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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1891-10-30, Page 2• !!: Oette0 down IA Uh. woprki would hoe 031eMii, sowed Ws littlai hut WM* 044,11.040eW 04*** given him dignitt • , Bon Lug, poothogy feel afraid 9f him eould We in hire sound rny for whom ,l}e w4u1d have died! How ridignioui of me to he afraidl After all, I: could soon go gettTTISTT.TEn. old power over him if 1 ghOse to try 1 will. go and speak t them; it would be rude net to no tice them in their tieW .1)Otiitieu or thinga.' With a word of explanation t her partner she hestily Proseed eve the piano. Bet when she me Vrithiors eyes her heart begau beat painfully, and °ace more th feelieg of fear returned to her. H looked very grave, very sad, ver lite. She bad tolled oo often UP determined. Tho greeting whip the long et,one stair, that to be she had intended to speak die abown op a. wide carpeted staireame away on her lips; instead, she sai into ,which one'a feet seemed to sink rather falteringly: aB into mom was 0 delightful 'Will you tell me the name *Mei an Snugly ensconaed in her the last wand ie corner behind the piano, she Ile bowed, and began to, turn liked to watch the prettily decorated over the pile of masic to find th rooms and the arrival of the gayly Pi000- dresaed people. Frithiof, who had, 'Frithiof,' she whiBpered, 'hay fi'rat. greatly disliked this aort of Nellie bad beet/me entirely emus - teamed te it; it no longer hurt Ms pricle, for Sigrid had nearly suc- ceeded in converting him to her doctrine, that a noble motive en- npbles any work; and if ever things annoyed him or chafed his inde- pendence, he thought of the debts at Bergen, and was once more ready ; to endure anything. This evening be happened to be particulprly cheerful; things had gone well late. ly at the shop; his strength was in- ereafting every day, and the home ' atmosphere had done a great, deal .;-to hanish the hauneing thoughts of the past which in solitude had so preyed on his mind. They discus- eed the people in Norwegian during -the intervals, and in a quiet way were contriving to get a good deal .of fun out of the evening, when auddenly their peace was invaded by the unexpected sight of the very face which Frithiof had so strenu- °tidy fried to exi'e from his thoughts. They had just finished a waltz. Sigrid looked up from her • music and saw, only a few yards distant from her, the pretty wil- lowy figure, the glowing face and dark eyes and siren like smile of Lady Romiaux. For a moment her heart seemed to stop beating, then with a wild hope that possibly Frithiof might not have noticed her, she turned to him with intense anxiety.'But his profile looked as though it were carved in white stone, and she saw only too plainly that the hope was utterly vain. 'Frithiof,' she said in Norwegian, 'you are faint. Go out into the cool and get some water before the ltedance.' He seemed to hear her voice, but not to take in her words; there was a dazed look in his face, and such deepair in his eyes that her heart failed her. All the terrible dread for his health again returned to her. It seemed as if nothing could free him from the fatal influence which Blanche bad gained over him. How she longed to get up and rush from the house ! How she loathed the woman who stood flirt- ing with the empty headed man at ber side! If it had not been for perfidy how different all might now be ! 'I can't help hating her!' thought poor Sigrid. 'She has ruined Frih- iof's life, and now in one moment has undone the work of months.— She brought about my father's fail- ure; if she had been true we should not now be toiling to pay off these terrible debts—hundreds of homes in Bergen would have been saved from a cruel loss—and he—my fa- ther. -:.-he might have been alive and well! How can I help hating her?' At that moment Blanche happen. ed to catch sight of them. The color deepened in her cheeks. 'Have they come to that !' she thought. 