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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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DECEMBER 22, 1876.
THE FOUNDLING.
Grace kindled the fire, and cooked the
fowl as best she could. Hugh ate but
little of it, notwithstanding his long
fast; then complained. of getting too
warm, made her open the cottage door,
and threw himself on the turf etiettle.
Before the evenieg, it wits evid.ent that
hie 'Ong exposure in the mad -hole 'and
previous intemperance, had brought on
an attack of the marsh _fever. Poor
Hugh burned with heat one hour, and
shivered with cold the next. There was
no doctor within many miles of Rush-
ton, 'but the village contained one old
woman, known to its rude inhabitants as
Widow Cruteh, on account of her lame-
ness. She kept the cleanest but, had
the fewest quarrels, and was the ionly
medical authority in it.
"Go up and ask her to come and see
me, child," said Hugh, on whose hardy
spirit great fears seemed to have fallen.
"This is the seventh fever I have got
and few get over the seventh. I wish
hacl taken my old woman's advice an
lived, more soberly -all this would no
have come -but she's dead. and gone
and I have nobody but you, child. G
up to Widow Crutch, and help her down
the steep path as well as you can."
Grace went up, found the widow a
home, and got her to the hut with som
difficulty, for the steep path was slip
pery with rain. The good woman's re
pute for medical skill was well merited
She had considerable experience in th
prevalent diseases of the fens, and mor
honesty than the genetality of such prac
titioners. She told. Hugh his fever was
a dangerous one, advised him to keep hi
mind ()hid, to put his trust in Provi
dence, and drink a decoction of bog -bean
and marsh -mallow, which she would
i
d
send him. The medicine was sent, anc
Hugh drank it, but with very little ef
fect. The widow came to. see him every
time Grace went for her, and every time
her look grew more serious. It frighten
ed Grace at last, for she could perceive
that the strong, hardy old man was sink
ing day by day; his strength was gone
his voice had sunk to a whisper, yet he
talked wildly at times about his old wo
man coming back to .him and making
him lead a better life; then he woul
spring up and say, "ThR
e- ushton, men
d
were getting all the wild geese. Wher
was his matchlock ?" and Grace had har
work getting him to bed again.
"Child, is there any minister in these
parts, or friend, that your father weuld
r
y
like to see ?" the doctress inquired, in a
loud whisper, one morning, when she
had been fetched as usual, and took he
customary long look at Hugh.
"What is it you say, widow ?" de
mended the sick man, catching part o
her words; and Hugh spoke in eviden
consternation. "What dost thou sa
about ministers and friends ?"
"If there is any one you would like
to see, it might be well to send for
o
them," said the widow, moving away t
the door.
"Am I dying, then ?" How clearly he
spoke, and how black he looked.
"No, I hope not," said the poor lame
widow, getting frightened in her turn
"but you know we all die, and thiais a
sad. fever of yours. I have tried my
beat herbs on it, St. John's -wort and
featberfew, but they do no good, you
see; howsoever, put your trust in the
Lord; and if there is any friend or
minister you would like to have, I
say again, it might be well to send
for them. Grace, child, come and help
me home."
When Grace returned from that duty,
she found Hugh tossing on his bed, and
moanieg to himself, "We all die, and. I
roust, but I didn't think it Was to come
so soon. Trust in_ the Lord; she said.
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I didn't trust hwhen I was well and
strong; I didn't mind my old woman,
all the good. things she told me and
wanted me to do ; I was not kind to her
either, I neglected her and left her too
much in her loneliness but this last
business I have in. hand •is the Iworst.4L)
They'll do it whether I am thereFor no ;
and they are sure to get water enough
after the rain we have had. What is the
, weather like. Grace ?"
"It is half mist and half rain, with \ no
wind at all," said poor Grace, truly de-
scribine those wet, foggy days so fre-
_ quent at the beginning of the fen winter,
so sure to bring down floods from the
. uplands, and such fatal helpers of, the
marsh fever.
"Mist and rain, and no wind," said
Hugh, with a groan that startled her,
"The Ouse will come down like a sea
to -night; they Will be all drowned in
their beds."
imbed it, the sick- man had sprung out
of bed, seised his ,doublet made an ef-
fort to put it on; bub his strength was
not sufficient to the exertion; poor Hugh
lost his balance, and fell backward on the
turf settle.
"What is it ?" said Grace'running to
him. "What do you want to do ? Can
I do it ?"
