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1 -' ft': XT in ! ' (The Acton Free Y*lae IV. Wo. 1 -Whole N* 158 { ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1870. 3'BEE! HRESS Is Publishod EVERY THURSDAY,, MORNING, j VT Till. 1 Free Press Building, Xt'it to the Post Office". I T t*s. ">no .loll ir u yonr, strictly 1" u>l\*n*o Ifuot p.ld t>< fivrolUroo months 011 > d i'Ur.m 1 -i h ilf will In- ctntviMi; <r | I w.i dollars ir not ivs.1 I till tlienud or Hie voir ^l,lo oo,<l<s lino ct in- No jn.v.r wifl I>" i'n. tni> ivrviu rauri' ti 4 u o i>> > o.Lr uiieal.l. eUras .> vi>\ i urisiso Klghl cents jv>r u ^firHistl.i>i'r:l<in.an<l two Cfiils l*-T Um> f ir iut' i si >soiiu -nl insertion, snirt 1li. rfisomonts ol < inhumes uud unler7~$lfor tlicw lusertlous. llu-lness CiM< of oljlil lines and uuder, $1 per aunuru V llb3-al discount allovroil on adver- tliDm >nu Ins -rted for festendenl periods A Ivortisctuetits without hh--1.iI uistruo- tiout Inserted till forbid, and cleaiVeM accordingly. Any Spoclal Nntloe,\Jioobjto*wUlch It to prxim >to the p*euolary bo.iu*dt of * i> IiiJUkI i^i! or c uAtmiiy, to be cemsld. erej a*i a is ortieui<iit. Transient jtl\orllem nts to bo pMdf..r wlu> ior\lereU. Ml a t\e'U:>lu .-counts r<*a lo-reJ nuarle r!> . Notice* of Hind* carriages and l>o.4ih luserto 1 free T. ALBERT BOOSE, t'ublUher A Proprietor A? CTOS BAKERY. B17SIXKSH CA11D3. W U. L^WBY. M. B., M. lY a v. P. -s. irduu or l'rlulli C.i^i . \l u i r i'ri'lr< .>f l"i} siclaii* ail "* ^r.-..-l,-c s.-- v, v^rs.. in in* house I*-e y .-e"c ip!.-> I ' } It- Utuii. l"-s'l. Da. it. :i>.:;umv, Phy>r ,i, % ir<f ,"t l U. \u. Col- lm-, s .- V ire, \ , >r v.1 iatf ol Victoria C lot-t; Oinil" Cm* ilintl >n dtt\B Tuoiyivil * 1 lnr f-om'in. ra, tUll p. -a. R-.ldt"aco West Bower street. 1 lie,); loive, to ftnnounco to tho mhthitaiiU ofv\oton .vn<l tho public goner-illy lb it I li ivo tho largest arjd Wsl assorted stock of b.tkor'a gntois in tho Vill.no. Fresh Bread. Buns, Cakes, Rolls, Pastry ami Fruit Cakoa in grott varioty. C.tkos from 3 to 10c porxloren. - Wedding and y Fancy Cakes mtdo on tho sliortost possible notico at roasotiMb.10jr.itos, and Batiaf'tction gutrantaed. Urun Bro-tJ aspociilly. N B \h\\ gooils aro _\vurr inteil pnro, as/ nothing but tho best of uvileriil is used. A'soal irno stock of tirs.t-cl.i5s fimily Hour alw.tys on hind, chcsip for ca-h only. 'Fho p itrou ro of llio public m respect fully bolicitod. leruii caah, 11. T. QALLOW \Y. Wost End Eookstoro. GUELPII, voi: BOOKS & STATIONERY D OSN'DEaSOX. Convey- a a-icer. A*5 *lo vnent .'nii'l ltf &jriee C >. l>d*, Mo-tgAniR. * , prtip*ro4 n ".lj ,.>r.>.u >tl>.e <rne:l} ri.nble term.. \40no} ti> >t ( > ^ll ui -. K.elon if 1 1 0 ifr Jl. < vniS"t>>i. Aittorncy- s it- .\f, -s ill --llor in if moor} j^ . i 1. , - ,r i-er of Hula mi l Church Stfli. }j>ori-to-srn. rp iv. coopcB. PrDV.abiil Lii.ad Surveyor and Civil Bngmeor, Gueiph. 11^*1 r >romp:l7 du 1 h-d ti. Soasido Libraries, Lakeside Labraries, Fireside Libraries, . Boy's Libraries, N. Y. Libraries, And all the Latest Novels. Silont and. True. Mil Ire i. A Jo-wel of a Qitl/Toua? MisgTivo, Scs, A 1TUB FllFILLEH. Tho Trih eo beautifully oxpreasoil by William Cullon Dryaat iu tlio follow - iuR huoa was lingulnrly fullilloil by hi'i do%th occurring on tho 12th of June. last: JUNE. I gaiod upon tho glortouti aky. Ami tliu ^roou uiomitaius nuiiid, And thought tint whuu I camo to ho At rest witlnn tho Rroun>l, 'Tuero pleasant that m llo'if.i.ry Juno, When broiiks soiul up 'a elu-orful tuuo. And grovca a ohoorful Bound, Tho noxton'a liaud, my k'a^o to make, Tho,rich green niouut.1111 turl uhould break. A coll within tho Irozon mould, A coffin borno throaRh sIlh t, Anil icy clods above it rollt-,1. While fiorco tho tompust bolt Away I I will not thiuk of those - Blue bb tho sky ami soft the brie/o, Karth green bune.ith tho feet. And bo tho damp mould gently prcssoil Into ny narrow place of rej1. There, through tho lont*^ long summer hours Tho golden light should lio. And thick ytouug horbs and groups of llowora Stand in thoir beauty by. Tho onolo should build and toll His lovo-talo closo besido my coll. , The idle butterfly t Should rest him there, oud thoro bo hoard Tho housewife, beo and hummiiy bird. And what if cheerful shouts at noon Como, from tho vilHgo sent, Ol song of maids boueith tho moon With fairy laughUr bknt? And what if, m tlio cicinug light, Betrothed lovers Walk in sight Of my low monument? I would tho lo\i.ly scene around Might know no sadder sight nor sound I know that I no more should see Tho season's glorious show. Nor would its brightness shine for me Kor it* wild music flow ; But if, around my place of'tdci-p, Tho friend I love should co a.