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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-09-15, Page 2Agricultural Implement EMPORIUM. 0.0. WILLSON, stAroRTH, Has a full assortment of the following goods: IN PLOWS—I have the Fleury, Wilkinson, Gowdy and Cockshutt ; in Gang Plows—the Cockshutt, Wil- kinson and Fleury; single and double Furrow Sulky Plows, Spade Harrows, Disc Harrows and Diamond Harrows, Spring Tooth Cultivators, Iloo$ier single and combined Drills. In Horse Powers—I have one, two and three horse Americari Tread Powers and American Ensilage Cutters; two, four, six and eight horse Sweep Powers and Canadian Ensilage Cutters -all kinds of Grain Crushers, and a new and improved GRAIN GRINDER, guaranteed to do good work and give satisfaction. Gananoque and Brantford Bug- gies, Phaetons and Fancy Carriages of all patterns. Five different styles of Road Carts, also the7,Wood stock -Bain wagon. In washing machines," the Improved Ideal, the Knoll, the Dowswell and Standard; C:othes Wringers in six different stylee, ranging from $2,50 to -$7.00 each. In Wind Mille the I X L, a fine solid wheel; the Challenge,a first-class open wheel,and the Woodstock Steel Wheel and Steel Tower, the best of its kind in Canada. Mills put up for pumping water on short notice. A full stock of plow castings and repairs for all kinds of ploiva including the Hendry and Hogan plows. The Davisand Williams Sewing Machines, all kinds of sewing machine needier) and oils. 0. C. WILLSON, Seaforth. Oluff d Bennett's Planing Mill. The undersigned would beg leave to thank their many customers for their very liberal support for the peat and would say that they are in a much better position to serve them than ever before, as they are adding a new Engine and Boiler, also a dry kiln and enlarging their building, which will enable them to turn out work on ehort notice. Lumber, Sash, Doors, Mould- ings, Shingles, and Lath always on hand. Contracts taken and Estimates Nynished., Oluff & Bennett. P. S.—All in arrears please pay up. 13214 f GROCERIES. If you want a good article in Groceries, . Canned Goods or Fruits You can be supplied at the POST OFFICE • STOP=_ Choice Hams, Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon and Spiced Roll Kept constantly on hand. Tele- phone conn&tion. A call solicited. A. CROZIER & CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. FAIRLEY. EAFORT H, ON T. THE FARMERS' Banking - House, SM.AEIORTI=1. (In connection with the Bank of Montreal.) L. 0.G A N & 00., BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENT REMOVED To the Conlmercial Hotel Building, Main Street A Genera' Banking' Business done, drafts issue and cashed, Interest allowed on deposits. MONEY TO LEND On good notes or mortgagee. ROBERT LOGAN, MA.NAGEB 1058 To Exhibitors off STO at t e FA L FAI If you would secur,firtit prize you must h ve your animal in the finest condition, his coat must be smooth and glossy and he mut be in good s hits so as to " show off" well. DICK'S BLOOD PURIFIER is the btst Condition Powders known for horses and cattle. It tones up the whole system, r.gulates the bowls and kidneys, strengthensthe digestion, turns a rough coat into a smooth and glossy one. It gives horses 'good life" making them appear to the best possible advantage. Get DICK'Sfrom your diuggist or grocer or address ._ DICK St Cps, P. 0, Box 482, Montreal. HURON AND BRUCE Loan and Investment CI 0111 P.A This' Company is Loaning Money or, Farm Security at lowest Rates of Interest. Mortgages Purchased, SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed et Depositenaeoording to amount and sr time left. OFFICE.:—Cerner of Market Square and ?north Street, Goderieh. HORACE HORTON, MANAGER oderioh, August 6th,1886. THE I M 14111111. POWDA PUREST, STRONGEST, BEST. Contains no Alum, Ammonia, Lime, Phosphates, or any raiuriants E. W. GILLETT. Toronto, Ont. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, north half Lot 31, Concession 2, East Wawanoeh, 100 acres; good fences, good orchard and never -failing creek. Apply to . D. COOKE, Barrister, Blyth, or PHILIP HOLT, Goderich. 1278 $2,300,_wid reaii goodIpTtrrnei in a rtehe6To Township undee good cultivation, it is well watered and no waste land. it is within half a mile of a prosperous village. There is a gottd4rame house and barn and a good orchard. This is a splendid chance to get a good farm cheali. Apply at THE EXPOSITOR 13484 OFFICE, Seaforth., e 200 ittzt=bfittir11:13tsF°P.LIV11,-.Z.ge,382°12tiaclreei Grey, is offered for Sale. 120 acres are cleared and the balance is well timbered. Buildings first-class. Orchard, well, &o School house within 40 rode. Possession given at once if desired. For further partioutars as to price , terms, etc.. apply to MRS. WALKER, Roseville P.O., or to NELSON BRICKER, 1299-tf • on the farm, TTOUSE FOR SALE.