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0 " -------------- VOL XXII, NO. 9: H PORT PERRY, PROVINC ONTARIO OBSE AND GENERAL ADVERTISER E OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1879. {WHOLE NO. 1106 Fort) Ontarig Obstrutr. | - A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL § FAMILY NEWSPAPER, I8 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, B Y 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 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ..... 5 00 g@™ Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- ed, will be at our risk : Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, aad charged according to the space they oc- eupy. Advertisements received 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 half-year, BEF These terms will in all cases be strictly ©. ed to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cardy. ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connection with this Branch. FiveDollars and upwards received and inter= est allowed thereon. No notice of withdrawal required. A.A, ALLEN, « sion Court. Port Perry. Office hours from 10 a m, to 3p. m. T. C. FORMAN, For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. OHN CHRISTIE, » TOWNSHIP OLERK, Commissioner &c. Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and selor, executed promptly and at lower rates shan any other establishment in the County. BES™ Parties from a distance getting hand wills, &c. printed can have them done to take home with them. J. BAIRD. 1. PARSONS. of tanchest C. FORMAN, P, ISSURR OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry. H. SANGSTER, M. D., Physician, Sur- « geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from a.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- coucheur, Office, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. RS. MeGILL & RAR, Physclans, Surgeons, &c., &e, Office and Residences, King st. Oshawa, FRANCIS RAF, M.D. WM. W GILT, MT. M. F. MCBRIEN, M.D, M. R. C. S., Guy's W i ospital, Lonaon, England. H. aay The kiye R. ty Crown Attorney, lately oc- k street, Whitby. YMAN T,. ENGLISH LL. Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. v Oshawa. 0 Moe--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office YOUNG SMITH, LL. B., Barrister, At- G TON Solicitor in Chancery, and Insolvency, Notary Public, &e. OMce--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. . Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Public, &c., &c. Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 p,m. Money 10 Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, . PORT PERRY {or in ) tie, &c., &e. Office over Brown & Currle's Store Port Perry. [LLINGS & MeGILLIVRAY, Barristers Solicitors, Notaries Public, &e, Port Perry. £78 A large amount of money to loan at 8 per cent. John Billings. | * John A. McGillivray. A. HURD, Attorney at Law. and Solieitor P. fi Chancery. fice in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson'& Fenton, Surgeon Dentist. Office over bell"s Store, Port Perry. Ail work dome in the ver, latest and Lost style and warranted to give satisfactiory, Mu Port Per rch 28, 1877. C. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- est, and as good as the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local anmsth- esin. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa, Act. 1874. xew Marriage Port Perry, July lst, ENRY CHARLES having been re- appointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as heretofore--at Port Perry. R. RICHARDSON Re-appointed Issuer Marriage Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st «on. Brock. Brock, Aug. 5,1874. 33 ENRY GRIST, PaTex SOLICITOR AND I Dravantmay, Ottawa, Cannda Transucts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Copyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces- sary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared in receipt of the model of the Invention. Ww SPENCE, CoxTRACTOR, BUILDER, &C. The Subscriber in returning his siucere thanks for the very liberal patronage be- stowed on him in the past would inform 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 now ready to undertake Stone Work, Brick- Laying, Plastering, and everything connecte therewith, which he will execute on the short- notice and in the best and most durable style, and at the very fowest figure at which a good job ean be done. The best material and first-class workinanshig Prince Albert, April5, 1876. WM. WwW. M. WILTL.COX ¥ SPENCE. a rte) V7) LICENSED AUCTIONEER. (J ETURNING my sincere thanks to my *\ numerous friends and patrons for their Jiberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer during the past cight years, I 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 aud 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 lose far more than his fou in any sale, Bill stamps always on L Sale Bills and notes supplied free of charge, / Days of Sale may be arranged at the On Office, where a Sale Register will HE Subscriber would beg to inform owners of Horses and Cattle that having completed a Session in the Outario Veterin- ary College, Toronto, he has now located in Port Perry, for the practice of his pro- fession and is now prepared to give advise on and fully treat all di to be kept. Terms Liberal. : W. MW. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877, {B. MAJOR, " ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties ishi his services can call at the which horses and cattle are liable. From Jong study and close investigation of the nature and habits of Horses and Cattle and #Observer" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales. Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. long p in treatiag the ies of such together with the great advantages derived from a Session at the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, I fintter myself that parties placing their Horses and Cattle under my treatment will find it to their advantage. "Any order or commuaication for me left at Mr. Allison's Drug Store will be promptly attended to. " D. BATEMAN to their interests. WM. GORDON, L d A v &e. RB the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Tos, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, 3 pE™ Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. Port Perry, March 27, 1878. ~~ Pusic. HARRINGTON, Teacher of Musie Also dealer in Musical In. sidence,on Union Avenue. ROF. Port Perty. struments. ISS 8. 8. HARRINGTON, Teacher of M Rae jApplisations by Post or in person Aghélied, Residence, on Union Avenue, Port erry. T. H. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township of Brock, Thorah,- Mara & Rama in North Ontario ; Mariposa, eto., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. | Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctnally attended to. Debts col- lected in Cannington, or. otherwise, and i mad Remember The VIOTORIA MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company of Canada, HEAD OFFICE,....,.. HAMILTON saan HIS is one of the best i 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, - (Cannington, Ont. Cannington, Sept. 26, 1876, prompt i+ 4 WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eer. N Deposits of MANAGER. M, Clerk of the Third Divi- it BURN TA tics In Bigelow's Block, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES 45:tf ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, judge of the value of Stock he may soon INO. & D. J. ADAMS, Money, Land & Insurance BROKERS, PORT PERRY, AVE large sums of money on hand for Investment, Mortgages Purchased. A number of excellent Farms for Sale or to Rent. AGENTS FOR THE Of Steamships. JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, Office in Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan. 23, 1870, ! JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking Afidavits 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 own time for payment of interest onee a) 2), and he ean at any time, just as circumstances permit repay part or all of the principal, the Company binding thems: lves inthe mort- gage to accept such sum, whether gmall, and apply it as a direct reduction principal, immediately cancelling the interest (on the sum paid. No extra charge is exacted | on such repayment. Loans mude from 2 to 120 years on farm, or good pioductive town | property. In all eases where the title is perfeet, the cost will be very slight to the borrower. As I am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies there ean 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. ear (not in advan JAMES LUND, Broker, &e., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. MONEY TO LOAN. The undersigned has any amount of Money ito 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, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks. | Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, » Broker, &e. Whitby, April 10, 1873. NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a Inage amount of private funds which he is prepared to invest for periods to sult borrow- ers--interest at eight per cent Expedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H. CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877. MONEY TO LOAN. | ---- HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money | on improved property for terms from 'one to twenty years, | Agent for Westery Caxapa Loan axp Bavinas Company, | He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds, i Inter. st Eight per cent. No Commission. N F. 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, st 8 per cent ime terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, Banner, &c., : Oshawa November321, 1866. 