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- Septembe
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placeingi
the atorm
day, a -
s and inju
Father
" we " we
boys, Nor h and Phil • Willard, fro
over the ay and Barbara and I.•
Enough of the storm had reached u
to overtur
down -a sh
"Did y
Barbara a
64 Yes,
began to smile absently at the fire and
forget her knitting.•
" Therese the stitches off two needles,
'grandma, 4nd the cat is all tangled up
in your-yarn—a sure sign of a story con-
nected with, that windy day," Barbara
said, "All in favor of the story raise!
your right hands—carried— grandma.
And now ril 'set the 'knitting -work to
rights.' and untangle the cat while you
.begin," sh4c,oncluded, setting herselton
the rug with the knitting -work and cat.
• Barbara ifs Only fourteen and has -not
outgrown her 'eve for grandmother's.
stories', Perhaps none of us have, for we
. all voted for the story, though and
I are nineteen, Rob a year younger, and
Phil and Roger college seniors. '
"There asone nineteenthofSepterh-
ver shallforget,"grandmoth-
was my twenty-second birth -
to have been my wedding'
but John andl had quarrel-
ths before; our engagement
was broken and John away dut West
. to some terOtory,,antil had not heard a
word abotitlhim since.
'WINDY DAT. •
Y JULL1. FRIEEILIN. •
knows it,' she said, bustling-- alio
1' bring me a glass of water and k fan
" Hitty's one to take a nap
said, settling down to her rocking.
y evening towards the lut of and. knitting after carrying the
, we all •sat around the fire down cellar. She's dean beat out--
andmother's room, talkin o .
hat had paned near us t at girl Bitty never was strong like me,
anfl, trouble takes held -o' her worse.'
ying a great deal of proportyl
fi Ye see the plaeti'll besold Monday.
g several people. We would have to go next week, so
nd mother were away, an ,
v been tti some little' things
e grandmother and the tw we've
ge' th '
p o up again e movin Mebbe
-welt hey to sell some of the things, fer
we don't know where we ken take 'em,
an' then I suppose we will to hey
the money they'll bring.
"1 thought to myself this afternoon I
didn't know what the end would be if
the beginnin' was like this. • Hitty's
clean give out and gone - to bed,
•
ant though I ken otand a good
deal, .1 couldn'thelp havin' a little
sort of a faint spell sittini-here alone an'
thinkin' an' rememberin' where father
an' mother used to set, an' how they use
to look goin' about the house.
" 'They's a place worn in the kitch-
en floor by the window where mother
• use to set afternoons in the fall an' knit
an' rock. She liked that window bekus
the sun use to shine in so perty through
the thinnin' apple leaves an' she liked to
watch the bees. We've alums had
their hives right out there under the
ot to the mortgage. You never see anybody
• so pleased to get home as he was; an' he
•
she was ;est as sweet tempered as he Used to
chair be when he was a boy.
titter _ "'He use to get father's' Bible an'
poor read the story. ot the prodigal son over
over to himself,with the tears etealin'
down his poor cheeks.
"'When he dame to himself, he said
one time "that wasjustthe way to tell
it. It 848M8 to me I have, been some-.
body.else foryears and have just come
to niyaelf," ;
"He told us: oncethathe'd Made up
his Mind to throw himself into the river
if he lived to git out of that hospital,
an', Hitty's comin'. ;Jived him from
that.
',.." 'Ile lived a year,•you remember, af-
ter begot home, an' the mornin' he died
he'd been prayin' an' he, stopped an'
smiled up at Hitty an' me. "['11. tell
mother you saved me," he ,said. fter
that there was mebbe a dozen gentle lit-
tle: breaths, An' we knew Sam'el was
a few apple -trees and blo
and somestacks. • '
u ever know it blow ashard
ked grandmother..
nce," grandmother said, and
ber that In
er *id. "I
day and w
day as well
• ed. some mo
66
That I ad come to see I had been.
retire to blame than John, and part of it
' was .5, mista e for which neither of us
- was to blame, didn't make matters any
better. John was gone andavell,this le
• not a love 'Otoy, and it all was a tong
time.ago--theree no. harm ith
nentioning
i conk' ,be. I as proud,
the fact that I was about as -u happy that
day as a gii
enough, bukplide is.a poor comforter. ,I
remember it seemed to me if there had
*never been On atom Of pride createctand-
I could shricik or wring my hands or cry
or do some inch insane thing%that only
Shakelipeares heroines can do and still be,
credited with common sense, it would be
ig'
a relief, hat I did do was to make
- funny spew es for father to laugh, at,phiy,
the-merriesttunes I km* on the old pi-
- ano, and rush about,working so hard and
fast that by two 'o'clock I could find'
- nothing mor • about the houselo-do, ex-
cept to sits' wrt and help mother sewup
,. sheets. • . t • • .
