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r.ai Tolume III. >o.4i -Whole No. 146 < ACTON, ONT., I THURSDAY, APRIL U 1878. < {91.06 per annum in Adrauce =F FB3B PRESS Is Published _*YERY THURSDAY M3RNINC, NEVER SI'EAK ILL OF A WOHAX. AT :thk Free Press 'Bu^tog, Koxt to the Post.Office; CTOX BAKERY "ir.-. o.'ar :\ year, strictly.-In | ,\a\ ! tori'tliri'i' months ' a,: ; ;::\':'w;ii Oe charco t', or I :ll the oiul' of the | '.o c^?'ij t'.iroo Ciiils. No! l>i M-n; to any person more I n? y car i-aina'.d.^ Jv.ia.' -or-.? .1.' -1-sroav j,M-:-r va 1 as U ITS* r;T .::-..: ,-: '.-.50 f>: >m,-.i >y^a S-i -r: a tv *i ua-ier, j: fo 1 (.WO COlU nl i:i'rl-iti. ! ihlli'.io* and linns. liasine Cit.:< 0 . i~a.::va.. A :'.r>e 11-SOTllT. AlVi'TW i:oa_s ir eoj Ar.v <T4-*,-:.-. is. WTTOT. V a--.;- ::-..l:v,_:--.; 0T;Vl a". . ' \r-a-- '- or."..;T li'.i<?s anil under, $1 P<--.r ..i-' aVavwel on a Ivor: .,,1 fKOlvniJoJ y-.-.rlo'.s.. i\vLtrIo::M.VO-i:il."i-"-"u>*- OBT. T. :\\' fori . !v.-::i-ijii I. A";'. arlvc ,d, aad chargea J - ..or^rhich I ' In-twill of i vv. coro-id- ; * i>o r*i': * * Marra~-:s u n J 7! IIULKT f ua'a^ao >IOOUl". -.t Propri .V:-:.- CA11D-: ss - H. L'.)*tTRY, Kr.' - .- is., m. .--: a'l-i.-.i'.y. Cs". "in t'.-.o lwv:.-e $ D * \v *, P.hvsi- V:l.' Col in .' a. i ::oi'l, D, 1) Z H < O N* Ae'ai dmvey- a-. Cau.'.-:I.- ' n 'lU.cJrrec'.'.y rra*. Money to e-ur:fy. office "West Bad bookstore.. '- GUELPII, Vol: B!00KS & STATI9MEP.Y Seaside .Libraries, Lakeside Labraries, Fireside Libraries, '. Boy's Libraries, .N. Y. Libraries, And all the Latest Novels. Sileat anr, Srdc. ilildrcd, A JottoI of a Girl, Youag Tho following advice I menu to givo, Ami put it into rhyme 1T6 never uso'A womnu'i naiuo At au improper time. Novor ubo !v woman's nnmo At mi improper place, Or never in mixed company- It may bring her to Uii*;**^0-. You should never tell of a worrmn Things you know nrejpiitfe untrin, Or allusions make as yon lutaMvtliat IToo many often do. You should never tell of a woman Whatahehersclf would blush tohear But always epe.ik of a womau'a iiarao With honor and with fear. Many good and worthy heart Has been broken by a lie, Manufactured, by a villiau Aud set on wings to lly. Just think; a.rnan'a less than a man "When ho takes a coward's place, ^Yheu'he betrays a woman's heart And brings her to dunra'co. Our mothers,- sisters, all are wotnon ! We love tuera nUil our homes, And we should always strive to govero Our slanderous,-bitter tongues. DEB DKDDlbK. 0: m<ir ' r Of i .1W11. i>.V . .it-tot*noy I-ti i'"c:vn.N'r7, M'tij i-romptl'i at- H. wV'rEVME. T. W. f30?S3, '! PrDT;a;i?.l L.^-ni Surveycr|and Civil Sn^Lneer, Guelpli. a\ ': .'Toravi'.'.y ;i'.V?".l-:a tn. o-i rjlJiE <e*TAUl!0 - hi w .1. LAIDLA'T, in m n*T l*TA ! W.vour Harne- at the^ Ontario ,-,..,- - Ka^uton, 10 ' S'ld-ii^'v. vrhero you get the- worth ,'. -t ~'*r -- ' b'Jvinf-r {he mannee- i ot >'ou '."-. :.-i i Mr Laid- ... ,. .'MiPiOa O.fflee,' f I H A'.;e:n !3.-)~>s'.ore, '-' & 1 '..-*-5- 1 TO ' ill? L.-DRAKE, (' AGilNt. GVELPH, -1 r.i.iaf I-..- in i vVrti -rloo. ::r::---;-.I Tc :ii.-:arc- \7i.l ti*_- i-r. :i-u toJ '- IlU*-^ 3*.-Layrs - l i.i-ifiaor tio-ifc Vo=; Orrico romi.: at:=:-.f:-.r-. i'i H-L.TJIJaKE. mon'ey. . . I A splendid lot of NEW COLLARS j on ban 1. . j CO" -^"" parties intending to purl j Chase Han.e. ; should-do so at oece before therus'o commences in order : to eeaure a ood set. ! R. CREECH. 7. 1S78.- Who puts oup at dur pest hotel, Und dakes his i>ysdera.on der seliell, Vui mit der frauleins cuts a schwell * l>er dru'tnnier. Who vas it gomes iiulo mine sehtore, l>ro\vs dowi^ hi^ puudles on der vlinir, I'ud liefer sehtops to shut der door t Der drui'niuer. Who Jake.-; me by der.handt, and say, " Hans I'leill'er, lmw you v.is to-day '."' Und goes lor peL^nes ri^hdt avay:V Der drummer. ' Who sptireds his zamples in a trice, Und dells Hie. "Look lllhl See linW lllCi'V' Uud says I yets "der bottom price :" Der druiunier. ' Who dells how sher.p der goots vas bought, Mooch less as vat I ponld imbort, But lets dem go as lie vas ".