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The Five -Year -Old -Club, in Albemarle
Street, was originally started for a purpose
which, in the eyes of its founder at least,
was one of the most laudable in the world.
The. venerable Earl of Bridgebourne and his
equality venerable crony General Ingoldsbey
ware itmenting, as elderly gentlemen will
do upon occasion, the decadence of the
times. They agreed with conviction that
nothing was as good as it used to be. The
weather was not as warm, the port wasnot
so well flavored or se wholesome, the young
women were not as pretty as they used to
in. The Most Noble the Marquis of Becks -
worth sat by and listened to the diatribes
M his friends, and by and by offered them
a new theme for sorrow in respect to which
all three grew eloquent. The women, the
wine, and the weather were past mending,
but in the matter suggested by the marquis
there was something to be done. He spoke
of the rarity of mutton killed for the table
at a proper age, and the venerable earl, in
a finial of inspiration, created by the mere
utterance of a phrase the Five -Year -Old
Club. The association had no other pur-
po»* than the rearing of five-year-old mut-
ton for its members' eating, but before a
month wan over, president, vice-president,
committee, treasurer and secretary were all
elected, a goodly list of members had en-
rolled themselves, a breed of sheep had
been selected to experiment upon, and s
fair-sized scrap of land on Dartmoor had
been rented by the club. Then for a month
or twolhe reports of the head grazier wen
read with an appetizing interest, and the
attendance of members fell off rapidly as it
became clear to the least observant that a
five-year-old sheep took at least five _years
to grow up in. Before six months had gone
by since the date of its foundation the club
had grown to be one of the dullest and most
neglected of resorts.. Nobody could talk
liven of five-year-old mutton forever ; the
association possessed no other interest, and
a very few of its members had any other
theme in common. The call for the second
annual subscription met with a languid re-
sponse. Youth is popularly &uppossd to be_
the season of impatience, but youth at
Yeast has time for waiting. Some of the
elderly contingent dropped away by the
on of nature, and a good many others were
doubtful of their own liven being long
enough to bring them to the promised land
of gourmandise. Some of the veterans were
bhut upon water -gruel and the like poor dieti
relentless medical advisers, and under
ese conditions found their interest in
haunch and saddle fade rapidly away. In
short, before a single joint of the club mut-
ton had ever decorated the club -table the
association itself had practically gone out of
existence..
There was the flock on Dartmoor, its ven-
srable elders ripe within a month or two for
the sacrificial knife—there was the head
grazier sending up a quarterly report to be
read by nobody, there was the scrap of
saoorland experimentally leased for one and
twenty years, sad there were the club
tremise* rented for the same period. Bnt
here was practically no club.
In these circumstances Captain Peter
Huston appeared upon the scene. Ile was
a man of perspicacity and energy, and he
had in one way or another a certain little
capital at his command. He saw the
potentialities of the club as a proprietary
concern, and after due negotiation purchas-
ed its belongings and was free to use its
name. His chief initial difficulty lay in
finding somebody to deal with, but that
being surmounted the way;. lay plain and
sae before him.
The tote for good mutton not being ex -
e usi.vely confined to the elderly members of
tie aristocracy, the worthy captain, with
his stock -in -trade in hand, found no diffi-
culty in getting about him a company of
the younger sort. Excellent names, not
quite so well known, so solid or respectable
as the earlier, but excellent still, were
found tor the committee. But whether the
new members were drawn towards Captain
Peter Heaton bythe process of natural se-
lection or not it is certain that they were a
curiously raffish and disorderly set of peo-
ple. They kept abnormal hours and drank
fancifully named drinks from the afternoon
beginning of their day until the morning
doer of it. They gambled heavily, and
willingly paid to the club proprietor absurd
sum for gambling tools and gambling time.
