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· THE MERCHANT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1372. POETRY. Courage, Fa int, Heart! Courage, faint heart ! The day wa.5 lon:; n.nd dr9a.ry, But now the end, the promised end drn,ws nigh; S 3e in the v·vest the sun at last is sinking, Changing ·to brightnel!S a.U the shaded sky, Rouch was the r_oad thy \Yeary feet ha.ve travel· lt>d, Long was the ·way thy fainting heart has corne · 1 But o'er thy p ath the light at last is breaki11g, And thou art near the pilgrim's peaceful home. (Joura-ge, faint. hea.rt ! · The burden ba.q bee11 heavy, J3ut thou !!halt eink beneath its weight no mo1·e; Only te breast the swelling of the river, '£hen sh ult thou tread J erusalflm's glad sh ore. Hnrk ! on the air the songs ofl1eaven are ri nging, See how its lights gleam o'er the. troubled -wave! Jt.s golden shores are lying j ust before theeCourage, f<t.int heart ! look upward a.nd be brave. Oourn{;e, faint hua.rt J The ch:e1n1 at laJJt is ended; After life's fever, s"·eet shall be thy rest Iu that glad la.n<l where night shall ne'er "r1fold tbee, Or sorro\v's waves s'vcep o'er thy quiet bro1u,t. O'er thy " '"orn face God's holy calm shall ~ottle, On thy tried heart His-lasting _peaoe-de:!lcend; 'fhen sball thlne eyes drink in the bleMed iltu1· lightCourage, Ca.int heart J th& road is near itR end. eer remained the whole time, not only breathing Di vitiated atmosphere, but over-atrMning and over-heating the Yoicc-organs. In thh1 heated and exhausted condition he 'vould go out into the cold. a.ir to his home. His mouth being open in \v-alking, his throat and neck unprotected a8ainst the winter air, the VQiceorgans became diseased ; pre sently they began to lose their prnvcr of thro·Ning off the effects of the little colds ta.ken frmn time to time, 'vbich in"·ariably settled in the thro:lt. Meanwhile slighter ca.uses gavo colds, n.nd longer time was , required to get rid of them, and aU at once he noticed that hc was ft·eri.uently hacking or hem · ming or clearing bis tbroilt; next ever so slight a cough en rising in the mortting. :But while all this was going on, he \Va>; inakiug a. fortune, and he retired from business "'·ith a hundred thousand dolla.r s and a. conaumptive cough, of which he ditid in lea3 than a. year after he ga.Ye u-p busiue513. This narration a pplie~ to cle.rgymen, son1e of wltorn Ui(' every year long before their time, from sin1vly exposing themselvefl to the Qutdoor a.ir too soon after preaching . Some get on a horse or into a vehicle to fulfil an appointu1cnt inil".e away, and iu the quiet condition of the body, whilo thus riding, and there being more or le.e.e \Vind in 1notion, the tender voice organs a.re chilled in a few seconds, inducin£, sometimes v'l'ithin an hour, more or le~s of cl!!!a1·ing the throat by hemmiJ1f:· In some con stit utions, natu1·a1Jy feeble fron1 age, 01· a too eedeutary life, pneumonia is induced by such an. exlJOsure, followed by death in a fe"'- days. Oue of the Ul\Oitt e1ninent 8.nd able olergy1nen .of this genertiition thus peri:Jh cd ,ndt110ng ago. If men · da uot learn tind obev·tlie la.we ·of our being, a miracle will not be J.~rought to aa.ve them from th1J penalty. Even in.sutnrue.r-thr.e it is .danger· ous to ride immediately after delivering an address ; take an hour to cool off slo\vly, and ea.t aomething first - for ivstance, a good ·warm din- Temple ~ l! ashion, Oshawa ---o--Fctll and Winte1·, 1871 and 1872. 1.a.rge Supplies New Sea.sona.'ble Goods. Oottee! Ootfeef of the veey be&t IJ,,d I Forty-Second Year. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK FOR 1872. ~.. ·\ ""~"""~ and TEA JUST as GOOD, MILLINERY. --o-In thi.!J department a grllnd dis:Play is shown of the most beautiful design · originating in Paris,· London, and New York, under the a.ble management of Mrs. M. J. REVMA~, (late J.'1iss Thomas.) --;o:-- and chea.p as a.t a.ny store in Oana.da, or out of it, a.t . · - JOHN MOMURTRY'S SIGN OF THE G()lJEJEN LION King Street, Bowma.nville. MANTLES ! MANTLES ! got up expreesly for cir own trade . C~stomcre ca.n rely on getting a. good fit, el,egnnt style, and beautifu1ly tri.nuned. HERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES! being the question, J, M . would respectfuUy give a. hint to tho1e in per· I. plcxit.y, that he keeps constantly on hand a:-fi.rat class stock of W . I I j FOR THE The cheapest of Ladies' !viagazines, because it is the best I For the p:ist fcrty-t.,,·07ear3 the Book hai! been considered the guide o \\'omen in everyphing that is oolculated to elevate the sex. The old familiar writers, whose stories ha.ve l,_rgely contributed to thia end, have a.ll been retained. Mn.rion H::i.rla.nd, Ino Churchill, Lo11ise S. Dorr, Metta. Victoria. Victor, S. Annie Frost, 1\-frs. 0. A Hopkinson, Sue Chestnutwood, h.fl'l!I. Denison, etc,, ha.ve a. reputation for excellence in their writings,fat· above any others in the 1fa<)'azi.tle line. Our <Solored :Fasluon-l"late.e a.re the most oor rect of any published in the country. -BAPTIZED IN FIRE lJEAUTIFUL Sl'EEL l'LA1'ES. - Ofthese the Lady's Book gives fotM'teen each year. Original .1.lfu3fr. -Godey'~ is the only maga.zine in which music prepn.red expressly for it appears. Model Oottayes.-1'he only magazine in thit1 country that gives these designs i11 the l.a.dy's Book. Dt·aw(ng Lcsso1i.,,.--- In thia we a.re also alone. 'Ve h11ive also a Children·~. a llorticulturali and a Health depart1ncnt. Godey's Ir1:1:alu.able Receipt11 upon every sub· ject, for the Boudoir, Nursery, Kitchen, House, anrl l~aundry, Tinted Engrwv-1'.ngs.- Thfa is a. series of engravings tha.t no one has attempted but ournelYeB. La-d:ie& ' l!"ancy JVork Dep<o·tmtnt.--Some of he-designs in this department a.re printed in DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. .A. }n.rge 2tock of the most .st;yliah an<l serviceable goods j1nported. In this connection is shown a. full variety c·f trinunings 1 button&, &c., to match, in a.11 colon;, - - o-- -The Chica.go :Phenix. A Universal Newspaper. Groceries a.nd :Provisions and tho.ee who buy from him will never regret tha.t they are able to IUlll\\"er,. Dress-making done to orrler in first-class trtyfo. DRY , GOODS. Heixvy Engli8h Wool Bea·vers, and Fa1icy Overcoatin17s, Tweed..~, Shiri·ts, D1·av;m'S, Hats and Oaps, Collars, ixnd Findings. Tapestry, Wool, Union, Hemp Gixrpeting,Floor Gloths,Riigs,&c., Giwtain~ Damaska, 1.'able Lirhw, Toweling, Blankets, Horse Covers, Plai'lt a?td Fancy Flannels. . Far,cy Woolens, Shawls, Nu bias, Sontags, Ladies' a>td.Children's Wool Under-clothing. Infantile Clothing, beautiful designs, richly Embroidered. Complete Stocks in "I buy from John McMurtry." FLOUR, OATMEAL, CORNMEAL, AND CRACKED WHEAT 'MERCHANT, colors, in a style uncqurlllcd. In addition to all the aboYe attraction~, there will be published, monthly, a double page en· graving,the general title of \vhich will be 11 1"-frs, Lolipop's Party." \Ve promise these sketches (outlil1e in their character) to be superior tu any of the kind h eretofore published. 'l'Elt.~fS. Fresh arrivals of Crockery and Gla.ssware. Goodl!I !!lent to all p&rta of the '!'own, and: General .Advertiser. ner.