-:horl *" Der drummer. 'Who says der tings vas eg^stra vine, " Vrum-Sharm.my, ubon'der lluiue," Und sheats nie den iliines tiudt oli nine ; per dnfuimer. Whovjrrants all d.e"r.goots to Suit De-r gusiomer.s ubon liiz.rv1.*!:-, did vcu dey gouies dey v.is no ^oot ! Der drummer. Who gomes afoimds vc-u I been oudt, Drinks oup mine bier, and eats mine ". ' kraut, Vnd ki^s Katniia "in dc-r mout ? ' . ;.. . l'er drummer. Who, ven he gouies again dJ3,viiy, Vil.l hear vol Pleilier has to.say, Cnd mit a plack eye j*oesavay? . Derdrummer. DEAF "SMITHS FAKiSUS Ono day the Oop.iniitteo was sur prized by tho Buddon uppearuuee of a stranger, whoso mode of en tering tho room was an extraordin ary as his looks and dress. Ho did not.knoclc at the closed door, but climbing u small, busy-topped livo oak which grow besido thci wall, he leaped, through a lofty window. Ho wns clothed in buckskin, car ried a long and heajry rifle in his hand, wore at tho bottotn of his left suspender a largo bo^ie-lrnife, und had in his belt a couplo of -pistols half tho length of his un. Ilu wua tall, Btraightina an arrow, activo as a panther in his': motions. Ho bad a dark complexion,'luxuri ant, jetty hair. and. piercing black eycH. ,____ ' "'Win are jou, who thus pro Biinies to intrude umonc; gentlemen without invitation.:?" I demanded Col. Morton in his most; ferocious .lmihnur. ':." 'J'ho stranger returned ihiii stare witk-'Compo'uiid interest, and laid Lies long, bony tiuge'r on his lip. " Who are you"? Spunk !, or I'll cut an unswur out of your ilicurt'!" shouted JIorton._' | ; The stranger removed his finger from his li,p\ and laid it oil tui>.hiltof his monstrous knife. The tim y Colonel drew his ovfn -j kiiile, but was seized and held back. " . " Let hitn alone, (Mortoii, for G oil's sake," said his friends. ' Don't you seo hu"is craz\"l" At this moment Judge Webb, u. man of sliruwd and courteous man ners, stepped forward and address ed the intruder courteously : . " My good frietuL I presume you have made a mistako in the house. This is a private meeting, where none but members arc ad mitted." " ,;. The stranger did not; appeiir to comprehend the words ; but ho did tlie ooiurtesy. ' Waltzing to the table in the centre of the hall' he seized a pen and traced one line " 1- am deaf." ;j j Judge Webb took the paper and wrote"a -question : ' Wdl you be so obliging s to inform us what is your business with the meeting V The stranger nt_ once tianded him a letter in.scribeil, " To the citizens ol Austin." tie. luoko the-Bu.il and read it, aloud. It was from Houston1 : " Fellow Citizens : (Though in eiTOi-. und deceived"by tie arts of traitors, I will givo you three days more to decide whether you will surrender the public achiever. At the end of that, time" you will t i 1.4.1 "(Then, you are a madman yourself, exclaimed Webb. "Deaf Smith was novor known to miss his mark." A Butter Joke. Mr. Atkinson is a farmer, and j very fond of a joke. Recently he Hlodern Dcflnation of Com mercial Terms. "The thing is settled," said-^1"016 ^ a business chouse in Bos-J everything to! Bankrupt -j a man -who gives Acton, Jan. XjiSS^SS-W P.Mm%MMMS^ \ TAX I GrR AF Y __ . . _ e= in<i Blurc-p i or no (-a^r^e. Si-r -J Lion*. Az*-il? in -ipe-- KEXK'V (rH.Ii-T, 1 J-:t ,-v.l. C.vr-aaa, : Mee"i-tn:.-ai. Engicc-sr, So'.icl'.or o: Fa tea'.! -nd Dtaugiv-iriaan. '-::.u":'"i'v-lli- ror;.T":':p.\i'Vn<ir! ati ti tip yesr=. Morton, " I bi^ve agroed to meet him. Thoro can bo no disgraco in falling before such a shot, and if I kill hitn it will be tho greatest feat of my life." Toward evening a-vast crowd as sembled to witness tho meeting, and so - great was the popular wreckh-ssness of this sort that bets were offered and taken on all sides upon pho result. At sunset the two, men arrived, with long, heavy" rifles, took their places, back to back, and nt a sigu walked slow ly and t-teadily off in opposite direc tions, counting their stops until each had measured fifty. They both completed thegivennumber ut about the same instant