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^ r.^-i^i! iiJpa site li-t'SLVKSX-C-AliDS. ^'durability" -. UK---- Mr.eo.l tj> g'iTc T ~- * - ' : r ' ' ' -v " >rc. ^t/~ 0<>!*" alias: r 11.LOWR1. |H. B.. M. t\ TV J*. urmlUMi- of Trinliv Oo!*Tr\'. Mrub.rl .OnHeeo >*.- !>mtUns' alia Sarp<vinsjM 1-1. STr.t kt \iT\>N. R." R. MORROW. Plnsl t-.an. Sun;<-.vi, Ao , or K.-llcviuvY >c- Nf w. Vtitk". >il*ol.r.>duaK> ol" Victoria" . Oo.!occ i"-">>I"- Co>Kiidn'hn <inv~ Tji,vs "" Kfi.inyS/frvm ;> ii. in, |i|j 4 j\. m.: \V\>t Uower Mroot, . ACTpy. ,. ,. '________ - - TAMES 1 MATTHEWS, <on- t t>y.itu-iT .isMiorttr Marriage i;;confs, fjsimasuv-, hMmiift! Acorn, >rih Vnac.v to U*i,'Ago-tit- Montr. ,U Tole- gnph C\v. C'.'rrfc'Kmirth i Ivlstcin Court, ivm.-iii - "... *c-i A^rns, o.nt. HARNESS SHOP. The subscriber begs to announce- to tho inhabitants of Acton and 1-4 vicinity that he has commenced the ^Uuirnews business in the OKI Post Office Building, MILL STREET, ACTON, +i CbllVOT- DHEJTOERSON. Lire A.-s.-.rar.co- Cx ' l>o.ils- Morijci-cis, isc ftryyareJ n.-artv,- prom.u'.v, eorncily kal.oa rca*.>a >We torniR. Miutv to Lou -y>n . MoFiiMce security: office tilnSJo-o- Hmf. Ac'.oii. where he is prepared to. turn out work second to none in tho Domin ion, iis cheap as thei cheapest, and on1 tho shortest possible notice. I Oitnaa.i '. h:irc> l>n hand a large and well select- ' ed stock ot - QUEAP BREAD J D.MATHESOX, Attorney-' fcjr# al-t-avf, 5x.iu.-uor In lliuu-orv -Ac; if---;i\>rTier or Main and Churcu TtT*. LAIBLAW. Barrister. T Tt . Ai;.>r:ie\-a;-l.a- s.ilioi.ir In' raac;-r>, .<so. otKcs: ' Hamliioa. u< ' K :ij st.-p.n i Milton. (.Main strict. The ! . Milton Office will li. unJcr lUo *ua:i:ii:iv. .recr.: of i>. \V._i-.inip:;ll. an 1 Sir. I-u.i- I law vw.ii aLU-iiJ t ttie **-\lIKon t.'r:iCH-" > osFri.i..i.v o.'f ;n-u-Wvt'K. . - r Horso Blankets. 'Wldps, Brualioi, Combs, TriaXs; etc, _r,Kepairing promptly attended to. Gito me a call.ami be convinced. J. F.DEJirSEY ;'Acton, Nqt. .25, 1S75. A rfOX BAIiERY. |>0.I)S,;; JTEXR-Y liDRlIiE. l\slKAV<E iei'.\T, tlFLPH. A^er-i I'^r H; Ai;"b.>:i5">'^ 1 fj'.o^ciiy- mi :tirt:>;>.T.ri-o * ' ii ana U at^rloo- i> euro Ari ' Of :titr& tiv mill . l. miAKt;. -^ llurrah. llarrah. QHEAP BREAD;. PATENTS for INVENTIONS L igc;'^ i:fio-.ir.!y n-.:i pr\.,<-rly .eoun-a ' -.:to!'-.., i ' <? J..or :.o .-ti'.iigi-. s-uj? V, jkcncu'J :D^:riiot.i-n<. A^.-.-.t-v hi ojHr^j T ^-iia tcu.m.-s. HKNl.i t;i.I-T. 1 --. .' utt-.w.i, i\.ii:i 1.-., ! " riicc r. Kiicitt^iT, so.l<n.L>r oi i"'i : 'MM'.M'l l'.-U^i; ^lik^ill. ... ' ;w l'ltLlA3t n^ATfclXS, , . . ?" : c4-;yiii^'K"^-;T^ , Opprtsl'lnn Is the life of trade, 'j Buy Ual.'owuy'a ti]fr>or Uread; D. GALLOWAY ORiTHE MILLION B. 5c E. N1CSLIN Iteg to announce tht they have aocured tho scrricei of > 1 First-Class Baker, and that their Baking business is now < in full operation, in the premises onod i by Mrs. ilanna. JBreaJ will be delivered, daily at the hi>mc* in tho Tillage and Tieinjty. j - -'!' "Wedditur Cakes, Tea Cakes, Pastry, Buns, &c., nude in tho very best manner, and kept always on hand, good and fresh. Also all kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits, Cheese, *c. i The-patronage of tho public is res pectfully solicited. -. ' " : B, * E. NICKUN. Acton, FebV 29, 1876. ' QLEARIXti SALE OF WINTER GOODS ME* S. "CACJCiiU. ::. C^h. .. .1 1 ivr.. '.-: * r 'ii'.'tei. - iTcssasr tfllailr, Dnnlaj and trench. OLIVEii LlZlhi:. Plasterer, Ari-T:, i.'.-:. K. r-: It---.-.,. . .-.i . l*ia*'.. r:- ^ .ii.'i U-. -i;:i-.':i.-':::.; ilt.t.e >n tSJ Eli ii r.-..^1: :.!'l .- .t . It!--, -..Tl .-:i 1 i -.1. .C- Lo tti3'^^:-t-i'. - A CT-OX FLOra HLLL^. "V- m it. lv i i'&'S'f t>' niinTmnce t itic iithnbltfttu- i,f. YihI vli'iijiiy iliat lie has rcniwvcd :hi* rtlil in; K^tiib.ikjiliieiit lo the prt*in* j Tr-es rii'it.djnr to Motpw'k drug aiur*-,- u fie re lie* Iioa built a tirml-clanf uew urvn ; m:ti ft zlttKi tirp preiuite in a flrt-cluss . biyie f<>r a Bakery aud Confectionery , tJcsiuts*. aiiU is turning out - ^ ,: ssxTsa sesao tsait svta, Saas, Caicr, ;; 3is;uits^ Pastry, Oialies; M CHAIR'S QTeatly Reduced Prices Uui'cdi; r/iitl at greaf.y rieea. S. ;i .out- SGES Ik.' GL'ELPH. ED. Ci- RS.1^ li.i iir. IKll'St. HV.:-.; 1: J.