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NAI3BY'S HUSBAND.
A knock at the squire's front door.
An eager "come in" froni the aqui
to whom an outside diversion is an
estimable boon, he having just reach
• that unoomfortable stage of mascot
convalescence when life becomes a b
den not may to the soltalled patien
„ himself, but also to, those unlucky fe
inine relatives whose duty it is to o
ciate as " ministering angels."
Mary, the servant, came in.
"Please, Mr. liosley,:there's a w
man down stairs who says she must
you. She's been here before since y
were sick, and new she won't take
. for an answer."
- - "-Show her right up, Mary," said t
squire, alertly, brightening up visibl
like the war-horse that scents the batt
afar off. Not all the cosy comforts
his surroundings, the "Sleepy Iloilo
nes." of his easy chair, the pleas&
pictures on the wall, the wood fi
which, now that the wintry twilight w
settling down over the bit of gray s
left visible by the curtain's heavy fold
danced and flashed all over the room
• rosy shadows!, could reconcile the aqui
to his enforced seclusion. . Secretly
pined for hit dingy old den of an offi
and chafed at the doctor's, restriction
which as yet forebade all thought
business. But now the moral poli
force, represented by . his wife an
dila:letter, being off duty, there wa
nothing to prevent hig seeing this pro
&his client ,
"Show her Ike Mary," maid the squir
cheerfully, itraightening himself, an
assuming as much of legal dignity ea
dressing -gown and slippers permitted.
Mary disappeared. Presently th
- door opened egain. "Why, Nabby,
said the squire, "ht it you? How do yo
do V"
"Yes, spire, it's me."' said. Nabby
dropping down with a heavy sigh into
a chair; tend I don't do very well." '
Webby was a short, squarely buil
:woman of fifty, with considerable era
in the coarse, black hair drawn back un
der a bonnet ebout fire years -out o
date. - She haallshOrp, black eyes, and
resolute go-ahead manner. Evidently
bard working woman; yet in looking a
her you Could not help the conviction
. that something more than hard work
had plowed the deep wrinkles which
ran across her forehead, and threatened
to lift her eyes up to. hair.
. Webby had lived with the squire's
. 'mother fifteen years—from the thve
when Mrs.- Hosley took' her in, a ten-
year old orphan, who wag, as the good
lady ecenetimes expressed it, "more
plague than profit," until she grew into
the steady and -reliable hand -maiden,
who finally,. with every one's good
wishes married, Josiah Gould, and let
up for herself :1
Old Mrs. Healey had long sines gone
to her reward, but the family still kept
up a. friendly interest in Webby and her
fortunes, the squire in particular being
her "geide, philosopher and friend," in
all emergencies of life.
" Why, what's the Matter now, Nab.
by r stid the squire good-naturedly.
"Are you sick?"
"Yes, lam," said Webby; emphatic-
ally, with a snap of her black eyes.
.,99 I'm sick to death of Josiah, can't
stand it any longer, and I've come to
talk to you about getting a divorce. You
see he's. been - growin' worse now for a
good while. I've kee it to myself pretty
much, becaussa was ashamed on't, and
then 1 kep' hopin' he'd do better. I've
, talked and talked to lim,..and seictand
done everything a woman could, but it
seem as if the more I talked the wore!)
he grew."
The squire looked at Nabby's -sharp,
hard face, and perhaps was hardly so
surprised as Nabby expected, that Jo-
siah had not heen reformed by the rig-
orous 9f talking to "he had undoubtecity
received.
,kitchen now slotted could not fend off
t the drearinote. of the 'night. The rain
"tapped with ghostly fingertips on the
76 windotrvine," and ' the wind howled
and walled around the house like the
' Write of the lost pleading to be taken
into human life and warinth.t Such
wind stirs, even in the happiesthearts, a
vague sense of loss, of change, of all
that goes to make up the unsatisfactori-
.. nets of life. „Dead sorrows. creep forth
" from their graves on such nights, and
stalk up and down the echoing
• hers of the heart.
.6 Webby could not help wondering
where Josiah WII8 to-nighit wak so
9 lonely sitting there .with no one to
speak to, listening to the moaning of
the' wind,. the creaking of the: blinds
and the loud ticking of the clock.
"And Thanksgivm' a-comia'" thought
,
shall have." , :-
The wind wailed and _wailed, and
and Webby thought. The very thought.
of having freed her mina to the s%uite
had relieved her long pent.up indigna-
tion, and now she felt more .ad than
angry. Up before her seemed to rise a
picture of her life; the youthful dreams
and hopes, the chances and disappoint -
mead, the love turned into wrangling.
