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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1890-03-28, Page 2PRIPAY, MARQII 28, 1890.. A,EN BY SIEGE 4- Btl<'O1 Y OFA YOUNG JOURN- ALIST'S EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK CITY. • A Story From Real Life. CONTINUED. By the people of the stage she wall fiorrounded only at the opera house to be sure, but she saw enough of them to have a pretty poor opinion of their manhood, the tenor's in par- ticular. Indeed, she quite shared the opinion of a big voiced basso I louse know, who, on being asked if 1e didn't thin';; a certain tenor was Aeadoluy with Helen and herr aunt and, naturally, expected to take thein home; but 'West 1astings came behind the scenes with Uncle Lightfoot Myertt, Airs Dick Gris- wold and a lot of other people to congratulate the prima donna on a brilliant evening's work, and invited the whole party to sup. er at Del- rUOn1Co'b. Helen, who thought that Rush had brought her to the theatre to accommodate her rather tnan for any pleasure to himself, believed that he would be glad of the release; and said, in her politest tones: "I won't trouble you to take we home, 1Ir IluiIstone. Mr Hastings and these good friends have kindly vol- u❑tered their services. It was good of you to bi ing me. Good night," she added, putting out her baud. He bowed over it, but said ,a pretty goof fellow, replied; nothing as he turned to go "Stay "Yes, as good a fellow as a man line moment," said Helen, taking up one of the dozen bouquets that had been thrown to her. It was of red rosea; they were not so common then as they ere to -day. West Hastings had sent it. He always sent the same, for he liked to hear people say as it fell upon the stage, "That is from West Hastings; he always sends those big roses." "Mr Hurlstone, don't you want a rose?" And, choosing the finest one from the bunch, she fastened it in his buttonhole. "Thank you," he said rather stiff ly, as he bowed himself out. He would have felt better in his mind if he had seen the expression of an- noyance that passed over West Hastings' face and known the cause. But he didn't and he went out ac - 'can be who sings in that clef, No . the average tenor is not a very noble animal. lie is as whimsical as a woman, and a veay whimsical Woman at that, and vain beyond words. I don't say there are no ex- ceptions to this rule, but, if there are, they have not come under Inv •o servation. I am sorry to say that Rush oc- casionally dropped into song, but lie sang very unprofessionally, rnd Ms voice was a barytone. He was on such ft it'ndly relations with Helen and her aunt that one even- ing, when be canted to show them how a certain Creole song went, which lie bad picked up from a young Louisianian at college, he played the strange accompaniment on the piano and sang the song.- cross the dimly lighted stage in a Helen was delighted with his voice, most uneviable frame of mind. as well as with the song, and she "Am I tante cat after all?" he .thought his lit) 1e, uncultivated as it asked himself, bitterly. "Shall 1 was, very fascinating. She compli- allow her to kick me out of her way ,, mented him so judiciously that he and then come purring back and was led on to sing often, and site be happy again to rub up against offered to teach him some Scandi- her garments? What idiot I am! ,,41avian love songs she had brought This sort of thing will drive all the home from Europe with her. So it manhood out of me. I had better will be seen thattheir.evenings were take to the wilds and cho wood to spewed very pleasantly,the end of my days. That at least 1 9 -, Aunt Rebecca did not like her would he a manly vocation. 1'11 14o1ece to be dragged too deep in the neves' st e her again. I'll forget all •' aid whirlpool; she thpught that: that has been so pleasant and buckle rx• ler professional life was exciting down to work. I'll win fame and enough, and unless Helen hats some fortune, and then she will set what invitation she could not well refuse, she has lost.' she liked her to pass a quiet even-' And he pictured scenes of future ing at home. She looked upon greatness, where lie stood co❑spicu- Rush as a godsend, for be was in- oiisly in the foreground receiving terestingenough to keep Helen from the homage of the crowd (for what, being bored by herself, and be was he bad not quite made up his mind), so young and without fortune he while in the background Helen Ilk _ .did not come into lino with possible Knowlton looked on and sighed, isuito5s for her niece's hand. Rush' and said to herself : "Ah me! what was very well satisfied with this ar-' might have been!" He found him- rangement, for it put him upon