-r til /VVaiVoV. Alixetl Candied at 35o per lb. l*r\xJi.i** ( f a 1 k IiiiJ DS IXIO.V ->:r".e wil'-i' 1. : T.-^xffjf-rs w-i a i* i.I... . 'i^: -.' .inr pii.iir,. -L'S^la .J ltor^L. l-Sv. Tt... r Aetou, t-l,jr.7'!ii> Taken ln.iic-ljai.ge W, if. t for*w/ii:h! Kivcii Jn I!read In ex- c.i ans-.-ilor. I lour. .^1 i'o- "1 : S:,:Ui.,.-! :;:' year. >upi>:if :i.;ii: jic-i'"i ~.M.i L:X_ ai..f w .31. UtTISTBtET, ;Licfeased--Au"CUo"neer lircari, Buiis nc! Cakes flell^ereil eveo* da.Vi-fre^h, unitinj tbi.- viiJuse. 'Kor vi<- C"j-j:i:;p ton J DM,r I- A.'.j .. . Ct'.n and " KKK i'ltj .-i.!f!U-c. t,rli\ ..Uti.ilei' ..-_..v I "Tnj r. WEDDING-* -FAK0Y CAKES l^naUp tf.orderand on'han<?i In the latest : btj t. r- :t(i j at'rtriiMjnabhe charges. i - N. H. Ail so.*]-, ^to wa/ranted pure, us noibi 1.1; tut If.e btfcl of malt-rial lb ustd. A Urge quantity of JEWELE-RY sTo be rushed off at 78S7 t07 rSI088. HEIGH HO, STOP! ey call a drunk- tu Bviwe Bteraajcs -cexrcssieir. " Call my cliildrcn to my bedside,', Call thorn quickly ere I die, To hear a sorrowful confession, 'Twill help them froW my sin to fly." " Your father whom ". ard. , Would once hare scorned to taste the wine, j But 'twas my hand that held the wine- cup, i The voice that coaxed him to, was mine." ', " 'Twas I who bn our bridal ercning, Forced the bright spirits to his fips, 'Twas to please me, he then consented . To take the first, and fatal sip." "7TwasI That It was throut. That fearful soul-destroying taste. "But now take warning,need entreaty, Remember that the blame is {nine, . And never tempt a freo-born creature. To taste with you the 'Mocker1 wine." has fainted! nah I" - ' V With- admirahlfe Run and caljl Han- pres^ncQ pf ing his' sister's house around ttii he found a trance into the kitchen, where he ho -scouted way of enl mindK ho lifted the limp form pfj deposited his luggage, and removed Ev Stanley and curried it into the I his boots, Then he quietly stole house,- But they had!already bean heardj and the inmate* came rush ing into the hall just as he appeared. " George I John I tor goodness' sake what does this fueah, and wlb Lave you there J" asked Mrs. Car penter in a breath. "Blessed if I know," began George ; " tbonght it .was Sam, so tip stain and opened the door of the best rooih. "Sure enough," thought he, '* my fine], chaps, you ate in clover I" For there Were not to be .mistaken signs! of. the room being oocapied. To think of coping with their united strength by dragging them forth was not practicable, but there I whom h.. so fondly cared for, J b^.t'bedand trying^Vo in his path temptation placed.. rt . L , . .. ..' s> tliroughmo he flrstacquirod | Qu> 1 believe she has we concluded to give him a douse ' stood the pitcher,of water, .and he in the snow for getting into the f knew that a good'dousing with the A DAVIDSON, Licsnssd Auctioneer tar the <*fnnty ot tXuttim- port of Vac. x . S*J< aU*[rl I i-i in an-'" Onmr, ai rcunnuliic rau*. -AiU'ea; A. I) vVIUa'JK, ; - ; ""Carapb.-UvIMe. .P.O. 5Boes, cneapesti^a aa [ing;: yovr.j{ v of The latest' iti<l American hi i 1 Iedybkos TT-EXXEDY'S Marblfe Works, .0]?pa?;te i-ide from Mills- i UuoftfiiUoW.s Foundry, ind Xear Eramosa Bridge, 'Guelph. '--_: ALL I>MJ~ or - MONUMENTS Tomb Sto.nes", Mantle Pieces, &, xmule toarny sizeor design, aacl put lip in any part of the coiintry. Ea," .Scotch. Granite ifbnn- uieu'ts ilnpurted %o order. :P.S. A. Kennedy is 3 prac- .tiea] marble~eutt<:r. The )>:iirt^r':a^e nf the public Ls respect fully koiicru-d". ' ; "Call and see for your>clveK. Acton. March K, UALI.OWAY 1ST6. BROS. _A*TON PLANING Whai;'s the Matter? MILLS' AXU J^: TEOXLOPE;CILiPMAX, Practical BobkHnder. . - V* ~- All Descriptions of Biudin? _ "Xeatly Executed. AvMiml Bo-JL -of-all -KimU Made to _-.