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I ~HE MERCHANT, - FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1872. · · of sulphur is mingled, should be placed where respects his wcJrd as he dues his bond. Aid, they can a.1waya ha.ve access to it. Corn·stalka but never beg. Relieve others when you do a.s a conrse feed to pick amongst, but as can, but never give what you cannot afford BY MARIAN DOllC-LASS. 1 0 Amonrr t he thistles on the hill, a staudai·d feed it do~s not seem pnhtable ~~' s~~;~~. ~eN~~~~t ~a;; ; ~~tl;ing ~~e~~~ In t~ars aaL Little Sorro\v ; enough for them. They 'vill live op it but .do <lo;? fashion ; but say it finnly and respect"I sea a l>lack cloud in the ,y lat, not thrive. Sep~~rate the flock into a.t lea.st two fully. II ave but few confidents. l ise your :Twill bring a. storrn to-1norrow, portions. The lan1bs and in-lamb ewes 'vhich brains rather than those of others. Learn And when it stonns where shall it be? And ,vbat will keep' the rain from me ? may be wea.k1y, should, n.t all events, be tRrken to thiuk and act for yourerlf. Be vigilaut. "\.Voe's me ! ' said Little Sorrow. frou1 the strong, hearty ew~e, '\'ethe~. and Keep ahead rather than behind the ti rues. Rut now 1:1be air is soft and sweet, bucks, and ext.rn. ca.re given to them. It ia still . Young 1ne n, cut this, and place it, by careThe sunshine bright,' sai? Pleasnre, bttt~t to keep the wethers and bucks by them· f'ul persual, in the go lden storeho\lSe of your I-Icre ~s my pipe- if _you WJll dance, sr.lYes, and thus makethreo divisions. Guard brain, and if you find that there is folly in I'll wake iny memest measure ; Or, if you choose, " ·to'll si~ bene>tth DJ;llinst dogs, which, at this season, are more tlie argnn1ent, let us kno\v. rrhe red rose t.ree, atid twine a wreath; than ever mischievous. If a dog is kept on the Come come with n1e,' Ba.id Pleasure. T!)e Inquisitive Boyfarm, let him be well acquainted 'vi th the flock ' O I w~nt neither da.uc~ nor flowersThey're not for me,' ~ai_d Sorro~v, and thtiy with him. Above all things, be pa.tient, One cold fro,ty morning in the rnon\l\ of '\Vhen the black cloud is in the 'Vest, quiet, a.tteoUve, and exactly regular in feeding January) ·when no one dared venture out And it will storm to-morrow ! and watering, not O\'erfecding nor stinting tl1e without wa1' Lll protection fron1 the cold; And if it storm \Vhflt shall I do? I haven() heart' to play with you-· flesh, but, ba;ving found t11e right wa.y,persevere Allie "restrn1, a lad about fourte en :years of Go ! go ! " said Little Sorrow, therein, and do not s"'·erYc one wa.y or the other uge, ·was directed by his 1nother to go and But 10'!- when came the morrow's morn, fro1n it. One can not neglect his eheep ob.e day prepnre some wood for lhe fire. It was one ThE' c:.loud!! were all blown over, . cf tbose mornings \\'hen e\o·ery inan you and make up by extra care the next. The lark sprang singing fro1n his nest ·1neet out of doors tells you by his looks tho.t An1ong the dewy clovct· i And l")leasure called, "Come out and dance! 