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.'.r: - - it ' *3*fl? ii<slp!|pp|SS-?3^i^K NHSr: W? '*?Rr Wm -!%-:- .-j *.\/ ST~ K J ht^ I- f sttaaj '; ""' fee."";' ^eUjfbr Cfcrf^ ph pric**.' Lsnew's ;HoUL ?oott. j." yolnnic lyX<>. 4 ACtfQN, ONT., THURSDAY,. APRIL 20,^ 187(3 TT >nidr.ale >if Trlutfv C.i"<'^-. M<-m!>.-ro: '.i|lesi' nf l*livs:cliins jui>t>-.irio.,>:,.>\'-Mn.i.STi;>KT Ai-roN. . ~~ DR. K. lioRKOW, -Phvsi. oiaU, S.i:r^, .(n, *< ', ol Helllvin-\:o]- .Irtf. N"',1V Yor. a*siHir.:>liin(t> o^Yu-torla Oo:l.'C>\ .".ii:;<J:Vi ronstiiimind itavs __Tut!>i-1.vs-1"!J1 1-'-'=i.iyv. from !) :i. m, tVll 4. "- .fv. :n.-r Ki.-Mo!iev West,. Uower MrevI, ; actok. . - -. .. TAMES MATTHEWS. ^Catt- tl vevalliV.r li-Ml.-rw; M;ir: I U1T0 I'.lfellttJK, o>:m:-,-:cr. . iiiMir*iiiv: AKeiit, .^sv'nt . V.v.iey ;o I..<vin. Apcut Momr.-al Ivl'e- ir-si !i Co.. Ccs^s c-'o:;i-to i ^TMsU n Court, C>fvn.-.rrti. !! -*- . Afrwc, Oxt. - HEXDEKSOX. Conwy. :>!>. T. .to.-i ::s>) ,V.I.\))t Canada Lite .Wiitm-iov C,\ IVrtls, M.Ttii.-'K'S -*i.*:PJt-4>.iro>i -.rt-:i;lv, proianfly oorr,-i-l!v Bll !; o.l r,ui.nfs,li:,!; terms. .MoUt-v'tu' kovu -on MursiMiTi' Scciiritv. ollloe. G!.s;ow }Ki-i>..-. Acton. . - ,. JS. MATHESOX. Attomvy^ t-o-in-. _:-.>L.eiio: in tl:,imvry, 1 x-. rtlK-. I^OMIXIOX HARNESS shop: pm'EAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION The. subscriber begs to. Announce, to the inhabitants. oC Acton and vicinity that ho has fcouimenced the hnrnesa business in tho ' . " B, & E. NICKLIIT Dill. Post Office BllHtlinff, ' nS to announce that they have secured ~ i '-"', -- -the services of. a First-Class Baker, MILL STREET, AtTOX, Sires . c*t ory, uivti; WXM. LAlUIiAwl Barrister;" T ?. Alt-rnov-at-L^vr .-^.liritor Hi C!::is.vr;, .U\ i.>:i:.-,s: Flnrairton. li> ".JK ;U. str.i-:; Miitixa, -Mi/toll it':'.:.-,' \v:.l !, unJcrlhe ni.i:i:t^t, men: >r:l>. \V. CjmplvlU ati'l -Mr. I-anl- -. law'.w:l!'-atj-i,d at m-j'v.Mutou. Oillce" 01; .Ppi : iv o.' < :x^\r we;kv- ' - where ho is. prepared to turn out work second to none in the domin ion, as cheap ns the choapcst, and on the shortest possible notice. I have i>n hand a large aud well select ed stock ot ' " Horso Blaatots, Wiips, Brashes. -; CoaiUs, Truaas. otc. t Hepairing-promptly attended to. Give rue a call and be convinced. J.F. VEXTSEY Acton, Xov. 25, 1S75. . . - ami that their Baking-business is now in full operation, in the premises ow ned byj ^lrs. Hanna; | Hrekd will be delivered daily at tho houses" in the village and vicinity. Weddinj? Cakes, Tea Cakes, Pastry, Buns, &c, made in the very best maimer, and kept always on hand, good and fresh. Also all kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits,. Cheese, &c CTOX BAKERY. The patronage of tho peetfuliy solicited. " public "B. EXRY L. US.UirE, Hurrah. lind1 will out- ^JES .i jk\t.-fil'ELrn. j Ate::: :'.-f-::-.o >!.-rei.'t.:e,r.na W attrlcw. : Av '- o r-ivoaro Wj i oe 1"_ ;'.':. (>r.:er>-t>y lu:ul -.q..c.;rX ">: H.:I/, UKAKE ; t>at;:\ rs for i\VEXTn>xs JET Li; v .it .' :-:> a:-.<! i r\\-<-rfv >ec-.:ft-U ;JTi til*-:-- ! .,:v< afij Ku.-ope. "-- i :or"'.'-> ; .:--t: .:,-;. t-.:.-. A'.-= '-.^cv inoptr- ;ii::.-i-y^c<.'-'.. H :-:.vi: 1" a; t.I-T. C'tt-.-w-.u- Ca'.iaiin, M--'- or ul P^ Acton. Feb. 29, nurrahi B. * E. NICK LIN. lS7t!. - c EEARIXO SALE OF CHEAP BREAD. ""Opposition Is Hie*-life of trade, Buyr4>ull<iwa3"s-sii|>er'or Bread. i WINTEfi GOODS sv L,I.UI WATkIXST s. / l**Brr-3lirrin;zv l_Jrrh*r% *V-C>rilfiralCsT ' B^?!:>.^> p-iv.-y :*: v! c^L.^!t-i::!R] ?^?z_ "iU.-vi, lilt. li-yrti^ain, :i .i M USfS. CARTER. Tcacker TMa^lcj Dra^rlns-anil Vrrficix, I ~~. .. Ci crc'T-str er. Acton. LIVKK LbZltK, Vla.siv.vvr. o &! t"EO.\ FLOIIi:MILLS. D; GALLOWAY f H'Si to aiinoiince 'o 4iie liitiatilta-nt-i'.iilr f Actnn ami vicinity that hollas removed his B;ik;ng Establishment to the prern- ises next door to Motoh'^ dm- sture, where he ha* built a hrit-class new oiren and_r-fitt,ed"ltip; premise* in a llrt-ol|is >ty'e for a. Bufceryl and CoiifccUoi:er>': B^>inc-i antl is turiilnp oat SSTX-Sa/BSSAD T3AN E7SR, S-aas, ' , ' '. - Ca>cs, '...