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A MEDI2EVAL MISTAK F.
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BY TAMES
But few 61 my readers van, I con-
clude, remember the Young England
days, when there wataan attempt - made
to revive in this country some fine old
inediseva1.4uStonas. Certain high -soul -
ed individuals who shall be nanaeless—
though some of them have "made great
names for t themselves in the interim
under- very unexpected 'and different
circumstances — conceived that they
had actually put their fingers upon that
illrcsor3r date, ",the good old times," and
would fain have galvanized them back
to life.
"They revived all usages thoroughls, worn ont.
The souls of them fumed forth the hearts of them
torn ont," •
and even got up a tburnament. A few
old fellows still remember it, with poor
Theodore flookels joke upon. Sir CaMp-
bell of Saddel, who, more by good hick
than pod guidance of his adversary's
lance, wasisomehmv thrown out .of his
family seat. It -was the renaissance
period of yule logs And happy tenantriea
--whose bread, however, was not cheap
—mad it Was hoped by certain noble
enthusiasts that condeseeneion andipat-
ronage would lose all unpleasantness,
and indeed fail to be recognized, under
the bcense of a paternal feudalism.
It was a failure, of course; no one
can revive the ,thastodon—a cireum-
stance for which those who, like myself,
find mere .Lulls stifficiently alarming,
have reasoh to be grateful. But though
the scheme fairly glittered with tinsel
an4-gewgaws, and was much too gor-
geously advertised, it was not all pinch-
beck; or at least some of those who be-
lieved in it had, about them the ring
of the true metal—albeit a little cracked.
Among the nobility, and in certain
great houses in. the country, hospitality
was revived upon the most extensive
scale, and in some Cana so splendidly
that it made almost as great a hole in
the estates of the family as though it
had taken to raining. Oxen were roast-
ed whole Whore formerly the guest only
got his mutton cutlet, and instead of a
kitchen range there wile a bonfire.
• Frank ,.elavyn., ayoung medical
friend of mine at that time, used to
speak highly of this Mediaeval Revival,
.because -he foresaw.that one of its con-
sequeraces,, if generally carried- on t,
would be a 'universal indigestion.
With plenty, however, it was held
necessary for historical consistency to
—
mix discomfort.
It was said that the Marquis of Mille-
fleurs (who had the best Norman bleed
sin Yorkshti•e) had discarded gas- and
even colza, and had his dining -room lit
by men in steel with flambeaux; and
that Lord de Beef slept on an ivory
couch betWeen the blenkete, and with-
out night gear, because that was the
mode iu the Middle Ages. '
Frank Selwyrakowever, knew noth-
ing of the doings of these great people,
except by report. Re was of good fam-
ily, but they were not good enough to
indulge in these •eecentricities without
the risk of, being shut up as lunatics;
and even if he had had a taste that way
himself, he wanted his money fur a very
modern ewe indeed—namely, to buy
practice with in London. At six -and
twenty he purehased a partnership with
old Dr. Dalrymple, of Brown street,
Park lane, who attended. some of the
first folks in the laud, and never took a
fee from an untitled person without be-
ing fully persuaded that be af-
ford it. His notions were of tho old
school; he dosed and bledhis noble pa-
tients till they were like -" the ruined
shells of believe towers," and. then he
built them up again and filled theta out
with beefsteaks - and. port wine. He
had, indeed, no fancy for t this new
fashion of old fasbions—no doctor is a.
fametic;- it May be observed. in any-
thing but medieine or surgery—but as
scene of his clients were addicted to it;
he looked upon the weakness with a
very charitable eye. _ •
"It is not enough nowadays to take
things as vee find them, any dear Sel-
wyn," he Iwould ttay gobd-lannoredly,
" but as tve used to find. them. • If a pa-
tient thinks a fumigation of belled 11(4-
lyb.ock and. fennel wilt do him good, be-
cause his ancestors in King John's time
used. it, let him be. fumigated. Never
cross a patient iu little things.. Lord
Yana:80W thinks:there is nothing like
gold for his system; bemuse Galen
speaks of it us a line old remedy, In a
general way—that is, t� the • geaeral
practitioner—this might he dangerous,
because, once in the system, gold re-
mains there, and. oae mint \ait' for the
post mortern to get it out again ; but
with our patients wo always reee our
money back. Therefore, give them
void."
Whatever Selwyn may have thought
of Dr. Dalrymple professiotatily, he had
no doubt of his wisdom as a man (4 the
world, and was goite willing to profit
by it. Moreover. his own conscience
was.not huedened by adoptillg,these ab-
normal modes of treatment, -duce his
practice la.y among the middle claSs of
-patients—who were rarely bitten by
this' mania—while his principal kept
the bigwigs for himself. But on one
occasion Dr. Dalrymple fell a victim to
the very malady which it was his chief
office to cuse in others—the gout. It
was his own impression that lie eaughb
it of some of his patiente. IIe felt cer-
tain, living se moderately as he clid,
with only a glass or two of Maderia at,
luncheon, and ono bottle of v.kolesome
Port," aithout a headache in a, hogs-
head of it "—after- diuner, that he
couldn't have got it in any other way.
Claret, indeed, lie took -with his meals
considerable quantities, and his feed-
itg was rather extensive, considering
tlat he never eet foot- on the ground
FaNe from his brougham to his client'a
doo• ; but then he never touched :beer,
(because he didn't like ii), and what
busness has a man to get the gout who
doesnot touch bees ?
