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THE 11EilOIIAN'l'. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. Circulates la.rgely in the 'rownships of Da1lington, Cl:µ ·kc and Ca.rtwr1ght. It is a cornrnon platform, open to t he flue d1 scussion of all quesious 1n whwh t he general public at' concerned. 'rERMB. WEST DURHAM Stea.:m Job Printing Oflice Krna STREET, BoWMANVILLE. Seventy·five cents per annum, in advance. The ':Merchant' and 'Observer,' $2°00· UA'fES OF ADV ~.. nrISING. AND G.ENERAL VOLUME YI. ADVERT~SER. NUMBER VIII 1 He. received the fo11owing morning by earliest -post a. billet, thus penned: 'Considering yon as much a coward as a 1 swindler, I coutrived last night to set my two journeyn1en, Pau: and K1rm11nn, across your path, each furoishecl with a chocolate pistol. You might have supped off them. I bad them previously attested Ly my wor ~ thy friend, the comn1issary of "pohce. You perferred restormg the clothes w1th which I had furnished you, and for which you had refused paying me; you have done right, for we are now qu1tf!. Get angry, if yon cL001>e, and receive the felicitations of your very hum bl~ servant, 1 the 1 One column 45 p0r annum. Half do. 25 " Quarter do. J5 " rr1anr:i1ent ad~crtfac m.euts,5 cts per line first iusert101i, and 2c. per line, each subscqul::lnt one. POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CA.RDS, TICKETS, &c., '-il"i;c., &c~ BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1874. EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE Like all Lhe irritable krnd, he is variablo o.nd moody, especially in composition. <)no day he will do five times as mu~h aa h n will another; som etimes he finds it impos. sible to write. Genernlly, how·evt·r, hl~ l\'orks steadily and reg ularly 'vhil~ he is n. t Fo:rringford; leaving his liternry labors behind him, ~·hen, as tboy say here, he con1ea up to London . Hi.::1 ho.Lit is to shut hi111 .. self up in his library ; neve1 perru1ttln g hin1self to be disturbed und er any circun1 .. stances. Nevertheless, he ia interrupted, and he grows wild ,\·ith ner vous 11ritab1hty. The slightest interruption i8 sufficien t to ex pel the demuu of inspiration fo r the day, and to introduce the demon of di:)co1d in his etead. The poet's general tnode of wr1Liog is ex· tremely slow. He builds his poems wor·l by word, just as a br1cku1aker makes a wall, brick;by brick, except that tbe poet take· · hundrtd times the trpnl; lc tha.t the nu:· chan1c rloes to arrange and ccnient hi>i words together. The song, 'Come into th· Garden, Maud, ' is repo1ted to ha v i cost hin1 tnore thought and labor tban an,1 poem ot the oarne leng'.b be Las evt!r corn .. posed. I have been told that he wrote it fifty times before lC pleaaed him, and the .1 he spent nearly a month at i:. 'Lockslcy ;Hall' is another marvel of l!.ffo1 t. He \vro t e it in two daya, and occu ried t he better part of six weeks, for e1ght hours u day, 111 ultel'· ing and polishing it. He used frequently to · work l\S long as that ; of late year~ I e rarely spends more than four houri'.) ont of twenty-four in composition. One of his f.i,.. vorite poen1s 1s i rr hc Princess,' which he considers hi:1 Lest proJuction, after 1 ldyia of the King.' DREAMS. In order to prove ~hat aln1ost any dream can with toleralJle certainty, be excited lly speci1l classes of stimulants, i\f. 1\fan1y cctu~ ed a series of expetiments to be perf'otrncd on himself 'vhen asleep, which afforded very satisfactory results. First Experiment-Fft! caused hiLnsl!lf to be tickled with a fea\1]1' on the hp· and inside of the nostrils · e dH:a1ned that he was subjected to a Ji orrible pun1.~h1nent i a. mask of pitch was apphcd to In s face, au d then torn rougl1ly off, tak1ug " ith it tlia skin of his lips nose 'inJ Jace. Seconcl E"[Jerinient-1\ pair of tweeze1a was held at a little d1~tauce froni hls ear, and struck with a pnu· of scissors. He drean1ed that he hea1d lhe ringing of bells ; this was ~oon converted into the tocs111, aud sugge·ted the days of June, 1848. 