope down into the sea; it will then be hooked on a tackle apd drawn sliding up to the nurface of the rock by a windlass. That is the usual method by which one can land upon Matinicus, and the landing can only be made when the sea is smooth. There are frequently days and sometimes weeks both in summer and winter when, one can land on the rock without diffi- culty; then for six weeks at a time -no communication can be had with it from the outside world, on account of the roughness of the sea. . The &at thing that attracts attention on landing are the two stone towers sup- portingthe lights, which are visible from a ship's deck fifteen miles away. Be- tween them is a row of low dwelling- bousea occupied by the keeper and as- sistant keepers. Near by is a house for storing . oil and a briek cistern to hold rain -water. At one side stands a seaf• ‘ folding from which hangs a heavy bell, and on the other side stands a brick building containing inechinery for op- - erating two /deem whistles; all else is the fissured rock.against which the ocean is always etriking ; and in its mildest moods is asserting itself so loudly that you can hardly hear human speech. But if you deafen your ears to the sound of the rock, you may enjoy a rare prospect over the glistening blue. The lights are in the gateway of a thoroughfare which during pleasant weather is tra- versed with all kinds of sea going craft; there are steamergoing to and fro be- tween Boston and ports in Maine and New Brunswiek ; ice and lumber loaded schooners bound out from the Penobscot; fishing smacks following schools of mackerel or bound to the Grand Banks ; yachts from Marblehead ; a large ship freeh from the building yards at Bath, and occaeionally, a Britith eteamer from England steeriug for Portland Harbor. T le scene is different when a fog covers the ocean and a drizzling east wind is blorkingse Then the steam- whistle shrike ifs alarm at intervals of twenty- five seconda, night and day, or, if the t whi tie is disabled, the great bell strikes a co tinuous warning. The cries, of the sea and of the v;iud and ef the bell and of the whistle, combined in one conftie siert', are probably as tormenting to ythe listener upon the rock as anything that can be imagined to exist in the infernal regibns. "It seems hard," said a light - keeper, " that the whistle must go on without stopping when any of us lies sick abed, or one of the children is near dy- ing,hi.nd jumps at every blast of it !" Here. one may see the ocean in its wildiest moods. The keeper says, "1 have aeen the spray fly completely over the domes of the lighthouses, which are 05 feet above the sea -level.'.' More than once has the rock been swept across its length and breadth by tno Atlautie Ocean. On a January morning in 1856 the sea rose before a terrific gale and overWhelmed it. The, keeper had wine to land the day before, leaving the care oi t e lights to his eldest daughter, 1, Abbr Burgess, who was seventeen years of age. The only place to which the keePer's family could retreat for safety was Ithe stone towers, which withstood the assaults of the angry eea, although it roise higher and higher as the tide ran shoreward and swept the roc, destroy- ing one of the dwelling houses. Oee day Captain Burgess left the rock to ohtain provitions and fuel, as the weather had for a long time been eo stormy that no eommunication from the shore had reached him. A storm pre- vented his return, and famine began to threaten those Whom he had left oh the rock. To obtain help his son, who was a ekilful eearnen, started awaylin a skiff whieh was rigged with a tail: Ile was soon lost to sight in the trough of the sea, then he was seen on top of the waves a short distance off, and that was the! last the fatnily taw of him for twenty- one days. In the meantime the mother and her four daughters put themselves on daily allowauce of one cup of corn• meat and one egg,while Abby tended the ligh: te took care of her sick mothenand che red the downcaat family until relief came. One cannot help admiring the herclism of this woman. The Lighthouse Board at Washington does much to make light keepers com- fortable in the discharge of their duties, while at the earne time it maintains a rigid discipline over them. The Inspect- or, who is an officer of the navy, fre- quently visite each station in his district andt sees that all needed comforts and supplies are provided and cared for, and that -the rules of the service are observed Tho discipline is of necessity almost merciless. In the year 1801 Thomas Jefferson wrote: "1 think the keepers of the lighthouse should be dismissed for small degrees of remissness, because of the' calamities which even these pro- duce." This opinion apimates the ex- ecutive acts of the Boerd.. A