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The Huron Expositor, 1892-06-17, Page 2• THE HURON EXPOSITOR. JUNE 1741892. REMEMBERED NO MORE. THE ART OF FORGETTING AND ITS ' HIGHEST EXAMPLE. Why tbe Art is Worth Cultivating—h. Sublime Attribute of God—The "Horri- ble Example" Farce Had Up to De- served Scorn—A. Sin -Forgetting God. BROOKLYN', N.Y., June 5, 189.—Dr. Tal - sermon this morning taught that the art of forgetting is worth cultivating, and that there is the highest poasible exam- ple for its exercise. His text was Heb. 8: 12:—:"Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." The national flower of the Egyptians is the heliotrope, of the Assyrians is the water lily, of the Hindoos is the marigold, of the Chinese is the chry santblemum. We have no national flower, but there is hard- ly any flower more suggestive to many of us than the "forget-me-not." We all like to be remeralaered, and one of our misfor- tunes is that there are so many things we cannot remember. Mnemonics, or the art of assisting enernory, is an important art. It was first suggested by Simonides, of 'Cos, five hundred years before Christ. Persons who had but little power to recall events, or put facts or names or dates in proper processions have, through this art, had their memory reinforced to an almost in- credible extent. A good memory is an invaluable possession. By all means, cul- tivate it. I had an aged friend, who, de- tained all night at a miserable depot in waiting for a rail -train fast in the snow- banks, entertained asgronp of some ten or fifteen clergymen, likewise detained on their way home from a meeting of .Pres- bytery, by, first, with a piece of chalk, drawing out on the black and sooty walls of the depot the characters of Walter Scott's "Marmion," and then reciting from Memory the whole of that poem of some eighty pages in fine print. My old friend through great age lost his memory, and when I asked him if this story of the railroad depot was true, he said: "I do not remember now, but it was just like me." "Lee me see," said he to me, "hare I ever leen you before?" "Yes," I said, "you where my guest last night, and I was with you an hour ago." What an awful contrast in that man between the greatest memory I ever knew and no memory at all. But right along with this art of recol- lection, which I cannot too highly eulo- gize, is one quite as important, and yet I nerer heard it applauded. I mean the art of forgetting. There is a splendid fa- culty in that. direction that we all need to cultivate. We might, through that pro- cess, be ten times happier and more useful than we now are. We have been told that forgetfulness is a weakness, and ought to be avoided by all possible means. So tar from a weakness, my text ascribes it to God. It is the very top of Omnipotence that God is able to obliterate a part of His own memory. If we repent of sin and rightly seek the divine forgiveness, the record of the misbehavior is not only cross- ed off the books, but God actually lets it pass out of memory. "Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." To remember no more is to forget, and you cannot make anything else out of it. God's power of forgetting is so great that if two men appeal to Him, and the one man, after a life all right, gets the sins of his heart pardoned, and the other man, after a life of abornhaation, gets pardoned, God remem- bers no more against one than against the other. The entire past of both the moralist, with his imperfections, and the profligate, with his debaucheries, is as much obliterat- ed in the one case as in the other. For- gotten, forever and forever. "Their sins and their iniquities will I rememher no more." - This sublime attribute of forgetfulness on the part of God you and I need, in our finite way, to imitate. You will do well to cast out of your reecdlection all wrongs done you. During the curse of one's life he is sure to be misrepresented, to be lied about, to be injured. There are those who keep these things fresh by frequent rehear- sal. If things have appeared in print, they keep them in their scrap book, for they cut these .precious paragraphs out of the news- papers or books and at leisure times look them over, or they have them tied up in a bundle, or thrust in pigeon holes, and they frequently regale themselves and their friends by an in.spestion of these flings,these sarcasms, these falsehoods, these cruelties. I have known gentlemen who carried them in their pocket -books, so that they could easily get at these irritations, and they put their right hand in the inside of the coat pocket over their heart, and say: "Look here! Let me show you some- thing." Scientists catch wasps and hor- nets end poisonous insects and transfix them in curiosisv bureaus for study, and that is well. But these of whom I speak catch the wasps and the horaets and poisonous insects