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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-09-09, Page 6• NAPOLEON'S WOOING.. Cooking his own supper over a blazing wood fire one hot evening in July, Napoleon Crowe felt that he V788 indeed born to mis- fortune like the 'parker that flew upward. For forty years he had tilled the stony, stubby little farm which, at its hest, had never yielded ita owner more than a precari- one living, and now at the age of sixty he WEIS Slone in the world, having a few menthe previously buried his third wife. Whether it was owing to an inherent deli- cacy of constitution, a lack a appreciation and tenderness on his part, or a too contin- uous diet of stewed yellow eyed beaus and pork, we are unable •to determine, but for some mysterious reason, Napoleon's wives refused to thrive on hie hands, and drooped and pined away, one after another, until he waa convinced that in his case marriage was a failure, That he had been his own housekeeper for sevenmonths, every room and closet in the dreary old farm house bore evideuce,and the numerous scare on his hands and arms testij 6 fied to the burns and scalds he had received during his cooking operations.' For Napoteon was peculiarly unfortunate in his culinary experiments. If, after seri- ous reflection, he decided that he could af- ford a small roest for the Sunday dinner, to which he invariably invited his old crony, Jotham Sparks, that roast, so tenderly watched and jealously guarded for hours, was, in the end, temporarily forgotten, while Napoleon was grapplingwith the biscuit problem, and burned to a blackened crisp. He baked beans without pork, forgot to put the meat in his soups, or the salt and pepper in hia vegetable hash; left out the sweetening from his apple pies, the salt from his butter, the eggs from hie custards, and After a multitude of disastrous failures 1 similar to the ones we have ,retiorded, Na- poleen resolved he would, from motives of economy and otherwise, confine himself ex• elusively to a diet of flour biscuit hot from the oven, alternating with such "relishes as molasses, fried pork fat and the unsavory production which once in four weeks he churned and spanked and petted with his big, hairy heads, and designated as "but- ter" Three times a day, regularly, Napoleon produced a small, wooden dough -dish, and after mixing sour milk, saleratus and flour, toiled and sweated over the sticky mass until it went into the oven, huge, unsightly spots of sticky dough, and came out thc same. It may have been the legitimate result e' F eating his own hot biscuit, but within a fee weeks he had developed into a gloom:: pessimist. He neglected the ' poultry an. stook, allowed the weeds to flourish in the „ garden, and seemed to -have lost all interest in life. Everything went wrong with Napoleon. The old cow went dry three months earlier than usual, and the twceyear-old heifer choked to deeth in her etall. As a natural sequence,his groans and sighs became louder and more frequent. Thirty hens and two roosters caokled shrilly from morp till night, and, though he crawled under the barn on his hands and knees, at the risk of a personal introduction to a skunk who made his headquartere there, and climbed ladders to the highest ecaffuld at the risk of breaking his neck, not a solitary egg gladdened his anximui eyes. One morning hia friend and sympathizer; Uncle Jotham Sparks, called before break; fast to borrow a rake. "Jest hevin' a bite, hey ?"observed Uncle Jothain, his eyes waudering to the bare pine table adorned by a tin of steaming yellow biscuit. "Ya -as," answered Napoleon'in a die- natisfied tone; "I'm tryin' to heat a drop o' water to make a oup o' tea to go with them ere biscuits. WV you hev a bis- cuit, Jotham ?" " N -no -no," responded Jotham with alac- rity. " Thanky, I've been to breakfast an hour ago." " I know it's late," sighed Napoleon,"but I've had a regular inside to heat this dipper owater. I broke my tea -kettle by pouring cold water in it when it was red-hot, and I hain't had any tea -kettle to use all -sum -I incr. It's ter'ble hard for a man that hadn't never been used to putterin' round th4 house to do his own cookin' and house work." "it must be, 1 vum," said Jotham, and he edged away to an open window to avoid an offensive odor that arose from a bean•pot wondered why he had no appetite, on the stove -hearth. " Jotham," said he solemnly, 11 Jothatrie ain't you seen, can't you see that I'm falling from the crust ?", Jotham shook his head mournfully as he stopped to light his pipe. " Yes, Napoleon, I've-tlieen all summate that you've been failin ; you've grown ole4 and thin, and gray, and bent over, and don't look much like the man you was a year I / agfe. • ' Do you thin I'm p inted far the grave, jotham ?" he groaned. "No," said he bluntly, " but you won't live aix months unless you get same woman here to ccok your vittlee, and do your wash in' and keep the house wholesome. Why don't you hire a Woman and pay her so much a week ?" • • " I couldn't afford it. All the income I git from the farm wouldn't pay her wag. I think, myself* not relishin' my