'J~ck Frost' offered his sen·ices qs barber 'l'o-<lay vou _mourn no evil chanco; that rnorning, _arid he, couJd no~ resist him ; 'fhc clouds have all blown o·rer ! and t11e creak111g of foutsteps in the snow "And if they ha.ve, a.1n:i ! _alas! unly re-echoes what all ,u nite in declaring, P~1or comfort that ! ii said So1To'i\o-: A Ha'f-Hour's Chat .. "' tb<.1f 1 jt is terrible cold.' · On such a day "For if to-day \Ye miss the storm, 'Twill surelY. «_ome to-roQrrowev.en the breath, which is ex:pelled from the DYE. B. And be the fiercer for delay ! luna8, and n·hich no one notices at ordinary I ~lln t oo sore at hel1,,d; to pla.y; {Fro1n ~foore's Rural Ne·w-Zorkcr.) tirn~s 1 re~en1bles the puffing of the 1nighty Woe's me!:' said Little Sorrow. engin e. Al'J Allie 'valked along \vi th the Co1lcluJed. axt:: in. his hand, he thought to hhuself: 'I H~ bent his eyes upon the carpet ·with a be· -""·onder ii" iny tongue \vould sti.ck if! shoµld wildered look, \Yhile I contint1ed :-".Add to . touch it to that nxe ;' and 0.9 he could riot this the Il\:'cessity of eeonomy, wlllch mur;~ often ~e eatisfied 'vithout kno\ving wllt!ther it Walks and Talks on the Farm. would 01· not, he concluded to try tbe exbe." '"But I ne1·e1· lirhit 1f~ry; 1 give her all the peri111ent. S.o "'·hen he reacherl the shed, (From the Alner1can Agriculturiat.) ,he put the end of his tongue to the axe, an~ money. she wants. '. What shall ....e find £or our farrc men to do in " I sometimes think money does not fill one'e what do yon t4ink was the resaJt I Why, ~t the winter? is a question well deeerving tho11ght, wants. A timely suggestion, and a word of did stick a little closer than he thought it My ex1)erience in underdraining two winters could, Poor Allie ! th ere he '"as ; his tongue., sympathy are often of great value to one." ago was, on the whole, so satisfactory, that I out., and adberiDg closely to a ·large heavy "But housekeeping 'vas not onr only trouble. axe. lie qould not get lt off, and the n1ore propose to do still more at it the coming winter. I \Vas in the arffiy three years ;~ it \Vas a life of he .t tied, the "'orse it .hurt hhn ; therefore, The· main point is to get evertyhing ri:lady begrea.t excitement ; n.nd I am of the tempe1·a- he "'as oliliged to 'valk to the house, which ore winter sets in. The open ditch ·into which mcnt to enjoy it. I came ho~e a.nd man·ieJ ; was fiOn1e t'YO or three l'Odl3 aistant, 10 this the main drn.in is to disl:harged should be cleanand \Ve tiettled down to a do1nestio life. This laugbabl~ sitaation. His dear mother, when ed out, and made so wide and deep tha.t there was very pleasant as long a.s the novelty l!lsted; she first saw hiin, 'vas so n1uch amused that will be no danger of the '~·ater setting back. The b11t, by-and·by, it gre·,1,· dreadfully dull. I felt she could scarcely aid him. S.oon, howeYer next thing is to determine \vhere tl1e underas if I should die of 1:1tagnation. True, J "'ork· she devised means by \Vhich to ;r~lieve hiln drains are to oe cut, and stake them out. '!'hen ed hard all day; but the evenings were so of th~ huge ax.e, though not of a frost-bitten talui a. plow, and turn two or three furrows heavy! No,v, I never went wrong at all ; tongue. No.,v, children, what do yon thiuk away fro1n each side of the line of stakes, being please believeme. But I fell into t he \\'ayof going- of such a boy 1 I iu1ugine you say he was careful to go as straight as possible. With very .foolish, at least in this one thing. · h the right kind of plow, and three or four horses down to the office, to have a talk 'vith tho fello'Vfl' . But d on't you do things ..sornctimes t at abreast, you can make " dead·ftrrrow fiftoen or -a"nd a cigar ever.y evening to break the are equally fooHs1J, o.ud cause yourself as eightet-n inches deep. And it is nlao a goo<l monotony. One dtt.y Ma.ry caine out upon me, much trouble as did AEie1 Stop, and and hinted ~.h at I neglected her, and various th ink! plan to run the plow once or twice a.long tbe dead fun·ow to break up tl1e subsoil as mnch :LS othe1· things. I w~s sorry, llllcl tried my best . Vr""hen your inother has sent