and play with them and put them on themselves and on their friends and see how far the noxious things can jump and show how deep they can sting. Have no such scrap book. Keep nothing in your possession that is dis- agreeable. Tear up the falsehoods and the slanders and the hypercriticisms. Imitate the Lord in my text and forget, actually forget, sublimely forget. There is no happiness for you in any other plan or procedure. You see all around 'you in the church and out of the church dispositions acerb, rnalign, cynical, pessimistic. Do you know how these men and women get that disposition? It. was bv the embalm- ment of things paeitherine and viperous. They have spent much of their time in calling the roll of all the rats that have nibbled at their reputation. Their soul is a cage .of vultures. Everything in thern is sour or embittered. The milk of human kindness has been curdled. They do not believe in anybody or anything. If thee see two people whispering, they think it is about themselves. If they see two people laughing, they think it is about themselves. Where there is one sweet pippin in their orchard, there are fifty crab apples. They haye never been able to forget. They do not want to forget. They will never for- get. Their wretchedness is supreme, tor no one ca.n be happy if 'ne carries perpetu- ally in mind the mean things that have been done him. On the other hand, you can find here and there a man or woman (for there are not so many of them) whose disposition is genial and suminerve Why ? Have they always been treated well? 011, no, hard things have been said against them. They have beeu charged with offi- ciousness ; and their generosities have been set down to a desire for display, and they have many a time been the subject for tittle-tattle, and they have had enough small assaults like gnats and enough great attacks like lious to have made them per- petually misereble, if they would have consented. to be miserable. But they. have had enough divine philosophy to cast off the annoyances, and they have kept them- selves in the sunlight of God's favor and have realized that the oppositions and hindranees are a part of a might discipline, by which they are to be prepared for use- fulness and heaven. The secret of it all is, they have by the heip of the eternal God learned how to forget. Another practical thought: when our faults are nepented of let them go out of mind. If God forgives them, we have a right to forget them. Having once re- pented of our infelicities and misdemean- ors, there is no need of our repenting of them again. Suppose I owe you a large sum of money, and you are persuaded I aui incanaciated to nay. and vou eive me acquittal zrom enaconngation. You say: .cancel that debt. All is right now. Start again." And the next day I come in -and say: "You know about that big debt I owed you. I have come in to get you to7let me off. I feel so bad about it I cannot rest. Do lekme oft" You re-• plymith s little impatience : "I did let you offDon't bother yolitself and "Wither me with any more of that discussion." %- The following day I come in and say : • "bty dear sir, about that debt. I can never get :over the fact that I owed you that money. It is something that weighs an my mind like a (millstone. Do forgive me that debt." This time you clear lose your patience and say; "You are a nuisance., What do you mean by this reiteration of' that affair! I am almost sorry I forgave you that &lit. Do you oubt my veracity, or do you not understhd the plain lan- guage in which I told 4ou that debt was cancelled ?" Well, riy friends, there are many Christians guilt' of worse folly than that. While it is ri t that they repent of new sins and of recent _e_ins, what is the use of bothering yourself and insulting God by asking Him to forgive sins that long ago were forgiven? God has forgotten them. Why do you not forget them? No; you drag the load on with you, and 305 times a year, if you pray every day, you ask God to re- call occurrences which He has not only for- given, but forgotten. Quit this folly. I do not ask you lesi to realize the turpitude of sin, but I ask you to a higher faith in the promise of God and the full deliverance of His mercy. He does not give -a receipt for part payment, or so much received on ac- count, but receipt in full, God haying for Christ's sake decreed, "Your sins and your iniquities will I remember no more." As far as possible, let the dieagreeables of life drop. We have enough things in the pre- sent, and there will be enough in the future, to disturb us without running a special train into the great gone -by to fetch us as special freight things left behind. Not only forget your pardoned trans- gressions, but allow others to forget them. The chief stock on hand of many people is to recount in prayer meetings and pulpits what big scoundrels they once were. They • not