The Huron Expositor, 1877-09-21, Page 6•.;
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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• Only a Glasd.
Mary Maguire was the pretty house-
maid at Lila& Villa, a large, square,
handsome house on. the hill—Staten Is -
leak& One warm, soft morning in. Feb-
ruary s,he st iod polishing the windows
from the oatside, and occasionally look-
ing at her own trim, graceful figureand.
bright, roay face, as reflected .hy the
shining glass. Presently the gate click:.
• ed, and looking round Mery saw a hand- •
some young man. A bright color came
into her blooming cheek; she stepped.
forward and. regarded the new -comer
with an inquiring
" It you please," was his first remark,
"will ye be Faller telling me that this
is the house of Mrs. Dearborn ?" -
"An' why would. I be telling ye a lie,
yourts man e" said Mary. "Sme it is
the house of Mr. Dearborn; more be-
token that I've heard him tell the nais-
thress so more than once when she'd. be
too high and. moighty like."
"But the advertisement said. Mrs.
Dearborn, now, surely, my jewel, didlit
it ri
"Ten it's the new gardener ye are?"
answered Mary.
Sure that's what Pm hopire to be,
darling, if so be I might plaise the ens-
thress, and perhaps you wouldn't mind
sayin' a good word for me, like the swate
purty crayture ye are, just for the sake
of my Irish tongue."
"Are ye long out?" asked Mary.
Six weeks, raavourneen."
"An' niver a he mit," laughedeMary,
roguishly; sure I knew the taste of
Narney was fresh on your lips."
"Will ye try, darling."
•" Be aisy now ; there's time enough
for that this many a day. But I will
say the good word to the misthress sure
110W ; and who'll I be after telling her ye
&re?"
." Dennis Connelly, her hemble ser -
i! she'll have me, and. the slave of
your putty eyes for life, anyway."
Mary ran away, with a laugh., and.
well pleased. at the prospect of a. fellow
servant who promised. to be so entirely
eatisfaetory. Dennis was taken on trial,
and being put to the proof, turned out a
very capable and clever gardener, and
retained his situation. Mary and he
-were soon declared sweethearts. Mrs.
Dearborn was pleased enough tp have it
so, for she began to realize that she had
an unusual treasure in her gardener, al-
though, like other treasures, there -was
weak spot irt it.
Dennis had. imported a taste for po-
teen along with himself; and although
he described his love for strong waters
as a diaposition to indulge in "only a
glass," his mistress could scarcely un•
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derstand the effect produced, -unless it
was the celery glass from which he took
his refreslunents. Pretty Mary Maguire
-was the influence which could wile
Dennis away from the most fascinating
glass of whiskey and. water; and, he had
3uore• than once made her a promise
that when she was all his otvi . he would
never sek to taste the potcen at all—far
preferring the taste of her swate, rosy
lips." Mary quite believed her hand. -
orae sweetheart, but Mrs. Dearborn
now and then remarked to Mary in a
voice of wereing :
"it's few men., even of the noblest
and strongest, that ever wholly overcome
the taste for liquor; and then Dennis
has an easy, happy disposition, and. no
great strength of mind. •Aren't you rather
afraid, Mary?"
"Ah,. niver fear for Dennis, ma'am,"
Mary re -an -114 with a bright smile,
"ane he loves me better. than the
drink."
"Yes, now perhaps, but do you think
•it Will last, Maryr'
." Sure, raa'am, it isn't Irishmen that
gets tired of their wives," Mary retorted,
with the least little toss of her head, and
then, she fell ta -violently polishing the
pier -glass before her.
So, at the end. of the year, Mary and
Dennis were married, andi all their
friends assisted.; and though it was
"-only a glass" according to the bride-
groom, it took Dennis a whole week to
recover from it. After that, indeed, he
behaved. very well for e long while, and
Mary, who remained at Lilac Villa as
housemaid, while Dennis coutinued as
gardener, began to feel that she had in-
deed worked a reformation, and Demon-
soiouely held her head pretty high when,
her master called for the second bottle
of cliarapagee, as he sometimes did.
To be sure, on Dennis' part there es -ere
occaaionel falling from grace, aud also
from the perpendicular, but they were
rare; and for the first three or four
months he really behaved well. But by
the end. of the first half year of wedded
life, Mary foimd that a very consider-
able portion of her time was occupied
in the effort to conceal her husband's
drunken sprees; and towards the close
of summer Mr. Dearborn made some
pretty sharp complaints regarding the
condition of the gardeu.
But a young wife is not easily dis-
couraged, especially- when she is still
deep in •love, so Mary would put a.
bright face ou every -thine, and hoped for
the best, and despite the pain in her
heart. she still went about her work
singing suatehee of sweet, old Irish love-
eongs.
Matter a thelh't mead, however, though
Mary conateapy hoped they would, and
went regularly to church, and even ask-
ed the priest to bid 'Denuis sign the
pledge. Dennis refused, saying he would
not perjure himself by swearing a . lie,
wheelie knew right well he couldn't
keep to it; and, besides, where was the
barna any way? Couldn't a boy take a
glass now and. then, just to pick
heart a bit and to warm his blood when
-the frost was so cruel cold? •
'The year drew to a close, and the ill
luck that poor Mary felt must wine, at
last came. Mr. Dearborre out of patience
with Dennis Connelly's neglect and
slovenly performauces of his work, dis-
ehareed him, and of course Mary gave
a week's warning, and followed her hus-
band.;
The shock sobered Dennis for a while,
and he vowed he wouldn't touch another
drop of drink till—well, till he couldn't
help it, and he kept his word better than
-the form of it would have led one to an-
ticipate. He Was a clever fellow, and
althanah a gardener, could turn his hand
to many other ways of earning an honest
penny, and as everyone liked his hand-
some, goodi natured face, he got many
jobs by which he earned enough to
carry- himself and Mary safe through the
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winter.
