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T·HE MERCHANT. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. Circulateg Ia;rgely in the To,vnships of Darlington, Clarke and Cartwright. It fa a common platform, O_Pen to the free discussion of all questioits in w.!:uch the general public flil'f' concerned. TEUMS. :J WEST DURHAM Stea.m. Job Printing Office KING STREET, BOWMANVILLE. Seventy-five cents per annum, in advance. The 'Merchant' and · Obser-. ver,' $2.oo. HATES OF ADV .!!.RTISING, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. VOLUME YI. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1874. NU:MBER XI. Ono column 45 per aru1um. Hu.lf do, · 25 " Qull.rter do. · J5 H 1 '1 rs,nsicnt advertisements,5 ctS per line first insertion, and 2c. per line, e._a.Qh subsequent one. POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c., ,lz;c., ,11,[,e. EXECUTED IN FIRST CL ASS SlYlE Facts for the Married. A. HVSB.\ND WITHOUT A l~AUL'T -- AND A. W1FE TTf A.T '\VAS STJT,Tj BE:;l'TER. 00 ME and SEE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! Trains will leave Bo,vmanville Station, Bowrnanville time, as follows : GOING WEST. GOING EAST. ~xy ~ood~. --- ------- POETRY. REPENTANT. DY JOSEPHINE POLLAltD, 'Darling, I have loved you evtr since the and smiled ; Juck smiled, She laughed a low, ripplmg laugh; rack a hysterically first day in the grove. How lor.g havP. you cnred for me 1' short one. 'Siocc I saw you stauding so lonely und 'It's too had it raioa,' said she, with the accent on the' too bad,' jnet as girls always The Cawnpore Massacre. · HILL'S T.ocal· ....... 7:20, a.m. \ .Express .. 1 ···· 8:30 a.m. J~xpress ....... 8.55 a, m. : ~fixed ...... ... 3:50 p.m. l\Uxcd ...... 3:20 p.ni. i Local. ....... 7:20 p .m. Express .... 8:50 p. m. 1 Express ..... 8.50 p.m. ""'This traia run! every morning of week, 1-Iont.la.ys excepted, NEW 'The following trairis no:w stop at Saxouy for pas~rnogcrs :Local going west, due at ......... 7:52 a. m. Fall &Winter Dry Goocls -:o:--- Mixed going east, due at ......... 3:47 p. m. l\Iixcd going west, due at ......... 3:47 p. m. Local going east, due al ......... 7:22 p. rn. Montreal Lime.. A LARGE LOT OF LADIES' and G·EN'rS' F'tl'RS _ Prof. · J. Ruse, G R.A.DU.A...TE of J3axter University of :lvlusic Friendship, New York. Teacher of Piano and Organ, cultivation of Voice, Singing, Thorough Bas!'!, Harmony, Composition, &c. D3rlington, July 16th, 1874. 41-ly - Bowmanvllle. Nov. 1st, 1873. VERY OI-I E A P . She looked at him curiously, and said, "\-Vell,' in a selfMinLerrogatory way, as though she might have said, ·What sort of In the yard in front of their home I eaw a an oddity nre you 1' and then laughed small pin<> tree, which they tend with the greatest care, I asked Jack where he found again. With that Jack also laughed and came to it. A smile and a look of peculiar signifi· Fnther wns angry - so angryhimself. Then he began to talk, and they cance passed between him and hts wife, as And stern wht-n he knt:f\'1' tny ilisgrnee j he answ·ereJ, 'In Lhc grove.' l{c thrust m~ away frotn his presence, got on grandly . /i.nd then shut the door iu my face ! The rain not ceasing, Jack walked home Judging by Appearances. Hut, xnotber, your love did not leave 1ne; with her, for he found out that she lived in l eaw the tcru:a rcndy to start, town. \Vhen Lhcy had arrived nt her door, And knew that though guilty and banished, AN HAH}'ARD GRADUATE'S BVENI~G I~ THE and she had th·nked him for the use of Lbe I still had a. place in your heart. OLD O.(TY TAVERN IN BOS'!'ON. umbrella, or rather the use of himself abd 'l'hen you gl'OW !eobler uud feebler, the umbrella. Jack knew he oughttogo, :\Vhen Maine was a district of !\Iassachul!y reason of son ow and sha111c; but-every young tnau knows how it is1.'ha.t your hair fa as white as a.snow·wrea.th, sett::.i,Ezekitd 'Vhitn1an was chosen to repreM he wasn't qnite ready. And 'tis seldom you mention my name· sent the district in the I\:fassachusctts Legis'My name,' stammered .he, 'h1 JackBut, oh, I will 11evcr believe them , lature, He \Vl.lS an ecceoh·ic iuan, and one J ack Haviland.' 