The Huron Expositor, 1876-04-28, Page 2e
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ANN
ONE DAY IN A BETTLIR'S LITE.
—I-7
] Wing the word from
The forest, or the ' wood -lot," as Bo-
land calledit, ea
other settlers, WAS a good mile away.
Mr. Hardy' s acres covered an amount of
ground that would liiave turned his late
New England neighbors dizzy with its
vastness. It would soon yield -him an
ample return ; at preseht, during these
preliminary .struggles, it was not much
more than a living. But in the event of
a certain phantom, railroad becoming a
real railroad, he Would make a speedy
fortune. I 1
The path was rough. Roland's boots
alone had formed it, tramping backward
and forward to his tree -felling. -Gen-
erally he paced it four times a day, go-
ing home for the mid-day dinner. The
drifting snow hid treacherous holes
that well nigh went; to break Jenny's
ankles, as she stumbled on. The wind,
growing every moment more violent,
pushed her on with a giant hand ; sharp
needle -points of snow smote her neck.
"It *ill be rather sharp going home,"
she said, shivering and pulling her scarf
closer.
In October she had come to the woods
for autumn leaves, a cl the spot was, in
a degree, familiar to Buttlie path
seemed to disperse A lose itself after
entering the thicker, its; end she had
to direct her way , bylalee piles Of wood
that had been cut is -Places where the
trees could be most ,eenveniently felled.
If they had not, eii4 those dreadful
words to Ach oilier! if they were
only as they had tbdn yeeterday when
not
Roland loved her. Wye might n have
felt so clesperatel anxious. Ho was
she to find him ?a he called againand
again, but the ncl overpowered her
I
voice. 1
There was notund of the axe. As
;1
she paused, lista;
g intently, she could
hear nothing but itthe Meaty whistle of
the blast through the naked trees, and
the sharp, siftingsound of the sniew as it
smote their trunks.
out an ince
- and the oh
band's life.
energyshe
determineti
keyed. it.
hope even t
pile of oak
"If you
here—"
She was
words left
spot, and t
fallen tree.
ed to move
"Oh, Je
I see,
"Don't b
stupid at
takurg to d
ceive. '
Jenny
making t
ed again,
land's- legs
legs to be
sure upon
move a litt
Stars s
the veins i
tle knotte
from him,
once more
"Now 1"
move his
succeeded
dead as st
as though
faint.
Just for
pair, Bu
came back
"Drink
ting out s
dial. "1
think, de
Selectin
up, and
der the I
lever. R
her cheerf
golden a
1
" David, where is Roland ?—here is
your master? Go anclfind him t is min. There wa
ute !"—irapatiently menacing th cower- of this lo
ing dog in her terror. "Find yo r mas- ing _down
ter, there's a good dog," she added, in a The rail
coaxing •tone of entreaty, patting the with all h
poor animal, who stood before her with each ato
drooping he. "Good David! good Jenny t
old clog !" , i _ ' Slowly a
David we on then. Iu the low- 1 was force
est natures is , sometimes enshrined and at la
the pearl 4if delicate feeling. This was free
dog had bad news to tell, and. shrank David
from telli it. He made no pre-
ged his t
ra
tence to aIf ght-hearted pace. He caept, '; Roland
halted, an seemed anxious to defer some, wet hem
thing. I eloquent
Leadingtthe wey over a freshly -felled flow, but
log, then anothee, and turning a thicket riedly.
Of young oaksethat caught at Jenny's "1 ea
i3kirts as if they would fain hold her back ute's de
horrible
stand ?"
With
but not
attempt.
then; a
from Jen
circulati
ing on
length b
stormy
the fore
stumble elo
were rea
had set '
But u
the terril
worse wi
was able
homewa
ible amount f strength ;
k• at iseue w4s her hue -
land saw how full of
ked ; what at amount of
er whole ttitudo be
som degree cif
in, and he c:,0 inted to
from a p
There w
further.
A tre
looked
land 111
It had
lying
him,
wher
nful sight, he came to a halt.
no reeson why he should go
ad evidently fallen in an un -
'r direction ; or, perhaps, R,o-
dy had been a little reckless.
ept him to the ground, and was
ross his legs; as imm-oVable, to
a mountain. On the rough bark,
e had been able to reach it with
his 1iifes was ' cut, "Dear Jen—,'?
showing that he had. not intended to
call her "Jane on this occasion., But
the fond work, which, perhaps, was in-
tend& as a last memento, had. ceased.
His arms were lying at his sides now,
anal a fleck of [blood stained his blue
lipJenny theught it was the life
cradled out of him; but it only came
• of his long anci veiti struggles to free him-
• self. 1 ,
She did not seream. It was not her
way. She rushed forward to fling' her-
self against the fallen tree ; pushing it,
beating it, bruising her shoulders against
it, like some mad woman. This was her
first impulse; and it availed nothing.
Then she sank down at her husband's
side, wiped the red drops from his
mouth, and covered his face with•kisses
that might have kissed the dead into
life. The kisses made Roland faintly
itir, ancl he moved his ha.nel instinctive-
ly toward the knife, which had fallen in
the snow. He was wanting to finish
,
his message. ,
" Roland! Roland !" she cried in an
anguished voice, seizing ,his benumbed
• hands in hers, arid pressing them to her
face and to her warm, throbbing throat.
"Ob, if he could only speak to me once
more !" she piteously moaned. "Only
once more 1"• 1
1
"Is it—Jenny ?" came struggling faint-
ly from his lips. •,
" Yes, it is Jeeny. I am here. • I am
here to die with you, my own ] blessed
heart! Oh, whet can I do ?" rasing his
• head tenderly to, her breast. "Oh, my
husband, look at me—steak to me ! Are
you terribly hurt ?" •
But, though 1 he opened his eyes
and looked at her, he could not answer.
