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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1897-05-12, Page 6M . k MY SHIP, to do viral to follow her. At first she I THF HILARIOUS THRUSH, __, went slowly, at what you would call all sorts of latent talent In Daisy for There's a vessel drifting, drlPtlag, a dog trot, then she increased her speed, And still all I had to do was to ,i he thrush to n friend did say: decorating everything within reach. What I suffered from the decalcomania at sea; ltuhe billiesows On the bllluws aluklug, IlYtlug, follow her! "With me, dearest 11auet, come quickly, I pray' I fever never can be described." "I But who•eares for thee'? "As we were booming a merrily on- Thu flowers !n the woodg will be dancing Can Imagine Lt. 1 had live sisters, Filled with hopes that are deceiving, ward, she on the bicycle and I on foot, I to -day; and we were all smitten," I Bald. "What hone all ehatrce of tlrne'S retrieving, she asked me if 1 didn't drink this I With me, dearest linuet, cattle quickly ways started as a beauty to cover And my soul sits grieving, grieving, most exhilarating sport. Of course, I ,We'll sit oil the brunches singing, unsightly sPQts soon became a frenzy! At its destiny.id sa It was. Then she said she enjoy- I And set all the tiuwers to swinglug, My mother came to the rc scue al last ed It so much that she would continue And watch them dauce flow our perched arid scruttbed away every Inch." Eluuting on !t gaea forever on this same course until she became above; - "Willie brought her all the dcslgny At thewildwaves' will, Tvbsed and battered, never, I tired, when she would dismount, and i Dust dearly the flowers do I love!" to by found, and carried the china she peaceful Past m own weak skill; at Lei- a rest we would return home- ward. 1'ho thea to the woods afar, decur'ated (?) to be baked! Oh, my des dear! The tea set made in G`arrluu Cur All its timbers creaking, 6 giouulug, Ghwvtly echoes round It muuuing, I Well, I trotted and trotted and trot- quickly, 1 Were off for the greenwood so t ulckl hurruh' CTh e's g grandmother's wedding Ever fearful of the gloaming, I ted after that wheel, and T thought she "Wide-awake." cried the thrush to the axrcisent, with gilt monogratnS, and Where it shall be stall, never would stop, She went and went i flowers drawing near; quaint handles to the cups, all dilier- I and went, and I believe if I had not i "Gil with the daueel thrush and Millet are ent, was decorated, carried off by Wil - I can see about it lying hinted to her that I sometimes became I here," Ile, the horrible pictures all baked in Wrecks of life and time; , fatigued she would have been gulag They struck up It lively uaeasure, and then presented to me fur a birth - Some are dead and Some are dylug, Piloted by ' yet. But she did finally stop, and In The flowers till whirled with pleasure, And'deuced day gift. T could not tell you hall', nu, crime. ]'tit, brneuth the stormy uccun, sheer exhaustion I fell to the roadside, o'er the fields with rare de- light, n•ot the twentieth part of the dreadful Yet, above a world's commotion, and when I had time to recover my breath and look about us I found Wllh motion Su graceful and Ilght. destructlan• You can see, dear, drag the house Is finished inside w'itil I've u fancy, I'vo a notion- God is there sublime. we I were away out In the country, at ., At last the dance was done, auk, to which nut a brush .had ever been 1 � r east the mile r, s from ho me. She sat At homeward • •n And h ward vvc t flying these lovers u1 t t yu�c ht d bu t Years of a rubble waxi � Y g, rig For at times a vessel gleaming, down at the roadside, a little way from fun, and polishing have made it tike glass. Laden down with light, me. Then she talked. .?nd all the flowers In their calyxes tight We pride ourselves, 1 assure you, upon From at rifted heaven streaming, "tihe dilated upon. th•e beaubies of were after the frolic asleep for the night, our oak finish." Gloritles the night. .. the summer's evening, -the multi cal- And when the aougsters had parted, "And well you may," I said, "1 have On !ts culls, though worn and olden, area foliage of the trees, the irides- So guy add satlstled-hearted, admired it more than I can tell you." To the fates no urure beholden, Passhag through the westering, golden cent clouds which looked Like rare Gulled beck hilarious thrush to Ws friend; "My lova for the flowers has no and," "Then you can imagine my can- Sky line of my sight, jewels hung a the western skies, as I -the rays od the now obscured sternation