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'" 'ill <li " ~-.----.-j ^!E M3j - V V*t 7- : ' r4-a*<hg-?: ^Bsmmmmiismammammm mm i -'I i 'k7,H l - '?-"U... j-. Befora i:T'<. c- ^ Ui*e II.iXc^-WholeA-o. 08 ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1877. BUSIXSSS CARDS. NTtHEAJ? BREAD ' 6W* *,eBa(>8r "' <?oll|tenhrioln a4 Boweon*. Cmee- and Residence Wre-lerlek SMaali "tc-roit. In the house 4ikrptt*V**dt>T E. little. Kso.. lici4a.*irKon. itcol B. Sc E. mCKLIN oEaift Ciinuniiv VORSOW, Ptaysj- -_.*oi>,ac.,ot Bailcvue Col-< \ir. i*oUrjUluate ot Vietorla Beg.tp announce that they Have secured Consultation days , UMmgn *.*^*^. - vwwiiimuh days . Himri*^ ""-tlr*" f~rm Tti- m.tuu j.iai Residence West Mower street,1 D HENDERSON, tonyey * aaer, *c, alia .Vgent Canada Oe>ds,_Mortasvv t->itW<04Ur, promaOy, correctly sad on raatoa >bl terms. - Monty to f um < t'ortetr_*curliy. uffict- -QlM|OW Hout, .VctOD. T ft. MATBESOX, Attorney- if* iat-uiw, Solicitor in Chancery. 4a. < 048o Corner oft Mala and Church Vtieeta, Oeotnretown, --------------------------------------------------------- - nrv w. cooper; ? Provincial Land Surveyor and .-'--Oiyil.BineTineer, Guelph. '""feWeli'bj-Siall prompter attended to. \\TM. LAIDJ.AW, Barrister. Yf Attor***i-L*V. BUKjiior la Caaacery, *e^OtBcest HaraTtton. 10 Kat street; Ml!ton. Mala street. The MUloa oace will be under the mnai(c- eat aC IX W. Campbell, ami Mr Laid- UT will attond at the 'Milton Offloe" a Friday or eaett rtek. "the: services of First-Class Baker,r and that their Baking business is now in fu operation, in the premises owned by Jfrs. Uanna. _ . Bread wi bo delivered thuly at tho houses in the vi age and vicinity, "Weddinpf Cakes, Tea Cakes, .-- Pastry, Buns, &o., made in the very best manner, and kept always on hand, good and fresh. Also a kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits, Cheese, 4c! The patronage of the public is rcs- poctfuy solicited. ' B. t . NICKLIN. -^cton.J'eb. 29. 1S76. H !fRT L. BRAKE,' BrtWftAYCE AC EST. UTTUTB, Aseat for the Mercantile and Waterloo. Ml Katlueu eatritiiMdito his earie will be -ttUfcfltUT attended' M. umee {at Say's Bookstore, Guelph. >! Orders by mill r aa^lreaaHllo Qu-lphTox Donn Poistomc* will reoelro ncorapikiteutlnn. .'/' S.L.DBAEE. P~AfETS for IXTEXTIOVS enwiiUirjilj' and peoperly secured ; la Canada, the.Cnileil states and Europe. r*ataot t ur^atf fd or uo cnaree. Send ftrpriated laitruetians. Agtaey In oper- atioa tenysars. HEXRV Gl'.IST, Utt^va, Canada, . Hea'jaaieat Eagloeer, -So.Ielior o{ Fa UiuiiJ DrQih-aia.n. rW Our > - . ' Raw Oil. ia,-.-etJ.ii;v lite Lead, Slarci*- 1K& Washing f.. f-.-,i*': -n IBS : i - ^Kr I0cnteJ n*J^ .-. f- -7.';, .- . . -.- -. i - -.')- ! w ILUAM WATK.1XS, 1 sstar Harrtase Uecno A Certiacaiea aB :.-^BJ Boyal A^pointmeat.) ' . BulneM private *nd coaadenUa! (ISm at i&a ' Post OISc*. ( ieawllltam, Ow-ty Ualtdtt. VrES..$. CARTER. Tcaeker af aile. rawimjt aad Frraek, : *.. .tartreh atreet, Acton. OUTER LOZIE&, Plasterer, Actio, Ont. ;E,-ery desenuilan or Suterlns aod Bough-casting dooe on e'si'Mtreuonable terms ana aatlsfae- cw nanateed. ;__'.- k A.CIOJJ PLOITR MILLS. B-'a'e. NICKi-IS, Proprietors.,-^ Flsar and Peed always on hand, wbn'e- aatoaodrelalL OriaUos and Chopping Daily. CmU for ill kinds of Ur Jin. S0SS1.\ HOUSE, Acton. ' Clowe to theG.5". Bal.wny atatlou. llDtaccomtnod4floQ fnrtbetravel- Uag pakOe. TSifi. jikiaELl>, Propr, Tt^XIMON HOTEL, Acton Mr Howl U fitted av in nrsi-clau' itfle wt netJfurnitnre. -Commercial SsaraHara rt< 1 mti koo1 areom mo tat Ion and eosasaollooi Sample Rooms; Special a:t<otlon pal f to th- sanis oi me truveV- Um rm-jllc. Bale supplier! wiUilue best Lfqoanadd Cigars.' Uool Sibling aod aUcaUre Uaatlerv , -^5------------- STREET, Auctioneer JlesjDf Weill ngtonrind 'Hai- ______/Loft at the Kbee Pacsa OBUt, Aeloo, or at nsy residence. In RwfcVawt, will be prompUy atteude<* to^ Tsriasreaaqnable. _ ' ' 'i .- USTCr"- MILLS. i; MITCHELL, X- . Mamrfacfalrer-of * *, Blinds, Moold- 4Kr^ Door and T^lndow a Frajpe* Pickets, etc. flaming^ Scroll. Wori\and 2sUcliing ' ,J>Jfi*- to Order. , 0r,B\infy$Q cants per foot.' ~E* ' i work cUKTared M ^ton ree- . OnfcrHeft sftSeemrd Bros- wi be jthBtfttj* Attended, to. . t-i|fittoB,intte6;lS76. 