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1/111 Meet Te la De Moxedne
ood-bye,Ichilel I ain't here for long,
Nis a watitin' patientfor de dawnin';
be angels 1ar is a puliin' mighty strong
And P11, meet ye, honey! in de mornin'.
When de tars fell down, 1 'member it well,
-- YetId4ntknoWdOyear I was born in,
ButIgoeibyastardatneber has fell,
flo I'll 4eet ye, honey! in de mornin'.
If mind banIk yonder in old Tennessee
Row de speculators come without a warn -
in',
But now 'se a waitin' for de Lord to come
for me
And Plj meet ye, honey! in de mornin'.
What ha I done dat de Lord let -me stay
.A wai ' so long for do dawnin'?
The earth is gettin' dark and a fadin' away,
But flIrneet ye, honey! in de mornin'.
Don't cry chile! I must say good night,
For yo4r mammy's done had a warnin',
To close 4p de shutter and put out de light,
But Pll meet ye, honey! in de mornin'.
AN A ONYMOUS LETTER
By Edgar Fawcett..
CHAPTER L
STRANGE school is that
we call llfe. In it Destiny
is not a lenient task -master
for many of us. But for
some of us he wields a rod
of iron, indeed, or perhaps
one might better call it a
whip of scorpions, like the
mythic Corinna's in the
Greek tales. Not long ago
there lived in a lonely, olds
fashioned New York house
which traffic and enter-
prise have removed from
the once almost somnolent region of
Waverley place a pale woman, with traces of
remarks le beauty, whose air was quite
white altiough she had not yet reached the
age of flfty. Long ago she had inherited
the house3 from her father, but she had never
cared to well there until a certain crowning
misfortu e of her days caused her to seek it,
almost one might seek a nunnery or
onastery, and bide in absolute social seclus-
ion with wo trusted servants.
There ifras nothing morbid in this resolve.
She was rich, and quietly dispensed large
sums in 4harity, personally visiting hospitals,
and oftei finding her way to the squalid
homes of those whom, her purse could aid or
her pr ce cheer. But as for the world of
men and women with whom she had once
mingled all that became wholly dead to her,
and for excellent reason, according to her
own ef.
"1 ha e tried faithfully throughout my en -
tiros life " she would semetnnes muse, amid
those lo g, slow years of the retirement that
preeed her death, "to serve duty and
shrink oro all wrong. And yet nothing
but so ow has proved my reward! I have
been br ught into the very closest contact
with ee men. One I dearly loved; for
one I fe t a boundless friendship; th one I
gavea !impassion, so deep that it almost
resemb .- I. love. Yet each has left with ree
memorht that are horrors, and each in his
way • : . dealt my spirit the bitterest of
wounds"
Her t as a musician had always been
strikin „ and music now consoled her
through many a laggard hour. She had a
small piano of exquisite tone, and seated
before this she would sometimes seem to be
recallin and rehearsing through the plain-
tive me odies of Schumann, Chopin or Schu
berth all the strange grief and inflexible
doom o her astonishing past.
Her ame before marriage had been
Helena 1 Hamilton. The only child of a
wealtI4 father, who idolized her to the
verge of folly, she had reached maidenhood
without knowing what it meant to have a
single Wish crossed. When, suddenly, one _
day, she told her father that she desired to
marry her music teacher, a young English -
wiled Justin Worcester, the an-
ent was a fearful shock. But Mr
n quickly rallied from it. After all,
nly been somewhat as though his
had asked for the moon. If she had
sked for that himinary he might si-
ve consulted with some noted as-
er on the possibility of securing it
As it was he made a wry face and
r to Justin Worcester. He permitted
sorrowfully to add, however, "I
Lorene purpose or lacing on the New Y ore
stage an opera of own composition which
had enjoyed fair success abroad. He had
felt very hopeful at first about the success
ot the opera here, but soon he discovered
that, even if performed, there would be
slight chance for it, as it aitned at some-
thing better than triviality.
