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kill. me: the fact him 2” fiery Editor GIG i‘é ceedingl sit down Pleas- 3.3% L0]: 8 but ‘3". 1e 3 for any depth of well up to z 150 feet, and gamma satis- 9 faction. Mr. Dmn'smi: n; g cm by and has 0 § department of our business. ‘°° ’ We are also prepared to " :supply supermr wmnmus A on specifications. Highest market price paid for butter, eggs, and all kinds of fowl. 3 If in need of Pumps or ,9 Windmills write for wins or 91991y1tourofice. Now is the time to get ‘ achoice for Christmas pres- ants ‘ ‘ Fancy Glassware, and . Dishes suitable for a Xmas ' ’ft for either the youngest or oldest in your home. Another large shipment of Furs to hand. any one desiring to get a new Fm- Coat, Collarette, Caperine, MitS, RUH. Robe, anything in that line will do well to call and give J. M. Pascoe particulars, and he will do his best to suit you, select- ing from the different in- holesales of Toronto, per- sonally, and in his selection does not meet with your approval, you are not obliged to keep it. “ Pascoe Bros. Lindsay Matbl'e Works " Pr'puod to furnish an 900910 a “Man “‘11 monuments and W Mb 9 and granite. 1'3“th promptly given on DJ! ““3 0! cemote m. ry 1-0un lint} M10 PiTable Tops, Wadi Topl, tle P1,“!!! etc.,~ aapeddty. .3“! 8 practical workman. - RKSâ€"Intherearotmon 0mm. opposite tho Packing .E 11031034le8 Sylvester Bros. Mfg. Co. ROBERT CHAMBER 7”! Ont. gram all right and take my pen in hand to let you know I payed 16 cents for ’cm and they’re all hunky. I’m in Chicago at 808 Monroe-Bt., and you bet them’s fine grapes. This ain‘t no country fer grapes.”â€" How'll that do fer a.~ start, Sarey ?” and the writer smiled hopefully. “Ain’t enough 'love in itâ€"let her know how you feel in your hurt”. “I am going to tell her she’s all rightâ€"is that the way 7'1 A few evenings later when Steve Warren hobbled over. to Martha’s lit- tle fruit and kitchen farm on the out- skirts of Elmira. he saw that a. had come over. her dreams. “Pencil l" gasped the female Ches- terfield: “always write love in ink," and Amos soon went to his room clutching the empty basket, careâ€" fully closing the door behind him. ~ While the folks were enjoying their supper, or their grapes, rather, they could hear through the open transom the sound of a pen labori‘ously scratching its way across the paper, punctuated by explosive sighs, and soon a muffled, imperative “Salreyâ€" come in here," reached their ears. and the hostess promptly responded She paused a moment lest her apâ€" proach should do violence to his in- spiration, and watched his pdnderous fist as it carefully guided the diminuâ€" tive pen, while the widespread fin- gers‘ of his other hand held thepaper securely upon the table, close under his nose and straining eyes. “There !” he exclaimed at last,â€" "here's my first sentenceâ€"listen - ‘Miss Martha Henshaw. It was pretty hot that summe and Amos used to spend most of his time about the house, playing with little J o. sometimes amusing the babyâ€"“Amos” it had been named in his honor by the diplomatic Sareyâ€" shelling peas, and making himself generally useful. It was one even- ing along) in the grape time when Miss Maggie (“Marguerite" at school 3) had company for! tea, and Amos had volunteered to prepare the grapes and put them on the table. Sarey was changing her dress in the bedroom, wishing the company in kingdom come, when suddenly the voice of Amos reached her from the . t kitchen libht that oanAsea-lion , Fearing that he had swallowed one of her new silver spoons, Sarey came bounding in with bear arms and her mouth full of hairpins, demanding an explanation of his strange conduct. "See what’s writ in this basketâ€"on the bottom,” and Sarey’s eyes caught the outlines of some writings as Amos held up the newly emptied basket. Coming closer, she read the following woods, written in a. plain, strong hand . “These grapes Were grown by a lover of grapes, packed and shipped by her, and she hopes they will be eaten by a. lover of grapes too. Will the one who empties this basket please write to Miss Martha Henshaw, Elmira, New York, and tell her all about when and where he got them ‘2" u... ,,_‘,g “Niccst grapes I everâ€"“Martha Henshaw"’â€"she’s eddicated, ain’t: she?" and Amos road the writin’ ” for the fourth time. "You needn‘t wait, supper forâ€"where's that penal, Sarey ?"’ â€" n A. Amos didn't work so hard now-s adays;- in fact he lived. on my street, for every penny he had ever got hold of had been turned to ac- c_ount by the shrewd investor. Yet he had never shaken OR the dust of the New England hay-mow; he could not forget the plaintive bleating of love-lorn lainbs, the music of what- ting scythe, the boom of the night- h-awk. or the fire-fly's violet lamp. And though his boyhood’s days had been burnt into memory by the hot suns of many a. harvest field, or graven with the sharp edge of pri- vation, he still had no fonder theme no other object stirred him so deep- ly. Indeed, he was often tempted to‘ go back and end his days where he had begun them. Leisure would be doubly restful there ; his money would he a fortune. But, he has yielded to the counsel of his brother and stayed in Chicago ; something might turn up Sarey saidâ€"strange things happen out west. you know. “Well, I’ll be switched!” exclaim- ed Amos, sampling a. bunch for the first time ; “ain’t them fine grapes!" But the writin’, Amos Brownâ€"it's up to you to answer that Writin' " glared Sarey, with a woman's in- stinct for the main chance. “guying” him about the girls and anyhow, it would be cheaper living that way than boarding, one of the pleasing illusions of bachelordom. Those pretty high-school girls, (who were aJWays visiting his niece ) could not make him color up and spills his coflee then, and he wouldn’t care if his moustache was red, and his toes did turn inâ€"oh, it. would be a. real deliverance. t Thanksgiving. Day never comes around without reminding me of Amos Brown's courtship. Amos was getting on, in years then, in tact he spent a good deal of his time watch- ing} for the gray hairs that one by one were silently taking the places of their predecessors in khaki, though he had not given up hope of some day having a dear little wife, one who would be “sensible like" as he put it, and living in" one of the four-roomed flats his patient. ecenâ€" omy had brought him. Then Sarey, his brother’s wife,“ with Whom he boarded, would "let up” on her 'Sarey, come here quick." SOUR GRAPES AND SWEET (Copyrighted) By George A-ilr’rowlsm Chicago} I got ygr Authar ot Oliver Lanzhou Steve. careful that nobody else should speak to his mysflerious friend went into supper with him. where he kiodly agreed to wake him at 3.30 neXt morning! That night he sat up with the clerk, counting the long hours through, paid the bill, and took a. deep breath when he saw the thankful Amos Wave his hand from a. car window and the train disapâ€" pear in the mist of a November morâ€" nan-o. “Twmtyâ€"four dollars'n thirty cents; gone to smash," groaned Amos, as he' flung himself into the first empty seat he came to. “I bet I'll give Sarey a. piece 0’ my mind when Igeb home. These women can’t mind their own business; I didn't want to write to that grape woman anyhow -~hope them girls from the high school won't git hold 0' this; bet 1"“ .m-im that woman what I think i; mu- U] u v -v, - , , And he did write to Marthaâ€"told her everything. Three days later he was surprised when the postman: handed him a, letter stamped "El- mira, New York." There was some- thing in itr-‘fl. photograph! Ohâ€"h And such a sweet letter ! 3 .‘Martha met Amos at the train éi’thin the -week,1a.nd though years hq’vovcome and gone since thenWand thfy’; aren- grOWipg..lold. to. them flung-e mo. 3§weeter lruit z-than grapes. no hippie: «37-11114 Thanksgiving. ning. â€"hope them girls from school won’t git hold 0' I'll write that woman wh otherâ€"I kin do it, too}: “Yepâ€"I‘ll show you where she lives,” replibd the obliging native, stepping off a. little. ,“K’evé'r mind ! never mind,.’ and and Amos scanned his informant-Emis- trustfully. “That feller over there kin tell ye all about her strangerâ€"he lives up her way a bitâ€"often draws lime an' stuff for her,” and he steered Amos in a: bee line to where Steve Warren sat on his Wagon watching the irr- terview with throbbing heart. “This gentleman wants to know where Mattie Henshaw lives." “Whatâ€"the colored woman ‘3" “No, 110â€"1 don't. want â€"â€" I just. wanted to know ifr-ii there was such a. woman livin’ here,” wotestcd Amos, as if disgusted with himself, and after an awkward pause he ask- ed what. time the train left for Chic- ‘-‘Four-twcnty in the morning," answered Steve, and Amos looked to- ward the west and sighed painfully. “.Too bad yer disappointed, stranger, observed the kind expressinan feel- ingly; “I know what it is to be away from home and haxe trouble-â€" better git in the Wagon an’ I' 11 give ye a bunk till mornin’ free if ye like; help ye all I kin,"and Amos’s feelâ€" ings almost overcame him. Amos mounted the seat beside Steve and, though he alternately sighed and wished