when I cam a home, atter a fortnight's visit to my daughter, Tnen, my pilot twat grown weary sun oast indescribable glittering tints over /� f�'UM'1� �VIllOtiV. Mart- an, to find Dalsy was pa,lnting the With Its weight of care, them. But poor m'e, my body and doors o2 the dining -roam 1n panels, Shifts its holm, and, sad and dreary, mind were racked with pain, and I did Willie had put on the first coat all Folds its hands ht prayer, rot appreciate our surroundings. After "Ye -es," said Mrs. Craige, as we --%t I over two cluors-White paint, my dear! '[•beat, from out the vests desceuding, i the fal1,then the unusual exercise, every sewing In her cozy sewing -room, "mast The panels were in red, blue, green, To my soul on God depending, Comes u voice of love unending, I muscae and nerve in my body seemed folks notice that tidy•"I yellow -each a different color -and Filling all the air, to tingle with electric shocks. I was The tidy in question was a [right- upon each a different design. Ssuch just about done up and when I would mare v!slon, a combination of gaudy spiky grass! such stiff leaves, that Softly, sweetly saying, saying: think of the return journey my heart colors never to be Sound excepting in I looked as if they were cut out of tin! ' "Look up; see my star; would nearly bound from its natural those horrors devised by the •economi- such wooden birds, that looked as If Angels tit my feet are prayb,g and bast location. Every breath I took cal to use up "odds and ends." It was their wings were held apart with a For thee at the bar. seemed to be drawing huge chunks of m'ad'e of canvas, and bits of zephyr skewer! such staring roses, flaring with And thy Ship Is sailing, sailing, solid air into my lungs, instead of the wool, left from more ambitious pieces red paint-" Only to the sunset's puling, Pure, country atlnosphere which I was of work, were sewed in "11 -meld, with- , "'Such an altogether!' " I quoted, as Where Is no more weeping, walling, actually taking into my system. I out regard to color, in a set black that the dear old lady paused. To my gates ajur." was tired, sore and disgusted with was'enough to set anybody's Beeth on 1 "I groaned in spirit, but consoled AWHEEL STORY. everythdng, even with the Malden at i my side, whom I now thought one of edge. '"Do -do you admire it?" I asked, I myself by hoping that some new fans would spare my the most uninteresting per- fearful of giving offense by plain grand old oakendoors ugliest, And my hopes were verified. Dalsy - --- i sons it had been my m'Isfortune to speaking. tined of panel painting when, the din - "No, this is not the story of her first atteanpt to ride, but is my story of an' meet, I was thanking, thinking deep- ly, thinking some things I would -not The old lady took off her spectacles, wiped them, put them on aga•In, leaned Sng room was finished, and last spring I had attempt to teach her to ride, dare think aloud, ,%-hen I was sud- her head on one side, and said, slowly the doors planed down. They are a little thinner, but will polish up "She was a sweet sister, was this denly brought to my senses by my fair and gently, in a voice mild as new to the old tone in time. .msAden, a sweet sister of John Jones', companion saying: 'W'ell, I'm ready.' milk: I "But after that day Willie was mor! when she came to me one evening So was I -I had to be, and I at once 'My dear, I think -it's the -moot un- cautious about her undertakings, Just as old Sol was hiding his fire -red arose and grabbed up that wheel. Of utterably, hideous abject I ever be- though more devoted to her, She had visage back of the trees to the far course, before I could start her hone- held in the whole 70 years of -my life. been with me then nearly three years, 'West, and asked me in an entrancing, 'ward It was first necessary to .get her Nobody could have made that tidy but and she had recovered from her first apalogetic way If 1 wouldn't as;rist her an to the bicycle, and I trembled as I Tom's widow." grief. She was very young, not 20 in her bicycle practice, 'as Brother thought of the task before me. This "Oil!" I said, not knowing exactly when Tom died, and looking like a John has a pressing engagement, and time I braced ,myself against a fence how to answer, for Mrs. Cralge was al- little girl. So when she shyly ven- can't be with me, and, anyw•a•y, he and held onto that wheel like grim- most a stranger to me. My husband, -cured upon a white dress and same says you know more about bicyclingvisaged death, and when Miss Jones who was a missionary preacher, was .blue