'Oh, poor things ! How sorry I am for them 1 Papa told eine Herr Feick had failed; but to imve sunk so low! Well, since they lost all their motley it was a mercy that all was over between us. And yet, if I had been true to him—' Her companion wondered what made her so silent all at once. But in truth poor Blanche might. well be silent, for into her mind there had flashed a dreadful vision of past sins; standing there in the ballroom in her gay satin dress and glittering diamonds, there had come to her almost for the first time a sense of responsibility for the evil she had wrought. It was not Frithiof's life alone that she had rendered miser- able. She had sinned far more deeply against her husband, and though in a sort of bravado she tried to persuade herself that she cared for nothing, and accepted the invitations sent by the people who Would still receive her at their bousea, she was all the time most wretched. So strangely had good and evil tendencies been mingled in ber nature that she caught herself wondering sometimes whether she really was one woman; she had bet refined side and her vulgar side; she could bo one day tender hearted and potO,tot, and the next day a hard 'Woman of the world; she could at one time be the Blanche of that light hearted Norwegian holiday, and at another the Lady Romiaux of notoriety. How; extiterdinary thai. I should Attila° to meet my Viking herd she di -COO* th herself.", 'How very rich older lie looksr Bow very 4.11o; we had nothing equal tr/ this be adolitted, and in cal good lairits they walked on pat t great wealthy house; he qtlylt vi9lie OOP, and she with te lag roll, of mnsie, e11 Outelat 4 *tb 010 01100000 they bad worked herd to win, and not at all disposed en,V7Wo 'West end people. It was indeed a great treat to Sigrid to Iwo a Om* of 139 different a 0 0 0 0 0ee d d f. •S,..; -4. • P!e Child Cry for you forgotten tam? Have you no thing to say to me But he made as though he did not hear her, gravely handed he the music, then turning away, took up his violin and signed to Sigrid to begin the next dance. Poor Blanche, was eagerly claim ed by her next partner, and, with burning cheeks and eyes brigb with unshed tears, was whirled off, though her feet seemed weighted and almost refused to keep time with that violin whose tones seem ed to tear her heart. have no longer any power over him,' she thought. have so shocked and disgusted him that he will not even recognize me—will not answer me when I speak to him! How much nobler he is than these little toads with whom I have to dance, these wretches who flatter me, yet all the time despise me in their hearts! Oh, what a fool I have been to throw away a heart like that, to be dazzled by a mere name, and worst of all to lose not only his love but his respect! I shall Bee his face in a moment as we go past that corner. There he is How sad and stern he looks, and how resolutely he goes on playing! I shall hate this tune all my life long. I have nothing left but to give him pain—I who long to help him, who am tortured by this regret!' All this time she was answering the foolish words of her partner at random. And the evening wore on, and she laughed mechanically and talked by rote, and danced, oh, how wearily! thinking often of a description of the Inferno she had lately seen in one of the magazines, in which the people were obliged to go on pretending to amuse them- selves, and dancing, as she now danced, when they only longed to lie down and die. 'But, after all, I can stop,' she reflected. am not in the Inferno yet—at least I suppose not, though I doubt if it can be much worse than this. How pretty and inno- cent that little fair haired girl looks —white net and fillies of the valley; I should think it must be her first dance, Will she ever grow like me, I wonder 7 Pereaps some one will say to her, 'That is the celebrated Lady Romiaux.' Perhaps she will read the newspapers when the case comes on, as it must come soon. They may do her terrible harm.— Ole if only I could undo the past! I never thought of all this at the time. I never thought till now of any one but myself.' That thought of the possibility of stopping the dismal mockery of en- joyment came to her again, and she eagerly seized the first opportunity of departure; but when once the strain of excitement was over her strength all at once evaporated. Feeling sick and faint, she lay back in a cushioned chair in the cloak room; her gold plush mantle and the lace mantilla which she wore on her head made her look ghastly pale, and the maid came up her with anx- ious inquiries. 'It is nothing but neuralgia,' she replied, wearily. 'Let them call my carriage.' And then came a confused sound of wheels outside in the street and shouts echoing through the night, while from above came the sound of the dancers, and that resolute, inde- fatigable violin still going on with the monotonous air of Sir Roger de Coverly, as though it were played by a machine rather than by a man with a weary head and a heavy heart. Blanche wandered back to recollections of Balholm; she saw that merry throng in the inn parlor, she saw Ole Kvikne with his kindly smile, and Herr Feick with his look of content, and she flew down the long lines of merry dancers once more to meet rrithiof with whom she bad danced Sir Roger two years ago. 