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nat 1 v " wit "a0 © 0 ALBERT SPRING, wdi yd Lanisier 1g) MAJOR, : : 'X; No. 53 W.. THURSDAY. FEB. 7, 187. [WHOLE No. 427 he Hntavio Woserter, A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICULTURAL, AA "FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT THE * "" VICTORIA BLOCK, PRINCE ALBERT, COUNTY OF ONTARIO, EVERY THURSD AY MORNING, BAIRD & PARSONS, 1 --81.60 not paid within . Nosub- 1 meription taken, six mouths ; and no paper disgburinued untilall arr are paid. Letters containing money, when addressed 10 wpre=poid and registered, will be at our risk, | RATES OF ADVERTISING. per annum, if paid within six ime, $2. For each line, first insertion -. - . $0.08 Subsequent insertions, perline - . . 0.02 - Gide, under 6 lines, per annum 5.00 Advartisemeiits measured Tn Nonpareil and charged according to the spuce they occupy. > a 3 i 1 received far publication, without spe- structions, will be inserted util forbid, and ordingly. Noadveitisemeut will be taken id for. out until p: A liberal discomnt allowed to Merchants and others whe advertise by the year or half-year, AnySpecinl Notice, the abject of which istopromote The pecuniary henefit of nity mdividoal or company, to Ae considered an advertisement, and charged iReord- = These terms will, in all cases, be 'rintly ad- to. The conetantly inereasing importance of the North + Riding ofr utario renders the publiention ofthe OpskavER 1 necessity. liver advoenting right, and condemning wrong, it will causiantly take the lead in forwarding the general interests of the county; and in the amount of loealand genaral news given, will be unsurpassed by any local paper published in Canura. 'J0B DEPARTMENT. Pamphlets, Mand Bills, Posters, Programmes. Bill leads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books. Check Books. Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &ec , &e., of every sty la and color, execunred promptly, and at lower rates than at any other establishment in this county. rties from n distance getting hand bills, &e., printed hare then doue to 1ake home with them. 3. BAIRD. | I. PARSONS. Business Divectory, : "DR. JONES, YORONER for the County of Ontario, 7 Prince Albert. : RE ..__ DR. WARE, ORONER for the Connty of Ontario, i. Eupsicidn, Surgeon and Accouchenr, te ¥. H. BRATHWAITE, M. D,, C. M. RADUATE of the University of Me x College, Montreal, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Prince Albert. Office and Resi- 2euce--the house lately oceupied by Dr. Agnew. Drs. McGILL & RAE, id PEISICIAN Surgeons, &e., &e. Office and [". Residences, King street, Oshawa, "wn. ware, x. p. FRANCIS RAR. MW, B. ; JOHN BILLINGS, BARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, Conveyan er, &e. Prince Ato, Office rar 2, O Torney het it : ! SOCHEANE & COCHRANE, ARRISTERS, Attorneys, &c. Prince Albert. office--opposite the Town Hall; ort Perry office--over Mr. Bigelow's Store. *. NORMAN F, PATERSON, (Late-of Miller & Paterson, Toronto ) : TTORNEY-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, A Sonvoyancer, &c., Beaverton. Office in -- H. Burnham, CLERK THIRD DIVISION COURT, Office over Mr. Bigelow's 'Store, PORT PERRY, Cc. W *_R. WALSH, I I on Farrier, is always in readiness to attend to all wh fav im with a call.' He is well ote with 4) fm wit ricking and trimming ; .and can treat success- ully any disease that 'horses are subject to, -- | Oharges moderate. * Residence, Prince Albert. ---- AGC A ML J. D. Cottingham, FR, DENTIST, FER BORLELTIA, C. W. By a New Process, Teeth can be Ex- tracted without pain, at his office, J.D. C. is prepared to execute all operations connected with his profession with neatness and dispatch. Call and examine his specimens. Single leeth inserted--parts of sets, or whole sets--Cheap, and warranted. UNDERSTAND ~Attention to the Teeth preserves: the health, Without teeth in good order it is impossible to masticate food for the body, and consequently there cannot be good ealth, Ifyou have decayed tecth, get them filled. If you have any out get them replaced by new ones. Prices low, and all work warranted. If the work is not satisfactorily done, the money will be refunded. - Office hours from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m. Borelia, Jan. 15, 1867. 