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'M lock of 'VMDKU'S.i .Uii .\W.N:s; i Cimlj; ip<= :. <f,' Ik. J * r " _ B'S Half oris # 7rrS/.V,^.S (Vt;.7)Jv C>i>r>ro. M> sn.l sure'-" towi;t. m. .; M. 1". s. iix-ili:iilo <>r Trlnrtv ra'.v-r.oi i'-a'"-ir.!>>f Piij-N-.ciiins >.-Mi:.:.>ri;bH \civn. jyMIlNlOX HARNESS SHOP- D R. K. an. Si 1>I(>. X.-w-Vf Oo.loico.. Car TuoV*^1^^ ami- p. ra. Kt'>id ACTCS. i--- MORROW. Pl'ivsi- rci-.Hv. a.'.oi !:, 11, \ u.- tvi- ;,Hll nSr.id-.iat o:ia :i,i.^_ (\':'.-ii'.!a.i.,n .lav-;. l.!:iv. :n ur-<' We>t l'.ow, r Mi m i't. JAMES MATTHEW'S." < on-i Moner to .t,ivuv-\j,\>!>t Ma:*4?4al 'IVi'- jr^ph Co.. Cvrk Ko;:r: h n^Siin Co;ir: Com."in ^ li., Ac. ArroN,'i>Nr. * DIIJEXDERS0X. ronvov. 0 aiwvr..- .tr , it^o a -;-n: 'Cii*.:iti i L4l"e A^>i'.r.Vrico C.\. IV-un Mm [<;.--^<.-, *ir., prvivircil n(;nLv. j^'-ont ittl ,\\ O'lrer'^y Mfid on iv^-run ,i>l*> li f~Ai<. - *Mon^v ;."> ' l^oau oii Mortise se'eiirUy. ^^.iv ' TOMS McKIM>SEY, Attor- f_f iw>-a\-U.\*. S-'lu'ilor in i"!i i':.\ i'v_ >i*j^ry !*ut,T3c.-C"nvo>ar.c>r, < ?,-.:' ui'l.v: Ovv.r'Watson's l'ii:-i ?lc!v. MiUSi s:i,c: Mit-roN. Tho iithscj-ihor bogs to. nnnounco to tlu> iniujlnt.ints of Acton unci iVieiuity th;it:ho h:is commenced the harness business hi tho' Oh'i.jPo'st Office Building, '.'"MILli STUEKt,' ACT'OX,' " whfrej ho is. prepared to turn.out wojk Second lo none in the Domin ion. .Js cheap us the cheapest, and on tho shortest possible notice,. I have Mi liaml ;i large, and well "loot ed stijek'bt . ' ..._ . B. & E Peg "to announe POR T^E MILLION NICKLIXT i that, they have 'secured the t ervices otrtt First-Glass Baker, { Soyao Blsnlrots, wiiss, brushes, wC... -Repairing promptly attendee!, to. Cuvo mo a call and bo'conviticed'- anil that their jBaking business is now in full operation, in tlie premises owned ,1-yJfrs. lelivefeil daily at tho houses in the village and vicinity. Woddiripr Calces'- ?Tea- Cakes,[ Buns, &o., Pastrjr J.D Ac. or Slnts . MATllESOrX, iit-UlW, S^.K'UO! ll"o i <*fonr>iown. Aftorjto>- iU-i.'u.nii'.'rv, a:i.l Clui.'Cii i 1'PLEBE & SEMI 3. lfc.rriMer>. A;u.r:;o> s- ,t-T lienor- la Ciiali,-,-:y, c*.-rivt.y;u jj.Ua S:reel, GK-'i:iit*r..\vN. - Acton, Nov. 2,"., JS7 r.TO.V BAItEUY. "Hurrah. .^SSfHi&> L> n't'.-ex-- X3 S ^NA3 rSJH. LAIDJLAW. Barrister. >T ' A::or:i>\-:.:-!.:.'.v s-:;,'i:,t In; t'aancory, Ac. <>::;. K nj -stroV>J ; .\!:::-.:;. _M =ii-i" -:ri-i. T;:-.- Hlllort e&o v.,:: ;> irt.i::::.:-- mem of i.>. \V. C^v.;-'?. i:. :.:i ! Mr ;.,-..'.-. Livr.-irl:! a'.L.^r.d iii ::ie ".Mi-toii C:Viei " oil yriJnyc.'cn<-'.i -wees. ' ' i Hurrah. made in the very best manner, and kept always on hand, all kinds of C Cheese, ,t Tl: good and fresh. Also mfectinnory, biscuits, peetfiilly Acton. liatronage .of the public is res P. k E. NICK.UN. 1S7G. CHEAP BREAD. TpTEXKY IL. i> ixsruixi; hi; u\T/ c;t i J.PIT, Aseai^r ti;ei-M X.l:,;.:v -,/:.I '.\ ::Ur:.xi. Ail bci'.aviii :;'.: V5' : to 'U C: re m: i.,lw tilTiifuiiy atu::.: j^olicUfU. tL. ;tx .'i,:ei ii. I-. Gl ELPII ilUon !s tin i.;.L!:o\v.t\'.s' of trailc, fH.r Uri-'liil. r \.\ t rlipitlfT "" |i convii:- itflv wiih ii-ot J>o|5-- must -}>e| ' . li'i Inkier Iscwijcrc.;" |; W(jji hufc j ui Prices, liiaf;it is. |c f I early J ' ' r - - l : PATE? ex:*-: ATENTS for I5Vi.MiO.Ns ".:" i-'.y :v:.J vr.i. ,rly >e.n:r,^I. in C-iafid . rtr? rTTi:,'j >;..r...- . v. Patent 'g-.ar.ii-.-.i? cl or t:o elauje; >v:-.il /or crime-i ;-a.-:ri:c'. .or:-. A-^.^icy iu oper- a'jja-.iaywL-. ii;:N'KV G;;I?X, ________;_ u::.,i C:;tu in, - Metfianiea! Krigireer, ^o;ici;,.r . : Pi tscisan-i l'raazii.>ri:r.::._. D. GALLOWAY ilriz* to r.i.i:<vtinct> lo tho InhrtbLtxihtK of Ai:;oi] a:i.i vio;m:y ihal he .has rcxnovetl his1 l;ik; i-t; E^tab^shmpnljto the prem- r-c^ next 5oor to ilorro\y's tlrri storo, '- " ^ _,,.'_, --------------- i ^l:--ro he ii.i^ built a first-class new oven "\\TI/LIA3I Vi ATH..r^ 1'ai.d rviltu-J the premises in a;lr*t-clss ^" i , -~- ,- _._ .. \\\yW'fv7 allaKerj ana ConffCtioiiery I^irr Harris Llccnsr* A;.t t-rtlCcaic*. ^^lu^# aIlU L, turiilIlff oat .-; . JOHN i Gunsniitht Silver-Plater, &c ; . _ziy Iloyai Ap; oiciriitrn:.; Il.