keeper found intoxicated is instantly ejected front the station and from' th eervice, and one who but once allows is lamps to go out is dismissed withont regard to his previous good conduct. To take faithful care of the light end of the property belonging to itis the keeper's paramount duty, and he is else expected to etand by his light as long A'S his light house stands, even if the winter gale is as powerful as that in which Minot's Ledge Light and its keepers perished. The keeper of a lightahip may cut his cables and go to sea for safety whep the gale is so severe as to threaten te de- struction of the ship and the lives aboard her. But. the keeper of a .sea -rock lighthouse has no alternative. Re sur- vives or perishes with hie light. Keepers of lights aro compelled to wear a uniform dress; they are furnish- ed with n good dwelling•house, and when stationed a ton* distance from a market, as on Matimcus Rock, they are furnished with rations. Their pay is not large, ranging up to one thousand dollar% a year, according to their cir- cumstances but they are sure of receiv- ing it as long as they are faithf l to their duties. Their house conta ns a library in a portable case holding about fifty volumes on .standard subjects, in - eluding standard works on fiction, Bi- ble and a prayer book. Every hree months the library is exchanged b the Inspector for another,so that bach light station has the use of about 200 different books annually. The p ople on such isolated stations as Matia-cus, or Mount Desert Rock, which s 22 miles from, land, or the Nant cket Shoale lightship, which is 23 miles ram land, would, I suppose, become c azed by the solitude of their lives we e it not for the libraries thoughtfully 1 fur- nished, them by the Lighthouse Boa d. Captain Grant went with his fa ily to live on the Matinicus Rockin 861. The previous keeper left with the ew- corners his daughter, Abby Buraess, whom I have mentioned, to teach them how to manage the lights. She had been on the rock since 1853. The new, keeper's son Isaac was an interested pu nil: and in the course of time married re - his young teacher, who soon after ceived an appointment as an assistant keeper of the lights. For. 22 year al she lived on the reek with her husband at- tending to the work of the sta ion. There was hed hotne and' her duty and there her children were reared. Bu she had a :longing desire for a home oz an inland farm, arid she patiently w ited the time whenfor her, "there shal be no more sea." 1 That time began to come in the year 1875, when she and her husband were transferred to White Head Light, which is on an island near the mainland so near that the keeper can row across the channel to Spruce Head for a duly mill if he chooses to do so, There vaa a small patch of land and a garden. ot far away were the evergreen woods, nd cattle, and fields of grass. But in front of her new home was the seeetu on which she must look every day, for which she must light the lamps every night, and by her door stood the dr ad - fin steam whistle screeching its die blasts when fogs covered the coast. they lived fifteen years, keeping in charge the White Bead Light. Itht all the time hopes of another home remote from the ocean were kept alive in her heart. One day she wrote a letteil to 3 her friend Augusta Moore, who li , es near the Green Mountains of Verna(nt, and, reviewing her work of keeping he lights burning, to which 'nearly thity- seven years of her life had been devot d, she said.: "Sometimes I think the time is not fardistant when I shall climb these lighthouse stairs no more. It 9.5 almost seemed to me that he light was a part of myself. WI en we had care of the old lard oil lamps on Mantinicus Rock, they were more difficult td tend than these lamps are, and someti*les they would not barn so well when first lighted, especlallyf in cold weather when the oil gat col. Then, some nights, I could not slee a wink all night, though I knew the ke p- er hirnself was watching. And meny nights I have watelfed the lights my pert of the night, thinking, nervously, what might happen should the light fail. "In all theee yeere I always put he lamps in order in the morning, and I lit them at sunset. Those old lamps—as they were •when my father lived on Matiniens Rock—are so thoroughly im- pressed on my Memory that even noel., I often dreatn of them. There were fo r• teen lamps and fourteen reflectors. W en I dream of them it always seeme 'as I though 1 had been away..a long whi e, and 1 arn trying to get back inatime to light the lamps. _Then I am half Way between Matinicus and NVe IV Head, ' and atn , hurrying ()- ward the rock to light the lamps there before sunset. Sometimes I walk on the water, sometimet I am in a boet, and sometimes I seem going