vittlies hen something to do with my unhappy feelinhe" " Yeu might get married," suggested Jol- ham, r y a sma propu 1 °hallo -as; I've thought o' that. I know bf a likely woman that's wuth sorhe ty that I think would jump at the to get me to-dsy. She's a widdei 1 that I courted some when I was young, add ' lives on a farm somewhere in Stoughton. I'd sliek up a little an' go up and see if she would like to thane her condition, if ie wasn't for neighbors talkinh You know 1 hain't been a widower this last time onlY about seven moaths." "I know; but circumstances alter casee, and if you can't; afford to hire a housekeeper yon had better hunt up -a wife lively. lath folks talk if they want to. You hayed). smart woman come here and scrub and scout and brighten up things, and 000k you three good t mptin' meals every day, and you'd soon b gin to fat up,• and be as strong and ambiti ue to work as ever you was in yolr life. ow, I do hope, Napoleon, you real- ize jes how 'dim and peaked you are look - in', wn41 if you don't want to slip your wind afore tlhe snow fliee, take my advice and merry that 'ere wielder jest as soon as she'll hey you," And taking his rake, Jotham departed, leaving Napoleon to his thoughts, which were ea pleasant by any means. For several days after Napoleon wander. ed around in a discontented, absent-mindect way, as though he was uncertain whether to take Jotham's advice or not. At length, on this hot July evening wheii we introduce him to our readers, having nearly caused a confiegration by upsetting a keroeenedamp, which exploded in a flour' learrsl, Napoleou gnashed his teeth and toon around the room iu his efforts to extinguish the II lanes, and vowed he wouldhave a wife to cook his suppers before tne week was out. "Ain't this a pdoty way for a man o' my years to be livin' t" he muttered savagelyetie he vainly tried to make the lantermwick burn. " There., the danged thing hes gone out, and I might; de well give up; i've got to sit here in the dark, or else crawl to my' bed Without a solitary nibble in my poer nittimmock, and I'M ready to faint. S'pose !I'll put up with this any longer? Not by tn intend ! If the sun rises to -morrow mom:I- lia' it'll ace me streaking for Widder Spoorie ?i Fitiw coes he feel ?-He feels Wel, a d ep, dark, unfading, dyed- in7the-Wo 1, eternal blue, and he ma:kes ev rybody feel the same way -Aligus Flower the Remedy. bw does he feel? -He fee4,a headache generally dull and con- stant, but sometimes excruciating - .• gust lower" August d violent h the Stom bittef-tas ea.tey.i or the Re' lower the Remedy - es he feel? -He feels a ccoughing or jumping of ch after a meal, raising ing matter or what he has drunk -August Flower edy. kbyv does he feel? -He feels the gradtial decay of vital power; he, feels miserable, melancholy, hopeless, and longs for death and peace -August Flower the Rem- edy. Now d es he feel ?-He feels so full after ating a meal that he can hardly w4.1k-August Flower the Rethedyl. EEN, Sole Manufacturer, odbury, New Jersey, U. S. 41.4 =miser' er'n.! Let the neighbors talk if they want to i ivhat they say don't put slap -jacks into my Mouth, or mend the big boleti in my stookin's. es, sir-ee," and be snapped his fingers defiantly, "let 'em talk, I don't give a clang. If Aimee Spooner will have me, we'll be mer ied short off." a - • 4 1; The Widow Spooner was in her straw- berry patch pulling up the weeds, and was alma to throw them caw the fence, as little Kittle Hen orlon came rushing around the 000:10'. "Oh,aunt Eunice," she exclaimed breath- lesslY ; "mamma sent me over to borrow soma cream of tartar, and, don't you think, the aewfuileat-looking old tramp has followed me 411 the way through the woods, and he's sittiag don on the big rook in the lane now!? Oh, dear, I daren't go home, What shalll do ?"I And Kittle began to cry. - "Tramp, hey ?" said the Widow coolly. ".That'snothing new; I've been jest pester- ed to death with tramps this summer. There was tem called here last night, and they was jest as misty as a lord, and wanted me to give 'eni some supper, but they did'nt git any, jest the same. You wait a minute till eau look after my baking; and I'll go honk) through the woods with you Kit- tle. I never seen the tramp yea was afraid of." With Kittle following close at her heels, ,• Spooner .proceeded to the kitchen., wheive throwing open the oven door, she disPlayed a pair of the moist beautifully brocened chickens, which sent forth a most appetizing odor. •"There, Kittle, jest look at my fowls ; teiWt they dein' lovely? I've been doing lotof cookin' tO•clay, and I do wish some inteteetin' company would happen along. I've had signs of a stranger all the after- niedn ; two chair -backs got together, and I binineed my elbow agin the purnp-handle-" At !that moment there came a loud khdokiiig at the door. Kittie gave a little itnriek4 hirmauntie," 'she gasped. "It's tile:: old tramp. it 7" said the widow brusquely. "Jest lejti.rpej get my weapons ready, and I'll soon start him goin' !" t - -With a sauce -pan of boiling water in one hatid hod a• fire -shovel in the other, Mrs. Smile:tier advanced boldly to the