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~ 'an~~:~~.n~~1!~~~m~na lEl er CUR~ FOR COLD PEET East i hu1·sday ltlol'nu1g b~ the Prop etor WM. R. CLIMIE at the 01' l'iCE-Post omce Bluck KING SIRE]l;l IJOWMANVILLE ONT WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE MERCHANT" ,VOL. XXIII. BO~TMANVILLE, --· ---- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, [868. -- - NO. 28. ~ - ~410_ _ ---~ GREAT BANKRUPT SALE --01-- '-----1l "'" on t other side fift) yard· lower wn on a bit of a shelf of earth tlrnt pt crumbling away as the water washed was J ea] kneelmg de· n with her ung l n and as I looked sonrnthrng med to give ffi) heart a J g J mt me coo 1 lad pulled a strmg 'Well hes abo it gone I saJ s a 1d "u _ _ .--~~~ Y . cant hold but bout three mm tes soon os they got by I sworea big oath l i n the5 II drown together and she can as Hez should I ever havo her and I take old Hez 1110 last baby to nuss cuss pl igged up my six sb.ooter give my bo vie en1 f Im l!'.afs eno 1gl1 Whats 1t got to a wl ett1ng and lay in wait for hun coming do with me 'l I shan t move back I took out my cake of bacca a1 d whit 1t wa.s · mce time that as I sot tled off a bit sl10ved 1t m my cheek shnt seen g in fancy him kissing 11t::t my knife with a chck and sot there httle face and she hang ng on lum em-father and mothei and wu.s most mad afore I was ten bairn \\orse now and when I h crd Bez You ve been happy you have nm I stood them o 1 a shelf <f rock says out loud not as they co Id J ear \\here the track catne alon,., mea1 ing to for the noise of the :waters put half a dozen rJugs m hrm and then be sorry fc r other people Drown pitch ]um o·er rnto the gulch nut 1 \\as J er stock a.nd lock and barrel that mad ti at when he earn· cheery and smgmg I forgot all about my sbootrng as I sot and chawed tcllrna iron and went at lum like a bear hugging myself a chap "ould be mad to try and and wrestlrng lum till we fell togethe1 save his fricnds out of such a flood let close to tl e edge of tho gulch and I I ad alone his enemies darn n1e i~ Jea.1 d1dn t OLJ.l;> to gt~e lum a sl ve and do-\ n put that little sq taller s hands together a 0 oile kelch 01 the har<l rocKs n1netj feet and hold them up aa 1f she was n1a.1n 1 below tt say its prayers- a born fool - wl e~ NQw Hez I sivs sto, t hke so as I that thar strmg scorned to be pulled rn couldn t help lrkmg U e grit he showed - aide ine hke agu1 my heart and J. Thats right he savs i itch me over couldn t help tt I Jumped ip and thon go and tell ht tie J ea! "hat " Say Dab I says to my·elf ' don t you ve done She II be fine and proud of be a fool Yon hate that lot hke pornon you then Abamdab Scales Don t you go ancl dro\\ n your He said that as I got him hanging over the rocks and he looked me full m the I 1vas bout mnd } ou know and couldn t face fu ll of grit though e was helpless do as I liked for if I d1dn t begm to np a· a child but I d Int see his face then off my th1ngs wet and ha.ttg1ng to me for wl at l ,een \ms the face of Jeal "'l l Cuss me how they did stick an l pa·h10net I I e ask r g "hat I had cle·ro I half on em off and then like a done v1th h er lover a1 d ruy heaitswelled 111ad fool I made a run and a JUHlp and so that I ga ea sobhkethatof a woman as was fight ng h trd with the water to get I swung }lez round n to a~fety and tak .1.cross to Hez s wife and clnld tng lus place bl o Sh@ve u e over I It was a bit of n fight Down I vent saJ s and put 1ue out of n1y n11sery a nd np I \Vent and the water twisted me Poor old Hez l hated him hkc poison ltke a loaf bi t I got out of the roar and but hA wasn t that sort Stead of sending thu nder on the bit of shelf where Jea knelt wl en If the s n, thmg d1dn t begrn to hold up to me her child I pa poor darhng said dumbly Sa-ve 1t oh sa,ve it In tie midst <f that rush and roar saw that poor g.l 1<h1te horrif eJ with hei ;} aller ha r ch g1ng around J er all lll;) old lovo f r l er comes bacl a 1d l s vore a big oath Id save h er for my self or die o-oo n u s NEW STORE I But he brol e out a.gam ·w th a lions roa.r And we on two legs he on four Ran o t of the parlor and t p the sta r And f1 gl tened mamma and the baby NEW GOODST L· CORNIH p en ses -..v] e1e he has opened out a large stock of the be.