JOTTINGS A TRAVELLER’S JOURNAL.

[written specially fob the “ashbdrton ■ '■ .GUARDIAN.”] No. XlX.—Continued. The Cathedral and its Services—An Artistic Preacher—A Member of the “J^isebicrodia” —Thb Baptistery —Viewing a Baptismal Service. The cathedral was erected soon after the triumph of the Pisans near Palermo, und i&a noble pile of white marble; black and colored stone being occasionally in troduced for ornamental effect. Pope Gelaaios 11. did not think it beneath bis dignity to consecrate the building in per son. The interior is adorned by no less than sixty-eight columns, the spoils of - war ; and the ceiling of the nave is cof fered and elaborately ornamented. There .0; are many large pictures, but none of them of very superior merit. I was present during the celebration of high mass, by the Archhshop. He was assisted by a numer ous bevy of priests acolytes, thurifera and other ecclesiastical functionaries, whoso titles and precise duties were a mystery to me. There was a.grand procession, with banners and, orpzier and . crucifix, the Archbishop'talking under a canopy borne on ornamental pojea. , One important part of the PeremPny seemed to consist of robing and unrobing the Archbishop with vari om garments, gorgeous with gold and ■ After : ms ny prayers had been intoned, and bowings, genuflections, and ritualstic proceedings, the meaning of which I could comprehend, a priest in black robes, with-a three cornered cap on his head, mounted a pulpit in the cen tre of tljD cburetr ari<l began, tP address the a&mbleSb- crowd. Being ignor : ant of thfedanguage I could not deter?, mine the aubf§cT'of his discourse; but I could appreciate his manner. He com bined tbe fire and force of a tragedian with the calculating coolness of a man of business... His sermon, for such I pre sunla,diiß harangue was intended to be, was artistically constructed.. .. t was not a continubiis humdrum essay, calculated to encourage sleepy inclinations; but a succession of well defined paragraphs, eaoh finaitsentence exploding with a kind of eloquent bang—the effect of which was 1 heightened by corresponding energy of attitude and action. After each startling period, a pause : during which the audi ence found relief by coughing, and in some instances, if .the truth must.-be told, by 'spitting oh the* marble floor ! The preacher himself, with admirable coolness and self-possession, took advantage of the brief 1 interlude to blow bis nose and take a''pinch of Anuff, preparatory for another bout. I could not help thinking of the Scotch Elder, who when advised by his •minister t 6 take a pinch of snuff to pre vent drowsiness during the sermon, naively asked his spiritual adviser if it “ would na’ be better if he himsel’ pit the sneezing in his sermon. ” It was evident that this, - black-robed priest understood his business. There was no danger of his hearers going to sleep ; whether the merit was to be ascribed to his reasons or his rappee, I leave an open question. When ha began again. I thought I had heard enough, and was not likely to be greatly; edified by hearing more, and therefore quietly withdrew. At the door of the Cathedrail I was confronted by a figure that might have frightened a nervous person. I could tell it was alive, because it moved and shook a money-box at me. But for this Tl might have mistaken the apparition for a movable black pillar with a conical shaped capital. It was in reality, how ever, a man enveloped in a flowing black yobu -tbut completely concealed his person, with a. pointed cap of the same -hue, hiding every portion of hia face except his two eyes, which glared at me through two small holes made for the purpose. At first Lthought he might be an ordinary beggar—there be many such in Pisa—in masquerade. But on subsequent enquiry I found he was a member of the “Misere cordia,” a secret fraternity who are said to devote themselves to visiting the sick ‘ and burying the dead whose surviving relatives are top poor to pay for the usual obsequies. This society is composed of persons of all ranks—l was told some of high station belonged to it. Their indi viduality : is studiously concealed in the manner I have described ; .and the alms thkylßbhfcif go to defray the expenses of theit* works Of mercy. A “Miserecordia” is stationed at. every door of the Cathed- he allows none to escape his From the cathedral I walked over to

the Baptistery. .It -is a circular building of tnarble,'surfounded by half columns

