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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1889-04-26, Page 2FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1,889. COLONEL QUARITCH, Y. C. A TALE OF . OUNTRY LIFE BY H. RIDER HAGGARD. CONTINUED. Copy right and published by arrange- • nit;nt with the Rose Publishing Company.) \[r Qties t turned aside to hide the expt•ession of triumph which flitter' across his faco,aud then hand- ed him the deeds. They were els- botately drawn, for.1%e was a skilful legal draughtsman, quite as skilful as many s'h'ading chancery convey• ancer, but the substance of them was that the "tortbages transferrer. to him by the said Edward Cossey in and for the consideration that h the said \ViJliatn M. Quest, consen ed to abandon forever a pendin action for divorce against his wife Belle Quest, whereto the said Ed- ward ('Jaaey w+us to be joined as correspoladuu L. "You will observe," said .Ir Quest, "that if you attempt to con- test the validity of this assignment, which you certainly could not do with any prospect of success, the at te•npt will recoil npou your own head, because the whole scandal wit then transpire, Wo• shall require • some witnesses) so, with your per- mision, I will ring' the bell and ask the landlady and your servant to step up. They need know nothing of tho contents of the papers," and he did so. "Stop," •said 'Edward,• presently. "Where are the original letters?" "Here," answered Mr Quest, pro- duoing thein from an inner pocket, and showing them to • birth from a distance., ''When the landlady comes uI will give then) to her to hold in this envelope, directing her . to hand them to you when the deeds aro signed and witnessed. She will only think that it is part of the ceremony." Presently the man -servant and the landlady arrived,• and Mr Quest, in his most natter -of -fact way, ex- plained to them that they were re- quired to witness rote documents, and at the Same tim e handed "the letters to the woman, saying that she was to give them to Mr Cossey when they had all done signing. Then Edward Cossey signed, and, placing his thumb on the 'familiar wafer, delivered the various docu- ments as his act and deed, and the witnesses, with much preparation and effort, affixed their awkward ry e 81b nater. s in the places pointed ointed out •to them, and in a few minutes the thing wes done, and Mr Quest was a richer man by • thirty thousand pounds than when he had got up that morning. •"Now give Mr Cossey the packet; :IlIrs•Jeffries," he said, as,ho blotted • the signatures, "and then you .can go," and she did so and went. ' When the witnesses had gone Edward looked at the letters, and then with a savage oath flung them into the five and watched there burn. " Good•morning, Mr Cossey," said 11Ir Quest, as he prepared to depart with the deed. "You have now bought 3 -our experience and had to fray dearly for it; but,upon my word, when I think of all you owe we I wonder at myself for letting you ofl at so small a ),rice." When he had gone, Edward Uos- soygavr' WI v to 11 is feelings in len- -guage loom' fot•cib'e than polite, and what they were may be more easily imagined than tie;:gibed. I''ol• now, 1)1 addition to all th,- money that 1,e had lost, r,a tl,c painful cxposure to which Ito Lit{ L„•:n suf,jected, he. Was Dwr to fin i, .vit.lt a new dif:!- culty. Either h,, nt•Ist makert'cloan breast of it ti 1,11 about the mort•• gages Jiving no longrr in his hands, or he must pretend that he still had them. In the first alternative, the consideration upon which Ida had agreed to marry him came to noth- ing. 111oreoner, she was thereby released 'front her promise, and he was well aware that under these circumstances she would certainly break off the engagement, In the second, he. would be acting a- lie, an'fl - the He would sooner or later be discovered, and what then? Well, if it was after marriage what would it matter ? To a woman of gentle birth there is only one thing morn irretrievable than . marriage, and that is death. Anyhow, he bad suffered so much for the sake of this 'vomah that 110 did not mean to give her up now, Ifo must rneet the mortgages eft(•r mar•ritigo, that was all, ° I''Ocili•. (he c,,,c),a (1 ,0),i. When a roan of.1he character df Edward Cossey, or indeed of Any character, allows his passions to lead him into a course of deceit, ho does not find it easy to check hill wild career. From dishonor