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· . ·rim MERCHANT WEST DURHAM AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. C re: 1la.tea largely m tho Townships of Do.rlu1g· ton, Clarke aud Cartwright. It is a common ,rlatfoun, open to the free d1scuss1on of all ques ions in wh1ch the general public are concerned, Stea.m. Job I'rinting Ofiice Knrn SrnEEr, Bow~B.NVILJ,E viv1ce Tb.e 'Obser· llevrniy f\f Merchant' and nii r ind ver,' $2 oo. Il1!.'I'F.S O.F' A.DVl'R'l"CSING. ~~~7:·)., AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. VOLUME Yil BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 1875. NUMBER Over a.ncl over again he perused the words she hud penned, aui each tnnc the thrill of raptnre they brought tu Li· heart ~·as strangely mmgled with a puz·led feehng of surp11oe that Helen sLuuld so suddenly have cast aside all her proud reticence of rnanner, and the 8\\eet ma1denly reserve that had alwaJs constituted, 1u Lis eyes, one of her moat winning i.:harms, and write to hllll m th" free, f.im1har style, aotually addressing h11n a&' Dent 'Vilhe,' and sub ecnb1ng herself, 'Affoctionntely, Helen' But be dul not feel d1'pused to tind fault \\Jtb this lack of convent1onahty 1and in hl8 soul he blessed her for lay1u~ formality as1Ue this one time, thns gn ing him 1nd1s. ]JUlaLle proof that, althouJh she had v;ith· held her \erbal pro1n1ee to b~cowc h1s wife, she did, alter all,regard Lim as her nflianccd lover. 1,o-day was Thur.iday,and 1nany were the \\ uys and means that our hero devised to pa~s away the \\eary intervening time, and l\ hen the ausp1c1ous Tuesday at last arriv· ed, anU he v.as really in the tra1n 1 the four hours' 11de t o - station .seemed an aln1ost interminable Journey One column !~ {ler n~~um, J 1alf do ;;:;o QLt(l.1te:1.-1u JU " 1'1 u1s1ent advert1<1ements,5 cts per hne first m set t1on, and 2c pe1 line, each subsequent one POSTERS, P AllIPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HAl~DBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c. &c, &c , 1 IV EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE z1tion in the vast regions of northern As1a, where so many wandering and warhke tribes of people whom we call Tartar~ liave been suhJugatcd by R isa:a , but need only say that all travellers in those parts of the Czar's realms are agreed as to tbe advantages of his rule. So we don't see, on the whole, that there is any neeU for alarm at the never ending extenston of British and Russian dotntnion. Both Governments are pacifying and c1vil1zing agencies 1n the reg1ons which are coming nuder their s\\ay -Sun. ' I should like to go 1mmed1atel,} ,' responded Ilelen, to morrow ruormng, if pos· siblc ' Prayer of an Unfortunate. ' Ou, dear' and I cau't pusS1ble oe ready Fathe1, ooJJH> to my Ut<la1de to n1ght, before nell.I Tuesday,' said MlSs Hartson, l?'<ir I'rn dying and tlie1e's no one in s1ghtwith a prett;y aITeutahon of dismay; 'but GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! Dy~ng uncared f0r, tmlo' ed and alone, never m111d that, Helen, you go to morrow, Come to me Fathert a.nd call me yotu O\\n 1f it smts you best, and l'll corue next Witness thtl penitent toarl'! whwh J shed, Trauis w1ll lcnvc Bowmanv1lle Station, week 1 YVlnsper forgt vt-.:ncss before I am dead, Bo1vma.riv1lle time; aa follows: And kindly,\ aft on the fa1r \\111g" of love Then she pre'Bed a good bye k1sa on GOING WEST'. GOING EAJ~T. A i11;t.) er tu the an.{l)fa, 1,11ght angels above, Mrna Grand1son'a cold hpa, and ran lightly f.Juon.l* 7 20, a m ! Express , 8 30 nm. Expres.':J 84j:irn )\{1xed · 300 pm. out to the carnag~ that stood in waiting Once I was fair a:i a. }1u.lf bhn\n 1osa l\.:[1:-.::ed 2 25 pm I Loco.I 7 10 p m lTnfoh.t1ng its fonves to the b1ocze as it blows, As she gathered up the rems and drove Rxp1 es$ 8 4,l p tu I Ex preijS 8 4[i p ln, J{.u1~cJ b~ llHi suulii;bt, dnppuir: 'Hth dowdow1) Uown the street, she congratulated *Thrn train n1n::; every in01n1ng of \\eek, f 011ce \\as Hf:! pure ii..nrl 11s ben;utiful too, ..._ !t'Iundaye oxc~pted herself o'er anrl. ov~r again ou tl1e success I gar.cd on the v; orld ar;d rny Le~t wa~ light, of her plan to get I-Ir len Grandison out of I thought 1t f :1.ir ns 1t seemcu to my sight her wu.), for one season at least. Never onco dreamed of the fail~e (ff untrue 1 has decided to go out of the Dt y Goods bllsmeos, and will commence Dr1uk1ng life's in~eets a>i a b1osi>nIU th ... dew Sile \\as Blll) enough to believe C\e1y~ on the thmg I told her about Will Stond:sb, nud M~ 'Vanton destl oyer <..::Hrw m chsgu1.ie \\i ith f:lo\\ erii in lns ha.nds