below and above, and surmounted by a dome. It has four entrance doors, at

tßd sides of Which are a variety of sculp tures. Columns and pillars also adorn the mterior. The baptismal font in the centre is of marble, vast in size and octa gonal in shape. It stands on an elevated dais or "platform; round which you can walk and examine the exquisite sculptures and mosaics .that enrich the font. A priest was baptising with business-like aptitude. Several women with babies, accompanied by their friends, came in succession to claim for; the little ones the sacramental rite. I saw the whole cere mony of baptismal regeneration, though I did not understand it. First, the priest read a few sentences out of his book, with rapid utterance, and in a monotonous tone of voice ; then he touched the eyes, nose, lips, forehead and breast of the infant with his finger, repeating some tiling'all the while, and at intervals re quiring the parents or sponsors to say Credo” and “ Volo.” Then betook some watpr out of a brazen dish, sunk in the, stone with a ladle, and mixed with it some hot water from a kettle kept boil ing for the purpose, and while the parent held the child over another brazen re ceptacle, also sunk in the stone, he poured the contents of his ladle on the little one’s head, and afterwards carefully Wiped it with a towel that had become very dirty from frequent use. While doing this, he alternately talked and prayed, distinguishing the prayer from the patter by patting the palms of his bands together. The parents and friends seemed to think it good fun ; for at times 'they laughed and joked with one another during the ceremony. And as far as 1 could judge, the priest himself did not seem, to think it a very serious matter, for be interpolated his liturgical sentences and prayers with expostulatory remarks which by the effects they produced I understood to be something like this: “Be quiet,” “Hold him up,” “Put ydui; hapAto him,” “ Say credo.” After the' effiisibn and. the wiping, the priest put a strip of white cloth on the child’s hdad, : holding it there while he repeated some formula, and with one or two other, to me unintelligible antics, the ceremony temimitddand he took the parties into a prlv&te'room to register the transaction, (To be continued.)

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1883.

Printed mi published daily, for Tt£B : ASH*; burton Guardian Company, Limited, by Charx.es Dixon, ofWakanui Road, Ash* burton, at the Company’s Printing House, West street, Ashburton, '' Friday, July 20, 1883.



Weils’ '• Rough on Corns,”—Ask for Wells-’- ,J Rough : on Corns.” Quick re- complete, permanent cure. Corns, warls, bunions. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. i Holloway’S Pxlls.—Health or Wealth.— No sfrie person would hesitate an instant in thtf ’'choice ' between these two conditions. Now is the season to secure the fprmer either by restoring or confirming it. These Pills ex pel all imparities from the system which fogs, foul vapours, arid variable temperatures in gender during winter ; this medicine also acts upon the skin by disgorging the } accumulated bile, and by ex citmgTthelddneys to more energetic action ; appetite for food and strengthens the' digestive process. The stomach and liver, which most disorders originate, are fully under the control of- these regenerative Pills, which act very kindly .yet most efficiently on the Uflderest bowels. —[Advt.]



Hop Bitters. REMEMBER THIS. IF YOU ARE SICK. If you are sick, HOP BITTERS will surely aid Nature in making you well again when all else falls. If you are comparatively well, but feel the need of a grand tonic and stimulant, never rest easy till you are made a new being by the use of HOP BITTERS. If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are suffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you remain ill, lor HOP BITTERS are a sovereign remedy in all such com plaints. If you arc wasting away with any form of Kidney Disease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn for a pure to HOP BITTERS. If you are sick with that terrible sick ness Nervousness, you will find a ‘ 1 Balm in Gilead ” in the use of HOP BITTERS. If you are a frequentei - , or a resident of a miasmatic distiict, barricade your system against the scourge of all countries —mala- rial, epidemic, bilious and intermittent fevers—by the use of HOP BITTERS.



If you have rough, pimply, or sallow ,' skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally, HOP BITTERS will - give you fair skin, rich blood, the sweetest breath, health and comfort. In short they cure ALL. Diseases of'the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, etc., and will be paid for a case they will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious • found in them, x ' ‘ 'That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, .sister, mother or daughter, can be made the-picture of health by a few bottles of Hop Bitters, costing but a trifle v Will you let them suffer? Cleanse, Purify and Enrich the Blood with Hop Bitters, And you will have no sickness or suffering 7-8 or doctors’ bills to pay.



