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Northern Advance, 15 Feb 1860, p. 1

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...__________ . saw the `wisdom and the expediency of the condition, and sought to adapt, that condition to my own particular require- ments. Then , an impulsive passion for an.-individual `had impelled n_ie.~ towards marriage ;; now, having syllogistically proved thedesirableness of marriage, `I made deliberate search for the individual who. should be the fit. means to the ac- - complishment of that endif It is by the heart only that "man is misled; let `him use his reason, and he is safe. . - 1- I 1..,:___.. L. n...., LIDG um Auuovu, any nnv Cur ..-.--- `I had professional business in Vthes North of England, and I arranged to stay for a night, on my way, at the seat AP .. r..;..m: in nnp nf the midland coun- stay 10` 3 Illgilln, U1] U1 Wily, an Ivuu avum of a friend in one of the midland coun- ties. Of course this friend had a daugh- ter- I went to view this daughter, as I should have gone to look atthe points of _ a.- horse which'I thought might suit me, if ~ I had Wanted a horse. I had seen, Miss Dalton` in London. during the last ~4 ___. CL- 1....) all Okn pnnrnzaifo at"- LVIISS UEXEOH H1 huuuuutuuuug ILIU luau season; She had all the requisite ad--V vantages which I have mentioned above ; and to .this favored person'I, the Grand Seigneur, felt inclined at length to throw the handkerchief. I would see her at -home, and then make up my mind in the airmative ornegative; On the railway platform I met an old friend-. van nllmor than Inmthpr- He was in `runway 1uu.uuuu .1. uuzu uu._ vnu nu... no. other than Lowther. He was 1 deep"mourning, and his -black dress, to- ] gether with the change which time had 1 ` worked on -him, made me at rst uncer- I1 tain of his identity. However, in a mo- ment we recognized each other, shook hands, and took our seats in the same . carriage. My heart gave one throb, and < slept again. . I had not seen Lowther I 1 since his marriage. He had broadened : intoia. portly country -gentleman, and. his stolid countenance had gained a gravity which not unlike wisdom. His ; voice had a majestic roll on it, and his i low speech 9, deliberation suggestive of l well-wedged words. sIg was amused [at the form into which his juvenile - istolidity had ripened. I learned from i his conversation that his wife was not- ; long dead; _ Again, the throb at my fl heart, and a. long` quivering, tremor, ere _! it subsided to rest. Poor -Daisy! Her ; girlish gure rose before me vividly for W .. .-m.-mnnt and than o-mduallv faded. gll'll_Sl1 ngure I036 DCIUIU uu: Vnuury run a moment, and then gradually faded. I noted on:.Lowther s nger a memorial ring of brownihair, and round it im- lprinted Margaret? .Lowther was 3 bound for an estate of his in the north, lnot far from my ultimate destination. l. He made me promise to come to him for a day before I returned to London. _ A meeting with an old fellow-collegian is always pleasant, the sociality of those early days eretainsihold upon us through life." Lowther and -I, for this and other causes, were glad to see each other, and shook hands heartily and warmly when we separated. ` - `l A- .._--_L2...; 1-... 41...; nnlfnna -to the bachelor. It is something to be i 1 better in the old`-l'a sl1ioned' country-house 4 " duties diligently performed by her. I `liked her stories about the village folk, A pervade her -accomplishments and her . of that lately. Allthese little favorable. _ traits were thrown. in over andabove _ the essentials in the bargainewhich I meditated. i ' ` ~ ` ~ `'~ `*1'--~'r_~-- ` . s . I My reception by the Daltons was" g kindly, andihad the -domestic charm i about it which is wondrously agreeable received en famille when one has not .a 1 home of one s own. - Iliked Amy Dalton `1 than in the London ball-rooms. I liked her kindness tothe children when they came down after dinner. Children can- not be bribed or scolded into acting love. I likedthe hints which I heard of her household handiness, and of homely showing-, not in the way of exhibition, A howoshe visitedotheir cottagesoand read to thern. Above all, Iliked her because she did not_try to captivate me, _did not virtues before me. . I hiid seen tooxmuch for to-morrow s post. I wrote my letters, V of Daisy rose within rne-thoughts long slip, the sketches, her j childish petu- : heart awoke fr'om-its_sle ep, and procldim- `Wed `its '0mn'ipbt'_ence,-; and. ffigid rea'sonij ,shrn is `away before its bercerh `At night Iretired to the library. I ll had writingto do, which mustlbe, done and threw myself into an easychair by ' the dying re. Instead of'Amy, thoughts stied and dead. Those `summer days came ba_ck-the wanderings of the Land- lence, her wild spirits; her ts of melan- choly, her foolish dreamsfaud fspe'cula- tions. I remembered how she used to disappear in the hazel-thickets; how her little head had laid upon my knees; how at that last partying she had thrown her- self into my arms and passionatelyrkissed me. Now that she was dead, it seemed as if her marriage with Lowther was wiped away. She was mine oneemore`. The old` feelings rushed back in a torrent. I tried -to stem them, but" in vain. My _`___A}._ nvsutvsn -4 I 1 si:epter.. VIII..--.. ope 'l`h8l'0 3 SONHCL v .I.llU uuuyuv vs tm'ned,and the door cteaked and Go.odGod'!was,I.1nad? - ~ 'r|.