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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-07-01, Page 2-- • ss 'tss - , a ; ea a • . a a a 4 risasikmosiar , THE HURON EXPOSITOR. - It • Jur 1, 1892 TALMAGE Oli TIIE OGIAN THOUGHTS ON "DEPARTURE" THROigik *MG IATED SERMON. 1,....••=ww01/401te Re aloe� str0 lhasshs,., and Then to Preach inlairesn4, SoOtland, Ireland and Sweden—The Joy of Holy CarlositY Is Know What is in the Life Beyond. BitoOKLYN, N. Y., June 18, 18W2.—Rev. Dr. Talmage is now on the Atlantic, having sailed from New York on the 15th 'inst. for Liverpool, for a preaching tour in England, Scotland, Ireland and Sweden.. Before visiting Sweden, Dr. Taltnage will go to Russia, there to witness the reception and disposition of the cargo of breadstuffs on board the Christian Herald relief steamship Lee, which sailed last week for St. Peters- burg. Previous to his departure, he dictated to his stenographer the tollowing farewell sermon, to be read by the vast and widely scattered audiences whom it is his weekly privilege to address through the medium of the newspaper press. He took his text from ii. Timothy, 4, 6 :—"The time of my de- parture is at hand." Departure! That is a word used only twice in all the Bible. But it is a word often used in the court room, and means the de- sertion of one course of pleading for another. It is used in navigation to describe the dis- tance between two meridians passing through the extremities of a course. It is a word I have recently heard applied to my departure from America to Europe for a preaching tour to last until September. In a smaller and less significant sense than that implied in the text I can say, "The time of my departure is at hand." Through the printing press I address this sermon to my readers all the world over, and when they read it I will be mid -ocean, and unless something new happens in my marine ex- periences I will be in no condition to preach. But how unimportant the word departure when applied to exchange of continents as when applied to the exchange of worlds, as when Paul wrote :—"The time of my de- parture is at hand." Now, departure implies a starting place and a Place of desolation. When Paul left this world, what was the starting point? It was a scene of great physical distress. It was the Tullianum, the lower dungeon of the 3.iamertine prison, Rome, Italy. The top dungeon was bad enough, it having no means of ingress or egress but through an opening in the top. Through that the pris- oner was lowered, and through that came all the food and air and light received. It was a terrible place, that upper dungeon; but the Tullianum was the lower dungeon, and that was still more wretched, the only light and the only air coming through the roof, and. that roof the floor of the upper dungeon.. That was Paul's last earthly residence. I was in that lower dungeon in November, '89. It is made of volcanic stone. I measured it, and from wall to wall it was fifteen feet. The highest of the roof was seven feet from the floor, and the lowest of the roof .five feet seven inches. The opening in the roof through which Paul was let down was three feet wide. The dungeon has a seat of rock two and a half feet high, and a shelf of rock four feet high. It was there that Paul spent his last days on earth, and it is there that I see him now, -in the fearful dungeon, shivering, blue with the cold, waiting for that old overcoat which he had sent for up to Troas, and which they had not yet sent down, notwithstanding he had written for it. If some skilful surgeon should go into that dungeon where /°aul is incarcerated, we -might find out what are he prospects of Paul's living through the rough. im- prisonment. In the first place he is an old man, only two years short of seventy. At that very time when he most needs the warmth and the sunlight and the fresh air, he is shut out from the sun. What are those scars on his ankles? Why, those were gotten when he was fast, his feet in the stocks. Every time he turned, the flesh on his ankles started. What are those scars on his back? You know he was whipped five times, each time getting thirty-nine strokes—one hundred and ninety-five bruises on the back (count them) made by the Jews with rods of elm wood, each one of the one hundred and ninety-five strokes bringing the blood. Look at Paurs face and look at his arms. Where did he get those. bruises? 