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The Clinton New Era, 1891-07-03, Page 2Hardy Norseman. I•* x � ALr,, She threw herself down on the' sefa and buri*'her face in the cushions. ' 'Oh, what must he think of tyre`' what must, pe think of mei' aha 'sobbed, 'IIow 1 swish I had written to 1$m:.'at once .and saved. myself this dreadful seen+ How could. I have been s silly i To be afraid of ,writipg a few words in a letter! I wish we could have been friends still; it7 used to be so pleas- ant in Norway; be wee so unlike other people; be interested nae. And now it is all ever, and I shall never be able to meet him again. lljb,, I have massaged very badly. If I' had not been so imprudent ou d I4lutlkeggen he might ' have been my cavalier all his life, and 1 should have liked to show him over here to`people, 1 should liked to have anttiated ,him in everything.' " The °look on the mantelpiece attack five, She started ' up and ran across to one of the mirrors, lookirtg anxiously at her eyes. 'Ob, dells; oh, dear! what shall I do?' r ..she thought 'Algernon will be here directly, and I have made a perfect object of myself with cry- . fag.' . Then, as the door bell rang, -she caught up a couvrette, sank down on the sofa, and covered her- ,sHlf up picturesquely. 'There is nothing for it but a bad headache,' she said to herself. CHAPTER VI. Orville stairs Frithiof was way- laid by Mr Morgan; it was with a sort of surprise that he heard his yawn calm replies to the English- man's polite speeches, and regrets, and inquiries as to when he return- ed'to, Norway, for all the time his ;head was swimming, and it was astonishingthat he could frame a correct English phrase. The ,thought occurred to him that Mr Morgan would be glad enough to get rid of him and to put an end to so uncom fortable a visit; he could well im- agine the shrug of relief with which the Englishman would return to his fireside, with its aggressively grand fender and fire irons, and would say to himself, 'Well, poor devil, I am .glad _ be is gone! A most pro- voking business from first to last.' For to the Morgans the affair would probably end as soon as the door closed behind him, but for himself it would drag on and on indefinite- ly. He walked on mechanically past the great houses which, to his ;f . unaccustomed eyes, looked so pala- tial; every little trivial thing seem- ed to obtrude itself upon him; he noticed the wan, haggard looking crossil:§ sweeper, who • tried his best to find something, tc sweep on 4 . that dry, still day ellen even au- `' tutee ieav_esseQldonl fells_he noticed the pretty spire of the church, and "., ]'ear ',:the clock strike five, reflect- ,. g';that one brief half hour had enenough to change his whole .,tobring him from the highest int of hope and eager anticipa- tion to the lowest depth of wretch- edness. The endless succession of great, monotonous houses grew in- tolerable to him; he crossed the road and turned into Kensington Gar- dens, aware, as the first wild ex- citement died down in his heart, of a cold, desolate blankness the misery of which appalled him. What was the meaning of it all? How could it possibly be borne? Only by de- grees did it dawn upon his over- wrought brain that Blanche's faith- lessness had robbed him of much ,amore than her love. It had left 'm stripped and wounded on, the highway of life; it had taken from hie all belief in woman; it had made forever impossible for him his old creed of the joy of mere existence; it hail' killed his youth. Was •he now to get up, and crawl on, and drag through the rest of his life as best might be Why, what was life worth to him now? He had been a fool ever to believe in it; it was as she herself had once told him, he had believed that it was all sufficient merely because he had never known unhappiness -never known the agony that follows when for "The hrst time Nature says plain `No' To some 'Yes' in you, and walks over you In gorgeous sweeps of scorn." His heart was so utterly dead that he could not even think of his shome; neither his father nor Sigrid imp before him as he looked down that long,dreary vista of life that lay beyond. He could see only that Blanche was 116 longer his; that the Blanche be had loved and beleived in had never really exiated; that he :Y had been utterly deceived, cheated, defrauded; and that something had been taken from him which could /lever return. q will not live a day longer,' he said to himself; 'not an hour longer.' And in the relief of having some attainable thing to desire ardently, were it only death and anliihila• lien, he quickened his pace and felt a sort of renewal of energy and life within him, urging him on, bolding before him the one aim which he thought