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XX, NO, 2.0 minnie ens "PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURS DAY; DEC: 21, 1876. M2 " igs 4 my & « BRVL LS RITLIC Pa Forth Onfur A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL. TURAL & FAMILY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, BAIRD & PARSONS. neo er annum, if paid in ad- a $1.50 will be IO, No taken for less than six months; "and no paper discontinued until all arrears 8 OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion ...... { Subsequent insertions, per line Letters containing m dsossed to this Office, pre paid and regoster- isk ed, will be at our ris SL ty Noupheell rged according to the space they oc-- Cupy. a " vertismortty received for publication. without specific instructions, will be inserted il fordid and char; ken out until patd for al discount allowed to Merchants who advertise by the year or Thee torms will in all cases be Hand Bills, Posters, Pr ends, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Circulars, Business focuted promptly and at lo i other establishment in the ounty. parties from a distance getting hand . printed can have them done to take bo Fension Evy hee--Office dpor west of the Preshby ARE, Coronor for the County of rio, Physician, Surgeon oner for the Connty of Ontario Notes Furniture Store, corner of § Perry Stre the dwelling recently occupied 1 PGILIL& RAR, Physel AW, Solicitor in Chan- y from 9am. to 5 pm nh at 8 por cent, on all} attended at their reside My long and thorough depagtment of the profs est, and as good as "the It with Goll and Silver. without pain hy producit block, over Atkinson's Dg ENBER of the W¥oterir of a First Prize Essay on ated Sept. 16, 1867. Dr. Thora begs to announce af talon up his residence at Port yr Now prepared to treat all cases his care in the most skillful a receive promj.t@ntion. The Veterinary Stables m on Lilly street, opposite Coasitt's 1 Port Perry, Oct. 28, 1878, |W Rex, Contractor, Boies, &c. Tho Subscriber in returning his sincere thanks for the very liberal Datronage be- sow ed on Hw in Jhb past would info, 'm the public: generally vin, ught a perty and moved into the Vii of Preface Albe he will in future give his whole attention to his business as Contractor, and is now remly to undertake ork, Laying, Plastering, asd everything connecte therewith, which he will execute on the shore- est notice and in the best and most durab) style, and at the very lowest re at which a good dob, can ye done. hd t material ang class workmans far spENOR Prince Albert, April 5, 1870. FAusic. PRE HARRINGTON, Teacher of Music, Port Perry. Also dealer in Musical In- struments. Residence,on Union Avenue. | [1SS '8. 8. HARRINGTON, er of M Music, A priltentioushy Post 0 solicited. Residence, 0 fon Avenue, Port Perry. __ Business €00s. 3 : 'BMAJOR, TF ICENSED AUCTIONEER. .. All pnrtics wishing his services can owl at the days of Sales, Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. "Observer" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for ; bed Hotels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY HE Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public, THE WALKER HOUSE whether for extent or quality' of accommo. dations is equatied by fow Hotels in the Province and surpassed by none out of the best cities, JOHN S. M. WILLCOX, F the Town of Whitby, has been ap- pointed OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE or the county of Ontario. Any business anteasted to his charge will be carefully at- fended to. I W.BURNIAM, Clerk of the Third Divi- +) + ston Coart. Office in Bigelow's Block, Port Perry. OMee hoursfrom 10a m, tod p. m. T. ,C. FORMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS §& MEASURES For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:tf A New Marriage Act. Port Perry, July 1st, 1874, ENRY CHARLES having been re- H appointed Marriage License Agent-- i 5 duty) continues to fur- ctofore--at Port Po R. RICHARDSON, Ru-appoinged Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con. Brock. Brock, Ang. 56,1874. 