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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1896-03-20, Page 66 t..Z" TIT HtTRON EX4i30SITOR. MARCH 201 18969 1. freei from the injurious. colorkW. The more you use of it the bettet you like it. Tim GEO. TUgKET & SON CO., LTD* HAMILTON, ONT. - VETERINARY. 1-0IIN entenva, V. se honer eraduate of Ontario ti Veterinary College. Al. diseases of Domestic Animals treated. Calls promptly attended to and charges inioderate. Vete rinary Dentistry a specialty Office and residence on Goderich street, one door AST of Da. Scott's office, Seaforth. 1112tf G. H. G1B3, VeterinarY Surgeon and Dentist, Toronto College of veterinary cisatists, Honor Graduate of Ontario Vet- erinary Cellege, Honor mem er of Ontario Veterin- ary Medtcjal Society. All dise es of domestics animals skilfully recited. All calls promptly attended to day or. rjlght. Dentistry a se Surgery a specialty. Office and Dispensary—Dr. Campbell's old office, Main street Seaforth. Night calla answered hom the office. seoteee LEGAL CioaCmAetrBOICa'rit1:3re Ontario. Office—Ilarnilton s Hotel. ly of Cameron. Holt & nd Solicitor, Goderich, reet, opposite Colborne 1452 TAMES t) son's Clinton, 0 SCOTT, Barrister, Bank, Clinton. at. Money to loan o. Solicitor for If ol- ffice — Elliott Bleak, on mortgage. 1461 "ra S. II No Bank. 0 ideirey to TS, Barrister, Soli itor, Conveyancer and ry Publio. Bohai Or for the Dominion ce—Cardno's bloc , Main Street, Seaforth. .oan. ' 1236 ATATT W MORRIS() Walton, Insuranee lan. A ent, Commierioner for taking affidavits. Conveyances, &c. Money to on at the lowest rates. M. MonaxioN, Walton. T BE,ST, Barristen elicitor, Notary, &o.tr7• Office—Rooms, five doors north ofCommercia Motel, ground floor, next door to C. L. Pepsis s rewelry store, Main street, Seaforth Goderich ents—Cameron, Holt and Cameron. 1215 eal ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Sachem, &c., Goderich, Ontario. J. T. GAHROV, Q. C.; Wm. PROUDFOOT. 888 OAAMERON, HOLT & ECOLMSS, Barrister* So. Honors in Ch.ancery, &c ,Goderich, Ont M. C. MBROX, Q. 0., PHILIP BOLT, DUDLEY HOLMES sE1 110LMESTED, successor to the late firm of „ McCaughey & Holmested, Barrister, Solicitor Conxeyancer, and Notary. Solicitor for the Can adieu Bank of Commerce. Money to lend. Farm for sale. Office in Scott s Block, Main Street Seaforth. DENTISTRY. TJ R. BELDEN, dentist; best rubber plates an, re-. set 84, gas for painless extraction of teeth 76c, • teeth extracted 25c. Special attention given to th0 preservation of the natural teeth. Office—over Mr, Pickard's store, Seaforth. • 1451 FW. TWEDDLE, Dentis E. $6. All other work prices, and the best workman —Over Richardson & alcinni . Best rubber plates, t correspondingly low hip guaranteed. Office ' shoe store, Seaforth, 1469 D11. S. ANDERSON, g aduate of Royal College of Dental Snrgeons, ataxic), D. D. S., of To- ronto University. Office, arket Block, Mitchell, Ontario. 1402 DI AGNEW, _Ll). visit H every Mond second Thur Dentist, Clinton, will mall at Hodkens' Hotel y, and at Zurich the ay in eaon month 1288 ars srK1NSM TT. Rxete i?g:;:raitia at the Hu astasi LA/3T Am IM& ',Murdock's Hotel, lien 4 n each month. Teeth e fain possible. All work It • Dentist, L. D 8., Ont. Will be ai Zurich n Hotel, max on the sr in each month, and , on the FIRST FRIDAY • tracted with the leaat t -class Ai liberal rates. 971 MEDI AL. Dr. John Hon. Graduate London Wes of Ontario College of Ph Office—In the rooms over next door to Tr's ExPosr4OR forth. Residence—Formerls Downey, Jarvis street. from residence. cGunnis, ern Uaiversity, member sicianl and Surgeons. r. Jordon's new store, Office, Main street, Sea - occupied by Mr. John Night calls attended 1453xI2 DR. ARMSTRONG, M. B. Victoria, M. C. P. S., Zillott, office lately occupi led, Ontario. Toronto, M. D. C. M., ntario successor to Dr. d by Dr. Ellett, Bruce - LEX., BETHUNEM. College of Physicians no visor to Dr. Maokid. ny r. lifackid, Main Stre —Corner of Victoria Square, by L. E. Dattoey. ., Fellow of the Royal nd Surgeons, Kingston. Offic, lately occupied 'Serdorth. Reeddenee n house lately occupied 1127 T) E. COOPER, M. D., B., L. F. P. and S., Glasgow, dm, Phytdo an, Surgeon and - A° voucher, Constance, Ont. 1127 DRS. SCOTT MAOKAY, OFFICE, Goderich Strae , opposite Methodist Churoh, Seaforth. RESIDE 'OE, next Agricultural Grounds. 1. 0. SCOTT, M. D. C. M., (A n Arbor and Victoria,) M. 0. P. S. 0. C. MACKAY, M. D. C. M., ( E. T. If. C. M. C. P. S. O. DR. F. J. B RROWS,. Late resident Playeidan and urgeon, Toronto Gen- eral Hospital. Honor gradu te Trinity University, roeraber of the College of P veicians and Surgeons of Ontario VirOFFICE.—Sa e as formerly occupied by Dr. Smith, opposite Publi School, Seaforth. Telephone—No. 48. 1386 N. 13--Niglat calls answered from office. rr C. DEWAR, M. D., C. M., F. T. M. C., Mell nsber of the Coege of Physicians and Sur- geons, Ontario, successor to Dr. Campbell. Office and residence, that lately occ spied by DisiCampbell, Main street, Seaforth. Nor.