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THE MERCHAN'l' AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. ·H:ulates largely iu the Townships of Da.rhng~01..11, Clarke n.nd Cartwright It is a common platform, open to the free dLScuss1on of all queston~ 1n which the geneza.l public ar(" concerned. TERMS WEST DURHAM Stea.:m Joe Printing O:faoe KING STREET, BOWMANVILLE. EcHr.iyd:H cuts rcr r.rn vance. ver,' $2.oo. On ~ The ll', ind Merchant' and 'Obser- RATE::; 0.1!' ADV )!.RTISING. column 45 per annum, fta.lf do 25 " Quarte1 Uv. · J5 " l'1anrncnt a.ai;ertiscmcnts,5 cts per line firat inse1 t10n,, and 2c. par line, each subel:louent one AND · GENERAL ADVERTlSER ' VOLUME YI. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, 8EPTEJ\fBER 17, lll75. NUMBER which our everyday intercourse seemed fully to confirm. But about the third week a someth1ng happened I could not explain, which made me take a dislike to her. I had not been verJ well, and her k1~dness hail been unremitting ; conseq'1ently, I felt almost angry with IDJself for rndulging in a feeling whLch I could not help acktunvledgmg was both unreasonable and childisb. But it,gained ground m spite of myself; and one night ns I was standing by the looking-glass in my bed-room, which was in the shadow, I caught sight ol Miss Burke, who wo.a leaning on the mantel· piece in the full hght of the ' gas, v.hich burned on either side of it, regarJrng me with a Stealthy and searcbrn~ glance, which I rnstantly observed, but bad sufficient sense to take no not1ce of The expression m her large black eyea haunted me for daJ s and caused me to eay good mght to her on the lanchng, und, in addit1on, to lock my~ door, a precaution I 11a.d never before thought of taklug One night shortly afterwards, I awoke, fancying I heard a movement outside my door. My room was perfectly dnrk, uud I waa convinced sowe noise had suddenly awakened me. I listened intently, aln1ost too tern.lied to breathe, until I heard n1o~t d1shnctly the handle of my door ca;uhously turned An almost deathlike bo1rot seized me, and for an instant I was almost r1g1d with terror, but the spell was broken by another aud1 ble effQrt to open the doo11 and the ball clock's striking tb;ee, wlnch ma.de me spring up in bed, aeur.e the n1atche", and with trembling fingers, attempt. two or three times to strike a light. At last I was successful 1 a.nd the welcome blaze of the gas whlcb I ht gnve me courage to call out boldly : "Who is there 1" But no a11swer came. I pulled n1y bell vigorously, and in a :few minutes I heard tsteps approaching, and Elbs' \Vclcome voice nskerl if l was 111. 0 No, Elhs, not ill, but terrified," I saul, as 1 unlocked the door and ndnutted lier. u Some one tried 1ny door not five ~1nutes ago" u '11ried your door, n1a'un1 ? su1ely not 11 ' ejaculated Elhs. 11 Yes, Ellis; I am certam of it, and it has g1ven me such a shock I cannot be left alone again." 11 1~bnt is the matte1, dearest, Mrs Conyers 7" exclaimed Miss Burke, who uppeured ID my room JUSt as I h·d made the last remcnk to Ellis. "I have been frightened." I answered; "but do not disturb yourself, I\f1ss Burke ; it was probably nothing." "It could uot have been anything, or I must have heard it," she said, half to me and half to Elba. "Pray do not trouble yourself," I respouaed ; 11 I am only sorry you got up at all " She stayed fur a few minutes, bpt getting no encouragement to remain, returned to hcF own Ioom, a:;;sur-1ng rue if she b.eard a 'sou.nd she would be With me in a n1onient The rnstant she was salely gone, I turned to Ell1', desiring her Jll the first place to c1ose and lock the door ; a"nd in the second, to prepare to rema10 WJth ma unt1l the mormng ; for I was so unhrnged by the cir· cum.stance, trifhng lhough it \\as, that to b~ left by mysell was out of the question Elhs had been with me ever 8lnce my marrlage, now three years, and had been .well known to my husband's family all her life, consequently I felt I might trust her,' so I said: "Ellis, 1 have my own su.sp1c1ons; but we must do noth1,0g until we are sure. Meanwhile, you must have a bed made up in this room, and we must watch---" " M!Bs Burke 1" rephed Ellis. , " Yes," I replied ; "it was ahif who tNed my door." · "?tell, rna'am," confided Ellis, " [have be·n downright afrmd of her th1a some time back-civil·apoken though she is. But what could._ she want at your door?" "!'hat I do not know ; but we may find out." By dint of a blanket off my bed,aud sun<lry shawls, Ell18 wa~ made comfortable for