Hit.reasoning was sound 0110110 no
doubt hut still he get the gout, and in
both fet. And while in that abject
conditice an express arrived from Lord
• De Brace, �f Donjon Towers, to request
his immsliate attendance. It was, of
course, innossible that he cotild move;
so he sent or Selwyn. I
" My deal friend," `lie said, you
must beoff i to Kent at once;
ship has the ileum.'
" The what s bac-Fla:ad seisaya,
"Oh, I forat; you don't know his
peouliarities. lerd De Bracy is about
twenty-four tscieretious behind his
time._ He ought o have been born—I
mean, to have lAurished. (that's the
word)—in the th:teentli century. It
is generally the yoteg people who take
up with these notime but there is no
fool like an old feel, nd De Bracy has !
been bitten by them. You will find ev-
TH
HURON EXPOSITOR.
erything about hirebut his daughters --
for they're young and charthing—me-
diteval. And whatever you do, take
care yeti keep a grave face. You're a
capital fellow, you 'ii.ow, but. a little,
shall 1 -say skittish! At Denims Tow-
ers -skittishness wbilld. be fatal.. If you
makeee, jelte dowfi there, it must be in
Latif, and. not in good Latin either, ; it
lit
mu'•6 be monkish." ,
"And will Lord De Bracy really talk
about his( rheum, . sir?" inquired Sel-
" Good, Iheavens !lot 'course he will,
evyn. ;
You. will surely be! serious 'when pre-
se,ribing for him. I take it for 'granted
that professional feeling will enable -you
to withstand any tem.ptation of that
sort. • He is the proudest man in Eng-
land --the very proudest." -
- " My dear Dr: Dalrymple, not a smile
shall pass my lips,' said Selwyn, confia
dently. .
"Pass them'? I hope not, nor .ever
reach them. I am; afraid you are tot!
yeung,' my dear sir; I tremble for what
may happen.. 'Upon , my life,- if you
were to laugh at him, I don't know to
what length he might not go. He be-
lieves he has feudal right, and may
hang you, " At all elven* we would lose
our best patient." I
"Indeed, sir," pleaded Selwyn, " you
may rely on me. svili be as cautioue
as though ‘,1 were .brnshing flies -off a•
sleePing Venus." 1. .
, " Heavens, Whit, a simile t" mur-
mured. the Doctors, f' he % is . certainly
.very ydati0.. However, we must take
onr chance.". .
"-I had -better „st Y.t. at once, I. sup-
pose ?" said. the junior partner..
" Certaiulye I have ordered the car-
riage and .posters 'pn. You are doina
. double work new, and have no time • to
lose. His lordship will give you a bed,
of course; .he is th very s.oul of hospi-
la
tality. It is like a 7).aae out of Ivanhoe
tO dine with him.. • He will treat you
with the Utmost consideration, you
May be sure of that. But yeti must re-
turiefeena the. Tot- rs the 'first thing in
i
the n44:fling." ' l•
." Yotr may depend upon- that, sir, I
'shall begld. enough to get away, Pm
mire." - . - ,
l:orsDalrytnple s ook his head; that
was .n ot, the frame f mind, he thought,
.in which a medical Inain 'should start
upon a profeseional' visit. Still, though
Selwyn was young ad iinpulsive, and
r
much tobeinttukal, i .ot to say honest, fox
a: fashionable, ,phy ician, he knew he
had. plenty of core f eon sense, and to
that. he - trusted. .
Within half an heur Dr. SelwYu (Loi
be had get his dip.oma) was whirlins
down the Old Kent Road in a carriage
and four. , _
The •evening ha.,d not fallen when he
came tit sight of Denied Towers. . The
edifice stood on a 1411, and, being of '
great magnitude.cohld be seen off as fax
as Windsor Castle. • The pail, through
evhichl the private road. led, seemed SE
though it would never end ; and .when
he reaehed the last avenue . of - stately
I
oaks, egli W
oaiS its length that it ap-
peared itio naetA aher Of hie). and baa
his progress fter a 1. . -
I !` This iseteemendons," thought Sel
*sea i but I Much prefer .the villa, resi-
dence in Regent's Park."
Tialitleytioit-tahaveryardmn
iiia cfr000nt iofo dtahteodin h
tane-
a o
saholegousdhold troops, and the stone
s. eps that lect. t� it: were of an extent
t tat sitg,gested steppes in Siberia,
)Two laekeys'desOncled them as lee
drove MA, and another stood.at the top of
thein Who redeived 'him with a profound
ObeiSance. :The former were draped in
rtisset With linen gtrdles, the latter in -
__broadcloth' of curious but, but it was
not lie*:y; in the hall a groom. of the.
..cha,mhers at once took inin up to Iii4
zoom, such, he said, being his master's
_orders wheu guests oame'off a • journey
From this it seernedesinee Selwyn ha
Mentioned his errOd, that his lord
ship's malady was lot of a very peessin
. ,
niftier°. .
The apartnient i -Ito -which .11.0 wa.
usheredwouldhave contained his owt
httle-holuselin Bayrater, roof and all.
but •it•Vlacked its cheerfulness: .Th
floor was Of polished oak, and. the wall
were tapestried ;. the bed seemed severa
stories high, and had a canon; of blacl
velvet.- - in'such. a bed., if one - canno
sleppe" thought poor Selwyn," " On
-could be very suitably interred." , '
• ItaVing put on his dinner clothes,' th
grooth of the &hamper led him to hi,
mite tte"e- presence.
