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The Huron Expositor, 1880-02-06, Page 2a 2 • BED'S SUBSCRIPTION. ' 'Let him that tlainketh he standeth ta e heed lest he fall.' Thst was the pa sons text this morning, and it re - cal ed a circumstance in our.early Mor- rie life about which 1 sat thinking all thiough the service, and which, had I ben moved by tho spirit to arise and rel te, would have been a novel illus- . tra ion for the text." Relate it to me," I urged. "It will do or a supplementary discourse." y frieed, at avlaose house I was ing, led the way out on the back za,, and afterplacing me in a shaker er, seated herself in another, and sta. pia roc beg bed an I have been married ten yea s, you khow. He, at the Jime if .our Marriage, had boeu at the bar but - asy sr, and in a, great city like B— it - is n easy matter for a* young map to mai e his way -among the best; lawyers t- e canntry. . It has been only-- with- itt se last year or two that the receipts i of h s--praetice have allowed a deposit iii ti e bank over and, above our living • expnses. Butthad aslittle income, • withwhich. and. myYankee 'PapacitY I na aaged to Make both _ends of the •year meet. 'Obeclliad pRinty of money in respect, but none in pocket; so, apon the whole, we were extremely 'poor, pinehed for money at every turn, but nobody suspected it. I had a hand - 1 some outfit when I Wits married, and it lastec me for five .years, without the ac- tual neellase of ,a nen) article: I was -my , wn Child's nurse, `Seatastress, chamser-maid and house -maid as we ceiald' only afford ,o.ne domestic. . It tires me n w when I look back and live over those t ears of seWsiterifice, of as most • tireso econorayein order that we Might. keep out of debt. B.utj we. were young and hopeful, and we. often had a littl laugh at our own expense, as when ressed for church. or a visit, Obed. would say, - yairre dressed like ft Princ: ss„ and I -haven't a dollar in the world; .ozte would think to see you that we' relied in wealth.," while I would gay- ly re,intl. him that tail that glitters is 34 not gad.' I remember 1 had one cos- tunao •f Unusual beauty and richness . which he neves liked nie to wear be- cause t s.eerned to him -like making false i11pression, and so its lay folded in ray.tr • nk until half ruined, in order, as Obed aid,. te avoid the appearance of. 'evil.' He is always quoting p -t. Paul, you know. , "On secret of my cheerfulness dm., ingtho trying years was that nay faith in Obe was as cleepas the sea and firm -as the verlasting hills.j I nemore lieved 1 possiblefor him to do what he a though to be wrong than it was for lainate fly.. He is not a, brilliant fellow, as y now, but for solid qualities,. as honest, intearity, pureness of heart, earnest •esa„ aaritableness_ of judgmeat, aecurae of knowledge and a high and keen; -S nse of justice, I , have never known is equal. .1 never thought of his asiel ling to temptation,: or abandon- ing any good pause because it was weak. Itt my'el.irnatrion he was as a bulwark of etren.: th., 1 supposethat I endowed laina,Tie a way, with my own decision and fisnuess, -which have always made. it as °as gard to victionS and that was all of his participation in the`naatter. - "Finally, dedication day came. It was appointed for a Sunday in Septem- ber, and everybody, far and near, who was at all likely to donate anything to- ward the lifting of the debt on the dn.- terprise, which amounted to $6,000, was especially invited to attend the dedica- tory services. The 'bishop' was to offi- ciate, and other noted. men in the church were to be present. The Sun- day morning came, and I awoke w a headache, which quite uufitted , .for service. Obed annonneed ,his tention of going to hear the lbish and added, laughingly, 'to seethe ft "'What fun ?' I asked in. surprise. "'The fnu of seeing 6,000 squee out Of the people. If they are all dry an orange as I am, they'll ra about ten cents,' and he thrust hands into his trousers' empty pocke Then, kissing me, he walked away. watchedahim as far as the gate, taki pride in his tall, manly figure and d tinguished air, that asserted its in spite of his somewhat seedy chur suit. "Dinner hour came, but 'Obed h not retuned: I remember I Nvass s ting on the back porch of our cotta waiting for him, when, like a flas came the thought in my mind 'What Obed should be induced te subscrib The thought actually made me fai for a moment, but I quickly dismiss it as being unworthy of him. He kne our ,struggle with poverty, and espeeia ly appreciated the sacrifices that I w conStantly called upon to make, and, you know, I had been -reared in affl enc. No, Obed was not of that cla of ii en Who send money to the theathe whi e wife and children actually Buff for the necetsaries Of existence. "That ignoble thought quite passe away, and half an hour later I hear Obed's step on the w4k, a little -les eager than usual,`it seethed to m.e, an the moment he reached the porch knew something was wrong, for I ca always tell from Obed's face the stat of his feelings. "Weil, back again, are you, Obed • I said, by way of greeting, as he thre his hat down with a boyislailing. and what do you think I'v done, Nell?' he asked, vehemently. "I couldn't say, Obed,' I replied quietly. - _ " 'Subscribed a hundred dollars t at pesky church! I'm ashamed. o yself ! I despise myself! I neve It so mean in 9,11 my life ! a hundre °liars !