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' '" * pri40 5PW hard.' _- ^rtiii |HAM It* > Of tlieir ES x jen Fecnrtkl I HtW les can not IT 8GC& IGE- - of v$b0i " '. - J 7 __ ' RCAil -i"M'* - - Tclnm^ II. \o.34 -Whole Xo.S? } ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1877. BCSIX^SS-CARDS: -rtT--n. LOWW. M. It., 31; y ^ 0. V, S. )fAd|\to of TrtuUy- Oollcre. Mmb-r.->I Coll*i>af i'uysicians r. B. MORROW, rhysi- "o;an. Smvciti, if., oi Iteuevue Ccd- i.M New-York, aisoUriuluato oTVCetoHu rvfllifre. O^nAil-".. Consultation .UrtyR TVM.ftWi.vs ami Ktblays. from. .9 al in; tljl i a nv Residence Vest ttovrer street, 0 SHEXDERSOX, iConvoT- anrer.^-ie^ ..also Asrdiit CantiaA AMOrvnPO Co. ne^ds, Mortl;*KvS ^C prejvirt>d neatlv, promptly correctly mi (ui raumible term's. Money to bau on Mortpucc- security." Ofilce QlMgovr House, Moil, . -_________________r-------=-----:---------__. T D. MATIIESOX, Attorney* *t t-Lw, Solicitor lu fhuwory, jfe. Offle* Corner ot/Main ana Church Sweeu, U^orsetown.' T-T - .;__________;___UL PPLEBEr<j SI3IPSO.\, BarrUlerm .jUtoYnojs-.u-r.uw.^o- ___ors la Chancery, Couvoyaueers, c. Main Street, Ukor'oeVows-. - - 'A1 Bcifo; \TTM. LAIDLAW.' Barrister, >f AUomev-m-Law Solicitor to Ctianoery, ic. unices: Hamilton.-Ill laj street: Milton. Main street. 'l^be. mtton .Ors^-wtil b-* nnde'r llle.ToaarJK? ieW or M.-Ar.ic.-iii'iptH'it. ana Mr r_-dii- live -will'artenid a: lue "Aliltou GlliceH on'Friday o.' esjcu wee'fc. ' . H EXRY L. DRAliE, QHEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION / THE SMACK IX mjIOOL, A district school, not faFiiwny. 'Mul ltcrkshire hills, 6110 winter's day, Wns humming with its wonted noise" Of threescore mingle,1 irls .and hoys Soiito few upon their tasks intent, But; more on ftirtivo .mischief bent ; "'". '1 lie while tho master's downward look Was fastened on a e*ipy-book /\Y,heu suddenly behind his bock, l?oso, loud and clear, a rousing smack, Aa'twere a" battery ^of bliss Let otV in one .tremendous kiss ! . "What's that:"-' the startled master cries ; "That thir," a little imp replies, ">V'atli William Willith, if you pleathe Her father handed thotn to hbr, j atee. They found the horse gone, after stowing away his bolt, Carrie and her modo of flight was easily, wrote tremblingly,"in n fitio hand,^- explained B, & E. NICKLXir Beg to announce that thoy have secured the service^ of, $ First^Class Baker, and that their Rakingr huaincss >9"nb\# in full operaUon, in the preinisca ownod-i I tli;\w"him kith Thuthahiiah; IV.ttho ! 1>S Jfrs. llann.x ._ | With frown to make a statuethrill, Bread will bo aellvcred daily at the J Tho ""aster thuiulcre'd " Hither Will liouses in tlieyillagl and vicinity. | Weddinff Cake's, Tea Cakes, I Pastry. Buns, &c, J| made in the very best manner, and kept I always on hand, good and fresh. Also j Like wretch o'eWhkon in his track, With stolen ehattels on his back, Will, liunj; his heal in fear and shame, And to-the awful presence came A yreat, j;reen, bashful simpleton, The butt of all good-natured fun With smile suppressed, aiul birch up- _ raised, all kimis of Confectionery, Biscuits, .'The threat'ner faltered " I'm amazed, That you, my biyi^cst pupil, should of an act so rude '. |l,R\rE .ICIlNTVfltOON". A*ni for ike Mtirointile auJ AVaterloo. In baiiutS eaii-usIc-J-to nis core will bo. filtimiiv. KiteuJ^ to, Or.lers hy taall wUelteJ. _____________H-LIPISAKg PATENTS for ISVESTI.OXS ex*-e 1;:! uj*iy anj'.pro.'e'rly, secured laO*asJi. the Unite1! Sf-ites sind-Eiirope. l?Ant eraraate. <i or no csrargfe,' ^ecd forprirjte- ir.>:r::c-aoi:s. .V-*"cyjp rtper-. Uon ten years. HENKY OKI-JT. .2 _ Ottawa, Canada,. Wfc^-nlral "Er.irtn^er, So.tet-.cjr or Pa trnunsd Draueii^i'iSian. ^\v WILLIAM WATSilNS, luatr Marrtusc Llrcnirs .t CcrUflcales -= " By Boya! Aproir.*.ment.) -' B^iiDrs^ private atid coutlcteritial <iBie at tao Post Office, tHcnwllliam, Corner Ha' ton. . - - , M RS. S. (AETES. Taaaier jf"^luilr, Dra-trlois aad FreneS, (."hurclr strtet, Acv-a. = O LITER. LOZIER, Plasterer, Ac-. :., list E.-ery .lescrip" Ion of Plaiu-rl'ig ami.-Rosigh-tastlni; done on the m'l re<s<>utle te.-jrts, ana s^lislue- ijon eciran;iri.-U. \ t'TOX FliOl'R 3IILLS. O. it NlCftLJ^, Profrietors. Tlisr ^a : FecrJ a'.way.