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The Clinton New Era, 1891-06-19, Page 2f r rr+ttna Pr11T141n of lieetiaamt nod tI'liuk- n o gilled *rf Q 900 wart intense evetyane seersied to en- joy n }oy it and to make fun of any sort AUDI 19,18A1. T_� i g f gl , d tea ugh lrh cold 0 . a N t~��� of diAePuifort ,cop el' said Sigrid to,C'evil $ani- aoe, 'yQu: A,n4 IflU9t add a stone to the cairn. Let as drag up this gt'eat COW And put ea the top together in memory of our friend- ship. They stood laughing and. panting under the shelter ofthe•cairn when @ i the werry "stone was d y voices of the rest of the party float• ing back to then, 'Do you not think we are dread— ful chatterers, we Norwegians° said Sigrid. 'I think you are., delightful,' said Cecil simply. Something in her manner touched and pleased Sigrit:. She had grown to like this quiet English girl. They were silent for some minutes, looking over that wonder- ful expanse of blue fjords and hoary mountains, flecked here and there on their sombre heights by snow- drifts. Far down below them a rowboat could be seen on the water looking scarcely bigger than the head of a pin. Knut suggested before long that if they were to be home in time for supper it might be best to start at once, and the merry party broke up into little groups. Herr Feick was deep in conversation with Mr !Hor- gan, Cyril and Florence as usual kept to themselves, Knut piloted the American lady in advance of the others, while Roy Boniface joined his sister and Sigrid, pausing on the way for a little snowballing in a great snow drift just below the summit. Little Swanhild hesitated for a moment, longing to walk with Blanche, for whom she hard formed the sort of adoring attachment with which children of her age often hon- er some grown lip girl; but she was laughingly carried off by some good natured friends from Bergen, who divined her intentions, and once more Frithiof and Blanche were left alone. 'And you must really go on Monday?' asked Frithiof, with a sigh. 'Well,' she said, glancing up at him quickly, 'I have been very troublesome to you. I'm sure—al- ways needing help in climbing! You will be glad to get rid of me, though you would be too polite to tell me s0.' 'How can you say such things'!' he exclaimed, and again something in•his manner alarmed her a little. 'You know—you must know what these days have been to me.' The lovely color flooded her checks, and she spoke almost at random., __ ___ 'After all, I believe I should do better if I trusted to my alpenstock!' And laughingly shebegan to spring down the rough descent, a little proud of het" own grace and agility, and a little glad to baffle and tease him for a few minutes. — 'TaTce—oareT Fake ca"rel' - cried. Frithiof, hurrying after her. Then, with a stifled c: y, he sprang forward to rescue her, for the alpenstock had slipped on a stone, and she was rolling do wn the steep incline. Even in the terrible moment itself he had time to think of two dis- tinct dangers—she might strike her head against one of the bould- ers, or, worse thought still, might be unchecked, and fall over that side of Munkeggen which was al- most precipitous. How he man- aged it he never realized, but love seemed to lend him wings, and the next thing he knew was that he was kneeling on the grass only two or three feet from the sheer cliff like side with Blanche in his arms. 'Are you hurt?' he questioned breathlessly. 'No,' she replied, trembling with excitement. 'Not hurt at all, only shaken and startled.' He -lifted her a little farther from the edge. For a minute she lay passively, then she looked up into his eyes. 'How strong you are,' she said, 'and how cleverly you caught,me! Yet now that it is over, you look quite haggard and white. I am really not hurt at all. It punished me well for thinking I could get on without you. You see I couldn't !' and a lovely, tender smile dawned in her eyes. She sat up nd took off her hat, smoothing brick her disordered bair. A sort of terror seized Frithiof that in another minute she' would propose going on, -and, urged by his • fear, he spoke rapidly and impetuously. 'If only I might always serve you!' he cried. 'Oh, Blanche, I love you! I love you! Will you not trust yourself to me?' Blanche had received already ,several offers of marriager.they had been couched hi much better terms, but they had lacked the passionate ardor of Frithiof's manner. All in a moment she was conquered; she could not even make a feint of re- ei Mine, but just put her'hand in O Bop,. 144bL., . 