—On North Street, Egmond- ville, about five minutes walk from the church a frame house, one story and a half, with seven rooms, very comfortable and beautifully finished. There is a quarter of an acre of land, well fenced, with a few geed fruit trees and a large number of! currant bushes, good cistern and well„woodshed and! coal house. This is an exceptionally pretty and com-1 fortable place. Apply to MRS. C. HOVVARD, on the' premises, or write to Seaforth P. O. 1323 tf IGIARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For saki X cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield Roadj Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which -62 aores ar cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The bal anoe is well timbered with hardwood. There ar good buildings, a bearing orchard and plenty os water. It is within half a mile of the Village of Varna and three miles from Brimfield station'. Possession at any tinie. This is a rare chance to buy a first class farm pleasantly. situated. Apply to ARTHUR FORBES, Seaforth. 1144E1 MIAMI IN McKILLOP FOR SM./E.—For sale the 17 south half of lots 1 and lot 2, co»oession 4, M • Killop, being 160 acres of very choice land mostly lin a good state of cultivation. There is good housu and bank barn, a good young bearing orchard and plenty of never failing water. A considerabie portion seeded to grass. Convenient to merkets and schools and good gravel roads in all directions. Will be sold cheap. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, MESSRS. DENT & HODGE, Mitchell, or is,t Tint HURON EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. JOgN O'BRIEN, Proprietor. 1298-tt MIAMI FOR SALE.— For sale, a good 100 mire 1? farm, being Lot lea 8th -concession of )(Wilkie. There is a good bank barn, a good house, two good wells, a good orchard and a nice garden of straw. berries. There are eighty acres clear, einderdrair ed and well fenced, with plenty of timber for fenci g. One mile and a half from Winthropewhere there re stores, mills, etc., a school within three quarters ,f mile, and a church within half a nine. Seven ropes from Sealoith. Will be sold cheap. Terme to a`uit purchater. Apply on Lot 19, 7th concession, lop or write to. Seaforth P. 0. = ROBERT CAMP- BELL. N. B. If not aold will rent for terni of years. 1341 4 FARM IN GREY FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 13 and 14, Concession 18, Grey; the farm of the late George Campbell, containing 128 acres, ne rly all cleared and in a good state of cultivation, ell underdrained and fenced, also a splendid bea ing orchard. Plenty of good water. A good house and bank barn with other necessary out buildings. t is three miles of Walton, about seven from Brussels and thirteen frotu Seaforth, with good gravel road in every direction: About fifty acres seeded to g ass. i This farm v ill be Bold cheap or exchanged 1 r a smaller place. Apply on the premises, or add ere, JAMES CAMPBELL, Walton, or DONALD INNIS, Exeter P. 0. 1331-tt FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, lot 6, ooncessirn I, H. irt. S., township of Tuckersrnith, conte ning one hundred acres more or less, 97 acres cleared, 66 of which are seeded to grees, well underdratined, three never failing welle. On one fifty of aaid lot there is a log house, frame barn and very good orchard, and on th'e other a good frame hous and barn, stables, and good Orchard. The whole w 11 be eold together or each fifty separately to sui pur- chasers. located 1} miles from Seaforth, will b sold reasonable and on easy terms, as the proprietor a re- tiriug from farming. For further particulars pply to the undersigned on the premises and if by etter to Seaforth P. 0. MICHAEL DORSEY, 13234 f - *EIARM IN TUCKERSMITH FOR SALE—For sale eIC Lot 8, Concession 7, Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, nearly all cleared, free from stiemps, well undardrained, and in a high state of cultivation. The:land is high and dry, and no waste land. 'There is a good brick residence, two good barne, one with stone stabling underneath, and all other necessary outbuildings; two never -failing wells, and a good bearing. orchard. It is within four miles of Seaforth. It ie one of the best farms. n Huron, and will -be sold on easy terms, as the proprietor desires to retire. Possession on the lst October. Apply on the prem. lees, or addreso Seaforth P. 0. WM. ALLAN. -176 - - wARM FOR SALE.