- on liatiil, :'li!.e- Baie ani r**;a:l. Grisiiii^ aii.i Oltopj-lbg Ualt]. Ci-iijiir iilkiuat. bt tiriji4 Cheese, fcc. j , ' The patronage of tho public 1b r,ev pectfnlly solicited. * rB. A E. S^ICKLIN. JcU Peb. 29. ISTtJ. - ! J AS. MATTHEWS ACTOX, CLERK 4TH DIVISION COURT, ' ^| Corsrr or Hai/rox. C6sisis3i^a8r is, Q. S. Fire laaurkaco Agent, Life Zasuranco Aeont, i Issuer of'Mnrrince Licenses. Ajcat Koac7tb Loan or Borro'W'-. I A?ca.t Hoatreal Tolc^rajli Co. ]Do"bts Collcctoi "on Oosisission. An^Gcacral A?cnt, S:c, $.c. Ite guilty ot an act so ru Before the whole set school to bout What evil yenius put you to't *" ' ** 'Tnaa she, her^t-lf, sir,y> Eobbcd the Jad^ :_ " 1 'didn't mean to be so bad But when Susannah shook her curls, ! And whispered I was "feard of girls,' i And dassn't kiss ababy's doll, I 1 couldn't stand it, sir, at all ! :.But u]i and kissed lier.oii the-spot,' ' 1 know I ought to not, But, Ktinivhow, from her looks b.-o hnn I thought she kind-o' wished me too !"' Fathoi' do not be frightened ; we are in h trap.' Go in the oppos ite corner of tho room, whoro.iyour fituo willj bo in tlio dark, and look at tho bust abovo tho door. In; it you'will ceo'two glittering oyes'that buvo watched you count y*our money." " Road it," sbo auid aloud, band ing the card ter'hor father. " I want you tofea if I am too extrava- Her father betrayed no emotion Whilo lie read, but said TJie FIrst^an<]|the;] vast of Her. Thoy wore alLe'njoyiing the breeze . ,...,.- J that swept through'the wide parlors '! You may as well givo hor up, f-tat s >mdr evening I so hotijof late. I Tho li=S ossi.v Hor^t, \cxon. '".!-* >i'- ti. rVR:awny sj:i,t.ot:. :u: .-.ue<-n-.ru.jJa!i--Lhf-.>.- th.-'travi.-l- . (.'AMl'liELL.-rYopr. DoniX-iOX HOTEL. Actou, ir:eior,Thls Da* aotirt is .: n;:<AL up in ; Srs;-i-luss tlrl wits no- furinture. Cinimeroiui TrareilersTi ir>r.d io-rJ .arTOuriiio !;,ilou and coGitnoJloiu^.Si.Bipje tt^oms;. syx.-clal aittction paiJ toth~ waa'.s'ol the iruVel; ltaff pa^llc, BarscppH^ liiquors a:.d Ci?nr, attentive Hostlers.- r___. with tile best j Wool S;abiiDg and ; Parties intrnstinc: their bnaincss -with me-will be satisfactorily dealt with. Office at the Post Office, Acton. qryoMiNiox HARNESS SHOP. w M. HEJISTRJSET, LdcensedL Auctioneer -HTf the Counties of Wc-Iln^gton and Hal- ten. Orders l-'l' at th. Ksee Pp^ess Ofllee.'Actoo, or -at in v rfesldencr, In Bockvo.-xi. w:'r. o-:- promptly iUieudeO to. . Terras rjeasouiible." '-- Is. TkTILTOX PLANINa MILLS. J. R, MITCHELL, _ llanufacttirer tjf ' Rub, Doors, Blinds. Mould* Ing*, Door and: Window Fraa^es^Pickets, etc. J>l*xi *Q> Scroll Work and Hatching DorX'.:to Ordtr.. _ S3" Blinds 30 cents per. foot. *<i.a All \rerji delivered in A cton free. . -."Orderg left t Secord Bros, will be promptly attended to. .- ".- ' Jfiitin, June 6, 87G. -50-ly TBOiitopi; caiPMAX, Practical Bookbiader. F .7 All eseripttons of Binding ^" Meetly Executed. At*omU Booit of all Kia'dt Iffidc to ' OrtUr. ' - Evxiicg Promptly-Attended to. .Abtmbt St. George's Square, Guelpl -.af-.0r4ers left at the Tree Pkhs Ufi ^rill receivp-proinpt atteiitjpn. (3KKX( jBe. WT3. P. KOWEL^ & CO^ *?|S-w \'ork,for Pampblct ot-VXl pogrt, DDUlntag llhts of g00 netrapapera, ana <**la'.e< ingoing cost of a/lverllBlne- ^ $1-0! inlav at homo". AgeDt* wanted !*!*^ OnUStand terms free., THLTS & V. A.^UBt, Mait. ifldU <^ $5cto $20 aniplSr;worM t^e, STiirgoy 4 Co., Portland, St|irne. , JOB fRIXTINO of all kinds watly^a/nd promptly ej:ecnt.edattbe PKEEEBESS' OFFKE.; xt ibe pOB, oocc, attn Street, A BRAVE fclRL. In the Winter of 1842, H gontl-s- mn.n and his diwightor, a 'young lad}-, while travelling through Can ada, arrived about nightfall at un old fashioned tavern.- "The gentle- mun concluded to stop there Jiiste.id of going on to tho vilJage-of-ST--------, which was1 ten miles""distaut, and which thev hud thotigll to reach. "* Tlio daughter expressed 11 willingness, as the tavern presented a. comfortable appearance, and thoy alighted, when it wits jilainly-to be been that the gentleman wits quite lame: so much that he was obli"(kl ' o to use a cane.. The landlord came put, and call- inj; a boy to tuko th liorse and slwigh to the barn, he ushered . Mr. Spencer and his daughter into a pli-atuint ..sitting room, where . a bright tire was burning on' tho hearth, which proved very accept able to our travellers, -.who. had been in the sleigh sinco morning. '" Yoiir room will be ready by' snpperitime, sir," said tho landlord, as he left the room and went into the bar room. Supper was shortly announced, and after refreshing themselves, Mr. Spencer and Carrie returned to the cozy sitting-room, where they talked and fchatttd until half-past eight. They were then shown to theii room which was the fecond story, in! a wing somewhat distant from the. main portion.