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VOL. XXI, NO. 14.} PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1878. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER El Aho po { WHOLE NO 1058 Forth Ontarie Observer. A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL §& FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months; and no paper discontinued until all arrears are paid. © RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion ........$0 08 Subsequent insertions, per line ...... 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum 5 00 p@F™ Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre paid and regester- ed, will be at our risk : Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oc- cupy. vettistinonty received for publication. without specific instructions, will be inserted antil forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the. year or half-year. B&S™ These terms will in all cases be strictly .. ed to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and color, excented promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. Po Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &e. printed can have them done to take home with them. J. BAIRD. H. PARSONS. iwwotrasicw i ws. J H. SANGSTY M. D., Physician, Sur- PORT PERRY. Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. = « geon and Accotcheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of «ueen and Perry Streets. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. R. WARE, Coronor for the County of Ontario, Physician, Surgeon and Aec- coucheur, Oflice, opposite the town hall. "Port Perry. RS. MCGILL & RAE, Paysel &e., &e, Otfice and Resider Oshawa, FRANCIS RAF, M,D. ns, Surgeons, es, King st, WH. MW GILL, M;D, M. R. C. 8, Guy's and. 7. MCBRIEN, M.D, MN P-McBRIEN, The bye R. Hospital, London, 0, H.L, Oshawn, LT. B, County Crown arto, Batrister, Attorney, ublie. Office lnwely 1., Brock su YVAN IL. GLISH LI. B., Solicitor In Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &¢. Oshawa. 0 Mee--Simcoe street, opposite the Post Oflice YOUNG SMITH, LL. B.,, Barrister, At- w, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Publle, &es an's Block, Brock street, Whitby. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan- cery Notary Public, &e., &e. Office hours punctually from 9am. to 5 pm. Money 1.0 Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Loyal Arcade, PORT PERRY. Ww Notary Pub- wneery, Conveyan lie, &e.f &e. Ofiice over Brown & Currle's Store Port Perry. ILLINGS & McGILLIVRAY, Barristers Solicitors, Notaries Public, &e, Port Perry. £8~ A large amount of money to loan at. 8 per cent. John Billings. | John A. McGillivray. orney at Law, and Solicitor . HURD, A OfMee in the Royal Arcade, . in Chane Att Port Perry. J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, Office over Corrigan & Camp- bell's Store, Port Perry. All work done in the very i latest and best style and warranted to give satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. Business Sarvs. W. M. WILLCOX LICENSED AUCTIONEER. ETURNING my sincere thanks to my 2 \ numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer during the past eight years, I would now beg to offer my services to all who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa or Cartwright, My long and extensive practice as Auce tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- ance as it the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock he may soon lose far more than his fee in any sale, Bill stamps always on hand. Sale Bills srranged and notes supplied free of charge... Days of Sale may be arranged at the Osserver Office, where a Bale Register will be kept, Terms Liberal, Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. W.M. VW. E. MAJOR, | De AUCTIONEER. All parties wishing his services can call at the | "Observer" Ofhice, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales, | Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876, | WM. GORDON, : Licensed Amnctioneer, Valuator. &e. | OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, | B&F Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. | "WM. GORDON, ! Sunderland, Brock. | T. H. WALSHE, | ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township lL. of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, ete. in the County of Victoria, Residence--Cannington, Brock Orders left at this office, or at his residen will be punctnally attended to. lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- eer. JAMES W. BEALL. OWNSHIP CLERK, TOWNSHIP OF