1 think it wan when he was struggling ashore amidst the shivering timbers ot the ship- wreck. I see a gash in Paul's side. Where did he get that? I think he got that in the tussle with highwaymen, for he had been in peril of robbers, and he had money of his own. He was a mechanic as well as an apostle, and I think' the tents he made were as good as his sermons. There is a wanuess about Paul's looks. What makes that I think a part of that came from the fact that he was for twenty- four hours on a plank in the Mediterranean Sea, suffering terribly, before he was res- cued; for he says positively, "I was a night and a day in the deep.' Oh, worn- out, emaciated old man! surely you must be melancholy; no constitution could en- dure this and be cheerful. But I press my way through the prison until I come up close to where he is, and by the faint light that streams through the opening -I see on his face a supernatural joy, and I bow be- fore him, and I say, "Aged ina.n, how oa.n you keep cheerful amidst all this gloom ?" His voice startles the darkness of the place as he cries out, "I am now ready to be offered, and the time ot my (lc parture is at hand." Hark! what is this shuffling of feet in the upper dungeon ? Why, Paul has an invitation to a banquet, and he is going to dine to -day with the king. Those shuffling feet are the feet of the execu- tioners. They come and they cry down through the hole of the dungeon, "Hurry up, old mash Come now; get yourself ready." Why, Paul was ready. Hehad nothing to pack up. He had no baggage to tak-c. He had been ready a eshal I see him rising up, and straigritening out his stiffened limbs, and pushing back his white hair from his creviced forehead, and see him looking up through the hole in the roof of the dungeon into the faces of his executioners, and hear hfin say, "I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand." Then they lift him out of the dungeon, and they start with him to the place of execution. They say, "Hurry along, old man, or you will feel the weight of our spear. Hurry along." "How far is it,'' says Paul, "we have to travel ?" "Three miles." Three miles is a good way for an old man to travel after he has been whipped and crippled, with nialtreatment. But they soon get to the place ot execution. —Acqute Salvia—and he is fastened to the pillar of martyrdom. It does not take any strength to tie him fast. He makes 110 re- sistance. 0 Paul, why not rem strike for your life? You have a great many friends here. With thas withered hand just launch the thunder -bolt of the people upon those infamous soldiers No! Paul was not going to interfere with his own coronation. He was too glad to go. I see him looking up in the face of his executioner, and, as the grim official draws his sword, Peal calmly says, "1 am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand." But I put my hand over my eyes. I want not to see that last struggle. One sharp, keen stroke, and Paul does go to the banquet, " and Paul does dine with the king. What a. transition it was! From the malaria of Rome to the finest climate in all the universe—the zone of eternal beauty and health. His ashes were put in the cata- combs of Rome, but in one moment the air of heaven bathed from his soul the last ache. Fromshipwreck and dungeon, from the biting pain of the elrnwood rods, from the sharp sword of the headsman. he trees into :tne most brilliant assemblage of heaven, a king among kings, multitudes of the sainthood rushing out and stretching; forth hands of welcome; for I do really think thatfraa on the right hand of God is Christ, sonn Mot rigWhand' of Child is Paul, the ifecondireat 4changed kiDgo likewise. Before the hoof death, asktl. up to the fiat :ailment, be was under No, the thich.neokeflt the cruilt-eyed, the filthy -lipped; the ecutptured features of that man bringing doivirtto us to this very day the possibilities of his na- ture—seated as he was amidst pictured marbles of Egypt, under a roof adorned -with mother-of-pearl, in a dining -room which by machinery was kept whirling day and night with most bewitching magnifi- cence.; his horses standing in stalls of solid gold, and the ground around his pal: ace lighted at night by its victims, who had been bedaubed with tar and pitch and then set on fire to illume the ilarkness. That was Pant's king. But the l next moment he goes into the realm of Him whose reign is love, and 'whose courts aregpaved with love, and whose throne is set on pillars of love, and whose sceptre is adorned with jewels of love, and whose palace is lighted with love, and whose lifetime is an eternity of love. When Paul was leaving so much on this side the pillar of martyrdom to gain so much on the other aide, do you wonder at the cheerful valedictory of the text, ."The time of Inv departure is at hand ?" Now, why cannot all the old people have the same holy glee as that aged, man had? Charles I., when he was combing his head, found a .gray hair, and he sent it to the queen as a great joke ; but old age is really no joke at all. For the last forty years you have been dreading that which ought to have been an exhilaration. You say you most fear the struggle at the moment the soul and body part. But millions have en- dured that moment, and may not we as well? They got through with it and so can we. Besides this, all medical men agree in saying