—For Stile, 80 acres in anilac County, Michigan 75 acres cleared and hi good state of cultivation, flt to raiseany kind of ' crop. 14 18 well fenced and has a good orchard .on , and a never failing well. The buildinge consist of frame' house, stabling for 12 horses with four box stalls, 86 head of cattle and 100 sheep. Ninety ewes w re win- tered last year,sold 8630 in wool and lambs t is sum- mer. There are also pig and hen houses. e un- dersigned also has 80 acres; with buildings, but • not so well improved, which he will sell either in 40 acre lots or as a whole. Those properties are in good localities, convenient te markets, schools and churches. Tho proprietor le forced to sell on ac- count 01 111 health. It will be a bargain for to right man as it will be sold on easy tenure GEO GE A. TEMPLETON, Doronington Senile° CountyMichi- gan. 1298x4 -t -f FIRST CLASS FARM FOR SALE.—For saie Lot 12 Concession 6, H. It. S Tuckeremith, centaining 100 acres of choice land, nca.rly all cleared and in a high state of cultivation, with 90 acres .rteded to graes. It is thoroughly underdrained and w 11 fenced with straight rail, board and wire fences iand does riot contain a foot of waste land. There 8 also an ordhard of two acres of choice fruit -trees; !two good wells, ono at the house, the other with a wind mull on it at the out buildings, on the premises is an ex - cc -lent frame house, containing eleven rooms and cellar under whole house, and soft and hard water convenient. There aro two ,good bank barns, the one - 32 feet by 72 feet and the 'other 36 feet by 66 feet with etabling for 60 lik.ed of cattle and eight horses. Besides these there are sheep, hen and pig houses and an Implement shed. The farm is well adapted for tgrain or stook raising and is one of the finest farms , lin the country. It is situated 36. miles froin Seaforth Station, 6 from. Brimfield and Kippen with good grevel re a leading to each. It is also Convenient to churches, poet office and echool and will be sold cheap and on easy terms. For further particulars apply. to the proprietor on the premises or by lettpr to THOMAS G. SHILLINGLAW, Egmondville P. 0. 1285-tt When we assert that Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure Backache, Dropsy, Lumbago, Bright's •Di§ - ease, Rheumatism and all other forms of Kidney Troubles, we are backed by the testimony of all .who have.used them, 1 THEY CURE TO STAY CURED. By all druggists or mail on receipt of price, so cents. Dr. L. A. Smith Co., Toronto. -1E:EK-D Y RELIGION. 1 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. • SEPTEMBER 15, 1893, D . ll'ALMAGE' PRACTICAL SERMON 1 ONS NDA' LAST. Man Cannot. e So Good' a Christian on Sabbath That He Can Afford to 1-$0, s, worldling Al neon Is Not the Week—Genuine Re. pasm•die. BROOKLHN,- Sept. 3.—Rev. T. DeWitt &Image in selecting a topic for - to -day hose one of pr ctical value to all classes iz :- "Week -a sr Religion." The text is rom Proverbs 3 : 6, "In all thy ways • cknowledge•hlm. There •has 'peen a tendency in all lands and age.' to set apart certain days, laces, and oc asions for especial religi- us service, an1 to thiuk that they form- ed the realm i which religion was chief- ly to act.. . No , while holy . days and why -places . halve their use, they can ever be a sub titute for continuous ex- rcise of faith 1 and prayer. In , other Nvords, a man annot be a good Chris- tian on Sabbat 1 that he can afford to be a worldling allJ the week. If a steamer starts for Southainpton, and sail one day in that direction, how long before the steamer will get to 'Southampton ?, Just as soon -a• a man will get to heaven who sails on he 'Sabbath day toward that whiah is ood, and , the , other six daysof the we k sails toward the world, the flesh and tie devil. , You dannot eat so much at the Sabbathbanctnet that you can affordl religious abstinence all. the rest of the lweek. Genuine religion is not spasmadic,does not go by fits nd startsns not an attack of chills and f ver—now cold anal your teeth chatter, jnow hot until yeer bones ache. Genii; e religion marehes on steadily, up sti?,ep hills, s and *rig dun - F gerous declivities, its eye ever- on the /everlasting hi Is crowned with , the cas- tles -of the Wi.1 sed. . : may help me. 1 propose, s far as God to show you how we may bring our re- ligion ipto ordinary lite,and nracti.ce it in coinmon hings--yesterday, to -day, to -morrow. • And in the first place, I remark: We :ought to brin religion into our ordinary conversatiou. 