The Huron Expositor, 1880-02-06, Page 3BRITARY 67 1880
RUCEDIELD.
3S BROTHER
purebased the business eariled
14, E. 1.1%1(4GS for so malty years,
r.0 110
AND SHOE-MAKINQ -
selirtior, on the shortest notice vet
tale tVT1114.
uit rOthink bet the very best IA*,
s tr fit. reedlworkzoarehip they gnu;
c,•tion.
ttert r to Insiuess, reiNing n goo4
feh4ard reasonable priees, thoyho
rectiv e hberal •lorre of pub
4. a he tenni in Rettenbur
MtfIntosh's Veterinary Otliee, out
,f the post t nice.
JOEL BRIGGS.
1.10. W. BR,IGGS.
v(r1ue aceounts must be paid 4
IERGIAL LIVERY
A II' 0 R T H.
'111.J1i: FORBES,
erchaaed the Stock and Trade of the
Livery„ Seaforrh, fforn Mr.
L ley, Lena to state that he intends
te, basiness in the oia stand, and hal
vairdble horAes and vehielee to the bat
r 'omfortable, Vehicles and Good
Rorse$ Wilt he _Kept.
Over. Buggiea and Carenes, and
"ogle Wagons always ready for nee.
venten ,Illode Iritir Gera.
marciat
lit :he stables or any of thee hotels
.ted to,
PLANING MILL,
RR AND RIND FACTORt
erbeg1eavetu thank h ia numerota
tr the liheraipatronage extended to ,
irening business in Serrforth,and
lav be favored with a eontinuarte. -
eling to build would do well to give
e wIll coutinue to keep on -hand a.
ell kinds et
PINE LUMBER,
ta ,
BLINDS, AIOULDINGS,
:GLES„ LATIi„ ETC.
aeat of givingsatisfa.etion to thoss-
r him with theirpatronage,aa non*
rerkmett are employed.
tee ntion paizI to Custom Planing
'iniN 11. BROADFOOT.
EW CALDER
I.eed em. ng the PhotograPhers
Weetern Canada, and -
YOU FORGET IT."
ont, as usttal, supplying his pat-
. otographs and Anairrotypes, well
4 eutiful finish. Old Picturea (Ionia
44, o pc Tit crime. Childrtleti Pietures
ner t t V1lIflla1euothers smile
Give the "People's Popular GaI-
f red be happy. No " cheap trash"
Priers as low us gond work coax
ANDREW CALDElt, Seaforth.
URINES NURSERIES
-rt:,ent of Splendid Fruit
Ornamental 71m-,8
Hail Receive Careful and
rompt Attellti.011.
ANTED—To take orders in every
t eettetry. Pay Liberal.
call and see the stock—it is
. Pekes
ss 1GW: as in the States,
the 4.1uty of 20 perfetnt.
?.ss D. W. BEADLE,
St. Catharines.
J.
'HOE? INE
'ATES MAIL STEAMERS Sail
rturday flora NEW YORK and
4ar, Londonderry) and LONDON
44, f.iverpoul, Londonderry, Ghia- ,
r'ee of Europe. Fares as low as
!iass line.
erne Certificates issued to persons
.
out their friende.
-r actommodstion of Anchor Line
Leurpeeeed fer elagance and corn-
. DICKSON,
Ar the Pc.st Office, Seaforth
DRESSING.
,S STARK
jou: the Ladits of Seaforth
- teat he is prepared to make up
_CURLS, BRAIDS, Jsc,
n from Combings. A lot of
I le Se it ern a on hand.
I. end all orders punctrrally at -
.licit ed. Reaidence—Main
631
Til PORK FACTORY.:
ng his numerouspatron s for
patronage bestowed upon nim
begs to intimate that heto
furnish his': patrons and the
with as good an article if not
as in the past. All kinds of
ik Cet rings, Sausages„ Bologna,
I band. H. ROB.
hc,st. rite paid for bog, dress*
-616,
BEGS to inform his friends
aro the public in general
Ereeneed bueiness as a Painter
4.s EvVin account, and is preparetl
r actR coolusted to him in the
ry manner and on reaeorable
ft at the store of Messrs. John-
jl receive prompt attention.