that there is probably no struggle at the last moment—not so much pain as the prick of a pin, the seeming signs of distress being altogether involuntary. But you say' "It is the uncertainty of the future." Now,' child of God, do not play the infideh After God has filled the Bible till it can hold no more stories of the good things ahead, better not talk about uncer- tainties. But you say, "I cannot bear to think of parting from friends here." If you are old, you have more friends in Heaven than here. Just take the census. Take some large sheet of paper and begin to record the names of those who have emi- grated to the other shore; the companions of your school days, your early business associates, the friends of midlife, and those who more recently went away. Can it be that they have been gone so long you do not care any more about them, and you do not want their society? Oh, no. There have been days when you have felt that you could not endure another moment away from their blessed companionship. They have gone. You say you would not like to bring them back to this world of trouble even if you had the power. It would not do to trust you. God would not give you resurrection power. Before to -morrow morning you would be rattling at the gate of the cemetery, crying to the departed, "Come back to the cradle where you slept! Come back to the hall where you used to play.! Come back to the table where you used to sit r and there would be a great burglary in heaven. No, no. f.,4-od will not trust you with resurrection power; but He compromises the matter, and says, "You can not bring them where von are, but you can go where they are." They are more lovely now than ever. Were they beautiful here, they are more beauti- ful there. Besides that, it is more healthy there for you than here, aged man; Isetter climate there than these hot summers and cold winters and late springs; better hear- ing; bette:f eye -sight; more tonic in the air; more perfume in the bloom; more sweetness in song. Do you not feel, aged man, sometimes as though you would like to get your arm and foot free? Do you not feel as though you would like to throw away spectacles and canes and crutches? Would you not like to feel the spring and elasti-Fity and mirth of an eternal boyhood? When the point at which you start from this world is old age, and the point to which you_go is eternal juvenescence, aged man, clap your hands at the anticipation, and say, in perfect rapture of soul, "The time of my -departure is at hand." I remark again, all those ought to feel this joy of the text who have a holy curiosity to know what is beyond this earthly terminus. And who has not any curiosity about it? Paul, I suppose, had the most satisfactory view of heaven, and he says, "It doth not appear what we shall be." It is like looking through a broken telescope; "Now we see through a glass darkly." Can you tell me anything about that heavenly place? You ask me a thou- sand questions about it that I cannot an- swer. I ask you a thousand questions about it that you cannot answer._ And do you wonder that Paul was so glad when mar- tyrdom gave him a chance tO go over and make discoveries in the blessed country. I hope some day, by the grace of God, to go over and see for myself; but, n -�t now. No well man, no prosperous man, I think, wants to go now. But the time will come, I think, when I shall go over. I want to see what they do there, and I want to see how they do it. I do not want to be looking through the gates ajar forever. I want them to swing wide open. There are ten thousand things I want ex- plained—about yon, about myself, about the government of thiti world, -about God, about everything. Nire start in a plain path of what we know, and in a minutat come up against a high wall. of what we do not know. I wonder how it looks over there. Somebody tells me it is like a paved city. -- paved with gold; and another man tells me it is like a fountain, and it is like a tree, and it is like a triumphal procession ; and the next ma,n I meet tells me it is all figur- ative. I really want, to know, after the body is resurrected, what they wear ani what they eat ; and I have an immeasurab e curiosity to know what it is, and how it is, and where it is. Columbus risked his life to fity this continent, and shall we shudder to go out on a voyage of discovery which shall reveal a vaster and more brilliant country? John Franklin risked his life to find a passage between the icebergs, and shall we dread to find a passage to eternal summer? Men in Switzerland travel up the heights of the Matterhorn with alpen- stock, and guides, and rockets, and ropes, and getting half -way up, stumble and fall down in a horrible massacre. They just want to say they had been on the top of those high peaks. Andhall we fear to go out for tne ascent of the eternal hills which start a thousand miles beyond where