Prosp ctus The canterbury meat and DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. NOMINAL CAPITAL ... £50,000 In 5,000 shares of £5 each, Subscribed Capital, £2O 000 ; of which £IO,OOO is called up. Directors : John Griggj Eaq. (chairman), Longbeach, stockowner William Chryatall, Esq., Christchurch, merchant John Cook, Esq., Christchurch, manager N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited John Tucker Ford, Esq., Christchurch, auctioneer , Samuel Garforth, Esq., Spreydon, stock owner Bankers : The Bank of New Zealand. Solicitor : Thos. Shailer Weston, Esq. Registered Office : Hereford street, Christchurch. Freezing Works : Belfast. Secretary : Frederick Waymouth.



INCREASE OF CAPITAL. In terms of the resolution passed at the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders held bn, Tuesday, 19th instant, the Direc tors have determined to at once OFFER to the PUBLIC 1,000 of the NEW SHARES of the Company at 10s premium, and they now INVITE APPLICATIONS for the same, which will be received till 31st July, 1883. The following are the terms upon which the shares are offered :—£l 10s cash on application (which includes the premium); £1 payable on 30th Septem ber, 1883 ; £1 payable on 30th December, 1883 ; £1 payable on 30th March, 1884 ; and £1 payable on 30th June, 1884; which will make the amount paid up on the new shares equal to the old, viz., £5. The amount of the premium received on the sale of these shares is to be applied exclusively in the formation of a reserve fund. All allotments will be made as soon as possible after July 31st, and should the total of the applications exceed the num ber of shares available for allotment, an apportionment will be made. For further information apply to the Directors, or to the Secretary, at the Com pany’s office. Applications will be received by the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, or any of its agencies in Canterbury; Fried lander Bros., Ashburton; and at the Com pany’s office. F. WAYMOUTH, Secretary. Christchurch, 20th June, 1883. 1463



Public Companies. NEW ZEALAND LOAN & MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £3,000,000. Reserve, £200,000. Makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Freeholds, on Stations and Stock, and on growing clips of Wool. RECEIVES CONSIGNMENTS of Wool, Grain, Tallow, Leather, Hides, Skins, etc., for sale in New Zealand, Aus tralian, and London Markets. UNDERTAKES INDENTS of British, Continental, East Indian, and Ameri can goods, and Commissions in all branches of Mercantile Business. Supplies WOOL PACKS and CORN SACKS, at Lowest Current Rates. AGENTS IN CANTERBURY FOR— Ruston Proctor and Co.’s celeuraiul Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to be the Best Machines imported into New Zealand. Felton and Guilleaume’s Patent Galvan ised Steel-barb Fencing Wire. Candy’s Patent Cotton Belting. Maldon Island Guano. Further particulars on application at the Company’s Offices, Christchurch or Ash burton. JOHN COOKE, Manager, Christchurch, GEO, WILKIN, Agent, nlO Ashburton.



W. H. Gundry. W. H. Gundry, Licensed land broker Under the LAND TRANSFER ACT, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT & AUDITOR. Books and Partnership Accounts super vised, Audited, and Adjusted. Auditor for the Borough of Ashburton Ashburton Woollen Factory Company Ashburton Cheese and Butter Factory Ashburton Saleyards Company Ashburton Gas, Coal, and Coke Co. Ashburton Town Hall Company Etc., Etc., Etc. Money to Lend ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECU RITY', repayable by monthly instalments or otherwise. , Agent for STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, STANDARD PROPERTY INVEST MENT SOCIETY. . . s. East street, Ashburton. 384 r



Exhibition. SHBURTON POULTRY, PIGEON, CANARY SOCIETY. The Third ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the above will be held in the TOWN HALL, ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, August 3rd and 4th, When first prize? of ths value of Os and second of 5s each will be awarded. Among about 114 different classes, 20 special Prizes, varying from L 8 8s to 18s 6d each, are also offered for competition. There will be a grand prize distribu tion of about 200 exhibits on Saturday evening August 4, at 8 p. m., tickets for which, covering admittance to the Show, are obtainable everywhere up to August 2. Entries close with the Secretary on July 31, at 9 p.m. Exhibits must be in the Hall by 9 a.m. on Friday, August 3. The Society provides Pena for Fowls and Pigeons. Exhibitors find their own Canary Cages. The Exhibition will be open to the public on Augusts, from 2 p.m. to 10 p m.; and on Saturday, August 4, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.tn. Admission at the door—One Shilling. - _ All further information can be obtained from the undersigned. The following special prizes have been kindly given, in addition to those already advertised : Open to All. £ s. d. For best Game Cook, in Classes 1 and 2 110 For best Game Cock, in Class 3 110 For best Game Hen, in Classes 4 and 5 ... 010 6 For best Game Hen, in Class 6 0 10 6 For best Spanish Cock, in Class AND 15 ... 110 1485 STEPHEN B. POYNTZ, Hon. Se retary.