1'hird E~eriment-·A bottle of eau <le cologne was held to his nose. !Ie dreCJ.1ne1l that he was in a perfunier's sh o11; this ex .. cited visions o! th e E:..i..at ; a11cl he clreamE>d be was in a shop of Jeau . M.uria ]'ar1na ; many surprising adventnr~s occuued to him there, the <l~tnlis of vrhich }\'ere foi· gotten. Fourth Experirae1d- A. buruing luc1f0r match was held to his 11ostrlls. I-le drea1n· ed that be was at sea, th e wind \\o'as blow·.. ing In through tL e w111d o\vs1 an d that th13 magazine 1n th t::' vessel blew up. Fifth Expmment- !l e was slightly pinched on the nap of the neck He <1rN1n1 .. ed that a blister wus npplied. And th!! re· called th e recollectiun of a pLJ-s1c1an \Vba had treated hiru in his infa ncy Sixtli, E xperiment- A piece of red hot iron was held close enongh to hnn to comn1unicate a slight s0n.su11on of heat. lie dreamed that robbera bad got into th~ house, and were forving the inwatec:, by p11 t· ting their feet to the fire to tell where their money was ; the idea of the 1obbers sug gested that of Mme. ct' Abrantes, who he .supposed, had taken hir11 for her secretary, and in whose n1emoirs he had reaU. some nc .. count of bandits. Seventh Experiment-The wore! parafaga· ramus was pronounced in his ef.1. He un derstootl nothing, and a\voke \\Ith th e re· eellection of' a very vague clr~o.m, Th" word maman was next useJ. many t,hnes. lie dreame'1 of different subjects and heard a sound like the humniing of Uees. Severa L days after, the experiment ·wFl.s repeatetl wjth the words Azor, Cassar, Derniorc, 011 ~wakening, he heard the last t\\-o \Yord~, nnd had attributed them to one of the p~r· sons who had conversed 'vith hi1n in ht:J dream. EighthExperimeni-A drop o! water ,,.~, allowed to fall on hi s forehead. drean~ ed that ho was in Italy, that he was very warm, and that he 'vas drinking the "'ine1 of Orvjeto. Nintlt E"lt)Jli1 iinent-A light, surroundecl by a piece of red paper, 'vaa repeatedlV" placed before his eyes. He dreamed of ;. tempest and lightning, which enggeated th e rem~mbrance of a storn1 he had encountered in the English Ol·an nel m going from Merlax to Havre. The observations are ver y instrucli ve 1 in. asmuch a.a th ey show conclusively that one very important class ot our drean1s is due to our bodily sensa.tions. POETRY. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! COME and SEE · · "The lame Old Crowd." JlY OILAntO'ITE N. CORDNEll , Trains \v1ll leave Bo,vm.unvi1le Station, Bo,vmanville time, as follows : OOING '\V:HSJ\ GOING EAST. HILL'S Local* . . . 7:20, a..m. I Exvress. , 8:30 a,1n. Express. . 8.55 a.m. : ~fixed . .~: GO p.m. I\-Iixecl ... :5:20 p.m. l Locn.l . .... 7.20 [J .m. Bxp1·esa .. .. 8·60 p. m. I Express ... 8.50 Pm. *This traio rt1ns eve ry morning of \Veek, ~Iondays NEW ---:o:- Yes, 'tis " the sa.rne old crowd, 11 gathe1 ed to· gether )1ere, The same warm, generous hen.rts, and faces full of cheer . rl'he aaine, yet each day brinzs '1'1me 1 on his uoisc:less wing, '\Yho len.ves some silent trace of change in everything. Is it of uoble1· thought, or a ino1c fi.tru desire, 'l'o Ii ve i.;o thnt each step may only ]oa<l us high er excepted, 'The follow1ug tro.ins now .stop at Saxony lor passengers . 7 52 a n1. Local going vvest, clue at ... .3:47 p. m. Mixed go1ng east, d ue ut. :; ·47p. m. Mixed. goil1g vtest, due at ,7: 22 p III. Local going co.st, due at :;\fontreal time. Fall &.Winter D1~y Goods A LARGE LOT OF 'l'ill harmonie s may flo·w, from sympathies in tune? I f so, 'l'ime kindly brings us many n.n n11sccn boon. Day after day with smiltla around the boa.rd ·we've n1et, LADIES' and G·EN'rS' PtritS Bowmanv1lle. Nov. 1st, 1873. And at one empty chair we all hav e felt regret. As if a nott1 was missed from out a well loved strain~ VERY CHEAP. The \\hole Stlerns incomplete till it ishcardagain. Prof. J. Ruse, TeacbPr of Instrument, Cultivatu;>n of tho Voice, Thorough Bass, Harn1ony and Coinpo· of Baxter UniversityofMus1c, GltA.DUATE F1iendship, Kew York. \Vb at n.rgumcnts ·we've the right; ~7"li.ile b ~d. each striving for batteries of n1irth have stonned t he crowned height ; Till, from the mild affray, o. truce has been de· clnredHow kindly then we've aeen all damages repaired. siLion Darlington, July 1Gth, 1874. 'l'AILOR. 