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. A"WREXLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL TURAL §& FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT. "mvemy WiivrssAvgueRNINe, BAIRD. & "ransons. T------ S.--$1 per annum, if pe d in ad- : -- not $1.50 will be chi . No hE taken for less than i monthe; 49d 50 japes discontinued antil all arrears is OF ADVERTISING. | ONTA MY BANK. CAPITAL ac 000, oc _ \ PORT PERRY BRANCH. savINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connection Eith this Branch. Deposits of FiveDollars ana upwards received and inter Por vach line, first insertion .. 08 | ost allowed thereon, Sub: t ingertio line 00 Cardn, EE 80 No notice of withdrawal tequitsd. [3 otters containing money, when ads| -. A.A ALLEN, 0 this re any Voggtior. Maaosn y ye at our risk, Hoa ws charged according ne space Li oc "AUCTION NEIL - Advertisements "vacelved for publication, without pecific instructions, will be inserted nutil for! id and charged accordingly. = No advertise ni will be taken outuntilpaid for an :ra, 'iscount allowed to Merchants and o sexs who advertise by the year or 'half-year, g@™ Thos: terms will in all cases be strictly adhered to + Job Department. Pamphlots, Hand - Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Chucks, Books, Circulars, 'Business Cards, Bull Cauds, &c., of every "style and selor, executed promptly and at lower rates shan any other establishment in the County. weF~ Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &e. printov can have them done to take home with than J.BATRD. oC H, PARSONS. HS atension; 1&avas. D ANDERSON, MB MD,FTMS. M.C.P.8.. L.R.C.P. Graduate of the Univ. srsity of Toronto, graduate of the Uni. vorsity of Trinity College, Fellow of Trinity Medical School. Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons; Licentinte of the Royal College of Physicians, Edi Physician, Surgeon, and Acconcheur, over Mr. Cotrigan's Store, Port Perry. ] Office Hi SANGSTER, M. D., Physician, Sar- «Reon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. OMce over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streats, Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the Jweiting recently occupied 'axton. 'by Mrs. Geo, Pi ARE, Cgronor for the County of DY burt PhySiclan, Surgeon aud Ac- ponoheur, Ofiice, opposite the town hall. N Port Perry. ania M. F. MeBRIEN, M.D, M. R. C. 8,, Guy's Fosplial, London, England. 'The ye R. A N.% Barrister uni Attorney-at Law, Solici- tor in anders, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- lig, &e., &c. ' Omce over Brown & Carrie's Store Port Perry. ee tg ILLINGS & CAMPBELL, Bhrristers and Attorneys-at-Law, &e. Solicitors orthe Ontniio Bank. Office in Bigelow's Block, Queen St, Port Perry, Ont JORN BILLINGS. COLIN If. CAMPBELL. Part Pe.ry, Feb. 12, 1881. ee eee 1. "FAREWELY,, LL. B., County Crown . Attorney for ntarin, Batelsten Attorney, Saliettor, and Notary Publie. Office lately oc- cuniad by 8. H. Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Waitby. YMAN [. ENGLISH LIL. B, Solicitorin 4+ Chancery, Attorney, Convey: ancel, &c. Oshawa. OMoc--Simeve Street, opposite the Post OfMce Foun: ANITH, Ll. B., Barrister, Ate T. tornav-at-Law, Solicitor or in Chancery, nd [nselvency Notary Public, &o. Omee--Me :lan's Bloek, Brock street, Whitby. HUCH D. SINCLAIR, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor inChan very, Conveyanoer, Be. Office Intely oceupied hy W. M. Cochrane, Bigelow's Bork, Pott Perry. &. Oshawa, J ¥. PATERSON, (late of Beaverton.) SEA MURRAY, { 1 are Puttoraon & 4 Fouton, Surgeon Dentist Office bver fx Qorrigan & Camp- £3 bell's Store, Port § Perry. All work done in the ve Atust and: best style and fwalrantsd to give satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. U.N. VARS, .. D. 8. T YEETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and ag cheap as the cheap- 2 ah and as good at the best. Teeth filled with Goll and Silver. Teeth extracted in by producing local anmsth- esia. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug' Store, King Street, Oshawa. NRY GRIST, Paten SoLiciTon - AND # uAvauTMAN, Ottaws, Canada, + Teansucts business and other de with. i Patent. Office i E undersigned takes this WPporthnity Ff roturning thanks for the very liberal patronage which he has received as Auc- tioneer in the past. The increased experi. ence and extensive practice which I have had will be tnrnd to advantage of patrons, and partis favoring me with their Sales may rely on their interests being fully pro- tected, = No effort will be spar-d to make it profitable for parties 'to place their Sales in my hands, My Sale Register will be found at Laing & Meharry's Hardware Store and at my own residence, Union A venue, Port Perry. ™ . DAWES, Auctioneer. Port Perry, Aun. 17, 188). E. MAJOR, ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties I. wishing his services can call at the Observer" Office, Port Perry, andarrange for days of Sales, Port t Perry, Ji Jan 10, 1879. wa GORDON, [OR ae Abownship of Brock, Cordes, fi Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, a Parties entrusting their Sales to me may relyon the utmost gtention being given to their interest, WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township J 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 punctually attended to, Debts col- lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALSH E, the North Ontario Auction- ee! WM. HEZZELWQOD, Licensed Auctioneer HE Undersigned having taken out a i PORT TT SAVINGS. ERANCH DOMINIO] EPOSITS taken of $1 a at three per cent per auaum. © Uxbridge, Sept. 7, 1881, * BANK. UXBRIDGE. BANK . OF THE WALTER DARLING, | "H. GORDON, | Notary Public, gomuissioner: in B. R., Land, Loan an: Insurance Agent. Representing the following first-class Fire, Life, Accident | . and Guarantee INSURANCE COMPANIES : The Foye, ~T'h: Canada Fire and Marine, The Sovereign, The Union, and The Travelers. FIRE Poricies Insuring all classes of 1nsvr- able property, upon the shortest notice, and oat: Life Policies yi remi- ums payable until death, or for mited number of years, Endowment oh pay- able at a certain date, or on previous death. Accident Insurance covering death by acel- dent, and weekly Indemnity In case of non- fatal'in njury. 29 Marvinge Licenses Issued, "GN and Tickets for passage to and from Great Britain sold at lowest rates. Port Perry, April 20, 1881. an r MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, : Agent for Wester Caxapa Loax' ano Savines Company. He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds. Inter.st Eight per cent. No Commission. N F. PATERSON. Port Perry. May 20, 1878. Solicitor HOA At 6. per cent. Also on Village Security at a Higher Rate 8a MORTGAGES EOUGHT. HUBERT L. EBBELS, Baru1sTsn. HE Subscriber is prepared to (LOND ANY AMoONT . --ON-- § Farm 'Securty. Port Perry, May 10, 1881. MONEY [Private Funds,] 'I'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. © LYMAN ENGLISH, Barrister, &c., T License as Auctioneer is now prepared to attend to all sales entrusted to him -- Having had much experience in handling Real Estate, Live Stock such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, &c., also Farming Imple- ents of all kinds, Farm Produce, &c, &c., parties. placing their sales in my hands' may rely on getting all tor the property patie) possible to bring. All orders promptly attended to, atgvile) charge Parties leaving their orders at the Onserver Office, Port Perry, will receive immediate an careful attention, Charges Moderate, args Moder leg WOOD, Haglan Raglan. Sept 10,1878. ORE) TRADE MARK. Brain and Nerve Food. Is a Sure, Prompt and Efteeuel Remedy for Nervousness In ALL stages, W CARTER.) ats, SpermatorThoea, a General Loss of Power. It vous Waste, Kejuvenates the Jaded Srrengthens the Enfeebled Brain and Restores Norprising Tone and Vigor to the Exhgusted Generative Organs. The experience of thou- sands proves it an Juvalonble Bi Remedy, ans eine {8 pleasant tu tl hi box contains sufficient for two week! S Ey Desk and best. Foil partioniars in our pu#¥phlet, which we desire to mall free to any address. MACK'S MAGNETIC MEDICINE 18 So by; Oru ints at #1 ots. pér Hox. o boxes, Nor or will be mailed free id oS Or on TeseIpL of the money, by address MACK'S M AGNEIIG MEDICINE a 'Windsor, Out., Ca | Wi fr PERRY & LINDSAY encing October 22nd, 1881 ° i BESRIESE2EES sion k ® Eo 0s a= aati / |emrent rates on Buildings, . | and other property, against loss or damage by "| "Price 35 cents. 