The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 29, 1887, Image 4
ULIND ALLAN.
FBOM 'LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF .SCOTTISH LIFE.'
Allan Ilrucc and Fanny Kaenburn were in na
reaped remarkable among Hie simplo inbabllanls
of the village in which (hey were born.
They both bore a fair reputation in the parish,
and they were bolh beloved by their own
friends and relations. lie was sober, honest,
active and industrious, exempts!y in the common
duties of n private life, possessed of the
numuie viriues uccoming Lis humble condition,
and untainted by nay of those gross vices that
sometimes deform the character of the poor.
She wns modest, good tempered, contented and
religious?and much is contained in these
four words. llosuty she was not thought to
possess, nor did she attract attention but whatever
clini ra resides in pure boalth, innoeenoe
of heart, and simplicity of manners, that belonged
to Fanny lUenburu?while there wos
nothing cither about her faco or figure to prevent
her seeming even beautiful in the eyes of
a lover.
These two humble and happy persons were
betrothed in marriage. Their affection had insensibly
grown without any courtship, for they
bad lived daily in each othet's sight; and, undisturbed
by jealousy or rivalry, by agitating
hopes or depressing fears, their hearts had
been tenderly united long before lUtir troth
was solemnly pledged ; and they now looked
forward, with a calm and rational satisfaction,
?o inu nuppy yeors wuicii ttiey liumbly hoped
might he stored up for lliem by a bountiful
Providence.
Their love was without romance, but it was
warm, ten ler and true', they were prepared, by
its strength, to tnnke any sacrifice for each
other's sokes *, and had death taken away either
of them heforo the wedding day, the survivor
might not, perhaps, have been clamorous in
grief, or visited the grave of the departed with
nightly lamentations, but not the less would
that grief hntfc been sincere, and not the lees
faithful woul? memory linve been to all tho images
of tho i ast.
Their marriage day was fixed, and Allan
Bruce had rented a small cottage, with a garden
sloping down to the strenm that cheered
his nativo village. Thither, in about two
months, lie was to tako his sweet and affectionate
Fanny?she was to work with her needle
as before, and he in the fields. No ohange
was te take place in their lives, but a change from
contentment to happiness *, and if God prolonged
to them the possession of health, and
blessed them with children, they fearod i
not to bring thstn decently up, and to
afford sunshine and shelter to the living flow- <
ers that might come to gladden their home. I
Such thoughts visited the souls of the lovers, 1
and they were becoming dearer and dearer to
one another every hour that brought them
closer to their marriage day.
At this time Allan began to feel a slight dim- I
nees in his sight, of which he did not take
mucu nonce, attributing it to some indisposi%
tion, brought oa by the severity of his winter's
work. For he had toiled early and late, dur- I
ing at all weathers, and every kind of labor, to I
gain a sum sufficient to furnish respectably bis
lowly dwelling, and also to array his sweetest
bride io wedding clothes of which sho should i
not need to be ashamed. The dimness, how- I
ever, each succeeding day darkened and deepened,
till even bis Fanny's face was iodistioctly 1
discerned by him, and he lost altogether the ;
smile which never failed to brighten it whenever t
he appeared. I
Then he became sad and dispirited, for the I
fear of blindness fell upon him, and he thought i
of his steps being led in his helplessness by the <
hand of a child. He prayed te God to avert
this calamity from him ; but if not to bestow I
upon him the virtue of resignation. lie 1
thought of the different blind men whom be I
had known, and, as far as lie'knew, tbsy all i
seemed happy. That belief pacified bis soul, I
when he was about to give way to a passionate
despair; and every morning at sunrise, when '
the fast advancing verdure of epriog seemed '
more dim and glimmering before his eyes, he i
felt his seul more and more resigned to that i
final extinction of day's blessed light, which 1
be knew must be his doom before tha earth was
covered with the flowers And fragrance of
June. i
It was as he bad feared, and Allan Bruce i
was now stone blind. Fanny's voice had always
been sweet to his ear, and now it was i
sweeter still when heard in the darkness.
