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ON THE ROAD.
When I was twelve years old my mother,
who was a widow, married a Louisiana
planter, and we removed from Virginia to
the far South. There was .then no network
of railroads extending over the whole coun-
try ; and we had our choice between the
sailing packet from Norfolk, the stage coach
and private conveyances.
Our party was too large to travel by
stage coach. My mother bad a horror of
the water, and so we went in our own car-
riages.
For weeks we were confined in the same
narrow conveyance,acked like sardines,
jolting over execrable roads, pushing on
through all sorts of weather.
We traversed twelve hundred miles, cross-
ed two mountain ranges and innumerable
rivers, and were two months on the road. In
addition to all the other troubles and trials
of such a journey, there were six children
in the company, one of them an infant.
Wei youngsters found it fine fun until the
novelty wore off. We were to leave our old
home and the dear old negro aunty, but we
welcomed change; and when I found that
my new father had bought my playmate,
Priesy,and was to take her with us as a nurse
for the baby, I felt that I had little more to
wish for.
Our equipage consisted of a large travel-
ling -carriage, a nondescript vehicle called a
buggy, and abaggage-wagon. The carriage
and wagon had negro drivers,bnt papa drove
the buggy himself. The vacant place by
our stepfather's side was an object of con-
stant rivaly between us girls. Prissy sat in
the back part
of the buggy. uggy.
We had accomplished the
greater part of
our journey, and were passing through what
was known fa the Great Mississippi
Swamp. Many fertile acres have been re-
claimed from it since, but at that time it
stretched, a gloomy wilderness, for what
seemed scores of miles. We were still in-
volved in its dismal mazes, one day, when
tight overtook us.
We were in the midst of an almost im-
penetrable thicket, through which wound an
execrable corduroy road. The oozy soil
where the logs were displaced was seamed
with deep rats and sloughs of mud. The
rank growths about us were diversified only
by decaying logs, stumps and dead trees,
which lifted their white, seared limbs,
draped with funereal wreaths of Spanish
Margit de ole 'oman tellia' stories, de ole
'oman say she &int, an' she mek out Fee
lyin' ! 'Taira' no use. But us two kin erope
up in de lof' an' snatch dem .eaanles, 'dont
ary quite 'bout it,"
" Why can't you go by yourself ?" I
ask,
°' 13edymyse'f 2 I don-' want to go pirootin'
roun' in de dark alone. Pee 'frail, I is. I
dasn't go by myse'f, Miss Nan, but I'll go
'long o you."
I was naturally bold and fearless, and
loved an adventure for its own sake. More-
over, I was deeply interested in the book I
was reading, and must have a candle to see
how it came out.
And then there was my baby brother.
Suppose he should have a spasm, and die in
the dark ?
My mother was sound asleep in her chair.
I knew well that she would not give me per-
mission to wander about such a hoos& at
night, with no companion but Prissy ; but if
I succeeded in capturing a candle she would,
I believed, be so glad that she would be
grateful to me.
I took the one inch of candle remaining,
and Prissy and I started. We passed seve-
ral doors, one of which belonged to the room
where papa was asleep. But we saw no
light anywhere. The whole house seemed
wrapped in slumber.
At the end of the passage Prissy opened a
door leading out to a shed gallery. At one
end was the kitchen at the other some rade
steps ascending to the loft.
" I'se eatin' my supper in de kitchen,"
whispered Pris, "n' I seed dat story-tellin'
ole 'woman whip de mol' a' oanles frough
de do,' 'n' 'way wid 'em up dem steps.
S'pose she skeered I'd fins 'em 'n' tell on
her."
The bit of candle I held flared in the
night air. I was dreadfully afraid it would
go out. We hurried up the steps, and after
some search found the mold candles hidden
behind a heap of old lumber. Prissy drew
out two, and with our prize we hurried
back.
As we opened the door of the passage our
candle -end dropped into the socket of the
battered old brass candlestick, flickered and
went out. We should have been left in to-
tal darkness, bad not the door of the room
which my step -father occupied been open.