EAST WHITBY. Conveyancing and General Inswmance Agent. Office in the Town Hall, Business hours from 9 a. m. till 5 p. m. | The Clerk will be home for township business on Mondays and Saturdays JAMES W. BEALL, Tp. Clerk. Columbus, March 28,1877. W. BURN HAM, Clork of the Third Divi- sion Court. Office in Bigelow's Block, . Port Perry. Office hours from 10a m, to 3 p. m. T. CC. FORMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:tF LH New i/flarriage 1st, Act. 1874. Port Perry, July ENRY CHARLES having been re- I appointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as herctofore--at Port Perry. R. RIOWARDSON, | Re-appointed Issuer of Marriage licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con. Brock. Brock, Aug. 5,1874. 33 T C. FORMAN, . ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry. C. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- est, and as good as the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local anwmsth- esia. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. CHAS. THORN, V 8, EMBER of the Veterinary Institute, Chicago, Il. Gold Medalist for the best examination on Horse Practice. Author of a First Prize Essay on Shocing. Gradu- ated Sept. 16, 1867. Dr. Thora begs to announce that he has taken up his residence at Port Perry, and is now prepared to treat all cases entrusted to his care in the most skillful and scientific manner, All orders left at the Medical Hall . of Mr Allison, will receive prompt attention, 8&~ The Veterinary Stables may be found on Lilly street, opposite Cossitt's Factory. Port Perry, Oct. 28, 1873. @vchitects, Kc. ENRY GRIST, Paten = SOLICITOR AND _ DrAUGHTMAN, Ottawa, Canada sacts business with the Patent Office To departments of the Government Copyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, OHN CHRISTIE, TOWNSHSP CLERK, ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &e. Office-- Manchester. WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, HOLESALE and Retail dealers in Foreign and American Marble Man- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas 8t , Whitby, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. Also Building Stone cut to orde:, JOHN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. Whitby, July 29, 1874, i . 32 The VICTORIA MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company of Canada, HEAD OFFICE,....... HAMILTON. in the Dominion, and parties having property to insure will do well to consider the many advantages of insuring with this Company. T. H. WALSHE, Agent, Cannington, Ont, , Sept. 26, 1876. Ci Specifications, and other T ts neces- y to secure Patents of Ii i pared on receipt of the model of the Invention. M. SPENCE, CONTRACTOR, Boer, &e. Li The Subscriber in returning his sincere thanks for the very liberal pa he stowed on him in (ha past wotld inform the BE aovad into the Vill on the short- ich he will execute 8 Short hich Laying, Plaste wh toy and in the best and most ur style, and at the very lowest re at good done. The a Job can and first-class workmanship poop Prince Albert, Aprils, 157. | Smooth Shave and Artistic Hair.Cutting,-- st material | | Shaving and Hair Cutting as they should be done. : HE arrival in Port. Perry of the two first class Tonsorial Artists, LEWIS & POWELL, Has created quite an excitement with their The Rooms. are. over: Linh Dry Sons Store, opposite the Walker House. An agreeable and . smooth. shave and hair and whiskers cut. in a stylish manner, Remember the place, over. Thorne's Dry Goods Store and opposite the Walker House. Debts col= sn WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- HIS is decidedly one of the best companies |G MUNEY TO LOAN [| MORTCAGCES WANTED. He Subscribers have large sums of mon- ey placed in their hands f5r investment on Improved Farms, Village Properties, and other Securities in this and adjoining Counties at the lowest current rates of interest. As we have funds on hand at all times Borrowers candep nd on geiting their money with the ieast possible delay. WANTED TO PURCHASE, Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. Wearealso appraisers for tha Canada Per- manent Building Society, the cheapest and largest Monetary Institution in Canada. Paid up Capital $1,500,000. Installments re-payable in from 2 to 20 years. Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. ZR Agents for several first class Fire In- surance Com panies. . Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. Z%~ DEBENTURES BOUGHT.