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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1894-05-25, Page 3sebeeelfXie E CLINTOAT NEW ERA Kay 2.5, 1894. ORRIS pianos MUSIOAl. 1 OA; OcE; ARTISTIC ISION DURABLE ' OONSTRUUTION C1,7anieaai • Bane Plant Ott ArrGIwi koett Morris-Feild Rogers -Co LISTOWEL. Wooing an Heiress /IT ANNA SHIELDS. Just on the confines of one of our large manufacturing towns there stands an imposing residence of brown stone, elevated by terraces above the road, surrounded by stately trees, and with a wide extent of garden stretch- ing on all sides, I had been employed in;panel-painting one of the large bed- rooms, for some weeks, and my curios- ity and interest had been excited by the fact that the master of the house, Mr Joseph Randall, was a tall hand. some man of less than fifty, while his wife was certainly twenty years older, and a very feeble old woman. ' Yet never were any young couple more seemingly devoted than that oddly contrasted pair; and I,'' living in the house, with constant occupation there, certainly had good opportunity for witnessing any matrimonial dif- ferences, had any existed. When my work was done, I return- ed to my own home, and several months later, by quite an accident, not necessary to record here, I learned the story of Mr Randall's marriage. From early boyhood he was a ne'er- do well. Money ran through his fin- gers like sand, and after his father, hie grandfather and his uncle had each started him in business, only to end in failure, the family decided that he would never be good for anything. He was a very handsome man, with a college education, the instincts and manners of a gentleman, and kindly in feeling; but he was good-natured, trustful, and too easily influenced by whoever took the trouble to dictate to him. At thirty he found himself a bank- rupt, out of :business, and without any definite prospects, and while he was seriously considering suicide as a way out of his difficulty, he received an in- vitation to visit an old friend in Grant- ley, a pretty village near the sea shore. He found Grantley at the height of the summer season, and his own attrac- tions very readily acknowledged by the ladies who danced with him, flirt- ed with him, strolled on the beach by moonlight with him, and accepted his graceful attentions with smiling plea- sure. It was here that he was intro- duced to Miss Susan Harte and her niece and supposed heiress, refined and graceful; the younger one lovely in the freshness of her youth, a pretty, blonde face and slender figure; the elder one stately and dignified, show- ing in every word a cultivated intel- lect and strong common sense. Bob White, Mr Randall's friend, after the introduction, spoke his mind with frank if vulgar freedom: "Go in for the heiress, Joe. They say the old lady is worth a quarter of a million and Miss Maude is her only relative. Any one can see that they are devoted to each other." And any one couldalso see every evidences of wealth in their surround- ings. Their own carriage, with two magnificent horses was with them for their daily use, their costumes were of the most costly materials, their jew- elry was superb. A lady's maid at- tended them, and they occupied an en- tire suite of rooms at the only hotel. Friendship led to intimacy, and Mr Randall did try to fascinate the heir- ess'whose simpering prettiness cover- ed a±cold heart, and a very common- place mind. To dress well, to bo a centre of attraction for bowing beaux, were the objects of her ambition, and her conversation never rose above the level of the smallest of small talk. Though he had always seemed to lack business ability, Mr Randall was no fool, and he found himself evening after evening turning from Miss Max- well's vapid talk, to the fresh, strong mind that shone through her aunt's conversation. Miss Harte was an ac- , eomplished musician, with a rich con- tralta voice, and love of music had aI- ways amounted to a passion with Mr Randall, so there' was a strong bond of sympathy there. The summer wore away pleasantly, and it was only when closed cottages and a deserted beach told of departing guests that Joseph Randall asked him- self seriously how his summer flirta- tion was to end. He was not a con- ceited man, yet Maude Maxwell had let him see very plainly that she had a perferenee for his society and atten- tions. Yet he shrank from the pro- spect of a wife with no idea above dress and gayety, however richly she may be dowered. r Loving neither, in the true sense of the' word, he'' certainly found more . p easure in the society of the older lady and then a little demon of policy whispered to him that, after all, the money was Miss Harte's; and, witk her social position and real attractions, she might marry, and so deprive Maude