50rly " ' " AS IM XAE EAST- JAS. MATTHEWS . ' " h ' - ACTON, CLERK 4TH DIVISION COURT, COUKTT QT HaLTON. Oonvtyaacor, CommlMionor in Q. B. Fixe laiuraac* Agoat, Life laiuiKica Agent, Issuer of Harriage Licenses. Azent Honey to Loin or Borro-w. Affont Hoatroii "elosrraph. Co. Dolrts Oollectoi on Commloslon. I And Cheneral Agent, &c, 6sc. Parties intrusting their business with me wdl be satisfactorily dealt with. Office at the Post Office, Acton. Tji TROLLOPE CHAPMAN, Practical Bookbinder. All Descriptions of Binding Neatly Executed. Account Bocikt of mil Kind* Made to Order. . Buling Promptly Attended to. Bi-tdeev St. George's Squaro, Guelpl 5- Orders left at the Free Pbee3 Office will receive prompt attention. rpRAYELERS Life and Accident INSURANCE COMPANY Of Hartford, Conn. Paid-up Cash Cap'ital.. 3ath Atsels.. /......... Surplus for protection Piilicy-holdtrt..'.... ____ 9000,000 .... %0bi,000 of. ___1,170,855 iDepoeii with Dominion Gov ernment ...........;.;' 1^0,000 n. It malaety !v^ h 6AAT ! HAfM^' .n-^: At immense qmuttsties of leather is be- _^mg maoufactDred into harness for tho ',li<r tie Artlflcry Horfeea, pricesJiaye consecaently gone up. Severthelesa' io <famik atT article* in the line of **aM, S^idlei, Trunks, Etc., *^8*lifc4*|l1*te;*r v%a.-. -Btfc ft gjgjeal workman, and ready o fill," CTs?wfs^d^ * *bN> ^"^^Waefa -^ae .i& tlz6-I)aauA20&. " ' ' L- ' " *iAWl|UU wprk imjaianteeiTai- .^Bqpfirtii^ promptly' attended : to. ^t#d, >ock ho* Baraeti, Whips, "S"JP?P,*;CpBilis, etc.,.*lway on luind. j Tbo Travelers ia a S'JOC?. COM- jPANY and writes Life Policies upon I the Low Kate all-cash plan. No un- aeriait>promises of impossible "divi dends," but a reduction of the pre- miatn at the outset; equivalentto a "elividerid " in advance;. The Trav elers writes Life and Accident Poli cies combined as cheap as . most companies write life policies. It is the largest Accident Insurance Com- fnyjin ,tkf> world, having "written 436,000 policies and paid in actual cash benefits \a^accident policy holders alone over~82,665,000. An aficidtent policy c0Btaboti'trifJe. No medidaj examination required. Get a policy and share in the general benefit. 0. F. EUSSB'LL, Bistnct Agent, ; 33 AdelaidoStreet East/Toronto. WILSOM 1BWM, Speciai Agent.V ( o*.Juravf.* co. , MaiS^T.' I****** Pamphlet ot 100 page, Jt of 3000 newspapers, and showing coalo/adTertlblrjg. rpo BREEDERS, The young .thoroughbred Durham Bn "Duke, bf Kent,'! bred by Mr. Stone, of Guelph, ont of jthe imported cow "Sultana the 7th"; by "3d Duke of Springwood," (see 3d vol. Canadian Herd Book) "wi serve cows on the premises ot the undersigned, .lot 24, 1st con. E*qnesing. Terms For Durhams $5; Grades $2. ALEX. WALDIE. 31T3m.. Esquesing, Feb. 1, 1877. " -: // ' ' LIVING TOO FAST. ; OR THS ; Confessions of a Bank-Officer.. CHAPTER !X. MY WIFE AND I. I know very well thiit this note would produce a. ti-oinondous son; sation intbo Oiipbiint family, and, as I walked down to tho bunk, I considered whether: so violent 1 a denionst'rution was justifiable. But X soon came to tho conclusion that it was not a mere I feint, and that if my wife' would not live with me in Needbani street, she could not live with mo anywhere else. If she did not chooso to share my lot in the pretty residence I had pro vided for her, I would not pay her board in Trdmont Btreet. _ I wanted my wiifo. I had not married Mrs. Oliphant, and was willing to dispense! with tho bonefit of her advice. Perlmp3 it was reckless in me to do bo, but no man had ever nmdo up his mind on this point nioro decidedly than I had made up mine on this one. I at tended to my duties as usual, but there was a sort of; 'grimness about everything I did which astonished me, if it, did not any ono cteb. At my usual hour I rang the bell of riiy house with a more in tense anxiety than hud ^before agi tated: me. If the savage measure I bad taken did not bring Lilian and her. mother to her! senses,.nothing would, and the breach must be re garded' as permanent, j I hoped und confidently expectetf to find my wife in the house, and I braced tuy nerves for the scene which; must ensue. Biddy