41-ly B. PE.ATE, Ge11tlemen's & Boy's Garments !LUJE IN THE :t\EWEST STYLES. Y es, 'tis " the sa.me ol<l crowd," but ma.y not coming years · Bring with their share of smiles perhaps to each more tears Than we'¥e together known ? If so, let men1ory turn At t1me1:1 to the old loves that in our hearts now 1 burn. llowmanville, July, 27, 186tl. R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR lN GHANO/i:RY, die 0FFICE, - 0Yer )fcClung'a Store same flu.t as .J. M. Enn1acomb's Deu~al Rooms. LITE RA TU RE. LINDSAY :MOORE. BY FRANK LEE BEXE DICT. Bowmantjlle, Oct. 27th, 1868. lv BOlne spell st rong enough to have made her over Clen1ent's hp, brought by a man's d1eams living and tt!al, to bave swayed both thoughts, as J.f he could not persuade Lindheart o.nd soul Well, I think it sounds say in opposition to everything. silly, but she ueedc-d to be iu love aud the But Aunt Rhodn was firn1, the earliest opportunity had not been granted. period ~he would hear mentio ned \\'a:s the 'l'hiug· so oddly happen in this wo1ld, month of October. 'And it's only the mont h of July now; that you would not accuse me of being eith· er sensational or in1probable, when I say, at exclaimed Dudley, nnd the agi tation in Lis this 1norneut, Lindsay ~'1oore · was runuing voice w·as not acting. thoughtlessly forward to meet her fate. 'You're a &poilcct, bad boy,' said Aunt She came out down by the river-a love· . Rhoda, laughing. ' Go along, and let me ly spot in sunshine or moonlight, but it go to bed.' looked dismal now, as Paradise itself would 'At least we have no need of secrecy ; I have done in that g1a.y glooin. I inay tell ev<"rybody what a prize I have A boat was J nst putting into n cove a won, , sho1't distance do\\'n th e ri\er only a few 'By all means ; I hate sc~retJ engagestepa awny frou1 the spot on which she ments- socr.;:ta of all .:sorts,' replieU Aunt stood. Lindsay recognh,ed the rector and Rhoda. t he lit tle craft '"" ith which he h aunted. the So Clen1eut had to be sat1 sfi.ed with that, water ~very leisure hour he could cornrnand. and \Vent a\\i·ay. Bnt he was back, before There \\US &on1ebody with lnrn, a strange the month \\as out, between theu and Oc· 01au, and as Lindsay looked ~t second tilne, ~uber many fle eting vieitsJ and w1tb eacl1 they \\"ere both walk1ng to\vards hcr,and the Llnd::my's happiness gre\v Lr1ghte1. rector v:as 'Ya.v1ng his ha nd kerchief to at('l'o be continued.) tract h er attention So up they came, and the rector called A Night's Adventure. out, 'What are you doing bherc, you insane ' Hist, hust, an~ you still li ere 1' gir l? Don't yoL1 see ttt! going to rain at 'YVe are, both ot 11s. l iave you seen once. I wa3 just about to make a run ior him 1' it to your house an{l beg shelter for my self 'Yes, the wretch ; I ha\·e tried fo r the an<l. my friend here, Mr. Dudley, Miss last hme to obtain Jrom J11n1-you know Moore. It ought to have been the other what; he received 1ne no better than usual. wuy but no rn atter,' conclucled the rector, So no\\'1 since extremities have become 111in a lo~·cr voice, for he had the odd hablt of dispensable, let us proceed as agreed upon. thinking his tho ughts al oud. l{irn1anu, courage, my boy. 1Tis close npon So Mies Moore looked at Mr. Dudley. the stroke of twelve, he will then go out; und became co nscious th at she was regard- follow, till you see him en tering a dark anrl ing the ha11dsomest mnn she had ever Sf'en deserted street, then pounce upon him, in her lite- too hand some almo&t, one of hand to wrrnt, and inake hin1 dehver up the those golden-haired, blue-eyed,tawny-beardobj ects in question. No p ity, my friends ; ed, men, Y..'hose luck it is to get so much swear that you 'vill have uone.' feminine worship in going through the 1 1;v e swear. 1 \.YOrld. · ' 'Tis well ; I shall be uear nt hand and A tall, splendidly bmlt lellow with an air of pride that ""·ould not ha ve mis· be# watch the result' Youn TAlLOR. 11 Generous Intrepidity. - MARRIAGE ISSUED BI LICENSES ROBERT ARMOUR BEAUTIFUL TEETH J.M. BRIMAJlOMBE 1" D. S raeth Extrac ted at Twenty-flve Cents Rooms ovel! Mc Clung Bros. Store8. McClu11g Im1lo1·ters of Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Glass,vare; etc., etc. l3 ffWfiHtnv1lle, Oet. 1st. 1870. 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED DY JOHN J. WILLIAMS Cherrywood Post-office Pickering Ont FALL CIRCULAR. .Bowmanville, Sept. 1874. McC1u.1>c BRos. are now fully assorted in the various departments for the Season, having received, -with the exception of a few packages, their entire Fall and 'Winter Imports. ·· The greatest care has been bestowed in the purchase and selection of this Stock, one of the firm having himself visited the leading European markets and manufactories for that pm'pose. They have the lar«est Stock ofDress Goods,Silks Shawls 11.