- The. loom was vory' long, with a high ceiling. Oa one side was a -window, and on the other a door. Just above the door was a bust of King George III. The room wis plainly furnished', containing two beds, wash-stand and a few chairs. Carrie took in thoi whole ut a glance, and it must be confessed, had there not been a, Icheerful fire burning, she would have felt ner vous about sleepiug there. As it w^s,tho;wariii glow lit np the room in'to'coijipnrative cheerfulness, i.'While-she and her father sat ^y ' the'fire; her eyes wandered to the bust above the door, when she noticed that the eye-balls had evidently been knocked out,leaving two empty spaces. " Well, Carrie," said Mr. Spencer, presently, " I think you had better lock tho door. Iain.goingto count my money." A-fter- Carrio: had done bo, . he drew out a rooney-belt, heavy with bjlls, and proceeded to count them. ."While doing, so, Carrie's eyes in- volutarily wandered again to the bust, when, to her horror and as tonishment, ixi place of the empty spaces wera: two glittering eyes, greedily watching every movement of her father/ ;;. The young girl could scarcely re- First-class Hors'os and Oarriagos'tpreBB a scream; but- controlling . . , _ ' 'herself, she looked toward the fire, At Reasonable Rates. . ., , " - ., , '. -. while nor father went, on counting a large roll of bills. - ^ - ^> :" I must have been "mistaken," thought the fair girl. " What could -make 'me hay"? such a strange fancy, though 1" she continued, glancing again at the bust; The eyes were still there two burning, savage eyes, that bright ened as Air. Speucer went on count ing-J r" Good Heavefts-i" thought Car rie, "what shall we do ! We are evidently in a den of thieves, and will ;be murdered for ray poor father's money. "How . to communicate their danger to ber father without those terrible eyes noticing it, Oarrio could ^tot think. Suddenly a brightridea came to her. " Fathei," she said, aloud, "let me take ji,card arid pencH. ' I wish ;to take a mernoraiiduin' 5f some items' I want' to purchase in tho village." . - - - ' E. K, COOK 1 Having purchased the stock and good will" of .the business" lately carried on by Mr. J. F. Dempsey, begs to announce to the-inhabitants of Acton andvicinity tha^t he will continue the harness busi ness in the same premises, ]_ . Old Post Office Building, Mill Street, Acton, where he is prepared to turn otjt work second to honeiu the Dominion^ being a practical workman of cousiderf.ble ex perience. . All-work done promptly and a& cheap" as ithe cheapest, (jvi hand a large and well selected stock of Hnrnrsn, Boref BtnntrH, Tranki, WJilpt, Drtubrj, Combs, Ac. Itepairing promptly attended to. Acton, Sept. 26R K, COOK. :, 1876. ."' "- ACTOX LIVERY & SALE STABLE ' - J. P. 'ALLAN '.-J"'? TaUes pleasure lit announcing to the puhllc generally that be Is prepared to fnrnlah " l. His Rigs and Horses are tho best "that 'canie had, and be is dctermlnod not to tHrs'ufpasGeo' by any,('lty Btable..' Acton July let. IS75. DTEAM Oarriage & Wagon Mala Street, - . Acton. . MICHAEL SPEIGHT, General" Blacksmith,!" Carriage and ; Wagon-maker. . Best Horse-Shoers in. the .County. Perfect, satisfaction truaranteed or no price charged. Ftrit- lns Plows and Collard'n Fateql ' Irani Harrow* alwajd on band. A good stock of Carriages and Wagons. Repairing promptly and properly at tended to.. . Acton, July 18, 1870. "You are pietty. extravagant, Carrie, I supposo you think' your father is nnrdo of money ;" arrd ho arose and wont to the wash stand, which was in a dark corner. Onco there ho glanced toward the bust, and that glance confirmed hiB daughter's, extraordinary state ment. When ho came back to hiB seat, Carrie saw that the eyes were gone. Then, leaning toward her father, sho said in a low tone, " Yoivsee it,is us I said. I have thought* of u plan, however, by which we can both escape. You would bo perfectly useless in an af fray of any kind on account of your lamo leg, so I must try to save us both." Then followed a whispered con sultation, during which Carrie kept her eyes fixed on the bust; but the, glittering orbs bad not coine back. As sho concluded, Carrie went to the window, threw it up, and look ed out. Beckoning to her father, who came, she said or rather whihpered, '- " You seo this shed, father! Well.