in the air. —I must always see the lights burning in both places before I wake. I always go through the same scenes in cleaning the lamps and lighting them, and I fleet a great deal more worried in my dreams than I do when I am awake. I wonder if the care of the lighthouse will follow iny soul after it heel left this worn out body! If I ever have a gravestone, I wohld like it to be in the form of a lighthohse or a beacon." This noble woman found at last an in- land home, to which she and her h s - band retired on the first of May 1 st. Six mopthe later his father, who ad kept the Matinicus lights for 29 ye re, resigned his charge and .retired to he home of his son on land, leaving his s• Blatant to succeed him as Captain of he Rock. He was' then 83 years old. '1 expest," wrote his son to me at the ti of his retirement, ." he will feel change severely, for at the age of al ere 1 00 he S5' year one must suffer from such a radinal change in their' surroundings, from he wild, stormy .ortst of the Atlntjeb to the peaceful quiet of an inland villag Landsmen would say that the cha ge wart() be hailed as an eacape from e n tinual imprisonment on a rock in • he ocean. I, will not print the name of the toW" n to which three light keepers id Matini- cus have gone to spend their remaining days : but I will tell the- reader that it is a pleasantvillage in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, where there are no lighthouse lamps. London's Largest Clock. A visitor tells in Cassell's Magaz.ne, in an interesting way, of his impressi ne of the great clock in Westminster. He says: Big Ben was thundering the hour of midnight when we reacbed the cl ck tower. The grating of the key in the lock, and the flickering light of an oil lamp carried by an attendant, called up stories of prisoners who have purged political offences in this gloomy place. Not without regret did.I learn that re-‘ ,.actory commoners do riot reach therr goal by this narrow staircase. The three hundred and odd stairs end in a large room. A workman's bench littered with tools, an iron platform near the ceiling, and a huge machine arrest the attention. The machine resembles infgeneral appearance one of the la et forme of newspaper printing engines. A square framevvork of iron rests upon wo stone pillars a couple of feet in hei ht. At each end is a large cylinder covered with twisted steel rope. The front end back—reached by a short iron ladder— displayed wheel upon wheel and lever upon lever, while towering above are two Steel bars fitted with plates or fans notftsu4nlike those used in ventilating eba 1 Such is the great machinery of the great clock at Weatminster to an eye untrained in horological technicalities. The tick, tick of the pendulum is like the click, click of the hamter upon the anvil; and no wonder, for he pendulum is fifteen feet long, and its ,ob, swinging to and fro in the darkness below, weighs, no fewer than seven hundred pounds. This giant pendulum is co pensated for changes of temperature by zinc and iron tubes, and with such moat/ lous regular- ity does it maintain its solitary pace, that at one period of the year its ac- cumulated error for one 1urn1red and thirty-four days was oely f ur and one- half seconds. Hourly sig ale are re- ceived from Greenwich in order that comparisons may be made, and twice a day the clock automaticall telegraphs ite time -to the Royal Obser atory, where a record is kept, aud also t its makers in the Strand. The clock is said to be -al nye. within two seconds of Greenwich mean tune, and the striking is effected :with such precision that the first thunder of Big Ben, or any of his four smaller satellites, may be taken to denote the hour to the second. The weight that drives the pendulum is one and one-helf eons, and 1 is wound up once a week, after the I fashion of an ancient hall clock. The ' weights of the hour and quarter "trains" are three tone, and fall from the top to the bottom of the tower in our days, at the end of which they are ound up by means of steel winches. VY bile we are listening to these interes ing details, the lever moves noiselessly toward the half hour. With a loud cli k it falls; the weights rush down; th steel rope rattles; and the fan creaks and groans as it turns around and around. Boom ! Boom ! the half hour has stuck. The four dials_ are each twenty-two feet and six inches in diameter., and the space between every, minutemarkedon the face is exactly twelve inches. The reflectors are four whitewashed Walls, which, with the opal glass of the clock, form a four -cornered corridor around the tower. Upon each wall at regular intervals are gas jets, numbering in all seventaasix. The hands are exposed to the air, and are occasionally stoppedby heavy storms. . 