Then she remembered the wine; and,
filling the tiny cup at the bottom of the
flask, she held it to his mouth, Roland
drank the wine with difficulty, partly
becaose he was enly half conscious, and
partly because Je nny, in her wild solici-
i
tude, seemed lent upon pitching - the
whole down his throat withcut waiting
for the little formality of swallowing.
She continuecl to. rain the tenderest ex-
ressions upon. 1 im. Over his features
something that, under
eircumstancese looked.
a pleased surprise. The
er with a look of recog-
a.ven of love sleone up
into Jenny's t arorstricken face. He
his arm about her neck,
er name again, as if it
the tenderness of his
began stealing
the depressing
singularly like
eyes opened wi
nition, and a h
laboriously Run
and murmured I
would express
whole soul'
"Are you cr shed to death, dear Ro-
land ?" illoeical v cried J enny.
"Not quite. 'But I am so tired? I
have been burie 1 under this horrible log
these four hour ."
"Thank God you are not killed !"
she aspirated. "Tell me me what can I
"Poor child, you can do nothing.
If a man were here with a hand-
spike "
His voice eesed. ; ceased. in very
hopelessness. The nearest man was
• probably two miles off. Ancl before he
could be found and brought, even if
Jenny could fir him, life might have
gone out.
"1 will do it," said Jenny. "Tell me
where I can find a handspike."
"You could not do it, child."
" But I will," she returned cheerily.
"1 studied natural philosophy at school,
and. hove plenty of muscle. Did not
somebody say he could move the world
if—if he only had things to do it with;
leeer, and that. I can cut down some-
thing for a lever, Roland."
She Was speehing in sheer despera-
tion. But a desperate woman can put
Id dreg ohe of thole
ei g for the ra 1 before tIe
is ; had btought it to t e
opjbeganto try and lift tlie
thel grim burden refute
,
R4t"
land," she; interrupte I.
fraid. Of course I a
. Wait! ji am under -
much at o ce, you per -
art y witbdre , the lever'
e esistanoe less, and li t.]
ith some Ieffect. Ro-
rer° too mu h like de
W,are of the li htened pr a -
them ; but he saw the 1
before Jen y's eyes, a
r forehead 1 ked like I
ale,. as, ave ing her f
strained t the _le
, th all her twhole mig
sJiz cried. Hle essayed
et frozen li re but o
it groaning. " They are
8," he gasped, and loo
ere going �llf into anot
anent she
(I rage and in
tb1 her.
t , is, Roland,"
me more of the Sustaining c
meat prop up tie log; an
r,' tou can help me."
a _larger rail, he dragge
nunanded him to push it
g1while she lifted with
tieing under t e influence of
ii courage, he s w this as his
dr ;Perhaps onl opportunity.
no man's aid within retch
ely spot, and • n ght was *-
bringing a te pest with it.
s placed; a d, . pushing it
Itremaining st ength, he h1eld
that the log yielded, w ile
[breath to g in one mtjre.
reluctantly he fallen
acknowledg itself bea
sted on the rop. The
,
a
paused in d
retured ene
she said, p
t-
ce
er
t.
to
ly
SS
ed
er
gY
t-
or -
it
he
, THE HURON E POSITOR.
]
ward, casting her arm away from him..
It wares geisture of farewell. For one inf.'
stant itereeined to Jenny that it would
be very sweet to fling herself , down be-
side him And fall asleep An aching
wee OS filled her limb.; her very heart
see ed turhing to.ice.
t she Would not give up Energy, water On her face and hand*. that ad
eant either /if (*.death, as seemed to her like the breath of sum -
use or non-use them. She mer fields. Clare beside her was the
d poor Roland from the snow, arm -chair where Roland had sat and
o shout encouraging words, watched through the night. Her boots
but her h were benumbed,and it was and snow -wet clothes were strewn reek -
r
like shou ing behind •the torrent of lessly about the floor; wine, camphor,
Niagara. the coffee not. and the chapped hands
I
to
Ian
resi
for
hiir
ly
f ro
du
•
ree
en,
an
•
APRIL 28, 1876;
in
ingin consequence a mild imprecation.
She opened her eyes. The gray light of
the late winter morning filled the little
cabin. She Wrea lying in one of her best
ni‘ht-goWns, tucked up in high state on
th sofa; and it was the tea kettle she
ha heard in her dreams, and the Colo e
et ff his haun hes, and ag-
i.._)I
pressed his lips to the snow -
cif Jenny's skirt. The m
eat -made heir heart o
she caught her kirt away
]
allow y
Roland.
te,
er-
ur•
stru gle,
she ghoul
partly rais
and tried
u one in -
It will be a
ight. Do you think you can
et elp he got upon his feet,
nti he had made more than one
T e legs were hot bro
en
d this took a dreadful fear
y'04 heart. 13u4 the returning
nig-eve him intense pain. Iaan-
is Wife's prof fa ed arm, he at
gan to move di meward. The
yid "OA was • lready *ling
t' Managing to limpand
g, the outsk.rts of the 'Wood
oiled before ab
• 1
till now they h
le night of the
h every minut
:to distinguish t
di Around
nothing but the whirli
forest was shut ] out,
sudden fall of a gigant
fore - them could be d
ing but the wavering fo
be wrestled with the di
path.
" We mu t walk for dea
ed Rola d.
