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ccnlrtcl adicllucmculsmusl be inlhe offlee aj1 a nion uonlivs olher- ietaeytiu be ln overul uie tollowlrc tes 7 terms- 8100 in admin volume ix no 11 the newspaper- 4 map of busy life its fluotuationu and it vast oonoerna 8150 if not no paid acton ont thursday sept 13 1888 whole no 428 10 si cvj iv no si 00 to co ioo 30 00 12 00 r no it p mtiore acton banking coy storey ohristie oo haxkkus j lelon ontnrlo x tifxekai basklxa ucsl- w traxsacteu monet loaned on appeovso notes notes discounted and interest allowed ou deposits just received at the arctic ice cream parlor and fruit depot jctontgnegrm tunwtui xiohvivi hcit 13 1881 ciiokk ixir or kjaor a iwriftlor tu1q da bcd p lrlociegnr i niq rnrcb rtii o seiijr a- nei esrwi ik sfrire r i alwre altfnuii ccatrrteujlcbiirit ix sew vobk 3usr3s oireotcrji i rr- h lowry m h m c p s i t gja ntni lunj mtia- office and rtsij-ac- at the heal f fri1- encis- ic new well paper now borders nw window shades new vases new toy coods all for the present trade peaches bartlett pears i new apples ripe tomatoes musfcmeions watermelons lemons 1 dates figs o c j a b 2attlews poetry farmers a i railway men l efanktt dkxtist rgc- j0hv liu0 grlultatl of ox- tii nriir couec tonovr 7etriirsaresj ac out osic m keaneyi sns ui ml si iirv- res idecee la tie rvir kvr- eiimiiird as to j scaaiaess sjid cerl licrcs eves ah cas nklit v r ji iircjiit altenl edtc terms cij tjfihek v s eorgetows e oau will is cou tun vslnt- lay iri will iu lilj all cills ivrtoinmi to hu rroftsji- ordetlefl at jlcgimcv i dra sfcre will receire pronip iltcatiuu term raxkrate tj fisher c h kiggs ld ctle trm of i hlvs j- itc6t tob ttc we te a crbtu hf ft eti the lr v caiiy cf evcy c 2lii ir the practice of hi rrcfe-s- ah rk xcatcd ill the ales arid t insrnvei l cf th jeatil an x charve fr c- aalthon fix up rour homes forextubition week and get tne goods to funusa your rooms at days bookstore day sells cheap nplekoid kewitock ix every lixe ee ocr patent dostproof gase bargains waltham movement write often to the old folks i writ ollcu ui l lie eld folkf sm mlor ms to w vcu rv oii ctilkv iluitiraujirvjdj ml u- i kuott johii oti rvlii m 1 dut whiuoc tr you do lioa don t utrvt lliki m at 1 cuie will lout to lnnt frum j u 1 sn will latittuilknofjoliui hut uiotlitr i list mruc aut uc vill jr oit7 if jou iut c3 miuatf lout l icaot her cj en iruum tjiarlii l1 k liooiu uldtti hir chtk it va fiuldotiiy vmu lir k iter cue r week vud father cjii vtlntt jti i if injliitiie fov vtout wntc luiii aljom wit trouljlet i r h- 1 itic ail ttrut oiarlttll jour lulutl irotlicr aud beu bact from ichool joa colc youll find a hearty welcome from the cherished oue at htun vnu oku lo tli- aid full tlur hiul k row iiic fctj nat ttrj- tuiuiy ijirvalu have they on ranli to iiy lh junmimr a ifi fa fir and uecr will jem nit the day you wttito tin old foili vio trill oi ttlturfrniii ui ucitr r tin i iniinw an i my tar iiii lo cow ulwntou i totc olfux lftja iliul twill thj thci o and i wnu- u lrtrr in my suus ditrfal rxi aud irtcr ma fcfaruw ma mother c ibn- in full licxju pj3 topy r h goodwttrtf irr r xuri c clorgetowx vctdx acozo ials s rdv klxl j arc iiitec r tx ladies gents oold and 8ilver gael pit ontario orn e i hon mc tarle watches b savage grelpii jhe oldest- dru6 store i in ouelph the majors choice poor leople there and he ha ukod the vomit ladies hereaboau to contribute twelve bhirtu one each dont yoa tee j ud they must be made by their own haudn so ridiculous said urn hedp hut old bachelora alwayi do have tlieir j quips and crank mid mrs lacy oom- placntly as nhe remembered a garment of i the late lamented lacys wardrube which j she promised heroeli to do up and pasx ou to the western paupers aa a pieee of genuine domestic manufactare well rirlu youll have to not your vorkboxes caid mrs hedge if it wm worsted work now aid ida or kensington fititch niched bertha kutfihirta who eer heard of alurta i said gertrude however we moat all tr- a rich old bachelor is worth a few piuched fingers eh firls but ermima bruce who had no liking for plain needlework looked with disgust i at the wamsutu inusliu the card of but- tons and the compact jpper patterns on the table i havent time for it raid she to her self if i practice that sonata for the j thursday evenings musical ill put it j out and the major will never know that i j didnt make it myself a shirt indeed i why hell be expecting us to scrub floors i and make soft soap next the brown house is very nice but i mean to be lady of it without any of this odious drudgery bo miss bruce who