Consultation. A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINCrS. A FORTUNE FOR 6s. A DA MASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. To be Run on the 6th of November. Capital £5,000, In 20,000 Shares of 5a each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. , as follows Melbourne Cup. First £SOO Second... ... 300 Third 200 Starters (divided) 500 Non-starters ... 1,000 To be distributed Cash Awards. 5 at £IOO each sat £SO each 10 at £25 each 20 at £l2 10s each 40 at £6 5s each 200 at £5 Oa each £2,600 £2,500 Each ticket has seven separate chances, Race and Cash Awards being drawn for separately. Please send Post-office Orders, when convenient, or Bank Notes. Cheques must be marked “ correct ” by Bank, If Stamps are sent for tickets please add one shilling in the pound extra. Notice. Registered letters not ac cepted Two stamps required for reply and result. Will close on or about the 3rd of November. Address— “ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, 7 GO Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin.



Government Notice. The public trust office OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions of the Acts establishing this Office, and to the advantages placed thereby within the reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son : I.—About to make his or her Will or Codicil. 2.—lntending to provide for Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3. —Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. 4.—Desiring to renounce the Trusts of a Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor, or Administrator, wishing to be relieved of the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis tration, the option of us jg the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information may be obtained from ALEANDER LEAN, * Agent at Christchurch; Or from R. 0, HAMERTON, Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May, 1882. Business Notices. F. S. Shearer, OF THE MAY BANK WORKS, TINWALD, begs to thank the public for their past support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he is ain position to Manufacture and Repair on the shortest notice all kinds of Machinery, such as— Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Wheels (cogged and water wheels), Combines, Engines, Hand and Foot Treshing Machines ; also, all kinds of Spring Carts, Drays, Traps &c. Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing Smith, defy competition. All orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention at reasonable charges. Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders. Note the Address — Great South road, Tinwald. 590 d



IJIO FARMERS & STOCK BREEDERS The following Works may be had from THOS. F. FARLEY, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, Ashburton, The Horse, with supplement, by Wm. Youatt; Cattle, their breeds and manage ment, by Wm. Youatt; Sheep and Cattle, by 0. Armatage ; Agricultural Chemistry and Geology, by Professor Johnston ; Agricultural Chemistry, by Maclvor; Agricultural Chemistry, by Alfred Gibson; Breeding of Draught Horses, by Reynolds.. A large and varied stock of standard literature always on hand—any book not in stock will be procured without delay. Subscribers wanted for all newspapers, pamphlets, and periodicals, by Thomas F. Farley, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. 1041 PUBLICATIONS. The following Government Publica tions, w ith others, can be obtained at the Office of this Paper : Education Act Railway Tariff (revised) Crown Lands Guide Regulation of Local Elections Act Public Libraries Acts



Basinet? Notice.



COST PRICE. TWO CASES OF Single and Double Barrelled MUZZLE AND BREEO H-LO ADIN* GUNS, Having come to hand TOO LATE for this season’s trade, will be



SOLD AT COST PRICE to clear the lot. The Goods are WORTH INSPECTING By all who want to purchase POWDER-FLASKS & SHOT-POUCHEF Equally Cheap. PLOUGHSHARES 10s per dozen. Orr and Co., EAST AND TANCRED STREETS, Ashburton.



Business Notices. An evil and its remedy.—t 3 the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign ofthe times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must be done either by the legisla ture or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. We (the under signed) have been doing business in Ashbur ton about 2% years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levan ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If the law cannot pro tect us then we must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cask only in future. The honest man I who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be'executed in our usual first-class style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. Under the cash system we are prepared to offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices :—Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2 18s fid; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.