of her supposed inheritance. It was true she was old enough to be his mother; but a handsome woman, and one so, thoroughly tasteful in dress, could always appear, younger than actual years warranted, and—be liked her; he certainly respected and :liked her. For two or three days he' hesitated, shrinking' yet from plating himself i ,.the position of a fortune hunte"r, and then be wrote a manly, tender letter her to be hie roaskinge ria, to M e 73a *fee, Be had ,e euAicisti tact to avoid Bowe , flattery, to intake eiekening proton ti0flI, ftnd`,thill lieter Ws the *MO of'. neon ton Irv' ' liawM...Lpi Sr WOW SO answer, and Miss Harte was his af- fianced wife, Escorting the ladies to their home, a magnificent country seat on' the Hud- sae, Mr Randall would not have been human had he not congratulated him- self upon the future ownership of the wealth so lavishly represented all around him. He had said nothing of his position to Mies Maxwell, good- naturedly willing that §he should still 'find a home with her aunt; but he sometimes thought he would give her a hint about assuming so much the air of mistress about the hquse, The wedding was magnificent, the honeymoon spent in travelling _upon a wedding -gift of a check, from Mr -Ban - dell's uncle, and one morning in cosy confidence, the subject of going home arose. "Where have you taken 'room, dear?" Mrs Randall asked. "Or shall we go to housekeeping?" "Rooms!" cried the bridegroom, "Shall ' you not return to your own house?" "My own house! I have no house, J'oe." For suddenly the truth flashed upon her. "Did you think I had money? I thought everyone knew that 1 was Maude's pensioner, Oh," and her face grew very pale, "what a fool I have been! I thought you loved me." "You were no fool in thinking that," was the reply, as her husband put his arm around her, "I do love you! I did think the position watt reversed, and that Maude depended upon you, but never doubt my love. If it was not very ardent when I proposed to you; it grows stronger every day that we spend together." "But you thought me wealthy?" "A humilating fact I cannot deny;" and then in a sudden outburst of con- fidence Mr Randall told his wife the whole truth, dwelling somewhat long- er on his business attempts and per- plexities than on the hope he had en- tertained of a future life of luxurious idleness. When he had ' finished, his wife spoke: "You may not like to hear my fa- ther's opinion of me, Joe, though he meant it for a complimentary one. He always said I should have been a man, for I had a true business head. For ten years before he died he was paralyzed and I was at the head of the business, the weaving of carpets in W—. He left me a competency, which was stolen from me by a dis- honest trustee, and I should have tak- en up some occupation to gain my own living had not Maude been left an .or- phan and implored me to live with her. It was scarcely a life of depend- ence, for she needed me, and her lavish gifts of clothing and jewellery I accept- ed in the place of the salary anyone else in my place must have been paid. I was housekeeper and chaperon, and we were very happy, but I never dreamed that I was supposed to own her wealth. Now listen to my propos- ition. The factory my father control- led:is closed, but I am an old friend of the owner, who carried on the business for a short time after my father died, and found his ignorance of the details swept away all his profits. I will in- troduce you to him, and the sale of wy diamonds will give us sufficient capital for a modest start. You will be nominal master as my father was, until you conquer all the intricacies of of the business, gain our old custom- ers, and can carry on the whole with- out any assistance., Until then let me. direct and teach you, as I helped my father. When you are a rich man"— and here Mrs Randall's eyes grew dim with tender feeling—"you can buy me some more diamonds. It was not a matter for hasty deci- sion. Mr Randall, remembering his failure, was doubtful of his own abili- ty, but his wife had her way, and be- fore their wedeed life was six motiths Bold MrRandall was engaged in his new business. Spurred on by an honest shame that a woman had a better business head than his own, he did what he had never done before, threw his whole soul into his bueinese, and was amazed himself to find how rapid- ly he learned to guide it. Every day, filled his heart with deep- er love for the noble woman who was. so true and faithful a helpmate to him; who, with all the knowledge he lack- ed, never let one clerk or employee guess her real position. At home, in the evening, she showed him the re- sult of her day's correspondence or book-keeping, and gave him clear in- structions for the next day's work. And he, learning all quickly, had suf- ficient