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5 " 4 > 1 f f5*^,- hv.ye X I W? ***- |^.**f\** te^s^*^ pnd ail eUavZ rrweJ*Hv flurae III. Xo. 19-Wholc' Xd.'iSi}- ACTON, ONT., THURSDAYr- NOVEMBER 8, 1877. {$1.00 per annum in A<lv? ecc t ' 4 - 3- i-4> 1 j i 5 t RILS1XKSS CA1WS. A CTOX 1MKK111. Tiio subscriber in returnine thanks ->H air or .EI |*&d S iuoti IGB, rrp. ga, would to. in 6rtt-da >S3. . DdLotartert. testers, laXartorod. - jull Saw*, 5 W H. IOWUY, 51, ., 51. i If i\ V. -<- liruirali' of Trinity , PailcS". Mom*.!or "' CeUecoof ruvMebuVS- jrrrirrick snoot, v.-tos. In the home lUlf oeouri!<,l by K. Unit, Ksi. i- / DK. R. MOUttOW,. Physl- ,-.a, Sariio.vi, >tc.,o: KollovV,,- iVl- 1>S<\ vr Yi>r, :>i!>. iiir*i!oii' otT^-Morla__________^.....^ . ,.........- . T*Jl!^-J Kri.lavs from V a. m,lMH,'or ttui ibor:ll patronage bestowed p. ra. KC'SUo'.i.-.'-Woj: lio\n-r street, upon the late firm ot Galloway Bros., act--'*- ,_________ ' ___________ eolieits a continuation of 'the- same, "T" n'vnKniinv r ,. ..,].. doling assured thai the Utmost satis D* -^^R^\i:,,^V-\\V,l: [rVon wiU be Bivon.and that the li: AijT*v-i' i\>. IV:.-.is, Moris-'tK-s. high reputation of our broad aud jeir*rr.-4 a-i!j, rr.->jn:-ily p.^rr.-oily p^try will be.fully maintained. *al on r-a>i5iM Term*. Money to * ' , ' Ms* a Xoruj^ie-secuxLiT. Ofuce Oar superior quality of r1" "*"**' ___- BREAD, BUNS AND CAKE8 f* 0. XATIIBSOX, Attorney- Delirercd.fresh around the villago V _. k:*ut, SoiicUor In Ctftnecry, and vicinity every dav. A "good *?^^?.!v~^',.V,L'_r_0f Mala aud ^^ch stock alffayi on hand at' the.Bakery 1 -=-irein and cheap for cash. ' i>io credit given except to prompt paying monthly customers tttr*l. ^6or:own, rp IT. COOPER, Provincial Land Stirveyor and Woutfinir and Fancy Cakes Civil Eniiinoor, Gueloh. Mado to order on tho shortest- possi' Oriwi by mill promptly. uaiod to. bio notice, and satisfaction guaran teed. Miii^a otr.ee' tlTM, LAIDXAW. Barrister. -V? &?ds are 'warrantad pure, as - ^ f Auj.-jev..i:-u\r sj!i[ur- in nothing but the best material is used. rua-ery, Ac. i':5.v;f: - liam!l:on. U EMU sirvrtt.-. M'.;t7 Main fUvvt, fti? B. T. GALLON A\ . M^.ion Uli-p wi;.i '.. .>- hk; a;u,\r.t'ffi!i:i'!l, as;! >.- r^:^"_____________J______. __________ y>ooii.s FOB 'SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS In stock at H ENilY L. DILAIiE, iNsratsrc vgevt. crEirn, Aeai ror :::* M ro.:. ."..'-iut W'at-rU-oi. Tiila.'-.-y fc::.-r..i: i :o_ L'^l^o .i*. i\iy* fc'-.T-it^.ofo, t.. t I.-.;-; -<Tivr^ i.y ni:lli 'sJ'rv?*-l ;.vv;.: :5o.' H.L.jir.AKi: A Ki:>IAUKlULr. (OMro.siTio\. Tho following is ono of tho moat ro- mxrkaAjlo compoaitions over publishod. It oviuoes an iugeiniity of arrangement such as wo liavo never seen hoforo. Tho initial capitals spoil, "My boast is in the glorious cross of Christ." Tlao worvls in italics, whou road "from top to bottom'aud from baktom to top, form tho Lord's l'fayer complete : Mako known tho Gospol truths, our Father King ; Yii'hlusthy graoo, dear Father .from above : Bless us.with hearts tr/uV/* feelings can ailik^ "Our llr'o thou art for ever, God of Lop!" l Absuage our grief, In lovo/or Christ wo pray, Since tlie bright l*rinco of hfuveit: and ytori/ died, ; Took all onr biub, and hallowed the dis- r'ay, . Infant 6<-ing tlrst, a xuan, and then was crucified. Stupendous God I thy graco and power make known In Jesus' name let all th worlJ rojnico. New labor iu thy heavenly kingdom own ^ That blessed kingdom for thy saints the choice. Uow vilo to come to thoo i .all our PVTK\T.S for -I.WEXTIOXS cx-'*i/.l ' i-'.y x-.l H.--J. orly M>.-.;r. d ' --. \Ie -.5r::c ; JlV.AlvE. 1 Day's N^ w -ILLI.vK VVATSiSXS, CoiM.sels lo S. 5. Teachers-, by T. ^Irtatr Mirrliso 1'rra.rs d !'cr!;3fjjt Kober: Dnmiing. .;;.-Ho;-..', a:-. v..i-:::i. :: ..: - \ .' r-ne .^postlo Feter, by Samuel Biiinei, ;..:v_:c -:-J eol.L.!, \-'Mb_ .;rern oSSi-i-. :'.:.> i'o?l 'i !!: .', iiii-.-'.-.vlll'.iipi, coshtyn* _ A copper. 33! S. CAICT^K. ; our Work, by W.H. Crosier. . L^" The Four Gospels uf the one J^eicrorHuAlc.Drn^inficndl'rfnch. ciirls. hy G B. ^olinsoa. ' --- . lji.T.