a self gazing (with his mind's eye) very friendly footing. Helen would more intently at the background, see Lim when she would not see where he pictured Helen, than at men whom she regarded with more the foreground, where he pictured favor In a certain way, for she did' himself. Poor boy! he really sof- not feel that she had to put herself fered tortures. Just at that mo - out to entertain him. When West' Tr -lent life did not seem worth living. Hastings referred to Rush's rather; Ile had been walking aimlessly intimate footing in the family, she I along and these thoughts had been ..replied -fust --,e was "only a boy," I flying through his brain, and he did ane g'eemed to bet very much amused not notice where he was until -the that this man of .the world should awning across the sidewalk (it was regard him with the slightest feel- a cloudy night) reminded him that ing of jealousy. he was in front of Delmonico's. "Boys are often more dangerous He almost.recoiled. "If she saw 'than they seem to bo," he replied, i me she would think I was following with a slight eco l; for'nothing an- her," he muttered. The thought hardly passed through his mind when he beard his name called, and, turning, he saw Bessie Archer, her father and Archie Tillinghast alight- ing from a carriage drawn up at the curb. "We are just goipg into Del's to have a bis d; won't you come with us? I'm sure Uncle Archer and Cousin _Bessie will be delighted," said Archie, pulling him gently by the arm. Mr and Miss Archer -add - would be fatal. So he waited as ed that nothing would give them rti patiently as he could. greater pleasure, and they said it "Constant dropping wears away with so much sincerity that Rush stone," he said to himself. "I shall accepted the invitation. Their cor- hang on and keep up my spirits as diality was not his only reason for -best I may. In the meantime I accepting. He hoped, poor boy, shall work for money and position that Helen would see hits there, as no man ever worked befcre and and with another woman. It was my time will come." Archie Till- inghast, who could not but notice .. sir's devotion to Helen, said 'to him a one day. "Rush, old man, I In to see you playing tame cat to a prima donna." Rush replied with fierceness that must have proved to his friend that if there was anything of the cat in his disposition it certainly was not of the tame species. "If another man had said that to me, I would ,; have made him measure his length on the sidewalk. But I will take a:good deal from you, Archie. No more of this, however." "..r.- "As you like, dear boy," returned ' Archie; "but I think you are cut out for something better than to stand around with a hundred other men and burn insense before a pub- lic singer." "Your words are no doubt well meant, Archie, but they are uncall- ed for. I am content to be one of 'a hundred now; there is no reason I should not be; but I may out - stand the ninety -and -nine, and be swinging my censer all alone some day," he said laughtingly; and put- ting his arm through Archie's they continue -a their walk in peace and uietness. Archie made up his mind to say • no more upon the subject, no matter what he might think. "As well try to sweep the cobwebs from the sky with a whisk broom as to open a man's eyes when he is in this con- dition," he laid to himself. Rosh was not always content with himself et wi!lh : iv posits - There were 1iin( ,� when he res�iiied '.' being treated as a boy, One night In particular be was in a lamentable state of mind. He had gone to the noyed him more than to be laughed _at, no matter h w gentle the laugh. s for Il en, she soon forgot tho conversation. She liked Rush ''. as a companion -a nice ycung broth- er," was the way she put it. Rush . did not regard Helen with so Pia- , tonic an affection. He fell more deeply in love with her every time he meet her, and was very much afraid that he would betray himself. Such a thing as that, he knew, Children Cry for quite late, and there were not more than haif a dozen people in the res- taurant. The birds, however, bad barely beenIserved, when a feminine rustling was heard in the doorway, and a voice that brought the blood to Rush's cheeks and set his heart to beating like a trip hammer said, "I feel too tired to climb a flight of stairs; let us have supper in here; it is late, and every one has e'one."