-Gx JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, . JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, CORN EraNcen, Commissioner for taking Affidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, & MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, accounts, Notes, &e., Collected and prompt remittancesamade. The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his' own time for pa of interest ones a year (not in advane he . Just as cireumsts ir all of. the princ Sy ¥ inthe mort- ) t such sum, whether large or 1, and apply it a direct reduction of prineipal, immedia on the sum paid. on such re Ue ze | cancelling the interest No extra charge is exacted ayiment. Loans made from 2 to farm, or good pioductive town mn here the title is perfect, slight to the borrower? rent and Valuator for can possibly be no transaction. 11 eases wh , the 1 be ve As Severn publici 1 ity in the If the title is perfect the money will be paid here in two weeks after making appliea- ion. JAMES LUND, Broker, &e., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. i [all that can be required in the matter of 1 | accommodation and moderation in charges. | "ONTARIO BANK, CAPITAL $3,000.000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connection with this Branch. Deposits of Five Dollar and upwards received and inter- est allowed thereon, No notice of withdrawal required. A.A. ALLEN, MaNagER. oo use. Pres; HARRINGTON, Teacher of Music, 01 rt Perry. Also dealer in Musical In struments. Residence,on Union Avenue. ISS 8. 8, HARRINGTON, Teacher of Music. Applications by Post or in person solicited. Residence, on Union Avenue, Port Perry ~ fhotels. WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY HE Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public, THE WALKER HOUSE whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Province and surpassed by none out of the best cities Commercial Travelers, the Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing busine: in the Village and the general public will find in THE WALKER HOUSE The Charges are No Higher at fhe Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up thronghout in FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supplied with the | choice of the market and the utmost atten- | tion paid to the convenience and comfort of | ALL GUESTS. An abundance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers, W. B. McGAW, Port Perry, April 20, 1876. MONEY TO LOAN. { The undersigned hasany amount of Money | JAS. v. to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at | por PERRY HOUS PORT PERRY. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comfort- | "the familiarity in my case seemed to THE WRONG UMBRELLA, AN EVERY DAY STORY, It is lamentable that the mo:al sense of |& mankind takes so little account of the rights of property as regards books and umbrellas. Many people who are in most respects ex. cellent members of rociety will borrow books without stint, and, if they do not return them minus the covers, will keep them without compunction, and when you hint that they have had them rather long, will mutter, 'Confound the fellow does he think I want to steal his books ' I have had differ. ences with my best friends on this score, and have even been asked whether had not better fine everybody who retained my valuable volumes beyond a fixed time, as if I werea village library, Such insults have begn borne with meekness, because I have always remembered with remorse how I | once reveled in the thought of baving made away with Johnson's umbrella, The laxity of the public morals in the matter of um-| breilagis truly awful, bat retribution wil sometimes overtake him who plots against Lis neighbor's parachute, Let me tell how it overtook me. A long time ago I was madly enamored to Mary Jane Bowels Mary Jane was what you might call a pocket Venus, and often I have been tempted to tuck her under my arm, like a packet of sugar, and fly to the | nearest desert isle, She was an artless girl, | and very fond of socicty--cspecially the | society of young men with whom I was not on terms of ardent friendship, Idid not i blame her for this, and when she invited me | to tea, and I found that Johnson had also been invited, my discernnig eye observed that this was not coquetry, bint pure exubrance of spirits, Mr. Bowles, I noticed, was of the same opinion, and it was great satisfaction to me to have my judgment confirmed by so experienced a parent, Mrs. Bowles, had she been alive, would no doubt have agreed with us, I had known Mary Jane short frocks Johnson had known herabont a month, It was pleasant to hear her call me Sam and him Mr, Johuson, but somehow