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rear horses examined as to soundness and certificates givea all calls night or day promptly attend ed to terms easy ch riggslxjs of the firm of rlgos at ivoxt tobcwto z will be ai campbell hoteloa the first monday of etery month in the practice of his profession all rerfc executed in the i atesi and most improved style of the dental art kb charge for oonsultafian terms 106 la adduce volume x no 3 the newspaper- a map of baay life ite fluctuations and its vastconoerns 9150 if not paid aoton ont7 thursday july 17 1884 whole no 472 ssr3b flmiaotmwiihtoniybtrthday- sometwng no other lias said something no other has written bomthing no othtf has read- something so other oould think of something no other oould say somethintf from yottr heart to my heart something tobrightenm day send me some wish for my birthday others will end kind words theirs are like talea oftbppeated youra are heart notes of mrda send me aome wish for my birthday something to gladden nd cheer something to think of to hppe for all through my new dawning year m a acton banking col storey ohristie fc oo baxkers vcton ontario a general banking busi ness transacted x0hey loahe ok appb0vss hotss notes discounted and interest allowed on deposits- dan mm tatjesiut moasntci jclt 17 1884 poetry a e matthews offers choice- orauges lemon red bananas pineapples cocoanuts strawberries dates fiss pure maple sjrnp fell lde or fresh canned goods ixd choice lot of oonfectioiiery p early vegetables choice hoasfpiants ice cream i m making ice crem this seson by a new recipe which even one pronounces equal to any to be had in the city fowix mcleak barristers solicitors kotariea convey ancers c- titor to lo4 orncx town hall acton i a mit w a jtclrxs p s goodwttrtk barrister sohciror kotry pnhhc ge0bgetowk actos eaeton orbce- in mrs secsrds block tohx dat architect saelplv ontario qrsce2il3s hotel bioc harket sjuare f liydtgstok lib huaustee tk solicrrogcqyrctjjrftb c grna kelt door to hynds jewellery store mill street acton t aix latglaw 4- co e baeelstebs ft solicttobs orrces over imperial back m wel lington street east entrance exchange alley toronto jobxbut q c c aiustes wtlllut lirulis- geoege kifieix trf- b bragg peactical kill3ight rearranging of flour mills a specialty p o address box 103 roacwood patests secured for ikyentioks hesrt grst otiiwi cumu 23 tears practice ko patsai ko pay jipas 3tcis 2cusas raccessor to t f chapman boohs inder st georges square gaelph accoont books of 11 kinds mt to order periodical of erery description caremly booad bttlingneatiyand promptly dune tjktf- hemstbeex licensed auctioneer for tbe counties of wellragtou and hilton orders left at the fsee pxzsrofooe actoni or at my residence ia acton will be promptly attended to terms reasonable xney a kmm also money to loan sa the mostfavorable terms and at tbe lowest nites of interest in bums of i5o0 and upwards t me fob sale li5e can be bid at the canada lime ff in email oe large quanttbet it any time apply at the kiln near toltons mill or so c s sktth may 1st 1682 boi 172 aero h ahlakbabjbeb shop v f wokdex has opened a barber shop in the premises lately occupied by dr fonter as a medical office and aolitau the patrocage of thu vicinity everydepattnientoftiiebasinesa will be conducted ittnrstxues style give at a call j p wobden june j8fli 163s lardine maiohinb oil ardcce has beex awarded cold and silver medals tttteeeyee lxiiierrei fanners threshers mill men save uoxe1 by usixg lard tne tivill anticcar lni or seal oil and warranted not to chc manafaqtared mccoll brds torohto tgjor sals in acloa t j e mcaarvin drug store wall aper window shades baby 0arria6e8 ck baskets big- sto at dars bookstore guexpu day sells oheaej established 1848 savagefs watch clock jewelry spectacle house stock prices right special attention to fine ifatefc bepalrlng b savace hear pctric sew dmjr str 6fe1ph having refitted my ice cream parlir i am in a position to pve good satisfaction to parties wanting cool drinks or icei cream by the- dish or qaart- aficnic parties supplied it s able rates please gmrjie a call eyerytfamg fresh everything cheap a e matthews acton fruit depot the sacrifice of the will this is the will of go3 even yoar banc- tification hard help itx to make a eciolete saenficc laid on thine altar oh my lord divine accept my gift ram day for jeans sake i have ko jewela to adorn thy shrine kor any worldfamed acnnce to make but here i bring within my trembhnjy hand this wnx of snxr a thing that loemeth small and thou alone oh lord canalnnder- fitnd how when i yield thee this i yield irr ill hidden therein thy searching raze can see struggles of pasiou visions of delight all thai i have or uc or rtrx tcoclxi be deep loves fond hopes and longings in finite it hath been wet with tears and dimmed with sighs clenched in my grasp till beauty hath it none kow from thy footstool where it vanquish ed lies the prayer asoendeth may thy will be done the blessing by fiith i receive from above 0 glory irr sool i jode rtarecr in love my prayer has prevailed and this moment i know the blood is applied i am whiter than snow grays inn it is a g is lired bi p si ue ptoey one m3bstjmmer eve a