"I sewed at the Iong,monotonousseama
till I felt asIthough I should be madder
. than Opheli4, before the long, Still after-
noon was over if I kept on. " Throwing
down my work at last, 'Mother,' I said,
if you are not in a hurry about. the
sheets I will go and see Polly Trot and
Miss Bitty it little while.". •
" Wes,e4d, I wish you would,' nieth-
er said. Mother always called mel!child'
when she Nis soriy_for me. 'And take
-.. along a pat of the batter you churned to-
dayEand aolne of the new bread. Poor
oldsouls I L I wish I could send them
money enough t� pay the mortgage,' she
added.
"We lived in a valley between two
long, high .h lis, one towards the west,
and. one tow ds the 'east. On the high-
est point of the west hill was the old'
Ransom homestead, where Mrs. Polly
Trot and k r. sister, nifty Ransom
- lived. x
"Two row
limbs shaded
our house ' to
down the oth
' hill. An dm
of l dins with tiff,drooping
he tong, up -hill road from
-Polly Trot's and went on
r Side to the foot of the
stood by her -well and one
down by the ,hed, and the orchard game
close up to 'I two sides of. the heuee,
' making .cool, 'pleasant shade all around..
"Inside and out, and all around it,
Polly Trot's and Miss Hitty's bowie was
' the Ideal of an old-fashioned home. '
" Insidethere were big fire -places with
red brick hearths, brass candlesticks—
for
' tuie—on high mantels, asparagus over
the mirrors, corner cupboards,stairs that
, wriggled and twisted in two or three di-
rections to get up to a low ehamber.
There; were unexpected Tittle halls and
•'entrys„ cut-ofecorners, and angles, and
there.were--P Ily Trot and Miss Hitty.
Polly was six -seven'and Hitty was six-
• ty-five—little neat, easy bodies with the
kindestof faces and smoothest, of red-
brown- 'fore -tops' under their lavender
and black caps . .
•"In the square mom was a black and
white portrait of Peter Trot, meek and,
consumptive lo king.In the family.131-
We, forty yea before, Father Ransom:
recorded, in hiS big, round handwriting,
the death of Peter Trot at the_age of
. thay-five. • - •
"Among IVIi s Hitty's possessions was
.; a silhouette pie ure of some person with
a. long,straight nose, pointed chin and ex-
tremely high coat collar. Mtirmaduke
Prints was written underneath it. Along
With the picture were a crumbling nose-
gay of pinks. and sweet .„Mary, a thin
, gold ring, andl three stained letters be;
.. ginning with 'pear Hitty' and signed
- e."Marmaduke Prime.' These were in a
• • hale box tightly tied-, and pasted on the
cover as a sort of epitaph �n Miss nit;
*ty's buried aff ctions, was the marriage
notice of Marmaduke Prime . to . Miss
Almira, Crane, all of Hartford.," And so
Miss Hitty was a kind little old maid in
• a black silk apron and a red-broven 'fore-
top.' . .
"The house
it long side to
going back fro
- shape. It ha
with green - s
sterme of forty, years had •battered • at it
till the, colors t resembled , Miss Hitty's
brindled holiyhocles with their grey and•
greenlet/tires. -pere were tall lilacs by
the gate and under the chamber win-
was low, standing- with
•vard the rood and a part
the middle, making a T
-once , been painted red -
utters,: but :happily, the
dows, and roe
• and , clumps
Williaii and
• ought to -be in
They dre
s of pinks; e sage' bed
f hollyhoc-ks and sweet
everything else that
n old-fashioned garden.
water from the well
-with a 'sweep' and there were TOWS of
bee -hives in the orchard,ancl a cider -mill
• onAlte hill-sid .
"Polly Trot was waiting in the front
ail
_porch as I e e up the path.
" ' Well, we I, Norie clear it does my,
heart good to s e ye.- Conte in an' set
. down where i 'S tool, an' take off yer
'hat while I git e a freshdrink of water.
• 'You look kind 'paleler all its so hot
oat. I'm afrai that big basket tired
ye. 1 needn't be told the's something
inside it fer rnp They ahem is, and I
„needn't tell y r ma 'I thank "er—she
- , -
. '
trees.
" ' Father use to set where 1-
-am set -
tin' now, to read his Bible Sundays.
Then Hitty on' me an', Sam'el swag all
born here an' we made our '-play-heusee
put 'n under them elms when they
want much - higher • than the eaves.
Takla' everything together the old phial
'seems most es much a part of us as our
hands an' feet, en sometimes I do'no but
what we've -been tnakin' a .graven image
.. - f •
;of it an settm our hearts on Worldly
*thing& =nen we'd ought. - .
