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4:i hum! /-' ' H1NC1 i ' ST-.ITf' l F.itr. i lAlVN. M TDCK attractive arid lcs; CeTswrgsv "iier- - ris'. ' .v ' si U^aes. Set* to-: caps, it isware ISCOTT. oes :' A' ;cture, lias just i it- ORE, >N iDREN, 2d any^btre.' Perfect, 8*Gs- somv p B. ing com- >r" Vohimc1!. \o. ACTON, QNT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 31876. . :'_ M'SIXES? i\\RI)$: ,".; ^\V^Hi. LOWRY. M. B yi, J ' *,f- "'-'"^v eTulnatoof Tilutt.v -<*dllhrcb Mewlwrji*! Colliegic r I'h.vMclnn* DR. R. MORR<MVr~phvsi- dan, Siuio;i:i, J.e iol l.oltvvu..' i?ol- lr;,t. Xi'ir V>iri:,iil;tiir-|iltitti(> ot Victoria Co.tiio, Cvn.'i'.:>. i_\uiM\llaiioli ilnvs Tucsj.-iy-Hi'1" K'USavv. (,\>m :> *'. m, till i jx m. Koi>licv-\Vi'H Bower street; Ac-rvj-S. / t -.!;""' '- . AftES MATTHEWS. Von- :*UCj.-.r i^ia-rul >laiii;oi.,'consols ;xrnH?"pvX. y,crK t'u;Wih i i^Kuu Count, C*>Ul. \h fcJ.-TUl., -Ac. AOMN. OXT. - ; iy)ixiO.HARNESS SHOP. TAflJ D. HEVDEUSOX. Convey- :*ii<-cr, w., ;i:m> Aseut Canada r.ile As-i'.ir.i:K>i.- Ov. De-edx. MrlRKfS, Jtc-i prer*iteJ iipaily, ivroui...Uy, orsVclly aJ o:i H--i-\.-.:rtl'.e terms.' . Muiii'V t-.i'., Loio o:* .Mortgage security, uiliee Uko>gow House. Aietoir J-D.! M ATHESOX. Attorney- I K iu-uitv,1 iv.nioiioi .ui i"l-.:iiu-i'r.v, :f5fY< Ao. Oilier Corner of Aiak-. and i"!iV.rcn j*-"*' Streets. Georgetown T* 7JK. LAIMiAW, Barrister. Acton, Nov. 25, Tho mbscribbr begs to announce to tho inhabltaMs. of Acton nnd vicinity thai hb has comuiouced tho harness business in tho ! . Old Post Office Bullying, MILL STREET, ACTON, whore! ho is prepared .tbuurn out work second tp notio in tho Domin ion, 'as cheap!- as':tho cheapest, "ind on the shortest ^possible notice. I have n b:in(t tv largo iiud wellTsjeleci- ed stock pt. , I . Horso! Blantots. Wiipc Brusios. !i .{cpAi'ritag :prprhptly jattended to. e ixie a c;illand be convinced. : ,T. F. D-fiMP&EY lS7ir..'."- '-..-. Till. DL1.VD MAX'H UltlDE. . When ijrst, .bclovcil, in vnnislieil hmirH Tlio blind m:ui sought thy luiml tognhi, They said thy cheek wis bright an (lowers New freshened by tho Buinmer'u ruin. The beauty which iinidu them to rujoicu My ttnrkeiied uyijn luij^ht never Hue ; But well I knew thy ynitle roiiv, :. And tlnit was all iii all to me. At length, aa years' rolled swiftly on, They talked to mo of Time's ilceay, \ Of roses from'thy soft eheck goiu% Of ebon ;t ressi-s tu rued'to gray. -: - 1 heard them, but1 heeded not, .':.,' The witlivring ehano'- I eonld not'neo; Thy riiicr still ehei-red niy.darkenod lot. And that was ail in all to me. And still,' beloved, till life grows cold, We'll wainler !neath the genial Hky, Anil "only know that we are old, ' By "counting happy hour* gone by ;. Thy cheek may loose its blushing hue, Thy brow less beautiful may be, Hut O, tlie.-ivid' which tirst I.knew, - Still keep.-! the same sweet tone tome'. Hamilton, 10 K as _*lr<-^: ; -Miltosi, Jlsiu s-.iv.-t. The MiiLoa Offico '.will b' uudi.'^ ihe"manaj:e-' mrnl "oT- n. \V.-C.iuipl> si. :m 1 Mr. t.-mt- lav w.sj rti'.^aj at mL ".\ltltoa ui!iee"'i .on FijttlaJ?ti.'t!i<*u wcjicL A CTOX B-iliERY. H EXRY r. I>RlKE, INStK vm t Atll Ac^Bt for ti:e ^ie-^v--l!.i,.; 1 LA.1I VXiuesT I'iari^leJ lf.> ' faiti'.'iiiliy uiU'-cd-.d i>-i ;NV. (itEiwi, ana ^Vuttrloo. i^ ca.'e w i I Of Or\!er> n' juiiil H. L. UliAKK -ptTENTS for J.WEXTIOXS la CAti;U E.uroix*, Fa:<*u: ipia rallies J vr t.o ^n;\r>;c- s^nU for prluve-.i :a>!ri;c:;.on>.. Aj-miW \n optr*'. au.jui;rU~.^.tr.s. " HSNK'i U.l.I-^T, j -toni* a::<,I l. :i:^:;l >:ii:tii. . The subscriber begu to Inform tlio In. n itxrtuuis of Acton uad viciulty-lliitt ho' ks^repareU to supply- * ' ] ] J Fi^st-class Bread, Buns, Cakes /Biscuits, etc ,,! i THE WEE WIFIE. Vi nUilW WATklXS, -Utier S<:arr1Sfer llrro-scs Ortiflcatc-s, Bti*iu*.-akH puvale alit.1 cactUleiyiial -aiS a*.; -*i-1 Po> Cwty Ha:to:i. - L'la^e. (tiOiiwimazxi* ! IV fits. S- CJLBTK1E. ' 'Teacher of 32o>Ir.^>raTTins atiJPrrnrii, ". ' .-.;'. Chervil sir c'-i Attoti -t -XJ Ac:.'>is; Out- >: ij -the .ro:'Lre-:iM.tr,:ii>:t-" 'lion gi*rari;ct:v- V , t^i^sterer .- [-.' u-i.l-M:i. :i in .riu-t U.11A b^ivisl^c CEO'S FhQtR 3ZK&S.S. - dliL NldivUlS', Proprietors. ':' Flc*jr-"ifii-J b'cxrd. afw-ay* c-n (uin I. w]irj<-- Rb^siv lioisfc, ictou- CT'^ li> tr'- (?;-'Ir-Jtai way SUttirn. Uac publ cr->^ 10trr- t;; r.jiu; way suitifMi. | / Irllt ic*GSjruIUtZ*i- t"il XV" Hi-* I' :*vel- _( ablic'.ilUjJ^. ;C.X?a:-iiEL.l., i'r^j r ph Dd, i'iIIXIU Ii--.oeA - . n-< Ho:--i is Kj!e witn ire X IldTEL, .A'ctoa. lU.rrlt U ) ill '-Eir.