-and you here slaving you fingers' ends off! I deserve to be sho for my ignominy !I .` •A hundred dollars,' I echoed faintly, feeling the blood rushing t my heart. It may seem silly to you that for that paltry slim of money we should have been made so miserable but to us, at that time, it was like a million. "'Obed !' I cried, after some moments 0 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. make it aristocratic failed, and its en- tire history has been a aeries of strug- gles to pay the preacher and 'keep up style.' • "Two years ago Obed, almost entirely at his own expense,- fors he had eome into possession of this patrimony then, refitted the old church., which, after all, has come to' be fashionable as well as useful. When the suggestion was made to have the old aura repaired, Obed made a little speech, in which. he said ith that rather thau have a single man or me woman subscribe a farthing beyond in- what he or she was abtindantly able to___ op,' give, he much preferred to bear the en - in.' • tire expense himself; and that all sub- scrptions to theafundsinust be volun- zed tary. He afterward. -gild to me that as' rather than" -have any person subjected ise to the pain and humiliation. that we his had undergone because of that 'dread.- ts. ful subscription,' he would wprship in a I barn to the end -of his days. I often ea think if people who solicit subscriptions is- • with a persistence that amounts to in - elf solence, would but consider the possible ch harm they commit, that they would their business with more considerations aa. remembering that overcoming goed it- man's sense of right and -duty is leading._ ge • him into the temptation -from which he h, daily prays to be delivered. And now if I'm through," concluded ray friend, e with a bright laugh, "only that I wish nt to suggest to you that, if ever you have ed 'Obed' bound for a church dedication, w you had better go with. him, unless you 1- happily more abound in filthy lucre as than we did ten years ago; for Obed as said afterward that if I only had been u- with him, we should have been .spared ss the history of that dreadful subscri n' tion.' "-Mary Wager Fisher, in Go er Company. plY ?' th na fe a 0 ; • of silence, 'not for ten thousand one hundred dollars would I have lost my faith. in your strength to do right.' •" 'Oh, Nell, 'tis just that which cuts me to the quick,' he quickly retorted. stNobody could have made me believe that I would do such a thing. - Lam as rprisecl and:pained as you can possi- y be, for I had no idea. that I had ch a streak of weakness within mo! . Paul must have foreseen me, for re, when he warned. men to take ed lest they fall, whileathinking that e n y stand.' 'Poor (5bed I had never seeu him mortified and humiliated and all on •acc ha ount of _what be so fitly termed that 'pesky church.' •"Then I asked him to tell me how it ppened, and he described the method ployed by the 'Inshop ' and his offi- is to raise the $6,000. The officials h went among the congregation, kiting subscriptions from occupants each. pew ; then, as the amount sub- ibed failed to reach the desired sum, a new a.ppeal was made, and persons for me to say no as yes in re- su su nything about which my con - were dear. St su al he th - SO , em a cia sol , of ger "The sreatest trial we had to con tend wit was our inability to be liber and tho oughly hospitable. This sub urban to en where we now live is muc `wealthiee now than thepabut even the it was a astocratie enough to toll what its flatus would be. Every denomina- tion mu. t _have its own church, and there we, always fairs and festivals and sub..criptions fel: this and for that ; and Obe I was a church member, au very mn h looked up to became of hi abilities, fine social. position laud bigl characte and you eau imagine how with our miserly income it was utter] impossible for us to buy tickets for everstbi tg, subscribe towards the preacher s salary, or contribute geuer- ously to ard the church eupenses in any way. could do mite,' an that enta But whe who had refused to subscribe at the first round were again. besieged. There wa s much joking by the .various pergolas ught thereto 'talk' money out of the ple, and one of them, in speaking of tain pews, said the 'swaths had not n moved clean.' So the 'naowing' s done over and over; and it was in last 'mowing,' When the last thous.