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5 PORT PERRY, re Business Cavs. Janine; , AGRICUL~ MILY NEWSPAPER, 8 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY MORNING, : BY IRD & PARSONS. _ MERMS.--$1 per annum; if paid in"ad. vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No ; ption taken for less than six months; © and no paper discontinued until all arreafs oe 'RATES OF ADVERTISING. _ For each line, first insertion ... ..$0 08 Bubsequent i , per; line 002 , tinder 6 lines, per anhum .... 3 Lotters . 500 & containing money, when ad- . dothis Office, pre-paid. and beatourrisk. ~~ ats measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oc- cupy. . Advertisements received for publication. without specific instructions, willbe inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisqnent will be taken out untilpaid for. + Aliberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or half-year. These terms will in all cases be strictly a nevd to Job Department. Pamphl Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and executed promptly and at lower rates other establishment in the County. solor, regester- | er eee ONTAR1O BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. | SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in OnE ith this Branch. Deposits of FiveDollars and upwards received and inter~ est allowed thereon. No notice of withdrawal required, : : A.A. ALLEN, MaxAGER. Y PN EP AUCTIONEER. THE undersigned Savio again taken up his residence on his property Bigelow Street, Port Perry, is now prepared to make INO. & D. J. ADAMS, Money, Land & Insurance BROKERS, PORT PERRY, HE large sums of money on hand for Investment, Mortgages Purchased. A number of excellent Farms for Sale or to Rent. ' AGENTS FOR THE " ALLAN LINE Of Steamships. JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan, 23, 1870. for and all y ar tions, &c. Angtion Sales, Valua! i WHS, AGtioneer. 0. DA Port Perry, Oct. 7, 1880. BE. MAJOR, - ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties L wishing his services can call at the Shaun an «Observer Office, Port Perry, and arrange for p@r~ Parties from a distance getting hand days of Sales. \ bills, &e. printed can have them done to take | hort Perry, Jan 10, 1879. ome with them. ene : mii 2 J. BAIRD. H. PARSONS. WM. GORDON, - L d A y eng : OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge Professional Ea ove. F Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa "Dp. A SON. MB.MD d Eldon D. ANDERSON, MB.MD,FTUS, Mee Parties entrusting their Sales to me J. M.C.P.S.. L.R.C.P.. Graduate of the University of Toronto, graduate of the Uni. vorsity of Trinity College, Fellow of Trinity Medical School, Member of the College of may rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland y Brock. Physicians and Surg 1 0 of the yang Royal College of Physicians, Edinburg, T, H, WALSH, Physician, Surgeoy, and Accoucheur, over Mr. Corrigan's Store, Port Ferry. rn H. SANGSTER, M. D., Physician, Sur- J « geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Omoe 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 by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. R. WARE, Coronor for the County of tario, Physician, Surgeon and Ac- goueheur, Oftice, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. J¥ospital, London, England, The lye RR. --e em Nw F. MCBRIEN, M.D, M. R. U. 8, Guy's v o doey Oshawa, Sar hams ¥. PATERSON, (late of Beaverton) N Berrjster and Attorney-at Taw, Solicl- fort Uhaneeryy Conveyhncer, Notary Pub- irs over Brows & Caries Bore, Port Perry. ee eet ILLINGS & CAMPBELL, Barristers and Attorneys-at-Law, &c. Solicitors for the Ontario Bank. Office in Bigelow's Hlock, Queen St; Port Perry, Ont. AORN BILLINGS. COLIN H. CAMPBELE + Port Perry, Feb. 12, 1881. FE. FAREWELI, LL. B, County Crown » Attorney for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Salleitor, and Notary Public, Offiec lately oc- gupiad by 8. H. Cochrane, Esq, Brock street, Whithy. i ert YMAN L. ENGLISH, LL. B., Solicitor in J Ohancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &¢. Oshawa. ce--Simeae street, opposite the Post Office -: RMIFH, Ll. B., Barrister, At- June ih dolicitor in Chancery, torney-at! Al Tnsorvonot: Notary Public, &e. OMce--MoMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. HUGH D. SINCLAIR, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor inChan cery, Conveyancer, &c. Office Iatedy M. Cochrane, Bigclow's MURRAY, £0 vi me in the k oid style and warranted to give fatest and best satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. Ss, L. D. 8. H inserted on ail the latest princi- f the art, and as cheap as the cheap- est, and as as the bekt, Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted "without pain by producing local apgsth- ¥ Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Oshawa. Hanning & Lally. "BURVEYORS, cL Ly. 'gmmgns, Draughtsm ors of foe, Gould's Blook, Usbridge. Toan.