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'RE,1 *r -i satisaoUoa SON 3E. m pngdtrttoa n**, ../ |c,~e. . Caps tss^varte" I at' _. -S : t, Acion. -i lOBS: |ll the new >d5 in it, which . Canada est, fiix^it 5 Lock ol >t "-] - le Scarf* lis ! Wool!" Iblej color*' ". "1 Beacon , %, TO i buy- t^?t centre* of. seal, &* _ it variety! ^ lobea* ** ^ tradV> keen the - this" p* f f extra fin* !l^aad M* jr goods. : ad son Barr b*^ variety complet* By,WhiU, and Trf j . 3te*d noon * Jo* r |Gt!OW, r i. '. f HP . lu" if.' J-"L M5'.; t#Imcir.X.S5} ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, ;1)876. BUSIXESS CAliDS. CTOX BAKERY. H. tOWRY. HI. B., M-. . ; O. 1*. A. Oradnate of Trinity' Cstlece, Mttutxrot CoHtgeor Physicians ^BBrfeons. MiitSTaaar axriw. Tift* * MORROW. Physi- f (Rln, Surgeon, *., 01 Bcllovue Col- i*M>,Xtw York, also Uradaato ot Victoria 0$ttc*> Canada. foetaart and Friday*, from 9 a. tu, l*U 4 ia. Residence West Bower street, ctok. or - TV HEXDERSON, Convey- U4 snecri *"-. !so t\gent .'Canada Uft Assurance Co.0 Depds, Morisaat-s, S prepared neatly,promptly correctly oa roasomble terms. Monty,- jo Loan on Mortgage security. Office Olaatow House, .Vetoa. JT>. XATHESO.V, Attorney- at-.L*w, Soficllor In ctinneerv, e. Offlee Corner of Main and~Cburch Streets, Georgetown. APPLEBE & SIMPSON', Barristers. Attorneys-at-Lnw, So- Uetlors In; Chuneery, Conveyancers, dc. Slain Street, Uaoaorrowx. Prom tho Aberdoeu Journal., THE LAMPLIGHTER. OR, THE Foundline of Christmas Morn, tlTM. LAIDLAW. Barrister. J.Y- 'AUorney-Rt-l^aw Solicitor in Coan'eery, *c. Unices: Hamilton, lo K'hf stret; MIRon. Main street. Ttie Hilton Ofllee will oe under the manage^ meat of l>. \V. Campbell, and Mr. I*u>" taw will attend at trie "Mlitou Office oa Friday o'eaeb week. IBrcnd. CALLOWAY BROS. ARE STILL AHEAP, And wo ^intend, to keep so with our. ;,. Superior Bread, Buns, and Cakes, Delivered fresh around thevvillsgo and vicinity every day. A good stock of BREAD. BUNS AND CAKES Always on hand'. at onr bakery, good, fresh and cheap for cash. I Xo Credit G.vcn, . Except to; prompt-paying monthly cus- - tomers. All kinds of Produce taken in ex change for coods. .- ' - t . Weight for weight'given in bread in can't you keep.your own dens ?" j- exchange for flour. , ' | "But, sir, the lad v she, I mean, WEDDING & FANCY OAKES jB dead. 'Slut's de-id", air," said Col- ] Ma;Ve to order in the shortest possibio 1^ still holding the cold form on CHAPTKU I. (Cjn'ift i from lastrceek.) A cairiugo rolled along the street- It. 'stopped before the mansion, nnd a titll gentleman emerged from it! It was tho great Grindstone, who had been diniug with an alderman and tho elite of tho city. "What the. deuce I" he pompously growled out.'! " You drunken vaga bonds, what aro you doing thero 1 Jones (to tho foot man), where are tho police?' The lamplighter essayed tospcak.: "Please your honor, this 'ero lady I " Off with you out of my way. j Ladies! indeed** St turn pets. Why H EXBY L. DRAKE, i.vsrsuxrx: accht, cretra. jac*av^or t^e Mercantile anxl Waterloo.' - aTi hmtIma MlruiijJ to nlk eajv< will be rsimrttlly attended la. Orders by mftll SufclleA H.L.DRA.KJSI. T>ATEXTS for ISYEN'tlOXS ' x^>*.llUoaly and proiecl>f' secured la Canada, tae Ctiit^d sijaan<t.Europe. PIai f iar*nteed or no ieh*re*. Send fOrprlBtediaruetioati Agoey Inoper- jii>leaje.-s. HEfXK\- UUr^T.- l!Oll.iwn, Canada, 'Mae'ia'tileat Efcgloeery SoUiiltor of E* tsnuali'd lK-auh;sa:afi. \y?I,LIAX,:WATK:lS'S*i Juatr Marrlaxe iltt**** A Cert\tntr+. By Boyal Agpolmmect.) ' -Bjsinrss p:ivate ar.d contldentSal s Bim at iha Post Ufflce. (ilt-QWil^ajD, Ojijtj- Haltoa. . " notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. X.B.r All goixls are. warranted pure as nothing but the best of Material is used- The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited! ' \ . '"...- GALLOWAY BROS. Arton,.Ang. 9, 187G. I the ; r^HEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION I- 31 US. & CAEXEB. yeseker af Sa^le. Drairlns aatl FrrnrlC J.'hnrch street, -Vclus- o LIVER LQZIER, Plasterer, .Aeioc, Out K>"er> de~crip:lou oi ftulri"{ sod Kojeb-iStsting done oil tie B<sVri-inaOU- itrnis, suj i*UInO- 4ioo tctrasTceO, _ . A CTOsX ELOTR HIXL^, it 4.. SlSsiXS, Ptoprletvci. FIsar and Ftei always on rand, wbole- al scJriS:'.^i!. Uri-'lag nnd Choppia'^ iU:i/.. C.'s'.iiur ail tiniiiirUr.m. ^t>6SSl?f OtSli, Acton.-I 'IV Ctov.- ;o tht- (i'T. JUir^way statli'ii. i Uf[,r: J't li:e.iravel- ! Kocp-Jbl.c IttF'-"; CAili-IiiJi-U.l'J.