~ ' b ' ' mantles, Skirts, Cottons, Flannels, vVincoys, Tweeds, Overcoatings, JYiantle-cloth_s, Blankets, Carpets, etc., etc., over bought in Bowmanville. All these goods have been pmcha,secl on the most advantageous terms, a great portion of them having been bought for CASH. If you will favor them with a call, you will feel assured that few, if any, retail est<iblishments in the country, can offer for your in~pection a la,rger, cheaper, and better assorted stock. It affords them pleasure to show their goods and they court .comparison. Things are already on the move-call early. G. D. Lockhart, D ENJI., IST, Graduate of the Royal Coflege of Dental Sugeons, Ont, Oillc:e ove1 F . F. ~fcA1thur's Sto1e1 IC1ng St., Bow111a.nv11le. iu3 tf. Ho""tnanville, Oct 231U1 1873 'l'he dullest of dull days, that neither clear, or have the honesty to ovrn that it was ill-tempered by indulging m a hearty rninstor1u ; it just sulked, and of all for~ns that t emper can take, 'vhetber in hun1ans or in th1;J weather, that is the most aggravating. It was growing dusk now ; there \Vaa not evC'n a break in th e lowering grey cloud that sprcacl across 'the sky. Ltndsuy Moore folt that she had put up with n1atters just as long as it was poseible ; so she sudden Ly stopped in her pacmg u p and down the long verJ.nclah, and glancing into the ball to make sure that Aunt Rhoda was lrnsy with her knitting, and such fancies as might condescend to make her practical bean. their home, sht1 dartl!cl down the steps1 meaning at least to rush off to the river and back even if she wer e arcnched rn th e u n· dertaking. But, uf cotn·sc, Ponto \voke up suddenly froln a comfortable sleep in the <loor-\\'·ay, probably having chosen it as the spot where he \Vould be n1ust in the way, Hnd iu clulged in a series of frisks and hearty barks, preparatory to jo1n1ng his mist>:ess 1n her intended escapade. The noise he made aroused aun t l"thoila. fron1 her lvork and her revery. ~he called at once. 'Lindsay l Lindsay ! ' The three ind1 vidufilo thu s couvers~11g, come Lucifer, which n1atle bis deference to n won1an ·whom he \visl1 ed to pleaae all the di<l. not presen1 th e ordinary t esen1hlance One ol thein, h~ who rr.ore cLar1n ing. Such a noble, grand look to malelactora. about h11u thu.t one \\"ould have S\\Orn be would appear to direct the enterprise, see1nnev~r could have ba1 bored a m ean thought ed to be a good sort of c1 t i;i;~n, ·vell clothl'd, in his life ; and that the dark ring!'! about healthy, of honest d1rneus1ons, and such a his eyes, ·which added :::o niuch to thf!ir one as you may scc eve1y day in any Jre- r beauty, were caused by hard study, or patiently borne troub le, 01 anything in t:J.e \VOJ.;ld except dissipation. _l\.n d he was bow1ug to Linclsny 1 and the rector was saying, ' Now, there is no time Jor cercn1ony-see thaf' black cloud coming up t We must 1oake a run for it ; Lindsay, tak~ Toy arm.' vV. H. vVILSON, BOW:lcIANVILLE, Genera.l Agent for PIA NOS, ORGANS, lvl.ELODI- ANS and SEWING MAC HINES Raymond Sewing Machine, A SPECIALlTY. Instruction given, and Instrurnents and J\fa hincs guaranteed. Bowman\iillc, ,Juno 18, 1874. McClung Bros. AUCTIONEERS b'01· the To wnship of Darlington. H. T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON. Prompt attention gjven t o sali::o, &c, on l·easona.Ule teru1a. W1n. Barton, ENNISKILLE1T. Sale.s pro1nptly attended t o on reasona,1.Jlc terins. :Robert Young, - Agent for the Livt Stock Branch of th<' Ilea.vet and To1,onto 1\::Intuu.l li'i1t1 Ineuttinco JfTEl\INARY ffURGEONl Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary Col ege. By a.p· ~01ntroeut Y ete1 inary Sui geon to the ' Vest Purh::i.1n and Darhngton Union .A.b'11cultural Societies. V Veterinary I\'.t:etlicines c.onstantly on hand. On.Us from the c0untry Jirorn.ptly attended toA Office .