THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

The Coachman of Marshal 0 .

( Translated from the French ).

I will now tell a tale, which is no fic tion , but a positive matter of fact. I con ceal the name, as belonging to one of the most distinguished families of Germany. Marshal C was in want of a coach.- man, andapplied to the. hotel-keeper, where he was lodging, to recommend him one. The latter stated that, of the several he knew of, he could only'recommend one with confidence ; and that one he could not part with, ■ finding him so very. useful in his own' establishment. The Marshal was however; at last so,pressing ..that; the coachman was transferred to his service. When settled in his. family,-.nothing was observed about him very particular,, ex cept that he was dull and silent, avoided mixing with other servants, and was ex ceedingly punctual and attentive in the performance of his duties. He became a great favourite of the master ; and, strange to say, this did not excite the envy of the other servants. There was in this man such an expression of deep and continued sorrow, that it was easy to see it was not pride that kept him from his comrades. At meals he was silent and abstemious ; and retired to the stable- as soon as he had finished. When the family was in the country, -and-he had- little to-do,’ he would not frequent' J a - public-house; but would sit for hours reading, or in deep thought, under a tree. All this was remembered and commented upon afterwards ; but at the time excited only the reflection on the part of the men that he was an odd fel low, and;on. that of :the women that Mul ler was a “ bear.”.

The Marshal went; to the wars in Ger many, and Muller" followed him during the campaign of 1807 ; and continued to live with his master when he had been ap pointed Commandant -at.-Ragusa after the peace. Agrand dinner party haying boeri given the Marshal’s stall’ and several Aus trian officers, and all the, servants of the house were found insufficient "to wait upon the guests, and the.services of Muller and others were put into request. The num ber lof f .the guests prevented Miiller: re marking any one them in particular, and the dinner was nearly over, when as he was about to* place‘ V dish on the table, one of the Austrian officers drew on one side to enable him to do do so. In doing so he happened to cast a glance on the coachman’s face, and uttered a cry of sur prise ; Muller, too, no sooner perceived the officer than he became pale and trem bling ; and, in his emotion, let fall the dish, anc* ran out of the room. Every one the table was struck with astonish ment ; but so rapid had all these proceed ings been, that it seemed very uncertain whether the fall of the' dish was caused by the emotion, or the emotion by the fall of the dish.

The dinner ended without Mliller re-ap pearing. / The-master of the house could not help thinking that the officer and his coachman were- old '*' acquaintances ; aid and was determined to clear up the mystery as soon has lie was at liberty: It certainly had not the appearance of a mere meeting between an old servant and his master. Alarm and terror were' mani fested by both ; and the abstracted state of the officer during the rest of the repast was remarkable. If the war had still exr isted, the general might have supposed Muller, whose manners were far above those of a coachman, to be a spy ; but the state of affairs forbade the supposition. The remaining probability was, that Mul ler had formerly served under the officer, and had been guilty of some crime, the fear of whose revelation was so alarming. The general, therefore, determined to probe the matter to the bottom, and get rid of his servant, believing that his good conduct was only intended as a cloak. When the company had retired to the drawing-room, the marshal looked every where for the officer, but he had disap peared, and did not retnrn the whole evening. Now, really alarmed, he en quired for Muller, and learned that, ashamed at his awkardness, he had rushed to the stable, and remained there in a state of great agitation. He also learned that after dinner tne officer had enquired for the coachman, and that after remain ing for a long time in earnest conversa tion, they had left the house together. The general was thus obliged to wait until the next day, when he was told that Mul ler was again busy with his horses with his usual impassiveness. His curiosity was now so highly excited, that he went himself to the stable to interrgoate Mul ler ; but as soon as the latter perceived his master, he went to him; and presented him a letter, which was couched as fol lows :

“Marshal, —Upon my honor, I answer for the fidelity, honesty, and good con duct of your coachman, Muller; and I shall feel ever grateful to you if you decline asking any questions concerning him. The Comte de Vi 'G "l ;•/ “ ; ‘ ■ ■