• "Oh, Grace, child !" the man groane4
se with her help he tried to get up again,
"I must get on my doublet; I must go
to Wildmore."
"To Wildmore 1" said Grace'believl-
ing that the fever had got into his brain.
"It is a long way off, and the night is
aiming on; besides, you are not strong
enough to go. If there is anything you
want said or done, tell me the way, and
I'll go to -morrow." ,
"Tomorrow, child, thee will be all
drowned !" said Hugh, ipeaking in a
low, heart -stricken tone, a he sat shiv,-
ering on the edge of the 4ettle. "I am.
race; it is not
d ; but listen
I must tell it
with it on my
will lie thel)
on the coal
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e is One that
. Jesus Christ
nd his blood
, not out of my senses, G
"Hugh does not know what deep
drain a they have cut to carry off the wa-
ter ancl what high banks they have built
to ke43 them in," thought Grace; but
she did not venture to say it, for Hugh's
look had grown hard and angry, and he
'puttered to himself, "Let them drown
they deserve it for robbing me '• " and
he turned his face to the wall andseem-
ed to fall asleep.
But- sleep there was none for Hugh
that day; he tossed, and -turned, and
groaned on his bed, would eat or drink
nothing, though Grace did. all- she could
to cheer and soothe him ; and the child
knew, though she could not have told
how, that it was not the heat of the
fever, but something that worried Hugh's
mind. His wild, disturbed. way sorely
troubled and frightened her; and when
she could do nothing more, poor Grace
had recourse to her Bible. She used to
read it to Dame Hammerson in her sick-
ness. Hugh was not of the same spirit,
but he might be induced to listen;
so she sat down on the floor, close by
his bedside., and said, "Let me read to
yon."
"Do, if you like," said Hugh •' "I
never learned to read myself, thoughher
that's gone would have taught me ; she
was the scholar and the good woman,
and you are like her' in your ways,
Grace. But you must get a better
husband than ever I was. Read, if you
like." ,
Grace read on, though- the twilight of
the short winter day was falling dim
with mist end rain, and th,ere was a
moaning sound like far-off winds or wa-
ters coming up from the mere. Grace
sat close to the Window to get the last of
the light on her book; her face was
turned away from Hugh, but be lay
quietly listening to the words of our
Lord, which the child read in a low,
clear tone, in that lonely hut, with the
deepening twilight and the moaning
wind. Grace was reading the Beati-
tudes, and Hugh was 'quietly listening;
but when she came to ''Blessed are the
merciful, for they shall obtain mercy,"
he started up in 'his bed, exclaiming,
'What is that you say,' Child ?"
Grace read over the passage in *strange
terror, for his voice sounded wilder than
the wind outside: Before she had
-you area good girl, and
ii -
the fever hat is in ray he
to somebody • I can't die
conscienc , though the sin
(
whether I tell it or no."
"WhatI ver sin may b
science,"` said Grace, "the
can bring pardon and peac
is the merciful Saviour,
f
cleanseth rom all sin."
, "That' i true, no doubt
not say, rBlessed are th
they shall obtain mercy ?'
mine, Grace, for I have b
contriver of an unmercifu
design against the Dutch
cause they took my cot
geese, andiehased me, and
other revenge on them.
with five -and -twenty fen
myself -do, not as bad,
man that thought of it -
night, with picks and sp
after mideielat, and dig t
bankment where the Ouse
just above Wildmore. T
down such a flood as the
before, for the Dutchme
drains hate made the rive
it ever was at those parts.
tage, an4 Winterdyke i
swept aw y, and every so
level droned in their be
do it, and'I know they wi
every one sworn th it; an
there or •ot, the sin will
for ever. Oh, Grace, if a
to Wildm re and'warn tb
the fenm n come. There a
yet, and know a short ei
ip danger us."
"I'll r n up to the vi age and get
somebody to go," said poot Grace.
"Stop, child !"' said H igh, grasping
at her cl thee •' "there's i ot a soul in
Rushton oddstir band r foot to say'
the drain r's lives. The en would lt.
you and e, if they tboug t I had tol
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you. They'll call me tra tor, any way
and they will have a right; but I cannot
die with that weight on y conscience.
Give me my doublet, '11 creep t
Wildmore if it shieuld be nmy hand
-and knees."