Sweet had been the kincs which breathed from
Fanny's lips while his eyes delighted in their
rosy freshness, but sweater were thaw n
when they touched hia eyelids, and lie felt
apon his checks her fast trickling tears. She
visited him in his father'* house, and led him
with her gently guiding bands into the adjacent
fields, nod down along the stream which
he said ho liked to hear murmuring by ; and I
then they talked together about themselves, I
and on their knees prayed to God to counsel i
them what to do in their distress. I
These meetings were always happy meetings 1
to them both, notwithstanding the many mourn- I
ful thoughts with which they were necessarily
attended, bnt to Allan they yielded a support !
that did net forsake him in his hours of un- I
accompanied darkness. His love, which bad
formerly been joyful in (he warmth of youth,
and in tlio near prospect of enjoyment, was I
now chastened by the sad sense of his unfor- I
tunnte condition, and rendered thereby a deep 1
snd devout emotion which had its comfort in
its own unwitnessed and imperishable truth.
The tones of Fanny's voice were with him on I
his midnight bed, when his affliction was like |
to overcome his fortitude; and to know that be 1
Was still tenderly belovad by that gentlo and i
innocent friend, wss s thought (list gave light I
to ilarkners, nod suffered sleep to fa'l balmily !
on lids that shut up eyes already dark as in I
profuundest slumber. The meek fold of her i
pitying embrace was with liim in the vague I
uncertainty of his dreams ; and often he saw i
faces in his sleep, beaming consolation upon <
him, that always assumed at last liis Fanny's 1
features, and as they grew moro distinct, '
brightened up into a perfect likeness of his t
own faithful and disinterested maiden. He 1
lay down with her image, because it was in i
his evening prayers, heroso up with ber image, r
or it came gliding in upon him as he knelt v
down at his bedside in the warm beams of the v
unseen morning light. J
Fanny and Allan were children of poor t
parents, and when he became blind they, in- e
deed all their friends and relations, set their u
faces ngainst his marriage. This they did in
kindness to them both, for prudence is one of the h
but Tirlucaof the | oar, and to indulge even lite
holiest affeot ions of 4>ur natur# Mem to them
sinful, if an affliction from God's band intimates
that such union would lead to sorrow
and /liatrcss. Tbo si. me , thoughts bad taken
possession of Allan's owji soul, and loving
Fanny Kaenburn with n perfect affection, why
should he wish her, in the bright and sunny
days of her youthful prime, to beoome chained
to a blind men's stepr, kept in constant poverty
and drudgery for his sake, and imprisoned in a
lonesome hut, during the freedom of her age,
ana uio joyiuiness or nature ringing over (lie
earth? 'Il litis pleased God," said the Blind
Man to himself? 'that our marriage should not
be. Let Fanny, if she chooses, some time or
other marry another, and be happy.'
And as the thought arose, he felt the bitter uses
of the cup and wished thul he might aoon
be in his grave.
Fanny Uacnburn had alwaya been a dutiful
child, and she listened to the arguments of her
parents with a henry hut composed heart.
She wns willing to obey them in all things in
which it w08 her duty to obey, but here she
know not what was her duty. To give up
Allan Bruce wns a thought far wrrte to her
than to give up life. It was to aufTer her heartstrings
to be hourly torn up by the roots. If
the two were willing to be married, why should
any one elae interfere ? If God liid stricken
Allan with blindness uflcr their marriage,
would any one have counselled her to leave
him ? or pitied her htcauso she had to live
with her own blind husbaulT? Or would -the
fear of poverty have benutnbod 'her footings ?
Or rather, would it not have given new alacrity
to her hands, and new courage (o her heart ?
So that she resolved, meekly aud calmly, to
tell Allan that alio would be hia wife, and that
she believed that auch was, in spite of this affliction,
the will of God.
Allan Bruce did not absent himself, in his
blindness, from the House of God. One Sabbath,
after divino service, Fanny went up to
him in the churchyard, and putting her arm in
liis, they walked away together, seemingly as
cheerful ns the rest of the congregation, only j
with somewhat slower and mors cautious steps.
They proceeded along the quiet meadow-fields,
by tho banks of the stream, nnd then serosa
the smoooth green braes, till they gently descended
into a holm, and sat together in a little
green bower, which a few liaxols mingled with
one tall weeping birch had of themselves
framed ; a place where they had oncn met before
Allan was blind, nnd where they bad first
spoken of a wedded life. Fanny could have
almost wspt to see the earth and the sky, and
the whole day, so beautiful, new that Allan's
eyes were dark, but lis whispered to her that
the smell of the budding tress, and of the primroses
that be knew were near his feet, was
pleasant indeed, and that the singing of the
little birds fttade his heart dance within him, to
Fanny sat beside her blind lover in serene
rr,?v??, i?ib Dwcngmcue i in ner coilfiction
that it wes her duty to become his wife.
