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MAT 20, 1892
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
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MISS LYDD'ir'S WEDDING -
GOWN.
.406, mime, mis.usl Sometin's done hap-
pened 1"
Blank horror and dismay were depicted
upon the face of my small African, as she
stood upon my threshold with upsaieed
hands and eyeballs that seemed titarting
from their socket,. Her pause was one of
preparation, for, with the innate considera-
tion of her race, she sought to break the
news gently to me, but the burden of it was
too great for her, and with the next breath
she exclaimed :
"-Dem pigs done chewed up Miss Lyddy's
weddin'-gown 1"
"Glory," I exclaimed (she had been
piously christened Gloriana), "Glory, how
did it happen?V'
"Dunne!" said Glory. "'Pears to me
dem pip has got Satan in 'em. Guess dey's
'ecencled from de ole lot what run down a
steep place inter de sea. I'll go and fetch
ye a piece,"
She sped out, and instantly returned with
a tattered shred of India mull, that had once
been white, and still bore some resemblance
to a gown. Foor Miss Lyddy ! This was all
that remained of her dream of wedding
splendors. It was too pitiful ! I felt at once
that the bonds of good -neighborhood had
been irretrievably broken, and that Major
Hawthorne must be made aware of this
last and worst depredation of his unseemly
pigs.
Bat who would break the news to Miss
Lyddy?
Glory," said I, "where is she?"
"Gone over to de buryin'-place to 'tend to
de ancestors," answered Glory.
Poor, faithful soul, even in those last days
of her maidenhood, with the vague terrora
of matrimony, and the still more appalling
responsibilities of unsaved heathen souls
hanging over her, she did not forget the an-
cestors. Long Hues of Ludkinses lay buried
in little sunken hillocks in the family bury-
ing -place, which lay just in sight of her
sitting -room window. She herself was the
last of her race, and until within three weeks
it had seemed that the only fate which
awaited her was to live out her little space
under the ancestral roof -tree, and then take
her place in the silent ranks of those who
had gone before. But a change had come.
It came in the person of a returned mission-
ary from the Micronesian islands, who had
buried the first and second partners of his
joys and sorrows somewhere under the palm -
trees of those tropical lands, and had come
back to the scenes of hie youth to recruit
his health and serve the cause, and look up
partner number three. He met Miss Lyddy
at a woman's missionary meeting. He called
the next afternoon antk was invited to stay
to tea. He accepted the invitation, and the
next morning MissLyddy came into my
roora—for I, too, domiciled under the Lud-
kins' roof -tree, for a consideration—and with
much hesitation and many faint and delicate
blushes informed me that she had promised
to share the future lot of the Rev. Nehemiah
Applebloom, to take cue of his six children,
and sustain and support him in his arduous
labors among the heathen of the Micronesian
islands.
I was struck dumb with amazement.
II MESS ,Lyddy," I said at length, "have you
duly considered this project?"
Her thin figure quivered, and her white
face, that had yet a delicate remembrance of
youth in it, grew tender with feeling,
" Yes," she said, " I think I have. I have
always bad a presentiment that I should
marry a minister or a missionary." Admir-
able and pathetic faith! "And Mr. Apple -
bloom says he knew the moment be set eyes
upon me that I was ordained to be his wife ;
so you see it is not the surprise to either of
us that it is likely to be to our friends."
I knew then that her mind was fully made
up, so I demurred no longer, but lent myself
at once to a discussion of the wedding, which
I plainly sew was what Miss Lyddy desired
of met
" You will be married in church, I sup-
pose ?"
" Oh, nu," said Miss Lyddy, with gentle
decision. " I am the last of the Ludkinses.
All the Ludkinses bave been married at
home. I will go out from under my own
roof -tree. If I most seem to forsake the an -
mature "—she paused to regulate a little
choking in her throat—" I will at least not
forsake their traditions. I shall leave a
little money with the parish clerk, that he
may see that the graves of my dead are kept
in proper order, as I always have loved to
keep them, and I hope they will forgive my
departure; but I will at least go as a Lud-
kine should. It is my desire to be married
in my grandmother's wedding -gown."
Miss Lyddeds voice trembled, and there
was a humidity in her eyes, at which I did
not wonder, for it was much like a funeral,
after all.