'What Medical Science is Do- ing. The latter half of the 19th century. will pats into history as one into which is crowded more inventions and discov- eries for the benefit of mankind thane in ,• all the centuries that have preceded it. Among these discoveries none will take higher rank than those in medicine, cal- culated to "relieve the ilia that flesh is heir to," restore vitality,and prolong life. Ladies everywhere will rejoice at the discovery of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, undoubtedly the greatest remedy for their peculiar ailments yet discovered. These pills are the result cf an almost life study, aud are a certain nerve tonic and blood builder, supply.og the.ele- meats necessary to enrich th blood and transform pale, sallow or greenish eom- plexions to the pink and glow of perfect health. These pills are an unfailing cure for nervous debility, palpitation of the heart, lose of appetite, headache and all the irregularities of the female sys- tem that entail SO much misery and dis- tress. Every suffering wo nen should give them a trial. For sale y all deal- ers, or will be sent postpai , on receipt of price -50 cents a box—b addressing the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Brockville, Oaterio. Bewa e of ili2noitga:-3 tions. . - Soni:te Queer Invezttions. The Patent (Moe at W ehington is both a monument of industrial progrees and a massive mausoleum f failures. Mr. F. G. par, pe u ter, the ell known newspaper orreapondent, habs been col- lecting some curious facts abbut it that led , him to exclaim: "14 -day some mighty Edison patents, an 'idea which lightens the world, and to -morrow some ludatic offers a plan by hich all hu- manity can -lift therpselve by their boot straps." , " The illuminated , cat, he says, " was granted a patent in 1884, and it- is a cat of paeteboord or tin or the pur- pose of frightening rats or ice. This cat is, to be made in a sitt ng posture, and it is painted over with phoephorus so' that it shines in tbe dark tke a cat of fire. Another cat, equally f nny, is the patent sheet iron cat, which is worked by clock -work, and which h 8 a bellows inside of it which swells u its tail to the size of the maddest of elines. If properly set it will emit a noise equal to the wildest of living niidnigh Thomases, and it has in addition steel claws 4nd teeth. • You wind it up ana place it` on your roof and set it howling. All the cats in the neighborhood jnmp for it, andits poisoned claws kill every one it a tr.i,Akesi utninous harness has &ere patent- ed so that a horse 'being driven at night looks like a sheet of chain lightning, and you think Elija,h's chariet has come to earth again. There are luminous match boxee, and luminous ghosts to scare away grave robbers. After every noted grave robbery metallic cof- fins come in by the scores. "The inventions for smo1zers are so many that a division of he Patent Office haat° be, given up to tient. One of the most curious of pipe inventions is a rest or brace by which th . weight of the pipe is taken off the teet and rested on thechin. There are umb ellas which can be turned into pipes, and pipes which can be turned into canes, an there are perhaps- a huadred invenCons fOr the cutting off of ends of ciga s, some of which are probably valuabl . " Reetaurant keepers ha e long been troubled as to how to ge even witif their -boarders. A New I. ork Woman has got out a. patent for the . It con- sists of a table and sto Is, both of wine!' run on an endless hain. The diner conies in, takes a seat on a stool, pays his twenty-five cents or a meal, and -it is ,set before him. The table then begins to move, and th man moves along with it. It contin ea to move him along until he gets to t1ie other end of tbe room, and at this tim he is sup potted to have finished his meal, for his dishes slide off around a wheel and his tool slides out With him. There is an endless chain of these stoOls, and the procession of diners and din ers goes on continuously. . —Heavy snow storms are report'ed' in the North, of Scotland, whi,h are inter- fering seriously with railwa traffic. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. I DIIILDINQ LOTS FOR SALE.—Th * under- signed has a number of fine building Lots on Goderich and James Streets for sale, at hew prices. For particulars apply to D. D. WILSON 908 HOUSE AND LOTS FOR SALE.—The Itub- scriber offers for sale the house north of the Egmohdville manse, together with three acres of land, suitable for building purposes. On the front are a quantity of young fruit tirees commencing to bear.1 WM. ELLIOTT. 1116 FARM TO RENT OR FOR SALE.