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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-06-10, Page 6"Lrl tti 4 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. JuNz 10, 1892 NEVER OFF THE ISLAND. 13Y- ELIZABETH CILOVF.R. When the pronessions, with their garlands and their musics, wind among the graves on Commemoration Day, my thoughts often fly to the living martyrs of the war, and among them to Miss Searles as she told me her story sitting in the doorway of her quaint little home on Block Island. Her eyes followed a young man and wo- man from the hotel near by. "There they go," she said, " down by the shore, same Ff al— " Same as in your day ?" I ventured. " Yes ; same us in my day." There was a far away look in her eyes, and &gentle smile upon her lips. By the wisdom and petience in her face she was fifty years old at the least; by the delicate bloom on her cheeks, by the blue of her un - faded eyes, by the uprightness and alertness of her oarriage, she might have been fifteen. I considered these things, and the abund- ance of her still golden hair, and thought how pretty she must have been when she was young. Then I corrected myself, saying, "How beautiful she is now !" What could be more emphatically her " day " than this mature age in which she abode in all the serenity of a wise and independent woman- hood ? Yeti said, "Tell rne about your day, Mies Searles." " What could I tell? I never was off the island." "Tell me about the times you went down by the shore as those two are going." "They werehtt many. We didn't have the leisure these rich young folks have whole afternoons for courtin'. Fishin' folks work pretty hard six days out of seven, and dont always have their Sundays either." "And yet young, people sometimes went down by the shore. ' "Yes, you'd see 'em strayin' off out of sight below the cliffs, not comin' back till after moonrise. But father was pretty strict with me, an' he didn't like it. I guess I never went that way but twice. Once with- out his knowledge, and once against his will!" "Dear Miss Searles, how came you to have been so wicked ?" "1 was very heady in those days," says Miss Searles, gently, "and my father, you see, he was captain of his own eloop,and his • way was to be minded. It worked well on the ehip, and naturally he expected that it would work well at home. So it did in the longerun ; I wouldn't belie the bridge I °erne over on. But young folks, with notions and feelings no other mortal could guess workin' 'em like hid yeast, I don't know's it's the best way to get your trumpet to shout to 'ern Port your helm or 'Lower your top- gallants V when they're all for venture, even if you do see ahead farther than they can. I don't want you to think there was ever any great strife between father an' me. He thought the world of me. Thet was the reason he was so opposed when I got a no- tion I wanted to go off the isleind and see the world outside. I was about twenty then. I'd heard father tell about Newport, and New York, and Baltimore; pleats he'd been to. I used to climb in his lap whets I was a little girl and make him just tell me about them. It was pleasant stuff to muse about then ; but as I got older I guess some of my father's own feeling got strong in me. I often felt fretted with bein' in one place that I knew every etone of. It began to seem narrer to me, and I 'most hated the sea goin' round and round the island, and the fogsdriftin' across an' makin' it seem the • more shut in, When the lights shone out from Newport and Narraganset, I used to wish that I was a bird and mild fly over and see what they lighted to. "1 know it was foolish; but one has such a great heart when one is young, the world hardly seems big enough for it. I'd talk about goin' over there to earn my living. Nothing vexed father like that. He said I'd no call to earn my living, eeein' he earned it for me. I slid I wanted to see the world. He said he didn't want me to see it; 'twas mostly wicked. He said I'dd got a good, safe home, and he should see I stayed in it with my mother. I begged him just to take me once for a holiday trip, just to see what it was like. Sometimes he'd half promise; then he'd get jealous lest I'd have my head turned by what I'd sae over there, and put me off. "It fretted me so I began to talk to Wil - Hun about it, and moat quarrelled with him, too." "Who was William "." " William Bless, who lived next neighbor to us in that little house you see by the pond. His father was lost in a storm when William was small, and my father had al- ways taken notice of him and helped his mother bring him up. Father took him on the sloop as soon as he was old enough, and he'd got to thinking a great deal of his help. I told William more'n I told father. I told him I felt as if I was outside my coun- try on this little bit of an island, outside the great United States I'd studied about in my hiatory and read about in the paper& He couldn't see how I could feel so. .11e wasn't like me. He loved everything that he was used to—every blade of grass and every foam -wet head of rock oat there in the jum- ble round the island. It was no use my trying to etir him up with the restless spirit that was in me. I asked him if he wasn't tired of the old sloop and the fish and the curin'- shede, and