There were plenty of young men of title
ampng them, and here and there in their
ranks an elderly peer who ,night have been
supposed to know` better than to waste his
tme in the pursuits and society of the
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'ye -Year -Old Club. 1h e
er were mashers,
from the Guards, the genuine, undoubted
and undoubtable thing, and imitation
nisshers from outside, whose social coin
rang false to discerning ears. There were
$grid, vulgar turfites and sporting journal-
ists, permanently stale with eleemosynary
champagne. There were actors there who
had walked from the drawing -room to the
stage leaving their breeding midway. There
were fledgling youths, innocently knowing
in respect to wines, cigars and horse., and
more easily to be rnade a prey by Pattered
vanity than any village greenhorn in his
ignorance.
It would be a libel to say that there were
not good fellows in this curious crowd.
There were certain sturdy men of the
world who dreamt of robbing nobody, and
who would certainly have puzzled the
astutest member of the gang to rob them.
There were honest harumscarum good-
hearted lads, who were learning the A B C
of the world in that singular seminary, and
paying more than they thought of for the
tuition they received.
Amongst those was one Harry \Vynne,
who was great-grandson to no leas a person
than the noble tounder of the-eiub. The Earl
of Bridgebourne had got into the nineties
by this time, and the Five -Year -Old
Club was about a dozen years of age. The
earl had completely withdrawn himself
from it years ago, and to his uninstructed
fancy it was its respectable, as stately, and
as dull as it had been in his own day. The
old nobleman naturally went but little into
the world, but he kept all his faculties
sharp and clear, was extremely proud of
the youthfulness of his aspect --he looked
DO t a day over five hundred --and the un-
certain activity of his venerable legs. He
was a very stately old gentleman indeed,
but the pride of youth tarried hien so far
that on coming -down to breakfast of a
morning he would not disdain to execute a
little dancing step before his fatniliirs, dis-
playing his youthful vigor and agility with
a mirth which grinned the saddest memen-
to mori.
The earl was aware of his great-grand-
son's membership of the club, and at least
on one occasion splendidly congratulated
him on the precocious good sense which led
him to choose the society of his elders and
his betters. The young rnan perfectly un-
derstood the position of affairs, but fur his
own sake refrained from laughter until he
was out of the magnificent old gentleman's
presence.
Mr. Ila.rry Wynne, whose. fortunes this
history proposes to follow, had barely
achieved his majority. He stood six feet
in his socks, and though at present a shade
too thin for his height, gave promise of de-
veloping into a rather unusually handsome
fellow. He wore his fair hair closely crop-
ped, and had a little golden down upon his
upper hp. He had a good, frank pair of•
giey eyes of his own, welset apart, was
gifted by nature with high spirits, and a
not inconsiderable share of mother wit, and
was altogether a very favorable specimen
of the British adolescent. so far as aainect
ani manners are concerned. tie wan no
profession, and not a (great deal of money,
and he had been b d in a baddish school.
Eton and Cambri ge had between them
succeeded in inoe lating the boywith the
notion that debt as the normooaditibn
'of a gentleman. Without being in, the
fa`Intest de fee in entionally dishol est, leis
had leardl that sp Iong as a man,, nttrsed
the intent to pay mere tradeapeoppl* .their
debts, their time f payment stood next to
nothing. In fac , t villainous system of
credit, as practise with young men of good
families at our pu lic schools and universi-
ties, had got into he lad's bones. He had
been in debt when he was eight years of
age, and had lived n credit ever since, pay-
ing away his by thecated little income
cheerfully enough when it came to him, and
walking daily dee r and deeper into the
mire, in the se enc certainty that there was
sound land ahelud f him.
He got a thtous nd or two when he came
of age, but itas ortgaged two years ago,
and he saw ne t to nothing of it. like had
only known it e 1 ad come long since to
the end of his tett er, but happily or un-
happily the teth r of youth is elastic,
and young Wynne was disposed to stretch
his to the utmost. If he had been in a
hurry to go to the Mischief he could hardly
have chosen a let r starting point than the
Five -Year -Old Cl b. Play began there
every night pretty soon after dinner, was in
full swing at m dnight, and went on
until alb hours in the morning At
two o'clock tl a club was poeti-
cally supposed to lose, and from players
who desired to continue their game
the proprietor exa ted a fine of five pounds
for the first hour, en for the second, fifteen
for the third, an so on. Captain Peter
Heaton found this system work admirably,
for the nightly fin .s alone gave him an an-
nual income of so • e nine or ten thousand
pounds.
