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VOL. XXII, NO 89. { g - perenne AND GENERAL ADVERTISER - PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1879. Sly naa Ova Business ens. INO. & D. J. ADAMS, A WEEXLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- STURAL & FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. PERMS.--$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 Subsequent insertions, per line ...... 0 02 Cards, under 8 lines, per aunum.... . 5 00 BEF Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to a pre-paid and regester- ed, will be r risk. db ® 217] with this a and upwards received and inter est allowed thereon. No notice of withdrawal required. A.A, ALLEN, MaxAGER. PORT PERRY BRANCH. ONTARIO BANK. {CAPITAL $3,000,000 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Savings Department is now open in A Branch. Deposits of 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 Adverti y pare and charged according to the space they oc- eupy. Advertisements received for publication. without specific instructions, willbe 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. pE&S™ These terms will in all cases be strictly +. ed to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Regeipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business ---- AND---- Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of Sees Jae ad solor, exceuted promptly and at lower rates . . | R 0 shan any other establishment in the County. Township of Maiposa 9 Shed Parties ftom a distasies getting band (ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking bills, &o. printed can have them done to take | Charges to suit the Times. Affidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &e. home with them, J. BAIRD. H. PARSONS. ANGS' J. 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 9 a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied ®y Mrs. Geo, Paxton. R. WARE, Coronor for the County of i Ontario, Physician, Surgeon and Ac-| | eoucheur, Oftice, opposite the town hall. * rort Perry. ., M. R. C. 8, Guy's gland. The kiye R. s MOBRIEN, MM. pital, London, M. ¥ 9, Ho way 9 4 oshnwn, lor Jounty Crown ster, Attorney, Office lately oc- q., Brock street, ----e E. FAREWELT, LT. eo), Attorney for Ontario, 1 Bolieitor, and Notary Publi cuptad by 8. H, Cochrane, Wiithy. mr re Abe ¥ YMAN L. ENGLISH, LL. B., Solicitor in 4 Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &¢. Oshawa. ce--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office Sn J ie OUN(i SMITH, Ll. B.,, Barrister, TN ine, Solieitor In Chancery, and Insolvency, Notary Publie, &e. Ofice--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan A cery, Notary Public, &e., &e. ffice hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. PATERSON, (late of Beaverton) ore Law, Solici- tor fn Chancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- t- I FOR THB COUNTY OF ONTARIO, Port Perry, Feb 12, 1870. C. DAWES, LICENSED AUCTIONEER, C. DAWES, ALLAN LINE JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, Office in Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan. 23, 1879, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Morigages Bought, Accounts, Notes, &e., Collected and fed J) ETURNING my sincere thanks to my \ numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me Auctioneer during the past eight years, 1 would now beg to offer my services to al who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa 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 jose far more than his fee in any sale, ' LICENSED AUCTIONEER. Bill stamps always on hand. Sale Bills srranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may be arranged at the Opserver Office, where a Sale Register will kept. be lep wow. | Terms Liberal. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. ---- BE. MAJOR, CENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties wishing his serviges can call at the «Observer Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales. Port Perry, Jan 10, 1879. WM. GORDON, a A Vi &e. &e. . he ties ove Brown & Currie's Store. Port Ferry. BILLINGS Barrister, Solicitor, Notary « Public, &c, Port Perry. #45 A large amount of money to loan at 8 per cent, J. A. MURRAY, to OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, . p&5~ Parties entrusting their 8 may rely on the utmost attention be WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. | NFO NY TO LOAN. their interests. ATE Patterson & Fenton, Burgeon Dentist, Office over 4 Corrigan & Camp- § pell's Store, Port § Perry. All work é done i the very {atest and best style and warranted to give satisfaction. Port Perry, March 28, 1877. prompt remittances made. 0. N. VARS, L. D. §. WALSHE, Lt T. H. WALSHE, CENSED Auctioneer for the Township | HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money LJ of Brock, Thoah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc. in the County | one to twenty years. 