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1 es f.f: fOES i.i- %Y = . !' Volume I. Xo._-.4l 1-i i AOTON, ONT., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1876. luiotfiiy. j*1 iV. xm; of rntitiy l'hvsic' -. M'.XI, STIIKKT Xi'TViN. ?f w rtetY.jv . -- - - r^oiijixrox HARNESS D! _____ Tho s k;.--.lioKK'oiy^ 'rhysii.1.to:".;tiiii "viciutty rbiseribor. begs to announce in habitants of Acton , and lint bo has commenced the jbusiiiesd' in tho Sv *.', -ii :u !i< vu.- Ve>i- i-f. 'virtrfurtt^Uii Victoria . cosk-p.-. iy-.iii.i-_-: - eou*.niKri..i'i ti,iv- uarnossi l^ipMlnj-j-iO'-o'h.-iiiA^-"^ f:\un 9 a. m..i"iU *' ' i?*. KoM^u^w^t: wr>-*-^t.0kl-^OSt Office Building, iMut.nJ.iij?.rBig-norvouly,i pile bf . 'papers below them, mid although -tACTv r3'. 2su$yt ON.-,/ D. TAMES ^.v.<y:i:ii.-i'r t>'.!ll.l'!.v, .; Vti-.i-.-y ,, i. "1 MATTHEWS. Coik, l'.'.sarjnuv 'Ast'li:, >_ti;.iu! <; : vVs'ju'i Moir._r.at 'ion?-: : ;,;- !,.:;rl!l'^ tv.Mt u ClHlrk ;; ...<-., Aai's, o.xt lion 1> ' tf.ss as on the havoenf ilCXI)sMt-SOX. Convey- f :.:-.:( l,SO .ACVIU VaI,*a .\ t<",o( (.v. Iv-ds,. Mt'rti;^!;^ ed stoc :v'tv.ir-.-,..:i:-.v: iv, .-roitv .:.y, c_rr<-cily ;iU Ifrm*. Money to ____,. Ar:on. . - , v|. -j.,DL Js-:rec; MATli llsi OXV Attorney. :-.,:iw, >;)i.Cli*.I iU '.V.*l:ul_t**rv-,- ;,*.- nU CUiircb "W'al. I.VIPL.UV. Barrister.: T ? *--l.Cil<r _lu I'u.-h^-ry, Ac. .> It' -Km MVi'-: ; M!;:o::. >Lhm ->t:v-i. viur' ..M-iikU OXiri \v;-; -.' i ; ra-.vi: ...:". :\ YV;. i"'.......*:,.:^ :.:: 1 .Mr Ji.u.1-- :!_ ..;: r'r: . .y o. -b-*'.1 We'- K. , '" ' "~ Aeto H LS11Y -L. I>irv.UE. Hurrah. IV \Ull\T. Mvr.vs:>! r- :* ,xV: ' ' -U> v^ire \vi 1 no " v'.le^ hy mail [ U. L.TiHAKbl I SHOP. MARRIAGE NOT ALL CONVENIENCE. OF r A low mglodious laugh ochoi'd through tins purlore, and rcachtid tho luxuriously furnished library on tin! otlu'C side of the iiall, where sat t^vt) men'clavl in broadcloth and lido wherb lie i.< prepare}! to tjirii out work scjoond to none In the .Domiii cheap as the ohoapest, and shortest possible notice. I hand a large and wellsolect- Blankets- T^hipSr S.mshftar 2omb3, Trunks. Otc. Kepairing proniptly attended to. Give m)3 a ccd! and be convinced. V, Nov. .l.-F 1S75. I>EMPSY rtOX BAKERY. Hurrnli. l-Ci^EIAP BREAD; RS, Loes, . / -jour ;b li'.Mt American pATX^T* for 'IXVE.VTIOXS : k"..-. "r . :.. KLlrivi'^..- *!>: :'. Mr :.., v'...:-t-. >,'uj fi'~- .W-'.:i v j:mj)t.r. ,i.ii:i.;-i-s.'>. iiivNI.i- lif.I>Tt - - '- > !"-iV.'.i, CiiKU'l.', ,'!--1* " - '" *- -.:^C-" K----.r. ^k> :ci, or \>: 1* i. ^v1^-11" Vol:y ':iV ; ^I'lSil-XS, llu. D! Ortlllratr^ .:t.:l.-T.-Aifii - :,;'.v..1i.tm. !"\TK5. S. J ARXEK Draw ins nnJTrriirb; :r-la sir tf . At:lua At: "l^o III ullvre' ai.ji r-"l . stj.!e .' IS^ilK; 0 LlYfci: i.-.*Zl.SK Plasterer, 5_^ S^=.s EkO*.' M, CT^.V ?:. U III -All LLS. i^\l T. -V. ':<!.! V. T.-.-jru'-.ors. !.|!lo'.i Is Hie life of I-n<(t>. (.ivdk\ray's sup-fof^BreaU. GALLOWAY .>;:t: 3b. SS3AB ^llT EVSS, " '- . Sis:ui-:s, Pdstry, . i"il .-it grtai y re- H.:^>.-?--.. t:!rj^?--._-.'J,^;. 2Ii's;-;.' ic-'Oli. >-. i_-.C.-iV BKLi., . rx., r. llixejl CainM'e.s at 'J 1/ ::.i.4i. .._-.;_ r.vi:clgr.Tii. ----- l:rt>j'.-tjr.yfn i -'I: V s Ivu 'ra;. i>:i i :i-> <' I lit: u-dVf!- ;.- ' ; vri'.h ittC . best ^ UL.IISTISE-ET^. auctioneer - .' -Ii. ei'JUHli'J Hi'l- i!:v"FKE5: I'KF.-S ihj r- >hier:C'-, -in ullll li > uf.eLnitr'1 lo. '6^ 5c per lb. l;x.r ft'.' W. tglit] for' weight -c. nu.Tr ".- :aki i. lir ijchar.ge iiven fn'Bxend; In ex- Til/i'thi' iii-v.fi a *j/tcid!!i/; L'rc.aj;. -- i l^a^" 1. fSjr.s .-ml Cbb>-K ilelfvoretl every fr<>ti, an.uhd ibe vIIIuko. .these papers told of gain to one of tlieKO men, and utter, irretrievable t-uin to the otlnvp, it wa.s.ditlieult to tell wliieh of them seiunod tho.sad- dest and: most nuieenwd" When that laugh fdl upon tho father's eai\ ;he started to , his feet and looked wildly about him, then- put his hand to his 'Li-ad'-as if to shut out tl o .somewhat high treble of an Aiueriojn girl's voice. "I ciiii't stand it, Cohen/' he said. " 1' Avish I was; deaf, dumb, blind. Cohen, 1 wish I was dead !" ' And yet that Voice had been tho one iiielody of his life. Now that it was trained and modelled after _an app'iwed < plau, and had been said to rival successfully the thrill ot"j a nightingale, it sounded liot a wltit syveeU-r thun when it first! ;pu.t togetliler the two syllables. " ji.fjia." '.. litit - liis coihpanion tirst heard the light, footstep in the hall, and the rustle of silken drapery. " Hush, Winthrop," he said; " I hear your dauylilcr's: step; she is Coining. Compose yourself." The'iiiihapjty .nie.reliaot f"ll into his chair, a:id shaded his eyes witli his hands. ' - '; A Light tap! at the door fo'lowetl, iifid.