--C. a. Hanning, Agent je Frechold Loan & Savitigs Co. $ March 26, 1870. GRIST, Patgn SOLICITOR AND ¥, Ottawa, Canada. with the Patent Office ments of the Government the Registration of Trade ns procured. Drawings, al er Documents neces- sectire: of Invention, prepared the model of the Invention, without delay . directly south of TEMAN. _ ©. W, LALLY.} J JopusED Auctioneer for the Township of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., 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 prompt remittances made, Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Arction- eer. WM. HEZZELWOOD, L censed Auctioneer. 1 T License as Atictioneer is now prepared to attend to all sales entrusted to hinn-- Having had much experience in handling Cattle, Sheep, &c., also Farming Imple- ments of all kinds, Farm Produce, &e, &c., parties placing thejr salesin my bands may rely on getting all for the property that ia possible to bring. All orders promptly attended to, sale bills charge. Parties leaving their orders at the Ossgrver Office, Port Perry, will receive immediate and careful attention, Charges Moderate. WM. HEZZELWOOD, Raglan. Raglan, Sept 10,1878. -- M. SPENCE, Coyrracron, BuiLpen, &c. 1 LAR ily that havin, ro- ublic generally Porty A moved into the Village of nce Albe he will in future give his whole attention to his business as Contractor, and 1s pow ready to undertake Stone Work, Brick- Laying, Plastering, and overything connecte the ith, which fewhi the short- est notice aud in the best and most durable style, and at the very 1oWwest figure at which a good job can be dowd, ue est material and t-class workmanship. ary Wit. SPENCE. Prince Albert, April5, 1875. OHN CHRISTIE, J TOWNSHIP OLERE, guer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &c. Office--Manchester. Office Established 18 Years. I HAVE issued Marriage Licenses at Port Perry for the past 18 years, and continue to do so at the same old spot, corner of Queen and Water Streets. HENRY CHARLES. Port Perry, Feb. 15, 1881, C. FORMAN, . ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House WH Th. Posy PERRY & LINDSAY Change of Time and Additional Train Service. Commntne Monday, iu 33 198 Trains Going 'Noréh, ; HE Undersigned having taken out a | Real Estate, Live Stock such as Horses, | made out and sale notes tarnished free of MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to Jend money T on improved property for terms from one to twenty years. Agent for Westary CANADA Loax axp Savinas CoMPANY, He has also been instructed to invest a large amoynt of Private Funds. Inter:st Eight per cent. No Commission. N. F, PATERSON. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in hig hands a iaxge amount of private funds which be is prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ers--interest at eight per cent. EX and most reasonable terms assured. 8, H. CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877. MONEY TO LOAN. The und d hasany tof Money to lend pop Farm and Town Property, at {Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid in any maoner 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. . MONEY ~{Mrivate Funds] I'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. : LYMAN ENGLISII, BARRISTER, &0., Oshawa November 21, 1866. 4 ~ hotels. THE WALKER HOUSE, PORT PERRY, 4 COMYLETE in all its Deparfments { W. HASLAM, Dec. 15, 1880, [PORT FERRY HobsE. The undersigned having leased for a term of years this comfortable, pleasantly located Hotel will endeavor by strict attention to the convenience and comfort of guests to make the Port Perry Horse a desirable place of entertainment for the general public. Choice on] "for the table and bar. he stable and yard carefully attended to. * JOHN RUDDY. Port Perry, Dec. 9, 1879. (({OMMERCIAT, ROTEL, The subscriber haying 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 care- fully selected, PETER HOLT, Cartwright, March 4, 1879, : A NOLO-AWERICAN 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 thd Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in First-Olass Btyle and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to the comfort of guests, The tab.e and bar well supplied. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. A PUSTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION, WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. McCANN & TAYLOR, Proprizrors. Every accSmmogdation for the traveling public, GREENBANK. HE tindetsigned would inform the pub- _ licthat he has rented for a term of years the premises formerly known aa the Cottage IEFIotel, Greenbank, and having thoroughly reno- vated the same he is now prepared to re- peive guests. GOOD OPENING. There is a splendid opening in Greenbank for an enterprising man to open the Furhi- ture and Undertaking Business. A first class Shoemaker Wwoiild find Greenbank a good opening for his business. The village is situated on the Center Road, about 