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A a Ne ee aN TY Sia MI S [WHOLE No. 503 -- -------- YOL-X, No. PRINCE ALBERT, COUNTY OF ONTARIO, C. W. THURSDAY. SEPT. 5, IS67. The fntaria Phgerher, D. M. C ARD, COMPENSATION, what Dame Grundy might say of such an | thougttul, so purring and cat-like. Hon [reeling and pitching, and her soul stood un- cali. A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICULTURAL, FAMILY NEWSPAPER, , 18 PUBLISHED AT THE VICTORIA BLOCK, PRINCE ALBERT, COUNTY OF ONTARIO, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BAIRD & PARSONS, TERMS: month $1.50 per annum, if paid within six if not pnid within that time, A osub- seri in taken for less than six mors and no puper discontinued untilall arrears are paid, \ Letters contwining money, when addressed 10 his Office, pre-paid and registered, will be at our risk. RATES OF ADVERTISING, Foreach line, first insertion - - . $0.08 Subsequent insertions, per line - . . 0.02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum -. , 5.00 Advertisements measured in Nonpareil and charged according to the space they occupy. Adverti received for ith cific instructions, will be inserted uniil forbid, and charged accordingly. Noadvertisement will be tuken out until paid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who e by the. yea or half-year. ul Notice, the object of which istopromote lary benefit of any mdividual or company, 10 ered an advertisement, and churged accord« "EE [= These terms will, in allcases, be 'rietly ad- hered to, 'The constantly increasing importance of the North Riding ofOntariorendersthe publication ofthe OnsERVER u nec y. Ever ad 2 right, and wrong, it will constantly take the | n forwarding whe general interests of the county din the amount sf local and general news given, will be unsurpassed by aay local paper published in Canada. JOB DEPARTMENT. Pa#mphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Programmes, Bill leads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books. Check Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &e , &e., of every style und color, executed promptly, a rates than at any other establishment in th Parties rom a distance aetting hand bills. &e. have then done (0 tuke home with them. J. BAIRD. | H. PARSONS. _ Business Directory. DR. JONES, - (CORONER for the County of Ontario, Prince Albert. DR. WARE, ( [ORONER for the County of Ontario, / Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Prince Albert F. H. BRATHWAITE, i. D, C. M., A RADUATE of the University of McGill X College, Montreal, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Prince Albert. Office and Resi- Aence--the house lately occupied by Dr. A Drs, McGILL & RAE, HYSICIANS, Surgeons, &c., &e. Office and Residences, King street, Oshawa. WML MIGILL, M.D. FRANCIS RAE, M. B. JOHN BILLINGS, ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, Conveyancer, Fos Prince Albert. Office over T. C. Forman's Store. COCHRANE & COCHRANE, Bh Attorneys, &ec. Prince 7 Albert office--opposite the Town Hall; Port Perry office--over Mr. Bigelow's Store. NORMAN F, PATERSON, (Late of Miller & Paterson, 'Toronto ) TTORNEY-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Jonveyancer, &c., Beaverton. Office in the building occupied by Dr. on, Simcoe-st. P, A, HURD, TTORNEY at Law, Solicitor in Chan- . cery, Conveyancer, Notary Public, &e., Lindsay, oC. Ww. 7 FAREWELL & McGEE; ARRISTERS, Attorneys, Solicitors and Notaries Public. Offices, in the Post Office Building, Simcoe Stre: 4 Oshawa. B. R. M'GEE, B. A. ON & MACDONELL, ARRISTERS and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors County Council Ontario. Offices: Court House, s. C. CAMERON. | ANDREW F. McPHERSON, BAREIER, and Attornoy-at-Law, Solici- tor in Chancery, &c. OFFICE--Dundas street, 3 doors west of the Post Office. Whitby, July 4, 1866. R. J: WILSON, ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chanery, &c. Office in the Victoria uilding, Brock-st.,, Whitby. LYMAN ENGLISH, L. L. B,, OLICITOR in Chancery, Attorney, Conveyaneer, &c., Oshawa. Office--Simcoe street, opposite the post office. ; C.N. VARS, Phos or Dentist, Oshawa, C. W. of H. J. MACDONELL. Dental Rooms directly opposite the post co--entrance Simcoe street, third door north of the Ontario Bank. JOHN CHRISTIE, OWNSHIP Clerk for Reach, Convey- ancer, Commissioner of the Court of Queen's Bench, &c. Business carefully attended to. Office--Manchester. ALBERT SPRING, I ICENSED Auctioneer for the Town- Ort ships of Reach, Brock, Uxbridge and Scott. ers A at this office, and days of sale ap- pointed. THOS, H. WALSHE. 