Presentl3r, however, came a christen-
ing, and the -Dennis felt that the time
-lied come when indeed he could not help
the christening was celebrated by a
long spree, andi to keep himself in prace
/ice the heppy father took a, frequent
glass from time to time while waiting
for another fit occasion. The occasion
came only too often. Poor. Mary did
her duty bY the census with extreme
conscientiousness, adding to its num-
ber one andi sometimes two nearly every'
year. :
There vt re soon a hall a dozen
raouths to feed, and. less and less every
day to feed them with. In an evil hour
Maty propo ed to do 'washing, and often
earned. four or five dollars' a week as a
laundress, but the more she worked. the
lazier and more shiftless grew Dennis.
He soon ceased working entirely, and
spent every penny he could lay hands
on to pour firey fluid down his thirsty
throat. •t
And at last, even Mary, good and
pretty and. industrious as she was, be-
coming heart -sore ap the inieery she saw
about her, and ofteresadly tired after a
hard day's work, began- at first to take
but a taste, just to give her strength to
bear her troubles, but rapidly foundher-
self depending on it, and often sank to
sleep in a stupor of intexication, after a
battle both of words and blows between
two people whose Whole world could
once be seen in each other's eyes.
From bad. to worse the descending
scale was so easy as to need no descrip-
tion. The path to ruin is left both
-Smooth and slippery!by the many travel-
lers that go that way, and, few who set
out on that track are strong enough to
pull up -before they reach the bottom.
It seems that Dennis and Mary Con-
nelly had long given up the effort.
Neighbors shunned. them, and. few even
of those who had helped them down-
ward would now give them even a word
of pity. The children, suoh of them as
were old enough to speak, were beggara
ill the street ; and. many a Gruel cuff
little Patsey got if he failed to bring
home pennies enough to buy his father's
nightly glass of whiskey. Scolding,
swearing and crying were the sounds
most often heard from their miserable
aaad it would have been some-
thing far more than usual that weuld
have causedeven the policeman on that
beat to pause before that home of 'vice
and misery.
Mary Connelly had just come home
from a day's washing and. .scrubbing.
She was quite sober, for she had been
working for h.er old mistress, Mee
Dearborn, but though sober and quiet,
there was little of the fair", fresh and
neat Mary Maguire to be traced in the
worn, patched dressthe disheveled.
,hair, and. red, hard, bioated face, purple
about the eyes from blows and bruises.
There was still less of the handsbrae
Irish boy who had stolen her girlish
heart in the nekempt, dirty, red. faced,
bleax-eyed. man, unsteady with driek,
and evidently more then half drunk,
'who turned to greet her with a silly
laugh as she entered,—
" Ye"re welcome, acusble !" he said.
"Sure I've beta longing for the sight o'
yer piety fae."
The wom n ftushed., a dark, painful
blush spree lag all over the face now so
far from pre ty ; but she never -answer-
ed a word., cjuiy turned. away.
"Sure ye ouldn't be giving me your
back, alarm , when I tell ye how I've
been length for the sight of your face ?"
"An' therfew shillings ye think I've
got with mei' she answered, scornfully.
" Oh; divil a lie in it, darlina the
sight of that same's even purtier than
yerself!" ;
“ Then y-e'll be disappointed, the
saints be praised, for never a penny o'
mine will ever cross yer hand again,
lazy, drunken, low vagabond as ye a,re.
If I'd. never laid eyes on ye it's a happy
woman ra be this night."
Mary had. come home determined to
control herself, whatever happened,
having registered an oath never to taste
liquor again. Her tongue she could. not
commend, but she kept her oath. Den-
nis answered in language quite as violent
as her own; abusive epithets - passed
quickly between husband and wife, till
at last, in a proxysmof rage, he seized
the lighted kerosene lamp from the table
and hurlecl it at her. ;
It seemed less than an instant, and
yet she was already enveloped in flames,
For some moments the maa was utterly
dazed, stupefied., at the sight of what he
had done. He heard her shrieks, her
soreams of agony, and never moved; she
flew wildly from side to side of the
room, every moment increasing the
flames that leaped around. her ; she
shrieked for help, she called on • her
husband and her children. The eldest
boy ran towards her, but she screamedi
to him to go back, and then the poor
child piteously implored his father to
help hen
People from the street burst open the
door, and I mins, at last roused from
his stupor, ie1pecl to smother the flames
with blan ets snatched from their
wretched bed. It was too late; the un-
fortunate woman was burned beyond
the possibility of recovery; but she lived
lona enough to remember how she used.
to rove this' masa, and to feel that the
love was in t dead., only sleeping.
' The -ague questions were put to Mary
Connelly w -leu she seenled fit t� be. ex-
amined on the subject of the circum-
stance whic b. was to cause her death;
but she di41 not seem to comprehend
what was r quired of her, and nothing
that she $a.id could be constructed.
inte a char, e of any kind aged/1st her
husband.