stop the high- est peaks of the Alps, when in that ascent there is no peril? A man doomed to die stepped on the scaffolds and said in joy, "Now in ten minutes I will know the great secret." One minute after the vital func- tions ceased, the little child that died last night knew more than Jonathan Edwards, or St. Paul himself, before he died. Friends, the exit from this world, or death, as you please to call it, to the Christian is glorious explanation. It is demonstration. It is illumination. It is sunburst. It is the opening of -all the windows. It is shutting up the catechism of doubt, and the unrolling of all the scrolls of positive and accurate information. Instead -of standing at the foot of the ladder and looking up, it is standing at the top of the ladder and look- ing down. It is the last mystery taken out of botany, and geology, and astronomy, and theology. Oh, will it not be grand. to have all questions answered? The per- petually recurring interrogation -point changed for the mark of exclamation. All riddles solved. Who will fear to ao out or snag, GLSOOVt317, *omen an tne questions are to be decid$ which, we have been discussing all our lives? Who shall not clap his hands in the anticipation of that blessed country, if it be no ; bitter than through holy curi- osity crying, "The time of my departure is At hand ?" I remarkagar!), we ought to have tht joy .of the text, because, leaving this world we move inko the best society of the .uni- verse. Yon see a great crowd of people in some street, and you say, "Who is passing there? What general, what prince is going up there ?" Well, I see a great throng in heaven. I say, "Who is the focus of all that admiration? Who is the centre 01 that glittering company ?" It is Jesus, the champion of all worlds, the favorite of all ages. Dosyou know what is the first ques- tion the soul will ask when it comes through the gate of heaven? I think the first ques- tion will be, "Where is Jesus, the Saviour that pardoned my sin; that carried my sorrows; that fought my battles; that won my victories ?" 0 radiant One! how I would like to see Thee-! Thou of the man- ger, but without its humiliations ; Thou of the Cross, but without its pangs; Thou of the grave but without its darkness.The Bible intimates that we will talk with Jesus with a brot him first? what I von n heaven just as a brother talks er. Now, what will you ask I do not know. I can think • d ask Paul first if I saw him in heaven. I think I would like to hear him describe the storm that came upon the ship when there were two hundred and seventy- five souls on the vessel, Paul being the only man on board cool enough to describe the storm. There is a fascination about a ship and the sea that I never shall get over, and I think I would like to hear him talk about that first. But when I meet my Lord Jesus Christ, of what' shall I first de- light to hear :him speak.? Now I think what it is. I shall first want to hear the tragedy of his last hours; and then Luke's account of the crucifixion, and Mark's ac- count of the crucifixion, and John's account of the crucifixion will be nothing, while from the living lips of Christ they shall be told of the gloom that fell,and the devils that arose, and the fact that upon his en- durance depended the rescue of a race; and there was darkness in the sky, and there was darkness in the sou!, and the pain be- came more sharp, and the burdens became more heavy, until the mob began to swim away from the dying vision of Christ, and the cursing of the mob came to His ear more faintly, and His hands were fastened to the horizontal_ piece of the Cross, and. His feet were fastened to the perpendicular piece of the. Cross, and His head fell for- ward in a SWoon as He uttered the last moan, and cried, "It is finished !" All heaven will stop to listen until the story is done, and every harp will be put down, and every lip closed, and all eyes fixed upon the divine narrator until the story is done; andthen, at the tap of the baton, the. eter- nal orchestra will rouse up; finger on string of harp, and lips to the mouth of trumpet, there shall roll forth oratorio of the Mes-. siah, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to reoeive blessing, and riches and honor, and glory, and power, world without end !" What he endured, oh, who can tell, To save our souls from death and hell! When there was between Paul and that magnificent..Personage only the thinness of the sharp edge of the sword of the ex- ecutioner, do you wonder that he wanted to go? 0, my Lord Jesus, let one wave of that glory roll Over us! Hark! I hear the wedding -bells of heaven ringing now. The marriage of the Lamb has come, and the bride hath made herself ready. And now for a little while good-bye! I have no morbid feelings about the future. But if anything should happen that we never meet again in this world, let us meet where