—Dr. Dewar has bought my practiee, galvanic battery etc.; and is prepared to treat all who' may require his services according to the latest and most scientific methods 1 have much pleaeure in heartily recommending him toany people as a man of ability, learning and experience in his profession. JOHN CAHI BELL, M. D. 1466x52 AUCTIONEERS, TOHN McDOUGALL, Lisensed Auctioneer f r ,efi the County of Huron. Sales attended in al parts of the County. Terms reasouable. From M McDougall's long experience aa a dealer in farin stock of all kinds, he is specially qualbled to jud e of values, and can guaraatee satisfaction. All orde s left at Ties ExPORTOR office, or at his residence, L t 3, Concession 3, H. Ri S., Tuckeramith. will be promptly attended to. 1466 WM. M'CLOY,.. :7-4uctioneer for the Counties of Huron and Perth, i'and Agent at Hensel! for the Massey -Harris Mann. _facturing Company. Sales :.1romptly attended td, charges moderate and eat sfaction &marinate orders by mail addressed to :Hensel' Post Offioe, r left at his residence, Lot 2, Concession 11, The ersmith, will reoeive prompt attention. 129641 • CARRIAGE BERT WILLIAMS Desires to state to the public that he will continue the iniainess eo long carried on by hie father, the late James William, and is prepared to do all kinds of CARRIAGE PAINTING In the best and moat artiatic manner, and on the moat reasonable term. A tr al is respectfully so - Halted. SHOP—As formerly, over L McDonald's Carriage Works, Ooderich street, SEA FORTH'. 1170.0 MISS HESTER'S ROUTE. J+NE PRATT, IN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT.. ' "1 don't knew as I have anY special call to be resiarted : I hope I ani as comfortable and as well off as most folks:" he erect old woman in the worn,straight- ba ked rdcker drew herself up with dignity as she spokee and looked at her well dressed vi itoi• fiercely from bar sharp gray eyes • b t the vsitor was apparently unaware oi th sting lin the answer and the look, She s a eilo!w, unresponsive woman,. and the co sciouspess of her expensive and immacu- e ca11ig costume seemed to protect her • ft m all hostile attacks like an armor. She h d been saying to Mro. Caldwell that she oaht to be resigned tO her troubles; that sh had h. great deal to be thankful for; tb t of eOurse her lameness was an affliction, ler t she must remembet that if she did not ve luxeries she had a cdmforta.ble home a d little to live on ; "and," she had ±ii ished, "yon and Heater ought to be aisle to get on very well with care. Money isn't ev rythieg. We all have our troubles." a.ving said that with a little sigh she h d thought immediately of her own troub- le , ehiefi among which she reckoned her fa' cultin keeping a servant, and so she h' paid little heed to Mrs. Caldwell'e in - d, nant response that she had no call to be re igned a that she was as well off as mos ks'but had at once proceeded to give a nutele caetailed account of the coming, exeloits and departure of her last maid. r hostess listened grimly. The one con-, se ntly changing servant which Mrs. Des - mend had, was considered in Longfield quite as Much im assumption of worldly superior - it as her elegant clothes; but; Mrs. Cold - e l's grimness was not for that: She was se rcely listening to this tale !of domestic ; she was thinking that Harriet Dee- m nd, wboliad been the stupidest girl a th old academy when she was the bright - es , and of whose intellect now she had the rest possible opinion, had told her with nd superiority that she ought to be re- sin ed to poverty and infirmity. here had been no deceit in her answer; he lameness might be unpleasant at times, bh her poverty troubled her bat little. So lon as she could know the gossip of the n, so long as Mr. Shepard sent her his d ly paper after he had read it, and Hes- t r went to get her a book , at the library e ery Saturday afternoon; andshe ha p epty of rags to make into carpets an r gs'and the maple tree in front of th h use was trimmed sd she could see wha as goizsg on over at the Browns, so lori rs e Caldwell never felt a sense of privet on. She and Hester almost never bough ything to• wear ; their food was of th ainest ; they never travelled—all this sh ok as a matter of course. She sat in tai d rocker now in her rusty 'black gown,an I oked at Mrs. Desmond in her silk and vel v t as a queen might have looked at th eanest, of her subjects; and when the call e rose, Saying, " Well, I must be going, fo b re I am without a girl agaih, you see, an enry always wants hot biscuits for sup - p r ;" even this self-satisfied matron' fel s mething of the dignity with'which sh as dismissed, and went away reflectin t at Abby Caldwell, for all she was so poo as very proud. As soon as the door was closed Mr aldwell said, "If Harriet Desmond kne hat ft fool she is he wouldn't make o any sat llt at the window sewingl Th s • as her fortieth birthday ; though. nobod 11: d remembered it. She saidnothing abo t t sat or about Mrs. Desmond's call ; and n body cared what she thought. A week or two after this Hester and h rr other were eating breakfast silently; t 1 ast her mother was eating ; Hester sipp her coffee and occasionally took a rnouthf d o breed ; but she neglected the griddl c kes which lay on her plate, and play a ith her fork nervously. The fact was s • as bracing herself for a dreaded intervie t last, with a little