`.;-A in than door-wav5.stood Daisy- iT{; | in advance; A T opened. uooo uoax was Llunu . There, in` the doorway, stood Da.isy- .a1ittlo gtire drssed` in black, the same; thin 'ia,o_,' the same f heavy T hair. A mom9,,t,.and `she wins gone. -I rushed f_1Orwaitd;i!. th..:. wazynothing-. .A 1.`..........+.I.lg maaknssx this. MY jiorward, and then: wasjnogmug. `A lamentahlmweakness this. My [head was aectqql, `_My will came into . ;actiop,_apd beifdown the Sttilgglings of = !nyj._heqrt; upd st1juhg`my nerves with its_ aim ?fi.i.r-g`exs.V, ,ind.V 'b`r. my. Wild`. thugI::.:;uu Thialimpxgtugd 0. my *0? 131%-mih; hatbeen -.a _ 5.4-3ruh~ainnnn; . Lxnm tiredjud-. feverish *ii1_1h.ginut,ipn; ~. - T 2 my~JouI'D_3Y1`3nd`I'h`A'- "`1 A! th - mo: get the'~bet_tr f: .m- "` F" `....`. .-....iJ-I;`m2~ an m I.` glin:|'|-(lilies 00110119! IBYI ,1llQl!gnIl;I.o get nuuucuw. V. ...... . ___ fn_evTer"1t Vuch `absurdities `oo_nque-I ` " " iaye"b1x;u`fool: V ~ 1i58hte'd"ii1,'l,"_, A . K, w_;ll.;n';d xeggogg, whupr ugyigg`: You `went tb I t 0. - j ' ' I1:-6., sound, The handle of .____ _.1 -._.1 .1... Ann]! nraglrrl and i _ , hive Vseen little Daisy to-night, as unde- niably as you ever saw her in old days. Do you remember the frpmise that who- .anov Shlll 001118 eve; die other '1 Brdad suhlight .m(;stly' ispels the imaginative lunacies of overnight. I had feverish dreams, in which Daisy and Amy played fantastic parts, interchang- ;...... n...:.- 1'r1pntitv---AmV dead. Daisv lhe A Nottlmtn % .7\imau:%e% Amy playeu IlllubI_U gun ta, unscuu--aus- ing their identity--Amy dead, Daisy alive again--becominginextricably con- fused in each other,`.until-they united and mingled into one phantom, which I pur- sued vainly-a shadow sometimes un- quenchable, and hopeless, with amental determination. nnconquerable as it was fruitless. _But all these clouds of dark- ness melted away at once before-the cold `light of the morning sun. When I descended to breakfastl was the same ` calrn,_ reasonableperson I had been . the day before. The vision of the previous ' night had been a dream, like the dreams which succeeded it; that was certain. I banished` the trival, incident from my ` mind resolutely. Amy scheerful, fresh, quiet face, as she presided at the early breakfast, had a soothing intience over ..... --.1..:..t. T ......ann.ul nu vat smother. Dl'e&KH1S_I, Iran a. suuuuug Iuuuouvu vn... me, which I accepted as yet another. When- we were married the constant presence of that quiet face would affect benecially my daily 1if'e-make my head clear, keep my nerveswcool. _ - ll .1 `I'\ 1L-__._ A.`I__a. ......\-..I.-un-'nnr1 ucuu ulcax, nuyr nu: nu. v ....V...... I left, the Daltons that morning`, and V proceeded on my journey. My business in the north wasaccomplished ; and two days after, I arrived` at Sir Hercules Lowthcr s, just in time to joinhim in his solitary dinner. He was dull and silent ; the house had a mournful, deserted `aspect; the servants moved about with a mute lips and noiseless feet. All brought Daisy to my mind,but this time not so. much in connection with my own feel- ings as in the character of_my friend s dead wife. 1 pitied him for his loss. As we sat by the re over our wine, he . began to talkabout his wife, speaking in a rough, simple pathos of how good she had been, and `what a blessing to him. "nu 1 _ _:,a --._: ...... cl... o.-....l... unu Iqccu, uuu u u-av - -v---~---5 ~~ V.-. , Poor Daisy! I said,using the tender diminutive involuntarily. All you say ofvher is true I know. You were ha 1 I a ` vi 0 ' """"--`~ "H" T` `-6 cnmofhina tn OI Her IS ll'll(:3, 1 lkuuw. Lvu jrvuu; llulrl-J m 'marrymg her. It 1s something to have had` her to loose. ll xr-'_,ss 1... ..........,..mA Innlzinrr nf mp. nave nau ner LU mums. ` Yes, he answered, looking at me meditatively. Butonly those who knew her can judge of my loss. I feel that you sympathize with me, old friend, and5thank you for it; but did you not know lier.- . V 11 11-. 1__.,.... `l..-.. D 'hnr11nn {Link 1 Knov_vner."- .Not kno\v her ! Do you think I have forgotten the old Isle-of-Wight. days ! Why, Lowther, I too once loved this little Daisy of yours,I may say so now. You will not be jealous of me. ` ' Knew` my wife ! loved my wife 1 he ' gasped out, syllable by syllable, with a slow horror and astonishment.~ Yes, you must.-have known it then, I said; (I was wild when you` married her.` But all this is past longzagov; and, `remembring what she was I only feel for you theomore. - u Iimma rriv with I he still muttered. A for 1ne In0re." Loved my wife ! he still muttered, in stolid sort of wonder. Lovede my wife ! Daisy ! What! There isa mis- take, he said,and his face brightened slowly into intelligence. There is a mistake. You surely know whom] ma_rried 2 u (r_- 99 I ....:;.J nor-fo:I I1\Y T An.` marnea 5" - _ - Yes,1 cried, certainly I do. Daisy Mainwaring. _ A Never. You are wrong. I startedat him aghast, and pointed to the ring which he wore. Whose hair is that '1 ' ` ..1u__ _....... .