therelare no partings. Our friend- ships have been delightful on earth, but they will be more delightful in heaven. And now I eommend you to God and the Word of His grace, which is able to build us up, and give us an inheritance among all them that are sanctified. Fishing , A youth beside the water its, The noonday sun is warmly beaming; His nose and neck are turkey red, His eye with radiant hope is gleaming. He watches biose the bobbing cork Advance 'Own the tiny billows: A jerk, a swish, and high above • lie lands a sucker in the willows. That's fishing. A fair maid trips the tennis court, A dozen_ eyes admire her going; Her black -and -yellow blazer burns A hole right throngh the sunset's glowing. She drives the ball across the net, And into hearts consumed with wishing She drives a dart from Cupid's bow ; Shell land a sucker, too. She's fishing. • That's fishing. The politician on his roUnds Tackles both workingman and granger; He tries to make them think that he .A lone can save the land frosn danger. He chucks the baby on the chin, He says- your wife looks really youthful, -And, though you know you're fifty-five, You look just twenty—if he's truthful. That's fishing. My little wife beside me stands And steals a diuipled arm around me; A kiss upon my lips—that's bait— Some information to astound me, Her bonnet is quite out of style, Her sununer warp quite past the using; That lovely one—so cheap -7 -at Brown's Is just the one she would be choosing. That's fishing. So, whether the game be fish or men, The bait be kisses, worms or blushes— The place at home, by sunny pool, Or tennis ground at evening's hushes— 'Tis the old game the serpent played With Mother Eve in Eden's bowers, And Adam's sons and daughters all Will love the sport to time's last hours. That's fishing. History of a Phrase. The phrase, "Robbing Peter to pay Paul," is supposed to have originated in an incident which occurred in London during the sixteenth century. About, the year 1540 the Abbey of St. Peter in Westmin- ster was elevated to the dignity of a cathe- dral, and ten years later --.was again joined to the diocese of London and its property appropriated to pay the expenses of some necessary repairs to the Cathedral of St. Paul. It was evident that to do honor to St. Paul the estate of Peter had to suffer, t'and hence the expression which has become proverbial. —Guy Simpeoe, teller of the Bank of Commerce in Montreal, was drowned on Saturday night, 18th inst. —Mr. Alexander McBilligan sold,'" the other day, to Mr. Martin Andrich, of Galt, three very fine spring lambs. They were scarcely eleven weeks old, and weighed 112, 108 and 103 pounds respectively. —A few iyeats ago Mrs. Andrew Mc- Ilwraith,of Galt, brought out from Scotland, as a present, for Mr. Wm. Cowan, of West river road, some seed of the Scotch broom. Mr. Cowan sowed the seed which started finely, and this season the plant is in. full bloom and very pretty. —Mr. Thomas Shaw, professor of agricul- ture at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, has consented to act as judge of the dairy breeds of cattle at the Winnipeg In• dustrial Exhibition. He will also visit the shows at Brandon and Portage Is Prairie. —Tbe application of Mr. John A. Brooks for a mandamus to compel the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad to sell 1,000 -mile tickets, good when presented by any member of the purchaser's fainily, in accordanee with the law of 1889 and 1891, has been made a docket case for the October term of the court. The railroad company has been given until August 1st to tile its answer. The outcome of this case will be watched with a deal of interest by the traveling public. REAL ESTATE FOR BALE. EARN FOR SALE, --For sale that siendid and e otBrueelield, Shod oWned and '000upkin by the eonveniently altitude& Win 110JOIffing_the Vil- undersigned. Tbiorsur.lie scree, of whf h nearly all id druid Ind in kV!: te of cultivati n and ail but &befit , sere' tri . 006d , buil ngs and pleb* * waiter. It adj nstAie fltuoefleld tation of the GemitTnink Beltway. Wilt be sold ciesp and orreasyllerme. Apply on the premises or 10 Uruce. field P.00`. P. IleGREGOR. 4258 11. ARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE—For sal& J. cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Hayfield Road, Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which 62 sores 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 'Brubefield station. Possession at any time. This is a rare chance to buy a first class farm pleasantly situated Apply to ARTHUR FORBES, :Uaforth. 1144tf ' ARM FOR SALE.