since she wore have bred contempt--0, dear, no | nothing of the kind--but a sort of nonchalance of manner, | (How useful the French langus ! one wants to exp a delicate shade of meaning!) But that w. s her artlessness ¢ Dear me, Sam,' she observed, at the tea is when table, 'what have you got such a long face for?' Jobnton's attentions had made me a little pens ' Something must be long to make up for the prevailing shortness,' I said, Johnson was not much {alle Jane: I made a note of that sarcasm aft r- ward. My impromptus are too often lost, 'Don't be impertinent, sir! Look into that spoon. * Your face xactly like the reflection you see there--isn'tit Mr, John. son ?' He grinned. than Mary It was'then I observed, for the first times the singular breadth of his visage, His grin seemed to extend across the room, If Mr. Johnson will hold the spoon hori- zontally, he may admire bis own image,' I remarked, playfully, Johnson grinned again. He was one of those insanely good-natured men whom itis quite impossible to annoy, 'Sam, you arc eutrageus,' said Mary Jane, Unusually Low Rates of Interest! ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in ¢ Mr Johnson and I are going to practice our Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit | the borrower. | Also several Improved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. | Investments made in Municipal Deben | res, Bank and other marketable Stocks. | Apply to tu JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &e. Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whitby, April 10, 1873, NOTICE TJ FAI ME/S & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners Real Estate, that he has in his hands a age amount of private funds which he 1s prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ers--interest at eight per cent Expedition and most reasonable terms assured. - 8. H, CHRISTIAN, Manchester, October 17, 1877, MONEY [Private Funds,] 'I'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, BARRISTER, &c., Oshawa 4 November 21, 1866. Money to Loan N Farm Property at Seven and a half per cent. No Commission. Enquire at P. A. Hurd's Law office, Port Perry. P. A. HURD, Solicitor, &c. Port Perry, Jan. 9, 1878. the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers.-- | Additions have been made which maker this doze the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. | J)rroe HOUSE, PORT PERRY, The Subscriber having leased this comfort. labor nor expense in providing for the com. fort and convenience of g The Tables will always be snpplicd with best to be had in the market. Only cho quors and Cigars at the Bar. Any quantity of firstclass Stable and Shed accommodation properly attended to by careful Ostlers CHAS, HOLT. Port Perry, March 8, 1876 ; iki pi EVERE HOUSE, MANCHESTER. By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent Hotel it will be my endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875, NTARIO AOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at howe, Whitby, Nov. 9th, 1876. UEEN'S HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts, CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, . . . PgorriETOR This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers Rp@¥™ First class Sample Rooms. Livery 1.= OF DIVISION COURTS FOR THE County of Ontario, For the year i878. wl l= 2/2 z yl Ed ES 2185115121812) 18 Haga al 2i af 11 al 'ja 'Iga [2 81 B17 not | 41214] liz, Bei sli 15/20 "lil asm! 1 gl10] fin 10) 19 of 18 9 18 bd G. H. DARTNELL, Junior Judge. | Whitby, Jan'y 7,18%8. PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES, C. MK ENZIE PROPRIETOR. ? HE Subscriber havi full i : Tia Rew and extensive Livery Stab)» wiih Hi 3 Carri ges, is a supply of superior Ho rear ite faraion fry oa LIVERY RIGS Port Perry, Dec 56,1877, -| Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873 Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 43 A JOL0-ANTRICAY HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly hl deed able and convenient Hotel, will spare neither i duct, Mr, You stop here and talk to pa,' . Bowles had to be aroused from the into which he usually dropped afer tea. It was in that habit that my penetra- tion had detected bis conviction that M. Jane was an artless creature, Pa woke un views of fine, cru ary po and asked me what were my nmways. His composition was conversation, and he disliked ations. His port wine was fine and crusty, too, but this is Ly the way, I was listening to the duct overhead and hada very indistinct idea of what I was say- | ing myself. I cannot sing, buf it was not for