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" (Frmn'the "British Workman.") (Contimu’d.) From time to time the cobbler heard ifitélligcnce of the private life of his cousin; and everything seem- ed to promise that he, and his house, :zpdjwusehold. :ugether with their tax” mist and boots, and shyes, and :1! ‘elnnging them, wmxhl soon he very different frmn what they had been for many a. long day. , For, to Jack ‘vniatclxis‘ credit, it must b»- toid that he set abzmt all these need- fui repairs at once. He had a. Bunk like Joe Fiickci’s, and he took to reading it;:m'l he had knees like Joe‘s, and he took to using them; ’aml he had a Head like the Cobblers. with bmins inside; and he began to I don't believe a word of it ; W hat wmfld his patients do If he spent every day with her, And cv cry evening too? An thenyo ungJ. 1es,theysayhech:inh, And dun t suppc xt his wife , I never saw him drunk but ten 0r twelve times in my life , And have known him quite a month, Yes, om: month and a day ; And as fur her, she dresses well, Somebody has to pay. Dear me, dear me, t1: )3 world 1: queer. ’ How can folks gossip so ? Its wrung unkingzl, unchnstianlike, ‘I aux-er 15.1 ‘,k 011' no. use it ton; and he fnund, (Hat. by Icadirw, and thinking, am} praying. and then Innufullv setting to Work. :III iIIIIIIeIIsu deal I-IIuld bc dune. Joe's wife was a sensibic wIImnII LIIIIL IIMII'L t: Ilk LIIIIIIIIII- h; and though bhc s'rIle) “I".Ulldt‘lml she allowed 1ch but m In: Icpnircd, and new: $3.“ :1 word :Ibnut the past. OIIIV at. times 51:}: fclt her he: Irt. swelliwr Withifi ‘Ic ;IIIIL :Is th III-III it \vnIInl bIIIst, 31):] let out. me: deep dark waters which oucch II] ban WILhiII, but as If it wan: fTIlI ofall sorts of c-IIIIiIIls that cvcr hml been made, tugL-L: IcI \Iit’h sunshine, and moun- Law :ur, and lanrrhing gas, and hap- pinsxy: Ind s:IIgIIIg,:IIIII hud_«_:e-pud"e ht, fiz5zzII,__-;,:IIII1 sparklmrr. am. ofdc‘ Only an hour 31:01 heard “That Mrs. William Ltd Is seen on Broadway every day With handsome Doctor D. ' I dnn't wanderâ€"that the man Are always pokingf‘mrâ€" "“ ‘ At their beam" halves‘ for gracious How “'unuxz's tongues do run. In me got u; ) at} their-thug es and leuked at each 0 1w -1' and those quks explained all; and thm uqver had much talk at out “but had; passed; for their cx cs had tnngxxc5â€"yts, and though thcv could!” am a ward on thegir knees theil [wart and torwues; :1_nd, But I don‘ t believe a ward of it, - She’ a lab the lilies fun, 3 Though she shouldn’ 1 black hex- eyebrows 1" A- -2 L.‘_I Now there's Kellie Mill”; ‘- ' I‘i'e heard her cousin day ' That her pink and white coupled“ Could an be washed may 3' ’ {5 once tbgy lmd knelt. tngqthar they seeded to feel as though 'they C(m'ILI hénccfm‘th go well through life tngctl'xcrâ€"nn-I so they did. Am! umlui-Juc Flickcr's directinns, am! with 1:35 helping advice, Jack Thatch scurtxdcvcu stll' iuun- exten- six'cly in the rcpairing line than he had tlmdglit nl at first. Fur, when in tin: course of a little time he came to urdcra new p-xir of hunts fur the winter for liis wilb, and six pairs for his six ciliklrcn, he and Jue had andtbéi‘ fcom'cmitiun, of which. {lixfugli it produced further great re- l'exlllis, wecnnnewlgivcunly the sum. Jack Tate!) told the cobbler