THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE TWO LANDLORDS.

{From the Agricultural Gazette.') chapter ii.— Continued, « Then,” said Mr. Goodhope, “ a land lord cannot be called on to pay for ex ceptional buildings. But if a Bakewell should appear among us, we will make him welcome, and treat him well; and if the worst comes to the worst and we don’t do him justice, he can shelter his sheep in home-built sheds. There is a very clever young fellow in the village, James Miles, the son of the wheelwright. If Bakewell cannot build a sheepshed, for almost no thing Miles will show him how.” “Do you not think, sir, that the law as to the removal of buildings by the tenant is wrong?” “ I think all laws are wrong that favor the landlord ; but as John Bull is slow at Reform we shall probably wait twenty or thirty years for this repeal. Anything more about unexhausted improvements, Mr. Lambert ? ” “ Yes, sir; the land is in a foul state, and if it be left clean at the end of our respective terms, the cost of the improve ment should be allowed.” “I have walked over every field, and I find that yours is the foulest farm, Mr. Frost. It is as bad as it can be. You intend to have a lease, I hear. At the end of it how much would you expect, be sides the customary [tillages, for leaving the land clean.” Ss Upon my word, sir,” said Mr. Frost, “ I don’t know as I could tell you what I should expect, but I should like to get all I could.” “ Quite right, Mr. Frost, Would L2 an acre for every acre left clean satisfy you ? ” “ Tithing Farm is 300 acres,” said the future tenant. Do you mean L6OO free for nothing besides tillages ? ” “ That is what I mean. Gentlemen, we landlords have got the whip hand over our tenants in these brisk times, and we can make our own terms; but suppose the times were bad, and I, Mr. Frost, were more at your mercy than I am now, you would not ask for compensation for couch at the expiration of your lease, but at the commencement. Our friend, Mr. Lam bert, with his theories has put us on the wrong scent.” " So he has, sir,” said Mr. Frost with a jovial grin on his broad face. “We ought to settle for the couch now, sir, and not twenty-one years hence. ‘ A bird in the hand’s worth two in the bush. ’ ” “I am entirely against the principle of piling up a bill for the incoming tenant to pay,” said Mr. Goodhope, “ and I wil act the same as if we were on level terms. I will help you make your bargains, gentle men. That is the honest policy, and may be the best in the long run. If bad times overtake us, they shall find this estate well equipped, the rents ten screws at least below the topmost, and the tenants (let ua hope) well balanced at the bankers.” “Your theory of estate management, Sir, could not possibly be sounder,” said Mr. Lambert, “so far as I understand si”

u How about the couch, sir ? ” said Mr, Frost, “you spoke of ready payment 1 ” “ Yes, L2 twenty-one years hence, would not be half so good at 5 per cent, compound Interest, as LI now.” “Nothing like so good, sir,” said Mr. Frost, with his broadest smile. “ I will pay LI an acre for the couch now, and we will have a memorandum that such a payment has been made, the fatm being foul, and that the money should be returned with compound inter est, at the expiration of the lease, unless the .land be left in a clean, husbandlike condition, the point to be arranged by ar bitration, the arbitrators being you and mo, or our representatives, and an umpire to be appointed who knows the land. It will never do to leave these settlements to the lawyers, gentlemen. , “lam much obliged to you, sir,” said Mr. Frost. “Can’t you think of some more unexhausted improvements, Mr. Lambert, to be paid for beforehand ? ” “In regard to ‘ condition 1 ’ Mr. Good hope. The land is in poor ‘condition.’ Suppose it be left full of manure ? ” “In the case of an expiring lease, that is not likely,” said Mr. Goodhope, “ nor, bn the other hand, are practical and shrewd men likely to try the experiment of running the land out and burning their fingers 'in the operation. Gentlemen of the cabinet council, we must legislate for average cases, we cannot legislate for ex ceptions. Can you propose a better scheme than this ?—the land being out of heart, the crop of straw you will presently take will be small, and by the custom o; the country it should be valued to you al|\ fodder price. Suppose you take it at a market price, paying the difference into my pocket. The operation will not enrich me much, and at quitting you will reap the benefit, if your crops have become bulky through Mgh farming.” “ I think I may say we are all perfectly satisfied,” said Mr. Lambert. “ I see, sir, that you are proceeding on principle. ” “ And its a principle,” said Mr. Frost, “which I like uncommonly, and I’m darned if your plans ain’t right, too, be tween man and man,” and Mr. Frost slapped his band fiat down upon his big leg. “If all the world was honest, sir,” he said, looking straight into the squire’s face, “ and if each helped t’other, instead of trying to get the better of him, we should prosper more all round, and make our fortunes quicker.” The “council” then arranged payments for the unexhausted value of feeding stuffs and manures in the last years of the ten ancy. Such arrangements were novel then, they are not so much so now as to require discussion and description here. “Andjnow,” said Mr. Goodhope, “I have some unexhausted improvements to claim. I will tell you what will happen. A railway will come up this valley, to .connect the coast and London, within five years, and there will be a station at Comp ton. You will then send your produce to and perhaps turn your land into market gardens worth LlO an acre.” “ If you have no objection, sir,” said Mr. Frost, “ we will pay for the railroad ;at the end of the lease instead of the beginning.” “I suppose,” said the squire, “I must consider the railway, when it comes, as a gift of the country to my tenants, ”

