THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE DOCTOR’S STORY,

Continued.

Here the old man’s voice faltered, and in a sadder tone he went on— “ For years we had been together, and when he died I lost the only being I cared for in the world. Since that day I have been a lonely miserable man, Drink, drink alone, has been my refuge. In drink I see the glitter of the yellow gold, that I have not dared to go and look for. For drink would I sell my soul itself ay, and what is more, my buried treasure too. See there, see there ! ” he cried, in a tone of triumph, as with a last effort he sprang up and pointed to the still waters of the bay, now illumined by the last golden rays of the setting sun. “ ’Tis there it lies ; I can watch the gold as it gleams and glitters over the sea, even now. ’Tis mine—mine, I say. Too late—too late ! ” he whispered* sinking back into a state of insensibility. All was quiet for some minutes. At length the old man recovered his consci ousness, and in a voice hardly audible, said— “ Doctor, in a few moments I shall be a dead man—and the money, take it every dollar. You will find it buried deep in the sand. See there —the plan is in that box.' Hush, hush ! ” and pointed to a key hanging up, which his visitor at once put in his pocket as he heard footsteps ascending the stairs. It was the individ ual whom he had met on entering the house, and the doctor admitted him to the room.

The old sailor was now speechless ; he feebly pointed first to the medical man and then to the box in the comer, and closed his eyes. It was soon clear that life was gone. The doctor, seeing that nothing more could be done, gave a hand ful of dollars to the owner of the house and returned home, taking care to remove the old chest at the same time. When opened, he found that it contained, in addition to some articles of clothing and trinkets of little value, a crumpled and stained paper, on which had been rudely drawn a map of the Cocos Islands, and a description, in many parts illegible, of the place where the booty had been deposited. The doctor, who was by no means a weathy man, was overjoyed at the mere prospect of obtaining possession of so much wealth, and made up his mind at once to organise an expedition to the spot where it lay concealed. After spending nearly all his money in making prepara tions, he started for Panama with a party of natives. The object of the expedition was kept a profound secret. On reaching the island, which, from the plan in his possession the doctor had no difficulty in identifying, he at once com menced operations. The document, from age, discoloration, and the imperfect nature of so much of the description as was legible, afforded, unfortunately, but a very uncertain clue to the treasure. The south-west corner was described with the utmost precision, also the dis tance from the beach, and the depth at which the money was to be found, but beyond these particulars the paper con tained no intelligible information. For ten long days and nights, allowing barely sufficient time for rest and refresh ment, did the men dig away, the doctor being all the while, as he himself described it, in a fever of excitement, wholly unable to sleep, and watching with breathless anxiety every spadeful of sand that his dusky companions dug from the soil. At each stroke of the spade he listened eagerly for any sound that might indicate the discovery of what he sought but in vain.

At the expiration of this time, the supply of provisions ran short, and it be came evident to the doctor that he must abandon the enterprise, at all events for a time. "Worn out with fatigue and exhaus tion, and crushed by the weight of his disappointment, he was compelled to put back to Panama. It was long before^ he recovered his health and strength suffici ently to be able to resume his ordinary practice. With returning health, how ever, came renewed hope, and when last heard of, the indefatigable man confident of success, was getting together the neces sary funds for another expedition. CONCLUDED.

PAGANINI'S OLD SABOT.

About tho close of the month of Sep tember, in the year 1832, all the artistic •world of Paris was shocked by a most dis tressing report. From mouth to mouth, and from house to house, the ill tidings travelled and nowhere were they related but with the profoundest regret. A morning paper announced that Nicolo Paganini, the finest violinist the world had ever seen, had been taken suddenly and seriously ill at the conclusion of one of the concerts of which this great star was the sole attraction. Both amateurs and ar tists at first were ill inclined to put much faith in the paragraph, consoling them selves with the reflection, that with great men such reports are frequently exaag gerated and sometimes entirely erroneous. Unfortunately the report was only too true. Paganini had been “ burning the candle at both ends.” An intermittent fever, such as often attacks overworked men of slender constitution, had got the great artist in its grasp, and gave occasion for serious uneasiness on the part of his medical attendants. Paganini, whoso emaciated condition was proverbial, only seemed to live by mere accident, and now there was some anxiety lest his frail and nervous frame should give way under the fierce attack of fever.

