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a... RES ws = * AREER ARE VOL. XXII, NO 85.t ee PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF rr -- ONTARIO, THURSDA {WHOLE NO. 1182 Hart Ontarig @bseruer. 'A WEEKLY POLITICAL; AGRIOUL- PURAL & FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT FERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if Do will be charged. No beeription taken for less than six months; i mo per discontinued until all arrears are " Tne OF ADVERTISING. For each line, fre fuserbiol , . nt insertions, per line . en 6 lines, perannum "suae 5 00, ors containing money, when ad- dressed to Hits Ofony pre-paid and rogoster- | will be at our ris] : Advertisements meonstired by Nonpareil, aud charged according to the, spice they. oc-- eupy. nl Advertisements receive I BP. sin specific instructions, willbe 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. sor These terms will in all cases be strictly « e~ d 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, executed promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &c. printed can have them dong to take home with them. J. BAIRD. Jrofessie SEs H, SANGSTER, M. d. geon and Accoucheur. Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. 'OMce hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupled by Mrs. Geo. Paxt ee eee . W E, Coronor for the County of Dituda Physician, Surgeon and Ac- heur, Ofico, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. -------- ° ® . 002 for publication, H, PARSONS. ai epee 8 LL & RAE, Physclans, Surgeons, Da hee and Residences, King st. Oshawa, uM. W'GILL, MM. FRANCIS RAF, M.D. et TF. MCBRIEN, M.D, M. RR. ¢. 8, Guy's V Yi gupta London, Bugland. The liye R. LY H. «aby Oshawa. ------ir iris TR ir---- EWRLT, LT. B, County Crown J AR for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Rafiettor, and Notary Public. Office lately oe: eupiad by S. H. Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, : Whitby. ------ YMAN TL. ENGLISH £1.. B., Solicitor in YA ir Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawa. ce--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Offiee SMITH, Ll. B,, Barrister, At- 8 Sui Solicitor' in Chancery, Notary Publie, &e. an's Block, Brock street, Whithy. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Public, &c., &c. office hours punctually from 9a.m. to 5 i Money 10 Loan at 8 per cent,on a ds of 1 security. BE Sigclows Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. OMmee--MoMll yn SRSON, (late of Beavaerton,) A Attorney-at Law, Solicl- tor in Chancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- bg et Brown & Currle's Store Port Ferry. BILLINGS Barrister, Solleitor, Notary « Public, &e. Port Perry. A large amount of money to loan at 8 per cent. ae J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, Office over Corrigan & Dell's Store, Perry, All done in the very Eatest and best style and warranted to give satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. "Business €arvs. ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. INO, & D. J. ADAMS, Money, Land & Insurance BEQKERS. ret AVE large sums of money on hand for Investment, Mortgages Purchased. A number of excellent Farms for Sale or to Rent. SAVINCS DEPARTMENT. vi Department is now open in a Tie Branch. Deposits of FiveDollars and upwards received and inter est allowed thereon. No notice of withdrawal required. A.A. ALLEN, MANAGER. AGENTS FOR THE C. DAWES, LICENSED AUCTIONEER ! FOR THB COUNTY OF ONTARIO, ee AND me Of Steamships. JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan. 23, 1879, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking AfMdavits in Court of Queen's Boneh, &c. MONEY 10 LOAN In any manner to sult borrowers, Morigages Bought, accounts, Notes, &e., Collected and prom pt remittances made. > The party borrowing money can get It without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment of interest once a year (not in advance), and he can at any time, just as circumstances srinit repay part or all of the principal, 1e Com pany binding thems: Ives inthe mort- gage to accept such sum, whet large or small, and apply it as a direct reduetion of principal, immediately cancelling the interest on the sum paid. No extra charge is exacted n such repayment. Loans made from 2 to 2) years on farm, or good productive town property. In all ¢ases where the title 1s perfect, the cost will be very slight to the borrower. As am acting both us Agent and Valuator for several Companies there can possibly be no publieity in the transaction. If the title is perfect the money will be paid here In two weeks after