33 T C. FORMAN, J ISSCER OF Marringe licenses. On: door west of the Walker Port Perry. House Jou CHRISTIE, TOWNSHSP CLERK, ssuer of Marriage IL Ofice-- Manchester. er "THE ONTARIO FARMERS | futual Insurance Company. Llis Company is now fully organized and is pared to accept rishs oa Farm Buildings nd their contents, country School Houses and Cirirches. Those wishing to iisure and t ¢ su, pot a Home Insurance Company wn opportunity of doing so, either to the Head Office, or to any of Agents of the Company. Our rates nnd as low as those of apy respon- sible Mutnal Insurance Company in Cewada, Head Office--pposite the Royal Hotel Brock St., Whi L AIRBANKS, Jr., Seerelary. WHITBY |3TEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, 3 and Retail dealers in d American Marble Man-- %, &e., Dundas St | Whitby. nt for the Scottish Granite, Also, Aw Also Building Stone cut to orde. JOHN, NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. Whithy, July 29, 1871. Suctione: vs, LW» WILLCOX, LICENSED AUCTIONEER, w p: FOR THE CO. OF ONTARIO, 8 AND TOWNSHIPS OF MARI PosA & CARTWRIGHT, . Begs. to thank his many friends and the public gencualy, for the liberal patron. age bestowed upon him for the past five years, Having now given wp the business of Bailiff, I intend, in future, to devote my whole time to the business of Auctiopeer, Collecting, &c. It wiil be my endeavor, by prompt sud careful attemtion to business, to give full satisfaction to all who may favor me with their Sales or Collecting, ~:~" « 'Bi Isdranghted and Blank Notes furnished free of charge. Also Bill Stamps always on hand. Arrangesents can be made for sales &o,, (4 at the Onservae Office, and at the Standard Office, Port-Perry. a3 ; W. M. WILELCOX, Port Perry, Oct. 25,1873. * AUOTIONEER. FVHE underdigned having obtained a License us Auctioneer for the Township of Reach, is vow prepared to give prompt and careful attention to Sales of every de- scription committed to 'hig care and would solicit a share of public' patrongge. Fhe y Bills, &¢,, mude owt free of charge. : i Greeubank, Aug, 31,1876, 'the largest and best House in this section jeonntyy, Fare §1,00 per Day. avon HOUSE, PORT PERR --Conveyances, iQ FT2ei0 WHITBY, +['the best brands of Cigars. | market provided for the "| stabling and af tiv C ial Travelers, the Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village and the general public will find in . THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be requiréd in the matter of accommodation and moderation in charges The Charges are No Higher at the Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up throughout in FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supplied with the choice of the market and the utmost atten-- « tion paid to the convenience and comfort of ALL GUESTS. An abundance of eomfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers, W. B. McGAW, , Port Perry, April 20, 1876. P° RT PERRY HOL PORT PER JAS. V. THOMPSON, - ably furnished, and Guests are carved for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars algo, first class Stabling and good Ostle Additions have béen made which mak ten oie LL aipuink 'The Sulseriber having leased this able and convenient Hobe labor nor expense in providing for the com fortand convenience of guests. 'The Tables | | will always he supplied with the best to be | S------------ had in the market. Only choice Liquorsand | J r. Any quantity of firstelass | Ciunrs at the Bi Stable and Shed accommodation properly attended to Ly curcful Ostlers CHAS. TIOLT. Port Perry, March 8, 1876 HAKESPEARE HOTEL, } CORNER OF KING AND YORK TS, JAMES POWELL, . . * First-class accommodation ; bath rooms, &c. Board, $1.50 per day, Reece HOUSE, MANCHESTER. By GEO. HOUCK. . Prorrigror. Having leased the above excellent Hotel i | Ontari it will beemy endeavor "to conduct it jn every particular so as to uerit the appro- bation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Oxy. D. CAMPBELL, This Hotel is now furnished in the Lest ( UEENS HOTEL, U st) tra ers B45 First class Sample Rooms, L attached, Canni: m, Oct, 20, 1875. AOTEL, T. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests | will ple Whitby PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, - - - PROPRIETOR feel at home, Nov. 9th, 187 LO-AMERICAN HOTEL, Havicg purchased the above pleasantly | sitaated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises the Sheds. The H in First-Class Sty best Liquors and Cjgaps) Strict attention paid te the comfort of uests, The table and bar well supplied. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. ALE TRoNG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. Street, Lindsay. Board, $1.50 perrday. - E. BENSON, Proprietor. I OYAL: EXCHANGE: HOTEL, , WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT. E. BRYANS, Proprietor. in this pleasan supplied with a supeiior cl f he choice tte! © Ost E. BRYANS, ami Dec, 6, 18%, ' "WM. GORDON, and Bidon; LE Partics: entrusting their Salos to 1g utmost attention beipggiven | may rely on the! their interests, 3 &e. NOR the Townshipef Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, "Thorah, Bama, Mara, Mariposa I" SORE | And at ng other place, RY. tL % 1 P PROPRIETOR | The above House is now most eomfort- Prices to suit the hard times. | Agridelural Furnaces, &c., &e. 5 mfort. | will spare neither | i Port Perry, Sept. o Carriage Proprsgron | 4p. and offers every accommodation to P 0 R r Vv J AVING paid special attention to the manufacture of Cutters and S| 'e in inviting an inspection of my Stock of The best material, newest styles, and tent Cutters trom $25 upward, Secure your Winter Rigs first class workmanship, Exc | ut such prices as make it an object to buy. Port Perry, Nov. 1, 1876. THE CELEBRATED TO BE HAD / PORT PERRY, Draft, and Ww. 1 25, 1876. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF AT THE ae Ey 22 ka Winter, I have confi ices Lo suit the times. A ALL - HOUSE-REEPERS SHOULD BUY Armstrong Stoves! W.T. PARRISH'S All Stoves fully warranted both as to Cooking, | ot to Crack Give me a call and be convinced that there is none tv be compared with Pipe Ilbows, Hot Alr Drums, PARRISH. NOW FOR WINTER RIGS! CUTTERS, PLEASURE SLEIGHS, LUMBER SLEIGHS, &C., Works ! PERRY. ighs of all kinds JAMES_EMANEY, 0. D A 5 NEAR THE TOWN MALL, CNOVAN, PRACTICAL CARRIAGE MAKER BROCK STREET, WHITBY. oe) a) A GOOD Assortment of Buggies constantly on hand made from the best Material, -- £\; Work mado to order with ncatness and despatch, Particular attention paid to re- The Only First Class House in Town. ENSON fJOUSE, Inte Jewett Honse, Kent The SubseRu having succeeded Mr. Mason and commodious Hotel has spared neither labor nor expense in re-fitting and renovating the Shire pinmises. The Bar ass of Liquors and of the bles. Kxcellent 187s. Common Log Pymps ap 40 ce WM. GORDON, Reider, Bok RY GRIST, Pathan Sa oS. Ottawa, Oa cn * Drawings ns, and other' Documents neces | model of the Invention. an i fish ' JARTRELL, 'Juniof Judge. ; { PUMPS! PUMPS! rr) -- AL ICIRV INS PATENT oy ' "PUMP FACTO PORT PERRY. Lg asd i SEE THE PRICES. ba bak silon Boe one 1110 7 Wottew Push) Bomplets Panip nd Fire | 740° | Wipsayih Hoge and Coupling 'conipiete for ii 4 oi oo | 0 3 nonflol Bt a any : " gE a weal hd SERS RN rst Satonthlo Guin al With QM, "lion len ebay Oks ¥ rsfor any of the shove, wheiber by mail orotherwise pre ; ; EE SSI en rif ait moe . < Lie ad a0 $381 tet hola Patent Swing Lift Pampa asp ots per. footy, a, 1s per foo oy suai od [156 + pam en soraod sustion Pumps at 35 cents i 57 00 -Clstern Pumps, complete Pimp, sin wulPsS £3, and fon sid Also every other description of Pump, at foamy boa made oy ody BT) spre h 26 tion 33 hatsir wan badd You can get the best and cheapest Pump in the Province i Wis 1 -- IN'S SACRIFICE. . 4 .(eONOLUDED.) ' { Hegave her such a lok that. she needed no Gliér answer, but fled with glowibg -chedks up stairs. r An hour after, George Méniy stood in the shadow of the window- curtain, 'and saw her standing with her lover, and heard the solemn words fall from the lips of the divine : "And whom God hath joined together, let. no man put asunder," . . . . oe * 'Two years passed and the captain of the "Flying Arrow," was captain of a propeller which brought passengers and merchandize from the upper lakes, One day.in passing out of the Welland Canal, a gentleman, lady and child came on board and George. at once recognized his lost Myra. 'George,' said Myra, impressibly touched by the melancholy cadence of his voice, 'why do you live a lonely life? There are dozens of girls, I know, who would be your wife, ¢ It can never be,' he said gently, And the solemn waves seemed to take up. and sound the melancholy words, Myra had never dreamed of the true solution of George Manly's sorrow, looked at him "as one immeasurably aboye In their intecourse she Lad her, to whom hér childish clatter was sin- ply amusing But that be should love her she would laugh at the idea. Yet as she saw George st f the child, an anding there sing npon the sweet fae finnble sug- gestion crossed her mind as to the cause of his gloom. Through the day he came tothe cabin often; and once when Myra missed th child, the wurse told her that Athe had taken it on deck, for him, and found him ow of the cabin, the ary the boy about his neck, and its little face pressed against his bearded cheek I knew you had stolen him,' said Myra. But the boy clung to his new protector, and crowed defiance to his mother, She drew a deckehair near the rail, looking out across the tranquil water, 'They were just steam