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THE HURON EXPOSITOR«
THE LADY Of THE AROOSTOOK.
BY W. D. HOWELL& .
III.
(Continued from last week.)
."The days we're in port," the boy
explained.'
' Well, I should think as much 1" She
ate with the hunger that tranquility be-
stows upon youth after the quick ono-
oeaaion of strange events, and the con=
fiict of many emotions. The captain had
not returned in time, and she ate alone.
After a while she ventured to the top
of the gangway stairs, and stood. there,
looking at the novel sights of the har-
bor, ire -the red sunset light which rose
slowly from the hulls and lower spars of
the shipping, and kindled the tips of the
high shooting masts with 'a quickly
fading splendor. A delicate flush re-
sponded in the east, and rose to meet
the denser crimson of the west; a few
clouds incomparably light and diaph•
_vinous, bathed . themselves in the glow.
It wasa summer sunset, portending for
the land a morrow of great heat. But
cool airs kept along ,the water, and the
ferry boats thrust sh ttlewise back and
forth between either shore, made a re-
freshing sound as t ey crushed a broad
course to foam with their paddles.
People . were pulling about in . small
boats ; from some the gay cry. and
laughter of young " girls struck sharply
along the tide. The noise of the quies-
cent ity came off in a -sort of dull moan.
The lamps began to twinkle in the win-
dows and the streets on shore ; the lan-
terns of the ships at anchor in the
atream showed redder and redder as the
twilight fell. The homesickness began
to mount from Lydia's heart in a chok-
ing lump to her throat ; for one must be
very happy to endure the sights and
sounds of the summer evening any-
where. She had to shield her eyes
from the brilliancy 4 the kerosene
when she went below into the cabin.
IV.
Lydia did not know when the captain
came on eboard.i Once, talking in the
cabin, made itself felt through her
dreams, but the dense sleep of weary
youth closed over her again, and she did
not fairly wake till morning. Then she
thought .she heard the crowing. of " a
eock and the cackle of hens, and fancied
herself in her room at home; the iIlu-
sion passed with a pang. The ship was
moving, with a tug at her side, the vio-
lent respirations of which weremingled
with the sound of the swift rush of the
vessels through the water, the noise of
feet on the deck, and of orders hoarsely
shouted.
Theirl came out, into the cabin,
where Thomas was already busy with
the breakfast table, and climbed to the
deck.- -It was four o'clock of the min-
imer'sorning; the sun hadnotyet red-
denedhe east, but the stars were ex-
tinct, or glimmered faint points im-
measurably withdrawn in the vast gray
of the sky. At that hour there is a
hovering dimness over all, but the light
on things near at hand is wonderfully.
keen and clear, and the air has an in-
tense yet delicate freshness that seems
to breathe from the remotest spaces of
the universe,—a waft from distances be-
yond the sun. On the land the leaves
and grass are soaked with dew ; the
densely interwoven songs of the birds
are like a fabric that you might see and
touch. But here,save for the immediate
noises on the ship, which had already
left her anchorage far behind, the shout-
ing of the tug's escape pipes, and the
huge, swirling gushes from. her power-
ful wheel, a sort of spectacular silence
prevailed, and the sounds were like a
part of this silence. Here and there a
small fishing schooner came lagging
slowly in, as if Belated, with scarce
wind enough to fill her sails ; now and..
then met a steamboat, to -tering white
and high, a many -latticed bulk, with no
one to be seen on board but the pilot at
his wheel, and a few sleepy passengers
on the forward promenade. The city, so
beautiful and stately from the bay was
dropping, and. sinking away behind.
They passed green islands, some of
which were fortified : the black guns
looked out over the neatly shaven glacis ;
he sentinel paced the rampart.
!) "Well, well 1" shouted Captain Jen-
ness, catching -sight of Lydia, where
she lingered at the cabin door. " You
are an early bird. Glad to see you up !
Hope you rested well ! Saw your grand-
father oft all right, and kept him from
taking the wrong train with my own
hand. He's terribly excitable. Well, I
suppose I , shall be just so, at his age.
