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·' ~ . ,, I .. ' THE MERCHANT. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. Circulates largely in the Townships of Darlington Clarke and Cartwright. It is a. common platform, open to the free dis~asion of all questions in '\·hich the general pubhc are concerned. TERMS. WEST DURHAM Steam Job E'rintingOffioe Krna STREET, BowMA)!YTLLE. Seventy-five cents per annum 1 in Ad vance- The 'Merchant' and Obser· ver,' $2°00. RATES OF ADV &RTI SING. One column Bli>lf do. · 45 per annum. 25 :: ADVERTISER. VOLUME YI. BOWMANVIL1E, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1875, NUMBER POSTERS , PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, HILL HEADS CHEQUES , NOT.l!: S, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, 'l'IOKETS, &c., &c., &c. Quarter do. · · J5 Transient adYertisements,l.i cts per line firr' ht. l!lertion, anc.l 2c. per line 1 ea.ch Bubsequtint ..,_ XVII EXECUTED lN FIRST CLASS STYLE GRAND TRUNK AI LWAYI Trains will leave Bowmanville Station, Bowmanville time, as fo1 lows : GOING WEST, . GOING EAST-. OOMEand SEE · HILL'S LucaJ. ....... 7:22, a.IQ.. MLxed ..... .2:30 p.m. I Local. ......7:55 P .ro. Express .. , .9;00 p. m. I Express ...·. U.00 p.m. *This train runs every morning of week, Mondays excepted. 'The following trains now stop at Saxony for pnssengers : Loca.l going w.est, due at .. ........ 7:30 a. Dl Mixed goiog east, due at ....... .. 3:40 p. m Mixed goiog west, due nt .. ...... . 2:55 p. m Local going east, due at . .. .. ... 7 :45 p. m Montreal time. Express· .... , 927a.m.: Mixed ....... 4:05 p.m. I Express, ., ... . 8:20 a..m. .NEW Fall a Winter Dry_ Goods - '--:0:--- A LARGE LOT OF LADIES' a,nd. GEN'rS' Ft1ItS Bowma11v1Jle. Nov. 1st, 1873. VERY · CHEAP Drs. Reid·& Boyle. SURGERY---.SILVER S'l'. "1" Night calls a.nf;w~ ])r. Boyle's old Surgery, or n.t Dr. Reid'e residence. 16-tf. Bowmanville, .Jan. 14th, 1875__. . Prof. J. 'Ruse, of Baxter University of ltrfusic GRA.DUATE lfriendAh1p, Ntnv York. Teacher Qf. PiaDo and Organ, cultivation o Voice, Sin~ing, -Thorough Bass, IIarmony, Composition, &c. Darlington, July 16th, 1874. 41-ly B. PB.ATE, TAILOR. Gentlemen's & J:loy's Garments MADE IN THE - l'\EWEST STYLES. Bov.·manville, July, 27, 1869. R R LOSCOMBE, . BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANOERY, l:c OFFIOE -Over McClung's Store. same flat 11,,a .J. M. 'Brimacon1b's Dental Rooms. Bo1'-'1Danville, Oct. 27th, 1868. ly MARRIAGE ISSUED lJl LICENSES s ROBERT ARMOUR ~~~~~~~~~~-~-- MARRIAGE LICENSES. R. JOHN H. EYNON, Lot 7, 6th Con:. M Darlington, (near SJhurch) duly authorized to 1$SUe Marnage L1cen:iea. Bet~esda Da.tlin~ton, No\·. 19, 1874, 1B m8-tf. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISl'\UED BY JOHN J; 'NIL LIAMS Cherrywood ·- H. w. l'ost· office Pickering Ont NEW GOODS! --o-- vVILSON, BOWMANVILLE, General Agent for PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODIANS and SFlWING MAO HINES Stoclt Fally Assorted.· -:o:---AT Raymond Sewing :Machine A SPECIALITY. Instruction given, an<l Instruments and !\'Ia. chmes guaranteed. Bow1nauville ··Tuno 181 1874. GOODS AT RIGfJT PRICES! J. & W .. J McMurtry & Co. SIGN OF '11HE GOLDEN LION Sept. AUCTIONEERS Po» the Township of Da1'lin, c;ton. H. T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON. Proiilpt attention given to aales, &c, on reason~ 25th, 1874. BOWXA.NVILLB. ' nl1lo terms. ' Wm.. Barton, E~.,.NlSKILLEl'r"". s1~les tiromptly a.ttended to o;n. rep.sona.ble terms. Robert Young, FTERINARY,SURGEON, Graduate of the Unta.>;iO Veterinary College. By appointment Veterinary Surgeon to the West Durha1u and Darlington Union AgriculturDil Societies. ~ Agent for the Live Stock Branch of the Bea.ver and Toronto l\iutual Fire Insurance V Co. Veteriui:i.ry :Medicines constantly on hand. · Calls from 'the country promptly attended to. Office :-One door east of R. · M.nning's Furniture \V a.1·croom. Residence over S. 13urden's store, cornel' of King and Scugog Streets, Bowmiinvillle. mltf LUMBER. HE Subscriber respectfully reciuests Ml par· ties indebted to him for Lumber, to settle their acClounts without- further delay. .And he hereby informs builders 1 and others in want of lumber, tha.t he i~ {:reparerl to supply them at cash rates for Cash . Henceforth he intends to do a cash business. 