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«It 4.1- U .LL .LJ. .1. BESU’BSGRI‘BBR BEGS TO ANNOUNCE to the inhabitants of Priceville and sur- rounding country that he has commenced the above business in Prioeville, and hepes by attics uremic: to business to meritashare of public 94'2“?" . A . . I. ' All tie latest American and Foneign style; ”do us desired. Pfiaville, 2nd Dec. 1861. 155-152 ALF WAY BETWEVI'Eâ€"X DURHAM AN D and Lodge 2.8513 made to brder atutwelve hours? Mount. Forest Bar and L‘lrdL , , notice. . ' L {I x 'r “e 1 ‘V ." c Q bed. Good Stabling, and attontive hostie‘rsfnp E” First 6001' North of J. T. Butcharts Con- . . - , fectioner Sbo Poulett St. Owen Sound. Orchardvane, 23nd May 1861' 133:“15' Llcwcf a VP, turn-r: ,v 1:an an n ESTSBMS 3333 E33”? PRICE VIL LE: Toronto and Sydeaham Road: 26 miles from Owen Sound; lb (10. from John Town,Lâ€"amfraxa. Road 6 do. from Flesher‘s Comets. Bar and Jarder well suppled. Good stabling and atten- ve hustler. East Glenelg, May 9, 1861. 12" Four miles North of Durham. HIS HOUSE BEING ENTIRELY NEW, ‘ ofl'ers superior accommodation to the travel- !ing public. Good stabling and attentive host- !ers. Barand Lardcr well suppli: d. The sub- scriber being free oft-eats in those war t‘mes, and the raise!- of his own produce, can accommodate the pubiic on reasonable terms. BUTCHERS’ ARMS INN J.GBDDES. .‘Rtoruey at Law, Solicitor in Cz’umcery, car, 61., AND Issuer 01 Marriage Licenses. Chafi’weysllm 1, }leneig,31an1859.; '. JOHN KEN} lion veya nicer, tom-Minna in Court of Queen’s Bunch BISHOP’S BUILDINGS, MAIN SRREET, MOUNT FOREST. cunt Forest, Nov. 29, 186i. 154 J. P. BROWN, DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST, Durham. I EEPS constantho on hand a. lzugcassortment of Drugs, Chunicais, Patent MLdiL-iues, D)? St: “is, Stationarg: 52c. ., the. Durham, Dec. 3, 18:,~ 8. J S. Rp 1-: A F {4‘ E y, Octcber Ist, 1862-. coum'xszs OF WELLINGTON AND GREY Mount Forest. July 21, 1859 I) R o W 0 (D D 9 FORONER, LICENSED TO PRACTICE PHYS“), SURGERY MS I) MIDWWERY, D U R H A M . .. 3333381213; Conveyancing Office ; Money letters, properly mailed and registered It the risk of the publisher H'No unpaid letters uken from Post Office. 8. L. M. LUKE, Propriewr ERQMAS’: WORRGS‘S Mlle-item and commumcations addressed to the editor mas; be Post paid. No advertisement discuntinued until paid far at the time o? withdrawai, unless by consent of the publishem. All idflflisements must be accompanied by written"ias1ructious, and mm: will be discontin- ued without. a written ordnr. Six lines and under, first insertion . . . . Each sahsequcnt insertion . . . . . . . . . film ten lines, first insertion . . . . . ' Each subsequent insertion ........ 1‘ Above confines, first insertion (per line) Each subsequent inseition (per line) Cards in the Business Directory, ten lines and under, per annum ........ . . . 00.10: six months ......... ; ......... 4.. If subscribers remove to other places with- out. informing the publisher, and their periodicals tr: sent to the former directions, they are held re- msible. Durham, Dec. 2, 18:38. usmomu: Tmomxa 3. If subscribers refuse or neglect to take that periodicals from the office to which they area directed, thefiare held responsible till Meg have? «filed their ill, and ordered their periodical to 30 discontinued. Sen/ling numbers buck, or leav- Stg them in the Ofice, is not such notice as the Law requires. 5 nononuvs HOTEL, 3. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publisher may send them until all arrears are paid : and subscribers axe re- Iponsible for all numbers sent. ‘ 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary are considered as wishing to con- tinue their subscriptions. THE DURHAM STANDARD HN KENNED‘ LAW, CHANCE-2R1" AT THE OFFICE, DURHAM, COI?NTY GREY, C. W. MOUNT FORE-SS", (nun FAIR ronssr xxx.) AND COUNTY OF GREY ADVERTISER: IS PUBLISHED FVBRY Law Respecting Newspapers. '. GRAY GARAFRAXA ROAD, Rates of Advertising. AND D. DONOHUE. ........ $4 .00 ........ $3.00 Convey-tire 198ztf. 50 cents. 13 It 75 H 25 fl Drama! and vicinity is directed to the above ous Its vicinity to the Court House and other } centres of business mtist recommend it to 9m tavorablo consideration of the travelling com- I nunity. Charges came other Hotels in town Owen Sound,10th June, 1862.182 HANOVER, 25th March, 1862. ’ t “ Well, I come rfi" with coilege honors at ; I [r 7 W" ‘i ttvenltjv. and went home to Beechwoodâ€"Um , r gole ick shook my hand till he run0 tears f: ' ' ‘° ‘ I C 1‘ 9 igof pain) from my eyes; and cdledbme a , r1303; nxomxn, - _ : rave boy, and an honor to the Wiidem :-â€"- ; RACTFC “1 W ATCH AND CLOCK MAKDR‘ ’ Aunt Mary got out the best China, and potted ' Goldsmith, Silversmith,and Engraver. (Jlu’ng °- me hke a grown up baby - but Jenn - 1a 1 and Lod a y; e, , , . - r - )1 dncer ge eats made to order-at tx elve hoursjbefure me, ndtculmg my. newly fledged 30‘309- . beard callino ever ' et hairI } l b E? First door North of J. T. Butchart‘s Con- . ’ ’- - y P 1E“ een as- snduously cultxvatmg for the past few months f t' h t- - ' ' ‘ ec lonery S op, Poulett S : 0W9” Sound t ‘ pm feathers ’--vowed I hadn‘t graduated, HEWELRY NEEEâ€"Y REPAIR _D- ' but had been eXpeHed, and hoped Iwasn’t Ordersfrom Durham, whether by mail orother-ggomg to stop at Beecnwood 10"2', f0? she’d wiaemuotually attended to. Charges'moderate, Invited her dear friend, Seraphine Loveyto' Owennound ‘an. 23,1331. 112-17 pass the summer months thh her, and I would only prove. a torment and a botherao t‘on' hl‘)r\1\‘rh9m T1 nrarrrr I (LATE MAY’S) HE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC 0F DL‘HBAH and virinih' it: flimnfpfl tn fhé nhnrn Orders from Durham, whether by mail or other-j wise, puctually attended to. Charges’moderate : Owennound ‘an. 28, 1861. 112-17! BRODI E’S HOETL, u (t 0mc0,--Wes:eru Assurance Buildings. CHURCH STREET, TORON'I‘O o ANGUS nonmsox, n. A. ssmpsox- 130-tf B A RRISTERS, AT'I ORN EYS, SOLICITORS, 8L0. MORRISON SAMPSON HE Bar is sum lied with the best Wines and Liquors and the Larder will be found at all times :onducixe t0 the comfort. at the travelling community. £8fi¥fi§£fifiafl$ ‘ 33’ Every attention paid to the comfort of the ”fawning public. 33" Good Stemming and an attentive hostler. Arthur, Dec. 16 1858. 3 T hey are prepared to take risks on reasonable terms. JOHN MILLER Durham, 30th August, 1859. 39â€"tf The subscriber is Agent for the Corn Exchuge Fire and Inland Navigation Insurance Co. 5:139:15, ovum $28,000. Yb'mrcllcrs’ flame Inn, General Dealer in I) I: 1" Gâ€" 0 o :l) 59 Hardware, Groceries, 6pc. Executed in the most approved form. HANOVER, 25th March, 1862. ARHERS, CITIZENS, AND 'I RAVELLERS, will find at the above Hutel, all the com- forts of a home during their visits; and those re- iquiring entertainment will have the best the ; countiy affords l Good Stabling and attentive and civil Hos- ’tleis Stages 0:11 daily at the above Hotel. 1‘ THOMAS WILSON. Township of Arthur, 26 miles from Durham, 10 from Mount Forest, and 17 mllcs frcm Fergus. T HEODORE ZA SS, Pricevifle, January 20, 1860. JAPANNED WORK MADE TO ORDER Durham, 1511: August, 1861. 140-13' ANGLO AMERICAN HOTEL J'NSURANCE. COTTON BAGS, OLD COPPER, SI. SKINS E. A. GOODBVB, which wxll be sold cheap for cash. The inhabitants of Durham and vicinity are hereby informed that the above establishment is opened in the premises three doors north of the British Hotel, where he will keep a constant sup- ply 0f Tin, Copper, Iron, and ‘JAPANNED WARES, 83378}! fiWELa N B --Dr. C. begs to return thanks for the confidence and patronage received during his residence in Durham, and will continue to attend to all calls appena ining to the Profession A ccounts rendered sémi-annuany,in the mouths ofJuly and January Druham, May 23, 1861 128-tf Mount Forest Jan. 18th. 1861. ‘RADUA TE 0F QUEENS COLLEGE ngsmn; of the Uuixersitv of Vew York A3lett’s Medical and Surgical Institute, New York; New Y ork Ophthalmic Hospital; and Pro- vincial Licentiate, Durham COlOUCI (on the Count) of Grey. Sammy AND Rssmsxcz.