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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1890-06-27, Page 2,A y, J llltk: 21, 48.0. DONOVAN, yliox»a rT F.N.GI t 8HbT, N, rD �Y D. 4xnr,L, Priblisbea 'bli',"°ras. TBryce, Toronto. GONTIST[IEA. 04471%R ' perplexing oontrttitictiona, Dowse lot realties from Inti* wad by frite Colnrtisl aewri.tl wlbiols 100414 i0.' wagvery leyoble,. ,Mud his eager chill which he had taken during, needed: to sdery fifty hours be d4 • I,ue$ticl>•ing.44 to tteeolonel'fa ItAla the drive to Portdakerratt, l'.1ot 'knew,, but tae wag rouged lit life • could not frill be gratifying to "AI 'sniff mental elm*, any -length by the' dOetat'll WA OA hi i the fetherrS Watt tie, far' bill part, 040a4 menti oat kis ilk&ly tQ at homier. however, wast& puucti less at+ecelieful feet` hirer- asked (Donovan, speak- If lL ears be of any use in sending 9,4e86.on0r and iota lid elicit ver , lit, g aliulyE though ;his. heart began off' any telegrams: for yQu or. help, r y 14 is tic as oto. MO Sons •past life, for to be veiny: 013cotnfot't<ab1e,;in;yen i4 any other way, pray tp11 Donovan was reserved by nature, rslt midst, yes;it probal,1y me•g and had :baen. 3iattde. Gilt More so by his education. He drew tin impene- trable veil over his childhood, and answered all allusions to his mother with quick, abrupt monosyllables; for he was far too proud to be a grumbler, and indeed his grievances were too deep to bear speaking of. Little Dot was the only subject upon which be talked naturally and nreservedly, and Colonel Farrant wee glad to make the most of this. Before long the weather claimed their attentions; the sky, which had been bright and cleat when they. left Plymouth, was now black and threatening, while the light breeze of the morning was growing stiong- er and keener . Everything be- tokened a storm, and befote long the rain deaceuded in torrents, drenching the occupants of the dog cart to the skin, while the western wind blew so strongly and gustily that to hold an umbrella was out of the question. For him- self, Donovan rather epjoyed it. There was a sort of pleasure in be- ing buffeted by wind and rain, but he was anxious for his father, as be knew he was subject to severe attacks of rheumatism, consequent on rheumatic fever. They resolved to stop at the first place they came to, and at last, to their relief, they reached a quaint little fishing town, which boasted a very fair inn. But in spite of warm rooms, a good dinner, and a change of clothes, Donovan's fears were realized. The next day his father was entirely in- capacitated by rheumatism, and to proceed was an impossbility; the rain too, continued without inter- mission, and everything seemed to augur some little stay at I orthker- an. The day passed slowly and wear- ily. Donovan wrote letters at his father's dictation, read the "West- ern Morning News" from beginning. to end, and finally set out, notwith- standing the rain, to reconnoiter the place. On coming in again he found his father so much worse, and suffering such pain from his heart, that he tried to get leave to go for the doctor, but Colonel Far - rant did not take to the idea. "There is nothing to be done. I've bad these attacks dozens of times," he replied reassuringly. "Besides, ten to one we should only find a quack in this outlandish place." "The landlord says there's a first rate doctor named Tremain; do let me send a lino to him," said Donovan, anxiously. "Well, welt, perhaps if [ am not; better to -morrow we'll have him. I'rn sorry to keep you in this dull place, my boy; but to -morrow if it's fine, we will try to. push on." Colonel Farrant spoke cheerfully, and as if he really hoped to be well again before long;'and yet Donovan could not shake off an uneasy, dis- satisfied feeling, which returned to him more and more strongly after each visit to his father's room.— They had a great deal of talk that evening, and Donovan began to feel that home would be very different now that his father had returned— more like the ideal home he used to fancy. Colonel Farrant, too, was immensely relieved and cheered, for his sickness and helplessness bad brought to light many of Donovan's best qualities—his strength, his ten- derness, and his ready observance; while his evident anxiety seemed to speak well for his awakening love. It would be hard to say which was the more disappointed when on the Thursday morning, Colonel Far - rant proved to be rather worse than better. He was suffering so much when Donovan went into his room in the early morning, that he could no longer say anything against the plan for calling Dr. Tremain, and Donovan dispatched a messenger at', once, with a note to the doctor, and before half an hour had passed was called down into the little sitting room to receive him. Dr. Tremain was standing by the window