The Huron Expositor, 1893-12-22, Page 6A
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
V ETE
ABY.
TOBIN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario
sef Veterinary College. All diseases of Doruestie
Aniroals treated. Calls promptly attended to and
charges moderate. Vete rinary Dentistry a specialty
Office and residence on .0oderich street, one door
Itieet of Dr. Scott's office, Seaforth. 1112t1
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UIRANK S:Beattle,V. S., graduate of Ontario Vet
▪ erinary College, Toronto, Member of the Vet
erinary Medical Society, eto., treats all diseases of
the Domesticated Animals. All cells promptly at-
tended to either by day or night. Chargee moder-
ate. Special attention given te veterinary dentis-
try. Offiee on Main Streei, Seaforth, one door
Booth of Eidd's Hardware gore. 1112
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EAFORTH HORSE INFIRMARY. -Corner' Jar.
0 vie and GoderichStreets, next door to the Pres.
byterian Church, &Worth, Out. All dlii of
Home, Onttle, Sheep, or any of the do n stimted
animals, suceesefully treated at tt. Warman? or
elsewhere, on the shortest nota. eharges meder-
ate. JAMES W. , ELDER, Vote) leery Surge ma P
S-A large stock of Veterie ery Medicinee K apt con
gently on hand
LEGAL
-110- S. HAYS, Barrister, Solieitor, Conveyancer and
an/ Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion
Bank. Office-Cardno's block, Main Street, Seaforth.
afeney to ton. 1235
HIGGINS 84 LENNC1N,
Barristers, Solicitore, Notariee Public, &c. Offices -
120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth
Ontario_ Seaforth Office -Whitney's Block, Main
Street. Money to loan. THOMAS Mimes Meows.
JAMBS LIINNON. 1291
ATTHEW MORRISON, Walton, Insurance
An_ Agent, Commissioner for taking affidavits,
Conveyances, &o. Money to loan at the lowed' rates.
Idoamson, Walton.
T M. BEST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, &a
d Office-Rooins, five doors north ofComniercial
Hotel, ground floor, next door to C: L. Papers
jewelry store. Main street, Seaforth. ; Goderich
agents-Cameren, Holt and Cameron. 1215
(1 ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solicitors,
kjr due,,,Goderich, Ontario. J. T. GARROW, Q. C.;
War. PROUDFOOT. 688
flAIKERON, HOI,T & -HOLMES, Barristere Sce
lioitore in Chancery, eco.,Goderich, Ont M. C.
GANNRON, O., PHILIP HOU, DUDLRY Haunts
Air ANN1i10 & SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors. Con
JYI veyaneers, &o. Solicitors for, tlie4Bant of
4ohnoton, Tisdale & dale. Money to loan Office -
'Mott Blook, Clinton, Ontario. A. H. Mammas
Janne Soorr. 781
HOLMESTED, sumoetwor to the. iate firm
1.„ McCaughey & Efohneeted, Barrister, So •
Reiter, Conveyancer and Notary. Solioitor for the
Canadian Bank of Commerce. Money to lend. Farina
for sale. Office In Soott'S Block, Main Street,
Seaforth.
W. CAMERON SMITH,
BARRISTER.
Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissioner fo
taking Affidavits in the High Court
of Justice, Conveyancer,
Money to Lend
Can be consulted after office hour e at the Comm( -
cial Hotel.
IIENSALL, ONTARIO.
DENTISTRY.
-E1W. TWEDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamiltonr-
. & McInnes' Shoe Stare, corner Main and John
Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad-
ministered for the painless extraction of teeth. 1169
FRANK BELDEN, teDentist. New loca
al:metathetic for painless extraction of teeth.
No unconsciousness. Office -Over Johnson Broe.
Hardware StoreeSeaforth. 1226
RAGNEW, Dentiet, Clinton, will
e visit Hewlett at Hodgens' Hotel
every Monday, and at Zurich the
second Thursday in each month 1288
sgy KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D. S.,
J1 . Exeter, Ont. Will be at Zurich
at the Huron 110tel, en the LAST
THURSDAY AND PIRST THURSDAY IN
NAOS NO,EyTH, and at Murdook's Hotel, Ilensall, on
the Mal AND THIRD FRIDAT in each month.
Teeth extracted with the toilet pain possible. All
work first-olaes at liberal rates. - 971
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.
out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe antes-
thetie given tor the painless extraction of teeth.
Office -over O'Nell's bank, Exetert Ontario, 1204
N. B.-Platee secured firmly iu the mouth by
Yereens' Patent Valve.
MONEY TO LOAN.
ONEY TO LOAN. --Straight loans at 5 per
cent., -with the privilege to borrower of
repaying part of the principal money at any time.
Apply to F. HOLMESTED, Bairkiter, Seatorth.
MEDICAL.
raft. C. SHEPPARD, Physician and Surgeon, Bay-
field, Ontario, successor to Dr. W. H. Wright.'
1225-52
-VAR. MoTAVISH, Phyeician, Surgeon, &c. Office
ler corner southwest of Dixon's Hotel, Brumfield.
Night calls at the office. 1323
PO. ARMSTRONG., M. B, Toronto, M. D. C. M.,
_1Ij Victoria, M. C. P. S., Ontario, successor to Dr.
Elliott, office, lately occupied by Dr. Elliett, Brum-
field, Ontario. 1324x52
T MiT01{E1L ARMSTRONG, M. B., M. D., M. C.