'l'HOS. SM~TH, ;Lot 19, 6 Con. Dt<rlington. mStf. 1873. T LI1vIE I LtME! Apply to FOR SALE in anyduant1ty, YvILLIAM :;.PEAR. Church Street, nearly o:pposite the Alml~ HoteL Bo\vmo.nville. ,Tune 19th 1873. tf NEW GOO·D S. My New Goods hM·e ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. Live»pool London, and Glasgow apply to FOJl Tickets, or jnf(.rmation..;. WI A. N.l!lADS, Agent. Bvwinauvi11e, .Tune 9th, '1871. tf-30 NEARLY ALL COM}~ 1,0 HA. ND and the assc· _,nent will be found To Ma.sters of I.. 0. I. CERTIFIOAES, Application· BLANK &c., &c., can be procured at t his office, at regular rates. Bo"°·ma.nville, July 7th, 1873. VERY AND · Fancy Goods,Berlin Wools,&c. Hrs. Mason, PRICES MODERATE The Public are 8olicited to call and see for themselves. Bega: to info1·m the public, that she has just ro. ce1ved a splendid new assortment of JJ.,ancy Goods, Berlin Wools, etc, which she will sell ~t as lo"'· price as thoy cn.n be bought for elsewhere. STAMPING done on SBORTEfiT NOTICE Uct. Stb,1874. 2-31nos. HAMPTON, Hampton . Sept. 18th 1872 H. ELLIOTT JUN Lp 'No, 1 &igbed Bessie 'Papa is dul l. Ile confoundedly. Eut Mayor Mo1etrap escnp- der ho\v any one in his senses can ride in·. The Dancer and Duke. cares for nothing but bis newspapera. Ah, ed al1nobt entirely by running into the houae side, this delightful ·weath~r !' ~1auy hunM.r. BoLley, yon e!n't think ho'v lonely I as soon a~ he percei\·ed the ignominious. "red n1iles have I ~ravelled by stage·coacb A cori·espondent wti ting ol the once f<\1:he Beautiful Snow. feel sob1et11nes !' dts~ussion going to such extre1ne lengths iD and mail; nor should I be ve1y unwilling to mons danse ui::io, F .tn ny Elsf1ler, :Mys :-'F,to· The words, tbe tone went to n1y· ve1y front of it. Bessie ·went in advanc(>,SObbing set Ollt on a fresh journey to morrO\V. rrhe ney's bea uty and fascination wcr..:: very dis... The b{'nutitul snow, the beautiful snow, soul. Any other man 1'-·ould have had au auU crying distractedly. souua of the horn, aud the changing of h onestly cmployP.cl to win th e heart nnd Over it.a botiom we -merrily go, Now ~ta.rs in the heaven are shining bright. answer ready, someLhing insinualtng, deliThe cli max was as usual: the police up- horse.a, and the Lowns and ,,illages you pass confid ence ot Napoleon L's only legillnhl te And moonbeam!! smile in the glittering light. cioua, apt ; but, confound it, I could do no- pea.red, the German baod had fled, and I through, and the lahorers on the rand, ,vho child, the young Duke de R eichsla<lt. The The earth in her own virgin garb is drest; tbiog but call up a feeble simper and rub was picked up from the pavement, shaken are sure to loave off work, and lean idly on. Duke, delicate in l1c,dth tro1n his bjrth, had And petJ.rl.s from h,.avon are strewn on her my nose with my hat. (on the prmctpal of physic), and then taken their sp1des and pick-axes ns you go by ; never seen1ed ca pable of feeling the least breast. 'Do you go ~bout much 1' she conti~ued. to the station honse. Next day I w~s fined and tbe guard, Jlinging down his letter bags interest in life. He was blaze cougen1tal1y; Awa.y, away over the snow ·we fly · Very little indeed, Miss Bessie.' ,and discharged.. Ivfy soul boiled for re- as he passes, at the country-inn,or the lodge nothing could rouse hin1 fro1:n a profouuJ Like a sportive cloud through the de ep blue True but henceforward I should go veoge. flaid in wait near the Moletrap by the park gate ; the dogs that run alter indifference nnd ineluncholy that pcrnJc n.t· aky, about a great dea.l. I should haunt that man sion, and encountereU it servant going the cpnch barking, and the locking and un· ed his whole bei ng. Ile di8t1ustetl everyA\\'3.Y o'er the hills and the abrowdcd lake9, My heart told me that ot for beer. Him I brtbcd, and in h is charge locking of the wheels, afford a constant body ; \Vas unwilling to go into society ; Where tho snow clOnds dance lVh~n the tempest oeighborbood. last I had found its mate. I placed a note fur Bessie. It 'vas a com- variety to the passenger, so thut it is n very was uever so tlieconcertcd ns "·hen wal klng 'va.kes. No spot on earth's bosom. nothing like ca1e 1 t.; It was a glorious eveo1ng-dream1Jp_ oetic, n1and to fly v.rith ine,or give n1e up forever. agreeuble thing to travel by the stage-coach alone in the gardens ot Schonb1un11, a subBut boundless puri ty eve1ywhero. intoxicating. I