The Huron Expositor, 1885-12-11, Page 2-s
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INDIAN SUMMER.
BY W. D. HOWELLS.
XL
Colville had commonly a -good appe-
tite for his breakfast, but ,now he let
his coffee stand long untested. There
were several things about this note that
touched him—the child -like simplieity
and directness, the generous courage,
even the imperfection and crudity of the
literature. However' he saw it after-
ward, he saw it then in its true inten-
tion. respected that intentihn ;
through all the sophistications in which
life had wrapped him, it awed him a
little. He realized that if he had been
younger he would have gone to Imogene
herself with her letter. He felt for the
moment a rush of the emotion which.: he
would once not have stopped to exam-
ine, which he would not have been c4a-
ble of examining. But now his duty
wag' clear; he must go to Mrs. Bowen.
In the noblest human purpose there is
always some admixtere, however slight,
of less noble motive, and Colville as
not without the willingness to see what-
ever embarrassment she mightfeel when
he showed her the letter, and to invoke
her finest tact to aid him in re -assuring
the -child.
She was alone in her drawing -room,
and she told him in response to his in-
quiry foe their health that Imogene and
Effie had gone out to dritta : She looked
so pretty in the quiet house dress- in
which she rose from the sofa and stood
letting him come the whole way to greet
her, that he did not think of any other
look in her, but afterward hereinember-
ea an evidence of inner tumult in her
brightened eyes.
He said, s-niiling, "I'm so glad 'to iee
you alone," and this brought still an-
other look into her face,' which also he
afterward remembered. She did not
reply, but made a sound in her throat
like a bird when it stirs itself for flight
or song. It was a strange, indefinite
little nate, in which Colville thoughthe
deteeted trepidation at the time, and
recalled for the sort of expectation sug-
gested in it. She stood waiting for him
tor on. -
have come to get you to help me
out of trouble."
"Yes ?" said Mrs. Bowen,with a vague
smile. "I always supposed you would
be able to help yourself out of trouble.
Or perhaps wouldn't mind it if you were
irt it."
yes, I mind it very much," re-
, turned Colville, refusing her banter, if
it were banter. " Especially this sort
of trouble which involves some one else
in the discomfort" He went on ab-
ruptly: "1 have been held up: to a
young lady as a person who was emus-
inaiimself withher, and I was so absurd.
as ta be angry when she told me, and
demanded the name of my friend, who-
ever it was. My behavior seems to have
given the young lady a bad night, and
this morning she writes to tell me so,
and to take all the blame on herself, and
to assure ine that no harm was meant
me by any one. Of course I don't want
her to be distressed about it Perhaps
you can guess who has been writing to
Colville said all this looking down, in
a fashion he had. When he looked up
he saw a severity .Bowen's peaty
face such as he had not seen there be-
fore.
I didn't know she had been writing
to you, but I know that you are talking
of Imogene. She told me what she
had said to you yesterday, and I blamed
her for it, but I arn not sure that it
wasn't beat."
" Oh, indeed !" said Colville. Per-
haps you can tell me who put the idea
into her head ?"
" Yes ; I did."
- A dead silence ensued, in which the
fragments of the situation broken by
these -words revolved before Colville's
thought with kaleidoscopic variety, and
he passed through all the phases of an-
ger, resentinent, wounded self-love, and
accusing shame.
At last "I suppose you had your rea-
sons,' he said simply.
"I am in her mother's place here," she
replied, ttlitenidg the grip of one little
hand upon another, where she held -them
Iaid. against the side of her waist.
_ "Yes, I know that," said Colville,
"but what reasorehadr, you to warn 14"r
against me as a person who was amusing
himself with her' I dont like the phrase,
but she seems to have got it from you,
I use it at third head.
"I don't like the phrase, either, I
didn't ievent it."
"You used it."
"No, it wasn't I who used it. I
sheuld have been glad to use another, if
I could," said Mrs. Bowen, with perfect
steadiness.
"Then you mean to say that you be-
lieve I've been trifling with the feelings
itf this child r
• cq Mean to say nothing. You are
very much older, and thesis a roma*
girl, very extravagant. You have tried
to make heelike you."
"I certainly ha.ve. I have tried to
make Effie Bowen like me, too."
Mrs. Bowen passed this over in sere
nity that he felt was not far from con-
• tempt.
He gave a laugh that, did. not express
enjoyment.
"You have no right to laugh !" she
cried; losing herself a little; and so Mak-
ing her first gain upon him.
It appears not. Perhaps yeti will
tell me what I ain to do about this let-
ter?"
"That is for you to decide." She re-
covered herself, and lost grcjand with -
him in proportion.
"I thought perhaps that since you
were able to judge my motives so clear-
ly, yoa might be able to advise me."
"I don't judge your motives," Mrs.
Bowen began. She added seddenly, as
if by an after thought, "1 don't think
you ha,d any."
"I'm obliged to you." -
"But you are as much to Name as if
you had.
"And perhaps I'm as much to blame
as if I had really wronged. somebody?"