• P. S. 0 ario, Physician, Surgeon,Accoucheur,
etc. Graduate of Toronto UniversityMedical
Faculty. Member of, College of Physiciane and
Surgeons, Ontario. Office next door to McDoneld &
CO., Walton. 1352
DRS. SGOTT & MACKAY,
OFFICE, Goderieh Street, opposite Methodist
Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural
Grounds. ,
J. G. SCOTT, M. D.C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vice
toria,) M. C. P. S. O.
C. MACKAY, M. D. C. M. (Triaity,) F. T. M. C.
M. C. P. S. O.
-1) E. COOPER, M. D., Id. B., L. F. P. and S.,
egat. Glasgow, &e., Physician Surgeon and Ace
coacher, Constance, Ont. 1127
D R. ELLIOTT, Brucelield, Licentiate Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeolgi, Edin-
a- burgh. Brtioefield, Ont. 980
Thits W. BRUCE exalt, D 0. U., Member of
rt. the College of Physiolans and Surgeons, dro.,
Seaforth, Ontario. Odle° and residence same as
occupied by Dr. Verooe. 848
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A LEX. BETHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Royal
• GoMege of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston.
Successor to Dr. Maokid. Offies lately occupied
by Dr. Mackid, Main Street, Soaforth. Residence
-Corner of Viotoria Square, in house lately moulded
by L. E. Danoey. 1127
AUCTIONEERS.
nEGRGE TAYLOR, Lioeneecl Auetioneer for the
• County et Huron. Sales promptly attended
to in all parte of the County. Satisfaction- guaran-
teed. Chargee moderate. GEO. TAYLOR, Kippen
I'. 0. 1857-t.
T I'. BRINE, Lioensed Auctioneer for the Coon
d „ ty of Huron. Sales atterided in all parts of
the County. All orders left g Thi Earosrroa
Office will be promptly attended to.
- WM. M'CLOY,
Auctioneer for the Countieci of Huron and Perth.
Sales promptly attended to, charges moderate and
Satisfaction guaranteed. Orders by mail addressed
to Chisellaurst Post °Moe, or lett at his residence,
Lot 5, Gonceesion 11, Tuckeretnith, will receive
prompt attention. 1296-tf
MeKillop ThreetorST for 1893.
JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin 1'. 0.
JAMES EVANS, Deputy Reeve, Beechwood,
DANIEL MANLY, Councillor, Beachwood.
WM. McOAVIN, Councillor, Leadbury.
WILLIAM ABGHIBALD, Councillor, Leadbury.
JOHN C. MORRISON, Clerk, Winthrop.
• SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Winthrop.
WM. EVANS, Asseseor, Beeohwood.
CHARLES DODDS, Collector, Seaforth.
K. W. B. SMITH, M. D., Medical Health Officer,
. Seaforth.
RICHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inspector, Lead -
bury.
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be just as good a way as any of letting hina
know that I'm not going to have him hing-
ing around you so much. I never did think
much of that Parks family,"
She turned to her desk and put the cork
in her ink bottle, wiped her pen carefully on
a bit of chamois skin, and put her writing
materials away carefully, doing everything
In a neat, precise way.
I wish," she said:to Letty, who had sat
-down in a big ohintz-oovered rocking chair,
and was pretending to read a paper she had
taken up, "1 wish you'd go into the village
after dinner and see if Netty Lake can come
to -morrow and write out and addrese these
•invitations for me. You write se very neat
'hand, but Netty does all sorteof fanoy writ-
-ling. I've heard she's taking to writing cards
and invitations and things of that kind to
help support herself since her father died.
She's a nice girl, and it'll help her along a
little and giye her a little more spending
mouey for Chsistmas if I hire her to do this
writing for me."
Netty Lake came out to the Marsh house
the next morning. Sho was a bright, tidy
looking young woman, still wearing mourn-
ing for her parents, who had left her quite
alone in the world, and partly dependent on
her own exertions for her support.
Letty had gone into Derby to spend the
day with OHO of her girl friends. Letty had
been an orrhan for years, and had always
lived with her grandmother Marsh.
"Now, I'll tell,you just what I want you
to do, Netter. I am going to have a Chris-
tmas party, and I want you to write the
invitations for it, and make 'ern just as neat
and elegant as you can. You'll find every-
thing you want right there in the secretary.
Write one for yourself, too Netty."
"Oh, thank you, Mrs. Marsh, I'll write
mine first, for practice, and then show it to
you to see if the form suits you."
"Very well; that's a good idea. You'll
find a list of the names of the persons to be
invited on a slip of blue paper in the box of
writing paper. I must go now and see to my
mince -meat. I perfer to make my own.
Then it's done to suit me." -
She went out into her exquisitely tidy
kitchen, and Netty sat down before the old
red secretary and wrote a well -worded and
neat invitation in a clear, round hand. Then
she took it out to the kitchen and read it to
Mrs. Marsh.
"That'll do very well," the old lady said
approvingly. "I'm not used to giving par-
ties, and I don't know just what the latest
wrinkle in invitations is, but I'm very well
pleased With that. You found the list of
names ?"
"Yes, I have it."
"Then you may go ahead and write the
invitations, and if it w•ouldn't be too much
trouble I'll have you take 'em intoDerby
with you and mail em for me. They ought
to have been sent out before, but 1 nevelt
thought of giving this perty until yester-
day." •
" No trouble at all. III be very glad to
mail them for you."
THE FAMILY GATHERING.
MRS, MARSH'S CHRISTMAS PARTY,
Mrs. Marsh sat at the old red secretary that
had been her great-grandfather's, writing
names on two slips of paper in a stiff, angu-
lar hand.
