The Huron Expositor, 1891-08-14, Page 22
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
AnEnglish Village Wake.
Just a. week beforehand,, two flaming
blue and yellow placards announcing the
wake were posted upon the walls of the
stable belongingto the f Plough and
Harrow Inn, which stable stands upon
the line of the village street.
The landlady of the Plough and Har-
row is a typical English landlady --a
tidy, broad, and buxom dame, the
possessor of a pair of keen but kindly
black eyes, and e. head o s tiny black
hair, which she keeps ' inexquisite
order.
She may be said to be a mild edition
of Mrs. Poyser, having her general.
benevolence of temper enited to her
keen eye for business, bunt without het
caustic tongue. Her own speech is
smooth and liquid, one dialect she uses,
that of her native Staffordshire, is Mrs.
Poyser's own. It watt Brom her lips
that I first heard that good old Engliah
word " wench." She applied it to her
sister. `,` The poor wench had been a
ill -'
longtime," she said.
Her house is as immaculate in its
neatness as herself. She took me all
over it in one day—into the skin -
room, parlor, bar, tap -room, kitchen,
brewery, and wash -house ; and every
part, including the lately deceased pig
which was hanging in the brewery, and
which she had just been washing down,
was spotlessly clean.
Under the eaves in ;one of the attics
was a large assortment of .jugs or
pitchers, which I was told were for the
wake. It was the first intimation of the
wake that badd come to my ears.
" Wake ! What wake ?twhose wake ?
I never heard of any wake except an
Irish funeral wake."
I had forgotten a certain definition
that " a wake in Engliah means a festi-
val held on the anniversary of the saint
of the pariah. In Ireland it is pro-
fessedly for the indulgence of holy
sorrow, but is generally turned into
unholy joy."
It ie the latter form of wake only that
has emigrated to 'America, and a native
of that country may be forgiven the
mistake of confusing the two, though
Shakespeare classes " fairs, festivals,
and wakes " together.
Formerly the church was the center of
the village wake. Now its center is the
village inn or public." . The former,
finding her offspring grown beyond her
control and given to all manner of
off longsince,
es .
excess threw her ,
though in the little village of which I
write she has until recently shown a
sneaking regard for her.
The late clergyman of the parish used
to have a special service on the Sunday
opening the week of the wake, at which
a hymn was sung called the " wake
hymn." This clergyman, like Geoffrey
Crayon, was fond of old customs, and
recognized many which the present
incumbent refuses—and no doubt wisely
—to do.
king, which in
in with prayer
ed by the land -
Harrow Inn
to be feared, passed that door without
going in.
To say that beer and other liquors
flowed unceasingly for hours on that
beautiful June •evening, with its calm
and solemn twilight, is to speak.. within
bounds. I was told that the landlord of
the Plough ani. Harrow would doubtless
take not lees than £50—about $250—for
liquors alone, that day.
" Drink " in the great curse of Eng-
land ; and nextto that comes gambling,
' ace the latter first. They
vices which are preying
life of the nation—at its
So the Vigilin, or W
former times was usherec
and fasting, is now oar
iady of the Plough ani
pasting up a couple of blue and yellow
placards announcing tjiat the wake will
open on a certain day, and that during
its continuance all mangier of excellent
liquors, including beer, stout, ale, etc.,
can be procured at the liar of the said
inn. It further states that there will be
great attractions in the way of circuses,
flying boats, cocoanut bowling, dancing,
etc., with one day devoted to village
sports.
These - wakes began fornerlyd as I
have said., with fasting and prayer.
The church floor was strewn with
rushes, the altar decorated with flowers,
and the people came thither bearing
lighted candles, decorously and solemn-
ly, and passed the night in devotion.
That was the true ligilin—the Wak-
ing. -
The following day yeas ept as a holi-
day, and booths were et up lin the
churchyard for the side of refreshments
--highly acceptable to Those who had
fasted all the night through. The chief
of these refreshments were cakes and
ale
though some -p
are the twin
upon the very
heart's blood.
The prevalence of " drink " was the
objection I eftenest heard brought
against the wake ; and it is an objec-
tion. But it holds good as well against
the . Derby I)ay, for which Parliament
adjourns, and to which flock the upper
classes. And r as regards gambling,
Derby Day will bear off the palm " every
time. 1
But temperance has gained one step
even at the 'wake. The " public " is
forced to close its bar at 10 p. m., and it
remains closed until ri a. m. Formerly
during the week of the wake it was shut
but one hour in the twenty-four, and
that was from twelve to one o'clock at
nicht. .
