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VOL. XXI, NO. 49.{ RAL ADVERTISER PORT/PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, Hort) Ontarig. Obseruer. | 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 * subscription taken for less than six months; and no paper discontinued until all arrears are paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion ........$0 08 Subsequent insertions, per line ....,, 0 02 Sahacqtui] 6 lines, per annum . . 4 . 500 i » Lettets containing money, When ad- to this Office, pre-paid and regester- 1, will be at our risk Ea bo. nha measured by Nonpareil, ing tothe space they oc- cupy. . Advertisements reccived for publication. without specific instructions, will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or year, BEF These terms will in all cases be fivictly vo end to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- rammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt ~ #, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and lor, executed promptly and at lower rates shan any other establishment in the County, 8&5 Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &c. printed can have them done to take home with them, H. PARSONS. J. BAIRD. Physician, Sur- H. SANGSTER, M. D,, J. geon and Acooucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontarlo PORT PERRY. OMece over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. R. WARE, Coronor for the County of Ontario, Physician, Surgeon and Ac- eoucheur, Office, opposite the town hall. Fort Perry. | Business Sarvs. ONTAR10 BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. . SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connection with this Branch. est allowed thereon. No notice of withdrawal required. . BURN HAM, Clerk of the-Th! J: YspuniH Office in Bigelow" Port Perry, Office hours from 10a m, tod p. m. T. C. FORMAN, For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 3 is OHN CHRISTIE, TOWNSHIP OLERK, Commissioner &c. Office-- Manchester, no C. FORMAN, . 185UNR OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry. New Marriage Act. Port Perry, July 1st, 1874. nish Licenses as herctofore--at Port Perry. RS. MCGILL & RAE, Physelans, Surgeons, &:.. &e, Office und Residences, King st. FRANCIS RAE, M,D. WM. M' GILT, MD, M. F. MCBRIED y Frospital, Londc 9 H. sy .D, M.R. , Guy's England. The liye R. Oshawa, E. FAREWELT, LL. B, County Crown Attorney for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Office lately oe 3, Brock street, J folieitor, and Notary Publ cuplad by 8. H. Cochrane Whitby. Solicitor In ppm eater YMAN L. ENGLISH L ' Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawa. OMece--Simeoe street, oppasite the Post Office 3 SMITH, LL. B, Barrister, oN Solicitor in Chane Gamera Notary Public, &e. Omee--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. 'W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Pablic, &c., &c. Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 pm. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. . Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. RSON, (late of Beaverton, N a Law, Soliei- tor in Chancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- "die, &o., de. Office over Brown & Currle's Store Port Perry. LINGS & McGILLIVRAY, Barristers a Notaries Public, &e, Port Perry. £3 A large amount of money to loan at 8 jer cent. | John A. McGillivray. John Billings. . HURD, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor . ATED A Office in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. J. A. MURR ~ATE Patterson & Lion surges atist, . Office over Corrigan & Camp- bell's Store, Perry, * All dome in"* the very J fatest and bust style and warranted to give satisfactiory, Me Port Per rch 28, 1877. C. N. VARS, L. D. 8S. ETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- , and as good as the best. Teeth filled avith: 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 Btreet, Oshawa. AY, HE Subscriber would beg to inforsa owners of Horses and Cattle that having «completed a Session in the Ontario Veterin- ary College, Toronto, he has now located an Port Perry, for the practice of his pro- fession and is now prepared to give advise on and successfully treat all diseases to which borses and cattle are liable. From long study and close investigation of the mature' and habits of Horses and Cattle and long practice in treating the Diseases of such together with the great advantages derived from a Session at the Ontario Veterinary College, Taronto, I flatter myself that parties placing their Horses and Cattle under amy treatment will.find it to their advantage. Any order or communication for we left at Mr. Allison's Drug Store will be promptly ded to. ep D. BATEMAN. Port Perry, March 27, 1878. FAusic. Teacher of Music --_-------- OF. RRINGTON, Ro HL Also dealer in Jusical In- Pas _ Residence. on Un lon Aven ISS 8. 