-^ B. Ss E. NICELI1T i Beg to announce that they have secured j , the services of a First-Class Eaker, % and that their Baking -business is no ia fall ojisratioii.'iujhe jiri:i:uiC>> our.cd I'V i'rs. Hanux B*e*d will be delivercil daily at the asea in t&S.viilase ainl vicinitv. f. 3 | no "Vv'eddintr Cakes, Tea Cakes, Pastry. Buns; &c.;, made ii^ti>e v.efy^>ei manner, and1;ept il^rays on li.v.,<i, g.>od r.rnl fre.-h. Aiso j all kinds.-oi f Cfcceso. .Vc ! ._.. "- 1 * vatronr.ee oi j "Jteet'fully. solicited. -lbton.,Veb. 20, C'wtivotutnen-, USscuitB,- . public is res- ii. & .. XICKLIX- 1S70.: . T\OHIXIOX HOTEL, Acton, " JLf BoOert Ajoeic- .tvoj.rieior,Tlits ; oe* Hotel is fli*d op- tn ^rsv^U^s ; style wltU DC" farniuire. Commercial i ^raT*llers slliul (;ood;accommo.lallou.4 aadeoxtrooiious Sample Booms, special j mnticnfH^J^otli-w^iht*'ot tbe travet: i UDjpnulk, Bar*t#pUe.! with me best t._ Xlquorsaod Cigar*, liooi EuibUCg and I _ ttentlve Uoetiers.. T^OISWIQX HARNESS SHOP. E. K. TCJI. HEMSTBEET, Ldcessed Auctioneer . tot the Oodntles of Wellington and 'HaJ- sea. UrJeitil'^iit tlie Vbkj: Fsssii oace, Aeioi-, r at icy jrtstaenee, in SoekTond. will be promptly aitfiutlet1 to, Ttratt reasonable. prRE HILK. Tne undersigned begs to IbaLt his ens- tomersXor Hie liberal.prlronage received dulnf ibe past ttrnreier^ and would i-ay s^aat Jie is no-sr prepared t* supply an-ad-: ditJoaal oomberof,utomers wlb good, parefxesn inllk delivered every morn- lasi and twice a da7 on Katnrdays. _Par- < who keep eews will flrd it nru.-h - rtasper and Jess tumble to get ml la deilv- #red at tbtjr doors, and thty would do wslltOMlltheir,wsaod buy ihelrmUK. Twenty-one quart ticKt'.t. for $1. It paid (a advance, or twenty-on* -pint tickets for cent* f. S. AliMSi'KOMJ. Aeton, NcrtJOth, lb7S. JHTILTOX PLANING MILLS. [3. R. MITCHELL, Manufacturer of . *ufc. Doors, BUnds, Mould-^ Jags,- Door'nd Window - frames, Pickets* etc. Planing, - Stroll Work and. MaUJiing \ JJont 'to Order, - .- JO- Blinds 30 ceSts per foot. "E : -Hi wgtk. delivered in Acton tree. . Orders left at Record Bros, will bo promptly attended to. '"' :" r -Milton, June , -l76i 60-ly' "^-. gqok Having purchased, the stock anil good will of the biisiu'iis 'lately earried on .by Mr. i F, Dempsey, b<;g3 to announce 1 thejinhabitat.4 of Acton and vicinity that he will continue the harness busi ness in. the same premises," Old Post Office Bui!Uas, Mill .- Street. Actont wttefe'te it prepared to turn ont work second to nei.'e ia the Dominion, being a practical" workman of considerable ex perience.' All work done promptly and as; cheap as the cheapest. On hand a large and well selected stock of Moraess, Horse Blankets, Trunks, Trklftt, Brwshes, Cfambs. Ac. . Eepairing promptly attended to. E. K. COOK. Acton, Sept.'36, 1876. UNDERTAKING. The undersigned begs leave to inform the people of Acton and vicinity that he will furiiish all Requisites in Undertaking on'short notice and reasonable terms as ea$ be had '. . Sr -J* TROLLOPE CUAPMAX, Practical Bookbinder. AUlDeserlptions oi Binding \ . XeaUj Executed. *mma Book* of all Kindt Made to '.. -; Order. Hvarie Sailed when' Desired. . ' Alsojthatho-will Pit;up tsibores & OfflcDS ' j in the best style. Show Coses, Boot tnses"nd T>eks 1 made to order. 'FURNITURE BEPAIBED. ~x Shop on Willow street, near Main st. ' ' P. mJ McOANN. round. . . - - "Ah ! dead, is she \ Wll, you can't keep hor thei-e that's plain. Jones," let-tlie horses bo driven off now j the icold will kill thoai. Dead ! Ha ! no caso of murder, I hope. But that's a mutter' for, the police. They're paid for it." With this the great Grindstone vanished. Tho door closed upon him and nil his luxury and comfort. The dead lay at his door; but did it touch tho. heart of the callous, voildly tuinded, selfish, greedy, grinding Grindstone. Not it.' He had put down his name for 5 on the Alderman's subscription sheet for coals to the poor that vtry niglit, and the menioiy of it made his heart overflow with gushing charity. vCikHow very liberal, ho had hueh. lint then it was 'Christmas, arid who would not be charitablo at such a season 1 Th.t would stand to the credit side of his account n.t the great slimming up, as ' proof that the poor were remembered. But loi..k to; the debt side, Mr. Grindstone. J!ie;ii.