- to weep, Thoy might not haste to go Soft Mi, and ooag, o'l 1 hg'it and bloom Should koep thorn lingering by mj lltiS'lul to. H OYlLSVMVViiS.I H'fcL \lr. K t 1. It >al C-,Ill llOi! i'Is <" Kio i *nm rf b ir t"\ w i> ip '1 1 u I b~i !! t* i'l is, 11I >'- Hi"" pli il <i in toe "r ipn 11 il I- , - 1 1 tli, n.iin Tli u t 1 i e- h i l-c' is> 1. r. Iii^ i.iri 1 I 111 VHU<c li. CI, UtK, Proprietor H BVltY L. OUVI4.E, t%*l IlflE AOEU, tlELPII, -Viunv f >r fio *1 rcjnllh" and Watt rloo Allji jine ntrut*d to its care will be f.Uhfuily tt>-nd. d to. Offlce ut l)ay' B.Mkitorc, Uoelpli. erderi by mull a 1 "rff*. ! I ' '>u 'P'1 "r 1>> '" I'o.tomcp wlllrucrfre promptattentlnn \\ . L*. Li It A xL Lj PkTEXr-j for IXVEXTIOXS x Willi rily and-pnperl> eeured J 1 i'nvl4,Ui Un'.to I-suites imdEuropi, i'ttnii (jr*nte-il or nu r'urfc isend It orluie 1 instruction* \ 'nc} In oper- 'iBtt m tin > oars' IIKNRY UhlST, 1 u.t.wn, Curuula, Mee intri Knili.ef r, -so.lelior of Pa t nt mid Urn jzU.siu 111. Mail 'promptly nt- R. W. PEIH1E milE OXTABIO SADDLERY, ACTOiT. Buy your n trnoes nt tlio nntartn S.\d'ilery, wnero you got tho north of your money. A splendid lot of NJ3WCOI.LAIU" 011 haul. i J f_^J- All parties intending to p'ur chase Harness shoubl do ho at onco before tho rush commences in ordei to secure a good sot. R. CREECH Acton, Jan. 7, 1S78. tomb. These to their softened hearts should bear The thought of what hss boon, And spv.ak of ono who caunit dharo The gladness of tho scene ; Whose part, in all tho pjmii that fills The circuit of the sum iter lulls, la that hii grwe is green , And damply would thur ht- .rt3 rejoice To hoar a^ain his living \ >: - '. o MVEIiLOZIEB, Plasterer, > it. E.t*r> .Jecr.i>i.im or \WZ Jo nc <>ri 4U1 Slktl^fuC- on <Uiir vnt fi T^O^rStA' HOUSE, Acton. XV Clo.e to the,G. T. Ilhllwny Station Ktcjll nmcoommodtttlrin for Hie travcl- llnrpublle. THUS. CAMPBELL, Propr. Acton. leior, I he, flrstwlii DOJIl.VIQX HOTEL. llitert \1r110w, "r.>pr aJir Hou>l is flv^l up " '----- . . etyle with t.e-v farnlture. Coxnnierrlnl r-TeIlefwI IflDdKoKl nccomino-lali;: ai .mmoJloiw Sample ZUk.uik Specif lit mtlon pal 1 totn wanta ol the tr*cl- u"l)!irBar.uppllo' with the best tUaor.ioiv Cuj.tr.. Uool S.abllng and (.ttentire ff ostler*. TAKIGRAEY "K y .X" ( Tachui Rapid, Graph' Writing.) Those wishing to learn SHORT-HAND H ould do well to address S. W. GALBRAITII, Fr<-c ffrrbi, Acto w S.. HEMSTKEET, Licensed Auctioneer V >f th- Counties of Wellington nd:ilnl- lon. orders \t\ at tho Ksek Pur.is Oljjt, leton, or at my residence, in KocktroKf. wilt o promptly atteudoo to. fdrmi reasonable. _____ /!*? 7HE' PL'BLIC Ol? ALtS-V- 'JJ XlOfc'3 * POLITIC KL, CB,EED">. f.t yoa want a good AUCTIONEER trj GEOgtiE GIBBS, ..........._ iNuf! He underst-indu his business Vaid- AUdr-as Hlllbburg P.O. JT *>TtCJE. lao unlerslenod begs leave to an- nonnce to i'arnjers, ^nd others eng z<- fa batter making wfco purptwegettuiB n new Churn tnat they would consult their ovn juU-rels by orderlne on oi A qoln' fmprpr** Tn&uiar h Ckansf am now taklnf orders for ii!^rauaVjnepwre*aedthoj>a<enArlKHt' 'wlthont douos the bet In the market. sVour Dtrone In respectfully solicited. iuff an^stf mohlals free ou appll- ^tloi Terflior/lorbale, Manufactur ed anit of d *X ?)-sm. 1). h JfcDOHAI/U, Aot/JD, ont, m 1> The undersigned begs leave to nform the people ol Acton and sur rounding neighborhood that he has procured a magnificent HEARSE And is prepared to attend and con duct Funerals on the shortest notice and moot moderate terms. Caxkel*, Cqffins, Burial Robets, And all kinds, of Funeral Furnish ings kept In stock, and supplied / on the shortest notice. ' Hat Bands and Gloves supplied when required, JOHN SPEIGHT. Acton, Feb. 10, 1877. ' BEATTY'S P1A3I & PARLOB ORCAH . - U8TBC#OB Uoatalnlng*neiBlereU<"f^t>*W.