-- 4ollars was being raised, that Obed, repeatedly saying he could not sesibe, was overcome by the coin- ed persuasions of two parsons to al - his name to be put down for a hun- d dollars -surprised, the moment he ded, and regretting it as yeu have The very best thiug that we bre as to Cast in our ‘widaw's «O() -whenever. help was no cled cer led no expense, to render hat. t bee it came to money, mind _tou, wa we cauld go no further. We held to the be a eritne to- let our inmost debt go and unpaid kr the sake of feediug the aftf tributioe box. We knew men wht did .sah that way but they were_ always in.fi bin troutle, anclidon't think tiles eu- low joyed tlpir religion much, espec 11 whets the their fatn are • were solcl out by the sh riff, yiel lies reducb&t topenury Ind various o her families suffering los4 be- cause of t tear liberality in various waye. Now, don't misapprehend nad! -Nebod - in the'wo id loves to give better thh.0 I do; but had rather bo branded lie. ,a monster ef penuriousness than to'be guilty otlieing liberal with money hat properly belongs to somebody else. No doubt bit that we were' criticised but we had t e courage of ottr convictions. We Imes better than aLuybody else what we 'mild afford to do, although, as you know there- are persons in every neighborhood Who think they know more abo it your ability to give tis_an y011, do yo irsolT. i u the second •or third year of our mastiage, the church-buik ing mania sei .ed upon the ambitious I art of the conaregatien of the Outsell/ of -which Ob is a member. The 'old church w ts old-fashioud, it is time, ivy -grown but in most ways very cam- fortablea nit so capacious as to holki a congregation three or fon]: times as large as ti at Which worshipped. in it, But the tc wan it was argued, was grow- ing rapid!: in another direction. eni in order foreur church to hold its own, and to gat ter within its precincts the saints in 'castly array, there must b p a .nowfold ith all modern improvoni4.uts for the ac ommodation of these fine - wooled eh ep to pasture iu ; so sub- scriptions or the new chnrch began. We had le syMpathy with the m(t)VO- anent, whi It Was entirely for the ag- grandizem ,nt ofthe denomination, and not at all or the salVatioe,... of sianers. The chumj was in no seaseueeded, and Obed dechired that if he were a mil - he' would. not donate eau toward its ;erection, for it would. be hut a useless and heavy burden upon th people -a sort of ecclesiastical 'white elephant' ' "But the aggrandizers carried the day, and the building of the church be- gan, with half of the required money pledged. . Obed was elected one of • the trustees, for the eclat of his name, I suppose. Ile attended one or two of the business meetings, when he lifted I up his voice in opposition to the schera.e. heard. we can't pay it, sowhat wa a - • the use ?'. I argued, in woman fashion " 'Oh, I shall pay it, Nell,' he cried, desperately, 'if for no better reason than as a punishnaent for ray weaknes but you shan't suffer from it, he added, Stoutly: "IFon't be too sure,' I said, quietly. • "He wincedsan.d replied: " 'True, NelleI can never again feel . sure of anything.'. "As a ceinfortingrejoinder I quoted . fp MEDICAL. j G. SCOTT, lit D. &ea Physician,Sargeon and " • Aceoncheur, Seaforth, Out. Oftleeind resi- dence south side of Goderieh Street, first door east of Presbyterian Charch. yijid. HANOVER, M. D., C. M., Graduate of McGill University, Physician, Surgeon and Accouchour, Seafarth. Ont. Office and a esidenco, first door south of the Catholic Ohrtach. 496 T-1- L. VERCOE, M. D., C. M., Physician,Snr- 'I"- • goon oto., Coroner for the County of Huron Office and Residence, on Jarvis .etreet north, directly opposite Seaforth Pablie School. • AleNATIGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Gradu • ate of Oatario Veterinary College, Staforth, Ont. Office and Residenee in roar of Killoran St Ryan'ti:- Calls promptly attended to, night or day. A stock of veterinary Medicines en hand Chargee reasonable. Horses examined este sound. - noes and certificates given if required. 407 _TAMES W. ELDER, V. S., Graduate of the " Ontario Veterinary College. After devoting two years to practice with Profeseor Smith, of Toronto, has settled in Seatorth. Office at his residence east of W. M. Cluireli. Calls promptly attended to by day or night. A large stock of Vetexinary Medicines constantly on hand. Horses examined 1:03 to soundness and, certificates given Horses bought and sold on commission. 424 hours afrom 8 Mrs, Whttney's -Seaforth. , -as- DERBYSHIRE. L. D. S., 'Li" Surgeon Dentist, Graduate at the Rival College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office A. M. to' 5 P. M. •Rotnas in new brick block, Main Street, LEGAL. _TAU ES T. GARBOW, Barrister, Attorney and " Sol kits:5r., Goderich. 631 etAMERON, HOLT & CAMERON, Barristers, `-' Solicitors in Chancery, &c., Goderioh, Ont. M. 0. Cameron, Q. C., Philip Holt, -M. G. Cam- eron. 506 13- WILLIAM SMALL, Conveyancer and OHM:aid- Od sioner in B. It., Wroxeter. • Auctioneer and Appraiser. Accoante and notes collected on reasonable terms. . 