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 Remember-- the North Ontario Auction- of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a (Tagge amount of private funds which he is ! prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ales to me ers--interest at eight per cent. IliXpedition ing given and most reasonable terms assured. prompt remittances made. The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowe e, and is allowed to fix his own time for y of Interest once a year (not in advance), he can at any time, just as circumstances permit repay Jar or all of the principal, the Company binding thems lves inthe mort- gage Lo accept such sum, wh r large or small, and apply it as a direct reduction of principal, immediately cancelling the interest on No extra charge is exagted on nt. Loans made from 2 to 2 , or good productive town sum px ) re tho si ) y property. In all cases where the title is perfect, the cost will be very slight to the borrower. Asl am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies there can possibly be no publicity in the transaction. If the title is perfect the money will be hia here in two weeks after making applica- tion. JAMES LUND, Droker, &e., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, 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, 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. I Faindersigned would say to the nwners 8. H, CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877. on improved property for terms from Agent for Westery CANADA LoAN AND Bavinas Company, He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds. Inter.st Eight per cent, No Commission. ' N. Ff. PATERSON, Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor ELTH 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- esia, Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. Hanning & Lally, L. SURVEYORS, CIVIL EN- P aiygers, Draughtsmen, Solicitors of Patents. Office, Gould's Block, Uxbridge. 0. G. HANNING, 0, W. LALLY. Monsy 10 Loay.--C. G, Hanning, Agent forthe Freehold Loan & Savings Co. Dxbridge, March-26, 1870. H: Real Estate, Live S Cattle, Sheep, &c., WM. HEZZELWOOD, Licensed Auctioneer. T aving had much ents of all kinds, parties placing their sales in m; rely on getting all for the proper! ible to bring. Pan orders promptly attended to, sale bills ade out and sale notes furnished free of --~ charge. ENRY GRIST, Patex SOLIOITOR AND DravGHTMAN, Ottawa, Canada. Transacts business with the Patent Office Parties leaving their orders at the Osszavae Office, Port Perry, will receive HE Undersigned having taken out a License as Auctioneer is now prepared fo attend to all sales entrusted to him.-- experience in handling tock such as Horses, also Farming Imple- Farm Produce, &c, &c., y hands may ty that is and other departments of the Government. Copyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces- gary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared. diate and careful Chacgep Moderate, WM, HEZZELWOOD, Baglan, Sept 10,1878. CLEMENT DAWES, 'JT 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,] To Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, Barrister, &o., Oshawa November 21, 1868. WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. {in receipt of the model of the In ~ D. BATEMAN, . SPENCE, Coxrrapror, Buipen, &c, The Subscriber in returning his sincere thank: INCORPORATED 1851. OAPITAL . . $800000. = be- . ene lam thy hE TO om the | (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) public > generally, that ving bought a pro- SY nr TL Le BE tn | nt ee etn on 8 : . 8| gay Insurances effected at the lowes Yon Sr a ork LL cumirent rates on Buildings, Merchandise, / therewith, which he will cxecutecn gahor- and other property, against loss or damage Veterinary ; Surgeon, iy He atthe very lowest figure at 'Which | bY fire. PORT PERRY. a good job can be doue. The material JNO. & D. J. ADAMS, -- -- and first-class workmanship, SPENCE. Agents, Port Perry. LL CALLS by day or night promptly | Prince Albert, April, 1876. Port Perry, Jan 22, 1879. attended to. Dros bY mail oe y telegraph will be atten » witho ly. 3 poion-Mary Stroot, directly south of | J OTN CHRISTIE, is. ckehEs THE ONTARIO lett's Hotel, fe)... %8 | ; | ar D. BATEMAN. | ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, f M \ | | [ Port Perry, April 9, 1870. : of Mardnge License sonveencen LAImeIS Mull InSuaice Loy nr Office--Manchester. Cr T ©. FORMAN, . _ ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House ' Head Office, Whitby, This Company is now fully organized and is prepared to t risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses and Churches, Those wishing to dusure and hotels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY paz Subscriber having leased the above to conduct -------- DIVORCED IN THE DESERT. Andrew Jackson Hathaway, in 1849, was a well-toido young farmer of Towa, with a wife precisely such as a thriving young farmer should hotgl, it will be his end; 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 by none out of the best cities, Commercial Travelers, the Travelin Public, Farmers and others doing Te in the Village and the general