Whenever you '•g Wynne got money he
played, and, as a pretty reg llar thing, he
lost, as anybody ight have expected and
predicted. In epi of his long apprentice-
ship to debt and t e gay carelessness natural
to youth, he begs, to tremble a little at his
own prospects. here was nothing for it
but to play hig er, and he played higher
and plugged deep r accordingly, until one
melancholy wet a tumn morning he walked
home to his to ging it Duke Street, St.
James's, with a utterly bankrupt ex-
chequer, and a ga bling debt of three hun-
dred and fifty you ds on his shoulders. He
had to own to hi self that things looked as
bad as they well uld look. His only hope
of -raising money as by play, and yet until
he had paid play was forbidden. He got
wretchedly to s rep And won vast sums
which profited hi nothing on awaking.
His great-uncle Lord Reunite, the Earl
of Bridgebonrne's eldest son, was in hewn,
and the boy made a despairing, useless call
on him. Lord Hounes had borne ' his
courtesy title for even -and -sixty years, and
had long since fel: weary and ill-used under
it. He had nev r entertained any great
affection for the e rl, and what little he had
had been quenc ed this score of years by
his father's unh and of and selfish persist-
ence in living. r his station he had been
hard up all his life, and the old earl had
always steadfastly refused to help him.
His lordship live ' in Eccleston Square, and
having reached h door and rung the bell,
the boy stood sta; ieg at the iron pine -apple
at the corner of the area railings knowing
in his heart th t he might as well present
his petition to i as to his poor and parsi-
monious great -un le.
Lord Hounes g ve him a sour lecture and
a heap of anti uated advice, but beyond
these declined to give him anything. The
young man went away sorrowful, and car-
ried his hopeless petition to his uncle,
Colenel Percy Seaforth.
Colonel Seaforth was a very different per-
son from Lord rliounea, and the lad knew
well enough that the one difficulty to be
dreaded here wan poverty rather than par-
simony. Young \Vynne was an orphan,
and, his own li ited resources once ex-
hausted, had no elp to look for anywhere
in the world b t at Uncle Perry's heads:
Uncle Percy h d a younger brother's in-
come and his pa , and if out of this he al-
lowed his nephe three hundred and fifty
a year, he cer inly did a good deal more
than his cold du y by him. The boy knew
that well enough and felt' an added weight.
of shame as he thought of his uncle's un•
failing generosity.
The colonel was at home, and heard his
story through with a sorrowful patience,
tugging at his grey moustache as he listen-
ed. - I
"Well, Harry, my lad," he said, by way
of answer, "you seers to be in a very con-
siderable scrape„and you have nobody but
yourself to thalnk for it.- You are my
only sister's only son, and I have done
what •I could f(or you tor your mother's
sake. It does not become me to talk about
it, but I have done a little more than my
duty, and if I; sac that I can't do any
more, it is simply because I can't, and not
because I won't.. The allowance will go on,
but I can't give you that before quarter -
day, because I sha'n't have it at the bank
till then.”
Colonel Seaforth was a bit of a Don
Quixote to look at, a tired and melancholy
gentleman who had been overlooked in his
profession, and had been saddened, though
not soured, by ill -fortune. He had a kind-
ly heart, as he had constarfjtly proved to his
nephew, and if the .-oung scapegrace had
found courage to tell him everything, he
would have made an effort to assist him.
But the lad, as lads in trouble will, had
disguised half his difficulties, and without
meaning to be dishonest, had put altogether
too favorable a Complexion on the general
aspect of affairs.
He went awayunhelped, and wandered
liotne, and from here, atter a wretched hour
or two, wandered, out of sheer vacuity, to
the club. ' The class of men who used the
Five -Year -Old in the daytime and the class
of men who made it their haunt by night
had certain widely -marked differences be-
tween them. The daylight contingent was
eminently respectable. Its talk was of
horses te be sure, but they talked horse
with as much seriousness as men of busi-
ness talk of notes; of exchange or politicians
of the events of Ithe session. They were
racing gentlemen—owners of stables and
the like, and folldwed the pleasure of their
life with perfect -sobriety and discretion.