She was a good looking old' woman, with
no little force of character indicated in her
firm chin her dark and still lustrous eyes,
and tightly compressed lips.
The day was cold, but bright and sunny,
and Christmas was near at hand.
It had snowed the night before, a light
feathery snow, and it still clung to the leaf-
less branches of every tree and shrub,hiding
their bareness and biacknese, and making
them wondrously beautiful. •
Old Mrs. Marsh was a woman who thought
little about the beauties of nature, and she
never gushed aboet anything; but when
Jane Day, her one servant, came into the
room to ask if she should "smash "or "just
bile" the potatoes for dinner, Mrs. Marsh
had said :
"The trees look beautiful to -day, don't
they, Jame
"They donna'arrafor a fact," replied Jane.
"It must look like Parrydise over yonder in
the woods." , t.
a:
"Paradise, Jane? I hope there isn't gee
ing to be any SDOW in Paradise. I'm chilly
all the time in winter. Where's Letty ?"
Let vily came into the room at that moment.
L
She as a slender, pretty young girl of
eighte n, with a delieate pink and white
complexion, and eyes like her Grandmother
Marsh's, but larger and more velvety.
They had never yet , sparkled with the
trath Jett sometimes made the old lady's
yes what -Jane Day called " killin' black."
It had been a long time since Lefty had
aeon, her grandmother seated at the old seo-
tetary for her grendmother had given nearly
s :
all of er correspondence to Letty herself.
Therefore Lefty aid, in some surprise
" Writhig letters, grandmother 1."
"No, I'm not." Then she laid down het
pen and said :
"I'm making out a list of persons I want
to send some invitations to."
" Invitations ?"
The old lady spoke sharply, and her voice
had a note of irritation as she said :
"I'm going to have a party Christmas
evening and invite my friends."
She accented the last word etrangely, and
her still strong and firm voice grew harsh aa
she added : •
"Yes,Letty Marsh, I'm going to let
some folis in and around Derby know just
whati thinktof 'em. I'll let 'ern know that
theirroom's better'n their company at my
house, and that I don't want anything to do
with 'em,"
" Why, grandma !"
The old lady went on harshly: -,
"There's folks here in Derby that's told
storiesabout me, and done all they could to
injure and spite me in all sorts of belittlin'
ways. I know 'em through and through,and
I'll let 'ern know that II know 'em toot I'll
give 'em something to talk about ?"
The old lady's faded cheeks had grown
rosy, and her black eyes were sparkling be-
hind her spectacles, and she had patted the
floor steadily and angrily with one of her
small slippered feet.
Letty stared in silence. She had not seen
her grandmother so "worked up" for a long
time.
"I've been all the morning making out a
list of the names of them I'm going to invite
as well as a Het of those I'm not going to in-
vite ; and-Letty l"
Mrs. Marsh looked sharply at the -girl
over the,top of her glasses. - •
" Well, grandma V'
"1 haven't invited George Perks, and I
don't:intend inviting hint
Letty's face crimsoned, and she , did
look et her grandmother.
"No, I suppose not," she said.
" No, I haven't," said Mre. Marsh ; "it'll
not not
They were all written, sealed, stamped],
and tied up in a neat pakage before noon. I
r' But you ain't going home before dinner
Netter ?" "Mrs. Marsh said, when Netty
asked for her hat and cloak.
"Ye., I must. I have some copying to
do for Squire Padgett, and I told him I'd
call for it before noon, if I could. I'll mail
the invitations on my way to his officio, and
I'll Ibis sure to come myself. I know we'll
have a lovely time. It's very kind' of you
to go to soimuo,h trouble for the pleasure of
others, although of course, it will be a pleast
ure to you to i have your friends aroulid
you."
"Yes," said Mrs. Marsh, in an abatracted
manner ; "yes, that's so, Netty," and then
she added a little defiantly, "but I'm going
to give this party on purpose to spite certain
persons. I know it ane't the right spirit,but
I can't help it-. I've etbod 'a good deal from
some that ain't never had no call to abuse
me, and I can see right through the hypo-
crisy of others who pretend to be my
friends."
Preparations for the party went actively
on, but Letty took little part in them, and it
was evident that she had small interest in
the event,
She would have looked forward to it with
much eagernees and would have been so
happy in helping to arrange and plan every-
thing if George Parks had been invited.
He hied known Letty all his life, and he
was very fond of her, and she had lately
come to realize that George was dearer to
her than any one else in the world.
Mrs. Marsh was a warm and true friend
to those who basked in the sunshine of her
friendship, and she felt her heart glowing
with affection for those old and favored
friends as she dressed in her best silk and
laces to receive them on this Christmas.
night.]
Her house was aglow with warmth and
light. The rooms were tastefully decorated
with plants and holly and Christmas
wreathe.
She had met with no disappointment in
her cakes, rolls, or salads. All had -gone
well.
She thought of the pleasure her friends
would find in the preparations she had made
for their entertainment, and she wished that
the uninvited might have a peep into her
dinieg room and thus have a fuller apprecia-
tion of what they had missed because of
their antagonism to her.
Thoughts of these unbidden persons were
uppermost in Mrs. Marsh's mind as she
dressed to receive her guests.
She had been too busysall day to think
much about anythiegabout her household
duties,and there had-iheen little of the Chris-
mas epirit in her activity,
. She had planned tn-give herself a half-
hour or more of quiet rest in her rooffi before
the guests would arrive.
'- In this half-hour something of the true
Christmas spirit came into the heart of Mrs.
