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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1905-06-16, Page 7190 WWESSMSS AIMS of. St eathee per- IN(4. oprietore. leave hie own a hy way of he Hotel, Kip aoorge Strp Tneeday CheSnefe,:i0r Vs Hotel, Sea- wAy of oramith, Harm an's, for non; a and wset to Brucefield, for to CoOkat Hoed, uth b Wsy Hilts Green, to Nieboleonat eouth to John 3 12. Hay. for panes Haps.% ken te his own until the foie oprietore. ave his own eed. to E. Bair*, or non; the ea, Clinton, for the prooeed to Baru „renderach Town- ri1son7a, Holmes- Ved nesday--WiE 7th concession, noon; he to we ion , Goderioh Tnureday—Will „ Beefield Line, ['fetal, Varna, for Proceed to Adam m, Stanley, ler ble for the nigh. McKay'e 4th For noon ; th'en to .ceesion, for one ;table, where he ;flowing Monday 19-52-tf. 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Work- Lekeremith, 130,11 Tisrty ant sputa: 17, coneernion 12. aaeaday—East to a to Mitchell at Wedneaday— einioa Hotel. for at Dick's Hoed, !ix Watton, at Ern - Alen to Myth, at :ht. Friday—Ta ;ial Gotel for noon y morning. Sea- le, where -he will g Monday morn- 1950-tf. IRSES. 1411 stand for er- ,ables of Hensel'. OLD. $5 payable at the he balance when [EEO, 1,3a. ; payable when . STAMP. ; payab e when OY AL, 755-. ; payable when RRY.,_ Prop.. 19514.!. CS gs [-Reliable - A'-olass work- lnaranteed to tion. s apply to 1.0115 GENT, EN ETER.. Agent, Beeehwoode 1355 !kNTED. irect to pay the highs* trantityoi first-class Banwood, Maple k and Oak Lop r and Stave Mill. Leg spt Soft Elm. Soft Met Will also buy ding Bolts, per cord, delivered., rurement or by bulk to custom sawing, WM. AMENT. lehool of Rphy. L.Mk inatruction. Complete inchrlin; viand- paesenger and r circulars giving tow 1.1 arrk2 Proprietor, Stratford, Or.tario... VETERINARY oaf GRIEVE, V. S., honer graduate ofOuterio Veterirary College. All diseases of Domeetio attar& treated. Calls promptly attended to and eferegismoo-sate. Veterinary Dentistry a specialty. Meet sed residence on Ooderich street, one door OM if Dr Seeettte office Seaforth., 11124 ARBUPIT V. S.—Honorary a Ideate of the O nterio Veterinary' College en Houorary mem- the Medical Association of tht Ontario Voter - liege. Treat" dieeatee of ell domestic animals est modern principles Dentistry and Milk eperialty. Office opposite Dick's Hotel, po &Wet, Seafortb. AP orders left at the hotel 'eriffeeive erorapt ettention. Night calls received atm 4 1871-52 „--- LEGAL JAMES L r..L.LORA N , Solicitor. Notary Public etc. Money to aforth Mondeye, Fridays and Satins - open every week deg., Over Piokard's leme, Main street, Seaforth. 1004 R. S. HAYS, Conveyarmer and Notary Public. iggeetlez for the Dominion Bank. Office—in rear of besinio Bank, Seaforth. Money to loan. 1235 BEEM Barrister, SolicItor, Conveyancer Notary Publio, Offices up gabs, over O. W bookstore, Main Street, :,Worth, 1627 LICESTED. successor to the late firm of efeaavgbey Holmested, Barrister, Solicitor aseeyancer, find Notary Solicitor far theVan adtesPenk of Commerce. Moneyf to lend. Farm tor stk. Offitpe in Selott's Block, Main StereelP sforth. *** *** ..,*�*** as! CHAPTER L P all the people that ever went . west that expedition was the most remarkable. A small boy in a big on the back of ,a jolly old ma carried a cane in one hand, a riff other; a black dog serving as scout, - skirmisher ,and rear guard—that was the size of it. They were the surviyors of le ruined home in the north of Ver- mont and were traveling far into the valley of the St. Lawrence, but With no particular destination. ',Midsummer had passed them in their journey. Their clothes were co -elated With dust, their faces browning in the hot sun. It was a very small boy that at inside the basket and clung to the rim, his tow head shaking as the old Inan.walked. He saw, wonderful things day. after. day looking down at the men fields or peering into