The names of many of thein were known
and respected o every racecourse in tl:e
kingdom, and t ey enjo'ed a fame which
within its lirnite was as ;complete as that
of Prince Bismarc or Mr.x Gladstone. Out-
side the strange orld which lives by and
for horses they might be unknown, but
within it they wee potentates and powers.
Captain Peter eaton, the club proprie-
tor, was as much t home with the one set
as the other. An affable smiling man of a
trifle over the iddle height and a trifle
over middle age,i on -gray al out the whisk-
ers, perfectly po ished in ! manner, and in
full commonof f ce and temper. He was
ss keen as a r zor nd shaved as closely, as
II score or two o people who had learned
him well could t 11 you.
The gallan captain was seated in his cus-
tomary arnnc, sir n the club smoking -room,
reading the i day s, racing quotations, and
solacing -himself ith an excellent cigar and
a glass of fine old Bourbon judiciously tem-
pered with app.11inaris water. Young
\Vynne dropped into a seat beside hirn, and
nodded rather a oomily in answer to the
captain's cheerfu and cordial salutation.
Il;eaton, from be ind his newspaper; cast a
glance at the lad and diagnosed his symp-
toms instantly. 'here was a buzz of con-
versation going o e in the room, and when
the captain drcpped his newspaper and
edged with a frit -redly, confidential manner
towards the brok n young gentleman there
was no danger of their speech being over-
heard.
"You were pretty hard hit last night,
weren't you?" th captain asked. His man-
ner was symne belie. and the boy WM
roan so tie syrnpatnisea witn. nympat1 y
was likely to do him little good, and yet he
felt he needed it.
"I was, by Jove," he answered. He did
his courageous beat to look as, if it did not
matter, but he knew the attempt was a
failure.
"Well, you know," said Captain Heaton,
with the air of a man of the world, "you
really should not play. I don't say you are
a bad hand at ecarte for your years, but it
goes without saying that you are no match
for a man like Hump or Lanky."
It was one of the delightful peculiarities
of the Five -Year -Old that almost everybody
in it was decorated with some absurd nick-
name or other. An ill-tempered critic
might be disposed to say that no man who
priced his self-respect very high would
accept a ridiculous title forlhimself,or assist
in conferring it upon another. But perhaps
self-respect was not the strong point of the
members of the Five -Year -Old, and certain-
ly they were no great sticklers for dignity.
They ware mostly jaded men, and had a
certain palled sense of humour, and if they
vented it in that way, they possibly amused
themselves4nd each other, and outsiders
got no harm by it.
The gentleman known as Hump was Mr.
Herbert Whale, once a city "financier,"
an now a bookmaker. He was Captain
Peter Heaton's jackal, and did his dirty
wok for him. He had the social polish of
a of -boy, played an excellent amateur
ga a at billiards,;a more than excellent
ami;
game at ecarte, was au average
good pigeon shot, and a fair bruiser. He
was generally regarded as a hard -fisted,
honest fellow, and it was known that if he
didfa friendly service, he wanted a hundred
per cent. for it. If the security were
shaky he would go as far as two hundred
per cent. to oblige you, and he had com-
ma d of apparently unlimited sums forfin-
ves went.
sky was Captain Charles Bolder, a per-
son related to one of the noblest families in
the kingdom, and a gentleman against
wh se character nothing had been estab-
lislied. He had held a commission in the
Blues, and knew every Jest man and' fast
woman in the town. • He knew a prodigious
number of people outside those dubious
circles, and was as much at home in the
monde as in the deriti-monde. 'He was a
very useful man in getting an aristocratic
list of stewards for semi -theatrical balls, or
for finding respectable names for the com-
mittees of sportingclubs. His luck at
cards was known toe peculiar, and nobody
turned up the king at ecarte or the nine at
baccarat so often as he. If anybody else
had imitated him in these achievements it
would have been remarked upon.