-.' ' : . .3is;uit3, : Pas' MfaNAIR'S Greatly Esduced Prices ""?*i M' : '" ".-:'. Oiaiics,' y**$- GL'ELPq. r.cur i^> a: ,;i: 1 (. Iin A'.' o' the ht> l i:i_i ill- at:"--<.,j; d J:t"' L\ large quantity of "iRr1^-*.'^"-.:^-rl^^v,"^:"il:"Miifid Candies at ->5c per lb. ! .l'ro-Jt:ce <fa Tj\OMiAIO.\ 'UOTHL. Aetbn. I!/ ll--.;.e.-:- .\.-;l- .v.,- ' .-.> ;T.t-i..r/i'.ni.- t,k !;' : :. :.t i . ::- ..t :!:-:-i J.-iJ- f-v-ie w!:-: :. ,^~ l:.rr,':I,l '-k.:"i ;.)>;-;-!! p.- iv-":- lu csclu'il (!e wsijirlit -ivcij In itre.'id .^.r i lour. (ii\;Ji:Uit lit';'id i.l itjricltliljj. Hr-.-ail, li . U:i-y esh, around the VillaKO. I : i I RS, toes, 731. ULllSTKfcET. Licensad Auctioneer' ' Yet thf- (. "toh. t-'r-f-rrt- "1- [ ?- . tat- Kkkk IS-iK.ss-J odce.- Ar-.-i:, ^: :if :::i r--.-i'tenp^I i ii ' ;_ hoci:".rr> .j, n-.i: !)<- p:o:ui *.!; d?" I", ' [WEDDING S. FANCY CAKES iiaiK-' m nnlf-T aiid f>n haii'l. In I lie li'i"tt**t fct.vl'rs ana at>reaH>ii:i.bie charges. Nl E5, ns iolbiis* t;i: (ho bttt-of riiuiurial.is u>t-tJ. -A. i>avii>so>'. : \" j Licensed, Auctioneer For it}*-', fount y of U/iUoii. Sale* a:^pn ]-1 :: ^n'iin \: part of the- C^jatT", ut r^u--"!;.;*?.It- r=t**-s- ; /AdJr-?^;' _A;':D-*.VID.4'.-X,r ?" - . .______... fulty bOljoitcd."- f the public in r**sp<-cl- Call aiJii sp*.-for your-clvt-K. " iiAliLOWAY* lillOS. Aclon, Marcb S/ISTU. ": . - ." k our ^h lfltWt ' ' i.a:rjcBn 3HOS. X . TZ^EXXEI>YS " Marble Works, - .- 4 . ""-. . "I'l^-'-'- - L' 'C-:^'- Mills .& i'>'j'i:>.l!'iv.-'s'l'{iii!rjiiry, and Xcat Ernuuisu Bridge, ALL KtNUSiiF ' MOMUrvlENTS Tojnb stones^-Mantle Pieces, ie., mailo toaiiy s;2et#-de.-:igii, and pat up irp any part of .the country. " \ '^J~ Scotch Granite Monu- ^ntrtii imj^irie-d to.6rdex._: ' A. Kennedy is a"prac tical inarLle cu-tter.' '. /A_l TOX , PLANING MILL'S A.NIJ CEKIJ ZV;. in (i, p. RGWPLh & CO., ^ ^etr Y/jrk, fori*iirn pfilet of 100 pages containing l:.-t> of .^yo newspaper.-, and *U?ia'.feishtiw4i.g c-<fcl'of a'Jertlsfng. PTROLLOi'E CHAPMAN, _ Practical Boak'biader. All Descriptions of'Binding _ Xcatly Executed. AtiMirfrBoobs of all Kinds Made lo ~~ 07-6^?-. lom- E, Euling Promptly. Attended to. , BiiiiEET St. George's Square, Guelpli. tar. Orders left at "the " Ft:EE Press' -Offlee will, recti ve prompt atteirtion. 5RiQ adayathome. Agents wanted* j*& OutatartJ terms free. 'XKUli <ST if-'s AUiUt-.tSj Maine. - . >1 V ,' - JiARJl EOR SALE. - - ~y One .hundred acres -of-"land,-, well .-.WDoded, being the east half of Lofc^SJ, *? n16 ir^ Coileetiion, in the I'owniihip -. ofEs^uesmg; "For'particulars'--address -"" " -a. " _ THOMA-S-.GAKVIN. 3S75:' ' $5 tO :S5tO I.'er 'i:l>' nt borne. . S- 0 rOJ-SU Samples worth $L 0C Stisso.v i Co., rortlaiid, ilaine. Piynp. Sa^Ii, l>oor and.Blind ; 'factory. THOMAS EBB AGE, \ ' Manufacturer of " . -. Vindo'w Sash, : 'Doors, T. ^ '- .VenetiiiiBIiads MoTildings, And other BiiildingRequisites - Also ilakers of IKPSOVSD S^OTIOIT '.' PTTUPS Lumber Planed and Dressed to order itethe best manner. * 1 AST All work guaranteed: Acton, Jan., 1870. . T>LR&JIULK. The undersigned . begs to thank his customers for the liberal patronage re- ceive'd during the past summer, and .would say-that he i now' prepared to supply an additional number ot custom ers with good,- pure, fresh Jnilk deliver- ed every morning, and twice a day on Saturdays. Parties who keep cows Will find it rfiueh cheaper and less trouble to get milk delivered at their doors) and they would do well to sell their cows and buy their milk. Twenty-one quart tickets "for 1, if paid in advance,! or I . P. S. ARMSTRONG. vfetoh, Nov. 10th, JS75. - ! JEWELERY iTo be ru-hed offot' HEIGH HO, STOPJ What's the Matter?' Wiijr any person who wants a good ana cheap,. SET OF HARNESS Should call on JROBT. Creech, MILL STREET, ACTON,, Whorls always ready to supply cus tomers with everything usually kept in a'iirsUclass Harness Shop. Harness made to order on. the Bhortest possjble notice. .