door. ' In the semi -twilight stood a seedy -looking individual, wearing a slouch hat covered Wit)d dust. '!! Could -you -ahem -give -me," he bo - gat i irt a hesitating manner, then hastily re- treated a few steps as he caught a glimpse of .th-dc wier-like implements in the bands of the *idOW, ' YOS I'll give you," cried the widow, "a Odd till'ankind with my shovel, and a scald - in' to boot, if you aledt-off my premises be- fn0 1an count ten. You great lazy loafer. Ainm 't ;You ashamed, round trapin' and beg - gin' your livin' ? Why ain't you workin' on seine railroad, diggin' ditches, you shiftless 104 1" iteat hain't round beggin' no &in'," gtannhered the man, his eyes firmly riveted ehnithe widow's weapons. "1 ain't no tramp, neithee,have you to know -I-" qh, no, you're no tramp, none of 'em is; yeil're a bank president, most likely. Come, giti.t lent yourself," h, I won't stir a blarsted peg," he splutter- ed,' You can't drive me till I've had a' Ohainie to tell you who-" I can't,, can't I. We'll see about that, Yea wretch. Follow me up with the tea- kettle, Kittie. I'll scald bim to death." ; roc Spooner's appea,ranc*as she screamed out these worth; was more that of a modern Athazon than a staid, elderly widow, .and, With a smothered shriek, the man lied pre- §1Pitately before her, never pausing until he igOorhiniouely tumbled over a rock -heap by the rhadside. There,Kittie," exclaimed Mrs. Spooner, aai she came into the kitchen flushed and tritiniphant, "I've sent him about his bush iteeen I've learned that soft words don't eotint any more with the tramp gentry, and giunie this particular one 'won't visitfo me b jo ti 50 • lit th go id 30 ge fe ni bu ff(A he •L'1' tf Why, entitle," 'said Kittie, staring hard ui of the window, "he ain't gone ; he's sit- iddown by the barn now "Why, how you talk. Has he had the mipudence to mime back here ? Well, now ou jest twilit I'll start him out of my door aieleor 111 khow the reason why." With hurried and determined steps she bolt ',her way down to the spot where a •iloth-lookinis figure was seated on a huge Adder, sorrowfully rubbing his knee - fate; Come," said she, "what in the world do oil :Mean by hangin' round here ? Why °Lege -bless my soul -this aidt-it can't be apoleon Crowe ?" 1' Sires, We me," said Napoleon, plain- em4k,h ',tocile to tr mpild round the country and Oda' little girls ? You ?" f‘It's a da ged mistake," seid he, " I trampin round no country, nor scar- gir 9, either. I wasn't never in 1,4 place before, and I didn't know for cer- iti Which house you lived in, and so I was in) to inquire if you could give me any fie *here the Widder Spooner lived, and 4, borne at I me with a dre-shovel and a 'tiket to' bilere water." " -Thy didn't you give me your name." etihu didn't give me no chance, did you? teled to tell you my name, but -I couldint ti ;Word in edgeways. I expected a dif- rent welcome from you, Eunice'bein's e was elate such good friends, and d: welked fifteen miles to ask you to merry e.r A warm flush rose to the widow's sun - hied cheek. If there was a person on 0,-,h Who had always held a warna spot in isheart it wee Napoleon Crowe. .1 Napoleon," hazarded she, " it was a etful misunderstanding." should hope it was, I swan," sighed apoleon, still tubbing his bruised knees. was Kittie's fault: she told me there Children Cry forl Pitaher'e Caitoria. THE was a tramp at the door, and I was that mad and excited I never took good look. you'ra no idee how I've been petered with thievint, sassy trampsNapoleon.' don't doubt it, MI ice. You had'nt might to be livin' here alone." ' You ain't pin', Napcileon. Do stop and have some supper-" " Do you really want re to, Eunice ?" " Of course I do, Nal oleon, ; and we'li have roast chicken and or am biscuits." i"And you'll hey me, unice ?" " 1 should'nt wonder, apoleon." So Napoleon stayed to supper, and after partaking of the roast oh °ken and cream biscuit was in such 'excel' nt Spirits that he teased Kittie up and dow in his arms, and presented her with a nick e and two pen- nies, a frenk of generosity Ola his part with- out precedent.- Yankee Bade. Wonderful L In 1843 a petty am ent h,pppened at Phillip? Academy, Andov r, Massachusetts. A dinner -bell was broken, nd the pieces of metal were carelessly thro n away. A istn- dent of more than averag thoughtfulness picked up the -pieces and ca ried them home. He put them in a crucible in the kitchen stove, and mentioned to his family the ap- parently unimportant olroui stance that he wee going to make a telesc pe. His father did not discou age the aspiring boy, but became interested n his purpose, and gave his own train ,d genius to the the accurate shaping and oliehing of his eon's reflector. Thus, an accident to a dinner -bell was of value to science, for the boy astronomer be- came the head of a firm that makes the greatest refracting telescope in the world. [Years passed. New syst me and suns, - new planets and satellites ha been discover- ed. Great observatories h d been Wit, when a group of Harvard tudents found themselves one day inspecti g the unassum- ing shops in which were ma e the instru- ments, by means of