opened th door, with a aweet sniilo on hei face' which augured well for my anticipations.. "There's a bit pf a lettlier on the table fot ye's/sir," said she, as I hung- up niy hat in the hall. " Shtop ! and I'll bring it to yeV " A bit of letther!" wll8 that all? Of course it was from Lilian. She did not intend to surrender with out conditions. It wus in my wife's pretty handwriting, but I was dis appointed, and more than ever disposed to be_ morose. I opened the envelope. "Come and see me this afternoon, Paley. Lilian." , That was all. The case did not. look hopeful. If I .went I must fight the battle with " dear ma." I promptly decided thai it .would be worse than folly for me to heed this leqiiest. It wus/only an ingenious device: of Mrs.;iOIi- pbant to carry her pioint by some strategy. To go -would be to throw niy&lf into the toils of this enemy. . , Iiiddy stood looking at me while I read the " bit of lettlier." If ahe did not suspect tho trouble, Mie was more stupid^Uhan I supposed. She wus a good girl, though her manner needed some improvement. If the wife was ill the place of the husband was lit her side. 'My geni of the Green Isle could reason out this- proposition without exploding ber brain. She; must understand that a iamily^teiiipent was gather ing. " Ay coorse the bit letther is from the missus," said. she. "I hope she is betther." r i "Is dinner ready, Biddy?" I replied, trying tolaugh. "All ready, sir. Sure the mis sus must be better, for she brought the letter herself." " She is better, Biddy. There is trouble between iis." " Faix, I knew it from the firsht !" ;i "Let ma have my dinner now, and we will talk about it another time."'_ ' . .'-..'. She seemed to be proud to havo even so much of my confidence, and she flew around with an alacrity which was ss creditable to her loco motive jiowers as it was' to her Irish heart. Even her looks were full of respectful ; sympathy. I safc d)wn to the table, and taking her place behind my chair, she waited upon me with a zeal which would have ;shamed the black coats of .a fashionable hotel. " In a word, Biddy, my wife re fuses to l,ive in this house with me. That's all the trouble we have," said I, as I began to eat. my din ner. \ .. - " Bad lurk to her for that same!" It waa -veigr undignified for me to Bay anything to' my servant, or to any brie, indeed, about a matter of tbw kind, jut I was absolutely hungry for f"confident to whom I conldpo.ur out my griefs. If the matter wan to go any further, I intended to send for Tom Flynn, and talk over the situation with him. It seemed as though my brain would burst, if I could not relieve ijt by exhibiting the cause of my sorrows, If Biddy Md not known "so much I would jrot have told ber any more. I hadiinformed her in the beginning about the " pleasant surprise'.' I was preparing for my wife, Sho had seen | Lilian when.^hp called, and it was stupid, in mo to attempt to conceal any thing from her. I explained to hor the difficulty as far Its I deemed it necessary. Biddy wbb my strongest friend, then. She [would not have left mo oven to sayo hor clmrracktor." 1 Sho lehoirsed the whole matter, declared that I .was un angejl, and tho house a palace. It was not only unreasonable, buji cruel and barbarous, for my wife to re fuse "to h*aro my lotr Thus spake Biddy, and I endorsed her sentiments. When I had finished ray dinner, 1 wroto a brief note to LUnih, decliu- ing to Bee her again, unj,il,we could meot in pur own house. ' tiiddy was a zealous messenger. She was in structed to deliver it without any words, and without answering any qucationsj for I was afraid she would take the matter into her own hands, und complicate tho difficulty by attemptiugj to fight my j battle for me.. ! An hour later camo the reply to my noto. Lilian wrote that she was " quite indisposed,'! and unable to leave the house that day. She wished to see mq very! much; and begged me not to deny her this favor. Perhaps she was sick. So was I -lick at heart. It would not be strange if the intense exoite- tnen,t attending tbia affair bad made her ill; it bad made me so. But I knew sho was not bo ill that she could not leave the house. She had delivered her own letter in the forenoon When she knew (hat I was at the bank. Yet, if I did not see her when! she was sick, it would make the'story tell with damaging effect upon me.