Though the fair grounds were crowd •
ed on Sunday, none of the booths or
places of amusement were open, and as
I passed neary a neighboring footpath
I observed thaa� there was no more noise
than would naturally arise from the
conbined noisei.and laughter of so great
a crowd.
Several day before, the caravans had
begun to arrive
some of then
els picked out
curtains at th
adorned Mrs.
Others were s
and weather -stained. These vane ac-
companied the flying horses --genteelly
called in the United States " carrousels,"
but known hese as circuses or merry-go-
rounds—the shooting galleries, etc., and
were the homes of the travelling show-
men who furnish the staple amusement
at fairs and wakes.
One merry go -round set up its tent
and machiner;
free; The of
fair grounds, l
the privilege i
" Dost thou think jbe4auee thou art
virtuous there shall be do more cakes
and ale ?" asks Sir Tchiy1 Belch pi Mal -
voila. I
The cakes and ale soon drew tQgeth er
other than those who h ►d fasted., and
—little travelling houses,
well painted, the pan -
with red, and with white
small windows, such as
Jarley's famous van.
abby in .make, battered
peddlers and hawkeyrs,
church a market for th
also. These were follow
lar merchants from ow
their booths in the c urc
after this fashion 1 th
gradually grew into a fa
on Sunday. Abuses pat
and, says an old write
lecherie and songs, d nc
riding in the
ir wares, came
ed by the regu-
n, whoi set up
;hyard. 'It was
at the lit
ir, which began
orally followed,
, " the fell to
s, harpings and
on the. village green, rent
her betook itself to the
paying a handsome sum for
oto the hand of the village
" publican "ii
ho owns the grounds.
noon the wake
had
open-
ed,
By
Monday p
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' to
be in f
ull
�oud
not be
said
ite
ed, but
blast till Monday evening ; then the fun
was fact and furious. As I passed by the
door of the inti I looked in. The house
was crowded with drinkers, bar and
tap -room, and the whole atmosphere
without as well as within was laden
with the sickening fumes of beer. Two
barmaids were serving the crowd. But
this did not suffice for their supply, and
a tap had also been opened on the fair
grounds.
By the entrance gate an old woman
had set up her booth for the sale of
fried fish. She had offered this dainty,
my companion said, at every wake with-
in the batter's remembrance,and had grown
gray in the service. These vendors of
food ae well as the caterers to the amuse-
ment of the fair folk evidently earn
their living byattendance upon festivals,
wakes, and mrkets. Every week there
are more or less of these held in every
county of England. - I recognized in one.
dealer in cakes an old woman who week-
ly sets up her stand by the ancient Eas,
Gate of Warieick, on the occasion of the
weekly cattlemarket ; and the owner of
the merry-golound told me she would
go directly from this wake to the great
Coventry Fail',
The music of the merry-go-round was
deafening. The machine was driven by
a steam -engin
put in motion
which posse
Above the door was painted this legend :
" Mrs. X. Q. 'P. T. Z. Nurse from
Chicago.
Ata distance of several feet from this
door stood a young man, with a box of
wooden balls by his side, and a supply
of• cigars. For the payment of one
penny you were privileged to throw one
of these balls' at the flat white disk. If
you hit it you were entitled to a cigar.,
As a general thing, however, nobody
could hit it. And as I came up in front
of it, the young man was standing idly
by his balls. I expressed a desire to see
what the thing would reveal if the disk
were hit. " Give me a penny, lady, and
I'll bit it," he said. The penny was
instantly forthcoming, and with unerring
aim he hit .the disk. It gave forth a
hollow bound, the, door swung slowly
back—in that blood -curdling wayin
which doors swing open in old novels—
and out "glided '—another term bor-
rowed from those ancient works and -
exsctly descriptive—out glided a tall
figure of about six feet, clad in blue, a
red kerchief encircling her neck, and a
ruffled whitecap her highly florid count-
enance. With crossed arms and placid
demeanor she glided down the inclined
plane which led from the door to within
a short distance of the spectators, paus-
ed an instant, then retreated with the
dame smooth -motion; the door closing
slowly behind her.
and also t gluttonyand cin,
i in s
g.
