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I ' WEST THE MERCHAKT. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. Circulates largely in the ·ro>vni'lhips of Darlington, Clinke and Cartw1ight. It is a common platform, open to the flee discussion of all ques· 10 11<; in which Ute general public .·re concerned. TERMS. DURHAM Stea.-m Job Printing Office Knw STREET, BowMANYILLE Seventy-five cents per annum, in ad· vance· The 'Merchant' and 'Obser· ver,' $2-00r.a 'rEs 011· ADV t'..RTI$ING. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. . , VOLUME V. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AlJGUST 21, 1874. ( )n( cohuun 45 per allllurn. ] f al f do. 2f.i H 11 Oua.1 tc1 dv. J5 Tra.~51ent adve1ti.auruents,5 ct~ por hne fi~t in· NUMBER XLVI. I 1y - dispersed, spectacle. saddened by this dreadful It IS to be hoped that it will bring these aero bu.tic pertormancee into d1afovor for a long time.' I neve1 aaw Mr. Ayscough again i but he left me a handsome present. I afterward had reason to believe that be gave the un· fortunate acrobat a decent ani Christum funeral. I never atte1opted nga.in tQ n. . e alone ID a grent house, nor do I think myself a woR tnan of courage ; all that dear illusion wns ta}.t:en out of me by r~ther an extraordinary experience, I gra.ut ; bnt still it has been taken away; true courage would have caught the \VOrnan, and \vould not have bad abroiufever. Yetforall ahe co.st n1e 1 I hav~ still a greut tenderness tor rny only ghost '-F1omthe Aldinejor A11g11·t. An Old Roncance. 'Ill.E. .i!:Fk~Uf$ 0~' POS1'ERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, · NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c, &c., &e., EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE !:'; Crtion, and 2c pel line, ca.ch aubsequent one. ~t1J ~OOU$. "~~~~~~- ~~~~~~- POETRY. The Little Sunbeam. BY FAl'i:NIE OHO~B\' with Ay;cough. you about the ghost. ~fr. I kno\V I frightened I found out the first I looked night we can1P here how· much GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY I GRAND SUBSCRIPTION SALE OF T raun! \\ill lea vo Do"'manv1lle Station, Iluw1ua.11v1llc tin1e, as folloYr·s : t. OIYG \\' l, S l, GOJ:NG EAS T .A httle golden sunbeam 'l'ha.t through the windo\v stea.ls, Oh," hat a world of con1fort Lu1.: a. l * 7 20, a m ! Exprest! , S·aD ~ m. Ji: xptes~ 8 55 a.m. : Mixed . ;J ..jO p In. ~fixed . . .J 20 pm i Loual .7·20 p .m. J.:x p1css . 8.50 p. ru. I Expt eaa 8 50 p.m.. .:i- Th1s t1aio. runs every 1norn1ng of week, lvlondays excepted, WORTH OF Its welcome light reveals' On 1nany a. cloud t1.:fiect1ng Its cleat effulgent ray, llow chee1ful on its m1SSlllli It. glides from clay to day. Go, hke that bttle suubeatn, Thcwo1k of lo\e fulfil, ,._A. n1eascngcr of gladncs~ , Tu Jo the Master's will; Go wlletC the voice of k1nducao; l~ut selclo1n greets the ea1 , "\\ h o1e UJoom no summer rusei'! Life's thm ny pn.th to chee1 Bend o'e1 the ni~tlcss pillow, And '\ h1spei soft anti low 0£ Hun the great Physician, That all who l\ill ma.y know·, Tell how Ins human nature Hath borne our griefs and fears, And how, in tender mett:y, He tLeasurcs up ou1 t ears. 'then s1ng tl1e dea.r Old Story That haat been wed to song, 'Twill surely find an echo Ere thou hath breathed 1t long, Some heart with JOY will open Thy message to 1ecc1ve, And this v;ill be the ans\Yer· I \\111, I do believe. llke the p1dme of the dead Indy, nud I have copied her dres:. 80 that I could use the likeness to the be"t ad vantage if ever I should be caught. But I have overalept myself and have been eaught at last I It does not 111 uch n1a.ttcr. I n1n inck. I ehfLll not last long But I 1nuat go! It is almost tune tor rchtiroal Ferdinand ts \Va.it1ng tor me. Let inc go. lI01v coulU I grow ao careless!' l'h c following trains DO\V stop at Saxony Jor passengers . .7 52a. m. T .. oca.l going \Yeat, due o.t 3.47 p. m. !tf1xccl going east, due at 347p.111 fif1x ed going \\.·est, due at 7 22 p. m. Loe.ti go1ut; ea.st. due at A1ontrcal time !'.ALL and WIN'.I'E:R · GOODS, Such as a1e cunstantly use d lll every fa1u1ly at fJ on1 Fifty to One Hundred per cent. Cheaper tha.n the same Goods co.n be bouglit for % t thl R etail Stores 'Let you go,' said [, 'out of tlus house 7 Burglar-thief-I know not Never ' what !' 'No, neither. Conle \Vtlh 1ue toh1r. A)scough's roon1~ E.,.