if he didn't want to see shops and colleges and trees and people. I said if I were a man I'd go and make my fortune in Borne better place." "What did he say ?" "Nothin' ! I can see his long face and mild brown eyes lookin' at me now just ae they looked then. He was one of that con- tented kind, seems se if they'd entered at birth into the Lord's wisdom, and never wanted to change his orderin's. But the more I couldn't move him the madder I got. Finally I told him he was just a mother's boy, and he'd be that all his life. I said I ought to have been the man and he the wo- man. Then he couldn't but smile a little, and, ears I, full of wrath, What are you thinkin ?' and, says he, 'I was thinkin, Claris, how you'd like the top of a meet in a norhnister !' Then I ran away from him an' wouldn't speak to him for days. I knew I'd no right to call him unmanly, for father 'd said, time and again, if he warted a sheet taken in quickest in a squall, or a rope handled the readiest when the sea was breekin' on deck, he'd always send William. No, even in my bad temper, I couldn't cell him unmanly. Sulky as I was, I could only say it was mean of him to show me no sym- pathy in my wish to see the world; that men were all alike, and he was just as bad as father to mo about that. The next time he was going out with father I ran away so that I should not be there to say good-bye to him. I had to suffer for that when a gale came up and blew them off shore so that they did not get back for days after their time. "But meantime, before the gale, there was a Sunday, a real pretty, spring Sunday, warm ati aurnmer, the sea all silver, the wind off Rhode Island sweet with cherry blooms. All the folks were out to church, and I amongst 'ern. The proud, restless heart I had wasn't fit to come inside a church door, butt I didn't know it then. I held my head high, and sat in the choir and sapg, Blest are the humble souls that see Their emptiness and poverty, without the least true idea of what I was saying. And all of us girls, before the hymn was over, had spied a figure that took up our thoughts as no hymn was likely to. Thera was a young fellow casting glances up at us. lie was as different from our boys as different could be. It was only Emory Bart- , lett. He went away five years before to be a clerk in Newport. None of us thought much of hirn then. But now he looked such "German• Syrup" . 0. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown, Wis. This is the opinion of a man who keeps a d_rug store, sells all medicines, comes in direct contact with the patif.mts and their families, and knows better than anyone else how remedies sell, andwhat true merit they have. He hears of all the failures and successes, and can therefore judge : "1 know of no medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat, or Hoarseness that had done such ef- fective work in my family as Boschee's German Syrup. Last winter a lady called at my store, who was suffering from a very severe cold. She could hardly talk, and I told her about German Syrup and that a few doses would give re- lief; but she had no confidence in patent Medicines. I told her to take a bottle, and if the results were not satisfactory I would make no charge for it. A few days after she called and paid for it, saying that she would never.be without it in future as a few doses had given her relief." to Coughs, Sore Throat; Hoarsen ess, a gentleman ! His face was fair and his chestnut hair was glossy, and turned up in a curl above his cost collar. He wore a brown Bean waistcoat with white sprigs upon it. We thought it was the prettiest thing we ever saw. "1 wasn't so without bringing up that I could sit in church and whisper about him, as some of the girls did, but I thought my silly thoughts all the satne. I said to my- self; What a little runty boy he was when he went away, and this was what came of gettin' off the island !' I knew he was look - in' most at me. That wasn't anything new. He used to be always trying to catch up with me when we were children at school. I ran away from him then. But now it was different. He had been off the island, and my heart was on fire to get off the islend too. So I didn't run away when he followed me from church. And I said I'd go down by the shore with him that afternoon, though I knew father wouldn't like it, see - in' he was half a stranger, and though I most hated myself for it when I thought of "When I think back now, I don't know how I stood all the brag that young man started out with. Generally that sort of thing made me hot-tempered. But it seems to me I was bewitched out of my reason. He told me about his business in a big dry - goods store; the money he took in, and the salary he had, and how he could coax the ladies that shopped with him, and sell more oode then the best man in the place. He showed me his gold watch, and told me about his bank account, and what a fine house he meant to build some day. And from that he began tolell what fine things the Newport ladies wore—they used to have these summer folks over there long before they came here. And finally, says he, Oh, Claris, how I'd like to see you in a silk dress like I could pick out for you !' "Then I was angry, and I told him if my dress was not good enough for him he could go down to the shore