-One door east of R . Maning)s l"111· niture \Va.rerooQl. Rtisidenco over S. Rurdcn':. store, cornm· oi K111g and Scugog St1·eets, llowmanv1Ule Cu mltf LUMBER. Subscriber respeutfully requests all p~~r ties indebt1:1d t o h1m for Lumbc1, to settle their ac< ounts \Y1thout f\ni.her delay. .And he hereby infornis bmldcrs, and othe1s it~·ant of lumber, that he hi prep~red to supplJ: th ctn a.t cash u~tea for Cash Hcnc__eforth he intends to do a. cash business. Lot J 9, 1873 T llJ~ NEW GOODS. My New Goods have THOS. SMl'l'H, (i Con. D.'lrhngtun. Jn8tf t.llvIE I LIME? F W lLLIAM SPJ::All . Ohurch Street, , ' lHHtLly opp-1s1te the A lma. Ifotel. Bo\Ym<in \: illc, Jnuc 19th 187 J. tf NEARI,Y ALL OOJ\IIE TO HA.ND aud the a.5sortment will be~ found OR SAT ...'E in .i..n yquant . ty~ L r\..pyJly to ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. Liverpool London, and Glasgow apply to Fon rricketa, or ink.rmatioll; \V. A. NEADS, Auent. '" nowu::ia.n\iilJe, .Tune 9Lh, 1871. tf.:3Q VERY CO~IPLETE AND PRICE S MOD ERAT E Th" Public me solicit ed to c"ll !\nd see for themselves. W. S. BOYLE, M. D. ltADUA'£.E of thti UunersitieB of r.I'rinity Oolh:i·re Toi onto, and Victoria College, of 0 Co!Jourg . iiccntiatti of the Collcff e of I:ibyaici ans,and Sllrgoons, of Onta1io, Office K ing :-:lti-eet, one door w~st of Mr. G Corn1sb.?s Jewelly Store, :Ho,vma.nville. Hampton. Sept. 18th 1872 H. ELLIOTT~JUN bp· 'Oh ! you old wretch!' innlteretl Lind say, apostrophiz1ng tbo d.og, not her relative. 'Lindsay ! ' repeated Miss )!oore. Mercy on us, you don't mean to go out 1' Why, it's going to rain.' 'So everybody has said eiuce six o'c1ock thi!-! morning. l.{y opinion is th 9y'll keep on saying it indefinitely, for I Uon[t believe it '\\'ill eyer rain or clear either,' ' Don't be unreasonable, Lindoay.' Auut Rhoda, rem!lrked, in 11 mildly, }eproviog way. / 'I 'von't hereafter, Aunty,' Li:qdsay an. s\vered ·w ith h er merriest laugh, but just now I feel that I must absolute!{ take a iun to the river and back, or I sba l become a lunatic before bedtime.' / '.At least,put something on you,then,' said ,Aunt Rhoda, rising and coining to the door, dropping her ball of yarn, which the kitten seized at once. ' Mercy un us, ch~ld l going out in that muslin dress and no 1 1a wl, and it looking as black---' She rnterrupted herself in he1· somewhut obscurely worded sentence, to n1 ilke a do.sh after the kitten, while Lmdsay stdod by an,d laughed, and aunt Rhoda, too, fdr the cat was treated like a spoiled chM by both. 'Take my waterproof,' aunt Rfoda said, when she had cnpturcd lier bail, J ' it hangs on the rack.' But a waterproof was Lindsay's horror 1 s she compounded a shawl, which she thre'v over her arm, and culling to Ponto, started off Lhrough the grounds at a pace so rapid that Aunt Rhoda bad nu time to call any more words of wisdom n.nc.l advice after her -a habit of her; when >nybody started any,..,.here, from a sea voyage to tb e sim pler ac t of leaving the room to go to bed. Aunt and neice had lived togeth~r for a good many year:; in that quiet old housr., for Lindsay's father bad ma.rr1ed again when she wns sixteen and the step mother was only too glad to convince Mr. Moore tha t it was quite right aunt Rhoda shoulJ. be grati· fiecl in her wish to have with her the cb1ld ot that neglected first 'vife,- w1th whose hi slury we have nothing to do,-summed up in fact in that on~ sad "'ord I have employ· eel Lindsay \Vas twenty-five now, her father had been dead two years, her lifo hatl been without much hght or shadow-destitute of great JOYS or grie~- the sort of tranqu1l ex· istence with which the young are most impa.tient. But Lindeay had borne it with a a tolernble grace, enjoying such pleasures as came, and living in her dreams when the reali ty appeared too irksome or 1nonotonous. Anybody "i\'Ith a p~rcepho n of chaiacter so.'iv all that in her fure-a pale, ca]n1 face , with a reticent look about the n1outh and great hazel eyes that \V ere not cahu at all but fu ll uf passion and powe1-altogether u. SOOJI hundso1ne woman ; only uu artist would ' I a.rr1 sure L1o<l "O.)' would not consent have said she needed more coloring. Hap· he1 s1.:lt, 1 Sl l cl .Aunt llho.lti.. piness would have brought that, I mean It "a"l u ve1s inascuhuts1n1le that flitted 'l'he first thing waa to get into the house before th e rain caught then1, so off they sta1ted at a tremendous pace, and prese ntly i~Ir. D,1dley qrnetly took possession ofLiodsay's other nr1n, and helped her a.long so effectual1y that they reached the veran1lah .JUSt as the lmt heavy chops began to fall. Ponto bad hecn caperi11g and ba.1k1ng about th en:i all the way, evid entl.Y