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and it vaetoonoerna 9150 if not no paid rsjicjetii tftwrambiirarainbi be sure yonf path leanpward theres always rooja at the top 3 volume ix no 46 aoton ont thursday may 16 1b84 whole no 463 acton banking coy storey ohristic it 00 bakkehs acton ontario a gekral banking busi ness transacted k0hz7 xalxxb oh ap707ss h0t33 notes discounted and interest allowed ou deposits wall paper window shades baby oarriaoes baskets big stock at days bookstore glelpn dat sells cheap bcome and see our new store chotded to the ceilixg ttith isijij w goods -rtok- rew york 10 f aaiaiusiuf hvr ivinj ssuux cheap tor cash cent store aoid ftttip cash baztb dirccuv opposite old suad huletoos block upper wyndham st gite lfsi jasfkidner guelph cloth hall our sprlngstoclc fs now fully assorted com prising a the newest shades in i plain and fancy worsteds west of england trouser ings and scotch and canadian suitings tgr we can assure our customers and the general public that ire hate this season the choicest selection of goods we have ever been able to place before them and in con- seqoence of the lor prices prevailing in the wholesale karkets e sre able lo sell clothing at very low figures 8haw crundy uzkraairr tailors gnelph f ra5cls nukak successor to t f- chapman bookbdvdeb st- georges square gnelph account books of all muds made to order periodicals of erery description carefully bound ealing nesilyand promptly done w k heitsteeet lioeased auctioneer for the coontiea of wehiagton andhalton orders left at the fszx fxzas office acton or at my residence in acton will be promptly attended to terms reasonable ey te lejus also money to loan on the most favorable terms and at the kiweat rates of interest in sums of 1500 and upwards t ihe foe sale lime can be had at the canada lime works in small or large quantities at any time apply t the kflo near toltohs milcor to c s smith may 1st 1882 box 172 acios h if aslak barber shop 1 p wobdes j has opeoed a barber shop in the premises lately occapied by dr forsteraa a medical office and solicits a share of the patronage of this yidniry erery department of the business will be conducted in firstclass trie oiw us a call j p woedejt imanist established 1848 savages watcft oock jewelry spectacle house large stock prices right special attention to fine watch repairing b savage searpetrie new brag store ctssray the favorite oyster parlor a e matthews 18 nott keceivixa iu1it frwh oysters finnan haddies canned fish and frnit lemons oranges li rapes covfectiomiky and all other goods in his liar bisoaits the largest assortment of plain and fancy biscaits m otcn aad from the best manu faclurck j my cuitomers will fiad all my goods fresh aud in every way satisfactory the oyster parlor oysters serrsd in any style during the season or will be supplied by the can qaart or gallon cton gut rm tfrcasdir ifoaxtxo hit 15 18s nkiir a ai svgood cookiir apples slmyi on band e matthews wellington mardle works quebec st q0elph john h hamilton pbopbtbtor- formerly mcquillan hamilton dealer in marble granite aud everything pertaining to cemetery work received first prises at provincial ex hibition ooalpli the western fair and all local exhibitioba for excellence of material and superiority of workmanship your orders are solicited the oldest drug store in ouelph best canadian goal oil only 20c a gallon now is the time to buy your ooal oil poetiy commtorion a little talk with jesus how it smooths the ragged road 1 how it seems to help me onward whto i faint beneath my load when my heart is crashed with sorrow and iny eyes with tears are dim theres nought can yield me comfort like a little talk with him i tell him i am wear- and i lain would be at rest that im daily hourly longing for a home apon his breast and he answers me so sweetly in tones of tenderest love i am coming soon to take thee to my happy home above ah i this is what tm wanting his lovely face to sees and im not afraid to say it i know hes wanting me he gave his life a ransom to make me all his own and he cant forget his promise to me his purchased one i know the way it dreary to yonder far off clime bota little talk with jeans will wile away the time and yet the more i know him and all his grace explore it only seta me longing to know him more and more 1 often feel impatient and mourn his long delay i never can be settled while he remains away but we shall nolong be patient for i know hell quickly come and we shall dwell together in that happy happy horned so ili wait a little longer till his appointed time and glory in the knowledge that such a hope is mine then in my fathers dwelling where many mansions oe ill sweetly talk with jeans and he shall talk with me l stoiy hicinbothams condition powders hsve given universal satisfaction and all who have used them for horses and cattle testify to their ex cellence prepaied only by w g smith co winter fluid anakgant prepara tion for roughness of the skin chapped hands sore lips frost bites o- pre pared only by w6 8mith co thorleyi horse and cattle food sold in any quaoaity lo spit purchaser diamond oyes the best nd cheapest in the market w c smith co dispensing chemists guelph lothdni 8 pretty mbs graham that is what i always call her to this day and in spite of all thats come and gone its her true title for i do believe she was the prettiest creature i ever laid eyes on and she dressed with such exquisite taste too it set off her bright dark beauty so well and she was inch a