He fel n w all the h
of their os tion. It w
Bible to reethe in the f
gale. I they lostth
strength of either gave
would b de th. • 1
They stumbled on,
twined, mg no atte
ter this. Oiice Jenny e
patted h ss1iou1dcee and
he was glie d fellow, a
she and • eir. husband ha
for them 11v s. 1
to both tha
olute d.askiaess
d not real zed
torm. It grew
. David a
e pa.th that
tem appe
snow•
as by
O curtain;
s overed li
of Davic
culties of
•
It see
nearly
halt th
when a
appeare
their t
Yes; fo
heard.,
name ;
back ag
himself,
the fugi
They
er snow
both ve
ed. Ro
end ; t
ed his
ed his h
not bee
sufferin
borne u
felt the hi
him ; a d
was lay ng
but aid afe
Go
he beg
Jenny. eti
despairi
strengt:,1
" Peo
freezing s
die. 1P ay,
Rolarid, jti
must be
know e Perri
wind !"
" I c
must li
"No
" We w
zen peo
er of a
only re
more
55
ome. • Prob
stance had
1 'mity occurr
Be was
y pilot d
t a trace o
✓ een. Rola4d shoutede his
ut the wind d shed his toice.
id, so that he s arcely heatd. it
ae he had no hope of recalling
Wet•
r•10
was When Jenny began esperately
rag hint on by main fotct that Ro-
rallied a little, and showed signs of
twee. It_ was lan unga lant thing
man to permit a woman to carry
or partly to carry hite, he dim
thought, striving to free • himself
her grasp. All his facilities were
ed: But the more he resisted, the
e Jen y persevered. Shill always be-
lie ed af erward that
str ngth.
It was while she w
coaxing, and lifting, a
all at the ,same time, a
with the eweetest and
th
he
th
an
Godi gave her
s dr gging, and
4 bating him,.
lu ng him on
tend rest words,
t a mot heavenly, saind Wept across
half -d lirious senses. The lowing of
cow! The cow; a xiout for shelter
was that t e peer exhaust -
woman felt tbat she should
elf; that she sho Id die; the
was so sud-
, the sound
at stage of
one
led.
red
he
the
be-
)th-
as
the
life !" gasp -
rd and terror
almost imPos-
ce of this fierce
tpath, or the
ott, the result
"r armsi en-
• to speak. af-
t at Ddvid,
urmured !that
)IlLve dog; but
nough to do
ihey must be
bler more than
b en .got
d. David
i sing!
s rted - t
1 im coul
supp
Then
ed young
sw on he
re
de
ound f om despair to hop
. On him, if he heird i
de no limpression. n t
apathy he would have unresi tingly pass-
ed,away to death, thou h the very fire-
light of :mine, so to say, as beaming
from its windows upon him.ij
"Oh, merciful Fathe , hep him 1—let
him not die now 1" prayed Jenny. Aid
with desperate energy she p
pulled, and pulled, and pull
house was gained at last.' -
- Fortunately, the firehad
out in the stove, and. the
lie lthful chill in its a
w better suited th
w rmth to partly fro
sehmed ah eternity to Jenn
co ld command her finger e sufficiently
to light the lamp..• The hemp lighted,
s e had t4:40 crawl up stairs aad fling down
bl ?assets and pillows, in wbich she bun -
i
ed her husband, first gladd fling herself
with the I assurance that h was alive,
and: probebly not badly f ozen. Then
she turned her attention, to
regretted having said so
that far off morning—ages
ea—thati there was plenty of wood.
Tbere wis no wood left now; she had.
p t the . last on before going out.
Bit Mrs. • Hardy had not survived
t
o
m
S
b
a
t
ed him on ;
d. And the
almost gone
room had a
m sphere, that
n comfortable
en people. It
before she
the fire. She
aughtily, in
go, it seem -
ver,-
ells -
ad
em ?_
be
ere off the pat
toil them this
ld, and ala
thought t
11 hope was va. He c
if e Oosely in hi arms, and. bow.
ad Ion her shoul er. If he had
la If dead at
exhaustio
re bravely.
senses ever
e knew 'the
own not on
life than h.s.
• leave mle. Try to readh—"
n saying er ear. But
'Este to him. His
ed •dr with fre zied
3'4
an
5'
ow—the molt -
and they itvere
mingly exhaust -
at this was the
asp -
15
he outset,
, he would
As it wa
taking led
if he faile
y his own
ith
aye
he,
e of
, he
life,
d. not
ordsfil
-
alk h4 wa
e thou ht.
Heaven, hel
a little wh
tty neat th
h to keep
nn t go on fu
4 n ansi elee
er answere
lb riot give up.
le; Who want to
1 enercy, help
ch ur sweet, s
If may only
save- ill dear heart? to
how I 1 vo him above e
world." 1 '
Thou hti like these
through her brain s s e
almost ail ng at ver
cruelly lee thened die
they n ye touchi an
snow— ilinding, stingi
snow? Had it swept a
trees, e et thing, a d 1
but this en less plain,
later, t y ,paust sink do
rest?
Rola d staggered, an
when they are
"ile shalt, not
me Bea up,
le longer We
house. I still
• y face to the
ther, Jenny. I
poor Jenny.
It is onlyi fro-
leep. Oh, Fath -
s! If we may
• eet home once
ave stren
ake him
erything i
I
were fli
staggered on,
step. Oh, the
ance ! Would
thing else but
• g, bewildering
ay house, fence,
ft them nothing
here; sooner or
n to their fatal
fell heavq for-
th to
now
the
ttin
a
lo
w s a cliecouragieg sight, only a log
showing! here andthere, like the fin of
a buried whale. I Jenny shrugged her
shoulders ruefully, and turned away..