was worth pur- truing. • Ile would end it all quick- 1y, he would not linger on, weakly bemoaning his fate or tailing at life for having failed hire and dis- appointed his hopes; he would just ptit an end to everything without Children Cry for self about the right :ol wt'clt'g of the matter, such a notion never oeoui. red to him; he just walked blindly en, certain ,that some opportunity would present i self; buoyed up .by ab ltnleaaoning (sopa that death weuld bring hit* relief. - By this title he bald reacher' i yde Park,, and a vague ptemgry Came back to him; he remember ed that, as he drove. to Lancaster Gate that afternoon, he had crossed a bridge, There was water over there. It should be that way. And he walked on more rapidly than l'firat Cause, in, *hem attar 1! la - ab*, be believed, take any heed of taco each fis thaset. Iso would paper believe"' that. Only wgtnen or ahildrep eould'hold such; a creed; only those who led sheltered, in- nocent, ignorant lives. But a plan lean who had just learnt what the world really was,. who flaw that the weakest went to the wall, and might triumphed over righta man who had once believed in the beauty of life had been bitterly disillusion- ed' --could never believe in a God who ordered alLthings for good. It before, still with an almost dazzling was a chance, a mere unluokly 1 the trifiin 'little chance, yet the child's words had perception of tti. g details, the color of the dry, dusty made it impossible for hint to die road the green of the turf, the in peace. dresses of those who passed by him, the sound of their voices, the strange incongruity of their pe"fect- ly unconcerned, contented faces. He would get away from all this -- would wait till it was dusk, then he could steal down unnoticed to the water: Buoyed tip to Ms last hope of relief, he walked along the north shore of the Serpentine, passed the Receiving House of the `Royal Humane Society with an uncon- cerned thought that his lifeless body would probably' be takenthere, passed the boat house with a fer- vent hope that no one there would try a rescue, and at length, finding a seat under a tree close to the water's edge, sat down to wait for the darkness. It need not be for long, tor al Featly the sun was set- ting, and over towards the west he could see that behind the glowing orange and russet of ' the autumn trees was a background of crimson sky. The pretty little wooded island and the round green boat house on the shore stood out in strong relief; swans and ducks swam about contentedly; on the farther bank was a dark fringe of trees; -away to the left the three arches of a grey stone bridge. In the ev- ening light made a feir picture, but the beauty of it seemed only to harden hire, for it reminded him of past happiness; be turned with sore hearted relief to the nearer view of the Serpentine gleaming coldly as its waters washed the shore, and to the dull monotony of the path in front of him with its heaps of brown leaves. A bird sat singing in the beech tree above him; it also jarred on him just as much as the beauty of the sun- set, it seemed to urge him to leave the place where he was not needed; to take himself out of a world which was meant for beauty and brightness and success, a world which had no sympathy for failure or misery. ' He longed for the song to cease, and he longed for the sunset glory to fade, he was im- patient for the end; the mere wait- ing for that brief interval became to him almost intolerable; only the dread of 'being rescued held hien hack. Presently footsteps on the path made him look up; a shabbily dressegirl walked slowly by; she was abdbrbed in a newspaper story and did not notice him; neither did she notice her charge, a pale faced, dark eyed little girl of about six years old who followed her at some distance, chanting a pretty, monotonous, little tune as she dragged a toy cart along the gravel. Frithiof, with the preternatural powers of observation which seem- ed his that day, noticed in an in- stant every tiniest detail of the child's face and dress and bearing, the curious anatomy of the wooden horse, the heap of golden leaves in the little cart. As the child drew nearer, the . words of the song be- came perfectly audible to him. She sang very slowly, and in a sort of unconscious way, as if she Couldn't help it. "Comfort every sufferer, Watching late in pain She paused to put another handful of leaves into the eart, arranged them with great care, patted the wooden steed, arid -Ws -dined her song as if there had been no inter. ! u ption- "Those who plan some eyil, From their sin restrain." Frithiof felt as if a knife had been suddenly plunged into him; he tried to hear more, but the words died away; he could only follow the monotonous little tune in the clear voice, and the rattling of the toy cart on the pathway. And so the child passed on out of sight, and he saw he no more. He was alone again, and the twilight for which he had longed was fast closing in upon him; a sort of blue haze seemed gathering over the park; night was coming on. Whit was this horrible new strug- gle which was beginning within him? 