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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1889-06-14, Page 2FRIDAY, JUNE; 14, lf3e% `COLONEL QUARITCH, Y. C. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE BY 1L RIDER HAGGARD. aidering the differeuce between us, ( tried to perattade her to cut the of age and fortune, you might find knot by marrying him offhand. other reasons than you suggest to Perhaps he would have succeeded,; account for wy being preftered to for in such affairs women aro apt to you, if I should be so preferred. find the arguments advanced by Lathes are apt to choose the better their lovers weighty and well worthy nlan, you know." of consideration. But he was not "I don't quite kbow what you mean by the 'better wan,' Mr (Jos - say," said the colonel, quietly. "Without wishing to make any comparisons,I may say that in birth, in breeding, perhaps even in educa- tion and the record of ray life, in whice at least I have not disgraced myself,I am fully your equal,though I admit that you have the advantage of me in money and in years. How- ever, that is not the point; the point is that I have had the fotture to be preferred to you by the lady in question,and a not you to me. I hap- pen to know that you,and the idea of marriage with you, is as distasteful to Miss De la Molle as it is to me. This I know from her own lips. CONTINUED. ▪ fC40 5. tight and published by arrange- ment with the Rose Publishing Company,) To truly love some good woman or: some woman whom be thinks good—for it comes to the same thing—to love her more than life, to hold her dearer even than his ;honor (though few men do ever love .1 woman thus),. to be, like Harold, beloved in turn, and then to know hat that woman, that one thing for which he could wont the world well lost, and would even sacrifice his Lope of Leaven, that light that makes Lis days beautiful,that starry joy sets like a diadem upon life's dark brows, has been taken from Idea by the mockery of fate (not by (-death, for that he could bear),taken grow him and given- -for money or ;:honey's worth—to the arms of some .other man. It is, perhaps, better itilat a man should die than that he .should pass through such an• expel.. t,.ence as that which threatened liar. ,eld Quaritch now ; for, though the twin die not, yet will it kill all that ir.a best in him ; and .whatever tri- (itxmpha may await him, ana what- ewer women •nay be ready in the to uture to pin their favors to his Sereast,, life will never bo for him 'athat it might have been, because this lost love took its glory with her. .nd the nioral of this; -which we ,commend to all young ,nlen—tile ?fmfter sex needing, of course, no ad= etice in tbat direction—is, Never Iseap into a deeper pit of passion t1an you can climb out of again ; twor though the lady who tempts you rthcreto be fairer than Aphrodite the ifoam-born, and sweeter than the !light, yet, when perchance she has fieft you, will you find the place cohere once she was a cold and lone- 'iy••spot to stay in till the end. No wonder, then, that he dee-- . ee.- paired. No wonder, too, there rose rap in his breast a great angor :and indignation against the man video had brought this last extremity .:af misery:upon them both. He was just man and could make allow- •ance for his rival's infatuation — which, indeed, Ida being concerned, it was not difficult for him to un- derstand. But he was -also, and above all things, a gentleman; and, the spectacle of • a woman being inexorably driven into a distasteful marriage by money pressure, put on • by the man who wished to gain her, irevolted him beyond measure, and, • _- though he was slow to wrath,moved him to fiery. indignation, iso much ,did it trove him --that he took a re- eeolution Mr' Cossey should know lhis mind about the matter; and that set once. ',Ringing the bell,he order- . d his dog -cart; and. drove to Ed- -'ward Cossey's rooms, with the full intention of giving that gentlemen to very unpleasant quarter of an !:''toil r•, Mr Cossey, was in, and fearing :lest he should refuse to see him, the •. olonel followed the servant up the ,3taits, and c1}teled almost as she an - .Jounced his name. There was a grim and even formidable look upon :alis plain but manly face, and some - ',thing of menace, too, in his formal and soldierly bearing; nor did his aspect soften when his eyes fell up - in the fnll•length picture of Isla, over rho mantelpiece. Ed ward C'ossey-rose with aston- shmcni; and irritation, not unmixed with nervoesee s ,' ,lepieted on `his Waco.. The lest itersun!WItom 110 wished to see and expecte d a visit from was Colonel Quaritalr,whum in hie heart ho held i:: considerable awe. De - 'sides he had of' late received such a series of unpleasant visits that it is not wonderful that ho begins to dread