-o:t'n9n T mm-rim] mv . my a mg marriage . tion true. , quent u 1` an gnnupi _n`Qnp hair IS mat 1" My poor Wife s.e I married my a mere boyish fancy. I would have not -marry me ; and thank heaven for it. iMy wife only, in all the world, could make me so happy as I have been. He `sighed and went on : However did you come by this false notion ! How on earth did it enter your head 2 By slow degrees I recalled and ex- plained how I had heard of his marriage. It was not easy for me, having held the event for so long as an established fact, to bring to my mind the recise manner in which the "news he reached me. i However, I succeeded, in recallingthe letter from `my friend, and also the con- i rmation of the former tidings, in.re- calling the letter, received in Italy. I learned (but not wholly then) what had been the true state of the case. When friend wrote of Lowther s approach- to Daisy, Lowther had been willingenough to make that user- It was at that time that she had refused to marry him ; and conse- pon this refusal seemed to me to have been his marriage with his cousin Whether in niuue. or cousin, Margaret Lowther; not Daisy Mainwaring, as you call her.` That was ` married her at one time, but she would ; veyancer;`Ip Gommissiuuer in I Apri. 16,1856, IIEVB ueeu ula nuunuusu wu_... ..... --..--_. so soon after. Whether ll] pique, whether in` the way of consolation, did not clearly a pear, but, at all events, the marriage ha turned out happily. My mother : notication to me was substan- tially true: Lowther was married at that time. . V Daisy, then, was not dead; but the hantom of that night_-how was it to '-he_r,vand Lowthergtold me he had lost sight ofherasomei time ; thataer her L Ithe't"s, death she had gone out as gov- ; -ei'nes_s`;` t_hat`he had oered help to her .-in vain; that shejwas too proudto accept 7' 'h_el_pi;om;ai1 old,lov`er. - -0; LI -`:0 ,-,- O_ O` O"O in explained `lo I asked for news about ' ` T On my way back I called again at the_ 7 D:ilton s. As Iwiralked b the side of f'Amy_:~ the wintry gar an, I asked '.gbrp ` y:` Havoayoua governess here? V Z eu`,jh`aaps,wer ed,,a.litt1esutprised :a `Mi8!;.1,ai'nwarin . e is; , O11 remember U16 {plums Luau Vv_uvf died rst shoulcr come to to the, , III Sha1l'I go on any- tnore, little wife ! Shall I tell them how hard I found it to win you back to me? how I, the Grand Seigneur, did not get my wife by a. mere throwing of the handkerchief, but was obliged to go on my knees ;_ obliged to outrage all foregone lconclusnons and `determinations about my matrimonial needs, and about the proper View and bearings of matrimony! Shall I tell them offal] you1;_troubleds }i1n those long years 0 separa non` an ow you are changed thereby, and yet the same ! graver, soberer, wiser-e uable and quiet-'-but Daisy still? ` 0 do you say,I have written enough? Then I will write no more. With the import of these three words {ore subject, and "the thirty thousand readeta of the Advocate for an,audience, we bespeak a. re- spectful reading. We do not mean to insult you by the com- ,mand,.and therefore, hope you will hold in abeynnce your rising anger, when we himply request you to keep your tongue. nnnml nnnn it- there is a needed necessity request to rceep your umguc. t Depend upon it, there is a needed necessity for you to do so, or else we would not presume tomake the request. ` ' For if you do not keep your tongue secure with the anchor of moderation, you cannot have acalm and clear conscience. u- ...... .......I.l I'\I\I l... mum! and rlrinm nnt h8V8 a calm ann ctear cuttecturrue. If you would not be tossed and driven out upon the great sea of strife and trouble, keep your tongue :- ' _ From excessive talking. Wortly, persist- ent `talkers whose tongues run like a race horse, are booked as sinners by the Bible: "for in the multitude of words there wanteth V not sin. The wise man, in his day, reco nized this clattering, babbling class as very oolish peo- ple, and sententiously declared, "that the tnouthol fools poureth fourth foolishness. . But when this excessive talking assumes the habit of scolding, and a man becomes the fretful, peevish, or common brawler, or a wo- man degenerates into a common scold, then the truth will not-be questioned that, it is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman. or man. 'l'umults, anger,~re venge or strife, ever fol-' low in the train of such uneven tempers. _ And when, as the old sailor would say, it ' is blowing great guns about the head, men, with a peculiar look, will quote the proverb: top, than with al brawling `ts-omanin a wide house. And doubtless some men would gladly betake themselves to the garret, it they 3 could only compromise a peace by so doing. Ami rnanvn awn;-.1 temnered. and heavenlv it is better to dwell in a corner of the house- ' could only cuulpluuuau a peace u_, nu uuu-5. And manyn sweet tempered, and heavenly minded woman, would hide herself in an inner chamber, if she could only save herself from a rough. crabbed, or dram-drinking husband. II-.. at... mnliunt fnnnrl unn nnl ) nn vnn "-' ' 1 `October 24, 1859. rnugn, crauueu, Ur umlu-ulummg uueuuuu. Has the sulject foundtyou out ? Do you begin to assume adefensive attitude? Then there was a necessity for the request, keep your tongue. . W9 beseech von.not to throw the paper tongue. We beseech you not paper down. We did not intend to make you angry, only with the habit of talking and scolding so much. You are a man of too much sense, and you are a woman of too much character to y into apet, and therefore, we make still on- other request of you, and that is: ` Keep ymtr tonguefrom slander. What! slander? Yes. Does not the very word itself sound keen. pungent, develish `I l)..n ...... .1. run} intend on nlml-an mg with word tlselt sounu Keen. pungent, uuvuuun 1 But you do not intend to charge me with slandering any one? Well, keep your temper and read on. You willagree with us. that almost every community is more or less afflict- ed with such characters. nu ...... ntfnl mhiannr n utm-v. rnnnrl_ nr tall ed with eucn cttaructcra. Did you ever whisper a story, report, or tell a tale, in the ear of your neighbor in the utmost condence. with atpledged seal of eecresy upon the lip, which, if it should come to an open exposure, would damage character ? &'.id you ever say, with an expression of right- eous innocence, to another, well really, I am sorry for Mr. B. that he should have been guilty of so detestable a thing; I could not have believed it, but .