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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1894-12-28, Page 6a ; TITE..'.'111rjf.1,9N • ...entn`nn1. r - - rote. - 0 " DECEMBER 284 1894. VETERINARY. ORN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontari Veterinary College. All diseases of Domestic Animals treated. Callspromptly attended to and charges moderate. Veterinary Dentistry a specialty °Mee end residence on Goderloh street, one door Arent of Dr. Scott's office, Seaforth. _ 1112t1 G.hi. GiBB. Veterinary surgeon and Dentist, Toronto College ef Vett einary dentists, Honor Graduate of Ontario Vet- erinary College, Honor member of Ontario Veterin- ary Medical Society. Ai diseases a donteetie animals treated. All calls promptly attended to day or night. Dentistry and Surgery a specielty. Office and Dispensary—Dr. Campbell% old offiee, Main street Seaforth. 1106-52 LEGAL Ma S. HAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer end fa) Notary Public,. nolicitor for the Dominion Bank, Wilma -Canino% block, Main Street, Seaforth. Money to loan. 1235 Nrrituw MORRISON, Walton, Leen:suet LYI Agent, Commissioner for taking efildevies Convilyances, &o. Moaey to loan at the lowest rates. Mortarso..1, Walton. T X. REST, Barrister, Scifleitor, Notary,.• due Office—Rooms, five doots north ofCommereiai Itotel„ ground floor, next door to C. L. PapIt's jewelry store, Main -street, Seaforth. Godereh agents—C ameron, Holt anti Cameron. 1215 • int ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristars, Solicitors, 11,3n &o., Goderioh, Ontario. J. .GRaort, Q. C.; W. Pin:mm*00r. , • - 4 ,t-thutzuoN, nom & HoimEs, esnitteis. so. Seibert In Cheneery, ite.,Goderieh, Ont K. 0. Qtrinitorr, Q. C., Emmet Hour, Donna"( HoLuors islizazza & SCOTT, Barristers, Soliellon on veyancere, &o. Solicitor) for the sBent cr• 7 Johnston, Tisdale & We. Money to loan Mae— Elliott Block, GOlinton, Ontario. A. /I, Massone logas Scam - 781 -nut HOLisanym, successor to •-tin. .ate firm X . McCaughey & Hohnested, Barrister„ 30 Conveyaneer and Notary. 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There as -nothing ghostly or phantom -like about the clear wild -rose tints- of her com- plexion—that seemed to speak of June and hedge -rows and sunlight—nor yet about the waves and tangles of golden -brown hair, which, even -as sheturned from him, he had perceived clustering about her singularly white neck and small ear. • And then some- how an immeasurable pity filled his heart. Why should she have to hurry away with downcast head, 'a,S one abashed and .asham- ed? Was it her fault that -the pretty spec, taele of the children strewing flowers should have made her oblivious of herself for Li brief instant? Was it not rather his fault that, bewildered- as he was, he had not with sufficient quickness . avoided that ' wholly inadvertent glanee ? He had inflict- ed wrong Without any hive of making re- paragion. For, even were he to encounter .this beautiful creature.again, how was he to let her know that he held himself wholly to Maine for anything that had occurred? That Meant speech whereas a mere look' had been. sutficiea to frighten her. away like a startled fawn. , That he would be certain to see her aaain . - . in a small place like Henley he made no doubt at all, • Most probably she was a vis- itor down from London for the sinnmer months, andshe and her friends on their way to the bridge or the river -side would naturally come along this Hart Street, the main thoroughfare. Then, again, even to discover where she lived would be some- thing. And what eould be the harm ? If one only knew the house, would there not always be the passibility of beholdinat'in the distance a gleam of Cool. fresh lilac and pale yellow - white that would lend a new wonder to the glory of a June day ? And if that were all—well, so be it. Some others were more happy. Even at this mo- ment she might be laughing and telling her friends of the bridal procession, and the children, and the scattering of pansies and marguerites. She had forgotten all about the stranger whom she had -so accidentally reotarded. with her deen-wounding April eyes. Now, when Nan Summers disappeared out of Hart/Street, she had merely turned into Bell Street, which is the beginning of the road to Oxford, and thither; after some ten minutes of