0 It wart, such ft OQnt"ast t Bttlnobe's ordinary life, this quiet ;.. Norway, where all was so simple 'and true and trustworthy, where no one seemed to strain after ef- focts. , And there was aousething ins. Frithiof s strength and spirit ' 'and animation which appealed to. her greatly, and gradually there stole into her manner towards him A soxt of tender reverence, She no longerteased him playfully, and their talks together in those long summer days became less full of ' mirth and laughter, but more earn "est and absordipg. C.'eoil paw al I this, and she breath ed mere freely. 'Certainly she loves him,' was her reflection. ,Sigrid, too, no^longer doubted, indeed, B3anohe had altogether won her heart, and somehow, whenever ,they were together, the talk always drifted round to Frithiof a past, or Frithiof's future, or Frithiofs opin- ions. Sbe was very: happy about it, for she felt sure that Blanche would be a charming sister-in-law, and Jove and hope seemed to have developed Frithiof in a wonderful way; he had suddenly grown manly and considerate, nor did Sigrid feel, ae she had feared, that his new love interfered with his love for her. They were bright days for every- -one, those days 'at Balholm, with their merry excursions to the priest's garden and the firwoods, to the., meter on the mountain side, and to grand old Munkeggen, whose .heights towered above the little wooden hotel. Herr Feick, who joined them towards the end of the ;Week, and who climbed Munkeggen as energetically as any one, was well pleased to see the turn affairs had taken; and everyone was kind, and discreetly left Frithiof and Blanche 'to themselves as they toiled up the mountain side; indeed, Knut, the `^'rt _ dlord's brother, who as usual h' d courteously offeredi his services guide, was so thoughtful for the ,: two lovers who were lingering be— bind,, that be remorselessly hurried „up a stout old American lady, who panted after him, to that "better resting place" which he always in- sisted was a little further on. 'Will there be church to morrow?' asked Blanche, as they rested half Way. 'I should so like to go to a Norwegian service.' 'There will be service at some church within reach,' said Frithief; --''but I do not advise you to go, it will be very hot, and the place will Abe packed,' 'Why? Are you such a religious people?' 'The peasants are,' he replied. 'And of course the women. Church f or vvn- Il _tba s_t..._—__-_ �. Qitl �tlsl_-re �. r 11 - -g g . � ' men, we men dot°pot need that sort 'of thing -' She was a,. Attie' startled by his matter 'ef'faet,nnabashed tone. • 'What; are you an. agnostic? an at Est?' she exclaimed. No, no, not at all,' he said com- dly. 'I believe in a good Pro- ce; but with so much I am fied, you see. What does one with more? Ts' men ' rejig-' Alii, church going, -is--how do on call it in Englis 1 I think you y "an awfu!..bore. Is it not sol' '_The slang in foregn accent was esietibl e, She a little shock- s e could' tot help laughing. you Norwegians speak 4she exclaimed. 'Many Eng - men feel that, but few would t,Eay'it so plainly.' 'So! I thought an Englishman -was nothing if not candid. But for me I feel no shame. What more !'.would one have than to make the moat of life? That is my religion. ,I bear that in England there isa book to ask whether life is worth living? For me I can't understand that sort of thing. It is a question that would never have occurred to me. Only to live, is happiness enough. Life is such a very good thing. Do you not agree?' 'Sometimes,' she said rather wistfully. ,.'Only sometimes? No, no, al -0 ways—to the last breath !' cried Frithiof. 'You say that because. things are as you like; because you are happy,' dialanche. 'It is true, I am very happy,' he replied. 'Who would not be happy walking with you?' . Something in his mariner fright- ened her a little. She went on breathlessly and ihcoherently: 'You wouldn't bay that life is a very, good thing if yon were like cutr pooh people in East London, for instance.' -'Indeed, no, he said gravely. 'That must be a great blot on Eng- lish We. Here in Norway we have no extremes. No one is veryp ,. and :our richest men have only; WIr t .-,./ 'would'be counted in England ° a moderate income.' 'Perhaps that is why you are such a happy people.' 'Ferliaps,' said Frithiof, but ho felt little -inclined to consider the problem of the distribution of wealth just then, and the tally ifteit'-abound once more to that ilt,,, absorbingp8reonal talk which was more familiar to them. At length the top of the moun- tain wsa reached; and a merry' little picnic ensued. Frithiof was the life pf the party, and there ryas IF -"fp owriag kstep our want vein to cawufl B'ornaen'r 1 gem by the .!,lime boat wh ,.r, y J 4 h f rowed just for 4 ltatlo. while.while.tauu poem, Sigrid, In ar hlo the refrain Inv toy father ill no here, and. ie. " 10 day ia Piet a day CO my 'Let tnd, write to hint and flak mind. I can't t reretnber anything his oonseta,' eacglxifned f'ritbiaf, hut the ohoru8.' 