-h stroe:, Act :i. 'i^,,. Art of TeAclijng in a Suhjloy _ - ....,-...,. School, by J. <i. Fitch. y)-l>.2E^i>2iL2_. Plasterer, J{e;l(]y for-Wo/k. by W U. Crosier. Pias^-.l'-l'gJ H i is-ri-c^'-Ui^ J'l'if -ii J3 *T"tic' Notes, Jcc , ic., &c". ." ;h^ ai^^u-iieteram^j saline ^ ch^p. b^ gU>ck ^j. ^.^ ^j^, _----------------------- siore. D-n b^ils cheap. cry! . -:. r.ncinici> to-thyselj and that's thine. tiraccloas our tciti, we livo /or vauity, Loathing thy very k:ing, evil in design. O Got!, thy will be <lune j'runi earth to heaven. Kcdiiiini; dm tlie Goijiel let .< live, In rcirth lro:n sin f/c/iri/vc/and forgiven. Oil ! d<J thyself fc< teach us to forgive. L'ldi.ts i<\. power temjitatiuii dotli de stroy, Sure i'." our fall !j!'<o the depth of woe. C'anial Ii. mind we've yf a glimpse of joy Hiiscd a^-ainsi heaven in u* hopo can lk>w. Oh, ijhr lis gtucc, and leatl us on thy Wjlv ; Shine on ius with thy love,.-And give c.< peace ; : Adl: u.l :hii fin t!j;a ria' ii^-.o'-'Ki 'us 1 ' The Sutiday .School our m.v-ii.^ci may Lou.5i l')iVis. | cease. !' The-'.Child and the Book, . fcy i Forgive our evil dre.ls thai oft we ci;>;. I'ouvince ns dniiy of thrift to our>ha:oe : Help us with heavenly brei^l ; jurjlvt- ' lis. too. Recurrent Ituta, and ics'll adore thy natiie. In thy joryiven^ss wan* paints can tlie. ^iuce for lis and our tre*]>ci*$tfi, : tt itiLrh, e-w Bookstore GUELPH. The Sunday Teachtr's-TretHlirj-. The iiib.c.-il Tra.-uiy. Tho itissbaiid's Story. HOW IT CHANGED TUK SYMPATHIES '-r- OF.COUUT AND CUOWD. An incidonfc that. vroukl Buggost material for a play or novel toolt. placo in\the Quarter Session Satur day. His Honor- Judge Kirkpat- rick was disposing of tho complniuts of matrons whose huabands had de serted thoni. So many cases of an nfjgravatoil naturo had been brought VctthiK Itendy for School. /'rom f/t Detroit Free Press. " Tho cause of education bo hang Information Wanted. ! Will-some bonighn being oiplano to me edf ho muttered as le sat down Why a dog allwitsa tiitns around :ozz cuar-^n^ei. A CT3X FLOIH HILLS. U. i K.^MCi .'IS, Prvprirtcrb. rpEAVELCilS flour anl Fc-:-J a-lwa'vs c.n nand", irtime- . , ^^p^ ,^r^pIUB "Life and Aeddent VA.i- 'J'hv Son, "i:r Saviour, bled on Calvarv -pv.sstK iorsii, Acton. EH3U3ANGE COMPANY- M ,;>a%' XL CoW-iititi-fe. T. liabway r>ual:ot'. I T , > .; .-x-e'.I-ntc*)rr.moia-.l.-.n fr the travel- - ii ', P. Alsj pabllc TH'JS.-CAS!FBELL, Fropr, Of llartiordii Vumu DOIMX HOTEL, Acton/ It >uert Ajnev.. vro;.ripior,Ttji= ~J 12^ in- Ilrst-clyss A^riev., ^roi-ripLor,Tljls . . 'rnrciltbrc. CommerclaJ Fa"l-"P Cash Cajn!al. . SC'JO.OM lee. Q-V IQ1'--1 is nt .rtvle with ne ".!T;i*jswl.l:,.i-l1!u.3 accoihuiolalion c h 1 /< _a:il enaiTUoUoaiftarnpie r.'wruF. special _ . fc-.c-n:;o;i pal i :o tbn wrcu oi tb._- Lrj.vcl- SurjiUt* fur jtT'jU^tl^n .of llmpa.-llc. Jrjipp5:rj ,^.^ ^ puUf.l.hM..r<.......... i.i7tf.^J iiq-.iDrs a-iJ Cissru. uuol. .S-ablltg and .^iterative ilo=lleri. i TM. UEllSTStET, D'jiotit \c\Ol Dominion Gti- trriineiK ......"......... 140,1/O'j fttOMt of all kUKkk ntw* alft. rkind^- rarAtf./ lae- SUs4i | ( Ko, is, coautie. or weiiingw,. nd' Hal-' The Travelers is a STOCK COM- toa. ur-Jers l-ft at. the KitEE 1'eess PAN i and writes Life Policies upon ^mT^alcTnaWe certain promiEes of impossible;divi- . ________:-------------------------1-------- dends," but a reduction of the pre- -r^' taiiapp niiHiv minm at the outset; equivalent to a ^ TBOLLOPI. tUAPJUAS, uclivi(jehu-" in advance. The Trav- . elers writes Life and Accident Poll- PraCtieil BOOlSlSiader. cies cpmbmed as cheap as most -------- ' tire largest! Accident Insurance Com- .AllCDescriptions of Bindip^ ^^^^ ^In^S Sieatly Executed. - ; ca^h benefits to accident policy . ._____ j_ J holders alone over 2,565,000: An > ' accident policy costc but a trifle. No 'yieeounl Book* vf all K*nds -.JfatU- to jnedical examination required. Get Ord:r. ' a policy and share in the general - ' I benefit. P.uling Promptly Attended to. C. P. RTJSSEL.-L, District Agent, ' ~~^~ j " I 33 Adeaide Street '"East, oroato. -BixjiEEi' WILSON 1EWIN, Special Agent. '. 