thinking tl.i e whole nlfu1r bn.d l' .:en got up expressly tor bis an1use1nm1t, and the noise he made brought 1\.ffas ~foorn and the cat ont, the former to excluin1 at Lindsay, the l atter ·wi th the full determination of Scratching Ponto'.s nose- not that she dis11ked Jiiru ,Uut it was a little performauce sbe went through at lPaSt once a day, upp.uently on principle, as · wo1uen ntig 1noat of those whoni they are fonclest. But the sigh t ot the rector and th e stranger checked ~~Iiss 1\.foore 's exclamations, and so surprised Kitty, who ·was of a curious di sposition, thnt she forgot her inten<led asea ult u pun Ponto 1s nose ; and he took advantage of her forn:etfulncss a.nd nipped her ta1l until sh e performed a. war dance of distress and \Varrnth, and took r efuge under the spinster's vir tuo us skirts and nenrly thre1" her do"' n. 1 rhere \vas a good deal of co nfl1sion and laugh ter; and 1\fr. Dudley 'vas presented to Aunt Rhoda- nnd they all went in to tea, l{itty and Ponto follow1og 1 having \visely detern1ined to poc;tpone their quarrel uutil the tnea.1 was over. Mr. Dudley had a Jetter of rntroduction to Aunt Rhoda honl a friend. He ~·ns an .. old acquaintance of the r ector, and ca.me to that quiet neighborhood to spend a Jew \\·eeks and rest, he chd not say from ·what, Lindsay felt su1e,frorn very in1portant n1ental efforts. That evening \Vas the cotutncncement of Lindsaj· bioore's ne"; life ; you know, ~f courae, that is what I ba.ve been getting nt -so I ma.y as ·well tell you at once. There was a 'vhole week ofpleaaant days; then Olemrnt Dudley was going awai, but before he 'vent the old, old story "'as whispered by his lips,and went titraight to Lindsay's soul-and she knew that she bad come into pos::ess1ou of her kingdon1 at last ; she loved and \vas beloved. 'l'he next morning Dudl 'vas obliged to leavt:, but Lri ef as the time \\'(ll!, he bad found an opportunity to lay his case b efore Aunt Rhoda 1 who could not ha \·e refused L1nd8tt)' any th ing if she had tried, and 1norcover she was quite tlazzl~d liy the young fel low. I told you he w·s one of the nien born tu be petted, and spoiled, and worah1pped by women. He pleaded for an early marriage 'l'he instant he obtniued a consent at all 1 ~e began entreating 1t n1ight ·be a speedy wedding, till at lclst, between a htUe ntttura l horror at the suggestion, and bewilderment fron1 his teasing, and his beaut1fulJ beseech .. ing eyes, Aunt Rhoda cried on.t, 'Anyhody would thi nk you suppose yon could take hE:r with you to-morrow nlorning 'vithout a thing ready-' I wish I could,' he inte1rupted. '\Vhat's tb' use ot so much getting ready J' 'Just rernen1ber that you have only known eaclt ('ther a month/ said Aunt Rhoda, looking very \i rtuous au{l old-n1ai<l· ish all of a suuden. ' We kuow each ot her as well a$ if it b.a<l bGcn for y eu.1·.s,' a\ erred Dudley. 'Say yes, M iss ~ioore, be good to 1ue, let it l)e very quented street, with a full handkerchief under his artn, or an cinpty one 1n his band. So1nething observable in the gait, starch ed look, and apparently di e101 nted haunches, would leaU you to believe that this man employed h unself nt aon1e V( ry com1nou trade, 'vhlch, that we may 1nake no iuistaket \\'e shall not yet name. The sinaller of the re111aiving two had one of the nlost grotesque faces you can conceive. His p10jectiugp1ohoscis trussed up between his ey~s, might prove that nature hatl not forgotten to make i;omc nosPs for the r.011venience of spectacles ; his n1outh was endrcled with sca.nty and large teeth' and add to all tlu.s- he was hump-backed. By the un:.1teads g~1t1int!r of a lamp swinging in the njght \\ind, 1t \Yas not impossible to pc; 1cc1vc that the keen sigl1t of the dwarf gl·nced ;11th <lelight upon a p!Stol which he held in Ina right hand. The third personage, owing to bis ph ys1cal coulormation, pa1took 1n some tn<J.uner o± a relationship between his two assoc iates. Gaunt, with c1ed, and candaveious looking, bis leJt arrn rai sed, as i[ to point bis 'veapon at the breast of a giant, It gave lnn1 no distant resernblance t...