alone. Then he -was all humbleness, and began to heap on the flattery so thick it makes my face burn now, old as I be, to trhink-I bore it. But I believe then I just craved it, and drank it in as a thirsty man drinks water. He hadn't ex- pected I'd be so easy pleased, and it puffed him up the more. "We got down into a nook below the cliff, and then he talked and I listened. It was a dreamy afternoon. The sea shimmer- ed; there was a silver haze along the sky- line. A eong-sparrow came and eat upon a bit of driftwood and sang as if he would call spirits out of the sea. But for all I felt these thiogs, I was, in fancy, welkin' under the elm treee over in Newport, and seeing the shining carriages, and the ladies in silks and lawns, that Emory told me of. And I let him go on and on, till presently he was declarin' that it was me and me only he'd come back to see, and that be should soon be a rich man, and would give me all the 4oney and all the luxury I'd ask for. So there was my chance to get off the island. It was laid right at rny feet." "But you didn't take that chance; Miss Searles ?" "1 didn't put it by. That is, not right off. Strange! That silver haze along the sky -line seemed to shut out my William as if he'd never been. There was a spell in that day." "What broke it ?" " The tide. First I knew it was right at our feet. The cliff was steep for a good way along there, and the cove we were in was higher than the beach either way from it. I jumped to my feet, and then I guess my common sense came beak. " ' Hurry,' said I, we shall have to wade to get out from here!' "We looked around the corner the way we had come, and there wasn't a dry foot- hold. He seemed kinder bewildered. I made him take off his nice patent -leather shoes, and I gathered them up in my dress skirt. I had to go &et and fairly pull him through. The eun 'dropped into the mist, and the world gloomecl over. A cold wind came. The water began to swirl against the cliff, and then it sucked back and rolled the pebbles with a long rattle down the steep beach. We ran as it fell, and clung to the rocks as it came. So we got ashore, wet as rate, and he was peevish about his spoiled clothee. "Mother was good to him, and gave him dry clothes, and he staid all the evening. I laughed at him and tormented him, and yet he said be should come again next Sun- day, and so he did." "What happened then ?" "What had happened before then! Things that made him seem no more to me than a fly buzzing on the wall. First there was the etorm that scared me so about Wil- liam, and then there came the news that even most made me forget him." " What news ?" "Oh, of the war; of the fall of Sumter ! If you weren't alive to know how it came to folks in New England, nobody can ever tell you. It struck us right out of the old lazy, selfish life, That Saturday night the church bell was ringing and the people were flock- ing from every house, and they weren't as ever I saw them before. There were folks with set lips that mostly went with month agape; the stoopin'ist forms were straight- ened up, and the dullest faces were alive. There was no co:nmon talk about health and the weather. Greater things was in mind. The meetin' was to talk about the war, and to pray about it and to pass resolutions. " We didn't know father's boat was in till we saw him and William come into the meetin' with their fishin'-clothes on, just as they'd come from the ship. "1 said we'd been struck out of selfish• nese. But when I laid eyes on William, not all the war could keep me from joy to see him alive. And the next minute not my whole country could keep me from heart- ache at sight of his face. For those mild eyes of his were like live coals, and his cheeks were drawn in. It was the sign of Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. resolve with him. Hadn't he always been ready to jump into every breach that opened near him? "He never once looked at me since he came in. My heart seemed to stand still when, right after the minister stopped speakin', William stood up, and; said he, loud and clear, • If they want men to whip the rebels, here's one.' - "There was a little stillness, and then one and another of the boys got up saying, Here's another,' and Here's anot er,' till the men began to cheer. "There was some more speeeh s after that, but I didn't hear one word of 'em. Only when we sang, My Countr , 'tis of Thee,' my senses came back. I tol you I used to feel this little oountry was outside our country. But now the country seemed to come and take it in and fill it, so e that it seemed larger and fuller of life to e ever since. "When the meeting broke up, th re was Emory Bartlett waiting in the vestibule. He had a blue necktie to set off his fair skin and a white handkerchief with some sweet perfume on it stickin' out of his yes pocket. His arm was crooked to take m home. William had stayed behind to talk ith the men. I did not take Emory's arm, but he walked along with us talking a8 eas as ever. ‘" You country folks,' says he, re mak- ing a great fuss about this. The United States '11 send a few regulars dow there and settle it very quick. There's o need for all this talkin' and signin' an volun- teerin'. "'Shan't you volunteer?' says I. " ' No,' says he. Then he tried to be sen- timental, and asked, Did