3" Orders left at the Free _ Pre? 3 V OfEc? will receive prompt jitt'ention. -1 chaap. \ii&ejzei& ... i fJXf#P&*r n.%^s .%>D FUITZ. Hans nntl Fritz were two Dctuschers who lived side by side, Remote from the world, its deceit and its pride ; With puzile and'beer the spare mo- meuU were spent. And the fruits of their labor were peace and content. ,.r" llsns purchased a hor.-'c^if a neighbor oiie day, And lacking a part of the Gri.D as they say L*aJl upon .Fritz to solicit a in to pay .for his heriutiful ru.1I). Fritz kindly consented the money to .lend. And gave tlie, required amount to his_ friend. Remarking hia own Einiple language to quote '*Berhap3 it vas beddcr we make us a note." The note was drftwc uj> in 'their primi tive .way -. "I, Hans, gets from Fritz lifty tollara .to-day." When the question arose, the note be ing made, " Vich von holds dot baper until it vas biid?" : "You geep3-dot," said-4'riU, " und den yon vill know You owes me dot money." Says haus.: " Dot ish so ; Dot makes me remember I haf clot to bay, Und I pring-a you der note and -dor money some day." A month, bad expired when Hans, as - agreed, Paid back the amount, and f<-dm debt he was freed. Says Fritz; ">~ow dot settles -us." Hans replied " Yaw, Now who (lakes dot baper according by law?" "I geepsdot now, ain'd it?" say Fritz," " den you see I alvays remember you paid dot' to me." 1 Says Hans, "Dot ish so, it vas'now shust bo blaia Dot I knows vot to do ven I porrows again." ir.OM.H.x. ACTON LIVERY & SALE STABLE I." J. P. ALLAN Takes pleasure In announcing lo -the- publie generally that lie Is prepared to furnish Th<5 .undersigned begs leave to . inform'the'pepplQ.of-Acton and siir- i- rounding neighborhood that he has ! yirst-OlaSS S9rse^ftll4 Carriages ..procured . a magnificent HEARSE And is prepared to altend and con duct Futlera^s on the shortest notice . and most moderate terms. Cu'.b.tti,. CojJiiLt, Burial Rolen, ' And all kinds of Funeral Furnish- mgB kept in stock, and supplied on the shortest"no-tice. .'jSat Bands and Gloves supplied when -j_ required. -" >' ,. -J . : - . JOHN SPEIGHT. - .Acton, Feb. 10, 1S77. ' At Reasonable Ratea. Ills RigKnnd Horses are the bflst that can b had, unci lie Is determined not to, besurpasse'I by an.v f'lty tituble. Acton July 1st, IS75. -._ TOE PRINTING ofallkinds ally'. ii i.'o.Ti >tly executed at-.ti o FREE PHESS OFFICE, Sett the Po,t Office, Mill Street. ^eat> lead-V for "8(? ^' How to Make Buckwheat ' Cakes. The season for buckwheat, cakes will soon arrive,, and' our experi ence is that the fineat, tenderiat cakes can be made by adding a little unbolted wheat (or Graham) fiour to the buckwheat. Loss than a quarter will do. Mix with cold sour rrilk;, or fresh (not sweet) buttermilk which is best. The sodr- (enjptyings are dispensed with), when put in cold water, will not act satisfactory. Bake at once. Tho heat will start the efferves cence, and as the paste rises it will bake, thus preventing it from ful ling: Hence the culminating point Of lightness is attained. The bat ter rises snowy and,beautiful, and the pancake will swell to almost undue dimensions, absolutely the lightest and tunderist that can be baked, with not a touch of acid. More salt, however, must be added than usual, to-counteract the too fresh taste, when soda alone is used. Tlius the bother of empty ings is all dispensed with. Pali- Cakes in this way can be baked at any time. We keep our. flour mix ed, tho Graham with the .buck- up that it began to look as if the man biped in anlomJstic state- was a great and constitutional offender. The sympathies of tho auditors were growing ih favor of oppressed women! This tendency was koiglit- by the entrance of a very palo, spuro, ionign-looking lady, appar ently of culture uiid refihuieut, dressed in a neat, daij-k fabiio. She was accompanied by a sweet young girl of about fifteen,.very tastefully dressed in the latest. fashion hat; onyx ornaments, .and also some dark texture, and a little child of three or four ia a light, and also tasteful dress. j Great was tho Bynipathy for the lady-like mother wlien she arose and in a low voico and refined languago told how sho had been de- Bortod by hor husband, bow ho had failed to provide for hor Bupport or that ofhertwo interesting children. An old and accomplished lawyer, her counsel, drow hor statement with an ell'oct almost dramatic. His Honor was affected. Any,'man with a sympathetic .nature-would be. His Honor called upon the husband to Btii]id'iip..