From it came a faint gleam of light, and
the sound of whispered voices.
I peered through the half -open door, and
saw some one lying on a bed. Two men
and a woman stood close by. The woman
held a candle, and one of the men a long
knife. The other was apparently searching
for something.
I shivered as the thought flashed across
me that something must have been done to
papa to make him sleep so soundly ; but
both Prissy and I were so thoroughly fright-
ened that we dared not make a sound.
The searcher drew a flat box from under
the pillow, and shook it. A faint chink
was audible.
He shook it again, and then balanced it in
his hands as if he were estimating its
weight. Then I could see him scowl and
clench his fists. He had divined the fact
most of the money had been taken out.
They crept out of the room. Prissy and
I drew behind the passageway door, and
cowered there while the three passed by and
entered the opposite room. Still we linger-
ed and listened, and I heard the man whis-
per :
" Mighty little
some eras else !"
"I' know !" whispered the woman. " I
was passin' 'long the gallery arter supper,
an' ! seed him, the man, foolin' 'long o' our
ole clock. There's where they've done hid
it!"
Then slowly and softly, and hardly daring
to breathe, Prissy and I crept by, and re-
gained mother's room safely. -
I was surprised, as well as relieved, to
find her still asleep, her head resting
on the back of the hard, uncomfortable
chair.
The baby lay on her knees, with his little
white face turned to the fire ; and so death-
like did he look in the faint half light that
my heart stood still as I bent to touch his
cheek.
But he breathed regularly ; and with my
fear for him relieved, I stood wondering
what to do.
Whatever was to_ be done must be done
quickly. TI'e man or the woman would
soon enter our room to get the rest of the
money.
I jumped on a chair, reached to the top of
the clock and seized the wallet. In a mo-
ment it was securely tied to my underskirt
string, underneath my dress. Then I cut
off a short piece from one of the candles,
and bade Pris wrap up the remainder with
herself in her blanket, and on peril of her
life not to open her mouth except to snore.
I thrust the candle -end among the coals
to light it. The wick sputtered and smok-
ed, and the tallow melted and dripped, but
light it would not, until, in my desperation,
I tore a leaf from the " Children of the
Abbey," and had by hard blowing made it
blaze. At last the candle was lighted.
I had jammed it down in the candlestick
and picked up the book, and was apparently
deep in its pages when the door opened
softly, and the hard, wrinkled face of our
landlady peered in.
She was evidently surprised and disap-
pointed to find mother still up, and me wide
awake.
" I—I wanted to see how the pore leetle
child was," she said, coming in.
As she spoke I saw her look curiously at
the candle, as if astonished to find it still
burning.
" Whyn't per go to bed, miss ?" she said,
presently.
"Mother doesn't want to go to bed ;
she's uneasy about baby ; and I'm sitting
up to finish my book," I replied, as com-
posedly as possible.
My heart was beating furiously, and I felt
that my cheeks were pale ; but I steadied
my voice, and by the light of one tallow
candle I was not afraid she would see any-
thing amiss.
Well, I should a' thought folks as hod
ben joltin' all day over seal roads 'ud feel
like goin' ter bed. Hows'ever, 'taint none
o' my business. I lef' my dippin' box and
brash on top o' thisFere ole clock, an' I'll
git 'em down, now I'm here."
She stretched her long, lean arm to the
top of the clock, and felt carefully all over
it. When she withdrew it, I saw her eyes
shine wildly in the candle light.
" Law sakes 1 'Taint thar, after all. I
was main shore I left it thar. Well, good-
niffht, miss. Your candle's lasted rale well,
hsin't it?"
I believe she would have had the audacity
to carry off the money before my face if she
had found it ; but being baffled in her
search she retired, as I supposed, to consult
her male confederates.
I tried to rouse my mother, but he seem-
ed to have fallen into a heavy stupor. I
wrapped her in blankets, and taking baby
in my arms eat down to watch until day-
light.