only will nbt forget their forgiven deficits, but they seem to be determined' that the church and the world shall not forget them. If you want to declare that you have been the chief of sinners and extol the grace that could save such a wretch as you, do so, but do not go into particu- lars. Do not tell how many times you got drunk, or to what bad places you went, or how many tree rides you had in the prison van before you were converted. Lump 'it, brother; give it to us in bulk. If you have any scars got in honorable warfare, show them ; but if you. have scars got in ignoble warfare, do not display them. I know you will quote the 'Bible reference to the horrible pit from which you were digged. Yes, be thankful tor that rescue, but do not make displays of the mud of that horri- ble pit, or splash it over other people. Sometimes I have felt in Christian meetings discomfited and unfit for, Christian service because I had done none of those things which seemed to be in the estimation of many necessary for Christian usefulness, for I never swore a word, or ever, got drunk, or went to compromising places, or was guilty of assault and battery, or ever ut- tered a slanderous word, or ever did any- one a hurt, although I knew my heart was sinful enough; and I said to myself: "There is no use of me trying to do any good, for I never went through those de- praved experiences," but after I saw con- solation in the thought that no one gained any ordination by tete laying on of the hands of dissoluteness and infamy. And though an ordinary moral life, ending in a Christian life, may not be as dramatic a story to tell about, let us be grateful to God rather than worry about it, if we have never plunged into outward abominations. It may be appropriate in a meeting of re- formed drunkards or reformed debauchees to quote for those not reformed how des- perate and nasty you once were, but do not drive a scavenger's cart into assembl- ages of people, the most of whom have al- ways been decent and respectable. But I -have been sometimes in great evangelistic meetings where people went into parti- culars about the sins that they ouce com- mitted so much so that I felt like putting rny hand on my pocket -book or calling for the police lest these reformed men might fall from grace and go at their old business of theft or drunkenness or cut- throatery. If your sins have been forgiven and your life purified, forget the way- wardness of the past, and allow others to forget it. But, what I most want in the light of this text is to impress upon my hearers and readers that we have a sin -forgetting God. Snppose that on the Last Day— called the Last Day because the sun will never again rise upon our earth, the earth itself being flung into .fiery demolition— supposing that on that Last Day a group of infernal spirits should somehow get near enough the Gate of Heaven and chal- lenge our entrance, and say : "How canst Thou, the Just Lord, let those souls into the realm of supernal gladness ? Why, they said a great many things they never ought to have said, and they did a great many things they ought never to have done. Sinners are they ; sinners all." And suppose God should deign to answer, He might say: "Yes, but did not My only Son die for their ransom? Did He uot pay the price? Not one drop of blood was re- tained in His arteries, not one nerve of His that was not wrung in the torture. He took sin His own body and soul all the sun ferit4 that those sinners deserve. They pleaded that sacrifice. They took the full pardon that I promised to all who, through my on, earnestly applied for it, and it passed out of my mind that they were of- fenders. 1 forgot all about it. Yes, I for- got all about it. 'Their sins and their ini- quities do I remember no more.'" A sin - forgetting God! That is clear beyond, and far above a sin -pardoning God. How often we hear itssaid : "I can -forgive, but I can- not forget." That is equal to saying : "I verbally udmit it is all right, but I will keep the old grudge good." Human for- giveness is often a flimsy affair. It does not go deep down. It does not reach far up. It does not fix things up. The con- testants may shake hands, or, passing each other on the highway, they may speak the "Good Morning" or the "Good Night," but the old cordiality never returns. The relations always remain strained. There is something in the demeanor ever after that seems to say : "I would not do you harm ; indeed, I wish you well, but that unfor- tunate affair can never pass out of tny mincl.'"fliere may no hard words pass between them, but until death breaks in the same coolness remains. But God lets our pardoned offences go into ohlivion. He never throws them up to us again. He feels as kindly towards us as though we had been spotless and positively angelic all along. Straightening Japanese lyes. "I was recently in Japan," says