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with that strange an atitutb-tile.
old captain.
Rouge at once perceived "Haat, ,as
O V A N e alt r s
t 4 P s...sed it,. the wind. jp,ad
changed, when. `he awoke that t a -
ninny, afternoon, Hiscoda
, iOflHRN Ri�T Rlla`Hl 'A
Tor-th:e final time seon e,d `a`ppiroaph.-
able; he no longer felt uncomfortable
in his presence; he felt as if he could
venture to talk freely. After din-
ner they had a pipe together, and
then Rouge launched out into one
CONTINUED. of his long "yarns," about which
there was generally a sort of dry
humor. To -night the old nlan,wh2
was shrewd and curious, made his
story turn on hie first love, and
Donovan listened with an impertur-
bable countenance till the idea of
old; Acme Frewin in love with a
-beautiful Venetian lady of high
ranktickled his fancy and glade
him laugh. The name of the fair
one, too, Ceccarella Bonaventura,
when reduced by Rouge's pronunci-
ation to "Kicker'ella Bunyventury,"
was sufficiently ludicrous, and when
he came to the description of the
gorgeous palace on the grand canal,
with eight masts at the door; when
Rouge graphically ,sketched the
beauties of Venice from the Bridge
of Sighs to "the beautiful cafes in
the Piazza;" when he related how
he had "got into het water" over
his serenade—that is, had had a
pailful poured on his head by way
of recompense—it was impossible
to resist the keen sense of aTrthe
cu9au� which was nost his only
Irish characteristic.
"And did you really love " this
signorina?" asked Donovan.
"Love her !" exclaimed Rouge.
"I adored her, kissed the ground
she trod on—there is not much
grouud, though, in Venice—ruined
myself in gondolas that I might
pass fifty times a day under her
windows; wrote verses about her,
raved about her, dreamed of her—
and then—"
Ile paused, a merry twinkle lurk-
ing in his gray eyes.
"Well ?" asked Donovan.
"Tie good ship sailed down the
Adriatic, and knowing of course
that it must be'so, -I became resign-
ed, and—forgot her again."
The prosaic tones in which he
said the last words had a very comi-
cal effect. Donovan smiled.
"We all do," said Rouge, in a
tone of one adding the moral to the
story. "It is the way with first
loves, you know."
"Indeed !" ejaculated Donovan,
mentally. But guessing that the
observant
old ca
v
captain
bad disco er
ed the real cause of his depression,
and had produced his moral tale on
purpose, he gave an apparently care-
less turn to the conversation, for he
would not for the world have had
him come a degree nearer his secret
must be owned. Exactly opposite
kis window was the establishment trouble, that aching loss, of which it
would have seemed sacrilege to
of swimming and vapor baths, then speak to one like Rouge.
grim, uninteresting houses; far down
to the left was the entrance to a
timber yard, where he could see the
tops of wooden planks swaying to
and fro is the wind And all the
time the rain came down steadily,
ceaselessly, with a dull, monoton-
ous drip on the flags; the wheels on
the road passed by with dull, hol-
low roll; the toot passengers on the «Not since I went last with you,"
pavement. with dull, thudding foot- returned Donovan.
.steps; the wind in its gloomy strait But therewith arose a fearful
over houses with the dull, faint
moanings. A gray world, but one
which must be gone through with,
and make the best of.
He felt that his absorption in his
trouble hacl weakened him not a
little. All this time his brain had
.seemed half dead; he had read to no
purpose. Worst of all, the sense of
Lis complete and final separation
from Gladys had come to him for
the first time in full.force, proving
tray too clearly that, though he had
wiled more than a year before not
to see her again, he bad all the time
nursed a faint hope of a possible re-
union. He had really renounced
Ler before, but the most honestly
intentioned being in the world can
mot altogether shut out every ray
of hope; he had hoped without
knowing that he hoped he only
knew that it had been so by feeling
aware that he had sunk now into a
blacker depth. Clearly this only
thing for the present was to will
not to think of her, the hardest
thing in the world. But the idea
of putting every thought of her
away from him was more tolerable
than the idea of letting her mem-
ory chain him down in a selfishness
which she would abhor.