-HaU's Jo1,rrH1-l. THE HOUSEHOLD. A Ha,1f-Hour's Chat· BYE. B. GROCERIES AND BOOTS AND SHOES. W . X one but first-class hands employed in each d&partment, a,nd all work guaranteed. . .. . MOT:J.'0,-Best Goods, Low Prices, Liberal :J.'ernu, Largf Bu3'me1~, :MOBBl8' CARRIAGE THE FARM. Walks and Talks on the Farm, pr·ompt pay. (Froin the Ainerican Agriculturi:!lt.) I have ju!!t had n Yi.sit from one of the inost It wa.~ a gi ea.t surprise to me' He intended entcl'prising and successfulf armers in \'{ estern it should be, and therefore sent up no cs.rd · I New y-oik. It was a. storniy day- just such a '\Ya~ very busy, nnd a little impatient at hoing da.y when, it being impossible to do anything intetrupted · However, I gave my hair a. l1tt_le out of doors, a farmer feels no compunction in brush, a.nd my necktie a. little straighte1 \ing .epending a few houl'1J in conversation with a twitch, and deacended to the parlor. I knew friend. \Ve had a·long and interesti.J.tg talk, him in an inatn.nt, and yet he \VM so changed. and as the storm cut)tinued unnbn.ted, he spent 'Vhen \Ye \Valked home from school together, the night \vith me. At home, he .sa.id; Le went years and years a.go, l1is fa,ce was delicate and to bed every nigl1t between nine and t(ln, and smooth-almost effe1ninate. Now his shonhlors was up, winter and sutnmer, at five. He board s were broad, aud his face browu and hea vily his men iu tbe house. Ilrc!\.kfast is r5ady at six. bea.rdcd. He met me in his old, frank, in14eni- Horses are fed, watc1·edi .cleaned, an<l 11arnesscd ous \Y&y. Surely he wns the srune. \Vo WPr~ before bre~kfast, an<l are expected to be in the capital frien<lH in those po.st days. " re wet-e of field by seven o'clock at th~ late~t. He uses the same age, yet I seemed inuch old ot\ be- tluee·hol'ae teamfi, and insists on having t""-o cause I ,.,.n.s far older. tha.n. He always vame acres a. day plow·ed by each team. He iB Yery w-ith such perfect naivete and repo!ed his confi- particular to have 11 i:;i land carefully plowed,and dence i.n me. It :lmused me greatly- soroetlmes uses a" jointer." He thinks highly of the latdeeply touched rriy heart. He ha.cl not o, inn.s- ter, t1.s it completely buries the sod, stubble, terly mind, by any 1n~ans, yet I never do~pist!d weeds, etc. him ; I liked him w·ell. He was a person with The D~acon enjoyod these remarks iu regard 'yhom one could talki which is more thn.n can to plowirig. He has alwayo c.ontended that I be said of every one. make a mistake jn not using a. jointer or double :Th-Iany changps had come into both of our plow. The ma.ss of test.in1ouy is "certa.inly lives. I looked clo~ely in hia face to sec into against me. My aim has been to get the weed ,vhat his character had resolved it1$elf. When seeds to f,'TOW Mid then kill the young . p 1ants. I knew him before, it -waa in the fonnp,tive rather than to bury therr1 for a ycnr or two, and state a.nd so "'RB mine. Evidently he ha<l been ' then have them start in the larlcy or wheat " tetnperate , His faoe 'Ya& clea.1· a.nd crop, where I could not get at t h cm wit · h a Iioe rx:dectl·,] bright, his voice pleasant and gentle. Ile was or cultivator. If I waa going to plant corn two ready of perception and a- successful hu.ei- years in succes::;ion, or potatoes ·the first year nees rr1ani I knew. He \VllS:l the same lavh1hly followed by corn then I wonl4- use tL joi11ter in i;eneroua being. l:Ie lof'.lked proi::p erolUJ. .and_ Orea.king ~p the ~od. i-Jihe weed ~eed,which lie well fed. Altoget110r I sa\v he had fa.lle1t into Jormr..l!l;t under the d the :first year, ,vonld a. \·ery i·eapectable rut of conduct. I wa~ gla(l :Pring up after the next plowing- and tl1cn l -so i;lad-of that ! Yet i~tellectually 11e had :Should havr; a. chancy at them. ' not advanced one step. Hu~ l!lpeech Wt\8 c1:i..re.