Marsh.
She had gone to a window of her room,
and was looking out into the Christmas
night, as fair and peaceful a night es it must
have been all these centuries ago„whea the
shepherds watchingtheir flocks, saw that
bright star in the east, that herald of peaca
on earth and good will towards man. As
she looked at the Christmas stars and out
over the anew covered fields toward the
town, she cotild see lights twinkling in the
homes a the persons she had wilfully offend-
ed and put a slight upon. She could see,
between her house and the village, the hum-
ble home of Esther Parke -a home in which
she had once been a welcome guest. She
thought, suddenly, of that quarrel between
them. It had been aftee'tall, for a trifling
mule, and Mrs. Marsh rfemembered sudden-
ly how they had been girls together. They
were old women now, with little time left
to make their peace with each other and
with God.
And there was --old Mrs. Lewis. She re-
membered now how she had come and stay-
ed with her when Letty's father was born,
and they had been such dear friends then.
So many forgotten deeds of kindness .were
suddenly remembered: so many dead mem-
ories were suddenly quickened into life.
A party of young people went by in a
sleigh. They were singing an old Christmee
carol. Their voices rang out clearly and
sweetly on the frosty air. The old woman
at the window heard them distinctly as they
sang:
"Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Eaoh other now embraoe ;
The holy tide of Christmas
All others doth efface.
Glad tidngs, glad tidings,
For all that are astray,
For Jesus Cheat, our Saviour,
Was born on Christmas day."
She stood at the window several minutes
after the singers had gone on down the road;
then turned and walked across the room
traces of tears on her face.
"1 oughtn't to have done it," she said to
herself in keen self-reproach. "1 oughtn't
to have done such a thing right at Christmas
time. It's no time to feel malioe. I'd ought
to have charity then, if at no other time.
There hasn't been a bit of the 'holy tide of
Christmas' in my heart, and there oughtn't
to be anything else in the heart of an old
woman like me. I've been hard and bitter
toward my enemies always; I ain't known
what charity was; I'm a wicked old woman.
Poor old Esther Parks, and Lucinda Drake,
and Hannah Deane, and all the others I've
tried to spite will feel that-" -
The door bell rang sharply, and Mrs;
Marsh hurriedly wiped her eyes and went
downatairs to -welcome her first guests. The
rustling of her handsome silk 'sounded hate-
ful to her, and the Christmas decorations
seemed a sort of mockery.
Two persons were standing in the hall be-
low -a young man and an old womap.
The old woman was struggling with a
woollen muffler trapped around her bonnet,
for the night wa very °Old. She came for-
ward eagerly, but with a feeble gait, when
she saw Mrs. Marsh.
"Oh, Lucy ?" she said with outstretched
MUM
" Why, Esther 1 Esther Parks!" cried
Mrs. Marsh, and her hands clasped those of
other old woman, and their arms went
around each other's neck.
"1 made George fetch me early a -purpose
so I could see you a minute or two 'fore the
others came," said old Mrs. Parks,brokenly,
"1 was so Treid I couldn't come; my rheu-
math has been real bad this winter, and I've
coughed a good deal. But I've saved up my
stren'th, and George fetched me in a sleigh.
I was bound to come the minit I got your
invitation, and-"
"My invitation, Esther ?"
"Yea, Lucy; and I never in all the days
of my life was so glad to git anything. You
don't know how much I've wanted to make
up, and I nearly cried my two eyes out over
that invitation. . I'd come right c,over then
and see you, only I wanted to save up for to-
night, and -
The door -bell rang again, and the next
minute Mrs. Marsh was saying:
"Why, Hannah Deane!"
"Did you think I wouldn't come ?" cried
Mrs. Deane, excitedly, and in a high voice,
suggestive of tears. "Nothing could. have
kept me away. I've kept away from you
too long now, Lucy. My husband's with
me. He's out blanketing the horses; but I
couldn't wait another instant to see you,and
tell you how I oried over that blessed invi-
tation of yours. It made me so sorry for all
the petty, hateful past, and I wouldn't have
miesed coming to -night -here's Mr.and Mre.
Drake, Lucy."
" Lucinda Drake !" said Mrs. Marsh.
"Oh, Lucy I" and Mrs. Drake could sey
no more, but silently put her arms around
Mrs. Marah,and they kissed each other with
streaming eyes.
A second 'shrill, high•pitohed old voice
suddenly cried out, gleefully :
"Well, I've come, Lucy Mareh ! Here I
be, and lee the Net time I've been out at
night for five years. But I said, the minute
I got my invite, that I was a-comin', for
you'd come inorn's half way in %skin me to
come, an' I was bound to come the other
half, an' here I be."
"I -I -am so glad to see you, Ai:obi()
Lyman."
"Oh, I knowed you wanted Me to come,
or you wouldn't have ast me. There never
was any two-facednees about you, Lucy, ail'
I'm pin' to say right here' 'fore ey'rybodye
that Iiwas a deal the moatto blame in that
old trouble between us." '
" Oh,. no, no," said Mrs. Marsh, quickly.
" It was my fault, Abbie. But we wont
say anything about it."
"But I don't hold any spite, Lucy."
"Nor I, Abbie-not a bit, It's Christmas
-time; you know."
The arrivals followed each other in quick
succession.
Mrs.Marsh was too dazed te try to fathom
the mystery of it all,until Nutty Lake owe,
and then she drew her aside to say:
"Netty, Netty, there's been a mistake of
some sort. I didn't invite one of these per-
sons here."
",Why, Mrs. Mated' !"