himself back in Chicago, he was duly thankful that he had found a Good Samaritan to reduce his expense to the minimum. “It was that blamed Sarey got me into this," he muttered, as he sat in the oflice of the Empire State House debating the doctorine of total deâ€" pravity. The dad: asked him to sign his name in a big book, but he was on his guard now for pitialls and shook his head decisively. A f8“ evenings later a. stranger alighted from the cast-bound tlain at DElmira. and looked about timidly, like one in much unceitainty. He wore an overcoat. that was out 0! season and carried an imitation grip which he clutched with jealous care, andv inquired the “Way to Miss Martha Henshaw's place." The man addressed stamd, looked the stranger from head to foot. and replied : ”What! the colored woman Mattie Henshawâ€"dow “bite“ ashin’ , sells truck an’ so forth. D'ye mean her. “Thank you,” he said; "I am dis- appointedâ€"a little; havn't much money with me neither. S'poae they’d let me stay in the waiting roam ‘2" “If you've got a ticket toga back on I’ll fix‘ it, with the landlordâ€" you'll not be out. a. cent." _ o- “Colored Woman!" gasped Amos, for Amos it, was, taking the grip in his other hand with much agitation. “You don’t. say she is a. colored wo- man? Steve turned cold at. this intelli- gcnce. and that night he and Lisa sat, long over their cider, talking low, their stubbled New, veiled in gloom, at times softening. and final- ly becoming radiant mlh hope and satisfaction. But Martha now began to wear a pompom in her hair. to wash her face with something she read about. in the almanac, and to wear gloves and u sunblonnet when gathering (338 or sweeping the steps. Steve toid his friend Lige Gray he couldn't tell what had “3th " her lately, she was “g~ittin' more stuck up every day :” but Martha soon announced to him with an air of easy import,- ance that a “gentleman friend" was coming to visit. her “from the city." Martha had a fine little plane, and her chickens and eggs and fruit al- Ways brought top prices. Though {he had stopped counting. her years at twenty-six, she was. still a. hustler, ‘thin and wiry, yet not. uncomely.a.nd a. mind-reader too, as many an inel- igible aspirant for a matrimonial "snap" had discovered. And she could do anything Steve's ideal wife was capable ofâ€"cultivate strawber- ries, harness a horse, qr cash a. check, and when guests sat down to her turkey, cranberry sauce, pastry, and cream they all agreed with So!- omon that “her price is far above! rubies. ’5 J 'ofluniablo dignity in her reserve thattohimwuasnovelnsit was perplexing. Steve was an express man whose thrift. had attracted Martha. dwpite his woaden leg, an amendment to his constitution he called it. He had long coveted his neighbor’s farm and favor, ‘ and though his “amendment" nod prov- ed a. troublesome barrier to matri- mony, he had not despaired, for‘ Martha was older than he was. and1 he had voted for Garfield. ?'I Hate in mind. (Crowded out. last week.) The referendum did not, create any t amount of interest in our quiet town. Sunday morning Rev. Clare prepared his sermon with a few re- marks on the result of the voting. He was very much pleased that the temperance people polled such a large number of votes as they did. The fact that nearly all the cities g'as'c a large mhjority in flavor of the act was a favorable feature. The recent, aggressive attitude of the To- ronto papers on the "Come in and have something" custom was noted especially that of the World, which was described as being generally op- posed to every moral quation. Knox church Sabbath school will hold a Christmas tree entertainment in the town hall, on Thursday even- ing, Dec. 25m. A first-class proâ€" gram is being prepared. Keep the his. varsity team. which was her ur- sity, tooâ€"her Cornell. TWO of his fraternity “brother at oneithereldeuabodyguudtoher gray hair: and as a bureau of informa- tion. They were happier than they Would have been withthe prettiest girl they knew. She smiled with motheriy pride when she picked him out of the quad of red sweatemd “human" which at length trotted out on the field. She wiped away a tear when n Oolnmhln man tell across the line (or a touch- The Old “I”. First Football Gan. at Ber '07. She at In the grand stahd waiting for her first football game to begin. Ber boy had played it ever since she could remember, and now he had made Curt“! mun n. “Hy dear." said the caller. with n winning smile. to the little girl who occupied the study while her (other. the eminent literary man. was at his dinner. “I