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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-06-30, Page 6• ti 6 d THE HURON EXPOSITOR. VETERINARY. 'TWIN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario Veterinary College. All diseases of Domestic Animals treated. Calls promptly attended to and charges moderate. Vete rinary Dentistry a specialty Office and residence over W. N. Watson' Sewing Machine Shop, Seaforth. 1112tf "DRANK S. Beattie, V. S., graduate of Ontario Vet ..L' °vinerryy Goiters, Toronto, Member of the Vet erinary Medical Society, eto., treats all diseases of the Domesticated Animals. All oath promptly at- tended to either by day or night. Chargee moder- ate. Special attention given se veterinary dentis- try. Office on Main Street, Seaforth, one door south of Kidd's Hardware: store. 1113 ZAFORTH HORSE INFIRMARY. --corner of Jar vis'and Goderioh Streets, nett door, to the Pres- byterian Church, Seaford, Ont. Ali die.) see of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the do u etioated animals, successfully treated at lb. ln.,rmary or elsewhere, on the ehor$est notion. ,bargee metier - ate. JAMES W. ELDER, Veleeeinsry Surgean. P $ --A large stook of Veterinary Medici toe ,sept con *tautly on hand LEGAL TS. HAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Office-Carduo's block, Main Street, Seaforth. Money to loan. HIGGINS & LENNON, Barristers, Solicitors Notaries Public, &c. Offices - 120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth Ontario. Seaforth Office-Whitneys Block, Main Street. Money to loan. Tumults eltvroe H- OIs. JAYNB LENNON. 1291 Air MORRISON, Walton, Insurance In Agent, Commissioner for taking a®davite, Conveyances, &o. Money to loan at the lowest rates. M. Moaausos, Walton. T M. BEST, Barrwter, Solicitor, Notary, &o . Office -Rooms, five doors north otCommercial ;noteI, ground floor, next door to C. L. Papel s jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Goderioh agente-Cameron, Holt and Cameron. € 1215 GARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solicitors, &o., Goderioh, Ontario. J. T. GAaaow, 084 .; WY. P&OUDreoT. • flAMLRON HOLT & HOLMES, Barrlatere So- licitors in Chanoery, &o.,0oderioh, Ont M. C. C/101ox, Q. C., PHILIP HOLT, DUDLiY HOLMEe Air -AWNING & SCOTT, Barristers, Boliotton Con jYI veyancera, &o. Solicitors for the Ban oR Johnston, Tisdale & Gale. Money to loan Omoe- Elliott Block; Clinton, Ontario. A. H. MRe JAMB Sow!. 781 T,1 HOLMESTED, enooessor to the ate firm r McCaughey & Holmested, Barrister, So • Bettor Conveyancer and Notary. Solioltor for the Canadian Bank of Commeroe. Money to lend. Farms for sale. Oflioe in Scott's Block, Mab Street, Seaforth. W. CAMERON SMITH, BARRISTER. Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissiooer for taking Affidavits in the High Court of Justice, Conveyancer, Money to Lend Can be consulted after office hours at the Comm( Y- elai Hotel. ONTARIO. HENSALL, DENTISTRY. FW. 'MEDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamilton & McInnes' Shoe Stere, corner Main and John Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gae ad- ministered for the painleee extraction of teeth. 1169 DR. FRANK BELDEN, Dentist. New lora anaesthetic for painless extraction of teeth. No unconeoiousneee. Office -Over Johnson Broe. Hardware Store, Seaforth. 1226 RoAGNEW, Dentist, Clinton, will visit Heneall at Hodgens' Hotel every Monday. 1288 KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D. S., Exeter, Ont. Will be al Zurlohe at the Huron Hotel, en the LAet THURSDAY IN aeon MONTH, and at Murdock's Hotel, °Heneall, on the FIRM AND THIRD FRIDAY in eaoh month. Teeth extracted with the least pain possible. All work first-class at liberal rates. - 971 DR. C. IL 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 anaes- thetie given for the painless extraction of teeth. Office -over O'Neil's bank, Exeter, Ontario. 1204 N. B. -Plates secured firmly in the mouth by Yemens' Patent Valve. MONEY TO LOAN. JfONEY TO LOAN. -Straight loans at 6 pet cent., with the privilege to borrower of repaying part of the principal money at any time. Apply to F. HOLMESTED, Barrister, Seaforth. MEDICAL. DR. C. SHEPP Physician and Surgeon, Ba ARD, Ph Seic E . y field, Ontario, successor to Dr. W. H. Wright. 1225-62 DOffice McTAVISH, Physician, Surgeon, &c. Oce corner southwest of Dixon's Hotel, Brimfield. Night calls at the office. 1323 DR. ARMSTRONG., M. B., Toronto, M. D. C. M., Victoria, M. C. P. S., Ontario, succeesor to Dr. Elliott, office lately occupied by Dr. Elliott, Bruce - field, Ontario. 1324x62 DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY, OFFICE, Goderioh Street, opposite Methodist Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural Grounds. J. G. SCOTT, M. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vic- toria,) M. C. P. S. O. C. MACKAY, Of. D, C. M., (Trinity,) F. T. M. C., M. C. P. S. O. RE. COOPER, M. D., M. B., L. F. P. and S., GIasgow, &c., Physician, Surgeon and Ao- oouoher, Constanoe, Ont. 1127 Brimfield, ELLIOTT, Breld, Licentiate Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edin- urgh. Bruoefleld, Ont. 980 T) . W. BRUCE SMITH, M. D , C. M., Member of j,1 the College of Physiolans and Surgeons, &o., Seaforth, Ontario. Ofiiee and residenoe same as occupied by Dr. Vercoe. 