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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-06-24, Page 6THE HURON EXPOSITOR. JUNE 24, 1892, taemereemereamemeseseelemaseamsr "THE LAST STRAW." BY AMY RANDOLPH., 1.•••••• "Adeline wag a, young house -keeper. We're all young house -keepers in our time,' said Aunt Bettey, placidly polishing her spectacle glasses as she sst by theifire, " and experience can't be learned out et books like spelling and ciphering and the rule of three. And our Adeline was like adl other brides; t she supposed that when she got married, I she was going to step right into Paradise. -I Dear knows what girls are thinking about, to make such a mistake as that. But there I —we're all mort&U If we wasn't some of us would be angels, and some of us t'other thing—and I take it, that isn't the Lord's intentions at all! as I was seying, Adeline she was a young houseekeeper,—and, of course, it was very kind for all her husband's relations to come and visit her just as she was putting up her curteine aud putting down her car - petit. Uncle Peter Poole, too, on Adeline's own aide, carne on from Wisconsin, with his wife and the two boys. Said he shouldn't have thought of ouch a thing, if Adeline hadn't been house -keeping. And I. don't suppose he would; for Uncle Peter Poole , was one of your economical sort, and hotels 0011t & deal of money. And old Miss Caro- line Carter with her mother—they came; and Amariah Hazeldean cane; and, finally. Adeline and her huebancl, they slept on a mattress on the kitchen' floor, and I stayed o' nights at Miss Delford's, the milliner, two doors down the block. It was pretty hard, _ as you may believe, and Adeline said she didn't know how in the world she was going to stand it. But John Henry said it was our duty to be hospitable, and, after all, the relations couldn't stay forever. But after a little while it did. begin to appear as if some of 'em intended it! "And there were other disagreeables. Uncle Peter couldn't eat salt -rising bread, and old Mrs. Carter said that yeast in any shape was poison to her, Amariah Hazel - dean couldn't drink green tea and Caroline Carter dialiked black tea. ilrs. Poole said fried meat wasn't fit to eat, and John Henry's father, a nice old 'gentleman, only rather disposed to be a bit fidgety, he liked his bit of bacon and liver fried in the pan with plenty of butter. Aunt Poole wanted mince pies, and Caroline Carter said people might aswell swallow so much poison. Amarisb liked, dinner at noon, and John Henry's father preferred two o'clock, and John Henry himself had to have it at six on sceount of his business. And between lem all, I did think Adeline, would have gone crazy, especially after the girl went away. can stand one missus, mein,' said Anne, 'bat I can't stand twenty • no, nor no living soul couldn't! ' And I didn't blame the poor creature! "Well, but to get on with, my itory. The last straw that broke the camel' back was --pig's feet! It don't sound exactly logical, I know," said Aunt Betsey, scratch- ing the bridge of her nose, thoughtfully, with her knitting -needle, "but it's gospel truth, all the same. It was of a Monday, and the washerwoman she was busy in the kitchen, and me and Adeline we were in the dairy -room, cutting up the chickens' to ma.ke a nice pot -pie for dinner, for John Henry was partial to pot -pie and said that Adeline's crust beat all creation for light - fleas and sweetness, though Uncle Peter Poole said that people might as well com- mit suicide as to eat boiled dough; when in comes old Mrs. Carter, smiling all over —she had a set of false teeth that didn't -fit over well, and they did give her an awfal wolfish look, when she was good- natured ! "My dear," says Mrs. Carter, "what have you got for dinner ?" "Adeline looked scared. Chicken pot- pie, kunt Carter,' said she "Never mind the chicken pot -pie," said Mrs. Carter, looking as if she was all teeth. "I was just going past a market, and I bought you a dozen pigs' feet." Pigs' feet!" said Adeline, and she look- ed at 'em as if they were so many pigs' tails. "I'm dreadful fond of pigs' feet," said old Mrs. Carter. "Give 'em a good boil, be- cause if pigs' feet aint tender they aint nothing." "She had hardly got out of the room, for she was very stout, and walked like a wad- dling duck, whin in came old Uncle Peter Poole by the basement door, with a brown paper parcel under his arm. "Niece," said he, "I've a pleasant sur- prise for you—pigs' feet. I like 'ern boiled down and then sliced off and fried with a sprinkle of powdered sage." "Adeline looked at me." "Aunt Betsey," said she, "what am to do?" "Do just as you was going to do," said I. "Go on with the pot -pie." "Just then the door -bell rang, and in ca,meee package with Amariah flazeldean's name written in the corner. With corn pliments ! ' and if you'll believe me, it was hslf a dozen pige' feet! "Is everybody crazy?" says Adeline. "She hadn't fairly got through saying it, before in walks old Miss Caroline with a basket." "I hope you won't think I'm taking a liberty, Cousin Adeline," she said, trium- phantly, "but