-Vl: M BS. S. t iHTi;2C. ' Tcaehrr of Sialic. Draw irts antl Freucli. "~" eii-iroh s-.r-j-i', Ac: p... 55TT5J5,. 55,13AP TSA1T.EY2S, Szss, Oafecs, Biso-aits, ! ; f ?3iStry,. Ca&lles," 1 ut greal'y re lishes toiiiifonn !' :l All of tl: ^t (jn.illiy titiecJ !>r OLIVEIi^OZI^T Accon,. ifat. I:" ' tbeJnost .-^ t>c^ a", uon ^Uii-uzitv-. an-i Hi) : JM-astorbr. l-.'air,: .--.i.i.viac- ^lixetl t'Kiitlios.. at '35c per lb. lTGd;:c,.- c 1 I :k;-m.'.- taken lD.Cieliange Tor (Jooils. A CTOX L3ll 2113JL.* li.4E. FlsuTunil Ft . bal-.' afl I-.re>:i NI.C.<Li:.v, e.-l alivay. lV;pr:.;:ins. { 11 I'^.Tii, %r:j. arlit for wcluli! given I n Bread In ex- cl ati^'e for 1 leur. lln-'.i'l :ei'al(y. 1 >'-> . I l .*"' / ; 4 "' '- ROSSlX IIO.I "SE, Afton. Ci'jseivi th- >i. 1'i-IIai way Slat-.".'. iCeii^LiI.accoiuin'^.ia"'i n for-i;t tr^L-\ ^1-- 4Iag public : TTTo^ CAili'li.Ki-L. :'.- ..-. D< fcOHIXlO:Vr HOTEL, Art on, new.Ho:el i.s litU-i ixpini : iirr-t-ci.'i-> .-*:vie 'with no^ . luriiituV^. Cou-^inerc-ul iTfHvellefs v-i.];ir,tl iCK>i ;:< cohjIho ii.::' u b teiui'in piiJ to th" m ams o!,lli-: ir^v-.-i- JL*i pa lie, I?w siipp.i-.- ' i%-.t!i tt;e be.-t Lrqnor.^ai^d Cig-rr.-, owi .s^ubiiij-g a.i.<I a::er.:ive Ko-;I'.rr.- r~r' . jTTTM. H.ST35JET,. s' Liicens(?d' Auctione&r-i - llrcarf, Ilai;^ ami Cuk :s ,leli\ cred every .day, fre.sti, aroui.d Llie village. W^DDIKG '&. FANCY, CAKES made to order un<] on l-.aiu!, in the latest styi. k ;md. at reasonable ctiarges,' j X.I?. A:! coovls are wa.-ranted pare, as \ r.otln! rj. Sut. the fcist '-f material Is iLstd. I .Thp ; .! ronaue of the public i's resp< ct- ".l:y- toUcit'.d, ' ' AMMUNITION the publio that ho has iOVCU to- Hatch's Block, Next dixir to Tysons Butcher Shop FOB ALL EKEECH LOADING ARMS. Kiyr A Kynoci ("ar-i.^for' re l.-ad K.:--itp(^errt. C ip C'rensur^.t'leaiitj. iit-re-s.ny fur a S[ All Mil Is. -.of. " eX'MHilcd'orvlhe k Guelph, April f Cartridge Cabpr and n sime. He-loaders, l-:je<-U>rs, Curlers, and % Rods, .and ah 'articles j..ri*n.nuV otitllt. llVp-iirliip and Jobbing iorie*l notice at ... 1S7G. Fdf the^Co-anties-of toar Orders; I^'it ': Office, 'A'clQh, "or i Kocicwood. will be p . Terras rea^or^able.- -Call and see for yonr.'eivt? .Veiiii gf'n iUiA".j.il- .'.- tiie l^'!:-:':-: I'i:!--s : lihv r.-.-i -eiK-'-,: in 1 ro.njilly al'-ei-dt,! to. i Acton, .March : liAU.OWAY -HROS. ISTii. - - B pros*, .liatl ^ ofuls^-'--'-] . ;o it 1 ('.>.. 1 71 . C W .I""1- RIEPMEAT, DRIED -fVIEAT; Claarles Gamefoii: Having postpone-.! reinoval i;i or-lor to clear out. his -st-jek of I't^k-,..niiin a: a reduced rats" - - - Superior Saokei zziS. iTassi'skcd Haais,-0tJBi!>Tla3il C-t Zz Bacon,, cured hy himself, and v,-}jicli --^-ill be foun/1 uxi-jnrprissed in quality. ; Tr-y it anil.be'convinced. .-- ,In iuture, meat -svill be. found in th'; hop partly oceupied iij" U. -V. Scoii, ilain .street, Acton. - - - ;. CHAS.'.CAJ/KKOX. ' ' " 4-i-^n-i April 20, 197G. .& sy jlcssthap Lts. The Is it won'l^.-.-3 |to Sccorjtl 3 e'^ " ... ! -'. e\crv <J3y .n;Tj; jtiritonier^ \ : |i of every :-|.-^ :-: .." ' .I'M ."' JiVcr^d.-:.^.'-'"-'.*^ 1'h, liocHi T> RE MILK. r TBe nbdflrslijnod fe-?s to lhan-k his ctifi- totn-rs fjr the liberal prtronage received daring the past summer, and would say tbat he is now prepared t^ sii pily an ad ditional number of customers with od, pure, fresh nfilk delivered every njcrn- inr, and twice a.day ou KaturdayH. j-Par- ttf-s who keep:ccws will fii-d It much cheaper srjdle.sstrouble to eet mllK deliv ered at Ihelr doers, and thf-.v_ would do . JelWofeM theircoars and buy thejr millc. Twenty-one-quart.tickets for,?!, it paid Jn_ advance, or-rwc-nty-one'T'lnt tickets .I0T5Q cents.: r^-*. ARii.SXI10.NU. Aoton, Xov. 10th, 1>>75. , ]^ILTOX J : . ; PLANING- MILLS. v tio.s '_: " PLANING-^ -MILLS AX.U : Pnuip. ash, Ei-oor and. IJIinVl 4 factory. THOMAS SBBAGE, ilanufacturc-r of ;-" Doors, . r - -.