- I decided to see her at once to see her as my sick wife, and not to make terms in the qniirrel. j In five minutes I rang the bell at the door of Mr. Oliphunt's house. It was, opened as iwui 1 by Mrs. Oliphant.j A smile cf .triumph played" ujwn her face as she stood aside to permit me to pi .ss into the hail. .; V " I am glad you bavA concluded to come, Paloy," said Bha.," This remark indicate d "'that she was .already in posses.lion, of the contents of my last noie; in fact that she, and not Lilian, was fight ing the battle. i ;: " Is Lilian sick ?" I inquired. " Sho is not very well." " I will go up and see her.' I went up. " O, Paley 1 how can you be so cruel 1" exclaimed she, with much nervous excitement. ! - " Are you sick, Lilian 1" I re plied, taking her hand, and kissing her as, though nothing had hap pened. , "I am sick, Paley." ; .. " I am sorry, Lilian." "Do'you think I am made of iron?" j "Shall, I go for Dr. Ingoldson?" " I do not need a doctor so much as I need peace." " We both need that. " Are you going xo drive into that hateful house T " Certainly not, Lilian." " Did you write that cruel note which camo this inornng, Paley? I cannot bolievo it,". " i Tlid. write it,' Lil an ; but if you ai'e sick we will not talk about that,". I replied, . tenderly, but firmly. -. "But wei must tall: about'it. Do you mean to say that you will print that horrid advertisement]" " Mo.it certainly I shall, if you persist in your preFedt course. It is not right for me to support a wife who. will not live with ids. Jf you nre sick, we will defer all action until you are better." " I am not well, but 1 wanted to see you about this awful busi ness. Have you ceased to love me, Paley V " No, Xilirin." Perhaps Mrs. Oliphant hud tried to stay down stairs, and permit her daughter to pOur out her griefs to me alone; but if she bad tried, she had not succeeded ; und at this stiige of. the interview she entered the room, without the ceremony of knocking. " I am glad you have-, come, Paley, for we want to talk over this disagreeable business." " Lilian's note informed me that she was sick, and I came to see her, but not to talk over aiiy .matter. Ifishe is ill W-- <'She .-isn't very ill," interposed Mrs. Oliphant. " '. J ^ ' I thought not j at least not too ill to discuss the exciting topic. "I am glad she is not very" ill. If she is, I will stay.at her side and do all that a husband should . do; for a sick wife," " 0, we ".can take carer<>f iher ! but I wanted to ask yoii if you really intended to. put that adver tisement into the newspapers f" j "'You ' 'will' excuse me, but I have nothing to say on thavsubject beyond, what . I expressed in , my notei; If Lilian does not need any assistance from me, I will go,'. If Lilian is ill, I will defer the inser- until tion of the advertisement Monday morning." , / " O, Paley I" gasped Lilian. _" Are you such a monster 1" ex claimed Mrs. Oliphant, her'-lips' compressed and' her eyes flashed' in Buch a way as to indicate in what manner poor Oliphapt had been conquered. " I have- nothing more to *ay, madam," I replied with all the dig nity I could command. i ' I moved towards the door. Mrs. Oliphant was proceeding to rehearse rtho enormity of my offence, when. I clipped the wings of herrhetorio i by opening the door. " Good by, Lilian, if we are td moet no more," Ir added.! "On Monday it will be too late."; I retreated down the stairs, and fled from the house, though Mrs. Oliphant made a lively pursuit as far is the street door, calling upon me with all her might to return.! I 1 know -that my lady readers are branding me as a barbarian, but I beg to remind them .again that I was not fighting a battle with my wife, bfut with her mother. I was striking for my own and for Lilian's independence. If I could not have her for my wife, Ij would not havo her at all. I did not go directly homo. I called to" see Tom Flynn. He was not' in, but I left a message, for him to see' me in Needbam Street as soon: a> be returned. | . I was tolerably