which t ese wonderful discoveries had become poesi le. They were a rollicking 1 t of bowl just crossing the outer thresh Id of science.' They stood, half carelessly, before a huge lens, forty inches in diamete and nearly a foot thick. The maker po'nted to it with pride' but cautioned his lifters not to touchit. "How long did it take t o glass -workers to make this disk ready for polishing? Six menthe ?" A student ask d the question as though he hiineelf were king the infor- mation, "It took four years," sal, the telescope - maker, quietly. "The wor men failed many times before they succeeds ," The boys uttered exclain4,tions of surprise. "And how long will it t ke to polish it ?" aeked another. "Two years. That fcrtr inch lens has a fifty -foot footle. That is, i must catch the rays of a star upon every p int of its sur- face'and refract them to common point exactly fifty feet away. I one ray falls but the breadth of a hair from hat focal point, the glass is defective." "But, how can you do HI ?" said one of the group, sobered by the thought of such a 'problem. • "With patience and without machinery," replied the lens -maker. It eis all done with the trained eye and a deft ban . A of rouge th re, or n the defective the thoughtful 'hat flinty glass I / eeing that the dab of beeswax here, a bit the pressure Of the thumb spot -that -is all." "Thumb 1" exclaimed student. "Can you wear down with the bare thumb The maker of the lenses, student was the one in twe' ve-the earnest boy -the real seeker aftertruth-took him into'another room,and walk ng up to a table, showed him a lens that badi been laid. aside. Then the master gave the t mpered glass a few sharp rube with the th ck of his thumb. " If that had been, a effect lens," he said with an authoritativ amilo, 11 those rubs would have changed is shape enough to ruin it, perhaps beyond emedy." The heart of the tlesoop4 and the heart of man have many point in common. It takes years of toil and pati nee to perfect either. Which needs the finer polishing, the lens or the soul? The ne is made to reflect the stars, the other, od himself. Spiritual and ecientific la'i are not 80 far spot after all; and perhapR this hicident of thewonderful lens will help us to realize the sensitiveness of our own he rte to benign; ot malign pressure. • Struck the 'Wro g Trail. About the first thing he man with a travelling • case and droo Ing mustache noticed upou entering the tr in was a pretty young woman with a baby, sitting by her- self in the forward end of th car. The man looked exceedingly affable s he „Aid into a seat immediately behind t e pretty young womanand within the space of a minute and a haft be had made friends with the baby. by means of a series of vtild pautominiio demonstrations, "4 goo, a goo." The man with the dro ping mustache thrust his head forward ostentatiously and emitted a sound resembling the gurgle ef water, running froin a jug. The infant was visibly pleased. " Whose baby 10 00 ?" The man was clearly w rking the child only as a means to an en . Ile glanced furtively now and then at the pretty wo- man. , She looked stead ly from the window. "Does oo love oo dear ma ?" The man thrust hie finger layfully among the baby's ribs'and was 're arcied by a de- lightful screech. "Pretty baby, pretty ma ma." The man thrust his hea forward with still greater ostentation and opened his eyes very wide. The woman gaz d abstractedly at the Landscape. "Pardon me, enadain-erf" He lettned over the back o the !feat with respectful mien. am-er-very fond of children-er-" The Pretty woman turnei her head at last. "Indeed," she remarked. "Ah, yes." The man with the dro ,Asighed.n ,d this cherub-" He chucked the baby und r the chin. "Of yours is the sweetest -l--" • A look of horrified astonis rnent invested the pretty woman'e counten nee. 1.1 Dear me," she eudd uly exclaimed, "you mistake. The baby belongs to the lady over there." 1 And when she pointed to a red-haired woman with a mole on the nd of her nose the man with the drooping ifrmuetach sudden- ly forgot his love -for -obit& ri reed returned to the smoking car. ping mustache , Great Luck for a: Printer. Claytcin C. Clough, the Young Bostonian -who haa been left £5,000 byf the will of the late Herhert Drumanond,of 4 ondon, is a job printer, and resides at a lodging home in Tremont street. The stop ing of a pair of runaway horses, which led o this stroke nf good fortune, occurred in Halifax in the lat. ter part of January, 1891. The horses had been startled by something on the eidewalk and dashed off at a lively rate, The car- riage to which they were attached contained a gentleman about 65 yeers of age and a young lady. Mr. Cloughheaw the horses e street, grasped la -stepping the g's other injuries coming and running into tl the bridles. 1fe succeede runaways without sustaini than a few scratches and bztuieeEf The gen- tleman waa profnee in his thanks, and wished to libereily reward; Mr: Clough on the spot; the 'latter, hoWever, positively declined to aceept any reward, The old gentleman was tee Engliehman wbo had made a fortune oUt of a gunpowder estab. Iiehment in Londn. Seveal years ago he si HURON EXPOSITOR. SEPTEMBER. 