"Yes."
"It's rather paradoxical. You don't
wish me to see her any more ?"
"I haven't any wish about it, you
must not say that I have," said Mrs.
Bowen, with dignity.
Colville smiled. ',May 1 ask if you
have?"
• "Not for myself.'
"You put me on very short allowance
of conjecture:"
"1 will not let you trifle with the
matter V' she cried. "You have made
me speak, when a word, a- look, ought
to have been enough. Oh) I didn't
think you _had the miserable vanity to
ivish it !"
Colvills stood thinking a long time,
and she waiting. 1 see that every-
thing is at an end. I am going away
from Florence. Good -by, Mrs. Bowen.'
He approached her, holding out. his
hand. But if he expected to be reward-
ed for this, nothing of the kind happen-
ed. She shrank swiftly back.
"No, no. You shall not touch me."
He paused a moment, gazing keenly
at her face, in which, whatever other
feeling showed, there was certainly no
fear of him. Then with a slight bow he
left the room.
,Mrs. Bowen ran from it by another
door, and shut herself into her own moth:
When she returned to the, salotto,
gene -And Effie were just cciming in. The
child went to 'lay aside her , hat and'
sacque ; the girl, after a glance at Mrs.
Bowen's face, lingered inquiringly. "
"Mr. Colville came here with your
letter, Imogene."
"
Yes," said Imogene, faintly. "Do
you thinli I Oughtn't to have written
it ?" - •
"Oh, it makes no difference now. He
is going away from Florence." '
"Yes ?" breathed the girl.
"1 spoke openly with him."
" Yes ?"
"I didn't spare him. I made him
think I hated.and despised him."
Imogene was silent. Then she said,
" I know that whateveryou have done,
you have acted for the best." ,
"Yes, I have a right that you should
say that—I have a right that you
should always say it. I think he has
behaved very foolishly, but 1 don't
blame him—'
"No, I was to blame."
"I don't know that he was to blame,
and I won't let you think he was."
"�h, he is :the best man in the
world!"
"He gave up at once; he didn't try
to defend himself. It's nothing for you
to lose • a friend at your age; but at
mine—"
"I know it, Mrs. Bowen."
" And I wouldn't even shake hands
with him when he was going, I—"
Oh, I don't see how you could be' so
hard !" cried Imogene. She put upshet
hands to her face and broke into tears.
Mrs. Bowen watched her, dry-eyed, with
her lips parted, and an intensity of ques-
tion in her face.
"Imogene," she said at last, I .wish
you to promise me one thing."
'
Not to write to Mr. Colville again.",
"No, no, indeed I won't Mrs. Bow-
!" The girl came up to kiss her;.
rs. Bowen turned her cheek. -
Imogene was going from the 'tom:,
hen Mrs. Bowen spoke again: "But I
vish you to promise me this only be-
ause you don't :feel sure of yo rself
bout him. If you care for him— you
hink you care for him—then I leav you,
erfectly free.".
The girl looked up scared. N no;
'd rather you wouldn't' leave me eea-
ou mustn't; I Shouldn't know wh t to
o." •
Very well, then," said Mrs. ow-
n.
They both waited a moment, s if
ach were staying for the other to s eak.
hen Imogene asked, "Is he— oing
oon ?"
" I don't know," said Mts. Bo en.
'Why should he want to delay' He
ad better go at once. And I ho he
11 go home—as far from Floren e as
e can. I should thinkhe would hate
the place."
• "Yes," said the girl with a quiv ring
igh ; " it 'mist be hateful to him." She
aused, and theu she rushed on witl bit-
er self-reproach "And I—I ave
elped to make it so! Oh, Mrs. Bo en,
wimps it's I who have been tr ffing
ith him? Trying to make him be teve
no, not trying to do that, but le ting
im see that I sympathized— 0 , -do
ou think I have ? '
" You know what you have beer(do-
ng, Imogene," said Mrs. Bowen 'th.
the hardness 'it surprises men t.; I4now
women use with each other, they. emit
such tender creatures in the abstract.
"You have no need to ask me."
'No no."
" As you say, I warned you fron the
first."
" Oh yes; you did." .
"1 couldn't do more than hint; il was
too much to expect—"
Oh, yes, yes."
And.if you couldn't take my h
I was helpless."
" Yes ; I see it."
"I was only afraid of saying toe uch,
and all through that Miserable veg ione
business I was trying to please you and
him, because I was afraid I had said too
much—gone too far. I wanted to show
you that I disdained to be suspicious,
that I , was ashamed to suppose that a
girl of your age could care for the ad-
miration of man of his."
f Oh, I didn't carelor his admire, toe.
I adinired him—and pitied him."
Mrs. Bowen apparently -would n t be
kept now from saying all that had been
rankling in her breast. I didn't ap-
provesaf going to the ve_glione. A great
many people would be shocked if they
knew. 1 went; I wouldn't at all like to
have it known. But I was not goi g to
have him thinking that I was se rere
with you, and wanted to deny you any
really harmless pleasure."