all he “went, tlir'mgli in his ctl'urts to re- pair himself, his wife and chillren, his house and all be lmd. He owned, like an honest. man, what, he felt; thatlzc never could have suc- ce: ctl if he had not sought help above his own. Ami he gave his experiences alsnof his efforts with flz: various children, fin-whom he zxuw CILXHC to get :1‘ supplyinf hams, “1 trial the laughing," said Jack, “:uiii i: did witli'nll but little Snphv; ymi know slit-ls delicate, and size vas veil." shy ul"xii'c;"liw ’twas sn strange Lu .‘UU me with her brothers and Isiah-Fiat. all. Bin. When the baby tumbled me du»}\'n‘. and I began to cry, pom: little Snphy Couldn't stand! that, and keép on her stool any luugcr; so she crept over to m", and. kisseil me, andm‘iped my eyps with lier little mgged fruck; and over sinccthat we've been like father , _ ‘ ILJCP "our buSIers 1] gift“. 3%“ 1' flwytyng; THE MAN WHO KEPT HIMSELF IN ~ REPAIR. with her mm: ruggeu “Dun; an... ever sinCc that. we’ve been like father and child-,and to come to an end, we‘re all :ié hziimy as a family can be. To be sure,” said Jack "’twas rather queer to be knocked down by one's own baby, and to feel it. crawl- ing allover one like an Wig; but I got used toétaywyrmns and 'tis a. may cbexp way of making a. 3. \‘H’l'y 0381? Wu») v. “nuâ€"-75 f ie’td: Ja ck ” said the cobbler; “\ou must rm on and do still more in this repairing line. You must. 190‘) your businas in re it by; , ,l-‘_-.;:¢Mmth’thzic Never 4;: wear two shades of yak! I Savant. :- ~.- Yes; and ifyou see neighbours quar- rellidg. set them right; perhaps ten minutes' kindly talk will do it, and repair what otherwise may'come to ruin altogether If “‘edo this.J?Ick, we shall not have lived for nothing. We may be poor, and not have the chance of doing any great thing, or if we get the chance, perhaps we cauldn’t do it; but our business is to try and do what. lies in our power, and 'tis for that. we shall have to give our account. 'ny-and-by." f": “'a‘" v ~~ , , 1W right, and yoa’ll have to be at this ivork aslbbgas ever you live. :And do fur ycfir‘flfpeigbbours what you. do fir yéurself. Never pass bygqchanoeyfpntting them into re- pang. .vwli'eryou get an opportun- 3:; bf doing so. If you see a. poor Ineighbout‘in want. hold out your find to him; givéldm a bit. of what fan can spare. And ifgrou ‘see a o Thus did Jack Thatch;and he and thecnbblel became fast. friends. And though Jack became known as a prosPe-mns tradesman, and a happy family man, and a man who was re- schtable and respecté'd, that which he am; most pleasure in, himself. was the thought. that he was “The man who kept himself in repair." Guhd readér, you hai‘e how come no the end of the story of Jack Thatch; and youhaveseen hu'w from having been a dilapidated, w rctched, gumLfor-m .thi ngcreat ure, he beca me a circuit, happy, ,uscful man. The writer liupes that you have been in- terested, and, perhaps, entertained; but he has a further impc, and that is, that you may be pruiited also. For the and Mail reading shuuld be profit. Hence, permit yourself to be asked, whether there be not. some paints in which ynu also are out; of repair; and not altngether as your heat friends, or perhaps, as even you ynurseif, on reflection, think you ‘ ‘ ‘ LL _ ‘01 4 poor