an Am- erican, "and I met there several American and German doctors who were getting rich by straightening the slant in the Japanese eye to make it look like the beloved Cauca- sian's optic. The Japanese, you know, show the traces of their Mongolian origin more plainly in the shape of their eyelids than in the color of their skin, and those who can afford it are ridding themselves of this uninistalcable evidence of their despised ancestry by submitting to a simple and comparatively painless surgical operation, which consists in the surgeon slitting the outer rim of the eyelids in a straight line for the barest infinitesimal part Of an inch. The wound is then covered with a thin piece of chemically prepared sticking - plaster, the faithful subject of the Mikado goes on about his business as if nothing had happened,, and in a few days the wound is neaten ana ne 1001ta on nis envious fellows through lids an straight as the American's". Chicago Herald. Paving 'With Sand and Water. The most novel street pavenient yet sug- gested is bein laid on Front street, oppo- site the posto e, at Palatka, Fla. It is a water pavem nt, at least it is popularly called such. At the last meeting of the Council permi sion was secured from the Council to ex eriment on Front street, and on Thursday perations began. The idea was suggestedl to the inventor by the hard- ness of the seashore, and the _principle lies in keeping the earth constantly damp, so that traffic thereby makes it the more com- pact The street was first levelled, and a long pipe with perforations was laid in a trench down the center; the street graded from the center down the sides—the pipe being underground. Connection was then made with an .artesian well, and the water running through the pipe saturated the en- tire street. I' is beginning to harden al- ready, and the experiment is watched with great interest.—Florida Times -Union. Bottont of a Sea Falling Out. Scientists tel us that, counting from the sea level, the 1 west body of water on the globe is the Caspian S'ea. ! For centuries its surface has been gradually settling down, until now it is eighty-five feet lower than that of its near neighbor, the Black Sea, which also lies far below the level of oceans. The common conclusion all along has been that the Caspian was simply losing its wa- ters by evaporation, but recent investiga- tion shows that this is not the case. Sound- ings made and compared with records of soundings made over one hundred years ago reveal the astounding fact that there is even a greater depth of water now than then. This le ves butone hypothesis that would seem at all tenable : That the bot- tom of the sea is much specu to what will b is actually sinking. There ation in scientific circles as the final outcome. Political Proverbs. Polliticks is in the masculine jender. Good morrels ain't always good polli- ticks. The parliarnentary bee is our nashunal inseck. It takes a expert to stuff a ballot -box ju- dishuslye Wimrain vdters an' crowin' hens never come to no go4d ends. Callin' a p llitiahun tricky is somethin' like paintin' t e ranebo. A man's pol tickal chances air like a fire, too much warter puts them out. The man that makes much money at pol- liticks oughteet to feller the bizness enny- whares nigh a penitenshary. The Cubit. The length f the ancient cubit, so often referred to in acred and other writings of early date, va ied according to the race. Strictly, it was the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. Recent investigation proves that the Roman cubit was 18.47 inches in length. The Greek, 18.20. The Hebrew varied from 24.34 to 22.08, the variation being due to age and locality. Some biblical scholars believe that Noah's ark measurements were cubits of about three feet.—St. Louis Republic. Hard on the Caterpillar. Alternate wires of copper and zinc are run around the trunk of a tree, 'at a dis- tance of about half an inch apart. The casual caterpillar _begins to mount the trunk of thee tree and unlimbers himself with the confidence and vigor born of au impending feast. Presently he reaches the copper wire, pokes his nose over it and lets another kink out of his backbone. Half an inch further up his front feet strikes ths zinc, the circuit is completed and the tits fortunate larva is a martyr to science. , Wishes, I wish that friends were always true, And mo Ives always pure: I wish the good were not so few, I wish tl4e bad were fewer. I wish tha parsons ne'er forgot To heed their pious teachings; I wish tha: -practicing was not So different from teaching. Treating Washed Lace. Everybody knows that washed lace is improved by heing dyed in cold coffee, but perhaps blond s are not aware that if it be dipped in tea it will become a color more likely to suit them. At any rate, lace dyed in tea is a nice change and keeps fresh longer. I Ts Fortune. Fortune, proud fool! that deemest the heart of man Waked and won only by tl3y slight allure, Know that tliy footstep seals these founts again That else weie free, that else were full and pure; !