The Huron Expositor, 1881-02-11, Page 22
H MYSTERIOUS HOUSE:
IN THREE CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER III: OONCI,usioN.
Weevil
her usual; practice, 1!'Ire.
)'Y eevil did not return to the house that
day till far on in the afternoon,. and
after she had entered her rooms I coni.
hear her bustling about with an aotiv
ity and noise quite unprecedented i
. y experience of her habits. Thi
ather alarmed me. I was afraid sh:
ad suspected, from the appearance -o
er rooms, notwithstanding our care i
themoving all traces of our presence,
at some one had been there in he
bsence, andthis might be sufficient to
efeat my hopes of bringing to light the
t 'ekery that had been so long and so
s 8tematically practiced. But I was
s ill more astonished when, about an
hour after her return, she sent a mes-
sage to me by the ayah that she .wished
to speak to me if 1 would grant herd an I
interview. At first I scarcely knew
what answer to make. Were I to re-
fuse to see her, this might complete the
BUspicion which she perhaps entertain -
e , and if I did see her, I was afraid
that I might by some word or look ;be-
tray the knowledge of which I had , be-
come possessed. I thought upon the
whole I had better see her, and answer-
ed !accordingly.
As she entered the room with a bas-'
ket on her arm, she dropped a courtesy,.
and from the flow of words with which
she at once opened the conversation,
she seemed to put on. a frankness of
manner which I had not before observ-
ed in any slight intercourse I had had
with her.
"Yes, ma'am," she went on, "I ware
just a -corrin', ma'am., to say as -I would
begoin' from the 'ouse for a, few days ;
my son, as is steward to Lord B
being took very badlylast night, ma'am.;
and as he have no one to -wait upon
him, it holds as I, ma'am, as his moth-
er, must do my Booty—yes, ma'am."
All this she said without once stop-
pingto take breath, and I could not
help observing that she was slightly
flurried in my presence, and seemed to
keep talking as much to hide her nn -
easiness as to enlighten me regarding
her errand.
I said I was very sorry to hear that
her son was ill, and that it was very
proper she should, in the circumstances,
attend to him. "But," I asked, "has he
no servant in the house ?"
"Not presently, ma'am," she answer-
ed; "leastways, the 'ousemaid have
gone away over to Brookford for a few
days to see her mother, ' who stays
there, ma'am—yes, ma'am ;" and she
conrtesied again in the excess of her!
eivility. -
After I had dismissed her I did not
know what to think. This was an in
•
terference with my plans on which .I
had not counted. I had no one to ad=
vise with me, and felt much perplexed.
As evening approached, and the gloom
of twilight,. I had a strange nervous
feeling,1 such as I had only once before
experienced, and that was in India
during. the terrible days when the
nnutiny:was at its height, and every
footfall 'made ns start as if the next
moment were to be our last. As the
dusk deepened, my anxiety increased ;
and when at length the ayah conducted
the joiner, as I had before instructed
her, to nay room, I was almost too
overpowered to speak. Andrew and
the blacksmith were for the time . de-
tained in the kitchen, as I wished to
talk the matter over with the joiner, as
the most intelligent of the three.
As he entered my room I was sur-
prised to find a second person behind
/iirn, whom he introduced to me as Mr.
Burrows, the District Inspector of Po-
lice, who had been on an official visit
to the village that day, and who, when
he heard the story, volunteered his ser-
vices in place of the constable. His
presence at once gave me great relief ;
and this was enhanced when I found
he had had long experience in the Lon-
don detective force, and was entering
with the enthusiasm of hie profession
into our plans. He had heard already
from the joiner what had passed that
day ; complimented me highly on the
presence of mini I had displayed on
the previous evening, and expressed his
acquiescence in everything that we had
since done.