| und all even luriiei^upon tho culj/rit. Ho ns a till, tliin Irishman, aged perhaps fifty, gn\y-haired", and with mild, careworn features. IILs boots were too largo ;, his coat hung about hiui in f.Jds that suggested lie had <mco b."en a (Mooter man ; hi^ wok* no collar;* his ahijrt nt the nec": w'aS frayed, but elemily. He stood before tho bar trembling, not with feaV but witli sorrow,, mid a big-tear ha. 1 gathered in, his" eyes. li What ailk '-var have ion to mako to this charge, /.ir^'tstiiil-tho Court, rather faeverely, Jj'utj.wifh some as- toniithment at tho aj. oaritiou, which was different from wh. :t had been exiiected. "Well, indeed, I don't know, Yer Honor," said the niau in a low- tone, " I'm Lut a pom- man und have dono tjiu bent 1 could."' "" " Your Honor," ajid counsel for the defendant, " this man has been ruined by the folly and extrava gance "of his wife, who is now here suing him." Tho Court proceeded to investi gate. He .found that the mild- feati'ired old man defendant wus a puddler, thougdi be tliil not look a-s if he had thu strength, for hard labdi ; that he had accumulated ;Home property und sold it for 3,- 700 to uieet the demand of hi? comparatively fashionable wife and family ; that they moved into a j S40 per inonth house, and after- wurds one a little cheaper, bought marble-top -tableB ur.d Uved high until this money was spent, allow ing the old man meantime to work over the furnace and keeping the luxuries measurably to themselves; that when out of money they got il lie had where. b<- in yiiarps.burg ; that! ho hud giyeii theinall.he hud ; that he could get work sometimes but about three days in.the week, but all he -niude thoy were welcome to. A universal- .feeling of indigna tion ran through tho court-room. Even His Honor could not help sharing it. Saitl he, turning sharp ly to the prosecutor and her fash ionably dressed young daughter, " You hayo no business in this court, madam. You can go madam - you can go at once. You push ed this poor man into hardships byt your extravagance, and now you come here in y,our crapes and your reps' and your stylish clothes to prosecute him because he is .no longer able to maintain you. This Court will not assist you. And as for you, poor man," continued His Honor, " we pity rather than pro- Becuto you, Go not even the costs shall vou have to pay." There was a low murmur of ap plause through the court. The lady and her children walked out somewhat abashed ^ . the vindicated husband took his iiat and, with a "Thank Yer Honor," left,:not tri umphant, but still sorrowful. And through tho remainder of the session it was noticablo that the tide of feeling was tunwd the other way, and complaining wives had to undergo a closer ordeal of cj-oss- examiuation than before. his wages until he hid not enough" to pay hoard where, be was liviug on the curbstono on Shelby street yesterday. He was a lad of thirteen,. He spit through his teeth, and he spit often. His pants were supported by a piece of wire clothes line girted around his waist, his hat was anciont and greasy, and his big, flat feet seemed to be waiting, for u thunder shower to wash thorn clean.: "That's what ails me!" he went on aa ho'pushod his toes into tho wot sand. I don't' believe in a feller difling in and learning all there is to learn, and not letting other folks have a chance.- There's lots of other folks iu this world be sides me, and I ain't going to be a hog and try Ho learn all there is to learn." After a while he went ou : " Hou't.i know 'null'now ?'