The Huron Expositor, 1879-02-21, Page 22
TH
E HURON EXPOSITOR.
THE FAIR STOWAWAY.
- : A ship's forecastle, like po erty, often,
- Makes one acquainted with Ilrange com-
panions, and the truth cif. th. s I verified
on board an . iron clipper called La
Belle Helene, laden With ocomotives
and railway plant an4 bou d for the
Bast Having loaded; at Liverpool, We
were hauling out ••Ot the. prince's half-tide •
basin, when asmart-loeking than with a
stern face and a look of for hit) eervice
came on board, andabrupti. 'addressing
the mate, desired him to 'cl ar the ship ,
of strangers. This was Cap ain Sproni,
who had within twelve hou s of his ap- ,
- poiatment been ordered to sea with two
Waage 'officers and a, crew Some of
whom were aot in their seber senses,
While others did not _ eetertand. Eng-
lish.. At Point Lyn s. -t He- tug and
pilot left us,. with a s rong 1 south-west .
:- wind and a crossseai to wl ich the ves ;
' sel was plunged, settirt evefrything for- l
ward. afloat. '
Oulth•e second day t ings were a lit-, ,
tie more ship-shape; hone . at :noon, ,
when we, were piped tc dinner, the fore-
castle was 7' dark as itch, what: light.
- •there was being obtained fr m a alush-
lamp, extemporized out of jtbeef tin, a
.rope -yarn. and -a potatoa. wo wooden
beenids, containing the la. t dinner of •
fresh meat, had been laid o• the batelt .
round which about•fourteee men were
t
sea,tedh
e wen smoetln. g. like a faint
squeak seemed. to iss . e firm under,-
neath. ".Rats eaready,"- r&paarkecl•one
of the erew, helping _him,se• f to beef;
-when, juat as the ship ave n unusual-
ly heavy pitch, there eves. hard a long,
wild, '-continuous • shriek, aheut Which
. there could be no mistake.. In au in-
stant every man was • on his: feet; the
hatch was thrown off, and a young fel-
low descended the ceal-liole, and. direct-
ly' afterward shouted,:
,.`.` StowawaYs here! Seid down a'
.line !" .
" :When a bow -bile „had been thrown
over him, We hauled hp a wretched sea-
sick-lookiug lad of about. 12 years of
age,. who seemed ill and W01i out with
exhaastioe ; and wbb was foi1owed.by
an eltler bey: whese face an4 form were
alneed, ct i V tilled in: a s mth-wester
and eta er" taepaulin much too big for
him.
" V, let t'do yoramean by yowling and.
yell, 's • , i 1;;;Z, \Va v -I'" l044. PA aCk,
8\7144:. i„.. ; 1„..ii*r2. U as P, Mut. oue of
. ta::et!eo'dtetkiog men
a I'd N.sW "Y ort. '
• ' • i lee :0 tie it'iv. but was
,. . i'e 19.tal in. the
: .:-. a, :. - -...,,t; b i.:z1 emnpau -
e 1; . t• k j LIM ped up
and (1 .. a .2, t • -; 1- e 0 eeeoes the lad'e
lannea!t s ee 4,out
“-1\1:-.: tr beege aoys, remeniber ; and
nota bit of geld) do you get here till you
are victualled by the ship." . . •
- " Shame!" replied another 'voice,
. which proceeded from- a hamineck ; and
Haw ke ea pale -1;o kiug young fellow with
a thin, sharp nose and a pair of e.yes as
bright and piercing asa bird's,. put his
, head out. •
"Who said that ?" • I -
- "1 did4answered the M.an in the
hammock ; and I *say, too-, that you
mist be •a coward. to c7t a boy's hand
like that." • .
• "Stand out, than. iftyoudon't want
to be served the same," retorted the
other; and Black stood lap (aud • bran-
dished his sheath -knife. 136 be had
It
not long to wait, for Hawke sprung out
of his hammock, and witho it' a word
struck the bully a blow winch floored
him. . When thelatter regained his ,feet
• he was mad with passion _ . nd" frantic
-
for revenge ;• and seizing ,, is weapon
and lowering his bead, was gain rush-
ing to the attack, when, unal le to stand
it longer, I stepped forward and caught
his wrist, selicf,I" twisted till he drop-
ped the knife. :S•houting to• he foreign-
ers, he yelled: a •
" Are we to be bullied by tr
ers in this way?" •
And I felt myself' choked.' froth be-
hind, and while Struggling' with two un-
seen adversaries, -slipped - down- with
them uppermoet. A general ntelee it ow
ensued betaveen the Ilritis and the
foreigaers, which was gettin fierce and
sanguinary, when. Mr. (2obb,j the mate,
hearing: a •cry "Murder!!" 'in hed to the
rescue, followed by the boatsjwain. The
former was a tall, wridr mali, possessed
of great street:tit, and as he ,ntered the
forecastle he;saw two Maiteee jumping
upon the betly of ShaWa the young sea-
man mil() had. futel the sto W :LW aV S.
Witho'ut hesitatirin ?Jr. Gobi:seized one
in each hand, and kuedked their heads
together; but in the dark 1.e was set
upon by others, and oue of' the Maltese
who was down seized him _by the leg
and :bit him • savagely ; bat the mate
dealt•hira a terrible kibk, Whial made
him relinquish his hold,. and lie spraw,-
ling on the deck. Black t w s shouting
"Down with him—I'lllg.i himi"
when lie was seized by hie s m of Anak,
and, in spite of a fume, s reeietance, was
thipwn on the -deck, •tuid, in Ipresence of
thewhole watch, pat ii .. ikons. By his
courage,: strength, an 1 de ision, Mr.