'Evil,"'sin,' could he not at least do what he would with his own life? What was the harm in ending that which was hopelessly spoilt and ruined? Was not suicide a perfectly legitimate ending of life? A. voice within him answered his question plainly. 'To the man with a deceased brain -the man who doesn't know what be is about -it is no worse an end -than to die in bed of a fever. But to you --you are afraid of the suffering of life, you who know quite well what you are doing- to you it is sin.' Fight against it as he would, he could not stifle this new conscious - nue: which had arisen within him. Wliat• had' led him; he angrily wondered, to choose that particular place to wait in? What bad made that child walk past ? What bad induced her to sit g those par- Pi,tcaher's Ca -Coria. As a matter of fact the sunset sky and fading light had suggested to the little one's untroubled mind the familiar eveniug hymn with its graphic description of scenery, its beautiful word painting, its wide human sympath'ies;and that great mystery of life which hues us to- gether whether we know it or not gave to the child the power to counteract the influence of Blanched Morgan's faithlessness, and to ap- peal to one to whom the sigh;. of that game sunset had suggested only thoughts of despair. A wild confusion of memories seemed to rash through bis mind, and blended with them always, were the welcome words and the quiet little chant. He was back at home again talkiug with the old pastor who had prepared him for confirma• tiou; he was a mere boy once more, unhesitatingly accepting all that he was taught; he was atandiug up in the great crowded Bergen Church and declaring his belief in Christ, and his entire willingness to give up everything wrong; he was climb- ing a mountain with Blanche and arguing with her that life -more existence -was beautiful and desir- able. Looking back afterwards on the frightful struggle, it seemed to him that for ages he had tossed to and fro in that horrible hesitation. In reality --gall :must have been over. within a quarter of an hour. There rose before him the recollection of his father as he had last seen him standing on the deck of the steam- er, and he remembered the tone of his voice as he had said: 'I look to you, Frithiof, to oaf ry out the aims in which I myself have failed, `to live the life that I could wish to have livecl.', He sew once again the wistful look in his father's eyes, the ming• led love, pride, and anxiety with which she had turned to him, loath to let him go, and yet eager to speed him on his way. Should he now disappoint all his hopes? Should be deliberately and iu the full possession of all his faculties, take a step which must bring ter- rible suffering to his home people; And then he remembered for the first time that already trouble and vexation and loss had overtaken his father; he knew well how great- ly he would regret the connection with the English firm, and pictured to himself the familiar house in Kalvedalen with a new and un- familiar cloud upon it, till instead of the longing for death there came to him a nobler longing -a longing to go back and help, a longing to make up to his father for the loss and vexation and the slight which had been put upon him. He began to feel ashamed of the other wish, he began to realize that there was still something to be lived for, though indeed life looked to him as dim and uninviting as the twlight park with its wreaths of gray mist, and its unpeopled solitude. Yet still he would live; the other thought no longer allured him, his strength and manliness were re- turning; with bitter resolution he tore himself from the vision of Blanche which rose mockingly be- fore him, and getting up, made his way out of the park. Emerging once more into the busy world of traffic at .Hyde Park Corner, the perception of his forlorn desolateness, came to him with far more force than in the quiet path by the Serpentine. For the first time he felt keenly that he was in an unknown city, and there came over him a sick longing for Nor way, for dear old Bergen, for the famili- ar mountains, the familiar faces, the friendly greetings of passers by. For a few minutes he stood still, uncertain which road to take, won- dering how in the world he should get through the weary hours of his solitary evening. Close by him a young man stood talking to the occupants of a brougham which was drawn up by the pavement; he heard a word or two of their talk, dimly, almost uhconsciously. 