catch in her voice, s egan : "Mother, I have been thinking for se ral weeks of a plan, which I want to -t ou about," Her Jape were dry, and s e ould scarcely control her voice ; hut, ha a i I g started, her heart was filled with a, gla esperation, a feeling that now she must o sn, whatever happened. Mrs. Odd ell, really too surprised to s.eak, looked up with an expressien sf lank inquiry n her face. "Plan ?" Whe ad that word been heard in her house b - re ? She w ited, and Hester, claspin er hands tig t under the table, continued : I have been thinking for a 'good whil het it Would e pleasant if welled a littl ore mOpey-- nd I could work much hard - ;r than I do; should like to. And Whe rs.Desmond as talking about the troubl sh had kee ng a girl, the other day, i a e me au id a. And she isn't the onl ; for ever o many people are expectin summer board re in a few weeks now, an trey say it ne er was -harder to get help ra. Dunlap doesn't know what she wil do; and so I ave planned it all aut. 1 a oing to make read and cake and ,pies t s 11. Mr. Sh pard says he will lend m t irty dollars, and Mrs. Broan will be gla t let me take their old horae afternoons .1 will pay her n food ; and -LI am going t gin in a eek." Hester finished in eat hurry an much out of breath. Mrs. caldwe l's face was rigid with sur ise and horro Het very hairpins seeme sympathy w th het absolute stupefactio d bewildern ent. end, losing half thei asp, allowed her hair to sag down as if i mere about to i11. Oatching at the sum o n oney mentioled as a solid rock of fact i a tempestuous ea of new ideas, she ejacu 1 ted : "Thirty- dollars 1. Hester Caldwell a e you crazy ?' "1 wasn't w la ge a scale wi fi 1 new ovens. ad she told m 11 1 • 1 ing to try baking on s oat one of these wonder rs. Brown's sister has on 11 about it." " Large a scale," repeated her mother Hester Caldwell, do you suppose anybod •w 11 buy your trumpery cakes and pies rie e are on the high road to the poor house. • With this she rime frorn the table. 1 Hester drew a bigh of relief. The inter ; view was over, and Wheal not been so tryin ; a she had feared it would be ; for the vol t le of stinging words which she had brace h rself to meet had not been forthcoming r once Mrs. Caldwell's emotions ha nsarly paralyzed her powers of speech ; sh h: d not even reproached Hester for makin . al the arrangements for her enterpris w thout consulting her. Hester herself fel g ilty in this respect, yet elle knew it w It e only way. She had never been able h d almost never tried to convince he m 'ther of anything ; since 'she was a chil sh had quailed before that'caustic, un-ity in tongue ; . nil -she knew if she told he p111 of a home bakery before the detail w re fully Wofked out, her poor little hope and calculations would drop withered an dead in the h at of; her mother's sarcasm di , i. r courage would ave been gone, and sh lw uld have 'gi ren up at once. So she ha gone quietly On her ay, 1 these matrons of Longfiehad talked wit ld whom -she hope( [would be her principal patrons, and had re ceived numberless 1 instructions and un bounded enthusiasm from Mrs. Brown whose Seven boys and many cares onl made her heart larger and her sympathie breeder. It was all very exciting to quiet, old maidish Hester Caldwell, who had neve taken an independent step in her life before. It Ifrightened her and yet, it fascinated he too. It was a kind of an awakening, a be coining conscious of powers which she ha never dreamed ,she possessed. She felt new eensation when Mr. Shepard, alway ep0 en of in Longfield as an excellent busi- neas man, selectman, representative, listen - Children Cry for 1 ed to her careful eeplana ion with respe 1 an found nothing to ridicule n her reaso in ; she began te have a vague idea th sh might not be se Ailey a erson as s ha always supposed. But th e exhilaration w s • more .than eounte bale ce(1 by the th ught that obe -ought not o undertake w i rk which would ne mar ly affect her in thee without her con ent, nd she care - fu ly explained to every Iody that the ac - co is plishment of her se ierne depended on hsr mother's approval. ertainly Mrs. Cald 4ell's attitude Was h filly that of approval yet she seemed' to tit e it for granted that ]-Iester was going to Ci i as she pleased ; and ester for the first ti e in her life decidec that, she would de as she pleased and went about her prepar- at ons at mice' - They seemed very t-rc.nendons. The de - t is of erdelg 71. pring for the oven th the borr wed 'money and then its a,r- W fa, -al ley express made hr gasp. She pre- p red careful tists Of the materials which s e should need. fce heelbaking,being deter - in ned not to touck a pinch of salt from the fa ily stores, and than she lay awake nishts revising the e listsin her mind sys- matizing her work, itnd fixing the just P ices for rolls, bread, 'cookies, cakes and p es. Never did goneral conte plating the s bversion of empires marshal, his forces w'th greater care than i1iss Heater, lying u der her -patchwork quilt in her attic T 9/11‘ , ,' e put maintained a During this pari.1 ppreparation airs. C ldwell forthe Mo e rn silence, spentmuch time in patching a' d darning a hopelessly worn and