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THE HURON EXPOSITOR;
• FOUR GUARDIA.NS OF
LAGRANGE.
PART 1.—TIIE TRUST.
It -certainly was a matter of serious
import that so gravely interested the
four most experienced and Self-contain-
ed citizens of Lagrange. For nearly
half an hour -they had been sitting in
the private 1120111 of RiCker's grocery
without exchanging a word. Even the
silent coinesinuion of libation was want-
ing ; their liquor stood untested before%
them—a fact that aroused the serious
concern of ,the barkeeper and the free
comment of the outside bar.
"Mebbee its some new' 'skin' game
ported from. 'Frisco, and they wan
keep their hea s level," was sugge
by a cautious g ssiper.
The barkeepe shook his head.
"Nary deck 01 keerde thar—onless t
pia,ys 'ern under the table, and thet
their style."
"Ye didn't notiss no lumps o' 811sorter layin' round, keel -less like,
- fore each man," insinuated anot
"and they chap4 Iyin' low and qu
waitin' for seine fly to light, ,
rake down the pile? I've heerd,"
speaker continued cautiously, "t
heeps o' good money hez been lost
thet on-ehristian like way."
"Yes," interpolated a third, "
trained flies, ez knew jest when to lig
has been rung in on greenhorns. T
was a man down at French Camp
they say, picked up about $7,000 ou
thet camp with an innocent look
Koss fly, and et wuzeut ontil one o'
boys accidentally sot his glass down
thet harmless inseek that the boys sm
"Tain't no -game, I tell ye," reitera,
the barkeeper stoutly, "tiler's' suth
inore'rt flies and sugar on their. min
My belief is they're reck'nin' to rev
the -old vigilantes of '52. Thar's a
o' dead beats in this yer camp," he c
tinned darkly, with an aggressive
collectioia of certain unsettled scor
"ez mebbee will find out soon emu
wot's up."
Unfortunately, none of these surmis
however ingenious or - reasonable, we
correct.. The simple fact was that
lately deceased miner had on his dea
bed called to his side the above me
tidned four citizens of Lagrange,. a
solemnly confided to them the care
his only child in the "States?' with t
littleproperty he possessed in trust f
her maintenance. This trust w
further burdened with the fact thett
dying man had withheld from the chi
the news of the death of her mother,
year previous, and it now devolved upo
the guardians to -inform the orphan
her double- breavement. This was th
first meeting of the guardians since th
had last looked upon the face of the
dead comrade: Hence their grave s
lence and perplexity.
"Ef she's got any pluck, she'll take it
in a lump; You go to work driftin into
her feelin s like that instead o' sinking
your shaft straight down, and you'll hev
her crazy here on your hands in a
weekl"
The latter idea was so awful as to
compel another gloomy silence for its
stern contemplation.
"Couldn't ye drop it ou her all in a
lump—money, deceased, parients, et
cettery," suggested Capt. Rats, with
r,
"kind -
vague and imbecile good hu
er brisk and business -like ?"
'!It's a gal," said the Colon
his head, "over 14."
I
, shaking
im- "Hold. on and give Captain ?Jets a
t to show," interrupted Fleet. "Ef 'there's
sted a man ez can do it it's him. Didn't he
• 'dit the Record%) at Murphy's ? Wade
in and give us a spec:imen."
bey The suggestion met with unanimous
ain't favor. Capt. Rats, not entirely dis-
pleased with this copfidence in his
gar, rhetorical skill, slid angularly into the
be_ chair with an almost audible creaking
her, of his joints, dipped a pen in the ink':
iet, and then put it in his mouth. Then
and softly withdrawing it and waving it be -
the fore him, as if tracing an imaginary epis-
hat tle in space, he began :
in "In the midst of life we are in death,
and not knowin' What a day may briug
and forth, we beg to inform you—No," re -
ht. fleeted the Captain slowly, feeling some
her unfavorable criticisms in the air; "no,
ez, that won't do. Let's see! Ah ! •The
ter death of your mother, followed by the
ing Hitless of your father, resulted -in his de -
the cease, and the entire loss—"
on "Ain't them bricks follerin' each other.
melt rather close ?" suggested the Colonel,
faintly.
fed The Captain stopped, rubbed his long
jar chin thoughtfully, and looked at the
ds. others. It was evident that this was
ive the prevailing impression.
lot "Well, yes ; I was rather thinkin' so
OD- myself," he assented vaguely.
re- "And its being a gal, don't you want
to heave in here and thar a little senti-
es,
eh nient," eaid Horton, "and sorter tou6Ii.
b* her up gently? They say when you
es, make 'era cry easy, they kinder like it,
re and get over it quicker."
