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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-06-03, Page 2THE HURON EXPOSITOR. Wa-ea: JUNE 3, 1892. A TREMENDOUS WORD. REV. DR. TALMAGE EXPLAINS THE OFT -USED WORD SELAH." Word. of Frequent Occurrence in the Bible That is Little ;Understood—A, Pro- foundly Impressive Description ot the Varied and Majestic Purposes of certain s Parts of Scripture. BRooaLvir, N. Y., May 22, 1892.—Rev. Dr. Talmage to -day took for the subject of his sermon a single word from the text, Psalms 6.1:4: The majority of Bible readers look upon this word of my text as of no importance. They consider it a superfluity, a mere fill- ing in, a meaningless interjection, a useless refrain, an undefined echo. Selah ! But I have to tell you that it is no Scriptural ac- cident. It occurs seventy-four tunes in the Book of Psalms and three times in the Book of Habakkuk. You must not charge this perfect book with seventy-seven tri- vialities. Selah It is an enthroned word, taccording to an old writer, sone words are battles, then this word is a Marathon, a Thermopylre, a Sedan, a Waterloo. It is a word decisive, sometiines- for poetic beauty, sometimes for solemnity, sometimes for graudeur, and sometimes for eternal int - port. Through it roll the thundering chariots of the Omnipotent God. I take this word for my text because I am so often asked what is its meaning, or whetheait has any meaning at all. It has an ocean of meaning, from which I shall this morning dip up only four or five backettuls. I will speak to you, so far as I have done, of the Selah of poetic signifi- cance, the Selah of intermission, the Selah of emphasis, and the Selah of perpetuity. .Are you surprised that 1 speak of the Selah of poetic significance? Surely the God -who sapphired \ the heavens and made the earth a rosebud of beauty, with oceans hanging to it like drops of inorning dew, would not make a Bible without rhythm, without redolence, without blank verse. God knew that eventually the Bible would be read by a great majority of young people, for in this world of malaria and cas- ualty an octogenarian is exceptional, and as thirty years is more than the average of human life, it the Bible is to be a success- ful book it must be adapted to the young. Hence the prosody of the Bible—the drama • of Job, the pastoral of Ruth, the epic of ' Judges the dithyrambic of Habakkuk, the threnody of Jeremiah, the lyric of Solomon's Song, the oratorio of the Apocalpse, the idyl, the !trope, the antistrophe, and the Berth of the Psalms. Wherever you find this word Selah, it means that you are to rouse up to great stanza, that you are to open your soul to great analogies, that you are to spread the wings of your imagination for great flight. "I answered Tohee in the secret place of thunder; I proved Thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah." "The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are chitolved '• I bear up the pillars of it. Selah." "Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory. Selah." "Thou shalt compass me about with songs of de- liverance. Mate" "Though the waters thereof shake and be troubled, though the mountains roar with the swelling thereof. Selah." "The Lord of Hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah." "Thou haat given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah." "I will hide under the covert of Thy wings. Selah." "0, God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy peo- ple, when Thoa did'st march through the wilderness. Selah." Wherever you find this word it is a signal of warning hung out to tell you to stand off the track while the rushing train goes by with its imperial passengers. Poetic word, charged with sunrise and sunset, and tem- pest and earthquake, and resurrections and millenniums. Next I come to speak of the Selah of in- termission. Gesenius, Tholuck, Hengsten- burg, and other writers agree in saying tliat this word Selah means a rest, in music; what the Greeks call a cliapsalma, a pause, a halt in the solemn march of centillation, Every musician knows the importance of it. If you ever saw Jullien, the great musi- cal leader, stand before five thousand sing- ers and players upon instruments, and with one stroke of his baton smite the multitud- inous haIlelujeli into silence, and then, soon after that, with another stroke of his baton rouse up the full orchestra to a great out- burst of harmony, then you know the mighty effect of a musieal pause. It gives more power to what is to come after. So God thrusts the Selah into his Bible and into our lives, compelling us to stop and think, stop and consider, stop and admire, stop and pray, stop and repent, stop and be sick, stop and die. We must pause, and ask for more light. We must pause, and weep over our sins. We must pause and absorb the strength of one promise. I sometimes hear people boasting about how many times they have read the Bible through, when they seem to know no