P. & D. Duncan, t GRICULTDRAL IMPLEMENTS A. MANUFACTURERS, Christchurch and Ashburton, Having been appointed AGENTS at Ash burton for the DEERING REAPER AND TWINE BINDERS, We are now prepared to take orders for next season. As only a limited number will be imported, early application is necessary. All orders received after April 30 will be L 5 extra. We are also prepared to take orders for MoOORMIOK’S REAPERS AND BINDERS. Makers of Ploughs, Drays, Harrows, Rollers, Grub bers, Seed-sowers, Strippers, and newly-improved Direct Draught DISC HARROWS (the Latest and the Best), made any size up to 15ft, and every description of Farm Implements. Just received, ex Soukar, A large quantity of HORNSBY’S PLOUGHSHARES, Old Brand. ordered expressly for Ashburton, Also, Some extra heavy Mould Boards (our own pattern), best cast steel, suitable for contractors. REPAIRS of every description of MACHINERY at reasonable charges. 1015



ICTORIA HOUSE, EAST STREET, Dimant & Coe, Are still selling at prices which have gained for their establishment such an immense popularity in the past. All goods marked in plain figures, and sold at a profit calculated to afford such advantages as no other house in town can permanently offer. Our WINTER STOCK recently re ceived is Extraordinary Good Value. DIMANT & COE, REAPY-MONEY DRAPERS CLOTHIERS, &c., Victoria House, East street, Ashburton. 816



Charles Lawrence, PHOTOGRAPHER (Of High street, Christchurch). x3y special Appointment to the Governor, Begs to informs ihe residents of Ashbur ton and the surrounding districts, that he has OPENED in SAUNDERS’ BUILD INGS, East street, Ashburton, and as all Pictures will be taken by himself, it will be a sufficient guarantee that none but satisfactory Photographs will bo sent out of his Studio. INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS of Children taken. Equally good results are obtained on dull days as light ones by this process. Pictures enlarged to any size, andfinished in Oil, Water Color or Crayons.



UNEDIN BREWERY. BITTER ALE, BITTER ALE. PLEASES BOTH EYE AND PALATE. TONIC AND WHOLESOME. Guaranteed absolutely free from adultera tion. The following are specimens of the com pliments we are receiving frequently : “ Please ship by next boat 3 hhds Ale, same as last; very good indeed.”—Bluff. “ I believe your beer is the beat in the market. ” —Balclutha. “ I must congratulate you on the quality of the beer :it is magnificent. If you can keep it up to that you have got a good thing.”—Waimate. KEAST & McCarthy, Limited. Agents for Meukow’s Brandy, Roderick Dhu and Shaughraun Whiskies, and Mars den and Raffley’s celebrated Billiard CELEBRATED AND Tables. 1266



First Order of Merit and Silver International Exhibition. Medal GL KING begs to inform the public of Ashburton that he has appointed Messrs ANDREWES BROS, as SOLE AGENTS for this district. Ladies and Gentlemen can have their Clothes -Dyed to look new, at a reasonable price, by leaving them with Andrewes Bros. They will be returned in a week. Damask Curtains, Table Covers, French Merinos, Silks, Ribbons, Velvets, Lace, and Feathers Dyed or Cleaned. Kid Gloves Cleaned, G, KING, 98 Madras Street, Christchurch. WANTED KNOWN —Every descrip tion of Plain and Fancy Pointing executed on the shortest notice, at the Guardian Office, next Matson, Cox, and Co. ’a, West street.



