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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 18 Feb 1875, p. 1

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4 : |» b e i ied wi 3 vines, liquors i is extended to all to| Loans can be repaid in a nner to suit cos ani ie Ci A California preacher is preaching iN ; posite the Post Office. | Peterhead and Aberdeen Granite. | The bar supplied with the best wines, A cordial wlome is extended to a pai ny manner tosuit | « Ag to prices,' said Pennisi "it Pr P g ST en ehh OfMco--Simeas street, Op) Parties will find it to there Men "and cigars. Good stabling. visit our Galles ih a i nl a Tories . 3 i le > oe tel y Footer tye best way to raise boys, We i 8 ad for a e neighlors are will. At- vithhold their orders until cal on 4 c¢KENZIE 5 . so several Improved Farms, an ild {578 p a : . IN Me BIT SR ck oe pe to.yiths ALE HOTEL, Port Perry, B10, 1873, * 51 | Lands for sale, cheap. i had such bad luck with the beast I'd | have always found a number 14 boot | 1 ohberment is better than brandy oa: gid street, J.C. WILLIAMSON, Valink i Investments made in Municipal Deben- | almost give'him away, so I'll say about as effective as anything for! yen there is anything the matter with your 1 SMitian 7 GENT. WE : o tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks. vagy rier cai 1 | raising them. ¢ true inwardness.' Waithy, Satisfaction guaranteed, and all work war- A. MASON, - PROPRIETOR. PORT PIRY LIVERY STABLES,| Any to : seventy-five." 'Gammon,' said Jock- | raising th adel: : ATL. oni ranted. This Hotel has undergone a thorough re- Ma JAMES HOLDEN, ey Ford ; fifty pounds and not an- 1t isa melancholy fact that those| A Cincinnaéi woman burned her husband' AMBRON & MAGDONNIH ora County January 10, 1872. 3-yr | novation and been fitted up with a view to ki CH ORIaial Ati ne. Broker se. |other farthing--fifty pounds, money | who declare war are never called | Sunday suit because ho would not put on a Council, Ontario. Offices : Court House, the comfort and convenience of the traveling £ z TPR fown, and wo take tho horse away, |upon to do the fighting ; if they were buffale robe and crawl around the back Whitby. EY 1 MONEY | |public. Every attention paid to the WC] 2 NT Q Oprice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- | 40WD, AR 5 YF ' ) yard and play Santa Claus. A: © CAMERON, A MON : * [table and bar, while obliging and Siiemibve C. 1 pI o | 1an's Block, Brock st., Whitby. and never ask another question.'--|we suspect thee would vot be the hi " ; ; | Ostlers will have charge of the stables. PROPRIETOR. Whitby, April 10, 1873. 'Fifty pounds!" said Dennis, 'you slightest amusemenz of this nature. ow dreary seems cal hou, A. HURD, Atioreey 8: AT Hy Sroute, EY | Whitby, June 20, 1870. ; ; WANTRK "lave too hard on me. It's making a| A Green Bay man thinks jit very Axis sonipols ly £058 : P PERN, Hei te y' cade, MORE MON . hii ; er sgeriber aw ing now ty uipped " wal i Tr Rh 0 i on of hi dyer be A ronan Tor os i en Tose Pa bi Wi SE yo . : i fi and extensive Livery Stables with JHASE, Promissol otes, Ld 1 ' 2 Vith a boil upon hr nose ! A of A J WESTERN ASSURANCE COM: Y a supn SHISHcr Hea Laing is over due and yet to Sotarne dus, ac. sixty and he's yours." 