2, 1892 'What is vtVeeetteeW tteeeeteeta„ seat"- nntn' \\Nt r • • :"/ Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither ()plum,. Morphine nor ether Narcotic substance. It is-avharmless substitute for Paregogic, Drops, Soothing, Syrups, land Castor 011. It is Pleasant Its guarautoo 13 thirty years' Me by Millions of Mothers. Ca,storia, dest.T.oys Worms and allay3 feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and 'Viand Colic. Castoria relieves _teething troubles, cures constipation r.,n(I flatulency. Ca,storia, assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healtliy and natural sleep. Cas. •toria is the Children's Panacca--the Mother's Friend. Castoria. "Castorla is an excellent medicine for chil- dren. Mothers bave repeatedly told um of its good effect upon their children," I. G. C. OSOOOD, Lowell, Mass. "Castoria is the beat remedy for children of winch 1 am acquainted. I hope tho day b not far distant wheninothers will consider the real interest of their children, 4nd use Castoria in- stead of the variousquack nostrums which aro destroying their loved ones, by foreingopium, morphine, soothing syrup ancl other•hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." Dm J. F. Extecnntoz, Conway, Ar" Castoria, " Castoriafi so well adapted toehildren that I recommend It as superior teeny prescription known to me." II. A. Ancnen, M. D., 111 So. Oxford St., Erooklyn, N. Y. "Our phyeiclens In tho childrerns depart- ment havo spoken hig'aly of their °aper1- ent:0 fa their outside practice with C'estoria, and althounh wo only haeo among our medical supplice what fa known as regular products, yet WO nee fetx.ci to confess that the Inart73 Cf CanOria has wen t13 co look with fevor upcn it." UNITZD HO3PITAL AND DIsproresny, Boston, Masa LY C. (*ITU, Fres.t The Centaur Company, 71 Murray Street, New York ClIty. retired from business and was making a to of Canada when the runaway oeourred. - Mr. Clough is 26 years of age and is native of !Shirley . He learned printing i Northampton and has worked hi newspap onke8 in various cities, having gone as f south as Georgia. He came to Boston year ago hist April. On August 23r the agent of the estate, who six week ago started to find Mr. Clough, ()elle on him and requested him to &mom pany him • to the Quincy Hous Boston, There he showed him a copy of th codicil to the will, The young man wa greatly astonished, as he had evidently fo gotten the iervioe he had rendered 14 Drummond. ur various parts are beautifully cast, the heavy bottom, centre and top plate's being flanged a so as to hold the side and end plates In o plaoe without bolts or nuts. It this old er stove (mild write the history of what has ar happened round it in its long days of use, 1 a fulness, what a tale it could tell us of the d doings of lives lived and closed, human joys a and sorrows ; but it is only a dumb evidence dof the past century or more, Yet it should - not be allowed to go into the melting pot. e, e s r - r. Some Things Worth Remember- ing. , There are 20,000 kinds of butteriliee. There are 16,000,000 (Iowa in the United Statek . The average weight of a horse is 1,000 pounds. „The next transit of Venus will occur in the year 2004. The greatest depth of the Atlantic Ocean Is 27,366 feet. Telegraph messeges cost the world $450,- 000,000 in 1891. There are 111,100,000 English-speaking people fn the world. Corn on the ear is never found with an un- even number of rows. The highest speed attained by a type writer is 200 words a minute. The whole number of eters known t astronomers at present is 10,000. This human family is subject to forty -fou principal forms of government. Eigbty-five per cent, of the people wh are lame are affected on thetleft side. The total area of the coal fields in th world Is estimated at 471,800 square miles. News Notes. -Mr. and Mrs. Philip Monroe, of Elb Mills, near Kingeton, celebrated the 66t anniveraary of their wedding in May last Mi. Monroe is in hie eighty-ninth ,year, an his wife ie eighty-four. -A sturgeon weighing eighty pounds we caught, the other day, near Gananoque. • -Inspector Kidd, of Ottawa, has Nen 300 samples of minerals to Mr. N. Awrey M. P. P., Ontario World's Fair commis eioner. The collection will be placed o exhibition in the Parliament building in the winter and forwarded to Chicks next spring. -F. N. Girborne, who with Cyrus W Field, divided the honors of promoting th &at Atlantic cable, died at Ottawa las week. He had been for fifteen years super intendent of Government telegraphs. H was 70 years of age. -Tenders were let last week for the erec tion of $25,000 worth of buildings on the new exhibition grounds and race track a Hamiltou, and the work will proceed a once. There will be a grand stand 250 by 32 feet and loose boxes for 100 horses. -Justice Falconbridge has giyeu judg- ment against the Grand Trunk Railway Company in the action brought by George D. Robinson, as St. Catherinee, to recover $6,000 damages for the loss of his stallion, Henry R. The animal was crushed in a oollision near Winona, on the 15th of . last September. The defendants pleaded