" I thought, perhaps," went on Mies
Lyddy, "if I brought the venerated relic to
you, you would tell me if anything were
necessary to be done to fit it to me. I don't
care for the fashions, you know, and my
grandmother as I remernber her, was about
my height, but still, you kuow, something--
zorne changes might be advisable."
1 Certainly," I said, do bring it to me.
I should like to see it."
" It is sprayed India (she called it Ingy)
mull. My grandfather, Captain Simon Lud-
kins, broueht it home from over the seas.
bring it."
Like some pale and gentle ghost, she rose
then and went to a bureau drawer, and un-
rolled from folds of linen that smelt of laven-
der, the fair, frail relic of Mrs. Captain
Simon Ludkins' wedding state. It was fine
embroidered mull, the undoubted product
of India looms.
"It ie lovely," I slid, " and so well kept
that it will be just the thing for you. Will
you try it on? We can tell then just what it
needs ?
Miss Lyddy proceeded to disrobe herself,
and put on the spider -net gown. As she did
so, the changes in faehion'e mandates became
only too evident. It had, no waist to speak
of and just a little lace -trimmed puff for
sleeves. Miss Lyddy was evidently sur-
prised. She had not thought of this. I
knew well what the troubled look upon her
face meant, and I pitied her maiden sensi-
bilities. Could it be possible that her grand-
mother, Mrs. Captain Simon Ludkins, had
ever worn such a gown as this ? She said not
a word that could indicate the depth of her
mortification, but her face was a study for
an artist.
"
Thera must be sleeves," she murmured,
after a. few moments of silent and embar-
rassed contemplation.
" Yes," I replied, cheerfully as my con-
strained gravity would alIew. "And you
might have a fichu, and a flounce on the
bottom."
She looked down. She had not before
realized that the skirt of the venerated relic
lacked a full quarter of a yard of touching
the floor.
However could they ! " she ejaculated
in an undertone. But she quickly recovered
herself, and looked up to me cheerfully.over
her apectaclee.
"How ingenious you are ! " she said, with
an air of sweet relief. " I knew you would
help me out."
We went out together and bought the
requisite mull that day, but when we came
to put it beside the " venerated relic" of
Mrs. Captain Ludkins it was evident that
time had soenriched color of the latter
that the two were most unfortunately un-
like.
"We can lay it oat on the geese," I said;
" these June dews are just the thing for it,
and as it will be evening nobody will in the
leaat notice."
Again Miss Lyddy amiled gratefully, and
declared that my suggestion should be car-
ried out in the most faithful manner.
The Rev, Nehemiah Applebloom —"A
lovely name, don't you think so ?" said Miss
Lyddy, and ehe blushed and smiled like a
school -girt in her teens—had but a short
furlough, and the marriage was to transpire
the next week, so the relic was put out to
bleach forthwith. It had already been upon
the grass three days and nights, and been
religiously watered by Mies Lyddy at morn lowed by his colored man, who carried a
andmoon and dewy eve, and the next day it , large brown paper parcel.
was to be taken up early and put into the lie'e come tecourtint missie" said
dressmaker's hands for the necestany ahem- Glory ; " ye can see it in his face."
time when the dreadful event occurred I had not the instinct of Glory, and
with which the narrative opens.
with lace ruffles at the wrist, knee breeches,
white satin waistcoat, slippers with shoe
buckles, powdered wig and cooked bat. He
was six feet tall, portly and well formed,
and he looked every inch a signer of the
Declaration at the very least. He was fol -
" Glory," I maid, " do you keep watch for
Miss Lyddy when she returns. Say nothing
about what has happened unless she misses
the gown from the grass. In that case tell
her that I thought it was bleached enough,
and took it up to dry, and you don't know
whore I have put it. 1 am going out now,
but if she asks where, tell her yon don't
know."