II. TOW:s.T, Seaforth.
and paperir.g a specialty.
Provincial Land Surveyor
:mincer. Orders by mail prompt
S CAMPIJJ Mitchell.
I'
4 FoR
Pe mare eolt rieieg three years
je DORRANCE, Sr.,
;-2•1eKillop. 604
,
(.1:—For Sale, a Heavy Draught
two, sized by old Lord Haddaw.
t'ertetesien 4. IL E. S., Tucker-
JTEIL62a
. FOR SERVICE.
r :S.—The undersigned will
rhe pre.ent Falser), on Lot 17,
for the improvement of
ti -red Berkshire Boar. Term3,
with the in hllege of returning
.NIULL HARRIS, pr( p. 629
tVICE—The undereigned will
rer rovernent of utoek this seer
Concession 4, McKillop,
kebir e B oar, of superior /moa-
t ayab le at the time of service,
e of returning if necessary-
ERSON. 632-4
FEBRUARY 6 1880.
Pat's Reply.
A stylish New Yorker Was walking the strand,
And leisurely viewing some emigrants land,
Who had left their old home in the land o'er the
sea,
Their fortune to retake in the laud of the free.
Among them an Irishman he bad espied,
And soon found his way, to the young strturge?"S
side, L
For he thought, "Re's se green, he's tho feliew
just fit
To Make LI good butt to show off my wit.
"Eh, Paddy," says he with an insolent leer,
"How is the pertaties in Oireleaul this year IP"
Says Patrick, who seare,ely had paused in his
walk.
"The're nioely, me jewel, just taste of the stalk."
And raised his sbillalah, it fell 'with a thud,
The conceited young dandy lay prone in the mud.
Be sure of your subject as well as your jest,
Will do for a moral when put to the,tost.
Mns. A. L. Ir.
Deacon gtoughton and the
-Wicked Pin.
'Deacon Stoughton is one of my neigh-
bors. The deacon is a magniftcent
specimen of what a great many people
believe a deaeon should be. He is -
straight and. stiff andathin. Come to
think it over, I don't believe 1 ever saw
a real fat, chunky deacene although I
believe they are picking itp in this par-
ticular throughout the country, and
that there is, a, growing'belief thaii more
'neat an their bones wouldenot serious-
ly interfere with their filling the office.
Deacon Stoughton is thita and'i built
just rightifor visiting. people in an offi-
cial capacity, as his body, you can see
at a glance, would be perfectly at home
in a- straight-backed, weak -legged chair.
The deacon has no color in his face.
Color is too suggestive of good living
and good digestion, neither of which
would become a deacon: The deacon's
clothes are as void of levity as his face
and form, and must be a great comfort
to him. They are black, so far as the
outer garments are concerned, and as
austere as a hearse. His linen is as
white a.s his coat is black. It is of hie
linen that I now wish to speak particu-
larly.
Last Sunday morning the deacon
changed his shirt, as is his custom. On
buttoning it at the back (for he has
made a concession in favor of the
open -backed article) be discovered that
the button was off. There was po
other shirt available at the time, and -
the deacon was in a. fix.
When his wife learned the trouble
0
she briskly said that she would sew on
a button at onCe. This announcement
nearly threw the deacon into a fit. As
it was he was petrified with horror. Ib
was Sunday, the day set apart for rest
and meditation, wherein should be per-
formed no worldly labor, and. here was
a woman, the wife of a deacon, un-
blashingly proposing to get out her
work basket and other carnal matters
and sew on that button. It seemed in-
credible. He wanted to believe it was
but the offshoot of a disordered' fancy,
which would dissolve into space when
he awoke. But it was an actual fact,
distasteful as it was to adnait it, and
the deacon was forcel - to- believ„e
that his wife had really preposed the
sacrilege.
Asicle,from the offense of the act, it
was mortifying to fhe deacon's pride
that his wife, .who had enjoyed so many
years of his edifying example, had
profited so little by it. It was painfully
evident that there was a • veity large -
screw louse soroewhere in the -rnoral
fabric he had been rearing.
When he got his breath, and had in a
measure regained his ordinary compos-
ure, he declined the shirt button. and.
rebuked her who had suggested it.
