The Huron Expositor, 1886-10-29, Page 2a
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HE
URON EXPOSITOR,
ttliCY BROTHER'S KEEPWt."
A SEA -CAPTAIN'S STORY'.
Some one was telling me the other
evening that there is no heroism in these
days—that men are entirely given up to
greed and self-seeking—in fact, that the
-- world as a wholeis hopelesaly and dee
plorably mean; and. I just told hint the
story I am going to write down , now.
True, Dorset(' Marriott has long been
dead, and it is not far from forty years
since the Liberty stood out of Foo -how
harbor. But that man sat and leaked
iato the fire when I.had dime, and an-
swered me never a ward; and he has
never tried to be cynical since. He is
young, and, I daresay, thinksit a grand
thing to abuse his fellow -men. Per-
haps it has entered his head now that
there ettees be something grander th,an
that.
Donald Marriott and I were great
churns at sehoel. He was a queer fellow
—not exactly unpopular, but looked on
with the sort of half -pitying toleration
accorded to those acknowledned as
"queer." He had his own way of hashing
at thiugs, which was voted " peculiar,"
and a character with all Sorts cif eagles
and irregularities in i a pretty s Lire to eume
into collisioa with some one or sOme-
thing sooner or later. I want to tell
his story --I don't want to describe his
°hamster, and if I did try I fear I
should make but a poor job of it. But I
think the chief 'point that struck me
about him—even in that awkward, lialf
developed, schoolboy stage when nah
tures like his are most unattrac-
tive --was a passionate sense of
justice. At least, I hargelly know
whether to call it that or compassion ; I
only know the misery he suffered at any
wrong One to others, and the burning
• desire he felt to prevent or redeess it.
He always had one or two devoted ss -or-
.
*shippers in the lower schorel—small or
weakly boys, whose part,tddlen ilhueed,
he had taken, and whose loyalty to him
was unwavering. But I was his o1nly
friend of his own age and stauding, nd
knew him better than anyone else. ()ur
paths of life separated after we eft
school. I went to sea, and he, aftefr a
time, to the university; but he did. lot
stay there long—he - overworked end
broke down, and when he had recovered
the state of the family finances wevent-
ed his return. When I next heard, of
him he was in a merchant's office in
London,. and I used now and then to see
him iu the intervals between My voy-
ages. Most of his acquaintances till
celled him queer. Perha.ps it was t tie,.
to a certain, extent, that he was dreatny
and impractical; but average people
will generally recognize something ec-
centrife in the man who sets himself, re-
gardless of habit, prejudice, or the opin-
ion of his neighbars to do right aecord-
ing to the simple law of love to God end
man. I
Well, I must get on with niy story.
Years • pessed by, one after another,
sending me into all sorts of absurd and
• impossible corners of the globe, and Don- •
ald Marriott at Foo -chow, in the employ s
of a branch of the same house he hed
been with in London. 1
At this time I was in command and t
part owner of the schooner Liberty, 1
trading chiefly between Calcutta, Singa-
pore, and the China ports ; but we made 1
runs to Australia sometimes, or up to
Bombay and Aden. It so happened that t
when Marriott had been in China about h
two years I was et Foo -chow ----a place
whose European trade was just then be-
gittaireg to be important—getting in a
cargo of tea far Sydney. The ship re- a
"Perhaps not. If they did they
would all of them be dead by this time.
But this would be torture to the least
sensitive nerves fou can thihk of.
You've only to look at them and see
" Oh ! well," I said, feeling it neces-
sary to say something ; you may be
sure they've got no more than they do.
sere. Pirates and that sort of thing,
I sappose. It's the only way of stop-
ping them."
I'm not so sure !" he blazed out.
"I you'd lived here as long as I have,
yo 'd know it's not the worst scoundrels
that suffer these things. They get off as
often as not. Bribe the Mandarias, or
get •their friends to do it for them.
Th y've plenty, It's the poor wretc es
tht are ground down to the earth y
usi4rers and creditors—that are driv n
to 1ighway robbery to keep their fami-
lies3 from starving. Or maybe they
hat en't done anything. It's often quite
enough if the Mandarin has a private
grudge against anyone, or anybody ridh
enough to pay him has; it comes to the
sane thing. I know it for a fact."
Well, well," I aid. " I don't
doubt it's very bad, but we can't help
; and what's the good of thinking
abopt it !" I tried to turn the-conver-
satibn, but I saw that he scarcely at-
texi4ied to what I said. • He looked all
ove the river, leaning his head wearily
on 1 is hand, and I heard him say to
him elf—
C
0, God in Heaven ! What must thisj
earth look like as seen from above ?"
It must have heen two or three daya
after thisthat I saw him again. I had
beers very busy about the cargo, and
had not had. time to look him up, but I
knew he meant to take a holiday in a
day or two. I methim on the Bund,
and, as he had nothing to do, asked him
to came on board with me.