th,e rest ol the night on the sofa, and I retu~ued to bed, not to sleep, for I wa· thoroughly upset. bµt to lie and wonder how I wa· ever to get through the ten months that still remamed of my husband'· absence. Tired and unnerv«d, I met MISs Burke at breakfast, and we spent our morniog tn a very silent fashion. I wrote to my busband whilst she walked restlessly about the drawing-room, constantly asktn?;' me how I was, an rnqmry for which I did not feel so grateful as I might have done under other circumstances. Luucb came, a11d afterwards Mias Burke, who was 11Rually most unwillmg to go out, asked me ii I could spaie her for the afternoon as she wanted to go to sec a sick friend. ": Certamly," [ replieil, glad to oet rid of her-. About fQnr o'clock I lay down on the sofa in the drawing luo1n, and 1nust .h11ve fallen asleep, for I heard no ony coro~ into the room, but I awore wtth th~ conscious· nesa that some one ·was lean1ng over me with their face in clo'e proximity to my own J felt rather \ban saw them ; so close were they to me that they their hps seemed aln1osf toucp1ng iny own, and as I sprang up I came in violent colhsou w1th-ruy com:vn.n10IJ "Miss Burke <" l exclaimed indignantly, but I could sny nothrn~ more, for,.afler all, the crime of leaning: over me was not of a deadly nature, though couplmg i~, as I in· atantly did, with 1.ny previous susp1c1ons 1 I felt not only extren1ely angry, but cona1derably alaimed. "I v;as afraid yol1 were 111 1' dear ~Ira. Conyers. I hope I have not displeased you," 11 r she proceeded ip. a dept~Cating tone, d1d not mean to offend you," "It is of no consequence,' 1 I answered, raung from the sofa ; "but please do not do so a~ain, I am ne1vous Jntl cus1ly stnrtled." The c1rcun1stancc:t was the11 dH!nnssed, e.nd ·we got through the evening pretty POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, .BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c., &c., &c., --1 LI EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE water fr.<>ph ;' lmport1ng walnut trees from V1rg1n1a; iillprov1ug the breed of horseti; purchasing forfeited estates , making oil from sunflowe1s; planting mulbcrr)-trees and ra1siug silk-worms; extracting silver from lead; n1ak1ng qu1cksil\'er mallea.ble , capturing pirates;' for 1mportiag a number of large Jackasses frum Spain in orJ.er to propagate a larger Jund of mules; trodmg in hun1an ha1r; 'lor fctthng of hogs,' · ior the encotuagement of the 1ndustr1ous / perpetual motr1on; malung pMtcboard , fnruish1ng funerals rl'here was even a company formed aud shares fl.old for carrying out an ' undertaking which Eihall 1n due h1ue be re\ealed.' '1 1 he word' puts,' now so fam1har in VVull Street, appeara in these transactions ot 1720 'Puts and rel usals' were sold in vaS!t amounts. The prices p01d for sh ires durrng the half Jear of th1s mania were as rema1kable as the achemes tbe1nseh;es. South Sen shores of a hundred popu<ls par value reached a. thousand pound· It "as a p~or shnre that d1d not sell at five hmes its orig1nal p11cP As in france, so in england, the long h eads, like Sir Robert Walpore and Alexander Pope, began to think of ' real1z1ng' "lien they had gained a thousand per cent. or su upon their ventures ; and, in a very few days, renhzwg, in its turn, bec..1me a mania ; and all those paper fortune~ Rhrunk nnd crumpled 1nto nothingness. So tnauy cnr1cntures of these e"t!nts appeared 1n Amsterdam and London dunng the year 1720 that the collect10n lil the :British 1\1nseum, after the lapse of a hundred and fifty·five years, contarns n10re than a. hundred specimens. - Jamcs Pa1 ton, in MONEY WANTED! GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! POETRY. INNOM.INATA. GOODS .25 AT PrANIC ?l~ICES. ti W.e have determined to offer Tt< uns w1ll lenvc Bo\Y'manv1lle Station, Bowrnanv1lle time~ a.a follows · GOlNG WEST. GOING EAST, Extra.ordinary Inducements to Ca.sh Buyers. A sweet and beautiful fancy I never shall know agau1. Once, a~ I sa.t m silence, Sang itself int'b my brain Luca.I 7 20, a. m. I Expresa 1 8 30 a. m. Ex pt css-118 45 a.m j Mixed . . 3.50 p.m. l\l1xeJ. . 2 25 p m Local . 7 10 p .m ExpreSR · 815 p m ! Express . . . 8 45 p.m. *'rh1s trai n ru o 1..