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ROE! 3375i )3; A: K {5}.” ‘, (mtn hdgtjlln 8.: [Robinsond Bard-fun. \1-..!.', At‘uz'nvyc, Solicifors, Convey-an: 5.2. :cc. ()z'u'lcrâ€"~Pro‘.'incial As- sunmcc liaiLIingr, (“.mri-st., Toronto. J. G. Rol:l.‘..u‘., M. A. H. A. B. KENT. “’qule «.1: month, "JI' J. XEEL .~ :: , Onc ( a Ill 7.3!, i PK.\CTI(.\L A::<'mrncr, BUILDER A!!! Cox- 'rmc‘mn. Plum n-ul "pascifications made on the shorh-xt nnthe. Euimatos given for all kind- of \ wk. 0“ reasonable terms. Heat- ing 11ml \{zzizlntims of Churches and School “ma-c.» a -mslulty. King ftrcet, \Vood- ville. 37 [It .IAUSuJ (11c:l (at .qu1 7:31 “iVihiuu Courts County Victorim til-{k ' ‘m‘x nubip of Eldon. Sec- retary Llalou B. A. Nocietv. Agent P. B. S. Conuvmy. Cum‘c-yaucer, Cmnxuissnoner in Que-(0:1- 1'2 "‘ AHA)! H‘ a“; ":ti’ .' lnnp- ctor m‘ ‘1' 2' of Victu‘ ' Anni Office m King Street, or orders can be It is at ’l‘zm ADVOCATE Office. W. A. SIL'VBRWOOD, Eutimn' r“ fnvui 1m]. and contracts taken for any 0: . Â¥ nf Hu- nlmvc Work. Materials (ur- nished if ru'quiwd. bu L1": poniiuu m uvntL bvrn . ‘iIL'MJ thiuch-c .:.:'.‘. I“ and. ‘lte pu'uic ,1 plivd vii!) flu.- 1. ,u Cigaa .9. Good SL- a] Agent. Debt: aw HUDSPI'JI-I 0» 4t T. 2” 1") ii} .1. HAL WARD 8: BROS. (”'{fln‘}. 'UV. 1 @ilt’afio '~/~..\.~vw WM A;1L..:uw000, J. P. G DONG E “’1 E. ? IS M ILLA R train '. m’ c 11113 public. The subscribers have now got thcir Factory fitted up in first-clams style mu‘ are pupal-0d to furnish anything that may be c-ntrr. .ml to them in the slmpo of PLAWIMG MILL AND Sash and Door Factory FirH-c'.“ H :nu'0,.I:-u)'_l€l‘ ion and attentive rc.\';,nt.-, H up 9:01! rum)“ ‘1' with tho choic- r: » liq-ms. ‘1‘ 1 vi; was. ’Bus to and from all grain ‘ 5“." cvcry cmrwnicuce for the travel- NORTH ERR HOTEL, \Voodville, Bl'll‘I-i A? i 1:; 2c ‘. .\I M 0N, P1 oprictor. _ This Hon 0 .3 .i’u: te is “he ccm'z'e of the SASIâ€"I.DOORS. AND BLINDS mems. .ufg'gnmu, MQULDIxu, J“ I’M) I vm-ur ; yn'cs Immediate l‘cllcl ; cure; in 4 in l'.‘ weeks. Endorsed hy high medical nulhm i! v. The most val nhlo smr- gicnl inwut'un'ur 11w cwhu‘y. The suurut nf euro. it. this {‘ruw holds rupture during hardest UEXN‘t'isas. and can he warn night and day with gr: :11, «'umfurt. Very Chimp. Sunsc:mlvm.x~ ()an One Dollarayear, A 1m EVERY THURSMV MORNING- i) \' 1 a; }Ie"‘;"e:‘:son 8'5 Cave. GDIITf-IAITI‘IIIG MID BUILDING A 59150! AL'I‘Y. chfx' hnsie Bras. "V ‘H'?’ Q""l1 Dwi- “d ‘bu‘fla’ PLAS. ’l'ln'la’lillS A A ’D MASON‘S a-c. SUM)! I. h -\ \\ INN c «m short notice mu] qt imumn prices. Alno shin flu; and lumber for sale 01):: .p [DON ”MT: [1 '1‘. 141m ALI) [(5.10 .S'fJ'I'i'.’. ‘WOmIville. E ,A: cm: ; Hm, Dmtissts, u. may, - on": mm; KM". by m .Il. I‘Igan'a lawman. Sumv PM) i'vww; grin-s immediate relief; a in 4: in l'.‘ “ct-ks. Llulursml luy hi 7h ical nulhm h v. 1110 most \al nhlo smr - Sn-ictlv 13. liii’l‘lSlNi'w- changed ‘1" \‘ercm-uum: V PW); COUNTY AUCTKONEEB. u I» ~ -. Y, - oxn mo. I ah“. : r i‘l‘ :m at. Hamilton's :eI' "ltml, on the SE‘ ‘OND MON- . .I ;.n.;t.'.. Ha vill a‘so visit I I I; L‘w .‘Ucmnl TUESDAY of cad: x J} in; ..L \hl’ IIcrson' a Hotel. 