848 ALEX. BETHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston. Successor to Dr. Maokid. Office lately occupied by Dr. Maokid, Main Street, Seaforth. Residence -Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately ocoupled by L. E. Danoey. 1127 AUCTIONEERS. 4.1 T P. BRINE, Lioeneed Auctioneer for the Conn RJ , by of Huron. Sales attended In a:l parte of the County. All orders left at Tam Exresnoe Office will be promptly attended to. WM. M'CLOY Auctioneer for the Counties of Huron and Perth. Sales promptly attended to, charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. Orders by mail addressed to Chiselhurst Post Office, or left at his residence, Lot 2, Concession 11, Tuekersmith, will receive prompt attention. 129641 W. G. DUFF, AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, Convey ander, Collector, Book-keeper and. Accountant .Real Estate, Lite, Accident and Fire Insurance Agent ; Money to Loan, Correspondence, &e. Partiee requiring his Services in any of these branches twill receive prompt attention. O Ioi IN DALBY'e BLoea, (up wain), Mali STRxar, Si roRTH, 118' McKillop Directory for 1893. JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin P. O. JAMES EVANS, Deputy Reeve, Beachwood. DANIEL MANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood. WM. McGAVIN, Counoillor, Leadbury. WILLIAM ABCHIBALD, Councillor, Leadbury. JOHN C. MORRISON, Clerk, Winthrop. SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Winthrop. WM. EVANS, Assessor, Beeohwood. CHARLES DODDS, Colleotor, Seaforth. R. W. B. SMITH, M. D., Medical Health Officer, Seaforth. RICHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inspector, Lead - bury. Dr. McLellan, London, 497 Talbot Street, Specialist on the EYE, EAR, NOSE & THROAT Graduate of the New York Eye and Ear Hospital, 1889. Post Graduate Course at the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital on the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, 1892. Eyes . Tested. Full stock of Artifice! Eyes, Spectacles and Lenses. Will be at the RATTENBURY HOUSE; CLINTON, ON FRIDAY, JULY 7th, I993'. Next visit MAY 6th. Hours 10 a. ni. to 4 p. m Chargee Moderate. 13121452 WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE, I1Y SYLVANUS COBB, JR. Solomon Speed walla builder by occupa- tion, a hard-working, oalculeting, saving man, who had come to Belmont when the town was new, attracted thither by promise of muoh occupation in the line of his calling. He was a good mechanic, a very fair arobi- toot, competent to superintend the ereotion of any ordivary building., and able to do much of the better class of work with his own, hands. He was also a shrewd man. When he had thoroughly inspected the town and its eurroundinge, he caw that its possi- bilities were great, and all the money he could raise and all the credit he oared to ask were invested in land. And he did not mis- take. He lived to see land that he had bought at the rate of fifty dollars per .acre sold for one dollar par square foot. He built for himself a large and comfortable dwelling in the new town, feeling well as- sured that he was settled down for the re- mainder of hie life. Solomon Speed had three children -three sons -Nathan, Thomas and Peter, aged re -1 epeotively, eighteen, sixteen and four. This four-year-old son was the child of a second l wife, married after Mr. Speed had. built his new house in Belmont ; and we say here that the two elder sone were never quite reconciled to their father's second marriage. They had inherited all his shrewdness, and having seen that wealth was likely to flow in upon their father, they did not take kindly to the idea of an increase in the num- ber of his heirs.. The step -mother they had never ill -treated -that they dared not do - but they never liked her, nor were they heartily kind to her. After little Peter had become large and strong enough to creep around upon his knees, and anon to stand upon his feet,the two brothers, large and strong, sometimes spoke pleasantly to him, and would pink him up when he fell, but they never kissed him, they never gave him brotherly love. But the child was not without a playmate of his own sex. In the family, adopted by Solomon Speed, was a boy named Robert Ashworth, a son and only child of his - ,Speed's= -sister. His father had died when Robert was an infant, and his mother bad survi' ed her husband but a few years. On her deathbed she had called her brother to her side, and begged of him that he would take care of her boy, and he had promised that he would do so. Robert wee at that time five years old, just the age of Thomas and from that time he bad been one of the family, enjoying 'all the advantages of life and education that his two cousins enjoyed. But with the dawning of better times -as the proseeet of wealth opened upon the fam- ily -the aspect of Robert's situation chang- ed somewhat.