ing past Charlotte, and the long line of green coast lay bright before. their eyes-- George, looking at the northern sky, ii i sudden st ut, and a new trouble came into his face. He did not like the appearance of the sky. Ie had seen it look like that be. Defore terrific squalls, and he went away to prepare for danger, The sun set in a blazing sky, bat it was the wiong kind of a red--a lurid, fiery glare, The sailors shook their heads and looked significantly at cach other Myurii, surprised at these strange glances asked (-- 'What is the matter, George 2 'A capful of wind yonder, perhaps--noth- ing to speak of. You go into your nand never mind it. If there y ri I will be the first one to tell you, never Take herinto the cabin, Gale, and don't mind the chatter of my men, If the lubb&s had never sailed the luke, I wouldn't blame them so much, iuto the cabin.' The wind began to rise in fitful gusts, and the ste alle speed, the foam piling white masses about her cut-water, low, her great heart throbbed and beat, while the firemen, smoke. begrimmed and perspiring; piled wood in the furnace, and the engmeer obeyed the order which came through the speaking-tube to put on speed. Night came on, and the waves scemed to go down for a moment, and it was almost a calm, and then without a moment's warning, the squall struck them on the beam, Many a "sailing craft went down in that fierce gust, and even the steamer felt it. As she heeled to lee- ward, and everything upon the windward side went thundering across the deck, a wail of despair wes heard among the passenger But, in obedience to the captain's order; the g itself in 2 bow pointed 'into the wind's eye,' while the fierce squall reared about her, and a water deluge swept across her decks, Georg Maly, drenched by the icy flood, mt bold and confident; kept his st wheel-house, holding in one hand the speak- ing tnbe, and in the other a trampet, for in the roar of the elements no human voice could have any power, A confused shont arose as a crowd of drenched passengers came rushing forward, Bile there, fore and aft!' cried the young sailor, 'Watkins, take those people aft. What do they mean by this conduct when we are busy I" I'he mate drove the confifsed flock before him to the after-rabin, locked them in, and pocketed the key in spite of their remon- strances, He knew that they were safe if craft upward bound, The captain kept his lights up, the pyramid of colored lamps which tells the coming of a steamer, and anxiously watched for those other lights which he must avoid. Sea after sea deluged them, and swept the detks clean of ev, thing. not scewre ; but the sturdy sail laughed at them, George called the first mate to his place, gave him the trum- pet, and went into his cabin fora night. «lass, when he was aware that some one was sitting on a stool in the forward cabin looking out at the window, and trying in vain to picree the thick darkness beyond, 'Who is this! he said. 2 +1t is I, George,' suid the musical voice he had so loved to hear. in the cabin among that crowd of srightened people, Let me stay here! «Ifyou like it better, he answercd.-- « Where is the child, and Gale?' They are in the cabin, Galo. fs not frightened souls, George? ' ! «4 know it, said George, slowly. + I---- Crash! Everything seemed to roel as if a lightening stroke had touched the steamer and shivered her at once. A wild, piercing ing cry, heard above the roar and rush of the tempest, a terrible agonizing xy from hinlf a hundred throats, told what bad lappened, Some unfortunate craft at thie mercy of the waves, without lights or unable to raise thew, had met the steamer in full career. Theré canbe no' coneeption of the terrible force of such a meeting. The crashing timbers and the shrieks of biave Heis a biave man, and held her closo until the first tumult bi subsided, and he felt the steamer | inobsteucted, when he releas rushed out into the glaom and t6o te fled + $ 1dVE Bp b 1 Fora single instant {he the two me | od at each other in horrified shape % i? is tr et, 4 "wilh ll "Work a TTT et---- Ty rT. : and Geeorge hurri¢d abou preparing the boats for the'salviltioh of the' passengers -- The,stoun bad subsided. as quickely as 'i rose, but though they now idly upen the waves, they felt that they: were doomed. +! 