public will h? find in THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of dation and moderation in charges. Lhe 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 y dati hostlers, W. B. McGAW, Port Perry, April 20, 1878. © tion, an peer PERRY HOUSE, PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR, The above House is now most comtort- ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, 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. (oYnEROIAL HOTEL, The subscriber having succeeded Mr, Dewart in the Commercial Hotel, Williams burg, Cartwright, intends fitting it up with a view to the comfort and convenience of guests The supplies for the table and bar cares fully selected, PETER HOLT. Cartwright, March 4, 1879. p ; & bright boy at twelve and a sweot tempered daughter of be tween ten and eleven years consti- tuted the two domestic idols of the Hathaway altar. Thoir names were respectively William Henry Harrison Hathaway and Janet Dal- rymple Ilathaway, The father of the elder Hathaway bad served as a lieutenant under Juckson at New Orleans, and belonged toa prime family in Davidson county, Tenn- esse, which bad formerly lived in Virginia, and had good revolutionary blood in its veins. Andrew Jackson Hathaway's father's helpmate came from u representative Rhode Island family, and according to the arch- ives of Providence Plantations, a family renowned for its deeds of valor during the "times that tried men's souls." Her name was Vashtbi, she having been chitsten= ed after un old maid aunt of Fall River, Mass. Andrew and Vashti grew up on neighboring farms in Ohio, where both William Henry and Janet Dalrymple were born.-- It may not be uninteresting right here to state that tho young love that existod between Andrew and Vashti was not entirely uninterrupt. ed--on account of the youth of the parties, however, nothing else--and, whether they cared or not whether the 'Man in the Moon was Looking' they kept an eyes on the nocturnal movements of 'tho old Stormer' (as Andrew folicitously nick-named his sweetheart's suspecting sire), as night after night they exchanged sentiment and something else over the yard gate. It was upon one of theto delight- JR Evens 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, XNTAR10 AOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - =~ PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at howe, Whitby, Nov, 0th, 1876. UEENS HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. " CANNINGTON, Ont. D. CAMPBELL, Prorrieror _, 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. 4 = ATSI0-AVERIGAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, =~ - - PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even {o 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 of guests. The table and bar well supplied. W. H. PARK, Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. A BuSTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. The Only First Class House in Town. ENSON HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindsay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. McCANN & TAYLOR, ProPRIETORS. Every dation for the ling public, Cerne HOTEL, SAINTFIELD. The dersigned having th hly reno- vated and repaired the ire conveniently '| grief. ful ions that Andrew and Vashti had plighted their troth, and bai mutually invoked malediction on whichever of the two should be false to the compact. Andrew and Vashti were married in the home ot the latter, Ohio, in 1835; Andrew's father and mother died in 1840, and Andrew inherited the farm. In 1846 he and his family consisting of his children named William Henry and James, moved to lowa, and here they farmed it until tho winter of 1849-50. ¥t was a bitter cold day in Decem- ber, 1849. The snow was piled six foot deep on the level and the mer- cary marked twenty-four degroes below zero. That day Deacon Hathaway--for Andrew had joined the village church and had been made a pillar thereof--had two logging chains snapped iuto pieces by the irtense cold, and the realiza. tion ot some other mishaps made him red-hot although the atmos- phere was unmistakably Siberian,-- Deacon though he was, Hathaway expectorated a multiplicity of Flanders oaths thatday, and his arrival at home that day was marked by no distinguishing exhi- bition of serenity. Indeed so ox- orcised was Hathaway that, while in the act of pulling oft his boots, be got enraged and kicked one of them ctean through the window, This little episnde elicited a broad grin from William Henry, that he thought that Jackson--a white mule not the head of the family--had kicked over the corn crib; Janet glanced sympatbeticaly at her mother--who had burst into tears simultaneously with the flight of the boot aforesaidi--and joined that good women in her demonstration of Androw took in the domestic tableau at once; and dispatching William Henry for the boot, patted Vashti upon the forehead and said : I am not mad at you, my dear; so don't ery.' «I know you're not mad at me, located Hotel, would now inform the 8g public that the utmost attention will bo