when he entered, and Dono- van, glancing at him rather curi- ously, was at once prepossessed in his favor. He was a middle-aged man, but looked younger than he really was, in spite of evident signs of ill health; his brown eyes were clear and shining, and there was a kindly light in them which was very attractive; his forehead was high and very finely developed, his features were regular and good, while a long, light -brown beard concealed the one defect of the face, a slightly seceding chin. Donoyan'was a rather good judge of character; his first sensation was one of relief that he had found a man whom he could trust, and who would probably understand his fa. ther's case, bis next was one of sur- prise that any one so refined, and evidently so clever, should remain buried in a corniah village. He led the way to Colonel Fervent's room, and then waited anxiously below for the report. The doctor's visit was a long one, acid when at length he came down stairs, Donovan was alarmed to find that he spoke very seriously of Col- onel Farrant'a illnesa. The rheuma• tic fever had left his heart very Weak, of that Donovan was aware, but Dr. Tremain spoke of really grave symptoms of further mischief aggravated, no doubt, by the fatigue TUE TBENAIN3 QT:' ROMMEEitltd.N. 'rout faith. beyond our sight may go," He Baid; (the graoioua Fatherhood Cart only knew above, below, Eternal purposes of good. F're?ai' our free heritage of will The bitter springs of pain and ill FIAw donly in all worlds. The perfect y Ol4 Go4 i9 shadowless4 'and love is love always." WnlrrmEn. Giolden sunshine, clear blue slay, the.flesh green of spring and a light delicious sea -breeze --all this out- ward beauty and gladness there was otl the morning after Colonel Far- ' rant ar- rant and his son had arrived at Ply- mouth. And yet surely never had heart felt more heavy, never had existence felt more unbearable, than Donovan's as he walked slowly and ,dejectedly on the Hoe. Colonel .,,'/irrupt bad left the hotel early in order to get bio business settled, and Donovan, with a restless crav- inn for something to divert his mind from his disgrace, had wandered out alone. He was not very success - al in his search for peace, for the more he struggled to find interest or diversion in all around, the more he felt the bitter pangs of remorse and angry resentment. Groups " of 'happy, noisy children were playing •on the grass, and he thought of his .s.wi;; lonely, repressed childhood, and felt that the lots of men were un- jtEstly and unequally arranged. He stood op the highest point Y• ,of the Hoe, and looked at the ex-• quisite view before him—the state- ly ships at anchor in the 'sound ; Drake's island, with its miniature citadel ; Mount Edgecombe, with its beautifully wooded banks, and its foliage fringing the water; the "Qtear, sharply defined line of the breakwater, and, far out over the :,sparkling, dancing waves, the dis- tant Eddystone. And yet, though be could not be altogether insens- = ible,to the beauty of the scene, the .brightness and rejoicing, even the ;;industry and success which he saw, :made him more angry and resent- °ful, more hopeless and despairing. 'Was not he disgraced, humiliated? „and, at tho same time, had not his faults been unjustly exaggerated, his punishment unjustly given, Life seemed one long perplexity, and now he felt both hopeless and purposeless, for success and pleasure had been his chief object hitherto, and now he felt that he had failed shamefully, and that the failere ' was so great that all pleasure in life was over. Yet, in spite of his rerhorse and misery, he was neither repentant s nor humble, for Mrs Doery's early training had ruined him in this re- spect. The soft, pliable years of bis childhood had been left in ignor- ance, and when his powers of rea- son and calculation had been well roused and brought into action, he was presented wittl a God always watchful to detect sin, always 'in readiness to punish—a hard, stern, inexorable Judge, who admitted .fottunate• people to heaven, and dis- missed unfortunate people to hell, With strict impartiality and entire al.sence of feeling. No wonder that ',a' -angry sense of injustice grew up in Donovan's heart, no wonder that be turned from the cruelly false re- pxosentation which was offered him, and steadily refused to believe in lir, And when,in course of time, he heard other and truer views than these, his heart had grown hard, and he had become so accustomed to rely on himself and his natural strength of will that he felt no need of higher help. Moreover, religion required that he should own himself to be weak and God all powerful, and be would own neither the one nor the other. Even now, with his .sense of failure and misery, he would • not yield; fate had been against him; he was sorry to have brought disgrace on his father, he