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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-09-29, Page 6- • by by th A Sal sat to Lo pr A Co Li! Lo BOY pr ST Sea 11 bu • \ THE HURON EXPOSITOR. SEPTEMBER 29, 1893. VETERINARY. TOHN GBJEVE, V. S., honor gracmase of email o eJ Veterinary College. All diseases of Domestic Animals treated. Calls promptly attended to and oharges moderate. Vete riflery Dentistry a specialty Office and residence over W. N. Watson' Sewing Machine Shop, Seaforth. 1112tf - 1 graduate of Ontaric, Vet G1RANIC S. Beattie, V. S., _1-_` erinery College, Toronto, Member of th t Vet °riflery Medical Society, eto„ treats all direases of the Domesticated Animals. All oath promptly at- tended to either by day or night. Charges naoder. ate. Special attention given te veterinary dentis- try. Office on Main Streer, Seaforth, one door soath of Kidd's Hardwara store. 1112 Last EAFORTH HORSE INFIR.MARY.-Corner i f Jar- tkj via and.GoderichStreets, next door to tee Pres. byterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. All dila see of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the ito-e stioated animals, sumessfully treated at , th inarmary or elsewhere, on the shortest nottet. ...hewers m 'der ate. JAMES W. ELDER, Vetetinary Surge )fl.. P S. -A are stock of Veteres /try Medicines Kept con statttly on hand LEGAL S. HAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary eublic. Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Office-Cardno's block, Main Street, Seaforth. Meney to loan. . 1235 1 . 1 1 i I ( r I 4 I 1 , I 1 T 1 -; j ' I e E g a _ ° 1 n y d a I a n 5 o b si d cn 01• ir 84 m bi tl w ti as fe teber , 1Y be pe th ati fa, - tri dr th thi 1 SU ed hal 801 Ch ] 188 Iwo int wh me up f‘si, `"- are eac vvh Gal ] kee woi the bei li a she min ta HIGGINS & LENNON, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c. Offices - 120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth Ontario. Seaforth Offiee-Whitney's Block, Main Street. Money to loan. Titmens Mifirox HIGGINS. JAMES LENNON. . 1291 AT ATTIIEW MORRISON, Walton, Insurance AL Agent, Commiseroner for taking affidavits, Conveyances, dro. Money to loan at,the 'owes. rates. M. Moaroseee, Walton. -- T M. BEST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, &e ei . Office -Rooms, five doors north ofCommercial :hotel, ground floor, next door to C. L. Papa's jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Goderich agents -Cameron, Holt and Cameron. 1215 ---- -- - :-- - - ----- - - -- UARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Seth itors, &o., Goderich, Ontario. J. T. °ARM)* Q. C.; • W. PROUDY00T. 885 riAMERON, HOLT ts HOLMES, Barristers So. ko Halters in Chancery, &o.,Goderich, On M. C. OAMIIRON, Q. 0, PHILEP 11014r, DUDLEY HOLMES it TANNING es SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors Con iv" veyancerre &o. Solloitoro for the aliens o4 Johnston, Tisdale & Gale. Money to loan Officio - Elliott Block, Clinton, Ontario. A, IL MAxamio JAarias Scone a 781 1[I EfOLMESTED, successor to Mu. Ate firm ,U a McCaughey & Hohnested, Barrister, So. !loiter, Conveyancer and Notary. Solicitor ft r the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Money to lend Farma for eale. Office in Scott's Block, Mate Street, Seaforth. a ANs CAM RON SMITH, • BARRISTER. Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissiover tor taking Affidavits in the High Court of Justice, Conveyancer, Money to Lend Can be consulted after office hours at the Comm r. cial Hotel. HENS -ALL, - ONTAR1..r. DENTISTRY. 'El W. TWEDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamilton .U. & McInnet Shoe Store, corner Main and John Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad. ministered 1 or the painless extraction of teeth. 1169 DR. FRANK BELDEN, Dentist. New loco, atoreethetic for painless extraction of teeth. No uechugoiousness. Office -Over Johnson Bros. Hardware -Store, Seaforth. 1226 , .-„,„‹.,1e,e,„.,.,, lowl ANEW, Dentist, Clinton will visit Hensel' at HodgensAlotel 1 gal,,n,, every Monday, and at Zurich the second Tuesday in each month 1288 .... .1. la IN T1 KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D S., ,IC,',; ''..s 11. Exeter,Ont. Will be si Zurich I tritity.". at the Huron Hotel, en the LAST THURSDAY AND FISK THURSDAY IN BACEI MONTH, and at Murdock's Hotel, Hensall, on the FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY in each month. Teeth ea tracted with the least pain possible. All work first -clear at liberal rates.. on DR. C. H. INGRAM, Dentist, (successor to H. L Billings), member of the Royal College of Den tal Surgeons, Ontario Teeth inserted with or with. DIA a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe aflame ',•hetic given tor the painless extraction of teeth. Difice-over O'Neirs bank, Exeter, Ontario. 