“ Suppose I am determined to know who you are T said the marshal angrily. “ Then I should be obliged to leave your service,” Muller gravely replied ; “although I should much, regret doing so, as 1 am so happy here. Neverthe less, I would do so instantly. ” This conduct of : the man, and the unlooked-for recommendation of the o dicer, determined ,the marshal to abstain from intgrrbgfiting Mtiller, trustiiig to time to clear up the mystery. In a few days all went on as usual, and the event had become forgotten, when, long after,, a frightful accident recalled it to the marshal's mind Muller was thrown while taking his horses to water, fractured his skull, and died without once recovering his senses. The marshal de sired his aide-de-camp to examine his boxes, and make a memorandum of their contents. Great was the surprise of all when, in one of them, the uniform of an Austrian officer, a colonel’s commission and epaulettes,' ! arid several star's of foreign orders were discovered. The aide-de-camp recollecting the affair, of the dinner, believed these were the products of robberies committed by Muller All the papers which were found-bore the name of the Count de V., but no trace of anything explaining the connection of the Count with" the coachman could be dis covered. Several weeks had now passed oyer since his death, when the same Austrian officer presented himself, for the first time since the dinner. He had heard of the death of the coachman by chance, and came to ask for the papers in his own name. ; The birth, fortune, and. position

of this gentleman allowed no doubt to be entertained as to his right to them ; but still the marshal declined giving them up without some explanation. The officer replied that he was well entitled to such, seeing that he had trusted his honor when required, and had retained Muller in spite of suspicious appearances. “All you see,” said he, “ belongs to the unfortunate Muller. He gained them by distinguished services, and has lost them by a fault which he has now so severely expiated, that it will be an eulogium upon his memory to acquaint you with all the particulars. Muller was the Count de ,Y., my elder brother. His career in arms had been glorious, and his promotion rapid, when all became blasted. Wounded in a skirmish, he was sent to Carlsbad to drink the waters, and found •himself in company wiih a number of our countrymen, the possessors of' large fortunes. You know with what a frenzy the passion of gambling is carried on in such places, where men go rather to gratify their passions and display their luxury than to recover their health. My brother forgot he had no fortune but his pay, and was weak enough to vie with those who were a great deal richer and much less honest than himself. He was soon ruined, and incurred debts —debts of honor, as they 1 are called—but ;debts which, on the contrary, are the very reverse of honor. If any brother had not believed that it was of actual necessity to repay those debts within a few days, lie would not have committed a crime for the reparation of a fault. Rendered desperate by his position, he counterfeited my father’s signature to bills for enormous amounts ; and this name possessing great credit with the bankers of Germany, the money was easily raised, and the creditors satisfied. “ No sooner had he come to his senses, • than he felt tbe full disgrace his conduct had brought upon him ; and unable to en clure it, he sought some weeks’ leave of absence, and quitted Germany. My fa ther having no suspicion of the transac tion, when apprised of the numerous bills which had become due, used evei*y endea vor to detect the forger; This became no difficult matter ; and you may imagine his despair at finding his own son v r as the criminal, and his own name dishonored by the rigorous enquiries he had set on foot. My father sacrificed his fortune to meet the-demands, and even felt inclined to to forgive his son : but notwithstanding all the search that that was made lie could nowhere be found. Pretended expla nations of the debts were inserted in the newspapers, so as to conceal from the public the nature of my brother’s crime ; and every means resorted to to intimate to him the anxiety his family felt for his re turn. However we could never hear any tidings of hiiai, and fully believed he had put an end to his life. You will remem ber my astonishment at meeting him at your house. I used every endeavor to in duce him to return home, assuring him that the belief in his death had banished every feeling of resentment frona his fa ther’s heart, and that the knowledge of the self-punishment he had endured would prevent this being re-lcindled. . He was deaf to my entreaties, and his resolution was unshaken never to resume the name he had so dishonored. All was in vain ; and he even demanded a promise from me that I would not, by revealing the seci*et of his existence, revive those cruel recol lections in my father’s breast, which time had softened. 1 did promise him and if I now speak to you upon this painful subject, it is to prevent further enquiries . being' made, which -would sooner or later come to my poor old father’s ears, and embitter the remainder of his existence.” Josephine.