7 miles from Port Perry and about the same distance from Uxbridge village, and 9 miles from Sunderland. It is in the centre of a Splen- did Agricultural district J. V. THOMPSON. "THE ONTARIO Farmers' Mutual Insuance Co'y a---- Head Office, Whitby, This Company is 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 thereby 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 respon- sible Mutual Insurance Company in Canada. Head Office--Opposite the Royal Hotel Brock 8t., Whitby C. NOURSE, Sceretary. W. H. BROWNE, General Agent. PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES ¢. M KENZIE, HE Subscriber having now fully ecuipped his new and extensive Livery Stables with a supply of superior Horses and Carriages, is prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. C. MCKENZIE. Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1878 WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. INCORPORATED 1851, : OaPITAL. |. ' 4800000 (With power to {ncrease to $1,000,000.) HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. pa Insurpnces effected at the lowest Greenbapk, May 3rd, 1880 Increased Public Acammodain FVHE undersigned would inform the public that he is opening a Restaurant In the premises opposite the Ontario Bank where every thing supplied in a first-class Restaurant will be provided and served in a manner which cannot be excelled as it will be conducted by first-class hands. EIot and Cold Meals AT ALL HOURS OYSTERS SERVED T0 SUIT. all that this is what the public require. JOSEPH COOK, Port Perry, Sept. 24, 1879. LUGGAGE TAKEN TO AND FROM THE STATION AND AROUND TOWN. T= Subscriber is prepared to convey Chests, Trunks, Boxes and every other description of etoand from the Rail. way Station or anywhere around town. All orders promptly attended to. Charges moderate, JOB. COOK Port Perry, Jan. 1, 1874. MARBLE WORKS ! PORT PERRY -------------- HE undersigned would take this oppors tunity of expressing their thanks for the very liberal patronage bestowed on them and would beg to inform the public gener- ally that enjoy y increased facilities for ng" orders more promptly, with CHOICE AL, SUPERI wo. P and at LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. (UR GRANITE & MARBLE Perry, "* "No.4. No.2 |omrent rates on Buildings, Merchandise, EXPRESS. MALL. ation property, against loss or damage Toronto, T-R. C807 733 |by fire. |yrnithy in JNO, & D. J. ADAMS ip ig ia kt Ton Fon, Summit .. 1000 | Pert Perry, Jan 23, 1879. s Manchester. in isl Mi ec n £8 B > Thies Sonn i Stall in part of Mr. Madill's premises; PNo.5. No. |opposite the Ontario Bauk, Port Perry, MAL, EXPRESS, where an Abundant supply of the very 18 {J'|Bost Quality of Meat | o Market affords will be kept during the a i 1: and od at 'the lowest Gating the 5 market will allow. © © in = : J. BONGARD, : Port Perry, Dec. 22, 1880. . : BROTYPES, 4 for 50 cents, at Mex ol SET PHOTOGRIFES, oir. 1C par dozen at McKeoaie's Gallery, Port ; 'Monuments, © + Tomb Stones, a and 'fablets Aromu > see them, wre deans eth ae i jo Eee Rort Perry, March 24, 1880, : S A call at Cook's Restaurant will satisfy - ¥ Years ago when Joe Goodman édited the Enterprise (Virginia City), he was wont to turn aside from the drudgery of editing a daily newspaper to pen & charagteristic poem. * Hero is one of them entitled. "The Stage Driver's Story," which is well worth starting on its travels again ;. It walt the stage driver's story, as he stood th his back to the wheelers, A Quietly flickiog his whip and tyraing his quid of tabaced, 3 While on the dusty road, and blent with rays of the moonlight, We the lash of his i whip and the juice "Danger | Sir, I believe you--Indeed, I may say on that subject, You your existence might put to tha hasard and turn of a wager, I have seen danger! Oh no, not me, sir, in= deed,T assure you-- Perchance 'twas the man with the dog that is siting alone in yon wagon. It was the Geiger grade, a mile and half from the summit; Black as your hat was the night, and neyer star in the heavens. § Thundering down the grade, the gravel and stones were rent flying Over the precipice side a thousand feet plumb to the bottom. Half way down the grade I felt, sir, a thrill- ing and creaking, Then a motion to one side, as we hung on the bank of the ravine, Then looking up the road I saw in the dis- tance behind me The off hind wheel of the coach just loosen- ed from its axle and following. One glance above I gave--then gathered together my ribbons, Shouted and flung them outspread on the straining neck of my cattle, Screamed at the top of my voice, and lashed the air in my frenzy, While down theGe'ger grade,on three wheels the vehicle thundered, Bpeed was our only chance, when again the rattle; Crack, and another wheel slipped away and was lost in the darkeess ; Two only now were left, yet such was our fearful momentum, Upright, erect and sustained on fwo wheels, the vehicle thundered As somo huge boulder, unloosed from