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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1890-12-05, Page 2I Undertaker and dealer in Furniture, Clinton. I1DER T AKIN ti. The eubsoriber 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. Coins, Caskets', ShrondS, &c , CARRIED I01 STOCK. He has also purchased a first-class Hearse, and can therefore meet all requirements in this line. Night calls answered at residence, Isaac Street, Clinton. JOS CHIDLEY �st'y-lata r IiECEDIi3BR 9'1.890. laT!IGIa samAi .lt I)NA +Y'ALts *404 d by Wm, Bryce, Toronto. CoiTINULA. Then somewhere in the small hours Donovan found his /way to the dingy wainscoted room which lead been allotted' bine, and, in spite of the noisy orgies being carried on i own opinion. What guarantee 4- ' the room below, was soon sleep- was there, too, that his will would ing profoundly. not fail again? Berrogain left for Paris the Two paws on his knees and a next day, and Donovan went to the soft warm tongue licking his hand btation with him, submitted to his demonstrative gratitude, and then turned away rather disconsolately tel make the best of new life. He wandered about the place for some little time, found his way into the beautiful Church of St. Michael, looked wonderingly and half pity- ingly at the groups of worshippers, then sauntered out again, along the quays, among the tramways and trucks, the coils of rope alai the chains, idly scrutinizing the close- ly moored vessels and the busy work of lading and unlading, or coaling, which was going on. Every- where work and business. And he too, must work; he had been lead- ing a wretched, self-indulgent life, he woulI wor[c now; indeed he mustwork to live. The question was what should he do, and where should he go? He had rather a haukeriug after America, but that idea had to be given up for he had not enough to and there sat motionless its the Do yeti Meng to the curia a twilight in blank .silent;pizrty ales air. Ev+aratbill was ]q:lt�-'- I 4 TQ neither;Rl acid, Donovan, friends, rueneY, pleasure., worst of atUUy. " t 11M, anatheist." all, his in himself. What Anti l these four words lay b, s was there leit'l Nathieg, he said, doom; because the institute w.aa but a wretched life that was far charitable one it could not help better ended, a despicable "I," that such a hardened sinner, could not must struggle to find itself bread, let its accounts and lettere be can- beeause only because of a dim, taminated by his touch. iglt or LOW inexplicable idea that self destruc- "I have come from a great dis- tion was wrong. What possible tanoe in the hope of 'getting this good was there in his life Go himself post, said Donovan, swallowing or to any one else He did not his pride. "I am very much in think then of his influence with the need of work. Surely in tbe me- Frewins; he could only feel that be chanical work of a secretary such a bad cheated himself, failed in bis matter as one's private +reed might purpose, sunk irrevocable in his be passed over. What difference can it make to any one else 1" "My dear sir," said the head of the charitable institution, "I can only refer you to the Bible, where you will find the injunction: `Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers; and 'What part hath he that believeth with an infidel ?' " roused him at length. "Oh, Waif," he exclaimed, with a great sigh, "if only I'd a tenth of 1 „ your goodness old dog!" g By and by he lighted the gas, dragged out the tin of dog biscuits, and gave Waif his supper, glancing in between the mouthfuls at the advertisement columns of an open newspaper which lay on tbe table. Once the dog was kept begging for quite a minute, for his master bad become absorded in what he was reading. "Wanted, as secretary to the - Institute, a young man of good abili- ties. Knowledge of book keeping and a clear handwriting indispen- sable. Salary .£100. Apply in person, on the 15th or IGcb, the President, --Institute, Exeter." Secretary !