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were being babbled about by the busybodies.
and gossips of the world, did you know that
we were the object of slander?"
Placid though her look was, it somehow
made him recoil. "If," ho faltered. "Why,
yes. I had heard that foolish folk were
talking, don't von know? I ceulrin't help
being aware--
"You
ware'"You should not have gone on as you did,
then," she broke in, with reproof equally
dominant in her gaze and tone. "You didrnn
wrong not to tell me—not to toll him. You
were our friend. Wo trusted you."
"Ah," with a sudden impetus he exclaim-
ed,
ed, "if I had spoken it would have sealed
my own doortr. You and Justin would have
forced me to live elsewhere. The price was
too costly a one; I could not, would not pay
it, Helena, for I loved you, I love you still,
with an undying passion! I"—
"Hush," she said, and in hor voice the
note of reproof continued, yet a great and
vetoing command went with it. "What you
tell me is the confession of a dark treachery.
You admit that you knew of those horrible censures, unfonnded as they were,
yet you never spoke. Ah, it is almost as
dark a treachery," she went on, "as that of
the unknown writer of the loathsome anony-
mous letter which killed my poor, foolish
Justin!" She surveyed him now with a scorn
which pierced him all the more because such
utter grief was its accompaniment. "You
never spoke,'' she repeated, and then, with
a few steps that were so insecure as to make
him dart towards her in fear of her falling,
she turned and sought the door by which she
had entered the room. Just as he reached.
her she seemed to grow steadier and more
controlled of mien. "Helena," he cried,
"We shall meet again. You don't mean that
you dismiss me from you forever."
"Forever," she replied, with one lifted
hand waving him away. "You knew and
you might have saved him! You might have
saved him through me!" Her eyes blazegd
on Blagden for an instant and he_saw her
lip curl. "As if I, his loving wife," she
went on, "would have letthem say and think
those hideous things had I only known!"
Then her manner changed to one of intense
sorrowand tremulously iterating. "Had I
only kn,own; had I only knovrn !" she passed
from the sight of him who watched her and
passed from his sight for the last time in
Blagden's life.
Soon afterwards he quitted New York and
his subsequent place of abode was never
really known. Some people stated that he
went to live in the Far West; others that he
had returned to England and had resettled
himself in the quiet village, not far from
Leeds, where he was born. But the precise
truth of his whereabouts never actually trans-
pired.
Meanwhile the pangs of self-accusation were
torturing Tallmadge Van Dyke. He would
have realized clearly the cause of Justin
Worcester's death, even if an interview with
Helena had not disclosed it to him. But
that intervies was an ordeal of keenest tor-
ment, and after having held it he kept call-
ing himself inj thought a murderer thousands
of times. The fever from which he had be-
lieved himself thoroughly to have recovered
came back in a milder and intermitteht
form. It was one of those obstinate semi -
nervous complaints which baffle the sharpest
vigilance or science. Tallmadge was not
again prostrated by it, but dreading such re-
sult he sought a physician of great emin-
ence.
The judgment which he heard struck him
as deplorably commonplace. "Your system
is much ran down, Mr. Van Dyke," the re-
nowned medical grandee told him. "You
need thorough change of air, and I should
recommend a trip to Egypt, with an entire
Winter passed on the Nile."
Tallmadge was about to consider this
counsel seriously when Helena again sum-
moned him- "You see," she saia, as she
gave him her hand. "I am infinitely better
than when you met me last. But you"—
and then she paused, regarding him with
eyes that wero two tender stars of pity.
"I am not well," murmured Tallmadge.
t'A touch of my old trouble has returned to
me." As he grake he was deeply moved by
admiration of her renewed loveliness more
interesting than of old because her never -to -
be -forgotten bereavement had- cast about
her, as it were, a delicate and indefinable
film of sadness, like that elusive haze which
blends itself with the sunshine of some per-
fect Autumn day.
"No,, my dear cousin," she said, "you sure-
ly need less gloomy companionship than
mine "
"Your companionship is never gloomy,"
he replied, wish a sombre sort of gallantry
that she answered by a pathetic little smile.
"Ah! ' Helena so'•n returned, "I meant to
ask your advice, your aid on a very melan-
choly matter. I meant to ask"—and here
she broke off with forlorn shakes of the head.
"But, no; let us speak of yourself. Have
you consulted any doctor of late, Tall-
madge y,
"Yes," he said, absently. "This melan-
choly matter, 'Jolene," he went on; "what
is it?"' A kind of morbid desperation drove
han to pronounce these words. He cared
neither for her formal and ordinary condor
ence with respect to his shattered health.
That was all very well in its way, but it was
not she. And Tallmadge, though racked by
a sense of his own quiet, strongly yearned to
hear Helena speak on some subject, any sub-
ject, which intimately concerned herself.
"I wanted to ask you," she began, after
quite a long pause, "whether you do not
think, Tallmadge, that I can possibly find
out the author of that anonymous letter?"
He felt his heart stand still for a moment.
"What," he managed to respond, "would bo
your motive in making a discovery like that?"
Her soft eyes flashed and he saw both her
heads quietly clench themselves. "I should
so love to punish him. There's a law against
that sort of dastardly thing, or so they tell
me."
"There is a law against it; yes."
"Oh, Tallmadgel" she hurried; "I often
Heel it isnot mere revenge that makes me
wish to visit the law on such a being. It's
—it's loyalty to the dead guar whom that
vile action slew. Thirik! if smile one n•horn
you loved very dearly had been killed
by
But ho rose then, and in a few difficult
word., told her that he must t. militate this.
visit quite abruptly, that ho a u, more un-
well than he had auphoned himself, that he
would cit onre repair to tho carriage which
waited h -iia r `aside,
She followed hirer, profuse in her eager
cofnpa•+: ion, to the very door ;If the
carriage. If he wore not better' trite` scion,
she told hirri she would go to him, sit with
him, read to hirn, du any little t act
he ``light desire of lien. Why not Were
they notcousins? The world had said hate-
fully hard things of her, but she .surely had
the right to visit her ower relatives Nolen
they were ill. "Besides," she reale', press-
ing his hand, "you are orphaned like myself,
Tallmadge, and have no kindred nearer
than I."
The answer that ho gave almost straugled
him as he spoke it. He forgot what it had
been, even while he flung himself brick inion.
the cushions of the moving carriage.
Once at home again, ho half resolved upon
:suicide. Then, in the midst of all his pas-
sionate condition, her image rose before him,
radiant with its resuscitated beauty. Sup-
pose, when a certain length of timo had
lapsed, she should forget Justiu's cruel
death? And after all, had ho not been the
meanest madman- to let a flimsy sheet of
paper send him to his death?
In spite of all his s pir•itual torment. Tall-
madge could not refrainfrom the cherishing
of a certain hope. This hope gave him a
new incentive towards perfect recovery.
The Winter was now beginning to set in.
What if he escaped its rigors and spent
several months in Florida instead of Ezvot?
Begat the lava or lemma there was a certain
nearness to Helena. He would start off with--
-
ith-- out again seeing !her, and in the early Spring
he would return. 1By this time a good interval
would have separated herjrom the savagery
of her of hict'on, and by that time his o»vu_
aching consciende might have ceased to deal
him these poignrint qualms.
He made is r solve that clay uri11 started
soon afterw: rd. But a stay of four months
(during whi‘i H Lena wrote hint six or sevou
precious an w rrnly fond letters) left his
health still i II the most uncertain state. All
physicianshoni, he consulted—and Florida
is not witho t good ones—told hila that his
nervous sys I.m as in a curiously unstrung
condition. 'hey could not cure his fits of
insomnia an denre;.sion, and the only thing
•that they se mei capable of doing was to
stave off by hoi • drugs and their hygienic .
suggestions o d lurking fever, that seem-
ed always in am ush, likes foe that watches
for fresh cha4rce of onslaught.
By April h re
ing somewhat be
ho was home ag.
donee. Her .ity
of her gentle soul
ing you as an inv
to see you w ile t
You have no 1 qu'
had when yo w
are mending.
"Be carefu no
warning, as .he
you do, I shat b
your fireside. '
"Oh, I'll n•t fo
and she kephe
hers was abo t t
now for whoi sh
and tcnderne . .
him the soul f h
sonally liked
which at pros:ut
woke in her . ear
dreamy self -a •• a
"You must not
the possibiliti. s -o
madge said to her
paid him. "S
Are you happ er •
"Do you • can
she asked.
APTER III.
urned to New York, look -
ter. Helena, hearing that
n, came at once to his resi-
for him was characteristic
"I insist upon still treat -
id," she said, "and coming
hese raw Spring days last.
to the same look that you
nt away. Evidently you
to forget me," came his
as about to depart. "If
east icy blasts in seeking
get you," replied Helena,
word. This kinsman of
re only frying person just
cared with any real depth
For years she hacl believed
`nor; always she had per -
and the menace of death
eemed to overshadow him
thrills of feeling full of
went. .
alk so much about me and
my getting well," Tall
during the next visit she
more of yourself, Helena.
han you were?" .
more peaceful in spirit?"
"Yes, for t•ose ho are peaceful in spirit
are surely ha e py.'
"Well," sh : sl:lwly answered, "I do feel
as if a certain ref eshing calm had descend-
ed upon me."
"Then that des re of yours has passed?"
he quickly qu • stio . ed.
"What des' e?" she asked. And then, as
if rememberin , " h, the wish to punish him
who wrote th : vie letter?" A smile full of
pain flickered -, r. ss her lips. "I try not to
be vengeful," .ho id. "I pray not to be.
Often I think . e praying helps me. That
is all." Then of .r a slight pause, she add-
ed, "But it is •ar.."
"What is • : d?" he enquired suddenly.
"That this reture should be living in
security, perhps n exultation, somewhere
not far away. B there's a worse thought
than even tha ."
"Well, wha is i ?"
"That amen - th few people I meet now-
adays he or s e y be one of those with
whom I inno ntl converse', whose hand I
take, on who I e and who smiles back
on me. Oh, , ro," she cried - in,agitated
self-interrupti n," I won't think of it, Tall-
madge, its d'stressing. I've promised
myself to tear 11 these ideas and imaginings
from my m` d d heart. It's so much
better simply to oneself that what's done
is done and t t thirsting for vengeance is
just as futile as un •.
Tallmadge made no direct answer; be had
not bile courag to make one, and it occurred
to him, after el:na flitted away, that he
had permitted the whole prized interview to
end in weight! 1 ivialities,
That night a slept horribly, and on the
follovring day Felt • ill that he sent for his
physician.
"There is soave de ental trouble worrying
on you," said his p actitioner, who was also
his friend.
"No, none," rep ied Tallmadge, feeling the
force of his -lie w. le he spoke it.. That night
he was oblig:. 1: ke to his bed, and the old
fever whose s: • .: were in his system, gave
strong synp ems . f return.
The next of ern. •n Helena came to him.
She was visib y orried by his -new over-
throw. The five made Tallmadge bold. "I
shall never get th roughly well," he sad to
her, "until yo cosent to be my wife." She
started paint) y : nd drew backward several
steps from • • . • side. .
"I see," he •:rs sted. "You think ms out
of my head, : elsr,a."
"No, no," s. a *murmured.
"Your fath:r wanted us to marry ono an-
other," he pu I suet. "You remember teat."
"Yes, yes, Tallmadge; I remember."
"Helena," • e exclaimed, lifting h.ir itself
on the pillow " loved you before J istin
Worcester e • er s w you. Is there no hope
for me? My h le life, if I recovered and
you married .. e, •ould be ono devout and
intense ozp'. tion !"
"Expiation!" she said, wonderingly, and
then the thous_ ht io to her that he was
really out of 's ead, which may have' been
partially tru:,. si ce his malady was now
growing apa
Moved by . s dden impulse, she bent
down and k" ed im on the forehead. •`I'm
very fond of ou,' she said, and meant it.
She could ne er 1 vo any inau again as she
had loved he deiid husband, but the magrni-
tude of her •ityl for this man blent with
to
the regard w ich
him, made • er
dent that one fut
in marriage.
A sense of
madge. He
of it, and let
he rose and I
was vacant.
He sank back
happy. And yet
had begun to burl
dread distem r
driven from
pe
doctors declared, 1
now moved, and
as though it wird"
she had already felt for
bruptly yet firmly confi-
e day might unite them
`lute ecstasy beset Tall -
his eyes under the stress
id sink backward. When
kabout him again the room
nee more. He was very
ie realized that his ,veins
with an increase of the
hich had never yet been
1—half malarial, as the
nd half cerebral. His lips
he heard his own voice
he voice of some one else,
addressing biro lin disjointed fragments;
"She has really forgotten. She thinks she
has not --no brain ever. You should never
have gone to Fior•i la, of all places. Those
devilish doctors k t you there because they
thought only Of their foes, You'll get well
and you'll merry her. Shell never know
never dream. In
time, in time."
ended.
Meanwhile Hale
physician whotn
entering Tallinadgle's room had requested
her not to relnairr there long. She now
waited in the joining room and instructed
her cousin's - v let, who also waited there,
not to breathe word of her having thus re-
mained.
It was then near!;
fug. The valet at
Nome 'sort of re t
she seated he If
taken from one of
could not fix itself,
ed pa$e. It wall al
w4oui she had left
bor. She ro�lled
that she should bec
time she'll love you; In-
!�nd then his murmurs°
a had not left him. The
le had met just before
6 o'clock in the even-
er request, brought her
in lieu of dining, and
fterwards with a book
the shelves. Her mind
owever, upon the print-
ays wandering to him
thin the adjacent obam-
ner dead father's wish
me his wife, Her heart
b, to beat exc tedly as she thought:
`'Wtay should n consent, once and for
*ill,. if it wduld br' I• g him back to health!
Jysstijn surely would orgive me . if his spirit
ws0 watching usn w 1"
The valet suddenl startled her by gliding
ttq icer sicje and whi ring: "He's got out
Onits 1pefti Mrs. W rcester, and he's writ-
1�►.ms'lii�.
•
"Veiy well," she whispered back, "let him
do as he plashes. 11th f you must wrap some-
thing warm about him, John. It's even cold-
er than it was."
"No need of that, ma'am; he's put on his
woollen wrapper and his slippers."
"Ah 1 And how docs he seem, John? Like
himself?"
"Ho, ma'am, Ills queer as possible."
"Queer 1"
"Yes, ma'am. His oyes are Hamill' like,
and hedon'tappoar as if he were in his oWu
right senses."
A portiere hung between the two rooms.
Helena stole to it and parted its folds a
little. She had a clear view of the sick man
as he sat before his desk, though only his
profile was visible to her. That served to
decide her, however. She Went back to
John and spoke thus:
"Go at once for Dr. Meredith. I thick
Mr. Van Dyke is out of his mind. I think
so because his face is twitching strangely
and he holds the pen in such an odd way.
Besides, he is muttering to himself all the
while. Go at once. I will wait here."
John promptly obeyed. Perhaps five min-
utes later Helena went again to the portiere.
Still clad in the woollen wrapper, Tallmadge
had flung himself on the bed. His eyes
were closed, and his breathing was so heavy
that she could hear it from where she stood.
And yet she somehow doubted if he was
asleep.
After a brief delay of irresolution she
passed into his chamber. Her step was
very light; it did not rouse Ibim. She paus-
ed before the desk. A sheet of paper lay
there, with writing upon it. As her eye
swept the page she felt a dreadful pang of
recognition. Tho characters wore those of
the fatal anonymous letter which had kill-
ed Justin. They had bitten themselves into
her memory long ago!:
With trembling hand she lifted the page.
It was all the pl•ecise counterpart of what
she knew so terribly well. Nota word was
different. This letter was addressed to her
dead husband, just as that other letter had
been. Even the date was the same. And
yet it was unfolded! it was convincingly a
duplicate.
The truth flashed through her mind. For
an instant she turned sick and giddy. Then
she stood quite still, with her face deathly
white and her eyes flxod_on the form of the
prostrate man. Everything was plain to
her. ;He had done that dastardly thing
months ago, and now in his delirium, or
semi -delirium, he had automatically re-
peated the act.
A great rage possessed her. She advanced
toward Tallmadge and shook him roughly
by the shoulder.
He awoke (if at all he had been asleep)
and stared at her. hall raising himself. In
one hand she held the accusing paper. With
the other she now clutched his arm.
"It was you who wrote to Justin!" she
cried. "Here is the proof 1" .
While she thus addressed him he was men-
tally dazed and unmanned by tho fierce re-
cent encroachments of . his disease. But a
gleam of despairing intelligence lighted his
flushed face as he heard her and looked at
her.
"Yes, yes, Helena! I wrote the letter!" he
gasped. "I wrote it God forgive me!"
"God may," she answered, while her grasp
on bis arm relaxed. "God may, Tallmadge •
Van Dyke, but I cannot."
Then she passed from the room, and soon
afterwards freim the house. In a few days
more they brought her news of his death.
This is the history of ; Helena Worcester's
strangely unhappy life. There were times,
amid the retirement which followed for hes
there in that old Waverley place house where
she spent so many secluded years, 'when stn
bitterly reproached herself for having caused
her cousin's death by not going to him and
giving him her pardon.
But there are certain spirits in this world
that are made, all the more miserable by
their own gentleness and nobility. On these
an added sorrow is always coldly entailed,
and the very existence of their power to for-
give -injuries would seem to increase by a
new factor of mystery the whole sad prob-
lem of human suffering.
Virus taken from hares is being expert=
mented with in France, and thus far it has
been found to work equally well for the pur-
pose of vaccination as virus taken from
calves. -
The effect which living at -high altitudes
has on the blood of animals has been recent-
ly investigated, and the results show that
the proportion of oxygen in the blood of men
and animals acclimatized there was the same
aS that of dwellers at lower levels.
The highest atmospheric . pressure on re-
cord seems to be 31.72 inches, which occur-
red at Sempalatinski, on Dec. 16, 1877; and
the lowest at any land station is quoted at
27.12 inches, which was recorded on the
coast of Orissa, on Sept. 22, 1885. The dif-
ference of 4.6 in these readings is probably
the maximum range of the barometer ever
observed on the earth's surface. -
Woman's Head for Figures.
The average girl has no head .for figures.
Mamie owes. Kate $2.50. Then Kate bor-
rows a half dollar from Mamie. Mamie comes •
to pay up. How much -does she give Kate?
Two dollars? Oh, dear no ; she gives her
$2.50 Then Kate gives back fifty cent•. So
they don't get mixed ?
Perhaps this problem ie not new, but I
think it is. It was tried yesterday at a
church sewing circle, and really I thought
we would pull hair over it. A man goes in-
to a store to buy an umbrella. He selects a
five dollar one. In payment he tenders a
twenty dollar bill The desk being short of
change, the clerk rune across the way, gets
the change and gives the buyer of, the um-
brella back $15; The buyer departs with
the umbrella. Then the man across the way
brings back the120 bill. It is counterfeit.
How much does the firm lose ? I
" Twenty dollars," some will promptly .
shout.
",And the umbrella," some one else will
add.
" .And the wholesale cost of the um-
brella," chimes in some one else,
" No ; only the $5,"
" But they must give the man who
changed the note $20." -
"Yes, and the umbrella, too, is gone,"
" They gave the buyer $15 as change, and
that is gone."
" And they must make the whole twenty
good soroes the way. so that makes them
out fifteen plus twenty, or thirty-five."
" And the umbrella," urges another.
" They don't really lose twenty, because
they keep themselves out of the good change
as pay for the umbrell&, thus losing only
fifteen."
" And the umbrella ?"
Yea, but they gave the buyer $15 : so
they are out that, and they he e to pay $20
just the same to—" r
" No, they don't." I
" And the umbrella."
" No, only the wholesale co t of the um•
brella, plus what they would ave made on
it had they sold it."
" They did sell it." 1-
" Yes, but the money that Nae paid for it
was bad."
" But the five dollars they kept for it was
good."
- So on, till your party is at hammer and
tonne, teeth and nail. What is the right
answer ? CLARA BILLS.
•
—There was a grand bee in Atwood last
Tuesday, the object being to lay gravel
around the school, make several walks, and
generally improve the appearance of the
yard, which has been in a frightfully muddy
condition lately. -
IlVI POI.t.TA i T NOTICES.
JOHN BEATTIE, Clerk the of Second Division
Court, County Corunrissioner, of Huron, Coh-
voyaneer, Land, Loan and Insurance Agent. Funds
Invested and to Loan. Office—Over Sharp &
Livens' store, Main street, Seaforth, 1289
MOSEY TO LOAN.—Private and company funds
to loan at lowest rates. 610,000 01 private
funds have been placed in our hands whscn' we
will loan in sums to suit borrower. Loans can be
completed at once if title satisfactory. DICKSON
& HAYS, Cardno's Block, Seaforth. 1148tt
WOOD WANTED.—Sealed tenders. will be re-
ceived by the undei signed up to January 10,
1892, for the purpose of supplying 12 cords of green
maple body cordwood for bohoot Seotioir No. 8,
Tuckerduiith. JAMES McOILL, Egruoudville.
1254tf
$16• TO LEND 5 ms
,000 salt borrowerats per Bretcant o►assinsufarmto
,security. Also improved farm for sale at a great
bargain. Former owner left County. Apply person-
ally or write. E. N. LEWIS, solicitor, Goderioh.
_ ___ -_— _____ 124726
f OTICE TO CONTRACTORS.—Wanted to let, the
IN job of cutting and skidding the cord -wood and
saw logs on from 50 to 100 acres of land, also clearing
the same. For further particulars address the un-
dersigned, Box 125, Wingham P. 0. GEORGE
THOMSON. 1246 tf.
MONEY TO LEND.—Wns. Campbell,- Seaforth,
having `beau appointed agent for -the Hamil+
ton Provident Loan and Savings Company, is now
prepared to effect loans on the `,Bost favorable
terms. Interest 6 per cent , payable aunually,
oharges very light. Parties desiring money will
consult their own interests;by tailing on me before
borrowing elsewhere. WM. CAMPBELL, Seaforth.
1239 tf.
FARM WANTED TO RENT.—Wanted to rent, for
a -term of years, a good one hundred acre farm,
oonvenient to markets and achools, and with good
buildings, by a thoroughly competent and careful
farmer. Address, HUGH J. GRIEVE, Seaforth P.
0. - 1253-tf
GOOD CHANCE FOR BUSINESS.—To rent,
on easy terms, a commodious store with dwel-
ling house attached. There is also a stable. This
.roperty is situated in the Village of Cromarty, and
n the centre of as fine an agricultural community
there is in Canada, and others a fine opportunity
or a good, live business man to do a large trade.
pply to GEORGE MILLAR, Cromarty. 1263tf
1 ARM FOR. SALE. -Splendid 100 acre farm fort
sale, ono mile west of Brucefleld station, being
t 14, Concession 3, Stanley, will underdrained
ith tilerggod buildings, stone stables,good orchard,
ever failing well at house and never failing
pring in bush. Apply to JOHN DUNKIN, Bruce-
eld P. 0. 1265.4
i i t
11
CA'l'TLF FOR SALE
AUTION.-4The public is hereby cautioned
againet lend ng money age ns Lot 5, Comes -
ion 7, adjoining the Village of Kiaburn, part of the
state of the late James Sne , or using
the owner's
lame in connection with it in any form as the full
xtent of the law will be meted out to them. JAMES
NELL, HENRY SQUIRES, Executors. 1255x3
J.
URHAM BULLS FOR SALE.—For sale, four,
thoroughbred Durham Bulls ono year old, and;
411 with registered pedigrees. They are of roan and,
red Color. Apply nn Lot 27„Concession 8, Hibbert,
¢r address Staffa P. 0. DAVID HILL. 1254x4
TERSEY BULL FOR SALE.—For sale cheap, the
thoroughbred Jersey Bull, ” Pride of Seaforth."
fe is a first-class stock bull, and will be sold :heap,
a his present owner has used him for three years,
OHN HANNAH, Seaforth. 1262t1
URHAM BULLS FOR SALE.—For sale, three
D
thoroughbred Durham Bu1i Calves, from 11 to
3 months old. all red, and one of which is as good
s any in the County of Huron. Address, ELCOAT
IROTHERS, Brucetleld, 1262x4tf
ULL FOR SALE.—For sale, a thoroughbred
Durham Bull of the Baps strain, coming three
y ears old, and of red color ; has proved himself a
rst-class stook bull. Apply on Lot 10, Huron Road,
ullett, or Seaforth P. 0. ANGUS MoDERMID.
1252t1
lIf1HOROUGHBRED DURHAMS FOR SALE.—For
r1h( sale 9 "A 1 Short Horn Bull Calves from i to 13
onths' old, got by the Pure Cruickshanks Bull,
' Perfection," 9100 ; alto a lot of good young cows
a d heifers in calf to Perfection. The above animals
ave firet•olass pedigrees and will be sold cheap and
o easy terms to suit purchasers. Fifty head of
Short Horns to select tram. DAVID UILNB,12484Eth1el.
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DUNG SCOTCH DURHAM BULLS FOR SALE.—
The undersigned has for sale on Lot 13, Cen-
paelon 4 H.R.S.,Tuekersmith two Young Thorough -
red Bulls, the one Is 11 months old and the ether 13
onths: He has also a number of good Scotch Dur-
an' heifers for sale. WM. OARNOCHAN, Egmond-
iUe P. 0. 1255 U.
BOARS FOR SERVICE
ERKSHIRE BOAR.—The undersigned has for
service ou the weet half of Lot 6, Concession 1,
ullett,a thoroughbred Berkshire Boar. Terms
1, wit --
the privilege of returning if neoelisary.
EORGE IRVINE. 1254x4
ERKSHIRE BOAR.—The undersigned will keep
for service on Lot 20, Concession 2, MoKillop,
a thoroughbred Berkshire Boar, to which a limited
number of sows will be taken. Terms --$1, payable
at the tine -of service, with the privilege of return.
ing if necessary. JOSEPH BOULOBR. I254x4
BERKSHIRE BOAR FOR SERVICE.—The under-
signed will keep for service on Lot 2, Ceuces-
don 6, McKillop, a thoroughbred improved Berkshire
Soar. This pig is only eight months old, and is bred
rom firet•elass stock. Terms—$1, payable at the
ime of service, or 81.26 if not paid before three
nonthe. THOMAS FLANNIGAN. 1264x4
DERKSHiRE BOAR.—The undersigned has for
service, on Riverside Farm, Thames Road, Us -
borne, a thoroughbred Berkshire Boar, 46 whish a
limited number of sows will be taken. Terns—$1,
payable at the time of service, with the privilege of
returning if necesenry. THOMAS RUSSELL. 1260tf
HE UNDERSIGNED will keep for service on
South half Lot 29, Concession 2, Morris, the'.
thoroughbred • improved Yorkshire : Pig, "Orange
Hero." Tonne, $i, to be paid at the time of service,'
with the privilege of returning 11 necessary. Pedi-
gree may be seen on application to the owner.
JOHN WILSON. 1247x16
BOAR FOR SERVICE.—The undersigned will keep
: for service at their farm. one nide west of Hen -
call, an Improved large White Yorkshire Boa} This
animal is bred from imported and prize winning stook
and is a very promising young pig. His sire is Holy-
well Physician [381 Imported who won first honors at
the Toronto Industrial in 1:' 0 ; kis dam Sharnocks
Damsel (no. 661) was imparted by the Ontario
Agricultural College. Terms of service, ono dollar
payable at time of servioe with the privilege of re-
turning. WM BUCHANAN & SONS, Hassell P. 0.,
1250-8
umps, Pumps.;
BUSINESS CHANGE.
s_ S_ WELSH,
•
Who is well and favorably known to the people of
Saforth. and vloinity, has purchased from Messrs.:
Cuff & Bennett their pump making business and
machinery, and is now prepared to furnish tke bast
and most Improved kinds of Wooden Pumps, guar-
anteed to give good satisfaction and on reasonable
terms. He also makes Cisterns and tanks of all
kinds, Give bim a trial. He will always be found
at CluU & Bennett's factory, North Main Street, Bea -
forth, Communlo. tions by mail promptly answered,
arid estimates furnished,
J. 5, WELSH, Seaforth,-
262.18
DUNN'S
BAKING
OWDER
1 IEC�OIOTC$ BEST�ANADAFRIEND
LA
The McKillop Mutual Fire
Insurance Company.
FARM AND ISOLATED TOWN
PROPERTY ONLY INSURED.
1
emcees.
Thos. E. (Hays, President, Seaforth P. 0.; W. J.
Shannon, Secy•Treae., Seaforth P. 0.; Jain lacuna,
Manager, Seaforth P. 0.
Msaorou.
Jae. Broadfoot, Seaforth ; Donald Ross, 0Ioa ;
Gabriel Rlliott, Clinton ; George Watt, Rangel ;
Joseph Evans, Beechwood ; M. Mardis, Seaforth ;
Thea. Garbutt, Clinton.
Thos. Neilasn, Harlook ; Robt. MoKillea, lseaserth ;
S. Qaraoehan Seaforth. John O'Sullivan and Geo
Xurdie, Auditors,
Parties desirous to elect tnsureaue or Iran'
sect other Dominoes will be promptly attsaded to on
applioallon to any of the above °Moors, Miriam' to
their respective post edges. 11111
I f
BREAK DOWN.
Hard, bao
and bad smell,
millions of w1
from this unha
which almost d
•following the e
imitations.
•
c -breaking toil at the wash tub, inhaling hot steam
has broken down many a woman's health. But
Amon throughout ' the world have been rescued
)py condition by the use of " Sunlight " Soap,
es the wash itself` A trial will convince you, by
sy directions. Don't be humbugged by cheaper
mporta
BRI
mom.. •
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.- ,Announcement.'
HT BROTHERS,
SEAFO1tTH
The Le: ding Clothiers of Huron,
Beg to inform the peo
added to
Most Complete a
an
le of Seaforth and surrounding country, that they have
heir large ordered clothing trade one of the
4 best selected stocks of Boys', Youths'
Men's Readymade Clothing
IN THE COUNTY.
P ices: Un-jualled. We lead the Trade.
Remember the Old Stand, CanlpbellEs Block, opposite the Royal Hotel,
Seaforth.
BRIGHT BROTHERS.
_
DO 11'OU
WEAR
GRANBY
RU
BERS?
They are the best.
Good Material.
Honestly Made.
Perfect -Fit.
Latest Styles.
Beautifully Finished.
All Dealers Keep Them.
Everybody Wears Them.
Have You Tried Them I
OUR PLATFORM.
Good Values, Polite Attention, Fair Dealing.
Choice Groceries, Fine Teas, and Pure Coffees
a Specialty.
Grgat care taken in selecting our Teas and Coffees. They are the highest;
grade aid best value •1a the market. Our usual fine stock of FRUITS for the
Christmas trade are a 1 in stock. Extras fine Vostizza Currants, extra selected
Valentin) Raisins, new Peels (Glasgow), Valentia Almonds, choice Extracts,
Canned Goods in grea variety. Our store is headquarters for standard goods.
Give ua a oall.
JOHN
AIRLE, SEAFORTH.
3 APPLIC TIONS THOROUGHLY. REMOVES
DA °RUFF
wCIANDRtir
Restores Fading hair to fte
D. L. OATEN'. 1 color.
I oriinto, Travelling Passengepr A6*at. O. P. 1L. flap Of hair.
• Ansi-DasdruGlasperabttor's/sr or Dm, Steps
druff-ire action rs m6.wellws—in ley VIM ease Keeps the seep Clean.
a few aeellesUeas not only y removed
exoadve dadnrfr sonstwlktiss but stopped maims ftek sett and Pliable
UARANTEEDI wing • plotett tho ,f,:randpileeiean,i Promotese 1.
TME -
AFORTH - FOUNDRY.
Having completed rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and intr'oduc-
de tke latest equipmen and the most unproved machines, I am now prepared
to do -
All Kinds
of Machine Repairs
AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK.
L�;ND ROLLERS.
We are now tnrlildg out some of the beet improved Land Rollers, and
thein before buying elsewhere.
T. T. COLEMAN.
invite the farmers to
;CHRISTMAS :•-,
- - PJ'?ESENTS.
GEO. GOOD
Invites inspection of the following Goods,
specially suited for the Holiday Season.
Overshoes, all kinds and Sizes.
Ladies Felt Boots and Slippers.
Fur Caps for Gentlemen.
Gents'Embroidered Toilet Slippers
Hanging Lamps & Table Lamps.
Fancy China and Glassware.
Dinner Sets. Tea Sets.
• And our Wonderful
10c COUNTER,
Over 1,000 articles to choose from, and
your choice for a Dime.
Grocery Department. -
Complete with finest Raisins, Currants,
Peels, Spices, Oranges, Lemons, Figs,
Nuts and Candies. -
Teas and Coffees specially for
the Festive Season.
Special Bargain Tables
At 5c, 7c; 10c, 15c and 25c.
No one should miss seeing these
Bargain. Tables. Every article a bar-
gain and every thing same price, just
the place to buy Christmas Presents
and Goods for Christmas Trees.
GEO. GOOD,
SEAFORTH - AND - BRUSSELS. -
�
1t.LET1''S
PURE
POWDERED
PUREST, STRONGEST, BEST,
toady for into in any quantity. For making Seat
toning Water. Disintecting, and abun.ired otlit
• e. A can equals 20 pounds Sal Soda.
S ld by All Grocers and Dru x•Istos.
, vv. • 4C3rXMaXa lx'•'3', lalcsar.cxxxiA0
SEAFORTH
Musical : Instrument
�MPQ R1iUM
Scott Brothers,
PROPRIETORS,
SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO.
PIAiNEAS: Duham, New York ; W.
Re11 & Co., Guelph ; Dominion Piano Ceca-
pany, Bowmanville.
ORGiANS.—. Bell & Co., ixneb;
Dominion Organ CWompany, Bowmanvi1pe
D. W. barn & Co., Woodstock.
The shove instruments always on kaad, also a few
good s000nd-hand Pianos- and Organs for Tale at
from $25 upwards. Instroaaente sold on the laded -
went plan, or on terms to suit embalmers. Vi
Concertinas and mall instruments on hand slocksiteet
mush, boob iso.
SCOTT BROS.
GODERICH .
Steam Boiler Works,
(ESTABLISHED 1880,)
Chrystal & Black,
Manufacturers of all kinds of Stationary
Marine, Upright & Tubular
BOILERS
Salt Pane, Smoke Stooks, Sheet Trot Works,
etc., etc.
Also dealer' 1n U ht and Iforisonfail Slide Valve
Engines. Automatic Cet-?ff Engines a specialty. AI
tires of pipe and 'pe -fitting constantly on hand.
Fatheates iarnishd ma short notice.
Works--Oppoeits G. T. E. Station, Oodctfioh,
New Gloves, Frillings, Ties "and
Corsets at H.OFFMAN's, Seaforth.
A large line of - Plushes at greatly
reduced prices at HoYr itAN & Cg's,
Seaforth.
Best assortment of Yarns in town
at HOFFMAN'S, Seaforth.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
!EMBED AT
THE MVIOM EXPOSITOR OFFIOE
BHWFORTH, ONTARIO.
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