'Get out the boaty I' cried the sailors. -- "Pumps can't save us, The steamer mus go déwn.' | ?s . They maae a rush for the boat on the star board quarfer, but George Mani} stood be- forg,it, a revolver in his hand and: warned them sternly back : 'Tam captain of thi: boat yet,'and my passengers shall be saved first, my crew next, mysclf last of all but the man who lays a hand upon 'these boats ex- cept I order it is a*dend man,', rat They quuited- before the determined captain, and when he called to certain oneg to kelp to lower away the boat, they obeyed him. Onc by une the frightened passengers desgended, until there were only room for the four rowers and the wate who was to command the boat! Awny with yon said Geor 'You've a compass, Watkins ?* © Ay, ay, Sir. God bless you,' Captain "The boat pushed off, and the remaining on a lowered, It was larger than the on hich had joet left the steamer but not large enough to hold all. George, with his own hand, placed Myra in the boat, and put the child in her arms. "Noone remained upon the steamer except Myra's husband and Manly, The sailors began to grumble, Come along, cap. Sheds' getting heavy vut both ofiyou caunot go iu this boat; she won't stand it.' «I know it,' said George, calmly: ¢1 am nét going with you, kGale Merrick, get into that bout, The steamer won't be afloat in fifteen minutes,' ¢T will not go," said Gale. « You must,' replied Géorge, almost fierce. ly. ¢ And before you go I want yon to take this letter, When you know that Fam dead give it to your wife, If Ilive return it to me,' He thiust the sealed letter iuto the hand of the h ind, and seizing him suddenly forced him into the boas, . and cast off the painter. The boat and steamer parted in the darkness, and George Manly remained on theall-fated craft, happy in the conscious ness that he had heard her voice praying them to return and save him He was glad they did. pot attempt it. The boat was loaded too heavily already. and his weight te. Tlie last they saw of him under the glare of, the steamer's, lapaps, was his his body upon the buried, Myva's hush: which this brave hand upon that fearful night, and opened it, He had written it hastily in pencil 1 * CMYRA, brighter mor Inclosed wi property to Myra. He bad made this will long ago and carticd it: with him directed to her. He had written in pencil beneath it, ch the little child to think kindly of the whose name he bears! Mym never GEORGE. Buf--1 don't like this. Go| mer was rushing through the water | stenmer's comse was changed so that its) ion behind the | | his kind, for IT per in that dark night they did not meet some. «I ¢onld not stay afraid, and is trying to calm those poor men, rose above the turmoil of mature. -- 'Fhien the steamer veeled on steggering like a deanken gan, and the unfortunate craft was blotted out. 1@eorge had caught *Myra, idipg on or, and { tried Aztec I ands K coma another failure after incredible labor a 'mand of the steamer again, «For two' hours | expense, i emud at ed;.op, apd. the, storm. subsidect, | Tast perfect, m stuffed wlale arrived from ¢ mate came to him and whispéred Sadat AstecTnscription fiom the di . £4 ! hat i il, drag gia {They worked ax only mén' can work who A mai forgot tliat prayer and in the after-days her son reyered- the mory of no man more tht 67 the yoting 3 who dict in the dark. ness that other lives might be saved, The Canvasser's Tale. (Mark Twvin in the December Atlantic) Poor sad-eyed stranger! There 'was that about his humble mein, his tired look, his decayed gentility clothes, that almost reach ed the mustard seed charity that still re- mained, remote and londy, in the empty vastness of my heart, notwithstanding 1 ob- served a portfolio under his arm, and said to myself, beho'd, Providence hath delivered his ested. Before I well knew how it eam aboat, this one was t and I was all attention and sympathy, told me something like this: V My pe sinless child, his heart and re My uncle Tthwriel took me to ed me as isown. He was W and rich, and generous, He rearcd me in the lap of lux want that money could' satisfy. In the fulness ime I was graduated, and berlaio and my vi countries. Dub form of speech in ond whose totigne was ever attuned to poesy, and indeed 1 that you too, sir inflation" Tn those fa ands T pevelled in the mind, the heart, But of all things that wsthetic taste was the prevailing custom there, among the rich, of making this exquisite employment, vating and refining tollection of undecipher able autographs ;another's priceless collec- tion of, make a coll ly 'n taste elegant leisur things, Ti it not. Eiist he tried cow=bells, a collec He made the gentleman would not sell. you know what nécdssarily resulted. A'tra that is not complete obiér collectors'. 