I was down to a wholeeale grocer's, this morning, to get some cocoa for ma (ma finds that she cannot drink tea nor coffee, so if you won't mind making the cocoa, we shall be 80 much obliged), ared I saw the loveliest pigs' feet there, so Abite and fresh, my dear! And if you'll just put 'em in a pickle, we can enjoy 'em for a relish." "Adeline stood a minute, looking first at Caroline Carter and her basket, and then at the piles of pigs' feet on the table. And then she put down her knife, and untied the white house -keeping apron that she always wore in the kitchen. "Bless me, Adeline," said I, "what are you going to do ? " "I am going home to ma," said Adeline, with a little hysterical gurgle in her throat. "And who'll cook the pigs' feet ? " said olcl Miss Caroline Carter, bristling up like a setting hen. "I don't know," said Adeline, "and I don't care! One thing I do know, I won't submit to this imposition arty longer! I'rn going home to ma. "So she did. And I gathered up all the pigs' feet and put 'em in the biggest pot I could find, and biled 'cm and served them up, piping hot, for dinner. "The relations all sat around and ate them with the sourest faces and the grim- mest looks that you ever Eaw. And after dinner they all retired to pack their trunks. "When the house was clear I went after Adeline." "My dear," said I, "you can come back now." "Are they all gone ?" said Adeline faint- ly. " Yes," says I, '` and so are the pigs' feet." "Adeline laughed—she couldn't restrain herself, although I could see, plain enough, that she was just ready to buret out cry- ing. "And what did John Henry say?" fal- tered she. " Re said you did perfectly right," I answered prom ptly, "And—and the- pigs' feet?" she whisp- ered. " They're all eaten up my dear," said I. "And we'll have the pot pie for dinner to- morrow ! " "So Adeline came back home—and you never saw such a looking place. If a whirl- wind of old coats and packing -paper, spec- tacle cases and rusty hair•pins had blown I through all the rooms, they couldn't have Children Cry for erman 99 S ru G. GlOer, Druggist, Watertown, Wis. T1';is is the opinion of a man who. keeps a drug store, 'sells all medicines, comes in direct contact with the patients and their families, and knows better than anyone else how remedies sell, and what true merit they have. He hears of all the failures and successes, and can therefore judge : "I know Of no medicine for Coughs, Sore .Throat, or Hoarseness that had done such ef- fective work in my Coughs, family as Boschee's— _ . Sore Throat, German Syrup . Last winter a lady called Hoarseness, 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 closes 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 wotild never be -without it in future as a few doses had given her relief." CP =NM looked worse than the Carters and Uncle Peter Poole's folks and Amariah liazeldean had left it up -stairs. But the fire was burn- ing brightly in the sitting -room, and Anne, the girl, was back, smiling and courtesying ; and there was the cosy little tea -table set for three, and John Henry waiting to wel- cometeas. " You are not angry with me,clear ?" said Adeline, looking timidly up in his face. "Angry, my darling?" said dohn Henry. "I'm angry with myself because I stood this sort of thing so long. We've been -living long enough for a swarm of hungry rela- tions, now let us try and live for oureelves a little while." "And after that we had a little peace," added Aunt Betsey. "But to this day Adeline declares that she never should leave had courage to behave as she did if it hadn't been for the pigs' feet."—New York Ledger. A WOMAN'S CRIME. I got into the detective business, in New York, Beltran operator in that tine, "with- out knowing what I was doing." " How did that come about !" "Why, you see, I happened to be out of a job—I was a book-keeper—and was watch- ing the Tribune advertisements, when I saw a notice of office help wanted.' I answer- ed the advertisement, and before I realized what was up, I found myself sitting in the cooling room of the agency waiting for orders. "That was an awful long day, you bet. Nobody siid anything to me, and no orders came—I just sat there wondering what was coming, and what the work was to be, until finally a man came in and asked me if I thought I could shadow a party' and put him to "1 didn't know what he meant but I soon found out. 