believe I ren1aiued on tboae In half an hour tho answer came; the dear or by the(lnail. urb of the A118tri tll capital. It was Almost every one must have seen the thought th at lf hJS a:ffections conJd be enBut the snow will w~ep whan the breeze of doorsteps ti ll a neighboring steeple woke girl would risk all and put ber happiness io epring up, yawned, aod deeply tolled out eleven. my hand a. mail set off. listed his ruind wou1t.!. asE1ert iteclf. A nun1The odors lJf fa.r distr.nt lt1.nds tiba.11 bring, I departed, taking my way on air. That night we 1net at the corner of th~ The horses start, and the Yl;heela turn round, ber of the fairest yonng \\'Oine-n s.Uon t the 'Twill '!ta.rt a.t tb1;1 l!!ummons, and 11oon t1.ppear-j"" The drama had. begun. I found 111yself street, got into a cab, and drove to the sta;:.And hasten away from the vic\v; Court "'ere pre8euteU lo him, ::tnd they JaOn the bowm it loved A frozen tear, in Barley Street. No. 99, three evenings of tion. And 'tia \velltQ.refl.ect, wh i~thoy rapidly run, bored vainly to u1nkc nn impressi on. Tl1eir Like the waniDg light of some holy drea.m, ('£o be continueJ.J 'l'h1tt our lives run rapidly too. charn1s1 th eir blaud1sluueuta1 their fl.aU ery, That fades when the tnorning'e fi~t l'lmlle is the week. You remember, I suppose, that Bessie hnd repeatedly expres~ed a fondness 'Tis a pleasant thing, also, 'vben time is their con \' ersatiou , lhP1r passion, real or seen. On Travelling. nn object with you, to go a journey by the feigned, n1oved hirn not a jot. I-Io turn ed And thus like the snow will each beauty fa.de, for music 1 What hnd I done 1 Why-ah, railroad. When yon are once set go1ngi ~rom the~ in \vearine&s,autl begged Lo le ex· And the lustre und we-.lth and power have ha! upon my honor, I had privately engaged n band ! Tn>e as I live; and I'll tell BY OLD HUMPHREY. you!eel that .you are travelling io right cuaed. Some sagaciou.';! iunctionury suggested tnade, Tbe young and the old, the ea.go tnd the e:trong. you abou~ it. earnest. A\vay goes the stean1-engine, o.1-: that tl1e ballot queen should be introduced 'Vith time, irrestl'ltible borne along. I latd io wait for, and attacked with peOb, 'tis a pleasant thing to travel! I was most flying aloog the iron pathway, leav.ing to the forlorn yout h in the gui"~ ot a peas· And our love, and our joV!I, our hopes and fear&, euniary offer., the gigantic lender of the always fond ol it, from my very hoy hood ; a Ion.; line of smoke, eight or ten feet from ant, in the hope th at she, so accustoiued to )-lust paM like the snow from the earth in tears. German band to which I have already re· from the time when I used to trudge &wi'ce the grouod ; and away go the oteam-car- oonquest, might conquer even hiln . 'fhe ferred. With ·trictly diplomatic views, l a year to see my uocle and aunt, who lived carriages after it, filled with company. One proposal having b~cn made to her, she confirst moisteued his benevolent impulses with at a farm-houae, full six·and twenty miles talks of the- useful discovery.of steam ; an- aentecl, in consideration oL 20J 000 flor:i ns, several piuls of beer, lid ministered in rapid from our habitation. other wonders what will be invented next: it is aaicl, tp undertake the delicate n1i~~.do11. succession. Seeiog the fourth pursue its And now I find travelling an excelleot and a third doubts, after all, whether the A sterling artist off a:> well as on the stage, A TALE OF A TRUMPETER. path dowo his throat a little more slowly relaxation from sedentary labor, an encour- affeirs of men ab.olutely require them to the details were l ef t to her, and wisely l ett 1 than its predece8Sors, I paused at that point, ager of cheerfuloess, and, I hope, a means, hurry on so fast through the world. Still, as the ae q~el proved. Know ing the hour Beaei.e and I courted by the mu!!ic of one and broached the question. of usefulness, aa well as an incentive to on you go1 and before you cnn believe it, of the day when it \YUe l1is habit Lo Le on ' of the first German bands that ever played 'W guld my friend, for a coneideration in praise and bless Him from whom every you are al your journey's end. . When you the gronnds ~f Schon 1Jrunn, she managed in Londoo. At th·t time they \lSed to advance, appear three evenings o! every mercy flows. are in a ve1y great hurry, the railroad is a to be there likewise, ns if by acr.id ent. come around about dusk and ~renade the 'week before the door of No. 09, Barley 'Tis a pleaeaot thing, when you have capital mode of conve~ancn. Yery car~folly and daintily at tired as a public-houses. This wae, ae of course you Street, and play five or aix CJf his choicest peasan t girl, set off with c' ery cL:11rr1 Fh o ealth, and strength, and good spirits, to Thus through life's stage we hurry on 1 know, on their psnt a deep stroke of policy; selectione; f1·om an opera. 