There -va,as plenty of time in the six
days of the week to sew on buttons
without desecrating the seventh with
that service. He hoped be knew his
ditty, --and as long as lie reta,ined his
reason he—would never be guilty of such
a sin. ,
A highly respectable pin was made to
bold the shirt together and the collar in
its place, and the deacon went to
church, very much pleased with his
own righteousness, however he may
have felt in regard to his ;wife's. At
any rate, his firmness in the right_naust
have a salutary effect upon her, act-
ing somewhat in the nature of a moral
astringent upon her loose idea of
rectitude.
But a pin is not always a good sub-
stitute for a button, however useful it
may be in other ways, or however good
may have been its intentions in this.
The deacon's pin was moral but rest-
less. This last quality began to mani-
fest itself seriaIsly before the sernion
had fairly started. The point got into
his flesh, and smarted. Not severely,
to be sure, but in a snaall manner that
was exceedingly annoying,aiad suffidient
in itself to draw his attention_ from the
discourse, despite his desperate endea-
vors to keep his mind. upon it. ,
A. pin is a very trifling affair, to be
sure, but it succeeded in completely
filling the deacon's thoughts before the
sermon was done, and the various
things he thought of in regard to that
pin wohld have astonished and pained
him beyond measure had he seen them
mirrorecUn another's mind. _
After the service several soughtto
engage' him in pleasant and edifying
Converse on church work, but the pin
had the upper hand, and the answers
of the deacon were so unusual and his
lack of sympathy was SQ manifest that
the brethren abandoned their efforts,
and retired with grave forebodings.
In the Sunday School, where _he
sexa-es-as superiutendent, bathing went
smoothly that noon. He thought his
officials were 'lever so stupid., the
teachers never so negligent, the schol-
ars never so noisy and ungodly gener-
ally. as they were then, and he had to
speak in severe rebuke to a number of
then.
But it was not the deacon who was
doiu this. It was that pin, that high-
ly re pect[tble pin. When he was ask-
ed 133, the collector what amount he was
goin to give ails year for foreign missions
the p n spoke up at once. and said it
gues..e*enough had been done for the
heatl en already, and. that it was about
tim they looked. after themselves.
Th ollector. who did not see the pin,
thou, ht it was the deacon who spoke,
and! ent away hall stunned.
I as the pin that answered. a• call
to vi.tt a hie& neighbor with the re-
mait. that he had something else to do.
It vfr s the pin that forbade books being
giv out to the school that day, be-
caus the children were unruly and
shoi d be punishe3. It was the pin
the, aused him to meet pleasant salue
tati as with such stiffness as to dis-
per the sunshine_ from the faces he
nie It was the pin that made him
sta.
Iea
home in advance of his wife and
her to get there alone. And it
was the pin that showed him how cold
was -his dining -room, how late was his
dinner, how unfeeling and irreverent
were his children, how much that was
dissatisfying, and uncomfortable, and
annoying all about him.
Despite its pretensions that pin was
almost as wicked as a button would
have been in its place, and the deacon.
was glad indeed when Monday came
and the button could return without'
sin.—_Dcaith Ivy News.
Love by Telephone.
"The Lover's Telephone is the name
of a little contrivance now being sold
on the , streets, by which sounds are
transmitted along a cord attached to
two cylinders, and supposed to be very
effective in mitigating aggravated oases
of "stern parient." A young lady on
Post street was in the habit of eluding
the lynx eye of the father by dropping
one of these inventions from- the ,third
story side window " every night, and
holding sweet converse with her adored,
but financially ineligible sweetheart,
who stood on the pavement below.
The other night the "Governor" hap-
pened to notice a mysterious cord- that
passed his window, and on inspection
-discovered the little arrangement. He
deftly attached another string half way,
and, applying it to his ear, enjoyed
an affectionate interview then in
progress.
"Would nye safe for me to call to-
morrow ?" finally inquired the lower
end of the apparatus.
"Yes, Charlie," vibrated an /gall=
whisper-frona above.
"When do you think the old beast
- will be out?"