'J ICENSED Avstioneel for thie Towne k, Thorah, Mara a in PT eh ey etc. in the Connty of Victoria. Residence--Cannington Brock. Or- 11 be ders left at this offies, or at his residence, Nil be n therwise, and prompt remittances Don, embor-- WALSHE, the North On- ario Auctioneer. : * Ef. Burnham, CLERK THIRD DIVISION: COURT, OMce over Mr. Bigelow's Store, ICENSED AUCTIONEER, Coilector of Accounts on Commission, whether in or out of the County. stants made according to of 1 ded any- where in the County, on the shortest notice.-- Charges moderate. Days for Sales appointed on application at the Onserver Office. All letters properly addressed to the Uxbridge Post Office, will receive the promptest attention. J. D. Cottingham, SFR DENTIST, FR BORELIA, 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 with his profession with and Call an his speci 5 Single Teeth 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 health, . Ifyou have decayed teeth, get them filled. If you have any out fet 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. Jan, 15, 1867. English Pink Dental Rubber; New and beautiful Vulecanite Base for Arti- tificial Teeth ! C.D. WAID, SURGEON-DENTIST, FP ain=St., Trbrivge. LL Dental operations performed with the LX utmost skill and care,warranted to give sat- isfuction or no charge, and at prices which defy RerereNces.--Rev. Dr. Short, and 77. D Griggs, Port Ifope; Rev. J. T. Burns, Whi y : Jos. Gould, Esq., and J. Bolster, M. B., Uxbridge Dokels, Kr. "REVERE HOUSE," MANCHESTER ! B. PLANK, 2-1y * | competition, PROPRIETOR. AVING purchased the above hotel, and has furnished the Bar with the choicest liquors and cigars. Every attention paid to guests.-- Stages to and from Whitby call daily. Cureful ostlers ulways in attendance, 8 COTTAGE EOTEL, GREENBANK, - r | YHE subscriber wishes to inform the traveling public that he has taken the above hotel, which he has fitted and furnished throughout, and 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. G-1y 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. 71S house being new, commodious, and well furnished throughout, the puhlic favoring him with their custom may depend on finding every convenience necessary to their comfort at- tended to. Good Stabling, and attentive Ostlers always in Riendmos y ). sac __..D. CAMPBEL , Proprietor. DAFOE HOUSE, U ICA 00D accommodations. Careful attention to the requirements of travelers and guests. The bar supplied with the best wines, liquors and cigars Good stabling. J. DAFOE, Proprietor. THE ROBSON HOUSE! LATE SCRIPTURE'S HOTEL, DUNDAS STREET WHITBY, C, W,, GEORGE ROBSON, - - - PKOPRIETOR. UE Subscriber begs to announce that he has 2 eased the building formerly known as Scrip- ture's Hotel, for a term of years, and that he has renovated and re-furnish the building th h 'of their stay. BY KATE WOODLAND. We who grumble at our fate, Injustice charging upon Heaven, Rarely pause to contemplate What good gilt to compensate Gop in love to us hath given. ON ] One has riches--one has power--r~ One 3 lite devoid of care, Friends who guard each passing hour, Fearful lesta wayside flower. Might disclose a thorn less fair. One has beauty, wit, or grace, One has intellectual wealth, Gift of song, or power to trace Nature's beauties from her face, Mind content, or perfeot health. Envy not thy neighbor's lot, Pleasant though it may appear, Some rich blessing he has not, Thou perhaps in humble cot, Caust enjoy witbout a fear, Let us not complain of fate, Nor change injustice upon Heaven ; If we pause to contemplate, Some good gift to compensate We shal) find that Gop has given. WRECKED. BY ERNST HERRY. I displaced a book in my library--an en- velope fell out that had been mislaid there, a dainty, white, scented envelope, that re- minded one of fallen snowflakes or crushed flowers. I picked it up and sat down by the window. There were oniy a couple ol cards, wedding cauls, init; but they told me ench a sad story of a- wrecked life. Back to the halls of the Past, pale-fuced Memory led me, and [ paused before two pictures hanging there--the one a perfect Evangeline, with great masses of parple black hair, and eyes of dusky gplendor, with a whole world looking out of their luminous depth. Sweet, sweet Ehel! ¢ That glittering face so proudly pure" haunts me now like a dream of* angels. And the other, a frank, manly face, with clusters ol chesnut curls above a board, white brow ; miithful, boyish eyes ; the mouth curved haughtily ; and upon the finely cut hps an expression of rigid determination and, sell- will, each face the index of the noble soul within ; and yet both were very, very proud in their repose. O pride! pride! Pride was the rock upon which both of those wero wrecked! They were residents of the same city, both wealthy, and