was tall with a superb complexion flashing black eyes and a figure like dianuas own rolled up the obnoxious materials and carried them to a little house around the corner where a pale doveeyed young woman no longer in her first youth af at her sewing agatha said sfdwi bruce curtly i wmt a ah irt made very nicely now aud ou ranst make it cheap do you j hear agatha fontania looked ap wistfully i but erminia said she i am yery 1 much hurried just now u you could wait a week very well said misa bruce with a tos of her imperial head then ill take my material elsewhere its alwajs the way with ou suffering poor ii one takea jouwork sou wont do it and then you come and tell us all sorts of stories about jour privation but mark m words practical hlllwuiirht p i aiir rtos if li rocicv a large stock of l illllwiiitrlit rmmdv electro plate justkecetved sirccprtj t i lj41 li bjokbixhru at gcorc saqrc guipl actoim bik of afikia is made j or wr periodicals d crery dacripu2 cirelnlly bouic rnlielc neatly ilzli prfuntlylane rrnl klteiet licensed auctioneer fcr u gjzl f wellnioii and llluu urir left it t c vc- tjice fu it u ri-ii- ict acj uu ik irrne it l i t trn rljtj saafr la loan aij lz y j i j it ctii- i it luiorsjlt- alt niw stylis qig- bargains in spectacles and ey0laet wm s smith the witch aci clock house of guelph in sns -i- t dee foe ilt lxc cz fr laj it iiir cucilt lime worki in tmali or iire quantities at n tne afrly si ie kiln utar toltons trill tr u crt hmjth miy lt lvl boi 1t2 acxo cuelph cloth hall i the ficir faiutnnt iwockij of iortnlle kts much eitrcimxi m mind hen major tnxtnti bkjufzht the great brown house aero- tii pirk- i year m and car out that house had stood acai summer sun had woen tlieir tlireadv of light through tlie closed i ajatha if jou refue to oblige me now ill blind winter tiown had piled their white i never employ you again drift against the thresheid miss fonuine sighed softly five ears some said tlie house was damp other j ago she and erminia bruce hadshaxed the that it was haunted jet others ihrewdly game room in madame de froulignacs surmised that it wis in litigation and i fashionable boarding school andwere in- couldnt diow a clcau title s separable friendj- but poor haxtnonfon bat nobodv knew anything for certain tame had failed in business and reckless and when major triilon bought it aud an drawn a razor across hia throat and here army of decorator raaus pauitcr and f was agatha toiling for her daily bread uo upholsterers took pcsesioii of it the in- i less than to support a delicate mother and tercst and coriomu of port wile was at tlie t a little brother who wa ading with spinal culminating point- i complaint and erminia had listened with a patronizing air to agathas humble that the major wa a bachelor ws er certain that he wai forty ears old if not older appeared an incontrovertible fact that he was immensely rich rather eccentric and decdedly in want of a wife everybody in town knew before ihe title deeds of the big house had been twenty fom hoar m the possesion of the new owner yes the majutiiadacrred snoih when facetioah challenged 01 the subject b jlr miles ki lean one ui- inot in- j timate frieiu 1 do want a wife you may chaff about it a mucli a ou please but it dont alter the fact but i want a request for work- i will see what i cau do for you she had said slipping the rich rings carelessly up and down her fingers bat amateur needlework is never quite up to the mark however if you will consider that in your charges i iv ill endeavur to work well and cheap ly said agathameekh and after shewas gone erminia laughed esultautl n a regular niroke of good luck for us mamma said she brokeudowu geutrj alwoyn work well and at quarter 8 jhikgles srvr ayi hi mw roa sale ti c ciiriiji i iii now in sock firet- clais pc ccj r aid ath liijal staves idi tcetl hciliuh- call and trraice tocl f wi nnure anrthin in llie hne th0s c 11o0ee acton pu tucsc ctuje nic are reqlested to call at ooce scd fcttl- tlieir accoanu otheririae the cart hl cillcct tliem fjehitarlrfarlis for sale rv from k m ttt ptr am bt- i d hehdbicks real eitate asont saailan dttonm tuetz fanr are mprored irith buildingr leacea fmit trees and bcmefi of all kinds fcood i7ttr llenzr ol timber land good roads acloo aj charcuec good inarkett oul5 mile fraai puiia4fcphia plcutyof hali 01 sr ln 1 jame i erj prodnctive land clinitiiiid and pleiiiut come- and or oarself aud be omrinced i am prepared with team and carriage to take riiors to see tiie farm free at charge j dhnibixa hocstondelawarc james matthews atfent for fire insurance cos life accident insurance