^>-h a nd procreaatve oxorelae* to ported (the player in the rt of n>o.lc ;eler olano or oceabl.to wtileb 1added orer Sixty Waltxes, Polfc:a, MarcbeB.Oaiops. Upentio Meiodlea. 0anoe, etc,, br Drtii*- Utr BeaUy. Waslilnon. how Jersey^ oaaoftbo best work* oU* kind ever In troduced, and should be In the hands or very j>lanondorg in player. 8e.ot.post- ft*t4tnuiy part or tuo TJnlled Htale^or Gaud* tor only -fifty -t-OOftM- the pi <f tvlg been roduced to' introduce it (everywhern Ad.lress UAHIEIi jT. ZiiWftWvityufVui/Ba Jersey V can buy first-Cass Funob and OaoA?f. cheaper of DAN IEL F. BKATTY, Washing ___ to 1, Ne* Jersey, than anv other manufacturer in the UnitooJ States- Why? Because he sells1], tested tho internal obscurity of that Chased by an Uji^ine: A Conductor's Story. I was fiding on a train of the Pennsylvania Central from No\, York to Washington on a million aa newspiper correspondent. Wc had passfed Baltimore, und \\ ithin an hour's tiino would bo at our place of destination. The couduc tor bad finished collecting the fares and seeing a v.icant SL.it by mj side had dropped into it ;n if for a little rest as tho end of a tirc- samo day's work. Ho rnudo an entry in his note-book, cloicd it, placed it in his breast pocket, but toned his coat, folded his arms, aud then turned to mo with a fnondly remark, as if now he feltnt liberty to lay aside all olliciul dignity and be sociable. Fivas glad to while away the time "as tho train wna rushing along in a darkness which concealed all objects of intorcst without, and so I encouraged the conversation. "You must have net with somo interesting experiences, and pei hapa with somo gie.it dungon,, in the course of 'your life," said I, tile conductor's grizizly boaid .showing that ho might hi>vo seen a long soi vice. ' " Well, porhap3 tho most excit ing time in my oxpoiienco was tho night I was chased b^ an engine a night which! this one leniinds mo of," said he, looking out into the dark noss. " Chased by an engine !" said I, getting interested, " How did that 'happen %" " Well," said the conductor, set ting down in the cushion and bi.ic ing his kneos against the back of tho scat in front, " many years ago I was running the night oxprebs on Long Island from Biooklyn to Greenport, a distance of ninety miles, the entire length of the road. The Long Island Road was then a one-horse affiiir, having only a singlo track, with switches ut tho different stations to allow trains to meet and pass. On tho evening to which I now refer I started fiom Brooklyn at 10 o'clock with tho old Constitution, long since bioken up, but then the crack ongino of the road) with a baggage or freight Car and three passenger cars. Tho night was just as dark us a pocket, or, if anything, porhaps a little darker," as if he had accurately only for cash, takes no risks and has no book accounts. Every instru- mentis fully warranted forsixyears as strictly first class, and are sent on from 5 to 15 days' test trial, money refunded and freight paid both ways by him if they are usatis- factory. Send for Illustrated An ysnTfsBit (Catalogue Edition) and 1 ad testimonials from Ins patrons, some of whom you may know. Ad- dross DANIEL F. BBATTY Wash ington, tfe>yJem>y/ useful portion of tho dioss, " It must have been very dark," aid I. " We wero tho only regular train upon the road that night, with the exception of the Greenport ex press to Brooklyn, which was to start at 10 o'olock and moet us at Lakeland station, in tho middle of the Island, switching off (.here to allow us to pass. " Well, wo wero porhaps six or eight miles on our way when 1 stopped out on tho back platform of tlio icar car to soo if it was growing any lighter. Wo woro thon going over a part of tho road which was as Btinight as nil arrow for a dii tance of four or live miles. Ah 1 was looking Iwi'k over tli in utrctoli I saw'behind ua at tlio diatanco of throe miles or so, what I know was tlio bond light of an ongino, as it was too bright for anything else, for of course I did not suppose tho govorufiioiit had boon putting up any light houses along, tlio road." " Piobabbj I not," h.iid I. " You may bo suro I was a little surprised," said the conductor, for theio wasn't ail extra tiuin onco a nook upon that road, nnd I know there \vua_none "going - out from