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The Huron Expositor, 1876-12-01, Page 2t. • 2 6 4111.3.1111Rir . TECE FOUNDLING. _— Oh the grief and terror of the poor desolate child, left alone with the _dead in that wintry night 'arid wild, solitary island! Long as she had watched and wept by that sick bed, -Grace felt as if every hope and holdhad gone. from- her heart with the departed spirit. She wept long and wildly as the outer storm, till better„ wiser thoughts (Arne. She rementbered the gentle adimonition so often given her, not to -sorrow as one without hope; she prayed for strength to bear her lonely lot, and for grace to live and die as her mother had. done. Grace was kneeling still beside the dead when daylight broke, and hardy Ilia came back from Stowbridge fair. He had travelled all night through the storm, as if haunted by some fear of what was ha.ppening at home; and when his first look fell on his wife's face, now com- posed in the everlasting calm of death, he- stood for a minute or two like one heart -stricken, and then said slowly, "She was a good wife, better than I de- served; and she has gone to heaven, if ever woman went." .These were the only signs of sorrow or remembrance given by hardy Hugh. Henceforth he went about what was necessary to be done for thetfuneral in a silent, sullen manner, asking no questions, entering into no de- tails, and taking no more notice of Grace than to tell everybody that she had been a good girl to her that was gone.' As soon..as the weather would let them, theneighbors whom Hugh had summon- ed came and did the necessary offices for the dead, Same of them wauted to take Grace home to their own Cottages, but Hugh wouldn't hear of it. "I am the best -off men in the old level," he Egad; "Grace will stay and keep house for me; she has been well lerained to it, and she is used to_ Wildafore." These -last re- marks were particularly true; desolate as the home was now, Grace was accus- tomed to be there, and her life with Dame Hammerson unfitted the child for living etnong the rough fen people. Hugh let her go in the boat which took the doffin and few attendant' mourners to Reedsmere churchyard, for the waters . were out in all the: level. There the heard 'the funeral -service read by the clerk, for the Minister was ill of rheu- matic fever, stew the green mossy turf laid over herfist earthly friend, and re- turned with a desolate heart to Wild - more. et It was lonely there in the long winter evenings, with everything reminding her of the one- lost companion and mother. - Hugh took to staying at home for some time, as if in compliance with his wife's last wishes. Heed and unmoved as he appeared. at first, Grace knew that bitter regret, or rather remorse, was in his naiud. Ile had gathered everything be- longing to the dead woman, locked them away in the chest, and gave her the key, saying, "That's yours, child ; you have a right to the things under ; she was your mother, in a manner, and • you haven't been a bad daughter. If you hold on the same way, you'll get at when I go." _ Then he sat down beside the fire to make and mend his nets, and would. work for hours without a word; buthis face began to work more than his hands at last, and Grace was not sorry when one day he rose up, as if in a pas- sion, flung his' nets into the farthest cor- ner, seized his gun, and went off after a flock of wild geese. Hardy Hugh only frightened her when he sat there silent and sullen. She got used to the solitude —used te think of.her mother as gone to • the better country, where she also should go; and went about the business of the cottage sometimes sad and sighing, and sometimes taking comfort irom her mother's Bible and her mother's last werds. As for Hugh, though he carne 'often to see how the girl was getting on, he never stayed any length of time. Night and day Grace was left alone in the reedy_ island with cows, sheep, and geese. Indeed, his neighbors remarked that after his wife's death Hugh was cot so ateady even in his fishing and fowling operations. He frequented the fairs and alehouses far more than he had previous- ly clime; got into brawls and quarrels; got mixed up with outlaws and robber gangs, with which the fen country was infested—in short, Hugh became barbar- ously dissipated, and was losing caste and character among the best of the. fen - men. As the spring advanced, best and worst iin the great level got more to think and talk of than hardy Hugh's misdoings, Through all the border