and so turned the hotness into cursed-
ness."`'
Bishops and priests at length opened
their pulpit artilleryupon them, and in
1285 a statute was posed forbidding the
bolding of these festival in churchyards
followed by another lire ting the sales to
" necessary victuals.!' n 1536 the final
blow was given to this feast of the
dedication by an edict which decreed
that it should be held on the first Sun-
day in October. AM tii
is came in the
middle of the harvest, i was impossible
for the greater part of the population to,
attend, and so it was, gradually given
up But another wak , tat of the birth- and was another illustration, of which I
have found so many, of the inteneel
English character of Dickens's po
traitnree. She attends to braille
strictly, and I raw her starting off the
horses with her own' hands. She h s
prospered greatly, so my compani
said. She owns a pretty plane in t
neighborhood of Coventry, and drives
pony and trap. Special dress was lai
upon this last item. For the ownersh
of a horse or horses gives social digitin
tion in England. And the wife of
laborer who may never hope to own ai
beast higher in the scale than a donk
may well speak with respect of her w
drives her trapand pony.
The merry-go-round, however, w
not the only amusement she had to cffc
She owned a set of flying boats, whi
seemed to be almost, if not quite,
popular as the flying horses. Th
flew with such velocity and to such
height that I was in momentary exp
tation of seeing the contents, the rus'
belles and, beaux, tumbled out. . b
they were perfectly balanced, and o
accident occurred.
Hard by the boats there stood a hi h
narrow structure built in the semblance
of a cottage. The front was painted
imitate windows with curtains, a
there was a painted chimney. The do
however, was real. It was of erdina
which at the same tim
a mammoth hand organ,
sed in an exaggerated
degree all the infernal characteristics o
the lesser individuals of its spices. The
as highly decorated, bein
rlet and gilt, and adorne.
It dragons, open mouthed
usts blowing at prodigiou
th crowns sod V. R.'
whole affair
painted in eca
with huge gi
and angelic b
trumpets, w
scattered about all over it like spatter
work. And_ deafening music, flyin
horses, and g It were all evidently quit
to the taste o the crowd, who patronize.
it without tint, and rarely were it
prancing horses at rest.
Old andyoung, men and women, a�
well as' childen, rode them. One deal
old woman—I know - _her well and hole
her in great esteem, though her statiot
in life is that of the " keeper of
mangle "--this dear old woman told m
that her husband, now dead, used alway
to say as the end of the wake drew neat
" Now, Jenny, we'll go and have ou
ride on the horses."
The anecdote charmed me quite e
much as though my Lord Duke ha
said, " Will
Rotten Row
bery sneer
blandly smile upon the other !
The owner, of this merry-go-round is
woman, a widow, whose husband kille
himself with drink—so she herself tol
me. She ceyrries on the business wit
the help of her grown-up sons, t
youngest of whom is following filially in
the foots taps of his father. She gave me
these items of her domestic history inter-
spersed with pious ejaculations. She
struck me as a kind of female Chadhand
your Grace go for a drive i
?" And why should enol
at the one amusement an
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
�U under-
signed has a number of fine building Lots
on Goderieh and James Strecta for sale, at low
prices. For particulars apply to D. D. WILDS SN
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE IN HARPURHEY
FOR SALE.—For sale cheap the property
of Mr. McCulloch in Harpurhey. There are two
dwel ing houses with an acre of land, and plenty
of pod water. It is pleasantly and convenient-
ly si uated, and would make a most desirable
reel ence for a retired farmer. Apply to DAVID
McC LLOCH, Seaforth. 1213•tf
IT USE AND LOT FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
J_ —For Sale or to Rent a large and com-
mod ous frame house. In connection with this
hou.e there is four•fifths of an acre of land with
frui trees in it. There is also a good stable.
The mum contains all the modern conveniences
and is situated south of the railway track in Sea -
forth. Immediate possession given. For fur-
ther particulars apply to JAMES ST. JOHN,
Hul ett, Seaforth P. 0., or Ed. Dawson tf.
orth.
Mrs. X. Q. P. T. Z. was evidently a
substitute for " Aunt Sally," that time-
honored frequenter of Engliah and Welsh
fairs, but who failed to put in an
appear ince upon this occasion. Perhaps
her absence and the presence of Mrs.
X. Q. P. T. Z. may be taken as an
advance in refinement of taste on the
part of frequenters of wakes and fairs,
decorously remaining, ae the latter
does, in her cottage until summoned
forth by importunate knocks, unlike
Aunt Sally, who, pipe in mouth, stands -
poldly before her screen" of canvass, a
arget for ehillalahs.