a gen- eral denial, and also set up a special defense under their contract with the plaintiff. The jury fixed the value of the horse at $5,000, and the judge reserved judgment upon the legal question involved. " -Some ten days ago a young English orphan came to the residence of Mr. J. E, Keough, at Rockwood, and asked permis- sion to remain for a short time, saying that he bad run away from his master, a Mr. Shallows, a Guelph blacksmith,alleging that he had- been cruelly treated by him. Mr. Keough allowed the little fellhw to remain a few days; when Mr. Sallowe appeared on the scene, accompanied by a constable, in plain clothes, and forced the child to return to Guelph with him dempite the little fel- lows supplications to be allowed to remain where he was, Unfortunately Mr. Keough was away from home at the time, or mat- ters would not have run as smoothly as they did. Mr. Keough has written to the super- intendent of the Orphan's Horne, who will, no doubt, investigate the whole business. • -The Galt Reporter gives the following interesting remarks about an old relic in that town: There was latelydelivered as old iron at Mr. Wm. Trotter's, a veritable relic of the past, in the shape of a stove of the Dutch oven style, which is known to be ver 100 years old. In 1797 themother of re., Wells, living near Hespeler, brought with the family from Pennsylvania to oronto, and up to a few years ago it was constant use. The plates are very heavy, oes nearly a half inch thick to close upon n inch, and the total weight is .about 670 °undo, On the front and rear lower plates re the British Coat of Arms, and on the her plates what has the appearance of the russiamEegle. The fire wise placed in the rgefire box below the oven and. the hest dieted through two openings in the lower oven plate at each end of, the inside of the stove and passed over a half circle plate, in- PURE POWDERED PUREST, STRONCEST, BEST. Ready for use in any quantity. For making Soap, Softening Water, Disinfecting, and a hundred other uses. A eau equals 20 pounds Sal Soda. Sold by All Grocers and Druggists. ID. a3a3CranCallrX"Ii, trosatcaws.tetste - THE LAST FIRE • TWICE BURNED OUT. JOHN WARD, SEAFORTH. The People's Harness maker, has been burned out t twice withn ithe past two months. After the Orst , -fire he pure:hand the stock and business ofnfr. George E. Henderson and havingadded a fine new stock, had just got everything running nicely when n the fiery fiend swooped down on him again, and this e time nearin cleared him out. His loss has been O heavy, buttnIthough caet•down he is not discouraged and r' • is AT IT AGAIN IN NEW1 PREMISES. • Having leased the Corner Store, Whitney's Block, O lately occupied by Mullett & Jackson. Ho is once more prepared TO FURNISH ALL KINDS OF HAR- NESS of the best quality and on the shortest - notice. /121n A full line of Trunke, Valises, Horse Furnish lugs, &c., will be kept as usual. His lows have been heavy, but by hard work, close attention to, business t and a continuance of the liberal public patronage heretofore extended to him, he hopes in time to overcome his losses. it in fr a a ot la ra. • de of which was the oven proper, The ildre!% Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. REMEMBER.: WARD'S, SEAFORTH, Is tho place to get the VERY BEST AND CHEAPEST HARNESS, TRUNKS, VALISES AND HORSE FURNISHINGS. Repairing promptly attended to formerly. Remember the Corner Store, Whitney's Block, Main Street, Seaforth. 1282 John Ward. • Wellington, 00130 SOUTH-. Ethel . Britesels Bluevale Wingham.. GOING SOUTH-- Bluevale Brussels . Ethel.......... Grey and Passenger. • 8.00 e. M. 9.25 8.13 9.45 3.27 1 9.52 8.87 10.02 Passenger. 6.45 A.11.11.23 6.65 11.85 7.10 11.69 7.22 12.14 411,••••••••mwme. Bruce. Mixed. roe 9.00 P.M. 9.88 10.10 11.20 Mixe . A. n. 7.25 on 7.56 8.50 9.25 London, Huron. and Bruce, Goma NOILTE- Passenger. London, depart. 8.115a.at. 4.40P.M Exeter a 9.16 5.46 He:mall.,, 9.28 6.00 ICIppen. .. ...... .... 9.84 $.07 i Brimfield. • 9.42 0.17 Clinton. 10.00 6.45 Londesboro 10.19 7.08 ' Blyth. - - .. ....... - 10.28 7.12 Belgrave 10.42 7.26 Wingham Arrive. 11.00 7.60 GOING SOUTH- Paseenger Winght.m, depart 6.48a.m. 3.46tatt. Belgrave 7.05 4.061 Blyth , , 7.16 4.26 Londesboro . 7.28 4.28i Clinton 7.55 4.50! Brueefleld 8.15 6.12: Kippen 8.24 5.211 Hensall 882 5.301 Exeter 8.50 5.48 • • Grand Trunk Railway. Trains leave Seaforth and Clinton station as follows: Genie Whiff-. SEAFORTH. CLINTON, Passenger .. ... . 1.12 P. . 1.28 la M. Passenger. -..9.00 P. $. 9.17 in at, Mixed Train.. ,.._ 9.20a. . 10.05ani Mixed Train.. ...... 0.15 r. 31. 6.55 ran. GOING EAR.- ' Paesenger. - .. ... .. 7:59 A. M. 7.48 eau. Passenger ... ... .. .. 8.00 rata 2.41 r. fe MINIM Train.. ....... 6.30 P M. ' 4.56 P. k ., Freight Train.. .. .. 4-25 le a. 8.80r. et KIPPEN MILLS. Always Ready to I.- rye the Public by Giving Go.,d Flour. JOHN MOTEVIN Begs to inform his friends and the public Nutt he Is again able to give his personal attention to businese, and having engaged Mr. John B. Austin, a thor- oughly oompetent,practical millenhe is prepared todo ' GRISTING AND CHOPPING On the shortest notice, and most reasonable terms to all who may call. Mr Satisfaction guaranteed every time. 