-surely he was well fitted for the post. Possibly, too, there would be less oompetition down in the quiet west country. Here in Liverpool his chance of pay his passage. It seemed to be success seemed infinitesimally small. a choice of trying for some situation "Well, my dog," he said, almost in Bordeaux itself, or ot going Lack cheerfully, as be threw down the to England -the chances of finding next mouthful, "shall we set off to - immediate employment being about gotlrer and try• our hick? £100 a equally small in eitht•r case. Ile year v. ill keep you in biapuit, so decided at last to let fate choose there's some reason in it, after all." his destination, and tossed up a The necessary- inquiry, however, petitsou-heads he was to go to , into his resources showed him only England, and thus it fell. I too plainly that he had not enough With a half sigh he pocketed the coin, looked at his watch, and then hurried away to find out when the next steamer left for Liverpool. There was one that evening, to his relief, and he hastened back to the Hotel Montre, glad that his hours in it dingy roorus were numbered. The passage was being swept by the little white capped maid servant as he passed down it, and as he put his things together the refrain of the song she was singing floated in to him: "Oui, nralgre to philosophie L'amour seal peut charmer le vie." Over and over it went, a tuneless little chant, and with strange per- sistency it rang in his ears long after, "L'amour seul ! - 1'amour soul !" Was it indeed that which could alone make life supportable T He was not quite the misanthrope he had considered himself, but had he ally lore for his kind ? Many times he asked himself that ques- tion, as he stood on the deck of the steamer, while it plowed its way through the Bay of Biscay, or lay with Waif at his feet, like a recum- bent crusader, looking up at the starry skies. Did he only not hate? -was there anything more active than that in his feeling toward the rest of the world? . All this time he had scarcely realized the hardness of the task he had 'i,et himself. He had willed never to play again, and was quite at rest now that the resolution was made, for never in his whole life had he failed to do a thing which he had deliberately undertaken. -- His confidence in his own strength was boundless, and though be had reasonably enough seen the impos- sibility of still living with the Frewins, now that he had once broken with the old set, he did not give a thought to other possible temptations. And thus, satisfied with the strength of his will, and full of his new and good purposes, he waa set down at Liverpool. Then followed a time of bitter disappointment; though be had just renounced a for- tune, the world gave him the cold shoulder again, and his money be- gan to evaporate, to disappear with the horrid rapidity which becomes so noticeable when we are counting by units instead of tens. And very soon came the temptation. He had been out all day it the weary use- less search after work; the evening set in wet,and chilly. As he passed down the gas lighted streets to his cheerless lodging a'familiar sound 'made him pause. he was passing a billiard room -the sharp click of the balls, the eager voices, how na- tural they all sounded ! He bad taken no resolution against playing billiards. Why should he not re- lieve this intolerable dullness by an hour or two of amusement ? A momentary struggle followed, then he pushed open the door and went in. How long he was there he could never clearly remember, but it was not until a substantial token of his wonted success lay before him that he realized the failure of bis will. He, the strong and self reliant, had yielded to the very first temptation, had tailed most miser- • ably. He droppedthe cue, pusher away the money, and amid a chorus of surprise and inquiry strode out of the room. Too eompletely dismayed and be- wildered to find any relief in his usual custom of rapid walking he wont bac'k to bis wretched lodging, mouey -tor the journey. After his present;expenses had been paid his worldly possessions would have dwindled down to a sum below the price of a third class ticket to Exe; ter. His watch and chain bad been in pawn ever since the day after his arrival; he bad no other valu- ables, nothing by which he could raise money, nothing except- His eye fell on Dot's little travelling clock, and ho started painfully. - The idea ot selling that had never occurred to him before. In all his erings it had been with him - it as almost the only thing he still had which h td belonged to her -to part with it seemed unbearable, and especially so in this particular way. To take it with his own hands and bargain about it, to leave it -the very thing whi.h she had touched, and fondled and admired -in a pawnbroker's shop, to let the silvery cathedral chime which she had loved fall on the ears of strangers -it seemed like