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· · "' I 'fHE MERCHANT J GENERAL ADVERTISER. ... teiJ largely in the Townships of Darling. Jlarke and Cart\vrlght It is a, common form, open to the free dtscuee1on of all quesBn wh1ch the gene1al pnbhc are- concerned. WEST DURHAM Stea.m·Jo'b :Printing Ofiico KING SrnhET, BowMANVILLE. TERMS. E< 't c1 1 ~ f' f r f r 1r: 1 r r f l , 1 JT ind vance. The ' Merchant' and 'Obser· var,' $2.QQ. Ono column H iTES OF ADV i!..UTISINCJ. H>lf <lo. . . 45 per aD;11 1um, AND GENERAL *DVERTISER. VOLUME 25 Q u r1.rte1 di;;. · J5 " '11raJ:i::sient ad"ertiaements,5 cts pei: line first in&ertion, n.nd 2c per hne, each Rubsequent one vn BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMER 26, 1875. NUMBER e11e, &c, 1n .A.kron, Ohio, and ln the after· noon performance was walking 1u the museum when an old n1ao who was standing before the' SleeprnR peaut) ,' the breathmg figure, you know, turned to me and said, 'How Ion~ has that woman been in that cond1tion, s1r ?' 'Ever since she was bo11J 1 ' I ans\vered 'You doIL't say so, I want to know,' and the old man was m11ch aston· isbed. Just then nlong came two young fellows who stopped before tl,e automatic drummer and organ guuJeJ 011e of them tuined and sa1tl. 'Come along, Jim, that feller 111n'tahve; It's a darned humbug' 'No,' said J101, there ain't half of these things real i it's all a da.rn bu1,ubug ;' and off they went They had expected to be humbugged, and were not d1sapp)1nted There was another very funny incu.lent a.t Erie, when this same show was there The canvas was packed full, and I sat down by the aiae of an old couple who wtre watch iog the circus perforn1ance. '\\'hat I want,' said the old mno, is to see Barnum. I'd give more to see h1 m than the hull caboodle pnt together, Do you kuow winch of them io Barnum r said he, turning to me I Said that I thought Mr. Barnum wal\II 't in the ring. By and by lbeie came rnto the rfng a young fellow about twenty two years old, riding four horses. He went through all his n1nn~~vers 1 and ended by stanchug lll hi· bead on l11s horse and k1ckrug hie legs m the au. 'There wife, ['II bet a huodre<l. dollars that that's Barnuu1 There a1u't another ruan m the wul l cutl do that, I know.' The Mayor laughed heartily at the idea of his standing on htshead, or rid1ag four horseo. THE ANIMALS IX POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c., &c., &c., EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE them JUSt to set at rest the vexed quesh.)11 1 'Who was the best man 1' It is related that he was never a ~uick fighter, though There he was 'l stey for all tl1at wM out were dozens of the lads in bis day who could make his fo.ce look hke a ra\Y bee[· l:iteak in ten unnutea, but JUat about the tune" hen he ought to have cried enough, lie would tu1 n u pou hi.a autagon1at with such fury that he \You.Id soon be con1pelled to acknowledge hnnself a whipped mai1. An old competitor of bis oncn rcmnrked c John didn't ne\er seem to know when lie wus hcked,and JUSt as yon got tired tbnmp ing h1n1, he kind o' got Ins second w1nC, a Wthen you might as "ell try lo tuckle the devil htniselt as try to make any bend wuy a.go.inst him.' Of the iron industries of Troy,stove mouhhog is the most unportant, and rn the tl·y a ot Mom.Se) 's boy boou, every 1uoulder ha<l lus helper, or 'Berkshire, n~ he was called ; and wh en he was ab,,ut 111neteen yeats old he became a ~(: rk· shire rn the Clmton Stove Wo1ke, the farglie soon est, ttt that time, in tbe '\'Qtld became a valuable n1an tn the shop, lus greo.t strength e11ahl1 ng bun to U.o a ~ ·gre11t deal of "bat is called 'J·ckas.' work with case. Amoug othE::r incidents of lus shop hfe, it JS related that he would ofte1t, for a small wager, stand barefooted and lift · Ja. dle of molten iron at arm's length breast high, an nch1evement never before, nor since accomplished. After the Stern way Hall trngedy, Morris· sey settletl down sou1cwbat, and won the affect1ous of ~I1s.s Sal:y 8mit11, of Troy, d~ughter of a prom1nf'nt steamboat c&.pta1n, anll the bel1e of her uatlve city Thia wa.a the most fortunate step of his life, for he now began to think of mak1ng money. With this ol<Ject in view, be started a bar .. roo111 in Troy. Selhng wh1skey was not profitable enough, bowever 1 nnd he borro\\·.. ed $500 o! Johnny J<'ra11khu ol this city,and embarked m the faro bankrng busmeae. While thus ePgaged, be found tune to patronize other forms of sport, and he de· v~loped quite a passion for cock fighting, One night, \\bile nttc11dmg a fight, he got into a. quarrel \\ lLl1 a n1an named Heenan and hio son T1a1, \vh1ch re3ulted in his \vlupp1ng the pair Heenan bad a son in Cahfornia wbo hud acquired the soubriquet of the Ben1ma Boy, and cons1der11ble repu· talion as a prize tighter When the .Benicia. Hoy leatned of the insult to bis kin, he re.. turned home to !luash the mnn who had struck his lather When he reaohed New York he soon found friends to pit him, a:;amst Morussey,and the wife of the latter h1Lvi11g g1ven h t! r cunsent,a rnatch was made for the chaulp1onsh1p ot An1er1ca. 1~he battle was fought 111 Canada, and was one of the most terrible m the annals of the ring Iu tbe first round Heeuan broke !