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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-07-10, Page 22 THE CALICO FROCK. It wasn't a hot day, nor a cold, nor a damp day, but'it was an atrocious day, a clammy day, an unbearable day, a day that made your clothes stick to yon like poor relations, that brought out cold sweats on pitchers and goblets, that made your back a racecourse for con- temptible little chills and the rest of your body a target for a thousand invis• ible pin! and needles, that made the grasshopper e. burden and the dusty, be- grimed city a pandemonium, that mside Solomon Griggs, bachelor, of the firm of Griggs, Makem & Co., the great cloth. ing merchants, shut up his ledger with a bang and start for the country by the next train, remarking to old Grimseby, the head clerk, " that the city was stif- ling." To which that worthy replied : "So it is, but how about the fellers that can't get out of it and must stay to I be choked ?" A problem which, I suspect, our friend of the firm of Griggs, Makem & Co. troubled his head very Little about, . be- , ing just then busy in looking . into the dusty recesses of that picture gallery, which memory furnishes and arranges for us all as a single landscape, hanging there. A low house with mossy, overhanging eaves, standing on.the slope of a green hill, shaded by branching elms, with level fields stretching off in the fore- ground toward the sparkling water on one side and dueky woods on the other, and there, dusty, sweating and tired, Solomon found himself just about sun- set. Ont came a ruddy-cheeked, smil- ing old lady in a cap and apron that had attained a state of snowy perfection un- known to city laundresses. " Why, bless me, if it isn't little Sol ! Why, who'd a thought of seeing you ?" and she folded the stalwart, bearded man in as warm an embrace as though he were in reality still the little Sol of former days. And, how do you do, Sol ? Come in, come in ; don't stand out there. You know the little path and the way to the pantry yet, I dare say. Como in ; you needn't start back. It's only Machell." "But I didn't know you had any young ladies with you, Aunt Hester." " It's only Rachel, I tell you—Rachel Hart, the seamstress. Are there no women in your city that you are afraid to face a little country girl ?" " Little, indeed," thought Solomon, as he acknowledged his aunt's somewhat peculiar introduction—and not pretty, either—with large eyes of that uncertain gray that sometimes beams darkly blue and then deepens into brown, with smooth, low forehead and light . brown hair drawn tightly'across each ear, just - revealing its crimson tip ; a face irregu- larly featured, and rendered still more striking by the singular contrast be- tween its extreme pallor and the in- tensely scarlet lips—the personification of neatness, the embodiment of reserve. "An odd little person," thought Solomon, " but it's none of my busi- ness." Dismissing her from his mind, he pro- ceeded to, the much more important business of making himself perceptible at Aunt Hester's testable. Solomon did ample justice to the snowy bread, golden butter and lusc- ious strawberries, and later, as that worthy was indulging in a stroll across the field, he lifted ug his eyes and be- held the little seamstress, whose exist- ence he had quite forgotten, under a venerable cherry tree, making desperate efforts to seize a tempting branch on its lowest bough, revealing in her gyrations a very neat foot and ankle, and looking almost pretty with her flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes. i Now, Sol was a pliant 'man—deoid- edly the preux chevalier of the firm of Griggs, Makem & Co.; so that when- ever, as had once or twice happened, a petticoat ventured into the mouldy shades of the establishment, Sol was the man whom destiny and the other part- ners selected to parley with the enemy. Advancing, therefore, with a happy mixture of confidence and condescension, Sol plucked the cherries and was about to present them, when Independence in a calico frock stepped back with a cool : "Keep them ypuraelf, sir ; I don't care for them." "I thought that y°ou welted them," stammered Sol, " So I did; because they were difficult to obtain ; had they been on your aunt's table I would not have touched them, it is the glow of triumph that gives rw pleasure tie its zest. Eat the cherries yourself, and good evening sir ?" " Stop a moment !' said Sol, not a little astonished ; " thatis—I