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Durham, uced bud. Ashen-y. in 1.03. Vtowna in i to bugi. h'onage. EST. [Biker rative, Iundreds pendants ENS d from a famed wherein tributors blication r . ccnma” ("3 int? zed, and tapers ex press leted a! £30118. nuuance .de 'acturea A MILY .ded ‘0’ by 10 or LAGEv ‘ 1'). In led, its rtmvnts {TM-3'3 .rity on fibjects, t. “Tm: all p81“ Family making “eaters, :- more, Week DY letters human 31 istics York. LE IT]? t b on. n and me ,sent ntro~ arke. urns, i‘ul :H ‘ents IN ity. my )i m White. ‘ "o I L.“VI..-â€"â€"v’ h . formerly Surgeon 0. S. Ar.y.â€" Residence one door South of J38. Brown’s store, Lower Town, Durham. The doctor will give advice, FREE OF CHARGE, reno’n‘day from 10 a. m. till to 2 p. 11). A11 orders left at Findlay 3;. Shaw’s Drixg Store promptly attended to. P. S.â€"Pure Vaccine Matter on hand, so bring along your children and have them vaccinated. I, L'.\TB of Victoria Coll Officeâ€"4n Griffin’s Buildi County of Grey. All calls, promptly attended to. :‘ “[3131 l‘J'.U’ ILL L Mil-v-7 _- -_ ' Solicitor m Chancery, c., kc.â€" Urficeâ€"Over Dalglish’s store,Upper Town, Durham, Ont. I1 Money to hem wears, on easy terms for sale. ARRISTER, ATTORNY - AT - LAW, Solicitor in Chancery, c., kc.â€" tn‘nmc :â€"Next door to the Telegraph Office, Durham. 164 tf. WHOLE N0 (1 men] Agent. LU I Auctioneer for Lands. C., Valued, made up and coliec 3 per cent. OFFICE: Durham. 4')!" H v H. "z ite 35 J0hnson.Publishers ProprietorsJ R. 1'. Porter," :11 4101.“ 81'. 9.01503 Durham, 1011') .C eneml Blacksmith, opposite ~ 1W Wiley's Boot and Shoe Store. Lower Town, Durham.â€" Cood workmanship, punctuality and moder- ate charges are the rules at this Smuby. 87.1“ William Barrett ARRIS'rlilz, ATTORNEY-ATLAW, HIS )st app AND description c: and as good as at any in the County. All W'areroom, One D. of the big chair. (err, Brown 8: McKenzie, T~ll‘1)lil‘l".ll;‘5 OF DRY GOODS AND Hz‘m-t-l-ies, and General Wholesale rchuzxts. Hamilton, Ont. ()ITSE are prepared to do Millinery and? Dress-making, and would kindly solici. the patronagc of Durham and vicinity. Mrs. Perkiss is well acquainted with above branches, and also Straw-work. Plating done in good style. ) . o , (if? vesxdence next to R. McKenzxes large brick store, Lower Village. James Brown, -:. 0F MARRIAGE LICENSES, Out. THOMAS DIXON. Samuel PRITCHARD, Wiuiam Buchanan, m r 'WRnMGLASGOW €5.52“ 11 Scufland, Book- iff' ‘7 7 3% H‘nder, Sullivan Post 2"..- .'I:.,=-‘:.f_l;;:- Office. Charges mod- 44'3““. AH nrdel'slef' f3 ’ at. the mexivm Of- . Halsted, M. 0., mx, SURGEON, em, HA): Jubbing dons on inc shoricat notice. Durham gon Carriage Shop. 1. STWHEY [8 5:0 w fREPARED '1' __ "l’ -./-\J‘" - Limer, Durham, Ont. Painting, and Paper Hanging, done It) the raved sty‘ae of the art. Ontario HERE AG I) l 'J .VLJA -v __ ) furnish Carriages, Cutters, Wag- fi'leighs, manufactured from the rind, an the cheapest possible rates. warranted. Shop, opposite Mr. store. Lower Town. Durham. . McDougall, FIG}; AND ORNAEIMEXTAL me] E Legate, gum. Conveyancer, Licensed neer for the County of Grey, mined, Books and Accounts I collected. aff- $50,000 to ":er and Town Property at Drum: zâ€"l-L Garafraxa SL, {EDSXGX OF THE mu LIL-UK. B FURNITURE OF EVERY George 583339: me Ir Yor WANT FL'RXITL'M: HUGH ROSE, 5E: E; 3731’}??? 5 - bfibinctware and Chair Factory, OPPOSITE ORANGE HALL DUBEAM, .chx or THE BIG CHAIR. m can he had as cheap, any other establishment All work warranted. > Door North of the sign EON, £20.. GR calls,day or an AD- College, Toronto. Building Durham, oht 7 AND GREY A DDLER. HAR- xsss and Trunk Maker, opposite the Crown Land Ofliw, 3%; Durham, Ont. Whips, Spurs, c , , always on hand. . AT - LAW, . MANUFACTURED BY cKenzIe, nouns Axn WILSON, BOWMAN 00., 71-1y ,.’ This House is furnished with all the re- quisites to insure the comfort of travellers. The Table supplied with the best the mar- ket. affords; Choice wines, liquors, and cigars kept constantly on hand. There is also a. good livery in connection with this house. Charges moderate. April 26, 1868. 7 1y. wHALF-WAY HOUSE, ORCHARDVILLE,_ JAMES BELL}: PROPRIETOR. Having leased the above premises, lately occupied by Mr. J. Hart, I am prepared to offer first-class ac- commodation to travellers and the public generally. Good Wines, Liquors and Ci- gars always on hand. Superior Stabling and an attentive Hostler. Stages call daily. RCHARDVILLE. This House has re-‘ cently been refitted and furnished in first class style, with a new to the comfort and accommodation of the travelling ublic. Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the c olcest hands always on hand. Good Stabling and an attentive hostler. Stages call chilly-.â€" Charges moderate. The subscriber thankful for past fairors 1 wishes to inform his old friends and the public generally, that he has a 21in com- menced business in the above %otel and hopes by strict attention to the comfort of _. -A._ -c “4.2:- J); M E s E LL10 T T, Proprietor. Argyle Hotel, UGH MACKAY, PROPRIETOR, , Durham. fiThe subscriber is Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Grey. ‘1 vv -â€" ‘v â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" his guests to merit a fair share of public vatrnnage. DURABLE and ECONOMICAL ! DURHAM HOTEL, Durham, Sewing; Diachine Is the most c‘omplete Sewing Machine made. The price of the Machine, on beautiful stand, walnut top, mouldings and drawers is BOTH: GAME. DEACON’S HOTEL: IMPLE AND ELEGANT I CORNISH’S HOTEL; It surrasses all others yet attempted in ' the most essential particulars. It is simpler, 1 and consequently much more easily man- aged 3 it is more durable, and consequently I wiil inst much lon-gw ; It is more elegantly finished, and consequently makes a more agreeahle appearance : it runs easier, and Consequently does not fatigue the operator; it does more work and ot a better quality in an equal Space of time, and is come- qnentty mere econOmicat; It does better work, and a greater variety of It, and con- sequently possesses a greater adaptability ; it is a greater wife-saver,labor-saver.money- saver. time-saver, board-saver, and conse. quently appeals more completely to the philanthropic instincts of humanity, it has 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 LOCKMAN, it they would save .. lav-an. amount of future annoyance and T IS UNDENIABLE, saver. time-saver, Doaru-a: quently apoeais more cc philanthropic instincts of ‘1 stood the test of actual use. ed a. great popularity. Pl IS UNDENIABLE, THAT the Lockman Machine is not only the LATEST but also the BEST of its kind, before the Elliott's IiStch l TH THAT the Lockman Machine has achieved an IMMENSE POPU- LARITY in the short time it has been betore the peOple. good Invery in connechon. THAT the Lockman Machine already occupies a positron only accorded to others after years of toilsome Durham, March 16th, 1370. TIIE LOC IS UNDENIABLE, EIAT the Lockman Machine, altho’ not much exceeding in price the very cheapest machine manu- factured anywhere, is yet INCOMPARABLY superior to any cheap machine yet brought out. IS UNDENIABLE, HANOVER. HAMlLTON ONT- pubhc. FAMILY SHUTTLE effort. 00. This House has re! M .1 N ‘I understand you are employed for Mrs. S ?’ he said. ‘We have thought it necessary, as disinterested protectors of the lives of the king’s sub- jects, to apprehend this woman. I need not say thet our preoognitions are our guarantee , but I have heard a report which would seem to impugn our dis-l cretion, if it do not shame our judgment, linsomuch that, if it be true, We have lseised the wrong person. Do you know anything of this woman with the white .miee, who takes upon herself the burden lof a self-accusation ? 0f eourse it is l for you to help us to her as the salvation l of your client.’ ‘Too evident that for a. parade of candour,’ replied Mr. \lâ€". Her name is Margaret Davidson. Her white companions will identify her. Her residence find her.’ ‘Very vague, considering your inter. eat,’ replied the other. ‘Wbere did you find her?’ find her?’ ‘Ask me first, my dear sir, whether I have found her. Perhaps not. If it is my interest to search her out, it is not less year duty to catch her. A vagrantl with white mice is conspicuous, and surely you can have no difficulty in tracing her. I need scarcely add, that i when you do find her, you will substitute her for my client, and make amends for the disgrace you have brought upon an innocent woman and a respectable fam- ily.’ ' : a. «I .6 _§ A TANGLED WEB. "J. ‘I Won’t say that,5 replied the other, shaking his head. ‘The evidence against Mrs. S is too heavy to admit of our believing a vagrant, influenced by the desire of, perhaps. a paid martyr- dwm, m- the excitement of a mania.’ "i‘hrn, why ask me to help you to find her i” ‘Fur our satisfaction as public ofli- core? ‘And to my detriment as a private I agent ?’ ‘Not at all.’ ' ‘Yes, if I chose to make her 9. witness for the defence, and leave the jury to judge of paid martyrdom, or her real madness. Paid martyrdom lâ€"paid by whom ‘3’ i ‘Not necessarily by you.’ I ‘But you want me to help you to be able to prove the bribe out of her own mouth, don’t you?’ ‘Of course we would examine her.’ ‘Yes, and cook herâ€"but you must catch her first. Really, inv dear sir, a very useful recipe in cuisine; and, hark ye, you can put the mice in the pan also. But, really, I am not bound, and cannot in justice he expected to do more. I have given you her name; and when? had a culprit so peculiar and striking a ' designation as being the proprietor of a peripatetie menagerie ?’ ‘Ridiculons !’ ‘Yes, ridiculu: mus .’ But are you not the laboring mountain, yourself, and do you not wish me to become the midwife ?’ I (an B MI INTERESTING STORY. ‘I perceive I can make nothing of you,’ at length said the gentleman.â€" ‘Either you don’t want to save your client, or the means you trust to can~ not stand the test.’ ‘God bless my soul !’ roared the writer, I a. cat, with nose-instinct put awry by the color of the white race of victims, would smell her out.’ Bowing the ofiicial to the door with these words, he was presently in some other ravelled web, which he disen- tangled with equal success and apparent case; but, following him in his great scheme, We find him in the afternoon posting again to the farm. He found the farmer in the same collapse of hope, sitting in the arm-chair so long pressed i by his wife, with his chin upon his breast, and his eyes dim andgdead. The evi- dence had got piece by piece to his ear, paralysing more and more the tissues of a his brain; and hope had assumed the character of an impossibility in the moral world of God’s government. ‘You must cheer up,’ said the writer. ‘Come, some milk and whisky. Move about; I have got good news for you, . but cannot trust you.’ The head of the man was raised up, and a slight beam was, as it were, struck from his eye by the jerk of a Sudden impulse. His step, as he moved to gratify the agent, seemed to have ac- anired even a spring. . - o. __L- ‘W’hy are ydn the,’ be said, as heiglimmer of t brought the indispensable jug, with ’ ready. CD the something even more than the five‘ ‘Rememhm eighths of the spiritual element added i no muckle to to the two glasses, ‘if you cannot tell me ‘under the he :the grounds of my hepc ? I could 00" hear it- She comprehend what you meant about the W tak that ‘ woman and the white mice.’ carry 1161' 1i} ‘Nor 631'"; you to understand it; it is enough if I do,’ repliéd Mr. Mâ€"'â€": as he put. the jug'zo his mouth; ‘but this I want you tomnderstand in the first place, thd. I‘want an order for fifty pounds from yoa.’ is where “you may chance to DURHAM, limits of his last fartbing, and, getting pen and ink, he wrote the cheque. ‘And you couldn’t tell me the name of the woman with the mice; but I can tell you,’ he continued. ‘It is Margaret Davidson; and, hark yeâ€"come near me, man-i-if you are called upon by any one with the appearance of a sherifi' of- ficer, or whatever he may be like, for the name of that woman, say it is ’M ar- 'garet Davidson, and that they will find her between Lerwick and Berwick. Do1 you comprehend?’ ‘Perfeetly.’ ‘And, moreover, you are to tell every living soul within earoshot, servants or strangers, that it was that very woman who gave ihe dose to the lass, and that the Woman herself does not deny it.’ ‘Is it true your wife did it, then, you blind idiot ?’ cried {the writer, using ' thus one of his most familiar terms, but with perfect good nature. ‘Don’t you in your heartâ€"or bone, at any rateâ€" rthink . the Lord Advocate a liar ‘E and has his lordship a better right to lie than I or Meg Davidson? Isn’t the world a great leavened lump of lies from the Cape of Hope to the Cape of Wrath? And you want your wife hanged, be- cause the nose of truth is out of joint 3 { bit! Ay, what though it were cut off altogether, if you get your wife’s back without being colored blue by the hang- man? But, I tell you, it’s not a lie; , the woman with the white mice says it of her own accord.’ :vi- Now, the woman did not answer this ear, question immediately. She had been a s of for some days busy in the repository of S the her memoryâ€"a crazy box of shatttered o the spunk-wood, through the crevices "of p which came the lurid lights sent from a Lter. another box, called the imagination; v love and such was the close intimacy, or it you, rather mixture, of the revelations of :1 these two magic centres, that they I 1 up, could not be distinguished from one an I ruck other; but the habit of fortune~telling 1 iden had so quickened the light of the one, : d to as to make it predominate over, and al- 1 : ac- most extinguish that of the other, so , that she was at a. loss to get a stray ‘ as he glimmer of the memory, to make her with ’ ready, on the instant, for the answer. five- ‘Rememhering! Ay,’ she said, ‘there’s tdded i no muckle to remember. The lass 'was all me ‘under the burden of shame, and couldna ,d not bear it. She wanted some doctor’s trash at the to tak that burden as her, if it should carry her life slang wi’ ’t. I got the ad it; stud, and the woman dee’dJ lâ€"â€"-â€", All of which was carefully written ; ‘hut down; but the writer had his’own way in the ,of doing his work. He would. have day pr fifty and date, the place where doctor’s trash 'was bought, the prior thereof, the inanâ€" ‘Wonderful! the woman With the white mice!’ ‘The woman with the white mice !‘ echoed the writer. ‘Gude Lord ! but is all this true, Mr. And, getting again upon his legs, he hurried out, throwing back his injunc- tions upon S to obey his instruc- tions. In a few minutes more he was again upon the road, leaving the clatter of his horse’s hoofs to mingle with the confused thoughts of his mystified client. Arrived at. the High Street, where, as used to he said of him, he could not be ten minutes without having seized some five or six persons by the breast of the coat, and put as many questions on vari ous matters of business, just as the thought struck him on the instant, he pounced upon one, no other than the confidential clerk of the fiscal. ‘I say, mau,’ seizing and holding him in the usual way, ‘have you catchcd the woman yet ?’ ‘What woman?’ replied the clerk. ‘The woman with the white mice.’ ‘Oh,’ cried the young man, ‘we have no faith in that quarterâ€"a more getoup ; but we’re looking about for her, not- i withstanding.’ ‘Wcll, tell your master that Meg} Davidson was last seen on the Muir of Rannoch, and that the Highlanders in that outlandish quarter, having never seen white mice beforc,-are in a state of perfect amazement-3 A bolt at some other person left the -‘ clerk probably in as great amazement as the Highlanders; but our man of the law did not step to see the extent of it. All his avocations, however, did not pre- vent the eoming round of that seven o’clock on Wednesday evening, which the had appointed as the hour of meet- ing with the woman on whom his hopes of saving his client almost altogether rested. He was at his desk at the hour, and the woman, no doubt eager for the phenomenon of the ‘louping ee,’ was as true as the time itself. The writer ; locked the door of his ofiice, and draw- ing her as near him as possible, inquir- ed first whether any knew she was in town. ‘Deil ane,’ she replied; ‘naebody cares for me ony mair than I were an auld glandered spavin, ready for the . knackers.’ ‘And you’ve hoen remembering a’ ye are to say ?‘ ' COUNTY OF GREY, ONTARIO, MAY 19m, 1870. ner of administering the same, and many ‘ other particulars, every one of which was so carefully recorded, that the whole, no doubt, looked like a veritable precognition of facts, got from the said box called the memory, as if it had been that not one tint of light from the con- : lerminous chamber had mixed with the pure spirit of truth. ‘Now,’ said'he, regaining his English, when his purpose was served, ‘you’ll i stand firm to this, in the face of judge,l jury, justice, and all her angels?’ ; ‘Never ye fear.’ ‘Theu, you will go with me to a pri vate lodging, where I wish you to re- , main, seen by as few as you can. Y ou’ re a widow ,your name is Mrs. Anderson; your husband was drowned in the Mael- strom. Get weeds, a veil, and look re. spectahle.’ W ‘A’ éa‘ve the last, for that‘s no pos- sible.’ ‘Try; and, as you will need to pay for your board and lodging, and your dress, here's the sum I promised ye ; ‘ the other half when Mrs. S is saved.’ ‘A’ right; and did I no say my ee would loup ?â€"hut ‘ae gude turn deserves anifher,’ as the deil said to the loon o’ .Culloden, when he hauled him doun, screaming, to a place “ye maybe ken o’, and whaur I hae nae wish to be.’ ‘Where is Meg Davidson?’ he then asked. ‘Mâ€"-â€"â€", if the angel Gabriel were at this moment to come down and blow a trumpet, and tell me that what this wo- man is going to swear to is truth, I would not believe her.’ Nor is there any doubt to be enter- 1 tained, that the woman’s testimony took ' the court and the audience by surprise. The judges looked at each other, and the jury were perplexed. There was only one thing that produced any so- licitude in our writer. He feared the Lord Advocate would lay hands upon her, as either a murderer or a perjurer, the moment she left the witness-box.â€" l At that instant was he prepared. Quiet- ly slipping out, he got hold of the wo- man, led her to the outer door, through a crowd, called to the door-keeper who stood sentry to open for the purpose of ‘ letting in a fresh witness of great im- portance to the accused ; and having succeeded, as he seldom failed, he got the woman outside. A cab was in readinessâ€"no time lostâ€"the woman was pushed in, followed by her guardian, and in a short time, was safely disposed of. Meanwhile, the Crown authorities u< had been preparing their warrant, and w the woman was only saved from their mercies by a very few minutes. It is well known, as I have already I mentioned, that Jeffrey’s speech for Mrs. S-â€"--â€"-â€" was the greatest of all modern orations, yet it was delivered under peculiar circumstances. When he rose and began. he seemed languid and un- n well. The wonted sparkle was not seen v in his eye, the compressed lip was loose s and flaccid, and his words, though all 1 his beginnings were generally marked t by a subdued tone, came with difficulty. r Cockburn looked athim inquiringly, 1 anxious and troubled. There was some- ' thing wrong,‘and those interested in the 1 ' defence angured ominously. All of a ’ sudden the little man stopped, fixed his l eye on one of the walls of the court- room, and cried out, ‘Shnt that window.’ 3 Through that opening a cold wind had 8 been blowing upon and chilling a body 3 which, though firm and compact, was ll thin, wiry, and delicately toned to' the d refined requirements of the spirit that .e animated and moved it with a grace peculiarly his own. The chill, in con-. :11 sonance with well-known pathological Ly laws, produced, first depression, and then ty 3. feverish reaction, which latter was sh even morbidly favorable to the deveIOp- n? :ment of his powers. He began to re- si li rive; the blood, pulsing with more than \ natural activity, warmed still more at the call of his enthusiasm. lle analysed 1 every part of the cause, tore up the char- acters of the prosecutor’s witnesses, held up microscopic flaws, and passed them through the lens of his ingenious ex- aggeration, till they appeared serious in the eyes of the jury. Then how touch- ing, if not noble, was the conduct of ‘that strange witness for the defenceâ€" who, a wretched criminal herself, would yet, under a secret power, so far eXpiate her guilt, by offering herself as a sacri- fice for innocence ! Beyond all, was the pathos of his peroration, where he brought home the case to the jury, as loving husbands of loving wives, and ' tender fathers of beloved children. A l ' woman sat there ‘befere themâ€"a wife and a mether. She had undergone an ' ordeal not much less trying than death itself ; and even she was trembling under 7 the agony of a suspense, extended be- r yond mcrtal powers of endurance, to be i terminated by the breath of their months, 7 either for life and a restoration to a pre- e viously happy family, or for a death on if a gallows, with all its ignominy. ’m That speech, which near} y cost J efl'rey his life, éaved that of another. The jury found the libel not proven; Mrs. Sâ€"â€"â€" was free ; Jeffrey was made more famous; but. no one ever heard more of the woman with the white mice. 165:, Luau ID 10, "v an“..- _--- _ more; there is a little more room in the overcrowded stomach. And what is the consequence? Simply a little uneasy‘ feeling. Sometimes this is all ; but not always. it is; however, always a hurt, that will he felt by and by, and more .and more as theindividual persists; ieven for the present, with many men, it Iis a bad thing. A person will feel stupid ; he will have the blues, because the stomach, through the nervous in- fluence, affects the whole system, and makes the body dumpish, and the mind dull, and the individual anything but agreeable. Now this is a common fact ; we see it everywhere, every day, every meal ; peeple “beg it ;” that’s the word. Why