3 'Agent, A. J. pave, rl behav November 21, 1866. MONEY 10 LOAN AT 6 PER CENT. HE andetsiened Ts is prepared to loan money at 6 per cent ALL LOANS STRICTLY CONFIDEN- TIAL. © made out and sale notes turnished free of | JOHN BRUCE, 1 *Nuv. 30, 1881. Prince Albert. sh A LR PORT FERRY VERY STABLES, C. M° KINZIE, PROPRIETOR. HE Subscriber having now fully ec uipped T his new and extensive Livery Stablss with a supply of superior Horses and Carri. Ages, is prepared to furnish first class Lossof-Hratn Se ied | 1 VY E R Y RJ C S Om Moderate Terms. C. MCKENZIE. Port Perry, Ang. 6, 1878 WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1851. CAPITAL $800000. (With power to increase to $1,000,000. ) HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. PE Insurances effected @ the lowest erchandise, y fire, JNO. & D. J. ADAMS, Agents, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan 22, 1879, | « |THE MARHATIAN. FEED, For HOR CATTLE, MILCH cows: HEEP ARD'pie8. 1 Fs KENDALLS ISPAVIN CURE,| 1: completely remove a Bone rho Sot ete, without blistering or causingany | : NEW HORSE BOOK. A Treatise on the Horse his Disoases, has 65 ak cogravi Ta Ch hand Dioggh, Port Perry. fs Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired So - FTOPESA. (FROM BRAZIL.) The New Compound, its won- werful affinity to the Digestive Apparatus and the Liver, in ing the gissolviu gest rp actan ia, I Fagizen td res [2 a Ss tion and the TO. TORPID LIVER , mal Zopasg an Svery] day Recessity in very hous It acts gently and spee: pit acts go yo Sad speedily iz ache, Sick Headache, Distress al te. ting, Wind on the Stomach, Heartburn, Pains in the Side and Back, Want of A, petite, Want oi Enorgy, Low 8 ts, Foul Stom- ach. It pride fh the Liver, car 1ies off all surplus bile, regulates the Bowels, and gives tone to the whole STsten | 0 your price wi to be ay 21 10 cent Sample, $a yous uolehbor about it. for 76 cents, an SAN EMPIRE'S DUST.LIES | "HE undersigned takes this opportunity of returning -incere thanks for the ve liberal patronage bestowed upon the late firm of Rose & Shaw of Port Perry Marble | Works. The liberal patronage received in the past has had the effect of cansing every Ceme- tery throughout this and adjoining Counties To Bristle with 7omb)| Stones and Monuments, FROM THE PORT PERRY MARBLE WORKS The undersigned now takes the business and with increased facilities and if possible greater attention to business hopes for a still further increase of public patronage. -- The services of BR, JUBNG, une'of the finest Sculptors and most Artistic Carvers on Stone have been secured, All orders promptly attended to, Choice Material, First-Class' Workman- ship and Moderate Prices, C. SHAW. Port Perry, Aug. 17, 1881. THE WALKER HOUSE, PORT PERRY, T° COMPLETE in all its Departments W. HASLAM, Dec. 15, 1880. Pox PERRY HOUSE, The undersigned having leased for aterm of years this comfortable, pleasantly located Hotel will endeavor by strict attention to thé convenience and comfort of guests to make the Port Perry Hose a desirable place of entertainment for the general public. Choice supplies for the table'and bar. The stable and yard carsfolly attended i N RUDDY. Port Perry, Dec 9, wierd NOMMEBCIAL HOTEL, The subscriber having succeeded. Mr Dewart in the Commercial Hotel, Williams- burg, Cartwright, intends fitting it up witha view to the comfort and convenience of guests, The supplies for the table and bar care- fully selected, 3 3 PETER HOLT. Cartwright #farch 4, 1879, ATS 2 auskIcan HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT, W. H. PARK, PROPRIETOR, Having purcliased the above pleasantly: renovated & the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished |. Jin First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Piri attention paid to the comfort of 8 The tabie and Dar well supplied, : H. PARK. . Prince Albert, June 13, 0h | A RMSTRONG H : Hous, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1862. "AN OLD NUISANOR" Mind, T quote those three words, . | They ure none of mine. Only, thirk- upwards, - No y, Notice of withdrawl required, Interest [105 Over thre or four appropriate titles, I chose the one I use as being the oddest; and I always had a fancy for odd things and now for my A ) story. On what my 'aunt (by mariage) My uncle had been a'merchant, it is true, and one of considerable pro- _minence in bis day, I have been told {und 80 had his'father before him,and "his father's father before that. That phis business in his most prosperous 'lime.was intimately connected with China is impressed upon my mind (I became. an inmate of his house | when I was about six years of ago, in