"That's all right," he said; "1 want
to talk to you quietly."
rioticed that he was pale and hag-
gard, and his manner seemed eager and
excited e I could not make out what
was the matter with him, but he said
nothing of any consequence till we had
reached the ship and gone downinto my
cabin. Then 1 said—" Sit down and
take a cigar, Martiott, and theeeperhaps,
you'll tell me what's the row."
Ho sat donee but jumped op again
the next minute, and walked restlessly
about the cabin. Then he stood still,
and krasped the back of a chair as if to
steely himself. I could see that he was
working all over with sheer nervous-
ness.
" t'e not that !" he said. `t Austin,
I wapt to ask—I want you. to help me;
but 1—I've no right to ask it!"
"What do you mean?" I said. ," You
know I'll do anything for you, old fele
low, if it's possible; and if not, why,
there it can't • be helped—only, you
might as well come out with what itis."
He looked up at me as though he
wanted me to read his meaning in his
eyes and spoke with hurriedelaboring
breathe so Tow I could scarcely/Inter his
needs.
/ don't know—Whether I ought—to
ell you. If you help at all you had
better not—know much about it—first
darle not—get you into trooble."
rhat are you driving at, Donald ?"
ed, now thoroughly mystified.
Hd ran his hands through his hair, and
hen wrung them together—then shook
irns lf up with a sudden resolte.
f I were to come on board to -night
with a passenger for Sydney, would
you ake him along, and no questions
ske ?"
ic
maiued there for two or three weeke,
time and I saw a good deal of him in that
especially as it was his employers, d
Messes. Reath & Aikip, who Consigned
the greater part of our cargo.
It vas my turn to stare. I was try -
ng t think what het could mean, and
id n t answer.
ou'll think Me craey, I kpowe'
ustin "—he spoke -quietly now ---!1 but
mu t—I can't help it. Don't ask me
lay n ore about .111 pay his passage
nd a,ke the risk;. but don't refuse
e."
" 'hat confounded foolishness have
on b -en up to now: ?" I burst out. I
athe. wanted to lobse my temper just
- A
One day, having finished my business
at the office, and finding Marriottat a
liberty, I persuaded him to acconveny a
me back to the ship. It had been a very in
hot day, 1 remember, and though the
worst of the afternoon was past, it was
still somewhat of an effort to walk to the Y
city gate (though that was not far from rti.
the office), and through the narrow,
noisy, dirty lanes of the suburb, which -
hes between the walls and the river.
We were not talking of anything in g
particular—in fact, conversation under
the eiretunstauces was teat easy—end c
there really wauld have been -no reason
112
f .tentrae 1 don't want you tip rust
o danger • blindfolds" he itansWered,
rowieg calmer as I got more excited,
. but—"
I began. to twig now. Somehow—I
ould not [tell why—the scene ef that
reet in the suburbs rose .up before.
nd Pentad's face as he looked, and it
came home like a flash of light.
"Sc here," I said steeply, "you're
ot sq mad as to think you 'could rescue
ne of those fellows we saw the other
•
St
whatever for recording this walk, if it e
had not been for one thing. al
Passing
Pasaing through one of the main thor-
oughfares, we looked up a narrower and n
soreewhet quieter street opening- out af 6
it, and I saw a sight which I know that d
I shalt never for et to in d tine 1
Pah! it comes back to me with horrible
distinctness whenever I have a heatlaehe
or can't sleep.
I have seen a good many horrid sights
in my time, and had even then. To tell
the truth, I was getting rather harden-
ed to had seen I haseen men in the can-
gue in Canton and Amoy, and worse
than that; an this time I ehould -just
have shuddere and passed on and for-
gotten but for whitt happened after.
This is what I saw—pat in the -plain-
est and fewest words .1 can find. Such
things are done by men to men—and
that not in the darkest places of the
earth—though after all my experience, I
find it hard to say where they are.
Some half dozen men stood ranged
along one side of this street, each one
-with his hands stiopped to a cross -bar
forming part of a wooden iron -clamped
frame reaching from the neck, which it
surrounded with a cramping iron collar,
to the knees.• This frame had poles pro-
leetingefrom it on each side, long enough.
ka
to maany position but a standing one
impossible. Yet as it was everywhere
clear of the grauad, the man was forced
to support the whole weights -it might
have been fifty pounds or more—on his
shoulders. And they had been there
over a week, think—there, in the blaz-
ing suns and the chilly nights, madden-
ed with thirst and want of sleep, sting-
ing insects settling in clouds on the bare
helpless' mane and shoulders, exposed to
the teriosity and derision of a crowd
that knew no pity.
