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(Y, PROVINCE OF © ONT. TA PORT me ut Aion SAVINGS BANK NK DEPARTHENT. from day of day of 'with- » | Tnterest allowed at the hi highost current rates A Isthmus of Panama and San Francisco. GUIDE BOT ore Sark 'MONARCH" from New York. ~ . Agen the. Cullingwaod d ° gt fe, Soman, RAILROAD TICKETS all parts of Canada and the United i\s intending to travel xi | fad it it to tues to pusiuse tick: 'W, 2 Te AUCTIONEER. undersij ed take takes this 0 opportuni returnin, ming thanks i for the very Hert has, soceived us Auc- = a as A " i ei AUCH AN ed tik | ws. campo, UY MAzoR, [HE undersigned has much pleats 4 in announcing to the Ladies of Port Perry and vicinity, that she has secured rooms over Mr. Rolph's Harness Shop, where sho intends carrying on Hair g in every Jopattunent and in all the atest styles.-- de} is to manufacture Switches, ui fs, Coquets, Princess Cornet and {ow Waves, Braids, Hair Ny &ec. Port Parry, Dec, 20, 1 Dee. 26, 1883. ANNUAL MEETING, HE third Annual, ir Gener Meeting of the Stockholders of the (REACH CHEESE MPG SL for the Annual irectors Joe. he using Ya nd ra other Business Loan ns os ol ab C TOWN Mong o¥loet 3 154 JOBN CSTR, Stary. Manchester, Doi 28, 1398. 3 ve -= Te Tai «The following letter from William |[¥F¥™ -- , | left Fovonto,; which was about mid- ; | more or less bewildered before morning | dent "occured between he 1 ridge and | eaught '9 o'clock train for Now Ye x This | House" where Ifound my | friends o | ing-for me -or rathor lo pres A Lotter from California. Bates, youngest son of Mr. Noah Bates: | will be read: with interest. It spoaks well for the tact and observation 4 our Reach boys to pen such a letter, * - Los Axcess, Cal, ; ye" 'Nov. 98, 1883. + Dear Farner' ax Moree. Your hn were forwarded from San Fran- | cisco to me at: this place and, as it is I | - ; ne 'trom you for he first time. I T wrofe' you a shortadeountof-my oe but did not write of 1t as fully as I would have if I had been encouraged |, by a few lines from you before. Wera I. gifted with literary genius and a good '| memory I might be able to*write a very interesting sketch of my trip from Toronto to Los Angeles, vin New York, As it is, however, I can give you only an idea of everything I saw and exper- ienced. * In the first place I must tell you how I arrived at Indian Falls after I night. = Not being able to get n Pull man Tdid not get much resf fhe night Lstarted, consequently my, pain was and to make it worse a horrible ncci- Buflklo about 5 o'clock on . which perhaps you have 'veo of. "I lap- pened $obo pliin 'mst about 'this tiny andi urea geil that wo were geing'abal terrible 'ate to mak: posh tiine, whet Fab ke he train raged As ¥ SAW 10 Station {| to Enow oh cause, EE of the caf ith lights. for 2 ann . pe ¥ m#and as 16 one was' there to meet 1 concluded 'to walk out to Post's and get Charlie to drive me down to the Falls. I though x kuew the way so started out, but after I thought T ought | to be nearly there I enquired were Mr Post lived and was told. 'about three miles farther. This somewhat surpris- ed me but thouglit it must be so as the party said they knew him quite well,-- After walking six miles I 'cond to Mr. Post's but imagine my surprise to find out it was not the Mr. back to Batavia and as I was pretty tired, hired a liyery 'and Went my good resolution of in economical on starting out in the orld for myself, Charlie drove me down to Joe's and we stopped all night, dio' to 'Batavia early Sunday morn y where T arrived after a very pleasa | journey, about 8 d'clocle the same 3 ing, T took a cab, went to the T rose quite early i a greet our ayes; and the sen is white with foam, igre fe hind hi# variegabedolors wh. char: rapidly chas- | ever in earnest, be you," | the ocann. Post I'was looking for so T had $o' go| to the Fight place, thus breakirig 1 "Well," George said hopefully, "1 3 have. saved up §22. Hb plosion Tallowed i a Doig nose and' shortly after by a splash in the water |' some two or three miles from us, it was a shot fired from a cannon as a signal |! that we had' passed a certain limit.