'Vhcn slanders like this they repeat; of the best lawyers of l1id titne. He O\\'llCd For the voice of n1y mother hni'I cnlled me 1 'And mine is Clio Btanley.' And brought, me nga.in to her feet ! 'And~and I'm studying law here in a farm, and did niucb work on hi:; land ; She talked to the Saviour a.Lout me, And prayed- as a mother can pray ! And back to the fold he ha.a brought 1ne, The lamb who went w.:tnd'ring a.stray. I aoon bcca1ne weary of cX.ile : I soon became weary of sin ; .And longed for a. life that ia purer ; But who would have taken me in! )fother, J Jrneol on the door-stone, Penitent, weary, and worn; l\1any a. mile have I wandered, And fasted since yesterday morn; D~rkness is gathering 'round rne, Nevet· ngniin shall I 1·oam; rpcn the door to 1ne mother ; \Velcume your prodigal home ! apeak. 'I don't know,' blundered Jack in reply. The ~nnn Sahib was the ndoptetl son ot the Peishwah, but, 01 1 his father's deatb,t (From the Territorial 1£nterpri!!o.) looking so down-heci.rted under thnt pi<1e Government. of India refused to i·ccoglli .t\i'ter having been marned some "?eeks, bis right to the succe ~i:;ion. The taerits of tree. I think alter lhnt reply J aek kissed her. it ca.n1e into the head of a young husband that decision it ·w ould be useles.9 uow to I know I should had I been he. in tl1is city, oue Snnday, when he had little canvass, They \Vould be in any case inapThe other day I visited J'ack and bis wiie. to occupy hia mind, to suggest to h's wife preciable in refereact' Lo the stol'}' of tr~uch that they ·hould plainly and honestly state ery and cruelty which followed. The Nana the faults that each had discovered in the atill remained rich and powerful, and wa ~ other since they had been· mnn and wife. ro far from see1ning to resent his not havin~ Aft~r soine hesit~tion the wife agree<l to the been recognised that he distinguished hi1n· sal should be mude in 1tJl sincerity and with an honest view to· the bettering of each oth· er; us otherwise it would be of no use to SP'.!u.k of the faults to which marriage had overred their eyes. The husband was of the sa1ne mind, anll hia wife asked him to begin with her faults. I:Ie was sornewhat reluctant, but bis wife insisted that he wns the firi5t Lo propose the matter, and as be wt\s at the head ol the house it was his proposition, but stipulateu that the rehear- self by hio apparent friendliness to the English. He wu.s, tu nll app:;ia.rance£1, not int1\:: ly an n.lly, but an iu1itator of Engli1:1h cus· toms, and when the 1nutiny broke out, he was trusted absolutely by our onioers. They even applied to him for a body of soldiers to guard the Treaaur,y nt Ca.wnpore, and he at once granted tbe rrquest. But no sooner die\ the native troops at that place actually rise in insurrection than he placed bi1nself at tl.Jeir head,and besciged General \Vbecler in the feeble intrench1uents within which he l1ad concentrated a haudful of European soldier~, with the ·wo1nen aud childreu of the garrison. :From the 7th to the 24t11 uf Jnth~, 1857, the Europeans were worn out by the incessant fire of an ene1ny vastly su· perior in force, and by the dise11se v.-hich their coufinen1ent and their labors created place to take the lead. 'rhus urged, he be· gan the recital. He said : ' Uily dear, one of the fin1t faults I obsel'M and wh~n the tin1e came for hiin to set out ved in you after v.re began keepiug house town.' 'And I am stoppiug her~ for the sumtner for Boeton, his best suit of clothes was a was that you a good deal neglected the tin· wilb papa. I should be happy io receive a euit of hon1espun. His wire objected to ware. You didn't keep it scoured as bright a. PEA.TE, TAILOR. MADE :CN THE Gentlemen's & Boy's Garments l'IEWEST STYLES. . Bowmanville, July, 27, 1869. R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER-Al'-LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANOEllY, &c as J. M. Brimacomb's Dental Room~. Bowmanville, Oct. 27th, 1868. Oto'FICE,- Over }'!cClung's Store. !:latne flat t;'.~ call from you.' Xben Jack went home The next day Jack thought it all over. The one °'omcnl he called himself a fool, the nex.t chuckled over the action, and de0 1not.her dear, say you forgive me, cided, with all tbe acumen of a contrary And take me aga.in, to your breast ! judge, toward wbipb position. Le bad, aspiNor let me die here on the door-stone, rations, thci.t it was rather ' cute, 1 and if Alone, unforgiven, unblcst ! Come quickly !