and wheeled around. Ah the distance-. was great both paused for so.no seconds. The face of Col. Morton v?us ciilm and smiling. The face -of Deaf Smith was us siern and impassive as ever. The Colonel fcas in broadcloth, the scout in smoke tinted leuther. ~ The two rifles exploded at .the same instant, Col. Morton sprang into the air;and dropped to the earth, dea.d, ' Deaf: Smith quietly loaded his riflo, and walked into the forest. Three days afterward, Geii; Houston, accompanied by " Deaf' Smith aud ten other men, appeared in Austin, and removed the Stats papers.' ! Deaf Smith was ono of the most extraordinary characteis over known in the WestJ He ihade his advent in Texas at Jin curly* period, and continued to reside there Until his death wliich occurred, 1 believe, about 1850. But, although he had many warm friends, no one ever learned his previous history. When he was questioned -on the subject, he laid his fingers on his ilip. His eye was quick and far seeing as an eagle's, and his hose as keen as a raven's. He could discern objects miles away online prairie, when others saw notHTng, but earth and. sky.; and the savages used to declare he could catch the scent of a Mexican or an Indian at as great a distance, as a buzzard his dinner. Ho could never be pucsuaded.to sleep under the roof of a house,- or even a tent cloth. ton, with whom he is on terms of | creditors will iutimncy, >s follows: "I will send you tho finest butter next week' you ever saw. Tho first lot_will weigh about sixty pounds. Will divide the proceeds of sale with you." Encouraged by 'tho liber-al terms of the offer, the firm adver tised extensively that they wero- prepared tp fill orders for dairy men and produce merchants for the finest butter ever sent .to mar ket. At the', appointed time the consignment failed to arrive, sothe merchants telegraphed lip to Mr. 'Atkinson, and received the reply that the butter would be down by tho first train tho next morning. The'butter arrived as promised, but was iri the form of a most ferocious goat Of enormous size, who no sooner liberated from the crate then he commenced a career of the most unbridled villainy 'ever wit nessed. He knocked the senior partner into the corner, and butted three of his ribs out; the|-junior partner took refuge on the top of Diue bales of. wool, but the goat [jumped after Ijim and butted him off on the floo'r, and- prodded him with his horns untiL he. was I in sensible. After knocking about things generally, ao that each member of the firm looked as if he had been invited to , a^ first-class massacre, he Wound up by a de termined assault upon a threshing- machine. This " first clr bs butter" was nt hist caught with a rope and sent to the city pound. a lawyer so that his not get it. : Assignee Is jtbe ,chap who has tho deal and gires: hioiself four aces. 1 -;; -.., Bank Is the place whereV tbjj people put their money soit will ba handy-, when other folkB want jt. A dapositar Is a man who don't know bjbw tc spend his money, and guts the cashier to show him. President.- Is :|the big fat man who pi'Qmiseii to joss the job and afterwards.sublets it. Director ^Ig one of those that accepts a4,rust tint don't involve either the' use of his eyes or ears. Cashier ^Is often a- man who un dertakes to support a "wife, six children and a brown stone front on fifty dollars- a nronthj and b8 honest. '.' Collaterals Ate certain piebes of paper good as gold due and pay able on the first of April. ..\ "j .: Asset Usually consist <jf' fiye chairs and an old stove; to these Character. We may judge a man's character by what ihe loves what pleases him. If a man manifests a delight in low, ^sordid objects, the -vulgar song /intji debasing language, the misfortunes of bjs fellows .or-ani- . nials,. we may at once determine , the complexion of bis character, j On the contrary,-if he loves purity, jmodisty, truth if virtuous pur suits engage his heart and .'draw out his affections we are satisfied ' he ,i8 an. upright man. When we . see a young Than fond of fino clothes and making a fop of liim-, self, it is a sure sign" that lie thinks the world consists of outage show and ostentation,, and he hi, certain to make an unstable raah, without true affection or friendship, fond of" change and excitement; and soon, weary of those objects and pursuits which for a time "gave him pleasurp.