-vI-rl:iS lur'ri. iturr. O^n-int-ri'iiil Trxveiit-rs vr\ l f.t,fl j^o-^J' :'Cc*>ii.mixiilhiri aiid o>m iau !txn s^icnpi--* iWiUis.^jA-'cial AO-i.tioM paii to th-i vuo^ o' tbt-.travt;* lini pu^.-licV Ka?-upp.it* r. wrttx u.ie- ->t LiQUors "i'.'J t'"i^:*Tii.:" UUOi a-^.bii:Xjg liliti ttnUve'iio-tUtrrs. I .1 OVAL EXtllAXGE HOTEL Ac:on.VLt. j K-bt- Drcxic I'np. Kani plfi r-X'iri> i^n^e luiUcommodious f 1 r Cdmmfrttal: i'ru-v^ii^ra^* L^-i iwconv mociaUpta-forTnivtiliersunti Gctsis. iit^t bnuj'ii'of *i'i*'.trs atitl Ctir >rs at the "iBaT. tfoud SUiiliii? iUi4 alilentive 1X >t"ftrs.' - w 31. HEHSTSEET, licensed Auctioneer j- K6f'th5.bountiu<. otw.t'irii gti-n an(l"fl:il- toitl. urters H :H tho Kkkk fn^s l/ffie^ a.ct>ir, or ai,i-uiy rt-=-i'ieufcer Kocfcw<vicl. will beproixj^tly aUfci.eJet' Termsftu^onaljle.;: , -, .; t , V pAVIS<fX^ LICEHSED AJCTI8NE R _ For.tfcc tonnty of UaSton. -Sales a'.tende 1 Ui "In am" part County, silxi:asnpubpb ruK-s. "' JLdi'-.eiil . A.. IriVID-fUN-, .* 'CaiYlpb-llVill of ahe P.<_b V TZ'ESXEBTtS Marble Works, .--'_. ._ OjVtJosite si4e j'.fri.ui Hills tctToodfello'W's Foundry, raid Xear Ersiuiosa Bridjjt tinclph. G. D. PRI2TGLE, "-; Watchmaker, GuelpH. <:ueli;fi; Feb; 1. 1AT6, ' * ..-^ ALL KI-NI'S OP Tomb Stones, JMantle ] Pieces,' kd, made toaiy siwor ;de=i<m, ami pat up hi |any part y ihe ttMnxiy. - \ ' ]&' Scotch. Granite ;Mohn- ment3 imvorted to order: P.-.S. A- Kennedy is a prac- tidsl'mirble cutier. , ' PLANi^sra MILLS _A$D Sow PHOTOGRAPHS; is the Time for Ctueap I'ictures. Bst Ketonehetji and Burnjshetl -thotograghs reduced to gl.Ofl per 4to&Bif at the ^ - Otitctrio Bltoioyraph Gallery,, Acton. . Call at oac-and obtain a good and r- Cheap, picture, finiBhed ^n the best r-*\ #tyle, before 'prices are: again 4d-> "*" Twoced. c; 'I ,- N,B..-r'Sre were awarded all the j_ fiflfr frizes over ill conjpetitors-.at ifio late Goua'tyifAir at M.i-ton>' Oct. ;, lath and 14tb, 187i5. - , ' Photo. . -- 4*ton, Nov.26, J875, .'. 22-3m #4 -E ABM FOR $ALE. ces. JBrW^Hr One, hundred- a<jrea. of- land, well Wooded, being the fast half of Lot 21, m thej 3rd Concessit a, in the Tpwwship ^f Esquesing. For partjdiaar8Jiidres I ; . - , TH951AS gLsrvik,. ' Brift^,p%,'Ont.,lNov..30, 1875. I^ump, Sasli, Door and Blind Factory. EBBACE & CAMPBELL, Manufacturers" of ^rittd^v Sash, Doors, - Venptiaii Blinds Mouldings, " And other Building Requisites Also Makers of; IfSSS.O'TZ'D ST7CTI01T PTOEPS LJuiQher Planed and Breued to orde -in the best manner. " \. ^ All/work guaranteed. , r Aoton, Jnlyl, 1875.' - ' Z>t\RE MILK. "i The undersized beg to thank his customers for: the liberal -pa'aonage re- cfcived dining the summer,", and Would ay thotrhd is now" prepjied to supply An additional jnumber of<;n*ton> era with ojtd.' pnre, Ivcsh inilk deliver- cJl every morn'ng, anil twice a <iay on Saturdays. Parties who-keep cows will find iimuch cheaper andj less.trouble to ft milk delivered at their doors, and ey . would do woll 1 o sell their cowb d buy their milk.' Twenty-one quart tickets for $1, if paid-in advance, ox twenty-cne pint tickettfor 50 cents. h ' '- , P.S. AUM.STRONO. j Actan^Xdy,- 10th, 1875. r '. ' " ^The ituvdent on wnich the following narntivo of feminine henjism is founded lias been recorded by n0.lc.s3 illubtrioas an author than .Sir. Walter Scott, Who all.jdes_.to it in the \oluniinous notes to one >-f his hil.jtiirable no\;e1s. 'J'he 4>rin- ei_.i;il event's incurred in or near Kdin-. bagh. about'jthe yeaF 17H>, nnd the. Kuglish suitor of our le]oine wad (tut* of t-li'e eomniisd'oners sent by government" to .manage tlie_cstate3 forfeited by the rebellion.] C1IAPTKR I: . AVLD HM SYXK," Tr.ivejlliiig fdr pleusni-e in the Inst century %v-j^ too exjiensivo mul ar duous to he iitreinpted excejit by those \yht5. iii jiddilion to! loiig purscj!, possesiiud plenty of leisure and- conrngf. J'he young totiplo who now duliiite whether to spend Christmas ut horuu'or abroad, would then have been dismayed at the 1 .