—Next to the Corporation of Brussels; 60 acresLun- der grass, 35 arable; no low or wet land cx ept river; 50 acres was never plowed ; this is al de- sirable t -tock farm ; comfortable frame bottee of six rooms and cellar full size: frame barn.40X60, and stables: easy terms. Apply to JOHN BROADF_OOT, Milt Street, Brussels. 1206-tf i - FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 31, Con - cession 5, McKillop, containing 100 wires, 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 frau.e barns, stables, sheds, &c. There is a large bearing orchard and a neer failing spring well. It is situated tvithin three miles of Seaforth and will be sold cheap. Apply to JOHN MeCLURE, Porter's Hill P. 0. GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, north half of Lot 25, Concession 6, township of Ilay, containing 50 acres, 45 acres cleared and free froru stuirips ; clay soil, well fenced, arid in a good state of cultivation. There is a frame house and a splendid stone milk house, and a good frame barn and stabling, alto a young orchard, and two good spring welle. This farm fronts a sideline, and is a splendid farm. For further particulars epply to WM. BELL, Ben - salt T. 0. 1.2r 6-tf E1AR.M IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale _r cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield Road, Stanley, etentaining 94 acres, of whioh 62 acres are cleared and in a good state of cultiva- tion. The balance is well timbered with hard- wood. Tnere are good buileings, a bearing orchard and plenty of water. It is within half a• mile of the Village of Varna and thrbe miles from Brucefield station. Possession 'at any time. This is it rare chance to buy a first class farm pleasantly situated. Apply to ARTHUR FORBES, Seaforth. 1144tf FARM FOR SALE.—A valuable 200 are farm situated on concession 13, lots 22 and McKillop township. They are close to the best markets in Western Ontario, on good gravel roads, end within a few Minutes walk of store, post office, school, churches and every necessary convenience. The soil is Of the very best and well adapted for either stock or grain raising, as both farms are watered by a living spring creek. There are about 30 acres of choice tim- ber on both farms, house end stables; and 3 orchards of choice fruit. Tbe farms will be sold, separately or together to suit- purchaser. For price and terms apply to the proprietor PETER EicEWEN, Leacibury P. 0. 1191t1 FARM FOR SALE CHEAP.—$5,500 will buy 100 acres on the 9th coneession of Ale- Killop, belonging to Thompson Morrison, who is residing in Dakota and does not intend to reture, eighty acres cleared and the balance good hardwood, maple and rock elm, within miles of Seaforth hnd within of a mile of school house, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, stores, mills, blacksniithing and wagon making shop, post office, &c., good build- ings and water for cattle, and good gravel roads to any part of the township, taxes the lowest of any of the bordering townships. A mortgage will be taken for $3,000 et 6 per cent. Apply to JOHN C. NIORRISON, Winthrop P. 0., Ont. . 1176tf FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 12, conces- sion 4, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, 85 cleared, 63 seeded to grass, 8 sown to fall wheat. The farm is well-feneed, well under -drained and well watered by a never lailibg spring ! which :rine through pipes into a trough. There is a brick house and kitchen, frame barnestable an i driving shed. Good orehard. The farm is situated within two and a, half milsis of- Seaforth, with gpod gravel roads leadrng 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. 1136tf FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, the south half of Lot 23, Concession 6, Morris, containing 100 acres, about 90 of which are cleared, well fenced, abobt 70 free from stumps and Well , Underdrained. The balance is well timbered , -with mrdwood. The: leered part is nearly all seedee to grass. There is a frame house and frame earn, also teen:all orchard. Thi e is one of the nest farms in the township and has ne broken or bad land on it, and is good for either grain or stock and will be sold cheap. It ie 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. 114411 FARM VOR ,SALE.—Containing 119 acres, being parts of Lots 1 and 2, on the 3th concession of Morrie, 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. ttvo 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 miniates' walk from the house. Would take fifty acres in part pay. This is it 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 COALING. 11891f HOUSE AND LOT IN HARPURIIEY FOR SALE OR TO RENT.