Eccentric Starlings.— Each crane.sit uated at either end of the platform of the Great Northern railway station at Eirsby contains a nest of young starlings. This is the eighth season that similar broods have been reared in the upper part of these cranes, which is greatly to be won dered at seeing that they are being so fre quently turned night and day in supply ing engines with water ; yet the old birds annually repair to the same spot, and dur ing the incubation period remain in un disturbed possession. A Remarkable Take. —A fine specimen of the beluga sturgeon (“ acipenser huso”) was caught two months ago by Messrs. H. Cottingham, F. Brown, and C. Toyne, in a narrow drain with only four feet of water, which runs by the side of Mr. • Cottingham’s farm at Friesthorpe, between the above farm and what is commonly known; as Friesthorpe lugs, about six miles from Market Itasen, Lincolnshire. The fish was sent to Mr. Spencer’s Sincil street, Lincoln : it weighs llllbs. and is 6ft. lOin. in length. The extraordinary thing is how it got to where it was found —a distance of about 30 miles from the sea and 10 from the river Witham. ' It must have lost its way from Boston Beeps and faced the flood stream up the Witham and turned into the Barling and Snarford river at Bardney, and so found its way lip the narrow drain. Curious Coincidence —The following, from an English contemporary, seems worthy of insertion in any collection of coincidences:—“A few years ago I re ceived a letter from a friend in New Zea land enclosing another letter, addressed to a person in Anglesea, North Wales, which lie, said lie had found inside his .-“. Tunes ” newspaper (which I was in the habit of sending him every month).. The letter was stamped with the penny pos tage stamp; bub appeared never to have received any postal mark, so had in some way evidently worked, itself into the news paper, and thus been mis-carried. I in tended j re-posting it ; but, on looking a second time, the very uncommon name of the person to whose house it was directed arrested my attention as being a name re cently mentioned by a maid servant, who had just come to live with me, and I then also noticed that the letter was directed to a person bearing her name, but which, being a-very common one, had not. struck me at first. I asked her a few questions, and found she had been visiting a brotlier n-law in Wales, and whilst there a letter had been sent to her, but never received, though inquiries had been made about it. This proved to be the missing letter, which, after straying to New Zealand, was sent back to England, and received at the very house where the owner was then re siding, though at the time it was written to her we were unknown to each other. She had never been in Weymouth till she came direct from her home in Suffolk, not quite a month before, to live with me. This has always struck me as being a very . curious coincidence.” —S.M.P,

Revolt in a New York Prison.

A scene of great excitement took place at the Sing Sing prison, New York, on the 25th August, when a general revolt amongst the convicts was narrowly avoided. The disturbance was due to the obstinacy of one of the inmates of the gaol named John Barrett, a noted New York burglar and rowdy. This man, having refused to work oaa the ground of sickness, and grossly insulted the doctor who visited him, was punished by a species of flogging called “ paddling.” The next day two /of the warders went to his cel!anil took 'him to the chaplain’s office, where’he behaved with insolence, standing with his hands in his pockets. The warders laid hold of him to force him into a more respectful attitude, when lie raised one arm, and it was found that he had a knife in his hand. Witn this weapon he aimed three blows at one of the warders, who was severely stabbed in the thigh. Barrett then made off-through the yard, and into the moulding shop, where he armed himself with several pieces of iron, and with them escaped to the roof. A warder named Good fol lowed him, and Barrett threw at him the iron bars, but fortunately without seri ously injuring him. The chase was by this time taken up by another warder, and the convict -was brought to bay in the moulding-room, in which a large number of convicts are kept at work. Here lie seized an iron “rammer,” arid, placing himself against a water-tank, kept his pursuers off. Great excitement began to prevail. It was the dinner hour, and the convicts from other parts of the gaol were assembling in " line before going to the refectory, and these men. commenced to encourage Barrett to resist and attack the warders. Seeing the danger of the situ ation, the warders drew their revolvers, and threatened to use them ; but the con victs made light of the threats, and were, tumultuously assembling in a ring round the warders, who stood back to back-, when Barrett began to swing his formid able weapon about in a threatening man ner. Thereupon, after a further warning,' one of the officers, named Good, fired his revolver point blank at Barrett, the bullet penetrating his heart. After this evidence of determination the inmates of the gaol altered their demeanor and became tract able, and the crisis was over. There were 12 jmisoners in the gaol, most of whom assembled together in the mess-room at dinner time, and had the spirit of revolt spread amongst them the corisequerces must have been most serious. An inquest on the body of the deceased convict was held in the evening, when the jury found the killing to have been in self-defence, and necessary for the maintenance of discipline.

Scandalous Conduct at a Fire.