-prospect'of a journey .that would have involved 80 liTa'ny U-dious liours - spent in n couch, or sailing -vessel. - . .: It was, therefore, no mere holi- day-umkin'g that brought Allan Macfartniie, the sole snivivor oft a higliiv1 reapeeUiblo fntnily, a niiddle- nge.ii, yet still- handsome and iniel- ligeiit -law-writer, to Hamburg,, nt X.'hristma.s ttiim. .Much as he .vas enjoying the cliange.from lji.s dull olKco iu'.oiiRiof the quiet<-st st.rrets of'Kdinbmgli Ko,rthis lively seaport, he won Id not have been there ht such an inelerneiit. season but for affuiiH tlfat were too important to be'entrusted to an agent or clcrki But having this salve, to. his con science, he made much ojf his'holi day ; and notwithstanding tho drawbacks of winter, he did not hesitate to:em.pl.oy sucli tinio as he could snatch 'from business in visit ing those "parts of , the city beat worth .seeing. He had paused on -the- quay one morning to gaze at the busy; scene it presented, when a respectable, elderly woman, who had been fol lowing him ever since he passed an hotel .in. one of the best streets, gently twitched his sleeve. His surprised glance told hiin nt once .she was 11 country woman of his own, and her dress .more charac* - Eristic in those, 'days than now . enabled him to decide that she was a"' domestic in some respectable if not afiluent Scottish family. . She curtsied low when s-he found that she had succeeded in attract ing' his attention, and addressed him with what was half query, half apology : . " Ye'll no think . me rude fori stopping you in the "public way, if it's Macfarlane you are called." " My: name .certainly is Macfar lane, but I do not ..think I know you, my good woman," ho replied. " It's ho matter, sir," she rejoin ed, briskly, "for ye ken my master weel enough ; at least, hjej says so Major Hugh Eisfeine itjis. He saw yon pass his window yestereen and again this morn, and he bid me tun after you and fetch you tohim. I was to say that if ye havena for gotten the old limes when ye were boys together, ye'll come and seo him now he's ill and helpless." .'" Hugh Erskino here !" : Mr.. Macfarlane's thoughts re verted instantly to 'the days when he had' been-wpt to envy gay, hand; some Hugh,! who, more fortunate than himself; both in - parentage and position, was able to choose his own course in"life j-who, there fore, entered, the army,' and went to rlndia, while he though of an equally adventurous turn of mind ___wiis forced to accept the more monotonous profession of the la>. Hugh Erskine ill !--he _who&e re markable strength of constitution had so often excited the admiration, of his more pun_y associates 1 ! _. Mr. liacfarlane-indisthictly re membered hearing that the dashing ypung-eoldier had married ' soon after He landed in India; but after that, the name of his boyhoodVs friend had rarely reached his ears-. Once, indeed, he had read with in: terest an account of. a daiir/g ex ploit in which Major Erflkine had ated -with great courage, but even this bad occurred so many long ' T~-------. ' ' "I will [visit your master with ple'nure_ if you will give mo his address or] show mo the way," lie said to the woninn. "Has ho been residing hero long?" " .Mail- j weeks then I. caro to count!" sho answered with a sit(h, as ;a1io proceeded to guide hint to the hotel ;\ " for thoy have boon sad ones, baith to tno and others !" '.Did Ii understand you to say ho is sor-iously ill 7" , Sho molded an affirmative, and explained bhat the Major had been so severely wounded in tho skir mish reported in , tho newspapers thud he never regained Iub health, nnd'had been advised to return tot his native] country. Dreading tho severity of a Scottish winter, he had j evaded it so far by remain ing oh the; Continent ; but latterly 'he had been seized with a vehement |desire to behold his birthplace once morpjthat; ho had insisted on mak ing the attempt. Thorejult was that, ufter travelling by easy stages as far as Hamburg, his'excessive weaKneas ..rendered him unable to go Any further. "Irisupjloso Mrs. Erskino is with him'?" observed Macfarlano, when ho.bad gathered from the woman's tale that. Iiis friend's state was a hopeless oue. . '. . . 'ff Heeh.sir ! did ye no ken that the bonify i'leddy died inot'iy n long year ago . il-was with the regiment for tny .'