Then she bethought herself of a stack of
vionderfal knots and I grotesque little
stumps, Which Roland had from time to
time stoted in a Omer of the loft ; to
-
b worked up, when help in his labor
sltould arrive and he had lconsequently
ore leisure, into vases and hanging
'skets for the -ham Plants. It seem -
a pityl to burn these; but pity must
give *ay to necessity ; and, without a
nibmentli hesitation; etemeti reaseended
the stairs, and made a plentiful selec-
tion from them. They were dry as tin -
d r ; ansi in a short timeia noble fire
c ackled land roared in the 1,big stove, and
oland Hardy was oh-ing and ah-ing un -
d r his blankets With the pain of return -
g warmth, 4
The ghtwing consciousness that she had
ved him, bore Jenny up. Her own ex-
austion was almost unfelt, her eyes
arkled triumphantly ; adsi as she put
e kettle over the fire, and get out no-
nd's slippers, aid some dry clothing,
d placed them by the stove to warm,
er heart was giving vent :to praises of
ankfulhess.
She dtew the Wide, canfortable sofa
the fir e, and heated its enshions. Then
si e stopned anl took her husband's face
her heeds.
e cruel. tempest to perish for th lack
an armful of fuel. er husband
ght yet die, if not prppe ly cared for.
e could not rest, 1sh could not
eathe, until he ,should peak to her
ain, add assure her tliat e was going
live.
She carried the imp to ' the window,
•d shading her ,face wi h her ha,nd,
ked •out. The; woodpi1e, wherever
e driving snow permitte a glimpse,
lo
tu
th
be
on °dimpled the table ; the bath -
was , tilted up by the wood box;
wardrobe bore evidence of having
n turned. topsy-turvy; and David
w calmly slumbering on her best
sh tvl. The devastating power of man
hail beat let loose in that orderly little
se.
por David 1 He had got home
n. He must have , lost his way as
I
y did, 1
oladd Hardy, awkwardly busy after
n's fashion, and alternately regarding
wife lest his movements had awak-
ened her, looked half ; bewildered. His
n'renly face was softened by a , look of
th'e keenest and tenderest solicitude, in-
rspersed with perplexity as to the
useholcl arrangements. He had jiist
ured some water into the tea kettle,
and was looking helplessly about for the
Over. .
"On the top of the coffee mill, dear,"
oke up Jenny, encouragingly. And she
s sinprited at the weak, tired. sound
her own voice.
He came swiftly to her side, and
keelt down. Jenny drew his head
clesely to her breast. " Degr heart !"
slie whispered. "1 am so grad we are
all alive ! '
It was a long while before Roland
oke; and when he did, it was in a
eking voice.
"1 talked to you like a ruffian mster-
dey. • f , , 9
1" No,, dear, it was I who did that."
1" It all came; back to me in the night;
add, with it, how you dragged me out of
the jaws of death. You saved. my life,
Jenny." .
1 "Because your life is so dear to me! I
as only selfish, you see."
i)
"And you risked your own life," he
c ntinued, softly. "1 ought to have cut
y tongue , out, Jenuy, before saying
t� you a cress word. Oh, my best and
sweetest 1" •
, .
A beautifdl blush stole over her face,
smile pasttd her lips. ,
" Roland,1 you know it was all my
lilt, all my temper. But, my dear, I
ink this night has mired us both of ill
•mper forever. And. oh, how delight
-
1 seems to me the home here that I
rumbled at."
Yes,' it no doubt read an effectual les -
on to both of them. 1 There are enough
real ills. in life without creating imag-
inary ones. And this true picture of
day; in a settler's existence may
Perhape serve as a lesson to us, by mak-
ihg us, more contented with our own
ivilized lot.
I (CONCLUDED.)
igliteen Hundred Years
Deatli.
A correspondent of Appleton's .Jour -
al, writing of excavations at Pompeii,
ys:
"Among the most interesting of the
objects found recently, are two skeletons
one of a somewhat elderly man, the other
of a woman. They were found in the Via
$tabia among the ashes of the last erup-
tion, evidently overtaken in their flight
nd beried in the cinders. According to
he usual method employed to preserve
he external appearance of objects, liquid
plaster was poured into the cavity, which
erving as a mould, la fac-simile of the
!)
ems was obtained; and thus perfectly
IracerieedrViedn g, iitishse csastaetsuitne-ltihkee rboomdipeesii muweres.
1
um. While appreciating all the horror
f such a death and the suffering en-
ured, , as shown by the position I can-
, ottobn islimme
angint of wthhaattin
waonu lodr ha woman,veb:een hadt h e
ome prophet infornied them that eight-
en-huirdred years 1 after their death
heir forms, and even as Much of their
armentb as were not consumed in the
ruption, would be placed in a museum
or the inspection of a curious multitude
f sight -seers, some from. lands, the ex-
istence of which they never dreamed of.
! "The poor woman is lying on her face,
nd even the form of her hair, put up be -
'rid, is seen. One arm shields her fore-
head, rind she is supported by the other.
Her stony limbs are well formed, and
traces of a garment are seen passing in
folds around her. The man, although
plued. on his back in the exhibitionAwas
found turned on his side. Qne arm rests
on his hip; the other is uplifted. The face
is somewhat distorted. but massive and
smoothly shaved. Even the form. of the
fastenitig of the sandals around the ancle,
and of the long button higher up the leg
to hold them,is clearly seen. The limbs
are partly drawn up. The skeleton of a
tolerably large dog, also recently found,
is in the Museum of Pompeii, his whole
form preserved in plaster, in the same
manner as those just mentioned: He ia
lying bn his back, writhing in suffering,
biting his hind leg. The rings and collar
are pl 'day seen.”
ho
th
thhi
te
ho
po
of
1
a
1
,
"Oh, Roland, do you know what a
f arful tamp we have had ? Do you
know thliit we were freeing to death
only a short time ago r' 1,
- Roland: did not. knew anything very
clearly as yet; but he, greW, conscious of
being by the lire, wrapped in warm
blankets; when, as he v ' ely remem-
Tu
bered, IT last act was to 1 e down in the
now.•"tVhat was done ?", he Ipresently ask -
d. "How did. we get here? Who
elped. us ?"