these, interviews, "Good -day," lin ssud,coldly. "Will you bo seated?" The colonel bowed his head slight- ly, but he did not sit down. "Tu what am 1 indebted for the rue ('01,ONEL t,0E7 TO SI,EEP. a man to adopt such a course. He did the ouly thing that he could do -answered her letter by saying that what' must be must be. He had learned that on the day subse- quent to his interview with his rival the squire had written to Ed- ward Cossey informing him that a decided answer would be given to him on Christmas Day, and that thereon all vexatious proceedings on the part of that gentleman's lawyers bad been stayed for the time. He could now no longer doubt what that answer would be. There was only one way out of the trouble, the way that Ida had made up her mind to adopt. So he set to work to make his preparations for leaving Honham and this country for good and all. He:wrote to land agents and put Molehill upon their booke to be so or let on lease, and also to various influential friends to obtain intro- ductions to the leading men in New Zealand. tint these matters did not take up all his time, and the rest of it hling.hdavily on his hands. He moone,cl about the place until he was tired. He tried to occupy himself in his garden,but it is weary work sowing • crops for strange hands to reap, and so he gave it up. Somehow the time' wor a~on- until at last. it was Christmas Eve; the eve, too, of the fatal day of Ida's decision. He dined alone that night as usual, and shortly after dinner some waits cane to the house and began to sing their cheerful carols outside. The carols did not chime in et all well with his condition of mind, and he send five shillings out to them with a request that they would go away, as he bad a head- ache. Accordingly they went; audshort- ly after their departure the great gale for which that night is still fa- mous began to rise. Then he fell to pacing up and down the quaint old oak -panelled parlor, thinking until hie brain ached. The hour was at hand, the evil was upon him• and her whom be loved. Was there no way out of it, no possible way? Alas! there was but ono way and that a golden one, but where was the money to come from? He had it not, and as land stood it was im- possible to raise it. Ah, if only that great treasure which old Sir James de la Molle had hid away and died rather than reveal could be brought to light, now in the hour of his 'house's sorest need! But the treasure was very mythical, and if it had ever really existed it was not to be found. 'He went., to his des- patch box and took form it the copy he had made of the entry in the Bible, which had boen in Sir James' pocket when he was murdered in the ,,,courtyard'. The whole story was a- very strange one. Why did the brave old man wish that his Bible should be sent to his son, and why did he write that. somewhat peculiar message in it? Suppose that Ida was right, and that it contained a cipher or crypto- graph which would give a clew to the whereabouts of the treasure? If so it was obvious that it would bo one of the sireplest -nature. A man confined by himself in a dungeon and under immediate sentence of 'death woald not have been likely to pause to invent something cotnpli- cated. It would,indeeed,be curious that ho should have invented any- thing at- all under such circum- stances, and when lie could have so' little hope. that the riddle would he solved. But, on the other hand,his position was desperate; he was quite surrounded by foes; there was no chance of his being able to convey the secret in any other way, and ho might have done so. ' Harold placed the piece of paper upon the mantelpiece, and sitting down in an arm -chair opposite be- gan to contemplate it earnestly, as indeed he bad often dobe before. In case the reader should not re- member its exact wording it is re- peated here. It ran ;—Do not grieve for me, Ed ward, my son,that J am thus suddenly and wickedly done to death by' rebel murderers, for nought happeneth but according to God's will. And now farewell, Edward, till we shall meet in l-Ieav- en. ;1'Ly moneys .have I bid, and on account thereof I die unto this world, knowing that not ono piece shall Cromwell touch. To whom (sod shall appoint shall all my trea- sure be, for nought can l communi- cate." \Veli, Harold stared and stared at this inscription. He read it for- ward, backward, crossways, and in every other way, but absolutely without result. At last, wearied out with misery of mind and the pursuit of a futile occupation, he dropped offsound asleep in his chair. That happened about a quarter to eleven o'clock. They next thing that lie knew was that lie suddenly woke up ; woke up completely, pass- ing as quickly from a condition of deep sleep to one of wakefulness as though he had ni'ver shut his eyes. He used to say afterwards