and tea.rd 111 hu1 eyes, actually suppose that I meant to lmry my· 'V1th words ou hui hps that ~ ere bunung 111 eelf at thot stupid old farn1house,' sohloSURGERY---SILVER ST. 1It will be an easy quuied ~liss IIarlt!OD tone, Eowma.nv1lle, Ang ZO, 1:;75 Bu\\ cd }ns face close to nnne ~nd wh1.,pered, matter to wnte next week that I have been ' \fy own' c01npelled by circumstances beyond my conI }Je1u d hnn- helwvcd b1m-lo\ ed him, and trol to chaoge U·) plu.ns for the S;ummer, The Spung Impo1tations only having been completed a few weeks, the fehand by the tlme that she renehea next auf:.A..DU.ll..TE of Baxter U111vers1t) of ltlus1c St cJt is ve1y large and well assoited As it must be sold w1thm a Fellltke an angel fron1 heo.vcu to b.ell]fnendsh1p, )l ew York tumn it won't be my fault if \V11l Sr.nr.d1sh ll'oll beyond hupe or'l\ught to dispel given time, FRO~l RETIRING THE POETRY. The Two Advancing Powers· To THE EDITOR 0'.1' Taa SuN-Sir It startled me to read m Tbe Sun to day that two Go\'ernments, the Brittah and Russian, ' already rnle and possesa ouo halt of th· earth's surface,' and to find how steadily both of them are stdl cont1nuu1g thP1r policy of conquest and annexat1on 1u different parls of the \\orld. I can hardly believe that their terr1tor1es include so large a proportion of the earth's surface as you represent , but if it be so, 1t seems to me that there is cause of alarnt to the huwan race, and that it is time for the imsubJugated portions of mankind to form a lea.i;:ue for mutun.1 defence against British and Russian agg:rese1on ANTI· DESPOT. CONTEST! $20,000 'VORTH OF GOODS To be Sold without Reserve, at less than Wholesale Prices. F. F. McARTHUR A Vast Estate In Kansas. MR GEORGE GR,NT s Famr OF 576,000 .AonES-THotsANDS OF New York, Oct 8, l87'J, Drs. Reid & Boyle. Prof. J. Ruse, 20th "~~~~~~~- or Day, 1875 A Grand Clearing Sale of his Entire Stock. G Teacher (If Piano and Organ, cultlva h·:i Vo1ct' S1ng1ng, r11horoi1gh Basa, Ha1mony t: ompos1tion, &c Darlington, July 16th, 1874. 41 ly A. Tre!Dendous Reduction 'Will 'be Jxu1.de. TERMS OF SALE :-Under $50, Cash; over $50, Foitr months Credit on approvad notes. The Tailoring In Order' d Work, will be contmued as usual, durmg the Sale. F F McARTHUR Bowmanv1lle, May, 1875. The sorrow of lo,1ng un\\1sely, too "ell 1 Sui;h wil..<:Jmy fate, to be led thus a~tra.y, And cursed and abused ,u1U d11ven away", Yet gre,it as my ~1n was co11s1dcred to be, His antl the \\'orlJ's";ere as great ngatnst me ~"oi when I had blessed him with love uude R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER· AT-LAW, ~ ~QLICITOR IN CHANCICRY, £:c as J 0Fll'HJ ~0-..; filedWith love as pure as the p1aycrof a chlld, 'l1hc kna\ e's and thti Hlla1n's heart wa.s so Bowmauv lH!~. Oct 27Lh, 1868 .Llrbnai.:01nb's Dentnl Rooms ly " er McClnng'a Store 110.me flat small Re betra~ t!d my tru<:.t and accomph.shed. my MARRIAGE LICENSES fall 1 ISSU.ll:D BY ROBERT ARMOUR MARRIAGE LICENSES. R JOH]\ ff EYNON", Lot 7, Gth Oon M Dnihngton, Bethesda Chun II,] duly auLhouzed to 11:rnue J\Jarnage L1cen"' f"it"'ar L 18 The worltl grew cold -though light v. a.!S my blame, They sa:iilt:d on h1n1, and L1 anded m:;: name , And doomed me to "antler Wllh no where to go, An outoo.st e'en 1:1hunn,d by the mean and tha }O\\ ' Darlington; No" 19, 1874, n1t tf Batked at by the tlogs, and scorned by the high, Still dreading to live nnd yet feal'lng to dielhue ~enhmceJ fo[ years to do p!:!oa.111.e alottl'J Dressmaking, &c. Miss Heal Would bvg to inform the laJ1es of Buwmt1,11v1lh1 and v1c1n1ty, that she is prepared to take orders for Dn~asn1ak1n6, tnd fill the l:la111e with deapath u1 the and nlyself are oot, in truth, on the high road to matrimony, nnd I t1hall not care a ·!raw if Helen should suspect 'foul pla}' then ' And she smiled complaoently os she drew up before her own house, altClgetber forgetful of the half dozen other calls she had intended making. Tho very night before HeJen Gra11d1son had listened to words ol love from thlS san1e "rill Standish, and bearing his enger pleadiug, a11U looking into h1a earnest, hand· some face, she had heheved bim to be all that was noble, true, and good 1 antl, al though she had not p101n1se to become his \\tie, she yet lelt that be bad read her hcatt, and received assurance of her love. Then !!:he remem~ bered, with a keen sense of mortlficahon, tbat be had actuallv called her 'wy darling,' and for one brief moment clasped her to hlS l>reast For a. sm that \\as hu; nnd but little ?Ho?