Cobh oaer-rawed the a hole of us, and
perhaps saved sinne of the•kluglish por-
tion from being murdered.' •
Order bailie reetored. Mr. Cobb called
for lights ; :hid all objection.:
ous being delivered -up to hi
descended to ask what the
was alieut ; but when lie fot
spite of his orders and .care
straugers on board, he bega
the see ii. mate and. the bo itswaiu for
their negligence. . .
In the meantime tile cldcrf orthe lads
had placedhis arm around Ft.1te neck of
the yew:leer, as though ta piotect him,
both of• them looking very ;frightened.
..Mr. Cobb regarded the pair cvith a look
of severity, and a highly ordered them
to follow him hi the calla •When the
- waifs appeared befttre. Captein Sproul,
that officer Was iu the eat of threaten-
ing to- disrate the- steward
charged with heitig ineetp•ald
ing free with hie decanters
ly the Captain saw the pair
the account of the distarbaace• hi the
forecastle ou their aacouut, lie broke,
out with
"You are a pair of youthshloafers Who
ought to be in jail, aud shall go there
when I yeach Cale u lite." •
Aad. here the •Captain roee up alai
commenced lioxing the eider lad's ears
for entering t lie.•cabin• witheat remov-
ing his hat, and had jest wieuched the
objectionable head -piece froni the boy's
head, when 4 mass of tangled yellow
hair fell down, aud the.younger -whined,
out:
- " Platte° -don't 11 art Ler, Sit, ; she'my
sister."
Captath Sproul staggered back agliluit.
"Mercy on us !"heexclauried. -"Have
you no shame or rept-dation left to emu° 1
thoe•
peen
r.1
in••t
n -ea. %-
ion a .1
e British -
dile neap-
, he con-
dsturbance
)id. that -in
there were
to chide
. ,
,. whom • he
1 and mak-
hut direct -
and heard
•
masquerading among ray crew in men's
clothes? • Who are you? And wh t's
your name?" .
The girl colored crimson. as she
plied_ :
"Helen Muir ;" and then rela, ed
that, having • no home, relatives,. or
friends in England, she had run a ay
from a boarding school near Liverp
because, through no letters or remit-
tendes having been received ,from er
father for two years, her life ;had, b ea
• made wretchect from hearing reproac ea
constantly heaped upon --their na • e.
For the same cause her brother lad
heen•coinpelled to go to sea; and iot.
wishing to be separated., they had de-
termiued to work their passage. outj to
India and rejoin their father, lets lug
their clothes behind, and giving their
last money to therwife of a ship-kee er,
who induced herhushand -to place t. em
in the hold. Of La Belle lieleue.
"Bat, said the girl, "1' will be no
coat to you; for.I am clever With my
needle, can 'make pastry, and do, I think,
all that a steward. cane"
Captain Sproul gave her a searching
t
look, and said: • "I shall try you ;" nd
calling for Mr. Cobb, desired. him to en-
ter in th.e log that John Tattamy , 'as
disrated for drunkenness, aud Helen
Muir appoin tecl in his place.
" And the boy,' - contiuued ,the ;Cap-
tain, will clean out the cabins and as-
sist her."
The -mate burst out laughing, iid
evidently imagined that his comin ud.-
er was jesting; but the Captain loo ed
sternly at hina, and remarked :
"Mr. Cobb; it's an ill time for -jesting
when I give orders, as those who know
me find." .
"Ay, ay, Sir," returned the other,
who quickly retired to his cabin to make
the entry. ' ' • .
. "Now Heleu," commenced Captain
Sproul, " every soul ou board here has
to work,- and so must you; and your
datv is imple. Take charge of the '
cups and
•keep the
the cook
morning
saucersegla,ss end linea, and
it clean. Pass My orders to
who will come, fete them every"
•six sharp. Lay the table
and haat ou me.. The boy will attend
t� Mr. Cobb and the second officer.
Now remember," and - the Captain
looked terribly in earnest—" outside the
catiiu doors you must not stir without
permission, nor speak to one of the crew
for any reason, or you will be sorry for
it. But if you come to me when in i,ny
difficulty, and do year duty—without- ear
or' favor from any one, you will bol as
safe in. this cuday as though you. ere
in -Your fathers drawing-I:dom."
PietYing admemishecithe girl with this
laconic speech, the Captain found h r a
cabin, and tweed his atteution to Net-
ting her some clothes, and fetching ier
a Piece of dark -blue serge intended for
his owu use, and an old cloth jacket,
ho. laid them on the cabin table, and
commenced to. fashioa a garment
which, when completed, resembled.
the usefutdress of a Sister of Char-
ity'.
In the course af a dayor two, what
with the Captain's cloth and. her own
clever fingers, Helen was transformed
into a..hlue-eyed, sun -shiny girl of 17,.
witha, wonderfully pretty face and a
waving mass of light hair; .but it was
her inenocept and engaging manner that
constituted her great charta ; and the
cabin, Mr. Cobb declared., had never
appeared to sueli .advantage as when
this -little bloude fairy took charge of
it.
