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\ r. AND G ENERA' m------ VOL. XXI, NO. 11. PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTAR 10, THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1878. mores WHOLE NO 1055 Hort) Ontarie- Observer, A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL § FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY . BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No Babscription taken for less than six months; and no paper discontinued until all arrcars are paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion . $0 08 Subsequent insertions, per line . 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ..... 5 00 p@F Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- ed, will be at our risk. 3 Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oc-- cupy. rE Advertisements received for publication. without specific instructions, will be inserted antil forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants nd others who advertise by the year or i #@~ These terms will in all cases be wtrictly wo end to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hafd Bills, Posters, Pro grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Bull Cards, &c., of every style and 'color, exceuted 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 11. PARSONS. ------------------------ esi ©arans, Drofry H. SANGSTER, VN J. geon and Accouck . Coroner for the County of Ontario : PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of wueen and Perry Streets. Office hours from $a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. D., Physician, Sur- R. WARE, Coronor for the County of Dias Physician, Surgeon and Ac- voucheur, Office, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. RS. MCGILL & RAE, &e., &e, Office i Ri Oshaw: WM. M'GILL, MD. M. F. MCBRIEN, M.D, M. RR. C, V Hospital, London, England. The bye R. V, H. L,, Oshawa, E. FAREWELT J. Attorney for On ieitor, and Nota pled by S. H, Cox OI ue Brock st Waithy. NGLISIT LT. By S ery, Attorney, Convey Oshawa. yMee--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office ---- + + SMITH, Ll. B, wat-Law, Solicitor in Notary PPublie, &e. Barrister, At- Chancery, A. HURD, Attorn in Chancery. Ot P W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Sc tor in Chan- EF cery Notary Public, &c., &c. Office hours panctually from 9am. to 5 pm Money 10 Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good secur Office, Bigelow's loyal Arcade, PORT PERRY. TJ. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, Office over Corrigan & Camp- bell's Store, Port Perry. All work done in the very latest and best style and warranted to give satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. O. N. VARS, L. D. 8S. Business Sarde. W. M[. WIL ILOOX LICENSED AUCTIONEER. RREroemng my sincere thanks to my I\ numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer during the past eight years, would now beg to offer my services to all who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa or Cartwright. My long and extensive practice as Auc- tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock he may soon lose far more than his fee in any sale. Bill stamps always on hand. Sale Bills srranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may be arranged at the Onserver Office; where a Sale Register will be kept. Terms Liberal. W.M. W, Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877, " [CENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties 2 wishing his serv can call at the "Observer" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for dags of Sales. Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, &e. NOR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, K Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, i pay Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given to their intérests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township Thorah, Mara & Rama in Ni ; Mariposa, ete, i of Victoria. Residence Orders left at this office, or will be punctnally attended to. lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made, Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- or. o JAMES W. BEALL. FPYOWNSHIP CLERK, TOWNSHIP OF EAST WHITBY. Conveyancing and General Insmance Agent. (fice in the Town Hall, from 9 a.m. till 5p. m. The Clerk will be home for township business on Mondays and Satmdays. JAMES W. Business hours ALL. Columbus, March 28, 18 W., BURN IHAM, Clerk of the Third D J. Won Court. Oftice in Bigelow's Block, Port Per OMee hours from 10 . ©. FCRMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES For the County of Ontario. 