"Angels !" replied Yeney.
"You must have broUght me—and
ou may have killed Ourself," cried Ro-
land; a 'glimmer of intelligence begin-
ing to light up his eyes. 1
" Roland, dear; I aria n dead yet. I
don't mean to die, by eaven's good
will. And now I am going to pull off
your beibts."
" Oh,1Jenny
But remonstrance was idle. He was
-hrust back on the pillows and his
oots reinoved, with great]dideulty, and
•many tragic tiourishee arid solemn re-
marks oncerning his inotdirtate vanity
in wearing such tight ;bneia Poor Jenny,
in the jey of their escape, ttrove to make
merry,.
,
She was saying, as she it them away,
that the would next get him into bed,
and make him a cup of eeffee ; and Ito -
and wes struggling; to free himself
rom the blankets, andvowing that
e would have no . mere nonsense,
hen the room began whirling around
er. "II feel so riclicuigusly faint,"
he said!, as he started;up ;1 and the next
oment1 she had falleii int a his extended
CMS.
,
Her frst sensation in caning to leer -
elf was a conscieusn
ort, miegled with a
isle that it might
nt time had fade4 from her. She
ancied she was a chid again, tenderly
orne epon her mether's breast, and
estling among soft pillowe. She heard
he lams bleating upon the green hill -
ides, the, brown thriash Singing in the
weet briar hedges; the perfumes of clo-
er bloEisonis and of June roses seemed
toftly tp sweep over her, touching ber
face lil4e cool, sweet, shadowy hands;
nd sh nestled close; smog the pillows,
nd slekt. ,
Her next consciousness was that of a
In
an stembling over e chair, and utter -
I 4
ss of intense com-
luxerious, drowsy
ess fibrever. Pres -
a
•THE
OLD PLACE STILL ALP/E.
THE SEAFORTH AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENT EMPORIUM.
C..• WILLSON"
TTAS on hand this Spring :or larger Stock of
•Aol-• Agricultural Implements of every kind than
ever before. He buys for Cash and sells to a good
man on credit, at the lowest living profits.
After
17)I.JOWS. ,
—
That celebrated snd well-knOwn Thistle Cutter
Plow, No. 18, manufactured by the Massey Manu-
facturing Coinprny, Newest:4lb: This plow has
had valuable improvements added this season,
among which is the wrought ron beam. I have
only 800 of these plows for sale, and parties de-
siring to purchase should appy at once, as this
number will soon be disposed (#.
Paxton, Tate & Co.'., and the George Gray, of
Londoll, Gang Plows. These are the best makers
and their plows need no reconimendation.
ALL. KINDS OF GENERAL PURPOSE
PLOWS IN STOCK.
IRON HARROWS.
The Scoteih Diamond, and the Gananoque Iron.
Harrows. These harrows are in use on almost
every farm, and parties desiring to parchase can
easily ascertain their merits.
OTHER IMPLEMENTS.
Woods and Johnston Reapere, Woods, Buck
Eye and Sprague Mowers. T ese are the stand-
ard machines, and will this y ar be brought out
with many valuable improve ents,
Sharp's Celebrated Se1f-Dniping
HORSE OAKE
Manufactured by the Massey Manufacturing Com-
pany. As an instance (3: the, populariter of this
Implement I would just state that last year 600
were made and sold, and thie year -1,300 are
being manufactured, end orders for them are al-
ready being received.
•
SEWING MACHINES.
A 1] OoDEN WATCH.— The Knoxville
(Tenn. Crltroniele has this account of a
curiou piece of workmanship " We
were shown yesterday, by engineer Mat
Franklin, a wooden watch made by Air'.
Victor Doriot, of Bristol. The case it
made of brier root, end the inside works;
all except three of ' the wheels and the
springs—which are imetal—are made of
boxwood, while the face is made from a
piece of the shoulder blade of a cow
which was run over; by a train and killed
sometime ago. It it an openfaced watch,
with a glass crystai, and is, an elegant
piece of workmanship, displaying won-
derful talent in the 'maker. It does not
weigh more than an ounce. Mat says he
has carried the watch a day or two and
it keeps as good tine as .any watch he
ever carried."'
The Sewing Machine busidess is carried on at
full blast as usual.
THE FLORENCE
Standing at the top of the ladder, looks proudly
down upon all competitors.
Also on hand, a full stock Of other machines.
PREJUDICE OVERCOME.—Norman Me-
Leod was once preaching in a district in
Ayrshire, where the reading of a sermon
is regarded as the greatest fault of which
the minister can be guilty. When the
congregation dispersed an old. woman,
overflowing with enthusiasm, addressed
!her neighbor, "Did you ever hear ony-
Ithifig sae gran'? Wasna' that a sermon ? '
!But all her expressione of !admiration be-
ing met by a stolid 1 glance, she shouted,
"Speak, woman! weans' that a sermon?"
"Ch, ay," replied her friend, sulkily,
"But he read it." "Read it I" said the
other, with indignant emphasis • "1
wadna' hae cared II he had whustled it."
MACHINE NEEDLES
• LEGAL
:r T. GARROW, Banister, Attorney, geoir
crl • &c. Office in McLesn's new block,
Market Square end Waterloo street, Godeetemit
rtAmEllON & IflogADDBN, 13erristers
%-) Solicitors in Chancery, Goderich,
�AMEROW W Ti. XErAtrAlik,
WILLIAM SMALL, Conveyancer and Cneemi",
TV stoner in B.S., Wroxeter • Auctioneer *
Appraisser. Accounts and notes collected es
reasonable terms. lel
RI L. DOYLE, Barrister, Attorney, Solisitne
• 'Chancery, &G., Goderieh and SeafortI,.
ice, over Jordan's Drug Store, kioderieh, ain
Hidd's Store, Ses,forth. •
QUIEB & MeCOLL,, Barrieters, Attorneye.se----
L.' Law, Solicitors in Chancery. Notaries Pubjie,
&c., Goderich and Brussels. W. R. Sours*, Oa&
erich ; A . McCoLL, Brussels.