to dishonor shall bo go, till at length, in due season, he reaps as he has Frown. , (Ji[APTER X X VII i. HOW 000500 TREATED JOTJ NN 71 Tome two or three days before the scene described in the last chapter, the faithful George had suddenly announced his desire to visit Lbn- don. • "What,” said rhe squire in aston- ishment, for George had never been known to go out of his own county before. "Why, what on earth are you going to do in London?" "Well, squire," answered- his roe tainer, looking marvellously know. ing, "1 don't rightly know, but fhnre's a cheap train gce, Its to this here exhibition on the Tuesday morning and comes bac'(: on the Thursday evening, Ten shillings both ways, that's the fare, and I see in the Chronicle, I do, that there's a wonderful show of these new- fangled selftying and delivering reapers, sich as they use so over sea in America, and I've a fancy to see them and have a holiday look round London town. So es there ain't not northing particler a-dotng, if you i ain't got anything to say agin it, I think I'll go, squire." "All right," said the squire; "are you going to take your wife with you?° "Why no, squire, I said that I wanted to go fur a Holiday, and that ain't no holiday to take the misses too," and George chuckled in a man- ner that evidently meant volume And so it carne to pass that o the afternoon of the transfer of th mortgages froui Edward Cossey t e, Mr Quest, the great George four t- himself wandering vaguely abou g the vast expanse of the Colinderies , and not enjoying himself in th least. He had been recommended by some travelled individual in lioisinghanl to a certain lodging near Liverpool Street Station,which he found with the help of a friendly porter. Thence be set out for the exhibition, but, being of a prudent - mind, thought that he would do well to save his money and walk 1 • the distance. So be walked and walked till he was tired, and then, after an earnest consultation with a policeman he took a 'bus, which an hour later landed (lime --at the Royal Oak. His further adventures we need not pursue; suffice it to say that, having started from his lodge ing at three, it was past seven o'clock at night wheu he finally reached the exhibition, more thoroughly wearied than though he had done a good day's harvesting. Here he wandered for a whglo in continual dread of having his pocket picked, seeking reaping -machines and discovering none, till at length he found himself in the gardens, where the electric light display was in full swing. Soon wearying of this, for it was a cold, damp night, he trade a difficult path•to a buffet inside the building, where he sat down et a little table, and devoured some very unpleasant•looking cold beef. Here slumber overcame him, for his weariness was great, and he dozed we if I don't odd; to her till I find out a bit more of the tale." Thus ruminated, George, who, be it observed, was no fool, • and who had a hearty dislike and mis- trust of Mr Quest. While he was wondering how be was to go to work;- an unexpected opportunity occurred. The tiger had finished her brandy -and -soda, and was pre- paring to leave, when the waiter swooped down upon her. "Moneys please, miss," he said. "Money!" she said, "why, you're paid." "Come, none of that," said the waiter ; "I want a shilling for. the brandy -and -soda." s, "A shilling, do you ? Then you'll t1 -have to want, you cheating white - 1. • faced rascal you; my friend paid „i you before he went away." "Oh, we've had too much of that d I game," said the waiter, beckoning I to a constable, to whom, in spite of the 'fair Edithia'e' very vigorous and pointed protestations, he was proceeding to give her in charge, for it appeared that she had only two- pence about her. This was George's opportunity, and he interfered. "I think, warm," he said, "that the fat gent with you was a playing of a little game. He only pretend- ed to pay the waiter:" "Playing a little game, was he?" gasped the infuriated Tiger. "If I don't play a littlregame on him when I get a chance my name is not Edith d'Aubigne, the nasty mean beast—the--" "Permit me, marm," said George, putting a shilling on the table,wbich the waiter took and departed with, satisfied. , "I can't bear to see a real lady like you in difficulty." "Well, you are a gentleman, you are," she said. "Not at all, warm. That's my way. .And now, mann, won't you have another?" No objection was raised by the lady, who had