'Fifty pounds but ho will keep a lad turning a Gai 2 TapeY : 'W. Maurice Cochrane, Loans with the Trust and Loap Society of bf Bore counts, Judgnents and Mortgngse and not another penny,' said the in- grindstone ten hoursyhand him five os > a ER hy oy Sv Toronto, for any amount of money from Vv E R Y R | c S$ Apply personally to Se | having far more criminals than corpses its FG eg in Chan- | TOrORO : UPWARDS TORONTO. L W. M. COCHRANE, oxorable Ford, ¢ Como on, Tim; |cents and wait for the boy to thank | strange it dosu't have a penitentiary of its cery, Notary Publi &c, kc. - Ox Moderate 'Tarmy, 4 Port Perry. |} ora's nothing to be done--sixty (him. own also. Os douse rg bes bgp On yy dh on Town Ee Incorporated Por#Try, Aug. 6, 1875. MR EN | | pounds and a spavin--ho takes us for Sooner or later, justice overtakes| There's where a man has the. advantage, kinds of fwd seule. Eee at ay 8 per sons. Capital LA MOREY ' MONEY [ a couple of flats," and they left wr the leader of a country brass band. sr AP in a cold pu wa Jeroriy Office, Bigelow's Roya d , ? Eaneien i ies stable. 'Take ye for flats?' said A bridge c 1 d struck od warm before a woman has got her hair | cured without delay. --_-- ny, i . ey A bridge came along and struck one i FORT RERRY. of Joy PEvloR, Presitebh A aaa st8 per ceut interest | Dennis, 'why Mr Parton is known 0 on the head the other day as he stood | oR ak © N. VARS, L.D. §. Manchester, Nov. 12, 1873. 47 Vice-Presid tn Pp. A. HURD. |Dbe the bost judge of a horse in theses on the top of an Erie fieight traip.|Do they miss me at home--do they miss me ¥ ERTS. ull the latest princi- : Tr JAMES PRINGLE, ] J SOME | Port Perry, March 12, 1874. 12 | parts--and a man to take youin,Mr| Ap advertisement for a dry goods | 'T would bean assurance most dear. rr of the arg ig Shear i W M. SPEN CE, General Agent. ROCLAMATION 11 MONEY Ford, must situp all night for a week | 1.) veads : 'Wanted a young man Fo kaon 2a va) sre xis degen, 'good the HW RY TRIER 5 a sav. we're i 3 s though I had never been there, oo seta and Silver. Teoth extracted | BINTRAGTOR & BUILDER. THE ONTARIO FARMER: (Private Funds] : oy as 33 ny : py inthe trie to be partly ougedoor and partly he-p" know that the tuilorand Tm Tord, withont, pain. by: producing local anamsth- -- . h $0 THE INHABITANTS OF To Tioan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in-|and like yo 0 g¢ on pi note | hind the counter,' Itdoesn'tspecify | And the banks where my paper is dus, ain, A Rooms--in Cowan's NeW | ow 14 yING STONE-WORK, PLAS-| Mutual Insurance Company terest. out of the bargain, why I suppose ; ikea ln pimdimndgan lint ; plock, Atkinson's Drug, Store, King TERING, &c., in pli their departments, : - pe ORTHERN REACH LYMAN ENGLISH, ye must havo him, come into the what part of the young man is to be Bd lasted bo no Ca ( oe ion, Stree WA. oni 1 i le. lly 4 ized and 3 B. &o. \ ' J out-door. anizhed me quite from their view, ty - Fated on e. aha! Gomis, iow folly seid ond. ) ST a office, pay me the money, and I Iu Indi Sund School : Do they miss me at home--do they miss me 1 HA TH Fit i pie and their contents, country School Hou THE PLACE TO November, 21, 1866. 14] give ye the receipts. An' Mike,' An Indiana Sunday SCho0" MAN when the market for money is tight. CH AS THORN, VY S., . . and Churches, Thoso wishing to insure -- id bh his 2 ¢put a halter | Writes a Bible firm in New York :! snd collectors in haste are pursuing, - . Ak £8, ™M Act Home Insurance Com; ST OF DIVISION COURTS said he to his groom, 'put a halter 3 | EMBER. of the Veterinary Institute, 09 ©W MIaxTiage LACT. torls mitch tui orang ool B. [J Y YOUR 5 Sy 2 host A nsi at atk the gen-]: Sendme some Sunday School pa-| :Theirdehios by day and Ly night Chicago, Ill. Gold Medak Torithe i ; Se apPIying to the Head Office, orton ; FOR THE tloman to give ye a shilling for it; pers and books. Lot the books be! Do the friends who once loaned me & ¢ fifty' e) { on: Horse Practice. Au 1st, 1874. sal Agents of the Company. Our . y 5 i i i And others wio loaned me a "ten Be eet Prise stay on Shocing, Gradu-| Port Ferry, Jay. 18, © ite found na low as those of anyxesf| Dry Goods, County of Ontario,|let em take take the devil away, for Bios Pirates Sud Indians an. Jana tue that ies oth ated Sept. 16, 1867. bas | TTENRY CHARLE 3 having. beso. 1% sible Hise} Jnswrobss Fumpany 10 Biocerics FOR TIE YEAR 1875. I am sick of the sight of him. possivle; And wish they could se'me again 2 Dr. Thorn begs to oi ' Pe appointed Marriage License Agent-- Head Oh pposity ibe : gried TH There was, there could be, no mistake ab. Three sisters of Dubuque, are 80| po they miss me at home--do they miss mef. he note | epteusted to | (after sixteen years duty) Sontigues So" fur. | Brock Bt, Whi RBANKS, Ju, | ° Clothing, Ze gly gle sls 1. | out the bargain. The money paid, Tim Par. | set in their temperance principies:| When no longer I'm sen upon 'Change ? hiv outitie Nish aa hetetofon fore o a Secret] id : i 2 EE 52 FA ton"and Jockey Ford led the horse in triumph | that they make the hired girl smell | And do those who wer wom to assist me PREPARE. ih Wil in ! Boots and Shoes, i | ER iy) a pos fe ye Sow Joygusly they Sled {he breath of overy gentleman callor SSH doin iarirnily vii is : ; 3 ! 2110) when fairly out of sight. The flat--a gpav . ++ | Does the Shylock who loaned me oney . : ft MRS. L. M. COO Hardware, ule" 13h! fay in! why I never sec better hocks in my life, and Topork The TE) being admis To bear me to regions unknown, -- : Av HAL: DRESSER, | Tinware, 2% f Ji Sl | been gammoned by somochdy, that's tance to the parlor ¢ aid wat fo scamaiavs Sola wi; Mrs. BE. Drinkwadtery witches, Braids, Frizaets, Curls, an! b= 1% 181 | 1a, 17 | certain, but he's sick on him, and perhaps ¢ Now, George, you Husy Givide) And wish I again were at home? . PORT PERRY, i pes, aud Hair Jewelry M Stationery; GEO. H. DIFTSEIL, he's hard up--who knows?" and thus ex- | that cake Joupraly with your bro-! But I know that my memory lingers XX70 6 the in y . Furi yok ody ty J ! unior Judge. | uitingly they reached the stable destined for{ ther Charles." What is honorable,| Around the dear place as I i Won announce to the inhabitants of Ware ultingly they N p roam ; Town of 'Whitby, has Por Perry and neighborhood that she | op, ms, over Mr No ey Bf. | Patent Medicines, &c., Whithy, Jan. 1, 1875. {he seseption of Shoot Anchor. «Get mp {mother 7: Ttmotns you must give And while I'vemy wits and my creepers" the dd 29 carrying AE D | port Perry, Nov. 18, 1874. a IS AT THE AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT SHITE a oe sadeipe bone tus ot bia im the largest piece.' Theu, mother "They'll mins mo-~they ll miss me athome : OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE BIZ T Ral eine yn I'd rather Charley should divide it. Ly me ial ; Tb i FF 5 § °°) Gr enb ank Store W I plant, ¢ get up' The horse rushed up the Ro ag : No Stronesr W . for' 1% ihe Gus oF Ou i Wg at- | At her residence. All kinds of Furs, Muffs, - ee Ls fo Ath . SHO ROOMS | stall, went bump violently against the rack. Somehow, one can't help thinking) ra i NESS De given: be boos 1 hig iol Cane, Tippets, aud everything in Fur line : GEO. FLINT. --_ « Why hatig me," said Tim Parton, « his|of that citizen of Syractise Who Bas| yr, say i th fee A offer. ao... ed, Renewed and altered to the newest Greenbank, July 20, 1873. 3| PpYHE) Subscribers have opened Sbow | ju iiohte are out!" Quite Aruc--he was thi obi "a girls. Prd 4 Lu ; of the Third Divi- | Styles. Parties bri x may have " 8 1 Rooms on Perry 8t, North of Mr. ¥ rteen children, 8. J. BNHAM, Clerk ofthe Ms block, | it made'tip as they p \ Robes 7 m----igh E--_ SEE ? TTT | Gutrie's Store] whero Sample Machines of | blind as.a mule, -| ably there is not a.corner of the bu +O pert penny Linufagi Primmsd) ©} rhe Subseribor. iis prep to convey R. RIOFARDSON, tie anus of the Josh Hull Man | Blind gusped Jookey Ford, hu got {rea in that man's bouse thas hasn't i sie nrmen. y lira WF Osha e] P ) : Fa > { ; Offlee hotiFs from 10. in. to 8p. m: #3 Charges era Chests, rua 8 fiom Ober es Re-appointed Issuer of in Hid Ogawa, por a i own" |g cold chew of gm sticking to it. Toei einen, goatee comps ion 7 anywhere aro 0 AL Marriage iicenses) Ton ui Sunil? Shar | «to sms be gu and we ar done | 14 Look hd te 60 808 BASSE ve pa fo el od oti Gs tne satisfaction. 