.glide man \vas a ser geant in it,- and I iiuised her, and, closed her;beautiful een,;and when it iwiis all o-.ver, I comforted the pirn1 bairnji as weel as I could ; nhd 1 have been with them ever sin'." ' frhen niy old friend has a fam ily about him V '*','. "jTwa lile losses, sir as gude as they' are, Jbomiie !" she responded wipjng awiiy the tears'that gathered thickly on Iher eye-lashes. "The Lurd help and comfort them!"'sho added, solemnly, "for they'll sune be orphan's though they! diunii think it!". ' - - j _ . .".' _! ^Ir. Macfarlane said a few-words of .sympathy, and then was silent, fo'- he began to suspect that it waa anxiety 011 account of his children that had .make Major Erskin so eHger to see hiin ; jand-. ho had just relinquished the;"guardianship of half ;U dozen boisterous, self- willed young people, -who had been such troublesone wards that he felt no iilicliuation ] to encounter another ordeal. - It was; therefore, with mingled sensations real re gret for the condition of poor-Hugh, and a resolve'.to. evade any s;ich trust if it were proposed to him .that, he follow'ed Annot i Murdoch ' into the presence of her master. Major Krskin, the* pale, haggard in valid, in whose sunken ejes .the light of life was nearly exhausted, was but ujfaint shadow of tho bold, merry-lad ihe had once known, but he brightened up at the sight of a familiar fae. 1 thought that -I should have {$1.00 per annnm ifn Advance. ordinarily calm_ prudent writer for- jjet everything but Agries; and after pacing, the room ! two or three times, the w'stfui eyes of his friend- following him where he -went, he cime back to his seat. j.'. -" " Hugh Erskine, I need not tell you it is impossible that I should take your daughters to my own. .,. - . . , , house. [You know well enough b|.B engagement, begged tUat your sweet Agnesiis too lovely erskine m.ght be excused. ^ beJeXp6sed & t|e risk of scandal making free with her name, even though I am as old as her father. It is,'therefore, impossible, unless, she consents to become my wife,! I never thought to have wedded"- at all, more especially one'so many years niy junior ; arid-it is scarcely. lair to ask a.girl just entering wo manhood to give herself ;to" a than whose-;youth, has long heen over; but if her heart is free- . " It; is 1 it is! exclaimed the fatherj , " You are sure of tliis1" Mr. seen our Allan," he old sjiid, haunts once more, as Macfarlane sat by tho couch on which he reclined ; "but that hope has died out. My doctors have plainly told me that the voyage would finish me off" at once: and. for the sake of my litle grils I want to leave as long as I can. ..', " It's tleir fate," he went on to say, after'a pause,.'that troubles me, Allan ! I jnieant. to take them to Seotland,1and hunt up my kinsfolk, that they".Plight have some one or other to vyutch over them when I am-gone ; but Providence denies mo this boon, and iny anxiety is ver}' great. You must see. tho. poor children ; they have heard me talk about you so much and so often, that you'll not bo like a stranger to them." .'":' Mr. MicFarlane rose from hiii chair, and stammered something about an engagement; but Major Erskine was bent on having his oWn way. | . "No, Allan_, you must not go! I to know and like them. be Birch a inexpressible comfort tbj me to feel that I have want you It -Would whosa name sho is so well acquaint ed iahore?" ,-'.-! ^Anhot ,tx>}d her, papa," was the half-whispered reply; "but she will noti como." . . , "But I-desire it!" said her fath er, nngrily;. " Go back .atid say to hor, that 11 command her to come: hero!"':! ' j Allai> Macfarlane, who would; fam have been Spared the-unpleus-: itutry of seeing a sulky child drag-1 ged into tho room, and lectured in his presence for feeling no anxiety: to behold a'g'rave, middle-aged law-; writer, snatched up his hat, aiid, pleading Mb that Miss Ei But it Iwai to; no purpose. The! Major vyas peremptory; and, fear-: ijig - that 'Iuj would excite himsolf dangorousl;-j, his fretting guest re-! sumed his seat aiid the conversa tion. ; " . j With much, animation he was discussing, some changes that had taken place "at a spot with which' both wore familiar, when ho chanc? ed to raise his eyes, "and 'they fell upon a youjng girl who had noise lessly glided .to hor father's chair, and was standing behind it, furtive ly glancing at; the eloquent speaker. But while jbe, perused the linea ments of Agnes Eirskine, he forgot to finish hU sentence.. Never had lie seen) one so dtdicately lovely a> the daughter of his friend; and when, ambjirrassed by his gaze., her eyes sajuk ; modestly,. and the pale pink of her cheeks deepened into tho richest crimson, he; forgot to apologize, so entranced wjas he with tlio additional beauty her confusion lent her. Major Ei-skrne looked on and smiled, as he saw the cause of tho grave law-writer's sudden silence. "But hcj did not speak.