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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-05-06, Page 3I M. ROBERTSON, LeadingUndertaker tr. MAY 6, 1892. 1011.111 MARCH AND APRIL. PART I. - - ' BY GEORGE PARSONS LATnROP. ' March and April, hand in hand, Wandered through the dreamy land. Curiously enough, April was born in Sep- tember, Old Mejor Maynadier (he ought to heve been named Grenadier(, at present re- tired on half pay, had married Ms wife in April, and was not ashamed to say that that month was, of all the twelve, the dear- est to him in its associations. Therefore, with military precision, he resolved that his first child should receive in baptism the name given to the fourth division of the cal- endar. It was exceedingly lucky that the first child proved to be a girl; because, if it had been a boy, the Major's idea of discip- Hue would not have permitted any infrac- tion of the order which he had issued, and the boy would have had to carry through life the titlo which the Major had fixed upon. By an odd conjunction, Mr. Lowe, his next neighbor, on tho banks of the Hudeon (near Yonkers,) who was an intimate friend of the Major'e, had a boy, born a year be- fore, whom he had christened March, in compliment to an aristocratic relative. The Lowes and the Maynadiers saw a great desi of each other ; the members of the two households going to and fro a,crose the stretch of lawn and fields and the quiet turnpike that separated them, with as little ceremony as if they all lived on one estate and belonged to a single family. They nev• er took the trouble to balance the account of visits exohanged, but gave and received hospitalities with that freedom which at- taches to the gifts we most value and are unwilling to mark with a price. The quiet turnpike just mentioned was no obstacle to this pleasant intercourse'though it divided the Major's Farm from Mr. Lowe's country seat. But it was so very quiet that the town decided to make a new road which would be more traveled, and abandon this one. The new read was made; the °Id one fell into disuse, but from the day that this happen- ed, the boundary—no longer a boundary—so easily crossed before, became the subject of dispute between the two families, and sep- arated them as it never could have done while it remaiced a highway. The question was, to whom did the road belong now that it was given up by the pub; Iso" According to law, of course it revert- ed to the original owner of the ;and, or his successor; but the date of its construction was se far back, in Revolutionary times,that it proved bard to ascertain positively who the original owner had been. A diligent searching of titles ensued,with much thumb- ing of dusty tomes at the Registry of Deeds, and collecting of collateral evidence. But some of the old landmarks by which the boundaries of the properties had been de- soribed were missing now, and the whols matter was involved in just enough uncer- tainty to make each claimant perfectly sure _ that he was in the right. When things had reached this pass, Mr. Lowe came over to call on the Major, one day, and met that of- ficeron the path to the front door. "1 had just started to go and see you," said Major Maynadier, politely, but without extending his hand or smiling. "That'. singular," said Lowe. "On the same errand, I wonder?" "I don't know," was the answer. "I was going to speak about the—ah--the old road." "So was I !" rejoined Lowe, in a hearty tone, as if it were the most delightful of topics. He was se broad -chested, vigorous man, whose cheeks glowed like rosy embers from among the mingled black and ashen hues of of his beard, while the beard, long and copious, had a manner of growing that made it look as if it were blown backward by a strong wind, against which he was deter- mined to prevail; The Major, on the contrary, was rather thin, his face was cleared of all hairy im- pedimenta. except a small, severe mustache. But he was as firs:a and upright as a palisade. Although he might not be at his best in an attack, it was evident that on the defensive he would hold out forever. Very well," he remarked, becoming more conciliatory than at first, " since we have the same ob- ject in view—" "Let us hope that the same views will be an object to us," Lowe threw in, playfully. "—Suppose we step into the house," the Major continued, feeling that the jest was and tea it over." Tliey betook themselves to the "office," which, in spite of its rigorous name, was a pleasant room, furnished with books and having windows that overlooked the Hud- son. April was there—a bright -haired girl of eight years—nestled in one of the win- dow -seats, reading a book. "We shall have to disturb you, pet," said her father. "Mr. Lowe and I are going to talk business." The child rose ; a charming little thing