45:40 Port Perry, Nov 1, 1 Jew iarriage Act. Port Perry, July 1st, 1874. ENRY CHARLES having been re- I appointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as herctofore--at Port Perry R. RICHARDSON, Re-appointed Issuer of Marrvinge Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con, Bros BETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- est, and as good as the best. Teeth fille with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local anmsth- esia. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. Brock, An, 1874. eee T C. FORMAN, ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry. CHAS. THORN, V 8S, EMBER of the Veterinary Institute, Chicago, 111. Gold Medalist for the best examination on Horse Practice. Author of a First Prize Essay on 3hocing, "GraduZ ated Sept, 16, 1867. Dr. Thora begs to announce that he has taken up his residence at Port Perry, and is now prepared to treat all cases entrusted to his care in the most skillful and scientific piadner. All orders left at the Medical Hall of Mr Allison, will receive promptattention. The Veterinary Stables may be found on Lilly street, opposite Cossitt's Factory. Port Perry, Oct. 28, 1873. Architects, 6. bared ENRY GRIST, Paten SOLICITOR AND DravenTaay, Ottawa, Canada Transacts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Copyrights and the Registration' of Trade Marks and Dusigns procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces - sary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared dn receipt of the model of the Invention. WwW SPENCE, Contacto, BuiLoes, &c. dhe Subscriber In returning lls siucere {lianks for the very liberal patronage stowed on hind in the past wou id inform the bl that having bought a pro- Pe: and ous into he illage of Prince Re ih Sr SR, wl usines pow dy rtako Stone Work, Brick- there 11 Prince Albert; April, 1875. ' FW usic : in NG' Teacher of Music, i bari HARTI Also dealer in Musical In- strumonts. Residence,on Union Avenue. cited. Residence, on Unlon Avenue, Port te | Shaving 1 o ) th, whi w mbes : e west i : Cf Job can he done | The t material first-class workma Boat, SPENCE. OHN CHRISTIE, TOWNSHSP CLERK, ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &c. Office-- Manchester. WHITBY . STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, HOLESALE and Retail dealers in Foreign and American Marble Man-- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas St , Whitby, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. Also Building Stone cut to orde:. JOHN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. Whitby, July 29,1874. 32 The VICTORIA MUTUAL rance Company of ¢ HEAD OFFICE; a, HAMILTON. HIS is decidedly one of the best companies in the Dominion, and parties having property to insure will do well to consider the many advantages of insuring with this Company. > T. H. WALSHE, Agent, Caonington, Ont. Cannington, Sept. 26, 1876. . and Hair Cutting as they should bs done. # : TIVHE arrival in Port Perty of the two first class Tonsorial Artists, LEWIS & POWELL, Has created quite an excitement with their S$mooth Shave and Artistic Hair.Cutting,-- The Rooms are over Thurne's Dry Goods Store, opposite the Walkér House. An agrecable and smooth shave and hair and whiskers cut in a stylish manner, Remember the place, over Thornes Dry Goods Store and opposite the Walker House. Port Perry, Dec 5,1877, . x A188 S. 8. HARRINGTON, Teacher of MIT Applieations hv Post or in person eg Debts col-- . Clerk, 1 | 33, MUNEY T0 LOAN | MORTCACES WANTED. HE Subscribers have large sums of mon- ey placed in their hands for investment on Improved Farms, Village Properties, and other Securities in this and adjoining Counties at the lowest current mtes of interest. As we have funds on hand at all times Borrowers candep nd on getting their money with the teast possible delay. WANTED TO PURCHASE, Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. Wearealso appraisers for tha Canada Per- manent Building Society, the cheapest and largest Monetary Institution in Canada. Paid up Capital $1,500,000. Instalments re-payable in from 2 to 20 years, Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. : JA Agents for several first class Fire In- surance Com panies. Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. 7% DEBENTURES BOUGHT."