Brookl) u that night anyhow. I waited for a few minutes, until 1 iiaw that it was roallv an onginu coining, aud, what was moro, was gaining rapidly on us, ulthough wo woro going' at our usual rato of hpeed. When I was satisliod ol this fact, I huriied forwaid and said to tho engineer. ' Jake, thoro is a train closo behind us.' " Jako dropped his oil can and his lower jaw at tho samo moment, and lookud to boo whothor I wuai crazy or joking. | ( " ' Well, lot tho fireman atteud to matters here, and como back and soo,' said I. / " Wo hurriod to tho roar, and in a moment Jnko saw as well as my self that if there was any joke in the '.natter, wo A\ero tho victims of 0110 and of rather a 6crious o'io too, for tlio train in tho rear had gamed ou us1 a full milo while I hud beelL forward. Tlio red cin ders worei pouring out of tlio stuoko stick as if from a bl.ist furnaco ; tho head light thiew a glare along the road, burnishing tho kon to our very w hoels. CKJho as ho was upoT us, the engineer of tho ad vancing train had hot given us tho slightest signal to warn us of his appio.toli, aud niado no response to our repotted whistles of alarm. Ho w.us \ iolating all railroad rulea, and if ho had di tei mined berotly to run uj do Wt ho w >uld act just us ho wus then doi.ig. Juke at first teemed tj bo -attuck dumb > nut so much because lie then thought of danger us at tin* diol impudence of tho engineer behind. He lo iked as if ho would like to" throttlo him. His tongue, after a while, got in wot king order, and ho bioko out, ' What dons that cruzy fool mean !' " ' I wonder if it isn't an old en gine the old man is sending down to J itnaioa to tho shops for repairs(' said Jako. ' I saw the Ben Frank lin standing on tho sido tiuck with steam up justas/ivc fat 11 tod. From tho way she overhauls us, there can't bo much of a train behind" her.' " I did not know but that Jake might bo right, for I had S"en tho Fiauklin standing iii the depot when wo left. That engine otuh just us fast as our own, and, if\it was without a train attached, as Jako supposed, might easily gain on us, aa it seemed to be doing. ' At any rate, wo shall see w hen we pass Jacia ca station whether Jake's theory is conect,' I thought aud said to him. "By this tiuo tho fneman, act ing as engineer, had given our on gino all the steam she would take, and wo wcie slashing along at a lively rate, I fell you," said the conductor. " Tlio good people albng tho road who woro out of thoir beds, must havo thought a railroad Gilpin was riding another nice according to tho now stylo. I was angiy enough to havo sent a bullet at the crazy engineer follow ing us, and I detui mined tli.it ni) fitbt business the next day should bo to complain to tlio superintend ent of foolhatillness. ' I thought that possibly, being for tho moment Ins own muster and no longor un- ilei tho im-nediato ordeis of a con ductor, lie was indulging in a kind of a railroad sproo, and, for a link, was diiving us to tho top of our speod, expecting to end tho race and his day's work at tbd samp time at Jamaica. " Well, wo toro through that sleeping village without stopping long tor refreshments, I can assure you, and then JaKe and I looked to j seo our comical friond in the roar pull up at tho station and take lodgings for tho night. But wo wore mistaken in our gussa. Not a whistle was givenl^ our pursuer, a9 a signal that he intended to stop; not a sign of slackening was shown but, on tho contrary, he was gaining uppn us even when we were doing our very best. Sometimes a curve in the road would shut him a mo ment from our view, but ho would round it in an instant, and evory now turn brought him moro closely upon us, Jamaica had been I left far behind, and we wero out on the_ wide Hompstoad plain. Tho old Constitution was on her muscle. Our train was actually swaying and rocking with spoed like a yacht on tho waves. The telegraph polos "\?i. }S1.0O per aannn In Advaace upon which tho light from our w indowii would glint in tho dense darknos 1, woro flying behind ub at every second. Tho sound of our wliools, us thoy Btrrck tho ends of tin? rails, was u continuous hum.! But, do tho boat that it might, our' engine with its hoavy train was no nmtdi for tlio light weighted ouo behind. That was gaining upon us, and wrtu not tho eighth of a milo off. Tlio glaro from its lantern shone brightly in our faces ; I thought 'Jake's face lookod a little pile, and porhaps mine did too. N'iw that our pursuer did not halt at Jutuaica, wo wero eutiroly off our reckonings, nnd wo could m-iko no guoss as to tho causo of our chase, nor when it would end. Tho prospect doomed that wo might bo driven to tho ond of the road, if wo woro not overtaken and smashed befoie it could be reached. "' That's tho Franklin, snro,' broke out Jako onco ruoio. 