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. 4 Fin : Hurt Ontario Obseruer. |, POLITIOAL, AGRICULTURAL, "FAMILY NEWSPAPER, arged advertisment will be taken out until paid for. Ra atrictly adhered to. "Books, Dhooles, ' Ball Cards, 2 hm promptly and at lower rates * than 'any other establishment in the County. bv Parties from a distance getting hand {* bills, &e. printed can have them done to take 'CHAS. THORN, ¥S., sa tars : AND A ¥ GENERAL"ADVERTISER 1 1 Phi 3 is "VOL. XVII, NO. 28. Cr -------- & * PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875, A WEEKLY 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BAIRD & PARSONS. RMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- nvnce ; if = $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months; and no discontinued until all arrears are A RATERS OF ADVERTISING. | ¥ For each line, first insertion + Subsequent insertions, per Ting . Cards, under 6 lines, Joh SBE os > 365" Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- od, will be at our risk. N, 51 PATENT SOLICITOR AND. DRUGHTSMAN, OTTAWA, CANADA, HENRY GRIST, Transacts business with the Patent Office P= PERRY OUSHE, PORT PERRY. JAS. V.. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comfort- and other d of the Cop, Max! on receipt of the model of the Invention. hts and the Registration of Trade and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces- sary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Gdod Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers.-- Additions have been made which makes this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. Auctioneers. ii DOMINION HOTEL, AND TOWASIPS A red by pareil, «nd charged according tothe space they ac | eupy. . iy 4 PTI] d for without specific instructons, will be inserted antil fordid and ch: No public g whole time to the business of Auctionee! A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or half-year. These terms will in all cases be Job Department. Phamplets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- "Hil Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Circulars, Business &c., of every style and home with them. 8. J. BAIRD, H. PARSON! Professional Cards. JONES, M. D, Coroner, Physiclan, R. Surgeon, &c. Port Perry. Office, over Allison's Drug Store, Queen-st. Residence--One door west of the Presby terian Church. Coronor for the County of a hysician, Surgeon and Ac- eoucheur, Prince Albert. H. SANGSTER, M. D,, Physician, Sur- J. » geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario 1 PORT PERRY. Omce over Nott'sFurniture Store, eorner of Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occapled h) TE AM MARBLE w 1] RKS. by Mrs, Geo, Paxton. I & RAE, Physclans, Surgeons, DE eA RAR ET SE Oshawa, WL GILT, M.D. FRANCIS RAF, M.1. C. 8, Guy's M. F. MCBRIEN, ) ne » M. R. Hospital, London, E gland. hs Oshawa, TIN, M. D. Simcoe St., Twodoors 3-5) the Central Hotel, os C. J. EF. FAREWELL, LL. B., County Crown 1 hawa: Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, oy Public. Oflice lately oct eupled by 8. H, Cochrane, Esq., Brack street, Whitby. ENGLISH. LL. B., Solicitor in ; Pill Attorney, Conveyancer, &e. Oshawa. OMce--Simcoe street, opposite the Post Office. bap i SREB Ee 1, J3., Barrister, At- G YOUNG SMITH oicitor in Chancery, Son Tascivaney, Notary Public, &o. Office--McMillan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. a Ee Ze ERON & MACDONNELI, Barristers Hh ey at Law, Solicilors County Couneil, Ontario. Offices. 'Court House, Whitby. . M. C. CAMERON, 11. J. MACDONNELL. ney at Law, and Solicitor . 4, BURD, AeSie in the Royal Areade, Port Perry. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solieitor in Chan- cery, Notary Public, &c., &c. Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT, PERRY. O. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH inserted on all She lates pine the art, and as cheap as the cheap- HL ph the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by 'producing local anwsth- esin. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Streot, Oshawa: ER of the Veterinary Institute, III. Gold Medalist for the best Ricoh on Horse Practice. Author of a First Prize Essay on Shoeing. Gradu- ated Sept. 16, 1867. : now his care in of Mr Allison, will receive prompt wisstion : "The Veterinary Stables may be foun: on iy sire, opposite Cossitt's Factory. iy , Oct. 28, 1873. OF fie of Whiten, oe been 8p-, pointed |" QFFICIAL ASSIGNEE : for the county of Ontario. Any business suirutlat to charge will be carefully at- { do, $ "J. BREA on Office hours from 10 a. m, to 3 p. m. Jeux camsnE, TOWNSHSP OLERK, | January 10, 1872. ATL orders left at the Medical Hall | &c. It will be my endeavor, by prompt an careful attention to business, to give ful satisfaction to all who may favor me wit! their Sales or Collecting. © free of charge. Also Bill Stamps always on hand. Office, Port Perry. . W. M, WILLCOX, Prince Albert, Oct. 25, 1873. W. M. WILLCOX, 8 OF 'MARIPOSA & CARTWRIGHT, 8 to thank his many friends and the lly, for the liberal patron- go/bestowed upon him for the past five years. Having now given up. the business of Bailiff, I intend, in future, to devote my Bi'ls draughted and Blank Notes furnished Arrangements can be made for sales &c., at the Opserver Office, and at the Standard . At the Railway Station, PORT PERRY. Every attention given to the accommoda- tion and comfort of guests. The table and bar supplied with the best the Market af fords. Cholc¢ Liquors and the best brands of Cigars. ExccMent stable and shed ac- _ | commodation, and attentive ostlers, ; "p.B. DENTSON, Proprietor. J PMATIONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) ; WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. A SeL0-ANERICAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, - - - PROPRIETOR. Having hased the above ly d situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to i the Sheds, Ty The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars Btrict attention paid to the comfort of guests, < The table and bar well supplied. . H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. JpEvEesE HOUSE, MANCHESTER, A. TENNYSON, Proprietor, Wm. Gordon, d A hy" WE WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock, THOS. H. WALSHE. ICENSED Auctioneer for the Townshi of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama i North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., in the Count of Victoria. prompt remittances made. ye. OR "the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, i Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Maripysa and Eldon, pes~ Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utinost attention being given = | to their interests. \ Residence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence | will be punctually attended to. " Debts col- | lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eer, The Revere House Is decidedly one of the best and most comfortable country Hotels in the Province and Is situated in a most con- venient position for the traveling public.-- Stages to and from Uxbridge, Utica and Ep- som, call here daily. The Snbseriber, since becoming proprietor, has hi the premises thoroughly repaired and will spare neither labor nor expense in making the Revere House a comfortable transient home for travelers, and for the re- freshment of guests. The table and bar supplied with the best the market supplies. { Good stables and attentive ostlers, \ A. TENNYSON, Proprietor. \| Manchester, Aug. 5, 1574. NION HOTEL, p MANCHESTER. UN JAMES T. HEARD, PROPRIETOR. g Good dations, Careful the requirements of travelers and guests. he bar supplied with the best Liquors and igars. Good Stabling. Manchester, July 15, 1874. 30 [ran HOTEL, WHITBY J. & R. WOLFENDEN, tes, Monuments, &c., Dundas St , Whitby. Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. Also Building Stone cut to order, JOHN NOTT, Whitby, July 29, 1874. John McDonald MARBLE DEALER ! NEWCASTLE, ONT. ONUMENTS, Tomb-Tables, eteries, supplied at short notice. Peterhead and Aberdeen Granite. y J. C. WILLIAMSON, ranted. 3 THOLESALE and Retail dealers in| \Y Foreign and American Marble Man- Agent, Port Perry. 32 Head- 1 Stones of great variety, with every de- scription of Marble Work, suitable for a Also Parties will find it to their advan- tage to withhold their orders until called on b, AGENT. Satisfaction guaranteed, and all work war. | Secretary 3-yr GREENBANK. R. McRAE, PROPRIETOR. # The above hotel has undergone a thorough enovation, and has been fitted up with a jew to the comfort and convenience of the aveling public. Strict attention paid to ¢ table and the bar. Comfortable stables d an attentive ostler. Greenbank, March 25, 1874. UTICA. J. DAFOE, PROPRIETOR. 1 accommodaions. Careful attention requirements of travelers and guests, The lrsupplicd with the best wines, liquors » ars. Good stabling. Capital - $400,000. Presiden! . Hon. John McMurrieh. Vice-Presjlent. +es...0. Magrath, ¥sq, eererrenes Bernard Haldan, Esq. JAMES PRINGLE, General Agent. R. RICHARDSON, Re-appointed Issuer of JMarria ge License 1st con. Brock. Brock, Aug. 5,1874. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the THE OXTARI0 FARMERY Mutual I®surance Company. This Company i\now fully organized and is prepared to accep risks on Farm Buildings and their conterks, country School Houses and Churches, se wishing to insure and thereby support a Yome Insurance Company have now an opporynity of doing so, either by applying to the Yead Office, or to any of the local Agents of §e Company. Our rates will be found as low\s those of any respoa- sible Mutual Insurang Company in Geaunada, Head Office--Oppsite the Royal Hotel, Brook #t., Whitby 8 allie |New Marriage Act. Port Perry, July ist, re appointed Mai nish Licenses as heretofore--at Port Perry. 1874. ENRY OHARLES having been re. rriage License Agent-- sixteen years duty) continues to fur- 38 L. FAI\BANKS, Jr. Secretary MRS. L. M)\ CcoOX, Switches, Braids, Frizzets, ings, and Hair Jewelry 'Rooms, over Mr. Nott's rooms, corner Queen and Perr Streets. Port Perry, Nov. 18, 1874. MONEY {ON ONEY TO LOA?" at8 per c\t interest Estate. 1 OF DIVISION COURTS FOR THE FOR THE YEAR 1875. Oounty of Ontario; on A.YURD. Port Perry, March 13, 1874. 12 MONEY [Private Funds] To Loan on good Farms, at 8 per terest. LYMAN ENGLIS B November, 21, 1866. LUGGAGE i --Conveyancer, Tome ok Mote pg ene I Te »l2(8 z| '|.]x|&], | TAREN TO AND FROM THE STATI SEH HHS TOWN. AEL[Elaklal 4d AND AROUND Yhithy. il Hayy] phe Subscriber is prepared to con Por Perry. uss b 3 3 Fi fb Chests, Trunks, Boxesand every other de- bridge .....:« ulz givin 8/12 9,4 | scription of L to or from the Railway an RB ba [fe y le Station or anywhero around town. All Boavorohaii.. | ial | lisl | 15° [i7| Orders promptly attended' to. Charges jor GEO. H, DARTNELL, 82 cai ah WHOL Junior Judge. wy AEE SE COOK. Whitby, Jen. 1, 1875. Port Party Jul. Is 1674, about THE CIRCULAR SAW HAS JUST BEEN Sharpened and Re-set And the Subscriber is determined to CUT all kind of Goods in his line down to a I am now receiving SMALL MARGIN ABOVE COST ! my large importation of Hardware! Which has been bonght' very low, and I am determined to Cut all Goods Very Fine. Parties Building will do well to give me a call. Just received anew Stock of BORING MACHINES, Of Superior make. prices. Port Perry, May 6, 1875. Aa early call will convince all that there is no deception W. TT. PARRISH. Sa LOST, timid girl you are! weeks, remember between us and dear old England I' a sportive flourish in the Spanish wiry bay horse from the porch, heavy with scented orchids and that lay beyond our tiny demesne. confidence with which, op that for my brisk ride to the cattle corral some four Spanish leagues away. My fortunes had never seemed so day from my own door. I was well off--not wealthy, certainly, bat well-to-do--and there was a certain I first set my foot on the shores of sun-baked' Central America, repre- sented hard and honest work, ropean settlers in the tropics. PORT PERRY C. M° 1 JAY 7S \% Ae] PROPRIETOR. HE Subscriber having now fully equi: T his new and extansive Live Stables Dped a supply of superior Horses hid! prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. Carriages, C. MCKENZIE. Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873, P BOCLAMATION !! TO THE INHABITANTS OF NORTHERN REACH THE PLACE TO UY YOUR Dry Goods, Greenbank Store. | GEO, FLINT. Greenbank, July 20, 1873. LIVERY STABLES, ENZIE, MONEY TO LOAN MORTCAGES WANTED. Improved Farms, Village Properties, a at the lowest current rates 18 | least possible delay. WANTED TO PURCHASE, es) figures will be allow: up Capital $1,500,000. I In from 2 to20 years, Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. 74 Agents for several first elass Fire I surance Com paries. ness transacted. Z8~ DEBENTURES BOUGHT. Sx JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Office in Mr, Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, TILE Subscribers have large sums of mon- PE placed in their hands for investment on other Securities ln this and adjoining Count, inn As pos have funds on hand at all times Borrowers ¢andep nd on getting thelr money with the Any number of Nortguges for which the high- Wearealso apprajsera for the Canada P J er- menent Building Societv, the cheapest and largest Monetary Institution in Canada. Paid nstalments re-payable Collections made and a general agency busi- purpose with which I left England, | after Emmy and I bad exchanged our last vows of love beside the tall hog-backed stile in the leafy Berk- shire lano which lay so near to both our homes. With her tearful kisses on my cheek I had hurried up to London, gone on board the mer- chantman that first bore me across the Atlantic; and sailed for Deme- rara; where, first as clerk, then as overseer, and lastly as manager of a thriving estate, I had learned some- thing, and saved the wherewithal to buy a few hundred acres of good but untilled land in Guatemala. There was a stretch of woodland, held from the Government of the Republic at a long lease, a tract of prairie, and a small strip ot deep black soil, where- on the sugar-cane. the indigo plant, the cassava, and the manice flourish- ed luxuriantly: I had bought, too, a pretty hacienda, the fine garden of nd n- MONEY 70 LEAD the borrower. The undersigned has any amoynt of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit which, when first I .saw it, had be- come a wilderness of giant weeds, | and the house, with its verandahs, a 0.