·ery Jevvel, everr bit of silve> 1s safe. 1 have taken nothing but Bonie pape1 1 a11c1 it is all here. You shall have it, but you n1u::it let me go \Ve are the a.c1obata you have often been to see. would hear you arrange in the n1orning wlth your uephew to co1ne ancl see us in kick bun from the door. In Brittany there accompany him on the voyage. The trunks \Vere immediate]y landed, and 1s satd to prevail a '\·ery curious 1natn mon1al arrangements completed for an early mor· custom. On ccrtn.in ft;;te <lays tbe young r1agc, and the old gcuth~inan returut!<l lo ladies appearin lPd petticoats, \\1th wh1te Alba,ny with his young wife. Every one or yellow borders nround then1 The nnrn· ·who k.uew this worthy 'vomao knew hnw ber denotes the port10n the father is will well she performed every duty as a \I Ife. ing to give }na daughter. Ea.ch wb1te She had no novels to wnte, µo nrticlcs to band, representing ailver, Letokens cue furnish by contract to fill the next monthly hundred franCA of rent ; and each "ello'W maga-z1ne, but attended fruihfully to her band denotes gol11,1.nd stands for a th~usand duty at he1 husband'ci s1de, cheering his last tranca a year 'l'huH, a fine young farmer days with, aff~ctlon and smoqth1ng his path· who sees a face tbnt pleai:Jes h1n1 has only ·way to the grave; aud, alLhough endo" ed to glance at the trimmrngs of the petticoats with a prmcely legacy from her buabanJ, to learn in an instn.nt what amount accon1yet after bis death she voluntarily aurreu· pa1iies the wearer. In England \Ve canuot dered a fortune to endovt inatitnt1ons ot tell who are the married and who the sin ed ucahou and benevolence, \Vhich "as in- gle, for the latter dress as handsomely as tended to be do~e by her huabund before the former ; but n1nch lesa can it be guessher marriage ed what will be the amount of then· marWhat woman, the herome of a novel, has riogo portions. 11 may be urged that men Yet there is no rornance can judge of the fortune of young ladies by here, but a plam statement of facts. Why the style in which their parents hvc; but can \\e not ho.Ye more true htstones of actu- this is a very uncert..'lin gu1de The parents al rndlVldnal acts "h1ch portray more truly rnu.y occupy a fine bonse and possess all the the {el:!lings that actuate the human heart, surroundings of wealtb, and yet he unable and winch the fashionable writers of fichon to give their daughters a n1arriage portionJ never think ot 1 Novel writing 1s1ndulgetl or an allowance thut w1ll make a sensible 1n by pe1sons n1oie or less affected\' itb dis add1hon to the husband's means. The n1ar ~ eased 1n1aginat1on, aad novel-rea<l1ng is apt r1age portion tnay not accrue till the death to rrus!ead. of the parents-an indefinite time 1 ·wh1ch makes it virtuully of no avail. It is someHumors of the Scaffold. what illogically inB1Sted that the husband should find all the meana and support the An Irishman bad been conv1cted of a wife : so be would if lie could, but he 1s robbery at the Old 'Bailey SeBS1onR, for not necetisarily to Le blamed if he can't, nor which he was brought up, \Vith otbers1 to branded as a forLune-hunter should he look ?eceive Judgment of death. The prisoner, out for a \'Vife \Vith a little monty The on b·rng called on by the officer of the same roof shelters both their beads, and court m the usual way to declare what he the uniting of t\\·o small fortunes inay conbad to ··y why sentence of de·th should stitute a respectable independence, nnd be not be passed upon him, advanced to the of advantage to both Besides, a l1usband ever done this 1 is legally responsible for his \V1fe's debts, and v?hatever Bhe n1ay choose to order, and NOVEL ~RlTING AND NO\'J~L READI~G. - - o-- Lhe evenrng Then I would look for your Prof. J .. Ruse, G Friend>;h1p, Nev..- Yo1k. I{.A.l) U~<\TE All Goods sent 1Collect o'li Delivery SUBJECT TO EXAMINA'l'IOK BEFORE PAYMEKT FOR THEM. of Baxter University of Mut:!1c, 'l'eacbe1 of Instrument, Cultna.hon of the Vo1cl' , Thoroug-}1 Bass 1 Harmony and C01npos1t ion Darlington, July 16th, 1874. 