I want him shot?' I could most have said 'Yes,' if I'd felt like answerin' back. " I can't afford to sacrifice my usiness just now for any make -show of pat iotiem,' says he. I shall just etay at ho e and tend to it.' "Just then who should corms up behind us but father—all out of breath wit hurry and excitement. And he spoke ut in a hoarse voice over my shoulder, W o's that that oan talk sense when all the world's gone mad?' "'Oh, father,' says mother, quite vexed, how can you talk so?' • "But Emory was so puffed up that he be- gan to brag louder thau before. Father cut him short. '" Where's William -2' says he to nother. Think of that fool, William ! He's ettin' up and offerin' himself for a soldier, when he was pledged for my mate only yeste day! Here I be, old and stiff, and like to be laid up any day. Who's goin' to take cha go of my vessel then, end get our daily brea for us? Him, that I've 'rained up myself and treated like a son—him goin' off or a soldier !' "'But it's no time • to be selfish now, father,' says mother. We must think of the country." "'Let them take care of the country whose business it is,' says he. Why n ed every young cock this side of Washing on think he's got to jump to look after he country? And meantime who's to look af er my fish that ought to be on the dr in' frames this minute?' "By this time we'd got to the house, a d mother had lighted the lamps. My he rt was swelling so with wrath I dared ot speak. I just went into my room a d slammed the dcor, and there I sat cryi g half the night. "Meanwhile William was carin' for t e fish, • just as I knew he would. Fath r ecruldn't go to help him, for he was tak n With rheumatism as soon as he got homle, almost. He crept up next day, and w s groanin' about the housee—oh, so cross ! and breakin' out now and then against the war, and against William, so that it seem d as if I couldn't bear it. "Mother smoothed it off. She said he was hearteore because he really loved Wil- liam, and couldn't bear to lose him'nor o 'think of his goin' into danger. Says He goes into danger every More he goes o on the sea.' But says mother, We dre d new kinds of danger more than old. Te Worst sea that ever was couldn't be like gu s to your father's mind.' "1 got so faint at those words that mot - er would make me take the camphor-bott e. That was the longest day I ever lived, t 11 about five that afternoon I looked up a d saw William in the doorway; we just loo ed at one another, and there didn't sem much needlor words between us. But Wi- liam asked if I would come down by t e shore with him, and father in the bedro m heard. No,' says, he, hobblin' to the d or and sperikiu' in a voice like thunder; o, I'll not have my daughter throw hersif away on a man that's as ready as you be to fling his head at the devil the first whis le that blows ! There'll be widders eno gh by 'n by,' says father, without rieltin' to make more.' "Poor William turned as pale as dea h. never thought of that!' he kinder w is- pered, and he would have gone away. B I ran to him and caught his arm. • 'It's oo late for thinkin', William,' says I. Fath r, it's too late for you to say no to me. 'm goin' with William.' "I guess a woman oan be more resol te than men sometimes. I guess I had as- teredemy poor father when I walked off with William then. "I'll only tell you ono thing William a id that day—'most the last thing. Is.all save up my pay, Claris,' says he, ‘and w en I come back I'll take you to see the wo ld. We'll go off the island and take a good 1 ng trip.' "So I knew then that he cared for ny wish, after all." "Dear Miss Searle, did he never c me back ?" "No. He never came back." "1 thought at first the time would s ern long," she said after a pause. "But it as passed. Father was never really well ag in. Mother and he needed a great deal of c re. Theu neighbor Duncan's children were eft orphans. I thought the Lord had gi en them to me. So I took them in, and, after that, time passed very easy, you may be sure. The youngest went over to be a cl rk in Emory Bartlett's store this spring." "And you have never been off the is- land ?" "No. It was only a foolish girl's wi h. It never mattered to me after that ti e. Since William went there's only one way off the island I ever think of. That way," he said, and waved her band heavenward. News of the Week. TO BE HANGED.—A Zanzibar despa ch says 17 Arab slave traders have been s u- tenced to be hanged for holding a slave m r- ket within the German East Africa prot c - t o raAtTe A. F L CYCLONE. —A terrible cyclone II'S- ited Wellington, Kansas, on Friday, pasesd through the centre of the town, and wreik- ed every building in its path. It is fea d that fully 500 persons were either killed or injured. DIED. —Rear Admiral Richard Char es Mayne, C. B., member of Parliament or Pembroke and Haverford West, is dead in London. He was born in 1835 and was a Conservative. BOLD ANARCHISM.—At a meeting of aur- chists Sunday in Paris several speakere a vocated robbery of the rich and murder if neceasary. MANY HEADACHE.—The sale of Barna) 's consignment of 7,000,000 bottles of po t wine has been coramenced in London. T e • prices realized varied from £13 to 30 pr pipe for the finest qualities. These pric s are disappointing to the sellers. ONE NoBLE DE.