She even thought of Josiah with pity.
For the first time she put herself in his
-place, and realized how almost impos-
sible it was for one of his weak nature
to resist, the temptations which would
cost a stronger will an effort "I'm
afraid rife been a little too sharp with
Josiah," thought she. "I've sorter took
it for granted I WIN a saint _and he a
sinner, and scolded him _right along
down -hill, A nice Mat -/ 11111 j As
proud and high strung as' Lucifer -him-
self Oh dear I" said Nabby; "a pretty
mese I've made of living 1 If could
go back and begin over again, it seems
to me things would go better."
Just then there was a faint noise like
the clicking of the door -latch. • Webby
started and looked round. All was still
again—no one was visible. Yet Web-
by could not rid herself of the-. impres-
sion that some one was neat her, that odd
aense we have of another's individuality
• near us though not present. .
"There's some one hangin' round here
I know,"said she to herself. -•'• • '
Webby was MD Who always met
things half -way; Accordingly she
walked to the outside door, and opening
it quickly, peered out into the datknees.
There .stoo4 'Josiah — wet, , sheepish,
sorry. Once he started to/go in, but
his courage -failing, he / lingered in
dubious hesitation on the door step.
"Why don't you come in, Josiah?"
said Nabby. -
: "I don't knew's you want me,Nabby,"
replied Josiah, with a little meekness be-
coming a returning prodigal. *. ••
"Want you? _Of course I do," safd
/cabby, heartily. "Come right in:. I'm
goin' to have griddle -cakes for supper,
and you must tend 'em while', I set the
Ing the Corner of her shawl, dubiously
"1 hadn't thought on't it in that light
must say. It's so aggravatin' hav
re, such & man for a: . husband. Besides
In- dunno 'a he'd conits back now, .if want
ed ed hint to." •• \ •
fie "Hasn't he been back at alt 7"
ur• ." Why, yes, he did come once, (for
t" pair of pantaloons, But I diduirtak
no notice of him." .
ffi-* • "NM Why, you may depend utio
. it; it wiuin't the -pantaloons he was offer
Heovanted to see if yeti Wouldn't. re
o. lent. 11 -he comes -again; be a.: littl
see pleasanter to him, and warrant h
ou will stay. Give • him another 'chance
no Nabby. Josiah isn't the worst. fittow
in the world by any means. He bailie
he redeeming traits, after all. I believe he
y,. will do better, if you will try • to help
le him. You know that Josiah ie ono that
of bears a good deal of encouragement,
Nabby."
"Well,nt uquire, think it saiier.• Any -
re how I'm obliged to You. You talk BO
as sort of comfortin' to a body. You're
ky your mother's own son just the 111638
tit gO0C1- heart! Would you be able to eat
in • some of my cheese, squire ?"
re "Try me and see, Nabby,",said‘the
he squire, smilingly, not impervious to
ce Nabby'e compliments. Nebby•roade her
le exit test as /dn. .liesley rushed. in, full
of of wifely indignation : that the sqeire.
ee had been allowed to see a "client.'
d Nabby'll home was Over it "the dor-
s ners," three miles from the village:. She.
b- walked rapidly along_ in the fast -thick-
ening darkness, with the steady, strong
e gait becoming the self.reliant *mien
d that she was.. Yet even her unimegine-
s live nature Was not . proof against _the
depressing influence Of the raw, chilly,
e November evening.. The wind whistled
through the bare tree branches, which
• creakedandgreanedniournfully,andwav-
ed wildly up andlown We the dinalight
, overhead.. Thewindseemed to cherish.
. a Speciel.spitebagainst Webby. • It .blew
her bonnet off and :her hair into her
t eyes, struggled madlywith her for her
shawl, took her breath away, and firmly
- resisted her every step. - Finally it be -
f gan to send spiteful dashes -of cold rain.4
a drops into her face—rein that seemed al-
e most to freeze her as it fell. _
t "Josiah used to'cothe after me with
an umbrella- when I was -caught out in
the rain,' thought Webby. "He was a1:.
ways real kind and good to me; aftei. 11.
I dunno's he (tier gave me a cross wird
in his life, even when hied been -airink-
ing." -
Here the driving, sieetingrain poured
down upon Nabbywith-renewed fierce-
ness, hustling her madly around in
fiendish glee. •
"An awful night to be homeless
Webby," something seemed to say. .
"1 don't care," said Webby to herself,
beginning to feet cross again, and gen-
erally ill used as she grew wetter and
colder. " It serves him right. Ile has
made his bed and he•can lie in it". .