2-1y English Pink Dental Rubber; New and beautiful Vuleanite Base_for Arti- . tificial Teeth ¥ wh C.D. WAID, SURGEON-DENTIST, Faint, Trvrivge. ALL Dental operations performed with the utmost skill and care, warranted to give sat- isfaction or no charge, and at prices which defy competition. R --Rev. Dr. Short, and H. D. Griggs, Port Hope; Rev. J. T. Burns, Whitby ; Jos. Gould, Esq., and J. Bolster, M. B., Uxbridge D. M. CARD, ICENSED AUCTIONEER, Collector of Accounts on Commission, whether in or out of the County. Remittances made according to instructions. Sales Punotually attended any- where in the County, on the shortest. nofiee.-- Charges moderate, Days for Sales appointed on application at the Opserver Office. All letters properly nddcessed to the Uxbridge Post Office, will receive the promptest attention. "REVERE HOUSE," MANCHESTER ! ... PROPRIETOR. HANG purchased the above hotel, and has furnished the Bar with the choicest liquors and cigars. Every attention paid to Buests.-- Stages to and from Whithy call daily. ~ Careful ostlers always in attendance. COTTAGE HOTEL, GREENBANK. HE subscriber wishes tc inform the traveling public that he has taken the above hotel, which he has fitted 'and furnished I h where the best accommodation, with careful attention, can always be found. -- Good stabling, enclosed yards, and attentive Ostlers. ' R. A. MURTA, Proprietor. Greenbank, Feb'y 13, 1866. 6-1y ® building occupied hy Dr. Wilson, Simcoe-st. ean Pai HUBN, A ORN at Law, 8h. in Chan- | "col o Sanveyancer, Notary Public, &e., i Wy, Ui W. - J STOMFY WELL & MoGEE, Tn! RRIBTERS, Attorneys, Solicitors and ADT Publie. Offices, in the Post Office y uilding Streot, Oshawa. EB, FJ L.L3B, R. M'GEE, B. A. ' CAMERON & MACDONELL, JRRISTERS and Atormsys at few, 1 O il tario." Of : ] ounty Council Ontario. ces: H, J. MACDONELL, 00 EON. I 7 "ANDREW F. McPHExsuB, ARRI and Attornay-at-Law, Solici- DARNSTER &e. % } S pike 'p ILC B~Dundas street, 3 doors west ot the R, Attorney at Law, Solicitor 7, Ke Ofie In the Victoria Chancery, | Autorney, Star eS ©. TZ 0,N. VARS, Ww. Jewett's Hotel) KENT STREET, LINDSAY. Good stable and shed attached, and an attentive ostler always in attendance, Free Omnibus to and from the Cars and Boats. Saintfield Hotel. I$ house being new, commadious, and well furnished throughout, the puhlic favoring him with their custom .may depend on finding every convenience ne ry to their comfort at- tended to. Good Stabling, "nnd attentive Ostlers always in attendance. _D. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. DAFOE HOUSE, UTICA (308 Accommodations, , Careful attention to the requirements of travelers and guests. The bar uppied with the best wines, liquors and cigars rc > : . J. DAFOE, Proprietor. "THE ROBSON HOUSE! LATE SCRIPTURE'S HOTEL, DUNDAS STREET WHITBY, C, W., . GEORGE ROBSON, - - - PROPRIETOK. HE Subscriber begs to announce that he has leased the building formerly known as Serip- of years, and that ICENSED Auctioneer for the Town- ken st chs and days of sale ap- { the C : whip Office. Siote e_Town- i rath, Y in _-- ele, in tie Cotnty of i i be y t nee wi at hi or At his sesiden yd dr oth and prompt remittances made. R-member-- WALSHE, the North On- Anzio fuctioneer, ¢ k; Uxtiridge and Scott. | | nis RACTICATL, Dentist, Oshawa, C. Lines Hotel, Tors tens Shut be bes A! Dental: Rooms directly site the post \ Daan ir ot y 92 Simos street, doar. north Bogie the Fost 01 ia i tho Ah - bo awa ; rsd way Omni atel, an =» for Ux Bea tsa wi v1 JOHN CHRISTIE, 3% Sages for Usbridge sud Be lea a WINSHIP Clerk for Reach, Convey- Cave] Ostiere always in attendance. dt 1 mncer," Gommissioner of the Court of: : GEO. ROBSON - Qu 3 a care # Sill a ser, REVERE HOUSE BEAVERTON, C. W. TIE Subscriber to annofince that he has leased the above hotel, which has been fur- nished and fitted up throughout in the best o* \ the t. liquors and ci BB i or wi Al ad ping es suis pri _ "WM. PARKIN, Proprietor. Beavaton, July 27, 18 a COMMERCIAL HOTEL, '+ BROCK § hy 2 ® nde begs CO amointe that he j ¥ taken ve well: known p ation, gow ing, with careful pientiot a rays be found. "Good stabling, eng yards, and atten- tive Ostlers. Charges extremely erate. 