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WATER. ‘ Y 15?- Durham, need busi- Asher}. in Lone (D n to basil towns in atronage. HENS Hanover 338903ble. 11 Sound: mover. m vil'ie, On’t, we: bottle. tic-1e, com. minty, LASS ! Native, PAYS N AND R1 r3 sent. 1' refuse to take 9 to whichthey 2d responsible '11, and ordered incominued. â€" aving them in ice of disco”. ires. the publisher, 1. to the former onsible. :is F amons tracteristica ry, Family adâ€"making ems made With rertising by 1110 itbout specifica rbid, and £11818“! ’EST. Ymker ASE ufactnred 31 columns, thO nethe pecumag dividuals. to”. s and charged 0!. give express (unsideted as tbSCl‘iptiODS. discontinuancfi lisher may send «1.8: su bscri beta 'ewspapers mount ( ensure insertion, must have the for {tee of g-aod'faith. '31! be taken fro: 'tising- €NSON, :n\1LLAGE, »f It.. or more, a 393: extra, rihe and Club 3 Club Agents hie Premiums, 5’1’3'303 Speci- Lh'ls, c., seat 1' he FAMILY 'BRY rning first insertion» went insertion. and under, per Printing NETS. Hill}. In ix, NICLE r Yourse’fi '. a monthly awi “cauti- ll ORITI ilf 1U Ireeders, t1 mrtmpnts ii'l‘A IN. H ti. :e an is now .ch now of the A b1, nerem hutorS cation leue rs E! I ity. from amed OI! iil' he 'we and 88’ do U ‘Nag you at J 1 ST ‘3 $1; to mrffi‘fi Du fledical Advic O 1, we of V1, 0 eâ€"-In Griffin’s Bulldmg, Du m of Gray. All calla,day or eneral Blacksmit W iley’ 3 B00: Store, [.0 \cr Town, â€"-Y: A-. cf? Apprentice wanted, one who has worked sometime at the trade preferred. Durham, Jam-Rh, 1870. Good wurkmanst 32¢ charges are t "\VTHERE FURNITURE OF EVERY éescrip‘ién can be had as cheap, and as good as at any other establishment in the Cgumy. All work warranted. Wareroom, One Door North of the sign of the big chair. Kerr, Bra ‘ 31 PUR'I‘ERS _ (E I'OCCl'iess :rchants, Han 3011‘ 8 store ”H Haisted. EG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY! are prepa~ed to do Mining-y. and Dress-making, and would kindly 5.01101: the paired ge of. Durham and vicinfty. Mrs. Per ' is we“ acquainted mth abgve branches, and also Straw-work. Flutmg 903951130541 style. - An. A. 1') “Aunnfl:A’fl Samuel D AGdX7 ac IU'5V‘I“ V'Jyv- ' gfi- . idence next to R. McKenzie’sk " ‘ F‘ '- fapge Buck 93022, Love: Vizlago. Durham, March 16th,_l_870. :U “Next al William k warranted. John Moodie, trrent, Conveyauc mes: for the Com u! collec ' r‘arm 8.: OFFICE : Brown 8‘ McKenzie, 'ERS 01“ DRY GOODS AND vies, and General Wholesale Hamilton, Ont. McDougau, .m: A‘ID mNAMEVijAL .â€" .iah L rv. inees, Cutters, '4 215;" _4 nlilnlu tCtJ ed fl" “It ! IS the m 3 9 m t: :9 cheapest possibie mie s. :rrzmted. Shop, Opposite Mr. I; , ~ n Town Durham. 2 HAMILTON ONT The price of 11: {,stand walnut 10p, ost complete Sewimr Machine made. e Machine, on beautiful mouldmgs and drawers is 1 June, NT, VALUER, 630., c. . Lend from one to ten terms of interest. Fax-ms [Ln-ham, UM ner Hanging. 3:15;” ; ,. .3 . )r1til’kjt'li:ie’ £3313: E RCHARDVILLE. This House has re-‘ 3 ’u “ “a, ‘ ’i cently been refitted and furnished in w to the comfort T“! ”14’ day or u‘g‘bt’ 1 first class style, with a vxe “U“ ‘ and accommodation of the travelling public. ' -__,. . Wines, Liquors a‘nd Cigars of the choicest \S DIXON. § bands always on hand. Good Stabling and ;\.1"l‘()i{.\'Y- AT-LAW, ‘ an attentive hostler. Stages call dim].â€" Chancery, c., c.-â€" Charges moderate. or to the Telegraph\ f"..-,___-,_____ 'U 161m. Argyle Hotel, â€". ni‘ndfin‘nn .“ ‘___â€" AT T U K. eneral Blacksmith, opposite “'iley’s Boo"; and Shoe 3, Lower Tow‘n,’Durham.-â€" hip, punctuality and moderâ€" the ruies at. this Smithy. E. Legate, VA LU ER, 5 HUGH ROSE, ”WW a“ -v, Cabinetwaxe and Chair "" Factory, OPPOSITBZORANGB HALL DEBHM’Q, Bucnanan, . thu ..~'L\S( UVV1DURABLE and ECONOMICAL! Sc :' a112,! B 00k- Hummer Smlium 1’ 03! U1“: ice. Charges mod ‘ z -. 0 1 xsl 101! 5 H m \H n 0 FAMILY SHUTTLE '" at theC-Imuxulu Uf-i adeX to. 11 THE LOOKJIAN the County ofGrey, Books and Accounts ted. $350,000 to u} Town Preperty at -â€"1-£ Garat‘xaxa SL, Barrett 31 R. the a 3:3": D GREY WAXT FL'RMTL'RE L1 ceased _ t4 THE BIG CHAIR. GO done . GRAD Toronto Durham or night ATLAW2 n the D E A C O N ’ S H OTE L , Throw Open your window and fasten it there, Fling the curtain aside, and the blind, And give a free entrance to Heaven‘s pure T? i“ House is furnished with all the re- air, .vites to insure. the comfort of travellers?! ’Tis the life and the hefihh of mankind. ket affords. (3110109 wines, liquors, ”id Are you fond of coughfi,coid9,d]8PePei3: ,0 , h' d. There is whats kept constantly on an. 