you on au possible. The more loose soil there is the fur- to be devoted, if· ever a. fello\v did. I staid in errand aud Uid you co1ne directly 11oml", nfter dinner, read the paper, and tried to ta.lk. have you nnt said to yourselves,' I wonder row, the less danger will there be of its freezin_g But when I asked a question, .she "·ould an - if it will do any harm if I just go do,vn this solid. In my case, tbe fi111t 'Snow we · had was street, and look around that corn.et, an<l. then l:lown into these dead-furrows, and although tht' swer me, and then stop, making not the least go hoo1e ; it won't take but a few minutes winte1· waa a severe one we ha.d no trouble from effort to converse." "Did you tell her the current· news, and ta.lk louge1· i' a.nd, like Allie, as you could not be the frost. _!\.alight frozen crust WM sometimes of the events of the day? You kn.o\\" some un· satisfied \Vithout kno\ving, you tr·ied it and formed on the loo:ie ea'rth, 1iut rarely if ever so wise women negloct to read, or "h::l.ve no thne found it did har1n·. bard that the pick had to be used. The chihl that uttern a falsehood, bowfor it." 'fhere is no difficulty at a.U in digging the e,·er strong the temptation: pnts }lis tongue 1 · · No, not often, she waa so uninteresting and to a 1nore dangerous axe, and one from clrnins. The point "·here skill and experience still.,, lvhich he will find iL harder to get released a.re required is in laying the tiles. The drains "Did you try to dra'v lu:ir out?" than dill Allie. Happy the chilcl whp__llevcr must be cut to the required depth and the tiles "The trouble is, there i·s nothing to d·raw out!" n1ude snd a parent's heart, and grieved a · laid and covered up at once . In my c<UJe, in "Wh d d t h t l h · I d"d 1 tl til t"] Yi my ea.1· 1nen , o ·w a pace a."e !)aviour's love by telling a falsehood. some l~stancca, . 1 not a~ H:1 . ea un 1 've ~ you drifted? You liked her in the first place ? " had fin1'Jhed cutt1ng. the drain the whole length, ~· OJ .I d'd ,, . . h . ., - . k B t 1 th t·1 course l . CHRISTIANITY. but it JS isume·v at I.'18 y. . et er ay c l ea " Did ehe talk those days?" a~ yGu ~o along. . There ,nn usual1y be water Nofmuch_:, 11 Christianity, like as n. child,_goes \vanderenough in the drains to show you the proper ".,..7 h _,._, J'k h ,,, ing over the '\'Orld. Fearless in its inno1 l y · d t "ll t 11 b tt n y ulu you l e er . our own JU gmen ,.,.. e_ ~ou e er u Oh, she was so pretty i aud she looked so eve · cence, it is not abashecl before prjncesJ nor · ho'v to do the work than .any description. You I d d U'd t . µ ·3ase w1 1en we me1, an 1 a. grea many confounded by the wisdoQl 9f s,ynods. Bemust be careful to get every tile deep enough, ]'ttl k' d tl. Wb a,, , slle d'd foreit,the blood-stained warrior ~heuthes hie · · 1 e 1n nng:i 1or me. l say n.nd at the same time not too deep. It le necest 1 't tr'fl ' .. sword, nncl plucks the laurel fro1n his hrow; t . _ waa a grea c ea1 o me, were i 1.n·f"J' i;n i 1 ng. Sru'f n.lso .to put a httle sometlnng at t~e end of "Do yon know loi·c draws out the best that tb~ nlidllight Inurderer turns fron1 his purpose, and like the heart-smitten disciple, the Jaat tile to prevent the water carrying loo'Se . . , A 't' 1 · h t h· d . is rn one . cr1 icn. , censo1·1ous person s u s goes out and weeps hitt.erly. It ln·ings liher· eart into t.tle rain. up some sensitive na.tures as ' tight as a drnn1?' ty tu the c.:.lpti\·e, joy to the rnurderer, freeOn low, 1nuf'.ky laud, where there is ti. good r out]c=t, this kind of soil is seldom so froieil be- Whereas let lot'C ¢~ne in upon them and they <lom to the ~lave, 'repentance and f'orgivewill t!xpa.nd like ~flower in the sun. You say ne .