• As Solomon Speed began to gain more money than he could spend, he became more and more inclined to save ; and he came in time, to look upon his sister's child as a burden which he ought not to bear. And the same feelings found life in the bosoms of Nathan and Thomas. As their prospects grew brighter and brighter, they began to cherish the fear that they might be called upon, in some way, to share with Robert, -their " pauper cousin," ae they had called him more than once. ' Robert Ashworth loved! the bright-eyed, flaxen -haired child, and never tired of car- ryinghim in his arms, and -playing with him in ail sorts of ways. In fact the time came, -it had come at the time at whioh we open the story, -when little Peter and his moth- er were the poor cousin's, only friends -the only ones who loved him, and contributed to his happiness. At the age of sixteen Robert concluded that he had been a burden upon hie uncle long enough, and he suggested that it might be well for him to go out into the world, and seek his own fortune. Uncle Solomon thought the same ; and Nathan and Thomas both conoided ; and the uncle, stipulating that the boy should never trouble him more -should never appeal to him for money,- offered to give him one hundred dollars in money. The lad had thought hie uncle `would give him something but this condi- tion aroused his indignation, and he would not take a penny. He had ten dollars, saved in two years, and be would make that answer. Mrs. Speed, who was becoming thin, and pale, and weak, wept with bitter grief as she held his hand for the last time; and from little Peter he -was forced to tear himself away. . Y Time passed on. .Mrs. Speed received two lettere from Robert -one written at St. Louie, and the other away out towards the Rocky Mountains. She answered them both. In the last she confessed that she was very weak, with little hope of life re- maining ! - At the end of a year and a half he wrote his third letter, from the Pacific coast, bidding herthat she shoulddirect her answer to San ha di Francisco. He was going away to the mountains, beyond Sonora, but a friend in San Francisco would forward it to him. Another year passed, at the end of which time hie last letter to Mrs. Speed was returned to him. She was dead ! And the wanderer wrote no more lettere to hie old home. Ten years more had passed, when Robert Ashworth -now a strong, rugged, brown - faced, full bearded man, of eight -and -twen- ty -met a man who had come from _Belmont within a year. From this man -he learned that Solomon Speed was dead, and that the two elder sons were carrying on the busi- ness. They were both married, and had families, and were looked upon as being very wealthy. At all events, they were proud and aristocratic. Five years more, and Robert again heard from the old home -this time meeting with a man whom he had known in the days of his boyhood. Nathan and Thomas Speed were still flourishibg, their business being simply the looking after their real enttfta and personal property, and in spreading the glitter of their wealth before the world. Their half-brother, Peter, bad grown to be, a man of one -and -twenty, and was bard at work in one of the mills belonging to them. By some sort of hocus-pbcue he had been left poor at his father's death -dependent entirely uponhis elder brothers. Robert's informant could not fully explain ; but he believed that old Solomon, by his will, had left everything to Nathan and Thomas, making them joint -guardians to Peter, the boy at that time having been only nine years of age. And still the years sped on. Robert Ash- worth, in the way of money -making, was fortunate. A strong healthful, honorable man,` dealing justly with all, and respecting the rights of all with whom he came in con- tact, he -made friends wherever he went, and made no enemies. Early in his mountain experience he struck a prolific mine, and bought it.,When he erected his shanty on his `land thre was not another human habi- tation within fifteen miles of him. At the end of twenty years, still • living upon the same spot where he had first erected his simple cabin of logs, and clay, and birch - bark thatching, he was father of a town. of four thousand inhabitants -its mayor and its chief man in every way. Five -and -thirty years had now elapsed since Robert Ashworth left his Eastern home to seek his fortune, and the fickle dame had never in all that time played him false. Only, he had found no society in which he cared to spend the calm evening of his days. His heart turned longingly back upon the old home. In all his years of wanderings he had eaten no woman whom he could love well enough to make her his wife ; and he prayed that he might yet find a faithful bosom upon which he could rest his weary head in trustful confidence and love. So he offered all his Dorado property for sale, and, though people were pain- ed to see him leaving them yet they gladly bid for his valuable estate. 