4 WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. INCORPORATED 1851. OAPITAL . . (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO, #&~ Insurances effected at the lowest omrent rates on Buildings, Merchandise, and other property, against loss or damage by fire. JNO. & D. J. ADAMS, ts, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan 22, 1879, . THE ONTARIO Famers' Mutual Insuance Co'y! Head Office, Whitby, WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. &R. WOLFENDEN, HOLESALE and Retail dealers in Foreign and Amorican Marble Man- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas £¢ , Whitby Also, Agent for the Stottish Granite. Also Building Stone cut-to order, = JOHN NOTT, Agent, Pott Perry. Whitby, July 29 1874. a 1s now fully organized and is PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES| C. M° KENZIE, : PROPRIETOR. TE Subscriber having now fully ecuipped his new and extensive Livery Stablss with a supply of superior Horses and Carriages, is prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. ©. MCKENZIE. Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873 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 equalled by few Hotels in the Province and surpassed Ly none out of the best cities Commercial Travelers, fhe 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 dation and deration 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. pont 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, algo, first class Stabling and good Ostlers,-- 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,) PORT PERRY. 'This House has been thoroughly over. hauled, fitted up and arranged with a view to the accommodation and comfort of guests, Meals and Refreshments on the arrival of trains. First-class stable and shed accom- modation, C. HOLT, Proprietor. ReveeE HOUSE, MANCHESTER. By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent 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. . NTARIO HOTEL, WHITBY, T, MASON, ~ =~ PROPRIETOR. The public well car «d for, and all Guests will please feel at home, 'Whitby, Nov, 9th, 1876. UEENS HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts, CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, . . , Prorrmstor This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers p&~ First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached. Cannington, Oct, 20, 1875. 43 A NOLOANERICAE HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, - - - PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repai and d the even to the Sheds, The Hotel bas been furmished best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to the comfort o guests. table and bar well supplied, is WOH, PARK. Prince Albert, June 132, 1875. A MusTRONG HOUSE, : (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. The Only First Class House in Town. ENSON HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindéay. Board, $1.50 per day. k E. BENSON, Proprietor. E QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. McCANN & TAYLOR, ProprisToRs. | Every dation for the ng public, E. LEBEAU, PAINTER, PAPER HANGER, / "I never took wages before,' she EK ALSOMIN E Reid, s little impulsively. : ally to aie) But you will have to now, I sup- W I ee a of| pose ¥" . i Men kt «What you hoce 0 give me RT Spr "Twelve dollars month a are i alee fet, uh Smet ' Yos--anything I" --y Bob felt a little awkward. Desiree Octalber 3b, 1878. Fontaine was not in the least like red | Besides, if she is half assmart as she is pretty, she'll do well enough. As} BOB'S MARRIAGE. As the depot clock was pointing to the hour of five, the huge, fire- throated monster commonly yclept ¢ locomotive,' in a covered space be- yond, was giving several premonit- ory shricks as asignal that it was ready to start; there was an inevit- adle rush ot people in peril of being too late, the commotion of checking baggage and lifting toddling little children on bourd and still the 'young person' so anxiously ex- pected by Robert Morrison did not arrive, He walked burredly up and down thodfloor, ever and anon comparing his watch with the clock on the wall and eagerly scanning the faces of all new: comers, but in vain. ¢ Please buy a boquet, sir? Only five cents.' Th voice was very sweet; the face that belonged to it sweoter yot.-- But Mr. Morrison was too much per- tubed to heed them. 'No, no- don't bother me,' he said petutantly. ¢ Conductor, is this the last train thato stops at Olive mil 'The last train, sir. wrong, sir?' ¢Confound it--yes--everything is wrong! 1 was to bring up a waiter ess girl for my sister, and the creature hasn't come.' 'She was to have met you here, sir ?' ' Yes--at a quarter to five.' ¢ Happens very often, sir," said the conductor. 'You can't put any de- pendence in that class of women. And away he bustled. Mr. Mor. | rison was about to follow, muttering discontentedly to himself, when a | light hand fell on his arm. He turned around, and, to his surprise, encountered the timid blue eyes of the boquet-seller. 'Pardon me, sir,' she said in an accent unmistakably foreign, ¢ but domestic you expected has disap- pointed you ?' 'Yes. 'If yon would take me--I can wait well at table; 1 would make! myself generally useful to madam, your sister. Oh, sir, I am so tired of trying to sell flowers.' 'But you have no recommenda- tion.' 