another, with the re- sult that she became, if not exactly tipsy, at any rate •not far from it., Shortly after this the building was cleared, and George found him- self standing in Exhibition Road with the woman on his arm. "You're going to give me a lift home, ain't you?" she said. "Yes, mann, for sure I ani," said George, sighing, as he thought of the cab -faro." Accordingly they got into a han- som, and airs d'Aubigne having given the address in Pimlico, of which George instantly made a mental note, they started. "Come in and have a (kink," she by said, when they arrived and ac- cordingly be paid the cab—half a crown it cost him—and was usher- ed by the woman, with a was, into the gilded drawing -room. Here the Tiger had another bran- dv-and-soda, after which George thought that she was about in a fit state from hint to prosecute his in- quiries. "Wonderful place this London, nharpa ; I niver was up here afore and had no idea that I shol:ld find. folks so friendly. As I was a say- ing to my friend Laryer Quest down at Boisingham yesterday—"- "Hullo, what's that?" she said. "'Do you know the old man?" "If you mean Laryer Quest,wliy, in course I do, and Mrs Quest too. Ah, she's a pretty one, she is." • Here the lady burst into a flood of incoherent abuse which tired her so• much that she had a fourth 'brandy -and -soda ; George mixed it for her, and he nixed it strong. "Is he rich?" she asked, as she put down the glass. "What, Laryer (2urstl Well, I should say that 110 is abort the warmest roan in our part of the county." "And here am I starving," burst 1 out the horrible woman with a flood of drunken tears. "Starving with- out a shilling to pay for a cab or a drink, while my wedded husband lives in luxury with another woman. You tell him that I won't stand -it ; you tell him that if he don't find a 'thou.' pretty quick, Pll let him know the reason why." "I don't quite understand,marm," said George; "there's a lady down in Boisinghenl vas'is the real 11Irs Quest," "It's a lie!" she shrieked, "it's a del" be married me before he mar- ried her. I could have him in the dock to -morrow, and I would too, if I wasn't afraid of him, and that's a fact." 'Come,marm,esme," said G(3org(', "draw it mild from that tap." "You won't believe rue, won't you?" aaid the woman, on whom the liquor was now beginning to take its full effect; "then 1'11 show you," and she staggered tog a desk, un- locked' it, and took from it a folded paper, which she opened. It was a marriage license, or pur- ported so to be; but George, who was not too quick at his reading, had only tim to note the nano Quest. end the church,St. I3artholo- mcw's, Hackney, when elle snatch- ed it away from him and' locked it up again.. . "There," she said, "it isn't any business of yours. What right have you to COMO prying into the affairs of a poor lone woman?" and she sat down upon the sofa beside him, threw her long arm round his neck, rested her • painted face upon his shoulder, and began to weep the tears of intoxication. "Well, blow mel" said George to himself, "if this ain't a master one! I wonder what my old misses would, say if she saw me in this fix, I say, marm—' 1 But at that moment the door opened, and in came Johnnie, who Childa"='1>» Cry for Presently,4through the muffled roar and hutn of voices, which echo- ed in his sleep=dulled ears,he caught the sound of a familiar name, which woke him Up "all of a heap," as he afterwards- said. The name was "Quest." Without moving his body, he opened hi s•eyes. At the very next table to his own were seated two people,am an and a woman. He looked at the .latter first. She was clad in yellow, and was very tall and thin and fierce-looking,so fierce - looking that George involuntarily jerked' his head back and brought it with painful folce in contact with the wail. It was the Tiger herself, and her conpanion was the coarse, dreadful -looking man called Johnnie, whom she had sent sway in the cab on the night of Mr Quest's visit. "Oh," Johnnie was saying, "so Quest is the covey's name, is it,and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does be ? Is he an oof bird ?" (rich). "Lather," answered the Tiger, "if only one can make the money trickle,, but he's a nasty mean one, he is, Look here, not a penny, not a stiver have I•got•t) bless myself with, and I daren't ask him for any more not ti41 January. And show am 1 going to live till .January ? I gut the sick from the