consequence of the death of both my parents within a week of each other, leaving me with no means of support, and no other relative) by the fuct that every first of June saw bright new mattings laid on our floors, to remain there until cold weather came again, and that our mantles and what-nots were decorat- ed with pretty. dainty little porce- lain cups, thin as egg shells-- rar- ities in those days, but in these plenty.and cheap enough. After the failure, uncle got a situ- ation assuperintendent of one of the many departments ir the Jarge os- tablishment of the gentleman who sold "pins and ricedles by the paper and-lace by the yard" (he was now heud of the firm, and hud a pretty 'ndy like wife and too pretty chil dren) ; and we dismissed one of onr servants, and moved into a much smaller house. But in spite of all our efforts at economy our income proved vastly ness, ar desert, fund of good things herself, and sell the to--" when I was interrupted by a shril shrick. " Work for a store?" she said. starve first." aunt. calm yourself." should could be. mirror on the opposite wall -- "tha position in her academy." cause must bea mighty one that brings Rowland to his feet. of my sisters a teacher ? Grea + {heaveng!'" and be went stamping ] ind ber family founded their claims' | to aristocracy I never could discover, | inadequate to our expenses, and this was the case ot 80 much bewailing and bemoning that our house seemed Lo be bereft of ull supehine and glad- And one evening after Ethel, youngest daughter, had burs into tears becnuse aunt had declared that it would be impossible to have ice-cream, meringues, wine jellies, and similar danties every day for for two sufficient reasons that we ceunldn't afford them, and that our present cook couldn't make them, I ventured to suggest to the ® | weeping damsel that if she found life unbearable without the above mentioned luxuries (all the Egberts by the by, were all extravagantly to eat) "she might knit-and crochet some the worsted articles rhe was in the habit of making eo artistically for Mr. ace uncle's employer, I was nbout to say 'I'd "You wretched girl!" added my "How dare you even think of such athing? Ethel, my darling "Js il not enough that strangers présume on our poverty," joined in Cleanthe, also frowning upon me, "bat one 'bound to us by ties of blood, though it must be con- fessed more alien thun many stranger Imagine" --turning . to her brother Roland, who lay on the only lounge in the room, compla- contly regarding himself in the impertinent Mrs Bradshaw coming here this morning, with the:air of ldoing a kindness, too, to offer me a "Great heavens!" exclaimed Ro- land, springing to bis feet--and the "One * "No, sho never had ; she always would bite" her bread" sighed my dunt, and she bad seemed sadly out of place among my children, She comes of a working race, and her idens and tastes all smerk of trade-- trade--trade." I discovered in after years tha my aunt's grandmother on the mas ternal side made a fortune out of tobacco. in "But discharging the chamber- maid won't help very much," said Alethon. : "It will not," agreed Roland ; "for what is saved thereby would no more than find me in the little ex tras no society man can do without.' "Dear, dear," aunt took up the burden again, "could I have forseen that your father would have come down in this way I would never have married him, I really don't know what is to be done, unless we emigrate me country plase where we are unknown, and where it is no matter how we live," "The country!" screamed her family in cborous. "Better die at once." ] Ican't imagine where 1 got the courage to do so after my late sharp rebuffs, but at this moment | blarted out something that had been on my mind for several weeks ; 'why could not Alethea and Ethel room together and Alethea's room, which is the pleasentest in the house. be let to a lodger ?--one who would--" But'heroe I. paused abruptly.