'Lady Roniiaux's carriage is at the door,' said a voice, and she hastily got up,made her way through the brightly lighted hall, and with a sense of relief stepped into her brougham. Still the vio- lin played on, its gay tune ringing out with that strange sadness which dance music at a distance often suggests. Blanche could bear it.no longer; she drew up the carriage window, sank beak into the corner, and broke into :a passionate fit of weeping. It was quite poSsible for Lady Roiniaux to- go, but the &nee was r 0421."4"141;11144td, ?Jahr :4: herself had 54irdly a thought for an;ything eitoopt her inritb long, long evening wore oti Waled to her that if poeiliale she loved him better thell she held ever done before; hia quiet endurance appealed to her very strongly? but for hie sake ehe, eagerlv wished for the end, for she saw by the look of hie forehead that one of bis worst headaches had come on.. And at length the programme had ricer' toiled through. liihe hur- ried downstaire to put on her cloak• and hat, rejoining Frithief in v. few Minutes in the crowded hall, where he stood lookiag, to her fond faney, Et thousand times nobler and grand- er than any of the other men about him. He gave a sigh of relief as they passed from the 'heated atmosphere of the house into the ceol darkness without. The stem were still vie- ible, but faint tokens of the coining, dawn were already' to be seen in the eastern 00. The' stillness was delightful after the noise of the music and dancing,. which had so jarred upon him. but he realized now how great the strain had been, and even out here in the quiet night it seemed to him that sha- dowy figures were being whirled past him, and that Blanche's eyes were still seeking him out. 'You are very tire' asked Si- grid, slipping her arm into hie. 'Ye, tired to death,' he said. 'It is humiliating for a fellow to be knocked up by so little.' do not call it little,' she said eagerly. 'You know quite well it was neither the heat nor the work whioh tired you. Oh, Frithiof, how could that woman dare to speak to you!' 'Hush!' he said sadly. 'Talking only makes it worse, I wish you would drive the thought out of my head with something else. Say me some poetry—anything.' hardly know what I can say unless it is an old poem that Cecil gave me when we were at Rowan Tree house, but I don't think it is in yea. style quite.' 'Anything will do,' he said. 'Well, you shall have it then; it is an old fourteenth century hymn.' And in her clear voice she repeated the following lines as they walked home through the deserted streets : "Fighting the battle of life, With a weary heart and head; For in the midst of the strife The banners of joy are fled ! Fled, and gone out of sight, When I thought they were so near, And the murmur of hope this night Is dying away on my ear. "Fighting alone to -night, With not even a stander-by To cheer me on in the fight, Or to hear me when I cry; Only the Lord can hear, Only the Lord can see, The struggle within, how dark and drear„ Though quiet the outside be. "Lord, I would fain be still And quiet behind my shield, But make me to know Thy will, For fear I should ever yield; Even as now my hands, So doth my folded will, Lie waiting Thy commands, - Without one anxious thrill. "But as with sudden pain My hands unfold and clasp, So doth my will stand up again And take its old firm grasp; Nothing but perfect trust, And love of Thy perfect will, Can raise mo out of the dust, And bid my fears be still. "Oh, Lord, Thou hidest Thy face, And the battle clouds prevail; Oh, grant me Thy sweet grace, That 1 may not utterly fail. Fighting alone to -night, With what a beating heart ! Lord Jesus in the fight, Oh! stand not thou apart 'I' He made no comment at all when she had ended the poem, but in truth it had filled his mind with other thoughts. And the dim, dreary streets through which they walked, and the gradually increas- ing light in the east seemed like a picture of his own life, for there dawned for him in his sadness a clearer revelation of the Unseen than had ever before been granted him. CHAPTER XXIII. It seemed to Sigrid that she had hardly gone to bed before it was time to get up again; she sTeepily wished that Londoners would give dances at more reasonable hours, then, remembering all that had hagpened, she forgot her weariness and turned with an eager question to Swanhild. It was the little sis- ter's daily duty to go in and wake Frithiof up, a task of some difficul- ty, for either his bad habit Of work- ing at night during his lonely year in town, or else his illness, had left him with a tendency to be wide awake between twelve and two and sound asleep between six and seven. 