~ s to the siuner, hope to the faint-hearted, neath the-snow that open 4itches can not he_dug alie has ~ nothing ·to draw out ; , 7.ove is a great and a.ssnninc1·. to the dying. It enter.:l. the at nny time duriilg the ,.;·inter_ :· But the \\'Ork educator. Ro.§sibly you have looked with ad- hut of th e poor n1nn, o.nd sits down with on!?ht to be laid out .nnd the land staked before ~ ~lrati.on ·upon supedor wonien {who8c ffl.u1ts hin1 and his children ; it makes th e 1n conwi11ter sets in. and when you can see ":here the you know n" othing fl.bout), and then have turn· ttmtt<d jn the n1ide;t of privations!a.nd l1;:aves ditches a.re required. ed critic uPon your wife, and criticism has shut huhind an evetlasting blessing-. It walks On my f<U'tu, I Lave difficulty in finding through ~ities, a Lnid all t11ejr pomf and her up from you." plenty of work that can be profitably don.e ip sple udor, their nnaginabl~ pride, nnc their -'-'...! ne'"er say a harsh werd to her." If stones are placed in large heaps, \vinter. 11nutteraLle n1isery, u. purifying, ennobling, 11 It does not take words to sho'v either our -connecting ancl re1ncdyin~ arigel. It is like 'vhere they can be got at. they are che;iply irr1patience or- our-afi"ection. True lien eduthe bi::autiful charnpion of chi ldhood, and drnv.-n on sleighs or stone-boats to where they cate their wh·ea ; true women educate theiJ t.he co1nforta.bltl associate of age. It en110nre required. to make stone wo.ll . for building. husbands."· b!P.s the nobJe; gives \tisdo1n !o .the wise, One winter I drew the stiyies in this 'vay to 11 You tbink me oJ.1 in fault, 'vhich ia unjust. nnd ne\v grace to the Jovely. The patriot, make o ...·er one hundred rods of fence. I could I like the society of oth~r women. So after the ptiest, the poet, and the eloquent man. not have founa ti1ne for the work at any other nn1ch teasing, when I get hfary to go with all derive t11cir anlilin1e power fron1 its inseason. · me to a pa.rty, I place her among agreea.ble fi uence.-.Mary Hewitt. W c must make up our minds to pay men ne p eople, and then I seek those mo~t agreeable to It i~ d elightful to rekindle sn1ilcs on nn much for "'R1king on the farm as they can earn n1e, ~'llen I go hon1~ I get a lecture for ne· in other pursuits. If they can get $1. 25 peJ· g lecting bar. I think it bad ta.s te to devote infantioe countenance. Grief is out of place, 'vhere ~ren reflection l:.as yet leit no day the year round in factory or on a railroad one's self to ·011e's wife in society." we must furni sh a similiar compensation in " Doubtless sbo is u.·rong in a n1eusmre. l t ii; trace. one form other on the fru-m. If we only want bad taste for any lnembers of a family to cliq11e \~7 hen 1nan is cap~ble of self-knowledge, men for six or eight monthe, and that during off by themselvea. Freedom of cmn1nunion lle - he is rar12 ly ·deci::ived a1;1 to hia own fate; the busiest season, we must be prepared to pay tween men and women I most earnestly ap- and presen timent i~ oft butjudgmentin Uiahigher ·wn...;ea than those who give constant e1n- prove-·whether married or single. It seems to guise. ployment. \'\.'"e shall never ha.ve reliable labor rno the purpose of society. It certainly is pro}..,requent disn.ppoint1nents teach us to until we mf1.ke it worth a good man's \Vhile to fitable and beautiful. IC 1nan and wife ara n1istrust our own inclinatious, and shrink at.ay with Uf:\ ye3'r after year. And we can do loyal to each other, they cnn afford to be uneven frotn the vows unr hearts maypronlpt. a great deal to induce such men to t.:ettlo in the selfish . But if they are not true at li enrt-it country by building and renting small houses,or makes me t>hudder to think of it. 