- ----------------------- [-------------------------------------- " i The Two Turkeys. ; An .honest farmer once led his two turkeys into the granaiw and- told them to eut. One of xthese turkeys- was wise and one foolish. a rt JiiCc',1 ila-' P^ L.1VSR LOZIER, Plasterer, A-.-; -a. n:\i. E '^ry "e-'T.p-i in of ;ri-ii^ aa-i Rou^Li-casliuz d'onfc on L"'s:'r^ e-oua-jie -.e'rrn?, r>J =ati.-fac- ruaran- &etj.- VSiX HarSE, Acton. Clos-? lo the '";. T. R&i Iway -Station. iccoinm'>Jati"n for th" travel- . THo-i. C3.MP3ELL. P.ropr. (Tachui Puipid, Gf.aph*.Writing.^ - Those wishing to learn i SHORT-HA8MO would do well to address S. W. GALBRAITH,. '.- ,. |: Free Pr'ss, Acton. D s )UIMO\ HOTEL. Act " ":'-l-"--'i u-i in first-ekis rurnVIar--'. Commr-r-lal r.'l so >-! ::cc<>UiZ.\" iai ian iio:-- n- - 51 y I e ~ 1'. a i: - T "ave '.*.-- -.= ': ah 1 oirL-aa ;:oi:-.-<ara:.ae i: a'-t-^aTioa. pai : ta"!:!*1 -.van-.s liri^yif,..!:^,- Bar --.lpp'.it- '. wiiiiine Lc-.-t attenfi've Floftlc-rs. J W 31. IIEIISTREET, Licensed Auctioneer Fifth0 Coanlie= of SVeliirl^tan and 'Hnl- toa. 'jr lers I.-ft a; . the Fp.r.E Prkss O 71 t-. ' .Vitor:, or at my rosi'Ience, In I'.ailcxo iJ. will '<" promptly atteudei' to. Ternas rc-asonr-.'ale. :. .LM ALL:XA- i -4 TO"THE PUBLI'.' OF. TiON.-- rf. 1'iji.ll'IG \L C'RKKD??'. .If ;.-.-.2 -,T...lit a o^.J ArCTl'jXSEB try i ' GEOKG GIEJ-BS, '. 1'h'5 on^ersigned begs leave to inform thefpeonle of Acton and sur- HXj "Jr"^t';d--siH1^burI'il'C'<J.' ' rounding neigliborbood that he has h"" "' procured jj. inagnilicent [iEAKSE. And i-s prepared to attend and con About two years after the Texas revolution, a difficulty occurred be tween the new Uoverninent and; a portion of the people, whichithreat- g& serious, consequences. Erietly, J the Constitution .made Austin the permanent capital, but empowered tha President to order the tempor ary removal of the achieves in casj oi danger from a foreign enemy or sudden insurrection. Tuiftking the exceptional emergency had arrived, a* the"<Jutnanches were Committing ravages within sight of the capital, Piesilent_ Houston, who then re- sidedat Washington, on the Biazos, dispatched an order commanding his subordinate to send tho State records to that town. It is impossible to describe the excitement which the prormilga^j tion of this order raised in Austin.' The keepers of hotels, boarding houses, groceries and faro banks were aghast. The . measnuss would" be a deathblow to their busi ness. A mass meeting was called, and the farmers of the surrounding country, w-ho were all more ,or less interested in -he question, came in. After many fiery .speeches, ie was unanimously resolved to. prevent tho removal of the arches. Four hundred" urmetl men volunteered to yuard the Slate House. The'com mander of this force was Col. please let me know your decision. ' " Sam Houston," Where Me vrcs Stabbed. ]ST OTICK. .la r.r. l--n ; '. '-'.-ir .-.'J tl. I i I l>f-^s k-nve to an- ...... _ . . _ , .tj'i otlifcis * njj- t" (i iii l-.i'.t'-r riiaiiin^ w'l*' puri-ore.getiini; a .ii-vr i.'ii'jrii t.'i.U Winy v;t>vA>l <:<ju>i\\t itit-ir o'A-.'i l iit'-r*j.r-.! s uy or<]*-rinL' our >f A i^h" CJiiirn*. 1 'i"* rutv.' taki ng . ordcrn lor tii'.-ii]. liiiVi u ^iJ'.irc(j;iSt-U th*.- p;i";nt rif^lit lo -rri iiiu^tiriurft find sMI-. 'Yh'-y fire VUviut. '{tyjty. tlie br-Jst in itifi rh'irk'rt. V'/:r j-Mlror.ri-f- i> re-.-pftt-'tfil 0 V SolifJU"]- Cir.-'jiar.