suppose you assist your pop. by entertaining the bores?” “Yes. sir,” replied the little girl grave- ly. “Please be seated.” Then she surprised her hodyguud by muttering under her breath: “Hold ’em hard, fellows!" “Twist their necks!" “Push! Push!” Both Sunday schools 0! this plane are busily preparing for their annual Xmas trees and enférminmenta. The Methodistsfirc holding theirs Qn the evening of the 24th while the Prosâ€" Winjll have decided to have theirs on Xmas night. In order to judge down. {He merits 0‘! each it. is expected the public will favor both with a full house. â€" 'u.y _ Theugi'al interest in municipal a1- fairs in beginning to revive "3d a}. ready rumor in circulating the named of those who will contend for mun- icipal honors. fascoo Bros. gre display“ a line of Xmas goods that cannot fail to please. on ' Chicken pox has been round in the village. EPPS’S 0060A [ Since the winter days have come "the Sodcty of Loafs meet daily in its old familiar quarters on Front. street. A special {adamant has been made to increase the m ship by reducing the fee to a. mini- mum. The current. topics are dis- cussed in a. sumac manner and the prospect. for g. pleasant season it may red. An admirable food. with sll its natural qualities intact. fitted to build up and maintain robust health. and to resist winter's extreme cold. Sold in glb. tins. labelled JAMES E? S an 00., Ld.. Homaopathlo Chemists. London, England.‘ Proust: and' mandala are adm- tising for 1000 cords of ”lamp wood for brick yard purposes. MrE. Angus McLeod and young W are visiting at. Mr. L. 30- Lean s. liis'ionm set-1mm: will be preach. ed in the Methodist church next Sun- day. Cannington and Oakwood a!- change pulplts. EWING STRENGTH 8; VIGOURQ THEMOS‘I’ Mr. N. muhhmdling avery up- to-dnte ‘line of cutters this whiter! and already has made many antin- fhctory was. 0511001) In“ Victory has ”named to To- ronto .Iter qulte a lengthy visit. at Mr. Wm. Thorndtko'a. Now who is the young man that looks so very lonesome. A MOTHER OF COURAGE. COUNTY CORIISPOWCE doing its Our village is increasing in popu- lation. Mr. Frank Anderson and fam- ily of glow“. Pleasant has moved into the house which Mr. Lytle left, and Mr. Robert Sandy! now occuâ€" pies the house which: Mr. Wm Pet]:â€" ick vacated. News When tanâ€"day 0‘ “13 dual? of“ Gem Carr of Yawn-ton. His death-WWW sudden, Mafia but, not. feeling Very well. Ada-v. Ital. 'l'he Talmudic wfltera tell us that “the blessedGodaave to theflret man in paradise a an! which had been aeated betweentheatara. Adam gave It to Enoch, Enoch to Noah. Noah to Shem, Shem toAh-aham, Abraham to Isaac. Isaac to Jacob. Jacob married ltlntoEgyptandgaveutohlaaoo Joseph. Wheulaephmedhlahonac- holdgoodaweaemkentothehouseof Pharaoh. Pharaoh took the stat! of Adam. which had deaceoded to 10- aephfiomthoflutmamandpntu amon‘hlaapccialtream” “Gentlemen, how In this?" she asked. “You give ”.00? francs for a leg. and you allowed me only 10,000 tuna tor the 10a of my husband? “Madam," was the reply, “the nee-on A woman whose husband had lost his life in n railway accident received from the company 10.000 francs by way or compensation Shortly after shebcnrdthtntnvelcrwhohadlost alcchadbecnpudmflwrmncn. The widow nt once put on he: bonnet and shawl nod went to the once of the company. n. 00-3.37" Mon. 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Then Sarey, his brother’s wife,‘ with whom he boarded, would "let up” on her “guying” him about the girls and anyhow, it would be cheaper living that way than boarding, one of the pleasing illusions of bachelordom. Those pretty highâ€"school girls, (who were always visiting his niece) could not make him color up and Spills his coflee then, and he wouldn’t. care if his moustache was red, and his toes did turn inâ€"oh, it, would be a real deliverance. Amos didn't work so hard now: adays;. in fact he lived. on easy street. for every penny he had ever got hold of had been turned to ac- count by the shrewd investor. Yet he had never shaken 03 the dust of the New England hay-mow; he could not forget the plaintive bloating of love-lorn lambs, the music of whet- ting scythe, the boom of the nightâ€" hawk. or the fire-fly’s violet lamp. And though his boyhood’s days had been burnt into memory by the hot, suns of many a harvest field, or graven with the sharp edge of pri- vation, he still had no fonder theme no other object stirred him so deep- ly. Indeed, he was often tempted to. go back and end his days where he had b’egun them. Leisure Would be doubly restful there ; his money