- She didn't see the little party. It was just out of her range from the door. So they came, and were waved to their seats by the digni- fied Francois, whom Rush bad mis- taken for Delmonico the first time he visited the place. "Why, -there is Bessie Archer," said Helen, bowing and smilliny, and bowing and swilling again as she recognized Rush, and the others. Rush had bit upon a plan of action. He was going to make Helen see that he could be happy with another woman (she had never 'for a mo- ment doubted it) and be laid him- self out to be agreeable to Bessie. For ber part, Bessie was very much predisposed in his favor, and was not at all avei se to his attentions. When her health proposed by Archie, Rush drank to ber with his eyes as well as with his lips, and he took n sly ,glance to see if Ilelen was looking. She vt asn't, as it happened; she Wrs listening very attentively to something that \Vest Hastings was saying. A t Inst Rush felt her eyes turned in his direction, and he played his ace of trumps, ire took the rose she had given him front his button hole and presented it to Bessie in the inost impressive planner, and Bessie tucked it in the folds of her hair. Helen saw all this, -Pitcher's Castoriao and elle said to herself, "why, .the dear boy is in love with Bessie &roller Re couldn't da better for she's a great catch and a very lovely girl." But down in her heart she telt a pang at losing so devoted and pleasant a friend as Rush had been, for if he became engaged to Bessie their little evenings would come to an end. However, bite would not be selfish and he might count on her as a friend to further bis suit. CHAPTER IX Rush was working very hard at the office at The Dawn. During his first acquaintance with Helen Kuowniton he had written special articles, for which he was paid so much a column, but no w he was taken regularly upon the staff of the paper, on a salary of$30 a week. He was in no special department, but acted in the capacity of "gener- al utility man" which gave him just the experience that he most needed. He worked in the city department, edited telegraph "copy," and wrote occasional editorials, so that his nights wore pretty well occupied, and he could not have renewed his evenings at Helen's had he been so inclined. Ho was trying to drive her out of his mind; but he found that simply Impossible. To refrain from calling at her house was much easier; yet he did not accomplish even that sacrifice very successfully. When be left the office of The Dawn at 1 or 2 o'clock iu the morning, he walked up to Twentieth street and passed with lingering footsteps under her window, but he had not called upon her since the night nis pride had been so wounded by what be took to be her desire to rid herself of his company. He had called at the Archers', however. It came natur- ally in his way to do so. Some- times he dropped in of an afternoon with Archie, and sometimes by spe- cial invitation of Bessie, who liked to talk over with him the things she was just then interested in. - Buddhism was at this time attract- ing her attention, and, as Rush was much more liberal minded than Archie, she enjoyed discussing this Oriental religion with him. Rush really cared little more for it than did Archie, but it was some- thing to divert his mind. Had he dreamt for a moment what a hold it was getting upon Bessie, he would have politely but firmly declined to discuss the subject. He supposed that she took it up as he did, as an intellectual amusement; but with her it was a more serious matter. To the intense disgust of Archie she renewed her acquaintance with Mme. Parapoff, and continued to attend her seances. She did not ask Archie to accompany her any more, for she knew that he would try to argue her out of going, and as she had made up her mind to go the argument could only have ended unpleasantly. She got hold of a young .married woman with a taste for the unnatural, and the two visi- ted the very remote and dingy apartments of the High Priestess of Buddha, and listened ro her twaddle with credulous ears. As Archie was really in love with Bessie, I should explain that she was not his cousin nor any blood relation to him; had she been I should have taken no interest in his sentiment for bei. She was Mrs Srcher's daughter, but she had been adopted, when she was 5 years old, by Mr Archer, when he married her widowed mother. Archie had been brought up to regard her as his own cousin, but his feeling to- wards her had been of a warmer than cousinly nature for a good many years. Slie liked him more in the cousinly way, and always turn- ed the conversation with a skillful stroke when she thought he was go- ing to exprelsse other than the sent- iments of a cousin towards her. Since her devotion to Buddha there had been a Iittle coolness between them. He could not tolerate any such nonsense, and the thought of the class of people to whom Bessie was turning for esoteric information almost maddened bim. Buddhism was only another name for spiritual- ism, he