its rocky shelf on the mountain, Drives before it the hare apd the timorous squirrel, far leaping, So down the Geiger grade rushed the Pioneer eoach, and before it Leaped the wild horses and shricked In ad- vance of the danger impending. But to be brief in tuy tale: again, ere we came to the level, Slipped from its axle a wheel--so that to be plain in my statement t-- + | A matter of twelve hundred yards or more, as the distance may be, 'We travelled upon one wheel, until we drove up to the station, Then, sir, we gank into a hegp ; but picking myself from the ruins, I heard a noise up the grade, and looking, I saw in the distance The three wheels following still, like moons an the horizon whirling, Till gircling ; they gracefully sank om the road at the side of the station. This is my story, sir, a trifle indeed, I assure ou ; Much Os perchance, might he said, but I hold him of gil men most lightly Who swerves from the truth in his tale--No, thank you--well, since you are pressing, Perbaps I don't care if I do--you may give me the same, Jim--no spgay," m------------------ A NIGHT WITH THE WOLVES It was about thirty-five years ago that my father, then a noted cjvil engineer, was chosen to survey 8 road between Dgtroit and Lansing, It was literally work in the wilder- ness. My father,who was a domestic man, became tired after a few months of his lonliengss,and resolved ta have his wife and children vith him: 'He took a furlough, came on to Baltimore, and started back with us in two days, giving my mother buat little time for preparation: But be was a driving, hot-tempered, as well as.affectionate man, and never felt that any obstacle' was of sufficient importance to stand in the way of any whim or wish of his own. Such firey energy is a useful qual ity, no doubt, but when garried to extreme, as in my fatber's case, is likely to bring tropbleand possibly misery into business relations and the home circle. It wag early in December when we approached the end of our journey, baring but thirty miles to make before reaching Lansing: The weather was bitterly cold and the snow lay deep on the ground. At the last yillagp at which we stopped my mother desired to re- main a day or two, that the children might rest. There were three of us --Mary, aged nine; myself, a big boy of six; and the baby scarcely two months old, But my father, conscious of no fatigue himself, could not enter into the fealings of weak children, « Nonsensa, Jane," he said ; "after this long journey to stop just at the door of home. I have a cosy little home for you, 'We will pushlon and reach Lansing bp nightfall. Think 7 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1881. how pleasant it will be to rest in your own house with bright fires and a go or 0 Welcome you." My mother made no further objec- tion and we continued our journey. The stage lumbersd heavily through the snaw, and it was nearly dark When we stopped for supper al an inn, still nearly fifteen miles distant from Imnsing: Whon stipper was over; my Imother seated burself with the children at the blazing fire, when Titers voice was hespd outside, lustering angrily, " Why have the horses been put away ?" he shayted to the landlord. "1 did not suppose it passable for you to go to-night, Colonel Mo- Lure." " What business have yon to sup- pose anything about it? What should hinder me from going on ?-- cried my father. "Save your anger for your slaves, Colonel," stid the landlord, ¢oolly. "There is nothing to hinder youn but there is mueh to hinder delicate women and children. It'stiot likely you'll reach Lansing till morning, the snow is so deep and the track so hard to find." : My mother went out and called softly, "Charles, let me speak to you a moment," She was a gentle weak little woman. "Charles, cannot we stop here all night? Iam so tired, and the children---let us stay ?" and her eyes filled with tears. "You always were a lazy, little thing," pulling her playfully by the ear. "Goand bundle up. We'll be off in ten minutes, and be home before nine o'clock," "Colonel," The landlord beckon: ed him aside. "I did not wish to speak of it betore Mrs. McLure, but the read belween here and Lansing has beet. infested with wolves all winter." " Bah | wretehed little coyotes !-- You know there is no more danger in them than in so many cats. It is a poor trick to bring eustom to your tavern, Joe." "Step there, Colonel ; not another word, sirl" The landlord turned away. He was a man of much rectitude and good sense and he was justly offend- ed. "Pat the horses to the coach?" said the hostler, "Does the Colonel know ?"'-- "Ho dogs not choose to listen," said the landlord; 'be'll be wiser before morning, Hitch up the horsps." You must not think my father in- tentionally hard or cruel. But he wag an old army officer, used to baving his own way, and to discipl, ining weaker people than bimself. We drove on slowly. The night was dark and cold, but mother had wrapped Mary and me up in cloaks and buffalo skins, and held the baby close to her breast, and we were were comfortable enongh. " Snug ?