mean— permit me to acoompany you." "No ; you would expect me to enter- tain you, and that would be too much trouble." "But if, instead, I should entertain, you ?" " Yc,u cannot." " Why ?" " You could tell me nothing new. You are only a crucible for converting bales of cloth into the precious ore that all the world goes mad after. ; No doubt, you are all very well in your ` way, but there are alchemists who could trans -1 mute our hum drum, daily life into golden verse or heavenly thought. To such a one I might listen, but you and I have nothing in common." " Not even our humanity ?" asked Sol. The stern face of the young girl soft- ened a little, but only fora moment. " No," -she answered angrily, not even that. I, you know, am : made of'. the inferior clay, you of the pure Porce- lain. Do you not remember how even good, kind Aunt Hester told you there, were no young ladies with her, only the seamstress ? You are slightly bored already and think me odd enough to amuse you for awhile ; but if some of those gay ladies -among whom I hear you are such a favorite—were to come here, you would ; not even know me. "Good evening, sir." "'What a furious little radical !" thought Sol, with an uneasy langh,ae he watched her retreating figure. After all, he was not quite sure that she had not spoken the truth. If the calico frock had beets a flounced Bilk, for instance, how many degrees more deferential would have been his man- ner in presenting the cherries ! Query the seoond. If the calico frock had beenwalking down Broadway about four o'clock in the afternoon would he, Solomon Griggs, of Griggs, Makem & Co., as i willingly escort it as across those green fields, where, if the robins and = bluebirds did raadara - 1_ make remarks, It was in their own lan- guage ? Sol couldn't answer, the, questions satiefaotorily, but he went to bed and dreamed all night of the little Diogenes in her calico frock. That week and the next he waited patiently forhe first glimpse of that remarkable garment coming around the corner, but 'n1vain. And when, in such a very careless manner that it was quite remarkable, he wondered audibly " where that dd little girl lived whom he saw on the eve of his arrival," Aunt Hester anawe ed dryly : " Away u —thereabouts," pointing with her hand She boarde , she believed, with some queer sort of olke there ; though, for that matter, ole was queer enough her- self. And thi was absolutely all she would say on he subject. The next da Sol took it upon him- self to wander up . that way, " there- abouts," and was rewarded with a glimpse of t e calico frock going through a broken gate, and, following it closely, came up with the wearer as she was about to enter the dilapidated front door,, at which piece of impertinence she was so much incensed as to turn very red, while teas actually started to her eyes. "What do you want ?" she inquired, sharply enoug . a` To see you replied Sol,who, taken by surprise, co Id think of nothing but the truth. " Well, on ave peen me; now go 1" " But its a *arm day, and I am very tired." i "I can't help that. It's not my fault, is it ?" " You might leek me to walk in and alt down, if yod were not as hard-heart- ed as a Huron. I' " This is not " You would, "I don't say " Well, then, glass of water. " There is the well, and an iron cup fastened to it by a chain ; help your- self." ` " You inhospitable little misan- thrope !" But she was gy nEr; and the next time he inquired for hien, Aunt Hester told him, with a malicious twinkle of the eye, that she had gone to the city to find work. Perhaps the gold soul had been trou- bled witb visions)of a future Mrs. Griggs, and was not altogether displeased that an insurmountable barrier was placed between " that odd Rachel Hart and her nephew Sol, Who was a good boy, but didn't know the ways of women." Be that as it niiay, her joy was shortly turned into mourning, for Solomon re- ceived despatches requiring his immedi- ate presence in the city. At least so he said, for Aunt Hester was immovable in her conviction that " that Rachel was somehow at the bottom of it." She even hinted as much to Sol when he bade her good -by ; but he only laughed and told her to take care of herself. After all, business could not have Iack streets, not un- been so very pres ing, as he spent the greater portion of,his time wandering through lanes ands frequently dashin inexplicable excl her !' from when very red in the fac pression. Three months h he nearly ran agai who