Here !" The captain naught up a stool
and set it near the bulwark for her.
" There 1" You make yourself comfort-
able wherever you like. You're at
home, you know." He was off again in
a moment. Lydia cast her eye over at
the tug. On the deck, near the pilot-
house, stood the young man who had
stopped the afternoon before, while she
sat at the warehouse door, and asked
her grandfather if she were not i11. At
hie ,feet was a substantial valise, and
over his arm hang a shawl. He was
smoking, and seated near him, on an-
other valise, was his companion of the
day before, also smoking. In the in-
stant that Lydia caught sight of them,
she perceived that they both recognized
her and exchanged, as it were, a start of
surprise. But they remained as before,
except that he who was aeatedi drew a
fresh cigarette, and without looing up
reached to the other for a lightli
. They
were both men of good height, and they
looked fresh and strong, with something
very alert in their slight move{lnnents,--
sudden turns of the head and brisk nods,
which were not nervously quick. Lydia
wondered at their presence there in an
ignorance which could not even con-
jecture. She knew too little to know
that they could not have any destina-
tion on the tug, and that they would
not be making a pleasure excursion at
that hour in the morning. Their hav-
ing their valises with them deepened the
mystery, which was not solved till the
tug's engines fell silent, and at an unno-
ticed order a space in the bulwark not.
far from Lydia was opened and steps
were let down the side of the ship.
Then the young men, who had remain-
ed, to all appearance, perfectly uncon-
cerned, caught up their valises and
climbed to the deck of the Aroostook.
They did not give her more than a
glance out of the corners of their eyes,
but the surprise of their coming on
board was so great a shock that she did
not observe that the tug, casting loose
from the ship, was describing a curt and
foamy semi -circle for her return to the
city, and that the Aroostook, with a
cloud of snowy canvas filling overhead,
was moving over the level sea with the
light ease of a bird that half swims,
half flies, along the water. A sudden
dismay, which was somehow not fear so
much as an overpowering sense of isola-
tion, fell upon the girl. She caught at
Thomas, going forward with some dishes
in his hand, with a pathetic appeal.
" Where are you going, Thomas ?"
" I'm going to the- cook's gt►lley to
help dish up the breakfast." ---�
" What's the cook's ggalley!"
" Don't you know ? The kitchen."
" Let me go with you. I should like
to see the kitchen."
She trembled with eagerness. Arrived
at the door of the narrow passage that
ran across the deck aft of the forecastle,
she looked in and saw, amid a haze of
frying and broiling, the short, stocky
figure of a negro, bow-legged, and un-
naturally erect from the waist up. At
sight of Lydia, he made a respectful
duck forward with his uncouth body.
" Why, are you the cook ?" she almost
screamed in response to this obeisance.
" Yes, miss," said the man humbly,
with a turn of the pleading eyes of the
negro.
Lydia grew more peremptory : "Why
—why—I thought the cook was a wo-
man 1"
" Very sorry miss," began the negro,
with a deprecatory . smile, in a slow,
mild voice.
Thomas , burst into a boy's yelling.
laugh : " Well, if that ain't the best
joke on Gabriel 1 He'll never hear the
last of it when I tell it to the second of-
ficer 1"
" Thomas ?" cried 'Lydia, terribly,
" you shall not !" She stamped her
foot. "Do you hear me?"
The boy checked his laugh abruptly.
" Yes ma'am," he said, submissively. ,
" Well, then !" returned Lydia. She
stalked proudly back to the cabin gang-
way, and descending shut herself into
her state -room.
V.
A few hours later Deacon Latham
came into the house with a milk -pan full
of peas: He set this down on one end
.of the kitchen table, with his straw hat
beside it, and ' then taking a chair at the
other end fell ,into the attitude of the
day before, when he sat in the parlor
with Lydia and Miss Maria waiting for
the stage ; his mouth was puckered to a
whistle, and his fingers were held above
the board in act to drub it. Miss Maria
turned the peas out on the table, and
took the pan into her lap. She shelled
at the peas in silence, till the saand of
their pelting, as they were dropped on
the tin, was lost in their ,multitude ;
then she said with a sharp, querulous,
pathetic impatience, " Well, father, I
supppse you're thinkin' about Lyddy."