-they will.probably come up on it and get in through" the window. I do not think they will begin- tho attack before twelve, so -1 -will get out of this window' jump from the sl'ed, go to tlie barn and take our liijrse, and go to S^-for help." \ Flinging a wrapper, over her slight.figure, sheembi aced her father tenderly,. aniF bidding him not to worry oyer her, she jumped lightly on the shed and disappeared. - . Mr. Spencer watched hor for a while, then closing the window, took out a watch, saw that it was nine o'clock, and proceeded to work. He first covered up the fire, blew out the light, and rolled up a-blan- ket, with which he made a dummy. This he placed in the bed which his daughter was to occupy. Then ho sat down and waited oh, how -anxiously. Ten, fifteen,'twenty minutos went by, and no sound came from the vi cinity of the barn. Taking off his boots, (be crept noiselessly to the window and i>eeped out, but he could see nothing. Then creeping to tliewnshstarid belaid his mcjriey in the drawer and closed it. I He then threw himself on the bed and" waited.'. ' ' ^ ' After an hour had ' apparently gone by, Mr. Spencer threw off ids coat and vest, tumbled up the bed, hobbled, to the door, unlocked it, and stepped out into the hall.. This was all in accordance with Carrie's plan. L " Landlord [landlord!" he shout ed. ' .'" . He then wont back into the room and noiselessly threw up the win dow, all the time shouting 1C0Y the landlord. The worthy <eame flying up the stairs, and late as it was, he Was still dressed. ; " "{ Oh, landlord !" gasped ~ Mr. S]>encer, rushing toward-him, "'L haye been robbed ! my mouey is all gone!" " V " Gone ["'echoed the landjord in display. ' . j ' Who coulil have Jtoie|n it!" groaned Mr. Spencer. '^1 had five thousand dollars in a bete; and it is goni stolen !" I Thb landlord lit the candlo and looked.around, chagrin depleted on ev^ry feature. " Why don't you wake your daughter , sir 1" he questioned? Mr. Spencer hurried to the bed. " Carrie, Carrie.!" heoallod, but no answer came, and thd landlord, drawing near with the light, saw the dummy, and crjocii "Why, man, the girl isn't there!]' "What?" gasped Mr. Spenceri " Oh, I see it all ! The wicked girl has robbed me while I slept, and run off to- meet her lover, from whom' I was taking her." . He ran to the window, followed by the landlord. " Yes, yes, here are footprints in the snow on the shed 1" cried the landlord, while Mr. Spencer groan ed aloud. " How long do you think she has been gone, sir}" aekec". the landlord. " - "For an -hour or more, tb.4"de ceitful jade !" replied Mr. Spencer.- : " Then there's no use tolo.plL for llGiyeiiv" said.the landlord.: i - *' Oh, but 1 riiuBt ! " cried J Mr. Spencer, as ho began to descend the stairway, followed by the landlord r ,who had believed evtfi'y word j Mr. Spencer said.' They proceeded to, the barn, fol lowed by the. landlord's confoder- Bir," said the landlord consolingly. " I suppoBd I may^" groaned Mr. Spencer, uud they returned to tho' hoitso. As he left tho barn he heard the landlord whisper to one of his con federates, j -" The job's up, Jem -we'd better let the old man alone." ' '( formation concerning Onco more; entering tho room,: th;8 or the last contuiL Mr Spencer threw himself upon ' teud t0 relate an inti/ the -bed, and awaited the return of i hia bravo daughter. " God bleBa her and bring ber back in safety," he murmered. : Meanwhile all grew still,.and the! hours rolled by. The fire had been raked .up and crackled on merrily! The eyes were not looking from ther bust; they had evidently disappear-! ed for the night. jj At last; after what seemed an! ago to the- anxious watcher, he beard a loud "knock on . the front entrance, and live minutes after wards heard tho landlord Btumblo to the door. Then followed a con fused jumble of curses and strug gles, then a rush of many feet up tho long hall and stairway. Tho next minute, the door,was thrown open and his daughter rm5h- ed in, followed by4he officers, who dragged iu the landlord