'Shadowing' is following a per- son everywhere, aud making exact observa- tions of everything done. When the party is traced to lodgings and there is no indica- tion of his going out again that night we have put him to bed.' "1 was taken down to a drug store,where a clerical -looking man waa quietly pointed out to me. You can make up your mind I felt queerly. Somehow the instinct of a cat watcning a mouse came over me all at once. That man moved about carelessly, and in lees than five minutes he bad lifted' half a dozen small articles. My orders were to let him work but to keep tab on all he did. The only pointer I had was that he was a minis- ter afflicted with kleptomania. "1 put him to bed all right in a fashion- able South Side boarding-house, and I dodg- ed around until nearly morning for fear of his coming out. The next day I handed in my report to the chief, who ordered me to appear personally. He proved to be the man who had put me on the trail. Before he had finished reading my report in walk- ed my clerical chap, grioning like a Ghee - shire cat. " You'll spoil your complexion,' seid he, if you stay up every night until 3:30, my son.' "By gum, it was 3:30 when I went off watch the night before. He had simply been testing me. I was too mad and aurprised to turn the laugh on him. "'11 you want any tooth powder or soap,' says he, I carry a neat liue o' them goods.' And he actually laid down the articlesI saw him pinch the day before. out. Besaida few words to the chief and went "Than the chief put me on to the work in hand. Ten years or so before this there was a big diemond robbery in an Ohio city. Just make the name Judd and call him Gen- eral. His wife and two daughters had fam- ily jewels worth over $10,000, which they kept at their benkers except when special occasion demanded. "The night of the robbery Mrs. Judd fetched the jewels home in her own carriage and distributed them among herself and the young ladies, as they were to wear therti. There were no strangers in the house: Mitt Judd had a young woman, Eveline Mason, whom she had taken 88 a companion to her daughters *ome time before, bnt who had grown up almost like another daughter to her. -The General regarded Eveline Mason with sincere affection. " The ladies were *o accuetomed to wear- ing the jewels that they didh't think of tbe poesibility of loss. When tbey went down to dinner they left their sparklers on their dressing tables in the three different rooms. When they returned to their rooms not a single jewel was to be seen, Mrs. Judd dis- covered her loss first and supposed that her daughters had taken the jewels to their rooms to makeeelections to suit their cos- tumes, but when the made inquiries she learned that the whole lot was misting. "It wee a winter evening, with a light snow. Not a foot -print was visible near doors or windows outside the house, and no evidence of forcible entrance was diecernible anywhere. The case was treated in the only way it could be. The servants were 8UP- pected, but not a scrap of proof could be found against any one of them. General Judd at last called the force off and declar- ed he'd never lift a finger to detect the criminal. "The General died a few weeks later. It was reported that he left a dying request that nothing should ever be done regarding the mystery. But his executor, after Mrs. Judd's death, took a more practical view of the case. The jewels had never come to light. Whoever stole them still retained them, for fear of discovery either in an at- tempt to wear or sell them, because a de- scription of the stones and settings was in every city. " Now the case was to be revived, and I was to be put on it. The agency wanted a new man, entirely unknown to every oper- ator, for a good many were quietly at work on their own chance of reward. "1 was given unlimited credit and time, and ordered to Covington, Kentucky, where I was to enter into negotiation for a certain Pitcher's Castoria. manufacturing buainess, and by Etch means gain accts4 to high /moiety. My orders were, to become acquainted with Miss Ma- son, who, since General Judd's death, was residing there with a relative. I was to ' shadow ' her by becoming her escort if " Colonel Wilson, the executor, suspected Miss Mason of the robbery, for it would ap- pear 88 if she alone could have had access to the apartments of the ladies at the time the jewels were etolen. The Colonel believed that General Judd had diecovered enough to cause him to feel that a full revelation of the truth would disgrace and ruin a youug wo- man for whom he had a fatherly affection. But Colonel Wilson did not care for Miss Mason. He wanted the jewels. "1 went to Covington, and for six weeks tried my best to gain an introduction to the family where ftli*s Mason lived. I saw her frequently, bet the aristocratic exclusiveness of the house fillut the door, with me on the outside. You see, I had to work the busi- nets mighty cautiously. "The papers made mentiors of my plan to buy a big concern in the epirituous line there, aud I was a swell about town; still the door remained closed. But music has charms, you know! I am a pretty good -" One day I was passing the house with an acquaintance and heard a piano and violin within. I /stepped and listened. I had the cue at last. Before the week was ended I stood inside that parlor playing my violin to Miss Mason' e piano accompaniment. "A more dharming woman I never had the good fortune to meet. She was delicate, - refined, educated, and pure -minded as an angel.' I began to think Colonel Wilson was a brute. I 'hadn't been acquainted with Mist Meson a week before I wrote my chief that wewere on the wrong scent, and simply squandering wealth by pursuing it. He wrote bank to follow it hotter than ever, and spare noexpense in winning the lady's COL fidence. That reply disgusted me, and