Two were already dead, and hung
thereed*ip and ghastly, in those awful
cages ane seemed to .bc raving Mad ;
the others—
I did not wonder that Marriott, as he
looked at those faces, caught my arm,
and held to it, as if he were faint: nor
that he never spoke as I hurried him
away. In fact, I almost feared he was
going to faint outright.
But when we were in the -boat he
turned to mc, with a face white as death,
and said—
"Barrett, how can a man see such s
things, and beer ta live ?"
I fell back an the stock commonplace. a
" You see, these Chinese fellows ,don't b
feel things as ranch as we should."
" Oh h
, Austin e cried, and came up
to met and stood with his hands clasped
over ny shoulder—" I caunot help it.
I can't bear it. They haunt me always
—sleeping and waking. I feel as if I
would go mad."
" Come now. You've been out here
nearlY two yeers. It's beastly, I know,
but one must get used to such thing.
esi
saved
"It
s, what weld: you do, even if you
would be something—something
to -hese struck one hlow at the devil's
work I • . Austen, think of ypurself—
think.ef any man you are for,/standing
there ["
" D' n't talk of it. But then you know
1:.
If
that's different."
. "Yet these. It's one I spoke to lest
night -has brave and true a man as I ever'
saw in England or anywhere elte. , 3.
}Ie' He'S done no wrong that I can make out.
I got over there : last night tind took
them Same water." _ .
- "You did ! There's a-- special Provi-
dence,for fools, it seems."
" Aitstiu !" He . ltned his head on.
my shoulder, and I elt him trembling,
but his voice was clear and steady, " I
promised that Man, before God in Heav-
en, I'd sate him to -night, or die for it.
If you won't help, I must risk it alone,
but I don't know how yet."
." 'What business • is itof yours, • any
way ?" I asked roughly. . .
"
'Ain I my brother's keeper ?' " he
answered with a strange, abstracted sort
of smile—but almost afore the worde
were out he turned away, and fairly
beast out crying, with his head on the
cabin table. -
" Don't be a fool now," I said. I .
knew that his nerves were overstrained,
and he couldn't help it, but I was not
Sc) very sure. of myself. "*There—boue
aide old man, I didn't mean to rile you.
Come and let's talk this. over quietly,
and see what can be done," •
He grew cahn after a little, and we.
vere able to consider matters. ' I was
[oing to sail that evening, and it was
[ettled that the. Liberty should lie -to
ome *way down the rivet after dark,'
nd that I should send a, boat ashore,
etween two and three inthemorning,:
o a " lonely. and sheltered spot we . had
reed upon, at
outside the tow
• "What will
"Oh! I - sha
before itgetsli
thing happens t
my holiday b
think 1 , am
weeks. I hay
how, so that th
range matters if
" To -night, t
"To -night.
rett, old friend
He turned.
wiring my ,hand
tallafigure over
like one in a dr
wide awake, an
I was meee tha
.see him aain.
I had no tim
• what I had bee
me into the ma
tare years. Th
and see to, that
Bible tolhurry o
make him see re
myself, and let
After all thq
friend's Madness
of his Plan, shoe
thought out and
situation. One
beet. He would
'but insisted that
nut do alone.
-Minutes tp spare
He had sailed wi
trusted him as
hickory -wood
tough, fearless; $
grave. His grii
him, as shortly
wanted to do th
bered• that he wit
at home, and kn
and Sayres than
I. told hitn to go
•little befare two,
of the coolest an
the crew, -and w
were not already
whose position I
Just before su
ped down the
sails set, before a
it got dark we b
as sve could to th
to some miles
Johne remarked
going to be a
say, a favorable
considerablei
u do ?" I said.
et hack to t e town
t—and besides if any -
mo, it's all ri ht, for
ins to -day, and., they
mg • away fo three
got a substiti te y -
will be able to ar-
don't tarn up.
n."
ood -by e , Aus in
God bless you!'
r the last time, nd
and then I watched his
,the ship's side—feeling
tim—for how reorld,I be
take it so coolly, when
half sure I would never
to waste in woadering
doing to let hen talk
(est venture of my ma -
was so much to do
't was perfectly impos-
here after hitn, and
on, so I had to reign
what must be come.
was method in ny old
old me'
eefully-
of
ol. e
e
etails,
dobo
10
a few
mate.
years, and. I
right h nd—a
from i /tine—
d silent as the
p Whe I told
ible, w at we
and I ernem-
ot Abol tionist
bout D aytou
to talk about. •
theoat a
with hi.n five
t heads mong
if he
n spot
m.