would he a fortune. But, he has yielded to the counsel of his brother and stayed in Chicago ; something might turn up Snrey saidâ€"strange things happen out west. you know. It was pretty hot that some and Amos used to spend most of his time about the house, playing with; little J o, sometimes amusing the babyâ€"“Amos” it had been named in his honor by the diplomatic Sareyâ€" shelling peas, and making himself generally useful. It was one even- ing along in Miss Maggie (‘ ‘Mnrgueri'te’ ' school !) had company fOI‘lftCa, Amos had volunteered to prepare the sells truck an’ so forth. and put them on the table. her. grapes Sarey was changing her dress in the bedroom, wishing the company in kingdom come, voice of Amos reached her from the kitchen libht that of a sea-lion , “Sarcy, come here quick." gcncc. (leorxe ’A..Powles, Chicago} Authorof Oliverhngton‘ oftamiable dignity in herraervc thattohimwuusnovelasit was Steve was an express- man whose thrift had attracted an amendment to his constitlubion be He had long coveted his ' and though his “amendment" nnd prov- ed a troublesome barrier to matri- for Martha was older than he was. and a perplexing. Martha. despite his wooden leg. called it. neighbor’s farm and favor, mony, he had not dospaired, he had voted for Garfield. Martha had a fine little place, and her chickens and eggs and fruit al- ways brought top prices. Though she had stopped counting her years at twenty-six, she was still a hustler, thin and wiry, yet not uncomely,and a mindâ€"reader too, as many an inel- igible aspirant for a matrimonial “snap" had discovered. And she could do anything Steve's ideal wife was capable ofâ€"cultivnte strawber- ries, harness a horse, or cash a check, and when guests sat down to her turkey, cranberry sauce, pastry, and cream they all agreed with Sol- omon that "her price is far above rubies". But Martha now began to wear a pompom in her hair, to wash her face with something she read about in the almanac, and to wear gloves and a sunllpnnet when gathering eggs or sweeping the steps. Steve told his friend Lige Gray he couldn't tell what had “struck" her lately, she was “gittin’ more stuck up every day :” but Martha soon announced to him with an air of easy import- ance that a “gentleman friend" was coming to visit her "from the city." Steve turned cold at this intelli- nnd that night he and Ligc sat, long over their cider, talking low, their stubblcd faces, veiled in gloom, at times softening, and final- lv becoming radiant With hope and satisfaction. A few evenings later a stranger alighted from the cast-bound train at Elmira and looked about timidly, like one in much uncertainty. He wore an overcoat that was out of season and carried an imitation grip whichhe clutched with jealous cure, andr inquired the “way to Miss Martha Henshaw’s place." The man addressed stared. looked the grape time When the stranger from head to foot, and at replied : and Mattie Henshawâ€"does whiteâ€"washin', “What! the colored Woman D'ye moan “Colored Woman!" gasped Amos, for Amos it, was, taking the grip in when suddenly the his other hand with much agitation. “You don't say she is a colored wo- man?’ ’ “Yepâ€"I'll show you where she Fearing that he had swallowed one lives,’s’ rcplilod the obliging native, of her new silver spoons, Sarey came stepping off a little. bounding in with bear arms and her .“Never mind ! never mind,.’ and mouth full of hairpins. demanding an and Amos sea-mod his informant-unis. explanation of his strange conduct. trustfully. "See what's writ in this basketâ€"on the bottom," caught the outlines of some writings as Amos held up the newly emptied basket. Coming closer, she read the following words, written in a plain, strong hand . “These grapes Were grown by a lover of grapes, rmckvxl and shipped by her, and she hopes they will be eaten by a lover of grapes too. Will the one who empties this basket please write to Miss Martha Hens-haw, York, and where he got them ?" "Well, I’ll be switched!” exclaim- and tell her all about when a Amos, as if disgusted with himself, and after an awkward pause he ask- “That feller over there kin tell yo and Sarey 9 eyes all about her strangerâ€"he lives up her way a bitâ€"often draws lime an' stuff for her," and he steered Amos in a‘ bee line to where Steve Warren sat on his Wagon watching the tcrvicw with throbbing heart. “This gentleman Mattie Henshaw lives.” in- wants to know where “Whatâ€"the colored woman ‘3" "No, 110â€"1 don't want â€" 1 just Elmira, New wanted to know ifrâ€"if there was such woman livin’ hero," ptotmstcd ed Amos, sampling a bunch for the ed what time the train left for Chic- tirst time; “ain’t them fine grit-968!" ago- ' But the writin’, Amos Brownâ€"it’s up to you to answer that Writin’ ” glared Sarey, stinct for the main chance. "Niccst grapes Hen shaw "’â€"she’s eddicated, “I“our-twcnt in the morning,” answered Steve, and Amos looked to- with a woman’s inâ€" ward the west and sighed painfully. “.Too bad yer disappointed, stranger, I everâ€"“Martha observed the kind cxpressman feel- ain’t.