music hall last week because I was a bit jolly, slut old Thompson, the conductor,. wanted to drop ten per cent. on my salary because he said I didn't draw is I used to, and that I was getting I l and ugly. So 1 just caught him one with the handle of my brollie that nude liim see stars, and the beast had me up for assault, and ie was forty shillings and costs. And now I can't got another billet any way, and I've got a bi:l of sale over the furniture, and I've sold all my jewels down to a ticker, or at least most of them, and there's that brute," and her voice rose to a sub• clued scream, "living like a fighting cock, and rolling in 'oof' while his poor wife is left to starve." - "Wife." Oh, yes wo know all about that," said the gentleman (edict] Johnnie.- - A look of doubt and cunning passed across the woman's face, Evidently she feared that she bad said too much. "Well, it's as good a name as;another," she said. "Oh, don't I wish that I could got a grip of Liar; I'd wring him," and she twisted her long bony hands as washerwomen de when tune, wring a cloth. "I'd back you t)," said Johnnie. "And now, adored Editbia, I've had enough of this blooming show, and I'm off. Perhaps I shall look in down Pimlico way this evening. Ta-ta." "Well, you may as well stand a liquor first," said the adured one. "I'm pretty dry, I can tell you." "Certainly, with pleasure ; I will order one. \Vaiter, a brandy -and - soda for this lady— six.of brandy, if you please; she's very delicate and wants. support." The waiter grinned and brought the drink, and the man Johnnie turned round as though to pay him, but really be departed without do- ing s0. George watched him go, and then looked again at the lady, whose ap- pearance seemed to fascinate him. "Well, if that ain't a master one," he•said t0 himself; "and she called herself his wife, she did, and then drew up like a slug's Borns. Ilang Pitcher's Castoria4 had evidently also been ewployi the interval in refreshing hi ley for be rolled like a ahip is a sea "Well," he said, "and who deuce are youl Come, get out this,you Motherly parson -faced cl hopper, you. Fairest Edichia,wh means this?" By this time the fairest Edith had realized who her visitor w and the trick whereby he had left her to pay for the brandy -and -soda recurring to her mind, she sprang up and began to express her opin- ion of Johnnie in violent and libel- lous language. He replied, in ap- propriate terms, as people whose healthy are proposed always do, ac- cording to the newspaper repor and fest and furious grew the fu At length, however, it seemed to cur to Johnnie that he,George,was some way responsible for this sta of affairs,for without word or war ing, he bit him on the nose—whi proved too much for George's Orr tiara forbearance. "You would, you fat lubber! would you?" he said, and sprang at him. Now Johnnie was big and fet,but Johnnie was rather drunk, and George was tough and exceedingly strong. In almost less time than it takes to write it he had the abomi- nable Johnnie by the scruff of the neck, and had, with a mighty jerk, hauled him over the sola so that he lay face downwards thereon. By the door,"!quite convenient to his hand, stood George's ground -ash a peculiarly good and well -grown one, which he had cut himself in Honham w000. He seized it. "Now, my lad," he said, "I'll teach you how we do the trick whore I come from," and he laid on without mercy. Whack! whack! whack! went the ground -ash on Jehnnie's tight clothes. He yelled and swore and struggled iu the gripcf the sturdy countryman, but it was of no use, the ash 'cat he down like fate; never was Johnnie so bastivadoed before. "Give it the brute, give it him," shrieked the fair Edithia, bethink- ing—her of her wrongs; and lie (lid till he was tired. "Now, Johnnie," he said at last, "I'm thinkingI've pretty well whacked you dead. Perhaps you'll bo more careful how you handle your betters by and by," and seiz- ing his hat he ran clown the stairs without seeing anybody, and, slip- ping into the street, crossed over and listened. They were at it again. Seeing her enemy prostrate, the Tiger bad fallen on Ilial, apparently ar enol with t tho fire -irons, to judge trona the noise. Just then a policeman came hur- rying up. "I say, governor," said (ieorge, "the folk in that there house with the red pillars do fare to be a mur- dering of eacj) other." The policeman listened to the din arid then made for the