· very m«UiD.:r (lf week, 1Ion<la) a 1on. l~pttd. PER CENT. DISCOUNT, · will be 'allowed off our usually low Prices, on SUMMER MILLINERY, MANTLES, LACE AND, TISSVE SHAWLS, PARASOLS, GRENADINES, AND OTHER LIGHT DRESS GOODS. And! ~ aid - "I Vi.11lmaketi p\"em, A song for the world to 1!111.; . :For my thought 18 f:ur a.ad lo' elyA princely offeung ---·o:--We will also HUbmit to t1ie same SACJ:tIFICE on "I WLll 1nako a. song and bnng 1t And lay it before her feet, She 1.:a.nnot choose but ben.rken, ~1y song shall be so ewi.:at "And my thought's dchcious pasa10n 1 Drs. Reid & Boyle. SURGERY---SILVER ST. BowmanTille, Aug SO, 1875. BOOTS & SHOES. GENT'S AND CH!L"DREN'S CLOTHINJt HATS & CAPS, &c. READY-MADE Shall make my strrun so strong, That the wo1ld sJ.1&.ll know her always By Just that dea.thlt>ss song .'1 Dut 1 aln.s ! when I came to ma.ke lt~Iy poem I thought so fauLo ! ryhme and rytbm a.nll measu1c l!t:l~lted to empty &lr ' And down in my hea.rt'f~ dim corners, And up to my hps' shut door, Just one bnef v;ord would ecbo And"\\ h1sper forever more GENUINE DISOOUNrl1 SALE! NO PUFFING! Eve,ry Person hatrimg a .DOLLAR 1'0, (]PEND /01· nece~sary Goods, will please call, 1'elieve 01ir necessities, and i·eap the 1 rofits. Prof. J. Ruse, of D11xter Uniyers1ty ofMu1:11c GRADUATE :E'nendsh1p, New York. Compos1t1on, ~c Darlmgton, July 16th, 1874. Voice. S1n,.;-ing, Thorough Teach er of Piano and Organ, cult ivation D~,, llarinony 4l·ly S. TREWIN, King Stree't West, Osha:wa, August 4th, 1875. R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, !30LIOITOR IN CHANO/iJRY, J!c 0FFIOE,-0"er M"iClung's Store same flat as J. .Br1mac01nb'& Dental Rooms J3owmanv1lle, Oct. 27th, 1868 ly I cannot make a poem Where the rhyme is still the same ; I ca.nnot make a. J=Oem With just your darling name ! .So the world shall never know yon, Yo"l.l" flam.e shall not g:o down Song bo1ne to the distant ages, A sweet and pure renown. .And, indeed, for you and for roe, de;.1.r, It is all the better part, That your glory 18 JUSt Love's only, Aud your fa.me ia-w1th1n my hea1t. ·AtJplcfon'a Journal. MARRIAGE LICENSES RETIRING FRO~I · ' , JS:,n:.i.;u BY ROBERT ARMOUR MARRIAGE LICENSES. l\1fR JORI> H. EYNON, Lot 7, 6th Con ll.l Dnr.11ngton, f near B~thesda Church] is duly autl.tonzed to issue Marriage L1cenaea. DMlmgton, Nov 19, 1874. mS·tf. ,._I1HE CONTEST $20 000 weRTH OF GOODS Sold without Reserve, at less than Wholesale Prices. LITERATURE. MY CURIOUS COMPANION "Wanted, by a young married lady, a companion to reside with her dunng her husband's absence in India. A hberal sal· ary be ·given, with every hnme cgm· fort, to any one suitable. Apply, personally, 1! posS1blc,at No, 240 Upper Berkeley Dressmaking, &c. Miss Heal Would beg to inform the lndrns of Bow1na.n'f1lle and vi01n1ty, that she 18 prepared to take orders f~r Dreasma.ku1g, .. ud j1ll the same with deapath m the Her,.ex1rnr1ence fully warrants her in promis1n satisfaction ReSJdenctl 1 Co:rne1 of Chu1ch Stieet, nnd J\ira.rket Squ:ue Bowmanv1llo, Dec 4.th, 1873 F. F. McARTHUR has decided to go out of the Dry Goods business, and will commeuce on the ,.,u LATEST FASHION. streel~ W. ,, A U 0 T I 0 N EE RS F,01· the Township of Darlington. H. T. PHILLIPS, .RAMPTO.:<. Pion1pt attent10n g:i"eu to Wes, a.ble terms. ~c , on roo.aon- W:m.. Barton, ENNISKILLEN. alts 1n:omptlya.tte.llife'J to on reasonable terms. ALLAN LINE STEAMSHI. P. Fon Tickets, or Mrs. Liverpool London, and Glasgow apply to ,V, ..(\. N_noA.DS, .Agent. Bowma.nv1l1e1 .T1tn"e 9th 1 1871. tf 30 1nf1.-rw~t10~ Fancy Goo<ls,Berlin Wools,&c. NEW SPRING STOCK BATTING'S Mason, HAMP..T~O N, Begs tu info1m the public, that she has ;ust re· cci \ i;d a splendid new asso1 tment of .E'ancy Goods, Bellin VV uols;--et.c~h..she..J.Y.ill sell at as low p11ce as they can be bought for elsewhere STA I'IlrG dont: on S H.OBTES'l' N0'1 1ICE 1Jct. Sth,1874. 2-3moa. W. . BUNNEY, BUILDER, ETC., Begs to return thanks to his friendsfo:t the sup pvrt ho has received the past two years, and hopes, by contiuuljd stuct personal attention to hmuness, and workmf;: at the most reasonable pr1eos,to eusiura a continuance of public patronage 'V B. is pr~pared to bu1ld hout'les, etc , on the most modern--8tyle of atcl11t1:1cturi;i. Jobbing pro1nptly att.euUed to. Plans and speroficat1ons got up on a.pphoat1on, on the rnost reaeona.bl~ te1m.e, a.nd of every descnpt1on. Office and Shop, Ontario Sti;eet, nen.rly oppointe Mr. 'r Bowden's. Bowmanville nee 2'lth, 1871. 13 ly. STAPLE - an~rJ. FANCY DRY GOODS, April 22, 1875. .some anxiety. 1\-Iy hll sband, ~fDJOr Conyers, bnd been suddenly ordered- to India; and having no r:nster or any available cousin whom I could Enti~e invite to stay \\1th roe J.ur1ng hts absence, The Sprmg Importations only having been completed a few weeks, the I thought com pamon was the best thing St c I{ ts very laFge and well assorted. As it must be sold within fl- wiih winch I could provide myself; ac· given time, cordrngly, I rnd1ted my small paragraph, which I had the sol!sfact10n of seerng placed ~e~nd.