desecration! And only an hour ago the money he had so needed had been his. If he had but taken it all, this difficulty would have been avoided. But then Ms better self made its voice heard. "No, my little Dot," he said, aloud. "Better a thousand times that this should go than that I should have been doubly false to myself." He did then what he very seldom ventured to do -drew his little miniature of Dot froth its place and looked at it steadfastly. Sweet, childlike little face, clear, satisfied eyes, can you not speak to him, and cell him that love can not die, that he is compassed about with a cloud of witnesses, that his struggles to live honestly, his des- pair at the revelation of his weak- ness, even his presekt sacrifice to a shadowy instinct rather than to a principle -ell is helping to draw him toward you? No, comfort can not be his yet He can not see that the pain and loss are necessary to the great gain; he can only go on bravely and pain- fully in the darkness, holding to the track of right and duty which he begins faintly to perceive. Presently the little clock was standing on a shelf among other clocks, large ani small, in a Liver- pool pawnbroker's shop, and Dono- van was walking back to his room through the driving rain, with head bent low, and thirty shillings in his pocket. CHAPTER XX. "O'ER MOOR AND FEN." Self -reverence, self-knowledge, self- control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power, Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncap d for), but to live by saw, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of conse- gnence. TENNYSON. And, after all, the struggle seemed utterly useless, for the Exeter Institute would not accept him as secretary. He was in every way uited for their purpose, and by far the moat promisirg of the candi- dates, but in a close cross examina- tion the insuperable barrier was brought to light. "And your religious views, sir ?" asked tbe president. "As this is a charitable institution, we always make a point of knowing the views of the staff. It is well to be united. Chfldren Cryfgr ;Pitcher's Castor's. "Ala& for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun." f001 dried grass ought hol<'e axed 1014"9,unding ton, and, what was bad already pacced that way, leav-'rl?xntt ey Il.ere I wagf hindrance Dace wbieb be had never lair a moment contemplated, The .eventing' had ar d, One e e te. e 't yell.. la; at Waned fltil a �p n He had no compass .and had trusted implicitly to bis eye in choosing the most direct route to Sheeps>,or.. Now all trace of the tore was ob- literated.. It was not a very pleasant pros- pect. `All manner of stories he had heard of travellers lost in the mist recurred to big, memory -dismal tales of people who had wandered round and round in a circle for hours. never many yards distant from their starting point, or of un- fortunate pedestrians overcome by fatigue and cold. He stood still for a,prinute or two, called Waif to heel, and steadily faced the facts of the case. The mist was rolling nearer and nearer, hemming him in on every side; even now he could hardly see a yard in front of him ! Al- though it was a July evening, the cold was enough to make him shiv- er; the mist pressed down on him impenetrably; every breath he drew brought him into closer contact with the heavy damp chill fog. Stand- ing still was out of the question. - Ho resolved to go on. Sheepstor lay, he thought, rather to his left; and as he had heard that the natur- ing forward to the crossing of the al instinct in walking was to tend there proved that iloaded raaQn4 wflrue, evidently spreading every With the indifference of his kind, wever, the frigid adherence to letter, and the.disregard of the rit, a sort of bitter resolution oke in Donovan's heart. He uld not be doomed by a "charii- e" institution, he would not k down quietly into starvation. fe in itself was not worth a straw; t just from opposition, from a my love of breasting "the blows circumstance," he would struggle , fight down all obstacles, live to of use, too, in spite of the presi- nt's specimen of Christian gen- osity and brotherliness. Fiercely rough his teeth he quoted Shy - k's passionate words: "Hath not Jew eyes? . . . fed with the me food . . : warmed and cool - by the same winter and summer a Christian is?" He had been two days at Exetet. ow returning to his lodgings, he t down and resolutely went over 1 possible plans for his future. hould