I isliordsblip was in 'the library, anti
as the •Doctor entered, rose, and. ad
vaucedIthree • steps to meet, him. .-ii
was a tall'ple male of aristocratic ap
pearanne, With snow-ewhite hair ant
beard., but inolining to corpulence. _
• " I am sorrythat Ds. Dalrymple- i
indisposed," said. he very civilly, hu
' with great sbatelinees of manner, "hu
I am, nevertheless, pleased to make th
acquaintance 6f his sobstitute.".
Selwyn bowed his thanks, and atone
inquired -what _ailed his lordship.
. "The old' malady," -answered • Lor
lei& Bracy, solemnly, ".the rheum," .
" Uniph. —. ha," returned . Selwyn
looking Wise as he could, andfull o
synipathy. , ,' •
" it is =Get -lain -tilled this tinie," con
tinuedhislordship, " by ill humors • it
the head. I have tried tansy pudding
whicleis generally soveraype against it
but without effect."
- ".-Are,you dire, you ha -ie taken noth
lug to 'disturb the digestion. my Lord
no unusual food, fgt.- example ?" ' . •
- "-Iliad some Pelleeek -for lunch yes
terdey ; but nothing—yen may run' i
in Chaucer -He more wholesome ; al
rev fitfully oat peaeock. On the o.thet.
.5
it myself n:o less than Ialo of peacock."
", I am „delighted to find Dr.. Dal-.
ryinplo has so intelligent a. partner; in
country places, such.as this, I find- the
racist obstinate objections on the part of
medical men to the most dimple fopd,
unless it happens -to be of rnodern _ ac-
ceptance."
Lil‘raY?,0,1-tr appetite2is tolerably good, my
Lord?"
II .
•
"Yes, indeed. YOu shall judge for
'yourself, however; there strikes the
dinner hpur. You shall give me your
advice in - the evening."
A noise equal to. a flourish of trum-
pets had been -going on for some min-
utes,' and. there ,now entered. a major-
domo_ with a long white wand, who
ushered. his master and his guests
through two lines.of serving men inte
the banquet hall. Covers were.laid but
for two persons, which rather disap-
pointed the young Doctor.. The Earl.,
he knew, was a ' widower, but he had
hoped. to meet some of his daughters,
who had a great reputation :for beauty.
The repast, however, was a sufficient-
ly notable one to make up for the eh-
.,
senate of company. •
There were a great many servants,
each with a towel eounsl his neck as
well as ou his arm, and the dishes' they
brought in—which were enough fdr ten
times the number of guests—were won-
derful. There were - tio plats emit, as
might hav-e been expected at -a noble-
man's table • who kept a French cook;
all was solid and huge. Pea soup and
vor tureens. .Then lam 'revs with otii-
frumelity were brought. in great sil-
ens, a .d.ish of which his. lordship par -
teak so ;plentifully as to remind his
guest of a certain histori4-at association.
with it, and also to suggest a very. rea-
sonable explanation of his "humors."
There was a baron of beef, of course;
end then a cygnet served .with :liver
sauce. • And here, . the larger dishes
having conae to an. end, a curious differ-
enoe was made in the waiting. slit the
male servitors disappeared, and were
succeeded by four neat -handed. and.
pretty girls in a sort of white ,and. .blue
.unifortn made of settle old-fashioned
material. Th.e first delicacy they
served Selwyn with was a beaver's tail;
and he almost fancied that the extreme
caution he manifested in taking the
first morsel induced one of them—the
prettiest—to smile; Lord. De. Bracy
ate of this very heartily, and washed it
down with ypocras, a drink spiced (as
Selwyn was afterward informed) with
cinuambzi and • heliotrope, but at all
events with something , very nasty. . Af-
ter this there was kid. a,ud ginger sauce,
and -a curlew with salt-ancl ettgar. And
then caine the " stitiltees," as they
weie termed.; sweets • (or' "devices,")
pretty substantial castles of pie -crust or
, sweetmeats, to all which the noble host
didsuch justic.e as to leave tbe. Origin
Of his maladies in no doubt. Then to
the sideboard, groaning with gold plate,
the Waiting .maids brought two silver
.basins fall of rose:water, wherein their
'Lord and theDoctor dipped their hands,
and dinner at last was -over..
The reffeet of latnpreys and beavers'
tails wheneaccompanied by 'ypocrits
.a.nedquantity is somnolence, and Lord
Do Bracy seethed by no means. • inclined
for conversation. So, after halt -eau
hour's "bald disjointed chat,' Selwyn
ivrote out his prescription, and bade his
noble host good-tright upon the plea
that he had to start for townnext
morning at So early an hoer.- He did
not sleep particularly well; he dreamed
that he watebeing put to death by the
awanhopper's Company --this was the
.cygnet and liver sauce, no- doubt—for
killing a curfew, and was glad enough
to Wake and fifta himself in a eentury
when the laws are not so severe. It
Was quite a relief to hiths too, to re-
member that his hat eteittld not be up
to breakfast with him and see him • ciff ;
far though he had been- treated with
the utmost hospitality, Lord De Bracy's
societywaits on the whole oppressisee,aud
he had. hsd,no means enjoyed his visit to
.Donjon Thyeers. It was an interesting
experience, no doubt, but that is often a
inatterlesfs pleasant in action than to
talk about afterWard ; he had had to
act, apartrfrom first to last, to. scantier
all natural expressions of impe.lience.
and incredulity ; and, in short, he was
pining for fresh air.,
He could but toy with-- the boar's
head that was the piece de resistance
upon the sideboard, and declined. with
unhesitating frankness the cup of mead
that was offered -1,im by one of the
serving-tnen. When 'his carriage • was
announced, he was following the groom
of the cha,mbers, who had come up to
his room I_ for his portmanteau., when his
attention 74s suddenly arrested by a
pretty housemaid.; it was the prettiest
—the dark one—of the girls. that had.