- a footstep approaches l cute, why he, as the perpetrator, must be Not youra-but anothe.l"s !-gtiod bye ! somewhat sha1p. Now be was inclined to rrcU f:o.ther-that Go<l-ha.s not - left me-· feel very sorry and ashamed over it ; then, Outside of His threshold to die ! with an appeal to the principal heathen deity of bis vocabulary, Jack expressed himLITERATURE. self ae 'deuced glad' it happened. So he his going in that garb, but he did not care. as it sbonld be. My mother always took 'I \Vill get a nice fashionable snit cnnde gre~t pride in her tinware, and kept it as ai; soon as I reach Boston,' h~ saiJ. bright n.· u dollar.' among them. Still they held out, an'l on Reaching his desLination,"--rhitman found , I am glad that yuu have meutioned it, that day Nana Sahib ·ent to offer them a dear,' said the wife, blushhig a little; clicret.1.fter you shall see nu speck tJU cup or pan. Pr,a y proceed.1 'I have also observed,' said the husliaud, , that you use your dish·rags a long tiiue safe retreat to Allai10.bad, on condition of their abandoning the intrenchn1ent, with the treasures and stor~s it contained. The off~r was accepted ; o.ud on the rooruing of the 27tll the whole parly, the survivors of without washing them, and then fiually about uine hundred Europeans, of who1u throw then1 away, Now, when at bon1e, I twoMthirds were wo1ncn and cbilclren,ionrch· remen1ber that my mother always used to down to the river to embark. in boats pre· wash c..ut her dish·rags when she was done pared forthem. Bu I other preparations had been made,ancl lhe party \"!ere no soon· er defenceless in the boatB than a fire ·w!\R rest at Duolittle's City Tavern. Let it bb understood that he wns a graduute of Har· vard, nnd at this ta\·ern he was at borne. As he entered the parlor of the house, he found several ladies and gentlemen assem- bled, and he heard a remark from one of IN THE GROVE. went on in spirit alternating up and down, like a boy on a eee·saw, provided the boy MARRIAGE ISSUED DY LICENSES ARMOUR 'nur, JACK, YOU HAVEN'T ASKED l:iE TO.' could ride both ends of the see-saw ut pncc, which I suppose is an iinpo9'ibility ; but when evening can1e he went and calJed on It was a cloudy afternoon in July. The She invited him to call early morning had been prophetic of a the young lady. pleasant day ; but like a great many pro· agn.in 1 Jack did eo. In fact he went several pheciea of the present tin1e, had pro\·ed ut· consecutive ti1nes. 'l'hree years passed away. Jack had terly false. Yet a Sunday school-ii wa· Presbyterian in its belief, and so did not studied diligently, and now for eix months care for a sprinkling-had determinedly had been a practising lawyer, with every All this lime his deshut its eyes to the threatening look of the prospect of euccess. voted alter.lions had been paid to Olio ; yet sky, and gone on a picnic thirty 41lile.s fron1 BEAUTIFUL TEETH J.M. BRIMACOMBE L D. S Te ;)t,h Extracted at Twenty-five Cents Roo1nE1 over :i\1cClnng Bros. Stores, Hownulnville, Oct. lat, 1870. l MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED BY .~ .8mL JOHN J. WILLIAMS Cherrywood Post· office Pickering Ont N'EW__ GOODS! --o-- ,V. H. vVILSON, BOVlM.ANVILLE, home. But the heavy drops of rain which 1n all that time not a word of love haU tell about the middle of the day, drove them paosed between them. Tack could not and fro1n their original pluce of LlcsLination, the would not ask her to love him until he famous Lion Urcck hridgc gorge, Rud sent coulJ offer her sorli.etbing more tangible But now that he had tbem some five ·miles more to the pleasant than possibilitie:!. won his first case, and had. attained a setM town of Horwich. Tho excellent music discoursed bj the tled business, he folt the time to determine ba.nd which accompanied the excursionists, his fate had come ; yet bow could it be as well as the inherent curiosity of man to done l The very thought distressed him, look upon strangers, attracted many of the Could he-dare be ask her 1 Could sbe residents of l:Iorwich 'down to the grove,' kn~w bow 1nnch her answer would rrenn to ~ where the pick nickers were. G-enera.l Agent for PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODIANS and SEWING MAG JIJNES Stock Fully !ssortetl. 