· · ... leas, bis bro.in and soul had not done heaV)' .Aut1nnn is tho time to work laud, n.nd 8prinµdut y all these yea.rs ; yet not so ma.ny years. the time to drain it. "'Tinter is the time to draw for he \Va.s yet young-·quite young. Stra.uge the tileio to 1nak~ ~anure, and to do everything "Vr'e do not realize how, day by da.y, we aro crys· tha.t will facilitate the .work of the spring and taUzing ! Every thought, every act, ever) summer. In the spring,~\·hile the ground is Wl:lt en1otion, wh~ther good or bad, tending to the and loose from the p,ffect of the frost 1 an u11dir· one point-- crystalization of charactt r ! <lL ':.'l-in can be dug with on~ thll'd lesa labor than '~."e talked merrily, a long time, of the past. int.he fall. When the plans are all laid and the How stni.ngto w" had 11ot met ! How both had tiles on- handi a good deal of dra.ining may be clu~u g ed ! Of the oltl, old rides, and wa] kg and .done in the f3ve or six weeks in 8pring before ,ve talks. And tbsp -;-c discoursed of "life. I of need to plow for corn. Some otie \Vrites to the · life n.s I had observed it; he Qf life as lie liM1 Agrculiu1·ist that he thinks " V.1 alke and Talks experienced it, At Inst he spoke of his wife, hru:i underdraining· on the brah1." If I have, for he had nn\rril\1..l. He spo!i:e tEscontcntedly and the dis ease is contagious, I should like to of her. I was atartled-sbockeJ. u. little. It communicate it to half a dozen of the inost i.nseemed too 'lelicate a thing for an honorable telligent farmers in every town and post-omce person to mention to any one. I think he want- whtJre the Am~rica1i, Ag1·icult1wist ia ta.ken, l.Tned something·-1)erhaps help. H e began b)' derdraining will be the great fnrm work of the saying : next q11n,rter of a century. \Vherev er draining "If I bad my life to liYc over I woultl not is ne<>rled· -and I h:\vo never yet happened to marry a city girl" see a. farm where some portions of it did not "Why?" need draning- uo real 3ncl permanent jmproYe" Be cau~e they know so little of pra.ctical ment can be efiec!ted u:ntil the: work 18 done. I Hfe . '!'hey under·itand society, hu t they cnn recommend 110 ext;·{lovagant expenditure oi not make a. lo<"l.f of bread." money. Those wl10 have tbe capital to dra.in "Oh, yon lnen think so n::.uch of j' OUl' com- their l:'\Jlds completely at once, would find it to fort," said I. their interest to devote a year or two principaJ" N 0 ; you misuiulw~ta.nd 111~ . J:'or insta11ce ly to this w'Ork. But there arC f1JW such men. rny wife didn't kno,~· the A, B, C's of doroet=1tic 1'-Iost of ns must drain a. fe,v ncres ea.c11 year, a.s li.fc, and things went 'vrong generally, for \Yell as v.:e can afford the tiine and money. Only a while. At length I n.dvised her to go home commence and do the work thorougbly as far a11 itD<l complete her edu~n.tion. So ~he \vent to you go, and there is; scarcely a n1an who will her mothe1· a.nd ca me back after a while toler· stop until bis whole fa.rm is drained \Vherever ably proficient in house-keeping." nteded. If I could induce every reader of the " But I hope you would not requite house· .A.gricuUurfat to make up his inind neyer to let keeping a.