1 A dam: breaks aud two .or three villaties are submerged, a South American ea thqueke , swallows a city, and people be m to talkabout the un- certainity Of 1 uman life, and in that conversation llhinks they are engaging in religious serv. •es when :there may be no. religion at all I have noticed that in - proportion a Christian experience is shallow, men talkaboat - funerals and deathbeds, and hearses, ,and tombstones, atid epitaphs. If ft man have the re- ligicn 6f the Gavel in its - full power " in hrs soul, 1 e vill talk chiefly about this - world ad the , eternal - world, and very littl ' Somparatively about the insiguificent pass • between_ this and that. .17k tow -seldom it is that the religion of CI, rist is.a welcome theme? if a elan full of the Gospel of Christ goes into a religio s circle, _and begins to talk about sacred things, ell the conversation is hushed, and things become exceeding awkt . ward. . s on e, sunitner day, tee foretts full o -: song and chirp and carol, mighty cherns of bird harmonies, every breech au orbhestra—if a hawk appears in the sky, a 1 the voices are husked, so I have someti es seen a :sociel circle teat professed to e Christian, silenced by the appearance f the • great theme of God and religion. Now, my friends, if we have the r ligion of Christ in our soul, wo will tal about it in an - exhilarant mood. It i more refreshing than . the waters, it is brighter than the sunshine, it givee a in n joy 'here, and preparee hinefor eve lasting happiness Lefore the throne.pf ice' . And yet, if the theme of teligion be introduced into a circle, everything is sgenced—silenced unless, perhaps, anlaged Christian man in the corner of Ore room, feeling that, some- . thing ought to be seid," puts :One foot over the other, and sighs heavily, and says, :"Oh yete: that's so !" : My friends ! . the religion of Jesus Christ -is n t something to be groaned about, but omething , to talk about and sing about, yeur 1acei irradiated. The trouble is t Sat men peofessing- the faith df the Goseel are otten so inconsistent that they . ...e.afraid their conaiersation will not harmonize- withl their life. We cannot tal the Gospel unless we live the Gospel.- Y u will (etch find a man whose entire life s full' of inconsistencies fill- ing his col- versation With such expres- sions -as, 'we are Miserable sinners," "the Lor help us," "the Lord bless you," interlardieg their conversation with such ihrases, w1ti3h ate Mere cant- ing,- and apting is the worst kind of hypocrisy. If a ma a 118.3 the grace of God in hi: heart dominant, he can talk religion ae d it will Seem natural, and men, int ad of being -repulsed by ' it,. will 1;o attracted by it. ,Do you not know tha when awe --Christian people talk as th y ought about things of Christ and Hear n, God gives spectel atten- tion,.and 1de writes it all down.; Mala- chi 'd: 16: "Then they that feared the Lord talk d one. to the other, i and the Lord liar ened:and heard, endni book of remembrance Was .written.'' -But I remark -again: We ought to bring the religion of Jrsue Christ into oftr ordin ry employments, "011 V' you .. say,-"th, t's a ver good good theory for a man who manages 0., large business, who has grei t traffic. Who holds a great estate; it is a grand 1 thing for oankers and for E iippers, but in my thread and needle st ire, in my trimming establish- ment, in nfy insignificent work of -life, you cam ot, apply those grand Gospel principle ." Who told you that? : Do yell not now that a faded . leaf on it brook's s trface astrects God's attention as certai ly as the path of.a blazing; sun, itail tha the moss that creeps up the side of the rock etnacts God's attention as cortai ily as the waving tops of Oregon piou and Lebanon 'cedar, and that the erns:kite of an a der Under a. me 's hoof sounds as knurly in Gen's ear ,as the 'sea of a worlds conflaerat ion., and tliet the mostinsig/ ilicaut thing hieyour. life is of. enough i oportance to attract the att ution of tile Lord God Al- mighty`, .. i. My br ther, you cannot be called to do anythin Y so insigr ificant but God will nelp you in it. If ' you are a fisherman. Christ will stand In- you ..as he dist Ly nimon svhep he dragged Oennesati-t. a drawer f water?—lie wiivi Are you ll be with yo i as at the -ell curb, When talk- ing witit the Sanaritan worm'''. Are you a custom houtte officer?—Christ --will call yo as he didMatthew at he receipt of cust ni. The anan who 'bps only n day's a ages in his pocket, a1s cercainly needs r ligion as h who rattles the keys ef a hat k and coul abscond wall a hun- dred ti ousand he el dollers.' And Yet there.