tickets j8300o for 25c per day agent for tlie dominion bteamaliip co return tickets isned or tickets to bnujj out oar frienii tuctpea tsax auiost mtt iner ust money to ljiu dood joint ar endorsed jhort date note diacounted agent or tlie canadian loan a saiilign co toronto goretaek of d48 hortgaees discharsres chattle mortgages farm and house leases asteements 6c- clerk div court comrin queens bench 4c iaauer of marriage licenses- m formin amd mrlk our scotch tweed fall 8uitinc6 have now all arrived and ordeos for suits are respectfnlly solicited shaw c grundy meechast tailoks ouelph caution each plug op the myrtle navy is marked tfcb ik bbomzb lettxbs none other genuine hicinbotham8 cholera preventative never known to fail a sure cure forcliulera diarr- licca dysenterj grijnng pains in the stomach spasms etc every house should have a bottle on imtid prepared only by w g smith co best american and cauudian coal oil at lowest prices bring along youro gallon cans and have them filled before the price ad vaiiees the combination lias forced np the price but we have bought largely beforehand and will give our customers the beuefitr all kinds ot machine oil always on hand- w c smith a co dispensing chemists hlklnbothiidig block gnelpb no 12 wyndham 8t wife uot a bundle of giggle nnd frizzes j price and bans millinery and w when die turned coldly away ill introduce oa lo our first aung upou this occasion agatha made haste to ladies said mr ridoau cheerfully and detain her then you can pick mid choose for our- i leae the work erminia said she- self j it is true that i rni very much hurried major tniton as silent just at present but you have been very a regular old bachelor said hideau j kind to me and i would not wittingly dis- o himself hell never mam he wants perfection aud theres no girl living that can come up uj his gtaudard tlie ladies as a matter of course were much interested in tha bluff brown elderly major miss serena silver whose grand father had been a commodore and whose genealogical tree had more branches than a starfish picked out the last gray hair from her tresses and plumed herself for conquest f hell want a lady of undiaputabie birth and position she thought oblige ou it must be handmode said miss bruce unrolling her parcel and very neatly mind and i will pay you fifty cents fifty cent echoed poor agatha our usual charge is i dont care anything about your usnal charge said erminia impatiently if you cant do it for fifty centa yoa neednt do it at all and she rustled out of the room leaving a strong odor of bouquet de caroline alice wood the pretty dressmakers as- behind her i sistaut pinned an extra blush rose in tlie isnt it strange baid agatha to her- i front of her bonnet as she tripped to and j self in a sort of sotto voce fro t her work pot the windows of the brown house the old story of king cophetua and the beggar maid ia often repeating itself she thought and im not quite a beg- gar while all the beautios in portville bright- isnt what strange eaid a pleasant voice from the adjoining room where major trixton was sitting by hal fon taines sickbed this is the third shirt i have had brought me today to rake said agatha and all in a hurry i shall have to eit ened up their armor and prepared to enter j up till midnight every night to finish the lists r them major trixton went into society and indeed 1 said major trixton society was puzzled toinow what to make v one is from miss ida hedges aud one 0 lum from her sister bertha said agatha and now miss brnoe miss brace eh said the major cant she make her own shirts without bringingliein henf m i dont know said agatha she is the haughty young woman i buppos who was doatineerg dter yoa justsdowt tes asknowlcdged agatha not thit aha means to botettntitt- no no of course not said major trixton dryly only she treat ym u yosbelodged to faiftrlor tvx of toras twelve bhirts said gertrude may holding np her hands in dismay twelve shirts echoes mrs lacy who was a pretty widow on promotion but my dears said mrs hedge the mother of two dimpled velveteyed fcrnfc- ettes yoa mast be mistaken 1 were nob mamma said bertha he really did sayo momsey declar ed ida i ton see mrs hedge explained jir- minia brace he hm founded a hospital j or poorhoose or something out west indfj be wants a box made np to send to th lifted the pillows so as to alter the invalids position is that any easier my little man said he and now the doctor is here i will leave you for awhile indeed sir said poor mrs fontaine you are very kind kind he repeated brusquely nothing of the sort kind ought we uot all to be kind to each