furious contention' With him- self, Sidney felt constrained to follow. Yet, when he reached the quiet little thorough- fare, that also seemed empty ; there was hardly any sign of life, save for the white - tipped martins that kept -skimming close to the ground, sometimes even alighting for a moment on the watered. roadway, -auk then risingagaininto the hot air. But presently he noticed—what he must have knoWii be- for—that here -were several old-fashioned inn, with court -yards and ' stabling ; and no* it occurred to him that this wonderful visitor might bare come in from a distance,. and might have drivenaway again. It was not so certain, then, that he must needs,. sooner or later, find hiiiiself face to face with her in Henley. Nevertheless a strange kind of unrest, a sort of desperate hope, kept him wandering on and on, and mostly with his eyes fixed on the farthest ,distance. '06 again, he wonld glance furt‘vely at these detached villas and at Miele Windows. He heard voices in the gardens, from among the red hawthorns and the laburnums and the rhododendrons, and occasionally he , caught sight of figures, but not that. one shin symmetrical forin that he could have reeognized anywhere. He did not go out into the country. Eventually he retraced hiS steps, and , passed along Bell 'Street, scannin.g those old- fashioned hostleries and their archways and their stable-yaIrds. But all. to no purpose. The main thoroughfare of the town he found as empty as though he had .some vague heart -sick fancy that she might have occasion to return the N4,y she came. Thedoors of St. Mary's tharch were shut now ; most of the .scatter- ed marguerites and pansies had been picked ui by children and carried away. He_ went h me to got some food, but neither that nor hi - books appeared to have any interest for hi tn. . He was restless, undetermined, in- capable of . settling to anything; and pres- et tly he had set forth again on another aim - les exploration of the straggling and gar - d n -enclosed suburbs of this small town. Hon- long his disquieted wanderings lasted : he did not seem- to know nor care; but - lac 'Lodge, and turned to have a parting 1 w ien at length he 'arrived at the gate of L look at the sleepily Moving river, behdld ! oi the densely ' foliaged heights beyond a s litany golden star here and there told of a hiluse already lit up for the coming- night, aiLl the woods were growing .dark under tile cold metallic gray of the evening sky. And all the next day this unceasing heart- h mger kept him at his fruitless onest, un - ti , as the hours went helplessly by, it al - m st seemed as though that, must have been rally a vision, an illusory enchantment, tl at lie had beheld at the ate of St. Mary's elitutch. Ilut on the following afternoon fertune befriended him in a most unexpect- ee fashion:. He was returning into Henley l. h.- the Medmenham Road, and was w ()p- i, p-oachino- the point where Bell Street Al ryes at towards the,Fair Mile, when he s' .w, a long way ahead of him, ,trwb figures, ot e of whom he instantly recognized by the et lot's of her dress. And as those. two, lea -v- 1 . g the town, drew nearer, he made .sure he s not mistaken ; apparition or no . appari- tion, she was once more within . view of his eager eyes that had so long sought in vain, And Could anything have exceeded the gt eat -good-luck of this encounter, seeing ti at at the junction of the Medmenham Children Cry for and. Oxford road* there is n patch -of wood- ed enclosnre„ behind Which he could easily screen himielf while he allowed them to go by? They earns along. She seemed more' snipasaingly beaattiful, more radiant, than efer.;ehe was •laughing and Chatting -*even: ,Avith-hcr ontpanion,--no ':restraint Or fear: now in her eyes. This slightly htooping man, with the powerfully built frame; and the grave, qttiet face, was no doubt her father; he was mostly listening, in an. amused way; he did not talk much. As they passed, Sidney noticed that the man walked rather deliberately, while the step was light and buoyant; and perhaps. it ' -na,S the Massive breadth of his shonldera that canted her by contrast todook particu- larly slight and slim. They continued along the Oxford Road, and when they had gone a sufficient distance, Sidney Hume fol- lowed. Now he would .find out where this wonder of wonders' was accatemednlo