-â€"Adj6ining the sto-re of Mr. D. Fletcher. DR. J. (RAMON), E. B. McMLLLAN. MAIN STREET, MOUNT FOREST, BY 'I‘HONIAS ‘VlLSON. S. L. M. LUKE, Publisher. VOL. 5.- « NI 1. 1.} O R C H A R D’ S New’l‘in-ware Establishment. taken in exchange for goods. PRICEV l LLE, BY AND COUNTY OF GREY GENERAL ADVERTISER 9-8 “ Seraphine Love cameâ€"~3- tall, tallow- candle, sentimental damsel, with st‘fl curls, light blue eyes, lackadaisical, moonstruck air. There was no similarity between her and Jenny; and I fell to wondering about their mutual liking. and Boon discovered the cause. Seraphine: Love wrote poetry, rhyme, and levelled her 'Parnassian darts against those Jenny dislikedâ€"this was the secret... She had been sent for to ‘ do up ’ cousin Ned in verse' and various were the sonnets, ac- orostica and Iampoons with which I was 6 | “ And Jenny herself Wasn’t she the ring- 5 leader of them all 1? Didn’t she beg;r to do the table honors on purpose to put salt in my tea, . and pepper my muffins in order to watch my l wry laces? Didn’t she play tantalizing fwaltzes every ewning in the parlor, regret: l ting that ‘ cousin Ned (luln’t (lance ?’ Didn’t l she ask me to read aloud at the village sew- ing circle, and upon my bashful relusal, gravely announce to scores of assembled ladies, that Mr. Wilder was afflicted with“ bronchitrs purpose to render me the victim! lnf those same old ladies, who forthwith l thronged around me with receipts, composed l got all the roots and herbs in Christendom ?-â€"-; Eltell you, Phil, it. was almost purgatory tol . me, there at Beechwood; but I resolved _ never to surrender. “Talk about electric shocks~ why, one touch of her little white hand would set my heart to thumptng against my ribs.-The Contact of her floating vurls would make my frame tingle to my firzger’s endsâ€"That’s what I call a gal-vanic hatter}: .. 1"! u “ But it bothered me most that Jenny could torment me so. I was in loveâ€"J knew it; but hjxdhno power to flee from her toils. And so, when I came home from academy and college vacation, not a whit less embar- rassed and awkward than everâ€"acting like a grown-up boobyâ€"upsetting her work-box and tangling her worsted. committing count; less blu'mlers at the table, all this to the gratification of the mischief-loving flirt, and am! the romping hovdeniah, school-girl com- panions she’d always have 'stoppxng,r at Beech- \VUOti on visitsâ€" didn’t I make myseif a tar- get ofall kinds of practical jokes for those same; ramps ? v-‘v \I‘s ‘V'lV'lI PI first went tn Beechwood. as my uncle’s , ward, and stood, an awkward, blushing stam- I mering school-boy of fifteenâ€"in the presence ‘ of the incipient belie and beauty, can’t re-i member a minute from that hour but that H was her slaveâ€"her downright slave, Phil.d And she we]! knew it. Did you ever see one of her sex but knew whom she had entrap- ped ? It’s their natureâ€"read you like a: book! Got the gift of second sight, every mother’s danghter of ’em. _ _-vvv “ Want to know how IWOD her? We“, you see, my boy. cousin Jenny was always the sauciest witch that ever shock a curl or played tricks with a masvuline heart. And I was always her boylover. Can’t remem- ber the time, for my life, from the day when I 2..-; _____ ‘ ., n n . “Eh,-â€"â€"want to know how I won her?