a "Jess so," returned Capt. Rats cheer-
th fully., "I was thiukin' that very thing,
n_ only just now I was seder samplin' it ;
and ehowin' ye what could be.done. A good
of way," he added, now completely lost In
he the fascinations of condoling compoi.
or tion—"a very good, takin' sort of wa
as is to tell it, and yet seem not to tell i
he to kinder ring in a cold deck of info
Id matien, and never let her see ye shu e
a the keerds. ..,Suthin' like this, ye kno ;
n 'Honored Miss : Enclosed please find
of draft for $5,000 ; same would have bee
e sent before but for Wells Fargo's office
ey being closed the day of your father s
ir1 funeral. The weather lie -re is fine, bit
e . we suppose is fur different with you i
the East, as your deceased mother often
of remarked to the, writer. Business is
o dull, and ores are running light, mod
a o' the claims_ on the North Fork shar-
e_ hag the fate of your late father's pro-
_ perty.' Ye see,"'continued Capt. Rat:,
with the glow of successful authorshi,
• mantling his cheek, "that kind of a le
ter moat be written so that by the tim
Y she got through with it, it would see
t as if she'd. knew it all before, and sh
couldn't get nary soul to sympathiz
t withtter and help her take on." Th
feeling of the majority was so strong
ly in favor of the last coraposidon tha
they all turned impatiently to the oul3
• dissenter—Joe-Fleet. But at this mo
went a knock on the door checked fur
• ther discussion.
It was Jack Foster, expressman
- alert, vigilant, familiar and fateful—
• holding a letter.
"For John Meritoe," said the Sierran,
• no offis nor agent at his present addreS
Mercury, crisply. • "As we don't has
we deliver at his last residence."
He tossed the letter on the ta.ble,
At last the spell was bioken. i One
the party, a tall, thin,,rickety man, wh
had been softly pacing the room with
certain deprecatory manner and a smil
of acquiescence in everything and any
thing that shone out at the slightest ex
pression, even of vexation or anxiety o
• the part of his companion's, graduall
neared the door,and placed a large, bony
good -la hand on the lock. The ac.
was instantly detected by one of the par
ty, who coolly locked the door and pu
the key on the table.
"Te can't slip outer this, Rats,
he said; "Ye must sit dos -here with
• the rest of us, and see what's to b
done."
Capt. RatSweakly succumbed, and
begaai to apologize. •
"I warn't goin' back on ye, Horton,'
he began. "I only reckoned ez ye .all
seemed to be gittin' along famous, a -
'liking, I'd jest 'slipeent and 'tend to
some business, and. allow ye to make
• up yer mind without me—countin'
me out and yourselves as thy proxies.
For what's agreeable to you is agreeeble
to me. I'm no sharp at this game."
"You're a.guardian," responded Hor-
ton decisively.
.
"In course. Thet'e so. • But I allow
it ain't no valid appointment. The very
fact that the oi' man appointed a fool
like me, shows he warn't in his right
mind."
"That's so, boys,'" ejaculated the el-
dest of the four, with a sudden gleam
of hopefulness. - "The old. _man was
sorter flighty just afore he .went off, and
we can slip our heads outer this lasso
he flung over us by allowin' insanity,
you know." .
"We can't slouch out of this kind of a
• trust, though, Colonel," said Joe Fleet,
the youngest of the party, yet' with' a
leader's peremptoriness. "It ain't white
to do it I"
The gleam faded from the Colonel's
face.
"That's so, it wouldn't be the squar
thing," he said, dejectedly; "kick me
boys." ,
"Couldn't we club together and. ap-
piut a kind of sub -guardian to take
care o' the whole thing on a high sal-
ary? I'll come down heavy," suggested
Horton.
"If ye could get a chap to do your
feelin' for yon at the same figure, I
• don't know but it might suit," said
Fleet, with decided sarcasm. "As for
me,I ain't rich enough to buy any chap's
conscience."
"Ye may as well quit this foolin',"
• broke in the Colonel with a - groan.
"The genie's made, and we're going to
wade in like men.- Mebbe suthin' may
turn up.. AforeIongsOme one of us may
get shot, or buried in a tunnel, and 4o
get excused on the squar. But just now
we must wade in."
"Oh, yes, 'wade in !' " said Horton,
derisively. "Do you „know the first
thina we've of to do ? Why, write to
that gal; and tell her that her father
was an old liar, and that her mother's
been dead a ,year, and thet now he's
- dead, too, and. diet the old fool's pro-
perty won't bring 8590, and. thet we're
goin' to give.her $5,900 for charity, and
adopt- her, and if she's a loving sort of
gal, and a bigh-spirited ' gal, she'll like
it, add like us all the bettr.. Oli yes l"
he -continued with sardonic silliness.:
"It's easy enough to o all thet, of course.