The doctors put their heads together, and unanimously prescribed perfect rest and wholesome and strengthening diet. On the following day to that on which the newspaper paragraph appeared, Paga nini was installed as an inmate of a cele brated private hospital in the outskirts of Paris. At the time of which we are speaking this Villa Lutaetiana, as the place was called, had a certain reputation for being frequented by patients of dis tinction. To the principal house of the establishment, which was a roomy and most convenient one, was attatched a charming garden looking over a pleasant and well-wooded park. One of the principal features of this establishment was to give every patient his entire liberty. Each inmate lived there as he liked, dining either in his own apartments or in the large hall. When the evening came those who were fond of conversation or a game of cards betook themselves to the public drawing-room ; there was the garden and a romantic avenue for those who wished to get as much fresh air as they could; while, of course, for those who enjoyed perfect quiet and a cosy perusal of the latest romance, no better place could be found than their own private apartments. Paganini was notably a man who loved shutting himself up, and being of a par ticularly nervous disposition, was glad to get away to his own room, and to be free from the chattering and buzz of conversa tion which was of course inseparable from the public salons. But this isolation of his was not ap preciate by the majority of the guests. They had got a great lion among them, and no doubt wished to make the mosc of him. The charitable remarks made about the unfortunate fellow behind his back were as amusing as they were contempt ible. There were four or five old ladies at the establishment who were particu larly noted for picking the poor man’s character to pieces “Have yon seen this great genius, my dears?” one would say. “If you have

not, I am sure it is not spoil a very great loss. He a perfect bear.- He never takes any notice of anybody, or exchanges a syllable with a soul. ‘When he does ap pear among us he sits in the remotest corner of the room, or away in the most secluded part of the garden, and never fails to creep away if by chance anyone approaches him. If these are manners, I don’t think so very much of them.” “ Oh, but you don’t know,” another would remark, “there’s a mysterious story about him ? They say that he leads a most melancholy and distressing life. Some love affair, you know, which no one dares allude to.”

“ Ah, but that has really nothing to do with it,” a third would chime in. “ Paga nini is a miser. It’s an undoubted fact. There is no secret whatever about it. Don’t you remember that concert that was given the other day for the poor creatures that were turned out of house and home by the inundations ? Well, he refused to have anything to do with it, and they say it was because he makes a rule never to play for charities. Not like the majority of professional people, is it? But, after all, only look at the man’s face. What more could you expect ?” These charming little ebullitions of feminine caprice, based literally upon nothing, were duly committed to memory, and innocently and artlessly committed to Paganini. Who could have been his in formant ? Well, we shall see that by-and by. Paganini, notwithstanding what he heard, never in the slightest degree altered his mode of living at the Villa Lutredana. He lived entirely to himself, walked alone among the trees of the avenue and in the park, content with the pleasure of reading and re-reading a packet of old letters, which packet was day by day increased. There was one kind friend at least who did not forget the poor sick man.

With the aid of much sleep, and the benefits of this quiet and regular life, Paganini little by little gained back his health and strength. It is not correct to assert that his life was quite a lonely one. There was one bright ray of sunshine which lighted the almost dreamy darkness of each day Paganini spent in the villa. The artist had one friend, and one friend only, in the household —Louisetie.

“Who is Louisette?” may well be asked. The answer can soon be given. Louisette was a sparkling, pretty little damsel, fair-haired and silver-voiced, whose duty it was to attend to the pa tients. Paganini’s quick eye soon de tected her, and he made a special request that Louisette might be his sole attendant. Louisette was devoted to her distinguished master, and Paganini took an extraordi nary interest in Louisette. Every morn ing, when sire arranged his breakfast, sire amused him with her imitations of the peculiarities of various people in the villa, and detailed to his intense satisfaction all the ordinary gossip of the place. All the smiles which lighted up Paganini’s face during his banishment were flung there by Louisette. [to BE CONTINUED. 1

CHISPA’S LETTER.