â€" Well, I’ll tell you (oh modus operandi, though aubrosa, of course !” And Ned Wilder flung h's half-smoked cigar into the graze, run hté fingers through a mass of brown curls, and séuled himself comfortably in the depths of a soft cushnoned office chair. And thus honest John though his station was humble, Passed through this sad world without even a grumble And ’twere well if some folk, “ho are greater and richer, Would c0py John Tomkins, the hedger and ditcher [Miscellaneous Reading ----:uavu Illlu’ U‘ LLCUICU ‘l‘m I I, ‘\'11\9:Joi)‘n was good natured and sociable Still; For he said that revengmg the injury done Would be making two rogues where there need be but one. If any one wronged lgim, or treated him fl 1"?! If John was afflicted xx ith sickness or pain, ;but did not complain, Nor lie down to fret. in despondence and sorrow; be better to-morrow. _ v3. 3, a g . iunoreu. Joey greeted me everywhere !-- - - -__.- {On myrhamher table in my portfolios, be- . , tween the covers of my Greek Lexicon, even "OATENTED JOHN. it! the pockets of dressing my gown I found them. In no place was I safe. . ‘{ Had I been particularly sensitive, I must One honest John Tomkins, a hedzer and Ditcher, l have been driven. from the field; but I wnh' Although he was poor, did not “(am to be richer, ; stood thorn. Besules, there tragreasou, other , For all such vain wishes to him were prevented, " than any 7350”" to seem uuhfferent. 0‘ 3 By a. fortunate habit of being contented. t late, I thought I had detected beneath Jen- ; my’s gaiety, an under current of feeling; 2 Though cold were the. weather, or dear were the ' SO'UeUmC‘S; looking UP suddenly, I caught food, . {the glance of two blue eyes~- and though John was never found in a. murmuring mood; lspaedily withdrawn l could have vowed that l For this he was constantly heard to declare, . glance had sometl-‘riug earnest almost tender : What he could not prevent he would cheerfully e in it. quite belyiug her eauciness of Words or bear. manner. Was it pessible that Jenny was during at art ?-â€"-that she had been can-rm in ”For why should I grumble and murmur?” he : herbow‘ii 811:3qu ' ° said. ' ’ ' v _-__v‘ -â€"-u-m\.. O u‘ said u m cann’ot get mm m be thankful for bread; And though fretting may make my calamities deeper, It can never cause bread and cheese to be cheaper.” new Jenny was “’01: DEVOTED T0 NEWS FQEERY. W., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1862 , POLITICS, EDUCATION {53% _ - h} ‘ . . x “ yftlme a‘ come. ‘_No it " ‘ i ibye.’ I repfioed, prnfl'ering my han‘l. 18‘ ($2391 3 I bye 1’ she sand ‘ and she glanced up inguirin'o- 2 ’1y; ‘ Iâ€"Mr. Wilder [don’t understand you"; she exclaimed, ‘Perhaps not,’ I said indif-L ‘fercntly. ‘It is only thisâ€"v1 am to Ieava' x; J -_ -..- - o v- :50 uul SUIIUQ Eshe was courteous, chillingly polite-«hut ‘ never alfnhle or familiar: poltte-but nothing more. Every approach to ir-ttmacy was re- pelletl. She "seemed building higher,'day by day. the icy wall between us. ‘ A “ Well so it went (m for" weeksâ€"«Jenny chatting and playing the agreeable to others, but decidedly cold and iceberey towards me. I was in tortures; this must come to an end. “ One night we were left togetherâ€"Jenny and I. A lucky attack of the gout confined Uncle Dick to hls room. where Annt' Mary was kept busy'with bandages and linimem; visitors went away early in the eVening; and were alone for the first time since .I had been at Beechwood, for Jenny had managed to avoid me. never walking or riding with me as of old "NOW she was stately and calmias ever 4â€"th talked little; and when the cloak struck ten. arose. gathered up her embroidery aml took up a night lamp. ‘ Good night, she , ._, . _ .l “One item in Uncle Dick’s letter pleased lme more tha‘n‘latherly advice or invitations ! to Beechwood. ‘ Jenny.’ he wrote, ‘ has just , refused thebest match in the country. I be- 'l lieve the girl has burned her fingers this time but she’s as headstrong as ever. By-the-way nephew, (lid you and she quarrel before you I left us? She flouts like a very shrew when iyour name is mentioned. What’s the mat- lter, nephew? Better come Luck and settle; l up old scores;-but though Jenny’s the least ‘ l bit contrary, she has the best heart.’ So Un- .cle Dick wrote. i “ And so you went back to Beechwood?” i said Phil. “ Many gentlemen came to the house, and she danceda saqg, played and flirted thh at! ; not a pm did she care for one ofthem.â€"-â€" But did she care for me still? I cnuldu't N31}. Her 0M gaiety of manner was all gone; -A--- -__ A §lyn Nora trace of the hoydenish. rum-ping mis- chieflnving,schoolgirl I had left muse than five yx‘ars befor‘ef “ It was as I expected. Jenny was still unmarried. and flirting desperatvly as ever. But faith, I didn’t recognize the tall, queuiy woman who rRCeived me with such cold statelmess in Beechwood. drawing roomsâ€"4» “ Not I, ” replied Ned, smllling ;‘I knew thetlme hadn’t (ome. [wrote home that I was off for a Ioreign tour. departed the ful- lowing week. and not ti” fifteen months after did I set loot in BeechWood again. “Coke and Blackstone, andâ€"Kate Drew detained me,’ so I wrote Uncle Dick.“ Enpasmzt, let me mention, Phil, that Kate was engaged to an old college mate 'of mine, in Italy the last two years, and you will per- cenve the drift of our plans. - Urgent invitations Came from Beeâ€"ch'wood to revisit the 0M place; but I put them off.“ ‘Busincss before pleasure,’l urged in re- turn. I “In three years I had gained my profes- lsion and during that time, had never once , visited home. Letters, many and kind, came from Uncle Dick and Amt Mary, but never a word from Jenny. I heard olher olten as a belle, a beauty, and a flirtâ€"since she invari- ably rejected all serious Wuoers. That lat- ter item pleased me strangely ; and straight way I fell into becoming: the devoted cava- lier of Kate Drew, a dashing belle, whose father counted his property by thousands, and i in rm‘ letters home, I was always careful to} speak of ‘l‘t‘les Drew, the beautiful heiress.’ l I push? l two gt :thfsz-tt at a window in the moonlight. I 3 went 5‘5 lose to Jenny. g “ M Wilder,” I said, (and Phil, I must ; have got into the heroics, for she wilted under‘fls geye, and sunk down in her seat)â€"â€"â€" ‘ Miss medal; this hand yOu have wounded ylwllShI; e (lay acceptâ€"~aml my cheek you s 13 - with your hps. A lites for a u'ow,’ and I lelt her. , v on my tar as I shut the » e. 1 time, but whether laughter or sob, Iknoqgfiéfig I went straight to my room” ,‘ trunks, found Uncle Dick in his} libgz-t' . Shook my resolve, and before Jens, ‘(Iy~,', ' dear friend ’ had made their ape pcamace next morning, I was many. miles away from Beechwood. I H ml that was adrop too muchâ€"«and with my fgz'TfJiH tingling under the blow she had given 5!: d my heart smaning sorer with woum fjpride, on the impulse of the moment, ‘opeu the door of their room. The ”float ata winduw in the moonlight. I to J en n v. l “The thought emboldened me ° and one 3 moonlight evening, coming upon her sudden- ,' ly, sitting in an unwanted mood in the garden 31 found. myself actually saying sentimental gspceclzes with my arm abmit Jenny’s waist. l “ The vixen! She heard me through, I I Fsmomered a laugh in her handerchief, stj'Iy 'picked' with a pm the hand I had thrown around her. slap ed mycheek s-maxlly. and than disappearm through the low French window opening 1:110 the back “parlor:- Scarcefthree minutee after, gomg up stairs, I heafi .her recounting to Seraphiue Love, heme}: her‘ gusts of .luughler, that “cousinâ€" Ned 1331 been quouug Tom Moore, and makâ€" ing lofie to her aiter the most approved fashio ' “ t , tho} “'nfl n 11‘0““ ‘AA .4.--__ t 1 0 I favored. ‘Thej greeted ', AND AGRICULTURE, Several soldiers of the 17th Reg. and 60!}: Rifles, whosederm of enlistment-46a £years had expired, on Thursday, renewed their oarh before P. A. ‘Donet,‘Esq.. Clerk of the Peace, to serve their country eleven years more, and enable them to enjoy, at the expiration of that time, the benefits of a pension.-â€"â€"-Qae« bee News. “ SToNEWALL ” JA‘CKsox’s LAST SERMON.