Those six applicants hired between them 2000 acres, and the rest of the estate (about 3000 acres more) was let in farms of from 150 to 300 acres, besides a dozen plots of from 20 to 50 acres, which were held provisionally by the nearest occupier in reserve for deserving men. The abom inable nest of gardenless cottages in the village, called the Oxyard, was pulled down, and the new cottages were distri buted over the farms, a little nearer to the work and farther from the Bull. Mrs. Thomback lost her trade, and William Root brewed an excellent mixture of malt and hops at home. Mr. Qoodhope worked at the improve ments with heart and soul. Many a walk ha and his council took over the land together, and most admirable and economical were the results of their collective judgment. Playing at estate management, or shirking it as agents may. sometimes do, are quite different things from the “statesman-like” method. The energy of Squire Goodhope created energy in all concerned and ensured suc cess. Changes affecting individuals ivere avoided as far as possible. Fortunately several fa? ms were already on the market when the estqte was sold. Three or four werelhsld by neighboring farmers and speculators at a low price who

were glad to be riu of them, having had their fingers badly bitten by the rabbits. Some were on hand, others were held by old fellows who retired in favor of ener getic sons, so that the number of “evicted” tenants, to use the harshest term, was small. Numerous other changes there were, no doubt, but Mr. Goodhope was a consummate tactician, and his changes were not only advantage ous, but they were made to seem iuevit abable ! Who could regret the Oxyard 1 Who could complain of the big gardens (from a quarter to half an acre) tacked on to the new cottages, and taken off the farms before they were let ?

But of Mr. Gooclliope’s plans for im proving the condition of the laborers (or rather, for enabling them to improve it for themselves) —piece-work payments, allotment grounds, village ready-money shops, cow plots, and the rest of them— we must let him speak elsewhere. For conclusion, see Supplement,

MYSTERIOUS CRIMES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

Among the crimes of the hour are several that challenge the “ Newgate Calendar ” for depravity, cruelty and blood-thirstiness. At Glasgow a blind husband suspected his wife of infidelity. In the agony of his soul, when confessing his belief to the-wretched partner of his life, he expressed a wish that he was dead. She was heard to coldly answer that he might possibly have his wish realised sooner than he expected. Not long after wards he was found dying on the pave ment opposite his own house, having fallen, as is suggested, from a three-story window. The evidence, however, goes strongly in support of the charge that the wife and paramour killed him and flung him into the street. A jury has yet to clear up the facts and pronounce upon them. Paragraphs appear almost daily in, the country journals referring to what is called “ The Manchester Murder ; ” another modern mystery. The facts may he briefly narrated: —Last week, one evening, a gentleman residing in a Man chester suburban villa received a note in viting an appointment at once at an adja cent inn regarding the sale of some land he was interested in. The letter turned out to be a hoax; but the moment the master had gone his wife heard the door bell ring and the servant answer it. Some-one entered the house and went down stairs with the girl to the kitchen,in, circumstance in no way unusual. Short y afterward she heard a terrible scream ; she gave an alarm, a neighbor came in, and they found the girl dying from the effects of a frightful gash in the head. The victim never spoke, and at present no clue to the murder has been obtained. The theory is that jealousy is at the bot tom of the crime ; and while I write I see a news dispatch intimating that a young man has unaccountably disappeared from the neighborhood, and that the police think it desirable to look after him. A week ago London was horrified by the announcement of the discovery of the body of a man floating in the Brent river, near Harden. T: o lower part of the ab domen had been (. it away and was miss ing. On a the 1 nigh investigation it turned out to he a case of suicide of the most revolting character. The body was that of an old man named Sipley. He had himself cut away the abdomen, which was found, with his hat and a knife, under a hedge ; and, after suffering this mutila tion, he had flung himself into the river. At Croydon, near London, a few days since, Lawrence Bovill shot at his partner, whom he missed, but, thinking him deasl, rushed into the presence of his sister, and putting a pistol into his mouth, blew his own brains out. At the inquest, a half written note was found in the suicided pocket, containing these words:—“This is all through being too good a friend to him. I took him home with me, and treated him like a brother, and he rounded on me like a dog or a rat. ” Among the social mysteries of the day is what is called “ The Worcestershire Case,” in which James Lewis Paine, a gentleman, and Fanny Matthews, a domestic servant, are charged with the wilful murder of a lady of means and position belonging to the county of Worcester. She was addicted to drink. Paine became acquainted with her. He deserted his own wife and went to live with the rich woman. He insured her life, got control over her property, in duced her to go to London, and there with the aid of Fanny Matthews, at a lodging house or “ coffee shop,” deliberately kept food from her and plied her with ardent spirits until she died. So, at all events, runs the charge against him and his ac complice. The case will be tried at the Central Criminal Sessions. One day re cently a foreigner named Schon went into the Italian Church in Hatton Garden and tried to shoot the officiating priests who fled before a shower of bullets from his revolver and fastened themselves in a room. He tore the altar down and set fire to it. He is a Socialist and probably a manaic.— London Correspondent of the New York Times.