waited at table; • and she must have
been doubtless watching ontside his
door, as servants will do i the best
conducted honseholds, for a litti
sent. -Nay, in all prubability, in
jou Towers the old eystern of "
was in full operatiou.•and he felt
sidering, too, ho w. pretty shle w a,
he co-uld hardlygive b.er legs than
lie took,. therefore, half a sovereign
frchn his purse, •and seeing her smile
roguishly:as be did. eo, and also that
the groom was well out, of sight, he ac-
.companied the gift with a chuck 'under
the. °hip. It was not rights of 1.4na, of
. course ; but the delight of ,ftetting away
fyoin
that tremeudous mansion-- asbe
subsequePtly explained—ne doubt nut
him in abnormally high spirits: At all
events. dici it, and as she only
blushed,' and didaVsity a word; he flat-
tered himself -that he had pone rather
ha.udsorne thing itt a pleasant fashion.
Lend, I must confess that I had boiled, • 7 As to the whole.eiSit, -11.6 .'101;, ihdeed,
yeal for iiiinedr:' sat fa- he had acquitted himself, uuder
I don't think that would. have hurt
pre-
Dou-
ails "
(eon-
) that
gold.
you itny nior'e. than the peacock," sait.
Selwyn gravely.
"It wae, however, served with ver
juice; a most capital sauce, and. greatle
admired by our aticestors—but my sys
tem spsmed to reject it."
" I think it was very Possibly the ver
juicb," observed Selwyn.- .
have dente all that the eviedom o
our ancestors has recommended," con
tinned _hie. lordship. "'I have had
hole macto in my night-cap to carry oi
the ill humor', and haye always laid ot
my left side, ;1, have cheweft masti•
before going to rest, and I have resist
e(1 all temptation to sleep after a fui
meal, especially of porpoise."
" you eat much porpoise?" in
(mired •
N4ery trying circumstances; exceed-
ingly well, and had made a geed im-
pression.
He foiled Dr. Dalrymple not much
improved in health, the fact being,as he
confessed, that he had been in consider-
able anxiety as to the result of hie.young
partner's yisit to the Towers.
" Well, and. Low did it. all egi off I"'
was his. first question.
, Oh, capitally ; nothing could. have
been kinderthan his lordship, but he's
very heavy in hand." ,
" yorefound out that l" returned
the other, rubbing his bends. "1 have
attended him these twenty. years. Cer-
tainly one ought to be well paid, when
one has to dine—eh—and listen to a
patient out of the way of business.
I -Well, and. how is his rhetun, as he calls
NTS ;-I ttM ser& to say it is yer, it?
diftleult to obtain ; the preindice.•
of modern, days have almost. pro
hibited it as au article of consmnption
You have no Personal objection to por
poise, I trust, Dr. Selwyn ?"
" Not the least, my Lord. 1 apple!
- "Well, I'd much sooner have his
I rheum thee his company," said Sel-
wyn, laughing. The fact is, there is
11.061113g at all the naatter with hien but
over eating. And such things, tho—
le
porpoises and peacocks."
"Aix, I've eaten porpoise at the
Towers," sighed the old Doctor, with
the air of one who recalls a self-saori-
lice. • '
"1 dare say it was no worse than
beaver's ' protested. Selwyn. "How-
ever, it was a very interesting dinner.
After the big things had been disposed
of the serving -men retired, and—
"And then'the girls came in," inter-
rupted the old Doctor excitedly. "That
always happens when you dine at the
Towers for the tirst time. It's his
lordship's notion of doing the bonen of
hospitalitye-borrovted from the time of
Edward the Confessor, I believe. The
ladies of the family wait on the guest."
".The ladies of the family 1" reiter-
ated. Selwyn, aghast with horror. "Do
you mean to say those four girls in blue
and white were Lord -De Bracy's daugh-
ters ?"
" Of course they were; did you think
they were housemaids ?"
Selwyn answered nothing, though he
was quite certain he had taken at least
one of them for such.
Well, I wonder you did not see
they had an aristocratic air.. Perhaps
I ought to have.told you how it would
be hefoeehand. • However,' De Bracy
will like yoffall the better for taking
the thing as a matter of :course; some
men' will jump up and hand the dishes
therdselves, because it 'distresses them
to be waited on in that wa.y ; hut it
is better to - fall in with the host's
faucy."
"Do you remernber," gasped poor
Selwyn, " what was the name of the
darkest of the yOung ladies ?"
"Of course I do ; you've a sharp 'eye,
you young dog! she's the youngest, and
the beauty—Lady Ermengarde ; they
tell me that, whou not playing at being
mediieval: she is full of fun. I hope
you are not 'bit,' beseuse she's a leetle
above you, my dear Selwyn.. Perhaps
the best blood in all England:"
And, nevertheless, Frank had given
her half a Sovereign, and chucked her
under the chin.
Fcr weeks he was in expectation of
some terrible vengeance overtakinghina
at the hands of reckless minions of
feudalism, but, as it happened, nothing
-was done. It.wouldhave'been an im-
mense relief to his mind to have known.
that Lady Ermenga.rde.Plantagenet had
some humor (not of the sort for which
her noble fsther took tansy pudding),
and that she had. taken his mistake in
excellent part. She was tteenstomed to
wear for years on. her chatelaine,. in
company with many less' useful arti-
cles,a oertain half -sovereign with a hole
through it, the history of which she
would never reveal. It was a present,
she said, from- a young gentleman. But,
though Lord De Bracy had the rheum
again and, again, (he eventually died. of
it), and. sent for Dr. Dalrymple many
times, always with the polite proviso
that, if it shOuld be inconvenient for the
Doctor, his - junior partnereveould be
equatly acceptable. 'Frank Selwyn
never again eet foot in Donjon Towers.