8 welt" as himsdf, Fant resol would be too much, Clambering on the | quarter deck, he sat calmly down and await. | Kooh- fe | was discovered, Tt Las a thirty-five carat --Parcwell until the coming of al a will, bequeathing all his! the other was there, servant into the hands of another canvasser, | Well, these people always get one inter- | lling me his history, | | pale to sight and tonch and rvants--my cham | asable, saleable and-consequently taxable travel in foreign | years T flitted upon | estate, becanse it was manifestly attached to careless wing amid the beanteous gardens of | the land and was not removable from place the distantstrand -if you will permit this [ to place ; other of the judges contended" thet | anTecho wns not property at all, that. which most appealed to my inhorn, sollections of elegant and costly rarities dainty objets de vertu, and in an evil hour I tried to uplift my uncle Tthuriel to plane a sympathy with I wrote and told him of one gentleman's vast collection of shells ; another's noble col- lection of theeischaum pipes ; another's eles tion of old china ; another's enchanting col- lection of postage stamps--and so forth and so on. Soon my letters yielded frnit, My sancle began to look ubont for something to You know. how fluet- his dinates. His soon became a raging fover though I knew it not. He began to neglect his great perk business : presently he wholly retired and turned an into a rabid searchiforcurious ealth.was vast, but he spared on which filted five large salons. and comprehendgd all the'difierent gorts of cow- bells that had ever boea contrived save one. That oue--an -autique, the only specimen extant--was possessed by another coilector. My ingle offired ehosmeous sums tor it but Doubtless callestar attaches no value to a collection His great heart breaks, he sells his hoard, he turns his wine | to some field that seems unoccupied. Thus did my uncle, He next tied brick- bats. After piling up a vast and intensely interesting collection; the formes difficulty supervened ; his geest Beart brokeogain ; he sold out his soul's idol to the retired brewer who' possessid the fuikéing brick. Then - be tried fling batohyts apd other implements of rimeyal man, but by-and bys found that the | factory where they were made was subplying "He When his eollection po Now Fe waited and hou Ee ow Sy ch oA timate Lt) ane wad Soe Re wily mda mid, a wos gn" ion ofechdes.' iiiniiiel a xelneta ET Fehoes, sir. His first purchase was |, § eoho fis Georgia tint Fepeatid foe (had Ris next was a six-repeater in Mary, next was a' thirteen repeater in 2x4 was a nincrepeater in Kngsag was a twelve-repeater in Tenneigee ®Lich he 'got - oh ap," ro tospea';" b.. ~nuse it was ont of repair, rtion; of the "ragg which reflected it Having been & down, He heheved ho;conld repair it aft a cost of a few thousand dollars, and by in- eres the elevation with masonry, bio the repeating capacity ; but the architect who undertook to job had never hiker he before, and =o bie utterly spoiled shinioner-- Reforcjhe meddled with it, it used to talk back like a motherin law, but now i was only fit for the deaf and dumb asylum, Well next he bonght a lot of cheap iter "Qonbles barrelled cchocs, scattered around aver, | vari- ous states and territories ; he got them at 20 ner cent. off by taking tha. fot. Nexbtoho bought & perfect Gatling gnn of an peg i Oregon, and it costa fortune, 1 can tefl Ne You may know, that in the echo muikitdhe scale of prices is circumlative, like the carat. scale in diamonds ; in fact, the sarhe phihsc- ology is used. A single-carrut echo is worth hut #10 over and above the value =of "the land it is on ; a two carat or double bargelled echo is worth $30; a five carat is worth £950 a ten carat is worth $13.000, My mele's id; bis bod his naxt .| Oregon echo which is called the Great Pite echo, was a twenty-two carat gem, and' cost $216,000--they threw the land iv, foc it wes 460. miles from 8 scttlement, Ay Well, in the meantime my path wad 4 path of Roses, I was the nccepted suitor of the only and lovely daughter of an English carl and was beloved to distraction. In that dear presence I swam in seas of bliss, The family were content, for it was known that I wag sole heir toan nn le held to be worth five millions ot dollars. However, none of us knew that my nacle had became a collec. tor, at least in anything more than a small way, for @sthetiec amusement. Now gathered the clouds above my, un~- { conrcions head.. That divine "echo, "since known throughout the world as the Great nonr, or Mountain of Kepetitions, gem, You could utter a word and it would hand streached out in'a mute