~~ in a very conopicuous part ol lhe paper on Tf.RM81'-0f. BAlE :-Under $50, Cask; over $50, FoU1· rnonth<J I the mormng after I sent it. I lived m '· Creait on approi:ad notes. 1ondon, consequently ft!lt certatn thnt the The .T~lor!ng in Order· d Work, will be contmued as usual, during the Sale. personal rnterv1ew wo,ld be easily manF F McARTHUR. aged , but I had cou1mitted an error in not Bowmanville" May, 1875. narqing a parhcuJar hour, as, fro1n eleven in the forenoon Until q Ulle lat~ III th~ .day the applications f.or a per!mnal nlJ;er~iew with iny untortunatc self never ceased The firet arrival was a very bnndsomely d1eseed lady of about fifty, who came, eVl· AT dently_, qn1te prepared. to enter upo,n_herduties at once, and quite overpowered me w1th a. series of qnest.lons and statements, withotJ.t giving u1e the fa.iutust chanceh of · makrng any rnqumes mysell She ad --o-lived with Lady rrhis and the Honourable Mrs. That, and one and all had treated her A Full Assortment of like a flJate1-sbe felt certain I should do 1.he eame-1ndeed, ehe quite knew me al· ready. Home comforts we!e exactly whut ' she cared for; as to salary, it was no object to hand, GOOD and CHEAP. to her-a hundred a year w·a.s all she asked, though dear ~ady Goldiog had aaid she was never to take le&s than two. 20th- .or .lllay, 1879, Stock. "Dhe ·. foregoing ad vertisetnent was despatched · by me after considerable cogitation; a.nu I a1va1ted the result of it with Notnd Clearing Sa.le of his a A Reduc$ion. w-ill 'be m.ade. I' CASH STORE. ba.d not n1uclt tltfficulty In "'dismissing her. And of the legions that followed I cannot attempt a detailed deocriplion. By the afteruoo11, I was thorougbly ex:hnu~ted, and had nmde up iny n11nd to see no more, when.iust., it was gettrng dusk,ruy servant came up to the drawrng-room and informed me that such a nice leaking young lady was in the dining·room ; quite the nicest that had been yet. " Ask her to come up stairs, then, Ellia; but do not admit any . one else," I replied, and the next m1Dute the drawrng·room. door was thrown open by Ell!B, and "Miss Burke" announced She was dressed in mourning, and, even m the dim hght, was, I could see, a palelaced, rather handsome girl of apparantly ahout four·and-twenty. Her height was over the average, bnt seemed great~r from her extreme thinness, which struck me as most startling. "Good evening," she sa1d, in a low and rather pleasant voice. u I am afraid I atn very late; it was so kind of you to see me." "It is late," I assented, "but that fives not matter." " Thank you,".._ respon\letl t:ny v1s1tor. " I came about yotu advert1a1nent-I saw you wanted a companion, and Ian1 anxious to get a situation of that kind." " I have had so many applications today1" I unswered for lY(lnt of something better to say. "Ab ! I c-a.n q u1te fancy it/ 1 returned M1sa Burke. " I fear I am too late 1" "No," I replied ; " I have seen no one yet to suit roe." 11 H you would only try me, I would do my utmost to please you," she said a11nost pleading!y. "I have alreacy been a com· pan1on 1 and can give you referen~es which may rnduce you to think of me ;" and M!!s Burke opened a small black velvet ' bag, whrnh, unlll then, I had not perceived, and placed in my hands a n1onogrnmrned and coroneted epistle, addressed to hereelt, purporting to come from a Lady Manto.cute, whose companion she bad bt.!t!n ~or two years, and who expressed herself ID the w~:irmest terms, assurit"Jg · ~Itss Durke, whenever she returned from the epntinent, whither she was JUSt then going, tba~ 1t would give her the greatest pleasure to answer any inquint!S in her favour; in the meanllme, Lady Montacute authorized her to make what use she chose of the letter now seut, euding by saying she was certain, wherever she went, Miss _Bnrke must be a favorite and an acqu1sit1on Then follo\\e<l. a letter from a Rev. Ivlr. \.Vh1te, from a remote rectory in Cun1berland, statrng that he bad known Miss Emily Burke from her chilhood, and could certify that she was not only desirable in all respects, hut a most a1mab1e and talented young laily, whose family were both well knowuand highiyrespected Nothing could be more satisfactory ; and after read· rng the two m1s8lves careflllly by the Light of the fire, I raisea my eyes towards nly v1s1tor, "h01n I found regard1n~ n1e lil the most