When, however, I mentioned to him
my unexpected interv'ew that after-
noon with Mrs. Weevi+ ,.and that she
had left the house, he as a good deal
taken back. Re questioned me closely
as to her manner and appearance when
she was in my room, and as to whether
she seemed much affected by her son's
illness. I answered his several ques-
tions to the best of my ability ; and he,
after thinking awhile, pacing up and
dawn the room, turned to ire and said •
"Let everything be carried out as you
formerly proposed. See that your
family retire to rest at their usual time,
and with as little appearance as pos-
sible of anything unusual going on. If
the woman has taken alarm, nothing
will be lost by waiting till to -morrow,
when her room can be more carefully
examined by daylight. In the first
place, will you show me the bedroom
in vilhi.ch you were disturbed last
night ?"
I conducted him thither, the joiner
following, and after he had ascertained
where, to use his own expression, I had
first seen the "party," and where and
how the party had disappeared, he at
once intimated his plans. He said. I
was to retire to my room as usual, seat
myself in my chair by the fire as on the
previous evening, and either sleep or
appear to sleep, as was most agreeable
to myself. Beyond the window stood a
large wardrobe, in which, after . the
house was all quiet, he and the joiner
would conceal themselves, the black-
smith and the gardener being set as a
guard upon the door of the housekeep-
er's room. befow. The village consta-
ble, he had arranged, would keep watch
on the outside of the house, but so as
not to be readily discovered.
The duties of the household, in the
absence of my servants, fell somewhat
heavily on the ,yah and myself, and
the time passed quickly for me as I
bustled about, seeing the children put
to bed,, after which the ayah also re-
tired. During all this time, everything
had been carried on in our customary
way. Mr. Burrowes and the rest of
his helpers betook themselves for the
time to a distant apartment up stairs,
and the house had resounded all tl e
evening with the mingled sounds of
laughter and noise inseparable from a
large family of children such as ours.
Brat :now all was silent ; the men had
slipped quietly to their different posts ;
Mr. Burrower and the joiner were, I
knew, in the wardrobe t tii
o other end
of my bedroom, an was Heated
elay
lounging -chair, as 'n the previ�rug veen-
ing. �'' � I
As I sat in this position thrng, I
could not help obse !yin to myself h
near we were all g o l*es ri-
diculous, ' The old F oan wh I had
suspected was onto thehouse; no one
else but the ordinary member sof the
household and the watchers, co d pos-
sibly be in it', ; and here was I ,sitti:
at my', bedroom fire, inaidriff be 'eve
sleep, with two men concealed in tl ,
wardrobe, all hoping to catch we d1
not know what. The hnuror of the
situation so`stronglyy affected Inc at
one time that I could scarcely refrain
from bursting into laughter+. at the
!thought of Mr. Burrowes hav ng put
'himself to so much trouble on 'ny ac
�count, combined with, a remeIa kranc
of what I had experienced during th
past twenty-four hours, gradu y so.
bared my feelings, and I shortly found
joy thoughts floating away in im re
(Membrane° to thy life in Ind' to myi
distant husband ; to our long epara
tion ; to the terrible nights andays o,
that fearful mutiny, whose he.rro s °till!
rose up before; me ; to--
There was a thud on the fl.bor, and I;
Started. I had been asleep, and in my
slumber had knocked 'a book off ; the'
small table at my elbow. T e fi ewas
burning low, and I rose in` a co used
state to trim it, when my eye ' fel upon
What I had seen on the pre Vons even- a
ing. In the imperfect; light t s erred '
taller and mord ghastly loo 'ng than
afore, and was approaching me from
behind.As my eyes fell upon it' • gave
tti.loud shriek, and caught ho d the
hair to support inc. s I di•. so, Saw
he figure gradually recede fro a. me,and
the room seemed to grow suddenly
larker. I an* certain that, lef to my -
elf, I should! at' that ! mom:nt have
inted right away, for the whalething
ad been so sudden, and forma so
nprepared, that in my confus on for
dot all about the business of tie night.