" Yes, Maria, I be," returned her
father, with unoonimon plumpness, as if
here now were something he had made
up his mind to stand to. " I been think-
inthat Lyddy's a woman grown, as
you may say."
" Yes," admitted Miss Maria, " she's
a woman, as far forth as that goes.What
put it into your head ?"
" Well, I d' know. But it's just like
this :` I got to thinkin' whether she
mighn't get to feelin' rather lonely on
the voyage, without any other woman to
talk to.
" I guess," said Miss Maria, tran-
quilly, "" sh's goin' to feel lonely enough
at times,Eanyway, poor thing ! But I
told her if she wanted advice or
help about anything just to go
to the stewardess. That Mrs.
Bland that spent the summer at the
Parkers' last year was always tellin' how
they went to the stewardess for most
everything, and she give her five dollars
in gold when they got into Boston. I
shouldn't want Lyddy should give so
much as that, but I should want that
she should give something, as long's it's
the custom."
" They don't have 'em on Bailin' ves-
sels, Captain Jenness said ; they only
have 'ein on steamers," said Deacon
Latham.
" Have what 7" asked Miss Maria,
sharply.
" Stewardesses. They've got a cabin
boy."
Mise Maria desisted a moment from
her work ; then she answered, with a
gruff shortness peculiar to her, " Well,
then, she can go to the cook, I suppose.
It wouldn't matter which she went to, I
presume."
Deacon Latham looked up with the
air of confessing to sin before the whole
congregation. " The cook's a man, -a
black man," he said.
Miss Maria dropped a handful of pods
into the pan, and sent a handful of peas
rattling across the table oa to the floor.
" Well, who in Time "—the expression
was strong, but she used it without hes-
itation, and was never known to repent
it; " will she go to, then 7"
"I declare for't," said her father, " I
don't know. I d' know as I ever
thought it out fairly before ; but just
now when I was pickin' the peas for
you, my mind got to dwellin' on Lyddy,
and then it come to me all at once : there
she was, the only one among a whole
ehipfal, and I—I didn't know but what
she might think it rather of a strange
position for her."
" Oh 1" exclaimed Mise 'Maria petu-
lantly. " I gimes Lyddy'd know how
to conduct herself wherever she was ;
she's a born lady, if ever there was one.
But what I thi>k is " — Micas Maria
paused, and did -not say what she
thought; but it was evidently not the
social aspect of the matter which was
uppermost in her mind. In fact, she
had never been at all afraid of men,
whom she regarded as a more inefficient
and feebler -minded kind of women.
"The only thing't makes me feel
easier is what the captain said about the
young men," said Deacon Latham.
" What young men 7" asked Miss
Maria.
" Why, I told you about 'em !" re-
torted the old man, with some exaspera-
tion.
" Yogi told me about two young men
that stopped on- the wharf and pitied
Lyddy's worn-out looks."
" Didn't I tell you the rest 7 I de-
clare for't, 1 don't believe I did ; I bqn
so put about. Well, as we was drivin'
up to the depot, we met the same two
young men, and the captain asked 'em,
' Are you goin' or not a-goin' 7'—j not that
way ; and they said, " We're goin'.' And
he said, " When you coznin' aboard ?' and
he told 'em he was going to haul out this
m.or`nin' at three o'clock. And they
asked what tug, and he told 'em, and
they fixed it . up between 'em all then
that they was to come aboard from the
tug, when she'd got the ship outside ;
and that's what I suppose they did.
The captain he said to me he hadn't
mentioned it before, because he wa'n't
sure't they'd go till that minute. He
give 'em a first-rate character."
Miss Maria said nothing for a long
while. iThe subject : seemed one with
which she did net fg41 herself able to
grapple. She lookkd all about the
kitchen for inspiration; and even cast a
searching glance into - the wood -shed.