and his con federates. , ! " Oh, father !" she cried, " yoii are safe, safe !" and -throwing hef- arms abous his neck the brave girl burst into hnppy tears. The sheriff and "his posse of men. held the landlord and Iub confeder ates in a vice like grip, while Carj- rie related the adventures of. her j>erilouB ride. "' . I "After I ..left the barn 1 led Tommy to a fence, all unsaddledj, sprang on him, wound my arms tightly around his neck, and whis pered, ' Go, Toiiuny !' and away he wen*, like the wind. Up and down over the frozer} road we went ! My arms felt like ice. I thought I should certainly freeze, and after what seemed to be\ an age of cold, pain, and misery, I dashed into the main'street of S . As we came up in front of the tavern the ,stag6 drove up, and the inmates Bprang out and rushed to my assistance. J must have been almost insensible! for I had to be carried in by the landlord.' I -was given vf arm drinks until I fully recovered, and was able to relate my story. I told them my suspicions and iny^frars, and this gentleman" here Carrie' paused, and turning .to a fine look ing gentleman near her, said,-, "Mr. James by his ready belief in what I told, and his energy and spirit iii arousing the sheriff and his men,' haB been the main cause in bringing assistance.'" ^ j | Mr. Spencer grasped tho young man's hand and thanked him. -I - "Your plan succeeded'admira bly, Carrie," he said; atid-advanc-j to the washsland, ho took out the money belt, saying, " tny money is all right as you see." - - j The landlord quivered with rage bb, he saw bow completely he had been baffled. As the men began-to search tho room, the landlord,protested his in nocence, declaring that they had noj right to hold him or his men prison; erp. or to search the house. ' ' Breaking open the door over which was the bust, the men rush ed in. The room was empty, save for a long ladder, which readied a; shelf above the door. A hole above the shelf disclosed the bust to be broken in half, so that a man could easily climb up the ladder, get on the shelf,]thrust his head in thei bust, which was large enough for1 an ordinary man's, head, and see all that was gping on in the udjoining room. '- This certainly looked suspicious; but absolute proof was wanting. On returning to the room occupied by Mr. Spencer,' they, again searched eveVy nook and corner. Suddenly Carrie, and Mr, James, who had been standing by'the fire-place gave a loud cry, for on close examination they had found spotsof blood oil the bricks which formed the hearth. They began to'pnll up the bricks', which proved loose, when Came, feoling faint, gave way to the sheriff and his men, who soon had them all pulled up, when d cavity -was disclosed, containing the murdered body of- a gentleman whoui Mr. James and the sheriff Temembered to have stopped at S--------- three days before. . . The evidence was conclusive. The landlord and his confederates were .well guarded thvptigft the night, and the next day -they, were lodged in jail, where in,due time they -were sentenced and suffered the'extreiue penalty of the law. i {91.00-per annum in Adra&M. it had -been month, was Philadelphia, An old saying deolares, ' ' Where- ever there, is a secret, there; rnuafe, be something " wrong." This <i& about as true, and about as false, as many, of the old sayings are. May, the place was and I rim .'ali.nost ifraid to -say this - it was the' Centor'nial time. But don't be alarmed, niy reader; 1 am. not going to deisoribe thB Great Exposition, nor tell anything about 'it; noi shall "give any in- '76 of either I only in- ent that hap pened to take place tl en and there. The. people enjoyiig the breeze were a family by the name- of Fen ton, and consisted of a father and mother,, two grown-up daughters, ione grown-up son; and a little girl. Mrs. Fenton Had just been say- ingpthat Bhe supposed they would soon be overrun with visitors, com ing to spend a few, clays and see the Centennial. - " Well, let them come!"' said Mr. Fenton, heartily, as he turned his paper inside out. " I don't know one that I wouldn't be glad to see." J " Nor I," returned Mrs. Fenton. j* I am always so thankful that we needn't be ashamed of any of our relations. There's sister Kate! who;could be more delightful than sheis!" "Oh, Aunt Kate is perfectly splendid !" ; chorused_; tiie^jfoung people. . ' - "And there's TJncle Phil and Aunt Emily," said Mabel, tho eldest girl. ' -....'