-ad lies at thy door, and yet it raises no pity in thv bosom, no thoughts of tho great hereafter; l|o cry. of the motherless is. heard on the"^street, and jet thou heed'st it not, "Verily, thou shalt have thy reward ! By 'tho exertions of Jones, the footman, the. police were soon on the spot. The cbild,_a small girl of seemingly thouttwo years, half frozen and beau'nibed.-yitli the cold, was taken possession of by Colin Crisp. "What's to be done with the chil'kl, asked oue of tho p&lice, who knelw CollU' " Why, what can be done ? Take the darling homo with me, of course, replietl the lamplighter, folding the child in his coat, which he bid taken oft That's what I'll dd.M "You've 110 arissiiB'at homo, Collie, have you 1" . " DTo. But it doesn't matter for that. Mother Gray, who lifes in our; Hat, will look after her for a hit." . So it was settled, and Collie trot ted off at a'rapiit rate to his home in Whitefriara. i The honest simple minded lamplighter took no credit for the good deed he had done that Christmas morning, Not he. He didn't know of it. CHAPTER II. Ten years have almost passed away since the events recorded in our last chapter. Nine Christmases have come and gone; and .another Christinas-is near at hand. .In his garret chamber in White- friars sits honest Colin Crisp, the lamplighter, enjoying the comfort of a warm fire, while he meditates, upon the past, and speculates upon fighter seeraod quite surprised. But he knew better., Regularly for the last nin* years ho hud dined there for him who was riot. But t'itne, though it could not eradicate the grief which clouded his existence,. on. Christmas day, and he didn't / helped to soften it jdown to a aad, expect but that ho would do the I soft memory, like that melancholy same on the tenth also. " It miiBt bo n. mistako. After this I shouldn't much wonder if the Tjord Mayor sent for Crisp, Esquire, to help 'em to eat their jolly dinner on Christ mas. .- And why not? Crisp is as good as any, only bo wants the cop pers. That's all. And my Nelly" there, she's quite a bom lady." " How you do go on, father," said Nelly, nestling down on; the stool at his feet. "Truth, every word of-it, pet. Sure as my name is Collin Crisp, you'll bo a~lady yot.' I'.vo allers said so ; and I say bo again, You'll bo a lady." The lamplighter had now got on j his favorite thetnos. Putting the head of the girl, ho went 911, " Ten years oome Christ mas morn I reniomhor it aB well as yesterday you came under my humble roof. A desperate cold night it wBs. Why, I thought you'd be deajl afore I got home, and1 your spirit been bor^io-off by tlieangels along with.that of j-our poor unfortunate mother. IPoor little innocent tliiit you wore, when your little eyes, looked up into mine, and you lisped]out. Ma ma: my ma, I thought I should have cried. ' .1 don't know what I would have dono hadn't Mrs. Gray, who had come up stairs by : this time, not taken you in her arms. ' Bless' me !. whore has tho dear sprung from V said she. ' She's no poor man's child that.: Just look at her clothes, Collie. I She's a born^ lady.' Yes, Kelly, continued the lamplighter, you was born to be a lady, and .a lady you'll! be. Didn't 1 see your poor dead ijiotherat the Coroner's inquest next day, when every one said she was a lady,, and the jury said she died from exposure to coldi.und no one could say who or \ylmt she was. 'Ah, Nelly ! When I followed your mother's corpso to tbo.grayo and but a |puor funeral it was you inay suppose, for the parish didn't know .anything about a lady's funeral :I thought of her last; words,- God watch over. Nelly, and said to myself, : while Colin Crisp has a crust Nelly shall share it. And Nelly lass, you have been a blessing /to me. There hasn't been a happier home in all -London than mine sinco your bright face came to light it up. You'd be little tnoro'n two years or so at that time, but you soon grow up. I.wouldn't like to part with you now ; but some dty I will, Nelly. I'm cer tain sure t'oraeone will turn up yet to claim you onp.day or other, and I shall lose my Nelly. But you won't forget me williyou, Nelly 1" "No, neverynover/1 replied Nel ly, burying her f.ice on his knee. She lbred the lamplighter as if he hud reully been; her father ; and no wondejy "for no: father could have been.kinder than him. ' Leaving Colin Crisp and the foundling.. to' their lappiness in Hack's Court/we pass on to an other scene. . How different! 