Suddenly she jumped from the' chair,
and ran to the `open window : " Mr.
Goodlow ! Mr. Goodlow ! I wish you'd
come in here a minute."
She hurried to meet the minister: at
the front door, her father lagging after
her with the infantile walk of an old
man.
Mr. Goodlowtook off his straw hat as
-lie mounted the stone step to the thresh-
old, and said good morning,they did not
shake hands. He wore a black alpaca
coat, and waistcoat of farmers' satin.;
his hat was dark straw like Deacon
Latham's. but it was low-orowned, and
a line of ornamental open-work . ran
round it near the top.
"Come into the settin'-room," said
Miss Maria, "It's cooler, in there." She
lost no time in laying the case before
the miniater. 'She ended by saying,
" Father, he don't feel just right about
it,.and I d'know as I'm quite clear in
my own mind."
The minister considered a while in
silence before he said, " I think Lydia's
influence upon those around her will be
beneficial, whatever her situation in life
may be."
There, father 1" cried Miss Maria, in
reproachful relief.
" You're right, Maria, you're right 1"
assented the old; Baan,and- ethcy-.riot
waited for the minister to .continue.
"I rejoiced with you," he said,
" when this opportunity for Lydia's im-
provement offered, and I am not dis-
posed to feel anxious as to the ways and
means. Lydia is no fool. 1 have ob•
served in her a dignity, a sort of author-
ity, very remarkable in one of her
years. "
" I guess the boys at the school down
to the Mill Village -found out she had
authority enough," said Miss Maria,
promptly materialzing the idea.
"Precisely," said Mr. Goodlow.
" That's' what I told father, in the
first place," said Miss Maria, " 1 guess
Lyddy'd know how to conduct herself
wherever she was—just the words I
used."
" I don't deny it, Maria, I don't deny
it," shrilly piped the old man. " I
ain't afraid of any harm corrin' to Lyd-
dy, any more'n what you be. But what
I said was, Wouldn't she feel kind of
strange, sort of lost, as you may say,
among so many, and she the only
one ?"
"She will know how to adapt herself
to circumstances," said Mr. Goodlow.
I- was conversing last summer with Mrs.
Bland who boarded at Mr. Parker's,and
she told me that girls in Europe are
brought up with no habits of self re-
liance whatever, and that young ladies
are nevef seen on the streets alone in
France and Italy.
"" Don't you think," asked Mies Ma-
ria, hesitating to accept this ridiculous
statement, " that Mrs. Bland exagger-
ated some 1"
" She talked a great . deal," admitted
Mr. Goodlow. " I should be sorry if
Lydia ever lost anything of that native
confidence of hers in her own judgment,
and her ability to take care of herself
under any circumstances, and I do not
think she will. She never seemed con-
ceited to me, but she was the most self-
reliant girl I ever saw."
" You've hit it there, Mr. Goodlow.
Such a spirit as she always had !" sighed
Miss Maria. " It was just so from the
first. It used to go to my heart to see
that little thing lookin' after herself.
every way, and not askin' anybody's
help, bat just as quiet and proud about
it ! She's her mother, all over. - And
yest'day, when she set here waitin' for
the stage, and it did seem as if I should
have to give up, hearin' her sob, sob, ---
why, Mr. Goodlow, she hadn't any more
idea of backin' out than—than "—Miss
Maria relinquished the -search for a
comparison, and want into another room
for a handkerchief. "I don't believe
she cared over and above about goin',
from the start," said Miss Maria, re-
turning, " but when once -she'd made up
her mind to it,there she was. I d'know
as she took much fancy to her aunt, but
you couldn't told from anything that
Lyddy said. Now, if I have anything
oa,my mind, I have to blat it right out,
as you may say ; I can't seem to stand -
i minute ; but Lydia's different.
ell," concluded Miss Maria, " I guess
there ain't goin' to any harm come to
her.. Bu it give t me a kind of start,
first off, when father up and got to feel.
in' sort of bad about it. I d' know as I
should thought much about it, if he
hadn't seemed to. I d' know as I should
thought about anything except her not
havin' any one to advise with about her
clothes. It's the only thing she ain't
handy with : she won't know what Ito
wear. I'm afraid she'll spoil her silk.
