The Goderich Star, 1898-12-16, Page 26December 16: 189q.
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BOOKS, MAGA NRS4
NEWS AND STATIONERY
FOR 1898, 1899._,As
Also FANCY GOODS of all 'kinds.
School Books and
School Supplies.
I have NO WIND for a long
"Ad.," but as great variety,
as fine goods and se large a
stook of the above as in town,
will be found at
BUTLER'S
SOUTH SIDE Olt' SQUARE,
OODRRICH.
SOAK $NID SWAB.
AN INr'ALLIBLe CURB
roP CANCCR.
PAINLESS AND NON-
POISONOUS.
A Priceless Discovery for tllg"otltre'of Canner, Cartilaginous
Ulcers, auy form .of Sore Throat, Skin Diseases ; diluted,
a Catarrhal Wash and Eye Lotion. In all oases where
the Cancer can be wholly submerged in this liquid, as
directed ou circular attached to each bottle, the pure is
infallible and painless. This liquid is hard to manufau•
turn, and is now prepared at full strength to meet the
caeca it is intended to cure without injury to the system or
healthy Liminess. Prices, 80o. per pint and 40o. per half
pint bottle.
J. M.,M°LEOD,
41,
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Proprietor and Manufacturer, Goderioh,
Oot.
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combine, or do the job singly, to perfec-
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Cheap R. R. rates toiall points in
Canada for the holiday's.
- Money Orders to all localities.
W:re Messages to all parts of the
World.
F. F. LAWRENCE
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Next Star Moo. Down Town Ticket Agent
T T
AT CHRISTMAS
AND NEW YEARS
And at all other times you want the but [brands of
Pleur for Bread and Pastry, and you oan get the beat at
:T. J. r �o Flour anti flied store,
STREET, GODER1GH.
U upallitat to tihti that ruddlnJ a and Minna Pies are. often
dished hp, at Whet should be the happlelt xgatheriug of the
ye, err, and t tie result of the use of inferior Am givaa you Ate
!fit 1111 itttya "ti tat atFion. Why ere any kind Of dour.
Wheailfite,teete Rat tlrla beat;mads"oil; this 0o1106eut"*t, t. 3.
ideati'ili4 flranda of Flour, and
,the 111t1At uatide ,in ;Huron, add tny ooru, pat ii>d \VIieatt
lil naxill a its u'tt,lind' ;ally digit br`rttltt►sfldt,liak
les tilto al elk to+ '' � ills nptd%ttae i itse lib . god
iq til to.': l tuftal`>p buaki of •titant int b l,iitfa l bw to.
ftttt l.ta dill 11a elooet iibitig. ie
RY
S ONLY ono Christmas
dinner is posslblo in 305
days, 1 suppose some
latitude is porm1oo1-
blot"
"Oh, but Nan, if the sum total frightens
As, IVO 01413 acorn out the thlugs we aro
nob particularly addicted tot"
"Precedent would go to show that oro
arc Only addicted to oatmeal, tough steaks
and tpoldy oraekere. Hero goes!'
The lamp bad been lighted and placed
on the little °enter table. By its light a
bachelor Idris' den was made visible—a
small Oat, &Mattoon, cluttered with every
Oop otlytlbls article of inoonootvablo utility.
The WOO interesting furnishings of the
little fist weft the two bright Stores wbtoh
WWI Ill °lose oontaot over the pad 011
whip& their Barmeoldo feast was spread.
The faces belonged rospoativoly to Miss
Nan Heywood, stenographer and type-
writer for a big firm of lawyors, and Miso
Dora Chase, who gave muslo lessons for
a living and wrote homesick letters for
pastime. Tho penoll was in Miss Hey -
wood's hand.
"Celery, of coarse. The eating of celery
on Christmas day is compulsory Twen-
ty-five conte."
"Oh, Nan, won't that bo a groat quan-
tity?"
"We are to have two invited guests.
Tbelroeloryoapaolty is represented by :—
Unknown quantity."
"But we aro not going to invite cormo-
rants, The idea was that mob ono of us
was to invite some one more frlondloas
and lonely than ourselves, soas to—as
to"— .
"Ezaotly. Don't ohoko, ploaso, Dodo.
Whenever you give that asthmatic sputter
I know you aro getting homesick. I have
already invited my guest—old Mrs. Stone,
paper wrapper and envelope director for
those atlas makers. You should have Boon
her poor old bloartel oyes when I invited
her to Dome take Christmas dinner."