• "Oh, who could think that?.You're
.only too good to me. You see," said
the -girl, "what a return I have made
for your trust! • I knew you didn't want
to go to the teglione. If I hadn't been
the most selfish girl -in the world
wouldn't have let you. But I did. I
forced yeti to go, and then, after we got
there'I_ seized every advantage, and
abused your kindness till .I wonder -1
di,-cin't sink through the floor. Yes!
ought to have refused to dance—if I'd
had a spark of generosity or gratitude I
w uld have clone it; and I ought to.
ha.re come straight back to you the in-
stant the waltz was done. And now see
w at has come of it ! I've made you
• th'nk he was trifling with me, •and I've
in de him think that I'm a false an.d hol-
• lotr-hearted thing:"
1
VIP
. You know best what you have
do e, Imogene," said Mrs. Bowen, with
a miling tearfulness that was somehow
ve y bitter. She rose from the sofa, as
if to indicate that there was no more
to be said, and Imogene, with a fresh
brust of grief, rushed away to her own
roam.
he dropped on her knees !beside her
bel, and stretched out her !,arms upon"
it, tan image of that desolation of soul
w ich, when we are young, seems, limit -
les, but which in later life we know
ha comparatively narrow bounds be-
yond the el
around us.
'In his roo
best lie might
had come
while he pa;
• Now that the
was passed.
emotions had no longer the continuity
-that the emo i ns of his youth possessed.
As he remem .ered, a painful or plettilant
impression u
here he was
hot in his ni
with a sense
escape. Doe
with the to
across his mi
of trousers, 0.
considerably -
he determin
and this rem
and send wor
going to ta.
Rome.
E HUft.0
EXI;()S..TOrt
^
uds that rest so- blacily
•XII.
cilville was devouring as
he chagrin with which he
ay from Palazzo Pihti,
d his trunk for departure.
hing was over, the worst
gain he observed thatlhis
He went
•away '.`with t
unpleasant t
should be sur
Rothe; they
• eancy: For
• the best he c
ing any Sort of pretenses. When
• trunk was I • cited he kindled himse
• fire, and sit • own before it think of I
geneilk be n with her, but prese tly
it seemed to 1, Mrs. Bowen he was thihk-
ing of.; the he knew that he . Was
' drapping off o sleep by the manner in
which their o ideas mixed. The fa-
tigues and ex itements of the week had
been great, b t he would not .give svey ;
it was too is raceful.
• Some one pped at his , door. He
called Out "A anti !" and he would have
been less sur ised to see either of 'b se
ladies thati aolo with the accoulit he
. had ordered to be made out. It wae a
• long, pendillo e, minutely itemed affair,
.such as the reveller's recklessness in.
-candles and re -wood comes to in the
books of the pntinental landlord, and
it almost Sive t the floor when its vol-
ume was uhro led. But it was not the
• Ban tetal tha dismayed Colville when
:he glanced at he final figure; that, in-
deed, .was n so. very great, with all
the items ; lit" i,vas the conviction, sud-
denly flashin upon. him, that he had not
money "enoug by him to pay it. Ilia
watch, held iose to the fire, told him
• that it was fi p,o'clock ; the banks had
been closed a hour, and this was Sat r-
, day afternoon
The squalli 'accident had all the effect
of intention, , he viewed it from with-
out himself,- and considered that the
Money ought. It have been the first thing
in his though after he determined to
go away. -.EI Must get the money sonie-
how, and be - of to Rome by the seven
o'clock train. A whimsical suggestion,
which was so good a bit of irony that it
made him smile, flashed across him; he
• 1
might borrow it from Mrs. Bowen. S ie
• was, in fact,1 the only person in Flor-
ence with whom he was at all on bcr-
,rowing ter*, and a sad sense of the
.sweetness of ler lost friendship follow d
•upon the antic notion. No; for o . e
he could not go to Mrs. Bowen. He re-
collected nbw the, many pleasant talks
-they had ha4 together, confidential In
.virtue of the r old acquaintance, add
harmlessly. in imate in many things. He
:recalled hovir, firhen he was feelihg dhll
'from the Flo entiue air, sht had told
:him to take a little quinine, and he had
found immediate advantage in it. The "e
memories did not strike him as gr
teeque or iuOcrous ; he only felt the r
pathos. - He was ashamed even to seem
in any wise recreant 'farther. If she
'should ever hear :that he had lingered
'for thirty' -six hours in Florence after he
had told her ie was going away, what
mild she thin but that he had 'epee -
ed his decisimit He .determined to Sp
down- to the office of the hotel, and see
• if he could it make some arrangement
with the landlord. .Itawould be ex-
- tremely distastefulabut his ample lettee
• of credit would be at least a voucher of
his final ability t� pay., As a desperate
• resott, he could go and try to get the
money of Mi. \raters.
He put on h s coat and hat, and open-
ed the door to -some one who was just iii
the act to kirick at. it, and whom he
struck against in the obscurity.
• " I beg you'. pardon," said the visi-
tor. .