that he felt as though somebody had conic and aroused his) : it wns not like a natural waking. Indeed, so unac- cusionled was the sensation, that. for a moment the idea flashed through his brain that he had find in his sleepy and was now arettken inti to a new .state of existence, This soon passed, lion ever l;p i dently he roti t have °d;?npt t.tme fire dying. He got up and hunted about in the dark for some matches, which at last he found. He struck a light, etanding exactly opposite to the bit of paper with the copy of Sir James de la Molle's dying mes- sage ou it. This message was neat- ly copied long -ways upon a half sheet of large writing paper, such as the, squire generally used. Its first line ran as it was copied— "Do not grieve for me, Edward, my son, that I am thus suddenly and wickedly done." Now, as the watch burned up, by some curious chance, connected probably with the darkness and the sudden striking of the light upon his eyeballs, it came to pass that Harold,happening to glance thereon, was only able to read four letters of this first line of writing, all the rest seeming to Lim but as a blur con- necting those four letters. They were— D L a d, time to go to bed if he were going. But he did not feel inclined to go to bed. If he did, with this great dis- covery on hie mind, he'sbould not sleep:There was another thing; it was Christmas Eve,or rather Christ- mas Day, the day gf Ida's answer. If any succor was to be given at all, it must he given at once, before the fortress had capitulated. Once let the engagement be renewed, and even if the money should subseelent- ly be forthcoming, the difficulties would be doubled. But there; he was building his hopes upon sand, and he knew it. Even supposing that he held in his hand the ley to the burial -place of the looglcst treasure, who knew whether it would still be there, or whether rumor had not enormously added to its proportions? He was allowing his hopes and his imagination to carry him away. Still he could not sleek, and Le hada mind to see if anything could She will only marry you, if she p p be made of it. Going to the gun - does at all, unser the direst neces- room, he put on a pair• of shooting- sity, and to save her father from tl d h line an old coat, and an ulster. the ruin you are deliberately bring- h ' ]d Next he provided himself with a ing upon him," "Well, Colonel Quaritch;" he an- swered, "have you quite done lec- turing me? If you have, let me tell you, as you seers anxious to know, that if by any legal means I can nisi-ly Ida de Is Molle, I certainly fully intend to marry, her; and let me tell yeti anuther.thing,that when once I ani married to her it will be .the last that you ,shall see of he., if I -can prevent R." - "Thank you for your admissions," said Harold, still more quietly. "So it seen,s that it is all true; it seems that you are using your wealth to harass this unfortunate gentleman and his daughter, until you drive them into consenting to this mar- riage. That being se, I wish to tell you privately what I shall probably take some opportunity of telling you in public, namely, that a man who does such things is a cur, and worse than a cur,he is a blackguard, and you are such a man,Mir Cossey." Edward Ccssey's face turned per- fectly livid with fury, and he drew himself up as though to spring at his adversary's throat. The colonel held up his hand. "Don't try that on with me," he said. "In the first place it is vul- gar,and in the second you have only just recovered from an accident,and are no match for me, though I am forty years old. Listen, our fathers had a way of settling their troubles; I don't approve of that sort of thing as a rule, but in some cases it is thinkyourself ag- grieved, salutary.. If you n o grieved, it does not take long to cross the water, Mr Cossey." Edward Cossey looked ?puzzled. "Do you 'mean' to suggest that I should fight a duel with youl" he Said. "To challenge a man to fight a cruel," answered the. colonel, with deliberation, "is an indictable of- fence,therefore I make•no such chal- lene . I have made a suggestion; if that suggestion falls in with your views, as," and he bowed, "I hope it may, we might perhaps meet ac- cidentally abroad in a few days' time, when we slight talk this mat- ter over further." "I'll see yon hanged first;" an- swered Cossey. "V hat have'I to gain by fighting you, except a very good chance of being shot? I have enough of being shot as it ie, and we will play this game out upon the old lines, until I win it." ' "As you like," said Harold, "I have made a suggestion to you which yon do not see fit to accept. As to the er.d of the game, it is not .finished yet, and, therefore, it is im- possible to say who will win it. Perhaps you will be checkmated after all. In the meantime, allow me again to