Blagden was no .t without certain means of
his own, and through the aid of Mr. and
Mrs. Worcester he secured a few highly de-
sirable pupils.' Then, in a little while he
came to live veith Justin and his wife. This
plan Helena herself had one day proposed,
and her husband warmly seconded it. At
first Blagden dre+ back from the proposi-
tion, grateful and yet reluctant. He stam-
mered at least -ten' polite excuses to Justin
for not accepting I it, but there was not a
real excuse in !any of them. Finally a vision
of Helena in all hr gentle loveliness conquer -
len was no longer a young
ever met a woman of such
nce. Now and then he
that her musical endow-
" her chief charm; then,
LO would realiz,e that this
t if she had not bad a note
he would have been cap-
e. No sooner had he
same house with her than
p, though neither Justin
that his happiness had
not in all ways been materially a.ugmented.
Justin Worcester was man of strongly
jealous temperament, and yet, as time went
on, he failed altogether to perceive that the
world had merked him out for either the
or hoodwinked of hus-
man
nounce
Hamilt
it had
Helena
really
most h
tronona
for her
gave h
hi-n'self
did 14e, Helena, that your cousin Tall-
rcia,dge Van Dyke, would have found favor
u."
r
papa," she answered, "he never
it." And within two months, having
the ful paternal sanction, she was married
to her nusic teacher in Grace Church.
But tho had been wrong as to Tallmadge
Van D ke not havine cared for her. The
engag ment was a fearful blow to him. He
was n t a first cousin of Helena, but a
cousin twice removed. 11e had loved hes. for
mouths past and had been debarred
telii-ng her so simply because of the
seen wish on her father's part that
uld become his wife. Tallmadge was
and sensitive. He had never cared
iety, though it had opened its arms
to hii4 as a gentleman of leisure with an in-
come handsome if not huge and a face and
figure which marked him alike for good looks
and g ace.
Thi Justin Worcester, as Tallmadge now
bitter y reflected, was a .young man with
twice his own personal attractions. These
alone the kinsman of Helena decided, bad
can.causeji him to win the hand of his young
pupil. Of course, passionately argued Tall -
mage Helena had been inveigled (aud her
fathe as well) by a mere adventuring for-
tune- unter. In a little while all wculd be
plain Worcester, with his curly blond hair,
his deceptive blue eyes and his beguiling
silky mustache, had made a deliberate
" set " for a rich wife. He would
now ignore his music, except in
a careless, dilettante way. He would
dragHeleua among the fashionable cliques
which shehad always hitherto despisetl. He
wour aim to shine as a leader of society,
and perhaps in a few years would break his
wifele heart by a course of reckless infideli-
Helena would never seek a divorce;
was too modest and gentle for that.
mid all merely result in an infliction of
lingering misery on the sweet creature whom
-
he had married.
Sc. Talmadge prophesied, aud after two
years had passed there was every reason for
him to acknowledge himself the very falsest
of p ophets. Old Mr. Hamilton followed his
deaxj wife to- the grave during these two
sem years, yet before his death silently
bles. ed the husband who had already made
his daughter charinite,ey happy. Helena
and her lord seldom went into society at all.
She remained childless, and yet their home
was one replete with contentment. A more
lovi g husband than Justin Worcester could
yell be imagined.
llmadge occasionally visited them and
nothing in their quiet, refined house -
except signs of a thorough connubial
peae. He met on several occasions the kins-
mat of Justin Worcester, who had come to
dive 1 with himself and wife in that pretty
went house uptown, which was a haunt
of delightful taste and culture.
This gentleman was Mr. Oswald Blagden,
and his age was oerteinly ten years more
than that of Helena's husbatid. It was to
as Justin Worcester frankly and freely
said, that he owed all his proficiency in
music. Blagden (a tall gray man with scin-
tillant black eyes and a most distinguished
general appearance) had come to America
with y
"D
sought
many
from
clearl
',she sh
proud
for so
ed him. This Bla
man, but be had
enthralling pre
would tell hinesel
meats formed for
soon afterwards,
was false, and th
of music in her so
tivated jest
gone to live
he regretted
nor Helena.
ties.
she
It w
most complaiSan
bands.
Of course Tall
among the first
He went to the ho
during each visit
visite took place in the evening, and Oswald
Blagden was neaely always, at such times,
oom with Helena. They
d Mendelssohn together,
onr or two at a time oon-
s. hum of their low
Justin Worcester where
he sat in his, library writing or reading.
Since marriage had brought him entire
financial ease, hehad devoted himself to
the writing of a history of music, a most
ambitions work and one whose wide -sweep-
ing design 'tided earnest labor and
keen research. Justin was quite willing to
.give it both; his task bad already pene-
trated him with enthusiasm; he used laugh-
ingly to say that he was one of those com-
monplace musi who are born only be
record the eerie.
then he would
and Blagden.