(From Ashburton Herald, April V 7.) “lam not yet so bald that you can see my brains. ” —Longfellow. It is certainly an unusual thing for Nelson'—the “Garden of New Zealand” — to have a row. But the quietest and smoothest stream that ever flowed “adown its mossy bed” is bound at some period of its course to encounter a stone or other element of disturbance that causes a ripple. The stone that caused the ripple this time was lawyer Bunny’s head. I don’t know that Mr. Bunny’s head is any harder than other people’s, or that it is as hard even for. that matter, but no matter whose head gets a cut over it with a riding whip, there is bound to be some sort of a ripple. The head of Mr, Lawyer Bunny got a cut over it this week, and the inevitable ripple followed, and it seems from the telegraphic accounts to have been a bit of a scrimmag.e Fortunately only lawyers had to do with the shindy, and it is satisfactory to know that they were taking in out of each other. It appears that a case of perjury had been brought against Acton Adams, M.H.R., known in the House and amongst elec tioneering men in Nelson as the “Smooth bore,” a soubriquet he has earned because of his ability to pour out fluently long strings of nothing. Bunny is the Branson of Nelson, only somewhat bigger, and Percy Adams is Acton’s brother. The latter didn’t like one lawyer taking up a case against another, especially when the other was a blood relation of the Percy, so the Percy went for the Bunny with a riding whip. I rather guess the whippist regretted the part he played before the day was done, or may recollections of Charley Bunny are indistinct. The last “ ripple ” in Nelson was when a black guard black barber was dragged through the streets with a rope round his neck, and would have died without the benefit of clergy had not the very muscular Bishop Suter stepped in and rescued the poor shaver from the crowd. Speaking of barbers. He was a very conceited one—the one referred to above. A conceited barber is not an uncommon commodity, and .no one took particular notice of his most inordinate vanity, see seeing that in addition to his profession he was a nigger. But when a barber who is a white man puts on airs similar to Sambo, one is in clined to laugh. When I make my bi-weekly visit to the “salon de coiffure” of my tonsorial professor, I take a delight in letting him know that I prefer plain English to ‘ ‘ high falutin. ” He is above saying “ It’s a fine day •” He must “apolo gise for following up the conventionalities of the. age by repeating the hackneyed phrase regarding the salubrity of the climate, and the specially benign smile to day of the clerk of the weather.” By the time he gets all this rigmarole poured out, as glibly as comes his concoction of olive and castor from his “ phial,” he has adjusted the chintz rag round the neck of yours truly, and proceeds. He had just got this length with me one day last week, when there entered to him two swaggers. Ist Swagger —“I say, mate, is this a barber’s shop 2” Barber (in an attitude that was meant to convey that the rage of a Bengal tiger was boiling within him) — “Barber’s sh-h-h-op !!! (menacing flourish of the razor and fearful elevation of the eyebrows) “ barber’s sh-h-op 1 ! ! No ! you’ll find a barber’s shop further down the street. This is the establishment of a hairdresser who knows the difference between the art of cultivating the natural adornments ot the human person and the barbarity of simply chopping hair off a man’s face with a weapon that might have been a tomahawk. ” I shrunk to a very small space, and the two swaggers, over awed with so much barberous majesty, retired to hunt up the common barber, and pay their two bob to some shaver who shaved for money and not for honor and glory alone, and who could say “yes” to a question that required it, without tacking on a dozen words that were not wanted.

I was on lawyers a little ago. They are the only people making money just now, and I like to admire men who can make or unmake your fortunes in a day. I am therefore a frequent visitor at the teetotal hall where they worry his Worship every Friday, and lug decisions out of him. Poor man, I pity him : he has to stand umpire occasionally between legal cham pions whom I every now and again expect to see becoming gladiators, and I do not wonder sometimes that he, too, loses his temper. But there was a general losing of temper on Friday over a case of

damages for an unfulfilled contract. Of course I am neither a lawyer nor an R.M. -—(thank goodness)—so 1 cannot give a legal opinion worth much on the cases I listen to. But I have come to the conclu sion that if ever I sue anybody it will be damages. They are about the most profit able thing to go in for. A short time since a man bought two cows for Ll 3. One cow was not in calf, as he had been led to be lieve, and the purchaser brought his action for damages in our R.M. Court. He received the price of the two cows as damages, and something over, so he had the two cows and their price and two calves to boot, for a second calf rolled up from somewhere, but not, according to the evidence, from whore it should have come. Oh, Justice—&c., &c. Yesterday a man brought an action for damages, L6O, cal culated at 3s. per acre on stacking 400 acres’ crop. He said he had made os. profit on what he had done and had got paid 6s. per acre on 112 acres. Verdict for L6O damages. So this lucky litigant made 6s. per acre profit on the 112 acres. Yes ; actions for damages are a real good specu lation.