—For sale or to rent, the house and lot owned . and recently cm- cupied by the undersigned. The house is a neat frame, pleasantly situated, and contains four rooms and a kitchen. There is a splendid cellar full size of the house, also hard and soft water. The lot is one•quarter acre, and is planted with all kinds of fruit bearing treesi: such as apples, currants, grapes, &c. There is it large stab/e. It is admirably adapted for a retired farmer os any person desiring a pleasant, quiet residence and good garden. Apply to DANIEL GRUMMETT, Seaforth. ,1208-tf FARM FOR SALE.—The undersigned offers for Bale that valuable farm formerly owned byjMr. Mundell, on the 8th concession, Tucker- ienith. It contains 150 acres, of which 115 aces are cleared and in splendid condition. It is well fenced and fairley well drained. . The buildiogs are first-class, r good brick house almost new, large frame barns with stone stabling under- neath, suitable for feeding stock. There is also it large silo on the premises, capable of holding allethe corn ensilege grown on 10 or 12 acres. This is one of the fine -at farms in the County of Huron, and will be sold at a moderate pricit and on easy terms of payment. The farm is well adapted for mixed farming, producing fine erops negrain, and is also well adapted for grazing. For further particulars apply to the undersign- ed. D. D. WILSON, Seaforth Ontario. 1209 tf. An Nritotrric13. iTe:htAaonic)Piely a section or half a section IN; very cheap and on easy terms, in the ,Birtle dis- trict, four miles from the Town of Birtie, on the Manitoba and Northwestern Belle*, and six miles from Fort Ellice, and close to the Bird Tail Creek, with plenty of wood. This is a choice section of land, and picked out by my- -self in 1881, when there was plenty of ,land to choose front. There are about 70 acres under cultieation, a frame house, shanty roof, log stable large enough to hold eight horseea good well of water, everything convenientto mdve on the place and put this spring's crop in ; loca- tion first-class, and settled by Oetario farmers, principally from the County of Oxford, and con- venient to school and church. For further per- tieulars, apple- to the owner personally, or 'by letter. K. McLEOD, Seaforth, Ont. 1206 SPLENDID FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 19, 1st concession, TuckeMrnith, con- taining 100 acres e nearly all cleared, well fenced under -drained arid ell eeeded to grass. There is a large brick house with tin roof and contain- ing all modern improvements also a lame ank barn with stork stabling capable of accomedat- ing 5 horses and 32 cattle, also straw house, root house, stone pig pen, driving and imple- ment houses and aii out buildings usually found on a first class farm. The buildings are all in good repair. Also the adfoieing farm being bet' 20, containing 100 acres, nearly all cleared and seeded to grass. There is not a foot of -waste land on either fame On Lot 20 there is a good frame house, frame barn, two large sheds etc. There is a good bearing orchard on each farrn. These farms are situated on the Huron road one mile and a half from Seaforth, and are among the best farms in the Huron tract. They will be sold cheap and on easy terms. They willbe sold together or separately. Apply on the preerisee or address, WM. FOWLER, Seaforth P. 0. 1193-tf . •••• 1, Central Furniture (House, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. We wish to draw the attention of the people of Seaforth and 'sur- rounding country to our large, extensive and varied stock of IOTTSEITOLD FURNITURE. We manufacture the most of our Furniture, and can guarantee it to the public. At present our stock is very large, and is daily increasing. To reduce this enormous stock, our prices have been marked away down. At our low prices everybody can afford to purchase.. Our establishment is open to you all, and we want to see you and all your friends. Bring the whole family with your and pay us a visit. We'will be very happy tol show you our goods, whether you purchase or not. Hoping soon to halve a visit from you, we remain, respectfully yours, THE CENTRAL FURNITURE HOUSE, opposite McFaul's Dry Goods House. M. ROBERTSON, PROPRIETOR. Undertaking ef, ••`,7 it: 4* Fr a`• - 1 tee - a Department. This department is complete in every respect, and prices the low- est. Two first-class liehrseson band. Funerals attended to at the shortest notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. M. ROBERTSON, Funeral Director. , PRO 130NO PHIBLIC04" BRISTOL'S ILLS THE INFALLIBLE REMEDY For all Affections of the ;AVER & KIDNEYS SEAFORTH Musical Instrument Scott Brothers, PROPRIETORS, SEAFORTH, - ONT. P W. &NR.S, Cr'—D; ineionArane ;Company, Bowmanville. - LIJMSDEN & WILSON'S Royal Glyceratecl Balsam of -Fir, For the cure of Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Asthma, Bronchitis, and such kindred affections of the Throat and Bronchial Tubes. It is truly wonderful how the most harassing cough will give way to the