gesture of | talk back at you for fifteen nrinutes, When farewell Living no man saw his face again, | the day was otherwise quiet. But behold an and it was two days after when they found 'Onother discovery was made at the rame ands When he was time; another ccho-colicctor: was. id the i brought the package | field. The two rushed to make the purchase san had forced into his | The property consisted of @ coupls of small hills with a shallow swale between, out | younder among the back settlements of New York State. Both men arxived ate the, ground at the same time, and neither knew The echo was nét all owned by one man ; a person by the name of Williamson Bilivar Jarvis owned the east hill, and a person by the name of Haxbigon J Bledso owned the west hill ; the swale be- tween was the dividing line. So while my nncle was buying Jarvis' hill for $3 285.000 the other party awas buying Bledso's hill fo a shade aver $3,000,000. y Now, do yon perceive the natural result? Why, the noblest collection" of echoes on {earth was forever and ever incomplete, since | it possessed but one half ot the king eho of | the universe. Neither man was content with his divided ownership, yet neither would sell to the other, There were jawings, bickering, heart birnings. And at'Inst that other collector, wita a malignity which only a collector can ever feel toward a man and a brother, proceeded to ent down his hill | You see, as long as he could not have the echo,he was resolved that 110budy should have it He would remove the hill and then there would be nothing to reflect my tmcle's echo, My uncle remonst ated with him, but the man said, "T own one end of this echo; I He | choose to kill my ead ; you must take, care | of your owt end yourself! ts died, alag, when T was a little | Well. my uncle got &n infnncion pat on him. The other man appealed and fonght itin a higher court. They carried it on up, ive in the wide world; but he | clear to the Supr-ma Coiirt of the. Waited States. Tt ms le no end of trouble there. I knew no | Two of the judzes considered: that an 'echo was personal property, because jt was impal. *t was purche two others hielieved flat an echo was real T was finally decided that an echo was so speak with confidinco as ono unto | property : that the hills were property: that ve by your &yet | the two men were 8 'porate and independent : gifted with divine) owners of the twa hills, but tenants in com= mon with the echo: therefore defendant was in the ambrosinl food that fructifies the soul, ! at fall liberty €o cut down his hill, since it helonged solely to him, bat musty give bonds in $3,000 000 as indemnity for dam- ages w ich might result to mv unele's half of the echo. This decision also. debarrred my uncle from using defendant's hill to re. fect his part of the echo without defendant's consent: he must use onl 3 his , own hills if Wis' part' of the echo wonld not go. under these circumstances; it were sad, of course, but the conrt could find no reth- ody. The conrt also debarred defendant from nsing my uncle's hill to use his end of the echo, You see the result. "Weither cave his consent, and soithat astonishing and most noble echo had to ceas from its ge at powess, and since that aay that magnificent property ia tied up unsaleable. oY A week before ty w dding-day, while 1 was still swimming in bliss and thé nol. ility were patheriny from far and near to honor our espousils, came' news of my nnele's death, and also a co f hig will, making me his sole heir. He way gone; las, wy deat benefactor was no The thonght surcharges my he ve is re- mote day. 1 handed the, will tosthes earl ; T could not read it for the blinding tears.-- The earl read it thunSieictontaty id Sir, 1a you call this wealth ?--but doubtless you 10 cH your inflated country. 4 Gord are left sole heir to a. vast collection: oft eeboe: if a thing can be called a collection that is scatteréd far and wide over'theiogh! lengthy and breadth of the American continent : sir, this not all; palais gh si BE EE ; there ix not an echo jn the, hips a mortgage on it; sir, 1 -- ow tnt 1 must fook.to my ch "intonenk you i oa) echo which you coul akyieres ral your on, if; ufone echd that . TTA {Hh BE de bt I, Cd Eo in Bre RAI Tt hada on hf Ce RT OR A fnsienifioan| whale n of stich supreme value tliat, shen: oe fa Sh Se cl ont, and"§aw his darling go forth never -Veouldt draw it out. It gained, fuch wi, | ara fighting for thei Jives. But fast as they a the water poured in faster thau hey nel to return Candie coll Luin white as Brow inka siugle night t fret es