8. HARRINGT IN, Teacherof| Mae, Applications by Post or in person solicited. Residence, on Union Avenue, Port 'Perry. nsurance Company of Canada, Fire 1 HEAD OFPICE,....... HAMILTON.) in § is decidedly one of the best companies T the Dominion, end puities Laving perty to insure will do well te consider Pr advantages of insuring with this Company». H. WALSHE, Agent, Canuoington, Ont, 876. 11} R. RICHARDSON Re-appointed Issuer Larriage Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con. Brock. Brock, Aug, 5,1874. 33 ENRY GRIST, Patex SOLICITOR AND b DravenT™MAN, Ottawa, Canada Transacts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Copyrights and the Registration of rade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces. sary to secure Patents of Inventign, prepared in receipt of the model of the Invention. w The Subscriber in returning his sincere thanks for the very liberal patronage be- stowed on him in the past would inforim the public generally that having bought a pro- perty and moved into the. Village of Prince Albert, he will in future give his whole attention to his business as Contractor, and is dy to undertake Stone Work, Brick- lastering, and everything conneccte 1, which he will executeon the shorr- e and in the hest and most durable figure at which he best material VM. SPENCE. SPENCE, CoxTnactor, BuiLogs, &e. the it est notie style, and at the very 19w a good job can be done. and first-class workmanshi Prince Albert, April 5, 1875. W.M. WITLI.COX : LICENSED AUCTIONEER. ETURNING my:sincere thanks to my numerous friends and patrons for their lib ial patronage bestowed upon me as Au 'tioneer during the past cight years, I wo ild now beg to offer my services to all wh) may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa or tartwright. 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 it the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the walue of Stock be may soom lose far more than bis fee in any sale, Bill stamps always on hand. Sale Bills arranged and notes supplied free of charge, Days of Sale may be arranged at the Onserver Office, where a Sale Register will be kept. in Liberal. W. MW, Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1871. E. MAJOR, |" ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties wishing his services can call at the "Observer" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales, Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. 'WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, &e. oR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Bama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, B&F Parties entrusting their Sales to me way rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. 2 WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. 'T. HL WALSHE, CENSED Auctioneer for the Fowanship of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama ia North Ontario; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock, Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be pupctually attended to. Debts col- lected in Capnipgton, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALSHE, the Noth Ontario Auction- ear. WHITBY {STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, NY ELESALE and Retail dealers in Foreign and American. Marble Man- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas £6 , Whitby, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite, Also Building Stone cut to orde:'. JOHN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. 3: flenaington, Sept. 26, 1 Whitby, July 29 1874. i Deposits of FiveDollars and upwards received and inter= {rd Divie s Block, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES 45:tf ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, 'Q i oy & inthe w ENRY CHARLES having bet re. gage 10 accept such sum, ther re of "A appointed Marriage License Agenl-- mall, and apply it us diner redu oy % i g = prineipal, immediately cancelling the (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur-, principal, | paid. No 'extra charge is 2 MUNEY TO LOAN | MORTCACES WANTED. JHE Subscribers have la ey placed in their hands Improv arms, age Properties, an other Securities in this and adjoining Counties at the lowest current rates of interest. As we have funds on hand at all times Borrowers candep nd on getting thelr money with the least possible delay. WANTED To PURCHASE, Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. AVearealso appraisers for tha Canada Per- manent, Building Society, the cheapest and e sums of mon- r investment on netary Institution in Canada. Paid A.4, ALLEN, ies $1,500,000. Instalments re-payable MANAGER. | iy; from 3 to 20 years. Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. Agents for several first class Fire In- surance Com panjes. Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. #3 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 & INSURANC3 BROKER, ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking AmMdavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &e. MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Accounts, Notes, &e., Collected and prompt remittances made. The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment permit repay part or all of the prineipal, the Company binding thems. lve: rots on guch repayment. Loans made 20 years on farm, or good productive property. In all cases where the title is perfect, cost will be very slight to the borrower, As am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies there caf possibly be no publicity in the transaction. If the title is perfect the money will be paid here in two weeks after making applica- tion, n 2 to town the As JAMES un, er, &e., Parrish's Block, Cor, Broc Bascom rs Ah dae, Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. MONEY ' TO LOAN. The undersigned has any amount of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit | the borrower. | Also several Improved Farms, aad Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks. Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, | Official Assignee, Broker, &e. Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby, Whitby, April 10, 1873, NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS | MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the nwners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a Inage amount of private funds which he is prepared to invest for periods to suft borrows ers--interest at eight per cent Expedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H. CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877, MONEY TO LOAN. | FY HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money | on improved property for terms from one fo tweaty years, | Agent for Westery Canapa Loan ave Savinas Company, He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds, | Inter st Eight per cent. No Commission, | NF. PATERSON, Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor CLEMENT DAWES, AS Money to Loan on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers. Mort. gages bought at lowest rates. Accounts, Notes, &c., collected on reasonable Com. mission. Apply personally, or by letter to C DAWES, Auctioneer, &c., Port Perry, March 7, 1878. MONEY [Private Funds,] T'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cemt ia- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, Basen, &c., November 21, 1866. Money to Loan N Farm Property at Seven and a half per cent. No Commission. Knquire lat P. A. Hurd's Law office, Port Perry, P. A HURD, Solicitor, &c. Port Perry, Jan, 9, 1878. | WHOLE NO. 1004 PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES g B C. KENZIE, PROPRIETOR, HE Subscriber having now fully ecuipped Dis Tew and Sxlonuive Livery Stabl »s with A supply of superior Horses an rei prepared to furnish first class Ga een, 1s LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. C. MCcKEN2L Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1878 5 STRAW AND FELT HATS MALE OVER in the Newest Styles, -- Also, Dresses made to order. Satis- action guaranteed. MISS TIFFIN, Residence--one door east of Mr. Prince's butcher shop, Queen street, Port Perry, May 30, 1878. Motels. PORT PERRY THE Subscriber having leased the shove 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 sccommo- dations is equalled by fow Hotels in the Province and surpassed by none out of the best cities, Commercial 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 required in the matter of r | fccommodation 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 comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers, W. B. McGAW, Port Perry, April 20, 1876, post PERRY HOUSE, PORT PERRY, JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comfort- ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Osticrs we Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. AILWAY HOUSE, (Opposite the Railway Station,) FORT PERRY. 'This Hottse has bacn thoroughly over. hauled, fitted up and arranged with a view to the acc dation and comfort of guests, Meals and Refreshments on the arrival of trains, fisst-class stable and shed accom- modation, J C. HOLT, Proprietor. eee e-- EVERE HOUSE, MANCHESTER. By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excelent Hotel it will be my endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. TARIO HOTEL, o> WHITBY, +. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. The public well card for, and all Guests will please feel at howe, Whitby, Nov, 9th, 1876. | UEEN'S HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts, CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, . Proprietor This Hotel is now turpjshed jn the best style, aud offars every accommodation to travelers Be¥™ First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached. Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. A ToLo-aNkn CAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the! best Liquors and Cigars | Strict attention paid to the comfort ests. The table and bar well supplied. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. 43 of A BNSTHONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. THE ONTARIO Farmers' Mutual Insuance Co'y! Head Office, Whitby, 'This Company 1s now fully organized and is prepared to accept risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses] and Churches. Those wishing to insure and theraby support a Home Insurance Company | have now an opportunity of doing so, either] by applying to the Head Office, or to any of} the local Agents of the Company. Our rates will 'be found as low as. those of any resp. aible Mutual Insurance Company in Canada, Head Office--Opposite the Royal Hotel Brock St., Whitby ii C. NOURSE, ' Seeretary. W. H. BROWNE, General Agent, The Only First Class House in Town. Person AOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent. Street, Lindeay. Board, $1.50 per day. EB. BENSON, Proprietor. ROYAL Exc HANGE HOTEL, WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT, E. BRYANS, Proprietor, i The Subscriber having succeeded Mr, Mason in this pl odious Hotel has 8) Bi er labor nor expense in re-fittin, and renovating the aury Premises. The Bar sipplied with a superior class of Liquors ang | the best bra of Cigars, The choice uf the market provided for the Tables. llent Ostlexs, E, BRYANS. stabling and attentive _ Williamsburg, Dec. §, 1875. HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, 5 WHITBY, ONT, McCANN & TAYLOR, Propmisvons. Every acco tage by the r | OLp Jupy--A Ture Troker--Tie Winow's Sow. | We read of-- Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks Sermons in stones, and good ia everything, Bat in our dealings with the Irish poor we find tongnes and books and sermons as eloquent and instructive as are to be met in any inanimate objects. 'God 18 'good!' is the snying on their lips in every emurgency j and their patience and implicit trast in Providence in-all their difficulties are wonderful, A striking example of this firm faith was an old woman well remem- bered in the parish, where she had come nas a steunger, and lived for many years without any fixed home or apparent means of snbsistence.,-- Old Judy had contrived to secure the good-will and respect of all, rich and poor. There was a decenny of manner ard appearnnce about her that spoke of better days; she was scrupulously clean in her person ; and ber clothes, though ever so worn and thread-bare, were patched and made the best of. The neighbors gave her 'the place of her bed, sometimes in one cabin, sometimes in another; and her little figure trotting along with a stick in her hand, came to be a familiar and well known object: The magnates of the place patronized her; and when ever blankets were given out or there was a distribution of food or clothing, old Judy's name was sure to be down in some one's list Every stray shilling or sixpence bestowed on her was forthwith invested in ginger-bread and sugar-sticks. An occasional gift of a basket of apples | was a welcome addition to her store, {and with this stock in trade she took up her stand at the sehool-house gate and begniled the scholars of [their half-pence by her tempting array ot good things. | {When not thus employed, Judy's | usual seat was a long stone bench at | the gable end of the thatched cot- Hero she used to sit basking in the sunshine, ner trembling hands resting on a !staff--a picture for an artist; with the wrinkled freshecolored face like a frost bitten apple peeping out from [the frill of her clean white cap, over which was tied the scarlet kerchief that forms so picturesque a feature ot Irish headgear; her tidy little gray cloak, turn-up stuff gown, blue petticoat, well-blacked brogues and gray stockings, And as she sat on her favorite bench, with generally two or three village children playing about her, her figure harmonized well with the lonely view around. ud side. As fair and pleasant a view it was as could be seen anywhere, and one on which noeye could rest without delight. To the left, Kilkeedy church with its 'ivy mantled tower, the tall spire gising from a cluster- ing mass of glossy verdyre ; gnd be. yond the trees and sunay fields of the rectory to. which a Gothic gateway led through a cloistered walk of over reaching evergreeas, holly and yew, laurel and arbutus,--| On the right crowning the green up land, surrounded by a belt of trees, with background of purple moun- tain, Currig o' Gunniel Castle, that beautiful old ruin, the eynosure of | Clare and Limerick. that looks down 80 proudly over the broad Shannon. Across the road opposite the cottage was a large field-- Ihe richest land in the glebe-- bordered on one side by a hawthorn hedge, and on the other by a row of lofty elms ; a broad expanse of ver- dure with its single pine tree in the centre, a noble beech, underneath whose spreading branches the eattio loved to gather for shade from the sun or shelter from the breege.