moved in the same cicles ; so, of course, they were acquainted 'before they met that summer at Nettie B 's. But there they met in daily intercourse ; and in those long, bright summer days, filled with musi¢, and dnves, and pic-nics and flirtations, they learned to love each other. They were a gay party of city fashionables who met there--young, unclouded hearts, who hal as yet looked only upon life's sunny side,--and from morning unul night Nettie B----"s beatiful home rank with merry voices fiom happy bearts. And so the golden summer days floated. by aud and brought unto two hearts at least the first unfolding of their destiny. The summer came lo aclose, and still the gay party lingered. October came, and sull they were dreaming in the violet and golden light. But at last active prepara- tions were made for a general breaking up and regretful leave-taking. It was a gl 'rious evening, the last week The programme for the evening had been a boating excursions ; but for some cause it had been given up, and the company had merilly betaken themselves to the great library parlor,where h lives out. The are op- posite the Post Office, in the centre of the town, The Railway Omnibus calls at the Hotel, and the Stages for Uxbridge and Beaverton leave the door every morning. 13 Carcful Ostlers always in attendance. GEO. ROBSON COMMERCIAL HOTEL, BROCK STREET, WHITBY. Te undersigued begs to announce that he has taken the above well known premises which have been newly furnished and renovated by him, and where the best accommodation go- ing, with careful attention, can always be found. 3" Good stabling, enclosed yards, and atten- tiveOstlers. Charges FT moderate. 23-1y JOHN MILLER. g d 1n groups, they were eagerly dis- cussing ¢ something new.' Boating, pic-nics, rides, dancing, tablaux, 'everything' was voted ¢ worn out.' ¢ Even to flinting I' cried Nettie B----, shrugging her pretty shoulders and glancing mischievously over one to where her piqued lover Carl Shirley, was paying assiduous attention to Eva Gil- lett, who he knew perfectly well was al- ready engaged ; 'even to flitting! So, good people, give us something new to end this summer with." Even one laughed. Even Carl, after looking fierce for a moment, Joined in the Brooklin House. C. VICKERY, - - PROPRIETOR. EGS most respectfully to inform the inhabi- tants of the County of Ontario, that he has leased the -above premises lately occupied by Sandy Perrie, which he has newly furnished and renovated, and he is prep. to accommo- date the travelling public. The bar stocked with the choicest liquors and cigars, and an at- tentive ostler always in attendance. Marriage: Licenscs: (BY AUTHORITY.) SSUED at Port Perry. Office the Scvcoe oUsE. HENRY CHARLES. 2 | laugh, in the midst of which Kittie M~----, the mischief of the party, mounted an ling silence of an, and, d the perfect Babel of voices, suggested -- first that they should give a vote of thanks to their beautiful friend and hostess, Nettie B----, for her generous hospitality ; and secondly, that that grand summer, should close with a double wedding, and that the only two known engaged couples-- Frank Wolsey and his betrothed wife Maad Stan- ley, Harry Burns and Ethel Grey--should be the parties. The proposiiion was re- ceived with shouts of applanse ; and eo, almost without gaining their reluctant con- sent, preparations were made at once, and one beautiful October morning the whole company met for the last time in the stately PORT PERRY, C. W. Jan.23, 1861. et - unusual proceeding, Harry Burns and Ethel Grey, Frank Wolsey and Maud Stanley, were married, and, after going through the prescribed forms of congratulation and paitaking of the splendid entertainment, dispatched brief letters home and set out on a wedding tour, , There was never Lhe noble couple than Harry Burns and Etliel Grey ! I said it then, and I say it now in the face of the after events. Yet, viewed in the light of those after events, I know that that mar- riage would ever have taken place had it not then and there, They were eminently fitted for eachother ; they loved each other truly and were equals in every respect, even to family pride in the noble, old Scotch blood that ran in their veins,--a pride that their parents had brought with them from the old home in Scotland to the new home in America. But, unknown to them, there had been a feud bet®een the two families -- a bitter, deadly fued that sprang up a hall century back in the vld home in Scotland, --but the fires of which had, with true Scottish pertinacity, been kept burning as brightly as they did in those first days, wien, from their castellated mountain for- tresses, their ancestors bade defiance to their enemies or