bloomsbory lodging on the second floor too everything looks dingy melj lowed dowu to that uniform brownish hue the combined result of london smoke and smuts yet it is a pretty little room for all that with a decided air of bding habitually ten anted by refined occupants a cheap but artisticlooking cretonne covers the furniture and a few excellent prints and well executed oil paintings adorn the calls one ray of the sunlight of this glorious midsnmmec eve makes its way through the chimney pots opposite it peeps into the room mghng a glory and a bright spot of color on a peacocks fan and glints loving ly upon the golden hair of a girl who sits on a low carved old chaijv with an open letter in her hand she is about nineteen or twenty slight and gracefullooking with a massof golden hair crowning a small exquisitelyshaped head well set upon her shoulders she wears a long plainlymade tightly fitting dress of soft gray cashmere with little white ruffles ai her throat and wrists and the hands that hold the letter are small white and daintily shaped the face is oval with just the faint suspicion of a faint shellpink ia the rounded cheeks which deepens into a more vivid hue in the wellshaped lips dark blue eves starry as the passion flower gleam from her long dark lashes and such is alison hacte artist she takes op the letter again and reads it it runs thus ifoorfield jane 2utii dear alisox i daresay you have al most forgotten the existence of your uncle john as you have never written to me since yourmothers death six months ago a friend of mine was in london this sea son and of course went to see the exhibi tion of the boyal academy and the other day when looking over his catalogue 1 saw the name of alison harte together with your address i am very glad to find you have so far succeeded at your profea- siou as an artist as to have your picture hung in the boyal academy i am told it is in devonshire the home of your toothers youth xjf u have never been there since you were a child so the place must have made an impressiou upon you it flatters an old man like me to think that some of the yoong people of the present day are not so utterly selfish and taken ap with the world bat that they can find time to recol lect the scenes of their childhood should you care to renew your ac quaintance with devonshire only say so and i shall be happy at any time to see you at moorfield i trust your father is well just let me have a- line to say you will come soon and believe me your affec tionate uncle joss mrrrish such is the letter which alison harte holds in her hand dearly she would like to accept her ancles invitation for the girl leads a hard life coining her brains for her daily bread working hard at her art so as to keep a roof over her head and that of her father the latter calls himself a literary man but in reality id a lazy gindrinking sot doing a little hack press work now and again for his proclivities are too well known for anyone to think of employing bapert harte regularly so he lives on the earnings of his daugh ter he ia her skeleton in the cupboard and it is of her father she thinks as she site with her uncle johns letter in her hand rapidly aha thinks over the state of her splendid finances she hungers andyearna for a little brightness and bravery in ter life this midsummer eve she feels stifled withtlwheatwdrtifiesaofltmidontacd feels she would like a blow in btmoor for est or in the delicious valley of bocks in her dear dead mothers native devonshire suddenly the stands up and takes two small oil paintings from the top of the old bureau and looks critically at them she thinks for a moment glances at the clock on the mantelpiece and sees it is only seven plenty of time she bohloquiwa chambers doea not shut until very late and i might get a couple of guineas for these she paoks them up in a portfolio and then patting on her hat and a small black fischu set oil for a picture dealers in the grays innroad good long walk and alison harte by the time she readies the dingy little shop which she soon leaves her port folio lighter and her meagrelyfilled purse just one sovereign and a half heavier 1 however alison harte has not had much of the brightness of life she knows joy only by negatives always thankful when things are no wonte she feels comparatively glad that she has disposed of herlittfesketches for een so small a sura x- it will bea help she reflects if she can manage to go to her uncles at moor field- oh mias harte the exclamation proceeds from the grimy maid of allwork aa she meets ali son in the dim hall when she arrives at the bloomabury lodgings after nine whats the matter jane she inquires her heart standing still with some vague ifeeling of apprehension your father miss wetir hes very ill miss this is a goodnatured evasion of janes who does not care to say rupert harte has been brought home helplessly intoxicated alison waits to hear no more a burn ing flash of shame passes over her face and she hurriedly rushes up the stairs and enters the sittingroom upon the sofa lies her father in a state of stupor his neckcloth removed whilst a tall man a total stranger stands by him he raise hxs hat as alison enters the apartment i have to apologize