more about it than a passenger would know about, the state of Pennsylva- nia, who should go through it in a St. Louis lightning express train and in a Pullman "sleeper," thestwo characteristics of the journey, velocity and somnolence. . It is not the number of times you go through the Bible, but the number of times the Bible goes through you. Pause, reflect, Selah ! So also on the scroll of your life and mind. We go rushing on, in the song of onr pros- perity, from note of joy to note of joy, and it is a long-drawn-out legato, end we becoine indifferent and unappreciative, when sud- (leafy we come upon a blank in the music. These is nothing between those bars. A pause. God will fill it, up with a sick bed, or a, commercial disaster, or a grave. But, thank God, it is not a breaking down ; it is only a, pause. It helps us to appreciate the blessings that are gone; it gives us higher appreciation of the blessings that are to come. The Salads of Habakkuk and David is a dividing Iine between two anthems. David begins his book with the words, "Blessed is the man," and after seventy-fotir• Selahs he closes his book with the words "Praise ye the Lord." So there are mercies behind us, and there are goiug to be mercies before we It is good tor us that God halts us in our fortunes, and halts us with physical distress, and halts us at, the graves of our dead. More than once you and 1 have been -halted by such a Selah. You wrung your hands and said, "I can't see an sense in such a Providence; I can't see why God gave rne that child, if he is so soon going to take it away. 0 my desolate home! 0 my brdkert heart !I' You could dot understand it. Bur it was not a Soleil of overthrow. It gave you a greater appreciation of the blessings that, have gone; it will yet give you a greeter eppreciation of the blessings that will come. Oh, it is good that the Lord sometimes halts us. David says, "It is good that 1 have been afflicted. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I have kept, thy Word." Indeed, we must all soon stop. Scientists have improved human longevity, bat none of them "have proposed to make terrene life perpetual. But the Gospel makes death only a Saah between two beatitudes—between dying triumph on the one side of the grave, and celestial escort on the other side of the grave. Going out of this life, to the unprepared, is a great horror. "Give me more laudanum,' said dying Mira,bertua"give me more laudanum, that I may not think of eternity and what is to come." And dying Hobbs 'said, "I, leave my body to the grave, and my soul to the great perhaps." It was the discord of an infidel's life hreakina down into the iae- gon 01 aeapatr ; but the Gospet mates the death of the Christian a Selah between re- demption and enthronement. "Almost well," said dying Richard Baxter; "almost well." "play those notes over again—those notes which have been so great a delight and solace to me," said the dying Christian Moiart. "None but- Christ, none but Christ," exclaimed dying Lambert. Richard Cameron, the Scotch convenan- ter, went into the battle three times pray- ing, "Lord, spare the green and take the ripe. This is the day I have longed for. This is the day I shall get my crown. Come, let us fight it to the last. Forward !" 60 you see there is only a short pause, a Selah of intermission, between dying conso- lations on the one side and over -tapping raptures on the other. My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise. I next speak of the Selah of emphasis. Ewald, the German orientalist and th logien, says that the word means to eend ; and wherever you find it, he ea you must look after the modulation the voice, and you must put more fo into your utterance. It is a Selah of phasis. Ah ! my friends, you and I n to correct our, emphasis. We put much emphasis on this world, and enough on God and the next world. P ple think these things around us are so portant, the things of the next are worthy Of our consideration. The first need for some of us is to chan our emphasis. Look at Wretchedness a throne. Napoleon, while yet Empe uf France, sat down dejected, his hai over his face. A lad came in with a t of food, and said, "Eat, it will do y good." The Emperor looked up and sa "You are from the country." The lad plied, "Yes." "Your father has a cott and a few acres of ground ?" "Ye "There is happiness," said the dejec Emperor. Ah 1 Napoleon never put emphasis in the right place until he w expiring at St. Helena. 