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haired must hue nerved the arm that a hclulex crvaturc like this ojjuld harm then the dim ees hazy with dcaihv cclipte slowly unlocked and the swollen li murmured faintly he lovea me wellj- my husband twaa drink be sure vou tell j i when be cutoe lo hiaiself that f forgive for liiln i would like and the word were ioor fellow iitc a shudder a moau said aud the drunkard wife ou ihe couch dead oh lathers who hold your daushiers dear somebody daughter i lyinff here 1 oh brothers of sisters come and see what the face of vour precious oaes mav be v oh man however you love your home be it palifie or cottage neth hcaii blac dome this demon of drink can eutcr in for latjlrikes bands and bargain with sin yon have icijized crime you lave pold kow hand them over the kjus you tsoldl keep pnshinj them forwixd drink bojs drink yoar fauictb wc paid for vour souls twv tliink avnd ia the jcreat marts whcri mammqu thritw cheapest of ail things are human lives puevjs- rop an the oldest drug store m ouelph t ime fqb balk lime can be had at the canada lime tvork in amjiu or iw qmblltu at any time applrt cssioth xavirtlm- box 172 acrox it abus babbeb shop bmtfami a barter shop in pjj isieitalfc mmi oftlu j pffobdesj hem m ptmw 8avace k rtei liwr- tbci w t p best canadian goal oil only 20c a gallon now ia the time to bay your coal oil- hicinbotham8 condition powder hare given universal satisfaction and all who hare used tbeui for horse and cattle testify to tbeir ex cellence prepaled only by wg smith co winter flumrao ejcgaot prtpara tionfor eoajbneasf the skin cbapped hands 8or uf froat bite- 4c- pre pared only by ffro 4 co thorleyi bsneandfawfrfoeal sold in any quaoaity lo wit purobsaer thnmnije bdcjjcpet in the marka j wciteoil expeeience blooms j op thh the blooms had plenty of coupany all last summer through strawberry time throuf h cherry time through poach time when the grapes were ripe and the melons ready to eal scarcely has the train stop ped at springvilie station without leaving company for the blooms last summer had borne an unusual crop of cousins often very remote ones indeed and of friend wbo had taken such a fancy ou first sight to- ma or kitty or bessie the- arrived unexpectedly and stayed or weeks taking bag and baggage with them and prominent among these friends had been fortysecond cousin bell mrs green and her little girls mrs black and her son and mrs budd baby and nurse maid ko matter how inconvenient the time howunexpected the arrival a hearty welcome had been extended ma had run oat to greet them grandma hurried in all amiiea bessie rushed to the kitchen to see that the kettle was ou and lunch prepared and kitty lo the spare rooms to air and ar range them and after his day of toil pa had harnessed his horses and taken the wagon to the depot for the trunks as though it were a pleasure and he were not longing to puc his feet into his slippers and read his paper in the big rockingchair how nice and kind to come so far to see us says grandma and despite the bay and the crops aud the men to feed the guests were taken to the falls aud tbe high rocks and the grove and to ride on moonlight evenings and whn they left were thanked for their visit we only met them once before when wo wentrto mrs barkers fannies wed ding says ma and its wonderful they should have thought so much of ua as to come down and stay three weeks and ou the next day perhaps a loug-for- gotten cousin arrived and so they followed fsch other all through the pleasant time but in the dreary winter when the brook is frozen over and the branches bare guests are scarce at the old homestead and having time and to spare ma and kitty thought they would go down to the city do ahopping and visit tbeir friends i think well stay over night said ma potting on her bonnet at the glass we go by the fivo oclock train and get to sb city at seven addby eleven we can got through ahopping and go to comin bells to lunch sbell wsilt ns to stay there i know but we must call on tbe greens and blacks and wed better stay at mrs budds she urged lis so and she was at oar house ail weeks yon- know and took tuck a notion to us i considered ita ooni- piiment tor her to come never haying met ha bat race baton sad to bring three of her family too and ma and kitty kissed verybody and dssjtruditxddiig aa pretty and tidy and fashionable as need be and quite in little flutter si be idea t met uigtboaedw friends who uved tiwnso iast summer met with two dflwimi aud s ijmai for ma in a m1uib bag toe facspqle op fibst total abstinence pledoe through the courtesy of the uri ilia pacttt we are enabled to present to oar readers a facsimile of the first total abstinence pledge ever taken with the signatures of the seven noble men of preston this pledgo was made on saturday 1st sept 1832 to us at this day there seems nothing striking in such a pledge but at that time there were many that thought it unsafe to advance so fast the temperance reformers of the present day have no idea of the conflict that was kept up on this subject to forbid wine and beer was declared an innovation upon both engliah and rin temperance orthodoxy but it was soon discovered thatthe liberty allowed in the first pledges to take ale and wine in moderation was a fatal source of