-- Nowhere did the grass grow wo {luxuriantly or wear so bright and rich a green. And in summer whep, the sun avas sotting and the crimson glory of its rays were flung across | this pleasant field, brightning with mellow dight tho cheerful landscape, and touching with silvery sheen the windings of the far-off river Maigne --fair indeed was the scene. Pleas. ant then: was the mossy walk along the bedge beneath the trees. The glowicg sunshine, the gorgeous wostern sky, the quiet church, the clover scented velvet turf,all so glad and beautiful! Alas for the changes brought by the revolving years! The old familisrchurch is gone. Ruthless. bands bave cut down the lordly beech ; and the eyes that gloried in| 'the silvan beauties of the place, the master mind that planned and tend- ed all with loving care, are closed for public. mmodation for the traveling over. There were times when Judy, like many others whose méans of subsistence were less precarious. was very low in the world; and then she might be seen on Sunday seated ouside the door of the chapel when the country people were going to mass, with a white plate on her to receive the half-pence of the charitable, This was genertlly an extreme measure, and one which be- ing rather ashamed of, she felt need- ed an apology. i 'An' what can I do, avotrneen |-- | Sure if the good ehristinn don't give] it to me, I must die entirely. An' look at my old cloak, honey, with the daylight coming through it in spite of me; un' tis flying "twill be before winter, in rags and tatters.-- I don't know what I'lldo; but God isgood.' ¢ Well, Judy, we must get up a subseription to buy you another.-- It would be a pity to see yon 'flying.' And accordingly a petition was drawn up and some names entered ; and away started Judy to ¢ gather little or mach among the quality.'-- And a proud little woman she was when in due time she came trotting home with a smart gray cloak she had bought in Limerick with the fruits of her collection, 'for less than half price, and it better than new. An' now wouldn't she we warm, night an' day; with the fine blanket already, an' the elegant cloak forby.' Judy's comforts were soun needed, for her health failed, and she was unable to do anything to help her self, or to sit out in the open air sell ing apples and lolli pops. This was a great loss to her; for ¢ sure,' said the poor old woman, 'the pence I got from the scholars was what 1 put my depindence in to buy the bit of soap an' the sod of turf; an' may be a grain of snuff of an odd time, It's enough for me to be trusting to the neighbors an' ygentlefolks for lodg- ing an'iclothes, an' for the potatoes an' the cup of tay, without going to trouble them for small little things of that sort. But God is good, acuishla, God is good I' Her trust in the Divine goodness was justified. One of her patrons put her on his list of weekly pen sioners, and placed her as a perman ent inmate of the thatched coftage outside of which was her favorite bench. There at times she sat, attended as before by her escort of young urchins; for Judy was most popular among the juvenile popula. tion. And when she grew quite feable and unable to go about, there was not a boy or girl in the parish who was not at all timos ready and willing to run with her tin for broth or to fetch syrup for her hacking cough, or perform any little service she required. When at last the stone bench was unoccupied, and poor Judy's vacant place kngw her no more, her con- stant exclamation, 'God is good 1' scemed to have brought a blessing with it." Like the fowls of the air and the lillies of the field, she had neither storehouse nor barn, could woither 'toil nor spin, and yot her Heavenly Father bad not allowed her simple wants to go anhoeded. This Irish trait also manifested it- self strongly in a bright, cheerful looking woman who appeared among & best of applicants at the door of an office where turf tickets were being distributed. ' Here's your ticket, good woman,' suid the clerk. ¢ You'll have to pay one and sixpence for it, and they will give you three shillings' worth of turf at the turf yard.' 'Och, then, sir, I may as well] leave it with you so,' replied the woman. 'Where would I get one- an' sixpence ! The never a farthin' in the world have I to pay for turf; and how would I with six children to provide for, an' no father over them since Christmas last ?' ¢ Here's a six-pence for you,' said a by-stander. But how are you going to make up the rest of the money ?' "God will give it to me, never fear I' said the woman, as thanking the donor profusely, she walked briskly off with a beaming face. The next morning she made her appearance again at the office. ¢ I'm come for the turf ticket, sir I" she cried ; 'an' here's the priceof it;' holding up in her great glee her one and six-pence. 