" I didn't, Netter. Don't you remember 11
tad you that I was going to have the party
to -to -spite certain ones? Well, these are
the peopie I intended spiting. rcan't make
it out.'
,,Well,
Mrs. Marsh, I wrote thee invita-
tions and sent them to the person t whose
names I found on the elip of paper in the box
of paper in the secretary, and,-"
"Just wait a minute," and Mrs. Marsh
hastily left the room. ettY heard her open
the secretary, and in a minute she cams
back.
"Netty Lake, I gave you tha wrong list
of namestiand deetroyed the right ones !"
"Why, Mrs. Marsh !" Netty looked
frightened.
"But, Netty, as it's turned out, I really
gave you the right list and burned the one 1
ought to have burned, It't all right. Don't
you worry. I'll explain matters to those
who'll think they've been slighted,and I can
have another party or something. I'm so
glad it's turned out as it -has. Just look at
my Letty and George Parks sitting over in
that corner ? Did you ever see two -happier -
looking youngstere ? He is a fine, manly-
ly. looking young fellow,isn't he? I suppose
I'll have to give a wedding party Some of
these days.Don't you ever breathe to any
one that I didn't invite these people here.
I'm a thousand times happier than I'd been
if the others had come instead. Here comes
dear old Esther Parks and Hannah Deflate.
I'm going to take thein out into the dining.
room and show ' them how nice the teble
looks, and get them a oup of ooffee in ad-
vance. Esther always used to say that my
coffee was coffee.
At midnight Mrs. Marsh again etopi d at a
window, looking out into/ the Christmas
night.
The kindly good-byes of/ her gnests till
sounded pleasantly in her sera. (
Her heart was full bee use of the tender
words they had said st,perting, )
By her side, on a table, were/the little
gifts some of them haelerought her -good-
will gifts and offerings of peaoe. All the old
enmities were dead, the old enemies for-
given.
The sleigh -load of young people who had
passed the house early in the evening now
went by on their homeward way, and Mrs.
Merall'e lips moved with an unspoken
"Amen" as they sang:
"Alt glory to the Lord on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from heaven to men
Begin and never cease."
The True Christmas Spirit
BY J. B. DONALDSON, D. D.
We asked a boy recently what Christmas
was. He very promptly replied: "A day
when you get presents •given to you," He
is not a eelfish child. He will spend every
penny he can get for others. But getting
and not giving is the ohief thing in hie eyes.
Christmas day means gain for him. Solt
does for the great mass who celebrate it.
A Sabbath school was asked to make up a
box for a school in the Indian Territory.
Toys that have been used were acceptable if
they were in fairly good order. One Jut of
ten or twenty of the scholars brought mar-
bles books sliced animals, and one man gave
a dol '
lar to buy new things for the forlorn
Indian boys who had no Christmas. Plenty
of the lads would have gone wild at the idea
of hunting an Indian, or would have paid a
quarter to see a Wild West show. But
some opposed sending anything away. They
wanted whatever was done to be done at
home.
Alas for the wide spread canker of selfish-
ness that scarifies and scales the Christmas
season with its leprosy. Getting and not
giving, gaining and not giving is a heresy
that is never excommunicated, and rarely
Scrofula
Is Diseaie Germs living In
the Blood and feeding upon
Its Life. Overcome these
germs with
Scott's
imumimmossnig,
Emulsion
411•11111111110110
the Cream of Cod-liver Oil,
and make your blood healthy,
skin pure and system strong.
Physicians, the world over,
endorse it.
Don't be deceived by Substitutes!
loOtt &Hewn°, Belleville. All Druggists. 50o. 3.1$L
anathematized. It is well, for suoh discip-
line would only harden and set it. But
Jesus Christ gave another ideal in his ser -
mous and set another example in his life.
Christmas is pre-eminently the time to
practice the Diamond Rule, to love others
as Christ has loved ue. There is something
celestial in the sight of ,one who 'ewallows
down his pride, thaws out his reserve, takea
back his hasty speech, and --makee kindly ad-
vances to the man that wreinged him. He
does not propose to have 04 Christmas sun
go down on his wrath. Before New Years
Day he wants to clear up all his debts of the
heart. He knows that God will not forgive
him unless he forgives those that sinned
against him. He does not want to go into
1894 with an unforgiven heart. He wants a
little Godlikeness to take possession of .hie
own soul.
It is not easy. That rascal played a
mean trick. He hiked shamefully. But
he may have been excited. He may have
been misinformed. He may have looked at
things from another viewpoint. It is pos-
sible that he had more ground for it than I
am willing even yet to admit.„ If not, I
deserve some punishment for another mis-
take I made, where I was not handled
roughly. At all events, the Lord has been
good to me. I will forget and forgive.
That is the Christly spirit. Love your
enemy. Bless him that curses you. Pray
for the man that has e. spite againat you.
Turn the other cheek. Do, not laugh now
in the faoe of the Master when his word
cornea to you. Do not explain it away. Do
as he did when; he was crucified. Revile
not again. If you love those that love you,
what do ye more than others? Even the
saloon keepers do that. Love those who
hate you. Lend to that brother who is out
of employment, hoping for nothing again.
God is thankful to the unthankful and evil.
He iekind to you. Judge not, condemn
not, (give other Chriatiaes oredit for con-
science and piety equal to your' own. , Give
and it shall be given to you, good measure,
pressed down and running over. Blessed
are they that,hope for little, for they shall
not be disappointed. Thrice blessed are
they that love and lavieb gelid upon
Others.