|nursery for the snake, scorpion, chogo, ard tarantula. But the walls wore of sound masoury, and to re- pair the roof and the ruinous out- buildings cost but a trifle. The garden was soon glorious with trop- ical flowers, and the fields crewned with the tall maize and the feathery cane; while my knowlodge of bot- any enabled me to derive more profit from my forest tract, where the mora, the purple-heart, the sugar-maple and the tulip tree grew contiguous to the ilex, the ironwoed, and the massive trunk of the dark- 1d Groceries Also several Improved Farms, and Wi : 2 Lands for sale, cheap. Clothin I made in Municipal Deben- thing, tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks. Boots and Shoes, Apply to Hard JAMES HOLDEN, arcware, Official Assignee, Broker, &e. Tinware, svi Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- 's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Stationery, (iy, | Whitby, April 10, 1873, Patent Medicines, &ec., ) 18 AT THE » STON Port Pe Prince Al RT WHITBY & umm! Manchester . noe Al Port Perry Manchester . RAILWAY, . TIME TABLE No. 11. Takes effect on Monday, 12th April, 1875. Trains Going Nortn. Toronto Time. PORT PERRY EXTEN- Orders filled with the shortest notice. Bridal and other Cakes made to order. on moderate terms, in every variety and of the best quality. Children's Toys in di : CALL AT MY BAKERY Port Perry or Prince Albert. CHAS. HISCOCKS. Port Perry, March 10, 1875. BAKERY! Confectionerv, TE Bakery ®d Confectionery business) in all their branches carried on in my Port Perry and Prince Albert establishments, Plain and Fancy Breads of Every variety. Socials and otber entertainments supplied CONFECTIONS! grained Honduras mahogany, thapo could have fallen to the lot of an or- dinary European emigrant. In the course ot three busy years I had earned enough and saved enough to justity myself in marrying, and had taken a holiday that I might pay a flying visit to England, per West India Mail steamer, and returned to my home in the New World with my bride beside me. I had married rather late in life; for ours had been one of those long engagements not ancommon in our English middle-class society, and I was Emmy's senior by some years; bat time had not dealt unkindly with me, and I was still active and robust, although the eldest of our two bright boys was just fourteen ; Marian, their little sister, being the third, and about six years of age. As for my | wife's personal appearance, I was | proud of the fact that her sweet face WM. CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. Daily Line to Rochester | cing on or about Return! hester) daily at 9 hen she will Toave Ffurthor ope; or C. F. -- Will leave Charlotte &o., Bp ¢{ SE Se HA &e, Apri ig.) for all points og, &c ps rect. i | This is test and quickest route to ae Ea, WAL Sle executed in the best style. Having secured the services of a com tent to 40 my bi as CONTRACTOR. SPENCE, RIOK-LAYING,STONE-WORK, PLAS- TERING, &c., in all their departments, pe- to manage and conduct the farm, 1 will, in fature, devote my whole attention usiness Contracts taken in Stone work, Brick work, Plastpri C tal, the day I first met and loved her. complexion and slenderness of form through long years.of married life, with dispatch, the. Utica, April 14,1875. BEST MATERIAL AND FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP. there, in all the years of our stay, 16 } | At home, male or female; Never fear, Emmy, love, never fear! The Indians--~poor creatures-- will not eat me; the snakes will not bite mo; the mustang will not throw me! For shame, darling, to bave been a 'planter's wife these sixteen years and more, and yet to be the Only three And with a wave of my hand, and style, of the broad-leaved sombrere which I wore, I spurred away my blossoming trailing roses, and rode laughingly off into the wild country I had some reason for the joyous afternoon of early summer, I set off fair and smiling as when I rode that charm attaching to the fact that everyWollar boubloon amassed, since wrought out bit by bit in spite of the languor of the climate, and the terrible temptations that beset Eu- I had been very steady in the She was one of those women who preserve their girlish freshness of nor had even the hot summers of Guatemala cansed one thréad of silver to mix with the glossy