making applien~ tion. Township of Maiposa Charges to suit the Times. C. DAWES, Port Perry, Feb 12, 1879. WwW. M. WILLCOX LICENSED AUCTIONEER, i) ETURNING my sincere thanks to my \ numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me 8s 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 Anc- 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 if 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 arranged and notes supplied | JAMES LUND. Broker, &o., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Buscom streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. MONEY TO LOAN. The undersigned has any amotint of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at free of charge. Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Days of Sale may bo arranged at the | [oan can be repaid in any manner tosuit Opsgrver Office, where a Sale Register will | 436 horrower. be kept. WouW Terns Lier: 4, 1871 © 7 7 Lands for sale, cheap, ont cy Sept > Investments made in Municipal Deben ~~ tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks. Apply to i JAMES HOLDEN, Broker, &e. Alo several Improved Farms, and Wild - [CENSED AUCTIONEER. All partica |. wishing his services can call at the Observer' Office, Port Perry, and arrange for Whitby, April 10, 1873. days of Sales. : Ca Ceo Paro fn 10,187. | NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS WM. GORDON, a---- MONEY TO LOAN. Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, &e. OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, HE undersigned would say to the owners Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a d Eld Tauge amount of private funds which he is gah oy entrusting their Sales to me prepared to invest for periods to oi borrow wr a re--interest at eight per cen ix pedition may rely on the utinost attention being given and most reasonable terms assured. to their interests. Ji; CHRISTIAN. A MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, Agent for Wesrery Caxapa Loan axp WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township 4 of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario ; Mariposa, ctc., in the County of Victoria. Resldence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence ; will be punctually attended to. Debts col- Savinas Company, lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and He has also been instructed to invest a prompt remittances made. Remember-- large amount of Private Funds. WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- Inter st Eight per cent. No Commission, oer, NF. PATERSON. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor CLEMENT DAWES, WM. HEZZELWOOD, Licensed Auctioneer 0. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH iaserted on all the latest princi- TT ofthe art, and as cheap as the cheap- eet, and as good as the best. Tecth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local anasth- esia, Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new wlock, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. EO eee Hanning & Lally. L. SURVEYORS, CIVIL EN- » amsprs. Draughtsmen, Solicitors of Patents. 'Office, Gould's Block, Uxbridge. ©. 6. BANNING. 0. W. LALLY. Moxzy 10 Loay --C. G. Hanning, Agent orthe Freehold Loan & Savings Co. Uxbridge, March 26, 1879. RY GRIST, PateN SOLICITOR AND DravaaTMAN, Ottawa, Cai Transacts business he Patent wet | t: "othe! um C088 - to sccure Patents of Invention, prepared $2 receipt of the model of the Invention. A nes Td ete ve his whole oe oo tee tt ene itt | Attention ta his 18S 88 ry AN HEAD CE, TOROX 5 ® Ey now ready to ndertake Stone Work, Brick- ! 1K Laying astering, and everything connecte | pey= Insurances effected at the lowest D. BAT EM AN. | thererwion, which fhe Wii Fi pl ld curent rates on Buildings, Merchandise, style, at the very t Sputens hich | and other property, against loss or damage A 1§n ! & good Job oan Ne dove, hie material | yy fire, : 1 | { sd arivolute workimantbiL, , opmoE, NO. & D. J. ADAMS, Weterinary Surgeon, *". _ PORT PBRRY. ! ' LL CALLS by day or night promptly 3 ed to. Orders by mail or will be attended to without delay. g--Mary Street, directly south of 'Hotel. ; J D. BATEMAN. Pott Perry, April 9, 1879, R. RICHARDSON Re-appointed Tssuer Marringe Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st Brock. vou. s Brock, Avg. 5,1874, 33 'JT AS Money to Loan on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers. Mort. gages bought at lowest rates. Accounts, Notes, &c, collected on reasonable Com. mission. Apply personally, or by letter to C DAWES, Auctioneer, &c., Port Perry, March 7, 1878. MONEY (Private Funds,] 'I'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- HE Undersigned having taken out a T License as Auctioneer is now prepared to attend to all sales entrusted to him.