I sent an- other letter intimating that I didn't care to remain in a buidness of that sort; but my chief paid no attention to that message ex- cept to prelim my abilities and remit a hand - settle check. " Then I resorted to other means of recall. I epent money like a millionaire. My family name is well known, and my implied rela- tionship to wealthy people helped to carry me along infine form. Still there was no word of complaint from the agency, and my scheme fell flat. By this time I had ceased to desire a rebel'. I even begdu to build a castle in Spainein which Mies Mason occupi- ed a magnificent suite. "A month of that delicious life went by. One evening I escorted Miss Mason to a swell party. She never looked more beauti- ful and was never before to gracious. I was on the verge of a proposal, but I couldn't make up my mind to reveal the true charac- ter of my purpose in seeking her acquaint- ance. On the way to the party I resoived to send in my resignation, seek some other em- ployment, and then return t3 Covington. "As Miss Mason joined me upon coming from the ladies' dressing -room, I saw on her magnificent throat a diamond -pin that I recognized at once from the description fur- nished me by the chief. It was the finest of the Judd jewels. You can imagine, perhaps, what sort of an evening I passed. "The next morning I reported to the agency, sending my resignation and omitting all mention of the discovery I had made. But fate stepped in at that juncture in my affair. A newspaper reporter had also seen the brooch and, without knowing what she was doing, described it as the most remark- able jewel displayed on the occasion. But my chief and Colonel Wilson, it then tran- spired, were quite as alert as I in this affair. Before night I received telegrams in cipher ordering me to force Mika Mason to a con- feation. " You see me here now, so you know I didn't yield to the temptation to blow_ out my brains. I resisted that inclination be- cause I realized that no living creature could break the awful news of detection to that poor girl are gently as I. "That evening I called on Mies Mason and invited her to drive with me. Possibly she thought—well, no matter now. She ac- cepted the invitation, and I drove her into as secluded a road as I could find. Then I told her who and what I was—a detective; a man who had wilfully gained her confi- dence in order to prove that she was a thief! It wasn't exabtly the kind of a declaration she had expected or I had hoped to make, but if there is any consolation in the fact of reciprocal agony the poor girl must have re- alized some trace of sympathy. "1 can see her now, in my mind, lying crushed and tearless at my feet. She may have pleaded first for silence, for pity, but neither was at my command. Others held her secret. She told me how she had been overwhelmed with an almost insane longing to own the jewels; a momentary impulse, an instant's ;action, a life of repentance and remorse. Then she spoke of her feeling for me—her desire to appear well, and her sec- ond yielding to that fatal vanity. She had never worn a single jewel of the lot before, and she was, impelled to put one on that night in the blind faith that nobody we -bid remember "Oh, well, that hour went by. I promised to do all I could to save her from open dis- grace and so left her. I found a note at my room telling me of the arrival of Colonel' Wilson, and I went at once to see him. It may be that he appreciated how I suffered. At all events he agreed not to prosecute Miss Masoneor publish the fact of the re- covery of the jewels provided she would re- turn them. He was even kind enough to con- sent to my acting for Miss Mason. "The following morning I called on Miss Mason and told her what Colonel Wilson had agreed to do. Without a word in reply she left the room. I didn't know whether or not ehe would return. My own reputation was in her bands, and for nearly an hour I remained alone in that parlor where I had first thrust myself as a false friend. • "She came back to me carrying a package which I impriosed contained the jewels. I couldn't speak, nor would I, after one glance at her face, have opened that package in her presence even to save my life. "I took the parcel to Colonel Wilson. Not a jewel was missing." "And the woman ?" "Miss Mason's departure was announced in the society columns of the newspapers a few days later. If still alive, she is 'visiting friends in the East,' I believe," Can I Afford a New Dress. Thousands of ladies are continually ask- ing themselves this question, and many of them find it difficult to satisfactorily answer it. The lady who has but an ordinary income to depend upon for the maintenance of house and family, is apt to debate long upon this important question before a final resolve is made. Even should the wey seem clear to warrant sea an item of expenditure, re- grets are afterwards expreesed, when it, was found that the money was more needed in another direction. To the thousands of ladies of Canada, with whom this question is one of perplex- ity and grave doubt; we would remind them of the fact, that an