sense to let her control the en- tire business, until she herself, after two years of faithful work said: "You can do without me now, dear. I resign." They had lived very economically in those two years. Mrs Randall gov- erning the small house and one ser- vant as efficiently as she had control- led her niece's grand mansion, or the affairs of the factory. But ambition once roused in Joseph Randall, he re- solved to give his wife a home as handsome as the one she had left for love of him. . Depriving her of no comfort he could afford to give her, he denied himself all extravagances that had become second nature. Cigars were put aside,clothing was reduced to respectability, ignoring the many changes of fashion, riding was ex- changed for an occasional drive with Mrs Randall, and year by year Joseph Randall saw his business increase, his bank -account enlarge, until he was master of a flourishing business, and of the magnificent home where Mrs Randall had employed to to paint the panels of the bedroom doors. And as years robbed the devoted wife of her strength and the noble beauty of middle life, they took no- thing from the love of a husband who, knew that to her he owed all his pros- perity, He realized fully the hfe of indolent luxury he would have led, and contrasted it with the useful one to which'i3he had guided him. A kind master, the families of his work people knew they had always a friend in the head of the vast establishment in which the husband and the father toiled. Without children, both Mr and Mrs Randall extended their charities far and , wide, and when gratitude met them Joseph Randall said: "The thanks are yours; dear. But for you I should be that dreadful ob- hect, an aimless, indolent man of fas- ion, what in days gone by they called an 'old beau.'» eY,-.Od.mi. . 1i ;t.: . v •ih :lr.....°110. 1e , s„e.4.16e 141... �..W. Putmonery oonanmption, • in its early stages, may be oheaked by the use of Ayer's' Cherry Pec oral, ftstops the distressing Dough, soothe] Whittier' of 1h6'thtditt Oro' Itingtq end lodges 3xYrY0lWo dd -' .._ Sits bildii heti 'iertifisd io .111i'ItdmAir Otiotio of IMO pr! • BULLET PROOF CLO'T'HING. Herr Dowe, of Berlin, the inventor of the "bullet proofcoat," recently in- vited several persons to witness a trial of the coat's value. First a bullet was fired from the magazine rifle now in use in the Germany army at a block of oak, which it pierced. Herr Dowe then, .dressed in his coat, had himself fired at. The bullet remained embed- ded in the coat. An eye -witness de- scribes the moment as an awful one for the onlookers, who involuntarily closed their eyes. Herr 'Delve, how- ever. sinned, saying, "I' feel nothing," A second shot wasfired at his heart with the same effect. The exciting spectacle ended with quick-firingat a horse covered with this bullet-proof cloth. The animal went on eating, and only started now and then at a report. Before Herr Dowe's experiments two expert shots gave some terrifying examples of their skill. One of them screwed a rifle fast, and printed it at an egg suspended about forty paces off. • He then went and placed his head under the egg, and made the rifle go qff by firing at the trigger with aonth- er ride which he held m his hand. The same man was then placed in a wood- en frame which fitted close to his body, the edge* being hung with plast- er eggs. His companion then fired with a magazine rifle at the eggs which hung close to his eyes, cheeks, etc. Finally, he cut an egg of the other's head at a -distance of a hundred paces, and then two eggs at the same time with two revolvers. HOOD'S CURES. In saying that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures, its proprietors make no idle or extravagant claim. The advertising of Hood's Sarsap- rilla is always within the bounds of reason, because it is true; it always appeals to the sober, common sense of the thinking people, and it is always fully substantiated by en- dorsements, which in the financial world, would be accepted without a moment's hesitation. Read the testimonials published in be- half of Hood's Sarsaparila, all from re- liable, grateful people. They tell the story. Hood's Sarsaparilla Dares. TONGUE FRUIT. What kind of tongue fruit are you bearing, young man—you behind the counter ? What impression are you implanting in the breasts of the cus- tomers who come to buy from you ? Are you leaving, by your chaste con- versation, a conviction in their hearts that you are a straightforward and honorable young man? One upon whom they can rely; one who would not stoop to take an advantage of them, but whose word is true, and in whom they can have implicit faith ? Do you, by your every word and act, chow your fellow -clerks that there is only one way to succeed, and that is the way of manliness and