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He had known that his property was extensive and valuable ; and he had known, also, that his bank account was large, seeing that he owned the bulk of the bank himself ; but when he looked at the foot of the column of Totals, and saw the sum total of all -saw it running away into the millions -over three millions- when he was assured that he read aright, and that the figures did not lie, he was aston- ish. Gedovernment bonde had then come Into the market, and had already reached a premium. His first movement, on reaching San Francisco, was to lock three million dollars safely up in registered bonds. The money was deposited with the sub -treasurer there, with orders that the bonds ebould be sent to his address at New York. After paying for the bonds he bad left between one and two hundred thousand dollars in gold, of -which he reserved sufficient to pay his expenses on the road, placing the rest in bank, and taking a draft on New York in exchange, which draft, for security's sake, he gave into the hands of a reliable express company. And it was well that be did so, for between the Great Salt Lake and Chey- enne, his pockets were picked of every dol- lar he had with him. Arriving in New York, Robert first look. ed after his bonds and his draft. The bonds were safe and awaiting his call, while the draft arrived on the very day of his own arrival, having come on the same train. And now for his visit to Belmont. If he could not find a loving heart there, then he knew not where to look. But, if he was to find true love, it must not be known that he was wealthy. No, the love his heart yearned for was a pure, loyal love for poor Bobby Ashworth, juet as he was when he set forth to seek his fortune. So he went to a clothing store, where second-hand gar- ments were sold, and purchased a full suit as sadly worn and faded as he could feel comfortable in ; clad in which he set forth on hie trial trip. Arrived at Belmont -and the steam cars took him to the very centre of the town - he found the place wonderfully grown. Where he had left green fields and tangled hedges, were now broad streets, flanked with stores and dwellings. In short the place had grown to full six times its size since five-and•thirty years before. At the smallest and poorest public house he stopped, and ordered supper,while it was being and, l?re- pared, he asked for the Speedo. Did any one present know them ? Yee, a man Was sitting there,in the bar -room, who had form- erly worked for them. Said he : " Well, stranger, it would be rather diffi- cult to tell you just how they stand. If you could take them for what they think of themselves, they'd be two of the biggest men in creation. That's Nathan and Thomas. About a score of years ago they got to feelin' above work and took to playin' big -bug en- tirely. They let out their mills, and went to livin' on the interest of their money, . and it's my opinion that they've come to dippin' pretty deep into their principal. However, they're proud enough." "And Peter Speed -what has 'become of him?" - " 0, he is here -the same poor, hard- workin', unfortunate man he always was. He did, one epell,drink a little too much,but he finally married a woman that made a saved man of him. " But didn't his father leave him any- thing ?" " Not outright. The old man, oomehow, got set against the boy -thought he was wild and frolicsome, and unsafe to be trust- ed with money ; so he left him in care of hie two older brothers." " Well," pursued Robert, "and what have they done for him." " Really, etranger,I don't like to say any- thing against them two men ; but if the truth was told I think it would come out 'at they meant, from the first, to have the whole property in their own hands. For a time they refused to let the poor fellow have money on the plea that he would drink it all up and then, when he fell in love with Kitty Moore, they told him if he married her that they would cast him off forever. You see, Kitty, bless her sweet fee ! aye, and bless her noble heart, too ! tty was a poor girl -an orphan-workin' i one of the mills ; and the big feelin' men thought it would be a stain on them if their brother should marry her. He married the poor girl, and he's the father of five as pretty children as you ever set eyes on, and as happy as can be, ,notwithstandin' he has to dig pretty hard to keep the wolf from the door." It was just in the edge of the evening -a chill autumnal evening -that the door boll was rung at the aristocratic residenoe of Hon. Nathan Speed, and shortly afterwards a servant announced that :a man wished to speak with the master. Nathan Speed had grown to be a man of fifty ; red faced and. obese ; dress- ed in a satin house -rube ; pride stamped in every feature. His wife, sitting ' near by, was the same, her facie betrayed the use of the wine-oup,while the sparkle of many dia- monde told where muoh mere ed her hue - band's money had gone. What a sight for the proid mast to meet in his own front hail ! 