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. . nJLum .Minn .j i r iTrn'r 1 i ' T1 i i TP jrr n 1 1 IT ffT - j H i THE VERMONT PHCENIX. VSS,ATTLEBORO, FEIDAY, JUNE 10 if ate. S3 or To R Chestn Bee th XI t xi. uv -.y TryG' pie at f The 11. HA Have yi Jones's. Save tiro on the Yo ft I machine fj lice. . Cosll Extra ).i spoons at, j MISCELLANY. JOHN nORSLEIQn, KNYGHT. It)' Thulium llanly. (CopyriEht, 18M, 1y the Author.) Ill tlio earliest nml mustiest volnmo of tlio Hiivoiipnol ui:u'rinio registors, Bald tlio thin faced rntloiuaii, tills on try may still bo read by tmyono curious cuourIi to decipher tlio crabbed liand wrlthiB of tlio (Into. I took n copy of It When I wan last there, nud it runs tlms (ho hadopeuod his liorkothook, mid now read nloud tlio extract, afterward handing round tho book to ns, wherein wo saw transcribed tho following): Mast' John Ilorscleigh, Knynht, of tho p'ya Bho of ClyfCton wiu maryJ to Edith tho wyffo latooft John Htocker, ln'chawntrnf Hiivenpool tho xllij dnlo of Dcci'inbar hv p'vylcugo Kovyn by our sup'mo liedil of thuchyrcboof Ingelonilo Kyngo Henry tho vlllth IWJ. Now, if yon turn to tlio long and olaborato pedigrooof tho ancient family of thollorsolcighsof Ulyfton Hoisoloigh, you will ilud no mention whatover of this alliance, notwithstanding tlio priv ilego given bytlfo sovereign and head of tho church, tho said Sir John boing theroiu chronicled ns marrying, at a dato apparently oarllor than tho abovo, tho daughter nud heiress of Richard Pholipson of Montislopo, in Nether Wessox, a lady who outlived him, of which marriago thoro woro issno two ..daughters and n son, who sncceoded ' him in his estates. How aro wo to ac count for these, ns it would seoni, con temporaneous wives? A strango local tradition only can help us, nud this can bo briolly toid. Ono ovening in tho autumn of tho yoar 15-10 or 1541 a young sailor, whoso Christian iinmo was Roger, but whoso surname is not known, landod at his native placa of Havenpool, on tho south Wessox coast, nftor n voyago in tho Newfoundland trado, then nowly sprung into oxistence. Ho returned in tlio ship Primroso with a cargo of "trayno oylo brought homo from tho Now Foundo Lando," to quotofrom tho town records of tho dato. During his absenco of two summers and a winter, which mado up tho term of a Newfoundland "spoil," many uulookcd for changes had occurred within tho quiet little seaport, somo of which closely affected Roger tho sailor. At tho tinio of his doparturo his only sister, Edith, had becomothobridoof ono Stocker, a respectablo townsman, and part owner of tho brig in which Roger bad sailed, and it was to tho houso of this couplo, his only rolatives, that tho young man directed his steps. On try ing the door in Qnay street ho fouud it locked, and then observed that tlio win dows weft) boarded up. Inquiring of a bystander, ho learned for tho first time of tho death of his brother-in-law, though that oveut had taken place near ly IS months before. "And my sister Edith?" asked Roger. "She's married again, as they do say, and hath boon so theso 13 months. I don't vouch for tho trnth o't, though if alio isn't slio ought to be." Roger's faco grow dark. Ho was a man with a considerable rescrvo of strong passion, and ho asked his in formant what ho meant by spoakiiig Tho man explained that Ehortly after the young woman's bereavement a stranger had conio to tho port. Ho had seen her moping on tho quay, had been attracted by her youth and louoliness, and iu an extraordinarily brief wooing had completely fascinated her had car ried hor off, and ns was reported had married hor. Though ho had como by water, ho was supposed to livo no very great distauco off by land. Thoy wero last heard of nt Oozewood, in Upper Wessox, at tho house of ono Wall, a tim bor merchant, whoro, ho believed, sho still had a lodging, though hor husband, if ho were lawfully that much, was but an occasional visitor to tho place "Tho strangor?" asked Roger. "Did you soo him? What manner of man was ho?" "I liked him not," said tho othor. "Ho seemed of that kind that hath something to conceal, and as ho walked with her ho ovor and anon turned