the gloomy reaches of th'e wood, and he talked about them. "Uncle Ete is that where the swifts are?" lep wouldr ask often, and the old itna.n would _ answer: "No; they ain't real sassy this time o' year. They lay round in the deep dingles every day." Then the small voice would sing idly or prattle with an imaginary being that had a habit of peeking over the edge of the basket or would shout a greeting to some bird or butterfly and ask finally; "Tired, Uncle Eb?" Sometimes the old gentleman would say "Not very" and keep on, looking thoughtfully. at the ground. Then. again, he would stop and mop his bald head with a big red handkerchief and nay, a little tremor of irritation In his voice: "Tired! Who wouldn't be tired With a big elephant like you on his back all day? I'd be 'shamed o' nieself t' set there an' let an old man 'carry me from Dan to Beersheba. .Git out now an' Shake yer legs." I was the small bay, and. I !remember It was always a great relief to get out of the basket and, haying run ahead, to lie in the grass among the wild flow- ers and jump up at him as he came along. Uncle Eb had been working for my father aye years before I was born. Ile was not a strong man and had. never been able to carry the wide swath of the other help in the fields, but we all loved him for his kindness and his. knack of story telling: He was a bach- elor who came over the mountain from Pleasant Valley, a little bundle of clothes on ins shoulder, and bringing a name that enriched the nomenclature of our neighborhood. It was Eben Hol- den. He had a cheerful temper and an im- agination th.at was a very wilderness of oddities. Bears and panthers growled and were very terrible in that strangee country. Ile had invented an animal' more treacherous than any in the woods, and he called it a swift. "Sum - thin' like a panther," he deocribed the look of it—a fearsorne creature that lay In the edge of the woods at suudown and. made a noise like a woman crying to lure the unwary. It woalcl light one's eye with fear to bear Uncle Eb lift - his voice in the cry of the swift. alaey a time in the twilight when the bay of a hound or some far cry came faintly through the wooded. hills a have seen him lift his hand and bid,us hark.. And when we bad listened a. moment, our *eyes wide -with wonder, he would turn and say in a low, half whiepered tone, "'S a swift." I, suppose we needed more the fear of God, but the young children of the pioneer needed also the fear of the woods or they would have strayed to their death in them. A big bass viol, taller than himself, .had long been the solace of his Sun- days. After be had shaved—a ceremo- ny so solemn that it seemed a rite of Lis religion—that sacred viol was un- covered. He carried it somethnee to the. back piazza and sometimes to the barn, where the horses shook and trembled at the roaring thunder of the strings. When he began playing We children had to get well out of the way and keep our distance. ,Iremensiber now the look of him then—bis thin 'face, his soft Week eyes, bis long nose, the suit of broadcloth, the stock arid standing col- lar and, above all, the solemnity in his manner.wben that big devil of a thing Was leaning on his breast. A.s to his playing, I have never heard DICKINaN AND GARP.OW, Barristers, Solicit. on, , Goderioh, Ontario. E. L. DICKINSON. 181341CHARLES °ARROW L. L. B. DENTI1,3TRY. F W TWEDDLE DENTET, wieder et Royal College of Ihantal Surgeons of °D- WI., post graduate course in crown and bridge work uk�WBho01, Chicago. Local anastheffics for ialwar extraction of teeth. Office—Over A Younee mew ohne, Seater*. 1764 �R BELDENI DENTIST, TORONTO, Bassrmrvell ler in 415 Sherborirne St. to his beauti fulnew dices, 486 Young Et., opposite Carlton Si 1815-18 ***** *** i. ******* 4 drowned in the lake, where they had gone for ft day of pleasure. I had then a small understanding of my loss, but I have learned since that the farm was asket rick worth the mortgage and that , who everything had to be sold. 