Dodo alghod enviously. "I have not
made my selection yet. I stn halting be•
tween a lalua ggirl I buy my evening pa -
Nan
and h1tn."
Nan bold tho pencil suspended. A
heavy footfall sounded on the uncprpotod
floor over their hoods. Some ono Watt
moving about in tho Ant over their heads
with iho ponderous slowness of an old
man.
"put wo don't know him; nover oven
sew him I"
'Yes, but you know our Christmas din-
ner Is hardly what you call a social func-
tion. Tho Jani-
tor's wife always
e epeake of hits as
the 'lowly gontle-
man.' Sho says
ho playa an organ
sonowhoro. And
then your old Mrs
Stonewould It eke
It perfectly prop
er."
"It would not
do at all," said
.. Nun stoutly. Aud
she fell to work
energetically on
tlm bill of fare
I've ,,. got the
"Nancy Heywood. 'you -
over that mono. lilvo Inc the pencil."
"Manana used to make such lovely
Intim moaq and I used to helpherl" Nan
sobbed in explanation
Dodo pointed the usurped pedcli twig.
loudly at her "And you nr0 bronkhtg our
contract."
"Not to allude to home Christmases or
our own pimple 1 know it -1 know It—
but"—
"Think about Mrs. Stone, Nan It Is
much safer."
Dodo's own voioo was not porfeetly
steady, and on tho pad, and( r the 0cord
"cranberries," she ab_sontly scrawled
"darlingest of mothors." Sho laughed
hystorlonlly, "Our norms 1s'gottlng !:oily
mixed up with sentiment. Lot uu return
to our"—
" Tt rkoy, of oourso."
Tho mono finished, Dodo poshud the
pad away and laid down the pencil. [Cell.
1 suppose It will to the 10uo lemur girl,"
"It can't bo him Dodo 1'hnt is fain
ply out of tho question. "
The typewriting mild was o'dor than
tho llttlo musk° tonehor by several years
Sho also was not no pretty Indeed she
was plain. Tho two things fitted her for
lendorahlp
"But Christmas, and 1•n i11s Na•neI it
is not 08 if we acro inciting auy ono for
company's sal;o, Nati."
Dodo was very pretty Sin had n e vtwt
sensitive mouth, largo, innocent 1,1110 errs
and tho bonnloat brown hair in tho w•, 11d
Her Aguro was one of thoso trim, rum; net
ones whose synun0try not oven n .shirt
waist could destroy Nan looked at her
releotivole.
It Dodo was not so oxoeodingly peaty,
16 might not be B0 unfeasible to have that
lonely, hoary foot
cd organist came
down stairs to a
Christmas dinner
But to than aorta.
'out nod" hie
conceit, and ho
Might presume on
1t
Christmas came,
and titre was an
unwonted creak•
Mr up and down
on tte ropes of the
dingy dumb monit-
or
aitor that did duty
for tho entire
building. Nan hodrta1' gone out early at -
"WI ASK YOU TO STAY." ter breakfast and
Ota* book with a groan wreath that had
• red star in Its center. Almost every,
wlndowin night had Itogroon wreath With
• rad star fol' a heart. Dodo was the
ohurobgoiii'of the twain. As she pierced
her S1u14sy haft ittith 1► long pin the nettled
the dimes 1~ienrwlth Nan.
'f4&Ili that veto talking tate than over•
VAS Vaalfillf to MR140 orifi.100100.
filumett rllitl IAO° , Whtelt Milo de'
flet Into tis to rrtae,' "Theo they
babel ,:!doer_ctlMt and tfia;s fins footfall
p080 inane the anti.
otsuppoell OM icor tsllow''bbte OM, cif
IT OW.parte, *ni earth land ; w Iii oat
want aeon ho apcllttkah litil 'kik tielt t.rniilo
iffhti 4•1114o OM** tOintift W h+ then Ito heti A,
iota brso l or tore*,
ortstilnyn. tfmtfe,
,rely mirey wtt-li Oyer •,iaSI .,
ate! 'fir&thriceto'IlIven 10
+ itllilllttli .
*MTV tth(he
. i `airllt:
THE QODERICH
JaAltdr'e Wtlucalled 111.W 6110'lone:y 500
Doman.'