'th this . and rhenme? 1~ ' -o ' ‘onnectzon w: 3150 agood ln-ry m c . «7 house. Charges moderate. . 0r headaches, and fevers, and chills . n: at..." hntdmna- and blasters and fibn.1l\U' Luuu, , v--___ _ V Pam’mEToa. Having leased the above premises, lately occupied by Mr. J. ‘ Hart, I am prepared to om- first-class ac- ' commcrlation to travellers . and the public ‘ Good Wines, Liquors and Ci- lgars always on hand. SuperiOr Stabling t and an attentive Hustler. Stages call daily. Te L Sewnna‘ Niachme A "_-â€"â€"- r.â€" Krgyle Hotel, UGH MACKAY, I’ROPRIETOR, Durham. (5:?- The subscriber is Licensed Auctioneer for the County of (jrey. April 26, 1868. -.. __' - --___-.â€"...___â€"_â€"â€"_ DURHAM HOTEL, Durham, ' E L LIOTT, PrOprietor. The above ‘ Hotel has been entirely refined and furnished with a. view to the comfort and comenience of its guests. Wines, Liquor: and Cigars of the best brands always in . 3-. The Larder will at all times be supplied with the best the market will ufl'urd. Good Stabliug. Charges moderate. {BPEN R EBESJLION. TAKEN BY STORM! Fenian R (5i d I Phaiagraphsu fm ihe Mifliun! BE’lVfER‘ than the BEST 'and Cheaper than the Cheapest, KELSBY’S GALLERY, Opposite Fletcher’s, Upper 321mm guns. HMPLE AND ELEGANT -! conmsws HOTEL. It surpasses all others 'y'et attempted in' the most essential particulars. It is simpler, and consequently much more eas aged ; it is more durable, and consequently will last much longer 3 it is more elegantly finished, and consequently m agreeable appearance ; it runs easier, and consequently does not fatigue the operator; it does more work and of a better quality in an equal space of time, anzl is conse- quently more economical ; it does better ‘ work, and a greater variety of it, and conâ€" sequently possesses a greater adaptability ; ' it is a greater wife-saver, lsaver. time-saver, b ! stood the test. of actual use, and has achiev; ed a great popularity. Purchasers should not select a machine until they have ex- amined the LOCKM'AN, if they would sav'q a large amount of future annoyance and troulile. l T 18 ENDENIABLE, THAT the Lockman Machine is not only the LATEST but also the BEST of its kind, before the THAT the Lockman Machine, altho’ not much exceeding in price the very cheapest machine manno factured anywhere, is yet INCOMPARABLY superior to any cheap machine yet brought out. achieved an IMMEfiSE POPU- LARIT Y in the short time it has been belore the people. THAT IS UNDENIABLE, Call and Inspect; Agent for Durham and vicinity, IS UNDENIABLE, 13 UN DENIABLE, occupies a to others pabhc. effort; the Lockman Machine already fies a pozition only acco'rded others afier years of toilsome U This House hag r_e- Town, Durham. ' M. -h° . . =9 ‘2‘" 2:33;; “She had lost her good looks,” he “a" {S’Md drawers is 3, said, “and nobody cared for an actress dls‘ Ewho had always a baby dragging about b1“ ) with her; she must put the child ou't to “5 nurse.” eye ‘9 But Rachel was resolute. All the cd Machine is not- pent-up affection of her woman’s heart hi 1‘ but also thelvented itself onher infant,andshewould ilnd’ before thelnot part with it. Her husband might clo i 0 .0 "ll treat her if he chose, might neglect res 1 her as he would; she had her baby, and E for its dear sake she would strive to bear ’ l all. What she did hear, only those who an Machine, altho’ l have been placed in her position can his tr O "h l , n° m Pn‘e the'te'l; all helpless Wives, and neglected m machine manu- i , cit where, is yethVing mothers, can sympathize with to £35111, iPPCTiOY her. And time wore on, and the father t 050mm me yet she had so nobly kept from all sorrow l and suffering died in peace and quiet at the home her sacrifice had provided for him ‘ and her money was hers once more. l N o,znot hers, her husband’s; in her blind m M’mhme has faitli in him she had made no settle- MENSE POPU- . short time it has men s, and it went, as everything else be people. haddone, to the four winds. For