> a. gibbet. Ever and anon be ·was q naking. V{ao it from cold or nidnight. tear 1 It stru ck tbe l1011r of 1 From a house \Vell kn<nvn in tl1e qua1ter of St. Martin, slowly po11red out nearly a dozen men ; th e t\\o subord1ned tndivi<luals, ever on the alert, '"ere issuing at interva.ls1 for th e purpose of 1eco11no1tering, from the dark alley, which th ey h·<l choaen for concealment; they were ob~1ged at least twenty tiu1es to go back and wait anevv. At length they espied th e bcrng of their search. It was a kind of fasluonabl e nnl. n1al, frizzled, scented, und adopting a peculiar tie ot the cravat. He crossed over to th e other side of the stree t, shivering a.nd humming an au, and 'va.s soon lost in one of the narrow cross streets. Ile '\Yalked on rapidly, as if to avoid coming in contact with another \va.y 1 but changing at once froru the disposition of d1ead to that of boldness 11e suddenly stopped short, an d allowed sufficient tu11e for those to come up who were effectually pursuing hiin. '!Ialt,' cries one of theiu: 1 money or hfe !' 'Eh 1 1vhat 1 eh l' 1 Money, or hfe 1' And the mouth~ of two pistols were presented, the one at h is hat, the oLher at the height of stomach. 'Speak a \\'Ord an<l you are a dead 1nan,' chimed in the two\ oices. 'For heaven's sake! gentte1ne11, I ha\e nothing to give you. I possess but this watch, and 1tis n pinch back one.' 'In that case, then, off ?nth your clotl.iei:; l' 1 Do, kind ge ntle1uen, be content wi:h my hat. I have of late made th e dearest sncrifices to clothe mysell. My poor aged mother llenied her~elf her little earning13 to pay for my outfit.' ' Llar1 off with your coat, nnd no delay, or else-Ali, to comn1ence, thro\v away that switch.' ' The1·e, then, gentlen1en ; ther e is niy superfine black coat and velvet collar; you can get a hundred and t\venty Jrances tor it auy where, 11 the tailor has not deceh ed In August 1777, a vessel from Rochelle, laden with salt,and manned by eight hands, and two passengera on board, was discovered making for the pier of Dieppe. The wiud at the time was so higb, awl the sea was so much agitotcd, that a coasting pilot made foi:ir fruitless attentpts to get out and conduct the vessel safe into port. Boussard, a bold and intrepid pilot, perceiving that the heln1sman was ignorant of Jatent dan· ger, endeavored to direct h1n1 by 11 speaking trumpet and signals, ; but the captain could neith~r see nor hear, on necount of the clarkness of the night, the roaring of the winds, and the extmordinary swell of the sea. The vessel in the meantime grounded on a tlmty bottom, at the di·tance of tLirty toises fro1n the advan:ed n1ole. Boussard, touched v.·ith the cries of the unfortunnte crew,resolved to spring to their assistance, in spite of every reu1onstrance, the entreaties of his wife and children, and tbe apparent impossibility of success. Having tied one end of a rope round his waist, and fastened the other to the 111ole, he plunged hea.dlong into the boisterous deep. When he had got very near the ·hip,a wave carried him off and dashed him on ebore. Twenty times successively was he thus repulsed, rolled upou !linty stones, and cov· ered with the wreck of the vessel, which the fnry of the waves tore rapidly to pieces He did not, ho\vever, 11.Uate his ardor. A si.1glc wave dragged him under the shiphe was given up for lost, b:it he quickly en1erged, holding in his arms a sailor who hau been washed overboard. He brought him on shore n1otionless and just e.xpiriug. ln short, alter an infinity of effott3 and st1 u ~gles, he re:iched the wreck and threw lm rope on board. All wbo bad strength enough to avail themselves ofthisnssistance tied it about them, and v.·ere successivc:ly dmgged to land. Bouesard, who imagined he had now saved all the cre\v, 'vorn do\vn by fatigue, and sn1arting from his 'vounds and bruises walked with great difficulty to the lighthouse, '\\-·here he fainted through exhaustion. Assistan ce being procured, he began to recover On Learing groans still issued from the wreck, he once more collected the little strength that was left him, rushed from the arms of those who succored him, plunged ag-ain into the sea, and had the good fortune to save the hfe of one of the passengers, who \VOS lash~d to the wreck, and ·who in his langmd state, had been unable to profit by the assistance atlulinisteretl to bis compan· 10118. Mona. de Crosnc, the Intendant of Rouen, having etated these circumstances to M. N eckar, then director-general of the fin· onces, he inunediately addressed the follow· _ ing letter to Boussnrd 1 in