ribbons, and came down to tea than he does.' boarded it in really artistic style, I making a lecturing tour and Mrs. looking frightened at her own temer- "Say, just then I could have hugged was greatly pleased. I started her off Craige, an influential member of the Sty, I said, lovingly: John Jonea, arid his sister, too, far gently and then too hold of the saddle Evanstown congregation, had invited " 'What a prety dress, and how pret- that matter, but John was not there, again, prepared to trot home back of me to stay with her and rest from ty my Daisy ]Oaks in it., and as for his sister -well I did not the young lady like a dog fallowing its much weary travel. I was soon made "You don't ,thdhk it is forgetting dare. master. I was congrattilabing myself to feel at home in the dear old lady's Tom, do you?' she asked, with quiver - "Miss Jones had been the possessor upon the little trouble exeprienced in motherly care, but it is easily under- dng lips. of a bicycle about three days, and as getting her started, when the front stood that I could know nothing of 'I am quite sure you will never for- nve wended our way side by side to wheel of the bicyde began to wobble her elf or her neighbors and family ex- get Tom,' I said, kindly, for she was her home to get the steed of steel she and chug! went the off handle bar into cepting what she chose to tell me. ' trembling all over, 'but I am as sure informed me that she was doing 'just a fence. Luckily, I was on the op- "You do not know who Tom's widow that Tom loved you too well to wish lovely.' And she also ventured the re- Posite side of the wheel and pulling w'as, my dear," she sadd, presently, as your young Ilfe spent in mourning, mark that she actuallq believed, she terrifloally at the nigh handle bar I got I stitched in respectful silence; how even for him. It is natural for you to could rlde alone, only she got so ter- It and its burden again •perpendicular, This time I asked her if should you. Tom was my son; one of my sons, I for I had be joyous, dear, and nothing gives me ribly frightened. g' "When she were in- ju.red, and showing me an aaw-ful-ly shauid say, nine, and four daughters, though you find so much pleasure as to hear you sing we arrived at Miss Jones' home she excused herself for a [jaw herselfw bruised hand, she bravely replied, "a me alane. Some are dead, some are or see you smile.' "She had been wearing her bluerib- sa in she wished to don s g little, but Lt's immaterial.' Wary, the skin vras scraped off the whole side of married, but all who are living; have their own homes and families. Tom bons for some... months when the scrap- appropriate costume, and when she emerged from the ,house a little later, her hand, but she here it like a heroine. went to California and started a bus!- picture and card -collecting lunacy started. I bore my at the caad .in a neat -fitting ^ garb of the And right here I wish to say that I be- Hess; he married there, and when he portion martyr•dam as valiantly as I could. I bloomer t type and leading a dianrand- ;an to think just a wee little bit mare of Miss Jones than I had while died it was natural for me to suppose that ,hits widow would remain in her saw a priceless old Chinese jar that frame machine, why, b simply 'took cry breabh away. Oh, but she lacked we were sitting at the raa.dside a way y own .home, among her own people. ' but an s arloom plastered ever with butterflies and grotesque heads, and chipper, chic and debonair, and any •back. • "Once again she started homeward g Torn was not 30 when he died, and I knew she was very much younger. But varnished, and did not faint; I endured (heart was at once smitten with .her, ' and by the way she pumped and one day when I was grieving, as patiently when a costly Japanese vase, though I always had a peculiarly sym- push ed those pedals I know she was nieA mothers will, my dear, for my son, present from dear old friend, shai- pathztic feeling for her. She certainly "was the most beautiful and sweet mor- about that accident, and as she gained there walked do a little mite of a a a t1 the same fate; but at last the mels, tlunal straw was laJd upon the camel's sel of femininity it had been my plea- spee,� I also began to realize my figure that I should have taken fora back' [sure to gaze upon. There was no doubt P powers of endurance would give out child, but for the heavy widow's drop- I I looked at the dear• old face, lighted about this, this lesson would be ex- ere long, unless she reduced herLt, At last I had to give up, but said eries. She came straight to ere, lifted