'You haven't called him yet, have you?' asked Sigrid, rubbing her eyes. 'No, but it is quite time,' said Swanhild, shutting up her atlas and rearing up in the bed where she had been luxuriously learning gee- graphy. 'Oh, leave him a little longer,' said Sigrid. 'We were eo late last night, and his head is so bad, that I don't suppose be has had much sleep. And, Swanhild, whatever you do, don't speak of the dance to him or ask him any questions. As ill luck would have it Lady Romi- auX Was there.' Istair 8waiihild was a very imag- inative ' and she was just at he age win* girls form extravag. 0 min when te14. how y Irrithsof had hem treated her WO bad not faltered, the into invented every possible amiss for her idol, gind though never 049 to speak to her, OW °bombed lIttl bOard, of SOUVOhir* Cf Balholm, There is something langh$ble as yet toughing in these girliall adora- tient), and as safeguards againat premature thoughts of real love they are oertaiply worthy of all on, oouragemeat, Nen were at present nothing at all to ber but a Bet of big bothers, who did well enough as playfellowe. All the romance o her nature was spent on an idea Blanche—how unlike the real Lad Romiaux innocent Swanhild neve guereeed. While the world talk() hard things, this little Norwegien girl was secretly kissing a firmonee which Blanche had once picked up on their way to the priest's seater, or furtively unwrapping a withered, rose Which had been fastened in Bianche's hair at the merry dance on that Saturday night. Her heart beat so fast that she felt ahnost choked when she suddenly menticn, ed Lady Romiaux's name. 'How was she leokingi' she asked turning away her blushing face with the most comical parody of a woman's innate tendency to hide her love. 'Ob, she was looking just as usu- al, as pretty, and siren like as ever, wretched woman!' Then, remem- bering that Swanhild was too young to `hear all the truth, she suddenly drew up. 'But there, don't speak other any more. I never wish to hear name again.' • Poor Swanhild sighed;she thought Sigrid very hard and unforgiving, and this made her cling all the more to her beloved ideal; it was trill) she had been faithless to Frith- iof, but no doubt she was vety sorry by this time, and as the child knelt down to say her morning prayer she paused long eve: the petition for 'Blanche,' which for all this time had never been omitted once. Frithiof came to breakfast only a few minutes before the time when he had to start for business. His eyes looked very heavy, and his face had the pale, set look which Sigrit: had learned to interpret only too well. She knew that while they had been sleeping he had been awake, struggling with those old memories which at times would re- turn to him; he had conquered, but the couquest bad left him weary, and exhausted and depressed. 'If only she had been true to him ! thought Swanhild. 'Poor Blanche! if he looked at all like this last night, how terribly sorry she must have felt.' After all, the child, with ber warm hearted forgiveness and her scanty knowledge of facts, was per- haps a aood deal nearer the truth than Sigrid. Certainly Blanche was not the ideal of her dreams,but she was very far from being the hopelessly depraved. character that Sigrid deemed her; she was a wo- man who had sinned very deeply, but she was not utterly devoid of eart, and there were gleams o cod in her to which the Norwegian irl, in her hot indignation, was al ogether blind. Sigrid was not aultless, and as with Frithiof, so here lingered too with her a touch f the fierce, unforgiving spiri hich had governed their Viking ncest ors. More than once that ma ming as he moved about her household asks she said, under her breath; 'I bah that woman were dead ! ish she were dead !' 'You do not look well this morn - ng, Mr Feick,' said the foreman, a heerful, bright eyed, good hearted Id mart, who had managed to ring up a large family on his alary, and to whom Frithiof had ften applied for advice on the sub- ect of domestic economy. The wo liked each other now, cordially, nd worked well together, Foster aving altogether lost the slight rejudice he had at first felt against he foreigner. 