- ate me -n wl o profess t (0 religion of JPEU Christ wit do not 1)1 j nes the re- lieian f the Gospel into their ordinary are in the churches of this day men who occupar ons and employments. There seem very di far i rc 111 (retainr mor and lie goc-,:; of a_ nni wh no nit La t rius .1.i11(. CI uri:11 0:i tito S hh Hint iiiirintr k. A cheer :I'nie in this eit.y, the sego to ouy goods ;go: seas leirei, le but has Ins .1 e:irt, 'Ili swind ed, lli s too ex- , iee: e that, Wt. ) 110 ,k,0,, Sa:P.):1111 it. gt.e; 1,or ;du; ‘*. :.; is nis aniazement to nnu mite me man who carries around the poor b4 is the Yery.one who swindled him. Rut never mind---sthe deacon has his Wu& cloalc on now, and looks &demo. ahd goes home talking' about that blessedIssermon1 Chisthans on Sunday. Worldingi during the week. • That man does not realize that God knows every dishonest dollar he has in his pocket, and that God is looking right through the iron wall of his money safe, and that the .day of judgment is coming., and that "as the partridge set- teth on eggs and hatcheth thent note so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the . midst of his days. and at his end shall be a fool." But how many there are who go not bring thereligion of Christ into,. their every day occupation! They think reli- gion is for Sundays. Suppose you were to go our to fight for your country in some great contest, would you go to do the battling at Troy or' at Springfield? No; you would go there to get your swords and muskets. Then '-you would go out in the face ef the enemy and contend for your couutry. Now, I take the Sabbath day and the • Church to be only the armory where We are to get equipped for the great battle of life, and that battlefield is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday-, Friday, and Saturday. "Antioch," aud "St. Martin's," -and "Old Hundred" are uot worth much if we do not sing all the week. A serinou is of little account if we cannot carry it behind the counter and behind the 'plough. The Sabbath day is of no value if it lasts only twenty- four hours. " "Oh 1" says soineone, "if I had a great sphere I could do that; if 1 could hates lived in the time of Martin Luther ; if I could have been, Paul's traveling com- penion ; if 1 had some great and re- sounding work to do—then I should put into application .all that you .say." I must admit that ,the 101111111Ce and knight errantry have gone out of life. ThereiS but very little of.it left in the world. The templts of Rouen have been changed into smithies,; the classic mansion at Ashland has been cut up iuto walking sticks ; the muses have re- treated before the emigrant's axe and the trapper's gun, and• a Vermonter might go over the Allegheny and the Rocky Mountains and teee neither an Oread nor a Sylph. 1 The groves where the gods used to dwell have been eta .up for firewood, and the inan who is -look- ing for great spheres and great scenes for action will not find them. Aistil yet there are Alps to scale and there are Hellesponte to swim, and they are in -common life. It is absurd for y 'it to say that you . would serve God it you had a great sphere. It you do not serve hint on a small settle, you would not on a large scale. If you cannot . stand the bite of a midge, how could you endnre the breath of a basilisk ? Our national government does not think it belittling to put a tax on pins, and a tax on buckles, and a tax on shoes. The individual tax . does not amount to much, but in the aggregate to millions and,millions of dollars. And I would have you, 0 Christian man, put a high -tariff on every annoyance and vexation that cotnes through your soul. This might not amount to much in Single oases, but in the aggregat:e it %you'd be a great revenue in spiritual strength and satisfaction. • A bee can suck honey even out of a nettle ; and if you have the grace•of God in your heart you can get sweetness out of that which would otherwise irritate and annoy. A returned missionary told me that a com- pany of adventurers rowing up the Gau- ges were stung to death by flies that in- fest that region at certain seasons. I have seen the earth strewed with the carcasses of men slain by insect annoy- ances. The only Nv.ay to get prepared for the great troubles of life la to con- quer these small troublef. Suppose a soldier should say, "This only a, skirmish, end there are only a few,- enetnies—I won't load my gun ; wait until . I get int() some great r general engagement." That man is a coward, and would be a coward in any . sphere, If a nine dues not served his country in a skirmish, he yill not in a "Waterloo. And if you are not faithful goitig• out against the singlehanded . misfortunes of this lite, you would net be faithful Nvhen great disasters with their thunder- ing artillery come rolling down oyer the eaul. .This brings to me another point. We ought to bring the religion of Jesus Christ into all our trials. If we have a bereavement, if we lose (Sur fortune, if some great trouble blast like the tempest, then we go to God for comfort; but yes- terday in the little annoyances of your store,. or office, or shop, or factory, or 'Junking house, did you go • to God for comfort? You did not. My friend, you need to take the reli- gion of the Lord Jesus Christ into the most ordinary trials of your life. You have your misfortunes, you have your anxieties, you have your vexations. .."011 I" you say, "they don't- "shape