'A stout, broad- sho'uldered man ; brown -visaged and full- beerded; habited in a pevetty-stelcken garb, _and evidently very peer. "Nathan ! don't yen know me !-your cousin, Robert ? Ah ! I've had hard luck on the road. Beyond Cheyenne I was robbed of every dollar I had with me, and-" " Hold on !" The proud man raised his hand. He wanted to hear no more. He knew; of no claims which his cousin could have on him. And, further " You prom- ised your uncle you would never again apply for help." " Have I` asked for help ?" "No, but it was coming." " No, Nathan ; you mistake. I only ask a friend." " Then you'd better go and hunt up your oousin. Peter. He would make a boon com- panion for you, I doubt not." Robert got away as quickly: as possible, resolved next to call upon his cousin Thomas. He found Thomas at home,. and clearly under the influence of wine -not intoxicated but his blood unduly heated thereby. And Thomas was even more harsh and unkind than Nathan had been ; and he, too, taunt- ingly advised the poor wanderer to go 'and seek his cousin Peter, as one who would be a fitting oompanion for him. And to Peter,,Speed'scottage Robert made bis way. Not even a poor roof to cover his bead had the wealthy brothers given to their half-brother. The cottage, really be• longing to Nathan, was hired of an agent : and more than once the poor man had come very near being turned out for non-payment of rent. " What" cried Peter, when the wayfarer had made himself known. " Is it Bobby ?" Don't deceive me. Come in where it is light." And he led the new-oomer into the little kitchen, where the supper -table stood, with the remains of the evening meal upon it. By the lamplight Robert saw a woman -the sweetest -faded woman, he thought, he had ever seen -standing near the table ; and near by -two of them at the table, two sitting by the stove, while one clung to its mother's dress -were five children, the old- est not more than twelve. " Ah ! I know you ! Yee, I ren see the dear old face, notwithstanding the years, and the brown tan, and the beard. Robert ! old fellow ! bless your dear, true heart ! how are you ?" They shook hands; a few more words, and then Peter exclaimed " 0 ! Kitty ! in all the days of my early childhood, saving ouly my sainted mother, this was the only true and loving friend I had -my cousin Robert. I was but a wee bit of an urchin when he went away, but I eau remember how my mother had to tear my arms from hie neck as though it had been but yesterday.", Kitty greeted the man cordially, though at first inclined to be shy. At length ebe said, with a smile that captured Cousin Bob forever : "Realty, Cousin Robert, I ought not to feel that you are a stranger. Peter has talk- ed of you so much and so often and with so much of warmth in his heart, that I have regarded you more lv the character of a true brother than anything else." A few more words, and then Peter be- thought himself that his cousin might be hungry. But no. He had eaten a hearty supper just before dark. " Leat at the little tavern at the lower end of the village, and shall spend the night there." "Spend the night there 1 You will, eh ? How's that, Kitty ?" " I think we can make him comfort- able e the wife said •' Well, I think so, too, Robert." By and by, after three of the children - the youngest -had been kissed all around and put to bed; and, by the way, the little four-year-old Robert, namedafter the elder of that ilk, cried lustily when they tore him away from "Uncle 'Obert" -he ' was to be uncle to them -after this said Peter, in his off -hand way : " Say, old fellow, I suppose you have come home somewhat under the weather, eh ?" Robert told him that he had left San Francisco with between two and three hun- dred dollars in his pocket, but he had been robbed between Great Salt Lake and Chey- enne, of every dollar of it. " I went to sleep in the oar," he explained, •' at night, and must have been chloroformed on top of that.W" " eli, well," cried Peter, giving him a friendly pat on the knee, and speaking from the heart, " don't you worry. Thank God, you have health and strength, We'll fix you up a good comfortable shake down here, old fellow, and then we'll look around and see what can be done. I wish you could find work here and live with us. You sha'n't pay a penny more than it costs us. Anyhow here's your home for now, Robert." Robert said he would think of it. And then he told the story of his visit to the mansions of Nathan and Thomas. Peter's brow contracted and his face " grew dark. He said but little. " For my Kitty's sake," he whispered, "I never speak the names of those men when I can avoid it." It was very near the hour of midnight w hen the trio began to think of bed. As they arose from their seats Robert took a hand of Peter's and one of Kitty's and so held them while he spoke. Hie voice was tremulous, and hie eyes were brimming.. " Peter 1 Kitty !-True hearts !