The Huron Expositor, 1877-07-06, Page 2a
URON EXI4JITOR.
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',MY 61 1877.
THAT DE AD LETTER.
A STORY IN THREE OHA,PTERS.
CHAPTER L FIRE A.ND THIEF PROOF- .
Dinner hour in the manufacturing town
of Middleton -upon -Irk ; .a hot sum-
mer's day; the sun glaring upon huge
warehouses of dull red brick, narrow,
tortuous streets the gilded minarets of
our new town hail—of which we Middle-
tonians are justly proud. All this I can
see from my office window with a glimpse
of the cocked hat of the bronze memorial
to the late Prince Consort, who in Field
Marshall's uniform, is holding a review
of the arts and sciences on a rearing char-
ger. We are an energetic and thriving
community at tliddletown, although you
might not think it just new, when our
streets are all deserted and everybody is
engaged in hard feeding., °It is no fault
of mine that I am not among the every-
body. A peremptory engagement retains
me at my post. I expect my Uncle Henry
on business of importance, for which he
has chosen the dinner hour when no one
is about.
My obligations to Uncle Henry are so
great that his wishes are la* to me, even
when they involve the sacrifice of my din-
ner. He has been my guardian, and my
best friend. By his help I have been en-
abled to set up os my ownaccount as a
solicitor, and, through his influence, I
hope eventually to be provided with a
respectable practice. He is a thrivint
merchant of our rising town, and one of
the best fellows in the world, enterpris-
ing and speculative—perhaps rather too
much of the last, but there is a cool, con-
fidence about him that generally brings
him out right in the end. He has no
children of his own, but ha's another ward
a Deice of his wife, one Kate Brown,
between whom and myself,I may tell you,
exists an attachment of long standing.
When my practice brings in a sufficient
income, Kate and I are to be married.
Altogether, in spite of the dusty, sul-
try air, the sleepy aspeet of things, and
the sense of something wanting caused
by the neglected call to dinner, I felt as
happy as a man could well desire to be;
the future seemed bright and cheerful,
and there was nothing in the present to
cause me the slightest disquietude.
But something in my Uncle's step upon
the stairs gave me a kind of presentiment
of corning misfortune. He came in, and.
threw himself into the chair; flung his
hat on theifloor, ancl wiped his face with
his handkerchief, with an unaccustomed
air of weariness and chagrin upon his
face.
"All well at home ?" I asked. "Aunt
all right, and Kate?"
He nodded in an abstracted way, and
flung a telegram across the table to me.
It was from his London correspondent :
Gillies & Co.'s acceptances returned.;
; regular smash; everybody connected with
them will come down."
I remarked calmly that it was a very
good thing that he was not connected
with them.
"But I am, Jem, Werse luck," he said,
"we were operating in cotton together
for a rise, and they have drawn upon me
for a big figure." •
• I felt that this was bad news, and I
did not know -what to suggest. But pres-
ently Uncle Henry brightened up, and
went on to say that although this would
hit him hard, yet he could:weather it as
long as his connnection with the bank-
rupt firm was unknown. .
coat, strangely out of keeping with the
sultry weathet.
After chaffering awhile for Bob's im-
pecuniosity ws only assumed to justify
a higher per centage—he cOnsented to
find the money—at 6 per cent. for three
months—down upon the nail; While he
was away to get the money, I sent for
Uncle Henry to come and ratify the bar-
gain. A simple memorandum of deposit
of title deed was all that was necessary,
and this I wais not long in preparing ; so
that the affai
the parehmen
exchange for
notes, all soil
been a long While iu circulation. It gave
me a great dnal of trouble to make a list
of them, for they were of all denomina-
tions, and mine of the same dates, or of
consecutive autabers. I finished the
task after a 'while' and slipped the list
Il
into my portnfolio. The notes I placed
carefully in My safe, and locked them up.
Bob wrappetzt, up his parchments n an old
blue cotton handkerchief and hobbled off,
casting many a regretful look behind at
was concluded at ol ce,and
ts handed over to R bert in
10,000 in Bank of England
ed and 1imp,1 as if they had
my safe, as
where his he,
by the way,
it had been a sarcophagus
rt was enshrined. That safe
as a preseot (from Uncle
Henry,a cam , al one by a first-rate maker,
and I was really pleased to have some-
thing valuable to put in it. Hitherto a
simple cupboard would have answered my
purpose just as well.