/ own ' LAL LB LITERATURE. r.IlSS JIAR'l:SON'S DEFEAT. ·It's J nst the loveliest old farmhouse m the whole "orld, and the oeant:ful couulry around it, in HS beauty and grandeur, atua the bearthk:e a thnlhng paem, or a deep, Her"'cxpcrwncc fully wann.nta her in prom1am l:lat-tl:lfai.:t.1on. LATEST FASI-'IION. Residence, Corner of Chu1ch Street, and '.rtfarket Sqnare Bowm11n"i"J.ile, Dec 4th, 187J AUCTIONEERS For the Township of Dmlington. 1875. CASH CASH. 1875. CIRCULAR. CASH. tender romnnce:' .flelon Grauchson was saying th1a to bet friend, ~1tgs \\ ilhehn1na lla1 tson, ~ho 11ste11ed to tJ11s rbapsodJ in a very listless, absent sort ot \\OJ' In fact, she d1d not at all understand th1a hne, poehc apprec1ahon of e¥etJ tlnng bulut1tul that was really and truly a part of M1sa Grund1son 's deep 1 earnest nature, nud scarcely reah ~ca what she meant when she talkerl 10 this nay about the country being a 'thrilling poe1n 1 or a. 'tendei ronrn.nce, notwithotandiug, she did turn rnund when Helen had fiutsbed, aud excla101ed, rapturously '\Vell, Helen, dear, that's the very place then VYe'll go 1 and i:;ta.) the \\hule endur iug SL1n111ier t 'Vo11't it be delightful not to be compelled to drag through another fashionable sefv·on 1' 'Yes, 1nueed, W1ll1e, 1 revl u~d Hden1 snnhng ly, t duug lier f11e11d's enthusiasm nll u1 goo\l fu1tl1, '\\e i.;~11 Lave a cbarn11ng 1 1ln1~t, restlul tune, Uu JU St a~ we please, !HJ(l I krn.J\\ "'e'll both fi Hi 1t more a,;reeable thnn all the co111pulsor) dressing anJ danc~ H. T. PHILLIPS, IIAMrTON. i>ro1npt att<;nt1011 J'Ht)ll to sa.I.es, &c, on r~a1:1un M°CL.UNG BROTI-IERS' ON ,md AFTER~ the fost <lay of Oct, 187.j, om bus111esR will b6 conducted on a CASH basis "W'" have, afte1 duly consideung the matte1, concluded to abandon the CREDIT SISTEM and to sell our goods for 1eady money, 01 its equivalent. It is unncccssa1y to iesort to a1gu111ent or expJ,mat10n to show that, m tliese d.tys, tue C1ed1t System is iuJunous ahke to seller and purclwsc1 , 11nd it is mn>e1sally achmttcd to be an injustice to those who lmy fo1 cash So there rn no r1polo,;} necessary, on mu pmt, for making the pioposed cha11ge This new method WJ!l enable us to take C\ cry advantage of the m,11kets, and place w1thi11 our ie,ich Lu,:e t1,tdo discounts on c,1sh pmchases~ ablc terms. ENNfgf{ILLEl.'. Fales p1oiupLly att~ dcd to on renaonnble ter:m.8. ALLAN LINE STEAMSH IP. Live1pool Londori, and Glasgow F OJt l1t;kcts, or inkr:ma.tlon..;, apply to W A. N lI<ADS, Agmt. Bo'>'>manv1lle, .Tune 9th, 1871. .. tf ~O Fancy Goods,Berlm Woo1s,&c. Mrs. Mason, HAMPTON, He -.- 3 to 11.fotm the pulJl ic, that Ahe has JUSt re ce1~1:<l a splendid new a.ssortnwnt of lt'ancJ Gou1] Q, Be1hn \Vools, etc," Inch HhC w1ll sell at 8 ~ low puce as they can be bought for else wlJete :51'4. PIP..G done on SHORTES1 1 JYOTICE l)r.:t, 8th,18i4 2 Jmos. W. l BUNNEY, BUILDER, ETC. 13e...,.B to t1;Jlurn thanks to Ina fnende fo1· the sup "H~t he has rccen ed the past t'vo yea11~, u.utl rnpcs by corit1nued sh1ct pe1sonal attention to bus1n~ss and \\ 01 k1n!=," a.t the most reasonable pl'lces, t~ eu<.tnrc o. cout1nua.nce of -public pa.tronag:ti v.,r B ls prepn.ted to build hou.!les, etc , 011 the mol:!t inodern style of architecture Job buig- promptly atll:!r1ded to l">lans a.Dd apeciti eation~ got up on upphcahon, un the most 1ca. .'>unahle tmnIB, autl of e\ cry d<.:1:.c11pt1on Office _..and Shop, Ontai10 Street. nearly opposite 1\-It "l.' Dow<len'il. £ 0 ,i,;roauv1Ue Dec 24th, 1874. 1::1 l y, 'l'he beneJits »Inch will 1esult to our customers undc1 this system ate 111g manifest, not only shall "We be able to buy our goods considerably cheape1 '.t\nd \H~ mustn't tell tt single soul where undei the advantages rcfencd to, but much smalle1 p10fits then we1e y;e ' re gmng, fur 1f we shoult.1, oue or more of our ~or.sh1pfu~Ue,utees woul<l be su1e to necessa1y under the old s~·stem, will suffice We aie determined, this season, to pu'Sh 0111 business w1 th renewed follow uro:,' stipulated Ml!:iS Hutson, v.ith a ene1gy, .u1d sh,tll endeavo1 to excel rn every clepa1tment Our .1n«nge- haH irn1uu111g glanc~ at Helen'g facei whicl1 rnent5 a,1 e such tlMt no establishment can undersell us Remember, then, ~rew "· ::1hu.d~ n101e tlioughtful, for there n:n.s one person 1n the ¥.orld to whom she bad that the iight place foi cheap goods i· Bowmanv1lle, SepL 1st, 1875. M°CL1UNG BROS. des1gne<l gl\ 11Jti the key of her wh~rca.boutR Then, reTueUlbenng that she had glven before this vutu il rctuetuent trom society, that he n11:.;ht knoy; v,; here to find bet 1n the ~litis Hartson no <lu.ect1ons fur hud1ug hei long, qtn~t snmu1er th it stretchetl out so nl uncle's country ho1n~,ehe proceeded to write n note