-I don't want you to be spending the night in vain speculations upon the future. I oame back to the old home resolved that I would put my three cousins into the balance and weigh them. I have done it, and you know the result. I told you I was robbed on the road. So I was, but -I had taken the precaution to send my fortune on ahead of me ; uo I only lost the trifle I had reserved for expen- ses on my journey. " Dear hearts ! When I came to reckon up my possessions, six months ago, and found myself the owner of more money than I could ever spend, I felt the need of the one thing that was not mine -a true heart to love -a heart to love me in return - and somebody to help me to enjoy my wealth. There ! Now to bed, and on the morrow we will consider. One thing, my dear Peter -your days of digging and delv- ing are past and gone. Kitty - He drew her gently towards him, and she kissed him --•a sweet,sieterly kise,warmed by very dewy eyes, and a loving smile, but she could not speak. On the following morning Robert learned, for the first time, that the grand residences of both Nathan and Thomas Speed were for sale, They had reached the pend of their financial means, and wiebed to sell out and leave the piece. Then Robert sat down, with Peter and Kitty, and frankly gave to them a statement of his wealth. At tiret Peter could hardly believe that he had heard aright ; while, ae for Kitty, she oould not comprehend the vastneee of the sum ; but they finally knew this : They were to be Robert's chosen companions thenoeforth : to fear the wolf -they and their little ones -no more for- ever. Robert went to New York, where he en- gaged an agent -who was to work in hie own name -to come to Belmont and pur- ehase every piece of property that the Speed brothers had to sell. There was great wonderment when it was known that a stranger had purchased all the Speed property ; and that wonderment was increased ten fold when, a week later, it be- came known that Robert Ashworth was the purchaser, and that the palatial mansion of Nathan Speed had been deeded to his half- brother, Peter. _v Aye, and more still : To Peter Speed, and to Peter's wife and children, had been duly made over all the mills, and houses, and lands, clear of all encumbrance, former- ly belonging to the brothers aforesaid. But who shall tell the feelings of Nathan and Thomas when it came to them that the poor wayfarer -the brown -faced cousin - whom they had so harshly turned from their doors, was the " power behind the throne " that had furnished all the money ? 0 1 the torture of their vain regret and deep chagrin was terrible. But that was not the worst. The worst came when Nathan's wife was brought to the need of applying to cousin Robert for help. The browning joy wee yet to Dome -a joy of which Robert Ashworth bad often dream- ed, but which he had never dared to prom- ise himself. After Peter and Ditty had moved into the great house, '-Kitty's sister, Mary, came to visit them. Polly was the name by which she was always called. She was two years older than her sister, posses- sing the same sweet face, and loving, honest heart. Robert fell desperately in love at sight, and she very soon loved him in re- turn. When she came to wind her arms around his neck, and nestle fondly and con- fidingly upon hie bosom, he knew that it was himself she loved, and his cup of joy was full to the brim. `3 THE POPULAR SUBSTITUTE FOR LARD. Sold by Grocers Everywhere. Made only b)' IN. K. FAIRBAIK & Wellington and Ann MONTRE4L. When Lilacs in tho4 Door -Yard Bloom. When lilacs in the door -yard bio m, And lift and shake their plumy heaves ; When sunbeams smite the forest' gloom, And winds go whispering throu h the leaves ; When wrens and robins bnild ag in In peace anear the cottage eave Then, though my strength is tom thing spent, And though my eyes are growl R dim, I thrill with gladnpas and contest , My soul sends up a joyful hym And in the beauty of the world I feel my spirit overbrim. ` Long years have gone since mother took The lonesome way that angels mark, The memory of her latest look Ie like a candle in the dark ; But when the lilacs bloom, I see Her sweet face in a starry arc. She loved so well these homely flwere ; She broke them for my childish hand ; They speak to me of happy hours, By mother love and patience sp nned ; Their perfume has a waft of swee Blown hither from the immortal strand. I like the dear old-fashioned thins I always find them just the tam , And so the fancy wakes and clingt ; That blooming by whatever nailie, I'll one day pluck the Iilac sheaves Where flowers in deathless gardens flame. ,Harper's Bazar. Uncle Josiah's Bedtime. Such headaches as Uncle Josiah had And such doctors ! Their efforts left the patient worse instead of Netter. At last, however, a young doctor ga a Aunt Polly a presoription which, he said, as sure to help if not oure. Uncle Josiah was a st dot temperance man. Not a drop of ardent spirits, as a beverage, had ever passed hi' lips. He was a man of firm principle-stro;g and unyield- ing where his well trained eoueoience was concerned. rhe dostor's prescription was egg -nog. Aunt Polly was to prepare and administer it to Uncle Josiah at his bedtime, when Bleep would follow and the headache dieappear. Very grateful the remedy