- aii'i i-slimonhjlhir> \ on aripll- c.iV.'iii. Tt'.rr'i torv lor sule, i'anulaclur- e-i ii.cl sol'J by 1). U McDON \LD. .2T*-jm, Acton, cnf. P1AH& PARLOR ORpAW ISSTRICTOB duct^unerals on the shortest notice and most moderate terms. . Catkin, Ciiff-ii.i, Burial Iihben, And all kinds of Funeral Furnish? ings kepi in stock, and supplied on the shortest notice. Hat Bands and Gloves supplied when required. .. '. JOHN' SPEIGHT. _A'eton,Feb^ 10,-1877. can buy first-c'ass and Oi'.oans cheaper of DAN- . JEL F. BEATTY, Washing __ too, New Jersey, than any other manufacturer in' the Unitid j States- Why? Because he sells' only for cash, takes no risks and has no pook accounts. Every instru- ' ,-on-a-mm;u.eelement*, rmu.ie.witn mentis full, warranted forsixyears ^^l^i^S^^rci^^v^^x :^ strietly first class, and are sent the r.lay.-r- in th<- art of ruui-ic either. 5 J5 days' test trial, ^^^aues^^r^re^^ai^ affreight paid Operatic iWo-iies. Inuices, e'.c, by nan- , ,, wa.y^ oy him if tlu-y are usatis- ielK. iiealty. Wasiiln^ton. New.Jersfv , 'Ju J <.'a for-Illustrated Ad- one of the C^st works 01 its kind ever In factory, isencl ior. niu . troduc<-J,anJ sliaiila b.e in the hands of VEKTigBB (Catalogue i/dltion) ana ^Jyt.W^r,'^a.5|,8Sfi.8|SS?vf; I ead test!monials from Wb patrom Canada for only fifty cenU U.e pi'ce some of whom you may know. Ad having been reduced to introduce It d "DANIBL F. BE.4TTT, SVash- everywhere, w._ T.rial. KSA-rrY. Wasbjnston, Jfew Jersey. i jngton, Wi)trJ. Mai'ton, w!io had .'distinguished himself in the war : for indepen dence, and more recently in two desperate duels, in both of which he had cut his antagonists nearly to pieces' with the bowie knife. Indeed, fiom his reputiuion lor vindicativeness as well as courage, it was thought Piesident |louiitun would renounce his purpose us soon as be should learni-who was the.lender of the opposition. Mor ton s^oro-ii' the President-succeed ed, in removing'the records, he would himself hunt him down like -a wolf. Hoover- wrote the hero PianosJ San Jacinto to that effect. The latter replied in a note of laconic brevity ' " If the people of.Austin do not send the achieves, I shall certainly come and take them ; and if Col. Morton can kill me, he is welcqiue to my ear cap " After the reading the deat man waited for a few, seconds, as if for a reply, and then turned and was about to leave the hall when Col. Morton sternly beckoned him back to the ta<ble. The stranger . obey ed, and Moiton; wrote : "You were bravo enough to insult me. by your threatening looks ten minutes ago; are you brave enough now to give me satisfaction >" . .' The stranger penned his ireply : " I am at your service !" Morton write again : " who will be" your second i" The stranger rejoined : " T am too geneious to seek an advantage, and too brave to fear any on the part of others : therefore I never, need the aid of tho Second." Morton wrote, ' Name- your terms.'; Tlio ftra'nger wrote, without a moment's hesitation ; " Time, sun^ set this evening; place, the left bank of the Colorado, opposite Austin ; weapons, rifles ; and dis tance a hundred yards. Do not fail to. be in time." ' He then walked across the, floor, aud disappeared through the win-.' dow as suddenly as ho had enter ed. ' : "What," exclaimed ' Judge Webb, " is it possible you intend to tight that man, Colonel 1 He is a mute, if not a maniac. Such a meeting, I fear,, will sadly turnish your laurels.;.' " You are mistaken," said Mor ton, with a snUlo ; " that mute is n hero whose name stands in the re cords of',11. dozen battles, and at least half as many bloody duels. Besides, he is a favorite emissary and bosom friend of Houston. ,lf I have tlie good fortune to kill him, 1 think i' will tempt the President to retract his vow against veriturilg any^ more upon the field of honor." "Yon know the, man, then 1 Who is lie?" asked twenty voices together." "Deaf Smith." , "No, -that cannot be. Deaf Smith Mns killed at San Jacinto," said Judge Webb. " There, again, your honor is , " Gentlemen of the jury," said a Tuscarora lawyer, "what kind of swearing .has been done in thi^ case? Here wo have a physician j a man, who from his high and noble calling, should be regarded as one who would" scorn to stain his soul with.perjury or be guilty of giving utterance.to an untruth. But what did he