But Mre. X. Q. P. T. Z. was not the
•nly attraction from America. 'Above
he entrance to a certain tent hung a
+lacard announcing .that a strange crea-
ture could be seen within, a human
creature, though with manyof the
habits of an animal and who or which,
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FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 31, Con-
cession 5, McKillop, containing 100 acres,
about 90 acres cleared and all in a good state of..
cultivation. It is well underdrained and well
fenced. There ie a good brick house and good
frame barns, stables, sheds, &c. There is a
large bearing orchard and a never failing
epripg well. It is situated within three miles
of Seaforth and will be sold cheap. Apply to
JOIiN McCLURE, Porter's Hill P. 0. 1158tf
F'41RM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale
!cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield
Road, Stanley, containing,64 acres, of which 62
acres aro cleared and in a good state of cultiva-
tion. The balance is well timbered with hard-
wood. There are good buildings, a bearing
orchard and plenty of water. It is within half a
mile of the Village of Varna and three miles
fro Brumfield station. Possession at any
tarn This is a rare chance to buy a first class
far pleasantly- situated. Apply to ARTHUR
FOT1IiES, Seaforth, 1144t1
SPLENDID FARMFOR SALE—For Sale the
East half of Lot 4, on the 4th Concession,
and Lot 4, on the 5th Concession, Tuckersmith,
containing 150 acres, all cleared but about 12
acres. The farm is well underdrained 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 welle 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 school. It is a magnificent
stook and grazing farm. It will be solei cheap
and on very easy terms as the proprietor wishes
to retire. remise3 or address
Egrrondville P. on
0.JAMES PICKARD. 1218 tf,
FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 12, conees-
sion 4, 11. R. 8., Tuckersmith, containing
' 100 acres, 85 cleared, 53 seeded to grads,. 8
sown to fall whoat. - The farm is well -fenced,
been caught running wild in a herd well under -drained and well watered by a
never failing spring which mins through pipes
into a trough. There is a brick house and
r
shed.
kitchen, frame barn, stable" ani drir-inf,
Good orchard. The farm is situated within
two and a halt miles of Seaforth, with good
gravel roads leading in all directions. ns. Will be
sold on easy terms. For further particulars
apply on the premises or to JOHN PRENDER-
.OAST, Seaforth P. 0., Ont.
FARM FOR SALE CHEAP.—The farm of
100 acres on the 9th concession 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 elm, within 51
miles of Seaforth and within a of a mile of
schocii house, Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches, stores, frills, blacksmit ing and
ild
wagon making shop, post office, &c., good
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 88,000 at 6 per cent. Apply
to JOHN C. MORRISON, Wiuthrep P. 0., .
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uetangs on one of the great Western
ne.
s a companion of this strange being
the
advertised.on the same placard
tion chief, Riziah Paziah, from the
nibal Is -lands of King Solomon, also
g in Western .seas. This chief, it
affirmed, could readily bite through
ne, and an immense cracked bone
hung outside of the tent, illustrative
hie._- powers. The placard further
ed that he executed the " Dance of
ance" in a "-way to astonish all
es," and a " Carnival of Reptiles "
promised as an added attraction. I
net venture within the precincts of
tent, from which suggestive and
ival sounds issued at intervals. But
whole thing—howls, cranked bone,
tilian Carnival, andall, was like a
pter from Mr. Rider Haggard.
he attractions of the wake, after all,
ever, consisted more in games than
hows. These minister to that love
mulation.which is so marked a charac-
atic of the Englishman of whatever
s. It is fostered in the Board
ools as well as in the Universities.
every stage in life there are prizes to
won—books, scholarship, medals,
es.
And here there were endless trials of
ll—shooting at a target with bow and
owe for walnuts, tossing rings upon a
lking-stick fixed in the ground for
ars, twirling pointers on a disk for
a
e
day oi the saint to hom the pariah
chuck was dedicated -pin inferior wake
—stili survives ; and t
the- villagers of Whit
upon by the blue anye
celebrate,. in the lefy
1888.