'We were up late last night,' aid Frithiof, ey way of explanation. ut the old man was shrewd and ilia sighted, and happening later n to be in Mr Boniface's private oom, he seized the opportunity to emark:— 'We shall have Mr Feick knock - g up again, sir, if I'm not mietak- n; he is looking very ill to -day.' 'I'm sorry to hear that,' said Mr onifaee. 'You were quite right to ell me, Fester. We will see what an be done.' And ,the foreman knew that here was no favoritism in this peech, for Mr Boniface considered he health of his employees as a atter of the very highest import - nee, and being it Christian first nd tradesman afterwards, did not nsider moneymaking to bo the rest object of life. Many a, time good old Foster himself had been ent down for a few days at the sea de with his family, and it was erhaps a vivid remembrance of he delighfs of West Codrington hat made him add as he left the oom: 'He looks to mo, air, as if he ceded bracing Up.' rvlr Boniface wils much of the ams Opinion when he noticed Frith - f later tin in the clay. A thor- ughly good salesman the Nottve- an had atWayer been—clear headed, ourteous, and accurate; but now he leek *srf effort %vhich • he had erne for genie time before h10,411- ess WO Clearly Viable and Mr in the men at 0 0 014)0**1 • e to tee, and Frithiof had gn bakto hied* to enter *Me imegs in, tho order list. olfrithiof,' said hfr Zontface, eras, jug- over to hiM and dropping the Somewhat more formal style of ad. dress which he generally negcl to- ward him during bl18;310/38 hours, -'you have got mac of your bad head - 14082 'Yea,' replied tbe NOrWegiaa, f zed. h4ablui tgiett iishinvuot$ah all disablingight 1 'What plane' hare you Made for' Y d youriana Wt haiittaffuatide holidayV r don't think We had Mac% any 'Then I want you to come away with as for a few days,' said the shopowber. 'You look to me as if you wanted rest Gime to us for week, I will arrange for your ab- sence.' 'You are very good,' said Frith- iof warmly. 'I3nt indeed I would rather only take the general holi- day of Saturday to Tuesday. I am not in the least ill, and would rath- er not take extra days when there is no need.' 'Independent as ever!' said Mr Boniface, with a smile, 'well it must be as you like. We will see what the 'three days will do for you.' • Where and how this h:,liday was to be spent only Mr and Mt s Boni- face knew, and Sigrid and Roy were as much astonished as anyone when, at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a coach and four stopped at the gate of Rowan Tree House. 'What! are we to drive there? asked Cecil. 'Oh, father, how de- lightful I Will it be very fad' 'Yes, a long drive; so keep out plenty of wraps, in case the even- ing is chilly. Ve can tuck away the children inside if they get tired. Now, are we all ready? Then we will drive to the model lodgings.' So off they started, a very merry partte but still merrier when the three Norwegians had joined them, the girls, as usual, dressed in black, for economy's sake, but wearing very dainty little white sailor hats, which Sigrid had 'sat up on the pre- vious night to trim. She enjoyed her new hat amazingly; she enjoyed looking up the lodgings and hand- ing the key to the care -taker; she enjoyed the delicious prospect of three days immunity from cooking and cleaning, and anxious planning of food and money, and she enjoyed Roy's presence with the frank, free happiness of a girl who is as yet quite heaTrot whole. TO g g t 0 w a a t w w c 0 b s 0 a h t a B q 0 r r in e 13 t t 08 a a ce g a si r n io 0 gi t b f grolornoaal and aim ear40 • MALARIA Literally means bad air. Poisonous germs arising from low, marshy land or from decaying vegetable matter, are breathed into the lungs, taken up by the blood, and unless the vital fluid is purified by the use of a good medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla, the unfortu- nate viotim is soon overpowered. Even, in the more advanced oases, where the terrible fever prevails, this successful medicine has effected remarkable cures. Those who are exposed to malaria or other poisons should keep the blood pure by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. MANNING & SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, CONVEYANCERS, namissioners for Ontario and Manitoba Or.ie,c NEXT DOOR TO NEW ERA. CLINTON l'UONEY TO LOAN. MORTGAGES 111 Bought. Private Funds. 0 RIDOUT, Office over J Jackson's Store, Clinton. MARRIAGE LIOENSES. - APPLY TO%do'rd at the Library Rooms, JvS. 71/1-ARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED BY THE .LY -L undersigned, at residence or drug store. MRS A. WORTHINGTON. 