" Sure h always loved me, poor Den-
nis ! Perh tps I wasn't as good a wife
as I ought to be, but he loved me al.
ways, I kn w lie aid."
, She turned toward him as she -spoke;
and with a sweet smile that seemed to
restore much of its, vanished beauty to
her face, uatouched by the fire, she.
closed her eyes with a ,gentle sigh, and
passed into the sleep that will not be
broken till time shall be no more.
Dennis Connelly passed through the
formality of a trial, end, by advice ofhis
counsel, pleaded. "Not G-uilty." Hewes
acquitted, to Mrs. Dearborn's disgust'
when she read the verdict.
Nothing will cone -ince me he didn't
cause the poor girl's death," said Marys
old. mistress, “ and I wish; they had
hanged him; it would have been better,
for nothing -will alter Dennis Connelly."
But Bir. Dearborn was mistaken.
The conscience-strickenman was chang-
ed to the core of his heart. The sig1t
or smell of liquor turned him sick. E.S
worked like a slave for his motherless
children., a4d. his one prayer is to live—
for their sa -e_ For his own, he would
would. wele me death ; for, sleeping or
waking, tin t figure enveloped in flaanes
is everbefoile his eyes, the shrieks of that
anguished Lpice are aver ringing in his
ears. And he knows that it will be so
till the hour of his death. • But sincere
repentance and earnest prayer give him
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the hOpe that at lest 'God's for
-will let him meet his lest wife
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TIonvito Cure bnorin
Young meii in cities, who 'are trivi g
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to get on in he world, mud ex ect to
put up with all the disagreeable pha, es
of life in cheap boarding house such
as poor fare, hard ibeds and ve mixecl
society. Pe haps the worst nal ortu e
that can befall a pitron of thes places
is to be compelled to share a roo •• with
a companion who+ habits an. tastes
are entirely -uncengenial, and whose
principal accomplishment con iStS in
snoring thronghout the entire night.
The variety of tone, emphasis :• d e
pression which is 'acquired by profes
sional snorers, is most surprisin . The
perfect co and of high, low a d mid.
clle notes, tritls and quavers is as onis
ing, and the ugle-like capacity f th
nostrils is sometimes truly alarnam
The fashion that some of them possess
of tapering off deep gutturals in dim-
inuendo whistles and of ascending from
a mouse -like whisper to a blast like the
shriek of a locomotive, would do credit
to the oomposer of the "Music of the
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Future."
The experience of a couple Of, young
men who occupied a room together in a
Chicago boarding house, with one of
these accomplished wind -bags, is worth
relating. T14e landlady of the house
had iuformed the youths that she must
either havo More rent for the room, or
else another bed must be put -up . and
occupied by a stranger. They oonscut
ed to the latter 'alternative, and found
their new neighbor a raan of very gen-
teel behavior when awake, but when
asleep the m st incorrigible and unen-
durable snorsr that could be imagined.
His en res penetrated every part of the
attic, and resembled the xeutterings of
di4ant thunder wheu heard in a tin.
pat manufactory. Every time he roll-
ed. over, in his sleep he 'seemed to un-
cover a new raw of pipes, each playing&
different tune, and whenever his sleeve
became entangled with his proboscis such
unearthly nclises proceeded from his
diaphragm as to cause the other occu-
pants of the room to start up in terror.
Shaking him did not appear to have
any effect, except to loosen a number of
new noises that he had kept in reserve,
and finally tie young men could only
obtain a brok ii sleep by wrapping their
heads in the 'pillows. After enduring
this misery for a week, one of the vic-
tims informed the other that an idea
had been born in him, and that he
thought he could put a strop to that
snoring. Accordingly the inventive one
procureci a huge sponge, to which _he
tied a Icing str ng, He then placed the
sponge in a pi cher of ice -water, hid it
under his bed, .arid awaited his oppor-
tunity. Wheia the stranger had retired
as usual one uight, and:the deep diapson
of his voice ir4licated that he was en-
joying the fruits of a life of toil, the
young man arose in hie' bed, dreiv fortih
the sponge, a d swinging it around his
head a few ti es,- just as the Soutjh
Americeu. ga cho swings his la so, 1ie
brought it down with • a good deal of
dexterity—sni a on the snorer's mouth
and iioso—and, then quicidy wi hdre v
it. The stranger uttered a long heart-
felt sigh, and at up ini bed. Ali w s
still. Suddenly heturned his foot out
on the floor, arose, a,rhed qui tly OEit
of the mom and ch?sed the- doo . The
young men kept perfectly still, ti 'nitiria
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he was listening o1.1%side the •4do•r, b t
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as a long time elap ed, and he • 'cl. ellt
return, they f 11 asleep. In the mo 1
ing they lookel. ov/r to the str n er s
bed mad there he lay, sleep ng
peacefully as a larcile without a ign f
snore about ' '. Evidently e 15.
been cured. i
• The following niOat the youh m
were extremely curious to learn heth r
the cure WaS permaneiit. The s rang r
retired as usuai, went to sleep, but didi
not snore. After watching him for sono
time, the young men were about falliug
asleep, when theyis+e, startle by a
deep -toned sigh, and the strati er sat
up, then turned Methodically out Of
bed., walked te the doorli and disappear-
ed. Agadn the two yoliths heldi their
breaths, and listened for his return.