looked up in 1 donic smile. " Your eyesight 'is not so good in the city, Mr. Griggs. You don't know me here." " Rachel—Miss looking for you ev do you live ?" She hesitated a shortly :- " Come and see.' Turning, she _led narrow streets, reel teeming with a wrel a flight of broken a little room whose tore was its perfect " Will you be se she asked, with a s that you know my have the pleasure o ly." "And you live i this den ?" Solomon, heedlees o her sarcasm. do you support yourself ?" "By my needle." " How much doe this magnificent sty " By unremitting exertion I can earn two dollars a week " " Great heavens Why didn't you come to me ?" he as ed, "For two excell nt reasons : First, I should not have k own where to have found you ; second! , 1 should not have come if I had." " Of course not. Your pride is to you meat and drin . Still, you might have come. We are in need of hands." " I do not believ it. You wish to cheat me into ecce ting alms." " There is our advertisement ; read for yourself !" pallig a paper from his pocket. The sunken *spell, gleamed eagerly. She was human after all, and was even then suffering the gs of hunger. " Mr. Grii[gs, I lieve you; are a good man," she said, bur ing into tears. "I will work for you g adly. I AM starv- ing." And she did won , early and late, in spite of Solomon's e treaties, refusing to accept anything bu her wages, declin- ing to receive his -sits, sending back his gifts, steadily r fusing above all to become his wife, th ugh she had soften- ed wonderfully tow rda him. " You are rich— am poor !" she said in reply to his pateionate arguments. " Yon are handsome I am ugly ; the world would laugh and your family be justly offended." "I have no famil , and as for the world, let it laugh ; I dare be happy in spite of it." " I will not have ou," " Do you not lov me ?" " I will not have ou ;" and with that answer Solomon wa obliged to teat con- tented. Time passed on. came, and, with h down went the hour & Co. Solomon sat in brooding over his ru ing of the woman wb Ilong and fruitlesel 'darkly wondering if cut short an aimless, life. In the little d any house." then, if it were ?" .hat." I am thirsty ; give me a down alleys with the oration of " That's he always returned and sheepish in ex - d passed away, when = let a little woman, is face with a sar- Hart, I have been erywhere. I—where moment, then said the way through ing with filth and hed population, up airs, into a dingy ►nly redeeming fea. cleanliness. ted, Mr. Griggs ?" ornful smile. " Now eeidence, I trust to seeing you frequent - asked "How it take to keep up le of livin ?" A financial crisis wdreds of: others, of Griggs, ; Makem its office gloomily n, gloomily think - se love he had so striven to win, t were not better to hopeless, blighted lay a brace of pistolej, war p eeent from t young Makem when to went to Califor- THE. HURON nia. Sol took them out—they were loaned—it was but to raise them sq, ad- just the trigger so, and— " Lady wants to see you, sir." " Can't see her. Whet gran a woman wanteere ? Shut the door ! If any one palls, say I'm out." Once more he took up the pistol, but this time it dropped from his nerveless hand, for a pair of arms were around his neck and two clear, gray eyes looked lovingly -in his, while the voice that was sweetest to him whispered softly : " When you were rich I rejected you. Now that you are poor I come to ask you if you will take me?" And Solomon, like a sensible man, put up the pistols and took the calico frock instead. An Authoritative Decision. Tommy came running to his father one day with a weight of trouble on his mind. " Sadie says the moon is made of green cheese, pa, and I don't believe it." " Don't you believe it. Why not ?" " I know it isn't." •` But bow do you know ? Don't ask me that question•;;you must find out for yourself;" " How can I fied out ?" " Yon must study into it." He went to the parlor, took the fam- ily Bible from the (table and was missed for some time, when he came running into the study. 1 " I have found it out, for the moon was .made before the cows were."