frit just as the white figure seined to
b !approaching the -curtained w n'dows,I
s w two dark figures dash quit . ly ippon
1 from behind, then a sharp an l violent
s ruggle, in which all three roll:dlori the
fl or, as if locked together in deadly
• e brace. The- white: figu e had
&paged to wrench one arm lo. se, and .0
ID another moment there was t: e sharp
click of a pistol. Thanks to oar fere-
th,ought, the weapon was harms :ss. By
th's time the noise of the struggle that
w sl going on had brought the }lack-
sniith and Andrew up to my
m nt, and with their help the White
fig re was in a few seconds m:. naeled
and led forward to the light, hi: white
gar ent--an old surplice—han;ing in
tatters about him. He was a °lice
knb ,n to the majority of the co
—it was the steward ! - He turn:c
ba k on me with a stifled oath. 4
eaving him,; now helpless, wi s
ha t cis fast behind his back, in .ha ge
of t blacksmith, Mr. Burrows ed
the way to the housekeeper's rom e-
to , the door of which was form ' o e
loc ed. It wad at once burst ope , a d,
tak ng a candle: with us, we: e t r
Th outer room+was in the sam ; co .
diti n as I had Seen it during h. d y,
but the inner room showed thy: b d
dra n forward, and the paneling f t e
recess which wel had discovered tan
ing open. Nobody was there. aaiiig
the andle forward to examine t e r `
cess Mr. Bnrrowes found that th b x
had a movable bottom, in ; additi n o
that which we had discovered, an th t
by i. s removal an opening sufficient f r
one erson at a time led down a ra
stair into the cellars below; Mr.
rows and the joiner at once descer
taki g the light with t;hem., the ; re
us w iting, as directed, in the utie
ap ment, or watching the lobbiesha
led t it. In a -few minutes I • e rc
Budd u footsteps in rnty bedroom, ,hid
rushing thither, 'found that Mr.
rows and the jciner had reach°, i
from the cellars, into which the rap
door led, the whole of the woodwor . o
of, my r
to I. move
, yet so
�t be opene
Vhen, the s
was found n
�, a bun° . of1
ould, open y
rt place in t
been call°.;
TH
not play th : pdrt of g • oat any longer,
as he pie: exit � enant was likely to
ryry
at d her :.0 d, and they would in
lI bo th t wa 3i °e. found Out. They were
aw thus being at last
ba ed i • t • eir 1 ng-ohlrished conrse' of
;ma '°ions- p acts'oes stet Miss Ron-
lpe and h:: son deter to take out
hi ret enige lip° me tat night by first
fri ` to } ' .o a nd ton robbing the
ho se, after w'oh ttie► were resolved
to t k t e i rat' ppor unity of quitting
tha p t of the, oant
xtY ad $e ,; y. Their onpid-
aro Sed by the sight of
so a trinke s in Indian jewelry which
possessed, hen a the I design to rob
toe. In or. :r o cover; their purpose,
the old hag was sent Ito me with the
story . f her on ing all;, and as he had
sear § mea. e o ccs s'to the house,
7e r • ly e ; ecte an entrance after he
�uppos :d th : fa ' i y ,Sleep. It was her
Ion who had firs put 'her upon these
vilr: Offices_, -;h brought the old sur-
►lice!fr. na ;L. I'd �-__' ' house, in which
ith the,.
n th ` ;a� °canon offered, wa
• alit .f `te ifyiug the inmates
and th s dep ilii: g the innocent object
off their lhatre. of er Chief means of
liveli,ao. d
Mr urro • es did no trouble to ap-
prehn • the o d Wo a at that time
but,: -•
eau
_ re '. t she should not
'leav t, eu. try til after the trial of
bar oronI h use aking and felony,
v ,he s • e ad to a $ear ainst him as;
a witrle s. H was form guilty and
B nt to a .en 1 ' sett ement. Mrs.
..
ee 1, : sh d t -show her face in
the eihb r..od, clepai,>"ted, no one
ki ew • ith r.
-As hr th ga ost s ry, as soon as its
h " in 's ere k own in the neigh-
th house of only lost its bad
e , b t bees a for the time
a kid of heroine, everybody
g
••y co rage and sagacity. I
le sure some weeks later, of
ng lin the 'louse Mrs. Richard
, he cornier Miss Roupel,whom
h or ood nscious of unjust
n tion, re eived ' with open
A ter the erfm of my tenancy
t e oharrxiiog house let for a
it ble rent,; and ever since I
it has fared an adequate
ce c f ncome tis. worthy owners.—
m bees Joiarn j,
Ba e
'horn°
dhara
quite
praisir
ha„d
th
enert
,
E art
tl ne.
coitide
arrlrs.