- ' H. 7 Venetian Iliads .Moiildingis, And other Building Requisites A:CTON Takes J. P p'easnro i f.:. NOT TO DIE, Iigazod in tho Bightjwith tcarloss eyos, II Kvwrtjhom give hor away ; I jhonrtl each word of tho service- read ' In tho littlo church that day. I saw him taking hor beautiful hand, i Tho liand tluit was nearly mine, C|h Bessio darling, I used to thrill | At tho touch1 of that hand of tluao. I! heard tho, word of the sacrod rite, i That loft hor no longer free; : I' saw tho glano'o of tho golden ring. That-bound her, but noi to mo.And ho I hatod was-standing whero fl ho|>cd to be by her sido. Ajnil 1 saw thoro with an aching pain. My rival aail his bride. iTho solemn tones of th'o orrjan fell, ' || A dirge-liko sound in my ears, : .- Tliat seemed to mourn in my heart tho . death Of tho hopes of many years. lus faded away my daydream's bright Of happiness iuotto bo, When my lovo in tho littlo church that day Was married, but not to me. TWOPENCE A DAY, AND WHAT I IT ACCOMPLISHED. | Joseph Gtirney had worked for tlio:saiiio master some three or four years, and Ilia wages, though smalt, not exceeding eighteen shillings a week, were, regularly paid, summer midwinter uliko ; so lis he. often tojd. his wife, when she was inclin ed to grumble ut tho sniallneta1 of Htr.m., Uiey were better off than some of! their,, neighbors, who receiving higher .wages one part of the year, wtj:re often thrown out of employ ment altogether when, the slack: time came. In fuctj Joseph Guer- noy. cultivated1-a.contented mind, and aa tho wise min long ugo pre dicted, he found it af continual feast." Tho dinner bell sounded ut one o'clock ; and Joe hid just.com menced his simple meal of bread' and ^cheese and a mug of beer, when the senior partner of .the firm came alobg, and stopped,to say a few kind words to him. f'-WelL, Gurney, bo yon have a Boiji and heir, I hear," he remarked, iu the' easy, good natured 'manner, which had won hire a' well-deserved popularity throughout tlte factory. Ucscpli rose and 'touched his cap respectfully : " Y^s, sir, thank you, anil a line, hearty' boy he is, too." }.' I am glad tohear it. ' I hope helwill grow_ up. to be, a comfort both to you and his mother; we shill fiud him a corner here, I dare say, when you'll be biinging him alcng to work." ' 'That's what I thought, sir; hup Martha, my wife, she says, 'Apprentice him to a good trade'; but then, sir, where's the money to {81.00 per jaknnm in Advance. LI VERY &:> ALE STABLE ALLAN n announcing to the imblle geueraulytbnt, ne Is prepared to 1 i-'- I j fiirnish First-class Sorsos aa4 Carriages ' At Kcas thablc' Itatos. ills Klirs and-Horses are the bpst that can be had, and li) Is determined not to bo surpi^sed by any City Stable-. : Acton July 1st, 1875. I Ion, 7 - / |>f Toronto."; ,, -/ 1 J.. E: jaiTCHELL, ;- - : lianufacturer of _ Sash, Doors, Blinds,L, Hould- . ings. Door and Miiklow Frames, Pickers,1etc. ?lanbv;,T8croU WofI: an&'{Matchin'j *-. . ' Done, to Order'.'-?- T"BKnds 30 cepts per "foot. "Eh Alliwork delivered in Acton free... Orders left at -Secord Bxoa. will be promptly attended to. i. -"' ' / Miltoir,- June 6, 187G."': 50-ly $5 to $20.gj er. day at home.- samples Tr-orth $1 " -Sxwsojf Co., Portland, Maine. lUPEOVED Also, ifakers of STJCTION rtTMPS RANTED, ~ 1000 iCords of GOOD HEMLOCK BARK, !_' : For which I will pay /:'" FIYB DOLLARS PER CORD At tlie Acton T^rinery, if- delivered iu r ,eunmer. . '>-..'! fil L. BEARDMOEE. Z. Av HALL, Agint. June, 187G. -| 49-3m UNDERTAKING. The undersigned begsleave to inform the people of Actoniaud vicinity that ho will furnish all of thing V ' said the the table " I'm not Sunday L spend on interposed. know you you have Lumber Planed and-Dressed to orde. ; , ~ in the best manner. BSf^ All work-guaranteed. Acton, Jan., 1870. Requisites in on short notice and reasonable terms as i can be had - ; Desired? Tp TROLLOPE C1IAPIUAN, Fractadal Bookbinder. All Descriptions of Binding Acatly" Executed; Account Boolui of all Kinds Order. . Made lo Ruling Promptly Attended, to. BrsTDEKY 'St. George's Square, Guelpb, 3" Orders left at the -Free P.be?_ Office will receive prompt attention. SEKDii'ic. to G. P. ItOWFLL,'-* CO^ (New York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages ionlainirlg lists ;o/ 3000 newspapers, and estiluatc"s showin;; cost of advertising. Undertaking you, you timy your suougli to IIear8e Supplied when Also that he will.