Putting a Check on Swearing. A new method of raising benevolent funds has been devised in Wellington. Accord ing to the Chronicle Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, of the Te Aro Club, recently handed over to Mr. A. G. Johnson, secretary of the Benevolent Institution, a cigar-box, con taining coins, and requested him to place the contents at the disposal of the Insti tution. It was explained that the money was the contributions of swearers, it having been made a rule that any visitor to the Club who used an improper word should he fined one penny. When Mr. Johnson opened the box he found 18s 3gd in coppers in it, and this will be handed over to the proper quarters for disposal. It may be added that this amount was collected in one week.

Romish Immorality.—A correspondent not far from Auckland writes as follows : —“ With reference to Pastor Chiniquy’s boob, ‘ The Priest, Woman, and Confes sion,’ here is something I can vouch for as truth ;—A gentleman of my acquaint ance has translated the Latin beastliness found at the end of the volume, and has taken the trouble to write in English several copies of the same, which he has circulated private 1 / among his acquaint ances. He left 0;.3 copy with a friend, and it lay (purpose A 7) on the table when an Irish Roman Catholic came in, who, when he saw it, said ‘ What have you got here V The answer was, ‘ What the priests ask the women at the confession. ’ The Romanist said, ‘ May I look at it V The friend said, ‘Oh yes, with pleasure.’ On reading it the Roman Catholic said, ‘ Well, this is damnable ! May I take a copy of it to show 2 (His wife). I am determined to know if this is true.’ The copy was given to the man, and he took it away and showed it to his wife. On his asking her if these were the ques tions that had been put to her at the con fessional, she blushed crimson and con fessed to her husband they were ; she said, ‘lt is true.’ The husband asked, ‘ Why did you not tell me then V She replied, ‘Because I was ashamed to do so.’ The husband went straight away to the priest, and accused him of the filthi ness that had come to his knowledge in this way. This interview was a very un pleasant one, and has resulted in both ‘|husband and wife willingly leaving the church for ever.’” Our correspondent, who is a gentleman of good repute and social standing, says :—“ The above is nearly exactly.as it took place,” and he requests only that names and place may be suppressed, out of consideration for those concerned.— N. H. Free Press, Ist May.

Railway Time Table.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1880.

i inn u r— ——* i" "*™i^°^TirirrTH!trßwnrHTFiiiiwTßgiiwn Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Thursday, May 27, 1880,