'l\vo beings by se11ing an acre or two of land to some steady · united by :vows, yet ·really dca.d to each ~tb~r l n1 a.r1·ii::d man v;ho ·wan t& to own a house of Yet this death need not be if both are true to bis own. There are many such men who wol:lld the wonder.fully solemn vows of m:i.n;agc. rather work on a farm than a.t n.11y other em- 'l'1·uth and justi ce should cut their way throug:µ, ployment, who are absolutely rompclled to l6a,·e irrespectiYe of selfish gratification." 'l'h~ man's pride \Vns touched. Now it was t he country and go into the cities or villages because they cannot get a hou$e to live in, And,M not slte, it was 1oe. "Mercy ! how sternly you speak ! lVc ha.Ye a. result, 1ve frequently haYo to pay men from 20 to 30 per cent n1ore per day than they get in not come to that; we think a great · deal of the immerliate neigborhood of a city, Farn1.ers each other after all the little differences." "But it is the little differences-the diversity h ave this zna.tter entirely in their own hands. They n1uBt either build houses, or sell land to of titstea, disagreeable hnbits, thoughtles~nees, U'l.1 a successful raid ia daily looked for on the · thoa': willing to build. Every good. honest, in- lack of chadty nnd forbea.rancc, that, im1)ercepdustrious marl'ied man w}10 8e.ttles in the coun· tibly~ fatally affect nulrried life. People fortry increnw the vnlue of far1n property. 'The get they marry for 1?orse." " I take it, a inother has a. difficult place to MA~ING, greater the population 1 if of the right-kind. the .greater the Yalue ~. ~""e can not too often fi11 ; but sustained by her husband, she sh011\d remember tbat-itiNabor and not land that pro- be equal to anything." JEWELRY and FANCY GOODS, u· oh, Henry! of all people in the world [ duces wealth. It is a lo~s to-the community to Establi,hments for which the Subscriber ha ba.vo a man lie idle all "'inter. And in thia pity the 'WOtnan who has someho\v drifti<>d m 'l de extensive preparation, and is pnipare<l country there is cer-tainly n·o Jack of employ- (whether her fault or hisJ from the love of her to show the best ment for any man who 'vlll work at ren..c,iona.bJe husband. I cannot conceive a con dition more ·wage;i:, mietn·a.ble. A. woman has only her husband and children ; a man has the \\'hole outside Oiling Axles. world and his a.hsorbing business cares, v 'rhen v,re tUined the conveoso.tion into a Suell as 'Watches, Clocks, Gold Jewelry, ~ }fuch is lost for \vant of attention to wagon Plated do, Get do, Electo Plated &xleti:. 'l'hey should be examined at least Once lighter Vt?in, for I had a vague swspicion that I Goods, Tea Sets, Bn_!ll)uit Bo:21es, a week, if in constant llse, and properly oiled. ha.d been preaching a. little. Presently he aro.;:e Cruet Standsh Spoons, and Lard is not suitable, for it pent1·a.tes through saying ho was beu111.l "for a drive in the Park, Forks, uutlery . tl1e hub aHd looeens the spokes. We know of and so left me 'vith n. packagf;l of vexing ]'irob -0.i.rect frOm the Celfjbrated nothing better than castor oil, and a. rancid ar- lelnB in my brain. I seated myself once mo1e ticle, which can benad at .cheap rat.eB at the a.t my work, and-:-lifted not a. finger ; but look.MESSRS. RODGERS AND SOI!."S, apotheca.ry's, is jllst as gootl for this purpose as ed out on thi:l i:ky, with its vast trnnquility and SHEFFIELD, the be.!lt. .A. small quantity, applied upon the beauty. My brain wa..s not tranquil ..,. It '\VM of the greatest magnitude. bearings of the axles., is jnst tli$ good as to the burdened with that budget oi l)roblems . I 'l'hia stock is the most· complete in quality, oH the whole surface. If the oiling is nf!gll:'ct- thougl1t of the. sma.llness nnd selfishness of hued, there fa much fri<.