' " ' Dretful sakes? how selfish I be
talkin' o' my troubles till I've made .ye
1 -
cry'— happening to look up at me.
'You're pale as e ghost, too. Jest lie
down orithe lounge there in the breeze;
en' I wont talk of troubles any more.'
i "I won't lie here A minute, Polly
'Trot, unless you go on talking troubles,_'
said, as I. settled thyself on the old
lounge. 'Of course Lcan't, help but be.
• orry, but I want. yotrto talk, it, will do
ou good.' - • •
- "tears were glistening under Polly
rot's spectacles and went sliding down
Itch side of her nose as she tucked an
xtra cushion undtx my head. . •
" It a cruel old world and I wish ‘
hero was not another (ley of it,' I said,
pulling Polly Trot's cushion over my
bead and beginning t� cry again. ._
-"No; now, dear; don't feel co bad.
itty antme hadn't doughtO complain—
e've got what we wanted. We've
eyed Sam'el. Why! we'd give that
mortgage over ag'in any minute. ' We'd
*terve, flitty and me Would; to save
Sam'el.' -• — - ' . 2 . •
' 46 Sani'els 'grave is down the hill by the3
side of father's and Mother's, sewn nor
orrow can't come nigh him -any. more,
al Hitty any me 'dought to be retoicin,'
"Course you didn't know much about
Sam'el' he went away 'fore you wasborn.
He was younger'n Hitty an' me, an'
luch ''. a pretty bay. Such droll ways
when he was little. -Mother: an' father
,detinich store by him,:too.' He was un-..
Ommoli smart, always readin' _every-
thing he could git hold of. -,He got to
eadin' some plays when he was sixteen
n'
some books about play -actors -an' he
,ttait so beside himself over it 't he, use to
;end hours milt& up and down in the
oods down yonder speakin' pieees an'
akin' motions.
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49.
"Finally he wanted father to let him
o away an''be a play -actor. Father
ouldn't have felt any,worse if Sam'el
cl asked to go an' be a cannibal, an' of
cbursehe didn't give his consent, but he
argued with him, and persuaded him,
and filially got him to promise to: go
:(1 wn to Uncle Nathan's an' go to
• boot. •
" Well, Uncle Nathan had lived in
the city a long time an' he didn't feel
like . father about' actors. He kind o'
favored Seed's notion -unbeknown to
f 'ther, an' the long an' the ihort of it
Sani'd went on the stage after he
had been gone abaft two years. It most
litteke mother's heart, an', all our hearts
that matter, an' father wrote to
S m'el that he musn't come home till
h • repented. Well, he never came hoine
while father and mother lived; Ho
used to write now an' then, an' send ps
little presents, an' mother would • send
hilt socks that she knit. After awhile,
Hitty an' me found out that Sam'el had
got to drinkin' an' was goin' down hill
fat, but father an' mother neeer found
•
th t out,. We sent for him when _father'
w s sick an' when mother was sick, but
th word didn't git to hiin neither
tiie.'
t Mother did long to see him so when
she Was sick.- She'd listen to hear if
thin teams goin' long the road stopped at
the gate, an watched the door day after
day. To'ards night, - the last day she
Heed, Hitty an' me was both by her, an'
81i8 took hold of one of. Hitty's hands
a ' one of mine an' held 'ern tight.
" 'You've been precious good girls to
m ,' she said, but there's one thing to
dq for me • yet. Promise never to give
up Sam'et, do anything you can to save
nim. Don't never _give up," an' she •
held on to our hands tight, lookin' at us
w t„li her big, beseeching eyes.
,
"Hitty an' me, we promisedi. an'
w kep' our promise. . _ .
t -
0" 'We sent letter after letter to every
place where we thought he could be,bat
--didn't git--any answer. Uncle Nathan
40 dead, ant the i family didn't know
etlything about Sam'el.' It - run along
tlrree yearsafter mother died Ritmo- Wa
got anY track of him:We got a letter
one Monday night from somebody, say -
in !Sam'el was In .a hospital in New
y OE. very lick. -
6 'Well, we went to the village an' we
go Mr. Drip to let us have ' six
hundred dollars an' take-emortgage on
th� place. You remember that, I s'pose,
aghow Hitty went :all alone to New
Yclrk an' had tostaY. six weeks 'fore
•Sain'el. could be moved. That cost a -
goad deal of money' ; an' then we would
have the best doctors from Hartford •
"an 'Sain'el had some debts :that Hitty
paid, an' so by the time the 'funeral ex -
pe ses was paid and a good headstone
boiight fer Sam'el—father an' mother
ha theirn--tbere was jest three dollars
let ':- 1 ..