a few l months there was plenty and riot in . i their home, which ‘she vainly tried to ‘E’ l prevent; for she foresaw what a future n Machine 31:93:], lay before her when it was gone; and 9“ only accorded ere long she Would have tWo'Children on years oftoxlsome i her hands instead of one, and be more ‘1 tied than ever. It was no use; as well I: might she have tried to control the cur« rent of the mighty river on whose banks they dwelt, as stay the tide of her hus- band’s recklessness; and one morning, when she lay silently revolving the a future in her mind, with a little daugh- , it runs 6885": and ter of a day old in her arms, and her 1 itigue the operator; ot‘a'oetter quality me, and is conse- al; it does better 0th .15, l ’y'et attempted in ilars. It is simpler, more easily man- , and consequently it is more elegantly her; and aid came. From one quarter and another she got help, till they were t, it they would a“?! , once more started‘in'life. Her husband “"9 ““07““ "n l promised, as men will, all sorts of won. -. . . derful reforms; but, alas! they were, Inspect like most promises, only words; and ““1 “cum” lBachel travelled with him about the Ed'W 81115. l country. getting short engegem‘enu m: l and? then, only to r as; he» break them L'igtn. Ara you fond of Coughs, coids, dyspepsia, ‘ _ and rheums ? ‘Or headaches, and fevers, and chills ? Of bitters, hot-drOps, and plasters and fumes, And bleeding, and blisters, and pills ‘2 Then shit yourself up like a monk in his cave, Till Nature grows wear-y and sad, ‘ And imagine yourself on the brink of the ; grave, l Where nothing as excel-m and glad. Be vaure when you sleep that all air is shut out ; Place, too, a warm brick at your feet; Wrap a bandage of flannel your neck quite about And cover your head with the sheet. 0’ ; prize not thus lightly so precious a thing, ’Tia laden with gladness and wealth-â€" The richest of blessings that Heaven can bring, ‘The bright panacea of health. Then open the window and fasten it there, Fling the curtain aside, and the blind, And give a. fr'e‘e entrance to Heaven’s pure 1 air, i ’Tis the light, life, and Joy of mankind TEEREE QHA?TERS m .fi MEWS fflifi’ffiRY. Fohr years passed over Rachel Masterton’s head after the opening of her careerâ€"Tour 'x‘vcary downward tend- egg yum-s uâ€"f' 'Liftgtxgettvtttpds a d unful '7‘ filled aspirations. She made the one ‘ great mistake of her life within a twelve- month'ef her entering her-new profession, â€"she married. She 'Was caught, as many lonely women are, by a handsome face and plausible tongue, and gave her heart to the man who offered her pro- teetion, and shelter, and love to boot, lwith a passmnate fidelity, and all a we- man‘s longing for something to love.â€" Alas! ere many months had gone by, she learned how 'eadly she had been de- ‘ceived; her talent and the little money . a she possessed had been her chief attrac- Wtious; and when her first child came, with the comfort its baby innocence brought to her aching heart, went even ’ the last show of love or affection from her reckless, dis‘selute husband. l “Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, WITHIN THE VEIL. With many a. light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseles: ’by night,"â€" CHAPTER II. HOOD. DURHAM, 003mm cre~they were half fulfilled, through She‘ drunkenness, or carelessness, or some showm: misconduct. She was rapidly sinking she had the wet into that most miserable of all woman- kind,--3 hopeless, heartless slattern.â€" ,and he: But for her children, she might havetlittle g‘ iflown to the bottle for comfort; but the l try. 33 .Bight of her husband’s degradation, the perishe endurance of his brutality when under one at Fthe influence of the debasing vi'ee which , warme had been his ruin, nerved her heart, and llimbs made her loathe the sight and smell of “IOU-101 tthe seal-destroying spirit. Her chil- and W i ‘dren .were her safeguards ; she had some- relief ‘ ‘thing to liveandstrive for while they “Le were left her; and she did strive, starv- " ing herself that they might live, and crying heping and praying for them always. At hi0}! 