~tion, 'vhich has to be over- man natu1e-both. m_!\ole and female-and of its and v~tl'iety , and is allowed ~y the beat of authority, t:> sur_p$8 all other Houst's between cnmc by the increased exertion of the team. 'fhc :;reatne-ea and goodnes~, I thought of those ]..1ontreal ~nd Torot1to. boxes and axles both wear a.way more rapidly, who, by thei~ discordance. cause us to ttlu-iuk · a.. good ao5&>rtmen t of and there is soon nccrl of a new wheel and ax.le. with :i.pprehension from rna.rried lilti ; and I A good wheel-jack will greatly facilitate tbe thought of those others who teach us by th eit oiling process. With this implement one man w"dded lives the ijWeetest, aweetest go8pel. can oil the wheels of an ox-wagon as rapidly as The solemn worda came to my mind : t,.,..o without it. "Y ti are living Epistles, known and read 0f also n beautiful Stock of all men." =-=-=·-=========;=============~===========r=========================~~===:==~==-='===1r============~========-=-~Sheep do better with a little change in the'r in#'day by-going steadily on, than stoppinK ~ Ootiee ! Cotiee! POETRY. feed OCC'8ioneliy. ·s.~t, in which .foutrh part to Rick. Pay"" you go. .A man of honor ;--- ~ 1/lOAt, . Little Sorrow. 11 f) -z e -/H')p e 0 }j a-sh ··fl ·I fl -o--S.lia.wa - · mo.Y ---o,--- ol the VOl'Y boat kind! 0 8 Fall and Winter, 1871 and 1872. La.rge Supplies New Sea.so:c.~ble Goods. and TEA JUST as GOOD, and cheap Mat ~y store in Cana.do., or out of it, ii..t MILLINER · Y. --o-In tliis .dep.!utment a grand display is Rhown of the most beautiful design originating in Paris, London, and Ke\Y Y1)rk, under the able management ·of Ivirs. M. J_ RED:Jf.a.N, (late 1:fiss Thomas.) 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Its columns are devoted to News, Commerce, SciilnCe, Liternture, Art, flram'1, Music, H umor, Pastime, Poetry, Fashion, Society K ews, ttnd enough·ofRomance to make ita most reliable and complet~ newspaper for the business men in the countingroom. BE,l.UTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. It will be illustrated with engravings taken· from Photcgraphs of the Chic11go Ruins, instead of sketches "By Our Specil Artist" who was not " on the spot;" and thus gives a series of PERFECT VIEWS, not obtainaole elsewhere, and the first number will contain the only correct map of the burned city. HAPPY HOUl\S. The beautiful literary joumal, "HAPPY HOURS," whose publisher was the first to issue a paper to meet the public denmnd, after the awful fire, has been merucd into '"he · 0 htemry department of the PHENIX, which will emb.mce the contributions of more than sixty of the most popular writers of the day. A SPECIAL FEATURE. The PHENIX will contain, as an especial feature, a more complete record of incidents and results of the late terrible fire, than can be found in any book, paper or other pu blica.tion in the country. So numerous and inaccurate hu:ve been t·he accounts sent forth, that something reliable and readable is ea"'erly sought at this time, and The PHENIX will fill the bill. A PAPllU FOR TJIE PEOPLE. THE PHENIX is the cheapest paper America, being >"11 eight page, forty column weekly, at only two dollars a year; in fact it shall be the pape1 for the people