I read no more in my book.. What bad
been done to papa ? I wondered greatly.
And why should every one except Prissy
and me be so strangely drowsy ? What
should I do if the man with the knife
came to take away the money by force ?
I had quite enough to occupy my
thoughts.
But I was not disturbed any more that
night. Morning dawned at last. The sleep-
ers woke, and were greatly astonished to see
me sitting there with baby in my arms.
When matters were explained, and the wal-
let brought forth from its hiding -place, papa
praised me with' tears in his eyes. And my
mother quite forgave me for taking a mid-
night promenade to the loft.
Papa found the cash -box, seemingly in-
tact, replaced under his pillow ; and the
contents chinked as musically as ever. Later
examination proved that bits of old iron had
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
moss.
An occasional sluggish, muddy bayou, un-
pleasantly suggestive of alligators, helped
to form a scene as gloomy and depressing
as could well be imagined.
We all felt its influence ; and the baby,
who had been ailing for several days, grew
so much worse in the fetid atmosphere
that mother became very uneasy. We were
all glad to see a light twinkling between
the trees, and to bail the appearance of
some resting -place for the night.
The house within which the light was
burning had not a very inviting look as we
approached it, though it was called a tav-
ern on a creaking sign which swung across
the road. Though low and built of logs,
the house seemed sufficiently roomy ; but
the whole place looked neglected and
out at the elbows." The fence was doe n,
the chinking had fallen from between the
loge in many places, and the windows were
all more or less broken.
We almost gave up our determination to
stop when the host and hostess appeared.
They were a hard -favored couple, with the
sallow,blotched skin, unkempt hair and gen-
erally squalid, unhealthy look of swamp
squatters. They looked, moreover, hard
and unfriendly.
"1 reckin yer must 'a' tuck the wrong
turn 'bout five mile back, mister," said the
man. "They changed the public road six
month ago, and built a new stage stand.
This here aint the stage road no longer ; but
I reckin we kin give yer jest as good a sup-
per an' bed as if it war." •
We were given a decent supper ; but when
weretiredfor the night we found that our par-
ty was to be separated. Mother and her girls
were placed in a large double -bedded room
in the front part of the house, while papa
wail sent to a room at the extreme end of a
long passage.
It was of no use for mother to remon-
strate. She was reminded that the place
was no longer a tavern ; that we bad been
taken in as a matter of accommodation, and
must put up with what we could get.
When we went to our room after supper
the woman of the house followed us with
the half of a tallow candle in her band ; and
when mother asked for another whole one to
burn during the night, as her baby was sick,
she was told there was not another piece of
candle in the house. .
She had the prospect of sitting up all
night with a sick child, and no light but
that afforded by a dull fire made of sodden
wood picked up in the swamp. ,
Wife," said my step-father,in a cautions
undertone, as they sat over the wretched fire
which no amount of poking and punching
could induce to blaze, " I don't much like
the look of things about this place. It's not
so very long since Murrill's thieving gang
was all over this country, and several tav-
ern -keepers were found to be in league with
him. The moving of the stage stand looks
as if this fellow was suspected."
Mother looked up in fright.
" Oh !" saidmy father, " we're in no dan-
ger of being hurt, but I am afraid an attempt
may be got to get hold of my purse. I
think I shall leave it in your care."
" Mine ? How could I take care of it ?
If the man put his head inside the door I
should scream, and -tell him to look for the
money without waiting for him to ask me."
"Now just listen to me, Margaret, and
don't be foolish. There will be no danger to
you. The man will never think of looking
in this room for the money. He's"been
watching me as a cat watches a mouse ever
since we got here, and he fully believes the
cash -box is inside my valise.
" So it is. I let him see me look it up
there, and I'll let him see me put it under
my head when I go to bed if he looks sharp
enough, as I've no doubt he will. But he
didn't see me slip the money out. All but
some silver left on purpose to rattle and
weight the box, is now in my wallet ; and
I'mgoing to slip it between the mattresses
of your bed."