•
Morris. I
MOVEMENTS. -Mr. Cudmore's men are
pressing hay in this locality. The price paid
'is $6 per ton. The hay goes to London,
England. -Mr. Govier, of Hullett, and MIs
Mary Thuell, of this township, were mar-
ried on Wednesday of last week, by Rev.
Mr. Riley, of Brussele.-Mr. Wm. Michie,
i4 ill with la grippe this week. -Mr.
Miehie had a bee laid week, hauling brick
from Gerrie. When the teams got home
they had over 18,000 brick, a big pile in-
deed. -An entertainment will be held in
Ratrie's school in notion No, 4, on the
22nd inst., at 7.30 p. n. -An examination
will be held in Whit4e school in section
No. 1, on the 22nd ins gt Everybody will
be welcome. -As Christmas is near there is
some gathering every night in the week,
and Morris can compete with most town-
ships around in this reepect.1
[The above should have appeared lag week, but
did not come to hand in time.]
Bayfield.
YOUNG BRITONS. -'The Orange Young
Britons' lodge, No. 31, had -their election of
officers for the ensuing year, on December
•2od. The following were elected: 'Worthy
Master, A. E. Erwin ; District Master, G.
Weston ; Secretary, E. Reid; Financial
Secretary, Arthur Townsend; Treasurer,
H. Darrah ; Chaplain, John Harrison; Di
rector of Ceremonies, Thomas Harrison; In-
side Tyler, W. Elliott ; Outside Tyler, A.
Vanstone. Committee, John Elliott,i Wm.
Weston, Albert Townsend, Robert Lewra-
son, Robert Howard.
(Received too late for last week.)
FOR 1111=IM
Christmas Trade.
MR. R. KELLY,
The People's Boot and
Shoe Man,
Is offering special inducements during
the holiday season in all lines of the
BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.
Greenway.
, SABBATH SuROOL AND BIBLE CLASS. -At
the annual meeting of the Boston Methodist
church, held last Wednesday night, the
13th inst., the following officers were elect-
ed : W. J. Wilson, superintendent; James
Young, assistant superintendent; James
Whiteside, secretary and treasurer ; Mrs.
W. T.Ulens organist ; Miss Lillie Brophey
and Willie iVilson, assistants ; C. H. Wil -
sou, junior librarian ; Wilfred Young, col-
lector; Hannah Buchanan, Rose Ulens, J.
Whiteside'Mrs, F. Ulens, Robert Hutahin-
son, Wm. Nichols, C. H. Wilson, J. Young,
;teachers. Tise wheel is in a very pros-
rroue condition both spiritually and tem -
orally, having paid out over $50 for sup -
piles and having $22 cash on hand; The
le Society meeting last Friday night was
well attended. The president, Mr. Thomas
Jennings, occupied the chair. The address
delivered by Rev. J. Philip, B. D. A.,, of
London'on his travels during the year in
the Holes Land, was decidedly interesting
and inetructive.
LOCAL DOINGS. -Mr. A. Gooding was
aroused one night last week by something
tramping over the floor in his room, and on
procuring a light he found a large rat play-
ing around as if he was monareh of all he
surveyed. When killed he measured nearly
two feet from snout to end of tail. -Messrs.
C. McWilson and Jermith struck water at a
depth of 152 feet, last Saturday, on the farm
of Mr. Reuben Wilson, the water rose to
within 35 feet of the top, showing they had
struck a good spring. -Mr. C. H. Wilson,
jr, has been appointed deputy returning
°doer for polling subdivision No. 6, Step-
hen. -Metiers. R. H. Armstrong and T.
Whiteside have been appointed agents for
the Prohibition election, to be held in school
house No, 10, on January let. People call-
ing themselves Christians and temperance
men will be watched very closely this elec-
tion.
DX ROSE'S CASE.
Cured of Diabetes, by Dodd's Kidney Pills,
after Blood Poisoning Had Set in,
Proves the Value of the Remedy -
Kingston People Interested in the Cm.
Kurosawa December 18th, 1892. -The residents of
this section of Ontario are deeply interested in the
case of Dr. E. A. Rose, of Portland, who was ehred
when in the last stages of diabetes by Dodd's Kidney
Pills. -The reluotance of doctors to use, or even re-
eogniee, patent medicines is wellaknown. The pub-
lic, therefore, reason that when a medical man ac-
knowledges that he owes his life to Dodd's gidney
Pills, and gives practical proof of his belief in their
merits by prescribing them, therm pill. must possess
extraordinary virtues.
The best goods ever offered in Sea -
forth at the lowest prices, of which the
following are a few :
Ladies' Kid Button Boots at $1 and
upwards.
Ladies' Heavy Wear from 80c up.
Children's Wear from 35c up.
Gents' Wear from $1 up.
The stock is large, arid every person
can get suited. In Men's Socks, there
is a large variety. Rubbers and Over-
shoes for all. Keep your feet warm
by using the
ELECTRIC INSOLES,
The latest thing in the market for -
rheumatism. Every person should
have a pair.
Call and inspect Kelly's stock ere
buying elsewhere -opposite Cardno's,
and first door north of the "Sun"
office.
1366.4 R. KELLY) Seaforth.
FR MEN
AND WOMEN.
[Trade Mark] DR. A. OWEN,
THE
OWEN
ELECTRIC
BELT.