"Why shouldn't I be a match for.either
of them" asked the benighted youth, in
answer to the captain's statement. "A
man can't play against luck, but if I held
such cards as Lanky had last night, don't
you think I could have beaten hiss? Of
course I could."
"My dear boy," said the captain, "luck ley -
els itself, and everybody gets his slice of it d
he can stay long enough. But it's knowing
what to do with it when you've got it."
"Let me have a slice of it," said Mr.
Wynne, not boastfully, but with a resigned
despair, '`and Pll show you what I'll do
with it." . Ho lowered his voioe and leaned
closer to the captain, "Upon my soul," he
said, "I'm very horribly cornered, Heaton.
I don't a bit know what to do."
"Don't talk aboutit here," the captain
responded; "dr'op into my room and I'll
join you there directly."
A gleam of hope shot into the lad's mind,
and he looked at Heaton gratefully.
He rose from his place and lounged guard-
edly out of the room, and a moment Tater
he and the .captain were closeted together.
"How much is it, \Vynne?"
"It's three hundred and fifty."
"Did you drop all that last night?"
"Yes, and a couple of ponies ready be-
side."
"Whom do you owe it to?" He knew all
about it already. -
"To tell you the truth," said young
Wynne shame-faeedly, "I borrowed the
chips from the cashier.. I gave him my
word of honor that I would pay him to-
morrow."
"Begad," said the captain, "that's worse
t ,sn I thought. That's very rough indeed,
Wynne. You've been to your own people?"
"I want to old Hounes this morning, but
he's as stingy as he knows how to be. He
won'trt with a cent. I've just come
away from Colonel Seaforth's. He's as good
as the bank, poor old chap, if he'd got it,
but I've had a lot from hirn already, and he
told me plain and straight that he couldn't
do it. It's no use going to Bridgebourne.
I know I'm down for something there, but
if I told him how I stood he wouldn't leave
me a shilling."
In naming his relatives he was not alto-
gether without a hope that they might have
some little influence upon the captain's
mind, but the captain only whistled dole-
fully at the conclusion of his recital, and
lifted his eyebrows with an air which seem-
ed to say that the thing was practically
done with.
"Do you think yc}u could help me,
Heaton?' the lad asked desperately. "Do
you? There's a good f.illow!"
"My dear boy," said Heaton, "if I could
I wouldn't. I'm a poor man, as you know"
--the intending borroxter knew nothing of
the sort, and shrewdly suspected the con-
trary --"and besides t`iat I've been com-
pelled to make a vow never to lend money
in the club. I -lose myi members and I lose
my friends. You see I'm candid with you,
but it; makes no difference. If I wished
ever eh much I couldn't do it. But"—his
countenance was as suddenly irradiated by
this inspiration as if he had not led up to it
from the beginning—"why don't you go to
Hump? He doss a little in that way, I
know. He may make you pay for it, for
he's a bit hard -fisted, but he s a good sort
at bottom, and if you can show him any-
thing for it I have no doubt he'll do it."
Any port in a storm. The boy hailed in
his heart, this promise of deliverance and,
crowded on all sail to reach it. The friend-
ly Hump was at that moment in the club,
and being sent for appeared without delay.
Captain Heaton left the pigeon and the rook
together, and in half an hour the business
was arranged. At the end of the negotia-
tions Mr. I•Ierbert Whale had parted with
his cheque for four hundred pounds, and
had undertaken to send to the borrower's
house fifty pounds worth of champagne of a
brand as yet unknown,'which was guaran-
teed to beat anything in the market when
once it got there,, and a half case of cigars,
also priced at fifty pounds, and of a quality
in both senses unheard of. In return for
this young \Vynne had accepted a bill at
three months for eight hundred and fifty
pounds. Hump had been merciful, and had
charged him less than four hundred per
cent per annum.
CHAPTER. II.