•ik/rALCONSON & WATSON, Barristers, Attar.
411- neys, • Solicitors in Chancery, &al Clinicv
Ont. Office---Firet door east of the new Um
Canadian Bank builditer. Money to loan oniare
property,
H. NA LcomgoN„. 404 •G.A. WATSON.
AND ATTACHMENTS
Of all kinds and for all machines, kept constantly
in Stock. The best SPERM OIL for Sewing
Machines.
A Select Stock of BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS.
- 0. 0. WILLSON, Seafeoth.
RENSON & MEYER, Barristers sod Attorney'
•"•-' at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolveney.
Conveyancer, Notaries Public, etc.
forth and Bruseele. $20,olto of Private Funds 44
inverstat once, at Eight Per cent. Interest, meek
yearly. es
JAB. H. BENSOldB.W.• C. IKETZ1s.,
THE SEAFORTH
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT 01PORIUM.
WILLSON & SCOTT,
MoCAUGHEY st HOLMESTED,Barristersett,
torneys at Lew, Solicitors in Chancery abi
Insolvency, Notaries Public and Conveysneen,
Solicitors for the R. 0.11ank, Seatorth. Agentsfet
the Canada -.".11e Aesurance Company,
N.B.-00,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Punt
Houses and Lots for sale. 53
IVILEDICAL
T G. SCOTT, M.D. &c.,Phyeician,Srtrgeonese
t" • Acconcheur, Seaforth, Ont. Mee and net
dence south side of G-bderich Street, first tiodt
east of Presbyterian Cherch. see
Late 0. C. 'WILLSON, Proprietors ot this well
and favorably known establfshment, keep nothing
but THE BEST. '
Pa..Al\TOS_
TT L. TERCOE, 3L D., C. M., Physician,Sei.
-Li- • goon,
etc., Coroner for the County oflinren,
Office and Resideuce, corner of Market and Rio
streets, next to the Planing Mill.
The MATHUSIIEK, LaBEI,LE, and other first-
class Instruments always on hand.
ORGANS. ORGANS.
11
DEL CAMPBELL & BURGESS, Physicians,
Surgeons, and Accoucheurs. OFFICE—Ka
Street, Seaforth, near the Station. Joss CAo.
PELL, M. D., Coroner for Huron; jolts A. B.
T 13. PHELAN, M. D., C. M., (Iate of the. firm
u • of Shaver et Phelan, Stratford) Graduate et
McGill University, Physician, Surgeon and ee. 7
couchear, Seaforth, Ont -aro. Office---Roomit
Meyer's Block, fornierly occupied by the late Dz.
King. Residence --Commercial Hotel- Will at.
tend at CarronbrOok on Tuesdriye and Fridays,SN
T G. BULL, L. D. S., Surgen
• Deotist,&e.,Seaforth, Ontario
Plate work, latest styles, neatly
executed. All surgical operating
performed with care and promptitude. Feesas toe
as can be obtained elsewhere. Office hours from
8 A. M. to 5 I'. M. Rooms over Mr. A. G. Ile.
Dougall's Store, Main -at. 270
DMeNAUGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Graft.
• ate of Ontario Veterinary College Seafortli,
Ont. Office and Residence in rear of Hillman*
Ryan's. Calls promptlt attended to, night or
day. A stock of veterinary medicines ou
Charges reasonable. Horses examined aBtO Sous&
nese and certificates given if required. 407'
The VOGEL Se Lr#COLN Organ.
i,
This Organ is 4mpOrted direct from the menu.
lac turers and is now being:introduced into Can
da by 3lessre. WILLSON 4& SCOTT, who are the
1 ,
SOLE ACENTS FOR THE DOMINION
To this Organ we invite attention. We have n
boasting, but simply ask you to test it. If you
ability is pot adequate to this, get help fro
those who can supply your' deficiency. We invi
•
THE CLOSEST: SCRUTINY,
The keenest criticisms from the soundest Judg
ments, and the purest Musical taste. Better
however, trust your own jUdgment, though defee
tive, than that of one who:has little beyond his
own conceit to
FIT HIM FOR THE TASK.
Such judgment we dem coat, e. Test us eriticall
and thoroughly by your ablest musicians. W
solicit attention to the
PATENT MANIFOLD PIPE
The only stsccessfnl method to obtain the Pip
Organ tone. We be attention, also, to the
PATENT PIANO iiiTACHMENT.
It is not too costly for general use, and it
NEVER CAN GET OUT OF TUNE
It gives a soft, yet ringingbell-like tone, impart
Ing a sparkling, vivacious aharacter to themusi
This instrument has many other
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT
Over other Organa, and is the
BEST AND CHEAPES
Iii the Canap4an market.
THETRADE LIBERALLY DEALT WITH
Besides the above the fdllowing are on hand,
will be suppiied : Prince, George Woods, Este
Mason & Hamlin, Bell, of tauelph, and others.
A few second-hand Inetruments of various kit
for sale cheap.
WILLSON & SCOTT,
SEAFORT
A M. CAMPBELL, V. S., Licentiate al:Idle
man of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto,
has settled permanentlyin Varna, wherehe wilibe
found ready and willing to attend to all kinds of
diseases, in all kinds of animals (man excepted),
in all kinds of weather, and at 411 hours. Neel-
dence and office two doors east of Cook's ,Tern.
peranee Hall.