--f*; We went down 'in the saloon and took lunch, afterwards went up on deck to enjoy the refreshing breeze we were having. Time passed rapidly as wel' were, all busy getting settled in our staterooms and by sundown we were out of sight of land. As farax wel could see, all water! nothing' but the bright blue sky and the rolling billows for by this time the breeze had caused a heavy. -swell 0! Old Sol has m view but has lefl be in te form of rich and what a beautiful unset ! ed away These ithe shades of falling night. Thy v shall* we spea: of ther and wonaerful? I ow shudds of light y ender éss while' these ars | y wrath, p sliialy follo vs it. Wee rotingientl ( days « ceitement has made 'a Tare shout forty of! ve. a Gan linrlly ro ay diary | me tobe § Ay'mach bnlv a' tew woras or ture hing uhbow "all heing sick" ane', van dog Jl day myse ©." 4th. Feel much no, was awl sick, ¢ this 1 for 2 | hours, T gt hue held at some [ flie others eI thonghtT as not going | k but.was sn de: 'y disappoint- | wave poss d the Gulf Stream wine ng ta get very warm. quit + calns today, and all the pass-| | arc well and look more cheerful. are preity well a quainted with all passengers now. This evening we | had a jolly time, seated around tables | in the saloon, some were playing games | of different kinds, some engaged in| conversation, and some singing yr and playing. There is a lovely Hino on board, for the use of the passéngers, we hardly realize that we are dway out on etter 1 not bis | ent! ssi. was be- flo. be Continued.) o yy Se Near Endugh for all Practical Purposes A Michigan gilt told lier young man that she would never marry him. until he was worth £100, 000. .80 he start- ed out witha brave heart to make it. "How are you getting on, George I" she asked at the expiration of a Souple of months. The girl dropped her eyelnslies and ushingly remarked : Gal reckon that's mar enough, George." billig 3 rr : It i is pleasant to do one' 's duty sven "without reward. A man récenitly knocked down an ; elephant. e was an auctioneer. ® We must push and struggle and drive, A "Thotns for the feet and trials to meet, exe, ; accents of dismay. Harding | works, O, Heavenly | face brightened into a "At any rate Th engngea to her, and | we'veseb the date for the30.! { parties," laughi i only settled dufinet) y last night fand I, a 21050 carly and v ono [was coming to tall you when'ge deak.® 10 Jd rained "int! night -- © Always a River To Orofs. There's always a Yiver to cross ; 3 © Always'an effort to make If there's anything good to win, Any rich prize to take; Yonder's the fruit we crave But deep and wide witha troubled tide, Is the river that lies between. For the treasures of precious worth We must patiently dig and dive ; For the place we long to fill And always and ev re "We'll find in her course, Anda difficult river to cross. 4 The rougher the way we take, The stouter the heart and the nerve ; The stones in our pathway we break, Nor e'er from our impulse swerve ; For the glory we hope to win, Our labors we count no loss ; Fis folly to pause and murmur because Of the river we have to cross. So, ready to do and to dare, Should we in our places stand, Fuliilling the Master's will, + Fulfilling the soul's demand ; For though as mountain's high The billows may rear and toss, They'll not overwhelm if the Lord's at the helm * When the difficult river We cross ! tray Ste A WINSOME. WIFE. "Wla'!' oried Mrs. Mowatt in glnil. "Marry Bess Why Joti; you ain't Josua Mowatt's broad good humorcd nile. "Well, T rather think am, "sail. of May. | "Without asking me " Nou're not one of tin contragt ny } gly retorted Joshua. mother, dear, Swe £ But, seriously bids! o, venomously, "M. thor, don't,™ pleaded Joshua, With w pained look dn Lis. foicsy nee | "Remember when you wid fa thor r were'! ' clio ong Ging Be, ais | his side. ce, | | nhlig ge everlastinslr you succeeding summer was unusully Cy. Crops were dry and shriveled away in| the ground. The cows ceased to give| rich streams of milk, the bee could | must henceforth be her home find no tosuck honey from. | "Bess," cried 'Joshua, 'ina husky And--to all-Joshua fell seat voice "you are on angle." oy a beatn in. Bad ros oo "Shale your mother, Joshua, said and b Boss, gently... "And + beng yours, she is also mine. ' Ms. Mowe! 11 stiniied Ug. the suddeness of the' blow: whieh'had _reb- bed lier of hor all, acaacely knew where sho was, whew foe sitting in a big arm farm house parlor, with Joshua's while Bess tenderly her bonnet and shawl. 3.00 "Dut I have no right here" she said piteously. "I wyefused te recognize your wife--I have withekl from you your birthright, and squandered it away. Why don't they take me where I helons--to the poor house ¥* 1 "Mother, don't talk sa," pleaded Joshua. "Here's where you belong now and henceforward. Here hy our hearthstone." ; "You are my mother now," softly "My mother iz well of" Joshun | whispered Bess, and the "touch of her answered sadly, "but the property is If soft lips on the old woman's withered all in her own name, and shehas never | cheeks loosened the flood gate of tears, offered me any of it. Can't you see, | the blessed tears that wash. awdy all Bess, darling, that T would rather die | bitterness and in. wil a rok than ask her for a cent.of it." [ «And you," she. sobbed, "are my r Bess looked at Lim with troubled ' daughter." eyes. And thereafter the three were Dliss- "Jend fo my mother," Lie said, with lips, whice ed hisagony. "You ow Mo to, ln a "My son married to suit himself," she said, "now let his fine lady nurse him up." "If it hul not besn for Bess-- how gladly would she ha hastened to | And now ensued ren] trouble. The little monay which the yeung couple had saved was soon seattered: Every- | thing went to loose ends, and Bess | began to count 4 the bottom of the purse. "But Joshua," she said, "I thought Murs, Mowat was rich." | pennies at; "What shall T do? she asked herself, | fully happy together, éven though the "Can I sit here and see hin suffor | new railway shares wore so méch waste for the very necessaries of life." { paper. Just at that tine letter hme ta} Joshua mavaged the farm. Bess her a letter, from. a city friend who kept. up the fangy confectionery k ad once spend a summer iy Hlogming bra ch of the business, and Mrs. Maw- Vale. ait We elder, dglighted in' thé 'house- Dear Diss, -- Don't be amazed at | Reaping: 't lf. way with the with pr at vhat [am going to ask you but {em But sho loaksrat Bessy and says,with a " ed ! going to have a Christmas party formy tears inher opys nod By bier bios in ing J presty liard, » ther i Landy; little girl and I do sa lon for some i) «What would ever have become of = wowel we Miele! Moe blowatt screwed up her lips [the cfean: condies aud su gr nuts und | re darling, if it wasn't for you ! eo tin a to tain ond blow. | like adntton, horus <& Spe led deli ious chocolate font 13 tht you ol ty lt with some of otk | with lectrie fie, jad lo Auf © > ho onyred a oe "dot 6. us ", in en ud? 'gun, soto of them | "fhe shall never eomo tito my hotse." v, 3 Aol oe "Pe vo inl the } «There called out woman - who goodies" by bo tr just nS BOOT ff WAS PASSENZIr on & Bay City train you ean possibly iF yam, and log jw stroit. a day or two ago, F1've fe I x Fa and 'gone wie At sry "satobiel in {the depot! Somebody ed!" the con- 1 yom 7. a poi The Jog oi. 873 | cue ony on! | ddetint I" "Ba [your fatlier lad littio oon- Tito AL's cro §.F: «fat lo } fingat the A Lenevolans 1an with mbald head mon sdse," sharply rt ofted "Mrs, | © SP bill ned 13 4. into tho letter. | and, a double chin volunteered; his Mow ut. "and d was a hard-worl tog t° wagyeth oly ¥ ten dollar' grear services, and after a time the conductor farmneels daughter, 'not 01 0 of qr Douk=otib Bpopre ontol healt audt was brought in, s on # | dancing, frolicki yz jip ies, ho s ii steengthand ase for J damnit secm-| "« w't aw stafand run ackPutied their whole tims in cand pls and od to openyte be tic 'atos ofescap | won; Nn of romadl the ett: torawes, of thus! apron {Tr es and all that kind of povonty «Lf in | No, duo's, but. I'll igh to nor ev ' ' ie i A 1 I Whyhav I vor thought of 'it lave Your | Agage AeRt oi hat. is « Lb) BC of y PEI 100 Ti urge before 1" she ques ic wd Lierself. pe t! a yo Ag man, 'that Bess will be just : ) © A satchel." . Ie wifon "<r She made has: to prepare tle es fi 4, i i - Nr SH el ¢ i COTE %, the daint un bars, the oy ve a . 2 1 « s { vets i y ¥ or Te oo | walnuts s eck asad iit in d™prvatal garment write, It Is an Sit satehet with one rejoincor, When yo « knew perfectly of transl auk s sand with | handle off and the Tock broken, of well that it was the « earest wish of my heart to see you married to your cousin, Nancy Simpson." Joshua shook his head. " Nangy never would suit me," he said. "She is one of these cold, quiet, serpent-like women that go gliding | about like a ghostin a play, And I'm | not vain enough to suppose that I| correspond with her ideas any better | than she does with mine." "Well," said Mrs. Mowatt severly, "you've made your bed' and you must! lie on it, Joshua. That's all I've got to say on the subject." ! "But you will come and see her, ! mother 1" "No, I won't." " You will welgome her to a sake, mother," pleaded Joshua, " For nobody's sake," said Mpg, Mowatt. and never liked her. And if you marry her; you deliberately seperate : Jo she thought. daughter's place in your heart! For my u of don't like Bess Harding yourself from all yout; home associn- #4T4 must boas you say, mother," he said. "But if their isan estrangement | © it shall be neithey Bess'! fault ' nor | them she enelo: sod a latte or, begging jose Mis. Germin £0 open wn agency for hej oh = ' | with one of theprominent confectioners | business if it is ! - satchels !" | of. New York. (And. then she ordered | == 5 barrel of sugar, and all manner of No, ma'am --of course not. Let's dainties ond flavour, and went up to| see?" Tl telegraph them to open i { the gar ret to crack all the butternuts | Tie frge thing on taptise pight-et;. | and hickory muts which was left over Sposin' tis" she hlustered wp. "1 | from last autumn's store. | guess there is no. law again), wearing [ow 1 night-caps ! P To hessib iv), 4» is | 2 ep os "No, ma'am and the next thing is | I believe--it will succeed, The doctor | pair of black woalen stockings which says Joshua will not be strong enough have been darned in the heels: "What to go out of doars until spring. Our | Rex n expenses are continually draining us, "Tho next thing in that if any oi sur , but, its none of your You don't buy my and there is nothing coming in, Ob, | in this 'sre state of Mighigap. dares to it mvst succeed." open that satchel and prowling It did 'succeed. Mrs. Mawatt's | Over the contents Ii ne corpéé of him 1" she exdaimed as ile Feito delicate home made confections, in retty hand painted boxes, tied with colored ribbons, became the fashion, Everybody asked for them, every- body beught them. Bess was abliged | to hire assistants and transfer her working quarters to the old unused wing of the hoyse. Money came in bonnet. TRY "But I must wlogrphlh; £3 ofl "Then you call it. a black Seighel kinder bursted in one side and, i Y Lyrsted all to Goshen by you wretclies op hath ends, and Tet' that! T won't have it flawed or tions. 1) * "But, madim, yous" sicbily with a promptness which seemed to the ty you: Jookina Mowatt famed are dogs young. wife almost a Golconda, | "Not kasgibe Yoni she said aster - pained, snstyng to the very "Mig was uo lack now, of good old danicod on ro Do en- port wine, refreshing fruit 8 ing food for the' invalid. The farm house was' | needful machinery ° -- purposes, new furniture em Beas 'even indulged in the=-to unheard of luxury of 'a black. silk dress, y ; d anew, | bei