other and now goodevening he paused a minute howev er by agathas table so said he these are the shirtb and with a delicate pencil he drew a tiny cross in blue lead upon each one 4 these are what you call the ueck- bindings arent they said he that mark will do no harm see it is so small that no one would notice it but ourselves i on want to identify these articles if i should ever see them again- goodevening miss agatha mind you dout sit too close at your needle and the major took his brown face and sturdy tall figure out of the twilight room the shirts came to tlie western packing- box in due time major trixton eyed them critically my oid mother used to say said he that a wellmade shirt was the criterion of a womans ability to make a good wife these shirts are disaces to the portville girls all except three and each one of the three is marked with a tiny blue cross on tlie inside of the neck binding and major trixton chuckled as he pack ed the shirts into the big wooden box he met miss bruce on the favorite promenade au hour or so subsequently 6he smiled sweetly into his face i hope you were suited with the short major she said u it was beaut if ulh made he answer ed i can assure you she simpered that i worked most diligently upon it his dark eyes seemed for a minute to read her very soul involuntarily she blushed and turned her face away cau he know bhe thought that i sent it to miss fontaine to be made the elveteyed hedge twins were not far off they advanced to meet him with cherry- cheek and plumed hate to match oh major trixton said the did j oa get the shirts and did you find out that we dipnt make em at all mamma would be horrified if she knew that we told you but we couldnt get the gussets and gores right and we pricked our fingers and lost our tempers and and so vousent them to miss fon- miae eh v tsightngi v qaeftiooed the major how did joa know said ida with wideopen e es bat dont tell mamma added bertha j oh i know a good many things said the major smiling- and i assure you that our secret is quite safe with me agatha fontaine was walking absently along with her face bent downward and her eyes fixed on the ground she scarcely saw the major until he paused in front of her then her cheek kindled into sudden fire major trixton she cried the ery one i wanted to see i can i be of any service miss fon taine the doctors bill ahe said coloring it is so ranch more than we expected and and if you would lend us a httle major trixton i bhould be so rlad to re- pay it in sewing i will lend you the money miss fon taine he said but as for sewing your housekeeper may find something for me to do said she wistfully he tamed let me walk along by your side said he let me tell you miss fontaine how closely ihave studied your character since first rideau took me- to your sick brothers bedside let me confess to you how dearly i have learned to love yon how truly to respect your noble nature i km a rough brusque old fellow i know but i believe i coold make yoa hspy if yoa would bat allow me to hope for your love bat me cried she breathlessly i who am bat a poor sewinggirl i i love yoa he said simply i coold do no more than that if you were a crown ed queen so he married her and the once poverty- stricken family live in the brown house opposite the park where the hothouse flowers scent the rooms and birds sing to amuse the crippled hoy while every lux ury smooths his earlysaddened path and miss erminia brace never knew that her deceit about the special unit of the twelve shirts which had fallen to her lot was the straw which turned the cur rent of major trixtons fancy he liked and admired her before he could never do so again and agatha fontaine was so good and innooent nd true and above all things a wifes nature moat be true at least so reasoned oar major ond he was no mean judge of hu man nature the eyes of men cover as much as their tongues with the advantage thai the oculat dialect needs no dictionary but u under j sodau the world over i tlie only negative that we acoept with anything like good grace in ths world is ftrt photographers and even tijttn we da- mand proofs thxbackuctjwalt with many 4 curre the trunk i pitch with many a about and sally at station iialn crossing switch on mountain grads or vailet i heats i push i sling i tots with vigorous audsavor and men may smlls and men grow crow bat i sling mar trunk forever i ever erer i bust the trunk forever i grumble over travelling bags ard monstrous sample eases but i can smash tha tnakrs brags lake plaster paris vases they holler holler as i go but tbey cant stop ma never for uwr will lean