Glory was faithful, and had, besides, the
natural craft of her race, and I knew that
she could be trusted. As for me, I swiftly
donned my bonnet and set out to find Major
Hawthorne. It was a bright June evening,
and my walk through the meadow and the
grove that skirted Hawthorndeau would
have been a pleasant one if I had borne a
mind more at ease. The Major was a gentle-
man by birth, but he had lived out his fifty
baehelor years in gay and careless way,
that had seemed to set the gentler pisrt of
creation at defianc-e. In the lifetime of his
parents, Hawthorndeau had been a beautiful
estate. It still retained many marks of
wealthy and cultivated ownership, but it
was sadly run down, as the home of a
bachelor is apt to be. The grove, which
had once been the pride of the place, was
grown up to brush now, and the sere leaves
of many summers' growth rustled under my
feet as I walked through it. At one point,
coming suddenly around a thick clump of
undergrowth, I heard a chorus of tiny snorts,
and the scampering of numberless hoofs, and
knew that I had invaded a haunt of the
Major's last agricultural freak, the very
brood of Berkshire pigs that were the source
of all my borrowed woes. Away they
scampered, their snouts well raised in air,
and each with a curl in its tail, that seemed
too ornamental to be wholly the product of
nature, and to justify the village rumor,
that the Major's own man put those tails in
curling papers every night. They had the
air of spoiled children, every one, and were
evidently the Major's pets. But that didn't
matter ; they had ruined Miss Lyddy's wed-
ding -gown, to say nothing of a dozen other
aggravating exploits which do not belong to
this story, and I was determined to have
satisfaction out of their owner -
1 found the Major sitting on hie piazza,
with an after-dinner look upon his hand-
some, good-humored face. He rose to greet
me with- an air of old -school politeness,
dashed with a faint wonder that I, a woman,
should have had tbe hardihood to approach
a place so little frequented by women.
" Good evening, Miss Grace. Lam happy
to see you. In what can I have the honor to
serve you ? "
He had rend my face, and knew that I had
come on a mission.
" Major Hawthorne," I said, paying no
attention to his offer of a chair, " I have
oome on a very painful errand."
"Sit down, madam," said the Major po-
litely. "I cannot possibly permit a lady to
stand on my piszzs. I ought, perhaps, to
ask you to walk in, but it is rather stuffy
indoors this evening."
"No," I sad, "I will sit here, if you
please." To tell the truth, indoors, as seen
through the window, had not the most ine
vitin.g look, and I was glad to coMpromise.
" You have, no doubt, heard "—plunging
in medias res—" that Miss Lyddy Ludkins
is about to be married."
"Married Miss Lyddy ! No Hadn't
heard a word of it," said the Major in
genuine amazement. " Who is the fortunate
man, pray ? "
• ." The Rev. Nehemiah Applebloom, a mis-
sionary to the Micronesian islands, who has
come home to recruit his health and find a,
wife."
" I know him," said the Major. "Saw
him down at the station—a long, lean, lank
individual—just fit for his vocation; no
temptation whatever to cannibals! But what
the deuce is be going to do with Miss Lyddy ?
What will Balsam's -Corners do without
her ? "
"Balsam's Corners must do the best it
can " I said—I fear a little sharply, for my
mind was still in a most aggressive state
towards the Major.
" They are to be married next week,
and—"
What will become of tbe ancestors ' ?"
interpolated the Major, in whom surprise
seemed to have gotten the better of habitual
politeness.
" Oh, she has made arrangements with
Mr. Crow about that."
doubted ; but what his errand ,was I was
dying to know.
But he disappeared into Miss Lyddy's
parlor, and I was left outside to temper my
impatience as beat I could. Presently Glory
entered on tip -toe.
"Miesus, milieus," she whimpered. " De
do's swung open jese the leas' crack, an' its
jells opposite de big murror, an' if ye come
out here in de hall, ye can see it all in de
murror as plain as day, an' its a beep bet-
ter'n a play."
It wee a temptation, but believe me, dear
reader, 1 resisted it. Only as Glory ran
back to her peeping, I followed to pull her
away, and send her out of doors --that was
simply my duty—and there he was full on
his knees before her, and she with that rapt
seraphic look upon her face, which no woman
ever wears except on the most vitally inter-
esting occasions. But Glory disposed of, I
went back to my sewing, and waited as best
I could the conclusion of the momentous in-
terview. The Major came out at length, as
smiling as a May morning, leaving the brown
paper parcel behind him.
It was very still in Miss Lyddy's room for
a quarter of an hour, and then she, too,
emerged from her retreat. Spread over her
hands was a gown of cream -colored. brocade,
embellished with the loveliest roses in full
bloom, with blue forget-me-nots trailing
here and there among them. It had an
ample waist, elbow sleeves, and a train a
yard and a half long;
" My dear Grace,' she void, " the Major
hae brought me his mother's wedding -gown
to be married in."