that reason that I objected to the propos. | terously operatic way in which Johnson was conducting himself, Tramways, my dear sir, are, as you so justly observed, the chief scourge of man- kind. from the earliest times they have been noted for their hostility to human | virtue, and--' | Ihave lands and prond dwellings, Add all shall be thine, | sang Johnson up stairs, | "Aud it is, as you say, monstrous that landed proprietors and bloated householders le the popular protest in this ally as we know that--that for purposes of drainage tramways are--' ¢ My dear boy, you are not well,' interrup- ted Mr. Bowles, kindly. «Have a glass of wine. When I left the house that evening I wag thoughttul. It struck me that Johnson had Mury Jancin his mind's eye, I could not damage that organ of vision, so I decided that nothing wonld be gained by hitting him But something would have to be done. I wanted to marry Mary Jane. She was a charming girl,'and her father had a little money. My suspicions about Johnson were con- firmed next day. I met a lively friend who said : * Oh, you know Johnson 7" Well? 'He's going in for the little Bowles, He told me he should propose to her to. morrow night . when he takes her home from Twig's rty. ¢ Perdition I' 'Eh? Slap-up girl, isn't she? Thought you were sweet that way 7' 'Perd-- Oh, no, notatall! There's my ini ) situated Hotel, 1 have thoroug Pp and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to the comfort of guests, The table and bar well supplied, W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875 Going to propose when he took her home from @wig's | By all the powers he should not take her home from Twigs! It bad been agreed that I should escort Mary Jane to the halls of Twig. It was a fine night apparently, but I took my um- brella. It was a new one surmounted by an alligator's head in German silver. Fervent. ly I invoked Jupiter Pluvius to befriend me A BUSTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. The Only First Class House in Town. Batson HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindeay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. Re¥2% EXCHANGE H WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT. E. BRYANS, Proprietor, The Subscriber having succeeded Mr. Mason and hoped Joh would leave his umbrella at home, It was less than ten minutes walk, but there was time fo show a little preliminary tenderness, it not to put the grand question itself. With an artless girl like Mary Jane it was best to approach such 'a subject by degress. "T'was just such a night as this,' nT said, softly, ¢ when you and, Mary Jane, trod the grassy turf beside that murmering brook-- Oh, I remember I' she exclaimed laugh- ing in her guiless way 'I know what you are going to say. That was the time you fell over 'the stile, running away from the bull, And your nose was Fi up in stick. ing-plaster, you know ; aud you scratched my face with it sir I" | man, [ giddy | * Mary Jane Time wore «nT stood at the window alone and looked out at the weather. feavy clouds obscured the moon, Heavy drops began to fall. Then the temptation had me in its rip. ' His umbrella I' I gasped, ¢I--1'll hide te ' It's going to be a nasty night, after al!) said a hated voice at my elbow: ¢I believe only you and I have brought umorellas, -- There'll be an awful scrimmage for cabs, -- Liickily we haven't far to walk,' He was grinning more' than ever, but he conld not have heard me. A cab would not suit him, of course! He wanted to walk home with Mary Jane slowly--very slowly, so that--frenzy | 1 would do the deed, would throw his umbrella-- ¢Oh, Sam, do take me down to refresh- ments! I asked Mr. Johason, but he has forgotten me,' She looked up into my fuce so bewitch- ingly that my heart thumped as if it were a door-knocker 1n the grasp of a demon post- He knew she was thirsting for claret. cup, and yet 'he Careless brute! What a husband he would make l-- Wh in me--in me--she would find-- 4 Jane. I whispered, as we left thé wd that stood around the liquids, may 1 see you home ?