- : ] Pit up Stores & Offices in the bekt style. Show Cnse, Boo^i: Cases andLDeriu niade;to order^ FlTRNlTUJiB REPAIRED. Shop onj Willow street, near Main st. " ' - rJp."M. McCANN. ,- Acton, March 20, 1876. ' 39-6m JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the FEEE PRESS OFFICE, Ncxl the Voit Offlec, Mill Street. <Jj -l <p\ sl day kt home. <Pia putntanditorms free. come from, for that sort " Save it from that, master good humoredly, yet serious ly, pointing with his walking-stick to the mug of beer on by Joseph's side. The man's color rose. a,drinking man, sir," he said some what angrily. " It's only a pint of beer I get with my dnner, none ,with supper, none yetoi, ~ it's but twopence a day drink." ' Stay,-.- my friend," Mr. Baker, kindly : " I are not a drinking man not been with us four yetra without our having found put that a work man more sober and trustworthy than Joseph Guerney is not em- pleyed in our factory ;. still, could: you make up your mind to do. with-, out your daily pint, only 'twopence [a day' as it may..cost! would find that by the boy r is grown old .Jearn a trade, "tho money to ap prentice him would be in your pos session. I will leavo you thp to think ot at your leisure; in the nieanwhile, give this trifle to your wife, with my congratulations 'and best wishes for the future! prosperity of her son," and slipping five shil lings into the man's band the good master passer} on. Mr. Baker ihad only spoken the trUth when he said Jbseph Gurney was a sober man. He.Ihad never been seen the worse fori liquor in his life : the single pint of beer which he considered necessary to keep up his ;strength on .'working- days, was truly ali he allowed him self. Martha Gurney could never remember a week, during the whole her married life, wBen - more than the weekly ' shilling had been de ducted for her good man's.dinner beer from the wages which he re gularly brought home to hereyery Saturday night. " But Mr: Baker's idea,! that two pence a day in time wrjuld grow into a handsome sum, had never before occurred to the sirnple mind of Joe Gurney; and all that after noon he pondered on his master's words, tilt. air last, throwing down his tools, he seized a piece of chalk, and began making mysterious look ing figured on the wall' of tho fac tory. Joseph had as he himself expressed/it, "received no eddica- tion," but he had a rough, method of his own of making cal sulations, Acehta wanted. TKTJE dc CO. Augusta,. Maine. appeared considerably to astonish him.- He scratched his head, pon dered a little longer, tried again and again, but always with the same ra- Bult; and when he laid down>.'th lump of chalk and resumed. hid work, his resolution was taken. The next Saturday night, th shilling though deducted as usual from his wages did not' go to pay weekly score at the lied Lion Inn1; it was carried in Joseph's pocket tb another and quite different destinaj- tion. 1 Weeks, months, and years passed on,, and the little-Samuel grew ih body and mind, an active,, healthy, persovering lad; carefully' trained to the best of their ability by thb fond parents, whose only, child lib hud continued to bo. Joseph hall kept tho promise made on the boy'i birth,. that he should have a good education; and a$ eleven yoiin,; Samuel was a very fuir schotiu, sharp, shrewd, intelligent, and fond of learning; his progress in the ac quirement of knowledge was u source of continual wonderment to his simple minded father, who, sit ting by the fireside of an evening never tired of hearing the boy coi over his next day's lessons, or reatl aloud from some interesting book, borrowed from the school iibrary But at eleven years of age, hiii father decided that Samuel, heartv and strong as many a much oldet lad, must begin to do Bomethinj.; himself towards his oswt-'Hupport, and accordingly a place- as errand- boy in a respectable grocer's shop was soon secured. .Joseph accept ed for his son a somewhat smaller weekly sum than usual, in consider ation that he should be allowed foui nights each week to attend tht evening school in the neighborhood This arrangement, indeed, seemed quite' unnecessary in the eyes of the fond mother^ who considered her son a finished scholar ; but Joseph, having his. own opinion ou the matter, overruled jher objections, and gained the day, ' The boy's uniforrii good conduct and steadiness' soon gained the con- -ndence of his master, and for near- ;ly two years he continued in Mr. Morton's shop. ' i - - It wanted only two or three days to Samuel's thirteenth birthday, when one evening he came in from his day's" work with a cloud on his usually'bright good-tempered face.