1 Jack Haviland was one of the 111any who could not reM sist the temptation, Jack , and hie friend Marion. Down they went to the grove, Raymond Sewing Machine, A SPECIALITY. ·- - - - : o : - -- with one umbrella between them. Can any one attempt to describe the feelthrough a bevy of young girls, any one and every one of whom he <lesires to know, yet none of whom he can know 1 Jack was overflowing with that inexpressible feeling. And who can bla1ne bim, or \vbo woul<l. expeel him to feel otherwise 1 He had been GOODS Arr ·RIGIIT PRICES! AT ings of a loneso1ne young man who \vandera sbou1d be done. few little children who bud escapd th>' ·My dear,husband, you have not a fonlt sword being thrown down 1ast of all'Yon must drink a toast.' iu the world. If you have even one, my wbetber dead or alive no11e knew. When ·Ob, git eout ! I eat toast-uever beard eyes have been 50 blinded Ly my Jove for Havelock'· troops arrived ten dnys afterhi10? If she said 'yes,' what happiness o' sich a thing as <lrinkin' it. But I kin you that so long as we have been married I wards, they found the floors ol' the Asscm· have never ouce observed it. In 1ny eyes bly-room thick with blood,the whole buildan1l success ;" how much to live for 1 1f she give ye (1 sentiment.' The ladies clapped thelr hand· ;btct what you ure perfect, and all that you du seems ing strewed with \Yo1uen 1rs dresses, ornasaid 'no'-he didn't dare to think. was their surprise when the stranger,rising, to me to be done in the best manner and ment:::i nnd l10oke aucl the.... walls be:u·ing The more he thought over it, the 1nore 1 spoke calmly nnd clearly as follows: juet what should be done.' many a n1ark of sabre-cuts whic b had G ar· he hesitated and the more he delnyed-the 'Ladies aud gentlcn1en, pennit tne to 'Bllt, iny dear,' saiJ the husband, hia face ried 1011g tre~ses with them in their Gruel harder it become. At last he determineu it wish you health antl happiness, with every reddening, and his voice growing husky work. It was no wonder, nfl:cr sncl1 a The wine was brought. Clio met him "' usnal with a pleu,ant smile. ,Tack tried to s1nile, but it ebbed ofi over his countenance, and was lost in his 'solemn expression,' just a little wave is often lost in a larger. Ulio saw EOnletbimg Ulessingearth cau afforil; and niay you with ernotion,'justthink. Ihavegoneand grow hettt·r and wiset w1lli advancing years, found. all manner of fault with you. Now, bearing ever in iiliod that outwctrd appearM do tell ine some ol tny fl\Ults; I know I have a.aces are often <leceit1ul. You mistook n1e, many-ten times as many as you e\·er had from my dress, for a country booby, while or ever will have. · Let nie hear them,' 1 Indeed, husband, it is as I tell you; you I, from the same snperfi~ial cai.;.se, thonght you were ladies and geutlemef!. The mis· h!lvc not a single fault that I ca.n sec. them, 'Ah, here co1nes a countryman of the real homespun genus. Here's fun.' \Vhit· man stared at the con1pany, nn<l then sat dowu. using them, nnd then hang them up where 'Say, my 1'ricnd1 you & re fron1 the couuM they ~ou!d dry, ready for the next time she try,' rernarkt'!d one or the gentlemen. would need them.' 'Ya·as,' answered E·~t:kiel, with a Judie· BJushiug as before, the young wife protn· rous twist of the.face. istU to arneud this 1ault. The ladies tittered. The husband continued with a n1ost for· ' ...tnd .whatdr> you think of our city?· 1uidaUle list of sin1ilnr faults, n1any n1ore 'It's a pooty thick settled pl11cc, anyhow ...than WI.! have space to entunerute, when he It'.a got the sweepin' sight ot hou!'l'n ln it.' Jeclarccl tha~ he could think of nothing 'And a. good nlany people, too.' . u1ore that was worthy of mention. 'Ya.-as, l should guess so.' : Now,' said he,' my 1lear, you be,:Pn and t ]i.1any people where you c~me fro1u ' I' tell me all the faults you have observed in 'Wal, soa1e.' 111e s.ince we have been married.' 