-till, with a start and a" blush as deep as the young lady's, Allan Macfarlane re covered! himself, and stammered an fcxeuso. ' "Agnes !is foolishly shy," her father said.jgently drawing her for ward ;" but she will try to con quer tlis 'when- she knows that.it pains n e foj- her to avaid the per son whose^friendship I hope to se cure for her." "It was not because Agnes is shy that she did not wish to come aijd see Mr. Macfarlane," inter posed the more loquacious. Etfie. " She knew you wonld ptaiBe her to him, papii, and sho was afraid he wonldbe disappointed in her, espe cially an she hadn't time to don a pretty goWn." - L Disa]ipointed in, her! If she could, have .peeped into tho heart of the quiet,' reserved gentleman, who now.led her so court'ously to a. chair, and1 addressed her ever and ahou with 'such stddied politeness, she would have learned that she -was the- irijearnation of his brightest dreams of] girlish beauty. but. still liis visitor stayed, for he had overcame the timidity [of the modest nuiideh, and discovered that she could converse sensibly' and- pleasantly. Her wandering life with her father had expanded her mind, and at u tiine when young oi'rls were:not .as carefully educated a'? they jarif now, it was rare j to find one so well-informed as Agnes Er skine I I .."You will come again V tie Ma jor said, when Mr. Mac "arlaiie, asliamep at fhe length of Lis call, rose to go] j"I shall want you to help me to reconcile these poc r child ren to it-he trial that must soon come upon.them. I cannot jonceal frofn; theni much 'lonjge^.'thl t in a few days^r weeks arifrftheit they will be left alorie,"' A smotlhered exclamation made his dee])ly! affected visitor lcok up, Agnes iad overheard her : 'other's reumrkB, and with every feature convulsed with agony, was totter ing1 from.the room, careful, 1 iven in this moment of anguish, tt spare him the sight" of her. distress. Fearing that she would falrit, Mr. Macfar kne hurriecl after h it, and BUstainpd nnd consoled her f^ill she she answered, nestling close to hiui of her own accord) ' "And~ yet it is true ;.T must: be __ . /the most covetous, the most exacts" - Thoso tidings, and tho mental ling of men.for I shall have, an end sufferings of tho Major, made the/:" "" """ -"T-t-" '-' -^ credulous enough to si>ecuh>te with their mother's fortune, and it is lost! When I die; there is nothing for them absolutely nojthing!" in view in all I "shall do for your comfort and happiness. It is to win your heart) my Agnes:y to ha ve.the rich-jewel of you^lovo given to-me freely and fully.'.- T do not ask;"for it toe late, do I ?. No Other has cap tivated your fancy, and biought you to look scornfully on tho wco ing of the plain-visaged, .elderly Allen Miicfarlan'e ^ ' . "Ah !| noT; fjhe"' atiswered; and pressing ;a' score of kisses' os lier blushing face,-he1 released, her, that see might go. and warn Anhot ..that- their arangernents .foi; their- deT parture might jbe made' at once. Yet, ere she reached the door, lie called her back, that he mightrteach those rosy-lips to call hini. Allah' and " my husband," and reward her for it with moire tender words and caresses'.- ".-'-'-., /T-o be tdntinued.) .... - seemed a friend for them in you !" was partially resigned to the im- iVllan Ma':farlane g'roaned inward-J pending death of her parent. years ago that he had forgotten the clrqarhstarice . till -this incident btoiight it back to liis momoij. iy. The net he; meant .to evade was closing about him, arid already he saw hitnself plagued as he had been before. . And how could 1 he End the hbartto say to his' dying friend -that he could not accept any more responsibilities of the kind, or beg Major Erskine to saddle them on some one else? But th^ invalid had touched the bell standing beside him, audi al most immediately' a little maiden, about fourteen or fifteen a pjdje. ungraceful slip of a girl, who, how ever, gave a promise e/f being posi tively pretty when she'bad attain ed ..lier womanhood slided into the room, looking askance at the stranger. . - ;i'.