—Dake Charles The dare, of Bavaria, has during the past thr e months treated at, his privaie sanitarium Merain 123 cases of disease of the eye wit remarkably successful results. The Duke never takes any pay for his services, and s Children Cry for jek (ct„ et. , , , likiteisSNee:4,-Nekehe ee.se ate .'ee: .`a`e'szaaasaaeNaa:.',a."\ie.'..aaaa‘e ae • riat is Castoria is r. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infant and Childr n. It contains neither Opium, Morphineinor other lia,reptic substanck3. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soething, F_;yrups, and Castor 31/. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and aiilays fevcrislinest. Castoria jrovents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhom, and Vind Colic. Castoria reli ves teething troubles, cure, constipation and flatule cy. Castoria, assimilates th4 food, regulates the sto ach. and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. 4as. toria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Fee d. Cas oria. "Castoria lo an excellent medicine fcr cLI- dron. Mothers have repeatedly told mo of its good effect upon their children." D. G. C. ORDOOD, Lowell, Mass. "Castoria is the best remedy for childret‘it of which I ara acquainted. I hope the (ley le rot far distant when mothers will consider tho real interest ef their children, and uso Castoria n- etead of the variousquacknostrumswhich destroying their loved ones, by forcing opiu n, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtu1 agents down their throats, thereby sendiaa them to premature graves." 2.. J. F. Knicareeot, Conway, AV Castoria. " Castoria is so well adiroted to caaldren that I recommend it es superior to any prescription known to mo." II. A. Ancienn, M. D., 111 to. Oxford Se, itrooOyn, N. Y.. "Our physicians in tho children's depart- ment hey() spoacn highly of thair erpera enco in their outside practice wit 1 Castoria, and although wo only have eeleone onr medical supplies wlult is known as reeukte products, yet wo aro free to confer that the merits of Castoria hlook won us ea k with favor upe.-. UNITRD HOSPITAL AND DISIMNSAP.Y, Bodton, Masa. atelier0. Ssrrn, — the Centeur Company, TT Murray Street, Now York Crty. ' eakf 1 reluctant to treat any exoept poor patiers who cannot afford to employ regu ar practitioners. , TIM TO BE A RENEDIer, —The approach- ing marriage of Timothy Harrington, Bar- nellite member of the t1ouse of Cornmon0, is announced. The bride -elect is Mies O'Neill, daughter of the late Dr, O'Neill, of Dublin, Ireland. AUSTRIAN AND AMERICAN RECIPROCITY. —Under the reciprocity treaty between Austria and the United States which has been 'Signed at Washin ton, Austrian sugar, 1 molasses and skins wil enter the Uni ed States free of duty and Austria is to ive the United States the !favored nation treat- ment. A L/I3BY. PRISON HERO. —Gen. A. D. Straight died at Indianapolis, Indiana, Sat- urday morning. He was one of the suferers ' in Libby prison during the war of the re- bellion. He planned the historic schemefor escape by which 108 officers secured their freedom. - lost. The reason I came here was that might be near the doctors and get better attendance. I am thankful t6 God that I am spared, and I trust a changed than. God, in the midst of all my sefferings and the nearness of death, showed me what a wicked life I was leading and how unfit I was to die. But He has had ;mercy upon me, and I feel now at peace with God. And he has forgiven my sins. I hope I will be able to go home 800D. I have now told you all about myself. I am, your affectionate uncle. ABRAM EVANS. Ventilation of Rooms. 1To offset tbe constant exhalation of or- ganic matter from the skin, as well as from the lungs, occupied rooms should be so arranged as to allow a constant change of the air contained in them. To meet this I conditio properly, an exit for air, as well se an inlet, lh�u1d be provided. A fireplace is perhaps an ideal outlet, as it has a constant draught which assures an outgo of considerable power. As for a test of the quality of air, ----its purity or impurity,—nature heal provided us with a most useful •one, and in all ordinary cases the only necessary one, in the sense of smell. If this sense is offended by the characteristic "stale" odor of an ill -venti- lated roona there is no appeal from ite verdict, DO 'matter how many ventilators may be in operation. This test, it sheuld be etated, can be applied only by ,the olfactories of one just entering a room from the outside. We have heard from the lecture platform advice delivered to an intelligent body of students in a preparatory •school as to just how far the windows of the sleeping apart- ment should be raised each night to asture a wholesome air to the occupant. The dis- tance given was exact, no allowance being made, for variations of temperature, wind, or weather. A single window : opened i at both top and bottom, but at distance!) vary- ing according to the temperaturS, the pres- ence or absence of winds, etc., is a suitable provision for ventilation. It is safe to say that if the airlin any room seems as pure to a person entering it from out of doore as the out -door aie itself, that air is well -fitted for breathing; such, at any rate, it should always be, and puch should be the test applied by an