hide herself—pethaps by - some • lonely upland heath f perhaps in some old grange amid tne. silence Of the woods. Rut fortune never distributes her favors singly. A most' unlooked-for incident now occurred. Whenla,ther and 'daughter had left the last of the -enborbatt villas and gar. dens behind, and were well into the Fair Mile, under the wide -branching and rust- ling elms, Sidney perceived that there were three navvies coming along from the oppo- site direction; and as these drew near they paused in a loitering, hesitating sort of way, while one of them addressed the two strang- ers. Sidney,of oeurte, could only guess what wasogOing on; he held back; he did nOt wish to 'be suspected Of reetrinoittting. Perhaps the three laborers had been in at the Traveller's Rest, and the' hot weather. was apt tomake them thirsty'they 'nigh t be either frolicsome of thoet1,--or humbly plaintive, or half quarrelsome. At all events, the girrs father, in answer to them, merely shook- his head,- and would have passed quietly on, giving the three navvies the wider share of the broad pathway. They tamed him' to go by; then they seemed to think better of it, and followed, and plainly intercepted both father and daughter. Sidney quiekened his steps. If there was -about to be any unpleasantness, werild not he arrite at the mOst opportune mo.ment? Why,: never • was there such 6. stroke of luck ! Talk of introductions! Here was one ready imade! And, as it ap- peared to him, the laborers had grown dis- tinctly aggressive --they had barred the way. It was about time he was on the spot. to make this fight, if there was to be a fight, a little more fair. but in- an instant the whole situation was changed. The girl had interposed herself, doubtless .with some frantic hope of appeas- ing the imminent strife. Sidney could see her hand held p, as if imploring them to desist. Her hurried intervention was of no avail ; nay, one of the men, little guessing what danger was lurking near, rudely °nipped her by the arm to drag her out of °the way. That was the swift ruin of him. The girl's fathermade a, step forward, slightly raising himself onhis left foot; his left fist drove out, and down the man went like a log, lying prone and extended on the highway. Almost simultaneously the right fist was swung round, catching the second of the scoundrels -a terrific baek-hander on the cheek -bone. He •also Went staggering and rolling, until he stumbled headhing in- to the dry ditch. The third man, 'After it moment's pause of blind amazement,iturned and.fled as if the Very devil were at his heels. All this seemed the work of one be- wildering second.. It happened with such an astonishing rapidity that when Sidney came eagerly running up there was nothing more to be done. "Shall I catch that fellow for you, Sir ?" he demanded, quickly. " get bold of him in a minute, if you like.' And till* was no vain boast on the part Of the young for as a Freshman he had been a famous flier at the hurdles of the 0. IL A. C. . It was Nan Summers who answered him, without even a glance to -see who this new- comer was. " No ; leave him alone," she said, per- emptorily.: " And get those men • taken away." She Was ,anxiously clinging to her father, both hand S on his arm; while she scrutin- ized his facie in the strangest fashion, His complexion was a little grayer than usual, that was all; he didiiot seem in the least perturbed. "Dodo, come!" she said imploringly'. "Never mind them —leave' them alone— they'll do no further harm.' But he gently put her aside. He stepped over to the man who had rolled into the ditch, caught him by thecollar,and dragged him to his knees. " Quit shamming," .said he,, briefly—for this rascal held his hand to his -head, and moaned and moaned. " You're not hurt. I don't know about this other fellow. You'll have to look after him. Get Min along to the Traveller's Rest, and give him a drop of something — Unless he's had enough al- ready." " Ay, he's bad enough already, ghv'ner," was the whining answer ; " and it ain't gin and it ain't beer he's had enough of, but he's had enough. And my jaw's broken, that's what it, is—" " Rubbish !" said Mr. Summers, taking out a couple of shillings. " Here, this will pay for the beer and the stieking-plas ter and the next time you and your mates: think of playing tricks on