'Didn't I tell you God would give it to me? So He did; glory be His holy name! Ho never disappoiuted.me yet.' A neighbor enquiring how it had; [come about, drew forth ber: little. story. { Why, you sce,' she said, ¢ when I, left this yesterday, I hadn't a spark of fire to boil the handful of potftoes the neighbors--long life to them-- gave mo for the children's suppers. So I went to the copse behind the village to try would I pick up any sticks or brambles that would serve me till such time as twas pleasing to the Lord to send me the price of the turf. Well sir, I had a small bundle, when I looked up and saw a gentle man on horseback coming across the field over torenint mo. There was gate at the end of the field, an' he stopped when he came to it an' tried to open it, The hurse was very con. trary, an' wonldn's sta for_himuall asin do, Sinihst i wag stiff, | moreover; so when I seen that, I threw down the sticks, an' ran to open it, "Twas lucky I did, for the hotse by this time was gettin' quite cross entirely. * Where do you live, my good wo- man?' ses the gentleman, riding slow, an' I keepin' np with him. 'Don't you see my little cabin,sir?' ses I; 'that's it by the roadsides yonder,' 'Is it that hut covered with the potato stalks !' nes he, turning round on his saddle; withont win dow or ehimley in 1t, an' the smoke coming out through the top ? Why, woman alive that jsp't fit fot a pig, let alone a Christiun, to live in 1' 'A pig is it sir? Why then, 1 wish I could show your honor the six beautiful children, God bless shy of speaking about it ard 56 wag myself--timorous for fear we'd bo too troublesome. KS 'At last they turned to go awd, and wished us a good-evening, The heart within me followed after them as they went out of the door, for the longing I bad to ask for a drain of *omething ld gi my; poor som. I hadn't the courage sti'l to 'spake %o I wint after the ladies, hoping it might vet come across their minds, and waikéd ip the hiil along with them a good piece' 6f the road. It was a beautifal evenin',)i The parted, * It was with a sore heart T faced my poor boy again without any good news for him, Never fear, mother," sez he; 'God is good | I'M never let go my hold on Him.' He didn't speak a word after that, for indeed he wasn't able, his mouth being parched with the drouth, I didn't like to be looks ing at him sitting there so patient and still, so I turned away and purtended to be dust ing the things on phe dresser ; and just then when ty back was turned to it, whut should darken the flure but the ladies' shadows.) I thought the heart would jump clean ont pf me when I heard them tell Tom about a big Jar of cooling diink they had above at the great honse ; and how they had come back toax him would he like any, and that I was to go up for it! ' The minute they were gone, my poor Tom went down on his two knces and gave up his thanks to the Almighty God. For, mother dear,' ses he, * It was fle sent the Indies back. Didn't I tell you when I asked Him for it He'd surely give me the drink 7' 'em | that I'm rearing in that cabin; every one of them with skins as white as snow, an' as fat as it three cows were milking morning und night for them. I buried their father, rest his soul! the time of the cholera; an' I must strive now and do for them with the help of God, tll they're big. Here's the road now sir; and there isn' another gate; for I was afeared o' my life some one might make away with my buadle o' sticks; an' I set off running back again towards the wood. The gentleman calied out after me to ax what I was insuch a hurry for. 'Stop a minute," sez he; 'an' here's somethiag to help the six children. ¢ With that he pulled out his purse an' threw a shilling down to me.--! The moment I saw it, I knew 'twas God sent it for the turf. I put it aiong with my sixpence, an' I'm come now for the ticket. We'll all be fine and warm this many a day with such a sight of firing.' «| Another instance of the like simple piety is the case of a poor widow's son, taken down in her own words after the young man's death, | 'I know,' she said, that 'tis a sin and a shame to misdoubt the great God. Toftendid misdoubt Him; but my pour Tom never did, for he said He was the true friend that would | give him al) he asked for. One day, just & week before he went to the hospital, he was sitting before the | fire ; very weak and bad he was the | same time, apd tho sleep hadn't closed his eyes for two uights.-- And 'O mother, asthore (dearest), | sez he ' I'm destroyed with the thirst that's burning me up like a five; and | what will I dost all?" Well, I had nothing to give my poor child but the cold water, and that was not fit for him; and it was killing me to look at him perishing for want of a drink, and his two checks like red coals with the fever that scorched him. I didn't answer him a word, for what could I say ? and he got up from his chair and began walking to and fro in the cabin quite re-t- less in his mind. Presently he went back to his place and when I looked over at him, there he was sitting 'as patient as a lamb and looking down at the fire contented and quiet, *'Tis a poor case, Tom,' sez], ' that your mother must seo you in want of a drink and not have a up to give you to wet your lips, agra. 