her vett, and, looking out of a pair of by a half comical twinkle of the eyes, tremely interesting. There would be no skirts to get entangled in the w[reelshomeward, nothing to her. I let her guide on g baby blue eyes straight into m face, y and wondered where such angelic pa fleece could have nand chain and to bother her in her hamew•a ti as I thought she would soon native my adhsence and then said: I am Daisy, deal- mother, Tom '3 given way. "One of my boys," said the old lardy, awkward manipulations of the saime, and the time spent in teaching her to would dismount or fall off, I cared not widow. I am alone in the world, but •and '•my Paul, was a surgeon in the army, from every voyage he brought me *properly manage the steed would sure- which, But she went on and I gradu- ally last sight of her in the darkness Tom saki he was sure if I came to you, you would be good to me.' : treasures that became sacred when he ly be just so long a time of unalloyed that was growing upon the face of the 'I took her straight into my heart, ' soled away again and never returned. Amongst pleasure' Miss Jone's and I walked to a street I was glad that she had gone . the little, winsome darling, and I laved ' these doubly precious pos- sessions was a sandal -wood table, a seldom traveled after Sundown and the earth. and I leisurely ,climbed upon a rail fence at the roadside and sat there her as my awn. ill my dear, t I tell You of my trials wit17 her, do nut thlnic 7nasturpiece of carving, with a top pol- walk over the intervening thorough- fares was an exceedingly short one. We meditating. I was mad clear through the it was train w•alit of love." ' (shed ilke marble, Tire heavy center - leg branched off into feet o•f carved ,arrived at our destination. The first and more I meditated the angrier I ,got. But at last it dawned upon me I was sure it was nut, for the clear old lady's voice was Pull Of tenderness. y loavLs,.5wpporting the center,whicb vvsz thing was ,to show her hove to mount land thds was a stunner. I had assisted that it was not the proper, thing for "`It was lonely for her for one thing," carved into exquisite gariacis of .n fl°wens, twisted round tree trunk. many young ladies in their efforts to me to be sitting upon a waystdc fence and leave a young lady to take her .said Tvfrs. Craige, "for,her mourning, and it was a deep -hearted sorrow, kept a I•%ut the beauty of the wood itself was 1neister the btcycle, but all of them own way home sifter nightfall. Horror 'her secluded; and as there was no need the only onrament of the flat top. "The rade drop frame machines and they all of horrors! suppose she had fallen for her to employ lterselP usefully, she table stood in a sma;1I room off (wore skirts. This case was afar dif- from her bicycle and at this ver in- began to plan delightful surprises for the parlor that wall seldom used, un- Serent. However, I got on and off the twheel, using the step, 'man -fashion,' stent was lying in the road, possibly me. She ,vas possessed by a very dc- , less we had et :npany, and I never imagined it in a,.,v danger until, com- and explained to her In detail every with a broken -leg or injured in some other m}ay, so as to be unable to move. mon far fancy work. While circ ex- , erclsed it u.pun sofa cushions and foot- Ing rather• u•nexptc, Aly fram a wa.11c, I succeeding movement. Then Mass Suppose a team of spirited horses were stools with distorted clogs and dislo- save �ti'illlr'5 head and Daisy's bent Jones tried it. First I firmly grasped approaching and the driver could not cited cats embroidered in Berlin wool °ver it. I hurried •into the room. Oh, the handle bar with one hand, holding see that prostrate form and ran over upon them, I. endured In patience, al- , my dear! the whole beautiful top was the frame in front of the saddle, with It, tight the ver thought made m though my Old-fashioned Ideas were 'covered with hideous advertising cards the other. Miss Jones reached aver brood run' cold. I jumped from the certainly amazed at the sums Daisy wailed on with brass -headed tack*. "'Oh, any arm, took hold of the grips, put fence and started In the direction in spent an materials, Tom had left her I mother,' Daisy cried, 'don't her 'right foot on the step, made a which Miss Jones ,had gone, I walked well provided for, and as she .had no come in! It is not finished.' 