011 the other ha look at Satisfaction amid the worst eart disadvantage. "I never saw until I w blind," said a Christian man"1 ne knew what_ contentment was while I h my eyesight, as I know what content now that I have lost royieyesight. I affir though few would credit it, that I wo not exchange my present position and c e"unistances for my circumstances before lost my eyesight." That man put, the e phasis in the right place. We want to p less stress upon this worlds and'more Ear upon our God as our, everlasting portio David had found out the nothingness this world and the all -sufficiency of Go Notice how He 'interjects the Sela "Trust in the Lord at all times • ye peop pour out your heart before Him. G is a refuge for us. Selah." "Ble ed be the Lord who daily loads with benefits, even the God of our salv tion. Selah." "The Lord shall cou when He writeth up the people, that tl man was born there. Soleil." Let t world. have its honors and its riches and pomp. Let me have the Lord for m light, my peace, my fortress, my. pardo my hope, my Heaven. But when I speak of the Selah of emph Ida, I must notice it is a startling, a dram tic emphasis. It has in it the Hark, t Hist of the drama. That wakening a arousing emphasis we who preach or i struct need to use more frequently. T sIeepiest audiences -in the world are re gious audiences. You Sabbath school teachers ought : have more .of the dramatic element your instructions. By graphic Scriptu scene, by anecdote, by deseriptive ge ture, by impersonationaurge your class to right action. We want in all o schools and colieges and prayer -meeting and in all our attempts at reform, and all our churches, to have less of the sty didactic and more of the style drarnati Fifty essays about the sorrows of th poor could not affect me as a little dram of accident and suffering I saw one sli pery morning in the streets of Ph iladelplia Just ahead of me was a lad, wretched i apparel, his limb amputated at the knee from the pallor of the boy's cheek th amputation not long before. He had package of broken food under his arm food he bad begged, I suppose, at the door As he passed on over the slippery- par ment cautiously and carefully, I steadie him until the crutch slipped and he fel I helped him up as well as I could, gather ed up the fragments of the package as we as I could, put them under one arm and the crutch under the other arm ; but when I saw the blood run down his pale cheek I was completely overcome. Fifty essays about the suffering of the poor could not touch one like that little drama of accident and suffering. Oh ! we want in all our different depart- ments of usefulness—and I address hun- dreds ot people who are trying to do good —we want more -of the dramatic element and less of the didactic. The tendency in this day is to drone religion, to whine re- ligion, to cant religion, to Moan religion, to croak religion, to sepulchrize religion, whet we ought to present it in aniniated and spectacular manner. What we want, ministers and laymen, is to get our sermons and our exhortations and our prayers out of the old rut. I see a great deal of discussion in the religious papers about why people do not come to church. They do not come because they are not interested. The old hackneyed religious phrases that come moving down through the centuries will never arrest the masses. What we want to -day, you in your sphere and I in my sphere, is to freshen up. People do not want in their sermons the shani flowets bought at the millinery- shop, but the japonicas wet with the morning dew; nor the heavy bones of. extinct megatherium of past ages, but the living reindeer caught last August at the edge of Schroon lake. We want, to drive out the drowsy, and the prosaic, and the .tedi• ous, and the humdrum, anct introduce the brightness and vivacity and the holy sar- casm, and the sanctified wit, and the epi- grammatic power, and the blood -red earn- estness, and the fire of religious zeal, and I do not know of any way of doing it as well as through the dramatic. Attention ! Be- hold ! Hark ! Selah ! Iceet, I speak of the Selah of perpetuity. The Targum, which is the Bible in Chaldee, renders this word. of my text "forever." Many writers agree in believing and stating thet one meaning of this word is "forever." In this very ecxr, verse from which I take my text Soleil means not only poetic signifi- cance, and in and emphasis, but it weans eternal reverberation—forever. ; God's government forever'God's goodness forever, the gladness of the righteous for- 0,ver. Ot course, you and I havenotsurveyor's Amin with enough links to measure that domain of meaning. In thia world we must build everything on a small scale. A hun- dred years are a greataahile. A tower five hundred feet, is a great height. A jou: - ney of four thousand miles is very long. But eternity ! If the archangel has not strength ef wing to fly across it, but flut- ters and. drops like a wounded sea -gull, thereisno need of our trying in the small shallow of human thought, to voyage across it. A sceptic desiring to show his contempt for the passing years, and to show that he could build enduringly, had his own sepulchre 'node of the fiRCSt arid the hard- est marble, and then he had put on the door the words, "For time aud for eter- nity ;" but it so happened that the seed of a tree somehow got into an unseen crevice of the marble. That seed grew and en- larged until it became a tree, and split the marble to pieces. There can be no eternali- zation