7' could ccnunand, she looked bewitching, a11<l travel on foot i you can stop \Vben )'OU like And o~r journey soo...n i§J o'er; they took the price of their melodiou! disThe answer 'vas rather round-about, not d tu d d I k b And this beauteoUR earth, tha.t gave us birth, thoroughly n nderstoocl how to f!JHtct thQ an rn roun nn oo - at t e proi:ipect. Behold'g our face no more. course mo!!!tly in liq'uor, and eo were pretty to say foggy ; hog, as well as I couhl ~ath· You cau call at n cottage, and talk to Lhe part of a charming inqc1Htc. The youth well furnished with breath for the reet of er, he would. .Money down, another pint, old ""Oman there, as ehe goes on \vi th her 'Tis a pleasant thing tbing to travel by could not help but uolice her, for slie asthe eveniog to be passed round Ruesell llUunt both in opposite <ltrections. knitting i or loiter in the green 1ane,pulling pleasure . . boat along- the river, when you sumed to be busy t r.n~J111~ the flowers ns to Square way. And here we encountered For se veral Proa;iptly to the time, the harn1onious down a biier, and plucking the delicioua ha,·e p1..:nty oi ~ime on your hands. Oh be u1u1.wo.re ot 111~ p1 csence them and each other through the accident cut-throats appeared. Through those terri blackberri es. You can staod and breathe bow delightfully do you glide through the days he ~nti;:iti e <l. hl mseli \Ylth a.dn11ring her, . B aIf 1:, W a1· Lbe fresh &.ir, ns it conies over the blossom- clear running streani I I h1ve Railed as but ut lnst a Clll'l0$ll)' h e bad ll(' \.'('r f~IL beof simultaneously observing their peculari- bl e trumpets they bl ew, V er d 1, · · .a 'feyer b eer, & c. 1 t l JI I h ad no ed bean-field, 01· gaze at the lau1bs at play much As n hundred ruiles together down the fore prou1 ptfld ldrn to acco:;i.t lie1. ties ; which, with the preliminary state- ! ecc, R oas1n1, She ment that neithe11 Bessie nor I li'Ved ic Rus- more of the aensc of hearing left than lf I in the koolly pasture. You can creep into \Yioding Wye, fairest and most ronlantic oi blush ed , .\\hen she H~plicd, and every rvord ·ell Square, brings me to !he point. bad been let out of the deaf and dnmb the cop.5'e, and gather nut:s from the 11azel~ Br1t1sh rivera ; sometimes gazing on th e- itbe spoke appeared to bun hko a revelation. Bessie was standing io the crowd listen- asylum f or a wal k . B ut the \vay Be.ssie en- trees, bunch ea of ljg:bt brown shellers ; or a pebbled shallows, and sometime~ on the In short.) l~e ft:ll in love with ...)Jer, and ehe · · wa,s wort Il anyt b'tng 1n · t h e warI<l posy of' the violets, the consHpa or the dark tleep watera. It was pleasant to dart pretended to retu1n that love; ne\'1' iutiming to the executioo of 'M'Appari'- mur- JOJed 1t 1 dered outright, and without any form of to see. She sat close to me, · whis11e1ing d . d ff0 d l All tl b down the rap,iua,pleaaant to glance atChep- at111 g t~at ~he \V~ts not jgnorant ol his au crng a 's. iese t mga can stow and Goo<lrich Castles, and Wiodcltff Ja,v- and I was abont two feet from her, words of rapture, and drinking ln every_ do, nnd a hundred other' ; and as you hjrth an ~ position . D uy alter clay they you go .· T' t 'bb d . 11 1 . Iite d . ob!!ervjng the person condemned to inflate note, d eIig . l th ey extendeJ on, an d your boson1 b eat ~ with happiness anu . 