towns and island •iillages there went a strange report that the fens were about to be drained and ._turned into Ary land: that the swamps where reeds had grown and, cormorants built for ages were to become; hay-grow- ing:meadows ; that the lakes where nets had, been cast and oars plied for centur- ies -were to be converted into corn -fields and orchards, sand all this was to be ef- ' feeted by outlandish men whom the king •was bringing over from Holland Peo 1 THE HURON -EXPOSITOR. • t .e" 4 by dam and canal, t e Dutch had gained and kept their co ntry. They were notable for that sett of engineeiiag be- yond all other natio a at the time ; there- fore. none but& Date Man could be found, to undertake the draining of the'English .fens, and none but Dutch foremen and ,laborers could.be of any usein.tbe work.' Accordingly, Sir Cernelnis having ob- tained the king's cornnliesion, and- got men of capital and courage in Holland and in Englandlto join in the adventure —which, indeed, was neithersmall nor cheap --set himself and his people to work first. of all on the old level, which, for engineering reasons he thought it best to hewn with; and as it was the centre and worst part of the lens, King Charles proposed to signaliee his royal undertak- ing and keep it in men's memories by build - leg a town on the soil as soon as it was sufficiently drained, and calling it Cherie- ville,°in honor of his narne. CHA.PTER Little Grace had heard the wonder. ful news 'from hardy Hugh in his flying visits to the cottage,rom the few neigh. bora whom she met way to church, and frem the parish min- ister, who kept his pritadee as soon as he was able, and came o see how things went with her in Wil more.- The girl missed her , mother till,' but she had -.grown accustomed to the utter solitude, • and had work enoug to keep her from over -fretting ; but th place was dreary even in the spring -tit ie. The minister had told her that it would be a -great and good thing for the land if the Dutch- man could. perform his undertaking ; that yellow cora week' wave in the place of the long green reeds, and broad mea- dows spread out instead of swamp and mere. . :3he had never seen anything within her recolleetioh but the waters and the marshes ; Dame Hammerson - had to cl her of the orchards aod corn- fields, the dry highways and comfortable farmsteads which she had seen•far away in Cambridgeshire. The fen country was about to be changed into scenes like these ; and Grace thought a new life had dawned on her one motining when she heard voices coming over the neighbor- ing. swamps and sawlimen with tools she had never seen the like of before falling to work by companies wherever there was standing roeut. There were some that surveyed and measured. and numbers that dug and delved. They mune close on the island of Wildmoor, then up aMong the reeds, and almost to the cottage door. They spoke a foreign language, they wore Orange clothes ; but Grace was not afraid of them—they had honest, ,quiet faces, and seemed to mind nothing but their business. There was one of them who looked like the master, though no better clad than the rest, and quite as ready to plunge- through mud and mire; he did nothing but measure ground and give commands; and as Grace'was peeping at the wonderful work through the helhopen door, he came up and said in good. English, ‘4 What are you doing here, my girl? Is there anybody in this place but you ?" "Nobody, sir," said Grace; "and I keep the house, and look after the cows and geese that you see _grazing yonder among the rushes." - "Tie whom does the house an -d theyebe- long ?" said the measuring man. "To Hugh Hammerson, sir —hardy Hugh the neighbors call him. 'You must have heard of him, for he' is the richest firesmith, goose oil to keep the marsh Water from rotting their shoes, and all the milk, and butter she could spare,' for these matters were left entirely to her disposal. In return they cut peat for her, helped her to turn and dry it,. as - slated in the gathering of the geese when they strayed into dangerous places, taught her Dutch words, learned- Eng- lish ones from her, got lights for their Dutch pipes and showed her their Dutch Bibles all fall of pictures, wjiich exceeded anything Grace had ever seen. WiIdmore was no longer a waste, but a thickly -in- habited isle, full of life and business, and Grace rejoiced in the change. , was pleasant to see the rows of white tents ris- ing among the reeds and rushes, the smoke that streamed up from