1204 N. B. -Plates secured firmly- in the mouth by Yemene' Patent Valve. MONEY TO LOAN. AyrONEY TO LOAN. -Straights loans at 8 pa i ,L11, cent., with the privilege to berrowi» of repaying part of the principal money st any time. apply to F. HOLMKSTED, Barristet, Seaforth. MEDICAL. • - DR. C. SHEPPARD, Physician and Sifigeon, Bay- field, Ontario, successor to Dr.. W. If. Wright. e 1225-62 , DR. alcTAVISH, Physician, Sur` eon, &c. Office corner southwest of Dixon's 1otel, Brucefield. iight calls at the office. 1323 . < DR. ARMSTRONG, M. B., 'Torento, M. D. C. M., Victoria, M. C. P. S., Ontario, successor to Dr. Oliott, office lately occupied by Dr. Elliott, Bruce- eld, Ontario. 1 1324x62 DRS. -SCOTT & NiACKAY, OFFICE, : Goderich Street, op0osite Methodist ;hurch, Seaforth, RESIDENCE, dext Agricultural rounds. ' . G. SCO'TT, M. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vic- toria,) M. C. P. S. 0. . MACKAY, M. D. 0. M., (Trinity,) F. T. M. C., M. C. P.- S. O. _ r) E. COOPER, M. D.,. M. B., L. F. P. and S., As , Glasgow, &c., Phyerman, Surgeo6 and Act. c.iclaer, Constance, Ont. 1127 ELLIOTT, Brumfield, Licentiate Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, F.din. tree Brumfield, Ont. 930 ) W. BRUCE SMITH, M. D , C. M., Memof :te the Colleg,e of Physicians and Surgeon, &o., raeorth, Ontario. Officio and residence same as lcupled by Dr. Vercoo. 848 i LEL BETHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Royal I College of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston. aoessor to Dr. Markt& Offlot lately Occupied Dr. Mackid, Main Street Seaforth. Residence Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately occupied . L. E. Dancey. • 1127 -- ------P • AUCTIONEERS. •pri ' P. BRINE, Licensed Auctioneer for th, Conn , ty of Huron. Sales attended in a:I parte of a County. All orders left at THI EXPOSITOR lice will be promptly attended to. WM. M'CLOY, ctioneer for the Counties of Huron and Perth. :ea promptly attended to, charges moderate and istaction guaranteed. Orders lby mail addressed Chiselhurst Post Otlice, or left at his residence 2, Concession 11, Tuekersinith, v.111 receive ompt attention. 1296<tf _ • W. G. DUFF, CTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, °envie ancer, lector, Book-keeper and Accountant .Real'Estate, I, Accident and Fire Insuranct Agent; Money to in, Correspondence, &c. Parties requiring his vicee in any of these branches will reoeive ,mpt attention. Omen IN DALEY'S BLOM, (UP IRO, MAIN STREET, SR/FORTH, 113' eKillop Directory for 1893. . 01I 01IN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin P. 0. AMES EVANS, Deputy Reeve, Beechwood. 1ANIEL MANLEY, Councillor, Beeehwood. (M. efoGAVIN, Councillor, Loadbury. rILLIAM ABCIIIBALD, Councillor, Leadbur • OHN C. MORRISON, Clerk, Winthrop. 3 ' OLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Wintliiop. a irM.-EVANS, Aseeesor, Beeohwood. sh HARLES DODDS, Collector, Seaforth. ;.W. B. SMITH, M. D,, Medical Health Officer, forth. aCHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inspector, Lead- the Y. • • tete .... • big ii. McLellan, London. Ba-„ 47 Talbot Street, Specialist on the EYE, EAR, NOSE & THROAT Graduate of the New York Eye and Ear Hospital, 1889. Post Graduate Couree at the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital on the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, 1892. Eyes Tested. Full stock of Artifical Eyes, Spectacles and Lenses. Will be at the RATTENBURY HOUSE, CLINTON ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER eth, 1893, Hours 10 a. ne to 4 p. m. Charges Moderate 1312x52 • Chronic • Coughs Personsafflicted with these or any throat or lung trottbles should resort to that Most Excellent Remedy, Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda. No other preparation effects such cures. "CAITTION.” -Beware of substitutes. Genuine prepared by Scott t Bowne,' Belleville. Sold by all druggists. 50o. and WO. 1J --here '15 muth difference in the f la or, s[rentfl and aroma of 3moiiri9 tobaccos as in dpr.5. MA5T1FF • PLUG CUT ranli) with the tine5t hay- ana'cigar.s in compari5on. THE NORTH CHAMBER. " Phrony, the convention meets this eek, and it's just come into my poor stupid tied. I declare it gave me a turn when,Drd Wisner gave it out in meeting. I 'mostj poke right out." 1 ' .i 4‘ La sakes ! sister Susa , lehould think o. I reckoned it was next month, and ere's the whole house riding out as you ight ray. How did you stand it? • ouldn't have put my mind on the sermon ne mite with such a responsibility on my houlders. What hurried 'em up so ?" "The missionary packet goes a month arlier than the time set, Dr. Wisner says, nd Dr. Saunders and Dr. Flynn are goie ith the rest you know." " Conscience sake ! The very ones bro, her invited for the conference." " Yee, incleed„Phrony ; and that's wha as so heavy on me. I always put the mi ionariem in the North Chamber. You r ember Dr. Dickenron was the last one an r. Judson before him, and somehow i mit consecrated to missionaries in my min couldn't feerno ways right to put 'em an here else." "And the North Chamber hasn't be leaned this spring, and the Marseilles ood right ought to whiten a week! It ood thing the down beds have been airi 11 winter. There's three days, sister 'u an, without coiunting the Sabbath d 'here's no harm, I