not just cut off the little excesses, and thus be cheerful, be healthy ? Some men do this. Reader, try it, and you i i will thank us. Remember, it is not. hard ; the habit is soon formed; and then you will he in a new atmosphere; .you will lead a new life. Think not you are not the one aimed at; we all are more or less at fault here. Much, much more happy as a race should we be if we paid more attention to diet. Measuring the Height of Trees. This simple method, I believe, has ‘ never been published, or if it has, there may be some who have not read it. In the first place, out a stick the length of the man who is to cut the tree. Then measure out from the tree as many feet as you want the log to be. Here place your stick in a perpendicular position, 'allowing for the stump about two feet. Then lie down flat on your back with your feet against the foot, and look a- : cross the top of the stick, and where your eye strikes the tree is the number of feet you want, (always making due al- lowance for the height of the stump )â€" By this you trill know if there is any limb or crook in the way. It is very useful in cutting sills and other pieces where long timber is required. The Meaford Monitor and Owen Sound Times are again advocating the exten- sion of the Northern Railway from Col- lingwood to Owen Sound. A Scotch baronet, being at a parish meeting, made some proposals which were objected to by a farmer. ‘Sir,’ said he to the farmer, ‘do you know that I have been at two universities, and at two colleges in each university ?’ ‘Weel, s sir,’ said the farmer, what 0’ that? I ‘had a calf that suckled twa kyc, and the observation I made was, the mair be sucked the greater calf he grew.’ ‘Mat, ma, cousin Bill, he‘s in the patio: with sister Jane, and he keeps biting her.’ mind ‘What! William biting Jane ?’ ‘Yes, ma. Bit her right on the mouth, are D ,and the gal didn’t holler a. hit, mother.’ abov‘ l ‘Ah, never mind, i guess he didn’t. tling hurt her much.’ ticed ‘Hurt her, cracky ! why, she loves it, but 1 she does; cos she _ kept a letting him, the] land didn’t say nothing, but just smack- M ied her lips as if it was good, she did. I and, Seed it all through the key-hole. I’ll ; Mrs. ifire taters at him the next time he does the] lit, seeif I don’t,’ llese A PEN PORTRAIT OF SOME or THE so. CALLED YOUNG GEXTLwExâ€"PEO- PLE WILL TALKâ€"WHAT Mas- GRL'NIn' SAYS ABOUT YOUNG LADIES FISHINGâ€"AND WHAT “as. TALL} BEARER ADDS TO THE STORY, 0. Editor of the Chrom’élé. was ever such a thing as evil. gossip EI heard of in a village the size of Han- over? One might think that a place of , (300 inhabitants would not contain suf- 1 ficient material for any considerable , amount of that kind of small talk.â€"â€" . :But, not so; experience teaches that, if . one wants his actions thoroughly criti- cised, he only needs to go out to a vil- lage of the pretentious of Hanover for; a few months, and, if his coat, perehance, l happens to be a little longer or shorter than, or the nether extremities not rounded off exactly similar to those worn by the young “ snobs” of thei place he happens to be visiting, or, ifE he isunfort-unate enough to wear a tall , .. crimes â€"-he is at once put down for a : conceited fop, and the unfortunate and l harmless “plug” is at once made the E. subject of comment, and seems to be a source of great annoyance to the “young Americans.” GOSSIP FROM HAN GVER. "Ҥ\IIVA wwwwww U :ard 0f h] 3 village the size 0f Han- After discussing the quality and style or? One might think that a place of of the new dress that Mrs. Fashionable )0 inhabitants would not contain suf- has just gotâ€"hinting at the same time :icnt material for any considerable that her husband had better Pay his nount Of that kind Of .5913“ talk.â€"â€" debts before his wife comes out so grand “him“ 503 experience ”3301193 that, if -â€"and the new bonnet the Minister’s 1e wants-this 3°60“ thoroughly criti- wife as just purchased, with the re- used, he only needs to go out to :1. vii. marl: that it was too 835' altogether . ige 0f the pretentious. 