'expire
'mores
[hal ev
one side of the windo�
being !ingeniously mad€
upon hinges like a doc
structed that it could n
any one in the ro m.
and was searched there
him, bosides the pistol
duplicate keys, which
chamber or other .ockfa
hdus°.
-The constable having {{
from tie garden, the stewar , who
hither stood silent and Sullen, v
a dark expression if m ce and reve
upon his face, was hand d over to h
and he was instructed b - hisuperior'
convey him to th loc 1 police ode
and place him in a cell. The bla -
smith he ordered to accompany e
constable and see that the prisoner i
not effect an escape.
Meanitime, the gardener, Who, si ce
the ghdtt had been! discovered to bebut
flesh and blood like himiself, had 'be-
come asI bold as a - lion, volunteered to
stay in the house with us all ,night d
help me to soothe the fess of any -p or
terrified children, while r. Burrow s'
accompanied by the joine , proceeded to
the house of the steward. I need ot`
burden the reader with details, but
may mention that in ane er to a qu e
tap at the window, the door of t
hoe
ose was immediately o ened, [and o d
Mrs. Weevil was at once ' the , grip of
the officer. She was : abs lutely, thu
derstruc , and quite lost'her presen
g her anythi
of mind. Without ternof what ad happened, r. Barrow
asked for her son, the s'
she hest ted, then sal
"No"si
•
.
e
he wa
bed.
rd. At fir
d Mr. Burrows , "he is n
in bed, but he is safe eno igh by th
time in the police office, eo you h
just better
At this
down and
sary to x
tell us all about it."
Mrs. Weevil entirely bre
confessed all. ItI is nnneceepeat at length what-. ch
reader can guess in great measure fo
himself ; but the sum. of her story wa
this : The mother, equally with he
son, hated iss Roupel for despisi
his addresses, and took the means
have seen in order to drive each scessive tenant out of her house.. S
also admitted. that after the sudd
death of Mrs, Roupel it was they w
had spread the stories charging fo
play against the daughter. In anew,to a question from Mr. Burrowe , sIb.confessed that it was she who haplayed the ghost on the previous eve
ing; but she had never before. e:.ia n
herself to any one who did not at one
flee and quit the house. My attem t
to get hold of her, therefore, had o
alarmed her that she had great diffi-
culty in escaping, and next morning hal
gone to her son, and •told him she durst
a,
rn
en h! omen Cross the
S e't.
res " wr
is it��ni Paris : It is a
re t to e a aritiieiine cross a muddy
tr et. S e advairees tip -toe . to the-
dg of he pavement. There she
ion es e a bird read for flight and
the de I she raises er dress more'
u h to s
ha' en ',
.show her snowy, stn.
broi fere kirt, th d inty ' hose and
legant of inns, a 4 thout moree-
1 y she i s across, a and heel barely
t uc Ing' a d Mad' r f sing to cling to
t o airy; e t that h.:x 1 leave an im-
resIion n 't. Landed ou the other
ides she i i es her no afters a little
sae int ' lace 1a d asses' on with
s o ` th sok as put on :that mo -
en
Watch
Eng7is� woman' immedi-
a ely, after w: d. ISh ]]r' aches the curb-
s on , come:. to a' .dead standstill, and
soli' y On emplates th •muddy road.