-,t goods to be found 1n the coun try consuit1ng of H AS REMOVED INTO HIS NEW Ellison & Co. (Successors te the late F Y CowLE Esq ) "AICHES CLOCKS CHAJNS, JEWELLERY, FORKS SPOONS, ELECTRO PLATED WARE &o,&c,&c All of which are ne\v clean and w ll be sold at lo vest pr ces More goods to arr1ve Beg 1espectfully to announce that they have 1ece1ved the large Bankrupt Stock of Thos Patton & B10B and ha\ e now on hand a "\ ery Jai ge amotmt of T n we chased hin1 o it of the nursery door Lhen the Iron loughed and forgot to ro!ll I First Class Dry Goods, Ready-made Clothing, Boots & Shoes, &c., which mu~t l 1ll we tnm bled off and l e ca t.ered on Nuver stopping to see ifhrn load was gone · D. E. Mcilhllan Call and see our stock and learn pr JtUrcJ as ng elsewJ e e aarNo tiouble to sbov· goods Bov-;n1n.ni;1l10 Sept 27 1876 Cf'.S befo:r A TTORNEY AT L!..V1 SOIICITOR in Chancer~ Con-.;eti~\i\e&fSrLE O~'I THE DOMINION BANK, BO WM ANVIL LE be cleared out at exceedrngly low pnces. DENTISTRY. fa In the overstocked depa1tments "'pecial reduction will be THE FLOODED GULCH CAPITAL, PAID UP, $1 000 000 mape and several Tcb Lmes "111 be offered cheap t) countr} traders Not mtendmg to cultivate the Brrnt a11d Shoe trade, the HEAD OFFICE TOROJ\iIO stock on hand will be sold extia cheap BRANOHES N B -F.1To1ybocly knows that Bankrupt Stocks bougl1t at an ORILLI.A. OsHA" A, Conoune, I BowM:AN'\ ILL E WHIT.BY UxBRil GE in mcnse sacr fice ca1 afford to be sold very low the people of Bo :v1na1 v Ile ru d v1ctn1ty should lend their ca s to tl at fact a 1 take a 1 nntngc of tl e a e baiga1ns now offered ELLISON & CO BRADBURY PIANOS LEAD T I--3: F --0-- WORLD. RECElV:ED SEVEN PREl\UUJ\'IS md GOLD l\'1 EDALS IN FOUR WEEKS -- o - J A CODD Aoent ~ ff :FR lo 000 NOW IN USE _m --o -- l al'd of Tllank.s 'VITH fF.ErII BEAUTIFUI GOLD FILLINGS. A1·tific1al 'I'eeth INSERTED AT A MODERATE FEE reetl Extracted Without Pam J M BltIMACOMBE L D S ) I I warn t ne'er meant for no sa.1loi I 'varn t but I came of a grt::at nation and \\hen" chap out our way says he lI do a tlung he does 1t I said I d go to sea and T went aIHl thar you are I s>ld Id drop huntmg and take to m n ng ar d thar [ was tl at s how it ca1n0 about You see ;ve ;va,a rather ruugh o lt our Wa). y..} ere Hez Lane and me went v. th our bit of tent and pwkers sh~otrng irons and scch h ke meaning to make a pile of irold We vent to '\ ashoc and dtdn t get on then we went t() Fort T aram1e and didn t get on there Last we went right up int> the 1nounta1n p1clnng onr me over now he had Lrhc ch;:i.nce he says Dab old 1n an g ve it a llam e and let way amongst the stones for rr ez ses ts go and have a drink on thrn ¥le cant Look here old hoss all fiud the big nuggets old boRs al d if I m m It ck don t be l ard on } o r mate '.[hen he held o it l s list but I could nt tr\ke 1t b t turr 1ng off I ran hard down among the rocks till 1 dropped bi used and bleedmg and didn t go back to my th at night I got wildet arter th tt Hez and J ea] weie spliced up and I '111 is kept a vay afor1:1 and 1t \Vas so q Het as 1t n1ade you quite \iVhen I w""nted an ounce or two of gold I worked and when I d got it I 1 oed t o drmk-drmk beca se I "anted to drown all recollect10ns of the I ast Hez t sei t@ come toJ ne b lt = -THE- st . .John D.Hutclleso11. OARRISTER ATTORNEY SOLICI · ))rQR and Notury Public OliFICE - FirstdooreastofPost Office upsta rs MAGNETICON (Regi.