my -character. Since I lost my child, since I lost my property, 1 have been a very different man from what I was." My brother, it is the little annoyances of your life that are souring your disposi- tion, clipping your moral character, and making you less and less of a male You go into an artist's, studio. You see him makinit a. piece of sculpture. You say, "Why don't you strike harder?" AYith his mallet and his 'ehisel he goes click, click, click ! and you can hardly see from stroke to stroke that there is any impression made upon the stone, and yet the work is going on. You say. "Why don't you strike' !larder ?" "Oh'!" he replies, "that would shatter the statue, I must make it in this way Stroke be - stroke." And he continues on by week and month until after a while every man that enters the studio is fascinated. Well, I find God dealing with some men. He is shaping him for time, and shaping him for eternity. I say, "0 Lord! why - net with one tremendous blow of calam- ity shape that man for the next world ?" God says, "'MeV§ not the way I deal with this man; it is stroke after stroke, annoyance after annoyance, irritation after irritation; and after a while he will be done, and a glad spectacle for angels and men." Not by one great stroke, but by ten thousand -little strokes of misfortuue are spen fitted. You know that large for- tunes can soon be .scattered by being paid out in small sums of mnney, and. the largest estate of Christian character is sometimes entirely lost by these small depletions.. We must briug the re] igiou of Jesus Christ to help us in these - lit tie noy- ances. D not say that anything- is tee insignificant toaffect your character. Rats may sink stabile One hicifer mil v destroy a temple. A queen got her death by- smell ng of ft poisoned rose, The scratch of a sixpenny nail niev give you the lockjaw. C0111111bUs by :mid lig for a piece, of bread and a drink of %eater at a Franciscan convent came to the die- covery of a new world. And there is a great connection between trifles and im- mensities. between nothings and. ow-'r'things. Do you not suppese that God cares for your insignificant borrow:" Why, my 4riends, there is nothing is• significant in your life. How dare seu lake the responsibility cf saying that llieo is? n Do you not know that tee whole u iverse is not ashamed to take care pc one \IMOD r J. say, " wnat are you doing down there in the) grass, poor little violet.? Nobody knee's you are here. Are you not afraid nights? You will die with -thirst; no- body cares for you.; you will suffer, you will. perish." ''No," says a star, -pi watch over it to -night." "No," says -the. cloud, "I'll give it drink." "No,' says the sun, "I' warm it in my bosom." And then the wind rises, and comes bending down the grain, and sounding its psalm through the forest, and Issay, "Whither away, 0 wind! on such swift wing?" and it answers."I em going to COOl the cheek of that violet." And then I see pulleys at work in the .sky,and the clouds are drawing' water, and I say, "What are you doing there, 0 clouds'?" -• They say, "We are drawing water for that violet." And then I look down into the grass, and I say, "Can it be that God takes care of a poor little thing like you?" and the answer collies up, "Yes yes; God Clothes - the grass of the field, and He has never forgotten me, a poor violet." 011, my friends! If the heavees bend down to such insignificant minis- try as that, I tell you God is willing to bend down to your case,since He is just as -careful about the construction of a soldier's eye as He isin the conformation of.flain ing galaxies. Plato had a fable which I have now nearly forgotten, but it ran something like- this : He' said spirits of the other world came back to this world to find a body and fiud a. sphere of work. One spirit canto and took the body of a king, and did his work. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet, and did his work. Atter a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies' are taken, and all the grand work is taken. ‘re is nothing left for me." And bottle one replied, "Ah 1 the best one has been, left for you." Ulysses eaid, "What's that ?" And the reply was, "Tho body of a ceimmOn man, doing a common work, and for a common re - Ward." A good fable for the world, and just as good fable for the Church. But I remark again! We ought to bring the religion of Jesus Christ into our ordinary blessings. • Every autumn the President of the United States and the Governors make proclainetioe, and ‘ve are Zialled together in our churches to give thanks to God for His • .goodness. But every day ought to be a thanks- giving day. We take most of the bless- ings of life as a matter of course. We have had ten thousand blessings this morning, for