Business Notices. E T H YEN. We beg to thank the inhabitants of Methven and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded us since our commencing Business here. We wish to notify that wo have REMOVED ntu our new and commodious premises, two doors south of our old offices. We have intro duced all sorts of General Merchandise into our Business, and are prepared to supply Stations and other large con sumers with every desc iption Stores, &c., at wholesale rates. TIMBER of every de scription at lowest current rates. Best Newcastle COAL from f e Old Lambt-m Mine. Builders requisites in IRON MONGERY, DOORS. SASHES, etc., always on hand. Feed OATS and Seed WHEAT and OATS on Sale. Oaten Sheaf CHAFF in any quantities (best quality). We have also on Sale Messrs Booth, McDonald and Co.’s celebrated PLOUGHS, DRaYS, ROLLERS, DISC-HARROWS, and other Farming Implements, which we are prepared to sell at Christchurch Prices, with freight added. We are also booking orders for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders, and farmers are advised to make early applica tions. Hasten and Beattie’s flexible Harrows. Grain and other Produce Stored on the, most reasonable terms. Agents for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, and New Zealand Insurance Compan,'-'. Land and Commission Agents. Loans negotiated.—C. J. W. Cookson, Jun., and Co., General Merchants, Methven. Methven, July 9th, 1883. 7 66



Trees. Trees. Trees. SEALY BROS., NURSERY AND SEEDSMEN, Ashburton, HAVE FOR SALE, at very low prices, an extensive stock of every description. Our FOREST TREES include Pinus Insignis, P. Jefferii, P. Radiata, P. Austriaca, P. Maritima, Spruce and Scotch Firs, Oupressus, Mac rocarpa, Ash, Elm, etc. Our FRUIT TREES this season are the finest ever oflered in Canterbury. The list of Pears, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, Nectarines and Apples, include all the old standard sorts as well as many excellent new kinds. In SHRUBS AND ROSES our stock is large and varied, and contains everything worthy of growth. For FENCING AND HEDGING we have an immense quantity of Macro carpa grown expressly for this purpose in pots and boxes ; also, Holly, Thorn Quicks, Privet, Matapo, Laurel, African Box Thorn, Osage Orange, etc. Also, Rhubarb and Asparagus Roots, Goose berry and Currants of all sorts, Quince, Mulberry, Almonds, Walnuts, Grape Vines, etc. Sealy Bros., ASHBURTON. 7 56



John Broom, SIGN WRITER, DECORATOR, COACH PAINTER, &c. Orders may be left at McColl’s, Ashbur ton Hotel ; or Husband’s Stables, Hill’s Hotel. 1257



George Lea, AND CONTRACTOR. Estimates and Plans furnished for all kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber Build ings. Funerals furnished at moderate prices. Workshops—Cameron st west. 812



Conveyances. LONGBEACH ROYAL MAIL COACH Leaves Longbeach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterloo 8.10 a.m. j Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatstom 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10.24 express from Christchurch to Timaru. The coach leaves .the coach ■tables, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.5'! p.tn., arriving at Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places wiU receive strict attention Fares—Through single fares, 5s ; return same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATES, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton. INWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, _Moun Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 am. and 5.35 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arr'val of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. 427 c W. E. BOND, Proprietor, Longbeach. Single fares, ?s ; return, 3s. JOHN HOOD



Boarding Houses, &c. THE GLASGOW PIE HOUSE, Corner of Dowling and Princes streets, Dunedin, J. DONALDSON, Proprietor. Has opened a place in connection with the above, which he has christened “THE BODEGA,” and can promise to supply his friends with a better Glass of Wine or Beer, direct from the cask in a cool cellar, than they can obtain anywhere in the city. Dowling Street. Princes street. “THE BODEGA.’ an 17 Panama goose (late a stee’s), Tancred street Ashburton. The undersigned begs to inform the pubic that he has ItEMOVEO from the trince Albert Dining-rooms to the more commodious Boarding-house lately in the occupation of Mr Anstee, whore he hopes to merit the same patronage bestowed upon nim as heretofore. Good Bath room, S. LUCAS, Proprietor.



PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPER A.NOE HOTEL. C. TRUCKLE begs to return thanks to his friends and the public for their patron age since he has taken over the Prince Albert Boarding House, and trusts by always keeping a good table and accommo dation for boarders and travellers to re ceive a continuance of the same. Private rooms for families. 0. TRUCE-LE, Prince Albert Boarding House and Tem perance Hotel, near Cookson’s Stables, *Wills street, Ashburton ; neit Odd fellows’ Hall, and one raiuuce’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate.