0 length the end came; one bitter winter “0% morning she woke from a troubled, weary sleep to find her husband gone, whither she knew not. He left a scrap of paper ’ scrawled with heartless words, to the eflect that he could do nothing, hamper- ed with such a family ; that he was gone . 1 gm seek an engagement; and that when talk '1 he got something to do, he would send 1 (10! her some money. Rachel was stupefied no in “ lby this last blow. Alone in a strange “I town, with those helpless infants on her the 1 hands, what was she to do? She had the i no money, scarce any food, and there war: was reht’o’yin’g to the landlady. She floor “9 - managed to exist for about a fortnight, nigh _ parting one by one with h'c'r thing's t6 ‘f; ' buy bread, till she had hardly clothes to T â€" cover her; her very boots had gone, for his ‘ the purchase of a scanty meal. .Her to S' landlady often hinted to her that she som must go, but she begged from day to the day for a shelter, hoping every post coat would bring her a letter. None came, to and one bitter snowy night she was vul, thrust forth, homeless and shelterles‘s, the into the cruel streets. lor: them she’s 1 “There was the workhouse,” the in- W11 human woman said ; “she could go there, eye the but in her house she shouldn’t stay.” Rachel sat down stupefied on the step ShG of a door, clasping her two ‘children.â€"- 8th She could hear the din and bustle of W hat the street, hear even what the rumors ' hel by said as they hurried along. Abojdo hat 0,- all the medley of voices and sounds, ndo one lve- ion, on 5 l She shuddered and stepped her ears;1 how could peeple laugh and be merry! as when there was so much misery in the ome world? and she rose dizzily to walk away just as a policeman sternly bade her ‘Move on, and not be loitering there.’ “Move on 1” she repeated,â€"“where ?” '20:): And as she spoke, came, like a flash of ht e.-â€" t lightning into her mind, the thought of dt 3 by deliveranceâ€"the river ! Within ahun- at 1 de- dred yards of where she stood it ran ir oney calm and peaceful under the cold stars. tl trac- [finder its glaSsy water there would be ame at least rest. and ohlmon; one plunge, u :encd and she and her children would know vt even neither sorrow nor suffering, want nor a from cold in this world more! With the s _ ardeur of her old impulsive nature, she caught up her frightened boy 'on her disengaged arm, and rushed ‘madly, blindly forward. No one heeded her, â€"â€"sh‘c 'was only a street tramp in the eyes of the 'p‘assers-by, and what matter- 1 ed a tramp and her children to them? ‘ She reached the brink of the river; an- : other moment and the water would have closed ‘over her head, when she was ar- rested by a voice calling her by name. i a d “Mrs. Foster,” it said respectfully. y’ n Rachel turned and looked. It Was 0 besr an old man, coarse, and not over clean, If) . . . . . n W 0 hts wrinkled face sttll showmg traces of can red and white paint,â€"a clown from the ;lected circus she had passed in her mad flight with , . . , _ to destruction. She had seen him once father » =orrow or twice, and knew him in a moment. ' . “Mr. Davies,” she said, falteringly. met at 7 , ” , . . “1 e3, ma am, he satd, taking off hts led for . . . 3 more hat, and bowrng to her in her misery as r blind he would have done in her greatest, settle- prosperity. “Might I ask where you 9” ng else 'ta her pro- l the heart would might egieet were going to r a few “Nowhere l” “Hadn’t you better go home (still . t . . . '.‘.° m Wllll the utmost respect). “If you’d let tried to . me carry that little gentleman there, we’ll soon get in,â€"it’s a bitter night for these babies.” . “Home 1’3 Rachel’s Sore heart gave way at the Words, find she burst into re. lieving tears. “Home!” she repeated, “where is it. ? I have none ! I was go- ing to make one for myself Tyonder !â€" Lctfnc g6.” _ 3" q‘ .1 “UV..."V bv' “No, my dear,” the old man said,‘ simply, “you’ll think better of it. I’ve: a house, Such as it is, and my old wo- man will be glad to see you. Come along With me; We‘ll find something for these young nus, and shelter for to-night, ‘at all events. There, there, don’t talk‘; I’ll hear all about it when you’re warm and comfortable by_theifire‘.’: 0“ UVW.V."