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PORTER, Auctioneer, Beytiold. aug.29 DR STANIAIRY, ottADUArE iTHE Medical Department of Victoria Uni- versity, Toronto, formerly of the Hospitals and Dispensaries, Now York, Coroner for he County of Huron, Bayfleid, Ont, • C. BRUCE, L.D.S., DENTIST, gradu- . ate Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. All operations of modern den- tistrycaretully performed. Aniesthetics ad ministered for the painless eXtraction of teeth. Office - Keefer's old stand, floats' Block, Clinton. Will visit Myth profession- ally every Monday, at Mason's Hotel. DDICKINSON, THE OLDWIIELIA13LE Auctioneer still in the field, able and willing to conduct any sales entrusted to bimi and takes Mils opportunity Of thanking hM patrons for past fevers. Alao Chattel Mortgages closed and rents collected. Char- ges moderate. D. DICEINSON, Licensed Ano - Mower for the County of Baron. Residence Albert Street, Clinton. TAR WORTHINGTON, — PRYSIOIAN A., Surgeon, Aceeucher, Lieentiate of the College Of Physicians, and Surgeons of Lewer Canada., and Provinda. Licentiate and Coroner for the comity of Huron. 01- 11oeartd residenea,--The building formerly cepuidd by,isirThwaites,Eruronstreet. ontonai. 1870. BIBLES T,E8TAMENT8 AT COS; he Clinton granotatible ilt5Clety haVefot Mild at DR WOII,TRINGTON's BRIM • TORE, d'ilbatfltreett,afirie asSOrtment 01 Bibles arkaTostamaste, Tirstalirit sem urwAto s '4 4 it.o.tivioroA:rar:i; veils OrgiRkt.! Viamtiarr Dago, Treats a ciarainOniten Ammar on the most 03040"2 (4.,..,13-doolentlitiosorta,tops.. cepa z•• moat, *miny woakof on Royal Rotel. neemence-, Albert at, Clinton, cans nijfht 0043: It1 t**(1*dtin Promptly. - . • - DR, TVANBITLIA ••••••,,m.,•• 3% L. 7nrabril' M. 'T"Wit° THEOOOK'S BEST FRIE D„ 0,14„ V °torte Univspity, Ontario; Yellow of the Obsttetrioal Society - Drlinbur_gh; late of London, Eng.r. and EUl LARGE5T *AI,* CsroApA, burgh ilospiteas, omee:---Dr..-Dovnudy old , °e,, aattenintry St., Clinton. Night calls answered at the same Place. • MONEY' l MON= MONEY! We can make a few goodloans from private fundat ow rates and moderate exPenee• Terms made to s oft borrowars. Fflt dchICQTT. • Clinton ENDEHT AKIN. 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, ShrondS, &c , CARRIED IN 820011. He has also purchased a iirst-olass Hearse, and can therefore meet all requirements in this line. Night calls answered at residence, Isaao Street, Clinton. JOS CH.IDLEY Undertaker and dealer in Furniture, Clinton. G. H. COOK, Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Honor Gradu ate of the Toronto School of Dentistry. Nitrons Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraotion of teeth. Office in Smith's Block over Emerton'e Barber Shop, Clinton. Cr Night bell answered ly ' J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST Holds the exclusive right for the county for the Hurd process of administering chemi- cally pare Nitrogen Monoxide, whioh is the safest and best system yet discovered /or the painless extraction of teeth. Chi.isa moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Office, ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, over Rance' Tailor Shop, Huron Street,Clinton. G, D. MeTAGGART BA.NWER, ALBERT ST, CLINTON. A general' Banking BusineSS ti ansacted - — NOTES DISCOUNTED Dfafts issued. Interest allowed on deposits. FARRAN & TISDALL BANKERS, CLINTON. ONT Advances made to farmers on their own notes, at low rates of interest. A general Banking Business transactea Interest allowed on deposits. Sale Notes bought J. P. TISDALL, Manager The Molsons Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL, - - $2,000,000. REST FUND, - $1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. A. 0,1), W. The Clinton Lodge, No. 144. meet In Bdde- combo Hall on the 1st and iird Orklays in each * month. Visitors Cordially invited. n. STONEHAM MW, 3, BEAN Recorder A COOK BOOK address. Wells, Richardson & Coo Moore* By mall to any lady sending usher post offk2 FREE' OLINTOF3 MECHANIC'S MST Library and Roading Rooms, Tow Hall, down. stairs. . About 2,900 volurnt i t the Library and all the Leading News papers and Periodicals of the day oaths table. Membership ticket 91 per annum ; Openfrom 2 to 4 p ar.. and from 7 to 9 p m, applications for menmershipreeeive sy the Librarian in the room. 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 Triink east and intermem - diate Oleos . . .. . . 