fellowrduwn-hearted‘: or down- trodden, give him a kind Word. Or if you see n. poor foolish fellow going wrong. put him in the right way, and teach him the secret of the Boyk. the knees, and the head. inught to be. And if, even at the first, consideration ot this question, you do not see anything particularly amiss, 'ust. take a walk round your- self, and inspect your various ways and habits, bah asrcgards your fel- low~mcn and your own daily life; and it. may he that the inspector wiL report, that there are many little huh-s which want. filling; some rust. which should be cleaned 05; some pipes which should be unstopped ; some parts ot your premises which need a repairing hand. There are holes through which evil reports get intoyourbrnin ; stopthem up. There is a door which should be generally kept shut, which swings open too easily, Enid lets out-unkind words; get- a new lock, and put it on, and keep them in. There are fireplaces which won't, draw, for the chimneys want sweepingand‘flso;you are culd toyourheighlmurs; get rid of what-- ever is. hindering warmth and love; and he cmulbrtahlc yoursell, and make 0' hers w, by adevingchcery spa; k ing heart. And keepl'rum i0. 1:- in; dingy and damp, and train up a lei/v flowei'ing'crecperw on the walls 0F your outward life, Sons to remind men of freshnL-ié and beauty, cheer- ing the hearts ol',thuse who 1mss,lvy, hiesSirg’all who seéyoumvcn though they know ‘hu'tlitfle (if-your real in- ner self. Fol“ 'pléaszufr.’ smiles and words and looks are gimdgarnishing for solid worcb, and it may be that. others,will be Won to what is lovely and of good‘re‘port. and you in your own sphere willjteaxch many to fol- low theemmjfl‘e of“ The'man' who kept hima‘eih'n repair.” - ' ’ 5‘.- . â€" v_v-â€"_- W haven wrongim mafanything, or be disc keep alw‘avs re- p-rmnc vom- stat; keep ypur cus- "(arm m rpnmr- ,A __) ....-.1._-_:‘:.- gnu-u-.. .vâ€" . - -- r rs; rem'embgrghait nothing will 7:66p right in this world; it must be ' ' ' ' ‘ L“ LA -1. W‘ uy is th> treadmill like a true com ert ?â€"Bccaus_e its turning is the result at the‘ [“3”'_$. connggiun. CLEVER “*(niAN.â€"Tbe' woman who made a pound of butter from the cream ofa joke, and 1 cheese trmn the milk nf human kindness has since mime-Cliche cc'bse ofa Year, :md lxung' em tu dry on n. bee line. Goon ADVICEâ€"Every business and pmfessinnul man should hang nut, his sign in the brew,“ by card or advertisementâ€"in other words, keep his name canstnntly before the pub- lic. “Out «A sight,nut of mind," says the firm: pfin'crb. r::;_‘.,c;a. r.» r. .-, , tomers goodgpmwn‘af you Hi repazr; qe'sier minéfimhleâ€"no, net even a little loss-‘41 ii is to do a spyoke of left custom-52:6}:mzsfied THE‘sale of intoxicating drinks is carrying min and «‘lissulatiQx; tn :1 uxiilion homes, filfiug‘uurasylum fur the inane." muthumes lnr the. in- ebriute. our places of refuge for the pour, our penitentiaries and our hos- pitals, increasing our public burdens, 0hr Inhiunalnrd‘ State $31395, and. what. is as thouézmd times worse. de- su‘uying uur young men faster than disease and war. Yet the Govern- ment licenses the manufacture of these alcuhulic poisons and derives revenue from it. Our State and muhicipzfl ldx-Fs‘fi’fitburize the retail éfntIWZ-gfiliz'e tTn:i‘r‘Sa?c'fu‘f"fl [mlt‘ry .... “0....