proved, prepar- ed under Aunt Polly's skilful . hand. She was generous to r p a fault and perhaps a s mixed a thibleful more than the pr escribed pro- portion of whiskey in the nig tly draught. As the headache was alvery real fact, Uncle Joeiah's conscience did not forbid him to give the remedy a fair trial His usual time for retiring was 10 o'aloc . When he was in bed Aunt Polly carried to him the fragrant steaming cup. One night about two week after he be• e gan taking the nightly eti ulant, Uncle Josiah grew trestles, at about e quarter to 10 o'clock, and said : " Polly, I feel pretty tired ;1 I think I'll go up now and be ready for y medicine and sleep." , " Well, Josiah, it'd only a q arter of ten ; but you do look tired and I will prepare it now." The next week, one rainy night, as the cloak etruok nine, Uncle Joeiafe left his old arm -chair, a bright fire, and Iihie cheerful wife. He was " quite tired out, and would have his nog now." " What makes you 80 tired to -night, Josiah ?" " Well, working about the factory all day I suppose, Polly ;" and he drained his night- ly remedy and went off to sleep. One week later Uncle Josiah's bedtime came at a quarter to nine o'clock ! He went up -stairs, but just before Aunt Polly was ready for him he called down : " Polly !" " Well, Josiah." " Don't bring up that stuff ; I'm coming down." " Coming down ! 1 though you were ready for bed." " So I was, Polly, but I'm c ming down to be with you till ten o'clock, nd I shall never take another cup of nog. "1 He came down fully dressed, and added : " Polly, do you know why II have been getting tired so early of late ? It was just because I was in a hurry for that medicine ; and when a man begins to relish whisky as I have been getting to do; there's a serpent lurking -near. We'll both bit i up till ten o'clock -and then sleep the 'sleep of the just. Not another drop shall pass my lips, Polly." And he kept his word. -Youth's Com- panion. Alive and Dea A lady had almost decided to buy the coat she was trying on-. The eery sales- woman breathed a sigh of relie . The cus- tomer had been hard to snit. ven yet she fingered the buttons aid twitched the sleeves thoughtfully. " What was this fur when i was alive ?" she asked abruptly, as the djueted the collar. The saleswoman hesitate an stammered. She was torn between a bus nese-like de- sire to make a Bale an a coneoientioue regard for the truth. He c nfusion was painful. " Well, ma'am, we have tit she said at last, " but it was was alive." 't cull it martin," e unk when it -Rev. J. H. McVicar, B A missionaryfrom Honan, and so Vicar, of ontreal, occupied t the First Presbyterian Church, both services, on Sabbath, 18t the evening he gave a spirit• account of the riots inetig: natives against Christians literally the " rowdy provi Chinese empire. , a returned n of Dr. Me- e pulpit of London, at inst. In d and vivid ted by the n what is oe " of the I C3 -IRM- = CLEARING SALE IS STILL BOOMING AT A•G. AULT'S, Seaforth The stock is well assorted and best quality of goods, and as prices are right down there is no trouble to sell goods to those who wish to save money, A dollar saved is a dollar made. Now is the time to save your dol- lars. I will just quote a few prices of goods both in Dry Goode and Groceries. I have a large stock of Teas on hand, which I am clearing out at wholesale prices. Teas worth 60c will be sold for 60c b*. .i i. 500 ., iG ii 40c i, r. 40o " - "at 35c " - " Mc " " 26e i. .. 26c 44 .i GIA.. .. 11 20c it iG 16c .i 11 16c ii .. NO 3 cans Peas for 26c 3 cane Corn for 25c 3 cans Tomatoes for 25c 3 cans Mackerel for.. ..25c 3 cans Pumpkins for 25c 2 cans Sardines for 25e 2 cane Mustard Sardines for.... 26c 6 pounds Tapioca for 26c 4 pounds new Raisins for 26c 3 pounds heat Prunes for - 25c 3 pounds Epsom Salts for.. ..10c 8 pounds Sulphur for 1oc 3 pounds Washing Soda for 10c 3 pounds hest English Baking Soda for loo I have a fine assortment of Black Cash- mere, which will be Bold as follows : Goode worth 91.09 will be sold for 75c a it 80c i' Boc It i. 60c " 45c ,G ii 60c " 37c .i .i 40c .. 26c .. 4 26c " 20c Prints from 6c up. Flannelettes from 6o up. A large aeeortment of Hate in Ladies' Sun Hate, Men's Straw and Felt Hate, Christy's Boys' Straw and Felt Hate, Girls'- Sailor Hats, and Readymade Clothing in Men's Suits. Suits worth $10 will be sold for $7.00 " 9.60 6.50 G. .. 