eager manne:f 1mct.giuable, r "They a1c most kind letters," I !m11; 1 ' and as far as re(_erences go, I am sure I, Could not Uo better Your duties would be very l1ght-1t is really only for the sake of comp~·o1onsl11p that I i::eg_u1re a~y one, as I do ~\ ery thing myself, but [ have been very lonely since my husband went away" "I con unagine it,n respond Mh!s Eurke 1 'l'mpathizingly. "I should au wy utmost to cheer you.II " You are very kind· to say so, 11 I answered. "Should we 1 agree a~ to tertns when conld you come 1' 1 1 ~ To-n1orrow if you will permit me," i·e1 phed Miss Burke. " I am ID lodgings, and the expense of them 1a so giea.t, that I should be only too glad to give theni upI an1 ver~r poor," she added, in a. low tone. I fairly. I rather looked forward to a safe mght for I knew Ellis' bed was in readrness tor her. I sa1d gootl night a ltttle earlier than usuM to Miss Burke, but did not inforiq . ber that I had mdited an epistle to her frienil the Rev Mr. Wh1te, to ask for further particulars as to her antecedent! I henrd her come up to her room, and when her door closed, a feelmg 0£ compass1on came over me, for I fancied I had not only UOJUstly suspected her, but I had been very cold m my mauner, "h1ch she evtdently felt Ellis came after I was in bed, and ID a sho1t tune I had oral evidence that she V'tflB slumbering. It rtlade me feel secure, at all events, thongh I waa certau1. I ·hoold dream of all kinds of unearthly thu,gs if the snortrng went on all mgbt. Nothing happened to alarm us, ~n·l next morn1ag, in a subdued a111t anxious voice, Ahas Burke hoped I had not been disturbed, and th·t Ellis hod kept .rue from teelrng nervoua-Lhrn last remark very reproachfully.. . About twelve o'clock, when we \\ere s1tting in the draw1ng·1001D, Elhs came up nnd told me a genlleman wanted to see me on bu)')1uess, but v. ould not give ine lua.name, "Probably about eon1e eubocr1pt1ou," I obs~rved , "perhnpa I h ad better see what he \Hlnts" \.V1tbout a suspictun of\\ hat awaited me I went down stabs, and on entering the dunng room encountered a short and ra~her rcd·foc6d man, \Ibo bowrng profountlly, asked if I was l\frs Coni ers On my replying In the affirmative, be continued : u !fay I ask what e!: tabhshment you have 1" I must have looked astornahed, ns he ex~ plamed . "I ao1 a detective pohce officer, madu1ne and my business here w1ll 1 I atJl afraid, b~ an unplca.sant one." I' Indeed;" I e1aculated ; "in \Vhat way ;" HFrom information I have received, I behevc you have a person unde1 your roof who is wanted on a very serious charge. I must ask your perndss1on to summon every one rn the house rnto this room. I have taken precautions to prevent any one"s leaving lt, and if you W11l kmdly accede my request I shall get over a painful dnty as quickly as possible." If my lips had been capable ofutternnce, the 11 ords, they would have framed would bave been "Miss Burke," but I said nothing; I merely rang the bell,wbich Ellis answered so promptly, I felt certain she must have been behind the door, ready to protect me, 1n case of an emergency. "Call the servants, Ellie," I said; " and -and-ask Mrs Burke to comedown stairs." lt \Vas almost. hke a dream to me, &eeing n1y four do1neshca wnlk in ; and then-sus· pectingnothing-carne M.1saBurke '·Got you at last sir!" cried the detective mo king <In agile dart towards my companion. 1 Harper 1s 1t1agazine for J11.l.ine. The Country Press There are few people who do the country paper full J ustiee Moet every hotly is inclined to look away over the shoulders of the country editor, to some paper printing more reading matter, and then make comparisons There are people who actual.. ly believe 1t possible to find a person with common sense, with t,industry, or ·with bra1ns in the office of a country newapaper ; a newspaper can have no charma for them unless it can be mystified under a stnn1go personality, and m buying a copy they proceed upon the same grounds as m the purchMe of a bar of soap-they would rather have one that comes from the city, because 1t muet necessarily be so much better in every sense than the home production. The sam~ man would laugh at you if you refused to patron1ze the cross-roads mill, because you believed yon would ratl1er get your ti.our from the city. Tlie country newspaper 113 one of the moet important attributes of every town 1n the UnJted States. When o. colony settles anywhere with the rntent10n of bu1ldmg a village, the first thought JS a newapaper; the press is thus-u1 the very vangua.rd of