3?ke splendor and richness of the grand mansion; the gay lit up draw.irig-room with its dazzlirg chandeliers, its costly mirrors, and its magnificent furni ture ; the gay assemblage of beau ty, rank and wealth,] mingling to- getherxm tho carpeted floor.; tbe music,- the mirth, the l-evelry of the dance, combined to form a scene ^4cton, March 20, 1876; 39-6m feeling which over lingers in the bosom for the dear departed dead,' Yet Mr. Beaton was not left alone in~tho world. He bad his ward to care for. Se he battled with his affliction, and so; far! as to see the propriety of enjoying the blessings, which had been left him, and at tending to the duties of this life. But what of the grand party ? Like all other j grand- parties, nothing was wanting which wealth could supply. The|host was'lavisb in his hospitality; the guests were courteous and gay ijK spirits. Evek the great.iGrindstone had throwji nsidav his i'gruffnessl and wns in merry humor thef mighty Grind- stono who could stiem the tide of the money market when he liked, condescended to kejep time to the mii8io by beating tiis hand on the table. Daniel Grindstone wasn't asleep though. Catch him ! That little grey eyo of his was watching the endeavors of the junior of the firm to open up a. flirtation Vflth the belle of tbe evening. ... .J The great centre of attraction wna Ella Bell; and the very picture of grace nnd loveliness she was. He? bright hazel eyes that flashed like diamonds; her rich pearl-colored complexion which had ripened under tropical skies; her'iclear open forehead, and the I soft waving curls which danced around her shoulders land kissed, bef iair neck, drew many an admirer to her side. Not one in that room who had a heart to give.who would not have laid it down on the instant before the shrine of Ella Bell. Horatius Theodore Gosling .was captivated.- He continually hbyered round her like a big-bummiing. top, and sb if he had: been brought there for; noth ing else and his ilife depended on the performance.! All the flattery he was master of all the galfantry ho conld display and all the wit he could manufacture outof his un fertile brain \velje j expended upon her, and a poor cpurtier he made after all. Ella Bull only laughed at the exquisite dandy. But Mr, Gosling did not see this. His vani ty made him believe he had made a conquest of her heart, and that lie saw before him the future Mrs. G, Ho felt he was the favored party ; tliere could, bef no idoubt nbont it. These smiles were-.messages which ho alone could j understand. The man but not the hour had come, else in a twinkling his knees, would have kissed the [floor the oft l-o- peated tale been told, and tho ecsta- cyof bliss been his.; Such were the visions of the sel(-confident Gosling. A happy man was the Co. of the great city firm, i ; But a mistaken one; for Ella Bell had no more thought of be coming Mrs. Gosling than she hnd of eating the iejt of Scotch,.Qua drilies she held ih iher hand. Not that she was a jflirt. She had ja soul! above that]. 'Alike [despising the coxcombry of the empty headed fool, she could npt(help benigamus- ed at his ridiculous airs and vanity. Modest and retiring, she had mixed little in society, arid knew not thit she was the admired of all. Hnr graces were so nattirnl she did not know of them, liight hearted arid happy, and only in her eighteenth year, no wonder she made merri ment of the silly Gosling, or failed I . ! I.l. j " Ah I I see. Bequeathed in lef ;acy. Good. Coulpn'fc have done be iter. She's fortunate in bier guar-; dian, sir," j " Bather!' Dear nw! Sow stu- phl I am'. Beg pardon/sir, I didn't quite follow you up." ; ' Very .complimentary," thouglit (grindstone. He nudged Mr. Sea- ton in the side. "They might do ^orse. The matoh would i>e. a suttable one. Don't 3 ou think so V i "Ra-------. That is I don't quite ilnierstand you, . If ybu will be-so kir.d as to explain?" ;: , ,ilr.'Grindstone whispered, a mar riage between Mr. Gosling and Miss Bed wouldn't surprise him-. He Uad come to the point at last; he . it, which far outrivalledj the grandest j to appreciate bo high an honor bje- conception of tho unsophisticated lamplighter when trying to depict the grantlcur of Alladin's wonder ful palace to his little1 protege. It was; the night preceding Christmas Eve, and Mr. Seatonhad a party at his London residence, where he had been stiying for some Protnptly Attended to. : 1 J Blrej: Offi*"0*8" lat ** tb7^KEE PEEfS ^> will receive prompt attention. SBtalnw. k'for Pamphlet of 100 page. - - sfXllKSii* Jl*ts of ***> newspapers, and yia^<,,hawingcogtofadTertlgHig. " "$12 %<UiI * home; :" IT*. OnUlt and tersrt 1 Aft T_ uulv oa term A geDts wanted'1 fre. TBDEA :QTEAM Carriage :& Wagon WORB19> Maia Stteet, : Actont HICHAEL SPEIGHT, General Blacksmith,. Carriage and Wagon-maker. Best Horse-Slioers in the County. Perfect satisfaction sntaranteed' or no price charged. . . ' *. - ' - FlnfcCIas* Flows and Collard's Patent - KJr^tB IKanrorws oIvbti '.a -luuid- A. ood stock of Carriages and WftgoHB. Repairing promptly and properly at tended to. Acton, July 18, 1876; , "i. Ofc; 4.