agent comes to their rescue end aesistance. known as Fast Black Diamend Dyes for Wool, which can remove all doubt, and give to the heart its wis'n. .At the present time Black dresses are fashionable for the best dressed ladies. Old and young—the blonde and beunette, always look stylish when wearing a neatly made Black dress. Let us strongly advise you to take what you now call,—" my old, sciled and faded light-colored 1Cashmere, Serge, Soleil Cloth, or Nun's Cloth dress," and buy a package or What is zt'qt\t'tesodtstetetaaeteeeneeeteetse.t.eFskt9 ',„ ; . '..st • .0‘,1 42`k.1 Cacitoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's preseriptio9 for Infants and Children. It contains nciaier Opiuni,3iorphine nor cc. It is a liarmiess substitute • °thing Syrwiy.4, and, Castor 011. ranteo is thirty years' use b7 toria dest:•oys Worms and allays preyen-fs vomiting', Sour Curd, Win,z1 ,Colic. Castoria relic -Yes vs constipation' and flatulency. o food, regulates no stomach alny and natural sleep. Cas. toria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend. ether IsTareotic substa, fox' Paregoric, Drops, It is Pleasant. Its gul /Zillions of Mothers. C feverishness. Castoria cures Diaa-rhcca and teething troubles, Cu Castorin, assimilates t and bowels, giving 1.1 Castoria,. "Cr.storie 13 an c;ecallent mcdleino for' chil- dren. "Olothere haee repeateSly told meta 1,7.-,/ good °Erect Upon their children." D. G. C. °sone:a Lovseil, tiaso. " dastorla b tho best remedy for children of which I ate acquainted. I hops to day tat far distant ehen mothers will consider the real intereet of their ehild-ren, atel uso Castor ia in- stead of the various quack. nostrums whialt nro destroying their loved ones, by oreing o itee, morphine, soothing syrup and other hitrtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to preuiaturo graves." Da. J. I?. KaNenestote, Couway, Ar Tho Centaur Comes:my, 71 Castoria. " Ceettoria fe so 'eel I adapted to el t lisIren that recommend it. as seperior cozily prescription knossa to ma." IT. A. AnCilrn, M. a., 17.1 o. 0f cal fat., Deooklyn, 7. "Our physicians ia tho eltildren'e deoart- meet have ,o::n highly of •their cplri enco le their outside practice wit.l. COI:motel. • aed &thous:el oniy leeve renolea our xncdca1suoy,lies whet, is known as a ;elf ker products, yet wo aro fro confese that ths Trieri:J ef. Casueria is woo us tee look gith favor upe e it " I; NI TZD HOSPITAL AIN D Disressee7,. Boston, 3Ittee. eseezer C. S11711, Murray S&oet, York Cate 0-ssIstet . - St's -• !-V:sle'"Allie two of Fast Black Diamond Dye for Wool, follow closely the directions, and with very little trouble aud loss of time. ahd for an expense of from ten to twenty centts, you will have a lovely, rich Black dress, equal to new, and the satisfaction of knowing that youllave saved a snug amount of money. If you have never tried this operation be- Ifore,_rest assured your work,and the reaults will agreeably surprise you, While engaged t the pleasant work of home -dyeing, remember the feet that, you may also do some work for the "Dimond Dye Competition," in which large cashIprizes are offered. You cap easily make up some of the articles called for, and send them in with every chance of success. It costa noth- ing to try, and the advantages ate all in your favor. All information and eitpok of rules sent post free to any address by the Wells & Richardson Co., Montreal. A Collision on the St. Lawrence. The other night a collision occurrej d be- tween the steamer Algerian and the' barge Tecumseh, near Main Ducks, in the yicinity of Kingaton. A correspondent of the. Mail says : The crash threw the passengers from their berths, and they dashed out of their rooms in great haste in their night robes. Life preservers were adjusted, and several women fainted. The officers acted courage- ously, and prevented a panic. They speed- ily announced that the boat was safe, and soon after succeeded in restoring order and getting the passengers properly attired, The Tecumseth was also injured and began to leak, - She accompanied the Algerian for some distance, however. Mr. Robert Nish, a Glasgow gentleman, ssid he hurried on deck with his wife and family, "There I found a man running about crying out, 'She's sinking, she's sinking fast,' and creat- ing a Panic among the women, one of whom fainted. I stepped up to him and ehouted in his ear, 'Shut up, you fool,' arid this gentle remonstrance seemed to have some effect, for he eubsided at, once. I welked to the starboard side and saw a dark mass re- ceding in the gloom, and to my greet sur- prise also saw one of the ship's beets with nine of her crew in her. On crossing to the other side I saw another containing three of the crew, while along the deck railin steed seven or eight others ready to jam. confusion at this time was indescriba le,and The one woman tried to throw herself ovetboard, but was prevented. My wife, who stood beside me, was shivering with fear -but I drew a cigar case horn my pocket, tnok out a weed and lit it, and leaving her for a mo- ment went to my berth. Here I procured my six-shooter, and coining