-'.'. "This lis Effie, or Euphemia,"- said her father, ifondly drawing her towards liim, " It wak the name of your little sister that died Allan. Do yoiu! remember how. dear sho was to bcth of us? But where is Agnes, jry darling? Did. you tell her, lovej that the. .old friend with Whan he did leave her, ^t was with reluctance-; fpr her tea*, and his effct.ts fo wipe them awny, hud drawn, them together, so . closely, that he found it difBcnlt to lemem- ber he had-only known th s poor girl for a few hours. After this first visit, he visited !his sinking friehdj daily, lin Bering, though his affairs were now finish ed, and his presence requ red in Edinburgh, because he saw that bis attenti 6ns supported^ both She in valid and his sorrowing cl ildren. But at last he felt.that his depar ture vas imperative, and lie said so as I e sat beside Hugh Eiskine's couch: I ' The! dying-.nian'raised limself eagerly.. ; . ' -.1 !. "Tii.ke^ them with you, Allan, the po n: children, and try t< i find a home for them with some chi .ritable person. Spare me the t 'ial of knowi ag, when I am no moi e, they j will be left in i a friend eBs, and destitute 1 _ _---.,----^ .. strange o )iintry, Macfarlane persisted, in his anxie ty to secure Agnes's own happiness, " quite sure 1 Heaven forbid that I should take an unwilling bride to my armsl" " You will not.do so. You have her esteem, her "affection; arid, Allan, dear, generous friend ! You have the uuiitterable gratitude of: her dying parent! Agnes'will be sheltered from all harm by- your love, and:you will- be good to little Enie,.for her sake!" He could say no more, for his emotion had exhausted him; but ere Mr. Macfarlane quitted Hamburg, a minister of their own' persuastion 'was called in. ; The pale" Agnes, with one1-hand clasped in her fath er's, gave the other to her grateful lover, and he left' his young wife with the promise to return again shortly, and remain ' till all waa bvor. ">"'." ' But'Major Erskine only surviv ed Liis child's iriarriago a few hours ; and'when Allan .returned to-claim his bride, and conduct her to Scot land; a grave in a quiet churchyard 'held the mortal remains of Hugh Erskine.. - Annot had vigilantly giiarded. her young ladies from all intrusion, wept with them their first bitter tears for their loss, and then urged them to wrestle with their grief; and endeavor tp meet- Mr. Macfar lane, if not with smiles, with some appearance of cheerfulness. Wilful Enid ran away when he arrived, declaring she could never love anyone but father;. but Agnes timidly went to the door, to meet her grave, middle-aged bridegroom looking so delicate, so fragile in her mourning, irohes, that ash'e took her rh his arms,-he trembled; lest tho tFials she had undergone should have undermined her constitution. " I must hurry you away .from this place," he Said. " I have taken a cottage at. Portobelle/ where I the puire,- invigorating air will strengthen > my- treasure. It will nbt fret you to leave Ham burg^ . j. "Not much," she said,, remern- bering.what he had for the moment forgotten. that she .would see her father's. grave no njore ; but pert ceiving that her answer did not satisfy him, she conquered her nat ural regrets, and added dutifully that she was quite ready to go wherever he pleased. -. your wishes," he said, gently. "I do riot intend to| play the tyrant to you, my Agnles,' and if I appear cold and stern] it is butaiioutward seeming, for the dearest wish of my heart is to make you ijappy; -And, yet, I may often fail in tbia; not because the will' is wanting, but through my utter ignorance of-the- needs of so young a creature as you are. The best years of. iny-life"*have been spent in-such methodical labor that it has dulled me; and I Jiave had nothing to tempt me from' my toils'; but plodded on, content to be a mere machine,'.and have no relaxation,but a brisk walk, in the early, morning, or after my toils were closed at night.' Such a cheerless existence lias done very well for me, but I shall not doom yo\i to: it.".. He smiled indulgent ly at the yqung creature, who was still half afraid of him. "No, no," he added, " you shall have no cause to complain of me.; I would have my birdie enjoy in moderation all the pleasures^ and 'amusements' be fitting . her youth ; and my ."good cousins; Sir John and Lady Swin- ton, have promised me their help!" "How good you are to me!" exclaimed Agnes, with swimming eyes.. '. . :.