-- Oif<fer.- '-" ' Euling Promptly Attended to. BlJfbEiiV St. George's S<joari, fjuelph. -fJF" Orirs left at "the'. Feee Pezss Officexiil r^ceiie profapt attention. $10 aday.jat honie. Agenu wanted. >T ~ OatBtafiJ terms Tree. IllUE 4 **>, Aupi.ua, Maine. ^ ARM FOBSALE. One htftidrej acres ToL land, well w<X>ded,7berng the east-half of Lot 121, ta the 3rd CojicetsU^a, in the Towiiship.; fByjttosiav.' ForipairticuLirA address "^:- _THOSiAS GAIiVIN.' . ErinP.O., Ont.^ XovJSO, IS75., ' $Sp $20 iSJ. 15J worfe^l "*n"8Ti!tso!.: <t/Co.-, PorUaod, Maine. gEN> Z5c_to G. P. EOWPLL & CO,, Z ,. rw Yorlc-fgr Pamphlet of 100 pages ' rSt84nln* USts of S900.newspapeni,=anU TOsaatDs showlngiost of advei-tisiuc. Pump, Sa-sh, Door and Blind Factory. THOMAS EBBAGE, Manufacturer of Wiada^ Sash, "_ _. Dpors, : 'J.- YeaetiaaBlinds r- Mouldings, And other Building Requisites ;a1so Makers of IZIP^OYED suotion pxmrs Lumber Planed and Dressed to orde in the best manner. I -I All work guaranteed. AcUm, Jan., 1870. plSEMILK, The -. undersigned begs to think his cjisfoujerg forj the liberal pjitronage re ceived during the past summer, and would.say. that no.-is now prepared to supply an additionaTnumber of custom ers with good, puroj fresh milk deliver- ed every morning,- and twice a day on Saturdays. Parties who keep cows will find it much cheaper and less trouble to get milk delivered at their doors, and they wouldido-well to sell their cows and buy their milk. Twenty-one quart tickeis for 1; rf paid in advance, or twenty-one pint ticketsfor 50 cents, . P. & ARMSTRONG.-" - Aciou, Nov. 10th, 1875.; JOB PRIXTIXG of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the FI1EE TBESS OFFICE, Sexl l*e Post Omcr. MU1 tre*t. Why any person who wants a good ana cheap _ SET OF HARNESS Should call on ; ROBT. CRE^CH^ !' - - HILL STREET, ACTOX, Who is always ready to supply cus tom ers with ererything usually kept in a hrit-claas Harness Shop. Harness made to order on the shortest' possible notice, - COLLARS BPXOIALTT- i _ K: CBECH,Acton. Nov. Is, 1S7S. THE BEST BED The district in tho village of Hollythorn wa taught by Miss Eva Stanley, who " .boarded around " among the scholars, and was considered -a paragon of teach ers, _ ' j The last week previous to. the holiday vacation-she had been boarding with a Mrs. Carpenter, who was making gigantic prepara tions for guests she expected . from New York. " You never mot my brothers, Evs," she said. " There's Sam, and Georgie, and Johnny1, the youngest; aud such times as they have when they get out here and rusticate, as they call it! But, dear me, I don't get much >rest or peace, for they are like a lot of boys lefout of school. "The last time they visited me together, John and Sam actually cut a pane of glass from "the window, and pelted G.orge from my best room with snow ! ; ' " You see, there is always a reg- lar strife for that particular room, 'for the bed is a Spring one, and they say they don't sleep on any 'other in tho city. ' But they don't get it this time, that\i certain, fur - I intend to give you that room, land so end the controversy.'*. "I would jaat as soon'occupy some other room, Mrs. Curpentar, and do not wish, to incommode your brothers."-.; " No you shan't Eva," peremptory ily exclaimed-her kosteta; "and 'what is the use of your going home vacation wept? You can stay here jiist as well as not, and do\your sewing on my machine," j-; . I The subject was dropped;' and the entire household retired early, for on the niorrow the brothers, young, ardent, and full of life, were to be there. But without sending any word of their intention, they had concluded to take the train which would land tbem in Holly- thorn about bedtime, j George and John did so, and when seated in the cars began to speculate upon the absence of Sam. . No reason in the world why, he Bhould not