to lier alQu, and separately folduig l lu 1ng bt Jore her She did not 1eply in1n1ed1ately, and pres- the two delicate sheets of notepaper, she eutly the other gul cornruenced talkrng enclosed them 1n the envelp:pc:~ sh~ had al- She had felt so supremely happy m the belie! ll1dt ebe wao belo' ed by this, the only 111na to \\horn her pure, true heart bad ever :y1eldccl a.lleg1ance, and the ret elat1on ahe bad hstened to that rnormng bad fallen hke a swift blow upor.. ber high, sensitive natu·e. It waa bard to renhoe that nil the brightness of J esterda) was gone trom her life-that she had only been dccc.vcd m hun·whoru she baJ husted so ent1r"ely ; nnd A sudden light drifted through her nu.ud 1 she buried her pale face 1n her handq, and "ept the first 11\ler tears of sorrow that had and, turning with quiet d 1gntty to her com. ever dimmed the lustre other glouous dark po.nton, 1:1he sa'ul, coldly,eyes ' ~fr Standish, you hnve, through a careAt !mt she thought ouly of her own less lJlllnder Of 1111ne, received a note wl11ch wrecked hopes and wounded love ; then, I wrote last week to my friend, ~fas Wllhe witb a qu1ck re\ul~ion of feel111g, a scncie of ITarteon 1 w horn I came here to meP.t to day supreme scorn for the ruau bunaelf swept and as you have been riresnmptuous enough through her soul-for th1s ruan \'ho had to suppo,c tbat I was reull} nddresS!ngyou, been recreant enough to tu1le away the courtesy de1na0Jt:1 that I shall off~r you the hours of h1s engagi>ment to another girl by hosp1tahty of rny unc1c's house,' an1us1ng himself inn fhrtation with her 'Whi<;h, of course, I shall oe 011ly too Her 1dul bad rndced fallen, and once look· happv to accept,' responded the youag ruan, ing the lc1cts fullJ in the face, and beheving And llelen gave her orders to the drner, bun to be in rcnhty utterly unworthy of v.:ho WM already in l11s seat, the Lleep love she had given hnn, she reso1Let n1e beg pa1do11 for Jny prusumptlon, lutely detern:nncd to drne his 1mage from Helen,' Will Staad18h continued, as the her heart , ::ind, with charactcnstic fLrn1ness, horses started in a ~u1ck trot 'And while set a.hcuislmprng her future course of action. l tell you ho\\ surry I arn to J.1s::ov~r that Sue folt a tlmll u[ gladness that she hnd deth~ eweet word1:1 were nut reall) rneant for ( 1Jed to go to the country the next day innit>-, 1nny I not believe that you are glaU to stead ot n a1t1ng unttl ~ll::;s Hnrtson could be see me 1 And wIll .Jou not a.csor<l n1e one ready to accotnpnuy her , for, with all her bright l5ll1ile or wc1cou1e, my darling 1' he resolution :iud f1rrnue.:i~, sbe could not feel euqu1red gravely, loolung in a kind of pain· qu1te strong enough to fo.ce the world and ed an1az.?.meut upon the cold 1 repellant, ~'ilh~ Stand1eh JUi:;t now. half scornful expression of her race, as 1:1he Drawu1g her \\:nt1ng desk to"nrds her, lfotenerl to h18 wo1ds with llt erted eyea Bhe peuned bun a few moral ~ords of re- 'Helen, in Ileave11'~ uame, "hat <loea tlus traction and rf'Ject1on, hoping that the mu- mean ~ Tell me---' tual H1rta.t1on,wh1ch had been so enuaently 1 Afr. Stand1&h,this is neither tune nor place agreeable to her, had proved equally so to for explanalloa,' said Helen, 1 but I should hin1,and cloi:;ed by b1d1..hng hnn a cotuteous be glad heu:a(ti:r for you to address me us adieu fur the aumn1eJ: aeasolJ. ~11ss GranJ1son ' We don't thmk there is much dan;er to cwihzation or human progress from the vast extent and Increasing extension of British and Russian power over the earth's surface Our correspondent need not ren1a1n m doubt as to the relative proportion of the territory of the glooe uncler the sway of these two Governments Let him take a map o! the world, mark upon it the dommions of Ru56lo. In Europe and As111, and the ~Vith a feverish, indefinable impatience poss~ssions of England tn Asia, Africa, be sprang from tlJe carrhtge when thestat\on Arnencn, nnd""T'ustralarna, and he will see He can settle the \\as called out,and,glanemg eagerly around, ' bow the land hea.' '"" the beautiful face of 11 elen hoking question far btmself still easier, by procurfrom an open carriage near the station He mg one of those maps of the world upon ao.lrnneedqmckly to1rnrd her, Lis earneot which all Bntlsh terntory everywhere is I gaze noting the fact that she \'i as looking marked with one color and Russian with another. In either way he will secure for paler than he had e\ er bf.fore seen her himself an excellent lesson m geography. Her soft dark eyes "'ere fixed upon some It must be remarked, while dealmg with other passengers, w lio had