A little girl named Mary Ann Ryan, aged eleven, daughter of a fruit-picker at St. Paul’s Cray, Kent, appears to have lost her life, and that in a most shocking manner, through the heartless conduct, cow r ardice, or callousness of those among whom she was unfortunately cast. From the evidence taken.at the inquest it ap peared that the fruit-pickers employed at the Home Farm, St. Paul’s Cray," slept in a number of huts of v r ood and straw thatched. The mother of deceased occu pied one of the huts with deceased and two other of her children, and after being asleep about two hours was awokehy an old woman calling out that the place w T as in flames. The terrified mother succeeded in bringing out two of her children safely, but the flames had then obtained such a hold of the huts that she could not enter and rescue deceased. She says she asked a man named William Cleverley, who occupied the adjoining hut, ; to save her child, but he was on his knees packing his clothes, and took no notice of her appeal. Cleverley denied that he heard the mother appeal to him, and did. not know the child was there until after the fire. Mr. R. Allen, farmer, of Pelham Court, Far ningham, said he was at his father’s house, at Ruxley, and, hearing of the fire, ran to the spot, and had he been there; a moment or two. earlier he could have saved the child’s life. When he got there a number of men were looking at the fire, and paid no attention to the mother’s cries for help. He raked about the burning embers with his hand, his ■brother pouring water oil the embers, and grasped the body, but the child was then dead. He brought the body out of the hut. It was stated that the whole of the huts, 70 feet long, where destroyed in 12 minutes. The mother said-a man in the huts, after smoking, put his pipe in liis boot, and she afterwards found the pipe where the fire broke out. Mr. Venson, the employer of the hands, said there were orders that the field hands should have no candles in the huts, but it - was impossible to enforce regulations amongst that. class of people. The body of the child -was dreadfully burned. The. jury returned a verdict that deceased died from shock to the system through burning, and that the fire was accidental.

The more a man knows about any sub ject the greater will be his charity for and sympathy with views differing from his own.

“ My Soul’s at the Gate ” is the title of a new piece of music. He had better be careful,, or he may find the old man’s sole at the gate too some of these fine evenings. —American paper. lowa has 100 creameries or butter factories in operation this season. ■ A bold bad man at Meriden, Connec ticut, kissed four young ladies in the same house, and was .after>yards killed ,by a. brick thrown from the window, by one of the girls, while he was passing by on the pavement. This is why we always walk in the middle of the street. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— A Cure for Abscesses, Piles, Fistula, and Sores. The many satisfactory cures resulting from the use of this invaluable Ointment in cases where patients have been suffering from these complaints, have induced many medical practi tioners to introduce them into the hospitals and their private practice; and in many instances where the sufferer was considered incurable, l-lollosvay’s Ointment, in conjunction with his Pills, . healed the most desperate wounds. These medicaments are unequalled for the cure of scrofula and diseases of the skin. In all cutaneous affections incidental to children, from the simple red gum to the complicated, scorbutic disease, Holloway’s Ointment exer cises a remarkably beneficial influence, cooling inflamation, relieving irritation, and giving ease to the impatient little sufferer.

The Yankee and the Duke.

The Duke of Argyie and his tivo daughters have returned from their swift tour through Canada and the States, im proved in health and greatly interested with wdiat they saw. Lady Mary Camp bell lias a. little tale of travel which she tells with great vivacity. Just before they left New York they went to visit the museum of Cypriote antiquities, which General di Cesnola has collected. The party consisted of the Duke, Lady Mary, her sister, and the General. When they entered the museum there was an Ameri can there who was regarding the Cypriote, “fixings” - with undisguised contempt. Observing the difference with which the new arrivals were received, he asked one of the attendants who w*as “the little gentleman with the yallar hair?” “That’s the Duke of Argyie ” the man whispered deferentially. “ The doose,” said the American, taking a steady stare. Then, without further liestitation, he walked up to' the party, and holding out his hand, said, “The Dook of Argyie, I believe? My name’s Lawrance ; glad to see you ” The Duke cautiously met the proffered hand, which embraced his in a painful squeeze. Then Mr. Lawrance patted His Grace on the shoulder approvingly, but emphatically, and, with a friendly nod to the young ladies, walked off.—London Correspondent.

Curious Applications.