&x JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Office in Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Oct, 11, 1872, ° JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, i NCER, Commissioner for takin sin Court of Queen's Bench, | J . SE NN T IMONEY TO LOAN {In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages | Bought, Accounts, Notes, &e., Collecied wnd prompt remittances made, The y borrowing money eat Lwithout commission, at the Lowest rate is allowed to fix his own time for payme of interest onee i) r (not in advance), andl he enn at a Just as cireumstan I interest is exacted » from 2 to I on the sum g on such re ) e ment. Loans 12) years on fur, or good productive town property. In all ea where the title is perfect, the v slight to the horrower. As ing hoth as Agent and V 1 Companies the tor fol | @ can possibly be no | publicity in the tr wetion, ONTARIO BANK. PORT PERRY BRANCH. connection with this Branch. est allowed thereon, No notice of withdrawal required. A. A. ALLEN, MaNaGER : Hotels. : PORT PERRY A hotel, it w «ipprobation and patronage of the public. THE WALKER HOUSE whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Province and surpassed by mone out of the best cities, Commercinl Travelers, the find in THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of accommodation and moderation in charges FIRST CLASS STYLE. choi ALL GUE tall An abundance of comfc W. B. McGAW. Port Perry, April 20, 1876, p> PERRY HOUSE, PORT PERRY 5|JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR | If the title is paid here in two wee tion. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. seo ge. Parrish's Block, Cc d Uxbru { gl i | N The undersigned has any amount of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Prope Unusually Low Rates of Interest! | | Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. Also several Improved Farms, and Wild | Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Delien ture wk and other marketable Stocks. Apply to i JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &e. | | Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whithy, April 10, 1873. NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. FPYHE undersigr of Real Esta y to the owners to suit hor nt Expedition and most reasonable terms assured, JHRISTIAN, Manchester, Octobe | - i MONIEY [Private Funds,] "I'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, Barrister, &c , Oshawa November 21, 1866. 4 Money to Loan | N Farm Property at Seven and a half | per cent. No Commission, Enquire at P. A. Huré's Law office, Port Perry. P. A. HURD, Solicitor, &c. Port Perry, Jan, 9, 1878. 1 OF DIVISION COURTS FOR THE County of Ontario, For the year 187s. Whitby. roughai Port Perry Uxbridge . Gans to! aver ton Athorly oro. G. H. DARTNELL, Junior Judge, Whitby, Jan'y 7,1878. PORT) PERRY LIVERY STABLES, Cc. MKENZIE, PROPRIETOR, TE Subscriber having now fully ec uipped his new and extensive Livery Stabs with Carriages, 1s a supply of superior Horses an prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. * 4 C. MCKENZIE. | had in "1 the Hon also, { Good Liquors and Cigars Stabling and good Ostlers st Additions have been made which make: this :st House in this section of the largest and country. Fare $1.00 per Day, ares HOUSE, PORT PERRY, The Subsgerib able and conveni labor nor expens fort and convenience of gues will always be supplied with the market. sat thes Stable and Shed accommodation properly attended wo by careful Ostlers, CHAS, HOLT. Port Perry, March 8, 1876 RF eee HOUSE, \ MANCHESTER By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the « it will be my end wve excellent Hotel cor to conduct it in every particular go as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public, Manchester, Oct, 6, 1875. 0 NTARIO HOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. Ny The public well.eared for, and all Guests will please fecl at heme, Whitby, Nov, 9th, 1876, UEENS HOTEL, of Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Os. D. CAMPBELL, This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers pe First class Sample Rooms, attached. Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. AY LO-AMERICAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, - - - PROPRIETOR Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 bave thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises cven to The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the the Sheds, best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to the comfort of guests, The table and bar well supplied, W. H. PARK. Piince Albert, June 12, 1875. A Tasting HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. The Only First Class House in Town. ENSON MOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindsay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. OYAL 1 EXCHANGE HOTEL, WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT, E. BRYANS, Proprietor, The Subseriber having steceéded Mr. Mason in this pleasant and commodious Hotel has spared neither labor nor expense in re-fitting and renovating the entire premises. The Bar supplied with Aeyperior class of Liquors and th Cigars. The choice of the e best brands of CAPITAL $3,000,000 SAVINCS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in ) Deposits of Five Dollar and upwards received and inter- THE WALKER HOUSE YHE Subscriber havifg leased the above : ill be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the Lucy Ward's Secret. "1 am sure I pity him,' said Miss Marcia McGregor. 