15/9 us Kiisead 031 {Orders promp * x SEN vr . can't see i without you look forit ; but| bis master dawn, street, zo hae Tok bokm: at x . moderate, : ; > E. WALKER. you 5 you { ¥ i first Lotte has not b il U a i: acs + {me ae 7. COOK. | Under tho: New Act. Office, lot 10, dite : Ew 9 ee lh Dy Td Se ny, pray whi to] Gest atk hus ok betn: : & or ) = : : * L138 Porry, Dac, 30,1874. 1-41 the make us look at his. . Por Bis: or URIEEW ER Ta 5,1874 38 Jost Dags he its , the spayin to ws look at bis. hocks--| . ches. Tt Porl LOITY, PPAR THS IRIS ail 10 Ves 403 2, 500% To mink ods 10'0la HOLS 200,04 Hrs ad @ + 3 ee wiiubm {DVERTISER. Al bags VOL. X Po $1. per annum, if paid in ad not $1.50 will be charged. No taken for less than six months; OF ADVERTISING. $0 08 RAT For each line, first insertion . Subsequent: insertions, per Tine 0 02 Cards, under 8 ns annum . i 3% TLotterd' ¢ontaining money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and. regester- od, will be at our risk, a a : + and charged according to oupy. ' A tod by Nonpareil, the space they ac-- 4 Tint d for willbe i M bind without specific antil fordid and charged siccodingly. No' advertisment will be taken out until paid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants aud 'others who advertise by the year or) half-yepr. These terms will in all cases be strictly adhered to. Job Department. amplets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- Id Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and color, executed promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &e. printed can have them done to take home with them. J. BAIRD. Protos -- H, PARSONS. sigatal Carus i JONES, M. Physician, . Surgeon, &c. Port Perry. Office, over Allison's Drug Store, Queen-st. D,, Coroner, TResidence--One door west of the Presby g h. terian Church. WARE, Coronor for the County of DBntarto bhysician, Surgeon and Ac- .opucheus, ? Prince Albert. T H. SANGSTER, M. D.,, Physician, Sur- J « Begn and Accoucheur, PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Strects. Office hours from a.m. to 12 m. . Residence, the dwelling recently occupled by Mrs. Geo. Paxton. 1, Physclans, Surgeons, Di MCGILL & RA i "&e., &e¢, Omice and Residences, Oshawa, WM. M'GILT, MD. FRANCIS RAF, M.D. 11, NO. 8. HENRY GRIST, Transacts business with the Patent Office and oth of the G¢ t Copyri Specifications, and | sary to secure Patents on receipt of the model of the 4ND TOWNSHIPS OF MARIPOSA & CARTWRIGHT, age bestowed upon him whole time to the business of Auctioneer, IF Hs PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF 0 {pee PERRY HOUSE, BEORT PERRY. b JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The aboye House is now most ably furnished, and Guests fh a the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlors.-- Additions have beemmade which maker this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. PENsons DOMINION HOTEL, At the Railway Station, PORT PERRY. Every attention given to the acco: tion and comfort of guests, The ors ad bar supplied with the best the Market af fords, Choice Liquors and the best brands of Cigars. Excellent stable and shed pc- | | sommedagion, aud attentive ghflers, D. B. DENISON, Proprietor. Q = HOTEL, 3 PORT PERRY. JAMES DEWART, --- PROPRIETOR. "The Subscriber having leased this excel lent Hotel and fitted it up with a view to the comfort of guests and the accommoda- tion of the general public, will be glad to welcome old friends and new to take part in the hospitality of the Queen's. a a 'he Table carefully supplied, Choice id and Cigars in the Bar, the Yard an Stables punctually attended to. The Queen's is conveniently sivuated a few rods west of the Post Office. JAMES DEWART. Port Perry, Nov. 11, 1873.. 