58 11513955 QB y 51:21.10 0 mlcfi. Z? 077’}! HZUJ. \V'OOD V1 LIJE fisi 2’1 us 'l'Ulu‘Jh‘lllD BARRON, :5. $36., 810. ;-':---â€"Kent_ St, Lindsay. ‘ {4011}; A. BARRON. can-fall); attend (I to. 130A N. Hamilton, (mt. la.) Iv Advertisements an iv. I‘v; 'l‘razusicut Ad- , w hull m'demd. ; ;-ml .-Ie.tsuresCounty . :51, L;- at nml Genera'l l‘mltr; LUlli‘CtCIl. l i J. L. NBEIASDS, I..D.S. ’11: \r'u 1", ad 1310411; ‘. u flh cm. .-r.ll;j. The he Vhi j", audit.) Ix- ud Lthuui Md, (ml is .u fo‘ cm. :: dbl mnn 2.11;. The 51'. i1 41m- brsz u? Liq :or." and . .r..'1d:.t»-:utia'e H04. 101. Ql‘“ ti r; -' :2 Ct”. “'00:! Ville, mu. ’\ » \/\A\4'\- “w“ Proprietor -T.AII§LOR, All orders, by mail or otherwise, for Land Surveying, Leveling, c.,will n-ccive prompt attention. 97~tf JOHN Mc’I‘AOGART, Kirkfield, Commissioner in B. 8., Cmveyancer. Afimfiscr for the Canada Permanent Loan bavings Company. MUNflY T0 LOAN .11; a. low rate of interest and on easy terms _of payment to suit lun-wwurs. Agent {or the LANUASHIRB FIRE LIFE INSURANCE Cu. Capital, 3w,- {)UUJWU. 'l'hc STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE CO. Authorized capital, $3,0WJKJ‘J. 65‘ All work warranted and satisfaction gt; :u‘auteed .- The ISOLJCI'ED RISK FARME {’8 Fl RE INSU‘RANUE ()0. Capital, $600,000 The ONTARIO MUTUAL FIRE IN- SURANCE 00., at London, Unt. GENERAL BLACKSMITH. HORSESHOEING And REPAIRILG of all kinds, carefully and promptly attended to. CARRIAG ES and W .-\G GUN S on hand and made to order. Dominion Land SUI‘Vo‘ynr, and Valuator. Ht’tawa. Agricultural INSURANCE Co.' C API'I‘AT . - $1, 000, 000 COVERS MEMT DEPOSIT, $00, 000 CASH Agent for the wk: of the celebrated '\'II.S()N A. uud LOCKMAN SEWING 1.1}. U“ IN ES. J. MATHIESON, 1L ply LIV]: I‘Y PI IUS at $1.3, time and on the hortcst notice. Special attention gixcn to Cummclcial T11‘\'(3"-'J)§.Chzl|é‘88 11h. \3 1m)! (mate. TERMS. CASH. Seth bias In con :cction wifh the Eldon HouL-e. Y NSL'PE s 1‘ arm I’mpc rty, Isolated Dwell- E ings. Churches, I'MaOll we: .ichool Houses and all flasks of this cl as. EYRY El)“'ARl)S in prepared to sup- Ilflply [AVERY RIUS at mu; time and ORDERS Promptly Attended to and :1 Sure Flt. Guaranteed. and PSI don - Agent London and (,fmmdinuiomt 15‘ Ag. Uompagx, I'- I__ “‘ ‘ OIVL‘Y Tl) L03}? on FARM PRO- 1‘” v Pl-ZR’I‘Y, for a term of yarn-.1, at n rea- sunable rate of interest. Cfi‘ Mortgages and Municipal Delmntures bought. Apply to l\n'\r .....-‘..-“ 10y ONE-OI" THE BEST MILLERS IN ‘1”) COUNTRY. To our customers We Guarantee Quantity and Quality! ‘V E have recently put in new mill stones, new cleaning machin :l‘). and other \nluahlo improvement». mu] have 111 nm em- And respectfully request aeoutimmncc of their pntmnage. Flnur and Feed delivered to all parts of .the village free of charge. VOCA'I'E. 8! PER YEAR. OFFIt'IZâ€"â€"At Hamilton Home, Benvcrton 5l~ LAND and General Agent. Auctioneer for the Township: of Mariposa I [III RUIIWSIUBI". FOR. “THE AI) ELDON MILLS. VOL. III. G. CAVANA. P. Money to Loan; 27m. Cam; bell, HENRY EDWARD JR. \VOODVILLE W OODVIL .. ‘13. MERCHANT DUN. ufg'iuymfifii, TH E WOODVILLE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1879; \VHI'I‘E , BRO. Ag?» 15, “'o} (lvilla Whopvuu, ONT ', Draughtsman E ADVOCATE. gency I