--little man ?"' called my father from time to time. "Pept warm. Jane? Little Mary's sound asjeep, God bless ber! It's not such a frightful journey, after all, eb ?-- I don't want you to thinkl am tao hard on yon," "You hard, Charles!" said my mothor, who gould not bear that he should blame herself. ¢ You are al- ways right, dear." My father after that soon went to sleep. He did not waken for a couple of hours, and thon only be- eailse the stage coach stopped. « Lansing, eh? Here we are |-- Why; this is the middle of the woods," he cried, jumping out.-- « What ails you, Sam ? What are you stopping here for ?" he said to the driver. "Well, to tell the truth," stam- mered Sam, "I've lost the way. I don't get the bearings juss right." "I'll soon find it for you." « No, you'll net, Colonel," said Sam, decisively. "You never were in these woods before, Just you keep inside. and lemthe alone this is my business." ; My father was too goad a discip~ linarian not to gnderstand the force of this statement, He sat still though impatient and scolding, while Sam got down and tramped through the interminable rows of black pillard trunks seeking vainly for some landmark. i "They're all so confoundedly alike," he. muttered sorambling to his seat, "Ef only the stars were out,' ; oh "How far have yon gone?" ~"Pen miles--or mabbe fire.-- This bayer snow is so blindin' and confusin',"' said Same. "Gee up, now," whipping up his four horses | with a faint show of energy. ; They made a start an then stopp: terror. Sea "Heaven help us |" cried Sam. A far-off éfy, like shrill yelps, was beard, My father started up. "Dan't betneasy, Jano," he said, quietly, "Iam going on the box with Sam, Keep the children quiet if possible. Don't let the baby ol Ad "% What is it, Oharles 7" " Oh, no matter |" Lynxes, cata- mounts, somg Miserable wood ver- min." rw The next moment he was beside Sam. "Drive for your life, They are no coyotes--they are the great grey wolves!" "I know it, They have been in the woods all winter." "That's what Joe meant," " Yos, when you wouldn't listen," But it was no time for reerimina- tion. The horses urged by terror needed no whipping. They dashed forward, The coach, rocking tp and fro, dashed violently at times ngainst the trees. The eries of the wolves drew nearer. They were apon us, They leaped upon the coach, bung upon the boot, ran yelping alongside it. My father placed a pair of pistols in Sam's bands. Both men fired al- ternatoly. But they had to stop to oad, for it was before the days of revolvers, "One fierce, red-oyed brute sprang upon the window, from which little Mary, escaping from her mother, had thrust her head. My father fir ed, the brute foll back upon the yelp- ing pack below, They stopped a moment to tear him to picees, and for the moment we were safo. Then they came back in fresh fary One of the horses gave a yell, buman in agony. "Its Susy," cried Sam. havo torn her thi at." The niare was one of the leaders, My father drew his knife, and with great risk, crept along the pole be- tween the running wheel-horses and | cut the traces and reins of the two leaders. The dying horse dropped | on one side of the vehiels, and the other leader broke from him and fled to the woods. "Thesn two'll not take us in," said Sam. "No; but we will fight every inch," The wolves bad gatherd about the fallen mare. The moon began to rise, and showed us their number.-- My mothpr declared that there were thousands of them. But she was not in a condition to count very accur- ately. The two wheel-horses dragged the coach about half a.mile. Then the paek came up again, leaped, on their haunches and tore thei paor brutes so that the flesh hung in great strips. "Cut down another horse. That will keep them back ton minutes," said Sam with white lips and star- ing eyes, He had faught silently and bravely, But he was thinking now of his wife and baby, "That would be to burn our ship with a vengence," said my father, "What would we do then ?" "Bring the women and children to the top of the stage and fight un- til our amnnition's gone. "I have but two charges left." "Then we are lost I" At that moment my mother, who had not uttered a sound before, cried out. A wolf had leaped halfinto the the window, and was scratching to get into the coach. My father shot him dead. He was not likely to miss with that shot, And now - the black swarming beasts sprang headlong on the horsss. They staggered and fell. "It is all over," muttered my father. But my mother, who had - been praying inside, was not so sure of thats Just then came a frightful noise of shouts, horns, guns firing, dogs barking, The wolves paused, pricked their ears--turned, and sud- denly scattered through the woods. The freed leader had fortunately out run the wolves, and bad reached Lansing and coming to the hotel his bloody, torn sides and cut