was angry and indignant with the world, and dissatisfied with himself, but that was all. ., Two vessels in the sound had jtiat weighed anchor. He watched them with a listless interest, won- dering whither they were bound and what would become of them; whether they would safely reach their destination, or whether a cruel fate would cast them on rocks or quicksands, to be helplessly, ir- retrievably wrecked. A fate to bo struggled against! It was his notion of life; and, as the stately lahips left the harbor and sailed out into the inmeasurable expanse be- yond, he turned away with a firm- er, more decided step, and a leas dejected heart; fate had been against Linn in all his life, but he would not 'despair. He would conquer fate byf the power of his will; he would live yet to be an honot to his fath- er! Colonel Farrant's busin'eas did not detain bim very long, and, as soon baa lunch was over, he suggested that they might as well at least begin their tour that afternoon. Done - ran Was relieved at the proposal, 'laud assisted in the choice of a horse and dog -cart with a resolute if ' somewhat forced cheerfulness. His father was further than ever from Understanding him now, and began fa doubt whether the driving tour *iltild bo a success; but, with all his Children Cry for, would,"--replied-.tile doctor.; #'hnt,hu told me nothing of the sort." "No, I didn't think he would," said Donovan, controlling his voice with difficulty, "but be has had great and unexpected trouble; I have given him trouble." The confession, coming from one evidently so reserved, had a strange pathos. Dr. Tremain hod out his hand warmly. "That must make the anxiety doubly trying to you; but do not be despondent; this afternoon I may be able to give a better account; in the meantime only see that your father is kept perfectly quiet." Donovan had been miserable enough before, but this news added tenfold to his misery. At Colonel Farrant's request, he wrote at once to his mother, giving her full par- ticulars of his father's state, and describing the kind of accommo- dation which was to be had at Porth- kerran, if she had thought cf com- ing down to nurse him. He added these details because his father told him to •do so, but he himself did not think for a moment that she would come; she always shrunk from witnessing pain, and even dis- liked being in little Dot's room for any length of time. As Donovan wrote, Colonel Far - rant lay perfectly still, thinking deeply; and when in the afternoon Dr. Tremain made his second visit, and could still give no more favor- able report, the subj ect of his an- xiety was revealed. "Doctor, have you any lawyer in the place who would draw up a will for me?" "There is one ordinarily," said Dr. Tremain. "But Mr Turner is away now, I am afraid there is no one nearer than Plymouth." "I have been thipking things over," said the colonel. "It is many years since my former wrili was made, and, owing to many changes, I feel that it will be bet- ter to make an alteration. I feel fidgety and anxious to get things settled. It is provoking that there is no lawyer here." "I do not know that you need feel any immediate anxiety," said the doctor "what I have told you need not necessarily affect your life for many years." "No, but it may affect it any moment, said the colonel, gravely. "I want to be prepared; I want to have everything in order for my boy." Dr. Tremain, aware that worry or anxiety was very bad for his patient, thought of the Nest means of reassuring his mind, and, after a moment's consideration, suggested that he shorrjd write, both briefly and clearly, his own wishes until a formal will could he drawn up. -- Colonel Farrant was much relieved by the idea, and directed the doctor to ask Donovan for a sheet of paper, upon which Dr. Tremain wrote at his dictation a clear and properly worded form, expressing bis desire to devise and bequeath the bulk of his property to his son, Donovan Farrant, and providing an ample al- lowance for his widow during her life. Then one of the servants and the doctor himself witnessed the will, and the colonel lay back again, relieved and satisfied. They were still talking on the subject when Donovan's vosce was heard without; it was just goat time, and he knew hia father had a letter to send. "I do not wish my son to see this; I wish him to know nothing of the transaction," said the colonel quickly Dr. Tremain had, however,already given the word of admittance, and Colonel Farrant, starting up hur- riedly, took the will from the table and put it into the doctor's band. "Take it, take it, and not a word." There was a sudden pause; Dono- van came toward the bed just in time to see his father fall forward, and to hear a slight sound in his throat, of which he did not know the meaning. Dr. Tremain gave an inarticulate exclamation, raised