guess; planning' fo issionary's comfort on,the Lord's Dity i ou don't do anything tor him." "For my part, Phrony, I'd just as so o something to make a missionary comf rt ble as think about it on the Sabbath, nt 'm going straight to put that quilt to s a soon as I get my pelisse off. " I guese you're right, sister Susan ; it' inistering to the necessities of the sa nt cl given to hoispitality. I think if we •iv r ininds to it properly we can get th orth Chamber ready for Thursday. age gets in early before breakfast Th rs y, you know." The big quilt went to ioak in the big es k tub without delay; it was just so muo Susan's mind when she went to mee in the afternoon. She was free then, eh id, when it came night, to concentrate he ind on the cream cakes and the sp ce ef, the pound -cake and the baked a e calves -foot jelly and the pigeon -pie ere to regale the missionaries at her b ul board. I don't know why a speeial bill of far !iodated with theology, but I know tly well if I were to invite a rxiiniete t. a to -day, the first things I should me provide would be cream cakes and a.ice ef. Some early association with b an rsuasiveness ancrepicy doctrine, I fancy. ta I shall not take you into the kitchen ' o at eventful Monday, nor attempt to 'nit o you into the mysteries of genuine ca ve t jelly (before the days of gelatine), e beef a in mode, such as may b amed of in these degenerate days fur o interest, at all events the point of • y sent t ' ale is folded in the mighty ui t t we l!eftsubmerged that Sunday n mall clanger of anything going astr y In man Tyler's kitchen, where Tabitha (t ai - 1 under her watchful eye from her t en ). reigned for twenty years. The r le roe of spiritual exercise was that N rldi amber. t goes without saying that for anyt 14g than a missionary, a couple of h UT8 uld have put the room and the state b d o an apparently festal condition; f r at can befall a room that is almost et- tioally, sealed, whose draperies are pi niad • in brown holland, whose mirrors: ed in newspapers, whose wh;te eh es rolled to the ceiling and cased in cab 0, h tassel having its own separate bag, d. se carpet is as faithfully covered th . er as the careful housekeeper's in e rs. kell's story of " Cranford!" hat was the hard, old-fashioned way of ping house with "notables " ; you o I Id have stripped off the covers, ope ed windows wide to sunshine and bre ze, It a fire on the well cleaned hearth, gi en ht sweeping and a thorough dust g, ken the down beds, spread fresh 1 en ets, oh ! how • cold and slippery • ey T t have been of a winter night, laid on beet rose blankets'and been well o n to take the quiltfrom its wraps i be mahogany drawer, and felt more than efied with the result, ot so Aunt Susan. 0 on Immaculate as the new robe of a eliriv n penitent must every nook and corner o,f t e North Chamber be, before it wonld be a t abiding place for even one missionary to say nothing of two. I am glad, if traditi n is true, that I was not one of those ovler whom Aunt Susan had authority in tho e days.• 1 Long before daylight on Monday t household was roused. The ordinary wee ly washing was put in abeyance. Hear Children Cry fo soul and b dy of °Vela, nieinber of the fami- ly were i • molated on the shrine of the North Ch mber. Up oa a the carpet • for a beating; it might ha e been shaken in church for any aust that'mc from it. No profane foot had touched it since its last annual cleaning. Putting d wn carpets then was neither like laying rn dern rugs nor nailing less modern fitted car ate, where the upholsterer turns in a clum y edge and hammers board nails into the f oor until yott are distracted. Nice carpets, n those days, were bound with heavy c rpat binding; small brass rings were se ed on at snort intervals; thine slipped ver little knobs or hooks screwed int,o the loor. More trouble to begin with, but muo lees afterward. Every inch of wainscoting was waxed tied polished that Monday ; the queer paper (which as a remarkable panorama, if one could or ly have discovered its meaning, rendere obscure by the big piecea taken out by he dcoaways) was carefully dusted; all the eavy mahogany furniture was rub- bed til" itavaii lustrous; the brans handles and lions' claws were polished to a painful degree of brilliancy. On Wednesday the broad hearth was newly "redded," the tall pointed andirone had a kind of theological look like twin meeti g -houses with sharp spires, the chips were .iled, the logs laid, the mirrors ,and wind w -panes polished with chamois, shades and t ssele were released from their celiac) bond ge, the brown holland on- the chairs • had iven place to the dull red plush ; not a thi ig remained but the bed, whose adorn- • ing as the crowniog glory of that North Cha ber. I an honestly describe it ; for in the turn of Firtune's wheel, that identical bed, with its i. entice' garniture, is in my possession; just as it -stood, nearly ilfty years ago in tha North Chamber, dedicated to tniesion- ari ▪ 8. at we must see it on that eventful Wed. nes ay morning as it stood in -naked ma este,. ' t was a huge high