house, and, profiting, by his absenoe, George re- treated as fast as be could, his mel- ancholy countenance shining with a sober satisfaction. ug uut?abers, trouble$ are as troubles elf, (have been and will continually be; for however happy the lot of iudi- the victuals, it is trot a cheerful world of in which we have been called to od- live. .At any rate so thought Har - at old Quaritch that night after the farewell scene with Ida in the is churchyard, and so he continued to as, think for some time to come. A mall's life is always more or less of a continual struggle ; he is a swim- mer upon an adverse sea, and to live he must keep his limbs in mo- tion. If he grows faint-hearted or weary and no longer strives, for a little while he floats, and then at last, morally or physically, he van- ts, fishes. We struggle for our liveli- n. hoods, and for all that makes life oc- worth living in the material sense, in and not the less are we called upon to to struggle with anlarmy of spiritual t►- woes and fears, which now we chi' vanquish and are are vanquished by. is-' Every man of refinement, and a good many women, will be able to recall periods in his or her existence when life has seemed not only value- less but hateful, when our small successes such as they are, dwindled away and vanished in the gulf of our many failures, when our hopes and aspirations faded like a little cloud, and we' wore surrounded by black lonely mental night, from which even the Star of Faith had passed. Such a time had come to Harold Quaritch now. His days bad not, on the whole, been happy days,; but he was a good and earn- est man, with that touching faith in Providence which is given to some among us, and which had brought with it the reward of an even thank- ful spirit. And then, out of the twilight of his contentment the hope of happiness had arisen like the Angel of the Dawn, and' suddenly life became beautiful to him. And now it had passed : the woman whomhe deeply loved, and who loved him hack again, had gone from his teach and left him desolate —gone from his reach, not into the grave, but to the arms of another man. - CHAPTER XXIX. EDWARD MEETS WITII AN ACCIDENT. This is not a very cheerful' world at the best of times,,, though no doubt we ought to pretend that humanity at large is as happy as it is .telO"i'esented to bo, in let us say the Christmas number of an illus- trated paper.. 1[ow well we can imagine the thoughtful inhabitant of this country in the year A, 0. 7500, or thereabouts, disinterring from the crumbling refrains .of one (+f Griflith's safes a Christmas num- ber of the Illustrated London News. Th.; archaic letters would no doubt be unintelligible to high, but he would look at the pictures with much the same interest that we re- gard busltmen's drawings or the primitive clay figures of Peru, and though his whole artistic seventy, sixth -century soul would bo rdvolt- ed at the crudeness of the coloring, surely he would moralize thus:— "Oh, happy race of primitive men, how 1, the child of light and civili- zation, envy you your long -forgotten days! .Here in these rude drawings, which in themselves reveal the ex- traordinary capacity for pleasure possessed by the early races, who could look upon them and gather gratification front the sight, may we trace your joyous career from the cradle to the grave. IIere is your figura as a babe, at whose appear- ance everybody seems delighted, even those of your race whose in- heritance will be thereby diminish- ed—and hore,a merry lad,you'revel in the school which those of our age find so wearisome; there, grown., more old, you stand at the altar of a beautiful but exploded faith,. which the works disca:der) three thousand years ago—a faith that told of hope and peace beyond the grave—and 'ay you stands your blushing bride. No hard fate, no considerations of means, no worldy- mindedness, come to snatch you £,•om her arms as now they daily do. With her you spend your peaceful, days, and here at last we see you old but surrounded by love and tender kindness, and almcst looking forward to that •grave which you, h ippy in your delusions, believed would b but the gate of glory. Oh, htppy race of simple-minded men, what a coinmontar'y upon our fever- ed, avaricious; pleasure•seeking age is this rudo,peroll of primitive art!" So will some unbotn laudator ilomporis aeti speak in some dim century to he, when our sorrows lave faded and are not. And yet, though we do not put a Itecor 1 of them, in our Christmas Children Cry for t•''Cr.lkier's Castorlae TO BE CONTINUED. A Salvation Army soldier named Remo is alleged to have entered the house of tho captain at Cornwallon Sunday night,while a free -and -easy was in progress at the barracks, and carried off $32 of army funds, with which he skipped. CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physican, retired from prac- tice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the forumla of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of consump- tion. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical core for Nervous Debility and Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suf- fering fellows. Actuated by this mot- ive -and a desire to relieve human suf- fering, I will send free of charge, to all who' desire it, this receipt, in German,' French or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sant by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A. NOTES, 140 l'ower's Block, Rochester, N. Y. 13013-y.e.o.w; ' Vrole,I;iollill and other Lit rag MANNING At SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, OONVEYANOI:Rs, ,l•C.. --- Commissioners for Oct, iu and NAM/ lm 01 ,1/611 NEXT 1)ot'I1 T,l N Ew• Etta, C.LISToN 'STONEY' To LOAN. MORTGAGES Bought. Private Funds. (, RIDUUT, 011.iee over .J Juelon n's Store, Clinton. '1 TA ItRIAGE LiCEN.SES. -- APPLY TO it-L.A.t-L. the undersigned at the Library Rooms, JAJII'1S SCOTT, Clinton. Xi.1,1-ut1AGL LICI3.VS1;S l ul:U i35' Till: 1L uudcrvigued, at residence or drug store. MRS A, WORTHINGTON. ,IrONEY TO LEND IN LARGE OR .L Smati sums en }rood mortgage security, moderate rate of interest. 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EXHAUSTED - VITALITY. r11HE SCIENCE of Life the groat Modica] Work of the ago on ((San - hood, Nervous and Physi- cal Debility,- Premature - Decline, Errors of Youth+ and the untold miseries consequent thereon, 300 pages 8 vol., 125 proscrip- tions for all diseases. - Cloth, full gilt, only 81, by mail, sealed. Il- lustrated sample fronto all,young and mid- dle aged then, .Send now. The Gold and Jewelled Modal awarded to the author by the National Medical Association. Address P. 0. Box 1895, Boston, Mass., or Dr. W. 11. PARKER, graduate of Harvard Medical Col- lege, 25.years practice in Boston, who may bo consulted confidentially. Specialty, Dis- •oaso of Man. Ol ice, No. 4 Itulfluch St, The Molsons Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliamdnt, 1158. CAPITAL, $2,000,000. ,REST FUND, - "$1,000,000 I i.EAD OFFICE, .11/TONTItEAL. THOMAS WORKMAN,, President. 2. H, R. IIOLSON • Vice -fres. F. WOLFEItSTAN THOMAS, Ge,eral Manager Notes discounte,l,Coitection,s made,Drafls issued), Sterling and American ex- c1z4ge bought and sold at lotcest current rate.,. lut(rost at a per cent allowed toi deposals. F+ -A1 1\2. 1iaa7-a. Money advanced to farmers oil their own note, with one or more uudor.,urs. No wort:mge re- quired us security. 11. 0. BREWER, .Mnn;o.;er, January 1857. Clinton Clinton Post Office Time Table Mall: are due for deliver) and close for de+pat r at the Clinton Pest Orrice as follow.; I mom,. urs Hamilton, Toronto, Strut- ° ford, Soaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme- diat toffices ......... .. 0.30 a.m. 1.50 minToronto ,.Stratford, Sea - forth ,,T. and S. east.... 1.55 p.m. Goderich, Ilolmesvalle and Grand Trunk west 1 p.m. 1 9.01 Goderlch, 8,45 p.m. 2,40 p.m Hamilton, Toronto, 4,15 p.m. 1,0.10 a,m London, L., ir, & B. south a.m. p.m, a.m. p.01 and intermediate offices 7,35 4.15 10.10 7.00 Blyth, Wingham, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, L.,I1,&Il. north and intermediate a.m. p fn. a.m. p offices 1).20 6.15 8.25 5.05 Stnnmorhill, Tuesday and Friday, 5,30 p.m, 5,30 (.1 British malls, Mnnday,Wed- nesdny, Thursday 6.30 a.m. Money Orders issued and Deposits received from ono dollar upwards. 'Office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Savimts Bank and Money Order Gtilce dere at1.30p.m. THOMAS FAiR, l'nstmastcr, Clint,m, Aug. 1187. • 8a.m HURON AND BRUCE L011,111 & Inyesti11eilt (1o'y This Company is Loaning 4lon01/ or Farm ,S'eevrity at Lowest kale,, of intert, ♦ . MORTGAGES-:-esPURCiIASEI SAVINGS BANK BRANCIH. 