"Mr. Wateis ! • Is it possible?" cried
Colville, feeling something fateful i
the -chance. ' I was -just going to se
you." •
I " I'm fottunite in Meeting you, then.
Shall we go to my room?" he asked, at
a hesitation in Colville's thaner.
- `i No, no,", said the latter; "come in)
here." He led the way back into his
room, and: striick !a match to light the
candles on his thininey. Their dim rayh_
fell upon tile disorder his packing had
left. - " You must excuse the look of
things," he said. " The fact ii, I'm just
going away. • I'm going to Rome at
seven o'clock." 1
" Isn't this rather sudden ?" asked
the minister, with less excitement than
• the fact might perhaps have been exil-
pected t� ereat in a friend. "I thought
you intended t pass "the winter in Mork
ence."
"Yes, I did sit down,please—but I
find myself obrged to cut my stay short.
Won't you take off your cott?" he ask-
ed, taking off his own.
•-"Thank you ; I've formed the habit
• of keeping it on in -doors," said Mr,
:Waters. "And I oughtn't to stay long,
if yOu're to be off so BOWL.
• Colville gave a Very" uncomfortable
laugh. " Wity, the fact is, I'm not off
so very soon 1.4/gess you help me."
" Ah?" relinrned the old,gentlernan,
with poli & interest.• '
" Yes, I find myself in the absurd
position of a ;man who has reckoned
without his host. I have 'made all my
•plaits for going,' and have lied my hotel
bill sent to me in pursuance of that idea,
and now I discover that I not only
haven't money ,enough to pay it and get
to Rome, but 11 haven't Mitch more than
half enough to pay it. I have credit
galore," he said, trying to give the situa-
tion a touch of liveliness, "but the bank
is shut."
•. Mr. Waters listenedlo the statement
with a silence concerning which Colville
was obliged to form hit own conjectures:
-" That is unfortunate," he said, sympa-
thetically, but not encouta,gingly.. .
• Colville pushed on desperately. "It
is, unless you can help me, Mr. Waters.
I want you to lend me fifty dollars for
as many hours.
Mr. Waters shook his head with a
compassionate tniile.., •
(To Be Continued.) .
ed to last indefinitely; but
Rh this humiliating alfair
d, shrugging his shoulikrs
f relief, almost a sense of
the soul really wear out
y? The question fli
d as he took down a
d noticed that they
frayed about the f
d to aive them to Pa
ted
air
ere
et ;
olo,
ed him to ring for Paolo,
to the office that he was
the evening train for
• packing, and put
different garments
ughts- that he kneu
to uhpaok with therr
uld then have less p
e present he was d ing
ld, and he was not mak-
his
fa
no-
ing
the
he
in
ig-
EAL EOTATE FO SALE.
F°
SALE clitAP.—West
nd 128,- on Coleman St,
in the town of Seaforth. Ther
storey frame house and good w
see. 4lso a few choice fruit
Mule, s, apply to J. M. BEST
forth.
alt of Lots 127
uinloek Survey,
is a good two
11 on the premi-
trees. For par -
-
Barrister, Sea -
433 -8
T'1ABM TO RE/T.—,To rent b
X e ssion 5, Stanley townsh
• 'Clinton, a good farm on reasona
is a good well, frame barn an
• orchard, about Mimeses cleared,
of cut ing wood knd other wor
pay of rent. For further part
JOSE1H W. MILLS, Clinton, w
SHIP BY'S.
dug Lot 21, Con -
p, 6 miles from
le terms, 'There
house, also an
also a large Job
taken in part
cellars apply to
o resides at W.
934x8
1ARt FOR SALE.—For sale
X o Hilbert, 1,50 acres being
west 1 all of 28„ in the 8th
is free from sthinps and it
of cultivation, i with • a 1
good a, utbuilding13. • There is
ti
spring brook run ng through t
be sold together or separately
For Nether partieulars addres
on the prenitses or to Seaforth
EBER ART, Proprietor.
in the township
Lots 29, and the
Conceseion, it
a high state
g house and
an everlasting
e fame. It will
on easy terms.
the Proprietor
ostoffice. WM.
921-tf
FAR FOR SALE—The Ex
e tate of the late Samu
for sal that excell .nt farm bei
CeS8iOnI 12, Grey. There are 1
which are cleared, 10 acres pa
10 in geed hardwood bush. T1
frame barn with stone stabAng
60 feet. Inimediate possession
large iiertion of the purchase
lowed to stand on interest;ifor
Jars ap ly to JOEIN LEQICIE, 19
Toront , or to JOHN SLTMON,
. ' I
'
161ARM FOR SAILE-.—The Sub
•1 sao his splerid farm of
Lot 44, Concessio 2, Tuckerst
story and half f tune house,
orchard' good buildings, 85
stumps,' 15 acres in1 fall wheat.
good cultivation, ind well in
spring on the farnj and has go
to churehes and chools. Thr
miles from the tow of Clinton,
WiJ1 be eold on re minable te
DONALD, on the remises, or C
cutors' of the
1 Sleinon, offer
g Lot 12, Con -
00 acres; 80 of
tly cleared, and
ere is a good
nderneath 30x
-ill be given. A
oney will be al.'
urther portion -
College Street,
Ethel P. 0.