'Is the result of the trial known yet?' 'Yee, five years' penal servitude and no more than he deserves.' 'The poor children! what will become of them?' -Shall you be home by ten?' we won't hinder you, then.' 'Quite by ten. Tell father that Sardoni is free for the night he wanted him; I met him just now. Good bye.' Then to the coachmen 'Home!' The word startled Frithiof back to the recollection of his own affairs; he had utterly lost his bearings and must ask for direction. He would accost this man who seemed a little less in a hurry than the rest of the world. 'Will von kindly tell me the way to the Arundel Hotel?' be asked. The young man turned at the sound of his voice, looked keenly mise, U ea lrf'600me. 'Haw are youlr yoube exclaimed. 'What a lucky chance that we should' have run aeroaa Gaol other in the dark like thiel Have you, been long in^ Englat►dl' Frithiof, at the first word of hearty greeting, looked up with startled .eyes,, and in .,the dim gas- light he claw the . honest English face and kindly eyes of Roy Beni - face. CHAPTER VII. 'I' wish yea could have &DD led i r ,; "o 00 ice '� :I..� , � `:_. EP Herbert Wbit f,' staid, Mrs T#onifsee r ya t 6° `i s ' , wiatf` it 'Heweeld hal made a t Hoe . Rola PO geed 111 batlrl ' • y . ,I _tees: Oahe al,7ht owday at,. 'I hope he will tosome one else. But that Wwf ld have be. u impossible {; Das. ELLIOT & GU NN. inotiter; quite, quite lraneaaible. 'Cecil, dearie, is there -is there L $ ti.p "Edih' P ere b@dinbur h, l� any one eller ° " ' 4o pee, mother,' Said Ceoil quiet- Uoernytiatoo ofthe. ga. ly, and the color in her olieeke did d d M Boniface felt not aspen, an Mrs °nt. ace e satisfied. Yet, nevertheless, at that very moment there flashed into Ce- ' eil'sttmind tate percePtien.of the real Meantime the brougham had reason which had made it impossible bowled swiftly away and its, two occupants, had settled themselves down comfortably as though they were preparing for a long drive. 'Are you warm enough, my child? Better let me fisve this for her to accept the offer of mar- riage that a week or two ago she had refused. Sbe aaw that Frith'. of Falck would always -be, to her a sort of standard by which to meas- nre the rest of mankind, and she window down, -and you put ,turn 'faced the thought quietly, •herr never bad been any question of love between there; be, would pr•(Lably marry the pretty Miss Morgan, and it was very unlikely that she should meet him again. 'The man whom I could accept up.'said Mrs Boniface, glancing with motherly anxiety at the felt face beside her. 'You spoil me, mother dear,' said Cecil. And indeed 1 do want you not to worry about pre. I rim quite strong, if vuu would only be- , ,must be that sort of a man, she 'leve it.' , thought to herself 'And there is something degrading in the idea of standing and waiting for the doubt- ful chance that such a .one may.some day appear. Surely we girls were not born into the world just to stand in rowa waiting �o get married?' 'And I am sure I don't knots' what I should do without you ifJ you did get married,' said Mrs Boni,ace, driving back the tears which had started to her eyes, 'so I don't know why I am so anxious that it should come about, except that I should like to see you happy.' 'And so I am happy, perfectly happy,' said Cecil, and as she spoke by the doctors that there was no i she suddently bent forward and 'Well, *ell, I hole you are,' said lits Boniface with a sigh. 'But anyway it's more than you ;ook, -child.' And the mother thought moist• fully of two graves in a distant I cemetery where Cecil's sisters lay; and ebe. remembered with a cruel pang that only a few days ago some friend had remarked to her, with the thoughtless frankness of a rapid talker, 'Cecil is looking so pretty just now, but ape's got the con - emotive look in her face, don't you think?' And these words lay rankling in the poor mother's heart, even though she' had been assured disease, no great delicacy even, no cause whatever for 'ailkiety. 'I am glad we have seen Dr Roy- ston,' said Cecil, 'because now we shall feel quite co❑sfortable, • and you won't be anxious any more, mother. It would be dreadful, I . think, to have .to be a sort of semi- i invalide all one's life, though I ' suppose coals people must enjoy it, since Dr Royston said that half the girls in London were invalided just for want of sensible work. 11 rather believe, mother, that is what has been the matter with me,' and she laughed. 