'Allan, 1 love you so entirely, that to sec you
happy is all that I desire on earth. Till Qod
made you blind, Allan, I knew not how my
soul could be knit unto yours. I knew not the
Iots that fras in iny heart. To sit with yeu
with my work, to lead you out thus on pleas,
snt Sabbaths, to take oare that your feet do not
stumble, and that nothing shall eecr offer violence
to your face, to suffer no solitude to surround
you, but that you may know, oven in
pour darkness, that mine oyes, which God
still permits to see, nre always upon you, for
these ends, Al lan, will I marry thee, my beloved
! Thou must not say nay, for God would
not forgive me if I beoame not thy wife.'
And Fanny fell upon his neck and wept.
There was something in the quiet tone of
ber voice, something in the mcok fold of her
embrace, something in the long weeping kiss
that she kept breathing tenderly over his brow
and eyes, that justified to the Blind Man his
marriage with such a woman.
Let us be married, Fanny, on the day fixed
before I lost my sight. Till now I knew not
fully either your heart or my own, now I fear
nothing. Would, my best friend, I could but
see thy face for one single moment now, but
that can never be!'
'AH things are possiblo to God, and although
to human skill your caso is hopeless, it is not
utterly so to my heart. Yet if ever it becomes
o, Allan, then will I love thee better even than
I do now, if inde.'d my heart can contain more
affection than that with which it now overflows.'
Allan Bruce and Fanny Raenburn were
married, and although there was felt, by the
most careless heart, to be something sad and
solemn in such nuptials, yet Allan made his
marriage day one of sober cheerfulness in his
native village. Fanny wore her white ribbons
in the very way that used to be pleasant
to Allan's eyes and, blind as he
now was, those eyes kindled with a joyful
smile when ho turned the clear sightless orbs
townrds his bride, he saw her within his soul
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... .uc it 111.v urcss wuicii ne neurit all
about him paying so woil became her sweet
looks. Her rclatisns and bis own partook of
the marriage feast in their cottage ; thero was
the sound of music and dancing feet en the
little green plat at the foot of the garden, by
the river's side. The bride's youngest sister,
who was hsooeforth to be an inmate in the
bouse, remained when the party went away in
the quiet of the evening, and peace, contentment
and love folded their wings together over
that humble dwelling.
From that day Allnn and his wife were perfectly
happy, and they could not help wondering
at their former fcarf. There was at once a
general determination formed all over tho parish
to do therh every benefit. Fanny, who had
always been distinguished for her skill and
Taney as a seamstress, became now quite the
fashionable dress-maker of the village, and
bad more employment offered than she couldaccept;
so that her industry alone was more
than sufficient fcr all their present wants. He
immediately began to instruct himself in vari>us
departments of a blind man's work. A
oom was purchased, and in a few weeks he
uciru singing >o me sound or his fly-sbutle
as merry as Die bull finch in the cage that
lung at the low window of his room. Ho was
tot long in findirg out (he way of plating rushugs
and wicker baskets?the figures of all of
rhich were soon, as it were, visible through his
'try fingers, and before six months were gone,
Ulan llruco and his wife were said to be geting
rich, and a warm blessing broke from
very heart upon them and their viitues and
inrepining industry.
Allan had always been fond of music, and
is voice was the finest tenor in all tbo kirk.
So he legaaip the evcoiags of whiter to teach
a school fog sacred tnusio, utid thus every hour
was turned to aooouut. Allan repined uot
now, nay, at tiines he felt as if Irs hiin lnesa
were a blessing, for it forced him to trust to
bis own soal, to turn forcotnfoil to the best
and purest human affections, and to seo God
always.
Whatever misgivings of mind Allan Bruce
might have experienced?'whatever fnintings
and sickcnings and deadly swoons of despair
might have overcome his heart, it was not long
before he was a freedmnn from nil their slavery.