assure you that I con• sitter you both it cur and a black- guard, and to wish you good -morn- ing." And he bowed himself out, leaving Edward Cossey in a condi- tion of concentrated rage which it was not good to look on. • CHAPTER XXXIX. being respectively tLe initial letters of the first, the sixth, the eleventh, andthe sixteenth words ofthe given above. The match burned out, and he dark lantern and the key of the began to hunt about for another. summer -house at the top of Dead "D -E -A -D," he said aloud, re- Man's Mount,and silently unlocking peating the letter's almost automati• the back door started out into the cally. "Why it spells 'Dead.' That is rather curious." Something about this accidental spelling awakened his interest very sharply—it Was an odd coincidence. 'He lit some candles, and hurriedly examined the.iline. The first thing that struck him was that the foul' letters which went to make up the word "dead" were about equidistant in the line of writing. Could it be? He hurriedly counted the words in the line; there were sixteen of them, that is, after the first; one of the letters occurred at the commence- ment of every fifth word. This was certainly' curious. Trembling with nervousness he took a pencil and wrote down the initial letter of every fifth void 'in the message, thus— ▪ pleasure?" began Edward Cossey, The condition of mind which • with much politeeess. could induce a peaceable Christian - "Lest time J was here, lir (os- natured individual, who had more- •3ey," said the t ulonel, in his deep over in the course of his career been "sloe, spoakine veyy deliberately, mixed up with enough bloodshed to I carpo t(i live i(n explanation:now have aetIuirctl a thoro'lgh horror of come to ask tette" , it to offer to fight a duel is difficult "Indeed'" to picture. Yet this condition had 'Yes. 1', ' env, to t 1, point. been reached by Harold Quaritch, bliss 1)e ,Its •'l file and 1 are attach. Edward Cossey hail wisely enough d to each other, and there has been- declined to eatertain the idea, but between et; en understanding that the colonel had boon perfectly in that atlas 1 ,t til. might end i't fuse earnest about it. Odt1 as it may rage." appear in the letter end of this ''Ohl has thee?" 411i11 that younger nineteenth century, nothing would Dan, with a sneer, have given him greater pleasure n "Yes," answered the colonel ,kt:ep: than to pit his lift' a„alnst that of ing down liis rising tenting es well h s unworthy rival. Of course, it as ho could. "But now i ala told, was foolish and wrong, but human apon what appears to bo good au- .nature is the sante in all ages, and thor'ity, +int you havo actually con- in the last extremity we fall back descended to bring, directly and in- by instinct on those methods which directly, ilrossnre of a monetary sort men have from the beginning adopt - leo bear upon Miss 1)e la Molle and od to save themselves from intoler- 1 ei• father, in order to force her into able wrong and dishonor, or, be it a distasteful marriage with you." admitted, to br-ng the same upon "And what the devil businesstof others. yours is tt,sir,"asked Cossey, "what But Cossey utterly declined, to 1 have or bitce.not done? Making fight. • As he said, he had had (Seery rtll'o •vatice for the disappoint- enough of being shot, and so there went of an unsuccessful suitor (for was an end of it. Indeed, in aftor- I presume in;,t you appear in that days the colonel frequently looked bnractor)," again he :neoiral, '•1 hack upon this episode in itis career t.ash, what 1)nsir,ess it is of yours?" with shame not tnliningled with 'Aft is every business of mine, Mr amusement, reflecting as he dol so r'ossey, beeCltin if Jliss De la ;Moho on the strange 1 otet cy of that pas- it forced into titre, 1 shall lose my sign which can bring men to seri- tuife.'d onsly entertain the idea of snc}I ex -Then y0.' v'ill certiinly lose her. travagancos. t.) you suppose 11,at I ani going to Well, there was nothing unarm to eeirisi.•Ier,y"u 1 indeed," Ile went bo done. He Ini„lit., it. is true,bave nl,iaeing no', t1 t f�hwer•ing pass:on, seen Ida, aldmworking upon hel- 1 er'1 ihonid 1, t+•” thought that, eon) , love and natural inclinations have tine, tin the ISmit w18 out. Lind tl,r' 1 "Do not grieve for me, Edward, my .son, that I am thus suddenly and wick. a edly done to death by rebel murderers, d m for nought happeneth but according to a God's will. And now farewell,Edward, 0 till we shall meet in Heaven: My mo- s m neye have Ilhid, and on account thereof 0 I die unto this world, knowing that not u n one piece shall Cromwell touch. To whom God shall appoint shall all my a treasure be, for nought can I communi- It cats." When Le had done he wrote these' initials in a line— DEad mans mount abc Great heavens! he had bit upon the reading of