'Uncle Eb fa the and I—a little lad, a very little lad of six—'were all that was left of what had been in that home. Some were for seud- ing me to the county house, but they decided finally to turn me over to a dissolute uncle, with some `allowance for my keep. Therein Uncle Eb was to be reckoned with. He had set his heart on keeping me, but he was a farn3 hand without any home or visible property and not, therefore, in the mind. of the authorities, a proper guardian. He had me with him in the old. house, and the very night he heard they were coming after .me in the morning we started on our journey. 1. remember he was a long time tying packages of bread and butter and tea and boiled eggs to the rim of the basket so that they hung on the outside. Then he put a woolen shawl and an oilcloth blanket on the bottom, pulled the straps over bis shoulders and backled them, standing before the looking glass, and, MEDICAL. • On John McGinnis. Office and Residence—Viotoria Street, - ,, SEAFOBTH Irzone 73 HUGH ROSS, Graduate of -University of Toronto gacultibf Medi- cine, =ember of College 'of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario ; pass graduate courses Chicago Mahal Scheel, Chicago ; Royal Ophthalmic Hospi- tal, London, England ; University College Hospital, Ztudon, England. Office—Over Greig & Stewart's lore, Main Street, Seaforth. 'Phone No. 5, Night Itallearasseend from residence on John street. 1890 BURROWS, Et,..A.F0i=t,rrriEr Oftlee and Itesidettoe—Goderich street, east of the Methodist church. TlisgPlIONB SO. 46. wooer for the County of Huron. 1886 0R8. SCOTT l& MacKAY, PHYSIOIANS Alt SURGEONS, *gal street opposite M thodiet church,SeMorth 11•01==.1••=0011. Oft GOTT, graduate Victoria and Ann Arbor, and mewl)" °null° Oolloge of Phydoians and Surgeons. Coroner for County of Huron. • MaolIAY, honor graduete Trinity University, trig- medalist Trinity Medical College. Member • owls Of Physiolune and Surgeons, Wm.* • 14bi AUCTIONEERS. 4.1)1011A8 BROWN, Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties of Huron and Perth. Orders left at '.IL Campbell's implement warerooms, Seaforth, ow ma RICPOSITOR Office, will receive prompt atiostion. 'Ilitection guaranteed or no charge. 1708-tf AMES0 licHICHAEL, licensed auctioneer for the county of Huron. Sales attended to in any sat of the county at moderete rates, and satiefactioe pareatteed. Orders left at the Seater% post office 4411 Lot 2, Conoegalon 2, HullefA, will receiv_ preopt attention. • 1832-11 9 kUCTIONtERING.-11. S. Phillips, Licensed Ci Auctioneer for the counties of Huron and Oertia. Being a practical farmer and thoroughly endeestanding the value Of farm stook and imple• . Iwo* places me in abetter position to realize good 'deo. Charges moderate. • Satisfaotion guaranteed To pay. All orders left at Hassell post office or * Lot enl ffiXonceosion 2, Hay, will be promptly bidfu1709-tt The bleKillop Mutual Firs Insurance Oompany. almiiii••••••• FARM ND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED 0001••••=w11011•10 07710111110. B. hieLessi, President, Kippen 1'. 0.; Thomas ilMeT vice-president, Brucelleld P. 0. ; Tmmer E. moIs, $ecy.lreas. Seatorth P. 0.. MIMI& W1111.1111 Chesney Seaforth ; John G. Grieve, Win. It%George Dale, Seaforth ; John Benneweis, ; James Evans, Beeptiwood ; John Watt, *stook ; Thomas Fraser, Brucelleld ; John B. Mo TAU, Nippon ; James Connolly, Clinton. ' sat. Smith. Bedeck •, E. Hinohley, Seaforth: Jams Cumming P4mondvi1le ; J.W. Yee, Holmes stile P. C.; George Hurdle and John 0- ilivanis°"' Parties desirous to effect insurance, or transact other trainees, will be promptly attended to. Applications to any of the above (Aces addressed Ur their respective poet officee, *alarm & McMann, John MeMann, John MeMann, jr. (Successors to John MoMann. or.) Are now prepared to handle all kinds of horses. 