As soon as Bob was gone, -Uncle Henry
"gave me inst actions as to the disposal of
the money.
through the
safe till the
• take it up to
The bills that were now maturing,
drawn upon him by Gillies 4 Co., were
payable in London. Heraust raise £10,-
000 to meet them, and this at once, and
with the utmost secrecy. He could do
this easily enough on the security of the
title -deeds of the property he had in
town and ueighbortmod. ; his banker
would advance the amount at once, but
he did not want to go to his banker. He
-would not have it known .for the world
that he was raising money on his property
Better pay a heavier per centage for the
I loan, and deal with a money lender un-
known to. the world of commerce. Could
I find him some one to advance the money
at once on these securities ?
It was not without etabarassment that
I replied that I thought I could put my
hand on such a person at once. Some
time before in my hot and foolish youth,
I had been led. to betting a good deal on
races'and losing one Liverpool meeting a
good deal more than I could pay, was re-
commended to a money lender—one Bob
Hargreaves, of Howbent—who had re—
lieved my pressing necessities at a suffi-
ciently exorbitant rate of interest. Un-
cle Henry had subsequently very gener-
ously paid off all my debts without ask-
ing any questions, only exacting from me
a promise to abstain from such courses
for the future. Bob, it was well known
among the initiated, could find rnoney to
any amount if he could, see his way to a
good profit, and I had no doubt that he
• would jump .t the prospect of getting
both a high rate of interest and unexcep-
tionable security. 9 '
Hargreaves was an eccentric kind of
man, nominally a tailor, living the life of
a recluse, and nervously apprehensive of
having it known that he had any money
at all of his own. There was no fear of
any want of secrecy on his part. He did
not bear the best character in the world
it is true, and it is said that he had ac-
quired his money in a way that would
hardly bear investigation. But, then
you don't ask( the character of a man,
who is going to lend you 110,000. I tele-
graphed to Hargreaves th come over and
see me, and next morning, at the ap-
pointed hour, I heard a tremendous
thumping ou the stairs, as if a heavy bed-
sted or something of the kind were being
dragged up. Presently the door was
cautiously held ajar, and a wizzened face
appeared in the opening.
Seeing that I was all alone, Bob—for
he it was—whisked dexterously into the
;room encumbered as he was by a crutch -
handled stick in each hand, and brass-
bound wooden clogs on his feet. The
amount of timber he carried accounted
for the noise up the stairs.
"Well, I'm here to oblige you, Mas-
ter Turner ; but, if it's brass you want,
you'll bear in mind I'm a poor man,"
"Then you are no good to me," I re-
plied, brusquely, "and you had. better go
the way you came."
" Aye, but I eau get a bit of Money
sometimes, thou knows. There's many
thinks a deal of Bob Hargreaves. But at
this minute I'd take my Bible oath, I'm
worth nothing but what I carry on my
back."
According to appearance that wag vern
little, for he was dressed in threadbare
clothes of a dirty snuff -brown color;
patched and mended and that would. have
advantageously borne still more patching
and mending. A greasy black cloth cap
was on his head, and the only solid thing
about him was a, heavy cowskin waist..
On no accountwas it to go
ank. It must -remain in my
ext morning, when I was to
London mysetf, and retire
ing in the road a hondred yards off, he
recovered his self-possession and inquired
my business. I asked him eagerly if he
had kept the numhers of the notes he
had paid me on the previonsIday.
" Why, what's Amiss, haven't you ?"
parried Robert, with instinctive caue
tion.
Something at this momeot prompted
me to equal caution. It struck me that
Hargreaves would be more ready to give
information if he thought thlat 1 was al-
ready possessed of it.
"Oh, I have the numbers," I replied,
"but I thought I should like to compare
my list with yours."
What, you've gotten a list, then,"
cried Robert, "then what do you want
more ?"
"The notes have been stolen," I said,
and then I went on to 'describe the cir-
cumitances of the robbery.