--.POLLARS A-tSPBOIALTT. . '.. i ' R. CKEECH.AClon. Nov. 18. 1875. THE CLYTIE. i. (From Chamhcra' Journal.-)- . . ; ' CHAl'TElt ir, Pivo loug years had passed, each repenting its story of tho seasons, timl still Marian Elton was uninar- ied. One isuito'- after another canio nnd went .to tho disappointment of her family and the'wonder, of hor friends. Her fiiitliful friend nnd confidant, Amy, alone knew the truth which her mother partially guessed when she used to suy, "That Olytie has bewitched you, "Marian, I hope you nro not grieving- after some impossible hero. I declare, KOino day II shall enter into a con spiracy to throw her from her;pe- -destul; you have never been -the sumo girl since the duy you bought her." H To this, the only secret of Eer life, Marian oil'ered no reply, for sho- knew her mother's surmises were but too true, nnd' she feared to-pain her by-con<irmihg therm It must not bo supposed, how ever, that she was unhappy, all this" while far from it. After-the first wild burst of sorrow was. over, she found consolation in :duty, study, and the affection of} those around her,- To all these1 :sho returned-' with redoubled energy, and tho ro- &ulj, was, that'at thirty years of age Marion Elton, so far from de veloping a tendency to old nmidish- iiess, had ripened .into: a character of ennobled worth, The only pro blem people": ever hazarded .about, her was "why she never married." {$1.00 per annum in Advance. with fjonuino vtixatiop at the acci- icli pained Muriun so visi- dent wiui bly. " !ndet'd,|I wits not in ear- nest-abo it breaking it; VI Will get I you another in Fjiwan lj this was only plat tor of Pans." f . "Ah! it would never be, the same," sljio' sighed. .-." Thia.ohe lias been my hour of smiling. "You jviry," "Come nor; the And. her was leavi ' "Whit them?" "Blirv Puithfull had itccepted: an invita- ti6n ;to stay . them. " He be-gged parJieularly" to "be remetii- bcred to you; Marian, and express ed great surprise "at hearing you- wore not married." .; To paint her feelings as her cousin thus brusquely touched upon her most cherished -secret'is'not possi ble. She blushed crimson, and begged him to desist, and he ral lied her upon what ho termed "her strange infatuation for single-bless- edliess." ; 'I '.Meanwhile in her heart, the sickness of deferred hope was blos- I shall have-clone ijpoor i soming into a tree of life !- But a good turn, fpr whioh he for'what.? she asked herself. For companion since the first tny sorrow,-1 tind I> have found sttengtli in her companion ship. Pjor Clytie! -No, .Amy, ho J "other midel shall ever take" her place." ' ' - | '.' I an so sorry. . Stjill,! if the Rpell be inly broken, ho|w I hhnil rejoice ; T -' Bhvkeney wil^ alwiys, bless me,"Uaid'Amj aro jjidding insult toi in- rsplied Mariaii sadly. t,is time to dreSs for din- Nugimts dine with us. hands were full of the broken-pi ices of the Clytie us she them in a silkefi sliroud in my drii wer Was tion lis ro!irs Marian earned tin reference inscribo.it anypermi " Amy never pusied i\re you going to dVwith hero ever such infatua- You have namojuf Faithfull with id might o tho owner, ai on your tablet (without ijssion of his." hush J His name has my lips since that JOB PRIXTIX of-all kinds neatly liml promptly executed at tho ; . ' -FREE PRESS OFFICE, i.VeiJ the Post'Office, Hill Street. I - MEAT SHOP. The undersigned has commenced the Butchering' Business lixr A.OTOiN', : : L. ': : Opposite Allan's 'LiveryI- Stable, and will keep constantly on hand ' ' Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Fowls and Vegetables, at all seasons of the year. The support of the1 public is most respectfully solicited. -" OSBAP' FOB OASS, the.best plan-^so say you all. ,i " EDW^iD ilATTHEWS J Actiyj, iiarchll'5, 1876 \ 38|3m . bleed anew, as she thought of the p.ast, and the similarity of their fate. But suffering, she argued, though differing in intensity, was !the lot of ah'. There was no life Without its