faded b own gown, which she had intended, to c t into carpet rag, and told callers who ns de inquiries in regard to Hester's venture t at she knew and wished to to know nothing a out it ; but when the oven arrived she s id.: " I am glad your father did not live ti ace this day ;" and When a poor wonian w th a bandana tie( over her head came to t eir door offering cheap laces for sale, she ked her daughter why she did not try that e stead of peddling 3reaql. But though she enade these cutting Te- m rks and looked gaim, she felt as if the v ry ground was slipping from under her ie -t. When the grocery man brought a ound the aupplie8 from Mr. • Shepard's st re, she grew pale with horror. It seem - e to her excited via on as if his wagon Was f 11 of them. Two barrels and, a bag of 11 ur, and Mailer btind1s without number, a firkin of butter 1 a gjug of molassee— w uld the man ever get them all in, end here was the money coming from to pay f r them ? The poor wcimap actually won - d red how long they woeld,have a roof over t eir heads. And Ilester was . taking this f arful risk that she might !sell biscuit and c ke to fools like Harrjet ;Desmond ! She Iped as if she wre wallowing a bitter aught. , , , Pride, my fair lad , flourishes not only in s ately mansions ; it grows most luxuriant - 1 sometimes under! N erV lowly roofs. , With her mother inl this state of mind, • e can imagine that e tei's home atmos - here Was not the os cheering in the orld ; but for once she was so busy' that t is did not depress her. She. sew nearly very housewife in ILongfiel. Centre and in he adjoining Village of Little Longfield, and any of the re overburdened country -women eardnf her undertaking with grateful en- husiasm . The farm triorl . was pressing, ..tel the fern) hands were voracious ; the ity boarders were beginning to come, and oubtful ,of anything new, some who pri ,ed if ood help it avas alinosa im ossible to find. here were !some 1 timid ouls who were •hey could npt help doabting those of any - heir own cidinary ;poWers se highly that, ody else, or who thought they would Wait nd see how at turned out. But 1Hester se - 'tired enough regular &dere to make a good eginning, arid found Many who could tot rornise, but would take something oeca- ionally ; and the always amiable Mr. Shep- rd waswilliag that ()riders for her ware hould be left at his stare. The first baking day began early, and was ell of work and excitement s, but He ter as a born cook, the new overt worked to erfection, and every thing came out just ight and done to I a, tarn. Diet afternoon t was funny to see cateful, prim little Miss ester start, otic ori her first business • trip. t half -past three on rthat Jane afternoon • hite Billy and the old, carryall were at the oor. Long use irs the numerous and 'active wn family had reduced the carryall to a orriewhat shabby condition ; but it suited iss Hester's purpose because it afforded lenty- of room for the Stowing away of lier oxes and baskets of savory food. As for lies Hester herself she was prim and neat eyonch descriptiore Impressed with the i portance of this first appearance, and te- s nting her mother's remark apropos of the 1 ce ivornan, she had put on her second-best ack dress and wore her church bonnet and lisle thread gloves., • ; Mrs. Caldwell NV slch4c1 every movement o departure from her window. Her part - 1 g words had been: 1" 1 hope you won't be b ought home deadi; you don't know any - t: ing about driving ; and she scornfully o iserved Mrs. Brodie', Who was smiling end aving her apron, enthusiastically on her b ck porch, and who, carried away by the i spiration of the moment, ended by throw- '. g one of her low choesafter the retreating c rryall. "Now she'll have to walk out in her s °eking foot and get it," soliloquized her g iM observer in the wiadow opposite. 1" I d s hate such crazy doi ngs 11 .1" nd not got h r work done yet ! 1 phould think she e mild be ashamed to haee anybody see her a ith her kitchen dress i ore at this time in t e asternoon. het (hewn jai the bottom o her heart Mrs. Caldwell wished her d ughter godspeed also. i And to -day everything eeeme to smile o :'Hester. Abijah • Moon, wh overtook h r on the pleasant Istre ch of in adow read b tween Longfield (matte and L ttle Long. fi Id, quite expressed her senti lents when h greeted her with, " Well, w 11,• Hester, t is is a pretty good day to be made jest fi r you and me to travel about i •e" Abijah a d she had been in the sa e class; at siihool, and Abijah still,looked li -e a ruddy a d good-natured achoOl boy. He carried 011a most miscellaneon busine s between t e two-Longfields and the adjoining large wn of Millville, taking to Millyille vege- t bles, berries, ere= anythipg which i he c uld find a market for, and bringing back f r his Longfield neighbors whatever Long- fi Id desired. Today he was almoat pushed f om his seat by parcels —a rocking -chair, a. a at -led box containing i dog, and a baby triage ; but if Abijah liad been driven; as a last resort, to the horse's back, Ise would h ye regarded his inconvenience merely in t e light of a joke. Heitold Hester that it s emed to him she yeas Ind of encroaching o his route, but it was