honesty? If you do you are of more value than gold to the man who employs you, and you will bear fruit which will live, not only in this wcrld, but in that which is to come. Such a man may have to work for a man who, as the saying goes, has no use for him, but the fault is in the employer, not in the man. There is something in the employer that is evil; but -even in such a place, such a man will bear good frrlit. The customers trust" him" when they would not the employer. I know men in the city of Toronto to -day who were let go, not because there was any fault in them, but because every look in their honest face cut the unscrupulous employer deeper than a knife. Even if he lets you go, he will never forget that there re such a thing as an honest man.— Therefore, bear good tongue fruit, young man.—Canadian Grocer. A LARGE WAIST Is not generally considered a necessary adjunct to the grape, beauty or symmetry of the womanly "form. Within the body, however, is a great waste made necessary according to the condition of things --con- tinually in process and requiring the per- fect action of all bodily functions to absorb or dispel the refuse. When there is irreg. ularity or inaction, ladies who valve a clean, pure, healthful body will take Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription—the only remedy for women sold with a positive guarantee to right all her wrongs. To those about to become mothers, it is a priceless boon, for it lessens the pains and perils of childbirth, shortens labor, pro- motes an abundant secretion of nourish- ment for the child and shortens the period of confinement. Dr Pierce'sPellets cure billionsneie, con- stipation, sick headache, indigestion, or dyspepsia, and kindred diseases. A thief broke into a house early the other morning, and found himself in the music room. Hearing footsteps approaching he took refuge behind a screen. From eight to nine the eldest daughter had a singing lesson. From nine to ten o'clock the second daughter took a piano lesson. From ten to eleven o'clock the eldest son had a vio- lin lesson. From eleven to twelve the other son had a lesson on the flute. At twelve -fifteen all the brothers and sisters assembled and studied an ear- splitting piece for voice, piano, violin and flute. The thief staggered out from behind the screen at twelve forty- flve, and, falling at their feet, cried, "For mercy's sake, have me arrested!" Do You Cough? It is a sure sign of weakness You need more than a tonics. You need Scott' EmulsIon the Cream of Codllver OU and Hypophosphites,not only to cure OA.'Cough but to give your ',system real strength. 'the Wo il, over, fi I elldoreet IL Ilia is lsiaitai OONOEINING DISEASES, Of every 10,000 deaths in England 270 are from apoplexy. December is the most fatal month in the year for asthma. `Bright's disease is most prevalent in Shanghai, China, In 1857 the Russian hospitals had 62,» 090 typhus patients. ]Sciatica meet frequently occurs be- t'6veen the ages of 20 end 30. gium, ConsumScoptiontland , and Ois mostancommon in Bel - ad. 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I had little faith In these or any other medicine, but concluded, at last, to take his advice and try a box. Before I had used them all, I was very much better, and two boxes cured me. I am now 80 years old; but I believe that if it had not been for Ayer's Pills, I should have been in my grave long ago. I buy 6 boxes every year, which maim 210 boxes up to this time, and I would no more bo with- out them than without bread."—IL I3. Ingraham, Rockland, Me. AYER'S PILLS Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maea Every Dose Effective POWDERS Caro SICK HEADACHE and Neuralgia in 20 M/NUTe8, also Coated Tongue, Dizzi- ness, Biliousness, Pain in the Side, Constipation, Torpid Liver Bad Breath. to stay cured also regulate the {rowel.. yew" Nice TO TARR. PRl06 26 CENTS AT DRUG SroR.a. 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People Must Live ;� And in order to do so they want the very Best they can get. We have anticipated their desire by purchasing the choicest GROCERIES, TEAS, SUGARS, CANNED GOODS, , FRUITS, S&c Having had 2.5 years experience, think we know the wants of the people pretty well. Our stock embraces everything found in a first-class grocery, and we will not be undersold. We have a Beautiful .Assortment of FANCY G*LASSWA,RE and CROCKERY: Special .Cuts on SUGARS and TEAS in large lots . W. Irvin, Grocer MACEAY BLOCK., - OLIITTO/t. Hub Grocery •lna Tea Just arrived, a consignment of the celebrated BEE BRAND TEA, put in half pound and pound packages. This is the only package Tea put up where it is grown. The Bee Brand Tea is grown in the Palamcotta Gardena, Ceylon, and is no mixture, but a pure Tea of very fine flavor and strength. This Tea