-'-â€" ' And wrapping Jthe helf-froz'en child: in his rough over-coat, he led Rachel? away from the, river-side. She could only mutter “God bless yen, .God bless you,” as she dragged herself along aft'ei' 1him, through the dark, dirty streets by the water-side, till she came to the door of the plaice where he lodged. “It’s” a poor place,” he said; “but it’ a clean and warm. Here, old woman, gbustle Up and make room for us.” MAINTlEN LE DROIT. OF GREY, ONTARIO, MARCH 31, 18370. she had borne many a hard knock from the world ; but she had been a moxher, and her thoughts flew back to many a little grave here and there in the coun- I IOI,‘ ‘1' try, a: she looked at the two hébie's half perished with the bitter cold. She took one and her hosband the other, .and warmed them, and ehafed their iime limbs by the bright fire; while their mother lay with her arms on the table, and wept out her thankfulness for the relief that had come to them all. .“Let her be a bit,” the clown said to his wife; “women are always shetter for crying. I only just caught her in the nick of time.’ “Caught her?” “Yes; in another minute she’d have been over the quay into the water with.» them gm children. Poor soul! I donht‘ she’s had enough to drive her to it. ’ “Who is she. 9" “Why, Mrs. Foster yox‘1’ve heard me talk of him, Mary,â€"a hendse '11e scamp. I doubt he’s left her; {she said she had .no home.” “Poor soul! we might put her and the babies to bed in here, Jim,â€"there’s t! the fire and gas, so they’ll be nice and 51 warm. You and me could do on the S floor in the little closet here for one g night, couldn’t we?” . n “Ay, for two for that matter, wife.” 1 They were Only a circus clown and ‘ S ’ his wife, these two feeling hearts; given 1 to swearing now and then, and drinking , ‘sometimes; and appearing nothinar in j the eyes of the world but a pair of plow, 1 coarse, show people, fit for nothing but to paint their faces, and indulge in \ulgar bufl'oonery l'or the amusement of the common herd; yet their humble loving kindness to their distressed sister ‘will be noticed in the great account by eyes which are not of this world, and their reward will be ten fold, for having , shown the Christian charity that “seek- . eth not her own.” Warmth and food f brought back to Rachel the senses which . had well nigh left her; and, ere she laid . l down to refit, she told the kind pair who had befriended her all her pitiful story. :They listened, bit thardly knew what to could only recommend her ~'-“-‘-. ~- -...â€"â€". wry.“ O , advise, and ‘4-!‘” to rest, for that night, at least. “My old woman ahvays says, ‘s1eep‘ on it,’ ” the clown said, “and we’ll justl take her advice. Only promise me onei thing, my dear,â€"I’m :15 old as your father would be if he were here, and I think I may ask it, â€"knee1 down here by me, and put your hand on your baby’ s_ head, and swear you ’11 never think of doing what you were going to 'do to- i night. You may master every trouble in this world, but you can never undo that.” t5 rest, f “I never will, never,” éoh‘be'd the pd'nr mother. “I was madâ€"desperate, or it would never have come into my heart,” and kneeling by her innocent child, she swore the oath he asked of her. TO ma CONTIXUED. ‘ Iie tool: possession of a farm near Elli‘sla‘n'd, onthe banks of the beautiful Nith. His heart Was not in his work, as We may judge from his own bitter words: “If miry ridges and dirty dung- hills are to engross the functions of my soul immortal, I had better been a rook or a magpie at once.” But the "‘miry ridges” might have yielded 'an honoi'a: ble independence, ha‘d Burns looked after ; ’ his farm. In three years. and a half the end came. Burns lost "all his money, the farm-stock was sold by auction, and the former lion ‘of Edinburgh was driven ‘to live in a Dumfries lane as an exciseman, on seventy pounds 'a year! In five years more death ended the sad struggle, and then Scotland woke up in amazement to boner her dead 'poet. tgfleneral Sheridan’ 8 report states that during the inst ’eight years 800 persons have been murdered by the Indians within the limits of his present depart- ment, and many were l’e‘érfully' tortured and mutilated. He addé that the problem to be solved is, “Who shall he killedâ€"the whites or the Indians?” It does not matter much Whichâ€"if both parties are equally Safiageé. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.