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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1889-02-15, Page 2''g'JRFWA°frVV,WCT,,,,,7 • , NY JO. • - Her name used to be Mary 'Ann, just plaint Mary Ann Connera, When she -was • a chatty child, but he; father and ' mother died and left her without a stitch; you know,. and the minister took her; took her to wait on the babies— there was a swarm of 'em—and ran the errands, and be useful; and it endecliby - his finding her too smart to waste, and eit- sent her to school. And then a fine • lady,:one of the, summer boarders, took a fanfey to Making a teacher ofher ; and : there she was at last, eighteen years old, pretty as a peach, graduated from a . flrst-elass seminary, with allabrts of fine manners, and signing her name Marian . Conyers. I can tell you, when Jo heard of it; he laughed -one of those mat laugh"; of his that mike you feel the •world's a good- place tolive in. Well, she come back to our place to be head of the aeademy, and the minister took her to board for a spell,' and the doctor took • her iitow, and one and another, is the teach! r was always boarded round in our place:; and bye and byeshe come to tuf; And if she give the rest of 'ern the same : doses of English grammar that she give us, they had a sweet time of it., Well, you can guess that by the time I knew she was coming to us I was pretty- well scared Of her. There was nothing, they said, she didn't know '. she could tell when there was going to be an eclipse a; true as the almanac, she spoke in Greek when . she was too excited for • Englieh, and as, for French, she talked them ell beautifully. There wasnothing she didn't do beautifully. Such -embroid- ery 1 It seemed_ as if the flowers in all • the colors that flowers blow were just throwed on the silk, and others all white on linen, like'. the frost flowers on the nh—it would make you think of the, hangings of the tabernacle. . And then the books she read ! My! I've heard tell of a. book some old wizardhad Where nobod not even himself, could read the pr ting, and he was the only man that qould teed the 'writing in --the mar —she was reading about it to, Jo one •n ght. Well, I recollect- thinking that was theeort of batiks Marian Con- yers r d ; but I heard Jo sity'after- wards they were only German, and Anglo axon, and such. - Bat to lookather! You'd never have dreamd that little prettykinwas the one they were talking about in this feeble --a- sweetbrier bud, an apple • blossom. When she went along_to-rneet-, ing in her White gown, with a littls . green scarf on her shoulders and her hat made 4 wild roses, you'd have said the was just a wild rose herself, only for • that sweet, serious sobriety that made her mein different from wild- rose 'Orli in general._ / used to think how proud her peer mother'd have been if she could just have lived to see her. But then,- if she'd lived, Marian 'd never have been, taken dare of and come to be head of the academy. And I caught myself wishing' more'n 'once that I had a daughter just • like her, and thinking that it my little Samantha 'ilheen strong enough to grow P up, rd have liked to educate her just -- that way. But lor i I suppose I ' shcluidn't. Samantha 'd have grown up. just like,Rebecca Brown and Miranda Salters and the rest, enly she'd have been mine ; Ana§ontehow'48 you get *long i& life, you. de feel asif a daughter of your own was D, nice thing, WAN Nally lb g#0$3fitry thing to hem J's all vary. midi 1 ITO mere than vary wall ; he's * &ma Qod----thst's whst he ie I Out - boy. -.t lest he wsts 0 bey WM. j •\bee six feet two nOw, andllreid.in VOa Dagen with & voiee thfitpts CAB osr - &arose the field . where - ha's plowing. But for .fill- that, when 'need 14 tio e Almost is tender as • & AVOttialii and need - is pretty often ift our house ever since I had th ' fall that's kept me nearly.help-. in less in y chair, where the most I esti - do is ju t to order that shiftiest Marthy . Collins about, and see to it that she • t keeps things jes so, And you better be bound 4 do. - • . Well,kis you may suppose, I sort o' - dreaded, the day Marian Conyers was to come- to oar house—not, you know, the leastest