testify, geutle- tnen-1 I put the question to him plainly as you all heard.! " Where was this man stabbed.?": And what was his reply? ..UnblnsLingly, his features as '.cpbl i'.;nd placid' as though cut from marble, he replied! that the man was stabbed. about" an inch and a half to the left of- the middle line, and about an inch above the umbilicus ; and yet we have proved by three uuimpeach able witnesses that he wus stabbed just belpw the Young America hoistir-g-wqrks." ' - Blessed is the Paying Sub scriber. Wo clip tho following from an ex. changing it, however, so as to bo applicable to all newspapers : Blessed is the man who doth subscribe forla newspaper and pay therefor. His feet shall not be forsaken by his friends nor prose-j cuted by his enemies, nor shall his seed bo begginr/. Blessed jis be that walketb in1 the office of a newspaper, yea, even entergth tihe sanctum and payeth a year's subscription therefor. Selah." : .. . He sliall learn wisdom day by day and be exalted above hiB .fel lows. -."., He shall talk knowingly upon all subjects, and bis neighbors shall be astonished at the muchness of bis learning. He shall not contract bad debts nor lose good bargains. He shall not pay an. additional per cout. on taxes; for heshall be hold the notice of the collector and" heshall take warning thereby. Verily, "be shall bring his-pro ducts to market when tho prices are exceedingly good, and withhold them when the price descendeth. He shall not lay- hold of red-hot pokers, for knowledge of metallurgy will teach him that hot iron burns! His children shall; not vex bird', nor his wife wear the breeches.- He shall livo to a good old age, and kvhen his dying hour is at , , , , ... .' 1-Tbe foolish bird at once indulged- may he added a spittoon if the . . . -. ... ' .. . - . 'excessively in the, pleasures of the stable, unsuspicious;.of fhe^fntur*, but the. wiser fowl, in order that he might not be fattened and slaughtered, fasted continually, mortifying his flesh,.and devoting ; himself-to gloomy reflections Upon the brevity of life. When Christ mas approached the honest farmer Jnlte-1 both turkeys^ and by placing a rock in' the interior of the pru- deut'turkey made him weigh more than bis plumper brother. Moral- As we' ,travel through llfja let us live bv :tbe nay. ' ' "bust" ain't a bad_3one Liabilities Are usually a big '-"blind" that the assets won'ti"see" nor "raise.'1? A note A promise*to do an im possible thing at an impossible time. Indorser Ts a man who signs a- commercial philopoaha with a friend arid -gets caught. . "- ------------^-i Hard Times the best for Young itlen Just Star tins- Young men coming upon - the stage of active life during 'ihe present hard times are mucht more likely to be permanently successful than those who made^their advent in business during the period of inflation of high prices, and :of fabulous ^nominal progts. Tlie great reason of this is that young nien who ,begin now, from necessity, form; their business management and personal habits on principles of-rigid economy. These in Ihe long.i'im tell so powerfully as tb- make, in many-cases, the dffferenfie between failure and success. Meii- who began when every thing was at the top find it very A flirt is a fool, who delighfs in . fooling fools, and the fool who is fooled by such a fool, is the foolish- est kiud of a fool. : How to be happy oh the cheap ; Go without your dinner aud ** how happy you will be when, supper time comes. - - l~ Fifteen years ag'q-a workman in. Marseilles^, Fr$nc9,"_ lost. his only- child, a* paliylj'iboy, "-and" to hare spine relic of the little one -left h8 cufciefftho left land of the; corpse and preserved it in. alcohol. :Ke-- cently he was again made a father, V bled that lews- and. be;d. Stock i'eediiis at the Slodel Farm. ":'- , , The following statement of istudent regarding the feeding-of stock at tile Ontario Model Farm may prove of interest to some of our readers: '.'The cattle com- ptisr/iiiall twelve head, four be ing our own raising, the remainder hiying