"In about two seconds with a club 1"
was the startling response, and the way
the old gentleman jumped for the hall
door would. have been very effective if
it had been half as speedy as the gait at
whic-h the young man outside left for
the adjoining ward.
•-
A Sleeping Car Episode.
A naiddle-aged married couple have
turned in next to me, having boarded a
train at a way station. They have evi-
dently been much hurried aud are out
of humor, for the wife is fretful and ex-
cited, and the husband growls above his
'breath in this style:
• "Now, I'll just bet you didn't put my
night shirt in." s
"Slush. It's in the basket in the
corner," replies the woman.
"I've looked in ,he basket and 'taint
there. I s'pose you put it at the bot-
tom under the vittals."
"In the vittals, iudeed. Why, John,
what on e -a -r -t -h are you doing ?"
"Pm looking for my shirt." •
"Don't That's the wrong basket.
You've gone and spilt them pickles
all over the bed I never seen such a
man !"
"Never mind, Mary; you need'iit tell
the whole car." „This in a .whisper pe-
culiar to the stage.
"Looking for your old .shirt in the
dinher basket! I don't see 'whaasany-
body wants with a "night shirt- on the
railroad., anyhow," retorted the indig-
nant female ; and there was a whirring
sound Which indicated that she had
pitched the missing article in his face
just in time, to choke off a wicked
rej cinder.
,
"S'posin' the care were to runi off the
track," added slu ; "you'd be a nice
picture wadin' —lit of a swamp or
rollin' -down a le ek in that, wouldn't
you ?"
"I'd be just as comfortable and as
purtY as you in that—"
"S'hush-.! You'll disgrace both of us
with your t011gtie."
"My tongue. Well, dang me, Mary,
if—"
"There, now, you're cursing me—you
—you --e"- Breaks off to sob.
There's where she had him.
I fancied, shortly after, hearing the
resonant and agreeable. soliud of a kiss,
but perhaps it was only the a,ngels, and
I dropped off to sleep again. On the
following clay I SEtw the same couple
seated oppesiteanauliching pickles and
fried chickens at intervals, as docile and
happy a couple as anybody may wish to
see.
How Marriages are Severed in
Different Countries.
Australians— Divorces have never
been sanctioned in Australia.
Jews—In olden times the Jews had a
discretionary power of divorcing their
wives.
Javans—If the wife be dissatisfied
she can obtain a divorce by paying a
certain sum.
Thibetans—Divorces are seldom al-
lowed., unless with the consent of both
parties—neither of whom can after-
wards remarry.
Moors—If the wife does not become
the mother of a boy she may be divorced
with the consent of the tribe and she
can marry again.
Abyssinians—No form of marriage is
necessary. The connection may be.dis-
solved and renewed as often as the par-
ties think proper.
Siberiause-It the man be dissatisfied
with the most trifling acts of his wife he
tears her cap or vail frona her bead, and
this constitutes a divorce.
Corean—The husband can divorce his
wife, or treasurer, and. leave her the
charge of maintaining the -children. If
she proves unfaithful he can put her to
death.
Siamese—The first wife may be di-
vorced, not sold, as the others may be.
She then may claim the first, third and
fifth child, and the alternate • chilar'en
are yielded to the husband. •
Arctic Region—When a, man desires
a AiNiorce he leaves the house in anger
and does riot return for several clays.
The wife understands the hint, - packs
her clothes and leaves. .
' Druse -and. Turkomen—Among these
people, if a wife asks her husband's per-.
missinto go out, and he says-" Go"
withoutad.ding," but COMO back again,"
she is divorced,. Though both partie-s
desire it they cannot live together with-
out being remarried.
Cochin Chinese—If the parties choose
to separate, they break a pair of chop-
sticks or a copper coin in the preseuceof
witnesses, by which action theunion is
dissolved. The husband - must restore
to the wife the property belonging to her
prior to her marriage.
American Indians—Amongst some
tribes the pieces of sticks given the
witnesses of the marriages are burnt as
a sign of divorce. Usually new con-
nections are formed without the old
-ones being dissolved. A man. never
divorces his wife if she has borne him
SODS.