'You, my dear!' said Mrs Boni- face; 'I am sure you are not at all , idle at hone. No one could say such a thing of you.' , - 'But I am always having to in• vent things to do to keep myself busy,' said Cecil. 'Mother, I have got a plan in my head now that would settle my work for five whole years, and I do so want you to say 'yes' to it.' 'It isn't that you -want to go in- to some sisterhood?' asked Mrs Bon- iface, her gentle gray eyes filling with tears. 'Oh, no, no,' said Cecil emphati- cally. 'Why, how could I ever go away from home and leave yon, darling, just as I am getting old enough to be of use to you? It is nothing of that kind, and the worst of it is that it would moan a good deal of expense to father, which seems hardly fair.' 'He won't grudge that,' said Mrs •Boniface. 'Your father would do auyt'lingto please you, dear. What is this plan? Let me hear about it.' 'Well, the other night when I was hearing all about those poor Grantleys opposite to us -how the mother had left her husband and children and gone off no one knows where, and then how the father had forged that check and would certainly be imprisoned, 1 began to wonder when sort of a chance the children had in the world. And no one seemed to know or to care what would become them, except father, and be said we mast try to get them into some asylum or school.' 'It isn't many asylums that would care to take them, 1 expect,' said Mrs Boniface. 'Poor Little things, there is a hard fight before them! But what was your plan?' 'Why, mother, it was iust to persuade father to lee them come to us for the five years. Of course it would be an expense to him, hut I would teach them, and help to take care of them; and, oh, it would be so nice to have children about the house! One can never -be dull where there are children.' '1 knew she was dull at home,' thought the mother to herself. 'It was too much of a change for her to come back from school, from so many educated people and young friends, to an ignorant old woman like me and a silent house. Not that the child would ever allow it.' 'But of course, darling,' said Cecil, 'I won't say a word more about it if you think it would trouble you or make the house too noisy,' 'There is plenty of room for them, poor little mites,' said Mrs Boniface. 'And the plan is jest like you,, dear. There is only one objection I have to it. 1 don't like your binding yourself to work for so many years --not just now while you are so young. - I should have liked you to marry, dear.' 'But I don't think that is likely,' said Cecil. 'And it does seem so stupid to let the time pass on and do nothing for years and years just because there is a chance that some man who you could accept may pro- pose to you. Tho chances are quite equal that it may not be so, and then you have wasted a great part Children Cry for ' Pitcher's Castoria. l kissed her mother. 'A girl would have to be very wicked not to be happy witb you and father and Roy to live with.' `I wish you were not cut off from so much,' said Mrs Boniface. 'You see, dear, if you were aluue in the world people wuuld take you up -- I- mean the style of people you would care to be friends with -L --but as -tong as there's the shop, and as long as you have a mother who can't talk well about recent books, and who is not always sure how to pronounce things--•' TO BE CONTISUSO. THE PROOF OF THE PUD- DING Have you humors, causing blotches'? Does your blood run think and sluggish? Are you drowsy, dull and languid? is a bad taste in your month, and Is your tongue all furred and coated? Is your sleep with bad dreams broken? Do you feel downhearted, dismal, Dreading something what you know not? 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Applications for memberehiprege'lve oy the Librarian in the room. , , • Clinton Post Office Tilos Table -!Nails are due for delivery and close for despatch at the Clinton Po,t Office as tollows:- e owes I nos Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Seaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme• - diate ofilcoy 7.00 a.m. 1.SOp,nt .,,Toronto Stratford, Sea - forth, _Toronto, and 8. east1.55 p.m, 8 a,nt Goderichl Holmeavillo and Grand Trunk west 1 p.m, 8.10 a. GodorLeh , 8.45 p.m. 2.40p.o Hamilton, Toronto, 4.15 p.m. 10.26 a,u London, L-, H, a B. south a.m. p.m, and intermediate offices 7.00 4.15 10,267.0 Blyth, Wingham, Hincar- dine,Lucknow, north find intermediate a.m. p m. a.m. p.m offices 0.30 6.15 8.10 5.00 British mails, Monday,Wed- neaday, Thursday 7.00 a.m, Bayfield, Varna, Herbison, ,.. 