0Yertzflay purchase horses at their sale stables, =alga' qoativiLle, at any time. 1944-11 MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED AT TIE HURON EXPOSITOR OFFICE 13E16.1PORTH, ONTARIO. 110 WITNESSES REQ UIRED ITO& paper p .ide it I remember well the scene of •ur little camp 'that morning. We had ome to a strange country, and there isras no road in sight. A wooded hill lay back of us, and just before ran a noisy ittle brook, winding between smooth banks, through a long pasture Into a dense wood. Behind a wall on the oppOsite shore a great field of rus- tling corn filled a broad valley and stood higher than a man's head, WhileI went to wash my face in the ater Uncle Eb was husking rs of corn that he took out of et and. had them roasting over In a moment. We ate heartily, red two big slime of bread and acking up with enough remain- - another day. Breakfast over, sed the fire, and 'Uncle Eb put clear some e his poc the fire giving butter,, fo we dor on bis basket. He made titter a The horses shook and trembled at the roaring thunder of the strings. having put on my cap and coat, stood me on the table and stooped so that I could climb into the basket—a pack basket that he had used in hunting, the top a little smaller than. the bottom. ,Once in, I could stand comfortably or sit facing sideways, my back and knees wedged from port to starboard. With me in my place, he blew out the lantern and groped his way to the road, his cane in one hand, his alfie in the other. Fred, our old dog—a black shepherd, with tawny points—came after us, Uncle Eb scolded him and tried to send him beck, but I plead for the poor crea- ture, and that settled It;he 'was one of our party. "Dunne, now we'll feed. him," said Uncle Eb. "Otte ..own mouths are big enough t' take all we can carry, but hain' no heart t' leave 'im all 'lone there." •eI was old fbr my age, they tell me, and had a serious look and a wise way of talking for a boy so young, but I bad no notion of what lay before ger be- . bind us. "Now, boy, take a good look at the old house,."' I remember he -whispered to me at the gate that night. "'Tain't likely ye'll ever see it ag'in. Keep quiet 11ONV,1 he added, letting down thembars at the foot of the lane. "We're gone' west, an' we mustn't let the grass grow under us. Got t' be purtyl spry, I can tell ye." It was quite dark, arid be felt his way carefully down the cow paths let° the broad pasture. With every step I kept a sbarp lookout for swifts, and the moon shone after awhile, making my work easier. I bad to hold my head down present- ly when the tall brush began to whip the basket, and I heard the big boots of Uncle Eb ripping the briers. Then we came into the blackness of the thick timber, and I could hear him feeling his way iever the dead leaves with his cane. got down sbortly and walked beside him, holding On to the rifle with one hand. We stumbled often and were long in the trail 'before we could see the moonlight through the tree col- umns. In the clearing a climbed to my, seat again, and by and by we came to the road, where my companion sat down, resting hiseload on a 'bowlder. a"Pretty hot, Uncle Eb; pretty hot," he said to himself, fanning his brow with that old felt bat be Wore every- where. "We've come' three mile er more without a fitop, an' I guess we'd better rest a jiffy." • My legs ached, too, and I was get- ting very sleepy. I 'remember the jolt of the' basket as he rose and hearing him say, "Well, Uncle Eb, guess we'd better be goinh" Tie elbow that held my head, lying on the rim of the basket, was already numb, but tbe prickling could no lon- ger rouse me, anddhalf dead. with wea- riness, I fell asleep. Uncle Eb has told me since that I tumbled out of the bas- ket once and that ''he had. a time of it getting me in again, but I remember notthing more Of that day's history. Wben I woke In the morning I could bear the crackling of fire and felt very warm and