^ (ton per day at homo 3>0 TtO t>^aVJ Samples worth $1 tree. Bshtsou A. Co., Portland, Maln6^ abroad und returned to Scotland two years.before, bringing his wiird, a girl of sixteen, who! had been left to his care by an old schoolfellow and valued friend. JEUa Bell had lived Kvith her guardian since she wus quite a child, and she regarded him with a, true and warm affec- tish. Witkj'a- fathclrly Jove and- care the kind ni'erciiunt watched over theorphan. Mlaity years be fore he had cherished'hopes that she might grow Up to become the | the! future. -Time has made but) time. He had wound up his affairs li^tie alteration iipon him. True, ' ' -1 his^ beard is. tinged here" arid there wich the frost of age, and the'; wrjngies; ar|s beginning to_ settle down u^oni his face ; but what of. tha:t ho. is1' supple and active as ever as blythe and good' natured, as I happy arid contented; as if the wives of time1 swept over only to improve him. A hale man of fifty years fs Colin Crisp." >' Oh I you're home father, are yop 1" exclsimed a little fairy .fig ure of a-girl,'as she tripped into the room, shaking the large snow- flakes from her cloak, |^d brushing away the frozen drops which hung like pearls among her rich brown .carls. , " Aye, lass} and right glad too. Home is home on such a night," replied Collie, as he g6od naturedly rubbed hei' cold cheeks With his large warm hands. And where has my little Nellie been to-night V "Been across to Mother j Gray's, and.she would haye rn^ wait till Roland caraohome-l' But ijrhiit do ybu think, father.T- "Think. Why that you waited of course," ' "- O, yes. But that ain't it tbo'. stowed upoh her, S<'. ; \. . ' How deuced atta-active the creat- uro is," said Mr. Gosling to himself. " Quite criishingf upon my world. Though H. T. Gosling were to ast- piro to a coifinet, she'd grace, H- Oh 1 let me see, he w would MP. look after my ham} or the Honor able? I really must come put strong some day." 1 And tho enrap tured Gosling woojnd up bisrumin- aKions with the appropriate quota tion, from Longfellow, of-.' j.j lives of great men all remind us^,, "She'san enchaptingyonng lapy, leaned back in 'his chair/rubbed liis hands arid chuckled. " Joint- Stook Company. Value at par. D'ye take V ; t \ Mr. Seaton having recovered his presence of mind; t nderstood his drift. But he didn't encourage the idea. The thought Miat Ella Bell would one day part from him was quite new to him. He had always considered her in the light of a cjhild, and some -way the old hope thai she was destined to be the wife of his son had not yet-~altogether lpft him/. It had dwelt bo long there in olden times as to become ainost liko a reality/ and it was Sard to drive it from its stronghold ovr, even although lie knew that, like a droam, it had passed away. Ella Bell, ray ward ! * Why, r Grindstone, she is only (eigh teen. Besides I have no kiea of parting with her yet," Mr. Seaton unswered, casting his benign face wit li a kind look towards his ward. To waive off th< disagreeable ect, Mr. Seaton proposed an adjournment to tbe billiard-room, With which : the great Grindstone acquiesced. ; By and by tbe party- brotce up, aB all parties must do.; audi Horatius Theodore GoBling went home with a fluttering, and, [is ho thought, stricken heart to dre^m of laughing eyes and pretty curls of coronets and emblazoned shields, the whole night long. -' j The drawing-room was deserted ; silence reigned throughout the man sion; Without, the snow came down- heavily and fast, lodging it-, self into every crevice and corner of tho old mansion house, piling itself in heaps upon the window sills and ledges, and drifting in fleecy clouds against the panes.' Ella Bell sat alone in her sleep ing ;chamber, musing over the iyent8 of her young life. Mr. Gosling is quite; forgotten. She thinks of the sunny skies and lux-. uriant beauty of [the ^Weat India iul where her childish days had been spent of the blue hills, the Wild glens, and romantic scenery iiround Bellbrae, where