of anything earthly. But forever ! Will you and I live as long as that? We are apt to think of the grave as the term- eo- as- Y8, of rce em- eed too not eo- im- no t go on ror ids ray ou re - age 8.” ted the ras nd, hly as ver ad is m, uld ir- rn- nt ess n. of d. hs. le, od SS - US a- n t, lis he ita u, a- a - he nd he li- to in re s - es ur s, in le c. IL p- 0 s. e - Id 11 mus. la e are apt to think ot the hearse as our last vehicle. We are apt to think of seventy or eighty or ninety years, and then a cessation. Instead of that, we find the marble slab of the tomb is only a mile- stone, marking the first inile, and that the great journey is beyond. We have only time enough in this world to put on the sandals an to clasp our girdle and to pick up our ataTh We take our first step from cradle to grave, and then we open the dor and start—great God, whither? The clock strikes the passing away of time, but not the passing away of eternity. Measureless! Measureless! This Selah of perpetuity makes earthly inequalities so insignifiaant, the difference between scepter and, needle, between "Alhambra and hut, between chariot and cart, between thrown and curbstone, between Axminster and bare floor, between satin and *fa - cloth, very trivial. - This Selah of per- petuity mikes our getting ready so impor- tant. For such prolongation of travel, what outfit of guidebooks, of passports, and of escorts? Are we putting out on a desert, simoeueswept or ghoul -hunted, or into regions ot sun -lighted and spray - sprinkled gardens ? Will it be Elysium or Gehenna? Once started in that world, we _ cannot atop. The current is so swift that once in, no oar can resist it, no helm can steer out ot it, no herculean or titanic arm can baffle it. Hark to the long -resounding echo "forever !" 0 wake up to the interest of your death, deathless spirit ! Strike out for heaven. Rouse ye, men and women for whom Jesus died. Selah! Selah! For- ever! Forever! Feed lug Rations For Chickens. The following is a feed for chickens 24 hours old and for the first ten days: Bake. together 3 qts. of corn meal, 1 qt. of wheat middlings and 1 cnp of meat meal. Mix with water or milk and add four tablespoon- fuls of vinegar and two teaspoonfuls of soda. A mash matte by soaking cracked corn also makes a very good feed. For chickens over 10 days old mix togeth- er with hot, water and lea stand for two hours before feeding the following: Two parts of corn, one part of wheat and one part of oats ground together very finely. To every 10 qta. add 1 qt. of wheat bran, one-half cup of bone meal, 1 qt. of mid- dlings and 1 pt. meat meal. Once a week add one spoonful of salt and one spoonful oi sulphur; also one spoonful of Douglas mix- ture. Another good feed for chickens 10 days old and over is the following: One part coarse Indian meal, one part bran, one part bruised rice and one part of ground oats. Mix and and feed dry, add occasionally a rich ground meat. To fatten chickens 1180 the following feed: Two parts of corn and one part of wheat ground fine, add three parts of ground meat and one spoonful of -Douglas mixture to a pailful, mixing it stiff\ with hot water. Freaks of Fashion. The wise principal of Et_ famous school has forbidden the use of any trimming but rib- bon on graduating dresses, so all of the soft sheer fabrics are in favor. Among these is a new chiffon almost as thick as crape. The beauty of these gowns is their simplicity. Evening shoes are in great variety and must match the gown. Black shoes with paste ornaments ar3 worn with white dresses. The newest decoration is in the form of a small diamond-shaped buckle, and has a scrap of satin through it to give a touch of color. Pale blue suggests an opal surrounded by brilliants. Black patent leather shoes often have bright red bows. The daintiest shoe of all has a gold network at the toe and heel; it may be over pale blue or pink white, the rest is of black or white satin. Fly Paper. A good fly paper may be made with com- mon thick syrup, adding one -twelfth of a pound of -.yellow tersulphide of arsenic, spreading the mixture upon sheets of brown paper. But such paper is dangerous to have abut the house where there are chil- dren, anddor this reason we prefer the fol- lowing : -One-fourth of an ounce of quassia chips boiled for 10 minutes in a pint of water, then add four ounces of molasses, or honey. Keep in a bottle, and, when want- ed for use, put a little in -a situcer or on a plate, where the flies will drink it with avidity and soon die. mother Selfishness "The selfishness of mothers," says the wife of a physician, "is something that, should be inveighed against. 