* en * If you are a good boy perhaps you may: But here's Mr, Johnson,and I owe him a dance,' He took her away, but she looked back at me with asmile. I really never saw such an artless girl in my life, And now, to make assurance doubly sure, I crept upestairs to the room where the umbrellas had been left. The gas was ont and the window open, The melancholy voices of divers cats seemed to protest again- st the crime, but my nerves were firm, | could nothing. No matter, I knew where my enemy had put his umbrella, I groped for it. [ ed it by the ferruled end. Just then a footstep startled me. rushed to the window and dropped the hate. ful thing into the black abyss below, There was a splash: 1 felt a sardonic joy He had brought his umbrella for fear of rain, -- Well, it might do its duty in the water- butt. 1 listened. All was quiet. The next in darkness, There could be no I went down to the refreshment class of wine, chatted a with Mrs, 'T g and recovered my self-pi ion, Then I sought Mary Jane, Johnson had just crossgd the root to her when I entered. Suddenly she was seized with a violent fit of coughing, I ran fora glass of water, When I returned the coughing became worse than ever, Yet that unfeeling monster, Johnson grinned till 1 thonght the corners of his mouth would meet in the nape of his neck. When [asked if she felt better, Mary Jane went off again ; and presently the cough was so bad that she had to leave the room. 1 remarked to Johnson that she must have canglit cold ; and then he coughed. No doubt she had been out on the balcony with him to see whether the rain had ceased, But wait alittle my grinning friend | rybody was now going away, With a shodelight I saw Johnson walk up- s to et his hat and coat and his. . Ha! ha! I waited till he came down, He was perfectly cool, and--did my eyes mock me--he liad in his hand an umbrellal I could not sce the handle, but of course it was mine, The fellows impudence stagger- ed m 1 tore up into the room above, -- There was no ambrella there, It was mine. I went down, resolved to make an ex- ample of Johnson. He stood in the hall, leisurely putting on his gloves. 'Excuse me, 1 said calmly, ' but you have got my umbrella.' 'I think not,' he replied with his ever. lasting grin, 'But you have, sir. There can be no mistake about it. Prav is your umbrella handle an Aligator's head in Germ--in solid silver?" ¢ I think not," said Johnson, cooly. He held up the nmbrella, It was not mine ! Iam not quite ready, Sam. What's the matter? Oh, bear! And Mrs, Twig says she has lent every umbrella she has, Are you sure you brought it? Oh, thank you Mr. Johnson, Good-night, Sam ;Mr. John. son will see me home. It isn't raining much, and you won't get wetif you run 'all the way.' I don't know whether I got wet or not, -- For that matter, 1. don't know how I got home. I believe the Twiggs thought 1 had been drinking too much. Perhaps I had, or how could I have thrown the wrong um. brella out of the window. It was found some weeks later, and, when it was brought to me 1 a pulpy condition by young Twig, who is the smallestof wags, he suggested that I'should adopt a water butt and um- brella as a crest. Johnson did propose to + the little Bowles' during that walk home. -- The, ed now. That umbrella bus'- y y, but 1 am still con. ssness of Mary Jane, vinced of the artl Poisoned in Despair. John Grimjohn was a bit of a wag in his way, and after fifty years experience gnined behind the counter of a large refreshment saloon, he could tell pretty well what a man meant by his looks. He was sitting very quietly one day, reading his daily paper, and trying to under- stand how it was that the Turksand the Russians were both getting the best of it, when a seedy-looking individual entered the place t Glass of bitters,' said the stranger, heav. ing a deep sigh and staring hard at John, as he took down a clear glass, and drew a foaming draught of the amber liquid, whicn he placed clear and sparkling before the visitor, ¢ Here are my last two coppers,' said the stranger, with a heavy sigh, as he laid them on the counter for Jobn to rake them into the till, ¢ The last twopence,' said the man again, as he laid his hand upon the stem of the glass, staring hard all the while at John as if he bad expected the twopence to be re- funded. ¢If I had come down to twopence.' said John to himself, 'I don't think I should spend it ia beer. Imight in tobacco; but I think it would go in bread.' He did not speak, however, but sat down and took up his paper and began reading again. There was noone in the place, so the stranger went on again. * My last twopence,' he said, more loudly ¢ When I have swallowed this beer, I shall be a beggar and an outcast,' * With a glass of beer inside of him,' said John, sententiously. 'Eh? ¢ With a glass of beer inside him,' said John, quietly. 