'No, not do ncit' write. O7ome 'Ent it is rather*horrid little over to.Ea larnd -in October and see , poetry,' ;raid Sigrid 'hesitating. him yourself; that will .do so :lunch 'Oh, let us love it, Lplease let us better, " bast it,' said 'Vampire, joinleg thein. %net we Wait aP long? said You have made rope curious now. Frithiof, his •face clouding. So Sigrid, .not liking to refuse, 'It is only a few weeks; papa will repeated fir& the- poemitself and not be at tomo till thee. Every then the English translation. it -t ee s layunder the b h one is away from London, you. "The fox e o r know. Don't look. so anxious; I root do not know your fires when it reside the heather; ilighteome isn't happy ---you were never meant d nd the baro bounded w th -.... to be e. s f r papa I can foot g �- O PP make him do exactly what I like; you need not be afraid that be will not consent. Come! I have promis- ed to trust to you and yet you doubt me.' 'Doubt you!' he cried. 'Never! I trust you before all the world; and if you tell me to wait—why then—I tnust obey. 'How I love you for saying that,' cried Blanche, clinging to him. `To think that you who are so strong should say that to me! It seems wonderful. But indeed, in- deed, you need not doubt me. I love you with my whole heart. I love you as I never thought it pos- sible to love.' Frithiof again clasped ber in his arms, and there came to his mind the sweet words of Uhland— "Gestorben war ich Vor Liesbeswonn, Begraben lag ich In ihren Armen; Erwecket ward ich Von ihren Kussen, Den Himmel sah ich In linen Augen." CHAPTER IV. 'We were beginning to think some accident had happened to you,' said Sigrid, who stood waiting at the door of the hotel. . "And so it did,' said Blanche laughing. 'I think I should have broken my neck if it hadn't been for your brother. It was all the fault of this treacherous alpenstock which played me false.' And then with a, sympathetic little group of listeners, Blanche gave a full account of her escape. 'And you are really not all? Not. too much shaken to dance to night?' 'Not a bit,' said Blanhe merrily. 'And you promised to put on your peasant cosume and show us the spring dans, you know.' `So I did. I must make haste and dress then,' and Sigrid ran np stairs, appearing again before long in a simple made dark skirt, white sleeves and chemisette, and red bodice, ribhly embroidered in -gold. Her beautiful hair was worn in two long plaits down her back, and the costume suited her to perfection. There followed -a merry a'uWin the dependence, where all meals were served, then everyone adjourn- ed -to -the- ed-to-.the..-hotelsa o ,. chairs were hastily pushed aside, and dancing began. Herr Falck's eyes rested content- edly on the all& tale figure in the maize colored dress who so often danced with. his son; and, indeed, Blanche looked more lovely than, ever that evening, for happiness and excitement had brightened her dark eyes, and deepened the glow of color in her cheeks. The father felt proud, too, of his children, when in response to. the general entreaty, Frithiof and Sigrid danc- ed the spring dans together with its graceful evolutions and quaint gestures. Then nothing would do but Frithiof must play to them on the violin, after which Blanche volunteered to teach every one Sir Roger de Coverley, and old and young joined merrily in the country dance, and so the evening passed on all to rapidly to its close. It was a scene which somehow lived on in Cecil's memory; the merry dancers, the kindly landlord, Ole Kvikne sitting near the door and watching them, the expression of content vis- ible in Herr Falck's face as he sat beside him, the pretty faces and picturesque attire of Sigrid and Swanhild, the radiant beauty of Blanche Morgan, the unclouded happiness of Frithiof, The evening had done her good; its infornality,ita hearty unaffected happiness and merriment made it a strange contrast to any other dance she could recollect; yet even here there was a slight shadow. She could not forget those words which she had overheard on board the steamer, could not get rid of the feeling that some trouble hung over the Feick family, and that hidden away, even in .this Norwegian paradise, there lurked somewhere the inevitable serpent. Even as she mused over it, Frithiof crossed the room and made his bow before her, and in another minute had whirled her off. Happiness shone in his eyes, lurked in the tones of his voice, added fresh spirit to his dancing; she thought she had never before seen such an incarnation of perfect content. They talked of Norwegian -looks, and her inter est in his country seemed to ploasehim. 