the inanimate form and bent down close to it; then he glanced to the other side of the bed, to that other form almost as still and inanimate, to that other face, white, rigid, and agonized, and saw that there was no need of words; Donovan under- stood that his father was dead. All that a good unselfish man can do at such a time Dr. Tremain did. He felt the most intense pity for Donovan, left thus utterly alone, with a burden of remorse on his conscience and this overwhelming grief at his heart; but it was diffi- cult to be of much use to one so completely stunned atil paralyz3d, and the doctor could only persuade him to leave the room. Donovan moved away mechani- cally, and went down below to the little sitting -room. He felt scarce- ly anything but a dim, vague, un- defined horror, a consciousness of a sudden blank in his life. The shock had been so great that, for the time, all his faoultiea were numbed, and he soarcely heard the doctor's words; he stood by the mantle -piece, silent and motionless, with his eyes fixed on the center ornament—a little tawdry shell House mounted on a board strewn with -dried sea - weeds. How many 'times he bad dreamily calculated the number of I Tremain. "I am afraid we can not Pitpher's Castoriaa �11e wgrds egumgd„tq;reusg Dong. van; the rigid atillneeta of hia face changed suddenly, the look of suf- fering deepened. "My mother -t -I tp,ust let her know." He sat down by the table and hid his face in his hands, jattling with his emotion. The doctor had brought paper and pen; he offered to write tbo telegram, but at the proposal Donovan raised his head once more, and, controlling himself, took the pen to his hand and wrote, without a moment's pause or hesitation, the brief words which were to convey the news of Colonel Farrant's death to the rector of the church near Oakdene. He was the only person fit to break the news to Mrs Far - rant, the only person Donovan could think of at all, except Mrs Doery or Ellis Farrant, and from them he instinctively shrunk. Dr. Tremain promised to see that the message was sent, r nd then very reluctantly took leave, trying, as he walked along the wet, muddy road, to think of any means by which he could help the poor boy who seemed left, in such a miser- able, frietldless state. But it was a difficult question, and the doctor had arrived rt no satisfactory so- lution by the time he had passed through the village and reached the gabled ivy-covered house where he lived. Trenant was a delightfully com- fortable house, prettily furnished, exquisitely neat, and in every way well ordered. Some one was sing- ing on the staircase as Dr. Tremain opened the front door, and as he took off his wet coat there was a sound of hurrying footsteps, and a pretty, bright -looking girl of about sixteen ran to meet him. "Papa, how—long you have been out, and how shockingly wet you are!' "Yes, it is raining heavily," said the doctor, taking one of the soft little hands in his as he erossed the hall. "Is your mother in, Gladys?" "Yes, she's with the children in the drawing•room, and we've kept some tea for you. I'll go and see to it;" and she ran off, finishing the song which had been interrupt- ed, while her father went into the drawing -room. Gladys was the eldest daughter of the house, and when her parents had chosen her name—a name which they considered as emblema- tic of happiness, in spite of certain questions which bad arisen among name fanciers on the subject—it would seem that some unseen fairy godmother had really bestowed that best of all gifts on their child, for Gladys was the happiest, most con- tented, sunshiny little person im- maginable. Everything about her looked happy—her sunny golden - brown hair, her bright, well -opened gray eyes, her laughing mouth, her little unformed nose, her dimpled chin and fresh, glowing complex- ion. She had, of course, her ups and downs like most people, but was too unselfish to be depressed for any length of time, and too easy and accommodating to make much of such troubles and difficulties as she bad. In a few \Minutes the tea was ready, and Gladys, with a dainty little hand -tray filled with a plate of crisp home-made biscuits and the cup and saucer crossed the hall once more, passed the littleconservatory, where two canaries were singing with all their might, and entered the drawing•roonl, in which she found her father and mother talk- ing together. "They are strangers. The father had just returned from India," Dr. Treruain was saying. "And they were taking a driving tour in Corn- wall; it's the saddest thing I've heard for a long time. Without the slightest preparation the poor fellow is left in this way without a friend near him." "He is quite alone, then, at the inn?" asked Mrs Tremain. "Quite alone, and I don't see how we are to Help him. I thought of asking him here, but