366 male Life a Hundred Years • Ago. One hundred years ago not a pound of coal or) a cubic foot of illuminating gas had been burned in. the country. No iron stoves were used and. no con- trivances for economizing heat were emplia ed until Dr. Franklin invented the iroi -framed fireplace which still, bears la s name. All the eooking and warsning in town as well as in the country were acme by the aid of a fire kindled on the brick hearth or in the brick ovens. Pine knots or tallow can- dles furnished the light for the long winter nights, and sauded floors sup- plied. the place of rugs and carpets. The water used for household purposes . was drawn from deep wells . with the creaking sweep-.- No form of pump wa used in this country, so far as we ea learn, until after the commencement of the present century. There were no friction matches in those days, by the aid of which a fire Could bp easily kin- dled, and if the fire went out upon the hearth over night, and the tinder was clamp, so that _the spark would not I -I•Law, Solicitor in Chancery. Commissioner NV. 0. MEYER, Barrieter and Attorney at for taking R flidavi hi in the Province of Manitoba. Solicitor for the Bank of Hamilton, Wingbam. Private funds to loan at 71 to 8 per cent. 633 MALC OMSON, Boi sister, . and Attorney at - Law, Notary Public Convesancer, Brussels. Mr. Carey, late of Cameron, Noit & .'thrrnerou's officeavaill be in charge of the office, and Mr. Malcomson will be in Bruseels every Tues- day. 609 - - - pENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorney atLaw, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notari,es Public, etc. 0113.c.os-Sea. forth and Brussels. a23,000 of Private unds to I uves t a t once, at Eight percent. Interest ,payable yearly. • 53, aim la BENSON. ' H. W. 0. MEYER. The above firm has this. day been dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts due tho firm to be paid to Mr. Benson who will pay all liabil- ities. . Nov. 27, 1876. •JAMES H. BENSON. 11 H. W. C. MEYER. Catch, the alternative remained of wad- iug through the MOW ta mile or so to borrow a brand of a neighbor. Only one room in any house was warm, un- less some member-- of the family Was ill; in all tho rest, the temperature was at zero during many. nights in winter. The men and women of a hundred - years ago undressed and went to their beds in a temperature colder than that of our barns and wo-odsheds, and they never complained. "Wonderful DiScovery. • We learn from the New York Post - that a very remarkable pperation is proceeding at Bellevue Hospital in that city. The patient is a' you nn man twenty-one years old, who lost his nose througli-what is known as a lupoid ulcer, the result of a blow from a club and the operation will result in the re- placement of that useful organ, or rather the substitution of a part of one of , the sufferer's fingers for the missing feattife. • The first • step, which was taken some weeks ago, was to remove the nail from the middle finger of the patient's left hand. Two deep incis- ions wero then made at the base of the nose, and pieces of flesh were brought down to cover the opening caused by the destrnction of the nasal- bones 9..nd cartileges. Next, incisious .were made at the upper extremity of the nose to form a pocket for the reception of the end ef the finger to be transplanted. Theanext step was to open the finger froth- the second joint to the tip and to place the finger in position on the pa- tient's face, securing the flaps by silver sutures..This was done five=weeks ago and the surfaces have united. ad • bly.. The next operation -will be the ampu- tation of the finger at the first joiat, when the bones of the transplanted phalanses will serve admirably to re- place the nasal bones. A triangular flap of skin will then be brought down 'from the iorehead to form a imiform surface for the new nose, and the job will be completed. It may be added thatat one paint Of the operation the the patient's breathing was so obstructed by blood. running down his throat that it became necessary to insert a silver tube iu his windpipe. All things work together for good to • them who love the Lord and keep IIis a commandnieuts.' •.'We concladed the talk by Obed's asking me to promise never to allude to • Ganabe,tta's Love, Affair. Gambetta isa bachelor, but he has ot lived. so long without having at east contemplated marriage. The tcay of his engagement td an heiress in estern France, and its sudden break - ng off, give us a fresh glimpse of his - haracters From the time of his leav- ng his humble home at Cahore, till his ise to the highest rank of public per- onages, Gambetta livedwitha faith - al, devoted aunt, who followed him to aris, and who made; everywhere he. ent, a pleasant home for hit.. She as at once his maid -of -all -work and is congenial