'You can easily get English trans- lations of our best novelists,' he said. 'You should read Alexander Kielland's books, and Bjornson's. I have bad a poem of Bjornsen's ringing all day in my heed; we will make Sigrid say it to us, for I only know the chorus.' Thensas the waltz came to an end narrow hurt at to are Chaert' Cry.for !his• 'I will always trust you,' she faltered. Then, as she felt his strong arm roup i her and his kisses on her cheek, there flashed through her mind a description she bad once of— "a strong man from the North, Light -looked, with eyes of dangerous gray." It was a love worth having, she thought to'heredif; a love to be proud of ! 'But Frithiof,' she began after a 00 the other travellers only as fsr 91 v V i Was .a t ill leased to sea 'i1' !Iadhe an, 0 1 para,. p�1 rim00 BOWS his softs evident dejection; .ale '" t .. :, �: o1rltl;;Hot�i. ��..._._,.t� ie oz . y stogd, by the bulwarks. watohln 1:,---,.�.. al�i�g clans ap ch �. kiln, and eying a word or two now topzomm _ - abd then, to Blanche, who was close by Mar. 'Whys goo!' , be exclaimed, 'the fellow is actually coming on board again.'°! We shall be carrying him away with us if be doesn't take care.' 'A thousand pardon Frithjof io f bad exclaimed, shaking hands with Cecil and Roy Boniface, 'I did not seejyoit before. A pleasant journey Over the heather; to you. "You, must come again to 'To. -day is just a day to my mind, Norway some, day, and let us all All sunny before aid sunny behind ' meet once mere' Over the heather! "And the fox laughed under the birch - tree's root Beside the heather; And the hare frolicked with heedless 'Veer sax god!' exclaimed one of the sailors; and Frithiof had to spring down the gangway. 'To our next merry meeting!' said foot Roy, lifting his hat; and _then there Over the heather; was a general waving of bandker- 'I am so glad about everthing!' chiefs from the kindly little crowd So that is the way you dance and Jon the pier and from the parting spring guests, and, in all the babel and Over the heather!" confusion Frithief was conscious only of Blanche's clear "Auf wrid• ersehn!" and saw nothing but the sweet, dark eyes, which to the very last dwelt on him. 'Well, that is over!' he said to Sigrid, pulling himself together, and stifling a sigh. 'Perhaps they will come here next year,' suggested Sigrid con- solingly. 'Perhaps I shall go to England next autumn,' said Frithiof .with a smile. 'So soon!' she exclaimed involun. tarily. He laughed, for the words were such a curious contradiction to the ones which lurked in his own mind. 'Oh! you call two months a short time!' he exclaimed; 'and to me it seems an eternity. You will have to be very forbearing, for I warn you such a waiting time is very little to my taste-' - 'Then why did you not speak now, before she went away?' 'You wisest of advisers!' he said with a smile, 'I did speak yester- day,' 'Yesterday!' she cried eagerly. 'Yesterday, on Munkeggen?' 'Yes; and all that now remains is to get Mr Morgan's consent to our betrothal.' "And the fox lay in wait by the birch - tree's root Beside the heather; And the hare soon tumbled close to his foot Over the heather; 'Why, bless me! is that you, my dear! However did you come dancing here Over the heather?' " 'I had forgotten that it ended so tragically,' said Frithiof with a slight shrug of the shoulders. ' Well, never mind, it is only a poem; let us leave melancholy to poets and novelists, and enjoy real life.' Just then a polka was struck up and he hastily made his bow td\ Blanche. 'And yet one needs a touch of tragedy in real life,' she observed, 'or it becomes so dreadfully prosaic.' 'Oh.' said Frithiof laughing as he bore her off; 'then for Heaven's sake let us be prosaic to the end of the chapter.' Cecil heard the words; they seemed to her to fit it uncannily with the words of the poem; she could not have explained, and she did not try to analyze, the little thrill of pain that shot through her heart at the idea. Neither could she have justified to herself tile shuddering repulsion she felt when Cyril A7organ drew near, intercep- ting ' her view of Frithiof and Blanohe. 'May I have the pleasure of this dance?' he said in his condescending tone. 'Thank you, but I am so tired,' she replied. 'Too tired for any more to night.' 'Yes,' said Sigrid; glancing at her. 