took the first place at the World's Fair, Chicago. We have the solo agency for this town. Come and get a sample and try it. • ( 1 O SWALL41).W, Gunton lloose Painting and Paper linking The undersigned is prepared to promptly exe- cute all ordure for PAINTING, HALSOMINING PAPEfi-HANGINO, &e. Ile is a practical man of ong experience ;and guarantees to do ail work in a manner that shall, be satisfactory, whit prices wit be exceedingly moderate. Orders re epeotfnlly solicited. GEO. POTTS, Kirk St., Clinton CASH FOR EGGS. The undersigned is prepared to pa y the hi�y pet market rice in cash for quantity oil ar p any y Fresh Eggs, delivered at his store, Victoria St., opposite the residence of the late J. Whitehead. WM. GRANT. WASHING MACHINES. Mr B. Cole is manufacturing for sale a Patent Wetelting Machine called the ' Magic Washer'' whit& is offered at a very low figure. They can be ecru at his residence, Isaac street. B. COLE, Clinton. CAUTION. Notice in hereby given that the undersigned will not be responsible for any debts contracted in his name without hie written order. THOMAS FITZSIMONS, Clinton. 21' NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the matter of the estate of Thomas Fair, of the Toton of Clinton, in the County of Huron, Postmaster, deceased. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to R.S.O.887, Chap. 110 and amending Acts, that all creditors and othere having claims against the estate of Thomas Fair, late of the Town of Clinton in the County of Huron,Postmaster, deceased, Who died on or about the 8th day of April, A. D. 1894, aro required on or before the 16th day of Juno, 1804, to send by mail post paid,or deliver to W.D.Falr, Clinton,.Ontarlo, AdminStrator of tho property of the said deecased, their Christian and Sur- names, addressee and dosoriptions of the oleime, and tho nature o1:'tho security fix am& hold by , them, together with a Statutory declaration prov- ing their Oleims; and that after the Bald 16th day 1 of June next, the administrator will erecoed to distribute the senate, having regard only to the ' claims of whitih.be then- shalt bade notice and `that b11 will net be , liable for' the said Mae, dr 'any- part thOreof to earen or p. el " t"it �e then barer be OW I -bil etle *Wee olds � NOTICE TO REDITORS. In the mar° of the estate of Joseph White- head, late of the cTo'wn of Clinton, in the County of Huron, Retired Oontraetor, do-• ceased. ° Notice is hereby given, immanent to R. S. 0: 1887, Chap. 110 and amending Acts, that all creditors and other having Maims against the estate of Joseph Whitehead, late of the Town of Clinton, in the County of Huron, Retired Oontrao- tor, deceased who died on or about the 13th day of March A. D. 1894, aro required on or before the 26th day of May 1894, to send by mail post paid, or deliver to Manning & Scott, Clinton, Ontario, Solicitors for the executors of the Will of the said dooeaeed; tbeir Christian and Snrnamee ad- dressee and descriptions of their claims, and the nature of the security (if any) held by them, to- gether with a Statutory declaration proving their claims; ane that after the said 36th day of May next the Executors will proceed to distribute the assets, having regard only to the claims of which they then shall have had notice, and that they will not be liable for the chid assets or any part thereof, to any person or persons of whose maims they shall not then bavo received notice, MANNING & SCOTT Solicitors for the Executors of the last wind Joseph Whitehead deceased. Dated the 18th day of April 1894, NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the matter of the estate of William Spind- ler, late of the Towne of Clinton, in the Nun-. ty of Huron, Laborer, deceased. Notice le hereby given, pnrenant to B. S. O. 1.887 Chap. 110, and amending Acts, that all creditors and others having claims against the estate of William Spindler, late of the Town of Olinton,in the County of Huron. Laboror,doceaaod who died on or abont the Twenty ninth dtts�yv of December A.D. 1893,are regnired,on or before ay 25th, 1894 to send by mail postpaid, or delivered o Manning & Scott, Sciicitore for The TruetsCor- poration of Ontario, admini strator of the property of tho said deceased, at their office in the Town of C1lnton,thelr0hrietian and Surnamoe addrote,s and deseriptioue of their claims and the nature witheth a Statuttoryilf deoiaratiboaprd ovinBg their alalma and that after the said 25th day et May next the said administrator winsproceed to distribute which It then. the meets, having re and only to rho elaimU of shall aiavo had ntioiioe, and fbai it will not bailable cr the, Ssid duvets or asp part thereof, to any person, or pwroo 4 it whoee elahnsit abed not then baud r oeiyed hotloe. ,Nei ritoiril lerr" iE UNttl*Odxp+iritgG(ttttr)t