-th.rr>* eti'.ered into that.cham- l>ri- of torture a vision of light and braiity worthy of paradise. Sluf shone'theft-, that lovely young wo man, for the, moment mercifully of even Of A'hat marvellous compound were thi> robes ihc" wore th';v knew not, but Madame .lerot would have been soul sat.i-tied coulcL she haVe seen the triumpL >of that, one toilet of !iefs:v J :' gor-d'by, jiapi,:' said this wonderful creatui'e, putting til tips of her gloved1 lingers 'jon his 'shonliiej-s. Hilil pressing li5f.. tosy lips on the hot, scared forehead, of the .merchant.' " T. am going to the, hall, you kdow. .^1 re. Do Peystei's carriage is at the door. Do I lout nice I" she "'added, and iiiei',- pii[ia's face Vicing hid, lier eyt's fell-full upon-'the face! k>( his companion,'Mr; Cohen, wliieh {wore ;so. undisguised a look of commendation -that a brigh*. blush nose to.'her brov ;. wretcfied : man took his T.v a-uro ii.ee i-o Hie iiiluitiitaiit" of I \ I-: iiilv lhal hf- h;t^ leuiovod KTi-ir K~i.ib.:sli{ncm Im t!e iirem- xt i!t>or <>. .Mo>row*s \lriu store, .v ha- ti'.u'.t if tirst-cUi'-s i.ev oviii itted't'it- preiiaijpe.'s til a llrj't-cliiss ILiftt'ry aid Couf.etioiitry ! drpriviiig thtjse two inen .the- coiisci.itlu.siie.ss ot mis*ry. The daughter in hisTarms without much Y I Apstioiieer til--; CuEiity lof i|allon. . part of " tti'e ,i"'>i.?i>t" > in in .-Cainp'j^itville, t'.O. TrVEpblNG &. FANCY CAKES Tartie lAorder ni-.il on ti.-viui. in t(ie litefl ) bty l|s unl at reasonable cbargt-b'i X:. H.-J-AU zryrl^ a-c w.i.Timtc'l pure, as nottixi 3 bu: tl:e btst of roattri:.! i^.usfcd; The reji>.ro:ia^e of the pablic.isTesptct- f-l;jr koticitvti. : . - C^-il .ill J s^c for yourselves. ,j iiAI,t.WAy BROS.! . AcionJ Marcti Sf'IsTij. ' .';[ WTg liiironr Wagner, and tluitj ho was unusually- lato at tho tall; and thero wero niyBtoriouB winks and hints,-'and agood deal of tily aatiro in tho bright oyea that had long looked with envy upon tho huge nonquota which so gaudily botray- t'd tlio t;iato of tho Hiierotiiry of le gation;:., i'; ,: J f How hateful and : mercenary those foreigners aroV" said MisR Godfrey. " I hayo no doubt ho 'has engaged her for tho dano*;, poor thing;" and her cold blue eyes fits- tened'i themselves curiously upon the now (lushed and"unhappy face of Miss Winthrop. ; | Now it. no-, hapjiehed tljat Mis'aj Josephine had not been led to this I felicity-by any binding agreement. The baron had shrewdly left' tlio dunce to bo decided upon when tho evening came around; that wily! nobleman liaving by a somowimt costly experience learned the un certainty of 'iimtters in-thjs mun dane sphere, Ho had left it to be inferred t|mt ho would he transport ed.with 'ecstnsy to trip tluit ineasuilo .with her, as ho had been to pursue so many others, and hud sent, as usual, his preliminary huge boquet. But at the olifb that eveiiiug he had heard some vague but alarming reports that caused the somewhat biilioiis complexion of the eminent foreigner to become-jvllowtjr/.and, if ]ios.sible, more opaque:' 'He re mained at tho club, smoking a great many cigars at the expeiiso/ol several very young gentlemen of fashion, who would gladly have re mained there all ir'ght and admin istered to the comfort of thejdistin- guished foreigner. In the meanwhile Miss, Win-1 throp's, heart beat quickly 1) -neath her silken bodict", and she almost wished she had not_ ventured so mnch^ipon the partwlity of IBaron Wiigneir. What if he shoidd choose ... for this once the tall . and graceful Miss Ij)e Peyster, the daughter of their" hostess; or cast it favorable eve on the blandishments of Miss. "Godfrey ? As the moments, flew by, it occurred to- Miss Josephine that he might not . come, ;it all,/and then the sneera and gibes of these rivals of hers would set her: down as neglected and'forgotten, and she would J>e compelled to sit through theentirr. diince, thus in the bloom aiid freshness of ;hef ffrs't season having Ithe hated experience of a wall flower thrust upon her. : She sighed and -fidgeted : her color-rbse. The pi el i mi mines of the German had already cimmenc- ed. Her eyes nervously sought the corridors. It was jjj.1 ,she could do k flimsv material that to keeji the te;irs from obscuring her i, and it seeni()d to > he caught ii glance op's face, that' itjwore ^ man taking his list beloved body. Then E.VXEBYS Marble -Works, h-i}Bi:':MUls Fo^ii'iry, and ;fl iSear. ram o>a~ Bridge, j .