just what i kno-w- a trunk wont last forever kver evcrl a trunk- wont jut forever i tug i rk i pant i sweat i toss the light valise and whats too big to throw tra bet 111 fire around inioeft they murmur murmur everyirbcr but i will bed tbatn never i though woman ween and ttxong mi wear- hl jig their trunks forever kver ever ill bust their trunk 1 forever a small locomotive an ingenious mechanic of jamestown chautauqua county has completed a per feet locomotive said to be the- smallest in the world being only eight and onehalf inches long the pump throws a drop of water per stroke the engine weighs one and a half pounds and the tender two pounds and onehalf ounce 385 screws were required to put the parts together and the mechanic was at work on it at intervals for eight years for getting and fdrgiving beg pardon said a but could you pay that 5 yoa borrowed of me last month what exclaimed b havnt i paid that yet dear dear 1 im always forgetting such things yes replied a you are always for getting bat seldom if ever for paying i may have been for giving heretofore but i cani forgive a man more than sixteen times for the same offence a one sided view a scotch farmer was greatly exercised regarding the safety of hb hay crop the weather though often threatening favored his efforts till he succeeded in getting it safely gathered in he being in tins respect more fortunate than several of hia neigh bors after seeing the last wisp of straw tied round his stacks he exclaimed with a selfsatisfied air koo sin i hae gotten my hay a safely in i thinkthe world woald be greatly the better 0 a gnid shower theyd fix him it was a young tailor who said referring to a rival for the affections of a young lady that he thought that he knew enough to be able to cut him out somervihe journal and the photographer aaid he knew enough to ait him out baltimore every satorda and the dentist thought he could draw him ont baton and the undertaker was certain he could lay turn out baltimore e very saturday and the editor knows of several that could bore him out grit and the baker was certain he could roll him out clearfield citizen and weve no doubt the shoemaker could boot him out- nails tlie origin t of the terms sixpenny ten penny etc as applied to nails though not commonly known is involved in nomystery whatevef kails have been made a certain number of pounds to the thousand for many years and are still reckoned in that way in england a ten- penny being 1000 to ten pounds a twenty- penny weighing twenty pounds to the 1000 and having just half the number of nails to the ten pounds of the tenpenny and in ordering the buyer calls for the three pound six pound or tenpound variety etc until by the englishmans abbrevia tion of pun for pound the abbrevia tion has been made to stand for pennv instead of pound as originally intended putting the cup to the neighbors lips where isall the religion teachings of the bible rthe christianity that allows professing christians to see drunkenuess going on unmolested by law where are the millions of christian voters who annually vote for congressmen and legislators that cast never a vote o prohibit the corse of drnnkness if all the christiana and aobex men who annually vote for poutdcal pruiciplee would also vote for temperance and against liquor traffic we should see drunkenness as rare as arson and stealing we should soon tee intemperance as much an outcast by public opinion as gambling and robbery now are soon the sale of liquor would be as effect ually prohibited as are lottery tickets what say yoa christian voters anvil the care of a watch few persons who wear a watch know how to take care of it it is a most delicate piece of machinery and yet more is ex pected of it without care and attention than of a steam engine or ony other piece of machinery we oil the engine or sewing machine or whatever it may b keep it free and clean from dirt and exposure but our watches are frequently let run as long as they will keep ticking and then when they suddenly cease to beat we wonder why they have stopped coold an engine or sewing machine be ran five six or even eight years without oil or cleaning or at tention certainly not a watch should be cleaned and oiled not leas frequently than onoe in two yevrs once a yearis not too often if this is done it will last a life time and if a good article may be handed down to several generations neglected it will jwear out and become worthless in a fevryeara 1 the women who do lawiy- work dont fancywork i h jroahear a uu my that ttw toj little gambling gomjt on prwmt jo can tatdy 4ah tot lis nownip fcttar j vi