four-poster, the posts most curiously and elaborately carved, and to 'ering ten feet in the air. Over the top stretched a fluted blue canopy, that needed on y stare to euggest heavenly visions. A te ter hung at the head, Icing blue curtains w re on either side and two at the end, and w i en drawn they completely inclosed the b d, to the exclusion of fresh air as well as o dangerous draughts. These curtains were made of a fashionable a tiole called bird chintz. Anything per t eyed on it might have been safely wor s iipped, for ite adornments resembled noth i.g in heaven above, on earth beneath, or in be waters under the earth. I suppose a modern tosthete would say hey were conventionalized palms and birds. he draperies were gorgeoes, and liberal in mplitude lined with the same beautiful lues, andfinished with deep, overlapping pointed valances!, with heavy pendants land fringes of blue and gold. It was a wonderful construction. This bed was always crucial. Its making was the 'floe' touch, reserved for the master hand -in this case for the hand of the mis- tress. Tabitha might hew and bake, Debby might wax and polish, and Becky might wash and iron, but only Phrony and Aunt Susan could lay their fingers on that shrine , - On the broad sacking lay first a hair mat - trews, then an ordinary • feather bed, good, sound, picked live geese feathers, such as ordinary mortals might possess. This was beaten and shaken by Phrony and Susan to a proper state of lightness and smoothed at the right angle. Then came the down beds. Real down One after the otherthese were shaken and fluffed till they were like baloons ; with nicest adjustment they were piled on the foundation feather bed. Shiny fine linen sheets, as smooth and comfortable as glass, were spread up like a French glove over the big bolster. Out of the great cedar ohest, smelling de- lightfully of camphor, (lame four mammoth rose blenkete. Do you know what I mean ? Each blanket had in the corner's huge wheel or rosette, in bright colors, at leant three feet across; °lily the finest, heaviest blankets had these, and a rose blanket meant something superfine. To put these in plaoe without marring the fair proportions of the bed was a work of ingenuity, but it was succeesfully accom- plished. By this time •Phrony and Susan could barely see each other's eyes across the plump mound: to get into that bed always requir- ed a little step -ladder. , Aunt Susan's face still wore an anxious look. "Phrony, are you sure that quilt is •all right?" Sure as I'm standing here, Susan. It's on the clothes-horee all folded, white as the driven enow, this blessed minute, just waiting for me to Pull the bell for Becky." " Well, pull it now." No electric annunciators in those days; in their stead bell ropes hung from the wall; these were often handsomely embroidered by hand. A judicialth twitch at one end of the rope brought the proceseion from the kitchen at the other end -Tabby, Debby and Becky, bearing between them the quilt. Oh ! such a quilt! It well might take three to bear it. It took five to spread -so big and long and broad and heavy, with its raised figures and deep fringe. But the little domestic corps was well drilled and needed no word of command. Solemnly and silently they wrought. It was opened out over eix chairs; when all was ready the proceseion moved slowly, cautiously, deliberately, and in some won- derful way, with two on eachside and one at the foot, the quilt was properly placed over the rose blankets, so evenly laid that no de- pression in the down bed could be detected; the snowy fringes just cleared the floor at the sides and the foot: the four huge pil- lows, with ruffled wises, were placed at the head, and lo! there was the wondrous work achieved. NO artist ever contemplated with more satiefaction the framing of his chef d'auvre than did Aunt Susan regard that snowy pile. She fairly glowed with delight and exertion. , At that instant, given up to a pardonably proud contemplation of her preparation for the comfort of the dear missionaries, a sound of hasty footeteps on the stairway thrilled Aunt Susan's prophetic heart. Phrony, open the door. It's that Sin Saxon, I know; don't let her come in. Sakes alive ! if anything should happen to this bed ?" " Whit is it, Sin ?" said Phrony, careful- ly holding the door ajar. "If you please, Mrs. Tyler, mother wants to know if you'll lend her your rodding pot? Ours is out. "Get it, Phrony, for the land's sake, but don't let her in here !" , As Phrony slipped out, Sin got a •glimpse of the wonderful bed. • "Oh, my ! Mrs. Tyler, isn't that splen- did? Just like a snowdrift." Unhappy Aunt Susan. Why did you not take the compliment and let the little witch go? But terror got the better of discretion with poor Aunt Susan, whose patience had been sorely tried before now with impetu- ous, heedless Sin Saxon, who never said or thought or did an intentional unkindness, but who was born to mischief as the sparks fly upward. Aunt Susan's warnings againat mischief were too often suggestions for mis- chief that would not otherwise have occur- red