3, 4 and 5 per Gent, Interest Allowed on Deposits,according to amount and time left. OFFICE -Corner of Market Sgnareand North 8 H ORACE MORTON, Godcriclt, A moist 6th 1888 S1ANAoaa, J. BIDDLECOMBE. Watch & 1lacli Maker JEWELLER, &o., O1'I'OSITE T110 MARKET SQUARE, Clinton, Whore he keeps a select assortment of Watches Clocks, Jeweller}; Silverware. which we will poll at roan, ,l Inl,.08, Repairing of every description 4irnmptly attested to, and all work warranted, J. HIi)IJl f4COMBE. Clinton Nov.1882. tri 0 O M N KiPPEN MiLLS Are taking the lead in Gristin and Chop. ping, which will be done at all Mmes, on the shortest notice. CHOPPING only 5 cents, a bag. Gave us a trial, and you will be con• viuoed that this is the right place to get your Gristing done, as everyone gets tate flour manufactured from his own wheat. Farm- ers can depend ou getting their stuff home with them. FLOUR arm FEED. -Flour and feed kept constantly on hand. D. 13. McLEAN, Klppeu Mills. OLINTOE MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE, Library and Reading Rooms, Town Hall, dowu stairs. About 2,000 volume° in the Library and all the Leading Newt* papers and Periodicals of the day on the table. Membership ticket 81 per annum Open from 2 to 5 p m., and from 7 to 9 p. m. Applications for membership received ray the Librarian in the room. BENNLIALER-NUIISERY FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL _TREEI NORWAY .SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, Tae LATTER OP WUICff WE SIAIIE A SPECIALTY, LAItGF. STOCK ON HAND The above ornamental trees and shrubbery wt be sold at very low prices, and those wantin anything in this connection will save alone purchasing here. Orders by 11/ail will be promptly attend cd to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benmiller. IlIcKillop Mutual Insurance Co. T; NEiLANS, HARLOCK GENERAL AGENT. Isolated town and village property, as well as farm buildings and stock, insured. Iusur- ances.effected against stock that may be killed by lightning, If you want Insurance drop a card to the above address. FAINTING. PAINTING. The undersigned desires to intimate to the people of Clinton and vicinity that he has returned to town, and intends to remain here pe manently, and is better prepared than ever to do anything whatever iu the painting or paper hanging line. All orders entrusted to him will receive prompt and careful attention. GEORGE POTTS, Kirk St., Clinton. STEVENSOK ji C. —THE LEADING— UNDERTAKER . —ANL' -'. EMBALMER. A FULL LINE OF GOODS BPI iy STOCK The bestEwbalming Fluid used siliel►dh1 Hearse. . ALBERT ST., C LIN TON, a Residence over store. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL 1 FAIIIIAN&'I1ISDALL 13 AN K E 1t S, CLlINTON. ONT Advances made to farmers on their otvn notes, at low rates of interest. A general Banking I3usiness transacted Interest allowed on deposits. Salo Notes bought J. I'. TISDALL, Manager. RICHLY ltesvarded are those who read th1, and thou act; thoywill find honorable employment that will not take thein from their homes and families. The Profits aro large and euro for every industri- ous person, many have made and are now malting several hundred dollars a month, It is easy for any person to make 88 per day and upwards, who is willing to work. Eitho sex,youug or old; capital not noeded,wo star you. Everything new. No special+ ability required; you, reador.ean do it as well as any one. Writo to us at once for full particulars which wo mail free. Address Stinson & Co Portland, Maine, o (J .i1j'()N Planing Mill --ANn— DRY KILN-' r vIIE sUBSORIBER HAVING JUST CO61, PLATED and furetiehod his new Planing' Mil with machinery of the latest improved patterns Is now prepared to attend to all orders in his lino In the .nost prompt and eatiefaCtory manner and at roar amble rates. Ho woldd also return thanks to all who patronized the old in before they wore burned out, and now being In a bot • ter position to execute orders expeditiously feels confident ho can give satisfaction to all, FACTORY—Near the Grand Trun Railway, Clinton. • 1'110(5Aa May gNz(E ROBERT DOWNS, CLINTON, • M initaetnrer and Proprietor for the best saw llil)I Derr in neo. Agent for tho sale and application of the rerislistt PATENT' Ai'i, .,Tro Bowel Ct(t,'ga. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and applied on short notice. iiellorv, Erairin .,,, and al/ klmdn of Jiaehlnry repaired espediliarady and in a OMisfaCtory .manner. farm Implements mannfartnred and repaired, Steam and Water Pipes furnished an0 put In position, Dry Kilns fltted up on app'tratlor; Charges moderate.