At Lambeth Police Court, lately, a fashionably-attired lady stepped forward and, addressing the Magistrate, said : What am I to do ? Our kitchen fire smokes, and we cannot use the kitchen.— Mr Chance ; Well, I cannot see how I can help yon.—Applicant: But we have a three years’ agreement, and if we can’t use our kitchen because the chimney smokes, I want to know, if the agreement is binding?—Mr Chance : I am afraid your agreement would be binding on you despite the smoky chimney.—Applicant : The landlord promised to put in a kitchener, but now he refuses. We have offered- to get it done, and stop the cost out of the rent; but he will not agree to that, and says we must pay the cost our selves.—Mr Chance : You might pay the cost, and then you would have a right of action in another court.—Applicant (anxiously) : Then the chimney smoking does not relieve us from the agreement so that we could move? —Mr Chance : I am afraid not. I will, however, look through your agreement, and if you come again I will tell you if there is any loop hole in it by which you may get out. The next applicant, a respectable-look ing man, said lie had a dreadful wife, and he could not live with her.—-Mr Chance : What can I do for you ?—Applicant : I want a judicial separation.—Mr Chance : I have no power to help you in that respect.—Applicant : I always understood that you had the power under a new law. —Mr Chance : I have power where a man is convicted of an aggravated assault on his wife to grant a separation.—Appli cant : What am I to do, then ?—Mr Chance : You must go to the Divorce Court.—The applicant, who seemed, very disappointed, thanked his Worship, and left the Court.

Executions and tiie Press. —The “ Lancet ” enters a protest against the exclusion of all representatives of the public from executions, arid says “We are not disposed to attach any value to the testimony of officials concerned in the conduct of an execution, and adhere to the Opinion that some impartial witness or witnesses representing the public ought to be present as a matter of right and law. The recent decree of the Home Office is retrograde and opposed to public safety. Before Parliament adjourns the subject should be brought before the House of Commons, and a short bill passed giving the Press a legal right to be represented on the occasion of an execution.” Mr. Cross has sought to push the question aside as one only affecting the news papers, but the weakness of this has been seen during the present week, when more space has been devoted to reporting the execution of Webster than occurred in the case of Peace. Her “statements” .and confessions ” have all been made known, and since she was a humble cri minal, without friends, there is no doubt that she was hanged. But under the pre sent system a little connivance only is necessary to secure the revival of torture or the escape of a convict condemned to death ■ A short time ago a Danbury man had 40 dollars stolen from him. The thief was evidently struck with remorse, arid sent back 20 dollars, with a note to the effect that as soon as he felt more remorse he would send back the rest —Danbury News.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Friday, October 10, 1879.



Auction Sales. ! SATURDAY, OCTOBER iith, At 12 o’clock. A LFRED HARRISON’S Saturday Sale 2X .will, include - 1 Dog Cart Potatoes • Mangolds Grass Seed 1 Avery’s Weighing Scale (new) Funiture Blankets, &c., &c. Harness, &c., Ac. Sections at 3 o’clock on very easy terms. ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. SATURDAY, OCTOBER imr. 3 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON has received in structions to sell by Public Auction at his rooms — a SUBURBAN SECTIONS 12 12 ALFORD FOREST ROAD. These sections are within two minutes’ walk of the Belt, and from their position in the healthiest part of the suburbs, should command a ready sale. Terms very Easy, at Sale. 3 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, 543 a Auctioneer. Public Notices. WANTED KNOWN—That Money can ' be ; saved; by purchasing your Sta ti<3nery"aiicl 'Account Books, for cash, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station.



Auction Sales. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Ac., Saunders’ Buhl dings, Ashburton.



Tentmaker. NOTICE. RE-OPENING. WIM. PATCH IN G BEC-S to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts, that, having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olsen, he will continue the MANUFACTURING of TENTS, TARPAULINS, HORSECLOTHS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, Including— Druggets, assorted patterns Tents, all sizes Indiarubber and Canvas Hose ing Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, &c. Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines Headstalls Flax and Hemp Halters '



ON SALE, AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. The following : Tarpaulins and Horsecloths Oilskin Suits, Men’s and Bojs’ Macintoshes, Leggings Flax and Manilla Rope . Blocks, double and single ■ FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS the address— WM. PATCHING (Late Sando & Olsen), East Street, Ashburton 108 a



Public Notices. C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANT VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 NOTIC E. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the.above estate must be paid forthwith +•> Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 ' W. BROWNE. NOTIC E. TINWALD AND HIND HOPE TOWNSHIPS. PURCHASERS of the undermentioned Sections in the above-named Town ships are Hereby requested to pay balances of purchase-money, together with interest thereon to the undersigned without delay. Tinwald Sections. Nos. 2, 26, 69,' 89, 90, 123, 136, 147, 155, 165, 179, 182, 183, 234, 248, 250, 253, 254 j 277, 378, 379, 380, and 383. HiNiuiorE Sections. Nos. 6, 11, 16, 20, 23, 47, 68, and 95. ROBERT WILKIN & CO., Hereford Street, Christchurch, 492 a



Auction Sales. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY Have on Sale BUSHELS 1 AAA TARTARIAN OATS. JLUUU CAPITAL QUALITY AND PRICE LOW. V. D. L. PALINGS, PALINGS, PALINGS, rpHE Undersigned have on sale 5 and 6 FEET V.D.L. PALINGS, Of the very best quality for roofing, being perfectly straight and free from 'twists, which they are now offering at a very low at6 ’ EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. ' AGENTS FOR THE " SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL ' £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack.



TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS • ; V AND OTHERS. Undersigned have on Sale: — Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. •• Seeds — _ , ~, . White Clover *, j ' ..\L . ' Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike , ~, . • , ■ Trefoil * Lucerne, &c., &c. . Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station, Stores.' of Every r‘ Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. &; GUNDRY. East Street. Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL rjIHE undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Luc vs, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, Proprietor. 333a —27 ASHBURTON CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). E-OPENING of the above coramo- L dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, proprietor, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging Weekly Board ... ... ... 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. , Beds (single), Is. Gd. Private Room for Ladies.- , , v . J.. 334 -28 ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOUTH, Next door to Messrs. Sando& Olsen, Ashburton. ■’A '' DUPUIS begs to inform the inhabi tants of the County of Ashburton and visitors that he has opened the above. Every attention has been paid to making this establishment all that can be desired. Very Reasonable Charges. Tea and Coffee All Hours. Breakfast for early train ; Table d’Hote from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Tea from s'to 8 p.m. A Chef de Cuisine of considerable experi ence has been specially engaged for this establishment, and all that the proprietor asks .is one trial. 54 A. DUPUIS, Proprietor.



Wants, &c. WANTED by a Young Person 18 years of age, a situation as HOUSE MAID. Apply— Echo Dining Rooms. 542 a (N HAZING. —Wanted, Horses for X Grazing, about, miles from Tin wald, on M s Lean’s Road.—Apply J. GOUGH, ■ 534 a or Herald Office. Y YUANTED Known,' that TWENTY V V Words are inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING prepaid,‘ and FORTY Words, for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid. YTTASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. ■’..VY at the Herald Office. Apply early. ; y ; , ’! )'/„• ... 590'/ WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “Herald” Office, East-street North. 042 To Let. TO LET, SHOP at present occupied by Mr. Stringer, adjoining Messrs. Fried lander’s Store. ■ . ‘ T. BULLOCK. TO LET. mo .MEET THE TIMES, I am prer pared to take a very low rental .fo»i Shops of mine, situated in Triangle and East street. , , . \ . 0 . T. BULLOCK. mO LET, at a very low rental—Bakery,. I together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a ' ~ T T IOS. BULLOCK. - 1 TO LET, ~~ WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, ACRES, Wltich would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby’s. ■'A Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. For Sale. FOR SALE, GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur : ton. Apply to 866 a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and ready first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Loncbeach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. TTIOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with jj a. Purchasing; Clause, a. FARM, of 137 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half; miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. Meetings. ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. rjIHE ANNUAL SHOW WILL BE HELD AT TINWALD, ON TUESDAY, 18tii NOVEMBER. For particulars see posters. Persons willing to offer private prizes* will please communicate with the under signed at an early date. GEO. JAMESON, 53Ga—G4 „ : : Secretary.



The Stud. m THE IMPORTED DRAUGHT HORSE, ' BILLY FAIRPLAY, WILL STAND at Ede’s Horse Bazaar, Ashburton, arid Travel Wakastui and Longbeach Districts. Terms—£s 55. , payable Ist January, 1880. Groomage— -55., payable first time .of service. Particulars see cards.—Apply v v 535a—63 B. EDE. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel this Season the. ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars. S. H. FOWLER & CO„ •Proprietors, 501a —20 Winslow. Public Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH-COUNCIL NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS. .. Is T OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tli&t all the Rates now due and remain-' ing unpaid on the 13th October next, will be SUED FOR without further riotice. By order, , : : ' CHAS. BRADDELL, ‘ ' Town Clerk. Ashburton, 29th Sept, ,1870. 507a —13 Mlfß.s. Sc o t t’s, . . ... IMPERIAL BOARDING HOUSE, Durham Street South, f L-J CHRIS T C II U R .0 IT . Board and Lodging, 20s. Beds and Meals, Is. each. 509 ft -£