bit right ; and then, 1 eying her at Mrs. Asht n's door, he rattled a ong, whistling. , i For a week the,sen Shone on Miss Hester, aid her affairs prospered, but with the first r instorni ca.me misfortune. In the morn - i g she overslept, arid aterything was hur- r ed ; the i olls seemed long time risipg, a d she discovered at t e last moment that 810 had not so many gs as she needed, a d had to -rush out to iny some. It seerned a if nothing were as good as usual, and ester's spirits wer consequently de- essed. But these 11 le fluctuations, are oe expected- in al. undertakings, end ere would have been othing to complain r that unfortunlite ti's house. red from her moni- es might be, and Y3 ti tl if it had not peen elle in f ont of the Bab i. Miss ester had rev) .1 g per lexities as lwe h d atm ted out hi the Fain to supply ber o stome s. It was eltogether very uncorn- brtable, all the mere so because she had ni t bees in the habit of going out in bad wether She wore'an cild waterproof, bet tc er's astoria) ' her skirts got draggled, and this distress her beyond expression. It avas well t she was not obliged to tie Billy every ti she stopped; Billy mightave his faul lt' g her food but he knew how to stand and she h quite enough to - attend t getting in a out of] the carryall, and te the different doors. The Ba bitt house w the next to the last one on er trip, do in Little Longfield, and she qrew a sigh relief 1 as she reached its el -shaded ya But she was congratulating herself too so The elms were beautiful, bus too thick, a made the yard damp even oe sunny day now the walks wete cover d with a gre slime. Miss Hester's foot sli ped, her an turned, and before ahe had time to thi 1. she was stretched o13the gro nd, surroma ed by rolls and do ighputs. Up again once, her eyes beheld . a f ightful sig Old illy was rulnning way ! Abij Moon conveyance was rat ling along t road, nd there was evide s tly somethi about its appearance whi li had excit Billy's hitherto slu gish e (Alone ; for was d shing after it s if his youth had turtle(. isdiss Heste did not know wheth to lau h or to cry; he made an attempt rush after the .retrfeating carryall, but sharp pain in her an -le made i her cry o and she was only able to hop ; about on o foot, picking up her imud-be-apattered ro and doughnuts, and feeling sere that M Sarah BabbitVs inquisitive eYes were up her. Just as she had put the last doug nut into the basket, and stood feat to fa with the horrible feet that she must now to Mrs. Babbitt's and tela her that s could not let her have the food which a had ordered, Abijah Moon appeitred befo her, cheerful in his rubber unit and cap, a leading Billy, now meek and dejected. "Billy thought h4 would start on a HU trip for himsed i" said Abij h ; "-but h decided he -doesn't like it nueh. Wha hurt your foo . The Babbitts ought keep some sk tes hanging len their gat post. You tak my arm and ! I'll help y to the carryall GO to go and see Mr Babbitt? Oh, I will go and give her yo message; the ld 1 dy depends on seein me once a da to f4nd out , all the newse' And, as he care ully ielped hr to her seat, "You had bett r do frour foci zip in witch hazel when ye get home ; else, Mother al- ways-- thought- here was no hing like it. Have you anyt ing More to 4 liver ? Well, you wait until 1 haveifixed e rs. Babbitt up all right and PI take Almy's, custard pies along with me.' 1: That was all, and elet little Miss Hester could have cries with gratit lie. A minute ago she had beee coneurned ath a senee of humiliation and disgritce, and by a word or two blunt and awkward Abij h had healed her wounded va ity and res ored her self- respect. He c me back • pr sently to tell her that Mrs. B bbitt warnal depending on ths biscuits and things, she had got plenty in the house, a d had onlet thought she would try som of Hester's! baking. She 'also sent word ase had better use arnica for her ank e. , But t ough Hester's peace of mind was so ,easi y procured, her ankle continued painful. When she came li4ing into the house a rs. Caldwell's face took an expres- sion of esigned despair. . `1' Yoe will probably never get over she said "and what is to become of this ba4ing business now is naore than I h:now." She eighed, and Hester mild not help feeling that her mother had foreseen this special disaster from the first. However, thi la eness lasted only a few days, and du ing t at time she struggled along with the coo ing, keeping up with her orders, and eng ged a reliable boy to take charge of her deli ery wagon. Before the week was over sh was so nearly recovered as to be able to ( ismiss Charley and ppear outside again b rself. _ From that time on she g ew constantly busier; it seemed as if she . tever - stopped. But a person who is doing what she wants to do can endure a good dea of healthful work; and it was most satiefactory to see the money in ,the box in her top bureau drawer increase so rapidly. ot long would she be in debt. Her mother ave up saying that they would Soon be in he po rhouse, and predicted instead that Hester would become a helpless invalid fr in over -work. But Mrs. Brown beamed wit pleasure and innoceet pride at the though t at if it had not been for