'Plenty of ladies, I suppose r The young housewifu sat in silence ; her 'Ya-as, a fairsprinklin'.' race flu shed to lbe ten1ples, and a great 'And I don't donbt +,hut you are t'}Ulto a lurnp ca1ue in her throat, which she secn1ed beau o.rr1ong them.' to be -striving hard to swallow. 'Ya-as, I beaus 'ern honw - Lc\V 1ncctin' 'Proceed, wy dear; tell rue nil the faults and singiu' schewl.' you havu ubse1·ve<l in rr10, sparing none!' ' Perhaps the gcntleinnu fro1u the c<Junt1·y ...i\.rising suddenly frurn her seat, the little will take a glass of wine 1' wite burst into tears, and tbrow7ng both 'ThankMee. Don't kcer if I do.' a1·1os about htr husband's neck, cried: opened upon them from both sides of· the bank, and io a Ghol't 1i1ne one half uf' thenl were eitl1er killt-d (Ir wounded. The te· maiu<le'r were seized nnd carried Lack to Cawnpore. Theri! th e n1en were at onct~ murdered, and the wo1nen and children imprisoncU in <l built.l.iu~ which had been the Assembly-roonl. 'Vhat were their suf· ferings in this tcr1ibl e confinement none lived to tell. On th e 15th of ihe followiug month the Nana found thnt IIavelock waa forcing bis way to Cawnpore, and that re· trcnt wa:5 inevitable. Orders were nt once issued to 1Jlay Lhe whole of the prisoners, and fire executioners Wf' ~ ·sent into the building, and there cou1pTc1 cd the terrible tragedy of the massacre of Cawnpore. \Vhe11 the massacre was over, or nearly ovt~r, the tnutilaterl bodies were thrown iuto a \Vell, n. Imtructiou given, a.nd Instruments and 1\fa chines guaranteed. Bowmanville, Juue 18, 1874. sight, that Havelock's force was nerl'ed to incredible endurance. The brutal slaughter of the women and children excited the deadliest rage in our soldiers,auu more than one of the perpetrators of those deeds, who escaped at the time, ha.'3 since been dis..:.ov· AUCTIONEERS For the Township of DMlington. J. & W. J MoMurtry & Co. SIGN Q]j' was going to happen, aud, woman-like, dishut up for six long month·, poring ov.r vined intuitively what it was. But be bad H. T. PIJILLIPS, 'l'rompt attntion giYen to HAMPTON. able terms. sale1:1, &i.:, on l'l!a$on· THE GOLDEI~ LION ' Parsons on Oontracts'-a book so suggeetive· of love clrean1s-' Kent's Commen· :SOWMA.NVILLE. Sept. 25th, 1874. ' taries,' a · Lnw Glos,.ry,' and 'Tomlin's Law Dictionary,' till his nightly dreams presented a ghostly, troublesome p!Jalanx of agents and principals, of persons who W:n1.. Barton, ENNISKILLEN. $:.i.ies promptly attended to on reasonable ter1n1:1. could and who would not lliakc contracts of cestui que tnist nnd non compos tnentis, whi1c quiet little nod ; then relapsed jnto silence, ered and punished. But the Nana himeelf Whatever you do seems right in my eyes; contrived to elude us. He kept the field k.ept her waiting in suspense and nncertain· lake has Leen mntuaL' He had just spoken wlien Cal eh Strong, and now that I know what a good-for·nolh- for so111e time ; but, when the mutiny was ty eo long that no\v, whe~ it was about to come, she determined she wo:ild not help the Governor of the State, entered, and in- ing little wretch . I aw, I shall al once begin repressed, he disappeared, and no snre inthe "'·ork of reforru, untl try to make 1ny. formation of him has been receh·ed fron1 him in the least. At le11gth Jack began ' quired f'o~ Mr. V{hit1nan. 1 Ab, htre I am, Governor. Gla<l to sec self worthy of you.' ·Olio, l'rn having · coniiderable businees that day to this.-1'hc 1'inw. you,, Then tu ruing to tht du.nb:foundcd '~ousense, my d~ar, yOu know sornetimes now.' I go away and leave you without any wood 'Yea,' eaid she, very dernurely, with a company : Tb.e Lost Dinner. ' I 'vish you a very good evening.' ll.obert Young, Societies. a "\gent far the Live Stock Bra.nch of thtBeaver and Toronto ~1i1tual Fire Insura.nce Co. ~ Vetedna.i·y Medicines constantly on hand. Callt1 from the country promptly attended to. Office :-One door east of R. ~Ianing's Fur· niture W a.reroom. Residence oyor S. Burden's store, corner of King and Scugog Streets, Bowmanvillle. mltf ~ointment ' 'eterinary Surgeon to the \Vest Durbatn an<l Darlington Union A.gricultural V FTERINARY SURGEO:<, Graduate ul the Ontario \ 7 eterinnry College. By