` it comes so direct from Mrs. Tattle, that lam troubled about it? And then, you let fly the keen and polished shaft, from the bow of slander, and the poisoned arrow` went hurling forth to. accomplish its direful results. ` rnr... 1'... :. :6` Inn nninn In a xninrn ntnmi. ulrtmn lcauuu. , The fact is, If we come to a severe exami- nation, it will come to pass that almost all of us are more or less guilty of slander. m.....:.... .m}.n lhn vnlml current of aossin are more or less gumy UI amuuur. Floating upon the vexed current of gossip in every community, you hear of orphaned re_- marks, tatherless reports, and rnotherless speechese. all derogatory of character, to a greater or less degree, and each one feels enti- tlod to pass these slandere and charge them, when questioned, to that mysterious person, they say! Amt it would mam that in some places this they say 1" _ Andjtjwould seem that places this great rm of'They Say 81. Co., arg cnrrymg can an immense wholesal and retail trade of tirm ol "1 may Day at ban" 8'? I=i"') 'K on an iniinense ap_d I'8lB|_l lradq whispering, babbling, back- bmng, tale-bearing and slander in all forms. _ un.-. I.:nn.- fmmminn am thug nnmmd In and slander In an Ionns. What hitter fountains are thus opened in thousands of hearls and homes! at A.lJ.a.7a nninnn in nmlnr lhtr ling. said thousands ol nearls anu nomea: _ A Adder a poison is under their lipe,smd one whose whole life smarted under their stings; and thousands echo the bitter expe- rience. _ _ ur- ...m..t :n (In! with lhnndanno nmnhasls ).u5ua auun.-.n...., .... . A Toronto , N ovcmber, Hence. We sound it out with thundering emphasis to the thousands who funn our audience- keep.yo_ur lonzuea. Ah. ml Ah- madam! vou mav tame the keep.)-our tongues. Ah, sir! Ah, madam! you may wild beast of the forest, or crvilize the savage flom Africa, but never, never will you be able to arrest the progress of that cruel word which ' you uttered no carelessly yesterday morning or Int night. 7 A Th. Rihln nlnnrir intimate: that the rename" The Bible clearly intimates that the repeate' of slander is alike guilty with the originator The learned Dr. South, we think. says, that the teller and repeater of slander ought both to be hung; the one by the tongue, and theother by the ears. And if sympathy should go so for as to ory out, cut them down, let it be done, but with the tone of the tongue in the. one, and the ears of the other. If such a sen- ,tence were to heexeouted now`-a-days, what u tongueleee and eerlese nee we should hev l _ `l&.....o:.u. luv Illa nunnl Ind arv famrot IV ! Inecntion by the sword and ery faggot hue ceu-ed. but is there not 3 persecution by the shup and ery tongue mgimz ercely, cm- tinz down and consuming its victims`! ' rm um mom: than be mm: out over the land down and consurmng nu ucmns 1 Let the mono then be tuna the audthrough the Church`: Keep [out tongues! 80 endeth the` rs: ro1ding.- cw Orleans Oltriuiau Aoocale. V A p_pnri6ir e neat his recently been discov- ered Iii the roof of. Pnltenylovm church, and `etrai)7ge.Io'sny',r uotvillgsmnding the eeverit of `_Ihe."weeIher'.- ipeorrteined llrl Lewly- `d _'_...v_` nan. Inrnumlg. `Ill. and $2 50% if not paid" [ within six months. weather, it ponmneu Inna Keep Your Tongue. No. 7. 'VV ILLI AM LA\VRIE,' Licensd, Auct_ionee_r for ` Barrie, and the Townships of West Gw1111m- bury, Tecnmsetll, Innisl, and E533. ` _ 24 ' June 13:11, V _ A. . ' ??______________________..___ .u\.hvu, vu uuu... .. _--._, Barrie , Feb. ' 26, lS58. H. LAWRENCE, Life, Fire and .\{a.1-me Insur- ; ance, and House, Land and Town Lot Agent, Conveyancer, Commissioner in B. R., &c., Issuer of Marriage Lic'enses.-0c, Hurpn Strget, Col- lingwood. . . am. 14. 1957. ` s 42 RILLIA HOUSE, Orillia. James Quinn, Pro-` 3 - prielor. The above Hotel has ample and suitable accommodation. . Qctober22,1858. . ` T ~ 43. B`_lU`1`Ul7aKlL'l\ U Dl\ll':.V, Lusvv. ` of Simcpe, Duulop St.rect.._ Barrie, June 1, 1859. Is published Weekly, in the Town of Barrie, every WEDNESDAY morning, containing` the current news of `the day, and all matters pertaining` to the aifairs of -the County. Price $2 in advance, or $2.50 if not paid within airmonths from d_a.t.e' of subscription. _. - V Anvsimsmq.--_Six lines or under, first insertion, 50c. ; each subsequent one 12c.- Over six lines, 7.