23-1y JOHN MILLER. a 4s the | ve, and superin Designs may be | Room, Cohawa or mer ve 50 Sh plieation to ' i. H. PY io have been newly furnished and renovated pict a Wheto the best Soeinol tio wl MACKIE'S HOTEL, Siren bert Hope. Wu. MACKIE, Proprietor, MONEY, TO LOAN. T LOW R NTEREST. A ov RATES or INTEREST. MESSIEURS COCHRANE & COCHRANE, Prince Albert. MONEY, (RRIVATE FUNDs,) To loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent interest. ] LYMAN ENGLISH, Walton : Barrister, he Ww! shawn. |, November 21, 1866. : 4s) te i Aaa a gic 4 Money to Lend a IN AUMS OF © mn B300 and Upwards,|, Ata low rate of Inerest, FAREWELL & McGEE, Solicitors, &e. Oshawa, Nov. 14, 1866. 45-2m HALF A MILLION |" Money to Lend. TE undersigned has completed Arrange- ments, whereby he is prepared to lend $500,000 of Private Funds, on good mortgage security, ata low rate of interest. The borrow- pl m or| from 3 to 10 years, at six per cent interest. No Commission Charged. Silver and Greenbacks bought and sold. Apply personally to be JAMES HOLDEN, m OFFICIAL AssiaNFR, Notary Pusric, Land Insurance, General Agent, &e., Se. Orrice--McMillav's Block, Brock Street. Whitby, Oct. 3, 1866. 39 ed TO LOANIIL {: HUNDRED THOUSAND dollar to Loan on Mortgage security, in stu» to suit borrowers, at a very moderate rate of interest, to the far-famed Manchester JOHN HODGSON. Apply at Warehouse, to Io Rererexcrskind'y permitted to. N. Gibls, Faq. M.P. P Oshawa: M. C. Cameron, Fieq., M. PP. Toronto; Rev.l B Worrell, M. wa; Wm Laine. Fsq., W Myrtle; Adam € chixier Warel Neil Sin Incum! ent, Osha- 32-3m WESTERN ASSURANCE COMP'Y |, TOR ONTO, C. Ww. INCORPORATED,... Yost Capital, - - $400,000. |, GRO. MICHIF, Esq ON. J. McMURRICH NARD HALDAN, Esq JAME PRINGLE, Travelling Agent; lly County of Omario THE COMMERCIAL UNION Assurance Company, 19 & 20 Cornmy, LONDON, * . 183. fi VarsIDENT..... Pick-PrEsing BeC'Y aANv Te EA: AND 385 & 387 Sr. Paul Sr, MONTREAL. CAPITAL £2,500,000 OR $12,500,000. residences of every descriptiop or in le i Plans of ah kinds a ones, t mills an , can be 1:1 the gl meth possible Mr. Pye is recently from Manchester, England, here io has had wud in designing, sur- tending, seen in the Reading RBEK. Oshawa, Ang: 30, 1666, rad PORT PEBRRY 84 ORL Livery Stables. C. Sea venh rmtelase Horses and toe riages, at moderate rates. ha | BE CONFESSIONS AND EXPERIENCE oF Al AV. far the benefit ahd Caurion To Yuko Ae net om Nervons 8 Debility | F pay of Mi c.. supplyiug at the same time the Tine Means or Seur-Cuke. By one ho hes i elf fet undergoing cansigdrie ckery. 'Fhe applican paying posiage on' his gir, "ei soveive 'a copy free of charge, from ihe uthor. til + NATHANIEL MAYFAIR AIR, 43-3m Brooklyn, Knigs Co., N.Y, trembled like a leaf, tions, she made no allowance for an exigen- cy like this, do P? help smiling at Minnie's sim paring to close the office," sha to her feet, and added ¢ I foust .go some. where." ee "SENT BY EXPRESS." Minnie HARLAN wae alone in the world --her mother just buried. She was a beautiful brown-haired gil, with soft, shy, loving eyes of heavenly blue, and rosy lips compressed 10 a firmness be- yond her years. seventeen, and so Deacon Gray was telling her, as he sat by the hie, epreading his huge hilids over the tardy blaze, and asked Forafier all she was only ¢ But what are you going to to to *am yer bread an' butter 2? ¢ I don't know. Mamma had an uncle in New York who--? ¢ Yes, yes ; I hearn tell about him ; he as mad cause yer mother didn't marry st to suit him, wasn't he 7° Minnie was silent. Deacon Gray waited few minutes, hoping she would let him to her secret meditations ; but she would nol, and the Deacon went home 10 tell his ife that <that Harlan girl was the queerest creature he had ever come across.' Inthe meantime Minnie was packing her few scamy things: into a little carpet-bag by the dim flickering hight of the dying ood fire. "I will go to New York,' she said to her- self, setting her pearly teeth firmly together. ¢ My mother's uncle shall hear her cause eaded through my own lips. Oh 1 wish ¥ heait wonld not throb so wildly ! © Tam no longer meek Minnie Harlan; I am an phan all alone in the world who must er can have his own time to pay the principal. | fight life's battles with her own single Iam also Agent for two of the largest mone- hands." ? tary indtitutions in Canada, that lend money |, : . v v . . Lower Broadway at 7 o'clock, p. m.