" It is beautiful," I said; " but wbo is to
be the bridegroom ?"
She smiled as angels do, and looked afar ;
a delicate flutter of pink hung out in her
cheek to deprecate her reoreancy, as she
whispered in a tone of gentle but consum-
mate triumph :
" The Major himself! Didn't he look
grand in his knee breeches ?"
"And Mr. Applebloom ?"
" Major Hawthorne will adjust that
matter."
" That matter," indeed ! She spoke as
though it were already as remote from her
as the pyramids.
" I congratulate you, Mile Lydia," I said,
growing formal, for ahe had behaved shame-
fully.
" Don't blame me," ehe 'murmured.
"Major Hawthorne declares he has loved
me since I was a child, but never thought
himself worthy of me (the gay deceiver 1);
and Mr. Applebloom, you know, is only the
acquaintance of a day.
I wanted to ask her bow she bad disposed
of her presentiment, but I did not dare.
Major Hawthorne subscribed fifty dollars
to the Micronesian Mission ad sent Mr.
Applebloom elsewhere to Lek for a wife,
and the verdict of Balsam's Corner. was
that he had done the handsome thing.
"'Fore Goodness ! " said Glor,y, " ef dere
wern't a clar relation between dem pigs an'
Providence den I don't know nothin •
Miss Lydia took the same pious view of
the matter, and made the Major the most
dainty and dignified of wives.—Domestic
Monthly.
• IMPORTANT NOTICES.
fsourbecin °Heber. 111
50 YOUNGpay
tgGihSe WANTED.—The
Icg It)*
pigs, from 6 to 10 weeks old,eorn his premises3;rongi
the 15th to the 20th of May, Lot 24, Concession 2,
MoKillop. R. COMMON. 1278.2
DASTURE TO LET.—The subscriber has a few
acres inside the corporation of Scaforth and 40
acres on the Fowler Farm to let or would take in
cattle by the month. Apply to R. Common, 1st con-
ceesion of MoKillop. 1274-2
DULL FOR SALE.—For sale, a thoroughbred Dur-
JPI ham Bull, twelve months old, of first-class pedi-
gree; dark red color, with a little white; will be sold
at reasonable price. JOHN CUMMING, Loades-
boro P. 0. 1271 -ti
" Just like her 1 Dear, faithful girl."
The Major had all his life loved all theeex
—not one—and I was not to be beguiled by
this show of feeling.
" She bad set her heart upon being
married in her grandmother's wedding -
gown."
"Old Mrs. Captain Simon ? I remember
her well. A mighty fine woman. She never
would have gone to the ends of the earth
with a missionary. It's the craziest scheme
I ever heard of."
I began to fear I should never get to my
errand.
" It was put out ou the grass to bleach,
being a little yellow with age. It was a
lovely embroidered India muslin that the
old Captain brought home from India him-
self."
" How well I remember him in my boy-
hood A jolly soul ! A granddaughter of his
go off to the Cannibal islands to be eaten up
by savages ! I won't have it !"
"Her heart is set upon going," I con-
tinued. " The wedding -gown was put out
to bleach, and this very afternoon those
little Berkshire pigs of yours—they are a
xiuieance to the whole neighborhood, Major
—trampled and rooted it to pieces, so that
it is utterly ruined."
" Little black rascals ! " said the Major,
with a chuckle behind his neckcloth.
"And I have come without her knowledge,
to tell you of it, because I was sure that,
under the circumstances, a gentleman of
your breeding would feel in honor bound to
make some reparation to Miss Lyddy."
The Major mused and looked at his boot
for a moment in silence.
"Mies Grace," he said at length, " I thank
you for the service you have rendered me in
this matter. Will you have the goodness to
say to Mies Ludkins, with my complimente,
that I shall do myself the honor to wait up-
on her to -morrow morning at 10 o'clock to
adjust this unfortunate matter ? I beg in the
meantime that she will give herself as little
solicitude _as possible, for, though I cannot
restore the ancient and venerated dry goods,
I will do the best that is possible under the
circumstances to make the loss good."
.He bowed over my hand and the audience
was evidently concluded. Was I satisfied?