strangers, mind you choose the right sort of people." "If yon wish to . prosecuf e these scoun- drels, sir," said Sidney, :interposing. "1 shall be glad. tobe a witness. I saw the whole affair from the beginning, and I tried to be up in time tb help you, but you Were not long in settling the matter.' , "Oh, no ; we'll leave thent alone," said Mr. Summers quietly, seeing that the other man had now in a measure recovered his senses, and was sitting up, staring about him in a limp and dazed way. " They Won't forget that little lesson for a while.7 "But Surely it is monstrous," Sidney con- tinued ; and as Mr. Summers and his daughter were now moving away from the scene of this rapid .and conclusive scuffle, it appeared only natural that be should go with them. "It is monstrous that peaces able peeple,walking along an open highway, should be liable to insult and menace of this kind. However, such a thing rarely hap- pens ; f have known Henley and the dis- tricts round it for years, -and hardly evey heard of such an .occurrence. I hope you -- won't consider it a .common feature. of Ox -ti fordshlre hte—" " Oh, ne, not at all," said this sallow - complexioned man with the grave, tranquil face. " My daughter and I have livedsome months now in this neighborhood,and found it partaCularly qttiet, and the people well- behaved." "Oh, you know the neighborhood, then ?" Sidney said, with skilful promptitude, "Then you know how beautiful it is; es- pecially in the lonlier parts, away front the main roadi?',, " We are finding out day byday, just as *e happen to have leisure," Mr. - Summers ansiNred, and presently the talk of the two men 'Was all about heaths .and • woods and lanes, about Stonor Park and Rotherfield Greys, about Highmore Cross and Wither- idge Hill, and about the long drive through the beech woods that crown the lofty land lying between Bix and Nettlebed. And meanwhile what.of Nati Summers ? Well, front the moment she discovered who this was who had come to offer them assist- ance, she had betrayed the most inexplica- ble embarrassment, and even alarin, inso- much that Sidney himself could not but be- come conscious of it. She would not enter into their conversation; she would not even look his way; she seemed to hide herself from him, on the other side .-of her lather. Pitcher's Castoriao „ Alt thappteThiddeity Of Mirth and high spiriteh hia beheld' in her face *aethose tWo coining out from Henley had departed; there was nothing. but constraint there now. She walked on in silence,-.; and when she lifted her eyesfrom the ground, it Was not in his 'direefeione—it was in any other direc- fien. What was the realm of this marvel- lous change? he asked himself. Surely the agitation produced by that brief 'scuffle' could not so profoundly have affected ' her: rxi point of fact; she had shown no feat' at alt; it Vas about her 'father- that she had. betrayed anxiety, especially after the two men had been thrown aside from him like, a couple of ninepins. On the other hand, was it possible that the little occurrence, at- the gate of St. Mary' e Church still dwelt in her mind, :causing her deep -lying mortification? But it was hardly credible that she should place so Muck importance on 80 trifling an incident, unless she was of an extraordinary sensitiveness that he could in no wise under- stand . Aod. so they walked on ; and Mr. Stun- mers seemed to have formed a great. liking for this stranger, whose personal charm of manner, when he chose to exert it, to say nothing of his (rood looks, had always made it easy for himc'to win friends. Sidney, on his part, strove scrupulously to preserve that gulf of distance between himself and the -young lady which she appeared to have established: She might have been .;non-ex- istent so far as his rapid and discoursive tat& was concerned, though to lini it was an altogether miraculous thing that she shindd be only a few feet away, and con- sciously listening. Only once was she dragged into tbe conversation, and that was none of his doing. Her father was describ- ing a certain stretch of highway they had discovered on the heights between Crow- hurst and Bix Turnpike ; and hesaki that this remote thoroughfare, with its strips of common on each Side, was hardly ever used; it was a kind of no-man's-land. "1 have even thought of taking posses- sion of it, in the name