hidden wounds, some f-carred over by the healing hand of Time; others, again, ^that- "would never.cicatrise ; hut one iiiid all were bearing on their hearts some mark of painful oucoitnter on the battle-ih-ld of life. .Will\\ is it for tliose who come forth from the strife " |H.'rfccted through suH'oring," as di'n Marian Elton. Her. fridnd Ainy had married so happil}- Ihat she never wearied urg ing upon her to let go the past, and tind consolation in bestowing her- htdf upon' William- llhikeuey, who, with exemplary patience, was prov ing the truth of his determination never to take her " 2s*o" for an answer. " It is: positively cruel of-yon, Marian, to waste his life as you are doing all forf an idea/.' for-us long as you are single lio will never marry," said Amy, who at .this time was on a visit to tho Eltons. " It is how live years," she; contin ued, " since that unfortunaite craze of yours, and it- seems to me you really are little short of a niono- nianiac, as you used, to tell tuo.to call you,'to".have .preserved thu3 long the recollection of such, an un pleasant abstraction -^- for ho was. nothing more. '; " Please, don't talk of my marry ing any one, Amy. j I am"far hap- .pier as I atn. DeargoOd Blakeney ! I would do anything in the' world to l'eward -his kind faithfulness^ anything, that is to say, but marry him. I have told him so repeated ly, and it is his own fault, not uiine, that he continues as ho does. Bat do not vex yourself about him ; he knows my mind, and is content to behiy very good friend." V "' '.Content! No ! Resigned, you mean. He will never many as long as you' remain single. I am sure he is only waiting to see what becomes of you." f . . " Poor man ! What unnecessary trouble to give himself on my ac count. I fear it will keep him oc cupied all his life; for this is. a point upon which! 'I. am resolute, not from'obstinacy, but from ne cessity." ' " ."if begin to believe that your mother is right, and thatyon Clytie has bewitched you. You may de pend upon it, Marian, that you are under a spell, which will not be broken until that unhappy little nymphialls a sacrifice. I have half a minditobe the priestess who shall deal fori her the blow/' ' They'- were sitting together work ing in;; Marian's boudoir at the time, ftijd the Clytie stood on a slight table near. Without the least intention of fulfilling her words, Amy pretending she was about to carry her design into ex ecution, rose hastily in play, when her dress catching in a chair, she stumbled, and in her fall knocked over the table, and the little image fell to the ground smashed to pieces! "Ob, what have you done?" cried: Marian as she sprang forward, too late to save her favorite. The tears were in her eyes as she pick ed up the broken fragments; and she looked reproachfully at her: friend, unable, in her distress ,'toi believe that she had not wilfully' carried put her intention. . j " I am so ' griuvod 1" said Amy1 day." "Never mind; the spell is bro ken at ls,, and there is hope once more for others." -.! As it wiis onh* a family party, Occasionally, when alone wither - i - I- i...^ ni,.,;o .\, ^ii ii Marian, kw 10 had been mdulgindin her Olytie, the old sorrow would A .- ~- ^i > L.i'.....i ......... .. ..i._ .i_____i ,. /.-.i some pri/vt te grieving over there- mains of hsr Clytie, was the last to appear. j : "I've got'some news tor you," greeted he . on entering the draw ing room, -Tom her cousin Harry, ".lhad a litter just as I .came out : from whom," da you think V " How m 1 tell, Harty1 (" " Guess. ' j ' "Imposrible ;.you havo such a host of friends." * ^ j " No, I don't suppose you ever will guess, for I had almostiforgot- ten him. I thought he waa dead4] I have not heard from him since ho' left, iis five yea re ago. You know> .whom I mean be is in England." There was an. exclania- tion of smpri.se from iTllj in. the voorn but Marian, through whose frame the announcement passed like an electric shock, although she had sufficient presence of mind to listen passively. " Arid he sent nie the odqest piece of news in the world that his wife is dead ! I never knew he had a wife before." "Poor man,"said Mrs. Eltonsyri.i- path'etical.. . ".Poor man ! you may well say, " whirm you hear the rest of tlie story. It seems he was married privately, some eight years ago, in Italy, arid that his wife went out of her mind almost immediately after tho mar riage." . ; "Then he must havo been a mar ried man all the time ho wiis with us!" 