-." _ V tux. But wcpunish with inexinmblc :uul unrelenting virtue the man or “Human whogqls «hunk. The man w'nn can get inéb‘riated at. his own table and is put. in his own bed Com- mits no uffense; but. it is against him who gets drunk at a. licensed salami, and is putintb’ the street; it is agains mkis-im-pecimiimsmome- less_ )vqetcjgwtlult: the-law” frowns. \Ve have become édfiflfinmix'r’ ‘with these anomalies, we have looked to cradicatefbut onb' tomodifv the evil. Théfe‘i‘s‘ ‘tfo' wrung beyond correction, and all thésehdeparmre’s from gwdmoialsmamoed ,gqsferqr mutate within the Mofiz'eform. ~â€"-Sam Framed-CW. A ° ’ ° " ”“- upon these vices..smlong. that. we think there is no remedy. This is the mistakebfipnblic opium; The pge§s bus made the: mistake, and the ‘mmjsflegislnfifi mgksioweflort ‘- 4- -1, _ That}: is a. little railroad, that ‘runs to Woodville on a very inac- 1rem-ate scheduie. A stranger cam'e ‘ in the other day and inquired how rotten the steam-car made trips to ithe city. The party interrogated isaid: “Tri-weekly." “ “7h“ do i you mean by tri-wcekly '2” The ianswer was, “ It goes up one week, E and tries to come down the next." beau," said Mary, all she glanced over a billet-dauz,-â€""Y” replied Julia; “if the penman is only hand- some, I don't care how ugly the pen- mansbip is." A SETTLEXEXT.â€"“ Whonnre you going to settle this bill ?"â€"â€"" We've had a settlement already."â€"“ When ?" â€"“Thelast time you called.”-â€"â€"" How so i"â€"-“Didn’t I then tell you that I mean to settle the bill ?"â€"â€"“Yes." “ Very well, then ; wasn't that Inset- tlement ?" ‘ ' ‘ A SHARP Knownâ€"K German student in theology appeared before the examiner after having waited an unconscionable time for admis- sion. bearded like a pard. The learned examiner fell back aston- ished, exclaiming, f‘ A theology with a beard I”â€"“A heard 2" cried the student, with an air of equal aston- ishment,‘and putting his hand up to his face, “Bless me! why it must have grown while I have been wait- ing in the ante-room.” ence becWeen a civilized dir not an a person who subsists at the Nort Pole ?â€"Attentiou. again! One has his bill of fare. and the other his fill at b: er. CONUIZ'DBUM.â€"Wbat is the difl'exa Psxnmsmaâ€"“It’s a. good thing to have a hapflsome pepmzm for n. A universal genius is a universal noodle. Nobody can be every; thing. The attempt to do every- thing is to accomplab nothing sub- stantially. Gm or Tnocam.â€"“I suppose you are interested in 'Gems Of Thought,’ Matildarâ€"‘Yes, Ange4 lina;butnot somuck as in ‘Thoughfé on Game) " “I hold that the Bible permits total abstinence and I Would 1a- ther search the Bible for pennissinn tn «rixe up a. lawtul gratification t01 the osuke of my weaker-he:~1ded b111- ther, who stumbles ovei my eth- pics into sin, than to see how f1r I can follow mv own prupensities without committiny sin and b1in1r- ing condemnation on an) one's soul. ”â€"â€"J. B. Gough. SOMETIME.