—Life. '• He Wouldn't Bite. The boy's fishi 1g pole was fastened under the root oa tree on the river bank, and he wap pitting in the sun playing with a dogl " Fiahing ?" inquired a mail passing along the road. " Yep," answered the boy es briefly. " Nice dog you'll() got there, What's his name ?" " Fish ? That's a queer name for a dog. What did yoll call him that for ?" Then the man prOceeded on his way. Washington Star. Facts Abont Your elf. The average number of teeth is thirty- two. The weight of the circulating blood is 29 pounds. The average weight of an adalt is 150 pounds and six ounees. The brain of a map exceeds twice that of any other animal. • I minute, and 1,200 times an houlr. A man breathea about 18 pints of air in a minute, or upwards of 7 hhgeheads a dTahYe. average weight of the b4in of a man is pounds ; of a woman, 2 pounds and 11 ounces.. Five hundred and forty pounds, or one hogshead and 1 ints, of Is ood pass through the heart in one hour. The average height of an En lishman The heart sends nharly ten p blood through the veins and unds of arteries each beat, and makes fear beats while we breathe once. cells are in the 1 ngs, which One hundred and ileventy•five cover a surface thirty -times grea the human body. The average of the pulse in in million would er than ancy ie 120 per minute ; in manhood, 80 ; at 60 years, 60. The p Ise of females is more frequent than t at of melee. What o Try. Try pop -corn for nausea. Try cranberries foe malaria. Try a sun bath for eheumatisml Try ginger ale for etomach cramps. Try clam broth for Weak stoma Try cranberry poultice for ery Try swallowing saliva when t with sour stomach. Try a wet towel to the back neck when sleepless. Try buttermilk foe removal of les, tan and butternut stains. Try to cultivate an equable and don't borrow tro ble ahead, Try hard cider a wine-gla s full three times a day—for ague an rheu- matism. Try a hot, dry flannel over the seat of neuralgic pain, and renew it fre- quently. Try snuffing powdered borax p the nostrils for catarr or cold in the b d. Try taking your cod liver oil pin to- mato catsup if you want to malke it Try breathing the fumes of turpentine or carbolic acid to relieve the whooping cough. h. ipelas. oubled of the freck- Try a cloth rung ont from cold Water; put about the neck at night for the sore throat. Try an extra pair :of stockings' out- side of your shoes when traveling ia cold weather. Try walking with your hands behind you if you find yourself becoming bent forward. Try a silk handkerchief over your face when obliged th gio against a cold, piercing wind. Try planting sunlioshere in you gar- den if compelled to live in a ma anal neighborhood. Try a saturated eolution of bica bon - ate of soda (baking so, a) in diarr oeal Try a newspaper over the chest, be- neath your coat, as a chest protects'''. in extremely cold weather.—The Health Monthly. Two BabieS. see Mre. Winkler's baby. It's per ect- ly lovely. Such a delicate, sweet rale creature as it is. It'a !a perfect little cherub, with the loireliest eyes, the sweetest little mouth,1 the cunningeat little nose, and eyes of heavenly blue. It looks as if it had just dropped from. heaven and every tiny feature had heen fashioned by the angels." Mr. Newma—" 'slit an nice as our Mrs. Newma—" Mercy no, not elf. —New York Weekly. Rebuking A Flippant Boarder. " They say it costs $17.50 a Week to feed an elephant, Mrs. Iron's," Said the boarder at the foot of the table. " How would you like to board one at reg ler "An elephant, Mr. McGinnis," re- plied the landlady, "wouldn't be throw- ing out hinte all the time that he Was getting tired of prunes." XPOSF'! OR. REAL ESTATE Fort SALE. 11DUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.—Tbe under- lie/ signed has a number of fine building Lots on Goderioh and James Streets for sale, at leer prices. For paltioulare apply to D. D. WILSON 906 Tat ESIRABLE RESIDENCE IN HARPURHEY ji FOR SALE.—For sale cheap, the property of Mr. McCulloch in Harpurhey, There are two dwelling houses with an acre of land, and plenty of good water. It is pleasantly end convenient- ly situated, and would make a , most desirable residence -for a retired farmer, Apply to DAVID TIOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE OR TO RENT. —For Sale or to Reht a large and com- modious frame house. In connection with this house there is four-fifths of an acre of land with , fruit trees in it There is also a good stable. The house contains all the modern conveniences and is situated south of the railway track in Sea - forth. Immediate possession given. For fun ther particulars apply to JAMES ST. JOHN, --pARM FOR SALE. -+For oaks, Lot 31, Coo- l.' cession 5, McKillep, containing 100 acres, about 90 acres cleared and all in a good state of cultivation. It is well underdreined and well fenced. There is a good brick house and good frame barns, stables, sheds, &a, , There is a large bearing orchard and a never failing spring well. It le situated withia three miles of Seaforth and will he sold cheap. Apply to JOHN McCLURE, Porter's Hill PJ o. 1158tf 1GIARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale ...12 cheap, the Diet 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 buildings, a bearing orchard and plenty of water. It le ;within half a mile of tho Village of Varna and three miles from Brucefield station. Possesinon at any time. This is a rare chance to buy , first claes farm pleasantly eituated. Apply to ARTHUR ARM FOR SALE.