'' 1 Hitty and me felt 'twa'n't more'n
rig t'San.. el should have &share out • o'
thehomestead. We thought we could
work an' save ate pay -op the -mortgage
aft r awhile, but the river began to over-
flo jest then, an' it has spoiled our pas-
ture. lots and grain fields alongsidepver
since, so 't we couldn't raise much. t -
, -
", Sion el never knew anything. alcatuf
•
safe. t. •
'" ou see weft) got reason to be
glad ata' it's only when I get to, wonder-
ing Oat's to become of us an thinkin"
of old -rtimes that I get so ,down as I
Wad to -day. ,
r was jest thilikin' about .14*
Collins an? the good times we.1180 to have.
an' how she used to look comin' up the
path here, jest as you come in eight, an'
I declare if fer half a breath 'I- didn't
think ion was her, -you.looked so much
like her, specially that siuniner when
she had so , much trouble -at home, an'
was kind o'pale. -
"Von see her folks had got it into
their head to have Laury marry Caleb
Miles, an' Laury didn't like him—none
of us young folks did fer that matter—
but he had a emooth tongue in his bead
an' had got on the right side of Leury's
fake ; lbesides, old Mr. Miles was rich
an' he ;en' Mr, Coiling were great
friends.
"Laury int' Mark Somers had a great
likin fer each other, but Laury never
would have. married him 'thout her
folks' consent if her father hadn't got so
angry that he turned _ her away from
home, and -she went to work for Squire
Stevens'iolks. "Mark went and . got
her, an' they was married at the minis-
ter's. . •
66 6 srlealllt but a little while before
Caleb Mita began to be dis'pated an'
Lauty's father made up with her an'
they was as happy as they could be. The
Squire's folks didn't live long after that,
an' After they died Mark -and Laury
went to England, where he had rela-
tions. _We use to write back- an' forth
till, slew years ago, Hitty an' me began
to pia Off writin' en' got. out of the no.
tion. : • -
"'We heard last summer that they
. had .come tnto a, large fortune, an' about
. a monthSgo we got a letter from Laury
sayin'-it was true. She wrote a good
letter, An' sent -a slip of paper she call-
ed a draft—something you get money
out of the bank with. The paper drop-
ped out On the floor when we opened
the letter, an' it Was just at dusk When
Hittie.found it. I'd broke my specs an'
'fore Hitty had made anything out but
A "five" Abner Spencer came running'
:up hill to say little Marthy had a ,fit an'
they wanted us to come down. Well,
we hurried away an' come to get home
ag'in.:we didn't either of . us know where
that piper was, an' we don't till- this
day, though we've hunted high and low.
It must have been five dollars that
Laury . sent, an' that would idol
us a sight o' god jest now. Mother
an' us girls had helped Laury get ready
to keep house an' mother gave her quite
a number of things an' Laury remem-
bered it all and so she sent Whet .she
called ." a little token of gratitude."
We hid gots letter all ready to
send back to Laury when a paper come,
with a place markedin %telling of her
death. Well, well, so friends go, one by
one.' ••
"Polly Trot wiped aware, tear' and
sat silent' for a little While, counting
the stitches on her needles.
"Twenty -fire, twenty-six— What's
that?'she said, stopping in her counfing
• .
to listen. 'Hitty moving round?'-.
" It is thunder, 1 think.' I said.
have heard it several times in the last
few minutes. ' If it is, going to rainj
must go home,' • . I
Wait, let's see how neer Polly
Trot ;mid, hurrying up the, crooked
-dein; to look out of the chamber, *in-
dOw. ' _/
"'Goodness m�! Norio Dean, cisme
here !' she -called.
"'Them clouds air Conlin' up faster'n
race -horses. You'd git ' soppin' wet
afore you got home.'..
_1 "Great, leaden' clouds caine
• twisting, tearing, flying- up from the
southwest, the thunder peals growing
loudir, the lightning sharper, the rush-
ing, roaring wind driving nearer each
moment. r
"
'Polly Trot, it's a' hurricane I
said, trembling with few.
• " • I s'pose you know whose hurricane
'tis,' she answered, so be cairn as ye
.oan an' run down an' fasten some doors
while' shet these windows.' •
"We -rushed . about, fastening Win -
'slows. and doors—Miss Hitty -dazed
ewith fright and the sudden awaking,
hopping .arduad after us with her cap
in one. hand and her 'fore -top' in the
other. *
Aa Polly Trot banged the last doer
shut the storm- broke upon us with a
force tints) made every beam and boar
inethe old house shiver.