shivered a lance with them m the valleys. How litle a thing will influence a hu- man life--a word, a look, to 1uin or to save! It wasa dreary, ramey day in the city when those two letters reached their destination, --those Lwo letters bearing upon their long, white pages a message that wis to tar the tide of more thanone hfe in that great ety. Harry's father was sitting in his office con- versing with a [rend when the mail earrivt brought his to him. opened at carelessly ; The old man took and but the thin cheek Hlushed crimson, and the dim eyes flashed with mere than the fires of youth as he read ¢ That ever son of lis should mate with one of that hatred race ! his ouiy son--his But then the agnin--the man's tue nobility asserted 11- seit. Hany did not know, he was not to blame, nor Eihel perhaps. For Harry's sake he would use her well--tor Harry', his iol sake, But the other letter to Ethel's aunt! | was spending a few days there and happen- ed 10 be with her when namved. We were sitting in state in the large, handsome drawing-rooms when the servaut brought it in, She rose to tike it, remarking, plea- santly, that it was from Ethel; she ¢ was expecting her home soon ; this would pro- bably say when she was coming. Maltie Picrce came yesterday, she had heard, 1 would tot mind if she read it, would 12 Breaking it open, her fuce grew suddenly white, and she staggered as if fiom a blow. I thought she was faint, and both the ser- vant and mvsell sprang forward ; but, wav- ing us buck with stately courtsey, she walked slowly and firmly up to er own 100m, her lips shut closely and her brow contracted as if in pain. She did not come down again. Several hours afterwards | went opto her room. She was walking the floor, but stepped short when I entered and auswered me wn her usual clear, even voice, but her face was as white as the face of the dead. Bul, whatever. the struggle was, there was no trace of it when she came down the next morning. She did not, however, announce Ethel's marriage ; but in a lew days the cards came out, und great preparations were made for the reception. It was curious to watch the meeting be. tween her and Harry's father,--such stately old echool politeness ! But no one would have dreamed that in their hearts were burning the fierce fires of a hatred that would never go out, She was never cordial but I think in her reception of Harry she approached the nearest to cordiality that | ever saw her ; and yet all the while I fan- cied I detected that strange glitter in her eyes that I saw there that day--an expres- sion that I did not like. Of course, as they were wealthy and great fuvorites in society, thera were a great many paities given in their honor ; but | think they were both glad when it was all over and they went to reside in their own beautiful home, the most perfect picture of a home that 1 eversaw. There was every- thing that a passionate love of the beautiful could suggest, wealth buy, or a refined taste arrange. And they were so devoted to each other! they must have been very happy for the first six months of their mar- ried life. ' 4 But then Ethel's auut began to be lonely in her eplendid home,--she could not live without Ethel ; and so 'she too came to re- side with them. It was beauninl to see their receptivn of her, the regard they paid her wishes, the thousand little nameless attentions to make her feel welcome and at horhe, thongh they knew that those cozy, pleasant evenings at home would be brok- en in apon by the presence of a third = that 'would never be quite the same as when they were but two. ~ But they never gave such thonght utlerance. Nothing could have been more cordial than their receptton of her; nothing more tender than their re- gard for her, aud she, moving about 'in hep pride I fires burned low drawing-rooms, and, it quiet contempt of havghty way, was yet so gentle and estly, I do not see how that woman could have had the heart to do as she did, Ido think she loved Ethel, but I believe she would have torn herown heart out if it had stood in the way of her revenge. She was strong in her likes, but in her hate as re- lentless as death itself, For a few months, however all was brightness and sunshine. But then a tiny cloud came up--an undefin- able feeling that all was not the same' be- tween Harry and Ethel,--a something se- parating those two, united for hfe, a shad- ow which I doubt if either could have de- fined. Months passed ; she was working slowly but eurely. It would never do to show the black flag at 01ce ; but would be only be- ttaying herself. The woman played her cards well. ¢ Small causes lead to great results," you know. It is fiom such little things a human life is made up. Heaven