‘ ingly; “I know what it is tobc she?” and Amos road the writin’ ” away from home and have troubleâ€"â€" for the fourth time. wait supper forâ€"where's that penal, Sarey '2": "Pencil !” gasped the female Ches- terfield : “always write love in ink," and Amos soon clutching the . fully closing the door behind him. ' went to his room appointedâ€"a little; empty basket, care- moncy with me they’d “You needn't better git in the wagon an' I’ll give ye a. bunk till mornin' free if ye like: help ye all I kin,"aud Amos's feelâ€" ings almost overcame him. “Thank you," he said; "I am dis- havn't much neither. S'pose let me stay in the waiting While the folks were enjoying their room ?" supper. or their grapes, rather, they could hear through the open transom on I'll laboriously you’ll not be out a cent." the sonnd of a pen scratching its way across the paper, punctuated by explosive sighs, and Steve “Salreyâ€" sighed and wished himself back in soon a muffled, imperative come in here," reached their ears. Chicago, “If you've got a ticket togo bark fix it with the landlord-â€" Amos mounted the seat beside and, though he alternately he was duly thankful that and the hostess promptly responded he had found a Good Samaritan to She paused a moment proach should do violence to his in- spiration. and watched his ponderous list as it carefully guided the diminuâ€" tive pen, while the widespread fin- gcrs‘ of his other securely upon the his nose and straining eyes. "There l” he exclaimed at last,â€" "hcre's my first sentenceâ€"listen - ‘Miss Martha Henshaw, Elmira, N. Y. Respected ’.â€"-o - hand held the paper pravity. table, close under sign his name in a big book, but he was on his guard now for pitfalls and shook his head decisively. lest her apâ€" reduce his expense to the minimum. “It was that blamed Sarey got me into this," he muttered, as he sat iq the oflice of the Empire State House debating the doctorine of total de- The clerk asked him to Steve, careful that nobody else should speak to his mystlerious friend went into supper with him, where he ; kiodly‘ agreed to wake him at 8.30 next morning-f That night he eat I sot 37?” up with the clerk, counting the long grapes all right and take W pen m hours through. paid the bill, and hand to let you know I Fayed 16 took a deep breath when he saw the cents I’m in Chicago at 808 Monroe-st... and you bet them's fine grapes. This ain’t no country fer grapes. â€"â€" How'll that do for a.- start, Sarey ?” and the writer smiled hopefully. know how you feel in your heart.". ”I am going to tell her she’s rightâ€"is that the way ‘l'1 A few evenings Warren hobbled over. to and kitchen farm on- the outâ€"- of Elmira he saw tahat a chang had come over. her reams. She had often treated him coldly be- fore, but now there was an element â€"â€"â€"-â€"-. her everything. ~ was surprised when ' thing And such a sweet letter ! «:Martha met Amos at within the t-wcek. and. though hq‘vocomeand gone since. then,.mnd for ’cm and they ’re all hunky. thankful Amos wave his hand from a. car window and the train disap- pear in the mist of a. NOVember morâ€" ning. “Twentyâ€"four dollars’n thirty cents , . . gone to smash," groaned Amos, as “Ain’t enough love m 1tâ€"let her he' flung himself into the first empty seat he came to. all Sarey a piece 0’ my mind when I get: . home. later when ,Steyc their own business ; I didn't want to Martha 3 ht” write to that grape"r woman anyhow â€"hope them school won’t git hold 0' this; I’ll write that woman what I think ofherâ€"I kin do it, “I bet I'll give These women can't mind girls from the high bet too.” write to Marthaâ€"told Three days later be postman: him a, tter stamped “El" New York." in~ ioâ€"o photograph! Oh-h And he did the train years amt growipgggld. to. them than no .1, ' . in km!) Fuwceter fruit '--than ' grapes. no hippie!" datum! OAKWOOD In” Violas-y he; returned to To- vislt at Now who is the young manthat looks so very routo .fter quite a lengthy Mr. Wm. Thorndlko'e. lonesome. factory sales. Missionary sermons will be proud:â€" ed in the Methodist church ncXt Sun- day. Cannington and Oakwood ex- change pulplts. Mrs. Angus McLeod and young daughter are visiting at Mr. L. 110- Leon's. Franco and‘ Martindale are adver- tislng for 1000 cords of swamp wood for brick yard purposes. Since the winter days have come the Society of Loafs meet daily in its old familiar quarters on Front street. A special inducement has been made to increase the member- ship by reducing the foe to a. mini- mum. The current topics are dis- cussed in a statesmanlike manner and the prospect for a, pleasant season is rosy red. Theusual interest in municipal af- fairs is beginning to revive and al- ready rumor is circulating the names of those who will contend for mun- icipal honors. Pascoo Bros. are displaying a line of Xmas goods that cannot fail to please. ,_ Chicken pox has been going its round in the Village. Both Sunday schools of this place are busily preparing for their urinal Xmas trees and entbrtainments. The Methodists,an holding theirs on the evening of the 24th while the Prosâ€" tb'tcrinlil have decided to have theirs on Xmas night. In order to judge the merits of each it is expected the public will favor both with a full house. The rcfcnndum did not, create any grant amount of interest in our quiet town. Sunday morning Rev. Clare prepared his sermon with a few rcâ€" marks on the result of the voting. He was very much pleased that tho temperance people polled such a large number of votes as they did. The fact that nearly all the cities gave a large mhjority in favor of the not was a favorable feature. The recent, aggressive attitude of the To- ronto papers on the "Come in and have something" custom was noted especially that of the World, which was described as being generally op- posed to every moral question. Knox church Samath school will hold a Christmas tree entertainment in the town hall, on Thursday evenâ€" ing, Dec. 25111. A first-class pro- gram is being prepared. Keep the date in mind. (Crowded out last week.) â€"â€"-Inâ€"-d-â€"-_ A MOTHER OF COURAGE. The Old Lady’- Flnt Football Game and Ber '07. She sat in the grand stahd waiting for her first football game to begin. Her boy had played it ever since she could remember, and now he had made his. varsity team, which was her var- sity, tooâ€"her Cornell. Two of his fraternity flit-others” sat on either side as a bodyguard to her gray hairs and as a bureau of lnformn- tion. They were happier than they Would have been wlththe prettiest girl they know. She smiled with motherly pride when she picked him out of the squad of red sweater-ed “buckles” which at length trotted out on the field. She wiped away a tear when a Columbia man fell across the line for a touch- down. Then she entwined her bodyguard by muttering under her breath: “Hold 'em bard, fellows!" “Twist their necks!" “Push! Push!” She explained her knowledge of these strenuous technical details by nylngthatberboycrlcdontllke that when playing dream games in his sleep. She did not faint when be tackled too hard and felled to rise. although his white face, with a that of red blood across the forehead. was staring up at her. “You can’t hurt my boy,” the cold. .wlth confidence. “He'- just doing that to get wind.” 80 it proved. He was up and at it harder than ever within the time limit. The Itha- cens gained me through turtle and lost as many more yards trying to round the end. Then something Inp- pened. Aetnrdyyounxsterehuoutoftbe tangledclevensunddubeddowntbo ‘eldtownrdfhogouloftbe blue and white. He crossed line after llneof whitewash and finally was over the hstonathewholepackuthlnboeh "rombdownl'ronchdownf'a'ledtbe leaned nun In. “My dear." said the caller, 'wlth a winning smile. to the little girl who occupied the study while her father. the eminent literary man. was at his dinner. “I suppose you assist your pope by entertaining the bores?” “Yes. sir,” replied the little girl grave- ly. “Please be seated.” . manner-norm. EPPS’S 0000A An admirable food, with all its natural qualities intact. fitted to build up and maintain robust health, and to racial: winter's extreme- cold. Sold in lb. tins, labelled JARS EP Co 0 " Chomists,"1.ondon, England. ‘ ! unsalted. Mr. N. Hill in handling a. very upâ€" to-dato ‘line of cutters this winter! and already has made many anti!