At "the corners," the light streaming.
cheerfully. out _into the - night from
other homes made Nabby' ir little -bowie
look particularly gloomy and uninviting.
Webby fumbled under the mat for 'the
door -key, fumbled with stiffening fingers
for the key -hole, and, fine* succeeding
in unlocking the door,. felt her way
through the little entry.
There is always something." uncanny"
about going aloue at night -Into a dark
and shut up house,- Even people' of the
best regulated minds experience a vague
suspicion of 'something behind them,zi
sense of possible ghostly fiends about to
dutch them in the clarknest. NabbY
was a woman, like. Mr..Edmund Spark-
ler, with ''no nonsense about her ;". but,
nevertheless, a cheerful tale she luta
read only 'yesterday in the Chronicle,
•
"He grevr More and more shiftless,
and good for nothin',"continued Webby,
"till fihally,.he didn't do much but set
round the kitchen fire- half boozy. If
there's an/thing I hate," -burst out
Nabby, man forever settin'
round the house under foot. And there
I was a.takin' in washin', and a-slevin'
'early and late, to be kinder decent and
forehanded, and him no better'n a deade -
man on nty hands, BO far as helpin' any
- was concerned, and so I've told him,
time and again. • He 'worked just about
enough to keep himself in - chink, He
knew he couldn't get any of My money
for that.
But I stood it tilt till about a fortnil
ago. I'd been workin' hard all day,
helpin' Kiss Barber clean house, and it
seemed as if every bone in my body
aChed,I was so tired. I came along home,
thinking_ how good my cup of tee'd
taste. The first thing I see when I
opened the kitchen door; was old Hank
Slater sittin' in my rockin'-chair. He
and Josiah were both drunk as—as
hogs," said Nabby, slandering an
inno-
cent animal, in her haste for a simile.
"They tracked the mud all over my
clean floors. --The cookin' stove was
rammed full of wood toarin" like all
Deepened. I _wondered they hadn't
burned the house up before I got there.
And they gob my best teampot out to
heat some water, and the water'd all
biled away, and the bottom came out.
But the worst on't was to see Josiah
d.censorthe with such scum of the
earth as that Hank Slater.- I tell you,,
equire, I was mad. I jest flung that
kitchen door wide open, and sez 1:
"Get out Of this house, Josiah Gould,
and don't let me ,ever gee pile- Ace
-again."
,shall I go fa% NabbY r •
" Sez. he meek as Moses, Where
• "Sez ‘I don't are where you go to,
so long as you don't come near. me. I've
always been a respectable woman, and I
don't want none o' Hank Slater'sfriends
tonna my house."
"Well?" queried ths squire, as
/Tabby's narration came to pause.
" Well," sai&Nabby, in a rather sub-
' dued tone, "he went off, and he hain't
come back. And I want a divorce."
"Now, Webby," remonstrated the
squire, "you don't want a divorce, I
know you better than ;that. You are
'not the WOMAII to give Josiah up, and
let him go to the bad without a strug-
gle. You feel vexed with him yet, and
it is hard, very hard. But you, know
you took him 'for batter or for worn.'
Do you think, yourself; it is quite right
to break your contract becauseit proves
the worse for you—became you are the
stronger one and he the weaker one of
the two? That don't strike me as good
Bible doctrine Webby..." 'We that are
strong ought to bear the infirmities of
— the weak' and not &Ole ourselvesI ' you
know."
`" Well, I dunno said Nabby, twist- r
about a burglar and a lone woman ke
coming into her heed, and she carefully
avoided the thick darkness of the cor-
ners and the pantry -door as she groped
around the kitchen for the candle:- Of
course the fire lied gone out. ,
"Two Iheads are better than one, if
one is sii sheep's head." Webby might
have been heard muttering out in _the
wood -house, as- she stooped painfully
down picking up chips; by which:orac-
ular uttetance I suspect she was thtnk-
ing what a good supply. of kindlings Jo-
siah always kept on hand 'for her; and
how much more comfortable it was in
the old tithes coming home to 'a house
bright with light and warmth, and.Jo-
siah's %Meanie.- -
. .For Josiah cherished themost
pro-
found admiration for Nabby---en admir-
ation not umningled with awe. He
thought her her a most wonderful woman:
•She was just as beautiful' to him Doty as
in the old courting days, before the.
brightness and quickness of the black
eyes had degenerated into sharpnest, be-
fore the smiling mouth* had acquired its
hard, firmly set expression, before there
were any wrinkles in the smooth fore-
head. Peeple thought Webby had done
well in marrying Jonah Geolda pleat -
ant, good - natured young fellow that -
everyone liked, a 'ytung mechauic, not
very rich 'yet it was true, but, with a
good trade and suzit a Wife as Webby,
there seemed nothing to .prevent his
figuring ae "one of -our first-citizene."