'trial solicited. JOHN MoNEVIN, Kippen, 2 0 an 01 0 0 01 0 `133a1S NIVW 3aIS `H UJa4V3S cf) 0 22t- O CD tPnt C;), 6 cr- 11r' Lel CZ =C-1. nth P efff• CP, 0 5 tzt 0 iv O *1 1:$ ri2 el` 1"•4 • 1:54 • CD CM cp. o 1:3-' 15 cri • a) • c4" 1-a • 0 •-•crQ et.a) • F/;11::$ C122 1:1* Ef2 U2 *4 CD 0 1..1 • et - O Eat; gra Cat.. O PT' gro o• ea P eta Pi 02 n ado o Cf• 1-42 tri 1°.9" ffsFi 0 ccg 5. X o its 5 14 )-▪ 4. tei ca, Pa4 1:C1 CD CD 1:S CD 1-45 0 et. 554 .11 1.75 00 0 0 MUST BE LOANED AT PER CENT. on First and Second Mortgages. Old Mortgages pald off. NO COMMISSION. Agents Wanted. Call or send 3o. stamp for CIRCULAR. - ERREYNOLD .5 7RICHMOND STW TORONTO Parties will be met' any time and place to see properties and arrange loans. No fees. Enclose stamp. The Old Established. BRbADFOOT'S PlaningMil and a8h and Door Factory, • SPODEV17-1. This old and well-known establishment is still running at full blast, and now has better facilities than ever before to turn out a good article for a moderate price. Sash•and doors of all patterns al- ways pn hand or made to order. Lumber dressed on abort notice and in any way desired. All kinds of lumber for sale on reasonable terms. !Mingles 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. 1269 J. H. BROADFOOT, Seaforth, J..C. SMITH & CO., 33.46-IsTICM ' A General Banking business transacted. Farmers! notes discounted. Drafts bought and sold. Interest allowed on deposits. SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for collection OFFICE -First door north of Reid Wilson's Hard ware 'Store. SEAFORTH. PUBLIC -NOTICE. Thenderreeherebyb bogs 40 fltbee°n e ofIafogaodvatygat:epened ar a Renovating Establishment. ANY ONE IN NEED OF Clothes Cleaned and Pressed, Repaired or Dyed Will do well to give him a trial. Stains from Oil, Pitch, Tar, Paint or Grease will be thoroughly removed and nicely pressed up again, making them look as clean and fresh as when new, Satisfaction guaranteed, -Charges moderate. Shops and residence fIrsI door north of Thos. Kidd' residence, andore S. Dieksons. 1266 tf. , J. W. SNELL. . _ 011 F SALVE) Cures Burns, Cuts, n their worst form, Swellings, Erysipelas, Inflammation, Frost Bites, Chapped Hanps, and a1 Skin Diseases. 111118T PA1 EXTERMINATOR Cures Lumbago, Sciatica, 'Rheumatism Neuralgia Toothache, Pains in every (mi. By all dealere. Wholesale by F. F, Dailey & Co. Ak. s VETERINARY. TOHN GRIEVE, V. S” honor graduate of Ontario e) Veterinary College. All dieeases of Domestic Animals treated. Calls promptly attended to and charges moderate. Vete riflery Dentistry a speeialry Office and reeidenee over W. N. Watson' Sewitig Machine Shop, Bertforth. 1112tf "L'IRA.NK S. Beattie, V. 8., graduate of Ornate:. Vet - J. erinary College, Toronto, Member of the Vet. °riflery Medieal Society, etc., treats all a:incaof the Domesticated Animals. Ali nil, promptly . tended to either by dny or night. Charges model°. ate. Special attention given et veterinary dentis• try. Office on Main Sereet, Seaforth, one ses at door south of Kidd's Hardware -store. . 1112 §EAFORTH HORSE INFIRMARY. -Corner of Jar. vie and Goderich Streets, next door to tte Pres.yterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. AU tilee ses en Horses, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the do u ,sticated animals, successfully treated at tin inermary or elsewhere on the ehortest:eottee. -barges model°. ate. JAMES W. ELDER, Vetetimary. Surgeen. P S. -A large stock of Veeerienry Medicines AL ept clin etantly on hand . LEGAL 1110 S. BAYS, successor to the late firm of Dickson & Has, Barrieter, Solicitor, Notary public, &e. Money to loan. Office-Cardno's block, Main Street Seaforth. 1285 HIGGINS & LEIVNON, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &e. Offices - 120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth, Ontario. Seaforth Office -Whitney's Block, Main Street. Money to loan, THOMAS MILTON HIGGINS, ..TASIXS LENNON, 1291 ITATTHEW MORISISON, Walton, Insurance VI Agent, Commissioner for taking affidavits, Conveyances, &o. Money to loan at the lowest rates. M. Moautson, Walton. T M. BEST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, &a' , ." Office -Rooms, five dome north ofConowerelal Hotel, ground floor, next doer to C L. Papst's jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Goderich agents-Catueron, Holt and Cameron. 1215 fy ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solicitors, ur &o., Goderioh, Ontario. 3. T. GAasoa , Q. 0.; WN. PHOUDFOOT. 084 -BOLT & HOLMES, Banisters So- licitors in Chancery, &o.,Goderieh. OM M. C. OANIRONI Q. C., PHILIP HOLY', DUALIT HOLME S - P3. DOWNEY, Solicitor, Conveyanoer, an,late . of Victoria, B. C. Moe -Over Bank of Commerce, Main street, Seaforth. Pr.vate funds to loan At 51 and 6 per cent. 1085 It TANNING & scorr, Barristers, &Holum Con jJj veyanoen, &o. Solicitors for tho 'Ban it a* Johnston, Tisdale & Gale. Money to loan Office- • Elliott Block, Clinton, Ontario.A, H. Mamma JAkss Score. 