have been there," said George, " I can't make it out un less he has taken the 5 o'clock train by mistake." " Not a bit of it," laughed John, who fancied be understood the en tire programme. " It is most like ly he took that train on purpose to get into Hannah's parlor bed room, ami make us take up with straw tick and feathers," " I didn't think of that, but I reckon you are right. We must contrive to get hiiu out somehow." . The brothers put their heads to gether and laughed heartily over some scheme for outwitting Sam, and, accordingly, when the train reached Hollythorn, about eleven o'clock they approached the homo of their sister in a very Btealthy maimer. . ' Climbing the fence in the rear, they softly opened the window and obtained access to the pantry where tbey demolished a whole mince pie and a quantity of doughnuts. Then with appetites appeased, they re moved their boots and prepared to investigate the "best room ;" stole along the hall, which' was dimly lighted by the moon, ascended the stairs and reached the door. The faint rays of the moon disclosed a chair piled up with clothing, and they could distinctly trace the out lines of a form beneath the bed clothes. A tew whispered words were exchanged, and then as light ly as if shod with down they drew near. ," All ready !" whispered George. Quick iaa thought they seized upon the form at the ; sleeper, bed clothes: sod ail, bore it swiftly down the stairs and out into the snow, J and ware about to deposit { in a huge drift when a shrill aeream broke the stillness of the night, and oh, horror i it was that of a woman J And in their eoasterna- tion they dropped their harden simpMiivJBsl* RsftMBSs/an The undersigned hat commenced the Butchering Business : Opposite - Allan'* Livery Stable, and will keep eonstantlf aa band Fresb an4 Salt Keats, riafc. Fowls and Vegetables, !-'"" - ; at all seasons of the pear. The support of theJpublic is moat respectfully solicited. osBAP ra 0A8S, ):" I the best plan so say you all. plump into tiie middle of thedi^. Jeldesti anvi conBumiiwted a pliato ' ' ". i '"*"> "Good heavens J" exclaimed I get even with thetn. _. EDWARD ^TTHEWS ]George it jtft Sam but some I* Sometuneafl* midnight he was Acton, March 45, 1876 38-3m woman, as I am a sinner, and she. deposited in Hollythorn, and reach- euchre us fainted.',' Just like yon," scolded Han nah, as'she assisted in ^depositing Eva onoe mora in the bed from which she had been so unceremoni ously Ukenjj "beginning your tricks 4ip^h each other before you are fairly into the house. Clear out now!" t . Long before She had finished her tirade, her brothers had betaken themselves down stairs, where they went into hysterics over the joke. ,"A pretty kettle of fish 1 said George, rolling over on" the floor, and letting off peal after peal of laughter. .!..' ' " I should think it was," replied John, holding his sides. " Oh, my! But what is to be done about it; and who do you sup|>ose she is, George X' "Some guest of Hannah's,:of course; young and pretty at that. I don't know how it is with you, but -I -feel particularly small ami cheap would sell myself at a very low price." | . " Cheap," roared John, " cheap 1 I would actually give myself away this blessed minute, and throw something in to boot.1 What are We to do 1 I can't say. ! I believe I shall dig out of this place; and get back to the city before morning. I haven't.got, the courage to face the music" He begun hastily putting on his boots, and would have carried his threat into execution, but for the appearance of Hannah, who at once asserted her authority. ' John. 1 don't wonder you feel ashamed of yourselves. What on earth possessed you is more than I can tell." ! "That's right, Han; pitch in, scold away ; I'll take any amount of talking juat now. I am as meek as a lamb. But who is it we've played bo shabby a trick on!" re plied George. "Trick ! Tshould think it waa. Why it is Eva Stanley, our