his head and gazed behind him, as if ho much feared an nnwelconio pursnor. But faith," continued ho, "it may havo been tho man's anxiety only. Yet did I not like him." "Was ho older than my sister?" Rog er asked. "Ayo, much older, from a dozen to n score of yoars older. A man of somo po sition, may bo, playing an amorous game for tho pleasure of tho hour. Who knowoth but that ho havo a wifo nl ready? Many havo dono tho thing hore abouts of Into." Having paid a visit to tho graves of his rclativos, tho sailor noxt day went along tho straight road, which, then n lauo, now n highway, conducted to the curious little inland town named by tho Havenpool man. It is unnecessary to describe Oozewood in tho South Avon. It has a railway at tho present day, but 30 years of steam trafllo past its pro eincts havo hardly modified its original features. Snrroundod by n sort of fresh water lagoon, dividing it from meadows and coppice, its nucicnt thatch nud tim ber houses havo baroly mado way even in tho front stroot for tho ubiquitous modern brick and slato. It neither in creases nor diminishes in size. It is difficult to say what tho inhabitants find to do, for, though trados in woodwaro aro still carried on, thcro cannot bo enough of this class of work nowadays to maintain all tho householders, tho forosts around having been so groatly thinned and curtailed. At tho tinio of this tradition tho forests woro dense, ar tiflcors iu wood abouudod, aud tho tim ber trado was brisk. Every houso in the town without exception was of oak framework, filled in with plaster and covered with thatch, tho chimney being the only brick portion of tho structure, Iunulry soon brought Roger tho sailor to tho door of Wall, the timber dealer referred to, but it was somo time before ho was able to gain admission to thtt lodging of his sister, tho people bavins plainly received directions not to wel como strangers. Sho was sitting iu an upper room, on ono of tho lath backod, willow bottomed "shepherd's" chairs, mado on the spot thon as to this day and as they were probably mado there in tho days of the heptarchy, in her lap was an in rant, which she had been suckling, though now it had fallou asloop. So had the young mother herself for a few minutes uuder tho drowsing ellects ol soluuuo. Hearing footsteps' on tho stairs, sho nwoko, started up with n glad cry nud ran to tho door, opening which sho met hor brothor on tho threshold." "Oil, this is merry I I didn't expect col" sho said. "Ah, Roger I thought it was John. " Hor tones foil to disap pointment. Tho sailor kissod her, looked at hor sternly for n few moments, aud pointing to tho infant said, "You moan the fa ther of this?" "Yes, my husband," said Edith. "I hopo so," ho nnswered. "Why, Roger, I'm married of n truth am II" sho cried. "Shamo upon 'co if true I If nottrno, worfd Master stockor was nn honest man, and yo should hnvo rospeeted his memory longer. Whoro is thy husband ?" "Ho coinofi often. I thought it was-he- now. Our marriago has to bo kopt so orot for nwhilo. It was dono privily for certain reasons, but wo wero marriod at church liko honest folk aforo God wo woro, Roger six months nftor poor Stockor's donth." " 'Twas too soon," said Rogor. "I was living in n houso alono. I hnd nowhoro to go to. Yon woro far over sea in tho Now Found Land, and John took mo aud brought mo hero." "How often doth ho como?" says Rogor again. "Once or twico wcokly," says sho. "I wish th' 'dst waited till I re turned, dear Edy," ho said. "It mid bo you aro n wifo I hopo so. But, if so, why this mystory? Why this moan and cramped lodging in this lonoly copse circlod town? Of what standing is your husband, and of whoro?" "Ho is of gontlo brooding. His name is John. I am not freo to toll his family nanio. no is salu to no of London, tor safety's sako, but ho roally livos in tho county noxt adjoining this." "Whero in the next county?" "I do not know. Ho has preferred not to tell mo that I may not havo the secret forcod from mo, to his and my hurt, by bringing tho marriago to tho oars of his kinsfolk aud friends." Hor brother's faco flushed. "Our peo ple havo boon honost townsmen, woll reputed for