\lornssey's nose with a blow· that · would have taken the hght out of halt the sluggers m the countiy , but Morrissey bided his Ltmc, and on Hecnan'ssmaeh1ng his hand aga1n8t a tJtake 1n the fifth round, he sailed 1n anJ put th~' boy' to sleep \\'tth ease Tb1s ended !\Iorr1sse) 's career in the nng. About tl11s tune, he learu~d that Commodore v,mderbilt had Ina ·JO upon a fast horse in New York, but that be hated to p1y the pnce ,u;kcd tor lnm l\lorn,;iRey bought tbe an11n al uua pres~nt.t d it to the UouunoJore. ' .rand e1l11lt accepted the gift, and took 1\Iurnseey u1 to his confidence, adv1~111g hun to go into the 'street' and specu" late in stock~ John took the aJv1ce, antl frorn the po1nts turnit!hcd by Vanderb1Jt, he soon found ht oleclt on a wn.y to a com~ petency. About thrn tune be thought sen· ously o! tnkmg up his residence for good m Troy, and with that object in vtew,he made overtures for the purchase of a d welhng that faces a private park m that city. The ar1stocrat1c deinzens ol the neighborhood became alarmed at the threatened prox.1m1ty of a prize Ughter,and combined together and purchased the residence before be could cotnplete his arrangea1ente 'Vben !\ilorrrn· sey found tb1s out, be dete1m ined on te· venge, and thrpugh a Jriend be purchuscd a lot im.med1ately 111 the rear of the most elegant part of the ai1stocrut1c locahty, and on it Le erected a loud srnE!lhug soap ta.c· tory. The outrageC aristocratfl. applied to the courts, Lut l\1orrissey 's nttorne~a were clever, und availed th emselves of each trick ot the law to procrastinate the case, and the reeult "as, the soap factory was bought by the amtocrats at · price that made them pay deaily tor their exclusive· ness. 1\-Iorri~sey then moved permanently to NewYorkc1ty,and ash1s wealth inc~aaed he became anxious for poht1cnl pov.erandoffic.e. Pose1bl) the renl,as it was the avo,\·ed n1otive fol this deeire, was the fact that Morrissey des1red to leave his nnly EOU a re· collect1on of lns parent thot "°' ould embrace something more than tl ~ 1nr:-tory of a succes!:!ful prize fighter and gt1.n1 Uler Be his ohJect whnt 1t way, his u111b1t100 "as gratihed, and he was elected to Uungrees, and it is only fau tu say tLat his c1ueer as a. me1nher of the K at1onal Le~ isla.turo was marked hy honest) nnfl goorl fil nfe, quah· ties not altogether UUtHsira.Ulc 1u tL1s class of pubhr servants. When Vanderbilt took possc6'ion of the New York Centrttl, 1t became des1rable to get a~ idea of his polrny befo1" the pub. he behef that the information was obtained inc1dentally aud riot rr1a.de known with n purpose. With !hat obJect in view, a reporter ot a Jnnrnll.l ; whose ecbtor was in the secret v;asdetad~d to inter\'1ew Morrissey, and extort if poss1blf', the new·s from him. 'l'he scnbe was elated ovtir h1~ comm1ss1on, anrl succeeded bf') on cl bis \\lid est hopes Wb.cn the interview 1A.1s about at an end,he said to his compan1on ':rtfr. Morrissey, \\hat is tl1e ~ cret of your success 1u lite 'l It can't he because you were a pnr.e fighter, for better pugthsta than you have died ln tbe poorhouse ' 1'.Iorrissey scanned bts int~riogator clos~ ly, and then Slllcl ' lf I answer, ) ou will not pul,Ji,h it now 1' 1 Certainly uot ' \Vas the response. 'Then,' said ?.Iorrrnec>v1 'my word is inv bond I never refuse tr) help anyone who asks for aid, if it ism my power. If I fiml a man v;ho 1s disposed to b ~ my friend, I tie to him w1th hook~ of steel, and lf I find a rnan geing out of hts way to do me or mine, dirt, I go for h11u until he goes In the hole' Those who know M01 nssey beet can best;. appreciate this creed, a1)d 1t portrays bun out and out. H c "on't he, he won't steal, and lle never turns h1s back on n fri end or a foe Is it any wonder that be carried the masses w1th h1m 1n a Equare tigh t ngarnst hypocrisy and dcmt 1 There mil lie many a Senator m Albany !his wrnter t~a.t ~ight_ w~ll :m1tat: hie c.ample. _ _ . H a>mg sold out my CA BINET & UNDER'l'AKIN'G BUSINESS to 111R W P. Pnow·· I would re):lpectfu.Ily recommend h1m to the Public who have favored me with their patronage for the last 'l'huty years, as a Gentleman '\\ell qua11ticd to meet their wants m the above hne of tl"1tde, and believe that he will i;pve the utmost sat1sfa.ctton to all '\vho favor him with tlieir pa.tronoge. Respectfully J ours, POETRY. PATIE!llOE iln your patience poaseaa ye your aouls.'Luke xx1 19 Patience ' 0 thou ch11d of sorrow, 'Vh0&oe' er thou ina.y'st be , Patience 1 and a bMgbt to-morrow Soon shall come and 1nnke thee free Though thy wa.y seem dim and dre1uy, 'fhough a mist be o'er the plarn, r.L'hough thy str~ngth be faint antl \\eary, Courage, sonl, p1esa on agniu 1 R. S. MANNING. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! Tta1na will leave Bo\vmanv1lle Station, 8owmanv1lle time: as folJows : GOING "iY-~ST GOINO EAST. CHANGE To the Public: OF BUSINESS! · Ha\ 1ng bought out the ~fANN IN0 1 [.iucal* Exi:rcess - M 1xed Express Mixed 2 25 p Ill I Looa.l 7 10 p .m 8.45 p 1n I F..>i: preEiS 8 40 pm *rh1s t1aia runs every ung of week, Mondays excepted. 1 .7·20, a i:o 8 45 a m ! Express , 8 ~O a ln. 3 50 p m. xr.· 0.L\.BINE uf Mu R. S. BUSINESS , and winch I purpose carrying oi1 at the Drs. Reid & Boyle. SURGERY···SILVER S'l'. Bowma.nv1lle 1 Aug ZO, 1875 Old Stand, King Street Bowmanville, I beg to say that I will Audeavor to k"'ep e\ eryth1ng on hand tl>at 1s n~ecled in the Furniture Llne Having had TEN YEARS expenence ltl the l3owmanv1lle Furniture }4~act1liy, and beniri appointed .A.gent to sell fo1 the Company in Bown1anville, the Public can depend upon get· -t1ng the Far away1 pass <lt-e<:Lmy mountains, Past the stream ~o da1k and oold, In the sunshine, silvery founta.ins Drip for a.ye on streets of gold ,Dropping peace, andJoy,- and gl.t,dnesa, Where the angel8 lug.ke their home , Who, in tone, which know no sadness, Cheer the pilgnme a.s they come " If you Want Good Bread, Use th@ ~i!~!!i~~~lt~t ~~!~~:· Prof. J. Ruse, of 'Baxte1 Unive1"1:11ty of ].fus1c GJ1A.DUATE Fnendah1p, Ne'v York BEST FURNITURE IN a.t PROVINCE, Not for ever, not for e\er, Shalt thou })a\f-despa1I'lng wait ; Bear a little wb1le dark weather, Soon the ato1 m shall all abate; .t\foderate rates, by g1nng me a ca.U I intend to Sl!~LL FOR CASH, making but Sm·ll l:'rofits. REPAIRING OF 'ALL KINDS DONE, Soon thy brow shall cease ite burning, Resting on a faithful breast , Soon thy ijoul. to God returning, AND CHARGES MODERATE. Shall find perfl!ct peace and rest ' -Selected JIAYrN· DOUQBT A. NEW llEABSE, LITERATURE. AT WINDSOR OASTLE (From Jlarper'· Maga,lim, fw December.) There is one town in England which, not· withstanding that the epithet 'royal' is commonly applied lo 1t, "always attractive to tbe cultivated Amcncan. The sternest repn bhcan of us all can not restrain a feel~ ing of prtde and exultation "hen that magnificent mansion-the finest ever 'built by man for man-called Wmdsor Caatle, first strikes upon his gaze. It has a maJeaty of its own quite independent of k111gsb1p, though it has been always the hahI\a\ior. of kings. Its towers and terraces are not trod· den by privileged feet only, but the whole 11atLon take their pride and pleaE!ure in it ; a nation that Ylaa once our own, and whose annals, so far at least as that glorious '"tructure lS connecterl. with them, are our annals. A cathedral bas been defined by a great poet as ' a petrified rehgion / and so may this fair d \Velhng-houee, 'so roysl, rich, e.nd wide,' containing tht-: hab1t11tions of so many degrees of men, and associated with events ouch as every generation of English speak· ing race· will read of with interest to the end of time, be considered 1 petrified his· tor) ' The standard of Englantl that floats to day from its higheaf'tower, proclaiming that the Queen ia DO\V in res1dence, has floated over ecorea of kings and quc.ena 1n that same pl~c· · those mighty ramparts, used now only ' for pleasure and for atate,' were thrown up near a thousand years agv for a defense by the first Wilham, \\ho 'loved the tall deet- as though be was their fRther, and whose favonte hunt1ng·eeat was at Wlndsd.r, 1n the centre of the same fa1r forest that surrour:<ls it now Not e\'en Wilham tbe Conqueror was, however, the firRt n1onarch who had hi.a d ·wclhn~ here, though be first fortified the p)ace. Its orig· 1nal founder rn Jost 1n the mists of tune1 Teacher of P1ano and Organ, eult1vatS.n Voice~ Singing, Thorough Ba.aa, Harmony from the c:elebrated Messrs. Armstrongl,1 of Guelph, I am prepared to furnish Funerals with a.n outfit w1surp~ed in any City in the Prnvince. Composition, &c Darlington, July 16th, 1874. 41-ly f '-keep on hand, a Splendid lot of Coffins, Shrouds, etc , which can be eent out upon OH( lwu1 s notice, at any time, thus meeting t)e want that amen; renc1es sottietUlleB cause to ar1ee, in R R LOSOOMBE, the country. 1 BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANCRBY, &:c as J. OFFIC.EJ-0' er ?t-IcOlung'R Store eo.1ne fla.t . Bruna.comb's Dentn.l Rooms. Bowmanville, Oct. 27th, 1868 Bowmanv1lle Se:pt. 9th, 1875. Yours, etc., W. P. PROWER. ly MARRIAGE LICENSES. R H EYNON, Lot 7, 6th Con M Da.rhngton, fnea1 Bethesda Chu1cb] 1s duly author1Zed to i!iBue Marl'lage Licenses. JOH~ Da.rhnp;ton, No\'. 19, 1874 mB-tf, D. E. McMillan, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICI10R IN CHANCERY, CO!v VEYANGER, J':e., NEWCASTLE. ONT._ Nciwcastle, Oct . 8th, 1875. m51-tf · AUCTIONEERS li'o1· the Township of Darlington. H. T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON. Prompt atte.ntion given to Rales, &e, on reaimn· ahle tQrms. 1875. CASH 1875. CIRCULAR. CASH. Wm.. Barton, ENNISKILLEN. Sales p1omptly attended te on reaaona.blc terµis. M°CLUNG BROTHERS' ON and AFTER the fost day of Oct, 1875, oui business will b& cor ducted on a CASH basis. We have, after duly corrnidering the matter, concluded to abandon the CnEDl'l' SYSTEM and to sell our goods fo1 i eotdy moncty, or its equivalent It is unnecessa1y to resort to argument or explanation to show t hat, m these days, the Credit Syst~m is injurious alike to seller and purchaser; and it is universally admitted to be au injustice to those who buy for en-sh. So thereis no apology necellllai-y, on our part. for makini; the proposed change 'rhis new method will enable us to take eyeiy advanta"'e of tlie markets, and place within our reach large trade discounts ~n cash purchases The benefits "hlch will result to our customers under this system are manifest, not only shall we be able to buy om-goods considerably cheaper under the advantages refeired to, but much smaller profits then were necessaiy under the old system, will suffice. Vi' e are determined, this season, to push our business with renewed ene1gy, and shall endeavor to excel in every department Our arrangements are such that no establishment can undersell us. Remember, then, that the 1ight pface for cheap goods is ALLAN LINE STEAMSH IP. LivM'Pool London, and Glasgow CASH. 1 apply to FOR 1'ickets1 or wfc..rmat1on W. A. NEADS, .A.gent Bowmanville, .Tune 9th, 1871. tf 30 80, HO! Gentlemen of :E'a.shion. ---NOT SO FAST. I have "\\rltten these few lines And all I have to.say, IJ.'hat you can find inf! still at howe I am not gone av;ay, So a.ll 1ny kind old friends may come And all the young ones too And get theu garments nicely made In fashions that are new 'Vhere old and young dei),r frfendmf:! 1neet ;elcome greeting by 1t PEA TE Bowman ville, June 19th l873. "' A 1 Whether to Clesa.r, Alb:1.na.ct, 01 llrnte, 'fhe BntishA1thur, orth(l Do.n1sh Knute.,' the ment of choosing such a Ppot is to be A RIDE WITH P. T. BARNUM. Mcribed will ne\ er nO'\\' be known ; its position upqn that lordly bill, with six lair counties visible from it, waa such ns indeed A PRACTICAL. INSIGHT INTO THE UNIV ER· SAL SHOW BUSINESS 'to mvite the builder,' though 10 those early years \lie picturesqueness of the. spq,t was probab~y not so much a r(>commendll- I!ow THI~ ROMA~ HIPPODRO!lE '~As STAHTJ.n-IMMENSE CosT A:ND Ex.rENi-JEStion as lbe opportumties it offered for sport. 'rHJ, G1u1: 1r saowMaN As .A. SToRY TEL· The Conqueror himself thus describes it. LER-A MA>!MOT!i AUCTION SALE ANn A. NEW :F~NTF,RPRISll. '.Jlfax-ime utilis et commod1tJ eat visvs proptet Jane Beaufort, wh1ch be has Jeacribed in hts own pathetic poem : ' In her waa youth, b<"a.uty with humble port, Bounty, richea, and womanly feature, God better wrote than my pen can report ; \V1sdom 1 la.1yesse 1 est..i.te, and cunning lure, In every poynt au guided her meslll'o ln word, in deed, in shap1:1 1 in countenance, That :t\~ ature might no more her child a.d\ a11ce,' And this model of girhoh perfectwn the ~ung king n19-rned, and found her no Jess "Vortl1y than bis poetic fancy had mirrored. In the castle, too, \Yas imprisoned the fa· mous Earl of Surrey, . another captive bird who hne !cit h1' song uehind him, but whose fate \\'aA not so fortunate, for he only came forth.from h!S pr10on to die upon the block at the command of him who ·never spared man in his fury nor woman in bis lust'bluff, cruel hearted Hal. But, after all, these events are too far back to arouse any foelrng beyond a vague pathetic rnterest. To my mind there " nothrng more striking rn the histor) ot Wnidsor Ca.tie thon an evtnt that occurred there but sixty years ago, and the principal actor in which was that con\emptlble and selfish voluptuary, the Prmce Regent, afterwards George IV. This wae the opening of the cdlin of Char· les I , whooe rem1unsJ indeed, Lord Claren· don had stated m bis history to be 'buried at Windsor,' but none knew exactly \vhere The publrn 1gn orance of the spot, rn fact, had caused the circulation of a most ex· \raorclinary story. Everybody knows tbat nt the Restorut10n, the body of Cromwell, 'the greatest prince that ever ruled Jn England,' who bad taught Rome chanty, and bent the knee of Spam, and who when m hie no inan durst contend with, w11s dug up fFom ita grave in 'Vestm1111ater Abbey an bung m chams, as though be bad been a felon, at T) burn But v~ry soon after that infa.mou~ and cowardly saerileg"', 1t \\as ru mored that some friends of Crom well bad ant1ci pated tbIS act o! basen~sa, an<l. placed the bod) of Chailes I m the protector's coffin, so that it was lJJ reality 'the martyr king' v..