calm, considering, the amount of actual suffering I. endured. Biddy was " garrulous, and disposed to say harsh things of the "missus!" I checked her, de claring that Lilian was an angel herself, and that Mrs. Oliphant was the. fomentor of the strife. -Fortunately I was relieved from' her comin]nts by the arrival | of Tom Flynn. The noble fellow looked sad when he entered, and I think be feared I intended {to say I could not pay hitn the four hun dred dollars' on Monday,: as I promised. He had not visited my house before, and ho was lavish in bis praise pf the good taste display ed in the -furniture. Perhaps it suggested him a dou&t in regard to the safety ot his money. ' : "Where is Lilian!*' he asked. " I have not seen her for a month." The question opened the subject nearest to my heart. I began my story, and related it in the most minute detail up to the interview which bad just taken place between my wife and myself. Tho: noble fellow was astonished at the recital, and his countenance beamed with generous, sympathy. - i " I am very sorry for all this, " Paley. It is an awkward and un^ comfortable predicament," said ia. "What can I doT ; i | " I don't know. I think yon are right in your main position, though I am not: quite ao sure in regard to your : method of ment," he replied, ' mtisinj;. - *' ^ vertise should not^ quite like to ad my wife." " I don't like to do it; but as Sure as my name is Paley Glass- wood, I will do it, if she does not come to this house before Monday; morning !".. I replied,1 quite excited ly. " However, I don't think you will have occasion to do it," he ad ded. " Oliphant has had thejejju- tation ofi being a hen-pecked hus band ever since I first heard of him. His wife is a strong-minded woman, and I suppose he found it cheaper to yield than to fight it out. Ho was n prosperous man formerly, but they say his spirit was broken by this domestic tyranny. I. can't advise you to? back out, though I wish you- bad'i consulted your wife before you furnished the house." "That would only have trans ferred the battle-ground to another location. If I yield, I am lost." It was fully settledj with the' ndv'ice of tny.l,friend, that I should not yield. I explained that if 'Lil ian did not like- the house or the furniture after a reasonable trial, I'iwould change e'ther or both. Tom Flynn stayed -with toe till midnight, and told me a great many tl iegs in regard to the Oliphinta thajt I was_glad to know.; It is enough for me to add that, I had not misapprehended the character of " deaa- ' The next day was Saturday. I went to the bank at the upualhour, and stayed there till the cjose of business. I .. wanted [ to jgp to Spi-ingbaven that daV Jto make my assault upon Aunt Rachers1 p'Urs*- sti-ings: The last' train left '* six o'clocjc. I I was going t!ome, and'i( my Wife did not appear', I intended to spend Sunday.at home with my mother. It was, thef last day f grace, bqth for Lilian andHb#[ money I was to pay Torn Plynb on Monday. : .; . .. bad n6 tidings of ray wife. Lilian had" not come to my bouse, aiod: had sent no message for me. ^ Was it possible that Mrs. Oliphantj meant to let the affair take its conJrseh to make a " grass-widow'"- of her daughter father than allow her to submit t It looked so, incredible as it seemed. After I had eaten my dinner, I wrote a note to Lilian, informing her that I intended to spend'Sunday at my mother's, that I w raid call at our house in Need- ham street 6n Monday : morning, and that, if I did not find ber thare, I should insert the advertisement in all the newspapers.. It was then after four o'clock, and I sent the noto'by Biddy with the usual in- struotions.