nite in the world on account of Jo. Sh wouldn t a -looked at -Jo, of course, says. She was meat for his betters ministers and professors and teacher and all that. Jo's being a - beauty —if a man can be a beauty—a,nd a regal wouldn change her way of looking at -i afraid of nothing; r hero, • _ . .. things, .1 He was a -beauty, and at here in my eyes ; bnt I'M a 'doting old mother, and doting old Mothers' geese are always swans, you know. But yet the frame _ and shotilders of an Anak, -a great head covered with a shock of brightcurling lair, nose.and mouth like the things you see cut iii marble' . eyes. like blue fire just exactly, and his forehead so white you nev r minded the freckles on the , - rest of the face --.-at least I didn't — and they wer a myriad,though, as I say; I'm - his mother., No, I wasn't a mite, scared on Jo's ..acceent. Jo hadn't much opinion of i girls that got to:be above themselves either. He'd lookat her, I . t the first thing I made up . _ was stir is just a piece of affectation; and she' look at him as a clod -under foot, my mind to was that I wasn't going to • call her Miss Conyers, nor any Marian - either. Td known her plain Mary Ann - Conners.; and plain Mary Ann Conners shexwas' going to be to the end of the chapter ntit that anything could make. that lit le creature plain.' She was a' picture when she come down 'stairs in ' that pink muslin of hers; with the great bunch of white -weed in the belt of it. And she was just ns much a picture . when 8141 come, into the kitchen next mornirr in a skirtand sacque, and asked• 31arthy Collins to lend her a flat -iron to press that pink mudiu out: - for she'd been down the yard the night before', telling Jo the names of some of the stars, and the dew had taken out the stiffen- ing. . Bt it was as fresh when she put it on again next night as if it had just • -. dome °atef the shop. :Now Where 'cl shelearn ironing? Some things come by nature to some people. . _ - . • It was astonishing the • interest Jo be- gan to take in the stars about that time. I didn't know he'd ever seen the dUTer. enee between the mirth star and Ben's lantern. Btitthere he was down to the gate era ing his neck to see a star they called Lyre, or some . other way to see the Swan fly down the Milky Way, as she call d it, or . else—yes, there was a 'comet iz the north that summer, and she hadpny chair wheeled out to see it, . . and had a shawl round me, and had me - down tci the gate, ' where I hadn't been ' , for years. I began to -,feel that if she -stayed long - enough I should get to knowing something too—maybe Greek, • for all X could say-; for, I tell you, we had a regular school -ma'am in the house l Tkir HURON EXPOS).TQ.R. FEButtny 15,1819. • and no mistake, and we -had to look to our p's and les. The first thing I kiwi' she Wait askingif she might have is desk in the keeping -room, and there was a cut -glass inkstand and pen -tray on it, and enough paper to shingle a meeting- house ;', and she . told us we were all, welcome to use what we wanted, for she was teaching Marthy Collins to write,' odd hours in the kitchen. I don't know when I'd written a letter before, but,I had my chair wheeled right up to that 46111 and I • .spelled out a letter to my cousin Janet, though I didn't rightly know if she Was dad' or alive. Some- how it didn't lookithe way the teacher's letters did.' - I'd scrimped Janet's name down into one coiner, and got a great Sumach from my thumb where I'd sealed it ; and I was turning it . over and look- ing at it, kind of. dissatisfied, and she said to me, she said, 1' Shall I address an envelope for you ?". "The- cover ?',.' says I. "1 guess ilen.;, I've got guniip enough for that niy! "What a singular word 1" says she. "1 don't think I ever heard, it. I wonder from what it can be derived ?" "Gumption, maybe," says I, rather short, "Some folks has it, and some folks ain't." - ' "Do you mind. my telling you," says' she, 16 that—that in England, you know —and England, of coUrse„-is_the se roe of our language—they- don't sayin't I They say haven't." " Well," said I, "they. do i1Amer- 17 - . - ice." • f . • 7 - - "Perhaps they used to 4do so in America," she said. "But- people who like to be correct -don't say- ain't here now. In fact there is no such word." ,• "Ain't no such word ?"says I. "Well, that's nonsense. There is, You ' just heard me say it." , She laughed a little. "Now do you know," says I "that laugh kind o' riles me?" ' • ' I " Oh no, - indeed," she said. " You must not let it. I meant nothing, I Only laughed because you • really seemed to be unanswerable there." • " Rather had you," I said. - "Now," .said she to me presently, "don't yea really think it's well to speak your own language as the nicest people. ' do? Yes ?