'How could I, sir ? I am a strang- er in your country, My name is Desiree Fontaino.' Mr. Morrison was sorely puzzled how to act. This little Desiree's face was not only pretty bat it was good and true. To be sure it was rather an unprecedented manner of engaging a girl, but what was he to do? Mrs. Ferrars expected him to bring her a waitress, there was to be a state dinner-party on the morrow, and he scarcely knew what to do. As bo meditated, tugging at his moustache, the train gave its part- ing shrick. There was no time for further deliberation. 'Come on then he cried making & rush for the hindermost car. 'I'll risk it, by Jupiter I' Desirce followed him, light and swift as a young fawn, and the next minute they were in motion. There was no receding now. 'Well, I've been and gone and done it,' said Mr. Morrison to him- self, as ho glanced furtively at the girl who sat beside him. 'What will Liszie say? But what was a fellow todo,under the circumstances? Anything for making off with the spoons and the cake baskets, she hasn't got that kind of a face. We can only give the poor thing a trial at all events.' Mr. Morrison, blundering masca- line creature though he was quite right about Desiree Fontaine's face. It was pure and innocent as a child's shadowed with crisp little rings of golden-brown hair, and dimpled round the mouth ; while the blue eyes, large and soft, and shy, were modestly averted. Her dress was plain to shabbiness, and in one hand, well-shaped though sun browned, she held the two little boquets she had been unable to dis- pose of in the depot. 'What wages do you want, Desiree? said Mr. Morrison, abruptly break- ing the silence which was beginuing to be a little awkward, Desiree grew as scarlet as the car. nation in the centre of his biggest boquet. | creature with the Hibornian he had that morning haggled with at the intelligence office. 'I don't want to bo inquisitive,' he said, ' but--' 'You want to know who I am,' in terrupted Desiree. 'I am Ireneh; I came to this country beeauss my relatives wero all dead. I have an uncle hero to whom I wrote that I would como to this country. I hoped he would meet me at the landing of the steamer, but he was not there. 1 have sought for him in vain. 1 can only fear that he is dead.' id ¢ But you speak English well.' 'Do I'? Desiree's face brightened. 'I was at'an English school near Paris for four years.' Desiree shook her head. 'I havo tried. I answered ad- vertisements for a governess, then for a soamstress, but nobody would take me, for I knew no one and had no recommendations. I have been here selling bouquets for a week, but I earn little--oh, zo little !-- rometimes I went to bed without my supper because 1 had not a penny to buy it!' Bob was silent. Somehow his heart ached for this poor young the dove-like blue eyes, and the fresh pink and white complexion. '1 hope Lizzie will have the good sense to like her,' he thought; but there's no accounting for the freaks of a woman.' It was nearly dark when they reached Olive IIill, and quite so {when the carriage that had been sent (o the station to meet the train deposited them at Mr, Toulke Ferrais' door. ¢ Did you bring me a girl, Bob? was his sister's first question, hurled at him through the darkness. 'Yes, I did.' 'Where did you get her, Rob ? at the French Intelligence office ? *Oh I picked her up,' said Bob, evasively. 'Did she havo a good recommend- ation 7' 'First-rate,' wags the reckless an- swer, ¢ Where did she live last?' But Bob at this point went into ecstacios over tho first tooth of his niece, a small morsel of humanity some eight or nine months old.-- Mrs. Ferrars fell at once into the trap; and Desiree's reforences were forgotten. The French girl proved a quick, handy waitress, ready to learn, and singularly graceful. Everybody liked her and Bob best of all, 'Upon my word, Bob,' said Mr. Ferrars, one day, whon the deser bad been placed upon the table; and Desiree had withdrawn, you do nothing but stare at the little Parisien! I do believe you are falling in Jove with her!' 'Nonsencel' said Mrs, Ferrare, glancing quickly up. 'Bob is far too' sensible for such a piece of Quixotism as that.' '1do not know that it would be Quixotism,' said Bob stoutly. 'She's certainly pretty.' 'She is not a lady I' 'But I maintain that she is a lady ?' 'What absurdity, Bob! 'Well, then, will you be good enough to tell me what constitutes a lady ?' ¢ Birth--educati refi t.' ¢ Desiree is educated and refined.' 'She is only a servant!' '1 maintain that she is a lady for all that!' Bob clung so resolutely to his view of the subject, that Mrs. Forrars took the first opportunity to tell her husband confidentially that she should send Desiree away. * What for ?' he asked. 'Ob, dear I' aid his wife, petulant ly, 'men are so stupid. Don't you see that Bob is falling in love with h er? 'That's rather hard on the poor girl, isn't it, to punish her for Bob's tolly 2' Mrs. Ferars' face grew very rigid. 'I shall discharge her,' she added. 'A servant has no business to be prettier and more attractive than others of ber caste, and I saw Bob talking to her last night in the garden.' : Bo when Mr, Robert Morrison came hom: ! Desiree Fontaine is a girl amply able to take care ot her own character. You have done a cruel and unfeeling thing, Lissie," 'Isuppose Ican tun away a servent when I please.' ¢ Where has she gone 7" ¢ Ido not know or care.' . 