-. nr 4d. ner line. first insertion; each subse- 1` ARRIAGE L1cENsEs,-JoHN lnbss, .of Sunnidale Station has been oicially appointed. to issue Marriage Licenses for that District, and will keep a..'supply~ constantly on hand. . V T 42 ` October 15, 1858. voL. IX. neatness and despatch. AVID DOU.GAL'S :Bdsedd and Chair Manu- A factory, opposiuethe Registry Oice, Barrie; Wliousehold Furniture of various , descriptions constantly on hand, or made to "order. `Wood - Turning, in all its branches, ex_cnt.ed with Apnl_14,l855., _ V - . .-14 - 1_RED1:`.R1(`K o`1;nn-:.\'", Revenuluspector, Co. {- -4` u;......-m hmnn Street. Eonm: -Rosmson, not and Shoe `mum, Gollingwood. All ,0:-lets in the above line manufactured under his own inspection, and w'ar- ' ranted for neatgess and strength._ ~ `I |'OH`N.F. DAVIES, Acouutant, couector, ~ ` .... .......s.- -` Inam-nncp, Land & General Ag rt muse W no Imv.y- pmuc u Barrie, August. 3, 1857. s. MOFFATT,f Orilli GENERAL MER- . CHANT, Is.-1uer,of Marriage Licenses, &c. L..;..L.... n a noun 4g_1_f U` swag ugson, 0pp_08lIB we \I'l'BlI|ll1l!' Dcnuvn, Barrie. Anything in the above linehe executes. in the best manner, either in Town or Con`ntry,- and on rensoneble terms. He is willing to receive ' in payment two-thirds in Produce or Store-`pay, ` ' ghdl one-third in Cash. Chimne shuilt on_-.tAhe but pmgipye, and warranted to w. n-_4-...|..- `IA 1H5- 3" token BROWN, ngickuyer, Plgsterer sud stone Mason, opposnte the Ggauunnr Sch001. ~n.....:. Anvthimz the lmehe each subsequent one 1z;c.- uvcr aux nuca, 7c. or_4dL per line, first insertion; ' qnent one, 2c.:or ld. Professional or Business Cards-$4 a-year; $3 for six months, if not 7 more than ten lines. _Special contracts can be -made by the year, or fractions of a year. Orders todiscontinue Advertisementsto be madein ' writing. _ No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at thevoption-of the publisher; . _ Pnmrms, Booxnmnlxc and Rumno done on the ` prcmises._ The facilities `of the Establishment are more complete than any other North of Toronto, having been carefully tted `outin every particular. _ Communications should be addressed to the sub- scriber, post-paid. - ' R. J. `OLIVER. I- . February 22, 1859. iusincss % mitcttorg. lllgWUUlh Oct. 14, 1357. m~.a.e.T shove 1ine'.me'_m;od tg.sfv;th pnx;cu,;.g;;.,. ..HOnDSW_0RTH, can B aid" 1; ` - H. Street, Barrie. Orders a`:l`k`1ez::l_g `V .-nd';iviorkv9rtsnted- . .. " `+"`I`."."v{`.~3`v"'.*"' L W 33`. I )ROV'_IICI'AL INSURANCE COMPANY.--T um-rip, Aarencv. George Lane. ~1mus'ro1>m_s11z HARRISON, Depository 5: the J Pattie Branch Bib_le Society, Dunlap Street. ['7 B. CLARK.,VLicense.d Auctiotieef nd Com-V mission Merchant, Dunlap St.., Barrie. 8_ Iilli [II sunny, -.7.. septexinber 14, 1853:". token BROWN, xiricimyer, mi r ;:......a Mason. onnosite Grammar School. NSON-'& 'MACNAB,- General dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Wines and Spirits, Hard- ware, and Crockery. _ ' ` Cgsh 1-.a.idVfor all kinds-bf Produce. .` . VD.L.SmaoN ..... .,.._...,..;..,.....A.M&;NAn. V 0'1-illiu, 24th Qct'.,"18_59. A . 43-1y 'oi1'1'I-l.*Lbt S."Liuiiir-$1!-r`lhir5-vct.TKi-31 " "W _ 'l`oro`nto;',.0`o1In'l `-an `Plugs .;,`:....`w "'2 .....T A.c.....,...{ .%n.-::".-..:s...`; \,V11s.5, Accountant, uuucuuur, um.- - Insm'an'-e, Land Agent; 5 in B. 11., &c., Bradford. `~13 14 [NSU RAN U I`) UUMIS An L .- Barrie Agency, George . ~ 7 4 5 ,1) n-, Con- A went. : 37` B, ORRISUN &- SAMPSON, Barristers, Attor- ` neys, Solicitors, &c. On-1cn-Western As- ssurance Buildings, Church 'SLreeL,.Toi'onto, C.W. Angus Morrison, D. A..Su.u_ipaon. . m-___.,.-\v,........1m.- far.-1 -- 45,1`,- 'l_'here is1mnny_ an hour inthe lifetime of There is many a moment in every hour; And an angel's broad wing on his shoulder he wears, \`Vho never gives passion` one nioment of_po_wer,- ~ `Vito never grows haughty in fortuneland pride, \`Vho nevergrows bitter in pain and regret; " VVho speaks God's own Justice, -and nothing `beside, And leaves us noword to Forgive and Forget. We all burn with passton and tremble with wrath; \Ve all speak harsh words that were better uitsaid; we all take false steps -in humnnity s tiath, _ Andtrumple on others, sometimes, as we tread: ' And shall we refuse to anothes demand . ' ` The pardon so on we have needed and met? Shall we plead with the lip while we shnt tip the hand, ' And only our own fatilts 'Forgive an`d Forget? ' who wrongs ..;... degrodes himself rm. than me, -Gives me the, world s'pity*, himself the disgrace; But when he repents, and I turn fmm hisvplea, ' He suifers my wrong, and I stand in hisplace. _ ' , 0, help us, great Heaven! to treasure no more _The shadows and wrongs in our memory? set. - \Vave the wing of thy beace. all ourhitterness o er, And tench ns. like 'l`heAe,Vto Forgive and}-`orgetl Frm Sharpen; l4mdon`1\*Iag'nzin. -. . (Continued.)_ A . VAutumn came; _t_1ie,las't roses died dutof the gardens; the- leaves of the sumach began to tum blood-red; our Igreenjplatforrn in th Landslip had be- come `sere andyellow under hot harvest ,.-.-_ mt... f:rnn Inna r-nrnn. when I.was `S8173 aIlU.~y_UuUv_v uuucu uvv Jnu: vvuv suns. ,The._t1me had come when I-was to , leave Ventnor for Cambridge. I walked with Daisy to our first trysting`-` 'pl_-ace for-the last time-` She was grave- and sad, and she" broke out intqone of her (its of misery, which I_ had not heard EV for a,lo.ug time; She threw herselfon i the sbdden grass, and hiduher .little'f-ace ,.- ...... `rnnnc v Qhp Fm-nhned all kinds ' the sodden grass, uuu mu .uc| -nuuc Lauo on my knees." She forebeded all kinds of evil. We should never see each other any more ; sheshould die ; Ishonld die; 1"should cease to 1oveAher.