As before, they fell asleep waechin
end did not see.hina return. But the b
he was the next' morning, sleeph g lil
arbabe. The follo-wing night wa a r
petition of the previous one. T e
stranger uttered the queer sigh aros ,
and. left the room. I The young men. s
curiosity was thoroughly aroused, a d.
they ceutiouSly follOwed him. To their
great surprise they saw himi waik
through the hall, climb up the w.ndoc ,,
reach the roof, and Walk up end dowu
near the edge, where -th.c slightest eni '-
step would be fatal. Tiiey con'plude
at once that.' he was a I somnaMbulis ,
and refrained. from, }speaking to 1 m lest
he should. suddenlylawake and fa . At
length they saw Ihinza descen , an ,
moving to one side, he passed th m in
the hall, without paying the s htesb
attention, although the moonlieh shons.
full upon them. T e next night he re-
peated the perform ncee, and t Ii e in-
ventive yoreig man Letermined ti cure
hirn of this dangerous habit. A t n pan
full of ice -water -wa hidden unde esth
the young initial% bed, and when
the stranger was enjoying his usual
nap; the pen of water was laced.
near his bed,; in a position to recei e hie
feet. . 1 I
The stranger finisled his nature, nap,'
heaved a sigh, set up in bed, turneI and
stood up in tie pan of ice water. The
sigh that he 1310w uttered would have
melted the i heart of a pirate. He
plunged back into bed I in a twinkle,
stretch.ecl hiMself out, and began to
SnOTS more !dismally and persistently,
than ever. It is now quite apparent
that he either had to snore or walk in
his sleep, and the young man left him
to his fatei '
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Cu4.0u3 Calculation.
Some scientific waiters assert, that Ithe
number of persons who have existedi. on
• our globe since the beginning of time
• amounts to 66627,843237,O75,255. 'hese
figureegive 1,414;626, 75 persons to ea,ch
square mile. If we r duce these uiles
to square roods, -the mitaber will be
1,858,194,600,000, which will give 1,373
inhabitants to each square rood, and
these being reduced to feet will give
about 5 persons to each square foot of
terra firma. It will thus be perceived
that our earth is a vast cemetery. On
each rood, of it 1,373 human beings he'
buried, eacli rood being scarcely suffi-
cient for ten graves, with each grave
containing 128 persons. The whole ear -
face of our globe, therefore, has been
dug over 128 times to bury its dead.
1--IT3R.01•T
PLANING MILL,
DOOR, SASH, BLIND
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1VIOULDIN
FACTORY.
On Hand, a good Stock 9/
SEASONER LUMBER,
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Dressed and Undressed.
LATH .AND SHINGLES, HAY
RACKS, CHEESE BOXES,
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Very Chesil) fOr Cash.
CUSTOM PLANING
• WILL RECErirE
Prompt Attention.
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• I. Factory and Lunler Yard on NorthMain
Street, Seaforth.
ADAM
OR.A.Y, Seaford&
BUGGIES FOlir
FOB BA
PILLMAN'S cAR
SE CHEAP.
LEAT
IACE FACTORY
SEAF RTH,
A Number of Ew and Second-
- Hand J3uggies.
These Buggies must berld at one° to make
room for fall stock, and w I be sold
CHEAP FOR CASH.
All Kinds of Repa
Promptly, and
Equal to that of
• lisshment.
ring Attended to
ew Work got 'up
ny other Estab–
As the undersigned devote their entire attention
to Light Work, and ever department is under
their own supervision, they can
GUARANTEE 00D WORK
At the Lowest ossible :Figure.
A TRIAL IS OLICITED.
PILLNI N CO.
507 SEAFORTH.
A GOOD TIME COMING.
When people must have
BOOTS AN!) SHOES,
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In anticipation of which lam opening out a very
Large Stook of Goods, suitable for Fall and Win-
ter wear, and,Which I think intending porches-
ers ought to see before purchasing elsewhere—
epecially my •
.
MEN'S and BOY'S KIP BOOTS
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All Whole Stook, Soles riveted on, end warranted
not to rip. The whole of my FACTORY MADE
WORK, which will be found to be very complete
in all the different lines, has been bought with
the object of giving my customers the best possi-
ble value for their money. As I boy strictly for
cash I am in a pOsition to do so.
IN THE CUSTOM. DEPARTMENT,
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I expect to give better satisfaction than ever, as
I beught all the Native Stock that I sin using
this Fall, Mx months ago so as to have it well
seasoned; vvhich I believe to be a very great ad.
vantage in causing it to turn water, In Imported
Leather I do and ale ays have used the very best
brands in the market. =•
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That is 'ail all I have to sayat present. Only
to return thanks for past patronage, and to solicit
a continnanee of the same.so long as you find it
to your advaniage to do so.
• THOMAS COVENTRY,
Sign o/ the BIG BOOT, Ettet side Main Street,
Seaforth. 510
SAW...OGS WANTED.
Messrs. COLEMAN & GIVINLOCE
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! Will pay the Highest Cash Price for
SAW -LOGS OF ALL KINDS.
Also a quantity of ELM LOGS suttable for the
manufacture of Hoops.
()Hawaii Elawing attended to promptly,
and as cheap as at any other mill.