Wade in ! •Yes ! ade in --drop right
out o' the ford into eep water over yer
head the first thing.?
• The men looked aghast at each othee,'
and there was another onainouseeilence. i
"Othaidn't ye let it, on easy," suggested
- the Colonel, despairuagly, "sorter begin
to -day with :the other, and next
more able to bear it, hider light gently t
no
ther,
when she's eelin' • better and
11
his hand as it is, play -out his game,
ev4n or lose, and if four sharps like us
can't make it easy for that child and
rake in the pot every time, we'll leave
the board. Yes, gentlemen," continued
Rats, taking up the letter, "I'll answer
this to -night tnyself. I, Captain Rats,
late Merito, deceased." .
PART II.—HOW THE TRUST WAS FULFILLED.
When the combined guardians of La-
grange first practised to deceive, they
did not.forecast the tangled. web whose
pleasant intricacies and sinuosities they
were presently to weave. And when
Captain Rats calmly announced to his
gentle confederates his intention of
writing his first letter—in loco parentis
—to the orphaned girl with his left
hand, explaining to her the thereby
changed chirograph through the in-
genious fiction of an accident that had
happened to his right—it was accepted
with acclamation.
1 "You see," said the Captain, sen-
tentiously, "every man slings ink
with his left hand at_ about the same
gait. The style ain't pretty nor plain,
but she'll never find out it ain't the old
men's."
The possibility of detection thus ob-
viated—and, indeed, it afterward ap-
peared that the simple-minded girl
dwelt more anxiously upon the discom-
forts of the accident to her .father than
on his changed and almost illegible
hand—various other gentle frauds and
deceits were introduced in the corres-
pondence. A certain emulation of the
Captain's skill and importance as a cor-
respondent grew up among ,the other
guardians. They began to Make sug-
.
gestions of their own, until at last
steamer day brought them generally
together, in conclave, in the back room
of the saloon, where the fortnightly epis-
tle was dictated finally by all. Capt.
Rats' pride, which at first resented this
interference, was finally placated by
a compromise that the composition
or " wooding " of the letter should
be his own, although the subject
matter might be a various contribution.
The result of this unhallowed colla-
boration was a series of the most ex-
traordinary letters ever inflicted on
single correspondent. It was not 1
before their fame . passed beyond the
horizon of their fair recipient.
"Do you know, papa dear," wrote the
simple girl from the seclusion of M
Brimborian's academy ; "do you kn
your letters are so very, very interesti
I could not help showing them to so
of the girls here ? Your account [the
Colonel's] of the fight with the bear
was so real that I almost saw it. I
ong
. MUSIC.
MUSIC.-31ra. lfiellrlulkin will give instructions
iu instrumental music to a few, pupils. Use
of piano given for practice it desired. Residence
east of Victoria Square, Seaforth. 614
HOTELS.
•
B RITISE EXCHANGE HOTEL, Goderich,
Out. WM, COX, Proprietor. This is one of
the Quietest, Most Comfortable and Beat Con -
4 tided Hotels in the Province. The Rooms are
commodious and the Table and Bar liberally
supplied. Good stabling in connection. 6S6-52
AGENCIES.
JOHN LECKIE, General Loan and Real Estate
Agent, Grain, Produce and Commission Mer-
chant. Money loaned on real estate in town or
country, at 8 per cont. simple interest. Charges
moderate. Mortgages bought and sold. Matured
mortgages paid off. Terms to suit borrowers.
Farms and village property for sale. Office—
Leekie's new brick block, Brussels, Ont. 515
PUMPS. 1
eeEAFORTH PUMP:FACTORY STILL AHEAD
tei —These punips having been swarded the first
prize at both the South Huron and East Huron
Fall Shows, the subscriber has every confidence
in recommendirg them to the public, knowing
that for qualit of material and workmanship
they are not etteely surpassed, and would solicit a
call from all intending purchasers ; all work
warranted; ord ra by mail or otherwise prompt-
ly attended to. ▪ CLUFF North Main Street,
Seaforth. - 610
• - - - - - - -
A CTIpNEERS.
J P. BRINE, Licenced Auctioneer for the
" • County of uron. Sales attended in all
parts of the Co nty. All orders left at the Ex-
POSITOR Office ill be promptly attended to.
VRANCIS G
-1- LAND AG
sale of landed pr
bred steak. Catt
ket. Office and
Block, Goderieh,
AUCTIONEER AND
NT.—Special attention given to
perty, farming and thorough -
e selected for the English mar-
u�tion Acheson's new
Ont. Terms moderate 615
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PLOYMENT.