- Thou hast Life's keys, and dost command success,— Success, po)r shadow of the soul of hope; But all thy gain is present weariness And the gods' laughter from their unsealed slope. Go, harlot, with.thy faces of regard, Wind -varying for the lovers at thy side, I am not poor enough for thy reward, Honor and splendor in my heart abide • I want thee not, save that thou LIM, and so Proffer thy service as cup -bearers do. —Charles Leonard Moore, in the Forum.for June. . Pillars of the Church in a Scrap. A good thing has just leaked outsconcern. ing a church fair held in Utica not very long ago. When the booths were being put in position two men had a disagreement as to what position in the hall a certain booth should occupy. It was a small matter, of course, but each disputant was sure he was right. There was a war of words, and one invited the other outside to settle the diffi- culty. Those who witnessed the settlement said it was unique and amusing. Which party Set the .ball rolling will never be known. There was a swish of fists in the air, two angry grunts, a sprinkling of blood from two damaged ,nasal appendages, a whirl of arms and legs, and the booth builders roiled over one another in the mud. Two sorry -looking pillars of the church they were when separated and sent home to recuperate. ': The booth went up, but whether its position was mutually satisfactory has not been learned. —Utica hsor ve r. —In the Canada Gazette notice has been given that Mrs. Martha Ballantyne, of Scar- boro township, York county, will ask for a bill of divorce from her husband, William Ballantyne, at next session of Parliament. The case is a peculiar one. The parties were married near Forest, in Lambton county, about twenty years ago, but separated, and in 1874 Ballantyne married again at Niagara Falls, New York. He has since raised a family by his second wife and, at the time proceedings were begun, he was living in Hamilton, but has since gone to thg North- west. It is understood that the petitioner has fallen heir to an estate and wishes to ob- tain cornplete control of it. —Fred Horning, aged 19, son of Mr. Robert Horning, of Woodstock, committed suicide by taking poison last Saturday night. Young Horning had lived in Woodstock nearly all his lifetime, along with his parents, who are universally respected. The only motive which can be given for the commital of such a raeh act is that he had been living a life of idleness, and in consequence had got into bad habits and practices. He figured in the police court on more than one occa- sion, and was up on a charge of refusing to pay livery hire only the morning previous. On more than one occasion, it is said, he in- timidated his mother into giving him money by threatening his own life. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. VIARM FOR SALE.—Foi• Bale, Lot 4, Concession J' 12, Township of Grey, situated 1 miles from Brussels, and 1 mile f torn a good school. The farm contains 100 sores, of Which about 90 are dime , the rest good hardware bush. On the premises are a good frame house and harri with stone stabling. The arm will be sold very cheap and on easy terrrs of payMant. Title perfect and entirely free from enctimbranoe. For particulars apply to the owner, R. HICKS, Egmondville, or Hugh Stewart, j, on the premises. 1278-2 I FARM FOR SALE.—Fqr sale that splendid and conveniently situated farin adjoining thi V11- if7ge of Brumfield, and owned and occupied by ths undersigned. There are 116 acres, of which nearly all le cleared and in a high state of cultivation and all but about 20 acres in grass. Good buildings and plenty of water. It adjoins the Brucefield Stati n of the Grand Trunk Railway. Will be sold chest and on easy terms. Apply on the premises or to ruce- field P. 0. P. McGREGOR. 125 tf. FARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Hayfield Road, Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which 62 acre are cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The bal- ance is well timbered with hardwood. There are good buildings, a bearing orchard and plenty of water. It is within half a mile of the Village of Varna and three miles from Brucetleld station, Possession at any time. This is a rare ()bailee to buy a first olass farm pleasantly situated. Apply to ARTHUR FORBES, Seaforth. .:. 1144tf - I FARM FOR SALE CHEAP.