mv1ltzn.tion. It ia the useful agent in every place of progress and growth There is not anot her single power that can do so much good, patient work in the way of buildrng up as the local ne1'8paper. It is not altogether important how 1t is edited, whethe1 w1th ability or not, so that it ts conducted with au induatry and enterpnse at least s1de by eide with the to\\ n-1f it can afford to keep a few years in adv.ance it is all the better, A country paper that has little else than ad· vert1sements would be an immeIJae help to any place, for advert-isements t.:onstttute a moat reliable IIHlex to the churactcr, size, bueiness and general cond1t1on of tbe tovi,n, To the stranger who may bave looked 1n a prospective way upon a place, the adver· tisementli! are ~the invaluable part of the papers \bat have been sent !nm. Without a newap1per, w1tb lts local ncwa and business announcements, what would the aver· age Amenca.n city or village be 1 It would surely be unknown of its neighbors. The country weeklies ought to be the befit supported newspapera of the whole land, for they coutarn ne,vs and gossip that cannot be fctund m any ol the city da1liee The fai:mer can learn from bis Joe·! paper -11 he plefera to take it rnstead of some more expena1ve pubhcat1on-how much bis neighbor's sixty-acre farm sold for, how t he schcola are prospering, the pnce of but ter and eggs at the village marke~, and whnt improvements are rn progress tl:)rough tne section in wb1ch he hves. He can get none o( this 1n the city paper, ond he cannot be e thoroughly useful ottizen w1lhout auch items of ligbt mformalion. It is not alway· that the best towns support tLe best newspaper·, but it 1e sttictly a fact that no place ever geh the credit of berng th11fty o'r enterprising until it can send out a first· class po per, and that al ways depends more upon the people than the editor.- Man.oh.ester House, ~ Bow1nan.ville. "I "m afra1d/ 1 I pnt 1n at t,hfs juncture, "that even one hund,ed is beyond. what I intend to give, ar,id I live eo qcnetly "-.. COME and SEE BILL'b "'Ve won't quarrel about salary," Jnterw rupted n1y 1 would-be comp£Lnic.n; "aud as to qu1etqees, it 1s Just what I want." A peal at th~ door-bell emboldened me to still greater determ1nat1on 1 so I repbed ve1.} resolutely. for me . 1 ' I do' nof think -we would amt .~ I am sorry J'OU hove had the trouble of co1n1ng " am ; he re-ioi,nec). dryly; "but ' une ought not to trust to ad-vert1se~ents. 1 " 1 New PJ:la,ilor shop, - L J 0 bl N HEAL, .4..TE WITH 1" Y 80Wo&E, beg~ _in -. form the public gen!:1n.lly, th:\t he-has comj · me:nced b1uuness in the Shop :uext tp the EY press O!tice, one door east of .r Milne's. Having had several yoa" e'perieuce m the trade, he hopes to !:la.tfsfy all who may favor him with a call. d FaII & we t D G ' ID er 111y 00 s . " .. _,, NEW S; 1;" , _. · GOOD FITS GUARANTEED Bo\.\manv1lle, Sep. 4th, 18i2. --~:o:- A L'ARGE LOT OF """ , . 1 Hardly not10u1g my "good motninli{ n she got up and flounced down stair~ evi~ dently 1n gre~t wrath l,\t her rejection "Another lady to see )Ol.:l, nia'a1n," au· noucced my parlo?.m...a1d. .J:)_, I was sorry fo, the poor girl ; and feelrng I hfld heen as prudent as posa1tle in pcrus. ing her references, aud trusting a. good deal to her air of quiet respectability, I proceed· eel to state my ter1ns, which were eagerly accepted. After a ' httle couv~rsat1on, all was settled 1 and my compa.uion promised to make her appearance beitire luncheon on the following day, For the rest of the evening I was unusually metl.itati ve ; I was plea,,ed, and yet not pleased. She was not altogether n1y beau.ideal of a com pan· 10n. Although ladylike, and with undenutble references, there was a certain awkwardness in her manner. Her room was to ~eon th.;' same floor as my own; and on the following mornmt1 I went in, a ahort time before she arrived, to see that everythmg was ready for her. It was October, and the weather was chilly, so I dPaired that she should have a fire, as I fancied, comin~ from "'retched lodgings, it might be a sort of welcome to her. At one o'clock she urrived, bringing wit}l her a small black box as her sole luggage, which Elba aod tbe house·mmd, between them, earned d1rectly to her room, whither she followed them aln1ost in1med1ateiy, to take off her things. I accompanied her, ana reme.1ned for a few minutes, telhng her to Join me in the drawing r0om as soon as she could, lunch being ready She presently appeared, very much altered by the remov·l of her bonnet. .She woro her h:ur 