known what infernal machinery that woman set to work ; I donot, Tecan only give the result. She was killed in hypocrisy, in every kind of deceit. She brought her great knowledge of human nature to hér aid 3 with their great pride to assist hor. She made trivial things look as black as midnignt, as black as her own heart ; but they could not eve that. She sowed dissension between them by all the thousand ways by which the guilty mislead the mnocent. She forged Ethel's writing apon a leaf of her journal, as if wt was from Ethel, and then placed it in Harry's way, as if it came there by mistake. © Of course Ethel did not know this ; she felt herself misunderstood and so remained in her own room, became paler and thinner, but more reserved and siately. That true, noble nature could not brook the which her great pride would not allow her to ex- plain unacked, If either of them had gpok- en! But Hay also was too proud to ask for distrust an explanation that was not given volua- tarily. Pour eluld, she had nothing to ex- plain! And 80 hs too grew pale ind thin ; and the careless, muthifaldook left his eyes forever, under that mental anguish, 1 do not seek to excuse them ; they were both much to blame ; but they were very young and hfe had been ali sunshine 3 how could they know how to meet the storm ? Neither tor a moment doubted Ethel's avnt. How conld they 2 She made them think her an angel of hight ; she would 'go to them and beseech then to be recrnciled, always con- uiving to make matters worse. Heaven knows what they must have suflered during those terrible mouths, It could not Jast ! For weeks they had been living virtually separated though udder one roof. They were too proud to let a whisper of this reach ihe worid. It would have killed them all, [think. Ethel's anut had no intention of this ; she could arrange it another way, for ner heart never misgave her, she never turned back one iota, in the face of ail that terrible suffering she did arrange it ! 1 don't know that I have mentioned that Harry and his father were both lawyers and in partnership. About this time they were conducting a case of great importance that required the presence of one of them in a distant city. It was a situation involving an absence from home for months, a situation of great. responsibility and danger, requiring a keen intellect and a brave heart, such as Harry possessed. At any other time such a separation must have been painful; but 1 think it was a relief to them both, tkough both must have known that it might be for- ever. But I do not think either thought of this. Shortly after thie [ saw Ethel. Her man- ner was as quiet and stately as usual ; but her eyes hada deep, far-away look in them, as if searching for something they could not tind ; and her voice, which was always soft and low had a sound 1n it that thrilled you. Her physicians said she was going to de- chine which baffled their skill. 1do not think, besides myself aid the servants that one out of the family who kuew what aled her. The servants were all old ones j indeed [ never saw a better appointed household. [tis a peculiarity of these old Scotch fami- lies that they retain in their service the families of their servants. The Grey ser- vants had been in the family since time immemorial. From parent to child, they would have died before they would have told. It was about the time that Ethel's aunt decided upon taking her to Europe for tier health, the complicated state of Harry's business affairs being the excuse given for his not accompanying her. [I think, now that she had attained her object and wiped out the imaginary blot upon tne family hon- or by bringing misery upon the Burns, she would have made her happy if she could. Just before they started Ethel wrote toHarry. The letter was misunderstool and a brief reply sent. Then they started. Ihave but little more to wiite. They went on the ill farted , and were lost at sea. Poor, poor Ethel !--the dark sea is thy resting place now ; oly the co! waves en- velope that queenly form lonly the ren-weed fora pillow! Yet when I heard of it 1 did not weep for her; for I knew at lust the weary heart had lound rest, and the weary soul peace. But her anni! Let us hope that in that last hour, when the ship was masked in the presence of that awful night, the black waves of death) the proud heart uttered, and the Lord of Mercy heard, a prayer for pardon. And Harry. I never saw him but once afterward. Hus face was deeply furrowed then j and many grey hdirs rested among the chestnut curls. People said it was sorrow for his beautiful you 's death ; and so in truth it was ; but Tink-he would have given all tha: he possessed if he could have recalled that one