[ Gueipli. ;-.cijox PLANING MLLS '.'j.T-'/ri:-;' = , U"xii:\-I2o lv. ALL Kl:.'I> 07 'iOMUMpTSl Tt-iib* si* no:-,t >Iaia'tlt- Tiucee i.e., ria-Ic to a-i_spx-or ilfc.vign, J aii-1 ji'it cji iu any part'of ti.e - i-'-" -Sc .t/jh Griuite". ilonu- iai'i-.r.- hripv.-tci to! order. - .I'.ii. A. Jxsiiacily is a prac tice iiisrljl*; ciitter.. . AXDs. tis com- SE, \s.% *' . jtuipk Pumpj Sash, Door and jBlind . ! Factbry. ... C* ' 'J THCJMAS BB3AGE, " ifanu.'acturer of | , .- : -ri:-' ; I Venetian Blinds .; .j' } ' Moulliings,r. And ojtlier Building Requisites , .' j'" j Also ilakers of Z2rb?.P"7\*D ' STJOTION FUtiSS regard to the entangled hii Mr.' Cohen, a of Mr. Winth the look of Ciire^s of a the yoiing wpmau ran lightly out to the Icarriagfi, and the two men sat down lo their papers.again. Mr. Wintlifop gazed '.upon them |. hopelessly, with a pitiably atdi'^ive. efl'oit to tFleain fromthe" hieroglv- : '. : ' .' D phiea therein in the old bitter ac curacy of detail, but the figures swam now before Lis sight. Tho one great fact, the. sum total of ruin, utter and hopeless, took all the shape, out of this material before Mm,.rendering it one heavy, crush ing sledge-hammer of agony. At " The baron is'-lata this ev -tiing," whispered the"' spiteful Miss De Peyster. | . :' ' That is nothing to ine," said sob in I effort at Cohen bade liis friend iko heart, Winthrop," of' your midnight. Mr. good-by. " Ta he'said, " for ithe sake daughter." J " It' woulcl said the misei' J dead." ' Then Mr. Winijhrop to. tentli: till HLIVERY^ SAJ.E STABLE Sw*is P,ea,-U'e in ahinoanctne to the POWle generally ibatitje Is j-reiiared to ^ : furnisa- . , ,fst-slass Horses] aal?C.arria8res --* ;4ti>?ea>ablje Rates. - ..._ & r? tie best that Klitr i -?n<1 iic"" determined not to - ^.ACtori! JulyJ.Bt,H873.l ' i iLusober Planed and Dressed to order : : j in the best manner. 1~ All work guaranteed. . Acton, Jan., 18"0; .' be better for her," aide mau, " if I were |Cohen followed Miss the De Peyster ball, .which he haji not thought of at- yARM foe SAiLE.. .- '.- , One Wdred acreV- of fcmd, well Hi J l^ag the eaat hall of Lot 21. W cue Jrd Concession, !dn the-Towiifehip W.Ks-iu^ing; Eor particulars a<fdr^s j^nRO., .Ont.y Xdv; 30, 1875.^j giSEKs. L J- 'i^filT^^ ^^ a Private ^ flying at the VpJee PJnsg office - T3l'4E KilLKj. The jUadersignei' begs" to thank his elastomers for the . iberal patronage re ceived -|during" the past summer, and I woold Bay that he is rijow prepared to I supply an addition d-number bt custom ers with good/ pun ,-fresh milk deliver ed every morning;'- and twice a day ;on Saturdays. Partit 9 ;who keep cows will find it much cheap r and less trouble to ilk delivere 1 at -their doors, and they/ would do w ell to sell their tows palate of thiii beautiful youngi wo- and buy their milk. Xwenty-ODe qwart man 0f fashion, or that, although pickets for$1, if (paid-in advance,, or ^ beho^ed 0j,epf the fairest of Ere's- daugh ;ers ' sKe wa^ romantic ^ pe had gone on;that doleful visit to his friend; and all the way there he revolved over and nind a question thait had presented itself to him in ,a hundred different shapes,-hut Dow for the first time took an answer able form. His face remained pale and grave evt n in the midst of the scene "of luxurious festivity that had taxed the brains of the best adorning and culinary artists in the metropolis. . Many an o isequious and reveren tial glancs followed him asdie rnade his way through the crowded rooms-; for this nnmeirOns company had as sembled theris to do honor to; the great idol, i':aninion, and belli in distrnguisbed consideration t he! suc cessful financier,1 Mr, Qohen. j- At last;ho saw Miss Josephine, and