â€"An old lady, on reading that an ice-house had been burned, remarked ': “La, .now ! I suppoSe i}; was from spontaneous com- bustion; I often noticed that the [be in the Wagons Smoked. Josh Billi‘ngia charges the cat with be- sent from Canada to tan ibg a krittet‘ that is ”guilty of afl'ektaabun : has heretofore b‘een five “I hev known a kat tew klean the kream has been raised to six 6 all oph from tho bu2znm of ap'im of quence of sufficient pt milk, and then limp into the Sitting- having been. given to tt post oflice authorities, room on all four leggs, and lay doWn in ted . T - papers pos no homo the corner of af’ire ploce,as.mp1_ancltoll‘y are confiscated hand 3 as tho shehadn t a. fnend on the face of letter oflicc at Ottawa. one not matter much Whichâ€"1t both , . . .. , _ .. arties are equally savages. 51’? The ASSOClaied I’ress have oiferl 993? Mowerâ€":53 am 1 ; wnwu ‘- pm- ~ ed a reward of $500 for the detection ‘vents his duty being {Said to his loving 5 Spowraxeons COMBUSTIONâ€"An old . L , . . of the author of the late cruel hoax, mother by her affectionate 503- . idy, on reading that an ice-house had . , ‘ . ,' .. 7., ~ . . . ' ting that the'steamer ‘ City of Bos- _ 5.131, F0013. . . .-"‘L' ‘. - I _ . . ta een burned, remarked: “La, now! 8 ., . ‘ 't f ~ ton” had arrived safe at Queenstown. ' . . . . . - , suppose I_ was rom spontaneous com- ' A case of censxenee m which Charles : nustion; I often noticed that the fee in We deem it hut Sugtiée to the 'p‘fi‘bli‘c Yellowplush might have been the prin- i he wagons Smoked. to state that the postage 'on newspapers cipal, has secured at Milwaukee. ’ Some 1 g' which years ago a gentleman there was robbed ; Josh Billings charges the cat with he- sent from Canada to foreign part , . _ ' 'ugakritte'r thatis guilty of afl'ektashuu: has heretofore been five cents (prepaid) 9f a $100 ,bo'nd. .Thé thief has now ‘ 't back, with the information that ‘I hev known a kat tew klean the kream has been raised to gig; cents. In conga. sent 1 uhlic notice not it has“layed on his atu'mmuek eVer r11 oph from the huazum of span of quence of suflicient p . . hat efieet by the 'sense .” His reaSOn for taking it was milk, and then limp into the 'sitting- having beenngivet} PO t _ , _ . . , room on all four leggs, and lay down in P0“ oflice authorities, large numbers 0f simple : ‘ I took it for i wanted munny.’ ' ' Toronto and elsewhere . . . . .â€" _. the corner of afireplaee, as melancholly papezsopgzgdean 5M sent to the dead H18 reason for not selling It :8 far more i ‘ Complicated : “ Every timei went to as tho she-hadn’t a friend on the face of letter ofiice at Ottawa. the earth.” . . r - . . -' sell the thing sumthina told me not to . .. at? Mr. Geor e Arens'oer a New o _. i ’ g " g,“ and i didn’t.” His surrender of the . The. new press of the-London Times, York compositOr', better known as the , mtented by a Mr. Macdohal‘d, prints “Velocipede” accomplished the eXtral security is unconditional: “Here it is eleven thousand copies per ho‘ur'on both ordinary feat of setting 2,064 ems of for I can’t keep it no longer.” Excel-4 sides. The paper is used just as it comes solid miniou typein one hour. It may lent, if not grammatical g praisworthy f’th'lli" " ‘ ' ‘ mm e mi , in strips of three thou Interest the public to know that the if not orthographical ! There are men sand three hundred yards in‘lengthw- type will average three letters to an em,’ a ' ‘ can spell a great deal better than L It is rolled upon a. cylinder and moisten. so that Mr. Arensberg actually. placed who ' ° l °n position Within ‘he‘c‘an, who might follow the Milwaukee ed by anather cylinder.._ The press mea- ‘6,192 pieces of meta 1 ‘ ' ‘ ' '-- hm“- thief‘s example. ' 19;- The new press of the London Timeé,‘ invented by a Mr. Macdohald, prinl's eleven thousand copies per ham-on both sides. The paper is used just as it comes from the mill, in strips of three thou. sand three hundred yards in-length.