for my seeming in trusion he says in a grave pleasant voice bat i found this gentleman taken ill in the street and i have taken the lib erty of bringing him home thank yoa says poor alison the wave of shamed color again rushing over her face this is my father i shall at tend to him now as she is speaking the gentleman glances at the rough sketch which hangs over the sofa he is about thirty years of age tall and broadahooldered with a russetbrown beard good kindly brown eyes and a handsome mouth which shows beneath his short moustache i am sure i do not know how to thank yoa murmurs alison as he bows gravely in reply to her former words yoa can thank me he says with a little smile by telling me if yoa are the painter of the sweet devonshire landscape which i in this years academy that is the rough sketch of it i fancy and he indicates the sketch oer the sofa i am alison harte and the painter of the picture she replies simply but look there is something dreadfal tne matter with my father his face has become of a corioas ashen color whilst a thin white line appears around his thin lips the gentleman gives one glance at him and then says i shall go and fetch a doctor but the rider on the pale horse has come and by the dawn of the midsammer day alison harte is an orphan the summers glorious radiance has fled autumn is throwing her russet man tle over valley and upland and alison harte throwing her slender resources to gether has come to antwerp the city of bubens there to study the work of the great master she feels vary lonely her eccentric ancle john she has offended becaase she will not accept his proposal utterly to give up her art and to become bis house keeper in the doll old devonshire manor house henry bteuntou the man who had brought her father home on the midsummer eve she had seen very often and then his visits suddenly ceased and left an aching void in her life which alison would not acknowledge even to herself a letter for you miss harte says the servant of the tentum where she boards as she arrives from the studio one after noon- it is official looking and it is bordered with black alison- takes it to her own room leisurely opens it her amazement growing greater ani greater as she pro ceeds it is from a firm of well known london solicitors her uncle john mellish of moorfield is dead and be haa left her sole heiress to the property on condition tha she marries the only son of big old friend jacob hemsworth whose property joins moorfield there is to be no appeal from this de cision doea alison refuse tbe froperty goes to jaoob hemswprfci fria ahsoh if indignant sfaerjujows bar uncle was always eccentric fasjt she baa not been prepared for this no aheeao- not marry a man she does not know any thing about her pure womanhood revolis against the idea of giving her hand without her heart and of late ft baa occurred to her that her heart has gone out of her own keeping j alison harte tits down and writes to the lawyers quietly informing them that she does not care for property hampered with such conditions a week passes away alison is too reti cent to make many friends and therefore has not spoken of the lawyers letter io anone she devotes herself aa usual to her ncrk and returns one late afterucoa very reary and fagged to find henry staunton waiting to see her she can scarcely restrain her emotion at the sight of a friend he takes her two hands in his and looking down afher says in a concerned tone yoa are looking tired why you look u though you could be blown away you seem so fragiw alison looks up at him instinctively she feels a rest and a shelter in the grasp of his strong bands and as she looks at him for that brief instant there is la look in his kind eyes which she cannot mistake alison he whispers bending over her i have come for you can you love me sufficiently to be my wife i a start and a quick flash is tbe only re sponse it is enough for henry staunton and he folds her in his strong sheltering arms and so alison he says tanteliriagly you were fond of me all along v what do yoa mean she inqoiree did you not refuse moorfield because it was burdened with jacob hemsworths son how do you know 1 know a good many things be says looking down at her sweet face more than yoa do for yoa did not know that i am jacob henuworths son but i loved you and wanted you to love me far myself i am henry staunton hemsworth i yes she replies softly her heart filled with great joy i could not think hi marrying anyone else because i loved you one midsummer eve the young mistress of moorfield returned to her mothers old home the happy wife of jaooo hems- worths son agricultural briefs cattle are the basis of all good husband ry our pioneer farming in this country is grain after grain crop after crop drajft after draft until natures cashier writes unmistakably ko funds in the bank and then the pioneer often sells and moves on to the ruin of more fresh fields j the first steps in underdraining are the most costly it is then that the larger main drains are to be dug and laid and this is expensive in proportion to the bene fit where money is scarce it is better to make small drainsynto a brook or other natural outlet and defer the more expen sive job until