1 -------- ------ PATENT SOLICITOR AND DRAUGHTSMAN, OTTAWA, CANADA, er dep ghts and the Regist of Trade and Designs procured. Drawings, other Documents neces- of Invention, prepared ---- Auctioneers. LICENSED AUCTIONEER, FOR THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO. many friends and the for the liberal patron- for the past five years. Having nowy given up the business of Bailiff, I intend, in future, to devote my EGS to thank his public generally, Collecting, &c. It will be my endeavor, by prompt ut careful attention to business, to give full satisfaction to all who may favor me with their Sales or Collecting. Bi 1s draughted and Blank free of charge. Also Bill Stamps always on hand, Arrangements can be made for sales &c., at the Opsenver Office, and at the Standard Office, Port Perry. Notes furnished A NGLO-AMERICAN HOTEL, LA PRINCE ALBERT, ONT. By EZRA BATES. The comfort of guests carefully attended The Table and Bar well supplied.' W. M. WILLCOX, Prince Albert, Oct. 25, 1873. to! 3 Choice Liquors and the best brands of Vm xO Cigars. Wi : G ordons &e. Good Stabling and attentive Ostlers, da » £] be EZRA BATES, OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Proprietor. Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. Anglo-American Hotel, \ July 15, 1874. [REVERE HOUSE, MANCHESTER, A. TENNYSON, Proprictor. The Revere House is decidedly one best and most comfortable country 1 the Province and is situated in a m venient position for the traveling pu! -- Stages to and from Uxbridge, Utica and Ep- son, eall here daily. The Subscriber. has had the p and will spare WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. THOS. H. WALSHE. ICENSED Auctioneer for the Fownship of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. id C i Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctnally attended fo. Debts col- legted in Cannington, of otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- ecr, 1ce hecoming proprietor, ses woroughly repaired neiher lubor nor expels In making the Revere House a comfortable nt home for travelers, und for the re- fr t of guests, The table and bar supplied with the best the magrkel supplies, tive onlefh s and attentiv er8, Head staple TENNYSON, Proprietor. Manchester, Auj NION HOTEL, MANCHESTER. JAMES T. HEARD, PROPRIETOR. Good accommodations, Careful attention to the requirements of travelers and guests. "The bar supplied with the best Liquors and Cigars. Good St: bling. 7 WHITBY STEAM HARBLE WORKS. d Table Spoons, A MERRY I now take great pleasure in thanking m, ; . have accorded me 5 § liberal support they attending to their wants to merita c Silver Plat- ed Goods. Tea Setts, Cruits, Cake Baskets, Butter Coolers, Mugs, Gongs, Napkin Rings, Tea Spoons, Tea Knives, , Dinner Knives, 'lea and Dinner Forks, Butter Knives, Pickle Forks, Toast Racks, &e,, kc, -&e., Again wishing you the bg feat Ver N . Port Perry, Dec k ig PHOTCGEAPHS AND PERECT PICTURES SECUREDAT MCKENZIE &3CCTT'S PHOTOGRAPH jrongnten O:-posy Foy's H 1, Port Perry. FOR ALL, J. & R. WGT.7GNDEN, HOLESALE and Retail dealers in AY Forelgn and American Marble Men= tles, Mi ts, &c., Hundas St , Whitby. 