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Defeated, but as little discomfited, as is we might gather from his pithy solilO- in quy, his next step was to double up, as if he termed it, the authorities, who, he i] knew, would never have gone the length it of apprehending the woman without 1 having got hold of evidence suflicient E1 to justify Sir “’illiam Rae, the Lord .3 Advocate, a considerate and prudent i man, that the charge lay heavy on the ‘ iprisoncr. He had no right of access, at this stage, to the names of the in- tended witnesses; hut to a man of hisi activity it is no difiieult matter to find these out, from the natural garrulity of the people, and a kind of self-importance in being a crown testimony. Then to: find them out was next to drawing them ‘ flout, for it may be safely said for our -‘writer that there was no man, from the time of John Wilkes, who could exer- ‘ cise a more winning persuasion ; one by one he ferreted them out, wheedled, ’ threatened, adjured, but found himself 8 'f resisted in every attempt to break them down or to turn them to him. At - every stage of his inquiry he saw the case for the prisoner assuming a dark -. aspect-Qâ€"as dark, he so termed it, as the 3 face of a hanged culprit. i I I I n l i t ‘The beagles have got. a track. There are more foxes in the cover than one; and shall it be said I, David M , cannot beat. out another as stimulating to the nose ?’ In a quarter of an hour after having made this observation to himself, he was posting on horse-back to the farm of D , where he arrived in as short a time as he generally took on his jour- ueys. A TANGLED WEB. 11 am afraid to ask you for intel-l ligence,’ said the farmer, as he stood by ‘ the horse’s side, and addressed the writer, who kept his seat. i ‘G at me two and fiVfl- Clnlltlkfl ofn glass or wlnaky "3 81113 01’ milk, and I’ll tell you then what I want. I have no time to dismount.’ , The farmer complied. ! ‘ [be case looks ugly,’ said the writer, ,as he handed back the Jog ‘these wit- nesses would hang a calendered saint of a hundred miracles. .Are any tramps ,in the habit of coming about you ?’ ‘Too many.’ ‘Do you know any of them?’ ‘Scareelyâ€"not by name?’ ‘Any women ?â€"never mind the men,’ isaid the writer, impatiently. ‘Yes; there is one who used to come often; she sold small things.’ ' ‘Is that all you know of her? Has she no mark, man? Is her nose long or short? no squint, lame leg, or pock- pits ?’ ‘She had usually .4 small cage, in which she kept a couple of white mice.’ 1 ‘White mice !’ ejaculated the writer ; ‘ ‘never was a better mark.’ ‘You don’t know her name?’ ‘No; nor do I think any of my pre- sent. people do.’ ‘Wheu was she here last ?’ ‘About a month ago.’ ‘Auywhere near the time of the girl‘s death ?’ ‘Ay, just about that time, or maybe a week before.’ ‘And you can give me no trace of her ?’ ‘None whatever. except that I think I saw her take to the east, in the way to Arbroath. But I do not see how she can be of any use.’ ‘I don’t want you to see that she can he of any use,’ said the writer, laugh- ing; ‘hutI want you to hear Where- ahoat she is.’ AN INTERESTING STORY. er. who can ride as fast as I can.’ Then i adding, ‘Gilderoy was saved by a brown i mouse, which gnawed the string by which 9 the key of the jail door of Forfar hung I on a nail, whereby the key fell to the? ground, and was pulled by him through an opening at the bouom. Heard you ever the story ‘3’ vwife?’ ‘I would say it was wonderful,’ are. plied the farmer, with eyes a-goggled by amazement. ‘And so would I,’ answered Mr. 151â€", as he put the towels into the side of his horse and began a hard trot, which he would not slacken till he was at thp Cowgate Port, and not even then, for 2 he made his way generally through the 1 streets of the town with equal rapidity, 1 ‘and always the-safer that he was the' ‘fresher.’ ‘I will try what. I can,’ said the farm- ‘And let me know by some messenger DURHAM, COUNTY endeavor to find some trace of a woman cage and two white mice. Grave sus- picions attach to her, as the person who administered the poison, and I wish your energies to be employed 1n aiding me to search her out.’ The letters were directed to agents in Arbroath, Forfar, :Kirriemnir, and Montrose, and imme- 1diately committed to a clerk to be taken to the pOst-oflice, with a. good-natured ilangh on the lips of the writer, and, within the teeth, the little monologue: "l‘he wrinkled skin easily conceals a qu V "UV Ovvr, .. nâ€"â€"â€"â€" -â€"__ _- ‘ I ain in.’ oc sedâ€"an . â€" : .- - . . bably the true one may be gues ‘I’ll tak guid care 0’ that,‘ said the do . - ound a ”be? r "Nd/3d“ began :0 thania: 5 read writer; ‘I got ya out o’ a scrape before.’ of report that a new ea are P (‘Vecl thanâ€"’ 10 over the face of Mrs. S ’s case; and that, in plaCe of her being the guilty person, the culprit was a tramp, wrth white mice in a cage. Nor were the - authorities long in being startled by the lreport; but where that woman was no one could tell, and a vague report was no foundation for authoritative action. But if it was not for a Lord Advocate lto seek out or hunt after white mice, that was no reason why the prisoner’s agent should not condescend to so very humble an otliee; and, accordingly, two days after the despateh of the letters I have mentioned, the same horse that carried the writer on the former occao sion, and knew so well the prick of his . . rowels, was ready saddled at the door ‘You W1“ get the half when you come of the office The head of the agent into the town, and the other when Mrs. . was instantly drawn out of some other ;S â€"" is safe. YOU Will ca’ at my of- ‘ deep well of legal truth, some score of’;fice 0“ Wednesday i and: after that, 1’“ - directions given to clerks, and he was , tak care 0, 30‘1- 1“ the meantime you ' . . , ' i , off on the road to Ulammis, but not be- ; maun 8011 your 111108. fore some flash had shown him what hel ‘Geordie Cameron offered me five ' l . . a t was to do when he got there. The same ,shillings for them; I’ll gie them to him. rapid trot was commenced, and continu- ‘No,’ replied the writer; ‘no to a man. ed, to the great diminution of the sap of Ken ye nae woman-tramp will tak them, - the animal, until the place he was des. ; and show them about as you do ?’ y tined for loomed before him. He nowl ‘Ou 3y; 1’11 gie them to Meg David- e commenced inquiries upon inquiries.â€" 1, son, wha’s to be here the night. But Every traveller was questioned, every 3 whaurfor no Geordie ?’ as (1001‘ gOt 3. tOlICll Of his Whip, until, at; I ‘Nevcr ye tniud that, I ken the dillCl" ll length. he got a “80°: and he “'38 again 1 cues; and if Meg doesna give you the e 0". From some source or anotherâ€"pro- ‘And wee‘. than,’ echoed he. th ‘And better than weel than; suppose m I sWore I did it mysel’â€"and maybe I d1 did, that’s no your businessâ€"they wadna ht hang a puir wreteh like me for her sin in words, wad they, when there’s nae proof tl I'did it but my ain tongue ‘3’ , ,1: ‘Not likely,’ replied he ; ‘and then a tl hunder gowden guineas as a present, no g as a bribeâ€"’ a ‘I want, nae bribesâ€"I gie. value for u my fortunes. If it’s wind, wind is the h breath of life ; a present !’ he, finishing his sentenCe. _ , ‘Jum l 3 lou ! whaur are the i” p 5': P y in full pursuit. I think it is Suidasifivc Shillings, 1 will.’ who SHE'S that ”1080 pretty little Bill-l ‘VVCCl b‘uy them yoursel',’ said the mals, called white mice, are very ama- , woman. r, tory, and have a strong odor; but this; ‘Donc,’ said he; ‘there’s five guineas t- must be 0913' to their mates. 1' (1-0le for them, and you can gie them to Meg )f if even the nostrils of a. writer are equal ; as a present. Now, are ye firm ‘3’ to this perception, whatever sense they: ‘Firm 1’ she cried. as she clutched the may P035955 i“ the (fuse 0f pigeons With money, and gave a'shrill laugh, from a “ pluckable covering. But however I nerve that was never softened by pity this may be, it was soon observable that l 0,. penitence. ‘I think nae mair o't our pursucr had at least something in f manâ€"sir, I mean, for ye proved your: a his eye. The spurs were active; andlsel» a gentleman to me aforeâ€"than 1 I, I by and by he drew “P at a small road- '; now do in spacing twins to your wife, Slim lcilangcifiuie, inlto the kitchen of, at her next. douulying.’ w llCl re tum er wit iouta rem ' ‘ ’ p onitory A rap on the table, from the bottom uestion and there b fore h' ... . . as q 0 A ' . ’ c ”11"“ the of the pewter measure, brought 1n the veritable mistress of these very white landlord miec, spacing the fortunes of some laugh- ing girls, who saw the illuminated figures :_ of their lovers in the future. )8 10 ‘Fill that again,’ said the writer. And the man having re-entered witl - {lxn nnmfop mnncnrn___ ‘Can you read me my fortune ?’ be said in his own peculiar way. ‘Na; 1 ken ye ower wecl,’ was the quick reply, as she turned a pair of keen grey eyes on him. _ ‘Wcll, you’ll speak to me at any rate,’ he said'; ‘I have something to say to you.’ And going into the adjoining parlor, he called for a half-mutchkin. Ile need- ed some himself, and he knew the tramp was not an abstainer. "Fell the woman to come ben,’ he said, as the man placed the whisky on the table. ‘What can you want, Mr. Mâ€" With that old, never-mend vagabond ?’ ‘Perhaps an uncle has left hér five hundred pounds,’ said the writer, with a chuckle. ‘Gude save us! the creature will go mad,’ said the man, as he went out, not knowing whether his guest was in humor or earnest. But whatever he had said to the wo- man, therc she was, presently, White mice and all, seatéd alongside of the writer, who could make a beggar or a baron at home with ' him, with equal case, and in an equally short time. ‘You’re obliged to me, I think, if I can trust to a pretty long memory,’ he said, handing her a glass of the spirits. ‘Av; ‘but it doesna need a lang memory to mind giein’ me this,’ she re- plied, not wishing any other reason for her obligation. ‘And you’ve forgotten the pirn s crap 3‘.” ‘The dcil ’s in a Iang memory; but I hinna,’ she replied, with more confidence, for by this time the whisky had disap- peared in the accustomed bourne of de parted spirits. ‘Weel,~it’s_ "a bad business that at your auld freend’s, at D ,’ said be, getting into his Scotch, for familiarity. ‘Hac ye‘heard ‘3’ ' ‘Wha hasna heard? I kenncd the lassie brawly ; but I didua like herâ€"- she was never gnde to a pair cratufJike ‘But they say ye ken mair than idler folk, " sdid he. - - - ‘Maybc I do,’ replied the woman, getting proud of thevimpeachmeptw- ‘Hae we nae lugs and ecu; ay, and s‘vamachs, like ither folk ‘3’ GREY, ONTARIO, MAY 12TH, 1870. E9 . ‘Not likely,’ replied he ; ‘and then a e, lnunder gowden guineas as a present, no ,5 as a bribeâ€"’ . . ry ‘I want, nae bribesâ€"I gie value for my fortunes. If it’s wind, wind is the v0 I breath of life; a present !’ ‘And could ye do naethingto save this puir woman, the wife 0’ a guid bnirdly man, wi’ an open hand to your kin. and the mither 0’ a family ?’ ‘I care naething ahoot. her being the wife 0’ a man, or the whim: o’ a family ; but I ken what I ken.’ ‘Aud sometimes what ye diuna. ken, when you tell the lasses 0’ their lovers ‘L J "Ihe deil tak their lou‘ping hearts into his hand for silly gawkies. If they werena’ a’ red~wud about. lads, they wadua heed me a whisde. But, though I might try to get Mrs. S ’5 head out 0’ the loop, I wadua like to put my ‘I’ll tak guid care 0’ that,’ said the writer; ‘I got ye out o’ a scrape before.’ ‘W’eci thanâ€"’ ‘And wccl than,’ echoed he. ‘And better than weel than ; suppose I More I did it mysel’â€"and maybe I did that’s no )0111‘ businessâ€"they wadna hang a puir wxetch like me for her ain *words, wad they, when there’ a nae proof I_did it but my ain tongue. ‘9’ I “V. on-“ ‘And wee‘. than,’ echoed he. their discomfort, been realized, but wh ‘And better than weel than ; suppose made due retaliation by very clean I" : New I did it mysel’â€"and maybe I drainings elsewhere. The moment he hi lid, that’s no your businessâ€"they wadna heard the shout he understood the mean- 1“ rang a puir wreteh like me for her ain ing thereof, because he knew the house, 35 words, wad they, when there’s nae proof the locality, and the men; and Meg tc [ did it but my ain tongue ?’ Davidson and her mice were passed into 01 . ‘Not likely,’ replied he; ‘and then a the wallet-bag of time, till he should {1 hunder gowden guineas as a present, no give these revellers their satisfaction in a as a bribeâ€"3 a boon companion who could see them a ‘I want. nae bribesâ€"-I gie value for under the table, and then mount his b my fortunes. If it’s wind, wind is the horse, with a power of retention of his breath of life ; a present !’ seat unexampled in a county famous for ‘ ‘Would mak your een jump,’ added resolutions of heads as well as of bodies. he, finishing his sentence. Dismoun'ting from his horse, he got his l ‘Jump ! ay, loup ! whaur are they dinner, a meal he had expected at ‘ ‘You will get the half when you come Dundee; and, in spite of the distance of into the town, and the other when Mrs. fourteen miles which lay before him, he S â€"- is safe. You will ca’ at my of- ‘despatched tumbler after tumbler with- tice on Wednesday; and, after that, I’ll out being once tempted to the impru-, In the meantime you denee of letting out his. extraordinary Emaun sell your mice.’ hunt, but rather with the prudence of l ‘Geordie Cameron offered me five sending, through his eompotators, to the . i ’ county town the fact that a woman who ishillinrrs for them; I’ll gie them to him. ! C . . ‘No,’ replied the writer; ‘no to a man. pcrambulated the country with “1““? Ken ye nae woman-tramp will tak them, mice “"53 really the murderer 0f the country girl This statement he was .-’ and show them about as you do ?’ l tOu 8y; I,” gie them to Meg David- able to make, even at that acme of dithyrambieism, when, as usual, he got l . ,son, wha’s to be here the night. But upon the head of the table to make his speech of the evening. It was now whaurfor no Geordie ?’ l ‘Nevcr ye mind that, I ken the differ- . _. _ ---.1 :c 3"-.. AAA...‘- “:1-ln vnn ”no eleven, and he baa BWalloweJ eight one e3 itak care 0’ you. ‘Geordie Cameron offered me five shillings {'01 them; I’ll gie them to him. ‘No,’ replied the miter; ‘no to a man Ken 3e nae “oman- -tiamp will tak them, and Show them about as you do?’ ‘Donc,’ said he; ‘thcrc’s five guineas for them, and you can gie them to Meg as a present. Now, are ye firm ?’ ‘Firm 1‘ she cried, as she clutched the money, and gave a shrill laugh, from a nerve that was never softened by pity or penitence. ‘I think nae mair o't, manâ€"sir, I mean, for ye proved your- sel’ a gentleman to me aforeâ€"than 1 now do in spacing twins to your wife, at llCX' next douniying.’ A rap on the table, from the bottom of the pewter measure, brought in the landlord. ‘Fill that again,’ said the writer. And the man having reoentered with the pewter measure-â€" ‘You’rc to give this woman board and lodging for a day or two, and I willpay you before I start.” ‘Tbat will be act 0’ the five htmdred frae her uncle,’ said the man, laughing. ‘She’s my leddy 1100; but What will be- come 0’ the mice?’ come 0’ the mice?’ ‘Therc’s Meg Davidson passing the window e’en noo,’ said the woman. ‘Send her in,’ said the Writer to the change-house keeper. ‘Maggy, said the miter, ‘tak this chain, and hcru’ s a dram. WV hat think “we‘re: The woman going under this name was immediately introduced by the man, with a kind of mock formality; for he could not get quit of the im- pression that his old customer had real- ly succeeded to the five hundred pounds -â€"a sum, in his estimation, sufficiently large to insure respect. ‘I dinna kcn.’ _ ‘Yc’re to get the twa whit-e mice and the cage for naething, and this dram to boot) Meg’s face cleared up like a June sun come out in a burst. ‘Na,’ she said; ‘ye re joking.’ ‘But its upon a condition,’ rejoined be. ‘Weel, what is’tâ€"that I’m to feed them wee], and keep clean ?’ ‘You’ll do that, too,’ said he, laugh- ing, ‘for they’re valuable creatures, and bonny ; but you’re to say you’ve had them fora year.’ ‘For me; if you like,’ replied the wo- 1 man ;- ‘a pair fushionless lee that, and 1 no worth sending a body to the deil for. «' ‘Herc they are,’ said the tramp, ‘and you’re to tak care 0’ them. They’ve been my stafi' for mony a day, and they’re Ithe only creatures 'on earth I care for .and like ;. for they never said to me, ‘Get out, ye wretch,’ or banned me for] !a witch; but were aye sac thappv wi’ their pickles 0’ barley, and maybe, a knot o’~sngar, when I canld get at a farmer’s wife's bowi.’ Even bags have pathetic moodsr-a Meg was affected, and-the writer, having - appreciated the virtue, whispered into the ear of his protege, ‘Sevcn o’clock on Wednesday ni’ght,’ and 'left. them to' the iremainder of the whisky,- At. the door 1 he settled with the man, and mounting his Itors e, for which 11c had ordered a bottle of strong alc,1n addition to his oats, be set of? at his old tr.ot -. q The writer was, no doubt, htént eager- ly for home; but he seldom got to his intended destination, though we have 1 given one or tWo eXamples of an unin- terrupted course, without undergoing severe] stoppages, either from the sud- den ealls of business, which lay in every ,direetion, or the Seductions of convivi- eiity, equally ubiquitous; and, on this U I occasion, he W35 hailefi from the win- dow of the inn by some ten-tumbler men 9f Forfar, Whose plan for draining the loch by making toddy of it had not, to tumblers, yet lie was comparatively steady when be mounted; and, though during the fourteen miles he swung like a well ballasted barq‘ue m a gale of wind, he made sufficient headway to be home by half- past twelve. Next morning, as ready and able as usual for the work of the day, he was at his desk about eleven, and when engaged with one client, while others were wait- ing to be despatched in the way in which he alone could discharge clients, he was waited on by a gentleman con- nected wnh the Crown Office. Having been yielded a preference, the official took his seat. When a cow or ox gets choked, strap up a fore leg and compel the animal to jump. This will cause the obStacle to fly out. An Irish clergyman adiertifses that he will teach a. Sunday school twice a weekâ€"Tuesdays and Saturdays. An Irishman called at the ofl’lce of the Decorah (Iowa) ‘Democrat’ and ask- ed what they charged a hundred for ‘cow bills.’ ‘Two dollars,’ was the re- ply. ‘Tben,’ said Pat, laying down a ten-cent plaster, ‘give me five of thim.’ A countryman stopped at a {elegrafjh window, Where a young lady was re- ceiving dispatches, and after looking on a moment, called to his companion :â€" ‘Say, Bill, just you come and see ’cm make paper collars! Don’t. she know her biz, hey Bill ?’ Editors do not always think of their smart things on the spur of the moment ; but one of them down in New England got. in a good repartee the other day, Mr. Daniel Pratt, a great here, came in with his customary introduction : ‘I am the Great American Traveler !’ ‘Well, travel l’ was all the reply he'got. The Greenshurg (Indiana) ‘Pre‘ss’ says that a gay Greensburger, when he goes to see his girl, a little west of that town, ‘carries his fine boots under his arm until he reaches the gate, when he dofi's his stogas and marches into her presence as fresh and clean as a new- ;blown pumpkin blossom.’ ‘Ticket, sir, said arailrcad ccndnctor, ‘ passing throngh one of the trains the other day, to a passenger. ‘My face 18 my ticket,’ replied the other, a little vexed. ‘Indeed,’ said the conductor, rolling back his wristbands and display .ing a most powerful bunch of fives; ‘well my orders are to punch all tickets passing over this road.’ Here is a maxim given by an Amerâ€" ican paper‘for the benefit of all men, in whatsoever branches of business : ‘You might as well attempt to shampoo an elephant with a thimbleful of soap suds as attempt to do business and ignore printer’ 8 is}: ’ ~ TO BE CONT INUED. COUNTY ADVERTISER. ENGLISH LADIES EXHIBITING CASTS OF THEIR. BEAUTIFUL LIM'Bs. (Mrs. Anna Cora Hawaii Ritchie to tire San E'tmczsco Chronicle.) White, symmetrical feminine legs are " said to be disappearin fromg American soil. They are so much in the ascend- ant in England that ladies of rank have invented a new method of making known their fair proportions. We read 1 pin the March number of the Galaxy in l in work just published, two American ' medical men put forth the gross slander that “a handsome leg is a rarityâ€"we had almost said an impossibilityâ€"- among American women 1?” We do not beliefie the ungallant libel, though Ame. rican ladies are certainly not in the habit of publishing their charms by having casts taken of their shapely legs as an ornament for drawing room tables : to he sold for the benefit of the vendor , of casts, or to be circulated among i friends as a delicate token of friendship and valuable work of art. What we I are about to relate appears at the first 5 blush so incredible that we hold oursclf responsible for its exact truth. _ c I p v c l I l Iâ€" Upgtlvtll‘e d1‘?“’i."gf‘°°m table 0f a looking out for another job, and if he; lady 0f rank in Londonâ€"a lady 0f high found one, they should make an end position and irreproachab‘le characterâ€" that week.’ maybe seen, beneath a glass case, a. . . lovely dimpled little feet, delicate ankle .- Josh Billings says: ‘Therc haint rounded calf up to the knee-joint; it is been even a bug made yet in vain, nor the east 0f the leg 0f Lady â€""': the one that wan’t a good job. Thare is hostess, In 801.10 (Square there is :1 even. lots; of human men loafing about small shop, in “blob 5'0“ can purchase, blacksmith shops and cider mills all for ten shillings a cast of one oflhe most over the country, that don’t seem to 1,9 exquisite of legs, the originalâ€"in flesh necessary for anything but to beg plug. , â€"belongs to Lady de G and tobacco, and sware, and steal water- : 11"": who went to this little shOp, melons, but yu let the holery breai; out 5 incog., and had her perfect leg mould- once, and then yu will see the wisdom ‘ l :d) and. afterwards generously gave the of having fist such met: laying around. A hopman the Pririlegcno‘f selling copies l. They help count.’ Râ€"â€", vwho went to this little shOp, incog., and had her perfect leg mould ed, and. afterwards generously gave the shopman the privilege of selling copies of the cast, which he did daily, for it was quickly discovered to whom the beauteous leg belonged. One lady, the Wife of a' Mayor of a [OWE 1n the YNVinccx came to London and had two caStS taken of her leg; one nude, and out! 1th the neat little shoe, stocking and :t-cr. Strange to say (though no art 5‘} .111 car; lltstrauge), the leg with the stocking and g. Let produced an efiect much further remov ‘ ed f1om modesty, than the leg quite un- clad. Brucciani, the cast vendor in Convent Garden, drives a brisk business in casting ladies’ legs, and has any quan- tity of models of all descriptions taken from life, and chiefly from noble life, for sale. How this log mania originat- ed we have never heard, but there is erctes explanation for this sudden pas- sion among the aristocratic fair to have i their legs recognized, perhaps it is only because “a thing of beauty is a joy iforever.” A London journal relates the follow- ing as of actual occurrence: v ‘Some time since the Saloons of Paris were entertained by a matrinial adven- ture, the hero of which was the son of one of the wealthiest bankers. The gen- tleman was engaged to marry a lady of high rank, and everythinrv was prepared. 1 The bridegroom had sent in the‘ e-or beille, which was extremely rich, the diamonds alone being Worth over one hundred thousand dollars. Wishing to enjoy the gratification of his bride, he followed closely on the heels of his pres eat, and finding no one in the parlor, enSconced himself behind the curtain. . ‘Oh, did you ever see such a beauti- ful corbcillel Louise is lucky ; what a generous husband she will have I’ ‘She ought to be happy to he sure, but do you know what she told me just now ?-â€"â€"why, that she had rather have? the corheille without the gentleman who gave it.’ ‘It can’t he ; she never said it.’ ‘She certainly did; and there she is --ask her for yourself. Louise, didn’t ; you tell me you would rather have the l eorbeille alone without Mr. ’ ‘Yes, I say so; but that’s between ourselves} ‘Much obliged to you, madamoiselle, said Mr. coming forward, ‘you shall not. have either", So saying, he coofiy put the splendid present under his arm and walked ofl", leaving the ladies in an embarrassment, that can easier be conceived than ex- pressed.’ A Wisco'nsin wlover caught his bride carrying in a back log that he could not himself lift, and concluded not to marry in that family. A little boy of Hudson, New York,‘ couldn’t remember the text exactly, but. thought it was “something about a hawk between two pigeons.” 1t was-l “ Why halt ye between two opinions.” . 