Now for more days than he cared
to remember, Donovan had allowed
Limself the pleasing pain of continu-
ally looking at the photograph which
the doctor had taken in the orchard
on that summer afternoon which
had ended so painfully, To study
that family group, to note Gladys'
sweet face turned up to his, to see
little Nesta on his own shoulder, to
recallthat beautiful summer dream,
was gratifying but very weakening
torture. Looking out on the gray
world this afternoon, the world
which contrasted so strangely with
the bright picture of the past, ho
made up his mind that he must
waste no more—well, yes—senti-
ment---he was honest enough to use
the true word—over the photo-
graph. Without any more delay he
fetched it from his room and burned
it. Also a certain sixpence, which
ho bad worn with Dot's miniature
since Gladys had put it into his
hand one sutnmer day at the door
of Trovethan's forge, was deliber-
ately removed, and found its way
into his pocket with the ordinary
enhallowod ,goins. Then, having
done his best to clear out his heart,
he set to t*or'k to fill up the vacuum
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1-Iow he had neglected the, poor
old fellow! *hat, a gloomy, taciturn
comp. niou he had been! whet cjq-
gle thing had he done for Rouge
beyond offering him the use of leis
sitting room? He must alter his_
conduct, or the old man might 'its
well not have come to hien at all,
and would really have some excuse
for slowly drinking himself to death.
It was on a Saturday that Donovan
first became alive to these farts.
It was raining heavily, a walk was
out of the question, the old captain
was asleep on the sofa, Waif slept
on the hearth rug, the fire smolder-
ed in the grate, the only waking
creature in the room besides himself
was Sweepstakes. By way of a
first step out of his self absorption,
Donovan walked across to the win-
dow, and tiled to get up a quarrel
with'tbe parrot; it was desperately
hard work.
There ie an old legend which
tells how two monks finding_the-
--tedious routine of their life intoler-
ably dull, resolved that they would
try to quarrel by way of enlivement.
They agreed that one should make
an assertion and the other should
contradict it; this would make an
opening for impassioned argument.
"Black is white," asserted the
younger monk.
"It is not," replied the other.
"Black is white," repeated the
first speaker.
"Oh, very well, brothel?" rejoin-
ed the other, meekly, "if you say
so."
The habit of -meek—die
had grown su strong that they
found if impossible to quarrel.
Neithor Donovan nor Sweep•
stakes wes meek, but, nevertheless,
their quarrel was but a tante one.
It required such an exertion to get
up the•requisite energy. However,
after a time the bird did call forth
the good natured teasing which he
liked best, and was stimulated into
flapping his wings, screaming, chat-
tering, swearing; finally he made it
up again, and accepted a Brazil nut
as a peace offering.
When the parrot subsided into
quiet, Donovan turned his atten-
tion to the outside world, which for
days be had seen without seeing.
York Road looked very dreary, it
Not many days after this, how.
ever, the dull, tedious monotony of
life was suddenly broken. Dono-
van had felt as if he could never
again really care for anything in the
world, but now a sudden and violent
reaction set in.
"Do you ever go to Israel's now?"
questioned Rouge one evening.
craving for his old pastime. He
had, during these years of self de-
nial, been occasionally seized with a
great desire for play, and when
Stephen had shared his rooms he
had often had to bear the great
irritation of seeing cards in the
hands of other people. But never
before had the desire been so irre-
sistible, the temptation so terribly
strong. He had resolved not to
play, had willed that he would
utterly renounce gaming, but he
found himself now rebelling against
the restraint, albeit it was a self
restraint. He had ahorror of
pledges as pledges. The conscious-
ness of this self-made curb began
eg n
to gall him unbearingly. He ques-
tioned its wisdom. It might hay
been necessary once; but now migh
he not safely indulge in his favorite
amusement—of course in modera-
tion? Having schooled himself all
this time, might he not relax a
little, and satisfy this miserable
craving? It was hard that by his
own doing he should cut himself off
from the one amusement that seem-
ed left to him in the dull, gray
world.
His strong nature would not
•
quickly yield, however, to such
arguments. The struggle went on
with fearful intensity for days.
Perhaps he would have stifled it
sooner had he not been worn out
with the trouble of the last few
weeks; however' it might be, the
temptation proved the most severe
of his .whole life. It was as if the
lower self were making one final
and desperate effoi`t to gain the
mastery.
One day, in the thick of this in-
ward struggle, he happened to be
at work in the dissecting room, and
though, as a rule, he took very little
note of the talk that wont on there,
it chanced that day, that being
anxious to escape from his own
thoughts, he made himself listen.