companion • and he was eeply attached to her and she to him. is g. en o a handsome and ac- omplibshed girl, with a dot of seven illions, was a shock to the good aunt; ut she yielded gracefully to the in-. vitable. When the ariangements for: e marriage were being discussed owever, the young lady took_ it into er head to make it a condition of the nion that the aunt should be excluded om. the uew establishment. She was arcely elegant enough to adorn gilded bus. Gambetta explained how much s aunt had been to him; the rich eauty was the more obdurate. Gam- betta took up his hat, and with a pros - found bow, "Adieu," said he; "we were' not made to understand each °then'? And the marriage was put off forever. whitening purifying the TEADER powder for breath, and stimulating the mouth, the brightest, cosiest little toilet gein extant. Ask your druggist for "Tea - berry ;" price 35 cents. 626-52. tb.e matter again until the subsciiption w was paid, whieli I did,- and then freeing i himself of, a final anathema against his c own weakness -and. that 'pesky Church,' f we druppod the subject and vent to the r diluter table„ which we had for the time being forgotten. f "Well, within the followiugi two years P Obed paid that dreadful -subscription. w I remember well the night.- when he w :Arne home, and, catching me up in his • h arms as if he had gone daft, explained d his behavior by saying that the 'unseen- H Mailable horror' was at last caucelled, - the hundred-slollar- subscription was on '•paid, and that if ,we only had a 'fatted:- b calf' we should kill it in honor of - the e occasion. - th "sAlthough. neither Obed nor 1 during h . these bwo years had. mentianed the mat! h ter, it was like a skeleton behind the u ! door. My keen eyes detected his fr new economies ; the retrenching screw sc had received another turn„ and. it made sa my heart ache. : Unknown to him I, hi too, made my new economies in behalf " of -the same cause, until I felt mean -and skimped to the furthest degree. I can't tell you how much were endured be- cause of that hundred dollars, which went toward paying for carpets and cushions and other luxuries that the ! worshipers in the old churcli had al- ways done without.. "Of course that 'pesky church' still -stands, but from that day to this we have never entered it. The effort to MCCAUGHEY & HOLMESTEDI - LAW, CHANCERY, AND CONVEYANCING OFFICE, Scott's. Blodk, llain Street, Seaforth. OOLICITORS for the Consolidated Bank of - Canada and the Cana.dian Bank of Commeree in Seaforth. Farm ana-Town and Village Property bought and sold. Money (wive te Innds) loaned on mortgage se- curities, at reasonable rates of iuterest. Charges moderate. • money invested for private personae upon the beet mortgage securities, without any expenee to the lender. S. G. McCAUGHEY, M. A. F. HOLMESTED. • MISCELLANEOUS. ert g A WEEK in your own town. Terms and (WU" $5 ontfit free. Address H. HALEETT & Co., Portland, Maine. - 626-52 $2/1 PER DAY tit home. Samples 5 to worth $5 iree. Address STIN- SON & Co., Pbrtland, Maine. 626-52 !jTtJSI0.-Mra. Mehfulkin will give instructions in instrumental music to a few pupils. Use of piano given for practice if desired. - Ileaideuce east of Victoria Square, Seaforth. 614 JP. BRINE, Liconced Auctioneer for tbe • County of Huron. Sales attended in all parts of the County. All orders left at theE. Office will be promptly attended to. N CIS GRAHAM, AUCTIONEER AND -11- LAND AGENT.-Speeial attention given to sale of landed property, foaming and thorough- bred et ek. Cattle selected for the Englis m - ket. Clam and Auction Rooms, Achesonat new as Block, G-oderich, Ont. Terms moderate 615 _TOI1N LECKIE, General Loan- and Real Estate "• Agent, Grails, Produce and Commisaion Mer- chant. Money loaned on real estate in town or aountry, at 8 per cent. simple interest. Charges moderate. Mortgages bought and sold. Matured mortgages paid off. Terms to suit borrowers. Varna, and village property for sale. Office- Leckie'n new brick block, Brussels; Ont. 515 ,•;EAFORTII 'PUMP FACTORY STILL AHEAD Pa' -These mews having been awarded the first prize at, both the South Huren and East Huron Fall Shows, the subscriber has every confidence in aacommending them to thel public knowing that for quality of material and Worimaaehip they are not easily surpassed, and would solicit a call from all intending parchasers ; all work warranted orders by mail or otherwise prompt- ly atteaded to. N. CLUFE North Main Street, Seaforth. 