her-home lad been for the last two years. She 'had been brought up in the jnidst of Nature's richest scenes; {he loved not a city life, and longed b get back to her home iuthe north. I' All at once her reveries were dis turbed by the sweet gush of music hear at hand. It was the Christ mas Waits upon ! the streets one of those parties of amateur-min strels who go'about in. the night time . for some | time preceding CbristraaB.singing!Christmas carols, accompanied by duch instrumental rnusic as the can command for the occasion. j Simple and rude as their music is, there is something so sweet, so strange, so soothing in the strains as they come upon the listener in the dead of night, that they touch upon the chords jot the heart like heavenly music, awakening all the better feelings of one's nature, and stirring the soul into a holy stream of happiness and love., j ! Ella Bell felt the influence of jthis strange music. With her head resting on her hand, she drank in the!, soothing melody^ while-her thoughts -wandered ; baok to those | happy-days of childhood when the gentle warble of Kenneth Beaton's flute th -ew over her young life its magio i spell. Ah_I~ those happy, {81*00 per anntun in Adva: and shut out.the biting , :: Ella Bell must be left to her will follow us into | the itjreet, cold ns it is. But hot to keep liim. long ' "LarsreJ;" - jWe never met a pretenti >ns man who really amounted to nfything. Pretentiousness is ever a "" vulgarity and emptiness, as is of refinement nnd.ciilturK would-be big roan" in- soiijf: =r nice.' " sign of iiodeKiv TU'e iff tic t voir got it^Crisp?" asked | mushroom viH^ge or.-cityVtKe>tap'o 'f> bonjf,^harp:featnredj Roman-nosed ! temporaries, must m k( lpdividool, vith a clarionet under i t*r and pretence what ,.,= r, bis iVm. [ What's come, of your j genuine wofth nrid" n.-.hii'ii is the measure of thejaek- that of the blustej-. and n- Watts, a tall, .being utterly/ignored by'l daal t ra, ^pecfaeies, did fellow, eh?" Colin Ctispj for it was grouped atjonfc/among the deep.; deceived".-/All great-me Our poets/our artWs,^ 1i>,.CO^- i^hi.ij^- h~e that ward of yours,rMr. Seaton," ||bup_py days ^at Bellbme.. They remarked the great Grindstone to |j were a|l gone, never- to return the host, who eat bj his side, " RutliHr," drawled" .out Mr. Seaton, without1 exactly knowing what he was saying, for his mind was pi'e-.oceupied at the time with wife of his son. On a.U .hisivisits j thoughts of a far different nature, to Scotland to see his son, the little j The ' 'Christmas season always Ella had-"accompanied him: and /"brought, with it the remembrance many .a romp and play she had had of him who was not. Among all with the light heaifted Kehnoth the merry laughter, the memory-;of Mother You and I ate going to Gray's on Christmas toidinher. ! " Nonsense puas J" Tipe lamp* Seaton among the; |heathery| hills around Bellbrae. -But this, the dearest wish of the merchant, had been frustrated by ^he mysterious disappearance of Kenneth from Edinburgh. | A heavy blow it was fwljen the tidings reached him thatj in stead I of his ^on| being in; the counting-house of GrindskonBj Tnr-' net & iCo,, be had ru|n of from|'his: tutor &nd gone no one knew -where., A heavy grief settled down.; upon the merchant's heart; mail After, mail arrived, but they brougbf; no news of the lost"ojn'e'j yea^ after year rolled on, and yet he yearned p t,ll.ri|.jji>. i-.f.ii' the past hung over him like a cloud, and dimmed the natural buoyaricy of bis spirit. ,T|ie heart, that: ia saddened feels all tho more lonely in the midst of gaiety and pleasure. '. " And a good, one, too 1" contin ued the eritertainijUg and entertain ed. Grindstone. ':'"-' "Ra-ther." . ' " And a rieh one V would have followed 'next in a business-like -vyiy, but'the merchant's politeness| (we had] almost] said slyriesB) ve- strained him, so he substituted, "No relation of yours, I believe ?" "None. She is the orphan child of a dear friend/"]; I \{ Kenneth, where was het : The cafoljwhicb. .thje, Waits-snng proclaimed ^be glad tidings which Bethele'm's shepherds; heard, and!it awakened in her bosom the hope I that her beloved guardian might yet experience great' joy 6n the je- turnofhisipng-lostson. .'"' ' ,The hymfa ceased. ; Ella Bell drew np' the window-blind, and looked lout on the snow-clad street. It was a wintry : sceno indeed. Throuih the still heayiljr falling snow she could see tlie poor Waits standing in the streets like white ghosts! the females blowing upon the'tips of their firigers and the males I slapping their arms across their breasts. With some difficulty she pulled up the lower sash from its impediment of! hard snow, and, wrapping it in paper, flung oat a. half sovereign upon! the pavement. The cold drift caugbtj ber right in the face, and swepeffinto the warm, room, making heir; shiver all over, snow'for thi> coin which had beeb.