'No other ongino ou tho road eould over haul us as wo aro going now. What can that fool of a Simpson mean by diiving her at such a rato? Ho must bo drunk. If tho boss don't bleak him tomorrow ho won't get his desorts. Ho will bo into us in two minutes.' " ' You aro right, Jake,' said! I. ' Go forward and seo if you cannot Ret up a littlo moio- Iwcudwuy. Empty a few of tho^o petroleum cans on tho wood and pitch it in and bco what can bo done.' " While Jako was forward on hia errand I thought over tho situation. Ho I was with u hundred or two passengers under my care, all ig norant of tho danger which I knew they wero in. If wo should bo overtaken and crushed in'tho-roar, the disaster would bo a serious ono, and would probably cause tho death or injury at least -of somo of the passengers. If Wo wero not smash ed in this way, there was another aud perhaps u greater dangor beforo lis. .Tho train of which I have spoken, which left Greenport wten wo left Brooklyn, waa on its way to 1111 ej; us ou tho samo track. It should switch off at Lakeland, in tho middleTof tho Island, and allow us to pas3 an hour after wo started, or at 11 o'clock. It was now 10:30, and wo weio close to Lakeland al ready, and would puss thero long before,tho arrival of tlio Greoupoit train, which ordinarily got there first. Tho result would bo that wo should moot that train boyond Likeland, without warning of our appioach, and a collision in front as well as tho roar would bo the consequence " Wo reached and flow through tho L ikeland depot nearly half an hour ahead of time. Of course the Greonport train was not thero yet, but was comiug down th^ road. Our spoed wus not a little ahead of auy over beforo made on tho Long Island rood. The telegraph poles fairly danced behind us. and the bushes on oither sido of tho track seemed a continuous wall of tiro as they woro lighted up by the iiamo which was pouring out ot our smokestack. But dangerous as it was for us to keep on, it was just as d tngorous foe us to slackon speod, and so on wo went. Tho conductor tolled his quid from 0110 cheek: to tho other, raised tho window by Jiib sido and expec torated into tho outer darkness, and ibecamo silent' for several mo monts, ns if burdened, by tho recol lection of his former punls. After waiting a reasonable length of tiino lor linn to resume his story, I said, " When tha collision occiyrred, was it with tho train in front/or in the tear, or with both?" "Oh, the, collision!" Slid tho conductor. '. Well, now, you como to tlio lidiculotis p.ut of tho stoiy. rThe collision did not tuko place at all," ho said, in an apologetic tone, as if thoio ought to havo been a serious acideait ufter so much pre- puiation. " While I was standing on the platform, thinking whether [ had hotter warn tho passengers to hold thomselvos iu leadinoss for a shock, Jako camo forward drag ging after bint two putrolouvo. caus,i each of which would hold a quarter of a tiiii rel of oil. " ' Now then,' said Jako lo me, ' if you will oil ono sido of the track, I will do tho othor.' H " I saw at once what his plan was. Wo each brought tho mouth of an oil can us near to tho polished surface of the rail as possible and commenced pouring on it the koroseno. In less than u ir.inute.a half mile of tho iron rails on both sides was nicely oiled, and as slip on a greased track than a torn cat can climb a strop roof covered with i;o?" said tho conductor, wiih u pitying glance at ono so profoundly ignorant "f railroad mutters as my self. " I shipped Juke on the buck, and said, Old follow, your cuto- ness has biought us out of a bad scrapo.' ' 1 1 " In a low seconds tho lantern of tho truiri behind us was getting tlim in tho distance. Wo slackoned speod and backed down to seo 'what