1 speak with special reference to it in times of disease. There is a case of scarlet fever on our block in a hours which faces on the other street, and now that the child is getting well the mother, or nurse, is so careless as to shake bed clothing daily from the window of the sick room. This endangers the health of the whole court of .children, and nobody knows into whose window the discarded skin flakes may fly. Information for the Housewife, Hot catsup is in every way better than cold for use on meats. You can thicken any sauce almost as well with cornstarch as with butter. This starch has oil in it. With some syrup of preserve or jelly or the juices of canned fruits very good sweet sauces can be made with either arrowroot or any other fine starch. Cornstarch put in with the vinegar for coldsla.w makes a good thickening. This is to be remember- ed when butter is high. Preserving Wire Ropes. For preserving wire ropes carried under water or under the earth's.surface a mixture of 35 Darts of slaked lime and from 50 to 60 35parts parts of tar is recommended: The com- pound is boiled and applied to the article hot. For dry -lying cables a thick mixture of graphite boiled in tallow, and one of crude linseed oil and vegetable tar, have' both heeu tried- with success. Trimming for Evening Dresses. A pretty trimming for white and light evening dresses consists of three rows of falling loops of baby ribbon, forming a band nearly nine inches wide. With the same on the waist and sleeves, it is a very effective trimming and inexpensive. Some Things Most People Overlook. When a child is born into this world the physician is present and gets about $10 for officiating at the important event. The editor heralds the event and getea cussing for making a mistake as to the sex and the day of arrival. After a while the same child becomes a man; the minister is called - in to perform the marriage ceremony and the minister walks off with a $10 bill in his pocket for his trouble. The editor is again called upon and chronicles this event by drawing upon his imagination to make the bride and groom the best and niest respect- able people in the country. His only pay is to be asked for a few sample copies of his paper to be sent to some absent friends. In time the once baby, the once happy groom, but now well advanced in life, is brought down to death: The physician calls, pre- sents his bill, the undertaker is present and wants $100 for performing the last sad rite, while the editor is expected to cotnplete the drama by holding up the deceased az a model gentleman, a christiau, and one who, at present, is singing the songs of the redeemed around the New Jerusalem. The probability at the same time is that the baby, the groom, arid the dead man had been so infernally mcan and stingy that he has stinted his wifo and children and had never contributed one cent to the support of his newspaper. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. MIAMI FOR SALE OR TO RENT IN THE TOWN. - X SHIP OF TURNBERRY,—A good too acre fart», 60 acres cleared, good frame house. Rent can be paid In improvements on the place. Also, wanted to let, the contract for the cutting and drawing of saw logs and cord wood off 60 to 76 sores of land in above township. Apply to GEO. THOMPSON, Box 125, Winghatu. 1250 tf. MIARM FOR SALE—For sale that splendid and X conveniently situated farm adjoining the Vil- lage of Brucefield, and owned and °coupled by the undersigned. There are 116 acres, of which nearlv all is cleared and in a high state of cultivation and all but about i0 acres in grass. Good buildings and plenty of water. It adjoins the Brumfield Station of the Grand Trunk Railway. 'Will be sold cheap and on easy terms. Apply on the premises or to Bruce - field P. 0. P. McGREGOR. 1258 tf. -1CIARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale X cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield Road, Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which 52 acres are cleared and in e good state of cultivation. The bal- ance is well timbered with hardwood. There are good buildings, s bearing orchard end plenty of water. It is within half a mile of the Village of Varna and three miles from Brumfield station. Poseession at any time. This is a rare chance to buy a first class farm pleasantly situated. Apply to ARTHUR FORBEf3, Seaforth. 1144tf "CIARM FOR SALE CHEAP.—The farm of 100 X acres on the 9th concession of Mo-killop, be- longing to Thompson Morrison, who is residing in Dakota and does not intend ,to return, is of- fered for sale very cheap. Eighty acres are cleared and the balance good hardwood, maple and rock elm, within 5 miler of Seaforth and within f of a mile of school hone, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, stores, allis, black- smithing and wagon making shop, post office, Sm., good buildings and water for cattle, and 'good gravel roadsto any part of the township, taxes the lowest of any of the bordering townships. A mortgage will be taken for 88,000' at 6 per cent. Apply to JOHN C. MORRISON, Winthrop I'. 0., Ont. 117641 TIARMS FOR SALE.