\ .'. "".\"'.- -. "Is it. good to gratify myself^" he asked, as hb sat down' with 'his weej wife onlhis knee., "Do yon riot see thai I have a selfish purpose' hvallido?" " }" "No: for-indeed I cannot imagine '.Piit'that'JRascal Out.. - While the' congregation '.'were collected at church, on a certain oc casion, ffn old; dark, -hard-featured, !skin and bone: individual was seen w.ending his way up the aisle, and taking his - seat. near the pulpit; The officiating: njinis^er was. one who detested written sermons, and as for".prayers 'lie thought they ought to be the natural outpourings of the heart. After the singing was concluded, they were as usual called to: prayer. The genius we introduced, did not kneel, but lean ed his head devotionolly upon his pew: The minister began by say ing j '._"..',..- "(Father of all,, in every age, by saint and savage'adored " "Pcqie!" said a low but clear.: voice near old"hard-features. . This minister, after, casting an indignant look in the" direction -of the voice, continued Whose j throne sitteth, on the adamantine Hills of-Paradise "- t " Milton !" again interrupted the voice.; - " --' ' The'minister'sTip quivered, but recovering himself- be began -p- . " We thaiik thee, most gracious Father,; that we are permitted once more to assemble in Thy name ; while othera, - equally; meritorious but less favored, have been carried beyond that bourne from which no traveller returns- " Shakespeare 1" again.interru'pt- ed the voice. ' . '".. j -.' , -:._ "'.. ' .J," Put that impudent rascal out!" shouted the minister. '.-..' j " Original f' ejaculated the voice in the same calin. but provoking' manner. ' ".."' .: '. Cbnditiep of the Country, :: (FrvfkLUp ilortlraaf Witness.) \ ^ There is an unceasing cry of 'drstresfj froth allpaifts of the co'un- tiy,.caused,,by the iredundancy of -wbalth"and! a superfjuiiy af labor."! This pauadaxjcaT epigram; we have' already quoted From the New York -i 1 Independent., aiid^^in Canada it hold* 1' good-to a j irge | extent. : In our"- ' cities we bavefthei superfluity of ;- Jalbor,among our farraersredmi^an- cyi of wealth.., The absolute .sSag- nacion which prevails over". large^-"! parts of the country, is Owing di- ' refctly, of ccurse.! toflie almoWun- !' passible, coniition of the roads dur- irit the last part of this winter, but the difSculiies of merchants -are greatly enhanced by the impossibi- lity of collecting accounts froiri5 fivrmdra, wLio are .l^nown M> havfe' - money in the bank, .but witto hav^- huid credit forced uponifchefn on.so many sides;that .they have no idea '". of! paying put money -so long as they can gei-interest -upon, it.^ If or r merchant is the least stiff wjth hi ^customers, lie simplydoses them,;! fo: be has p enty" of. neighbors ^ife- ^.mnot afford to be like wipe,- '. 'Kg * fa< n is there las been -too aiucb; trad- in;. Owiiig to the enterprise in the.".vfiist place of Montreal nierchants,! ' who import too mach5xid manu-. facturers rwio make too much, sec- orided by thfj country .merchant, who finds himself, through the blandish- *\ mbnts of drummers overburdened - with gQqds.'beople havt beenjn the habit of ibujfirig a great deal .more than they wmld have done had they had to giv)e!-ready nioney for all " tlijitt was soil them. This is most'".-" clearly provid by_the fact that this year the inc mvenierice"of bad roads ' ( has enablet t farmers toi do ito a large extent without the Christmas .;: purchases. a:id 'household expenses ; and luxuries, on the; purchase of-_ ' which traders" have .'Iflitherfiot ./ counted ,/ i arnount'Of t!ie:m,cIney.not spent inf i" tbis imaniie; the^. country =-is. the/ richer. :\l Archbishop Lynch j says priests should not > interfere jin i elections, arid they Church is independent of parties. ' Bishop Bonrget""_ says,- aT 'Liberal Catholic, nay.eyen a Mod erate Liberal Catholic tannot be el ected to- parliament by Catholic Votes. -In a pastoral! letter read throughout thec}iocese of Montreal, at mass on -Sunday morning, he warns his flobb against liberalism in every forrfj> coinpares it to a ser pent, to'the old iserpeafc-himseif and other * unsavory things, and .proves from: Papal utterances,on the same subject-that le is