intelligent ob- server. With such an ideal before ue, no bard and fast rule is called for. With this_ ideal in view, and with the homely quality of common sense in exercise, it is well also to remember the following facts: A room is best for most of Up at a temp- erature ranging from sixty-five to severity degrees; a guard, be it of the moat primi- tive construction should be between a draught and ourselves ; the air is not neces- sarily impure when warm, nor pure when cold; the smaller a room is, and the more occupants it has, the oftener should the air be renewed. In places of crowded assembly, such as theatres, churches, sehoole, it is the excep- tion to find a proper system of ventilation, and hence attendance upon such gatherings should be offset by plenty of out -door exer- ciao. School Reports. • MCKILLOP. —The follpwing is a correct list of the pupils of each class in School Sec- tion No. 4, band upon good conduct and general proficiency for the month of May: Senior Fourth—Fred Lawrence and Thomas Scott, Mary J. McIntosh, Aggie McLehd. Junior Fourth—Willie Beattie, Mend Thompson, George Hogg,- Senior Third— Sarah Beattie, Lizzie . Henderson, Thoreas Habkirk. Junior Third—Essie Beattie, Wilfred Morrow, Maggie Beattie. Senior Second—Rance Habkitk, John Shannon, Willie Kerr. Junior Second—Louie Beat ie Tilly Scott, Aggie McFadden. Frozen on the Prairie. The following extract from a letter, of Abram Emig', brother of Mr. John Evans of the north line, Kincardine townslifp, written from general hospital, Winnipeg • April 26th, gives a graphic description the sufferings he endured while lost on the prairie in the neighborhood of Moosomini !— Mx DEAR NEICE: —Your letter was stint to me here, from home The account elm saw in newspaper was perfectly true. I rim tbe Abraham Evans thet was lost on tjhe prairie, and here I am lying in the hospitel, having lost both my feet from beneath Ole knees, and part of my pose. I am improv- ing fast, though I have suffered a gr at deal. It happened this way:—I was at tjhe town of Moosomin; ab ut 20 miles fr m home, doing some busi elm After I h d tinished I started for home, having a tem of mules and a sleig • I was taking a neighbor's wife home ith me. After ve got started it began t snow and blo v. As we went along the storm got worrie. When we got about half way home we came to a stopping place and I wanted to stop ill night but this woman wanted to go home, so we started. We had not gone far when it blew a perfect blizzard. We still went on thinking it would clear away, but instead it got worse. Shortly after this we lost the road and we were lost on the wide prairie. When I found we were lost I stopped and unhitched the mules and turned the wagon box and tried to keep ourselves warm till morning. When morning came the storm was as bad as ever, so we thought we would try and go on,. On we went and travelled all day, until the mules were play- ed out. I unhitched again but the storm was as bad as ever, so I did not know what to do. We stayed there all night. Iit r the mules loose, because they -were freezir g and I had not enough to keep them arid ourselves warm. Having stayed there till morning we both started ' to walk. All t is time we did not know where we were, hafr• ing lost all trace of the way, and nothing jo be seen but a wide prairie of snow. VI e walked on leaving the sleigh behind. The snow was very deep and it was ha4d to walk. By this time the woman's legs were both frozen and she couid not walk. We still went on, but she be- came too weak and fell almost every ste I earried her, but I found I could not be it long, so I had to leave her. Oh ! it w s bard to leave her to die—die alone on the wide prairie! But I went on alone, think- ing I might come to re house, and kept travelling for four days, night and daei, fearing to lie down lest I should perish ilia the snow. The second day after I left the woman I became snow blind and could not see far be- fore me. The last night I was out I prayed to God for death or shelter, and God heard me and I came to a hay stack. I crawled into it and slept a little. When I awoke I found _my hands and feet were frozen. I knew not what to do. I was almost in des- pair. I prayed for death but got no better, Something told me to walk with the wind in my back, and I did so, and by five o'clock at night I came to a house. I was eix days and six nights on the prairie, without shel- ter, food or drink (except the snow). In that time I must have walked over 100 miles. I was more then 70 miles from home. Next day they sent me down here to the doctor's. I have been here a long time now. My feet have been taken off, but they are healing nicely and so are my hande and nose, and I hope by another four weeke I will be able to go home. I have not seen my wife'nor any of the family since I wee Pitcher's Castoria. The new instruments for the St. Marys band have arrived, and now the summer evenings will be filled with melody. —A collision took place in Detroit river, the -other night, between the steamer Mackinac and the tug Washburne, in which the latter was badly damaged. Her owner, Mr. John Hurley, and Chief Engineer Robinson, of the steambarge Majestic, were drowned, —T. T. Howard died on Sunday at the residence of hie son-in-law, Henry Brie - mead, of the Britannia House, London, i In the 90th year of his age. He was bornlin Galway, Ireland, and came to Canada i30 years ago, settling first in Bidclulph. He came to this dietrict in 4852, and 'engaged in teaming from Hamilton and Port Stanley before the Great Western Railway was opened. He had a wide circle of friends, and was much esteemed. He lea-ves one Ben, who is in the States, and two daughters. —At Boise City, Iowa, on the 24th ult., George Gillett, a commercial traveller, was struck deaf, dumb and blind. 