'Sailors never hear •malice long, and
there was much amusement in the fore-
castle when. it Was knoWn that one of.
the strangers was a girl bu•t- the dis.
rated. steward attributed sinister mo-
tives to the Captain, whom he vowed • he
would. expose when he got on shore;
but Blackewho haa beeu released from
the handcuffs, said soneetbine „about
h
'er in Italian which mule the °Maltese
laugh and•sheut, "Bono, bon° I" '
Captain Sproul, however; had no
companion but his awn dignity; and
• when a month, • had. passed, Heleu, un-
der his tuition, had much improved.
He never allowed her to be idle or have
necessary leisure; aud in, addition to
her ordinary duties, which were nut
-heavy, she wrote np the Captain's lag
and cOmmencedt4 study Norie'e Navi-
gation; On atarey evenings he would
show her the different constellations;
and from being silent and morose, must
have been surprised at his own fluency
in describing Perseus with the Gorgon's
head, aud Andromeda chained. to the
rock, and Cassiopteia in het chair of
state, which he said were placed there
for mariners like himself to navigate
by: • .
One levelling at dusk all hands were
called to shorten sail. Helen stood near
the cabin doortrimming a haehl-lamp
aud watching us run aloft, when; the
door opened quietly, and Black,' bare-
footed, stole in noiselessas a tiger. Sua-
deulv she saw the male With his • eyes
fixed upon her, and before she could
scream or speakle caught her in his
arms and kissed. her rOughly '• and white
she struggled .with hail her hair broke
loose and fell in waves over her face
toed breast. •
• a I leve you," he said, " and you Shall -
he mine ; aud I will kill him, andhim,
and all of them "—pointing to tlie 'offi-
cers' cabins --" if you will say the word.
Biit it you tell them about me, I shall
kill you too; But I will collie again.;
—and 1 take this for a love gift ;" and
this black -bearded miscreant snatched
from her neck oae of Captain Sproule
white silk httudkerehiefe, 5.1111 dis-
appeared. in the dark its he had. euter-
ed:
The girl was too terrified to tell t1„1137
000 Wh44 . had occurred ; besides, she
did not evea know the man's name ;
and five minutes afterward, when Cap-
tain .Sproul entered- the cabin, he found
her wiping oil off the floor, and for the
first time vac te her sharply about her
earelessnest4 ; and, imagining that her
tears and trembliing were occasioued by
hie reproof, retuned on deck again. -
But another eventeocourred, which did
not pass off so smoothly. The next
evening during the deg -watch, Sholtit
Shaw,- the young seaniau who bad found
Helen iu the hold., went boldly to the
cabin doors, and. under -pretense of '
ing for medicine, took the opportunity
of presenting her with a dainty pair Of
canves shoes; which he said had been •
made on purpose for her, and she was
questioning him as to who 'was his
sender.; but Captain Sproul Nyas tot)
sliaip for them. foe at that moment he
darted out of the cabin, fund seizing the
elMese reniarked : Yeti asked for meth- •
eine.1 think ;" When, dragging -thaw .
on (leek, and taking up ft rope -yea, he
flogged him for stealing the ships can -
yea, and promising him a strouger dose
FEBRUARY 21, 187%
if the off. nse was repeated, the Capta n.
sent him forward.
Enteri g. the cabin, the Captain ca l-
ed Helen to him.
"You lave broken -my orders, and I
am distip ointede but' as I have mi.
ished th sailor, I must ' also puni h
you; d producing a pair of scisso is,
the Cap aiu deliberately cut all h r
• hair, ret arking that he might not be -•o
lenient a seconal time.
• As for•Helen,• a nature less innoce t
must ha e been blunted by such tre t-
, ment ; h t she only shed. a: few tea s,
and mad much lighter of the mat er
• than my comrade Hawke, who tremhl
I with ind gnation when he heard of t e
occurren .0.- Black, on the contra y,
laughed ike a hyena at the fate of t e
canvas sloes and, to our amazeme t,
put the hite silk .handkerchief rou id
his necl ,which he said the Engli h
Miss ha givenhim.
Of Ha, vice's history I knew nothilh ;
but thei was something about the'n-
8
known s ani an whieh showed that
had come down greatly in social stat t s;
. in fact, 1 e admitted that he was in a
through his own folly. ; e
reserved; but there was a c ol
‘SSiOn and pride about h in.
lade the other seamen ke p
forecastl
was vere
self-poss
which
aloof fro
1
him aud the officers disli
hiln. harp words- ensued betwe
these tar) men abottt the ownership of
the hen kerchief, which would h ve
ended in blows, but the weather bei.g
squally e were piped away to reef t p -
sails. • he ref -tackles of the tau, a-
top -sail vere hauled taut, and some of
us Wero. mon the yard picking up t
points, vhen, .Black came up t
weather-rigginge • and, getting on t e
foot-rop . 'seized Hawke'.s points, aid
and gav him a shove which nearly s t
both of ts'off the yard, and a,used 18
to let go the sail; and the -others w re
compell d to do likewise. In an It-
stant th sail bellied out leand Bla k,
who was stilrhelding on,. was dragg d
over the yard; but no human pe er
could s ve- 'him, for what with 1t e
\yin& and the rain, we were alm st
blinded, • Suddenly he gave • a lo d
shriek, a id as he did so, he fell f et
foremost, and with a tremendous era h
went half through a life -boat which was
• lyitig ou the skids. He la ad .been caug it
in his el,. n strap, and when extricate:I
•by the oi rpenter was found -to be de
• The fore guers left the yard. - and co -
naenced creeching and. sereaming a&
crossing hemselves, and even the m te
could no get them aloft again t at
uight. he Captain_ seemed more s r -
prised to see one of his own handk r -
chiefs round, the neck Of the cor •se
than concerned at the man's untiin ly
end; lin after recovering the artic
fortuuat ly made uo inquiries about i
After t voyage of ninety days e
reached Calcutta., where, after sem e
his. eget tis, the first thing Capt .