been obtained, at tho re quired time. They were put iu th6 stalls on the nii>t:duy inj No-" veF'bei-, ub the average ago of thirty months, and will continue there until the lust of March. The dail) amount nt fpod given to each aniruul consisHs. of 114 poundi of puliied turnips, 12 lbs of cut straw aud fifteen pou'uds of Indian corn, Coni]inLing. the cost of these at re spectively tliirteeii, three and twelve cents, and supposing tho value of manure to cancel the. and the infant i8 -a- healthy bey,-. embarrassing to come down and f but"singularly enough, he lacks hia a3apt themselves aud their* .bu'si-.' ness- to the times that try men's purses, as war is said to try their souls; whereas those~--who com mence when economy is the order of the day experience no difficulty whatever . in startiug upon an economical basis, and, once, started, it will be easy to adhere to it.' .So that, for young men just em barking for,themselves,*;we may always assert the paradox.'that bad times are the best. A Bead .Hjorse Comes to Life ! **. aAsaiu. hand his soul shall not be trou as to his future state. But it were better for/him doth refuse to subscribe focanj paper, that lie be bound bandj foot and cast upon a feather | He shall not rest even by pigl: day, for visions of creditors . Iiball- dance upon his stomach by night, and their uctual ])resence torment him by day. ~ : If, jierchance, he hath a nient's peace^ it is only ' that he mo miiy have a moment's rest ere| the memory of an.; evil life lacerate* his miiid as the. goad pricks -the hide of a irtrong ox, so tha; the punishment may be longer d;-awn out. His children shall grow tip in wickedness; 'they ijhall put their hands to their noses to vex. him to wrath, and bis wife shall kick him out of bed. 1 I can drink or let it ju] We heard the words fall proudly who from the lips of a young man) gloried inhismitrammeled ftjeedoni, his broad niindness, his s in society, his power to toy . The ElfeayHJei N.Yr., Press}is re- sponsiblSfor file following cuu-iouB story: Last week a'teamster, while on the road along the West Branch in Dennibg, was surprised to. see one bf his horses drop dead. After freeing the defunct animal from the harness ho was overtaken byotbei- teams, and with their assistance the equine coT-pso was dragged" a? quarter of a wile, and rolled- down a bank from.,she road side. The stranded load" was divided with the other teams, Vnd the man went home with one horse." The next T.ioruing', on going to his barn, he found the horse picking up stray bits of hay and-stalks, which he He munched-with a relish. His1 neck was swollen, where he had""i been dragged with the chain, and on one side the skin and flesh was worn off to his ribs, from the duag- ing whi4h he Lad received over the ice and kow. " Otherwise he show ed nofeigns of bis queer case1 of sus pended animation. bdin_ with the temptpr without becoming its I can drink or Jet it wages -of tho workmen, we find'the J victi average'daily ':ost to be twenty- [alone," be said-.proudly, and he ......d fori meant it. for ho thonht he pould On the reception of this answer miataker," said Morton. "The the guard was doubled around the ' story of Smith's death was_a mere State House, chosen sentinels were [-fiction, got up by Houston to save stationed along the road leading to the capital, armed men patrolled tlie streets, and a', select committee went irtto permanent session in the City Hall. '. ' the lifu of his favorite from ;the sworn vengeance of certain Texans, on wlsoso conduct he hud acted as a spy. I found that out' twelve niQntbB ago." eight cents. This, continue 150 days gives us the total cost of keeping an Riiimal at 442. The average weight per head on enter ing wiis 1,200 lbs.', which being iougho at-the rate of four Cents per pound, equals $48 as their price. This in addition to their cost of keeping gives $90 as the average sum 'expended on each animal. The,average increase per- day is fully three pounds, and sup-, posijig this rate to continue .until the ej.piration of the time the aver age weight of each animal at the, time of selling will be 1,6150 lbs,,i which sold at the rate of six cents' per pound will give us $99 per bead; umunt it, for he thought he Ah, that is the .rock! on which so maoy young lives go down. Only a few moments after he had made his boast the young man stoiil be fore the bar,looking frOm a whiskey Qocktail to ;a strange bar-laeeper, and .feeling in his pockets for the pocldrtt book that was left at|horne, twenty-three blocks away. 