drop -
11 her
Lir breeze. But after
ught her up a close
north bank, and lay -
below the town. 1 Ezra
me he •guesed t was
sty uight—th t is to
ue for our pur tose—
and I thought he sgas right. • The moon
would not rise til near one, and mean -
While it was as a rk as we could wish ;
Imoreovek the win ,which was in the west
was decidedly fre iening whichwes just
as well, so long a t did not blow a gale
before we got the man on board. Mate
riott's idea was t return to Foe chOw
as soon as he had seen hi safe-
ly into the be. t—though I th ught,
and told hinh so, that sine 'he
was' in for it 4. far he might a well
'come to Sidney C.o. He said he eight
do so, but though that, if he cou d, he
ought to go bash. He wanted o pay
me the passage -m uey before leavi g the
'ship, but I would 'aot let him. I h d no
owners to be r ponsible to. 0 the
-whole, considerin that I was yo nger,
and'more easily e ited then than I am
flaw, I think, I t ated the whole hing
las -like manner. Still, I becamene fear -
remarkably n tter-of fact and bush
fully restless as I ced the deck, with
mts hapd, on the ri tiringer in my p cket,
after the boat 1 ed vanished in • the
darkness, and I o ld no longer he r the
splashing -of th • rs. If I could have
le4 justified' in lea eng the ship I I enact
hiese gone rnysel instead of se ding
JcAms, but I thou t it was better not.
Ai it was, I began o have misgi ings
,atient letting him . He was not like-
ilY ito come into itol sion with the au hor-
itiesofor, if A. larri t were pursue I at
all, they would cot e up with him long
before he reachtd 1 at lonely, out -of -the
Nita,y place: but -lie night be attack cl by
istance
a
What he had
d that he had c
a.de the best
uld only hope
ot enter into
whet he meant t
s soon as I ha
called thy -firs
me fo
ly ow
• kee
ifty, a
ace lit
s pos
t night;
a red.-
' more
• cared
here
taking',
• teadie
for Marriott
there, in a certa
inted out to h
et the Liberty
in river; with
•
•
•
aieer pirates, or
[ think tha,t_w the longest h ler I
lever spent my ife. It seemed as if
I had pissed the n ole night watc
when atlast I bete e faint splash aud
then a muffled hail and ran to the ide.
They. got her along ide, not Withou
clif-
fieu1ty forthe wet r was rough by this
time, end thee hos said; " wer
aWay ; they can' get .up hytiexn-
selves" '
"Try !" said, d as I spoke, b the
•light of a lanteru o e of the Crew was
holding, Lsaw Doi ld Marriott lyi g all
alone, white and h pless, in the bo torn
of :the boat, and or the mome t I
thought lie was d ed. The 'tackle was
seep rigged, and 11 t-theceuse of a I the
trouble—stood on the Liberty's i eck.
He wa1s a strougly ade eas-
ant, aboet forty ears old—with vhat
I afteeivatds found o be a good, 11 nest
face enough—then, with the:drawn lips, •
shrivelled skin, , ncL, ghas4, h How
eyes, it looked moi like a dead man's
than anything elee. He was dress d in
some clothes 1 r cogeised as D nald
Marriott's, which • eve an oddl -
,cengrucius look. thought he WOUld
t'llawb fallen in a hel sless heap as so as
his feet touehed_th deck, but he.:p lled
hishself ttogether, .6ttered to the ide,
and hold on with b )th hands to the taff-
rail, staring with all his 'eyeseas l'ar-
riott was lifted o board. And hen
they laid the lifeless forth of ' the man
who had saved him reverently dowi on
the deck,the came nd dropped in his
knees beide him, 1 oking from hill to
us, and back ,again, tltith•an agonize( en-..
treaty inhis poor asted face, that was.
more eloquent than Words.
" Yqu'll have an
neer, site" said Ezr
to me, " onless you
'Foo -ch ow.. We ha
too—he, fainted j u
the boat. I tell.
dumb heathen's mu
tian than he looks !
. Sing Wei was no .dumb, except i
figurative sPeech of the first rnate,
had never taken the trouble to
Chinese,. seeing • ti 4t Pigeon En(
would -do as well. It was he who
me—es soon as he s as a little rest
by fool :and rest; e 4 kind :tree -tine
the whole story lof 1 i seeseue. •
Ile -said that Mar ott- had come
him a -little elfte lark, just as it
beginning to get 9 1 Ily—in the s
place where I had .seed him and
other prisoners, brie c ing a knife
file-eaid had set to s ork to cat thro
the bamboos and iroe clamps of the c
This took- Some tine, as it had t
done Very quietly d cautiously' •
then Donald gave him the clothe
had brought with hit ; and they set
together. I have s id that the p
was Outside the walls and they took
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'frame d elling houses on Lot 8, Goderich
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further parti Wars apply to J. B. WEBER, at
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GREAT
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hiefly maple,
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of good land, heavily timbered,
ome Hemlock and Cedar, never
through it. Three miles from
o1, township of Ainabel, County
to box 284, Stratford, or Ex.