them in the morn- ings, the red light of their evening fires, the mem in their strange caps and doub- lets, delving and builaing in every di- rection, the deep drains widening and the embankments getting upon every aide. It was pleasant to heart the bell they had hung in one of the willow trees, with a sun -dial' just below, ringing them in to meals and out to work. Grace learned to pull it for them, and to mark , the time on the dial when there wai3Sun ' ,enough to shew it. It was . pleasant to see them gathering together in fine Sun- days on the mossy grass in front of the cottage to sing their Dutch psalms and • hear their Dutch Bibles read and ex- pounded by a gray-haired man who work- ed among them all the week and was their only minister. When they got friendly enough, and the weather hap- pened, to be wet, the simple service was held in the cottage. Grace made every preparation and all the room she could for4hem ; those for whom there were not seats enough brought bundles of reeds with them, and Winterdyke being chie man, eat nearest the fire. Ad the parson had predicted, friends had- been found for Grace among , these unexpected strangers who came to dram the fens, and the child -had need of friends of some sort. Hardy Hugh had not been seen in the vicinity of his own cottage since the beginning of April, and now it was the middle of June. The man's im- prudent conduct and increasing years werdat length beginning to tell on his iron constitution. After more than usual dissipation and exposure at one of the border fairs, Hugh was, in the fen peo- ples' phrase, arrested by the bailiff of Marshland—otherwise had a severe at- tack of the ague, which , left him sorely shaken and unfit for his wonted exploits, when at last able to leave the friendly hut where he had found shelter in the Cambridge level. ,Hugh came home in bad health, and a great deal worse in temper—the latter was indeed the state of most fentnen's minds at the time. The fact that Dutchmen should have come to drain their country, or that their coun- try should be drained at all, seem-„ ed to them an intolerable grievance. They were accustomed to the floods and the drownings, .the -surrounding marshes and the continual fogs; the fever, the ague and the rheumatism were things familia,r to them froM childhood, and people can get accustomed to any- , thing. Besides, they were used to do no regular work; there were no farms to cul- tivate, no rtiaitifactures, and very little handicraft carried on in the fens. They lived on the wild birds and fishes which marsh and peel afforded by thousands. They knew that the draining of the man an these parts, and a great fowler. swam • You can't think what wild geese he shoots the D would with his matchlock," said poor Grace, the `o• anxious to make known • the rank and would' ps and the enibanking of the rivers take these means of life from them; ools would disappear, and so would ke ; the Dutch drainers and tillers leave no room forthewild geese, hey were not disposed to give up rude, roving ways and learn the new f more civilized people. lt- was, ore, their unanimous opinion, that aining of the fens would be the of England, and that it was all ht about by the Dutch foreigners to. e whole kingdom into their hands; they were allowed to accomplish ndertaking, nobody but theniselves get leave to live on the land at all. nmen were ignorant and wedded r customs. Hardy Hugh was one most prejudiced among them; he home determined to hate and the Dutchmen • and what was ignation to find 'Winterdyke and apany fully established in Wild - his .own family domain, where but the Hamtnersons had eVer • kept geese—cutting a nes % chan- the floods of the Ouse, and build- ankments strong enough to with. he German see, itself. Hugh's vas as high as ever its tides had happened that Winterdyke was t man he met; but Wmterdyke hadenet before at the fair of Stow - when the draining was first talk - d the first Dutch surveyors came us. Hugh had encountered him ehouse, where they quarrelled on ect, and almost came to blows. ir meeting was ptormy indeed. dignity of the man in whose honie she had and t beet' brought up. "And are you Hugh Hammerson'se auee their daughter ?" said the stranger, smiling. theref "No, sir; he found me when I was a the dr very little thing, and I don't remember ruin it, in the great flood that drowned Reeds- broug mere. They christened me Grace Found get th on that account; but hie wife was a and of mother to me --the best woman that ever