41-ly --o-.ALL .ARTICLES ON 'I'HE LIST SOLD FOR good, kind eyes and gray hau in the audi· ence, arid I "oul<l think 'Sho little knows "'·e are so 1nt1nJatc,' aud I \\oul<l laugh at the thought. N o'v co1ne and see that I am uo thief, and then let 1ne go 1' So she took n1e down unresist1ngly to the lower rooms. Pos~essing herself ot the keyft, Ther~ lived~ many years ago, in the County oi Berkshire, a young Indy possessed of n1ore than ordinary accomph1:1bn1euts, winch, at that day, <listrngmshed the mtelhgent daugbtera of New E11gland. At an early period of her h!c, h~r \\'r1ttngs attract· ed the attention of the pubhc, and her nov- PB.ATE, TAILOR. <G entlemen's & Boy's Garments MADE IN THE ONE DOLLAR .THE PLAN EACH Bo1v1nanv1lle, Oct. 1st, 1870 ' .Ah 1· said sbei 1 I do love luxury l I vrish that I could take some of these dresses 1 But ---o--l'IEWEST STYLES. no ; 1 nm no vulgar thief!' MY ONLY GHOST. Do·\'manville, .Tuly, 27, 1869. · How did yon get in the house 1' I at R R LOSCOMBE, laet found v01ce to sol"· Concluded. IS Dl~1ENSLY POPULAl\, ALWAYS GIVING ENTIHE SATISFA.C'UON. BARRISTER-AT-LAW, 'Oh, we climbed by the W!Steria vine. It As I was looking tluough the rooms be· SOL ICITOR IN C:HANO£R Y, JJc \Vas nothing to us: we often live in deserted ---o--fore leavrng them, I picked up a little om· houses in the sum1ner i a fortress is no OFFICE,- Ovcr McOlung's Store same flat bro1dered slI pp<r, of whiuh I could not find us J }.{. Brimacomb's Dental Room11. stro:Jge1 than its 'veakest point. 'Ve are Seni for List of Goods wliich are )'.wnishecl fne of charge. tl1e mate, but I showed it to !\1r Ayscough 1 Bo,vmanvillc, Oct 27th, 1868. Ly acrobats we go over roots, up vineEi, into A.oJl'... "{Tti "\VANTED in every 'l'o,o,:n, Village, and County for the Saile of 0111· Goods, old or young askrng him 1l 1t eould have fallen out of windows ea::!tly i but I must go You will LICENSES of-either sex can take oiders and make good wages. Outfit with ::i.lmpl~s:sent free on u.pphca.tion one of the trunks. He took lt and looked fiud MARRIAGE a httlc place under the fence ""here we to ISSUED DY at it long and earnestly,and finally said that have rernoved a bonrd. After nightfall we CLERMONT DANIELS & Co ho thought 1t bad belonged to a costume could creep 1 a, and then ascend the vine. ROBERT ARMOUR that Gertrude had \vorn in sorne l.JrIVate 235 Notre Dame Street, Montreal, P. Q. We al'\\R)S went out by the front door, 44·2tnos. theatricals m Florence. It did not look to and that \Ya& often, for you \Yent for your me exactly like the shpper ol a lady, but walks, or vtere shut up 1n the dining-room, this explanation seemed to g\\ e it a place. I or hbrary. We knew ho,, to watch our BEAUTIFUL TEETH took 1t out of Lhe room with me absently, chance, both w1tlun and \\J~bout. Never nud Unew jt on a sbcU of 111y own closet. J. M. BRIMACOMBilL D. S was a city house eo sheltered fron1 oulil:nde A.a August with its dull heat, came 011, I obst:rvat1on u.s thia; yon have no neighbors r ce th Extracted at Twenty~f1ve Cents yielded to Richard's sohe1tnLions and went Rooms over McClung l3ro1:1, Stores. in the 1ntrus1.-c sense. "\'\1 e bo.ve unfasten- And not to be ptud for unt1l you sec the Goodi and nro perfectly satmf1e<l with them els penetrated all parts of the clVlhzed world she unlocked the trunks and showed me where the Engheh language 18 spoken, and the spa1kl111g d1a1nonds, the pearls, the she was fully entitled to tbe envied reputas1lv~r, which \Vere ind~ed all there. She tion she had earned by her graceful pen She came of one of the leadrng then looked longrngly in the other trunks. sketchee. families of Berkshire, possess1og \\'ealtb, and having every requisite necessary to rnake be'r a d t!s1rable companion to some worthy man \vho choae to make her a wtfe. LITERATURE. This lady had a brother lmng in the city of Albany, N. Y., where he follo\ved the front of the dock, with a vacant e~are, and profession of la\v In partner.ship with a \\'Or- inquired, ' What was the question 1' thy may of wealth, irreproachable cbO.ra.;:ter 1 You have been convicted of robbery and high reputat10n, not only for his learning, but hls sterhng integrity. The inti- lVhat have you to aay n·hy senteuct: ot mate rel9.tions ex1sting hetweeu these two individuals served to bring together the brother's partner and the sister herE(tOfor~ p.lluded to, and the e1rcumstancea resulted in the la"·yer n1ak1og an offer of bis hand to the gifted authore8s, 'vhich was 11ccepted 1 and tb.e engagen1ent continued for a long time 'vitb uo apparent jealouey, doubt or misunderstanding to u1terrupt the stnootb death should not he pai:Jsed upon you accord111g to la\V 1, 'Fuith,' answered the prIBoner, 'I have nothing much to say, excepc that I do not tlnnk I am sa.fe in your bnn<ls.' The court laughed ; i:ientence was passed, and the prisoner was about r.o retire, \Vhen therefore be may reasonably look for a liLtle n1oney \vith his tiance(', ,vithout being called mercenary. 