Oh, don't do that ! They'll look there
the very first place; and if I woke up in the
night and found a man standing over my
bed, I should die with fright."
" Then 1'11 put it up here. They'll never
think of looking in such a place."
He put the wallet on top of an old-fash-
ioned clock which stood on the mantel.
There was an ornamental cornice round the
top, behind which the wallet lay, out of
sight.
" Now if there's any attempt at stealing,"
my father said, as be went out, " my room
will be the only one entered, They'll be
pretty sure not to come in here ; they will
expect you to be awake with the baby."
" As I shall be, no doubt, all night long.
Andin the dark, too 1"
I had found a tattered copy of the
" Children of the Abbey," and was trying
to read it by the dim light of the. flickering
candle. I was already too much interested
in the woes of the persecuted heroine to
take much note of the talk about the money.
But I knew what had been going on.
Papa said, good -night. Mother, overcome
by fatigue and watching, nodded in her
chair, holding the baby in her arms. All
the rest seemed sound asleep. Presently
Prissy, who lay wrapped in a blanket on the
floor at my feet, raised her head and whis-
pered, Miss Nan !"
" Well, Pris, what do you want ?"
" Miss Nan, dat 'oman tell de bigger'
story pit when she say she ain't got no nan-
nies. I seed her wid my own two eyes
kyarn' a hull moist' full up in de lof'."
" Then why didn't you tell mother so ?"
" What good dat do ; Ef I tole Mis'
here. They've hid it
been substituted for solid coin ; but he was
too much rejoloed at getting off so easily to
demand the return of the small amount of
silver taken, especially as it would have been
useless to attempt to recover it.
We could only account for the besvy
slumber of our party by the supposition that
the coffee at suppej, of which neither Prissy
nor I had drunk,' art been drugged.
We reiumed our journey as quickly as
possible, and reached our new home in
safety. My father's information concern -
ng the character of the place resulted
n its being broken up by the authorities.
—A. G. Canfield, in Youths Companion.
A Grand Old Poems
Who shall judge a man from manners,
Who shall know him by his dress ?
Paupers may be fit for princes,
Princes fit for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket,
May beolothe the golden ore
Of the deepest thou hta and feelings—
Satin Vests could do no more.
There are springs of crystal nectar,
Ever welling out of stone ;
There are purple buds and golden,
Hidden, crushed and overgrown ;
God, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me ;
While he values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man, upraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellows then ;
Masters, rulers, lords remember
That your meanest hinds are men ;
Men by labor, men by feeling,
Men by thought, and men by fame ;
Claiming equalrightto sunshine,
Ina mans ennobling name.
There are foam -embroidered oceans,
There are little weed -clad rills,
There are feeble inch -high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills ;
God, who counts by souls, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me,
For to him, all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation's wealth or fame,
Titled laciness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same,
By the sweat of others foreheads,
Living only to rejoice ;
While the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifted up its voila.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loveliness and light,
Secret wrongs shall never prosper,
While there is sunny right ;
God, whose world -heard voice is singing
Boundless love to you and me,
Sinks oppression with its titles,
As the pebbles in the sea.
HURON EXPOSITOR
An Irish Cup of Tea.
Coming in tired from a long walk, I went
to my room to lie down, and on my way
left a message for Mary : Tell Mary to
make me a cup of tea—strong—and bring it
up stairs."
In the course of time 'there appeared. at
my door Mary's round smiling face, sur-
rounded by its curly kinks of hair, that, in
turn, was surmounted by the green and
gold metal butterfly which was its daily
adornment.
" It's an Irish cup of tea I'pi bringin' you
ma'am," she said.
" An ' Irish cup of tea,' Mary ! And
what is that ?"
"It's a cup flowin' into the saucer,
ma'am."