lcozy wrapped in the bi shawl. I got a cheery greeting fro Uncle Eb, who was feeding. the fir with a big heap of stick's that he ha piled together. Old Fred was lickin my‘hands with his rough tongue, said Suppose that is what waked me. Te was steeping in the little pot that hula over the fire, and our breakfast of bol ed eggs and bread and butter lay on squir- releeently with old Fred and brought him dawn out of a tree by- hurling stones at him' and then the faithful fol- - lower f our camp got a bit of Meat for West. We climbed the wall as and buried .ourselves in the deep he fragrant, silky tassels brush - face and the corn bissed at our Lon, crossing its green sabers in th. Far in the fiela my compau- aped a little of the soft earth for ow, spread the oilcloth between and, as we lay down, dhwtho awl over us. le Eb was tired after the toll of night and went asleepalmost as as ,he was down. Before 'I drop - if Fre(' came and licked my face teppea over me, his tall wagging eaye, and. curled upon the shawl y feet. I could see no sky in that ny green aisle of corn. This going d in the morning, seemed a foolish ess to me tat day, and. I lay a time looking up at the rustling py overhead. I remember listen - to the waves that came whisper - out of the further field nearer and er until they swept over us with a ing swash of leaves like that of er flooding among rocks, as I have d it often. A twinge of homesick - came to me, and the snoring of le Eb gave roe no conifort I re- ber covering my head and. crying ly as I thought of those who had e away and, whom I was to meet in ar country' called heaven, whither were going. I forgot my sorrow lly in sleep, When I awoke it had wn dusk under the cord. I felt for cle Eb and he was gone. Then I led to him, . Hush, boy! Lie low," he whispered, ding over me, a -sharp look in his . ".'Praid they're after us." le sat kneeling beside me, holding ed by the collar and listening. --I Id hear voices, the rustle of the corn d the tramp of feet near by. It was ndering in the distance—that heavy, aking thunder that seen3s to take Id of the earth—and tbere were unds in the corn like tho drawing of, bers and the -rush of ninny feet. The isy thunderclouds came nearer and e voices that had made us tremble ere no longer heard. Uncle Eb -began to fasten the oil b anket to the stalks of corn for a shel- t r. The rain came roaring, over us. ' he sound of it was like that of a host o cavalry coming at a gallop. We lay racing the stalk, the blanket tidd hove- us, and were quite dry for a t ine. , The rain rattled in the sounding eaves- and then came flooding down e steep gutters. Above us beam and 'after creaked, swaying and showing limpses of the dark sky. The rain assed—we could hear the last bat- alion leaving the field—and then the euriult ended. as suddenly as it began. corn trembled. a few memento and, unshed to a faint whisper. Then we ,ouid hear only the drip of raindrops erdting through the green roof. It was larkaunder the corn. his br he ate corn. ed m intrus our p ion h a pil TOWS big $ Un that 80011 'ped and, for at n gloo to b bus Ion Can Ing Ing nea roa wa hea nes ,Un me sof go a we fin • gr IJ ea 4 be ey co •th tl a more fearful sound in any time of peace or one less creditable to a Chris- tian. Week days he was addicted to the milder sin of the flute,' and after chores, if there were no one to tallawith him, he would sit long and Our his sonl into that magic bar of boxwood. Uncle Eb had another great accom- plishment. He was what tbey call in the north country "a natural cooner." After nightfall,. when the corn was -ripening, he spoke in a whisper and had his ear cocked for coons. But he loved all kinds of good fun. - So this man had_ a boy in lxis heart and a boy in his basket that evening we left the old bailee. My father and mother and older brother had been Mother's Ear A WORD IN MOTHER'S EAR: WHEN NURSING AN INFANT, AND ip ti THE MONTHS THAT COMO BEFORE ;THAT TIME, • SCOTT'S ENIUL.SION SUPPLIES THE EXTRA STRENGTH AND NOURISHMENT ,E0 NECESSARY POR THE IdEALTH OF worm MOTHER *no CHILD - Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto, Ontario. pc. and $1,ao; all druggists. 