$2.00 per Annum POLL ¢- "* All extremes are error, the opposite of error is not truth but error; truth lies between the extremes." STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9Q,. 1868. in advance. on Ig Pah So Select Portry. We'll Meet our Bairns again. Yes, ope ance mair that casket, love, And let me see again Our wee dead bairnies' sunny locks, That lang in it hae lain. T ken they'll bring afresh frae thee A flood o' bitter tears ; But oh! they'll waft our mem'ries back To happy, happy. years. In fancy's ear we'll hear again Wee Archie's silvery voice, That langsyne, wi' its mirthfw' tones, Made a' our hearts rejoice. We'll see in thocht dear Aggie's smile, Sae sweet, sae heavenly fair, That like a sunbeam cheered our hame, That lichtened ilka care. Yes, there's the lock that waving hung, O'er Aggie's bonny broo-- I ken it by its silken look, And by its lovely hue; And this ane wi' the gentle curl, Wee Archie's was, I ween-- a Methinks I see it hinging yet . a Aboon his pawky een. Oh! some may deem it weakuess, love, O'er faded joys to brood, And o'er these sacred relics lean In sorrow's saddest mood ; But, ah! nae bairn was left us, love, To charm our humble ha', And.sae its hard, hard to forget Ilk wee thing that's awa. I think o' them at early dawn, : I think o' them at noon-- "4 I think o' them when ithers meet At e'en their hearths aroun'; And in my dreams, when nicht's dark cluds O'er moor and mountain hing, 7 I feel their wee hands linked in mine, E And hear their voices ring, » And Archie by the fire I see, Blithe in his wonted place, A-listenin' to the crack gaun roun', And glowerin' in my face ; And near thy knee, like rose-bud sweet, I see wee Aggie staun', Fu' proud that she has got frae thee Some plaything in her haun'. Or if I dauner doun the yard, When flowers in beauty blow, T hear them shout, "0 see how sweet Our pinks and daisies grow!" But when, alas! I turn me roun' Their artless joys to share, A gloomy sadness o'er me comes For nae dear bairn is there, And whiles, methink, that Archie cries, "O help me up to see The bonny shilfa's cozy nest _ Upon the auld pear tree," But tho' the shilfa's nest be there, I look in vain for him To keek wi' bairnhood's curious e'e Out owre its mossy brim. And aft when some bit neebour wean Comes toddling to our door, Our ain loved bairns before me seem, Sweet as in days o' yore ; And scarcely can I think they're gane Till thou, love, meet'st my e'e, Lane sitting by the silent hearth They gladdened wi' their glee. But tho' nae mair we'll hear their voice Within our lowly cot, Their mem'ry throws a sacred charm Aroun' our lanely lot, And lifts the mind to Heaven aboon Where they were kindly ta'en, And where, oh happy, happy thocht! We'll meet our bairns again. Kilmarnock, June 1863. Rr ArcHiz arp MKay, What plant does a certain vociferous fe- male singer resemble ?--The bellow-donno. Milton was asked by a friend whether he would instruct his daughters in the different languages, to which Milton replied, "No Sir, one tongue is sufficient for a woman." Some people who go to church are puzzled to find the "collect for the day." There is no difficulty about it ; it begins when the plate goes round. Canadian Entelligqence. POLL LLP OLD LI IP I PESO Dismissal of Post Office Em- ployees. (From the Quebec Daily News.) True to their instincts, the present Goy- ernment are carrying out their mode of re- trenchment with a vengeance; but, unfor- tunately for the public interests, it has taken such a shape that, while it does not conduce to the public weal, it falls heavily upon a few efficials, some of whom -are needy, but most of them deserving of bet- ter treatment. We have all along held that the retrenchment cry was'a sham to blind fold the people of this Province, that it had no real existence, and that where it was put in foree it was to make room for some place- hunting beggar, by discharging subordinate employees. of the. different departments. The saving to the Province is nothing ; the injury done to the families of the poor of- ficials turned adrift irreparable. Last year, we mentioned some cases which took place in the Adjutant-General's department, one of whom had lost his health and his eye- sight in the public service, and when he ceased to be as useful as in former times, he was sent adrift to depend upon the cold charity of the world for a livelihood: Our readers will also recollect the case of Dr. Meillieur, of the Montreal Post Office, a gentleman of education and_ refinement, whose only fault was that he had become too old to be any