- . " Father,1' said he as he hung up his. cap on its nail, "Mr. Morton: thinks I had better leave him." " "What's that for," replied, his father, in a Btartled .tone. " Have you been up to any mischief, ladV "No, indeed, father.; master says he'll give me a good character: to any one," and the boy drew him self up proudjy as he spoke, "but he says I'm too old and big for er rand boy now I ought to do some thing better for myself now. He says he'll, be sorry for me to go, but he won't stand in my way. He wants an apprentice, though: I know he'd take r-ie, but that can't be " and a tear or two stood in tho boy's eye; which he was too manly to' let drop. " Why can't it be V enquired his mother, looking up from .the iron ing in" which she was engaged. " Why, mother, be says he can't take less than ten pounds with a 'prentice; mostly he gets more than that - but where could we get that from J" ' ' The good woman sighed. - Often had the boy's future troubled her, and- she had trid, by taking in washing and ironing, to lay by, it little sum towards the fulfilment of her darling wish, "to apprentice him ton good trade;" but ill health had prevented much extra exertion, and frequent illness had swallowed up'her little earnings. '" " Would you like to be appren ticed to Mr. _Morton, Sam?" in quired his father. . " Indeed I should, father; bet ter than" anything else." " Bettor than the factory 1" "I hate the factory," said the boy, excitedly. Father, I'd rather " " Gently, my lad; you've always been a good, obedient boy, and if I bid you to come along to the fac tory to work, you'll come. But," he [added, seeing the boy was about to answer, " don't say any more on tho matter now; Thursday'll be your birthday; you'll be thirteen then; quite time youI were some thing bet ter "than an- errand boy; I think. When you come home 'to supper directly after work, we'll talk it over; you needn't' go to school that night, I suppose." y But, father," urged the bey, "iff I can find another place with better wages than Mr. Morton's, T needn't go to the factory, need I V 1' Well, you Gan look out ;if i've a mind. And now your mother and I are waiting to know the end of that Btory you were read ing last night; make haste, and let us hear if the poor colliers ever got out of the pit alive." ; Thursday night came, and Joseph, much to his - wife's -surprise, was and the result of his present one nearly an hour after his usual time, Samuel was home, the tea ready |set' and the kettle singing on-the.' fire when he made his appearance, rjftw cosy and comfortable the little' kitchen looked, so clean and bright, waiting to receive him. A currant cake was oh the tab.e, made by the fond mother as a'special tribute to Sam's birthday." "You're late tonight, my man,' she said, as her husband took his seat by the fire, and warmed bis bands by the cheerful blaze, for tho cold east wind howling out-side made the weather almost as severe as the middle of winter. ; " Yes, I'm late sure enough," he said," cheerfully, as he took the tempting cup of hot; tea from her hands.'!' " Well, Sam, my boy, how about finding another, place ? You know we were to talk:about it to night," "I haven't heard of one," said tho boy. moodily ; " I've inquired everywhere." I..' "Well," returned Joseph, with a curious twinkle, in his eye, which certainly - did not express much sympathy with his son's evident dis appointment, " then, I suppose you'll be walkuig along with me to the factory on Monday; there's a berth for you there with, five sbil-. lings a week." . " Must I, father?" i ,. '. "Must you, lad ! What's'good enough .for your father is good enough for you." | The boy did not answer; bis dis appointment was too deep to be ex- pressedlin .words; while his mother, stooping over him, gave him a sym pathizing kiss, and' whispered to him to " ^be a good boy, arid not vexfather/' " I looked in Mr. Morton's as I came along," pursued ' Joseph. " He's got an apprentice lad, I find. Do you know who it is, Sam 1" " No^fatber.!" j " It's a friond of ypiirs, I hear. 