He was not immured, like many as worthy as
lie, in an Asylum, ha was not an incumbrance
upon a poor father, sitting idle and in the way
of others, beside an ill fed fire and a scanty
board. lie was not forced to pvoe, step by
step, along tho lamp-lighted street squares of
the city, forciog out, boautifully, music to gain
a fow pieces of coin from passers byt cn(V
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livo or jocund. IIo was not a boy-led beggar
along the highway, under the sickening sunshine
or Ihe chilling tlcot, with an nbjoct hat
abjectly protruded, with a cold heart for
colder charity, but he was?although lie humbly
fait and acknowledged that he was iti nothing
more worthy than these?a man loaded with
many blossings, warradd by a constant ingle,
laughed round by a flock of joyful children,
lore-lighted by a wife who was to him at once
music and radiance, while his house stood in
the middle of a tillage, of which all of tho
inhabitants were his friends, and of nil whose
hands the knock was known when it touched
his door, and of all whose voices the Ions was
felt when it kindly accosted him in the wood,
in the field, in the garden, by the river's side,
by the hospitablo board of a neighbor, or ia
the Church yard assemblage before entering
into the House of Qod.
Thus did years psss along. Children were
bern to them, lived, were healthy and well behaved.
A blessing rested upon them and nil
that belonged to them, and tho name of "Blind
Allan'* carried with it, far and near, an authority
that could belong only to virtue, piety and
faith, tried by affliction, and fouud to stand
fist.
Ten years ago, when they married. Allan
Brace and Fanny Raenburn -were among (lie
poorest of the poor, and had it pleased Qod to
send sickness among thera, hard would hare
been tbeir lot. But now they lived in a belter
house, with a larger garden and a few fields,
with two cows of their own. Allan had workmen
nndor him, a basket maker now, on a considerable
scale, and his wife had apprentices
too, the best dress-maker in all the country
round. They were rich, their children were at
school, and all things belonging be'.h to outer
and iqner life, had prospered to their hearts'
desire. Allan could walk about many familiar
places uattended, but that seldom happened,
for while his children were at school, ho was
engaged in his business, nnd when they came
home, there was always a loving contest among
them whe should be allowed to take hold of
their father's hand when he went out on an
evtning walk. Well did ho know the tread of
each loviDg creature's footsteps, their very
breath when their vpiccs were silent. One
toucb or tbo bead as it danced past hiin, or
remained motionless by his side, one pressure
of an arm upon his knee, one laugh fraSi'
a corner, was eoough to tell him which of bis
children was there, and in the most confused
noise and merriment, his ear would have known
if one romping imp had been away. So perfectly
accustomed had he long been to his situation,
that it might almost be said that ho was
unconscious of being blind, or that he had forgotten
that his eyes ouecsaw. Long hnl Allan
Druce indeed been the happiest of the blind.
It chanced at this time, thai among a parly
who were visiting his straw manufactory, tbero
was a surgeon celebrated for his skill in operations
upon the eye, who expressed an opinion
that Allan's sight might bo at least partially
restored, and offered not only to pcrtorm the
operation, but Allen would have to reside for
some weeks in , to sec him every day till it
was known whether liis case was or was not a
bopoless one. Allan's circumstance were now
such as to make a few weeks, or even months
confinement, of no importance to him, and
though he eaid to his wife that he was averso
to submitting to an operation that might disturb
the long formed quiet and contentment of his
mind by hopes never to be realized, yet those
hopes of once mere seeing Heaven's dear light,
gradually removed all his objections. His
eyes wtro couched, and when the handsgos
were roraoved, and the soft broken light let in
upon him, Allaa Druce was no longer among
the number of lite blind.
There was no uncontrollable burst of joy in
the soul of Allan Bruco when ones more a communication
was opened between it and tho visible
world for ho hod learned lessens
>? > >/
and temperance in all his emotions during ten
years sf blindness, in which the hope of light
was too faiat to deserve tin name. lie was
almost afraid to believo that his sight was restored.
Grateful to him was its first uncertain
nnd wavering glimmer ns a draught of water to
a wretch in a crowded dungeon. Hut he know
not whether it was to ripen into the perfect day,
or gradually to fado back again into the depth
of his former darkness.
But when.bis Fanny, sho on whom he had so
loved to look, When she was a maiden in her
teens, and who would not forsake him iu the
first misery of that great afilictiou, but bad been
overjoyed to link the sweet freedom of her
prime to ono sitting in perpetual darkness?
when she, now a staid and lovely matron, stood
before him with a face pale iu bliss, aud all
drenched in the flooding tears of an uusupportable
happiness, then truly did lie feel what n
heaven It was to sec. And as ho took her to
his heart, he gently bent back her head that he
might devour, with his eyes, that benign beauty
which bed for so many years smiled upon him
unbeheld, nnd which, now that he had seen
once more, he felt thut he could, even at that
very momont, die in pesce.