111 u. crop, u fashion I l1ctested 1 and lJcr figure without her <I oak -was only redeemed from awkwardness by the well-made black dress, wh1ch bad evidently been the work of a first-rate modiste She wore no ornaments, except a plain gold ring on the little finger of her left hand, wlucb I noticed was particularly large I Cea£1ed to criticise h6r after we had been to· gecher for a little while She was so pleasnot, so chattr., and ao quiet v;ithal, that ere eveu1ni;,:" came I began to congratulate myself Oil my OWD petS{?ICaClt)"' in ha ilDg' engaged her, and wu.a fully pre_pnred to endorse Lady Montacute's opinion, that she was sult:i to be not only a favonte but an acquisiti on A tortrnght sbpp.ed quL(;tJy awny, 11.nd 111 my \A. (:H k l} Uudget to ray hu~b tnJ I gave ino~t cha1 nnng UfY.:ounts of my c9mpan1on, Neiv Partnership! LADIES' ·and GEN'l'S' FtTRS Bowmanville Nov. 1st, ].873. 1'HE :Morris & Watson GENERAL CONTRACTORS ANJJ BUILDERS VERY CHEAP DOMINION BANK. BOWMA:KVILLE · Doors, Mollldings, ~and Window Frames, Manufacturers of Sash.Blinds With or without Casing. With oi without Band Moulds Capital, '.Paid Up, HEAD OFFICE, 0RILLlA, OOBOUllG, J30WlIANV ILLE, BR.e.~cu OF!<~ICES $l ,000,000 ,TORONTO OsHa,YA, WHlTBY, Ux1m.1DGE, 'l'P1#~ Banl$: 1 iµ iWditioo totraJ.JSU.ct1ng the us ual banlnug }.Jus1.nes,a, offers tQ the public all the advantagea of "'Sa.v111g Ini;t1tution with the security pf ~Jp,,rge paid-up capital, by the means ot a SAY:t:tiGSDJ:::PAR'.JMENT. Ut·ncimental Pickets, in evm·y variIritci:cst allo~ve<l .on all de.postts of One Dol ety, and Scroll Sawing, lar and upwa¥ds, at_ the rate of Frv.E pe1 cei1t pe1 armlllJl, .. ~ · of ..e.'ve1y desol'lpt10n Depos1to.t:s o.an withdraw e1thei the \\-~hole or any part Qf t.hcu depoSlts u.t any tnne, Wlthout previous not.ice. DONE Tl> ORDER, $pec1a.l rates of interestaU<"lwcd upon deposits on the with notice of w1thdra.wa.l SHORTEST NOTICE. Amol:lcan Currency and Silver taken on de posit Draft~ g1a.nted p&yable in Great Hntaiu, Dwted States and all p!lirts of Canada. --WDepos1ts can br 'emitted by ma1l,addresa ed to the Domm1on oank Jregistered], when in a.ll cnscs a Pa~s-Book rtJce1pt Will be sent by return post. J .~ CODD, Agent, Bowmauv1lle, Jari. 6th, 1874. 15·tf Planing, Planing & Matching, sawing and Turning, LANK , CllI\TIFIOAES, AJ.>.Phcations B &o., &c , can be procu1 ed at this office. a rtftJUht.1 iatl.'la. :Bowmrumll , July 7th, 1813. If you Want Good Bre:1d, Use th0 ~irntomt · ~ea.lit Nov ber 5th, 1874. l!baltt.11. m6·1y A very quiet, sweet lookrng liltle_perso~ came forward, n.ud at the first glance I fancied I 'bad found a suitnble parson. B·1t ~las ' her story was a sad one, and there ~·ere reasons which re11dered 1t lmp0'3~1ble for me to avail myself of her somety. She waa marned, Her husband was g. hopeles~ invalid, and th~y were very poor. She had not_been edncated )11ghly enai1gn to be a governess, and when ebe saw lll..V ndvcrt1seroellt, she fancied, tf the Salary was good, she nught by rny ccnipanwn by day, and 1eturn at night to her" qwn home, Star Dry Goods and Clothing "b1ch was at no gceat distance fro1n 1ny house. She looked so thm urd so :ill ; that ~ -.,. ,; as almbtit tempted to rr1ak~ some ar~ NOTED FOR CHEAP rangements with hei:, but as I intended leav1,ng toW;Il occmno1u:i.lly, sccuud_ t4.Qughts tolJ n1c 1t \\as uut"of-the queet1on Besides I could not have borne t~ thrnk that while she was wtth inc, she \vould al wnys be in nu agony to be with ber husband-which, had I -engaged her, w·ould mo~t natui:a.lly ---o-ha>0 follol\ed. ~ I told her so as krn<lly as A SPECIAL LINE, possible, and, 9.fter maklllg her take a glass of wine l}nd son1e ~ke-wh1cb latter Coxru~r Kmg andWest Market Street nea:r I saw her fnrtively con-ve) to her pocket, St. La"rence HaJ1/l1oronto for the sick: husband,' I suEpose-she gave me her direct10n, and took her departure. I after!_V...