Robert listened with a sarcastic,incred-
ulous smile that was -very provoking, es-
pecially as I felt that his mental attitude
toward the story was that which the
whole world Would speedily assume.
"Take my advice,' he said, go home
and frame a likelier tale tharil that. Same
time, if your uncle's in with you I'm not
one to spoil a sport. There's one lee to be-
gin with, if they took thy case with the
numbers in it, how d'ye come to know
'em now ?"
"1 took a copy, of course," I replied,
scarcely noticing the insinuation or broad
assertion rather, contained in Robert's
speech; I was too broken hearted. "But
I must compare it with yours. Oh, do
give me the numb rs, Mr. Hargreaves."
• " Nay, I've got prim numbers," he re -
certain accep ances then corning due, and plied, sullenly, "what'd be the use of
get back the bills. My uncte was much numbers to me? I'd work enow to gather
pleased that had managed. the business 'em together bit by bit and one by one
so promptly, and gave me a eheck for f50 without bothering about numbers. I'm
for my servi ea. He was in _ excellent no scholar either ftr that matter.
spirits now. Cotton had seemed a trifle With that he slemmed the door in my
harder at thajt day's market, and should face, and went' back to his board, but I
it rise a littl more, he would be able, he saw no sign of the cowskin waistcoat as
told me, to ut back the £10,000 he had Ipassed his windew dejected and crest -
just borrow d, and clear as much more fallen. Bob was itting with his needle
besides. In that case, he would settle a in his hand, ga Ing at its point in a
good part of the money on Kate, kind of sullen reverie. In him WU the
and we might be Married a soon as we last gleam -of hope I possessed, and I
liked.; - could not give it u without another trial.
I
I went to bed that nigh in a happy " I'm sure, you mild tell me something
frame of mind, proud of the Confidence about them, Mr. argreaves, I cried. to
placed in ue, with vague but pleasant him through the Iwindow. "where you
dreams of f tote happiness, when I and
Kate should be man and wife. But just
at dawn I a oke in a horn le fright,per-
spiration breaking out all o er me. I had
dreamed tha somebody had robbed the
office, and ii the moment of waking it
flashed upon rise that I left the duplicate
key of my s
place over t
there I had
it, as I had
horite, and
obviated. th
able to get a
ment of the
existence.
I rose at
4 o'clock, an
at top speed
quiet and t
and dusky
me in a re -
scare was u
Iv the remo
'thieves getti
did, would
plicate key?
to alartn the
the housek
and tight, t
in the early
6 o'clock an
and then go
I walked a
freshed mys
and then, a the factory bells were all might be able to tide over difficulties.
jangling out and the stree a were filling He would go to London at once and try
with operati es hurrying t work, I pre- to get the bills held over, and if cotton
aented myse f at the door o the building would only spring a little ! 1
i
that held y office. Th housekeeper ' ' Already -Uncle Henry was; over the
nodded. at e amicably. o catastrophe worst of his misfortune and going about
had ha.ppene in thenighte idently. Iran ' his business, alert and composed. But for
up stairs, th ee steps at a ti e,darted into me, how could I bear the thoright of the
my office,an —casting a glance around to ; probable ruin—disgrace, eeen+I should
assure mys lf that everything was in i have brought upon my friend and bene-
statu quo -1 oked toward the fire -place for factor! I kept up ill I had seen him off by
the key. It was hanging in -its accustomed . the Lendon train Then I hurried off to
place. Wit a feeling of joyous self -con- Kate to tell of the irretrievable misfortune
gratulation, bat no ill effecits had follow- and to get a little comfort where only
ed my caret ssness, I proceeded in a leis- comfort was pos ible, from a woman's
urely way t open my safe to•assure my- •syrnpathy.
self of the s fety of the d posit Judge Kate, when I rst told herl my news
of my horro grief and dismay. But
that the not presence of mind and
to re-establish mine.