- | I Went up stairs to take a bath i and dress for- my visit. -It was I after'five when 1 came down. /Bid dy had returned, and was busy with her twork. I began to tell her where I was going when the door bell rang. ,/ " Bedad 1 the missus has. come, and brought her mother with, her I" exclaimed she,- as she rushed into the dining-room where I was smok ing away the half hour I had to spare before going to the train. " Where are they T" "In the parlor." . It. was not a very encouraging' fact that Mrs. Oliphant had come with her. I went into the sitting- room Where were seated my guests, for as'such only could I yet regard them, i' " I am glad you have con>e, Lilian," said I, entering tho room. " But I have not come to stay," she interposed, promptly. i "It is terrible', Paley, to think that my husband is prepared to de- Bert me, and to advertise me in the newspapers," said'she. "It is just as terrible for me to be deserted as for you, Lilian. I hope yon will think Well of it be fore it is too laU.r "I came over to see about this business, Mr, Glasswoodj" interpos ed Mrs. Oliphant, stiffly. .' -". "Nothing need be said, madam. I must add that I declinetodiaouss the question at all." " That's a pretty way, air I" con tinued she. }*You married my daughter, and you promiaedr-"~~ "I know I did, madam, and she promised, too. If she does hot choose to occupy the house I have provided & her, that ia the end of the whole matter; and, also, the, end of all argument, , -I anv going to 8pringhavn now. I bare noth ing mora to say, xoept to add that when my wife rot urns to me 1 will treat ber tenderly as Ir know how, bury the past; and seek only her happiness." i I moved towards the door. Lilian burst into tears. I saw ber glance at her mother, who sat in dignified stiffness on tber sofa, a " Good-by, Liliao," I said, glanc ing tenderly;-at her.,. : '.Nf no, Bsley ! Yorf shall not go 1" gasped she, springing into my arms. " I will: stay here J" : '"Lilian," exclaimed her mother, springing to her feet. She was my wife then,, : CHAPTEIt Xli' ' -: OVEBT^K PRECIPICE. , Lilian was in my arms again, and all that I bad suffered, wias.compen- sated for by the bliss of the moment. I think she had'been'thoroughly 'aroused by the peril pf ber situa tion, and-it", was onljr -at the- last -possible moment, as she understood the case, thai; she yielded. Lilian was human, like restrof the world, and she was fond of her own way. I. was willing to let her ha.ve her Own way, but when it came to giv ing, her mother the control of my affairs, I .wa* rebellious,.' j My' poor wife sobbed an my arms, and I could hsrdly restrain my-own tears. I would hot have repressed them if Mrs: Oliphant had not been present Lilian was conquered, but I was, sure,she had only reached a point which she had decided to at tain j before, I am not sure that this same battle is not fought out by elvery man.,and wife', however gentle and affectionate they may be. Some husbands are brutes, some wives are headstrong, but each is always-jealous of, individual power jand influence-. .1 think Lilian' was disposed to adopt the tactics of her mother, and vuile. ber j own house-' hold ; .but now .slje.. Jad suddenly become a..gentle and submissive wife, and had thus placed herself in a position1 to be potential in regard to ber husband. ' . Mrs. Gliphaht jwas, diegnsted. She frowned 'savsgely jupon both of us, $Jhe realized that her influence jwaa gone forever, if this stale of feeling existed. Her cherished plan fell througl^and was a Wreck beyond tjie. paBjsibii.itjf ,of redemb- tion,- ] I do not winder that; she waa disgusted,! for ^ **W trivial thipg^tP .be, ;Sliddeifl| deprived of Shall I desert my hnsband J" ad-, Farmers' ClnlM and Crangef. def my wife, gently. ' ... A correspondeiit writing to the "It is not for uie to say anything, Guelph MercurJ says : In youtf for I never interfere betwem man tissue on the 29th nit., you have si and if ,nt.,n ^ AcA.* ma." | p^g^ph tffo |BOme jnformatio2 and wife/r continued !" de tr ma,' in the tone of a martyr, 'f But I can't help thinking that year hits band is very unreasonable. It isn't every child that has' as good a home as you have, and parents who are willing to slave themselves to death for her! And this is all the thanks they get for it!" { 91.00 per annank In Advaace to your readers iji Minto, concern^ ing tbo working pf Farmers' Club's If yon will allqwj me space in your] valuable paper,11 would say to your friendsitr^VIinio|that I know some thing about the working of Farmers' Ulubs,*iand gladly, e.ndorse all you said on the subject. - I havo also "Why, "dear ma, what have I j gome knowledge "of the working of done r asked Lilian, horrified at' Granges; and