. I "And Cousin Joe and-his wife," added Florence, the second daugh ter. ; "And John and his family," pu in Mr. Fenton. " Oh !. if you go to counting up, you'll never get through," said Tom, the son and heir. "But I say! haven't we any objectionable con' nections at all--? Isn't there some old duffer who'll turn-up just at the wrong moment V S:*? " No, I haven't any," said*M'rC Fenton. " No-o-o," said Mrs. Fenton, rub bing her head thoughttully. "Stop! I think I remember one. Of course Cousin Jerusha / I wonder I didn't think before. But I don't know that qho is objectionable; the fact is, I don't know anything about her. She's lived 'way up in Vermont all her life. She's a niece of graudfathei 's, and is-an old maid;, at least she ought to be, if she isn't married or dead. Her name is H'evington Jerusha Heyingtbn. I alwayB thought it such a pity to spoil such a iine name -as'Heving- ton With Jernsha. I hope sJte won't come; I'm sure she must be per fectly awful!" ; '"'. The two young ladies had been looking on at their mother in blank silence' ever since she had mention ed, this unpleasant relation; Tom had gone off in a fit of laughter; so that Mr. Fenton was the only'"one who spokei "Well, if she comes, all .we can do is to make the best of it, and treat her as well as we know how." " Oh, of course," said Mrs. Fen ton. Tom :hpre looked at hiB watch, and started up, exclaiming, that he should be late, ha had an appoint ment, and bolted off, promising to be home encly.-. Then Mr, Fenton settled down for a nap"*;" Mrs."Fen ton buried herself in ajjbpok ; and the girls ySiwned^over their Japan ese canva8( fearing a dull evening. .The uir"gently fluttered the lace curtains, the mellow liglrt shone down from the many-globed chan delier vipon. the fresh white tuatting, the linen-3raped furnitura,"the. pic tures and statuettes, the three ladies in their pretty evening dresses, and the oldgentlomttn snofingaway be hind his newspaper; all was as ;quiet as quiet could be, when a violent peal at the, door-bell made them all nearly jump out of their skins. " Who On earth is that i" asked Mr. Fenton, bouncing1 up. Mrs. Fenton dropped her book and gave a scared look into the hall, T" " I suppose it's Mr. Vanderpool," said Mabel. . ' . "Oh no, he never rings like that,UI said Florence. ~ Their' old colored1 waiter had opened .the door by this time, aod a loud voice was heard enquiring, " Dogs Mr. Fenton Mr. Samuel Fenton live1 here 1" "Yea, ma'aim, lie does,' old James answered, respectfully. " Wa'al, then, I guess I'll walk nght.in I seen'tho folks through the winder:" and apparently before the old servant could Btop her, the. owner of the"yoice did " walk right into" the parlor d tall,strong-fea tured -woman, with, iron-grey hair, clad in a brilliantly flowered'/dress,- tbat a h.nlgifig hoop-skii-t showed to. advantage, and a shawl of-vivid, i*ed and yellow plnid. A bonnet of the "shape called poke, was on liep bead, and.fromit dangled a thick green veil. She wore gray cottbn gloves, and one.'hand firmly grasped a lumpy carpot-bag, the other a fat umbrella. She looked comfortable "You're awful |ike Linns Swinefiald," he exclaimed, at length, "the fuatbeaa lover hed. I.. Unowed him when ho Went to tlie deestrict school. They usoter Call him Biggy' then, nnd none o' the gals could bear the sight o' him, and . when ho growed up I wdu th only on who'd go to prayer meetin'with hira^.-. My star* l but he was powerful lika you. ,.Hed jest the time kinder tow. colored hair, raid -kinder, whity-blue eyes. I was awful fond.b' hlB/'.Bh': sighed, and edged a little nearer the . now thoroughly ; uncorafqrtable Mr. V.anderpool; thep she^sighed again and" edged still ieare*. "-You're dreadful like him," and buried hor face in a big "red handkerchief, and, groaning, moved hearer .still; another groan, another sigh, made the girls rise in a-fright. . Was the woman crazy ? * c. Still another sigh and a groan wedgea " Mr. Vanderpool against a~ eharp comef' of the oofa. He, "somewhat alarmed, tried to get up,. when '-ilisa Jerusha, with spasmodic twitches all over her face, threw her arms aronni hia neck, Lexciafming convulsively, "My"dear, : dear boy !"' Mr. Vanderpaol indignantly strn'ggled , to releasei himself, but the clinging