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PI ;ID IR f' I:i CUUVH ,snaarlin a 7:J IMO S1.75 0.000 5 MIST BE LOANED AT PER OENT. on First and Second Mortgages. Old Mortgages pald off h NO Com m rs s ION. Agents Wanted. Call or send 3o. stamp for CIRCULAR. &Ft-REYNOLD 5 7 RiCriMOND STW TORONTO Parties will ,be met any time and place to see properties and arrange loans. No fees. Enclose stamp. The Old Established. BROADFOOT'S Planing Mil and Sash and Door Factory, sm_A_mn ORTIT_ This old and well-known establishment is etill running at full blast, and now has better facilities than ever before to turn out a good article for a Moderate price. Sash and doors of all patterns al- ways on hand or made to order. Lumber dressed on P bort notice and in any way desired. All kinds of lumber for sale on aeasonable terms. Saingles kept constantly on hand. Estimates for the furnishing of buildings in whole or in part given on application. Nene but the best of material used and workman- ship guaranteed. Patronage solicited. _ . 1269 J. IL BROADFOOT, Seaforth. J. C. SMITH & CO. 33 A_ 1\1" ICM A General Banking business transacted. .Farmers' notes discounted. Drafts bought and sold. . Interest allowed on deposits. SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for collection . OFFICE—First door north of Reid ea Wilson's Hard ware Store. SEAFORTH, PUBLIC NOTICE. The undereigned hereby begs to Notify_ the citizens of Seaford' and vicinity that he has opened out a Renovating Establishment. ANY ONE IN NEED OF Clothes Cleaned and Pressed, Repaired or Dyed Will do well to ghe hhn a dial. Stains from Oil, Pitch, Tar, Paint or Grease will be thoroughly removed and nicely pressed up again, making theen look as clean and fresh as when new. Satisfaction gaaranteed. Charges moderate. Shops and residence first door north of Thos. Kidd's residence, ancaopposite S. Dicksons. 1266 tf. J. W. SNELL. _ Patrons of Industry. Mr. R. Common has been commissioned to organize Societies of this order in this County. Any section wishing to organize, can receive all information by applying to 1274-tf R. COMMON, Seaforth. PUREST, STRONGEST, BEST. Ready for use in any quantity. For making Soap, Softening Water, Disinfecting, and a hundred other uses. A. can eq uals 20 pounds Sal Soda. Sold by All Grocers and Druggists. E. W.tarriaXalir1"1", TicartcaratOO Cures Burns, Cuts, Piles n their worst form, Swellings, Erysipelas, Inflammation, Frost Bite, Chapped Hanps, and all Skin Diseases BST PA1N EXTERMINATOR Cures Lumbago, Sciatica, Rheumatism, Neuralgia Toothache, rains in every form. By all dealers. Wholesale by F. F. Dailey & Co. VETERINARY. JO1IN GRIEVO, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario Veterinary College. All diseases of De/metal(' Animals treated. Calls promptly attended to and charges moderate. Vete rinary Dentistry a specialty Office and residence over W. N. Watson' Sewing Machine Shop, Seaforth. 1112tf "'DRANK El. Beattie, V. S., graduate of Ontane yea erinary College, Toronto, Men.ber of the Vet. erinary Medical Society, eta., treats all dieeases of the Domesticated Animals. .All callpromptly ar. tended to either by day or night. Charges modere ate. Special attention given a veterinary dentis- try. Office on Main Stave', Seaforth, one door south of Kidd's Hardwere store. • 1112 - - cjEAFORTH HORSE INFIRMARY.—Conzer tf J. kj Via and Goderieh Streets, neat door to the Free- byterian Church, Seaford', Ont. All disea3es et etorses, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the do n sticated anima* successfully treated M th. in..rmary or elsewhere, on the shortest node; —hargee ate, JAMES W. ELDElt, Vete, inary Surgem. p S.—A large stook of Voseneary Medicines Kept eon etantLy on hand • LEGAL HIGGINS ac LENNON, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c. Offices__ 120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaford', Ontario. Seaforth Office—Whitney's Block, Meal Street. Money to loan. THOMAS alueroet Mom& JAMES rANNON. 1291 NIATTIIEW MORRISON, Walton, Insurance Agent, Commissioner for taking affidavits, Conveyancer", &e. Money to loan at the 'owes" rates. M. frioeensos, Walton. - - T M. 13EST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, see, • Office—Rooms, five doote north ofCornmerelal =hotel, ground floor, next door to. C. L. Papers jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Goderieh agents—camerom Holt and Cameron. 1215 GARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solicitors, &c., Goderieh, Ontario. J. T. (Calcium. Q. 0.; Wm. PROUDFOOT. 686 riAMERON, HOLT & CAMERON, Barristers se liCitore in Chancery, lu3., Goderich, Ord M. Calota0f, Q. C., PHILIP HOLT, M. CAIDIRON 1-% J. DOWNEY, Solicitor, Conveyancer, &e.,late _U. of Victoria, B. C. Oflice—uvtr Rank of Commerce, Main street, Seaforth. Fr vote funds to loan at 51 and 43 per' trent. 