find ^bat their profits to do,' the implied charge of ingratitude. " Nothing 1 nothing it ia no mat ter!" replied Mrs. Oliphatt, with a vtgdrotts effort to appear. like a much-abused person. "I Bupposo it is a mother's - lot to be deserted by her children." "Deserted, mother 1" exclaimed my poor wifi>. _ "I would not say anything, Lil ian," I whispered to her. "After 1 had made all my ar rarigements to board you, suddenly, and without a word of notice, you o off and leave me, Wbati have I done to nierit tb'is treatmen; V Lilian -folioWed my suggestions, and -made no reply. " tVell, I suppose I am not wanted' here, andiP may is well go," she said, flouncing jnp, and aiming for the door. " Od tho contrary, Mr*. Oi ipbant, we shall both be very glad x> have yon come here as often and Stay as long as you can," I added, "Yes, mother, my home shall be your house," said Lilian, rarmly and with much feeling. " It is easier to talk than . persisted Mrs. Oliphant, who determined to be an abased person. "I'll go home alone." f > " I will go with you, mo ther, if you desire it," interposed L Kan. ' Mrs. Oliphant did desire it. It U quite possibl* She expect >d still tb cooqaor oar -united force). "Sendthe waggon!for my trunks, Paley, as sopn as you plaase "whis pered Lilian, as she left th( house with her mother.' : ; I need not-say that I lost no time in complying with these stealthy instructions. I histened for 'the job waggon, but it - was ari hour', before I reached fc!r. Oli- phant's with it, for I could not readily find a team at thai hour The clock Struck six; and I ost my train to Springhavea; 1ut I hardly noticed the circumstance, so intent was I. upon healing the br sach in my domestic affairs. : 1 When I arrived at the house, I found Lilian in tears, and a little inclined to yield again; Iut the appearance ' of tie,, expteasman seemed ,tp strengtben berj sgain. She permitted the trunks to be carried ddwn, and the man depart ed with them. . ' " I cannot go, PaleyV said she, as she dropped- into a chair. . ' Why hot, Lilian V " Mother, is terribly -hicensed against me." ; i T "She will get over it ii a few days. - What does -your father say".- .- .T-"^- '. V ."Nothing," said she, loot pig up- at me, as though she tho Jgbt I asked a curious question;, : -^rrT '.. .- .** The.sooner we go, Li&e n, the better it -will be for- all of ub,"- i 1 suggested. . !' will go, Paley, but I, am are but small in the way of trading, after giving everything due con- siaeration. \. Let the grangers 'pur chase from the retailer on credit and from th^ wholesale man for cash, and then compare prices. ' Besides, quality should be taken into ac count as weil"BS-prie^. Grangers will sit in their room and aavoats that retail store keepers are not needed, and walk into these j stores: and purchase $6 or $10 wprth^f goods on credit. When soch is the practice and the ready money is sent to the wholesale dealer, ;we need not wonder at the difference sin ^prices. Let a man put"th money in his pocket and go and purchase large quantities, and be wil)7-vf course, get tbf goods cheap er than by buying small quantities: The only advantage I see in Grsa- gea is in the purchase of isnplemeiita, seeds, etc., and these can. be golf as- cheap through _tha, agency j of Farmers' Clubs. . ; - " The Early Bising Delusion. For farmers and those who liv in localities where people can retire at eight or nine o'clock in the evei> ing, the bid notion of early rising is still appropriate. But lie Who is kept dp until ten or eleven or twelve o'clock, and then rises at five or six, because of the teachings of oom old^ditty, about "early to rise," is committing a sin against Lis own soul. There is notonemaa in 10,000 who can afford to do with out seven or eight hours sleep. All the stuff written rabout great men. who slept only tbj^ee or foar hoars . .aw night ia apocryphal. Tbey bavs been put upon such small allow ance occasionally, ,and prospered; but no man ever yetjkept health ia body and mind for a number of .years with,less than seven.jbpura' sleep.. If ypu can get to bed. early then rise early. If you cannjot get to bed till late then rise late. 1^ may be as projier'tor one