school teacher, and this is: her week to board here. I don't believe the poor girl-will get over her fright. It is too bad; I shouldn't wonder if she bad taken her death,, being dragged out j of a warm bed this time of night and dropped into a snow bank in that fashion, -i- No wonder she cried, poor thing."' "Cried, did she f' repeated George, with a groan. .. " I should think she did. I just took her in: my arms and let her have her cry out, while I explained to her how she happened to be mis taken for Sam, and became the vic tim of your mad pranks." " That was neat in you, Han," said GSorgel "I am awful glad you hugged- the poor little thing. Wish you had given her a brother ly squeeze for mo -'pon my honor I do." " And how on earth da yon ex pect us to stay and take the conse quences ' asked John, beginning to look serious. " I am for taking myself off instanter. I had rather face a masked battery than this pretty teacher, after making such fools of ourselves." " I don't care if yon had, answer- ad his sister, indignantly. "The only way to do is to stay and braVe it out, both of you, and apologise for y*our rudeness." " But Sam, how the deaee are we to get along with him 1 You know well enough, Han, we shall never h*ar the end of it from him." " If yon two can keep the secret, 111 findl a way to silence Bridget, and it is a subject Eva will not care to have .discussed, .and fortunately my husband is not at homo. . So go to bed ind rest contented/' She showed them to the bed she bad intended them to occupy, and soon the hotisa was once more hush ed :in slumber. - Meanwhile their brother Sam' had reached the" depot a few min utes too late. He found the train I he was to have taken already gone, | but on consulting a time-table hel found that another train startedj two hours later, and so decided to take it. He figured to himself, as. be impatiently'crowded into an' empty seat, and.waa being whirled along at a rapid rate, how snugly his brothers had esoonsed tbem- selvai linj the best bed, which by right belonged to him, be being the! TiadeProapeotfl. ; (From the Olobt.y. ] As the spring- operm, evjery' inti mation is given that if the coming season be not a very prosperous one, it will' at any rate be one' in which a fair amount of businesj.is likely to be done in almost eVei-yj department. of trade. Merchants here have been dointr an encoinag- ihg spring busine,-ndt, it may be, | of such volume as in some" of the 'last past seasons, but sound' and healthy, while at the same, time of such an extent as to indicate that stocks throughout, the country are tolerably well reduced, and that the people generally, are both able and willing to purchase to a respectable amount. The farming community in general have'never felt the dull times to any extent. They. have been able to hold to their crops till a fair price offered without interfelr-' ing either with their comforts or with their business operations. In cities and- towns there'is every like lihood of a good d*al being done itf building. Those who..have money are cohvinced that this is a good time for building, as it is for all parties; for it", gives the one his building at a "low figure, while it- supplies the other with work, just at the very time when that work; is most needed.' In short, things look generally hopeful, and'the.con viction is;'strong, -even with the most cautious, that the worst.iff' past, and -that, the decennial col lapse, having come before its" time, haa been, on that'account,. more gentle than usual, and less injuri ous than it would have been had it been delayed till the full decennial period, which, 'has come to be gen erally looked forward to as a .fixed season of confusion and disaster. The risk now is that,in their') shortsighted zeal for money-making, people will again rush into all .the former excesses of speculation and over-importation, as if to makeup Nor~; the temporary' bnt salntary check they have