apM above them all towered Hugh Grotius, convereing in stately Latin fure belli et pctcis, and of the la,vs of nations. Can any one censure Jg,ck for feeling a longing desire for a little human sympathy and human contact 1 He listlessly leaned against a pine tree and looked around him. J uet then two young ladies came into the field of vision. One Jack knew, the other was the one Jack immediately began to admire. She was of medium height, dreBBed simply,-yet tastefully; a white Garibaldi waist-I believe Jack found out aftery;nrd that was the nnme of it, belted in by a broad ribbon, a dark skirt, over "-'hi ch "'ae without another word. Jack fidgeted and thought, ' Why clon't she say something, and keep a fellow on 1' · 'I've gut so now I cau. 11upport myself and-' cut; l stay up town when I ought to IJe at hon1e ; I spend my money fur driuka nnd In lbe town of Newcastle, in England, ~igarB w lien I ought to bring it borne to there \vas a man who 'vent by the name of Materna.I Affection. you; I-.' of Patient Joe. ·He worked in a coal·mine. ' No you don't/ c:tied his wife ; 'you do He was called Patient Joe, because, if' grief Men tnlk nf the silver cord of lricndship nothing of the kind. I like to eee you en- came to hin1, he would say, 'It's all for the 'I'm right glaJ to hear i\,' said Clio. Jack felt somehow ebe was sporting with him, and flashed up. 'You never heard that <lidu't s·1pport myself, did you 1' 'I, no! But !lien--' 'But then 1 Yon know, Clio, that ever since I was fifteen-' -of the silken ties which bind young lov· era together-of the pure affection of bus: baud and wife, us if they were durable as adamant, and as pure as the love of angels. But a hasty wor<l, a thoughtless al.\tion,' or LUMBER. h~-m SuU~cdber respectfully requests all partie · jndebted to him for Lumber, to settle their a~o ...'Unts wit~mtt furthcir del;.i.y: And he hereby info.'l:'JUS ~u1lders 1 and oth~t·si in want of luinber, that 'b~1s ~rcpa1·cd to ·suppl:y: the1n at cash rates for L ·Mh. Henc1;1ful'th he intends to do a en.sh busines.<l'.. looped another striped black and whitc,and out from under which peeped t ·o pretty feet, incased in thick but neat boots j a misconstrued expre.:ision n1.ay break the first ; a slight neglect, some inconsistency, or a trifling favor deniec.l, n1ay sunder the second, and even the last Diny be destroyed, 1 'Never mind, .Mid Clio, 'forit seerns as though I have heard a story comrueucing for the green-eyed n1onster inay find some entrance, and blight the fairest flowers of like that before, Jack.' With that Clio smiled, and Jack's momentary displeasure vanh1hed ; yet there T a ola"8ical head-thollgh Jack confeseed to was left on his mind the undefined impresme, that if the figure head which formed ·ion that, after all, he had been sold. But the frontispiece of liis Iliad, and which was the ice of reserve was broken. 'To be plain, Clio, I came down to tell held up to innocent freshmen as that of tlic blind 'olU n1an eloquent,' is classical, wl1y you that I love you.' J ,0 t· !l, 6 Con. Darlingtou. 1873. THOS. SMl'l'H, ru8tf. LIME! LIME! FOR SA.Ll~ in any quantity, A.pply t o Chu1·ch Street, n early oppu::iitc the Alma. Hotel. How1nau ville, JntHl 19th 1873. tf WILLIAM SPEAK NEW ·-GOODS. My New Goods have '"· Hrmly but that stray liltl· curls had man- when thero came a quiet· Well,' f~m Clio: in death-in childhood's halycon days-in 1 aged to creep out here and there to give ' .And to say' went on Jack, aS though no youth's nntrouUlcd l~our-or in 1nanhood s vigorous prime-the inothl!r di11gs with themselves au airing as the wind fluttered interruption bad occurred, 'that I am in u. around her face i aud it was such a sweet, condition to get married.' cotnely face, withal, thnt Jack most heo.rtij That's a ve1'Y desirable l:!ituatiou for any 1y envied the '\vind-'lnd, crowning all, \Yl.