~t ereQ. rrarle J\faik) ---o--- Wetton & Co Robert &r1nour, Issuer of :Marr f.ge L cecnses Ba.rrJster an~ Attar ey o.t I a'\"i an l So1 <ntor Cha.rceK:r Money loaned on Real Estate Office on mg OJ oot no vmanVJllC , c; thnr s yeller gold r nnn g in and yello" 1' aller Gu lei I and " I I a<tor~ A CALIFORNIA nan t ed one "lld of a rope around h s wa st a1 d lassoed n, cow with the otl er He thought h· J ad the co" b t at the end of lhc first J alf mile he began to s 1'pect tnat the cow had h1n1 ENGLISH PATEN I R, J)EGIS rR'i.R WEST DURHAM MAGNETIC BELTS, --Jnr. Jllcut, THIS MF.TITOD IHANK T AK.I!: ING n1y nu1n cro uBto ncrs fo t he J bor al onage oxt wdc 1 Lo me since J oF .... .... 0 o" pat1 cc 00 z trj ~ ~ Ct z 2: " "".! ..,. CT> " "' .. <' '1ys He. ~ Chest Protectors, LUNG INVIGORATORS, I-IAVE REMOVED BOOTS & BH OER --Oil'-- Spine Bands, Cork Soles, &c - l O}l. !!!HE- ""' ~ p: 0 0 · j'. t=J i:tl l'lj ,._ Cl 'J1 p::rO w z... ;.-: t=J,.... 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Money to ON :EARM PROPER'IY Lt \Vas Jutting n1e 111 the ing me in the fro t w ti trunks of tr~e.:i S\'i ept down from the mount111ns for son1e th1ng had bust a lal e son1ethiug high up-and m about a ' nk tie whole sottle ment of Yaller Gulch wos s\\ ept away It warn t no use to gru1nbl0 and we ' Wall I says gettmg I old of kept what we thought to ourselves work brnnch and drawtng n1yself out sonie iug away and n akmf( our ounces ns best we could One day I proposed we should go up higher m the monntam but Hez said he d be darned 1f he d move and Ut->x.t day if he had :ranted rue to go I shot Id ha.e told b1m Id be darned if I d move and all at once frotn be1 f!. red hot chu1n8"'. as \\ ou]d hn~ e done ar:, thing for uJ e anotl er he and me get to be mortal enemies l.nd i.f there warn t a long lean ugly yalJer looku g chap lookml( down at us as he stood holdmg a mule by the brrdle \Vhy :lfore a week was over so far fron1 us keeping it snug I reckon there was fifty people rn Yaller Gnlch washing away and makmg then piles Afore another woek was over some one had set up a stoie and next day there y.; as a gambhng sal oi l\.eep tt to oursches Vi by stranger I ieckon u there \\'as one speck of gold anywhere w1thm five hundred n111es onr cha1 s cl snuff it out hke vult 1res and be down upon it v;he el e s prcpa e i to sell IWUR and IEED lUC l ;i]l lu1ul~ of n.01f11 GR '-L"'i \:MEltIC '.\.N CORN by the c...·u loacl at BOf lOM PRICES custouu Departnu nt Or.rA\V A lso parhculai: a.ttent o to October2 187~ COAL AND WOOD. A cellt UrHORIZED DISCOUNT on Amer ican Invu ces 1 nt11 ft r~hcr notice 3 per r JOHNSON C:JIDID ss1oner of Cust01ns FRUIT TREES. 1 an piepa ed to f n ~h a.11 k1ncls o! F.2X HI BIT ION - O'F- Now look here stranR:et chd you ever keep cl 1ckens 1 P raps not but if Jon evor do JUSt notice this Y( u 'e got a dozen young cocks pecli ing about as happy as can be-smart an hvelJ innocer t as ch1ckens el ould bo No\\ JUBt you drop a pretty young p Ile m an ong them an see if tPero won t b~ aro~ \\ l y aforn mg ht there 11 be combs bleed mg eyes kr ocked o it feathers tore antl ragged- a reg 1lar pepper box and bowie set to all ca ise of that httle smooth brown p1 llet that looks so qmet and gentle as if wond ering who ruaclc the ro :i.: l\i ow thats what wos the mattei 1 lh u, for wl o sl ould come mt1 the Gulch one day but an old storekeep ng sort off !lo , vith as pretty a daughter as e'er stepped nnU fron that moment it '"as all be He d got a way with him j ou sec as l hadn t and they alwavs made hnn wolknn at that thar store when How do you do ! and to me I don t ~now what love i~ but if Jack Burns had told me Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Fl OWERS AND SHRUBS C:E-TEAP for CABI --3: small scholars were in class nea,t the stove No act10n has been taken rn the trrntter, - Bowmn.11v11le sc-pt 6th A gll6t 14 18 as yet