10 ern ..."l.. ey · ' an . p easuntcr st1 ' 1nct in the ga1dt>DS j thCJ the largest of the trumpets. He carred bis You may be sure it 'vas not many even- you can Bing of the Divine Eo:OOdncss r looking up at the $llO\V-wh1tc,sun-lit cloucis, their excursions, on toot and in carriage, hundred \Yeight of ignnn1y nnd torture over ings before we reached a pretty good under- mercy with a cheerful heart. as they gh,le\l through the clear blue oky, un til a ne\V spint and a. ne-w life beca111e his left ehouldtr, and wronght at it with a standing. his. He lllade her his conjulante ; be told There is a. syn1patliy between 'Tis~ p1easo.ut thing to travel on horse· to sing with the heart a..s "'ell as the lip, 1 patience and vigor thoroughly alarming. heart-string8 and fiddle. strings, it is grant-· back, when you can ·walk leisurely, 1lrot her qf h;s Littell'. past, Lhe despouJe.ncy ; of With a.U thy mercie$, 0 my God, · ] nd e t h e ta8t canter plensantly, or aallop rapidly, as ~Ly rising soul surveys. ~ Hi:J eyes were of a fri-ght!ul g!een,' and hie ed ,. ; wh y. sIiou ld we not a Iao inc the hope and j oy Hhe h.itl been the tirst to 1 Transported with the vie\\·, I'm lost I blasts of 1t. trumpet 1 It is a wonder Bes· jt may sutt your purpose I"! I was always cheeks disteaded to their utmost limit. awaken in hts natu re ; that she was the one In wondcr,lo'\ie, and praise' saw the perspiration pouring down his eie never inspected me of this conspiracy foud ot ridin g,fro111 the time whi:n the don .. hun1an bein g1 in all tho world, he love<l or 'Tis a pleasant th ing to travel by steam- cared for, . Th eirs \\as an idyllic Ufe, w-hile bronzed face aud marked the heaving of his '\\·tth the German band, for they en.rue as k ey that my fath er bou ·, ht 1ne used to · severely taxed lung~; and, full of s y1npatby, regularly and promptly ao if they were throw me over his head two or three t ime· boat, \Vhen the sun shines, and the river is it lasted .. He \Yas. known to bor only as broad, aod the music playe, and the pa88en- Louis, she tu him only as M.i'ltHl. Very I draw near. ' n'iusical machines-orch estra of fles h ond a da·....t; bu t th e do11key was 1ov... , the green J gera \v1~nr smiles on their faces. I have soon they ·;ver e nliuor:t 1nsep:11ab1e. E\·ery .. ' uJ. ' ' 'Oh, sir, I said Bossie, clasping he1 hands blood. But the chiet, as I have indicated, turf wus soft,nnd I foll gently, so t!iat it did travelled by steamboat, stood by the steera- thing 'vas 011J.de to i:ivor t hei1 b eing alone ; rapturously, nod rolliog upwai:d her great wa.s a. dry card (excapt in one sense), and not hurt nie. mac, as be turned round his wheel to guide.._ hig h expectations. havi ng been 1or1ncd that blue eyes. "!,his rern1nds me so much . of blew away with a stolid unconsciousness of · Oh, 'tis a fine thiag to he n1ounted on h 1 and leaned over the bulwarks, t e vesse, tbe mu ch clestred cba11ge had loee-n ~ought. M. Jullien. Don't it you 1' n1e that wa&marvelous. · the back of a b1 ir!ht chestnut, or coal-black ·· musing qn the paddle-wheels \earing their That he love<l ·l eeply, and devoledly, as ~ow, the truth is, it diu 1.10!. · I could So it went on. I began to ihink this horse, when he grows warm, aod gets full b h way t roug the waters. The band has man can love once, and only once, tllcre is detect nothing of M. J ullien about it. On course of true love would defy the proverb, of life, with the white foam fa\liaa, from h " played the while, and the uge vessel has no re n.~o n to don Ut. In the niitlst uf this th~ o contJary, I beard this matruruental and run atnoothly, when trouble fell on us his mouth aaainst his broad cheat! when d h ~ followe t .e helm as obedieotly os a child. beautiful dream oi huppiUl'SS, the nnke, bea.gony, abd experieuced only torture $.DJ. like a thunder-clap. you feel as if vou were !most a part of ,} " Sometimes, too, I have met \Vitb a fellow ing one day int.he city, 1elt iuclinetl to vi sit ril&°dness~ H11t here was o. pretty st1n~i::er One...patticularly warm evening in June, hin1, so firn1ly seated in the saddle, and so passenger, \\ ho has rue.de ·a serious remark, tht: theatre, hav jng heard, even ln .his solwho ,took it qll in aod l1 ad the utmost faith Major Moletrap, who had seldom shown capable of controlling Mm ! Many a pleaan acknowledgnient of G6d's goodness, and itude, of the wondcrfnl daucet. Thnt even. in it, ana would cbmsh it perbap·, for bimself previously, sudde~ly appeared at sant ride have I taken, and many a journey we have talked together of holy thiogs, and ing he ~mt listless in the box, h ardly heedmany dayl'I to corue, and bave her life the door at the most thrilling passage in have I gone on horseback. It is eaid th·t of the way of salvation through the Saviour ing the perlvrn1a.nce, .i:;t;a,rccly l1oticing tb c brightened Ly it. Would it have been leas 