The only Scientific and Practical Electric
Belt ma de for general use, producing a Genuine
Current Of Electricity for the cure of Disease,
that can be readily felt and regulated both in -
quantity and power, and applied to any part of -
the body. It can.be worn at any time during
-
working hours or sleep, and will positively cure
Rh e urn ati sm
Sciatica
-
General 'Debility
Lumbago,
N.Crvons Diseases
Dy spew 1 a,
Varicocele,
Sexual Weakness
Impotency,
Kidney Diseases,
'mine Back,
Urinary Diseases
Electricity properly applied is fast taking the
place of drugs for all Nervous, Rheumatic. Kid-
ney and Urinal Troubles, and will effect cures
in seemingly hopeless cases where every other
known means has faijed.
Any sluggish, weak or diseased organ may
by this moans be roused to healthy activity
before it is too late.
Leading medical men use and reoommend
the Owen Belt in their practice.
OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
Contains fullest information regarding the cure
of acute, chronic and nervous diseases, prices,
how to order, etc., mailed (sealed) FREE to
any address.
The Owen' Electric Belt & Appliance Ca
49 KING Sy.: WI, TORONTO, ONT4
201 to 211 State St., Chicago, M.
MENTION THIS PAPER.
The Kip -pen Mills
TO THE FRONT AS USUAL
Th e Kippen mills are now running at full blast and
are prepared to do GRISTING on the shortest notice,
and most reasonable terms. In this way you get
flour from your own wheat, and better valueffpr
the money than in any other way. Good li7hr
guaranteed.
CHOPPING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT.
IQG S -
' The highest price in cash will be paid for good
logs, or they will be cut to order. .
1.1117M3E3MR _
All kinds of Lumber for sale, cheap
JOHN McNEVIN,
Proprietor.
1357-t f
PURE
POWDERED
PUREST, ST'RONCEST, BEST.
Ready for use in any quantity. Fo'; _Baking Boa%
Softening Water. Disinfecting, emu 4. hundred other
uses. A cav equals Al pounds Sol Sdda.
'Sold, by All Oroeers Laid Druggists.
GrIZEI4Errvii, 111.carcipzttcsa.
Wellington,
GOING NORTH-.
141181
Brussels ......-
Wingham
Gorse 86evn-
Wingham....
.Bluevale
Ethel.... ... -
Grey and Bruce.
Passenger. Mixed.
8.00 r. M. 9.30 P.N. 9.00 r.x.
i 8.18 0.42 9.46
, 3.27 9.57 10.10
*- 8.87 10.07 11.20
Passenger. Mixed.
6.25 a.a.11.20 A. a. 7.30 p.m.
8.87 11.86 8.15
6.14 11.69 9.00
7.18 12.14 940
'London, Huron and Bruce,
Goma Noirru-a
London, depart - - -
Exeter... •-•
Bippen.. .
Bruoefleld .......
Clinlon.
LondesbOro
WBeiniggrahavem.. a.rri..;e•
depar.,......,...-
Gonsowinngotrehamn:t
Belgrave
Blyth . .... . ......
Londesboro .
Clinton
• • • -
Brnoefield • .
Hippen
Hensel' ........
Exeter_ „
Paissenger.
8.26a.m. 5O6r.st
9.29 6.18
9.42 6.81
9.47 8.36
9.55 6.44
10.12 7.00
10.29 7,19
10.38 7.28
10.62 7.42
11.10 8.05
Passenger
6.40a.x. 8.45p.x.
6.65 4.06
7.08 4.20
7.16 4.28
7.46
8.05
8.13
8.22
8.40
Grand Trunk Railway.
Trains leave
follows:
Gouts Wier -
Passenger -
Faseenger.... --
Mixed Train... -
Mixed Train.. _
Go110 Ran- -
Passenger. -
Passenger . -
Mixed Train _
Freight Trails
Seatorth and Clinton
Satirostra.
1.1.2. P. K.
9.05 r.
9.30 A. N.
6.80 P. is.
4.48
5.08
5.13
5.18
5.30
station as
CLINTON.
1.98•. L.
0.22 P. a.
10.15a.a.
7.05 r.x.
7.87 A. K.
2.46 r.
4.60 r. a.
8.36 P. hI
DECEMBER 221 1893,
HAND -MADE
Boots and Shoes
D. McINTYRE
Has on hand a large number of Boote and Shoee of hie
own make, best material and
Warranted to give Satisfaction.
you want your feet kept dry come and get a pair o.
our boots, which will be sold
CHEAP FOR CASH,
Repairing promptly attended to. All kinds of Boots
and Shoes made to order. All parties who have not
paid their accounts for last year will please call and
settle up.
1162 D. McINTYRE, heaforth,
J. C. SMITH & CO.,,
A General Banking business transacted.
Farmers' notes disoounted,
Drafts bought and sold.
Interest allowed on deposits.
SALE NOTES Miscounted, or taken for
ollection
OFFICE -First door north of Reid &
Wilson's Hardware Store.
SEAFORTH.
1
is thelatest triumph in pharmanyefor the mire
of all the symptoms indicating KIDNEY. AND
LIVEN complaint. If you are troubled with
Costiveness, Dizzlite88, Sour Stomach
MEMBRAY'S
Headache, Indigestion, Poen Arrnwrz,
TIRED FEEraria,1031tinuATIO PAINS, Sleepless
Nights, Melancholy Feeling. BAcit Atlas,
Membray's Kidney and Liver Craft
KIDNEY AND
willgiveimmediaterellefandErYBoTAVire.
Sold at all Drug Stores.
Illembray 31c7dicine Company
of Peterborough, (Limited),
PETERBOROUGH, . . ONT.