-â€"-â€"l The Washington correcpondent of the New! York Herald is responsible for the follow- ing :â€"-‘-‘.;‘$turresvall Jackson is: reported to have delivered to his troops last Sunday a discourse upon a text from Joel. chapter 2,. verse 20, as follows: ‘ But I Will remove far off from you the Northern army, and willl drive into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea. and his hinder part {award the utmost serge-m1 his. stinckl l shall come up, because he'halh donegrea! things?” - A fire in Caledon on Friday last, destroyed a tavern occupied by Mr. Wm. Phillips, and the stables attached, together with four fine horses and a quantity of l‘urmture Tne hotel was large and comma-lions, and its de- struction will be felt as a serious loss to travelers in that locality. LFFEC'! or M USKET .BALLs.-â€"-Tne most sir:- gulzn thing, says a correspondent, and one which I do not remember to have heard men- tioned heretofore, is the effect of musket balls upon the atmosphere through which they pass. The passage of one imediately across your face is followed by a momentary sensa- tion of deathiy sickness. The air seems thick, stifling, and putrid, like that of a new- ly~optued vault, accompanied by an oder of certain kinds of fungi found in the woods, and never wriiiugl) disturbed by either man or beast. AN ARROW discharged by the indians in a recent massaeree at Madelia, was taken from the body ofoue ofthe victims on the day af- terthe fatal occurrence. ' The arrow penetrt t- ed through the heart to the depth of 1'2 inches. The Indians disclmrged these instruments with wonderful accuracy and effect. Instan- ces were seen of their having gone entlreiy through the body. um JUEL men the very spirit of mischief prompted me to whisper themâ€"~â€"‘Jenny, my vow is fulfilled, you remember it. Didn't I warn you I’d appropriate this hand? and for the rest, the kiss tor the blow, you know -â€"â€" ‘And Jenny answered never a word,’ said Ned, srmlling. ‘lor the witch was fairly caught 1 in her own ' trap.’ “ But Kate Drew ?’ queried Phil, taking a long whiff at his cigar. “ Oh, Tom Ashley came home,’ replied Ned, and in a fortnight they aze to be united. ‘ l But she’s promised to go down to Beechwood l I first, to be Jenny’s bridesmaid. : “ And Seraphine Love ?’ asked Phil. 3 “Is Semphine Love still,’ replied Nedâ€":- ‘lnckadaisical, sentimental, and devoted to; the ‘Nine as ever. She’s got a volume of! poems in the pressâ€"~-‘ blighted Buds,’ or some such pathetic title. Jenny and 1 have , subscribed for fifty copies to be distrilmtedl among our friends as literary brjoux.’ But} enough! Consider 'yourselt held by an en»; gagement at Beechwood this day Week to i 3 kiss the bride and eat u’er‘ldina («aha ’3 f _ fl-.. ‘4‘ “Ligulo ' U0, “'3“, Kate Drew isn’t Ihe least bit jealous, I laughed, smoothing down her curls. ‘ Don’t nn'ugglc so I Besides I want to tell you some- tlixng.â€"â€"~l do intend to at that moment, as the lamp burned low, and flickered m dusty shadows, asigh soft as a summer zephyr, stole athwart my cheek, and two warm fragrant lips, flattered like rosel leaves against mice. Not a word was epok~l en, and there was little need. “ But just then the very spirit of mischiefl prompted me to whisper Ihemâ€"â€"‘Jenny, my vow is fulfilled, you remember it. Didn't I: warn you I’d appropriate this hand? and for, the rest, the kiss for the blow, you know --â€"¢ ‘ And Jenny :n l lSVVt‘I'ell never a word,’ said; T ; (C ‘ ‘ a ’ , 1V8d, smilnng. for the Witch was fairly caught i in her own ' trap.’ “ RI!’ L"AOA r-‘~ ~ n. . - _i EFFEC'I OF MUSKET BALLS. _,‘ voq~‘I“l.‘o U 511:: “1 ‘ ‘ ‘ ' Mm, let ”It. go, 1 tell you.’ “ Oh, Phil, you should have seen her black 83:88 Hash! She absolutefy stamped her [out With passwn, and struggled hard ' but I had her, l'ghuyg ‘ hat me go! You} lady Ioée shall know of thisl’she cried, with flushed cheeks and tears of anger. ‘ Oh, well ’ Kate ' , ' ’ ° ‘ Drew mat the least bit Jealous, I 'a‘]!'l|l’ll_ L‘n‘nl'li‘fl;r|~ .'._ v‘vv\‘ U)“ passed my arm around her J'Idward “Hider, release nu Did you no: guaway a broke down. ‘Jenny Ie goues,’ I said, magnanir parttu perfection ‘I ha anger. On the contrary- Yuu will come and visa some time? One of the:: to b» married. Good I -_.v luvlllb l‘ltit: (- l "There was no anSWer. I heard a hard .drawn breath-hut pride crushed back.-â€"She dropped my hand, and again took up the lamp. ‘Gord bye, then,’ she said, mechan ically, turning away. I held Open the door to give her egress. She advanced a step into the hall. hesitated, then come backâ€"- The door swung to ‘Cousin Edward,’ she said and her voice slightly trembled, ‘ ' have thought me cold and proud~wantin the duties of hospitality even. I ledge that I have seemed so; but ' , . â€"--have you not neglected me all mum . ----- 0 n g m Beechwood by the morning stage, an! :0! see you so early.’ ‘ Lea and she slightly laltete‘d, looking sm and replacing the can plainly see that I You shun me, and I am going back to So it must be good bye, cousin. Yo think kindly ofme sometime?’ ‘ ll‘|_ . am Hi? welcome I _ _...=..u.u uuun, Ul pathetic title. Jenny and 1 have for fifgy copies to be distrilmted friends as literary bijoux.’ But 'onsider 'yoursell held by an en- It Beechwood this day Week to 1e and eat wedding cake.” PRICE, $1 .50, IN ADVANCE “W“ } lg. to (Cousin Eduard: she “ rolce shghtly trembled, ‘ you he‘ hospitality even. I acknng- 3115‘ re seemed so; but you cousin “ neglected us all these years? g 5am 'ojzéga): angry, andâ€"3’ she} “1 . D) {et by-gones be byâ€".C€S- magnammously, acting my] “5 m ‘I have boarded up DUgNO" I lithiu’ n-â€"-- ‘ H“... uau caueu me cousin d I prolong it, Miss Wilder? t least one here does not en- ;. Going over to her, I ‘ Cousin Jeuuy,’ I said, ‘I am unwelcomp here. woo“!- ‘ Le ave Beechwood." tookmg surprised, the table. ‘1 did ‘ Let inc go! this instant!’ lat is, You make Hammered. It You will here. Iown. To REMOVE IRON SPOTS 0N MARBLEâ€"Mix equal‘quautity of spirits of vitriol and lemon juice, shake it well, wet the spots With the mixture, antlin a few minutes rub with a soft linen rag until they are completely efl'aced. . CAN A M A}: m: HIS OWN Gunny-nun ?-- The Query answered in the affirmative:â€" “There was a widow and her daughter-in- law, and a man and son. The widow mar-s fled the son, and the daughter the old man; the widow was therefore mother to her hus- band’s father consequently grandmother to her own husband. They had a son to whom she was great grandmother. Now an, ,the son of a grandmother must be either agrandfathen or a great uncle. lhts’ boy was therefore hit own gaatulfather. This was actually the cans with a hop at school at~'Norwich.-Loudoo NotesandéQuer’iesa' - - “ my] I? ‘0’) . shall M r. Poole, notwithstanding his great sui- fezings, says the Coast Route is shorter than any other, but does not. advise any person to go that way until a proper trail has been con- structed. The {arming land, so highly spoken of by other travellers, he considers a myth. Had Fame!) and party blazed the trail as they agreed to do before Martin from Bentinck Arm, the suffering woul never have occurred. ~Colonist, Vancouver’l Island. | . .,___- r-...,..e.. for want of food. The patty was about equal- ly divided of Englishmen. Americans, and Canadians. On their road down to this town the necessities of Mr. Pool and party were relieved at several of the way-houses, and patticniariy by Mr. Layton, an American, at Port Douglas, who not only fed but paid our intormani’s passage to this place, although an entire stranger to him. Few of the party had ever undergone pri- § vatron or surfering in any form, and on these the hardship and privation emlure'l bore most heavily. Several were left on the road ap parently‘ in the last stage of starvation, too weak to walk further: and Mr. Poole and seven others, after subsisting en berries, and three snipes and a squirrel .or three days, contrived to reach Fort Alexondria at nine o’clock on the iiightof the 4th inst. Two days alter their arrival at Alexandria, an Englishman Willi money also got through -â€"- H». was almost famislred. but immediately hired Indians to go with him and pack proâ€" C'l.