$66
A WEEK in your own town. Terms and
$5 outfit ree. Address H. HALLETT &
Co., Portland, ine. 626.52
5 to $20
SON Co., Portl
PER DAti" at home. Samples
worth $5 free.' Address STIN-
nd, Maine. 626-52
$10 to $1
eery month.
thing. Ade ress
Wall -street, New
0 00 Invested in Wall -St.,
Stocks makes fortunes
ooks sent free explaining every -
BAXTER & Co., BankerseT7
ork. 587-52
me. G. SCOTT, M
OW •
Acoonoheur,
deuce month side
ng, east of Preabyteria
me
laughed cried over that fun
story of the Chinaman mending y
clothes [a characteristic contribut
from Horton,] but then I did cry really,
too, papa, over what you [Fleet] said
about your feelings that Sunday you
saw the sunset from the poor little for-
lorn cemetery on the hill. Oh, papa, it
was just lovely—and so sad—so v
sad ! Mary Rickets said it was j
like Shakespeare, and she knows,
much, and is considered very, very
smart! They all think I ought to be so
fond of my dear -papa, as if I wanted
anything to make me love him. She,
Mary, asked me if you were very old,
and I said you couldn't be very—are
you ? Then that was very good albout
the mines that you [the Colonel] wrote.
Mme. Brimborion asked permission to
copy that part where you [the Colone
describe the manner of reducing ore
she Raid it was instructive and valuabl
Dear papa, how much do yeti knoi,
But I think I like you better when y
are a little—just a little sad, and say
such sweet things abont the landscape
and your lodgings. I'm sure you're a
real poet, papa,—ain't you ?"
It is scarcely necessary to say th
when this letter was read Fleet cough.
slightly, colored perceptibly, mutter -
something vaguely about "really hav-
D. &a.,Physician, Surgeon and
eatorth, Ont. Office and rest -
1 Goderich Street, that door
Church. 349
WM. HANOVER, M.D., C. M., Graduate of
T McGill University, Physician, Surgeon and
Aeconcheur, Seaforth. Out. Office and residence
first door south of the Catholic Chinch. 496
ny
our
L. VERCOE, 34. D.„0. M., Physician , Sur -
ion ' geon, etc., Coroner for the County of Huron
Office and Residence, on Jarvis street north,
directly opposite Seaforth Public School.
D 14cNAUGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Gradu
• ate of Ontario Veterinary College,Seaforth,
Ont. '0008 and Residence in rear of illoran &
Ryan's.. Calls prc mpt13 attended to, night or
erY day. A stock of veterinary medicines nn hand
11St - Charges reasonable. Horses examined aster sound-
ness and certificates given if required. 407
JAMES W. ELDER, V. S., Graduate of the
Ontario Veterinary College. After devoting
two years to practice with Professor Smith, of
Toronto, has settlid in Seaforth. Office at hie
residence east of W. M. Church. Calls promptly
attended to by day orenight. A large etook of
Veterinary Medicines constantly ou hand. Horses
examined as to soundness and certificates given
Horses bought and sold on commission. 424
TT DERBYSHIRE. L. D. 8.,
t•bereiiiir. "1-1- • Surgeon Dentist, Graduate
s ; 11144111•11 of the Royal College of Dental
e. Surgeons of Ontario. 0ffi9e
hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Roonts in
v ? Mrs. Whitney's new brick block, Main Street,
OU Seaforth.
1880
GREAT STOCKTAKING-
-AT -
1880
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
SEAFORTH, November 20, 1S7.1)
The undersigned having leased the finishing
• shop of the Enron Folindier, Seaforth, from J. S,
Runcirnan, will be prepared to do all kinds eye
repairs required for eteata engines, grist •and
SALE flouring MAU, ASV MINS and all kinds of ma-
chinery, also agricultural implements, and from
his bong -experience as foremate -of the Goderich
Foundry trusts to be able to give good satisfaction
to all parties having work done. All repairs at-
tended tof at once. Give ire a trial. and I veill
warrant good satisfaction.
THOMAS KIDD'S, MAIN STREET,SEAFORTH
Being desirous of Clearing Out the 'remaining portion of nee/
Stoek„ in order to Make room for my
WILSON E A T.ICELD„.
• In connection with the above business- t• he
uudereigned will have an (Aloe at •the Huron
. Foundry, and will take any orders for repairs on
Ienills or other things, and will also take contracts
for steam engines, boilers, grist and liming ening,
, and all kinds of machinery. Having a cozmeetion
I
with one of the largest foundries in Ontario, I win
we 4 I be in a position to earry out all contra:de that may
rr eii6er ; be trusted to. me. Plans and specifications fur-
nished for •niill machinery, engines, &a, As I
intend to give pay attention altogether to the
, erection aim repairs of machinery and. agricultural
. implements, I hope to be able togivegoodsatisfat-
i tion to all •trusting me with their work.