" g Miss Bitty put her cap, on wrong
side out, tied her fore -top on over it and
sat down in the big rocking chair and
;rocked. I curled upon the lounge and
shivered, and Polly Trot rushed from
• one window to another to see what was
going on, tossing us fragmentary reports.
"'Apple -tree set down in the pink
bed !" we heard from one window., !Two
elms gone, over!' from the front window.
There goes the hen -holm r from . the
south Window. . •
"‘ Polly Trot, .do sit down here,' I
begged, as she came through' the room.;
‘if we he.$ got to blow away, let's go
together." -
Well, if that's --any comfort,' she
said, letting me pull her down on the
lounge. •
" :Row to describe the next Moment
none of us ever knew. Everything was
-so- sudden and so all at once; there was
not time to make up our minds whether
the whole world had become a flash
lightning, a burst of thunder or had II
go/lett° pieces. The firet thing °fir
senses were sure of was that the , am-
ber door was open and a- gust wind
and rain coming down.
Polly Trot shut the clop and put
(Coitinued on third pa:-
uREAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
-
14i.7Bm OliANCE.;--For .sele or to rent a
' commodious trick store in the business,
.part of Men btteet, Seitforth.- Splendid statild,
.and comfortable dwelling . overhead. Will. be
-sold on very ow )erinsi one-fifth down d
baallOtt on time to sultPurchaser. • Apply. to
A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. - 10604
FARM FOR _SALE.—The south- 60 acrea
'Lot' 20, Concession' 18, township- Of
illop, •all cleared but about five- acre_ ,s well
derdrained.and In good condition. - There .1 •
good frame barn, stable and shed; a goad iireh rd
and plenty of water. For. particulars apply to
ROBERT MeM1LLAN, Roxboro, or byletter to
-ROBERT MeMILLAN Sr. box 166 -Seale h
• Sr., .
• • • - 1072t
of
OUSE FOR !MM.—The undersigned off nt
• the house for. sale opposite the Temp r-
anee Hall. The house contains 7 rooms, kitch n:
, and pantry; firstiolass stone cellar, good . w 11,
soft water cistern with pump in kitchen. Cor er
- lot and), contains one- quarter acre, all - no 1Y
- fenced.... Will be sold on easy terms of paYme t.
Apply at the house If not sold will be rent d
about October lst. HENRY SMITH,- Seafo h
P. O. ; - .
,• - 1078t
WARM IN MoKILLOP. FOR SALE —For s le
Or Will be exchanged for 50 time, Lot 4; .
Concession -14, • McKillop, containing 93 aor s;
about ' 72 cleared', 65 of ..which are free ,fr m
stumps- and svca underdrained and all si 11.
fenced; the bush is all hardwoodand black a ..
There - is a frame house, barn and stable, also a
large bearing orchard and asplendici well. It is
Within nine miles, from•Brussels andl eleven miles
from Seaforth, with good gravel. reads leadi
to each place; There is a School house oppos
the farm. For further particulars apply on t
premises or to Leadbury P. o. Tgom
GILGIN! . • ' . - . - - 108$x
.. ,
F Ant FOR SALE.—For Sale in Tuokersinit ,
• ' the farm recently owned by the . late W .
McConnell. . --It contains 97i acres of whi ••h
!about 85 are cleared and in a high state of, c I-
tivation.. There 38 a, good frame house; a lar
bank barn and all•othernecessaiy out•buildin
also a good Orchard. and. plenty of water,. t
- Bo„yfield river running through the place. It
an excellent farin either for grain or pasture; -
nearly adjoins the village of Egmondville and
within two miles of Seaforth. The farm will
sold cheap and on easy terms. -, For further pa
Maulers apply on the premises or to - JOHN lid
CONNELL Jr, Seaforth P. O. '' . ; 10754
7CIAR.M-FOlt SALE'.—For sale, the East h: i
..1: of Lot 6, South Boundary of Stanley, co
tainiag 50 Dorm about 46 acres cleared, 1 fr
from .stninps, . well underdrained„ well fence
and in -a good state Of 'cultivation. A eonifo -
• able dwelling house and lair barns and stable
iiPpen, where is 411 village conveniences.
A ! ood bearing - orchard and plenty of 'o
. spring a ater. It is within -C1 mile -and -a -ha / .
will be sold cheap. Posseslion given at .1in
time. Apply on the premiSee,•or to Kippen!
p. WM. -FLACK; . ' • ' .1065#
MUM FOR SAIvit IN GREY.—For sale, IL t
JJ No 12,• Concession 14; Grey, containing
100 acres, about 85 acres cleared and -mostly free
from stumps, and in a good state of cu1tivatioz.