'Can you guess who it is?" .! '* Sam looked up quickly : " Is it John Jackson, father ? I He was in to seo Mr. Morton to-day." ' " No, Sam. Guess again." " I can't tell you," said the. iboy-' disconaolately ; "It makes na difier- "ence to me." ' Makes no difference .to you i Well, then, I'll tell you, my, boy, it- is yOu !" ."Father!".. " Yes, it is you 1 Arid here's-the money," almost roared Joseph in. his exultation and tjelight. " Count it, my lad; it's all 'yOurs; and there's more than enough to appren tice you, I reckon ;" and he tosted on the table a little canvass bag. Sam seized it eagerly, and turned out the contents bright sovereigns i and a few shillings. It was a pleas ant picture; the proud happy father the lov ing wife and fond mother, standing with-clasped hands, looking from one to the other with a face ex- 'prepsing the utmost astonishment. If^was the moment to which Joseph Qurney had lieen looking forward for years, "Thirty-three pounds, sixteen shillings !" exclaimed Samuel,"as!he rapidly counted over the glittering coins. " Father, what does it all mean 1 Did you say it was mine 1" " Every penny of it, my lad," re plied the happy father, drawing his wife closer to; him, and laying his baud fondly- on tho boy's shoulder, he proceeded to narrate to them in his own simple Tnay; the interview he bad had with his master on the day followingj Samuel's birthy arid" the iiiipressiori his words had made iipon'him. Then followed the his tory of the chalk calculation, on the foctoty wall, and .the surprise which the result.of'Jtoccasioned. "Isaw then," added Joseph in conclusion, " tha^ a little sacrifice, on my part woald leave money to give you a good j trade when you should be grown big. enough. I resolved to give up my;~beer and say nothing about it, and I've never had a drop from that day to this. I'vo always kept a shilling from my week's wages as usual, but it didn't go to the -Bjed Lion,; as before ; it went to Mr. Baker's, and be' put it into, this bag, and he's jkept the money for me ever since, j You've always been a good, obedient boy to me and your mother, so the "money's yours, my laid. Ten pounds I shall pay to Mr. Morton to-morrow, when your'articles [are made out; yon shall have a new suit of clothes too, and the rest of the money shall go iir the bank j ih yonr name, and please Godt you live so long, you shall still have the twopence a day till your out of your time, and then, Samuel,- there'll be a nice little sum to start for yourself with. So God bless you, 'myjlad, and may you be a good Hseful man; that*k all I want jh return." . The boy fairly sobbed, as he threw; himself into hisfather's arms. " Fatjier," he said, as: soon. :as he coiild speak, " I can't thank you now as I ought, but I promise you 'you shall nevdr be sorry you gave up your beer for met God'helping me, I will be all you want me to be; and if I turn out as good a man as my father.mother und I will he' quite content;" j . i . , - And the boy| kept his promise]. And now that over, a I handsome shop front appears thej, nkme '.of ' " Samuki, Gubnby, Grocer," he, a thriving, prosperpus man, often gathers , his children around his knee, arid tells them the story of .his early life, how bis self denying father built jip for him his present prosperity .on tbje foundation storie of " Twopence A day." Cliairibe?V Reading Book. . ^ -----------1-. Sometlilngr Worth Knowing. Every little while, says a corres pondent, we read ih the papers of some phe who has: stuck a nail in his foot, or hand;- or some; other portion jof his -person^ and that lock-i jaw has jres-.tltedtborefrom, of which1 the patient 'died. . If eyeryperson in the world was awa/e of a perfect remedy for' all such wounds, and would apply it, then all such re-, -ports