man to rise At eight as it is for another to rise at five. Let the ronsing Deil be rung"at least thirty minubu;.beV fore your public appearance. Physi cians say aj sudden Jump out pf bed gives irregular motiou/of the pulses; It takes hours to get over a too sud den rising. It is barbarous to e*- pect children instantly to land on ' the centre of the floor at tbo call af = their nurses,, the thermometer bo^ low zero, Giye-us time 8ftBr;ydii call ui' to roll over, gaze fit tha World full in the face and look, be fore we leap.' -j ' ' - j,.., - . .; . i .. .. A laundress at the Royal Hotel, Hamilton,, is said to have been left 17,000 sterling, jby a relative in Ireland. < -, . | The Canadian Commtssioners' a* the Centennial Exhibition I have each been presented by the Govern ment with a gold -medal apd an of fi their i ] a afraid I shall never f l>e| happy . again," said-she, rising;- .', laddrees in-, recognition '^Ye8, you: will, my dear. ".Your \ services at philad'elphia. mother will be the same as i ver to morrow." : i 1 We went down stairs, ana -Mrs.' Oliphant in the parlor mother. I shalljcome to'see you.every day," said haye-4oaeo, though not under the egregipusflhTOfoi' paying her; thirty dollars.^ week! for IkMnnf which was dear at ten. ."!- ...Lilian," saia^fs."Oliphant, sternly,.". I did $6i think you Weije so weakiud.9hikiishl,"', j " Weak and childish, mother t tiying to be cheerful ;" Good-by, Lilian/' replied, Mrs. Oliphant, in a tone which in licated the depth of her despair. . l . . Compumoey Attendahoe - at Public , Schools. rUnder section 27 arid; 86, and others of t hie Gon- splidated Public! Act of 1874, the. School Trustees and Pub. lioj_ School Boards; are _ reapec- iively : required to .ase'erbin. bej fore,the end -of the. yeacj t hroiigh titer Assessor, .Collector, cr some other, person appointed, by. theni; the children from Sevan. tp twelve years of age inclusive, wh) have not attended; any, school ((r'who have riot been jotherwise ed iCated), for four months of .the year, accord-' ing to the 156th; section off he Act. To. this Public " oenbbj ilt.tt- Very few people have a jlst eon* cerjtion of the triala and, di iries of an editor, and,the measuj^ >f com perisatlon which is his due. 'Many presume becanse' their'insert an ad- vertiseriierit' in the! paperth: it- thev kre .eritjfled^%; pufft % ihe edl torial ;cpjuiniis; ^thenfc'-':- sharge. I found - Seven Chinamen are par____.___ business in San Francisco, s A cred itor, finding it hard work tq-collect a debt, learned that (he money-was in the safe. The safe had seven. Lilian, different" IocIcb, each partnel: liad one key, 'find they had to be unani mous before the money could be got'at,;;4:'-.1^ - { --: B-emember that a fine paste for scrap books can be made from alum water and fionr. A teaspoonful and a half of pounded alum dWoIvt od in enotigh^old water to make a pint of psstei Pour the Water, when the alum is all dissolved,- oh ' to enough flour Lto- thicken \ib_ as stiff as common paste, bring St to a boil, stirring it all the time, "and when done, add a few drops of tho oil of cloves. The alum .prevents fermeutation, and the oil of cloves will prevent or destroy all vegetable mold.^ . ! j ' Some little while ago, {atia bar conclave at a Southern hotel,jgener- als, majors, eto., were eac' much declamation giving an at an inoidant of the war. -! man stood by, and at lasl ','Gentlemen, I happened there, arid perhaps might be refresh your-memories as t< took plaor.," arid he gavesucjfinotiy detail "Hi; :*1; -ttt .- i' Now we^^ wish^iVdistiuctly^uriaer*. ftbod1 that; "we afs: runninj| 'Tthis' paper to make money;'and while we;will 'cheerfully insert any item of news of generarintewst^alf in tended to: benefit particrila r indf- viduala ruust be paid for at -egular rates. '; '"'"! '";. "" and unoffensively an exact of a smart action. _ The hotel-keep might was a next about ."Not er said to him, "_Sir, what havo been your rank4t'r_," 1 private" was the reply. ' The ,day the qniet man, as he was to depart, asked for hisbilL a oenti; sir, not a > ceht, snqwerad-; the propristbr; ** you1 are tb^ very first private I sever .met,"',.. .- ' . ' F^.: li-'- -