â€"- It is rolled upon a cylinder and moisten. ,ed by another cylinder. The press mea- lsures only fourteen feet'by five; Burns as a Farmer. alf LIST or THE MISSING S'rnni'rmps £11110} THE i11111511)E:~:1:, IN 1841,1113 TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. Just at this time, when so much anxiety is being felt for the safety of the City of Boston, the following from the l New York szes wili be found very in- I terestiog . The President; which left New York 3 March 11, 1341, having among her : passengers Tyrone Power, the cemedian ; a son of the Duke of Richmond, and other noted persons, is in this dismal catalogue, and so is the City of Glasgow, loSt in 185â€"1, and the Pacific, in 1856 ; but we recollect no other vessel of simi- lar 'eh'a'ra’eter that have '80 vani‘éhe'cl and ‘left not a track behind.’ Consequently, the chances would seem that. as in the} Cases of the tr00pship Birkenhead and the packets St. 'Geoé‘gc, Central Amerio ca, Sarah Sands, Austria, Anglo Saxon and London, a greater 'or less number of the passengers of the “‘70 missing crafts may have been saved. wate'r'. Garibaldi‘a doctor gives‘ months more to live. Down in the Sea. ah hour. :he COUNTY ADVERTISER. him six American Slangâ€"How It Bother- ed an Englishman. The ~utter ignorance of the English of the signification of American slang expressions often causes some curious scenes between them and Yankee buyers in England, who seem to think that understood, all their American idioms will be. An expert buyer, junior part- nor in one of our large Amciican firms it a recent visit to his correspondent in an English manufacturing city, was complicated by the senior partner of the house, who insisted on personally show- merican customer. “ There, sir‘,” said Doxylas, throwing out a roll of goods, “ What do you think of that ‘2” i “O, that’s played out,” said the Athe- rican. “ It’s what ?” said Bull. “It’s played, I tell you,” said his cus- tomer. “ Playedâ€"ah! reallyâ€"we call it plad, h’yar in England, but this isnt plaidâ€"plad, you know.” ‘ ' 7: . . . , X “No” said the Yankee,“ I dont 3 . ‘ mean plad. I mean ’tcr say “’5 gone ,3 up. â€" “Oh, go,” said the Britishei', “ not at allâ€"it has not gone up ; quite the contrary. We’ve taken 03 from the price.” “ Over the left ' it’ 3 three pence tool high new.’ “ No dodbt. efit ‘ but our neighbors you know on the lefl’. are not manufact- mers, you know.” “ Very likely, but I don't care to be stuck when I get. home.” “ Really! Most extraordinary ! is it as dangerous in New York as the new‘Spapers say ?’ ’ f‘ Yes, but I don’ t ”want theSe goods 1 I’ve got some already that will knock the spots out of ’em. ” “ But my dear, the‘res no spots on the goods, I assure yah. They are per fectf’ u Wnn wall : sunnose we ‘switch of “ Well, well ; supposo we ‘switch of on these goods andfltry something else.” “Certainly i” arid the Englishman, and to the infinite amusement of the Amerib’zin’s friend, caiiéd a. clerk with he proceeded to SHOW Eémething else. ‘2 There,” said the Englishman triumphantly, spreading out another fabric,“ there’s the hansomest piece of goods In England, ’arfa guinea a yard. “ I can’t see it,” said his customer. “ Can’t see it ! Why, you are look- ing straight at it. However, suppose you try the light of this window.” “ No; I don’tmea‘n that,” said the American. “ I ha\ en ’1: got the stamps for such goods.” “ Stamps! N a stamp 'réquircd but abillstamp, which we are happy to furnish.” This misunderstanding might have eontiniied longerthad not. the young- er members of the house, seeing his senior’s perplexity, rescuedthe Ameri- can and put him through after the man- ner of his countrymenâ€"Boston Com- mercial Bulletin. Some {Very amusing instances of laconic letters are given. Lord Berk- eley says to the Duke of Dorset : {\Iy bear Dorsetâ€".1 have just been married and am the happiest dog alive- BERKLBY. And gets for answer ': My Dear NephewéeVer'y dog has his day. DORSET. A young fellow at college wrote to his uncle, on whom be entirely depend- ed: My Dear Uncleâ€"Ready for the need- ful. Your afi'ectionate nephew. My Dear Nephewâ€"The ne'cdful is not ready. Your affectionate uncle. It is pleasant that hfi‘chtidn should survive pechniarfg embarkéssuients, as in the case of Samuel Footh’s Mother and himSelf : Dear Samâ€"I am if: prison for debt. Come and assist your loving mother. E. Foam. Sam replied. Dear Motherâ€"SJ ‘am I; wEich Wpre ‘vents his duty being paid to his ioving mother by her afl'ecti‘onage spa. A case of 'consience in which Charles YelloW’plmsh might have been the prin- cipal, has oceured at Milwaukee. Some years ago a gentleman there was i'ohhed ofa $100 bond. The thief has now sent it. back, with the information that Short Letters. The following spicy chapter on the subject of newspapers, we clip from an exchange --â€"e1icited, no doubt, by the too frequent remarks of the indifferent reader, after pernsmg the news of the day, that ‘the1e’4 3 nothing 1n the paper.