must cease:' But although we can give the remedy we cannot enforce the application. Some will -not employ it because they think ifc too simple; others have-no faith in it when they read it; while.others often think .such,a wound of small account, and not worth fussing over, until it is too late to do any good. Yet, all siich wounds can be healed without such fatal consequences as follow .them. The remedy ia sim ple, almost always; on hand, and ean be appjied 1 by. anyone, and,: what is better, it is infallible. It is sTmply to smoke such -wound, or any wound or braise that is inflam-; ed, with burning wool or-woollenj cloth. Twenty -minutes .in. the| smoke of wool will take the pain but of the worst wound, arid,. rer peated once, or twice, it will allay', the worst case of inflammation arts ing from a wound, we ever saw. People'!may sneer at this old wo man's remedy as much as they please, bat when they are afflicted just let them-try it. It has saved many lives and much pain, and -is worthy of beimj printed'..in"letters of gold.and put in every Lome.- Fritz's Troubles. . JFri^ has had riiore trouble with his neighbors. - This time he deter mined to appe.il to the majesty of the law, and accordingly consulted a legal gen'h man. '* ' How vose dose tingtf,'l he said, " ven a valare's got a garden, und de oder valare's got Some^ chickens eat um up ? Don't you got some law, for do.tI", . " ". Some one's chickens been de stroying your garden 1" asked the lawyer. '" Straw in mine garden ! Nine, it vos vegetables." , "And the . chickens 'committed, depredations on! them ?" "Ish dot so V' asked Ffitz in as- tonisWment.- ".Andyou want to sue him f6r damages I" continued the lawyer. " Yaas. Gott for tamages, und de cabbages, und de lettuges." ' " Did yomnotify hin> totkeep his. chickens up?" , Yaas.I nodify him/" 1 ":And he refused to comply with your just demand?" i "H^y?" "He allowed his chickens to rub: at large<?" :"' "Yaas. , Some vos large, und| some vos leetle valares,* but dey vosl -scratch iny garden more as de seben dimes eech." '."'. ' ;-" Well, you want to sue hira V- "Yaas. I want .to sue him-to rhake von blank feiice up'sixteen; feet his hoiise, all round, vot de shickens- don't get over," '_ The' lawyer>informed" him that he could hot. compel the man to make such a fence,'arid Fritz left in a rage, exclaiming:. ; "Next summer- time. 'I raise shickiris1 too, you . bate. I raise fighting shickens." ' , - A "Fishy" Stoby. The, Wei- land Telegraph tells a story of two men. who are reported to have fished nn iron chest out of Chippe-' wa creek, supposed to contain not les? than $250,000 in gold. \ They employedSl Port Colborne diver to make a search for them in the creek near Candasville, the point being indicated by a cork to 'which a pow erful magnet was attached. The cork having, set tied, the diver waded in, spade in hand, and after a little search a strong iron chest, wits'dis covered about two feet belpw the bed of. the river^-directly 'under neath the magneti It was dragged ashore and the the two men drove off with their, treasure, li is not known who they- were, hut they .were, overheard, : say that the chest could not: contain less, .than 250,000. Thei supposition is that the^chest,was throiwn overboard by the American army when'j retreat ing'.'-before'the British,: in: 1813,- jafter the Stoney Creek massacre.. '[ Ah auctioneer once advertised a lttt of chairs. wbic|r,;he. said, ." had been used by school childre.n with-- ont backs'." . Itftcoli and Bis Donkey. . . Yacbb, was the.riame of an Arab boy in the Oriental, city of Cairo. He wag poor, and; like most'of the- ptoor boys of that cityjjbis chief ami bitionwjm to own a! donkey and hire: him otitto-the trayele!rs to go to' the pyramfds^'arnTrother places of .. interest^ in the -rieignborh'ood' of-. Cairo.. As it was',1 he Vas only the" driver of anoiher man's donkey;, that is, when the animal- waa mounted by the itray]eler, he rah " behind, poking the| qnii^j-uped with n shar|) stick to keep him in a.brisk - trot-- " : Ono day7 wlule Yacop was stan J- ing in front of- Sheperdg Hotel in - Cairo, wishing h* had ii donkey of" his own, an English traveler on the- ' veranda lieckoned to him and askeil him -why heJooked so wistful!, and Yaeobanswered that lie.Jwas.