letter he wrote her. Ah! thal letter was read in a very different way now ; for in Ethel's room he had found her journal,--I think she must bave purposely left it for him,--and in his private study a letter from her aunt, left purposely t00--a bitter, mocking letter that awoke him at once. Harry Burns came out of his wife's room that night a bowed, broken-hearted, ruined man. I don't kn.w where he is now--this was many years ago-- but, where- ever he 18, | know there 1s a skeleton of the past that walks beside him, and in the sa- ered high places of his heart there is a brok- eu idol. etl lee THE LATEST FROM THE SONG WRITERS, BY THE * FAT CONTRIBUTOR." The man who ¢ Dwelt in Marble Halls' las opened a marble quarry there, and is domg a thriving business mn getting out grave stones. ' The author of ¢ Carry me back to Oil Virgima® has opened a livery stable aud is carried back 1m his own conveyance when: ever he wants to go, The man who sang ¢ Iam Lonely since my mother died" 18°01 quite so lonely now. I'he old man mariied aga, and his step- mother makes it quite lively ehough fur him. 'The author of ¢ Life on the Ocean \Vave' i= gratifying his tase for the see by. tending a saw mill, He will be on the water, The one who gave. ¢ The Olk Folks at to the world hus recently taken thew 10 the poor house, as they were gel- ting tronvlesvme, "I'he author of ¢ Shells of Ocean' is in the clam busmess. The man who wanted to * Kias him for mother, attempted to kiss his mother flor lnm the other day, and Aim gave hun a wolloping *¢ for his mother." The one who wailed ro plaintively, ¢ Do they miss me at home I' was missing the other day, together with a neighbor's wife. He is missed by a wife and seven children. The author of*the ¢ Three blind mice' has started a mandgerie with them. The man who wrote ¢ Five o'clock in the morning,' found that no saloons ere open at that early hour where he ould get his bitters, so he lies abed rather late now. "Give me a cot in the valley I love.' has got a cot in the infirmary. Mein Cott! The man who sighed, ¢ Take me home to die,' took Dr. Keri's System Renovator and is now a ¢ Fine ould Irish Gintleman." ¢ Meet by moonlignt alone' has left off meat, and taken to drink. 'I'he author of ¢ Roll on silver moon' has opened a ball alley. Silver moon can't roll on his alléy without paying for it. The disconsolate vie who sigs -+ Have you seen my Maggie 2' has heard of her. Another feller informs hun, through the music store, that ¢ Maggie's by my side.' « 1'd' offer thee this hand of mine,' has been sued fur breach of promise. « Oh! Susanna' has settled with her at length, and don't owe Susanna any more. The adthor of # Old Arm Chair' is still in the furniture business. The one who pleaded ¢ Rock me to sleep Mother, Rock me tosleep,' has at length been gratitied. His mother, yielding to his repeated solicitations, picked up by a rock and rocked him to sleep. He hasu't woke up yet. The one who asked, ¢ Who will care for mother now * has finally eoncluded to take care of the old woman himself, as no one else seems inclined to, Home? M. About, in a recent pul THE TRULY HONORABLE. Chill December has come, and with ite mighty powers has closed the summer scenes. The plow stands in the furrow, fixed by the fiost, which bids defiance to the lusty steers to move the sod, or deprive the soil of its winter's rest. The faithiul steers are relieved from their toil, and enter the comfortable stall to rest until the coming spring calls them to renew their wonted task,-- a small boon for the summer's fwith- ful labor, yet that pitian3e by selfixh man is- too often denied. The farmer 1a relieved from his perplexing cares, his anxiety about the coming crop is past, the noxious weeds have ceased to grow, snd the de- vouring insects rest insleep. The lengthen ed evenings invite him to forgo his worldly cares, and enjoy the rich boon with which the Creator has blessed his summer's toil, and by the cheerful fird with conscious gratis tude review his past and meditate on the fu- ture, so that he may faithfully perform the part alloted by his creator, . Mankind are created to be the regulators of their uctions and the abettors of their owa happiness, -- the Lord of the universe neither feeds nor clothes them, nor shelters them from the winter's blasts, nor screens them from the summer's scorching sun; tut Le has created them with powers, and sop plicd them with the means, 10 accomplish «ll these great and im portantljeets, so that every human berg has a duty to pedform whick calls forth the active eneraies of boly and mind, -- yes, a solemn duty demanded of them by their Maker. Noone has the right to spend his time in idieness oi folly. Atvistocratic