-- Alethea had fainted in the arms of my aunt, who glancing at me over the top of ber daughter'sjhead, com- munded me in her deepest tone (aunt hus a rather bass voice) to leave the 1oom--instantly." But in a short time, during which things had been getting worse and worse, and we had been reduced to vice puddings for desert on week days, and apple tarts on Sundays, I was allowed to prepare an adver- iisement. for the morning paper in which was offered to 'an elderly zontleman, who must bave excell ent references, a fine room in the the house as family of refinement, who had never before tuken a lodger tor the privilege of which he mnst be prepared to pay a libersl equival- ent." I disapproved highly of the word- ing of this call for help, but my aunt and cousifis insisted on its being couched in these very tcrms, and so [ was compelled to yield, convinced that it would bring no reply. But itdid. The very afternoon of the morning itappeared, a carriage with 8 trunk strapped on bohind droveup to thedoor. An old gen- leman bobbled up our steps and rang our bell, "You must see him Dorothea," said my aunt leaving the parlor, followed by a train of her children « It is your affair altogether. I will have nothing to do witb it." "We none of us will have any- thing to do with ii," chimed in my cousins. "We were not born with the souls of lodging house keeper," and away they sailed, as | opened the door to the second--a little loud. er than the first--ring of the caller. Heo was a shert, slightly formed old gentleman, with. big, bright black eyes, bushy white eyebruws, and a long white moustache and beard. ; ! "You have a room to let?" be asked. t|in decisive tone: «I have come to take it. t [trunk is at the door. "I bave," I answered, ushering him into the parlor, when he glane- od keonly afound,and then as keenly into my fuce, while be announced My Be so kind as to fel Wheto to direct the man io 'about the room in the new suit of | carry ir." clothes aunt had just paid for by parting with her handsomo pearl ving. ~# Whateveris done, we can do no- 'handed manner. of "But --1 began ina hesitating way - utterly confused by stranger's brusque not to say high the | thing," sobbed Ethel. grandly. ily never work." "Of course not," replied Roland "The women of 'our' fam- oo Hougit to' myself, "Nor the neither, except poor old nncle s fogging at bis desk from the 'ofd gentleman. 1. bave been living for the las havo heen boarding at the St. "Hut there is no buts," quoted "Lam Amos Griffin, lately from England, :where wenty. years. . Since I landed in New York amonth 80 40-duy 1 "Bat we did "not pro propose to give breakfast." "I know j you didn't; bat, I'l give You 'another diberal oquivalone' tof tor You can'sc be very well off, or you. wouldn't: take a lodger, and the more "liberal. equivalents' you can get from him the. better. Will you be kind nough to show me.to my room "7 © "Yen, sir," I replied meekly, com- pletely seccambing to the big black Leyes and strong power of the frail lookirg old man und totally forget ing to ask for the 'references' insist: lod @pon in the advertisement Wheréupon he stepped to the door |. and beckoned to (he man outside, who, taking hie trunk upon bis back followed bim, ws he followed me, to the second story front room. "Ah," said our lodger as he enter. ed it, "this is pot bad--not atall bad," And it wasn't. AsT have said ben fore, it was the pleasantest room in fi. house, and I had arranged it as prattily as I could with the means at my command. Iortunately these included a number of nice er- gravings and vases; and a capacious bamboo chair witha crimson cush- ion, and-fuotstool of like color, And the fragrance of the honeysuckles that stole in at the baleony, and two or three sunbeams that had found their way through the balf closed blinds, and danced in triumph on the wall, and the half dozen gaily bound books (mine) on the mantel, and the ivy growing from a red pot on the bracket in the corner, all combined to make the room a plea- sant place indeed. Mr. Griffin had been our lodger exactly two years, during which I bad prepared and attended the serving of his breakfast, and taken entire charge of his room, 'as well as though 1 had been brought up to that sort of thing," as my cousin Cléanthe remarked, and the rest of the family, with thé exception ot uncle, who became quite friendly with him, bad only met him some dozen times--at which times thoy assumed their moet dignified dignity --when he was taken sick. "L's an old complaint, which will carry me.off some time," said he to me, "but I hope not this time. Anyhow, Little Honesty" (a name he bad given me from the first--I hope T deserve it) "live ordie I in- tend to remain here. Nowhere else could I be so comfortable. You must engage an extra servant, and you and she together must nurse me. Ishould certainly die off a profes- sional. By