•
R. RUNC131AN.
The undersigned will continue to manufacture
plows and all kinds of castings on a huge scale at
the Huron Foundry, Seaforth, end with the ton-
. neetions formed, hopes to be able to push a huge
hardness and to give good satisfaction.
•
1\T=7.7- PITRCI-LASS
Which will shortly begin to arrive, I have decided to offer during THE WHOLE )
OF THIS MONTH the balance of my well assorted Stock
AT AND BELOW COST FOR CASH.
Ladies' Winter Mantles in great variety.
Ladies' Hats and Bonnets—a select and stylish assortment.
Ladies' Furs in nk, Astracan and Seal.
Ladies' Clouds, Hoods and Squares.
My Entire Stock of Shawls—a most magnificent assortment.
Men's and Boys' Clothing.
TJ1sters and Fancy Overcoats, Under Clothing, All Wool Shirts. •
Mufflers and 'Fur Cape—newest styles and patterns.
Hats, Caps, Neck Ties and Gloves—extraordinary cheap.
I
S. RUN,C131.AN•
BRUCEFIELD.
BRIGGS • BROTHERS
AV] NG purchased the business Dania 031
' Mr. J. E. BRIGGS for so many years, are
now prepared to do
BOOT AND SHOE -MAKING
Of Every Dericription on the shortest notice and
I most reasozable terms.
They nee nothing but the very best ma-
terial., and as to fit and workmanship they guar-
antee satisfaction.
By _tibia attention to business, giving a good
article, and fah- and reasonable priees, they hope
to merit and receive a liberal share of public
patronage.
Their Shop will be tonnd in Rattenburry's
building, D. McIntosh's Veterinary Office, one
door south of the post office.
Give us a triat. JOEL BRIGGS.
GEO. W. BRIGGS.
A VERY FQLL LINE OF BOOTS AND SHOES 1"7
N.B.—All overate accounts remit be paid at
onto.
In Coarse, Medium nd Fine, suitable for Alen's, Boy s', Ladies'
and Children's Wear. -
s a are ppm tunity or securing r:nheard of Bargains, and I
• trust nw Customers and the Public in general take advan-
tage of it. _Every facility afforded for the Inspection of Goods, andi
polite attention to all, whether you, buy or not.
GROCERY DEPARTMENT IS WELL SUPPLIED
• .,
1 THE COMMERCIAL LIVERY
SEAFORTH.
ARTHUR FORBES,
THAVING purchased the Steckand Tux& of the
Coinmercial Livery, Seaforth, from Mr.
George Whiteley, begs to state that he intends
carrying on the business in the old stand,and ban
added several valuable horses a-nd vehicles to the
formerly large stock. None but
Fint-Class Comfortable Vel and Good
Reliable Horses wia be Kept.
Covered and Open Buggies and Careagee, and
Double and Single Wagons always ready forage.
Special Arrangenzents. Made Jvia coin.
enercied Men.
With a Fresh Stock. Another Large Consignment of that FAMOUS 60 -CENT I oreees left at the stables or any of the hotels
TEA to arrive this week. Don't buy elsewhere WI you try a sample of it. promptly attended to_
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
THE LIQUOR DEPARTMENT,
1/
As usual, is in full running order, and Pure and Unadulterated Liquors always 1
in Stock. Hotel Keepers -and parties buying in large quantities liberally dealt 1
with.
THOMAS KIDD, Main Street, Seaforth.
GAL. THE CODERICH FOUNDRY AND MANUFACTURING CO.1
JAMES T. G -ARROW, Barrister, Attorney and
Solicitor, Godei ich. 681
at
winked and was gone. ed
a forgotten .it all," but remembere
It was for the dead man—the great in
first cause of their perplexity. For a en
few moments it lay there undisturbed, so
— —
CAMERON, HOLT CA;MERON, Barristers,
Solicitors in Q. Chancery, &c., Goderich, Ont.
M. C. CaMeron, Q. of, Philip Holt, M. G. (Jam -
1d eron.
ly that he had dictated to Capt. Rats S Conveyancer and Commie -
me suggestions that he "thought sioner in 1t4 "Wroxeter. Auctioneer and
while the men looked at each other in m
silence. Then Capt. Rats, with a de- th
cision and independence new to him, in
took it up. pl
"There's no one, boys hez hez a be Iter
right to it than we- .has,".he said. "I
propose that we open it here afore each
other and read it."