I their u was, sir—but she is dead andI ani here ; wonld all alone ;" and Grace could not keep the The ee tears out of her. eyes. I to thei "And, the -man Harnmereon goes out • of the fishing and fowling, ,drin king in alehouses came and railing against honest people " said tipeart the measuring man'; but Gra,ce 'didn't his ind understand that, for it was spoken in his his cot foreign tongue to three young .meu who more— went about measuring with him. Then nobody he added, in English, "God help 'thee, lived or child! it is a lonely place and a wild one; nel for but thou bast 'nothing to fear whilst I ing emb and my people are in it. I left a little stand t girl in Holland much about thy age and wrath e looks; she has lost her mether, too, and risen. for her sake I will take care that no harm It so comes to thee." 1 the firs The man who spoke so kindly to Grace, and he and. so ill of Hugh Elammerson, was bridge, known to all engaged in that undertak- ed of an ing as Gotz Winterdyke, gir Cornelius' t° the fe right-hand man, the head and chief of in an al one of the largest companies of workmen the subj shipped over from Holland for the drain- Now the Hugh demanded how dare Du•tch knaves cotne to settle. and grub eat his land. Winterdyke replied that they. had King 'Charles' commission, and orders from Sir Coreelius Vermuyden to drain the old level, and wanted no fen slodger's leave. Hugh innnecliately rushed at him with closed Lista; the Dutch workmen rose in defence of their chief with phovels . and spades, picks and hammers, and the last of the Hammersone was chased over marsh and ;limes like one of his own geese. Poor Grace saw it all from the cottage window,, with terror and aston- ishment. • She boulcL not imagizie why hardy Hugh should quarrel with the Dutchmen who were -draining away the stagnant 'waters and h.•ankinge in the theeds. She was sorry to see him phased awayfrom his own island by atrangers ; etheinfierce looks and angry shouts fright ened her ; she saw that Winterdyke was - particularly furious; her short acquaint- 'ance with him had Awn Grace that the Dutch engineer had. a stntdy temper, and for some time the lonely child was afraid to show' herself, lest his anger might turn on her for being connected with hardy Hugh. But when his men came in to light their pipes as usual, when Winter - dyke sent for goose -oil, and bade her civilly good -morning when she fetched it, when the work went quietly on, and she Marked the hones and pulled the bell as heretofore, Grace thought herself se- I eureand peace restored to Wildmore. ( To be Continued.) ISIMENammomaimemprell hig o the fens. WInterdyke was not kilful engineer, but had - saved a consi era le sun of money through his tgood services in 'Windsor Park and Hat- field. Chase, and he was willing to sink it in the new adventure, in consideration e grant of the reclaimed land, ad been. assigned to him by Ring and should become bis property s it was -drained-. He was a geed an industrious, economical.man, ccording to bond and bargain civil and even kindly to those who could or would do hitn no harm. But Winter- dyke's name, in a Menner suited his na- ture, for he leas rough, .hard and. grasp- • e his Interests were concerned ; .who offended or opposed hitt' er _charity nor consideration to The draining of Wildrnore and nt swamps was eonimitted to iis company. Tbe firm land of .afforded space for him and his men to pitch tents and commence their work upon. 1 That very day the tents we e- pitched, the fires lighted, and the wa •k begun ; there the Dutchmen lived an I labored,. sleeping in their tents at .nigi t, cutting building embankria.nts all the roving right good ne•eh bore to e. Winteedyke saw that none espassed on her gees. -and oota s e the thetight of his own girt in Holland ade the kind rend careful bola the ilde and none of his en- Were give any .offence ; t ey were rd -working Hellen tiers, Who o the strange count y to win the waters and the . ild fowl, hey might settle' and bring up ies • for every. One of them ted'tii-have a little faem out eclaimedbytheir labor. Most left poor but hot:met liaise- flallapd, and, brought their'. good principles with them. hem live coals to kindle their rought home that rutnor from fairs and 1 onlY,a 8 markets, talked of it by their cotta e a and where men' chanced to meet in their fowling and fishing quarters ; and it was no more strange than true. The rest of , e, an a been advancing ever since it became a Protestant coun- in arts, 1 of a larg Chatles, commerce and in general. cultivation which h try ; the great awakening of the Reform- f as 8°°° a ation was felt in temporal as well as ' engineer, spiritual things. The fens were advanc- . . I honest a . . 