of my daughter here,".he went on, in a half -jesting way; " only I suppose,- I should want a banner and a, sword, and perhaps some cannon to fire. And, indeed, her new kingdom, I'm afraid, would only bring her trouble. For there's an -textraordinary lot of Wild flowers about the hedge -rows • -and latterly,, as if she hadn't enough to do with the seeds and plants and slips in the garden, she has tak- en to the out-of-door -flowers as well, with all kinds Of botanical books. I can't help her, of course; I don't know about such things; apd when she is trying to find out the name of a ntiw flower, the scientific de- scriptions appetiat so difficult, and so like one another—" "Oh, but that is the simplest thing in the .world," Sidney said at once. "Alt that is necessary is to get an old-fashioned Flora—either one based on the LinnLen sys- tem, or one with tbe Linmen system as an appendix, to be used as a key. That is by far the easiest way of finding out the name of a plant," he went on, overjoyed to have the chance of talking about anything, so long as it furnished an excuse for his con- tinuing to accompany them. "Of course the natural classification that is generally adopted nowadays is the more reasonable; but the beginner wants first of all to dis- cover whattheseflowers and plants are, and the Linmen system makes -so easy and shn- ple a key—" • "Do you hear that, Nan?" her father said, turning to her. This unexpected question visibly discon- certed her, but she managed to murmur something in. reply; her eyes were still fixed on the ground: As for Sidney, he was almost on the point of desperately breaking this spell of silence. As it happened, bot- any had been one of the hobbies Of his boy- hood: he still retained a sufficient recollec- tion of the cotnmoner genera and species to be met with along the hedge -rows or in the woods ; and why, he asked himself, in this wild chaos of daring hopes and desires --why should she not in her troubles and difficul- ties come to him direct ? Surely that would be an idyllic employment for a mild sum- mer evening, up on thesilent, high -lying, sunset -warned heaths and commons, with the valleys below sinking to sleep in the gathering mists'and with gradual soften- ing of all distant sounds. Would she bring to birnsome imagined rarity, holding it tip in her small white fingers, her eyes turned toiAlards,his ? Nay—so rapidly did this or ,that fancy shoot like a swift -darting shuttle through the warp and 'woof •of his .actual and eager conversation—be was at this nio- matt wondering which of all the flowers in garden or Wildwood was nearest to the color .of those hidden :eyes. The. forget -me -nut ? —too cold and opaque. The lobelia ?-400 blackish -blue. The germander -speed -well? —that was something nearer it --tender and- springlike—clear and yet deep—with some strange Power of appeal. some power of saying mvatir al, unsearchable things. And why should th ,se beautiful lucent eyes be so rigorously tamed away from him ? He had done nothing to cause her fear. He knew not how long he walked with .them clung to this surprising chance that had so happilibefallen. Nor even yet had the -amazing good -fortune of this young ma,n Come to au end. When the three of them arrived opposite a certain white gate, Nan paused, stopped, and then turned aside, her eyes still downcast; but her father hesi- tated for a second.. "1 have got an Ordnance Snrvey Map of the neighborhood," he said to the young stranger, "If you wouldn't mind stepping in for a moment, you might show me the whereabouts of someof those places you mentioned; they would be easier to remem- ber, when you have once seen them.' "Oh I shall be delighted !"said Sidney, asking himself what was going to happen to him. next. He had not only discovered where that rarely beautiful creature lived he was now being invited to enter the house. ft seemekall too marvellous to be real. And yet he was careful not to presume. He went no farther than the hall; for it was in the hall that the large map, pieced together, hung ; and soon, .with the aid of a pocket -pencil, he was pointing out lines of highway and explaining. The young lady had disappeared ; but presently she return- ed, and brought with her a bottle and a small liquor glass. "Dodo," she said to her father, in an un- dertone. He tArned to 'see what