—A valuable 200 acre farm situated on concession 13, loep 22 arid 23, al 'Tramp township. They are close to the best in rkets in Western Ontario, on good gravel roads, and within a few minutes walk of .stora, post office, school, churches and every necessary convenience. The so il is of the vary best and well adapted for either stock or grain raising, as both farms are watered by a living wring creek. There are about 30 acres oi choice tim- ber on both farms, a house and stables, and 3 orchards of choice fruit. The farina will be sold separately or together to suit purahaser. For price and terms apply to the proprietor PETER PLENDID FARM FOR SALE— or Salo the East half of Lot 4, on the 4th Concession, and Lot 4, on the 6th Concession, uckersmith containing 150 -acres, all cleared b t about 12 acres. The farni is well underdrainod and well fenced. There is a brick house and bank barn, 56 by 80 feet, also an orchard of 200 bearing trees. There are three wells on the place and the river runs through part of it. There is no waste land. It is within four miles of Seaforth and is convenient to a good sebool. It is a magnificent stock and grazing farm. It wilrbe sold. cheap and on very easy terms as the proprietor wishes to retire. Apply on the premise; or address Egirondville P. 0. JAMES PICKARD. 1218 tf. FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lbit 12, conces- sior 4, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, containing i.00 acres, 85 cleared, 53 seeded ; to grass, 8 sown to fall wheat. The farm is avell-fenced, well under -drained aod well watered by a never failing spring which runs through pipes into a trough. There is a brick house and kitchen, frame 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 partiiciu3lactref appiy on the premises or to JOHN, PRENDER- FARM FOR SALE CHENP.—The farm of 100 acres on the 9th conceeeion of Mc- Killop, belonging to Thompson Morrison, who is residing in Dakota and does not intend to return, is offered for sale very cheap. Eighty acres are cleared and the balance good hardwood, maple and rock elmi, within 5i- ings and water for cattle, and good gravel roads to any part of the township, taxes 'the loweet of any of the bordering townatsh6i Churches, stores, wills, blacksioithing and wagon making shop, post office, &43,, good build• will be taken for a3,000 to JOHN C. MORRISON, Winthrop P. 0., Ont. school house, Methodist and Presbyterian mile% of Seaforth and within of a mile of Pe:. c*fe n tm. o tngP7aP6gItY: FIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE.4---Cemprsi- ing Lot 22, and east half of 21, imam second concession of Ueborne, in the County of Huron, containiog 160 acres ; on the Thames ROad, 1a miles from Exeter market. There is on the farm a two storey brick house, 26x38, with kit- chen 18119 ; woodshea 14x29 ; two never failing spring wells and cistern ; three barns, one hav- ing a brick foundation, 34x58 ; one with frame foundation and shed underneath, 36x52 ; third barn on surface, with stable at end; good driv- ing house and young bearing orchard..There are 120 acres cleared and free of stutopti ; is also well underdrained and well fenced, the remain- der hardwood bush ; the farm is situated one mile from school, and is convenient to churches. This is one of the best farms in Huron county. Terms easy. Apply on the premiees, or by letter ta MRS. SIMON A. JORY, Exeter P. 0. FARM FOR SALE.—The undersigned offerer for sale that valuable farm formerly owned by Mr. Mundell, on the 8th concessioo, Tucker - smith. It contains 150 acres, of which 115 acres are cleared and in splendid condition. It is well fenced and fairley well drained. The, buildings are first-class, a good brick house air/lost new, large frame barns with stone stabling under- aeath, suitable for feeding stack. There is also a large silo on the premises, capable df holding all the corn ensilege grown on 10 or 12 acres. - This is obe of the finest farms in the County of - Huron, and will be sold at a moderate 'price and on easy terms of payment. The farM ie well adapted for mixed farming, producing,fine crop of grain, and is also well adapted for grazing. For further particulars apply to the Undersign- ed. D. D. WILSON, Seaforth Ontario, 1209 tf• l'al-ANITOBA PROPERTY FOR SALE.