she was ; but the corners of her mouth showed her disappointment. W 119, t ! no kias for your old uncle?" cried Lowe, catching her on her way to the door, " What are you reading, dear—poet- ry ? Why, you don't need any poetry—at your age. "But I like it, said April. "So do I," he rashly asserted. "At least I like you ; and that will do just as well, Won't it ?” So the small face was lost for a moment in the cloud of Lowe's beard; and when the cloud was withdrawn little April danced away to the door, smiling, Maynadier somehow felt that his friend was taking advantage of him by this proceeding. And yet, wasin't it perfectly natural and customary? He sighed, without knowing it, "Here is the map," he announced, sitting down at the table. "1 have looked up the whole thingand put signs here to show the old landmarks. As a matter of fact, a care- ful measurement has convinced me not only that the road belongs to my farm, but that my rights extend a little into your present inclosures. There was a mistake made in running fences, long ago." "Oh, come, Maynadier' isn't that a little steep? Excuse me," Lowe added; "1 mustn't get ruffled:- My desire is to consult amicably. You may have made a inistake yourself, you. know. But, even admitting that you haven't surely remember that when you bought this estate I released a small claim. which I had on the Butternut field. I wanted you for a neighbor, and preferred to be csourteous." " Certainly, Lowe, I remember. I was about to say that, in consideration of that, I give up my claim to the strip of land I'm speaking of. So we start square as to the road." " Bat the road," said the other, leaning forward with his blowy beard against hie chest, and looking resolute, " the road is as much mine as yours. Aosording to my view of it the old line ran somewhat crooked, but, virtually it gave the major part to Maynadier regarded him with a grim smile. "The major part," he said, " is ex- actly mine." Lowe laughed, bat uneasily. "1 wasn't punning," he said; "1 didn't mean that." "But I did, said Mayna.dier, doggedly. " Well," resumed his neighbor, " let's see how you make it out. What's this ?" He put his finger on the map. "The old tree scarred by lightning,' mentioned in the an- cient deeds? You know there'e no trace of it left. How can you locate it?" The Major became reticent. "I've got evidence enough," he declared. "All right," said Lowe. " Suppose,now, I were to show you a weak 'spot in your de- fenses. Yoa know the hollow by your gate?" 'Yea, yes. What about it ?" Maynadier inquired, eagerly. "Well, sir," Lowe replied, "1 can prove that my line should extend from the granite bowlder one furlong -and two chains to that very spot; thence westerly—" How oak you?" demanded the Major. "That's my affair," his friend answered, leaning back, with an obvious inclination to chuckle. The Major sprang up impatient. " Good heavens V he cried, serrowfully. :" Have we gone 40 far that one old friend is concealing information fronethe other, as if we were in court?" "Not one old friend," Lowe pointed out, "but two. We're both in thee same box, Maynadier." "Lord, yes ! the witness -box, I should think," groaned the Major. "It is absurd,"Lowe confessed, somewhat touched. "Let us see. We have both got - along hitherto without owning the road. What do you say to dropping the question, and leaving the whole confounded lane as it is ?" "Impossible,' was the reply. "If it's common property, some one will invade it. Besides, though we agreed, our children might not." "Ah, yea! the children " Lowe repeated, thinking of his sturdy boy March, whose ruddy cheeks and tawny hair, he had often thought. would make a line accompaniment to April's] more delicate beauty, if the two should conclude to be husband and wile by and by. "Oh, well," he went on, growling a prelude to concession'"it isn't worth while quarreling. Don't let's be. a pair of fools, old man ' Be didn't consider that he himself could be a fool under any circum- stances ; so it was rather generous to assume that he might pouibly be. " I admit that it's foolish in one sense," said the Major, with pained dignity. "The land is not much account, anyway." "True," said Lowe, going to the fire and warming his back, as if to thaw himself into magnanimity. "Hang it! I'd almost as lief let you have it all." "Why, Lowe," exclaimed the other, "that's more like your old self !" "1 say almost as lief," his friend proceed- ed. " But that would hardly be fair. So I think we'd better divide evenly." Maynadier's face contracted with the in- voluntary surmise that his neighbor was taking an easy way out of a weak position. He turned and gazed stonily through the window, his eyes resting on the silent river, which seemed to emblemize the stream of misunderstanding that was slowly widening between his