'And consequently you imagine that I should not be able to discover her where. abouts. Yon will find thet your precautions are in vain.' That was all that was sald on the subject and Mrs. Ferrars began after a day or two to Lope that her brother had forgotten his penchant for the pretty French waitress. Just a fortnight after that there was an- other state dinner party, and the freckled, faced young man waited, Bob did not come up till the last train, and arrived in time for dessert, with its red and golden wines, peaches, and temples of tainted ice -- With him came another guest, p -- A Clergyman's Elopement. Clergymen are not addicted as a body to eloping. But when they do runoff with thelr expected brides they evince an activity and energy that are remarkable, At least one may judge so from the example of the Rev, Jobn Oliver, a young preacher at Bedford, Ky. He bad won the affections of Emma Abbott, a girl of good family, but in moderate circumstances, in the village, and she had been very willing to be won. Papa objected to Oliver's suit because he was poor, He thought Emma a fine girl who deserved a rich husband Thus balked of their dee sires, Oliver engaged two horses and drove to the achool house where his sweatheart was teaching. This was Saturday, and having had an understanding with John she dismissed her pupils till Monday and rode off with him. They y detained, M. Fabilion, the French banker in whose honor Mrs, Ferrars' diower bad been specially given He was a dignified white-haired old man whose woalth bad made him neither arro. gant nor assuming. ¢ You must pardon my lack of punctuality' said the old gentl , with his graceful foreign bow to the lady of the house, as she welcomed him toa seat at her own right hand, ' but I have this day had « great and unexpected pleasure.' 'Indeed I' cried Mrs, Ferrara, all smiles, CA niece, my only surviving relative, has been restored to me. We have been strangly kept apart by that fate which you Americans call circumstances ; I expected her in that steamer, but not until this last trip. She could not find me, my poor niece ; she knew not even my name, which had been changed to meet the conditions of an eccentric be- quest, Ah, poor girl ! it is a romance upon my word.' ¢ And why did you not bring Mademoiselle Fabilon with you? We should have been luo happy,' began Mrs. Ferrars, ¢ Pardon, madume, interrupted the banker, 'she is 'mademoisell no longer, She was married this morning to one who has disin- terestedly wooed and won her in her hum. Llest estate Mis, Ferrars was a little disappointed, -- She had already began to form plans for Bob's benefit "1 am married, too,' cbserved Bob, as it were accidentally. 'You, Bob! And to whem ?' shrieked his sister, 'To Desirce Fontaine,' Mrs, Ferrars, pale as death, was just about to open her lips with a torrent of reproaches when the French banker gauvely interposed. 'This is a riddl¢, an enigma of which I alone chance to pessess the clue. Prepare yourself, madame--allow me to greet you as a relative |--Desiree Fontine 18 my niece-- Mr. Robert Morrison, who married her this morning before a happy accdient made ue acquainted with our 1elationship, is con- sequently my nephew.' And M. Fabilion went on to tell the as- tonished guests how the clergyman who had performed the ceremony was an old friend of his own, and recognized the bride's name as that of the niece for whom his friend bad searched so long and vainly, 'And you may imagine my gratification,' said M. Fabilion, with the courteous orcign bow again, 'when I learned that the hus- baad of my Desirce"s choice was Mr, Ferrars' brother in.law,' Mrs. Foulke Ferrars grew red and white ; she hardly knew what to say, and the few hurried congratulations that she finally stammered forth were indistinct and confus. ed enough, while Bob sat by, maliciously enjoying ber embarrassment, Mr, Morrison took the next train back to town; be had only come up to witness the denouement of this little life romance, and was impatient, bridegroom like, to return to Desirce, But as he made his adieu, he whispered roguishly in his sister's ear: ¢ Now what do you think about what con- stitutes a lady 7' And Mrs. Ferrars answered, blushing : ¢ Do have a little mercy, Bob! How was I to know that my waitress was the great French Banker's niece? 'I knew that she was a preclous jewel' answered fhe young husband enthusiastic ally, Nor did Mrs, Forrara contradict bim this time, 3 "Tae Homrizsr Max IN THE WoRrLD.'