long. Why should you read ily take such humbling from a sojourn er of whom th' 'st know nothing?" They remained m constrained cou- vorso till her quick ear oaught n sound, for which sho might havo boon waiting i horse's footfall. "It is John I" said sho. "This is his night Saturday." "Don't bo frightened lost ho should find mo here," said Rogor. "I anion tho point of leaving. I wish not to bo a third party. Say nothing nt all about my visit if it will incommodo you so to do. I will soo thoo before I go afloat again." Speaking thus ho loft tho room, nud descending tho staircase lot himself out by tho front door, thinking ho might obtain a glimpse of the approaching horseman. But that traveler had in tho moautimo gone stealthily round to the back of tho homestead, and peering along tho pinion end of tho houso Roger discerned him unbridling and haltering his horso with his own hands in tho shod thcro. Rogor retired to tho neighboring inn tailed tho Black Lamb, nud meditated. This mysterious method of approach de termined him, after all, not to leavo tho place till ho had ascertained more dofinito facts of his sister's position whothor sho wero tho deluded victim of tho strangor or tho wifo sho obviously beliovod herself to be. Having eaton somo supper, ho left tho inn, it boing now about 1 1 o'clock. Ho first looked into tho shed, and finding tho horso still staudiug thero waited irresolutely near tho door of his sister's lodging. Half an hour elapsed, and whilo think ing ho would climb into a loft hard by for a night's rest thoro soomod to bo a movement within the shutters of the sitting room that his sister occupied. Roger hid himself behind a fagot stack near the buck door, rightly divining that his sister's visitor would emorgs by tho way ho had entered. Tho door opened, nud the candle e.'ie held in hor hand lighted for k scunient tho stran ger's form, showing it to bo that of a tall and handsomo persouago, about 40 years of age, and apparently of a su perior position in life. Edith was assist ing him to cloak himself, which boing dono ho took loavo of her with n kiss and left the houso. From tho door sho watched him bridle and saddlo his horso, aud having mounted and waved an adiou to hor as sho stood, caudlo iu hand, ho turned out of tho yard and rodo away. The horse which boro him was, or eoomed to bo, a littlo lamo, and Roger fancied from this tho rider's journey was not likoly to be a lone, ono. Beiua licht of foot ho followed apace, having no great difficulty on such a still night in keeping within earshot some few milos, tho horseman pausing more than once. In this pursuit Rogor discoverod tho rider to chooso bridlo tracks aud opon commons in preference to any high road. Tho distance soon began to prove a moro trying one than ho had bar gained for, aud when out of breath and iu somo despair of being ablo to ascer tain tho man's identity, he perceived an lias standing In the starlight uuder a hayrick, from which tho animal was helping itself to periodic mouthfuls. Tho story goes that Rogor caught tho ss, mounted and again resnmod tho trail of tho unconscious horseman, which feat may have boon possible to a nau tical young fellow, though one can hardly understand how a sailor Would THE pain that some times strikes a man at the most inoppor tune moment is clue to indigestion. It may come in the midst of a dinnet and make the feast a mockery. It is a reminder that he may not eat what he chooses, nor when he chooses, rw weakness of his stomach. A man's health and strength de pend upon what he gets out of his food, This depends on his digestion. Constipa tion stops digestion. Remove the obstruc tion by takine Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. 