neighbor and himself. "1 can't do it !" he exclaimed at length. " We should never be quite satisfied, either of us. And then—it wouldn't be right, you know. I bate to have any difficulty with you, Lowe, and would make a sacrifice to avoid it if I could. Bat this is an affair of rights. One of us ought to have the whole or nothing. Which of us is it to be?" "By George! It isn't going to be the one that's not entitled to it," Lowe deolared,set- ting his teeth. He walked the length of the room and back—always with that appear- ance of contending against an obstinate breeze. "I've done all I could; and I'm bitterly disappointed in you. Why, you won't yield an inch! You're about as pli- able as a jackknife—only one hinge in you, and when that moves you cut whatever you come down upon. You want to cut it square off. That's what you're going to do to our friendship." The Major repressed his wrath, but it came out plainly in his words: "Mr. Lowe, violence isn't going to help us. If you want to dispute my title,do so in the proper place, and according to the proper forms. The business -like way is the legal way." "Oh, yes !" retorted Lowe, "1 know that. You shall have plenty of the legal way before we get through. But the re- sponsibiliteeis not mine—only the land is," he flung back, after gaining the threshold. The door closed quietly behind the tumult in which he rushed off. He did not enter the house twelve years. The firet phase of the combat, after this interview, was that the Major continued to use the old road as a ,meaus of communica- tion with the new turnpike, though Lowe had, on his part laid out a -new driveway for hie own house. Accordingly, before long, Lowe resorted to the courts, and obtained a temporary injunction forbidding the Major to use the road; so that Maynadier had to open a new approach to his farm. Then Lowe put up signs at the two points where the old route passed his territory, warning trespissere. .Elis antagonist immediately erected rival signboards. Next, the Mejor executed. a strategical movement. He pulled down hie fence—which was a cheap post and rail construction, quite old and out of repair —along the.whole border on that side, so as to include the disputed ground with his again for TH course was broken off between Ahem, and they °eased to recognize each other. May- nadier, as well as Lowe, had entertained a dream—the future union of his daughter and young March Lowe; but such a scheme as that was now out of the question, and he shivered as he thought of the mistake he might have made in encoureging it. The children, of course, were instructed in the mysteries of the dissension, so far as they could understand them; and the struggle of the two houses, with its blighting effect, on their own former friendship, overphsd- owed everything -else in its malign import- ance. It took its place in their minds among the great controversies of the world which they were then studying—the rivalry of Caesar with Pompey, and the like; for children regard these troubles more serious- ly and with more suffering than we com- monly remember that they do. Mr. Lowe won his case; but it was car- ried higher, on exceptions, and ultimately was started on its slow way to the Court of Appeals. Then, too, the Major found an excuse for bringing a suit as plaintiff against Lowe; the proceedings were postponed; endless delays occurred; not only five years passed, but ten, and still the two men were looked in their wrestlers' embrace, until it seemed that they were likely to become pet- rified in that attitude. Meanwhile the disused road underwent changes, and became a narrow belt of shaggy growth between the two properties. Nature had taken a hint, and, despite the leveling of artificial barriers, had reared a make- shift barrier on her own account. The obso- lete ruts were completely matted in grass and wildflowers. Then shrubs sprang up; a haphazard plantation of small trees was created. The' greenbrier tangled ita thorny vine and glossy leaves over the larger growth; sharp -savored barberries flourished by the stone remnants of Lowe's fence; and, being little molested there, birds made their nests among the thickets. Finally, the wonted trail of human travel was trans- fcrmed into a winding tract of bloom and branch, full of song and perfume, but rarely invaded by the foot of man or woman. By the time the frentier war had gone on for nearly twelve years, it became so mono- tonous that the two belligerents grew lan- guid in its prosecution, and treated it as a wearisome matter of course. But while, the old folks stood comparatively still, March and April had been rapidly advancingto the dangerous period when courtships may be expected; and their parents showed a great anxiety to keep them out of each other's sight. March was sent to St. Paul's School, in