Lumber of every description, also Shingles,
Lath and Pickets always on hand, and at the very
owest market prices.
5000 CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE.
COLEMAN & qgclINLOCK,
417 t, Seaforth
1\TOTICM‘
TO GRANGERS, FARMERS AND
• OTHERS.
A s THEY occupy the attention of all, these
hard times the subscriber is determined to
meet them by offering good inch Hemlock, "not
usually sold for inch," at the following rates:
12 foot Hemlock. at $6 60 per thousand; 14 foot
Fencing, at $7, for Cash. All orders over 4,000
5 per cent. discount. Call and see H you don't
get what is represented.
Book Accounts over 8 months will be charged
8 per cent. •
The subscriber thanka his numerous customers
for their liberal support, and solicits a continu-
ance of their favors.
JOHN THOMPSON.
488 Steam Saw Mills, MoKillop.
BRUSSELS
J. 131Z072V-11-1_01.
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DESIRES TO CALL ATTENTION TO HIS FALL Si OC.k OF GROC RIES.
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iiE HAS =ST iEOEI1TED A FULL. 1.4NE OF VERY FINE NEW SEIASO11S' T AS.
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YOUNG HYSON, UNPOWDERI• JAPAN, IINC. aqt1' PE OES,
- t Anii:o I BLACK, .
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SELLING AT VERY LOW FIOTRE.
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16, POUNDS - GOOD VALENCIA RAISINS FbR os1.00..
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IA/80 l'i lenty oflTiniothy and American Corn Always ‘:.Hand..
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SOMiciatANG NEW IN WASH BOARDS—CALL AND SEE TALk,M, A FULL AND Offal-
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PLETE STOCK OF GENERAL GROCERIES'.
THE GODERICH FOUNDRY..
Second band 20 Horse Engine, Balance Wheel and Saw Mandrel
• Second hand 20 Horse Engine, Balance Wheel Imo Pulleys Complete
Second hand 16 Horse Engine, Balance Wheel, Pulleys and Governors
Second hand 12 Horse Engine, Balance Wheel, Pulleys and Governors
A Hoisting or Boat Engine, with Hoisting Gear
. Second hand 16 Horse Portable Bolles( with Smoke Stack
Setond hand 16 horse Portable Boileh., with Smoke Stack
Second band 20 }mute Portable Boiler, with Smoke Stack
Second band 80 horse Portable Tubular Boiler, with Smoke -Stack, Furnace, Front, Grate
Steam Gouge, Gunge and Safety Valves, all in Good Order
Secondhand Shingle and Heading Machine 2
Heading Jointer
Heading Planer
Heading Turner.
Stave Machine, with Knife
$225
225
„ 275
• 200
250
350
• 200
225
Bars,
• 450
90
40
50
70
80
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New Engines and toilers on hand, also Made to Order very cheap. Mill Machinery
for Flowing, Grist and Saw Mills. Middling Purifiers of Improved Kinds.
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Ita" Agricultural Implements.—Stoves of Various Kinds.—Repairs onBollers, Mills, itc.,ptromptly
Attended to.
CODERICH FOUNDRY AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
pRY GOODS BY P.tUOTION.
Being a iout to move it to his new store, and wishing to start with an entirely new stock, MR.
DENT will sell his present Stock by Motion
ON SATURDAY, THE I5TH OF SEPTEMBER.
Also OOS CS86 of Ladies' Jackets and One of New Dress Goods and Shawls, to arrive this week.
These axe all of the NeWest Styles. Alec, a Fine Lot of Cloths, Tweeds, Flannels, Blankets, Tiek-
ing, Lame Curtair Curtin &a., all to be sold without reserve.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO CET YOUR FALL AND WINTER COODS.
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Keep this Sale in Mimi. Make a Note of rt. Dot it Down.
SALE TO BEGIN AT 1 O'CLOCK P. M., AND AT 7 O'CLOCK P. M.
• P. S.—There will also be sold One Case of FURS it they arrive in time.
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THERE IS OTHINIG LIKE LEATHER
SUCH AS YOU FIND
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• WHEN IT Id MADE
• UP INTO
q- o 033
AT
J. • WARD'S,
HARNESS
SEAFORTH,
Where you will find ajll Kinds of Harness Made up in the Ldtest Styles.
pEMEhD3ER, il you want a ancy or Sibstantial Harness J. WARD can give you better satis-
'AAP faction as to QUALITY aid PRICE than any other maker in the 'County. A Trial is that
is wanted ,to secure regular cu tom.
J. WARD, Seaford&
1877 S ID 11.1 1 * G- 1877
1 KE§eRS. BEATTY & 00.
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Beg to announce ,to heir austemera and the general public, the arrival of their Spring Stock
recently pjirchased by /heir M.• bleMULKIN on the most favorable terms. The Stock will be found
on inspect on
,
sEco b TO isIONE AS REGARDS -QUALITY AND PRICE
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They reqn st a visit from intending'purchasers before making their selections, when they feel cola-
• fident of gi ' g every eatislaction.
TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
L BEATTY & Co, Seaforik
POST OFF CE STORE, WALTON.