-".'e^t, thrown from tbe Window. " All j epg right II have/it now. Sixpence^ depe id/upo i it." Collie held up the coin to lisleyea! " 1 knew it. Why j bless tne j It's a half sover eign after, all. ' Hurrah 1" "Tou dsn't mean (o say so, Crisp?" cried out the leader, as he invbl iititarily put his clarioaajt in position1>eforejhis mooth, although hehiid no intention of playingt- " Yes it is. Al real geniulne piecej I'll av^ear," rfeplied thelamp- lightisr, testing! it '^ith' his teeth. " A jolly C iristmas j to the giver, and a long round of Happy New Years." ' j " -h .- ' - ""y7hy it e're in * luck to-night, Crisp; aint wb?" was the clari- ohet'p wsponaje. "Three ' cheers for the genei ous ladyi many Christ-, m'asels may she see, and always have a half sovereign for the poor Waik" Tieyjjoined in three lusty oheera, which rung along the silent street. . j ' "low then, off with yon, elss the. polici will b< t getting up a disturbance of tb peace against us. - Home I" said the-l:ader, luttoning up his clarionet ben'etth his *oat. "I think we have done remark] ,bly well for the last night of th; season, Crisp!"- I should think so. ' Twenty-six and j nine: in't a bj A take. Oar Annual wpn't fail t iis year for want of funds,' 111 be boon L Whf we could treat all Hack's Cour i/ior th 3 matter of that". " (ret alon; with' you, you: prodigal You rould r lih the Bank of England, Crisp, if you had the chance." observed the leader; whojwas ho! other than Nich olas Carroll, the cobbler, and intimate frien^ of the'lamplighter. ".Now then, off with you sharp!" With this the Waits trudged oH" to Hact 's Cour; where they all resided. Co lin Cris 5 trotted along by the side of the shiveiing littlel Nelly, who -had' been induced to join, the party. A s wee ; singer she'was, and formed, a vol- uablt addition to/the cjompany. "-Wouldn't! like to} s6e my Nelly in a grand home'Eke that where the lady tipped us tie/yellow one!": observed' Colli; to his young companion. "Ah !; wouldn't.I. I hopetoBee it.too^ I do,". " And yo i'dj light iamps no more,; fathdr; but itjwill never be.". Tlie lamp lighter. hailed a'policeman,. and asked aim who lived at No. 23; wherje they iiad got the half sovereign. " Mr. Sea tori, was the reply, r _ " Seaton !' remarked Grisp, as they kept] on the r Vay- " Why, bless me! Nelly, if thitjj isn't the name of onr friend Kenn :th. What, if it turned out fcobfj his fat ler?" ut Keinbth's father is abroad," suggested N illy. " So he is, hfss so he is. Bless me'. how I do for jet things. Poor Kenneth, I', wojnder w icre he is- now>l' . A. rare; gnodl'un be a, and a emarf one too. It. will1 be mor'ii three years now since we sawhim lajt."j - . : Still the snow fell faster and faster, and the strei its are almost knee deep at some places, with the drift. We will, therefore bi<. tbe Waits good night. ' f'\? -frolfte continued.)- A , .---------i., -The Ah. - era, our wnters, in prnpr|.u:-i',':" -. they reach higher nnd higher hi:;\-: '-- lectnal stature, grow sim)ilet- ii. manner, think less and less of self aijd^ more of- their] art arel their possible attainments in i',;. All great agencies' are silent-i-sleep, death, light/thought, than which nothing-is more potenti ;Th(y who are in_ living, vital sympathy iwith what is real and genuine, who drink from the source of power, show more by deeds than by wtrds of what stnff they, are made The man who.sjtrives td become great by words only, is a sham. . ' 11 An exchangei^jsays,: '^Nursery agents are agaib on the warpath Thoy should beigrrested for treesf on." It would be-just as well if they wonld branch - off and leave, before they are rooted out. " Pray, Mr. Professor, w'hiii is. periphrasis 1" j " Madame/it is sim- 4_>ly a circumlocutory and pi mastic cycle of oratoijical souorositr,. cir cumscribing an atom of ideali ;y, loat in a verbal profundity." ['*<" fhank ypn.sir.".