on deck again threatened to riddle the men in the boats if they deserted the steamer. The Captain called on the men to stand by him, find at last they obeyed his summons and cornmenc- ed to examine the damage sustained by the steamer." How She Was Dressed. The average man usually finds himself at sea when he undertakes a deseriptioe of a lady's dress, An old farmer, returnieg from the wedding of a niece in a distant city, was eagerly questioned by his family as to the bride's costume. ' "Well," he said, "she had on some Nort of a dress with a lot of flib-flobbery of some kind or 'nether down the front of it,' and a thing -a -ma -jig on the back of it, with a long tsil of some stuff, I don't know what lit was, dragging out behind, and a lot of flip-fiap flounces over the whole thing. The' , wa'n't no arms to it, and she had a lot of; white truck, soft and floppy -like, on her head, and that's jist all knotie about it," all of which must have been very unsatisfactory to the ladies of his household." Privileges For the Big City. BY EDWARD MARSHALL. New Yorkers have many amusements which they can indulge in this summer at a moderate cost, There are 54 excursions which may be covered, the round trip for not more than half a dollar. The hingest of these is from New York to Poughkeepsie bridge and back on a Hudson river steamer. This eosts the full fifty cents. The shortest is from New York to Fort Hamilton's frowning gray stone walls ou the Narrows. The full expense of this round trip is fifteen cents. A gigantic plan is in preparation, which contemplates the expenditure of half a mil- lion dollars. This ssheme is probably the most remarkable of them all. I am not at liberty to give its details, but it consiste in brief of a floating theater. Negotiations are in progress for the purchate of a big sound steamer. If they fall through a boat will be especially constructed. She will rail from New York every evening at 7 &clock, sometimes going up the Found, sometimes sailing on the Hudson. A first class light opera oompany will give performance e on an adequate stage on board. On shore arrange- ments will be made for the display of splendid fireworks. The fittings will be bewilderingly luxurious. The same capitalists wile have put uptheir money to carry out this scheme have in mind the construction of a filleting hotel as well. This will sail every night at about the Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. same time the marine theater will, and will cruise slowly around until 11 o'clock or thereabout. Then it will tie up in some quiet spot for the night, landing its guests at the Battery at 9 o'clock the next morning. This will give tired business people an opportunity to get fresh, pure, sea air and thorough quiet from the uproar of the city without giving up their work. Taken all in all it may be safely asserted that more than 100 different forms of Ifamuse- ment will be nightly available to the resi- dents of the big city during the sprnmer months. Cruelty to Animals. A newly married couple were advertising their affections regardless of comment. All those who had worn the matrimonial har- ness long enough to be galled were quite out of patience with the happiness of this hope - 1 ful couple particularly as there was a dis- parity in their ages, and the bride had "the heft" of the disparity on her side. She was the older by 15 or 20 years, and society re- sents that in spite of the fact that it is get- ting to be no uncoil -linen thing. The happy couple kept their window up, much to the discomfiture of the other passengers. At last a lady who sat behind them—only a woman could have cut so unerringly and mercileesly into the weak spot of her soul— leaned over and said with the suavest smile: "Madam, will you kindly re nest your son to close the window? I fear 1 am taking cold.' The window came down and so did the spirits of the bride. —A man giving his name as Sam John- ston, and who said his fether lives in Tor- onto, went crszy on a rallrosd train in Michigan, the other day, and terrorized the trainmen and passengers firing a ndmber of shots with a revolver, No one was hurt. ILLETrs PURE POWDERED PUREST, STRONGEST, BEiT. Ready for uany use in quantity. For :naki g Soap, Softening Water. Disinfecting, and a hun ed other lutes. A can equals 20 pounds Sal Soda. Sold by All Grocers and Druggists. MU "VIT. GI- XX41-83111" Toz•coratcy• McKillop Directory for 11892. JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Brodbagen P. 0. JOHN MORRISON, Deputy Reeve, Winthrop. DANIEL 3IANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood, JAMES EVANS, Councillor, Beechwood. WILLIAM ABCHIBALD, Councillor, Leadbury. J OHN C. MORRISON Clerk, Winthrop. ; SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Winthrop. WM. EVANS, Assessor, Beechwood. CHARLES DODDS, Collector, Seaforth. R. W. B. SMITH, M. D., Medical Health Officer, Seaforth. WM. ING1VINS, Sanitary Inspector, Loadbury. CAUTION. Farmers, beware, as we hereby caution you against purchasing anything but the Gimlet; Toorox PY,A- HARVISSTSR. Dealing or having anything to do with imitations as they are, ag a rule, unsatisfactory and dangeroue, as we will highly protect our latest patent improvements On the GERMS TOLT02: 4'EA-HAR- VisellsR. The following are agents selling thie Har- vester :—C. 31. Brown, Seaforth; James F. Brown, Clinton; James Hutchison, Mitchell ; John Walsh, Bornhoirie TOLTON BROS., GUELPH. 