'How lunge for the saddle -•and kerflop, we along slowly, but as more horrible pos- expense here, her packet -money was a I dare you touch that?' I cried, bath landed on the hard road. I was sibilitles came to my mind I went fast- 1 very handsome income. As I said, I andthen like ' ul's un�d,erneath, the wheei made up the er until ag t last I was running as Past did not object to the poor little lonely i �crieed have t. a "It second layer at the pile, while Miss Jones sat, not too gently, on top of the as I could, but even then Ithought I was -a child taking all the pleasure she could find In eiribroidering hideous ' was the first time I had ever, spoken harshly_ to her, and she was avhole, I thought one of the handle going at a snail's pace. Half dozen times I imagined I saw Miss desins on canvas, and putting the results' in I liko a child. . bars had punctured my side and that Jones on the ground ahead of me, butt the most oouspicuous places lir the I •"'Oh, Willie,''she said, 'she is angry, I was swallowing a heterogeneous fnass always found it to be but a halluci- ' house, but this mild farm of her mania and I thought she would be so pleased.' of biclycle spokes, good solid clay and rubber tires. Miss Jones did not nation of my wild and disordered soon gave pla,oe to the desire to ex- I "Willie was equal to the emergency./ get off the heap at all, but sat there half brain. I did finally reach town and I cel in every species of work that came ' He took hex in his arms and cried, in) sobbing, half laughln:g, and said she because•'I had not found Miss Janes . lying on the road Irr a blood I wp to waste the money and time of idle women. This old ,house, which I groat indignation: ' 'It's a shame; Don't cry, Daisy! Groped I was not injured, that she was pool of was sure that she had been spirited I P was in my husband's familybefore ; Oh, Daisy, be my wife, and you .may so sorry, 'etc, With an almost hercu- lanert,n effort, I rolled from my position away or kidnapped. "I the revolution, is full of treaures en- ' nail scrap pictures on every table in under the wheel and its fair but heavy rushed to the home of her parents, acarid to us by age and assaclation, my house.' "Did hurden, and after pulling myself to- Her brother John was sitting on the anal our sailors and travelers have ad- you ever hear of such a pro- gether, gave Miss Jones my hand and porch smoking a horribly rank stogy I ded many a relic to the ornaments posal? Two babies, my dear. But [helped her to her feet. I inquired If and when I excitedly asked him where and furniture. The first piece of van- they have been very happy, and there she were hurt, but she rejoicingly In- his sister was he looked at me as though ' dalism that I was expected to admire, I is not any aesthetic horror wanting in iformed me that she came out unscath- he considered me a lunatic. I Implored and secretly groaned over, was the their home. Storks on one leg, reeds, ed and was ready for another trial. him to tell me, for the love he bore potichoman•le transformation of a pair sunflowers, lilies, dadoes and friezes. 'I was not much lnjured-no-btr•t his sister. "He of Venetian glass varies that my son But there is a third baby now, neatly ,whatever thoughts I had had of spend- looped at me aagaln, then slowly Henry brought from Europe for me. a year old. I expect to hear of that dng an enjoyable evening were rudeay turned his eyes toward the side of the house. My eyes followed lids They stood in the spare room, and never was a servant allowed to touch I infant In classic costume, with a lyre In her ,hands, some day; but I can bear dispelled from my mind. No, I w^as and there Miss Jones shod, cool and collected them, the exquisite, fragile beauties! it. My responsibilities carne to an end not injured, but I could almost swear with a heavenly smile on her face, and Imagine my horror when Daisy ex- when Daisy ceased to be Tom's that ane of the pedals of that machine had cut out a few square inches of ' }row beautiful she looked.ut I fell ultantly led. me to the room and dis- widow." -New Yorr Ledger. any shin bone and I Imagined I could to the ground in a dead falntInd when next I realized anything I camas In my Played her handiwork. My lovely vases! I.nslde of each one was pasted [feel it dangling about my ankle. I was awn room art home, with my dear a colored landscape cut from paper, Teetotal Colliery Village. also aware of the fact that there were mother at my bedside. I looked at her over which a garland Of leaves was Some interesting facts have been severad non -repairable punctures in questioningly, and then said: 'Mother, varied by bunches at grapes, ourrants, published respecting the teetotal Colli. my trousers and that my anatomy was how, many weeks have I been Ill?' Shecry aherrles, flowers, herds and butterflies. village of Roe Green, In Lanca.