—A In rare chance for any one intending going to Manitoba to buy section or half a section very cheap and on easy terms, in the Birtle dis- trict, four miles from the Town of Billie, on the Manitoba and Northwestern Rallwayi 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 from. There are about 70 acres under cultivation, a frame house, shanty aoof, log stable large enough to hold eight hen* a good well of water, everything Convenient t:o more on the place and put this spring's crop in ; loca- tion firert-class, and settled by Oatano farmers, principally from the County of Oxford, and con- venient to school and church. For further par- ticulars, apply to the owner personally or by letters K. McLEOD, Seaforth, Ont. 1208 PLENDID FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, 0 Lot 19, let concession, Tuckersmith, con- taining 100 acres, nearly all cleared, well fenced under -drained and all seeded to grass. There is a large brick house with tin roof and contain- ing all modern improvements also a large bank barn with stone stabling capable of acoornodat- ing 8 horses and 32 cattle, also straw house, root house, stone isig pen, driving and imple- ment homes and all out buildings usually found on a first class farm. The buildings are all in rood repair. Also the adjoining farm being lot 20, containing 100 acres, nearly all cleared and seeded to grass. There is not a foot of waste land on either farm. On Lot 20 there is, a good frame house, frame barn, two large sheds etc. There is a good bearing orchard on each farm. Theft farms ars eituated on the Huron road one mile and a half from Eleaforth, and are among the best farms in the Huron tract. They will be Bold cheap and on eaey terms. They will be sold together or separately. Apply on the premises or addreee, WM. FOWLER, Seaforth P. 0. 1193-tf VALUABLE FARM PROPERTY FOR SALE. --For Sale in Tuckersmith, Lot 31, Con- cessioh 2, L. R. S., containing 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared, the remainder is well tim- bered with hard wood. There is a good frame house, nearly new. also good frame barns and stablieg, plenty of hard and soft water, well denced, well underdrained and in a high state of ooltivation. There is a good bearing erchard, 'oleo a young orchard of firet-claee variety. There is about 30 acres of fall ploughing done an& the reniainder is seeded to grass. This is one of the best farms in the Township of Tucker - smith and has ne broken or bad land on it, and is good for either grain or stock. This property is situated on the Mill Road, 1 mile from Bruce - field and 6 from Seaforth, it is within a quarter of a mile from the sbhool house, with good gra- vel roads leading in all directions. Posseseion can be given to suit purchaser. For further par- ticulars apply on the premises or address to MRS. MARY SINCLAIR, Brucefield P. O., Ontario. ! 1210 tf. ToLY 10, 189L LADIES, JUST A WORD. DO YOU KNOW That " Sunlight " Soap does more work than any other, and therefore it must be cheaper'? That the labors of the kitchen and wash -day can be made easier by using " Sunlight " Soap'? That you need not boil the clothes by using " Sun- . light " Soap, nor use washing powders, and yet they will be white as snow ? That " Sunlight " Soap is so pure that it cannot possibly injure the most delicate skin or fabric 7 These are solemn facts which you can prove by testing. HE SEAFORTH FOUNDRY. Having completed rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and introduced the latest equipments and the most improved machines, I am now prepared to do' Ali Kinds of Machine Repairs AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. LAND ROLLERS. We are now turning out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and invite the farmers to szte them before buying elsewhere. THE FifteiT 23,1S EikSg Is used both internally and externally. It acts quickly, affording almost instant relief froin the severest pain. • DI RFCTLY TO THE SPOT. 114 ITS ACTIOU. For, CRAMPS, CHILLS, COLIC, DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, CHOLERA MORBUS, and all BCiWEL COMPLAINTS, MO REPAEDY EQUALS THE PA1N-KILLER. In Canadian Cholera and Bowel Complaints its effect is magical. lt cures In a very short time. THE BEST' FAMILY REMEDY FOR BURNS, BRUISES, SPRAINS, NEURALGIA and TOOTHACHE. SOLO EVERYWHERE AY 26C. A RoTrLir, .1:2r Beware of Counterfeits and Imitations. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ! Now is the time that everybody needs a pair of new Boots or Shoes, and the question arises in your mind where will I go to get the best looking and best wearing pair of Shoes for the least money Don't make any mistake, but come direct to HAMILTON & In John Logan's old stand,,corner of Main and John Streets, eaforth, where you will find a well -assorted stock of Boots and Shoes i" a well bought stock,"—a large stock to choose from, and a nice comfortable place to deal in. We have immense values in Men's high cut Plow Boots and gen- eral wearing shoes, and in Men's Fine Goods we cannot be surpassed. Also great bargains in our *omen's goods, and the very choicest selec- tion to choose from in Toe Slippers, Oxfords in French and Dongolia Kid, with tips. Buttoned 1:115,ts plain or tipped ; opera heel and toe or common sense Women's Bal ora\ls, vamped or with seam_ to toe. We always have a very nice stock of children's goods, which is a nice thing for the little folks, and prices are right. TRUNKS AND VALIStS 19wer than the lowest, and a large stock to choose from at HOUTON M INNIS, SEAFORTH. A FOR (PROGRPSSIVE} SCHOOL TEACHERS TIMES. The Central Business College, STRATFORD, ONT., Imparte technical knowledge in matters of business and accounts, prepares young men arid women for poeitions of ruefulness and trust, and furnishes, stenographers, book-keepers and olerks business home's free of charge. We teach Book-keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Correspondence, Penm anship, Business Forms, Practical Grammar, Spellio6 Arithmetic, Mercantile Law, lac. Spring term begins on April 1, 1891. Students admitted any time. Write for catalogue. Important Announcement. pRIGHT BROTHERS, The Leading Clothiers of Huron, Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and surrounding country, that they have added to their large ordered clothing trade one of the Most Complete and best selected stocks of Boys', Youths' and Men's Readymade &thing THE COUNTY. Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade. • Remember the Old Stand, Campbell's Block, opposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth. BRIGHT BROTHERS. ItAPE1114t :REAM TARTM 1146 JUREST, STRONGEST, RES; CONTAINS NO Alum, Ammonia, Lime, Phosphates CR ANY INJURIOUS SUBSTANCE. alANUFACTURER OF lifE CELEBRATED ROYAL YEAST _CAZE SEAFORTH Musical Instrument MSZEPOIRaITTIZE Scott Brothers, SEAFORTHI CWo oPm. Bip eRaAl ni Gy15414,AGBOoor4. wle . n ____v i 1 v vl e . Guelph ; Dominion Organ Company, The above nstruments always on hand, also a few good second-hand Pianos and Organs for saie at from 825 upwards. Instruments sold on the instalment plan, or on terms to suit ens- tomers. Violins, Concertinas and small instra. ments on hand also sheet music books, c SCOTT BROS. a Al. Whitney's STOVE AND FURNISHINQ TTCYCrp, Seaforth, ontario. We are offering 13argains in Coal & Wood Parlor Stove& All Stoves Guaranteed. A full line of For which we are Sole Agents. Great Bargains in Table and Library Lamps. 0. M. WHITNEY, John -S. Porter's' Undertaking and' Furni- ture Emporium, SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION. Funerals furnished on the shortest notice ment of Caskete, Coffins and Shrouds, age., lalivays on hand of the beet quality. The beet of Embalming Fluid ased free of charge and prices the lowest. Fine Hearse. , S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Reef- posite the Methodist church- in the houee formerly occupied by Dr. Scott. SANITARY PLUMBING AND HEATING. G-OIDM ME LATEST METHODS : Particular attention paid to Sanitation and Ventilation. Plans'and Specification care- fully prepaired. Repairing Promptly attend- ed to. Three Trains Daily. Telephone No. 28. Correspondence Solicited. THE SEAFORTH BANKING COMPANY. (NOT INCORPORATED. A General Banking business trans- acted. Farmers' notes discounted. Drafts bought and sold. Interest allowed on deposits. SALE NOTES discriunted, or taken for collections OFFICE—Firat door north of Reid & Wilson's Hardware Store. J. O. 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