More poetry. Will the stream ever cease ? THINGS IN GENERAL. Hail, Muse, et cetera. On these spreading plains Now plume your pinions for a glorious theme. Filed are our schedules, bagged is our grain, And still prosperity doth seem a dream. The lienist is active ! ■ not in vain— His document is spread, his eyes, wide open, gleam Upon the still beleagered cockatoos He'll have their grain, and leave them in the blues. Two acts of fair and graceful celebration, The paper tells us, have been jnst performed. Two lofty minds although in different station, Created admirers, in whose bosoms warmed The noble inctinct to create occasion To air themselves in print, and eager stormed The food and drink provided, while each spouter, Proclaimed some other quite an out and outer. And cheap Iheir fare —one gorgeous banquet cost A signet ring ; and as from Andes’ height The condor, hungry at his lofty post, Beholds a carcase, and like arrow’s flight Darts to his odorous prey—so the host Of watchful spouters spy a coming toast. All health inspectors, sedulous to feed, And drink, aye —anybody’s health at need. The one a statesman, editor, aud lawyer. To Gladstone, Delane, or Eldon almost equal ; That is, he thinks himself so—a top sawyer At everything. If Demosthenes you seek, well He’s your man. Though rather Yankee, a famous jawer, And will be Mayor or Premier in the sequel. When the old knight is buried at Kawau, As foremost statesman Joe will make his bow T’other celebrity was Saunders’ cook— A man well skilled in his most useful art. A meerschaum pipe brought him, with puzzle look, To thank the donors, then, of course, to part With largess for grog, which the admirers took With fervor. The cook had “done his part For twenty years,” he said ; but in his station He ne’er before had got a presentation.

The Editor and Cook have both departed, And minds and stomachs feel the depriva tion.

The festive gentlemen are broken-hearted. And hide their seedy heads in private station. The re-reflected fame the Cook and Editor im parted To these bold soakers on such greal occasion

Has waned, and left them of their glories shorn, Stomachs hot coppered, and their [minds for lorn.

I was at the Masonic ball last night, and in the early morning two or three printers were initiated into the mysteries of the “craft.” I judge so from the terrible smell of burnt flesh that pervaded your office and that of your contemporary yesterday. My judgment is borne out, too, by the fact that the “ Guardian” appears with Messrs. J. E. Buchanan and Co.’s black heading over Mr. C. Caven dish Hurrell’s announcement that the Resident Magistrate and District Court offices are to be closed for a spell. As I know the gentle Buchanan holds no dis traint warrant for rent over the R.M. Court, the Court furniture is notto be sold yet, and your printers must have been at the “ Somerset” Lodge, and the barman must have been steward. Then things were crooked with the Caxtonians of the Mail. A firm have some sections for sale, and in making the announcement they had apparently written instructions on their copy that the words “ eight pounds each ” were to be printed “in good prominent letters.” That ball again—the man of types was loyal to his profession, and fol lowed his copy, and that firm find them selves as offering sections for sale at “ eight pounds each, in good prominent letters.” Not so much next time, lads; not so much !

Ohispa.

THE GARDENER.

NOTES FOR THE PRESENT MONTH, BY A PROFESSIONAL GARDENER. APRIL. KITCHEN GARDENING. The principal crops will now be either all sown or planted, and the encourage ment of their growth the object of atten tion ; but, where omitted last month, Onions, Cabbages, Cauliflowers and Turnips should be sown at once, to insure success. If not done before the middle of the month, it is better to defer sowing until spring. Where Brocoli have been planted during summer months, and grown freely, rowers would find it very advantageous to cut the roots, which is easily done by inserting the spade under each plant. For instance, go down one side of the row and come back on the other. Care should be taken not to cut too close to the plant. Brocoli treated as above will resist the frost much better; for by choking its growth at this season it gets hardy as a natural consequence, and will come in ready for use much earlier than it would if not disturbed. Earth up all crops of growing Celery. Care should be taken not to allow the earth to get in between the leaves, which is done by holding up the leaves with one hand, while with the other, use a piece of slate or other flat tool to draw the earth carefully round each plant, which keeps all the leaves together until you have followed with the spade and banked up. Care should also be taken not to earth up too much at once, as it only tends to weaken the plants. By treating as directed, say once in ten days, the trouble will be well repaid by the pro duction of fine heads of blanched Celery for either cooking purposes or desert. Make a general clearance of all ground not wanted for present sowing or planting.. Dig in in a rough state, so that it will be exposed to the action of the weather. Dig Potatoes ; gather Onions, as they ripen, and store them in a dry place. Vegetable Marrows and Pumpkins should also be gathered as they ripen, and stored in a dry, warm place for winter use. When properly stored they will keep nearly all winter, and are much prized when such vegetables are scarce. Strawberries may now be planted from the runners. Either make now plots or fill in any blanks in old beds or borders. After selecting plants for all new planta tions, let all the runners that remain be trimmed off, care being taken not to cut off all the leaves, as is too often done not «<nly by amateurs but by persons calling themselves professional men. It is moat barbarous treatment, as it tends to weaken the plants and the result—the