fancied that a shadow rested upon her beautiful fac4 I: It warno fault of Miss Josep'liine -Winthrbp's tbat she had been born -with the trac itionary golden spoon, so thai_ it. jffected thereafter the tweaty-one pint tifketefor 50 cents. P. i: AEMStfiOKG. .Setoff, Nov. IO^j, 1875. i fJ J ' JOB PRINTtNtJ of aH kinds neatly and pro aptly! executed atibe -,JFEEB PRIJ.3S OFFICE, ! ; TSext Ibe Post -DAft*! Bill Street. Jf'-'Ar- li atid septimer tai, it never oceurred to her to' call a wooden ladle by any other name. When she refused partner *fteipartner |br the Grermali thafcifight, it began to be' already whispered about that she wajj waiting fpr-tne mous nej poor Josephine, with a little s her voicerthu't destroyed all effi. haughtiness. ; Miss De Peyster whispered- that perhaps he would come yet, and walked- away" with her partner. Josephine's head drooped ; one long sjgh of despair escaped ler lips, even a few tears fell' out of htr eyes upon the hated bouquet. "~ All at Once a tall fovm :b:>.nb over her, and a voice isaid, gentle.ahd low., " Miss Josejihine, I hayej'n'ever danced-tl^e ,G.'srmati in my life-; is it too lato to ask you to teach me'l" and looking up she saw her fathor's ( friend, .Mr.' Colien; His fine face was, connected with some of tho happies.; moments of her life. When she was but a child, and fretted for some new-.toy, it was always Mr; Cohen's hand that the nicest appreciation of. her drawings, of each now musi-j pal'effort, she found at his hands.) And now, here again,; when she needed him most of all, he was.at her. side. ."--' " Teaph you !" she said,.tears of mortification andrliurt vanity still shining in her eyes " as if I could teach you anything ! Oh, how good you are ! :. You only asked me to dance because ." She wanted to! j say' be'Cause the baron had forgotten her, but remembered that perhaps he did not even know the baron. .' ; "I asket| you to dance because " said Mr. Cohen, but here"the oner ous duties bf the "German interrup ted, their conversation, and once again was he unable to say . the words that (trembled on his lipa. Miss Josephine led the great fi nancier successfally through the- dance; indeed whatever Mir. Golien did.was.done well. His forty-five years sat lightly upon him.l He was an extremely handsome,. at tractive rattii even, now ; perhaps more so than in his youth, fot for tune arid favors are rare-beautifiers'; aud though by some freak of nature Mr. '.Cohet.'s. hair was white as snow;", it only, served.toenhtincethe briniancy of his eyes,' lend -a glow .toihis skin, and* give dignity to hjs ;severely aquUine nose and well cut had been turned by the prospect pi' a title, and profound " ya-as" of tho Baron Wagner. Tho liaron confined tho most of his conversa tion to this littlo inonysyllable, .merely changing its CtXpressioii. to one of entreaty, denial, astonish ment, interest, interrogation, or .whatever suited the moment. All the young ladies agreed, however, that with tho shrug of his shoul ders, tho raising .of his eye browis, and outspreading of his fingers waa- a "whole language in itself: But Josephine found it.pleasant to taik Something-now to find her- i self interested in ' a conversation. Mr. Cohen made the most of the time ho sjx!(it with Misa Winthrop, ntitl sho conceded to herself that the moments *pent with him were the brightest and best she had over known in society. And then all tho sparkling eyes about, her grew more; and more bright with envy. 11 r. Cohen must bo Worth a) niillioiiT-rtwo perhaps ten ; who dan tell the surmises of these extravagant young ladies ? It was he, then, she was waiting for; ho had even condescended to' dance to- jdease her,, and it was her fault that.the poor baron did not; come to the ball. And wliatin the world all the men could see In Josephine Winthrop it wns impossible to de fine. Her father was rish, but it was whispered about he had made lately some very unfortunate spec ulations, and it was well, perhaps, that she should make hay while the sun.shone.' Who 'would think to. look upon these lovely and .inno cent faces, wreathed with smiles and beaming with innocent happi ness who would think that all these uncharitable kthouglits:could find shelter i beneath tho batin, the rose leaves and the tulle T Alas, poor maidens ! it is not their fault, liut that of the great naughty world to which they belong. - But Miss Winthrop, when, at the end ofthe evening, she lay back among theicusJiions of her carriage, "and took her usual; review of the night's enjoyment, found more to think of than usual.: What a ..delightful - hearing had her -father's friend, Mr, Cohen ! How handsome he Was, how digni fied, how kind aud thoughtful? If, it had not been for his timely pro posals, she would have missed the German, for the baron had not, after all, come to the ball. She'J would never forgive the mortifica tion the baron had given.