781 0 "El HOLMESTED, swum, to the.. .Me firm 1: • McCaughey & Hohaseled, • Barrister, BO, Mellor Conveyancer and Notary. Solioitor kr the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Money to lend Farms for sale. Moe in Scott% Block, Math Street, Sestorth. W. CAMERON SMITH BARRISTER'. Solicitor of Superior Court, Obmmlulover for taking Affidavits in the High Court of Justice, Conveyancer, Money to Lend OFFICE. -In Meyers' Block, Main Street, Seaforth, adjoining office of Drs. Bethune and Belden. 1234 DENTISTRY. 'El W. TWEDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamilton . & McInnes' Shoe Store, corner Main and John Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Owed - ministered for the painlese extraction of tneth. 1169 'FIR. G. FRANKLIN BELDEN, Dentist. Gas ad- ministrated for painless extraction of teeth. Office over Johnson's Hardware Store, Seaforth. 1226 enie AGNEW, Dentist, Clinton, will Inn visit Hansen at Hodgens' Hotel every Monday. 1288 TT KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D S., Exeter, Ont. Will be ai ZurIchn at the Huron Hotel, an the LASil THURSDAY IN NAOH MONTH. GIld at Murdock's Hotel, 1101Thall, OD the nave AND THIRD FRIDAY In each month. Teeth extracted with the least pain possible. All won firstoleas at liberal rates. - 071 DR, 0. 11. INGRAM, Dentist (successor to H. L. Billings), member of the Royal College of Den. tal Surgeons, Ontario Teeth inserted with or with- out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe awns- thetig given for the Walesa extraction of teeth. Office -over Onneins bank, ExeterOntario. 1204 N. B. -Plates secured finely in the mouth by Yemeni,' Patent Valve. MONEY TO LOAN; NIONEY TO LOAN. -Straight 1011.118 at 6 par cent, witb the privilege to borrower el repaying part of the principal money at an time. Apply to F. - HOLIII1ESTED, Barri/Ins, Seaforth, MEDICAL. TIR. C. SHEPPARD, Phyelcian and Surgeon, nay - Xi field, Ontarlo, successor to Dr. W. II.Wright, 1225-52 DTAR. T. P. MoLAUGHL1N, M.C.P.S., Ontario, Phy•• olden, Surgeon and Aceouchour. Night calls promptly attended. -Office, Dashwood, Ont 1225 DRS. SOOTT & MAOKAY, OFFICE, Goderich Street, opposite Methodist Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural Grounds, J. G. SCOTT, Id. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vie. toria)M. C. P. S. 0. C. MACKAY, M. D. C. tL, (Trinity,) F. T. M. C. P. S. O. PR. IdcFAUL, Member of the College of Phy sielans and Surgeons, etc., Seaforth, Ontario Office, Cady's Block, opposite Commercial Hotel Night bell at residence, north side of Goderich St seventh door west of theldethodist Church. 1210 tL -------------- -r) E. COOPER, M. D., Physician, Surgeon and IV, Aceoucher, Constance, Ont. -1127 - R. lcuJoTr, Bruceffeld, Vase tiate Royal College of Physioiens and Surgeons, Edin- urgh. Bruceffeld, Ont. 9$0 , 111 W. BRUCE SMITH, If. 1) , C. 11, Member of ..ite the College of Physicians and Surgeons, &e., Seelorth, Ontario. Offiee and residence ume as °coupled by Dr. Vereoe. 848 A LEX. BETHUNE, M.- D., Fellow of the Royal „at College of Physiciane and Surgeons', Kingston Successor to Dr. lifeteldd. °film lately occupied by Dr. Ifackid, Main Street Seaforth. Residence -Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately occupied by L. E. Denary. 1127 AUCTIONEERS. T . P. BRINE, Licensed Auctioneer for the Conn - 0 of Huron. Sales attended in LI parte of theCounty. All orders left et The Etrosrros Office will be promptly attended to. W. G. DUFF, - AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, Conve; aneer, Collector, Book-keeper and Acoountent Real Estate, Life, Acoldent and Fire Insurance Agent; Money to Loan, Correspondence, &o. Parties requiring his services in any of these branches will receive prompt attention. Ormos IN DAmir's Blom, nee seams), MAIN *PANT. SR/FORTH. McKillop Directory for 1892. JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Brodhagen P. O. JOHN MORRISON, Deputy Reeve, WInthrop. DANIEL MANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood. JAMES EVANS, Councillor, Beechwood, WILLIAM ABCHIBALD, Councillor, Lett•dbury. JOHN 0. MORRISON Clerk, Winthrop. SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Winthrop. WM. EVANS, Ammon Beechwood. CHARLES DODDS, Collector, Seaforth. R. W. B. SMITH, M. 1),, Medical Health Officer, Seaforth. WM. M0G1VINS, Sanitary Inspector, Leadbury. HURON AND BRUCE Loan and investment 00 24,11:2-,6 isr"17. This Company is Loaning Money on Farm Security at lowest Rates of Interest. Mortgages Purchased. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 5 per Cent,Interest Allowed on Deposit., according to amount and time left. OFFICE. -Corner of Market Squat.. and North Street, Goderich. HORACE HORTON, MANAGB11, Goderich, August 6th,1885. seine that Her • Out] Int -3-ihe fa that a shoui -ounee have ••1 been whosc. pound angle colts. ree0.1 firet o 't gurei of sucl and fe The pily b paeseiJ others' 936 ounce same! was pout_ • HOW 4 tbe <rune eitize ilS fith0 leas begi nesde • -houor (Aeoce , owns] this vas the -p whie WAN four she in t elev two and Nov of m and and 8th drop twe twe two abo and - mil tain ter, to mil but her foe P" the is duo eri wel the to/ bust elu wh Pr ad of ed r-