'ngalso in extent and desolation; the in- roads of the sea and the overflowing of rivers in late years had drowned farms and villages,- and made stagnant swfienps of land where the like had "ever a )ng wher known before; till King Charles I. vow- i• and those ed that for the honor of his kingdom so had neith " a large territory should be no longer left 1 to the wild fowls and the waters, and if I the adjace expect. no one else would make the attempt, he shonld undertake the draining 1 him and 1 ee tee I the island ,greatevel himself. Some people say that was the best thing King Charles ever thoight of doing ; but strange_ as it may s und in England,' now that se many famous engineers have risen aniong her people to constrUct the railways and ramparts of the world, it is nevertheless tr th t drains and n mg Charles endeavored : day, and p to fulfil his royal word, anti several no- ' little Grac blemea came forward to help hi Majesty of them tr 1 in the great project of draining the fens, tage geed there was nota man to be found of riled). motherless 1 sufficient to cope with the tides of the rough man Germ= ocean and the floods of the up- f solitary ch land „rivers, except a Dutch engineer, inclined to named Cornelius. Vernmyden, long set- honest, ha tied in England, Led knighted b* James bad come t I., King Charles' father, for draining the land frona rokal park of Windsor and the -swamps whereon t of Hatfield. Chase. His native Holland their fared lay rigiSt opposite the great fen level of; had. ceetrac England, and had once been the great 1 of the soit r fen level of Europe. From the tides 'of of them had the same German ocean and , the over- 1 holds ite- flowings of far mightier rivers its Provin- I Bibles and ces had been won. By dyke and sluice, ' Grace lent t - • OR. E. -B. HOLLIS, COMIC CHARACTER VOCALIST, • TTAVING taken up his residence in the vicinity 1- of Setifortn, yeepectfally informs pee' ies get- ting up Concert§ and Entertainments, that he will be at liberti to accept' erigagerdents to' sing at the -ie, -either in tenni or country, during the I:rinse/It veihter seison.- The Toronto, MAIL says: l` Mr. E. 13,,Hqllis inpawerful in facial ex - pros *Ions, and as a s Va 'ge comlc tanner'is equal to any and- annerior to'most.': For -terms, &e. ad- dress Mr. E. B. HOLLIS, Comic Vocalist,,Sea- forth, Ont. 467 DECEMBER 1, 1876. 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SQUIER, God- erich ; A. J. MeCoae, Brussels. • 1i1415 ALCOAISON & WATSON, Berristera, Atter. neys, Solicitors in Chancery, &c., Clinton, Ont. Office—First door east of the tew Rona/ Canadian Bank building. Money to loan on farm property. S. MALCOM ON. 404 G. A. 'WATSON. pnENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorneys -nn at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Offices—Sea- forth and Brussels. $23,000 of Private Funds to invest at once, at Eight percent. Interest, paesale yearly. 53 JAS. Et. BENSON. new. 0. ATEYEk. nteneCAUGHEi & HOLMESTED,13arristers, At- torneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency, !notaries Public and Conveyancers. Solicitors for the R. C. Bank. Seaferth. Agentelor the Canada nal° Assurance Company, • . N. B.—St10,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Parene Housert and Lots for sale. .513 MEDICAL. T G. SCOTT, Al. &a., Physician, Sniegeon and " • Acconcheur, Seaforth, Ont. Office and resi- dence south side of oderich Street, first door east of Presbyterian C unit. 342 Tz L. VERCOE, M. D., C. M., Physician, Sur - nen. g000,etc., Coroner for the Cpunty of Huron. Office and Residence, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing Mill. . • DES* CAMPBELL, & BURGESS, Physicians, Surgeons, and Accoucheurs. OFFICE—Main Street, Senforth, near the Station. Joule CAUP. tELL, M. D., Coroner for Huron ; JOHN A. BUR- GESS, M. D. 424 T B. PHELAN, M. D., C. M., (late of the firm " • of Shaver & Phelan, Stratford) Geaduate of hfcGill University, Physician, Surgeon and Ac- ocuchenr, Seafoeth, Ontario. Office—Booing in Meyer's Block, formerly occupied by the late Dr. King. Residence—Commercial Hotel. Will at- tend at Carronbrook on Tuesdays andFridays. 393 Ge BULL, L. D. S., *Surge on " • Dentist,&c.,Seefortb, Ontar a Plate work, latest styles, neatly executed. All sargicalopnratione performed with care and protupti tu de. Fee s as low as can be obtained elsewhere. Oftiee hours from 8 AM. to 5 P. M. Rooms over Mr. A. G. Me- Dougall's Store. Main-st, In the absence of Mr. Derbyshire the office will be open on Thursday. Friday and Saturday of each week. 270 DMcNAUGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Greek- -one' • ate of Ontario VeterinaryCollege Seaforth, Ont. Office and Residence in rear of killoran Ryan's. Calls peomptle attended to, night or nay. A stock of veterinary utedieines son hand. Charges reasonable. Horses exalnined RS to sound- 'ness and certificates given if required. 407 _TAMES W. ELDER, V. S., Gra-duate of the " Ontario Veterinary College. After devoting two year to prectice with Professor Sraith, of Toronto, has settled io Seaforth. Office at his residence east of W. M. Church. Calls promptly attended to by day or night. Aela-rge stock of Veterinary Medicines constimtly on hand.- Horses examined as to soundness and certificates given. Horses bought and sold on commission. 424 T4HEITMATISM CURED WITHnN TWELVE -11-1) HOURS —Brunton's Rheumatic Absorbent will relieve acute pain in 14 hours, and all pain within 12 hours, it is nertain and permanent-. Brunton's Digestive Fluid—Nearly all diseases arise from the stomach, onoasioned by free acid. The Digestive Fluid neutralises the acid, conse- quently it must eine Dyspepsia, Erysipelas, a ed all Blood Peisonings, the effect is immediate, Sold by Druggiets. Price 50e. Sole Wholesale Agents Kerry, Watson & Co., Montreal, or ad- dress W. Y. BR13NTON, London, Ont. 462-28 ORE SSMAICING-. inikEMOVAL.--Illiss Quinlan has removed to the -3-n rooms over Johnson Bros. Hardware store, where she will continue to carry on dressonaking in all its branches. A good fit and perfect satis- faction guaranteed. Apprentices wanted immedi- ately. 464 NEW 31111 LINERY SHOW ROOMS.—I beg leave to inform my many friends of the Town of Seaforth and sturounding country that I have again resumed business over Allan Mitchell's new store opposite the Commercial Hotel, and -will on Saturday, the 28th inst., open out it Complete New Stock of Milltnery and Fancy C-oods, com- prising all the Novelties of the Season. An ear ly call solicited. MISS LEACH. MISCELLANEOUS. _T P. BRINE, Licenced Auctioneer for the " • County of Huron. Sales attended in all parts -of the County. All orders left at the Ex- POSITOR (Mine will be promptly attended to. WrXECUTORS' NOTICE. --111 parties having -2-4 claims against the estate of the late Min Hargan, in his lifetime, of the township of Ma- Killop, are requested to hand in the genie proper- ly attested to either of the undersigned Executors or before the first day of Meech, 1877. All ccounte not then in will be barred for settle- ent. All parties indebted to the 'estate must ettle the sante at once. JOHN BEATTIE and ANTHONY BOYD, Executors. e 466 - EXE CUTORS' NOTICE TO CREDITORS.— The creditors of Ieteac Rattenburry, late oe the Town on Clinton, in the County of Huron, Esquire, deceased. who died on or about the 19th day of September. 1876, are, on or before the lith day of February, A. D. 1877, to send by letter post-paid to Messrs. Garrow & Radenhurst, of the Town of Goderich, in the County of Huron, Solic itors kr the Executors of the Bain Isaac Rattenbury, deceased, their Christian names and surnames, addresses and dtscriptions, the full particulars of their claims, statement of their accounts, and the nature of the secuegies—if any —held by them. Annsimmediately after the'saidllth dayeof February, thiaassets of the estate of the said Isaac Rattenbury, deceased, will be rtni- tributed among the parties entitled thereto, hav- ing regard only to the claims of vrhich notice e a have been received. And the -said Executors shall not be lieble for the asset distributed, or any part thereof, to any person of whose claim notice shell net have been received by them or their said Solicitors at the time of distribution. This notice is given in pursuance of the Statute, 2e) Vic. Chap, 28, Sec. 27. Dated at Goderich, Ont. ads 1 lth day of November, L. D. 1876. GARBOW & 41ADENHURST, Solicitors for the Executors. 467-14 HURRAll FOR °ALDER _ — THE BURNT OUT PHOTOGD,APHE1. pALDER is in fell running order again, and the generous public has placed him in a better position than ever, and he is prepared to give you better sat' f an ever, itis accommodation better, his light is better,'fixings are all new and of the best quality. As he is at present under the instructious of J. Inglis, of Montreal, and F. Paltridge, of Galt, Calder feels thankful that there are men of ability in the business wbo lend a helping 'tend to roll him dp the hill again, where he expects to meet his old friends and many new one. Pietures copied and enlarged. Paltridge, Gait, and J. Inglis, Montreal, please accept m -y thanks for the valueble receipts and instructions you have given nee. 'Yours, 444. A. CALDER. o e wants et his anateru- ers having placed another team in the service. winter for- riding. Goods by rail delivered promptly. House Furnit- ore removed carefully and on anasonable terms. e Gardens plowed, aud all other chores inenhis line ' attended to on the shortest notice. Promptitude, The Stock in all lines for Merchant Tail- principles which he observes in his business. Civility, and moderate charges are the cardinal ors' purposes is quite full, and as I want to sell off the whole lotlook out rare bargains for cash. - To the Traveling Pu.blie. The old Royal Mail Stage still alive and flour - Wilzig. Parties requiring to travel between Sea - forth end Brussels will find the MAIL STAGE the safeet and most comfortable. The drivers' are careful and sober, the horees fat and tellable and the coaches warm and comfortable. JOHN CAMP - for BELL, Proprietor. 441 IV FANCY STORE. E. WRIGHT begs te inform the enn Ladies 'of Seaforth' and vicinity that Oa has re -opened with it New Stock .61 Berlin .W9Olgt, V.110;le En roe', Fancy Goods, Child. reeneltresaeg, Infante' Cloakand Babes, Stamp- ing done distinctly in neVana beititiladesigna. Next door to Logan & Jamieson's. 466-4* MISS M. E. WRIGHT. BARGAINS, BARGAINS FOR CASH. WM. CAMPBELL. GOOD NEWS. T HAVE come to the conclusion that I will sell those Two Dozen Sewing Machines at Es.ctory prices. Come now if you want to make - BIG,BARGAIN And save -your money. Come soon, as they are going out feet, and make A .BIG DAY'S WAGES. stilt hold the Agency ler firsaeless maehines. For furtheipartienlara nettle at T. Kidd's Liquor Store. THOMAS D. O'CONNOR, Third door south of the Pest Office, Main Street. Seaforth. 146 4 4:11 DEcEm poe Ed% innutherable be c :easbraetei rnga,coanasd .aft.,Istiaw:toloofaa.Iyith.iaiimairt i eeaned a: le a sari: v: years nszie. bit 7elw atinona v,efornteexnaamrip4,' are never kno set on foot tits Tahteh fear dorisideasoi ii it rf ae: edh oNt t Id that lies -with at every' IidbeiPtfotr is not :ar d;eroldthatyea wieangeth Edward rilreiat:i cP1ri;mPse 3fmul rltwith :ertai °nebrac cost of fiveo th:goea sometimes a the doctom patient die on 8-wytilleit:hhf,°:wspebijino-iriCadthdeal: dethroned. HI tit, and is 4 more ;• and mor fashion bolds cc as /10W. Whet sion, we shall11 life-giving atme • likePrine farmOre Mai even if tl thee therineiziFeb rturvuri; sit" in judgment physician, but i uncle wbo was h wil theafl418anad(1relati housee alla an anticipatory ' boiflicalurtlithelirsIntreof to go to Florida, measure in feeti fide it to a neig fore he stal1ed. hand, 1 aljhed 5free-l °I0nilgi }law11' Pr. aociElikli k. her (7 I lit I I Init ClUde-a 13.pOt as The refreshietzai would rebuild I land at St. NI couple of ponies lish stock, for wi come famous, sta entire Islande fish:big in bet' rivet always hospitabli With -sweet brew and rich cream, 1 vivc for a month Hepzva;th ip, 'tai WllViiK eryam D1:r)) sawing wood on 4 the effects of the hie for half an h :ha:nu:der as fowl2ziolei was eniains lkzaviTr wr ds sfet omol at me as I was s MeDennin seven bae h. William, it "'Ver right tl ful "Then sez Mii in' in the kitcb house at the t' nothin' like cow she, ,and she tut and tuck a schw "Weli- she and ' tuck a schavig f I risWeetintitm' Y' 41 sive, and tuck a se Thin I tuck ano other, and whin from beside me that was all I St roke." Church The United Scotland devo total yearly eon foreign missions for this purpose $70,000 in 1556 The Free_ Chute lv $300,000 for which it susta • missionaries, agency of'27& connected with communi institutions and and 1,306 femal struction in. Eng tongue;. 1,957 scholars receiv native tongue al 11,206 under C Church of Sco terian bodies we land's annual missions to $7 The TA In a large ei a large saloon pair standing in ladies elegantly the proprietor. said to the d latent is that !' the man conip $3,50-; my •Wif withoeit it." T head a moment looking up said suddenly a.rous "iseeitj I see the dealer. wages have gore that earriage, mounted hali and jewelry fOr 1 earned, that wife and chil and good clo