'exclaimed Mra. Elton with dismay, not unmixed with; thank fulness. -."How very extraordin ary, not to say wrong of. liim, not to have told us. ItTis so-dangerous when married men pass themselves off as bachelors ; they are nothing less than wolves' in the fold, to my mind. " Only think, if some of you girls'had fallen in. love with him !" " Well, I suppose he trusted to' jiot making his attentions pointed enough to raise any question of that kind," said Mr. 'Nugent.; "and I can quite understand his not .car ing to talk about or publish such, a painful fact of his life,-especially as his marriage, it seems, was a secret one. Men, as a rule, don't like condolences on' such events." ' "I suppose hot,','.said Mrs. Elton, who, perceiving that .her fold had escaped damage from such a: calam- it as might have overtaken [it, was ready to cbe magnanimous towards the culprit,' by admitting the ex cuses in his favor; and was, about to let the subject drop,- when Mr. Nugent continued; "He seems notj to, have forgotten the time he was I with us, for he makes minute in-- qairies^after every one, and wants to know who Miss Elton married." " Indeed,you can tell him, with my compliments] that Miss Elton has been very remiss on that point," said" her mothor, smiling ; while Marian, hardly knowing how she endured it all, remained silent, struggling v/ith the faintness such strange tidings produced. - Amy. who aio&e saw and knew what she was suffering, came to her rescue at last-by. pretending, she- had forgotten something. As she was about-to ieave the room, she beckoned Marian to follow her. "Bless you for this !."' cried Marian, as soon as the door was closed. Rushing up to her. room, she fought with her agitation until restored to calpiness, and she could go among them again as {though nothing special had occurred. , A week later, and Harry Nugent nothing '-but the: bitterness of a greater disappointment, perhaps ; to find that sllje was as powerless to win1 him in his freedom, as his- hon-t or forbade him to be won in his, bondage! . The thought of how, and where, she should first meet himVgave her uneasiness. What would he say 1 Would her tell-tale "face betray her, or had the years which hail passed brought her the power she before Jacked ? What days and iipurs of' suspense, that fled all top quickly, and yet seemed interminable,J through her mingled sensations of hope and dread, which longed for, yet dreaded the hour of meeting ! It was some days before tho -one fixed for his arrival, that she was startled one morning by having his card put into her hand by a servant, who summoned her tothedrawing- room. - She scarcely knew how she ever reached or eiitored the room; she can only think that she must have turned deadly pale on- seeing him, and that he read On her face the history of her faithful heatt, which, had been true to him throughout the years; for without being able to remember how it happened,Jshe found herself j in his-arms sobbing out her welcome. "Thank God, you read me right ly, Marian !" :he murmured, as soon as'the first outburst of feeling per mitted him to speak,. Your heart must have told, you intuitiviely, in yeAt-8 gone [byj, that, had I dared, I would j gladly have returned the love I saw was; mine; but not for the worlds woujd I, at that or any time, have wounded your 'self-re spect and sense of honor, by allow- ing-you-to know that you had given your heart to Jone whom it is count ed a wrong to love. I judged it better, therefore, by .my coldness, to