- bruised and sore In more places than Sacked frightened, then answered: Then the inside was plastered with shire, England. Twenty-five years ago I could enumerate in a three page 'yirl,y, my dear son, you've been here blue paint. What was on my tongue I the houses of the village belonged at - cwticle. 'To tell the truth, I was not at all but a few hours. Jahn Jones and his was never spoken, .for the blue eyes I meet exclusively to the Bridgewater trustees, who employ most of the men. anxious to continue the demoralizing father brought you here. Tell me what the trouble is.' Atter getting over my danced with delight at my supposed P leisure, and how could I be crows to I ro-day' out of 140 houses, eighty-one lesson, as I was sure that this experl- astonishment I told her about my Tom's widow?" I are inhabited h their owners. The y ence would be the death of me, but I awful experience of the evening. She "Could you never get it off?" I asked, ite Tent has membership of nvouldn't for an instant think of tell- laughed at me and comforted me, but pttiRualy. 270 70 ; th ., 285. a hand of Hapa Ing my fair companion that I had to give up, say, I tell you I got even with that "Never. My vases were r•u.ined. The ; No! she should be the flrs't to say John Jane_* for palming his sister off I that You next really dreadful deed, varied by Importance. Procress in the East. R was time to postpone the Praetic on me night. want to knave I I stroedties of minor was I have in my mind the answer of a und41 another day. I was In hopes the how I did 1't? Well, I just tools her from him, from his mother, from his father Daisy's discovery of my great -grand- mother's wedding dress, a white-bro- punkah puller to an English lady, whp encouraged him to improve his - wheel was in such condition, atter the ,bard Mall, that It would be impossible -1 married he,,, that's what I did."- ca,ded satin bhatwe cherished 'Par more i .post tion. "Mem Sahib," he said, when he bo use it, but Outside of a few scratches Budget. than any old gold, but which Daisy ruthlessly out, Into pincushions em- ! at last grasped her meaning, "My fath- e•r pulled a punkah, my grandfather M came out of the tumble as did Us owner -not in the least damaged. t Odd Salads. knows broidering each one and Producing ' pulled a punkah, all my ancestors for Well, we tried the mounting bust- ' Not everyone that chrysanthe- mums may be converted into them triumphantly for a Christmas I four million ages pulled a punkah, and mese over again, -and this time I was a very dainty dish. Chopped very fine and I surprise. The girls were here -my , girls -and my sons and their wives, before that the god who founded our cast pulled a punkah over Vishnu 1" -- prepared for the shock and she did served wTth pure, fresh cream, the , and there arose arch a howl as sent From Sir Grant Duff's Diary. Sand on the saddle most beautifully. gorgeous Japanese blowom, Is said to the wee blue-eyed mite to my 'arms After I had balanced the seemingly uncontrollable wheel and told her to make a moot delicious salad. It tastes a little like cauliflower, bort is more In sheer terror. It was at that party that WRI•le Norman, whose brother is Crichton's Aecomplishmenfa. get ready for the start off, she said to delicate. The people in some Of the I any Kate's husband, .first saw Daisy. James Crichton, better remembered me that she'bould ride fain well now y provinces of France melee an extreme- I bong after the others had forgotten as "The Admirable Crichton," could that she was on and if I`� wound just rd ly palatable ala'I of the white and the pfncushtons, I saw Willie in a read, write ,and dispute 1n twelve dIP- We W t take hold under the back of the ,saddle pink clover blosslbms, and everyone I corner with Da.ky, evidently consoling ferent He was Peft amd follow her in that way she thought knows that the, rttasturtium blooms her. Two babies, together, my dear, swordsman, a civil and military en - she could pedal forward v0ty well. I taste very much like watercresses. The though Willie Is the dearest fellowl gineer, a mathematlCian, a dramatist, did as she told me and, after giving nabobs of India esteem the bloom 9 od He came over quite often after that and although but 23 years old a,t .the the wheel a slight push moved off[. Yes, the cattalo tree ae an ftpe�ctally dainty (they live at FernwoOd, ten miles from limo of his death he was the ms�ter she went it alone all right. All I Fed food. -New York Tribune. . • - here), and was kind enough to discover' 1 of all the science and learning' of h� ale u Is W N + o I t• &Don't Forget Us . When in Need.... ---�Or Lawn Mowers, Spades and Shovels, Rakes and Hoes, Poultry Netting, Spray Pumps, Window Glass, Building Paper, Wire Nails, Cut Steel Nails, Thorold Cement, &c., &c. We are in a position to supply tit very close figures. HARLA ND BROS.. Stoves and Hardware, Easily Understood.