longer useful. He, too, was sent adrift ; but in a week afterwards we find a successor appointed to fill his place. The latest and most inexcusable act of official tyranny exercised by the Goyern- ment, is the dismissal of four subordinates of the Quebee Post Office,three clerks and a wo- man. employed to keep the Post Office clean, whost "husband had, during life time, been a faithful public servant. Among the clerks dismissed is Mr. Logie, an old gentleman who has for forty years served in the Quebec Post Office, who has passed one half of his life as a public servant against whom no complaint was ever urged, and who served the best part of the other half in defence of the honor and dignity of the Crown of Eng- land. The universal testimony of the cit- izens of Quebec was in Mr. Logie's fayour, for civility and attention to his duties ; and now we find that the only recompense which a pseudo-reform Goyernment can give him for his long services is to turn him off, for no other reason than that he has grown too old to be any longer useful. They could not, it is true, grant him a pension, because the law makes no provision for such cases ; but they might have allowed him to spend his few remaining days where he had been so long and so usefully employed. Mrs. Davison's case is also one of extreme hard- ship. Will the people of Quebec justify such action on the part of the Government ? Do they consider the saving of these people's salaries a benefit to the Province? We do not imagine they will. There are already too few clerks in the Post Office to do the business efficiently. Others must be ap- pointed in their stead, and that very shortly, so that in reality there will be no saving. If the Government were really sincere in reducing the expenses of the department, why did they appoint a useless commission with George Shepherd at its head, last year. This Commission cost the Province more than ceuld be saved in five years from the salaries of the dismissed clerks, and resulted in nothing unless it be the recommendation '| which the Government are now carrying out, in the dismissal of the iower order of the civil servants. We repeat the public do not require retrenchment in such a shape, and what is more will not tolerate it. What they would hesitate to do with their own servants, they will not permit the Goyern- ment to do with faithful and well deserving officers. Such peddling is unworthy the Government of this fine Province, But we forget : we live under a Reform Adminis- tration, and ought to be thankful that our destinies are in the hands of such men. The lIate fire. As we published in a Second Edition of last Friday's Reporter, Galt was again visited by a serious fire on Thursday evening last, which destroyed a large amount of valuable property... The fire at one time looked most alarming ; and it seems almost a miracle that Lutz & Co's., Foundry on the one hand, and Patton & Co.'s Wollen Factory on the other, escaped the flames.. As it was, Mr, Date's Hardware Store was entirely con- sumed, together with the large stone build- ing used asa finishing shop for the Axe Factory ; together with all the machinery, a quantity of Edge Tools, &e. The machinery in the Foundry, 'as well as in the' Woollen Factory, was considerably damaged by hasty removal.| Altogether, the loss may be set down as follows :-- Store and contents. .......)......... $8,000 Axe Factory, and Machinery...... 5,240 Machinery in Woollen Factory.... 1,000 Wool in 4 6 Si eaeane 1,000 Bokals si sisdss--tult.-.ic amuses $15,240 On which there is an insurance on stock in the store of $2,400, in Gore Mutual Company ; on Finishing Shop and Axe Factory, $2,000, in Western Insurance Company ; and the loss of Machinery in Woollen Factory is fully covered by insu- rance. On the Wool there was no insurance. The Fire Companies and Hook and Ladder Company worked well at the con- flfgration, and it is to their exertions that we are mainly indebted for the staying of the flames. We have previously spoken of the arrival of the Preston Company, and only again refer to the active fellows that comprise that company, to thank them most heartily for their valuable services. We owe them a debt of gratitude for their efforts on this and previous occasions.