becksliding and hence arose a fierce controversy which lasted for some time joid from which ultimately evolved tbe total abstinence pledge represented above we understand that the packet wu tbe first newspaper in america to publish the facsimfle of this interesting pledge t8xj agsft oubb q bsw0k i orutian franttttj onjeedmscur 4th iostitbe iftmr of brampjon issnsjftjjroolamtuwprtubftv ng the ringing of ells the blowing of oiussjii- j r v p w nom this wis directed an that account left all their in struments of musio in their barracka sad 221 i singing hymns where upon th major bod seven of the men ar- rested and six of them fined each ox ten days in jan i when men are pat in jail for theft for marder or lor treason far iweering or for getting drunk there is some show of reason but when bad men i oniake fteir sins their praise to jesus bringinc it does seem rather hard to fl le or jail them just for singing france punished with the gc uotine and spaih with inquisition some cthfcr nations used the rack to bring men to submission to crinuqals of various grades these were for justice bringing twaa left for noble brampton town to imprison men for singing men did their tongues employ in singing songs of praise to god when full of holy joy two men in phillippi were told whose backs with stripes ware stinging yet even is jail were e en so hold as to break the peace by singing the porter in uniform directed them to the elevator which they ascend to mrs bells fiat the french maid in a cap opened tho door and a little woolly poodle barked at them as they entered mrs bell in elegant negligee hook hand and offered them seats so pleased to see you sbfi said what nice weather 1 and kitty as bloom ing as ever i do you like my poodle mr licll paid a hundred dollars for him last week i love it dearly i have it with me a great deal more than i do baby kane has taken baby out so i suppose yon wont see him how do you like my place its very handsome said ma who has her own opinion of french fiats and ele vators which she is far too civil to express and i suppose you have quite a view from the w yes said mrs bell putting back the curtain there theres our church and that is the restaurant where we take our meals i dont have any cooked at home i go there to breakfast at nine and to lunch at halipasttwelve and i dine with mr boll at six kitty glanced at the clock and said very quickly f ma hadnt we better go what a fashionable call 1 said mrs bell well if you most go call again 4o- she smiled and shook hands and ma and kitty looked at each other aaahey de scended to the street it doesnt seem like the same lady that was so sociable last summer said ma but i suppose taking her meals out of the house she couldnt ask us to lunch and felt ashamed j i hope she did said kitty very red in tbolace and they walked on to the greens a plain bouse occupied by two families the greens live on the second floor they mounted the stairs and knocked the door was opened by a little girl of twelve why how do you do dear said ma coking to kiss her dont you remem ber me fanny j no maam responded the child is your ma in fanny asked mrs bloom no maam responded fanny will she be in soon 1 i dont know replied he child they descended the stairs and proceeded to the blacks a neat servant opened the door promptly mrs black is out gone away for the day names please kitty handed her card aud as they went away mrs bloom remarked i how sorry she will be she was so fond of us all and looked back atbw house mrs black injudicious woman is jdst peeping out of the second story window there now said ma the girl has made a mistake lets go back she hasnt said kitty come on they had a little lunch which they ate sadly and hurried to the depot the train was gone there was no other to spring rille untilnine oclock and there they sat while the lights were lit and parties went to and fro and whistles screamed outside and kitty said to her mother as one who had just penetrated the mysteries of the human heart ma believe those people did not come down to see us because they liked us but just to get summer board for nothing and ma answered very sadly why kitty 1 i want to know yes ma said kitty and if i were you id use them exactly the same way if they ever came to see me fgain and any body else like them to which ma answered mildly why kitty i couldnt no that if my life depended upon itf i wasnt brought up to do so i suppose it comes of city life ma very aerions by this time obeyed she insisted on going to the buads and kitty yielded j tbe budds live near the aveaoe tbeir house is very elegant and mrs budds manner of greeting them is quite affectionate but it is pslunchtimand not yet dinner time sod though ah took her saratoga trunk to the bkxims farm house and stayed six weeks it never ooour- red to her to sk them to eccnpy one rfhet fine bedrooms for s night or toreineraber that they might need refresbmeot v she went to the ontsc abnr- wlttthein when iiam4bi- have been fc mtoejmi to iiblttjem teryrtivsm how alcohol affects the heart cheer up then christian prison friends while on the pest a thintjg youtnowyoa were not jailed or foed for swearing or for drinking there is a glorious land of light where golden harps are ringing where marjtyis saints and angels spend eternity in singing i and you whom singing