Bill hml gut quite a rhest full of old voy- ages anal travels, and he could tell you any- l thing about the Dons, who used to cmne lout to the golden Americas to 10nd their swipe with bars and ounces, and then go back home. Time, old Time, with the fox-clock grey, While the year in its dotage doth pass away, Come. sit b my hearth, ere the embers fail, And hang t e scythe on you empty nail, And tell me a tale 'neath this wmt’ry shy 0f the deeds thou hast done as its mouths swept by. ' I hues cradled the babe in the churchyard m e, i From the husband’s arms I have taken the bride, I htve eleven a. path through the ocean’s floor Where many have sunk to return no more. I I haye hu‘mbled the strong with their dau..t height, \Vhere the curtaiuing ivy grew rank and bright, I have startled. the maid in her couch of down With a sprinkle of white ’mid her tres..:3 brown. I have rent from his idols the prowl man’s hold. And scattered the hoard of the miser‘s gold.’ Is this all ? Arc thy chronicles traced alone On this rivon heart or the burial stone ? ‘ Noâ€"»low's young chain I hove twined with flowers, Have awakened a. song in the rose-crowned bmvcra. Proud trophies have reared the sons of fame, And paved the road for the cars of flame. ‘ Look to you child, it hath learned of me The word that it lispa m; the mother‘s lzuce. Look to flip ago. who from me had caught lntcnsa- lirc (or his heavenward thought. Look to the saint, who ind nL-arer trod T’wardthe angel hosts near the throne of God. He was always a great scholar, WM Bill, and knowad a power 0f stuff. \Vllilc the other boys Were lolloping on the deck, smok- hlg or tel ing yarns, Bill med to be lying “at there, with his chin resting on his hands reading away for dear life, and the Older the bunks was the better he liked them. - _,, **'-'~~ "‘a"“ bright . As the diamond-drop in the realms of light. Question thy heart. hath it ere canfcst A germ so pure, or a tear so blest 2" But the clock struck twelve from the steeple grey And he seizad his hour-glass and strode away. 7' Yet his hand at parting I feared to clasp. For I saw the scythe in its earnest grasp And 1 mad in the glance of his upward 0} His secret league with eternity. a r~-â€"â€" -“Vv- "w"..- 1839 breast, An him! the old with his staff to rest. ‘Ihgwg ‘loosened the stone on the ruin‘a ‘ I have blunted aucd3 m the soul, that hear The {units of I: cavcu in a would of cure. I havenlneathctlfin the tear till its 0)!) saw Only got Bill in the humor,' :ml the way he'd talk about Spanish gnlloonu and dub- luons. and silver ingots, wlny, it would make your fingers itch, being only A poor sailor, you know, with only two or three pounds a. month. TALK WITH TIME AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. ' Jock llnrris,’ he says to me one day, ‘ would you like to make your fortune '3' ' Like to make my what 3’ I says. ‘ Liko to make your fortune, man. and have In much gold and jewels as would keep you in comfort to the end oi your days ?’ ‘ 'l‘ry me,’ 1 says, sharp and short. Now, whmnhc Halll that. we were lying at llispnnetm. which isa shabby little bit of a port in the Carib goo, right on tho top of South America. you know, where the two's uhnt in on the cast by tho islands Jamaica and St. Domingo, and the rent of them, and surrounded north, south and west by tho American am] the lshnns of Panama. It mm a slmhhy sortof port, as I said ; but our skipper. who was an artfnl' sort of card, had forged it out. and, as far as we know, our ship, (he Jane Brown, of Liver- pool, was the only one an ever traded there. The consequence was that We (lid 3 fine bit «If tvade with the Indian chaps, bringing them Mnuclwst. r cottons, Brumnmgcm gum powder and shot, Shclficld knives and ans, and so on, with a few pretty bends and bright hamlknrchL-H for the Women, while in return they mm] to swap dynwmnls and we hm‘. have from the chicf~~n cnciqne, he "ch to on“ himsufl «Ln gm intn ”In wmuh and C\:'. dawn (be great mahogany and ebony trues, when the Indiana llsml tn prise izltn THE HAUNTED HULK; “ovâ€" The erclz on tho Spanish Main. BY GEO. MARVILH; PENN. “ Pro Bono Publico.” gouty. oye ' ‘ \Vell, Jack,’ he says, after giving a glance round to see that no one was listen- ing ‘you know I’ve often told you about the Spmish Dons who used to come here hundreds of years ago 2’ ‘ W'as it about here?‘ I says. ‘ Yes, We’re just in the very thick of their old haunts. The people about here In those (lays used to livein towns and cities, and be very rich 1n gold and silver, till th: Span- iards came and killed them, burned their cities, and plundered them of their gold. ‘ Well I" 1 says. ‘lVell,’ said Bill ; ‘ then they used to get back totheir ships and sail oil, and some used to get safe away, while others used to be wrecked in the hurricanes that came now and then~east ashore with ,all their rich plunder, and nobody left to tell the tale.’ ‘ llard lines for them,’ I says. ‘Jack,’said Bill, 'in a whivper, and his voice grew Very deep, while the water in the harbor seemed, as it beat Softly against the sides of the ship, a1 full of lice-flies; as the rustling Woods ashore. when th:y won, darting and gleaming about like dancing stars, though, of course, it wasn’t fireflies in the water, but those phosphorous jelly- lishes which swarmed in evely bucket of water you dipped ; so ‘Jaek,’ says Bill ‘ It‘s i always been my dream to find one of them ' wrecked Spanish galleons, and at last I‘ve, found one ’ ‘ Loaded with gold, liill ?’ I says, huskily l for he quite took away my breath. ‘ ‘That I don’t know yet, but I hope so.’ ‘ Where l'l she. 2” I says, eagerly. ‘ Wait a bit,’ says Bill. ' You know Jack I’ve scraped aequaintanco with a pretty lit- tle natiie lass.” ‘ Better let he1 1.1lone ’l 91y>1. ‘She’ 5 one of the e: wique s daughtcre,’ says llill ; ‘ and if all turns out right, as I expect, 1 shall charter a Vesuel somewhere, and come and load 11p here.’ ‘ What with, lill I" I say; 1: veiledly. ‘ Gold, my lad. gold land then take her away to England, and make a lady of h:1‘.’ ‘ And how about me?’ I says. ‘ Your fnrtllue shall he made, too, Jack,’ he says. ‘ Unly give me your mud to stand I by me to the last.’ I’d always notice that. hi { snipped ofl' hf an evening ac. soon as cargu landing or Wood- cbopping was done ; but, aff'n' running against him one moonlight night, i'zdking to a pretty littlu Indian 3M, whose hair was full of reel {authors and ilmvcrs, I winked to myself, mulx‘clt that 1 knew the reason why. There was no town, only a collectien of hats; but they used to look very pretty strewvd about the tiny bay. with the mm- derful green trees and grasses, growing up about them. There was fruit enough to give all the uialora in the world the stomach- acho, aud the Indians used to make u very tidy sort of a. tipple nut of a Lind of great cactus plant, as grew abundantly in the dry parts amongst the rocks and stones, and then they used to he a simple, happy sort of peo- ple ; good-looking, too, specially the women and they’d wear feathers and flowers, and work a little, and sing, and dance, and out, and sleep, a. good deal more, and no life went very easy with them. “'e'd been there about a month when Bill came to me. 2191 said, one day, and aekcd me if I’d like to make my fortune. The ship was about three parts loaded, and all was going on well, tin: cacique spvudiug half his time in the skipper’s cabin, helping him to emptyrum bottles, and we seemed to have about another fortnight to stay be- fore weighing anchor for home. 'Jack,’ says Bill to me, ‘ you‘r About the omy man an the Jam: Brown as I can trust.’ ‘ Why so 1". J says. ‘ Because. mate, you can keep your own counsel, and don’t go chattering to every one all your hearmnl sce.’ ‘Laziuesq, tlmt’s all,’ I says, grimly. ‘ No, it isn‘t lazincSH, Jawk,’ he says. ‘ But how about tlfis hem fortune ?’ I says to turn the conversation, for I‘m as silly as a gal when anyone gets praising me. the little rivers, and we floated down to the bit. of a. lumbar and got the sticks aboard. tin he gripped it fast. and then began to tell me his plans. Tezeln-umt was the girIs nameâ€"had told him that in an outvof-tlw-way part nf shore, about eight miles away, thorn was a great ship, lying half-buried in the Hands where it had hum cast mhnre Avcm-«ling L; her nc'wmnt it mu bigger than our Vcsaul; :‘ml, thumb ‘1‘, WM grnclumfly rntting away un um: (:n-v Want 1.: .u' it, for the pimple «of country .nld it, “an full of luul spirits, \x 'm wuuld slay the :im’ whn wont .t m .u .z‘. ‘ 'l‘berc’a my list.’ I says, giving it tn him; ‘ and that's better than lots 0' words.’ No. 108 The girl sstmtcd away again 01 me out. but on a ward or two from put huh-soft little hand in mine, I going in front, we led the way thn Woods. We. must have gone on walking three hum-s, including ten minute: spring, where after a drink, Bill a‘ ten minutes smoke. and then on: I 1nd rot II hIItlIo. II and candels. and the rest of them slung over my: so that v hat with the keg, the ax and cutluss, tuo, I 10 find a. regular son Clusoe aurt of II. chm I her ,only in the dam k, and no one could see 111 Bill cau‘; ht hold of my hand as we we wane, and led me rig] {mm the ‘ittlu town into the wood, I tz‘. king 3 p (h, lIo III-nt light on {I ten minutes before: stopping short ; great tree, whose leaves made oval about us Mack as the hold with thIV battencd do“ II and tIIIpIuliued. =. ‘ Here he gave a. sort of china“ cricket, and diiectly 3! .er was a fail Iwi~zc from the left, like a little bird to its mate. Bill chirrupcd again, and I 01 make out a slight (1.111: lir vure com ing alorw tn In: caugh. 