Fina y she :elects a r e. Then very
cdtutiiously s': a lifts h ri dress, making
sure j hat tli tops of her shoes are
Mad cover, and then' lowly advancing,
she uta he right It ot out—plum it
sink:, into th soft Imucl;!then the left-
plu it goes, the wate e' ming over it,
and then s , lash ! Sp h 1 until the
other sides eached,1 w e , with soiled
skirt and i o: ked she esj, s e proceeds on
her ,•et an; rind y way. Nothing
a al, E be mor: char•, teristic of their re-
s ect veationa itz s, and nothing
c uld be miry alto sing than the mu-
tu l - .. tethp for :ac1i other's ways.
nI With the
r.
or
fo.
th
th
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nb
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t)± m
it f'
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981
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tie boy
stIn,s
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so that
nter, s
addre ss
out six
our, p
g tha
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n tsaicl :
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Oh, wehll,flailX .
nd that
i' ?" sus
"hid was aria
od •rafail
to ! oll: t hit
lit e b•v's eyia
ha py idea
sal : `Mistir,
N ar," a
co titer as far <a
co ting ed : `JIe
edropped. t
thelbank as'fasst
hi , dotrbtlesa f
ha don the pr
clg. , ,� .
gel
Very ew o .lc I ar avr re, unless
person y intere to ! in it of - the mag-
nituide o cigar .s a ing n the Republic,.
park= c:u rly lin t 's `lty where its ead-
i y and r pidly incre se `. The Aieri-
c n Ona cigar selling t 15c by retail,
s . d o be superior to he some priced
nb n i ar, w ieh it i driving out of
ar. et. A fac oily here : is r ported to
et .' el gest i the o I has only
0 c:'st ers a d re us 6 to well ; the
um 'er b a s an of fa y supply
ei dP an s No o e •1L 50.
ersons
;-`m4.•, eine nl c 11 ren are in its
mop cy, d tie firm i I buil 'ng an -
Ube • f_ a t ry w is ill neo as man
3.'nore, t eve •it.s heir nlarged
icili les'
bey' it rot :-seek another'
uhestol'. e . This is a stn emeut of their
usin :ss 1-st Oc!to ' er : igars deliver -
d d. "rig he mon b, 4,4 8'550 wages
aid, r- 10 , 00 am unt p is the 'Govern=
ant fo revutn: stamps, 138,580;
uou ' t f duties p: id on forei tobac-
2i ,1 4 ; paid f.r c gad boxe during
.,, on h, 139,805.2 ; leaf obacco
MO) ciga s, 25 p ands to the
a , 3120,p6 T e rapidity of
wt of our c ga anufactnre'is
d tobe great r hula can (readily,
aimed. Mi ns of our cigars are
u w a 'UUally ex .red Euro e and
•• her of C Ian ig rs is but a
!.omparativ 1
fl
in this bran h f een.ormons inn
tri:s must bed by th sandsillions.—N. ___`Is I—A measure ha . eeil introdreed iiie New York Asspnably to legitimatize
ildren born out of vedloek
t E
called t On of our banks
mornin , a s the Hart-
itnes, nd, 'standing on
e could jut look over
b"Wish you a Merry
ar( flicer to whom
, havin een greeted
dozen t es in the last
id no attention. But,
e little fellow still stood
peating something,
`` eill, solny, what is
merry Gh ristmas," re-
ishI you a happy New
akes !us about square,
eyed t e bank man.
t-baick o theboy; whoinute evidently trying
though s. Finally the
•righteliel as though a
struck !rim, and he
you' wi had ire a happy
d, , real hind, over the
his lit le am could go,
e's a p nxny for you."
c coin land 'ran out .•of
,'his.legs could carry
lly, sat':fieri that he
per thi:.aIL
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refined, extra good
an }1 clean, and very
le ias, Loose, .Mus}
a- ars,
NNED GOODS.
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d Meats, C. nnec� Fruits, thinned Fish,
fall line in Picklee, Sanee, Extracte,
e.
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FLOU', FEED, AND PROVISIONS
LWAY . ITN STOCK.
CR ' KERY Alf!) GLASSWARE I
Grni :e Tea Sete, Cbine1 Tea Sets -plain and
deeorat:ii, Breakfast nd Dinner Sets, Chamber
Bete -epi: in and dee rat d, Table Sets, Toilet
Sets, an a large as ortnont of Fancy Goods.
Price . w and Goode 1.
SSE D DEPARTMENT.
{
Clover nd Timothy ee ' for Sale. Field and
Garden Bede to arriv,. • ighestprice paid for
good Clea Clover and rim . thy Seed.