This wake is now hot
is was the wake
ash wete called
How placards to
month of June,
ing more or leas
than a pleasure fair, slur-ila to its
neighbor, the great j "'Warwick Mop,"
which is s pleasure and hiring fair com-
bined. It is a sort of thing in which
the rural population of England delights
and one at the mention of which the
upper classes lift thelir eyebrows as they
deprecate its existence and wish it could
be done away with. II did not meet
with a member of those classes who had
ever been to a wake.1 ?$turall'y, I, who
had seen much of these excellent villag-
ers in the daily routihe of their lives,
wished to know howl thley amused them-
selves, and so I went. 1 -
Although told that there would be a
large concourse of, people from the
neighbpring Towns on Sunday, eget I was
takes by surprise at the immense num-
ber whom I met when on my way to
evening service. The winding rural
village street, ordinarily so quit on that
•clay and hour, was, literally back with
people making their, way to the fair
:grounds. These lay beet of the inn,
sad were reached by a passage which
led by its door. And few of them, it is
ski
arr
wit
cig
sweets.
The shooting gallery was an imposing
structure viewed from the front—an im-
mense area of gilt and red paint. It was
pierced with two circular openings from
cylindrical Which pipes- led through the
van to the targets. A penny a shot was
the sum paid, and a bell indicated when
the centre of the target was hit. Cigars
were the• prizes offered. Going to the
rear to inspect this shooting -gallery, I
suddenly came upon a section of the
family partaking of an extremely dingy
" tea." Two girls with broad red
faces presided over the shooting and took
the pennies.
But the rfiost popular of all these
games was the cocoanur, bowling. The
stook -in -trade of the proprietor of this
pastime is inexpensive ; It consists of
a stretch of canvas, before which the
pegs for the cocoanuts are set up, abox
of wooden balls, and a splendid supply
of nuts,. Several of - these games were
going on at the same time in different
parte of the grounds, but the one most
largely patronized was that presided
over by Mrs. Smith, the gypsy.
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a round, Sat, white disk in the center.
Mrs. Smith was a slight, dark woman,
with coal -black eyes and hair. She
wore a crimson gown, a Bilk kerchief
of many colors—purple, yellow, and
black -knotted around her neck, a tall
hat trimmed with long yellow and : red
plumes, and long gold ear -rings. Her
skirts were short, displaying small,neat-
ly booted feet.
She presided over the balls at one end
of the course while her husband gather-
ed them up at the other, together with
the fallen cocoanuts. These were stuck
firmly on to the pegs, and no slight
impete in the balls was required to
knock them off.
The husband was a tall, stalwart
gypsy, strong in the fists and accom-
plished in fighting, so I was told. He
.was arrayed in a gorgeous veat of scarlet
with large silver (?) buttons, and wore
his hair in round,. flat curls upon his
dusky brow, concerning which fashion
I beard admiring comments from the
female portion of the crowd.
Mre. Smith, attended closely to busi-
ness, and, in a high, rasping voice
that fairly set one's teeth on -edge, in-
vited the bystanders to try their luck.
" One penny a bowl, gentlemen, and
you have all you knock down. Hit 'em
hardend crack 'em open and see their
elual><.fy. No rotten cocoanuts, gentle-
men. A penny a bowl, and two for
every cocoanut you knock down. All
bad cocoanuts changed." Adding oc-
cassionally a personal remark such as—
" Bless your two eyes, my darling, if
you had your rights you'd have a hun-
dred a year," to a very young looking
man who retires, after a total failure
at bringing down the nuts, rather dis-
comfited.
Mrs. Smith invited me to inspect her
van, and a comfortable little van It was.
Dark brown outside picked out with
pink, and pink curtains at the windows.
The two beds were like steamer berths,
and were curtained in with yellow
(Continued on 3rd page.)
THE CONEY'S THERE.
AUGUST 14, 1891.
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OPER!
:RE
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and clothes, and last no length of time.
1-Iow vastly different with " Sunlight Soap "
though 25c buys less in bulk, yet the value is. there.
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FIRST-CLASS FARM FOlt SALE.—Comprsi•
ing Lot 22, and east half of 21, in the second
cncession of Ueborne, in the County of Huron,
containing 150 acres ; on the Thames Road, 1a
miles from Exeter market. There is on the
fan a two storey brick house, 26x38, with kit-
chen 18x19 ; woodshed 14x29 ; two never failing
spring wells and reistern ; three barns, one Nav-
inr a brick foundation, 34x58 ; one with frame
fo indation and shed underneath, 36x52 ; third
ban on surface, with stable at end ; good driv-
inghouse and young bearing orchard. There are
120 acres cleared and free of stumps ; is also
well underdrained and well fenced, the remain -
de hardwood bush ; the farm is situated one
niille from school, and is convenient to churches.