For sale by I. V. FEAR, druggiet, Seaforth,
SEAFORTH
Musical : Instrument
mmerpop.aum
Scott Brothers,
PROPRIETORS,
SEAFORTHI - ONTARIO.
845. LAC140.,OGSueip-hp;uhpnomamin,iNanewpTiaourok W
co; m:
any, Bnwmanville.
ODomiRn jog AONrgS.an-CWBellon.ypan&Co
yBowamOraunveliplleh
D. W. Kern & Co., Woodstock.
The above Instruments always on hand, oleo a few
gt,tod second-hand Pianos and Organs for sale at
from $25 upwards. Instruments sold on the instal-
ment plan, or .on terms to Boit cuetomers, Violins,
jonoertinas and smal instruments on hand also:sheet
music, books &o.
SCOTT BROS.
NERyE
BEANS
NERVE BRANS are new tlia.
eovery that owe the worst eases of
Nervous Debility, Lost Vigor amt
Bailing Manhood; restores the
weakness of body or mind eallied.
by over -work, or the errors or ex-
cesses of youth. This Remedy ab-
solutely cures the most obstinate eases when ad other
TRIATMSNTS have failed even to relieve. Soldby drug-
gists at $1 per package, or six for $5, or sent by mail on
receipt of price by addressing THE JAMES MEDICINE
00.. Toronto. Ont. Write for pamphlet. Sold in- -a
Sold in Seaforth by J. S. ROBERTS.
FARMERS,
All par ties requiring Farm Machin-
ery, Implements and Repairs, would
do well to call at
Hugh Grieve's Wareroom
-- OPPOSITE -
The Dominion Bank,
Before purchasing elsewhere, RS he
keeps repairs for the Massey -Harris;
Patterson, Wisner, Goudy, Mason and
Coleman machinery and inaplements,
and he is also agent for the Bain
wagon, Massey -Harris binder and
mower, drill; rakes,&c; the Coleman
roller and a full stock of Plows con-
stantly on hand.
HUGH GRI MITE, Seaforth.
John - S. Porter's
Undertaking and Furni-
ture Emporium,
SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO.
OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION.
Funerals furnished on the shortest notice
and satisfaction gus anteed. A large atle014,
went of Caskets, GoftIns and Shrouds, be.
always on hand of the best veiny. The
of Embalming Fluid used free et charge and
prices the lowest. Fine Hearse. •
S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Resi-
dence - OODERICR STREET, directly op'
poeite the Methodist church in the haulm
iormerly occupied by Dr. Scott
eimmir*
The Old Established,
BROADFOOT'S
Planing Mill and
Sash and Door Factory,
BM -11.H' OB,T1-1-
Thin old and well-known establishment is sail
running at full blast, and now has better facilities'
than ever before to turn out a good article for a
moderate Floe. 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
itsmber for sale on reasonable terms. Shingles kept
oonstantly on hand. Estimates for the furnisbing
of buildings In whole or in part given on application.
None but the boat of material used and workman -
.hip guaranteed. Patronage solicited.
1269 3, H BROADFOOT, fieefortb
Roth the
'Syrup of
and refres
gently yet
Liver and
tem effect
aches -and
constipati
only rem
diked, pi
ceptalle t
its action
effects, pr
healthyan
1
raanyexce
to ali an
Topuiar r
iSyrup d
bottles b3
1
Any relia
have it
promptly
to try it.
CALIFO
A CHRIS
MTS. Penr.
Mrs. Penn)
small. some w
neat little figit
years of man'
stout woman,
of breath; a
plexion and b
larities of fea
ed prominent
hived lines abo
the low forehe
to which the
help. Mrs. P
teloped in a g
aspect. Mrs. ,
ed by a huge c
cieuneis and
wasted in mak
rose's feet werA
glasses in hami
Bible. Mrs. f
" Give'and
read aloud, ale
"Then 1 erg
Borne," memo
ary, anal looke
It wee a hi
Penrose. Pi&
enore than a p•
lined the walls
an Axminster
saucers in the
much as would
family for Eh
towered on t
flashed back
depthe and ti
read was a an
engravings, ai
carved rnading
it was not at t
though she 1
items of . their
many an unlu
that Mrs,Penn
and virtuous e
ents-ranged o
hies and pile4
traceries in lae
light of young
ones rare ee
ewe:test thong
and walls were
jewels fiashin
costly specime
if Mrs, Penr
promise, her b
scarcely have i
pressed down 1
to be given he:
"Ouf I" puff
up eharply a
"How, in the
to carry that'
" That's the
Frost, blowing
your business ?
" Can't a gc
growled Swett
my cool friend
up as to iceber
your way, yet
yet ; tied one I
hetevy as lead
-
poor to whom
are Otte to tin
for Mrs,. Plum
won't hold wh
deed i better
poor widow in
a flannel petth
Prancer i See
Now, if it he
as high, of 1
keys and boo
them, and toy
anything to'
should have
gone. Light
pie."
44 Boma l" :
Pll give her a '
have one of on
much aS a part
chimney. I
"Cool, thai
self as he tire
then that's hi
and he dashe
Meanwhile,
She raked the
eloser a -reared
she only grew
ring the bill,
she couldn't
the pictures,
odd china, an
bill of costs o
proud, began
that was naov
as if she was
through the
with an °ad 1
to the chin wi
j
very red nose
time it glance
to her toes. I
Pretty predl
Mns. Penrose'
from the pro
able. The od
agreeable we
nose -it made
some. poor grail
before justice
the leader of
virtues. She,
tete she was ,