Anybody can be somebody in this
country, if he -is only detertnine& to.
But that was exactly the clifficulty,vrith
Josiah. He never was determined
about anything. He fell into the habit
of drinking; because he licked sufficient
strength. of will to avoid it. Then
Nabby's sharp words, and his own mis-
erable sense . of meanness and sell-con-
tetnyt, of, utter discouragenient and, de-
spair, drove him lower and; lower, and
he sank down supinely into the Slough
of Despond, without effort orhepe. •
By a beautiful dispensation of Prov-
idence, whenever a poor, shiftless; good
for nothing man is tent -into our .world,
some active, go.ahead little woman is -
invariably fastened to him, to tow him
along through life, and keep his head
i -
above water. It s for the best,- of
course. What would become of the
poor fellow withouther?At the same
time, she sometimes finds it a little
hard. • -
Webby was ambitious and proud -
spirited, willing to work, to save, to do
her -part; anxious .t.C. get on in the
World, and stand well among her
neighbors. :The fact gradually realized
that in her 'disband she had no .help, no
support, only a drag.and a btirden, and
finally a disgrace, had been a disappoint-
ment embittering her wholenature. To
have a husband when:elle one respected,
whom:even ,the -boys round town called
"Si Gould," was dreadful to Webby.
Perhaps it was hardly strange that . she
grew hats:tend bitter. •
Meantime Nabby had succeeded in
starting the fire, and; haviug changed
her dress, set down to dry her feet un-
it the tea -kettle boiled. But even the
uddy light and Warmth with which the
Webby. "A pretty Thanksgivin I
tabl�." Griddle -cakes were one of Jo-
siah's favorite weaknesses, and Webby
knew it. -
Josiah came in. If he ever get8 into
heaven, probably his sensations will not
be one whit more delightful' than, they
were now, as from the bleakness and
gloom of tne night, the forlornness of
his wretched wanderings, he :came into
into
the cosy.brightness of the kitchen, and
feltthat he mathome once more. -• How
good the tee.smelled I The fire roared
and snapped, the tea -kettle boiled and
bubbled and bobbed itt head up and
down and from the griddle the savory
odor of `the cakes ascended like a home-
ly incense. Josiah's face, shining with
mingled heat and happiness as he turn-
ed .the griddle:cakee, was something
worth seeing. _.
Webby stepped briskly around
ting supper ready. It seemed so
legaest
ant to het the: table for two age n,,to
have some one to praise and appr4ciate,
her .cooking. TheNovember wind might
howl its worst now. Its hold on Nabby
was gone. In piece of all the • bitter
sadness that hung -heavily around her
heart, was a Warm feeling of happiness';
of comfort and hope, • •
.
• All the explanation they had vealithist,
Josiah drew forth from under his shabby
coat an exceedingly awkward and
knobby bundle. - • •
" ve brought something_ for your
Nabbyr" he said. I.
The " something " undone proved to
be a very handsome britannia tea Pot.:
That teapot must have known it was a
peace -offering,. with such preternatural
brightness did it - gltsten •i'and shine.
Something in Nabby'e eyesshone and
glistened too, alt hough she winked hard,
•and scorned the weakness of a pocket -
handkerchief.:
Thank you,•JOsiah," she said; 1:9 it's
a regular beauty, andI shall set lots by it.
Which, tio long as they. understood
each other was, perhaps; as well self Jo-
siah had made & long -worded.' sp.eeCh of
repentance -and reformation, and Naliby
another of forgiveness.,---
I wish I could say that. Nabby never
scolded Josiah again, But I can't. How-
ever the "drew it mild," and there Was
a general -understanding, between them
that this. was only a sort of exercise
made necessary by habit—a barking' by
no means invoking biting. , And Josiah -
was so accustomed to it that he weiild
have missed it, and not felt .natural
Without beingwoundup and- set going
for the day by Webby:
One daylater in the *inter; Webby.
was /trashing for Mrs.. Ho:46y. .-
'•"•' "-So you've taken Josiah back
after all?" said Mrs. Healey. • "Well,
yet, I 'Ave," meld Webby; giving, a • last
twitch to the sheet she was ridging out.
"-Josiah 'mayn't be very. much to -bkag
of ; but thin, you see, he's my own, and
all that I've got. , We're getting to be
old folks, Josiah and me, and we May
as well put up with each other the little.