~ the chief aooomplishment in the .wif~ a yea.r go p;i,st without making 1~ (o\v rods of of your choice ? I think that is quite secondary, ditch, I should feel that I hafl accomplished thouoh essential,, BOmething worth living for. . _ " 1rou kno'v that competent management is Put in stone drains if you can not get tile ; nocel!liaryto the happiness of a family." but the latter, where they can be obtained at " r:I'ho.t is true ; but men have no conception any re3.sona.b1e price, are far cheaper a.nd of the complex charactei· of good liou~e--keeping. better. I have some stone draine s that work There <U'e many di·tra.ctfuns and perplexi- ,vell, a nd t'vo 01· tb1·ce brush drains th<tt do tics. \1 think it requfres 1nuch brain and great more or le!is gQod, Out I h3ve one stone· duo.in pa.tiencl..l. but it is. a noblo ·a.vocation whell that is stopped up,an<l seve-ra.l brush drains that wellpel'formcd. You may say it can all be areuseless whileiha.venot,o..siugle tile drain syetematized. True, it ca.n be ton. certain ex· that does ~ot do go~ service. I haNe 11ome tha.t t ent ; but in this ..,{.-·ork there ifl so ml1c~ of the are not deep enough, but I "\YaE! bothered to get ini!!cellttneous. Not ono da.y of a 'Yoman's life a \\-ood outlet. Some of iny neighbors bava not but numberless unlooked-for claims are made "un<lci·dra.ining un the brain," and it fa not alupon her time and thought. You think these ways easy to persuade them tQ jeJn in cutting are trifling, They a.re not. Then in t~e regu- ditches tleep onough to carry off the \Vn.ter . 'f~e larroutine, it is not a. little labor to keep a house only cure for this is, mOr~ lightj more agriculin perfect neatness. 'l'here is dust, dust, dust, tural p~pers, nnd more neiglibothood Fnrnicrs' forever to war againat ; and "·here it comes Clubs. from I know not. It always \VlLs, and always }..fanure is like money. 111e more you h~vr.i, will be u. 10.ystery to me_: There is the table. to the easier it is to ma.ke 1nore. You can not grow provh]e, It is no small'mntter to think out the ij_ witho.ut..:thotQJ.lgh.__cultiprogramme of a. day's 1neals, and eee they are a big crep of ma..ngold_ J)nt purchased, well cool,ted, and w.ell .eorved. 'l'here vation a.nd a heavy dressing 1Jf....tnan11re. ·when you have got the marigolds the land is not is the clothing. 'fhi8 takes brain·v.-·ork to ma-11· only left in splendid'condition fol' flttm·e c:i;ops, a.ne 'Ve do not wish to dillcru-d shabby or uubut the consumption of ·t4e roongolda, besides r:shionable gu.rments j SQbrain must plan them being of great benefit to stock, }eavea a :!!plendid int o something else. Then the plau must be lot of rich m annre. WiJ can r:i.isc just a.s good execut ed, by pro.xy or otherwise ; and this mangoldis here as they can in Eng-land- in fact, "otherwise" is sometimes a wea,ry wol'k. Then I think better, D..S our hotter clinia.tc matures there i11 never-ending repn.iring, never-ending r~plo.uiShing. ,And there Ui ne....-er·ending dress- them more perfectly ~ aud rend ers then1 more nutritious. We ean easily grow twenty-five jng. How many articles of clothing do you ln n. ton of "11ppoee a. -y..- ~11-ill'cssed \voru~.n must put on? n tom:1 pel' acre, and as the maw,o·e ft'O mamgolds is \V011th $1.07, ·we,ha..,vc loft from each " A dozen, perhnps." "That is rich l Well, for a n<'?at, plain, or· aCl'e of ma.ngolds, besidoa the Jen.Yes, tnn·n ure "dinary home attire, ahc put.a on forty-eight ar- \\'Orth $26. 75. (From ~{oore's Rural New-Yorker.) s. TREWIN,, SHOP. ONLY Corner King -and Simcoe Ste Oshawa, Oct. 18th, 1871. ly King Street, Bowmanville. For the best a11d cheapest THE. 1ubscrib5r is prepared to build a.nd re· pair 75 CENTS· per" ANNUM, in ADVANCE Wago'll.8, BuggieB, and Gutters, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES; CROCKERY, t of eYery detcription, 11.t eho; t' ·noti09, andon refl#IOn&ble term1, Oarrla.ges Pdnt'ed " and Trimmed. 