When Dodo gut back Henna Cl)Ureh, Nati
put her in chargoot ajftllrs Wbilepbe :,ands
one of then mysterlot)y l.okrietlitions of
which Christmas Clay la o1)vole p:,,i.Ao
Wbon she 001110 bank, Do1,111%yA$ b out tag
by a table In the it Itchen storing trudlutl
ly InW an 0
pe0 paper bag.
"Demo look at fhb. R"g51 -• oho said
gravely.
Nan walked toward her Willa apprchon-
alvo quickness. 01 course something had
gone wrong with thu dinner,
"A tin pan with baked beans and pork
In 11? Why, W0 never ordered any be,tsl''
'• Of course we didn't. Tbut lo hie
Chrtstmua dinner Oh, bent
"Whose?"
"That poor old man's overhead.'
"Well, but how do you know it is?'
"It Just [oust be. Sonohttly whistled
up our tube, and 1 went to the dumb
waiter, alnd thuru wore Just two hags ou 10.
I grabbed the ono nearest to me, fur 1'd
loft the ammo for the plum pudding slum
meting on the stove, nod the waiter cont
on up. He Is the only ane higher up than
we, so w0'v0 gut its Christ:nue dinner"—
"And he'. gut our plum podding "
"Ob, wail; let it goo A miserable little
tanned pudding—I bopo he will relish It!"
"But perhups hu peters beans and
pork."
Dodo put out her hauds tragically.
"Don't speak of them. 1 came home
in such aaubilmftod Iratuoof not ndl Such
music as 1 have hoard today, Nan—I 0-000
tho organ solo! It 0111110 over me like the
swelling anthem of solemn ocean warns
I always cry at iho sound of the sen. 11 1
could find out who 'lay ed that sola, I
would pay hint all i make. In n year to
teach mo the organ It lifted n:e t loan
out of tho realm of worry loud care. ,t1
i11/;
come bad( to pork 110(1 boon l"
"And Mrs. Stone," Nan adduct ni the
twitterpf tho doorbell sounded through
Hos little apartment.
It was in u state of complete readiness
for tho feede° ocoaslon. Non's 00, rgroon
wroath, with its crimson star, decorated
their ono front wludo q;,tbeam lful brunch
of holly that ilado 1111(1 secured a v e.•IL bo•
ford was suspended by Ivor bust nr, k r15
bon from tho stogie gas jtt in thu (voter
of tho roost 'In,o mysterious parrr1.1 on
Nat) tablo undue It -neteod w hero the ,. t1
est gifts which were to brighten ti3Oi.,y
for Mrs. Stun() and tau lalco gin 1 c:uu Co
posited.
Dodo stood absently twisting the neck
Of the bug about tho pan of barns 11
there was only soma way of 800(11o; 1 !s
dinner back to him and making him k.: p
their plow pudding fcr dessert' '1, en
oho started Vlultr.tly
Nan wits talking tosoolel:ody, tt:,d Pt) r
body tune nn.+wtrIng In n tion l•an,.
vole° that certainly did not bolos g to ,dt'
Mrs. Stone. W1111t Nan sold sat
"Wo bud just dbcorcrt0 the cs, h.tngo
lily friend tk o -r hn, !:ape
'!•hank you vaseryyn.uch fcr )ring:: ; nn,
pudding book l" Dodo s eyes uo.l etir.
wero wonder ono—Cubed at Nrn's next
words. "Wo would bo so glad to havo
yon 00010 in and take dinner with us—
thnt is, unless you have friends w Ith you
ul stairs,"
Tho rich baritone said sndly, "No; thorn
1s no ono "n Itt ng for lone 00001110 hack,"
Then sold Nan, wit;. gravo sweetness:
"Wo ask you to stay. Dor 01011 Chrlstnula
will be tho-gladder for knowing that you
aro not all alone." And, with n grateful
glance boyond her into the !ittl° holly
d000ratod room, ho saki, "If I might"—
"It just could not ioavoided,"said Nan
self defensively that night wbw eho and
Do[op, flushed with
the triumphant suo
it hoird er, sat dlset se d
n the n
' � t .. . ltln u
t
4 g y
��vly°1TI' [IMO' hi'tn standing there, n pile
'faced boy, -meekly, holding out our plum
pudding and asking for his beans, I could
no more havo landed him that pan and lot
him go book up-atclre-to nmtnrh them
alono than I could hnvo flown."