893-tf
0001) F/ RM FOR SALE.—Fog sale, 'Lot
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f which abou 60 are cleared, fenced_and under -
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ARM FOR SALE IN GREY TOWNSHIP,
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ARA IN M ERIS FOR. SALE.—For Sale,
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st mps, underdis ined, in a high state of cultiva-
ti n and well fenced. There is a comfortable
lo, house and a 1 rg,e bank barn with stabling
ur derneath. Al. o a young orchard and good
w 11. The land i • all dry and of the best uality.
It is convenien ly situated to Seaforth- and
Kippen stations, vith god gravel roads leading
to each place. F r further particulars address
th , Proprietor, gmondville P. 0.; Or apply at
th , Egmondvill mills. JAMES, KYLE,' Pro -
pr etor. , . 904-tf
OOD FAAM 1
the affairs
Hingston, the ex
valuable -lands f
Lot 30, Coneessio
taming 90 acres.
fr me barn with
w 11 and pimp.
th , gravel road c
B ussels. This L
fenced and in
F r priees and te
SCSI'. 0., II MRS
Or JAMES SMITI1
o unty.
WO JWNDRI
For sale, L
co cessions of G
wl 'eh are eleare
ti n. The .retna
TI ere is a never
the farm. Ther.
fe
It
pl
$7
fa
is
t, good log, bo
is -six miles f
1ton, with go
ce. There is
700. This is
m and is off
rticulars apply
$ or to Walton
166
OR SALE.—In order to close
f the estate of the late W. G.
eutors offer the following very
•r sale. First—North half of
6, township of Morris, con -
On this lot is erected a good
tone foundation, good orchard,
Nearly all cleared, and is on
ogely adjoining the, village of
rm is a valuable one, is well
good state of cultivation.
ms apply to THOS. KELL?; Brus-
JENNINGS, Victoria Square P.O.,
Maple Lodge P. 0., Middlesex
868
D ACRE FARM FOR SALE:—
t No.•11, on the 14th and 15th.
ey, containing 200 acres, 150 of
and in a good .state of Cultiva-
nder is good hardwood bush.
'ailing creek running through -
is a good frame barn 40 by 60
Se and good bearing orchard.
satn Brussels, and three from
d gravel road leading o each
school on the next Lo. Price,
an excellent stock ar1 grain
red very cheap. For Sfurther.
to the Proprietor on the prem -
P. O. -Ls -ADAM DOUGLAS.
PLENDI14. 20 ACRE FARM FOR SALE IN
THE TOWNSHIP OF GREY.—Sealed offers
ad sessed to the undersigned, will be received
usisto July 1st, A D. 1880, for •the purelmse of
that first-class fa m, being composed of Lots 11
and 12 in the 16.t1 Concession of the township of
Giey, County of Iuron, cemprisings200 acres, of
• witieh about 115 ores are eicared.and in a good
state of cultivati n, the balance being welb.. tim-
bered. There is en the premises ar,00d frame
barn 60x50 feet a d a hewed log -clapboard house
and outbuilding Fences are in good repair.
A tine orchard of young trees just coming into
bearing. A gooa well and a never failing pring
er ,ek. Althougl this is a most desirable prop-
er$y,. intending p rchasers can view the property
an1 obtain any ft stiles information with regard
to it on applicgti n to the tenant on the premises.
P ssesston wil be given on October Mtn 1886.
T e highest or ag y offer not necessarily accept-
ed Address off rs to ROBERT THOMPSON; .
.R seville P. O., Int. Roseville, Ont., Novi:tuber
0, 1885. 937.tf
. -
111ARM. IN KA 'SAS FOR SALE, containing
about 160 a res, well improved, fenced into
eight fields, wit I hedge, wive, board and rail
fences, corrals a Id stone shedsto accommodate
100 or more catt e, stable for 20 horses pOultry
and pig houses or large stook. There a.re two
never -failing welI cf splendid water, supplied
through pipes . to dwelling house and whdrever.
Wanted, by windt till. There is a large , orchard.
of choice fruit tr es of good variety. This farm -
ries _Within four i iles of three -of the leading rail-
roads, two nines outh. qf Horton station, on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, half a
mile from „school and five).mles north east .of
Emporia City,. of 14,000 inhabitants ; six miles
front coal pits, p ice of coal 81.50 to 82.50 per
ton: This is one f the best localities in Kansas,
and well adapted for stock. purposes. 1\111 sell
all stock and int laments on terms to suit pur-
chaser. Reasons for .sellin-g, failing health 'of
Occupant. Appl3 , if penonally, to JAMES M.
BROADFOOT, on the premises! if by letter, to
JOHN BROADF :)OT, Brussels P. 0., Ontario,
Canada. . 980
PLENDI D, FA MS FOR SALE. -s -The under.
signed offers for sale his very valuable pro-
perty., consisting . of 150 acres, being Lot No. 2
and the West hal of Lot 4, on the 7th Conees.
siert of Tuckersini h, in the county of Huron.