There were plenty of Freethinkers
among me students, and many were
at the dogmatic stage of atheism
which Donovan had just passed out
of. Discussion on the points of dis-
cord between religion and science
was very frequent, but Donovan
rarely ,joined in it, partly behauso
he was taciturn, partly because he
was too mach in the border land of
doubt to care to make any assertion,
partly because of that strange and
unaccountable" sense of reverence
Pitcher's Castoria.
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which! wag pain l blR.rg the
rukpown---the pokisibh, neu-ext-t-
enee_spoken of 4,010$ngly: no
discuasipta to day ow the el;,istenosi
of the. SW watt tleitlier edicyitr_
'-----interestinn:`" ,I pp va21 who
was in the worst of tempers., was
chafed and irritated by the worth-
lessness of the arguments on each
side. "Pack of idiots!" she exclailw-
ed to himself, "if they must babble
about what they don't understand,
why can't they 'put a little life into
their talk?" He wandered back to
his own all too haunting thoughts,
but was recalled by the peculiarly
confident tone of his neighbor, a
young fellow of about two -and -
twenty, who was eagerly attempt-
ing to prov the truth of the theory
admirably summed up once by old
Mrs Doery, that'tDeath ends Uri all
up"Well" remarked the student, as
if he bed got hold of a clinching
argument, "I've been at work here
for some time, but'I never yet
found a soul in the dissecting room.'
There was a general laugh, but
it was checked by a quick retort,
uttered in a voice which was made
powerful by a ring of indignation
and a slight touch of scorn.
"No one but a fool would look
for one there."
"Bravo!" Dried Donovan, delight-
ed with the ready reply, though by
no means convinced of the exist-
_enceof the anal. .._. __—
He glanced with some interest
and a good. deal of curiosity at the
speaker. He was a certain Brian
Osmand, a clever, hard working,
silent fellow, with the reputation of
being stiff and very "churchy," the
latter accusation having probably
for its sole foundation the fact that
his father was a clergyman. Look-
ing at him today, Donovan for the
first time felt drawn toward him;
he admired hint and respected him,
as much perhaps for his subsequent
silence as his sharp retort. Few
know when they have said enough.
Apparently , Brian. Qsluand-di,
know, for he spoke no more, -but
went' on with his work with a
slightly heightened color; as if •the
speaking had been something of an
effort.
That night. it so happened that
Donovan and three other students
wore told off for duty in the acci-
dent ward. There was a patient
who needed constant attendance;
these four were to take it in turns
to be with him, two at a time. Not
a little to his satisfaction, Donovan
found that Brian Osmond was to be
his companion—he really wanted to
know him; they were now of course
on speaking terms, but, being both
reserved men, they would never
have got nearer, -Thad not au oppor-
tunity such as this been thrown in
their way.
Now all the evening Donovan's
fierce craving for play had been
growing more and more irresistible.
When the other two students. re-
lieved guard, and he and Briao_Ge-
mhnd went to rest in an adjoining
room, the first thing he saw on the
table was a pack of cards. He did
not say anything, but Brian at once
• caught sight of them.
"Ballo ! these fellows have bean
playing," -he remarked. "They've
done their game—let's have a turn
at ecarte to keep us awake.
Donovan did not speak an assent,
but he took up the pack. If his
hands had been steel and the cards
so many magnets, the power which
drew him toward them could not
have been more irresistible. The
struggle within him was ceasing—a
delicious calm set in. The mere
sight of the cards was to him what
the sight of bread is to a hungry
man—to feel them once more in his
hands was bliss. Was the world,
after all, so gray ? With scarcely a
word he shuffled and dealt. His
hand was one to make the heart of
a card player leap within him. The
old passion had him well in its grip,
the old fierce, delicious excitement
sent the blood coursing at double
time through his veins. After years
of plodding work, after weeks of
blank depression, this was rapture.
"Stop a minute," said Brian; "we
did not' settle points. • I draw the
line at sixpence—is that too mild
for you ?"
Donovan produced a handful of
coins from his•pocket; among them
was the sixpence with the hole in it
—Gladys' sixpence—he saw it at
once, and that instant her face rose
before him in its purity and guile-
lessness, Then the delicious calm
gave place to deadly struggle, his
better self pleading eagerly: "This
play calls out all the bad in you,
makes you the direct opposite of all
that is pure and noble, all that is
like Gladys."