'Ve no'v con1e to the heiressea, about 'vho1n so much 1s heard, and in tbe pursuic ul which men are amd to be so eager, and so ahve to every feeling but love. The heiresses are the pllzes ol the matrimonial market.; that is, \\hen they a.re na rich in goo<l. qtial1ties as they nre in }lUrse. Unfortur.atr.ly 1 however, an beire':Sf':i has generally some dra"' back. She 1:1 either very pla1n, 01 h1 fully a.llve to her pecuniary importance, gives berseU un· necessaty n1rs, aud i~ prone to sEit Ler heart on nothing leas than a. title or the o.cqu1s1· tion of n. large establishment,,vhich tirtually nulhtie& her fortune rrherc are fe\v girl· whom the knowledge olthe fact that the officer called !um back and demanded COME and SEE · l W. S. BOYLE, M. D. RA.DU.A.'!1E of the Unh·crEitie~ of Trinity College, To;ronto, and Victoria. College, of C obourg Licentiate of the Collegt:i of PhySJ.ci- HILL'S with hiln to the scn·B1de for a f<nv dtiys. G .ans and Su1geons, of Ontario. Oifico, King Street, one door ·west of l\.ir C orn1sh's Jei.\elly Stoie, Bowmanville NEW -:-0:-- Wheu I went back to my lonely charge I had a gieat fit of ]1tcr.uy industry to n1ake tor my long autl to me unexpected vaca~ t1on at the sea-sb1Jre. "\\'1th a aort of sense of duty 11eglected, I went, one day, my rounds over tLe house. As I descended to uv MARRIAGE LICENSES I SSUED DY JOHN J. WILLIAMS Cherrywood Post-office Pickering Ont A LARGE LOT OF the lower regions I fouod K ancy in lt state of ag1ta.tion oyer a drncovcry which she had u1ade outside the door. Tbe wiste111.1. vine, \Vh1ch I had uot1ceJ as ca1rying its brave " ... lnxuriauce troiu the ground to the chimneys, looked faded and cut, as 1[ so::nc G. D. Lockhart, DENTIST LADIES' and. G·E 'I'S' F"O'l\S VERY Bowmanvrlle. Nov. 1st, bl!ght bad 1iassed over it H had long passed its blosso1uing, and \\'O..S in that ilark green, rather dusty condition which city vines Msume vd1en the snrumcr bas nearly CHEAP. gone. 1873. It dul look faded and broken Perhaps soruc animal had run across 1t, and here and there twisted off a leaf or a ten- dnl. TIOll!S BATTING Oraduate of the Royal College of Dental Sugeons, Ont. ~Jffice O\ t:r begs to inform his customa1s and the public genernlly, th11t he has no\\ me. received his l 10 , Going up stairs, 1 \Vent to 1ny closet to1 the key oi Mr. Ayscougli's rooio, an<l us I did so, I noticed that tLe queer llttle embroiUered shpper was !.{One ! In a 1noruent 1 all my superat1t1ous te1ror catne back u pou J' F ~I eArUnt r'a Store, King St.., qfl r 'f ; l /I "'I llowm ~u v i lle. Bown1a1n ille, Oct. 2J1-d 1 1873 m3 tf. N<m ·w s p ii ING s 'I' 0 c It of W. H. WILSON, BOWMANVILLll, General Agent for P IANOS, ORGANS, MELODIA NS c rnd SEWING MAC HlNES I D R Y· GO 0 D 8, which on inspection will be found Raymond Sewing Machine, A SPECIALITY. Inst1 uct1on given, and IustnurJents and chines guaranteed. Bown1aJnillc, .Tune 18, 1874. ~Ia. A t ·t ~r a c t i v e a n d Ch e a·p. --o-,- All goods ma1ked at the lowest As I euteted Mr. Ayscough's :tootn, \\·here the po1trait huug, I was struck by a sense of something wrong, I kno\v not what. ' What Jo I mane 1' retorte<l the hapless Here "'aa t.he portrait, and the handsome that I believed once that I saw the ghost of old age, ·nd was gathered to her fathers, remnu ' ' r lllfLUe that I'll not walk to iny ornaments of the room "'ere untouched. I your, vnfe. I \VU.B \vwk ellough to feel these ..\.s I searched gretted by all who enjoyed her ae<1uaint- O\VD destruction.' looked in \·ahi for some proof of disorder. I fe11rs come over me agnin. ance, but her brilliant genius will live until And in this deternnnation he pcr1nst1.::d, soon found it. The writing table was open- about the room:i, half in terror, I obse1 \fed I as· literature shall be buried in oblivion. aud v.aa carucl to . the ecaffold, \\·here he ed, paper spread about, and a pen with the !ittle garret swmg gently open. The love of MISS Sedgwick was the love was turned off, refusing to do anything fresh 111k in it \Vas lying on the stlver ink· cended to ftnd a woman sleeping lll the of romance, high wrought and elevated by which might be coni:trucd into 'bis being a. nursery bed. So astomshing was the likestand ! As I stood gazrng at this inexpressible ness to .Gertrude'· pwture, that l still be- the puettc enthne1asm of a too-active brain. part~ to his own death.' t I took the hand, Such perao11s can love but once, an11 n·hen thing, a door swnng to, and started me lieved I saw a wraith. however, of a live woman. It was the ac~ ~uddenly crushed, is followed, i:;on1eltwes1 from my stupor. I went to the inner room Married for Money. v.