When Master Harry found time to think
about things he began to see that the help-
ful Hump had been less generous than he
had at the first blush appeared. Thatthe
champagne turned'out to be utterly abomin-
able, and that the cigars were worth some-
thing like ,s. quarter of their professed value,
may have helped the process of enlighten-
ment. Even without their aid he could see
that to pay eight hundred and fifty pounds
for a loan of five hundred for three months
was to buy a temporary relief rather dear-
ly. He found that to fill one hole he had
dug a larger, and being in the main a rea-
sonable young fellow, he took the matter
seriously to heart and cast about in his own
mind and in the world at large for means
whereby he might amend at once his ways
and lug financial position.
He had a little surface classical learning
and a pretty knack of turning verses. He
had actually been already in print, and
readers of one of the society journals knew
to whom to attribute certain elegant lines
addressed to IDtbia. ansa sloped I# W. Re
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
T)IN
UILDO LOTS FOR SALE.—The undersigned
has a number of fine building Lote on (loderich
and James Streets for sale, at low prices. Far par-
ticulareapply to D. D. WILSOiv. 90a
TO RENT OR FOR SALE.—The hotel'roperty
known as the Benmiller Hotel, situated in one of
the finest parts of the Township of Colborne. Will
he either rented or sold to suit parties Pceseesion
given at onoe, this is a good opening. Apply to M.
Preemmite, Benmlier P.O. 112t2-tf
FARM FOR SALE OR TO RENT IN THE TOWN-
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in iriiprovemente on the place. Also, wanted to let,
the contract for the nutting and drawing of w logs,,
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township. Apply to GEO. THOMPSON, B x 126,'.
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-ESIDENCE FOR SALE.—For sale cheap, the
residence in Egrnondville now owned and oc-
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and comfortable and has in connection with it, all
necessary conveniences, such as hard and soft 1 water,
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pleasant and desirable place to live in, bean high,
dry and healthy. Apply to W. G. DUFF, Sea orth.
1'1',63 tf.
1
FARM FOR SALE.—For sale that splendid and
conveniently sitnated farm adjoin ng t e Vil-
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undersigned. There are 116 acre*, of which nearly
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but about 20 acres in grass. Good buildin a and
plenty of water. It adjoins the Brucefield S tion of
the Grand Trunk Railway. Will be bold ohs p and
on easy terms. Apply on the premises or to Bruce -
field P. 0. P. MtGREGOR. 1 3 tt.
HOUSE FOR SALE OR TO RENT.—Por Sale
or to Rent, the property on West G' derich
street, ad jotuing Seaforth, formerly ewncd nd oc-
cupied by Mr. Win. Copp. There is a oom ortable
frame house containing 9 rooms and a splendi atone
cellar under the whole house, also a woodshe , hard
and soft water, and a good stable and oth r out-
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Will be sold cheap or rented on reasonahlterms.
Apply te A. STRONG, or JAMES MCMICHAL.
1244
FARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—F}ir sale
cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfiel Road,
Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which 62 a res are
cleared and in a good state .of oultivatiou. he bal-
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water. It is within half a mile of the Vi loge of
Varna and throe miles from Brucefield station.
Possession at any time. This is a rare eh nce to
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to ARTHUR FORBES,-Seaforth. f 144tf
PLENDID FARM FOR SALE—For Sale he East
0 half of Lot 4, on the 4th Concession, an Lot 4,
on the 6th Concession, Tuokcremith, contai ing 160
acres, all cleared but about 12 acres. Thel farm fe
well underdrained and well tonged. There is a
brick house and bank barn, 66 by 80 feet, also an
orchard of 2041 bearing trees. There are three
wells on the place and ttie river runs through part of
it. There is no waste land. It is within to*r miles
of Seaforth and to eonvenient to a good school. It
is a magnificent stook and grazing farm. 4 will he
sold cheap and on very easy terms as the proprietor
wishes to retire. Apply on the premise or ad-
drese Egmondville P. 0.JAMES PICKARD. I218
FARM FOR SALE CHEAP.—Tho tariff of 100
acres on the Oth concession of Mo -Ki lop, be-
longing to Thompson 3lorrison, who is residing
in Dakota and does net intend to return , is of- li
fered for Bale very cheap. Eighty res are
cleared and the balance good hardw , maple
and rock elm, within 6i miles of Seaforth and
within } of a mile of school house, Methodist
and Presbyterian Churches, stores, frills, black-
smithing. and wagon making shop, post oWiee, dao.,
good buildings and water for cattle, and good gravel
roadeto any part of the township, taxes tb,e lowest
of any of the bordering townships. A mo age will I
be taken for 1!3,000 at 8 per cent. Apply JOHN
C. MORRISON, Winthrop P. O., Ont. 1178tf
FIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE.- Coiupreiing
Lot 22, and eas half of 21, in the second conces-
sion of Usborne, the County of Huron, containing
160 acres ; on the Thames Road, limiles from Exe-
ter market. There ie on the 'farm a two storey
brick house, 26x38, with kitohen 18x19 ; oodshed
14x29 ; two never failing spring wells and cistern ;
three barns, one having a brick toundatio , 34x68 ;
one with frame foundation and shed un erneath,
38x62 ; third barn on surface, with stable at end ;
good driving horse and young bearing orchard.
