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fe --_-- --_-- a VOL. XXI, NO. 27.4 5 PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1878. yiota gin A 34 Bava) pew WHOLE No 1071 Forth Ontaric Obaeraer, A. WEEKLY POLITICAL, ARRICUL- WURAL § 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 pajd. ¥ RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion .... Subsequent insertions, per line . Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ..... 5 00 Business Cards. ONTAR10 BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connection with this Branch. Deposits of Fi%eDollars and upwards received and inter- est allowed thereon. No notice of withdrawal required. BEF Letters containing money, when ad- A.A. ALLEN, dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- MANAGER, ed, will be at our risk o 5 ie 9 Ae fise muh y: Nonparel, k of the Third Divi- and charged according tothe space they oc-[ J Wi URNHAM, Clerk of ihe Thi Block, cupy. . Port Perry, Advertisements received for publication, without specific instructions, will be inserted until 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, - 85~ These terms will in all cases be strictly «..e vd 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 solor, exccuted promptly and, at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. B&F Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &e. printed can have them done to take home with thom. . J. BAIRD. HN. PARSONS. OfMce hours from 10 a. m, to 3 p. m. T. C. 'FORMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:tf OHN CHRISTIE, TOWNSHSP CLERK, ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &c. Office--Manchester. MUNEY TO LOAN | MORTCACES WANTED. [HE Subscribers have large sums of mon- ey placed in their hands for investment on Improved Farms, 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 gesting 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 Busing Socletv, the cheapest and largest Monetary Institution in Canada. Paid Wp Capital $1,600,000. Instalments re-payable in from 2 to 2 years. Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. zo Agents for several first class Fire In- surance Companies. Collections made and a general agency busi ness transacted. 72 DEBENTURES BOUGHT."G=X JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES, C. KENZIE, PROPRIETOR, PRE Subscriber having now fully eculpped his new and extensive Livery Stabls with a supply of superior Horses and Carri ges, is prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. C. MCKENZIE. Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873 WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, HOLESALE and Retail dealers in Foreign and American Marble Man- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas St , Whitby, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite, Also Building Stone cut to orde:. JOHN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. 3 Whitby, July 29, 1874, Motels. <1 Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Port Perry. Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, ry C. FORMAN, . 1 . 18SUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry. ~ Professional Caos. H. SANGSTER, M. D,, Physician, Sur « geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. OfMce over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton, Coronor for the County of Surgeon and Ac- R. WARE, Ontario, Physician, coucheur, Otliee, opposite the town hall. Port Perr 1s, Surgeons. hysel . dences, King st. RS, MCGILL & &e., &e, Office a : Oshawa, FRANCIS RAF, M.D. WM. M'GILT, MD. . M. F. MCBRIEN, M.D, M. R. y Fospital, London, England. 0, H. wu, E. FAREWELL, LT. B, County Crown J Attorney for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Ralicitor, and Notary Public. Office lately oc- cuplad by 8. H, Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Whitby. 8, Guy's The liye R. Oshawn, YMAN L. NGLISH LI. B. leit J Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawa. OMce--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office NG 8 ster, At- hh, Bitch in Chancery, and Insolvency, Notary Public, & Office--MecMiilan's Block, rook rect, Whitby. , W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Public, &c., &c. Office hours punctually from 9a.m. to 6 p.m. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY 3 Beaverton,) En ieah re yas Torey Scat, {or in *'hancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- lie, &e., &e. Ofice over Brown & Currle's Store Port Perry. ILLINGS & McGILLIVRAY, Barristers B Solicitors, Notaries Public, &e, Port Perry. £3 A large amount of money to loan at 8 . per cent. John Billings. | John A. Mpanivray. . HURD, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor . + Chancery. Office inthe Royal Arcade, Port Perry. J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, Office over Corrigan & Camp- bell's Store, Port Perry. All work one in the ver Hon and best Pid and warranted to give satisfaction. Port Perry, March 28, 1877. 0. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- ext, and as good as 'the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without puin by producing local anwsth- esia. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. CHAS. THORN. V 8S, BER of the Veterinary Institute, PA £yess Il. Gold Medalist for the best examination on Horse Practice. Author of a First Prize Essay on Shoving. Gradu- ated Sept. 16, 1867. Dr. Thora begs to announce that he has CHET ER New Marriage Act. July 1874. Port Perry, 1st, I ENRY CHARLES having been re- £0 amt R. RICHARDSON Re-appointed Issuer =~ Marriage Tiicenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con. Brock. Brock, Aug. 5,1874. 33 JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking AMdavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &e. MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Note: ke., Collected and ing money ean get it at the Lowest rate, and own time fi wr (not in adva , Just as circum pri a 3 time, stances 1 \eipal, ry ; I t appointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur-{small, and it oe f is foonsus ns here s--at Port Perr principal, immediately eancelliy si nish Licenses as herctofore--at Port Perry. Privcipal fly vancalling thei orest yiwent. Loans made from 2 to on farm, or good pioductive town on such r here the title is perfect, the ght to the borrower. As I A am acting both several Com pani publicity in the If th le is perfect the money will be paid here in two weeks after making applica- tion. JAMES LUND, Broker, &., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom streets, Uxbridge. | Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. i= all that can be required in the matter of THE 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 nu sham TUCKS. t One fino November afternoon Mrs. Vandel sat at the window, bast. ing sewing for the machine, with a weary look in her face when the door opened and her sister, Mrs. Willis walked in. " Doar me, Clara, don't you ever get tired of this everlasting work room ?" she said, seating herself in the midst of a litter of many color- ed scraps on the sofa. 'Getting tired of it would do no good; the work has to be dong,' answered her sister; wearily, 'Where are the girls continued | Mrs. Willis, glancing about the room 'Eva is lying down; tho poor child has got one of her bad, nerv- ous'headaches, and Kate was look- ingso miserable that I sont her over to her uncle Arkwright's for a little change." ¢ Well, Clara, if this is what they have been at, I don't wonder,' said Mrs. Willis, rising and walking over to the table near the sewing machine, which was beaped with half made underclothing, 'It is nothing but tucks, tucks, tucks! she went on, ns she tossed the articles over, one after the other. 'Wo Ife in agrent age of tucks, 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 business in the Village and thecgenecral public will find in THE WALKER HOUSE accommodation and moderation in charges. . The Charges are No Higher at the '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 ENRY GRIST, Paten SOLICITOR AND I Draveurmay, Ottawa, Canada Transacts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Copyrights and the Registration of Trade A s and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces. sary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared in receipt of the model of the Invention. WwW M. SPENCE, Contractor, BuiLper, &c, ! The Subscriber in returning his sincere thanks for the very liberal patronage be- stowed on him in the past would inform the public generally that having hought a pro- perty and moved Into the Village of Prince Albert, he will in future give his whale | attention to his business as Contractor, and is now ready to undertake Stone Work, Brick- | Laying, Plastering, and everything connecte herewith, which he will execute on the short est notice and in the hest and most durable style, and at the very lowest figure at which a good job ean he dove. j The best material rst-class workmanship. Sibi Yar SPENCE. Prince Albert, April 5, 1575. WwW. ML ITL.T.COX LICENSED AUCTIONEER. 2 numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as 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. 