even to Sin's fertile brain '; so it was at this fatal moment. "I know you, Sin Saxon. •Nothing you'd like better than to jump on it the way You do at home. I know you: go straight Pitcher's Castoria. downstaire. Don't you put your foot over the threshold or lay the weight of your finger on my bed. If you muss it, -I'll-"• What Aunt Susan would have uttered as a climax no one will ever know; the sug- gestion in the first part of her sentence was too much for Sin. Ono spark of grace bade her drop the red - ding pot, and then, with one flying leap, the little sinner cleared the threshold and land- ed plump in the middle of the missionary's bed, disappearingout of sight in the heart of those wonderful down beds. What RI Aunt Susan .ay? What could she say? Her wrath was too deep' for words. She gasped three or four timee, then plunged her arms down into the hollow, where Sin, frightened at her own audacity, was half -laughing, half -crying and wholly hysterical ; she seized the hapless child, in whatever way was handiest, sad marched her down stairs to the front door, that, of course, Sin had left swinging, and flung her out on the grass plot as she would. have done a disgraced puppy. "Go home, Sin Saxon, and never darken my doors again 1" Often as this story has been told to me, I never knewhow the missionaries fared, for the recollection of that dreadful hour was always too muoh for Aunt Susan, and elle would flush and weep with an anger and ex- citementunassuaged by time. To the day of her death she never forgave Sin Saxon. She looked upon her as one ut•- terly reprobate, and so steeped in depravity as to be past hope of regeneration. I wonder if Cynthia Saxon to -day remem- bers her entrance and exit into the North Chamber, when she so unceremoniously vis- ited those sacred precints so many years ago. -Louisa T. Craigin in Wide Awake. A DOG CALLED "JOE." BY L. T. MEADE. • CHAPTER I. "There ain't no me in yer fondling that ere dog now, Susie, for I have quite made up my mind." - These words were addressed by a man with a very red face to a little, slight, dark -eyed girl. They were both in a small close parlor in a back street in London. The girl was half -sitting, half lying on a sofa formed of two chain, drawn close to- gether. The man, between the whiffs of his pipe, jerked out his angry words. A dog, partly retriever, partly Newfoundland, sat olose to the girl, so close that her thin white hand rested on his shiny head ; so close that hie brown and loving eyes could look often right into hers. The man was red and ugly, the girl, was- ted from illness and suffering, possessed little or no beauty; but the dog was a mag- • nificent creature, tawny in color, with an exquisitely silky and cuily coat. He was levidently a king among hie kind, Anil, as evidently, the one joy of this little sick girl's "Poor Joe. He don't eat so very much, father," she said rapidly, raising timid and pleading eyes. "That don't matter nothink, Sue. He eats more nor we can afford ; and then there's the tax. There's that man ha' left notice as he'll call again for that"ere seven- aud-sixpence to -morrow, and it's the last time. No, Susie, make up yer mind; this is the last night with you and Joe for com- panions, If I can't sell him first thing to- morrow I'll drown him ; so there, and that's fiat." With these bad and cruel woals• the man, having finished his pipe, knocked the ashes out of it and left the room. Behind he left a little suffering heart swelling to agony. Susie was motherless and lame. All day long, all through the pleasant summer weather, all through the desolate cold of winter,guaie lay between these two chairs, or very often stayed in her little narrow bed up in a tiny room in the roof. John Marshall, her father, was a good workman. He earned excellent wages. No • one could consider him poor. And yet he never could give his lame child a treat; he never could deny himself for her sake. He drank, witliout being an habitual drunkard. He joined more than one olub where be met boom companions. He was a pleasant neigh- bor -a bright addition to a lively party. He was welcomed when he went out; hie jokes were always received with cheers. And these weloomin& words and this applause - so nice to hear -were bad for him. They were making him selfish. He did not know he was selfish; he thought himself very good to lame Susie. He had promised his wife five years ego to be very kind to her motherless child. He loved thee poor •little one, too, after a fashion, but hie ideas of love and kindnees consisted in leaving her to the landlady's care, and leaving her a good deal to herself. The one, after all, -who really fulfilled the dying mother's prayer was not the father, but the dog Joe. Joe was a character in this lodging house. Joe was considered by some of the neighbore to be toe canny. For instance,notwithetand- ing his beauty, hie good breed, and hie un- doubtedly aristocratic apppearance, be had never allowed himself to be stolen yet. For four years now had the Marshal's and their lovely dog lived in this deoidedly low part of the town, and