and the times. THE FI!lST NUMBER. The first number will be issued on Saturday, Nov. 11th, and . will be the paper wanted by everybody, as a record worth preserving or to send away, and for its accurate illustration,~. Oshawa, Oat. 18th, 1871. Corner King and 'Simcpe Sb ly (wost of the Ontn.ri" Bank.) King Street, Bowm1tnville. For the best and cheapest T HE. 1ubs4riber fo prepru:ed to build and repau: Wagons, Buggies, and Cutters, 75 CENTS per ANNUM, in ADVANCE · DRY GOO. B S, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, of every <leacriptiou, a.t tohort notioe, andon reaaona.ble terma. Carriages Painted and Trimmed. A Blacksmith's ~ Shop on the _ premiael!I, were apecia.1 attention is .gi.ven to all . Ca.rriage work, and General BOOTS ·& 'SHOES, All 1001·k Jobbing. done at this stablishrnen warranted. and Clothing made to order in first-class style, go to A call ia rei;pectfully solicited. ,T, MORRIS. Bowmanville, Oot. let, 1869, J. ELLIOT'S Tyrone, Nov. 2nd , 1871. ly-nl Cheap Store, · THE OBSERVER, (the Organ of the Bible Christian Denomination, one of the best Family Papers printed in the Dominion) clubbed with the MERCHANT, for Two Dollars per annum, in advance. TYRONE. AS ·usUAL --0- ' The Promised News Mr. J. , Milne, A YING assumed the busi.~ess latel.f carried on under the name and THE CORNER AHEAD, ADVERTISE =-:J I EXCELSIOR. __J_ style of " Conaaul & Co.,· and havmg had nearly TWE~TY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE TRADE, with ample facilities for tho IN THE No War - with. Russia., Purchase of Merchi:mdise in the · Cheapest Markets, he flatters himself that he can offer A SUIT OF B WATCH · GREATER INDUCEJ\1E~7TS Good Tweed than any other House in the trade, west of the City of M(1ntreal, and he hopes that by· SELECTION OF COOOS, Attention, Promptitude- and Courtesy, he may merit a fair share of public patronage. Bowmanville, March 17, 1871. n24-ly Fo1· $10.50. -0- Oct. CHIT CHAT. [Tim :Bra.dy a.nd Mike Flynn] Oct. CORNWALL BLANKETS 1871. TIM.- 1871. S I L VE :R S P 0 0 NS, Wedding Rings, Etc., AARON BUCKLER, I3owmn.nville, Nov. 28th. 1870 . n6-tf Winter Care of Sheep. Sheep are looking up. The tide has tFrned. But unless sheep are to be taken up M a. permanent part of the farrn stock and proper va.re and attention given to tl1e1n 1 it \vould be better for the farmer to let them alone. Sheep properly cared for, are the most vrofitable and least troublesome farm stock; but if neglected and improperly maJw..ged, none so soon becorne out of condition and becomt: dU!eased and die. Win· ter is ~be :QlOSt ttying time for them ' Coddling' le the lUOat hurtiful thing. 'Vith goOQ. feed a. flock of sheep would do bettor to lie out of doors in the sno'v the ·whole winter, than to ·be kept J,ri a. clOse 'varn1 stable. Running at the nose and lung disease will surely follo\I-' too cl~ penning up., t;rileBs the \Veatht"ll' ·is retorin)·, or the ewes 'vitli'lRQ?:b are nea.r tb efr tirac, they' should be tnrned Into a field every day. They ghould liu.ve fresh wate0 ( ccess to a spring i!' bestJ 11..t least once every da.;9" . ~ is a mistake to su ppose that sbecip will thrive with snow for drink, and yet many flocks a.r1;:1 11ern1itte1l thuE' to quench thoir thirst every day through ttle winter. Clover hay is the best stando.rd feed 1 'vlt h ba.U a pint of oats,ryc,or buckwhen.t daily. A Word une. to Young Men It is as easv to be a. good n1an as n poor Half th·e etiergy displayed in keeping .ahead that is i·equired to catch up,vben behind, 'vould. to:ain credit1 give rnore tin1e, to attend to business, and aUd to the profit lllld reputation of those 'vho work for gain. Be pro1npt ; honor your engagt:ments. If you promise to meet 1nan, or dO lCcertnin thing at a certain n1om~nt, be ready at the appointed time. If ~-au.go out on business, · LOOK. AT THIS! Stmw Gutters from 5 to $50. Fanning Mi lls, not their equals in this Count'!