This is one of the best farms in Huron county.
Teams easy. Apply on the premises, or by
letter to MRS.- SIMON A. JORY, Exeter P. 0.
JoARM FOR SALE,—The undersigned offers
for sale that'valuable farm formerly owned
by Mr. Mundell, on the 8th concession, Tucker-
sn ith. It contains 150 acres, of which 115 acres
ar cleared and in splendid condition. It is well
fel ced and fairley well drained.:; The buildings
ar . first-class, a good brick house almost new,
la ge frame barns with stone stabling under-
nel th, suitable for feeding stock. There is also
a large silo on the premises, capable of holding
all the corn ensilege grown oh 10 or 12 acres.
This is one of the finest fauns in the County of
Hiron, and will be sold at a moderate price and
on easy terms of payment. The farm is well
adapted for mixed farming, producing fine crops
ofgrain, and is also well adapted for grazing.
Fcr further particulars apply to the undersign-
ed. D. D. WILSON, Seaforth Ontario. 1209 tf.
POISON.
POISON. POISON.
PARIS GREEN,
SUPERIOR QUALITY.
INSECT POWDER,
STPICTLY PURE.
FLY POISON... PAPER,
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and veryr
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package for five cents ;'
guaranteed to kill or money refunded,
STICKY FLY PAPER, spread fresh each day, and guaranteed
to hold them fast at
LUMSDEN Sc WILSON'S,
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH, ONT.
VARM FOR SALE.—For sale, lot 5, concession
1, H. R. S., township of Tuckersmith, con-
taining one hundred acres more or less, 97 acres
cleared, 55 of which are seeded to grass, -well un-
derdrained, three never failing wells. On one
fi ty of said lot there is a log house, frame barn
a d very superior orchard, and on - the other a
t; od frame house and barn, stables, and good
o chard. The whole will be sold together or
e ch fifty separately to suit purchasers, located
11 miles from Seaforth,will be sold reasonable and
on easy termeae the proprietor is retiring from
f rming. For thither particulars apply to the
undersigned on the premises, and it by letter to
Seaforth P. O. MICHAEL DORSEY. 1224.26
SPLENDID FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot
29, Concession 8, Hibbert, containing 100
acres, of which about 95 are eleared,well fenced,
underdrained ana in a good state of cultivation.
There are good buildings and a good orchard.
There is a never failing spring creek running
through the centre and no waste land. It is one
of the best farms in the township. It is within
seven miles of Seaforth and equal distance from
Heneall and Dublin, with good gravel roads
leading in all directions. Possession given at
ny time. It will be sold cheap and on easy
erne as the proprietor has anether farm. Apply
o the undersigned, near Egmondville or address
Seaforth P. 0„ Wm. EberOtart, Proprietor.
1231
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INSTANTANEOUS I�1 ITS ACTIOg.
For CRAMPS, CHILLS, COLIC,
DIARRHOEA., DYSENTERY,
CHOLERA MORBUS,
and all BOWEL COMPLAINTS,
NO REMEDY EQUALS
THE PAIN -KILLER.,
In Canadian Cholera and Bowel
Complaints its effect is magical.
It `cures In a very short time. -
THE BEST FAMILY REMEDY FOR
BURNS, BRUISES, SPRAINS,
RHEUMATISM,
NEURALGIA and TOOTHACHE.
SOLO EVERYWHERE AT 260. A BOTTLir,
Arai"- Beware- of Counterfeits and Imitations.
A CUTTING TIME.
SEAFORTH
Musical Instrument
Instrument
EJMPOR,IUM
Scott Brothers:
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PROPRIETORS,
SEAFORTH, - ONT.
PI ANOS.—Dunham, New York
W: Bell & Co,, Guelph ; Dominion Piano
Company, Bowmanville.