- She ended wihjchildisll subs as if herheart -wquld break. I stroked her luxuriant . _.-.:| ..1.:,'lm`I and ennthml her- 'I`hp_n '\VOUld UrC`U.Ko I SLIUl\_UU. HUI 1UAllllc||lIf llair, andchided and soothed her. Then she seated herself quietly at*my feet, and afterba long silence began to `specu- late dreamily on 'v_vhat we should do during the se_parat1on._ -\Ve' were to think of each other at 11- certain time` ,4 3...; . ...,. om.-nnlurnvc in thin}: nf; think -OI 83.011. Ollltir at ,u.' ucllaiu Iau.uI;_ every day; we wereealways to think of each other at night before we went to sleep, and so tryto dream of each other. It was not impossible, she thought, that in` dreams we - might actually: meet. Such things had been ; why should they .not be now? .The old philosophers could separate their souls from `their. bodies by intense thought. She believed rmly it might be done. Again`, there iwere strange sympathies often between. . twin-brothers--each` knew when the A Vlother was il_l--each-felt the` joy or sor- row of the other. We loved each other better "than twin brothers edid,. why should it not be the same with us ! She was sure she would know if` I wereil1"; A shewould feel happy when I was hap- n._ _._.1 -..I...... `I (mm and Silnnnsindshe. for her to come _to_me to say or to summon me to herdeath-bed ! r If . -for the- dead tocome and see the living ! dear friends that the one who died Irst should? come from the future worldand ' This seemed to comfort her,-and I scold- `with my motherduring the `Christmas _ There were. but two. months, ` .of. separation, and I talked to her. of th_is',j' `and tried to cheer her `by th_'e'pros ct7o('_ V vacation. last. meeting. in the old place was very a sad--as different from the" rst as was . the yellow from the grass, the gray-sky ~ from the blue, the bitter east wind from Sl1e_W0ulQ IGUI. uuppy wucu lr py, sad when I was sad. Supposing she; was to die suddenly, would it be possible g0d'bye9 .I. vvua Jnu either of V us died, would it be? possible --to make its presence known '!---to ap- pear visibly as it used to be in the'esh. !- Agreements had been made between visit the other, would I make this agree- mentjwith her`! She was pertinaeious on thepoint: she would have thisagree-' `ment made.` To satisfy her I acceded,` and ratied the promise with. a kiss, ed her for her` foolishness. It had been arranged that she was to come and stay so soon meeting again; Still` t is our , _ -..n. .......+ , uugu Ionu nlnvlv, the soft we_s_t. ..U8.l_8y Ciguu tu us an vuuauugu, u..... that Christmas saw the" endof our en-. gage ment-. ` It is useless to detail all`th mun umi-ds and doings which "led to gngement. ' u. 18 useless I0 uetuu uu Luz; petty words and doings which led to. this rupture. My mother is dead. rest her soul!) and the wrong thatjshe did was done for love of me. `Shejold have been jealous of any one whom `I loved better than herself-for whom` I1 meditated leavingher; and to Daisy she had taken astrong dislike,-4 before she. `even sawrher. A Theyrwete the oppo- sites of each other, and could',`no_imore. sympathise, than re could` mingle with water. My "mother was of eo1d,'ten:_1.- perament, precisely bred, _lfo'okingV_' upon. , A surface properties as vital me.t_tej's_.;',. never suffering a wgvve.o .pass_ifori"oi*strong` ` " feeling to disturb the visibles l6, \'6,1701;'he.e|' nature, proud` of her: blood and of. 3 hettolilpetent wealth. ,~zDaisywus:what`~ I have sketched,` her_;i,7'2":I; I'L1'd,i 5 1il1|'09V`l' She and? neithr~=!**i L sgmed abnt`%h*$disre~:=arnatr:n:9th- 1 ti 9rthvd=s:r~*w-ei- new it ~. L L , ; _ ye;:`sv.deep'f,__ . 94?!%3*9hB:m.:heiraA_ L ' `...Z~:tr.h6r: _ ..V. _ ` .,:s . PMTON &. ARDAGH, Bm-ristAers and Solicitors, Conveynncers, Notaries, Public, &c.-- James 1 M_ton, \\ jlliam D. Ardagb. " n,_._:.; l.`..l. -OR IQKQ A -' ` 5 Daisy came to us at `Christmas, L...o l"Inr;afrnnn cam {Inn and of our . rojzam: A BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE. STORY. mtcruttntt. AND COUNTY oFs; MCE A `RTIsER. MY ggostr. \1:Ttv`2%.L _TU.S'1`I'CE ISTHEA REAT,' 13i J?1? `i R.I1*AICI.PLE-,`; Tand` - in Dunlap Street, Bn.rrie._ ENNY B.. HOPKINS", County Attorney, 00; | I` of Simone; latrisfer and Attorney-at-Law, , Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, &c.--Otce 2 Mmfch 3,_~1_858. 9 -dreaded their coming. together, and the event, I soon saw, would proveworse than my forebodings. The first symp- tom of my mother s aversionwas a rigid silence about Margaret,when alonebwith `me: then came the old hints about cun- ning entrapments, and in addition, allu- sions to wantgof `modesty. and religion ;` _ then plainer sayings; and` theissue was hard words.` between "mother and son, and consequent quarrel and estrange- ment. . ._ . , r A 11 \r...... .......n...... Anna nnf lilra ma mid . Your. mother does not like. me, send my poor little betrothed to me continu- _ally, and looked inlmy ice` with her solemn eyes-, and read the-truth there, thoughmyllipsrevaded it. `It was soon plain enough; 7 `Greater familiarity em- boldened my mother s tongue, and cruel im1endos_ and relentless sarcasms became" broadergand broader day by day. .;My My mother isdead, (God rest her soul lg ....A 1 mill urriha nn more of this-. for ' 1V1y motner ls ueuu, \UrUu luau um avun . .and I will write no more of _this-, i can not . write forgivin gly even now. One mormng my darling came. to me`, `and said quietly, '-You shall not marry ......n .....J. Hnnn aha. thmur herself into `and 88.10 qumuy-, "`1uu asuuu um. .,....., me, and then-she threw herself n1ya`rms and kissed me passionately,- and she was gone`, I stormed and raged in vain. That episode of mylife was over. _O Daisy!