Sproul d'd was to take Helen on shoe.
Then, dr vingto the A-djutant-Ge•ner 's
office, he made inquiries for her fath r,
and was told. that Captain Muir h
sent in hs papers three.years previcn s-
ly. t •
Am act ertieement eliciited• the "inf r-
mationet at Captain Muir, a wide er
at a tim, wheu he was hopelessly ins 1 -
vent, ha married. an East Indian la y,
and fro (letting into 'debt with t e
t,
e -
's
Se
11
•
banks an 4'struggling to -get out of
had fell a into - worse difficulties, •
salting ii his death at tb.e Debto
Jail, Ca eutte ; and his Wid.ovvemu
impoveri-hed, declined. to incre
her res onsibilities by receiving st
children.
It was when Helen thus found hr -
self with .ut a home and friendless, th t
Captain • proul- came to her aid. 1 e
had Intel become gentle, aid was hsabrupt i his manner ofj speaeing o
her; an from treating hr as a chi d.
had, alt ough he hardly. knew. it, co -
menced o love her as a W0133.9.11. B it
it was th e mendacious statement of t e
diarated teward in the ;Police - Co rt
which pi -cipitated matters, and caus d
the Capt in thus to address hil war :
"Like myself, Helen, you have eeiv-
ed, and. re DOW entitled o coniman
and if y al -will return on beard
Belle 11 lene with such ae_ title th
none eau question, I will makeyou
wife." • .
- Extre ies will meet. In spite of 1
severity, Helen greatly eespected t
Captain. - His stern set*: of.1 justi
manly w ys, and the terse vigor th
characte •ized hi 3 utterances, Made h
seem to 1 er a man to look tips to;
sides. sh t DOW regarded him as her pi
teeter an 1 the ship her home, and s -
'accepted him.-. , I 1
A few ays after this speech, Capt
Sproul c me on board in great good,
humor, f ..n. he ha.d • beeu. flaarried.• that
morning and had left his bride at . t e
house of friend, prior to going on a
short ho eynioou. Before leaving, ho y -
ever, he ad. to give his 'filial iinstr c -
tions -to .1r. Cobb. " I - _
Some :Isis .previous to the Weddi ig
my cone ade Hawke had applied ler
and obt.
I
1)
•
$
up with a tremendous crash, as though
her stern as stove in, and iu less than
a minute her bow swung ronnd head up -
strewn andshe lay over ot her beam:
ends. We had struck on a sunken
wreck, and in additimi to losing a rud-
der,i had knocked a_ large hole n our
quagter, through which the water was
rushiug like a waterfall, and we were
filling fast. This disaster, however,
cleared us."of the other vessels, which,
like chips in a mill -stream, swept past,
leaving us a complete' wreck, with buP
warks steed -3- in and fore -lower -mast
alone standing. As the vessel settled
,by the stern, with. great difficulty .we
crawled aud made our way to the bow-
sprit Which- seemed each minute to
stand more upright; while with a roar
like the blast of aefurnace the wind in-
creased in. force, or screamed. like an
&cilium harp through what remained of
our . wire shrouds. The cyclone was
uow at its height, and we had. been
nearly four hours on the bowsprit, when
there was a lull, and as .cattle, horses, A T n•
and the dead bodies of inee, womeu and
childi'en passed. us, besides native boats
and portions of wreckage, we could
inake out that they saw us on shore,
and were getting the rocket apparatus
in position; but moll was tho force of
the wind that when they fired the mor-
tar the lines fell short, and after several
attempts they desisted. They pointed.
cloHwn the river, however, and to wind-
ward we saw what appeared to be a
speck coming up with the tide, which
was running like a sluce. As the speck
approached we could distinguish that '
hied his discharge, the Ct p -
tail) rem irking that be did. not ' care • to
have pro tee -down gentlemen on boa d
his ;tees° , and advising Hawke to t
- to find n ore cougenial employment n
shore. 3ut on this. the Capteip's we "-
ding min tang, a terrible event Oceurr d.
which n arly lost him his wife, his sh p,
and the lives of • every one on board,
eluding is owu. The barometer h
fall e.11 ; mad wh eu the Captain Came in
board it vas blowing fresh. • We h td
. jest sent davn .our light. yarde, 'vii
the bree- e increased to a stroug gal ;
• met at neou. jaet as the great tidal
waVe wa • du e. 5.110 wind shifted.
She force, of a hurricane, bringing wi h
it the " lalre" or storm -wave• ftom the
sea. Th 1l commenced to bloW sach
cyclone, tb at for destruction h as h ard 1 y
• been equ tiled during the century.
; that eye 01)e tweuty theusand pea le
perished, and •one hmadred and thirte-
• villagesa 'ere swept away ; and, Out of
a fleet..., of - three • •hundred of t ic
finest .st ips and •steanaers in tile
syorld, oi ly one escaped without dai
age.
When the great wave came rolli ese
up, La Belle Helene, directly she w is
struck. as dragg'ed from lier moorhe s,
. le th. force .of the wind as so t r -
elite that we could not stand uprigl t.