'You look worn out, Mun- keggen is a tiring climb. Let us come up stairs; it- is high time"ti1 naughty little sister of mine thus in bed.' �Yne'reward of virtue,' said Cyri Morgan, rejoining his cousin Flor- ence. 'I have been polite to the little bourgeoise and it has cost me nothing:-It--is--always- beat --in---a- place like this to be on good terms with every one. We shall never be likely to come across these people again, the acquaintance is not likely to bore us.' His words were perfectly true. That curiously assorted gathering of different nationalities would never again meet, and yet those days of close intimacy were destined to in- fluence forever, either for good or for evil, the lives of each one. All through the Sunday Blanche had kept her bed, for; though the excitement had kept her up on the previous night, sheinevitably suf- fered from the effects of her fall. It was not till the Monday morning just before the arival of the steam- er, that Frithiof could find the opportunity for which he had im- patiently waited. They walked the little garden, ostensibly to watch for the steamer from the mound by the flagataff, but they only lingered there for a minute, glancing anxiously dewn the fjord where in the distance could be seen the unwelcome black speck. On the farther side of the mound, down among the trees and bushes, was a little sheltered seat. It was there they spent their last moments there that Blanche listened to his eager words of love, there that she er at the 'pitcher's Castor's,. bade him wait till O t b , same time giving him such hope and encouragement as must surely have satisfied the most exigeant lover. All too soon the bustle of depar- ture reached them, and the steam whistle—most hateful and discor- dant of sounds—rang and resound- ed among the mountains. 'I must go,' she exclaimed, 'or they will be coming to look for me. I D H. PORTER, GENERAL AUCTION - This is our realgood bye. On the •EER and Land Valuator. Orders sent y by mail to my address, wiri r000ive prompt steamer it will be just a handshake, Auct AUCTION- tion. Terms a eels aerate. D.0 ug.29 Ii, but now—' he le was piano. Children Cry for her towards his sister, who Landing with Roy near the • r0 BE CONTINUED. JEMIMA'S BEAU. Jemima, once she had a bean, He didn't mind her name, you know, Although it was so prosy, She had catarrh, a�n� }c or That he ab lasts s forced so go-; The od,,p-pi,dg-no posy. „eV. she...had been sage\:41 tuna, - she would have taken DIN Sage's Catarrh Remedy. An offensive breath is most distressing, not only to the person afflicted, if the person has any pride, but to those with whom he or she comes in contact. It is a delicate matter to k but it ea of ha acted not on- ly . g..l? - ly fd'lendwbut'lovers. -Eaci-breattr- and catarrh are inseparable. 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All operations of modern den, tistry carefully performed. Auaisthetios ad mi stored for the painless extraction of tetthhOffice - Keefer's old stand, Coats' Bleak, Clinton. Will visit Blyth profession- ally every Monday, at Mason's Hotel, El DICKINSON, THEOQLD & RELIABLE 1J Anetioneor still in the Reid, able and willing to conduct any sales entrusted to im , and takes this opportunity of thanking Mo patrons for past favors. Also Chattel gesgages closed and runts collected. Ohar- tio moderato. D-DtoslNsoN, Licensed Auo- Al neer fortho County of Huron. Residence ai:'bert Street, Clinton. The Molsons Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1856. ,..,.'`1`)Eft Tuui MM�8 BE ST RI Efia ,AAGf%T $ALr'Ii. CANADA!.-* A. O. U. W. • The Clinton Lodge, No. 144, meet in Jack- son's Hall on the 1st and 3rd Fridays in each month, Visitors cordially invited. R. STONEHAM, 31, W. J, BEAN. Recorder.. A COOKBE OOK By mail to any lady sandlot u, ner post ofic 1 ., address. W ells, Richardson IC Cs , Monfrea. •OLINTOE MECHANIC'S INSTITUT, ,, VLibrary',and Reading Rooms, Tow* Hall, down stairs. About 2,000 volume. i a the Library and all the Leading NOW - mere and Periodicals of the day entre table. Momberahip ticket 91 per annum'' Open from 2 to 6 p m,, and from 7 to 0 pi m. Applications for memberrhipreoel'v oy the Librarian in the room. CAPITAL, - - $2,000,000. REST FUND, - $1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. Clinton Post Office Tbns Table Mails&are due for delivery and close for deapatch at the Clinton Pon; _Office as follows: - m ono ! DOH Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Seaforth, Grand Trunk east and luter,nna- diate offices ......... .. 7.00 a.m. Toronto, Stratford,' Seo- forth, 1'. and 8. east.... 1.55 p.m. Ooderichy Holmesvilie and Grand Trunk west 1 p.m. 8.10.a.m Godoriob. .... .. 