619 • •plin GBEII FEMALE REMEDY. -Job Moses Periodi al Pills -This invaluable medicine is nnfailing in tho cure of all those painful and dangerous d seases to which the female constitn tion is subjee t. It naoderates all excess and re • moves all obtro_ctioas, and a speedy curernay be relied on. To maariad ladies, it la peculiaily suited. It will, in a short time, bring on the monthly pe- riod with regularita . These pills should. not be taken by Females daring the first three months of Pregrancy, as they axe sure to bring on Mis- carriage, but at any other time they are safe. In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, pains in the back and limbs, fatigue on slight ex- ertion, palpitation of the heart, hysterics, and whites, these pills will effect a cure when all other means hove failed; and, although ta powerful remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or anything hurtful to the constitation. Fall directions in tho pamphlet around each package, which should be carefully preserved. Job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1 00 and 121 cents for postage enclosed to Northrop & Lyman, To- ronto, Ont., general agents for the Dominion, will insure a bottle containing over 50 pills by return mail. Sold in Seaforth by Hickson & Bleasdell, J. S. Roberts, and R. Lumsden. 197 _ - ELECTRICITY! THOMAS' EXCELSIOR ECLECTRIC OIL—WORTH TEN TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN Goan. -Pain cannot stand where it Is used. It is t12.e cheapest medicine ever made. One dose cares eommon sore throat. One bottle has cured bron- chitis. Fifty cents' worth has cured an old stand- ing cough. It positively aures catarrh, asthma, and croup. Fifty cents' worth has cured crick in the back, and the same quantity lame back of 8 years' standing. The following are extracts from a few of the many letters that have been received from different parts Of Canada, -which, wo think, should sufficiently satisfy the most skeptical: S. Collard, of Sparta, Ont., writes, "Send me 6 dozen Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, have sold all I had from you, and want more now; its cures are truly won- derful." Wm. McGuire, of Franklin; writes, "I have Bolden the agent left, it acts like a charm - it was slow at first, but takes splendid now." H. Cole, of Iona, writes, "Please forward 6 dozen Thomas' Eclectric Oil, I am nearly out, nothing equals it. It is highly recommended by those who have used it." S. Bedford, Thameaville, writes, "Send me at once a further supply of Ecleetric Oil, I have only one bottle left. I never saw any- thing sell so well and give such general satisfac- tion.," 3. Thomson, Woodward, writes, "Send me some more Eclectric Oil, I have sold entirely out,. Nothing takeslike it." Miller & Reed, VI- verton, P. Q., write, "The Eclectric Oil is getting a great reputation here, and is daily called for. Send us a further supply without delay."Lemoyne, Gibb & Co., Buckingham, P. Q., writes, "Send us one gross of Eclectric Oil. We find it to take well." Sold by all medicine dealers. Price 25 Cents. S. N. THOMAS, Priam's, N Y. And NORTHROP & LYMAN, Toronto Ont.,' Sole Agents for the Dominion. NOTE.—Eolectrie— Selected and Electrized. Sold in Seaforth by Hickson & Bleasdell, 3. S. Roberts and 11. Lumsden, 521 GREAT STOCK—T:4. DUNCAN & DUNCA SEAFORTH. As this is our _Regular Stock -Taking, and we want to Clear Out all Odd Lines and Remnants, and to Re- duce the Stock as Low Cis Possible before , TEE FIRST DAY OF TE We have decided. to sell all RUARY NEXT Goods at a GREAT SACRIFICE FROM R GULAR PRICES, • -And taking into consideration the recent advance n the value of Goods, we are safe in saying that customers will effect a saving o from 20 to 40 per cent. Our Stock is now well assorted in all Lines of WOY" G-OODS - Which were bought at the very lowest cash prices. of ono of the Largest Stocks in this County. Our LOW. NO TROUI3LE TO SHOW GOODS. DRESS GOODS. .DR All the Latest Styles and. Shades of Color in Ca Merinoes, Persian Cards, Serges, Costume -Cloths new.- Two Hundred Remnants of Dress 'Goods at Winceys, Plain and Checked. Ladies' Lustre and Felt Skirts. Plain and Fancy Wool Clouds. Wool Squares, all colors. Ladies' Corsets, full range of all styles and sizes, from 25c. to $2 per set. English, Scotch and Canadian Tweeds -all prices. 100 Remnants Tweeds, all kinds. Worsted Coatings, plain and fancy. Fancy Wool Flannels and Winceys for Shirtings. Canadian Grey Flannels, plain and twilled. Table Linens, pure, 25c. per yard. Ladies' Hose, self and fancy colors. Ladies' Qloth and Kid Gloves. fatge Stock of Ladies' Furs, in Mink, Seal and Lamb,. will be cleared out very cheap. We only ask an Inspection 'took is varied and PRICES SS GOODS. hmeres---black and colored, nd Fancy Dress Goods -all alf alf price. B ack Lustres, Litdies' Wool Shawls, in double •and square. Fincy Woolens. nes Braces, sample lot at alf price. Mni's Mufflers. L dies' Ulster Cloths. •B avers, Naps and Mencias for vercoats. 