argued. The latter was a burned out volcano from which its devotees. were trying to throw out imitation lava to deceive the -credu- lous. That Bessie Archer should be one of the deceived he consider- ed a degrading thing. "Let the vicious and the vulgar run after such absurdities, if they will, but heaven forbid that a refined young lady should find any attractions in this tomfoolery?" was his reflection. - "My dear Bessie," he said to her, "if this Parapoff was what you say, she would be sitting in a golden temple, dealing out her words of wisdom at a thousand dollars a word. There is nothing that men would better like to know than what the future has in store for them. If they believed that they could be in- formed with truth, they would pay any amount of money; for it would save them countless sums. People are credulous enough, in all con- science, and if they had the slightest encouragement to believe in these soothsayers they would patronize them to an extent that would make theirs the most profitable profession in the world, rather than the most ill paid. They would be living in palaces instead of in dirty rooms on hack streets, and their patrons would be the rich' and great rather than poor deluded servant girls." "But they aro not all 'poor, deli ] (.(1 servant girls' who consult \imo. Parapoff. Some, ver}' intelligr'rtt men end women visit her rooms, Children Cry for among thew you counla Belie Atelier, who dont not put herself in the class you mention." "With the deluded, dear child, but not with the servant girls. You can't show me an intelligent Man or woman who seriously consults Mille. Parapoff. Tho very fact that one consults her disproves his intelli- gence." "Yon are so prejudiced, Archie Tillinghast, that if Mme. Parapoff predicted something to you and it came true, you would say it was all chance," exclaimed Bessie, indig- nantly. "I am quite sure I should, Bessie, and I am equally sure that it would be," replied Archie. "You are a very unsympathetic and narrow minded young man," said Bessie, rising„to leave the room, and I shall never again speak to you on this subject. r find Mr Hurlstone much more liberal." "I am sorry to hear that; I had thought better of Hurlstone." And Archie opened the door for his cou- sin to pass out of the room. He was genuinely distressed; and well he 'night be, for when a crotchet of this sort takes possession of an idle perscn's brain it is hard to uproot it. Ile felt sure that Bessie would become thoroughly disgusted in time, but when? He wondered if it could be possible that Rush was en- couraging her in this nonsense. - No, he could not believe that; but it began to dawn upon his mind that Rush might have taken his ad- vice about the prima donna (he bad not seen bim with her of late) and been devoting himself to Bessie. - He turned pale at the thought, for it was plain that Bessie liked hint. Why hadn't he let his friend go on dancing attendance upon the Binger? Why should he have interfered? It was just like him -always standing in his own light. The drawing room door opened, and ne heard Rush's voice saying to the butler, "Tell Miss Archer that I ani here, James; she is expecting me." Then, upon seeing Archie, "Ah, you here, Archie? glad to see you. I've called to take Miss Arch- er to see some pictures at Goupil's, won't you go along?" "No, thanks," replied Archie, somewhat coolly; "I've an engage- ment down town, and must say good-bye;" which he did without loss of time. As Rush stood look- ing out of the window, he noticed that Arohie turned up, instead of downtown, but he thought nothing of it, except that his friend had pro- bably changed his mind. That he should have regarded him as a rival in the affections of Bessie Archer never occurred to him. In the first place, he did not suspect the state of Archie's feelings towards Bessie; and in the second, he supposed that Archie was thoroughly aware of his devotion to Knowlton. Rush was not altogether happy this afternoon. It was a whole fort- night since he had spoken a word to Helen. He bad seen her in the nreantitite in an old curiosity shop in Broadway, accompanied by her aunt and West Hastings and she seemed to he buying furniture. What did this mean? Were they actually en- gaged and making preparations for housekeeping? No, they were not it was nothing so serious as that. West Hastings was refurnishing the dining room in his bachelor quarters. The craze for old furnitute was just then at its beginning, and he had asked Helen and her aunt to accompany bim to this shop to look at an old French sideboard he thought of buying. Helen had ex- cellent taste, and she sealed the fate of the sideboard by pronouncing