·1tb Jaughtcr ,' but the \Ii retched man, \\'hoae mirth-moving powers lve1c quite involunta1y,...was doomed even at the scaffold.. to 1 set the people 1n a roar.' In the pre1Ss"'its t' room bis irons \\·.;;re removed, and his arrns She daitt:<l np-staire and rctu1ueU like ardent colors, that be was 1mpreesed to stop confined with cords. rrb1s being done, he and ask himself the qu1::stion ; 'Is this real~ lightning, '\'ient to ~1r. Ayscough's table nnd seated himself, and in ·p1te of the c·lls of Are these the true sentiment.a of the Ja1r gu.tberr<l. some inore sheets of paper, rolled Jack Ketch and of the aber1ffe to aocompauy tbeiu rap1dly togethcr1 took one of my 1nar~ \Vriter 1 :lvlust I possess all the character· fftics of th1s hero 10 order to sallsfy and them m the procession to the scaffold, he ble hands, anJ pressing it k111dly 1 skippe make happy the '\YoinFLn whom I have chos- rti1ua1netl sullenly on the bench where he out or the front door. en as a companion for hle 7' The high bad taken up his posit10n Yes, I let her go. I wu.s powerless. Down ' Con1e,' at last urged the baugruan, ' the principle of honor which he possesSed fort11e fl'ont staircase, nnJ out of the bandso1ne., bade huu to procccU with any further act tirr1e 1a arrived.' respectable house she \vent, and I bad But the lnshm·n would not move. that could hereafter bo chargeable with conpro1nh~ed to protect it 1 Two tun1blcrs' 'rhe officers are ,\·aiti11g for you/ said cealment or falseboJd, and he 1mmediate]y acrobats, gyrnnnsls-tl11evcs 1 n1u1<lera, burinformed the young l·dy that 1f tbe love the sheriff. ' Can anythmg be done for glars, foe aught l knew, had been fcllO\\~ "h1uh she had portra,yed m her work of fie- you before you quit thio world 1 inmates with nie, and I had let one of the,111 No ana\\o·er was rtturned Jack !{etch llon should be exacted from him, then he go- a pretty protectrc ss I ' I can not re· foll candid to confess that he did not, neith· grew surly. niember bow I d1<l 1t, but I know I wrote a 'If you \Yon 1t go1 I lnust carry you,' he er could he ever feel that lns love wna anytelegrb.ni Lo ~f1 ..c\.yscougb lLlld sent Nancy Vt'here near the standard 'vlucb she had said. for the dovtor I kno.,\ I wrote also a let' Then you niny,' said the prisoner, 'for \\'rttten in livid \Voitls of firl". The result ter1for1t1s before me I'll not walk.' of thus uuderstandiug or \Vhatever you call '!vlR Ayscougl1,-ln '\iis1ting your apart- it, wM the breaking up of the engagement ' \Vhy not 7' 1,n1111ired a sheriff. ments, I became convinced that some between Harmanus Bletker and Catherine 'I'll not be itu;bu1ueutal to ruy own intruder had been meddhng with your mk· Sedgwick, and they 1cmained, from that death,' enslvered the prisoner. stand. I 1V11l confess to you that I have day, estranged forevei. ' What do Jou meau 1' ueke<l the ordibeen the viutim of enperstitious fears, and nary. '!'he lady lived a. celibate hfe to a good ed a '\\'1ndow or t\vo out of wh1oh \\·e coulcl always drop into the garden. Yot.. have been a placid and kindly hostess to t\\ o pet>· ple "'ho love duiblerw; believe ine inadam, \Ve conl<l have frightened .) ou out of yout read the works of hlS affianced bride "itb ever I'll be.' Again the whole court wao 'convulsed all the ardor '\\'b1cb the c1rcun1sto.nces of the case -..vould \Varrant Iu one of th ese volu1nes he found the af.. fections ex1st1ng between the hero and bt!ro111e of the tale protrayed 1n such glowing, to know his age. 'Is it my age ye mane.1' ' \\'hat is your age 1' accustomed to read novels, ns y,·ell as the ' I beheve I am pretty well a-s ould as law, and it is natural to suppose that he tenor of their way. But the gentlernan was they have fortune dues not spoil, they seem to think that because they are he1resses1 they are jutsbfied in the non-pracuce of all those virtues which constitute the real \\rortb .of a woman. 