—For sale, parts of Lots 46 X and 47, on the lit Concession of Turnberry, containing 100 acres, about 98 acres cleared and the balaoce unculled hardwood bush. Lar pie bank barn and shed, and stone stabling, and good frame house with Molten and woodshed attathed. There is•a good orchard and a branch of the River Maitland running through one oorner. It is nearly all seeded to grade, and is one of the best stock fan»s in the county. Also the 50 acre farm occupied by the un- dersigned, adjoining the Village of Bluevale, all cleared, -good buildings, and in first-class state of cultivation. It is a neat and comfortable place. Most of the purchase money can remain on mortgage at a reaeonable rate of interest. Apply to HUGH ROSS, Bluevaie. 1262-tf FARM FOR SALE.—Being north half of Lot 22, in the 6th Concession of Morns. The farm contain, 100 acres of choice land, 00 cleared, and balance good hardwood. The farm is in a good state of cultivation, well fenced, a never failing stream runs throngh the farm, a first-class orchard, brick house and good frame barn and other outbuildings. The farm is within three miles of the Village of Brussels. Title perfect and no enouni- brance on farm. For further particulars apply to FL P. WRIGHT, on the pruning, or Brussels O. 1270 tf. FARM IN TUCK ERSMITH FOR SALE.—For sale. Lot 8, Concession 7, Tuckersurith, containing 100 acres, nearly- all cleared, free from stumps well underdrained, and in a high stste of cultivAion.. The land is high and dry, and no waste land. There id a good brick residence, two good bailee one with stone etabling underneath, and all other necessary outbuildings; two never -failing wells, and a good bearing orchard. It is within four miles of Seaforth. It is one or the best farms in Huron, and will be sold on easy tering, as the proprietor desires to retire. Poseeesion on the 1st October. Apply on the prem- ises, or address Seaforth P. 0. WM. ALLAN. 1276-tf FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot. 27, Concession 1, Stanley, containing 100 acres, about 90 acres cleared, 70 of which are free from Stumps, under -drained, well fenced and in a good state of mil- tivation ; the uncleared part is well timbered. A good brick house, large barn with stone stabling un- derneath and all other necessary out -buildings. There is a good orchard and plenty of good water. It is on the London Road, about 8 miles from Clinton and about the same froni Brucefield and 8 miles from Seaforth. Also 60 acres opposite, all cleared but no buildings. Tho two properties will be geld together or separately. Apply on the premises or address Clinton P. 0. CHARLES AVERY. 1273 tf. FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, that desirable and conveniently situated farm,ad joining the village of Redgerville, being Lot 14, let Concession, Hay, mile front Rodgerville post -office, and one and a half miles south of Hensall on the London Road. There are 97 and a quarter acres, of which nearly all is cleared and in a high state of cultivation. Good frame house 14 storeys, 8 rpm's, a large kitchen a/so attached with bedrooms and pantry &c. Good cellar under main part of house, stable holds over a car- load of horses, besides exercising stables, two barns two drive houses, one long wood -shed, good cow - stable also pig and hen houses, three good wells with primps. Farm well fenced and underdrained. Veranda attached to house. Good bearing crcbard. The farm will be sold cheap and on easy terms, as the undersigned has retired from farming. For par- ticulareapply to JAMES WHITE, Proprietor, Hen - sail. 127541 FARM FOR SALE.—The splendid farm owned by Robert Ferguson, late of the Township of Hay, and lying and being in the said township of Hay, and being composed of Lot au in the 6th Concession, con- taining 100 acres more or leas, 80 clear and 20 bush, MI well drained ; land, clay loani, every foot of the lot beiug find -class Boil ; large brick house with kit- chen attached; two large frame barns and sheds, also wood shed and all other necessary buildings and improvements required on a good farm. There is a good bearing orchard on the premises. A good title will be given on and after the 16th day of December next. Ternis—One-third part of purchase money to be paid down on the day of sale, balance to suit pur- chaser, by paying six per cent. interest. Any pur- chaser to have the privilege to plow fall plowing after harvest, also to have room for lodging for himeelf and teams. Call early and secure one of the best farms in this Township. Land situated on Cen• tre gravel road, three miles to Hensel! or Zurich. Apply to MRS. FERGUSON, Exeter, or M. ZELLER, Zurich. ELIZABETH FERGUSON, Administratrix. 1276-4 sallisammessel."1. tOX'S -IN.'