Joe had gone in and out with impunity. One or two thievea had tried to tempt him away with the choicest bits -the most honeyed words; but Joe was incorruptible. One or two, again, had tried bullying, and even blows. Joe showed formidable teeth and other signs of such rare courage, that no one dared to trifle with him. He went out every day for a conatitution- al. He went out also for a little fresh bun for Susie to the baker's. This he would bring home in a basket between his teeth. The rest of his time, day and night, was spent with the child. A fanciful little girl, Susie would amuse herself for long hours making up stories. These stories she would tell to Joe, who responded with soft blink- • ing eyes and some movements of his great bushy tail. Joe was as gentle and lamb - like with Susie as he was stiff and dignified with any people who might happen to ad- drees him in the streets. In return for his devotion, the child gave him the whole wealth of a most loving and hungry little heart. Now, everyone in this lodging -house had a certain respect and love for Joe. There was a poor widow up in the attic who had three tiny boys and these little lads would dream about missie's dog, and talk of him from morning till' night. It made them happy for a day to see even a glimpae of Joe's bushy tail. Everyone loved the dog but Marshall him- self. Marshall was one of those strange be- ings who had never yet cared for any ani- mal. .In fact, selfishness was now creeping so fast round his heart that soon there would not be a cranny left for any love but the love of himielf. Had someone told thie man that a year after his wife's death that he would,try to get rid of the noble dog for the sake of seven -and - sixpence, he would have laughed such an Idea to acorn -nay, more, .1 think he would have jumped from his seat in bis righteous anger, have taken that wicked person, who suggested a course so mean, by the throat. But evil unresisted can make great strides - in a man's nature and Marshall now no longer resisted evil; spending more and more of hie money on himself, he 'grudged more and more what had to go to others. The dog tax had been a yearly vexation,and this year it had come at a most inopportune moment, just_ when his purse was very low, and also when a delightful scheme was eet on foot by hie fellow -workmen, a scheme he Children Cry for What fills the housewife with delight, And makes her biscuit crisp and light; Her bread so tempt the appetite? COTTO LC N What is it makes her pastry such A treat, her husband eats so much, Though pies he never used to touch? COTTOLIEN C What is it shortens cake so nice, Better than lard, while less in price, And does the cooking in a trice COTTOLEN What is it that fries oysters, fish, .Croquettes, or eggs, or such like dish, As nice and quickly as you'd wish? COTTO LEN C What is it saves the time and case And patience of our women fair, And helps them make their cake so rare? COTTO LE N Who is it earns the gratitude Of every lover of pure food By making " COTTOLENE " so good ? Made only by N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., Wellington and Ann Streets, • . MONTREAL, IIIMMIGNIRMIPRESINIMORNIMISams. could just fall in with and partake of for the very sum of seven -and -sixpence. No, he would not spend this money in keeping a great hulking dog in the house, a oreature that ate them out of house and home. .It could not be wholesome for Susie to have the great beast always olose to her. He would do what he had long been tempt- ed to do -he would sell Joe, and if he could not sell him, why, there was the canal quite' handy.s Saab might fret a bit, poor little maid. He owned to himself that he did not much like to think of Susie, but by -and -bye, when he Was a little flush of money again, he would send the child to that aunt who was always wanting her to visit her 011 hercoun- try farm, and surely that would be much better for the little lass than the endear- ments of a great and useless dog. So Marshall, yielding to temptation, paid away his last seven -and -sixpence to the pleasure trip in oontemplation, and then, re- turning home acid finding that the tax col- lector would call for the last time for Joe'a tax the next day, be told Susie, in an angry voice, that he would pay the tax no longer and that if he could not sell Joe he would drown him. The child did not scream or cry when the bad and pitiless news was told to her, but her dark eyes seemed to blaze with a sud- den anger and despair, and her poor little face went ghastly white, and the small thin hand, which still rested on Joe's dear head, trembled, Marshall saw it all, the flashing eyes the white face, the little trembling hands. He not like these signs of strong feel- ing; they prioked severely what was left of heart within him; he had a memory of his wife's dying pleading face. He rose hastily and left the room. Susie, clasping her arms round Joe's neck, lay in a trance of misery. "Oh, Joe ! Joe ! Joe 1" sobbed the child. In the midst of her grief a little hand watt laid on hers; she raised -her head; the