_ But you say that rather grudgingly. Still, I know'you do. You are proud and ithibitious--" Well, if I ever 1 - The little midget 1 "And you see," she werit-oli,-" I've had advantages given me that I never expected to have; and it only seems fair thatI should pass them , on. And so.if you'll let me, and Won't be offended, 1-1—" - . . . :." You'll give me the right word when I Say the :wrong one? Well I don't know as rmind. I don't want tq mortify Jo. And I dere say he'd likei to have his mother about the correct thing. But _then youknow it's hard teaching an old dog new trieks ; silk gowns don't grow on a brier -bush. - , "There" said she, " to begin with, adages) proverbs„ phrases like those-,- they—they—" -- ,- "They're not the cheese? I don't see why." • 1 . - - "1 don't know," says she, "if they are in any worse taste than that last, %VW has cheese to do with proverb?) 7" "Oh, l'nfafre,14, Mary Ann onners," says Ir with a oniff, "that __yo *re too_ Bag for me by * long ohalk." She laughed, And-- if you'll b liovo it, thug she. kissed ma, "Now rou'ro _offandad,11 said she, "And you 010 you wouldn't be . - - `41, And I Sint," said 1 " I fillet s. hit offontiod, But you just soO it's no "I'm of no note osid she, " if alter all my pains and stnity I can't- dorm s little matter of unsuitable s eeoli in those shout .me." ., . . " Well, now, Ill tell you what" said 1.-, "You try it on withje. Ile's young - and got life before him, and I've got one foot in the grave, - and grammar don't matter there. ,Iguess the Lord won't ask MO if I talked right; but if I done right." - . . 1There'sno reason whyyou shouldn't de both, And "done i ' s wrong, any- way 1" she said, kind of worn Out. " Well, that's the first time I ever heard that," says L "1 suppose you'll be Saying there's no such word as 'clone! either, when you know very well that potatoes are done, altd work is done. I done - mine keg ago, while that lazy Marthy Collins '11 never—" But -just then Jo came in with -a nest of young birds whose mother had been killed, and - at the sight of the little blindgaping mouths we forgot grammar, an present- ly the school -mistress had a hard-boiled egg Mixed with pounded cracker crumbs and was pelting it down those little nd fairly nestlings wo pink ad as, she eid never o a bobo- without throats on the end of a match,. flattering and brooding the with her rosy chin and her hands, • and Jo was just as was ; you'd have thought that crushed his broad foot down o link's nest in the medcler-gras thinking, .. 11 Jes see them little things 1 ' he cried once when some feathers had begun to coute_on them. "Those little things," said the school- tria'am. " Well," said he, "them or those. What's it matter? Little things, any; vo.y. a , • - • " VVhy, it matters a great deal," said she. " We have a language—a very fine and noble language; it's' our duty to preserve it. It is wrong to mutilate it." - 1 4 - it Duty 1" said JO with a laugh. 11 Wrong !" t ' "And besides that," said s ple think more Of you. And have bought the High Fields 11 e, peo- hi% you and -the Broad Acres, and hav-e__the la gest hay cm of any one in the comity, and peo- • ple are ceiling you 'Squire,' ityill be a pity not to be able to speak E glish, "1 vum _!" said.•,Jo. "Don t I speak English ?" I Not always'," said she, w th a sort - of roguish smile, and dropping her great ' eyes quickly. f Well," said Jo, "1 ushurally 'speak to the purpose, and you'll find that's as good as English." - "So it is,' said she; "but]nglish is geed too." 'I' Anybody'd :13130Se I talked Chinese, to.hear you talk." , But, on the Whole, Jo took it in good part ; it would he hard work for a man not to take in geed part the in erest, as yon'may call it, of such a pretty little piece of the Lord's handiwork as she was. And one day, se I was wheeling myself about the house, I found, in the little mem off the kitchen where Jo keeps his tools and accounts and ledger, a new - book. If you'll believe me t was an English rammer ! Well, I took it up, and tried to read a page or -tWo *Pelf ;. it might just as well have been Greek or Hebrew. I -puled Over it days -while she was off to the aesdetny and Jo out in the fields, but I couldn't make head nor tail of it, and when I laid, it down at last for.. good and all, I found that JOe'hadl given it -up 00, for; it wasn't dog-eared any more than the &et day. He must have shut it up perfectly _desperate. But there was hisold,history 'book and -hisgeography, and .they was thumbed to pieces; and sure enough there was a new book wit pictures of the stars in it, and he'd never said moth: iag to. nte about it, and AI gone a con- siderable way in it, and •he'd -Washed his hands regularly before opening ittnat was plaid—at if it was somethingsort of sacred'. Well, well, well; Mary Ann Connors ! And she might as Well have fallen in Wye With one, Of the eters of heaven themselves. • • But, on the whole, aftercarefUlwatch- ing, it didn't really seem is if Jo had fallen inAove. Hedidn't wear his new Clothes; he didn't tryany way at all to make/ himself -seem, any better, -.any different. He washed his face and hands and tumbled his lair into wet curls at the pump every night before he ,'came to supper! but then bed always done that, and I couldn't see any living change at all, except, his bringing in of birds' eggs and _butterflies and(tree- toads and the going out after dark to studithe stars with the school-mistrass-, as if he'd made up his miad-to be a see Captain. 'I wasn't sorry, if he didn't care for her; for I'd -rather made Up my mind that she was one Of the kind that lead a man on, and then stare him in the face at lait and wonder -what he; Means, as innocent as -a batty, and as cold as an iceberg and as treacherous a; a snake. If she'd tried that game on my Jo, I didn't know bnt I'd kill her. But, land alive! while I was,. thinking these very !thoughts there was a draught Mewing on the back of my neck; and I was laid up next day with cramps enough to drive you wild. It was a holiday, and that little thing stood over me the whole day. long, wringing cloths out of scalding hot Mustard Water, and rubbing and smooth- ing and goodness, knows whet- and all, till at last_I got relief, and he fell sound asleep standing upagainst the bedpost. Well, I felt grateful; but I recollect that just as one of the, worstspasmaid pain seized me I cried out, "Oh, :niy good. nese 1" and says she, "1 don't suppose you know that's. an oath." And at. another time I says, 11 Oli„ I -hadn't otter be made to suffer so 1" and she; correct- ed me, ell _mild as _milk : "You Mean you Orter not," says she. And you know -when a person is minding your pain you ean'tin decency. mind their • minding your grammar coo. • , But though all•thici nagging bothered - me a little, I see at la -fit that it bothered Jo a good deal: She Might know Greek. and Hebrew, but he knew weed -craft and field ways anclnature:-, If She nue* the ways of the stars, • be knew the ways of the earth, and he set one against the other. And the next time she said, . "-Oh, not you was—you . - " You was, or -you were 4. -the mean- ing's plain, ain't it ?" said he, • " Isn't it," said she,. " or is it not." By king. In Raid Jo, 41.1 blieve jfa feller *skod you if you ivarn't never going to marry him, 'you'd correct his speech NOMO- wsp". - "Cortslnly," -she answered, " Bo.- oause, you know, =two negatives make an affirmative, and I should not know' 'whether ho wanted Hutto nierry him or not if ho sokod that way," $ho did look, pretty enough to make any. one %Int her thstininuto, smiling and showing her-. little, pearls -of teeth, her @beaks like -My oldifashletted damask roses,' and" hor great ityes looking the Way stars do whim yOur..01VU eyes ate full of tears,Jo turned red wayup above his eyebrows. —his white forehead that I never saw -a blush on 'before. - But I Oppose that was because PA told him what she said once into Mitendy's that -there .warn't no power on earth 'd temptherto marry a man that:didn't know- more'n she did' herself; she couldn't think Of anything painfuller ; there warn't no . power'd make her blush for her husband—and alithat sort of talk, •- • - One morning Jo said to her, says he; "Was You ever down: to - the - Still. Water ?". • "Was your says the. 4" Well, then, be .you going theta with me to -day," 7 -4 *. "Worse and worse! 'Be' you.?" she isaid, with a half reproachful : sort Of laugh., • "Tut says JO. Was you" or 'be you'—it don't make no 40T -ranee. - Don't try to make a silit pus_out'n a sow's ear with' me. - Only—I am going to the Still Water, and if you'd like to go along you can Come:" • "Says she, "I'll go.": They didn't go that night, though' are it happened, forthe ministercome. And: he sat down and began to talk . about the moon and the tides, and the fites,•' and the Greek theatre, and he and` the school mistress had some different 'cleat about the shape of.the place, and where- ahonts_it was that what thef called the, chorus sat, and it lot more I didn't un- derstand either, Btit Jo, - he up and says, says he. "It appears, them feler's was pretty mtich like we are. They liked a coinfortable time, and didn't want to be troubled with no. feilin's. They liked to set easy, .jets as we Nike do, and see other folk's feelin's pictured Without feelin' 'em—set easy - and I.see, theprocession go-.by—the procession of•-•, ' . - "Of violent -passions and ''emotion and actionsTsays the minister." • " jes so: Goin'. t� the theatre kind -of looking in the looking -glass and seeing of ourselves tuckered' out -in fancy dresses without the troubte of putting on and taking Off, and/ that's what it was, on the scale of hi deeds, to them old Greek fellers; 1only the fancy dresses our folk like are froVol- ous .concerns; and the ' fancy dresses them old fellers liked was great -deeds and mighty passions." We'd just finished dinner the next day, and the door was en, and. there stood a hungry tramp': and I 'filled a plate and told Marthy Collins to 'feed him; and he ate as if he'd never eat be foreand never :expected to again. 1" never dare to let them go by,"' . said 4.. I remember my mother: used to 'kr she might be entertaining angels t awares:--•" • - "Sort of trampithat came to Ab a - hem's tent, you know," said Jo.: "And I don't want the Lord to be able to say to me, 'I was annupgred and ye fed Menet.' " "Well," she answered, Pyou knew that He said, Cast your -bread upon • (Continued on third page.)' . REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. , ARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, part of Lo—r's 29 and '80, ConcessiOnl, McKillop, containing 50 acres, all cleared, well *wed and in good state of cultivation, Buildings fair. There is a good orchard and plenty of water. 'rhis farm is within tiro lots of the corporation of Seaforth. ItwilI be sold cheap and on easy terms- Apply on the premises or to Seaforth P. O. DAVID DOR,RENOE, Proprietor. 1090-12 .EIOR SALE OR TO RENT.—Fifty acres of good land, unclerdrained and in a good state of cultivation, being east half of Lot 29, Concession 17, Grey: There is on'the 1 rin one of the best wells 'tithe section, also ten acres- of hardwood. Aliso for sale two registered hee,vy -draught entire colts, One and two y ars old ,respectively. Bothoolts took first prize at the East Huron Exhibition. Aptly on Lot 13, Con - .cession 14; McKillop, or to Walto P. O. THOMAS ROE. • 11034 OR SALE' OHEAP.7-For sale, East half of Let 7, South Boundary, Stanley, contain- ing 50 acres, of which about 44 acres are cleared, free team stumps, well fenced and in a tate of goodcultivation. There are • 5 acre of fall wheat and 10 acres fallplowed. There' s a good new frame barn and plenty of wa r. This feria is about two miles from .Kippe and is good for 'either pasture or grain. T S very. reasonable, Apply to JOHN TROYE , Hills Green. • , • 698ti - ;_— ESIDENOE IN SEAFORTH FORALE.— For sale, cheap; the comfortable a d pleas- antlY situated residence, font erly occ pied11ils:z- the later -Mrs. B. Fisher. The house is in class repair, having been newly roofed t is sum- mer and contains a Parlor, Dining Ito , chen and our Bedrooms, besides CI ate and wood-shed.There is hard and soft wat r in the • Kitchen. Also a nice garden wel plante4 with' various kinds of • Frult trees. It is pleasantly situated near the business part of tho toivn. For • Office, Seaforth. . further particulars apply' at Tills EtirosrrOit 085t1 VARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 16, -• Mon 6, in the township of McKillop of Huron, containing 100 acres, About of which are cleared, well fenced, drai Comes-- cbuntY acres ed and. in a good state of cultivation., The remalning16 - - acres is well timbered. There is a 'good Orchard and plenty of water. The Buildings are frame and nearly new, consisting of house with kit- chen and woechihed ; also bent With stabling and 'sheds. It 19 within six miles of Seaforth, with good gravel roads leading thereto. Will, be sold cheap and on easy Units. For further particulars epply.to M. MURDIE, Let 24, 'Concession 7, Me- Killop, or A. FERGUSON, Lot 12; Concession 7, _ • 076tf . • OOD FARM FOR SALE—'or No. S„ Concessien 7, 'Mullett, containing 60 acres, all cleared, well fenced, underdrained, free from stumps and in a high state Of mitt- vation, There is a good new !ram& holm, . with stone Cellar, a good frame barn and other our. buildinge. There is a good orchard and two good wells. It is Within half a mile of K1n-7 burn, where are stores, schools, chtirehet, shops, -Std., and about six miles /Yam Seaforth. There". are38 acres 'Mowed and ready for crop. This is a °Wee farni and will be sold 0 eap or rented to a good man for a .term of five ' years.5 Apply on the premises Of to . Constan e P. O. H. OOLCLEUGH.- • - 1102 tf 200.=OR SALE.—A fl st-clasi CagrirerAfirein the triwnship of Morris, in the COunty -Of Huron, being south half of north half lots 26" and 20, and south half , of 26 in the 5tb concession; containing 200 acres, more or 'esti, 125 acres mostly clear of stumps and in a good,state .of cultieation. There is a young bearing orchard, is, good house and bank barn 65;06 feet, With stone stable underneath. The farm is situated within a mile of the Village oi Brussels, and is a good farm for grain or stock raising, as it is watered with the river Maitland and A ,never -failing spring creek. • Possession will be given at any time .For further particu. lars apply on the premises, or ta A. K. ROBERT. SON, Brussels P. Q. , , , . 1,028-tf , . 1 _ ATALUABLE' • -PROPERTY FOR SALE. , V - sale, the residence at present occupied the undersigned on .North Mainatreet. is a comfortable -frame residence with all Sall* conveniences and a gond, stable, acres :of land which is all planted with Wins kinds affnit and ornamental treee.i one of the; most deSirsble_ residences in Moe the bongo at present oceppied by Mrs, ray on tho -mum street', Tina neffee .0e rOOma ivith Weed-APAI and easy, 14$9 stabic and tiro good Jo o, won plotoct with tress,. Both promtiod will ha NOld tbecy easy Wins, Apply. to IVA LEO, . or RTATili, at latinior's shoo store, foetal* 9001) NUM FM SALE—Iii ordor tho Mfg of Ms *Ms of tho Jot r ngoton, tho amoutoro odor the Moil raluablo lahdo for 'oak, First—North EA go, 00i1110110B i, . township of Mot ktiolitired miss, On fhb, lot fs emoted frame -nem With stone foundation, good d wolf and pintsp,' -Nearly all &Jared, an Hut gravel road clog* ediefnine the vil nrusrels, -This farm is a valuable One, fenced and_ In a good state of eillt 'or prices and tents -apply to TtioS,Raf,f, 5151SIP. at }WRY 4ThICNINOtc Victoria iikitia 7.....JA14...SS, &Will Maple Lodge P. 0., Mb' County. - - --- --,For by ',There neces- also: lj . van. It is town, Mur. taiga 0 a4 good fruit and an to 8, oloss W, CI, g vary half -01 s, eon, good ohard, lo on ago of o : Weil Vationi, , Brno, e P.O.; dlesex 808 , VOR SALE OR TO RENT FOR FIVE X ---:-A that chits farm in the township o berry, being Lot 8 and part ef 4, in the z 0one:elision, nontaining mg ..acres, of wh are 'cleared and in a. good state of Oul and all free of stumps, except about A fine orehard, ix good frame dwelling an bank barn , with frame driving sheds 4;64 li the pram ses. The farm is well watered. particulss apply - to the , -proprietor - premises or - to J. Cowan; Wroxeter. LiEMMILL, Wroxeter P. O.: . - 1092 -- EARS. Turn. eventh eh 103 ovation acres. ' large re on For n the JOHN tf •„- . , SPLENDID FARM FOR SALE.—For s No. $, on the. 13th Concession of S and the north part of Lot 7, on the same non, containing 102 acres, of which ab are cleared, freely:int stumps,- underdrali in a high State of cultivation. The soil is foam. ' The balance is Well timbered wit wood. • There is a never -failing spring ere sing through the place, an no wasti rhere is a good &veilinghou e, large bai with -stone stabling and fran� driving heti ?ther good out -buildings. Chere are tw bearing orchards of the eh lout trees in apple,. peach, pear, plum,/&c. It is conve lituated to schools; churches, and • ni rhere are about 65 ac es under grass a balance is ready for fall or spring crop. saw mill On the far 1, a half interest in :ante esnd with the farm if desired. Th4 property Fill be so d cheap and on easy is the Proprietor wishes to retire. Apply premises, Or to ake P. O. HENRY A. WEILLE ' • 1 .4 . . le, Lot anley, owes. ut 139 ed and a, clay .hard k rum. land. k barn ie, and good lucling iently rkets, d the iere is *hid' whole terms; on the ETZ f30tf - DARN FOK. SALE...--Tbe-Executors .12 Estate f the late Wm. Mooney, Jeceitsed,in w offer the following valuabl for sale, vii: The north half of Let 27 a west half' f the north hall of Lot 28 both 3th Concession- of the township •of , t pounty f Huron, containing 150 acres 1.10 acres are -cleared and in good- condition, peat .- part being in grass. The balance inil? red !chiefly with beach and maple. !ars favorably situated within one i th village of Brussels Which affords an ex Inarket, !There is upon the premises !ran3e barn and house an orchard of !emit trees,"a never failing spring, also well and pump; and good fences. This p ;'ill be sold in one or two parcels to suit i purchaser's, :Purchaser will be alto inter and have use of house on premises Ante after harvest and to do fall ploughii Cli possession will be given at first No 'ext. For terns and particulars apply. indersigned Executors, or to JOHN 310 squire, Brussels, Ont. Dated Brussels .8t .-,. -1888. ' GEORGE CARDIFF and HCKSON._Execute- rs. •- , 1 of the quire, , lands d the . in the Orris, About the is well This ile of ellent, :good choice good perk iterftf.ng •ed to t any g; and ember o the r NEY, !lune W. B. 72tf - DARK FOR SALE --For sale, that i IC - improved forth. - being the ',treat luable al* ni Lot 18 and the east half of Let 19, in he ilth 'concession and the . southerlyportion o Lots 18.and 19,1 in the IOth concession et the Town: ship of MeKillop, containing 150' acres o land, all cleared but about 15 -acres eovere with hardwood bush and two acres with cedct • The farm is well underdrained and in a goo state of cultivation and well -watered by two we Is and a, never failing spring and is well fence with board, wire and rail fences. - There a 1 two acres of good bearing orchard upon the lands, also a comfortable two-storey concrete house 24x30 with a two-storey kitchen -16x28 and a frame woodshed 18%24, also a baro up' o ly six years 70x44 -with stone foundation and s abling underneath, also a straw shed and sheep -house 30x80 with stone foundation and stabling nder- neath and an implement house 24x8 The farm is situated about bait a mile from hurch and school and one mile and a half from Post , Office, blacksmith shep, store, _flour m" 1 and .saw mill and six miles and a glider fr m the ton n of Seaforth, with a good gravel ros lead- ingthereto and is well adapted for either grain or stock raising or both.. For furtherpMau- lers - apply to DAVID TYERION, Winthrop P 0.. JOHN W. TYERMAN, Seaforth, or to F. HOLMBSTED, Barrister, Seaforth. 1101 tf ' • The TW 4f cost ntreal House, Seaforth. EAT CLEARING O. Al, Whipmy. 8 AN. STOVE AND FURNISHINC SALE ITOTTSM, Tripp PILA.S.111- w is your chance to get good Staple Goode at bargain prices. ckis still large and well assorted; rgains in Every Department e •would mention especially DRESS GOODS 1 and those DS that people are carrying off daily. Come and see' them. ood piejes of 75c goods still at 50c, also '$1 'Tweeds at 754 veral lines of Fancy Wool Goods to be cleared, regardless o enty per cent. off all our MApE HING. . • This Will make. if a oed red Clothing b ttom Prices. • - - / pic-nle for you. by, our !own. Tailors: at Always the Cheapest. oan Dupoala• Seaforth. uto by Harry J. Scott, No. 2, Whitney' Biock. - yorated Balsam of AS A SURE •SAFE AND SPEEDY IRMS/1 .. It i not a specific for all diseases' to which nal is heir, but for the cure • f Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness .or Incipient Con- sumptio it possesses truly wonderful Tlrtue,s ; with nine out of ten, who use t According to directions it acts like a .charm, removing all irritatio healing the ulcerated membrane, and leaving the throat and bronchia tubes in a perfectly healthy and natural condition. The Con- stant an steady, sale at home, as well as the increased demand from other places,prove the correctness 9f this assertion where it is Once known people will have it. Price, ZO cents per bottle,. For sale every- where, and wholesale and retail by -the manufacturers, •tYMSDEN:&iLSO, CHEMISTS. AND DRUGGISTS SCOTT'S BLOCK MAIN -ST., SEAFORTH, For Year's • W.are oflering the balance of otir stock of 'the elebrated Radiant Home *Coal Stove, HAPPY THOVOHT RANGES" • • • - Odoking and Heating Stoves, and Stove Boards at .greatly redued prices.- . • „ • If you are in need of any kind of Stove, -call and examine our :stock. d's Hardware d Stave House, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. • Seaforth, . Ontarw. We are offering Bargains in Coal & Wood Parlor 8toues, All Stoves Gilaranteedi A full line of McOlary'sTammis Stoves, For which we are Sole Agents. Great Bargains in Table and Library Lamps, 0. M» WHITNEY,:. • SEAFORTIL SEAFORTH CarriageWorks, John Smith & Sons Having leased the commodious premises -re-3v 'whey occupied by Mr. M. Pans% On Main Street, Seaforth, are now prepared to carry :on the • ' Wagon Carriage WIALIMING- _ BuBines In ail its branches. They are getting - up a lot a neat and durable s Cutters and Sleighs _ I which wilrbe ready for use this season. Vehicles of all kinds will he kept oonstantly- on hand. Repairing of every description promptly attended to. Having had long experienee in the In:wine:A .and being themselves practical workmen, and , wer.-known to the people of this vielnity, they hope to receives libendshare of Finnic paloan- age. Parties desiring a rig of any kind should giv us a calibefore purchasing elsewhere. John Smith & Sons,- JOON szuorm REMOVED TO New_ Premises, ROBB'S POPULAR dROOERY SEAFORTH, Has been removed to the large and eommodion store in Campbell's Block,lately occupied by Mr. : James Pickard, Main Street, Seaforth which has been fitted up specially for the busi- neu. Having largely increased acoommodation, they are new better prepared than ever before to give satisfaction to their ciistomers- The Stock of Groceries Is very eomplete, -comprising everything usually found in -a first-class grocery storeand all our geode are FRESH AND NEW, while our prices are certain to give satisfaction. Just try our TEAS and our "HOLIDAY FRUITS. They are very good value. FLOUR AND FEEll • A full stock. kept conetautly on hand. - The highest market pries in cash paid for good dressed hogs, • tar Remember the plane — First Grocery BMW -Of the corner of- Main and Croderieh Streets, CAMPBELL'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH, THE BEST: Blackberry. !cordial - For Diarrhoea, Summer Complaintr— Cholera, Infantum, Dysentery, and generally relaxed eondition of the Bowels -it allays vom- Ring, acts as an astringent without producing costiveness midis so pleasant to the taste that children talce it readily. PRICE, PREPARED BY 25 Cents, • J. S. R013EpTS, OARDNO'S BLOCK, Next Door to X. R. Counter's Jewehy Store: Roberts' Pleasant . 'WORK SYRUP. Is the most effectual temedy on the Market fog the expulsion of Worms of all kiwis; .11,nd 1. pleasant to take that Children ask formore. Try a' Bottle and be convinced. PRICE PREPARED BY • 25 Ceritsi, 3. S. ROBERTS, Chemist & Druggi'st, „ Seaforth; * 0 :231