he go back to Greyshot? ✓ Alleyne, the man with whom used to read, might possibly put m in the way of employment, was not very likely, though, and ere were many objections to a turn to the old neighborhood. hould he write to old Mr Hayer e might be at home again by is time, though in the winter eery 'lad said he was still abroad. ut DIr Hayes was poor, and would nquestionably think of monetary elp. No, that would not do. hould he go home and throw imself on his mothel'a mercy? ut that thought was too wildly mpracticahle as well as :oo painful o be allowed for a moment. What onnections had he in this part f the world? What had his ather's business in Plymouth been, hen four years ago, they had gone here together? Searching back in is memory he at length recalled he home of his father's acquain- ance, and remembered that he had escribed him as a pleasant, elder - y man. He was a banker -there ould be no difficulty in finding is address. He began a letter to him at once a brief, business like, stiff letter, ot at all like;that of a starving man sking for help. But then he had o intention ot starving. He was oung and strong willed, undauut- d still, notwithstanding his repluse. Having dispatched the letter, he ade up his mind to follow it. here was no hope of finding work this quiet old city; at Plymouth e would have more chance. He ight just as well spend bis time getting there as in loafing about e Exeter streets. Getting there eant walking -for the proceeds of e clock were nearly exhausted, nd would barely suffice to get him nie sort of food and shelter -but e rather enjoyed the thought of e exercise, and even the prospect f "roughing it" a little.. So the next morning, with his w belongings stowed away in a mall bag -the poatmanteau had een discarded in Liverpool -he set ut on his walk. The natural ener- y of his character shone out trangely every now and then in pite ot the disastrous education hich had so cramped it. No one eating him that day as he walked riskly along the Devonshire lanes ould have imagined that he was s poor as the veriest ' tramp, and ad infinitely fewer resources than most beggars. - His stern face was ighted up with resolute persever- nce. There was a sparkle, not xactly of enjoyment, but of keen etermination in his eye; he held is head just as proudly as in the days when he had been Donovan Farrant, Esq., of Oakdene Manor. It was a lovely July day -a little hot for walking, certainly, especially in the deep lanes, where every breath of air seemed tc be shut out -but there was something satisfac- tory about the whole excursion; and Donovan walkefl on steadily. The high hedges were in their full beauty -beautiful as only Devon- shire hedges can be -with their broad green fringes of hart's tongues, their drooping lady ferns and sturdy bracken, their glorious wild roses and bramble bushes, with here and there a bit of mossy gray stone cropping out, or a miniature wat'lr- fall thrusting its silvery white head through the grasses and tumbling with splash and splutter into the tiny wayside brook below. The smell of the new mown hay gave a country fragrance to the air, and in most of the fields the men and wo- men were -hard at work,while wisps ing their tl'pphielr on the hedges,- Donovan had made up bis mind to sleep at ila £ord�' nod it was already lateahen he crossed ss ed Fing l e $ridge. The view there was so exquisite, however, that hewas ob- liged to stop for a few minutes.- Resting on the gray stop+ parapet, he looked down at the transparently clear river, along the green luieadoe a and wooded valleys to the hills which, encircling all, stood out clearly defined against the soft even- ing sky. All was quiet and peace- ful. In this country stillness and exquisite beauty, it seemed possible almost to realize that once all the world had been pronounced "very good." Donovan thought only, however, of the contrast of this peace with the world of competition, the overcrowded market of laborers in which he was trying to Push his way. It was with a sigh tlekhe' on to the turned away andwalked little gray town of Chagford, where tbe lights were beginning to shine out from the cottage windows, and the square tower of the church stood darkly above the lower roofs, a grim silent guardian. Vet y early the next Jay be was on his way again, exulting in the fresh morning air, and greatly look - .L»iis. JEVIr Eht WITpliGNBUJE44 Dr. Reeve. coroner f County of iittrorl.' Dr- Turnbiru,:(xraduato of Torpid%a d. Ylle- tot'ia 1.1 iverliitioa; megaber .of College pf 7.'hy'pleura and ,Ourgeout+of Onta-rio; renew.. of Obstetrical 8gcicty of Edinburgh; late of London, tub.,, ,and .4tunbarsli hospitals °dives...414EP. Ebert Rettenbnry, it,,.Plih .. o ve' t Reeve's D.It m prd x t i cavils answered, re@id nee tflurea lit.. Or .at�.4rend YJntQn Hote14eleF„ona. - . moor. Waif scampered on in front, toward the right, be took a very enjoying the exercise as much as his master, and Donovan found himself whistling as he walked.