. "Couldn't I go ?" said.
terrible necessities of the
plain to her. Poor Sena,
her kindly companion;
who perhaps did not mea
cottage and the bodkin;
Dutchmen who had been a
her, with the wives -and Itt
they had sent for to Holla
drowned in their beds,
among the wild waters an
cape. She knew the fenme
to believe that they would
in execution, and the wea
sure of success. The old 1
drowned if its people wer
in tinie ; nobody in 'Rush
hand or foot to save the
•not strength enough to le
the winter night was fal
wind rising and the rain b
the door; but again Grace
her heart, "Could not 1 go ?"
"You, child ?" said Hug .
"Yes ; I think, I am su e, I could, i
you only tell me the way. God will hel
me," said Grace; "he alwa s helps thos
that do their best in his s rvice ; and i
is surely serving him to s ve so man
lives. Tell me the way an • let me go,
for the sake of her that is one and you
own conscience sake:"
She had run into her o n closet an
brought out her cloak and hood-th
same Hugh had caught he coming from
church in. They _were on jin a minute,
so were the only shoes Grabe had. "And
won't r want these ?" shesaid, catchini
up Hugh's stilts from theii place in the
,corner. He leaned. back iiji his bed and
'looked at her by the risin light of the
fire. . .
"Art thou not afraid, c ild, to venture
alone in the night over swamps an
morasses? The nearest wa to Wildmor
from this is good five mile ."
eople will be
dy else to gei.
will help me,"
ethe errands
nocent ; listen
u know that
into the mere
11
but does he
faereiful, for
nd I'll obtain
en the chief
and wicked
drainers, bete
ge and my
I could get n�
laid a plot
en as bad
or I was th
o gather thi
•es, one hou
rough the em
rises highest,
at will brin
sle never sa
's works an(
higher than
My own cdt-
it, mint be
1 in the old
s, if the me
1, for they are
whether I au -e on my head
ybody will g
Dutch befor
e sevenhour
ay, though it
11
1
I
race as th
case becam
ho had bee
< Winterdyke
to keep th
11 the bones
friendly t
le childre
d, -all to b
or wake ; u
find no Fes
well enough
put their plot
her made it
vel must be
.not warnedl
• would stir
; Hugh had'
ve his bed •
ing fast, the
ating agains
epeated from
t
"Yes, but the Dutch
drowned, and there is nob
Tell me the way, and Go
said Grace.
"Maybe he will, child;
a good one, and thou art i
then," said Hugh. "Y
rushy ridge that runs out
from the foot of the rock ; 4
it seems to o
deep down under the wat r, but it do e
not; the rushes only get shorter and the
ridge is firm ground, thciugh not _ mo e
than thi ee feet wide in sone places. f
you can wade along that ath and not o
off to either side, which jwould be su e
to drown you, it will lead you across t e
narrowest part of the m re to Bedfo d
moss t if you keep to the right there it
is firm ground, with only muddy pool
or two, which the stilts i ould help you
over ; but don't stray to t e left, for the
moss is wet there, and th re are swamps
you could never get tliroi gh. Keep* to
the right over the moss t 11 you come to
a reedy brake, and hear w ter running;
it is but a little stream; the rain may
have swollen it; but, it is n t deep; wade
up its channel through he reeds, and
you'll come out on your ath to Reeds -
mere church. It was not the way I
brought you here, because I never want-
ed you to know the road back again • and
not many know that short way to Wild -
more; itwas what the gentleman want-
ed. But oh, child, how will you .go
through the night and the rain ?"
' CHAPTER VIII.
Grace felt flee danger of the under-
taking, but Sena and therDutch people
must not be drowned. Was not it gra-
ven on her owe. bodkin, "Fear God and
fear nothing?" She kept her heart and
her courage up with that; made Hugh
repeat her directions, rehearsed them to
herself to Make sure of not missing the
wild, unknown Way, overcame his scru-
ples with declarations that she Sias not
at all afraid, placed amug Of water with-
in his reach, bade him a good night,
heaped up the peat on the fire, and
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1
;
promised to come back as soon as she
pould. Poor Hugh uttered the first
prayer be had made for many a year for
her safety and success. It was hard to
leave Min alone there, but the thing
most be done. Gracs carefully shut the
door, drew her cloalf ()loser about her,
for the rain was heavy and - the wind
strong, and marched on gallantly with
the stilts under her arm arida prayer in
her heart that she might find the way.