931tf
s
s. .
. • i -
TURA YOR SAIE.—Felysale,
12 - sion 5,McKill p, containin
ly all cleared, well fenced and ux
in a first-elass state of cultivati
stone 'house, bai11 barn and
buildings all in 1 t -class con
orchard of.bearing rees, and th
runs through a corner of the far
- no waste land. It -is a first-class
stock or rain, and -,is Within te
town of 'eaforth On tbe "north
--Apply n the pretniSes or to
HUGII . GRIEVEI. .
wilier offers for
100 acres, being
ith. Good new
acres splendid
tres free from
he whole under
derdrained, live
d wells. . Close
e and one-half
from Seaforth.
is. HUGH Me-
inton P. 0.
930tf
•
Lot 25, Conces-
100 acme,' near-
derdrained, and
n. There is a
ther necessary
ition. Also an
river Maitland
11 but ,there is
farm either for
o miles of the
rn gravel road.
Seaforth P. 0.
911-tf
: ! •
FOR SALE. --For et0e:. in the thriving village
1
of Iensall at xi great bargai , that valuable
property situated on .the• west ide . of Brooke
street, censisting of a geed. new frame dwelling
18x26 feet, and wall - finished t roughout, with
good we 1 and stable on the pr mises. Reason
for sellin is that the undcrsigned intends leaving
the village about the end of the yiar. . Possession
can be (r v en at any time within vereeks notice.
mei of
TerSole.—VerY liberal. F ' r full particu-
lars appy to D. MOWBRAY, ason and Con-
tractor, Jcnsa11 P. 0. • 905
QOOD FARM FOR SALE.—
co cession 8, Tuckersmith
acres, abbut 80 of ,vvhich are el
stumps, underdrai, in a high
tion and 'well fenced. There is
log house and a large bank bar
underneath. Also a paling tore
well. The land is all dry and of
It is conveniently 1- situated t
Kippen lotions, with good'grav
to:each p ace. For further pa
the Proprietor, Egnixindeille P.
the Egn ondville Mills. JAME
prietor.
✓ sale Lot 1,
containing 100
ared, free from
tate of cultiva-
a comfortable
with stabling
lard end good
he best quality.
Seaforth and
1 roads leading
iculars ,address
0., or apply at
KYLE, Pro-
' 904-tf
.rriwo HUNDRED la RE FAR
I —For sale, Lot No. 11, o
• 15th Concessions of Grey, canto
• 150 of which are cleared and in
cultivation. The remainder is
• bush. There is a never failing
through the farm - There is a g
40 by 60 feet, good log house an
orchard, It is six miles from Br
from I Waltono with good gravel
each plac,e. There is a scheol
Price, 87,F00. For furtherparti
• the proprietor on the premises o
ADAM DOUGLAS.
I FOR SALE.
the 14th and
ning 200 acres,
a good state of
ood hardwood
Creek running
od frame barn
good bearing
ssels, and three
oad leading to
the next Lot.
ulars apply to
to Walton P.O.
• 915
Tl, ARM FOR SALE,—For • sal , 150 acres of
12 first class land; being Lot 12 and the east
half of Isos 13, Concetsion 9, McK ilop, ; 130 acres
'cleared at d in a good state of •ultivation ; the
'remainder good hardwood bus i. . The land is
well unde chained, well fenced, wo wells and a
never failing spring: creek; f me barn and
stable and log barn, two comfort ble log houses,
and two orchards. It is convenient to schools
,and churches. is eight miles fr m Seaforth and
'eight from Walton. For further particulars ap-
ply on the premises or to It. G. OSS, Winthrop
P.0.
. 915
ri 00D.FARM FOR SALIt—In order to close
k_T- the affairs of the estate of he late W. G.
Hingston, the executors offer the following very
valuable lands for sale. Firs North hall of
Lot 30, Concession 5, township f Morris, 'bon-
taining 90 acres. On, this lot is • recteel a good
frame bora with stone.foundation • good orchard,
well and pump. Nearly all clea ed, and is on
the grovel road closely adjoiniRgi the village of
Brussels. This farm is a valuable one, is well
fenced and in a .good . state bf cultivation.
For prices and terins apply to Di s.liBLLY, Brus-
sels P.-0., 'ImmixVictoria Square P:O., -
or James • SmIThi Maple Lodge P. O., Middlesex--
.