braids of her nut-brown hair. Our diwell- ing certainly stood in a more than commonly healthy situation: on high und and ex] to the pure ; id that . Aron af which I will set down in her own' gap in the blue mountain wall that frowned to the eastward; nor had arisen a serious casé of illness nnder 'WO 885| my roof. Those terrible fovers, that {2d plasy loving per and yaa: | are the bane of the fair regions of § remomber it, FOR ALL cot pe er SEB Now Spain, were all but unknown | me back." The Ponty 1h 6, i Th Jat the elevation of the lofty table: flea; we experienced any of those other evils for which the Central Ameri ean States have acquired a bad repu- tation, We had heard ot civil wars, and of Indian forays; but all that we had seen of the first was that oc- casionally » few disbanded soldiers, ahoeléss and ragged, came to prowl shout, the district, asking "alms whiningly enough, but really, unless their looks belied them, to play the part of marauder if a tempting booty presented itself. As for the Red Men, 'there was not, as 1 believe, a. genuine warrior to be found nearor than the Mosquito country, or the woods of Costs Rica; while the few shocks of earthqudke, which sunual ly occurred, had never caused any worse damage than a few casualties among the glass and china. Sill, somehow, my wife had never ceased to long for home, Prosperous as we had been on the sunnier side of the Atlantic, she had never learned to love the strange land in which our tent was pitched ; and it was very much in consequence of this feeling that I had determined to return to England, as soon as we had realized the means to give the children an advantagoous start in life. At last, that happy time--long looked for: ward to--had come. My savings, amounting to a larger sum in dollars and gold ounces than 1 could reason. ably have hoped to amass in eighteen years of patient industry, were al- ready in safe keeping, while T had concluded a treaty for the sale of my farm, and was merely waiting till the deeds should be drawn, and the purchase-mongy paid, to quit the place. We had even fixed the day for our departure Europe-wards, and it had been arranged that the steamer which, on the 15th ot the ensuing month, was to call at San Juan de Nicaragua on her way to the British West Indies should num- ber myself and my family among her passengers, The children were wild with joy at the prospect of seeing that won- derful England of which they had read so much, the island home across the waters, to which, after years of self-exile their parents were- about to return ; and tho boys, in es peciul, were never weary of 'asking questions concerning London, its vast extent and swarming popula- tion, its sights, shows and general splendour ; and Emma, too, antici- pated with unfeigned delight the pleasant life in store for us in the old country. I, on the other hand though not naturally of a melan- choly disposition, felt unaccountably depressed and ill at ease, so that my sad looks and thoughtful aspect more than once had the involuntary effect of damping theinnocent mirth of those I loved so well. Idid my best to struggle against the gloomy forebodings of some coming evil that beset me ; but if by any effort of the will I succeeded in banishing these dark thoughts for a time, they were sure to return and haunt me as per- tinaciously as before. And yetthere was no rational cause for apy alarm. The country was in a peaceful con- dition, and we heard no rumors of either war or pestitilenes to justify my harmless fears. Never had the fair, broad face of Nature seémed to smile more geni- {ally upon me {than on the brilliant worning on which I set off to paya long, projected visit the cattle station whichI had established on an outlaying savannah, at some distance from the rest of the proper- ty, und which was in charge ofa giant Taxan, a character in his way and in whom I could put more de- pendence than in the indolent natives of the cuntry. I had daken myself soiindly to task for my late unr able depréssion, and for awhile had shaken off the dark load of care which had for some weeks oppressed me. Oddly enough, my wife, unusally thé cheeriest and had changed but very slightly since iblithest of us all, was on that day Spsemaly, tumorous aud low-spirited, and actually tried td dissuide me from riding acoross te the cattle cor- ral, although the route was one quite as safe, at that season, as Rejent Street itsélf. At last I elicited from her the fact that it was a dream, cur which was the cause of her agita- tion. It was uot without some re- luctance that she ¢ould bé induced to narrate the subjéct of her dream words. : ¢1 thought Willy, that I Was at home again--the old hom down in Bérkshire--I saw the dear Bon > D gOTOws @nil-s0 Were the tall'sh - rT eC Iand on which we lived: Nor had ious and vivid, but still only a dream | 6, I tioan, | - éven than | careful m WHOLE NO. 609 ------------ parsonage garden; and there was the little lawn, as trim and smooth as' velvet, and the ivy clustering over the porch, and the tiny wicket gate where I used to wait for you, and the dogs came whimpering and bound- ing up to greet me. There were my sisters, Loo, and poor papa, and many other kind faces gone for ever--' Here she broke down sobbing; and I put my arm around her, and 'et her nestle her dear head, on my/ shoulder, and soothed her till the tears were dried. 