While we've got to stay here." ,
. "How 'has he been doing -since, lie
tame back 7" •
"First-rate. He's walked as straight
as astring eversince. He's a good • pro-
vider,' now hers quit drinkiii';
master hand for fixin' up things &found
the -house, andenakin' it comfortable.' I
tell you what it it, Miss !Lesley; we've
got to make 'lewance for folks' in this.
world. We can't have 'em always jest to.
our Mind. We've got to take 'em just as
they are, and makethe. best on't.'
glad to see you so much happier
and better contented, Nabby." -
.6 Well, I used to fret and complain a
good deal because things hadn't turned
out as I expected 'em to; but lately I've
thought a good deal about it all,end I've
made up my mind there's considerable
comfort for every oue inthis world after
all. We mayn't git jest what WO want
we git something." • -
which piece of philosophy I believe
by was about right. -- Harper's
r. •
but
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BUILDING,L0TS ORALL-. t,._
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. signs& los is nuzisb.ro f glue . - Lw
on Goderich and James Streets for IA , a lote
prices. ierparticulars apply to D. D. WILSON.
SALE—House with about four or five
X iota suitable for -building. Noise contain.'
three roonni up *Wm -three room, kitchen And
cellar downetalic A corner lot welXfilled With
fruit trees of every kind and had a good well
and stable. Situated one street west of the -
Publio School • on West Street :Terms to Suit
purchaser. WM. WHITESIDE; Sesforth..
1110
'DARWIN GREY FOR SALE,—The proprio.
1 tor often) his valuable farm for -sale, being
Lot 6, concession 10, Grey', one-and-a-quartee
miles from the thriving village of Brussels, con•
taining 100 acres of the best of land ingood con-
dition. There isa good log house and o log and,
frame • barn thereon: also a good orchard and
two goad wells. Will be sold on reasonable
terms. -ROBERT MeNAUGHTON; Proprietor.'•
1114.tf •
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ARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 2, Conces-
sion 18, township of Grey. containing 64'
acme, over 50 ef which are cleared, free from
stumps, underdrained and in a high state of
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cultivation. There is a franui hones and frame.
barn and other necessary outbuildings. There
• is a good on:shardand an abundance of 'iplen- -
did water. It -le close to the village of Walton:
where are - stores, shops, schools, churches,
mills, cheese factory, dm. "and is within five.
miles- of a railway station. It will be sold
cheap. Apply on the, premises or —address .
Walton P. O. D. ROSS. 1126tf
UMW FOR SALE.—A splendid one him -
X dred ,acre farm in the township of Turn.'
berry, 'County of Huron, for sale. There are
• 65 acres cleared and in a good state of cultism -
tion. The balance is well timbered -with cedar
and hardwood. There is a good house, stables,
and a log barn. There are two wells With
_pumps, also an orchard with choice; bearing
fruit trees.It is convenient to markets, schools
he., and will be sold* cheap. Apply on the
• •premises or to ANDREW J. DODDS, Wroxeter
P. 0. 1119-12
FonAIteMFOR SALE.—Being Lot 84, in 2nd
osion
e Township of Usborne, County
of Hunan, containing 100 acres, 90 of which are
cleared and in a good state of cultivation, a
two-storey stonshouse,.good orchard, well and
cistern, a never failing spring, also a spring
creek touches the farm, frame bank barn and
stable, 40x90. This property Is well 'situated,
being 51 miles from Exeter, 3 from Hensel!,
MRS. GEORGE MOIR, Sr., Hodgerville P. 0,,
Ont. .
school. Apply on the premises or bytmail to
from Rodgerville and only one milienifxrsom.
IRST-OLASS FARM FOR SALE.—Being Lot
10, in the 0 Concession of Turnberry, and
Lot 10, in the A Concession of Howick ; the .
.gravel road runs between them. The two con-
tain.148 Acres, el which 125 acres aro cleared and
in a fit state for a binder to run. The farms are
situate on the gravel road between Wroxeter
ane* Belmore—three miles from Wroxeter, and
2i miles from Belmore. There is a, school house.
on the corner of the land, and churches con--
venient; Apply' to A. CHRYSLER cti the pied-
ises, or to J. COWAN, Wroxeter. 1101-tf • .
T0 .RENT, that splendid farm known as the
"Marrow Farm," Lot 87, Concession 9, "
East WAwanosh, Huron county, containing 100 .
acres, more or less; soil, clay loam, well under-
• drained; 85 acres elearedOne in a high state of J.;)
cultivation (proved by crops); balance, beech
' and maple; no waste land;. fair buildings ,• two
excellent wells, One fit for wind pumper; plenty
of excellent fruit; situate 2 miles from Belgrave,
a good grain market; farm square, and quarter
of a mile from school; will be sold at a bargain.