\s young rnan, .:i:. aw sure,' said Clio ; and then Here came a long pause. Jack l~oked at mass of hair, real, brown, livlng hair, twist- ev~iything in the roon1 exce('t Olio: It was During all the vicissitud~s of this changing ed into a grand coil behind, but not so getting exceedingly emharraSBing to Jack wod1l, in sickness or in aorrow--in life or he didn't lldnk hers was-with a great Ibis sweetest earthly paradise. But there is a love which neglect cannot weaken-which injury cannot destroy.and which even jealousy cannot t::xt.inguish. It is the pure, t.he holy, th~ enduring love of a. ULother. It is as gentle as the breeze ~f evening, finn as the oak, and ceases only when life's last gleam goes 0,11 in death, ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. Liverpool London, and Glasgow a tasteful bit of headgear, such ae is worn uo'vMa·daya. F on. 'l'icketa, or inf<.rma.tion, apply to W. A. NEADS, Agent. tf-30 Bowman ville, ;lune 9th, 1871. W. S. BOYLE, M. D. RADU.A.'rE of tht1 of 'l'l'inity G College, To1·onto, and Victoria. College, ? . Cobour¥, Licentiate of the College of Pl1ys1c1 Ut1iversiti~s: NEARLY ALL COME 'ro HA ND I and the assortment will be · fonnd ans,anu. Surgecna, of Ontario. Offico, King Street, oue door west of 1\-f r. Cornfah'a J ewelly Store, Bow1n~nville. \ 7 ER, Y OOJ\IIPLErrE AND I I / Jack stood under the pin" tree and lost his heart But he might jn·t as well have lost it to the will·dMtheMwis.p, a eprite, or P1Jn1e other fea1ful deception for what poriM sibility v·as there of hi· ever getting ac-. ~ quaintetl wiLlilhis suddenly set up divinity, much less of- well Jack hadn'Las yet ex- Auy fellow is a fool to dandle round any actly defined it in bis own ruind. girl for three yours.' And he strode to· But nature is a n1atch-1nakcr. A rather ward the door. His hand "'as upon i.t. 1 I broad statement, do you say, gentle reader 1 1uight have knowu you Wouldn't have n1arDoP.S not the old couplet, ried me.' 1 the same un weakened affectior.i to her child. It is the same amid the snows and Jrosts of Siberia1 the te1nperate regions of our own fair land, and among tbe arid sands of she laughed that same low, rippling lallgh he loved so. Poor fellow ! why couldn't Africa. 'The anxious cares and ten<l~r attentiona, he have interpreted the love lor J1im which Beauty aud sty le are not the surest pass. and oft-repeated wotds of a n1other 1s love, rounded and mellowed that laugh 1 But ports to respectability-sorue of the noblest no i he grew desperate, and, . . with the ar~ not without their happy influence upon speciu1ens of womanhood that the. world has the hves and characters of their sons. The thought that she wns sporting 'Vith liim, stern rebuke of a justly offended !ut11er ever seen have presented the plainest and just a little angry. most unprepossessing appearance. A v.·uM 'I might have known how it would eud. may check, for a season, the rising and struggling paROions of youth, but the sacred n1an 's worth i.s to be estimated by the reul joy yourself ; I should be unhappy were best; \hose who love God shall find that all you to do otherwise than just exactly as yon things work together for good.' do ·!' ~ I! thing~ went well "itb him, Joe would 'God bleBB you, little wife !' cried the praise God; and if things went ill with now thoroughly subjugated husband ; ·from him, he would praise God sti!l, and ·ay, this moment you have not a fault in the 'God knows best wh·t is for my good. We world ! Indeed you never bad a fault ; I must not judge of things by this life alone ; was but juking- jon't rem'e mber a word I there's a life to come after this; and things eaid !' and he kissed away the teal8 that still that may not seem goo'l for us here may be good for us there.' trembled in the little woman's eyes. In the coal-pit wliereJoe worked, some of Never again did the husband scrutinize the tin w&.re nor examine the.diah rag-never the men would jeer and laugh at him when There was so much· us mention one of the faults be hutl he snid, 'It's nll tor the best.' enull:!erllted; but Soun after the neishbor a man by the name of Tilll, who would miss no chance to l11ugh at Joe. women vrere won' t to sny : One day as Tim and Joe were getting 'It is wonderful how neat ~frs.--keeps everythilJg about her house. Her tinware ready to go down into the deep pit, Joe, is al ways ns bright as a new dollar, and I who had brought his dinner of bscon and do believe she not only washes, but irons brea.J. with him, laill it on the ground for a Before be conld take it up, a her dish·rags !' And lhe neighbor men moment. were heard to say : ·What a steady fellow hungry dog seized it, and ran off. ' I-Ia, ha l' cried Tin1 ; 'that's all for the !