was tho matter with Simp- sou,' as Jake said. Thero stood tho old Franklin, puffing and snort ing and pawing like a mad | bull, tho driving-wheels buzzing around on tho greasod track like all possess ed, hut not gaining an inch. I Wo sanded tho track and bore down upon tho old machine Jako was the first aboard, spoiling for ajgood chanoo nt tho cnginoer Simpson. But no sign of an engineer, fire man, or other living being, was to be found. The engine had only a tender attachod, and although thero was still n full head of steam on, thoi fires woro getting low. Wo made short work pushing back to (-Lakeland. Wo reached the station, and got fuiily upon tho switch when the Greenport train, which we should meet thoro, camo in, and as if we had not been fifteen miles out on the road to meet it a few minutes beforo. " The tologj-aph operator at Lake land handed me a despatch, which read as follows : "ToMJoxductoe C------: Tho 1 Ben Franklin has broken loose and 13 comings up tho road. Turn switch at Lake-land aud run hor off the track. T Barton, Suit. Brooklyn, 10:05, p.m.' 1 " You see we did not have much time for turning switches at Lako- land," ho continued, " so we did still better, and saved the'old Bon which was not responsible, after all from a smash-up." j What Is It? I Quite a sensation has been crea ted on the Chicago it Lake Haron Riilroad, near Olivet, in cdnso- quonco of a singular appnnition which has just made its appearance in that vicinity. The following ac- connt of tho mysterious phenome non is given by a reliable party : A spook came out of a wood-pile a few nights since and stoppod the eastward bound train. It is de scribed as a human form robed in Biiowy white, and appeared on the track a few yards in advance of tha engine. Tho engineer blewl his whistle, but tho mysterious form fofused to yield the track. jThe train was stopped, and a party went ahead to reconnoitre, when the Btrange personago retreated, and when they retreated would fol low thorn. To uli questions 'that w'ue asked, it gave no reBptVnse. They ordered it off the track,! and it refused to budge, whon they fired several 1 bullets through its hbart, but, instead of crying out, it dapced a hornpipe on tho rails, and seemed to delight at their discomfiture. Finally, tho engineer mountedi tho engine and pulled the throttle,iand just as the exasperated engine, was about to make mineome.it of, tho stranger, it disappeared in tho .air. Tho nows soon spread in tho viciri- ity, and tho next nightfarmers and trackmen \vont to tho spot, and bo- hold ! tho strango figure confronted them. Tiiey set dogs on it, Jwho seemed to be grappling with an ob-, jcet, but no blood was found. iThe men, armed to the teeth, boldly wont forward, but it rotreaiedj and when they receded would follow to a given point. A party outflank ed it, and cumo upon it in tho tear, resolved to capture it and solve the mystery, but itl vanished hea|ven- ward. Not being satisfied, party went- to the spot next when, to their honor, an old lobed in black came out of wood pilo and took his wnntoned position ou the track aa if to de spite their passage, his long siliyery locks and snowy-whito beard float ing In the breeze. To all questions ho njado no reply. ^"The dogs vcro called into requisition agains 1 it, but to no avail. Ho eurtiqd a and Without a Newspaper. ' Definition of Bible Terras. An exchange says : Nothing pre-' A day's jonrney was thirty threo sents a sadder commentary upon t^io present condition of society than the largo number of families, both in town and country, but moro ospocially in tho latter, that Hilbscribo to no paper of any kind. Hundreds growing up utterly ig- norat of what is transpiring in tho world around them iguorant of the mighty ovents of the day. But who can tell tho vast amount of tho injury that is being inflicted on tho risings generation those who aro to take our place in tho busy [ world at no distant day- -growing up without any knowledge of the present, any study of the paid;; this ignorance, too, boing infused into thorn by the sanction of those who should and doubtless do know bet tor, did they only think of tho in jurious effects of their insane course. Lot the hea,d of every family think of this ; aud p'ace ^11 the hands of thoso for whom he is responsible, tho means of acquit ing some know ledge of the moving panorama iu which we act tho different parts. Three Thingg. The following lines wore copied from the album of a young lady of Elizabeth, N.J.: , 1. Three things to admire : In tellectual power,, dignity and grace fulness. 