JAMES W. ELDER, V. S., Graduate of the
Ontario Veterinary College. After devoting
two years to practice with Professor Smith, et
Toronto, has settled in Seaforth, in the cellee
lately occupied by Dr. Burgess, Main Street,
where he will be found rewly to treat all &sew
of the domesticated animals. All calls promptly
attended to by day or night. A large stook ofi
Veterinary Medicines -constantly on hand. Horne
examined as to soundness and ertificates ghee.
Horses bon ht and sold on commiesion. Real.
dence nearly opposite the ExPosrron Office. el
,--...
EXECUTORS' IN °TICE.
WX_ECUTOBS' NOTICE TO CRBDITOBS.-
-1-4 All creditors and other persons having any shit
or claim upon or affecting the estate of Jalia
FINLAYSON, Junior, late of the Township et
Tuckersmith, in the ,County of Huron, Yeomut,
Deceased, who died On the 14th day of Mare),
1b76, are hereby requited to send in particularsol
their claims, with the necessary dates sardines,
and the ehristian name and surnames of the
claimants, and their post -office address to Minn.,
McCaughey & Holmested, of the Town of Bak
1 orth, Solicitors for the undersigned Executors,0
or before the 10th day of May i876 And notke
is given that from and after -said date the Exeen.
tors of said estate will proceed to elistribate the
assets of the testator among the parties entitled
thereto, having regard only to the claims of whilk
they then shall have notice, a.nd they willuot he
liable for the assetsso distributed or any put
thereof to any person of whose claim such F.mene
tors shall not have lied notice at the time of nab
distribution. This notice is given inpunsuaneeof
the Statutes, 29 Vic, Cap. 28, Sec, 27. Meli-
GARET FINLAYSON, Erect:az-ix : DONAI•D
3IcDONALD and,, DAVID MANSON, Execntore,
MeCAUGIIEY & HOLMESTED, Solicitors for
Executors. Seaforth, April 8,1876. OM
1.11ISCEILLAIVIE0 US.
MSSIBORLAND, Drees and Mantle Mains
Rooms over the Bank, Seaforth. N. Bel
prentites wanted. 1
JP. BRINE, LiCenced Auctioneer for tha
• County of Huron. Sales attended Ina
parts of the Cotmty. All orders left at then-
POSITOR Office will 13e promptly attended tt
A LEX. CAMERON, Practical Watchmaker
--4-1- Jeweler, Mitchell. Custemera will findtt ti
their interest to deal with me, as they will hue
the benefit of my long practical experience -belie
trade. A
NOTICE.—Miss Burgees begs to informthetre
habitants of Kippen tad neighborhood, tisi
oh e has opened a Millinery, Dress, and Egad'
M eking Establishment, in Mr, Coopers hottsenn
K ippen, and hopes by strict attention tole*
, in ess to merit a large share of patronage. 0174
MISS VANDEItLIP, Late of Toronto, will010
. -L'a- instruction in Vocal andInstrumentalidade
' Pupils taught at their residences, or esn be .,10
nished -with a piano at her rooms, at Mr. D. MK
next to the English Church PfirS0J3flge, Behe
ences given if required. TER31€—$6 per quag'
ter. 40
,
('OMMERCIAL LIVERY, Seaforth, Ont. T,1
‘-' SHARP, Proprietor. Comfortable and eleesal
i carriages, and tIrsteclass reliable horses ahrer
ready. Charges moderate. Office and stales 01
Huron street, second door east of Main ANA
Orders left at any of the hotels premptly itttai
ed to. IN
r
3 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
by wat3?_1,
be wow_
contract -01 f,
B. Williasmi_ _,
be cow
WIT-Llak
CLUFF.
under1140.
the mane*
as heel:
such WHO
articliS
of
esYthlit_.*
he is taw
well -k
91HE Parteership heretofore eubsistingbetwe6
-L. the undersigned, under tlaefirmnameOfIVIL
LIAMS & CLUFF,jeas been dissolVed
consent. The business will hereafter
on by J. IL Willia.ms. All debts
the late firm -will be lividated by J.
and all deb ts due the late firm will
ed by him. , • JE.
NOBLE
• IN connection with the above the
• -1- desires to state te his nunterouseustomentie
friends than he intends to continue
- tnre of first-class pumps and cisterns
fore, at the old stand. Rebus now
as will enable him to tam out a better
less money than any other establiehment
kind in this section.
To those indebted to him be would
immediate settlement is desired, as
ly in need of money. • 1
Remember the old established rind
• Seaforth Pump Factory.
415, 3.• B. "VILLIA318.
KINBURIV,
• ,
r
awl
Rolm:
in tbe II
dissolreki
is WW1!
!the late sT
in reter7
Pa
a el WelL,1171"
aPgs Buy' 71
Croekery. A
. ,...
of 8006
where yap w
a„vet.
rtAnams•-•
1..........,,,n,
IV OTICE—DISSOXAJTION of Pelsioure
-LI —The partnership existingbetween
is THOMPSON'and JAMES STANLEY,
lege of Kinbum, has this day beftr
mutual consent. The business now
ried on by JAMES STANLEY, of
1r Mr. Stanley takes, great pleasure
r, thanks to thepublie for their liher41
the past. I am receiving a large
Le ed stook of Dry G004 Hats and
Shoes. Groceries, 'Hardware and
501i0 fOi merchantable produee takenfile
for Goods. Cash 14r any quantity
Eggs, Don't forget the old stand,
be waited on with pleasure., A sewn.
4,13•414,J.I.ta
PJUL2E3, 1876.
GaietieS.
Thieves no special style of -env°
eroent times, A -spider's web
yin it is a pretty device.