I feel sure he wouldn't come." "Poor boy! how old is hers "About eighteen, I believe; but be's decidedly old for his age; he is a man compared with Dick." "Oh! Dick never will grow old," said the mothe:, with a little sigh, as she remembered how far away. was the sailor son. "But we can not leave this poor Mr Farrant without any sympathy. Would it be any use if I went to see him?" "It would be the very best thing possible," said the dootor, "if you do not shrink from it too much. I am afraid you will find it very difficult to make any way with him, but I can't think of any other plan for helping him." "I will try and see him, then, after dinner," said Mr Tremain. "Is Mr Farrant'a father dead?" asked Gladys, as her father left the room. "Yes, dear, quite suddenly. The shook must have been terrible to the poor boy." "Ohl mother, how will you com- fort him? How dreadful it mut be to have such sorrow all alone!" "Yes, terrible indeed," said Mrs do wary Muck itlt comfort bis, don t;}1adSt1, bet •God, east e3m ort Muir, and perhaps Hro,mey min us as 144 uieatsengerle 0( 00144; et *uy„ rate, we Can all poll for, him," , Yea, we ,can dta that, :'Rut, mother—and a abode crossed gladys'e bright face --,"it dOes,eeetla lie strange that sone people should -have- so- much more trouble- •than - others. Dick and I, for instance, we have had scarcely anything bqt happiness all our lives. Of course, Dick's going away is always sad, but I mean we've had no great sor- rows. Doesn't it seem almost un- fair, unjust, that lives should be so unequal?" "Ip must seem so, until we can realize that we are all the children of a loving rathee, who gives to every- one just what is best for them. If we remember that God's will is to draw us all nearer Him, to fit us for the greatest happiness of all, we shall surely trust Him to choose our joys and sorrows, and those of every one. else too." "And yet, mother, it seems very often as if troubles were just the worst things for us, the things that made us go wrong. Think of poor Ben Trevethan at the forage; his wife died, and directly afterwards his son grew wild, and took to drink- ing, and then just when Bon hoped to steady him he was laid up for months and months, and the son grew worse, and at last ran away; it seems as if it would have been so much better if all those troubles hadn't happened together, as if the son would have had so much more chance of getting right." "Yea it seems so to us, dear," said Mrs Tremain; "but you must remember that we can not see the pattern which our lives are weav- ing, we can only go on bit by bit, remembering that there is a pattern, and that one day we shall under- stand why the dark shades, and the long plain pieces, and the bright, glad colors are sent.us. Ben Tre- vethan's life, and his son's too, will not be wasted, you may be sure; they will help oto influence, to guide, or to warn other lives all the time that they are weaving their pat- tern." "Our pattern is very bright just now," said Gladys, raising her hap- py, contented face for a kiss. "And baby Nesta is the very brightest, sunniest part of all!" and she sprung up to receive from the nurse the little white -robed baby, the new de- light and treasureof the whole house. Her song was taken up once more, as she walked to and fro with he: little charge, and the voices of the other children at their play came from the further end of the room, while Mrs' Tremain's thoughts reverted to the sad story she had heard and to the work which lay before tier that evening. TO BE CONTINUED. WO/1Mt > SY l .If NIT 1 Wit & or gossillossnalromprivalii faint low rate. out wodsrttiariltxpentN, Tomos roads to oultborto Waco• MAaSP i(I &,tiCOM. 4`I1Aton, OINAB» ieal.lC.stp,te Brokeir,F14a0,0al Agent, .e,,, 2a Toronto Street,. TQ* onto, Particulars of Farms, Residences, Business Propertiee, aro., for intend- ed sale, can be emit to the above address, or given to HORATIO HALE, BANKER, &c , • - . - - CLINTON Deo. 1899, NDER T AKIN G. The subscriber would intimate to the public generally that he has added to his business that of UNDERTAKING, And is prepared to supply all fun- eral necessaries at short notice and in a satisfactory manner. Coffins, Caskets, ShroudS, &c , CARRIED IN STOCK. The Clinton Lodge, No. 144. meet In Jagk , son's Hall on the let and3rd Fridays in oath month. Visitors cordially invited. R. STONF.,HAM, M. W. J. BEAN, Rpaordor. A COOK - BOOK By - FREE mail to any lady sending as her post shit I address. 