'So do 1, said Priscilla Apping, 'but, dear mie, ghat is the use of talking? Men alwayshave been drawn in by a pretty face from the beginning of the world, and they always will be,' "What .a consolation it must be to you, Miss Prissy,' demurely interposed roguish Tittle cherry checked Barbara Ingalls, 'that you never attracted any of the men.' It is, indeed,' said Miss Priscilla sharply. +1* But I never geen much to admire in Lucy Ward's olive face and great black eyes,' + She is called talented, too," added Miss McGregor: 'speaks French and plays the guitar, I should think it a deal more sen. sible if she understood plain sewing, and knew how to cook a meal, And 1 wonder Walter Marsden's mother and sister hadn't warned him of so much mere outside show' "He's poor, too," struck in Mrs. Jones, Nothing but his salary from the bank, and that isn't much.' ¢ And she has only five hundred pounds of her own,' said Miss Apping. * Well, we all "I never write letters,' she answered, but as she detected the direction which Lis glance had taken, a deep crimson overspread her cheek, and the token was not lost upon Lim, He raid nothing more, however, but took his leave as usual, inwardly resolving to sound this mystery to its lowest depths. "I would rather live alone all my life,' he vowed, 'than wed one whom I could not trust.' Long after Lucy Ward deemed that her affianced husband had returned to her home, Walter Marsden was pacing the opposite side of tha street, watching her shadow ve- flected on the window blind as she sat writ ing. And later still, he heard the door open, and saw her, wrapped from Lead to foot in a waterproof cloak, and Bridget, the house- maid, at ber side, issue from the door with a sealed packet in her hand, «It's awful late, Miss; near to twelve o'clock,' pleaded the girl, 'I know it, Bridget Lucy's flute-like voice replied, ¢ but the mail.box is only at the corner of the street, and I must post this to-night ; Mr, Jefferson expects it and 1 must not disappoint him,' In an instant Walter had walked across the strect and laid his hand on her arm, know the old proverb, * when poverty comes in at the door love flies out at the window,' All this time Miss Meg Jamison had sat 1 Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village and the general public will The Charges are No Higher at the The Tables and Bar supplied with the ce of the market and the utmost atten-- tion paid to the convenience and comfort of : « ile and | ters--interesting ones - | Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers having leased this comfort. Prorrieror Livery 43 in the corner of the * Dorcas Society' room stitching diligently away with her lips com- pressed, and a world of unspoken meaning in her fi watched her with a sparkling, amused smile, «e. Barbara Ingalls 'Do speak out, Miss Meg,' she said at last, will ainly spontaneous combustion or something equally terrible. for you ce have What do you know that no one else dows 7 Walker House than at an : : other Hotel in Town. y "I've got a sister that lives across the or ay street from the house where Lucy Ward The House is fitted up throwghout in Nive id Miss Meg, lowering her voice L ) mysteriously, ¢ Do tell) chorused the assembled maids and matrons And there are no shades to the windows, | nothing but Venetian blinds," went on Meg, and cvery week Lucy Ward writes long let- they must be, Mary Ann says, by the way her face too lights up while she writes. And she'll get un and her hand over her forehead, as if she was picking and And these walk about the room, and press choosing the sweetest words. letters, mind yon, are fora man,' . 'How do you "e The above House is now most comfort- ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in tyle. know?' almost shrieked Helena Travers, who had had hopes of Wal- ter Marsden pretty Lucy Ward's star erossed the orbit of her ambition herself, before tBeeause I once picked up a bit of torn envelope in her room when I was there fit- ting a dress for her, and there was Esq. on it.' + And does Mr, Marsden know ot this cor- Lreathless!y j respondent cl demanded spare neither | Helena, i for the com. 8. The Tables the best to be Only choice Liquors and "You may rest assured he don't,' nodded Miss Meg. 