In oamo, with soft s:cds. one efto*
his five loving children, that, for the first time,
they might be seen by their father. The girls
advanced timidly, with blushing cheeks and
bright shining hair, while the hoys went boldly
op to his side, and the eldest, looking in his
face, exclaimed with a shout of joy.^'Our father
sees. Our father sees !'?and then checking his
rapturo, burst into tear*. Many a vision hnd
Allan Bruce framed to himself of the faco and
figure of one and all of his children. Oae, he
had been told, was like himself?another the
image of its mother, and Lucy, he understood,
was a blended likeness of them botb. But now
I bo looked upon them with the c;nfuxel nnd I
bewildci ed joy of parental love, reeking lo know
and distinguish in tho light, the separate objects
towards whom it yearned, .and not till
they spoke did he know tlieir christian names.
Hut soon, soon did the sweet faces of all his
children seem, to bis eyes, to answer well, each
in its ditfereat loveliness, to the expression of
the voices so long familiar lo his heart.
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She had a quarrel with her husband on
Wednesday and went to tell her troubles to
her daughter, a twcuty-year-old miss, who
works for Siuipkitis, n tailor.
Young Leader Siutpkins, who is not yot
of ago, heard tho talc of woe. IIo told
Mrs. l'eck ho would elope with her and
take hor to Manchester, N. II., whoro she
would bo free froui such truublcs forevermore.
They agreed to moot at tho Middlcboro
station to-day.
Mr. l'cck took the train fur Middleboro
this morning. When he stepped out of the
.train one of the first persons ho saw was
young Simpkins coining across the platform
witli trunk checks in bis hand, lie
also saw his wifo wailing in tho station.
Stepping up behind the purloiner of his
wife's affections he touched hitn on the
back, aud as Simpkins turned ho said, noticing
the checks :
'Goiug to 13oslon, you arc V
Siuipkins turned pale and almost fainted
as ho gasped and stared wildly around,
saying, 'Where's she ?'
She's all right. Give me those checks,
young fellow.'
Taking the checks 1'cck bolted for the
waiting room.
There a scene " ensued. M rs. Peck
shrieked and howled and called her husband
names, and bo stood and took it like
a lamb. When sbo quieted down enough
for him to get a word in lie said :
Come, Delia, stop your fooliu' and go
home. You aro not goin' off with that boy.
You arc old enough to be his grandmother.
Wouldn't you look pretty eloping with chat
young goslin ? Come home and behave 1
yourself. I don't care whether you come '
back or not on my own account, but for the <
children's sake you have got to go back '
home with me.' I
She picked up her things and wout.
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boy I became especially interested in
the subject of inheritances. I was particularly
anxious to know what my father's '
inheritance was ; so 010 day, after thinking ,
about the matter a good while very seriously,
I ventured to ask him. And this
was his reply :
'My inheritance? I will tell you what
it was?two good hands, audan honest purpose
to make the best use in my powc.* of
uiy hands and of the time God gave mo.'
Though it is now many years since, 7 '
cin remember distinctly the tones of my
father's voice as he spoke, with both of his
hands uplifted to give emphasis to bis
words. v""
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another buyer standing within a few feet
of him and disposed of the ticket representing
his purchaso'at a profit of four dol
hrs. The second buyer walked across the
street to a manufacturer's agent and in a
minute or two returned' reporting a profit
of three dollars and a half ou the same lot
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The original seller observed the trans- '
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and rapidly figured out that the two buyers
had in five minutes and without turning a
hair divided more net profit than he bad
received for many days of hard work and
an iudefiuite amount of perspiration. Then
and thero he registered a gcntlo but effective
swear that he would never, nevor sell a
pound of his cotton to a buyer. All he
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If the recording angel keeps a cash
book?and we beiicve ho doc3?a great
many in this world ar6 credited with three
cent pieces, notwithstanding the fact they
hare debitod themselves with dimes.
Shiloah's Yitalizcr Is what you need for Constipation
loss of appetite, Dizziness, and all symptoms of Dyspepsia.