following stunmer —is that there will be little or no fruit. Having got the runners and weeds cleared, put a good covering of well decomposed manure over the bed, and let it lie on the surface. Don’t dig it in, as is the general practice. In this way it nourishes the plant at the root and mulches the ground in summer. FLOWER GARDEN. Plant Bulbs of the following kinds— Hyacinthus, Crocuses, Snowdrops, Liliums, Narcissus, Jonquils, Daffodils, and Tulips —any of the above. For window decoration, plant in pots in a good mixture of loam, rotted manure, and sand. Plunge the pots in sand, and keep them there until the bulb begins to grow, when it might be removed to where it is required to flower. To those who desire an early display of annual flowers, by a careful reserva tion of those self-sown which abound at this season in great numbers, and sow ing again in spring, the flower garden can be kept going from early spring until late in autumn. All tender plants, such as Geraniums, Cinerarias, Cupheas, etc., that have been turned out during summer should now be brought in and housed to protect them from frost; and all herbaceous plants that have done flowering cut down, so as to give the garden a neat appearance. THE ORCHARD requires little care at this season, further than gathering the fruits as they ripen, and keeping the ground clear of weeds, but where young fruit trees have been planted last year the ground should be kept dug round them and free from weeds, as, by keeping the ground loose, it en courages the growth of wood, keeps the trees healthy and better able to resist the attacks of blight. It only too often hap pens that trees are planted, and that once done, they are never looked near again ; and still those to whom the trees belong wonder why their trees do not grow like their neighbors’, who cultivate them in a proper manner. A few trees properly cultivated is much better than a larger number cultivated indifferently.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1880.

Printed and published by Horace John- Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street,. Ashburtbn r Thursday, April 22, iS8o„



Railway Notices. Y. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORKS RAILWAY. ALTERATION 7n TIME TABLE (To come into force on the 15th inst. )j TRAINS will leave Methven forJßakaia at 8.20 a.m. and 4.50 p.m., and Rakaia for Methven at 10 a. m. 7.35 p. in., instead of at present times, on and after April 15th. FREDK. BACK, General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, April 12 th, 1880. 315c-7330 v. feiJfylw r. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) ALTERATIONS IN TIME TABLE. TO COME INTO FORCE ON THE 15th INST. SOUTH LINE AND SOUTHBRIDGE BRANCH. The 7.20 am. train from Christchurch to Ashburton, and 7.55 a.m., Christ church to Southbridge, will be dis continued. A new train will leave Christchurch for Springfield at 7.40 . a.m., taking Southbridge Branch passengers (who will change into train for Branch at Hornby), and passengers for Malvern Branch, and will also pick up at Stations between Christchurch and Rolleston pas sengers for South Stations beyond Rolleston, who will change into South express at Rolleston. The 8.40 a.m. South express will leave at 8.20 a.m., stopping at Rolleston to take on the passengers for South picked up by the 7.40 a.m. train, an will stop to pick up or set down pas sengers at Stations between Rolleston and Ashburton when required. The 11.30 a.m. from Christchurch to Ash burton on Saturdays will be discon tinued. A new train will leave Christchurch for Ashburton at 2.10 p.m. The 3.60 p.m. train, Christ church to Southbridge, will leave at 4.25 p.m. The 4.55 p.m. from Christ church to Ashburton will leave at 5 p.m. The 6.10 a.m., Ashburton to Christchurch, will leave at 6.45 a.m. The 8.5 a.m., Southbridge to Christ church, will leave at 7.25 a.m. A new train will leave Ashburton for Christchurch at 9.30 a. m. The 10.50 a.m. from Ashburton to Christchurch on Saturdays will be discontinued. The 5 p.m. express from Ashburton to Christchurch will leave at 5.37 p.m., and will stop at Stations be tween Ashburton and Rolleston to pick up or set down passengers if required, and at Stations between Rolleston and Christchurch to allow passengers from Stations South of Rolleston to alight. The 5.10 p.m. from Ashburton to Christchurch will be discontinued. The 4 p.m. from Southbridge to Christchurch will leave at 4.35 p.m. for Hornby. A new train will leave Rolleston for Christchurch at 6 p.m., stopping at all Stations, and will take in from Hornby the passengers per 4.35 p. m. from Southbridge. The 7.5 a.m. from Ashburton to Timaru will leave at 7 a.m. The 11 a.m. ex press from Ashburton to Timaru will leave at 10.48 a.m., and stop at Orari and Temuka only. A goods train, with a carriage attached for pas sengers, will leave Ashburton for Timaru at 11 a.m. The 4 p.m. from Ashburton to Timaru will leave at 5.25 p. m. The 7.30 a. m. from Timaru to Ashburton will leave at 6.45 a.m. A goods train, with a carriage at tached for passengers, will leave Timaru for Ashburton at 11.10 a.m. The 2.43 p. m. express from Timaru to Ashburton will leave at 3.15 p. m., and stop at Temuka and Orari only. The 4.50 p.m. from Timaru to Ash burton will leave at 4.55 p.m. The 11.5 a.m. from Ashburton to Timaru, and the 11.40 a.m, from Timaru to Ashburton on Saturdays will bo dis continued. The times at Intermediate Stations will be in each case correspondingly altered. FREDERICK BACK. General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, April 12, 1880. 314c-7320