arms refused to be unhooked. ' Mabel and Florence stood wringing their hands in : despair,. Mr. and Mrs.'Ronton mshed " to the rescue, and in the scunle thaft ensned.off came the.'poke-bonnet and green veil, carrying with thSetn the " spectacles and gray - hair- aad there ' was Tom's curly brown head confessed. " Oh,- Tom, yon dreadful boy !" criedh the girls, as Tom sank down 'On; the sofa shaking with laughter. It took about the space of a lightning flash for them tb grasp the situation,. and such peals of laughter rang through i the room that it.is a woisder.tne^neigh- : borhood was not roused ; but then -it [ was hearty rather than noisy, and thai makes a wondrouB difference. , ': Tom, with) many chokes and roar*; " toldhow he jhad managed/winding up. with -. . " ;Nurse anjd cook and old Tim acted like regular itrumpa. Howl did fool, you all! Snt by Jove, I thonght;I wa gone when Mao wanted to' send up fop Dot; she'd seen' the' rigging up in this nursery, you know,,.and she'd have let, it all oatl j Qh dear, it's: the . best fua ' I've had since I left the academy. When I . called father 'Samuel,' i I thought I would explode on the spot. Oh dear !" ; : . ^ ' And, would you "believe it ? .the young Bcamp persisted in wearing his outra- - geous get-up all the feat of the evening, ' and when .Mr. Vanderpool finally took his,leave, insisting upon eacortinij him to the door, where he bade him an af fectionate farewell, assuring, him that " he was powerful like LinttB Swine- .: field." N ' ' -'--. Strange Death in New York. A YOUNG MAN 8WALL0WS A CHERRY STONE WHICH: SEfiMIKATia KSfi KILLS HIM.' I ' and common from top to toe. She peered at the\g_roup through her steel-bowed speotacles, and tucking her umbiella under the oarpet bag. arm. she extended her hand, " Wa'al, how, I s'pose yer don't know me. I'm Jerusha'Heving- ton ^yer cousin, Jeriisha Heving- ton.'^ Tho stricken family were dumb. ^Vlr. Fenton was the first to recover'. He took the proffered hand, shook it wa-rmly, and led the lady to a chair, begging ber to be seated ; be could, not say that she was welcome; but he tried to make her feel as if she were, "IjM'ni Fenton then came forward, and sitting down beside her, and asked some friendly ques tions about the journey ;,.and the girls, a little conscience smitten, offerefr to. take her things. "Wa'al, I guess I won't jest now, thank yer I've gotjto go and see about my trunk in a minute ; Ihed- it left id a grocery store jest around the corner. -The young man was awful pleasant when I, told hkn that I was one. of "your folks he seema ta set a heap %y yon." " Good gracious !" thought FIok euce^with aBhudder. " I wonder if she has been going all through tho city advertising her relationship to us!"- -'.'-'-'" " Wa'al, Samnel," began Miss Jerusha,- "" Yer've got two fine likely-gals ;" they oughter help their mar a sight in doin' house-work and sich. It' must tako 'a powerful heap o' work to keep all tbem fussitj's clean" with an admiringr rt\ther awe-struck'glance about %he room. Then Bhe-went on. '* Ib -them all the.children -yer've. got, Maria V . . Mn. Fenton answered that; she had two'more, a son and a^l'ttle daughter. . Mable offered to send for her little sister, thinking that a child might make converse easier,' but Miss Jerusha-trfl8wered, with' such evident ajarpi and disrelish, ' for law's sakes, ^io ! I can't .'bear children," "that she" drew back, offended. Mrs. Fenton looked arinoyed ; but J Miss Jerusha; un abashed, b'egan to complain of the awful drought up in their~"place, while an awful silence fell upon the rest. . . ,"^A quick light ring made the girls hope that' it was not Mr. Vanderpool >I am sure for the first time in their lives. To have Mr. Vanderpool, of 11 beings in the world, see tbis^dreadful relative Mr. Vanderpool, whose father belonged to the oldest of Knicker bocker families, and whose mother -was'an.F. ~F. jV.; who-wasso fasti dious and refined himself! It took only a few seconds for'this to rush through their brains, when hi Mr. Vanderpool walked. He was greeted 'in a rather embarrassed manner by them all, and inveigled into a seat as far as possible from Miss Jerusha, on pretence of its being cooler near the window. . But Miss Jerusha didn'tmeah to be left in the background she got up from ber chair and stalked over to the group. . . ^ ..' '.'Who's this young manl" Bhe blandly inquired,- indicating Mr. Vanderpool with Tier cotton fore finger; - . Mable, with a very red. face in troduced "Miss - Hevington;"' mentally grateful'that the amne wasn't Mulkins or Snooks. "' Mr. Vanderpool made an aston-- iBbed bow but Miss Jerusha. held out her hand, and gave his an' un merciful grip, exclaiming heartily, " I'm real glad,to see :yer, mister! But Bee here, sis'-, " I ain't ashamed 6' bein') our cousin yer might hev Untroduced me as sich." '.: V- : -.. Then ordering" Mr. Vanderpool "to fl(tt- down on the sofy," she took" her place beside him when he had.obeyed. ' - "Wa'al, now, I" didn't spect^to Bee sichia fine young feller the fust night I'come a beau" o" yourn, I e'pose V she said to Mable, in a loud voice. . -, Malde wished that the earth would open, and swallow some one of the party. " Wa'al, yer needn't git so all- fired red ; yer ain't' got no call to bo ashamed o' him-; he seems. a nice niiff kind o' young man." . Mable feltthe cold -shivers runu, ing up' and down her back, and thought she knew-the meaning of: purgatory now. Miaa .Teruahavquite blLssf1, turn ed to Mr. Vanderpool^ and put some searching questions with re-" gard to bis " trade."' Mr-Yauder- \ - - pool politely answered that he was- twisted round the intestines jihak studying for the bar. ' - -J " it was found impossible to remove Hum ! bar-tender ; I shouldn't -i_- '1. ' '.-' ' '. ii "r-uS ' A 5& ft'.'- ' i '-- JI hev thought it!" was MiBB Jerusha's comment. ; ; f- , The -girls sat shuddering, ami wondering what-was"edminglnext, Mr. ahd Mrs. Fentou wera'kilding a'connoil,bf war in the back parlor. Miss Jerusha was silent. for the space of thi-ee minutes, gazitigupon Mr; .Vanderpool with sue i ardeht ailmiration thut he hegaii,'to feel nervous. Last' summer a young New Yark- , er narped Henderton swallowed cbWy-Btone. At the end of a week he was seized with "violent pains in' the stomach, and could get.no re lief. It was pitiable, says an acr count in the Sunday. Afarctiry, to ; witness his suffering, so intense and excruciating did they appear to t>e. Tlte young -lnaii' continued to suf fer, and grew palirdayby day. A% > the end of six weeks he had boV come so feeble that he was compel!* eil to leave his business and (con fine himself to bed. H13 physicians did not understand the case." Tho symptoms were entirely unique. He said that he experienced a sen sation..as if something'wasgradu--,.; ally spreading among and tying Bp1 his intestines, The physicians ar rived at the conclusion that he was afflicted with worms, and. treated him accordingly,-but witb-no effect. In the meantime bis sufferings in creased. Sleep wa? almost".a' stran ger to him, and he 'compInineJ mor# and more of the peculiar feeling; ef a vitality in the intestines, distinct i froin . his own. After lying for months-, be died iq great agony. After death an autopsy was made of the jbodjf. On opening the body, incredible us it may appear, it was discovered thai the cberry--BtoiieJia<i sprouted in the stomach of. the jih- fortunafe yoting man, and was as thrifty aa if "it. had been planted lii' :_ the ground,'_ The strange p'ains of the young man were now accounted for, for proceeding from; jufp cherryr stone were sboota of fibres which had ramified through thia-intestines of the victim, and in some instance* had coiled themselves tightly around -tbem. In tho vicinity* of the heart there were u number of these) ~ shoots.'and one of them,'larger than the rest, iu pressing upon-t(his.orgirt was the iuiuiediate cause of dedtlk jOfthese shoots there were inall four teen, varying.in-length from three to nine inches. In color! tbt y were}' white, with a faint^yellowish green tinge towards the base. The shoot wUich had pressed ag^tust" young / Henderscrn'a heart was c\oridei aldy thicker and larger than the rest, and had a peculiar reddish ting?, which'^tbe others had not. ,Tna shoots were so closely twined atnd possibJ thern, and so they haye not bea pre8ei"ved to science.j The. case/ however,was t so entirely sui yen-", eris that in fett" pf-obubility a full- and atithentictitccouHt.of it will be' written and published by thjsjphy- sioians and surgeons interested in it. If yoti hav.e religion, ypu needn't tell people about it; jthey will fiud it out^aftor .trading |-,wBth you a while. . V :'