5 |< But, thav-trnot- <i, Wilfied," she said earnestly; 'what made the strongest impresion on m8 was that just as I crossed the lane, and stretch- ed out my hand to lift the wellknown latch of the little gate, the earth seemed to heave and surge beneath' my feet, and the sun glared blood red through a cloud of whirling sand, as it did through the dust- storm we saw in traveling hero--you remember, Willy--Las Roccas Ver- majas, Nicaragua, And thén the solid ground split assunder, and a yawning chasm, widening every moment barred the road betwéen me and the house in which I was born, and the English hedgerows changed lo palm and aloe-trees, and I was here, sinking, as though into my grave, and I cried to you, husband, and you were not with me, and--atid--1I am' very silly, but I wish dear I do wish that you would not ride out to-day tothe corral. I feel as if some harm would happen to you, Willy--not to me. I'm nota coward for myself, but for you or the children Iam timid enough. Stay quitely at home to-day, to please Emmy ?' But I could not yield to my wife's wish om this occassion, and I laughed at her fears and counterfitted a more boyant spirit than that which actuallyposessed me at the cattle station. I was me a rich Spanishigraziers one Don Ramon who would be willing to to take the whole herd off my hands, and I was somewhat eager to convert the livg stock into hard cash, and to pay off my Texan superintendent and the staff off Indian half-breeds that worked under his order, -- I rode away, therefore; but as I passed through the open gateway that formed the only means of access to the garden, shutin by a towering hedge of thorny mesquite, I looked back and waved my hand. How well I remember that peaceful scene l--the snow-white walls of the pretty villa, the plash of the f in b h the pal i trees, the blaze of the tropical flowers the limes, bananas, and plantains, with their wealth of fruit ; the children gathered on the two broad stone steps in front of the open door, while on the higher one stood my ' wife waving her handkerchief to me in token of adieu. My heart has ached many a time as memory has "reproduced, only too' faithfully, that picture, (To be Continued.) ret emer ice 4 schenectady lady at a spelling schoot sat down on pantaloons. At a recent spelling match one man spelt 1t "pasnip" and got beet. ! No man can become thoroughly acquamnt-- ed with his family history without running for office. ¢ No,' said Mrs. Rodgers, very positivedy "if I go intp the country, Mr. Rodgers goeg with me, This city ain't no safe to leave a manjin. # Mr. D--, if you'll get my coat done by Baturday I shall be forever indebted to you.» ' If that's your game it won't bedone.' said the tailor. ! How a woman can keep on talking while she twists up her back bair and has her mouth full of hairpins has not yet been explained. An Illinois woman who wanted to go tos masquerade party as Mary Queen of Scots, locked through the Bible to ascertain how the character was dressed. A kind-hearted peace-loving Baltimore man painted his front steps twenty-thres times trying to please his wife, and then she decided that tho first color was the best. Reynolds, the dramatist, observing the' thinness of the house at one of his pieces, said : " I su it is owing to the war 7 « No," was the reply, « it owing to the piece." A young lady, after reading attentively the title of a novel called "The Last Man," exclaimed, "Bless me, if such a thing were ever to happen what would become of the women. If, says a contemporary, Brigham Young 3 : an on shat wore an additional "weed" every time he losta wife or mother-in-law, it is estimated his hat would have to ea seven feet high. It a the sgncions remark of o Yoel ob server 0 eh SE Sh ar 1 jon ar woe ey ie When a boy. falls and peels the skiit off his nose, the first thing he does is to get up aay io A ho oo do ersel A £94 5p ond Took'at her dre. Sis A farmer complain that & book and ladder any has ; STEELE bs A to Aer which the hookieg on ked' by a lady why, Grass and Grows. He the 3 EERE | Grows above im. er asia