widow's youngest boy had slipped into the room. " What's the matter', Sue ?" said the little man, in his round sweet voice. "Oh, Toby, dear; they're going to drown Joe. They're going to drown my deaf dog Joe," answered Susie. Toby puckered his browe, then his baby face cleared, everyshadow of doubt left it. "Ob, no, Susie ' be said. "I'll ask God. God won't let anybody ody drown Joe." When Toby said this, the great dog rose slowly and walking up to the child, licked hie little band. • CHAPTER II. A DISAGREEABLE "UNDERTAKING. Whatever effect Toby's words had on lit- tle Susie Marshall, it is certain that at 12 o'clock that night the little girl was sleeping peacefully, with Joe keeping guard as usual at her feet. • It was, after all, John Marshall himself who had bad dreams, who had an unquiet night. Waking and -sleeping, he saw his wife's face -the wife's face, always looking at him reproachfully, always seeming to say to him : " What about Susie -are you very good to my little motherless Susie ?" Marshall •liked neither his night nor his dreams in the darkness as he lay awake, and saw over and over again his dead wife'e sad and reproachful face ; his resolve even be- gan to falter about Joe. He began to fear that the absence of Joe might injure Susie; he began to wish that he had that seven - and -sixpence to pay his tax ; these thoughts came to him in the night. But, alas ! with the return of day, these better wishes van - hind. He accused himself of being very soft -very silly -he resolved more firmly than ever to get rid of Joe that day. , It was atil early on a summer's morning. He rose • very quietly, slipped up stairs, opened Susie's heel -room door,and called the dog. Sulk) was stiil asleep; the great dog got up at once and went out with Marshall. He looked a splendid creature in . the early morning. His coat was very silky, his step very firm, hie whole build betoken- ed his high and pure birth. Even Marshall felt a momentary admiration for the noble dog; he resolved that he would only drown him as a last resource. His plan was first to offer him for sale to a gentleman who lived a little way down the river, and who had praised Joe, and wished to buy him a . short time ago. Marshall secured an early train, and paid the dog ticket for Joe. He pleased himself as he was being whirled along past Hammersmith, and down towards Putneyawith the resolve that if he got any- thing of a fair price for the dog, he would spend sixpence or even a shilling to buy a doll for Susie. All girls delighted in doll.; he had never thought of buying her one hither-. to ; she would doubtlees be quite comforted by such a pretty and natural toy for the loss of her dog. iWhen Marshall reached Potney, he brush- ed' nd groomed Joe, and then led him up to tb house where he hoped to sechre at least a couple of sovereigns for him. Alas ! here came disappointment number one. The family were all away from home. The man and dog were ordered rather rough- ly off the premises. Marshall tried the next gentleman's seat: no One wanted Joe there. At six other houses did he call ; many ad- mired, but none offered to buy the dog. It was now getting late, and Marshall was due in town to hia work. He owned to himself that he did not like the job before him, but there seemed no help for it. He (Continued on page 7.) Pitcher's Castoria• DOLLARE Are easily secured e'.'hen you know how to earn them. 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A full line of Gents' Furnish- ings always on hand, and the place to get those bargains is at the South End Clothing House, in the Beattie Block, near the station, Seaforth. NOBLE T. CLUFF. The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. FARM AND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED. OFFICERS, D. Roes, President, Clinton P. 0.; W. J. Shannon, Secy-Treas., Seaforth P. 0.; John Hannah, Manager, Staforth P. 0. DIRECTORS. Jae. Broadfoot, Seaforth ; Alex. Gardiner, Lead bury; Gabriel Elliott. Clinton; Geo. Watt, Harlock ; Joseph Evane, Beechwood; M. Murdie, Seaforth elm& Garbutt, Clinton. AGEHTS. Thos. Neilans, Harlock ; Robt. McMillan, Seaforth Carnochan, Seaforth. John O'Sullivan and Geo urdie, Auditors. Parties desirous to effect Insurances or tran o bather business will be promptly attended to on pplication to any of the above officers, addressed to heir respective post offices. 1 PURE POWDERED PUREST, STROLICEST, BEST. Ready for use In an y quantity. Foz making Soap. Softening Water, Disiniecting„ ann a hundred other uses. A can equals 20 pounds Sal 130da. • Sold by All Grocers and Druggists. 'E. 4:34-3riaX0EiliT, Tcyroxsitcrwl, Wellington GOING NORTH-. Brussels Bluevale.. Wingham- Gome Boum- Wingham Bluevale Brunel' . • • Ethel.......... Grey and Paseenger. 3.00r.w. 9.30 8.13 9.43 8.27 9.67 8.37 10.07 Passenger. 6.26 a.x.11.20 8.37 11.86 6.54 11.59 7.08 12.14 • Bruce. Mixed. P.X. 9.00 r.m. 9.45 10,10 11.20 Mixed. A. li. 7.30 P.M. 8.15 9.00 9 30 • London, Huron and Bruce, GOING NORTH- pesr. London, deport ..... Kippen. .. Exeter ... -. - 99S....441A.x. 6665....31,6815ram Heneall. . . ' Bruoefleld. . 