'Yes, to be sure,' said the stranger; 'but the last glass--the last, The world has never given me a chance ; the world rejects, --scorns--does rot care for me. I will poison myselt--mix adeadly drug with this last glass, and be free of the world,' John returned his paper, gave it a punch in the middle, got it folded conveniently, and went on reading. «1 say,' continued the stranger, loudly. -- 'I will poison myself where I stand, and fall here dead, as a warning to a brutal and un- in this pleasant and shred RUSSIAN umimatious oie, bus | 1 bad forgotten that circumstance ; but supplied repre of Liquors and | ° Yes, es 1 said, passionately, 'and P) \ hot be 884 Druids of Cigars, ay "Cols uf the why did my nose scratch your face ? Toor] stabling and attentive Ostlers, en, ny lips Xero seeking that paradise which Williamsburg, Dec. 6 1675. ANS | Good evening, Miss Bowles liehty" aodescontisionene bas oun on 2 and----con! | FEE QUEEN'S HOTEL, ambien on gs WHITBY, ONT. There was a little dancing at Twig's, but T McCANN & TAYLOR, Pi . | bad no pl nit. My mind was full of Eve ir: or 15 © Johnson's umberella. It came betore my dis: very or: the E | mal vision like Macbeth"s dagger. I clutched public, atit and | had it not. feeling world,' John went op spelling through his r without moving a muscle, 8 Pepe ¢ Here, then, is an end of my worthless self,' said the stranger very deliberately tak- ing a small packet from an envelope--a packet that looked like the white powder scidlitiz ; and this he opened very deliberate. ly, and emptied it into the beer, where, for the most partit lay on the froth, John looked up, saw what he was doing, and the state of aflairs--how the white powder emptied out of the paper refused to mix with the beer, 'Like a spon,' he said getting up and Landing ome, "A spoon ? Yes,' said the stranger with a mocking laugh that would have been wroth ten shillings a night in the Surrey 'Fheatre, As he spoke, he took the spoon, stirred the liquor, and threw the little piece of metal down, while John took his place and went on reading. ¢ Farewell, cold world, farewell I" said the stranger, ' They may bury me where they will. I might have been great ; but now-- ah, now, poor, neglected one !--they may bury me in sunshine, or in shadow, I care me not.' He took up the glass, drained it to the last drop, and then, standing the glass down, held on by the counter, and heaved a tremendous sigh--one which sounded like satisfaction at the goodness of the bitter beer. As for John, he went on reading as coolly as could be, his lips moving as though he were spelling over the big words, The man uttered a roar, and moved to- words the en but, unable to contain his annoyance, he turned sharply round, and came back. : ¢ Villanious type of a cold and heartless world," he said, addressing Grimjohn, * you have taken my last coin; and you sit there and let me poison myself without stretching out a hand to save--withont saying a word,' * Have you taken poison ?' ¢ I have--I have!" groaned the stranger. wu really 7 Was that poison-in the paper ? said John coolly, ¢ Yes--I have just swallowed a fatal dose of arsenic--one of our most dangerous pois- ons' ¢ Ah, I know what arsenic is,' said John coolly. « And T have taken enough to kill six men' groaned the strangeriin a hollow voice, ¢ Well that was wasteful' said John, grim- ly. 'You might have taken enough for one and spent the balance on beer,' 'Enough for six--enough for six I" said the stranger, rolling Lis eyes, and speaking in tragic tones, "Good I said John. opening a lap in the counter, Come in here.' . * He caught the stranger by the collar, drew in behind the counter, through the bar-parlor, and into a kind of a store behind where there was a large cupboard, 'No one saw you come in, said John quietly, 'and no man saw you take the poison ?' ¢ Only you--only you,' said the man faint- ly. *A doctor--a doctor |' And he was about to fling himself in a chair; but John held him up, and thrust him into a big closet, ¢ Doctor, eh? Oh, yes, my boy, you shall have a doctor--half a dozen of 'em. They hold a fine revel round your corpus.' * Wh--wh--what do you mean?" gasped the stranger, as John thrust him back and held the door ready to clap to. * I mean I'm glad you took arsenic,' said John, ¢ Wh--wh--why, you unfeeling wretch ?' ¢ Because it leaves the body so nice and limp and soft, and the doctors like that so.' ¢ What do you mean ?' faltered the poison- ed man, 'Mean?' said John. ¢ Why, that the doctors will give me ten pounds tor a good healthy, strong subject like you. I say what a splendid lecture on anotomy there will be round you about the day - after to- morrow ?' that goes with the blue under the name of |i I ---- 'Sell me--to the doctors,' groaned the unhappy man, + Of course ; but not you--your body. You 7 won't know anything about it, my lad nnd nobody else, for no one saw