? DAVIS 1° • and( itler Has demonstrated its wonderful power of KILLING EXTERNAL and INTERNAL PAIN. No wonder then that it is found on The Surgeon's Shelf - The Mother's Cupboard The Traveler's Valise, The Soldier's IC.napSarL': The Sailor's Chest The Cowboy's Saddle The Farmer's Stable. The Pioneer's Cabin The Sportsman's Grip The. Cyclist's 13c.ind10 ASK FOR THE NEW "BIG 25c. BOTTLES: W. SOMERVILLEi Agent G. N. W. Telegraph and Can- adian Express Companiea, SEAFORTH, ONT. TelegraW-ic connections everywhere. Low rates nn money packages, and remitters guaran teed against loss. The convenience and safety of our money order service is attracting tho attention of and pleas- ing . ninny patrons. Special rates on produce and poultry. Toronto train service only 44 hours, Mon - real hours. ; 1228 SPRING 00011 Arrived iat RICHA.RDSON & McINNIS' a complete stock of Spring Goods. Ladies', Misses' and iOhildren's Fin Footwear -IN Dongolas, French Kid, it,'Olished Calf and Cloth Tops, Also in MEN'SAND BOYS' DOngolas, - Kangaroos, 1 - Calf • - and - Cordovans. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF— TRITIVI<S To choose from, which will be sold cheap. We have everything in our line and prices to spit everyone. Special inducement given to cash customers. RIOIARDSON (Sc McI SEAFOliTH. NIS, SPRING, 1892. The As we are entering upon the spring season we beg to return thanks to our numerous customers for the immense patronage bestowed upon us durina''the year 1891, which has proven to be the largest year's business in our history. In calling your attention to our NEW SPRING STOCK we invite you to be fair with yourself and see it. It pre- sents an opportunity for economical buying that nobody can afford to miss. The RIGHT PLACE to:get the RIGHT GOODS at the RIGHT PRICES. Large varieties, popu- lar styles, standard grades and newest attractions are all found in abundance in every department of our elegant line of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Dress Goods Ordered and Readymade Clothing, Hats Caps Carpets Goods, etc. DEPEND UPON US FOR PEiEECT SATISFACTION AND VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY. We desire your trade because we g,ive the fairest opportunity for buying honest goods at bed rock prices. Come to us for your Spring Goods and you will come out ahead. Our Millinery Department will be found unusually attractive. WM. PICKARD, Bargain Dry Goods and Clothiim. House, Seaforth. What Makes it so Popular? It is Recommendations like this that make MANDRAKE 11.100D BUILDER SO POPT_TT_J.A.P,_ "1 got a bottle of your Bitters (says a customer) for my daughter, who was all run don. She took it along with Iron Pills, and to -day is as smart as a cricket. works like a charm, producing a fresh, clear, healthy com- piexion, and a i)erfectly healthy body." Samples free at the Medical Hall. Price, 75c a bottle. 1 FAMILY CHEMIST, SEAFORTH. Important -:- Announcement. BRIGHT BROTHERS, • The Leading Clothiers of Huron, Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and surrounding -,antry, that they have added to their large ordered clothing trade one of the Most Complete and best selected stocks of Boys', Youths' and Men's Readymade Clothing --IN THE COUNTY. — Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade. Remember the Old Stand, Camp bell's Block, opposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth. BRIGHT BROTIHERS. 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 KinFls of Machine Fepairs Ahip prENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. +LAND ROLLERS. We are now turning out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and invite the fumers to see them before buying elsewhere. T. T. COLEMAN. ANOTITER 13U:-ELEC .101\ The People's Candidates L ad. When you see crowds of people rushing along the stree you would naturally suppose there was another Bye -Election or a fire, but 0.1 our bar- gains are the magnet. Painstaking and careful ;judgment have 8s marked our assortinent of Groceries, &c., that we feel proud and confiden that with prompt attention and ground floor prices, we guarantee to satisfy 11. CURED MEATS A SPECIALT R BEATTIE, & CO., SEAFO THANK }TUT W. G. GLENN Wishes to thank the people of Sea. forth for their sympathy, so kindly ex. presssed since the "devastating ele, ment " made it necessary for himself and family to accept a home and -other assistance from their fellow townsmen. He hopes that matters may be arranged so that he will be in a potition to demonstrate to his friends that their kindness is fully appreciated. The above does not apply to those who ransacked and stole goods from the premises. W. G. GLENN. BUGGIES WAGONS. The greatest number and largest as- sortment of Buggies, Wagons and Road Carts to be found in any one house outside of the cities, is at 0. 0. WILLSON'S, They are from the following celebrated makers: Gananoque Carriage Com- pany, Brantford Carriage Company, and W. J. Thompson's, of London. These buggies are guaranteed first. class in all parts, and we make good any breakages for one year from date of purchase that comes from fault of material or workmanship. We do no patching, but furnish new parts. I mean what I advertise, and _back up what I say. Wagons from Chatham, Woodstock and Paris, which is enough about them. Five styles of Road Carts. All kinds of Agricultural Tm- pleraents. a C. WILLSON, Seaforth, Hemlock Bark WANTED. About FIFTY CORDS, de- livered " at the Egmondville Tannery, for which the high- est price will be paid. G. & H. JACKSON. 