- her, nor forget the happiness granted her by Mr. Cohen.- The first opportu nity that came she would tell him how noble and sweet was such be havior, so that he inight at some other time come to the rescue of a siiuiliarly forlorn ditnseh ' -This opportunity; was not "long di.-ferj-ed.. 11 was wit h a great sense of wonder and surprise that, when the carriage of Miss Winthrop. rolled to the door, she found an other there lalso ; but she was pro portionally . interested to find it the liaudsome establishment of Mr. Cohen. The hour was very late. It was not dc rigncur to make a call long after midnight. What could be the matter ? i :. . She went into the deserted and silent parlors with her opera cloak falling-from her shoulders. All the tired Cupids, Psyches, njmphs and bacchantes were sound asleep on their pedestals, the gas burned low, the rooms were (peopled with shad- " It is the only time,", broke in success. Mr. .Cohen. "Yonder1 in the li- plan-for overwhelming, her, and brary there is a soul verging upon \ withall theranxiety of an arflent ex- madness. I want the pdwer to / perimetitalist waited to j>ut it into Bavoifc. Ten years ago your falhcr J practice. . i- gave roe the chance toniake-my fortune; for God's sake gi^p me the: opportunity to save his. It jail rests with you. Jfyou can brifig your self.to boliove that you could ever bn happy in a tiiarriago>vith me, yoiir father will consent td the offer t'will make him. He will agree/ then that our fortunes lfo together." | Ho had laid an ingenious , Buy in the OJConnell commenced the attack: '" What's the price M- this walk ing-stick, Mrs, What's;-your-nttinel" " Mbriarty, sir, is iiiy name, and. iigood one it is; and-what have you tosay agen it? And "one .and six pence's the price of the stick. Troth it's chape as dirt, so it is." j , \. ' w f Orte and sixpence: for'a walkipg- ' My father?" cried;, Josephine;' stick whew? Why, you are no {81.00 tier aiitnmiii In Adraneet and made bne^step to the door, but Mr.;Cohen detained bef, i " Let mo go to him," he begged, "even if you cannot consent. It is better that I should go." "Then go," saidx, Josephine, staruping her 8lippere(I foot upon the floor. " Ohi go at Once." " And may I tell hitn that you are willing?" j " Tell him that I ani. glad," she whispered. I - Mr. Cohen disappeared without even to "ching her handr Josephine threw herself into one of the big velvet chairs, tore off her gloves, tossed the huge (bouquet of the baron's into. a corner, and isat staring with beautiful] blaxirig eyes at .'the open doer, through whi6h catiie the murmur of Voices. She saw it all how the whispers and gibes of the women lat.the ball, the delay and perfidity of the bAron- Oh, what would have become) J of her, of her duiir old papa, if it had not been for tbeir preserver, their benefactor? Then she heard foot steps, and the ghastly face of her father was before her. "No, no," faltered Mr.[Winthrop, who had "married Josephine's mo ther when an ardent young lad of twenty, "I cannot accept this sacri fice. We must not add to the rest of our misery a marriage without love." : '. -.' - .A burning blush, mounted to Jo sephine's brow. She looked.at the two eager faces before her, and ex claimed, with serious and simple fervor, "I do love him, papa." Then she hid her face on her father's shoulder. ', "For my saki, I'm afraidj ilar-1 ling." said Mr.' Winthrop, . .' ":For uiy own too, papa,",said Josephine. '" He was so good to me at the ball; he saved me j from so much hundliation andimisery. J meant to have told him how, noble and sweet and generous he was. (jh, papa. I do love him.'! ! - Then Mr. Cohen; finding his be trothed altogether engrossed :in tiif earess of . her father,' stooped and kissed the dead japoniba in hSr h lir. After Easter, among the =most b i-illiant'marriages the inqst notable was that of the': lovely and accoin-' plished "Miss Winthrop to the emi nent financier, Mr. Cohen. |L | " Such a worldly creature?" siid t^ie Miss De Peyster to the Baron Wagner, who had honored the mag nificent nuptial ceremony with jhin better thanj. an. imposter to .ask eighteen' pence for'what cost you two pence !" - " Two pence your, grandmother," replied Biddy; " do you mane to say it's chatin' the people I-ata ? Imposter'indeed !V- ' r " Aye, imposter ;7 and it's that I call you : to. your. teeth," rejoined O'Connell. " Come, cut yer stick, you can tankerous jackanapes.? .: ; " Keep a civil tongue in.;your head; you - old diagonal," cried O'Cbnnell calmly. './. ' Stop your jaw, you pug-nosed badger, or by this and that," cried Mrs. Moriarty, " I'll make you go quicker nor y.DU came.V I '.'.Don't be. in a passion my old radiug anger "^ill only wrinkle' your beauty." j; i.i' "By the hofeey, if you say an-j other word of impudence, Ird tan your dirty hide, you bastely com mon scrub; and sorry I'd be to soil my fiats upon your carcase." " Whew 1 boy's, what -a passion old Biddy is in. I protest, as I am a gentleman^" " v "Jintleuianl jintleman! the likes of you a jintleman 1 Wisha, that bangs Banagher. Why'you potato- faced pippen sneezer, where did a Madagascar monkey like, you pick up .enough of. common Christian decency to - Jiide your Kerry Tbrogue?" ,_ " Easy now--T-easy now " cried O'Connell with imperturable good humor,' " don't choke"yourself with fine language, you '^ old .whiskey drinking parallelogram." ; i " What's that you call me, you mnrdherin' yillaiti T" roared! Mre-. Mbriarity, stung to fury. J, "I call you," answered O'Connell, "a parallelogram ; aiid a Dubiin judge and jury will^say itV no libel to calljyou so." " Oh, tara-an .oans 1 oh'j. holy Biddy 'rthat an honest, woman like me should be called a parrybelly- grdm to her face.. Ifm parrybelly- grums, you-.rascally gallows-bird ; you' cowardly, sneaking; plate-lick- in': bliggard I" :; ' . " Oh, not you, iudeed !" retorted O'Connell; "why, I suppose ybu'-ll deny that you keep a hypothenuse in the house?" " It's 'a: lie-for you ; I neveg hald such, a thing in my house,t you swindling thief." ' .'-"? ' Why, sure-all the neighbors know very well that yon keep 'net Cheapest Market. (Frhm tlie Mad.) '>-."/ At the pnserit .time one' meets/ any riuinbei of well-intentioned I persons, utterly, and perhaps ! per- 'maiientiy,. deprived, .by a lotig-: f course of narcotics, conveyed; thro*lgh the i?ree) Trade organs, of their brigina reasoning facultieF. Depth, force, arid perceptiori have -' _. vanished "heft re the enfeebling in- '.- flut-nae, and c tiantities of tliese--ex-" , '" cellentdehisi' histsarenow running .'.';" round in all drrectioris,;like fresli ; hfttched "chickens, each with a bit j- of shell on its) head, chirping eytjrj- t"; where ^ 'CI; eap ! Cheap ! i Cheap- money ; !the! est market! I lust bujy: in th j; cheap est n^aikct 1" . '.i-i " ,".:; __ J Allow me t o demoiisttate to your; :, readers, by a i hort illus'trati m, jtbat it is not always best fpr tht pebple 6f a country to buy. in the cheapest , market. . ';.. Let us suppose a.country pbpula- -!- ted by five chases Of people era, tool make us, clotb-riiak< rs, tan ners, iarid fumiturcmakers -iand that they have there, the means.of carrying on a i- these businesses' to fail? iidvantag';, but yet riot quite so .well, rior so .cheaply, as: the.people. of an adjoining country7 which, we: will-call.country By-jand -the other eountryA^T "> 1 , Now,ieticcuntry A have a.Prc^-7-T tective tariff. Each bf these classes V will wbrkifor ithi othex: fpor; bad. .; will beiri constant receipt of moneyj ;frorn them. ' '.' '. .' But .it thty adopt-Free Trade,! what thbn!?. Well, presently'..the farmers, tbfe-;tool-maker8, the clotb- makefs, find tbe tanners^'hear thait furniture can be bought cheaper jin country B.' ; Away they send \id~-'. country B, and- bu} then? furriUure in the cheape! t market. But tne furniturelmali era of couatry A idle, "and sellingi-nothiog, are?, able to purch ise food of the faiirij er, toolsbf the tool-makerjcloth; the, cloth mailer, or leather "of the": tanner. ' Tb't se foiir classes, there- fore,'find itha ;( since .tbey- took to buying ure in' the 'cheapest maAet th sy t inly sell fouTf-'fifths"; cf what they die. ':.