"As to opening it, I second the mo-
tion," said Joe Fleet's voice; "but we'll
see who it's from before we read it,"
added the honorable man.
The letter was opned. It was sign- ag
ed "Fanny' Meritoe." on
"The -girl herself," said Fleet, -prompt-
ly; "read it." ed
ith a hesitating voice, that at last car
se4med to almost simulate what might the
have been the hesitating, youthful ac- the
gaii.
cents of the writer, Captain Rats be-
•
dog
Lo
How shall I desctibe it? It was sim- do
The Goderich Foundry and Manufa.cturing Company, (Limited), are now run- I
nin thei h i f
r s ops D til force, under new management, notwithitandbag reports Partieuler attention paid to bust= Pla-nlig
eswor men areemplovee„
to the contrary circulated by interested parties, and have deterrnin.ed to s are n
SEAFORTH PLANING MILL,
SASH, DOOR ,AND-HUNDFACTOY
THE subscriberbegs leave to thank hienumeron
customers I or the liberal patronage extendedto
himsince -commencing business in Seaforth,and
trusts hat he may be favorer:1 with a continuance
of the same. •
Perti es intending to build evonld do well to give
him a call,as he will continne to keep on hand s
'large stock of allkinds ef
• DRY PINE LITMBER,
SASHES.
DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
SHINGLES, LATH, ETG.
EtefeeiseoneSent givingeatisf
Off.
who mayfavonelaim with their patronage,ae none
but nrst-cla
506 effort to secure the local trade for what they manufacture.
ight please the young thing," &c.; no
at a slight feeling of jealousy crep
ppriuser. Acconnes and notes collected on
reasonable terMS. 366
to. the breasts of all but the com
acent Capain. Inded, the Colon
- • TT W. c. MEYER, Bari ieter and Attenney at
el •L 'a' • Law, Solicitor in Chancery. Com
for taking affidavits in the Province of Manitoba.
Solicitor for the B nk of Hamilton, Wingham.
n Private funds to lo n at 7i to 8 per cent. 633
is said to have afterward remarked asid
to Horton, that he was of • the opinio
that Fleet's "flap doodle" and "purp
stuff" wasn't exactly the thing "t
ladle out" to a young girl that was al
ready "overdosed with chewing gum
and licorice ;" and Fleet is report
ed to .have ca,utioned Captain Rats
must the freedom of some of the Col
el's stories
`Ez fur as the wordin' goes," explain -
Captain Rats, "I plays my own
ds; so don't you get skeert. On'y
other day, tellin' that story about
coon hunt, the Kernel allowed. the
s was hell bent on gettin' the coon.
rd love ye; do ye think 1 set Oat
wn for that little gal's eye? Not
ch. I jist sat down sorter keerless
quiet like, and slings her this:
eanwhile, the noble hounds, justly
ulating the feverish impatience and
bitious spirit of their master!' Lord
"„! MALC OMS ON,
i• Law, Notary
Mr. Crey, late of
office, will be in ch
- alcomson will b
day.
pie, it was eiriish, it waSiaifectionate, it mu
was real. Against its candid frankness and
most monstrous duplicity and deceitful am
1
and simplicity, poor Rats' previous M
rhetoric assumed the appearance of the em
.
sophisry. It was evident that the it'13
writer had seen but little of her real deo
father, and thet • the commonplace, Wh
homely,. often somewhat despicable fig- me
ure known -to her yearnings was not the you
ideal parent of her dreams. At last lett.
Captain Rats finished. There was a abo
slight huskiness in the Captain's voice, on t
a slight dimness in his eyesight as to h
he ended, and a blurr upon the fair Sir'
a th no ere when. he be- said
gan. Its
The ColOnel had dropped his head be -
ween is two hands. FIorton had
never taken his. eyes from the 'paper. E
Fleet, who had walked to the window ing.
and had been- apparently absorbed in nett
staring at the sunlight without, sud- tion
denly turned, and held out both his re, ea
hands. In another moment they were ties
lockedlein his companions' a,nd the has
four men, holding hands, closed round a d
the table and the letter that lay in its - maY
easy enough to turn the Kernel into
ent Englislr—ef you've got the sabe I
y, it's jist wonderful how keerless
n is in their composition. Why even
, Fleet, I had to take you down last
er. Don't ye mind ye was lettin' on
ut night welkin' an her scant robes
heltill? Did ye think I was goin'
and that over to that child? No,
I stopped it! How? Why, I jest
suitably apparlled.' That's all
easy when you know how.
(To. be Continued.)