- an- ' " happyTbecause he had no donkey:' -.; . . And fwheri the ! fenglish.man heard his story, be called his ser vant" and tedd him. to brin^ up Mafisli, which was an old sle<'j)y donkey. Then he &ud to Yacob : , . " Wo aid "you be happy if yon owiieditlrht donkey, myjlad ?' ". " Oh, master,' I wqnitl 'be happy ; with any donkey !" "" Then," said I the ET^IislnTrafri, '" he is1 yours r-Inmke" him a presv^-. ht to you." '. i " -j'-'i ;-' When he Said' Utis/tne other tra-"; yelers who h<td ; gathered i aronnd,'V. with sniil*? ori their faces,- for it appeared t|ie Eriglishmari )was a- man. much 'given to- malcingufuiu He told Yacob to get on;the donkey iind ridehiin up and down ih. front :of the hotel a few .fitires,-tb sht>w his gauV Yacob got astride of him, and fDUnd that hej'was^tiff in the -' legs arid_ moved slowlj, notwith-.""- standi.ng'ihe sharp, pokos, he gave- .: him with'his stick. , 'J . ' : . "I will.gjve the -donkey a- name that will draw custom,; for: you," said the Englishman, as the lad- rode up to tho,veranda, j" - Yacob was.much pleased that his benefactor should give the donkey A name, for he 'Jiad seen some of- his companions-',who hired their ') donkeys more easily than; others, on account of. -fortunate names given. J. to them by travellers ' ! \t" " I shall be' much glad to call him what my master pleases," said Yacob. /|' ~---. i?;.-.- "Then bi name shalliieXighfc- ning," said the Englishn^n and the'- , other travellers laughed. ',, Yacob did not know what Light- ' ning meant,.and he continued-to .. call bis donlteyjby that name after the Englishman went away. He - did noi have much, difficulty in . hiring Bis'donkey; bttt when the ' , travellers had started oh their jont^ ' ney, they told humbug, and that he had imposed V on them with his anirriaL So that - they only kept Lightning forks^ few ' niinutes and the same people never ' hired him twice. " - " ' One day; as,he led:-his! old don key towards the hotel: veranda, ; after being called a little humbug ' by an angry traveller,^^ who; refused ! to pay him for hire of half an hour, ho was spoken to by a fat- man in ! along block coat, \?ho told hinr hia ought to, call his donkey SJowKsoacb. !' After that Yacob called 'him ;i Slow-coach, not koo/wirig any rjrrore ,- abdiit-that pame tttirx he;did about Lightnirig.,. But; this change of-; aanjie instead of -mending matters, niacjb them worse. In j short, no- ' one 'would'Cjre his donkey anymore [ on: any condition, and Yacob and ; Slpw-coach were a ruefuj pair, >ks_-; they stood idly before the hotel. ( - One-(lay, us' he stood; thus, the t Prince of Wales came out from frbo ' veranda (the Prince, was on his / way to th East Indies), mounted ~r Slow-coaGh aod-<ode, him two or three yards^knd then got off :and ' mounted another donkey. v There- ". upon Yacob bemoaned his;bajd4uck c in the" hearing'of ian.Americkn|sit- ting ori a tilted; chair ^ on j the i-ety-.- ihda. ' !:.."'.' ;" Yacob," said the American, your'.donkey shall be hired as mnch .-' as any other,-but hererfter his nalme . faiustlbe Prihce of Wales.? .! The, American had a certificate drawn up and sworn to before the American Consul in^Cairb, to 'show - that the Prince of Wales lutd, wllh-_ .' put-any doubt, mounted: Yacob's . donkey: and when the lad wanted :- to hire the animal to any man, woman or child from England, ;all he had to do was lib show, this Cer tificate, and they straightway en gaged him notwithstanding jhis moping gate;and stiff, legs. They,'; engaged-him for whole days, foa- ',- died bimj and begged Yaepb not le< poke him up too hjatxl from behind. They fed him with whatever he .Vfould eat, and the only .drawback to the' donkey's .pleasant; life, was . - that his tail wai plucked a good r deal for,momentos. r ; Yacoh said, npd says sUll, that the luckiest day, of his | life..:'^aa:' when ".' he- was spoken* to": by the American gentleman in I a: tilted chair. K M Si-.-: Rev. H. W. Beecher's ^salary is xed for r:ext year at 320.;006j" - f - .i