en1erged from the ·111est1on he suggests, that both England the train, among \~ hon1 \\ere se'\ eral lad1eE1 1 and Ruea1a tu trod uce to the regions ~ h1ch aud ,be did not see him until he had gmu· they annex a far higher civiliz1t1on than ed the carnage, and wns gtving he1 fond that which they find m them For example, rapturous words of greeting that port10u of western Africa m which the Before she could recover suffic1e11tlJ fron1 Bri t1sh fhg was recently planted haa been ber surprise 11nd indignation to speak, he inhab1kd from t1n1e 1mmemoual by savage bad sprung lightly mto the \dude beside tribes" ho spent their hves in fightmg each her, aud 1 clasping her hand he n1nrmured other, and seemed to have no capacity for fondlyrais1ng themselves to better conditions of 1 0 Helen, my darling, you can ne\er ex1i:Jtence But now, through British power, know how Meat and happy you made me peace will be mamtamed among them , the bJ your sweet command tliat I ahould) mst:tutions by which public order aud come to you to <lav' Justice <ro upheld "di be established , the With flashing eyes and crimson che-eks, arts of ..8.!uropean c1v1l1zattnn will be u1troII elen drew herself haughtily ay;;ay, JUSt as Uuc~d; thl! slave trade, and slavery itself, the coachm·n approached, aod respectlully will be suppressod; auo.l the whole reg10n nnnouucul that }11es I-larteon \\RS not in v.111 Ue nd\:anced, la all ways, 68 there ts no the train, at the Pan1e hine handing Helen reason to believe it ever would ha\ e been The Bntisb had prea letter that bad been bi ought for her to the under nutivo rule. atu.tion viously done much for other portions of the SHEEP AND Cows· From the St L(J1ns ll~publua11. Ainong the prominent visitors ~t the fair i$ l\1r George Grant of Victoria Colony, Knnsas, the owner of the largest farin in the world, with tbe exception, perhnp;:., of that of the Duke or Southerland, whoso broad acre1:1 consist largely rt h1ll and heather, Mr. Grant's doniain covers 576,000 acres in the'beart of Kansas, about 290 nnles Y\ est of Kansas City to 1"01tHuys, tho centre <f the tract. Hui effort lti to establish a model farm, for which great cre(ht is dnc him, as well as for hu:1 suecessfu1 efforts in inllo dumng 1mported stock, nnd "howing the results 1n crossing in1p0rted ~1th native stock, and also the best methods of shellermg and feeding cattle 1n "Inter. ~Ir Giant 1a going back to Europe in about five \veeks to Rrrange for the bringing out of more peop1e1 nod n large pnrtion of high- hre<l otock, which he "'II exb:oit at the Ueutennial, with the rnteut10n ultimately of slnp· prng 1t to V1ctona. Mr Grant states that one herd of eiguty one short horns of tlie Booth strom sold five weeks ago at the sale of the late Mr Torrs'a property m~Euglaud at an aHrage price from young to old of $3,000 They were of the sam" fan11ly that he bas at V1ctonn, and many of the a111rnols were bought fo1 America Mr Grant's coloni has large!)' swelled this season by 1mmigra.ntf, and another Eoghab company bas JUSt bought 40,000 a.creei adJoin1ng the V1ctor1:1 C()lony One of the New York Gunthers has started with G,000 acres, and Mr D1ck1nson of St Louis bas bought two square miles, and IS out there now making arrangements for putting up a house ~fr. Grant says be lE inore than sahsfoed "'th the produce of h1' crop· tlus season. The rams have been abundant, but la$t year the graeahoppera swept e' erytlnng. One field of eighty acres of Hung.rrnn grasa. on hu1 farm has pro<l uced 776 tons of fod<ler aud 5,114 bushels of seed, gtv1uga p1oht of more than GOO per cent on the cost of put· ting m the seed He put rn 300 acres of alfalta, a kmd of !odder rnach used m Uahforma The land will grow three crops of tlus grass in a year, at the 1.1te of a1x tons to the acre, but it affects a deep, dr}'so11. Mr Graut has increased Ins ilock ul sheep to 16,000, and hM 1,000 cows lu less than five J ears he ""xpecto to increase h1a d1eep to 100,000. HIS wool alone lhio sea·on brought $11,700 rn Boston at thirty three ceuta per puund. Sheep far1n11ig 18 ev1· deutly destrned to be a profitable busmess in Kansas .,. New 'l'ailor shop, L JOHN H EAL, · .i:\.':rE ¥ll'l1H F Y CO"\Y~LF., begs to inform the pnbhc gtrnerall), that be bat1 <..:um menced business in tho Shop nextr to the Ji:xi)J:e$S Qffice 1 u1w door eaRt of ,T Milne1 s Ha.ving had ae,aral Jtiars e:xperieuce in tho tradl.'I, hi:: hop~;., to E1at1sfy all who may fa'ior hUJl with n cu.I! G-OOD FITS GUARANTEED Dowman-.;1lle, Sep 4th, 1872 m49 tf JVeiv Pa1·tnership I Morris & Waits on GENERAL GONTRA01'0RS AND BUILDERS l\iONEY We ha> e deteiroinecl to offe1 · ·-~ Manufacturers of Sash.Blinds Doors, l\!Jouldings, and Window Frames, W ithr-wiJk>ut Cam1g With or without ' ]]mid Moulds. GOODS AT PANIC PltICES. Extra.ordina.ry Inducen1en.ts to Cash. :Buyers. 