which we have not thanked God. Before the night comes, we will have a thousand more blessings you %via never think of mentioning before God. If you were thirsty ond asked me for a drink,tind I gave you this glass of water, your common instincts would reply, —Thank you." And yet, how many chalices of mercy we get hour by hour front the hand of the Lord, our Father and our King and we do not even think to say "Thank you." . Illore just to men than we are just to God.' Who thinks of thanking God for the water gushing up in the • well, foaming in the Cascade, laughing over the rocks, pettering in the showers, clasping its hands in the sea'? Who thinks to thauk God for this? Who thinks to thank God for the air. the fountain: of life, the bridge of sunbeans, the path of sound ? Who thinks -to thank God for this won- derful physicalorganism. this sweep of vision. this chime of harmony struck into the ear, this crimson tide rolling through -arteries and veins, this drums ming of the heart on the march of ins-, mortality ? I convict myself, _and I convict- every one of you while I say these thiugs„ that we are unappreciative of the common mercies of life. And yet if .they were withdrawn, the heavens would wishhold their rain,: and the earth would crack open under, our feet, and famine and de- solation and. sickness, and woe would stalk across the earth. and the whole earth would become a place of skulls. 0, my friends! lotus wake up to an ap. preciation of the commou mercies of life. Let every day be a Sabbath, every meal a secramena every room a holy of holies. "We all have burdens to bear ; let us cheerfully bear them. We all have hat - ties to fight.; let us courageously fight the.m. If we want to die right, we must live right. You g� home and attend to your little sphere of duties. I will go home and attend to my little sphere of duties. You cannot do My work; I cannot do your work. Negligence and indolence will win the hiss of everlasting scorn; while faithfulness . will gather its gar- lands, and wave its sceptre, and sit upon its throne long after the world has put on ashes and eternal ages have begun their march. : !-ome' Strange Customs. . Among_ the ArOwa-cks in Surinam, a son;m•law is, at the peril of his life, never perinitted, to look at his mother -in. law. If they happen to meet he is ex- • pected to turn his -back upon her, and if they live in the satile house toe,ether, he must take care never to look her in the face. . In some parts of England a queer cus•. tom is still in vogue, Nvhich is repeated whenever a death occurs. It is celled the "bite of sin," and whenever some one in it house dies e piece of bread it laid on the breast of the corpse which some stro4er-by is persuaded to eat for a geed sum' of menet-. In this way it is believed that the sins of the dsad are transferred to the living-, who iu turn ..tan shove them off together with hit own by a similareeeremony, when hit life -comes to an f,011 the Sandwich Islands - the Nv idows- have- the names of their departed husbands tattooed on their tongues,. but it is neeknown how ori(Tin they turn Over the sweet morsel of ‘vil'el v devotien when they marry again.—St. Luuis Post-Pispatch, It Was Verbal. Lawyer—Have you got a verbal con- tract with hint?' Pat—Indade I have, but I didn't bring it wid tut', for the razon I don't belave il'S%email the paper It's written on. . • AT fiti* I, OR PLEASANT 51%0i) THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IR BETTER. My doctor says It acts gently on the stomach, liver and kidneys, and is a pleasant laxative. This drink is made from herbs. and is prepared for use as easily as tea. It Is called LAItilES MEDIGINI An dr g414 f.OIL it for 50c. and .1.03 per_ package. BuY one toeley. Lane's Family Medicine ;novels the bowel* enitt day. In order to De beams tineI� Le,:eocra; PURE COFFEE, THIS IS TIM COFFE.E THAT WON • THE GREAT WORLD'S FAIR CONTRACT. GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY PURE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, 0— CHASE & SANBORN, BOSTON. MONTREAL* CHICAGO DOMINION BANK, MAIN STREET (NEAR ROYAL HOTEL), S OTZT1-1, GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Interest allowed on deposits of $1.00 and upwards at highest current rates. No NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL REQUIRED. Drafts bought and sold. Collections made on 1 points at lowest rates, Farmers' Sale Notes collected, and advances made on same; favorable terms. 110" BUSINESS ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE, ESTABLISHED 1867. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. CAPITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS - $6,000,000 REST M MB B. E. WALKER, GENERAL MANAGER, SEAFORTH BRANCH. A General Bankina Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes discounted, Drafts issued, payable at all points in Canada and the principal cities in the United States, Great Britain, France, Bermuda, &c. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, and current rates of interest allowed. lErInterest added to the principal at the end of May and Novem- ber in each year. - $ 1,100,000 ‘> : Special attention given to the collection of Commercial Paper and Far mers' Sales Notes. . , F. HOLMESTED, Solicitor. M. MORRIS. ',Tanager. O. I. 01R, ID. S. SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. .-ST-==t-Y-1111:111\TG- LUMSDEN & WILSON'S, B_A.P1CDIZT1-1_ Under the White Canvas in the Sonth End, "Y-0-L.T w IID PIN!" I) BEATTIE BROTHERS, Who, it is well known, are the Star Grocers. A glance is sufficient to ten - you they are doing a rushing biz. No old stock allowed to accumulate. Their motto is—" The nimble sixpence chases the lazy shilling." They wholesale and retail a very superior line of Provisions at extremely reasonable prices. BEATTIE BROS., SEAFORTH: WIVE YOE Any idea of taking a Business or SliORTHAND COURSE The Forest City Business College T_JOINTI303g", Stands head and shoulders above the average Business College ,for thorough practical teaching. College re -opens September 4th. Catalogue free. 1340-26 J. W. WESTERVELT, Principal. GET A MOVE ON. We have got a move on, and are now in our new Warerooms, ready to wait upon you to show you one of the finest stocks of Furniture in Western Ontario. We make a specialty of pleasing all our customers. Now that we are in our new Warerooms, we are in a better position than ever to meet our friends, and show them goods that are worth buying. Come right along and satisfy yourselves that our Furniture is all we claim for it—the latest designs, best of workmanship, and finest finish. We sell cheap all the year round. Popular Goods, Popular Prices at the Popular Firm of The M. Robertson Furniture Emporium, STRONG'S RED BLOCK, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. MB SEM LEAN 13 ADVE contract advert li en: 1-1 !It:or tiinP per loearntia di 3,t nVleto81 33abovemonth,p Etsnl Ire i: fit012 to *" ;I ittastese °12for special mci ;010- bileAssliortdidiedsvVhseetarertr t xr,et ausiro: esattsT nebna:t8 :1141:11ilst- -Aar le 111°1f7:50:1:11,ieeeranntiertigerse:edrtadetheell:I'13,:::imnamortgenlealso 1 inee: t 13117rnt 8:tottr.fel id vedient in Wester, esdizsusi°gettPesdrvlienrf ve- siliag e &Peri; al e3:843 1o:8:pit teb.49F:°71 8wCR,DV 111 111111 -Alit GOODS. ja form the I she is prepared bolds out of heir Market Street, San BULL 4, T FOR SA uckerend - a months old an Will be sold re mondyilie P. 0. Told BEATTIE tj Court, Count leysacer, ,and, 1,41 vested, and tO ent 'tore, Main vAus FOR SAI sr acre Wen, wi Iowa Seaforth. :the premises, Lot 1 smith, or by mail I forth P. O. Io/OUSEKEEPEI reiddle of S usekeeper, and 4 -work, and 'the nate 104 suitable Imre* to T, MELLIS, Kip riOOD FARM k ceseion 9, H. acres of excellent buildings *re Uhl school and within 1 tie best neighborl proprietor on the p _ROBERT IleGOW.i No•••••••••!.. A CHANCE TO', to make from - Rudy Canadian GI *ries or Commiesicn FREE. Special ir this week forterrns Toronto Ont. IIARM -TO BEI'47 • oil the fou tithing fifty-twoaci in lirst-claseshape sale two fine steel*, years old. Will be really first-class anj scribed premises, : I'. G. MRS. RICEI "DOR SALE.—A X The lot eonl sere, has a nice Ate fenced, and has pie it. It is situated sted's residence, tO sold for 40200, aboui situated for a ret Apply to H. A. STI to JOHN lEllakt IN GRE 12whichCo°vneares9081°ancr high state of culth and good bank bar of never failing wai Zing. a:hdeir°e 13n rielilelsiflci Itis one attic best lie sold cheap and must retire on accc premises, or addri BAELL;:iLgnENedoff piper! his property in I f g 10whichnaa ner tr ae isr adastoreer.sept alcnt wde .iladt1 of the richest and 1 aornd tsh iois so,nTsopwlenn: nese Wan with toi particulars, addri Cj NDID suitable for grain 4:i miles trona the thri gravel f,b011.814B:aarill::th7rif:r7dabe brick, 22,:32 txtedral ond in: 18:2at ag. Ram 40x70, ;41kIt _mg; .1,80111511.10a: t°017171:3;orri orchard. School o Mmomm....imommmommmm.... 8 300Priv 8 500 rates 8 700 borroi 81)000 pleted $1,500 vvithi $2,500 S.HAl Town goodOfft Ylv"eeu ee tsttlYaylli t2 Ntusheuet e al. Street and only a 11 t6htrigeteretiS 13a ig°C,OOdk 14 Thomas Sharp's' numbers 19e, 1971 Furniture factory -A are formueh ajbs hn tr: II 411 apply to Rohe 1326 tf -Constance. These are all regi 61°0 PaYable at breed eava. and :s eRnr FicuBesaAlebs l*krjjetu at his premises, Lc' C. S A. General 13 Farmers' no Drafts hough Interest alio SALE NOT ealleetion OFFICE ---F Wilson's Hard. MAR THE HURD szAro PIO WITS