the-bye, who is your fumily physician ?" I told him. "If I am not better send for him to-morrow. I am going out now-- only a few steps," meeting my look of surprise. "I want to see my law- yer, and I shan'ttake to my bed for severaj days yet." s That afternoon, taking care not to repeat the old gentleman's exact words, but his remarks in the form of a request to be allowed to remain I stated the case to the family. " Going to be ill!" exclaimed Alethea. '*'Dear me, how disagree- able I' "I am sure 1 don't want bim to stay; he might @#® bere," said my aunt, who had the utmost horror of death. "He's an.old nuisance, anyhow," protested Ethel, "and always has been, aud I blush that a relative of mine should have degraded hersdlf eo far as to become his servant maid." Here -1 will mention that my this, bad married a young lady with : "with elegant economy." extra things, Ss Bot to go back. "H id I, ind Ey " ou shall not call in your patient. He is a tocrat, and has- no apie a dodger and 1 do FRobWiah im to cousin Roland, a month or so . betoe a large fortune and out of this fortune be generously preposed to make the family. a liberal yearly allowance, besides Which came many' gifts from the married sistérs, whose husbands had prospered, and there. upon been obliged by their wivesto share their|: prosperity with us, that we might, |. live at Teast, Minerva expressed it} And sof were not entirly dependent | upon | oft lodger for deserts and other no idea you were 0 having. heard you phone ; Bat of one thing I om determined ; doctor. to know in." - "There's. ssmbition n » few doors . below," drawled my youngest gentleman ' cousin, who to | resented my waiting®n any one bat himself ; "he'll do for your fine old --nuisance," That very evening Mr. Griffin bad a bad turn and I sent for the young saw-bones a few doors below, in great haste. He proved To be a doctor Rice, a frank-looking, brown. haired, grey eyed, broad-browed young man, with gentle voice, and quick, light step. = And the old gen- temen, taking a real fancy to him decided on retaining him--a decision that relisved me greatly, bearing in' mind as 1 did my aunt's embargo ia regard to our family physician. And from that time for three months, although very soldom con- fined to bis bed, our lodger never bad a well day. At the end of the thres months, however, he began to mend slowly, and at the end of two more was 'on his feet again. And then be told me he had made up his mind to return to England, "I am sorry, very sorry, to part with you," I replied. "But it is right that yon should go." Well said, Little Honesty. And now let's begin to pack," said he, Dr. Rice and I went with the old gentleman to the steamer that was to carry him away, and waved a last farewell to him--in the midst of crowd also waving last farewells -- form the pier, as the vessel slowyly moving out into the stream and then we returred to our respectine homes to read letters he bad placed in our hands with his final good bye. Mine I read in tho: privacy of my own room at first ; and when I had recovered from my astonishment and delight, I flew down stairs call ed the family together, and read it to them. It was as follows :-- " Dgar Lirrun Howmsry --Had I died--as I didn't, thanks under God to.youand Dr. Rice--I should have left each of my dear young friends ten thousand dollers in my will, But having lived, I am "going to give them the ten thousand at once. My lawyer 8) you both to-morrow Axos Gravee! " P, 8.--I have also left a slight bequest to Miss Ethel Fgbert. She will find itonthe lower shelf of the closet in the room I oc- cupied when I was her cusin lodger." Ethel for once forgot ber graceful, gliding step. She started hastily for the stairs, but her youngest bro= ther was before her and she was seen to turn back a3heslid down the bannister, and landed in our midst with something in bis arms. "Tt was a large framed 'photograph of Amos Griffin, with a card attach- ed bearing these words: An ex- cellent pictare of " An Old Nuise ance.' I married Dr. Rice. The Last shall be Frst. Mollie had a little ram, Fleece black as rubber shoe, And everywhere that Molly went, 'He emigrated to. He went with her to church one 0 dey The folks bi-Inrious grew,' : | To see him. walk de-muie-ly into + Deacon Allen's pew. § The worthy. decon puickly J And raised bis foot a Tot, os htt itr | in a kind hearted Sid man, 'aed Pen