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OFFICE & RESIDENCE the house for- merly occupied by Dr Reeve, Albert Street Clinton. rp C. BRUCE, L.D.S., DENTIST, gradu- ate Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. All operations of modern den- tistrycarefully performed. Anaesthetics ad• minitered for the painless extraction of teeth. Otflee — Keefer's old stand, Coats' Block, Clinton. Will visit Blyth profession- ally every Monday, at Mason's Hotel. DRWORTHINGTON, — PHYSICIAN, Surgeon, Aocouoher, Licentiate of the College of Physicians, and Burgeons of Lower Canada, and Provincial Licentiate and Coroner for the County of Huron. Of- fice and reeidenoe,—Tho building formerly occupied by MrThwattee, HuronStreet. Clinton, Jan.10,1811. TE. BLACKALL VETERINARY SUR- • 0E0E, Honorary Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. Troate all diseases of domesticated animate on the most modern and scientific principles. Office — immedi- ately west of the Royal Hotel. Reeldenoe— Albert St., Clinton. Calls night or day at- tended to promptly. DRS. ELLIOT & GUNN. H. R. Elliot, M. D., W. Gunn, M.D., L. R. L.R.C.P., Edinburgh, O.P„Edinburgh , L.R. L R.O.S.. Edinburgh, C. S. Edinburgh Li - Licentiate oftho Mid- oentiate of the Mid- wifery, Edinburgh. witery,Edin.Offce,on Office at Brimfield, earner of Ontario and William Sta., Clinton DRS. REEVE & TURNBULL Clinton Post Office Time Table Mails are due for delivery and close for despatch at the Clinton Post Office as follows:— Hamilton, Toronto,—gtrat ford, Soaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme- diate offices 7.00 a.m. Toronto, Stratford, Sea - forth, T. and,S. east1.65 p.m. Ooderich Hoimesville and Grand gunk west 1 p.m. Goderlch, 8,45 p.m. Hamilton, Toronto, 4.15 p.m. London, L., 31', & B. south a.m. p.m, and intermediate offices 7.00' 4.16 Blyth, Wingham, Kincar- dine. Lucknow, L.,H,&B. north and intermediate a.m. p m. offices British mails, Honday, Wed- nesday, Thursday BaySeld, Varna, Herbison, daily Summerhill, Tuesday and Friday, 6.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m Money Orders issued and Deposita received from one dollar upwards. Office hours from 8 a,m. to 7 p.m. Savings Bank and Money Order Office close at 6.30 p.m. THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster. Clinton, April 29, 1889. 1 GLOBS 1 DUO 9 30 6 l3• 7.00 a.m. 2.30 p.m,. Advances made to farmers on their own notes, at low rates of interest. A. general Banking Business transacted Interestallowed on deposits. Sale Notes bought J. P. TISD.A.LL, Manager 1.60 p.m 8 a.m 8.10 ami 2.40 p.m 10.26 a,m a.m. p,m 10.25 7.00 o.m. p.m 8.10 5.00 12.46p.m. RICHLY ward d aretho�ewho read thiaan then-act;theywil1tind honorable employm nt that will not take them from their homes and families. Tho profits are large and sure for every indnstri- oas person, many have made and are now making several hundreddollars a month, It is easy for any person to make $$ per day and upwards, who is willing to work. Sithe sex,young or old ; capital not nooded,we star 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 which we mail free. Address Stinson & Co Portland, Maine. C&.INION Planing Mill Dr. Roovo, Coroner for Counts of Huron. Dr. Tarnbull, Graduate of Toronto and Vic- toria Universities; member f 0oge of Physicians and Surgeons of ntatio; Fellow. of Obstetrical Soofoty of inburgh; late of London, Eng„ and Edi argil Hospitals Office;—Murry Block, tttyyy��'ittonbury St., (Mtnton. flight calla enseeiod at Dr. Reeve's residence, Hilton St., o at Grand Union Hotel. Telepuono, HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company ie Loaning Money or Farm Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. MORTGAGEE PURCHASEI SAVINGS BANS BRANCH. J, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposite,according to amount and time left. OFFICE—Corner of Market Square and North 8 HORACE HORTON, MANAGER, Godorteh, August 6tb 1886 BIBLES & TESTAMENTS air COST The Clinton Branch Bible Society tiave for sale at DR WORTHINGTON'S DRUG STORE, Albert St eet,a fine assortment of Bibles ndTestamente. TESTAMENTS ROM 8039. UPWARD 0:406 AND Sart 11 Meta, 11 pasttors.. —AND— DRY KILN! TuE SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST Coit MATED and furnished his new Planing with mach a ery of the latest Improved patter is now prepared to attend to all orders in hi line in the .00st prompt andsatisfaoiorym%nor and at rens ,noble rates. He would also rotor thanks to all who patronized the oid' m before they were burned out, and now being Ins bet • ter feetaoonffdenthecanglvosition to o aatisfaoti ers expeditiously FACTORY—Near the Grand Trun Railway, Clinton. THOMAS WRENZIII ROBERT DOWNS, CLINTON, MenLfaoturer and Proprietor for the best ieaw Miii Dog in use. Agent for the sale and application of the /Arneuan Planar AtrantA so Boman CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and applied on short notice. Sonora. Engines, and all kinds Of Machinery repaired expeditigrtaly and in a sntiai tetory natititter. Derri implements manufactured andropi. Steam and Water Pipes turnishe position. Dry Kilts fitted hp• ori rmodbrate aastriiiiinnimaasaasassaerstiaasa