111 Ah mms. 'l‘he wood was full of strange nbi and more than once we heard a oral howl; whidl made us out with 011!" and stand :- :zuly, but nothing 5th Ouue,tm,1 trad on something rd .3“. which glided 310an under my ‘4 I knew it was a snake, and a s} fi‘ruugb mo as I expected it to bit got away, and we wmxt on throng wood. More than once I was afraid 1 guide had lost. her way in the dark: phe kept steadily on, giving: bit a when Bill asked her if she knew I and at last I heard the dab of, “I“ I caught a gleam of light, and fin after we were walking through the on which the water, ylenming like 1 rolling on. The spmle was the hardest thing hold of. I know there was some cargo, but couldn‘t tell where no I? of the cook’s shovel from the 7:1“ then, with all rcmly; waited for 0V3! Fortunately, we had not had a v0 «lay, as it had been hut, and the stfi Very easy uilh the turn ;so we were lv fresh in the evening, when. it d dark, and Bill and mu skulked over well armed, and ready for our task. It was not so dark hero, for tlu light colored, and the stars show as the Judizm girl laid one hand 1 arm, and painting with the othel her broken English. ‘ There it is l' ‘ I could only make out what ll a lump of rock lying close up in trees which fringed the sand yards from the water ; and as I gn to it the girl tried to stop my, - Both Bill and I laughed, and‘ may we were going up to the ha“ a sort of sigh, and thou in n, at]; of way she mastered her fears, on close to Bill, walked with us to' beaten, mnssiw 03d hulgof a ver which h ul evidently been c ht u] gr. at wan, and since then the been fined up around it, while H evidently retired. Wu mlkull the matter well over; I cided th: d the best things we ooul \\ ith us “on” he a good spade, a no! axes, and a pain of cutlasses, if V! 0; mtg flu them uut of the cabin. l mull Itouk to do that, and 1 got a. sling I; e" ,thnt hold about A couple 0! of mm and water, and this I filled“ ed ready. W0 walked around it, and i0: nan-ungo, old-fashioned build, was not rnttcsl away ; there w.\' sum, and the timbers were, Li: entt-n, heavy and strong. 7* She had promised to m u ‘ lover, Bull ; and was to meet him night, to show him the way “11 \V00ds’ and Bull wanted me to not I of help-[unto or body-guard. The girl gave a shriek, :uul cl but after n few words the M: g threw hersn‘f on the sand, 30le ' An old Spunimd. Jaok.’ my 3m? than he made a climb nu [- Bill climbud up and stand on :I and I was nut long in follnn-ing ’5} [found there was no (kc! nflnuk far as [could son in thz «Luk "u’orc cm.- crow-humus an! tics, bnlwm ks and the uprighi, pidceo had crumbled and gone iufn dust"; ' h‘hc'n full of sand, Jar‘ .’ my '4 to me, as he leaned (low :-.ml pill (100‘! with his cutlasao anal when cum: I found he was wig: It. As to moving to when" Tm had that did not see u wise, fur cut/r so rotccn and J rnycd t'mt A t'ircction wofll most ”My ‘h‘i’f thromgh the when WHr-i mtg ; fun, nux-Zx n‘, of snakes .w a-v‘nnéfi [\m w going (In 4 my! a mum ' n: um wrw .. -- «3‘9: tha «I ha started sf: ' '- -»:‘-' ii w» .u-pillg along ~ '1 EVA you. ‘ No, no 1' she cried. ‘ Bud (Continu 0)!