—For sale, lot 6, con Delon 1, II. R. S., township of TuckersMith, cnta1nIng one hundred sores more or lees, 97 sores cle red 55 of which are seeded to grass, well -undo drained, three never failing wells. On one fifty of 'said lot there is a log house, frame barn and v ry good ;se orchard, and on the other a good frame ho and barn, stables, and good orchard. The whol will be sold together or each fifty separately to ialt pur- chasers, located 11 mile* from Seaforth, will be sold reasonable and on easy termites the proprieter is re- tiring from farming, For further particulars apply to the undersigned on the premises, and if by letter to Seaforth P. 0. MICHAEL pORSEY, 277-11 MIARM FOR SALE CHEAP.—The farm of 100 X acres on the 9th concession 0131c-Killop, be- longing to Thompson Morrison, who is residing in Dakota' and does not intend ,to return, is of - fared for a sale very cheap. Eighty res are cleared and the balance good hardwood maple and 'rock elm, within si miles of Seaforth and within i- of a mile of school' house, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, stores, millet black- smithing and wagon making shop, post office, &c., good buildings and water for cattle, and good gravel roadsto any part of the township, taxes the lowest of any of the bordering townships. A mortg e will be taken for $8,000 at 6 per cent. Apply t JOIIN C. MORRISON, Winthrop P. 0., Ont. t176W TIXRBIS FOR SALE.—Fer sale, parte of tote 46 X and 47, on the lot Conceselon of Turnberry, containing 100 acres, about 98 acres cleared and the balance unoulled hardwood bush. - Large bank barn and shed, and stone stabling, and good frame 'house with kitchen and woodshed attached. There 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 stook farms in the county. Also the 60 acre farni occupied by the un- dersigned, adjoining the Village of Bluevale, an cleared, good buildings, and in first-class state of cultivation. It is a neat and consfortabl place. Most of the purchase money can remain on'mlortgage at a reasonable rate of interest. Apply to i HUGH ROSS, Bluevale. 1262-tf $4,000 FltiRM Lot22, SALE—BeingIn the 5 n northeeono tisihalff Morris. The farm contains 100 acres of Choice land, 90 cleared, and balance good hardwood. The farm Is in a good state of cultivation, well fenced, a never failing stream runs through the farm, a first-olass orchard, brick.house and good frame barn and other .outbuildings. The farm is within three ninesof the Village of Brussels. Title perfect and no lencum- brance on farm. For further particulars apply to H. P. WRIGHT, on the premises, or Brussels P. 0. 1170 MIAMI IN'TUCKERSMITH FOR SALE.—Bor sale Lot 8, Concession 7, Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, nearly all cleared, free from stumps, well utderdrained, and in a high state of cultivation. The landis high and dry, and no"winite land.; There is a good brick residence, two -good barne, o e with stone stabling underneath, and all other n °emery outbuildings; two never -failing wells, and i good bearing otchard. It is within four miles of S aforth. It is one of the best farms in Huron, and will be sold on easy terms, as the proprietor desires to retire. Possession on the Ist October. Apply on the prem- ises, or address Seaforth P. 0. WAL ALLAN.. I 743-tf FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, that desirable and conveniently situated farm,adfoining thd village of Redgerville, being Lot 14, 1st Concesaioja, Hay, trifle from Rodgerville post -office, and o e and a half miles south of Hensall on the London Road. There are 97 and a quarter acres, of which ne rly all is cleared and in a high state of cultivation4 Good frame house 11 storeys, 8 rooms, a large kite en also attached with bedrooms and pantry &c. Gool cellar under main part of house, stable holds over a car- load of horses, besides exercising stables, twcl barns two drive homes, one _long wood -shed, goojd cow - stable also pig and ben houses, three good wells with pumps. Farm well fenced and under rained. Veranda attached to house. Good bearing drobard. The farm will be sold cheap and on easy tems, as the undersigned has retired from farming. Far par- ticulars apply to JAMES WHITE, Proprietor, Hen- sall. = lri764f HEN SALL. Summer Clearing —OF -- ale BOOTS AND SHOES —FOR THE— NEXT- 90- DM'S. Everything at reduced prices in order tq make room for Fall and Winter goods, space will iot per- mit to quote prices. We lead the trade in fo t wear and have the largest stock to select from, Iw nt be under sold by any dealer, call and examine otir stock before purchasing elbewhere and be convinced that we sell Boots & Shoes as cheap and cheaper than any our specialty. Ordered work and repairing p omptly other dealer in the County, as Boots and hoes is attended to and done in the latest styles. Butter and eggs taken sarne as cash. • A. ),VESLaH. 