her this timid ei hisce never would have dared begin. "And how she has change ," it worthy matron I exclaimed, as she watched our heroine starting on her r� ncla ope hot, summer day. "As sure as lis e she's- got on a blue cambric and looks as yeeng and pretty as you please. Poo ti big! Her mother has always kept ser under her thumb so she hasn't dared sa h r soul was her own; but now she has a c ace to be around among folks and f el e ,self of a little importance in the worl , she is begin- ning to perk up and be as ga • as anybody." Hester certainly could no, help feeling hers If of considerable imsortance in the anatt 1 world of Longfield. • •r cooking was prai cd; messengers were al ay S coming to thei door with souse special, order or for som of the samples which ishe kept con - stall ly on hand. Abijah Moon told Mra. Caldwell he hoped she a,ppreciated what a sena t daughter she had. I A ijah, a bachelor, the death of whose niot er had Mt him his wn housekeeper, f, opportunity was ne of Hester's most egu ar customers; and s he always stopped at the house for hisupplies, he eund mpl for sjlort but racy conversatins with Mrs. Cald ell. "Your mothe and I generally disagree," he explaining to Hester, after one of th se encounters; "but We do like to heacjeach other talk." • H ster smiled as she kneaded her bread; She elmost always found something to smile at in Abijah's remarks, aid was apt to re- mind herself after them ehat he was just the sem° that he used to he hen he was a boy. , , However'one after's° n hen he came rattling upbehind her on the meadow road he appeared serious enough. Accommodat- ing his horse's pace to that o old Billy, he remarked, with gravity : " his is a pretty hot day." Hester assented. The heat had brought a flush to her cheeks nd made lit- tle curls about her temples ; sut she held the reins rather listlessly,' and leaned back as if she were tired. "And suppose the hotter it grows the more peop e want you to do for them, eh?" , "Yes, I never have b en so busy as I have been this past week.' "Well, now, 1 , have a roposi ion to make," continued Mr. Mo n, flicking a fly from the horse's back. "it ain't for mea to say, but it seems as if it w uld be a good thing all round. • You see, I have a niece up at Hilltop, a smart gir, , set on coming to the 'Academy this year, and wants a place where she can work for her board; she wouldn't heve any trouble in finding that; but the thing of it is she would like to earn a little money this su mer, and it occurred to me that you, and he would fit together just right. Here yot are working yourself into the grave,and piling up money that you will never know wha to do with" —Abijah was slipping into the jocose again _1‘ and here is she, as smart a a steel trap, 'can take right hold and help y u abont any- thing. It'll do you good to se her around, too. Well," giving the horse, who was go- ing to sleep, a gentle reminder with his whip, "you think of it, He ier. It ain't any of my business ; but it se ms to me it's about tine you had some help." Hetek did think of it, and lhe result was that pre ty Flora Jillson cam down from Hilltop iind 'took hold" withers right good cwhiTelielllittle house under the .r ua busy household -now.; Flora sang iltples held a at h r work. Hester was iLI the best of spirit , and Mrs. Caldwell's sa .casms, which ed hat me ts, ad nd to as wn of rd. on. nd en s ; kbe nk d - at ah he ng ed he re- er to a u t, ne lls' rs. on 00 go go he he re nd be e's to e- oU S. Ur "ea ea. ChilOren Cry for Seems as if con- sumption always picks out the bright- est and best. Maybe it isn't so. Maybe it seems so because consumption is the most frequent of all diseases. Consunip- ptiioeth n killasnwmoraerr or i Cholera or Yellow ' Fever. Fully one-sixtli ' of 4ll the deaths that occur in the world are cat -ed. by -consumption. And consumption cau be cured. Doctor's, used. to saythat it waiI incurable, but the doctors were neietaly mie a.ken. It would be strange if medical sci4rice did aot make some progress. Many thi gs were once considered. impossible. Th ocean steamer; the locomotive, : the , te14 raph and telephone, the phonograph, the3 lectric light—all these were once emt poOsible and once Awes impossible to cure coi , uniption. That was before the time of tr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Ta ii arcording to directions, this standard re dy will cure 98 per cent. of all caeea of coi stemption. Consumption is a diseese of thel ilood, It used to be considered a. <Es. eas by itself. It is not. It is caused and fos red by impurity in the blood. Purify the lood and restore the healthy acti`on te the! arious 'organs of the body and Cbni• suiii tion will be cured. It is by weaknese an ass of vitality in the blood. It is cnred by p irity and richness of the blood—surely, ce4aiinly cured. Those who have consurnps t1oi or any lingering bronchial, throat or lu disease, and those who are on the read, to iliem, have a positive remedy at hand. An condition of the body that indicates we kness, any indication of irn purity in the hloPd, should be attended to at once. Lbss of !appetite, loss of flesh, loss of vitalitya neilvousness'weakness and unnatural wear- ine' ss are indications that the body is run- ninrg down. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical DiScovery makes the appetite good, the di- ge4tion strong. It builds up solid, healthy fleSh and vigorous strength. Thousands of pedple have testified that it has really saved 'their lives. Some of °these testimonials, together with hundreds of tkings that ev- erybody iDught to know aboui: health and sickness and medicine, have been embed- ied! in Dr. Pierce's "Common Sense med- ical Adviser.", This roo8 page medial wotk, profuselyillustrated, will be sent fr e on ireceipt of je one -cent stamps to cover easeame pettsary Medi* Association, Bu.ffalo. N. CUS'OITIS and pOstage only. World's' D s- -I nevr had been ineant so fierionsly as they were taken, lost their old sting and gangly servIed as a sort ' of pungent seasoning or the !prevailing amiability. bijah Moon appeared to enjoy both tie aarcjasms and the amiability. He carne in oft n "to see how Flora was getting along," he 4xplained at first; but as time went on he 4arne mote frequently and Made n tex- cus s for hs calla, and in .Novernbe I he ii asked Hes er if she vie:Mid Marry Irian ; whereupon he said she would. i When she told her mother what she ad done, Mrs. Caldwell exclaimeda "It s ms to 1 e you haven't much stability ; a matute ago you Were all excitement about this bal4ery business, and just as soon as you get it well Started you up and say y,on are pi g to get 'married." ; .. hen this remark was repeated to Abi- jah, his eyes twinkled. " You tell pier mother, Heater, we all have to choose our owii route, but we never can tell who May overtake 1113 011 the way." 1 $1150 w'g'RsE THANTHROWN , i Al WYDAOCTOONRVE 1 i , M. Frederick Ziegler, of'Seaforth, , the Loser—Fourteen; Yeali's la I Expensive and Suffering Ex,, - i perunentsi-How Others ,ni yi. I Avoid! it. , Frbm Huron Expositor. • 1 fr. Frederick Ziegler is I well knOwn, in an around Seaforth, where he has lied 'for m ny years.His prolonged and trhrrible Smost of the hysiciane of suffering fro, rheumatism and )la grippe is alo well knOwn to any relief. Mr. iegler rut Writes thr town, having been treatel by them for yes witho fl the benet of the readers of THE IIIIRON. E. POSITOR : "Fourteen years ago "I was sei ,ed with rheumatism I have auffeeed ter- rilily with it, the pains at ti es being al - mast unbearable. I tried, se4reral of the beet doctor4, but to no avail. About four ye rs ago was taken with lagrippe. I th n doctored with five of the est doctors, . 0 in doctars' bills and me f 'via- bu . with little or. HO relief. I pai over $1 riofts kinds. , I at last procured tame ,botf Mee of Williams' Royal Crovra Remedly and Pills, and by the time I had treed one bottlit I began to feel better,and when rhad take twe and a -half bottles I wrfs comptel* cur d and have -remained in p rfeet health eve since. I believe it to be ije best med ici e ever introduced in or abo these pelts for 1 tnere are a great many t ers ia thi tow1n who have been ' cured bythe Royal Croiwn Remedy. There is n -perame whe thi Its more of this Remedy ' t an Ms. J Mc1v1ann, of this town, who s highly ree. commended it to me. My wfe waSaalso ver badly troubled with s 1 eheuni, sq bad y, indeed, that her finge ails all fell off. Sae had used but a sma 1 • uantity ef , the Remedy when she was gtje tly benefit- ted and, in fact, will soon b completely cur d." Williams' Royal C a ' I Rertedy and Pills isa wonderful blood urifier and sys em builder and should be • ntinued un- til he cure is coMplete, and al a,ys kept in eye y house, as it is the most' econonneal me ieine manufactured. •Only $1 for pint bet, le and 25c. for Pills, (lasts a month,) or 8 b ttles of Remedy and 5 boxes Pills. foe $5. Sent ny express by Isaac William Co , pany, London, Ont., or Isy druggists, Take nothing else; beware of substitutes. . I • --1.-eRobert B. Bell, of Ottawa, has !seen sentenced to two years and two months' im- pridonment in the penitentiary for his con- necnon with. the awful cruelties practised on the Short children. Mrs. Bell elected triel by jury, and will have to remain in jail" till the April assizes,as bail has beep re- fused. The little boy and girl so horribly abused by the Belle are their giatidchildren. --1-About noon Monday, 9th 1 inst., Uri Lapointe, a farmer living aboutisix miles fro@ Brockville, who was armed with a do ble-barrelled shot gun, killed an old man nan1ied Peter Moore, and wounded nine oth is in Brockville, before he was shot hi self. . Chief of Police, Charles Rose,- it is thought, is fatally wounded. The mur- derer, who.had been drinking freely, is also belly wounded. • Cs arras .and Hay Fever lielleved In Ten to Sixty Illstst. ea. One short puff of the breath through the blower, supplied with each bottle of pr.Arnew's Catarrhal Powder, c111-- Cu se this powder Aver the surface of / ell Us and deafness. 