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THE MERCHAN'.P, (Continued 11 om firat page.) A gushing and enthusiastic writer to fear, but her husband was growing, she says the Polish ladies have a certain could see, both ·ensitive and restless. He 'haunting loveliness,' about them. The Wanted the profeesioual aavantages SO-Oiety only time when a man really apprecjates would give hnn, and he wanted, moreover, what 'hapnting lo.Yeli1tess" means is tu prove his manhood and take away the wh'en he sneaks in by the back way at reproacl! uo<ler which he felt himself lying. one a. m., and Qnds his wife waiting for Sooner or later he must walk this wny of him witli a rolling-pin at ' thh head of i peril, and he felt that be was becoming the kitchen ,st~irwaY, bey, whereupon, Moundy-Thuraday, in our Lady's Chapel, he washed and -kissed the feet of fifty-~ine poor men and made them g1fta, The ancient custom is now no longer ohservea, except in tbs Royal Chapel at Whitehall, where the poor still receive their gifts from the royal bounty. Soon after the .accession of King Alfonso to the throne of Spain lie performed the That Washing Recipe. '·Hail GolumLia" has given us some good advice about wnshing ; but I should think ah't: wa.s too stout a. woman to advise weakly one11. Very few women would smile after being hur· ried through a W!lshing. I~wonld like to ,modify our directions, Ly <:hang-in&- her Lime of finishing to Romethiug like this : Finish yo11r washing as soon aa yout strength and circumsta.tices will permit, If you co"Uld do so by ten o'clock, all right and good; but if t>yexperience, yo11 know you will be nearly overdo1le then, takf:f it more ea1>y. 'Vhen your back begin~ to a.ohe pretty lively, sit down and-take u·p- the baby and a. piece of bread and butter, and rest awhile, What if it should tell on the hour of finishing, and the tub11 should not be put a.way until one o'clock, or even two, don't feel bad a.bout it. You may console yourself with the reflection that vou are cheating your chil<lreu out of seYeraJ. yca.rsi company of their step-mother. Don't bo dil!l· turbed by the fact that the little Noman over the \ve.y, who hae more family than you have, and who don't look near l!O ·stout ·as you do, alwn.ys has her wsir;hing out before noon. Poor woman, she will !!loon pass a.way to wherti washing days do not come , Why should fasluon prescribe a certain hour at which this particular task should be com· pleted ! In a.U our other l\<·ork we are not obliged to come to time, but a.ni excusable if we do the beat we can. Think of the sturdy plow team, that works da.y after day,a.t a. steady gait., and ask you1· hueband if it would not ·be injurious to hurry the1n to town nnd back home over .v.-retohed ron.ds ? Most certainly it would tire thew wor11e. Then don't hltrry a woman through tbe harJuat of he't work. · I presume the woman mentioned by'.' Hail Colu.mbio.,n as saving her soa.p, was also smart, and followed fashion'lil rules . One of the greatest benefactors of our race, would be a person who would make alaw that no wa.shings should be hung on any clothes lin<:! bi.foee the hour of twelve o'clock 1'-1. Fntui egeneratiow-would rise up and ca.ti her blefilsed .-09ntl1· Unta, in P1·aitl·ie Fa?'1tH?j', ,RIDAY APRIL 7, 1876 Large l1J1portation OF · 'l.'HE When a man _ comes ho111e and tries emblematic cer~mouy of washing the EryOS· strong enough and brave enough to meet tbe old enen1y that had vanquished him to bolt his door with · a sweet potato, tles' feet, shoWlng that the royal custom ia pokes the fire with the spout of a coffee- not obsolete in Madrid, at lea.st. The cere· eo manv tin1es. pot, attempts to wind np the clock with 1 We will go,' he said, on receiving cards mony as deeeribed by a Witness to the scene of invittLtion t.o a. party gilren by a promin- his boot-jack, tries to cut kindliag wood v "·as not as impressive a~ the antiquity of the morning fire with a paper knife, for ent and infiuentia.l eitJ.z~ n. 1 People will be the custom ·hould have made it. Tbo takes a cold potato in hand to light liim there whom I should meet, and people to i.led, and prefers sleeping with his twelve paupers ·elected for the occasion whom I want you to meet.' hat and boots on, yon may reasonably were seated each of them with his best foot He saw a. ehadow creep into his wife' infer that he-has been making the ac- and leg bore to the knes, and as well ' preface ; Mrs. Ridltiy saw the shadow reflected quaintance of some very friendly peo- pared' for the occasion as by dint al much almost as a frown from his. She knew pie. ~ · so8.p and water could be contrived; the what wa· in her husb·nd's thoughts, knew SUCCESSION 1 ~ 0FFICE.-During an king in his grand uniform, wiih a towel tied that he felt butt and ;restless undc;r her examination of a class of youngsters" around him apron wise, followed by · the continued refUCt"ince to have him go into the teacher asked,· What is a monarchy?' Archbishop of Valladolid in his scarlet any corurany wh~re wine and sp1rita were and' was i!llmedjateiy . answered bv . a robes and skull:cap, · and bshind and all eerved to the guesls,and feeling that a longer bright little boy, ' A country governed around them a great staff of grandees and opposition n1ight c!o mote haim than good, by a king.' ' Who would rule if the tnl\1'8hal8, an array of golden uniforms only answered, with aa much beattioeR~ and as· king should die ?' 'The queen.' 'And distinguishable from the no less sumptuous if the queen sh011Id die, who th ~n would liveries of the oourt menials by the otars, aent as she could get into her voice : ·Very well, but it wiJI cost you the price be ruler?' 'The knave,'-was the ~~ply. croa·es, cordons, ,and scarfs of their chival""tt ~ .. · ' -... --.. ......... ' ot ·new dress, for I have nothing fit to ep:A, rnembel\.rose to speak on the b'ill rou80rders~ Cardinal went first, and to aboli~)l. capital punishment, and com· sprinkle~ a few arops of pe,rlumed water - - pear in.' The shadow swept oft Mr. Ridley'· face. ' menced by saying, "Mr Speal<er/"'the ' over eacli of the bare feet in oncceasion ; the 'All right,' be returned. ·I receivt!d a i;enerality of mankind m general are. King_ c·me after, kneeling before each foot, fee of fifty doll'or· to-day, and you ·hall disposed to exercis~ oppression on the rubbing it- lightly with · bis towel, then generality of mankind in general.' 'You stooping, upon it as if he meant to kiss it have every cent of it.' In the week that intervened Mrs. Rid- had better stop,' said one, who was near Tb~ eeremotly'did not take many minutes. This custom is not only very ancient, and ley made herself ready for the porty ; but enough to pull him by the coat-tail; bad she been preparing for a funeral, her ' you had better top ; you are coming neorly universal, but has been alike par· <?ut of the same hole you went in at.' heart could scarcely have been heavier. ticipatedin by religion and society. To be· Fearful dream0- haunted her sleep, and ·gin~ with religion. Frorn the ren1otest times The Art .o f Buyi,ng and Selling . through the day imaginations would often men saluted thA .8UD, moon, and stars by ~' draw pictures, the sight of which made her klosing the b~nd'.' tn Greece the supersli· b-111ny ladies pride tben1selves on being tion was practicetl, and from the GreekS it · cry out in ·udden pain and fear. All this she oonceal'ecl from her husband, anJ affect· ed to take a pleased interest in the cowing en tertai:n men t. Mrs. Ridley was still a handsome woman, skil!ul c shoppers,' which too often me!lne passed to tbe Romana. that they can get more than the worth of This ceremonial action rendered reepecta· their money; and 1hi8 no independent a.nd ble the earliest institutions of Christianity. New Goods r MUST CO Nl!.IST!NG OF BE SOLD, ROOM PAP AT t ElephantHouse ~ WATCHES, CLOCKS, C U TLERY, PLATED WARE, ETC. -o- Sterling Silver Spoons, and Pure Gold Wedding Rings. R. A E_t\STON'S, SoiIETHING SPECIAL I~INE. Town Hall Block, Bowmanville, NEVV AARON BUCKLER. Bowma.nville. Oct. Sth, 1876. .A substitute for 1 ! Lath & Plaster ! THE PA.TENT ALUMINOUS and ORNAMENTAL BUILDING PAPER. PAPER OIL-CLOTH and CARPETI N G J. D. Strowger NEWC.A.S'.I'LE. Having removed to more commodioue premise~, IN 800 Page Blank Book for $2,50, Doheny Block, Lindsay. SOLE ACENT FOR THIS PLACE . A Large Ptock Just Rcceived,-Plain and Or· namental, both f or W a.Us and 'li'toors . The Paper Oil Uloth and Carpet!n_g is a Cheap and Durable Substitute for Oil Cloth. The Chemicnls with which the ])fl.per is eat ur· ated, render it proof against l\ats1 I\1otha, and Mi..:e. FOTH.ERGILL'S BLOCK, beg t6 inform the public gmrnraUy, that ther are now enabled to offer them Grocery Business, (AS REGARDS PRICE JI; Better in Inducements the line of Important Announcement ! Millipe:ry,Qlothi:p;g; Crockery & Glassware. ---oo- Varnish Polish ! Another thing much wanted. This Polish giYea a most elegant lustr~,a.n d drieij instantn.neously. QUALlTY) than any other house in thfil County. NO PRESENTS CIYEN, BUT CODD Weight and .Measure Guaranteed in every instance. Great lieduction; i:c. Dry Goods ! Nothing ever .discovered befo1e to equal this Pol1sh, FOR !'OR ' right-winded persons should ever wish to It was the custom of the primeval Bishops do. to give their hands to be kioscd by the min· and her husband felt the old pride warming These keen shoppers often betray the ieter111 who served at the 11.ltar. The custom, - hU; bv~otn when he saw her again nmong brilliant and attractive woinenJ and noted. DJeanest traits of character, as the passion however, as a religious rite, declined with the fmpression she made. He watched her for 'bargains' grows upon them, Some who paganism. It is superfluous to trace this c1Jstom in with something of the proud interest a are free with their money at home, and who mother feels for a beautiful daughter who are ready to give al every call, haggle with every country where it exi:i.ts. It is practiced mldes ht:r ap~srance in society for the first a shop·keeper about ten cents, as if their in every known country, in respect of sovtime, and his heart beat with liveliest pleas- children's bread depended on it They con- e.reigne ~nJ superiors, even among the neureas he noticed the many ini'tances in dem as' poor, thin, old·faehioned traah,' the groes and inhabitants of the New World. which she attracted and held people by the very article their good j Udgment and taste Cortez found it established at Mexico, grace of her manner and the cha.rm of hez: leads them to btiy and wear ; and, alas that where more than a thousand lords salutf'.d we should say it1 thesQ wise wpm'en-who him, in touching the earth with their hands, cen vereation. seem 'ladies' elsewhere-:-often treat weary which they afterward carried to their ' God bless her ! ' he sai.I in his heort fer· vently 1 as the love h,. ~re' .. 11.rtJ1ed int':! shoo· girls and clei·ks 11s if there waa a na· mouths. . Kissing under the mh1tletoe is a com· fresher life, ~~r1 :...toV~d bi~ wit.h a deeper tural enmity bet\veen buyer and 'le Iler. The true graces of womanhood may be moo Christmastide custom, and its specU.l tende~ne.,s, and then he made for her sake a new vow of abstinence, and set anew the exhibited in a store as well as in what "'e custom connected with the mistletoe on 1 watch and ward upon his appetite: Aud be call 'society ; and it is no rare thing to aee Christm., Eve is an indubitable relio of the had need of watch and ward. The wine· a coarse woman before the counter · and a days of Druidism, handed down I.through a n1erchant'e bill for that evening's entertain· lady behind it His the spirit, ancfnot the long course of centuries. A popular tradition attributes to the ment was over eight hundred dolla;a, and position, ·which distinguish the two. In stores, as in tvery other place,_ Chris- blarney ·stone the power of endowiag whon1en and women , girls a.nd boys, ull drn01k. tian principle should lead us to give and to ever kisses it with the sweet, pereuaei ve. in unrestrained freedvm. take only who.tis our just due. wheedling eloquence so perceptible in the Bargain-bunters arc not a new class. language of the Cork people, and which is POETRY. Solomon writes of' them in bis day, ' It is generally termed blarney. This is the true naught, it is naught, sailh the buyer, and u1caning of the l'.·ord, a.nd :iot., ns some writ~ Be careful what you say. goeth away and boasteth' ers have supposed, a faculty of deviating In speaking of a peraeD's faults, The buyer bas claims on the seller for from veracity with an unblushing countenPray, don't forget your own; patience aud court.Fisy, and very few mer· ance whenever it inay be convenient. Remtinber those with homes of gl1U-s, chants are aware how qependent tbey are 'In Blarney Castle, 011 a crumbling tower, .. Should nt:ver throw a. btone . for success on their employees. There litis a stone (above your ready reach) , If ,,..e have nothing else to do Late on~ Saturday afternoon, three Cir Which to the lips inpart, 'tis sa.id, the power But talk of those who ain, Of facile falsehood a~d persua.si ve si;iec,ch ; fot:r years ugo, two ladies were returnfr1g "l'ie better we commence at home, And from that pvint begin. home, .,"·hen one of them lost a glove. Ra· And hence, of one whQ tales in such a- tone, The pea.sants say, ' He's ki.asc<t the blarney· rne1nberiDK tLat she had none suitable for '\Ve ha.ve no right to judge a man, stone.' church the next day, she proposed turning Until he's fa.irly triOO: Buckle, in L.is history of' Civilization in Should v.·e not like his-company, into Winter street to buy a pair. .Accord· England,' says: 'Some questions bad been '\Ve know the world ia wide . ing to the summer rulea, the stores had 1aised as to the propriety of kissing the Some may ha-ve faultR, and who has not? closed early . But one door was open ; and 'l'he old ae well as -young: that of a. small fancy and trimming store, Pepe's toe, and even theologians bad their Perhaps we me.y, for aught we know', into whicQ at any other time they ·would doubts · touching so si1lgular a ceremony. Have fifty to their one. But this difficulty has been set at rest by not have thought of going for gloves. I'll tell you of a better plan, J\.ia.tthew of Westm1nister, who explaius the On entering, a modest 1·oung girl met And find it workf.I full well i tl'ue·origin of this custom. He sa.ys that them as she was passing out, and the pro · To try my own defects to cure formerly it ~·as usual to kisa tbe hand of prietor stood ready to kck the door behind Before of others' tell ; his Holiness, but that tow~rd the en<! of the her. And though I wmetimee hope to be eighth century a certain lewd woman, in No. worse thjn gom~ I know, When asked as a favor to see their gloves, making an offt:::ring to the Pope, not only ?t-Iy own shortcomings bid me let the young girl, thpugh doubtless weary with kiBBed his hanll, but alw pressed h. The '£he :faults of uthera go. stan<linl{ all day, replied very aourteouely, Pope-his name was Leo-seeing the da.n· Then, let ua all, whejrwe commence, and manifested as 111uch rmtience and fagerger, cut off his hand, nnd th.us e'scaped the '1'6 slander friend or foe, · nes to p1ease, M if i~ ""ere early morning, contamination .to which be bud been expos· 1"hfr.. k of the bairn on~ 'vord mn.y do and she fresh for her work, oi' us if the 1'o those we littlo know. ed. Since that time the precaution bas been business lvere her own. Remember curs ell, sometimes, like taken of kissing the t-ope's toe inateaJ of 'The gloves were bought, and also some Onr chickens, "roust at home :" Don't speak of others' faults until We have none of our olvn. ehould 1>e put into the ground until the soil is dry. 'Vhen a. spadeful of earth thrown down, cru1nbles into a loose mellow heap, ·the plow ma.y bt:i start~d, but not while the spade comes out of the ground emear· edn.nd soiled . A few d&ys' delay is better tha.n being a day too SOOIL The first i11 the field is ofter the la.st u.t ha.rvest. PLOWING. -~ Toplow 'l'eas a·Speciality. J. D. STROWGER. Newe1.1tle.A~cu.Ht, Piwno F1Jrtes, Buggies, Outten, Sleighs, and all lcilnd8 oj Varnished Carri ages Clocks, Pictu1·e Franies 14th, 1874 BOWMANVI L(..E Ma.chine a.nd Implement BURDO UH BROS. Having decided to make a change in their business, are now selling for CASH their large and well assorted Stock of Dry Goods, Millinery Clothing, Crockery and Glassware, or any kind of Varnished Fwrniture. TH.l!i MERCHANT ha.s now a bona fide. Manufacturing Co -I ADVERTISING P·MEDIUM. It Has No Equal in this constituency, a.nd this fact is being con stantly demonstrated. . , If you have }oat anything, advertise in this paper. If you ha.ve found anything, advertise in the and 'vith the exception of a. few, these pass into thti hands of the people of West Durham. The public will at once si:ie Circulation of 1000, Manufaoturers of SOLE ACENT FOR THIS P LACE. WOOD AND IRON WORKING MACHINERY AT AND BELOW COST! CllJJ usu ~ L r. rge Stock on bnnd of LEFPEL'S Tho Stock having been purchased .in the BEST MARKETS, buyers depend on gettrng ardware, Paints and Oils, 8toues and Tinware. AH of which will be sold at low figures . ME1WHAN1'. If you want to eell i:mything, advertise in this paper. . J! f. You want to buy anything,e.dverti$e in the MERCHANl'. . . If you want to reaqh the public 1 use the ooluinns of the MEU.CJHANT. Double Turbine Water Wheels, and MORE AND BETJ.'ER GOODS FOR THEIR MONEY at John McLeod &; Co., Wellin!iton Bulldings, Bowmanville. Augu·t 10th, 1875. this Establshment than in any other house in the country. Ca.stin. gs of a.11 Xinds OUR . RATES ARE LOW. As a weekly newspaper, the ~fERCHANT Lt scarcely excelled. Sixteen columns of ca.re· fully selec.ted r~a. ding matter a.ppe&r in each fasue, comprising Literature, Agricitltttral, Ji'amily Reading, Gen~1·al a,nd Local N e:wsall fresh and readl\ble. SubeC riptions taken any time iiuring the year. REPAIRS done on the Call Early, and secure Bargains, as the whole Stock must be sold at once, for CASH ONLY. SHOltT::E:ST NOTICE, We have now on hand ti. THE / GROCERY DEPARTMENT large quantity of i,$ now complete with the choicest supply of Just Arrived a.t the Common and Gang Plows, that win be soli). a.t · TfRl!fS 75 OTS., JN ADVANCE. --:o :- - FO!L JOB l'ItINTING we ba.ve ever-y facility. 'Ve do not work for nothing, or fun, bnt our prices will be found low, as our presses ace run by steam power. LOW PRIQES AT THE . SHOP. Bowmanville, l\1arch1873 . 6tf. Christrnas Goods, Raisens, Curra!J!ts, fJu· gars, Peels, etc.~ etc., at all P'rices. Bowmanville, Dec. 24th, 1874 JFA.SBION uovs:s , ·plendid ...ortm·nt o MURDOCH BROS. NEW MILLINERY. Also ""· iot of Show Bills Sale Bills Hand Bills Progammes Ch·culars Bill Heads Cards Pamphlets and everything Crom the size of a. Poster iarge en(Jugb to eover a barn to a half-inch strip, printed in good style, and at cit prices. Specimens of work can be t1een at our office. w· ork handed out, and the ca!!h taken for it $25 · REAL HAIR,"' FANCY GOODS, & ' Also a L,,rge i;,tock of Stamps for Braiding and Em- n~w J14 11.. ·RD "' broidery. 111 FASHIO N S for Spring just to hand. DDESSM.AKIN G The above reward will bff paid to a.ny peson who will furnish ample proof tha.t the Boots & Shoes sold by the uoderaigned, are not wbatre represents them. usual. C. BARKER. other little articles ·that lay' in sight on the bis hand.-Ohristian A.Zvocak. Manaqer MRS. A. FLETCHER Bowman ville, April 7th,1874. -Selected. Crumbs for Chickens. Grace before meat-a handsome woman at· market. Why is a minister near the end of his sermon like a ragged urchin ? Because he's toward (tor'd) his close (clothes). Why should it be easy to break into an old man's house ? · Because his gait is broken and his locks are few. ' That's going too far,' as the Boston man said, when his wife ran away to San Francisco with another man. When two women in a family are trying to tell the same thing at the same time, it is an auspicious opportunity for the men folks to vanish. counter; and on 1eceiv-iog the money, this young girl sllid,' Thank you,' as if the favor had been <lone herself instead of her cus· toinera. '\Vhen the ladies left tbe store, one of FARM AND HOUSEHOLD How to Cook Potatoes. BIG HURH is now ra.ging a.t To BoIL PoTATOES.- Have plenty of boiling them said t~ the other, 'That is what I call watt·r, and let it be boiling when the potatoes true courtesy ; now let's come here again.' Neither had ever been in that little store a.ro put in; throw in ..a sma.11 handful of salt, cover up, and let them boil until they show a tendency to crack. or a fork will- pass easily through them. ThEin pour off the water and ltt tbem stand uncovered near the :fire to dry. If you wish to 3tea11i them, the pot may be put on the fire again a.nd coverad with a coa~(;(' cloth. I will gh·e ai few recipef5 for cdol<lrig pota.toes : MASHED PoTATO.Ea.-Eoil them until done, then remove the skin carefully, and strain them through a Flieve. .Add AOme milk, 'butter, black pepper~ and salt to the ta.ate, a nice ens· ta.rd may be made in the aa.me way, by leaving out the pepper and salt, and adding too eggs, with sugar and nutmeg to suit the taste ; ba.ke half an hour ; serve hot with creMn sauce. l<"RX:NCH J.ioDE OF FRYING POTA'rOE.-Cut them in whatever shape you wieh above a. bowl of cold v:ator1 so they will drop ioto it, 'l'heu drain and wipe th13m dry, This must be done qnickly, so as not to aJlo\V the potatoeij to be. co1ne ~ddish. Have a counsetowelready,then turn the . potatoes into a cola,nder1 sprinkle salt on them, and ser1,·e hot. If you wish them light or swelled, lea,·e the potatoes in the colander, only about hnlf a mh1· ute, then put tht'ln back in the very hot fa.t, stir for about a minute, and put thetn again in th(' colander, lf the fat is very bot when dropped into it fer the second time they ·will swell. POTATO FRIHEBS.--.For potato fritters, grate six cold boile<l potatoes, add t~ them a pint of cream or new milk', and flour enough to make M stiff as other fritters 1 the yolks of four C'gg$, th~n the bi:aten whitt's a.ud a. little salt. Fry in bot la.rel or butter. They art1 deliciou~. For Gents, TI-IE TRELEVENS 80, HO! Gentlemen of Fashion ---NOT SO FAST. I have writte.u these few lines And all I ha.Ye to say, '!'hat you can find me still a.t homo I a.m not gone a.way; So all my kind old friends may com e And all the young ones too And ~et their garments nicfl]y mad tIn fa.shions that are new 'Vhere old ~nd young dehr friend ~IJ. met A weloo1ne greeting by R. PEA 'l'E Bowman ville, June 19th 1873. before: but after tha~they went there for everything they wanted in euc. h goOds ; always met the same patient desir~ Peovle' .' ... s Book Sto:re AND to please and to do right, from the proprietor and all the young girls employe there. They 1ncntioned the place to their friends ; and SA.BB.A.Tit SCHOOL For Ladies, For Children. they know to·<lay that they have addeJ largely to that mun 's li,st of customer11 ; al- though neither he nor any of his attendants ever hen.rd of their first int1oduction to the store. When old Zachariah Fox, the great mer- Styles and DEPOT! Latest Good Stock. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO and he 1s deter~ined tO continue to sell at these ruinously low prices ORDERED WORK. cheaper than the cheapest. Why he can do it-STORE. - One door daat of Oornieh's Jewelry Store, King Street, Bowma.nville. First, he buys for cash and knows just how to b1> y ! J. SMALE. Second, what he can't buy cheap enough, he manufactures With the arrival of the Holidays, comes a Eowrnanvillo,May 6th, 1~75. demand for '!'bird, he is satisfied with small profits ! Fourth, he sells for cash ; Fifth, he sells at bottom prices. -o- Sheridan told Lord N" orth that he had chant of Liverpool, was asked by wh·t taken a new house, and that everythmg means be contrived to realize so large a for· 1 would uow "go on like clock work. tune as he possessed, his reply was, Friend, by one article alone, and one in vi'hicb thou " Ah_! " replied his Lordship, " tickmayest deal too, if thou pleascst ; it is tick. " civility.: While an Iowa woman was struggling That, with a good stock and upright deal· in the water, and likely to drown, her ing, will secure success tu !1.DY man of aver: husband yelled out : 'New boimetswim for life !' and she kicked ol1t ahd age bnsincse faculty, despite the assaults of ·II the bargaiq·hunters in the land.safely reached the shore. Little four-year old playing with her dolls:-" Now, yon lay there, my dear, and you lay there.' Mother- ' Why, Eddie, you know t11at isn't right; you should say lie.J 'Oh, no, man1ma; I'm playing they are chickens.' Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, I will a family paper take, Both for my own and children's sake? If such there be, let him repent, Aud have this paper to him sent. Watch~an. C. BARKER. LEVI :M:O:Ei:RIS, GENERAL CONJ.'RACJ.'OR AND BUILDER. chea.p a.nd good L;tera.ture, Gift :Books, a.nd l'resent ClOODS. I have a Stock that cannot fa.it to please- com plete and varied. J Imt1e1ial Fire lnsuranr.e OF LONDON. Established 1803. co CALL AND SEB FOB AND Examine YOUDBELVES~ With or without Casin,q. Manufacturer of Sash, Blinds Doors, Mouldings, and Window Frames, With or 1l.itkout Band Moulds. ' BRING YOUR FRIENDS WITH YOU. KlSSING. In continuation of this subject Dr. .Bom· baugb B'\YS : Jn old times royalty Jed· the Lenten solemnities, and in England it wae the regular custom for the King or Queen to waih and kisa the feet. of as many poor people a.a they themselves nun1bered in years, and Choice Rec{pes. FAMILY BIBLES. SJJlendid Lot. POCKET BIBLES,Large Assortment. Orders Promptly Executed, and Good Fits Guaranteed N.B. That deservedly popular Teach Subscribed and invested Capital a.nd l~esE1rve Ornamit ntal Pickets, in every er's Bible, in various bindrngs Fnnd. £1,965.000 Sterling. Hc baa in stock an tindle:ss variety of La.dies' and Gents' Saratoga 'l'runks, Valises, etc., all of ety, and Sc1~oll Sawi-1ig, Funds invested in Canada- 105,000. which he is i;;ell ing cheap for cash. BOOKS. in Great Vari<ty. -oInsurances ag~nst toss by }'jre a.re eJieuted on of every description · moat favorablo terms, and loases paid with Remember the Stand "BIG BOOT I' draf;rn by Two Horses, King St. A lB U1 1fS, Cheap and Rrett< reference to the Board in London. WRITING DESKS, and WCRK BOXES out DONE TO ORDER, J DODSWOll!fH, RIN'l'OUL EROS. Inepect.or. " stock, which eomvrisea everything iu lhe trad.e, of the very la.test and most eleg~.n styles and patterns, of English, Canadian, and American 1nanufacture. -ofuAD OFFICES.-! Old Broad St., and n~ still continues to manufacture to order, from the be11t of ma.ttirial, and none but first-class Pall Mall, Loudon. workmen kept. GENER..U '\. GE:t.'CY Jl'OR CAN.ADA :- ·24 St -oS l\~a~uent St., l\:Contreal. Planing, Planing & Matching, sawing and Turning, vari- Go:rr; Agents, J,.1ontrea. M. TRELEVEN. - then to bestow a gift upon each. Queen When you go to Vienna and hear Elizabeth performed this royal duty at somebody say Hochquellehwasserlet- Greenwich when she was thirty-nine yeare tingstohrenfalahtaten, you may know ol<l, on which occasion the ft:et of thirty· that "the water pipe has busted." For nine pobr persons were first washed by the our part, we should be apt to think that yeo1nen of t.he laundry, with wa.rm water a whole reservoir had " busted." "Ask a man clad in an Ulster," ironically r emarks a correspondent, "to come home and dine with you informally, and he invariably declines. Why? Because the Ulster covers a multitude of-old clothes." and sweet b~rbs, afterward by the sub· almoner, and ldBtly by ihe Queen herself, the persou who wa.sbecl making each titue a cross upov the pauper's foot, above the toes, o.ud kissing it. This ceremony was per· foru1ed by the Queen kneeling, being at· tended by thirty-nine ladies and gectleCAi.;T10i.;s.-" How had you the auclothee, v1ctua . Is, on d money w~r· J h ,, 'd S . h I . d m·n. . d ac1ty, o n, sa1 a cott1s air to d' t 'b t d th e poor. " d 11 lEI ri u e among b. lS servant, to go an te some pea- ! Tb 1 f h E 1 h · h ' h ple that I was a n1ean fello\v and no "Na na Sir n ·was the candid ans\\·er, "yo~'ll ~o ~tch me at gentlenlan?" I c ast o. t e ' t'.g is mouarc i;T \\' o performed tllls office, 1n person, was ... a.mes lI., and it was a{tr:rward ~rforrued by the the like o' that. I '1¥e keep my thoughts almoner. In 1&30 C<trdmal Wolsey made ~o mysel'." .bia waundy, or gift a· Peteraborough Ab· To l\r.1E?iD 0HINAWARE'.-Take a very tliick MICROSCOPES, solution of gum arabic and stir it into plaster of STEREOSCOPES, Paris until ihe mixtureis of a. proper conSia· KALEIDESCOPES. tency. Apply it u.itha br1Jah to the fractured edges of the chinawa-re- aO:n stick them~ tOge-ther. Lllll'gMt Collection of Stereosaopic Ill a. few days it will Ve impossible to Lreak the Views in Town. article in the samti place. The whiteneas of the cement renders it doubly valuable, CLEANING l{NIVM.-. A ~a.ll, clean potato, wi~h the end cut off, is a very convenient medi· um of applying bl'ick duet to knive!'l , keeping it about the right moisture·, while the juice of the potato assists in removing st.a.ins from the surface. \Ve can get a bt::tter polish by this method than by ft.llY pther we have tried, aud with less labor, HAM ToAST. ...:.JYlix with one ta.ble·spoouful of finoly.choppr.d or grated ham, the bea.teu-up yolk ofa.n eg:g 1 and a little cream and pepper ; heat o\-·er tbe"futi, and then Bpred ' tbti mix.ture· either on hot buttered toa..it, or on . slices of bread fried quite ctisp in buttel'; serve very R, R. LOSCOMBE, Barrister, Agent for Bowm!'-nville and Vicinity. Bowma.nville, June 4th, 1860 36 m. o.43-~9.4w Eowmanville, Ma 13, 1814. on the SHORTEST NOTICE. James McFeeters. AGENT TO THE PUBI_j~[C. J:;"~nieralJy, f~iror!, hops on Liberty Street. North of the Eastern House, Bowmanville. Howmanville, July 9th, 1874. 41·tf WALTER WIGG & SON, returning tbanks to their ntnnero1ui: ou.!ltomer.!I and the public for past I Nwould re11pec:tfully invite tbf'ir oa.ttention to our prel'lent l!ltock of furnitu1·e, as ·we ha Ye lately Ladies' Companions, Pocket Books, Purses_. etc., etc. Call ancl Examine. Great Inducements. For the following Insuran ce Compa.niea, and other Institutions, "iz :1'he QUEEN Firo and Life Insurance Com· pany. Capital £2,000,000. $150,000 depositf>d with the Dominion GoYCl'llment 1 for tht1_protec_ ders in Canada. 'l'he ISOJ.ATED RISK Fire Insurance Com {.4ny of Canado. Capita) 500'000.~0ne of the.. best a11d chea.pei.t Companies doing business in the Dom,\nion 1 for :Farmers and I solated- Risks - THE SO'IOOL NOVELTY! THE NOISELESS AND a,dded thert1to, tbat we may thereby be enp.bled to l!lnpplv all parties who may plt!a1'e to b .vor him with a, call. Grea.t induceml!!ntfll held out to thoee purcha-!ing at our estabh11b1nent . Pie· tures, Looking Glaesei;, etc. framed to order, a.nd in every style. Sainples of the different kin<l_..of o uldin qs can be 11er:n a.t tbe WMe·room. We would Also beg to inform you, tha. t~ havi~g purch!teed a _ Unbreakable Slate l'he CAN ADA LANDED CREDI'!.' CO'Y. we shMl be ready at a 11 timeti to att.end funera-ls, on short notice and rea~i;1nn.ble terms!! with ~ Savings B ank departm ent. · N. B.-Coffi.i111 kept on ~and and made to oi·de:r, at the .'l'he U::'HON .\J\"ll PBRMANJlK'l' Building 'J'be ~e · SPLENDID N:EW HEARSE, AT OUR BOOK ROOM Ask for it Send for it I C. BARKER. a.ud Saving'lil Societ,y. ho~ i ~ i latter inatltntions ad vance Loana on l{tia.l Estat e, on terms unus11a.llv easy for thej borrOV.'er. Bowmanville, F~b. 6th, 1873. , NEW DGMJNJON RETAIL FURNITURE WARE-ROOM. O·hawa, Aug. 26th, 1870. To :Masters of L 0. L &c., &c., can be procured at this (_1ff:ce,at regular ra.tes. 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