The balanceIshardwood bush, unoulled: The
is a goad log house with frame addition an
frame ;barn. There is a good ' bearing, -yonn
orchard: There's a splendid never-failingsprin
near the house capable of -supplying ell the Wil
required OE the Farm. It is within five miles
Brussels, and. tweiniles of the village of Ora -
brook, and there hi a good school convenien .
Apply on the premises or to Cranbrook P;'.
NEIL DU.NCANsopr. - . 1085tf
-EIARM FOR, SALE—For sale, Lot 16,. Collioe, •
.12 • , sion 6, in the township of McKillop, count
01 Huron, containi 100 scree. About 84 tier°
' in a good state of e Itivation.. 'The remaining1
of which are eleare i well fenced, drained 11
acres IS well tiinbe ed. There is a good °mbar
and plenty of wate .. The • Buildings - are tram
and nearly new, consisting . of house with kit-
chen and woodshed; also barn with stabling an '
sheds. It is within six Miles of Seaforth, with
good gravel roads leading thereto, . Will be Sold
cheap and on easy terms. For further particular*
apply to M. MURDiE, Let 24, Concession 7, BieL
Killen, orA. FERGUSON, Lot 12,. Concession 1 .
McKillop, • - 1076i1
rg
200 f211En StignEs.ITit offVocriA s
In the County of II nron, being south half o
north half lots 25and0, and south hal/ of
in the 5bh concession;•containing 200 acres, mor
• or len, 125 acres mbstly clear of stumps and
a geed State cif " cultivation. -.There is a youn
bearing orchard; a good house and bank bar.
55x56 feet, with stone stable underneath. Th
farm is situated within a mile of the Village of
Brussels, and is a gOod-farm for . grain or stock -
raising,. as it le watered with the riverldaitland
and a never/idling spring creek. Possession
will be given at any time. For further partieu-
Ian; apply on the preniises, or to A..K. ROBERT-
SON, Brussels P. 0. • ' • 1028t1
ATALITABLE ,PR0PERTY FOR SALE... --For
V • eale, the 'residence at present occupied by
the Undersigned on 1Norili Main•street. There
is a coinfortable.fraMeresidence with all neces-
sary conveniences and a good stable, also 11
acres of lend which is all planted with van.
ions kindspf fruit and ornainental trees. It is
one of the most desirable residences- 'in town.
Alec. the house at present occupied by Mrs. Mur•
ray on the same street. This. house c,ontahleA
/
rooms with wood -shed and „ cellar, also a good
stableaud two good lots, well planted with fruit
• trees Both pro erties will be id h d
easy terms. Apply. to VVM. LEE, or to S.
STARK, at Latimer's shoe store, Seaforth..
I0444.f
p so c cap an on
OOD FARM FOSALE. —A splendid farm of
165 Acres On the 10th concession of Grey
will be sold cheap: and On very easy terms of.
payment. There are -about 145 acres cleared,
well fenced, all free from stumps.-- and well un-,
derdrained.. There :is a good inane !house, -
bank • barn with stone • stabling Underneath
to-
gether with other !good and necessary Out-
buildings, There is a splendid bearing orchard!
, and tbreenever failing wells. It is a within a
mile and three quarters of the prosperous vil-
lage of Brussels, one ,of the best markets In the
Province. It is one Of the best and most desir-
able farms- in thecounty and 'wilt be sold on
very my terms as the proprietor wishes to re.
tire. • Apply en the premises to the.prOPrietoi.
or to Box 30, -Brussels P. 0. JOHN HILL, •
- • ! - .•10504. f.
-DARN FOR SALE.—For sale, Let 22, On the
2nd Concession; of Stanley, .containing 100
-urea, Over 80 cleared,and in a good state of ea.
tivation • the balance is well timbered with hard-
wood. There 18 0, large brick house, good Mine
barns, sheds indatableo, and allhecessary
ins. There is a peal: orchard, and_ two never.
failing wells. It is .within six miles of Clinton,
eight from &Worth, and three from Brucefield,
•
with good gravel 'wadi leading to each place.
School convenient. • Itiwill be sold -cheap and on
easy terns. Apply On Lot • 24, Concession 8,
oanley, or toBrucefleld P.O. -.TORN GILMOUR.
' 100141. ,
QOOD FARM FOR SALE.—In oi-xit7r to close
the affairs of tile estate of the late W. G.
Hingston, the exeoutOrs offer the following very
valuable lands for ape.' First—North half of
Lot 80. concession 6;1 township. of Morris, e.
cutaoiuniiiiiRtyg. s..9A0LacEres. On this lot hi erected a g"d
_grave road clod adjoining the village of
-
or !Janne .Smnu,liaplor!odge-r. .f Middlesex
For prices and terms Ply to Tilos. IC Brus-
sels
with stonefoundation,, good ore id,
Brussele. This farm is a valuable one, s well
feneed and in a good state of tivation.
eels P. 0., HENRY JENNINGE,ViCtOHR qtiare P.O.,
well and ump. Nea ly all cleared,. and on
the
. .