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Thereupon tho sailor dis carded his steed, mid finding for him self nu obscurer ontrnuco to tho samo park n littlo farthor on ho crossod tho grass to recoiinoitor. Ho prosontly porcoivod amid tlio troos boforo him mansion which, now to himsolf, was ono of tho host known in tho country at that time. Of tills fine manorial rosidonco hardly rt trace now remains, but a manuscript, datod somo yoars later than tho ovouts wo aro re garding, describes it iu terms from which tho imagination may construct a singularly cloar nud vivid picture. This record presents it as consisting of "a fairo yellow froostono building, partly two and partly three storeys; a fairo hallo and parlour, both waynscotted ; a fairo dyningo roonic, and withdrawing roomo, and many good lodgings; a kitchen adjoyning backwardo to one end of tho dwelling houso, with n faire passage from it into tho hallo, parlour and dyningo roomo, and sollars udjoyu- lnge. "Iu tho front of tho houso a souaro greeno court, mid u curious gatehouse with lodgings iu it, standing with tho front of the house to tho south. In n largo outer court throo stablos, n coach house, a large barno und a stable for oxen andkync, and all houses necessary. "Without tho gatohouso, palod in, a large squaro grcono, in which staudcth a fairo chappoll; of tho southoast sido of tho greeno court, towards the river, a largo garden. "Of tho southwest sido of tho greeno court is n largo bowling greeno, with fower mounted walks about it, all wallod about with a battled wall, and sett with nil sorts of fruit, nud out of it into tho foildcs there are largo walks under many tall olmes orderly plant ed." Then follows a description of the orchards and gardens; tho feervants' of fices, brewhouso, bakehouse, dairy, pi geon houses nud cornmill; the river audits abundance of fish; tho warren, tho coppices, tho walks. Ending thus: And nil tho country north of the house, open chnmpaiu, sandy feildes, very dry nud pleasaut for all kiudes of recreation, huntiugo aud hawkinge, and prolitablo for tillage. The house hath a largo prospect east, south and west, ovor n very largo aud pleasant valo, is seated from tho good murkot towns of Shcrton Abbas three miles and Ivol n mile, that plentifully yield ull manner of provision, aud with in 12 miles of tho soutli tea. It was on tho grass before this seduc- tivo and pictnresquo structnro that the sailor stood at gnzo under the elms iu tho dim dawn of Sunday morning nud saw to his surprise his sister's lover nml horso vanish within tho court of tho building. Perplexed and weary, Roger slowly rotreatcd, moro than over couvincod that something was wrong in his sister's po sition. Ho crossed tlio bowling green to tho uveiiuo of olms, aud beut on further research was about to climb into one of these, when, looking bolow, he saw a holo largo enough to allow n man to croep to tho hollow interior. Hero Roger ensconced himself, and having eaten a crust of bread which ho had hastily thrust into his pocket nt tho inn ho fell asleep upon the stratum of broken touchwood that formed tho floor of tho hollow. Ho slept soundly and loug, nnd was awakened by tho souud of a bell. On pooring from tho holo ho fouud the time had advanced to full duy. Tho snn was ihiuing brightly. Tho boll was that of tho "fairo chappoll" on the green out sido tho gutehouso, and it was calling to matins. Presently tho priest crossed tho green to n littlo sido door iu tho chaucel, nnd thon from the gateway of tho mansion emerged tho household, tho tall man whom Roger had seen with his sister on tlio previous night, on his arm being a portly danio, and running bosido tho pair two little girls nud u boy. Thoso ull entered tho chapel, and, tho boll having ceased and tho environs become oleur, tho sailor crept out from his hiding. Ho Faumored toward the chapol, tho opening words of tho service being au diblo within. Whilo standing by tho porch ho saw a bolated servitor approach iug from the kitchen court to attend tho 6orvico nlso. Roger carefully accosted him, and asked ns an idle wanderer tho nanio of tho family ho had just soor cross over from tho mansion. "Od zounds I If yo modden bo a stranger hero in very truth, good man That war Sir John aud his dame, and his children Elizabeth, Mary and John. " "I bo from foreign parts. Sir John what d'yo call'n?" "Master John Horsoloigh, knight, Who had a'most as much loud by inher itauco of his mothor as a had by his fa ther, and likewiso somo by his wifo. Why, baiut his arms droo gooldou horses' heads, and idden his lady tho daughter of Master Richard Pholipson of Montislopo, in Nother Wossex, known to us all?" "It mid be so, nnd yot it mid not. However, th' 'It miss thy prayers for such an honest knight's wolfaro, and I havo to traipse seaward many miles." Ho went onward, and ns ho walked continued saying to himsolf : "Now to thnt poor wronged fool, Edy. Tho fond thing I I thought it. 