1278-4 Sign of the Big Boot; MeEweni Block. Fetching the Docto At night is always a trouble, and it is often an entirely unnecessary trouble if Perry Davis' PAIN KELE is Kept :in the house. •A few d ops of this old remedy in a little s\ eet- ened water or milk, brings poirnpt relief. Sold everywhere. Have you seen the New BIG BOTTLE Old Price 25 Ctnts. W. SOMERVILLE Agent G. N. W. Telegraph and Can- adian Empress Companies, SEAFORTH, - - ()NT. Telegraphic connections everywhere. Lovi rates on nioney packages, and remitters guaranteed against loss. The convenience and safety of our !money order service is attracting the attention of and pleas- ing many patrone. Special rates on produee and poultry. Toronto train service only 4-? hour, Mon - real hours. 4228 • C • , MiLCO"Cr]i_ . IDAPST, SEAFORTH, Has Removed his Book, Stationery and Fancy Go9ds Store to his new Premises, Duncan 8 Duncan's Old Stand, Main Street. TEL PHONE CENTRAL OFFICE. .41\TI) SEM JECIM C. W. PAP.ST, Seaforth. WRING GOODS. Arrived at :tICHARDSON & McINNIS' a complete stock of Spring Goods. Ladies', Misses' ang Children's Fine Footwear Dongolas, French Kid, Polished Calf and Cloth Tops, Also in MEN'S AND BOYS' Dongolas, - Kangaroos, - Calf - and - Cordovans. I. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF— TR-LT TS; -Aavi)vALiS HIB To chobse from,t which will be sold .cheap. We have everything in our line and prices to suiit. everyone: Special inducement given to cash customers. RI94-.AEltDON McINNIS, SEAFORTH. PERE 0,-DIAN" TEAS, lit The "11 NSOON?' brand of PURE INDIAN TEA is always reliabl never changes, comes from the same garden, famous for the strength and fiavo of its Teas --40c, 50c ami. 60c pr pound. Indian and Ceylon Teas in bulk, from 40c per pound up. Japan Teas from 20c and upwards. Young Hysons from 25c per pound. Cann d Goods for Summer Use. Canned Pas, Com and Tomatoes, Lunch Tongue, Kippered Herrings, Potted Meats, Pickles aid SaueJams 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 4- AnnounceMent, BRIGHT BROTHERS, SM.A.M" QPrII The Leading Clothiers of ' Huron, Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and surrounding --,antry, that they have , added to their large ordered clothing trade one of the Most Complete and best selected stocks of Boys', Youths' and Men's Readymule Clothing —IN THE COUNTY. Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade. Remember the Old Stand, Campbell's Block, dpposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth. BRIGHT BROTHERS. THE SEAFORTH FOUNDRY. Having completed rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and introduc- de the latest equipments and the most improved machines, I am now prepared too All Kinds of Machine Repairs AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. LAND ROLLERS. We are now turning out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and invite the farmers to see them before buying elsewhere. T. T COLEMAN. ANOTHER BYE-ELECTIOIS The People's Candidates Lead, 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 fioor prices, we guarantee to satisfy all. CURED MEATS A SPECIALTY. R. BEATTIE, SciCO., SEAFORTH. BUGGIES —AND ---- WAGONS, -amr••••••••••••mmm•P The greatest number and largest as- sortment of Buggies, Wagons am Road Carts to be found in any one house outside of the cities, is at 0. 0. WILLSON'S, giEM.A.M'CaR,TT=T_ They are from the following celebrated makers: Gananoque Carriage Com- pany, Brantford Carriage dompany, and W. J. Thompson's, of London. These buggies are guaranteed first, class in all parts, and we make goo," any breakages for one year from date of purchase that comes from fault of material or workmanship. We do no patching, but furnish new parts. I mean what I advertise, and back up what I say. Wagons from Chatham, Woodstock and Paris, which is enough about them. Five styles of Road Carts. All kinds of Agricultmal Im- plements. a C. WILLSON, Seaford], N001 0 V d ess CD 02 s•••• IUD P.; P-1 O''Q CD 0 r-1 ese" 22 02 02 CD riro ammovN 0 td 0 0 td 0 Dci 0 DUNN'S BAKINC POWDER DECOR'S BEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. FARMS FOR SALE. TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS. South half 21 on 5th concession, 100 acres. • TOWNSHIP OF GREY. Lott 1 and 12 on 13th concession, 200 sere TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH. Lot 38 on 3rd eoncession L. R. 8,, 100 acres. For terms tse., apply to the undersigned. F. HOLMESTED, 1197 tf Barrister &c., Seaforth. DO YOU KNOW That the best place to have yonr watch repairedsothat 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, Wed4ing Presents, Jew- elry, Zeetac1es, And where o e trial convinces the most sceptical tat only the best goods at the lowest piiiees are kept, is at R. 'MERCER'S, Opposite Cora!mercial Hotel, Seaforth III.ALIZIO Mutual a Live - Stock INSURANC co. Head Off/ice: Seaforth. THE ONLY Liv Ontario having a duly licensed by the busineas of 12 patronage of the Province. Stock Insurance Company in Government Deposit and being the same. Axe now carrying on ve Stock Insurance and solicit the importere and breeders of the For fuither part1 inlare address j-01 r.N AVERY, Sec.-Treas. ns( aa -1 ='•