I laughed as I took the "Irish cup of
tea." " Wait and take down the cup,
Mary." Mary stood beamingly beside me
while I drank the tea. " So' that's the kind
of cup you get at home, Mary, is it—the tea
running into a saucer ?"
"Oh yes, ma'am," she said. " When ye
give a cup of tea to a friend, ye're not
givin' plenty unless it's- flowin' into the
saucer. We'd not be !nankin' a friend wid a
cup that wasn't full. At home it's mane ye
are if ye don't fill the cup rugnin' over."
IMPORTANT NOTICES,
ICYCLE FOR SALE.—Almost as good as ever,
cost $112. Selling price $40. Fur particulars
enquire at -office of Drs. Scott McKay or John 5iie-
Fadzean, Winthrop 1'. 0. 1976x4.
DULL FOR SALE.—For sale, a thoroughbred Dur -
JD ham Bull,twelve months old, of first-class pedi-
gree ; dark recolor, with a little white ;'will be sold
at reasonable price. JOHN CUMMING, Londes-
boro P. 0. 1271 -if
T OLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE. — Pure bred
young Bulls of the very best milk and butter
families for sale. Prices away down low. Post Office,
Constance ; Station, Londesboro. JOHN 1 c RE.
GOR.
JOHN BEATTIE, Clerk the of Second Division
Court,County Commissioner, of Huron, Con-
veyancer, and, Loan and Insurance Agent. Funds
Invested and to Loan. Office—Over Sharp 6t
Livens' store, Main street, Seaforth: 1289
MONEY TO LOAN.—Private and company funds
. to loan at lowest rates. $10,000 of private
funds have been placed in our hands which we
will loan in sums to suit borrower. Loans ' can be
completed at once if title satisfactory. DICKSON
& HAYS, Cardno'e Block, Seatorth. 1148tf
$1.6 000
TO LEND at 61 per cent in plums to
suit borrowers first class farm
securitj'. Also improved farm for sale at S great
bargain. Former owner left County. Apply person.
ally or write. E. N. LEWIS, Solicitor, Gbderioh.
1247.26
DULL FOR SERVICE.—The undersigned will keep
for service on Lot 23, Concession 6, McKillop.
The pure Cruickshank Thoroughbred bulli "Lord
Huron" No. (15980), bred by D. Milne Etheit got by
Perfection, (9100), Imported dam, Queen Best, 16787)
Salisbury, (5948), by Banarack (11180), (imported).
Terms --$1.80, payable January 1st, 1893. Thorough-
breds, $8.00. WM. LOCKHART. 1274-tf
NOTICE OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.—Notice is here-
by given that a partnership has been formed
beknown bythe
firm
nod toh
undersigned
between the
name of Hannah & Winger, for the purpose of con-
ducting the Seatorth, Kirkton and Winthrop' Cream-
eries, with head office
JOHN tHANNAH, Seafortb.
AARON WINGER, Ayton.
1274-4
FOR SALE.—The undersigned oilers for sale that
valvable hotel property situated in the Village
of Zurich and known as the Commercial hotel. The.
house is commodious and convenient, enjoys a pat-
ronage second to none in this section and affords a
splendid opening for a good live man. Possession
may be had at once. For further particulars apply
to the lessee on the premises or to the undersigned.
D. WEISMILLER, Proprietor, Kippen, Ont. 1257 tf.
$ 300 Private funds to loan -at lowest
$ 500 rates of interest at sums to suit
$ 700 borrowers. Loans can be corn -
$1,000 pleted and money advanced
$1,500 within two days. Apply to R.
$2,500 S. HAYS, Barrister,&c.,Seaforth.
125
A Factory Girl Who I£new a Good'
Fellow When She Saw Him.
It happened a few mornings ago that my
ear caught this ;
" Tom," said Mary Tracy to a Hockanum
weaver, " I saw you help your mother to
wash the clothes the other evening."
Tom's face grew a shade redder.
" Yon did ?"