Trice 10 and 75 cents per bolt la. For sale by
J W Posey <& Bro;
Tho United States is going to build a
aavy, and tho practico of puttiug a coal
stove on a canal boat and calling it a manaf-war
is to be dispensed with.
PIEDMONT AIU-LINE.
RIH MO N D & DANVILLE R. R
GREENVILLE & COLUMBIA DIVISION.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
In effect December 19, 188G.
(Trains run on 75th Meridian time.
J
SOUTH I .. I NORTH I K BOUND
| No" ?2' J BOUND | No" 3
I.veT '"alhalla H..V> n. tii. I.ve. t'olumldaill.tKl a. in
" Seneca 9.17 a. lu " Newberry 1 n:i p ui
" Siiar'ty It rto ui " Ninty-Six ! 2 ail p III
" Abbeville 10 45 am " Greenwood) 2 52pm
" Laurens 8 20am Arr Urcenvilel 5 5:1pm
" (ireenv'lo 9 40 a in " Iamrcn* 5 55 p m
" Oreenw'd 12 50 p m " Abbeville 455 pin
" Ninty-SixI 1 41pm " Sparl'li'g 4 25 pin
" Newberry) a 07 pin " Seneca j 0 02 p in
Arr Columbia 5 15 p in " Wullialla ; 0 : "> p in
" Augusta | 9 20 i> ui ' Atlanta | 10 40 pm
No 53 makes closo conucction for Atlanta.
No 52 makes close connection Tor Augusta
and Charleston at Columbia.
Jns, L. Taylor 1). CnrdwclljSol. linnsAttl
Grn'l
Gen. I'ass. A'Jtnt. Pat*. Ay nit. Traffic MannColumbia,
S. C. <jcr.
The Furniture Factory
IN PULL OPERATIONWANTFD,
everybody to knot* that the Union
Furniture Factory is now in full blast, and the
Proprietors arc ready to sell
Furniture at Wholesale Prices.
Come and satisfy yourself that wo sell cheap.
We proporc to roll at not mora than half lb
prices that Furniture has been sold here her
tofore.
All wishing to order FIRST-CLASS FUllN'IrUKK
will do well to place their orders with
ne. I will give thorn the lowest prices.
J. E. A. R1FSS.
Nor 12 45 tf
Mn? Classes ffij
> re pa red to furnish nil rtassca willi employment at
ionic, the whole of the time, or tor their spare mo.
nenls. ltd>ineim now, li^'hl and prulilahle. Persons of
lllier no* easily rarn from .VI rents to (3.00 i-er eveniiir,
and a pro|M>ti<innl sum hy devoting nil their time
ottio business. Itoys and girls earn nearly as nun h
otuen. That all who set- Mils may send their addre.-.vt
oldest the business, ?< make tins offer. To mh-Ii as
ra n ot satisfied wc will send one dollar lo |>ay for the
ublrnl writing. Full partieiilarx and on I lit frvt
tddrtaa 4,kokuk 8TIKSOM A Co., l'orlland, Maine.
l>ec 3. 4S Jy.
STOMERS
ND?
HEM ALLY.
Iiing desperate has to be done to
(termined to make the effort. It
in the face.
V mind to soil TT1V orinrlu * ?
, ? J (JVUUB WW ralljr
>n, that the purchaser wishes to
to make my customers a presant
to sell an article for lO cts.
w York; but I will sell
5RY ARTICLE.
,n the goods cost to manufacture,
y bought in the Auction Rooms in
of the regular prices, and are
'IllST CLASS
r 28 years, in the DRY GOODS
[1 in every English speaking counv
as much about first-class goods
am therefore not afraid to go into
well the intrinsic values of the
3 close out, I will have an AuoMRI
A IY
Sale every day, when prices will
person is in need of GOODS
FRSELF RICH WITH A FEW
iARS.
LYNN,
1 OF LOW PRICES.
O IV T HE COllNElt.
2 If
WONDEREUL SUCCESS
ECONOMY IS WEALTH.
All (lie PATTERNS you wish to use (luring
the year for nothing (a saving of from $3.00 to
$ 1.00) by aubseribing for
THE UNION TIMES
?AND?
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With twelve orders for cut Paper Patterns of
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?tob?
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DAVID JOHNSON, Jr.,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSL E LO K
No. 3 Lair Range, Union, R. C.
Will prncliee in State and Federal CadrU
10,000 Bushels of Bran
ju?t received by A, K. 8TOKB8 & CO