ONCE Al OBE resp wittily beg ;cave to return thanks to my numerous customers for their kind
patr liege dming be la bt 2 ye is that I have been doing bigness amongst them and kindly
solicit a e n tin us nee of their fa vor for t lie fu pre. I have just received a Large and Well Selected
Steck of DRY GOODS of all clekriptions. Also always on hand a full assortment of
Es—TEAS e Spe
GROCER! cialty—which, for quality and price, are the best in the County.
A Large Stock of BOOTS and SHOES—mePherson's make. Crockery, Glassware,' Lamps
and Coal Oil, Hardware laicte and Oile, Thugs, Patent Medicines, Bacon and Hams, in fact every-
thing required in a gen ral et re. A,ek for what you want if you don't see it. Cash or farm produce
taken in exchange. I Would al o intimate to all parties indebted to me for last and previous Veers,
to come and settle by cash • nt note before the end of this month, or the accounts will be pelt into
other hands for colleen n. Nd further notice will be given. MONEY TO LOAN ON EASY TERMS.
—I am also valuator for the Dominion Saving ard Investment Society, one of the best loan soCieties
in the Dominion. The above Society loans money on gond farm security for a term of from hrecrto
twenty years, on the meet favorable conditions. LIFE INSURANCE.—If yon want your life insured
give me a call, as I am agent for the Sun Mutual Life Assurance Company, one of the best Life In-
surance Companies in the Dominion and cenducted on the most economical principles. D n't for-
get to giveme a call. 1 am always attentive to business. Post Office and Telegraph Office in con-
nection. Clover, Timothy, Turnip and other seeds on hand.
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I R. 13ATTISON, VVALTON.
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DON'T BUY 'YOUR LUMBER FR?M
s.
. ANY ONE ELSE BUT
LOUNSBURY & 00., SEAFORTH.
f. CRAKE, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER,,
At E. Hickson & Co.'s Jewelry Store, begs to inform the public that he is prepared to do first-class
work in :
WATCH R EP A FRI NG, • PIPE REPAIRING, I
JEWELRY REPAIRS, SPECTACL REPAIP
JjAVING loomed the trade thoroughly in England, and for nearly six years past have wor a in
‘T—T- th e establishment of A- Morphy, London, Ont., is a sufficient recommend that full satisfaction
can be given in any description of wort • F. (tRAKE.
leteE beg to say that owing to the scarcity of money and tight times genteelly, in order to reduce
T 7 OUt stock of Jewelry, a Good discount will be given on ail purchases in order to induce those hav-
• ing money to invest. All work repaired or Fold previously the guarantee will be fulfilled le Mr.
. Crake if not running to tatisfaction. E. HICKSCN & C .
LIME WORKS. WORKS. I STATIONED AGAIN AFTER THE, FIRE.
THE Subscribers would respectfully intimate
4" to the public thatethey have again commenced
work at their Lime Works, opposite Vanstone's
mill, en the east Bide of the river, where, having
the finest draw kiln in this section and first-class
facilities, they will be in a position to turn out
the best of lime at 14 cents per bushel,
for cash. A good article guaranteed, as we
know our business thoroughly. Give us a call.
.• TOWN & BURROWS.
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1 Stoves and Tinware Cheaper Than Ever.
IMRS E. WHITNE,Y Seaforth, begs to inform her many friends and cus▪ tomers that she has
again resumed business on the site of her old stand, -where everything pertaining to the Tinivare
I business will be found. ACLarge Stock of Stoves and Tinware alwaysson hand andlor sale cheap. '
THE BEST AND PUREST COAL OIL IN THE MARKET.
zvery kind of Tin Work COnstantly on band or Arad to Order. Call and aee what she 4,n do be-
fore purehasing AiRewhere. • MRS. E. WHITNEY, Seaforth.
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SE TENIBER 21 1877.
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IMUSIOAL INSTRUMENT
EMPORIUM.
}SCOTT BROTHERS,
'PROPRIETORS.
WE WOULD invite the attention of tee
T public, generally to the Celebrated
CLOUGH & WARREN °ROANS.
They , Captivate the World, Having not only.
received
EiIPLOMA OE. HONOR AND MEDAL
OF4:HIGHEST MERIT
AT THE—
UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL
. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,,
Butthaying been unammonaly pronounced, by,
•ttio World's Best Judges, as
- SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS
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In those qualitiee which go to make perfection;
thus deservedly placing these unrivalled Instnf-
ments at the head of the highest rank Of -Bed
Instrumento manufactured in the world.
the competitors of the Clough & Warren hot
been accredited with producing Smoothness,
Evenness of Tone, &e., it remained for the Clongli
& Wairen alone to receive the Crowning Hommel
producing, in a pre-eminent degree, ( to use the
exeletwordsf the Jadgea' report,) " Volume with
Purity of one, having the character of t
i
he
Diapason in he ordinary (Pipe) Organ," a al&
tinction bespeaking the highest possible musical
qualities; the desideratum eagerly aepired to,
but not attained, by other manufacturers. Ada
to this the remaining distinctiee clause of tha
Judges/ Xepepti as basis of Award. to wit: ie be.
eatum of certain mechanical arrgngements, whit%
facilitate tbe: working of the Instruments, to.
gaiter with neatness of design and ornament,
al
combined wi -h simplicity of construction," and
you have the description of an instrument, de.
servedly le ing the first rank, in the critical
judgment of the musical world.
" We -have also on hand a large stock of other
Organs, inel 'rig the
Dorninio4 Organ Co., Bowmanville.