'I'hey neglect accomplishments, and fall back on fine dressina and the self-complncent ejaculation t~ 0 themseJvee, ' I've a thousand a year of my own,.' Girls '\\ith the more rnodest fo1tunes ot t\\'O or three hundred pounds a year also think themselvea highly aggrieved 1f !hey cannot spend the whole of that amount on their own person ; in fact, e~pect to have it regarded us ' pin money,' sacred from the cbnge of all ilomeshc expenses. Where the husband is rich the disposition ot this 18, of course, immaterial, but \Vlth sn1all incon1es it is ridiculous to reg1rd it otherwise than as a ·trictly integral part of the general income. ~fen arP. qu1ck enough to see theeedrawbacks, nnrl jew will rnal"ry such a girl-spite of her fortun e. AnJ here '\\-"e tbrnk 1t but right that men should be exonerated from the cha1ge of being fortune- hunten. There aro but few who would Lol"e consent to marry a girl 'vith nioney ifthcnr hearts did not approve ot the choiec. is a.11-po,verful, and <)Ut\ve1gbs every other consiileration-those few who sacrifice the feeling to the attainment of fortune generally reap their reward 1n 1uatninonial uuhap· piness. 1 Marrit'd for ~Ioney ' is certainly the exception to the rule. On Uic otl·er band, many imprndent tun.rr1ages are made with little save love for a support. Love does not always find the loavea, the n1eat, AUCTIONEERS For the Township RICE, from which no abatement will be mad·'. o/ Da1·lington. ' April 15, 1874. --o- - H. T. PHILLIPS, lIAMP'l'ON. Pron1pl attt;ntion given to ea.lee, &c, on !'.1.ble torms. ren.son~ Xanohesi:er JD1.011.ee, " I Bowl:ftan.ville. through the linen-closet. As I did so, the door leading 'to the garret ~cntly moved, as if ty an invmblc hand. I had never noticed or thought , of this door before, nor had I ascended those garret rooms sinee !11rs. Morton bad taken me thither on the first day of my arr~val. A seni;e of infinite horror took pas.session Wlln. Bm»ton, E:t."NISKILLEN. Sa le~ 1i16Hrptl1.a.ttended to on reasonable tertns, TREWIN. SPRING, 1874 IMPOl\TEJ;O~' s. of my soul. I was then in the land of spirits. The dead Gertrude did haunt these rooms consecrated to her. It was her pleasure to come back, wnte at her table, even arrange the ca.st off garments she had '\vorn, robat Rosalind, now performing at Blake- by an insatiahle ma1ady or kindred dioeaae, ley Theatre. She and her husband having and °their action gives to the world wondergained access to tl1e garret rooms in the ful effect·. Those who sink under the burearly summer, Oy- means Qf the vdster1a den are lost forever. Perhaps to tblS event vine, and have lived there ever since. She the world owee the en.1oyment of the many bas taken nothing. 1 have let her escapQ. happy moments which it hus employed in Forgive me and forg1 ve ;her. She seems the perusal of the late works of this gifted .a half-crazed poor cie~ture, and I pave a authoress. He Not so with Harmanua BleeP.er. fellow-feelwg for her. 1iARY trlA.RTIN. 11 took a 1oure common-sense view of the rear· PosseBBed ot the practical When the doctor came I was past speech riage 1elation. sense and philosophy of his Dutch angood or action. In the dehrnm of n. brain fever, cestry, be was 1ruperv1ous to that intense 1 passed the next month. :Et.obert Young, ARY SURGEON Graduate of VF1'FRIN tho Ontario V1.:te11na1y College By ap poi.ntn11:Jn t Vetenna cy Su1geon to the WctSt Duthn.tn "ud Darlington Vn1on Agncultuutl Soc1ct.1es A~e ut STAPLE ·&F!NC, YDllY GOODS, Carpets, Lace ,C~rta,1ns, and ltou·se Furnishins J>!A1'( UF AC'fU ItEl\ OF foi the Lne Stock B1and1 of the Beaver n.nd 'l'oronto Mutu~l Fire Insurance Co eteunary l\'Ieclteineg constantly on hand. Call:i fro1n the country promftly attended to. 'r Office .-One door en.st of l l\:fa111ng's: Fn1 · 1utn1e Wn.J croom. l :les1denco over S Bi.u<leu'a sto1e, corn~r of }{iug and Scugog Streets, Buwn1anvillle mltf Fashionable Millinery Mantles,and Gents' CLOT PIING DFALER IN to use the perfumes she had loved in hfeperhapa to go up into that play-room where she bad played as a ehild, and whither I would follow her I went1 1 I was lifted out of rnyselt kucw not how, up the garret titairs, 1101 the inanners nnd euston1s of tht! Dutch was I much 11StonislieU whei1 I found on Yes ; yes ! there 'Yere the acrobH.ts 1 They the topmost landing the httle emurmgeied, were to be found an1l pu1nsbcd. They, the ICn1~kerbockcrs, uud the\\ orl<l \Voul<l. have spangled shpper \\'lnch I had in1ssell 1roru m1se1uble du~turbcrs of his hohe:st sohtL\de, been .forever deprived of the enJoymenta rendered by her magic pen, or the lack of my uloaet shell the invacle1s oi Ins dearest privacy, he afhn1ty and tastes between the parties m1ght I went on toward the plea.r:iaut bed-1corr1 \vou1d n reak his vengeance