.Threo times two aro six, and four, times five are twenty, and four and four aro eight. That's as correct as I could get 'em if I went to school for a hundred yearB. And don't I know how to spell? C-a-t ia 'cat', the world over, and I'll bet on it- -every time. H e-n epells ' hen,' and 1 know it just as well as if 1 weighed a ton.1' Ho rose up to throw a stone at" a dog across tho street, and, after resuming Ids si-jit, he went ou: - Joggerfry kinder wrestles mo down, but I don't go much on jog- gerfy. What do I care whether an island is entirely surrounded by water, or whether there ain't any water within ten miles of it? S'poso I'm going to buy and sell islands foi a living 1 I don't care which is the- highest moiiiitaiu or the! longest river, do I 1 I'm jjoing to keep a feed store, und when I'm rolling bales of hay around what will I care for mountains 'und rivers 1 I've heard tho boya go on about exports and imports, und straits and seas, and Capes, but what's them to me? If a feller wants a bag o' oats, ia he going to wait to ask me when the island of Madagascar wus discovered )" Ha carefully examined the big toe of his left foot ami tlie lieel of his right foot, and glouiningly ob served': " The old folks are making: ready to push me into school, and l'vo got to make ready to keepoutr- I-can't kike to school somehow. I could sit here und study all day, but- the ininit I git into a -school houso I'm noivous. Something's, going to happen to ui9 this week. I'll be taken homo in a wheelbai- row with a big gash in this heel or this toe almost cut off. That will mean four weeks on a crutch and they don't allow lume boys to go to school, and crutch up and down the-aisles. Or s'posi.n' I go home with palpitations of the heart 1 Tho old lady hud ;it, and I won't more than get into the house be-, fore BheTl have me tucked up ou the iouujje, tho camphor bottle down, i currant jell' and sponge cake in the distance, and she'll call out to the old gent: " ' Father, it's no use thinking of sending this boy to schpol. ^.e looks stout and be.altliy, (but he's a 'mercf shudder : Thotclose atmos phere of the sphool room will kill him before the snow flies.!,"" The boy rose up grin all oyer his face, and he chuckled;, " Palpitation is tho key-note ! A sore toe can be seen palpitat ing heart is uway under hide und fat and ribs. Now then- wooeh, u-ni-ni-m hold yer breath, roll yer eyes, kick out yer left leg and make her bob around like a fly on a hot stove coyer." 3 times before ho lies down Why a horse allwuse gits upbph froni the ground -on his forwjard feet fust. ' Why a cow allwuss gits up oph from the ground on her behind feet fust. . i Why when a n^an gits'lost in the woods, or on the plains, he allwuBs walks in a-cirklo. Why a gooso stands fust on one leg and then tuther. Why rabbits have a short talo and kats hav a long one. Why moat all tho birds bild their nests out ov different materials. ; Why a hon allwusi knows! her little ones from anotherls, and why she will haiclrout 12Tducks eggs and then think thoy are her own chickens. Why a bear allwuss klimba down jl tree backwards. ' Why a turkeys egg is spockled and a ducks eggs blue. Whether a log floats faster in a river than the current runs or not. Why an oyster and a klam are the only things I kno ov with ani mal life thet don't hav to mov out of their places to git a living. Why armules^boneB aro all solid, and their i ears twico az long az horses. i ' -~ -. Why a pip gathers straws in his mouth and runs about with them jiiBt before a ruin storm. Why litening. was never known to strike a beech itree. Why malos among tho feathered race do all tho singing. Why natur will allow one cross between sum animals and then al low no more. : ' Why the black snaik iz the only snaik in this, country that 'inn klintb a trie. Where the flys all go to when the cold wetither sets in, and where they all cum .from so sudden next summer. - Why a musk I raf s talo haz no fur on it,- and a minks liar. Why a quails egg iz round, and a heps egg iz pointed. ' Thare iz lots ! ov hily eddikated people who wont| beleave the Book ov Genesis beltaube they kant prove it, who kant ansjver korrectly one- third-pv the abuv questions. Josh Jiillhiys. , " - ! "Touchy" Persons, j There are people many people always looking U>ut ffor