'T.rovatore,' and tapped me on the shoulder. ' the merciful man is merciful to his beast/ of sinners~ ballot, until a. li the ·ugule oi Urigh tnes.s and than brutal, not to say fiendish, in me, to My head droppe<l somewhere intQ the depths anrl I nm snre we ought to be very kind to ~Tis pleasant in our piJgrimage, beauty bouoded upon tho scene. He "'.OS have destroyed her happy illusion ·r of my bosom like a lump of iron on a string 80 useful an animal as the horse. In fair or stormy '\\'Emther, all eyes an d animaLi oc at once. Ile bad and my forehead felt as if some one were y h tl lk h th · I Cousequently I bowed, smiled llatly., and To meet a. tra.veller Zion-bound, . . es.1 w e ier we wa 1 or w e er we nc e, never imagined so n1u1ve::llons a likeness to · And journey on together. trying to look eentin1ental and sincere, an .. wt:11pp1ng a cold towel around it, We went / Let us act a kindly part; 'Tia a pleo.snnt thing to travel over - the l\faria. Could h e be ruistakt.:n 1 He lcv ewered, 'Jullicn'e music comes back to me, into the' parlor; and the 1\iajor turned up .And wherever \\'ego, a.nd whate'er may betidr:, rr he elled his lorgnette again and agajn, the gas . wit~ ferocious twist. He then EncourAge a. kindly heart. and ringa in zny ear !' 1nighty ocean in a ship, 'vh~n the broad vision of the lover could not Ce deceived· motidned me to (\_scat, into which I did not 'Tis a pleasant thmg to travel by ·gig; sails are filled with a favorable wind, and Then we 11truck up a different conversn.The truth, and t he whole truth soon fla shtiou. The murderers ot Flowtow blew away sit but seemed to .dissolve like melting but· for you are so much a.t your ease, and have the sky seem to lose themselves in each ed upon bhn. His l\faue nnd everybody's ter. He faced me. so ltttle to do, that you may journey for When the billows of the great deep other. with ought and roam, nearly hfting off the 1 Young man' said he' is it not at your ·without 'venriness. It is t~ue that you sparkle with beautiful colors, when the dol· Fanny were one and the ea.rue. 'l'he glass roof of my head ; but I heeded them not. feJl from hiB h a~d ; t he poor boy turned Bessie·s little silvery tone tinkled into my iostigation that I am tortured with this shoul<l always keep the rerne well in band, phin plays, the flying-fish leaps from the' deadly pale, and would have swooned rn racket a.t n1y door every other night 1' in ca.se of a trip, and be relldy in every o.c· water into the air, and th'e sea-gull hovers ear, and [ wao indifferent to alt else . 1 Well-ahem-yes-yes, !!ir !' culcnt that rnight take place, to act with over the foam-fringed waves. I have sailed li is seat b1Jd he not been ca1 lied hon1e (al~ She finally- when the harmoa'iocs cu\. 'So I thought. Next, aren't you making presence of mind; but the very watcbful- on the billowy- ocean in a gentle breeze,and rnost inse.nsible,) froa1 the th cutre. The thro·t. llnd finished their lnbonro in that t-0 my daughter 1' ness required, rather adds to than takes in a storm I have mounted up as 1! goiog to next 1no1.ning the. .story \Yas all over love neighborhood-started o~ her way ; ana as ~ r worehip her!' away from the pleasure you enjoy ; you the beavene, and plunged downwards as if \·1enna. 'Loni.a' ne\er sa"' 'Marie' rrJore. it was also my way, we pJrsued it to1Do you expect to nlarry her 1' 'vould grow \Veary 'vitliout it. In travel· deaceoding to the bottom of the sea. Yet The htLlc .b.o.pe and faith he haJ she l1ad gether. aroused ~after .that cruel trick h e fell once 'I certaioly hope to do oo. · ling by gig, you can snatch a glance now still the rudder has guided the ship, aod 1 V le talked about mu~ic, of cour~e, ' and The Major rose. and then at the country rouod you; you still the eailo n·vc enabled her to keep her more into himself, never to h.ope again. charmiugly, because it was a subject upon 'Take your hat,' said he, very quietly. can ad narc your horse as he arches his course. God has gi\·en wonderful powe1·, He did n ot live very l oug. The night he \'V"hich \Ve were perfectly j~norant,and so we died she was dancing in a c10\.\tlctl aud ap, Never call here agaiu ; hold no communi· neck, points bi e ears backwards and for. to lnan, enabling him to say to the\ boundcould not be, i:t the direct sense, criticn.l. Sile had forgotten all ing waves, 'Bear me safely on your back ;' plauding theatre. We praised everything and everybody with cation with my daughter. Good evening.' 