1272-13 In the Surrogate Court of the County of Huron. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN TRAQUAIR, DECEASED. All persons having any claim against the Estate of John Traquair. late of the township of Tucker - smith, deceased, who died on or about the 6th day of March, 18)2, are required on or before the 20th day of June 1892, to send to the undersigned, Solici- tor for the Administrator of the Estate, full particu- lars of their claims and the securities (if any) held by them, duly verified by affidavit. After the said date the Administrator will proceed to distribute the Estate among the parties entitled, having reference only to the claims of which he shall have received notice, and after ouch distribution he will not be re- sponsible for any part of the estate to any creditor, of whose claim he shall not. have received notice at 'the time of such distribution. This notice is given pursuant to the Statute in that behalf. Dated at Seaforth this 17th day of May, 1892. F. Hohnested licitor for the Administrator. 1275 4 n the Surrogate Court of the County of Huron. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALONZO STRONG, DECEASED. All persons having any claim against the estate of Alonzo Strong late of the Town of Seaforth, deceased, who died on or about the 23rd day of February, 1892, are required on or before the 7th day of June, 1892, to seed to the undereigned, Solicitor for the Ex- ecutrix of the estate, full particulars of their claims and the securities (if any) held by then.. duly verified by affidavit. Alterthe said date the Executrix will proceed to distribute the Estate atoong the parties entitled, • having reference only to the claims of which she shall have received notice, and after such distribution she will not be responsible for any part of the estate to any creditor, of whose claim she shall not have received notice at the time of such dis- tribution. This notice is given pursuant to the Statute in that behalf. Dated at Seaforth thie 7th day of May, 1892. F. HOLMESTED, Solicitor for the Executrix,of the will of AlonzoStrong. 1274-tf DUNN'S BAK1NC POWDER THECOOKSBEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. FARMS FOR SALE. TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS. South half 21 on bth conceseion, 100 acres. TOWNSHIP OF GREY. Lott 1 and 12 on 13th conceasion, 200 acre TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH, Lot 38 on 3rd concession L. R. S., 160 acres. For terms &c., apply to the undersigned. F. HOLMESTED, 1197 tf Barrister &c., Seaforth. • DO YOU KNOW That the best place to have yorir watch repaired so that you can always depend on having the correct time; the best place to buy a first-class Watch for the least money, and the cheapest place to buy your Clocks, Wedding Presents, Jew- elry, ectacles, &o, And where one trial convinces the most sceptical that only the best goods at the lowest prices are kept, is at R. MERCER'S Opposite COM mercial Hotel, Seaforth • 01\TTIz?,TO Mutual - Live - Stock INSURANCE CO. Head Office: - Seaforth. • THE ONLY Live Stock Insurance Company In Ontario havine• a Govermrent Depoait and being duly licensed bby the same. Aie now carrying on the bneiness of Live Stack Insurance and solicit the patronage of the importere and breeders of the Provinee. For further particulars address JOHN AVERY, Sec.-Treas. f,Lr. JUNE 3, I 1111•111•101.11111111•1 Su1 I never like to ste dumps 'Cause in the game of the trun.ps ; But 1 can always eottl As takes his dose, and wuss. Tythrereea-ant,iiiikcorrect sprinkle 13° Ile ( ti l 11, a duck, Remember whet) bel head is bowed, That God'il I cloud. 1 11 3011 should sPe a unfurled, 1 And looking like he 4 Then ax him what's Go updaan3,d_ ;slap him And grasp his hand 1 And tell him that the friend in you. you do." 1 cares away, Don't talk in graveym That Gti°oluodullisprinkle s This world at best is i pain, Some d538 are bright with rain, And that's just bon clouds roll by Well know just how smiling sky. So learn to take it as the pot -es Because the Lord's I yours ! But always keep reale enshroud That God has lot cloud. —"Yen *mere Sunday. Yon " Yes; I resembl derstand." "I famous." —A bill posted village announced delivered in the made at the door 1 —" Woman"a , Oubet'l depends on whoa the way, this vie ati—°13' " The face 1 chairman of the no aanacdgkt. :Et"). eb:11::: —Charlie—" should think. et: "Yes; but my t other people's" , —A young lada musician went ore 'advice, She ?Jaye What shall 1 the reply. —"John," sal cary's boy, " am I ordered yaster was the reply, knob this meroin ltaherdep ntrLyz;" d)(1 —Guts% at co place, sir, rm little piece will 41 any," Landlord sir, Here, Jim, and fetch up th bit in that!' —A curious m printing of label pany. The prin mlabelingigtbe cuts,with ot prominently din ing added kiane article was -deice out bone." 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