slights. They cannot carry on the daily intercourse ..of the family without finding that some offense is designed.' They are> as-touchy as ha'r. triggers. If they meet an acquaintance who happens to be pre-QCcupiedj with business, they attribute his abstraction in some, mode personal to themselves, and take umbrage accordingly. ' The)' lay on others tne'fauH of their ir- How to Start Seeds. A writer on gardening gives the following hints on starting Uuider J3eedst stiih as toma.'pes, squashes, melons, and the like j" It is-desir able in transplanting: not. to check the growth by disturbing the roots. A good way to iyoid this" ia to scrape out ttirni|VJtnd fill them with good soil,'and, phiift in'twoar three seeds, setting them in a warm, light p.l.ice and keeping them moisft. When the weather is suitable, place these out in the Jj^den at a proper mm $ ritability.: Indigestion makes them depth. The turnip will decay aud _ A Way to Get Kid of Bor rowers. . - i i- A gentleman,!: whose place of business is- not ja thousand miles* from tho Meruhant'a Exchange, is annoyed, as many business men are, by impecunious individuals desiring small loans. Ho has adopted the following now method of dealing with them : He will listen amicably to'the long preface to the request to " Just lend mo five dollars for a f.'-.v days?" and answer, "^eFtain- ly," and then turning to the clerk, Bays : ;- ;. ' - "James, we have five dollars to lend, have we not ?"- " Yes, sir," says well-trained James. - - " Well, lenl itto'Mr. Beet."' " It is notl,in):siivyou loaned it to Mv. Uuinmer'day before yester day." - '.., " Ah, yes ; sol did. Well, when it comes in lend it to Mr, Beet j" and bowing to the borrower the merchant resumes his business, and There Was a j the needy^.one walks dejectedly out 'to try a more, profitable place. Boston Voyimcrcial Bulletin. see impudence in every one theyi coine: in .contact with. Innocent persons, who never dreamed of giv ing offence, are astonished to find some unfortunate word or momen tary taciturnity mistaken, for ah insult. "To say tn^ least.the babifc is unfortunate; It is far wiser to take tlie more charitable view of out fellow beings, arid not suppose that -a slight was intended unless the negledt was open and direct. .For rnore delicate plants, flowers, After all, too, life takes hues in 'a great degree, from the. color of pur minds. Ifwe are frank and gener ous, the world treats us kindly j^if, on tho contrary, we are suspicions, men learn to be cold and cautious to U8. Let a person get the repu tation of being " touchy," and overyhody ia under restraint, and in this way'the chances i>i an im-< aginary offense are vastly increas ed. - the plant will thri-ie unchecked if properJy_ cared foif. Do'not uso pota-toesHn place of turnips. An-' other method is to get squareb to'f sod, six - inches wide, from .good, mellow soil, turn them bottom up, and piit .in Such seed'as squash,', melons, or 8w{:r>t .command _ treat them in the same-way, not putting out. till the weather'is quite warm, and than protoctir.cr against hug3. It is easy to wish for heaven, but hard to find a heavenly mind. As well might the chemist hope for a universal elixir from the pol luted water of a stagnant lako, as mankind expect from earthly things tho. light and .bliss .of their im mortal soula. Hold on. Boys. - Hold on to your tongue when you ai'e just ready lo swear, lie, or speak harshly or ute an. iinpiopur word. Hold ou to vour foot when you are on the point of kicking, run ning from study, or pursuing the path of error, shame or crime. Hold on to your temper when you are angry, excited or imposed upon, or others are angry with you. Hold on to your, heart when evil associates seek your company, and invite you to join in their njirth, .butter V games .and lBvelry. Hold on to your names at all time}?, for it is of moro value than gold] high places or fashionable at tire.] Hold on to truth,.for it will serve you'well! and; do you through eter nity. Hold on to virtue it is above all price to you in all times and all places. Hold on to your good character, for it is