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Railway Time Table. JJEYISED RAILWAY rjYR AIN CHRISTHURCH AND ASHBURTON SECTION. RRANGEMENTS, Stations. Miles 2 4 6 9 13 15 18 23 25 36 41 47 S 3 From Christchurch Addington Junction Middleton Sockburn Hornby Hornby Templeton Weedon’s r.olleston Junction Burnham Selwyn... H ... Dunsandel Rakaia... 99 ••• Chertsey Dromore Askburlon SOUTH. f Stop to allow passengers to alight only. ASHBURTON AND TIMARU SECTION. SOUTH. RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORKS RAILWAY. TIMARU AND DUNEDIN SECTION. SOUTH, NORTH.



Business Notice. A. J, WHITE’S STEAM CABINET MAKING AND FURNITURE ESTABLISHMENT, CHRISTCHURCH, Will be found one of the most convenient in New Zealand. THE Stock being so varied, that, pur chasers may at once select any Article they can possibly require, suitable for any class of House. This will be found an IMMENSE ADVANTAGE TO COUN TRY CUSTOMERS Thus saving time, trouble and expense. 589 a



Building Materials. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given ou ti e shortest notice. 26 Business, Notices. ' BREAD ! BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. J A. THIELE, 1 )EGS to inform the public that ho is * now in a position to SUPPLY BEST BREAD, 6d. per 41b. loaf, unsur passed. Delivered daily to all parts of the Borough, also, Confectionery, &c. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Bd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 986a-5700 TO FARMERS, LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, SPORTING MEN, AND OTHERS OWNING HORSES. GEORGE KIDD, Moore Street, BEGS to announce the fact that the PRICE for SHOEING hacks and light draught HORSES is now REDUCED to 7s. per set, and that all horses of this description will be specially attended to by himself. Horses liable to cut are shod on a prin ciple of George Kidd’s own invention, which has proved an effectual cure for brushing. All kinds of blacksmith’s work, and repairs to agricultural machinery of any description done on the shortest notice. GEORGE KIDD, 75c-526a Moore street, Ashburton.