dainty child like little thing why even dick couldnt help acknowledging her beauty though he didnt take to her from the first bat i thought him wrong in that much m i trusted to his judgment for yon see i biek well dick fraser- and my humble self have been betrothed for several years and next spring after bessie marries why j im going to london to keep house with dick butthat isnt my story when our dear parenu died tliey left bessie aud me tins fine oldfaehionod home a good snppl of solid old fashioned farni tore and silver and household linen a good old fashioned servant who bad lived with us since bessie was a baby eighteen years ago and very little ready money so as we coold not give up our home or be parted we looked about us for two or three good old fashioned boarders who would stay with us all the year round and be able to pay well for a good home wall we found two jost what we want ed miss burton an elderly maiden lady and mrs wootton a widow lady who was gladto escape from the dost and noise of the city and who were able to pay us good prices for our best rooms and this they did only stipulating that we should not take other boarders but all have a quiet home together so we were just a houseful of women you see not j man on the place unless we except tom the half grown boy who milked the cow and tended he garden and drove our littleoarrjage for us we had plenty of applications from sum mer boarders but we never took any until pretty mrs graham came it was a melt- hot day when a carriage brought her to our door with a lively black eyed little maid and she begged so hard to be taken just for a month- or two of the hottest weather saying we looked so oool and delightful out there and she dreaded the hotel so ranch that h was hard to resist her- mias burton was in the parlor when she called and was so fasoinated by the little widows loveliness that she gave her con sent to her coming at once so then we consulted mrs wootton you remember our agreement with them made it neo and the too was quite won over and so the result was that we made pretty mrs graham an exception and took her and her jively little maid jeannette into our charmed hoosehold she took possession that very day com ing down with three large trunks from town she expressed herself delighted with our fine old homeand plentiful ooun- try tare and she oertainly delighted as with her beauty and neyfcowitohing ways and her lovely toilette anajhwrjnrlrful innate for the made th itbyi jw piaiw imot ttii balierau was the only player among nj and the but an indifferent one snob a mnaiolan was a great treat dick came down to take ta on sunday as he generally did and than he met our new boarder after supper i asked him if he did not think her lovely yes she is pretty that cant be de nied he said slowly well what fault can yon find v i said seeing that he held ftiin back none perhaps but i dont like her and i wish vou hadnt taken her mary i believe shes a little adventuress thats all why dick her referenoss wen unex ceptionable aud she is a member of st johns church and a teacher in the sun day school is she well i hope shes a good one said dick dryly and there the subject dropped she had been with us about six weeks when one saturday afternoon i received from our business agents 300 the proceeds of the interest in a coal mine belonging to bessie and me it was too late to take it to the bank where our cash was deposited and i being half unwilling to keep so much money two nights in a lonely house full of women felt strongly inclined to go over to the village and deposit it there till monday morning but on the second thought i made up my mind that was nonsense the afternoon was warm i was busy- and ther money woold be safe enough in my own drawer so i counted the notes to be sure they were right locked them in a little jewel casket and locked them in my desk- as i opened the door of my room to go down stairs i met jeannette who said she was going to knock mrs graham was going to walk over to the village could she do anything or me i thanked her said i would be glad if she would call at the post- office and went my way to see about tea the next morning we all went to church except our servant emma who remained at home to have dinner ready in the afternoon emma wished to go out and as i did not like the house to be quite alone i remained at home myself hav ing a alight headache i lay down upon the sofa in the oool parlor and took quite a pap i sprang up as soon as i wakened and went up stairs to arrange my hair meeting pretty mrs graham coming down i did not know you were at home said l i have this moment come in and taken off my hat she said with a sweet smile and was coming down for a drink of ioe water i heard her go into the parlor where she sat for a long time playing grandold church music and singing softly in tones so sweet that it made me think of heaven and of angels mnsic kext morning as we were gathering at the breakfast table hiss burton came in pale and frightened saying her room had been entered during the night by a burglar and her watch and chain and all her valu able jewelry had- bean taken we all sprang np in consternation and went to her room where we found the window which opened upon the roof of a verandah partly raised and the shatters poshed open as if surely indicating the way the burglar had entered miss burton had slept soundly and heard nothing she said but she noticed her win dow then she first awoke and upon search- ing found all ner jewels