"Yes," she went on, "and I hear you
dust the mats and sift the ashes.'
" Well, Mary," said Tom, " you know I
have no sisters—never had. My mother
is not able to hustle around like a younger
woman. She is a good mother and I like
to help her."
" Tom," continued Mary, " I wish you
were my husband." Tom brightened up ;
he looked at Mary.
:" said be enthusiastically, " I wish
I was."
Have factory girls no eyes, eh ? Of
course they have, and see worth and good -
nets in a fellow of their own class more
readily than a fashionable shop girl. I am
sure that Mary's was the truest leap -year
proposal that I have as yet heard of—
Wade's Fibre and Fabric.
A SPLENDID BUSINESS CHANCE—The under-
signed offers for sale cheap and on easy terms,
his property in Hills Green. It consists of one-
quarter sore of land, on which is situated a good
general store with dwelling attached, and Ander
which is a splendid cellar. There is also a large ware-
house and stable. Hills Green is the centre of one
of the richest and best farming districts in Ontario,
and this is a splendid opening for a good, live busi-
ness man with some means to make money. For
particulars, address CHARLES TROYER,. Hills
Green.
The Difference Between Saving
and Spending.
In ,an article on the 'eight-hour question
in the Popular Science Monthly appears the
following.
" Let two men start together in life as
shoemakers, with a view to do their best in
getting on in the world, as Henry Wilson
did sixty years ago. They are equal in skill
and endurance and can work twelve hours a
day at a fair stroke without impairing
health. Working by the piece, they find
they can earn sixteen and two third cents an
hour, or at the rate of two dollars a day.
There is no difference between them in pur-
pose, and only the small difference in the
method of getting on, that James thinks be
will sooner get in comfortable circumstances
by working twelve hours a day, and John
imagines that nine hours will answer the
purpose just as well. At the end of the
year of three hundred days they find that
James has earned six hundred dollars,
and John but four hundred and fifty,
They keep on at this rate ten years, and
James has laid by two thousand dollars, and
John nothing. Now the two thousand of
James urns ten dollars a month for him,
and is better than a good apprentice, be-
cause be pays the fund no wages and it
costs nothing for board. The reason why
they are now so wide apart is that the
extra hours of James have yielded fifteen
hundred dollars principal in the ton years,
and five hundred dollars in interest. John
has nothing, because the expense of living
of each and support of the families has
amounted to four hundred and fifty dollars
for each. In ten years more James will have
interest money sufficient to meet the family
expense of four hundred and fifty dollars,
and John will be with his nose still on the
grindstone."
Though aptly applied to a different sub-
ject, no more forcible illustration could be
made on the wisdom of small savings of
money by wage earners. Change the illus-
tration a little and suppose that each earns
sin hundred dollars a year. Let James save
fifty cents a day and let John spend all his
earnings. In twenty years the result will
be the same. The accumulated savings of
James will then bring in an income that will
support himself and family. In case of his
sickness, inability to continue work, or
death his family will not be without means
of support. With John the case is entirely
different. If disabled for work at any time
he immediately becomes dependent on the
labor of others. It is right to be not over-
anxious for the morrow, but he that taketh
thought to provide for the future is wise.
The savings bank is one of the noblest in-
stitutions of modern times.
HOUSE FOR SALE.—That comfortable cottage on
Goderich St. opposite the show grounds con-
taining hail and six rooms and summer kitchen,the
house'has a good stone cellar, hard and soft water
and other conveniences. A good garden with plenty
of fruit trees coming into bearing. This desirable
residence will be sold *heap as the proprietor is re-
moving his family from town. Port of the purchase
money can remain on mortgage if desired. Apply on
the premises to MRS. JOHN GREEN, orH.
t .
STRONG and BRO.. 12674
ASPLENDID OPENING.—The undersigned offers
for sale his residence and carriage frfetory in
the Village of Kippen, together with his entire out-
fit. The residence is comfortable, and has in 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 machinerymyin necessary fburyy-
ing on a first-class carriageg r
nem. This is a splendid opening for a good' pushing
man with some capital. Satisfactory reason" can be
given for desiring to sell. Terms easy. WILLIAM
KYLE, Sipper.