There are120 acres cleared and free of etlumps ; ie
also well underdrained and well fenced, the remain-
der hardwood bush ; the farm is situated lone mile
from school, and is convenient to churohes This is
one of the best farms in Huron county. Te ms easy.
Apply on the premises, or by letter to MRS.
SIMON A. JORY, Exeter P. 0. 1211-tf
FARM FOR SALE.—The undersigned Kers for
sale that valuable farm formerly own by Mr.
Mundell, on the 8th concession, Tuckeramith. It
contains 160 acres, of which 115 acres are o Cared and
in splendid condition. It is well fenced and fairley
wel' drained. The buildings are first-class a good
brick house almost new, large frame b me .with
stone stabling underneath, suitable for feed g etock.
There is also a large silo on the premises, apable of
holding all the corn ensilege grown on 10 or 12
acres. This is one of the finest farms in t e County
of Huron, and wil be sold at a moderate price and
on easy terms of payment. The farm is ell adapt-
ed for mixed farming, producing fine crops of grain,
and is also well adapted for grazing. Fcr further
particulars apply to the undersigned. D. D. WIL-
SON, Seaforth Ontario. 1209
W. SOMERVILLE,
Agent G. N. W. Telegraph and Can-
adian Express Coeepanie ,
SEAFORTH, 1 ONT.
Telegraphic connections everywhere. j.ow rates
r.n money packagee, and remitters Nerant ed against
st
The convenience and safe! f o r money
T e o
v
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order service is attracting the attention of and pleas-
ing many patrons. Special' rates on prduce and
poultry. Toronto train service only 47i hours, Mon -
real hours . i 1228
ONTARIO
Mutual - Live - Stock
INSURANCE C,O.
Head Office: - Seaforth.
THE ONLY Live Stock Insurance Company in
Ontario having a Government Deposit nd being
duly iioensed by the same. Are now errying on
the business of Live Stock Insurance and j olieit the
patronage of the importers and breede . of the
Province:
For further particulars address
1185
JOHN AVERY, Sec.-Treas.
HAND -MAD
Boots and Sh
D. McINTYR
es
Has on hand a large number of Boots and Sh es of his
own make, beet material and
Warranted to give Sat' - ; tion.
If you want your feet kept dry come and get a pair of
our boots, which will be sold
CHEAP FOR OAS
Repairing promptly attended to. All kinds of Boots
and Shoes made to order. All parties who ave not
paid their accounts for last year will please call and
Bettie up.
1162 D. McINTYRE, b.aforth.
The McKillop Mutual Fire
Insurance Company
FARM AND ISOLATED T
PROPERTY ONLY INSURE
0
$
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orrrcirris.
D. Ross, President, Clinton P. 0.; W. J.
Shannon, Secy-Treas., Seaforth P. 0.; John I :.nab,
Manager, Seaforth P.0.
nntnorORs.
Jas. Broadfoot, Seaforth ; Alex. Oardin r, Lead -
bury ; Gabriel Elliott. Clinton ; Geo. Watt, clock ;
Joseph Evans, Beechwood ; M. Murdie, forth ;
Thos. Garbutt, Clinton.
eaYNTB.