~td "ent to see he.r1 aud her tale """ satll y ve1 ·1fi ecl But to proceed DEALER l::f 111 uit and Ornamental Trees, Seeds, B ulbs1 ~{y n('xt y1e1tor wa.s a n1ost pert ~l.11usd, Flowers, &t , &c. withont anv pretenstnns to b~ing A. Jady1 lt-Ir C. guarl).ntees to furnu1h notlung but who intorn1ed 01e Lhnt lrt1 pa was dt>ad, F1rat·claaa trees, and true to ~ame. ..:\dd1esa, and. ns th ere wei e so wttny of tht rn at hom e, P. 0, Box: 55 Bowmanvillo. her ma v. antetl her to do tor herse}f. I J·n 2Znd, 1875. bp ly·m17-o-1 l. (;. l. .. House. DRY_GOODS CLOTHING, etc. Cornwall Blanl{ets - ------ J. CHAPLIN, l "Not without some trouble, 11 coolly rcsponded his prisnner, whose courage was apparently quite equal to the occasion. In my wildest moments I had never dreamed of eo desperate a denouement, and the dis.. covery perlectly paralyzed me with horror. ft was t0 dreadful to realize that I had harbored~ a w:i;,etch of a man in woman's cloth10g not only in my house, but ID the capacity of my compan10n ! In less than I ca~ describe it in, the detective and Ina prisoner bad departed ·; it wa· quietly and quickly managed ; and thou~h a detailed account of it did appear in the papers, my name was, happily for me, not allowed to transpire pubhcly. The pseudO Miss BLLrke turnP.d out to be n notorious young mun, or I [nay s!ty Jad, of the name of Browning, who, having em· bezzled large sum·, ns well as stolen a quatlty of magnificent Jewelry, ha.d been unable, owing to the precaution taken to prevent his doing eo, to leave London, to dispose of his stolen property. ThroUgh th~ agency of li fema.le friend, he ha<l adopted his aisguise, aud my unlucky advertISemeut had s11ggeated to him the idea of 1nsur1ng his owi:i Rafety, shcu1~d L,be creilulous enough to take him upon recomendations, which I need hardly so.y, had emanated from hJS own pen. Not only had he thought of his personal security, but that of the stolen goods, wluch in the ahape of diamonds and bank notes, were found ·ecurely stowed away in the little black box, which I had thought contarned the. worldly possessions of my · poverty-stricken compamon. He was tried, convicted, and sentenc~d to penal servitude for fourtem years. My huebaud's return was hastened by the illness which the dreadful affair caueed me. f?ince then, he and I have never been oeparated. However, should I be unavm~ably left alone again, my past experience nas decided me on o~e poh1t--never ' ort Scott Monitor. toad vert1se, or to trust to written references, or the result might be-A U>rious Uom· The baleful rnfluence of the Beeche1 pan1on ·candal has destroyed the confidence hither. to reposed ni the cloth In the rural disFinancial Delusions in England in tricts this effect is alarriiingly noticeable 1720. On Sunday laat this distrust deprived nu In London, besides the origmal South Sea estimable W;_itcheste1 matron of the opCompany whrnh began the !renzy, there ROrtun1ty, to her most dear, of attending wt-re started in the course of a few months divine service in the "hurch of her choice. about tWo hundred JOint-stock scheme.s, The scene is a pleesant httle village not many o.f which, aa gnen in Anderson's His~ many miles from A-It Kisco, and the mln1s~ tory of Commerce, are of atmost incredible ter and the lady are near neighbors, their absurdtty. 'l'he suru called for by these respective res1den11es being separated only The project.a was three hundred mllhoua of by the width of the main street. pounds sterling. which was more ... than the nnnister is middle aged, good llatured, and value -Of all tl1e land in Great Bntuiu. a favorite. It was his caston1 every Sunday Share· in Sir Richard Steele'e 'fish pool for to gn~e his est11nahle parishioner a seat in b~ring1ng heab fish to London) brought ouc the family carnage, ·o thal she· might not hundred and sixty pounds u. share! i\1en have to walk half a uuJe to the church On paid seventy pounds each for 'permits,' Sunday the domtnie's carr1nge drew up 10 which gave them merely the pl"iv·lege of front of the Indy's dnor. She waa \Va1t111g, snbscn bing to a .. BR1l&cloth manfactur111g and buatlmg do\rn, prepared to get m decompany not yet formed. There was, in- clrniug the parson's proffered aid. Sudden' Where deed, a great trade in' permits' to subscribe ly she noticed that he was alone. ·She to cornpanies only planned Here are a 1a your wife 1' she .ssked abruptly fe\v of the schen1es : for raising hemp in is not well enongh to go to church to·day, Pennsj lvan1a ; 1 Puckle's machine gun / was the reply. 'Where is you' daughter 1' settling the Bahamas ; 'wrecks to be hshed vlas the next qutr) 1 and the ans..-ver was, for on the Irrnh COAst ,' horse and cattlo 1n- 'She stayed at hom<· tv take car~ elf ber aurunce , 'insurance an<l in1provement uf mntl11 r' A.11 tuf;!tA. .i t. ol hee1tnt1v11 lul1owed, cluldren's fortunes; 1 insurance of losses hy Then the lady 1 turned her ~ack upon her pastor, SH) 1ng1 I gueef.: I" on't go to cbtirch scrvan ts ;' 'insurance aga.rnst. theft and ioQ- with JOU; the1~ 1s so n1uch .ecandal about bery ;' 1nsur1nl{ tePnttance ; 'to 1nf\ke s3.lt- now a day~'· Sl1 e lf:I ninety yn\rs at age, I / /