Tartare—The husband may put a-
way his partner, and seek another when
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
it pleases him, and the wife may do the
same. If she be ill-treated she com-
plains to the magistrate, who, attended -
by the principal people, accompanies
her to the house and pronounces a
formal divorce.
Chinese—Divorces are allowed in all
cases of criminality, mutual dislikes,
jealousy, incompatibility of temper, or
too much loquacity on the part of the
wife. The husband cau sell his wife
until she leaves him, and becomes a
slave to him by action of the law for
disertion. A son is bound to divorce
his wife if she displeases his parents.
Soapy Sam.
Of the late Bishop Wilberforce this
story is told: On one occasion, while
slaying in a country house not many
miles from Windsor, the daughter of
his host, a little girl of seven, suddenly
broke out before all the assembled
company, "I want to ask you a ques-
tion, my lord you answer me
very,very truly ?" The Bishop smiled,
took the child �u his knee, and said:
"Of course I wall, my little dear. What
is it? The child looked gravely up at
him and let fall the following terrible
question: "Why. does everyone call you
'Soapy qara'?" Thu can easily imagine
the feelings of the company, but the
Bishop was quite equal to the occasion,
and after having cast a half -mocking
and cynical glance around the room,
simply replied : "I will tell you, my
darling: People call me 'Soapy Sam'
because, whenever I get into het water,
1 always come out with my hands
clean."
Patching.
I once knew a bright,'gity girl who
refused to learn the art of repairina,and
used to declare that a hole was the ac-
cident of a day, but a patch was pre-
meditated poverty. Had she lived long
she Might have learned that a little
premeditation in the shape of patches
often serve as a very severe poverty
esCape. By-talcing pains to secure suit-
able pieces, and using some tact in
putting them over; or rather under the
worn spots, a patch may be rade quite
respectable, and a garment adorned by
many of them need not necessarily look
like a mass of blotches on --an extensive
artist's palette. In buying a calico
dress. get enough to line the lower half
of the sleeves, and also enough for a
kitchen apron; then when the „dress
needs mending, the best of the apron
will match it nicely, and when the
sleeves wear off the lining is just the
thing to mend upon. In making up
kitchen aprons it is a good plan to have
two alike, and then in turn use one to
mend the other with. Cast-off overalls
furnish good patches for those • still in
service, and look better than new,
while the new pieces are better for
carpets. .
A Last Dollar Misapplied.
The other morning, says the Carson
(Nevada) Appeal, a stranger might have
been noticed standing in the rear of the
Mint, watching an old woman pick up
sticks. She must have been about 80
years of age. Her old calico dress was
full of holes, her face was as wrinkled
as tripe and brown as leather. Every
time she stooped to pick up a stick she
was obliged to do so with a painful
effort. She raked over. all.. the dry
leaves with palsied hands, and all the
worthless,little pieces went into her
basket. A heap of garbage and ashes
occnioied her attention for some ten
minutes. The man who was watching
her finally walked up behind her and
dropped a dollar into her basket and
then stole away unnoticed. An at-
tache of the Mint, who was near hailed
him as he passed.
"1 say, did you give a dollar to that
old lady ?"
"Yes, I did,. although it was the last
I had. I can't bear to see poverty and
old age combined. I had a mother
once almost it's old. aes she was, and as
,weak and palsied. I feel for an old
woman like that, and she can have a
dollar from me if its the last I've got."
"Do you see that bloe,k over there ?"
"With houses on it ?"
The houses and lot belong to her."
An expletive was all the stranger had -
to offer as he turned. away and walked.
rapidly up Carson street. It was his
last dollar.
The Dutch Boers in South
Africa.
Upon a first introduction to the Boere
all the stories we have ever heard, all,
the caricatures we have ever seen, of
Van Dunk's Dutch topers and flying
Dutchmen, crowd upon ' our memory.
In person as broad as he is long, with
heavy features and small eyes almost
chidden beneath a huge felt hat of a
cross betweeu a sombrero -and a billy -
cock, his thick legs and gaiters of nn -
tanned leather, and his greasy black
hair hanging about his neck, the de-
scendant of Martiz and Pretorias ap-
pears singularly devoid of all heroic at-
tributes with which our imagination has
invested him. Descending from his
box, this worthy begins a string of vi-
tuperations to his native bays, address-
ing them in fluent Kafir, interspersed
with the peculiar "clicks" to pronounce
, which the white man, unless his Kafir
education has been commenced in in-
fancy, may crack his jaws in vain.