60 cents. • t thinasal passages. ainless and. 41* ghtfill to use, it relieves instantly, , molt permanently cures catarrh, , hay I 4 er, colds, headache, sore throat, ton- s Mr. Walter Thompson is shipping large quantities of hay from Mitchell. -+A horse belonging to Mr. Rathburn, of Proepect Hill, Fut itself so badly in one.of the large snowdrifts near the ' village, that the skill of a veterinary was neceesary to tie the severed arteries. Mr. Rathburn is of tie opinion that the pathmaster is respon. sibi4l, as the roads had not received proper atte tion. —Mr. C. J. Tracy, for many years a resi- dent of Stratford, died a short time ago in Ne York, where he worked as a, composi- tor a the office of the New York Sun. ' Isla Tray served his apprenticeship in the Stretford Herald office. He was also one of the founders of the Stratford Advertiser, whips was published for about 11 years. PEtcher's Castoria. Millinery Opening. 'Watch for the notice of our Millinery -Opening in Tum EXPOSITOR in a future issue, In the meantime, we beg to call your attention to the fact that Miss Cavan has returned from Toronto with a grand stock of the latest millinery novelties and re4uisites, and anyone wanting anything in the line of Millinery can be sup- plied now. Did you see our Blouse and Waist Silks ? fine lines of Flannelettes, Ducks and Prints ; our Cottons and Shirtings are Al value ; new Dress Goods in Mohairs, Lustres and Cashmeres. All kinds and prices of Corsets just to hand, also Corsets made to actual measurement. Call and see the samples at 0=.13E) S'ITO_EZM. W. W. HOFFMAN. OARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTII. an's..111EVIT Store • Headquarters everything in the Grocery business, Aft—Choice and New—NEL AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE FOR CASH OR TRADE. Choice butter and eggs wanted, for which we will pay the , highest market price. M. JORDAN, Seaforth. 440444-44144•4••••4•4444•44.744444•4404474.43-• Fine Drivers h ens RIM tip. foo For cannot be made oat rlhorses that ant out of condition. Merely to feed plenty of oats is not enough. Ahorse gets run down the same u a wan and, needs a general toning up. Dick's Blood Purifier qientific iireparation in the form of a powder. It purifies the blood, strength- • digestiOn turns a rough coat into a smooth and glossy one and puts the l 46in CO didon." He then -has ‘i good•life '1' and feels like holding up his and liftinjg his feet.' M I LCHI COWS are greatly benefitted by it. The whole system isloned The tge tive organs being strengthened, more nutriment is drawn from the and e flow, of milk increased. Dicks Olood Purifier will pay for itself ten times over,, sale by gest', at general stores or sent post paid on receipt of 50 cts. Diek & Co., P. O. Boa 482, Montreal. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 HER BIG REOUCTION. 1We have just completed the largest - stock of 1ANDMADE TINWARE Ever manufactured by us in one season, and the results are that we have been able to make another big cut in prices. We are now selling HANDMADE TIN- WARE at lower prices than ever before offered in Seaforth. A full assortment always- ,on hand. We habe also a ft.w Innkdred HANDMADE SAP PAILS at prices of machine made. Call and examine for yourselves that the above statement is correct. P. S:—To parties building, lowest .priees for hard- ware, eavetroughing, metal roofing, and all galvanized iron work. SEE SAMPLES AND ENQUIRE PRICES. ULLETT & CO. Seaforth. General Hardware, Stoves and Tinware. Wood's hospliodirlet Great English Remedy. Is the result of over 35 years treating thousands of cases with ail known drugs, until at last we have discovered the true remedy' and treatment—ee combination that will effect a prompt and permanent cure in all stagesof • Sexual Debility, Abuse or Eecesses, Nervous Weakness, Emissions, Mental" Belo If °bray, Phosphoeine beuesuccessfully by hundreds of cases that seemed , Excessive Use of Opium, Tobacco, or Akoholic Sisrnulants, all of - lhas en sd most which soon lead to liasanity, Consumption and an early grave. "Wood's Eless ases that had been treated by the most talented physi- ians * that w .re on the verge of despair and insanity --cases that were otterin v r the ve—but with the continued and persevering use of Vood's lis sphodine, these cases that had been given up to die, were estored t1-.) .wily Vigor and health—Reader you need not despair—no mat,.: ei• who has given you up as incurable—the remedy is now within your &ch, hp i use yo u can be restored to a life of usefulness and happiness. • e package, $1; simpackages, $5; by -mail free of postage. r Oras , i please, six guarantetar to cure. Pamphlet free to any addreSal. 'e Wood Company, Windsor, Ont., Canada. ood's phodlne Is sold by responsible wholesale and retail druggists in the Dominion. AN BANREE OF COMMERCE, ESTABLISHED 1867. HEAD OFFIOEr TORONTO. (13AtID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS 861000,000 - $1,200,000 , A GenFui164,74'pE: B. E. WALKER, GENERAL MANAGER, SEAFORTH BRANCH. esapToinrantairitoeda.nadFsaanrmdersth'eNpo.teteiidiscoic uptel Drafts pal tie I I 41e I United BgbAl eVaSI tNta. allGt 73 BANK DEPARTMENT. 1 1 Great Britain, France, Bermuda, tte. Depositsof $1.00 and upwards received, and current rates of interest allowed. 1Interest added to the principal at the end of May and Novent- ,ber in ea.41 year. tion given to the collection of Commercial Paper and Far- mers' Saies No F. MAME TED, Solicitor. M. MORRIS, Manager.