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The money must all be sent a.t one tiwe for .a.ny of the clubs, and additions 1nay be made to clubs at club ra.tea. Canadu. subsoribei·a 1nust send 24 cents addition.al for every aubrocription to the Lady's Book, and 12 cents tor either of the other n1agazines, to pay the American postn.ge, How TO REMIT. -In remitting by mail, a. Post Office Order on Philadelphia, or a D1·aft on Philadelphia or New York, payable to the order of L . A. Godey, is preferable to bank notes. If a Dra.ft or a. Poi;t Office Order cannot be-procured) send United Sta.tea or National Bank notes. Acl<\ros· L. A. GODEY, N . E. Cor. Sixth & Cheetnut Sta. Philadelphia, U.S. READ THE FOLLOWING. A popular weekly paper f~r the times, embracing the leading features of those j ourrmls destroyed by the terrible conflagration, and combining just such a corps of writers as will give the public all the news of the week, in a condensed compilation of the leading journals of the nation, and the world. A TRUTHFUL RECORD. A Blacksmith's Shop on the premi.es, were speoiAl Attention is given . . ~0~11 · . . The PHE~IX will be the most truthful and reli~ble recorder of incidents and facts concerning the great fire, ever published. ACCOU.Kl'S OF nrn nRE. It will contain only such accounts as are vouched for by reliable witnesses,and will correct the erroneoua; JfON:J.'RE.ilL WITNESS. and fabricated statements of sensaPROSPECTUS FOR 1872. . tional writers. During twenty-five years, the circulation of 20 000. the \Vitneas has increa.1:1eU fl"on1 800 to about CHICAGO A.ND THE NEWS. c~rriage work, and General Jobbing. BOOTS & SHOES, and Clothing made to ord.er in first-class style, go to All work done at this stabUshrnm warranted. A. ea.11 is reepcctfully :!lolioited. :J. MORRIS. Bowmanvill~, O~t, 1st, l,869, 17-nl J. 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Weekly It will be illustrated with engrav- . \Vitncsa 1 $1 in advance. CLUBS. ¥le ha.ve never been able to offer any inducement which has borne fruit equal to the asaist· a.uce of those -whose .sincere fri endship fQr the cnterpriroe has prompted thc1n to exertion on out· behalf. In all editions where one pt:rson remits for one year in advance for eight persons, he will be entitled to one copy additional for }lilnself. 01· any person remitting $8 for our pnblica.tions will be entitlt!d to one dollar1s -y..·orth additional ADvA.· "'fTAGES.-We h"r~ announce cheaper papers than can be got anywhere else, and cheaper advertising, we think, in proportion to circulation, than is offered in Canada. Whether the papers are good, as w~ll as cheap, the vublic are the best judges. All tho de:Piw:tments of reading matter will he kept up a.~ heretofore. VVe are giving lncreased attention to the c&rr1mercial department . It is our intention in fnture to have at least one serial story running in each ecUtion of the "'itne.ef.l , and generally morl! in the Daily, a.nd wo hope also to present t·1 all readers one 1>r two wood cngra.vin!:ffl per 'veck. CONSTITUE..~CY. -'=lrhe Witness is thl'.: \VOrkingman'spaper·; the merchant's pitper; the farmer's papf.'lr; the clergymu.n's paper; the ladies' paper; the Children'a paper; the teetotaler's pa.per; the Chriatian'a paper. JOH.!.'! DOUGALL & SON, AS USUAL Tyrone, Nov.' 2nd, 1871. TYRONE. --0- The Promised News · 1.