wean,, or even repnlso you though in so doing I left myself open to the ] lain of being charged with want of-::eeling and heartless- ness 'rather than, leave -you the double suffering of finding thatyoti were beloved; jyono who -was. pow erless to clairr you. You know, I think from N igent, one portion of my story ; I vill now tell-you the rest. "When in italy, I married with out the kiiov ledge, and therefore without"the,ct.'isent of my family', (from whom I .wished to keep it secret), a lovey girlforher beauty, and found her temper, alas ! owing to the latent seeds of madness, ex ecrable. Wo hud.not been married very long before the disease became developed, ant [she was pronounced by the ables; doctors -incurable. The passion !ier beauty inspired, her infected brain and temperament quickly exhausted, until I had soon To the Editor:T/:e.water lfewn... i- jDeab Slit At this timejtvhen farmers, or more properly (Gran gers, are filling, the ears of every-_ one with tales, of tho oxorbicant profits '/-obtained iby .storekeepers, mechanics, -<tc. / and using;-, extreme language, and much frothy indigiia'- tjlon, to denounce^ those they baVe long been sponging |pn, it would be wjell tojsee who are the reti.1 robbers, if robbers they be (the word' is; the Grangers, not-mine.) However, if 15 to 20 per cent 'adyance ou the'; wholesale cost ior keeping stock) and exjibnses -of retailing, be rob bery, wihuf can be said of the'Gran gers profit, let the pubiic judge.: "i will givo the figures for one :acre and fori this locality afc, fitll cost^ Near cities, towns,'and large vill lages "fhe. profits are decidedly greater. - : Rent of 1 acre "good land...'-.. Alauurint..'..;..'..._........ , Ploughing and harrowing... .Seed Po iatoes. ............. Cultivati lg and earthing up.. Gathering and pitting...'.... ,Crop 300 bushi atx30 cts... .'..' ^ " ir."-'-'.' -. One acre -ent................ nigs;,............. One narrowing ...;};......... .1% bush; seed wheati1.'...... .'.- Harvesting and rtm-eshing.... Crop12. bush, atljl'.. . -.'....... : I Ml. -..' : One acre rent.^i....;'....... Plowing i ind harrowing...... Three bush.: oats at 30ets.'.-.. Harvesting, and threshing,,.. Crop.fifty bush, oats at 30cts. One acre rent three years.... Cost of grass , seed, say"...___ Mowing, making and stacking S3, Crop, say for three years... S 2 50 5 00 3 00 3 o0 - 200 - 3/00 19 00 90 00 ' 2 50 3 00 \ oti 1 50 ' 3 00 11 00 22 00 % 50 2'50 90 3 00 , 8 90 15 00 : 7 50 1 00 9 00 17 50 48^00 2 50 3 00 1 SO -.3 00 ll$il>- 4 tons in the-three years, at 12 per toiu ^". v. "'*... Rent of o ne acre.-...........,. -, Plowing and harrowing,. or t\vo ploirings......... "..-.:. Three TiusJi. peas at GOcts..-.. * Harvesting arid threshing;..... - " ' ' -10 30 Crop"30 b'l sh. peas afc 60cts.. ' 18 00 H-ere \k the result of five/acres of land involving an outlay of 60,70, the return from which, 193, ot $12G,-clear profit, equal to a per centage o i the outlay of T.S8 . per cent. . Miny farmers would obtain a)largerrrop -than^I have named, while some poor fai-mers oil poor, land may say I liaveovercalcolated- the yield. -Impariial judges,know I am.near.. correct. So much for the hypocritical ery of Lfarmefs be ing, l-obbe 1, and what: is: to\thihder tlio vjllftg 3rs who are sirrTeriug^rom the revolt Jjon of trade consequent on this n onopolisittg combination, raising all 'they require without the farmer,: and saving tho fanners pro fits of nearly 200 per cent Quid pro quo', is tfie only argument a Granger can understand."" !