—Be/gine/rt. .
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(ANNOUNCE
Hasdtig determined upon a v
jug season, it is ne
STOCK OF STA
;
And with a full Aeterun
DRESS -GOODS,
SILKS,
CLOUDS,:
TWEEDS,
HATS AND CA
FEBRUARY 28, 1879.
ENT EXTRAORDINARY.
y importaut change ic my business during the Coln -
Beery that I clear out my large and va.rwri
LE AND FANOY-QRY GOODS
_
.ation • to do so SPEEDILY I am now efferiag
my whole stock (AI
SHAWLS;
SILK VELVETS,
WOOL GOODS,
*FLANNELS,
MANTLES,
RIBBONS,
CLOTHS,
FURS,
AND READYMADE CLOTHING,
AT REMARKABLE DISCOUNT
rdAmr LINES PO
Buyers of DR3Er GOODS
ITIYELY BELOW COST
'11 please bear in mind. that this is no puff, but a
bona fide sale,- and will consu t their own interests by gen% direct to
IN. B.—As we close our book
be paid forthwith;L -
—Horse thieving seems to. be pre-
valent all over. Mr. Benjamin Faulk-
ner, of lot 2, concession. 14, Morning -
ten, had two, valuable horses stolen ,
from the shed -of the Methodist Church,
at Carthage, where hewas attending a
tea meeting, on Wednesday evening of
last week. The next night Mrs. -Mar-
garet Ewing,of Pilkington,in the county
of Wellington, lost a horse, and it was
supposed that the eagle partyliad stolen
bOth. , One 6f the horses ' stolen from
Mr. Faulkner was traded. to Craw-
-ford, of Carlingford, for • a blaple mare,
on Friday, and Mrs. Ewing's horse was
traded -to -Mr. Crawford's' son-in-law.
• The case was put into the hands _of ft
Stratford policemen,. who sent postal
dards containing a description of the
missing property and the .thiefe to the
police authorities in all directions, and
on Tuesday Chief Williams and De-
tective Phair, of .London, acting on in-
formation they had received, went to
Nilestown, and found the -hotses they
were in search of in a shed. The thief
managed. to escape by running into a
thick bush, but as he is well known to
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JOHN ROGERS, SEAFORTH.
EXCHANGE BANK OF- CANADA.
READ OFFICE, MONTREAL.
CAPITAL, .51,000,000,
DIBEOTORS—M. ELGaelt,Ptasident Th•)4,
Carrerbill,VJOe•PreSident ; A. NV,- anilvie,M.P.R.
E K. Green, -.1.houtew Tiffea it,, denies*
Oro:there.; C. B Merry, Cashies Gso. Berea
A r,etteeb of title Benk baa been opened up
D, assets, wbee e Generel ilansieg ausinese eau
• be teem -acted. Netee ineul. dieermated. mid
I.oans effected at fair bre-isms-8 reins.
A SaYiugs Bank departmeut, hi4 4.1..0 been
opeeed in connection with thin where deposits
will be as ceived f 01.11 *rye dollar up eerde, mid
interest Allowed thereon
Matti; itisned p'ybl itp :1' ail .414x.$
this bank, the bet* Of Yam:at:el :131tt I.:2 3 2:,10/Li
klilik of ()amain.
FOREIGN aste' Ea: l'S.—Lotel on—The Milani,*
Bank, limited.. New "gtirk—Nationsi. Beak ps
tontines:en Ifelmer's, Meaieweit & Co.,15
Street Clticarso—Utaien National Beuk.
Bines hours 10 to 8 6aettrdans, in to 1.
- 583 JOHN LECKIE 'Manegee
on January ist, 1879, all accounts must positively ;
DIAMON
FOR CLEANING AND P0
UFACTUREDtBY G. N
SALE AND .RETAIL.
DUST POLISH.
tISRING GOLD- SILVER AND GLASS. MAN-
.. CLARKE & CO. M. R. COUNTER, WHOLE.
ENT,. SEAFORTH.,
M. R. COUNTER, P ACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.
FINE WAT6 HES A PECIALTY. ALL WORK WARRANTED;
- A Complete Stock ofiratihes„ Clocks, Jewelry, Silver 'Plated Ware, Spec-
tacles and G
j1 •
REMEMBER THE PLAC
Store, Main Street:
1
TH E OOMIVIERC1AL. LIVERY
SE.A.FORTH.
PROTECTION.
TaTAVING the Protection guaranteed to
xiee who n,es euly good material en 1 doee
first eleee work, it h.seeneblea us to .361 all mai
BC:66-'1ES AND CARRIAGES,
and we bayeeeee liana e stool sapaly of those
haudeolue CIU'arl'il.; ICS, -and a aumeer theta
MIL lies Calla whieh everylsoay, sans ;ma be
beat, and we will sell vele, the.ap—on sesa semis
as will vait our cuatomers. I have also engaged
the services of it eompetent 14eatiVa !Mack -
smith Mr a tenn of years. and am preperedti
execute A II of.rob Work, from
needle to an anchor.
Price., Very Low and air Work'War..-
:ranted.
I should -be happy to receipt all. past ants
during the nth
ext nina.