The buildings on I et_ 2, are, viz: A brick house
24±34 feet, kitchen 18x20 feet, ierandahs and
woodshed attached. Barn 56x54 feet with .stone
stabling undernea h 9 feet high, frame stabling,
one 18x42 another 18x6, pig house and all nec-
essary buildings. There are 75 acres cleared and
in a high state of ultivation, the balance is well
timbered. There ire also on the place a good
orchard and two teger failing wells. of water.
The 50 acre farng as on it_a, good . orchard and
log- house, good w 11, 25 acres cleared which is
under gra.sS, the b, -lance well timbered. These
farms are well drai ed and fenced, and will be
sold together or , eparately. They are within
five miles ofSeafoith, on a -good gravel road,con-
venient to sehools nd churches, and will be sold
cheap. Apply to HOMAS McBRIDE, -on Lot 2,
or hy. letter to S afOrth P. 0.
972-tf
420TOBEE 29, 1886
.stiosensesensainestemaessisuessermins
STOVE s,
WHITNEY -
DO YOU KNOWHAT
LUMSDEN & WILSON'S
"Royal Glycerated Balsam of Fir"
Hancontinuialy and rapidly increased in popularity ey r since it was first recom-
mended to the piblic as a cure for
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoars ness, Pain in the
•Chest or Incipient Consump ion, &c.
It is undoubtedly ono cif the most happy combinatioes of remedial agents ever
diecovered, astonishingly quick in its action, healin the ulcerated surface, re-
thavisig all pain, and leaving the throat and bronchia4 t bes in a perfectly healthy
and natural condition. Hundreds of well-known peo I gladly bear testimony to
these facts. If you require any such remedy, give it i rial. It is all that it is
reeommended to be, is equally suitable for all ages d can be procured from
'almost any dealer in thia section. Price, NO per bolt113, and wholcisale or retail
fram
UNISDEN WILSON
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS,
SOott's Block, Main Street, Seaforth,
ALL AND WINAil GOODS
AT
J. McLOUGH1N'S,
he Bargain House of Seaforth.
iles of New Goods arrived and more coming a every description, to suit
everybody, and at such prices as have never been seen btfore in the history of the.
trade.
1
Having finished my fifth year of successful business and pleasant relations
witjh the people of Seaforth and surrounding country, I *ill begin this season by
giving my old customers, and as many new ones as favor me with a call,
.5
Dry Goods, Millinery and Groceries'
At }such low prices as will make them ,go home pleased,; and to remember that
McLoughlin's Great Bargain House, Seaforth, is the piece to spend their money
end do their trading. • .
;
All are invited to come and examine for themselves. tat Butter and Eggs
tak n.
J. McLoughlin, Whitney's Bictck, Seaforth.
11e1MINI
HE BARGAIN HOUSE
Is • lling fast with new Fall Goods. Just received per steamers State of Georgia
and Polynesian, new Dress Goods, New Tweeds and Panting, New Coatings,
Ne Shawls, New Plushes, New Velveteens, New Linen e Tablings, Holland.s,
To ellings, _&c.; New Silks Satins, Ribbons,' &c.• New C,arpetings and
I
Cloths.
of 1.0
our
you
t
Stock nowecomplete of R,EADYMADE CLOTHING in all sizes and prices
en's, Yout'hs', Boys' and Children's. We guarantee uality and.. price of all
oods unmistakeably right. We invite you, reader, to call and inspect for
self. adr No trouble to show goods.
JAMES PICKARD,
CAMPBELL'S BtIOCK,
MAI* STREET, SkAFOPITEL
Axis Olt
Pebbles.
T e frauds that have been perpetrated on the- spectacle wearing p blic by most dealers and
pedla s giving assumed 'and fancy names to ordinary glass, Bpeaks for the ignorance of the public
generi Hy in the all important stibject of the preservation of the sight. There are only two articles
from vhich spectacle lenses ear be maunfactured, viz., Pebble and Glass. Call glass by any other
name it still remains glass. Pehble, on the other hand, is from Nature's own manufactory. It is
naturs 1 crystal, found genera113-in freestone foundation, and is harder than the ruby and emerald,
and n arly as hard as the diamond. The pbbble is nothing more not less than a transparent stone,
cut by the aid of diamond dust,i and the greatest amount of power is ?laced immediately over the
centr of the grain found in all 'pebble. It will give to the spectaele wearer 11 coolness, freshness
and a pleasant feeling ?that the ordinary spectacle lenses cannot,' by any possibility inipart. All
Spee cles and Eye Glasses are stamped B. Ir. A. C. P., and can on13.• b I purchased from
:Y
PRA
T?,_ 00 "LT 1\T 111 EJ I,
CTICAL WATCHMAKER AND 'JEWELLER, SEAFORTH,-ONT.