I d' know but what father's been hasty
in not lookin' into things carefuller first.
He most always doesrepent afterwards.''
" Couldn't repent beforehand 1" re-
torted Deacon Latham. " And I tell
yon, Maria, I, never saw a much finer
man than Captain Jenneas ; and the
cabin's everything I said it was, and
more. Lyddy reg larly went off over it-;
'n' I guess, as Mr. Goodlow says, she'll
influence 'em for good. Don't you fret
about her clothes any. You fitted her
out in apple-pie order, and she'll soon
be there. 'Tain't but a little ways to.
Try -East, any way, to what is some of
them India voyages, Captain Jenness'
said. He . had his own daughters out
the last voyage ; 'n' I guess he can tell
Lyddy when it's weather to wear her
silk. I d' know as I'd better said any-
thing about what I was thinkin.' I
don't want to be noways rash, and yet I
thought I couldn't be too particular."
Fora silent moment Miss Maria look-
ed sourly uncertain as to the usefulness
of scruples that came so long after the
fact. Then she said abruptly to Mr.
Goodlow,— " Was it you or Mr. Bald-
win preached Mirandy Holcomb's funeral
sermon 7"
Iv.
One of the advantages of the negative
part assigned to women in life is that
they are seldom forced to commit them-
selves. They can, if they choose, re-
main perfectly passive while a great
many things take place in regard to
them i; they need not account for -hat
they do not do. From time to to a
man must show his hand, but save for
one supreme exigency a woman need
never show hers. She moves in mystery
ae long as she likes ; and mere reticence
Continued oa 8rd page.)
REAL .ESTATE FOR SALE.
-DUILDING LOTS FOR . SALE. --Thi under-
signed has a number of fine building Lots
on Goderioh and James Streets for sale, at lew
prices. For partfoulars apply to D. D. WILSON90g
'ITOUSE AND LOTS FOR SALE.—The sub -
1 -1 ' scriber offers for sale the house north of
the Egmondville manse, together with three
acres of land, suitable for building purposes.
On the front are a quantity of young fruit trees
oommenoing to bear. WM. ELLIOTT. 1118
i ARM FOR SALE.—For sale the north half of
12 Lot 26, Concession 2, McKillop, one mile
from Seaforth, containing 60 acres, all cleared
and in,a good .state of cultivation. There is a
good frame, house, a new bank barn and two
good wells of water. It is one of the choicest
lots in the district aad will be sold cheap.
Apply on the premises or to Seaforth P. 0.
SAMUEL CLUFF. 1157tf
FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 31, Con-
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about 90 acres cleared and all in a good state of
cultivation. It is well underdramed and well
fenced. There.is a good brick house andgood
frame barns, stables, sheds, &c. There is a_
large bearing orchard and a never failing
spring well. It is situated within three miles
of Seaforth and will be sold cheap. Apply to
JOHN MoCLURE, Porter's Hill P. 0. lleetf-
FARM FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for
sale his farm, being Lot. No. 41, Conces-
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more or less, situated two and a half miles from
Wingham, all cleared and under a state ofgood
cultivation, well fenced and watered. On the
premises are a good house and bank barn with
outbuildings and two good orchards. For par-
ticulars apply to the owner, THOMAS K. LINK -
LATER, Wingham, Ont. 1141
FARM IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale
cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield
Road, Stanley, containing 84 acres, of which 62
acres are cleared and in a good state of oultiva-
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mile of the Village of Varna and three miles
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farm pleasantly situated. Apply to ARTHUR
FORBES, Seaforth. 1144tf
FARM FOR SALE.—Undersigned offer fo
sale the farm of 100 acres, being lot 30,
nth concession of Hullett, belonging to the
estate of the late Richard Cole. On the place
there is a cram a house, good barn, stables &c.,
young bearing orchard of one acre and first-
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Londesboro. About ninety acres cleared and in
good state of cultivation, Possession 1st of
April. Apply on the premises or to either of
the Executors. JOHN COLE, Belgrave ; H.