'Ah, she's a sly miss, that Lucy | Ward, with all her soft looks aud low voice, Any quantity of firstelass and her appealing ways that the poor, de- luded men think are so pretty." «Didn't I always say so? cried Helena, triumphantly, ¢ Haven't T declared the first that I mistrusted that givl 2 Keriab Lamb, that used to be music teacher at the from semi tare, who gold spectacles and walked with a crateh, and that fly-away girl of nincteen I don't know! ¢1 think somebody ought to let Walter Marsden know," announced Miss Apping before Miss Ward came, was a ma- reliable woman, wore how the trustees ever came to appoint solemnly. «I think every body had a great deal bet- ter mind t.cir own Barbara Ingalls, who, being young and pret- business)! hazarded ty herself, made common cause with the But no one paid any attent'on to this remark. (I'll give Mrs, Marsden a hint,' volun- teered Helena Travers, with aspersed Lucy Ward, the officious malice of a disappointed rival, And Helena was as good as her word, 111 news is proverbially rapid in its tran- sit, and one evening when Walter Marsden came home from the bank he found his mother with a grave face, ¢« Put these flowers in water for me mother,' said Walter, with the affectionate imperi- ousness of an only son, as he held out a deli: cate boquet of tuberroses and heliotrope fringed with scented geranium leaves, '1 want to take them to Lucy after tea,' «My son,' said the old lady solemnly, settling her spectacles on her nose, ¢ I'm afraid you've been awtully deceived in Lucy.' ¢« Mother I! The young man's face became so white and rigid all of a sudden that Mrs, Marsden started. « Don't look at me so, Walter,' she pleaded «you surely cannot suppose Lhave aught but your interests at 1eart 2' ¢ But tell me what you mean? I upon knowing." And then, piece by piece, almost frighiten- edat her own temerity in so speaking, Mrs, Marsden imparted to her son the precious morsels of gossip with which she had become acquainted, « Nonsense,' eried Walter hotly, ¢ I don't believe a word of it.' But although he spoke honestly at the time, the iron corroded into his very soul ; the grecn-eyed monster began to enter into paradise of his love-life from that moment thenceforward, insist pape nthe mus, * Excl | Was it tru hat Lacy was fn corospon. Williamsburg Dees, 5 E, BRYANS. |dence with another man? Who was be, and Po i why did she so sedulously conceal the fact ue QUEEN'S HOTEL, from him? There was nothing he so de- WHITEY, ONT. tested as mystery, and he firmly believed McCANN & 'TAYLOR, Proprietors. | that that there should be no such thing asa Every dation for the ling | secret b plighted lovers. ; public; »: © He carried the roses and heliotropes to IXESUMED I" RACTICE TE undersigned is happy to inform his -| ¢As well as usual,' he answered calmly, numerous friends and the'general public ofthe locality that during his somewhat brief season of relaxation he has recovered his wonted health and now resumes the practice of his profession and is prepared as formerly, to attend to all calls, N. McCLINTON, M.D, Port Perry, Aug. 6; 1873 Saintfield, Dec 4, 1877. Lucy that evening, bul the kiss with which he gave them was more hesitating than usual, inquired; wistfully. ¢ Are you well to-night, Walter ?' the girl i She fy, --why are you here ? roiled with a scream, How What has happened ¢' "Tell me,' he said in a voi passion, ¢ to whom are you writing ? how you frightened me! of suppressed Why did you speak falsely to me to-night in say- ing that you never wrote a letter? Lucy, I have believed in you as I would in one of the angels.' ¢Belicve in me still) she said softly. Look at the contents of this packet, if you will, I have been writing a series of stories, one each wi to help, with the money I thus earn, furnish our house when we are married, I wanted to surprise you, dear| Walter--was it wrong? 1 kWow that worked hard, and 1 longed to add my little | That is | you, you | mite to the home that awaits us, all the secret T have kept - from future husband. -- Every Month.' rl A my ! A rich American woman has brought, up her accomplished and beautifub daughter to do washing and ironing. Whew questioned she replied, ¢ Oh, it is always well to prepare for any contingency. Perhaps the poor child may marry an Italian count.' « Ye-haste-ye, Jamie, there's the schule bell,' said Mrs, C. to her grandson, us the Newmains school bell began to tinkle «Oh, grannie, pit back the clock a wee bittie.! ¢ What guid will that dae, Jamie?' + I'll just no get a lickin' for bein' ower lang. Oh, pit it back a wee, wee bit, grannie.' An elderly man--like many other elderly men--got so fou' on one accasion in Wig. townshire that he found it a work of no small difficulty to get to his home. He bad to pass his ministers house on bis way Shortly after arriving home he was put to bed, and the minister, either acci- dently or purposcly, called at the house. After the lapse of some time, the guidman home, got up out of hiy bed (which was in a room communi in which the minister was seated talking to the guidwife) and partly opening the door he called aloud to his wife, 'Is he oot yet? ting Ly a doorwith the apartment TAKIN 3 Cane oF CuanLey.