11 4.7,47 to a few embers when Uncle b woke me and the grotto was Ilt only by a sprinkle of moonlight from ahoy "Mos' 12 o'clock," be whi ed. "Better be ca." The basket WAS' on bis back, and he Was all ready. I followed hira through the long aisle of corn, clinging to the tail of his coat. The golden lantern of the moon bung near the zenith,' and wben we came out in the open we could see into the far fields. I climbed into my basket at the wall, and as Uncle Eb carried me over the brook, stopping on a fiat rock midway to take a drink, I could see the sky in the water, and it seemed as if a miestep would have tumbled me into the moon. "Hear the crickets holler," said Uncle Eb as be followed the bank up into the open pasture. ",What makes 'em holler?" I asked. "Oh, they'rejes' filin' their savse en' thinkinh Mebbe tenni' o' what's hap- pened 'em. teen a hard day fer them little folks. • Terrible flood in their country. Every one on lean hed t'' git up a steeple quick 's be could er be drowaed. They hey their troubles an' they talk 'bout 'era too," • "What do they .file their saws for?" I inquired.. "Well, ye know," said he, "where they live the timber's thick an', they liev bard work clearin' t' rack a home." I was getting too sleepy for further talk, He made his way from field to field, stopping sometimes to look oft at the distant mountains and then at the sky or to whaek the dry stalks of mul- len with his cane. I remember he let down some bars after a long Walk and stepped into a smooth roadway. He ?stood resting a little while, his basket on the top bar,. and then the moon that I had been watching went down bebind th.e broad riin of his hat and I fell into utter forgetfulness. My eyes opened on a lovely scene at dayltght. Uncle Eb had laid me on. a mossy knoll in a bit of timber and through an opening right in front of us I could see a broad level of shining water, and the great green mountain on the farther shore seemed to be up to its belly in the sea. "Hello there!" said 'Uncle Ela "Here we aro at Lake Champlain." I could hear the tire erect:ling and smell the odor of steeping tea. "Ye flopped round like a fish in tbet basket," • said. Uncle Eta "Guess ye inust 'a' been dreanaln' o' bears. Jump- ed so ye seairt me. Didn't know but I had a wil'eat on my shoulders." Uncle Eb had token a fish line out of his pocket and was tying, it to a rude pole that he had cut and. trimmed with his jackknife. "I've found some crawfish bere," he said, "an' I'm goin' t' try fer a bite on the pint o' rocks there." "Gain' git some fish, Uncle Eb?" I inquired. "Wouldn't say't I was er say't 1 wasn't," he answered. in' t' try." Uncle Eb was always careful not to commit himself on a doubtful point. • He had fixed his hook and sink-er in a moment, and then we went out on a rocky point near by and threw off lute the deep water. Suddenly Uncle Eb gave a jerk that brought a groan out of him and then let his hook go down again, his hands trembling, his face severe. • "illy mighty! Uncle Eb," he mutter- ed. to himself, "I thought we hed him thet time." He jerked again presently, and then I could See a tug on the line that made me jump. A big fish came thrashing into the air in a minute. He tried to *ving it ashore, but the polo bent, and -ale fish got a fresh- hold of the water and took the end of the pole under. Uncle Eh gave it a lift then that brought It ashore, and a good bit of water with it. 1 remember how the fish slapped me with its wet tail and sprinkled my face shaking itself be- tween my boots. It was a big bass, and in a little while we baa three of them. Uncle Eb dressed there aed laid them over the fire on a gridiron of green birch, salting