-Daisy ! if hearts do Ab1eed-;-do, in their agony, wring forth bitter tears"of blood-then my heatft. bled when 'I lost you! ._....n 7 ,,,. I 'r\,:_--9n 'I\T.L -nil`.-x BARR;IE,V %c. w., wEDNE*SDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1860; Lucu wucu. .n Luau Jvsq . fDid Icry out ` Daisy ? Nd, wife, you havefullen asleep over. your work and dreamed it. Do not come to_look over vme. You shall read the story when it isnished. `A A V ` - ' - - ` u 0 . 0 0 c I sowed a plentiful crop of wild oats- at Cambridge, which bore their mingled produce of . good and ill. Wheynlcame home after degree, for a week, before I` _ set. off for Italy, I was much more cyni- cal and stoical than in the days of my matriculation. The old heart-wounds had cicatrized'long ago, and the heart had become more callous in` the cicatri- zation. Itwould have takenmuch to make me fall in love now, and-if I had done.so I should havestied the weak- ness, before I had confessed it even to myself; The past quarrel was made up between my mother -and me; but we v - V "ne',v'er`suH`ered. myself to think about . them; Only in my dreams-little Daisy would `sometimes rise up, her `head.droop- ing beneath the weight of brown .hair, and her_ solemn eyes xed always ten`- [ derly on -mine. _ Lowther had been my ` ` fellowcollegian; but he, the rich man, did not `stay to take his degree as I did, to whom the prestige of that ceremony wouldibe serviceable at the Bar. " So 0 Lowther I had lost sight also`, for in year or more; ' V V ' generally, by mutual consent, fenced; . round that, ugly pit witha wall of, ` silence)", I had lost all`sight of the ` M;1_inwari,ngs;I never heard their name, ` n,. .L. 1-..; .......-..:nn .-.4` am:-r.anin1n-n nf more. V _ _ . On the last morning of mysojourn at: home -before my departure, I_ sat reading my letters at the -breakfast tahle-read- ingaloud a scrap here and there which I` thought might interest my mother. Suddenly I became silent, asin a. letter A from a college friend Icame` upon this passage :2 You remember old Lowther. Did you ever think it possible that that stolid Hercules would and his Qmphale '1 Yet none the less found `she is, `and Hercules is :1 slave", and only all -his `wealth will ransom him, 7He_-is going to be rnzirried . 1 _-;_-.1 1-,... I........+I..` [0 D6 luulucu. V ` . I turned white, and gasped for breath. The` old wound burnt like re, and throbbed ,as if the cicatrice would `break. u 1`l1I__A. '1- `bl.-..-. `u-rioffar Q Q,-`id n-iv V .\I.-IIOL1`, .-\ gent for the CANADA LANDED CREDIT 0U.\IPA.\IY. Apply at the Ufce of Messrs; Holt, Sons & 00., Bill Brokerrs and Gen- eral Cmumissiou Agents, in the building formerly occupibd by the Bank of Toronto, Dunlop Street, Barrie. C.\V. IL ? On the ground oor. . 3 Nu\'. 8 1858. ' T T ` ` .45 ) motner. _i" Lneru nsuuu uuywao All my cynicism rose to help me. `Not at all so, I said. ` You remember 9. little person whom youlgnever would call Daisy '!. Well, the said little person is '-about to be married to a. friend of mine. It is ._a ggiod match`. The pearl is `a pearl of great price, and has sold. itself for egn thousand per_ annum. ` ' - --- _._- 0.. '6lu-.I>' cuanfnnnnn I-gnf '1! H18 UIUIIIIIUD VVUl.III.| `us! What - is the_ f`matter"~ said mother. _T There isbnd news. tn. -'_.... ..'....:.-mn 1-nun in hnln `ail my old {more acrid that it had ever been before. ` And who is `the purchaser? asked lllbqgg lI|l\lt_Ihl\-nan: 1..- .....__.---, me on me foi "that" sentence; but Jealbusy had sprung up within, my mother, in a. low. voice, but ushing to the temples; The walLofTsi1en'ce was down-, and the` airT-from` the-pit was un- wholesome with re-damp. I read the 0- -_~ A. .1... Ah! hum hm] n1vnkl:.ned.in CG Jnllll ` wholesome wun unruump. .. I. . face . As the old love had awakened in ; tny breast, so the old fear had awakened ; in hels. She guessed what my pale face ~ meant and/1 knew the meaning of the` ush'on'hers. She should not read my 1` weaknessthus. 1 " _e ` V _ 7 _~The purchaser-happy _man_1 be.his dole, I answered, is a`_Sir Hexjcules It 'Lo'v87'ther. `A cert:Vii'nMperspn;and hewerej N Arivals `long. ugo ; but what` mortal; than can" strive \yithfa .H!`Qules; '7p%ar,tiet1larly` V .v_v_hen that-_Herc'_u'les` `_ has a handle "ti: his a ' ena'm"e_ ` andt, _f_teen` ,l{l!8and" tajlyea _ Real! , . *I_ sa1d_, chang1_ng V my tone, `f I j am '31 ' 11111` _.M!H'1W1 i08 is #509` '. ; to: mnke;so'good*a match. _Notwith- -* _;-..;I:.'.... cvnliv n`ni'|nthVr 'hF.f:)IlV`dB"Br' . 30 E luuu>;u.. J_.\uI.vyu_u- gtanding your_ a`nti`pathyT to;her`,my dejar mother; she wag a.` Ye;y`1g69d 1n` her 4...: ..9:- "':-.J-.,. T . * C C U "'0' O C` I I `went to _-Italy, andjtem-iniug there . about the` of {he Medite`rt9."e,a,n-fo'rv 1a ::reaf`-".'-D9L..TWh_t .1 W0!,='.1d. _;D8i9Y7!ti11_ ; ~7ha`u!xte5d; I!1!"3't!!|8+-81WY8.'lhe.8ame. = !il1!i!i!35Y!i'9. Ih"'1!311`Iik*3`1i.