But the lower self was ready with
bitter taunts. "What !a strong
man letting himself be bound by a
mere ideal of a girl—a girl whom
ho has renounced—who is nothing
to him! Have your game, but don't
be a fool."
"You willed not to play, and it
was the right you willed," urged
ono voice.
"Nothing is HO weak as to stick
to a mistake," urged the other;
"there's no Ruch thing of actual
right and wrong ---you can't prove
it."
"Whoro in right and wrong, there
iR purity of heart," urged thn high-
er counselor-- "'I'hiak of ilhttlye."
iTe did think, and It newel Idle
Brian thought him alightly (rnz
ed, for he threw dawn the newts,
got up from the table, endbegun a
to pace the room like It 1'4w! I'MI
13efore very long, hnaeve., he I
qui( ted down, threw himself hack
in a eclair, and in a rnat,lnl' of filet I
tonne wi1ioh Belied lia 'took of e
bsuatiopt raid:
"I. beg )tour pardon, Oealond, b
T can't" .0471 the fact is, it makes
sort of, ns
f .? -
Bcian .w,artaurprised; for Dormlooked much too stern, and s
controlled for bis idea of a gawbi.
but the struggle he had jugwitne
ed proved the truth of the words.
sr s.�
t 1
ppoae there is a trenlendo
fascination in cards, if -you're an
thing of a player," he said. "I
sorry I suggested a game."
"You couldn't know whom y
had to deal with," returned Don
van, gathering up the cards—
was strong enough to touch the
now.
"Who would have thought th
in this trumpery pack there w
such tremendous power? It's ho
ribly humiliating when one cont
to think of it."
Feeling that he owed .Brian
aort of apology for spoiling his gam
he overcame his reserve, and co
' tiuued:
"You wouldn't wonder that
daren't play if you knew how lo
these magical things have dragge
me. The last time I played, whit
is getting on for three yearn ago,
won a small fortune, which my ad
veraary had in his turn won a
Monto Carlo. On losing it h
absconded, hinting to his wife tha
he should commit suicide. Th
error of --that was enough to ii
one renounce gambling, you won
think. Lately, though, the craw
ing after it hes conte back; but
see 11 won't do for me even in mod
eration. I suppose, having one
thoroughly abtiaed a thing, you'r
never fit to use it again."
"That holds, I think, in som
other cases," said Brian,
"You're thinking of the drunk
and and total abstinence," sai
Donovan, laughing. "Never mind
I don't object to being taken as
parallel case, for it's perfectly true
—the two vices ry nearly
kin.--1—dare—say -i-t--is shard to
you to understandmpathize
with my temptatiens as it is to me
to sympathize with the poor old
fellow who shares my rooms, who
is slowly drinking himself to death.
No one can understand or make
allowance for utterly unknown
temptations."
"I don't know that," said Brian,
slowly. "One man at least I know
who can sympathize with ony one;
but then he is that rare being—a
Christ like man."
"Rare indeed," said Donovan,
dryly; not too much of that sort of
•,thing in this nineteenth century.
I see you think I speak bitterly;
perhaps you are right. I speak as
an unbeliever, and I can count on
my fingers the Christians who have
had so much as a kind word to give
me."
Brian began to feel very much
drawn •to his companion; in their
next interval of rest he took up the
thread of the conversation again.
"That is almost too horrible to
be believed," he said. "I know
people are intolerant, but that so
few should have—" He paused for
a word, and Donovan broke in:
"Hind I do not say I laid myself
out for their kindness. I did not
cringe and fawn or disguise the
views I then held; but to be con-
scious that people would receive
you if you were judiciously hypo-
criticpl, does not raise your opinion
either of them or of their religion."
"No indeed," said Brian.
"Besides," said Donovan, "if they
are in earnest, as people who have
made such a profession ought to be,
surely they must see that isolating
atheists as if they were lepers is the
worst thing both for themselves and
the atheists. I do not think it is
in a man to feel kindly to those who
treat him unjustly, and the „good
folk of our neighborhood drove,me
i
as fast as they could into ms
n-
thropy. One man put a spoke in
the wheel, but he was an atheist—
an apostle of atheism."
"What, Raeburn 9"
Donovan nooded an assent.