pride, which 1s reamed in luxe ury and sloth, has succeeded in attaching the vame of Houorable and display of wealth, aud branded useful lator play 10 the pop as degrading, iow, and mean; which is lalra and uijnst, and ruinons Ww te heath, hupe pines ard prosperity of the human race. I'he diversified pursuits of civilized man af= ford amplegoom for all 10 be usefully em- ployed, alll every calling or pursiit which 8.1 10 thejzeneral good of society is | onots heckered Th of great or honorable, aie the just 1nlates to able, -- no v-eful vocation in dhe ~eenes of hile is servile nor mean, tile wisdom ana goodness; they who perform the part alotted to tiem in lite with judicious prudence, and do their duty 10 themneivis and lellows as required of them by their Maker are truly greater ¢ an heoest man 18 the noblest work of God" and around their sphere, are justly deserving of honor. 4 The cobbler on his bench may bo equally as honorable as he who occupies the Presi~ dential chair, or they who wears the Mon= arch's crown; and he who cultivates his fifty acres,s0 as 10 produce the greatest value and not impoverish the soil, is equally dee serving of the honored name of 3 good farmer as those who occupy their hundreds. And those whojskillfully vse the mechanics tools, though solitary and alone may be equally as great and honorable as those who oversee a thousand. The kitchen maid who prepares the daily food is much more uselully em= ployed than they who spend their lime ut the toilet for vaun display, aud ought to be more honored. The matron, who,; with judicious prodence, prepares the earth's produtiions to feed, elotlie and" comfort ter ~~ household, and trains the infant minds to fix the moral chart, so as to shun the rock vice, and to expand the soul and lay the foundation for 1ts future greatness, per forms the noble part alotted her by her Creator, and is the most honorable of the hum n race. She who attenda the sick, and wipes the sweat fiom the aching brow, or mitigeles the sorrows of the unfortunate and cheers the wenry and forlorn, enjoy« the heavenly balm of conscious plea~ure, which the idle and frvilous can nover know. 'Those who instruet tha young to nnlock the door of science, and expand the mighty power of mind, ure m ch more honorab @ than they who aps the be fly and Hutter hfe awny ns an empty dream. To promote virtue and ierease human happriess, make bor hoporable, un lio pieve t e.ime,brand wdlenessas mean and degrading, EE EE rn A young fellow came to Chicago Irom ol an avaricious man, that ¢it had been proved that, after having kindled his fire, he stuck a cork in the end of his bellows to save the liitle wind that was left in them.' A convalescent soldier in an hoepital in Paris while tehing hi if, lnimed, +0 God I'--a youig and very preity Sister of Charity ran up end inquired, * What would you that God shouid do to you? | am lus danghiter > The convalescent repli- ed, + Accept me for his son-in-law." La Harpe th | an acq who, in his opiuion, had done lim some mjury,to represent him on the stage. ¢ Ah! exclaimed the other, * that would be a cruel vengarnce, for I should be sure 10 be hissed." Sume years ago, Kidwell was preaching to a lage audience ma wild part of Illinois, and announced fur his text--¢ In my father's house ure many man- sions :"-- He had scarcely read the words, when an olf enon stood up and suid ¢ +1 ell sou folks, that's a Lie! I know hie father well 3 be lives fifteen miles tom Lexing- tor, in old Kentuck in an old cabin, and there aia' but one roo: in the house.' , saye|| vith ten thousand doidas lar week to marry a girl to whom he had long been engaged. Has lost his alata gombimn ¢ tuble, and tied 10 diown himsell tn Lie river bet was roscued. He then went 10 a hotel, ordered two bottles of wie, Jail las revolver on the tube, and wiols a note to a friend stating that he hal kiled homsedf. The Inend rushed up there, nnd found hin dead --drunk oun the Hoor. He hud apjins ently intended 10 Ki' lnmsell wii e vucer the influgncs of ignor, but be Wok Lo eet Drink saved hin, Ea Dean Swilt on beng asked what he the easiest and yet the most dilicall thing a man could do rephed, C10 boil i door? Among the answers 10 correspomnlents in the Eurwig, a lively paper pubisied at Wimbeldon, is found the following : To Powder-- It you peasst in calh rydar wile Brown Bess, your ¢lold n smal bere, your mother=in-inw a great tore, and your fatae= m=law a bolle headed mzzle-oader, yoa must expect to have occasional exp.osions in your family Ifa roman diss Kin, io secret, il is prete 1y sure with telling elieer, ot r Ring v at Why wie ladies ] Kotla ? PaaS or'd, his they who_ with a congenial ~glow spread happiness. 5