30 Manchester, July 15, 1874 gions HOTEL, M. R, C. 8, Guy's O. M.D. M. F. MCBRIEX, o MB Che liye Re Hospital, London, Engl + Ly * i > Oshawa, C. E. FAREWELL, . Attorney for Ontario, Rolleitor, and Notary Publ eupied by 8, H. Cochrane, 'Whitby. E. MARTIN, M. D.Simcoe St., Twodoors North of the Central Hotel, «Oshawa. LL. B., County Crown Barrister, Attorney, ic. Office lately oc- ., Brook street, YMAN L. ENGLISH LL.B. Solicitor in L C , Attorney, C y , &C. Oshawa. GREENBANK. R. McRAE, PROPRIETOR. The above hotel has undergone a thorough renovation, and has been fitted up with a view to the comfort and convenizes oie aveling public. Suict attention paid to he ye 0) the bar, Comfortable stable and an atte tive ostler. Greenbank, March 25, 1874. Aree HOUSE, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. Also Building Stone cut to order. JOHN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. Whitby, July 29, 1874. 3 John McDonald, MARBLE DEALER! NEWCASTLE, ONT. ONUMENTS, Tomb-Tables, Head- Stones of great variety, with every de- for Cem- Also UTICA. a. J. DAFOE, PROPRIETOR. , scription of Marble Work, suitable eteries, supplied at short notice. to the requirements of travelers and gues s | struments, give tid faciliti Good accommodadons, Careful attention | Chromos, and séimen Photographs in end. 1s. F upplyirg the great ir much admired ters SNe > ITH the view J demand for fhoty raphs. the Sy ess of expense--so up J and introdiiced such Btruments as will at all times secure PELECT PICTURES, Their thorough keviedge of every de- partment of the Art, quired in some of the best Galleries on continent, together { with their excelleén@lleries and superior in- k es enjoyed by Photo- few for producinghose beautiful graphs admired byll who sce them, By skilfully refching the negatives the anost handsome ptographs are produced in every instance, Their Gallericare stocked with a choice assortment of Ft Class Albums, Picture "Frames, Stereospic Instruments, the Finest less variety. much pleasure in showing i ya lg Ee a compliments of the season. , THURSDAY, FEB. 18, a 1875. a eh po A -- Po T r---- ontint i Bells, Toys, Stana Lamp. Side Brackets, Hall Pendants, 1,2, 3 and 4 light Chanda- liers, © Larger sizes got, to order, 1, y truly yours, NMORTCAC we large. snms of mon- Lands for investment on 0 Properties, and ott uritic Wl adjoining Counties at the lowest current rates of inte As we have funds on nd at all times Borrowers candep nd on geting their money with the east possible deny. WANTED TO PULCHASE, Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. Wearealso appraisers for the Canada Per- | manent Society, the cheapest and largest Mou stitution in Canada. Paid up Capital ) Installments' re-payable in from 2 ta enrs, 'Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. £3 Agents for several first class Fire In surance Companies. Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. 5 UISDIAN 1UIVES DOU LT we JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Office In Mr, Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Pert Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, MONEY 70 LEXD! The undersigned hasany amount of Money | to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at | Unusually Low Rates of Interest! | How they took Advantage of the growing impatience of Dennis not- withstanding his efforts to conceal waiting what he foresaw would be the inevitable result. At length be conceived the time had come when the horse must be sold or disposed of somehow, and forthwith took counsel with his friend Tim. sick of that brown 'oss ; let us go er sce nothing amiss with him ; and cheap as dirt. Tim, 'how about that brown horse ? he has been on your band a long time ; my friend and I will buy him if we can ; we shall want to get a pound or two out of him, but he's sall's now, or anywhere else but here he's blown on here. look at him,' said the pair. *¢ By all meams," said Dennis, 'but you've and ho walked up and patted his Tsound 7 - "The vagabond I" ejaculated Tim "The| thi i gl" / Cibo 1ying rascal," said Ford, dnd be' exhausted thing jacking: dep lorable tendguey L 2] his vocabulary of oaths and epithets while |" NOPAE of the.dogy ;: cs); ar Jockey Ford, who had noticed the in t by smoking cigars all day, was Fim,' said he, that Irishman is getting infernally lown and see if we can deal ; I nev- " if we can get him for fifty--why he's | tv 'With all my heart,' «ays Tim; 'let's go,' and to the re- pository they went accordingly. -- Dennis was at his post. 