received, and that-j they will precipitate another trou ble. - Instead of reconciling'oneself to the idea that a commercial crush is inevitable every ten years or so, it would be far nearer the truth to bold that there is no need' of a crash either every ten years or -every twenty years; nay^ there is no need for such a crash at all if people would only go .about - business mat ters in a-careful fashion, {ind would not seek to live either above tbeirf, incomes or even up to them. In their rage to be speedily wealthy many take great hazards, so as to turn what ought to fbe sure and ire- liable trade .into n^w'gamb^mgj j and that of/Srvery. reckless' descriij- tion. They nwst do-apiahMsiuess, must bave^iarge .rprnh^ .n?,,i'8fc: " pttsh-1 in ey:ery djr^t.wn. Jbeypnd their' ojrB, means and'.' tjie requirements of the 'coun'tryL .The1 day Oi reckoning cornea,"'and;they fancy, i^ is ;something^'e^i^ole?'fpr which they are in no &grWispc|ri-. sible, and wruch they <^uiil|not'by any means.havelaverted, -As re'al-'1 ly might the drunkard look upon icy fluid would "Tiring them out quick enough. - ^ ."' He lifted the pitcher, approached tho bed, raised it and suddenly dashed the contents upon the sleepers. Such a torrent of screams as he had never before heard rang throuirb the house, and before Sum could collect his scattered senses the door opened,. and Hannah, George. and John rushed in, clothed in, scanty apparel Hannah with a frighten ed look upon her face and. a lamp in her hand that revealed the entire scene.. There, sitting in bed, with her hair dripping like a mermaid, her night-dress deluged, her: face color less, and, looking terror, was the young school mistress; and there was Sam, with the empty I pitcher in bis hand, the very image of im becility, staring around like an idiot at the havoc be had made. Hannah, "George and John in stantly understood the situation; and the latter, at the command of their sister, dragged Sam away,, while she assisted the drenched and terrified girl to dry. clothing, and then took bar to her own room and bed, explaining for the second time, the mishaps of the night. . " I'll keep you with zne'j now, my poor child," said she,' though with difficulty keeping back her laughter. " The boys are nicely come up with at any rate; and if it-were not for your being so terri bly frightened, and. the way my beat bed has been used, I wouldn't care. But you are safe now." Hannah kissed her charge, and went down to see the boys, who as soon as they were. shut in] the re gions below,- began to.: appreciate the joke; arid now that Sam was as deep iii the mud as they were in the mire, gave no quarter. "'rilfbe blamed if I kno^r what it all means," said 8am, looking in confusion at his brothers, who were rolling and kicking in convulsions of laughter. ' ,': | .'< " Means !" said George, holding his. aides,; " It means that yon have stolen like, a .thief, into. Miss Eva Stanley's bed-chamber, who is a young lady boarding here, and thinking it was your humble ser vant and Johnny snug ijn bed, you attempted to drawn. na out, and: made a grand mistake, ' 'How do you like it, Sam f.' "I confess I see the point, but I cantr see the joke.. . - It ia a most outrageous shame.", J : At this juncture Hannah came in, and began rating them soundly, thereby letting out the whole story. It was Sam's turn to laugh. . Miss Eva was not visible the next* morning,"*,and Hannah an nounced that she waa sick with a severe cold. Hannah had her un ruly crew under her thumb for once in her life, and bad the satisfaction of seeing them behave wi;h some dignity. They appeared ;iiever to forget that there-was an invalid in the house, and went about on tip toe. Sam, who seemed to-take the entire responsibility upon his own shoulders, sent off slyly to the city for choice fruit and flowersl which be induced bis sister to convey" to the young lady with the mosjt abject apologies and regrets. In a