--Galt Re- porter. F ch anise > * a A Reckless Villain, A few days since, Martin Cleary, a resi- dent of Rockwood, was committed to the County jail, by warrant of H. Strange and D. Clarke, Esquires, to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes on the charge of shooting his wife and two infants. It appears that the accused is an inebriate of some standing, and that having quarrelled with his wife, he threatened to shoot her, and presented a loaded shotgun with the intention of putting his threat into execution. The poor woman, snatching up her two infants, of some eight or ten months, endeavored, with one on each arm, to make her escape. The scoundrel fired, wounding the woman severely in the hand, one of the infants slightly in the arm, and the other dangerously in the body. It is probable Cleary was intoxicated at the time ; for it isimpossible to realize the idea of any one wearing the semblance of human- manity, perpetrating such an outrage in his sober senses. The prisoner was brought to town by constable Soper, of Rockwood, and we are assured by trustworthy eye-witnesses of the fact, that on their appearance at the goal, the prisoner and constable were both in a state of intoxication. This isa sad state of affairs, and calls loudly for investi- gation. Luckily the Rockwood policeman was assisted in making the arrest by consta- ble Willett, of Guelph, a steady and reliable man.--Guelph Herald. Progress of Printing, - The origin of printing was the stamping of coin, and the impressing of seals, as old as history itself. _ The application of ink to blocks was nevertheless an epoch. The contrivance of moveable types was a third epoch. The casting of moveable types into solid pages, in 1794, was a fourth epoch. And the invention of machines worked by steam, in 1819, by which 1000 sheets can be perfected in an hour, constituted the fifth epoch, and is probably the perfection of the art. For the first we are indebted to the Pheenicians, for the second and third to the Germans. for the fourth to the French, and for the last to the English. Foreign LEntelligence. av LOOPY The National Polish Prayer. mr » a I. O Lord, who for so many centuries, didst surround Poland with the magnificence of power and glory; who didst cover her with the shield 'of thy 'protection when our armies overcame the enemy, at thy altar we raise our prayer; deign to restore us, O- Lord, our free country ! By O Lord, who hast been touched by the woes of our injured land, and hast guided the martyrs of our sacred' causé; who has granted to us, among many other nations, the standard 'of courage} of unblemished honor; at thy altar we raise our prayer ; deign to restore us, O Lord; our free coun- tyr! tr Thou, whose eternally just hand crushes the empty pride of the powerful of the earth ; in spite of the enemy vilely murdering and oppressing, breathe hope into every Polish breast! At thy altar, we raise our prayer ; deign to restore us, O Lord, our free coun- try ! IV. May the cross which has been insulted in the hands of thy ministers give us constant strength under our sufferings! May it in- spire us in the day of battle with faith that aboye us soars the spirit of the Redeemer ! At thy altar we raise our prayer; deign to restore us, O Lord, our free country ! Vv. In the name of His commandments, we all unite as brothers. Hasten, O Lord, the moment of resurrection! Bless with liberty those who now mourn in slavery! At thy alter we raise our prayer; deign to restore us, O Lord, our free country ! Vi. Give back to our Poland her ancient splen dor! Look upon our fields soaked With blood! When shall peace and happiness blos- som among us ? God of wrath cease to punish | us! At thy altar we raise our prayer; deign to restore us, O Lord, our free country ! a nernnmcerctient ce The Harvest and its Lesson. (From the Christian World.) The heart that feels not' moved by grati- tude to God for the magnificent summer weather with which he is favoring us, is in an unhealthy and unenviable state, Every- where the crops look not only promising but splendid. _ An early and an abundant har- vest seems certain, except some extraordin- ary change takes place in the weather. The genial warmth of the past fortnight has wrought wonders on the face of the country. The cereals are healthy and fast ripening, and the golden tint, so grateful to the eye at this season of the year, speaks of the ripe harvest as very near at hand. "Qh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" For whatever a cold philosophy may say about the laws of nature, and second causes, and so forth, the devout Christian delights to think of his " Father working' by sunbeam and shower, by balmy breeze and fertilizing dew, amidst the heat of the noonday sun, and during the darkness of the silent midnight. The sea- sons are to him messengers from heaven, each having its