No, indeed ! What woman would not have
felt wronged to be left at the end of a mis-
sion of disinterested benevolence in such a
state of doubt and uncertainty as this ? But
I was obliged to go home nevertheless, and
wait as patientlyais I could for the stroke of
10 next morning.
Glory had been in bearing when the mes-
sage had been delivered to Miss Lyddy, and
she too was on the watch. At last she
scudded in front the hedge, her ivories all
a -glisten, and her eyes wide open, and full
of a rather incomprehensible mirth.
"He's a comin'," she slid; " and such a
sight 1"
At that minute the gate clicked, and up
the walk strode indeed a moat astonishing
figure. The Major had gotten himself up in
a continental auit, which he mint have fished
out of the unknown depths of the ancient
attics at Hawthorndeau ; black velvet coat,
•••••••••.••••• :
TIOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE. — Pure bred
young Bulls of the very best milk and Clutter
familia for ale. Prices away down low. Post Office,
Constance; Station, Londesboro. JOHN McORE.
GOE. 1267 tf.
TOHN BEATTIE, Clerk the of Second DiVision
e) Court, County Commiseloner, of Huron Con-
veyancer, Land, Loan and Insurance Agent. ands
Invested and to Loan. Office—Over Sha p &
Livens' store, Main street, Seaforth.-. 1289
ONEY TO LOAN.—Private and company 'funds
LVI to loan at lowest rates. $10,000 of private
funds have been placed in our hands whiqh we
will loan in sums to suit borrower. Loans can be
completed at once if title satisfactory. DICKSON
& HAYS, Cardno's Block, Seaforth. 1148tf
TO LEND at 5/ per cent in slims to
suit borrowers first class ' farm
securit.• Also improved farm for sale at a great,
bargain. Former owner left County. Apply person-
ally or write. E. N. LEWIS, Solicitor, Goderich
1247-26
'8170UNG BULL FOR SALE.—For Sale a Thorough-
'
bred'Durham Bull, with registered pedigree, 16
months old and of red color. He was sired by Big -
gin's Imported Bull, " Excrlsior." Apply on Lot 20,
Cencession 4, Tuckeremith, or address Seaforth P. 0.
CHARLES RUTLEDGE. 1272x4
BULL FOR SERVICE.—The undersigned will keep
for service on Lot 23, Conceselon 6, McKillop.
The pure Cruickshank Thoroughbred bull, " Lord
Huron" No. (16960), bred by D. Milne Ethel, got by
Perfection, (9100), Imported dam, Queen Bees, (16737)
Salisbury, (5943), by Banarack (11180), (impOrted).
Terms -81.60, payable January let, 1893. Thorough-
bileds, 0.00. WM. LOCKHART. 1274-tt
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1TOTICE OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.—Notice is here -
.1, by given that a partnership has been flamed
between the undersigned to be known by the firm
mime of Hannah & Winger, for the purpose cm -
ducting the Seaforth, Kirkton 'and Winthrop ream -
aim with head office at Seaforth.
1 74-4 JOHN HANNAH, Sear.
AARON WINGER, Atton
ilOR SALE.—The undersigned oilers for sale that
valvable hotel property situated in the Village
of Zurich and known as the Commercial hotell. The
fl
house is commodious and convenient, enjoys pat-
ronage second to none in this section and MI Me a
splendid opening for a good live man. Po ession
may be had at once. For further particulars apply
to the lessee on the premises or to the undereIgned.
D. WEISMILLER, Proprietor, Kippen, Ont. 1267 tf.
$16,000
Which Was It?
One of the best compliments a preacher
can ever have is this e' He preaches as if
be meant every word he says." Nothing is
quite so soon detected as insincerity in the
pulpit.
A Western minister, who is not always so
careful as he ought to be in making his
preaching and his practice go together, was
lately telling some friends a story of adven-
ture. It was a large story, and the rninister's
little ten -year-old girl was listening to it
very intently. When he finished she fasten-
ed her wide-open eyes upon her father's face
and said very gravely :
" Is that true, or are you preaching now,
papa?"
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$ 300 Private funds to loan atlowest
$ 500 rates of interest at sums to suit
$ 700 borrowers. Loans can be' com-
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$1,500 within two days. Apply to R.
$2,500 S. HAYS, Barrister,&c.,Seaforth.