you comd n * What I roared the stranger, But the word was cut in half by Jobrt closing and locking the closet door. "1 say' he said, knocking on the ¢ Yes--yes ; lef te out,' cried t faintly. * Just die as quickly as you can, there's a good fellow. Don't mind making a noise, ifit eascs your mind--no one can hear you.' The man began to kick and hammer af the door, and John walkid up and down, smiling and rubbing his bands. Then he turned to the bar, served a few customers left the place in charge of a bar.mano, and went to where the stranger was hammering at the door, 'Not dead yet? John said, with his mouth to the keyhole, 'No. Let me out, said the man, 'or I shall die. * Well, I want you to die, said John, cooly. 'But it wasn't polson--only powdered chalk,' said the man, 'Let me out! Let me out ! ' You scoundrel' cried John; opening thé door, collaring the sfranger, and shaking him. 'Do you mean to say it was only powdered chalk ?* ¢ That was all, sir ' +Then you've robbed me of ten pounds I should have get for your wretched car. cass.' «1'Il never do so no more--'pon my soul I won't) «Soul |' cried John, shaking and kicking him; 'you haven't got a soul in your wretched, despicable body, or I'd shake it out. Now,' he continued, opening a side door, 'be off and try and get some honest work to do, and leave off swindling. You'ry one of the sort of scoundrels who put soap into your mouth to make froth, and then fall down and humbug people with believing you've got fits." ¢ Yes, sir--no sir; pray lct me go, sir' gasped the wretch. At last Jobo set him at fiberty, sending him flying a little more rcacily by giving him a kick with his anything but light boot. 'I saw him again a week after,' said John, 'and he was carrying a pair of sandwich boards. I knew he was only trying it on, and that the poisoning was u dodge Idou't think he'll ever try to poison himself any more. At least,' he added, after a short pause, and his face puckered up with a jovial smile--* not with chalk. el. man, ee tones Strike on the Welland Canal. Avvaspuren, March 1,--The laborers on Sections 19 and 20 struck for wages {o-day, and are marching up the canal. They have been getting 90 cents per day, and struck for §1.25. This is thought to be the com- mencement of a general strike of laborers on the canal. The crowd are all peaceable. If the poor fellows get no more than 90 cts a day it is high time they were striking or doing something else to secure as much as give their families bread, em ------ In There White Robes of Purity as Usual. The Opposition feel somewhat jubilant over the unseating of Mr, Dumont, who was elected for Knmouraska, on the election of Mr. Roy to the House of Commons. Mr. Dumont's triumph was heralded by the Grits as a great reversal of public feeling in K#hm- ouraska, but itis now seen to be the result of bribery. It has not only lead to his un- seating but to the reporting for bribery of the nephew of the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, and of the brother of Mr. Pelleter, Minister of Agriculture. Traly these pao- ple are sustaining their claim to be regarded as par excellence the party of purity ,--1Iz., Best Blood Stallion .....cceee seneen Beat Draught Stallion, Imported. Best Stallion for General Purposes. Best Saddle or Carriage Stallion. Best Saddle or Carriage Brood M 8idBisuieviisrenrrieriin Best Agdd Bull, with Pedigree. cal Ticket.. Best yearling Bul TICkel cosrerrersrersiens Best Mllch Cow, with Pedigree an GRADE Best Aged Bull ...ece'icsnnees ou Lumber Wagon, Wooden Axle Single Buggy, without Top... Single Buggy, with Top. LIST OF PRIZES to be awarded at the & Scugog, to be held at Manchester, on Tuesday, April 23rd, (878. HORSES. Best Draught Stallion, Canadian ..... ... Best three year old Stallion for General Pur Best three year old Stallion for Draught, Imported Best three year old Stallion for Draught, Canadian Best three year old Stallion for Saddle or Cai riage. Best span team Iorses, Geldings or Maves, Draught Best span Gen. Par. Horses, Geldings or Mares....... Best Saddle Horse, Gelding or Mare....... Best Single Driving Horse, Gelding or Mare Best Draught Brood Mare, in foal or foal by her side Best Gen. Pur. Brood Mare, in foal or foal by her side. URHAM Best two year old Bull, with Pedigree (age to be on nume , with Pedigree (age to be on numerical evidence of havi a Calf since September, 18TT......... .ceseerssseressssasssanss Best three year old Milch Cow, with Pedigree. ..ccccuveeeeenss 3 Two year old Bull, (age to be on numerical ticket). 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