-_II\-'\~ ‘r- ‘1‘ A fd r visions to the starving men on the trail. 'ii‘lie people at the Fort did nothing to assist the destitute men; but several packers contrt- bnted all in their relief. Mr. Poole is of opinion that some party left behind perished 1“ . l‘ r 1 m- ‘ _‘___‘_-~A w mm m...- ling the Slide, two Canadians (brothers) {named Linn, fell sick of the small pm: and ‘were left at Nootolef village to the tender mercy of the savages. At Chiicooten Lake, two more Canadians-one named Pearce-- fell sick of the same complaint and were left with the Chilcooten Indians. All these cases gave evidence ofthe disease it its worst or confluent form. The party continued on for five or six days, when neither fish nor game being obtainable, provisions begun to fall short and snflering commenced. Soon many were reduced to their last biscuit or [1008 of bacon, and dmppetl behind from sheer exhaustion and want of food I ueumu .l. caxeuu, suucl'C‘fl ureaamuy,~and "but Tot” the entire part; only nine had reached Alexandria twenty days after starting. One One of this partyâ€"~a Mr. F. Pooie, geobgist and miner, from Straffordshire, England-49- Iates his experience and that of his compan- ions in harrowing terms. At the Siide the Indians refused to pack further, and the pro- visions were nearly all left there, the miners depending on obtaining supplies of fieh and game from the interior Indians. After leav- \4‘ _ ‘fl‘y no-ul.;.._.6 several men'whp had taken the Coast Route to the Fraser came down. They give .1 W0- fn! account 0‘ matters there. Pearson and party got through to Alexandria in 15 days from the Big Slide, and,a11houszh slwrt of provisions, sufiere'd‘ but 131113. Fort '. however, who leftahalBrg-tgiflei” - ’ir" , a behind Pegrson, suffered dreadfullv,~and out IMPORTANT FROM THE COAST Rocrntzs; TITUTION AND SUFFERING. 0 “g, . '7. Do you solemnly swear to the above? ~-â€"-Not.if I know it. “2633:; he any pecflliariiy ?-â€"Yes. He ha mark of a counterfeit £5 11013 on the small the back “2 . Had hea wet nurse ?-â€"â€"Vr . “25. Do you consider him a fit Insurance ?-â€"-Decided1y net. .nn r1 “13. Can he move his left ear?-â€"-I don’t know; but he parts hair in the mid- dle. “14 What height is he ?-â€"-It depends on his socks. “15. Is he in sane mind ?-â€"-He is in sane c. “16. How long have you known him ?-â€"-2 years after I was born. “17- What is his mode of life ?-â€"-â€"Beer. “18. Has he had the meaSIas ?-â€"â€"-No but he can have them if required. “20. Does he curl his hair? This I decline answering. _ ' 4‘21. ls he‘married ?-â€"â€"No. He is quite sane. “22, H38 he anv cililrirnn 7_'T‘un. ..-2 F “8. Does he chew or smoke ‘Z-â€"He smokes = when he chooses. “9. What are his habits ?--Wl)ite flannel and a straw Tia't. “10. What is his income ?â€"-â€"As much as he can get out of me; “11. Is he steady ?-â€"â€"I never saw him bal- ance himself. “1'2. Does he sleep With his mouth open ?- Yes when he is alone. On the Gov. Doug’as 10 “2. 'Who’s brother is be ?-â€"My 3 “3 Does he stammer ?â€"â€"~No he plainly as I do. “4 Has be any chronic disease ‘ to pimples. 5‘5. 1 0 you call his lungs sound ?- them inflated air tubes. “6. What State was he in when saw hlm ?-â€"â€"Michigan. “'7 W;\ '1’ cur-n (In c...‘-- - - ,_ ' Y with send the required an c. swers, sworn to, '. W1) at age douyou consider him 7- Has he any children ’I-â€"~Two nei‘ Are any of his relatives alive ?- British Columbia. (Royal Dramatic College News Monday morning ‘1 n n Dvxnammx” ?-â€"Yes. He has a DUNDREARY. w your brother ? My sister’s. '0 he speaks as ery. t subject for ’-No I call you last --5 feet