- decided course in the opposite di- rection. On and cn he went, ceaselessly At length, leaving the cultivated but almost hopelessly on. He was region behind him, he struck across growing very tired, too; the mist the wild waste of Dartmoor, and hung heavily upon him; he could then the full delights of his walk not see au inch before his feet. came to him. The freshest, purest, Fearing that Waif might possibly strongest air in'England was blow- stray, he had taken him up under ing in his face, his feet were tread- his arm, and was plodding heavily ing a springy, elastic soil, and all along when be came to marshy around him was a seers of the wild- ground. For tbree or four steps he floundered on, trying to regain the est beauty. The heather was not yet out, but the gorse blossoms still firm land, but what might have lingered, and made a golden glow been done with sight was impos over the great undulating expanse, Bible in the blinding mist. Anoth- while all round the tors raised their rugged granite heads, now in full sunshine silvery white, now with a passing cloud -shadow darkest pur- ple -grotesque, fancifully shaped, irregular, and yet exactly harmon- izing with the barren waste sur- rounding them. On sped the dog and his master -now through marshy ground, wringing from one taft of heather to another, now up across the scattered granite blocks of a tor, ard down again into a fresh fea- tured waste on the other side, now startling a troop of the wild Dart- moor ponies which galloped away, their manes flying in the wind, and Waif barking at their heels, now stepping across one of the old Brit- ish encampments with their imper- ishable "hut circles." It was not till about live in the afternoon that he reached Prince Town, and then for the titne bis pleasure was clouded, for the first sight that greete 1 him was the great (ray block of buildings where Noir Frewin had been unjustly immured. Passing some wretched little black cottages which are familiarly known as New London, he went down the hill to the town itself, on the way encountering a gang of couvicts dragging a cart, and guarded by two warders, rifle in hand. The sight was a painful one; •the men, halt' patient, half sullen, looked at him curiously and envyingly; the warders urged them MONXY'1 MONEY! NUN=' Wo can matte a few goodleane from private funds at ow rates and moderate expsOae, Terms made tosuitborrowarr. MANNING, & SCOTT. Clinton On. Donovan hti1 hrlf thought of sleeping at Prince Town. He had been walking since seven o'clock that morning, and was rather tired; but the gloom of the place so op- pressed him that he could not en- dure the though of staying in it. He selected instead the cheapest looking public house from the large number which the little place offer- ed, had his dinner, and after a short rest prepared to go on again. The people of the house in vain tried to induce him to stay. He was not to be turned from his pur- pose, however, and having learned that he could put up for the night at the Dousland Barn Inn if he went by the road, or at Sheepstor if he went by the moor, he resolv- ed to take the latter course. By this time it was between six and seven in the evening; but he calculated that in even ordinary walking he could reach his destin- ation befor dusk; and with the bold outline of Sheepstor before him as a landmark, he steered his way across the waste. There was something awe inspiring in the entire loneliness as he passed on further from Prince Town. Far and near not a creature, not a house was to be seen. Beauty, grandeur, even a faint shadow of the Infinite -who can fail to trace these in that glorious moor, unique in its wildness and expanse? Involuntarily Donovan fell into a deep reverie. The purer, nobler view of the world forced itself upon him. Ile had seen hitherto so little but the evil. And then naturally his thoughts went back to Dot -as they invariably