2. Three filings to love : Cour age, gentleness and affection. 3. Threo things to hate: Cruel ty, arroganeo and ingratitude. ! 4. Threo things to delight in : Frankness, freedom and beauty. 1 5. Three things to wish for- Health, friends and a cheeiful spirit. 6. Threo things to avoid : Idle ness, loquacity and flippant jesting. 7- Three things to fight for: Honor, country and homo. 8. Three things to govern i Temper, tongue and conduct. 9. Three things to think about: Life, death and etenuty. and one-fifth miles. A Sabbath day's journey was about an Knglish mile. , Ezekiel's reed was eleven? feet, neii Jy. A cubit is twenty two incl e3, nearly. A ^hand's bieadth is equal to thref) and five eighth inches. A ^ingei's breadth is equal to an inch. A [shekel of silver was about fifty cents. A Shekel of gold was $8. A talent of silver was $538.32. A talent of gold was -513,809. A pieco of silver, or a penny, was thirteen cent. / A mite was less than a quarter of a cent. A grmpli. was a cent. , An eaph, or bath, contains seven gallons and five pints. - A bin was one gallon and two pints. A firkin waa seven pints. An omer was^rix pints. A cab was three pints. v \r L'. Singular Revenges. pery as dealer in second-hand olothos." the day, man the death-like smile throughout, retreated at their advance as before, and -on boing surrounded,' again- vanished heavenward. Wo Laurel from tho soeno a couple of days.ago, and the country thereabouts is all exeitoment. The questionls : Has noma old man been murdered' and buiied there and this his apnara- tion ? Certainly it is not flesh] aind ., . '___ k_^-, -blood. Scores of visitors from the tongue of a Hebrew .. . , ,, , "J - - - - -- > other counties have been there! and took obaervati/ns, and all have went away mystified. At las^ ac< counts no light had been gained as to the strango apparation Ontdone by a Boy. An exchiugo tolls tho following story of a boy who showed himself the Btipsrioi- of four men : A lad in Boston, rather small for his years, works in an office as orrand-boy for four gentlemen who do business thero. One day the gentlemen were chaffing him about beginning so small, and said to him* ' _ "You never will amount to much j you never can. do much business ; you are too small." The littlo fellow looked at them. " Well," said he, "as small as I am, I can do something which none of you four men can do." " Ah ! what is that V said they. " I can keep from swe.iring i" said tho little fellow,. There wero some blushes on four manly faces, and thero seemed to be very littJe anxiety for further information oa that point. ' mm A Powerful Voice. Just boforo the thdndor Btorm on Saturday evening, a Whitehall man stepped into tho teleg-aph of- fico at that place, and requested-the piivilege of talking through tlie telephone with his wife, who was visiting frien Is at Troy. Sir. Jno. W. Eddy, the*gentlem<inty assistant manager, granted tho rgquest, and the Whitehallor began operations He couldn't be prevailed upon to believe that it was really his wife who was-talking to him, and sho so many miles away. Ho finally asked | her to say or do something known-to themsel/es only, that ho might bo convinced that it was her. J^ust then a rambling streak of lightning eame in on the wires, keeling tho husband over on his hoad, when he jumped to his feot and "oxclaimcd : " That's the ole woman sartiu ' only sho's grodo a le-e-etle more powerful since she left hum." A member of one of the princi pal West End clubs in London (says Truth) was behindhand this year in paying his subscription, and, according toa' rule of the club, was called upon to.niry' an additional pound. Ho forwarded his subscrip- tion withj:he fine to the secretary, who sent him an acknowledgement. A few days later the secrelkry" re ceived a letter from the Inlirfld Re venue, informing him th^t the member had laid information against him for h iviaj- given him an nhstamped receipt, and re questing |to know w hat explanation