couple of days Eva was able to come down Btaira. She was looking quite pale, but lovely, and of course divinely, when presented by Mrs. Carpenter to the three brothers, who behaved qu te well eonsidering the unpleasahl neas of their situation. But Sam, who had brol :en the tee by mean* of his preseiita, was most 'at ease, and by yirtut of his age and experience constitut ed him- elf the propitiator, and w at con stantly on band to offer M as Eva a thousand nameless atte ntions; and before the week waa ot t. John declared that Maqa was "dot a for 1" " Gone under eoapteteiy 1" ech oed George with osse of hi* dismal groans. . ' '" ' ' Haiinab, singing .Eva's' pratssa, commended Sam's choice, uad he- commended marriage to all ^ thep aa the only sobering! proc ess she waa acquainted with. | It is a piejpe of advioe,; however, that tJiey end not appear inclined to foUo m, not withstanding Sam's happy 1 at with' the pretty schoolmistress of Holly thorn, - \[ - , She often reminds ber biothers- in-law of her unoeremoniou i intro- j duction to a snow-drift at tJ te dead of night, and they retalisj- wXtfij- \ Iianriess begins in cobwebs and the ahower-bath giveii her ty Barnljends in iron:chains. the headache after, the debauch ae inevitable. : Of coarse it is ii*evtt- ble on the understanding that there is to be a debiuch. . But .then' this latter is by no means a necessity; The moderate food and drink wilj, in all ordinary, cases; cauae no, such headache, and neither .will the ! regular legitimate and healthy busi- ' ness issue in any such crash as' is reckoned upon every ten years, and which sometimes comes a greivt deal sooner. We have, how before, us the pidspeots of a prosperous course, which need not have any interrupt tion till 1887 at. any rata, and which, were all acting a careful, sensible part, need not come to a close even then; I There is no need to be old fogies, but in elder to; avoid that imputation there is as little need to be reckless gamblers. . On Iioonsg. We wonder if the young men embarking on the sea of lotferism ever stop to count the cost Yet there is nothing so expensiie. It costs time -'whole - daya, n onths, years of it It costs health, in waste of mind and body, It costs honor and eelf-respect, and I he re' I sJ>oct of your fellow-men. 11 costs ^ happiness, in -the loss of rirtue, morality and- independence The man who takes, up loafiiug fc r a liv. ing is the veriest slave all v<. He must submit to the kicks of, f: rtune, because he haa not the mora! stam ina to fend them off. Go an" where_____________________ _ ____________ and see the well-dressed or ragged lUaeil she has^orinp'triToneinn* Inanities that lounge around bar rooms, or stand on the street < orners with cigars stuck in their aoutha, day in and- day ont, and ycja will nave toe data that loaf for'a What good are they bat to cjutnber God's blessed earth, and to ekt the food better men triv so'hadd for 1 Do something. ' Sweep shovel coal, dig d*ms wbrk, at any thing honest but don't ^oa. ,vihg-j the. town: carries .a memorandum Praudajn; Fruit JTrees. v CbrreajH)ndenf8y.are ev.^ry now and tliieii cr/irig oitfc In'the col umns of mfr cOtemtoruriesj'agaihKt the fruit'tree-pedlar ;nuiijanci,: If seemsas if these fellows tbathiiwli treea-.-Biust. make a good thing i * their very questionable" occj.-patidii; for, however often Exposed and d<- -j nounced, -they-Htill keepl at it,, aju! ^ apparently still -find victims and profit.' Similar outcriea. are tnaJ.'- in .