126
A SPLENDID BUSINESS CHANCE.—The under -
.11, signed offers for sale cheap, and on easy terms,
his property in Hills Green. It consists of one-
elearter acre of land, on which is situated good
general store with dwelling attached, and' under
which is a splendid cellar. There is also a large ware-
house and stable. Hills Green is the centre of one
of the riohest and best farming districts in Ontario,
and this is a splendid opening for a good, busi-
ness man with some mane to make . money. For
particulars, address CHARLES TROYER Hills
Green. 1265tf
TTIOUSE FOR SALE.—That comfortable cottage on
Goderich St. opposite the show grounds con-
tain ng hall and six rooms and summer kitchen, the
house has a good dime cellar, hard and sof water
and other conveniences. A good garden wit plenty
of fruit trees coming into bearing. This desirable
residence will be sold cheap as the propriet9r is re-
moving his family from town. Part of the purchase
money can remain on mortgage if desired. Apply on
the premises to MRS. JOHN GREEN, or' H. A.
STRONG and BRO. 1.67-t
A SPLENDID OPENING.—The undersigned offers
.41 for sale his residence and carriage factory in
the Village of Kippen, together with his 'entire . out-
fit. The residence is comfortable, and has connec-
tion with it all necessary conveniences. The shop is
large and is fitted up with a good steam engine and
boiler, and all other machinery necessary for carry-
ing on a first -chum carriage making and turning busi-
nem This is a splendid opening for a good, pushing
man with some capital. Satisfactory reason e can be
given for desiring to sell. Terms easy. WILLIAM
KYLE, Kippen: 1272-tf
" Ig'nance."
A Georgia paper, the Quitman Free Press,
tells a story of the odd result of an old
negro's attempt to use a big word. The old
man was up before Judge Gerry, of Dawson,
charged with some small offence.
" Have you a lawyer ?" the court asked.
" No, sah."
" Can't you get one ?"
" No, sah."
" Don't you want me to appoint one to
defend you ?"
" No, sah; I jes' t'o't I'd leabe tny cape to
de ig'nance ob de co't 1"
The Clergyman and the Jockey.
A clergyman who is in the habit of preach-
ing in different parte of the country was, not
long eince, at a country hotel, where he ob•
served a horse jockey trying to take in a
simple gentleman by imposing upon him a
broken -winded horse for a sound one. The
parson knew the bad character of the jockey,
and taking the gentleman aside, told him to
be cautious of the person he was dealing
with. ,The gentleman declined the pur-
chase, and the jockey, quite nettled, ob-
served :
"Parson, I had much rather hear you
preach than to see you privately interfere in
bargains between men and man in this way."
" Well," replied the parson, " if you had
been where you ought to 'have been, last
Sunday, you might have heard me preach."
" Where was that ?" inquired the jockey.
" In the state prison," retuned the clergy-
man.
Loved Hi E Neighbor.
Occasionally public speakers will focus
their attentions on one individual in the
audience on whom, for illustration's sake,
their remarks seem to be wholly and special-
ly addressed, It is safe te say that the good
LORD who figured as speaker to a western
audience in the present instance was very
much surprised at the literal application of
his text.
" You must remember," be said, at the
conclusion of his sermon, " that the good
book commands you to love your neighbor
as yourself."
At that moment a big lout jumped up in a
back seat, and twirling his hat in his hand
shouted :
" I do, mister, I love bar a heap better'n
myself, but she's gone an' built a nine foot
fence betwixt our tote, an' she says she'll set
the doge on me if I climb up or , look over
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
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The singing of the doxology drowned
further remarks.
BICYCLES!
BICYCLES!
LTJMSDEN - &- WILSON
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED
SOLE AGENTS IN SEAFORTH
For the Celebrated American Machines,
'THE GENDRON SAFETY,"
Now ma e in Toronto, thereby saving about 40 per cent. for freight and duty,
which has to be paid od all imported ones. All who have examined these
machinsi are lavish in lheir praise. For strength and beauty combined, they
equal th best English ntiake, and have many advantages. We have them for
ladieb and gentlemen, and would respectfully solicit inspection or correspon-
dence by intending purcimsers.
LUMSDEN & WILSON,
SEAFORTH.
"FIR
OUR MOTTO:
DEALING TO ALL."