1278-4 FARMERS, ATTENTION! All pat ties requiring Farm Machin- ery, Implements and Repairs, would do well to call at Hugh Grieve'sWareroom - —OPPOSITE— John Dorsey's Blacksmith Shop Before purchasing elsewhere, as he keeps repairs for the Massey -Harris, Patterson, Wisner, Goudy, Mason and Coleman machinery and irnpleinents, and he is also agent for the Bain wagon, Massey -Harris binder, and mower, drills, rakes, &c; the _Coleman roller and a full stock of Plowcon- stantly on hand. HUGH GRIEVE) Seaforth, FINEJ French Chir a TEA SETS. A complete as- sortment of fine, decorated -China just to hand at KILLORAN & Co'S Western Tea Emporium. AO 3 '1N0 `HlHO21V3S 4 ,S?-ZaQZIna t:1J $1.750.000 5 MUST BE LOANED AT PER CENT. on First and Second Mortgages. Old Mortgages pald ofTi NO COMMISSION. Agents Wanted. Call or send ac.. stamp for CIRCULAR. -:• E•R•REYNOLD5:- 7RiCt-iMOND 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 Mill and Sash and Door Factory, SM_A_FORTI=T_ This old and well-known establishment IR still running at full hla8t, 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 short notice and in any war desired. All kinds of lumber for sale on reasonable terms. Shingles kept constantly on hand. Estimates for the furnishing of buildings in whole or in part given on application. None but the best of material used and workman- ship guaranteed. Patronage solicited. 1260 J. H. BROADFOOT, Seaforth. J. C. SMITH & CO., A General Banking business traneacted. Farmers' notes discounted. Drafts bought and sold. Interest allowed on deposits. SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for collection OFFICE—First door north of Reid & Wilson's Hardware Store, SEAFORTH. PUBLIC NOTICE. The underaWned hereby begs to Notify the citizens of Seaford,' and Nicinity that he has opened out a Renovating Establishment. ANY ONE IN MED OF Clothes Cleaned and Pressed, Repaired or Dyed Will do well to give him a triai. Stains from Oil, Pitch, Tar, Paint or Grease will be thoroughly retnoved and nicely pressed up again, making thetn look as can and fresh as when new. Safastactien gffaranteed. Charges moderate. Shops and residence first door north of Thos. Kidd' -residence, and opposite S. Dieksons, 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, Cures Bunts, Cuts, Piles n their worst form. Swellings, Erysipelas, Inflammation, Frost Biter, Chapped Hanps, and all Skin Diseases, HIRST PA1N EXTERMINATOR Cures lumbago, Sciatica, Rheums,tism, Neuralgia Toothache, Pains in every form. By all dealers. Wholesale by F. F. Dailey & Co. VETERINARY, TOIIN GRIEVE, V. ii„ honor graduate of Ontario Veterinary College. All diseases of Demeetic Anirnabs treated. Calls promptly attended to end (thereon moderato, Yet° riottry Dentistry a aperialty Office and residence over W, N. Watson' Sewing Machine Shop, Seaforth. 1112tI — • FRANK 8, Beattie, V, S., graduate of Ontaris V. (ninety College, Toronto, Member of tris erinary Medical Society, eto„ treats ail divews the Domesticated Animals. All (tali. promptly at- tended to either by day or night. Chargee moder- ato, Special attention given se veterinary dentits. try. Office on Main Sereer, Seaforth, one deez south of Kidd's Mardwart . store. 1112 QEAFOB.T11 HORSE INFIIItMARY.—Cornercf Jar. vis and GoderichStreete, next door tio i.eIPres- byterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. All dis era et tiorsea, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the de n meats," animals, successfully truuted at to, inarmary or elsewhere on the shortest untie,. ...barges metier - ate. JAMES W. ELDER., Vetetinary Surgem. P 13.—A large gtook of Veent ary 3Iedielnes Kept eee latently on hand LEGAL HIGGINS 86.1..ENNON, BarrisNre, Solicitors, Notaries Public, lac, Offices -- 120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth, Ontario. Seaforth Office—Whitney's Block, Main Street. 31oney to loan, T110.MA8 MILTON Maws& Jeer.8 LIS.NNO.N. 1291 ATTHEr LOTSON, Walton, nionurfortaki4 Ianimeratnz Conveyances, &a. Money to loan at the lowest rates. M. MotteisoN, Walton. — - — - - -------- — JT tr. BEST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, to, . Office—Rooms, five doom north ofCommercial Ieotel, ground floor, next door to C. L. Papa's jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Goderiek agents—a-amerces, Holt and Cameron. 1215 _ GARROW & PROUDFOOT, Banisters, So -loiters, Goderieb; Ontario, LT. eieekow, Q. C.; W. P110IID1,00T. - set riAMERON, HOLT & CAMERON, Barristers so lioitors in Chanetery, ato„Goderich, Oni 11. 