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 Onservir Office, where a Sale Register will be kept. a Liberal. W. MW, Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. BE. MAJOR, ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties L wishing his services can call at the "Observer" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales, Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. his residence at Port Perry, and is tugs de to treat all cases sted to his care in the most skillful and scientific manner. All orders left at the Medical Hall of Mr 'Allison, will receive prompt attention. ond? The Veterinary Stables may be found on Lilly street,oppositeRichardson's Factory. Port Perry, Oct. 28, 1876, Subscriber would beg to inform . TE 2 of Horses and Cattle that having completed a Session in the Ontario Veterin- ary College, Toronto, he has now located in Port Perry, for the practice of his pro- fossion and is now prepared to give advise on and successfully treat all diseases' to which borses and cattle are liable. From Jong study and close investigation of the patare and habits of Horses and Cattle and long practice in treating the Diseases of such togethet with the great advantages derived from & Session at the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, I flatter myself that parties placing their Horses and Cattle under my treatment will find it to their -- Any order or communication me left ab id Allison's Drug Store will be promptly attended ! ge. D. BATEMAN. Port Perry, March 27, 1878. FH usic. Pp Ra Sr MEA MEE WM. GORDON, L da A &e. , WV s 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 Aucti for the T hip of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctnally attended to. Debts col- lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt made, WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eer. . fi The VICTORIA MUTUAL C n Fire Tasurance ompany 1 ETURNING my sincere thanks to my | Auctioneer during the past eight years, I My long and extensive practice as Auc- | MONEY .TO LO N The undersigned has any amount of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! | 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 tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks, Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &e. Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whitby, April 10, 1873, 'NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS | MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a | Tage amount of 'private funds wi | prepared to invest for periods to su ers--interest at eight per cent. ch he is borrow- Expedition i" | and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H. CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877, . MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money T on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, | Agent for Westery CaNapa Loan asp | Savings Company, He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Fands. Shed ac lation, and attentive hostlers, Port Perry, April 20, 1876. Pore PERRY HOU PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comforts ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers,-- Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. D* OL The Subscriber having leased this comfort. able and convenient Hotel, will spare neither labor nor expense in providing for the com. fort and convenience of guests. The Tables will always be supplied with the best to be had in the market. Only choice Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. Any quantity of firstclass Stable and Shed accommodation properly attended to by cureful Ostlers. CHAS. HOLT. HOUSE, PORT PERRY, Port Perry, March 8, 1876 I 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. NTARI1O HOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at home. ( Whitby, Nov. 9th, 1876. | Inter st Eight per cent. No C: N F. PATERSON. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor, CLEMENT DAWES, gages bought at lowest rates. | Accounts, Notes, &c, collected on reasomble Com- mission. Apply personally, or byletter to C DA Auctioneer, &c., March 7, 1878. 4] T'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 pericent in- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, Barista, November 21, 1866. Money to Loa per cent. No Commission, at P. A. Hurd's Law office, Port Perr. Port Perry, Jan. 9, 1878. UEENS HOTEL, Coruer of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, . . . Prorrigror This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers pF First class S8ample Rooms, - Livery attached, Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 4 iA FOLO-2MERICAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, - - - PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired 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. Ww. . H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. AA PUsTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION, WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. THE ONTARI Farmers' Mutual Insurance [o'y Head Office, Whitby, This C is now fully is repater fo accept sighs on Farm Builfings their contents, country School Hiuses and Churches, Those wishing Jo tna d thereby support a Home Insurance Compny have now an opportunity of doing so, eiper to the Head Office, or to anyof Agents of the Company, Our rags will be found as low as those of any respd- sible Mutual Insurance Company in Canad. Head Office--Opposite the Royal Hot! Brock St., Whitby C. NOURSE, Seceretary. W. §. BROWNE, General Agent. & 4 ES The Only First Class House in Town. BEisoy HOUSE, late Jewett House; Kent Street, Lindeay. Board, $1.60 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. OYAL EXCHANGE H WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT. E: BRYANS; Proprietor; The Subscriber having succeeded Mr, Mason in this pleasant and commodious Hotel has pa) ither labor nor expense in re-fitting and renovating the entire premises. The Bar supplied with a superior class of Liquors and the Jigars. The choice of the market provided for the Tables. wellent stabling and attentive Ostlers. B 1% Williamsbutg; Deo. o; 1675 CR YANS HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. McCANN & TAYLOR, ProprieToRs. Every dation for the traveling W. B. McGAW. Ji forty--yes a hundred. and my private opinion is that the same tucks are at the bottom of all these headaches and miserable looks wo hear about. I remember read- ing an article in a newspaper when cewing machines first came into vogue, saying that the millenium had come for the seamstresses, It would no longer be stitch, stitch, stitch, but if its not it is 'clatter, clatter, clatter." If I were as clever as ood it would bo engraved apon my tomb, 'She sang the gong of the tuck.' As if to counterbalance the great blessing the sewing machine might have been, it isno sooner brought into use than we have an! avelanche of tucks, fills, and far- belows. For one seam there used to be in womrn's clothes there are And to match a picture of a solitary wan woman we used to read about, sitt- ing in her garret stitching Ly the light of a flickering tallow candle, [ can point out a hundred women made wan by the use of onr great modern labor-saving invention, and of what use is it all ?* 'Really, Amelia, you run on like a stump orator," said Mrs. Vandel, langhing. 'And what nonsense you tall, of whatuseare half the things in the world that people spend their time over? Took at ull the time you epend over your flowers, and of what use is a flower?' A flower, my dear, beihg a thing of beauty. is a joy forever, Of what usa is the warbling of a bird, Ot what use are those violet tints in azure sky ? And yet they make up the poetry of life. The world would be a weary dreary place without them. But, tell me, whatis there to elevate the mind or to rejoice and make glad the heart, in folding a picce of cotton together and running a'seam through it. I look upon it as but a wanton waste of material' 'Oh, well, everybody tucks their clothes nowadays, and we cannot afford to give out our sewing we have todo it ourselves and what is the use of talking about it' said Mrs Vandel. 'Yes that is the rub--everybody does it. Clara, I have pondered over this thing a long time, but 1 have forborne to speak of it, as I felt that my voice would be as the bumming of one bee in the midst of a hive, and if I were to goon talking from now till doomsday, I suppose you would go on and tuck your- selves into the grave, provided your neighbors did the same.-- Though' I look upon the injury to health as being the greatest evil at- tending it, it is not the only evil.-- Their minds "become so contracted from being so constantly absorbed in one thing, that when you see half a dozen girls together you hear of nothing but this one's overskirt and that one's hat, and the set of the other one's basque. Now, there are the McArthurs, and so far from be- ing idle, they are the most indust. rious gitlsI know of, and to my certain knowledge they do nothing from one years end to the other but make their clothes, and promenade up and down the street to exereise their finery, Things are coming to a pretty pass in our age of prog- ress; but 4s you say what is the use of talking about it?' On taking her departire, Mrs. Willis made her promise to send her daughters to spend a day with her n the following week. 