"Ottourso you could not," said Dodo
theoil hire. n of "Mrs.
tlo ,t lnrn n
1`J IIII/1 U
Stone made every-
thing perfectly
proper; she is so
dreadfully old."
"And os deaf as
n steno wall. Du-
do"—Nun's plain
fnoo was all a-
puckcr with ens
-
lety—"if you do,
I'll never forgive
myself.,"
"If I do what,
you Jncomprohon•
siblo old goose?"
"Lot that poor
boy tall In love
with you. He hair- TI s tnSCrnKe WAS Dona
ly devoured your face while ho sat opposite
you lot hlo."
"flutne celery, °ronbet-ries and ollt•os. It
did too good to see hint mat. But I don't
sooany point In calling his n boy just bo -
ammo we made the absurd mistake of
thinking ho was-na old man betoro wet saw
him. He is vory much of u gtlntlemma."
"An oduoated matt. It most bo I:h
shoos that ntlsloatf us so. They aro eo
',hoop and clumsy that I suspect he walk
ed slowly to spare our nerves."
"Kindly, but futile Ho is a handsono
boy."
Mrs Stone says ho is the new organist
at St. Cat•hortno'a
"SC Cathorino'af" Dodo fairly aoretnned
"Morey, Dodo, you aro so excitable,
What of 111"
"Why, Nan, that is whore I hoard that
divine voluntary that brought my heart
right up Into buy throat."
"Oh, it was!" said Nan dryly. "Well
then, tho misahlot 1s already dono."
Yes, the lntsobiof was already done:
Nan, gazing totlootively after the organ
let of St. Catherine's and Dodo as they
Waiked away from her under the trees in
Contra) park bno bloused .tune Sunday,
said mournfully to hereolt:
"I might have known 1t. Both young,
both so beautiful, both as loving hearted
as birds in renting tlmol Then, Wbon
nn0Bio welded thorn toirother—I- guns
Dodo will have somothing to tell lee to-
alght."
WhIcb Dodo did.
"Ho belongs "to es good a family as
aline, Nad dear, hat his father married
again, and things weren't pl,awmnt for hint
at hone.. ilo luta boon on trial with'tho
St. Catherioo people but now they aro
going to pay hint a lovely eatery, and he
dvon't havo to aveaxsuch d000iving shoos.
Wo hnvo concluded that wo would liko to
get marriedttst 0110 year to a day from
that lovely li tie dinner to whtoh you ip'
vfav° to ttotl htmdtat;' never could have pad Cie
"Undo," amid Nen reproachfully; then,
after a 10lifipeuse: !'I will never trust
a
MO in brettkitig shoes again. Ile lust
010101.04 hlttisell into your sympathise.
"PO a bresttiy aeksd charley what milia
elintwaijo jo Ileewearrottttll!'Qld maw oven'
nae 11telda. alrldl It'o
tart dlri sdpposes It Wali
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Where he will be better prepared to give his patrons much better .service than he has in the past.
Our reputation in this line has never been questioned, and now our extra facilities will place us in a
position above high-water mark. We do not claim to carry Cheap or Shoddy Goods. but the Goods
we carry and the Garments we turn out are the Cheapest compatible with only first-class work.
Every garment we turn out will. positively be a model for others to imitate.
Nothing would be nicer at this season of the year, either for a Christmas Present, or for a
gentleman to purchase for himself, than a FANCY VEST. They are the latest garment out, and we
have the swellest goods in town.
fL EGfNGE FIND FGONOMY ARE YOKED IN OUR GOODS.
• If you are not already one of our customers, a trial order will make you one.
If we sell we guarantee it.
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If we guarantee, it's all right.
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�! Gjuigq4.JaAIL mit
likictor mos_
MIL
"fl NiG6 Gliristmas Gilt."
The
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JUBILEE.
To the Farmers of
Huron Count.
Have you
R Boy or Girl
at home
whom you wish to
encourage to stay
there and enliven
the long evenings
with Music and Song ?
If so,
GEO. W. THOMSON,
"ft NIG6 Christmas Gilt."
THE MASCOT
WiTH TOP.
Will be pleased to call on you, or if you call at his Music
Store in Acheson's block, west side of the Square, you will
find our Organs in stock in his Showroom.
'-WE WANT LUMBER Q IN -E XOHAI��
GE FOR OI OANS._:+rte
Call at our Factory when in town and talk the matter over with us.
"ENCOURAGE HOME -INDUSTRIES."