PPS'S COCOA.—Gratpful and comfort-
-" By a thorough knowledge of the
Ira laws which govern the opera-
s of digestion and nntrition, and by
reful application of the fine proper -
of well selected cocoa,, Mr. Epps
provided our breakfast tables -with
elicately flavored bveraae, which
centre. - It is
"We don't want no letter of ondo- of di
save us many heavy doctors' bills.
by the judicioususe of such articles
lence, Capt. Rats," said Joe Fleet stead- uttalY
every tendency to disease. Hun-
s of subtle maladies are floating
us ready to attack wherever
is a weak point. We may escape
y a fatal sha,ft by keeping ourselves
fortified with puce blood, and a
erly nourished Ser-
azette. Sold duly in packets label
"James Epps & Co., Homceopath-
emists, 48, Threadneedle Street,
70, Piccadilly, London." 482-52
et that &constitution may be grad -
built up; until strong enough to re -
1137, "for there ain't anythin' to condole sist
for. I don't see just how itis, or how dred
we can fix it but I know that h gir 's eX0eui
parents ain't dead ez -long, please God, th-ere
as we are living !" • man
The men pressed each other's hands well
n silence, until Capt. Rats, with a burst prop
of revelation, disengaged his, and sud- vice G
denly brought it against his right leg led —
with resounding emphasis: ic Ch
"That's it—and it makes the whole and 1
hing clear. We don't write no letters
f condolencefor. why? We goes TE
traight on and writes ez if we was the white
id man. He's let on enough to inc breat
bout hisself and his affairs to ma,ke it the b
a easy as rollin' off a loa W'll just extan
down on her with the decease of her o
father, and so on ontil, in the course of s
a year or so, she'll take the charity o
business quite peaceful ?" a
But Joe Fleet dismissed the idea a
fiercely.
64
ABERRY.—The new powder for
ning the teeth, purifying the
h, and stimulating the mouth,
rightest, cosiest little toilet gem
t. Ask your druggist for "Tea-
;" price 35 cents. 626-52.
chip in where he left off. We'll take berry
ENSON MEY
at Law, Solicitor
Conveyancers, Notar
forth and Irmisels.
Investat once, ati Big
yearly.
JAB. H. BEITSON.
The above firm ha
mutual consent.
be paid to Mr. Ben
Nov. 27, 1876.
Barrister, and Attorney at-
ublic Conveyancer, Brussels.
arneron, Halt & Cameron's
rge of the office, and Mr.
in Bruseels every Tues -
609
- -
11, Barristers and Attorney
in Chancery andInsolecy,
es Public, etc. Offices—Sea.
23,000 of Private Fends to
t percent. Interest,payable
53
R. W. O. MEYER.
this day been dissolved by
1 accounts due the firm to
on who will pay all Habil-
,TAMES H. BENSON.
• H. W. C. MEYER.
MCOAUCHE & HOLMESTED,
LAW, CHANGER AND CONVEYANCING
'FFICE,
Scott's Block, ain Street, Seaforth.
QOLICITOR-S for
Canada and the
in Seaforth.
Farm ana Town a
and sold.
Money (private fun
aurities, at reasonab
moderate.
the Consolidated Bank of
inadian Bank of Commerce
id Village Property bought
s) loaned on mortgage se-
e rates of interest, Chargee
Money invested /o private persons 'upon the
best mortgage secari ie, without any expense to
the lender.
S. G. MeCA17GHEY, . A. 1'. HOLMESTED.
IVITSCE
C ALL AT J. S.
Seaforth, for th
ing Compound, a po
is equally efficacious
The worst cases of
Diseases of the Lim
mant. M. L. SMI
Agent. For sale b
cants a box.
LANEOUS.
- - -
OBERTS' DRUG STORE,
Great Sierra Nevada Smok-
itive cure for Catarrh, and
in all Bronchial Affctions.
Asthma, Phthsic and all
s yield readily to this treat -
H, Arkona, Ont., General
all druggista. Price, 75
601-52
THE GREAT FEM.E REMEDY.—.Tob Moses
-e- Periodical Pills This invaluable medicine is
unfailing in tho car of all those painful and
dangerous diseases t • which the female constit-
tion is subject. It derates all excess and re-
moves all obtructions and a speedy curemay be
relied on. To ma. ri?d a dies, it's peculiailyauited.
It will, in a short tum;, bring on the raonthly pe-
riod with regularit. These pills should not be
• taken by Females dar ng the first three months
of Pregrancy, as they are sure to bring on Mis-
carriage, but at any o
all cases of Nerve e and Spinal Affctions,
pains in the back and
ertion, palpitation of the beart, hysterics, and
whites, these pills will effect a cure when all other
means have failed; nd, although a powerful
remedy, do not contai iron, calomel, antimony,
or anything hurtful t the constitution. Full
directions in the pamp let around each package,
which should be earef y preserved. Job Moses,
New York, Sole Proprietor. 81 00 and 12f 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. Robert, and R. Lumsden. 197
o 201
JOHN H. BROADFOOT.