it a beauty. This episode, as Rush interpreted it, was depressing enough of itself; but added to this he bad received a long and desponding letter from his mother, telling him of the Mutual Dividend Mining' company, of Col. Mortituer's connection with it, and of the offer he bad made to John. "Do see John as often as you can, Rush dear, and keep him under your eye. You know bow I dread the influence of Col. Mortimer. He is a bad, unprincipled man, and dear John is so easy going that he doesn't believe there is any harm in bim." John must have been in town for a week at least and he bad not yet made himself known to Rush. By chance, however, the brother% met. Rush was sent to report a masked ball at the Academy of Music -a thing he felt utterly unfit to do. - "I was never at a masked ball in my life," he told the city editor. "So much the better," replied the editor. "You will give us fresh views of a hackneyed subject. I quite envy you your new sensations. Get your copy in as early as pos- sible, and good luck to you." Rush was about the first person to arrive at the ball, and the Aca- demy looked gloomy enough. He had been told that the festivities did not begin until late, so he arrived there at 9 o'clock, thinking that that would be about the fashionable hour. There was not a woman in the place, and the only men on hand were the floor managers. He had plenty of time for reflection before the ball opened, and for the sake of the associations be wandered about behind the scenes. The stage and were boarded over, but the donna's loom was undistur•b• parquet 101109 ed. i f e looked in and sighed. A prrfume of violets lingered on the air, and he ,liber& ag.tin as he re(•oq- nil 41 it, and then wandered t.) the flout, wit( re a 4e0111 1,l,1 Leen ),,- served fur the p,ess. A large table r.1)ad in the centre, furnished d with pens. ink anti p.tl)er, There were a Pitcher's Castorlae great many bottles qa the table, but they did not all contain ink, or any- thing that looked like it. Ile sat down and took a pen, and - thought to improve the time by writing to his mother, but, as he cold say nothing about John, he concluded not to, iustead, he wrote "Helen Knowlton" over -three or four sheets of foolscap, in every variety of penmanship, and then tore the paper into tine bits. But, atilt fearful that tho name might be discovered, he made a pile of the scraps and burned them, watching their destruction with an expression of countenance not at all. in keep- ing with the spirit of a masked ball He shook his hdad'sadly. "A man's hopes may be as easily destroyed as that paper," he said to himself, as he blew the ashes from the table. Then he sauntered out into the lobby. TO BE CONTINUED. 10 S.- IMIAV41 TI.J,linixopi,X4 Pr. Reeve,Coroner f, r County of Huron. Dr. Turnbul, Graduate of Toronto and. vic- toria Univoraitioa; member tut Collogogof 4Pnyaitaana-and Burgeons of Ontario; Follow of Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh; lato of London, Eng,, and Edinburgh hospitals. 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CBENMLLLER NURSERY FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREle NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, THE LATTER OP WHICH WE Mesa A sPsOLLLTY LARGE STOCK ON HAND. The aboye ornamental trees and shrubbery wi be sold at very low prices, and those wand'', anything in this connection will save move' purchasing here. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benmlller. McKillop Mutual Insurance Co. T; NEILANS, HARLOCK GENERAL AGENT. Isolated town and village property, as wel as farm buildings and stock, insured. Insur- ances effected against stock that may be killed by lightning, If you want insurance drop a pard to the above address. PAINTING. PAINTING. -4004 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 in the Painting or paper hanging line. All orders entrusted to him will receive prompt and careful attention. GEORGE POTTS, Kirk St., Clinton. EXHAUSTED - J. C. STEVENSON r1IHE SCIENCE of Life the great Medical Work of the age on Man- hood, Nervous and Physi- cal Debility, Premature Decline, Errors of Youth and the untold miseries consequent thereon, 300 pages 8 vol., 125 prescrip- tions for all diseases. - Cloth, full gilt, only $1, by mail,- seated. Il- lustrated sample free to all young and mid- dle aged men. Send now. The Gold and Jewelled Medal awarded to the author by the National Medical Association. Address P. 0. Box 1895, Boston, Mass., or Dr. W. H. PARKER, graduate of Harvard Medical Col- lege, 25 years practice in Boston, who may he consulted confidentially. Specialty, Dis- ease of Man• Office, No. 4 Bulfiuch St. VITALITY. -THE LEADING - UNDERTAKER EMBALMER. A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEP . in STOCK The Molsons Bank. The bestEmbalming Fluid used Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1865. CAPITAL, $2,000,000. REST FUND, - $1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. J. H. R. MOLSON.... ... Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Gc.,eral Manager Votes discounted,Colb cf ions made, Draf fs is. xed, Sterling and American ex- e's oge bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits. FAT MEIt . Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re- quired as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, January 1887. Clinton Splendid Hearse. ALBERT ST.,CLINTON, Residence over store. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL FARRAN & TISDALL BANKERS, CLXNTON. CNT 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 interme- diate offices 7.01 a.m. 1.50p.m Toron to, Stratford, Sea - forth. T. and S. east1.55,p.m. 8 a.m Goderich, Holmesville and Grand Trunk west 1 p.m. 8.10 a.m Goderich, 8,41 p.m. 2.40 p.e, Hamilton, Toronto 4.16 p.m. 10.25 a,m London, L., H. & ti. south a.m. p.m. a.m. pan and intermediate offices 7.00 4.15 10.267.00 Blyth, Wingham, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, L.,H.&B. north and intermediate a.m. p m. a.m. p.m offices 9.30 6.15 8.10 6.00 British mails, Monday,Wed- nesday, Thursday 7.00 a.m. Bayfield, Varna, Herbison, daily 2.30 p.m. 2.45p, m. Sommorhfil, Tuesday and Friday, 5.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m Money Orders issued and Deposits received from one dollar upwards. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Savings Bank and Money Order Office close at 8.30 p.m. THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster. Clinton, April 29, 1889. CLOSE. . I LAIC HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investnleilt Co'y phis Company is Loaning Money or Farre Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. Advances made to farmers on their own. notes, at low rates of interest. A general Banking Business transacted Intlarest allowed on deposits. Sale Notes bought J. P. TISDALL, Manager. RICHLY Rewarded are those who read ibis and then act ; they will find honorable employment that will not take them from their homes and families. The profits are large and sure for every industri- ous person, many have mode and are now making several hundred dollars a month, It is easy for any person to make $$ per day and upwards, who is willing to work. Sithe sex,yonng or old; capital not needed,weste,r you. Everything new. No special ability required; you, reader.can do it as well as any one. Write to us at once for full pavticulars which we mail free. Address Stinson B: Cay,. Portland, Maine. Planing Mill MORTGAGES - : - PURCHASEI SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 8, 4 and .5 prr Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposits,arrorclinq to amount and time left. o'FI('E-Corner of Market Square and North 5 IiORACE IHORTON, It1ANAGEa. (4ndenrh, August 6th 1869 -A ND---- DR ND- DRY KILN! rfiHE SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST COM 1 NAMED and furnished hie now Planing M with machinery of the latest Improved patter 1s now prepared to attend to all orders in hi lino in the .nost prompt and satisfactory manner and at rens moble rates. He would also retur thanks to all who patronized the old m before they were burned out, and now being in a bet - ler position to execute orders expeditiously feels confident he can give eatisfactlon to all. FACTOR Y -&:ear the Grand Tran Railway, Clinton. THOMAS M.KENZIE i)]t..I. ILLI('&' & GUNN. H. It. FlIlirt, M. D., 1 W. (limn, M.D., L. R. 1,.R.1'.l' , Erlinburgll,C.1'„ Edinbp rgh,L.it. 1,,R.C.S.. Edinlurgll, I C. S., Rdin(nrgh, Li- Licentiate oft.hn Mid- eentiate Of the Mid- wifery. Edinburgh.wifrry,Edln.Offlce,nn Ofllee et Ih•neel,tId.I corner ofOntarioand 1 AVilldnm Sta..Clinton BIBLES & TESTA NI ENTs AT COST The Clinton liranrh Bible Societe nave for sato at DR WORTHIN(1"1'0N'.+ DRU(; STORE. Albert. Street. anion aRSoritnent of Bibles and Testaments. TESTAMENTS FR(M nota. 1?t'WARpa HUMES rnoii 2)rts UPWARDR. COME AND SER. DR WORTHi NGTON, De poeltory. BI)BER'F DOWNS, CLINTON, Mnm,farhn•er and Proprietor for the best SEW MitI Dox in 1140. Agent for the sale and application of 1110 (C4TFIRIIRR PATRST At'TOMATIO BOILRR CI,RAs)R. 8TEA M FITTINGS furnished and applied en all notice. Hailers, &:engines. and all kindds at 'ltnchi'fiery repaired 4, ped1flanaly and In a sattsrnclory manner. Farm implements Manufactured nndrepal Steam and Water Pipes furnlsbn position. Dry Kline Otte(; nil Chararsmodernte