und ever will be your best woalth. Old Jokes ' Remodelled.. " -What do the Arabs of tlm desert live on-, pa?" asked a roguish little gill of her father, "Fudge ! Nelly, that is an old conundrum. They live on the sand which is (sandwiches) there." > " Yes, but pa!, how do they get them ?" ' | j' " Well, really, Nelly, 1 give-it up." , " -;. -. .! " Why, pa,;dput yxiii know the sons of 1 lam: were bred and mus tered in the wildernesp ?" " Come, come, my daughter,- that is too killing. Don't say another, word." "Oh ! yes; do tell me-what they eat on them V " Eat on them ! What do they eat on them ?"' ? j " Butter, to be Bure." ' Butter ! How do thoy get A Loue Widow's Device. An ' amusing story conies from the Ardennes, where, according to the tale, an agriculturist, recently diod, leaving alwife, a horse aud a dog. A few moments before'his death.he called his' wife to him, and bade her sell his horee and give the proceeds of the sale to his re latives, and to sell the -dog- and keep the money thus' gained for herself. . - Soon after he death, the wife went to market, with the horse and dog, *.nd exhibited "them, with the announcement that the price of the dog, was 500 francs, and that of the horse 5 francs. The passer-by stopped, and stared, and judged the woman mad, more especially as she informed the would-be purch asers that to buy the horse it-was necessary-to bity the.dog first. At last a curious passer-by concluded the bargain; after which -the skil ful woman handed over five francs to the fifmily of her deceased hus band, and retained five hundred francs for herself, thus contriving to carry out the.-letter, if'not the spirit, of the wishes of herhusbalid, and to secure the largest sum of riioney for: herself. ' A Mothek's Advice to her Daughter. " And above all,-.Nel-. lie, my love," were the parting words of a Boston woman to her 'daughter, as the hack to convey the newly yredded pair drew.up at the door, "above all, Nellie, if you should quart el for Reginald is but a man, and life is full 6f thorns remember that.your first duty is to yourselfi us a^lady and a! house keeper. Order and neatness above all things. Never, hit your bus-' band with a rolling-pin. or a potato- masher. You could never forgive yourself if the result of such .a-blow were to be the appearance of a hair at.table in a dish of. mashed pota toes or a pie-crust when you had company at tea. The poker, will do quite as well and. is infinitely more Indylike. Good-bye? Write every day, and don't forget yolIl.* - poor old mother- -boo hoo !" etc., make little square paper boxes out of thin writing paper or thick newspaper, merely folding them at the corners as you would the paper in; covering a book and tacking them with a needle and thread; make them about " three incbe,s" square and two deep. Fill with .good soil.; start the seeds and .put tiredi out at the proper time, boxes and.- all,'.-without disturbing the root. If you fear the paper is too strong for tho roots to penetrate, cot carefully on the bottom of the box the sliupe of a cross,, and all "Westcm RurdL The Force of Truth. Dread ful limits are set jn nature to the powers of dissimulation. Truth tyrannizes over the unwilling mem bers of the body, i'aceainever lie, it is said. No' man need be deceiv ed who will study the/ changes of expression.. When a man speaks the truth in-, the spirit of truth, his eye is as the heavens. When'he 1 as base ends, and speaks "falsely, bis eye is muddy and sometime^/ as-quint. I liuve heard riD exneri- ei csd counsellor say tint he never feared the effect upona jury of a lawyer who does not believe in his heart that his client ought to have Different : Ways of Eotthcg It. This is thescientificway:! " If ' a min falls asleep in the sitting posture with his /mouth open, his jaw,drops'; tlip-tongue not being in contact withHhe 'hard palate-, the-v 8uctorial spaceJils obliterated -J.he.' soft palate bo longei- adheres t.9i: the root of tho tongue ; and if; l'e- spiration;be.carried on through the mouth the'muscular curtain begins to vibrate." And this1 is"the popu lar form : ' Mf a man doesn't keep his mouth shut when asleep, he will snore.