OR TO RENT FOI FIVE YEARS.
•,--A first elms farm in the township of Turn-,
berry, being Lot 3 and part�f 4, in the - SOenth
Concession, contain' 107 acres, of which -103
are 'Cleared and in ' good state of cultivation
and. all free of Btu& , except ! Aleut 4 Ores.
A fine Orchard, a goodlame dwelling and large
bank balm. with fram driving sheds &c, are on
the premises. Th farm is well watered. • For
particulars apply to the proprietordn the
premises or to . Cowan; Wroxeter. JOHN
GEMMILL, Wr. eter P. 0. - 1092 tf
PLENDID/FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot
Ne.•:,8, on the 13th Concession of Stanley,
and the north part of Lot 7, on the same cones,*.
sion, con hung 162 Ores, of which about 189
are ole • d, free frem stumps, underdralned and
in a h' state of cultivation. The soil is a clay
loam The balance is well timbered with hard
w.... - There is a never -failing spring creek rim-
ni g through the place, and no waste land.
ere is a good dwelling , house,' large bank barn
) I
th Stone stabling and frame ArivIng honk, and*
other good out -buildings. There are two good
bearing orchards of the choicest trees including
apple, peach, pear, plum, &c. • It is conveniently
situated to schools, Ohurchee, and markets -
There are about 65 acres under grass and the
balance is ready for Viler' spring crop. There is
a -saw onlion the farrn, a bait interest in which
can be kid with the farm if desired. The whole
Property will be sold cheap and on easy terms,
act the Proprietor wishesto retire. Apply on the.
premises, or to Blake P. O. HENRY B. DETT,
WEILLER. 1080tf
GENTLEIVIEN
Eyes Front
Anialawataa,
:Royalton so,1888 •
ATTENTION J WOU-Rvet
uick Marchi
Popular Clothing an41 Gents' Furnishing
House, Oarnpbell's Block,
SA.PoiR,TsEc..
• Some of the finest ,.SUMMER -SUITINGS in the county ; priceecheap or
dear, to stilt your pockets and your tastes. A splendid selection of the very
Choicest Cloths of all kinds to choose from; Havilig_a practical knowledge of
rthIeTbaunsdinwesosr,kamndandsohiinp.gall my, own ntittingo '1 call guarantee satisfaction as to
GENTS' FURNISHINGS.—We baveas'lie" stock of Gents'
Furnishings as can be found in the county r -
4
• HATS AND CA Ps —Our Hats and Caps Shew for themselves.
We pay particular attention to this department.
. • pr Give us a calI, ivheth sr You buy or not: -It W0111 COSt'Anything, and you
merY Poke Money by it.
•
• Remember Campbell's Block, Campbell & Bright's Old Stand, Opposite the
Royal Hotel, Seaforth.. •
.;
•
Decorations.
ver 20,000 RA
NOW TO HAND
--AT..., •
•W. POSTS
BOOKSTORE,
-BMA. '710MTlit.
A
It will pay all intending pttealihaer
to see my line. Artistk designs sad
colorings in low-priced.goods,
Also large 'Iine of Cloth Window -
Shades and Fixtures.
WROXETER MILLS.
•111•IGHT. Alexander L. Gibson.
Begs to announce to the Public thit he hai cosi
mewed to operate the
WROXETER WOOLLEN. FACTORY,
And that hewill be prepared to give geed Til
otE.:41;.!
GROCEIES is at
,ONE D004 SOUTH OF THE POST OFFICE
Big reduction in the price of TEAS. Ten, pounds of choice Green
Tea for $3, usually sold at from .40c to 0, Oc per_pound.;
Ten pounds of Good Japan for $2, .Worth'30q per pou-nd.
My Teas are all fresh and new. No old goods in stock. A trial
solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed every time.
A full stock of General Groceries now On hand, and be sold
at small advance on cost New Currants and Raisins, just received,
and to, arrive, a choice lot of Malaga fruit, suitable for the Christmas
trade.
Highest price paid for Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
J. FAIRLY, SEAFORTEE
Arcgiala..::-gv$T•QAT
PORITT
These excellent Instruments have been before the public for the
last 60 years, and their ,durability,; fine' tow and power alone
have established- them in the front rank' 4. Pianos..