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Medical, Extraordinary testimo nials. TTF.R MAJESTY S GUN BOAT HBTIEY. Wick, Scotland. Dear Sir, — Having had a most distressing and severe cough, which caused me many sleepless nights and restless days, I was recommended by his LORDSHIP the EARL of CAITHNESS to try your most invaluable Balsam of Aniseed, and I can assure you, with the first dose, I found immediate relief, even without having to suspend my various duties; and the first small bottle com pletely cured me, therefore I have the greatest confidence in fully recommend ing it to the million. Signed, W. LINZELL, H.M.G.B. NETLEY. TQOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. JL Dug de Montabok writes : “ Chateau do Montabor, Ayeyron. Sir,— Having suffered for some time from an obstinate cough, accompanied with fever, continuous head-aches, and sleepless nights, I resolved after having vainly tried several other medicines, to have recourse to _ your BALSAM of ANISEED. I cannot resist, sir, the desire of making you acquainted with the really marvelous results which I derived from it. From the first dose I felt great relief, the bad symptoms grew feebler, the irritation of the throat was calming down, and I recovered the sleep which had nearly left me. The third dose delivered me completely, and I am now completely restored to health. Receive, sir, with the expression of my gratitude the assurance of my distinguished sentiments. DUO DE MONTABOR.” POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. “Sir, —I have for a long time suffered from a severe cough and tried all manner of remedies. Dr. Liberecht advised POWELL’S t BALSAM of ANISEED; it. cured me a few days. You arc at liberty to use letter in hopes that others may benefit by it.— I am. Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” pOWELL’S BALSAM OF ANISEED. WILL LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme diately.—The Dean of Westminster’s Verger writes: “I was advised to try the Balsam of Ani jeed; I did, and have found great relief. It is most comforting in allaying irritation and giving strength to the voice.” Lionel Brough, Esq., the eminent actor, writes: I think it an invaluable medicine for members of my profession,. and have always recommended it to my brother and sister artistes.” •• Truly an extraorDxHßtlP-^^B PECTORaNT.—Mr. Edward M. UllettT of Bury, Hunts., writes to Messrs. Palmer & Son, Ramsay :—“ Having been in the habit o using Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed for a great number of years, I have great pleasure in bear ing testimony to its incomparable effects as an ■ expectorant. I always find a single dose gives immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a perfect cure.” OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— The effects of one teaspoouful taken in a little water before going to bed is extraordinary. No family should be without it in the winter. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World, is I>£d and; as 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, os each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. SK for POWELL’S BALSAM Tf ANISEED A SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, “ Lion, Net, and Mouse.” Wholesale Agents in the Australian and New Zealand Colonies -Elliot Brothers; Eyers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, & Co. 1 P. and S. Falk, Faulding & Co. , Rocke, Tompsit, & Co.; Rosenthall & Co. ; Kempxhorne, Prosser, & Co. ; S. Hoffenunc & Co.; Hemmons, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co.; and all other wholesale houses. Proprietor— Thomas Powell, Blackfriars Road London. KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES, COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. Composed of the purest articles. These Lozenges contain no opium nor any ,deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take i them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial effect is speedy and certain. This old un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 60 years). • MEDICAL TESTIMONY. * July 25th, 1577. 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London. Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. I strongly recommend them in cases of cough and asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my opinion, formed from many years exnerience. J. Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., L.M. - Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India, I have ranch pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of'incipient consumption, asthma and bronchial affections. I have prescribed them largely, with the best results. W. B. G, , Apothecary. H.M.S. KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, “Keatings’s Cough Lozenges ” engrrven on the government stamp. KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, noth in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted tor children. Sold in tins by all Chemists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist.



Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH COACH ! GEORGE WILLCOCKS respectfully acknowledges the liberal support which he has received during the short time his Coach has been running, and solicits a continuance of the same. The fares by Willcocks’ coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and lid. per mile for Saturday return. They are as under— Longbeach to Ashburton, ordinary 55., return Bs. Waterton to Ashburton, 3s. 6d. ordi nary, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. 6d. ordinary, 4s. return. SINGLE FARE RETURN ON SATURDAYS. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15 ; Post Office, 3.30, 292 g ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the . MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.ni. For Sale.



LAND. LAND. jyj- ESSES. POYNTZ & CO. have received instructions to OFFER FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY, AN UNIMPROVED FARM of 400 Acres, in one or two lots. The land is of fair quality and situated within four miles of a Railway, Station on the main line 197 g



Medical. Advice to mothers.—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teeth 1 Go at once to the chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless ; it produces natural, quiet sleep by reliev ing the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes “ as bright as a button.” It has been in use in America, and is highly recommended by medical men. It is very pleasant to take; it sooths the child ; it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentry and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and see that “Curtis and Perkins, New York and London,” is on the outside wrapper. No mother should be without it. Sold by all medicine dealers, at Is. lid.—Depot, 493, Oxford street.



TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. For s a l h. One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. This machine has been replaced.' by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine formerly used for printing the “ Herald ” and “ Guardian,”"for hand or steampower. Can be seen and' all par ticulars obtained at our office. \* For a Country Office this' J suits admirably, as it can easily be turned, ~ ■ by hand, for which we have fitted a wheel and handle. Puica £7O WEEKS & DIXON