given to the comfort and convenience of all guests. Choice supplies for the table and the bar. Good Stabling and a careful hostler. JOS. BROWN, Proprietor. Saintficld, March 25, 1870, | © hr NPs G HOTEL, BUNDERLAND. The undersigned having leased the abo: Hotel has tod and feted it up Ta view to the satisfaction and convenience of Juiests, Supplies for the table and bar cere- ully selected, iid traveling Ibiie hi find every accomm on n 0 comfort at the Nipissing Hotel. Sey _ T. TUCKER. Sunderland, May 5, 1879. pee NONQUON HOTEL. The undersigned having purchased the above Hotel has had it thoronghly overhaul- ed in every department in and around the premises fitting it in every way to secure the comfort of guests. The supplies for the table and bar will always be the best the market can supply. No effort will be spared in making this large and pleasantly located Hotel an ble resting place for the traveling public. [3 pport a Home I p Ti Forgery. have Bow an opporéuni of doing so, either Jdcenses. z applying to the ce, or to any of , in the "BOARD... Be ound Agents of the Company. Our rates Si 2 3 will be found as low as those of any respon- : 38-1 Ror five ones EN sible Mutual Insurance Company in Canada. BRE | are ma ay om sro Sy" Sdn' Se ow's Dl 9 Ra by LEE. C. NOURSE, Seeretary. Ofiou hours fiom vg, m. to3 p. Port Perry, Aug, 20, 1879, W, H. BROWNE, General Agent. Andrew,' r ded Mrs Hathaway; 'but you lose control of yourself so much lately, that you make things very unpleasant at times. You ought to be ashamed of yourself--I say this very feelingly, Andrew, for love you, O, so very, very much-- but here are Billy and Jenny grow- ing up so very fast ; and, my dear, you ought at least to set them no bad examples. Only a week ago you came home in just another such a fit and ripped off both back sus- pender buttons in your anger.' ¢But, Vashti--' ¢Q, you have always some excuse. I know things don't always goas you would like to have them; but there's no use in your getting mad --and especially before the children It nearly breaks Jenny's heart to see you in a passion, and Billy, as must have noticed, has already com- menced to make fun of you.Another : W. 8. LATIMOR. Seagrave, May 1, 1879 stop you, and wite should be full partners perity of you, my dear husband ren.' to supper. Janet, who inquired. Is that really so ?' Hathaway. Mrs. Hathaway. days ago, and that settles ¢ Noither, of us know anything abou folks are going through up and going west once more.' and wagons, half-a-dozen two or three cows, two saddle horse their way to California, losing none of their stock excep the cows, and meeting neither Hos tile Indians or thieving white men SuCeoss. Hathaway nor any other living per son. fit, and sought the and a dial. and son yielded. way said ; ¢ As wo ave evenly divided in ou but I would like to ask you on question: under the circumstances ?' «What would I have done? Wh wero bere but myself. go'my way. Ihave gota map an a general description of the countr, through which we are traveling, an: it I never reach California,' 'Why, Andrew |' «No, there's no why, Andrew about it. I'll say this, though: whenover, i pilgrimage uncertain or unsatisfac to my way, let us separate.' Jackson Hathaway. thing, now that we are on the sub- camp, which, however, when it d ject, let me tell yon, Andrew that you, Andrew, that you are not only violent, and very violent, too, in your temper at times, but you are very obstinately set in your ways.-- You never consult me, either in any of your movements or disaster cap Don't you think it would bo better, first, to make me ac- quainted with your projects, or some of them, and let me put in my little stock ot wisdom and womanly plans together with your hopes and under- takings? Two heads, you know, Andrew, are said to be betier than one, and it strikes me that husband and it would be so pleasant, too.-- I want to share with you, as you ought to know, in all your pleasures and griefs, in all your prosperities and adversities, I say this from the most loving standpoint, Andrew, and I say it for your own good, and for the happiness and future pros- myself, and our dear loving child- During this speech Mr. Hathaway and Janet had propared the evening meal ; William bad plugged up the bole 1n the window with some caste off garment, and the family sat down The silence which followed Mrs. Hathaway's. speech was broken by ¢ Papa, mamma says wo are going to start for California in the spring. 'That is really so,' responded Mr. ¢ Yes, dear girl, we start for Cali- fornia in the spring,' interrupted 'Your father ap- prised me of - his intention a few it-- the far off country, but lots of Iowa in the spring, and I don't mind breaking Spring came, and may found the Hathaways, with two good teams steers, and a good stock of provisions, on The little party had good luck, From the moment they crossed the Missouri River, however Hatha. ways' mode of action was never intertered in with any degree of Ie consulted neither Mrs. IIe made and broke camps when and wherever he pleased, watered his stock whenever he saw advice of no one or no thing except a map Upon leaving Salt Lake, Mrs. Hathaway hazarded a suggestion touching a choice of roads, and William Henry rallied to the sup~ port ot his mother; Janet, however, stood by her father, and the mother But Mrs. Hatha- opinion as to which is tho best road, Andrew, I will yield as 1 always do; Suppose I had not yield. 