- A few years ago there lived in an adjoining county a physician who, though not an Adonis, was not the less respected for his pro fessional attainments than admired for his social qualities. On one occasion, after a consultation in a neighboring county, and while at dinner with his host, he asked him if he ever saw his (the doctor's) wife, and was answered in the neyu- tive. "Then," said the doctor, "will you do mo the favor to cull on her the first time you go to town ?" "Certainly, sir, if you wish it," said the host in some sur- prise, "but why?' "Why," re- peated the Doctor, " why, beause my wife insists that I am the homli- est man in the world, and one look at you will convince her of her mis- take." from the city next night, a tall, fi faced young man, & nephew ot the Scotch housekeeper, was waiting on the table, and he looked in vain for the light-footed blue eyed French girl, * Where is Desiree I' was bis first ques. * I have discharged her.' Bob's brow grew dark, but Mrs, Ferrars met his eye with a bold defiance, * What was this for ? be asked sternly. * Bob, you are getting too fond of her. I 'What Grit Journals Bay. The Cornwall Freeholder, an uncompro- mising Grit sheet says :--' Let proper men be put in the field at the forthcoming contest, soon di d that papa and his two sons, were in hot pursuit with the usual Kentucky Aecompainment of shotguns. In danger of capture they left the highway and dashed through forest and stream until they had reached the railway. They arrived at Cin. cinoati to find that they could not get married unless Oliver would swear his in- tended was an Ohiosn, which he could not do, because, as a preacher, he was opposed to lying. Moreover, seeing posters announc. ing Emma Abbots concerts, he thought they were rewards offered for his mistress' appre- hension, They then dashed down to Lawrenceburg, Ind, where they were joined in wedlock, and over to Kentucky again, that he might arrive in time to preach on Sunday and he to open school on Monday. Thfs is a model instance of combined busi. nessand connubial dispatch, ee -- A city bupkin lately 8 ated Limself at a restaurant table and b gan upon the bill of fare. After keeping three waiters nearly an hour employed in bringing dishes to him, he called one of them to him, heaved a sigh and whispered as he spread the bill of fare before him and pointing with his finger: * Mister, I've et to thar, and," moving his finger down the page, * ef it aint against the rule I'd like to skip from thar to thar,' ee eee A Bap Ixvextion --Among the recent in. ventions for driving men mad is a tele- graphic fostrument by which messages in the hand writing of the author can be sent,-- The average man's handwriting resembles a clothes horse that has been kicked bya mule, whereas the telegraph operators write ing is occasionally realable, ares -------- ee ---------- Remarkable Discovery of Silver in tho streets of Prince Arthur's Landing. On Sunday last while Messrs. WH. Davis and J. I, Hale were walking on the beach just below the Prince Arthur's Land ing and Kaministiguia Railroad S:ation-- they noticed where the water made strong evidences of a vein, and upon knocking off a piece of the rock native silver way easily dis= cerned with the naked eye.On Mouday after noon the alarm having been given, a large party of men were soon exploring the edge of the lake for the precious metal but nothing of any moment was discovered. -- However on Tuesday morning a couple of holes having been bored and charged with dynamite and set off, threw up a large quantity ot vein matter, carrying native sil ver, silver blend, silver glange and leaf silver in large quantities, and of extraordin- ary richness. The ' surface show' has beea protounced by several of our mining experts to be remarkably good. The vein may be traced with the greatest ease from the Lake Shore fn a northerly direction acriss the square in front of Messrs. Marks Dros. store, then into Government Reservo, where it ig hidden Ly the earth, Of course we cannot say positively yet what this unlooked for discovery is worth, but we lope by our next issue to give authoratively its value, A mun picked up a stick of cord- wood the other night and chased a cat across the back yard. Hedidn't catch the cat, put tho caught the clothes lines with his teeth, and now when he smiles the corners of his mouth pass each other at the back of his neck. semen A -------------- "Please draw upon the black- board an interrogation point," said a teacher to one of ber puvils.-- "Can't make a good one." replied the boy. * Draw a boot-buttoner,"" said the teacher, "that will answer." The boy took the crayon and drew a bair-pin. et ------ The Weather of 1878. Jay Peck observed last year's weather as folows: Number of days nearest clear, with- out rain or snow, 172; nearest cloudy, with. ont rain or snow, 27; days upon which rain fell, 138; days upon which snow fell, 28; total, 365. The most clear days occured in the most rainy in April, the most snowy in December. There were the most clear Tuesdays, the most cloudy Mondays and Tuesdays, tne most rainy Sundays, the most snowy Mondays, No min or snow fell on 199 days, Snow aud rain fell Jan. uary 4th, 23rd; February 10th, 17; March 11th, 17th, 18th ; November 25th ; Decomber snowy: cing a total of 149 da rain fell during the year, and then Mr, Mowat will have to submit to weather was ¥ : RE Ea the voice of educated opinion, Tinkering with the statutes, squandering our reventc, and mortgaging the Province are not Refo measures. Better to be carefully slow rather than progressive," Premier will to be pro from his friends, July and October, the most cloudy in May, 9th, 15th, 2st--mmked in the table as