- in gbtting around as the in very bad shape for driving. we can-yfbo com-y. We kind- 0 Wither l. i. H Olocb andall kind-ofJewoh'y tun us run noun" EAR W” .notawmofitzbutltb mielouhvewobeenbetter allot, Micrbhllduy sea-on fade. Toen- mfiemuydflenentgoode we “would!” nextto large-t Watches. Silverware. Out Ghee. Ebony in ble. We k in outlinelntho dolnGcm Ringnofall 'M- i: If V utter, isgrea‘ terthan ever. We expect a large trade for the next four weeks. We should doeo u we are fully prrpar- edfor it. ' S. J, Petty Illne’e Block Imam-l8“ Ina-oft!” nlddloclflenoftbe UnltedStntelthllvednlocalwtf andbfnfuvwftebut. Bothwenprom- fnent clnbmeu and enlivened the name social-ct. Onewununedmacknnd mocha-Brown. Bleekwulmmncuo late in his drool. while Brown was canton. often vacuum-anger nulls tnmourulngandunecruu collnrwlth a full dre- Inlf. But family moo. flamenco-ed bis-barbecuing. One evening the pair arrived at a reception and met the hastens simultaneously. The two names mentioned together suggested a bonmot to Brown. but the opening was mm “The colors are very much in evi- dence tonight," ald Brown. To which their hostess rep'ied, “Yes, leeetbeyurqnndlfrumorbtobe credited, they are fast color-s." “No. no," broke in Black; “Brown won't wash." The Co-my‘l Mon. An amusing extract from a Belgian paper gives the following incident: A woman whose husband had lost his life in a railway accident received from the company 10,000 francs by way of compensation Shortly after she heard that a traveler who had lost a leg had been paid 20,000 francs. The widow at once put on her bonnet and shawl and went to the omce of the company. “Gentlemen, how in this?” she asked. “You give 20.0% francs for a leg, and you allowed me only 10,000 trance for the lam of my husband!" “Madam," was the reply, “the moon is plain. Twenty thousand francs won't provide him with a leg, but for ten tbouundyou congeta mend.” Ada-m our. The Talmudic writers tell us that “the blessed God gave to the first man in paradise a staff which had been created between the stars. Adam gave it to Enoch, Enoch to Noah, Noah to Shem, Shem to Abraham, Abraham to Isaac, [me to Jacob. Jacob carried ltlntoEgyptnndguv-elttohleeon Joseph. WhenJuephdledhlsbonse- boldgoodlwemtnkentotbebouscof Pharaoh. Pharaoh took the mm of Adam, which had descended to Jo oephfromtbenutmanundputlt ambllupeclalu'eum” A0" HON EST ADV! ‘. r. b“ of 1.1.8:. nunâ€"n any! The .1» 0"!“ .I' J EWELLER III? FLOWER AND TREE. I.-. Planting a few creel every M l lprlng. u may be convenient he“- the supply of fruit. The American persimmon mie- I handsome tree ornamentully M ed. It has daring-ecu leuveltbntu- mall on late in the fall. Carnations do not thrive in the M undwfllaottoleratothepreoencod rank manure. They are eufly grow! in any good garden soil. One secret of getting flowers from pottedplantnletolctthc igetpotâ€" bound. Whennplantcannolo-gcr keep on growing. it turns its energie- tnward producing flowers. By yearly attention to pruning at by good feeding a shrub may b0 re- newed from season to season and Refit- always strong. should always be removed. Ammonia is a plant stimulant, not a food. Wbllalt ll useful to force plant- into bloom and growth after the coil 5 exhausted, a fertilizer must be applies. ortbeplantwill usenpftuownvlub 101nm ' ‘ “‘1 l Revenge. ‘ Small Barâ€"Givemealargebotfle‘ the worm medicine you’ve gotta,“ No Fear- For the Bar. TeacbeibYour eon. sir. has a v" high temper. I am sorry to any. Father»! am glad to bearlt, dz. It you will grind him into shape. 1'! teach him to keep LE; high temps hr Nah norm sticky an: on. Tommy (inquiringly) â€"- m 8 this hair oil in this bottle? Momma-Mercy. no! That's MIR clue. ‘ Tommy (noncbalantlyH up. that’s whylenn’tgetmthol’. -- llEllllllflll lllllES .L .aunrl VJ null) d all that on! ' or mar 150 (“new 3 a. rd 3.40. loci-lug Yo I“ . ' hiltfith.Hn~uI\ m ‘ "do: PM (highs-m w: L “In. full she or , (bf-ct W I Blood 1'.- .uJ raw, Hussein, u '0‘!“ than. I). call, u “no-net who a box of Silvm MINER Al TEA 88’ 9 “out“. .. Iii tllliill l 1 Do You lntend ' We have good sleighiag has now, which will make it, much placenta:- Lnst week was a realm! MW” in the grain market here. there being an average of about twenty loads a day during the week. Our village is increasing in popuâ€" lation. Mr. Frank Aan and fam- ily of hlount Pleasant has moved into the house which Hr. Lytle left, and Mr. Robert Sandgrs now occuâ€" pics the house which Mr. Wm Poth- ick vacated. News mmbodhorc to-day of the (lath? of)!” Goo. Carr of Yclmbon. His “someway sudden, wagin enamel-amp! a venous. m, ,0, Wing my Wm ' Balding lhive everything you requh and it will pay p: to oxsnlt me- before making co: met. I, PLAMNO Mill. turns out every. thing you require for H. use a 81m Building, and the r ices an the I'll! . on o. wow u”; .4 wen-w ‘ ‘ . ray. g . . um gmwgsusa . or