578 JOHN. WILLIAMS, nebula;
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ARTHUR FORBES,
1 I AXING pureha.sed the Stock and Trade of the
Glel-orgCemnWrahletle.clietlyl, bie'igvaerS) toBStateitefotrhthai hfereitratendMae.
., currying on the busbiess in the old statidnandlaft
I a ddea sev mei valuable horses stud vehicles to Ole
toteserly large stock. Nooe bat
Fir8t-Class Comfin table Vehicles -cud 004
Reliable iforFes frill be Kept.
Coveted and Open Buggies apd Carriegee, and
Double and Siugle Wagons alsvsys ready foe ets.
,Saiecial Art avenieles .21,1a1e' With Copp,.
vtereial
ods, which will be sold Cheap for Cash. •
E—Directly Opposite Mr. 8. Porter '.e Furniture
orders left et the taables or any of the Lae1e.
promptly atieuded to.
M. R. COUNTER SEAFORTH.
THE SPOT F014 ,BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
0: W. PAPST, C RDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH.1
ALLII THE STAND RD WORKS KEPT tH STOCK.
COSSTON211ENT TO ivpir GOODS ARRIYUG WEEKLY:
SCHOOL BOOKS,
PRAYER BOOKS:,
HYMN BOOKS,
BLANK BOOKS,
LEGAL FORMS,
WRITING PAPER,
NEWSPAPERS,
FANCY GOODS,
OARDS, • •
CARD CASES,
ENVELOPES,
PERIODICALS,
NOVELS,
CA.RDBOARD,
MU810, &c.
Everything to.be Found i 2 a First-Class.Book and Stationery Store
be had -at C. IL Papses, Cardno's Block, Seajorth.
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THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY)
SEAFORT4.
AATILLIA.A1 cNAITGffTON be-. to inforare
Y the busiaess men of Seaforth and the travel -
leg public that he has viercheeni the Livery
Busieess and. Stock of Messrs. Carnotilian. &
e bell, and will do all nower to retain the
renntation which this traorite establishment has
secured. He will keep only good driving, and le -
liable horses, at:d his earringes wilt be kept
clean and in good older. Calle, night Or a4.34:
'will be promptly attended. to, PICNIC AND -
WEDDING PARTIES Liberally Dealt with.
Terms Ileasonoble. AR ordera left at the Coin-
ntereial Hotel or at the °fate will receive prompt
atteetioe.
Office and Stables -,on Market Street, epaosfte
T. laidd's St,ore
544 WM. McN.aUGHTON, Proprietor,'
ea ? THE HENSALL MILLS.
SEAFORTH NOT!I E OF REMOVAL.' SEAFORTH
MOLES MOORE, Photograph
- generally that he has RE
r, bees to ittimete to his ninnerorts patrons and the public
'0V ED TO WHITNEY'S BLOCK-0Iva 1-ite
Messrs. Wm . Robertson & Co.'s Ida *aware. where he hes iitted-ifp splendid rooms on tbe ground
floor, replete with every modem co trivance, which vender it the
IT
THE FINEST, 3 UDIO' WEST OF TORONTO,
-
And where he will be in a better po Rion to turn out Most Attractive Productione bf the Photo-
graphic Art in every class and style He has been fortanate enough to secure the services of a
First -Class artist, whose experienee 'n the best Uaited States ;le t Canadatu galleries is, a sure
gnaeseitee that Artistic Excellence nd Perfection will be attained ia all work entrastea !to this
establishment, and at prices to sui the times.'"
C. Moore bas laid in a largo and
Fanciful devices: Also a splendid
stock of Plain and Fancy Moulding,
Moulding.
Ile invites 'an early inspectien by
they willfavor him with a call.
Photogra.pher, Pie tare, and Padetre
Dealer, ihitney's Blocks Seale
N. B.—Picture Frames Made to Or
NATE 'have a few ca.r loads of Corn on hand, mad
as the Governmerit itkelse to impose a duty
on it, now is yours time to buy.
Chopped Corn 90 eents per 100 pounde :
Weil Cured New High alixtel Corn , for feedlot
seed, 45 cents per burhel, moan orlarge quan-
tities, Call earls es these prices -cannot last longs
Gristirg, .Flowri7zg Chopping
Done on theShor test Notice. Ittialageteaged our
bolting cloths to meet the defiedency in this ea' -
son's wheat, w -e have remedied the* general cana-
piaints of auk flout and ftour Unit will not rases
arid that has it teudeney. Ali orders
promptly attended to end work gneranteed.
585 altGREGOR & TallQUe'eaRTs-
1
i if ifF 1)0 XBOPO
aria stook of Chromes. Mottos, and other Feahionable and !
ssortment of Pictures and Pieture Flames, ve aa a full,
whith he can make up in frames almost at the _cost of the
,
his friends of -his extensive stock, svhieh is eiow ready, and beese
, TO FARMERS AND OTHERS./
.",
' A f MFRS, BURNETT & DOLPHIN, haying
'ILL leseed and put in it. thoreegh etate of repair
. ti e Roxboto Flouting Mill, ma now preparea te
' I -
th.
?rattle} CHARLES 1\10.01-tE '
- ' a9rtel)livilliltlI'fioankateli;j10"rhttan..1 for sale a '
--se
.1' good zupply of FMur and Feed of -every deeerile
,
the police, having only recently emerged
from. penitentiary, it is thought he will REMOVAL
soon. be captured. The third horse
Was traced t� the stable of a 'farmer in
Biddrilph, :where Wilson (such was the
name the thief gave) had traded him
and left bellied a . double sleigh and rick Building' Oil Ig11114. Side ea Main Ktreet,,Scalorth, mad Plourde Door
, harness, three buffalo robes and two '• !4outh of %Vilitolp eat !theirs ClOthing Emporium where he .will, na
1
I blankets. Farmers should. keep close . • akitherie' carl.r.""he . -
,
i.witileb-Sin their premises, and not leave General Insurance, Mone Loan Agency, and Sewing Machine Business.