Meanwhile, from a chair comfortably
fixed in the least shaky corner of the
the wagon, there is being extricated the
worthy "row" herself, a person whose
dimensions are not to be estimated ina
hurry, and who is clad after the custom
of Dutch matrons, in black, with a
white band. across the forehead and a
hood and cloak resembling those worn
by the Sisters of Mercy at home. It is
lucky for her that Boer fashions do not
erinif reater latitude in the toilet f
elclerl3rladies, for the taste of Dutch
Boer women in dress is gaudy and vul-
gar to a degree. Calico prints are the
favorite wear, yellows and scarlets are
the prevailing colors. It is almost
possible, as I have said, to look at a
party of young ladies without feeling
dazzled, so vividly do their brilliant
costumes show up in the intense Afri-
ban sunshine. Never has it been my
lot to witness such a striking combina-
tion of color as those I have met within
what I suppose I may call fashionable
Boer society; and of a dress of some
diaphanous amber -colored material,
profusely trimmed with sky-blue bows,
and a chocolate, simi/arly decorated
with green, I shall always retain a
specially admiring recollection.— Temple
Bar.
3
MT3SICA.14
INSTRUMENT EMPORIUM
SCOTT BROTHERS,
PROPRIETORS.
Notwithstanding the recent rise
in Manufacturers Prices of Pianos
and Organs, owing to the increased
cost of the materials used in the
construction of these Goods we have
resolved to
SELL AT OLD PRICES
For a few weeks longer, until we
clear out all the Instruments bought
previous to the advance. We shall
then be Obliged to make an adtiance
of Ten Per Cent.
all the Leading
We keep in stock
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Emerson Pianos amd 1V. Bell &
Co.'s and the DoMinion Organs
Specialty. Instruments sold on the
Instalment System, or on time to
suit ihe purehaser.
SEND FOR CIRCULARS.
AGENTS WANTED.
SCOTT BROTHERS
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
THE CHEAPEST GOODS.
. C3- TT, L ,
IS NOW RECEIVING A
A Very Large Stock of all kinds of
Groceries and _Provisions.
A Fresh Lot of Canned Fruits, and
Honey and ;Jellies.
A Fresh, Lot of those very choic
Peas in Black, Green and Japan.
All Grades of Sugars, Syrups and
Molasses.
Currants, Raisins, Prunes, Dried
Apples, Oatmeal, Cornmeal,
Cracked Wheat, Pot Barley, Flour,
Shorts, best of Hams and Bacon.
All kinds of Fresh Garden Seeds,
Top Onions, Potato Onions and
Set Onions and Potatoes.
Cream Crocks, Milk Pans, Flower
' Pots, &c.
Lard, Butter, Eggs, and a good va-
riety of .Soaps.
Soda Bischits in 3 pound boxes, at 25o.
and pure ground Coffee. Also 'a that
Celebrated English Exeeleior Horse and
Cattle Food...All aro invited to come and get
some of the Cheapest Goods in the Dominion.
Don't forget the place :
1
A. G. AULT'S GROCERY,
591 Main Stre t, SEAFORTH
CLOVER SEED AND TURNIPS.
A. G. MCDOUGALL & Co.,
Wilt ,pay ae Highest Market Price
iu Cash for any quantity of Clover
Seed, and also Ten Thousand Bush-
els of Turnips.
A. G. MCDOUGALL & Co
Dry Goods Merchants,
634-2 SEAFORTII, ONT.
41.."
BUTTER. BUTTER.
The Highest Miirket Price in
Cash paid for Good Fall Packed
Butter, in Tennets and Crocks,
at Hickson & Bleasdell's Drug
Store, Seaforth.
W. S. ROBERTSON.
$10 to $1 000 Stocks maces fortunes
Invested in Wall -St.,
every month. Books sent free explaining everyr
thing. Address BAXTER & Co., Bankers, 17
Wail -street, New York. -- 587-52
THE SEAFORTH ACRIcULTURAt. IMP EMENT EMPORIUM.