--A bridal couple at Wheeling, Va., came like Nicodemus, at dead of night, to the house of a venerable minister and rang the door bell with tremen. dous violence, His wite went down stairs TE ------------------------ I trust, it was involuntary ov my part; and should any one in future speak ill of me I expect you to be my advocates, '-- Tinsley' Magazine, ee Has it come to This? ¢ Mr. John Currie, the Evangelist of Mont- real, having challenged me, Joe Beef, to enter into a temperance controversy with, him, this is briefly to notify the public of the city that I have accepted, and that on Friday the 15th inst, at 7 pm., we shall speak for an hour each, at Chaboillez Square --Mr. Currie on teriperance, and I, in re- ply, on behalf of beet and beer, All are respectfully invited to attend," The other way on--J. Currie replies to the above as follows :--In reference to the Joe Beef advertisement in the Star, I beg to state that the challenge mentioned was no ver made by me, and Joe has got the cart before the horse. Still, if he has got hardidon enough to take the side of strong drink and speak for his father the devil, I will be there to take the side of temperance at the hot? named, Short and Sharp. AarsTa, Ga, Feb, "th --TLast night the city was visited with a shower of hail, fol- lowed by a rain storm, with a running light in a costume consisting principally of shawl, and found a stripling of 20 and a gaunt) creature of 50, and on learning what was | their errand brought her husband down | Well? he rather drowsily, | The bridegroom could not speak, but mo- t tioned to the bride, * Mr. Preacher,' sho] said, nothiug loth, "as I'm the oldest 1 ex- pect 1'd better do the talking. Charley, here, has a stepmother, and she don't use him right at all, Now, I'm a widow, and I want to take Charley home with me to-night and take care of him, Not that I want a husband, because, if [ did, | exclaimed You see | 'd get some one nearer my own age, but 1 | thought 1 would try care of Charley. So weld like to be married right and take | Nothing is so fatal to the romance of a | Kiss as to ha moment of osculation, Up to the present time there has been al great deal of doubt as to whether this winter was next spring or only last fall, | A young lady in Wisconsin refused an! offer of marriage on the ground that her | father was not able to support a larger | family. A young man witha moustache cannot obtain a position as school teacher in Nor. | folk County. The girlsare too susceptible, Mr. Joe Robson has laid an egg upen the Yeoman table. Ttisa very peculiar egg -- Frankford Yeoman. Well, yes, we would rather think so "Your room is Letter than your company' --as the examiner of the bankrupt insurance corporation said to its president as he glanc- ed at the eligant offices. | A wi experience, says nobody man who evidently speaks from an tell how many disputes for the front side of the bed have been settled by moving the bedstead to the centre of the room, | 'God helps the man who helps himself, but God help the man caught helping him- | behind the Boston. A double barrelled gun bangs near the notice. elf here,' is a notice posted counter of a silversmith's in A man wrote to the Buffalo Express to say that he wanted the paper but had no money and offering to send for it two under-shirts were too smell, He got the paper. Leave off the agony, leave off style, Unless you've got money by you all the while, If you look about you you'll often have to smile, To sce so many poor people putting on style, --[Sweet Singer of Michigan Why will the average Congressman per- sists in putting an enemy in his mouth to steal away Lis brains ? Itonly places the whisky in an embarassing position because these men have no brains to steal. 'How shall we utilize the Chinese ? so- licitously inquires a contemporary. They might be sawed and split and saturated with oil, for kindlings, or could be peeled, and the covering made into ear muffs for indig- gent Esquimaux. "Ten dimes make one dollar," raid the school master. 'Now go on, sir. Ten dol- lars make one--what ?' 'They make one mighty glad these times,' replied the boy, and the teacher, who hadn't got last quarters salary yet, concluded that the boy was about right. It was his first. --He was young and it was Lis first moustache. And yet, such was the amount of tender care and solicitude that he had learned to regard it as of Cyclopean proportions, He went into a crockery store and said to the proprietor : 'A moustache cup, please.' 'Certainly, sir,' responded the proprietor, with alacrity ; 'what style does hie prefer?" 'Its for myself," retmned the young man frowning slightly. 'Eb? ex- claimed the proprietor, in great surprise staring at the customer. 'I want it for my- seif,' repeated the young man sharply. -- the propietor turned away in a dazed man. ner, aud in his excessive bewilderment handed down a gilt-edged cup bearing the inscription, 'To my child! The young man looked at it in a tone of speechless astonish ment, and shot out the door. 'What is the best remedy,' asked a preacher of a shrewd observer, «for an inat- | tentive audience ?'--Give them something to attend to, was the significant reply, « Hungry sheep will look up to the rack if there is bay in it' . A young officer, not over fond of fighting, worth $3, which he had presented Lim but | with his eyes fixed on a huge portfolio which lay ou a table in the corner of the waited on his commander on the eve of a battle to request leave of absence on a visit room, partially covered with loose sheets of | to his favher and mother both of whom were music. extremely ill. 'Yes, said the General, "1 did not know you were so much of a dryly,' honor your father and mother, that There hitch about the license, but in the end she promised to be was a him home in triumph. A Lavcuaste Frese Miacue --Father | Bridaine was always poor, for the simple | reason that he gave away everything that Le had, One cvening be asked for a night's lodging of the curate of the village through | which he passad, and the worthy man, hav. i ing only one bed, shared it with him. At daybreak Die arose, according to his custom, | and went to say his prayers at the neiglBor: ing church. Returning from this dut shock of earthquake. A little after one this morning, a cyclone strack the city on the south-west and demolished many houses. The lower market house, a large structure, was lifted and smashed into atoms. Some casualties are reported, At Agusta the Columbia Railway depot is a fotal wreck. Charles Dives and wife, colored, were found dead under the ruins of their house, The track of the tornado blazed as if by fire, ---- Railway Extension to Pembina. St. Pave, Minn, Feb 12.--The pnrchase of the St, Paul and Pacific Railroad from the Dutch bondholders by St. Paul and Canacs ian capitalists is completed, i The purchase 'tudes a two-thirds majority of the bonds which aggregate twenty-'our million dollars, and the St. Paul purchasers are Norman your gitl sneeze at the very | more than a mother to Charley, and carried | Kittson and James Hill. The first result of the change will be the completion of the lines to Pembina and Alexandria, which will be built during the coming summer, the former to connect with the read to he built by Canada to connent with the Canada Pacific, opening a route for St. Paul to the fertile regions of Manitoba, ---- What Russia Thi: ks Of the Situation. A St. Petersburg despatch says the Agence met asbeggar, who asked alms, ¢ AlasOIY |-Russe.issucs a despatch repeating its declaras friend, I have nothing,' said the good priest, mechanically putting his hand in his breech es pocket, where to his astonishment, he | | found something hard wrapped up in a pa- { per which he knew he had not left there, | He hastily opened the paper, and secing 4 Lalf-crowus in it cricd out that it'was a mir- | acle., He gave the money to the beggar, and hastened to the church to announce the miracle, The curate after arrived | and Father Bridaine related the miracle | with the greatest unction ; the curate turned pale, put his hand in his pocket, aud in an instant perceived that Father DBridaine in getting up in the dark, had taken the wrong He had performed, the soon pair of breeches, miracle with the curate's crowns. --_-------------- A Benevolent Emperor. To avoid ceremonious receptions which he cordially hated, the Emperor Joseph 1I. of Count Falkenstein, This incognito sometimes led to amusing assumed the title scenes, Once, on the road to Hungary, his majesty stopped at a postihouse, where the the newly-born babe of the postmaster wae about to be baptized. Joseph offered him. self as a sponsor, The priest asked for his «Joseph,' replied he, ¢ But the + What rank or pro- ¢ Emperor' was the reply. The amazement of the party soon gave way to gratitude when his majesty preserted his | little godson with the customary gift, buy On another occasion Joseph alight,d at a hotel b fore the arrival of his suite. The landlord asked if he belonged to the service of the Emperor, Yes,' answered Joseph, ¢ I ghave him sometimes." Many anecdotes are told of his amiable benevolence, Hearing of an old officer who possessed a large family with straitened means, the Bmperor unexpected ly called at the