-- What a Batel of crashing wheels, hurrying imanity and conglotherate noe it was. nie sat in the corner of an Express O1- fice, under the flare of gas lights. surround- by boxes, and wondering whether the people ever went erazed in this perpetnal din and tumult. Her dress wis plat, grey Sb mm mn am | POP!in, with a shabby, old-fashioned Nitle M 0 N E Y straw bonnet tied with black ribbons, and a blue veil lay on her lap.® She had sat there almos| two hours, and Wag very, very-tired. ¢ Poor little thing," thought the dark. hair- young man who inhabited a sort of ¢ Mr. Evans.' The dark-haired clerk emerged from his ed % i Qo 9 0 é @ . wile cage under a ciiclé of gas lights, cage with his pen behind hisear in obedience | the beckoning figure of his superior. ¢ I have noticed that young woman filling here for some time ; how came she here 7' ¢ Expressed on, sir, from Millington, wa.' As though Minnie Harlan were a box or a paper parcel. ¢ Who for?' ¢ Censigned to Waller Harrington, Esq.' ¢ And why has she not been sent for 7 "I sent up to Mr. Harninglon's address to | notify him some time ago. | expect an an- ewer every moment.' ¢ Very odd,' said the gray-haired gentle- an. ¢ Yee, sir, rather' Some three-quarters of an hour afterwards, Frank Evans came to the girls sule with an darsribablegity. in higghozel gprs. .- - ¢ Mies Minnie, we have sent to Mr. arnngton's residence --' Minnie looked with a feverish red upon her cheeks, and her hands clasped tightly 'on her faded carpet-bag. And we regret to inform you. that he railed for Enrope at 12 o'clock this day." A sndden blur came over ber-eyes ; she In all her caleula- ¢ Can we (lo anything further for you 7'-- he asked. ¢ Nothing ; no one ean do anything Company affords perfect security to the | now.' el hon rpd oltss the advantages mu! Frank Evane hud been turning away,-- JOHN H. BROWN, but something in the piteous tones of her : "Agent, | voice appealed to every manly instinct in Hy. Lil Manchester. | him. j ¢ Sha!l 1 send you lo any other of your 3 BARBER : & PYE, friends > y ih diy hrchitects, Tailed, Building and Land Survepors, 1 have no fiona? VALUATORS, &C., &C, ¢ Perhaps I can have your things sent to ak LT some hotel 7° ds Derared So ar lane, Details and Minnie opened the little leathern purse and showed him two ten-cent pieces, with a smile that was almost a tear, ¢That's all the mouey I have in the world.' So young, so beautiful, and so desolate ! Frank Evans had been in New York all his life; but he had never met with an exact parallel case fo this. He bit the end of his pen' in dire perplexity. : ¢ But what in the world are you going to «1 don't know, sir. sn' there a work. hovse or somo such place { could go to, un- T'eould find something odo" ¢ Hardly." Frank Eva scarcely pl ity. and pre- pid, starting ¢ They are patting out the « Miss Harlan,' said Frank, quietly, 'my home is a very poor one ; Iam only a five hundred dollar Clerk 5 but I am sure my mother will receive you under her roof fur a day or two, if you can trust me.' sm -- ¢ Trost you Minnie looked at him through blue eyes obscured in tears. ¢ Oh, sir, | should be eo thankful.' : . . . . . . -. ¢* How late you are, Frank. Here, give Me your overcoat ; it is all powdered with SNOW, and---2 But Frank interrupted his bustling cherry. cheeked mother, as she stood on tip-toe to take oft his outer wrappings. + ¢ Hush, mother, there's a young lady down stairs.' © A young lady, Frank' ¢ Yes. mother ; Expressed on from lowa to old Harrington, the rich merchant, and she is entirely alone. Mother, she looks like poor Blanche, and I knew you would not refuse her a corner here until she could ir find something to do.' Mre. Evans went to the door and called cheerily out : ¢ Come up stairs, my dear ; you're wel- come as flowers in May. Frank, you, did quite right." The days and weeks passed on, and still Minnie Harlan remained an inmate of Mrs, Evans' humble dwelling. «It seems just as though elie had taken our dead Blanche's place," kad the cosy little widow, ¢and she 18 80 useful about the house. I