healing and soothing properties of one or two doses of this Balsam. If you need any such medicine, give it a trial. For sale by ,druggists. :Price, 50c per bottle. LUMSDEN 84 WILSON'S Burdock and Mandrake Bitters, An effectual cure for Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Sick Headache, Constipation, Kidney Troubles and Impure Blood, &c, There is a rapidly increasing demand for this remedy,- and we can _confidently re- commend it to the public. Price, 25c per package. Prepared by LUMSDEN & WILSON, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH, ONT. ORGAras. —W. Bell & Co., Guelph; Dominion Organ Company, i Bowmanvlle ; D. W. Kern & Co„ Woodstec...k. The above instruments always on hand, also a few good second-hand Piano e and Organs for sale at from $23 upwards. Instruments sold on the instalment -plan, or on terms to suit cus- tomers. Violins, Concertinas and small instru- 41-nents on hand; also sheet music, books, &c. SCOTT BROS. C, Whitney's STOVE AND FURNISHING PrOTTS, Seaforth, Ontario. We are offering Bargains in 'Thoal & Wood Parlor Stoves. laimars VVRE IKDIAli 1 a P fdLGANTEEMBSOLUTELYFIIRI istimummearnz , CAROM III NOW •••!•1 The growers and blenders of Ram Lars Teas as you to give them a fair trial for the followino. reasons : lst—They are absolutely pure. 2nd—They are grown and prepared on the estate by the imst skilled labor and improved machinery that money can buy, whereds China Teas are picked and carried by natives long distances: before being made ready for the market. 3rd—Ram Lal's is a blend of three Teas grown and prqoared especially for this brand. _Will always be the same flavor to-citiy to ten years hence. 4th ----Tis cheap; only Fifty Cents for a pound package, which will go as far as two pounds of China or Japan Teas When giving Ram Lal's a trial, if the first cup does not strike your palate, try a second one weaker than the first. After using a pound you will only drink Ram Lal's Pure Indian Tea from henceforth For Sale by M. JORDAN, SEAFORTH, ONT. •••••=1/IIII The Central Business College, STRATFORD, ONT. This institution occupies a broad and ever widening field of neefulness, and iathoroug,hly established in the esteem of the Canadian people. It holds as prominent a position, and drafts its pupils from as high a grade of patrons, as any of the standard literary inet;tartiona of this country. Among its students are found the sons and daughters of the leading inerchante, manufaeturers, farmers, eapitaliets, and professional men throughout Canada, and the thormieh training it im- parts is of great and lasting benefit in every walk of life. Thi a school invites ambitious young men and women to come and secure for themselves a superior training in leteinees affairs that fita them to obtain high grade positions in the commet cial world. The attendance this term is larger . than ever before, and this is only another evidence of the superior work performed by the instrue- tors in this College. Stratford is the very best spot for obtaining a thoreugh knowledge of com- mercial work or shorthand. Students ma.y enter at an time. Good board only e2 50 ,per ueek. Write for new catalogues. W. J. ELLIOTT, SECRETARY. W. H. SHAW, PRI\ CIP THE SEAFORTH FOUNDRY. Having completed.rebuilding and repairing the.- old foundry, and: introduced the latest equipments and themost improved machines, I am now prepared to do All Kinds of Machine Repairs AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. T. T. COLEMAN. All Stoves Guaranteed, A full line of Mcalary's Famous Stoves For whkh we are Sole Agents. Great Bargains in Table and Library Lamps. O. M, WHITNEY, SEAFORTH. 'untsr, srnoticEsr, BES; CONTAINS rao Alum, Annr.onia, Lime, Phor,-phates, GS AHY WdU3ffilJ3 EU33TAI1C.E. E. W. GILLETT, Tee:ye:Da oter. cancan°, eel MANUFACTURER OF CELE2R1.TED ROYAL YEAST CAKI John S. Porter's Undertaking and Furni- ture Emporium, SEAE MITE", - ONTARIO. OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION_ Funerals furnished on the shortest notice and satisfaction gu anteed. A large assort- ment of Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, lte., alwaya on hand of the best quality. The best of Embalming Fluid ased free of charge and prices the lowest Fine Hearse. S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. ItesiA dence — GODERICH STREET, directly op- posite the Methodist church in the house formerly occupied by Dr. Scott. ...SSIMMENZIUMBIZSINgEar. lip PHOTO - ENGRAVING. :r PAYS To ILLUSTRATE YOI'R BUSINESS. Portraits, and cuts of colleges,hotels, factories inachinery,iic.,made to order froni photographs.. _ Prices Low—Send stamp tor specimen sheets. Metropolitan Press Agency, New. York City - a or TWO I 1 , . 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