his own hnndwliting. u IlHAVE llANt '~I " 'as not apprized by the Intendant till the day before yesterday of the gallant deed yon achieved ou the 31st of August. YesterJ.ay 1 reported it to His Majesty, who \\'fH! pleased to enjoin me to. commuuic8te to you his satisfaction, and to acquaint you that he pre'"'ents you with one thousand li vres, by "'aY of gratification, and an annual pension of three hundred livres. Cont inue to succor others when you have it in your power ; and pray for yonr good king, who loves and recompenses the brave." How Tennyson Looks and Works. l'RO.ll A LETTER FROM :KNGLJ.ND IN THE I ST, LEWIS DEMOCRAT. me. 1 ' N o'v your vest.' "Vould you send me away en chernise 1' ' Now off with th e r e-st. 1 · Oh ! merciful h e1.n·en ! t he .. ole pair I po::scss. for pity'3 sake, gentle1nen, for pity :1 A peal of laughter an·wered bis supplication. And the same voice continued ' ...!\.. y,.ray with yon, and beware how you look behind yon.' The bird so etr.u1gely plucked of h is pltunage, \\·a.ited not for a seconJ inJ unction. lic sped on b:o cour5e, propelled for wu1d by the f tcsh inorning breeze, and a slight crack of a. 'vhip which cle:.cendec l on his shoulders; at the li re~ corner. I remember distinctly the first time I saw Tennyson-he wao about fifty-sevon then. Having been pointed out to me in the draw· ing room, I could not believe him to be the laureate. His height wns hidden by a stoop ; bis once luxuriaut locks w·ere scant ; his f'uce · wo.s thin- ; his eyes inflamed 1 and Hio partially concealed by blue glasses. innnner was nervous, uneasy, awkward in the cxtre111e ; his voice q uernlous and dis· agreeable in spite of ite depth. He was almost a burlesque of that bard I had irungjaed. If his nose had been painted vermillon, and he had a cotton umbrella under his arm, he might have appeared in opera boufl'e as a satire upon what he had been. I leheve he was then suffering from 111 health as well as from one of the unamiable n1oods to 'vhich he is eometimes subject. 1 hav~ met bin1 since under more favorable cir1:umstanc"8 ; but I shall never forget my fi;st irn pression of hin1, The thin hair, the blue gI .. ses, the bent form, the querulous tone \\ill stick to my memory like importunity to a book agent. 'l'hc author ol 'Locksley Hall' h., al· ways been n1ore than. a ~orker; he has been a tireless toiler over his manuscript, spending hours, sometimes days, it is said, upon Eingle lines. Many of his poews, and parta of hhs poen1s, have been entirely re· written ; hia first copy being entirely un· like \Lat which he sent to tbe printer. His apparentj.Y easy, natural flow of language has been purch·sed with the utl:nost pains. He has confessed sometimes that it is an agony to write, and yet he takes pleasure in the agony which gives him added fame. He never su1renders any intellectual task until he has satisfied tb e last degree of h!S !a·ticl· iousness. He occasionally make~ his first draft '\\ith facility, afterward changing, pruning, fl.hug line i:i.fter line, word after worJ. He' Saving the Fragments. I remember a busy m!l.n, who bad very little time for readmg and study, but whose mind was a. perfect store of information ,on almost every subject. 'How does it happen that ynu know so much n1ore than th e rest of us l' , I ·atked him one day. " ' _ ' Ot' said he, 4 I never hnd tirne to Illy in a regular stock of 1e11rning, so I ' sa.ve all the bits' that come tn iny way, and thev count up a good de·l in the course ol the .}ear.' '!'he other day I heard a little · boy explaining the meaning of eeoeral geographical terms to his brother. · Where did yon learn tb·t 1' I asked in surprise. ' 0, Miss Wells leached it to the big jography class, and I thought I'd 'member it too,' said be. I k11ew a man wuo cou1d tell every wild bird by its note, and tell yon where 1t built its nest, and "·hat color its egg5 were ; who knew every tree in the forest by its lea! and ite wood, and could tell the nan1e of almost every fl ower that bloStloJPed fro rn Kpril to October, an rl JUSt what tirue its blosso111ing ca111e And ye t be \'h\S a bnsy man, too, a nd all these th ing3 \Vere a.."i ior· eign as possible ii·o111 the v. ark tha.t kept his hands constantly occL1 pied. H is kno\Vledge WM all garned by rnakrng the moil of fragments that came in his way. I ·