gone- we might all have been murdered in our beds cried mrs wootton pale and tromblingwhuo pretty mrs graham fell to crying like a child declaring she would not dare to istay another night under a roof where there was no man in the house did anyol the rest lose anything v asked bessie i havent noticed in my room said mrs wodtton let us all go and look and 4 oar rooms we went 1 opening my bureaa with a sinking heart it was as i feared my casket whioh had only con tained the money was gone some unaccountable impulse prompted me to conceal my ion from the rest when i jcrined them again and i hardly noticed that pretty mrs graham stopped crying and looked qoeerly at me when i reported tbarmy things vera all right i and then she fell to sobbing again say ing hen were all right too but she sever doubted that it woold be her turn next and she dared not stay there another night mrs wootton reported hat every artiole of jewelry and all the money she had in her puree were gone and bessie said the same this wss a serionu case and we were at a loss what to do i said i should inform the village inspector and then go op to town and consult mr fraaer and a lawyer and i begged them to do nothing till i came back they all promised bat pretty mrs gra ham said i mast be sure to come back be fore night for she knew she was a dreadful little coward but she must go njrer to the village and stay at the hotel for a tew night she would only take jeannette and a little satchel and when she got all quiet again she would oome ofcek i was not willing she should jo but i thought she would get over her frightbe- fore evening and sta iy rwhr if i could do any errand in the eity fcr yards more it was five shillings to pay for it it seemed to me that train wont at snails paces that morning bnt at last i was in dicks office 0m um yes to be sure said dick stroking his moqstacbe with a thoughtful air very bad mary very bad and your pretty little widow is the only one who wants to leave you say yes and i dont want any one to leave with such a stain on our house diok by all means keep yoar pretfy widow till i oome down with an officer and search her trunk i sprang to my feet why diok are you mad i said neither mad nor deluded my dear lit tle woman said dick coolly but i have a little theoryabout this thing mary and if you will let me work it out i may help you i must have my own way though got errands to do this morning i wab too worried to attend to any shop ping for myself but i remembered pretty mrs grahams lace and answered yes one well go and do it and then oome back here will you i think ill have a plan perfected by that time i went to wellings stopped at the lace- counter and held out the scrap pretty mrs graham had given me can you match this v i asked of the polite shopman who stepped up 1 wish to purchase some more of it he took the bit of laoe and i noticed a queer look come over his face i also saw two or three of the young men draw near and eye me curiously and i began to feel embarrassed i dontknow said the shopman slow ly mr jones ask mr welling to step this way the young man addressed hurried away 4 and in a moment the gentleman named came up which was a relief to me f saw something was wrong and i knew him well as he was an old friend of my fathers this is a bad business and requires ex planation miss mary he said a week ago a lady exactly answering the descrip tion you give of mrs graham came here and bought twenty yards of this lace after she was gone it was discovered that the money she paid was bad we have been trying to trace this lady ever since but had not the least clew till now what do you think i think i tremblingly said that i must tell you the bad business at our house last night which brought- me to town to day so i told him my story and then he went with me to dicks office and when i went home i knew all i had to do i told mrs graham that i could not find any more of the lace and returned her money r as i had planned dick came by the six oclock train and we were all at tea when emma came in with the quiet announce ment mr fraser is in the parlor maam i excused myself a moment and hasten ing to the parlor found dick and a detec tive we harried quietly upstairs i was so glad that jeannette was out of the way into pretty mrs grahams room one of her trunks was fone bat her hat and shawl lay upon the bed and under the pillow we found her handsome russia leather hand bag mr detective made abort work of open ing that bag and lo he had no need to look further there we found all miss burtons jewelry and all that belonged to bessie and mrs wooton and my lost money besides a bunch of skeleton keys and then his course was plain and before i hardly knew what happened we had as tonished the group at the supper table and pretty mrs graham was a prisoner afterward we found proof enough that her work was done on snaday afternoon while i lay asleep in the parlor and the window opened at night by her lively maid jeannette to throw suspicion aside but we never heard any more eitber of pretty mrs graham or of jeannette i both no doubt got their deserts for mi welling prosecuted though 1 refused to do the dndatt dude an jbithato from boston rather alton- lanes bin jaokaon of texas ohlcafoitem talk about dcods said a texas stock man on the chicago burlington it quincy train last night but a leeth the doodest doodiever seen wax a feller thet cam down from boston into our kentry a year ago las september he didnt stay in texas long 1 cue said a little