'vards, and lifta np his f~et as regularly as clockwork; you can indulge a cheerfttl or a a'ld to the blustering wiods,' Waft me for- about hilll, but she still remeUlbeied tho We marched to the door, and I, choking a slncerity that ·was . truly sublime ;, n.nd sober train of thought, and you can occa- wa.rd on n1y course.' Trtily, 'the Lord is 20, 000 ilorins.' continuing thus, we arrived at those simul- "·i th grief, attempted to tell all to BeRSie. sionally fling a tract into the road. Many a grcnt God, nod a gre~t King above all t11neous conclu.sxone : that wo were highly The mojor strode past me, went down the Th~ Deaco~ for Me an agreea~le journey have I made with a In hJs band are the <leep places of the earth; steps, ·nd approached the German who car· appreciative and capablo and Beesie'e door! horse and gig ;the strengt~ of the ills is his also: The sea 'Pupa,'· said one of bni boys to the <lea.eon, Here ut this latter , we ea countered Major rieu the largest of the trumpets. This alf. s bi.s, and he ma<l.e it; and his ha-nds form· 'I bad o. funny d1cn1n last night.' When the summt:r has e:1ni1ed, and the ·winter 1\:foletrap, who eyed me from under his able giant irnrrJediately lowered his instru· ed the dry land. Oh, come, let us worship, frown'd, 'Well, TomnJ y, what \',."ll S your fnnny bushy brows, I thougllt suspioiouely ; but meat and ·milcd plea.antly. _.\.t the spiing of the year and the fall, and bow down ; let us kneel before the Lord drea.n1 r· he shook my hand, and said be wa· glad to 'Yon would request something to be play- When the hea\·ens and tho earth ha\b been oUr ~faker, 1 Paa. xcv. 3-6. 'I dreamed the devil can1C' i11to youT So began my fireb adventure in ecl 1 ' h~ asked in a.n accotnmodating tone see me. bcnutiful, stoie.' '\Vberc oc<!e,n rolls his mighty fttod, God has been seen in all. And love. . , The 1'fajor without a moment's warning, 'The devil!' \Vherc billowa rise a.nd fall, Whcn I 1Vent away, Bessie in sisted that snatched the imn1cnse trumpet 011t of his 'Tis a pleasant thing to travel by postWiedQm nnd power are infinite, 'Yee Pa, the devil i tl1at he fouud you I should call again. Little iooocent ! she hand, and flung it into the street. chaise ; the rattling ot the 'vhee]s over .the And God is all in all. drawing a g}af!;sof g111 for poor Ambo J a nu1, never thought of the improp~iety of thi s io 'B e off now ! · be said. II you come stones, the Jtngling ol th e windows, the Ah, well ! wbetn"er we travel high or tow \Vbo h as fiLe, ar1d who Llroke a little Luby'.~ connection with a etranger encountered by about here annoying me nga1n, I intend to clatterrng of 'the horses' hoofs, the odd figure by land or by water, by ship, steamer, o arm the oth er day be cau~c she cried when chance, like the people of the ooug, in a give you in charge/ of the poslboy jgmping up and down io his boat, by rA.ilroad 1stage-conch,?r post·cha ise , he came hon1e drunk. Antl I thought t.he crowd. But if I should get to know her Thci Land of n1urderers stopped short iu buckskias,crncking bis ehort-hn.ndled ·whip, by gig, horseback, or on foot, we · are all devil came up to thG counter n11d laid the r pret ty well, I could teach hc1 better than the \·ery middle of a bar. A etroke of light- and th e rapid rate at which you dash alopg, travelling towards the grave, anP, every end of his loug ta.11 on the chair, and lenncd that. Ob, yes ! stage brings ne nearer our journey'a end, ning could not hnve crcntecl such absolute altogether fill you with anIIn ation. over towards Lhe Larr{:!l ~hen yon \\'ere About three days afterwards I wondered I have travelled many a time by this It may be \bot we shall see three-ecore stooping to draw it out1 and asked it you The giant v.