N O`
E T FACT
That all Gods sold by a : re Warranted to be
se epresented o C: sh Refunded.
LAID AW
SEAF
GOLD i EDAL
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Dominion inhibition,
Ottaw: 1879.
1881!. WIN
JOH
•
FAIRLEY,
TH.
SILVER MEDAL.
Highest Award,
oronto Exhibition,
1880.
ER. issi.
KIDD, SEAFORTH,
BEGS to'call the Spa al Attention of his
ma y C = stomers and he public generally to
his vane jertment of
ST VS 1 S OVES 11
Fro th BEST Man
Dominion,
W' BC
These ST
VES possess
Which cap only be
an nspection
WE W1ARRANT EY
And Del C.,,
�y petition in P
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Fire, i
IrSU
TTAVING
the p
effect in Bur
a
aoturer in the
E.:
NTFORD.
ny Advsntages
ppreciated by
them.
1:
ERY STOVE
rine or Quality.
N (IDD
STREET, SE - ORTH. a
SEAF 0 RTH
NCE GENCV.
WA. SOI•T
e, Life all Accident
RANCE
een
et fo
nceE
GENT.
in the Insurance Business for
,rteen years, 1 am prepared to
on all kinds of Property at the
LOWE T OSSIBL6' RATES
None but rst class Companie* represented.
I AMAL
CANA
LOAN A D
The Oldest in th
on Real Estate a
ALO
STATE LINE
Sailing betwe
w
. N
Main Street,
OFFICE --ln
the Mansion
0 AGENT FO ,t' THE
PERM NENT
AYINCS C i MPANY.
Dominion. M ney . advanced
Seven per cent,.
GENT FOR T' •
TEAMSHIP OMPANY,
n New York and Britain.
WAT
vN
SEAFORTH, O tarso.
Campbell's Block, opposite
Hotel.
It
A MOST DECIDED SUC' ES.
SE$,F
DUNCA
ik=i��� is ria--=
pUNCAN, S81*ORT
UR CLEARING SALE HAS BEEN MOST
LiRPAS
ES OUR EXPEC
ES FU
T ONS
10 Consequence we shall Continrre tlie Sale
for Another Ten Day/
STILL FURTHER REDUCTIONS T
TO EFFECT AN ENTIRE CLEARANCE TO MAKE
BE 1VIAD
itL
THE REMNANT TABLE FULL OF BA
OF gVERY DESCRIPTION, AND XS
WELL WORTHY OF AN INSPECTION
GREAT
GREAT
GREAT
GREAT
GREAT
GREAT
GREAT
GREAT
REDUCTIONS
REDUCTIONS
!1EDUCTIONS
REDucanoNS
REDUCTtNS
REDUCTI NS
REDUCTI6NS
INS
IN SILKS,
IN DRESS 0
IN WINCEY
IN LUSTRE
IN IDASHIN R 8,
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of giving Entire Satisf4ction.
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FEBRPARII 11, 1581,
Deeembear I,R 7. lit2.7,, si...
TEE following Is a Statienient of the Receipts
-a- and Expenditures ofi the Merillop Mutual
Fire List/ranee Company,; for the year 1880, ate
. tertified by the Auditors:, tiessrs. John O'Sulli-
van and William McConnell. ;
887-2 W. J. siwozot, Secretary -Treasurer.
Illalance on hand et last andh, up to
Transfer Fees, Oaneeiling Pelicies, and
oney borrowed from Mrs. C. Dale ... 750 00
EX PIENDITIJilltitiS.
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and $20 for intring -collections in
paid President, atiendingaudit and
paid Con3mittee ;for pas appii-
To paid Postage 011; Policies, Post
To aid expenses at Committee meet -
To I aid Board of Directors, 4 Mectin,gs
To aid Special Committee ter revis-
To aid Manager's pay and Mileage..
To aid Provincial Treasurer.. - ....
To aid Policy Reg*ter, Cash Book
To aid Safe, $75; Letter Frees, $7 50
To aid money borrowed foam Mra.
Balance on hand.