--, Having had much experience in handling Real Estate, Live Stock such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, &c., also Farming Imple- ments of all kinds, Farm Preduce, &c, &c., parties placing their sales in my hands may rely on getting all for the property that is ible to bring. Po orders promptly attended to, sale bills made out and sale notes turnished free of M. HEZZELWUOD, ! Raglan. ; STE Raglan, Sept 10,1878. WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1851, OATITAL . . $800000. (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) CoNTRAOTOR, Butuoen, &e. y "his sincere . i foto the ly Bot fn ben t a fo. Agents, Port Perry. Prince Albert, ApriL5, 1875. 1 = Port Perry, Jan 22, 1879. whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled Der Hotels in the best cities, Hotels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY - pe Bubscriber 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 Province and su by none out ot the Commercial Travelers, the Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village and the general public will find in THE WALKER HOUSE . all that can be required in the matter of 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 throughont 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. tim: I but she pony PERRY HOUSE, ' PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR, The above Mouse is now most comtort. 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, and CoyiErcar HOTEL, will The sibserfber having succeeded Mr, | sam Dewart in the Commercial Hotel, Williams. burg, Cartwright, intends fitting it up with a | view to the comfort and convenience of | guests The supplies for the table and bar carc- fully selected, tion oblij ers, PETER HOLT, Cartwright, March 4, 1879. R EVERE HOUSE, > she vu MANCHESTER. 1 every particular so as to merit the appro- | Wh bation and patronage of the public. ! Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. | Qfr2Rle HOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at howe. « Whitby, Nov. oth, 1876. abo 1 of t and UREN'S HOTEL, Iw Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, , , Proprizror This Hotel Is now furnished in the best style, and offers evety accommodation to travelers pe First class Sample Rooms, attached. Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. his had an Livery 43 AZo anmioay 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 Btocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! ; Strict attention paid to the comfort of by guests. The table and bar well supplied. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. JA FoTE0NG HOUSE, * (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. m The Only First Class House in Town. ENSON HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent chatge, terest. Street, Lindéay. Board, $1.50 per day. |fu Partios leaving their orders at the LYMAN ENGLISIH, E. BENSON, Proprietor. Opsgrves Office, Port Perry, will receive BarnisTer, &0., h immediate and carefal attention. OshaW| rryp QUEEN'S HOTEL, od Charges Moderate. November 21, 1866. 4 T WHITBY, ONT. in . 4 McCANN & TAYLOR, PropRisrons. Every accommodation for tha traveling public. ENTRE HOTEL, SAINTFIELD. The undersigned Jinving throughly reno- vated and repaired the above conveniently located Hotel, would now Inform the traveling public that the utmost attention will be given to the comfort and convenience of all guests. Choice supplies for the table and the bar. he I Neissia HOTEL, BUNDERLAND. will be found as low as those of any respon- .| sible Mutual Insurance Company in Canada. Head Office--~Opposite the Royal Hotel Brock St., Whitby, : 0. NOURSE, Seceretary. Marriage Licenses. The supplies for the table and bar will always be the best the market can supply, No effort will be spered in making this large and pleasantly located Hotel an agreeable resting place for the traveling public. ! W. 8. LATTIMOR. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry, ii EAE W, H, BROWNE, General Agent. Seagrave, May 1, 1879 rooms, at No. 10 Blank street. contains all the modern improvements. -- References required. The advertisement seemed to me to promise well. I was tired of my present home. eame rooms, and sat in the same seat at the table, NO. 10 BLANK STREET. GENTLEMAN CAN BE ACCOM- MoDATED with a pleasant suite «f The 'house ed air, 'Forgive me, Sir,' she faltered. beautiful,' not, For five years I had occupied the | for one day. The penny postman was not better | forehead of the immortal Clytie. When I approached her she "turned. and glanced at me with a confused and distress '1 was taking a liberty, I know ; but that face is so "So are you,' I longed to retort, but I did I bad bad enough of complimenting Her face was very beautiful. -- She had a low, broad forehead--the very An honest man is the most lonesome work of the Creator. were alone, It seemed to me that her man, ner toward me was far more like that of a young girl to whom I had been making love than like a landlady's simplo courtesy to- wards her inmate, _ 'I amr not sure that I liad better stay here With you, she begah. 'You do beguile me, as you did last night into saying such un- warrantable things, revealing all my heart to you. There is no vine that contributes more sustenance to mah than the bovine. The puzzle which careful mothers try to solve is how to train the girls, and how to restrain the boys. Nero, Pompey, and Caesar ate common known on his beat than I on my way to din. ner. Idid not object to boardtng-houses.-- I was willing to eat baked beans of a Sun~ day morning, but I wished to partake of Her eyes were large and blue, but tull of the saddest, most wistful expression I ever met. Her face was very youthful--she couldn't have been more than. sixteen--and her full red Iwas utterly confounded, What had I been doing? I bethonght myself of Mrs, Baodell's suit against the respected Presi- dent of the Pickwick Club, and trembled in my patent leathers. Mr. Weller's advice to names for dogs, but wouldn't Agrippa be more appropriate, The amount ot pin money required by'the married women depends on whether she uses diamond pins or rolling-pins. them in a now locality. Blank street lead self a little. I was thirty-five, alone in the world, vety well off, and doing a business which promised a speedy fortune. more on the sunny side. way down town, was a widow, handsome, stylish, and appar- ently not more than thirty. ward' that she would never see forty again ; sending her "little bill" a second time, it was doubtless a malicious slander. was @ very attractive looking person, and I was at home with her at once, sooner told her my name and my business than she secmed to feel well acquainted with me, date you, Mr, please.' Her black silk rustled before mo up two flights of stairs, with a coquettish grace as she turned her head. The rooms were delightful spacious were a little exorbilant--at least I should have thought 80 had I been dealing with a man of business ; but surely one would be assured nie, was of the most sclect descrip~ of high standing, and a8 many gentlemen with their wives. vacant room ; but they were very quiet, and ances of min a marriage bell." ours of her sheitold me, when she was left to depend | upd herself. ha roughly, thedHindoo does his idol--=I thought it an idolatry at once pardonable and pleasant-- buf be died suddealy, and in some way she wa) defrauded of all her property, and had singe, But then, she said smiling, Ywith thd tears still in her eyes, everyone had ben so kind to ber--ehe had found friends evfrywhere, topefriend oné so lovely and so winning 7? I thqught as I listened to her, batowed on me at our first meeting. pi of lounging for half an hour after digner, or an hour in "the evening, in the often the sole occupants. no matrimonial intentions towards Mrs. Le. remain a bachelor ; still I was interested in daily on having found a home where my bukwheats were always hot, and my cup of bappiness und of tea alike sweet and What 8 happy man your husband must out of Beacon, therefore 1t must be genteel. | child. Ibad seen and felt all this in the Probably a suite of rooms there would Le instant my eyes met hers. I bowed court- expensive, but I conld afford to indulge my- | cously. It was e | should begin to take life a little any pleasure. I wish you would step in moment, and look at my pictures. went to No. 10 Blank street on my |some of then. The tundlady, Mrs. Lee, dery of affection about the child, I heard, after-- my informant was » boarder to whom was under the frequent necessity of flattery: She came in, ynhesitatingly, an She about the pictures, I bad no looked at them. She bowed and smiled. 1 shall be most been starved all her life, happy to accommo- It was guch Prescott. This way, if you Her full, light curls shook command, When she had seen them a way of hers, handsomely furnished, The terms jr must go now ; but I shall have somethin to think of which will make many a day work easier.' 'Do you live here, Miss--1?" 'Hastings,' she replied. Hastings. ing to pay a trifle extra to rit at the e table as Mrs. Lee, Her family, she ; some three or four single gentlemen To be sure, she was ged 'to filll her attics with cheap board- as she couldn't afford to keep any you have not seen me, though of course Good evening, Sir.' trusted, no annoyance to any one. went there, bag and baggage, the next en { had hung them to my satisfaction, | ladder, and thegangels going up and down and put the bust of Clytie, the dreamy face | came into my mind, and I went into my x | I loved so well, on my mantle, I looked | room, saying to myself, 'Heaven bless the ut my parlour with self-satisfaction, child!' met Mrs, Lee's family at dinner. Some he gentlemen were business acquaint. The ladies seemed pleasant | companionable, and "all went merry as Mrs. Lee done the oon | ent so g as more charmed with her than ever, chambermaid, next mcring. 1 about several of the boarders, At length pitied the poor dead Thaddeous--I had seen | asked, 'Was there any one in the house I | conld get to go sume sewing for me, did she Had I not heard of a Miss Hastings fame on the family Bible--because he | . en obliged to resign so much youth | think ? auty, tor sha was but a young thing | who was a seamstress The very winds, she said | Sch work as gentlemen wanted'--with never been allowed fo touch her | learty Irish laugh, have done ! 'Most likely it wasa't. But perhaps young lady was not always busy. obliged to take care of herself ever I did want in her spare time, time: Who could help being ready fully that the ladies kept her always busy. sgrible I o not imagine all this confidence was irepiemduls. psbigysie. It e out gradually, when I got in the i ily parlor," of which sheand 1 were 1 certainly had prayin' for me! Her prayers wasn't out I liked my freedom, and 1 intended to ) landlady, and congratulated myself om. corner of her calico apron. Man though was I could have wept with her easily. such works of mercy. been I I said to Mrs. Lee, as I watch- SiGe. miriogly her nimble fingers--she had ted on mending my gloves. IT was but sing a frequent thought of mine. I no call for her to blush, though it was unbecoming. I had surely meant no- timental, but she re d my re- were not few, simile of my own, words : lips had something the looked of a grieved ¢ Not at all a liberty | Iam rewarded for leaving my door open if it has afforded you It you fancy the Clytie, I am sure you would like There was a singular absence of all pru- I suppose she saw in me simply a middle aged man --for s0 I must have seemed to her youth-- of honest face ; and she bestowed on me at once a trust that was the most delicate of lingered for a few moments, while I told her I could sce the fibre of her mind by the expression of her counten- ance and the tone of her remarks as she Bhe had a large ideality, strong love for beauty which had probably pleasure fo see the light grow and deepen in her great eyes, as she stood with that wist- ful face, those parted lips, that I wished the resources of the Louvre had been at my she thanked me in that simple, child. like 'You have given me a great pleasure, Sir. My name is Nora Yes, Sir, I live here--up stairs. I breakfast and dine earlier than you do, and I sit at the corner table ; so it is not strange had seen Mr, Prescott, the new boarder,-- She moved from me up stairs as she spoke. It was not quite sunset, in the long sum~ mer's day, and, as she went up, the rays and somehow my boyish fancies of Jacob's I flatter myself that I made use of a degree of eiplomacy which would have done crediy to the Chevalier Wykoff in questioning the I had her in to dust my books, under my: personal super- fully that | vision, and I drew her into conversation 'Perhaps so, but Miss Hastings did not do 'She finished off dresses Mr Lee had worshiped her ag | 80 trimmed them, and made mantillas-- | Most likely this wag not what I wished to the If she were out of work, she might like to do what Lllen thought she did not have any spare She made everything look so beauti- vApd sles a real lady hersel',' broke out the warm hearted Hibernian, in a gush of 'She's so afraid of making any trouble, though sure 1d work my fingers to the bone to spare those white hands of hers. When I was sick and like to die with the fever, who but she took me into her room and nursed me_ and sat up with me nights, after working bard all day; and when she, thought I was asleep I heard her the prayer book, but I know the saints heard She stopped and wiped her eyes on the went to my very heart to think of the poor young thing doing patiently and secretly But I was not sur- I had read the true honest nature, the power of self-sacrifice in her eyes. God bless and God keep her! I said to myself every time 1 thought of her, and thoge times That day I purchased a Clyte, the fae At night I took it home with me, and I wrote, to go with if, these Samivel came into my mind, and I answer- ed, a little stiffly: 'I bad not meant to force your confidence, dear Madam, and I did not know that you bad ever said anythigg "to me which the whole world might not properly hear.' Perhaps she thought she had been pro- gressing too fast. She smiled, shook her long, fair curls, and rustled the folds of her black silk. She said I was 'a naughty man, a very naughty man, to take up things so, Of course she had not said anything to me of consequence; only it was just possible some people might think it a little queer that she had confessed not to have loved Mr. Lee quite, as adoringly as he had loved her. But why need she trouble herself when she knew it would go no further 7' 'Of course it would not,' I answered, -- 'Anything that she did me the honor to con. fide to me was sacred.' Then there was a pause and I [felt very awkward. It would be difficult to say any. thing more, J thought, but Mrs. Lee did not find it ro. Verily the tact of woman is wonderful | In five minutes we had gone bck two days, and were talking together on onr old terms of pleasant, easy familiarity. I was romewhat more absent-minded than formerly, perhaps, for many of my thoughts were with the little girl in the attic. It was three days after I had sent her the Clytie before I saw her again. Then I met her on the stairs. It was eight o'clock, or past, in the evening. I waa going out, after my customary chat with Mrs. Lee in the parlor, and 1 met her coming in. Her face was very pale and she stepped wearily, She smiled a little when she saw me, and stop- ping. held out her band. 'You are very kind, Mr, Prescott, and I am more grateful than I can say.' 'What did the donkey say (or do) when he first heard of the doetrine of evolution ?-- He brayed till be became a little hoarse, A military man, pitching inte an oppo- nent, exclaimed :-- Why, his sword was never drawn bul once, and that wasin a raffle. A landlady was complaining that she couldn't make both ends weet, 'Well! said a boarder, 'why not make one end vegetables 7' In a letter to a friend a young lady states that she is not engaged, but that she sees a cloud above the horizon about as large as a qd man's hand. Vena Ervicies --It is rumoured that Lord Beaconsfield has expressed bis (willingness to accept and wear Dir. Tracy Turnerelli's wreath--at Madame Tussaud's. a "Which party is the strongest, the green back or the pullback ?'-- Whitehall "Times. ~ 'Oh, the pullback has the most followers-- and the largest number of papers to support it.'-- Herald. a The authors are not quite certain whether they will allow Mr. R. Power or Mr, Sims Reeves to sing this stirring 1 ric. Both are wildly after it, especialy as there is to bea telling obligato of Cockroaches. n 8 A young man suffering from 'hereditary $ gout" said he didn't mind the pain of it so much ; "but" said be, "the thought that some old ancestor had all the fun of acqnir= ing this precious beirloom is what takes bold of me.' A Puactical View, --Miss Grabbaule :-- + Well, we've made something out of our parties, anyway They loft five funs, and Alice Roselief dropped this lovely curl--just my shade. She won't ask for it so T mean to keep it.' 1 'I only wish,' I responded, eagerly, 'that I could, that you would let me contribute to your pleasures now and then. You look i . One Sunday afternoon a worthy minister By GEO. HOUCK. morning. 1 moved my pictures; I loved | struck through a side widow, and kindled tired, and I can't bear to see a young girl observing a the it he Su id Having lensed the above excellent Hotel Art in a modest, half diffident fashion, and | some golden lights in her brown, wavy hair ; | like you wearing herself out.' thitd head: of Lis discourse, the drowsy it will be my endeavor to conduct it in 1 had some prints and a few choice oils. -- a 'It can't be helped, Sir. I'm only too thankful that I have something to do. I need nothing ; all my wants are supplied, -- It is pleasant to feel that I have a fiiend ; and 1 look on you as one, though I have no claim on you.' disposition of several of his hearers, quietly remarked :--¢ In the third place, those of you who are awake will notice,' ete. it Had Him There. --Priest: 'You drunken sot { The very beasts of the field give you a lesson! They leave off when they have quenched their thirst, Paddy: --'Yes, yor riv'rence. But where did the bastes iver come across a sthrame of whiskey. 'Would toe Heaven you bad a claim on me!' I thought, as I watched her toiling up stairs: Would that she were my sister, my niece, anything that would give me a right to take her work out of her hands, and pre. scribe for her change of air and scene, rest and a little pleasure | Then I fell to think- a ® em Tue Aserican - Cureery Trape.--The manufacture of (able cutlery has of late years assumed considerable dimensions in the States, and the aggregate value of the ing, as I strolled across the common, what a | ;roduction is now estimated at $2.000,000 sad, strange tyrant Custom is. Society | annually. In pocket cutlery, however, they would let me Jo what I pleased for my | have not been able to compete with English second cousins--would smile on me if I' and German makers, Efforts are now being 3 . .: made to establish a company at Bridgepor! sent clothes fo the Sandwich Islanders, of conn "who will make pocket knives their aritbmetics to the Hotentots--but would by | gpecialty. They have engaged 100 skilled to carry out 1 no means let me lift the burdens of this poor mea from Shefticld, Englavd, girl who was my neighbor, with one of my | the enterprise. fingers! . I cried out against the absurdity | _-- -- Sip of such a decree. Why must I pile up use- | Laborers Wanted. less wealth and she suffer? But for her| qu. vy. Railway Company advertise for sake I must submit to laws I could not 500 men, at wages of 31.12} per day. The not change ; for her own, sake I must not Company is ev dently determined to push seck to help her | through the remaining work on their line * with the utmost energy. To be Continued. ------ eee ------------ OsaawA, Aug. 4 ~The body of David + | Kennedy, formerly of this town, was found Abad little boy calls himself Compass, | ris morning clos to the Grand Trunk because he is buxed so often. | Railway track, two miles east of here, by % " | the driver of a west-bound freight train, -- In this world brayin' is too often taken for | phe body was brought to Oshawa by train, brain, and an inquest opened by Dr, Rae, coroner, which was adjourned till to.night to await the arrival of the driver, to give evidence -- Kennedy was seen in Toronto yesterday, and it is supposed left there on a freight train en route to Kingston, where he bad got emiyloy- ment, Whether he fell or jumped off the ' i i vi train, which was on a down grade and must Why are good resolutions like a squalling | p,o6' been running at a great speed, is not baby at church, Because they should al- | known, but it is subpnsad he jumped or for e % the purpose of seeing a Mr. Hull, a farmer, WEY? ys casriod out who ir, close to where his body was found. Hix ibjuries conkisted of a gash about four inches in length and onc and a half in breadth on the left side of his head, and another on the back of his bead, both 0° which penetrated to the brain. The fingers of the right hand were crushed to a jelly. rly WA PO Wn. The Victoria, B.C. Colonist's Chilliwback correspondent writing in the middle of July, says:--We have had it frightfully wet here for the last tea days, which is ra. ther serious upon those that have hay mown* The Fraser bas risen about two feet ; our roads are almost impassitle The crops in this section look very well. The rot has commenced in the eaily potatoes owing to the extremely bot weathor.-- A girl may smile and smile and be un~ | willin' still. A cuff on the wrist is worth two on the ear, 0 I| If Noah had forscen the futaro and killed | It | the two misquitoes which took refuge in the ark, he would have rendered some of the strongest words in the English language unnecessary . Settled --¢ Landlady,' said he, * the cofiee is not settled.' ¢No,' she replied, 'but it come ns near it as your last month's board bill does,' and that man never spoke agin during the meal, It comes from Galveston, Texas :--Two newsboys were standing in front of a Hous ton cigar store when one of them asked the ved me, hope he was,' rhe sighed ; * I trust I hiw so, and yet I did not love him as He wasa great deal older 'Will Miss Hastings permit her fellow= 'boarder to offer her a gift, the acceptance of which will confer much pleasure? Her other: 'Have you got three cents 7 'Yes. «Well I've got two cents; give me your Posters are out calling for tenders for mat= erial for the Sumass Dyke, which is some what encouraging. Should this enterprise that I, and I think I was too young then predious thing it really is to have some one to pre for and protect us, Good Stabling and a careful hostler. to know what love was. I believe our Symiration ot fe Sve his 5 hourly ang a J95. BROWN, Proprietor. | affedtions are truer and fouder when we weny in re % pl ar Tay ©] 5 ntfield, March 25 2 havp seen more of life, and learned what a gontiibute slomy 7 But what am I Her form was slight aod girlish. -- not see her face, but her dress was | any woman I had ever seen. Mrs, Leo puzzled me not a little when ne of the attic boarders,' I thought; ps a seamstress bringing home some at first, but presently they went out and Irang for Ellen and begged her to take the bust and the little note up stairs.-- Presently she came back, bringing with her reverenced that young sewing girl more than met, as we usually did in the parlor after tea. One or two of the other boarders were there ttre cents, I'll buy a five cent Havana cigar.' 'All right,' says No. 2, handing out the money. He enters the cigar store, procures the cigar (on credit possibly) lights it and puffs with great satisfaction. 'Come now, give us a pull,' says No. 2, 'I furnished more than half the money. I know it,' commence it will tend to circulate some of the needful amongst us which we are sadly in want of at present. The water is keep- ing up rather top long on the Sumass prairie and there is fear now that the grass will be to late to make winter-hay, which will bea serious loss to those having bands of cattle aud horses on hand. W. BURNHAM, Clerk of the Third Divi- -- saypg? I sm confiding in you strangely. |, fy lines written in pencil : S ide tees 7 Court. Office in Bigelow's Block, The undersigned having leased the above ] | d the smoker, ' but then I am president J. son' Port Reet ps THE ONTARIO He a Blain Wits 2 | Tole gloves ate dons. 'Laccept your gift, as Iam sue it was od ou are only a stockholder you can pit.' Pretty Good for One Day. wk view to the satisfaction and convenience of | She hurried out of the room. It was my | meant. You have designed to give pleas. ¥y » hd 5 OfMce hours from 10a m. to3 p. m. uests. Bupplies for the table and bar care- A Clergyman at Large.--A German| The New York papers say :--The follow . vellng public w in * 3 ve a | | | asin The traveling public will find | 617} to be embarrassed. Had Isaid any |ure to one who possesses few resources EY S tan | fug shipments to Europe of live cattle nd T. C. FORMAN, armers 1 la nsuance 0 J every 'accommodation necessary to comfort at | thifg to move Mrs. Lee's sensibilities in 80 | for amusement, and be sure that you bave | clergyman, who was traveling, stopped at an fresh meat were made on the 2nd inst, The INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS 4 MEASURES : the Nipissing Hotel. 7. TUCKER, | Tenhrkable a manner? I thought mnot-- succeeded. I thank you more then I can inn much frequented by wags Se Jord steamer France, for took 4ov head For the County of Ontario. Head Office, Whitby, Sunderland, May 5, 1879. Perhaps the memory of the dead Thaddeous, | suy.' | The Ta so Boing uct 810 faving a +8 our of quis as Hwa fortes toes 1 Hely Ain dor Rivers 00! . ] ; Port Nov 1, 1875. 45:tf and his love had been to much for her, 1{ She had reccived it, as Iwas sure she man at his e 2: Auch Glasgow, 48 bullocks, ib Te J Ed Nas FE NONQUON HOTEL. fold uncomfortable, and I betook myself to | would, with a simple dignity and gratitude |'The guests used their artillery 3 we upon | ments phage er ail es rr ---- pared to acce \ i lergy. for Liverpoo ; COHN CHRISTIE, i And their contents, country School Houser wy| own room, I always loft my door | which, had my. motives been evil, wou'd [him Wition, diivitisg a remis Te Ey |r ot Seitiv, is big TOWNSHI® OLERK, Church Those wishing to i and| The undersigned having purchased the | op; it was one of my old bachelor ways | have repelled me far more effectually than man ate his dinner quiet Y: Spare y . Vet mest ad Abia, or tei ssust of ; Tacenasse-Conveyaricer,yateby support a Home Insurance Company | above Hotel has had it Shomuhly overbul- it spemed moro social, As T went up stair. | any sarcastlo refusal, I respected all wo- [out observing the gibes sneers of ho gi] of sheep. y suer Marios ee yancer, bane now an opportunity of doing so, either] ed in every Jepainent in and' . nd the | y a girl standiug before it, looking, ap- | men, It was part of my early training at | neighbors. One of them, at last, in despair CArTCases Ofice--Manchester, ~~ by applying to the Head Office, or to any off promiues 1606 In every way to ects IN| paguly with absorbed attention, at my | hands of the best of mothers; but already I of hia forbemthnt said to him, 'Well, I wonder at your patience | Have you not heard all that has becn said to you ?' 'Ohy yes ; but T am used to it. Do you know who Iam? 'No, sir.' 'Well Iwill inform you. I am chaplain of a lunatic asylum. Such remarks have no ¢ffoct upon me.' we