the first drains have earned the money to accomplish the larger out lay beiora oodcladu to bow buckwheat it is well to look ahead and cal culate what crops are to succeed it the fou jowing season corn and wheat will not do well after buckwheat and as for oataor barley the previous crop will appear as a weed and greatly decrease the value of the crop when threshed buckwheat getting into land requires two or three seasons ito entirely eradicate if canada thistles are plowed under in midsummer just before getting into bios som it will patch the sap that rots it so rapidly that the en feebled root cannot recover of course ihe top should not be cut off but turned to ihe bottom of the furrow with a chain attached to the plow buckwheat sown on uienew- ly turned furrow will help to smother the thistles ornamenting school grounds it is pleasant to read the warm words spoken by ood and influential men in favor of planting school grounds not only for adornment and shelter bat for all the reasons for which pictures are put into schoolbooks to teach facts and to impaess them by actual seeing so that tbs lessons cannot be fotgotted ko pictures tan be quite so true or so folly detailed fcs tne living objects which an each a volume j in themselves turning new views to hie obsrr4 or continually there is an inoreasiiig- advocacy of this excellent sort of school equipment and we must hope that there is increasing practice of it especially several leading firms have published tteir readiness to supply seeds and plants jfot schoolyards planting at almost so cost tain conditions to secure them being ol ved one speaker on this subject lal said out the children most be upon for the ornamentation ot the ooonj it is time then to begin than another writer says that sanitary ment especially as regards era eto should have ittflrst patterns oo school grounds whence it would through towns and homes every shakespeares autograph it may be of interest to those who make the subject s stndyto know that then are only five genuine signatures of shakespeare known to be in existence one is in the london library the other in the british mnseum one attached to his will at doc tors commons and two is possession ol private collectors a highland proclamation the following is a proclamation said to have been once uaaed at ssnmore a ane time ho yes an a twa time bo yes i an s tree time ho yes to a them wha hae gotten the spoke english no persons at no time after nor psfore will pa peats nor bowk heather on my lord preatal- appins moss or my lordship to pe sorely will prooght them pef ore her to be paheatet and syne hangt and gm shell come bask till pe waur done till her nor a tat pride and vanity no two qualities in the human mind are more essentially different though often oonfounded than pride and vanity the proud man entertains tbe highest opinion of himself the vain man only strives to infuse such an opinion into the minds of others the proud man thinks admiration is dus the vain man is satisfied if ile can but obtain it pride by etatalinesa de- mands respect vanity by little artifices solicits applause pride therefore makes men disagreeable and vanity ridiculous gems of znglish prose temper is so goods thing that we should never lose it the more we help others to i ear their burdens the lighter our own will be it is as great a point of wisdon to hide ignorsnoe as totdiscover knowledge a man of the world may have enough of tbe world to sink him but hs oan never have enough to satisfy him t i it is not work that kills men it is worry it is not the revolution that destroys the machinery but the friction it is more important to discover a new source of happiness on earth than a new plant in the sky happiness is a fruit which if it grow not at our own homes we need not expect to gather in strangsrs gardens the object of all ambition should be to be happy at borne if we are not happy there we certainly cannot be happy elsewhere it is the best proof of the virtues of a family circle to see a happy fireside we should take a prudent care for the future but sou to enjoy the present it is no part of wisdont to be miserable today because we may happen to be so tomorrow f il patch of that acoountihr4adet least oneo aoargetio and gsdiliehoioded tbeohiurenabpiiw by afli scsbare toh ptaitbbj mattef jdtbetrwiitw the old man sized hun tip old han my son yon dont appear to know any more after your four years st college than you did when yon started young man why i was ko 1 in gym nastics gymnastics dont earn bread and but ter but see what splendid physical health i have i just tell vou what the gynmas- tic professor did not let any grass grow under our feet theres not a young man in the country with such a stock of muscle as i gained at college ah in that case it is all right ill ap prentice you to a blacksmith it grains of gold wise bits it is not what wearn but what we save that makes us rich it is not what we intend but what we do j that makes us useful it is not what we read hut what we re member that makes us wise hare money and less credit wol bring more happiness and less misery itisuotwhatwe eat but what we digest that makes as strong it is not a few faint wishes bat a life long straggle that makes as valient the reefs on which mankind are wreck ed are not confined to old ocean wall bteeet has some very deadly ones he took the trousers them pants is too short said a huck ster who was bargaining for a pair of trous ers but dey rill stretch my beat dey vill stretch yost hang vtights on de legs and stretch dem ef ery night dot keeps de psgs oud si de knees they are too dark continued the customer dark said the dealer i vat matter is dot de color ish sot fast and dey vfl fade dree shades in two days they are too wide m the legs objected the huckster and the accommodating deal- m oda garments said plant at this stage is fulliof j vey tons dey get schmaller side ways de more you rears dem de pettex4ey fits yoa look at that big grease spot said the particular buyer oh dots noding said the dealer you vill hat dem all ofer vaggin creese in less aa von week i draw off ten cent for dot spot yoa take them for a toilar vorty be took them r take it home a levelheaded newspaper man oomst down as follows we presume that some people think that newspaper men are per sistent dnns let a faxmer place himself in a similar business position and see if he would not do the same sappose he raises a crop of one thousand bushels of wheat and his neighbor should oome to bay a bushel and the price was only the small am of two dollars or less and his neigh bor says i will pay yoqthesasnina ycry few days as the farmer does not want to be a small man he says all right another comes in the same way nntil the whole of the thousand bushels are gone out to one thousand different persons and not one ol tbe purchasers oo himself about it for it ia a small amount he owes she farmer and of course that mold not help him any he does not realise that the farmer has frittered away his crop of wheat is lltue dribbles and that he is seriously embarrassed in his inarhum be osksee his debtors keetit m a uttasmattar bit if ell would pe h jsotrjtrf trhich board wherever it is possible stsjuaahet oonld do as srellae not ajtmd ha abjirhiidi lfl vesyletge amoao en able him io earqrojmtaitlttafc flifflcaltt ths sitawgrlssw tot tmof the dtffaatt sfrjfcfcswtsye l lnannatftotetsndwbh ueligion is not a thing of noise and spasm bat of silent relfsscrinoe and quiet growth there are always a few who believe in the qoadratore of the circle and the per petual motion r life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning bnt jt is often wiser to unlearn than to learn who is wise he that learns from every one who is powerful t he that governs his passions who is rich he that isoon- tent then an a great many duties that can not wait unless tbey an done the mo ment they present themselves it is not worth while to do them at all perhaps yoor master knows what a capital plowman you an and he never means to let yoa become a reaper becaase yoa do the plowing so well jfi she was artless and she was kind he was a married man hlessed ot the opposite as the reader may determine with an extremely jealous wife one even ing not long ago he seised a chance oppor tunity to do escort tola charming miss of sweet 16 whose blue eyes and dark droop ing lashes btgrcisfri a glamor over every man who happened to come within range of their charm at last her home was reach ed and as they paused at the gate the maiden turned her lovely orbs full upon him and said im so grateful for yoar jriiulness sir t dont mention it i beg of yoa be ejaculated gallantly very likely tha imsophistirated maiden misunderstood shametave of his remark for she quickly answered in a reassuring oh i oersmly wont sir as long as i live m you dont wish me to i i tol yo so an old lady who was in the habit of boasting after the occurrence of any ent that she had predicted it was one day sold by her worthy spouse whogot tired of bearing her continual i told yoa so rushing into the hoase breathless with ex- dtement he drop into a chair elevated his innha and exclaimed oh my dear what do yoa think f the old oow has gone and eaten op the grind stone i the old lady was ready and hardly waiting to hear the last word she scream- 1 ed ont at the top of her longs i told yon so i told yoa so you al ways would let it stand oat of doors pearls of thought god is great and therefore be will be sought god is good and therefore he will be found tthe great ends of lifeare best gained by him who in all his conduct is animated by the love of christ christian charity is a calm wise thing it will sometimes appear to the superficial observer a very hard thing lor it has the courage to refuse the gospel is not siarnlaphiloaophy at religion or law of life but it is an apo- calypso showing the heavens to oarthonght end so brmgmg itsspirilusl benedietiousto every heart and life such a thiokbead a school board man called to see why johnny wisslow had not been to school recently why said mrs winstar ha was thirteen years old last week sir i im sun hes piiim enough bfihonlingnoeghl exclaimed the of- fioial a did iwtiluish my education on- tu i was mama audtwepty i mrs winslow who heard this remark looked at the school board msastnoment then ntrsalmodj lar4orlyou dons mean to say yoa wesooh thickhead as tkatr tbe ofto not reply in r a singlawnstfclnsh irharasjoi it t m