"I don't know that I agree with
his views now any more than I
agree with Christianity; but I do
believe that man gets hold of selfish
fellows and makes them downright
ashamed of their selfishness."
"You have heard him lecture?"
"Only once ; but I shall never
forget it. The magnetism of the
man is extraordinary; and he meal's
what he says, and has had to suffer
for it—that, I expect, gives him
his tremendous force. If you Chris-
tians only knew the harm you do
by your injustice, you'd be more
careful. St. Paul is not the only
one who, for the sake of what he
believed the truth, has borne im-
prisonment, stonings, watchings,
j'aetinga, perils of robbers, and perils
of his own countrymen. I do not
wonder at St. Paul making converts,
and as long as you petsecute him,
as long as yon are uncharitable to
him, you may bo sure atheism will
spread."
"If you admired hire so much,
why did you not go to hear him
again ?"
"Because, when T could have
heard him again I had sunk too low.
T. bad suffered a great injustice, and
it had made me bate the whole race
for a time. Once T half thought
of- going to see him, for I
was in great need of work; but, do
you know, I was ashamed to. Chris-
tians may scoff at the idea of being
Ashamed to go to see Ttaeburn, but
ny one who is living in the vin-
lictiva misanthropy which I was
iving in may well be ashamed to go
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"Have you ever' given the other
side a hearing?' asked Briars. -
"A reading, not a heariiig; it is
difficult to de that without either
being a hypocrite or disturbing a
congregation,"
Brian seemed about to speak, but
he checked himself, and very soon
they were called to go into the
ward. They did not have much
more conversation that night, but
their friendship was begun. When
Donovan gave confidence and liking
at all, he gave them without stint,
and Brian, in spite of his reputation
for stiffness and punctilious observ-
ance, became more and more fond of
him. In come pointa they were a
little like each other, in some they
were curiously different, but both
had found—Brian as a High Church-
man, Donovan as an agnostic—that
the secret of life is loving self-sacri-
fice.
They were exactly fitted to rub
off each others angles.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHARLES OSMAND.
Thou art no Sabbath_drawleT of old
saws,
Distill'd from some Worm canker'd
homily;
But'spurr'd at heart to fiercest energy
To embattail and to wall about thy
• cause
With iron -worded proof, hating to
hark
The humming of the drowsy pulpit
drone
Half God's good Sabbath, while the
worn-out clerk
Browbeats his desk below. Thou from
a throne
Mounted in heaven wilt shoot into the
dark
Arrows of lightning. I will stand and
mark.
TENNYSON.
The deadly temptation of that
night did not return, but, though
Donovan was no longer torn by the
fierce, inward struggle, what had
happens': made him think more se.
riously. He was disappointed and_
perplexed to find that, after these
years of struggle and repression, the
old passionate desire was still as
strong as ever within :lire. With
all his endeavors—and be knew
that he had,,honestly tried with all
his might— he had only been able to
check the outward actions; he had
cut off bravely enough the visible
growth, he had, as it were, razed
to the ground this evil passion,
but its roots were still untouched.
He smiled a little as he thought
of it.
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h{a patrons foras favors. Also Chattel
Mortgages closed and rents collected. Char-
ges moderate. I). DrcIONses, Licensed Auc-
tioneer for the County of Huron. Residence
Alpert Street, elf n ton.
R WORTHINGTON, — PHLAN
Yn/C
D Surgeon, Arcoucher, Lieentlate of the
College of Physicians, and Surgeons of
1.ewer Canaria, and Provi nein Licentiate
and ()Pruner for the Con nty of Huron. Of-
fice and residenee,—The building formerly
oceu{rled b3 Mr'l'h war to s, II uroti, treat.
Clinton, Jan. 11.1840.
. &BIW allIs
drOVViiturinary College. Trear qU dtiieaaav P1
ettcated Wlmalg .An the amort modern
I "tad vctentifo rint/iples. Ofiloe — " 1M1130di-
-atoly.iyoatt of the Royal- HetoI. Amside-ta
Albert. Ali., CIiptanr" ,Calls night crday at-
tended toPromptly.
ttendedtaproznytly.
DRS. ELLIOT & GUNN.
H. B. Elliot M. D., !
Edinburgh,
E,R.0.8.. Edinburgh,
f,Aoentiate oftbo
wifery, Edinburgh.
Dffi
cetBr
a ,cite d
u
1.