she wanted. "No, no, Nan," he said gently. "1 am perfectly well." • " But are you. sure ?" she said, regarding his face with a curiorisly.earnest look. "Perfectly—perfectly, he answered her. "You mustn't be put out by such a, trifle, Nt.t..11*''she went Away again and that was the; ast that Sidney saw of 'her at this time; for she did not even come back to bid him good-bye. And presently be took his leave, and got away from this enchanted dwelling on the lonelyuplands,andwas makinghis way back to Henley through the beech woods. But - in truth he was not exultant over this rare good -fortune .that had happened to him; rather he was anxious and disturbed, his heart and -brain alike bewildered and sick and ill at ease. He did not quite know the meaning of all that had occurred,. nor could he guess at its consequences; it seemed to Iihri that he had been " in a hollow land ;" that he had beheld strange things; that he had been all too near to 46 Nycheia, with her April eyes." But as for Nan Summers, all this even- ing—now that this stranger was gone—she was in a particularly affectionate mood, and light-hearted and merry, except. at rare in- tervals, when she would -sink into a, pro- found reverie, from which again she would almost instantly rouse herself, "10 will be a splendid story to tell Mr. &ridge," said she at dinner, and now she was laughing over the adventure of tbe aft fernoon. It would delight him. How he will 'Irish he had been there !" "It is nothing to speak about, Nan," said her father. Only thereare two men in Henley who are a -little wiser this even- ing." "Three, Dodo, three," she said.- "The one -who ran away was even more frighten- ed than the others; and I almost wish we had allowed the young—the young gentle- man to run after him and eatch him and bring him back. I should like to have seen that' one also sorry—and hoping you wouldn't be hard on him." "No, no, Nan; it is better to let things pass quietly," her father said. It was a familiar phrase of his. Then again, after dinner, 'When they were strolling through the adjacent plantation, and she was nettling close to his side, she s‘Lid ; "1)o you *know, Dodo, I am very glad now that yea met with those three insOlent rascals, though I was terribly frightened the time about the effect it might have on you. It has had no effect at all—not the slightest. And I have been convincing my- self that the doctors were altogether wrong about you. The Vicar used to say that they were always making mistakes about heaet-disease—frightening people mimeos- sarily—sometimes making some poor man or woman who was quite well live in a kind of slavery for years and years. And look ab yon, Dodo. You have a quarrel thrust on you; you have to face three men—three of them at once, and threatening; you send one of them spinning this way, and another one rolling that—oh, I wish Mr. Erridge could hove seen it !--and then you walk quietly ,ion as if nothing had happened; and when yeu cotne home you won't even take Ole little glass of brandy that I offer you! Dodo, there's not much of the invalid about you, that I'm sure of." He laughed at her gay courage. "10 matters very little, Nan." he said. "1 don't.think I live in any fear ; one must die of something. And I am all the more un- concerned now that I have got you a hotne of your own ; a,nd if you had only a few companions—" (To be Continued.) • MEDICAL I MEN. ea•••••11•II,I•N.Ice Are Interested in the Discovery of a Remedy for Bright's Disease. MONTREA, December 24. --The subject of kidney disorders and diseases is one re- ceiving special attention from the medical profession just now, probably owing to the fact that a disease of these organs caused the death of Russia's Czar. .Antong other points attractive to the profession, is the case of Dr. McCormick, of Richmond,Que., practitioner well known throughout Que- bec and Ontario. He has lately published a letter announcing that lie was cured of Bright's disease by Dotld's Kidney Pills. This case has a peculiar interest for medical men, because until these pills were odered for sale, this because, was universally consid- ered incurable. That belief is now thor- oughIanexpIoded by the suocess of this rein- edy, to which ninneroris vietims of the dis- ease owe their lives and sound health. -Heathen Americans • A Chinaman,says the Christian