CHAPTE .1
To the firt stupefaction of tespan. at It was possible t do sothething in the
matter. If we co ld take no oPen meas -
the loss of n y uncle's Money followed an
urea to find out t e thieves we might try
eager desire to be doing mnething.
secret negotiation . Those who had stol-
must go to the police offic at once; the -
en the notes would likely enough
notee must e stopped; I had taken the
be the
to cash them at oncel; perhaps
numbers—where was the list ? In iny
; safe, that al Nothing else they would be op n to an offer and appre-
ciate the advanta es of a good rouncl sum
portfolio; hat too I ha placed in the
was touche and safety theretvith. Witheut loss of
. . time I inserted an advertisement in all
was intact.
the local papers and the London dailies
Here was
offering a reward of $1,000 for the recov-
ered me. •ery of the missing notes. But no result
money, loss followed; whoever was in potsession of
What a pre the treasure made no sign. I
to tell,of a ,
Next day carnet back Uncle Henry from
had not left
London, ha.ving ; succeeded in renewing
operations,
his -bills for another fourteen days: It
was now the middle of June—Ion the 3rd
,
of July the delay would expire. There
could be no further cr dit given, for
things were gettting wore and worse in
town, Gillies & Co.'s fail -re h1;.d caused
universal mistrust and want of onfid,ence.
But if cotton only sprang an eighth per
pound all would be well. i
• Cotton did not spring, howeVer, but fell
a trifle instead. Failures w re rife at
Middleton as well as in Lon on. The
strongest firms were talited bout, and_
Uncle Henry did -not eseape. Still he
carried on matters bravely ; but when
the 14 clays had passed, if th re should
happen no favorable change i the mar-
kets, things would be bad with him. I
now bitterly regretted that tie loss of
the notes had. not been made ublic. It
would be a pretty story for y uncle's
creditor's if he had to call th m together
—all the more iMprobable tc'o, as this
would be the first that had been heard of
it. But it was too late now to say any-
thing about it, would only precipitate
matters indeed, and destroy ncle Hen-
ry's last chance.
Day after day passed awa , bringing
no improvement in the state of affairs.
It was now the last day of the month, on
the third of next month, if no help came
Uncle would have to stop payment. I
was sittting at My desk the pen idle in
my hand, brooding over c ming misfor-
tunes, when I heard a let r drop into
my box, and the quick ra of, the post-
man. It was only a dead Iptter after all
—some letter I had misdirected, no
doubt; another piece of care essness or
stupidity to go to my acctrun , swelling
by elver so little the great bela ce against
me. Teu thousand pounds! Why a
*hole life's slavery would not an equiv.
,
tient. I flung the dead letier rom me in
got them from, sone of them."'
"1 tell thee whet," said 14ob from his
board, "1 swear my Bible path I know
naught more aboot thy notes, So go thy
ways."
There was nothing to be gained by
wasting more tiie over Robert, and I
fe hanging on iis aceustomed drovesaway homeward still into wretch -
e fire -place in y office. For ed than before. By the time e reached
ot into the habit of hanging Middleton, business had commenced at
trick of leaving my keys at my uncle's wareheuse, and, al ays early
ound that the uplicate key at his work, he was there hims
inconvenience of not being occupied. The telling him wa.s
myithings. n the excite- part of the business, bet he u
ay I had forgotten about it 8 a word of reproach, and evidently frilly
believed my account of the matter. Still
t was barely as he paced. up and down his toom with
to 'my office a. gloomy, ashen face, I sew that the
hing seemed disaster was one that affected him bit-
indows, grim terly.
if busily
the worst
tered ;not
race, although
walked dow
There every
nquil ; the
ooking, blinke
suring way.
called for. T
est chance n
g into the laee, and if they
hey be likely to find the du -
There was no use in trying
neighborhe d y waking np
eper. Ever t ing was firm except Kate; yoli may treat hr, but not
e street tr nquilly sleeping another living soul."
sunlight. would wait till My uncle was right, I could see, hard.
the world wis astir again, as it was to keep quiet. The tale of such
se susp
pecial
redit.
down upon "Have you told the police ?" he asked
After all my sharply, at last.
ere was hard- "No," I replied, "1 am n w on the
he world of way; I have only seen Robeet largreaves
since."
"Thank Heaven you have not. The
thing is bad enough, let us male the herd
of it. Not a word to any ody of the loss
nd secure the au-- plicate key. a loss under th
out the derierted town, re- stances, at this e
If at an early breakfast stall be fatal to his c
CIOUt circum-
nctere would
s it was, he
111
and dismay
s were gone -
11. DEA
hen I found was overcome wit
lean gone. She soon recoveee
LETTER. courage, and trie
o was gone.
the loose silver I kept there
a blow that almost overpow-
n addition to the loss of
of reputation would follow.
ty sort of tale I should hav,e-
obbery in which the thieves
the. slightest ;trace of their
here the objects stolen were
notes on which I had retained none of the
Those who knew me best
e me, but certainly no one
Ten thousand pounds ab -
an unlocked lode, the num-
wn, and no signs whatever
horized person having enter-
ses ! Should I believe such
a story m self told of any third. per-
son?
One open ng for hope occurred to me.
It was possi
kept the nu
over tome.
away ; I
the hours
ample tirne,
leers to the
difficulty I
drive there.
, it was.
I Bob live
tage, on a
the outskir
Early as it
could see hi
legged on
stitching a
even in the
moment, I
wonder at
his apparel
of his labor.
The grou
mg of my a
ing across t e window made him look up
Catching my eye, a deadly
over his face, the corners of
gan to twitch, he jumped off
particulars.
might belie
else would.
stracted fro
bers not kn
of any unau
ed the prem
le that Bob Hargreaves had
11
bers of the n tes he handed
ri
mil
Howbent was only six es
ght be there a d back before
f business commenced, in
too, to telegraph the num.
leading banks. After some
found a Cab, and started to
A miserable, anxious drive
in a rough little stone cot -
este, untidy Piece of land in
s ofthe village �f Howbent.
as, he Was already %stir ; I
through the 'window, cross -
is board, busily at work,
ay at a cowskin waistcoat;
overpowering anxiety of the
could. not help a feeling, of
is employment, the rest of
tood so much I more in need
i
d was too soft to give warn-
proach, but my shadow fall -
11
suddenly.
'sailer came
his mouth
his board and came to the door. Bob
stood in the doorway regarding me with
an air of covert mistrust ; then his eyes
glanced eagerly round as if he doubted
whether I were not accompanied. Seeing
only the em ty cab and its driver, wait -
NEW SUMMER GOO.DS.
ALANL MITCHELL, SEAFORTH.
•
ALL NEW AN FASHIONABLE LINES
IN
DRY' CI -0013S, 1VIIIJI.JINP,Y,
HATS AND CAPS, &C.,
New Dress Goods,
Hew Silk Mantles,
Nev, Costume Linens,
New Prints.,
New Hosiery,
New Gloves,
• New Frillings,
New Muslins,
New Skirts,
.New Sea/Ifs,
New Ties,
New Collars.
THE HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR BUTTER AND EMS.
LAN MITCHELL, SEAFORTH.
THE 'CHEAP CASH GROCERY
HAS JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER
LARGE ARRIVAL FRESH GROCERIES
fr 111 S VT 1‹.
ew Teas, Lawer th,an- _Ever.
Bright Demarara Sugar, the Best. and -Purest in the Mar
A Large Lot of Fresh .Pickles, Sauces, and Canned Frv,i
ood New Cwrrants. and Raisins.
• Flour, Feed, a- rad,' Provisions always in stock,
I "
Also Has, Bacon, &c.
et.
All Goods Bought from me I Warranted as
Represented or Cash Refunded.
NO HUMBU
Goods
AT THE CASH GROCERY.
Delivered Free oj Charge in Town, lIarpurhey or Egmondville.
J. FA
IRLEY, SEAFORTH.
WILLIAM
HILL & CO., SEAFORTH,
ARE GIVING WONDERFUL
BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS AND MILLINERY,
PARASOLS AND SUNSHADES,
An Endless Vari
ty. of Collars, Cuffs, and Frill rigs.
OUR STOCK 9F
COTTON YARN AND CARPET WARP
HAS ARRIVED, AND WE ARE SELLING THESE GOODS CHE
THAN Y OTHER PLACE IN TOWN.
PER
WE STILL KEEP T11 LEAD FOR CHEAP COTTONS AND PRI/TS.
WM. HILL & 'Co., Seaforth.
N. Few Linen C9stumes Still on hand. • Will be sold very lo
W.
OPE
NiED- CUT THIS WEEK AT M. MORRIOW-S-,
CROOK
ANOTILER LARGE LOT OF
.A21\TID
have now on hand a Large and Well Selected Stock of Crockery and Glaseware,.and I am prepared
t6 give eatisfaction as regards Quality and Price. The public will do well to
EXAMINE STOCK AND PRIC S
Before purchasing elsewhere. I am selling good Tea Sets as Low as $2 50 per set, nice Glas Sets as
I Low as 75 cents per Set, and all other Goodsin this Line equally low.
ALSO ON HAND, A LARCE STOCK OF FIELD AND CARDEN S6DS,
Consis tin g of all the leading lines in Turnips, Mengel Wnrtzels, Beets, Carrots, etc. See
Timothy, Black Tares, Hungarian Grass, and Millet. M. Morrison always keeps on hand a
d Oats,
GOOD;STOCK OF CHOICE FAMILY GROCEFIES
Hams, Bacon, Oatmeal, Pot Barley, Cornmeal, Flonr and Feed cheap at Morrison's.
CALL AND GET A FIVE
I -
GO 0.DS .Delivered Free of Charge. TERMS Cash or Farm Pr *duce.
POUND CADDIE OF GOOD TEA FOR
Only 50 cents per pound, and first-class.
SEAFORTH
WOOLEN MILLS
A. C. VANECMOND, PROPRIETOR.
tun. VANEGMOD, bound not to be behind
-I"- the rest of the business push of Seaforth,
has enlarged his mill and made
EXTENSIVE, IMPROVEMENTS
i .
in his machinery by'introducing a number of the
latest improved American machines from the
State of Massachusetts, among -which are a gel&
Operating Spinning Machine, a Self -Feeding
Machine, dm., by t e use of which better and
evener work can be dot e than by the old methods.
An Inspection of our machinery invited.
i
A Large Stodk of Tweeds, Full
Cloths, Satinets, Blankets, Flan,.
nets, Sheetilgs, Yarns, &c.,
To Exchange forl Wool, or Cheap for Cash.
ALL KINDS pF WOOLEN GOODS
' MADE TO ORDER.
Carding, Spinning, Weaving, Color-
in,y, Fulling, Dressing, &c.,
-be done on short notice.
Rolls always .Carded to take home ,
the same
2
BRING ALONG YOUR WORX,
lAnd be convince(1 that we can and will do better
/worleth an you have ever got done before, here or
el s4e9w6.hleke
A. G. VANEGMOND.
50,000 .POUNDS
OF
WOOL WANTED
AT THE
MITCHELL WOOLEN MILLS,
To CARD, Spin!and Manufacsnre, or trade for
1. Woolen Gods. As I have been making up
Goods during the months el March and April,
especiall y to tlade for wool, comprieing
Fulled Cloths, Tweeds, Fancy Flan-
.nels, Union Flannels, Blankets,
Stocking Yarns, and a Variety
of
01 my own y e:farm
era will find it to their
advantage to call with their wool, and get what
they want home with them the same day. I au
also paying
I
CASH FOR WOOL.
In thanking my numerous customers for their
very liberal patronage in the past, I would say
that the Custom] Trscle will be encouraged as
usual, and especial attention paid to it.
Having _Enlarged my Factory and
Improved my kachinerq,
As well as put in new since last season, I am now
in a better position to attend to and supply the
wants of the community in every branch of ray
business than ever before, and as cheap and se
good as any other factory in the country, and I
trust by strict attention to business and the
wants of my customers to merit, in the future se
in the past, a gradual increase of custom and
public patronage. TERMS CASH.
D. H. DORMAE, Mitchell.
THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY,
SEAFORTH.
ARTHUR FORBES
5
°HAVING purchased the Stoek and Trade of the
Commercial Livery, Seaforth, from Mr.
George Whiteley, begs to state that he intends
carrying on the business in the old stand, and has
ad ded several valuable horses and vehicles to the
formerly large stock. None but
First -Class Comfortable Vehicles and Good
Reliable Horses Will be Kept/.
Covered and Open Buggies and Carriagee, and
Double and Single Wagons always ready for Me-
Spe'cial Arrangemen!,s Made With Com-
mercial Men.
Orders left at the stables or any of the hotels
promptly attended to.
1\TOT'IC
TO GRANGERS, FARMERS AND
OTHERS. .
AS TnEhard °c
timecstl,Ple subscriber is determined to
the attention of all, these
meet them by offering good inch Hemlock, "not
usually sold for inch," at the following rates:
12 foot Hemlock. at $6 50 per thousand ; 14 foot
Fencing, at $7, for Caeh. All orders over 4,000
5 per cent. discount. Call and see if you don't
get what is represented.
Book Accounts over 8 months will be chargeA
8 per cent.
The subscriber thanks his numerous customers
for their liberal support, and solicits a continu-
ance of their favors.
JOHN THOMPSON.
488 Steam Saw Mills, McRillop.
CAMPBELL'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH.
MIC I S S P
JJVING leased the handsome and. commodi-
&one new store in Campbell's Block, Main
Str eet, begs to inform the public that her
stock of
MILLINERY,AND FANCY COCOS
ls very cOmplete i;n every departinent. All the
Latest Styles of Goods always on hand.
A Call is .4espectfully Solicited,
And satisfaction fill every article guaranteed.
. MISS LEECH.
N. B.—Apprentices Wanted. 491
OTTRICI-1
FLOURING AND SAW MILLS.
THE undersigned has pleasure in armonnoing
-A- to the people of Zurich and Vicinity that his
Flouring Mill is in better running order than ever
before. GRISTING promptly attended to. In his
LUMBER YARD•
He bas any quantity of Dry Hemlock at $6 per
1000 feet, also Dry Bock Elm at $10 to $12 per
1000 feet. All other kinds equally cheap. Cuts -
tom Sawimg Promptly attended to, and Bills
Filled on the Shortest Notice.
486x18 WILLI A 1VI FENWIC31.
BUTTER TUBS.
S. TROTT, SEAFORTH,
IS now prepared to supply all customers with
SUPERIOR BUTTER TUBS,
At $80 per hundred, Cash. These Tubs are so
well and favorably known to the traele that it is
unneceseary to say anything in their recommen-
dation.
MR. TROTT also manufactnree a small Hard-
wood Tub, suitable for -washing butter in.
Orders by mail or otherwise promptly attend-
ed to.
495 S. TROTT, Seaforth.
any number of hie
BRUCERELD MARKET.
THE Subscriber begs to intimate to the farmere
-3- and others in this vicinity, that he ,has always
2.50 a supply of corn and oats on hand,
M. MORIRISONI I MAIN STREET, SEAFORT
SELLING AT PRICES
mit defy competition also a quantity of choice
Clover seed. Highesi Market Price given for
wheat and all other grain at Warehouse, south
door, Brucefield station. Give me a call before
purellasiog or disposing of your produce.
DAVID MeLENNAN.
JULY 6, 1877.
wads
disgust, and. tetarned to my dis
erie. There it lay, however, loc
me reproacbfully,and. I took it
. to be rid. of it. But on tearing -
pot office envelope, 1 found that
ter was not in my hand writing.,
perently in that of some illiterate
and that the address was thatof
knew nothing about. It was
opened letter addressed to -"Capt
White, Nowland's-row, Middleto
had they sent it back to me, who
ly had not written it? The se
that the envelope was one of it
seal embossed with my name
dress—and thus it had beeu seri
at once failing its delivery to the
see. - It w is very cool of some],
make use of my envelope. Still
letter had nothing to do with me
no right to open it, and I was al
inclose it to the Postmaster -Gene
ing bim to have the letter opeo
returned to the original sender, wh
came in as. usual to see if I heal
thing.
"No news again to -day, Jame,!
ask"eIcisTos t,"aad we both
tnosuwtIseeKa
then she looked over my shoulde
what I was doing.
"Oh, Jem," she said reproa
taking the letter from my hand
are corresponding with those bett
again; you are trying to get back
money that way, and you will on
it worse."