Toah Billiugo says " The mewi
larger burd than the guse or turkey.
liser two legs to W41,k With. aid twoi
to kik Wi
With, and t Wears it. wing
_-Two Hiberni&115 rooster on .Peassn
weather vane, when. -WV adilreSSed'
other OILS : "Pat, what's -the TR
they didn't put a inn up there instid
rooster ?" Are' si
ure " replied,
"tliatti eget enough ; don't m
woutd be 1120012vantent to go for
as
egg°
—1Schoolinistress-"JohanY,I'm sal
ed of you 1 When I was your age I<
resill as well AS T. can now." "Avr,
you'll a different teacher to ; what e
elergpnan WAS seen by allele
trudging home one Maiday mo
with s stout cod he had just bought
was sweated with, Mr, 'Milton,
you know that that fish was cane
Sunday ?" The minister, iu his di
teritic blunt Manner, replied, " 1
wee the fish is 120 to blame for tbs.
,
,.
Most of our readers are 1 aware-
wheny
baisa ashipilig abis!)taatutieof
tn
launched it sgeh:isimi
bows, just at .the moment -when the
sel is gliding -rat° the water. On a
Rat occasion a young Scottish lady's
vanou anbeessanstliiginhitalyhicop inlorutsedlin3,hweritemrrel
se ce, which it was intended to ea
in, went into the Water al
1:)e 1ThnIth"e8rieo.ad to Epsom, a moush
youth, on the fipp of 4 drag, evid
ambitious of being mistaken for " 1
-fi " thus saleted a fat ,COSChM2.11
. graVely driving his master an
ily'd
s Halloa you sir ! where's.
collar ? How dare yen. come 4
Derby without a atilt collar?"
growled. forth; 'without lifting his
from his horses--" Ow the doom er
have a shirt -collar tithen your moth
not sent home my washing?"
--1-The other day a Detroiter who
good record of army service took :
his -revolver to shoot ,S. . eat laic!
m while he Bred six .
been hanging about the house.
looking at hi
the cat walked away. While In
loading up for more deStructiot
shooter's small boy inquired, "F
ctid.1 you ever kill any one while yot
in the army ?" "1 suppose so, my
After a long pause the bey out',
"Then you mmit have got :near e
to hit 'em with an axe,Wet you,
weir then discovered to be l'about
time.-
-Scene at a Wedding breakt
Coe:many all seated about the tabl
pause in the general conversation. 1
hatband, to his wife's seven -year -a
ter, at the other end of the r0Oln'
44
Julie, you have a new. brother
Julie —" Yes, ;but mother said ta
the other day. that she was afrai,
would never amount to much, bee
it teemed to be Sarah's last chanes
tease silence for a moment; followt
rapid play of knives arid forks.
e—A Quaker having married f
wife a meMber of the Churthef En
was asked, after the ceremony, I
clergyman for his fee, whieh he SA
a crown. The Quaker, astenished
demand, exa if he coati be show
text in Scripture which 'proved t
was a crown he would give it,upon
the clergyman directly turned. •
twelfth chapter of Proverbis,verse .
where it is said, "A virtubus Ivo'
a crown to her husband.""Th
right," replied the Quaker, "in 1
seition ; Selemen was a wise man.
is ithy Money, which thou hast wi
truly tp.rned. ' i
,.)--A young .gentleman in 1,41a
lately made an evening callupon. a
lady, and got rather 4shabbily trees
W88 getting along toward nine.A
when the young lady inquired ti
of evening. "Five minutes to.
was thereply. "How 'wig' will
you to go home?" " Filye min
should judge," Then," said the
lady, "if you start now, you 1
hinne by nine o'clock." 1 ,
—A little little girl braids the hair
who sits in front Of her, instead o
nig, when the teacher ereinarke,
is the place for arranging the I
here. What would you; think
braiding my hair in ischool r r
Susan's hand is raised, anicl the
supposing she wishes to ask son
tion about the lesson, nods, *
hears the following: "Mary St
leaidoithe
hair that you would
tia.
0Q:stun:Le ofthe La.;pf
'!. The dress of the Laps is jeeml
shone specially adapted to the tie
of their climate and mode of Iif
}toots which they wear look TO3
iti.IICOInfOrtable) brit are notwitli
More suited to a country like
the:retire ordinary European bee
boots consist of two parts; th!
Which is made of OX leather, is 1
4-na is, in fact, simply a piece ol
Sewn together at the heel and to
Consequently peaked in front.
neither heel nor sole beyond th(
Which accommodates itself to -t
of the foot, and through Which
each particular stone you ohmic
On. The upperpart of the boo
ally made of reindeer leather, -
S°ftee uratdhaerilptahett :svi
othttert.hradisil
Ithei
ews, and is wide ansi loose a
lankles, round which at it tightly
by a long bend. The color of ti
When new is a bright yellowisl
ibut in time becomes aintost blal
;from dart, partly teem the oil w
ithe boots are smeared to make I
to the feet In wintelethe ',ape'
!covered with fur, but we did. nc
4 of them. These boots are used
!by the Laps, but also by the se'
7loitadhertlipelacem liste-wfuhleinrocorrTdinagrtrimbo'
riot keep out the water. 1 The]
'Jon the contrary, are airiiest Wi
!when well smeared and- earefri
. the ankles. Our boetnien nevi
',.':'adtt:),viEttheP:thietlit°riteheetinwawte4trt.ewritinh 1
without any apprehension of ge
i Until, indeed, they get ilici. an
; era& these boots require a go4
soaking before the water. come,
4 and even then the.wearer iS ITO
because::MiluieekinniOicartidgSpebmisfa31-eirhki oes orLapswi nale,4141171:ghetute:Inlapn-t('
; with hay, which both makes
] astonYekinwategsr, walundcthlime seaYtt7emrs,ett: