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BA VING AND STORING ICE ()[ rnubian 1SJw1nted inl published A<:~ ery 'll'hnrflday llJ01·11ing, by the f'r opr1eto1 1. l1 c not10n tlrnt t~ keep ico t hrol'gh tbe he1.1 t oL sumn1,.1 t\ e n 1ust 1 Ju't. up an eA penG ve bn il c h ng with d uuble wn.Jls, &c, rn now exploded The difficu lty and ex ;- en~ c vV~1:. I-{. C LI1\1IE, at t of keet 11g lCO f o1 aununer u so CJn e ON! OFFIC !!l-l'o§t Office Gloe!<, KIN G 8TllEE! BOWllfl\.NVILI -, gc L:c Ir l~nd EIG~ l.nd 1 roVJ.ncirtl New s .. .ocal Intelh CON TAINS THE Lc\.TEST FOR ( ouncy- Bm.;u ~~s Conune1c1al 1' a tters · £.Eltl.:IS -$1 oo per ..nnwn iu advance..,.... t! pald W 11.ihlI BIX lllOllthS 2 Q/) if not patd till the and ot the -.;ear No paper d scontinued nntU aD ~rreara~s arc paid exceot at the optlon of the publ\shet anc l 1,.llH L ,t s i o¥us1ng paper s 'v1thout S<.\)lll Q up \\ l ll be held 1esvon::ilblu for thl' t:1Ub tlcriptio n u ntil 1hey com"PlY wit h the n1lc b \..U lcttc.ra a<ldtcsscd. to the Editor must e pnst;-p d I othe1 " 160 ll oy tno.J not bo taken from t.l c P ost Uftl.ce R !I.TE~ OF \ DVERTISl~G "'- Six: I nes alld u n dor fhr.t 1ni:;ertion E n.ch s11b~equont. lnao1 t1on $0 50 I I ll\ "1tJ. LCL \ e l\ibcf.'ilo.n; $1 "' -- - F 1871 VOL. XVII. BOWMAN VILLE, ONT., THURSDAY,MARCH1, 1872. N0.32. Ralph stepped forward to the WOUl0.11 b) the "indow, and greeted her " la this Mra Thomp·on 1 ' "Th~t is tny nztnie, 1nr, ' 11ha aaid, turn mg her faco toward Ha'ph, who could not but rom:lrk tho contrast between the thor ough rofinoment of her manner and her coarae, oc&nt, unshal'ed pauper frock of blue dnllmg "I sa..w you t d!i.Ulll.tar y e~ tord a.J ' " Dtd you ·ee my boy 1' Thero w&a a tremulousnaa:is 1n her "o ce and an ag1tation 111 hor manner wh1ch dlB closed the 0111otLon aho atro\:o in vain to conc..al For onl) the day before Bill Jone· had informed her that Shocky would be bound out on S..tu1day, and that she would find that gem agm him warn t a payin 1 bus1neas, so much u aoma others ha mout n1entton =~!!!'!'!'====~~~=~~~~=~· !- ~ ~ ;!. ~ ~ iO f l f ! NEW DRESS GOODS, ... ..... ·· NEW CLOTHS, NEW PRINTS, NEW COTTONS, .... . ... NEW FLANN]j:LS, .. · ..... ·· .... .. ..... .. NEW KNITTED GOODS, ....... .' ..... · .. · AIL L ........... &o 187 -1 ·· at BATTING'S · at BATTINGS at BATTINGS 0 13 0 75 Fro1n e1~ to t en lu1es th st m Be1t1on 0 20 ] a.ch s 1bRequont 1111:101 ti on 0 08 Ove1 ten l ines Hr.st insertion per hne 0 02 Ea.ch subsequ,ent insertion 't"hc nwnbe:i: of lines to be 1ckoued by_the 5p.!\ce oocupied m easured by a aco.le of solid Nonpareil Advc1tlsomonts \\ 1thout spocLHC dU"ections '\\ill be pubhshed till "orb1d n.1 d ~haigc<l accordingly A.11 +1n.nslt01:·x ndvcrtiscntcnts must bo l)O.td for when ban ]P.d in All· m tlsein cnta must be in tl1e office of publ1co.tion h\ 10 o clock on the Wednes-das 1nor1Ung p1e1 coding tJ1eir first pu'bhca.tion 1tt11 and ot h eni ad\ ertifung by the y ear 'I 0 m erc:h.a.1 vet"} libc1al dL~couut ·w ill be tnade at BATTINGS ... at BATTING'S. . . al BATTING'S . &.. &o &e &o _.ALL MARKED AT LOW PRICES'.._ NO .ABATEMENT! TRY FOR Bowmanv1lle, Octobot, 1871 _.... ~lt~i~t1Ji~ ~ittdOt!. _....~ ......_-... -....- ,..,.--- ----- .-.~-~.......,,.. FAC'TS THAT -o-- ARE FACT I THATS Chas. Kelly, ARBEH AND HATR DRESSER, RE B an nounces to publio that h e has auccee(led 10 the business fo1me1l3 SPECl':E U T 1 Y the iiotrRSELVElj F HILL sells ln<1 Goods aa Low, or Lower, 1h~11 1ny one else ·o Towo ..,.. A lar~· carried on bytlto ls.tc. \V 11 EdwoodS a.ndu1pre ~took of Clo·hs, D-ess Goods, etnped, oheokod and pl110 Sh·wl·, Bl·nkets, Lmen· pur{!d to a ttend to the " n .nts of t he uhllc in h!oi line 1n a mn.nner uns1npr~ss ed by any in tbe Pro W 1oceys, F!IUlnel· Knitted Oooda, Ho111ery, Gloves ·nd, Trimwrng·, oil bou~bt , I ice Particu lar :titentiou gh en t o the cutt~ befote the late anv·o<l(l tn pneeo lflir' iAstpeatal bne ot Ciao Tartaue 60 per cent of l ... ad1cs llll(l Children a hnir A c:\..11 solicited! h l rd door east of the Po'3 t OtUce 00 t f lower than last yeitt's THOSE WHO HA VE TRIED l'Ij AllE CONVINCED Dr. D:n ids on, LgGE of Ph\ ..1cio.ns of Engl&ndt a u o D lllveuiit} of V1Ctoua Ootiege Cobourg Under gradnil.te n.nd .Puzen <1.11 ot the Un1vor!tiLy 01 J 0101 to uud Unn c1s1t} of Queen s College Ku1 ,..,..ston member of l.hc College of Physician& su1gcvns of On t nrto S urgerr n.nd Res! deuce 111.so King ~tleet ::;ec; Jn l door el\lit of M1 liaJ no.rd s IIoto1 lU 20 0 G RAD!H1 EOE rHE ROYAL COL A lot of Last Season's Tweeds, at 20 per cent less than cost. Gents' Suits Made to Order, by the Beet Workmen in Town, ~ warranted to 6.t aud not come to piece· "'liill - -- -- - ;A.1;.., tic teut t'it .l!Jdl1 burgb ~Lu te H.cside.u l It 01u!l.s HvO'p1tal London nn~ A ct ng H ,,1dcnt 1Vfcd1cal Oftice1 Cit) of L ;11do1 Hosp1tu.l lor Di.;:ieai!e;:, of tho Chest ) Office D r llen:una1 s Orono M ! ege ut Ph:. ~o ians EMBEli o> RO YAL COLLEGE OF & Stugoons En~lo.nd L1ce11tiato Royal Cm .J. t 1eldmg, ill. D. l'he Dest Black and Green Tea11 in Town, at 81.00 'l'he Bed GO cent Tea in Town. Butter, Eggs, Mittens, Sooks and Yarn taken ae Cash for Goode Oct 4, 1871 S. F. HIL ------- - - -- - -- Rl ID H ~s REMOVED HIS residence to thci ho use lately occupied b}' Dr UrO\\:lc 011 Wellington Stroot S urgel"f at his old rc~ide11cc S U\! cr St1 e ct Office houni rom 10 n n1 to 8 p m 16 <it:t Dn iliioG1ce-Ren10-.ttl. -- MARKUS 1.1A YER Dr. \.. Beith, Grateful to a generous pubhc for past liberal patronage, begs most 10apectfully to announce that on account of mcrcasmg business, he now occupies G U1u vera1 ty P hy:>Lc1an Swgeo1 &c 01llce l'\.tng Street nc:s.t.rloor t.o YellO\vlceB Qwcks RAD UA'IE OF fHE TORONTO On~rio & arlCty Stoic Bo\ln1a.nv1lle c. Nen Jaml 'lrew, J JI.D., 9 ti1n THE WBOl.E OF DIS OLD STA.~D, and has filled every shelf, hole and comer, with an oxceedmgly choice assortment of goods, compnsmg " 1,.) EWCASTLE OFFICE-OPPOSI rE ., l\Ieasra N"orthro.v & Lyiuo.n Hats, Caps, Furs, Bu.ffalo Robes, PAPER COLLARS, NECK TIES, F.are1' ell,IticGee & Ru Hedge, CITORS und .Nota.r) Puolic J E F AREWELL LI B" R McGEE, B AJA~1ES RuTLEvGE B 0 F1' ICE ~Ovor '\V m :il-IcMurtry 6 Dry Good11 Sto1e second door wost of the Post Ofilco up B A.RRIS'IER~1 ATTORNEYS, SOLI· GENT'S FURN ISI-1NGS, The whole of the stock., having been well bought, Largains will be given ALL KIND:i OF' Ji'URS ALTERED AND REP AIRED. ' lllghe8' Prlee paid fbr Raw. t'ur1. MARKUS MAYER. a sta1ra B Da-. id S1nart, 13an.t: &o Por t Hope Ont !illRI8TEii AND ATTORNEY AT L \. \V Solicitor in Chancery 11.nd Insolvency Con1 e\' a.nue1 N otnry Solicitor fa; the Onta1i Money to I..oan and La. lds for Sale Robert llrmour, of La 11-lone louuell on l(eal Rt1talo Stec .. Ilowma 1 H"l e E GISTRAR, WEST DURHAM R Issuer 11Iarrwge Llceenaes Attorney at vv and Solicl.. ln Chnrcc_i:-y 01 Darnstei o.ng FRESH ARRIVALS AT THE OHico on King .John fi. Galb1·aith, B L ;'\. A gent u.t Society ltRRISfER AND ATTORNEY AT '\'V GLASGO'IV THE SUBSCRIBER RAVING RECEIVED HIS HOUSE T · Office Jtinf( Street .Bo-.,, wan ville Bo\\ l:O~nv1l1 1::1 tor the F1eehold Buildin .Monoy to lencl on flll'nl ~eeu1 lty B TOR a ndN 11t a1y Plbhc 0l1'11ax -~list door east ~t. <\.RRISTE:~, ATTOR?iEY, SOLICI of Post Oft.lee l1'P stair· Joha H. Dutches®. F U l l Assortment of Goods, Ult !>D TO THE PRESENT SEASON left at tl e oJflcc of :Hobcrc Ari.nour E$q protnllt ly ntteuded to 40 -~h - -- ~··1i INVI'l'ES THE INSPEC'Jl·N OF THE PUBLIC 6.'. G. Hanning, ROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR In these days of putl'mg and 1mpo·ture, ho thmks 1t needle"" to ··y, that ho ·ells Civil Engw.eer n.nd Lan tl Agent Offlce and re~idcnce I 01 13 ~. U co 1 Ua.1b ngton .AU orcleli:. goods CHEAPER u.nil ot better value than l'DY other man ill thti:.i.c Counties all b e s.skA ie that P lntl!nlling purchaeers give hl.u.1 a cnll and jud.¥e for themselveH BD..URtied that tbP. resul t \Vill be m utua.lly :p:rofttableo.nd lil&lii.16fac tory · K :pool and L ondon Br1t1flh Amei 1ca a11d Prov1n ING STl1EE1 BOWJ.VL\NVILLE rise ~n. pncea A..g~nt fo1 the full~wing British. a nd Cana' d1a n lni:i ... runce Con1~~unes \ 1Z Uoyal Liver B ill 0 owma.n~ ,. 01nas ..., 1·1st1e, _- .- - - - P S - An um1va.lled .tock of '.l'~blo Lmen Damasks purchased bdor· the tocent I cial \.gent for I-Lo) al Mail J ine of :-:;teamers o.nd Freight 1:110 of boat..::i aud Coroner for UJuted Co L1nties of N 01 thtm1bc1 land and Durham t 2<! 1871. e c u. - -- - - - - - - -- -- '1, H 0 :N( AS PATERSON. - - - - - -- - -- - ~. u. 'J'urner, STUBBORN FACTS I "C C'lIONEirn, WOULD BEG TO i nform the inhablla.nts of Bowmo.nVille and fa:rn At s of \ Vest Durl1a1 n that ho is now prepa.r A ed to o.ttcnd to run so.Jes tbnt n uy be entrusted o h11 1 Oha1 ges inodera.te 10 tf S. t::besterfieltl, VILLE ..an<l Du.r hn/4ton Uca1dence Queon :Street Orders pun ctnnlly o.ttcndcd to Chaigea J\oloder:iic 13 A UCTIONEER FOR BOWM \N 'I'hon1a1i Stoultouse. ..::_ General Agent Darhngtou Ceintre ._ Jl'Omptly a ttended to A UCTION EER, L APPRAISER A.ND Sales IOENSED AUCTIONEER, FOR HON J SIMPSON, Bowma.1mllo the To"Woship of Darltngton Sale:! proinpt.D FISHER, d" te t (led to CJutrge~ 1noaera.te R. D. Foley, As there is a great deal of n11srepiesentat1on iega1clmg the merits of the different sewmg machmes, and may persons have been misled by these untruthful statements, we give be low the names of a few of those who tested the \Vanzer Machme and who afterwards exchanged them with us for the Lockman, Osborn, or Raymond-some of them pa.ymg us over $20 to exchange MRS 0 G HA.NNI'NG, llawnt&1<'ill· W G PERRY, W E TJLLEY, do $ecur1ty on the i:uoet favourable terms 16 1) J B F ..A .IRB.AIRN to ls prcpn.rcd to negotiate loans on Real Estate do HE UNDERSIGNED HAVIJ:l"G JOHN l\foCLUNG, been a.r.pointed agent for the Provincial Per kUl.nent Build.lug it.nd ::;n., 1ng 6 Society of Toron RICHARD SHAW, DT>rhngton T lUoneJ to Lend. THOS .TOHNSTON, do WM EDWARDS, MR LUMMIS, Cartwright R T WILKINSON, liewcruJtle MR.S HILLA.!1, MR BARFOOT, do do J P LOVEKIN, CIT>rke E BEMAN, do do .R.Pt'atc, 'l'ailor. G lHENTS made Jn. the NEii ESI STYJ ES BowmanYille Feb 19 1868 E NTLEMEN S "I.ND BOYS' GAR. 31) J BELLWOOD, S BORLAND, Ornno A LOCKHART, Cl&1ke THO:lrIAS McOLUNG, BowmanYillo M D WILLIAMS, REV R BOYLE, R R LOSCOMllE, MRS BROOK, do do MISS HAMBLY, Port D&rhngton l! 0 W SMITH, Darlington STEPHEN OLE111ENCE,Darlingto11 WILLIAM CLEMENCE, MATTHEW COLE, Tyrone JOHN BURN, Manvero And " great m&ny othera do Rook ll811di11~. ZINES Pamphlets or a.nytning in the book line which thcv wish l:.o ha' c bound cnu have heir orcle1 s fUletl n the neu.testand mosit durable style o.nd on th e shot test notice by Jen.vnigthem l.t the ST \.T.E.,.~u.:s offlcc B ing nlong your bind Ing ] )lERSONS HAVING BOOKS, MAG°1i. do do "\\ R CLIMIJI Land SnrveJing. J L HEED 1811 PROVINCIAL LANil Intendmg purchasers, can enqmre of any of the above, regardmg the merits of these maclunes. · Sur vey CL vil EnB"J neer et.c is prepared to do all ordels \\ 1th which h e may bo fa:\ored .A:ddress Bowman' tile P 0 March 15tl1 R. & H. O'HARA. Jlowmanville, October 5th, 1871 D. 'fl o( ~herin & Co i TITHOLESALJJ MANUFACT URBRS al used r ie trade suppncd on best tcrmes .E'acto1 ~ -King !:>treet E1.1.s Bo\\ 1ua11\ illc 16--30t! 11UJP;:.k [ R r3 B ,,t N~w York 1\-Iatr INSOL Vl~N'l' ACT oC fs69, .Al>D AMENDMENTS THERETO TBE LOCKMAN --------- - - - -- - --- T of Onta.no M fATRBHR N, BARRISTElt & ProvJnco United Counties of e Attorney Solic1t or &c Li ndaay North d & Durham Office in Keenan i; B ock Qyer T Be all s Book CAN ADA }In th~ County Court of the United Couniiea of Nort.humberla.nd and Dnrh&rn -~ SEWING MACHINE IS NOW THE LEADING MACHINE sto11; In tJu. 11ta.tter of FREDERICK fVll.LI.A. M R 4.TCLIFFIC. an Insol't'erlt Il'r TJIE DOMINION 01!' 0.AN.ADA attained thl:augh good qualities <tualitlea are aiinplio1ty durabllfty.J" elo ga.nce u.da:pte.bllity, be8lde8 a score roo?"e or eqn&l importance l'or full partloulars oddrrn!!H to the ~heee l4&D.Q/ac~urer11 T HIS PROUD POSITION its inherent I IT HAS .J. lU. :Crunat·ombc, L. D. Q URGEON DENTIST t.J God FilhngB lnsertcd s., SUPERIOR 1roctb c:xtractocl for 25 cents eacl An e:tcellont 1'ooth Po-wder /or nlo Offtec Jn :\ IoClung s bloc}.'. WlI.SON BOWMAN, & Co llamllton 01tlarlo R I< H O'lliRA. . .4..w"'1t·lli· :Da.thom "14 T!elori· , - - ,on ;;-vcrybody,buthe1J<aqueer111an,a1d he only .. ,d that he supposed Srntor Saw -....-..- -...~..-......-......... yor neglected the inferior ord.1nanoc6 that [omois., ahe .mght attend to higher ones But I AT REST don t aoe any aon10 in a mmlBter of the BY Il'fOllENCE HAYWAll D gospel calling prayer meetmg a lower ord1 n·noo than feodmg catmp·toa to Mrs S1)eaJt low-n. doa.r one Uoth In bor long d.ron.mlooa sJOO.ll Brown'1 !ast baby But haan't thia httlo Gontl) the soft breeze slgheth boy-Shookmg, or "hot do you call him 1 Broa.k not ~hat slumber doc-1' - got ~ny mothor1 ' ' 0 l)t her the roaetroo llbowors " Yea," 1ud R&!ph, ' and that 10 JU&t It.a "Wreath of blossoms ro.:e. what I w..a going to &:1.y 11 .And he pro· .AL.d snowy mrrUe fiowBt'ti n~ eat be llertun10 on tho air ooadod to t<>ll how anxious Shocky waa to aoo hU half blind mothe1, and actu"1ly 'the BllllllY ha.Ir we braided Ba.ck from tho suO\'fY brow, ventured to wind up hia remarkn by 1ug A spriug thno 11.olVer ~ho r~d geotm" that Shocky a mother bo mv1ted Bloommg in IIeavcu now to stay over Sunday in Aunt Matilda's JU$t at the BUnlight s de.\;nlnK houoo He1 Bpirit took ltS flight "Ble08 my st..ra '· 1aid that astounded IIor i:i was a gloriouei mornil4;' Bathetl ln cel6"tlnl Ugh.t I ·1Uui, "fetch a pauper here 1 What crazy T he gatcA of pearl:; whiteneea nohona you ha.ve gut I Fetch her here Her fingers left SJ&r out of tho poor hou1e 1 Why, she would That a glel\m of Hetn: en 11 brightness n" ho fit to aleep on my - - 'here Aunt Might rc!\ch us front a.tar .Mahlda choked Th" bare thought of hav. Weep not! Our lathor cboos:ct.h mg & pauper m her pillo"y bed·, whoso Hi$ love Vi 01-da ct1.nnat tell. The Rilver cord Ha looscthanowy wh1teno83 waa fnghtful t<> any ord\\ o k"llow tha.t all is 'velL mary mortal, tho baro thought of the con lVcnry and hea.'y lndcn tagt0n of the poor houso takmg posses 'VJ th hfe s stern care1 opprcilscd sion of one of her beda, smothered her Within yon blissful Eden "And then you know sore eyes are very Our loved one Js at rest catching ' Never eha.11 tea.rs ot sorrow R..lph boiled a little, " Aunt Matilda, E er dlm those gentle e) OI , Her heart 11hall fear no morrow~ do you thmk Dorcas wu afraid of soro AL rcat 10 Pa.,rad.iae Feb IO eye1 I "'"'""'-""-"--"'="'=-"'-"'-=-":======== It WllS v. center shot, and the law~er !if; Jl)I' uncle, lawyerhke, enioyod , good Jut cf>! And h. onJoyed a good hit nt !us wife best of all, for he l \ P. er ventured on one lum THE HOOSIER SC.!IOOL·MASTER scli Bnt Aunt " M atilda folt that a < lirect reply waa 11npoas1bl'-' She was not a law Bll iDW .U<D IG(;LUl'ON. ycr but a -voma.n, and so <lodged the ques t1on by waking a. oounter cha.rgc "It eeoma to u1e, Ralph, that you lmvo lA..YC!KEB picked up some very lt.w M1ut1a.tos And You Half an hom latoi, Ralph, havmg aoon you go around at mght, I am told l'r'I1aa Nanc) Sa.w1e1's n1achh..1.ery of wa.rm got O\er here by dayhght, and l hear that baths and a11nple i en1ediea once safely in you ho.ve u1ado common cause with a la.1ne opern.t1 on, and Jun ing aocn the roan colt ·oldicr whe> acts AS a apy for thieves 1 and comfortably stabled, and rewarded fo1 ln· that your mnnmg about of mghta ts likely f:uthfnlness by , bounttfol supply of the to get you into trouble " Ralph waa Jut tlua time "I suppose,' bes ~ hay a.ncl tho pronuae of oats when he was cool- half nn hou1 later Ralph wa.s ho said, u !hat you ve beon hatoning to dou1g the moot jam pie, satisfactory, and some of Hanry Small a beo" "Why, Ralph, how you talk 1 The amazmg Justice to hu Aunt lllahlda'· hot wont sign of all 11 that you abuse euch a. buckwheat cakes and "a.nu coffee And after h11 hfe Ill Flat Creek Aunt Matilda.'1 young man as Dr Small, tho most ex hot1se dtd look hko parad150 How white ampla.ry Chr1at11m young man m the coun the t&hle cloth, how bright the ooffee pot, try Antl he 1a & great fnond of youra, how clean the wood work, how gW.tenmg for when he w"" hare last week ho did the brass door knob., how spot!OBI every not u.y" word agauut you, but looked so thing that camo under the sovereign away sorry when your being in trouble was men of l\Iro Matilda Wlute' For 111 otery t10ned Did.i't he, Mr White 1 Indiana village aa iorge u Lewisburg, Mr Wlute, a· 1n duty bound, ""'d ye·, there am generally " ho.If dozen women but ho 5&ld yea m a cool, Iawyerhke way, who are admitted to be the b06t house wlnch ·ho,.ed that he did not tako qmte keep.ors All othere: are only un1tators so much stock m Dr Sm·ll a· Ills wile And tho s·riie !!·s bet11 een theee for the did Which waa a comfort to R·lph, who pre~c 1n1nen ce It 1s at lea6t .saf~ to sa.y oat p1cturmg t o lumself the silent flattery that none in Lew·113burg stood so high a& wluoh Dr Small n eyes paid to his Aunt an enemy to dirt, n.nd n.s a "rat, roach, Matilda, and the qwet cxpreaeion of pa.i.n a.nd mouse c . . . tcrn:uua.tor," a.a did Mrt l\fa that would fht a.cross hLa fa.c0 when t1ld· Ydnte, the "1fe of Ralph a maternal Ralph'e nn.me was nlent1oned And never uuc1e, Robert VY h1te, Eaq , a. lawyer 1n unttl that n).01nent had Rart11ook under successful practice Of course no member stood how masteriul Small s artifices were of MnT White · family ever ataid at home He h·d managed to elevate lumself m longer than was necessary Her hu.11band Mrs 'Ylute'a estimation n.nd to destroy fouud his office-winch he kept mas bad Ralph o.t the .amo time, and had man~ged a state as possible ln order to ma111ta1n llll to do both by · contraction of tho eyeequthbruuu lll lua hfe- much n1oro com bzowal fortable than the stiffly clean house ot But the s1l~nce was growin~ painful,and home From the tnne that Rolph had Ralph thought to broak it and turn tho co111e to live as a chore boy at his unele s, current of thought from huuaeh by a.sk he had over crossed the i.hi.eshold of Aunt 1ng arter Mr "'°lute a son ~la+ill1a's temp}(.. of clearJ1ness v.1th a hor ~ ' Wbere 18 \Valter ?" r1ble sense of a\<; e _.\.nd Walter Jolu1aonJ " Oh 1 Walter's dorng well H e went her son by l former marria.go, had-poor, down to Clifty three weeks ago to atndy \Teak ,..,1u~cl fellow - been driven into bad niedicine with Henry Small Re seems company and bad habits by the w1 -etched ao fond of tho doctor, aod t he doctor 10 n e1s of extre1ue civil zation And yet l1e such an excellent nlan 3'0U kr..o,v, and I showed tho hereditary trait, for all tbe have atrong hopes that 'Vnlhe will be led ge111ue which Mrs White con1:tccra~ed to to see the error ot his wa' s by his a.sso.c1 the glorious w.:>rk of 1nakuig her house too at10n with Henry t auppoM he would neat to be habitable, hor ·on Walter guve have gone to see you but for the unfavor to tymg exquunte knots tn lus colored era 3ble reportothat he heard I hope, Ralph, vats and combing his oiled locks so as to you too mil me.ka the fr1ondsh1p of Dr look hke a dandy barber And she had Small And for the sake of yonr poor, no other children The kmd Prov1denc0 dead mother"-here Aunt Matilda. en that watehes ovei the deetmy of childten dea.vored to aho-w some emottou- " for takes care that very few of them a.re lodged the sake of your poor, dca.d mother--" in these terrible clean houses But Ralph heard no more The buckBut Walter was not at the table, and whoat·cakes h&d !oat tholl' Jla.vor He re Ralph had·o much anuoty l·st h11 absence membered that the colt h>Mi not yot h·d ohould be 11gmficant of evil, that he dtd h1a oats, and 10, 111 the very midst of Aunt not venture to mqwro after him as he ...t Matilda'· aJfectmg allu11on to hia mother, there between Mr and Mra Wlnta dia- like a stiff necked roprobato that ho wa.a, posmg of Aunt llfatilda'a cake· with an Ralph HmBOok roae abrutly from the appetite only iust1fied by his mornmg nde table, put on his hat, &nd went out toward a.nd tho excellency of the brown cakes, the the atable golden honey, &.'1d the coffee, onnched, as " I doclaro, · lllUd l\lro White, deacond Aunt Matilda's always w.,., mth tho most ing 1uddenly from her high moral aiand generou· cro:un Aunt Matild& wu 10 pomt, "I declare that boy has stepped abaorbed ill tolling of tho domgs of the n11ht on the threshold of the baok door," Dorcas Sao1oty thot she had entirely for and ahe stuffed her whito handkerchief m gotten to be surprised at the early hour of to her pocket, and took dawn tho lloor R..lph'a &rrt<&l When ohe had cleacnbed cloth to wipe offtl10 imperceptible blemish tho number of the 11a.rments timshed to bo left by Ralph · boot heels sent to the File P oint.a M1.1!ie1on, or the And Mr White followed his nephe" to Ho1ne for the Friendless, or tho South the ·table to request that ho would ho a Sea Iolands, I forgot which, Ralph thought little c..refu\ what ho did about anybody ho saw Ins chance, while Aunt Matilda in tho poor houeo, as any trouble 1vith the wa.s m a benevolent mood, to broach & Jones~· might defen.t :Mr Whites ,nommplan ho bad been revolving for sometllllo ation t<>. tho Jodgooh1p of the Court of But when ho looked at Aunt Matilda'· Common Pleas immaculate- horribly1mmaculate-hou1e keeping, hie he.rt failed him, and he would OHAPTER. XXIII havo said nothing had oho not 1nadvert .&. CBAlUTJ.BL£ 1~$TITU:llON ently opened tho door kerself When Ralph got back t o Mias N ancv "How did yon get hero so early, Rolph 1 ' and Aunt M·tilda'· face was Sawyer's, Shook)' wa· 01ttmg up m bod talklllg to Misa N nncy and M "' Saman shadowed \v1t h {'I. coming rebuke "By early ·18wg, said Ralph But tha n .. eheet. wero a little flushed .. 1th . ee1ng i.he g"thering frown on his aunts fever and the excitement of tt:lhng lus brow he h· stc11cd to toll tJ.e stoty of stor) , theirs were 'vet with tea1 s "Ralph, · wh1spored )lies N n.uc:y, as lliro White Shocky 's "e 11 as he could cl1d not gn e way to any nnpulse to" ard she droVi htm 111to the l0.tchen1 " I want sympathy unhl she le·rnod that Shocky you to get a buggy or a ole1gli, and go waa safely housed with Miss Nancy Saw right over to th~ poor·houso nnd fetch that boy'· mother O\ or bore lt'll do me )e· "Yes, S1ete1 Sa\ryet ll&s no family more good than any sormon I over heard cares/' sho s<i.1d by 1vri.v of sn1ooth1ng he1 to sec thnt bo; 111 lu.s mothor's n.rmn to slightly rufiled complacency, "sha h>B no morrow W ~ can keep tho old lady i>ver fa.m1ly cares, and she cs.n do th0se thinga Sunday" Ralph WM delighted, so c\ehghte<l tl1~t Sometimes I t hink sit· lets paoplo unpooe on her and keep her aw~yfrom the means he came ne·r !dosing good M1&1 N anoy of grace, and I spoke to our nev.· preacher Saiwyer, whoso pl··n faco WM glorllied by about it the la·t time ho w·s hero, and hor g~noroolty :But ho did not go to the poet houa~ 1mukod him to speak to Sister Sawyer about BUI tta:r'n; oway l'I om lb.o ordt11a»ceo !~ wa» mochat<>lf lh w01t11<\ u·tJl lie · I H I tlt 'ti n.!Ji. Jones theSupenntendent of the Poor House, and Pete Jones the County Com muunoner, who \V ts still so1newhnt shuck up, ride up to the court houso Then he dro, o out of the village, and pre·ently hitched Jua horse to the poor-house fence, and took a surve~ of the outside Forty hog·, nearly ready for slaughter, wallowed 1n a pen m front of the forlont and d1\&p· 1dated house , for though tho conum0B1on era allowed a cl!l.lm for repw· at every meet1ng, the rcpa.1rs we:re never made,and 1t would not do to scrutunze Mr Jone·'· bills too closoly, unless yon gave up all hopo of a renommation to offioo One cnriou· effect of poht1cal aspir·tiona m Hoopole County, was to shut tho eyes that they could not oee, to close the ears that they could not hoar, and to doatroy the aense of smell But l"l.&lph, not bemg a pohtlc1a11, smelled the hog poll without and t11e stench w1th1n, and sa.w every whore the transparont fr·ud, and ho&rd the echo of Jones'> cruelty A weak eyed girl admitted him, and u he did not wlllh to make Ins busmeu known at once, he cflected a sort of Idle mtcreat m tho ploce, and asked to be &! lowed to look arou11d The weaked eyed girl "atched !um He found that all the women with cluldren, twenty persona m all, were obliged to sleep m one room, which, ollmg to the hill slope, was partly under the ground, ~nd which had but half a \'i"lndow for light, an d no ventila tion, except the ch·nce dmft from the door J ones had declared that tho wo men with chLldren must Btay there-" he warn t gom' to h>"· brsta a rnnnm' over the whole h.ouqc llero lvere , : ic1ous women and goo l won1en, with their cluld ren, ci owded lil.e ch1cke11a u1 a. coop for m.n.rket Ancl there we10, as usual in such places, l elple"a, 1d1ot10 wo1nen w1th1llegi timatc ch1ldre11 Of course thio room wao the ocene of perpetual quarralmg and oc ca.aional fighting In the qMrlere devoted to tho insane, people slightly demented and ravmg ma niacs were 1n the sntne rootnA, while there "ere also those utter wreck11 wluch sat in heap~ on tho floor, mu1nbhng: and mutter mg unmtelhgtblo word·, the wliolo cur rent of their thoughts hopelessly muddlo<l, turiung around upon itseli in edd1ea nev e· ending "That air womo.n, " tw.d the weak~eyed girl, ·· uood to holler a heap when she was br<;mght m hero But pap know8 how to sub)lt· eru Ile gJappeu her m the mouth every ttmo she hollered She don t m~ke no fu .. now, but i1st sots down that way all dny, and keep· a whlsperin' " Ralph understood 1t When she came m she '"'s the victim of mama , but ·ho hacl been beaten mto hopele·· 1d1ocy Ind·ed tin· state of mcurable un hacility seemed the end t owrud which ail traveled Shut m these bare roomR, with no treat ment, no o:"tercise, no variety, and meager food cases of shght deiange1ncnt soon grow into chro111c lunacy One young woman cn.llcd Phi~ a 8\,: eet faced person, appa.rontly 3 fa11nor a w1fo, came up to Halph and looked at !nm kmd ly, playing with the buttons on lus coat m u chtld like s1mphcity Her blue dnl !mg dress was sowed all over" 1th patches of white,reprc.senting ornamental buttons, o.nd the wo1nn.nly instinct town.rd adorn ment hac\ 111 her taken tins cnilclll!h tum " Don t you thu k the: ought to let me go l oine 2 f.!l1e sru.d with a sweetness and a wistful, longing, horne snck look, that touched Ralph to tho heart Ho looked at her, and then at the mutterrng crone·, and h e could see no hope of any bet ter fate for her She rollo"cd hun rnund tho barn like iooms, returning every now s.od then to herqueshon, "Dvu't you think I might go home now 1 ' The weak CJ' ed girl h·d been ca.lied away for a moment, end Ralph stood look mg mto a cell, whore there waa a mnn with a g·J red plume m his hat and a ·tnp of red flannel uoout hIS waISt He strut ted up and down hke a drill sergeant "I a1n General A.ndrew Jackson, he begn.n " Pc op lo don t babel e it, but I am I hacl my heacl shot off "t Buena Vista, and tho now one that growed on isn't rugh so good a· the ol<l one , it's po· tato on one side That · why they take advantage of me to shut me up But I know aome thmgs Jl:Iy heacl IS potato on one side, but it's all right on t'other And when I know a thing m the left side of my head, T know 1t Loan down here L.it me tell you somotlung out of tho loft Bide Nat out of the potato 5lde, mmd yo I "ouldn t a told yon if he hadn't looked n!o up fer ·10thmg Bill Jon~· ,. a t/wf I He soils tho bod1oa of tho dead paupero, and then sell· the empty coffins bnck to the county agm But that a n't all ' Just ti on the woak-eyod girl oame back, a.nd, a· Ralph move cl a way, Gonernl Jack &on called out ' That ant nil I I! tall the rest another tin1c And that a'n't ont of the potato 8ldc, you can depend on that That's out of tho left s1do Sound ·· a nut oll ti.at ·1de 1 ' But Rnlph began to wonde1 whore he should find Hn.nnali's mother 11 Don't go in th.nra I· ciied the weak e:y ed girl, as Ralph was opening a door · Ole :.\'.lo\~ ley s r in tl1~1 ~, and shell cuss you n HQh 1 ,vell, --------- Ralph told her about Shocky'. aafot) I ahall not write down the conversation here Ori.tics would aay that it wa.& a.u overwrought scene As if all the world wore·· cold a· thoy · All I can tell is thot th.. woman hlld all she could do to con trol herself in her e.a.geme1s to get out of her prioon houae, away from the bJ,..phe m1.. of Mowley, a1>ay from the m·ults of J ouea, a way from the sights and sounds and smells of tho placo, and, above all, her eagorno·· to fly to tho httle chocky hcnd fron1 whom she ha.d been banished for t" o yoara It seemed to her that ·he could gl·dly die now, if sho could die with that flaxen h~a<l upon her bosom And so, m spite of tho oppos1t10n of Bill Jone·· son, who thl"jlatened her mth every sor t of ovil if ahe left, Ralr-h wrap ped l-fra Thompson ff blue drtlhug in !\ ncy Sawyer· ouawl, und bore the focble And ns they woman off to Lew..burg drove a.way_ a aa.d, child-liko voice cr1t!d from the gn.tmgs of the upper wmdow, "Good by ' good by' · Ralph turned and S3W that 1t was Phil, poor Plul, for whom there wM 110 deliverance And all the way back Ralph pronounoed mental male dictions on the I' , cci ;;i S ociety, not £01 send.iiig g:.rnueut1 to the Frre Point.a or the South Sea Island.a, wlnch ever it was, but fot being ·o bhnd to the sorrow and poverty "1thin 1ts reach Ro did not know, for he had not read tho reporto of the Boardo of State Charitiea, that nearly &II alms-houses are , very much hke this, and that<ho State of N e\I 'fork 18 not bet tor m this regard than Indmru. And he dtd not know th&t 1t 11 true m almost all other <Jountnesi &11 it wa.1 in Jua own, that "Chn.sha.n" people do not tlunk e11ongh of Chnst to l<>>k for him m the·· lazor houses And while R.alph denounoed the Dorcas Society, the eager, hungry heart of tho mother ran, flow toward tho little white headed boy No, I c&n not do 1t , l c&n not tell you about that moehng I am sure that Miss Nancy Sawyers to& tastod exoeedmgly good to the pauper, who ha<\ known no thmg but cold water for yeal':l, and th·t the bre·d and butter were dehc1ous to a pnhto that had eaten poor house soup for dinner, a:nd coarae poor house br .. :\d and vile mola8aes for supper, and that without change, for three yea.r11 But I can not tell you how 1t aee1ned that evenmg to M1sa Nancy Sawyer, as the poor Enghslt Jady sat in speechless ecstasy, roclang m the old ·phnt bottome<l rockmg chn1r ui the fire light, while she pressecl to her bosom, with a.II the might of her enfeebled arme, the form of little Shocky, who half aubbcd nnd hR.lf sang, over aud ove.1. nga.ni, "God h·'n tforgot '"" mother, G<>d hn n t !01got u.1 0 Lie far:n1 01 the du.1ry is no\':r ao small th&t no fa.r1ner of a nv pretens1011a t o 1ntelli gence need be without it The ice mu1t be cut drawn and piled when the weath~ l" very cold 'rl te colder the tempcru.tutt v; hen the ice l~ 1 it Envr. y the better it will ke"'p To put\ ,..., ico after a. thaw com .. 1nences is a]nios labor thrown away ...... Th<=> 21mp lest pJ ,~ ::i. o f pu tt uig up ice 1a to cut 1t in blocks, haul it to a place on the shady side of the house or ouibuildmg, an i pile it up in a squ aro form, first set ... tmg a hea' y layer of straw on the ground When tho pile 1s complete bm!d a tight p ell of bourda n.round it, lea.\ 1ng tnx mchee behvoen the boards and t he ice A.a th& pen 1s bmlt up pack the space between tho ho"1d· nnd ice tightly vnth 1awdual Carry the sides obove the top of the pile a.Irr ost ti. foot, aud cove1 with six inthea of sawdust and then aome sh:3w. o-rer th1.8 place a roof of loose boards, leavmg a Utile space at the top for 'e11ti 1at10n Whll\ the fhot thaw comes ditch round the p1l1, enough to k eep the wator from runn1g uu.. der, and ba.uk the earth up a few inchea agn.1nst the bottom boo.rda The p le neecl not be moie tlmn s1x fe et high, aod to tak~ out the ice \\hen v;a.ntod, rentove an end board or t'wo m the roof, tako out a block a.nd coYet again VACCINATHIN'IN ST LOUIS <\.11 order was pnssed lately, m St Loulo, by the boarcl of school du cctors, requmn;i that all the pupils of the public ·chool1, who hav e not been VllCCJnated before,e:ha.11 ham that interestmg and plea·ru1t rood! cal operation perfornted. nt once, or alaa they "ill Le proh1b1ted from attend1ug school 'Ihe t each -ra hacl been ""luestod to ha.\ e the ch1ldron n otuy their pareuta of thi. oider, a1 d tell them they could l1ave the c1uldre11 va.cc1natea. nt home, 01 th ey can be vaccinated at nchool, 3uat u t he pnrents p1efcr Vt e preaant copies of a few of the notes which tho children o.,,. r1ed to theu teachers in r1;1lat1on to thLa n1atter Tl\ey are h t~rn.l cop1~.s, with ihv ex.caption that the names n.re Ie!t out M1&0R-Dri<lget H-- has had the Small pou: In.at ) ear so sho do~.e not need to ba TU· ·nated llfma h od tho ·mall B ox Charles has Now n eod of he mg fr.xoo ated for hu hacl the small pox all rody Lowse Must get Wa:una1gh Sho got V{ax1nerghen !\.bout three yen.rs ago I testify that n1y aou ' ' ilhv 1s wai:s1ou atet aheady I Do Not Purfur to H ave My Ch1ldrell V" axina.ted :Yol\ Mrs G -Excnoe Mra Sebet t ·ho doe1 not want verg1ena. wa.x.yna.ted l\iy danghter '"'" spe·kmg about vu1u· atmg I thought it "as no use she 11 boou va.xina.t1ng three times already Please Jet !um be vexanated Mrs Teacher you ·nay get Stephen ll i a.cc1nated A. B B has had the ·mall pol<, for further 1nformation call at ~o S.r I horoby certify that Em1ho T- is twice wa.x c1na . . e<l 7 " o havo been £......n1s.had with a hst embracing 38 d1.ff:::reni; ways ui which the word ' \ fv·cu1at1..> ' '\'Vas spelled Ul theae notes from the parents, 3nd 1vc have 00 schools to hear from yet Read n.nd wo l dei at th~ ingenuity of St Lou1a paronta "\.,a cen ntc, ve: x..uade, vnc1nate, ; .:u1nato, va.xan.ate, vex1nated, i:exenated, -va.xna.te, w~xnaded, "accena.te, 1va.:x:nated, wa.xn1te, vasenate, \: exnu.te, Tn:x.cinaled, fl\Aent.ttod, va;i;.enated, vu.xenad..:d, vax 1aden, vaccen.. atcd, vn.x.c1ne ate 1ng, vax.c1n0at1ng, wax' a ed, Wii>Xlne1n1ug1H?on, "\\I u ennted, wa.i cina.tc tl, wtnscinn.'-1 i, vexaated, w·acs1nl\ted \~a.ken,.,tecl, vax.cinated, wnxue1gh~n · (TO DE CONTlNU ~D ) -- --~·~---- Ma SPUIW1'oN ON Lo,;a SER~oNS -In tP~ course of an ad.J.resa delivered to work· 1nen, :I'.vlr Spurgeon co1nmented ....n the ex cuse· poople made for not go1ng to church Some persons, sa.id Mr SpurgeonJ complam thot they cannot untleratand the sor mons they hear Tne rea.aon wn.s that the m1msten would uoe big words He (Mr Spurgeon) al\\ aya endeavoured to get n<l of all the big words out of his sermons, nnd was as p&rl1cular as their wzvea wero to got the stones out of t·oir plum pud dmg They would got in some how, but the mam tlung was to preach as ·unply as pos1nblo Long l!lermons, alao, were a great evil If a por1on preached a long 1armon, 1t was becauso no had nothmg to say It might appear odd, but 1t was neverthelee1 & fact, that when people had nothmg t o say they took & Ions time about 1t , but when they h&d 1;ot eomethmg worLh tell ing they out with it at once Therefore, he repeated, when n m&n makes a. long sermon, he aeta out with & very little, and begin11 to sp1·1, spin, apin Ha wnn of the ea.me op1n1on ~· Dr Cha.lo ers, "?tho WM onco a·ked how long it took to make a sermon 11 That he replied, " depend ed upon how long you w&nted it If yom ·ermo~ IS to be I >If ·n hom long it will take yon three d&Yfl If it ts to bo three quartera of ·n hour, 1t may take you t\<O days, or perhap1 only one 1 but if you are going to preach for an hour, why there 1a not much occaslon to Unnk a great deal abo11t it It may be done man hour ' THERE h as b l!en n fearf't l d.estn1ct1on of A BRUTAL F A THER - I he Memphis ~p pe d, r.r Monday, tel la t'1e f0llowing story of neglect o.n:l brutnhtv - A. poroon who fnrn s for a h v1ng a:o1ue chsta.nce from tbe city, rvde in a s-ei'lng 'va.ggon into t own yestc1 ~y, bi 1nging \Vlth him a h . .tle wn Aftet figuring around for E~n hour or two, doing worli.l·y business, he p11iled up m front of .1. grocery m the sub urb11 aod went in to refresh and comfort h1n1sell, leav1n1 the boy t o tnke cnre of the horse· Th· man met some cotnpan1ona n1d.oors with \vho1n he set:l.bout becoming convivial, u u1 the cu~tom of those who congrcgaW in suburban groceries T1n1e sped on, and the boy m the waggon becanio numbed with cold and fell mto a stupor Tlio "Imes <lropped from h18 fingera, o.nd th· horses walked off When it was tmie to disperse from the grocery, the excellent fathe1 and feelmg parent could find no1th er waggon nor boy Ho spent the wholo evening look ing for them tn the city, a.nd was going home in a half crJ'lZed atn.to, when he mat lua trust:y colored 1 n a.n riding in for a doctor, say111g the boy ' i Tommy wu frozen to death The houes had wA!k.,j home, and the ·tiff child wu found 1t1ll s1tt111g 1n ht~ seat A Scors:~.LlY u.nd an Inahnu1.n, prov1ous then firot battle, agreed that 1f one "aa wounded the otlter 11 as to help hi· fellow It so happened that u b 1llet woundod the poor Scotsman m the tlugh, so he called out to las !"Ian fnond for h"lp Patrick htted h1m on his shouldeis, a.nd wa.s e&l' rs ing hun to a'rl n.rnb uls.n ct~, "hen a can non b ~u cau1c a nd cn-r1ed a way the poor Scotsman i; l cad unkno .vn t o poor Patnck, who feeling the 11 wluz of th e proJectiJ"', rom '(n ked, l 'Ihnt '\"fl s a clpse re ot1 o ' A surgeon nohi:1ng lne I r1ahn1n.n cl\rry1ng h1a l1eud le::H1 bu r den, asked huu ...\hero he "M gom~ with 1t Why, ahure. o.nd ~o ··w if that s all, her curses won't hl rt, sa1cl Hartsook, puslung open the door But the volley of blasphemy and vile language that h e received m[l.de lum stogger The old hag pa-0ed tho floor, abtunllg e\ erybod~ that ca.1ne in her Vi ay And by the window, in t he ss.1.ne room, rcchng the hght that ·truggled through tho dusty glaas upon her face, sat a 1orrowful, :ntelhgont English woman Ralph noticed that she\\ as Enghsh at once, and 1n e. few mo1 ient· he d1scovored that her ·tght ~ ·· defeot1'1e Could it bo th·t Hanneh'· mother wa· the room·mate of this loath aome crc11ture, whoso profanity and ob· ocemty did not mterm1t for a moment l Happily the w"'k·eycd girl had not darod to bravo tho ounoo· of Mowley - proporty atDundoe and surround ng l'Otgh l~ here snould I be go1ng but to the doctor bourJ1ood, ~a.used by tl e Q\arfio"ing ot t. ' h"ve hun doctorec.l 1 1ep11eU Patrick tne F11th and River Tay Tho flood ex , ~ 1o yo 1 no ,. . see ti ia.t h e .c. ., 1... "y f i1cn <l , c t end· from Dui...tlt.>e, at ~u e mouth of the I h.ii J had lus head knocked off by a shot Y' Frith, ton pomt above Porth, un tho south , ('\ o. ·' d .1 \ ueu 1 , so h e h a'i crie d p a.t rlt:k , side ol River T:!.y and at tJio head of nsvi when be had lov1e1ed the co1pae of ht~ gu.t1on No t"!Stuuatt1 of the nruueu~e lost t l , l , , th d I " i1enc , w iv " a a a un er m 1ar WJ.& c· can yet he formod fellow mu·t be ' tla told rue it waa only ll Tak former who shnt. the feed of lua bullet wound m the leg '" 11~ock during the w1utcr 1nontlm in order to h·vu something to carry to m~rket 1· 1 A "&ICKERI~G couple were overheard 11>. foolish , the farmer who feed· hi· stock high cont1oversy, an d the re pentnnt Bene well through the mntor months a wise d1ct excla.1n1ed, 'I ant deterzruned to havo One makc:t his stock bnng & pr1ce far nlore one qu et wee r \\l th thee ' 11 But bow than the cost of the extra feod given, tho wilt thou get 1t? ' srud hu1 taunting spouse, othor h:u the ple&:1ure { f seeing lus no gh with that "rc1tera.t1un wluch 1narnad bors stock ·ell 1e·d1ly at the h1ghegt mar- la.dies so provokingly practice " I'll keep ket, While hi.. own 10 1low of solo, ·nd ~t thee a week nfter tlwu ·rt doad' ' wu tho ·&<luc'!d pric.. tondet reJ01ndc1