- . Tell ns, angelic host, ye Messen gers pf lovo, shjall'swindled printer* hefe below have no redress ibove! Tbe shining aijgel's band rejplied : "To ns jwknowledgeigiven ;jdelin. queats on the printer's. booKB can never enter Heaven;" A jirofEssorj was expostulating with M\; student for bis idieneas, when -tfee latter-said, "it lelbf no I was.cm} out forjaL loSfer." ," Well," declared the professok Bor- -veying the student' criticallyi "whoever ciit'you out unde-stood his business." Scene in Ja.r debating aociety : Presidentr "VWe will takeJEheayea - and noes on the previous q'ues'tioh!,1' - Member-^-" A Twsrd or two^i Mr. President., priends, Boioans, countrymen ! ilend me your tarsi" President "(Jrder, Sir!: We will take the eyes *nd nose, nrst/r ,! " It;s all for, the best/' remitrked Blinks, with a sigh, as he pai f- for the hat he hkd lost. -VNay," in terposed the iucky inan, t'-'tia.sdl' for the better.? ', : Poot-ball is Incoming a faibion again. ' Foot-hall; can "never \\ each popularity injthiacoantry iiufcl'the" Canadian 8hiji lone ia set further back. -.: I i ' ' - ! - M " anc vfe havei no reasih to doubt his word -that since hp marriage, whe lever he-misses the last train he ii aura to catch it. I ." ". . . j "-! $ An arithmetical peaoe-tnakeW- fig- -uratively suggests to the politiiiana: time 4 vi'2-per-^injg. country and l people New Mcbe of Wasbinq. ill effects of soda on linen has given rise to a rew method of washipg, which has ieien extensively adopted in German ?,iand introduced in Bel gitim." Tin [operation consists in dissolving two pounds of soap in about tb;ie<. gallons .of water as hot as the hade; can bear, and adding to this.ono tal ilespoonful of turpentine and three' oft liquid ammonia; the', mixture must then be well stirred, and then tl ie} linen steeped in it for two or thr* e hours, taking cate to cover the vkssel containing them as hernieti cilly as possible.; The clothes are afterwards wamedj put and rinsed iia the usual way. . The soap and-.arater may bo repeated and used a second time';Jnnt in that case half a t ablespoonf ul pf ammonia must be ad ded. The prooess ia said to cause a g^eat economy of time, labor and : del. The linen scarcely suffers at i lt^and its cleanness and color" are perfect. The ammonia' and turpei tine, although their de tersive action is great, have no injurious Sect on the linen; and while the former evaporates imme diately, tLe smell of the latter is said to distjppear entiiely during the dryinj^of the clothes. . ThelSti^ford^eadow says : One night last week a Stratford gentle}- man awok 9 shortly before midnight, having lia i a very vivid dream, in which! he saw a man who was in his pmplo, departing for th'e-States w jth a qui ijitity of [stolen.: property in| his poE session. ;So: strong was the impression left 'on his mind that he] obtainedia warrant and.going to thje Grand*] fonk Station, actually' fonnd the nan in question about to leave' for Buffalo, taking with him j "This is Oa, Let us be. 1 at lOy-rate." ; Ralph Waldo Emerson having remarked that, men shouldlt} ust . each other more, the Milton Cham-" pion observes a, general fpeling an to tht section, A lady residing nt> town has shown: her benevolence* by present ing the benevolent society; with three pairs of bld-wh^tekid gloves, a damaged back shell/comb,.and. a fractured bustle, for diatnbotion among the poor. _ ' I ' i The man who keeps his word Tha man who never speaks. . *^ In what p^ace are two beadibetUr than one? . In a-barrel. ,... - All.men are/po$ homcaeas, bt men are home'less than others. | - Why i* a chicken like a cause both delight in a fall em] One of the reasons that a si resembles a four-quart jug is holds a galloon."" ' V h . The girl of the period Hi . We thouglit iter name waa Loi Isn't it Flora Day? i at sotns A wag^suxgesU that a sdital ing for' many choirs would- Lord/ have ;mercy oh t singers." j " I told yop so," is a commi sioh. ' 'The world is full of kuo\v all; about a thing after rtlhas'hap-; pehed. ! A Lohdon'i joker remarks that it is quite natural for newly ^married conples to turn pale/; for the ceremony itself makes them wan, ' ' _____ ________ Mr.-' James Kirkpktrick, ^7(*uity .teh a*A other property not! Treasurer of Wentvorlh, /ha* re- legally acquired. The man was I signed, alter 25 yejirf jepyi; e. The brought bef( ire the Police Magistrate Council. YotJEtd $3,000 to. b, (oi at a nextjmornilg and sent to reside ! retiring present. /I/T./fi tock/of temporarily at the casUe ftercaa Vhe Watertowo, has been appo ntad |in and she was glad t*>| close the win- water.. /// " ; :<\ ,* 1/' ^JUL-i- 'm