own story of an eyer- watchful Proyidence, caring for the multi- tudinous hosts of creatures who "seck their meat from God." The resources of Divine beneficence are inexhaustible, and as that beneficence mani- fests itself seasonably, it teaches most im- portant lessons to man. It speaks of pre- science, forethought, arrangement, order, and it suggests that gratitude should not be a mere feeling or sentiment, but an active power, doing good to man as he has oppor- tunity. Looking back on the extraordinary exertions made by all calsses of the com- munity to mitigate the severity of the cot- ton famine in the north, and connecting with these exertions the kindness of Provi- dence in sending a mild winter, we see reason for abundant thanksgiving. _ Provi- derice seemed to smile on the charity which flowed so copiously towards the needy, : and an:abundant haryest now will remind us that neither an individual nor a nation has cause to regret the exercise of a rightly directed beneyolence. " Blessed is he that. considereth the poor," and "he that. hath pity upon the poor lendeth to the Lord, . and that which he hath given will he pay him again." Whether the coming winter shall be like the last, so far as Lancashire is concerned, we cannot say. We can only earnestly hope that it will not be so, not-_ withstanding the gloomy predictions' of many persons that' the end of the ¢otton ' famine is yet far off, and that, consequent: ly, thousands of unemployed operatives will again be thrown upon the resources. of | popular charity. The Genius of Rascality. A shrewd trick was recently practised in London. A dandy, dressed up in the most faultless style, called at a large jewelry store, and after a short examination, bought a» gold watch for £20, and he handed the re. joiced salesman a £100 note. He examined it carefully, and, finding it to be genuine, he gave him back the required change, £80, Just as he was stepping out of the store, he was met by another dandy, equally as well dressed, and whom he seemed to recognize, He exhibited his newly bought watch to his friend, and was very profuse in his praises about it and its very fine finish, Both stepped back into the store, and a short pursuasion on the part of the first dandy induced the new comer to buy a similar watch for the same price. He also paid for his watch a £100 note (the English dandies do not trouble themselves with small change) and received his change, after the experi? enced dealer had satisfied himself that the note was genuine, But just as the last dandy was in the act of pocketing the money and watch, both dandies suddenly appeared very much agitated; they looked in the street, whispered to each other, then sud- denly "made a dash for the door. But to the dismay and discomfiture of both, a con- stable jumped out of the carriage, collared them both, and with a triumphant "T have got you at last, you scoundrels," led them back into the store. Here he informs . the dealer that these two gentlemen are two of the sharpest swindlers in London, (which is saying a good deal) and asked the jeweller what business he had with them. " Thege gentlemen have bought two gold watches for forty pounds, and paid for them in good money," said the now frightened dealer. The constable laughed right out, and asked him if he had not been paid in hundred pound notes. The jeweler said he had, a fearful light beginning to dawn upon him. The constable then demanded to see the notes. The Corpus ; delicit was produced, and the constable informed the now thunder- stricken dealer that the notes were forged, and the culprits overwhelmed with the weight of their guilt, silently acknowledged the deed. The vigilant officer, jubilant over the important catch seizes watches, money and prisoners, and summoning the jeweler to attend the police bureau in an hour, puts the prisoners in a carriage and drives off on a gallop. Just as the last sound of the car- riage had died away in the distance, the jeweler recovers from his surprise. It now occurred to him that perhaps it would have been better if he accompanied the expedi- tion. Breathless, he dashed out, but the cab had vanished. He made inquiries at the police bureau, but the trio had vanished, and neither cab nor men were ever seen again. Deeply hurt at the immorality of the times, which even made the sacred uni- forms of the police serve them in their ne- farious schemes, the compatriot of the great McDonald returned home a sadder but a wiser man. Tuar's THE QuESTION--They have got a French Derby, but have they got a French Palmerston ?