=i .l. ADVE R·T ISE Mr. J . .Milne, AVING .assumed the business lat.e ly caITied on under the na,me and style of "Consaul & Co.," and having had nearly . . THE CORNER AHEAD, IN THB ings taken from Photographs of the , Chicago Rnins, in:Stead of' sketches, "By Our Specil Artist" who was , not " on the spot;" and thus gives. a series of PERFECT VIEWS, not ob~ tainable elsewhere, and the first number will contain the onlv conect map of the burned city. · HAPPY HOURS. The beautiful literary journal, "HAPPY Houns," whose publishff . was the first to issue a paper t~ meet the public demand, after the ":wful fire, ha.s been merged ink , the literary department of the PH ENIX which will embrace the eontn1' .u tio~ of more than sixty of th, 8 moAt popular writers of the day, ' A SPECIAL FEA.1..Ull .E. T\VEYfY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE TRADE, ' ' ampJ.e facilities for the with Purchase of Merchandise in the Cheapest Markets, he flatters himself that he can offer A SUIT OF Th~ PHENIX will cont ain, as an especicil fe.at~re, a mar: e complete PROPRIECJ:ORS. record of mmdents an· d' result.s of the late terrible fire, 1"han can be NEW DOMINION MONTHLY found in any book, pa per or other rROSPECTUB FOR 1872. publication in the counti·v" So This magazine is the old1Jst and ha.s the l nrg- numerous and inaccuntta have been ci.rculation of any literaty maga.:i.ne in Can- the accounts swt for·th, that someada., It aims ~·t being a Canadian 1\ifagazine both in the character of its mat ter, and in open~ thing reliabl? ai;id rr"adable is eagerly ing the "'ay to Canadian v.·riters. In the la.t- sought at thIS time, aud The P HENIX: ter field it ha.e up to the .present been u. failure, will fill the bill. . l!O far as rernunera.ting its ;;ontributors n.nd its publishers is CC!ncerned; but, as its circul~t~on is fair, we are in hopes that a good a.ctvert1s1 ng patronage may y tit put it on a paying basis. W·c do not think .our Canadian homes can find elsewhere a. pub1ico.tion a.t once so \Vholesome, . so interesting, and so Canadian, and "'-e ask all Ca11adin.ns to sustain it. Its cirvula.tion is 3,500. New Dominion Monthly One Dollar and fifty cents per nnnum in advance. Old subscribers sending the name of a new subscrib· er with theil· own, \vill get the two for Two Dollars. Adv1::1t.ising in Ne"' Dominion ~fonth· ly per page Eight Dollars. JOHN DOUGALL & SON, PROP-lULTO.Rll. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. "° INDUOEThiiE~ITS than any othar House in the trade, west of the City of Montreal, and . · · · he hopes that by Good Tweed For $10.50. -0- Attention, . Promptitude and Courtesy, he m~y m~dt a 'f-air share .of public patronage. n24-ly Bowmanville; March 17, 1871. TH~ PHE~IX l~ th: cheapest JlaP"r Ar,ner1ca, bmng au eight p11,ge, forty CMunn weekly, at only two dollars a year; in fact it shall be the p a.pe1 for the people uncl the times. THE FII\ST NUMBER. The firs.t number will be issued on Saturday, Nov. 11th, and will be the paper wan~ed by everybody, us a record worth preserving or to send away, and for its accurate illustratioru. ITS BASIS. ' Oct. CHIT CHAT. [Tim :Bra.d.y a.~d Mike Flynn] GET YOUR 'l'he S4th irolume FOR 18721 CORNWALL Oct. BLANKETS THE ILLUSTRATED It is a consolidation of other journals, and therefore on a solid foundation, continuing their forme1· circulation. NEW SUIJSCR.IBERS, LH71. 1871. . :Phrenological J ourna.l, ' If we cdUl<l gi·o·"'. 100 bushels of flhelled corn per a~rc-=.a.nd the cl-i~natc is capat}>le of doing it -the manure from the corn anrl stfilks 'iVOuld be about equal to that from 25 funs of mno· gold. And, as I harve said before, if it :vas not for the labor of harvt.>eting- I should ain:1 to g:ro1v much more corn than I now do. It ia the grand crop of this continent-tlrn sbcct 'a.nchor of American agriculture. But wbn.t 've ·v!l-llt-are c~njecture." larger cropf:! ver aero, nnd n. cheaper and more expeditious methud of 4arve~nni;- them. "\Ve (To be Continued.) , ba,ve made~ little_or no prog:rei;a in tliis respect. 