New Hampshire ; and who& he came home for the long holidays, either the Maynadiers rented their place and went aw reg dis and Ns ID abo ael sev bee oth di the old alw ay, or else it happened with suspicions ularity that April had to make visits at a tepee. At last March went to Harvard, April was established at Vassar. turally, she was a little the more rapid developing, and they both graduated at nt the same time; but they had so dom been in the same place together, for eral years past, that it would not have n astonishing if they had not known each er on meeting. And it was nearly as fficult for them to meet as it would be for prophetic male and female figures of the -fashioned barometer, one of whom is ays shut up When the other is out. The young man was decidedly handsome; srge, athletic fellow, with strong, frank tures, of whom his mother sometimes mplained that he was vehement to rough - ss. At other times, however, he could be gentle as tiny one might wish. He liked wear a velvet coat and stalk around at his se; and although he had tried the sever - measures for taming his leOnine hair, en to cropping it, he had given up the ruggle, and now allowed it to tumble over s ears and forehead as it would, in a way propriate to his impetuous character. It s said that he was rather wild at college; mors whereof coming to the knowledga of e Major, that officer remarked to his cond-in-command "We see now, my ar, how fortunate it is that all possibility a match with Prillie weks shut off long ago. eslly, this quarrel may haye been a good ovidence." "Yea," said Mrs. Maynadier, accepting e opinion as it were on the point of her ochet needle, and working it firmly into e texture of an afghan she was making. Oh, if it had happened the other way !" But in another respect the providence was t so favorable. For the Major's litigation d been a serious expense to him; he could t afford the depletion; his house and farm ad both been running down, growing more d more shabby. The two young people had their own pinions of the complication. April, at the go of ten, used to wish she were a boy, so at she could fight and thrash their neigh- or's son; she considered him, next to his ther, the most detestable person on earth. t present, having Lad a liberal education, he exonerated hitn entirely. March also,who ad once been consumed with rage and bitter- ess against the Maynadiers, came back from ollege with a nobly impartial mind, and as disposed to smile indulgently upon the oolishness of his parents and their enemies. t the same time both were anxious not to e disloyal to their respective elders; and o they had to keep these opinions to them- elvec That summer, when they had both just raduated, the estrangement between them as supposed to be so completely establish - d that precautions were relaxed. Lowe aid to his wife: "I'll be hanged if I'll live ny longer under this terrorism. March won't see anything of the girl, anyway, and f be does, there's no danger now. He must ass the summer here." The Major arrived t a corresponding decision. "I can't find a enant for the place this year," he said, and, besides, why should we always be nnning away, or sending Prillie away? It amounts simply to being tyrannized over by this man Lowe. I won't submit to it ! If he doesn't want to keep his young cub here, et him settle that for himself." - Consequently, April staid too; and the two old gentlemen rejoiced in the idea that they were offering a mutual defiance. (To be concluded next week.) own. Now, Lowe was in much better circum- stances than his neighbor, and had an ex- cellent fence of iron to mark hia side of the way; consequently he was much averse to imitating the enemy's teotics when destruc- tion was resorted to. But his case against Maynadier had, meanwhile, come to trial, and was proceeding,very slowly. He lost patienoe ; could not endure the quiet exult- ation with which the defendant was seen, nearly every day, pacing about and con- ternplsting the little breadth of dirt which he had added to his fields; and the upshot was that the iron fence had to come down, though each separate stake in it inflicted a wound upon the owner's mind. The limits of the rival domains were now traced only by a few stone sockets on Lowe's side, and by a row of old tent pegs on the Major's. But the plaintiff at least gained the satisfac- tion of seeing that the defendant no longer prowled along the roadway with an air of proprietorship. Such folly may seem incredible ; but a real estate quarrel—especially when the sub- ject is of petty dimensione—must always be classed among the soutest cases of disagree- ment. The dumb earth, under such circum- stancee, has a way of reasserting a primeval power over the human clay that goes around asserting lordship of the soil from which it was molded. The