O. C. WILLSON, P
A FULL STOCK OF PLO
SOMETHING NEW FUR VARNA.
OPRIETOR.
Begs to annotiAte to the people of Varna
and surroundillg district thai, he has
Opened out a First -Class
WS ON HAND,
Consisting of the Folio wiing Kinds:
MASSEY'S NO. 13 THISTLE oUTTER PLOW,
OLIVER'S NO. 40 CHILLED PLOW,
HILL'S PATENT PLOW, NO. 2)
MASSEY'S NO. 10 SOD PLO1M
PORT PERRY AND TEESWATER GANG PLOWS.
A Full Stock of Straw Cutters, Horse Rakes, Grain
Crushers, Boot Cutters, and all Implements
belonging to the Business.
SEWING MACHINES i AS USUAL.
The Florence, Wanzer P, Raymond, toya1 Singer, and other
Machines. -
Sewing Machines Repaired on the S ortest Notice. and work
warranted.
Oils, Needles and Attachments alwa3ts on hand,
0. C. WILLSON, Maiii Street, Seaforth.
THE GREAT ANNUAL STOCK -TAKING SALE
—AT—
HOFFMAN BROS' CHEAP CASH STORE, SEAFORTH,
Will Continue for Ten Days Longer.
GOODS MARKED STILL LOWER THAN EVER
'El—ITS IS A 1\T 1±1ST
And everything in Stock is offered—not like in* sales, only unseasonable and
old Goods to be sold—but everything at and below cost price in
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, DRE1S SILKS, MANTLES,
MILLINERY, &C.
HOFFAIAN BROTHERS, Cardno's Block.
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THE GREAT " HUM "
IN SEAFORTH
IS AT
CENTRAL GROCERY, IN CARDNO'S BLOCK,
Where the People are Rushing to get Bargains in
TEAS, SU -GARS, -AND CHRISTMAS F.RUITS.
ALSO BARGAINS IN CROCK -ERY AND GLASSWARE..
DEG -E rs-r Co TE Cs T's GI- 0 0 s
Suitable for Christmas and,New Year's Gift —Useful and' Ornamental. --
We have not time to particularize Goods and, Prices. We ask the inspection of
intending purchasers, when we think we can confine° them it is to their advan-
tage to buy their Goods at the Central Grocery. '
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FLOUR AND FEED KEPT AS USUAL.
Eggs, Butter, and Poultry Taken, in Exchange for Goods. Goods de-
livered Promptly and Frel of Charge.
LAIDLAW & VAIRLEY, Seaforth.
DRY GOODS. BOOTS ilIND SHOES.
ONTARIO DRY GOODS HOIUSE, SEAFORTH.
S M 1 T 8 & W J S
Are continually receiving New Goods, which are bought in the best mark-
kets for cash,, marked at the Lou,_,st Price possible
and then sold for c sh,.
THIS SYSTEM OF DOING BUSINESS
Has secured for us a large and profitable trade d ing the season, ana we avail
ourselves of this opportunityPf thanking our cusuomers for the liberal patronage
extended us.
Every effort will be made in the future to reader business relations mutually
advantageous.
We would, also respectfully request that ail ill recolleet that we can have
but one price, which is marked in plain. figur s upon the goods, and that we
much prefer that purchasers should leave the go ds if the price does not suit.
The injustice of selling goods at a reduced r te to a certain class known as
"Bargain Hunters" must be very evident to thej more respectable portion of a
community.
We shall be pleased to show all who wish 4irough our stock, quoting prices
&c., and affording every opportunity for corctpari on with other houses.
SMITH
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Opposite Carmichael's Hotel.
WEST, Seaforth.
STOCK OF GROCERIES,
Flour and Feed, &c., in, Ktriza,
Which he wilisell at the very smallest
advance on cost.
Oat Meal, Cracked Wheat, 1omm
Meal, Pot Barley, Brooms, Wash
Boards, Brushes, Pails, Hair
Oils, Extracts, Spices,
And everything usually kept in a first-
class Grocery always on hand.
BELL'S FAMILY FLOUR,
The " Housewife's Delight," always
kept in- Stock.