'Twas too quick. bho was ever amorous. What's to bo como of her? God wot I How bo I going to face her with tho news, and how bo I to hold it from hor? To bring this dis graco on my father's honored naiuo, a doublo tongnod kuavol" Ho turuod nud shook his fist at the chapel and all iu it, and resumed his way. Perhaps it was owing to tho pcrplox ity of his mind that, instead of return ing by tho direct road toward his sis- tor's obscuro lodging iu tho next oouuty, he followed the highway to Castor- bridge, somo 15 miles off, whero ho ro mained drinking hard all that afternoon and ovoniug, and whoro ho lay that and two or threo snccoodiug nights, wander ing thonco along tho Auglebury road to somo village that way, and lying tho Friday night aftor at his native placo of Havonpool. Tho sight of tho familiar ob jocts there sooms to have stirred him anew to action, and tlio next morning ho was observed pursuing tho way to Oozewood that ho had followod on tho Saturday previous, reckoning no doubt that Saturday night would us boforo bo u tinio for (hiding Sir John with his sister again. Ho dohiyod to roach tho placo till just boforo sunset. His sister was walking in tho meadows nt tho foot of tho garden, with n nursoniaid who carried tho baby, and sho looked up pousivoly when ho approached. Anxiety ns to her position had nlready told upon her onco rosy checks nnd lucid oyos. But concern for herself and child was displaced for tho moment by hor regard of Rogor'd worn and haggard faco. Why, you aro sick, Rogor 1 Yon nro tired I Whero havo you been thoso many days? Why not keep mo company n bit? My husband is much away. And wo havo hardly spokon nt nil of dear father and of your voyago to tho Now Land. Why did yon go away so suddouly? Thero is n Bparo chamber at my lodg ing." "Come indoors," ho said. "Wo'll talk now talk a good deal. As for him," nodding to tho child, "hotter hoavo him into the river. Botterforhim aud yon I" Sho forced a laugh, os if bIio tried to sco n good joko in tlio remark, nud they went silently indoors. "A misorablo holo!" said Rogor, looking around the room. "Nay, but 'tis very pretty I" "Not after what I've seen. Did ho marry 'coat church in orderly fashion?'' "Ho did sure at our church ut Ha venpool. " "But in privy way?" "Ayo, bec.iuso of his frionds. It was at night time." "Edy, yo fond ono, for nil that he's not thy husband I Th rt not his wifo, and tho child is a bastard. Ho has a wife and children of his owii rank, nud bearing his name, (iml that's Sir John Horseleigh of Clyfton Horsoloigh, nud not plain Jack, as you think him, aud your lawful husband. Tho sacrament of marriago is no safeguard nowadays. The king's now mado headship of tlio church hath led men to practice thoso tricks lightly." She had turned white. "That's not true, Roger!" sho said. "You aro in liquor, my brother, und yon know not what you say. Your seafaring years havo taught you bad things." "Edith I've soon them. Wifo and family all. How canst" Thoy wero sitting in tho gatherod darkuens, and at that moment steps wero heard without. "Go out this way,"sho said. "It is my husband. Ho must not sco thoo in this mood. Got away till tomorrow, Roger, ns you caro for mo." Sho pushed hor brother through n door leading to the back stairs, and al most as soon as it was closed her visitor entered. Roger, howovor, did not ro treat down tlio stairs. Ho stood nnd looked through tho bobbin hole. If tho visitor turned out to bo Sir John, ho had determined to confront him. It was tlio knight. She had struck a light on his entry, and ho kissed tho child, and took Edith tenderly by tho shoulders, looking into her face. "Something's gone awry wi' my dear," ho said. "What is it? What'atko matter?" "Oh, Jack I" sho cried. "I Lavo heard such a foursome, rumor What