2.30 p.m. 12.45p.m. Summerhill, Tuesday and Friday, . .: 5.30 p.m, 5.30 p.at Money Orders issued and Deposits received f rom ono dollar upwards. _ Odibe iiours from -8 a.m, to 7 p.m, eavutge Hank and Money Order Office close at 0.30 p.m. TIIOMAS FAIR, Postmaster, Clinton, April 29, 1889. - rl G, D. MOTAOGART, B ANIiER, ALBERT ST, CLINTON. NeKillup Mutual Fire Insurance Company FARM & ISOLATED TOWN PROPERi2 ONLY INSURED OFFICERS. Thos. E. fle3M, President, Seaforth P. O.; W . J. Shannon, Secy-Treae.,Seat orth P. 0.; Jaw Hannah, Manager, Seaforth P. 0. DIRECTORS, Jae. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Donald Rosa Clinton: Gabriel linton; Geo. Watt, Harlock; Joeeph Evans, Elliott,heeohwood; J. Shea - non, Walton; Thos. Garbert, Clinton. AGENTS, Thos. Neatens, Harioek; Robt. McMillau,- Seaforth; S Oaruochan, Seaforth; John 0' Sullivan and Geo. Murdie, auditorr. Parties dosiroua to effect Insurances or raneact other business will be promptely . ttonded to ou application to any of the • bovo ofloors,addressed to their respecive those. A general Banking Business transacted NOTES DISCOUNTED Drafts issued, Interest allowed ou deposite. J. C. StEVEN SON, -THE LEADING - UNDERTAKER FARRAN & TISDALL BANKERS, CLINTON. ONT -AND- EALMER. Advances made to farmers on their own notes, at low rates of interest. .. A. general Banking Business transacted Interest allowed on deposite. Sale Notes bought J. P. TISDALL, Manager The Molsons Bank. A FULL LtNF, OF GOODS BP/ iii STOCK The bestEmbalming Fluid used Splendid IIearse. incorporated by Aot of Parliament, 1856. CAPITAL, - $2,000,00ff s REST FUND, - $1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. ALBERT ST.,CLINTON, Residence over store. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL J. II. R. M(ILSON . Pres. F, WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Geaeral Manager Notes descounted,Collections made,Drafts issued, Sterling and American ex- rkange bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest at 4 per cont allowed en deposits. FARMIDRI13. Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one ,.r more endorsers. - No mortgage re- quired as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, January 1887. Clinton RICHLY Rewarded are those who reeY this and thou sot ; ti,oy will fins honorable employment that will not take them from their homes and families. The profits are large and erre for every industri- ous person, many have made and are now making several hundred dollars a month, 1 is easy for any person to make $$ per dap and npwarde,who is willing to work. Eithe sex,young or old ; capital not needed,westar you. Everything new. No special ability required; you, reader.can do it as well as any, one. Write to us at once for full particulars which we mail free. Address Stinson ,t Go Portland, Maine. (JL 1JY't'o DR WORTHINGTON, - PHYSICIAN Surgeon, A000tt�1Cher, Licentiate of the College of Physicihiis, and Surgeons of Lower Canaria, and Provinola Licentiate and Coroner for the County of Huron. Of- ficeand residence, --'Mie building formerly oeopnied by MrThwalton, tlnroeStreet. Ol titon.11.1870, BENMILLEI,NURSERY FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE, NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, THE LATTER OF WnlOn WR MARE A SPECIALTY LARGE STOCK. ON HAND Planing Mill -AND- The above ornamental trees and shrubbery wr bo sold at very low prices, and those wantin anything in this connection will save mone purchasing here. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benmllier. .1 DRY RaILN! reillE SUBSCRIBER HAVING JUST COM. PLETED and furnished hie new Planing Mi with machinery of the latest improved pattern, is now prepared to attend to all order's In me'� lino in ths.noet prompt and satisfactory mother and at roan ,nabie rates. He would also return thanks to all who patronized the old ea Wars they were burned out, and now being in a bet- ter position to execute orders oxpediYowly fools confident ho can give satisfaction % all FACTORY -Near the Qrwnd 74tise Railway, Clinton. rGOMA8 Molt ENUS HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y' This Company is Loaning Money or Farm Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. MORTGAGES - PURCHASEI SAVINGS BANK-ANCH, S, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposits,aecording toamonitt and time left. OFFICE -Corner of Market Ngnareand North 8 dORAOE NORTON, GOderioh,Aneust 5th 1885 MANAaRS. ROBERT DOWNS, CLINTON, Manufacturer and Proprietor for the best Nu s Mill Dog In use. Agent for tho sale and application of the 34P,,135 PATENT AVTOMATI0 Rollata CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and applied on short notice. ;goiter.; , Engines. and all kiss Machinery repaired ex pedal and in n iatiafaetori' mane Entre implements manufaotnrod and ro• paired. Steam and water pumps farniahoe and put in position, Dry Hiles fitted tip application. Charges Medoate as u 'w: :-Tiattreat .i. .1„.44.44J1, ,