‘ It says : ‘ And men are always grumhi‘ing about their papers, and insinuating hes-r much better they could do it. They talk as flippantly about‘ fine articjeg‘. on every imaginable subject as if thej could effect. such a change. Let some of the ovei-running p11ilosnphers try it for one hundred and fifty days in {suc- 9 cession. And then they think it is nothing to select for a newspaper; you have merely to run the scissors through a half dozen exchanges, and you have got matter enough. Now this isthe most impor- t taut and the most difficult. department to fill on a newspaper. Very few men. have the slightest idea how to do the work. It requires a thorough news- paper manâ€"who knows the public ap'; petite well ; who knows what is going on in the world, and who knows how to rewrite Men who skim a new. spapc'r and toss it aside, little reflect how much brains and toil hm e been expended 1n serving up that meal. Busy heads and busy nands have been toiling all day to gather and prepare these viands, and some vast 3 building has been lit from cellar te garret all night to get the paper ready for the newsboy by crack of dawn. H. ‘Nothing in'the paper ‘3 Nothing id your head 1 that’s what’s the matter. Distance ffofii Fort William to Winnepeg. In the general report of {be Hon; Minister of Public Work for the year ending the 30th of June, 1869, we find among other useful information, the fol; lowing table of distances by land and water from the head of Lake Superior to the town of Winnepeg : From the depot a}. Thun- der Bay to Shebandow- an Lake............ 4-0 Shebandowan and Kas- biowekanak Lakes- .. . Height of Land Portage Lac des Mille Lacs ..... Baril Portage. . . . . . . . . Baril Lake....... ... . Brule Portage. . . ...... Windegostegon Lakelets French Portage ...... - Kaogassikok Lake. . . . - Deux Rivieres Portage- Sturgeon Lake River Island Portage ...... - Nequaquon Lake. . . . - - Fequaquon Portage.. Nsmeukan Lake ...... Bare Portage ......... Rainy Lake-.~.. - .....- . . Fort Francis Portage. . Rainy River and Lake of Woods. . . . .--... . N. \V. angte of Lake of Woods to Fort Garry 21 [3) IO 88 NOtEin'g‘ in the Paper. [VOLUME 4, NO. 9-. Pussâ€"Internal, Bleeding, External; and Itching, no matter how severe, reliev- ed quickly, and cured magically with Dr. J. Briggs’ Pile Remedy. Sold by Findlay a: Sliafi. [$1.50 per Annumf. Cumufi, Humcns, Naommu, c.; no matterhow distressing, instantly reliev§ ed and quickly Cured with Dr. J. Briggs' All’emntor. To be had at Findlay Shaw's. NEURALGILâ€"USG Dr. J. Briggs’ Alle vantor tor Neuralgia, headache, catarrh, sore throat, bronchitis, c. It. is agree- able to use,and reliéble. Sold by dmggists. Coaxs. â€"â€"Use Dr. J. Brigga’ Modern Curative for corns, bnnions, in growing nails, tender feet, 860. Mild, soothing, softening and healing. 801d by druggistn. AN HONEST CLERK. â€"-It is relatéa that a merchant in a town not 3 thou- sand miles from the goodly city of Hamilton recently hired a new clef-k H'dIUILLUu Ivv'___J - and of course initiated him at ouee ifitd the mysteries of the “ti'ade {ital-k.” Thé same afternoon the nefilj iticl'ucted knight of the yard stick. waé showing some goods to a. lady customer, whee she demurred to the price of the article. The feelings of the merchant may be imaginhd When the yofiqg min 'called at the top of his mice : “What shall I sell this for ? It ié marked four dollars uncl a half and cost; fifty cents.” The éfii gagemcnt with the clerk soon termlnflell'. Hamilton T £12268. Total distance by land and water 433 Coxsciae'rivnsrâ€"Use Dr. J. Briggs'. Throat and Lung Healer for all diseases of the Threat. Lungs, and Chest. Very pleu- ant and efficacious. Sold ev‘eryfihbr’e‘; 3361 grips, passwords and signs. fiél ing a temperance man, he never fi‘efi! fiddled: arriagc. Water; Miles. Chains. Miles â€"L 11nd Navigable 137 41 305; 137; l3 11 10 120 l5 17 10