THE ZURICH CARRIAGE FAT13RY.
ENGINES AND BOILERS, FLOURING, GRIST, SAW AND WOOLEN MILL,
STAVE, HEADING Alsip HOOP MACHINERY,
Ice .Plows, _Agricultural Implern,ents, Cooking, Box and Parlor Stoves
inStock or _Made to Order.
REPAIRS on Engines, Boilers, dec., promptly attended to. Estimates and
Plans furnished for any kind of machinery or mill work.
HORA.CE HORTON, • HUMBER, JOHN CHRISTIAN,
PRESIDENT. MANAGER. SECRETARY.
•
JOHN KIDD, HARDWARE IVIERCHANT, SEAFORTH.
1\TOTIC) 13113TOIRdS_
I am desirous of having my Books balanced by the lilIFTEENTH
of FEBRUARY, and request all parties indebted, either by Note- or
Book Ajeount, to make Prompt Settlement.
JOHN KIDD, HARDWARE MERCHNT, SEAFORTH.
HESS HABERER
"LTA VE. always on hand, and make to Order,
Wfi0111P, Sleigh, Carrines,Bug
gte, Cutter, and every other articlein their
line.T hey Persexially superintend their own -busi-
ness, and can guarantee a good attiele both as
to material and workmanship.
For Style and Finish their wok e
surpaesed by the large city establishments.
Repelling promptly attended to. Give
trial and be convinced that we ean satisfy you AS
to quality and price.
Mr. Hess is well known to the public, having
been in business in Zurich for over 12 /ear&
636 ARS & HABERER.
• ANDREW CALDER
Takes the Lead aniceig the Photographers
of Western Canada, and
":Df'T YOU FORGET IT."
is to the front, as usual, supplying his pat -
rens with Photographs and Ambrotypes, wen
taken and of beautiful finish,. oia Pictures copied
and enlarged to perfection_ Children's Picturea
taken in a manner that will makembthers smile
with delight. Give the "Popl's Popular Gal
lery " a Will end be happy. No "eheap blast"
turned out. Frites as low good wen* can
be done for. ANDREW CALDER, Bea-forh.
•
ST. pATNARINES NURSERIES.
A Pun Assortment of Splendid Fruit
• and Ornamental Trees
Orders by Mail Receive Careful and
AT HIS POST AS OF OLD. Prompt Attention.
JOHN WARD MAIN . STREET, SEAFORTH
While returning than,ks to his many customers for their patronage ?A?, the
past, also to those who so liberally patronized his late sale, 4e begstoinform them and as many new ortes as will foVor him, that he
WILL STILL BE FOUND IN HIS OLD STAND
s lea y and willing to serve them as before.
HARNESS, TRUNKS, WHIPS A.ND GENERAL FURNISHINGS ON HAND
AS USUAL. ALSO HARNESS MADE TO ORDER AND RE-
PAIRING ATTENDED TO.
JOHN WARD -
thereby saving the duty of 20 per cent
624-26'
u nen rpased. Piices as low as in the Stte,
"•" part of the country. Pay Liberal.
A GENTS WANTED—To take orders in every
Dealers should call and see the stock—it is
Address D. 7.7,
BEStA.,cDatLhaErities.
ANCHOR LIN
UnNITAD STATES MAIL STEAMERS Sail
Every Saturday from NEW 'YORK and
Direct.
GLASGOW (via Londonderry) and LONDON
TICKETS for Livelpocrle Londonderry alas -
now, and ell parte of Europe. Fares as lowas
any other first-class line.
.11tepaid Passage Certifica.tes issued to persone
s hi ng to bling out theirfriends
e assee ger accommodation of Anchor Line
▪ SEAFORTH. steamers are unstnpassed for elegance and corn-
"
fort.- Apply to
S. DICKSON,
HAY AND OATS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR HARNESS. 593 At the Post Offie, Seaforth
er time they are safe. In
imbs, fatigue on slight e- Pe M. -
V.
HAIR DRESSING.
• MISS STARK
WISHES to inform the Ladies of Seaforth
J . S• ROBERTS HAS REMOVED HIS DRUG STORE Tir and Vicinity that she is prepared to make up
SWITCHES, CURLS BRAIDS &.c
-,
In the Lat eat Fashion frora Corabings. A 1ot of
Readyntade Switches on hand.
Prices Moderate, and all orders punctually at
tended to: A call solicited. Resience—ain
Street, geaferth.
631
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