9.66 6.44 Clinton.... • • . 10.12 7.00 liondesboro 10.29 7.19 10.38 7.28 • Belgrave 10.62 7.42 Wingham arrive. • 11.10 8.05 Ciento Soma- 6.40A.M. 8.45e.m. Paasenger Belgrave Wingham, depart • 6.55 4.06 LoBlYneds he. boro ..1 7.08 4.20 • • • 7.15 Clinton 7.46 KBruippeoefine.ld • • • • • • 8.13 P 8.05 Hansen ........... ... -- 8.22 Exeter .. 8.40 4.28 4.48 6.06 5.13 5.18 5.30 Grand Trunk Railway. Trans leave Seaforth and Clinton station as follows: GOING WEST - Passenger . _ Passenger... .. „. Mixed Train... }fixed Train.. Gorse EA/IT- Passenger. .. - Passenger . _ Mixed Train.. - - Freight Train.. - SEAFORTIL 1.12,. M. 9.05 r. M. 9.30 A. N. 6.30 r. re. 7.64 A. M. 8.05 r. N. 5.25 IA M. 4.26 r. CLINTON. 1.28 e. m. 9.22 r. 1. 10.16A0e. 7.05 P.M. 7.37 A.m. 2.46 P. x 4.50p, r. 3.86 P. M WE DYE All kinds of fabrics on our own prem- ises. We don't have to send them out of town. WE CLEAN Faded and soiled clothing to look like new. Bring along your dresses and suits before the rush sets in. We always do a good job, and- we do it CHEAP. All you have to do to get to our place is to Follow the Pointers On Market Street from the corner of Main Street. J. W. SNELL, High Street, Seafortinnext door to T.Kidd' reaidenee 1 R IVIEMBER °Is the latest triumph in pharmaoy_fortheenre of ail the symptoms indicating DIDNEY AND LIVER Complaint. If you are troubredwith costiveness, Dizziness, Sour Stomach MEMBRAY'S Headache, Indigestion, Poor& APPETrat, TIDED FEELING, BREUMATIO PAINS, Sleepless Nights, Melancholy Feeling, Bea= Acaz, Membray's Kidney and Liver Cure willgive immediaterellef and ErrzemAture Sold at all Drug Stores. • • Membray Medicine Companyt of Peterborough, (Limited), \ PETERBOROUGH, . . ONT. 1..11/ER CURE For sale by I. V. FEAR, druggist, Seaforth: • SEAFORTH Musical : instrument 1‘.11201ZIT:TIVE Scott Brothers, PROPRIETORS, SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO. PIANOS. -Dunham, New York; Bell & Co., Guelph; Dominion Piano Com. any, Bowmanville. ORGANS. -W. Bell & Co., Guelph; Dominion Organ Company, Bowmanville; D. W. Kern Lie Co., W-oodstock. The above Instruments always on hand, also a few good second-hand Pianos and Organs for sale at from 825 upwards. Instruments sold on the instal, ment plan, or on terms to suit customers. Violins, 3oncertinas and emal instruments on hand also sheet /lue10, books &a. SCOTT BROS. NERVE BEANS NERVE BEANS are new ills: °ovary that core the wood came of Nervoas Debility, Lost Visor tad Failing Manhood ; restores the weakness of body or mind caused. by over -work, or the errors or ex- cesses of youth. This Remedy ab- sohitely cures the most obstinate cases when all other TANAINNNT8 have failed even to relieve. Sold by drug. gists at $1 per package, or six for $5, or sent by mil on receipt of price by addressing THE JAMES MEDICINE 00.1 Toronto. Ont. Write for pamphlet. Sold in- _e Sold in Seaforth by J. S. ROBERTS. ° FARMERS, ATTENTION! All pat ties requiring Farm Machin- ery, Implements and Repairs, would do well to call at Hugh Grieve'sWareroom - -OPPOSITE- The Dominion Bank, Before purchasing elsewhere, as he keeps repairs for the Massey -Harris$ Patterson, Wisner, Goudy, 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 con- stantly on hand. HUGH GRIEVE, Seaforth. John S. Porter's Undertaking and Furni- ture Emporium, SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO. OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION. Funerals furnished on the shortest notice and satisfaction gin anteed. A large assort- ment of Caskets, Coffins and Shroude, &o„ always on !lend of the best quality. The best of Embalming Fluid reed free of charge and prices the lowest. Fine Hearse. S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Resi- dence - GODERICH STREET, directly op- posite the Methodist church in the house formerly occupied by Dr. Scott. The Old Established. BROADFOOT'S Planing Mil and Sash and Door Factory, This Did and well-known establishment is still running at full blast, and now has better facilitiee- than ever before to turn out a good article for moderate price. Sash and doors of all patterns al- ways on hand or made to order. Lumber dreesed on ehort notice and in any way desired. All kinds of lumber for sale on reasonable terms. Sbingles kept constantly on hand. Estimates for the furnishing of building:8 in whole or in part given on application - None but the best of material used and workman- ship guaranteed. Patronage solicited. 1260 3, J. H; BROADFOOT;Seaforth, Both SYruP° and re EntlY iver a tern eff -aches a constip only r i:lueed, • eeptabl its acti eEeets, laealth raanye to all popula byru bottles • Any re .have :promp:t to try 3. CALIF enchants, seafart could no bad no mon nig for it b 11,8 was to matter. He walk ed a quiet then °onto Into hie po this be tat tainly not he felt imp The morni gleams- of river. Ilk great dog s feet, Mar e7f stones b so.ug n mice t pity that g waa away! much. Et any money hs ad only a jilst enoug town. Now aly ll tranquil. walk; he e river. Bu 110 HI anima r pidity on h To the Eign last night,