hurts so much can find a place to suit you where groans and howls of demon bands will evermore salute you where lash of conscience will be felt like cruel scorpion stinging in apceteke timeswe learn and shrieks of wild despair be heard bat not one wordtlf singing t r crtraux dr b w richardson of london the noted physician says he wss recently able to convey a considersble amount of convic tion to an intelligent scholar by a simple experiment the scholar wss singing the praises of the baddy bumper and say ing he could not get through the dsy with out it when dr richardson said to him will you be good enough to feel my pulse as i stand here he did so i said count it carefully what does it say v your pulse says seventyfour i then sat down in a chair and asked him to oount it again he did so and said your pulse has gone down to seventy i thenlaid down on tbe lounge and said will yen count itagain he replied why it is only sixtyfour what an extraordinary thing i then ssid when yon lie down at night that is the way nature gives your heart rest you know nothing shoot it but that beating organ is resting to that extent and if you reckon it up it is a great deal ol rest because in lying down the heart is doing ten strokes less a minute multi ply that by 60 and it is 600 multiply it by eight hours and within a fraction it ia 5000 strokes different and as the heart is throwing six ounces of blood at every stroke it makes a difference of 30000 ounces of lifting during the night when i lie down at night without any alcohol that is the rest my heart gets but when you take your wine or grog you do not allow that rest for the influence of alcohol ia to increase the number of strokes and instead of getting this rest yon pot on something like 15000 extra strokes and the result is you rise up very seedy and unfit for the next days work till yon have taken little more of theruddy bumper which yon say is the soul of man below bis wife acknowledged that this was perfectly true he began to reokon up those figures and found that it meuit lifting up an ounce so many hundred times and tlw result wee he became a total abstain- with every benefit to hu happtoees i would like those who take stimulants to give them- rest joist to take the opposite side of the question into consideration and see how tbe two podtions fit together ndmordua a mau of patienoe the physicisn arsgnlar poser the photographer the coral insect is a greatiref ocsder poptesi thought for fanners the time was when the poorest education wu thought good enough for a farmer now it is believed that a good one is none too good and soon it will be known that none but the best is good enough pruning is a necessary evil therefore it should never be done w no needed nor neglected when it is needed lumber- brick and stone are cheaper warming materials for live stock than hay and grain an exhausted soil like an exhausted bank account will refuse to honor the drafts made opon it the farmer- who does not read the agri cultural literature of theaay is apt to be narrow in his views and shauow in his practices the sooner a rent or break is mended the less mending is needed and the less risk there will be of ices from each un- painpent j none but a fool thinks he cannot leem from others- brains are the cheapest fertilizer that can be employed on the farm underdrainihg and irritation make the farmer largelyjindependent of the weather farm machinery is often injured as much by exposure to the weather when not in usey u by wear when it is in use one hoars wear when in need of greas ing will injurela wagon or machine more than a week when properly oiled weeds are most easily and cheaply kflkd when just approaching above ground somnambulism is behoved to be an un conscious trance action it is the feeblest moustache as weh as the sickliest child that gets the most fond ling- j people learn wisdom by experience a man never wake up bis second baby to see it laugh a zulu belle lis like the proverbial pro phet she has not much oner in her own country a baltimore swell went to a fancy dress ball as a donkey i and his friends say it is the first time he ever fsinei to make an ass of himself what is wanted in this country said the bride as shp examined the wedding presents is silver service reform that set is plated do you knowj asked a gentleman at the bird show why robins are mora inter- ligent than hens i no was the reply because they are better posted in tbe higher branches i doss a hen set or sit cm aneat l- if i if sspjfivl m iff itural journals are know whether hen site editor of dignity woou and the editors would beweu f or the worhl either can set a hen- sit her neither can ithough the hec mjgnt sit r if they would alw otthewasbbenchrbot on end iiextcssf- sronlcvobjsew jtafl if the dog- might set hit foot ou it on the aforesaid tau or many of the sorely troubled or seta ii set a hen on the let her sit it now a man or although they they sit on her ion them by the amancannst bboonldset he ihe basin nor the he cookl litnii were willing or bntifheooiud sit hjs joottbere the gram as well mwpoljlhowl atajret strange m iyny seatm tornanlniyit settbe tail j asioe anj then si down si notb iy ettaet the dogjor the grammarians not long taking for bist be niorrow shall drinkor jtiiimvvo bflrinpti 38 i jrwaifs1rfi w4