Aso on hand a stock of Lazarus, Morris & Co., Black & Co., and Montreal Optical Company's
Spectacles. Common Spectacles from 10c. per paigup.
dinav
the re
also s
We w
all the
IT 0 i n z1\T— ILI TO
21\_1.J1J, 1E386_
f!,
0
< Fee
(
Te have received ex -Parisian, Polynesian, Siberian, Norwegian and Scan-
t
an, the bulk of our Old. Country goods, and they healing been bought before
ent rise in woollen goods, are the best value we ha -e ever shown. We
ow. a good range of Canadian stuffs in Cottons, ,De ims, Cottonades, &c.
•uld ask inspeetion of our stock of Dress Goods, Sill e, Velvets, Plushes in
new shades.
[ F 11 stock of Carpets, Curtains and House Furnishing Goods.
Et,.
.1%. MI 74 S CD INT, S M.•
R
C• M•
Is showing a full line of
CY-NTE s
IN COAL OR WOOD.
Parlor Cooking and Box Stoves
Base Burners square and
round.
Don't fail to see tem before purchas-
ing, as they lead for style, and are all
guaranteed to give eatisfaetion. See
the "Royal Art" Base Burner,"
" Famous Royal," "Model Cook,"
"Mascott," &e. The cheapest house
under the sun for goods in our line;
C. M. WHITNEY.
On Time as Usual.
J. A. Stewart
—OF THE—
Dominion House
cONSTANCE,
Is just on tithe with a full stock of latest styles
in Dress Goods, Wool Caps and Wool Hoods,
Facinatoes, Velveteens in black and colored,
Plushes, Underclothing, a big stock of Gnernsey
Shirts and byawers, Plain and Fancy Top Shirts,
Cardigan Jackets, Flannels, Tweeds, Cottonades,
eirtings, white and factory Cottons, Weaving
tton and Knitting Cotton, 'White Shirts cheap
.1 good.
Splendid line of Teas just arrived. Pure Sugar
rup ; try it. ,A lot of those popular Spices for
pastry and pigkling, prepared by Connof'
D, son. Honey in comb and strained.
Another lot of Colored Glassware eheaper than
ever. Crockery in great variety. China Sets,
Stone China Sets. A big drive in Boots and
Shoes, away down in price. , Examine them be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
• Hardware and everything usually kept in a
general country store. Come oneand all to the
new store kept by
987
J. A. STEWART.
Watches and Jewelry
—FOR ALL AT—
Your Own .Prices.
Having purchased the bankrupt stock
of C. IL. Papst & Co., consisting a
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Platedware.
I am now in a position to sell the
tense at. LESS THAN MANUFAC-
TURERS' PRICES FOR CASH.
This offer stands good for THIRTY
DAYS ONLY at
Papst's Book Store,
SEAFORTIL
INE
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
A. STRONb-, Seaforth, Agent.
GREAT It1EDUCITION IN PASSAGE EATES.
Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool and Lon-
donderry, $60, $63, and $73, according to 'position
ef stateroom. Children under 12 years, half faie;
under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, $54/ Inter-
mediate, $36; Stebrasse, $13. From Liverpool or
Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, $.63, $78.76 Ind
$94.50; Intermediate $35; Steerage, 813. Re-
turn Tickets fron galifax to Londonderry Of
Liverpool and ba,1 k to Halifax: Cabin, $100, $126
and $143; Intermgdiate; $70; Steerage, 226.
Money Loaned and Real Estate Btright
and Sold as Usual.
1-NSURANOE.
I represent several of the best snearance Com
panies in the world.
VTOffice—Market Street, Seaforth.
862 A. STRONG
SPECIAL °TICE_
TO CUSTOMERS.
Any person who purchased a Watch, Clock or
piece of jewelry, and had the same guaranteed;
or Watch repaired and guaranteed by C. L.
PAPST, jeweller, will still find:the guarantee
good by calling at
. PAPST'S Jewelry Store,
No. 1 Campbell's Nook, Main-st, C4th,
Where can be seen a fine assortment of Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry, Sze. All respectfully invited to
come and inspect stock of Papst's Jewelry *re -
Remember the spot—No. 1 Campbell's Block,
Seaforth. e79-tf
.
,
ir
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7•.-1e7 aeh: Unapproached for
Tone and Quality -
CATALOGUES FREE.
BELL & GO., Guelph, Ont.