W. Bunn, 51,»., L. 15.
C.P„ Edinburgb,L.R.
0.8. Edinburgh Li-
centiate of the k a-
wifery,Edin. Olfce,on
corner of Ontario and
moment tits .Clinton
Du. TURNBULL.
J. L. Turnbull, M.B. Toronto Univereity, M
Ontario; Fellow of ttoria he Obeteetrioal M. do Society
Edinburgh; late of London, Eng.. and Edin•
burgh hospitals. ONlce: Dr. Dowsely old
office Rattenbury 8t., Clinton. Night calls
answered at the Grand Union Hotel. Elec-
tric night bell at front entrance
MONEY'! MONEY! MONEY!
We eau wake a few good loauefrom private
funds at ow rates and moderate expense.
Terms made toeuitborrowers.
MANNING & SCOTT, - Clinton
NDER T A KIN li
The subscriber would intimate to
the public generally that he has
added to his business that of
UNDERIAlikING
And is prepared to supply all fun-
eral necessaries at short notice
and in a satisfactory manner.
Coffins, Caskets,
ShroudS, &c .
CARRIED IN 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
Undertaker and dealer in
Furniture, Clinton.
G. H. COOK,
Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Honor Gradu
ate of tile Toronto School of Dentistry.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the
painless extraction of teeth.
Office In Smith's Block over Euiorton's
Barber Shop, Clinton.
tar Night bell answered ly
J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST
Holds the exclusive right for the county tor
the Hurd process of adrnunsrorungchemi-
cally pure Nitrogen Monoxide, which is the
safest and best system yet discovered for
he painless extraction of teeth. Charges
moderate, satistaction guaranteed. Office,
ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, over Rauee's Tailor
Shop, Huron Street 'lintel'.
EXHAUSTED - VITALITY
rI1HE SCIENCE of Life
I. 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 dleeases.—
Cloth, full gilt, only 01, by mail, sealed. 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. O. Box 1895, Boston, Mass., or Dr. W. 11.
PARKER, graduate of Harvard Medical Col-
lege, 25 years praetice in Boston, who may
be consulted confidentially. !Specialty, Die -
ease of Man. Office, No. 4 Bulfinoh St.
The Molsons Bank.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855
CAPITAL, - $2,000,000.
REST FUND, - $1,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.
J. H. B. MOLSON Pres.
F. WOLPERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager
Notes diacounted,Colkction8 made, Drafts
issued, Sterling and American ex-
cisnge bought and sold at lowest
current rates.
Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits.
FARMI ORIS.
Money advanced to fanner. on their own notes
with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re-
quired as security.
11. C. BREWER, Manager,
January 1887. Clinton
Clinton Post Office Time Table
Mails are due for delivery and close for despatch
at the Clinton Post Office as follows;-
- i otoea j nos
Hamilton, Toronto, Strat-
ford,
Seaforth, Grand
Trunk east and inlerme-
elate calces 7.00 a.m. 1.60 p.m
Toronto Stratford, Sea -
forth, tr, and S. east1.56 p.m.8 a.m
Goderich Holmesville and
Grand Frank west 1 p.m. 8.10 a,m
Goderich, 8,46p.m. 2.40 p.m
Hamilton, Toronto, 4.15 p.m. 10.25 a,m
London, L., H, & B. south a.m. p.nt, a.m. pan
and intermediate offices 7.00 4.15 10.267.00
Blyth, Wingham, Kincar-
dine,Luoknow, L.,H,&B,
north and intermediate a.m. p m. a.m. p,,,,
,!Hees 9.30 6.16 8.106.00
British mai Is, Monday, Wed-
nesday, Thursday 7.00 a.m.
Bayfield, Varna, Herbison,
daily 2.30 p.m. 12.45p. m.
Summerhill, Tuesday and
Friday, 5.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m
Money Orders Issued and Deposits received from
one dollar upwards.
OOice hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Savings Bank and Money Order Office close
at DS
THO0.3MAS FAiR, Postmaster.
Clinton, April 99, 1880.
HURON AND BRUCE
Loan & Investment Co'y
This Company is Loaning Money or
Farm Security at Lowest Rates of
Interest.
MORTGAGES PURCHASEI
SAVINGS BANE. BRANCH.
J, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed
on Deposits, according to amount
and time left.