2d my preference, and suppose both Billy and Jenny had prefered my word, what would you have done my good woman, I would have gone on just as I am--just as if no one I am at the head of this expidition and it must I am going to stick to that compass It is common sense deci sion' and there can't be any appeal. your wisdom, you deem my course of tory, you can go some other way, or take the back track altogether ; and you may take the whole outfit with you except the poorest saddle horse you can pick out. Now, I want you to remember, .once for all, Vashti that Iam infornally tired of your fault finding and sugestions. Iam determined to have my own way.-- Whenever you want to go contrary 'Why, Andrew Hathaway, whata speech I' ejaculated the wife. 'Why the children themselves are amazed at you! And all sobbed bitterly except that obstinate man, Andrew It was several days boforo perfebt harmony prevailed in the Hatbaway set in lasted till the party arrived at a point on the Humboldt descent when the Lassen trail intersects that of the Carson. At this point bad congregated about forty odd persons, all of whom but Hathaway concluded to take the Lassen trail, Mrs. Hathaway was aware that her husband's map pointed out the Carson road as the one to be followed. She, however, preferred the Lassen trail for the reason that a good crowd was going that way; and, further, because both William and Janet had be- sought her to prevail upon their ; | father to change his mind. Thus fortified, Mrs. Hathaway approach- ed her husband, who was seated upon a pile of blankets repairing a bridle. It was a lovely morning in Sep. tember, and all things in nature seemed to smile. The Imperial orb rode up the eastern sky and flung »|its splendors upon the majestic Sierras which rose like battlements bofore it. There was inspiration in the scene and sublimity in the soli- tude of that vast landscape un- touched by hand or art. Mrs. Hathaway opened the con- versation ty saying in dulcet tones : ¢ Andrew, there is a man in our party who has made the trip over tho Sierras several times. He calls the mountains before us the rim of the golden valley, but eays there is no time to be lost in getting over them, as the snow generally com- mences to descend in October, and sometimes falls to a depth of twenty feet. I wishjyou would have a little chat with him after you have mend. ed that bridle, as ho is greatly op- posed to the Curson road. He says it is all dust and alkali.' t| «Ho does,ch? Well, you just toll Kr. Know-it-all that I like dust and alkali, and for that very reason, if for no other, [ am going to take the Carson road,' replied Ilathaway roughly. ¢ But," said Vashti, feelingly, Billy and Janet both want to go by the Lassen trail. The whole party in fact, start off in that. direction in an hour. ¢All right, let them start, that don't interfere with my plans in the least. My map directs me to go by the Carson road and [ am going that way If I go alone.' ¢ Then you may go alone, Andrew Hathaway !' said Vashti, with un- mistakable force and composure. «What, you take the Lassen trail and me the Carson ?' «That is precisely the situation, unless you consent to yield for once in your life, Mr. Hathaway,' re- joined Vashti. «And William and Janet, they--' 'They will go with their mother by the Lassen trail,' added Mrs. Hathaway. «But you will become the laugh- ing stock of the whole party.' «You aro the laughing stock of the whole party, and I am héartily ashamed of you.' ¢ But this is a serious turn affairs have takon and you may regret it,' said Andrew. ¢It is-most serious, Mr. Iatha- way, and I regret that circumstance. es force me to act as I do, replied his wife. 'Then do as I waat you to. I would rather stay right here all winter than take the Lassen trail.' ¢And 1 would remain right bere all winter and thosummer following before I would go one foot by the Carson road, My mind is made up --I propose to start in an hour. What do you say ?' + I say you may go your way and I will go mine.' In less than an hour Mrs. Hatha- way and her two children were on the Tassen road, and Andrew Il astride of an old saddle horse, mov- ed sorrowfully away in another direction. 