*'1 _ w*ith-1 j.h_ = _ I lAau?gh_atlL"s`vAage!y about the tines-`AT"-7+-~TiI'=% w>man-`H-ohthcva ;~ ind `~~`m`u`-ried_~, : *siis1'*!9%I,wv!h!t` 4 igny V ILLIAM sAN1)ERs,.Proincia1 Land Sur- veyor imd [)rm1g htsma.n,-rst house East 0 . the ;\Ia.'rket,'"Collier-Street, Barrie. ' - April 28, 1857. ' . ` 18 G..HURD, Lmid Agem and: Stock Broker . King .__treeL West, Toronto. ` . July 10, 1855. . . 2 _` ,28 7 . b_ut temjzt, T lStill from." week to week I was not sure that the marriage had taken place. I.always'hoped that it was not yet consumated. Not to-day not to-day ; . let it be to-morrowe. Some six months after I_ had left` home. there was a sen- tence in one of my mother s letters, which settled tl_1e matter. T III,,, ,4, vvllnvna. av--nus. --.v .........v. Your friend,:Sir I_-Iercnles, shewrote, ' ``_was married . last week. I have seen` I theannouncement in this morningls ` newspaper. Certainty "is. better than uncertainty ; theifall of Damocles sword regained peaceof n_1ind-a peace of mind truer and healthier thanhad been my- formencynicism. Ilearned to look on righthad I (dog in -the manger that I -was) to dream of monopolizing her who could notmarr me-whom my kin had injured- beyon redemption ! Without marriage a. woman s life was incomplete in this world. Lowther would. make a good and loyal husband-better than I should. Lowther had never been nearly ` `so Wild as I had--had never so hardened and debased his better nature. I forgave ` Daisy-forgcwe! Could she have for- given me ! , A "l\/hr rnnthnr (Ari before I reached is-more bearable than its suspension. . I T need not narrate here how by degrees I : Daisy .s marriage in its true light. 1What. given me: My mother died before I reached England again. -Nevermore could that sad quarrel be renewed. Now I felt. how that great wrong she had done me, she had done solely through love. My soul hungered aer love,and turned and _gi1a.wed itself in its desperate cravings. I can understand how friendless people in their loneliness gathered dumb am-I mals- about them. . I T n . - 1 ulvv vy Lu: 1 back to 1 L-__L._.__'l Iu_UlLlUHI. |.U uu\'.c lcu. uu: wuu u.uuuuu.u- ous struggle of which I had 9. vague remembrance; A to have felt` even one twinge of the sharp" pain,At-his would have been a~luxury to me even now. -My pulse was steady and regular; the blood mechanism beat strongly and_ calmly, in my_ left side, my head was cool and clear. I hadoverlived the age for that heart fever. . We `came as chil- ' dren through their childish complaints, and our moral constitutions were the healt_hie_r that=we had passed through them and were rid of them. after my 'mother s'death. It was partly in the form of a- duty that I entertained J partly in the ibrm w friends s uuvaan so-nu vv vuv gay. i - About this time I determined to marry. I was rich, .-I had many domestic comforts, and that social posi- tion which only marriage can give. This was a verydifferent feeling to that -loneliness which had `weighed me down this `idea of ma'rr ia ge, of _a `sober, selsh advantage. It was desirable to change my bachelor life, which was becoming somewhat weari- some. A mansion in the more civilized. quarter of-the towrrwould be` an im- provement one my dusty chambers within Temple Bar. Ifelt. that it was incum- bent on me to take my, stand in that `stationrof life in which I had beengcalled name and fortune began tovlooki around for a wife. My oon learned that I` was a marry- _..'_1 -._ .... .........`...;.',1`.a-1';-su-so nnrno V friends, but I "had-no home; I felt the lack of those to do as other men did, to exercise the ` ~ duties of _ hospitality, to` cultivate the . household amenities, to obey the laws of Natureand Society ; and, if it might be e ` so, to rear children around me, who ' gshould succeed -to my I ' and'll'rny `place ate: 1 was `gone. So I IIIBIIUS SUQII _1cu1uuu ulau J. vvuo us annulus: ing-man, and reccornmendations came 'to my ears of So-and- so_ s.sister, and Such-and-one s daughter. Mammas smiled on me -with increased favor, and inisitedtheir 4lovely'o'spi-ing` to display for me -their virtue and accomplishments. .Many aifaultless lly,-from model train- ing stables, was" put` through herpaces for ` iny behoof. - Having decided on the {expediency of marrying, I hnd~ decided too on the neces'sar`y_`queliIi`ca_.tion's ._for my wife, TS_oberly and quietly-, "as 'b8_- . `seemed a` sensible man-, I .had reasoned It 5 I out the who1e`mntter.-- Moderate beauty, c a. moderate fortune, the conventional ':_1coomplisIirnents,ia good ter_npe`r,Aa igood .a ~' `manner, `and*- perfect good;-"breeding; t I 1 surely-{u'liu31dted snch~gii-lsA~come frbin their m1 .tsr.1;.i_nt 1h_e)nnIi38'm$|.`.kt I` -eve.rY?%%'t F .'; sV_"eryi op _.'te was thin marriage ,1 L ;iet,!.9:th9.-<:l!kh .99a'gesn92?ts`:9f.!i,se!! ~`= ._ .; {..:;.:,Z1Z!ienn.en;1nsane.,fancy.forA :1 ! .. Qhndzlt cg n`early=:hun:id,n1.e : i 5.iint9%th6.m9$ri!nia|econd' fonwh` he 1 `b9!k*~v- 2" -`We f whom sEcni:rA<)ji5; =siiJcES's IN I OSEPH JOlIN$ON, huctioneer, Estatel House; mind, and Commission Agent, begs most. res- pectfully to inform his numerous Friends and the . Public generally of the County of Simcoe,_tl1at he has opened in the above line, and trusts by strict ' perseverance and ready settlements of all affairs inu-usted in his hands, to meet the approbation- of those who may place condence in him. I1.-nu-in Anrnmt 3, IRS7. ' . V i

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