correct. He sums up the faith in this'concise and; intelligible forth. Hear . the cure in all tilings; for ke hears the bishop,'the bishop hears the -Pope, and; the Pope hears the--voice of- Ch'rjist who. keeps him .'infallibly right in aM his teachings.' :Who nowiwill reconcile these two' inter preters of the' eartlily "Infallible ? Is jArchbishop Lynch in deadly peril with a viper in his tcisouj,!or is His Grace of Montreal slightly besjde nimsejf, or is! there"Hn inner hartnony subsisting between them undisturbed, by th&'Jjar of-conta-a- dictory words arid the clash' of ir reconcilable ideas ? . , j- Look C^t, Young-^4an,. ! When it is said of a yoiirig inan,"'v "he; drinks^ and' i^-can be proved, - tlieri--wliat kore, wants him for< a .. -| clerk?.'^ Who will trust hiin? What;, dying nian! jwould .make him his jexecutoi ? He "may nave been forty years in building uprbis reputation -,-' f-ifc goes doWri. i' letters Of recooav/-- mendition, the backing, up of* hiw^, business firms, a brilliant aneestry^ cannot saye him.- The vorldshies off. Why, f'he drinks! he drints "!** ' That blasts hitn, ,;When;:a.y6'uBg.' mian looses reputation for isobriejty,' .;. /he might as well be. at the. bobtom ,of! the sea.! There are young men, here who have tlieir- good! name aa : their- only: ca pital:c Your father has ' started yon out in eity ; Life. He -cduld only give yOit-aB;edpcttoo.' He gave yod no-means. He started you, however under '.dhristjan in- .fluence. You.are achieving'your . own fortune^ under .God, -by your,, own ami; iSTow ., . . . i '-' . 'ij, ., >i.ook oBTj-yoDKa jci|r,-";-." i ., that there' is! no , doubt; ablout your sobriety. D'q not-create suspicion by'" giing in and out of liquor iestablish--. tiieuts, .or fcyjan odor of your bread^.., :or by ariy iglai-e of your eye, or; hjf anjEj-unnatuml flash of, your .cheek,-:.- .. gbodnamelis/ydur only capital,and .... when that:is blasted by tbi rieputa- tion of strong drink, all is ^one. ' '1- I was yoa committed ah act of selfishness!" Way Out of "the Di^ficol- TYx-USoiiie fellow, who ilas ft*6een there" gives the ' following advice: N'oWi young, men, see that you con duct youreelve3 becomingly when Beige is laid 'to' your' hearts jby leap-yea): ladies. When the sup reme, moment/, arrives ' and' she pops;the'question,'don't slop oyer and! get excited, but let things take there natural eourse."; " Don't ho|l5er or give away, but kind of lean over and double .up .calmly,:but firmly^ Promise; e^ery. 'oho that asks, yoil; ^that's th^ way.*he girls dov Ahd then sit down solidly and ask them what salary they get and if they wouldn't mind ma living with you until you -get settled down, as yon ain'| used being-away from home. Do this, young man, and yon won't haVe to buy a. solitary- bilk diess this year, i" '. - We have heai-d niany vwomen complain of their husband's neglect of home. jA spoonful of honey will keep more! bees in the hive than will ten of: viuegai. -;. -FT^NNIGBAPHB;; :-- ! A round of pleasure A.prome-' 'nade..-coneeriL;: ...: ; ; -...- ~ I A favoritel book with girls muslin. _'U | .The Algebraic form .oj writing"-- dog: " j .]&. somewlhat liriiited"" acquaint ' ance Kiibviing your own mihH,-\-" ! Latest thihg in front drxir.Locks -p-.Nightkeys. -""-f:""'-" ^.. "\ 'Very tihsatisfactoty sort of brjend . \ A malady pecnluurto milkmen^-;"-',, Water dnj-the brain. "";' j , ,:j j'.Tn Wiiftfe respect j doesjia Iowm&ch ,. five resemble a dreatoi-r ,1acoming it upon sleepers. "~^ '.!".' -!-*..v ij ".Constitutienally tire4"*is no^"; J3he -polite way of 'expressing the " 1 ct'that a man i8-*natursdly laiyi e. live, in wOhderfidlVj refined ; jtiriies. - . .' :'-' :->'\\f// j']:It is .a Vulgar error to suppos^; !that there are no Jlyish characters in Shakes pearej ' Does nbt Hamlet""! bxcluiih,".' How| uight j Ido it, fi^fj now he is prayingtT Ta'say noth ing of OThelto, Cony Otauusand the lady O'Plieha. . " A witty, popular, and learned Lord on the northern, side of t|io Tweed tells a story of a Scotch w^Ife, ehoi tly after the nuptial1 knot" iad . bean tied, mddly expostulating {with her nusband fcr indulging |n two tumblers of "whisky toddyl just before going "to o bed. uMy 'deair lAgnes,a glasso'whigky tdddytnajtat [uiither man o'me." "But, my1 dea*f {William |ya **&* ta" "Ayi j Agnes, tjuat gangs to the jLthe* uitjnJ !.-' -