1 We harvest our corn crop just as ·ve did thirty Throat Disease. yea.ire. ago. G:ren.t improvements have beell. made in drills, planter5, and cultivators. 'Vo Some yettra ago, a poor young man hired a can rai~e corn Jnuuh easier, · but nothing bas sm&ll room in Bost_ ()n for the purpose of selling been done to lessen the labor of cutting and old and new booke at auction, in the long win- huskin¥ it. I beli~\·a corn isilJ yet be harvested as we ter nights . He understood his business, the harvest wheat-cut \vith a roaper, bound ·into 1vaints and tastes .of the peo'Pie, and wa:> sue· bundles of a conven~nt size for pitching, and cessfnl j his little roo1n began to be _ cro\vded, then threshed or husked b:,· a big machine,<lrivwbile the hea.t of the ~tove, the smoke of ci& .a.rs, en by ten horses or a ate:un-e·ngine, It must be po·verfl1l e.i1 Q 'ugh to take in a bundl(;' at a. time, tht: fu mes of tobacco sa.iiva, and the 0n1anatiGns strip off the ears and husk them, and the stalks from a motley mob of human beings, made the as they pass thi:ough can be cut up and cl\."";:'l.t1::d apartment a. poie:onous hole. Thtl audience 1'-'1.8 by a. straw carrier. I believe in le5f:I than ten · .· yeal's w; shall sco hundreds of. such machines diffm·ent eve1·y ingbt ~nd 'YR!> cont.inn~11Y traveling from farm to farm as tbrcsbing-1uac-hanging, by i:n(l~viduals coming in amd ta1?ng chinos now· ~o,aud ~e shall 'Yonder 110,v \'.'J~-ever j the p~aces of t hose going out, b1tt the auction-· got along without him . ticles of clothu1g l " " That ca.n not be l " 1 'Nevermind, I can p·roveit." 11 Surely:-, it is l1er own fanlt if she ma!tes a. simpleton of herself." "Custom demandi5 it. I dare sa.y her ·o\vn vanity demandE! much of it. It is all wrong of oourse. Our mode of life is too oon1p1ex. "\Vhen the happy_ time of isimplicity v:illcome, I cannot I THi.- "Good morning, Mike, shure and its early out, ye are. Might I be bould to axe what started yees this ·morning." Clan Ta'tan.'s, MIKE.-"Jist be ;tisey, Tim, and I'll tell ye iu a jiffy. Ye see, I was tould, yisterday, that Misther Gray, av Tyrone, had got home an illigant IfeW stock. av C:loods, chape as . durt, man; and its mesclf could hardly slape a wink, all night, thinlF.ing av the the chape goods. And shure enuff, its the foll store he has- THE GREAT FAVORITES. piles and piles av the natest patterns; and he'd give ye the makins av an illigant new gown for Biddy, for Siventy-five Cints; Tay for most nu thin, and the Baccy for a trifle Jess." TIM.- · "Ari shurP its funning me ye are, Mike; wouldn't the man l>e afther breaking dowr1." . · MIKE.-" Brea,king down, is it. Shure he knows a thrick wurth two av that. I'll jist tell you what it is, Tim, if you want to git a grate name when youre ded, and be called a fiilantrofized, filosifer, and a public binifact}Jor, jist tell all youre nabours,and the rist av mankinn, about Gray's chape store, and you'll do more for the good av· you counthry, than iver St. Patrick did for ould Irelitnd, when he banished all the toads and snakes out av it that niver was in it." 'J.1!].1.- "I'm much oblaged to' ye, for the bit av advice, and won't de.tain ye; there'll shurely be a grate ru.n, and ' maybee I'd miss GOODS ·1"-J 'some bargains. The t op a,v the morning to ye."- I'm off to Gray's. PRlNT'ING AT fHE HR E~OLOGY. ~ The l3r!Ol.in and its Functions ' P Location of the Organs, \~1th directions for A FIRST·CLASS FAMILY MACAZltlE.. - -:o:- - 'l'he Choicest Variety, the cneapest MERCHANT OFFICE, TOW. J . .GRAY, Tyrone. Noted for cheap Goods. F. Y. OOWLE. 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