•-Vogel el Lincoln, Connecticut.
_Excelsior, loronto, &c.
PIANOS AS USUAL, WITEI THE
LEBRATED
•-R‘ iv"•=111-•z.----3
AT TEE HEAD OF THE
With pride we call attention to the success of
thiS. Piano Company, wbiela has been most re.
markable, hike but few counterparts in any man-
ufacturing business, and is not rivalled in tLe
history of piano -forte making. The high posi-
tion which these instruments have taken; the
unqualified endorsement of their excellence by
the musical profession, public institutions, sem-
inaries, and the press; the 'present unsurpassed
facilities for manufacturing; the magnitude MI
amount of business done—all attest the solid
foundation on which this remarkable success rest&
• WE CAN ALSO SUPPLY THE
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STEINWAY tet, SONS,
alATHUSHEK,
CABLE & SONS,
AND OT*Elt FIRST-CLASS PIANOS.
We especially invite the attention.
ot De,alers„ with whom we will deal
most liberally.
SCOTT BROTHERS.
& O'CONNOR.—Notice is hereby given
'that the Partxtership subsisting between.
HOMAS KLDD and THOMAS O'CONNOR, in
°Liquor BuSiuess, is still subsis:ing, and tee
business is being conducted in the same manner
tis heretofore, Mr. Kiddis notice to the contraty
notwithstanding. Mr. Kidd refuses to settle and
Co what is right, and the business will be =-
tinned on behalf of the said partnership until
it is properly dissolved and just settlement ar-
rived , at, THOMAS O'CONN011, of llidd &
O'Connor. I
KIDD & O'CONNOR
WHOLE8i,tr,1', AND RETAIL
LH:2volt DEALERS,
MAIN STIIEET, - SEAFORTH.
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Third Door South of the Post Office.
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WE WOULD invite the attention of Hotel
iT T Keepers and Private Families to ourLarge
etnd Extensive Stock of
PURE LIQUORS, WINES,
PORTERS AND ALES
Of the Best Brands, and purchased from reliable
Houses. Purity Cuurauteed, The Stook -
Consists of the following, viz.:
Orders from Hotel Keepers and Private Fann.
Itittesd pb:tmtl up t- y
India Pale and Amber Ale one Porter in barrel
Carling's -Ale and Potter, Labatt's Ale. XX!
Canadian Rye and Malt, up to proof.
Shelly Wine, light and palatable,
d.
Bernard's Brandy, aged and pure.
• Holland Gin and Old Tom Gin.
• Madeira Wines. light and sparkling.
Hennessy Brandy, Aged o,nd Mild.
Martell Brandy, as Imported.
Jules Robins, cannot be surpasse
Port Wine,igenuifte cobweb.
Sazerac 13randy, worth drinking.
attended to.
• I IDD & 0'00.NNOR.
'ilARNES HARNESS.
TELI Subsciiber wishes to Lif:.‘rtn the inhaid-
, tants of Seaforth and surrounding cotudr9
that he is pepared to sell
SAI-4DLES, HARNESS,
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Trunks, Valises, Satchels) WkiPgr
Curry Combs, Cards, _Brushes, -
And everything in his line at the Smallest Post&
ble PrIts, and by buying for cash in the beet
market he feels confident that he can sell goods
CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER
PERSON IN THE TRADE.
Being det'ermined to buy Good Goods, parties
who want anything in his line can depend on
getting a good article, as he has seamed the Bev
vices of a first.elass workman, and is prepared le
do all kinds of work.
pARRIAGE TRIMMING
,
• DONE TO ORDER.
Repairs Done on Shortest Notice,
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO THE
'TRADE AND LIVERY MEN.
1 A CALL SOLICITED.
Remember the place: Between Monist:deg
Grocery and McIntyre & 'Willis' Shoe Store.
JAMES WILSON, Seaforth.
MUSIC—PIANO OR ORGAY.
• MRS. C. M. DUNLOP
ItTouLD notify her pupils, and others wishing
T T to become pupils, that the fall term is about
to congriene,e. All wishing to join the cias!
should do so soon. For terms, apply at her rest• P
dence on George street. 506
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SEPTEMBER 21,
•Extraordinary Discovery.
• A correspondent at Marathon, a vii
• jag 6 in Carleton County, Ontario, wh
sends his name to establish authenticit
of the
ncgoncotmaiinlian7hieta,tiisoni,
• to
usa nfaeoairnitea
• For some time past this village had bee.
f letter
egsb
tion:
the scene of great excitement, coiise
• quent upon the singular confirmatio
of a dream. It appears that Mr. nos
• Turner, an influential citizen, and Pres
ident of the racing association here
pO
R,roe farm near y, at tile foot of a
dreamt three nights in succession ha
t of gold was secreted on Mr. Jame:
, a
laxge tree. On the third appeavance
-the Vision Tr. Turner says he felt confi-
dene ee ending the treasure, being
believer in dreams threetimes repeated.
• He therefore resolved upon an instaut-
• seareh, and rapidly donning bus a-eari•tfg
apparel, started for the place indicated.