REVISED J> AIL WAY rjH RAIN E R A N G E ME N T S CHR1STHURCM AND ASHBURTON SECTION. SOUTH. Stations. Express. Miles From a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. Christchurch dep. 7.40 8.20 2.10 S-o 2 Addington Junction 7.46 2.15 5-6 4 Middleton^ A A A Sockburn A A A 6 Hornby arr. 8-3 5-23 Hornby dep. 8-5 2.28 5-24 9 Templeton ,, 8.17 2-37 5-36 13 Weedon’s A A Ji A 15 F.olleston Junction... arr. 8.4O 8.54 2-53 6.0 1 » 9 9 Burnham dep. 8-55 2.58 6-5 i8 a v r. 6.17 dep. A 3-9 6.18 23 Selwyn... arr ,, ... dep A 3 24 0.30 2 S Dunsandel arr 6.44 Rakaia... dep A 3-30 6.50 36 arr. 9.49 ... dep. 9-53 4-3 7-23 41 Chertsey tt 10.7 4.22 7.40 47 Droraore ,, A A A S3 Ashburton arr. i IO.36 4-55 8. IS NORTH. Stations. Express. Miles From a.m. a,it). p.m. p.m. Ashburton dep. 6.4s 9-3° 5-37 7 Drotnore tt A A A 12 Chertsey tt 7.22 10.8 A 17 Rakaia... arr. 7.40 0.20 ,, ... dep. 7.42 10.26 6.24 28 Dunsandel arr. 6.50 Selwyn.. dep. 8.16 10.58 6.55 30 arr. ,, ... dep. 8.24 11.5 A 35 Burnham an*. Rolleston Junction.. dep. 8-39 II.19 A 39 avr. 8.50 n.30 7-18 ,, dep. 9.0 n-35 6.0 7.22 40 Weedon’s A A A t 44 Templeton 9.22 ii-S4 6.20 t 47 Hornby arr. 9-33 6.30 Sock bum dep. 9-35 12.4 6.32 + ,, A A A 5° Middleton ,, A A A + 5i Addington Junction ,, 9-54 12.19 6.49 + S3 1 Christchurch arr. 10.0 12.25 &-S5 ».o + Stop to allow passengers to alight only. ASHBURTON AND TIMARU SECTION, SOUTH. Stations. Fxpress, Miles F rom a.m. a.m. p.m Ashburton . dep. 7.0 xo.48 5-25 2 Tinwald * tt 7-7 5-31 7 Winslow (for Longbeach) • 9 7.22 5-44 9 Windermere A A 10 Hinds ... 7-45 6.4 19 Ealing ... • ft 8.22 6.32 21 Rangitata Island ... • A A 22 ,, South ft 8.32 6.47 29 Orari (for Geraldine) . , 3 8.S8 12.4 7-8 32 Winchester do. 9-13 7.20 36 Temuka . ,, 9.28 12.27 7-32 38 Arowhenua • t A A 41 Seadown , w A A 44 Washdyke Junction • 99 10-3 8.0 47 Timaru... . arr. 10.15 12.56 8.10 NORTH. Stations. Express. Miles From a.m. p.m. p.m. Timaru... dep. 6-45 3-i5 4-55 4 Washdyke Junction ,, 6-55 5-9 7 Seadown • 99 A A 9 Arowhenua • >y A A 5 12 Temuka arr. 3-44 Winchester dep. 7.22 3-48 5-5° is * 99 7-33 6.6 19 Orari ... . an*. 7- 45 4-7 6.20 ,, . dep. 7.48 4-9 6.25 25 Rangitata South • ft 8.7 6.48 26 ,, Island ... . ,, A A 28 Ealing ... . an*. 8. 19 ,, ... . dep. 8.20 7-i 37 Hinds ... an*. ... . dep. 8.45 7.28 39 Windermere * tf A A 4 1 Winslow . ,, 9-5 7-49 45 Tinwald • tt 9.19 8.4 47 Ashburton . arr. 9-25 5-23 8.10 RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORKS RAILWAY. OUT. IN a An, p.m. a.m. p, m. Christchurch ... dep. 8.20 S-o Methven dep. 8.40 4-5° Rakaia ... ... ,, 10.0 7-35 Cairnbrae tt A Hatfield ... ... ,, A A Lyndhurst .. , a A Somerton ... ... ,, A A Urrall tt A. A Mitcham .... ... ,, A A Winchmore .. ,, A A Sherwood ... ... ,, A A Sherwood tt A Winchmore ... ... ,, A A Mitcham it A A Urrall A A Somerton ,, A A Lyndhurst ... ... ,, A A Hatfield „ A. A Cairnhrae ... ... ,, A A Rakaia (W) .. 9.4O Methven ... ... arr. 12.45 9-20 Christchurch an*. 12.2 TIMARU AND DUNEDIN SECTION. SOUTH. Stations. Express. Miles From a.m. p.m p.m. Timaru dep. 7.20 I. l6 4-30 5 Normanby ,, A A II St. Andrew’s 8.2 1-44 5.12 IS Otaio ... 8.16 5.26 l8 Makikihi 8.35 2,6 5-4i 22 Hook ... A A 25 Waimate Junction .. 9. io 2.25 6.15 31 Waihao ,, 9-33 6.40 38 Waitaki North ,, IO. O 7.10 39 ,, South tt 10.10 3-7 7.20 44 Hilderthorpe ... ti A A 46 Richmond ,, A A 47 Pukeuri Junction ... 10.43 7.50 Si Town Belt A A S3 Oamaru arr. n-5 3-38. 5.10 Dunedin arr. 8.40 NORTH. [Stations. Express. Miles From a.m. a.m. p.m. Dunedin dep. 7-30 Palmerston 10.4 Oamaru arr. 12.15 ft dep. 6-55 12.25 4.0 2 Town Belt A A 6 Pukeuri Junction ... ,, 7.17 4,22 7 Richmond 99 A A 9 Plilderthorpe 9 , A A 14 Waitaki South ,, 7-45 1.2 4-55 IS ,, North 1) 7-55 5-5 22 Waihao tt 8.17 5.27 28 Waimate Junction... 9S 9.0 1.44 6-5 3 1 Hook ... >9 • A Q A 35 Makikihi 9f 9.26 2-5 6.27 38 Otaio ... it 9.40 6.40 42 St. Andrew’s tr 10.0 2.27 7.0 48 Normanby >> A S3 Timaru arr. 1 IO.4O 2.55 7.40]