OFFICE—Corner of Market Square and North 3
rIORACE HORTON,
GOdortch,Auguat 6th ISS6 MANAOaa.
to
rrnn :■
co
"rF
m
_t7 .
A. O. U. W. • "7ili
The Clinton Lodge, No. 144, meet ill Jack-
son's Hall on the let and 8rd Fridays infeach
-month. Visitors cord1a11 invited. R.
STONEHAM, M. W. J. BEAN, Recorder,
A COOK BOOK
FREE
Sy mall to any lady sanding us her post Oki
address. Wells, Richardson & Co„ Monrreat-
OLINTOE MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE,
Hall, down stairReading
a About 9,000 rvolTown
m e
1 r the Lra s�kluil�radarr�eeand all the the
Newe
table. Mergbeahip ticket $10 per annum"
Open froth
and from patonr neme hireov
oy the Librarian in theroom.
BENMILLER NURSERY
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREEM
NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH
-- AND ASTRACUAN` PINE. ` —
Ta5•.LATTCR Or WORTH WE (RAKE A SPECIALTY
LARGE STOOK ON HAND,
The above ornamental trees and shrubbery wt'
be sold at very low prices, and those wanttn-
anything in this connection will save mone
purchasing here.
Orders by Mail will be promptly attend
ed to, Address,
JOHN STEWART, Benniiller.
McKilloj Mutual Fire
Insurance Company
FARM & ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY
ONLY INsLTRED
OFFICERS.
Thos. E. Hays, President, Seaforth P.O.; W.
J. Shannon, Secy-Treas., Seaforth 1'. 0.; Jno
Hannah, Manager, Seaforth P. O.
DIRECTORS,
Jas. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Donald Ross
Clinton: Gabriel Elliott, Clinton; Geo. Watt,
Harlock; Joseph Evans, Beechwood; J. Shan-
non, Walton; Thos. Garbert, Clinton.
AGENTS,.
Thos. Neilans, Harlock; Robt. McMitlau,-
Seaforth; 5 Carnoehan; Seaforth; John 0'
Sullivan and Geo. 'Wardle, auddtorr.
Parties desirous to effect Insurances or
ransaot other business will be promptely
tte nded tb on application to auy of the
bove officers, addressed to their respecive
i&res.
J. C. SFEVENSON,
—T} -IE LEADING—
UNDERTAKER
—ANr—
EMBALMER.
A FULL LINE GF
•
GOODS KEPI ill STOCK
The bestEmualming Fluid used
Splendid hearse.
ALBERT ST.,CLINTON,
Residence over shore.
OPPOSITE TOWN HALL
4
FARRAN & TISDALL
BANKERS,
CLINTON. ONT
Advances made to•farmersontheir own
notes, at low rates of interest.'
A general Banking Business transacted
Interest allowed on deposits.
Sale Notes bought
J. P. TISDALL, Manager
RICHL Y Rewarded are those who read
honorable employymmentathat will they will
them from their homes and families. The
profits are largo and sure for every industri-
ous person, many have made and are now
making several
pbmidreddollars a month, It
and upwards who s willing tokworrk per he
sex,young or old ; capital not needed,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 partioulare
which we mail free. Address- Stinson de Co
Portland, Maine.
CLIN'I'ON
Planing Mill
—AND—
DRY KILN!
rimHESUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST COlrr-
.LL PLATED and furnished hie new planing ilii -
with machinery of the Iateetimproved patterns,
is now prepared to attend to all orders in hie
line In the .nost prompt and satisfactorynlvmer
and at rens 'liable rates. He wpg�u�ld also return
thanks to all who patronized t58 old m be
they were burned out, and now boing in a
ter position to execute orders expeditious y
[eels confident he can give satisfaction to all.
FACTORY—Near the Grand Trur,k
Railway, Clinton.
IHOSfA8 McKENZIE
ROBERT DOWNS
7
CLINTON,
Mani.faeturer and Proprietor for the best Sofa
Mill Dog in use. Agent for the sale and
application of the £'Fisnxn PATENT ArrntAT,o
BOILER CtxANRR, STEAM FITTINGS furnished
and applied on shirt notice.
Boi.ler.i. Engines, and all kin
Machinery repaired en Issnatel
*and In a 5al.ipfnetory mann
Fatm implements manntartnre,d and rr-
patrol. Steno, and water pinups furnished
and pot in position. Dry Kline fitted up en
application .
barges nucleate
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