270 00
8 50
-81 20
7 50
52 00
4 00
7 20
24 20
81 45
26 436
12 55
82 20
787 -00
58 25
10 00
7 29
Total $8,315 -60
S RING SEED SHOW.
rrIr Animal Seed Shaw, under the Anspicesof
will he held in the Agricultiaral Hall, in the
TOW*/ OP SEAFORT43, on
FRIDAY/ FEBRUARY18/1881
Whe the Forlowing Prizes will be offered for
Grain, Seeds and Roots, viz.„:
Best our bushels of Spring
White Oats. 2 -00 1 50 1 DO
Best f ur bushels of Spring
Best fOnr bushelsof two -rowed
Best !titer 'bushels of eoznnzon
Best liar bushels black Oats- 2 DO 1 50 1 00
Best b ishel and a half late
la
Best fo bushels small peas.. 2 00 1 50 1 20
Best fo r bushels large Peas 2 00 1 50 1 ;00
Best. two buehels Timothy
1. Alli4kirtieles shown must be the growth etf
Best b hel and a half early
R1J1ES AND REGULATIONS.
1880, lill produced on the farm of the exhibitor.
2. Nei pertion ehall be entitled to more than
one priZte for grain, seeds or roots of the same
8. No person will be allowed to show seed or
sell on the ercunds without Brat beeoming a
member of the Society.
4. No ,e x33ibit er allowed to expose his name on
the bagsi
5. All articles for exhibition to be on the
to be mint:Seed from
the b tilidling before four eolock P. IC
D. HOG*, President
THE FFEOPLES GALLERY !
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A 0 RD OF THANKS.
friends Seaforth and the surrounding munioi-
atten ton r all times. I have just closed the
pali ties, ho have favored him with their valued
patr onage since embarking in the Photographic
business Rome eight years ago, hie most hearty -
than ks for their very liberal support. To those
who have been indueed bjemy reasonable prices
and the character of my wprk to transfer their
trade to le my thanks are also due, and I can
assure th hi of my best seitvices and tourteone
most sue° 'wilful season's trade I have ever had
since commencing "busineas in Seaforth. The
trade of the past season hae been notablyan ad-
vance on t e business of previous one, and
'while the rats on individnal transalations have
been Mode ate, I have good; reason to congratu-
' tions. I e art this year's bosiness in the iirni
to the wan a of my many kiiid friende, this year
shall be no exception in plaeing me in -a position
to an noun during the et:ening year the same
steady and lipid growth which has marked my
business in ',the past. I shall always be glad to
see all my Id customers . d B niallY flair 01180
as possible uring the present year, and I shall
endeavor t !give the very beet of satisfaction to
iall and ea out a stredght5orward line of deal-
ng with ev ryone doing business with Me.
1- A.. C ER, Oppoeite Commercial Rotel*
rill HE SubTriber hereby thanks his numerous
;-1- custom 're (merchants and others) for their
iheral patr nage during tha Dust 7 Year; anti
opes by strlict integrity and; close atte
tisiness to erit their confidence and trade 1/4
he future. Raving greatky enlarged his prem -
zees during e -winter, he is now preparod toipay -
THE HI HEST CASH PRICE '
For any qua tity of Good Fresh Eggs, delivered
at the Egg E porium,
clean wheat raw.
;Wanted by ;the subscriber, 25 tons of good dt7
D. D. WILSON
GG EMPdR1UM.
THE ZUR cH CARRIAGE FACTORY.
yr AVE alwlays on hand, and make to Order,
-4-4 Wavelets, Sleighs, Carriages,111flg-
glee, Cu tt4tre, and every otherarticlein their
They pease ally superintend their owa bust -
fleas, and ca guarantee a good article both as
to Material an workmanship.
For Style and Fini h eir 'work cannot be
surpassed by he large city establishments.
Repairing romptly attended to. Give
triad and be o nvineed that we can satisfy you as
to quality and rice.
Mr. Hess is ell known to the public, having
been in husineas Zurich for over 12 yeare.
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Prepaid Paseage Certificates issued to persons
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