Twe ves. els locked Lether had drift el
against us,- smashiug our boats to mate I-
wdel aflc suariping our peeked yards is
though they were pipe -stems. 'he 'co 1-
e11sion eivescd us to collide with an-
other ve„sel, reducing -her to the sai ie
te as ourselves : and thus four •-
seie leckedeogether were eiweptimei t le
team. We were carried stern fir t.
with almost railway velocity,. the Cap-
tain and Mr. Cobb vainly trying to
erdersi a bile holdingon "to the mizzen-
mast isw en euddeuly the vessel Eft -.II
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ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
Having determined upon a very important change in my business during the coin-
ing season, it is necessary_ that I clear out my large and. varied
STOCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS
' And with a full deter
DRESS GOODS,
SILKS,
CLOUDS,
TWEEDS,
HATS ANI)
nination to do so SPEEDILY I am tete, fierieg
my whole stock of
APS,
SHAWLS,
SILK VELVETS,
WOOL GOODS,
FLANNELS,
AND READYMADE
MANTLES,
RIBBONS,
CLOTHS,
FURS,
CLOTHING,
KABLE DISCOUNTS,
MANY LINES.POSITIVELY BELOW COST PRICE.
1, Buyers of DRY GOOD,. will please bear in mind that this is no pui but a
bona fide sale, and will bo suit their own interests by going direct to •
N. B.—As we close our bp
be paid forthwith,
ib was a Man with the featurea of
Hawke, and he held up his hand. to
show .that he had. a line attached to
him; and, as he was carried toward. us,
the Captain dropped a running bow-
line over him, and with great diletilty
.we hauled. him on board. To the line
which Hawke brought with him we
were not long in attaching hawsers
spliced together, which theeeha,uled on
'shore; and as they were dragging Us,
One at a, time, on land, Hawke came to
me for a moment, and in anxious to*e ,
asked:
" Where is Helen ?"
• "Married this morning to the Cap-
tain, and on phore." . •
He -turned away saying:
Then I am of no use to the world,
and the world is of no- use. to me."
Through Hawke's gallantry we were
rescued; and, when safe on shore, both
the Ca,ptain. and Mr. Cobb shook him
by the hand, as did. numbers of others,
and admired him for a brave fellow. A
public dinner was given in his honor,
aid a large sum of money would' have
been subscribed for him; but the latter'
he declined to receive, curtly replying
to the organizers of the subscription by
telling them that he could not take
what he was not entitled to claim; and
from this speech soria-e of us inferred .
that, had. Hawke known that the fair
stowaway (to whom he li ad never epoken)
was not on 'board the wreck, he might
have acted, and we might have fared,.
differently.
The day after the cyclone the Hoogh-
ly .one nubrok•en mirror, and all
was i?eace and tranquility; and but for
Calcutta being in ruins and the harbor
one mass of wrecks there was no trace
he the yellow sky of the fearful- scene
-Which had been enacted the day before.
High out of the Water and. standing con-
spicuously among the wrecks was the
full4ength figure -head of La Belle
Helene, the flowiug robe of which was
painted a cerulean blue, suggesting to
those belonging to • the va13sel chat
Hawke, whose work it was, had it in
his mind to make it resemble his late
commander's 'wife. With the aid of
steam -pumps and. lighters; the vessel
was subsequently raised and towed into
dry dock.
One day; as the newly -married couple
were about to cross the river en route to
the veesel, they saw a crowd. of half -nude
natives staring at a European who
was lying full length on the bank of the
river. •
" What a. shame !" remarked the
Captain, " for an Englishman to he in
such a state;" for his wife, hurriedly
dropping his arm, exclaimed : "Why,
it is that brave fellow who saved. all
your lives; I fear he has fainted."
He was dead, and had apparently
been so for half an hour; and the post-
mortem resulted in a verdict of "Died.
from heat -apoplexy, accelerated throagh.
want of food, and a too great use of
stimulants."
The clue to his identity was a lady's
letter inclosed in an empty purse, the
purport of which was that Lady Falcon
inclosed a cheque for her son's A use;
but, until he had retrieved his position,
requested that neither her daughters
nor herself might hear from him again.
The funeral—which, but for the acci-
dental recognition of poor Hawke by
Mrs. Sproul, would have been that of
an unknown pauper— waspaid for by
her liusband, and largely- attended by
the officers and seamen in the port. It
was Helen, too, who supplemented the
Loffioial i•eport of the Captain to the
widelved mother, 0011taiuing the ae-
couut of the death of her son, by a sym-
pathiziug letter of her own, inclosiug
• fragment of hair, and detailing,: an ac- ,
count of the oveltme, and the rescue '
from the wreck, with wirich Hawke's , •
mune was so houombly associated, and 1 A. 0. AULT H
whose prominent bravery in some meas-
liideefxofiy.
iated hie previous shortcomings , ALL KIN OF
aii
JOHN ROGERS, SEAFORTH.
ks 01.1 January 1st, 1879, all accounts must poliitively
THE 'GREAT ANNUAL STOCK -TAKING SALE'
,-1S NOW GOING ON
AT HOFFMAN BROTHERS'
CHEAP CASH STORE,
- SP.A.PC)1R.:171-1-
.