Hotels FOREST HOTEL. John Tisch, Whc has ag iiu taiicu the InUui at Alford Forest, would bo glad to receive a call from his ®ld friends and as many new ones as can make it convenient to gue a look in. Good accommodation for horses. 1328



HBURTON HOTEL. ARCHIBALD M'COLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral pnblic that he has taken possession of the Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-furnished and re-decorated, and is now replete with every convenience and comfort. A. M'Coll would, therefore, assure his patrons that they will have every atten tion bestowed on them. Excellently Furnished PRIVATE j APARTMENTS for FAMILIES. All Liquors kept in stock are under the special supervision of the Proprietor, who will guarantee them to be of the best de scription and quality. The Hotel is situate close to the Ash burton Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under the Proprietorship of Mr James W. M'Rae, late ol the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Coun try Visitors will meet with every Ac commodation in that respect. 1330



Metropolitan temperance hotel, Ohkisxchukoh. S. Stoddard BEGS respectfully to inform the Public that he HAS TAKEN THE ABOVE HOTEL, And all necessary improvements are being made to ensure the comfort of Customers. Grilled Steaks, Chops, and Hot Meals at all hours. The Hotel Bar is now open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., where Coffee is always ready and all Temperance Drinks can bo pro cured. TEA TO ORDER. Tripe and Fish Suppers Every Night (Sundays excepted), from 7 to 10 o’clock p.m. A Green for the use of Families and Children adjoining the Hotel. 1365



Medical. GRATEFUL COMFORTING EPPS’S 0000 A. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us ma j lieavy doctor’s bills. It is by the ad, sious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually buil f uj. until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladias are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is s weak point We may escape many a fatal ah.-ft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.— See article in the Civil Service Gazette.



Made aimply with boiling water or mil. Sold only in packets, labelled : JAME 4 * EPPS AND CO., HOMCiwi’ATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. ALSO. EPPS CHOCOLATE ESSENCE KEATING’S 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 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, 1877. 22, Cold Harbour Lam, 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.



KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES art sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, “Keating’s Cough Lozenges” engraven on the government stamp. Keating’s Worm Tablets. A PURELY VEGETABLE WE ETMEAT both 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 for children. Sold in ns by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London Export Chemist and Druggist. TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDEh CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER The value of this well-known Family Medi. cine has been largely tested in all parts of tin world, and by all grades of society, for upward of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARL APPEARANC E so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers The proprietor therefore feels it due to t h public to give a special caution against the u» of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefui i to observe the four following distinctly characteristics, without which none nr genuine ; Ist—ln every case the words JOII STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH SURREY, are engraved on the Governme Stamp affix to each packet. 2nd—Eacn Single Powder has directions 1., the dose, and he words, John Steeuman Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—The name, Steedman, is always spe with two EE’s. 4 th—The manufacture is carried on sole at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Medi cine Vendors. Kempthorn, Prosser and Co POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. — The effects of one teaspoonful taken n a little water before going to bed is extraordinary. No family should be without it in the winter Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendor., throughout the World, is and 2s 3d pet per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, ns each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. SK for POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED Keating’s Worm Tablets. FOR SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORK. KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, Lion, Net, and Mouse.”



Medical jQOCTOR ERNEST LOWS Cherry Pectoral, A.ll invaluable Medicine in nil the stages of Consumption, and not to be surpassed in eflicaus for Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, Difficulty of Breathing, Influenza, Spasmodic Croup, Hooping Cough, and all affections of the Throat, Bronchia*, ano Lungs. Prepared only by H. N. CITRON, Chemist, Akakoa, New Zealand. May be obtained from every Chemist in - -bburton and Storekeeper in the Country. au7