don't know how J managed without her.' * Now, Minnie, you are not in earnest about leaving us to-morrow 7° * [ must dear Mrs. Evans. Only think; I have been here tno months to-morrow, and the mtuation as governess is very ad- vantageous.' ¢ Very well ; I shall tell Frank how very obstinate you are.' "Dearest Mrs. Evans, please don't please! please keep my secret.' What secret iw it that isto be so relig- iously kept? asked Frank Evans; coolly walking nto the midst of the discussion, with his dark hair tossed about by the wind, and his haze brown eyes sparkling archly. Secret!" repeated Mrs. Evang, ener-|la gotically wiping her dim spectacled glasses "Why, Minnie 18 determitied to leave to- morrow.' Ll ¢ Minnie.' 8! ¢ 1 must, Frark ; [ have no right to tres- pass on your kindness." "No nght eh ? Minnie, do you know that the house has been n different one since you came nto 2? Do you suppose we want to lose our little sunbeam ?' Minnie Smiled sadly, but her hand felt very cold and passive.in Frank's grasp. "You'll stay, Minnie ' "No." She shook her head determinedly. | b "Then you must be made to stay,' saii Frank ¢Pve' missed eomething of great value lately and I hereby arrest you on sus- picion of the theft I" ¢ Missed something!" Minnia rose, turn- ed red and white. * ¢ Oh, Frank, you never can suspect me !' er ¢ But I do suspet yon.: In fact am quite sure the article is ju your possession.' ¢ The article "My heart, Miss Minnie! Now look here ; I loye voy, Minnie Harlan, and 1 Avitl ba Me gootl allt true liusBand 1 You: Stay and be my little wife! . So Minnie Harlan, instead of gong ont as governess, according to the programme, martied the dark-haired clerk in Ellison's express office. They wera quietly married early in the his mother, and then went calmly about his business in the wire cage, under the circlet of gas-light. ¢ Evans!' ¢ Yes, sir." Frank, with his pen behind his ear as of yore, qu-etly obeyed the behest of the gray- haired official, : 'Do you remember the young woman who was expressed on from Millington, Iowa, two mouths since?' ¢ Yes, sir ; | remember her.' «A tall, silver-haired gentleman here interposed with enger quickness : «Where is she ? I'am her uncle, Waltar Harrington. 1 have just returned from Pane where the news of her arrival reached me! | want her; she is the only living re- biive left me 1? ¢Ah! but wr,' said Frank, "you can't have her.' ¢ Can't have her! what do you meen ? H a6 anything happened 1° ¢ Yes, rir, something has happened Miers Harlan was married to me this morn- Waltar Harrington started. ¢ Take me to her," he said, hoarsely, ¢I &n't be parted from my only relative for such a mere whim.' : : ' «1 wonder if he calls tha marriage ser- vice and wedding ring mere whims,' though | honest Frank ; but he obeyed in silence. ¢ Minnie," said the old man, in faltering accent, ¢ yon will come to me and be the daughter of my uld age 2.[ am rich, Minuie, and yon are all I have inthe world.' Buf Minnie stole her hand through her husband's arm. ¢ Dearest uncle, ha was kind to me when I was most deeolate anil alone. 1 cannot leave my husband, Uncle Waltar ; 1 love him - lieve and aid her ? the table, now diverts haif a score of little folks in the library. younger brothers in their sports, or the elder ones in their studies ; read the newspaper for weary father, or smooth the aehing brow of her fevered mother. helping hand and a cheeiful smile for every emergency, she is an angel of love and a its reckonings. many ertnies of heavy payments for work- ing materials used by indusitipus queens and indefatigable ladies of rank. thotities state, that, before the sixth century all silk materials were brought to Europe by the Seres, ancestors of the ancient Bok- harians, whence it derived is name of Serica. duced by two monks inio Constavtinopie, but the Greeks monopolized the manufac- turere until 1130, when Roger, King of Sicily, returning from a crusade collected some Greek manufacturers, and established them . at Palermo, whence the trade was ------ ¢ Then you must both of you come and be my children,' said the old man, dogged- ly. ¢ And you must come now, for the great * [house is lonely as a tomb.' Frank Evans iho longer nn express clerk, and pretty Minnie