â€"â€"\Ve have all our pos- sessions in the future which we call “ sometime.” Beautiful flowers and singing birds are there, only our hands seldom graSp the one, or bur ears hear the other. But. oh reader, he of good cheer, for all the good there is a. golden ‘sometime;’ when the hills and valleys of time are all passed; when the wear and fever, the disappointment and sorrows of life are" over, there is a place of rest appointed of God. Oh, homestead, over whose roof falls no shadows or even clouds, and over whose thres- hold the voice of sorrow is never heard ; built upon the eternal hills, and standing with thy spires and pinnacles of celestial beauty among the palm trees of thci'city on high, those who love God shall rest under thy shadoWs,wbere there is no more sorrow, no'r pain, nor' the sound of weeping. PHYSIC is the art. of amusing the patient while naturecuresthcdiseasa Every week. They regular ndd'tcion Our stock .will alwayt. be found complete, and we sell 3:: pacesw that NEW GOODS Staple and Fauycyrnryfioods, .G?‘9¢erie_3and Provisions, GROCKERY, GLASSWARE, And ilzu'ge stock. of Ready-Made PACE.“JZ MAIN; ’ BOOTS (K: SHOES, Consisting of a large sicfk'qf RBIVING EVERY WEEK. CLOTHS, F LAN NELS, DRESS GOODS, Arc reeoiving max 1 COTTONS, ' STOCK or kc. .ézc. {:3 coxâ€"115.2 seq Winter l V iwvn In. - .-. a" ! . .4 f d -... A‘ ~ me receivmg to" their 7f" tim}. Note mi Men's Canadian Full Cloth Pub, 81.95. “ Henvy S Boots, 81.95. “ Superior ip “ 83.25,vortlr3.75‘ Gentu’ Wool Under Shirts, on] 87* d5. “ " ~ “ Drawers, only 87 cu. ' 20 The. Rice for 81. 10:} lbs. Bright Sugar, 81. Golden Syrup. 60 cents per 3111011. 12 Cheats more of that oelobnbd Hm- ALAYA TEA. 20 cents per 1!). which in point of strength and flnvor in superior 1: any 50 cent Ton in Drink. ”Wu Pub, and Salmon '1 I H?) Subscriber has ned 9. Bun: B for the wurchw and e of Home, and will always have a large number to dispose of. Parties wishing to sell m- purchase Horses will do well to call up] leave their cmnmimopgwith , 1 Al, A_4,_‘___‘ Invité .the sttegtign ;f {be ppblic to hit stock of Bandy-Magic (7199193: Boo Shoes, Groceaea, c.. which Tun bean selected with grant are, on the most ud- mtageous terms, and which an to be d_isposefi_ of at. prices which defy compati- Buyers are invited to call and judge (ox themsehea. Every Department Fully Assorted Yokohama House. IMMENSE SUCCESS !! (Opposite the Residence of J nines Simon, Esq, Front. Street, Orillia.) Stock Complete! uu Wcu um vuAA a." .-_. _ -._,_, him. He bu a151, commence}! 'thl'uainingos Colts, 90 athich h» would invite tho “tuition 6f am'ck WHO’S YOUR TAILOR? OF COURSE. His long experienced». the business. and everything being made under his own unper- visiun, enable lnm cogunmnteeaatmfaction. A full stock of all kinds of Gentlemen's Furnishings, consisting of Shirts, Drawers, Ties, Collars, c.. with an assortmentpof Read y-Mude Clothing . \VHIPS,’ ,. .320”, ‘ ' "BRUSHES, « CURRY COMES, £0 -! (£5; Remember they Dominion Tailoring Establishment. THE, ORILLIA HARNESS Sll0P ! mos. . BYRNE. ~ For a. serviceable Harness, from the lightest and most 3?.ng qt “9'4“ hem iest m3 111 dlxrsblg “diges- tablisllmeut. 