—The 1 arm o 100 acres on the 9th concession of Mc-Killo be. Ion ng to Thompson Morrison, who is re Iding In Dakota and does not intend .to return, i of- fered for sale very cheap. Eighty acres are cleared and the balance good hardwood, inaple and rock elm, within 5i• miles of Seaforthi and within i of a mile of school house, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, stores, wills, black- smithing and wagon making shop, poet office, &a., good buildings and water m for cattle, and good gvel roadsto any part of the township, taxes the lowest of any of the bordering townships. A mortgage will be taken for 03,000 at 6 per cent. Apply to JOHN C. MORRISON, Winthrop P. 0., Ont. 1176tf FARMS FOR. SALE.—For sale, parts of Lots 46 and 47, on the let Concession of Turnberry, containing 100 acres, about 98 acres cleared and the balance unctilled hardwood bush. Large banki barn and shed, and stone stabling, and good frame house with kitchen and woodshed attached. Therel is a good orchard and a branch of the River Maitland running through one corner. It is nearly all seeded to grass, and is one of the best stock farms ei the county. Also the 60 acre farm occupied by the un- dersigned, adjoining the Village of Bluevale, all cleared, good buildings, and in first-class stak of cultivation. It is a neat and con.fortable place. Most of the purchase money can remain on mortgage at a reasonable rate of interest. Apply to HUGH ROSS, Bluevale. ' 1262-t1 FARM FOR SALE. —Being nortt half $4,000 of Lot 22, in the5th Concessien of Morrie. The farrn contain a 100 acres of choice Iland, 90 cleared, and balance good hardwood. The farm is in a good state of cultivi ation, well fenced, a ever o failing stream runs through the farm, a fIrst;classrchard, brick house and good frame barn and ther 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 El. P. WRIGHT, on the premises, or Brussels P. O. ' 127qt1. FARM IN TUCKERSMITH FOR SALE.7-For sale Lot 8, Concession 7, Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, nearly all cleared, free from stumps well underdrained, and in a high state of cultivation. The land is high and dry, and no waste land. There is a good brick- residence, two good barns, one with stone stabling 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 of the beet farms in Huron, and will be sold on easy terms, as the proprietor desires to rptire. Possession on the ist October. Apply on the prem- ises, or address Seaforth P. 0. Wbf. ALLAN. 1270-tt FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot. 27, Concession 1, Stanley, containing 100 acres, about 90 acres cleared, 70 of which are free from stnmps, under -drained, well fenced and in a good state at mil- tivation ; the uncleared part is well timbered. A good brick house, large bank barn witb stabling un- derneath and all other necessary out-builqings. There is a good orchard and plenty of good 'water. It is on the London Road, about 3 miles from CI nton and about the same from Brucefield and 8 miles from Seaforth. Also 60 acres opposite, all cleared lynt no buildings. The two properties will be sold togpther 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,adjoining the v Ilage of RedgervIlle, being Lot 14, 1st Concession,m Rodgerville post -office, and one nd Hay, io 1 mile froa half miles south of Hensall on the London ad. There are 07 and a quarter acres, of which nearly all is cleared and in a high state of cultivation. Good frame house ti storeys, 8 rooms, a large kitchen also attached with bedrooms and pantry &cc. Good eellar 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 pumps. Farm well fenced and underdrained. Veranda attached to house. Good bearing orchard. The farm will be sold cheap and on easy terms, as the undersigned has retired from farming. For par- ticulars apply to JAMES WHITE, Proprietor, Ben- gali. 1276-tf TIMM FOR SALE.—The splendid farm owned by .12 Robert Ferguson, late of the Township of Hay, and lying and being in the said township of Hay, and being composed of Lot 21, in the 6th Concession, con- taining 100 acres more or less,•80 clear and 20 bush, all well drained; land, clay loam, every foot of the lot being first-class soil; large brick house with kit- chen attached; two large frame barns and sheds, also wood shed and all other neceseary buildings and improvements required on a good farm. Thera Is a good bearing orchard on the premises. A good title will be given on and after the 15th day of Deber next. Terms—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 plbwing after harvest, also to have room for lodging for himself and teams. Call early and secure one of the f best farms in this Township. Land eituated o Gen• tre gravel road, three miles to Hensel' or urich. Apply to MRS. FERGUSON, Exeter, or M. ZE LER, Zurich. ELIZABETH FERGUSON, Aduilnist atrix. 1276-4 JUST OUT! HAVE YOU SEEN ITT THE BIG COTTLE PAIN -KILLER DOUBLE THE QUANTITY OF OLO SIZE. Old. Popular 25c. Price: W. SOMERVILLE, Agent G. N. W. Telegraph and qan- adian ExpresS Companies, SEAFOR.TII, ONT. Telegraphic connectione everywhere. Low rates cn money packages, and remitters guaranteed against loss. The convenience and safety of our nhoney order service is attracting:the attention of and pleas- ing many patrons. Special rates on produce and poultry. Toronto train service only 4a, hours, Mon - real hours. eve SPIZNqr GOODS. Arrived at RICHAIDSON & McINNIS' a Complete stock of Spring Goods. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Fine Footwear IN Dongolas, French kid, Polished Calf and Cloth Tops, 'Also in W.N'S AND BOYS' Dongolas, - Kangaroos - Calf - and - Cordovans. A FINE 'ASSORTMENT OF---- TIR,T_TI\TICE.3 Ats,a•TID To choose from, which will be sold cheap. We have everything in our line and prices to suit everyonL Special inducement given to cash customers. RICHARPSON 8c McINNIS, SEAFORTH. RING, 11.89. As we are entering upon the spring season we beg to return thanks to our numerous customers for the iminense patronage bestewed upon us during the year 1891, which has proven to l)e the largest year's business in our history. In. calling you 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 Farley Dry Goods, Dress Goods Ordered and Readymade Clothing, Hats, Caps, Carpets, Millinery, etc. DEPEND UPON US FOR PEREECT SATISFACTION AND VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY. We desire your trade because we give 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, The Bargain Dry Goods and Clothing House, Seaforth. PERE I)DIAN TEAS. The "MONSOON" ;brand of PURE INDIAN TEA is always reliable, never changes, comes froni the saine garden, famous for the gtrength and flavor of its Teas -40c, 50c and 60c per pound. Indian and Ceylon Teas in bulk, from 40c per pound up. japan Teas from 20c and upwards.; Young Hysons from 25c per pound. Canned Goods for Summer Use. Canned Peas, Corn and Tomatoes, Lunch Tongue, Kippered Herrings, Potted Meats, Pickles and! Sauce, Jams and Jellies, Dundee :Marmalade, etc. The quality of our goods is right. Our prices are right. Come and in- spect our stock and be convinced. J. FAIRLEY, Post Office Grocery, Seaforth. Important Announcement. BRIqlf( BROTHERS, The Leading Clothiers of Huron, Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and Surrounding • -rantry, that they have added to tJier large ordered clothing trade one of the Most Complete an4 best selected stocks of Boys', Youths' and Men's Iteadymade Clothing THE COUNTY. Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade. Remember the Old Stand, Campbell's Block, opposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth. BRIGHT BROTHERS. THE - SEAFORTH - FOUNDRY. Haying completed re uilding 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 GENERAtL FOUNDRY WORK. LAND ROLLERS. We are now turnin out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and invite the farmers to see t; em before buying elsewhere. T. T. COLEMAN. ANOTHER BYE -ELECTION The People's Candidates Lead. 7 When you see crowds of people rushing along the street, you would naturally suppose there was another Bye -Election or a fire, but no ! our bar- gains are the magnet. Painstaking and careful judgment have so marked our assortment of Groceries, &c., that we feel proud and confident that with { prompt attention and ground floor prices, we guarantee to satisfy all. CURED MEATS A SPECIALTY. R. BEATTE, & CO., SEAFORTII, THANK YOU! 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, '>1001QVd 0 0 Otl r=2-, es, f." 'H. UIO IV3S Putin Od ptire CAUTION. Farmers, beware, as we hereby caution you against purchasing anything but the GENUiNE TOLTON PEA - HARVESTER. Dealing or having anything to do with imitations as they are, as a. rule, unsatisfactory and dangerous; as we will highly protect our latest patent improvements on the OBNUINE TOLTON PEA-HAR- VESTlig. The following are agents selng this Her- vester :—C. M. Brown, Seaforth; Janes F. Brown, Clinton; James Hutchison, Mitchell ;John Walsh, Bornholm. TOLTON BROS. GUELPH. 1278-4 DUNNS BAKINC POWDER THE COOK'S BEST WEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. FARMS FOR SALE. TOWNSHIP OP MORRIS. South half 21 on 5th concession, 100 acres. TOWNSHIP OF GREY. Lott 1 and 12 on 13th concession, 200 acre TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH. Lot 88 on 3rd concession L. R. S., 100 acres. For terms &Lc., apply to the undersigned_ F. HOLMESTED, 1197 tf Banister &e., Seaforth. DO YOU KNOW That the best place to have yonr 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, Slectacles, (to., And where one trial convinces the most sceptical that only the best goods at the lowest prices are kept, is at •=3 R. MERCER'S, Opposite Commercial Hotel, Seaforth 01\TT.A_IZTO Mutual - Live - Stock INSU RANC CO. Head Office: Seaforth. THE ONLY Live Stock Insurance Company in Ontario having a Governwent Deposit and being duly licensed by the same. Ale now caLrying on the business of Live Stock Insurance and solicit the patronage of the importers and breeders of the Province. For further particulars address JOHN AVERY, See.-Tt