1 Women are very scarce out in Wyo- yming Territory According to a local paper, such few married men as are out there can’t get any sleep at nights, on account of their unmarried neighbours standing aroum} the cabins grinding their teeth; A Matrimonial Adventure. Legs; M585 SQfi-TS QE EABAGBAPHS‘O Says the Troy Times : “Tuesday afternoon a young lady, standing with a friend in the Union depot, felt. someâ€" body’s hand withdraxrn from. her dress. pocket, and on casting a. side glance at the owner of the hand she saw that he was a flash’ily-dressed young man, and ion looking still further, she saw that: her pocketobook Wes in his hand. As the article in question contained but four cents, she allowed the [allow to‘ keep it, whisnering to him, ‘tu‘ae the. pennies and buy yourself some eandies.’ \VATER Esoncn.-â€" A venerable mem- ber of a Presbytery lately fell into a certain canai. He was drawn out halfâ€" drowned, and conveyed to a house in the neighborhood and put to bed. ‘W :11 ye tak some spirits and water, sir?’ ask ed his considerate host. ‘Na, na,’ said the elder, ‘I hac had prent); 0 water for ; ac day; Ill tak the spirits. A plasterer and his hoy being employ- ed by the day to whitewash a house, were so tedious that. the. mime: asked the lad, in his master’s absence,‘v':hen.he thought they would have it done. The lad bluntly replied that ‘master was [looking out for another job, and if he; found one, they should make an end that week.’ T111323? 0 000 O1 1351:. â€"-The W arden of Grey has received an answer from the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway Company, relative to the otter of abonns of $300 030 from cert 11in municipalities tin Grey to assist an ( :{teasion of the line to Owen Sound. It 1s to the effect ithat 1n the absence of the President in iEngiand, the Board does not consider item“? authorized to accept any reduc- tion or modification of the terms ofi‘ered by the 001111)? fly at the County Council meeting in Durham last winter; but that at some future time, the matter may be further considered, c. Tr aus- lated into plain English, the reply may be taken to mean that the Company do not care about extending their line through G1ey until the) are satisfied that they can’t get through Bruce.â€" Mt. Forest Examiner. A Scorch landlady, being toid by a cue- tomer that he IiOped she put no pernicious ingredients into her liquor, retorted, ‘There is nae thing pernicious put into our barrels, but the exciseman’s stickg’ Complimentaryâ€"Thaw, Mr. Smith, papa. wants to know if you won’t lend him the model of your hat ‘2' ‘Certainly my son; what for?’ ‘He wants to make a scarecrow.’ [VOLUME 4, NO. 15. A man was indignantly exclaiming 1113?. his knife had been stolen, when at last one of his neighbors, whoee garden had been robbed a short time previous, said to him, ‘I found your kn‘ife among my cabbage how came it there ?’ Au orator who had wrought himself up to a ‘pitch of eloquence,’ exclaimed :-- ‘And now I’ll conclude in the beautiful and expressive language of the immortal poet ~pcetâ€"I-ol’ve forgot. his name, and- andâ€"Iâ€"I’ve forgot what he said, too.’ A newspaper contains the account of a new play, and says the audience sat ‘spell- bound. There were only four persons we sent. One was deaf, and the other three were asleep.’ [$150 per Annum. A Mrsrnmous M URDER.â€"â€"Tltc jour- nals of Teulouse published accounts of a mysterious murder at Boux (Haute- Garonne). A tailor disappeared more than two months back leaving a. wife and three children. He had attended a fair at Saint-Beat, where he went to pay a debt of WM, and was seen in an inn With his creditor, who had been overheard to say to him, “Pay me the interest only, and leave the capital to another time.” A short time back an anonymous writing was picked up in the street of Saint-Beat, bearing the words, “Search the cellars of the town, and you will find the man you are look. ing for.” The authorites in consequence made a perquisition, aided by dogs, and discovered some human remains in a vault beneath the inn In which the tailor had been last seen. The body had been cut into pieces and harried beneath a thick layer of salt, by which it had been preserved from decom- ' position. A western journal commenting upon the sad intelligence received that Dr. Living- stone suffered death as a wizard, makes the harrOWing announcement : ‘This morning we publish the painful rumor that Dr.’ Livingstone been burned as a buzzand.’ Bickersteth‘ states, npon careful examié nation, that at least one verse in thirtv of the New Testament points onward to {116 resurrection life.