Itheir horses in exposed places : and un- 1
I cases all over the country on the look- has cerried on tbese braimbee isi S socirth, he wishes to inform there be wiii still 'endeavor to :give
1 out for what they can steal:
* tam.
en and. Pictures Glazed and Mounted on the Shortest Notice.. Parties takileg grain to be .gron ad eau hav0itt
home with them the Balm day..
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REMOVAL. REMOVAL.
-W.A.:TS-01NT
It3t...A to intinuate tgant he as Removed his Office to D. .1.11cGre4..or's New
. proteated, as there. are plenty of hard In thanking the public for the c nfidenc'e they have reposed in bien for the past fifteen years he
them the same aritiafaetion whieh t ey have ineariably expressed with his transactions. is
r
The Water Torture in 3-apan.
The ;originators of tli is cruel device re-
liedupen the torments of thirst as more
powertul than mere .corporal suffering.
I The prisoner is for several days confined
; to au extremely salt diet, witheut rice
.or water. - When tnei or three days
havespassed the craving for water be-
comes incessant, and the sufferings of
leeps on Imola the. best Sewing Tan Metes tbet are reanersetures in the world, ks well as Needle. „
Oil, and Alitebine Attachments. -13Le sells the Osboroe A Machine, which is the :simplest:, the most
capable of malting any kind of -nor- •in- the most perfect manner, and the easiest and quickest
threaded up nmehine of any maehitte made in the Donation. Ile eells the -Genuine llowe Machine
—a Ma:chine that Lae never failed to give satisfaction to every customer for the laet ten yeers.
Sells the Wheeler & Wilstm Machines, the most rapid and least noisy Machine in the world,,
F • * Wives, al h • • - ' Wivis, Merchants' Wives and Manufacturers, do not fell to -examine
and try our Sewing Machinee—Family and Manufacturing—when you want one,. Also Assent for
the celebrated Fernz and Popp Rui ting Machine, capable of dein.g .all kinds of -week. Instructions
aim) to customers gratis on any the above machines. Sewing Macbines to Rent. - Also all kin&
ei Sew ;ug Machinee repaired. TEI MS LIBERAL.
the tortured. man approa,eh the- 1)ounds
of insanity. - Efforts aro then made- to
obtain confession by subjecting the
sufferer to the agony endured. by Tan-
talus when in. the midst of the infernal.
lake, whose waterehe ceuld not touch., •
On all sides the thirst -distracted pris-
oner :beholds Water—water for which
he . would sacrifice everythinge-but
which, he cannot toueli except upon
the -conditions of confeesion,—Japan
(.4(zette;
' WM. N. WATSON, General Agent, Scaforth.
As tbe proprietins are both. arecticel weeknien,
and thoroughly understand the bash:Jesse-they
can gum -settee satisfaetton,
584
BURNETT & DOLPHIN.
" Spaakling likeness, fAviit to10:11 of thesttn.i
By a ray instantaneovely splendidly done I,
Minutely and truly reflecting each grace, 1
Noble brow, beaming eye, and beauty of faee '
What a triumph of skill, as woodrous asnewl
Is en the rival of nature, ne'er dtew,
I Mose beantitul pia:tare, or pittore as tine .112
c
1
The above poetical cnp fiat ,Calder to a
knock -down.. If you want a pkture—Phote-
graph cr Ambrotype—ecntaining all these sada- ,
1 tie cacelleaeiss just step into tbe Gellery
1 opposite the Commercial, and yoa willfind'ens
drew at hie post, in the best of hemos, end, reeda
1 to please every time. A. CALDER, Seafortla
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.,
-
rrnE undeasignea bevine entere I into puler..
ehip, are now preparea to raanufzu:ture
,
Wagons, Buggies, &e. 'By 'using- first-elass rna
terial and baying all the work coming throe&
; -our own hinds, we (San ,11: Invitee a aoo,I article.
Pertienlar attention given. to repairing, }terse
ED-
Cli H1A2-—FIV:E1RJ_ thoeing,..nd genersa j Mbine Mrs Barton Ilan
; ing hail neer thirteen yoafs exp • riente la 11 p.513,-
! ing we will m t:ze •speeltfty,
,
• Hagyartis Pt.einral :Balsam is coniprisA. of the
iiiost licalhes baisst. 1 gm).is. The baISSITI,-;
etiter iutu its composition Wert. used by the
natives when Aim:ries, was first discovered, and are
combined with other regAable toilies, 'so ltlendea ,
A. G. AULT' HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF : Ageets fur Watson's Celearat 3 1. ii.griealtatal i31.
p.ementh. .
I - ILE' D & II A RTO.N,
Willinanson's obi eland, Goat:vial Street, Sea -
1 MAIL , 5a0
ALL KINDS OF dROOERIES AND PROVISIONS
end qualita of Gents will suit al IV 10 may favor lihn with their patronage. Try bis _Green
Whieh via- be sold at Great13-as. eolleits a call from all, 'cense confident thit bothEices
. e
P
E .aciliRTII aw( FAC
50 cents per ported ; try his Bleck reit at 50 cents per pound ts, alas Japan-. Tea . at 50o
ctte eer 4' • fOI ], PTOgYfat :
pound— you will find them the b,tI in town for the monee , elso
• 4 pounds of Greco, Tea for 81. 20 pounds of Rice for 81.