Cmlnitt• 868
FOR SALE' IN THE OWNSH1P OF
TUCKERSMITH.—For sale n, the township
of Thckersinith, county of Huron, being Lot 35,
Concession2,L. R. S: containin 100 acres, 90
acres clearixl ; the reinainderin b ish. The -farm
is well feneed, with a good orchatd, :a good one
and a half story brickhouse wit a slate roof,
two frame, barns and shed, and g od wells. The
farm is of first-olass soil. It is t vo miles from
Brumfield station. six from Clint.n and six from
Seaforth, a, good gravel road le ding to each
place. Apply on the. premises to JAS. -WALKER,
or DAVID WALKER, Mill Read or to Bruce -
field P. O. 90441
.VALUABLE
FARM -FOR SA
scribtr offers for sale his la
being South East half of Lot' 37,
East Wawonosh ; about 65 acres
free from Stumps, the 'balance is
with hardwood, hemlock and ce
is in a high state of cultivation.
one and three-quarter miles fr
miles from l Wingham, 8 miles froi
within one quarter mile from sch
on the preiiises a good frame ho
barn and Stabling, a young be
• a never failing well, and creek ru
the back part of the farm. This
sold cheap. For further partie
the premises, or to GEORGE
grave P. 0., East Wawaeosh.
E.—The sub -
n of 100 acres,
Concession 8,
areeleared and
well timbered
ar. The farm
It is situated
na• Belgrave,
Blyth. It is
ol. There are
ise and frame
ring orchard,
ning through
roperty will be
lass ,apply on
. TYNER, Bel -
894
1E1ARM FOR SALE.— For Sale i Lot 32, Con.
]j' cession 14, McKillop, containing 102 acres,
73 of which are cleared and nearl3 all free from
stumps, Well fenced and ii a good State Of culti-
vation. The balance is thnbered e'ith hardwood.
There is a frame and a log house and log barn.
There is a good bearing orchard an a never failing
spring creek running through th .farin, and a
good well. , It is admirabl3r adap ed either for
stock or grain. "It is within a mile and a quarter
• of the prosperous village of Waite . It will be
sold on reaSonable terms as the p oprietor does
not reside in the county. Apply to, CHRISTO-
PHER J. RYAN, Walton. 937x4
SPLENDID 200 ACRE FARM • OR SALE IN
THE TOWNSHIP OF GREY. Sealed offers
addressed to the undersigned, will be received
up to July 1st, A. D. 1886, for th purchase of
that first-class farm, being compos d of Lots 11
and 12 in the 16th Concession of t ie township of
Grey, County of lIuron, comprisin 200- acres, of
which about 115 acres are cieared nd in a good
state of cultivation, the balance b ing well tim-
bered. There is on the premises good frame
barn 60x50 feet and a hewed log el pboard house
and outbuildings Fences are in good repair.
A fine orchard of youpg trees jets coming into
bearing. • A good well and a never failing spring
creek. Although this is a most d sirable prop-
erty, intending purchasers can vie • the property
and obtain any furtheninformatio with regard
to it on application'to the tenant OT the premises.
Possession wll be given on Oct°, r 16th, 1886.
The highest or any offer not neee arily accept-
ed.. Addreati offers to ROBERT THOMPSON,
Roseville P. 0., Ont. Roseville, Ont., November
937-tf
20, 1885. •I
sr•
CONTINUANCE
OF THE
C+ 111 S L 111
Dur
ng the Months of November and December
ONTREAL HOUSE EAFO
Where in Millinery, Mantles, Furs, Fur Trimmings, &c.,
SSRS.DIJ.iNCANI iq
WILL GiyE SPECIAL BARGAINS.
The imp' ense and well selected Stock of Dress G
of the MONTREAL HOUSE, will be offered at such
repay an
a Large ot
rties 'wanting to purchase, to invest a Prn
f Goods at the •
at the
TH
ods and Dry Goo s, &c. &c.,
great reduction that it will
11 amount of casi in buying
MONTREAL HOUSE.
N. 13.—These offers, will only extend to the end. of the present year.
is the time to save money.
CLO
OAK HALL
So now
HING AND GENTS' FURNISHING 14OUSE
DUNCAN • & • DUNCAN, SEAFORTH,
Wil stili be happy to furnish Gents with Tweeds suitable for the season got
up in fitst-claes city style subject to a great reduction for the balance f the year,
as they 'are bound to reduce their immense Stock of Scotch, English/ and Hamel
Fur Caps in large quantities, Underclothing &c. &c.- Best Stock in;
Tweeds, &c.
the, County.
SE
A_111 `1"1--1
OLUDED GROCEinf
You can procure choice Teas, Coffee, Rice, Sugars, Resins, Currants and Staple
Groceries, pure and Fresh. We sell butteafor table use at 14c per po d. Taste
and try.,
Duncan d Duncan, Montreal House, Seaforth,
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEM
NT,
CHAMISWORTH & BROWNELL,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS,
One Door North of Seaforth Post Office,
Owing to our large and increasing trade, we found our late premilses far teo
and were compelled through the pressure of business ha move to a much
larger store.•
• We are more than thankful for the past liberal patronage, and trust by fair
and honest dealing to till increase our business. .
Teas jobbed by the Caddie and half Chest, at wholesale prices.
New Crop!Teas in store and arriving, consisting of Young Hyson, Gunpowder,
Japans and Blacks.