Thos. Neilans, Harlock ; Robt. McMillan, forth ;
8. Carnochan, Seaforth. John O'Sullivan Geo
Martie, Auditors.
Parties desirous to effect Insurances or Mean
met other business will be promptly atten to on
application to any of the above officers, add estititf to
their respective post aloes. 11:
CENTS
TLE.
DR. Ti. A.
OGUM'S
USE IT FOR
Difficulty of Breathing,
Tightness of the Chest,
Wasting Away of Flesh,
Throat Troubles,
Consumption
Bronchitis,
Weiak Lungs,
Asthma, Coughs ,
Catarrh, Colds.
Oxygenized Emulsion of Pure
od Liver
TTLEsS_
For Sale by all Druggists.
Oil.
LABORATORY, TORONTO, Ontario
GOLDEN LION, SEAFORTH.
FALL OF 1891.
We have received ex steamships Mongolian, Alcides and Lorean, a Large
portion of our Fall .Importations, which we hope to have complete with goods,
ex Canada and Montevidean, in a few days.
Goods—newest styles and good value.
R.
AM t ES O N.
�Lal's
!IRE
MDIA}ITEA
GUARAMTEF,DAISOJPUTE YPURE
UKMUFICTURED ONTNL
CAROUs ul INDIA.
qAM LAL'S PURE INDIAN TEAD
TIIE CHOICEST
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA
TT -1E WORLD PRODUCES_
Guaranteed Absolutely Pure as Manufactured on
the Gardens in India.
M. JORDAN, - - Grocer,
AGENT FOR SEAFORTH.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN.
We have bought THOMAS DALY'S stock,
comprising -
Groceries, Crockery and Glassware
AND HAVE ASSORTED IT UP WITH A
Fine new selection of goods, and we are sell
ing all at Greatly Reduced Prices.
We will also carry on the PORK PACKING
much more extensively this season than last, and pay the HIGHEST
CASH PRICE FOR ALL DRESSED HOGS.
Many thanks for the people's liberal patronage in the past, and again we
solicit a call. Our store is situated in the centre of the town, facing John
street.
R. BEATTIE & CO., Seaforth.
Bar We have secured MR. D. DORRANCE, one of the oldest and roost
experienced packers in the Dominion, and customers: can depend on getting a
first -clans article.
B URGULAR
PROOF!
Unscrupulous people may steal
Sunlight " Soap's directions and ad-
vertisements, they may attempt to gain
business for their own poor stuff by
imitating " Sunlight," but they can't
burglarize this Soap of its world -wide -
name and fame, of its unequalled gilal
nor of its s ee -
y, process of manufacture.
This is what makes " Sunlight," Soap
burglar proof, quality and purity have
given it the largest sale in the world.
FARMS FOR SALE.
TOWNSHIP OF 3fcRILLOP.
Lot 10, on 3t1i coneeeeion, 100 acres. West half
7 on 10th concession, 50 acres.'
TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS.
South halt 21 on bth concession, 100 acres.
TOWNSHIP OF 'GREY.
Lote 11 and 12 on 13th oonc-*.sion, 200 acre
TOWNSHIP OF TUCKEBSMIT1L
Lot 38 on Yid eoneession L. R. S., 100 acres.
For tern* &c., apply to the undersigned.
P. HOLMESTHg1,
1167 tf Barrister &e., Seaforth.
Santa Claus
Has joined the firm and now we
will all have a
Merry Xmas.
My Bigg Holiday Stock has come.
The elegant presents are now on
exhibition. The shrewd buyers are
getting the first choice from my
grand display of Holiday Goods.
Never have such nice Goods been
shown. Never have prices been so low.
Everybody is pleased who sees and
purchases from my great line of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-
plated Ware, Fancy Goods, Spectacles,
Pipes, Novelties, etc. There is sure
to be a Merry Xmas at your house if
you buy your gifts from
W. R., COUNTER
Jeweler, Main. St., Seaforty.
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