~^- .';." I remain, Yours, d-a., I ". Pr/BUCOLA'. no feeling for her but one of great j at interest!,-four fold paid. Go then, \ pity, while I endeavored to sur- and take the papers, and pay. to-' Iww doomed was my lifei! \ May you never know what -^. puffered. round her with every care and at tention that means could prpcurej- but the love and companionship which is bound up in that most sa cred word w'fe, was gone forever. " I left, her under medical care, and strove to forget my misfortunes, and avoid all questioning! on the part- of my family; by travelling; but it was not until I came jtp Eng land and m^t you, that I.' knew at t^ when I used to;watch you pleading silently, with eloquent dumbness, for the affection I. loved youjfar too well to declare ;. for I determined that no shade of dishonor should ever trouble the heart I ha^l learn-' ed to reverenoe above all others on earth. But' as soon as I was free, Marian, my first thoughts were for you. My first visit, on hearing from Nugent,! is - to you, w) see if your heart is; still, as I prjxy^d: it might be, all jmy Own, And ah ! I have been "well rewarded'; for ;this meeting more than compensates for years of. sorrow. And Clytie? I have nofcforgotton her." !. "Broken !" she whispe-rea, ."on the very day Iiheard of y au[,again. She! kept me jfaithful to rhy sun- god] and-vanisned only cn;his re turn."- ; ' ' " Whe;n be iame to gather the rich blossoms of your ldve, and wear it du his heart forevdr'!" EVtN o. -We find the follow-, ing going the rounds of the jnessV Read, ponder, and pay up I Why don't you ta"ke the papers? they're" the life of my delight, except about election tituo, and then I read for spite. - S tbscrtbe, you cannot lose a cent; why should you be afraid? for cash t jus spent is money lent Slippery' Platja to PbriLtha"' -'. Question; '- -'" She oatne Church"door^Jier facoilufehed with" ; emotions awnkened by tlife jiiRt -neu tered jdiscourse, arid eye's bii^Litj^ with lpviiig'ex|jectatiDu'.' 4le ski-.-K ered on. the curbstone-, where for art!";' hour- he .had waited- impatfnh'f.Iy^.M with a burning -heart whiieh fai^'y/Ii. palpitated in- his thrdat;-aAd fi-ozeii"' fingers in-hjs pocket. They link-f ed .arms and started for, the' reri-; dence "of htr parents. - After-a t;-ysS~ Jiiomeuts hesitating silence,.he said.{ " ich!otliei' a Io?ig.time. You" iii'ust knnw'.j;:;- how| I feel, . You .mtisfc have -. ., - tba't'at tbebotto'm.'of^-ir .O Mo.--.'-::-" He had slipped down <>n the is-; .with: such a fowe that his spine'.". was driven Up into-his. hat, arid b'j's . hat. was tipbefd over "his nose. bt>* she was a. tender-hearted girl. S:. - ._ did not laugh, but carefully him to his.feet, and Said : "You were saying, -John. wiif-:. 3'ou slipped, that the fouudaiion-- O.goodness?"- ; . ! . - She slipped "herself: thsitj' time.. an'd saw little stars coipe down-'t.u . dance' before her eyes, bht he.pti]i.;-i her up in haste'and wefitoji, '; '. " Yes r, just as J. siiitl| clean dbw/j. at niy. heart is a, ficrv'e'nt lovo-^oii which I build my hoi3.es.. Tlmf-love has helped me to -stand land face " He was -down again,; but scrarai/ bled - up agam befone -she coil hi'-"' stoop to help] him, and she said'! bfeathles4y' i H ", j'i - "Yes, yea; John. "You temem- bered that f'ou just said a-Jove/- which" helped you' to' st<ind; ami face thunder. v4nd that you -founded^" yoiir hopes op . This^peal^y ice !', -.- There shp"sit.- John igrasp-.-d % the loose_p^rti of .necsacque beTWe^! the\shoulder4, with bne halnd, aii.:l raised berio her feet, asjone would lift a kitten from a pail of wate^by- - the back of the necfc" Then heiaid with ihes-eased eai-nestness : ." Of course darling I hare long ed for'ah opportunity (to. tell my. . ;love,'and to ;hear those sweet lips whisper >,"_ Some how. jFoh'n's feet had sHpped-i from under him,, and he had come : down like " u'i capital Y' with his head and feefc.jioihtingi skyward. She twined her tapered/fingers in' his curling locks audi raised, biih to -. the stature of a. man, s^it hk hat"" firmly over hiseyes with l)oth hands, and cned" in breathless-haste ; '-'I'understand; andllet me'.ES- su're you, John, that if jt-isbin my : power'to lighten your wires aud * make lighter your-jburri.ey .to- , //.-' Jerusalem I" v^ ~"~/ - ^h^\ x n ' . John steOTt/alpne.-and sail with- breathk'ss vehemence : -, '.',' G my preciotis-(.'tbds- shall it be.my lifelong, pleasnro to lift, you from therudeassaiultspf ea,rth,lind - surround you/with the lovely at mosphere of-^i Texas I",,- / ." And there they both giit togetb- .'