7.00 a.m. 1.60p. Toronto, Stratford, Sea- ffort4, T. and 8, east.... 1.55 p.m. 8 a.m Goderrich, Holniesville and Grand Trunk west 1 p.m. 8.10 a.m Goderich, - 8.45 p.m. 2.40p.m Hamilton, Toronto, 4.15 p.m. 10.25 a,ia London, L., H, & B. south a.m. p.m. a.m. p,m and intermediate offices 7.00 4.15 10.95/.00 Blyth. Wingham, Kincar- dine ,Lucknow, L.,L&5. north and listormediato a.m. p in. a.m. p,m offices . . . . 9.30 6.16 8.10 5.00 British nesday, Thursday • . 7.00 a.m. Bayflold, Varna, Herbison, daily Summorhill, Tuesday and 2.80 rkm. 12.46p.m IdoFrneldyl'OYrciera issued and Depo5.3210tsprraeO5eive1c10frpo.in one dollar upwards. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Savings Bank and Money Order Office close at 6.80 p.m. Clinton, AprilT2119,°11888As. FAIR, Postmaster, 1 CLOS,/ 1 001 Melilulop Mutual Fire Insurance Company FARM & ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED OIFFIGIRS. Thos. E, Hays, President, Seaforth P. 0.;W J. Shannon, Seoy-Treas., Seaforth O.; Ino Hannah, Manager, Seaforth P. 0. DIRECTORS. Jas. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Donald Roes Clinton: Gabriel Elliott, Clinton; Geo. Watt , Harlook; Joseph Evans, Beechwood; J. Shah - non, Walton; Thoa, Oarbert, Clinton. AGENTS. Thos. Neilans, Harlook; Robt. McMillan, Seaforth; 8 Carnechan, Seaforth; John 0 Sullivan and Geo. Murdie, auditorr. Parties desirous to effect Insurances or ransaot other business will be promptely ttended to on application to any of th bove officers, addressed to their respect, ffices. J. C. STEVENSON -THE LEADING— UNDERTAKER —AND— EMBALMER. A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEPT in STOCK The bestEmbalmi rig Fluid used Splendid Hearse. ALBERT ST.,CLINTON, Residence over store. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL J. H. R. MOLSON. Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Omura] Manager Notes discounted,Collections made,Drafts issued, Sterling and -American ex- cii:tnge bought and sold at lowest current Interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits. VA.RATIECTLS Moneyadvanced to farmers on their own notes with ono or moro endorsors. No mortgage re• (mired as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, January 1887. Clinton DENIM LER NURSE11,1 FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE. NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, TIIR LATTER OF GSM W8 BURR A SPROIALT7 LARGE STOCK ON HAND Tho aboye ornamental trees and shrubbery wi be sold at very low prices, and those waren anything in this connection will save Mono purchasing here. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benmiller, HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company ie Loaning Honey of Parra Security at Lowest Rates of. Interest. *" MORTGAGES : PURORASEI SAVINGS BANK BRA Nett, .1, 4 eta a per Cent, intereat Allowed en .bepositS,agooraino toamoUnt oand time ie/t. (441614-,-0oriteret tfititet-getireand North S ; ; ,t1ORA.04 110*TOli. s r .;" RICHLY Rewarded are those who read this and then aet ; &hey will find honorable employment that will not take them from their laomes and families. The, pronto are largo and Sure for every ind oue person, many have made and aro no making several hundred dollars a -month, is easy for any person to make $$ per day t ';" and upwards, wh o is willing to work. Billie sex,young or old ; capital not needed,we star you. Everything new. No epeoilts,' required; you; reader:dam db it as Well one. Write to us at,ynoe for fall partimil ag whioh wo mail tree, Andress Stinson & Portland, Maine. I.. IN 'TOW —1 Planing MW —AND— DRY KILN! THE SUBSCRIBER HAVING It15T COM MEM and furnished his new Planing yiss • with machinery of the latestimproved patio*, is now prepared to attend to all orders labia • 4 line in the, .aost prompt and satiseactoormother and at teas amble rates, He wouldoititeAtiun • thanks to all who patronized the eitiin WOO they wore burned out, and neve beingins bet.. ter -position to execute order .exped �U11'y feels confident be can give esti t IL FACTORY -Near I Railway, Clinton. T4OMAS ROBERT DOWNS CLINTON, manufseturer and Propidetertor the bode's* Mill Dow In use Agent fer the Wo and 8ppl1L471011 of the /a/Tisane Parrott Ano, Beams. ch.setant. STEAM FITTINOlt furblelie end aplied oh shortnatioe., Hollers. Engineat and 1&11 kite liftielairiery repaired ouptill441 and In a stitteifete• terY PrIdInn . , Paint Inspiereenti inanslactitred paired, ‘Steam a-nd ter tripit furnisher and ptit In pealti ty Kilns iityka alkali. pudation, ' ,, ariatt/4404 '