• New -Season Fruits in abundance, 100 boxes Morrand'a New Valentia Raisins,
London Layers, Black iBasket, New Currants, Figs, and as usual a large stock of
Sugars, Syrup.knd Molasses.
Fine Coffees,Green, Roasted and. Ground. Pure S'pices in full variety. A full
stock of CannedFruits and Vegetables'Salt Water Fish, Whitefish and Trout.
Full Line of General Groceries, second to none in the market.
A new and complete stock of Crockery and Glassware just to hand and will
be opened out this week
• N. B.—Partners will please remember the job Teas and General Groceries at
wholesale price S in quantitiee.
OHARLESWORTH 84 BROWNELL.
• ONE DOOR NORTH OF SEAFORTH1POST OFFICE.
• TRY • FEA13. S
ANTI -COUGH •§YRITPI.
The Pes i thing in the market for rooting out
a Cold o Cough. Only 25c a bottle._ ; Trial
bottles, 10c each.
ALSO HIS RHEUMATIC 1 REPELLER
For driving all Rheumatisrp, Neuralgia and
Sciatica out of the system. A new and
guarante,ed methcid, has reliewed thousands,
and will relieve you. Try it, only 25c. Writ-
ten ' guarantee with every $5 worth. F're-
pared by -
1. V. FEAR,
Chemist and Druggist, Seaforth:.
DECEMBER 11, isso
WROICETER
Alexander L. Gibson
Bogs to announce to the public that he bee eoz
inenced to operate the .
WROXETER WOOLLEN FACTORY,
And that he will be prepared to give pod val
.
in
FULL CLOTHS,
TWEEDS,
• UNION TWEEDS,
FLANNELS,
PLAIDINGS,
WINCEYS,
And Varieties -in
STOCKING :YARN$4..
Custom Carding, Spinning. and Polling
promptly Attended to,
Parties from a distance wil, as far as possible,
have their ROLLS HOME WWII THEM, and sa
he has put the Mill into Good Working order
and employs none but Efficient Workmen,
A 11 -Work is Warranted.
REMEMBER THE WROXETER MULL -
ALEX. L. GIBSON,
•Proprietor,
815.00
WILL BUY YOU AN
American Solid Silver
WATCH;
—AT—
Purvis &
JEWELLERY STORE,,
• OPPOSITE THE
Commercial Hotel.
REPAIRING NEATLY DONE.
Agents for the Light Running Xew
Home Sewing Machine.
Rik/AIRS' BANKING HOUSE,
1.10C3-_Aa\T ay 004
• BANKERS & BROKERS,
SEAFORTH, • - ONT.
1r"
• Office—First- Door N ORTH
of Commercial Hotel.
*cites discounted, and a general banking busi-
ness done. ' •
Remittence to and collections made in Mani-
toba.
Business dope through Bank of 3frantreal.
A limited amount of money received on deposit.
Money to Joann on real estate at best rates.
S. C. M'CAUCHEY1 •- WM. LOCAL
P. S.—S. G. McCaughey will attend to Con-
veyance in all its branches; lending money on
real estate, buying anti selling farms, houses, &e.
atSatitip-41./\1". ±tXiTE
----OF— .
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS.
A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agent.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PASSAGE RAM
Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool and Lon-
tonderry, 850, .$63, and $73, according to position
f stateroom Children under 12 years, half fate;
under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, $50. Inter-
mediate, $,35; Steerage, $13. From Liverpool er -
Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, -,,cf433, 878.75 and
894.50; Intermediate, $35; Steerage, 813. Re-
turn Tickets from Halifax to Londonderry or
Liverpool and back to Halifax: Cabin, 8100.8126
and 8143; Intermedia.te, $70; Steerage, $26.
•
Money Loaned and Real Estate Bought
and Sold as Usual.
•• INSURANCE.
represent several of the best Iniumnce Com-
panies in the world.
Office—Market Street, Seaforth:
862 A. STRONG,
'E F. BLACK,
Watchmaker, Licensed Auctioneer,
Farm Sales Attended, Charges
Moderate, Sate Notes Dis-
counted, Money. to
Lend.
M.47L0
WATCHMAKER,
WINGHAM.
924
SEAFORTH PLANING MILL
SAH, DOUR AN BLIND FACTORY
MITE subscriber begs lealve to thank his limner-
' ous customers for the liberal patronageex*
tended to him since commencing business
Secaofnotrtinhua, andtruststhe.ssahtstantleh.e ina.y be favored with
a
largestock
Parties intending to build would do wellto give
hairmgea
asofhaeulykiilnldscooni
DRY PINE LUMBER, to kee.p °Abend
• SASHES, DOORS,
BLINDS & MOULDINGS,
SHINGLES, LAM,
'He 'feels confident el giving satisfaction tel
those who tnay favor him with their patronage.
as none but first-class workmen are employed.
,Paiticular attention paid to Custom planing.