.' er,-. The3r had* nearly" reached ,the-."-; gate, and hantf to' hand, and with hearts overflowing with jtho bliss of;, young love's .first confession,.-they.,.' - crept along on their knees tip/to; .- the front,stej)S,.and were soon for-; (ietful of their li .li day, nor jay delay, _and; my word is inferred,/yoWll live until your pray. .Ari/old'neighbor of mine, while dying of |a cough,, desired to hear the litest hews while he was going off. I took the paper and I read of some, neve pTjikin force '; he bought a box and he isdead ? no hearty as a liorse. I knew two men as much alike as e'er you,saw two stumpls ; and no phrenologist could fiiw ,a.duTepence in their bumps. -One takes, the paper and his life is j happier than a king's, his children can all read and write, andHalk of men and things. The other took no/papeiy and while; strolling through the woods, a tree fell down and broke his crown, and killed him j" very good." Had he been reading all the news- at honie like pis neighbor Jim, I'll,bet a cent that accident would not have happened: him, for he who takes the paper; and pays, his bill when due^ can jive; in peace with every jnani, and.'wth the; printer tOO,' : Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said : / I will a |oeal paperltake,. Both for my own and children's sake ?:} . , _ If such there be, letlhim/repent, came one morniua; to toll-her that And hafe.theFeee JPkess.to him sentl maintain; whibit my .cushion: of the iu his book' lumps on the softest parlor sofa. Sound. ApvpiE. The Big' Broth'ei-," says something-that ought /to be. | passed around t /'It will noVliurt f" 3'0ii, boys and girls, to learn ajittle / accurate' geography,-by looking f.-np th^e places before going on '-yfith. - .'the stpry,and. if I were your school-.; master instead of your story-teller, .> I shpuld stop j hre to advise you;;, always to look on the map for> every town, lajte, river moiuitaiit, or other geographical thing'. litfii-, tioned in: .'Any 'book orj paper yoij:U r^ad. I would advise you, too, if'. I Were'your schoslmaster,. to add . up all- the figures giV,en//in-books arid newspapers, to sfee'if theiwri- tersjhave piade any mistakes; and! it is^a good plan, too-,- to gq at oncel" '-. to the dictionary whenever .yoii hieeta, ward you do: not 'quit's com-- prehericl, or to the encyclopaedia,"or; history, or whatever else is handy, whenever you read about, tiny thing; and would like to- know more; .about it" . -, ': . - - i Cat ani) "RkTQuESTiojtJrr^Mit- or Wittiess.) Haying had an argu ment with a: friend bf mine- as ;to the correct .aris-iyerof'the question stated beiiw,.I should feeljobliged if you would s^ttlo the point -at issue, youi decision being final. I tliat [it - takes 14 cats, friend,.on-the otheir'hand Chicago./ , A young woman _in that city,-after'j' takirjg a. cdui-se of instruction in I chemistry,; assisted . her father in * the drug stbi-eT A few d.iys ' agofk - jierscription1,for some sini|il9 cine for a,sick baby was brought iti^ and imt.avpby the yoting^gi'-iiduate.- . The report goes on;to say that the next .day' the baby's'father werit^ down town "to. buy a- little cpffin.' :- The chemist was-required to liseio ' a poisonal explanation. " Great Jehosaphat!" he sajS, looking at the powder, " why, there's- arsenicr iu this !'-. It ought to have .been biearr bonate of soda. Eliza, hbw is this?'*" Iby somo" wonderful calculation'of ^"r^r'r^r /i 1 , re'" Oh, pa! "replied his itnmoved-aa- lus own, makes it 400 cats. "Ift -." '} lt ,r , -i ! , i ' i 'sistant,.t'we had no soda, and, ar- seyen cats! can!jk.ill seven rats in j/""?- ^.i. ^-. ^..-j !,_<. seven miiiutes.^iow many cats can ik'rll 6ne hrundwicl rats in fifty min- lutes"r ' [Bourte'eii is the correct answer.] . \ express fcraiii. W rsenic was the neares't'sJikde it*t matehedij" . .'. A-ru8b light ra head-lighe-dn ai ' t ^