house, and sceing eleven children, said: 'I know you have ten children, but whose is theeleventh 2" ¢Itis an orphan,' replied the veteran, 'whom 1 found at my door, and I could not suffer it to perish from want.' Joseph, strack by this act of humanity, said, ¢ Let the children be in future mine, I will provide for them, and do you continue to give them examples of virtue and honor.' Another time, passing down the streets of Vienna, he saw a young girl with a bundle 1 nder her arm, seemingly plunged in the deepest distress. His deli ¢ te inqu'rics led her to confide in him that she was the daughter of a deceased officer, and that she and her mother wero reduced to such penury as to part with their few re- maining clothes as a last resort, 'You ought,' replied Joseph, * to have petitioned the Emperor.' She told him this had al- ready been done, but without success, not concealing her opinion of his majesty's gen- erosity, You have been deceived, he rep ied, suppressing bis emotion, +I will myself-report your case to thé Emperot, 1 know him too well to fear he will refuse you assistance,' The girl now broke forth inta ex; re sions of thanks, wl {:h Joseph hastily 'inter:upted, saying, ¢ allow me to Tend you 12 ducats for your present necessities" In a day or two Joseph despatched a messenger bidding her and her mother rejait to the palace, When the girl saw the Emperor she fainted from fear and emotion. On her recovery Joseph said on delivering to her a pension equal to the appointment of her name, surname.' Second.' fession ?' this case in really royal maguificence. tion of Saturday, that the entry of the fleets of the Powers into the Bosphorus at a mom- ent when peace is being negotiated will im- ply full liberty of action for Russia. It says if the presence of the flects is necessary for the protection of the' Christians, this duty belongs equally to the Russian troops. A St, Petersburg ecrrespondent telegraphs : --'"I can state positively orders have been sent to the Russian troops to enter Constan- tinople. Count Schonvaloff has been order- ed to explain to Lord Derby that as the Great Powers have determined to send their fleets to Constantinople, Russia is obliged to adopt similar measures, but Russia has no intention of aggravating the situation," a8 Heavy Bail. The Oka Indians' bailsmen, Ald. Clcn- dinneng and Dr. Beers, accompanied hy Mr. N. 0. Greene, left Montreal on Friday for Ste, Scholastique to bail out the Indians who hiv: been charged with arson. The total amount of bail required, personal and otherwise, is $5 A little too Cute. Taextox, N.J *Feb, 6.--In 1840 Joseph Peters devised to a man named Harrison property iu Jersey City, which has since be- come worth a million and a half, and is now distributed among a number of purchasers. In 1873 Charles Sissen, the millionaire, ac- cidentally learned that the words *¢ heirs and assigns" had been omitted from the deed of Peters to Harrison, thus conveying only a life estate. He immediately bought for $1,200 the interest of Peters' heirs and bronght suits to recover the property. The matter was settled yesterday by the decision of the Chancellor that the record was an error, deciding that it should be corrected, and that Sissen had no claim to the proper= ty. Sissen died recently and his executors must pay all costs. 5 ---------- Rosera's Tickings --It is stated that the Russians captured one hundred and twenfy thousand men, including twenty pashas and one thousand cannon during the war. CaxADIAN CONTINGENTS.--It is stated that Licut. Col. Bord and Lieut.-Col Labranche have each promis«d to raise a regiment of < thousand mic for service in the: Biitish army in case of a war with Russia, [A pop ular sergeant states that an English, speak- ing battalion of 500 men could. be raised here in 24 hours. ery Preparing For Bquallsy In consequence of an diiisnt Mredin recived at Chatham Dock Yard, the whofe force, numbering four thousand men, a) begin working extra bours to couplets, bg vesseld imband,, ooo Sf Sastad The order sent to Chatham for al] docks, yard hands to work overtime, hag cal some ¢xXcitement. Such an order | has not been known since the Crilnean [war. The vessels preparing for sca are the ironclads Monarch. of 8,822 tons, the Northampton, of 7,323 tons, dnd the Penclope, of 4,391 tons ; besides several large red'. vessels. More hands were engnged for all #4 depart-- ments of Wool wich pst fs Rind and Devenport dockyards. The regiment father, *Ientreat you and your mother to pardon the delay which hds been the cause letter writer, Lucy.' our'days may be long." ) » WV y be long of your cmbarrassment. You are convinced which was under orders to leave for Aldershot has been directed at Plymonth, and bold itself real movements,