"and hear me r
madge Van Dyke was
hear scandalous rumors.
e of the Worcesters, and
efully watched. These
in the drawing -
played Chopin
and often for an
versed in muimu
voices would
not
saw
hol
of their betters. Now and
from his library to Helena
in," he would say,
this passage that I've
just finished." And they would obey his
summons, admiring or disapproving, es the
writer's point of view pleased them or did
not please. OcCasionally there would be
musical parties at their pretty home, and
then Justin forsolek his manuscript to shine
among his own aiid his wife's guests, as the
truly charming ?nan he was. While he de-
voted himself more to his history, music in a
practical sense interested him the less. He
loved to write about it and did not care
half so greatlY to hear it. Doubtless
for this reason Helena proposed
that she and Oswald Blagden should attend
certain concert4 together. This arrange-
ment won Justini's ready and hearty consent.
"It's so good la you, dear Oswald," he
once said to his friend. "I am the worst and
most neglectful f husbands, and your kind-
ness heaps coals
"Coals that I
who was presen
• husband's side,
both arms whil
ing and kissngJ
for a few se
Isabella wit
best and m
tinned.
Blagden; "Is h
"He is ev ryt
more beside," was Blagden's reply.
"Oh, yoi tw humbugs!" laughed Justin.
"It's lucky ! I'm] not a jealous husband as
well."
Helen echoed his laugh. "I've the best
right to be, jealous," she said, "with that
manuscript ab orbing you so! Haven't I,
he
d
n
h
f ilre on my head."
hall put out!" cried Helena,
; and haringpassed to her
e wreathed his head with
be remained seated, stoop -
is temples and brow, and
resembling the picture of
pot of basil. "You're the
1 ving of husbands," she con -
en, suddenly appealing to
e not?" she spired.
ping you describe him, and
Oswald?"
name nowa
since her h s
After this gr
his wife J tin would spend at least three
evenings of each week alone in the library
with his c' eri lied work. He had never
cared for ho theatre, and now he grew
equally indiffetent to all social entertain-
ments. This it happened that Helena not
only went to Musical affairs with Blagden
but that they drifted out together for differ-
ent purpos s of diversion.
People saw them in each other's company
and gossip, grew like rank grass. Mean-
while Helena Was innocent of the least guile,
and if the friend of her husband Jiad dared
to breatheii word of passion in her ear she
would have shrunk back from him with
horror.
led Blagden by his first
ye; it seemed so naturalto her,
d did the same.)
rated request on the part of
lortingnt ia.ter teat he was sufficiently re-
covered to leave the house.
Weeks elapred, however, before he came
across the letter written in his semi -delirium
and then he found that his memory of hav-
ing composed and transcribed it was almost
as vague as the airy incident of some dream.
To his amazement the caligraphy did not at
all resemble his own. As if by malign in-
spiration, he had wrought every stroke with
an amazing secretive skill. Astonished, even
disgusted, he was on the verge of tearing up
the sheets which contained* for the send-
ing of an anonymous letter he had always
held to be cowardly beyond words. But
this extraordinary work of a brain and hand
in the clutch of fever—work which normal
conditions of health would never have en-
abled him to accomplish—affected him with
a sinister fascihation; and instead of destroy-
ing the curiouslines he placed them under
lock and key.
On his recovery, as during his illness,
Helena was sympathy itself. She gave a con-
gratulatory dinner in his honor and invited
only such people as she felt sure he would
wish to meet. And yet, as Tallmadge well
knew, those very people had often flung
her name from lip to lip, and with that heart-
less derision, too, which scandal so daringly
employs when guilt is unproven while inno-
cence has been doubted.
Never having liked justin Worcester since
he became the husband of his cousin, Tall-
madge found this evening, a new reason
for disliking him. In a conversation which
these two men held! over their cigars, after
the ladies had gone from the dining -room,
Justin struck his listener as the very essence
of self-satisfied effrontery. This was not
really the case; Justin only spoke with
natural warmth and feeling of his own do-
mestic happiness. When he praised the
wifely duteousness of Helena, Tallmadge
almost ground hie teeth; but when he
referred to Blagden in terms of affectionate
interest, and added carelessly yet mean-
ingly, "He's so kind about going to places
with Helena and never complains, dear old
fellow, any more than she does at my lazi-
ness in not going," then it seemed to Tall-
madge, for a few turbid seconds, as though
he must strike the speaker on his impudent
lips.