Parties that have taken 'advantage of _these Cheap Sales for the last four years
will remember the BARGAINS that they used to get,
nd we are determined to give -
LARGER DISCOUNTS AND BETTER _GOODS
•
Than at any of the previous sale This sale diffets from the usual advertised sales in this very
importstnt matter, viz., iusteiul ifoffering shelf -worn and uneeasonable goods, we offer N-ew and
Seasonable Goods of everytbing in our line, of which the following are a few :
,
COARSE AND FINE T TEEDS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS,
SHAWLS, • CLOUDS, WINCEYS,
SHIRTINGS, DUCKS, TOWELLINGS,
TABLE LINENS, ROLLAND'S, PRINTS,
COTTONS,. YARNS, CORSETS,
RIBBONS,
GLOVES, TIES,
MENS' AND BOYS HATO, OAPS, SHIRTS,
UNDERCLOTHING SU TS, OVERCOATS, ' &c., &e.
-
EXTRA BARGAIN Dress Goods, Millinery, Mantles, Ulsters,
Ulste? Cloths, Miik and other Furs, and Hundreds of other Articles
too numerous' o mntm.
REMEMBER THAT TRE BEST BARGAINS GO FrRsT, SO CALL EARLY
AND SECURE SOME.
CARDNO'S BLOCK,
SEAFORTH.
HOFFMAN' BROTHERS.
SEA FORTH NOTICE OF REMOVAL. SEAFORTH
CHA.RLES MOORE, Photographer, bees to intimate to his numerous patrons and the public
generally that he has REMOVED TO WHITNEY'S BLOCK
ontrivance, which render it the —Oppo tite
Messrs. Wm. Robertson & Co.ts ardware. where he has fitted up splendid rooms on the ground
floor, replete with every modern
THE FINEST .sTuDico WEST . OF TORONTO,
And where he will be itt a betterpoeition to turn out Most Attractive Producidens of the Photo-
graphic Ad in every class and style. He has been fortunate enough to secure the services of a
First -Class Artist, whose experience in the best United State e Canedien galleries is a sure
guaiantee that Artistic, Exeellenee and Perfection will be attained in all work entreated to this
estelblishment, and at prices to Suit the times.
C. Moore has laid in a large and Tailed stock of Chromos, Motto, and other Fashionable and
Fanciful devices. Also a splendid assortment of Pictures and Pieture Frames, as well as a full
stock of Plain aud Fancy Mouldings, which he can make up in frames almost at the test of the
Moulding.
He invites an early inspection by his friends of his extensive stook, which is now- ready, and begs
they willfavor him with a call.
Photographer, Pictute, andePietaire Frame
Dealer, Whitney's Block, Seaforth. • CHAR -LES MOORE.
N. B.—Picture Frames Made to :Order, and Pictures Glazed and Mounted on the Shortest Notice.
REMOVAL REMOVAL. REMOVAL.
-c.iNT.A.rrSCDT
Begs to intimate that be has Removed his °Mee to D. McGregor's New
Brick Building Oil um E st (slide of Main Mtrect,-Scatorth, stud Fourth Door
eft
Soth of WilliaC napbcIfs Clothng iEmporium, where he will, as
hitherto, carry on th
General Insurance, Money Loan Agency, and Sewing Machine.Susiness..
In thanking the public for th confidence they have reposed in him for the past fifteen yeare he
has carried on th tee branches i Seatorth, he wishes to Mom them he will Still endeavor to give
them the same satiefaction whi they have iuvariably expressed with his transaclions. Ile still
keeps on hand the best Sewing achinest hat are manufactured in the world., as well as Needles,
Oil, an d Macbine At techments. He sells the Osborne A Machine, which is the simplest, the most
capable of making aey kind of erk in the mat perfect manner, and the easiest and qnickest
threaded up machine of any ma hine made in the Dominion. He /las the Genuine Howe Machine
--a Machine that has never fn d to give satisfaction to every customer for the last ten years. He
sells the Wheeler & Wilson Mae nes, the most rapid and least noisy Machine in the world.
Farmers' Wives, Mecbanics' 1 Ives, Merchants' Wive e and Manufacturer, do not fell to examine
and try our Sewieg Meebines— amily and Manufacturing—when you want one. Also Agent for
the celebrated Fifa-W. and Pope bitting Machine, capable of doing all kinds of work. Instructione
given to customers matis on an • of the above machines. pewilag Machines to Rent. Also all kinds
of Sew :lig hi achiees repe i red. ' ERMS LIBERAL.
••=••••11•1141•MINMINIMMIM
•
WM. N. WATSON, General Agent, Scaforth.
01-1111_:ED1?,
-Little remains to be told. At first Which will be sold et Great Bar
the wives of the (a1)taius. agenes, and and tinalilY of (-Ina la will auR
their sets, who had heard of the roman-
tic antecedents of Mrs. Sproul, thought
it would never do to encourage a per -
',f such doulaftil origin ; consequent -
V, it was understood that Mrs. Sproul
mills to be cold -shouldered. But the
littlewoman was more than a match
fOir them. Her atuiability, Charming
manners- and , beauty, vanquished the
scruples and melted the stern respect-
ability of most Of them ; while her hus-
band was reapected as a. worthy man
and skilful commander. She made him
a devoted and excellent wife. realizing
the sentiment:
" Thmor and Shame from no condition rise :
Act well your part —there itil the honor lit s."
—Chambers's Journal.
--- • • —
.1 Poeerive FA(' r.--Nerveits; It .^.ti is the sense. of
. eellineee er the leek of stabiiity or the nervous
byM1,121_ � tli..4tingnislied from tl.e; rost of the body.
It is pre-entincntly fl alld more widely
epreell through tee Northern and Eastere part of
tee Initet1 States :lull the )(maiden of Camila.
V.etit in ally Of11..•1' part of the worl 1. We will not
etep to say why tide ie the eese, bat Wt.
Ithativally sny th, Vietoria emoromal !.•:„.yrup of
liypopiae•phit, vt jil be fount' an invaluable he di -
,41 fr 4111 purl m iii N. „einn-ss, Dy,
1.; Consumption. D. 1: „•tiv- untrition, ti „mild
1), bray, or Wte.lie ss of t.1,4; who' syetein. one
I ,f the !het ett. et s is 101 iner ase of the nervous
; r vital tle-tyyy, ly a f, 4 -ling of mmsnal
4-..nifort and etreegt h. 4111 - 1,y
& 11, a .i1.1 11, 5, afort I-.
POOR COPY
;
S. JUST RECEIVED A. LARGE STOCK OF
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
ains. 1Tc solicits a call from all, feeling confident that both prices
who may favor him with their patronage. Try his Green Tea, at
50 cents perepontel ; try his Blnk Ita at 50 cents per pound, try his Japan Tea at 50 cents per
pound—you will find them the est in town for the roone:, !deo
4 porinds of Green feu for $1.
5 galloms best Coal Oil /or $1.
20 pounds of Curra4ts for $1.
16 pounds of Raisin for Si.
20 pounds of Rice for $1.
20 pounds of Pot Barley for Si.
20 bars of good Soap for 81.
13 pounds of good. Suga,r for $1.
Baiting Molasses, Golden Syr' p, Best White Sager Drip Syrup, -Vinegar, Codfish, Cheese, Pork,
Best Family Flour, Cornmeal, ( atmeal, Cracked Wheat, Brewn Flour, Pastry Flour, Potatoes, Ap-
ples, Pork Sausage, awl good 13 tter and Eggs always on hand. Reinember the place:
G. AULT'S GROCERY SEAFORTH-.
^
GOOD NEWS FOR THE BAREFOOTED
AND ALL PARTIES 'WHO WISH TO BUY. LARGE QUANTITIES OF
BOOTS AND SHOES FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
To KEEP ale east Of the times in the General Reduction in Pekes of all kinds of Goods—but
'more particularly, if possible, to induce people to buy for cesh—I have determined to make the
followieg reauction iu prices to cash buyers in Custom Made Work:
Cents' Lon., Leg 110061. ;nil kinds. 25 cents per pair.
1-1,hoe Packs and, Short Boots, ali kinds, i2 cents per pair.
Ladies', Boys' and Girls' Boots, all kinds, 12i cents per pair.
I have jnst (9%111.! 1 au Immenee Steck of "Factory Made Work in all the different Tines which 1.
:biue ieteeeliee ni des Nees ought to bee before purchasing elsewhere, especially my Men's and
hivti(•,1 11 toi, a Lich andeuLtedly eurpass anything in the trade in Factory Made Work. Alt
whieh will be t-1 3,i e. a eduction corresponding wi ii the above to cash" buyers. Parties buying
on time wit! be eh:m:4A the old price. As I am the first in my line in Seaforth to mill down the
prices, 1 It ust t tednie \sill ;show their appreehition lw an extensive patronage, as I am deter-
mined to make it to their te1ett4age tolo s
ef the BIG 111),)-1', ••gr
Block. Euet Kele %non eeet, f C VENTIff Seaforth.
•
UCH:ASCE BANN Of CANADA
HEAD MICE, MONTREAL.
CAPITAL,
DIRECTORS—M. l.Gulteltersieent; Them,
Vice-Pmeident ; A. W. e-gilvie.M.P.P.
E. K. Green, fliomae Tiflin. Alex.B alit ie, Jamet
assseeee..; Mnrray, Ceebier Geo. BLIPIN
Tnnt0r-
A.
oroe.ch of thie, Bank has been epened up li
Bensseis, where a General )niig beeineeswm
be. tiatteaeted. Note? of bine eieconnted, es4
Loans effected et fai. bueinese rte.
Sevinge Bank depaetment bee eleo been
opened in co/nicotine with thie, where' deposits
will be received from .0118 dollar upwardS,
int„erest allowed thereon.
Drafts issued payable at per at all cffires et
.this bank, the bank el Montreal and the. Feletal
Bank of Cana.
FOREIGN AG"ti:NTS.—tondon—The Allianee
flank, limited, New Yerk—Nationel Dank .0t
Commerce, Helnier'e, Megowan & Co., 6 e Wj
Street. Chicago—Union National Bank.
Business hours 10 to 3 Saturdays, lo to 1.
563 JOHN LECKIE Mauagee
PR OTECT1ON.,
T_TAArniei the Protection gttarittitee to %44.
j—L- one -who uses only good material lull dtisa
first class \yolk, it has enabled us to sell all our
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES,
And we have new on band egoed supply of theta-
hanesome CUTTERS, and a number of thosp
mi,IE MG MIS which .everybody says cee't #e- -
beat, and we will sell very cheap —on snobterets
as will suit our euetomers. I have also Mogagea
the serviees of a eomeetent aed atteneive
smith for a term of years, and am prepered tp
execute All Kinds of Job Work, from.
needle to an anchor.
Price.. Very Low and 4111 Virozit. War.
rained.
should be happy to receipt all past aacoreate
during the next month.