. , ,
BELI!S PIANOS AND ORGANSI
The Bell Piano is th.nost beautiful instrument made in Canada,
and hasallthe very lateit improvements,
The Ben gulf; are.too,well knoWn
praise. jai"• END FOR - CIACIThAlt
SCOTT 13
o require
SEAS
- For the past three months our buyers have b
And nobbiest goods to place before our customer
departments Results,..we are enabled this se
and better values than m any previous •season a
:to a larger trade.• 1 •- .
In -the following lines of goods take secon
light -prices, •-
FULL CLOTHS, •
TWEEDS, •-
UNION 'TWEEDS,.
• FLANNELS,
PLA1DINGS,
WINCEYS,
And Varietiesin
STOCKING YARNS.
. 41•••••••=•••••••
c•astom carding, Spinning and nil*
Promptly Attended to,
-Parties from a distance will. u faias_poUNe,
two their ROLLS IIQME WWI and ai
he has put the Mill into Good Working Order
and employs none but Efficient Werkmen,
.A.1.1 Work Is. Warranted.
jlEfilifilBER tHE WROXETER NUL
- ALEX. L. GIBSON,
Preprietor,
• ALLAN LINE.
.•••,MMEIMIM••••.•
Roya Mail Steamships.
Cabins—M.$60 and S70. IntertiOdlats,
'$80 ; return, $60. Steerage passengers are book.
•-ed to and from London, Queenstown_ , Derry,
Belfast and Glasgow at same rates its Liverpool.
If you are sending for your friends, we can fur.
nish you with prepaid passage certificate to
them from England, France, Germany, Sw
Norway. &c. Rates of passage always as low as
by any other line. • ; „ -
Fire, Life and Marine Insurance done ES usual.
. C. P. R. tickets issifid to Manitoba, British
Columbia, and all pointeeast., Baggage clocked
through to destination. -! -
$28,000 to loan from si to ei per cent. per
annum. Office—Market Street, 1007-
A. STRONG.
I 4
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B17188018 afro MN:
To Yarmers and Builders.
W. F. KELLY
01 the Brussels Mile Kilns, is now prepared to
supply any amount of.
GOOD FRESif LIME
For Plastering, Bricklaying or Stone Work.
I will deliver the lime in Seaforth or vleinibT for
18 cents per- bushel. Orders promptly 111•W.
if by mail, address
.•
W. F. KELLY,
1086tf • Brussels lame Werke
Commercial Union.
• While this is now the Great Question
in the Political Arena of Canada, the Inhabitants
of Londesborough and surrounding country Are
asking- Where can I get the best value for my
ft„ word in, their gown COME to
• - -
Adam's Emporium,
• Which is well supplied with
FALL AND WINTER 000DS.
Some extraordinary Values In TW DS, beau
ful and cheap DRESS GOODS, Great Varlet
FLANNELS, PRINTS and COTTONS, BOOT
• SHOES, RUBBER8 and Heavy spemzio
Winter use.
Special values in all kinds of Groceries,
(Highest Price for Butter and Egge.
TAILORING IN CONNECTION.
01114.RS
N, 1888.
4
eir on theIookout for the newest
for the fall trade in our various
son to show larger, more select
id we confidentially look forward
lplace, to none for good goods at
BLACK AND COLORED" DRESS GOODS
In Silk .and' Satin Fabrics, Mantling& Flann1els, 131ankets, dims, Hosiery,
weeds, Linens and Cottons,
EADY mApz LOTHING
In Men's; -Youths', end I3oys 1;1ats and Caps, -
CARPETS,:' OIL Cti4,01111S,
In our Millinery Department will again be found MISS MilDACIILIN_ (sup-
• reed by MISS GOVENLOCK), who gave sucl ! entire satisfaction ,during our
pring trade. 712-6-0-iiii be found. equally anxions to please this -fall season and
tter able, -being supported by S, more- magnificent. stock.' We cordially invite
e inspection of buyers to our large stock._ '
Es wo
Los,Kidd's Old St4ud, Seaforth
•
•
R•
_ADAM8i
Londesborongb;
• 1682
7 THE thAFORTH
COOPERAGE.
•The undersigned is now prepared to- reeeive
orders for any numberof first-class '
Apple Barrels and Buttr
Firkins,
I
„Also any other work In his line.- Apply at the
works, old Baptist Church, Sealant,
Dealersi and Packers 'talcing-large numben1
wlflbe very reasonably dealt with.
-
P.
10224f KLINKHAMIWER.
- •
• N0TI9E To DEBTORS.
IN•mi.mniam•
Ati persons indebted to the Estate of the lite
Mrs; John Kidd, by eithernote or hook account,
are requested tc.call at -the store and settle
same at once, by so doing will avoid f r
costs for collection, All accounts must be ram
in• order to settle the affairs of the Eetate.
• ANDREW KIDD, Seaforth;
20711
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