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FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 12, conces-
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100 acres, R5 cleared, 68 seeded to grass, 8
sown to fall wheat. The farm is well -fenced,
well under -drained and well watered by a
never failing spring which runs through pipes
into a trough. There' is a brick house and
kitchen, frame barn, stable ani driving shed.
Good orchard. The farm is situated within
two and a half miles of Seaforth, with good
gravel roads leading in' all directions. Will be
sold on easy terms. For further particulars
apply on the premises or to JOHN PRENDER-
GAST, Seaforth P. 0., Ont. 113841
11ARM FOR SALE.—For sale, the south half
12 of Lot 23, Concession 8, Morris, containing
100 acres,: about 90 of which are cleared, well
fenced, about 70 free from stumps and well
underdrained. The balance is well timbered
witfi ia.rdwood. The cleared part is nearly all
seeder to grass. There is a frame house and
rranic oarn, also a small orchard. This is one of
the nest farms in the township and has no
broken or bad land on it, and is good for either
grain or stock and will be sold cheap. It is
within three miles of Brussels and within a
quarter of a mile of a school. Apply on the
premises or to Brussels P. 0. WM. or JOHN
ROBB, Jr. 114441
FARM FOR SALE.—Containing 119 acres,
being parte of Lots 1 and 2, on the 8th
concession of Morris, 100 acres cleared and 6
acres chopped. The ba 'Ince good hardwood
bush, fairly fenced and w 11 underdrained, good
frame house and kitchen with woodshed
attached, two frame barns and frame stable,
good orchard and three wells and a soft water
cistern. Within two miles of Blyth, where
there is a good market for all kinds of produce,
school within five minutes' walk from the house.
Wouldtake flfty acres in part pay. This` is a
first class farm and parties wishing to buy
would do well to call and see it. Apply on the
premises or address Blyth Post Office. NICH-
OLAS CUMING. 1139tf
FARMS IN TUCKERSMITH AND STAN-
LEY FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 21, Con-
cession 2, L. R. S., Tuckeremith, containing
100 acres, of which '85 acres are cleared, free
from stumps, all underdrained, well fenced and
in a high state of cultivation. The balance is
well timbered with hardwood. There is a good
brick residence containing all the latest im-
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-stables, driving house, sheds and other out-
buildings all in good repair. There are three
acres of orchard and garden containing all
kinds of large and small fruit trees and the
whole farm is surrounded by maple and other
shade trees. It is close to school and is con-
venient to markets, railways, churches, etc.,
and good gravel roads leading in every direction.
There are three never failing wells. This is one
of the best farms in Htiron and will be sold
cheap as the proprietor desires to remove to
Manitoba where he has purchased mofe land.
Apply on the premises or address Brucefield
P. 0. GEORGE PLEWES.
He oleo offers for sale for the same reason his
farm in the Township of Stanley, being Lot 12,
Concession 5, Stanley, containing 100 acres,
about 75 acres cleared, free from stumps and in
a state of good cultivation, the balance well
timbered. There is a comfortable frame house,
frame barn and drivin house and stables.
There is a good orchard and plenty of water.
It is within three miles of Varna and con-
veniently situated for markets. Apply on the
premises onto either of the undersigned. WM.
T. PLEWES,. Varna P. O.; GEORGE PLEWES,
Brucefield. 112741
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Boots and Shoes
D. McINTYRE
Has on hand a large number of Boots and Shoes
of his own make, best material and
Warranted to give Satisfaction.
If you want your feet kept dry come and get
a pair of 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
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Flax for Farmers
There is yet a lot of Flax to be
let out for the Seaforth Flax Mill.
Parties desiring to sow it this sea-
son should apply at once at
H Grieves' Seed Store,Seaforth,
1165 J. & J. LIVINGSTON.
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Having disposed of my dent.1 practice to
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great pleasure in recommending my successor
as a dentist thoroughly competent in every
branch, having had several years' experience in
some of the best offices in the country as well
as a course at the Philadelphia Dental College.