She did find the ruehy ridge at the foot
of the rock; it was terrible: work, wa-
ding alfftaig through the fierce wind and
rising water, with the fear of losing her
footing and the thought of the depth on
either side; but when these terrors over-
came her, Grace stood still for a minute,
thought of Sena and the Dutch people,
thought of poor Hugh and his repent-
ance, end thought of Him who could see
and keep her though the darkness and
the God, till her courage came beck and
she went on as bravely as before. At
last, the rushy ridge was waded over e
Grace found herself over the mere and
on the moss, but the night was very
dark; sometimes the moon and some-
times a star or two shone out for. a mo-
ment, and then were hidden by the
masses of cloud which the wind drove
over the sky. Fear of straying to the
left, where the drowning swamps lay,
and the pitch darkness, brought poor
Grace to stand -still many a time on the
wide pathless moss. The gale wa.s what
seamen call right in her teeth, and im-
peded the girl's progress; theft the
muddy pools and waiting for light to get
oVer,them was sad and slow business;
but at last the moon glanced out 'and
showed her the tall reeds, she heard the
sound .ef running water, and • was soon
splashing up the channel of the stream.
There was no danger of straying there;
but the sharp stones cut her shoes, and
by an unlucky step into a deep hole she
lost one of them, and ,could not recover
it in the darkness. "But I'll save the
Dutch people and Sena," thought Grace
as she bound the only handkerchief she
had round her foot by way of cover from
the stones and splashed on. Many a
bruise and many a tear the poor child
got between the flints -below and the
marsh brambles an'd reeds on either side,
but her heart rejoiced when, through a
storm of sleet and rain, the quivering
moonlight gleamed on her old accustom-
ed path, and she knew there was firm
ground under her feet all the way " to
Wildmore. Grace could not tell what
,hour Of the night it • was; she was sore
wearied and wet to the skin; rags of her
clothes and hair from her head had been
left on many a sharp reed and .bramble,
but Grace drew near to the well-known
spot with gladness and great joy. Slow
as her progress had been, she had come
before the fennaen. The rain had ceased,
the moon was shining on the roofs of the
Dutchmen's houses, on the cottage that
had, been Hugh's. There was not a
sound to be heard but the ' wind sighIng
among the willow trees and the long,
hollow moan. of the Ouse; its waters
'were level with the highest embank-
ment, and slowly flowing through the
lopen sluice into the flood drain. .It was
indeed, like a sea, sufficient to drown the
:old level deeper than ever it had been
'drowned since the first of the Hammer -
sons settled there : and the warner had
come one hour before the destroyere, for
.As Grace began thundering at the door
with her stilts, Winterdyke's Deitch
'clock within struck twelve. • The honest
Dutchmen slept soundly; Grace thought
she never would get them woke up; but
after knocking and calling with all her
strength for a quarter of .,an hour, she
heard a man's voice within crying,
,"What ho 1 Master Winterdyke, do
you not heard. the noise at your door?'
Then a light flashed through the crevices,
and the gruff voice ,of Winterdyke him-
self ried, "Who areyou ? and what do
you' ant ?" . - ,
"Lam Grace Found, and I am come
to te 1 you that the fenmen are coming
to d g through your embankment and
drown -the level, said the -poor weary
N7
child , sitting down on the doorstep, for
'she as faddy ii,orn out, as Winterdyke,
with a loud exclamation in Dutch, un-
barrqd: the door, glanced prudently out
to see that it was no stratagem of the
enemy, and then, catching Grace up in
his arms, brought her in with, "Art
thou come back to us, child, through the
cold wet night? Where hest thou been?
Was it that wicked Hammerson that
took thee away ?"
"Yes," said Grace, "and he has sent
me to tell you that there are five -and -
twenty fenmeu coming this very hour,
with epadea and pickie to dig through
your embankment. Do, sir, for my
sake, wake up your people and keep
• thenit off."
Winterdyke waited for no more in-
formation. • Aahout in Dutch, which he
seht through the whole house, brought
all his people out of their beds in a few
nainuies. Grace saw Sena and the old
woman looking terribly frightened, and
out of some corner, where they had been
putting up for the night, cameeto her
great astonishment, the gentleman- and
his servant, on whose 'account she had
met with euch great indignation in "The
Mother Goose." They busied' themselves
with Winterdyke and his men, going
from house to house in the level with
loud shouts and lighted torches, reusing
'all the inhabitants to arm themselves
and defend the embankments. It. was
strange to see the flare and hear the noise
on that deep winter night. Everybody
believed the report, for • Grace- had
brought it, and Grace Found had, never
been known to tell a falsehood. The
Dutchmen, thus 'woke up, turned out
with all their ' weapons, valiantly rang-
ed themselves along the embankments,
and waited for the„ coming foe in sober
silence. .,
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The night had grown calm and clear
by this time, and the Dutchmen had not
long to wait. Within half an hour of
Grace's arrival, while she sat warming
herself and drying her clothes at a good
fire kindled up by the old woman and
her maid (Dame Howfer had never been
so gracious to any soul°before ! she Made
trace a hot supper, and woad scarcely
let her eat it for questions) -well, while
they were sitting there, with the door
fast barred, and Sena rejoicing over her
restored companion, a great shout came
up from the river. The fenmen had
been seen approaching; they had be-
come aware that the level was on the
alert by the lights and sounds in all its
houses, and at Once turned and fled. The
Dutchmen Pursued them as far as they
thought it safe ; matchlocks were dis-
charged, swords; scythes and hatchets
flourished, but fortunately no lives were
lost, no damage done; everybody had
got timely warning. -
The Dutchmen marched back , in
triumph, left three sentinels with large
peat fires to guard the approaches,. and
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CORNER OF MA1;N AND T. JOHN STRMETS, REAPIORM
Successors to Gra
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ICSTRAY STOCK.
VSTRAY STEER. -Came into the premises of
the subscriber, a year old red and white Steer.
The owner is requested to prove property, pay
charges and tate it away. MRS. GREER, Brim -
son Line, Stanley. 11471
VSTRAT EWE AND LA MB. -Came Into the
-Le. premises of the undersigned, Lot 26, Con.11,
MoKillop, in July lad, a Ewe and Lamb. The
,owner is requested to prove property, pay charges
and take tnem away. HENRI HART, Sr. 47114
V STRAY PIG. -Came into the premises of the
-" undersigned, Lot 25, Con. 4, McKillop, on or
about the 1st of September, a Black Sow. The
owner is requested to prove property, pay charges
and take her away. COLIN GORDON. 469*4
w STRAY HEIFER. --Came into the premises of
'1-4 the undersigned, Lot 2, Con. 10, L. R. 8,,
Tuckersmith, about the first of September, a red
. aleifer, 2 years old. The owner is requested to
prove ;property, pay charges and take her away.
ALEX. YULE. . 4439
V STRAY STEER. -Came into th e premises of
-'- the rmdersigned, Lot 10, Con. 10, Hullett,
or about the first of October, a red steer rising 2
years. The owner is requested to prove property,
pay charges and take him away. JAMES RED.,
Hullett. 4744
'STRAY CATTLE. -Came into the premisee
of the undersigned, Lot 7, non. 3, L R 8,
Tuckersmith, about the beginning of November,
two -white- cattle. The owner is rev:tested to
strove property, pay charges and take them away.
'WILLIAM HORTON. 471$
STRAY -SHEEP.-Came into the premises of
1":4 the undersigned, Lot 81, Con. 4, McKillop,
about the middle of November, one Ewe end
Lamb. The owner is requested to prove property,
pay charges and take them away. JAMES SOM-
ERVILLE. 464*4
V STRAY BULL. -Came into the premises of
1:4. the kmdersigned, Lot 7, Con. 12, H. R. S.,
Tnekersmith, on or about the middle of Septem-
ber, a year old Pull. The owner is requested to
prove property, pay charges and take him =4
PETER COOPER.
V STRAY STEER. -Came into the premises of
-1-1 the undersigned, Let 18, Con. 8, Stanley, on
or about the end of Septenaber,a red yearling steer
with white spots. The owner can have him by
proving property and paying expenses. JOHN
KITCHEN. 4704
ESTRAY HEIFER. -Came into the premises of
the undersigned, Lot 11, Con. 11, Hullett, on
or about the first of November, a grey Heifer with
red neck, rising 2 years old. The owner is re-
quested to prove propertyepay charges and take
her away. JOHN REID.
V STRAY HEIFER. -Caine into the premises of
-" the undersigned, Lot 10, Con. 12, Hellen. en
or about the last of October, a yearling red and
white heifer. The owner is requested to prove
property, pay -charges and take her away. A. H.
KNOX. 4704'1
ESTIIAY"-Came into the premises of the Sub-
scriber, Lot 10, Con. 8, McKillop, abut the
1st of October, a Heifer and Steer, coming two
years old, both spotted red and white. The owner
can have them by proving property and payip_g
charges. MICHAEL SHEA. 47012
V STRAY COW. -Came into the premises of
-" the undersigned, South hal f, Lot 2C, Con. 12,
McKillop, on December Brd, a dark red Cow -a
piece broken off one horn. The owner is re-
quested to prove property. pay charges and take
her away. THOMAS D. GRIMOLDRI. 47114
ESTRAY CALVES. -Came into the psemises of
the undersigned, Con. 9, H. R. S., Tucker -
smith, on or about the 1st of December, a two
year old Steer, red and white, also a red Heifer
Of the same age. The owner Pan have them by
proving property ad paying expenses. ANGUS
KENNEDY. 4764
V STRAY HEIFER.-Carae into the premises of
'1-'4 the undersigned, Lot 10, Con. 9, H. R. S.,
HIS'IS THE RIGHT PLAC TO BUY GOOD AND CHEAP
year old red Ind white Heifer. The owner is re-
Tuckeremith on or about the 1st a August,
a
quested to prove property, pay charges and take
DRY GOODS IN. her away. PETER KELLY. 4694
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LUSTRE%
SHAWLS, -
FLANNELS,
TlES,
COLLARS,
SATIN SKIRTS,
TWEEDS,
FLIt CAPS,
OVERCOATS,
DRESS GOODS,
MANTLES„
FUR,
SCAR
s,
CUFFS,
Hb§*TERY AND GLOVES,
SHIRT'S,
CLOTH CAPS,
r 3 • a a.
AND M'SAND BOYS' READYMADE
CLOTHING.
MERINOES,
WINCEYS,
CLOUDS, '
FRILLINGS,
FELT SKIRTS,
BLANKETS,
DRAWERS,
FELT HATS,
13-UPP.A.1_10 1:?.1013M
dur Stock is all NEW and FRESH. Shipments of NEW GOODS Arriving
Every Week, and
ALL OFERED AT PRICES THAT CANSICT BE BEAT
BY ANY HOUSE IN THE TRADE.
fz't
SALT ALWAYS ON HAND AT WELL PRICES. ,
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"NAT.A.IDIDLT" cSc CO -
THE CHEAP CASH GROCERY_
esh Groceries Deily Arriving and Selling Cheap for Cash. New Currants,
New Raisins, New Candied Peels, &c. Teas, Sugars, Coffees,
ices, Lake Huron Trout and White Fish, Labrador Herring, 'Finnan Haddies,
Oysters in Bulk, Fry Sausage and Bologna Sausage, ;Ile Best in
the
market. Competition Defied. Comparison Solicited. Free Delivery -
THE CHEAP CASH GROCERY.
F esh Groceries Daily Arriving and. Selling Cheap for Cash. New Currants,
New Raisins, New Candied Peels, &c. Teas, Sugars,_ Coffees,
1
ices, Lake Huron Trout and White Fish, Labrador Herring, Finnan
dies, Oysters in &ilk, Fry Sausage -and Bologna Sausage, the Best
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Had -
in the market. Competition Defied. Comparison Solicited. Free Delivery.
J. FAIRLE
STATIONED AGAI AFTER ,THE FIRE.
Stoves and Tinwar- Cheaper Than ,Eiver.
MRS . E. WHITNE,I Seaforth, begs to inform her many friends and customers that she has
"L'LL againresumed bneiness on the site of her oldstand, where everything pertaining to the Tinware
bu inesa will be found. A Large Stock of Stoves and Tinware elways on hand and for sale cheap.
THE BEST AND PUREST (OAL OIL IN THE MARKET.
Every kind of Tim Work Constantly on hand o Mad to Order. Call and see what she cian do he -
for purthasine elsewhere. MRS. E. WHITNEY, Seaforth.
ESTRAY CAT TLE.- Came into the premises
of the un,dersigned, Lot 25, Con. 1, Hibeert,
In the last week Of November, four yearlings, 8
steers and one heifer, three of them red in color,
the other red and white. The owner can- have
them by paying charges and identifying the same.
THOMAS MeCANN- 4714
V,STRAY STEER. -Strayed from the prep:Lis/ea
' of the undersigned, Lot 10, Con. 1, L. R. S.,
Tuckersmith, on or about the 1st of September
last, a spotted white and red year old steer. Ita
tail was red and white. Any person giv-
ing such information as will lead to the recovery
of the above animal will be suitably rewarded.