/ · Root Gutters, second to ·tteod properly to the matter o.n band, .then none ~n tke Dorninion, a.nd (h'ain as promptly attend to your · Olvn business. Grinders, that 1oill grind 30 to 40 Do not stop to tell stories during the busi· bitsh. pe1· hoiVt'. ness hours.. If you have a place of business, a. 1 nrder', system, regnlat·i!·Y tind promptness. Do not 1ucdill0 "'~tb b).lsiness you kn..ov.· no- C.omo a.nd aee £or yo.ursc:lvcs, at the be there _ wben wanted. No man can . get dch by sitting around stores uud saloons_ Bowman ville Farm Implement Forward Never 'fool' on busin ess ·matters. Have ing AgencY· "Good morning, Mike, shure and its early out, ye are. Might I be bould to axfl what started yees this morning." -Clan MIKE.-" .Jist be aisey, Tim, and I'll ·tell ye in a jiffy. Ye see, I was tould, yisterd11y, that Misther Gmy, av Tyrone, had got home an illigant new stock av Goods, · chape as durt, man; and its meself could hardly slape a -wink, all niglit, thinking EW the the· chape goods. And shure enuff, its the foll store he has- THE GREAT FAVORITES. piles a.nd piles av the ntttest patterns; and he'd give ye the makins av an illigant new gown for Biddy, for Siventy-fiye Cints; Tay for most nu thin, and the Baccy for a tri:fle Jess." TIM.- "An slrnre it.~ funning me ye are, Mike; wouldn't the man be afther breaking dowr..." . MIKE.-" Breakin¥, down, is in. Shure he knows a thrick wurth two av that. I 11 jist tell you what it is, 'fim, if yon 1vant to git a grate name when youre ded, and be calkd a fiilantrofized, filosifer, and a pub1ic binifacthor, jist tell all you~e habours,and the rist av mankinn, about Gray's chape store, and you'll do more for the good av you counthry, than iver Ste Patrick did for ould Ireland, when he banished all the toads and &nakes out av it Uiat niver wai; in it." TIM.- "I'm much oblagecl to ye, for the· bit av advice, and won't deTOW. tain ye; there'll shurely be a · grate run, and may bee I'd miss GOODS IN ~orne bargains. The top av the morning to ye." - I'm off to Gray's. 'l'h.e Choicest Variety, the cheapest I thing of. buy any arliele you do not need,simply becat:1se it is chenp, nud the ~ever Ii. W. J A1CES, A.gent. BQWtnnnville, Deo. 14, 1871. nll-ly rnan ,vbo sells will "take it otit in trade. 'frudc is money. · Stl'ive to avoid ha1·sh wo~and persona.lities. lDo not kick every stone 1n-.. he path-1norc iuiles can be made _ A few only of those splendid TWEED SHIRTS at S. l!'. HILL'S. J. GB!f, Tyrone. Noted for cheap Goods. F. Y. COWLE. Bowrnanville, Sept. 1870. tf-52 ITS BASIS. It is " consolidation of othel' journals, and therefore on a solid foundation, conUnuing their former circulation. NEW SUl!S~lBERS. 'fo any person who gets us three n ew subscribers, we will send TNl Pl!EKIX for one year free, or one of our beautiful prize, steel plate engrnvings worth S2 50. PREMIUMS. For the purpose of rapidly inc!'eas- , ing om subscription list before t,he close of the present year, we will give to eve1·y person who subscribes AT fHE for the PHENIX during the month of November, a beautiful steel plate engraving, worth $2.50, haJf a dollar more than the price of subscription. No such opportunity was ever b~fore giv~n, and _prnbably never will be agam. Avail yourself of it. 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