man in a silk hat tjts hes there now i thought they wouldnt lei a dude lire in texas wall ill tell yon how it wnz we oome to let bim stay become down therewith his peeked boot an his light trouiere an yaller kid gloves a alingin more style than a new congressman on the foth o july an a tellin folks tbet his doctor said hed got the consumption an u have to live in a warm climate ah yea of oourseyou pitied the poor fellow and let him stay on that account not exactly that butaslwasaaayfn be slung his style like a monnoojwalkin by a united states marshals offioel wall one night he come into a saloon where slot of us wnz a drinkm an e step op to the bar an says aw i say bahtendah give me a trifle of aw wam lemonade bill jackson snorted right outan then ayse boys what dye aay lets make tin dsod drink gin it wuz a go so bill walks up an slaps the dood on the pack like hed break 1m in two bills the best man on the muscle in our null kentry say says bill yond better drink gm aw but it is wam lemonade i desiah says the dood wall says bill warm lemonade dont go in these ere parts yon drinks gin or you drinks notbin yon hear me it aw seems to me youre mistaken says the dood without seemin to see there wnz trouble ahead i want to aw dwink wam lemonade an he rech oat for the glass bill wunk at the rest on ns an slys to the dood dye know what im agoin to do ef yon tries to drink anything but gin weally i do not mah deah boy wall says bill im agoin to stand yoo on yer bead in that air box o sawdust aw that woold not be wight say the dood atippin up his glass to drink bui rech out an grabbed him by the neck an i never seen a man git licked so quick bill was too much for him was her no sires it wuz tother way it was bill thet got licked gerasalem sn ginral but bow that dood did jump tut an every time ejomped tf fetched ill one on the eye er under ear er along law an bill couldnt git within gunshot uv im why that air dood bed mare tricks far fightin than bill ever dreamp av fust hed be behind bill an then on top uv im an then under im an every time bill opened an eye the dood stuck a fist in it erry fist it didnt make no dif- ferenoe to im he wuz just about es handy with his thumpers as any man needs to be in this world it didnt take im maren a minute to go around bth an over im an through im in the bargain anthen when he had bui pretty well licked 4e took him the all firedest crack on the nose an teat im over in the corner behind the icebox like a bundle o old cloes j what did he do then r wy he jest turned aroon ait brushed the sawdust off ha knee where hed docked down to oome np under bill- an says he gentlemen will yon all join me-aw- in a wam lemonade an we jined imtoo quick yes hes there yet an i guess he kin stay unlep the consumption gits away with im there haint notbin else down there thet kin do it thats sure f rv- thats nonsense her she isid norwvj3fei asorio kind i rxiigbtsto wilnir bvateh pearls of thought when flattery is unsuccessful it is but the fault of the flatterer a good surgeon must have an eagles eye a lions heart and a ladys hand the sap of pleasure sometimes has dregs that one must drink long afterwards he that is ohoioeof birtime will also be choice of bis company and choice of ibis action good taste rejeots excessive nicety it treats little things as little things and is not hurt by them j a great name is like an eternal epitaph engraved by the admiration of men on the road of time education is athome a friend abroad an introduction in solitude a solace in society an ornament love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is shortlived and tobaveilgueflts v v itlsiioj itfllwhave passed bttsaob tha weaw made to there is no end to the turns which can be given to words and phrases so as to raise a laugh american newspaperpeople are very fond of starting some joke to be added to by every local wit who will pick it np it is not a rolling stone which gathers no moss but a snowball wbjeh grows as it is rolled here is a big ball or a bunch of witticisms or a string of pearls or what ever else one may choose to call it the poet tennyson can take a worthless sheet of paper and by writing a poem on it make it worth sixty five thousand dollars thats geniouat vanderbilt can write a few wordsj on a sheet of paper and make it worth five mil lion dollars thats capital i the united statee can take anounce and a quarter of gold and stamp upon it an eagle bird and make it worth twenty dollars thats money the mechanic pan take the materuu worth five dollars and make it into a watoh worth one hundred dollars thartekib the merchant can take an artiole worth twentyfive cents and sell it for a douar thats busmeas a lady can purchase a verg comfortable i bonnet for ten dollars botp praters one that cost one hundred dollars thats foolishness the ditch digger works ton hoars a day and shovels three or four tons of earth far two dollars thats labor aeaterh paper ados we could write a check for seventynine million dollars anditwould not be worth one oent thats rough a sa whatslianohmrenbeadp are teachers and parents asking dailjr this question the power of reading 11 it possible to eetimaartfa- force all the pupils above the ago of nine years and many especially girls of a younger sue are not able to read hut are hungry tor readingmatter we asked v boy of oiir- teen reoer if tareadinuoh he did and ohj selling npon ws boors forthe last tyro weeks had wloundtmem i person is made tosnjoy igood eeeuy aetoonjot trees teaebetsoatmot hi