-the - newRpiipers.of' the StHte'c. where, to all. appearatic^,- there... i a regular-corispii-ncy, aridbti a lar^ scale, to cheat credulous. farrnf/s with young trees which are positive ly worthless. . In New York, Penu Bylvatiia, and Massachusetts they have been making large sales, and at prices from 200 to 500.'per cent, above the r(*golar - market lates for really good (trees., Theiit_plan of operation is said to be as follows ;" Organized i'tito'a^company of six or eight under a lesider, they s'elect a district for their operations, tend have.a central point as headquaf' ttrs. Livery horses are hired fur each.. -They have Bisections of the very best cahned fruits^ as specimens of the. productions of theirs trees ; and armed -with these: they talk j over old farmers totake their wwes I and; make fortunes. . ^Cheilries and f strawberries are.their favorites, but they try other things as'-we'lh all " very': poor, generally - worthless.: - When delivery1 time obbics': the' plants are fouhd not; lit boxes, but'" merely, baled with straw about the tops'and .sacking round the 'roots,/ with some good trees on. the out-1 side. Some take their bales, with out examining.. Others insist upon -. seeing the inside of the pai eels, and wheh. they findr,the -trash with' which they have been:.. saddled, re fuse their purchases, and are threat- ' -ehed with, suits, bub these never come-off. These'.operators;never . appear mpre than once in the sattie '} locality; Their one*TBidj howeverr-' v eases, many hundreds, nay, thou- "' sands of farmers of their hard earn- " ed cash, in spite 6i B.M the 'warnings they'receive to "beware of inch genixy, This fraud of selling ' -worthless fruit trees is" a very, old ". one, and ought by .this time to im pose on very Jew. Why should - sensible men allow'themselves to .. be. swindled by such imp6stor\ , when they can get trees and plants ' fromany respectable ^nurseryman, who will send tbem true to jname, t moderate .[prices, "and in good condition? The araonnt of 'money every year tbi-awn.away on [worth less fruit trees would; very sjMedily stock tb*r 'wiuh^7of~"Onfari6 with the beatiand.mpst:productive,kinds', and give, enconrage^nent, and _ hn,st-^_ nessWrespectable.a'hdindust.ions ' nurserymen, instead of sti'ppOrtingVa ' tirood'of uhsx5tiupl6tW'and:i'mpUde;ut trampi:^r*Qli>be. '^' -. -j.1 :' :'-. '- Tl.ie natural"'age of.the apple trsa Is the same as that of man. I Don't fill" ypur'homes5 wiih arii- (iles'iti'at1 can't bear'the'siini' '-- Hdw to make home happy Some!me'n do-it by staying-home,. and some by going la^ay. -'" ; Always be as witty j as.you can with yotMr-partrmg-boWs-- Your last' speech is the one remembered. Civility doesn't eost as-,much as half a.jpint of peanuts, apd yet some people prefer to invest in pea nuts. --. '.-...:".."' '^ ' -It is said that, baldheaded. people do not die of consiiulptionJ The' analv tical mind, -seiirng upon "this fact ind reasoning :16gica!Ij, can arrive at a cohctusion af to- why it is we so aeldom.' 'see"-ia -i*ed headed wklOW.": ' ;'.'_,: ' ir A. hnmoronjf Fre^riclrman said, in describing rheumatism ; and gout_: :f'Place your ' jbtnt ;in;a' Vice}' turn ' ihe aerew'till -yon can "bear it no longer; that gives yon an! idea of. rheumatism;; now giv^"t^e sefew. one more turn.and you will myve . wir.- ; 'V^ll A jair chaplain, finding a prison-", er exhibiting, as he tboijght, signs | of tmxo religioiw conviction, gave him a Bible, apd afterwards exert- i ed himself to. procure' a commuta tion of his sentence. . Succeeding in the latter effort, be informed the man of his approaching liberty. fis gratitude/knew no bounds. e called him his deliverer, ind grasping his band at parting, add ed: '-Here is'.your' Bible, I-hiay as well, return it to:ytxu,for I hope I.shall never want'it" again.! 'During leap- year the girt" who eounta all the gray horses she sees', ! r.t'- ':? If '" book, ^that' she 'may be sure to.lceep' a correct record. One-, has-already . , . twetitv-six, another eleven, and an- ^treets, j afcQer,r who- only| began yesterday, has - seven.';-"-. Tf -' somebody-would bring a,, drove of a hundred gray horses to town to-day, what a ah <x mg of hands would take plaaj . morrow. - '\' '. I J *5 , dred, will be married within a year, to tb|B, first gentlejman with whom ; she shakes handa after counting the hundredth horse; : Every - girl, in.. mmm