- Well, next thing some of tb,ote who still havea little Tl 'vr--: farmers,' the cloth- [ presence. " The whole affair ^vas only a . hyjipthenuse, but tha^' you pitched up to siive_ her "father frtom have two diameters locked up", in I bankruptcy,!' But that rioblenianj-] shrugging his shoulders, recklessly djsplaying bis tarnished.gloves, and lifting his eyebrows to meet hair, replied, " Ya.-as,":Jvith the cent of one -'who approved of festivity, whatever brought it.about. his ac- |the REMINISCENCE OF O'CONNELL. [' '.'.. ~--------- Mijs. His ows the bigg(st of all, and ap proaching her, was Mr. Colien. "Come, Miss Josephine," he said, "you promised to show, me the plant from whic i you plucked1 the j japonica in yourVlmir." - -- . Then Miss Winthrop noticed a light in the consArviitory, and drew back in Lewilderment.. "-- : "Trust me," sajid Mr. Colmtf; "I will explain everything that may seein strange to you. Won't you. show me your japonica ? The' one in yoiir hair is already dying." . It seemed to M|\ jCohen as they walked silently .to.ithe conservatory that the blossom in expiring was so lustily sweet'that jeyery movement of the fair youngi head brought a great gust of^fragrunce to. him. When they reached the plant Mr. Cohen found-it but a puny shoot, and-declared, in giving birth to that one blossom it had exhausted its vitality " In my place in tho south," said Mr. Cohen, and it seemed; to Joseph ine that his voice . trembled " I have japQnicas that grow7eight feet high in the open air, aricl now, in the depth of winter, they are cov ered with blossoms.' I wish yoii could see them, Miss Jpsephine." '.. " I wish I could,"' repeated Jo sephine, not knowing whatBhe said, " Do you.?" said Mr. Cohen. " You may if you wilh Everything I have in the world'iB at your feet. Don't stapej; don't be shocked. Miss Josephine, child, forgive me. I have long loved you, but never would have spoken had there not Encounter : -with ': Moriarty. i Most persons have heard of the celebrated encounter of Q'Co'nnell with the famous scoldi Mrs. Mori- ai-ty, the huckster!. of . Dub in. Nevertheless,' at the; risk of tell ing ail old story, we will give it as re lated by Father John p'Romke, P P., M.Eil.A., in his {recent wcrk, "Iriie Centenary Life^ O'Connell," justis8ued from the prfesa :: (TEere was at that time in Dublin a .certain woman, Biddy Moriarty, who had a huckster stall on one of the quays.nearly opposite the Four Cpurts. She .was a ivirago of the first order, very able with ,her fist;J and still more formidable with her tongue. From one eno of Dublin to the other she was for her powers of abuse, and even in the provinces Mrs. MoparWs 1 an-j guage had passed into riurrency. It^ was mooted once whether the young j KeiTy barrister could enpp'uoter 1 ler, arid some of the company (in 6rCriri- n^ll's presence) rather' too freely, ridiculed the idea of his being able to meet the famous Madame Mori- aijty. , O'Connell neVef - liked (tbo idea of being put do>yn| and he pro fessed- his readiness I to encounter [ lips. . . [ Josephine- had never- jgivenl been ai.dire necessity." .' I many of her thoughts to this fa-J Iritis not a. time," faltered Jo- igotwtor. Her little head sephineyfrighteried arid trembling. her, arid, even backed himself for tlie match. BeU werbioffered' ind tikeh it was decided tbat the i fat ter should come off at'once. I The party adjourned :to the hi :ckA seer's stall, and there was the ou ner herself, superintending the. said of jher small wAres. A. jfewlawyers and idlers were hanging round- her stall for Biddy was a {' charact Br," and in herway was;one|ofithe of Dublin. your garret, and'that you go out to walk with; them every Sunday, you heardess o: d heptagon." " i " Oh, h sar that, ye' saints in gloryl Oh, there's bad -language from a fellow-that wants to. pass for a jintleman. May the devil fly away with you, you inicher from Munste.r, and make celery sauce of your rotten" ltfirbs, you"^ mealy mouthed " # - ': "Ah, you canft deny the charge, yon miserable submultijtle of a du plicate, ratio." . ' your mouth in the Liffey, you nasty . tickle-pitcher ; after all the hard words you speak it ought to be /filthier, you dirty j chicken of selzobub.'