20 , Dozen Towels, from 5 cents nd upwards. Li en Handkerchiefs, from 5 ents up. . • ts' Ties and Scarfs. M n's Overcoats. M n's Fur Caps. n's Under -Clothing. La es' Mantles. Lo of Sample Hose, very low. BRIGGS BROTHER HAVING purchaaed the busipees canted ..y Mr. J. E. BRIGGS for so many years,. now prepared to do BOOT AND SHOE-MAKIN oi Every Description On the shortest noticesak - most reasonable terms. U.'hey will nee mothinta but the very ben Jaa terial, and as to lit.aatelNOrktnauehip they sow an tee satisfaction.. By Strict, otterftion to business, giving a gooll article, and fair and reasonable prices, they hops to merit and receive a liberal ehere of pub* - patronage. a. - Their Shop will be foinid in Rattenhtinasta D. MeIntosh'e V(3; -Give us a z e01,..inwita:BOIEfireace,s-oaa. door south of the post ofticeo. Bilwas. 617 N.B.-All overdue accounts nanat be paid at -- Once. THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY SEAFORTH. ARTHUR FORBES, HAVING purchatied the Stock apil Trade of th. Commercial Livery, Seaforth, from Mr. George W.hiteley, begs to state tast he intend. carrying On the business ha the n1d4 tand, and hat added sevetal VAvab)ehoraes and hicks to the formerly large stock. None but First -Class Comfortable YeiticlAand Good :Reliable Horses JVill be ...Vegt. Covered and. Open Buggies and -Carriages', and Double and Single Wagons always ready -for nee. Special Arrangement4 Made With Cons menial Men. Orders left at the stables or any of tho hotels promptly attended to.• SEAFORTH PLANING MILL, iASII, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY THE subacri ber begs leave to thank his numeral -A-customers for the liberalpatrenage extended him since commencing business in Sealoath,and trusts hat he may be favored with a tiontinuanist of the satires • Partiesinten.ding to build wonld de well to giss hirn a call,eas he will continuo to keep on hand large stack of all kinds ef DRY PINE „LUMBER, SA.1411EE 14 DOORS, BLINDS, MOITLDINCS, SIIINGLEp, LATH, ETC. Hefeels confident of givingsatisiaetioztotliost -who may favour him with their patronagenisII000 but first-claeswerkmenareemplayeds Particular attention pa,irl ta Custom. Planing 20[ JOHN Ir. BROADFOOT. ANDREW CALDER Takes the Lead am( ng the Photographers • of Westeiti Canada, and DON'T YOU FORGET IT." He is to the front, as usual, eupplying his pate rens with- Photographs and Ambrotypes, well tellies] and 6f -beautiful finish. Old Pictures copied •and enlarged to perfection. Children's Pictures taken in o manner tb at avilianake mothers smile with delight. Give -the "People's Popular Gal- lery " a trial and be happy. No "cheap trash') • turned out. Prices as low as good work can be done for. ANDREW CALDER, Seaforth. ST. 'CATHARINES NURSERIES. Fiull Assortment of Boots and hoes. A Splendid Stock of Fresh GrOC ries. •A Fa/Assortment of Splendid Fruit • and Ornamental Trees DITIVC_A_1\1- az 1\T MAIN' STREET, SEAFO • TH. THE CODERICEI FOUNDRY AND MAil1FACTURINC CO. The Goderich Foundry and Manufacturing Conapa y, (Limited), are now run- ning their shoos in full force, under new manageme t, notwithstanding reports to the contrary circulated by interested parties, and blave determined to spare no effort to secure the local trade for what they manufacture. ENCINES AND BOILERS, FLOURING, GRIST, S WAND WOOLEN MILL, STAVE, HEADING AND HOOP ACHINERY. Ice' Plows, Agricultural Implements, Cooking, Box and Parlor Stoves in, Stock or Rade to Orde REPAIRS on Engines, Collers, drc., promptly at nded to. Estimates: and Plans furnished for any kind of machinery or mill woi • HORACE HORTON, a G. A. HUMBER, JOHN CHRISTIAN, PRESIDEXT. MANAGER. •SECRETARY. JOHN KIDD, HARDWARE MEROH SEAFORTH. NCTiCj TO D. 'TORS_ I am destrous of having my Books balanced by. the FIFTEENTH of FEBRUARY, and request all parties inde ted, either by Note or Book Account, to make Prompt Settlement. JOHN KIDD, HARDWARE MERCHA NT, SEAFORTH. AT HIS_ POST AS 0 JOHN WARD, MAIN STREE While returning thanks to his many customers Jo • past, also to those who so liberally patronized it Worn?, them and as many new ones as will fovo WILL STILL BE FOUND IN III As ready and willing to serve them as --- HARNESS, TRUNKS, WHIPS AND GENERAL FU AS USUAL. ALSO HARNESS MADE TO 0 PAIRING- PROMPTLY ATTENDE JOHN WARD, - HAY AND OATS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR OLD. SEAFORTH, their patronage in the s late sale, he begs to 'him that he OLD STAND efore. N1SHINGS ON HAND ER AND RE - TO. SEAFORTH. ARNESS. IR....EMCDAT H113_ aRO.E S. ROBERTS HAS REMOVED HI DRUG STORE To the Store between Hoffman's .Dry Goods and Co nter's Jewelry Stores, ,. Cardno's Block,, Main- Street, Sea nth. Orders by Mail Receive`Qa.refal and Prompt Attention.. at GENTS WANTED -To take orders in every 4-1' part of (he -country. Pay Libetal. _ Dealers should call and see the etoela-it is u netts pa Fee& Pricee ea low as in the States, thereby s a-ving the duty of 20 per cent. •AcIdiess DW. BEADLE, 624-26• St Oft-tharinett. ANCHOR LINE. TTNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS Sail • Every Saturday ft out NEW YORK mid - GLASGOW (via Londonderry) and LONDO... Direct. TICKETS for Liverpool, Londonderry, Glu - now, and all parts of Europe. Fares as 1ow as any other first-elass lines Prcpajd