moves in velvet and diamonds ; but they are quite as happy as they were in the old days, aud that is say- ing enough. Uncle Waltar Harrington grows older and feebler 'every dey, and his two children are the sunshine of his declining life. UNLUCKY DAYS. Now that the year has just commenced, it may be well to know which are the un- lucky daye, and any one desirous of obtain- '8 this valuable piece of information has only to lood into " A Book of Precedents' published in London in 1616, which con- tains this and. other intelligence of a like nature. The days marked very bad indeed are as follows : -- January 1,2, 4, 5, 10, 15, 17, 19. February 7, 10, 17, 27, 28. March 15; 16, 28. April 7, 10, 16, 20, 21, May 7, 15, 20, J June 4, 10, 22, July 15, 20. August 1, 19, 20, 29, 30. September 3, 4, 6, a, October 4, 16, 24. November 5, 6, 28, 29. December 6, 9, 15, 17, 29, Ou these days we are warned against un. dertaking a journey, perpetrating matri- mony, or any other serions business. these days young ladies are apt tobe pouty and the chances are that their admirers' may get the " muiten," On TT ------ THE ELDEST DAUGHTER AT HOME. To be able to get dinner, to sweep the room, to make a garment, to tend a baby, would add greatly to the list of a young y's accomplishments. ~~ Where can we beho'd a more lovely si ht than the eldest daaghter of 'a family, § nding in the sweet mplicity of her new womanhood, by the de of her toiling, careworn mother, to re- Now she presides at She can assist her Always ready with a lessing to the home-cirele. Should she be called out cf it to originate a home of her own, would she be any less lovely or sell- sacrificing ? EE -- THE MUSIC OF HOME, We find the following in the correspond- ice of an American contemporary and re- cognize in it a valuable hint: --¢« All the world cannot study the classic in literature, and learn to be captivated by its entrancing eanty and perfectness, but almost all can read \iheix mother's tongue and pe ceptaing To recognize the beautifully delicately simple, in 'her less pretending literature. Now, just &v 18 it in music ; the masses love to welcome, under skilful hands, the airs, home-born, the charm of whose melody calms at once the whisper- ings of the audience, and are responded to morning, and Frank took Minnie home to | familiar, and the 1th grateful enthusiasm, almost always. rr ---- 4 -- WEAVING AND EMBROIDERING, It was the custom, in feudal times, for knightly families to send their daughters to the castles of their surzain trained to weave and embroider. young ladies, on their return home, ipstruet- ed the more intelligent of their female ser- vanrs in these arts. countries, prided themselves upon the num- ber of these attendants, and were in the habit of passing the morning sufrounded by their workwomen, singing the chansons a Loille, us ballads composed for these hours were called. Etienne Jodelle, a French poet, 1573; addressed a fair lady, whose cunning fingers plied the needle, in words thus translated : lords, to be The Ladies of rank, in all "I saw thee weave a web with care, Where, at thy touch, fresh rosés grew. And marvelled they were formed so fair, And that thy beart such nature knew. Alas, how idle my surpri: Since naught so plain can be : Thy cheek their richest hye supplies, Andin thy breath their perfume lies : Their grace and beauty all are drawn from thee." If needlework had its poetry, it had also Old account books bear Good au- In 551, silk-worms were intro- disseminated over Italy. In the thirteenth century Bruges was the mart for st'k. The stuffy then known were velvet, satin (called samite), and tafleta--all of which wee etitched with gold 'or silver thread. The expense of working materials was, Jpere- lore very great, aud royal ladies condescend- ed to superintend sewing schools. ee -- Be Kp to Your Sisters. -- Boys, be kind 10 your sisters. You may live to be old, and never find such tender loving friends as those sisters. Think how many things they do for you ; how patient they are with you ; how they love you in spite of all your ill-temper and rudeness ; how thoughtful they are for your comfort ; and be you thoughtful for theirs. Be ever ready lo oblige them ; to perform any little office for