on tlie1n I have resulted In an open rupture hke too which was eurtruned by the wistenu. VlD(', 'l'he doctor, s1tt1ng Ly my Ledside, hea.rJ many of the un1ortunate unions that fieand looked m. There she lay, the golden· his infuriated \vorde, and (Lt the stunc llnH~ quently take place by the nmtrng together hamd Gertrude of the picLure, sleeprng on the becl in the corner In the eompetition of match-makmg at the present <lay,it is undoubted that money is a mattei well kept in view on both sides ; on the part of the man, by the expenaes of keeping and dressing a wife, and on that of the woman, by the unreaeoD11blc wi·h of expecting to begin life m the same sty le as' their parents, who }ave probably toiled up to their position after years of l·bor and struggle. The women thmk 1t quite consistent, and their due, that they should etep from the altar Into a tine house, llith e11thusiaam which burns in the bro.in of tbe drawing-room, d1n1ng roon), hb1ru.J and When Mr. Ayscough a1 rived, be read my letter. The doctor says hi· fury surpassed descendants of the impulsive Purihtr.s. boudoir, car11age an<l hori;i.ee, servants, and Had be married l111ss Sedgwick he would enjoy a trip from town in July and Aug11st. all description. I do not wonder! to h.vc have taken her homeJ ·vhen she v;ould have The inen arc 3\.\R.re of Vi·hat IS expected, and nothing to \vreck his vengeance upon but a settled down rnto a matter-of-fact lady of the m11Jor1ty of them being younger sons 1e(!ble old 'vonntn, battling in the id1ocy of the mansion, and accomn1odated her.self to and mcapable of fulfi!Jrng these cond1tiona, a braui fever. 1, and the raiment ; the little god 1a apt to forsake the cottage lvhen want steps in. Th~ happiest choice is where the hue band, i.:01nmanding sufficient means of his own, is t!TI· abled to choose a wife who I.as nothing but alovinjl heart to bestow in return. Peou1· less girls (especia~ly if ylain~ are generally the most amiable, for in the self-denying school of their poverty they ba>e learned the art of pleasing others, and thmking lesa of themselves, and are not puffed up with silly pnde m the posdess10n of a lew thousand pounds, \\'h1ch merely descend to a cbiltl through the advent1t1ousc1rcun1stance of inber1tance.-Danbiuy J."T'sivs. A Little Hero., Tl11s \Vas no trick LUMBER. oI the imag111ation, for on one foot v.: u.s the companion slipper to the one I held. in n\y hand. Her breathing \Vas iegular and 8uit, T t heir accounts wit hout further delay. 1873 11E S ubr;criber respectfull)· 1equeats all part1es indebted to I.nm for Lu rnber, to settle And he heroby informs buildet s, and otherti in want of lumber th/l,t he is rrcpared to supply them at cash raies for Cash Henceforth he intends to d o <1o cash busuicss. Boots and Sltves, Ready 1lftulc Clothing, Ha.ts, Ca.ps, Shirts, Cola.rs, Ties, &c. Rooms replete with THOS. SMI'l'H, Lot J9, 6 Con, Datlington. m8tf aud the color of yon th und health was ou her cheek and hp. Fear seemed to depart out of me. 1 approached und took hold of ---·o:--Occupying my New Ptomises, LARGE, ELEG,INT ;md CoNYEKIENT; Show the hand which lay on the light co\"crlid. Spring and Surnrner fl'lillinery,Mantles, Sltawls, Trimmings, etc. LATEST NOVELTIES DRY GOODS and SILKS, a SPECIALITY. ~ Specrn.l attention given to getting up mders for Family Mourning A Lm ge Stock of Bhwk Lw;t1 e Goods at 1111 times No soonc1 ha<l I touched 1t than tt grasped mine like a vice. The being, gbost or live FOR in n.nynuantlty, Apply to WILLIAM SPEAll Church Street, n~tuly oppos1tc the Alma Hotel. B o \\D1ti..11Hlle, .Ju nc 19th 187d. tf S~4.l1l~ ALLAH LINE STEAMSHIPS. 1, i vcrpool L ondon, and Glasgow .l.' -l :i' OJ t 'l'1ckets, woman, started up and held me fast 'Who ano what !\le you I' ea1d I. 'A ·woman, like J Olu·sclf,' an1 nveretl the ghost. ' II ave pity on we.' 'And why are you here-what does 1t tuean 1' 'fbe creature looked nt n1e with stanug eyes, JUmpe<l froui the betl and locked the door . 01 inft.i-IDutton, apply to W A. NEADS, Ag<nt. · tf-30 ! LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE 1 CLERGY. l~ owrn <1.U \ il] o, June £tth, 1871. Sa TREWIN ' Oshawa, West, King St. April 9th, 1874. 