Then I remembered that Sani
wee a betting Mall who had beer
tising a good. deal lately1 -expJ
Kate how the thing had happer
she quietly disposed of my scrap
satistied her own cariosity by zei
letter, tearing it open, and ta.ki
the window to read. As she r
face was puckered up into all
puzzled vvrinkles.
Coneluded Artat Week.
Meal) Washing -
A new system of washing ha
been introduced. in some French
which system deserves to be es
mentioned. The economy whic'
fords is so considerable tha.t its ee
diced to the following figures;
timet (1id) for a pair of drawers,
times (1id) for each shirt an
This is the process : one kilo (2
of soap is reduced. with a little
a sort of pap, which having beet
ly warmed is cooled- in 45 litres
Ions) of water, to which is ad,
„spoonful of turpentine oil a
fspoonfuls of ammonia ; then the;
is agitated The water is kept a
pera,ture which may be borne
hand. In this solutioa are int
the white clothes, and. they are I(
two hours before washingtthem.
taking care in the meantime to -0
tub. The soapy water may be
again and be used on raore, bn
be necessary to add half a spor
turpentine and another spoonful
mopia. Once washed in soap the
are put in warm water and the
applied. This process, it is
spares much time, much labor a
On the other hand, itgives to ths
a . whiteness much superior to t
tained by any other method, and
struetive use of the beetle is no
sary to clean clothes from the ins
which they contain. —Canada Jo
Gaieties.
"What 'would you do, madam,
were a gentleman ?" "Sir, whal
you do if you were one?"
—Here is a Toronto sign : "W
ironing, and going out by days
taken in here."
—Punch gives this definition
word "conscience." 44 My rule
other man's conduct."
—An Irish coachman, drivii
some harvest fields -during the s
addressing a smart girl engaged. b
ingt exclaimed "Arrah, my r
I wish I was in jail for stealing y
—Scientific student—"Who
you. speak of ?" "Huxley," "Q
Let's see, what -did he lecture 011
"Evolution." "Why, of course,
forgotten. He was—cm—he was1
of it, wasn't he?"
es -An ordinary man may hide a
heart under a hollow smile, but
a man of towering genius to meet
of lady friends and hide an acre
half of codfish behind a little br
heliotrope perfumery.
—"I had nine children to
and it kept me -busy," said ilta
5mith ; "but one of the girls ge
ried. Now 1 have—" "Eight,'
rupted Smith. "No, tem; said
as he passed on with a sigh.
—"Have you tried the bluS
remedy yet? asked Smith of
"No," said. Jones, Ithat is, or
directiy.2 My milkman, judgin
the beautiful color of his milk, is
it on his cows, and so indirectly
See ?"
—"Let me see," said the nur
sick man, "the doctor said one ter
ful every ten minutes; that ma]
every hour, say seventy-two dun
night. I shall give him 72 spoonfu
away, and have a chance to get I
sleep myself:"
—Orpheus C. Kerr tells in the -6
how purely legitimate business tl
tions are consummated:
legislator. Will you vote for th'
Let me see your jack-knife. I ve
you $10ebig,OOObu
for f
t knife."
niifee."
0nsaid '
other as they were coming hom
the burial of a teetotaller's wife
they gie ye ocht 1" "Na, no a,
got ye (Olt?" "Na, na ; neith
sup.ibm hAsrlie'sget
tin' ncach
ort' usman wea4a
boasting -of his infallible skill in
a hare. "If I were a hare,"
Quaker who was present, "1 won
iny seat in a place where I should
of not being disturbed by thee fr
let of January to the last day of
ber." "Why, where would yo
"Into thy study,"
—Lady Holland, in her mem
her father, the celebrated. Sydney
relates this incident of his ready
daring expression. At the hou
friend-, whither theyhad gone t
large turtle just Bent in as a gift,
stooped and eagerly patted and
the shell of the animal, and on bei
ed by my father why she was d
replied: "Oh, to please the
upon which he retorted, "Why
you might as well stroke the
of St. Paul's to please the der
chapter."
—A Detroiter who was deem
the warm weather in March into
Iris parlor stove down, had it bac
in tour days. Next week he
down again, and the next res
He remembered of six dllferent c