0f Hanover forIfor a Minister’s wife, Mrs. Grundy few months, and, “his coat, perehance, takes her departure, enjoining Mrs. appens to be a little longer or shorter Tale-bearer to be sure and say nothin’ ban, or the nether extremities not to no one about that fishin’; and Mrs. ounded 0g “3ch similar to those Tale-bearer assures her that she won’t torn by the young “ snobs” 0f the teven whisper it to a livin’ soul. ilace he happens to be visiting, or, if Soon after Mrs. Grundy’s departure, to isunfortunate enough to wear a tall Mrs. Tale-bearer calls, to wnom the lat, the latter is the most henious of all story is “313.40“. confidentially of :rimes â€"-he is at once put down for a courseâ€"with a strong injunction to say :onceited fop, and the unfortunate and nothin’ about it as she (Mrs. T319. .iarmless “plug” subject of comment, and seems to be a source of great annoyanCe to the “young Americans.” This may not be the case with all of the villages in this section of the couno had promised to say nothin’ ’bout it. “ You know, Mrs. Tattler,” she said. “he 0227;; put his arm around 7192‘ when“ they were fishin‘, which, you know. wasn’t so dreadful, so we must say tryâ€"and it is to be hoped that it is DOt \ nothin’ ’bout it, for you know people â€"â€"but Hanover certainly Seems to be will talk. Mrs. Tattler, of course, one Of these villages. leaves with a promise of the utmost s A young gentleman from Toronto, crecy, and the next call she makes tciis who is unfortunate enough to have, as a the story in a great secret to Mrs. covering for his head, a “plug,” and l “Match-maker, from whom a promise of who happens to wear his clothes is likewise obtained. prevailing style of Toronto, has been visiting this place for some time, and, although he seems to mind his own business, yet there are a number of; . o l ‘. ' ~. . graeeless “snobs” who have as little 3 might get :ggei , ‘badl he only put his {li‘Z‘i honinl l:.r business as sense, and who seem to dis- l play an, uncommon amountof ill-breed- i, and kissed Lair, when they was sittiu' or. ing and bad “bringingmp,” and with an E the bank by the bridge.” Anal tin..- unpardonable disregard to the courtesy l the story goes on, lIlCi‘ifi‘.‘l-i‘.:,f in due to strangers, seem to hare nothing tndc as it passes else to do but congregate in groups l another, till it ha about one of the taverns, especially on 1 slander. the Sabbath, and, having neither cduea- . This tattiing and talking a; tion or intelligence sufiicient to niakeionc’s neighbors, I am sorry ' ‘ any entertaining tOpic the subject oft the peace and quiet of the village, lr tun conversation, make the “plug” and the . much practiced, and I had thought in dress of this “ Toronto gentleman," as writing this article, if these tattlcrs he is styled, the subject of discussion ; = were to see a life-like painting of then,h and, if the subject of their remarks l selves in print, it might be the nzcans t V tum,” .; causing them to “‘ :rce . ‘r . . , . and or chasing tim- l in the l, the utmost secrcsy ‘ “ You well know, my dear Eli-a iMatch-maker,” Hrs. Tattler remark. “ this is an awful place for tails; anl if we said anything about it in»; sun-'2' . ‘ . ». L - urt !' i' u 11:1: . so duae..~. L .l“ "~ ~‘ . 0 from use t:..e- rater \J S UUL'UIBS (l 'lLr'jl‘IE'f happen to be passing when these enter- taining? subjects are being discussed, . others see them,” WhiCh sometimes has been the 0389, evil practice. I was amused the other such remarks as “Let‘s get a plug and day when a lady said to me : “ Did you then we Will be a Town“) gentleman,” ever see such a town as this for tall; ‘: by one Of the “ Yunng Anlericasin 110' 3 You can’t do anything but some one companied by a 50” Of 'a half idiotic ' has something to say about it I I never chuckle by the rest of the party, will be l was in such a place for tall: in my life’.” made in load tones, intended {91' his 93", And then immediately commenced tall: and if he happens to look around at ing, in no endearing terms of a number these wise? youths, they at once turn of her own neighbors, telling me has their backs to him and dr0p their headsl Mrs. A. had had a quarrel with 13.3 as if ashamed 0f their f09h5h and dis- husband, what Mrs. C. had said abet: graceful .Prating- l, Mrs. 13., and how that nearly ever; - . no L_1I_?.-_ -1...