8.00 " 5.00 And also a line of Boys' Suite, which will be sold at cost. A cordial invitation is extended to all. A. G. AULT. The Furnace. We have secured control of the celebrated Jewel Steel Furnaces, MANUFACTURED BY Burrow, Stewart t Milne HAMILTON_ The Furnaces have become very popular wherever introduced, and we have no hesitancy in saying that they are unsurpassed, if equalled, by any Furnaces made in Canada. Every Fire Pot Guaranteed FOR 10 YEARS. It will pay you to see the sample at our store before placing your order. The Best is Always Cheapest. Johnson Bros., r s. C4th. , G th 1328-13 Treasurers Sale LAND FOR TAXES, By virtue of a warrant under the hand of the Mayor and seal of the corporation of Seaforth, inthe county of Huron, dated the 31st day of May A. D., 1893, commanding me to levy upon the land hereafter described for the arrears of taxes due thereon, to- gether with the costs'; notice is hereby given that unless such taxes and oasts are sooner mud I shall, in compliance with. the Consolidated Assessment Act of 1892, Section 160, proceed to sell by Public Auction, the land or so much thereof as may be necessary, at the COMMERCIAL HOTEL, in the TOWN OF SEAFORTH, on TUESDAY THE llth DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1893, at one o'clock in the afternoon. Lot 146, Gowanlock's Survey. Taxes $8.18 Costs $4, Total $12.18 1329.13 WM. ELLIOTT, Town Treasurer. %LLETT9 PURE POWDERED 100 PUREST, STRONGEST, BEST. Ready for use in an quantity. Fbr making Soap, Softening Water, Disinfecting, and'a hundred other uses. A can equals 20 pounds Sal Soda. Sold by All Grocers and Druggists. 3E7. W. Q ILZ.�E�'Z' T'oroato. Wellington, GOING NORTH-. - Brueeels....... - Biuevale_ Wingham...... Gonia SourH- Wingham.... Blnevale .... ... Brussels Ethel.........., Grey and Bruce. Passenger. Mixed. 3.00 r. Y. 9.30 P.Y. 9.00 P.Y. 8.13 9.43 9.46 8.27 9.67 10.10 8.37 10.07 11.20 Passenger. Mixed. 6.26 A.Y.11.20 ,A. M. 7.30 r.M. 8.37 11.36 8,15 6.64 11.59 9.00 7.08 12.14 8.30 London, Huron and Bruce, Goma NORTH- Passenger. London, depart........ -. 8.25.&.ir. 5.o5r.14 Exeter 9.29 6.18 Heneall.. 9.42 6.31 Kin 9.47 8.36 Bruoefleld.. 9.55 6.44 Clinton.... 10.12 7.00 Londeeboro .,..... ....... . 10.29 7.18 Blyth..... ............ 10.38 7.28 Belgrave 10.62 7.42 Wingham arrive.... 11.10 8.05 Gonna SOUTH -Passenger. Wingham, depart 8�.40e.1I. 8.45P Belgrave._-,._..._ 6.55 4.06 Blyth T.08 4.20 Londeeboro 7.16 4. Clinton/ 7.46 4. Brnoefleld 8.05 5 • Klppen .. .. - ..... 8.13 5.13 Heneall. .... .. 8.22 6.18 Exeter.- .- _... 8.40 5.30 Grand Trunk Railway. Trains leave Seaforth and Clinton station ae follow': Gouts Wait - passenger .. „ Paasen er.._ ,. Mixed Train,.. _ .. Mixed Train.. _ Gonne EAST- Paesenger... _. _..., Passenger .. M Mixed Train.. _, ,,, -, Freight Train„ SIAPoRTH. CLINTON. 1.12 r. n. 1.28 r. te. 9.05 P. Y. 9.22 P. Y. 9.80 ♦. x. 10.15e.Y. 6.30 r. M. 7.05 r.24. 7.54 A. M. 7.87 A. x. 8.06 r. Y. 2.46 P. n 5.25 r x. 4.50 P. ir. 4.25 P. M 8.85 r. x JUNE 30, 1893 SEAFORTH Musical : Instrument JMPORI" Scott Brothers, PROPRIE'TORS, SEAFORT , - ONTARIO. PiANOS.-Dunham, New York; W, Bell & Co., Guelph ; Dominion Piano Com. any, Bowmanvllle. ORGANS. -W. Bail fit Co., Guelph, Dominion Organ Company, .Bowmana[lie; D. W. Karn & Co., Woodstock. The above Instruments always en hand, also s few good second-hand Pianos and Organa for sale at from $25 upwards. Instruments sold on the instal. ment plan, or on terms to suit customers. Violins, ,'onoertinas and small instruments on hand alio sheet nusio, books &c. SCOTT -EROS. - FARMERS,- ATTENTION! All pat ties requiring Farm Machin- ery, Implements and Repairs, would do well to call at Hugh Grieve's wareroo - -OPPOSITE- John Dorsey's Blacksmith Shop Before purchasing elsewhere, as he keeps repairs for the Massey -Harris, Patterson, Wisner, Gaudy, Mason and Coleman machinery and implements, and he is also agent for the Bain wagon, Massey -Harris binder and mower, drills, rakes, &c; the Coleman roller and a full stock of Plows cos- stantly on hand. HUGH GRI Ii,VE, Seaforth. CID O nitr 1 Z p' gm 0 O '8 "'� 0 3C g ft MOOki OA t-1 ce -1; O = rg - V fp OE f la, 3- 0 IV &I 2O CI al 0 r ifi I e - - lb) : - - 1:7° . t-IC)rn 140.1":1: ti4:PIII: ti -1 r,. es co tt P `.J immi MI ge; i_j I W ) 4 Lt. N m St I-1 et v 4 ID 0 o rsi kLt CO g° Q a. MO W in tt O 1 M air4; Ieiiktil (D XI A V Z 14 (.3). tinil, ii ates * Cs t'1' • John S. Porter's Undertaking . and Furni- ture Emporium, SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO. OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION. /Funerals furnished on the shortest notice and satisfaction gu 1 anteed. A large assort- went of Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, &o., always on hand of the best quality. The beet of Embalming Fluid aced free of Charge and prices the lowest. Fine Hearse. S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Reef dente - GODERICH STREET, directly op- posite the Methodist church in the house formerly occupied by Dr. Scott. The Old Established. BROADFOOT'S Planing Mill and Bash and Door Factory, sE-aFORirx- This old and well-known eetablishment is still running at full blast, and now has better facilities - tlugn ever before to turn out a good article for a in crate price. Sash and doors of all patterns al- ways on hand or made to order. Lumber dressed on short notice and In any way desired. All kinds of lumber for sale on reasonable terms. Shingles kept constantly on hand. Estimates for the furniabing 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. • (u{ -cep its ekteatoe t Jaa tot l .I.till'1 i� l *11 131 z 0 ( c 8t and Miss adieu beau p Betels ooncer ei num All ki Leet, sof to Pade clew, suits alw y 38 to F Bib str 0ha4ts,