the riddle. - The answer was, '"Dead Man's Mount," followed by the mysterious letters A B C. - Breathless with excitement, he checked the letters again to see if by any chance he had made an error. No, it was perfectly correct. "Dead Man's Mount." That was and had been for centuries the name of, the curious tumulus or mound in his own back garden, the same that learned antiquarians had discussed the origin of so fiercely, and that -his aunt, the late Mrs Mossey, had at the cost of two hundred and fifty pounds erected a mushroom -shaped roof over, in order to prove that the hollow in the top had once been the agreeable country seat of.an.ancient J3ritish family. Could it then be but a coinci- dence that after the first word the ''hliiC?�'-'rte 1C., Ey fop Pitchers Castoria: C1111(17,m1 Cry for When Baby wee sick, we gave her Caetoria, When oho wails Child, ehe cried for Cestode, Whoa oho became Mille, ehe clung to Castoria, PPhen she liad Childr n, ehe gave them Caetorfq THIS YEAR'S garden. The night was very rough, for the great gale was now rising fast, and bitterly cold, so cold that he hesitated for a moment before making up his mind to go on. How- ever, he did go on, 'and in another two minutes was climbieg•etbe steep side of the great tumulus. There was a wan moon in the cold sky— the wind whistled most drearily through the naked boughs of the great oaks which groaned in answer like things in pain. Harold was not a nervous or impressionable man, but the place had a spectral look about it, and he could not help thinking of the evil reputation it had borne for all these ages. There was scarcely a man in Honham, or in Boisingham either, who could have been persuaded to stay half an 'hour by himself on Dead 4Ian's Mount after the sun,was well down. Harold had at different times asked one or two of them what -they saw to be afraid of, and they had an- swered that it was not what they saw so much as what they felt. He had 'aughed at the time,, but now he admitted to himself that be was anything but comfortable, though if he had had to put his feelings icto words he could probably not have described them further than by say: ing that he had a general sensation of (somebody being close behind him. However, be was not going to be frightened by this•nonsense,so, consigning all superstitions to their father the devil,he marched on bold- ly and unlocked the summer -house door. Now,' though this curious- -edifice urious-edifice had been designed for a sum- mer -house, and for that purpose lined throughout with encaustic tiles, nebxdy as a•matter of fact had ever dreamed of using it to sit'ip, n'0 13E CONTINUED. 7raie55ional antl other Ordo MANNING & SCOTT, 9 Barristers, .Solicitors, CONVEYANCERS, hc.. Commissioners for Ontario and Manitoba °MOE NeXT 00 )It To NEw ERA, CLINTON ONE, TO LOAN. MORTGAGES Bought. Private Funds. C RIDOUT, •Ofllee over J Jackeuu's Store, Clinton. 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Who would ever think of look • ing for modern treasure in the bury - place of the ancient dead? In those days, too, Molehill, or Dead Man's Mount, belonged to the I)e la Aiello family, who bad reacquired it on the breal4p of the abbey. It was only at the Restoration, when the Dofferleigh branch came into pos- session under the will of the second and last baronet, Sir Edward do la Molle, who died ,in exile., that they failed to recover this potion of the property. And if this was so, and Sir James, the murdered man, had buried his treasure in the mount, what did the mysterious letters A B C; meat? Were they, perhaps, directions as to the ]isle to bo taken to discover it? Harold could not imagine, nor, as a matter of fact, 'did be oranybody angod else ever h1 n out this either, then or hereafter. 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Membership ticket $1 per annum Open from 2 to 5 p in„ and from 7 to 9 p. m. Applications for membership received ey the Librarian in the room. The MQisons Bank. Incorporated by Act ofParliament, 1855. CAPITAL, - $2,000,000. REST FUND, - $1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. THOMAS WORKMAN,. .President. J. H. R. MOLSON..