'If they can &pénd the live long public, day over that machine, I should [think they could walk two miles, and if they walk over I shall send them home in the phaeton,' she said. CHAPTER II. Scene: Miss Eva Vandel laying on the bed with a wet towel folded over her forehead. Enter her sister Kate, with a bundle of patterns over her arm. 'Well, Eva how do you prosper ?' she asked. '1 finished it but my head is in a whirl, and my eyes ache as if they would drop out of head,' answered Ho Sp Saad 'I thought you would overstep the mark one of these times; when my head begins to whirl Ialways stop.' said Kate complacently, as she let down her back hair. 'Mamma says Aunt Amelia was here the other day and gave a rous- ing lecture about us and everybody sewing so much, and putting so many tucks and fixings on their clothes,' continued Kate after a pause, during which time she had been putting up her front hair on bair pins. 'Well, I don't know but what there is a good deal in it. Mrs Moss told me tae other day that it was nothing in the world made Lucy 80 ill last spring but making that seal brown suit with all the trimm- ing,' replied Eva, in whose ears the clatter of the machine was still ring- ing. Hero their little brother burst into the room, calling out : 'Kate and Eva! Dr. Wetter is down stairs, and papa says you are to come down.' 'Well, Charley tell papa we can- not possibly go. Eva has got a headache, and [ am so tired I can scarcely do my hair,' said Kate, crossly. 'Come, come, girls, what is all | this about. Here is Dr Wetter come over to spend the evening. Aren't you coming down ?' sail their futhr kuocking at the door a few minuus | afterwards. | «There is no use, papa, we can't go. Eva has got a headache and we are both dreadful tired ' said Kate in a pitiful tone. | Itis always the same old tune! and [ am getting tired of it. Iam | beginning to be of your Aunt Am- |elia's opinion about that sewing machine,' raid Mr. Vaudel, ina dis- contented tone, as he walked away. 'I saw Flora Leigh on the street to-day, said Kate, after a pause. £ Did'you. What had she on-- her black hat ?' 'No, the grey one with the cardin- al trimming.' Oh, that borrid thing! She does look half decent in the black one, but she looks like the Witch of End- orin that thing. Had she ber navy blue dress on ?' . 'No ashe bad the black one with all the knite: plaiting. I think she looks better in the grey with the blue trimming thin in any dress she has got.' 'Ob, Istippose iti1sa matter of taste,' answered Kate, waiving the subject, as she put the finishing touches to ber hair. *And Ob, yes!' she exclaimed suddenly, 'I saw Mrs. Bates, and she has got anew seal jacket.' 'Nooo! 'Yes, but she has though. Isaw it with my own eyes, and she had her old last year's hat on, with a dyed plumb in it, and a pgir of soiled gloves with a rent in the back ot one of them.' 'The ideal' 'Yes, and she had Kitty Benson with ber, and don't you know that old grey dress of her's with the apron overskirt ?' "Yen, 'Well, she has got that dyed pur- ple, and it is all streaked and looks horrible.' 'How did you know it was it?' 'Oh, didn't I know it, though.-- She had it all fixed up so that she thought people wouldn't know it.-- But she didn't fool me.' And so the conversation went on, from hats to boots; and from gloves to overskirts, our young friends being evidently as well acquainted with their neighbors clothes as with their own--taking neighbor in the widest sense of the word, of course. Ou passing through the work room on their way to breakfast the follow- ing morning what was their surprise to see that the sewing machine, with every vestige of work had disappear ed therefrom. 'What has happened ? has the house been on fire?' was their fiataral exclamation, on bursting into the dining room where their father and mother were seated at breakfast. 'No, my dears, the house has not been on fire, but I thought I would chain the lion, The sewing machine remuing in durance vile for thé space of ne month. I have for this long time back hae you can never find time for ths that or the other thitig, you al- ways find time to keep tattling away at tha machine--the tucks and crimps and fiirbélows must be at- tended to, no matter what hapipétis.' The girls were quite taken aback, but their father was inexorable, and they knew there wis no use in re- onstrating. ] Gas young tadtés, as yoor Awnt] Amelia has been kind enough to in- vite you to spend the day with her, Ithink you had better gv to-day,' said Mr. Vandel, after breakfast. The wintry cold had not yet set in, but it was cloudy and windy and to all appearance anything but a propitious day for walking, but as their father overruled every objec- tion that was brought up, there was nothing to be done but to dress themselves and start out, which they did in no very amiable mood. Mr. Vandel was a merchant, and lived in a small town situated in Lake Ontario, and as their house was in the suburbs, & short walk brought our pedestrians into the country. 