Advocate, applied for the position of cook in a family itt mie of our Western cities. The lady of the house and most of the family were mem- bers of a fashionable church, and they were determined to look well after the character of the servants. So, when John Chinaman appeared at the door he was asked :,— " Do you drink whisky ?" " No, he said ; " I Medan man." " Do you play cards ?" " No, I Clistian man." He-- was employed, and gave great satis- faction. He did bis work well, was honest, upright, correct and respectful. After -some weeks the lady gave a "progressive euchre" party and had wines at the table. John Chinaman was called upon to serve the party, and did so with grace and accepta- bility. But next morning he waited on the lady and said be wished to quit work. " Why. what is the matter ?" she in- quired. John answereq, : " Clistian man ; I told anni so before, no heathen. No workee for Melinda heathen." A Delicious French Candy. ' To make French nougat, boil one pouild of granulated sugar and one teacupful of waterover a sharp fire until it begins to turn yellow. Do not stir while boiling. 110X0 ready a half pound of almonds blanched and dried. Put them in the oven and leave door open; when they begin to look yellow add to the candy as it reaches the turning point de- scribed above, and quickly pour into a well- oiled tin or iron pan about one-half an inch thick ; mark with a sharp knife into bars before it cools. By bending the tins be- tween the bands slightly the candy will come out easily. —Dr. Stanley Tattersall, a veterinary surgeon, whose family resides in St. Cath- arines, was found dead under his bed at Niagara Falls, New York. He evidently died in great agony, and it is supposed front the effects of poison. Rob Roy Cigar It's no because I'm Scotch but youca.nn.a smoke a better Cigar than "BOB BOY5I-1 They cost 5c. but I get sax of them for a quarter. EMPIRE TOBACCo -Co., MOUITRE AL. WHEN THE SNOW COMES and Horses and Cattle are taken Egress they should h v e- a tonic until they get accustomed to the change o- , feed, or they will lose flesh and condition v e r y quickly. To r erlect this, may keep an airliner poor all winter aid it may die in the spring. DICK'S BLOOD PURIFIER will be found -the very best condition Powder to use, Its Ream is quick and Pu re and satisfactory results are guAranteed. This tonic for Holses and Cattle, if properly used, will add F0 per_cent to the selling price 0; any animal, end it costs only 500, Pick's BMW Putifler'50c, D cies Blister, 50e. Dick's Liniment, 25c. Dia% Ointment, 25c. DICK & CO..P. 0. BOX 482, Montfeal. ASTONISHING SAIE. BOOTS --AND— STIORS In order to clear out my present stock to make room for Spring goods soon to arrive, I have decided to sell at prices that will astonish every buy- er. The Kelly stock, bought a half price, enables me to do this. Note s.ome of the. prices: CITIOlinen'sButtoncilren'sShoea Shoesfrom frn71. La25eeeupMfrom 7.5 e Men's Laze and Gaiters from $1 up. A few pairs of Men's at 50e. Headquarters for Felt Goods. The best Rubbers and Overshoes. The cheapest and best leather goods._ See my Long Boots. Sale going on every day at the cheap= store. T. V. IIAJTLEDGE, Main Street, Seaforth. 1328-13- 4,- ocit's,CottollRoot COMPOUND. A. recent disc-overy by an old physician. Successfuity watt tracyrithi'y by thousands of Ladies. Is the only perfectly safe and reliable medicine dig - covered. Beware of -unprincipled druggists who of:er Inferior medicines In place of this. Ask for Coolc'e Cotton Root Compound, take no substi- tute, or inclose 81 and 6 cents in postage In letter and we willsend, sealed, by return malL Fulisealed particulars in plain envelope, to ladies only. 2 stamps. Address The Cook Company, Windsor, Ont., Canada. For sale by Lumsden & Wilson, druggists, Sea - forth, Ont. If You Have a Room to 0 Papier, Paint or likalsomine 0.- GO TO F. WILLARD. A First Class Stock of Wall Paper, Window Shades, Curtain Poles. etc., always on hand. 'Pictures and Picture Framing a Specialty. F. WILLARD, MAIN STREET Opposite JOHN ST., Seaforth. 1 1. ci:e7,7.EADA HEADACHE and Nenralgiril17uiEsaisoeoatedTorguet Dieze ,3sness,rainintheside, Constipation* Torpid Liver. Bad Breath.Tmolostay iraycoAwurredane.d regulate the bowels. VERY PR1CiF RE CENTS AT DRUG STORES/ .1.1....I. .11111111.0101M21101110 NOSNHOf NIVW "SOBS POWDERS SIGN OF THE 0117CULAR SAW. 11 Fd sHillOAV3S • .p.i" • • r•S Cf) 8 0 at:2 PtD 0 0 127" ri) g" 00 o Gar:1J g fa. 04-' 0. '"Crq 03. t-t I--I F 0 et - g2.1 t44 THIST1115 PRE Ell BOMB CD, (ParuArran .Trix 11rn, 1893,) New Process for Malting Pure Milk Butter from the'. Pure Solids of the 14111k. No Chemicals or Ext-- tra, Machinery Required. This New Process wit' make two to three times the amount of Pore Milk Butter that can be made - by any other method.yea. invented. Therefore sandl, stomp for lull panic-121am,, also circulars- of questionsi' Take a hole and put some dough arousd it, then fry in lard." This simple recipe has brought thousands to grief, just because of the frying in lard, which as We all know hinders digestion. In all recipes where you have used lard, try' the new vegetable shortening and you will be surprised at the delightful and healthful results. It is without unpleasant odor, unpleasant flavor or unpleasant results. With COTTOI,ENin your kitchen,the young, the delicate and the dyspeptic can all enjoy the regular family bill of fare. Cottolene is sold ita 3 and 6 pound pails, by all grocers. Made only by The N. K. Fairbank Company, wellington mood An Sting, MONTREAL. 0 LF•Si-• rn CD t•-+ 0 L.41 0 asked and answered, Thurston% Pure Milk Butter Co., 52 Ring Street East, Toronto, Ont. The McKillop Mutual, Era Insurance Company. FARM AND ISOLATED TOW PROPERTY ONLY INSURED. °Maim D. Itoss„ President, Clinton P. O.; W. J. Shannon, Secry-Treas.'Seaforth P. O.; Michael' Murdie, Inspector of Losses, Beaforth P. O. DIfutOr0111. Jas. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Alex. Gardiner, Lead,' bury; Gabriel. Elliott. Olhaton ; Geo. Watt, Mario* Joseph Evans, Beethwoodt; Seaforth ;: Thos. Garbutt, Clinton, &Intim Thos. Nellaus, Ilarlock ; Robt. MeMiliten, Beaforth James Cumming, Eginondeille, John O'Sulliven tletrge 3Iurdie, Auditors, Partial) desirous to effect Insurances outsell*" act other business will be promptly attended to ori application to any of the above lfilnere, addressed tP their respective poet HpRON AND BRUCE L9an and investtrimt 10,03,,c32.ANY This CompanyMalting Money obi Farm Security at lowest Rates of Interest. Mortgages Purchased. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3,4 and 5 per Cent.Jutereet Allowed es Dekusite, &wording to amotint and time left. OFFKIB.—Corner of Market Square an& vikorth Street, Goderieh. HORACE IEORTONi MANA.ozn:. Gederloh, Ann 1 • -t - DECEMB 1110 OF While thanking t town and surroundi encouragement they the way a very libe <lesire to call their at facts concerning our not generally knovin, our constant end -the very best clast o we succeed in doing. but the choicest mat ing none but skilled r- While doing this, At distinctly tinders =charged are much I 'heretofore prevailing. .ed for by the fact, th- larger business than we are satisfied *it margins. Machine ouy price is dear, a =coupled with poor =depend upon getting absolutely worthless. tura the best harness be obtained in the Pr tending purchasers bearty invitation to ICharles Aitzel, or the the premises, when t =considerately taken Bro. Corner Main and S ator ssmn 41 A General Banking b Farmers' notes disoott Drafts bought and tol Interest allowed on via 5iper cent. per annu SALE NOTES thsoa ..P.411eotion • OFFICE --First door Wilson's Hardware Star SEAFO LiII Sickness before &tying PERRY PAINGK 4'You may need THE S Musical - EMPOP ESTABLIS Owing to hard ti •cluded to sell Pianos -Greatly Reda Organs at $25 an Pianos at Oorre The Dr. Roar —FOR - CATARRH, ASTHMA CHRONIC ar A I sitively the most ratio F L treatment ever deed ..consiste of combined local at went, which not only s trouble, but thoroughly srad *thus insuring a perfect an „apparently hopeless casein IF YOU FEEL WEAK, t ENT, if you have Oslarrh, Trouble or any other chronic BE cured, cell or write at on DR. ROURK is widely throughout Canada, being !University and of the Acade -Mate of tbe Royal ()Ortega . geons, member of the Coll geons of Ontario and ue /SUPERINTENDENT 0 HOSPITAL, etc. Thirty yearly' practice. Consultation free and eon 041 011 or address • DR. FRANC 76 WOOD 11387-52 StffE BEST PRAINS, CA. HAND ,00ts an 0. mci yen ?mat your feet kept arrifiliteur toots, wide handeoawillargdituracertenetrt ehe biari ()HEAP 1r promptly *Mend made toorder. amounts tor IM