81'171,T,LE, Kippen. 4694
TRAYED.-Strayed from the premises elf the
undersignedi Lot 10, Oon. 9, llullett, about
the 12th of October, three steers two years old
past -one grey, one a dark red, and the other
spotted red and white, having stag horns.*Any
person giving such information as will lead to
the recovery of the above animals will be suit-
ably rewarded. JOHN WARWICK, Constance
P. 0_
41,1 471f4
"RT.I.tAY STOCK. -Strayed from the premises
"2-4 of the undersigned, Lot 29, Con. 11, Hibbert,
about the middle of July, 1 Heifer and 1 Steer,
rising 3 years old; the heifer was roan color, with
white face; the steer was gray and lead color, with
star on face; they are both marked on the right
ear, the tip of the ear is cut off and a notch cat
in the top side. Any person giving information
that will lead to the recovery of said animals will
be suitably rewarded. JAMES STONEMAN,
Hibbert. • 4G*4
STOCK 'FOB SERVICE
A GOOD PIG. -The undersigned has a Thor-
oughbred Berkshire Boar'which he will keep
for the service of sows at his Hotel, in Seaforth,
during the present, season. Terms, $1 with the
privilege of returning if necessary. ROBERT
HAYS, Sea -forth. 470 -
SUFFOLK PIG. -The undersigned will keep
during the present/ season on his premises,
near Winthrop, that favorably known thorough-
bred Suffolk Boar, formerly owned by Mr. David
Scott. Terms, $1 with the privilege of returning
if necessary. HYMAN TYERMAN. 470*4
NOTE. - A Thorough Bred Large Breed
Berkshire Boar -will be kept for Service this
season at Wilson's Sawmill, Con. 6, Township
of Hay. Terms. $1, to bo paid at time of ser-
vice, with privilege to return within five -weeks. .
HENRY J. HUDSON. 470*4
BOAR PIG FOR SERVICE.--" Champion of the
West." The undersigned has on his prem-
ises, Lot 18, Con. 2, Tuojerstaith, within 1 miles
of Kippen, a Chester white boar pig, which will
stand for the service of sows this season. Terms.
-$1 per sow, payable at the time of service, with
the privilege of returning if necessary. The
above pig is a successful sack getter, and also a
saccessful prize taker, and in his class has never
been beaten. JOHN WORKMAN. 470*4
MEETINGS TO ME HELD
TT OWICK INSURANCE COMPANY„ -The An-
nual Meeting of the members of he Howiek
Farmers' Mutnal Fire Insurance ContaniWill be
held in the Village :of Gorrie, on Saturday, Jan-
uary 14th, at the hour of 1 o'clock P. AI. -A. tall
attendance of members is desired. WILLIAM
McKERCFfF,R, Secretary. 470-3
AlcKILLOP INSURANCE COMPANY. -The
J."- Semi -Annual Meeting of the members
of the MeRillop Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, for the election of Directors and other
business, will be held, in the Town Hall, Seaforth,
on Friday, Jan. 5, 1877, at 1 P. M. A full attendanc
of members is desired. M. Y. McIXAN, Secre-
tary; G. E. CRESSWELL, President. 470td
QEAFORTH CHEESE FACTORY. -A Meeting
`--' of the Stockholders tof the Seaforth Cheese
Factory will be held in the Town Hall, Seaforth,
on Monday, Dec. 18th, 1876, at 10 o'clock A. M.
A Meeting of the _Patrons of the above Factory
will be held at the same place, at 1 o'clock on the
same day, for the transaction of general business.
A full meeting is desired.
Patrons can have their accounts settled by call-
ing ort the Treasurer at once. J. DUNCAN, Treale
urer; ROBT. GO VENLOCK, President. 470td.
STOCK 1001{ SERVICE.
BOAR FOR SERVICE. -The undersigned will
keep for the service of sows during this sea-
son at his residence, Lot 15, Con. 9, McKillop,
a pure bred Suffolk Boar. This animal took the
first prize from all Digo of hia -class under one
year old. he not being six months obi, at the Sea -
forth fill show, and was purchased from Mr.
ThomaS Wsldron, London Road, Stanley.
Term 8. $1, to be paid at the time of Service, with
the privilege of returning during the season if
necessary. SAMUEL SMITH. 47114
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