Apply ,on the premises, or to .BelgravePitiO.
G. BRETZ, proprietor. iw
on real
se, pith.
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onm. But--, Make or Break.
We are .determined..
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-The ,banar(zas will not list king. You get the benefit.' We • can save
you money on, the smallest purchase, and have thrown the' entire cosi--
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tents ,of ou..tWo..large -stores "in this 4
RND CLEARING SALE
The Ney Grow
SEAFORTH.
Sharp & Live
Have opened a new ,Orooery and Provision store
:oultain Street, Seatorta_,_ Am store
Kidd's Hardware store. 'They Intro a onto*
stock of •
GROCERIES,
- °ROCKERY
SEEDS;
PROVISIONS,
Everything Fresh and N
These goods have been purchased on the
favorable tame, and wIll be sold VERY CH
• FOR CASH.
The highest market price allowed for F
Produce. „*
ilVr ma profits and•quickreturneeur
Call and us.
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SEAPORTS.
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POPULAR GROOEfi
MADE -BT., SEAPORTS,
Begs leave to thank its numeroui custemersfor
their very liberal patronage in the past, And
To be sold;at from 25 t•:) 40 per cent. reduction. No justice can be . possible price and sell on a fair and reasonable
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profit. All gOods returnable when not AS repro.
gihovpinegthgroodoughgoodelosseartreignhtitonprtiocesb,usiougin:seritandares .
good share of custom in the future. We al ys
buy the best and purest goods, and at the lowat
Our values in Teas and El -
dime this BIG BENEFIT SALE in an. advertisement. The goods sented-
equal to the best in the trade. Having
our Sugars before the advance, we are able to
must be seen to be appreciated. Come early, 'the bargains await you sell as cheap as any other house We oall
i . attention to our Teas from 10o to 75e per pound.
Our Japan, Young Hyson or Black at 5 Ibi. for
Seaforth - $1 are excellent value, and giving good
faction. Our other valuators as good aa aniferst
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1 the trade—pedlar or merchant. Having. a
elan refrigerator we We able to keep onr butter
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and lord just as nice as in cold weather. 0
. beef for picnics, luncheou;-10., always 1:14 cut
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'LIAM 'FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot" 3, conces
J2 don 1, Haat, containing 100 acres, 70
acres free from stumps and in a high state of
cultivation. There are 15 acres of- hardwood
bush, never culled. There is a. never' failing
spring and . no waste land. Thereis a good
orchard of two sores. Also 600 acres of first
class land, well situated in Manitoba. This
property belongs to the estate of the late John
Hugill and must be sold. Apply to A. "STRONG,
Seaforth • :GEO. PLEWES, Tuckersmith,or to
ABRAHAM HUGILLgon he farm opposite,
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VARM FOR SALE -,—A ,splendid farm for sale,
1 • 'being Lot 4, tow) );hip of Hay, County of
Huron, Lake Shore ror I, west side, containing
55i acres of land, all cleared and ID a good state
of cultivation,. well-underdrained, good fences
on the farm and excellent buildings: of .brielc,
house And kitchen, ,wood shed joining to the
'kitchen, a good. freme, barn, 80x55 and a frame
Shed, 80x64 and, all kinds of stables tti -band
also a frame pig pen. There are three acres of
orchard with_ choice bearing fruit trees and
four -wells, two of them with pumps In, on the
farm and it is twenty rods from School. Apply
on the premises .or to SIMON BEDOUR, Drys-
dale P. O. . • 112*9
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'Maki IN 111ILLETT FOR SALE.—For sale
..0 the east half of Lot 7, Concession 9, con,
taining 50 acres, about 45 acres cleared, free
fromstumps' and in a state of pod cultivation.
There is a good frame house with stone cellar,
a, good franie barn and other necessary out-
buildings. Alai a splendid' bearing 'orchard
and Watered by a never -failing spring convenient
to the buildings. It is within one mile and a
half 'from the village of • Kinburn, where are
.Titores and shops of every kind, churches,
"schools And cheese factory, also about -seven
miles from Seaforth and the same from Clinton,
With good gravel roads running in every direc-
tion. Apply on. the premises or address Con-
stance P. O. JAS. MeGILL •1118. tf
MIkOELLENT' fROPERTY- FOR SALE.
'j Being: Lot* 13 and part of Lot 14, in first
concession and Lot 13 in second concession of •
Tuckeismith, 150 Acres cleared, balance heavily
timbered with hard wood, first class clay loam
soil, fair buildings, good orchard and wells..