To his intense surprise, he saw a bright
red. light hovering ever the spot where
the treasure was supposed to be conceal,
eel, which changed quickly to blue, thee
ee green.—inshort, he aliIirms that he
• saw every conceivable shade of color.
distinctly outlined in the air before Mine
tern affairs luta aesumed, he strode
Though somewhat taken abaek at the
briskly onward, his heart beating alter-
nately with hope and fear. On his ar-
rival the light assnmed its original color,
seen -tingly more elevated in the Air than;
at first, ath sufficiently luminous to
illuminate several square yara.s in ite
vicinity. Straiage as this story undoubt-
edly is, the strangest feet remains to be
•
struck upon some hard. substance, which
told. • After an hour's digging his spade
• ere long proved to be an iron box, about
sixteen inthes long, and nine inehes
respectively in breadth and depth. Care-
fully concealing all traces of his noctur-
nal adventures, he -conveyed the box to
his home, and after three hours' hard
work had the satisfaction of seeing its
contents. The latter surprised. him
more than he cared to acknowledge, for
a hasty examination failed to Ziseiver
more than a dozen gold pieces of the
face value, though a dealer in add coins
reign of George III, worth about e.:60.
would probably give more for them.
There were aleo several arrow -heads, .
unusuall-y well preserved, a large and
curthusil; °tawrvoeastpoinpet
e ofomhaics
eIluisai-te\,v(a)rikei
ma
the bones of sortie aiiimai, which cruel -
bled_ on exposure to the air. The tun-
. ous in such matters can • see all the
• articles mentionedabove, by canine on
Air, Turner". whose time has been lay
occupied sines his discovery, in repeat -
this' strange story. Large; crowds of
people are constantly to be found. gazing J
fixedly into the hole from whichthe box
was taken, the clay being again removed 1
for that purpose. The oldest inhabitant
• has • been questioned. regarding the
affair, and avers that the presence of
bones, with that of arrow -heads, et -c.,
‘letecitSthtopoor
theArb
belief tilitt
e.! untutored mind secs
God in clouds, or hum; Hilo in the wind,-• _
baried the articles with that of an in-
fant, as was customary with them in
ancient times. Others go farther, as-
serting that Mr. Turner might have even
witnessed th'e burial, and allowed it to :•
escape his memory, and that through
one cif those unaccountablerevulsions of
• thoughts and impulses- hitherto unex-
• plained, tending to revive old-time
memorieb, the whole ceremony reclined
again to hien in a dream, • Mr. Turner,
however, positively states that he was
asleep every time tbs drecun or vision
appeared. to him, and astheplacewhere
the discovery was made caamOt possibly
; be seen from his bedroona windows, his
: assertion cannot be questioned. for _an
' stant, nor would anyone doubt his
veracity. Incredible as this story may
appear, an inspection of the relies tan-
' not fail to satisfy the most sceptical.
Prom the appearanceof the arrowheads,
they must have long remained. excluded
from the light of day, probably eighty
or a hundred. years. Mr. James Regan,
on whose farm the discovery was made,
threatens to bring an action against the
' finder of the above; so tb.at altogether
rumors are rife in this neighborhood,
If the Ottawa Scientific Societyfeel dis-
posed to examine the relics, Mr. Turner
will gladly give them the opportunity of
pursuing their investigations in &matter
about which nmoh is said, and little is
really known.—Ottawa Free Prem.
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A Terrific Railway Ride.
A correspondent of the London 4 el-
iiertiesr gives the following: Near the
eastern end of the Canada Southern
Railway it is erossed by the Great
Western Railway Air Line, and the
two tracks then run parallel for eight i
or ten miles, at an average distance of
about a hundred yards apart. The
other day I was going east on the Can-
ada, Southern Railway, and as we ap-
proached this crossing the Air Line .
train passed over ahead of ue,alsagoing
• east. It was immediately evident that
We were in for a race. The other train
had fully a quarter -mile start, but ove
were soon going at a, tenific speed, and
rapidly overtaking it. The excitement
among the pa.sseegers became intense.
They erowded to the windows on the
side next the Air Line train, leaving the
other side of the car cobapIetely -desert-
ed, -watching the progress of our flying
rival 'with almostfrenzied anxiety. On
we rush, every moment increasing our
• speed, till it seems as though we scarce-
ly touch the rails, Nearer and nearer,
till soon we are not a length behind.
New the exultant faces which peer
from our windows are a, sight to see.
Such excited shouts and exclamations,
quite inaudible, however, in the deafen-
ing roar of the wheels; such trimphant
gesticulatione and waving of handker-
chiefs ! And now we are abreast. Neck
and. neck 1 But the Air Line fellows
are not to be so easily beaten. We can
see thein cramming tlie furnace with
fuel and poking furiously at the fire.
They are holding their own. How the
dttst flies behind them! See the im-
mense -volumes of inky -black -smoke
belehieg from the locomotive, and
stretching behind them fer miles like
-the tram of a comet. I wonder how
fast we are going? I take my watch
131,„ band. Now, look out for a mile -post.
"c 14811 ! There's one. Gone so quickly
that I could not read the figures. Time
—6:40 exactly. Now look sharp for an-
°ther post. Flash again! A mile in
65 seconds. But just Look at the other
train. Whew! How she whizzes along.
It is enough to take one's breath away.
The old bald-headed party in front of
•rde mops his pate, and puffing with ex-
citement, watches the race as if his
l' life depended on the result; tip
children are wild; they clap their
hands, shout, rush from one window to
another, and seem almost frantic; a
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