-" A man. "always feels ^ut" out when by is taken in. . I'" Religion would have no enemies, |if itself were hot an enemy to vice. ; They, ai^eK^enerally tetter satis fied w hem .Fortune no ver fa vored, than those whom she'has forsaken, ' -. | While we are wrestling with the niomentuous question of unemploy ed labor, let us pause to consider ^liow -steadily and lucratively- em ployed is the man who minds his own business. ; *- " ' ' i, -As one y\\o carries gtutpowaer wouId;not Avish.to lo where .sparks are Dying, lest he should be de stroyed ; so-1 should we carefully avoid such places ^and company lis may lead us to sin. ' T .. -i ' A Russian captain by the name of Scriazentchisscsavhevoiskeinscz- ubolsky, who was -wpu-uded in the assault on Xiovatz the,' other- day, -hud ta be taken.off the field-in trisyllables on three stretchers. I The potato bugs in Talis part of. the country have decided that it, is too late In the season' for them to offer any;co operation in tho tem- Viernnce crusade, bnt-iiex| spring, Ihey bay, they -will get up.a Mus- phy movement ' thit will make Home howl. ' 1 There a^-e numerous kinds of el- : vatbrs on exhibition at our fairs this year. '!Ond'krnd>-you. get into -^that costs ten ceuifs : the other kind gets into you and chat cos-ts five. We don't know which is the safest, but we observe that'thedttfc- ieris the morepopalir. 8*8 f Why, yo.u know, pa, that when Lot's wife was turned into '4 pillar of Bah, all the family but her ran into tho wilderness," Wo may lose the whole of our worldly property, and yet be rich ; but if wo lose our souls, tho world though gained iu. lieu of _them, is .but-an insignificant toy. -A book publisher's advertise ment reads : "j Id- Pressed^cu'rcsr! her Will." Some-women do object to being squeezed sometimes. A youth asked permission of his mother to go to a ball. She said it was a bad place for littjo boys. " Why, mothes!',' didn't you and my father go j to balls when you were young?"; "Yes; butv we' have-seen the folly of it," said the mother. " Well, mother," exclaim ed the son, "I ~wftnt to _aee the . folly,of4t too.' a verdipt.- - Emerson. A SuccESSFUb Experiment.^ The 'Stratford Herald rays : Mr. Joseph i "Watson for several years has been trying .to i;aLiQ po tatoes; from.:the seed. Last, sjiring he planted "the contents of a " pbta to apple," and on Tuesday laBtrhe bar vested twelve-ppunds of potatoes of various . sizes and colors, which he purposes plnn'thi" next 'Fprine, and from which he hopes to be able to supply many now nnd- help to stop the degeneration of so useful a vegetable. . . Cumous EriTApn. This is pn a Mr. By water :' Here lies the remains of his relafeve's pride, By.water H*o lived, and by water he died; . .. Though by water he fell, yet by water i he'll rise, ;, . ^Dy water bipfiaraal'a'ttahiiiig the skies. Chicken-rearing .by -machinery has reached ils lasi and most gloria - bus -perio.d :it even -supplies' an nrtificiai mother iien for the guile less; chicken to. bi^od under at nights and -fly to in moments of peril during tire da)'. The \ydw- mere is a JTreueh ^invention iiml strikingly resembles a*en^ hejij in all but one particular ; beneathLita downy breast, instead of a wiai-m heart, the.ne is only warm -water. Thus, oipe after another, -by the chicken-hatching machine, by the chicken-food cramming machine, and now by the heartless liydra- m&va, are the innocent. jvys , of chickenhood vanishing. Stand by.your friends, let come" what may,, is a good motto.- ;If you don't stand by them you needn't expteftuem to stand .by-. you. So whether they be friends ptUiigh ov low degree, in nffinence or poverty, stick to them alio" don't stop tOjjrimi^re whether it will pay or whether it will be .popular. Whenever you prove traitor'.an 1 desert those v/he- h.iye'stood.up for . you and helped your battles yo.-i will find yourself without an/ ont to congratulate" yon upon \ oj.tr achievements, or comforfyou : &u evil hour when -nnsfortuue.j'L. u thick and fast ^ / ' , '>' """ - - :J -1 \i< ^^M^^m0^^^&^^^^^^^^m^^mmi