doth it moau? Ho who told me is my host friend. Ho must bo deceived I But who deceived him, and why? Jack, I was told that you had a wifo living when you married mo, and havo her still!" "A wifo? H'm." " Vos, and children. Say no, say no I" "My God! I havo no lawful wifo but you, and as for children, many or fow, thoy aro all bastards, savo this ono alono 1" "And that yon be. Sir John Horso loigh of Clyfton?" "I mid bo. I havo never said so to "eo." "But Sir John is known to have a ladv, and issue of hor I" Tho knight looked down. "How did thy mind get filled with such ns this?" be asked. "Ono of my kindred camo." "A traitor! Why should ho mnr our Hfo? Ah, you said you had a brother at sea! Whero is ho now?" "Hero!" said a storu voice behind him. And flinging open tho door Rogor faced tho intruder. "Liar," ho said, "to call thyself her husband I" Sir John fired up, nud mado a rush at tho sailor, who soized him by tho collar, ond in thowrostlo thoy both fell, Roger under. But iu a fow seconds ho contrived to extricnto his right arm, and drawing from his bolt nkuifo which ho woro attached to a cord round his neck ho opeued it with his teeth nud struck it into tho broast of Sir John stretched nbovo him. Edith had dnriug these moments run into tho noxt room to vlaeo tho child iu safety, nnd when she camo back tho knight was rolaxing his hold on Roger's throat. Ho rolled over upon his back aud groaned. Tho only witness of tho sceuo, savo tho throo concerned, was tho nursemaid, who hud brought in tho ohild on its fa ther's arrival. Sho statod aftorward that nobody suspoctod Sir Johu had ro- coivod his doath wound. Vet it was eo, though ho did not dio for a long whilo. moaning thereby au hour or two ; that Mistress Edith continually ondoavorod to stanch tho blood, calling her brothor Roger u wrotch, and ordoriug him to got himsolf gouo. On which order ho acted, after a gloomy pauso, by opening the window aud lotting himsolf down by the sill to tho grouud. It was then that Sir John, in difficult accents, mado his dying declaration to tho uurso and Edith, nud lator tho apothecary, which was to this purport That tho Danio Horsoloigh who passed as his wifo at Clyfton, aud who had borno him throo children, was iu truth and deed, though unconsciously, tho wifo of another man. Sir Johu had marriod her several years beforo in the faco of tho whole oouuty, as the widow ol ono Decimns Strong, who had disap poarod shortly after her union with him. having adventured to tho north to jolu tho rovolt of tho nobles, nnd ou that ro volt boing quollod retreated across tho son. Two yoars ago, having discovered tho man to bo still living iu Franco aud not wishing to disturb tlio mind and happiness of her who bolioved hersolf his wife, yot wishing for legitimato is buo, Sir Johu had informod the king of tho facts, who had ouaiuxagod hlm,to wed honcstlv. tliovmh secretly, tho young merchant's widow nt Havoupool, sho boing thoroforo his lawful wifo, aud sho only. That to avoid nil scandal nud hubbub ho hnd purposod to lot things remain ns they woro till fulr op portunity should arise of making tho true caso known with least pain to all parties concornod, but that, having been thus suspected nnd nttackod by his own brothor-iu-lnw, his zost for such schemes nud for all things had died out iu him, nud ho only wished to commend his soul to God. That night, whilo tho owls wero hooting from tho forest that encircled tho sleeping townlut, and tho South Avon wus gurgling through tho wooden piles of tho bridgo, Sir John died thoro in tho nrms of his wifo. Sho concealed nothing of tho cause of hor husband's doath savo tho subject of tho quarrol, which sho folt it would bo prematuro to iinnoniico just thon, nnd until proof of her status should bo forthcoming. But boforo n month hud passod, it hap pened, to her iuoxprossiblo sorrow, that tho child of this clandestine union foil sick and died. From that hour all iu torost iu tho name and famo of tho Horsolcighs forsook tho younger of tho twain who called themselves wivos of Sir Johu, nud being carolcss about her own famo sho took no htops to assert hor claims, her legal position having