Though our spring trade has been exceptionally good, and we are
not to be found among the mourners, yet we have a few goods we want
to sell, and the sooner they are sold the better we shall feel. We must
begin to plan for the fall campaign, and want more room and money
to carry out the plans we formulate. To secure these two essentials,
we shall]
PLENDID FARM FOR SALE.—For sale,
Lot 19, let concession, Tuckersmith, con-
aining 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 -
ng all modern improvements also a large bank
barn with stone stabling capable of accomodat-
ng 8 horses and 32 cattle, also straw house,
oot house, stone pig pen, driving and imple-
ent houses and all out buildings usually found
n a first clase farm. The buildings are all in
ood repair. Also the adjoining farm being lot
'0, containing 100 acres, nearly all cleared and
eeded to grass. There is not a foot of waste
and on either farm. On Lot 20 there is a good
rame house, frame barn, two large sheds etc.
here is a good bearing orchard on each farm.
These farms are situated on the Huron road one
mile and a half from Seaforth, and are among
he best farms in the Huron tract. They wiA be
sold cheap and on easy terms. They will be sold
together or separately. Apply on the premises
yr address, WM. FOWLER, Seaforth P. 0.
1193-tf
VALUABLE FARM PROPERTY FOR SALE.
—For Sale in Tuckersmith, Lot at, Con•
cession 2, L. R. S., containing 100 acres, 90 of
which are cleared, the remainder is well tin•
tiered with hard wood. There is a good frame
'louse, nearly new, also good frame barns and
ftabling, plenty of hard and soft water, well
enced, well underdrained and in a high state of
onitivation. There is a good bearing orchard,
also a young orchard of first-class variety.
There is about 30 acres of fall ploughing done
and the remainder is seeded to grass. This is
bne of the beet farms in the Tdtrnship of Tucker -
smith end has no broken or bad land on it, and
is good for either grain or stook. This property
is situated on the Mill Road, 1 mile from Bruce.
field and 6 from Seaforth it is within a confiner
of a mile from the sebooconfiner house, with good gra-
vel roads leading in all directions. Possession
can be.given to suit purchaser. For further per-
! ticulars
er•!ticulari apply on the premises or address to
iMRS. MARY SINCLAIR, Brucefield P. 0.,
Ontario. 121011.
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CUT THE HEADS OFF
ORGANS. — W. Bell & Co,a
Guelph ; Dominion Organ Company,
Bowmanville ; D. W. Karn & Co,,
Woodstock.
The above nstruments always
on hand, also
a few good second-hand Pianos and Organs for
sale at from 825 upwards. Instruments sold on
the instalment plan, or on terms to suit cue -
toners. Violins, Concertinas and small instru-
ments on hand also sheet music books, Sic.
Summer entire stock of Millinery, Parasols, Summer Dress Goods, Dress
Furnishings, Embroideries, Laces, Muslins, Seersucker's, Straw Hats,
Neckwear and other lines too numerous to mention. They must make
way for our fall and winter purchases, and now is the time to buy these
hot weather goods. Don't beg off, but come to this decapitating sale
at the Bargain Dry Goods and Clothing House.
WM. PICKARD
SCOTT BROS.
G. M. Whitney's
Corner Main and Market streets, Seaforth.
STOVE AND
FURNISHING
PrQTJSJJ7
Seaforth, Ontario.
Important Announcement.
We are offering Bargains in
Coal & Wood Parlor Stories,
All Stoves Guaranteed,
A full line of
McClary's Famous Stoves
For which we are Sole Agents.
Great Bargains in Table and Library
Lamps.
C. M. WHITNEY,
MAIN ST., - SEAFORTH
BRIGHT BROTHERS,
SEA.'ORTH=
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 Clothing
—IN THE COUNTY.
Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade.
opposite Remember the Old Stand, Campbell's Block, PPo the Royal
Hotel, Seaforth.
BRIGHT BROTHERS.
John S. Porter's
Undertaking and Purni-
' ture Emporium,
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION.
Funerals furnished on the -aborted notice
and satisfaction gu l anteed. A large assort-
ment of Caskete, Coffins and Shrouds, &o.,`
always on hand of the best quality. The best
of Embalming Fluid seed free of charge and
prices the lowest. Fine Hearse. -
S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Rest
dence — GODERICH STREET, directly Op-
posite site the Methodist ehurcb in the house
formerly occupied by Dr. Scott.
IMP
SANITARY PLUMBING
AND HEATING.
ALEX. SAUNDERS,
C-ODERIGH
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 trails
acted.
Farmers' notes discounted.
Drafts bought and sold.
Interest allowed on deposits.
SALE NOTES discounted, or taken
for -collection.
OFFICE --First door north of Reid -
Wiilson's Hardware Store,
3. Q. SAH, Manager.
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