NOTICE.
The Council of the Corporation of the County of
Huron will meet in the Court House, Goderich, on
Tuesday June 7th, 1892, at 8 o'clock p. in.
1276.2 - W. LANE, County Clerk.
THRESHING OUTFIT,
Consisting of Engine, Separator, water tank, &o. tf for
sale cheap. Apply ma
—Bob, the $500 dog belonging to Charles
Fenton, of Windsor, was poisoned at Essex
the other day. Bob was a first prize winner
at Toronto, Jackson and Chicago ; second
prize winner at Pittsburg, and received very
high recommendation at New York.
REMOVAL SALE.
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REDUCED PRICES.
FOr the balance of this month, I will offer my mammoth stock of
Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Wall Paper, Win.
dow Shades, Bicycles, Baby Carriages, &c.,
EATL� RELDITCED PRICES-
.A.T C�-R
I -expect to remove to my new store about June the 1st, and am offering
Bargains in all lines.
C. W. PA.PST, Seaforth.
Get the Most for ' Your Money.
Po
" Quality amounts to little unless the price be fair,
Low prices are not bargains unless quality is there."
We combine them ; rejoice and buy ; perfection in style and assortment ;
satisfaction in quality and price. These are yours if you make selections from
our Spring stock of Furniture of every description. In Household Decora-
tions our Spring Stock is as- handsome and stylish as any in this part of the
country. Jmmense assortment, -new ' features, exclusive styles ! Reliable,
trusty, serviceable goods marked at rock bottom prices.
The M. Robertson Furniture Emporium,
OPPOSITE E. Ikf A'IL'S DRY GOODS STORE,
M IN STREET, - SEAFORTH.
GOLDEN LION, SEAFORTH•
Anticipating the rise in Cotton Goods, which has taken place since the
Cotton ;Mills of the Dominion of Canada passed into the hands of a syndicate,
we laid; in a large stock of all kinds of
STAPLE COTTON GOODS, .
And will give customers the same at old prices as long as they last.
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Wye have also added largely to our stock of English and American Prints,
Amerigan Challies, Mulls, Bedford Cords, English Sateens, kc.
Full range of Plain and Fancy Dress Goods. Extra good values in Black
Cashmf ire, also in Black and Oolored Silks.
R. JAMIESON, SEAFORTH.
BICYCLES !
BICYCLES !
LIMSDEN - & - WILSON
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED
SALE AGENTS IN SEAFORTH
For the Celebrated American Machines,
"THE GENDRON SAFETY,"
ONE) ENJOYFJ
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,rompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substance
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
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 whowishes t
to try it. Manufactured only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.,
BAN PBANCISCO, CAL.
LO'UIBYILLE, 8Y. NIOW YORE.
Sold by J. S. Ro$aRTs, Druggist, Seaforth
FARMERS,.
ATTENTION!
uIig4
BR1P!OS
Ease and Comfort
Now made in Toronto, thereby saving about 40 per cent. for freight and duty,
which has to be paid on all imported ones. All who have examined these
machiies are lavish in their praise. For strength and beauty combined, they
equal the best English make, and have many advantages. We have them for
ladies and gentlemen, and would respectfully solicit inspection or correspon-
dence by intending purchasers.
LUMSDEN & WILSON,
SEAFORTH,
ITS poor soaps and old fashioned ways
of washing, it is cruel and hard upon
women of advancing years to attempt
laundry work. But with the world -
famed, labor-saving
Sunlight Soap,
Anybody can do a Wash -with com-
parative ease by following the simple directions
With "SUNLIGHT" there's no hard
rubbing, sore knuckles, hot steam, or tired backs
A trial will astonish you.
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.
THE
CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
Estaplished 1867.