8 t r 0 vy J y d a.gap of many miles had boen openod, each expeoling that the othor would yield. At last Andrew turnod his animal about, but, to his utter astonishment, no living object mot his view in that vast expanse. His heart sank within him; great scalding drops chased each other down his rugged cheeks; despair took possession of his soul, and the accents; ¢ Divorced in the desert! God! what have 1 done! other way. breozes blew, the dust before and he at times became id 'Noither party looked back until a miserable man cried in agonizing My Then ho wheeled aboat and pur- sued his course, the very incarnation of misery. Once he turned and rode a mile or two on a canter the But. the mountain bis face otely sss. other sedementiry matt nerves and reason almost shatterc he went into camp weary and the first night of separation. . In the meantime Mrs. Hathaway and her children had joined the party that bad started in advance of them, ar had got along as pleasantly as be expected under the circums es. William firtaly believed { bis father would join them durin, the night, and when morning came and found him not ho burst into tears and wept bitterly. The mother was oerwhelmed with grief . but only onge did she give way to fast when Janet said : ¢I dreamed all night of my papa last night. O, my poor, dear papa; I wonder where he is ? i These words went like daggers to the wife's heart and then she wished that she bad taken the Carson trail. She even went «¢ far as to consult with he upon the feasibility of returning, but William opposed such a course as adding folly to folly. Inabout a month Mrs, Hathaway and her children arrived in Sacramento in good health and without the loss of an animal, She sold her entire outfit for several hundred dollars, which amount added to the thou swd odd that she had safely tucked away in the lining of her dress she invested in farniture, etc., and at once set up business ag a hotel-keeper. By dint of industry and perseverance coupled with flush times in and about Sacramento, Mrs. Hathaway not only made lots of money but really amassed a fortune, Up to 1852 both William ard Janet assisted her in ber h hold duties, "I'hen she put them to school where Janet remained until she graduated with honor. In 1857 William' who bad clerked with success in Marysville, went to San Francisco and engaged in the hardware business for himself, and married a Boston lady the fol« lowing year, [In 1858 Janet married a rich farmer of Santa Clara county, and" has lived to see children and graudchildren grow up around her, Mrs. Hathaway still lives; residing with her daughter at San Jose. Avdrew met with hard luck from the start, The third day after the separation his horse fell down and died, and he footed it into the mines of Northern California, taking out his first dust on the Feather River. Once he 1 over five dollars, and built a saw mill which was ded stroyed by a storm. Then he got together a couple of th d dollars and ced merchandizing in Grass Valley, but a fire soon swept away all his property. Then he went down into Southern California, and , from there he drifted into New Mexico, A$ the commencement of hostilitics between the North and South Hathaway was driving a stage coach in Texas. Heat once joined the Confederate army, and was scverely wounded at Pea Ridge while commanding a regiment under Ben McCullough, He was again wounded at Chickamauga under L , and was subseq ly taken prisoner in Virginia and sent to Columbus, Ohio. In 1866, slthough fifty-one years of age, he joined the 14th United States Infantry as a private, and came to the Pacific coast, never learning or' hearing & word of his family--William baving retired from business and gone to Europe a long time before--yantil one day in September, 1878, when he saw some mention of his wifu's name in a San Jose paper, 1 th d The old man lost no time in ascertaining the whereabouts of his long lost beloved ; and on the 10th of September, 1878, just twenty eight years from the day on which he was ¢ divorced in the desert,' his feeble steps carried him to the house that contain- ed his wife, He rang the bell and old Mrs, Hath d the herself. Mutual gnition was , aod without explanations, the old couple hugged and kissed and blessed each other. They each rehearsed their histories from the time they broke camp in the Humboldt Desert twenty-eight years before, Andrew told in detail the story of his unfortunate career, and Mrs, Hathaway bricfly recited her successes' not forgetting to inform him how she had never retired at night without praying God to return him to her once more. 'And now that we are re-united,' said Mrs, Hathaway, with an affected air of earnestness, 'I want to ask you one question.' + What is it, my darling, what is it?" cried the old man in accents of tenderness and love. « How did you find the Carson trail ?* ¢ Miserable, Vashti, miserable--all sand and alkali, Then they embraced each other again, and were united, after having been twenty-eight yems before ¢ Divorced in the Desert,' Leading strings--Those of the firsk violin. gn The man who'dreamt he dwelt in marble halls woke up to find that the bed-clothies had tumbled off. A It ain't so much what a man kan lift, as what ho kan hang on to that shows his skilful strength; Sey It dosen't take a schoolboy long to evince alove for division, provided -auother boy own the apple. Saratoga, io the Indian language, the region of big hills. In plain En means the region of big bills. «I'm kept 80 busy with this brother left me,' said a sl yer, 'I declare I son -- 3 enveloped in clouds of alkali and hor feelings and that was at break-