Yours Truly, W. J. FEAR.
In reference to the above, the undersigned
desires to say that he will continue the buss.
nese in Mr. Fear's old stand, Daley's: Block, and
hopes to merit a oontinuanoe of theJ patronage
bestowed upon his predecessor.
1187 T. W. T1VEDDLE.
Mai9,18
HAMILTON & M'INNES
SEAFORTH,
For Cheap Boots & Shoes.
We are still keeping to the front in the shoe line, and as we have
purchased a very large stack for the spring trade, we are prepared to
sell goods which will suit everybody, both in style and price.
Our stock is complete, and any one wishing to• provide themselves
w ith a new pair of shoes, will do well to call and see our stock and
prices.
We do not confine our bargains to three or four days in a month,
but we will give you goods for thirty days in a month at prices that
cannot be surpassed by any one,
We have just received a few lines of goods from New York, manu-
factured by Nathaniel Fisher & Co., that are extraordinary good value.
Everybody should see thesegoods, for when you see them you will buy
them.
We have a very fine line of Ladies' and Children's Tan Goods,
also Olive and Coffee color, which are very cheap.
Men's, Boys' and Youths' goods in abundance. As we must sell
these goods in the next two months, the prices will be made right.
TRUNKS AND VALISES.
We have an olverstock of Trunks and Valises, and we will have
to dispose of them in some way to give us a little more room, so this
is a splendid chance for any 'one wishing to get a trunk.
Call and examine ourgoods at the RED FRONT SHOE STORE
H.A.MILTON & McINNES,
Latimer's Old Stand, Opposite William Pickard's, Seaforth.
Young Men Will Insure their Future Success
By securing a practical education, and , in no better way can it be
obtained than by spending a term in the -
STRATFORD, ONTARIO,
The reputation of this school for thorough work and satisfactory results draws
to its support students from every section of the Province. Its facilities in Short-
hand and Commercial Work are unsurpassed. ter Spring term begins on Mon-
day, March 3rd next. Write for handsome Catalogue. i.
Address W., H. SHAW, PRINCIPAL. 1132
SPRING CLOTHING.
Our success in selling our Winter Clothing and Overcoats, has in-
duced us to . buy a very large stock of Men's, Youths' and ' Children's
Suits for this
SPRIT -'S
We have bought the nicest, neatest and nobbiest 'stock of goods
this spring that has ever been offered for sale in Seaforth. We have
fine goods, elegantly made, almost equal to custom work, cut right in
style, and the prices are right. You must certainly come in and see
them. -
To the ladies we will say that we can outdo any bargains ever
offered in Boys' and Children's Suits.
In our Custom Department we are not excelled in nobby styles,
perfect fits, or first-class workmanship. Our prices are always . the
lowest.
We keep the latest styles in Hats, Caps and Gloves. Ties from
five cents to fifty cents. Braces from 20c up. Our large stock of
Straw Hats just arrived. -
CARDNO BROS., SEA.FORTH
1 CURE
THOUSANDS OF IOTTLE$
GIVEN AWAY YEARY.
En When I say Cure I do not MeaE
merely to stop them for a time, aad that
rave there return again. 1 MEAN A R A D I C A L C U R E. I have made the disee►is of Fit
Epilepsy or Falling Sickness a life-long study. I warrant my remedy to.Ossre thi
worst cases. Secause others have failed is . no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send a
ioce for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my Infallible Remedy. Give 'Eames ant
?oat Office. It costs you nothing for a trial, and it will cure you. Address : H.171. LOOT
Sam itleassela Ofliee, 186 WEST ADELAIDE STREET, TORONTO.
GROCERIES FOR ALL
AT
FAIRLEY'S, SEAFORTH,
ONE DOOR SOUTH. OF THE POST OFFICE.
I would respectfully intimate to the public generally that I keep
constantly for sale a choice stock of Family Groceries in the old _Post
Office Store. Our aim has always been, and will eontinue to be, to
give to our customers the best class of goods obtainable in 'the market,
and at a small living profit.