25 every vati- PER CENT. .o--- DISCOUNT, Planing, Planing § Matching, sawing and turning, Ornmnental Pwlcet·, in of every will be allowed off our usually lcw P1ices, on ety, cind Scroll Sciwtrilf, Je~t:npt1on SUMMER MILLINERY, MANTLES, LACE AND 'II::;SUJ', PARASOLS, GRENADINES, AND OIHER LIGHT DRESS GOODS again. 'In the strictest coLJfi.JencP, Helen,' she said, 'I w11l give you rr1y reason for \\lSh· u1g to n1aku Uua a part ot our ngreetneot The truth is, dear, I \\ould not caie for o.ny· body else, but I doll t want Will Stond1sh to 1'now 11 hcrp l ~in l\ is s:immer ll utbers (ind out 1 be will be sure to asce1taln nlso, ana in J es~ than n \\ el'k nftcr \\ e get there, make his appeatance, winch \Vould be the tncet unplea~~ut coutreterups in the world 1 for poor httle nie l Jon't quite under· stand,' EQ1J IIeltn, "1th JUSt a taint trcruor, in h~i B\\ et!t '01ce, '\\ hy 1l 1:1liould be so unpleasant to }OU, Willie, to ha1e 1tlr Stau dish coa1e to 0 nclc El\\ ard s 1 'Well, 1 have gQO(:! a little tqo fa.r v.ilh the gentle1nnn in qucshon, tb4t s all 1 and ne\:er reuJ1scd, uut1l lie lJuU i;uru1ueuceU brggrag me to uaL'lc the day, bow ve1y much in enruest be \\: as7 the g1rl rcpl1eLl, with o. little d eprecating laugh and a kceu 1 turtl\ e g]a.ncc 1nto the v. lute, startled face of the ~JStener 'Yun see, I \\:ant to a~ut<l a 1:ment=>, an<l eLall n1anage not to sec h1m nny more be101e 1 g0 \\Ith you to the count1y 1 I "'ill leave ~t letter of d1en11ssal to be hauded bun after I ant htlrly off I rnust leave Lis picture and ring, too,' she added, twuhug ~11gu1licantly the n1agn1tlc1nt dtJ.mond that glltteretl on the ' en gageulelJt finger,' ancl on \\hrnh l;f.tlen SHAWLS, no\\ looked Y. ith a w1lJ, bu.H incredulous go;.;e The reniatnder of ihe short drive was passed in co1nparatn e silence, and when they tcuched the farmhouse, Helen, Jein iag her perplexed and drntresscd lo-.;er in the car1J o1 her uncle, who itit::t tbe:m on the steps, repaifed o.t once tu her own cbamber1 ready a<lrl+esseil, aµd ot onoe d1SpaLohed a endeavor1ng to quiet i:.i some measure the aexva.nt '!\:Ith the one nddref!sed ta the young wild stormy tumult of emotion 1n wh1ch lady, retaining the other t.o be eent to the she founc1 hera~Jf post office next inoruu1g, 1:50 that it \\ ould Alu ost mechanically she glanced at the be delivered through the post after she was letter which still ren1ained unopened in her gone hand, and which was, of course, from I\hsR The servant soon rehuned, sl\y1ng Miss Iiartson 'l'hln}\ing it nn~ht help to dis· Hartaou "as not at borne, but he had left tract her thoughts from herself, ohe tore it the note to be hono!ed her when she sbo11ld open. return Tilat same evemng, when Will Stoudish The letter bore the date ot the preeeduig .Jay, and the young lady commenced by rt all lull c1 ti ed to .ee FI el en, h is t rue Iiea ' tellrng her dear Helen tout the note wb1cb ol I ove aull liupe, an d eager yea rning to feel 15he li.1U sent her last \.\eek had, through thr '-er swee·~ neghgence of n. aervaut, not been J.ehvered anew th e b a 11 o\\1ug ln fl uence 0 l 11 presence, h e j elt aaal Y d lSappoi nted when until that Yerv e\ en1ng upon which ahc tne t fl. t th e d oor \\ 1th ti ie meao:ag e' wrote Then she\\ ent on to say hov, horn'::\hss flcle11 t>a/8 )Ott \\il ! pl ease excuse fled slie w·q.s \\:Pea 111be discoveted that the her tlns even1n~ ' mi,sn e had been intended for Mr Stand1Sh ·For Helen, darhn",' she added, patheti· " co.lh, 'I anl almost sure that you have sent .i him son1cth1ng you baU \\ ritten to n1e, and I am 80 featful that lt may have contained eo1ne nllus1on to tl1e r1Lhculuus story l told you the 1noro1ng before l:OU left home Of ,; course, dear, I was only Jesting ahout Mr Standish bC>ing a lover of n11ne, and merely wanted to see, ior the f 11n of tlle thing, if I could nnpose on JOUr credulity for a httle while. You must forg1ve me for breaking my promise to spend the summer wiLh you :in the country, as ruamtna is determ 1neclI 1 ·hall go to London. It is needless to say how freely llelen <lid forgive her, or to tell of the re.chant, blu~h1ng face w1th which ehe met her lover 1n the d1aing·room a ha1£-hour later, or how Will Staudish blessed the fates for send mg him the wrong note, \I. hen Helen i.;onfecised to him "hat she had really mtended hun to receive. l\-!1ss Grandisonjs sun1mer in the country f was one