them adthey cook- ed. I remember they -went with a fine relish, and the last of our eggs and bread and butter went with them. Our breakfast over, 'Uncle Eb made me promise to stay with Fred and the basket while he went away to find a . man who could row ns across.Inabout an hour I heard a boat coming, andthe dog and I went out on the point ef rocks, where we saw Uncle Eb and an- other man heading for us,- half over the cove. The bow bumped the rocks be- neath us in a minute, Then the strati: 1 wouldn't 4`Jes' go- CHAPTER II. E heard no more of the voices: Uncle Eb had brought an arm- ful of wood and some water In the teapot while I was sleeping. 'As E10011 as the rain had paseerl he ,stood listening awhile and shortly opened. his knife and made a little clearing in the corn by cutting a iew hills. "We've got to do it," be said, "er we can't take any comfort, an' the man tol' me I could have all the corn I wanted." "Dad you see him, Uncle Eb?" I re- member asking. .he answered, whittling in the dark; "I saw him when 1 went out for the water, an' it was he tol' -me they were after us." 'He took a look at the sky after awhile and, remarking that he guessed they couldn't see. his smoke now, be- gan to kindle the fire. As it burned up he• stuck two crotcbes eind hung his, teapot one a stick that, lay in them so it tookithe heat of the flame, as I bad seen him do in the morning. Our grot- to in the corn was shortly as cheerful as, any room in a palace, and our tire sent' its light into the long aisles that opened opposite, and nobody could see the 4arm env, of it but ourselves: "We'll hey our supper," said Uncle *b as he opened a paper and spread out the eggs and bread and butter and crackers. "We'll jest hey our supper, au' by an' by when every one's abed we'll make tracks in the dirt, I can tell yet Our supper over, Uncle Eb let me look at his tobacco box, a shiny thing of German silver that always seemed to snap out a quick farewell to nee be- fore it dived into his pocket. He was very cheerful and communicative and joiked a good deal as we lay there wait - log in the firelight. I got ,some fur- - tiler acquaintance with the swift, ]earn - among other things, that it bad no appetite for the pure in heart. "Why not?" I inquired. "Well," said Uncle Eb, "It's like this -0 the eneaner the boy the sweeter the Meat." ' He sang an old song as lee sat by the are, with a whistled interlude between' lines, and the swing of it evreb now carriesme back to that far day in the fields. I lay with my head in his lap while he was singing. I went asleep after awhile id spite of all, right in the middle of a story. The droniug voice of Uncle Eb and the feel of his handupon my forehead call- ed me back, blinking, once or twice, but not Or long. Tile tie WAS gone 0,9w11 • 441e4amoi444* REASON 142 WHY YOU SHOULD USE ed Ros Te 1325,21_1s.titAtttic.........L------1 "Med te'a tasters. Tea tasting can well be called one of the fine arts. A man who can taste several hundred cups of tea a. day, and, by his keen senses, detect -the slightest difference between them, and Who, blindfolded, can tell where each and every tea wasgrown, not only the country, but the particular district, and often the very plantation —such a matt is the professional tea taster: • The head man in my tea room, MT. W. R. Miles, is a master in his profession. He learned the business irk London, Eng., and is a tea taster by right of birth, as both his Father and •Grandfather were tea tasters. It came natural to him and he is recognized as one of the best judges of tea in America. He and his assistants do nothing but taste the thas1 and superintend the blending. RED ROSE TEA. is the result. T. It ESTABROOKS, St. John, N.B. BRANCHES; TORONTO, WINNIPEG. artrtxrutruinnni nil ri ;tri rtp_riTtftfInTLMIStftrutnr1rtnn.rtr "Progress" Anatom Fine fabrics and trimming alone won't produce fine clothing. Fit and ehapliness, and wear, too, depend on the hidden parts—the work you don't see. This illustration shows the anatomy of "PROGRESS" Clothing. Note the zhoulder and sleeve pads—the felt, hair cloth, and pure linen canvas, thoroughly shrunk. All these parts are modeled by hand and held in shape by thousands of tiny' stitches. It is only by hand work, by expert tailors, that PROGRESS' Clothing gain their elia.pliness, and hold their perfect form. "PROGRESS" Clothing is the finest fabrics and best trimmings, moulded by Opecialista into- permanent shape. 