>!--bas got to be of late ; he don't spend a dime where he used to spend dollars, and best, is it, n1an 1 Now stick to thy creed can never be kept from home half an hour and sn.y,' Yes.' 1 when he is not at '\Vork. He seem~ to wor· ' \Vell, I do eay, 'YeEi/ · said Joe; 'but u.s I must eat, it is my duty to tr_y tu get ship th·t wife of his.' back my dinner. If I get it back, it will he all for the best ; and if I don't get ii A True Lady. back, why, it will be all for the best just the same. God ia so great, that he can rule ,.. lessons learnt fron1 a mother's lips are engraved ou the heart, and retain their power through life i in virtue's pa.tbs, ,and ev~n in the career of vice, tb~y are conti11ually reM currlng to our n1ind, and brinK with them, To Masters of L. 0. L There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Roui&:h-hew them as \Ve will. ' 'But, Jack'-he turried-' you haven't asked me to.' as farther incitements to goo<j, all the hal· lowed scenes of childhood and innocence, B LAXK CJm'fU'ICAES, - Applications &c., &c ., ean be procured at thi1:1 office, at :e:;.ular rates. Bo'Wlnanvillc-, Jl,!lY 7th. 1873. PRICES MODERATE Th8 Public '"'e :lolicited to call and see for tlir1n,elves. Hampton. i'iept. 18th 1872 MARRIAGE LICENSES fa5u(ld by apply to match-making as much ae to any other course of life 1 And do you want any better authority! Just then it began to rain. Jack had his !rientl's umbrella. It would not <lo tn let ed the un1biella, stalkecl over to whe1e she W . R . C T, IM I t;heSt-atcs11i.a1~ }~. Office :Bowmanville Bowmanville Nov. 1rb H. ELLIOTT JUN Gp j take offense. "'\.fter tli.e fh:5t. hnppy rnoments had pat-sed, hairs with eorro\V to tl1e grnvc. plltnents are us hollow a.:i they nre insinc~r~ . nrHl the ecstacits of the acknowll.:dg-ed mu'toad, and held it over her. He did it in tual love had eff~rvesced -that word see111~ such nn honest, earnest way, she conlcl not to expre:ss the idea about as well as anyThe obligatiou of a eecret vow is n0 le.ss A religion withont rnystt!ry 1nust be one 'Haven't a.'ked you to 1' Jack caught the Hurd is the heart lh·t will not melt at the look in her eyes. The next n1oment she was recollection of n. n1other 1s prnycrs ; and in his atms, and her artus around his neck more obdurate still the he.art of him who, --and-'\\'cll, the fact is 1 Jack never did usk by a course of vice can willingly wring her 1 the 11uestion. soul with anguish, anti bring down her gray her get wet--sc without a word Jack open- the smallest things as well as the largest.' . So Joe ran alter the clog; · and Tim, with a ls.ugh anU au oath, 'vent down into the coal-pit. Joe ran a long way, but could not catch the dog. At lust, Joe gave up the chase, and came back to the mine, thinking goodness of her ~eart, the g1eatness of her to himself that the men would all have o. soul, antl tl1e pnrity and sweetness of' her good laugh at him. character ; and a woman with a kindly disM But he found them all pale with alarm position and well-balanced temper is both and awe. 'Wha.t a narrow escape you Lave lol'ely and attractive, be her face ever so had, Joe !' said one of Lhem. ' The pil has plain, and her figure ever i:o home1y ; she U that caved in, and poor Tim is killed. makes the best of wives, and the truest of dog had not run off witb. ycur dinner, you mothers. She has a higher purpose in livwould have gone down with Tim into !be ing than tbe beautiful yet vam and euperpit and been killed too.' cilioue woman who J1as no higher ambition Joe took off his hat ; a11d while his breast than to flaunt her finery on the street, or to heaved, and bis cheek; ~rew pale, and the gratify her inordinate vanity by extracting tears cA.rne to his (· ye~ lookPd 11p (o heailo..ttery and prah1e fa·on1 society who:'3e cvtnM ven, \Jut said not a WOl'f, She looked up into bis face Jnck begun ; j A gooJ consdence i~ not only tl~e testi- without God. tlian if it had ten thousand witnesses. mony of a 8ootl life, Lui lhe rewRrd of it,