clelic1ous ;rulurue ot Jove and tfln Jerness There was a grand weudrng 10 the auturnn, a111l 1.I1ss Hartson, after gr111d· ing her '\ h1te teeth savngely over her defeat, smiled amiable congratulations to the lovely bride and the handsome, happy b:i:1degroom. B. W. S. W~E!t African coast, and st1Jl more for that region of southern Afpca where their flourtshing colonies are constantly Increa.s1ng in prosperity. _ So agam with the FccJe· Is lands, which have JUSt been annexed to the AustraJwnan possessions of Great Er1tain These fertile nnd charmmg isles ha\ e been hold by a rnce belongmg to the low est order of savoges, who kept up their figbtmg all the year round, and devoured each other to the muBlc of fe fl fo tum. Their <:aumbal J·mborees will be perempt0rily Plopped by Queen 'rictotla'a authority; British laws, eo far aa appltcahle, will be extended O\ er theru ; and enterprising British colonists will develop those resources wluoh the na· tlvea have proved themsel\es powerless even to l1ud out It we pass to southern Asia, where Bru1ah power IS couatautly exR ttl11d1ng and annexation movements arc always in progress, we cannot nelp seeing the 1mpro\~ementfi lbat are effected through the n1odern c1v1l1zat1on which England there repre8ents. The countries of Br1tish India, which have b~en succeBa1vely subjugated, ~ere neither ea vage nor barbarous, but were in po.,,sess1on of an anc1en t Orieutal SJ stem of mv11iz'l.tlon which secured them mauy ndvantagei:i At the satne tune they suffer· ed greatly through the wars, exactioneJ and deepotis111 of their nuh \·e princes, a& \'\·ell as through. lawa and c'.lstoms enforced without regard to J usher. or the pu hhc welfare Under BntlBh rul<>, an alinost unbroken state of peace has 9een ealabhahed ; the rnodern system of law ts enforced : popular education is making its way ; newspapers in the English and native languages are mult1phed , abonuuable customs, hke the suttec1 haye been aboh8bed, andChr1ehanity can spread without obstruction In short, a.a we glance at Queen 'r1ctor1a's dominions scattered all over the globe, we Ree tbst, under Britrnh authority, a higher nnd nobler order of en ihzation is everywhere appearing, supplanting savagery, barbariam, ot Orientahsm. Surely Uu.s is sornetbrng that need not be regretted by any fneud uf mankrnd W · might speak m the sams way of the extension of Russian dominion, which is constantly in progress. There eau Le no douot, for example, that excellent reRults have accrued, and will yet accrue, to Turkcstan, from the recent annexahon to Russia of Kh1va, Xhokand, and otbcr khauates. The annexed population, wild and unruly since the dawn ot history, will have the oenefit of peace and order; they ll w1 enJoy a ·y·tem of fows saporior to any h h b they ave ever ad , t e1r commerce will ue extended ; m1Jroade Will be run through their country , steamers put upon their d rivers, an the stupendous eng1nery of d mo ern times set to v.ork 1n tbe1r presence. The rnfluence ol all this will opeedily be felt in Per~lla and Atghanista.n, in western China and Thi bet · and the influence must be btineficial to all the uncounted myriads o! central Asia, who are demoralized by slavery, and suffer under the d·luSlons of J\.fobammedanism and Buddhism The Russian Government jg an a.bsolutu1m, wb1ch is o!ten aUdJnstly called a despotisn1 ; but its pohllcal inshtuhona are hb1:ral and p1ogr~ssn~e 1n comparison with those which have heretofore ex13ted in Tu1kestau. There will hkewioe be advantages to c:v1hzation, though lens extensive, profound, and farreachwg, from the recent annexation to Russta of the great ieland of Saghaheo, on tbe ea.stern lllde of the ...\aia.t10 contlnent, \'\'h1eh has up to this year been claimed and partially belrl by the Japaueoe M1kaJo The population of Sagbahen, largely Japo· nese, ia not great ; h11t the 11upo1tant pos1 .. tton ot the rnland will doubtless lead the Rus.'lI<LTl Goi; erntnent to advance its Interests In eTery possible \Vay, We ea.unot recouvt all that has been doue for progresS1ve clv1h- Wondet1n>' a little that no km<l wor<l of 0 regret accornpanied bet "'1sb to be excused, but concluded 10 his own m1ntl that she mn.