-This is one of thonicest lying and best situated
farms in the County, %reit adapted for farming.
or grazing It is situated half a „mile from the
Village of Kipper on the London, Huron and
Bruce Railway. There is also on the property
a store grist ndli with steam and water power
and sawmill with water power. This property
will be sold ' cheap and on 'reasonable terms.
Apply to D. B. McLEAN, Kipgen,.Ont. 3.12,8
• 0 PLENDID FARM' FOR SA .." .Tor sa e,
10 Lot 28, concession 5, and parte of lots 2S
and 29 on the 6th concession of McKillop, con-
taining 160 acres, 116 of which are cleared and
over 100 free from stumps. The balance is
well timbered with black ash,soft elm, cedar
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and hemlock; and being drained s available any
time of the .year. The bush is all fenced in.
There are two frame barns, sheds and imple-
ment house, with good stone cimpling house,:
three wells anda good orchard. This farm is
all well underdrained and in a fair state of cul-
tivation and is one of, Hoot, the -finest lying
Arnie in the township. It is within Smiles of
Seaforth, a half mile from school, 2 miles from
church and ,one half mile fromnorth gravel
road. For further - particulars apply to JOHN
HOGG on :the premises, or to Seaferth Post
?Moe: 1114-tf
'DAME FOR SALE:—Or Exchange for more
4t: Land.—Being North ball of Lot 25, Conces-
sion 2, Hay, containing 60 mores, 45 cleared and
..in a good state of cultivation and well under-
drainal, log house with frame ',addition, grain
barn,: horse barn, drive, house, and pig pen,
frame, two good wells and good bearing
orchard. Two miles from either Hensel! or
Kippen. School on next lot. Good gravel
roads in all directions. No reasonable offer re-
fused is the property must be sold. For terms
'And further particulars; call or address B. S.
PHILLIPS, Hensel'. ' 1120
MIAMI FOR SALE.—A splendid farm for sale,
1 hang .Lot 28, Conesision 8, Usborne,
County of Huron, containing 100 acres, eighty
of which are cleared and well -fenced. and in a
state of good cultivation. The land is of good
heavy soil. There are three wells and a.never
failing spring, a good orchard and 11 good frame
house with a stone cellar sind a good barn and
shed with stabling underneath,- situated .within •
3 mike of , Exeter and 4 of Hinman. Within
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half a mile of school and Methodist church.
Terms reasonable.- For .. further particulars
apply on the premises or to RALPH KEDDY,
Exeter P. 0, • 112042-
tIARE—FOR SALE.—The .undersigned ofals"
for sale his valuable property, composed
of Lot 4, Concession 8, Grey, and containing,.
155 acres, 140 acres of which are cleared and
under a pod state of cultivation, being free of
stumps and stones and all well underdrained;
There are over 1,103 rods of straight fence on
the farm and eZorlient buildings, the barn being
90x60 with large undershede and stone stables
and also a commodious driving shed and other
outbuildings. The two main divisions 'of the
house are each 28x20 with splendid cellars and
cisterns adjoining. There are three never fail-
ing wells on the farm and three Acres of good,
orchard. It le beautifully situated on the 8th
Conoession of Grey, beng only two miles from
the villageof Brussels and is one of the best
farms, in the township. _Terms of sale may be
had on application to the proprietor, on the
premises or address Brussels P. O. GEORGE
CROOKS '
112041-
Ywhich we slics in any quantity.
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The Seaforth. Seed Store and 'Agricullura
Warehouse.
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- The rush still continues at the above Warehouse; Where alarge and complete
lite& in every line will be found in its season. . To those sowing Ginn, Hungarian
Grass andr:Millet for summer and fall fodder; call and see the different varieties
and get prices. 'Every description of Field and Garden Seeds on hiind.
Our Agricultural Department will be found complete in every detail. The
0 INDER still leads them all. One-half of all the binders built
and sold in the Dominion last year were Brantfords. This alone _peaks for
itself. Natty others can be bought folless money at theresitut, but time alone
will tell the tale. • Also Mowers (front and near cut), Rakes, • Drilis, Souffiere,
Turnip Sowers, Plows, Eze, 'T ,
We will also from this forward keep a complete stock of repaint' for all the
Plows-manufOctured by.Mri. Thomas Hendry, of Seaforth ; also Monroe et -Hogan.
They will be east from the Original patterns, so every one . eau be -depended on to
fit properly. Also No. IS, i&ncl Gowdet Nes. 21 and 7, andPortPerry and Tees -
water gang points.
Any pientity-of Flour and Feed on hand.
As' Goods delivered to any part of the.tOwe.