·as th e first to consternation. by in an 11.ccidental \Vay, a.a Ii, for exnniple, recover himself. He picked up his brazen pl easant conveyance} and my spirit.s have and ten buth·days ; perhaps we may be ·wasn't a deacon. AnJ I thought you didn' t I hnd betJn carne~tly \Vrappecl in contemrisen with the occasion. '\1ilide open flies strong enough to witness fourscore ; but h e look up, b~1i Said yon \Vas, ancl the11 he grin· tube, and advanced. plation, and had gone astray. This imthe turnpike-gate a.a you approach ; when who looke back to bis childhood, even n ed and uhook bis tail like t\ cnt that has a 'Vot de tuyvel doe. dis moan 1 I vas pression I prodnce<l by the deeply artful you ratlle under the gateway into the inn~ though his huira a1e grey, regar<ls it as yeo· rat, and says he to me ' th~1t ere's the deastroke of suddenly coming to af sight of paid to bla v here.' yard, the landlord an<l landlady muke thetr terday. ' We epcnd our years as a tole that con for me !'and ran out of the shop laugh· He was appearance with smiles, and the \Vniter J\fajor l\!oletrnp never sighed. Iless1e 1s face, .and confu9.edly raising my is told,' P·a. xc 9. Ts it well, ti.en, to ing as loud, that I put my fingers ju iny also choleric, lie raised his walking stick, turns rouod the brass hnndle of the cbaisehat. burst 1 ofa dream .that bas well nigh passed ears, o.nd woke up. 1 1 Oh, lllr. Bohley,' she exclaimed, in a and struck-the German across the arff1. mo- door in haste, to hand you down the eteps. away 1 Will it not be better to think l ess The deacon qnit the traffic uud joined t ho The next appearance Again I say, it is a pleasant thiog to travel voice that went all through me, and run.de tioning hitu away. of this world, an<t more of the ucxt 1 Loss '\Vashin gton Te1n petancc Society. scend by post-chaise ; and hundreds of people music tor n1y heart to dance by, 'I am so wns the tnimpeh in the air,ready to de1 of \Yhat ie, as it "'·ere, for a. 1noment, and glad to meet you again. I have been dyrng OI\ the warrior's head. He bad just insult· ngree \vith me in this opinion. The Ql.ildren of Slaves Will be more of what shall endure for ever 1 Stiteed me, turnetl rile out of his house-but fvr some one to talk about music lo,' Slaves. It is pleasant to travel by stage-coach, or ly it will. Begin theo, reader, to do this 'Iodeed !' I rejoioed, somewhat hazily. what was I to do 1 Allow bis enemy to by the mail, especially if you ore outside on a.t once. '!'here are f0v: tobact:o·ttaing fathers who The sudden start, you' see, knocked me crush hiw to t~e dust before my very eyes 1 a fine eummer's tluy . You go along at so Oh, gird thy loins, set out for thea.ven, are pleased when their SOU.3 iolluw their ex.~ Not a bit of it. I rushed forward, and off my in lellectual pins. Ere earth's enjoyments wither ; <leligbtful a rate, und you have nothiog lo ample in that rcga1<l. But how can they · Have you not yo11r papa. He looked though I am small, ".liminutive, I welted the do but to enjoy youreelf. And give not :!!lumber to thine eye!!', The four grny Ti11 thou art journeying thither l expect y0uth to 11aV C:! rnoral purpose & '1.lfllcitall trumpeter with such disastrous effect rnusioal, I fancied?' horses with their br1ght bras· barneea, the ent to resist the tem1 ·tat1011 to t he 'manly that-ha., ha,-the nex~ thing was, he found Another atrocious ful sehood, of course. coach1nan with ,his ' upper benjuinin ' Drunkenness is a sin, at ·which the n1 ost vice· unlesi:; niat nl'itj 15 st1ong enough to Major Moletrap's inucoeesibility to all the himself lying fiat on bis back in the guttpr, wrapped round bis legs, and the gnard with sober heatheus blusbe<l. The Spartans t conquer un uppe t: te \\ hi\; h can onl y be exBut in one seuse it \vaa a. rash Llu,v. His his red coat an d lnccd hn t,all th ese a.re often finer emotions \Vas uudisguisctl.. Flis Iore~rought their children to Ianthe it, by show- cueed llnd c,Lnnut be apr rovl:! J.. ~Jany a = head 'tvn.s knotty, his nos e bulbous, hfa eyes confederates ca me to his 1escue with ft unan- pleas:u1t objects to gaze on. Yon feel iso ing them a drLtllkard, who1n they gazed at fathet· counsel a his ~on P"\inst Ln1 okiug and glaring. I don't know, Ill fact, if Major iin1ty by no mea11s ngreeabll", and I 11nu1e- inuch ut ease, 60 independen t, and eo com"aving fo rrucd the D.EI a tnonster. Even Epicurus himself who confesses }us regl't a t h )1oletrap bad ever heard any muaic in bis d1ately d11i!covered n1yeelf in the a1i<lst of a f()rtable, that you pity every foot passenger e1teemcd happiness to consist in pleaemre, hab it ; but such prece pt 1~ no t eufticiont to '£b.e truth i~, I wa;s bnt.tered you meet 1 and you say to your.self, ' I won~ Jierco riot. life but thnt of the regimental band. yet WM temperate, as Cicero obsorves. outweigh n daily example. POETRY. LITERATURE. and O°.) 0 0 0 1 ) l J - -