~t be suffc,nng fron1 1ndispos1t1on, be could only a,\:\ntt, nnpaL1ently enough, the co1n1n 0 rr ot the morrow, resolving v.:hen it came to call upon Helen m the afternoon, 111stead ot \,\: u1tin~ until night. But the noon post brought a letter subscribed in her hauJwutiug to hin1?.elf He tore it open, and v;1th an odd muturo of 1ewildermeut and delight, read these words u D~.t..lt VVn.Lpi:,-I start to my Uncle Ed \\a.rd'a to morrow mornini.c Be au re to follow nie on rruesJo.y next. y~ou caa, 1f ) ou choose, JUst take tbe early train for L-- , stop a t - - stA.tlon, and I v;1ll be there lllJ sell to meet you ' Affectionately, ' HUES ' Glancm~ at the date, he perceived the uote must have been writtt:n the d;iy be· fore, uud tbou~ht tb11t he no\v understood "by hie Jarhng bad refu.ed to ·ee hnu that c\enin~ She must, of conrse, ha\'e been in the n .tdst of hinr1cd prcpu.ra.t1ons for lcnv1ng home, tor certa1nly her departure was uut.!xpecleJ to herself, else she \vould h~nc mentioned lt to buu when he saw her la$t, TH& FROG TRADE - I \\as out dmrng recentlr, and a. ft::'A miles from here found two men in a swamp by tb.e side ol the ioatl, who seemed to be crazy, to Judge from their mo\en1enti;, I watched them Jrom the carr1a.ge some time, and finally 111(1.de up my m1nd they "ere fit:h1ug, but how tl1ev could finrl water enough to fish m I coul I not Imagtnc Finally I culled out to them, 1 What ~re you doiog there 1 'Oon1e and see,' one of them shouted back. I hitcher! my horse and picked mv way over the bogs to lhem They \\er~ catching 1roga 1 u~y woul<l str1l1.e them with clubs '\here they could reach them, but the rnosr of thew they caught w1tb a "ue 1 suare ' They had a large baaketfll!, more than a hunJr<d pounds, they said, and I guess they told the truth One of them said he mode a good deal of money catching fwga fur tLe New York market. He said that m one month last season he caught 11600 pounds of dressed frogs, fur w hwh he got t~lrly cents a pound, making $480 for h1s 1nouth's work, Part of the time !le Lad two bojs to help him. L,,t week, near Hudson, h~ aa:d he caught up" urds of five huu<lred pouu<ls, nn<l sold them tor $160, or at an nveragr. of thtrty two cents a pound. 1I hcse sto:r1cs seemed to me 1ncrc<l1ble, and yet he assured me 1t "ns the truth Ile co.n cleat twenty cents a pound, he says, cosily. Ho seems to be an honest n1a11, and, fron1 the ease with "b1ch they eaugbt the frogs, I was led to b&heve that he had not 0 ·retched the truth much, tf at all ·-. Troy J>u;ss - - -- -- - I We will also submit to the same SACRIFICE BOOTS & 011 O)[E TO ORDER, on the SHORTEST NOTICE. SHOES, GEN'r'S ' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING. HATS & CAPS, &c ll.EADY'·MADE 'You have su1prtse<l nte '\'"Cty nlucb, W1lhe , I had neHr thought of Mr '3tand1ob as a lovier u[ )Otu.;1,' she &UU dtrectly, in a. strange, q111tlt voice, 1:1l111nk1ag away irorn the cunuus Bi.ilUt:l.ny of the pale lilue eyea OlJllUSl te GENUINE DISCOUNrI1 SALE! NO PUFFING l -,~the Every Person having '1 tf (i DOLLAR TO SPEND jar neccss?ll'Y Goods will lease call, relwve our necessities, and reap the Profits. 'Of course )OU d1dn t, Helen, becau~e tt "ai:i lllJ :-ipec1al request that he should neve1 d~vote biruselt to me in pubhu l don't Oeheve auybuJy is awnrr. ot our engagetn:ent .But re~Jh [ must be oJl now, u~ a r, I've h alf n. d )~"'n other calb lo rnake tlas niorurog,'1\lrns llartson cu n t1n-ued, as @he g'at ceJ. at h er watch and iosc from }.er seat 1, .A.nd liow non 5hall we start to your Uncle Edward's 1' -nn,~WIN, ist, Oshawa, A" lNIELLlGENr Jurwn.-We bave before expressed our u1d1gnt1on at the present method ol drawu1g JUr1es 1 bf which several ignora01naes may be fonnd in the Jury box trying iu1porta::it cases, to the tletnment of stntor; 1 the annoyance of intelhgent Jurors who sit in the box v; 1th tbern, and to the tnJury of that respous1U1hty anU rcspecta~ b1hty which the verdwts of· JUQ ought to bear. An amusing lnstan' e of tlus fa);t was given "hen the JUry m thP o,anse of McKay vs ~IcPhee, having been in1pnnnelled and sworn, were asked to choo&: then foreiuan Delay took place, all the Jurymen seem mg to slmuk trom takrng the po'1l10n. The trial was about being proceetled wnh when one of the couosel called the Judge's atteuhon to the fact that the jury had not yet chosen their f>reman. udge McOully said 'What t! the matter, gentlemen; any JUror can be a foreman, if he can read and wnte,' wh~reupon one of the JUryrr1en got up niu.1 rcphed, 'Well, sir, I can't read or wntP,anJ mJ mother dk<l Uefore I wa:> wettned 1' and then went ou to show "hat a poor chance be bad to get any learniug, to "h1cil tbe Judge rephed, 'Never 1111nd, we \-..:on't take you" Of course, tbe na1'e remarks oJ the Jury produced great laughter m Court Tbl3 incident reveals In st11k1ng colora the e"ils of the present n1ethod of choos1ug JU11ee, and unless the Jury system is altered,publt1,; confidence, already abaken in J nr1es, w1ll nt· terly \'aornh -Wind·or }.lail '