Sugars very cheap. Now is the -time to buy Teas from common
to choice, and prices from 25 cents per pound upwards. Pure Coffees Manufacturers of all kinds of Static!"
and Spices ; choice Currants, Raisins, Prunes, etc. ary, Marine, Upright* Tabular
Farmers' produce taken in exchange.
Call and examine our goods and prices.
All goods warranted as represented, or cash refunded.
New Music Ston
IN SEAFORTH.
Papst & O'Connor
Have opened out next door to Jordan's Growl
Seaforth, an
ORGAN AND PIANO DE
DEATH TO HIGH PRICES NOW. They
the agency of the THOMAS ORGAN, elk
Soribner's Resonant Pipe Combination.
have also Violins and other small instewn ,'
tar Please Give them a Call,
DEMAND POND'S
EXTRACT. AVOID
ALL. iM:ITA T 1"ONS.
FOR
ALL PAIN
Influenza
FerninineComptaints
Lameness
Soreness
Wounds
F BOTTLE'WITH F Bruises
uises
BUFF WRAPPER,
Catarrh
USEBurns
y
ND'S
EXTRACT
It will Cure!
Chilblains
Sore Eyes
F-rost- B itest
Horseness
S -ora Throat
Rheumatism
inflammations
MADE ONLY
BY THE
EXTRACT
co.,
76 FIFTH AVE.
NEW YORK.
and
Hemorrhages
Kippers Plow Shop.
Plows for All..
THOO`A$ MELLIS
Again getting ready for the benefit of bis imply
customers, and all farmers in need of Prone
Gang Plows, Land Rollers, Cultivators, Rw
rows, which are all genuine, and sold atbMlsr
paces., • Why, farmers, throw your hard east
`away, when you can save . by calling en ae tor
your plows and implements. Flew Re
alisere, now is the time to hunt up our
A larger stock than ever of plow re wee kaad.
The best American mouldp all kiais 01
erI boards for a
plows on hand, and put on every kind of Masi`..
Genuine plow handles, plow bolts, pplsw ark
lap, gang castings, in fact everything is the
plow line, tolbe had by goin tothe Kipper Plotz
Shop. Good work and ewal profits leads i ti
sasses.
I hereby return thanks ttdfny ttiany+customer
for their large share of patronage during its
past, and also for their prompt paymentsmai
the hard times, and wishing you all better #R•
fess this year.
1181-t1
T. MELLIS, Sipper,.
John Porter
Undertaking and Yung
ture Emporium,
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
OUTSIDE 01+' THE COMBINATION.
Funerals furnished on the shores setirs
and satisfaction guaranteed, A large MO*
meat of :Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, `
always en hand of the best quality. The
bf Embalming Fluid aced Tree of ebargs
prices the lowest. Pine Hears,
S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director, Bair
dence - GODERICH STREET, dire* '
ppos�ite the Methodist church in the .hos.
fordteriy occupied by Dr,Soott. f
TION ROOT COMPOU1 D.--Cere
of Cotton Root, Tansy
annyroyal—prepared by an old ,1.14
clan. Is n"#ceufatty- wad. stealth'
by thousands of women,. and las iota
prescribed in a practice of °mad*
MT
years. Trice, ;1. Will be mailed to any agree
in Canada and United States. Dootot's eoesll-
tation hours, 9 to 11 and 1 4. Dieesses
women treated only. Sealed part. IsIP
stamps Ladies only, Addreer POND
COMPANY, No. 8, Fishes Block 151 Wo
Avenue, Detroit Michigan. 1 13
GODERICH
Steam Boiler Works,
(ESTABLISHED 1880.)
Chrystal &. Black,
J. FAIRLEY, SEAPORT.
BOILERS,
Salt Pans, Smoke Stacks, Sheet
Works, etc.
Also dealers in Upright and Horiaoatid
Valve Engines. Autoraatib Out -Off
All sizes of pipes d
const tlyy on hand, ates In
short not ss.
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