“ Now, it is a burning shame and dis. 1i grace, that a, stranger cannot visit liisis friends in this village without being in- sulted, when quietly attending to his own business, by a senseless pack of ‘l young upstarts, whose only knowledge of etiquette and good breeding consists lin standing on the street corners on a windy day to watch the pretty feet and ancle of the ladies, to the evident dis- . quiet of the fair oivners, and making: foolish and senseless remarks ahout the 1 dress of Strangers, because it does not! happen to he of the same style as that! worn by themselves. If they do not know, their parents or guardians -â€"it would almost seem that they are without-1 such blessingsâ€"should teach them that! such actions, on their part, will not benc- fit the reputation of their village, but, those who are gentlemenâ€"and I am happy to say that Hanover can boast of | at least a fewâ€"â€"will also suffer from the . general bad reputation the village will . necessarily sustain by the ungentleman- ly actions of these ignorant upstartsâ€" “ We may go through the world, but ’twill I 2 1 be very slow If we listen to a?! that is said as we go ; We’ll be worried, and frettish, and keep in a stew, For meddleeome tongues will have some- Yes, people uzh talk; and the peculiar kind of gossip of which I am about to write, in Hanover, is confined mostly to the fair sex. I do not wish it to be un derstood, however, that all of the Han l lover ladies 8.18 guilty of talking about their neighbors: there are some high minded womenâ€"-God bless themâ€"Who are not guilty of the charge, but are above such petty business. This tat- tling about neighbors I believe is prac- ticed more or less in all small villages, but Hanover, I think, Will stand first on ithe list in that line. {Mme Taie-begrer, did you ever hear the like I don’t you believe, Miss Care- ‘1055 was down to the bridge last. m’nin’ Mrs. Grundy visits Mrs. Tale-bearer, and, with dignity, remarks: “ Why, HAxovEn, May 11, 1870. thing to doâ€" F or people wiil talk." fishin’ with Tom Bobkins! I never heerd on a such a thing as a girl fishin’ in my day; a respectable girl would no more do such a thing than nothin’. It was a very foolish thing for her to do, and then that Bohkins is Such an awful iflirt; people will talk about it, I know.” “ Yes, Mrs. Grund3, people will he apt to talk about it, but then I know Katy is a good girl, perhaps a little thoughtless, but meant no harm. \\ e will say nothin’ ’bout it. and perhaps Epcoplc will not noticei it. ” H ‘7.” causing them to 5:33 n. gent others see them,” and of checking thia evil practice. I was amused the other day when a lady said to me : “ Did you ever see such a town as this for talk ‘3 You can’t do anything but some one has something to say about it ! I never was in such a place for talk in my iifei" And then immediately commenced talk- ~i1-u: “- .|‘\-' x-‘ [VOLUME 4, N0. 10. ing, in no endearing terms of a number of her own neighbors, telling me how Mrs. A. had had a quarrel with her husband, what Mrs. C. had said nhocit. Mrs. 13., and how that nearly every woman in the village was talking about some of their neighbors, no doubt for- getting that she, by her conversation with me, was leaving herself liable for a i like charge. This talking disparagingiy of om's neighbors IS the bane of a neighborhood. If your coat is not of the best material, or a little old, some one will be apt to make some remark in reference to your poverty : “ If threadbare your coat or old-faqbioned your dress, Some one 3f course will take notice of tt. :8, And hint rather close that you can t p: .y [$1.50 per Annum. your way, But don’t get excited whatever they sayâ€" I7 or people will talk." And then if you have a new coat and-- “ If you dress in the fashion, don't think to escape, For they criticise then in a far dxfi‘crcm shape 3 You’re afiead of your means, or your bins are unpaid, But mind your own business, ‘and keep straight aheadâ€"- For people will talk." If peeple would take time and con- sider the great amount of unhappiness caused by this idle gossip, I think there would be less of it. They certainly would not drOp, even thoughtlessly, a. word or two which in themselves per haps could do no harm. yet, in the tale bearer, will bring unhappiness to, land hard feelings between neighbors, lwho hitherto had lived peaceably and quiet, CD30) mg themselves by frequent , interchange of visits, and not having a leloud to obscure the bright horizon of gthe happiness enjoyed by their social intercourse. But when this evil spirit enters a neighborhood it may justly be Friendship is destroyed; and neigh there who have been floating gaily down ,ithe limpid stream of happiness and Eipeaee. with each other are new strug- gling 1n the turbdlant waters of strife and unhappiness. ’ More anon. VIN“ l l 1 “Its glory has deported.’ Lsu’t so dreadfu’ rm ’x'ouud lxrl' y was sit-tin" on to.” And thus