'Do iiot be frightened,' sa1d she , ' [ like you very mu1 h, you and I have lned together all .ummer. I have heard you talk A gcu~le1nan w h1le passing through a street in New Yurk heard n child's voice from the bal'!ement, crying, 'H~lp: help 1· bethink then1 uf .hfr. Punch'B ad,·icti to He ran in and found a httle hve year old those about to marry, unU 'don't ;1 or, hav· boy hnldtng a bed-blanket around his sister, 111g modest con1petenciea of their own, they two yeats: youuger, '"ho had caught. ber endeavor to find a lady of eimilur fo1tune, clothes on hre, and the httle hero had sue· so that by doubling their \Vorldly iueane ceedetl in putting out the fia1nes The boy, they may h ve single no longer, aI1U Join in answer to tlie quet5tlou -..vhy he bad wrapthe1r persons 1u oue. ,But '\\'hat girls h;ve ped tho blanket vround bis sister's burning got this necessary dowry, nnU '\bo.t g1r1a clothts, said his 1na ba._1 tol1l hun that was glanced over the morning paper. of o.ntngon1st1c orgnn1;.r..a.t1ons. have nothing at ail 1 At sales, auctioneers ·Stop, !\Ir Ayscough 1' sa1tl the old geoUeh!r, Bleekct never inarrted unhl in the have generall) some old picture or some the best \\ay to put oitt tire, and as to why mnn, · your i nd1~nation is JtlSt ancl naturnl, ·sere ,;nd yellow leaf ' of old age. It is well half-dor.en ol om wine to wluch they may he cried 'Help ' help!' that he was aJra1d bnt the power of revenge is ~aken f ron1 you. known he passe(l 1n1111y ) e~rs ln Holland, aflix 110 guarantee ; these are called tbe he could not do it, and wanted some one to He was then asked why he did not A greater than \\'care has spoken 'Ven- and the la"guage theie spoken berng fnm1l· 'apeculat1ve lots,' and purchasers are sohc1t· help. leu.ve his sister and ruu into the street and geance is m111C',' saitli the Lord.' A.ud he 1ar and }us n1other tongue, lie spent much ed to go for theni. Gentlemen experi6nce cry help. He answered. with te"s in h!S read the follown:ig paragraph of his tune in cultivating the. acquaintance a good deal of this 'speculat1 ve ' feelmg eyes, 'No, I never would have left her 'Honn1H1.E .1.\.cc1DE.:-:r'1 Al' IllE BLA.KT,· ot the old fnn'uluJ8, 1non e ol which he found m approaching a young lady on whom they She was my ststei. Had she burned up, I LBY THEAl'HE.-Thc \vell·known German a lady "ho expreased herself w1lltng to have set lovrng eyee. Has she any money 1 would have burned too.'-Child's World. leave her native country and follow the foracrobats, Ferdinand aud Rosa.Encl, in the they Mk themselves and tlwr fnends. performance of their great flying t1apeze tunes of an old man in foreign lands. Thus Can't say. No,v, this uncertainty as to He ·vho murmurs at !us lot, is like one act1 la3t evernng, nussed the bar nnc:l fell was Sprrng wedded to hoary Wmter. No- means keeps many a man fr')ru coming to baring his feet to trea.d llpon thorns. with terrible force to the fl.001. The woman body would supJl-OSe that there was any ro· the point. He argues with hunsell that Certam people study all their hfe ; at is dead. rr he man still lingers, sufier1og m11uce in au ~rrangemt::!nt of this kind, but though he may !Ike the lady ever so ruueh, their death they ha.v~ learnt everything exit 1B smd that a true, tervent and lastmg af. if she bas no dowry \tis impo!B1ble he can horribly He was nohced as be1ug unsteady and nervous when be began, and the" oman fection existed bet\.\.een the parties, 'vh1ch marry her ; if she had two or three bun· cept to think. Bhsery and vice travel in pairs ; aud they \Vas evidently entre9t1n~ him to stop ; but only terminated nt the death of one of Lhe drt'd a year he \\'Ould at once come forward n.l ways prefer to burrow under ground as Havrng his trunks already packed and solicit pcrmJSsion to "iu her love. He he would not. She was a bearu1tul aTia twam. ]ov1ng creatu1r. i ~v1dently educated abGve and on board tho veSBel ren.dy for hlB de- eannot, ho'\\ eve1, go to the father a11d say, Ibey go. her proft:!ss1on i bnt the tnan is sa1<l to 11ave parture for home, he calle<l to bid fote\\cll ' If ~our daughter h.., <o much, I shall he Ah\ lj'~ ulj- HUOd·nctturetl l1 JOU cnn , J..\ bc l~ n a chunken and sull en brute. 'l'hi6 to the fai:rnly, ,vl.e· 1 soine uct or expression happy to take her a~ tny wife '-thechanees fe\Y drops of oil ,,.ill do tu oro to fac1htate tmr1bleacc1dentof co11r:;c G<tu::.ed an immense made by the your.g lady led che old mnn to being t):iat the possible lather-in-law would the movement of tbl' u.oat stubbo111 n1u· se11 ~t\t100, Tl1e large nud1ence imruediatl.}· bcilovc thut she "ould not be nnw1lling to (and,under the circumatances,unreasonably) cbinery th8.n i1vcrs of vincgnr,