Passage Certificates issued to persons wishing to bring out theirfriends. The Passenger accommodation of Anchor Line Steamers are unsurpassed for -eleganee and cora- fart. Apply to S. DICKSON) 593 At the Post -Office, Seaforth HAIR DRESSING., IVI I SS STARK wzurEs to iHrOTIL the Ladies of Sealer -a V T and Viciaity that alle is prepared telanake up SWITCARS, CURLS, BRAIDS, &ea Itt th e Latest Fashion from Combings. A lotof Meadyinede Switches on hand. Priees Mc.deriite, and all orders ptiactualIy at- tended to. A cailsolicited. Residence -Main Street, Seatorth, 631 THE SEAFORTH PORK FACTORY* IR,c3J313 IATHILE thanking his -nurneieents _patrons for the liberal patronage beetowed upon hire during past years, begs to intimate that he it again piepared to furnish his patrons and the public generally with as good an article (if not better) this seasonas in the peat. All kinds of Cured Meats,Poik Cuttings, Sausages Bologna, constautly on hand, if ROBB. N. B. -The highest price paid for hogs, dress- ed or alive. • -616 PAINTING. Jj • • • To ww 13EGS info2can his friends ano the public tn genera that he has tonmenced business as a Painter and Glazier on his own at-ems:it, ,ana is papered to execute all ordere entrusted to him in the moat satisfactory manner and on xeasorable teams. Orders left at the store of Messrs. John- son Brothers willreceive pnre.mTpotiimatteleoatifo. 588rth. -4 1. .B.=-Whit.ewitthing and papering a specialty. Ta S. CAMPBELLP , rovincial Land Surveyor -A--1 • and Civil Engineer. Orders by naail prompt 1y9attended to. _, 7 D.. S. CAMPBELL, Mitchell. STOCK FOR SALE. - SALE. ---One mare colt, rising three years • old. Apply to DAVID DORRANCE, Sr., Lot 29, Con. 1st, McKillop. 604 •rt. OLT FOB SALE -For Sale, a Heavy Draught Colt, rising two, sired by old Lord Haddow. Apply on Lot 11, Concessfon 4. E. 11. S., Tucker - smith, to I. H. CARTER. 623 'STOCK POR SERVICE. TO PIG 33REEDERS.-The undersigned wall keep dui ing the present SOSBOD, on Lot 17, concession 9, lIcEillopafor the improvement of ttock, a thorough-hred-Iderkehire Boars- Terms, $1 for the reason, with the:paivilege of retuning if necessary. ,SAM:GEL HARRIS, prop. 629 'ROAR FOR SERVICE-Tbe 'undersigned will -le' keep for the Ina movement of stack this sea- son, on Lot 22, Concession 4, MeTrilloas Thoroughbred Beakslaire Boar, of superiorpeed- gree. Terms, $1, payable at the time of eervice, with the privilege of returratng if necessary. 'WILLIAM 11ENDERSON. 6324 • • A stylish New or Ind leisurely view' Who had left their heir sea, fortune to an ,Amptig them nn Ana soon fowls? side, Ferhe thought, plat fit -Te make a apea 440h, Paddy," an - 41few is -the pertar .Says Patrick, ash walk, 4`The're nieely, inc And raised his al The eoneeitedsyou Be sure of your MI win elo for moral DeacOn• wS • Deacon Sten • straight and s think it over, a real fat, eliun lbee".ve .tTbey .trele specimen of w believe a deac ticular ti‘ron,, that there is a: Delneaarctoosttohwit enim .11 s. 85 :t igr ahl feretef: wvoi ltrittihalse es aat erPaaaei ego ihnt straight -ba Cntrgoisodt°74e:g a , would becerne clothes are as V, and forro, and. ae ttaustereihyh3 grn as :alh e ty unwh• iieinteasttabsas.htuiInsanc:o:,/, • changed his shi • buttoning it mule a eerie& open,-baeke ar the buvton' w Other shirt ava the -deacon W When his wi•i -ate briskly sai a button at otto nearly threw it was he was was Suras.y, th • and meditation • forrried -no wori a Cn 1;1 t phre blao p work basket an and sew on. tha •credible, He but the offshoo • which -would di 'Ire awoke. Bu din' tasteful as it the -deacon that his wife sacrilege„ • Assi:orrfT was ing that his wife, wi years of his profited so littl evident that th serew loose so fabric he had b Wh.en he got - measure rogaiu tare, he -decline nebeukedhe; • nrewas days of the wee without deseer that '84da. eruvie013,: duty,• it zeas:.n be • szi • A bighly resp hold the shirt t • its plaee, and- elizrehrig, very e have felt in reg any rate, his fir have a salutar), in soixtewh-at astrinAlent Ivo fr7titlettitt it htl But 9, pin is . May be'in othei may have been - 1113.e des -eon's p less, -This last. fest -iself serio had fairly start • his flesh, and to be sure, but itt was•excee I itse..lf to arit. discourse, desp, vors to keep pin is a ve sure, but it • filling the deae sermon VMS things he thong pin beyondonlh h: - mirrered ittano image Agfterhtlp ieue converse on ch' - bad the upper of the deacon • ahindeuikr:tfthti;: sPiintt the brethren serves as super sommocioatishlywtt were teachers never: jaattr14:13:1,. nevertso ashey we speak in severe • doing this. n But it was no Jy respeetable p ed by the eollee tgh0 pg it on gs pi voekteln guessed enough. - heathen 13.1react time they loo The collector, thought it was aria • It was the r tovi mark that he h It was the pin cgiavuesne tohliet chil should be purn that eaused bit tnteito.nsiwt withassn istPeftfiaavikee hhtileorin settio:s ge