Lowes, when speaking to acquaint- ances, derisively alluded to the deserted highway as "the Major part." And the Maynadiers, with equal sarcasm, called it the Lowe-landa--very low, indeed." "It is amazing," said Mrs.Maynadier to her husband, "that a man who seems so much a gentlemen as Mr. Lowe, and is so earnest a Ohurchmainnhould have been so aggressive." "Yea, it is," the Major assented. " Af- ter all, I shouldn't have pressed the matter very far if he had simply allowed me to use the place as a private drive." " And then, too," his 'wife rejoined, "he is rich, and we are comparatively poor. He doesn't really need the land." "No," said the Major; "but what can you expect? Those wealthy people are very apt to be like that." On the other hand Mrs. Lowe said to Mr. Lowe: "It's always so, John. If you in- terfere with another man so far as to help him, he's !sure to be ungrateful. The great mistake was your doing Major Maynadier that favor about the Butternut field." " I suppose it was," sighed Lowe. "I'm sure this is a very small matter we're fight:. ing about ; but there's a principle involved. He wouldn't meet me half way." Here Mr. Lowe grasped more firmly the newspa- per he had been reading, and rustled it in a fashion suggestive of an aroused moral sense. "I assure you, my dear, I don't feel any -bitterness. But I'm going to beat him, if it takes:five years !" Thus the two families continued, in the midst of strife, to be very forgiving—to- wards themselves. They worshiped in the same church; went to see the same people; attended the same parties, very often; but all direct inter - al fea co De as to ea est eV et hi ftp wa rn th se de of pr th cr URON -EXPOS IMPORTANT NOTICES. TOR. BICITCLES! BULL FOR SALE.—For sale, a thoroughbred pnr- haul Bull, twelve months old, of first-class pep - gree ; dark red color, with a little white; wil/ be ld at reasonable price. JOHN CUMMING, Loudeti- two 1.0. 1271-tf th I OLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE. — Pure bed young Bulls of the very beat milk and butter families for sale. Prices away down low. l'ost °Hine, Clonstance ; Station, Londeslioro. JOHN McGRE- GOR. 1267 tL no ha no an TOHN BEATTIE, Clerk the of Second Divis on el Court, County Commissioner, of Huron, Con- veyancer, Land, Loan and Ineuranee Agent. Fluids Inveeted and to Loan. Office—Over Shdrp & Livens' store, Main street, Seaforth. 1283 MOSEY TO LOAN.—Private and company futds to loan at lowest rates. $10,000 of priv te funds have been placed in our hands which we will loan in sums to suit borrow. Loans can be cOmpleted at once if title satisflibtory. DICKSON & HAYS, Cardno's Block, Seaforth. 11413t1 a th fa A 0 A a $16,000 TO LEND at 6i per cent in 811Ma to suit borrowers first class farm security. Ai80 improved farm for eale at a great bargain. Former owner left County. Apply persen- ally or write. E. N. LEWIS, Solicitor, Goderibh 1247-26 OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.—For sale a house 4h frand lot on Market street. The lot is planted wi uit and ornamental trees. Tbe house is com- fortable and in good repair. There is a good well. This property will be sold cheap. 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A. large stock of all kinds of moulding 'kept constantly on hand. MANUFACTURING. --In this department we manufacture all kinds of Furniture to order,as well as the most of that for sale in our retail department. REPAIRTNG.—First-class repairing guaranteed on all classes of furni- ture; try us. UNDERTAKING.—Notice of this department will the found in another column of this paper. ONO EATIOITS Both the_method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial i# its effects, prepared only from. the racist her.lthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the nacst popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 750 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Manufactured only by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, ICY. NEW YOliat N. Sold by J. S. ROBERTS, Druggist, Seaforth Township of McKillop. THE .14 or .peT THE 87,20 opt.4% 44,71400-140 AT 7, °2' ouricaloLt 44, 44t,) -9 A POOR KIND OF ECONOMY It is on a par with buying lots of rubbishy soap for little money. Poor soaps are the "bunghole " through which time and labor are wasted, and by vhich the clothes and hands are ruined. REIM' OAP Closes the Avenues of Waste and Ruin, and by its lasting pro- perties, its wonderful cleansing powers and perfect purity, it Saves Time and Labor, and brings Comfort and Satisfaction to all who use it. • • • • • • • • . IT IS TRUE ECONOMY TO USE THE 'Sunlight' Tr; • • • • 0 • • WORKS: PT. SUNLIGHT LEVER BROS., LIMITED NEAR BIRKENHEAD TORONTO FARMERS. Where are you going with your next grist. Remember we are giving from 38 to 40 lbs. Of Flour to the bushel for good wheat. FLOWER AND FEED CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. Established 1867. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. OAPITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS - $6.000,000 REST, - - - - - - - - $900,000 B. E. W LKER, GENERAL MANAGER. SEAFORTH BRANCH. A General Banking Business l Transacted.° Farmers' Notes Discounted, Drafts is4ued payable at all points in Canada and the principal cities in the United States,Great Britain, Beimuda,&c. SAVINOS BANK DEPMITMENT. Depositi of $1.00 and upwards received, and current rates of interest allowed. INTER- EST ADDE4 TO THE PRINCIPAL AT THE END OF MAX' AND NOVEMBER IN EACH YEAR. Special Attention given to MS Collection of Commercial Paper and Farmers' Sales Notes. F. HOLMESTED, Solicitor. M. -MORRIS, Manager COURT OF REVISION. The Court for the Revision of the Assessthent Roil of the Township of McKillop, will be held at CRAW - FORD'S HOTEL, Dublin, on ON MONDAY, MAY 30th, 1392, At 12 o'clock, noon, of which all persons interested will please take notice and govern themselves accord- ingly. Appeals will be received until the 14th of May. All properties that have changed ewnership since the assessment was made, the ownels thereof will please notify the Clerk of such change. JOHN C. MORRISON, Clerk. 1272-4 FARMS FOR SALE. TOWNSHIP OF McKILLOP. Lot 10, on 9th concession, 100 acres. West half 7 on 10th concession, 60 acres. TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS. South half 21 on 6th concession, 100 acres. TOWNSHIP OF GREY. Lott, 1 and 12 on 13th concession, 200 acre TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH. Lot 38 on 3rd concession L. R. S., 100 acres. For terms &c., apply to the undersigned. F. HOLMESTED, 1197 tf 1 Barrister &c., Seaforth. Important -:- Announcement. BRIGHT BROTHERS, M.A_M-1(71=trria The Leading Clothiers of Huron, Beg to inform the people o Seaforth and surrounding ....antry, that they have added to their large ordered clothing trade one of the Most ,Counplete and best selected stocks of Boys', Youths' and Men's Readymade Clothing IN THE ()MINTY. At the lowest living prices. Dealers and others buying in quantities, it will pay you to call and see us before purchasing. Remember the place, Seaforth Roller Mills, formerly known as the Red Mill. W. H. CODE & Co. HAND MADE Boots and Shoes D. McINTYRE Has on hand a large number of Boots and Shoe' of his own make, best material and Warranted to give Satisfaction. If you want your feet kept dry come and get a pair o. our boote, which will be sold CHEAP FOR OASH. Repairing promptly attended to. All kinds of Boota and Shoes made to order. All parties who have not paid their accounts for last year ivill please call and settle up. 1162 D. McINTYRE, Seaforth. Prices Unequalled. ‘690 lead the Trade. Remember the Old Stand, Campbell's Block, opposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth. BRIGHT BROTHERS. TEE SEAFO TH - FOUNDRY. SEAFORTH Musical : Instrument M..11=101?..TICTM Scott Brothers, PROPRIETORS, SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO. Ponrok &Wm.. Bell iiO&ACNo.,GSuel—ph3);uDnhomanlin'NewioPYia pane/ Bowmanville. Dominion A0Nrgt —CW.Bel & ornpanly, ,BoGow"inCisunvelipllhe D. W. Kara & Co., Woodstock. The above Instruments always on hind, also a few good second-hand Pianos and Organs foe sale at from $25 upwards. Inetrumente sokl on the instal- ment plan, or on terms to putt customers: Violins, Concertinas and small instruments on band also:sheet music, books aio. Having; completed rebuilding and de the latest equipments and the most improved machines, I am now prepared 'fepairinthe old foundry, and introduc- g All Kinds of iMachine Repairs to do AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. ROLLERS. e are now turning out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and invite the fumers to see them before buying elsewhere. T. T. COLEMAN. SCOTT BROS. MAIN ST/tEET, SEAFORTH. My facilities are unsurpassed. I am pre- pared to conduct burials in a most satis- factory planner. All modern undertaking appliances. Competent management guar- anteed. A full line of burial goods on hand. I aim to be prompt, considerate and reliable. tar Charges most reasonable. RESIDENCE, NORTH MAIN STREET. 1223 eimisNIMI1011111/e ALLAN LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, REDUCTION IN RATES. Steamers Sail Regulasly from PORTLAND and HALIFAX to LIVERPOOL via LONDONDERRY DIIRING THE WINTIR MONTHS. Cabin, $40 and upwarde. Second Cale, $25. Steerage at low rates. STATE SERVICE OF NO CATTLE CARRIED. ALLAN LINE NLEIWNE J STEAMSHIPS. YORK & GLASGOW, via Londonderry, every Fortnight. Cabin, 840 and upwards. Second Cabin, $25, Steerage at low rates, - Apply to IL & A. ALLAN, Montreal, or C BETHUNE or W. G. DUFF, Seaforth. 2522-