them that lies in your power. Think what you can do for them, and if they express a wish, be ready to granfy it if pos- sible. You do not know how muc' happi- ness you will find in so doing. I never knew a happy and respected man who was uot in his youth kind to his sister. ee ---- Tue Tact oF Woden, --A great deal of the unselfishness, consideration, anitactof women is the result of long days spent in humoring the moods, noting the oaprices, and studying the tastes of those with whom they have been thrown into contact during their girlhood and the'r youth. Little things at such times make or mar the pre= carious sunshiné of each day, and at a very eirly part of their life women thus begin 10 learn to be delicate ciplomatists of no mean skill. Hence comes, perhaps, their keen power of observing and remembering rifles not to mention their habit of judging of character from small outward peculiarities. VALUE oF A NEwspareg.-- De Tocquer. ville, in his work on America, gives this forcible sketch :--¢ A newspaper can drop the same thought into a thousand minds at the sume moment. A newspaper. is an ad» viser which does tot require to be sought,but which comes 10 yon every day of ordinary life, without distracting your private affairs. Newspapers, therelore, become ne- come necessary in proportion as men bes come more equal and individuals more to be feared. To suppose that they only serve to protect freedom woull be to diminish their importance ; they maintain civilizar tion." el ~~ ---- A young man, noted for his piety, was paying his addresses to a young lady in this place, when, his character being discussed before the grandmother, an old lady, one said he was a very good man, and under. stood the Scriptures, for he was frequently quoting them. . "1 don't know," says the old lady, " anything about his couitin' the Seriptor® I do know that he courts our Emma preity strong." ------------ Fazer Carves.--The 'gay deceiver' who rans the local department of the New Albany (Ind.) Ledger tells of a new inven- tion of which he has a patent, gotten up for thd purboss OF dbierimining "hither "or 'fo a lady wore patent calves. It was a cane with a fine needle in the end of it. As a lady passes, with her neatly tuned pedal extremities exposed to view by the ¢ tilter/ the calves are slightly punctuated with the cane. If the lady kicks, the calves are genuine; if she does not, they are * false.' ee INALIENABLE Ricurs.-- Every woman has a right to be any age she pleases, for if she wero to state her real age no one would beheve her. Every woman whe makes puddings has a perfect night to be=- lieve that she can make a better pudding than any other woman inthe world. Every woman has a right te think her child the ¢ prettiest baby in the world ;' and it would be the greatest folly to deny her this right, for she would be sure to take it. r------ A ------eet Tue Seens or Knowrencr.--The evils of begining too early te educate, or to plant, are awlully illustréted in the following : « My little girl is'only two years old,' said a doting mother to an illiterate philosopher ; ¢but she is very bright, and forward, and { am learning her her letters, She has got as far as A, B, and C, which she knew at fir-¢ sight, and also round 0, and cronked §; and 1 intend she shall be the deading schol ar, when she grows ap, owing to my begin- ing so early." ¢ Too airly, Ma'am. Too young a enttur. ¢ Oh, no ; she has nothing else to do but play, and it is a waste of time for her to play ali day * s "Ye're wrong! ye're wrong ! Yer strain her mind too much. Don't she squirm when ye're u teachin on ri and dou't she sigh hen sie beige A but what of it? ¢ Tnat's because she is overworked, Ma'am. Tt will keep her back, instid of puttin on her forrud- Now, my mother aid the same with me ; I was unkimmin bright and likely, too; but she up aud sot to work to plant the seeds of larnin into me, when I could skersely walk, and 1 come nothin. So it 18 Ma'am, a« you plant for vegetables ; if vou expect for to git. the start afore the sil 1s ready, yon will find the seed will jot, and come to little or no thin. I was planted with the.n blamed alfurbid letters too airly, an' it stunted my int an' you see what a poor ignorant cuss am." A ofr