'Let us climb over the fence and run across the fields,' said Eva, after they had walked some distance up a by-road. 'Well, over with you,' returncd her sister, and in a few minutes the two were running across a meadow which lay on the side of a hill and terminated at the edge of a pine woods. After scrambling over a ditch and over another fence, they paused at the edge of the woods for breath. And as they took in the scene about them their spirits rose to a jubilant pitch. 'Isn't it splendid, Eva ?' said Kate whose cheeks were glowing like two poppies. 'Glorious !" answered Eva, catch- ing at her veil, which was stream- ing in the wind, and tying it about her neck. They were gazing down at the lake which was a sea of ink, streak- ed with two broad shafts of golden sunlight; heavy purple clouds were breaking into great stormy masses, tipped with gold, and drifting hithe er and thither as if uncertain which way the wind blew. The roaring of the wind through the pines, which swished wildly about, and the odor of the pines, mingled with the fresh earthly smell from the ploughed fields all added to the charm of the scene. The ground was carpeted with pine needles and strewn with cones, and on the great flat stones which arose out of the ground here and there the lichens had painted pictures more beautiful than had been traced by artists pencil. They had gathered the cones off the ground, and the pretty velvety fan- gus which grew in fan-like clusters on the stumps and logs, and the pale green lichens which grew in tairy forests all about. On reaching the other side of the woods they found that they would have to circum- navigate a ploughed field before reaching their aunt's house, which was situated in a cosy nook at the edge of a pine grove, On climbing to the top of the fence they looked down at the newly turned fiirfows, atid not- ed that some ruthless hand had ploughed in the long sprays of scarlet pips, the pretty lichen painted A dtones and the drooping dead grasses which last they thought pretty enough to add to their stores of treasures, : Mrs. Willis was delighted to see her neices whom she scarcely looked for on such a dreary looking day, and still more delighted to hear that they enjoyed their walk mo much, : es ,8ee the fan--did you ever see anything 80 curious before ?' said Eva holding up a piece of fungi, a v 'Yes, my dear, thousands of times. It is fungus.' 3 'Eva, we otight to learn all about those mosses and things ; it is so interesting to know them,' said Kate, Here the girl's was att d by I noticed can't possibly ; we have got so mugh tuck. . ing to do 1 so much tucking to deo mucl tucking to do!" * chimied in, thein father) mischievously, which raised .@:1 genera' . "n "a i 'Really. papa, you ought to go. alld spend the day with Aunt Amelia some time,' sald Kate. 'She has so many prety, aridscurions th ngs in her house, and tells you % many interesting things about them, thet dt seers as if you could read every room in ibdike the pege of a book. There are flowers blooming everyWhere, and her buckets and whiat-nots fe full of things she has picked ups about {he woods and ficlds ; birds' nests and wasps nests, and curious pebbles and petrification: aire Ha BOT Nef plotures" aH' Wreath: about with ground pine. Then there arc ilttle baskets strewn about made of moss: and cones and snail shells, and all sorts of other things that no one else would tHivk of picking up.' 'Well, my dear, there is nothing lik» walking through the world with our' open, instead of stumbling through bl folded, as thousands of us do,' returned her father, laying down his paper. 'Dear me, it looks as if it would be har to get anything but dreariness out of such » day as this,' said Kate, as she ran down, tLe front steps a few hours afterwards. 'So'we tirought when we started out yes- terday,' returned Eva, tripping down afi; her, And when, after a brisk walk of abou a mile, they stood among the faded grasse- and tall dead brackens, and gazed ont ac the angry waters of the lake, they felt that they had their reward. The waters shaded from the deepest blue in the distance to a dpll leaden gray, and then merged into a wlid tawny-colored surf, which broke over th sandy beach with a deafening roar. 'Ii gulls were skimming over the waves in th« distance, and a snipe started up from a reed; covert near by and winged its way towards reedy marsh some distance away, A shor walk along the shore brought them to thei. friend's house, which stood in a grove of of evergreens which sloped to the water': edge. And after spending stiother happy, day, which was made instructive as well : 8 enjoyable by the inspection of a cabinet of curiosities, brought from foreign countriss by their host, who had been a traveller in his youth, we again find the sisters in their bed room, engaged taking down their back bair, and discussing the events of the day 'Do you know what sort of a bird that was that fluttored up out of the weeds down a! the shore to-day ?' asked Kate, taking a hair pin out of her mouth. 'Yes, it was a snipe,' returned Eva. 'A snipe? What sort of a bird is that?' ¢ Why, it is a sort of a bird that gentlemen shoot at this season of the year, and call game,' answered Eva, sagaciously, Notwithstanding that the explanation wa: so very lucid, Kate 'was not quite satisfi-d, and after doing her hair she went down stairs and brought up a book on ornithology over which they spent halt an hour discuss- ing the habits of the various birds that came under their observation, which was a slight imp nt upon sp ing [the evening discussiug the wearing apparel of all their and acquaintances, . ' 2 * Well, girls, the month's grace has ex- pired. The lion emerges from his den to- day," said Mrs. Vandel laughingly, as sho entered the dining-room ove fine frosty morning, where ber daughters were busily engaged in polishing a set of plaster med- allions of the kings and queens of England which they had resuscitated from an old chest in the garrct where they had long lain neglected, * It does seem almost wicked to spend so much time over one's clothes, doesn't it?' said Kate, rubbing vigorously at Queen Eli- sabeth's nose. . ' Yes, it does, and what is more I am not going to do it after this,' answered Eva in a decided tone. 'I think itis just as Aunt Am- elia says--people do it because its fashion- able; but fashionable or pot fashionable, I am not going to put any more tuckson my clothes. Made up plainly, with a little tiimming, they look just as well, and oro just as durable and just.as comfortable, avd what is the odds ?' she went on, as she re- moved the dust from among the curls in King Charles' wig with the point of her scissors. as +1 feel that [ have not lived in vain I' ex. claimed a voice behind them, and turning quickly abont, they found themselves face to face with Mrs Willis, * When I unburdened my mind to your mother with regard to the tuck question I felt as if I might as well be directing the course of the fotir winds for all the good I was doing ; but now I see you have been brought through the error of your ways I feel that I have done a little good in my generation,' she continued seating herself in a large easy chair by the glowing coal fire, ul Why, Aunt Amclia you ought to get a P ir of 5) ectales and start out on a lecturing tour, said Eva, laughing. No, thank you, my dear, there is no their aunts lace curtains, which were one shower of autumao leaves mingled with deli- cate green ferns, which had been pressed and fastened into the curtains by the stems. They had never seen anything so pretty in all their lives, and remarked regretfully that they never had time for anything like that, as their sewing took up so much time, CHAPTER IIL Kate and Eva were in such high spirits at breakfast the next morning that their father scarcely recognized them for the listless headache girls of a few days ago. And though the morning looked even drearier than the morning previously, they declared their intention of going down to the luke fo visit their friend Mrs. Aster; 5 "Take care that you don't tite your friendé out, pow that yoit have got started,' said their father looking up fro the forfing paper. Why, pags, it has been nothing but why don't you come to see us? why don't you come to sce us ? why don't you come to see us ? from all quarters for the last--I don't know how long,' said Eva. ity to start out when there is such a wide field for action at home. I shall air my sentiments the nett time I go to the McArthur's, you will see,' she returned. And let us hope she met with equal suc- cess, Well done Barber. Early Monday mioraing; while Casadiar! farmer and his wife were coming into town by the way of St. Lawrence | street, the Horse fook fright at somthing, and dashed down the iticline hill at a break neck speed) The tan jumped oul of the cart, but his pang Wife held ou to the reins, défermined ) see the eid ot it. The horse ed his cireef down fhe length of St. Lawrence Maiti street. A police constable, named Anthony , saw tho runaway Gomiog, . and endeavored fo stop thie animal, bat was tnable to do so. Not to be thwarted the | gatlant Barber, quick as thought, had com meticed running his best speed. He the rear of the cart, jumped up, seized vy a "And you have been saying, 'Why, no, we