-...,. ...Vice -Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Gei+eral Manager Notes discourtted,Colleclions 010(10, Drafts i,3Atied, Sterling and American ex- ciiznge bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest at :3 per cent allowed en deposits. A.R.M F21/ t , Muncy advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers:•"No mortgage re- quired as security, H, C.'RItEWER, Manager,Javunry 1857. Clinton Clinton Post Office Time Table • Mails.are due for delivery and close for despatch at the Clinton Post Office as follows:— Hamilton, Toronto, Strat• ford, Seaforth, Grand Trunk east and interne• diate otHces Toronto, Stratford, Sea - forth, T. and S. east..., Goderich, Holmesville and Grand Trunk west Godorich, Hamilton,.Toronto, London, L., IT,'& B, south and intermediate offices Blyth, Winghain, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, incar-dine,Lucknow, north and intermediate offices British mails, Monda)•,Wed• nesday, Thursday fiayaelti, Varna, Herbison, daily 2.30 p.m, 12.454.111 Summerhill, Tuesday and Friday, 5.3(3 p.m., 5.30 p.m Money Orders issued and Deposits received from Dna dollar u1 words. • (11Hce hours from 8 n,nn, to 7 p.m, Ss% im:s Bank and Money Order Office close at 6.30 p.m. THOMAS PAIR, Postmaster, Clinton, April 29, Demi. Cl/b31: nl'e 7.00 a.m. 1.50 p.m 1.51 min. 8 a.un 1 p.m. 8.10 0.111 8,45 p.m. 2,40 11.111 4.15 p.m. 10,25 a,nn a,m, p.m, a.m. p.tn 7.00 4.15 10.25 7.00 a.m. p 111. a.m. p 0 9,30 13,15 8.105.110 7.00 a.m. 1 i HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y BENMtLLER NURSERY FRUIT ANL) ORNAMENTAL TREE. NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH • AND ASTRACHAN PINE, TILE LATTER 01, WIIICIH WE MAKE!, SPECIALTY. LARGE STOCK ON HAND Tho abops ornamental trees and shrubbery wi be sold at very low prices, and those wantin anything in this connection will save mone purchasing here. Company is Loaning Money or Farm Seruriey at Lowest Rates of interest. MORTGAGES - : - PUIICHASEL SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposil.a,aceording to amount and time left. OFFICE,—Corner of Market Srinareand North S HORAVE HORTON. MANA('R. Goderith, Aueust Mb 1855 BID DL B DLCUMBE. Watch Clack Maker JEWELLER, &c., OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQUARE, Clinton. Where' 11e keeps a select assortment of Watches Clocks Jewellery, Slilverware. 14 telt a will sell at. reasenaltle !RMS. Repalrnngof every description promptll attented to, anti all work warranted. tJ, BiDDLECOMBE, Clinton Nov.1R82. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed lo. Address, JOHN STEWART. Benmiller. McKillop Motaal I cram ° Co., T: NEILANS,' HARLOCK GENERAL AGENT. Isolated town and village property, as well as farm buildings and stock, insured. Insur- ances effected against stock that may be killed by lightning, If you want insurance drop a card to the above address. PAINTING. PAINTING. The undersigned desires to intimate to the people of Clinton and vicinity that he has returned to town, and intends to remain here' permanently, and is better prepared than ever to do anything whatever in the painting or paper banging 'line. All orders entrusted to him will receive prompt and careful attention. GEORGE I'OTTS, Kirk St., Clinton. J. C, STEVE\ SON —THE LEADING— UNDERTAKER- -AND— EMBAL]YMER. A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEPT ill STOCK The bestEmbalming Fluid used • Splendid Hearse. ALBERT ST., CLd N TON, Residence over store. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL FARRAN & TISDALI; 13ANKEIt5, • CLINTON. ONT Advances made to farmers on their own notes, at low rates of interest,. 'A general Banking Business transacted Interest allowed on deposits. Sale Notes bought .7 I'. TISDALL, Manager. RICHLY Itewarrd thlet en aroact those weywill fiho read this an ; thnd honorable cniployweut that will not take them from their homes and families. The ,profits aro largo and sure for. every industri- ous person, many have made and aro now making several hundre(ldollarsa mouth, is easy for any person to make 818 per day ., and upwards, who is willing to work. • Etthe sex,yoatig or old ; capital not needed,westar you. Everything new. No special ability required; you, reader. can do it as well as any. one. Write to us at once for full particulars whirl, we mail free, Address Stinson & Co Partin nil, Maine, Planing Mili DRY KILN— IIIE SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST COM, meran and furnishedhis new Planing 51i1 with machinery Of the Latest Improved patterns Is now prepared to attend to all orders in his lino In the .nost prompt and satisfactory manner and at yeas ,tnahle rates, He Would also return thanks to all who patronized the old m before they were burned out, and now being 1n a bet ter pnsntIon to execute orders expeditiously. ,cols confident he can give satisfaction to all. AACTOI?' Y—.,Near the Grand Trun Railway, Clinton. THOMAS MaAENZIE ROBERT DOWNS, 1 ° CLINTON, Mann.htct rarer and Proprietor for the best saw Ditrt Dog in use. Agent for the sale and application of the iS-trFisnss 1'ATRsr 51 000000 1Il-IL1<n(•Ln snER. STEAM FITTINGS fnrni,hcd nod applied „n alt tri. m,tiee Roll('rv, k;ntrinl M, and all k111114 of 1lrrt htnery repntrrd 08 prdttlonSly and in tt gatlMfartol'y masher. Ea,r,. ' t.'� nn 1110 ntan0Gletnred art.]. repaired. Ste.,m and II nit r Pmt, torn'-he,l and put In p� ,:0,,n Lir Lilly• Mt.'', up 011 app!cation (lin riot inn1,rtte