__.alw&, it' ve ry easy to understand llo%t , we are getting the BIG END of the Furni- ture Trade•, for' we carry the largest and best assorted stock in the count • F„ . workmanship, finish and design our (:oohs cruluot be surpassed and customers tell us that our prices are away below what others are asking. Did you see our $6.50 Bedroom Suite It is a great snap at that price. Don't purchase anything in the Furnitnro live till you see our Stock andet otrr Prices. We can suit rill classes as we carry from the cheapest grade to the best line of Furniture uianurat -tared. UNDERTAKING. N this department we carryy a complete stock, and give a in the county. 6�i Our charges are as low tis the lowest Nigh andsSIs undaa calls alnswered at rosidonoo of our Funeral Director -3. W. CHIME Y. ui Broadfoot, Box & Co., Clinton, J. W. CHIDLEY, MANAGER. New , Waggon, Carriage and Repair Shop I have opened out on Rattenhury street, next door to Tedford's black- ' smith shop, and am prepared to fill orders for Waggons, Carriages and all othet vehicles. Repairing and repainting promptly attended to. Satisfaction guar- anteed and prices the lowest consistent with good work. Call and see me be- fore you order. CHARLES WALKER. -Op'—SPECIAL BARCAIlelS.__.,ad TEAS, TEMS, TEAS. Ceylon, Assam and Japans, 8 Ills. good young 11ys00 for 81 or 15c per ib. . . Sugars, Sugars, Sugars. Just to hand ono cat' of Montreal Sugars. Aro. 1 Granulated, Coffee and haw's in bbls., one hundrod pound and dollar lots. SPECIAL PRICES. WE KEEP ThE REST ASSORTED STOCK OF WEDDING PRESENTS IN THE COUNTY. 'Dinner, Tea, and Bedroom Sets, Fancy China and Lamps. 25 per cent, lass than regular prices. Call and see our Goods and gat prices. SEEDS.—Timothy, Iced and Alsike, Clover, Turnip and Mangold. All fresh and nein seed. Cash Paid for Good Butter and Eggs.-- J- W. IRWIN, Clinton. THETOP N OTC H In the manufacture of ' �! n Pickles has been reached . I _._O_ . Heinz's Sweet Pickles' In ,bulk I Are not ordinary vinegar Pickles but are Ektra Spiced and preserved in a Pure Pickling Vinegar of their own I. manufacture. By their method of curing, the pickles retain the hugest per centage of their natural color anti veg'etabis flavor. 'rIIESE HIGH GItADF, PICKLES are for sale at THE UP-TO-DATE CASH GROCERY. Phone 23. OGLE COOLER & CO. `rugal by the barrel at close prices. _- .-- -----. ----- - - -- -- - READY FOR BUSINESS. Shepard &Beacom, The Clinton Family Grocery, Are now ready for business with a new and select stock of Family Groccrics. P'lonr, F"(1, I'rovisions, &c. We glimantee our values to be the very hest ill the 1--ket, Teas a specialty. Terms Cash or Produce. SHEPPARD & BEACOM, ONTARIO ST., CLINTON. CLINTON BASH, DOOR, and BLIND FACTORY 0 S. S. COOPER, Proprietor. General Builder and Contractor. This factory line been undor the personal supervision and uwnership for eight yearn. Wo carry an extensive and reliable stockand prepare plans and give estimates for and build all classes of buildings on short notice and on /hc closest prices. All work is suporvised in a mechanical way and satisfaction guaranteed. We sell all kinds of interior and exterior material. Lumber, Latil, Shingles, Lime, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc. ,Agent for tLe CELEBRATED GRAYBIL.L SCHOOL DESK{ manufaCured at Waterloo. Call and get prices and estimates beforo placing your orders. _—_____. CLEARING "SALE. Wo have decided to sell out our entire Stock of Crockery and Glsrstsaro this month as we propose giving up keeping those lines. Intending purchasers will -find the prices vary low as the goods must be sold. Gr000des also at Close Cut Prices. - - - • - . Terms, Cash or Produce, G. J= S+TEWART. Agent for the Kolona Tea. • .. r - —_ _ Cheap I CheapI Cheap! BEST STEEL WOVEN WIRE FENCING These ppWIRE WIRE ROPE sELVAGPL ry ©4 p Gl Oma pQ� Q cs Qq tri c� 0 6 C4 9 FENCINGS,t- 3isIInfitotnrsd and sold by e e a s well as .7i1m ONTARIO WIRE FENCINQ CO„ Lia. 1 ftlion.Ontario XCMullens' 0I-I010E STEEL WIRE NETTINGS FOR TRELLIS, POULTRY YARDS, LAWN FENCING- So ETC. ARE SOLD very MUCH LOWER this year, than ever before, THEY ARE THE BEST, ask your Hardware Merchant for them.