'Sphere, ^ then," was j his proud [boast 1 " Could he !drink or lot it alone," as he pleased? Ah, he could let it alone mighty well.;- And he did. " No slato," said the bar-E cash up." Oh, young m| warned. It is easy for you " I can driiik or let it alon^," but A firm at Syracuse is manufact uring, barrels from straw' paper, pulp, subjected, to u powerful by-! draulic pressure, and, when reduc ed to the required thickness, the halves are cut off at the ends. The pieces are then placed in the Steam dier and. the sides are trimmed evenly and the substance thorough ly dried. The advantages of the barrels over woodcu ones are light ness, dheapnesSj durability, and the prevention of j flour sifting out while in tranpH..-They are con structed entirely by .machinery, and the halves are-cut so true that- any pieees.of th"; same will readily fit .together. They will not cost more than" one-third the price of wooden barrels, are lighter, and lit' so nicely in the groves that there is no char.ee of the flour sifting through, which loss forms ';heSvy Jeeper ; j percentage in the use . of other in, bej.kinds. Ito'sny, left hand. 'Life is itself neither good, nor evil. It is the scene of good or evil, as yon make it and if you have lived a day, you have" seen, all. One' day is equal to and like _ all otheF days ; there is no other light, no other shade; This very, sun, this moon, these very stars,, this very order and revolutioB of things, are the same your.ancestors . . enjoyed and that shall also enter tain your posterity. There was a duel, lately, in Eberton, Ga., between a newspaper man and a countryman. It was a sham duel on the-parE of the former, but stern reality to the latter. The countryman fired first, and to his untutored eye his antagonist fell dead. " Foul play," shouted one second of the quill driver; "Mur der," cried the other, wlet mojcill the scoundrel," and be seized, a shot gun end fired its two blank cartridges at him. .The" country man took to his heels"and ran six miles in forty minutes. - An. - English, clergyman relate! that "two English sisters had an audience, with the late Popie PiuB IX., aud as they were withdrawing one of them lingered. The .Pope asked her what she. wished, ind she, being a convert to the Roman Catholic faith, answBred : . " Tie : prayers.of _your Holiness that my sister may be converted ft onz Pro- ' testantism, so that we may not be separated after death.'-' The .Pope placing his hand upon-ner.clasped hands as slie knelt, answered : " Daughter, those who love. G-pd' will not be' separated in the "best world." ' .'"'.'J1 t- m ob,young man- -3aK?\i eye. Pardon . and pli asant^'ess" are 1 "reat revenges of slander." The-World Over* The popular tion'of the globe is supposed to- be - about eleven hundred -and' fifty " millions. Some place it much higher, and others have put. it much lower. "Without claiming accuracy; for this estimate, it is supposed to approximate nearly the truth. Of this number, three- hundred! and twenty millions .are-^ Christians that is, persons who T live in Christian lands, and, who I enjoy at least to some extent,.'. Christian pnuileges ; one hundred an'd forty millions are ' Mohamme dans ; fourteen millions are Jews, six hundred and seventy-six mi!- , lions_'ure Pagans. 07 the- three ... hundWd and;'twenty, million* of; Christians, oi^o hundred and seven ty millions are Roman Catholics ;: sixty millions adhere to the .Greek Church ; eighty-fivp millions an Protestants; and five, millions be> 'long to various""!)riintal sects. _ I: