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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-01-06, Page 2HURCN EXPOSITOR. JANUARY 6, 1893 THE GREAT FESTIVAL. ELOQUENT SERMON ON CHRISTMAS AND ITS SIGMFICANCE. Dr. Talmage Preaches on the Text, “In itespeet et a Holy Day,' — What the Greatest Event In History Teaches Man- kind. Bnoolueass, Dec. 25.—The sermon preached by Rev. Da Talmage this morn- ing was of a character especially appropri- 'ate to the holiday season, and wag listened :to with rapt attention by an audience that crowded the Tabernacle. Before beginning his discourse the preacher gave out the opening hymn : Joy to the world; the Lord has come; Let earth receive her kings -The text Selected was Colossians ii. 16, "In respect, of a holy day." - What the Bible here and elsewhere calls a holy day we, by change of one letter and a change of pronunciation, call holiday.. But by change of spelling and accentuation we cannot clang° the fact that holidays have great significance. As long as the • world stands Christmas day and New Year's day and Easter day will be charged and surcharged with solemn auggestiveness and holy mirth. Whethee you take the old style of my text an call them holy days, or the modern style and call them holidays, they somehow set all my nerves a tingle and my deeper etnotions into pro- foundest agitation. I am glad that this season we have the holidays completely bounded. For years Christmas day, starting in the midst of one week, and New Year's day, starting in the mit of another week, we have been perplexed to know when the holidays begin and when they ended, and perhaps we may have begun them too soon or continued them too long. But this year they are bounded by two beaches of (mid— Sabbath, Dec. 25, 1892, and Sabbat,h7 Jan. 1, 1893. The one Sabbath this year com- memorates the birth of the greatest being that ever welked the earth , the other cele- brates the birth of that which is to be one ssf the greatest years of all time, the one day supernatural because of an unhinged star and angelic doxology, and the other day natural, but part of a procession that started with the world's existence and will go on until the world is burned up; both the first and the last days of these holidays coming in with Sabbatidal splen - der and solemnity, and girdling all the days between with thoughts that 'have all time and. all eternity in their emphasis. How shall we spend them? At haphazard and without special direction, and they leaving, as they go away from ns, physical fatigue and mental exhaustionthe effeet of late hours and recklessness of diet, 'add- ing another chapter to the moral and spirit- ual and eternal disasters which have re- sulted from misspent holidays? Oh, no ! A stout and resounding no ! for all the 11 sang at tne virtu or a son can- nave the palace illumined and oouriers sent with awift dispatch to announce the gladness at the gates and wake up an empire with can- nonade, I am not surprised that at the birth of the Son of God there was ,celestial agitation, and my only wonder is that, in- stead of one 'star or one meteor giving sig- nal, all worlds did not make demonstration. Why not other worlds take interest in the event when Christ came from another world and another tworld was to get the souls that would be saVedt by this celestial &smile? - It would ha''e been a stellar dis- grace, an , tronomical scandal if, when the Gedhead lay compressed in the form of an infant, • something from above had notepointed down, as much as to say: "There he is! Look, all earth and heaven! Loa, all time and all eternity 1" 013.CCIFIED SAVIOURS. You see the birth at Bethlehem must have been me novel and startling to the heavens the'ithe crucifixion on Calvary. It was expected that Christ would be mal- treated. The world always had maltreat- ed its good and great friends. Joseph hurl- ed into the pit, Shadrach put into the fire, Jeremiah lowered into a dungeon, David hounded from,the throne, Elijah compelled to starve or take his food from the beak of a Mthy raven' and Socrates condemned to death, so tha the Calvarian massacre was in the same o d line of maltreatment. But the novelty f all the ages was the con- junction of divinity and humanity. Invisi- ble deity-, mutcled and nerved and fleshed in masculine physique. A child and yet a God I Why, if the meteor had not pointed down that night some angel would have rushed down and pointed with his glitter- ing sceptre. Isaiah and David and Ezekiel, who fore- told the coming would have descended from their throne e and stood on the roof of the barn or in some way designated the honor- ed locality. As the finger oflight that Dec. 25 pointed to the straw cradle, now all the fingers of Christendom this moinent, fingers of childhood and old age, fingers of sermon and -song and decoration and festivT ity, point to the great straw cradle. Ani I not right in saying that the first of the three chapters of the holidays should be devoted to the illustrious birthday? By song and prayer and solemn reflection and charities to -day, and. by gifts and trees that bear fruit in an hour after they are planted, and family gathering and hilari- ties sounding from cellar to garret to -mor- row, keep Christmas. As far as possible gather the children and the grandchildren, but put no estoppel on racket, whether of laughter or swift feet or toys in shape of rail trains or trumpets • or infant effigy. Let the old folks for one day at least say nothing about rheumatism, or prospect of early demise, or the degen- eracy of modern times, or the poison in con- 1 fectionery. If you cannot stand the noise, retire from it for a little while into some other room and stop your ears. Christmas for children withOut plenty of noise is no Christmas at all. If children and grandchildren cannot have full swing during theholidays, when eight days. will they have It? They will be still soon I prbpose that we divide this holiday enough, and their feet will slacken their season; the two Sabbaths of the holiday I pace, and the burdens of life will bear theni and the six days between, into three chap- down. Houses get awfully still when the ters—the first part a chapter of illuatious children are gone. While they stay let birthday; the second part a chapter of an- them fill the room with such - resounding nual decadgnce; the third part a Chapter of mirth that you can hear the echoes twenty chronological introduction. THE GREAT NATIVITIES. First, then, a chapter of illustrious birth- day. Not a day of any year but has been marked by the nativity of some good or great soul. Among discoveries the birth- day of Humboldt was Sepas14 and of David Livingston March 19. Among astronomers tlhe birthday of Isaac Newton was Dec. 25 a day, and they will continue to go out by and of Herschel Nov. 17. Among orators I express, by messengers and by mails until the birthday of Cicero was Jan. 3 .and of- we have distributed at least 100,000 copies Chrysostom Jan. 14. .Ameng prison re- of the good old Book on which Christmas i built, and which gives the only healthful interpretation of these swift -flying years. LESSONS OF AN ANNIVERSARY. The second chapter of the holidays must speak of annual decadence. This is the last Sabbath of the year. The steps of the years after they are dead. By religious celebration to -day and by domestic Oele- bration to -morrow keep Christmas. As for our beloved church, we to-morroW night mean to set the children of our Sab- bath school wild with delight, and in The Christian Herald, With which I am On- nected, svaare celebrating the holidays by sending out two to four thousand Bibles! formers the birthday of John Howard was Sept. 2, and of Elizabeth Fry May 1. Among painters the birthday of Raphael was March 28 and of Michael Angelo iVIarch 6. Among statesman the birthday of Wash- ington was Feb. 22; of Hamilton May 8, and of Jefferson. April 2. Among conse- year are getting short, for it is old now. crated souls the birthday of Mrs. Hernams When it waved the springtime blossoms was Sept. 25; of Lucretia Mott, Jan. 3, and the year was young, and when,it swung the olisabetla Graham, July 29. But what are alt those birthdhys compared with Dec. 25, for on or about that day was born one who eclipsed all the great names of all the cen- turies—Jesus of Bethlehem, Jesus of Naza- reth, Jesus of *Golgotha, Jesus, of Olivet, Jesus of the heavenly throne? The greatest pictures have been made about scenes in his lifetiine. The greatest sacrifices on field of battle or in hospitals or on long march or in martyrdom have been inspired by his self abnegation. The finest words of eloquence ever spoken have been uttered in the drocla.mation of his Gospel. The grandest oratories that have ever rolled from orchestras were descriptive of his life and death. There have been other orators, but none like him who "spake as never man spake." There have been other re- formers, but none like him who will not have completed his mission until the last prison is ventilated. and the last blind eye opened, and the last deaf ear unstopped, and the last lame foot bounds like a roe, and the last case of dementia shall come to its right mind. There have been others discovers, but Ilene like him, able to find how man may be just with God. There have been other deliverers, but none like him, the rescuer of nations. There have been other paint- ers, but none like him who puts the image of God on a lost soul. No wonder we cele - scythe and cradle through the summer har- vest fields the world was strong, but it is getting out of breath npw, and after six more throbs of the pulse will be dead. We cannot stop this annual decadence. Set all the clocks back, set • all the watches back; set all the chronometers back, but you ca not set time back. For the old family clock you might sup; pose that time would have especial respect and that if °you took hold of those old hands on the face of that centenarian of 4 time -piece and pushed them back you might expect that time would stop , or retreat for at least a few minutes: "No, no 1" saysthe old family clock. "I must go mi. sa* your father and mother on their wedding days I struck the hour of your nativity. I counted the festal hours of the day in which you brought home a bride. I sounded the knell of your father's death. I tolled at your mother's departure. Yea, I must sound your own going out of life. I must go on. Tick, tock ! Tick, took ! " iso PAUSE FOR THE NEGLIGENCE. i But there was a great city clock highs up in the tower. There are so many wrongs in all our cities to be righted, so many evils to be extirpated, go many prisons to be 3anitariecl—stop the city clock until all these things are done. Let common council and the people of the great town decree ,brate His birth—Protestant church, Cath- that the city hall clock shall stop. We do (din church, Greek church, St. Isaac's of not want the sins of 1892 to be handed over St. Petersburg, St. Peter's at Rome, the to 1893. We do not want the young year Madeline at Paris, St. Paul's in London, co inherit the misfortunes of the old year. joining all our American cathedrals and 13y ladders lifted to the tower and by churches and log cabin meeting houses and straw, hands take hold and halt the city homes in keeping this pre-erninent birth festival. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Elaborate and prolonged efforts have been made to show that the star that pointed to the manger in which Christ was born was not what it appeared to be, but a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Our wise men ot the west say the wise men of the east were mistaken. Astronomers, you know, can "calchlate backward as well as forward, and as they can tell what will occur a hundred years from now among the • heavenly bodies, se they can accurately cal - ciliate backward and tell what occured eighteen or nineteen hundred years ago. And it is true that seven years before Christ in Chaldea, about three hours before day dawn, there was a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Standing in Jerusalem and looking over toward Bethlehem those two stars would' have seemed to hang over that village, and it is suggested by a learned. professor that the magi may have had weak eyes, so that the two stars may have looked like one. In order to take everything supernatural out of the story we have to blind the eyes of the magi and introduce a second star to help out the idea of the one star. But I prefer the simple story of the Bible, that a, lie -ht of some kind—stellar . or meteoric— . a, pointed from the sky to the straw cradle. When it is so easy for God to make a world that he puts -eighteen millions of them within one sweep of the telescope, he could certainly afford one silvery or fiery signal of some kind to point the world to the place where the sovereign of the uni- verse lay incarnated and infantile. If God could afford to make a special earthquake at the crucifixion, the aslant rocks on Mount Calvary still showing that there was a convulsion of nature at that particular spot which vats felt in none of the surround- ings-, when he could afford something nn - usual, something brilliant, something posh tilt% sopething tremendous at the nativity. elock. "No, no !" says the city clock. "I cannot wait until you correct all evils or soothe all sorrow or drive out all • sin. I have ':beeti .nrunting the steps of your progress as 41. city. I have seen your opportunities. I have deplored .your neglects; but time wasted is wasted forever. I must go on. I must go on. Tick, tock ! Tick, took !" But in the tower of the capitals at Wash- ington and London and Berlin and Vienna, and all the great national capitals there are clocks. Suppose that by presidental proola.mation. and resolution of senate and house of ropres sentatives our national clock in the Capitol turret be ordered to stop. "Stop. 0 clock, until sectional anirnosites are cooled off, un- til our Sabbathasare better kept and drunk- enness turns to sobriety, a,nd bribery, fraud and dissipation quit the land ! Stop, 0 clock in the tower of the great United States Capitol !" "No, no!" says the clock. "I have been going on so long I cannot af- ford to stop. I _ sounded the birthday of American iridependence. I rang oat the return of peace in 1865. I have seen many presidents inaugurated. I struck the hour of Lincoln's.assaesinetiou. 1 have beat time for emancipation proclamation'and Chicago fire. and Charleston earthquake, and epi- demics of fever and cholera. Nations' never stop. They march on toward salvation or demolition. And why should stop? - I chime for the national holidays. I toll for the mighty dead, I must go on. I must go on. Tick, took ! Tick, took !" There may be a difference of a few seconds or a few minutes in the timepieces, but it will be a serious occasion when next Saturday night about the same hour the family clocksi and the city clocks, and the national clocks strike one ! two ! three ! four ! five ! six ! seven! eight! nine ! ten! eleven twelve ! THE GLORIOUS NEW YEAR. But on opening this tsubject, "In respect of a holy day." as mv text nuts it. or a nonaay, as we mocterns write and pronounce it, I advised that you divide this season into three chapters—the first 'chapter of illus- trious birthday, the moiled a chapter of annual decadence, and the third a chapter, of chronological introduction; and this last chapter we have reached. I In olden times there wits a style of closin an old year and i opening a new one that was very suggestive. 1 It is a chronological fact that we are all the time coming nearer to the world's eden- ization first and then to its cineration, to its redemption and its demolition. And so I expect that 1893 will be a greater year than 1892. Its wedding hells will be mer- rier. Its obsequiei will belsadder. Its sci- entific discoveries more brilliant. Its pros - parities more significant. Its opening more and. Its termination mire stupendous. Look out for 1893! Let printers have in their cases of type plenty of exclamation points to set upa Midden paragraph. Let the conservatories have prolusion of flowers that can ,be twisted into Igarlands. Let churches have plcnty of room for increased assemblages. et men and women have more religion to meet the Vacillations, and the exigencies, and the demands, and the raptures, and the woes of this coming 1893. In what mood shall we open the door of the new year? With faith, strong faith, buoyant faith, triumphant faith, (40,4 will see you through. His grace will be suffi- cient if you trust him. You can go to him at any thne and find sympathy. My littIe child got hurt one morning during her inother's absence. We looked after the case as well as we could. 1 Toward night her mother returned, and for the first time the child cried and cried vociferously. Some sone said to her : "What do you cry for? You did not cry all day." Her reply was, "There was no one to !cry to." And so you sometimes suppress Your trouble be - cense there is no full resource of earthly sdinpathy. But I rejoice to tell you that in od you always have some t one to cryto i . will condole and held it n every crisis. Come9 now, let us unstrap that knapsack of Icare from your shoulders. Come prosperity / or adversity, come wedding 'or burialacome health or sickness, come life or death, com, time or eternity, all's well all's well ! Keep your heart aight, and all else will be riliIte.n and. women have sometimes given strange and whimsical directions in regard to what shall be done with their hearts after death. Robert Bruce ordered his heart to be sent to the Holy Land for burial. The Earl of Leicester ordered his heart sent to Brackley hospital. Isabella, daughteeof the Earl of Pembroke, died at Berkhampstead, but ordered her heart to be taken to Tewkesbury cathedral. Lord Windsor dying in a foreign land, ordered his heart to be inclosed in lead and sent to England for burial in the chapel of Braden - ham. Now, what shall we' decree for our heart? That it be the Lord's, and then it makes no difference what else becomes of it. Living and dyiug, may it all be His! REJOICE IN THE LORD. IThus in three chapters I have counseled I that the holidays b.e grouped i May noth- ing interfere with their felicities. May they be so spent that they will be food for pleasant reminiscence further on. You know that lafter awhile the old homestead will be breken up. FnIrc yeers and years the children come home to vend the holi- days, and the house is rummaged from gar- ret to ,cellar, and the scenes: of childhood are rehearsed, and we laugh till the tears come as we talk over some boyish or girlish freak or cry over some old trouble ended; but the heart swings back i again to the mirth, for it does net take a half second for a tear of the eye to strike the smile,of the lip. kor a few years the I grandchildren make the holidays merry. J. One of the many uses of grandchildren is to keep old folks young. Then after a few years the annual gathering at the old home- stead is half broken up, for father or mother is gone. About two Years after (for there are generally about twelyears between the time oi their going) the other half of the hciliday season is broken lup. Then the old htiuse goes into the possession of stran- gers, end the ions and daughters by that .time have homes of their own. They plant their own Christmas treea, and hang up their bwn children's stockings, and. twine their Own holly and mistletoe, and have their Own good times. They will perhaps be riding out on orsise of those holidays either in Sleigh or car- riage twenty or thirty years from now along the places where we slumber the last sleep, and May we have been so Considerate and • sympdthetic in our demeanor toward them now that they will then say one to another as they pass the silent mounds of the village graecyard or city cemetery.' "There rest, as kind a father and as kind, a mother as ever Wished their children alMerry Christ- mas oi• a Happy New Year."l Meanwhile we, their parents and grand- parents will, Ihocr, through the atone- ment of our blesse Lord, bei keeping holi- days livelier and higher—inthe presence of the very Christ whose birth the earthly Christmas cOmmemorates, I and of the "Ancient of Days" who saw Ithe first year open and will see the last year close, in companionshiP with the ever widening circle of heavenly kindred, many already there and many soon to Creme, and the tablesof the festivity will purple with the grassed of Eschol, and redden with "the new wine of the kingdom," and glow with "twelye manner of fruits" from the trees of Wei and the gifts of thoseholidays will be mansions and thrones and crowns of glory ,1 that never fade away. Oh, that these Llelightful holidays of earth may fiit us fot those more delightful holidays of heaveh ! Gone Into Seclusion. M. Zola has gone into secleisionoind until next May Paris will sca,rely see hitn. He is at work on "Doctor Pasca,l,' the last novel of theRougon-Macquart series. Zola en- ters ob his work with his scheme well ar7 ranged, and sticks steadily to his plan of campaign. He does not alter; there are no surpripes, no sudden changes, no enthus- iasm. His MSS. are curiously clean— few eia,sures, no writing io very unlike Balzad's—but in the matter Of proofs he is merciless. The story is developed on their margin. To Be No Hustanir. Deyce—What shall you *ear this win- ter? Datibette—Oh,' clothes, I euppoee, seeing there will be no grand operal — There were thirty-one alpplicatioue for the tivo vacaut prsitions in the Mitchell High School. The B aird selected Mr. T.C. Somm'ervale, of thaws a, on Modern Lan- guage i IVIJetr, and Mrs Jatnes Black, of' Toronio, get the position ef Commercial. teacher. Sslaties, $750 and $550 respcct —The new Presbyterian Church at Tavi- stock as opened on S.bbath, 18th inst., Rev. kr. McKay, of Parkdsle, eltnd Rev. Mr. '14,,e't.ill, of Strttferd, conducting the services_. The collections on Sabbath and the subscriptions on Mond ty evening ran up to nearly $600, and, with the proceeds of Tuesiay evecing'd social for the little fo:ks will considei ahly exceed that isnm. — Mr. D. Hurley wss engaged on Thurs- day, 22nd inst., t thresh for Mr. Charles Messer, pear Hess ao The; mach'ne moved iuto the barn ti e night before, and a cat .made his night's lodgieg in the fan. Wheu.the machine was etirteo next morn- ing sonsethieg was noticed to be wrong, the horseslwere st•ppest and the ,c,t came out with awry thick head and one leg broken. The firn was broken to pUuter. Stock. Raisers use DieWsUniversalgedieines" REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. QOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, north half Lot 81, Conclusion 2, East Wawanooh, 100 acres • good fences, good orohard and never -failing creek.' Apply to H. J. D. COOKE, Barrister, Blyth, or PHILIP H' OLT, Goderioh. 1278 1CIARM FOR SALE. -For sale en improved, 100 X aore farm, within two and a half miles of the town of Seaforth. For further particulars apply on thepremises, Lot 12, Coneeesion 4, ff. R. S., ucker• smith, or by mail to JOHN PRENDERGAST, Sea - forth P. 0. 1290 "DARN FOR SALE.—Splendid 100 acre farm for .E sale, one mile west of Brueefield station, bein Lot 14, Concession 8, Stanley, well underdraine with tile, good buildingsistorie stables, good orchard, never failing well at house and never failing spring in the bush. Apply to JOHN DUNKIN, Bruoefield P. 0. 1279 -ti 200 ACRE FARM FOR SALE.—The 200 sore farm, being lots 11 and 12, conceesion 16, Grey, is offered for Sale. 120 aores are cleared and the balance is well timbered. Buildings first-olass. Orchard, weli, &cr. School house within 40 rods. Possession given at once if desired. For further rartioulars as to price, terms, etc, apply to MRS. WALKER, Roseville P.O., or to NELSON BRICKER,- on the farm, 1299-tf LiAltei IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale T. oheapo the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield Road, Stanley, containing es acres, of which 52 acres are ol6ared and in a good'state of cultivation. The bal. anbe Is well timbered with hardwood. There' are good buildings, a bearing orchard and plenty of water. It is within i half a utile of _the Village of Varna and three mlles from Brucefield !station. Possession at any tune. This is a rare chance to buy a first class farlm pleasantly situated. Apply terARTHUR FORBES, Sesiorth. - 1144tf 'T ! - AM FOR SALE.1—For sale, lot 5, concession 1, J. H. R. S., township of Tuckeremith, containing ono hundred bores inOre or lees, 97 acres cleated, 56 of which are seeded to grass, well underdrained, three never failing we le, On ono fifty of said lot there is a log hue, frame barn and very good orchard, and on the other a good frame house and barn, stables, and good orchard. The whole will be sold together or each !fifty separately to suit pur- chaserst located 11 mi es from Seaforth, will be sold reasonable and on easjy terms as the proprietor is re- tiring from farming, For further particulars apply to the undersigned OR ithe premises and if by letter to Seaforth P. 0. MICHAEL DORSEY, 127741 , TIARM IN McKILLOP FOR SALE.—For sale the ▪ eouth half of lots 1 and lot 2, at:recession 4, Mc- Killop, being 160 acres of very choice land mostly in a good state of cultivation. There is a good house and bank barn a good!young bearing orchard and plenty of never fail ng water. A conelderable portion seeded to g rtes. Convenient to markets and schools and good ravel roads in all direction. Will be sold cheep. A ply to the proprietor on the premises, MESSRS. DENT & HODGE, Mitchell, or at THE HURON EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. JOHN O'BRIEN, Proprietor. ' 1298-tf FARM IN TUCKERSMITH FOR SALE.—For sale Lot $, Cobeeesion 7, Tuckersmith, eontaimng 100 acressarearly all cleared, free from stumps, well iinderdrained, and in !a high state of cultivation. The land is high and d y, and no waste land. There id a good brick residen in two good barn?. one with stone itabling underncath, and all other necessary outbuildings; two net er-failing well, and a good hearing orchard. It isliwithin four miles of Seaforth. It is one of the beet fa me in Huro4and will be sold on easy terms, as the propleletor desires to retire. Possession on the lat October. Apply on the prem- ises, or address Scaforth P. O. WM. ALLAN. 1278-tf TslARM. FOR riALE.—or Sale, tO acres in Senile° ti County, Michigan, 7 acres cleared and in a good state of cultivation, fit o raise any kind of a crop. It is well fence d and ha a good orchard on it, and a mini -failing well. Th buildings consist of a frame home, stabling for 12 h roes with four box stalls, 86 'head of cattle and 100 a ieep. Ninety ewes were win- tered last year,sold k03 in wool and lambs this sum- mer. There are also pi and hen houses. The un- dersigned also heti 80 ac es, with buildings, but not so well improved, which he will sell either in 40 acre lots or as a whole. Th se properties are in good localities, convenient o markets, schools and churches. The propriet r is foreed to sell on ac• count of ill health. It ill be a bargain for the right titan no it will be sold on easy terms. GEORGE A. TEMPLETON, Doronin ton, Sanilac County, Michi- gan. •1298x4 -t -f FARM FOR SALE: -1 or sale, that oodirabie and conveniently situat d farm,adjoining the village of Redgerville, . being ot 14, lst Concession, Hay, 1 Mile from Rodgervil e post -office, and one and a half miles south of Hens 11 on the London Road. There are 97 and a quarte acres of which nearly all Is cleared and in a high tate of cultivation. Good frame house 11 storey s, 8 rooms, a large kitchen also attached with bedrooms nd pantry &c. Good cellar under mein part of house stable holds over a car- load of hereof', besides exercising stables, two buns two drive housed, one long wood -shed, good cow - stable als6 pig and hen houses, three good wells with pimps. Farm well feeced and underdrained. Veranda attached to hotiee. Gc•od bearing erchard. The farm will be sold che p and on easy terms, as the undereigned has retir ie from farming.For par- ticulars apply to JAMES WHITE, Proprietor, Hen- salt1275-tt . VIARM FOR SALE.—Fo sale that splendid farm I in the township of H y, belonging to the estate of the late Robert Fergueo It is composed of Lot 21, in the oh concession, • ntaining 100 acres more or less, 80 clear and 20"bus , all well drained: land, clay loam, celery foot of t e lot being first clasa 8011 ; large brick house with kit ihen attached; two large frame barns and shede, ale wood shed and all other • necessary buildings and 1 rovements required on a good farm. There is a go hearing orchard on the premises. Terme—One-third part of puruhaile money to be paid down on the day of sale, balance to suit purchaser, by paying six per cent. interest.), Any purchaser to have the privilege to plow fall plowing aftersharvest, also to have room for lodging for himselt and teams. Call early and secure one of the best fame in this township. Land situated on Centre gravellroad, three Miles to Hensali or Zurich. Apply to MRS. FERGUSON, Exeter, or M. ZELLER, Zurich. ELIZABETH FERGUSON, Administmtrix 1288-tf Happy New Year 'TO Whatever success we have had in the past'in contributi4g to this most de- sirable condition of things, we can assure the benevolent plple of Seaforth and surrounding country that this year we are in a position to eclipse all former records. We have bought in better markets, in larger quantities, and we are determined to give our customera the benefit of it. Our store is too small to display all our stock to the best advantage. We would, there- fore, respectfully request all who are interested in seeing and securing JUST WHAT THEY WANT AT THE RIGHT PRICE, to call early and avoid the rush and excitement of Christmas Eve. We will be pleased to show you our goods and prices, and we think it will be to your advantage to see them. You need not purchase, as you may select and have the goods laid aside for you till you require them. There are a lot of bargains just now that will be picked up before the 24th. Who are to have them first '1 We have a great many beautiful goods that cannot be had elsewhere, and we have also a great many lines that can be had elsewhere, but you can save money by purchasing from us. See our assortment of Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books, beautifully bound volumes; A,Thums, Portfolios, Toilet Cases, Leather Goods, Games, Purses, Mirrors, Perfumery, Dolls, Doll Carriages, Cradles, Picture Frames, Brackets, China Ornaments, Smokers' Sets or Pipes, Cigar Cases, Dressing FIRST CLASS FARM FO SALE.—For sale Lot 12 Concession 6, H. R. 8 Tuokeremith, containing 100 acres of choice land, n arty all cleared and in a high sate of pultivation, ith 90 acres seeded to grass. It is t °roughly und rdrained and well fenced with etre' ht rail, board a d wire fences and does not conta n a toot of waste land. There is also an orchard of two acres of choine fruit•trees ; two good wells, one at the house, thri other with a windmill on it at, the out buildings, oh the premises is an ex- cellent frame house, conteining eleven rooms and cellar under whole house, and soft and hard water convenient. ,There.are two good bank barns, the one 32 feet by 7i feet and the other 80 feet by 60 feet with stabling for 60 head of cattle and eight horses. Besides these there are sheep, hem and pig houses and an Implement shed. The farm is well adapted for grain or stock raising and is one of the finest farms in the country. It is situated 31 miles from-Seaforth Station, 6 from Brucefield and Kippen with good gravel rc s leading to each. It is also convenient to churches, poet office and school and will be sold cheap and on oasy terms. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises or by letter to THOMAS G. SHILLINGLAW, Egmondville P. 0. 1985 tf Fetching the Doctor At night is always a trouble, and it 13 often an entirely unnecessary trouble if Perry Davis' PA1 KILL R is Kept in the house. A few drops of this old remedy in a little sweet- ened water or milk, brings prompt relief. Sold everywhere. Have you seen the New BIG BOTTLE • Old Price 2s- Cent, Cases, Fountain Pens, Pocket Pencils and hundreds ef other useful and suit- able articles which we cannot classify, but come and see, even if you have to come twenty miles, it will pay you to be at LITNISDEN - & - WILSON'S, SCOTT'S' sEAFORTH :-;• ONTARIO. ROBERTSON GOBG SOUTH, r . On or about January 1st, it is our intention to get up and get south— about five doors from our present quarters, when we will open out one of the best assorted and most extensive stocks, in one of the finest and largest Fur- niture and Undertaking Warerooms west of Toronto. Before removing from our present stand, we wish to reduce the stock. :Therefore, we have marked everything away clown, placed everything at prices within the reach of every- body. We are placing before the people an opportunity seldom offered. Ihis is the snap of the season—the opportunity you have been looking for. We don't offer bargains like those every day. Come and bring everybody you know—we'll attend to those you don't know. • Remember, from no; until January 1st is your special chance. The M. Robertson Furniture Emporium, MAIN STREET, - - SEAFORTH. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Below we would suggest to our numerous patrons and friends a few of the articles amongst our immense stock of 8taple and Fancy Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Carpets, Millinery, &c., Which would make sensible and satisfactory Christmas gifts for father, mother, brother, sister, uncles, aunts or cousins: Fur Coats, Fur Sets, Fur Caps, Gloves, Hosiery, a litress for Sarah, a Suit for Johnny, Silk Ties, Silk Handker- chiefs, a pair of Corsets, a new Overcoat, a pair of Blankets, a White Ped Cover, a pair of Lace Curtains, a Dozen Napkins, a Linen or Damask Table Cover, a Bonnet or Trimmed Hat. The above goods being the newest, n.obbiest and latest designs, may be purchased from us at a small advance on cost. • We take pleasure in showing intending purchasers through our various departments at our Bargain Dry Goods, Clothing and Millinery House. • WM. PICKARD. THE - SEAFORTH - FOUNDRY. BARGAINS BARGAINS Having completed rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and introduc. de the latest equipments and the most improved machines, I am now prepared to do Alt Kinds of Machine Repairs AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. LAND ROLLERS. TO BE HAD AT A. G. AULT'S, InEVY" G-OODS Grocery Store; SEAFORTH. We are now turning out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and invite the farmers to sae them before buyiog elsewhere. T. T COLEMAN. Important NI MS • Announcement BRIGHT THERS, sm.A.m-ncommai 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 Readymade Clothing —IN THE COUNTY. Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade. Remember the Old Stand, Campbell's Block, opposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth, • BRIGHT BROTHERS. The new Seaforth Bargain House will commence giving great bargains on SATTJRD.AY, the 5th day'of No- vember. Bargains will be given in all kinds of Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Men's and Boys' Readymacie Clothing in full suits; a large assortment of Men's Overcoats; also a large and fresh stock of all kinds of Groceries and Provi- sions. I invite every one to come who wishes a good bargain, as I have now a bran new stock in all kinds of goods, and they must be sold; therefore, now is the time to buy your goods at prices that cannot be had elsewhere. Don't forget the place—it is the new Seaforth Bargain House. tar Wanted—Butter, Eggs and all kinds of Poultry, for which the highest price will be paid. • A. G. AULT Seaforth. Is Any Horse worth $20? DICK'S BLOOD PURIFIER, 5I6oc DICK'SDo s BLISTER, OINTMENT, 500. DICK'S LINIMENT, 50c. IF HE IS NOT HEALTHY AND SOUND Every animal that is not worth keeping over winter shouldhaveDICK'S BLOOD PURIFIER in the spring. It will take less food to keep them in condition. They will sell better. A horse will do more work. DICK'S HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. Send a postal card for full particulars, and a book of valuable household and farm recelpes will be sent free. DICK & CO., P. O. Box 482, M0N7REAL Sold Every where. - 1300-52 BUGGIES WAGONS. The greatest number and largest as- sortment of Buggies, Wagons and Road Carts to be found in any one house outside of the cities, is at . C. WILLSICS XIV SM.A.Paitiril. They are from the following celebrated makers : Gananoque Carriacfee •Com- pany, Brantford Carriage Company, and W. J. Thompson's, a London. These buggies are guaranteed first- class in all parts, and we make •good any breakages for one year from date of purchase that conies from fault of matexial 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 Agricultural Im- plements. - O. C. WILLSON, Seaforth, The Kippen Mills. - Gristing and Sawing Cheaper than the Cheapest. JOHN fill'NEVIN Desires to thank the public for their liberal patronage in the peat, and he wishes to inform them that he can now do better for them than ever before. He will do chopping for 4 cents per bag from now to the 1st of May, and satisfaction guaranteed. GRISTING also a specialty, and as good ridur as can be made guaranteed. LOGS WANTED.—He will pay the highest price in cash for Hard Maple, Basewood and Soft Ehn Loge. Also Custom Sawing promptly attended to. Mrs McNevin gives his personal attention to the business, and can guarantee the best satisfaction every time. Remember the Kippen Mills. • JOHN MoNEVIN. • FOR MANITOBA. Parties going to Manitoba should call on • W. a DUFF The agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Seaforth, who can give through tickets to any part of Mani- toba and the Northwest on the most reasonable terms. Remember, Mr. Duff is the only agent for the 0. P. R. in Seaforth and parties going by the C. P. R. would consult their own interests by calling on him. Office—` -next the Comniercial Hotel and opposite W. Pickard's store. W. 'G. DUFF, Seaforth. J. McKEOWN, --DISTRICT AGENT FOR THE— People's Life Insurance Company, —FOR THE -- Counties of Huron, Bruce, Perth and West Grey. The People's Life is a purely Mutual Company organized for the purp-ose of insuring lives, conducted solely in the interests of its policy -holders among whom the profits are divided, there being no stock- holders to control the company or to take any portion of the surplus. The enly Mutual Company in Canada gebring endowment insurance at ordinary life rates le THE PEOPLES LIFE. Agents wanted Address J. McKeown 2288 Box Seaforth _ sae...sea