That night be drank more wine than at
any time since his illness, and its effeot upon
him was by no means mild. He went home
and unlocking a certain compartment of his
desk, took from it the anonymous letter
which he had written Justin Worcester.
"Send it," whispered a tempting voice. The
handwriting, as he. now reassured himself,
was marvellously disgnised. Could he imi=
tate it in the way of a superscription on an
envelope? No, he soon concluded; but he
could print Justin's name with pen and
ink, and this he had soon done. But
even after he had inclosed the ; letter
within the envelope thus directed, he
bad no fixed intent of really despatching k.
For a long time he sat and gazed down upon
it, with both hands supporting his bowed
head. Nearly all this while temptation was
growing stronger in his soul. At last he
rose and presently he had left the house.
During the, next ten minutes the letter was
irrevocably posted.
On the following day, with cleared mind
and moderated pulses, he became the prey
of acute remorse. What had he done, he
asked himself, except an act of the most un-
manly baseness? And if this act bore no
fruit more evil than that of his own self-
contempt, would not such dark product
alone be forceful enough to effect sternly his
entire future life?
Bat the fruit which it bore was far bit-
terer than that. • Justin Worcester was
seated in his library, at work on his history,
when the letter came to him. He opened it,
read it through and turned white as death.
Only a few` minutes ago his wife had entered
the room, elad in street costume. She was
going to a picture show with Blagden, she
said. She looked specially pretty. He shut
his eyes as he recalled her appearance, and
the imago eame to him with a new and
frightful irony investing it. The side -light
from a near window had struck her hair in
this way, bringing from it certain peculiar
hazel glimmers that he loved. She had worn
gloves of a special tawny tint; be could see
those • gloves now; the kid was of that un-
dressed sort he had always liked; and she had
a cluster of violets at her bosom. He smelt
those violets amid his torture. "Pm going
with Oswald," she had said. How the echoes
of her voice -pierced his brain. "We shall be
back for luncheon, of course," she had pur-
sued, in her sweet voice, full of its dear char-
acteristic chimes and accords.
He rose, staggering. He had never been a
man of much moral or mental strength.
He possessed intellect, it is true, but slight
virile power wont with it. The surge of
conviction, that now swept through his soul
made him feel that he stood on the verge of
madness. His memory darted through a
hundred past incidents recent or more re-
mote. Some men would have been agonized
by murderous longings. He was not—h
scarcely thought of Blagden. It was of he
he thought, of her whom he had almost
deified in his allegiance, his confidence, his
worahip. Some weak people are strangely
unselfish, and he was one of them. A her
rible sense of culpability beset him. If i
were true, cried his conscience, then he wa
to blame for it even more than she. Yes
he had neglected her, he had been fatal'
heedless, miserably self-absorbed.
But was it true? Well, he would find ou
he would learn from others if the worl
were really making sport of him like this.
Quitting the house,- he visited in succ
sion three persons whom he believed to b
his friends. Two were men, one was
woman. The men both quailed and droop
their eyes before his drastic and arraignin
questions. Tho woman (who bad alway
cared for him more than in his perfec
fidelity to Helena had ever gues.sece tol
him just what the world believed and ju
what it asserted. He left her, and the
with quiveriug nerves and a mind grov
drunk from his new and abrupt anguish,
let himself drift, as one more victi
of its grim greed, into that black ti
of human tragedy whose sullen course
forever flowing through our landscape
life. At a certain shop he made a certa
purchase. Then he went to an obscure ho
and hired a room there. For an hour he
writing to Helena, and when his letter w
finished he inclosed within it the o
(anonymous) letter which had dealt
such matchless woe. Putting both commit
CHAPTER II.
Tallmad e Veil Dyke, having watched, had
Is
drawn his inferences. Yes,- he concluded,
Helena w stainlessly innocent. As for
Oswald Blagden, the repose and quiet self -
command of that gentleman, defeated his
closest scrutiny. All this time"Tallinadge felt
himself coesuuned with growing and indig-
nant hatred of Justin Worcester. It seemed
to him the v9orst atrocity that this man,
whom fate had so blessed by giving him
such a wife at Helena, should hold her in
such insolent disregard. There were times
when he even thought bitterer things regard-
ing him who had married the one woman of
all others in the world capable of making his
own days deaif and sweet.