HEAD ,OFFICE, TORONTO.
aAPiTAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS -
R
EST,
in Mr
B. E. WALKER, GENERAL MANAGER.
SEAFORTIH BRANCH.
A General Banking Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes Discounted, Drafts
issued payable at all points inanada, and the pnrincipal cities in
the United Staies,Great Britain, France, Berriauda,&c.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, !and current rates of interest Allowed, iNTala-
xwr ADDED TO THE PRINCIPAL AT TRH END qv MAY AND NOVEMBER IN EACH YEAR.
Special Attention given to the Collection of Commercial Paper and Farmers' Salm
Notes: M. MORRIS, Manager
F. HOLMESTED, Solicitor.
FL O W ER AND FEED
56.000,000
$900,000
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 Bootsand Shoes of his
own wake, best material and
Warranted to give Satisfaction.
If you want your feet kept dry come and get a pair o.
our boots, 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, beaforth.
All pal ties requiring Farm Machin-
ery, Implements and Repairs. would
do well to call at
Hugh Grieve's Wareroom
• —OPPOSITE—
John Dorsey's Blacksmith Shop
Before purchasing elsewhere, as he
keeps repairs for the Massey -Harris,
Patterson, Wisner, Goudy, Mason and
Coleman machinery and implements,
and he is also agent for the Bain
wagon, Massey -Harris binder and
mower, drills, rakes, &c; the Coleman
roller and a full stock of Ii'lows con-
stantly on hand.
HUGH GR.WVE, I Seaforth.
THE - SEAFORTH - FOUNDRY.
Having completed rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and introduc-
de the latest equipments and the most improved machines, I am now prepared
to do
All
Kinds of Machine Repairs
AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK.
LAND ROLLERS.
SEAFORTH
Musical : Instrument
E1MPOR,=U /1
Scott Brothers,
We are now ' turning out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and
invite the farmers to see them before buying elsewhere.
T. T. COLEMAN.
PROPRIETORS,
SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO.
-PIANOS.ham, New Y ; W,
Bell sit Co., Guelph—Dun; Dominion Pianoork Com-
pany, Bowmanville.
O.RGAN.—W• Bedo Co., ph ;;
Dominion Organ Companyll, BowmGuelanveiile
D. W. Karn h Co., Woodstock.
The above Instruments always on hand, also a few
good second-hand Pianos and Organs for sale at
from $26 upwards. Instruments void on the instal-
ment plan, or on terms to suit customers. Violins
Concertinas and small instruments on hand also:skeet
muck, books &o.
A. full stock of Sprig
M4dlce freshly arrived at
the People's Popular Drug
Sure. t
I. V. FEARS,
Family Chemist, Seaforth.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED AT
THE HURON EXPOSITOR OFFICE
SHAFORTS, ONTARIO.
NO WITME$$EB REQUIRED
SCOTT BROS.
M. ROBERTSON,
Leading Undertaker
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
My facilities are unsurpassed. I am pre-
pared to conduct burials in a most setis-
factery manner. All modern undertaking
appliance'. Competent management
anteed. A full line of burial goods on
hand. I aim to be prompt, conwde'ste
and reliable.
Lor Charges most reasonable.
RESIDENCE, NORTH MAIN STREET.
1223
ALLAN LINE
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
REDUCTION IN RATES.
Steamers Sail Regularly from
PORTLAND and HALIFAX to
LIVERPOOL via LONDONDERRY
DulIle van wising UMW&
Cabin, $40 and upwards. Second Cahn, $25.
Steerage at low rates.
NO CATTLE CARRIED.
STATE } SERVICE of
ALLAN LINE
LINE STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK. & GLASGOW,
via Londonderry, every Fortnight.
Cabin, $40 and upwards, Seoond Cabin, $25.
Steerage at low rates.
AA�PPLYy H.w&A. ALLAN, Montreal, or 6
BEtalft or II. DUFF, Seftforth. 2642•
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