1‘10 Inferior stoc 11303.me employed. Specid sttention given to me- Dairs. A nicc assortment of mums and vumsns. :THOMASB’IRNE. COOKING STOVESs nen V” l- luu ”A“. u-â€"_-., __ __,- tablishm'eut. lNo *mferiér stoc'fi usea. Only First- Class Workman HE subscriber, has pleasure in reinsu- ing thanks for the lugesluu of pt- tmnag e be has rcceived since be com- memed business in Orillia, and would 1n- furm the public that he has lately purcha- ed all tbsp latent impruve’i machinery, to- gether [with nlarge stock of ’ ‘ Now is your iimie to buy your State: md Stovepipcn, Copper, Tin. Sheet Iron, aind Japan Wag-o, at. pfig‘that will :1. l t vogue. H u.._, w- (""‘w V, n, yov. V ' r ' "t 'H “ a” A call vim ntisfy you (Sh be it determine?! to sell 'at iii-ices militia“ be beaten. EAVE-TROCGEIN G done in a. mpmor manner; at! evegy description of work in his line manufactured. to odd-zanflm shore“ notice 1nd most reasonable terms. Rememberâ€"Shop next to Dominion H tel. .WestShoet. - -. . 2 ° ’3“:- * 11 131141.111. and 1:1 assortment‘of’Shelf HARDSSARE. Phillip’s Tin Shop. GOOD HQRSESI R. P XRKHILL, BOX AN D PARLOUR STQVES, 01m; and resbcctable muscles. 5 always in stock. Also a. stock of TERMS CASH- J . D. O’BRIEN. Late with M ulahy Co. TINDLE’S J. D. O'BRIEN HO RSE BAZAAR. PRICE LIST; OF ORILLIA, is now receiving his new stock of Cloths, (at-(3., suitable forfall and Win- ter. R. PARKHILL Proprietox STOCK TAKING SALE! STOCK TAKING SALE! STOCK TAK1\G SALE! STOCK TAKING SALE! STOCK TAKING SALE' STOCK TAKING SALE! GOODS AT COST. GOODS AT COST. GOODS AT COST. GOODS AT COST. GOODS AT COST. GOODS AT COST, REMNANTS AT REMNANTS AT REMNANTS AT REMNANTS AT REMNANTS AT REMNANTS AT HALF PRICE. HALF PRICE, HALF PRICE. HALF PRICE, HALF PRICE, HALF PRICE, PICKS AND SHOVELS. ummwmugudpmbemmthnmww boonpnxhcedfo‘rthoprm. Soldonly by” J. B. Thompson.th Cal ‘4 -â€"-- m... mm. .WWW ‘ Gdld 8: Silver Watchgg. A Discount of 10 per cent off to clergyman of all denominations, ‘ ' ' ‘ .Black. J eweuery. . , m W.G.Bingl|am Q" 7.â€" Wnciu.’Cuocn. LW‘WW ; gap wou.wmwm.-:Q~' #1.: “‘j $3.6, M G. M. At G. M. At G. M. At G. M. At G. M. At G. M. M. wmsonis. WILSON'S. WILSON ‘S. WILSON'S. WI LSON’S. WILSON'S. WILSON ‘5. WI LSON‘S. WILSON'S. WI LSON ‘S. WILSON‘S. WILSON'S. ‘ommoa and straw cutting IMPROVED DESKS for schools STEAM ENGINE, VOOLLEX. GRIST MILL REPAIRS. PUNCTUAUTY DISPATCH a- A TRIAL SOLICITED. m CASTINGS READY-MADE CLOTHING, Fall and Winter Goods, Goods sud Prices, end you \ convinwd that he' 18 giving DRY GOODS. PLOUGHS ! OF EVERY DISCRIPTIOX. GROCEBIES. ,. Kennedy ROAD SCRAPERS, sawing. ('I‘otmans). I; now recoiviug his BOOTS and SHOES, Mowing, ‘y Implements ! OF sting of STOCK ! SA W 1ND“ 1872) a mm 0‘?! ‘1 COMPLETE SUCCESS: Ten First Prizes! Aweived Every First Prize f‘" "MAN‘S and “mm of ‘ _ , J . V m 0091963211 Wis“ m WEI"?! Sol._PmPfiotonsndWc(§n , “ORGANETIEI” Conmning Saibner’s “Iv-An- Every instrument fully 7m to: five you; Send for analogue Whining fifty difl'enent styles of instrument. uy our! 1. (L.- £100, which his Father's Uncle. at his death, left by entail, has fully made up his mind to Roth-e tron lull-cu! A. FIXED FACT! that the large and select stock of good: now on hand, sales, {or cash. Must be Disposed; of The rush still continues. bonus. it _is 17911 kngwn he is sacrificing, in Writing Desks, Didi“, Work 8°“! Famiiy Sewing Machines, MM GR’OCERIES Household Window Blinds,â€" Famed Pictures, _ Guelph. 0a. 15. 1372. Being now about to secure the Orilfin, 11th Dec, 1872. ', BELL 85 C0, BY THE 1st JANUARY, At Two Exhibition! A full moment of Theroforo it. in :hool Books. '{i Eoficcded by other onPeurSm swam ’v’vinmaco' Toys, um