traces had told the story. In five minutes, "They out to hunt wolves, ; We were but two miles from the village, so that we slept in our own house that night after all, aod from every house in the town some little token of good every man and boy in the town was | -will was sent to make |= a : | the A bean dismissed by a belle an arrow dismissed by a bow aro a to start off in a harry. "Aw | how duth you like my muth tache, Laura ?" lisped a dandy merry girl, "Oh, very much. It looks like the fuz on the back of a caterpillar," ' A fresh arrival from Europe ro- fused to stamp his letter in Detroit Postoffice tho other day, becanse he understood this to be a free country, Vennor may predict and publish, but when robins ani blue birds rest on the house.roofs and cats get a feeling of lagsitude yon can bet that spring is scoring for a start, The Boston Commercial Bulletin notes the fact that Cain was the first man Who went out slaying. Had he been Abel his brother would then have gone, A Detroit man who invested $1 in a lottery drew a span of horses on the ticket, and though he looked them over inch by inch he couldn' count more than fifty-three ring: tones and spavins on the pair; ~ They were from the frontier, and bad not had as many oysters and trimmings as theirsystems required, After an hour's hard work at a Gals voston avenue rostaurant, one of them leaned his head on the edge of the table and said in a feoble voice; "Bill, wake me up as soon as I am thirsty again, I'lldo as much fop you sometime," ee Dr. Pierce's Plans. The following letter, stating the decision of R. V. Pierce and the association which he is the head concerning the rebuilding of the Palace Hotel recently burned, will be found of special interest at the present time:-- Editor Evening News ; The lively interest manifested by the getieral public with reference to whether the Palace Hotel is to be rebuilt or not, induces me to say, that our Association, after having taken the matter into consideration, and having consulted with prominent architects, builders and manufaeturers of farnitare and other house~furnishing goods, with reference to the cost of the duplicating the hotel and its furnishing, Gud that at present prices for materials and labor, it would cost nothing less than $500,000 to make good our logs, The property originally cest very closs to $400,000, including the furnishing, The construction of the bnilding was commenced five years ago, when building materials and labor,as well an carpets, furnityre and every. thing else required, were very cheap as come pred with present prices. Asan illustration the contract prices at which 41 commen brick were furnished, laid in the walls, was put $8 per thousand, and this price included the setting of all cut stone; while now, I un« derstand the lowest bid for this item, receiv ed'a few days since, on a large job submitted to the builders of this city for proposals, was $11.75 per thousand, showing sn advance above the price paid for the brick work in the Palace Hotel of almost 50 per cent! Many other important items have advanced in price quite as much, but supposing the ad- vance in the cest of building and furnishing to average only about 25 per cent. (a low estimate) we could not replace ou: less for less than $300,000, as we wre assured competent architects and builders that #8 part of the old walls can be saved and utiliz« ed in a new building, so complete is their destruction. The largeamount of sandstone employed for arches and other parts where strength is required, and the complete wreck made of it by the flumes and the intense heat, served {o render the destruction of the walls complete, and there is not sufficient value jn them to pay the expense of clearing away the rubbish, Inasmuch as our insurance is only a little more than half the actual losg sustained, we feel that much as we would lke to gratify the pubiic desire to have the Hotel rebuilt we cannot afford to reconstruct it in a man- ner suited for the purpose of a. general hotel such as a city like Buffalo should possess. But, as our Association had, by liberal expenditure, and much labor, acquired and brought together in that establishment, a very superior aggregation of remedial ap pliances,and bad thus,by affording unequaled facilities for the treatment of chronic diseases built up a large business in that specialty, and had also come fo enjoy am exténsive patronage in surgical practice, derived from every quarter of the Union, we feel that we cannot afford to sacrifice that important and most lucrative part of the business recently conducted in the Hotel, for want of asuitable building in which to provid for the entertain- ment aud comfort of our patients, therefor, take early steps to purchase ox erect, either in thig city, on the site of -the ruins, orelse where, a suitable building for the purposes indicated," ; It was not gn easy malfer to conduct & remedial or sanitary institution as a de Weshall