DEAFNESS. —Quacks calling them selves ‘ ‘ Doctors,” are utterly ruin ing the organs of hundreds suffering from deafness, charging from L 5 to L2O for so ■’ doing. 1 have two infallible remedies (No. 1, deafness arising from, colds ; No.-’ 2, the thickening of the parts or the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by thbse world-known Aurists, the late andpire* sent Senior Surgeons of the Royal Dia-' pensary for Diseases of the Ear.—Send stamps for particulars to T. B. Hanna fobd, Auckland, N.Z. 1270 IMPORTANT to all afflicted with Ulcers, Scurvy, Sores, or Wounds of any descript on, YAXES’ PATENT BRITISH HERBOINTMENTS,prepared only by Mrs Burns (daughter of the late Mr Yates), Christchurch. ■ War ranted to cure Burns, Scalds, Cuts, o* Wounds of any kind, etc., of ever so long standing. Red Ointment, a certain cure for Ulcers ; Green Ointment, a oertwn cure for Scrofula or Sling’s Evil; White Ointment, a certain cure or Swellings or Inflammation in any part of the body or limbs, Lumps in the T 1 lost, Sore Nip ples, Gathered Breasts, • c.; Direction? for use—Spread the Bed and Green Oint ments lightly on linen rag ho bigger than the wound ; the White Ointment is to" hie rubbed by the hand over the part affected. Also, YATES’ PURIFYING DROPS for Gravel or Pains in the Loins ; dose for Gravel, from 20 to 30 drops in a table spoonful of cold water at bedtime. The Ointments are sold in pots at 2s 9d each, and the Drops the same price, 2s 9d per bottle. These Ointments and Drops have effected astonishing cures ir New Zeeland, i Names and addresses of c■> ei 50 f €raons I cured, someof diseasesofSt j ears standing', may be obtained by applying to Mbs BURNS, at the above address. Agents for Ashburton —Akdbewes Bros. .9b



HEILB RON’S WORM CAKES These Cakes are principally prepared from Herbs, and do not contain any dan* gerously active ingredients. ■ They have a wonderful effect in curing children, as well as grown persons, by removing the worms. They have been with grea suc cess introduey into the principal families in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, They are guaranteed to do. away, in a very short time, with many serious complaints like Bronchitis, Piles, Dicers, Ulcerated Throats, etc., if taken in time, as these sicknesses are often caused by worms of all kinds, especiolly by the Tape Worm, and by the moat dangerous Thread Worm, which, if not destroyed in time, will soon create the hardly-curafcle Worm Fever. The smallest, the Thread Worm, will more than any other worm penetrate through all the crevices of the body up to the brain. An example was recently wit nessed, where a child falling continually into fits (the parents not knowing the cause) at last died with the brain affected by the too fatal Thread Worm. Still more recently there was a case, a grown man whose seat was affected by the Thread Worm, and who, after trying many sorts of remedies, without effect was directly relieved by a dose of DR HEILBRON’S Worm Cakes.



There are cases where the worms, come away that they almost can be counted then often they come away in whole clots, and sometimes in a thick and slimy stuff, and although not so perceptible, still they are caused to leave by Dr Heilbron’a Worm Cakes. And there have been other cases where children affected with Worms, when coughing or sneezing, do discharge them through the mouth and nose. The symptoms of Worms are generally as follows ;—Lassitude, Giddiness, De pression of Spirits, Impaired Appetite (which if not acted against, will engender diseases of the bile), Disorder of the Stomach and Digestive Organs, Sick Headaches, Vomiting, Disturbed Sleep, and many more serious complaints, in* eluding Fits, of which last many persona have been cured by these Worm Cakes. No time should be lost in removing these Worms, else the consequence will bo seri ous, as they will increase in size ahd quantity, and ultimately spread through out the intestines. If Worms are ne glected for a time they will do so much damage as to make it beyond human skill to restore and reorganise the system, of digestive organs. WREOTIONS FOR USB. The quantity of these Worm Cakes to be taken at a dose depends mostly, on the age and constitution of the p-tient. In most oases a couple of doses will drive the worms away for many years, if not en tirely. As a standard : A dose for a child up to 2 years will be half a Cake ; from 2 to 4 years old, one whole Cake; from, 4' to 8 years, one Cake and a half; from 8t j 14, two Cakes ; and so to increase with the age, but never more than four Cakes at one dose. Grown females may gene rally take three Cakes at a dose, and grown m c n four Cakes, according to con-, stitution. The most effective way of using these Worm Cakes is by taking the dose before going to bed, and on the following morning to take a cup of hot tea before breakfast. jSr-Aa I am not certain how long 1 may stay in this town, and as these Worm Cakes can be obtained at a very small ex pense families will do well to have always a small supply of them at their houses. Orders for the Country promptly MRS E. HOMBERG, Sble Ageni, Ashburton Agents—Mr J. M!. Cam bridge ■ Messrs Andrewea Bros.; Mr : R. Alcorn , ,336