GRIEIT f
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Rethibek Pine, Black Ash, White Ash, Maple, Oak,
Basswood', AO& Elm and Soft Elm. A quantity
of Otills very -cheap.
lour and
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lace lanieo
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Atdi02$77..
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t hand this week a nice line of Decors
Grp Its Tea _Sets, which will be solddied
els,: China Tea Sets, Dinner Sets and Toilet
•very cheap.
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Achill stock of Flour and Feed kept constantly
on hand, Highest market price paid in cash or
trade for fIrstoolass Buttarand Bus. =
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CAMPBELL'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH. -
Firet Grogery South of _Man and Goderieh
Allan, White Star and
'United States &Royal/Tali
Atlantic Steamships.
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'Cabins, $50 to *100: Return, $1.00 to 1200.
Intermediate,. 4301 return $60. Steerage, S20
rettirn $40; All classes of passage Us and fro
all points in Great Kritiain to any point
Canada; If you are tending for your friends d
not fail to secure- ono Of -our prepaid tick
clear through and avoid all trouble.
tits.
Canadian Pacific laFielocry rates to „Mani and Steana
Tickets to allpoi
tob
and Paelfio Coast po ate. Through slee
per
secured free. Best connection to air pointu I
-the United States, Australia And China. Head
agency for the best stock and mutual Insuranee
companies. .Money loaned on all classes of
security,at lowest rates of interest. No trouble
to give information. Beal estate and Insurance
0tfine-,3L4TRKET ST. Ticket, Steamboat, and
TelegraphlOfilce..—MAINT.
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CANAMAN BANK OF.cOMMERCE:
HiAD OFFICE, 1;ORONTO• .
Paid up Capita, ..
Best,
• The -very -best Stone Flouzcalso
Chop . Feed. Custom Work at- r
tended', to proniptly, and 'satisfac--j
• tion guaranteed.
Comprising a complete stock of Dry
Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Eats,'
Caps, &c., kept in the _hest condition, and
'sold, at lowest prices.
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Fence Rails sawn and split, Renee
Posts sawn and split, two new Patent
Arm Wagons cheap, several fine
Driving and iWorking Horses. .
vretioOlt,- .:Wittthitop.
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700,000.
PICESIDENT, HENRY W. DARLING, ESQ.
GENERAL -3/1ANAGER, B. R W.ALKER.
AsteT MAITAGBli, JTh Privmalien.
• SEAFORTII -BRANCA. :
The theforth Branch of this Bank-4ontitities to
receive deposits in
SAVINGS BANK,
Of One Dollar And Upwards,
en which interest is allowed at mix -rent islesDiatte on all the principal towns And *Maki
Canada, on Great J3rita1n, and on the Maned
States, bonglatand aold.
Ofilee--ildrst door Soon e the Commercial
. JOHN A1RD; Manager.
HOT,MESTED, Solicitor.. - '
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SUPERIOR
FARM FOR SALE,
- WITHOUT RESERVE.
FORSyTil VS.. FORSYTH;
* The undersigned will receive, for the sale of
that valuable farm being Lot 27, Concession 3,
and north half 27, Concession 2, L. R, Si, Tuck-
ersmith, consisting of 150 acres of choioe land
and one of the best farms in Tuckersmith. It
Is nearly all clearediwell-fenced, ynderdrained,
and in a la*h state of cultivation. It has a
good brick (Welling and usual barns and out-
buildings. A clear title will be given subject
to this year's lease, and reasonable terms of
payment accepted. This farm will be sold with-
out reserve and at an early day. Apply to
D. W. FARRAN, Receiver.
'Clinton, 30t3i April, 1889. 111641
Shingles and Lumber;
NO. 1 Shingles for sale at $1,70 per
Square and Hemlock Lumber at $7.50
Thousand, at
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Mcgillop Directory for 1889,
JAMES HAYS,Reave and Warden, finaforth
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BENNEW/ES, DUputy Reeve, Ward ,.
DuabAiminEsP. Orv. Ams, councillor, Ward 2, Beat., b."
:'"dJr00011;N14)03i.oraiii.ON. "COnneiller, Ward 3, Win
CHARLIM DODDS, Coimoillor, Ward "4, Sea-
fort4ohliNP. 00.. moitRiso.
N, Clerk, Winthrop P. 0.
thSro0p1.040.N J. SHANNON, Treasurer •, yin- -
ROBERT. G. ROSS, ,Asseseor, WinthroiP. 0.
DR. HANOVER, Medical Health -Officer, Sea
f6rial. ARCHIBALD, Sanitary 'nape:tor, Lead
bury -P. 0.
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