·ho was gibbeted by hut own son, and whose bones recf:1ved the insults of the t"Q.rncoat mob. 1.'h1s cunous statement received some corroboration from the fact that the bend was separated from the trunk. Ooe Mr Barkstead, son of the reg1c1de of that name, aaserts that his father, being lieutenant of the Tower of London and a great confident ot the Protector, aaked bun on hiB death bed where he would be buried, to wb1ch Uron1well anAwered, '"\-'\""here he had obta1neJ tb.e greatest victory and glory, namely, on the field at N aseby,' m N ortb amptonsh1re, \vh1ch was accordingly thus performed. 'At 1m<lmght, soon after Ins eatb, being first embalmed in a leaden co ~ fin, tbe body \\QB 1n a hearse conveyed to the said field, the ea1d Mr. Barkstead, by order of his lather, attendir1g close to the hearae ; and being come to the field, they found aliout the midst of it a grave dug about nine leet deep, with the green sod carefully laid on one aide and lhe mould on another, JD wlnch, the coffin being soon put, the grave was 1nst11ntly filled, and the green sod laid caretully fht upon it, care berng taken that the surplua mould \\'BS clean taken invay. Soon alter hke care was taken that the said field was enllrely plowt:!d up, and 8own three or four years successively with corn' 'l'o be continued. good specimen, but th1s one being a' baby,' I got him cheaper. He lVasn't bigger than a. cat when he was caught, and '\\ilB brought across the desert on a ca!'ntl, and a. d1ove of goats were dnveo along to supply the little fellow with milk. That'· the way the lup popotarnus JU London acd Paris Wtre brought ove1 ' 'But come,' sau.J. the Mayor, ' l want to s!iow Jou the city and my home' As the big sorrel whirled us through the pleasant city, Mr. Barnum pornlctl out the many improvements of recent date. E\ ery body knew him; everybody spoke to b1m 1 Hello, P ·r.,1 shouted irreverent emall boys 'Oh, yer Honor,' said a ma.n, stopping bis horse, ' ca.n "t you lend 1ne sowe tent poles 1 I want to put up a scaffold· JD~' 'I guess so . see White,' shouted the Mayor as he <la.bed on, Soon he was stop· ped agam. 'Say ll!r. Barnum,' said a fish peddler, 'I W18h you'd lend we that stuffed sea hon to put up in my sbop You know I nursed him pretty well when he was sick ' '!'he stuffed sea hon was 10aued, and the sorrel was off agarn 'FOKNY INCIDENTS '\Ve11, here \\e are,' l:!a1d he, drn1ng up tJ an 1mmerse old building, 'Here a wl1e1e 1 we keep the animale..' The four horned goat was walkrng gravely nround the yard, and the famous equestrian goat Billy was on the top of a haystack eating his fill. Inside the bu1ld1ng were the cagea of an1mals a.JJd birds,presided over by Professor 'V"h1te, the hon tamer 'We are gorngtoeellevery bide, hoof, and feather here The pois think they are goiug to lose money on them, and J shouldn't wonder. They waot me to bid on son1e of the an1mals and use them in another eh ow, but I won't do it The rea· son I'm bound to sell is, that it don't pay to have your business scattered as ours has been. I always Bald in my lecture on 'money making,' tl1at a mnn must l1avc the charge of h1a own bua1nes~. Now I cant do tins 1f we run three or four shows. Besides, the people want sornething new. 'rhe novelty 1s \'\Orn off..the H1ppodron1 ~1r euses don't pay, and so I say, 'sell out every dollars worth ot our stuff ' Ive got an idea that'll hit the people, I guess. I can't tell yon what it IS, only that it will be the b·g ge~t klnd of a centennial exhibition, unlike anything \Ve evet had here I know I'm too old a man to go mto the thmg I'm past sixtv-tive, antl ought tu settle down and keep qmet, but I rather hate to give up the business It's my recreation .' The second and th1rd floors of the build ing were packed fL1ll of canvaRs, carpetfl., boxes 'Jt wardrobes, fancy \\agons and. chariots, great coils of rope, and enough property to start a dozen small c1rcuse~ 'Oood gracious t' groancU Mr. Baruum, ' what a Jut ot traps. They'll never bring a quarter of what they're worth ~er mind, they 've got to go' HOUNDS, Sl'AGJ ANll B.OllSES contiguam aq_uamctsilvanvtnationibaa apam 0 1 W. BUNNEY, BUILDER, ETC. Begs to return thanks to his friends fol" the sup pvrt he has received the past two ~ears an<l hopea, by continued stuet pel~oual attention to bruuneBB, and working at the n1ost reasonable prices, to enf!lure a. continuance of pulil1c patron age W B. 1s pr~po.I"ed tn build houPoes, etc , on the moat mOOern style of architecture Jobb111,{ protnptly at.tended to. ..l:'lana .and spcc1fi· eat1ona got up on apphcatton, on the rnOi!t rc&.sonable terms, and of every description. Office and Shop, Outa1 io Street, neatly opposite Mr T Dowden's. Bowmaov1lle Dec. 24th, 1874. 13 ly, ' Bowrnanville, Sept. 1st, 1875. M°CLUNii BROS. New 'I'a,ilor shop, ATE WI'fH F Y begs: to in L form the public gtmerally, that he bas com menced business in the Shop next to the E.xUO"\VLJ~. , JOHN HEAL, 1 t,ircs;:i, Office, one door east of .T. ~Iilne a. Iiav1ng had several years exp~ nence in the l1 a.du, he hopes to satisfy all who :may favor hun with a ca.ll. GOODFITSGUARANTEED Bowmanv1Ue 1 Sep. 4th, 1872 1 ·::.=:~~============================ m49-tf New Pa rtne1·sliip l FROM RETIRING THE CONTEST! Morris&Wa,tson $20 000 WORTH OF GOODS Gb'NERAL CONTRACTORS AND nu1LDERs Manufacturers of Sash.Blinds Doors, Mouldings, and Window Frames, To b'e SoId without . Reserve, at less than Wholesale :Prices. With or without Ca.1A1g With or withoi·t Band Mo,.lds. has decided to go ont of the D1 y Goods buJJiness, and will commence F. F. McARTHUR on the Planjng, Planing & Matching, sawing and Turning, 01·namental Pickets, in every va1·iety, and Sc1·olt Sawing, of every descr1pt1on 20th of .Hay, 1875 . A. Gra.nd Clearing Sale of his :E:ntire Stook. ONE Tt> ORDER, on the The Sprmg Irnpo1tations only h,,,.ving been completed a fei; week~, ihe StcK ls very large and well as~orted. As it must be sold within a. given time, SHORTEST NOTIOE. A T re:mi.endou.s Ded111otion. will be m.ade. The Tailoring in Order· d Work, will be continued as usual, during the Sale. TERMS OF SA LE :- Under $50, Cash; ove1' $50, Four montlts Credit on appiwead notes. F. F. McARTHUUR, Bowmanville, May, 1875. Sho~· Liberty Street. North of the Eastern House, Bowmanville. 41-tf Bowm·DV>lle, July Uth, 1874. -a very 'desirable residence' (as the auctioneers term it) b y reason 0£ its wood and ~·ater, and because it waa a good huotrng country. Edward' the Confessor, who wouid give anytbmg away to the priests, had made over this charming seat to the Abbey of \Vestmxnister ; but Wilham said, ' Pooh, pooh, tboss excellent monks ought not to be tempted with deer pBPks and such vamties,' and got it restored to the crown. Who.t hunting parties-the one relaxat10n of bis iron sway-thust have been held here ' What tenderne·s-save while be bunted them-did he show to beset, what cr·elty to man, in those far-str"etching fields I How bnrsbly must the curfew have squndecl over the" m as It bade fire o.nd candle 'out' with its sullen tongue ! What lust and wrong and crime once re1gricd h\?re, uncheckt:!d by any law save one man's w Jl I Krng John (another selfish monarch, and of a viler type) 'lay here,' as the old phrase goes, while that first mstalment of Enghsh liberty was bcmg arranged for, called Magna Gharta., and w1llch he bad to eign, very un· w1lhngly, at Runn) wede on the ~'hamea, hard b)': Another Krng John was brought here, even still niore against the grain, ID the person of the pnsoner of Po1tlers, John of France, "ho with h1a ft!llow·capt1ve, David, Krng of Scots, Id said (by Stow) to have suggested to their conqueror, Edward I lI , ~at the castle would have been ' better eel' if built on higher ground. Ed ward took their advice, and With the nul of the famous William of Wykeham, bishop and architect, cominenced the palace, 'vL1ch successor after euccflSSOI bas enlarged, until it became the princely home we now be· hold it: Edward IV. built at its foot St George'-s Cbiipel, 1tself olie of the architec· tural boasts of England, and the restmg· place of many of her kmgo. H0nry VII erected the Tomb-house, which ha· received the latennonarcbe, and Heury VIII. the great gateway. To the antiquary there ie probably 110 place, with the exception of the Tower of London, so aeaoc1a.ted with his· torical memor1ee as Windsor Castle ; nor is it less interesting to the poet, not only on accouot of the wonde1ful beauty of its land· scape, tut from the associations ot love and song that hnger g,rounrl. 