5 gedlous best Coal 01 for 20 pounds of Pot Berley. for $1,
20 pounds of Carrants tfor l 20 bars Of good Soap for Si.
1 6 pounds of Raisins f". r 81. 13 pounds of good .'eng,ar for. I.
together, that it is it spesifie fir all affections of •
the throat and lungs. Ties:sands of bottles ate I
Used annually, and it it; co/Islam-ea tale of the
stamlard presstratione of the day.. For sale by
Messrs. Hickson atel Bleasaell, St arcade 9-5S6
....—
Buclden's Arnica Salve.
Tile lest salve in the werld fer Cuts, ltruises,
Soren Ulcers, , Salt Itleaue, Tater, Chapped
Tiahd.4, Chilblains, Corns:and all kinds of akin
Eraptioas. This mantis aflame -teed 'to give pr -
feet 'satisfaction in evrry ales. or money refunded.
: Price 2,5 cents per box. For sale , by Efi5crmeil&
• Bleasatal, Scaforth. 6
Speciatin-Vit2.,tion.
Call at ordrug stare end get it trati bottle of
1)r. Ring's NVAV Discovery, frse oacharge, if you are
1 suffering withse neigh, cold, asthma, bronchitis,
I hay Lyme coueumption, loss of votee, tickling in
the throat, or an3 affuction of th.: throat or lungs.
, This is the great reeled": that is cartsbig so Inneli
! excitement bv its many wonderful cures, cming
. .„
1 thousands of.abopeless cases. Over one million
. bottles of DraKingaSNewDiacovery haa-ebeen tmed
within the last seer, ana hays given psrfect eatis-
faction su every in:semen. 1\Ve can unhesitatingly
say that this is r.,ally thi! only sur cure for throat
and lung afattions, and can cheerfalls recoin-
i mend it testa - Call ami get h. trial testae free f
Charge, or a regular size for al Hickson as
' 1ihitltll, Seaforth.
Baking Molasses, C.
Best Family Flour, Co
pies, Pork Sausage, an
I .
len lest Whit
Syrup, e Sngar, Drip t.zyrup, Tinejar, Codfi4h, Cheese, roil,
min 341, Oat] teal, Cracked Wheat,..13rziwn Flour, Pastry Flour, Potatos 4, Ap-
good Buttea and Begs always on hen -1„ Remember the pisee :
A. G. AULT'S GROCERY7 HSEAFORT.
11. , 0 .1)
)
TS PREPARE!) to ;inn "Elm Higlaeat Place for
-a- , any siltintily tliegs, alive er dressed. -
1 kinds ofCqrJ deate ,cenetantly on heael. Fihe
, Lard, anger ,Curel Ifeme, .tipised Beef
Ilam, Side aleat, Pork, S isasse. s,Bolositte.and
"Choice Meat ia n11 knife. Is I have bse.n in tiae
business for .the 1. it two aears, and having one
of th-e best ,cutters ana arvere el meat hi Gm-
_ - ads., I think I will la: able to give as good sietia•-
: faction as ia the pest.
II. ROBB-
N. B.—Poik Cuttings always on hana, 568
GOOD NEWS FOR THE BAREFOOTED
•
AND ALL PARTIES IV 0 WISH TO BUY LARGE QUANTITIES OF
BOOTS AND SIIOEL3 FOR A. SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
TO KEEP Ableast of the thins ib the General Reduction in Prices of all kande of Go,. --but
4- more particularly, if possible, ko induce people to Isty fax cash—I have determined to make the
following reduction in prices to tenth buyers in Custom Made Work :
Gents' Long Leg toots. ail hinds, 2t5 cents Per pair.
:izhoe Packs :tuft Nihort :Moots, :Ill kinds, 121, cents per.,pttir.
Ladies', Boys' nhi Girbe Boots, all kinds, i2 cents per pair.
I have just openea an Imnieuse .t.cca-: of Factory Made Work ia all the diffeeent lines which I
think intending pmehasers ought to see before purehaeing elsewhere, especially my M'en's ani
Boys' Riveted Wm k, which undotthttelly surpass anything in the trade in Factory alede Work All
. .
of able willbe seal ne a ! eductiot cotrespouding with the above to cash 'Issuers. Paetiea buying
on time will be ehargsd the old p‘rices. As am the first hi my line in Seale -th II • e
th
• prices, I trust e public will sho their appreciation- by an extensive patronage, its I am deter-
, mined to make it to their ad.vants.0 to do se. .
' Block. East Side Main Street,
Sign of the BIG 1300T, Stark's }
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TIIOS 'COVENTRY Sect:forth
k .
R. Na BRETT
TI -IE McK IL LO P 1,71TAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMP'ANY,
4,1 R. W., J. SHAN:MIN, Secretary aril Treas-
eaL erer of the Above Conatany, will attead at
the -QUEEN'S 110TEL, SEAF )11,TII, on Satur-
day (I eaeli week, from a to 5 o'clock P. ler
the per/ease ofnransaeting the inatinese of t e
_Company. All interested will please take seal 0
and eaves') therneelves aceoraiinay,
W. SHANNON, Se jeitl‘tlaEreSe Pre8ii185ent
RB Al. BRETT,
WholsPAFORTII,
esa e and Lptail Dea:r in LEATHER
' SHOE FINDINGS of }ver Description.
None but, the Very Beet Stook kept. Terms
asoderate. A. Trial Solitited. All orders by mail
or otherwise promptly filled.
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