201 JOHN li.-dROADFOOL
DEeminit
To a Dear Friend
on My Eightieti
, —June 221;1.1
MY dear old friend, I got yoe
. glad to bear our healt
about my lines. doubt you,
• But den nia care,
rot at it here a -rhyming tat
01 hainely ware.
I've just got mounted on my
Though my &old legs be Imo
This bonnie morn I take a g• l
Of lovely nature ;
-Of the sea breeze I got a whi
NOught can be sweel
look upIotn,s,t,hiens;:a7,radt:
v.serthhethweir311.7443:-il1d)iiseitru:
I see yonhardtd5farmt-ebioi t%t
out -borne
Th
'Yet eft my thoughts fly no
WhCallein Infjor'igwit:,,vaitinasf13,;:d IfeoifitterAntolle
ow many
'llathmelaeanYththtaJetleelkthr
We '1
cannot Bean the.rearion
Nor solve the miyrtehssteoinur:ceirdefpv..b:
Why they are gone, and yon
Are left behind, 1
'Fori ato :e3srAdTbfi ndrnwe:SN'eNe"floeuelnbtset;113nde
Such thoughts, dew frien4
is
May God forbid
That 1 neglectkheayoansir n
7oboo
Forgive, my friend, I'm ina:i
These musings eome sofast
They're hardly like a birthd:
- I'll turn my hand;
So come my musing thou*
To that dear land
Where eightyyears ago Was
Upon a bonnie eminer's in
This Bible leaf, though old
Just tells the fact, ,
Though whether ret,istered
One scarce can fiin
Nor can I really tell ye weet
About the rearbig that wee
Fed up wi' milk and )33tiont
There is nae doubt
Be soon began his feet to fosi
And rill about.
I've heard about his waywar,
When he got strength to
TO gather trams his pouch I
Or gather flowers,
Or by the biirnie's tinkling 2
Hed_sit for bonne
List to the throstle in the gi,
At gloaming hour we weel
And watched the hare seek 1
• Tht birds their nest
Se well he loved those houri
All na.ture rests.
I've seen hita oft 'mid liarvei
Sit listening to each tale and
Of Border raids and battle e
And bloody strife,
A Are tor his country's wx:an
• Waranki his yoUng
When he grew up amkgot
At harve,st times to (have Id
Or in his favorite y-ard to Ail'
• He taw his way,
That he would have no eaus
• On highway. -
About the schooling that he
His was not then the highes
The psalms and hymns he s
Read, write, .&e„
He minds the taws were rat
• In Canonbie.
And dear, alga 'Willie, gae
He was right quick to kent
No matter how the cleevils
- 0 Lindley Murray
Thy grammar, iloitv he madl
Thou'd grat Bort
Yet those school days are ail
On mernory's page—the fun
The weel-la.eed teethes diog
The battle tench;
Ye scenes bound up in meno
Dear Limescieugh
But fate and fortnne e'en
Sought mit a plan that did
A life that fitted to a tee, 1,1
He did enjoy it;
it made the Man, 'twiXtt13
,Ahnost a poet.
I need not now attempt tAal
'Twad fill too much my thn
The ups and downs os rites
Dame fortunes ki
He learned to look her in 41
Laugb at her toleki
And,obi he epent some
Amang- dear Langholm'S
He sang his berade Border
By Esles dear a
Alas those joys and 'wite
Fled like IF elgeam..
Here as he sits-, and glanci
O'er his life's long and wea
A poor:Amount he sew, a
• A balance theet I
And eonseience tells him o
•He tannot meet.
:And: knoaharthat he soon
• A debtor deep bY Javell
Marked -deeply with the
Weeps in despot
" rntll he sees tba.toutstret.
• He's heard that pr
He's eanie—I-loiew Ile wo
His voice sounds sweet in
That hand, once pierced by
• Has signed th&d
Ile's paid the debt -1 bless
A Friend indeed.
He'e settled 211 that rlii
He's eigned said tainped
Although the reekoning
_I'll trust that Fricx
Although -temptation's bill
to the end.
He points the way. 111131
With soul inspired by faith
Listening to that heavenly
• Whose wings in
Shall waft my soul to hear
To endless blist.
Deseend, my:mist, too ha.'
Such thoughts iire far bey
I see the signs of comnnmg.
So this auld franie
Must cannily from my ell
And ilauner ham
The toin is sinking in the
Ileyend title moentain'e lo
The beasts and birds they
In eanonbie phras
OoGd.night, dear friend,
TruefriciidShiPsr
I'll write and send this life
It tells thee when thy Inc
Though eight); years hal• t
/Us heart's as tru
And treats times curing
-
God bless ---adieu.
My love, dear friend, to 41
gkui to hear they're e
rat glad tX) say the same
Then, hand and e
My stens and daughters e%
In kindest lore.
On the se
Me Phil9sOlt
Of course the begi
is
to live within our
debts to offset ou
really save at all.
the. use of our incen
eouie • within (air rai
when it is •determie
save, the most rigid. 1
sary to keep it up.
a family special de
pleasant to have, a
to, will easily eat up
set apart for savings.
The rigid control
therefore, a first de