1t, For in this castlo young ,Jam es of Scotl·nd pined from ten years old to twenty-e1ght, his captlv11.y nntigated only by the tender passion for 'Busy 1 [should say I was,' said the Mayor of Bridgeport yesterday, aa be drove his' b1g sorrel' through the 5 treeta a.t a alashing pace, scattering tnud in all direct· ions. I I ha.veJnSt returned from a lecture tour as far \\-'est a.s Kansas City, and to·morrow I start Soutb, and here I find enough work for a dozen men to do, getting ready for the auc\10n sale. You kuow we are going to sell all the ammals, trapping·, and everything connected ootli the Universal Exposition Company. But I've got time to give you a riUe and show you the annnal! and some of the 1 traps.' 'About two years ago,' continued Mr. Barnum,' JUSt before we started the Hippodrome Jn New York, the State of Connect!cut granted us a ch art er for an association to be know us Barnum's Universal Expo s1t1on Company, with an author1s ed capital of $1,000,000. I was the President, Mr. S. H . Hurd, one o! my eons-m-low, was Treas· urer, W. C. Coup was manager, and Dan Caste1lo, George Bunnell, and other old sbo"·mcn, were stockholders. Under th1B charter we started the Roman Hippodrome in New Yorlt, a travelbng ahow called Barnurn's Musentn, fl.-Ienagene, Circus, and "\Vorld's }'air, and another concern that didtJ't use o<Jr name, l've forgotten v.·hnt 1t \l'as called. 1 You can imagine what a Jot of stuff it requires to fit all these shows out. They cost us a lull m1l110n of dollars The Hip· podrome pa.id from th,e start 1n New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. So that when we ~ tarted with it through the couJJ.try it bad paid for itself. But travellrng shows d1dn't do well ]ast su1um.er. 'lhere was a great dell of bad \\eather, and the times were hard, you know ; but thll.lioys reported a profit of$40,000 on the Museum,Menag. er1e, Circus, and World's Fa.tr, and $60,000 on the Hippodrome; but I tell them the wear and tear on tho property more than covered their gains. CLOWNS INDISrENSIBL!!. 'The Hippodrome didn't pay in the email towns. In the c1tlea it drew well, but in the towns the people would !lock from all around the country to the first performance, and then go home disappornted beca11se there \Vtlsn 't no clo~ n. ' !i's good fun to study the country peo· ple,' continued the-great showmen, laugh1ng. 'Last anmruer I met the museum, ruenag· ' Here are the fo:xhouude,' said he, going to the back yartl. 'Only 9 of the 40 that I bought. They cost me m England about £10 ench. I bought the stag tnero, too, of Sanger3. lle'<l. been tramed to the lmsiness,and too weU trained. !t was very funny to see hlnl canter around the rnig among the hounJ.s The horses are across the r1vert We bad about 690, and 400 have been sent South and West and sold. We've got the English r'l.ce hJrses ) et. dome of them cost me $3,500 each, and so on down to $750. Robert ]'ilhngbam, the wen. known horaeman, got them for me. One came from the Prince of \Vales'sstables,antl others from the stables of the nob1itLy. We lost five or six:" hen the Hippodrome first opened by their breaklllg their legs in turn· ing quick on the, course. We had to taise the rnaide of the ring and make the nders promise to go alo\\~er around the corners. 'We've got enough harness to set up a dozen shops. \Vby 1 there are forty set:1 of those heal'y plated harness tbnt we used in the 'Congre~ of Nations,' for wlnch we pa1J Miller ?tilorr1son & Co of New York $500 a set 'The W{'l.rdrobe 11nd armor are all In New York, and will be sold in the Hippodrome on the 26th oflbis month. You'd be astomshed to see the quantity. There are many boxes that have never been opened I spent a year lD Europe and had my agents mall parts of the country picking up or· mor, nrn1s and costuwes, and tibere was scarcely a nation represented in in the 1Congreaaof Nations,' in which \\C did not h'lve some bona fide arn1or or arms. 'All the arms and umform' of the Queen's Ltfe Guard, even to tbe aheep skins on their saddles, bad bt:en in the actual us.e lll England by the Red Guar<l So 10 the ~ape's retinue, 10 France and Spain. I picked up bits ot armor and f[Uarntold arms everywhere The wardrobe alone cost over $100,000,ofwbich $30,000 ~urih \\as made in New 'tork, and the nr1nor cost $401 000 ' ' Do you expect to find purchaaera for all this property 1' 'Hea.v~n knows. I have sent out c1rcuJars to every theatre, circus, variety show, and cu·tomeriu the United :>tat·s. We have goods Lhey all want, and ihey'il get thorn cheap, too. A RARE ANIMAI, Speakrng oflus Western trip, Mr. Barnum said, ' I n1et with two funny incidents on my trip While gqini? to Kansas C1ty I \Vas busy part of the time making some notes on a lecture, and arranging the heads of a discourse. By and by a gentle1un near me aaked me if I was an editor. I said no, \mt that I did a little h lorary \\ork sometimes. ' Are you from Chicago I' he asked. ·No,' Eiaid I, 'hut l understand my name \\'BS in the Chicago papers, the other day. ' What is your name 1' aeked the stranger. ·r p, T. Barnum.' He \Vaa quite surprised, very glaU t.o meet me and all that and Vi'e talked a good part of the day. He was a well 1utorrned a.nd gentlemanly man. At length I asked him bis busines. He said he lectJ..1red some, and rreached, too 'Where 1' I asked. 'In Chicago,' ' and what's your name 1' 1 David Swing' Well, I 'vas taken aback, to think l bad been travellmg nearly two days with David Swmg, anJ didn't know him. 'When I came back to Chicago,' contrnue<l Mr. Bar· num, 'I lectured there, and aa I started for t11e house, one of the con1m1ltee asked ·me to coll at a hotel and get a Mr Millet who bad lectured for them the "eek before. and wanted to bear n1e. I called and asked for Mr Millet. A gentlemen came to me ond srud his nnrne was Miller, and that he thought he was the r1gbt man. Conuug back f1om tbe leeture he said to me 'Mr Barn Un), I have to thank yon for an even1ng of great pleasnre. I didn't use"d to hke you a bit; but B1oce I ha\·e kllo~·n n1ore of you, I like you better' Well, I <lidn't care for hlB prarne, and I Mked him what he did for a hvrng He eaid he lccturod a little 'On what?' I asked 1 Government/ he re}Jhed, ' I've given Grant t" o or three s1aps After a httle talk \lie mnn got out. A· we were riding away I ru-ked, tbc geutlefuan how this man spelled his name He an· swered, 1 .Toaq-' 'The old Harry,' I shout ed, 'you don't mean to say that was Joaqu1n i\f1ller, the po·t 1 Why, I vtouldn't have missed know111g that for n thou!!nnd dollars.' THit POET s ca[\oGRAl'HT. 'I sat right down and ,,~ rote to bun u8 8'0U us I conld~ telling him I felt worse than a polecat, begging his pardon, and hke that. Be has answered n1e, but I can't read what he says, but it's all right. Here you are at Ibo depot JUSt JU time. Good· by.' The catalogue of the property to be sold at the auction gives fn: e petforuung ele pbants, seven drorucdar1ea, a rhinoceros, t\\ o gtratf~s, a.nd about 100 othr animals, ~·1th cages and wagons fur them nil. There will be 100 draught horses o!fored,19 ring horses, !2 running horses, 19 ponits, and 2 trick mules, One page is devoted_ to the hst of wood cuts at Toorf:v's 13 Spruce street, and 12 pages of closely p1inted matter describe the armor and wardrobe. The sa]e com· mences on the 26th m the H1ppod1ome, and on the 29Lh in Bridgeport, Reminiscences of Senator John Mor· rissey's Oareer. Hrs GREAT SrRENGl'H ANJ? 1NDOJ.ll'l'A.AL:a PLUCK. AS A BoY-Hrs Frsr1c ENcOUN· TERS-]if.AKING A COSTLY PRESENT TO 00MMODORE V ANDJ:RDILT. l!'rom the Ginc.innati C'onimercial. John Morrrnse)'s careershowe concluaively wbf:\t 1ndom1table pluck, eneigy, anrl fair deahng will do for a man,cven when handi· capped with such fearful weights and oh scure b1rth, defective educatton, poverty, and a degradmg proless10n. Born o! poor peasant parents m Ireland, be was brought by them to this country when a mere child His father "1'1m' }forrissey, located ID Troy, New York, and earned a precarious hvmg for bis family by the commone9t la boring work, he being a man uf tlie com· moneet education and 'vithout a trade Morn~seY"s mother "1'as also 1leJic1t:int in eduW.100 and apprectatlon of its advantages, e.nd conat'q uently her son obtained but a "canty aruonut of ' book larn1n ' 'Vhe11 a stripling he attracted lhe attention of a dog-6gbter named Putsey McCmmick, who took him under a sort of patronage, and, though he was not blessed with an over· supply of tins world's gooda, lie oflen lound means of assisting tbe future statesnian when aea1stance \Vas valuable indeed. The old rnbabitanls of Troy tell some very queer stories about the hardships of MorrisBt:!y's early hfe, and it certainly ·was strewn with more hard knocks than roses. The principle rndustry of Troy is iron manufacturing~ and the n1eu em~loyed In Its \\Orks Lave long bet:!n celebrated fur the perfection of their physique and tho1r prowess. Though aa 'velJ behaved as the generahty of men of their c1a.ss, they are fond of the manly art, and the young<r por· hon o1 them are adepts 1n its mysteries. ThlS was espt"ially the ca·e v.hen the subject of our sketch was a boy,and he was one of the sort that ' didn't take water from no one.' Many is the turn-up he has had \\itb · 'The only tluug I've reserved i· the ht· tie hippopotamus He's at Wood's Museum If any'>ody "ill pay me 1'hat he now. cost-$20,000-I'll sell him, bu\ ii not, I shall keep bno, and try and raise him. He'll be valuable ty and by. He is the second one ever brought to this country. I 'had a stantling offer of $25,000 gold for a - 1 1 '