Tallmadge's hatred steadily inereased. One
day a fever seized him, and for a fortnight
he lay very seriously ill. Helena, hearing of
this ilhaess, made efforts to see him, but his
physicians foilbade her presence at his bed -
were several hours when his
ing by a hair. He was de -
his delirium often spoke of a
letter that be intended to write, though to
whom and with what intent his watchers
failed to eather.
On a certain night, while his nurse was
rathnadge arose -from his bed.
till at times' delirious, in spite of
haying markedly abated. In the
next to that where he had lain was
deek and this he now approached.
Scarcely cothaious of what be did he
opened the desk and seated himself before
it. Then, with a band of perfect steadi-
ness, be begin a letter to Justin Worcester.
It was a i merciless missive, indeed,
and written as though some cold observer
of Justi 's I household surroundings had
chosen tel discuss hi it his believed blindness
and self bsdrption. Then it wont cruelly
1
on to t1Lt '''the current reports and slurs
i
concerninlg elena and Blagdos. "You
stand toalay„" oue sentence ran, "in the
light of a huband who willingly turns his
back upo
shed blo
side. Thi
life almo
lirious an1 in
re
dozing, '
He was
his fever
chamber
a wri t ili
wlhat many another husband has
d far when he discovered it." And a
second .entence ran thus: "You are the
jest of those who proffer you their outward
respect, for behind the mockery of all such
lip service: lies their conviction that you are
either terribly- fooled or terribly indulgent.
Tallmedge had finished his letter when he
heard an approaching step. It was that of
his hired nurse, roused from an unsuspicious
nap. The sick man rose, thrusting his recent
work into a compartment of the desk. As
he did se a giddiness came upon him, and the
nurse, - ocked and dismayed, had almost to
support
10 im 'beck to bed.
His r very was delayed because of the
effort he had used. and it was not until a
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C. kfORRISON. Winthrop P. 0., Ont. 1176t1
FIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE.—Comprsiing
Lot 22, and ass half of 21, in the second conces-
sion of Ueborne, the County of Huron, containing
150 acres; on the Thames Road, limiles from Exe-
ter market. There is on the :farm a two storey
brick house, 26x38, with kitchen 18x19 ; woodshed
14x29 ; two never failing Boring wells and cistern ;
three barns, one having a brick foundation, 34x5-8 ;
one with frame foundation and shed underneath,
86x52; third barn on surface, with stable at end ;
good driving house and young bearing orchard.
There are120 acres cleared and free of stumps; is
also well underdrained and well;fenced, the remain-
der hardwood bush ; the farm is t situated ono mile
from school, and ie convenient to churches. This is
one of the best farms in Huron county. Terms easy.
Apply on the premises, or by letter to MRS.
SIMON A. JORY, Exeter P. 0. 1211-tf
cations into an envelope he directed thein to
his wife. After that heshot hin.telf throu h
the heart, and when the people in the ho 1
discovered his insane deed he had been d
quite a long tinie.
The effect of his death upon Helena v, as
temporarily to unseat her reason. 1 r
several days those who attended her telt t at
she must either soon rally from dementia r
else be taken to an asylum. Then a than e
for the better came, followed by a lo g
bodily prostration that threatened her life
All this time she had not seen Osw Id
Blagden. Since the death of her husband e
had ceased to live in .the same house with
herself. When they met, their place of
mooting was here because Helena had sent -
for him. She looked excessively pale and
still showed marked signs of physical weak-
ness. • His personal appearance had also
greatly changed; his locks and beard were
much grayer, and his face was both haggard
and lined.
"We must not -speak very long together,"
she soon said to him. "The doctors forbid,
"A short time," he said, in reverent
dertone, "is so much better than not at
all."
"I—I wantedIo ask you a question,"e
recommenced.
• "Mel What question!"
"This: wben Door Justin and 1 sea
-EIARM FOR. SALE.—The undersigned offers for
.1.7 sale that valuable farm formerly owned by Mr.
Mundell, on the 8th concession, Tuckersmith. It
contains 160 acres, of which 116 acres are cleared and
in splendid condition. It is well fenced and fairloy
wel' drained. The buildings are first -elms, a good
brick house almost new, large frame barns with
stone stabling underneath, suitable for feeding stook.
There is also a large silo on the premises, capable of
holding all the corn ensilege grown on 10 or 12
acres. This is one of the finest farms in the County
of Huron, and wil be sold at a moderate price and
on easy terms of payment. The farm i8 well adapt-
ed for mixed farming, producing fine crops of gram,
and is also well adapted for grazing. For further
particulars apply to the undersigned. D. D. WIL-
SON, Seaforth Ontario. 1209
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W. SOMERVILLE,
Agent G. N. W. Telegraph and Can-
adian Express Companies,
SAFORTII, ONT.
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T. A.
USE IT FOR
Difficulty of Breathing,
Tightness of the Chest,
Wasting Away of Flesh,
Throat Troubles,
Consumption
Bronchitis,
Weak Lungs,
Asthma, Gough,
Catarrh, Colds.
CUM'S
Oxyg nized Emulsion of Pure
Liver Oi •
For Sale by 11 Druggists. LABORATORY, TORONTO, Ontario
Effnami -Mmomirmisme
Telegraphic connections everywhere. Low rates
on money packages, and remitters guaranteed against
lois. The convenience and safety of our money
order service is attracting the attention of and pleas-
ing many patrons. Speoia/ rates on produce' and
pdultry. Toronto train service only 44 hours, Mon -
real hours. 1228
ONTARIO
Mutual - Live - Stock
1NSUR, CE CO.
Head Office: - Seaforth.
THE ONLY Live Stock Insurance Company in
Ontario having a- Government Deposit and being
duly licensed by the same. Ale now carrying on
the business of Live Stock Insurance and solicit the
gronage of the importers and breeders of the
For further particulars address
JOHN AVERY, Sec.-Treas.
1184
HAND -MADE
Boots and Shoes
D. McINTYRE
GOLD N LION, SEAFORTH.
ALL OF 1891.
We have receiv d ex steamships Mongolia; Alcides and Core=
portion of our Fall portations, which we hope to have complete wit
ex Canada and Mon eviolean, in a few days.
Has 013 hand a large number of Boote and Shoes of his
own make, best material and
Warranted to give Satisftletion.
If you want your feet kept dry come and get a pair of
our boots, which will be sold
CHEAP FOR OASH.-
Iteparing promptly attended to. All kinds of Boots
and Shoes made to order. All patties who have not
paid their amounts for last year will please call and
settle up.
1162 D. MoINTYRE, beafoxth,
Goods—newest styles and good value.
R. JAMIESON.
TRAD
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Absolutely Pure as Manufactured on
the Gardens in India.
AN,
- Grocer,
AGENT FOR SEAFORTH,
PIER
We have
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We will
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bought THOMAS DALY'S stock,
comprising
q, Crockery and Glassware
D HAVE ASSORTED IT TIP WITH A
selection of goods, and we are sell -
11 at Greatly Reduced Prices.
also carry on the PORK PACKING
sively this season than last, and pay the HIGHEST
E FOR ALL DRESSED HOGS.
1 Many thanks for the people's liberal patronage in the put, and agair' we
soli 't a call. 04 store is situated in the centre of the town, facing 'Sohn
st1t.
R. B J .A.TTIE & CO., Seaforth.
Ear We ha e secured MR. D. DORRANOM, one of the oldest and most
experienced pack rs in the Dominion, and customers can depend on getting a
first-class article.
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John S. Porter's
Undertaking and Furni-
ture Emporium,
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION.
Funerals furnished on the shortest notice
and satisfaction gui anteed. A large assort
ment of Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, izo.,,
always on hand of the best quality. The best
of Embalming Fluid ased free of charge and,
prices the lowest Fine Hearse.
S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Resi—
dence — GODERICH STREET, directly op-
posite the Methodist church in the house
formerly °coupled by Dr. Scott.
Santa Claus
Has joined the firm and now we
will all have a
Merry Xrnas.
My Big Holiday Stock has come.
The elegant presents are now on
exhibition. The shrewd buyers are
getting the first choice from my
grand display of Holiday Goods.
Never have such, nice Goods been
shown. Never hasre prices been so low.
Everybody is pleased who sees and
purchases from my great line of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-
plated Ware, Fancy Goods, Spectacles,
Pipes, Novelties, etc, There is sure
to be a Merry Xmas at your house if
you buy your gifts from
W. R. COUNTER
Jeweler, Main St., Seaforth.
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