did in bis best mo- ments -and ho comforted himself in that terribly insufficient and yet pathetic way which Byron has ex- pressed in one of his saddest poemil. IF YOU DO IT ONCE YOU'LL DO IT AGAIN. DOWHAT? G° T° CARSLAKE'S I A. O.'TT. W, VICTORIA BT., CLINTON, The Clinton Lodge. lb,. lit meet in Jaii son's Hall on the let and 3rd Fridays im each When you are in need of your Clothes being month. Visitors cordially invited. . cleaned or repaired. Being a practical Tai & - BTONEHAh1, M. W. J. BEAN. Recorder. for of large experience, I am able to turn tut first-class work at shortest notice. - Charges moderate. A call solicited. Viotorfa St., Clinton er step and he telt himself sinking deeper -a tierce struggle to free himself, and in a moment he was up to his knees In one of the treacherous Dartmoor bogs. He uttered no invectives; but when convinced of the hopelessness of struggling out, he drew Waif s head up so that be could look into the clear brown eyes. • "Waif, old boy," he said, "moth- er earth means to settle the ques- tion for us. Do you feel inclined to have dcne with your master, your bones, and biscuits, and wan- dering?" The dog,.evidently understanding the danger, set up a howl so wildly piteous that Donovan's beast was touched. "Poor old fel:ow, you'd rather go on,-wouId you?" TO Ill•: CONTINUED. Wilsonls Wild Merry has been pre- pared' by Archdale Wilson d: Co., of Hamilton, for nearly twenty years, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Croup etc. It has no equal. Take no substitute but get the genuine, in white wrapper. Minard s liniment is used by physicians rrotesotonatantl other cardio MANNING & SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, CONVEYANCERS, &c., ommissi"ners for Ontario and Mlultnha OFII OE Nsxr DOUR TO NEW ERA, CLINTON 1UFONEY TO LOAN. MORTGAGES ALI Bought. Private Funds. C RIDOUT, Office over J Jackson's Store, Clinton. MARRIAGE LICENSES.- APPLY TO the undersigned at the Library Rooms, JAS. SCOTT, Clinton.. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED BY THE undersigned, at residence or drug store. MRS A. WORTHINGTON. MONEY TO LEND IN LARGE 011 Small sums on good mortgage security, moderate rate of interest. 11 HALE,Clinton DR APPLETON-OFFICE- AT RESI- DENCE on Ontario Street. Clinton, op- posite English Church. Entrance by side gate. DH. PORTER, GENERAL AUCTION - . EER and Land Valuator. Orders sent by mall to my address, will receive prompt attention. Terms moderate. D.H. PORTER, Auctioneer, Hayfield. aug.29 " The better days of life are ours The worst can be but mine: The sun that cheers, The storm that lowers Shall never more bo thine." Ile had been walking on abstract- edly. Looking up at last, he was dismayed so find that a sudden mist had arisen, completely veiling the Children Cry for -Pitcher's Castorla. DR STANISURY, GRADUATE OF THE Medical Department of Victoria Uni- versity, Toronto, formerly of the Hospitals and Dispensaries, New York, Coroner for he County of Hurou, Bayfield, Ont. CHAS. A. HOWSO,N, VETERINARY BUR- GEON,Honor Graduate Ontario Veterniary College. Treats all diseases of domesticated animals on the most modern pripoipals. Of- fice above Jackson's Butcher Shop, Auburn. 91 C. BRUCE, L.D.S., DENTIST, gradu- 1 • ate Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. All operations of modern den- tistrycarefuliy performed. Anwsthetics ed ministered for the painless extraction of teeth. Office - Keefer's old stand, Coats' Block, Clinton. Will visit Blyth profession- ally every Monday, at Mason's Hotel. n DICKINSON, THE OLD & RELIABLE 1J Auctioneer still in the field, able and willing to conduct any sales entrusted to him, and takes this opportunity of thanking his patrons for past favors. Mso Chattel Mortgageeolosod and rents collected. Char- ges moderate. D. 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Orders by Mail will be promptly attend e.r t.,. Address, JOHN STEWART. Benmiller. 11. R. Elliot, M. D., W. Gunn, M.D., L. R. L.R.C.P., Edinburgh, 0.1,,, Edinburgh, L.R. G R.Q.S.. Edinburgh, C. S. Edinburgh, i,1- Lioentfate ofthe Hid- centiate of the Mid- wwilery, Edinburgh. ttfeta,Edin, Ouido,on aiiieo at Bruco(le d, earaero ftntaWallata U 5- 111111.1 The Molsons Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL. - - $2,000,000. REST FUND, - $1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. J. H. R. MOLSON. Prey. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager Notes discoun.od,Coilections made, Drafts issued, Sterling and American ex- r4snge bought and sold at Cowes( current rates. Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits. FARDT3iCRt. Moneyadvanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re. quired as security. II. C. BREWER, Manager, January 1897. Clint+. Clinton Post Office Time Table Mails are duo for delivery and close for despatch at the Clinton Post Office as follows:- 1 OLOSa DUE Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Soaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme- affi TordiuutetooStrcesatford, Sea - forth, T. and S. east1.55 p.m. Goderich Holmesvilie and Grand Trunk west 1 p.m. Goderich, 8,46 p.m. Hamilton, Toronto 4.15 p.m. London, L., H• & 1'3. south a.m. p.m. and intermediate offices 7.00 4.15 Blyth, Wingham, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, L.,H.&B. north and intermediate a.m. p m. offices British mails, Monday, Wed- nesday, Thursday Bayfield, Varna, Herbison, daily Summerhill, Tuesday and Friday, 7.00 a.m. 9.30 6.15 1.50p.m 8 s.m McKillop illutua! Fire Insurance Company FALIM & ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED OFFICERS. Thos. E. Hays, President, Seafortl, I' O.;', T. Shannon, Secy-Treas., Seaforth 1'. 0.;Juo Hauuah, Manager, Soaforth P. 0. DIRECTORS. ,Tis. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Donald Ross Clinton: Gabriel Elliott, Cliutou; Geo. Watt• Harlock; Joseph Evans, Beechwood; J. Shan- non, Walton; Thos. Uarbort, Clinton. AGENTS. Thos. Neilans, Harlock; Robt. McMillan, Seaforth; S. Carnochan, Soaforth; John O'- Sullivan and Geo. Murdie, auditorr. Parties desirous to effect Insurances or ransact other business will be promptly ttended to on application to any of the hove officers, addressed to their respective o st offices. 8.10 a. ni 2.40 p.m 10.25 a,nr a.m. p,m 10.25 7.00 a.m. p.m 8.10 5.00 7.00 a.m.l 2.30 p.m. 12.45p.m. 5.80 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 6.30 p.m. THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster. Clinton, April29, 1889. HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company is Loaning Dftney or• Farm Security at Lowest Rates of interest. MORTGAGES PURCHASEI SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 6 per Cent. Interest Allowed on Depositsvaccordiny toamonnt and lime le, fl. one r not Blarkot• s+f,,nereand North 9 HORACEC HORTON, MatlAoag. ll$ 1. C. STE\TENSO‘ -THE LEADING - UNDERTAKER -ANP- EMBALMER. A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEP Ill STOCK The bestEmbalming Fluid used Splendid llearse. ALBERT ST.,CLINTON, Residence over store'. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL FA RRA N & TISDALL BANKERS, CLINTON. ON Advances made to farmers on their 0 n notes, at low rates of interest. A general Banking Business transacted Interest allowed on deposits. Sale Notes bought J. P. TISDAL1, Manager, RICHLY t4HL Rewahothewho llread find honorable employment that will not take then from their homes and families. The profits are larte and sure for every industri- ous person, many have made 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. Eithe sex,young or old ; capital not needed,westar you. Everything new. No special ability required; you, reader.oan do it as well as • one. Write to us atones for full particu which we mail free. Address Stinsbp dt Portland, Maine. L J s C Planing Mill -AND- DRY KILN! IIIHE SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST ColI- PIATDD and furnished his new Planing Mil with machinery of the latest improved patterns, is now prepared to attend to all orders in his line in the . nost prompt and satisfactory mv,ner and at rocs ,nable rates. He would also return thanks to all who patronized the old m before they were burned out, and now boinr Ina bet- ter position to execute ordure expeditiously feels confident he oar givit Ratlefaction to all. FACTORY -Near the Grand Truvk Railway, Clinton. THOMAS UeuuszIE ROBERT DOWNS, CLINTON, • Manufacturer and Proprietor for the best MOS 31111 Dog in use. Agent for the sale and ay,plication of the 1rFlsn1R PATSHT ADTOrtATIR ROILER OLSANaa. STEAM PITTINGS furnished and applied on short notice. oilers, t1u ,nee. and all kind* achinery repaired e'pe'dilUOII and in a satisfactory menfA tarn implements manufactured and tr.. aired. Stearn and water pumps tnrnisiltd rid put fu position. Dry Kilns fitted t1 eft' '. aflpilloatton. hafgel Moderato 5 ' .