0 Camittos, Q. O., PHILIP HOW, M. (J CAMERON Tla J. DOWNEY, Solicitor, Conveyanoer, &e,,late If, of Victoria, B. C. Office—Over Bank of Commerce, Main street, Seaforth. Pr rate !uncle to loan at 51 and 6 per cont.. 1035 ltfANNINO & SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, Con lYl veyancens, tee. Solieitors for the 'Bans of Johnston Tisdale & Gale. Money to Joan Office— Elliott; Block, Clinton, Ontario. A. H, liarsrse JAMES SCOW. 781 HOLMESTED, truecessor to tht. .ste Jinn _U• McCaughey & llohnested, Barrister, Ea; Bettor, Conveyancer and Notary. Solicitor fcr the Canadian Bank of Commerce. _Money to lone Farms for sale. Office in Scott's Block, Maio Street, Seaforth. DICKSON & HAYS, fornterly with }Seger'. Ger- row & Proudfoot, Goderiehl Betrietees, Sol- icitors, eto., Seaforth and Brussele Seaforth -Office —Cardno's Block, Main Street. R. S. HAYS. W. B. DICKSO.N. Money to Loan. 1127 W. CAMERON SMITH, BARRISTER, Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissioner for taking Affidevits 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. T,1 W. TWEDDLE, Dentist, Office ovec Hamilton & McInnes' Shoe Store, corner 3lain and John Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad- ministered for the paiztlese extraction ofteeth. 1169 DR. G. FRANKLIN BELDEN, Dentist; Assistant, DR. A. 13. ATKINSON. Gas administrated for painless extraction of teeth. Office Deer Johnson's Hardware Store, Seaforth. 1226 :fa" KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D S., qy' E1 . Exeter, Ont. Will be at Zurich's S'a...trta at the Huron Hotel, en the LASt THURSDAY III IlAcH MONTS, and at Murdock's Hotel, Hensall, on the FIRS] AND THIRD FRIDAY in each month. Teeth extracted with the least pain possible. All wart first-class Ai liberal rates. 971 DR. 0.11. INGRAM, Dentist, (successor to H. le Billings), member of the Royal College of Den- tal Surgeoes, Ontario Teeth inserted with or with- out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe $1110311- thetic given tor the painless extraction of teeth. Office—over O'Neil', bank, Exeter, Ontario. 1204 N.. B.—Plates secured firmly in the mouth by Yemens' Patent Valve. MONEY TO LOAN. AirONEY TO LOAN.—Straight loans at 6 par In_ cent., with the privilege te berrowet of repaying part of the principal money al ens time. Apply to F. HOLMFATED, Harriett:, Seaforth. MEDICAL, PR. C. SHEPPARD, Physician and Surgeon, Bay- field, Ontario, successor to Dr. W. H. Wright. 1225-52 TNR. T. P. McLAUGHL1N, M.C.P.S., Ontario, Phy- 11 gician, Surgeon and Aecouebour. Night calls promptly attended. Office, Dashwood, Cent 1225 DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY, OFFICE, Goderieh Street, opposite Methodist Church, Seakorth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural Grounds. J. G. SCOTT, 31. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vie- toria,) M. C. P. S. 0. C. MACKAY, M. D. C. M., (Trinity,) F„ T. M. C., AL C. P. S. 0. TAR. MeFAUL, 31ember of the College of Phy sleians and Surgeons, etc., Seaforth, Ontario - Office, Cady's Block, opposite Commereial Hotel. Night bell at residence, north side of Goderieh St. seventh door west of theMethodiet Church. 1210 Vt. - - Tt E. COOPER, M. D., Physician, Surgeon and sit Aecoucher, Constance, Ont. 1127 DR. ELLIOTT, Bruceffeld, Lien Mate Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, YAM - burgh. Brucefield, Ont. 930 Tip W, BRUCE SMITH, M. D, C. M., Member of _11,/. the College of Physicians and Surgeons &o., Seaforth, Ontario. Office and regidenee same as occupied by Dr. Vercoe. . 848 2ILEX. BETHUNE, M. D, Fellow of the Royal College lof Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston. Successor to Dr, Maekid. Office lately occupied by Dr. Mackid, Main Street Beaforth. Residence —Comer of Victoria Square, in house lately occupied by L. E. Dancey. 1127 AUCTIONEERS, T P. BRINE, Lioensed Anotioneer for Ito Coun- t)• ty of 111.1r0h. Bala/ attended in a 1 parte of the County. All orders left at Tun Ernie -trot Office will be promptly attended to. H. PORTER General Auctioneer and Land • Valuator. Order. sent by mail to my ad- dress, Bayfield I'. 0,, will receive prompt attention. Terms moderate. 1185-52 WM. M'CLOY, Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Sales prompt- ly attended to, charge. moderate and gatisfaction guaranteed. Orden by mail addreseed to Chisel- hurst Post Office or left at his residence, Lot 2, Con- ceseion 11, Tucker/smith, will receive prompt atten- tion. 1258 tf, W. G. DUFF, AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, Conveyancer, Collector, .Book-keeper and Accountant Real Estate, Lite, Accident and Fire Insuranot Agent; Money to Loan, Correspondence, &e. Parties requiring his services in any of these branches will reeeive prompt attention. OFTICS in DAL/IT'S BLOCK, (DI, /STAIRS), MAIN STRIIRT, SRA T3RTII. 1.13' NEW BUTCHER SHOP IN EAFORTH. JONES & McCUAIG, Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and vicinita that they have started the Butchering business on Main Street, Seaforth, in the shop formerly occupied by Mr. George Ewing, and will he glad to serve ail who may call on them, with fresh meat of all kinde. They both have a praetical knowledge of the business and guarantee a good attiele and prompt attention toeus- torn e r8, Orders solleiNd and meat delivered in any part of the town. 1230 tf. JONES & MeCUAIG.