! ' _: .'T. ' "' Rinse your own: mouth, iyou wicked-minded old polygon to the deuce I pitch you, you blustering intersection of aIsuperficies" " You saucy tinker's apprentice, if you don't cease y^ur jaw, I'll ." But here she gasped for breath,-un able to hawk up any more wordsj for the last volley of O'Gonnell had nearly knocked the wind "out of her. ' -. * . " Whilst I have a tongue I'll abuse yoii, you most inimitableiper- iphery. Look at her> boys ! - There She stands a coriverted perpendicu lar in petticoats! Theie^s contarn- ination in: her* circuni^ejrenc^.i'and she trembles with guilt'; down-to the extremities of her 'aaroilariea. Ah 1 . you're found out; you reatilir neal d-ntecedetit^ and etpiiahgular oldJ hag 1 It's-with you, the; deyil will fly away.you porter-swiping simili tude of. the bisection of a vortex!- Overwhelmed with; tiisj tpfterit makers, '"tlie .-.tool-makers -hear'that leather is \ ch eaper in country :Bt and ssnd for it thence. As,follows, " of course, the, tanners of country A : are now. out of workj.and the farth ers, the tool-niakers,;and the cloth" makers find I hey are o'rily. selling three-fifths of what they rdidybefore -" they took to buying'-fiirniture and cheapest markets- ' Next, the fanners "and tool makers go to country B'arid buy cloth; which is ca(a.pe]f there; so the =-= ' cloth -maker- s - jf "cquntry A are idhj.. Well, theyj nay think it strangeT] but haVingLi vowii out of work the" cloth -makers; the- tanners,.and the furniture-mi i:ers, .they Will jbe sell ing'only twjb-ifths oLwhat they did before thejj went Tbuying in "the : cheapest mii-lret. Next, away the farmers senc to country. B: to buy - tools ^-it's the cheapest market.^ Now,1 all'bji'i the farmers- are idle,..- _ . W W. aipd they krejihext thing'\tb '.it,|for " their four (jlisses of' custdmera^ire quite idle, and out of money. Well, , the tbol-ma'kjers, the furniture-Hijik> - era, the-tannprs, and the cloth-mak- _. ers- are very hard,-up : but they V cannot starVjtj; they, have a littlet cash;saved since the good,times;' they send tc |buy; food, riot of tlieir _ own farmeisr,ibut in country Bj of course, the cheapest market. ; So there* th (whole five :classes of f countfy. A 'will be_J3u.t of work ; they must Starve "or leave, because., tbey took to Ibuying in the cbteariest i market. ' - -j- ] .1 I trust T have made the. matt r sufficiently plain. Every word- of'... the metaphor is demonstrably por- '-' rec.t, and ri.uch of it practically ap^ . fplfcableto Canada. - u . Yours,'j R. W. PHIPPS." Toronto, March 24th, 1B76. : ,'j : > . , ;, - "', Words of "sKever put] kindling wood on?th - top gf anylstove to dry. j ' " Never leave tlothes near a grate or fire place'to dry. ;-. , , Be careful in - making fires.; with.,'. - shavings, and never" use any kind of oil to kindle a fire.'." Keep all lights as far from cur- , ^ins as possible. Always fiU and trim, your lamps by daylight, and never near a 'fire.'. < r l^UNNXGBAPHS. ,;.]'. ; It has been.found that in nearly every . 'civilized country the! tree "" that -hears the most fruit for market isjth&laxlejtree.. "" - -."",": " ' A'riia;ii iriay ho said to haveTbeeri. i drinking likeTa fish .whfen he finds. - that 1)6 liUjS taken enpugh-to ijiatcep ^his head swirii. . ,.,._ ' I ' "". i 1. j O'Connell.w^.very' 4 o.*iprt**.y confident of tter-* of language Mrs. Moriarty -wAs si lenced,. . Catching up a sa'ueepanf she waft aiinihg at O'Connell's head> when he very, prudently made a tiinely retreat. >-. . *' You have won the wagers, O'Connell; here's your?' bet," said the ^ gentleman who proposed-! the wager.' ; . ------------^- - What does a young fellow, look -...._ like when.gallanting his sweetheart irnnnirg away^fiorii home anij wj thrctigh. a shower? A glazier^ ; - Icouldn't helpj calling'Jdu'jback^t-I,-. II bed^-jyou may never discover the ^\f p'reviaius o<Upant, btpt you tttW-b* i* sure there has been one. .. |-. ^ ;":-! 1 - .:- . -" '/ ti". "'I v " Why did ybu name yonr -lio* 1 tpBaok ?.., . "JEJeoaxne^ he taaVJ ":" ^ vm\