'Oh, I'm easy now, mother sez he, and a swilo like an angle's come over his face for 'twas so thin and flashed: 'I'm easy now, for I've asked God to send me the drink, and I know He will soon.' 'The word was hardly past his lips when, as 1 was standing at the | door. who should I see coming down the hill towards the eabin but the | | 'Tom,' I cried, here's be they'll ask are you thirsty, and come in, and sure enough, spoke very tender to bin; and inquired how he was, and about the pains, and if ho slept well at night, and whether he'd tinished the book they had lent him, and they'd send him | another when he was done. Bu' not one word about thirst! not one.| though we were watching an® watch ing in bopes they'd say something | 1adies from the gieat house! and ' O} the dardin'} ladies coming to seo you, and may-' will send you adbrop.' Well, they | | course, and. drank thé wine.' In| ' Ever after, when 1 was oneasy in myself or troubled, my poor fellow would bring up to me that eveping. And now that he's cold in the clay, his words come across me often, And when black thoughts and misdoubting (come into my mind, I think that I see hig mild face, and hear him say him saying :-- "God is good, mother! I'll never let go my hold on Him § eee She Had Seen Him Before. A good story 1s told us of a former judge of a certain court in Bay State whose bair was whitened by the frosts of nearly seventy winters before he left the bench, Entering a Boston and Maine railway car one day, he saw but half a vacant seat, and that by the side of a very pretty young: Jady, gorgeously arrayed, The Judge was a great admirer of the ladies, and he immediately started for the seat, ¢ Ah, beg pardon, madam,' said his honor, 'but is this scat engaged 7 No, sir,' modestly replied the fair occupant of the other half. "The Judge took the seat, and glancing again: at the dazzling beauty by his side, he thought he recognized in her a lady he bad met before somewhere and yet he could not tell when or where, -- Finally he ventured to ask : ¢ Madam, your face looks familiar: I must have met you before, but really I cannot recollect ) ¢ Yes," answered the bunch of roses by his side ; ¢ yes, old buffer, likely enough you haye ; it was only in June you sent me up for thirty days, and jt js wlready eleven times you have sent me up for simple drunks.' -------------- The man who steps on a grape skin and sits down on the flags has one chance outof thirty-two millions of discovering the per= sot who ate the grapes. Tt is bettar to hug a delusion than to let a bear hug you.--Free Press. Buta pretty girl, with cherry lips and red rosy checks, discounts a delusion about 100 per cent. The young gentlemen who bad their hair cut with lawn-mowers and jack-planes this summer are now apprehensive that the frost will catch their ears. « Piisouer, at the bar,' said the judge, 'is there anything you wish to say before sen tence is passed upon you?' The prisoner looked wistfully at the door, and remarked that he would like to say 'good evening' if if would be agreeable to the company, But they wouldn't let him. It is explained that the frequent and mysterious | urning of hay.stacks and farmers buildings are caused by wasps. When one of these insects sits down on a man to rest its weary limbs, the man ix soon convinced that the wasp carries a big conflagration in its pistol pocket, The firing of barns, etc; however, is caused by wasps' nest, There is agreat deakof spontaneity in the scabbard of a wasp, too. He Got Every Opportunity--He took his scat at the table and peered round & the rest of the boarders with a haggard, half starved look : then, calling the waiter, he deliberstely said : ¢ I'm from Memphis have just recovered from the fever, and am very hungry. Bring me everything you've got. In about two seconds he wae alone at that table, and if he didn't get one good 'sqaure meal' it wasn't because the other boarders interfered with the onward gaarch of his in= Arepid appetite, ee eer Miss Wardlake rejected one lover and myrried another, "This was at Juanita, Cal, of which place she was regarded as the belle, The wedding brought together all the fashionable folks of the place including Henry Barron, the rejected suitor, who join. ed the rest in seemingly heartfelt congrat- ulations of the bride. Tt was ofterwards remembered, however, that he acted likes : man in a dsae--condyot at the time atlribut. ed to too free drinking of the beverages that formed a past of the refreshments. Just before the assomblage was about to . a Barron approached the bride, bearing two glasses of wige, He handed ber one ang : drank the other himself saying significantly: 'Let us drink together once more, for last dime op emth:' She was rather ed by his words, but supposed hat ferred to the necessary end of thelr t nour both were dead. Barron had | cousarning it. The poor boy was in the wine, sun was sctting behind the pine iver ; and I went as far as the a = fthimuelves talking to the e way till we s