in deed grown hateful to hor in her horror at tho trngody. And Sir William Byrt, tho curato who hnd married her to her husband, being an old man and feoble, was not disinclined to leavo the embers unstirred of such a fiery matter as this, and to assist her in lotting established things stand. Thoroforo, Edith retired with tho uurso, her ouly companion and friend, to her nativo town, whoro sho lived iu nbsolnto obscurity till hor doath nt no groat ago. Her brother wus never seen ugain in England. A strangoly corroborative sequel of tho story remains to bo told. Shortly after tho death of Sir Johu Horsoloigh 4 soldier of fortuno returned from tho continent called on D.imo Horsoloigh tho fictitious, living in widowed state at Clyfton Horsoloigh, and after a sin gularly brief courtship married her. Tho tradition at Havenpool aud else whero has over beeu that this man was already her husband, Deeimus Strong, who remarried her for appearance's sako only. Tho illegitimate son of this lady by Sir John succeeded to the estates aud honors, and his sou nftor him, thero bo ing nobody alert to investigate thoir pretensions. Littlo difference would it have made to tho present generation, however, had thero been such a ono, for tho family iu nil its branches, lawful aud unlawful, has been extinct those many scoro yoars, tho last representa tive but ono being killed at the siege of Sherton castlo whilo attacking iu tho service of tho parliament, and tho other being outlawed later in tho same cen tury for a debt of 10, and dying in the county jail. The mansion houso and its appurtenances wero, ns I havo previous ly stated, destroyed, excepting ono small wing which now forms part of n farmhouse, aud is visible us you pass along tho railway from Custerbridgo to Ivel. The outline of the old bowling green is also distinctly to bo seen. This, then, is tho reason why tha only lawful marriago of Sir John, as recorded iu tho obscure registor at Ha vonpool, does not apiiear in tho podigreo of the houso of Horsoloigh. Puritana lfeftilcrol. Nature's Cure Puritana will positively give any man, woman, or child Perfect Diges tion ; the kind of digestion that brings New Life. of all sickness and I 1 1 " all disorders of the f n Blood, Liver, Kid- JLf u nevs, Lungs, Nerves, Brain, and Skin is caused by improper work ing of the Stomach Puritana makes the Heart Itight, Xiungs Right, niootl Itight, Kidneys Itlglit, Nerves Right, Health Right. Because it makes the Stomach right. Gel of rour dragght thU rrett dlir ise-conquering dU covers (th price U II (or the complete trettmf nt. one bottle of 1'unUnt, one bottle of I'unUDt 1111, tod one bottle of PuriUna Tblft, all in one pactage), and you ill bleat tha day when you heard of fuxitaaa. Ilk ruritaua Compound Co Concord N, If. For Sale-Second-hand 20-Horse-Power Engine. Will Be,Sold Cheap. E. CROSBY & CO Trade lUrk -V L pert' A Hfc1 it i ce. Hug "BATTLlfc will serve two chewers jusf bout as long as 5 cents' worth of off? brands wlU serve 22 man. Thilec?a. 5 of "BATlM A !s at" large as thfl0, cent Plece of other high grade ''ua- STOC&BRIDCE ECIAL ")MPLETE FOR JE DOUBUli tiJafiW weown FERT- l iTf-nrluTHE PQTAsfil FOR I OVER SWf CENT- BUT NO ADVAwfc HAS BEEN MADE SEE LOC!"S' 0R ADDRESS m 1 TTTVTTmsB1 Ul 1 L, I VALLEY Look! See What Weparry. A very Inrco stock of of nil kinds, Grain, Farming tools including Sulky and Acmo, Spring Tooth t ii j rows: uumvniors Urnilflenst nml Ho,l and linnil Pinning. ........ ........ - --. .J nil I lift 1nnil(n V-., .... w.u iuiiuuij, iiiuitiug JllH'j wheat, Canada Field Peas,fi,nso Corn of every var'ety, KnlFa Corjif , . The celebrated CnmborlJ hosI),"lts and other brands. Wnvn uJ Lan" r,ns- tor. unainnion Farm A largo lino of repairs Ibr farming tools carried in stock; i VALLEY GrN CO Built for Two t Five cents' worth of MURES ERENT CROPS, MADE STRENGTH. -" I Hfc.SE NCREASED ONE CASE PRICE- ILIZER j Outturn St, Boston kNY, 27BeverSt,BewTork GRAIN CO. lonr and Feeds Baled oi all ay and Sail. uo best make. Wail g Flows, Disc, lootliing Har- and descrintion or nv BiPWOrs: HorSO UBCU m i,l ACHiiors and y jiuni J10S inrley, Kuck nnd T agons. makes of 11 1