1 INTERIOR CoOpSTRLICTI PROGRESS BRAND COAT _ This label in every genu- ine "PROGRESS" Coal Sold by leading clothiers throughout Canada rtnnruen.nottui.neenstn11.11.11,renriel.a.41.111111.fla trenitte.rereterei ennerer Progress Brand Olothing may be had from Greig & Stewa th VEGETABLE S C1 ger dropped his oars and et-41nd staring at me and the dog. "Say, mister," said he presently, "can't go. no further. There's a reward offered fer you an' net buy." Uncle Ebcalled him aside and was talking to him a long time. I never knew what was said, but they came at last and took us into the boat, and the stranger was very friendly. When we had come near the landing On the "York state" side, 1 remember - he gave Ire our bearines. XTo be continued.) —Me: Wm. 'Colqulioun, importer of heavy' draught stallions, has par- cliaised. • the fifty' acre faT111 of Mr. Dotal3,20. e1iYoU Yeo, Fueaton, for the. sum • AMOTHER'S PRAM. E. In !every lpant of Canada ;you, will find raolhers who speak in the high- est praise ;of Baby's Oven Tablets. Among these lis 'Mrs. jamend H. Kon- kle, lBeamsville, Ontario, who says ; "1 Uaryo lused Baby's Own Tablets for over three( years, and I -cyanid not be witliout them. Whey halve, done more for tiny ioleilctren than any medicine I have eveaalused. My little girl, now Low nears old, was always troubled endideistion - and. oonstipation, and, although vother reedicinbes belped Her tempera:idly, Baby's Own. Tablets weee the thing needed ;to owe her. I Aso gave the Tablet e to nay baby from time Ito +time sinhe ,shAe was two 'days old, and they' always worked. like a chlarm. She is now two yoaTs oId, and a more 'healthy and would be Yard to find. The T-ablets-eaneeer- tainly a life-swyer. These Tablets entre afl tminoir tailment of infants and Young rohildren. (rh.ey contain W3,0 poisoning tsoothing igtuff, and there is • ,no danger of !giving, ,an over -dose, as there is ;with liquid artedidine. Sold. by, u,l1 khuggists or!. Sent by mail tat ?cents beg by. writing The Dr. Medicine Coo,, OnfaTiol Perhaps you like your gray hair; then keep -it. Pethips not ; then remember—Hall's Hair Renewer always restores.eolor to aray hair. Stops falling hair, also. PureilfriagfirteM 7'1' . mace Waterspan 'Dry air is light it lifts and carries dust. - Dry air cracks your furniture, gives you a headache,' shrivels your skin, parches your - lungs. tea teti„,t, • 1 - The water -pan in most furnaces is a pi- santrY It has no serious business in the work of the furnace—it is ere placed there for effect, because a water -pan is ,a god thing. And a water -pan is an absolute necessity to y ur health and comfort, but it must be properly placed radiate moisture evenly and uniformly throughout the ho se. The water -pan of the Sunshine Furnace is the most scientifically arranged water -pan in any furnace in the world. It does the work a water -pan should, and does it well. CI-, S LONDON, TORONTO MONTREAL, WINIMPIEO, VANCOUVER, OT.JOHN. H.R. .• E. A. LAT/ME!?, Sole Agent, Seaforth. 1 Beauty In Furniture ++++++++++++++++++++++++44 We invite attention to the mgg. nifieent assortment of Furniture. Our display is large. 'Selections at this store are made easy and every taste gratified. We are giv- ing exceptional offerings through the entire store, . i'171s1-13MTRAMA.Ils*T0-. Promptly attended to night or day. BROADFOOT, BOX & CO., S. T. 1101iiSs Manager.'' SI"4-AaF01:1 -