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Medical. Advice to mothers.—a™ you broken in your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? ' Go at once to the chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. WINSLO W’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. l|d. —Depot, 493, Oxford street. WHO is Mrs. WINSLOW? As this question is frequently asked, we shall simply say that she is a lady who for upwards of thirty years has untireingly devoted her time and talents as a female physician and nurse, principally among children. She has especially studied the constitution and wants of this numerous class, and, as a result of this effort and practical knowledge obtained in a lifetime as nurse and physician, she has com pounded a SOOTHING SYRUP for Chil dren. It operates like magic, giving rest and health, and is, moreover, sure to regulate the bowels. In consequence of this article, Mrs. Winslow is becoming world-renouned as a benefactor of her race. Children certainly do rise up and bless her. Especially is this the case in this city. Vast quantities of the Soothing Syrup are daily sold and used here. We think Mrs Winslow has immortalised her name by this invaluable article, and we sincerely believe that thousands of chil dren have been saved from an early grave by its timely use, and that millions yet unborn will share its benefits and unite in calling her blessed. No mother has dis charged her duty to her suffering little one, in our opinion, until she has given it the benefit of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Try it mothers, try it now.— Ladles’ Visitor, New York City. VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR. A very nicely perfumed Hairdressing, called THE MEXICAN HAIR RE NEWER, now being sold by most Che mists and perfumers througout the coun try, at 3s. fid. per bottle, is fast super ceding all the old restorers and dyes for the purpose of changing grey or white hair to its natural original color, for it will positively restore the hair in every case of greyness to its original color, with out dyeing it or leaving that offensive smell which most of the hair preparations of the day do. This’ preparation has never been known to fail in restoring the hair to its natural color and gloss in from eight to twelve days. It promotes growth and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandruff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy condition. It imparts peculiar vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring it to its youthful freshness and vigor. Daily applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded, grey, or white hair to its natural color and richness. It is not a dye, nor does it con tain any coloring matter or offensive substance whatever. Hence it .does not soil the hands, the scalp, or even white linen, but produces the color within the substance of the hair. Read the follow ing from Mr. Nathan Berry, Chemist, Walkden : “One of my customers told me the other day he had had grey hair for thirty-five years, and after using one bottle of the Mexican Hair Renewer I sold him, it was restored to and kept its natural color.” It may be had of any respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer in toilet articles in the kingdom, at 3s. fid. per bottle. —Prepared by HENRY C. GALLUP, No. 493, Oxford street, London.



COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS— These Pills consist of a careful and peculiar admixture of the best and mild est vegetable aperients, with the pure ex tract of the flowers of the camomile. They will be found a most efficacious remedy for derangement of the digestive organa, and for torpid action of the liver and bowels, which produce indigestion and the several varieties of bilious and liver complaints. They speedily remove the irritation and feverish state of the stomach, allay spasm, correct the morbid condition of the liver and organs subser vient to digestion, promote a due and healthy secretion of bile, and relieve the constitution of all gouty matter and other impurities, which, by circulating in the blood, most injuriously affect the action of the kidneys ; thus, by removing the causes productive of so much discomfort, they restore the energies of both body and mind. To those who indulge in the luxuries of the table these pills will prove highly useful, occasioning no pain in their action, unless they meet with an unusual quantity of acrid bile and acid matter in the stomach and bowels. To Europeans on their arrival in India or China they are recommended as a preservative against the fatal disorders peculiar to tropical climates. Their occasional use, if com bined with the strictest attention to diet, will be frequently found to remove at once, by their influence over the secre tions, that congestive and unhealthy con dition of the liver which is so often the earliest antecedent of severe febrile and constitutional disturbance. It must be understood that these pills are not recommended as containing any, new or dangerously active ingredients; on the contrary, they are characterised by a remarkable simplicity of combination, and whatever merit they may be found to possess depends as much upon the selec tion of pure drugs, and the unusual labor and attention bestowed upon their subse quent preparation, as upon the acknow ledged peculiarity of their composition. They are not recommended as a panacea, nor are they adapted to all complaints but as a mild and efficacious aperient and tonic in the various forms of indigestion, it will not, perhaps, be an exaggeration to state that they have been resorted to under all systems of diet, changes of cli mate, or atmospheric alternations with an extraordinary degree of success for upwards of seventy-eight years. This celebrated family aperient may be had throughout the United Kingdom in boxes at Is lid, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and 11s Od, as well as in India, China, New Zealand, and he Australian Colonies.



Public Notices. BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON. ELECTION OF AUDITORS. IN pursuance of The Municipal Corpora tions Act, 1876, and The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, I hereby give notice that an Election of Two Perg sons to serve as Auditors for the ensuin year will be held at the Borough Council Office, on TUESDAY, the first day of June next. Nominations, in the form prescribed by the second Schedule of the last mentioned Act, will be received at the Town Clerk’s Office, up till Noon on Tuesday, the 2oth day of May. CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. Borough Council Offices, Ashburton, 15th May, 1880. 466c-867«



Medical. T7OK COUGHS, BKONCMITIS, I\- i FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. ROWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. JDOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. JpOWELL’S BALSAM of^jpSEED. mHE Oldest and Most Effectual COUGH 1 REMEDY. Extraordinary testimo nials. HER MAJESTY S GUN BOAT NETLEY. 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. pOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. Due de Montabob writes “ Chateau de Montabor, Aveyron. 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. DUC DE MONTABOR.” F'OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. For coughs, bronchitis, in- FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. ?OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN- FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. “ Sir,—l have for a long time suffered from a severe cough and tried all manner of remedies. Dr. Liberecht advised POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED ; it cured me after a few days. You are at liberty to use this letter in hopes that others may benefit by it.— I am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” pOWELL’S BALSAM OF ANISEED ILL LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme diately.—The Dean of Westminster’s Verger writes : “I was advised to try the Balsam of AnLeed; 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.” T' RULY an wvtr  XPECTORaNT.—UIIett, of Bury, Hunts., Palmer & 1 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 ah expectorant. I always find a single dose gives ( immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a - perfect cure.” P‘ OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— The effects of one teaspoonful 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 2s 3d per [ per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, ns each. Established over 50 years. I Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. i ASK for POWELL’S BALSAM of > XA ANISEED . QOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE- O KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” > Wholesale Agents in the Australian and [ New Zealand Colonies -Elliot Brothers; Eyers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, I & Co. ; P. and S. Falk, Faulding & Co. , , Rocke, Tompsit, & Co. ; Rosenthall & [ Co.; Kempthorne, Prosser, & Co. ; S. s Hoffenung & Co.; Hemmons, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co. ; and all 1 other wholesale houses. Proprietor— Thomas ! Powell, Blackfriars Road London. KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES, COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. : Composed of the purest articles. These I Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious t drug, therefore the most delicate can take , them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial p effect is speedy and certain. This old un failing family remedy is daily recommended by I the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 60 years). MEDICAL TESTIMONY. July 25th, 1877. 32, Cold Harbour Lane, 1 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 experience. 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 much 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, Doth in appearance and tasta, 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 for childien. Sold in tins by all Chemists. Proprietor, THOS. K.EATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist. GRATEFUL—COMFORTIF G. TIBBS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. by a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application ol .he fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by tne judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there h UMk, point. We may escape many a keeping ourselves well fortified and a properly nourished frame. ” — 7%? Ctzii Service Gazette. ’ SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EBBS AND"CO Homoepathic Chemists, London,