111°)P
ABOUT
The fishing
When times are dull and money ficarce, buyers invariably look around
to, ascertain where their money can be laid out to beat advantage. After
reading (the above, and looking. through our stock, will convince the most
skeptical that
MULLETT & JACKSON'S
Is just the place you are looking for. At this season of the year we make a
specialt of CREAMERY CANS, CHEESE FACTORY SUPPLIES,
HOUSE FURNISHINGS, including WOODENWARE of all kinds. We
also carry a full line of
Refrigerators, Churns, Washing Machines, Etc.
We are the sole agents in this district for the Knoll Washing Machine,
and would be pleased at any time to send our agent to show you the special
advantages of this machine over any other in the market. The already large
demand for our Metallic Roofing, proves that our work is speaking its worth,
and we would be pleased to give estimates to any one intending to build or
re -roof. Evetroughing, Furnace and Galvanized Iron Work made a special
feature with us.
Dpn't forget the place—
Mullett & Jackson, Whitney's Block, C4th.
OE I%
SOAP --
It will save you much trouble
It will bring you comfort and ease
It will save your clothes and hands
It does not require washing powders
It will wash in either hard or soft
water
It cannot injure the most delicate
skin or fabric
Its purity and excellence have given
it the largest sale in the world
BEWARE OF
IMITATIONS
THERE IS ONLY
ONE
Sunlight Soap
WORKS : i'T. SUNLIGHT
NEAR BIRKENHEAD TORONTO
LEVER BROS., 'MUTED
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.
ONE) ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly 9n the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tem effectually, dispels coldshead-
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Fig 0 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 in its
effects, prepared only from the most
he:-.1thy and agreeable substai3.ces, its
man excellent qualities comMen (1 it
to all and have made it tbe mcst
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 75c
bottles by all leading druggists..
Any reliable druggist who May not
have it on hand will procure it
promptly for any one wh ' wishes
to try it. Manufactured onl by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRU CO.v
BAN FRANCISCO, °Arr.
LOUISVILLE, ICK. NEW O#R, N. In
Sold by J. S. ROBERTS,- Druggi4, Seaforth
—A despatch from Lethbridge, North-
west Territory, mays the storm in the first
week in May was the hardest on stock of
any since 1886-7. and the lose will not be
fully known until after the spring round up.
Reports from Macleod and Pincher Creek
state that a large number of cattle were
snowed under, having got under cut banks
and the snow drifted over them. The cow-
boys were busy after the storm in pulling
out all those which were still alive, but they
state that s number succumbed, The storm
was nearly as bad on horses as on cattle,and
in the immediate vicinity of Lethbridge
quite a number of horses succumbed to it.
Mr. N. Walwork is out about 30 head, a
number of which have 'been found dead.
Mr. A. J. Whitney found six of his dead in
one bunch, end the reet he bas not seen yet,
while several of the freighters have lost one
and two each.
FLOWER AND FEED
THE
CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
Established 1867.
HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO.
CAPITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS - $6.000,000
REST, - - - ' . - .. - - $900,000
B. E. WALKER, GENERAL MANAGER.
—..,--
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.
- SEAFORTH BRANCH.
6
A General Banking Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes Discounted, Drafts
issued payable ,at all points in Canada, and the principal cities in
I
1 the United States,Great Britain, France, Bermuda,&c.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, end current rates of interest allowed. INTER-
EST ADDED TO THE PRINcIIPAL AT THE END OF MAY AND NOVEMBER IN EACH YEAR.
I 1
Special Attention given to the Collection. of Commercial Paper and Farmers' Bales
Notes.'
F. HOLMESTED, Solicitor. M. MORRIS, Manager
Township of McKillop,
COURT OF REVISION.
The Court for the Revision of the Aseessment Roll
of the Township of McKillop, v,111 be held at CRAW
-
FORD'S HOTEL, Dublin, on
ON MONDAY, MAY 3004, 1892,
At 12 o'clock, noon, of which all persons interested
will please take notice and govern themselves accord-
ingly. Appeals will be received unti the 14th of
May. All properties that have changed ownership
since the assessment WAS made, the o ners thereof
will please notify the Clerk of such change.
JOHN C. MORRISON, Clerk.