'Well,' said | je hi blown on now." 'Fhe very word,' replied Dennis, ¢ "Blown on," that's what he is--if'T had him at Tatter- w be he'd feteh his price--but as you say, | © 'Let's have a seen him times enough. There he is, and as good-tempered a creature 1s ever carried an only daughter,' Ha Ww > hoes n" 1 SEE neck. 'Six years old, you know.' wn ¥ said lie looking in his mouth, 'and TANT: nm rs th hl i HONEY 70 Lo AN ! handsome enongh to carry the Lord fusing Lieutenant." 'That'sright enough,' | £5 WANTED. said Ford. ¢ Will yon warrant him | 'You know I'll not,' was was the quick reply, 'in the first place, we never warrant a horse in Ireland ; it's 'try and buy' with us; and, besides, I'll tell ye, tor it's no, use trying to keep anything from men like yourselves, they tell mehe has got a spavin.'! 'A spavin,' said Tim Parton, and both looked at his hocks with might and main. qt is but a small one, I believe,' said Den- nis, 'but they say it'sthere, and that's enough ;' and he lifted the horse's fore feot to show how clean everything was in thatqarter. 'The Teidiman ica fan) after all.' said Tim in a whisper to his friend, 'I never saw cleaner hocks in my life- Ay. there it is,' he said aloud. 'I can see it plain enough.' 'Can you? said Dennis, 'then you find T am not des ceiving you. We're all in the same trade, you know, and I should not like todo it." <Oh, ah!" said Ford the spavin's there surc enough, and we shall have to fire him and put him by. What's the lowest figure ?-- You know we don't give big prices. bi ' bi h 0 t horse sense. be dd to kim for a thief," said Ford, -- Tim's epigramy like Macbeth's ¢ amen,' stuck gether as to the best course poder the. circum= stances, and at Jength resol and coax him into contenting himself with a ten pound note out of the take the horse again. they sallied forth in questof [ennis whom they found smoking the inevitsble cigar.-- + I say 8----' began Ford, * We're rather dis- appointed about that horse; the gentleman as we thought would buy him seems fright- ened at lim ; he's a timfd "pid gentleman, andthe thinks he'll be too much for him "-- tried him ; he seems afraid to get on his back.' said Dennis, ¢ let him try him. It's no use' said Tim, he won't try hin and the horse is fore you bought him' said Dennis with a knowing look. ¢ Why not fire him and turn bim back I can tell ye, for 1 Lave had him long enough.' him be said the imperturable Dennis ¢ Yes, --blind, got a spavin you---" sort. aud ye both said yesaw it. 1 never saw it, myself so if any body tells a lie it's your- selves' ¢It'sa swindle and a shame to take us in --two men in the same trade,' said Ford, innocent lambs, to be sure, Parton the best judge of a horse in those parts ? and as for you Mr Ford, cut of your clothes would prevent any man have none of that,' said Ford. Ay, now talk like sensible men--like your- selves in fact. friend, 11] give it ye free and fair. of that," said Tim ; ¢ but if ye can help usa tendency. New Year's day. Matilda. brushes. Bloggs of his grocer. with a gold-headed cane, where one will shy up to a fellow with sound had eloped if they don't leave a wife! and four children in destitute cir- cumstances. that: thers is something wrong some * A colored preacher. remarked : " When God made de fust man he set him up agin de fence todry." 'Who mnde de fence ?