.578 • JOHN WILLIAMS, Ithaburte;
THE -COMMERCIAL LIVERY
SEAFORTlie
BES -
ARTHuti
• •
T_TATING purchased the Stock and Trade of the
ICarnmeTelal - Livery, Seaforth, from Mr.
George -Whiteley, begs to state that he intoudt
tarrying on the business in the old stand) and het
added sevetal valuable borses and eehicles to the
formerly large stock. None but • -
Fir st-Class Owl:0;421)1e rekieteRaud r-Oood.
,Reliable Ilorse4 be Xeljt.
Covered and open Buggies and Carrelgeei and
Double and SinglaWagonsetleveys ready tor awe
Special Arrangements Made With Com
xrcia Men.. -
.0ritere left atthe stables er any a .the hotels
promptly attended to.
THE COMMERCIAL MIRY,
SEAFORT11.
VILrThM .13eNAITGATON bege to info=
the business men of Saaferth and the travel-
ing publie that he has Purchased the Livery
Businees and Stodk of Messrs. Cernochan
Abell, and will do all in his power to retaiti the
reputation which this favorite establishment hat
secured. He -will keep onlygood driving and re-
liable horses, and his candages will be kept
clean andin good order. .Calls, ‘night or day,
will be promptly attended to. PICeNIC AND
'WEDDING PARTIES Liberally Deolt
Terms ReasOns.ble. All orders left at the Conn.
mercial Hotel or at the ottite will receive prompt
attention.
Mice and Stables ,ou Mallet Street, oppOsite
T. Kidd'e-Store.
544 WM. MeNAUGHTON, Preprietor,
1NTCYTIO
TO GRANGERS, FARMERS ,AND
.OTHERS.
"i1E oceupy the attention ef all, these
hard times, the subsceiber is determined to
meet them by offering good inch Hemlock, t' not
usually sold for inch," at the following eater;
12 foot Hemlock. at$7 00 per thousand, 14 loot
Fencing, , 50, foreash, Alt orders over 4.010
5 per cent. discount. Call and see if. you dbeet
get what is ievresented.
Book Accounts over 8 nionths will be ebergea
8 -percent
The subscriber thanke his numerous -customers' '
ter their liberal support, and solicits a teatime
Ince of their favors..
JOHN THOMPSON.
438 Steam Saw Mi141,
BUTTER TUBS.
S. TROTT, •SEAFORT1-e.,
IS now prepared to -seemly all customeee with
, any number of his
SUPERIOR BUTTER TUBS,
At $130 per hundred, Cash, These Tubs are 10
Well and favorably known to the trade that it la
unneceseary to say anythieg in their reemannot-
manufactures a /Mall Hata.'
dwaotmaidoRnT..2,0suitable
ofor washing but in.
Orders by mail or otherwise promptly attend-
ed4t9o5. S. TROTT, Seaforth.
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE
THE undersigned ha.ving entered into tartar;
-1- ship, are now prepared to manufacture
Wagons, Buggies, &c. 13y -using first-class'ina-
terial and having all the 'work coming threugh
our own hands, metal] guarantee a good attielie
Particulat attention given to repadeing, horse-,
shoeing and general jobbing. Mr. Barton Inv_
ing had over thirteen yeaTa experience in 4.710111,
ing mill picks, we will mike .theet a. specialty.
Agents for Watsen's Celebrated Ageieultural
lan-
p1emeiits
& 33A.1TON,
Williamson's 91d stand, Goderich Street, See -
forth. 560
THE SEAFORTH' PORK FACTORY.
. ROBB
TS PREPARED to ply the EfigheSt' Pliee for
any quantity of Hogs, alive or dressed. AII
kinds of Cured Meats emastantly on hand. Fine
Lard, Sngar Cueed livens, Spiced Bolls, Beef
Ham, Side Meat, Pork, -Sausage,' Bologns.snd
Choice Meat of all kinds. As I heve been bi tbe
business for the lest two years, and having ent
of the best cutters- an I -arvers of meat
Ma, I think I wili be able to give as good etitie.
faction as in the past.
R. ROBB,
N. 13.—Pork Cuttings always on hand. 568
DRESSMAKI
MISS SCOTT
TZEGS leave to announce to the Ladies o/ Sea -
forth and surrounding country that she hes
commenced dtessmaking in all the
LATEST STYLES AND VARIATIONS,
Andhopes by Neatness, Good Work and Puna&
ality to merit the patentageof
Rooms ever Lumsden & Wilson's Drug Store-)
Main Street, Seaforth.
Six eppeentices wanted. 559
HAiR D-RESSING
14188
AATIsHEs to inform the Ladiesof SeafOrthand
Vicinity that she le prepared tO make up
SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS, At.*
In. the Latest Sashion from Combings.
Prices Moderate. and all -orders puncluellyet-
tended to. A' mill solicited. Reselence—Main
Street, Seaforth.
DRAYAGE
TnE undeteiguedhaving entered into etepatt.
nersbip, are prepay0.1 to meet -the wants Of
the Merclmnts ,of Seaforth end others who . met'
require their servieee as earrene to and from tbe
PetilwaY freight sheds and elsewhere on moet
reaseuable terms. thelei•s nityio left at Joeenh
Brownell'e Grotierv stme, and will reeeive promee
and carefut attentem.
NOltlIAN lillOWN,ELL.
,1') PH ABF.LL.
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