1035 ,s21,11:"iors°111Tlisin?ololf Johnston, Tisdale & Gale. Money to Joan Office— Elliott Block, Clinton, Ontario. A H. ,M,ANNE88 Jamas Soorr. 781 IIOLMESTED, ffuccessor to the. .ate firm . McCaughey & Holmested, Barrieter, Se- licitor, Conveyancer and Notary. Solicitor kr the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Money to lend Farms, for sale. Office in floott'e Block, Kale &reek Seaforth. DICKSON & HAYS, formerly wiell Messrs Gar - row & Proudfoot, Goderich: Banister., Sol- icitors, etc., Seaforth and Brussels Seaforth Office —Cardno's Block, Main Street. R. S. HAYS. W. B. DICKSOA. Money to Loan. 1121 W. CAMERON SMITH, •BARRISTER. Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissiorer for taking Affidavits In the High Court . of Justice, Conveyancer, Money to Lend OFFICE.—In Meyers' Block, Main Street, Seaforth, adjoining office of Drs. Bethune and Belden. 1234 DENTISTRY. -El W. TWEDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamilton J. & McInnes' Shoe Store, corner Main and John Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad- ministered for the painless extraction of teeth. 1169 DR. G. FRANKLIN BELDEN, Dentist; Assistant, DR. A. S. ATKINSON. Gas administrated for painless extraction of teeth. Office over Johnson's Hardware Store, Seaforth. . 1226 Ty KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D. S., [1. Exeter, Ont. Wili be RI Zuriche trifrfri, at the Huron Hotel, en the Lest THURSDAY IN IACH Warm, and at Murdock's Hotel, Hensel], on the FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY in each month. Teeth extracted with the least pain possible. All wore first-class at liberal ,rates. 971 DR. C. H. INGRAlif, Dentist, (successor to II. L, Billings), member of the Royal College of -Den. tal Surgeons, Ontario Teeth inserted with or with- out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe Ansel- thetic given for the painless extraction of teeth. Office—over O'Neil's bank, Exeter, Ontario. 1204 N. B.—Plates secured firmly in the mouth by Yemens' Patent Valve. MONEY TO LOAN. -1t4 ONEY TO LOAN.--Strsight loans at 6 pm 111 cent., with the privilege to borrower of repaying part of the principal money at am inns. ,&pply to F. IIOLMRSTED, Barriatcl, Seaforfth- MEDICAL. DR. C. SHEPPARD, Phe-sician and Surgeon, Bay- - tick!, Ontario, successor to Dr. W. H. Wright. 1225-52 TIE. T. P. McLAUGHL1N, M.C.P.S., Ontario, Phy- sician, Surgeon and Accoucheur. Night calls promptly attended. Office, Dashwood, Out 1226 DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY, OFFICE, Goderich Street, opposite Methodist I Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural Grounds. J. G. SCOTT, M.. D. C. al., (Ann Arbor and Vic- toria,) Id. C. P. S. 0. s C. MACKAY, M. D. 0.61., (Trinity,) P. T. M. C., M. C. P8. 0. JJR. McFAUL, Member of the College of Phy eicians and Surgeons, etc. Seaford", Ontario. Office, Cad's Block, opposite 'Commercial Hotel. Night bell at residence, north side of Goderich St. seventh door weed of thealethodist Church. 1210 tf. I) E. COOPER, M. D., Physician, Surgeon and j:ki„ Accoucher, Constance, Ont. 1127 DR. ELLIOTT, Brumfield, Lioet date Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edin- burgh. Brucefleld, Ont. 930 p W. BRUCE skirrn, M. D ,0. M., Member of XI, the College of Physicians and Surgeens, &c., Seaiorth, Ontario. Ofilee and residence seine as occupied by Dr. Vercoe. 1348 ALEX. BETHUNE! M. D., Fellow of the Royal College 'of Physicians and Surgeone, Kingston. Successor .to Dr. Maekid. Odic, lately occupied by Dr. Maekld, Main Street Seaford". Residence —Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately occupied by L. E. Dancey. 1127 AUCTIONEERS. T BRINE, Licensed Auctioneer for tht Coun. s) ty of Huron. Sales attended In a 1 parte of the County. All onion let* at Tat EXPOBITOIR Ofiloe will be promptly attended to, DH. PORTER General Auctioneer and Land ., Valuator. Orders sent by znail to my ad- -dress, Hayfield P. 0., will receive prompt attention. Tenns moderate. 1185-52 WM. M'CLOY, Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Sales prompt- ly attended to, charges moderate and zatiefaetion guaranteed. Orders by insil addreseed to Chisel- hurst Post Office or left at his residenoe, Lot 2, Con- Ceesion 11, Tuckersmith, will receive prompt atten- tion. 1268 tf. W. G. DUFF, AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, Conveyanoer, Collector, Book-keeper and Accountant Real Estate, Life, Accident and Fire Insuraner Agent; Money to Correspondenoe, &e. Parties requiring his services in any of these branches will receive prompt attention. °MOS IN DAVEY'S BLOCK, (UP STAIRS), MAIN STUNT, SPJPORTD. 112< NEW BUTCHER SHOP IN SEAFORTI-t. JONES & IticCUAIG, Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and vicinity that they have started the Butchering bushiest' on Main Street, Seaforth, in the shop formerla. occupied by Mr. George Ewing, and will be glad to serve all who may call on them, with fresh meat of all kinds. They both have a practical knowledge cf the business and guarantee a good article and prompt attention toms- tomers. Ceders solicited and Meat delivered in any part of the town. 1289 tf. 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