Also SUNBEAM COAL OIL.
Call and Give Me a Trial
Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
632 ROBERT HAXBY, Varn
THE CANADIAN
BANK OF COMMERCE.
HEAD OFFICE, - - TORONTO -
Paid up Capital, - $0,000,000,
1,400,000,
DIRECTORS.
HON. WILLIAM MOITASTER, Preeident.
Hoar. ADAM HOPE, Vice -President.
Noah Barnhart, Esq. James Michie, Esq.
William Elliott. Esq. T.SntherhandStayner,Esq
George Taylor, Esq. John J. Anatole, Esq.
A. P.. McMaster, Esq.
W. N. ANDERSON, General Manager.
JOHN ROBERTSON, Inspector
NEW Yon.—J. G. Harper, and 3. H. Goadby
Agents.
Otrreaoo.—J, G. Orchard, Agent,
Barrie,
Belleville,
Brantford,
Chatham,
Collingwood,
Dandas,
Dunville,
Galt,
Goderich,
Guelph,
BRANCHES.
Hamilton,
London,
Luean,
Montreal,
;Orangeville,
Ottawa,
Paris,
Peterboro,
St. Catharines,
Sarnia.
Simeoe,
Stratford,
Strathroy,
Seaforth,
There'd,
Toronto,
Walkerton,
Windsor,
Woodstock,
Commercial Credits issued for nee in Europe,
the East and West Indies, China, Japan, and
South America.
Sterling and American Exchange bought and
sold,
Collections made on the most falorable terms.
Interest allowed on deposits.
RANK E
New York—The American Exchange National
Bank.
:London, England—The Bank of Scotland.
SEAFORTH BRANCH.
M. P; AYES, — MANAGER.
THE ONTARIO
LOAN AND :DEBENTURE .COMPANY
LONDON,
WORKING CAPITAL, 2,700,000.00.
rrIllS Company now hfia the largest -working
capital of any Loan Company in Western -On,
tario, and aro receiving monthly remittances of
British capital, obtained:at a low rate of interest
for investment in mintgages on real estate up to
half the cash value.
Straight Lattris at S Per Cent.
- For further particulars apply to any of the
Company's appraisers throughout Ontario, or to
WILLIAM F. BIILLEN,
630-8 Manager, London.
EGG EMPORIUM.
THE Subscriber hereby thanks his numerous
'IL customers (merchants and -others) for their
"liberal patronage duriru the past 7 years, and
hopes by strict integrity and clOse attention to
business to merit their confidene and trade in
the future. Having greatlionivirged his prem-
ises daring the winter, he is now. prepared to,pay
THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE
For any quantity of 400d Fresh Eggs, delivered
at the Egg Emporium,
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
Wanted by the subscriber, 25 tons of good Airy
clean wheat straw.
D. D. WILSON.
TO MERCHANTS AND DAIRYMEN.
S. TROTT, SEAFORTH,
T_TAS much pleasure in calling particular s.tten•
tion to his air tight
BUTTER FIRKIN.
This Firkin is warranted air tight, and will
consequently keep the butter ranch purer and
sweeter than any other tub made on the old
principle, saving more than the price of the tub
in enharzed value of hatter. Samples always
on hand.
Common tubs en hand as usual. For particu-
lars call at the Factory or address
3. TROTT, Seaforth,
N. B. --Coopering and repairing as usual. 600
J S PORTER, SEAFORTH.
1 ant determined to Clear Out my
_Entire Stock of Furniture regard-
less of Cost.
THOSE IN WANT, it will pay them to ewer-
441- tain prices before purehasing elsewhere.
give a leage discount to those paying oash, es-
pecially to newly married couples.
Warerooms directly opposite M. R. Counter's
Mammoth Jewelry Store, Main Street, Seaforth,
East Side.
625 JOHN S, PORTER.
R. N. BRETTI
SEAFORTH,
, Wholesale and Itetaithealer in LEATHER and
SHOE FINDINGS of Every Description.
None but the Very Best Stock kept. Tenn
moderate. A Trial Solicited. All 'orders by man
or otherwise promptlyAlled.
foe R. N. BRETT