| interrupted an eager listener. 'Put dat man out!' exclaimed the golored preacher ; such questions as dat 'd destroy all de theol'gy in the world.' ae During a trialtle Judge called & witness. Noone answered, and an elderly gentleman ro-e and solemnly ' ¢' 'Where has he his throat, Then they took counsel to. to see Dennis transaction and Acting upon) this cotsolotary resolution Frone 7" asked (he j tone. 'I don't know, bat he is dead was the gnarded answer. Does he?" said Dennis cooly ; ¢ has he ied him? ¢ No,' said Ford, ' he bas not + What are you after, dear ?' said a grandmother to a little boy who was sliding along a room and casting furtive glances at a gentleman who was paying a visit. 'I am" trying, grandnia, to steal papa's hat out of the room without letting the gentle- man see it ; he wants him to think he's out, * Ob, let him try him by ail means," ft on our hands.' Ye reconed on that Le. m out as you said you would ? I'll not take ¢ Fire him !' roared Ford * fire what's the use of firing him ¢ Blind is he ? hen you know he's blind ? An old fashioned couple who were waiting at thecentral Depot recently to continue their journey westward, weve strolling up Third Street and ing around, when the woman es- 1 one of the street cars of the city railway line, which happened to be empty at the moment, That's a hoss car,' replied her husband to her query. So that's a h&Ss car, eh 2 she mused wounting the step and looking in. 'Well, now, who'd think that they'd go and fix up cars as uice as this to ride hosses in ? 'lowed Ford, again ; and to tell us he'd + Stop their,' said, ennis, ¢ I never told you anything of the 1 told you they said he had a spavin + Well' said Dennis, ¢ you'r two Why is not Mr The very 1 bis senses trying it on with you.' Let's ¢ What are ¢ todo with him ? That's the quéstion.'-- He lives in Rbincheck now--108 years of age, threads a needle at arm's length, slept with Noah when a boy, played marbles with Pharoah and turned the grindstone for G. W. to shapen bis little cherry cutter If ye ask myadvice as a ¢ None it it won't hurt yon and may help us"-- Well said Dennis, ¢ keep him till ye find a igger fool than yourselves, and then scll im.'-- Baily. A Maryland man whose wife dropped dead a few days age, had the funeral put off one day longer to get the balance of his corn husked. He said it wouldn't make any diff« erence to her she was always good-natured. When a Persian speaks up and says that the Shah is a long-nosed rhinoceros, he hag just about time before his old head flies off to send word to his wife that she needn't sit up to unlock the Lall door for him that evening, Imr---------- Hanging is brisk, but with falling Spain took a little Bourbon on «Marry a widower! not 1!" said 'Babies are like tooth Everbody wants their Pusplexed Schinider, who had made & garment for a youth found himself unable to | dispose of the surplus fullness which appear-- | ed when trying it on the young candidate, de- ked ' c1ared vociferously ; « De coat iy goot | Is ne ut coav, DU vou UT, won aus ur ry wo wn.' [3 2 Yes, he candid reply, ¢ there's millions nat.' that hans. rich asl ¢ J A man out West who married a widow hag invented a dovice to cure her of 'eternally' girls will run after a snob praising her former Losband. Whenever ! she begins to discant on his noble qualities ¢ Poor Forty this ingenious No. 2 mercly says: dear man I wish be had not died ns 2 A good deacon making an official visit to & Michigan men don't feel as if they | sick --_-- who was a very churlish and universally unpopalar man, put the usual question : Are you willing to go my friend 7° «Ob, yes, said the sick man'l am'-- « Well,' said the simple minded deacon, ¥ Las 3 Cie TE ~ hs Bak SAS EE a

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