coulJ bt> offered why the penalty of .10 should not bo exacted" This reminds us of the old story of the gentleman who asked his solicitor to dinner. " To reading-letter ask- ing me to dinner, Gs 8d ; to answer ing the sarue^fis 8d; to dinner, -l Is," were entered on the ac count. On reading if, the host sent iu his bill. "To a dinner, 10s ; to wine at dinner, 1 10a." Not to be behindhand, the solicitor at onco informed ng-iinst him for soil ing wine Without a license. hi ' 5 ,a -E A Seeourl Look. " You have raised my expecta tions of a catastrophe so high that you have been obligedto groaso tho track, so as to let thorn down again easily," said I, for T folt.a littlo nettled at tho unexpected turn the story had taken, and was inclined to believe that the conductor Was drawiug largely upon his imagina tion for tho facts. " Why, don't you know that mi engine can no more niako headway A certain young lady resolved ^jevor to entertain a pioposul of marriage from a eigar smoke1?. An accomplished gontjlemun offered his Ii3art and hand, who falsely assort od that he never smoked. To con vince her of) the truth of his asser tion he suggested bojtcdiug in her father'a family six weeks. lA Bhort time before the expiration of the trial, the servant ran to the lady one day, exclaiming, "^As true as yon live, Mr.-^-----ris smoking !" i "I worjJt'believe it." But she diseov- Indmns_-neveT~~liTf3s~lsaoh other! andpiaving Been a few Indians, we can'trblame them. | I * Littlo things should not ha de spised. ' Tho little toe is tho small est dn the fcot, but it always tho largest corn. has t " j J^J- -ered the object of her affeetious sit ting near 'the fire place so that the smoke from the cigur might paps up the chimney. Wungiuij Ker .hands in agony, she exclaimed, "Its a fact; he does smoke." She took a second look : " He does smoke; but did you ovtr seo any one smoke so giacefully V Nassasawcyo Conncil. The Cjuncilimet again, pursuant to adjournment, on Monday, the 2ith day of Julie, at the hour of 5 p.m., for the purpose of closing the Court of Revision and Appeal. All the member* of tho Court woro present, the Reeve in the chair. The) following changes in assess ments (were made during the sev eral sittings of tlio Court : R ibt. Akins' peison.il property of $300 was ordered to be straol? off; R. D.THekey's red iced 300, hod Jas.' Kidney's 400. A. C. MoMiIUnf" taxed on personal property, $100 j James A Stokes on incoms, $^00 5 ' D. Hutcheson raised on personal, - ckc, 1,500. and 50 added to the Messrs. Black's assessment by rea son of other property attached thereto. The following persons named were plaeed on the rojl, with tho description of their several proper ties : John Mneklain, oqcupint, pat* of north est half, lot J8, 1st con , half acre, $200 ; William Mc- Curdv, occupant, part of south east Half,'lot 12, 2nd eon.r-$300; Neil McMillan, sr., owner, part of west half, 5th 'con., four acres, $20p; Don McPhederun, owner, part of lot 20, 5th con., three atid four " acres, 200, an 1 D Jiy.tld MsT.tvish oceupmt of pirt of s*uth-we.3& half, of lot 22, 7th con. ~- The name of R ibert Sayder wa3 oidered to be plaeed on the roll in place of Limoerb B irbaree, junr., and William Hainsjn ifi place of William Trott. George 3 Hinders, tenant, W. C. of lot 23, fpth con.; William-and Riehaid Thomas, set down as joint occupants;' Thorn is, Bolos, tenant ; S nuuol 1J. L'ster and'William Kjdney, tenants, pirt1 of west half, lot Cth, -Ith-jcon. i R. Curno, owner; Dnid Aghaw, part owner. F.irmers'S ;ns,WmJ.Currie, ThoB. Siokes mid John Barber. Tha iiiiuie of Joseph Williams ent rid as Farmers' Son, was oideied to be now sti uck off. ~. A letter fjrnin Messrs r Jackson <fc Hallett, was lull bef>i the Court, claiming to b3 euteiel 011 the Ass Assment R ill, a-s owners of the south-west half of lot. lfy 2nd con., and in the absence of more pxrtieu-- lars in ro^*rd thereto, it was disal- . lowed. ) I The Assessment' R ill having been finally revised, it was moved by Mr. Munziea, seconded b Ml". Wheelighan, that the Asses-smnul R ill, as amended, be confirmed, an 1 . the Couit do nefw close. <i jCanied. On motion, the members of "tin Council adjourned to meet again at tho call of the R-evo. J. Evsl-iaBaJoa:, Tp Cioik; e ' VsS. sssts