8,46 p.m. 2.4t. p.m Hamiltor,.Toronto, .... ' 4.16 p.m. 10,26 a,m London, L., H, & B. south a.m. p.m. a,m. p.m and intermediate offices 7.00 4.15 10.257.00 Blyth, Winghaw, Kincar- dine ,Luekuow, north and intermediate a.m. p m. a.m. p.m offices 0:30 6.15 8.106.00 British mails, Monday, Wed- neada , Thursday Lao a.m. Bayfield, Varna, Herbison, daily ............ ... 2.30 p.m. 12.45p.m. Summerhill, Tuesday and Friday, . 5.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m Money Orders issued and Deposits reoeivedfrom one dollar upwards. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Savings Bank and Money Order Office close at 6.30 p.m. Clinton, AprU20, THOMA1880.S FAIR, Postmaster, 1.50p.m 8 a.m 11IcKillup Mutual Fire Insurance Company FARM & ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY` ONLY INSURED' - OFFICERS. •'•.i Thos. E. Hays, President. 0 . J a , eGiYon, ager, Seaforth tha5. 0 P: 0.; Jno sonans Manager, Seaforth P. O. • DIRECTOR. Jae. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Donald Ross Clinton: Gabriel Elliott Clinton; Geo. Watt, Harloek; Joseph Evans, 'Beachwood; .1. Shan - non, Walton; Thos. Garbert, Clinton. AGENTS. 3]ceo,-Neilans, Harlook-Robt. McMillan,- Seaforth; S Carnochan. Seaforth; John 0' Sullivan and Geo. Mnrdie, auditorr. Parties desirous to effect Insurances or ransaot other business will be promptely ttended to on application to any of the bore officers, addressed to their respecivo ffices. J. H. R. MOLSON Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, GeaeralManagar Notes discounted,Collectiona made,Drafta issued, Sterling and American ex- change bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest at 4 por cent allowed on deposits. FAR1VrTens . Money advadeed to farmers on' their own notes with one or more endorsers. 370 mortgage re- quired as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, January 1887. Clinton r'bR WORTHINGTON, - PHYSICIAN 1L� Surgeon,A000uohor, Licentiate of the College of Physicians, and .surgqoona of i ewer Canada, and Provinola Licentiate and Coroner for the County, of Huron. W- oo and reeidonoe,-Tile handing formerly occupied by,MrThwaltea,HnronStreet: Clinten.11.1870, BENHLLLER NURSERY FRUIT Asn ORNAMENTAL TREE; NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, TDM LATTER Or ;Orton WE KARI A SPESIALTT LARGE STOCK ON HAND, The above ornamental trees and shrubbery ad be sold at very low prices, and those wanner anything in this connection will save more purchasing here. Orders by Nail will be promptly attend ed to, Address, JOHN STEWART. Banmiltere HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company is Loaning Money or Farm Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. MORTGAGES - : - PURCHASEI SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed De oaits aceor in on p d g toamourtt and time left. OFFICE -Corner of Market9'q riarea:nd North 9 dORAOE HORTON, MMNAG*tR, Goderlah, August lith 1885 (i J. G STEM -SON -THE LEADING— A2t15-- EMB A LATER. A FULL 516E OF GOODS KEP11:>! STOCK The bestEmbalming Fluid need a Splendid Hearse. ALBERT S']l'.,CLINTON, `Residence over store. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL RICHLY tRbeiewanarddedhenaresotth;otshewho read will fird honorable employment that will not take them from their homes and families. This profits aro largo and sure for every indnatri- oud person, many have made and are now making several hundred dollars a month, It is easy for any person to make $$ per day and upwards, who is willing to work. Eithe sex,yoang or old; capital not neoded,westar you. Everything' new. No special ability required; you, reador.ban do it as well as any one. Write to ns at once for full particulars which we mail free. Address Stinson & Oo Portland. Maine. Planing Mill —AND— DRY KILN! filHEsussoarBER HAVING:J-aq$T Wu. 1 FLar� and furnished his new 1?laajgt H4 with machinery of the latest'intpriatisill"" M now, prepared to attend to all line lathe host prompt and eatibf" 'Midst resaanableratds. He wdflld thanks to all who patrdnlaodthe 6fit they were burned put, and now bet.,ir tor petition to' etecute orders 'e feels odnfldestheean'give satistactt FACTORY --Near the Ora Railway, Clinton. THOHAS Ile ROBERT DO CLINTON, Manufacturer and Proprietor for the b Mill Dog in use. Agent for the r application of the A FrenaaPermit AI Bon AR CLEANER. STEAM ,FITTINGS fa and applied on short notice, Sellers. Engines, and all kid Machinery re aired enpeillt,I' and 1 n a aatlaraotory ,nen* Fares imptemonts manufactured sod re. paired. Steam and water pumps tarnished tiedut in position. Dry Kilns fitted tie application. - Chargia tledoate