• OCTOBER 29, 1886.
th°,,rteevesrt wquayitetournead:rhsttohoedohp:
s1i
.c4 3:1 ikP[tey1 nud ihtlaa ru—Cedkahiniyi nlyyeosiarleti iesywt, street
iest eet;oa
,without a lantern, znay
they met
would have tiled. to Teach the
he had Pot been able to have
ainudtIttiIsle(rleire4rtiselil:14)18.erii
eri ne° aav)de. yr e supposed, could scare
and Marriott either carried hie
ged him along as best he could
onc:, "packed"
detlieleintioowniii,liasulblafcrke:
risk of meeting passengers with
:
erehe
puarhteof got
ti b to the
Nbooawt,ohai
den -wen nfaeivnetritsigp oekveithtoountleaowfotri:il,
sj
except onehoseeo,ifliv(ti:heleno shts nehbituso rl:b1 1:na, eootor
rible anxiety of wandering al
dcwoahnreksttalliaenurtly expecting to fall i
dee“pohood[lei,e or eoaur th:fh ihmin
j3tsiolmatpePhyuni.:::ifIgIchwraoad:dng.00tin,ghingriign.h
What would you have doj
sh,oao,dn, wheahesny,ecaivenbrgahdte
th?rri'yy craen:eoh:
and I'd promised to shoot hin
know if it was right, but I aid,
know. You sel
harPen's"
It mut have been at some
lhdaaayyd tteahtsawtteheetnalkiii fbir with himspedi e am .tsho.nt
less exposure and over-exert/0
mention the tremendous exci
nervous system like his—ha
on a fever; and I think, too,
have been some internal Btr
broken blood -vessel, that inte
mischief. We had no doctor
and we had to do the best we
him till we put in at Bris
nearest Australian port in tl
He recovered, and lived in
after; brie' don,t think he
i quite the man he had been—as
i mean, for in other things he
the old Donald Marriot to the
death—`;Norenilyhmarodriesoye;er. lefil
thought when first he ciune
tended to, that; no ntan—no
Chinaman—coulii suffer *le
days eotrh ireosusg hh e e[,%sn,da s ilive.D 0 nYaei
g
and thenceforth watched besi
and night like a dog. If ther
thing to be done, he was r
quick and. ready in doing it,
he understood what it was
times he would be content t
for hours without moving, in
patient faithfulness. And wh
that Donald had turned the el
was indeed coming back to 1
devotion was, , if anything, r
It seemed as if Donald. Marriot
°Ii`e‘ Tell. 6[fl,il'e1
meheard him [say-
ing, when I stopped at the cab
see whether Donald was asle
me who is the god you -wors
will hate no other."' That '
me somehow, and -I could ne
peating it to Ezra Johns. He
and remarked oracularly, " W
They hadn't' a dollar .heta
. when they landed at Brisba
managed to lend Marriott eeoe
to take up a bush location, wh
strong enough to go up eoy,
they entered on the f ettlerls In
ners.v It was 4 queer enough I
no eraubt, but they -did well.
was not ambitious of large gait
speculations'and he had a &a
thrifty man by his side to pr(
from giving away his chaneeso
came, and wasting the " me
that mak the mickle." 1 g
vestment back—with interest,
had cared to accept it—within
able time, and Donald found
before the end of his life; quit
- perous as he ever cared to be.
he was easily satisfied in' that
It was some time before' 1
in at Foo -Chow again. Wh(
looked up Donald's employe
merchant, and told him the al
I found he was much exercised
favorite clerk's disappearana
had written from Australia, h
ter failed to reach hien), and 1
refuge in two alternative thee
that he had ventured /warmer
interior and been murdered ; 1
that he had "gone off hiss'
thing thetld gentleman, by t}
been very fond of prophes:
drowned himself. When he '
true state of the ease, three rt
results ensued. First he sw
then he laughed, then he a
with a sudden cold in his I
showed great dissatisfaction
sgpoewctawclpes
ek. tyAcnitdiztehn.is is the st
young Morgan the other nig}
Tricks of Thieve
Thieving as a trade, is not 1
to any particsaarseason. It I
self to all times and all pleees.
ever honest men go, and for
Purpose, the thief is sure t
He cannot live without ti
drifts always with the crowd;
Whatever, therefore, tappe
" the go," it finds him on hand
tends fashionable weddings stna
with the same heroie impart*
whieli he goes to the circus pf
ways gotten up to befit the
In the excursion season he is
customer on the river and on
rtai greatjaernatfdouvrilnlsae rthsiesocalbl°1): not :aylPeta n iolaanoffilulln:
ing ashore. Before the tour
atthethtineg:t:
tgAtuhgeuesxtnd
paectastietmbrh
ope ofievaitiepi
rounds of " the avenue" ,.in thf
a custom -house messenger, )
for packages from the other
neays
saiwnacieteievliaii. smear::: ignavtehheimpulaell
The money isarly alw
most plausible fellow—more t
paid, for this Custom -house )
ter "—and fall of charming• wte
certai islsolserto;nwhere
lastfaflaneoeetets,
hisbogusils,intigipihesataowran:plaed.
stairs getting the money, with
ft :oeldi,ntgo Thee," while the hlevelraedy-
Id
stahinsadtetafia;laellyil.edrepwft70.8beadsboititeb:ltlielis'te.adka
when no package turned; up.
1