W. H. CODE &
HAND -MADE
- Boots and Shoes
D. M1cINTYRE
Has on hand a lar number of Boots and Shoes of his
own make, beet material and
Warranted to give Satisfaction.
If you want your feet kept dry oome and get a pair o.
our booth, which will be sold
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Repairing promptly attended to. All kinds of Boots
and Shoes made to order. All parties who have not
paid their accounts for last year will please call and
settle up.
1162 D. MOINTYRE. bettferth.
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THE-SEAFORTH - FOUNDRY'.
faving cornplated rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and introduc-
de the latest equipments and the most improved machines, I am now prepared
toch _. i
,
Ali Kinds of ,,'Machine Repairs
AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. -
LAND :1.01-JLERS.
SEAFORTH
Musical : Instrument
EJMPORIUM
Scott Brothers,
We are now turning out somel of the best improved Land Rollers, and
invite the frrmers to see them before buying elsewhere.
•
T. T. COLEMAN.
GODERICH
HURON AND BRUCE
Steam Boiler Works.
1 Loan and Investinent
(ESTABLISHED 1880.) C 0 WE
This Company Is Loaning Money "
Farm Security at lowest Rates
• of Interest.
PROPRIETORS,
SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO.
plANos..—Dunham, New York ; W.
Belt & Co., Guelph ; Dominion Piano Com-
pany, Bowmanville.
ORGANS.
—W. Bell & Co., Guelph ;
Dominion Organ Company, Bowmanville ;
D. W. Karn & Co.; Woodeteek.
The above Instruments always on hand, also a few
good second-hand Pianos and Organs for sale at
from 826 upwards. Instruments sold on the instel-
ment plan, or on terms to suit customers. Violins
Concertinas and small instruments on hand aloo,sheeti
music, books &o.
A.' S. CHRYSTAL 1
,
, ,
. ,
. 1 Successor to Chrystal & Black,
1272-4
Manufacturers of all kinds of Stationary
Marine, Upright & Tubular
FARMS FOR SALE.
TOWNSHIP OF McKILL P.
Lot 10, on 9th conceseion, 100 ac ee. West halt
7 on 10th conceesion, 50 acres.
TOWNSHIP OF MORRI •
South half 21 on 6th concession, 100 acres.
TOWNSHIP OF GREY.:
Lott 1 and 12 on 13th concession 200 acre
TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERtITH.
Lot 38 on 3rd concession L. R. S. 100 acres.
For terms &c., apply to the undersigned.
F. HO ED,
1197 if ! Bairiste &e., Seaforth.
BOILERS
Salt Pans, Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iror Works,
etc., etc.
Also dealers in Upright and Horizontal Slide Valve
Engines. Automatic Cut-')ff Eaginee a specialty. All
sizes of pipe and pipe -fitting constantly on hand.
Eettnattes furnished on short Reties.
Works—OPpoeite G. T. R. Station, Goderich.
•••••••.•••••••
Mortgages Puchased.
SAVINGS BANK BRANCH,
3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Iuterest Allowed en
Deposits, according to amount and
time left.
OFFICE.—Corner of Market Square and
North Street, Goderich.
HORACE HORTON,
MAICLONS,
Goderloh, Anon 6101,1886.
SOOTT BROS.
M. ROBERTSON,
Leading Undertaker
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
My facilities are unsurpassed. I am pre-
pared to conduct burials In a not satis-
factory manner. All modern undertaking
appliances. Competent management guar-
anteed. A full line of burial goodo on
hand. I aim to be prompt, considerate
and reliable.
Or Charges most reasonable.
RESIDENCE, NORTH MAIN STREET.
1228
ALLAN LINE
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
REDUCTION IN RATES.
Steamers Sail Regularly from
PORTLAND and HALIFAX to
LIVERPOOL via LONDONDERRY
DURING TOS WINTIR. MONTIM.
Cabin, 840 and upwards. Second Cabin, $26.
Steerage at low rates.
NO CATTLE CARRIED.
SERVICE OF
ALLAN LINE
LINE STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK & GLASGOW,
via Londonderry, every Fortnight.
Cabin, 840 and upwards. Second Cabin, M.
Steerage et low rates.
Apply to IL & A. ALLAN, Montreal, or 0
'BEMLTNE or W. G. DPFF, Sealorth,
2522.
STATE